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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Lease Commitments

In September 2021, the Company entered into a five-year facilities lease agreement for approximately 9,600 square feet of office space in Waltham, Massachusetts, which provided for monthly rental payments, including base rent charges of $0.4 million per year, subject to periodic rent increases, and the Company’s proportionate share of operating expenses. The Company exercised its option to terminate and this lease agreement expired in accordance with its terms on May 31, 2025.

In June 2022, the Company entered into a two-year noncancelable agreement for dedicated laboratory and office space in Newton, Massachusetts (the “Newton, MA Lease”), which was amended in September 2022. Pursuant to the amended Newton, MA Lease, the Company entered into a two-year noncancelable agreement for new dedicated laboratory and office space in Newton, Massachusetts, on the same campus as, and in lieu of, the space leased under the original lease. The Company took occupancy of the new dedicated laboratory and office space in December 2022. The amended Newton, MA Lease provided for monthly rental payments, including base rent charges of $1.3 million per year. In August 2024 and May 2025, the Newton, MA Lease was further amended to extend the lease through December 2027, with an option to further extend the lease for an additional twenty-four months or continue the lease on a month-to-month basis after completion of the term ending in December 2027.

The components of operating lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

323

 

 

$

440

 

 

$

1,144

 

 

$

1,301

 

Variable lease cost

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

11

 

Total lease cost

 

$

323

 

 

$

444

 

 

$

1,150

 

 

$

1,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows related to operating leases

 

$

330

 

 

$

435

 

 

$

1,115

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

 

Future minimum lease payments under the noncancelable leases as of September 30, 2025 was as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,

 

Operating Lease

 

2025 (excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2025)

 

$

220

 

2026

 

$

1,320

 

2027

 

$

1,320

 

Total lease payments

 

 

2,860

 

Present value adjustment

 

 

(183

)

Present value of operating lease liability

 

$

2,677

 

As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s operating leases were measured using a weighted-average incremental borrowing rate of 6.0% over a weighted-average remaining lease term of 2.3 years.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s operating leases were measured using a weighted-average incremental borrowing rate of 6.0% over a weighted-average remaining lease term of 1.1 years.

The total operating liabilities are presented on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet based on maturity dates. $1.1 million is classified under operating lease liabilities, current” for the portion due within twelve months, and $1.6 million is classified under “operating lease liabilities, non-current”.

License Agreements

The Company has entered into license agreements with Adimab and WuXi Biologics (see Note 7).

Manufacturing Agreements

In December 2020, the Company entered into a Commercial Manufacturing Services Agreement with WuXi Biologics, which was amended and restated in August 2021 and further amended and restated in September 2023 (as amended and restated, the “Commercial Manufacturing Agreement”). The Commercial Manufacturing Agreement outlines the terms and conditions under which WuXi Biologics manufactures drug substance and drug product for commercial use.

Through September 30, 2025, the Company committed to noncancelable purchase obligations related to commercial drug substance and drug product manufacturing under the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement. As of September 30, 2025, the total remaining contractually binding commercial drug substance and drug product purchase obligations due to WuXi Biologics was $25.6 million, which was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses. The remaining balance is expected to be paid in 2025.

Through September 30, 2025, the Company committed to noncancelable purchase obligations related to the procurement of materials to be used in future drug substance and drug product manufacturing under the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement. As of September 30, 2025, the total remaining contractually binding purchase obligations due to WuXi Biologics was $3.5 million, which was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses. The remaining balance is expected to be paid in 2025.

Unless earlier terminated, the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement remains in effect for an initial period of five years from the date of the last amendment and restatement of the agreement and thereafter automatically renews for further successive periods of five years each. Either party may terminate the agreement upon the breach or default by the other party, other than a non-payment breach, that is not timely cured after notice thereof. Both parties are also entitled to terminate the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement if the other party becomes insolvent or is the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or of any other related proceeding or event. Either party may terminate either the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement in its entirety, or an individual order, (i) to the extent the other party suffers

a force majeure event that is continuing for a predefined period of time and (ii) if the other party fails to make a payment when due under the arrangement and such non-payment is not timely cured after notice thereof. Until regulatory approval and future economic benefit is probable, the Company will continue to expense costs related to batches manufactured under the Commercial Manufacturing Agreement.

Other Contracts

The Company enters into agreements with third parties in the ordinary course of business for various products and services, including those related to research, preclinical and clinical operations, manufacturing and support, supply chain, and distribution. These contracts do not contain any material minimum purchase commitments. Certain of these agreements provide for termination rights subject to the payment of termination fees and/or wind-down costs. Under such agreements, the Company is contractually obligated to make certain payments to vendors upon early termination, primarily to reimburse them for their unrecoverable outlays incurred prior to cancellation as well as any amounts owed by the Company prior to early termination. The actual amounts the Company could pay in the future to the vendors under such agreements may differ from the purchase order amounts due to cancellation provisions. The termination fees were not probable of payment as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may become involved in legal proceedings or other litigation relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and that such expenditures can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required to determine both probability and estimated exposure amount. Legal fees and other costs associated with such proceedings are expensed as incurred. As of September 30, 2025, the Company was not a party to any material legal proceedings.

Indemnification Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to its vendors, lessors, contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of breach of such agreements or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with members of its board of directors and its executive officers that require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or executive officers. The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is, in many cases, unlimited. The Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnifications and is not currently aware of any indemnification claims.

Loan Agreement

On April 18, 2025, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as lender (the “Lender”). The Loan Agreement provides for a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $30 million (the “Term Facility”) consisting of (a) Term A Loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10 million, which shall be available to be drawn from and after August 15, 2025 through December 31, 2026 upon compliance with certain financial covenants and conditions, (b) Term B Loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10 million, which shall be available to be drawn during the period commencing on the date of the achievement of certain net product revenue milestones and ending on June 30, 2027, and (c) Term C Loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10 million, which shall be available to be drawn during the period commencing on the date of the achievement of certain net product revenue milestones and ending on June 30, 2027. The proceeds of the Term Facility may be used for working capital and general business purposes. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had not satisfied the net product revenue milestone required to be eligible to access proceeds from the Term Facility.

The loans under the Term Facility are due and payable on March 1, 2029 and bear interest that is payable monthly, commencing with the month in which any loans are funded under the Term Facility, in arrears at a per annum rate, subject to increase during an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement), equal to the greater of (x) the Wall Street Journal prime rate minus 0.25%, subject to a 9.00% cap, and (y) 6.00%. Commencing on April 1, 2027, which date may be extended to April 1, 2028 upon the achievement of certain net product revenue milestones (the “Interest-Only Period Extension”), the Company is required to repay the principal of the Term Facility in 24 consecutive equal monthly installments or, in the case of the Interest-Only Period Extension, 12 consecutive equal monthly installments. At maturity, or if earlier prepaid, the Company will also be required to pay a final payment fee equal to 4.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans advanced under the Term Facility. The Loan Agreement provides for an unused term loan commitment fee equal to 1.00% of the Term Facility upon the earliest to occur of (a) July 1, 2027, (b) the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement and (c) the termination of the Loan Agreement; provided, that such fee will be waived by the Lender in the event that the Company has requested and the Lender has funded any loans under the Term Facility prior to such date.