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Percentage of reduction in royalty receivable on breach of agreement term.

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Percentage of royalty receivable on sale of product rights.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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