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Sanofi
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Sanofi  
Sanofi

6. Sanofi

 

In January 2010, the Company and Sanofi entered into an agreement for the development and commercialization of KB001, the precursor to KB001-A, an investigational new biologic for the treatment and prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infections (the Sanofi agreement). Under the terms of the Sanofi agreement, the Company received an initial upfront non-refundable payment of $35 million and received an additional non-refundable payment of $5 million that represented a second installment of the upfront fees due to the Company under the agreement upon completion of a sublicense negotiation with a third party in August 2011. Under the original terms, the Company may also have received development, regulatory and commercial contingent payments for a potential further $250 million, as well as royalties on eventual product sales, if any. These contingent payments would not meet the definition of milestones since they were based solely on Sanofi’s performance and therefore, the milestone method was applied to those payments, to the extent they were earned. Sanofi was solely responsible for conducting, at its cost, the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of the licensed products for the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of all human diseases and conditions caused by Pa, except that the Company retained responsibility, at the Company’s cost, for developing and promoting the products for the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of Pa in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) or bronchiectasis. The Sanofi agreement also gave Sanofi an option to obtain rights to participate in the development and promotion of KB001-A and other licensed products for the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of Pa in patients with CF or bronchiectasis, either outside of the U.S. or worldwide, at any time up to 90 days after the delivery by the Company to Sanofi of the final clinical study report from the Company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of KB001-A in Pa-infected patients with CF. Under the terms of the Sanofi agreement, the Company received specified research and development funding for services performed in connection with KB001-A research and development efforts. Reimbursements received by the Company for these services were recorded as contract revenue when earned as the related services were provided.

 

In July 2014, the Company and Sanofi executed an agreement (the Termination Agreement) under which the Sanofi agreement was terminated.  As a result of the Termination Agreement, KaloBios regains full global rights to license, develop, manufacture and commercialize KB001-A in all indications, as well as a license to the KB001-A manufacturing process developed by Sanofi.  In consideration for entering into the Termination Agreement, Sanofi will be entitled to low single digit royalties on net sales of KB001-A if approved, subject to a $40 million cap on the aggregate royalties to be paid.  In addition, Sanofi will be entitled to receive up to 10% of certain sub-license payments or other milestone payments received in the event KaloBios successfully re-partners KB001-A, subject to a separate $40 million cap on the aggregate amount of sub-license payments to be shared with Sanofi.