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Collaboration Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Collaboration Agreements [Abstract]  
Collaboration Agreements

Note 9. Collaboration Agreements

Novartis Pharma AG Collaboration Agreement

On December 16, 2024, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with Novartis Pharma AG ("Novartis") to identify and validate novel therapeutic drug targets by investigating the biological mechanisms that drive diseases related to aging and mediate the beneficial effects of physical exercise (the "Novartis Agreement").

Under the terms of the Novartis Agreement, the Company is obligated to perform additional analyses on the Company's longitudinal human aging cohort datasets, to expand data included in the Company's discovery platform, and perform other activities to enable the identification and validation of novel therapeutic drug targets. The Company has determined these activities represent a single performance obligation.

In consideration for the rights granted under the Novartis Agreement, the Company has received and may receive upfront payments and research funding of up to $20.0 million, and up to $530.0 million in future long-term research, development, and commercial milestones. The Company and Novartis each have the right to advance novel targets discovered under the Novartis Agreement and are each eligible to receive reciprocal success milestones and receive tiered royalties on net sales of licensed products.

Collaboration revenue of $9.0 million was recognized under the Novartis Agreement in the year ended December 31, 2025. No collaboration revenue was recognized under the Novartis Agreement in the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company recorded $6.7 million in revenue that was included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2024 and $2.2 million in revenue related to research funding for reimbursable costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2025. Deferred revenue related to the Novartis Agreement amounted to $5.8 million and $12.5 million as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively, of which $5.8 million and $7.8 million, respectively, was included in current liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets.

Wellcome Leap Commercial Research Funding Agreement

In September 2023, the Company entered into a Commercial Research Funding Agreement with Wellcome Leap, Inc. (the “Wellcome Leap Agreement”) in which Wellcome Leap was to fund certain research and development work performed by the Company. In connection with the Wellcome Leap Agreement, the Company entered into a statement of work in which the Company was to evaluate azelaprag’s efficacy at preventing muscle atrophy and frailty during hospitalization in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”) patients through a Phase 2 clinical trial (the “COPD Trial”).

Also, in September 2023, Wellcome Leap made a payment of $3.3 million to the Company to cover costs to be incurred related to the COPD Trial (the “Grant Funds”).

In March 2024, the Company informed Wellcome Leap that it planned to terminate the COPD Trial due to concerns regarding commercial feasibility and on May 31, 2024, the Company and Wellcome Leap terminated the Wellcome Leap Agreement (the “Wellcome Leap Termination”). In connection with the Wellcome Leap Termination, the Company returned $2.4 million of unused Grant Funds received to Wellcome Leap in June 2024.