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Disposition of a Non-financial Asset
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Disposition of a Non-financial Asset

12. Disposition of a Non-financial Asset

On October 22, 2024 (the Closing Date), MEI and Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. (the Purchaser), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the Asset Purchase Agreement), whereby we sold to the Purchaser our rights, title and interest in and to certain assets related to ME-344, including relevant intellectual property rights, technology and contracts (the ME-344 Sale). Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser paid us an initial payment of $0.5 million in cash plus a reimbursement amount of $55,000 at the closing of the transaction. The Purchaser may also make future milestone payments up to $62.0 million after the Closing Date, payable upon the achievement of certain regulatory and revenue milestones. The Purchaser also assumed certain of our liabilities after the Closing Date, including liabilities arising under the contracts transferred under the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The ME-344 sale did not trigger a discontinued operation as the intellectual property sold did not represent a component of our business. Additionally, we concluded the ME-344 Sale met all the criteria to be derecognized on the Closing Date. Variable consideration, such as future potential regulatory and revenue milestones have been fully constrained. As such, as of the Closing Date and December 31, 2024, we determined the transaction price to be the initial payment of $0.5 million. Accordingly, we recognized a gain, upon satisfaction of our obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement, of $0.5 million as a separate component of other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. The $55,000 reimbursement by the Purchaser represented work performed at the Purchaser's request prior to the Closing Date, which they agreed to reimburse. The reimbursement did not represent a liability assumed or relieved by the Purchaser and was, therefore, not included in the calculation of the gain on the disposition of the ME-344 asset. The $55,000 reimbursement was recognized as contra research and development expense in accordance with our reimbursement policy for pass through services.