License Agreement	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
License Agreement
License Agreement	9. License Agreement In December 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement (the vTv License Agreement) with vTv Therapeutics LLC (vTv Therapeutics), under which the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide, sublicensable license under certain vTv Therapeutics intellectual property to develop, manufacture and commercialize PPARδ agonists and products containing such PPARδ agonists, including mavodelpar, for any therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic application in humans. Since the Company has suspended all development activity related to mavodelpar, it is not currently performing any development efforts under the vTv License Agreement. To date, the Company has paid a $3.0 million upfront payment, $2.0 million in milestone payments and issued an aggregate of 576,443 shares of its common stock to vTv Therapeutics. On October 30, 2023, the Company repurchased from vTv Therapeutics all 576,443 shares of its common stock previously issued to vTv Therapeutics under the vTv License Agreement for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 million in a private, non-underwritten transaction. Upon the achievement of certain pre-specified development and regulatory milestones, the Company is also required to pay vTv Therapeutics milestone payments totaling up to $64.5 million. The Company is also required to pay vTv Therapeutics up to $30.0 million in total sales-based milestones upon achievement of certain sales thresholds of the licensed product. As of March 31, 2024, the Company has paid an aggregate of $2.0 million in development and regulatory milestone payments. In addition, the Company is obligated to make royalty payments to vTv Therapeutics at mid-single digit to low teen percentage royalty rates, based on tiers of annual net sales of licensed products, subject to certain customary reductions. There were no milestone payments achieved or recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

License Agreement

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

9. License Agreement

In December 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement (the vTv License Agreement) with vTv Therapeutics LLC (vTv Therapeutics), under which the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide, sublicensable license under certain vTv Therapeutics intellectual property to develop, manufacture and commercialize PPARδ agonists and products containing such PPARδ agonists, including mavodelpar, for any therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic application in humans. Since the Company has suspended all development activity related to mavodelpar, it is not currently performing any development efforts under the vTv License Agreement.

To date, the Company has paid a $3.0 million upfront payment, $2.0 million in milestone payments and issued an aggregate of 576,443 shares of its common stock to vTv Therapeutics. On October 30, 2023, the Company repurchased from vTv Therapeutics all 576,443 shares of its common stock previously issued to vTv Therapeutics under the vTv License Agreement for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.4 million in a private, non-underwritten transaction.

Upon the achievement of certain pre-specified development and regulatory milestones, the Company is also required to pay vTv Therapeutics milestone payments totaling up to $64.5 million. The Company is also required to pay vTv Therapeutics up to $30.0 million in total sales-based milestones upon achievement of certain sales thresholds of the licensed product. As of March 31, 2024, the Company has paid an aggregate of $2.0 million in development and regulatory milestone payments. In addition, the Company is obligated to make royalty payments to vTv Therapeutics at mid-single digit to low teen percentage royalty rates, based on tiers of annual net sales of licensed products, subject to certain customary reductions. There were no milestone payments achieved or recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.