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Technology License Agreement | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Technology License Agreement [Abstract] |
Technology License Agreement | 13. Technology License Agreement On January 20, 2018 the Company entered into an exclusive option agreement (Option Agreement) with MGB. Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Company has obtained the exclusive right from MGB to negotiate an exclusive license to make, develop and commercialize rQNestin, a genetically modified oncolytic herpes simplex virus for the treatment of certain types of cancers. Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Company will support a clinical trial to be conducted at MGB pursuant to the terms of a clinical trial agreement to be negotiated and the Company has committed to remitting $0.8 million in support of such clinical trial over the course of approximately three years. Upon execution of the Option Agreement, the Company remitted a non-refundable fee of $40,000 to MGB to be applied toward the Company’s on-going obligations to reimburse patent expenses. During each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company did no t expense any startup and patient fees for clinical trials performed by MGB. On September 15, 2020, the Company exercised the Option Agreement with MGB and entered into an exclusive worldwide patent license agreement with MGB (the MGB License). In connection with the MGB License, the Company paid a fee of $0.1 million and agreed to reimburse patent costs incurred by MGB, including $0.1 million paid at the time of entering into the MGB License. Prior to the first commercial sale, the Company is required to pay MGB an annual license fee of $50,000 beginning following the fourth anniversary of the effective date. The MGB License contains cumulative milestone payments equaling a maximum amount of $39.0 million upon the achievement of various clinical, commercial and sales milestones of both primary and secondary products. Following the first commercial sale, the Company is required to pay royalties to MGB, which are paid at an increasing rate as net sales increase, ranging from low single digits to high single digits. In addition, after the first commercial sale, the Company is required to pay MGB a pre-determined fixed annual minimum royalty, which amount may be credited against earned royalties starting in the fourth year following the first commercial sale. The Company also agreed to pay a single digit royalty rate on net sales of any derived products.

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