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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies

See Note 8 - Related Party Transactions for certain commitments and contingencies entered into with certain related parties.

Litigations, Claims and Assessments

The Company may be involved in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company records legal costs associated with loss contingencies as incurred and accrues for all probable and estimable settlements.

Arctic Vision License Agreement

On August 10, 2020, the Company entered into the Arctic Vision License Agreement pursuant to which Arctic Vision may develop and commercialize MicroPine for the treatment of progressive myopia and MicroLine for the treatment of presbyopia in Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) and South Korea.

Under the terms of the Arctic Vision License Agreement, the Company received a non-refundable, upfront payment of $4.0 million, before any payments to Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Senju"), due under the Exclusive License Agreement between the Company and Senju, as amended on April 8, 2020 and a Letter Agreement dated August 10, 2020 (the “Senju License Agreement”). The Company had recorded the $4.0 million payment as a deferred license fee until the payment is earned. The Company considers payment earned once certain trial data has been fully submitted to Arctic Vision, permitting Arctic Vision to obtain regulatory approval with the National Medical Products Administration. The trial data for one of the two products (MicroPine) was fully submitted to Arctic Vision by March 31, 2021. Therefore, one half of the upfront payment, or $2.0 million, has been earned. As a result, the Company will recognize $2.0 million of deferred license fees and recognize $0.8 million of deferred license costs related to the Senju payment as of March 31, 2021.

 

In addition, the Company may receive up to a total of $41.75 million in additional payments, based on various development and regulatory milestones, including the initiation of clinical research and approvals in Greater China and South Korea, and development costs.

 

Arctic Vision also will purchase its supply of MicroPine and MicroLine from the Company or, for such products not supplied by the Company, pay the Company a mid-single digit percentage royalty on net sales of such products, subject to certain adjustments. No royalty payments were earned through March 31, 2021. The Company will pay a mid-double digit percentage of such payments, royalties, or net proceeds of such supply to Senju pursuant to the Senju License Agreement. See Note 8 – Related Party Transactions for additional details.

 

Bausch License Agreement

On October 9, 2020, the Company entered into the Bausch License Agreement pursuant to which Bausch Health may develop and commercialize the Bausch Licensed Product in the Licensed Territory.

In connection with the Bausch License Agreement, Bausch Health paid the Company a non-refundable, upfront payment of $10.0 million. The Company has recorded this payment as a deferred license fee until the payment is earned. The Company will consider payment earned once certain trial data has been fully submitted to Bausch Health and certain administrative functions are transferred to Bausch Health, permitting Bausch Health to assume supervisory oversight of the ongoing MicroPine study (the CHAPERONE study). The upfront payment had not been earned as of March 31, 2021.

Bausch Health could also pay the Company up to an aggregate of approximately $35.0 million in additional payments, depending on the achievement of certain regulatory and launch-based milestones. No milestone payments were earned through March 31, 2021.

Under the terms of the Bausch License Agreement, on a country-to-country basis and Bausch Licensed Product-by- Bausch Licensed Product basis, Bausch Health will pay the Company royalties on a tiered basis (ranging from mid-single digit to mid-teen percentages) on gross profits from the sales of the Bausch Licensed Product in the Licensed Territory, subject to certain adjustments in the event of generic entry, negative gross profits or patent expiration, for a period of the later to occur of the 10th anniversary of the first commercial sale of a Bausch Licensed Product in such country in the Licensed Territory or the expiration of the last valid patent claim for a Bausch Licensed Product in such country in the Licensed Territory. No royalty payments were earned through March 31, 2021.