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Collaboration Agreements | 12 Months Ended
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Collaboration Agreements | Collaboration Agreements Merck KGaA In June 2014, the Company entered into a Collaboration and Commercial License Agreement with Merck KGaA (the Merck KGaA Agreement). Upon the execution of the Merck KGaA Agreement, Merck KGaA paid the Company a non-refundable technology access fee of $12,000 for the right to develop ADCs directed to six exclusive targets over a specified period of time. No additional fees are due when a target is designated and the commercial license to the target is granted. Merck KGaA will be responsible for the product development and marketing of any products resulting from this collaboration. Under the terms of the Merck KGaA Agreement, the Company and Merck KGaA develop research plans to evaluate Merck KGaA's antibodies as ADCs incorporating the Company's technology. The Company receives reimbursement for its efforts under the research plans. The goal of the research plans is to provide Merck KGaA with sufficient information to formally nominate a development candidate and begin IND-enabling studies or cease development on the designated target. In addition to the payments received for research and development activities performed on behalf of Merck KGaA, the Company could be eligible to receive up to a total of $780,000 in future milestones related to all targets under the Merck KGaA Agreement, plus low to mid-single digit royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products during the applicable royalty term. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones $84,000; regulatory milestones $264,000; and sales milestones $432,000. There are six individual development milestones per target, payable upon the completion of various activities, from the delivery of ADCs meeting defined specifications, through the dosing in a Phase 3 clinical trial. There are five regulatory milestones, which are payable upon regulatory approvals for a first indication in each of the U.S., European Union and Japanese markets and regulatory approvals for both a second and a third indication in the United States. There are three individual commercial milestones, which are payable upon the attainment of certain defined thresholds for annual net sales. Prior to 2020, the Company had received $3,000 related to development milestones under the Merck KGaA Agreement. There have been no additional milestone payments in the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020. The next potential milestone payment the Company will be eligible to receive will be a development milestone of $500 on Merck KGaA's designation of a preclinical development candidate for any target. Revenue will be recognized when achievement of the milestone is considered probable. Unless earlier terminated, the Merck KGaA Agreement will expire upon the expiration of the last royalty term for a product under the Merck KGaA Agreement, after which time, Merck KGaA will have a perpetual, royalty-free license, or if Merck KGaA does not designate any ADC product candidates produced by the Company under the Merck KGaA Agreement as preclinical development candidates, upon the expiration of the last to expire research program. Merck KGaA may terminate the Merck KGaA Agreement in its entirety or with respect to any target for convenience upon 60 days' prior written notice. Each party may terminate the Merck KGaA Agreement in its entirety upon bankruptcy or similar proceedings of the other party or upon an uncured material breach of the Merck KGaA Agreement by the other party. However, if such breach only relates to one target, the agreement may only be terminated with respect to such target. In May 2018, the Company entered into a Supply Agreement with Merck KGaA (the Merck KGaA Supply Agreement). Under the terms of the Merck KGaA Supply Agreement, the Company will provide Merck KGaA preclinical non-GMP ADC drug substance and clinical GMP drug substance for use in clinical trials associated with one of the antibodies designated under the Merck KGaA Agreement. The Company receives fees for its efforts under the Merck KGaA Supply Agreement and reimbursement equal to the supply cost. The Company may also enter into future supply agreements to provide clinical supply material should Merck KGaA pursue clinical development of any other candidates nominated under the Merck KGaA Agreement. Accounting Analysis The Company identified the following performance obligations under the Merck KGaA Agreement: (i) exclusive license and research services for six designated targets, (ii) rights to future technological improvements and (iii) participation of project team leaders and providing joint research committee services. The Company has concluded that each license for a designated target is not distinct from the research services performed related to the designated target as Merck KGaA cannot obtain the benefit of the license without the related research services. Each license for a designated target and the related services performance obligation is considered distinct from every other license for a designated target and related services performance obligation as each research plan is pursued independent of every other research plan for other designated targets. The Company utilizes the expected value approach to estimate the amount of consideration related to the payment of fees associated with development and research services. The Company utilizes the most likely amount approach to estimate any development and regulatory milestone payments to be received. As of the date of initial application of Topic 606, there were no milestones payments that had not already been received, included in the estimated transaction price. The Company considered the stage of development and the remaining risks associated with the remaining development required to achieve the milestone, as well as whether the achievement of the milestone is outside the control of the Company or Merck KGaA. The milestone payment amounts were fully constrained, as a result of the uncertainty whether any of the associated milestones would be achieved. The Company has determined that any commercial milestones and sales based royalties will be recognized when the related sales occur as they were determined to relate predominantly to the license granted and therefore have also been excluded from the transaction price. The transaction price was allocated to the performance obligations based on the relative estimated standalone selling prices of each performance obligation or in the case of certain variable consideration to one or more performance obligations. The estimated standalone selling prices for performance obligations, that include a license and research services, were developed using the estimated selling price of the license and an estimate of the overall effort to perform the research service and an estimated market rate for research services. The estimated standalone selling price of the licenses was established based on comparable transactions. The estimated standalone selling price for the rights to future technological improvements was developed based on the estimated selling prices of a license or rights received, as well as considering the probability that additional technology would be made available or the probability the counterpart would utilize the technology. The estimated standalone selling price for the joint research committee services was developed using an estimate of the time and costs incurred to participate in the committees. The Company re-evaluates the transaction price in each reporting period and as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total estimated transaction price for the Merck KGaA Agreement was $21,325. The transaction price of $21,325 was allocated to the performance obligations as follows: approximately $3,941 for each of the license and corresponding research and development services units of account for the first and second designated targets; $3,439 for each of the license and corresponding research and development services units of account for the third and sixth designated target; $3,152 for the license and corresponding research and development services unit of account for the fourth designated target; $2,746 for the license and corresponding research and development services unit of account for the fifth designated target; $425 for rights to future technological improvements; and $242 for joint research committee services. The Company is recognizing revenue related to the exclusive license and research and development services performance obligation over the estimated period of the research and development services using a proportional performance model. The Company measures proportional performance based on the costs incurred relative to the total costs expected to be incurred. To the extent that the Company receives fees for the research services as they are performed, these amounts are recorded as deferred revenue. Revenue related to future technological improvements and joint research committee services will be recognized ratably over the performance period (which in the case of the joint research committee services approximate the time and cost incurred each period), which are 10 and 5 years, respectively. The Company is continuing to reassess the estimated remaining term at each subsequent reporting period. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has completed its research service obligations associated with four of the six designated targets. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded collaboration revenue of $43, $828 and $853, respectively, related to its efforts under the Merck KGaA Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized collaboration revenue and corresponding research and development expense of $1,280 related to the Merck KGaA Supply Agreement. There were no amounts recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 related to the Merck KGaA Supply Agreement. There was no balance in accounts receivable related to the Merck KGaA Agreement and Merck KGaA Supply Agreement as of either December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had recorded $3,944 and $3,987, respectively, in deferred revenue related to the Merck KGaA Agreement and Merck KGaA Supply Agreement that will be recognized over the remaining performance period. Takeda XMT-1522 Strategic Partnership In January 2016, the Company entered into a Development Collaboration and Commercial License Agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the development and commercialization of XMT-1522 (the XMT-1522 Agreement). Under the XMT-1522 Agreement, Takeda was granted the exclusive right to commercialize XMT-1522 outside of the United States and Canada. Under the XMT-1522 Agreement, the Company was responsible for conducting certain Phase 1 development activities for XMT-1522, including the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial, at its own expense. The parties agreed to collaborate on the further development of XMT-1522 in accordance with a global development plan (Post-Phase 1 Development). On January 2, 2019, the Company received notice from Takeda stating that Takeda was exercising its right to terminate the XMT-1522 Agreement upon 30 days’ prior written notice. The XMT-1522 Agreement terminated in accordance with its provisions, and the Company and Takeda wound down activities related to the XMT-1522 Agreement as of March 31, 2019. Under the XMT-1522 Agreement, the Company and Takeda shared equally all agreed Post-Phase 1 Development costs through the date of termination and for a period of 30 days after the effective termination date. Takeda Strategic Research and Development Partnership In March 2014, the Company entered into a Research Collaboration and Commercial License Agreement with Takeda’s wholly owned subsidiary, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the 2014 Agreement). The 2014 Agreement was amended in January 2015 and amended and restated in January 2016 (the 2016 Restated Agreement). The agreements provided Takeda with the right to develop ADCs directed to a total of seven exclusive targets, designated by Takeda, over a specified period of time. On January 2, 2019, the Company received notice from Takeda stating that Takeda was exercising its right to terminate the 2016 Restated Agreement upon 45 days’ prior written notice. The 2016 Restated Agreement terminated in accordance with its provisions, and the Company and Takeda wound down activities related to the 2016 Restated Agreement as of March 31, 2019. Accounting Analysis The Company’s collaboration agreements with Takeda were terminated following receipt of written notices during the first quarter of 2019. As there are no further performance obligations, the Company recognized the remaining deferred revenue of $39,965 related to the termination of the Takeda agreements in the first quarter of 2019. Prior to the termination of the agreements, the Company had identified 14 performance obligations in the agreements. The Company concluded that the license related to each of the designated targets was not distinct from the research services performed related to each of the designated targets as Takeda could not have obtain the benefit of the license without the related research services. Each license to a designated target and the related service performance obligation was considered distinct from every other license to a designated target and related services performance obligation as each research plan was pursued independent of the any other research plans for other designated targets. Further, the material rights provided were determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations in the arrangement as they were options in the contract Takeda agreements and not required for Takeda to obtain the benefit of the other promised goods or services in the arrangement. Similarly, the Company concluded that the XMT-1522 license and the related research and development services, including the Phase 1 development and the transfer of certain materials and know-how related to the Company's manufacturing processes, were one performance obligation. The license to the Company's intellectual property was not determined to be distinct from the research and related development services that the Company was obligated to perform. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded total revenue of $39,965 related to its efforts under the 2016 Restated Agreement and the XMT-1522 Agreement. The Company did not record any revenue under the 2016 Restated Agreement and the XMT-1522 Agreement in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company concluded that the Post-Phase 1 Development activities under the XMT-1522 Agreement represented joint operating activities in which both parties were active participants and of which both parties were exposed to significant risks and rewards that are dependent on the commercial success of the activities. Accordingly, the Company accounted for the Post-Phase 1 Development activities in accordance with ASC 808. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company was billed approximately $200 from Takeda representing Post-Phase 1 Development costs incurred by Takeda. These amounts have been reflected as research and development costs in the consolidated statement of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company billed Takeda $195 related to ASC 808 costs. Summary of Contract Assets and Liabilities The following table presents changes in the balances of our contract assets and liabilities during the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
| Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract assets | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Contract liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 3,987 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 3,944 |
| Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract assets | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Contract liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 4,815 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 828 |  |  | $ | 3,987 |
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized the following revenues as a result of changes in the contract asset and the contract liability balances in the respective periods.
| Year ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
Revenue recognized in the period from: |  |  |
Amounts included in the contract liability at the beginning of the period | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 828 |
Performance obligations satisfied in previous periods | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Other Revenue The Company has provided limited services for a collaboration partner, Asana BioSciences. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded revenue of $0, $0 and $25, respectively, related to these services. The next potential milestone the Company is eligible to receive is $2,500 upon dosing the fifth patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial by Asana BioSciences. As of December 31, 2021, the Company considered this next milestone to be fully constrained as there is considerable judgment involved in determining whether it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would occur. As part of its evaluation of the constraint, the Company considered numerous factors, including the fact that achievement of the milestone is outside the control of the Company and there is a high level of uncertainty in achieving this milestone, as this would require initiation of clinical trials by the collaboration partner. The Company reevaluates the probability of achievement of a milestone subject to constraint at each reporting period and as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur.

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