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License and Collaboration Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
License and Collaboration Agreements

4. License and Collaboration Agreements

Baxalta

On September 23, 2014, the Company and Baxter entered into the Baxalta Agreement for the development and commercialization of ONIVYDE in the Licensed Territory. In connection with Baxter’s separation of the Baxalta business, the Baxalta Agreement was assigned to Baxalta during the second quarter of 2015. As part of the Baxalta Agreement, the Company granted Baxalta an exclusive, royalty-bearing right and license under the Company’s patent rights and know-how to develop and commercialize ONIVYDE in the Licensed Territory. Baxalta is responsible for using commercially reasonable efforts to develop, obtain regulatory approvals for and, following regulatory approval, commercialize ONIVYDE in the Licensed Territory. A joint steering committee comprised of an equal number of representatives from each of Baxalta and the Company is responsible for approving changes to the global development plan for ONIVYDE, including all budgets, and overseeing the parties’ development and commercialization activities with respect to ONIVYDE. Unless otherwise agreed, the Company will be responsible for conducting all clinical trials contemplated by the global development plan for ONIVYDE and manufacturing all clinical material needed for such trials. Baxalta also has the option to manufacture ONIVYDE, in which case the Company will perform a technology transfer of its manufacturing process to Baxalta.

Under the terms of the Baxalta Agreement, the Company received a $100.0 million nonrefundable upfront cash payment in September 2014. In addition, the Company is eligible to receive from Baxalta (i) up to an aggregate of $100.0 million upon the achievement of specified research and development milestones, of which the Company has received $62.5 million from Baxalta through December 31, 2016, (ii) up to an aggregate of $520.0 million upon the achievement of specified regulatory milestones, of which the Company has received $60.0 million from Baxalta through December 31, 2016, and (iii) up to an aggregate of $250.0 million upon the achievement of specified sales milestones. Under the terms of the Baxalta Agreement, the Company will bear up to the first $98.8 million of costs related to the development of ONIVYDE for pancreatic cancer patients who have not previously received gemcitabine-based therapy; however, the Company expects most of these costs to be offset by payments received upon the achievement of clinical trial-related milestones. The Company and Baxalta will share equally all other clinical trial costs contemplated by the global development plan. The Company is also entitled to tiered, escalating royalties ranging from sub-teen double digits to low twenties percentages of net sales of ONIVYDE in the Licensed Territory.

If not terminated earlier by either party, the Baxalta Agreement will expire upon expiration of all royalty and other payment obligations of Baxalta under the Baxalta Agreement. Either party may terminate the Baxalta Agreement in the event of an uncured material breach by the other party. Baxalta may also terminate the Baxalta Agreement on a product-by-product, country-by-country or sub-territory-by-sub-territory basis or in its entirety, for its convenience, upon 180 days’ prior written notice. In addition, the Company may terminate the Baxalta Agreement if Baxalta challenges or supports any challenge of the Company’s licensed patent rights.

At the inception of the collaboration, the Company identified the following deliverables as part of the Baxalta Agreement: (i) license to develop and commercialize ONIVYDE in Baxalta’s territories, (ii) discovery, research, development and manufacturing services required to complete ongoing clinical trials related to ONIVYDE, (iii) discovery, research, development and manufacturing services needed to complete future clinical trials in further indications related to ONIVYDE, (iv) the option to perform a technology transfer of the Company’s manufacturing process related to the production of ONIVYDE to Baxalta and (v) participation on the joint steering committee.

The Company concluded that none of the deliverables identified at the inception of the collaboration has standalone value from the other undelivered elements. As such, all deliverables represent a single unit of accounting.

The Company has determined that the collaboration represents a services agreement and as such has estimated the level of effort expected to be completed as a result of providing the identified deliverables. The Company will recognize revenue from the nonrefundable upfront payment, forecasted non-substantive milestone payments and estimated payments related to discovery, research, development and technology transfer services based on proportional performance as effort is completed over the expected services period, which is estimated to be substantially complete by June 30, 2022. The Company will periodically review and, if necessary, revise the estimated service period related to its collaboration with Baxalta. As of December 31, 2016, the Company has achieved $62.5 million of the $90.0 million of forecasted non-substantive milestones that are included in the Company’s proportional performance revenue recognition model and $60.0 million of the $530.0 million of substantive milestones that are included in the Baxalta Agreement.

Research, development and regulatory milestones that are considered substantive on the basis of the contingent nature of the milestone will be recognized as revenue in full in the period in which the associated milestone is achieved, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met. All sales milestones will be accounted for in the same manner as royalties and recorded as revenue upon achievement of the milestone, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met.

From the inception of the Baxalta Agreement through December 31, 2016, the Company has achieved the following substantive and non-substantive milestones:

 

In July 2015, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) accepted for review a Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”) filed by Baxalta for ONIVYDE. As a result of this acceptance, the Company recognized $20.0 million of license and collaboration revenue related to a substantive milestone payment owed from Baxalta.

 

In August 2015, the Company achieved a $15.0 million milestone related to the submission of the protocol for the Company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of ONIVYDE in front-line metastatic pancreatic cancer. This milestone is a non-substantive milestone, and revenue related to the achievement of this milestone will be recognized through the proportional performance revenue recognition model.

 

In October 2015, the Company achieved a $47.5 million milestone related to the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial of ONIVYDE in front-line pancreatic cancer. This milestone is a non-substantive milestone, and revenue related to the achievement of this milestone will be recognized through the proportional performance revenue recognition model.

 

In June 2016, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (the “MFDS”) accepted for review a new drug application filed by Baxalta for ONIVYDE. As a result of this acceptance, the Company recognized $10.0 million of license and collaboration revenue related to a substantive milestone payment owed from Baxalta.

 

In October 2016, the European Commission granted marketing authorization to Baxalta for ONIVYDE in combination with 5-FU and leucovorin for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who have progressed following gemcitabine-based therapy. As a result of this approval and the first commercial sale of ONIVYDE made by Baxalta during the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company recognized $30.0 million of license and collaboration revenue related to a substantive milestone payment owed from Baxalta.

During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized license and collaboration revenues based on the following components of the Baxalta Agreement:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Proportional performance revenue recognition model

 

$

47,119

 

 

$

64,930

 

 

$

10,460

 

Substantive milestones

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

87,119

 

 

$

84,930

 

 

$

10,460

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company also recognized royalty revenues of $0.2 million related to the Baxalta Agreement.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company maintained the following assets and liabilities related to the Baxalta Agreement:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Accounts receivable, billed

 

$

860

 

 

$

1,336

 

Accounts receivable, unbilled

 

 

581

 

 

 

626

 

Deferred revenues

 

 

56,779

 

 

 

97,365

 

 

Of the $56.8 million of deferred revenue related to the Baxalta Agreement as of December 31, 2016, $36.2 million is classified as current in the consolidated balance sheets based upon the Company’s estimate of revenue that will be recognized under the proportional performance revenue recognition model as a result of effort expected to be completed within the next twelve months.

In February 2016, the Company and Baxalta entered into a commercial supply agreement (the “Baxalta Supply Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company supplies ONIVYDE to Baxalta and, at Baxalta’s option, manages fill and finish activities conducted by a third-party contract manufacturer for Baxalta. The Company began supplying ONIVYDE under the Baxalta Supply Agreement during the second quarter of 2016 and recognized $3.6 million of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2016.

Sanofi

On September 30, 2009, the Company and Sanofi entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the “Sanofi Agreement”) for the development and commercialization of MM-121. The Sanofi Agreement became effective on November 10, 2009, and Sanofi paid the Company a nonrefundable, noncreditable upfront license fee of $60.0 million. On June 17, 2014, the Company and Sanofi agreed to terminate the Sanofi Agreement effective December 17, 2014. In connection with the agreement to terminate the Sanofi Agreement, among other things, Sanofi transferred ownership of the investigational new drug application for MM-121 back to the Company in July 2014, and the Company waived Sanofi’s obligation to reimburse the Company for MM-121 development costs incurred after the effective termination date. Following the termination of the Sanofi Agreement, the Company is not entitled to receive any additional fees, milestone payments or reimbursements from the collaboration.

The Company received total milestone payments of $25.0 million pursuant to the Sanofi Agreement. Under the Sanofi Agreement, Sanofi was responsible for all MM-121 development and manufacturing costs. Sanofi reimbursed the Company for direct costs incurred in both development and manufacturing and compensated the Company for its internal development efforts based on a full time equivalent rate.

The Company recognized cost reimbursements for MM-121 development services within the period they were incurred and billable. Billable expenses were identified during each specified budget period. In the event that total development services expense incurred and expected to be incurred during the same period exceeded the total contractually allowed billable amount for development services during that period, the Company recognized only a percentage of the development services incurred as revenue during that period.

At the inception of the collaboration, the Company determined that the license, the right to future technology, back-up compounds, participation on steering committees and manufacturing services performance obligations comprising the Sanofi Agreement represented a single unit of accounting. As the Company could not reasonably estimate its level of effort over the collaboration, the Company recognized revenue from the upfront payment, milestone payments and manufacturing services payments using the contingency-adjusted performance model over the expected development period, which was initially estimated at 12 years from the effective date of the Sanofi Agreement.

As a result of the Company and Sanofi agreeing to terminate the Sanofi Agreement, the development period was revised to end as of December 17, 2014. Accordingly, the balance of the deferred revenue remaining on April 1, 2014 was recognized prospectively on a straight-line basis over the remaining development period, ending on December 17, 2014, in accordance with current generally accepted principles on revenue recognition.

The Company recognized no revenue under the Sanofi agreement during the years ended December 31, 2016 or 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recognized revenue based on the following components of the Sanofi agreement:

 

(in thousands)

 

Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

Upfront payment

 

$

39,306

 

Milestone payment

 

 

16,377

 

Development services

 

 

18,904

 

Manufacturing services and other

 

 

17,709

 

Total

 

$

92,296

 

 

The Company performed development services for which revenue was recognized under the Sanofi Agreement in accordance with the specified budget period. During the year and specified budget periods ended December 31, 2013, the Company performed $10.1 million of development services in excess of recognized revenue. Of this amount, approximately $5.8 million was recognized as increased revenue in the year ended December 31, 2014 related to expenses incurred prior to December 31, 2013 upon the Company receiving budget approval for these overruns.

The Company maintained no assets or liabilities related to the Sanofi Agreement as of either December 31, 2016 or 2015.

PharmaEngine

On May 5, 2011, the Company and PharmaEngine entered into an assignment, sublicense and collaboration agreement (the “PharmaEngine Agreement”) under which the Company reacquired rights in Europe and certain countries in Asia to ONIVYDE. In exchange, the Company agreed to pay PharmaEngine a nonrefundable, noncreditable upfront payment of $10.0 million and up to an additional $80.0 million in aggregate development and regulatory milestones and $130.0 million in aggregate sales milestones. PharmaEngine is also entitled to tiered royalties on net sales of ONIVYDE in Europe and certain countries in Asia. PharmaEngine is not responsible for any future development costs of ONIVYDE except those required specifically for regulatory approval in Taiwan.

On September 22, 2014, the Company amended the PharmaEngine Agreement to redefine sublicense revenue and reduce the portion of sublicense revenue that the Company is required to pay to PharmaEngine. As a result of this amendment, the Company made a $7.0 million milestone payment to PharmaEngine in September 2014. Additionally, as a result of this amendment, a previously contingent $5.0 million milestone payment was paid to PharmaEngine in the second quarter of 2015. Prior to the amendment of the PharmaEngine Agreement, this milestone payment was contingent upon the award of certain specified regulatory designations. These milestone payments were recognized as research and development expense during the year ended December 31, 2014. In July 2015, the Company made an $11.0 million milestone payment to PharmaEngine in connection with the EMA’s acceptance for review of an MAA for ONIVYDE, which occurred, and was recognized as research and development expense, in the second quarter of 2015. In June 2016, the Company made a $10.0 million milestone payment to PharmaEngine in connection with the MFDS’s acceptance for review of a new drug application for ONIVYDE, which occurred, and was recognized as research and development expense, in the second quarter of 2016. In December 2016, the Company made a $25.5 million milestone payment to PharmaEngine in connection with Baxalta’s receipt of marketing authorization from the European Commission for ONIVYDE in combination with 5-FU and leucovorin for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who have progressed following gemcitabine-based therapy, which occurred, and was recognized as research and development expense, in the fourth quarter of 2016.

During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized research and development expenses of $35.6 million, $11.4 million and $12.6 million, respectively, related to the PharmaEngine Agreement.

Under the PharmaEngine Agreement, the Company is also obligated to pay PharmaEngine royalties on Baxalta’s net sales of ONIVYDE in the Licensed Territory. The Company records these royalty expenses in the period that the related sales occur, and such royalty expenses are recorded as a component of “Cost of revenues” within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $0.1 million of royalty expenses related to PharmaEngine.

In August 2015, the Company and PharmaEngine also entered into a commercial supply agreement (the “PharmaEngine Supply Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company supplies ONIVYDE to PharmaEngine. The Company began supplying ONIVYDE under the PharmaEngine Supply Agreement in the second quarter of 2016 and recognized $0.3 million of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2016. No revenue related to the PharmaEngine Supply Agreement was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2015.

Actavis

In November 2013, the Company and Watson Laboratories, Inc. (“Actavis”) entered into a development, license and supply agreement (the “Actavis Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will develop, manufacture and exclusively supply the bulk form of doxorubicin hydrochloride (HCl) liposome injection (the “Initial Product”) to Actavis. The Actavis Agreement was subsequently amended in January 2015 to transfer certain responsibilities from the Company to Actavis in exchange for reducing the aggregate milestone payments that the Company is eligible to receive by $0.4 million. The Company will manufacture and supply the Initial Product to Actavis in bulk form at an agreed upon unit price, and Actavis is responsible for all costs related to finished product processing and global commercialization. Pursuant to the agreement, additional products may be developed for Actavis in the future, the identities of which will be mutually agreed upon. The Company is eligible to receive up to $15.1 million in milestone and development payments, as well as additional reimbursement for specific activities performed by the Company at the request of Actavis. The Company will also receive a mid-twenties percentage of net profits on global sales of the Initial Product and any additional products. In October 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) accepted for review an Abbreviated New Drug Application filed by Actavis for the Initial Product, which triggered the payment obligation of $1.1 million of milestones from Actavis to the Company. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had received $4.9 million in total milestone and development payments and reimbursement for specific activities from Actavis.

The Actavis Agreement will expire with respect to the Initial Product and any additional products developed in the future ten years after Actavis’ first sale of the applicable product, unless terminated earlier, and will automatically renew for additional two year periods thereafter unless either party provides notice of non-renewal. Either party may terminate the Actavis Agreement in the event of an uncured material breach or bankruptcy filing by the other party. Actavis may also terminate the Actavis Agreement for convenience in specified circumstances upon 90 days’ prior written notice.

The Company applied revenue recognition guidance to determine whether the performance obligations under the Actavis Agreement, including the license, participation on steering committees, development services, and manufacturing and supply services could be accounted for separately or as a single unit of accounting. The Company determined that these obligations represent a single unit of accounting and will recognize revenue as product is supplied to Actavis. Therefore, the Company has recorded $5.1 million and $4.0 million of billed and billable milestones and development expenses related to the Actavis Agreement as deferred revenue as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This revenue is expected to be recognized by the Company over the ten year period that begins after Actavis’ first sale of the applicable product under the Actavis Agreement.