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Note 3 - License, Clinical Trial and Sponsored Research Agreements Research and Development Expenses - All Licenses For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recorded the following expense in research and development for licenses acquired:
License Agreements City of Hope Manufacturing License On January 3, 2018, the Company entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with City of Hope National Medical Center (“COH”) to acquire patent and licensed know-how rights related to developing, manufacturing, and commercializing licensed products. The Company paid $75,000 in consideration for the licenses to the patent rights and the licensed know-how in addition to an annual maintenance fee. Royalty payments in the low-single digits are due on net sales of licensed products. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital On August 2, 2018, the Company entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (“St. Jude”) for the development of a first-in-class ex vivo lentiviral gene therapy for the treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (“X-SCID”). The Company
paid $1.0 million in consideration for the exclusive license in addition to an annual maintenance fee of $0.1 million (beginning in 2019). St. Jude is eligible to receive payments totaling $13.5 million upon the achievement of five development and commercialization milestones. Royalty payments in the mid-single digits are due on net sales of licensed products.
Research and Development Expenses - Sponsored Research and Clinical Trial Agreements For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recorded the following expense in research and development for sponsored research and clinical trial agreements:
City of Hope Sponsored Research Agreement On January 3, 2018, the Company entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement (“SRA”) with COH to optimize and develop CAR T cell processing procedures. Pursuant to the SRA, the Company will fund continued research in the amount of $0.9 million for the program, which has an initial term of two (2) years. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sponsored Research Agreement On March 17, 2018, the Company entered into a SRA with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“Fred Hutch”) related to developing and optimizing processes and systems associated with CD20 cell processing. Pursuant to the SRA, the Company will fund continued research in the amount of $0.6 million during the term of the SRA which expires one year from the effective date. |