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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

16. Related Party Transactions

 

License and Supply Agreement

 

On October 1, 2016, the Company executed an exclusive license and supply agreement with Biofrontera Pharma GmbH (“Pharma”), which was amended in July 2019 to increase the Ameluz® transfer price per unit from 35.0% to 50.0% of the anticipated net selling price per unit as defined in the agreement. It was further amended on October 8, 2021 so that the price we pay per unit will be based upon our sales history, although the minimum number of units to purchase per year remains unchanged. As a result of this amendment, the purchase price we pay Biofrontera Pharma for Ameluz® will range from 30% to 50% of the anticipated net price per unit based on our level of annual revenue. Refer to Item I. Business - Commercial Partners and Agreements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for further details. Under the agreement, the Company obtained an exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Pharma’s technology to market and sell the licensed products, Ameluz® and BF-RhodoLED® and must purchase the licensed products exclusively from Pharma. There was no consideration paid for the transfer of the license.

 

Purchases of the licensed products during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were $5.2 million and $3.0 million, respectively, and recorded in inventories in the balance sheets, and, when sold, in cost of revenues, related party in the statements of operations. Amounts due and payable to Pharma as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which were recorded in accounts payable, related parties in the balance sheets.

 

Service Agreements

 

In December 2021, we entered into an Amended and Restated Master Contract Services Agreement, or Services Agreement, which provides for the execution of statements of work that will replace the applicable provisions of our previous intercompany services agreement dated January 1, 2016, or 2016 Services Agreement, by and among us, Biofrontera AG, Biofrontera Pharma and Biofrontera Bioscience, enabling us to continue to use the IT resources of Biofrontera AG and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Biofrontera Group”) as well as providing access to the Biofrontera Group’s resources with respect to quality management, regulatory affairs and medical affairs. If we deem that the Biofrontera Group should continue to provide these services, we will execute a statement of work under the Services Agreement with respect to such services. We currently have statements of work in place regarding IT, regulatory affairs, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance, and investor relations services, and are continuously assessing the other services historically provided to us by Biofrontera AG to determine 1) if they will be needed, and 2) whether they can or should be obtained from other third-party providers. Expenses related to the service agreement were $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively which were recorded in selling, general and administrative, related party. There were no amounts due to Biofrontera AG related to the service agreement as of March 31, 2022. Amounts due to Biofrontera AG related to the service agreement were $0.2 million as of December 31, 2021 which were recorded in accounts payable, related parties in the balance sheets.  

 

Clinical Lamp Lease Agreement

 

On August 1, 2018, the Company executed a clinical lamp lease agreement with Biofrontera Bioscience GmbH (“Bioscience”) to provide lamps and associated services.

 

Total revenue related to the clinical lamp lease agreement was approximately $15,000 and $13,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively and recorded as revenues, related party. Amounts due from Bioscience for clinical lamp and other reimbursements were approximately $99,000 and $92,000 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which were recorded as other receivables, related party in the balance sheets.  

 

 

Reimbursements from Maruho Related to Cutanea Acquisition

 

Pursuant to the Cutanea acquisition share purchase agreement, we received start-up cost financing and reimbursements for certain costs. These restructuring costs Maruho agreed to pay are referred to as “SPA costs” under the arrangement and are to be accounted for as other income. Refer to Note 3, Acquisition Contract Liabilities.

 

There were no amounts reimbursed relating to SPA costs for the three months ended March 31, 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the amounts reimbursed relating to SPA costs were $0.1 million and were recorded as other income in the statements of operations as the related expenses were incurred. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 amounts due from Maruho, primarily relating to SPA cost reimbursements, were $56,000 for each of the periods and were recorded in other receivables, related parties in the balance sheets.

 

Others

 

The Company receives expense reimbursement from Biofrontera AG and Biofrontera Bioscience on a quarterly basis for costs incurred on behalf of these entities. Total expense reimbursements were $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, which were netted against expenses incurred within selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

The Company has recorded a receivable of $11.3 million due from Biofrontera AG for its 50% share of a legal settlement for which both parties are jointly and severally liable for the total settlement amount of $22.5 million. The Company has a contractual right to repayment of its share of the settlement payment from Biofrontera AG under the Settlement Allocation Agreement entered into on December 9, 2021 and amended on March 31, 2022, which provided that the settlement payments would first be made by the Company and then reimbursed by Biofrontera AG for its share. The amended agreement provides certain remedies to the Company, if Biofrontera AG fails to make timely reimbursements, which the Company may implement in its sole discretion, including the ability to charge interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum for each day that any reimbursement is past due and the ability to offset any overdue reimbursement amounts against payments owed to Biofrontera AG by the Company (including amounts owed under the Company’s license and supply agreement for Ameluz®). The Company has accrued $56,000 of interest income as of March 31, 2022. Of the total receivable of $11.3 million, $8.5 million is short-term and $2.8 million is a long-term receivable.