Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

11. Related Party Transactions

In August 2013, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with NeXeption, Inc. (“NeXeption”), which was subsequently amended in December 2014, August 2015 and October 2016. In August 2015, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, NeXeption assigned all interests, rights, duties and obligations under the sublease to NST Consulting, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NST, LLC. Mr. Stephen Tullman, the chairman of the Company’s board of directors, was an executive officer of NeXeption and is also the manager of NST Consulting, LLC and NST, LLC. Total payments made under the sublease during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, were $387, $124 and $66, respectively.

In February 2014, the Company entered into a services agreement with NST, LLC (the “NST Services Agreement”), pursuant to which NST, LLC provided certain pharmaceutical development, management and other administrative services to the Company. Under the same agreement, the Company also provided services to another company under common control with the Company and NST, LLC and was reimbursed by NST, LLC for those services. In addition to Mr. Tullman’s role as manager of NST, LLC, several of the Company’s executive officers are members of NST, LLC.

The NST Services Agreement was amended in January 2015 pursuant to which NST, LLC assigned all interests, rights, duties and obligations under the NST Services Agreement to NST Consulting, LLC. Under the NST Services Agreement, as amended, NST Consulting, LLC provides services to the Company and the Company provides services to another company under common control with the Company and NST Consulting, LLC. The NST Services Agreement was further amended in August 2015, November 2015 and December 2016 to adjust the amount of services the Company is obligated to provide to NST Consulting, LLC and the amount of services NST Consulting, LLC is obligated to provide to the Company. The Company may offset any payments owed by the Company to NST Consulting, LLC against payments that are owed by NST Consulting, LLC to the Company for the provision of personnel, including consultants, to the Company.

During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 amounts included in the consolidated statement of operations for the NST Services Agreement are summarized in the following table:


	Year Ended
	December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Services provided by NST Consulting, LLC	$	323	$	455	$	467
Services provided to NST Consulting, LLC		(56)		(294)		(158)
General and administrative expense, net	$	267	$	161	$	309

Services provided by NST Consulting, LLC	$	246	$	52	$	—
Services provided to NST Consulting, LLC		(97)		(259)		(255)
Research and development expense, net	$	149	$	(207)	$	(255)

Services provided by NST Consulting, LLC	$	569	$	507	$	467
Services provided to NST Consulting, LLC		(153)		(553)		(413)
Total, net	$	416	$	(46)	$	54


Net payments made to (received from) NST	$	325	$	(46)	$	54

The Company had $91 and $0 payable to NST Consulting, LLC under the NST Services Agreement as of December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively.