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Commitments and Contingencies | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |  |
Commitments and Contingencies | Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies Employment Contracts On September 16, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Dr. Kaushik J. Dave as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director. Material terms of the Employment Agreement are as follows:
a | A base salary at an annual rate of $350,000, which will be re-evaluated upon the six month anniversary of the start date and reimbursement of certain expenses.
b | The CEO shall be entitled to participate in an executive bonus program, which shall be established by the Board pursuant to which the Board shall award bonuses to the CEO, based upon the achievement of written individual and corporate objectives such as the Board shall determine. Upon the attainment of such performance objectives, the CEO shall be entitled to a cash bonus in an amount to be determined by the Board with a target of forty percent (40%) of the base salary.
c | An option to purchase common shares of the Company and restricted stock (the “Grant”). The Grant will consist of (i) an option grant to purchase 675,000 common shares of the Company; (ii) 125,000 shares of restricted and (iii) 100,000 shares of restricted stock a sign-on bonus of which fifty percent will vest at the one year anniversary of the start date upon starting work. An additional twenty-five percent each will vest at eighteen months and twenty-four months after the start date. As of October 25, 2013, the option has not been granted by the Board.
License and Research Agreements The Company has entered into license and research and development agreements with third parties under which the Company is obligated to make payments in the form of upfront payments as well as milestone and royalty payments. Notable inclusions in this category are:
a. | Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp – The Company entered into a Product Development and Patent License Agreement with Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp. (formerly Facet Biotech formerly known as Protein Design Labs) in 2003 to secure exclusive rights to a specific antibody when conjugated with alpha emitting radioisotopes. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company made a license fee payment of $3,000,000.
The Company agreed to make milestone payments totaling $7,750,000 for the achievement of the following agreed to and contracted milestones:
Milestones |  | Payments |
(1) when Company initiates a Phase I Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  | $ | 750,000 |
(2) when Company initiates a Phase II Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  |  | 750,000 |
(3) when Company initiates a Phase III Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  |  | 1,500,000 |
(4) Biological License Application filing with U.S. FDA |  |  | 1,750,000 |
(5) First commercial sale |  |  | 1,500,000 |
(6) after the first $10,000,000 in net sales |  |  | 1,500,000 |
Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 12% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 12.5 years after the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire. The Company met its first milestone in 2012 and upon reaching the milestone the Company paid Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp. a milestone payment of $750,000 on July 24, 2012. The milestone payment for the Phase I Clinical Trial was recorded as research and development expense.
b. | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) – In February 2002, the Company entered into a license agreement with MSKCC that requires a technology access fee of $50,000 upon execution, an annual maintenance fee of $50,000 and annual research funding of $50,000 for as long as the agreement is in force.
Milestones |  | Payments |
1) filing of an New Drug Application (“NDA”) or regulatory approval for each licensed product |  | $ | 750,000 |
(2) upon the receipt of regulatory approval from the U.S. FDA for each licensed product |  |  | 1,750,000 |
Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to MSKCC on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 2% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 10 years from the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire. The Company expects to file the NDA for regulatory approval in the 2016-2017 time frame.
c. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – API is contracted to purchase $233,100 of radioactive material to be used for research and development, with a renewal option at the contract end. The Company is currently negotiating the 2013 agreement.
d. | AptivSolutions provides project management services for the study of the drug Ac-225-HuM195 (Actimab-A) used in the Company clinical trials, Phase I and Phase II. The total project is estimated to cost approximately $1.9 million and requires a 12.5% down payment of the total estimated project cost. The down payment totaling $239,000 was paid in 2007 and 2012. On August 6, 2012, October 22, 2012 and May 16, 2013, the agreement was amended to provide for additional services. The total project is now estimated at approximately $2.2 million. AptivSolutions bills the Company when services are rendered and the Company records the related expense to research and development costs.
e. | On June 15, 2012, the Company entered into a license and sponsored research agreement with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). The Company will build upon previous and ongoing clinical trials, with BC8 (licensed antibody). FHCRC has currently completed Phase I and Phase II of the clinical trial and the Company intends to start preparation for a pivotal trial leading to an FDA approval. The Company has been granted exclusive rights to the BC8 antibody and related master cell bank developed by FHCRC. The cost to develop the trial will range from $13.2 million to $23.5 million, depending on the trial design as required by the FDA. Under the terms of the sponsored research agreement, the Company will fund the FHCRC lab with $150,000 per year for the first two years and $250,000 thereafter. Payments made toward funding the lab will be credited toward royalty payments owed to FHCRC in the given year. A milestone payment of $1 million will be due to FHCRC upon FDA approval of the first drug. Upon commercial sale of the drug, royalty payments of 2% of net sales will be due to FHCRC.
f. | On March 27, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with MSKCC. The Company will pay $31,185 for each patient that has completed the clinical trial. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $79,623. The amount due of $79,623 was paid on July 10, 2012.
g. | On July 19, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with FHCRC. The Company will pay $31,366 for each patient that has completed the clinical trial. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $19,749. During the clinical trial additional fees apply and will be invoiced when applicable. The amount due has not been invoiced but accrued by the Company as of September 30, 2013.
h. | On August 28, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The total estimated cost of conducting the clinical trial is approximately $500,000, which includes a non- refundable institutional fee of $14,500. The estimated cost is based on treating 24 patients through 2013. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to make a payment of $33,946.
i. | On September 26, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with Johns Hopkins University. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial will be conducted with Actinium 225. The clinical trial will be conducted under the protocols established by the Company and pursuant to an Investigational New Drug Exemption (IND 10807) held by the Company. The Company will pay $38,501 per patient, who has completed the clinical trial. The Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $22,847, an annual pharmacy fee of $2,025 and an amendment processing fee of $500, when applicable.
j. | On November 21, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with the University of Pennsylvania. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial will be conducted with Actinium 225. The clinical trial will be conducted under the protocols established by the Company and pursuant to an Investigational New Drug Exemption (IND 10807) held by the Company. The Company will pay $31,771 per patient, who has completed the clinical trial. The Company will be required to pay a start-up fee of $16,000 and additional administrative fees, when applicable.
On August 1, 2012, the Company entered into a rental agreement for office space at 501 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. The agreement terminated on May 31, 2013. On June 1, 2013, the Company entered into a rental agreement for office space at 546 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. This agreement terminates on December 31, 2013. Upon the expiration of the term, the agreement automatically renews on a month-to-month basis and requires a two month notice of termination. The Company paid a one month refundable deposit. On February 28, 2013, the Company entered into a Separation and Settlement Agreement with its former CEO. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company paid the former CEO $125,000 on March 8, 2013 and a second payment of $125,000 on September 1, 2013. The Company also paid the former CEO a performance bonus of $60,000 for his service from August 15, 2012 to December 31, 2012. | Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies The Company has entered into license and research and development agreements with third parties under which the Company is obligated to make payments in the form of upfront payments as well as milestone and royalty payments. Notable inclusions in this category are:
a. | Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp – The Company entered into a Product Development and Patent License Agreement with Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp. (formerly Facet Biotech formerly known as Protein Design Labs) in 2003 to secure exclusive rights to a specific antibody when conjugated with alpha emitting radioisotopes. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company made a license fee payment of $3,000,000.
The Company agreed to make milestone payments totaling $7,750,000 for the achievement of the following agreed to and contracted milestones:
Milestones |  | Payments |
(1) when Company initiates a Phase I Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  | $ | 750,000 |
(2) when Company initiates a Phase II Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  |  | 750,000 |
(3) when Company initiates a Phase III Clinical Trial of a licensed product |  |  | 1,500,000 |
(4) Biological License Application filing with U.S. FDA |  |  | 1,750,000 |
(5) First commercial sale |  |  | 1,500,000 |
(6) after the first $10,000,000 in net sales |  |  | 1,500,000 |
Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 12% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 12.5 years after the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire. As of December 31, 2012, the Company met its first milestone and upon reaching the milestone the Company paid Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp. a milestone payment of $750,000 on July 24, 2012. The milestone payment for the Phase I Clinical Trial was recorded as research and development expense.
b. | MSKCC – In February 2002, the Company entered into a license agreement with MSKCC that requires a technology access fee of $50,000 upon execution, an annual maintenance fee of $50,000 and an annual research funding of $50,000 for as long as the agreement is in force.
Milestones |  | Payments |
1) filing of an New Drug Application (“NDA”) or regulatory approval |  |  |
for each licensed product |  | $ | 750,000 |
(2) upon the receipt of regulatory approval from the U.S. FDA for each |  |  |  |
licensed product |  |  | 1,750,000 |
Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to MSKCC on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 2% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 10 years from the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire. The Company expects to file the NDA for regulatory approval in 2015.
c. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – API has contracted to purchase radioactive material to be used for research and development through December 2012. API is contracted to purchase $233,100 of radioactive material to be used for research and development, with a renewal option at the contract end. The Company is currently negotiating the 2013 agreement.
d. | AptivSolutions provides project management services for the study of the drug Ac-225-HuM195 (Actimab™-A) used in the Company clinical trials, Phase I and Phase II. The total project is estimated to cost $1,859,333 and requires a 12.5% down payment of the total estimated project cost. The down payment totaling $239,000 was paid in 2007 and 2012. On August 6, 2012, the agreement was amended to provide for additional services. The total project is now estimated at $1,997,732. AptivSolutions bills the Company when services are rendered and the Company records the related expense to research and development costs.
e. | On June 15, 2012, the Company entered into a license and sponsored research agreement with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). The Company will build upon previous and ongoing clinical trials, with BC8 (licensed antibody) and eventually develop a clinical trial with Actinium 225. FHCRC has currently completed Phase I and Phase II of the clinical trial and the Company intends to start preparation for a pivotal trial leading to an FDA approval. The Company has been granted exclusive rights to the BC8 antibody and related master cell bank developed by FHCRC. The cost to develop the trial will range from $13.2 million to $23.5 million, depending on the trial design as required by the FDA. Under the terms of the sponsored research agreement, the Company will fund the FHCRC lab with $150,000 per year for the first two years and $250,000 thereafter. Payments made toward funding the lab will be credited toward royalty payments owed to FHCRC in the given year. A milestone payment of $1 million will be due to FHCRC upon FDA approval of the first drug. Upon commercial sale of the drug, royalty payments of 2% of net sales will be due to FHCRC.
f. | On March 27, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The Company will pay $31,185 for each patient that has completed the clinical trial. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $79,623. The amount due of $79,623 was paid on July 10, 2012.
g. | On May 9, 2011, Actinium entered into a transaction management agreement with Jamess Capital Group, LLC. (formerly known as Amerasia Capital Group, LLC), a consulting firm affiliated with Mr. Sandesh Seth, a Director of Cactus Ventures, Inc. by virtue of his position as a director of Actinium Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Seth is a Managing Partner of the consulting firm some of whose member interests are held by entities owned by officers and employees of the Placement Agent. None of Cactus’ current officers or directors had a prior relationship or affiliation with Cactus prior to the closing of the Share Exchange. Pursuant to the agreement, the management firm was engaged to provide consulting services to Actinium related to the consummation of a going public transaction for Actinium. The management firm received a monthly fee of $12,500 which is terminable by the Company three months after the effective date of the going public transaction and designees of Jamess, including entities affiliated with Mr. Seth, were issued warrants to purchase common stock equal to 10% of the fully-diluted capital stock of the Company as of the effective date of the going public transaction. The fully diluted shares for this calculation included all issued and outstanding shares as well as those reserved under the Employee Stock Option Plan. Jamess Capital Group does not retain beneficial ownership of the warrants as they were issued to designees of the members in amounts which do not qualify either Jamess or the warrant holders for inclusion in the beneficial ownership table. The warrants contain a provision wherein the holder may waive the 90 day exercise notice requirement by giving 65 days prior notice of such waiver. The shares available by exercise of this Warrant are also restricted and may not be sold or otherwise transferred until the earlier of twelve months from the closing date of the Pubco Transaction; or for six months after the planned Registration Statement is declared effective. The consulting firm is also eligible to be reimbursed upon the submission of proper documentation for ordinary and necessary out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed $5,000 per month.
h. | On July 19, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with FHCRC. The Company will pay $31,366 for each patient that has completed the clinical trial. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $19,749. During the clinical trial additional fees apply and will be invoiced when applicable. The amount due has not been invoiced but accrued by the Company as of December 31, 2012.
i. | On August 28, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The total estimated cost of conducting the clinical trial is $481,204, which includes a non- refundable institutional fee of $14,500. The estimated cost is based on treating 24 patients through 2013. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company is required to make a payment of $33,946. The amount due has not been invoiced but accrued by the Company as of December 31, 2012.
j. | On September 26, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with Johns Hopkins University. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial will be conducted with Actinium 225. The clinical trial will be conducted under the protocols established by the Company and pursuant to an Investigational New Drug Exemption (IND 10807) held by the Company. The Company will pay $38,501 per patient, who has completed the clinical trial. The Company is required to pay a start-up fee of $22,847, an annual pharmacy fee of $2,025 and an amendment processing fee of $500, when applicable. The amount due has not been invoiced but accrued by the Company as of December 31, 2012.
k. | On November 21, 2012, the Company entered into a clinical trial agreement with the University of Pennsylvania. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial will be conducted with Actinium 225. The clinical trial will be conducted under the protocols established by the Company and pursuant to an Investigational New Drug Exemption (IND 10807) held by the Company. The Company will pay $31,771 per patient, who has completed the clinical trial. The Company will be required to pay a start-up fee of $16,000 and additional administrative fees, when applicable.
On August 1, 2012, the Company entered into a rental agreement for office space at 501 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017. The agreement terminates January 31, 2013 unless a Notice of Termination is provided to the landlord 60 days prior to January 1, 2013. The agreement automatically renews on a month-to-month basis and requires a two month notice of termination. The Company paid a two month refundable deposit.

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