Collaborative Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Collaborative Arrangement Disclosure [Text Block]

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Collaborative Agreements

(a)

Abbott Products, Inc.

On May 15, 2009, the Company granted an exclusive license to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (later acquired by Abbott Products, Inc.) to certain rights to its intellectual property in exchange for an up-front license fee of $4.0 million, certain specified payments upon achievement of various development and commercial milestones or the passage of time and also a royalty on related net sales. The Company also received research revenue for services rendered during the development period and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses.

The Company received the up-front fee of $4.0 million in 2009 and milestone payments, related solely to the passing of time and not the achievement of any of the development or commercial milestones, totaling $3.0 million and $2.0 million in 2011 and 2010. The up-front license fee and milestone payments were recorded as a single unit of account, as the delivered technology does not have stand-alone value. Total consideration was recorded using cumulative catch-up method as payments were deemed collectible over the estimated term of the contract for which the Company has continuing performance obligations. The agreement was terminated effective March 29, 2012, and the balance of deferred revenue of $7.5 million was recognized as licensing and milestone revenue in 2012. The Company also earned research revenue under the agreement of zero and $186,000 in 2013 and 2012.

As part of the termination, the Company reacquired the rights to the intellectual property from Abbott in March 2012. All obligations under the prior license agreement have been completed except that Lipocine will owe Abbott a perpetual 1.5% royalty on net sales should Lipocine decide to use certain Solvay/Abbott formulations or a perpetual 1% royalty on net sales should Lipocine use data generated during the term of the Solvay/Abbott agreement in any regulatory filings for a product. Such royalties are limited to $1 million in the first two calendar years following product launch, after which period there is not a cap on royalties and no maximum aggregate amount. If generic versions of any such product are introduced, then royalties are reduced by 50%. The Company did not incur any royalties during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

(b)

Nexgen Pharma, Inc.

On May 21, 2011, the Company entered into a collaborative product development agreement with Nexgen Pharma, Inc. (“Nexgen”). Under the agreement, the parties agreed to jointly develop certain products for the treatment of coughs and colds and to share future revenues from those products. Nexgen agreed to reimburse the Company at cost for all future clinical costs incurred in the development of the products. A total of $468,000 and $759,000 was reimbursed for related expenses under the agreement in 2013 and 2012 and recorded net in research and development expense. The Company was responsible for certain new drug application (“NDA”) filing costs with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under terms of this contract and, additionally, would participate on a joint steering committee with Nexgen for the development, regulatory, and manufacturing strategy of product candidates. On July 23, 2013 the Company transferred all rights and obligations under this agreement to Spriaso, LLC (see note 11).

(c)

Contract Research and Development

The Company has entered into agreements with various contract organizations that conduct preclinical, clinical, analytical and manufacturing development work on behalf of the Company as well as a number of independent contractors, primarily clinical researchers, who serve as advisors to the Company. The Company incurred expenses of $3.4 million and $1.1 million under these agreements in 2013 and 2012 and has recorded these expenses in research and development expenses.