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Regeneron License and Collaboration Arrangement | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Revenue Recognition And Deferred Revenue [Abstract] |
Regeneron License and Collaboration Arrangement | 10. Regeneron License and Collaboration Arrangement Agreement Terms On July 29, 2016, the Company entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Regeneron, which was amended in April 2019, with such amendment becoming effective in connection with Regeneron’s investment in the Company’s Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock private placement transaction in July 2019 (as amended, the Regeneron Agreement). Financial Terms. The Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $25.0 million from Regeneron upon execution of the Regeneron Agreement and an aggregate of $20.0 million of additional payments for research funding from Regeneron as of September 30, 2021. In addition, Regeneron may have to pay the Company additional amounts in the future consisting of up to an aggregate of $100.0 million of option exercise fees, as specified in the Regeneron Agreement. Regeneron must also pay the Company high single digit royalties as a percentage of net sales for ICPs to targets for which it has exclusive rights, and low single digit royalties as a percentage of net sales on any non-ICP product comprising a targeting moiety generated by the Company through the use of Regeneron’s proprietary mice. The Company must pay Regeneron mid-single to low double digit, but less than teens, of royalties as a percentage of net sales of ICPs to targets for which the Company has exercised exclusive rights, and low to mid-single digit of royalties as a percentage of net sales of targeting moieties generated from the Company’s license to use Regeneron’s proprietary mice. Royalties are payable until the longer of the expiration or invalidity of the licensed patent rights or twelve (12) years from first commercial sale. Equity Investments. In connection with its collaboration, Regeneron and the Company entered into a side letter pursuant to which, among other matters, Regeneron was granted certain stockholder rights and investment rights in connection with the Company’s next equity financing that met certain criteria and in connection with an initial public offering by the Company. Regeneron exercised its investment right and purchased approximately $10.0 million of the Company’s Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock in a private placement transaction in July 2019. The remaining obligations under the side letter agreement terminated immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger. Revenue Recognition The Company identified the following material promises under the Regeneron Agreement: (1) a research license, (2) a collaboration invention license, (3) a trademark license, (4) research and development services during the research term, (5) manufacturing services to manufacture collaboration ICPs for the research programs, (6) participation in the joint research committee, and (7) information sharing during the research term. The Company considered that the licenses granted under the Regeneron Agreement are not capable of being distinct and are not distinct from the research and development and manufacturing services within the context of the Regeneron Agreement, because 1) such licenses are for the research and development effort during the research term, unless Regeneron exercises its option under the Regeneron Agreement, 2) the research and development services significantly increase the utility of such licenses, and 3) research and development services require collaboration ICPs being manufactured. Specifically, the Company’s granted licenses can only provide benefit to Regeneron in combination with the Company’s research and development and manufacturing services to discover the collaboration ICPs. Similarly, the participation in the joint research committee and information sharing are not capable of being distinct and are not distinct from the research and development and manufacturing services within the context of the agreement, because the participation in the joint research committee is for monitoring and governing of the research and development efforts and the information sharing is for sharing results of such research and development efforts. Therefore, all of the promises above are combined into a single performance obligation. The Company also evaluated whether the option provided to Regeneron represents a material right that would require separate deferral and recognition. The option exercise will provide Regeneron with a development and commercial license to develop and commercialize the optioned collaboration ICPs. The Company concluded that the $25.0 million upfront payment to the Company was not negotiated to provide incremental discount for the future option fees payable upon Regeneron’s exercise of the option. Regeneron could decide not to exercise the option at its own discretion. The exercise of the option by Regeneron is not certain and is dependent on many factors, such as progress made on the specific option-eligible collaboration ICP, Regeneron’s overall assessment of commercial feasibility of the further research, development and commercialization of the option products, availability and cost of alternative programs and products. The option provides Regeneron with a license for intellectual property that will be improved from the inception of the Regeneron Agreement. In addition, the option fee is significant compared to the sum total of the upfront payment and research funding fees in the original Regeneron Agreement. Therefore, the Company determined that the option provided to Regeneron does not represent a material right and that any potential exercise of the option should be accounted as a separate contract. Hence, upon the option exercise by Regeneron the option fee would be allocated to the development and commercial license which would be the only performance obligation in that separate contract and recognized as revenue when control of the license rights is transferred to Regeneron. For revenue recognition purposes, the Company determined that the duration of the contract is the same as the research term of five years beginning on the execution of the Regeneron Agreement on July 29, 2016. The contract duration is defined as the period during which parties to the contract have present and enforceable rights and obligations. The Company determined that Regeneron faces significant in-substance penalties were it to terminate the Regeneron Agreement prior to the end of the research term. At contract inception, the Company determined a transaction price of the Regeneron Agreement consisting of the $25.0 million upfront payment and the aggregate research funding fees payable over the research term. In order to determine the transaction price, the Company evaluated all the payments to be received during the duration of the contract. Per the terms of the original Regeneron Agreement prior to the amendment effective from July 2019, the research funding fees were payable merely due to the passage of time and therefore did not represent a variable consideration. After the amendment became effective in July 2019, certain of these fees became contingent upon meeting certain development and regulatory milestones. Therefore, the Company concluded that after the amendment such potential payments became variable consideration. The receipt of the variable consideration was subject to substantial uncertainty and was therefore excluded from the transaction price upon the effective date of the amendment. As a result, during the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded $6.6 million as a reduction to cumulative revenue recognized prior to the amendment effective date. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price if there is a significant change in facts and circumstances at least at the end of each reporting period. The Company increased the transaction price by $10.0 million in June 2020 when it achieved the milestone for the selection of a clinical candidate to the second collaboration target under the Regeneron Agreement, resulting in the recognition of an additional $5.0 million in revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The Company recorded a $4.0 million revenue reduction in the first quarter of 2021 as a result of an adjustment to cumulative revenue recognized due to a change in overall estimated costs primarily due to an extension of time to fulfill the combined performance obligation. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $3.4 million and $4.3 million in revenue, respectively. The Company has determined that the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time. ASC 606 requires the Company to select a single revenue recognition method for the performance obligation that depicts the Company’s performance in transferring control of the services. Accordingly, the Company utilizes a cost-based input method to measure proportional performance and to calculate the corresponding amount of revenue to recognize. The Company believes this is the best measure of progress because it reflects how the Company transfers its performance obligation to Regeneron. In applying the cost-based input method of revenue recognition, the Company uses actual costs incurred relative to budgeted costs to fulfill the combined performance obligation. These costs consist primarily of internal full-time equivalent effort and third-party contract costs. Revenue is recognized based on actual costs incurred as a percentage of total budgeted costs as the Company completes its performance obligations over the research term of five years. For revenue recognition purposes, the five-year term has been extended to the first quarter of 2022 due to additional time required to complete the performance obligations under the Regeneron Agreement. A cost-based input method of revenue recognition requires management to make estimates of costs to complete the Company’s performance obligations. In making such estimates, significant judgment is required to evaluate assumptions related to cost estimates. The cumulative effect of revisions to estimated costs to complete the Company’s performance obligations will be recorded in the period in which changes are identified and amounts can be reasonably estimated. A significant change in these assumptions and estimates could have a material impact on the timing and amount of revenue recognized in future periods. The following tables present changes in the Company’s contract liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Additions |  |  | Additions (Deductions) (1) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Contract liability |  | $ | 13,980 |  |  | $ | 370 |  |  | $ | (4,262 | ) |  | $ | 10,088 |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Additions |  |  | Additions (Deductions) (1) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Contract asset |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,000 |  |  | $ | (10,000 | ) |  | $ | — |
Contract liability |  | $ | 21,883 |  |  | $ | 10,000 |  |  | $ | (12,493 | ) |  | $ | 19,390 |
(1) Deductions to contract liabilities relate to deferred revenue recognized as revenue during the reporting period. As of September 30, 2021, contract liabilities related to the Regeneron Agreement of $10.1 million was comprised of the $25.0 million upfront payment and additional $5.0 million research funding fees in each of 2017 and 2018, and $10.0 million for achievement of the milestone for the selection of a clinical candidate to the second collaboration target in June 2020 less $35.3 million of cumulative license and collaboration revenue recognized from the inception of the Regeneron Agreement as of September 30, 2021 and will be recognized as the combined performance obligation is satisfied. As of September 30, 2020, contract liabilities related to the Regeneron Agreement of $19.4 million was comprised of the $25.0 million upfront payment and additional $5.0 million research funding fees in each of 2017 and 2018, and $10.0 million for achievement of the milestone for the selection of a clinical candidate to the second collaboration target in June 2020, less $25.6 million of cumulative license and collaboration revenue recognized from the inception of the Regeneron Agreement as of September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, there were no contract assets which would be reflected as accounts receivable-related party on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company achieved the milestone for the selection of a clinical candidate to the second collaboration target under the Regeneron Agreement in June 2020 and was entitled to receive a payment of $10.0 million from Regeneron. The Company received the payment from Regeneron in July 2020.

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