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Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies | Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies 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 upfront payments as well as milestone and royalty payments. Notable inclusions in this category are:
| a. | AbbVie Biotherapeutics Corp. – The Company entered into a Product Development and Patent License Agreement with AbbVie Biotherapeutics Corp. 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 AbbVie 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 AbbVie Biotherapeutics Corp. a milestone payment of $750,000 on July 24, 2012. The milestone payment for the Phase 1 Clinical Trial was recorded as research and development expense. In September 2016, the Company met its second milestone and accrued $750,000 as a research and development expense. As of December 31, 2016, the $750,000 accrual was included in the accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the balance sheet.
| b. | MSKCC – see Note 2 - Related Party Transactions.
| c. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (“ORNL”) – The Company is contracted to purchase radioactive material to be used for research and development, with a renewal option at the contract end. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, the Company purchased approximately $1.0 million, $0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of radioactive material with ORNL. On January 9, 2017, the Company signed a contract with ORNL to purchase $0.7 million of radioactive material.
| d. | Icon Clinical Research, LLC (“Icon”, formerly AptivSolutions) provides project management services for the study of the drug Ac-225-HuM195 (Actimab-A) used in the Company’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials. The total project was estimated to cost approximately $1.9 million and required a 12.5% down payment of the total estimated project cost. The down payment totaling $0.2 million 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 $2.7 million. Icon invoices the Company when services are rendered and the Company records the related expense to research and development expense. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred expenses of approximately $0.8 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to this agreement.
| e. | On June 15, 2012, the Company entered into a license and sponsored research agreement with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“FHCRC”) to build upon previous and ongoing clinical trials, with BC8 (licensed antibody). FHCRC has currently completed both a Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trial with BC8 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 $0.2 million per year for the first two years and $0.3 million 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. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred expenses of approximately $0.4 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, related to this agreement.
| f. | On February 27, 2014, the Company entered into a manufacturing agreement with Goodwin Biotechnology Inc. ("Goodwin"). Goodwin oversees the current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) production of a monoclonal antibody anticipated to be used in the phase 3 clinical trial of Iomab-B. Total cost of the agreement is $6.8 million. The Company made a non-refundable payment of $0.6 million upon execution of the agreement. Periodic payments will be made upon reaching certain milestones. As of December 31, 2016, the remaining cost of the service agreement (only) is approximately $2.6 million. Goodwin bills the Company when services are rendered and the Company records the related expense to research and development costs. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid Goodwin, services fees and materials, approximately $0.7 million, $4.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company owed Goodwin $0.1 million.
| g. | On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a research agreement with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (“Einstein”). According to the agreement, Einstein will use certain materials provided by the Company to complete a research project. The research project will explore the feasibility of using Actinium 225 to prepare patients with blood borne cancers to receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Einstein will periodically provide the Company with reports showing project data or research. The total fixed price of the project is $0.2 million which is payable to Einstein in three payments. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid Einstein approximately $37,000, $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in full satisfaction of the agreement.
| h. | On February 16, 2016, the Company entered into a CRO agreement with Medpace, Inc. (“Medpace”). Medpace provides project management services for the study of Iomab-B used for the intended Phase 3 clinical trial. The total project is estimated to cost approximately $7.2 million. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company paid approximately $2.6 million.
| i. | On August 4, 2016, the Company entered into a CRO agreement with Vector Oncology Solutions, LLC (“Vector”). Vector provides project management services for the study of Actimab-A used for the intended Phase 2 clinical trial. The total project is estimated to cost approximately $4.6 million. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company paid Vector approximately $1.0 million.
Lease Agreements The Company does not own any real property. On March 10, 2016, effective as of January 1, 2016, Actinium entered into an Office Space License Agreement (the “License”) with Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. (“Relmada”), with whom we share two common board members, for office space located at 275 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016. The License represents a substantial reduction in the per person cost over Actinium’s prior lease and the space allows for future growth. Both companies’ boards authorized the transaction. The term of the License is three years from the effective date, with an automatic renewal provision. The cost of the License is on a pass through basis for Relmada, and is approximately $17,000 per month for Actinium, subject to customary escalations and adjustments. In August 2016, the Company expanded its office space at 275 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016, for an additional $2,400 per month over a 12-month term. Future minimum obligations on the lease are:
For the year ending December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 218,464 |
For the year ending December 31, 2018 |  |  | 199,440 |
Total |  | $ | 417,904 |

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