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Agreements Related to Intellectual Property
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Agreements Related to Intellectual Property  
Agreements Related to Intellectual Property

13. Agreements Related to Intellectual Property

 

Asset Purchase Agreement – Allergan Sales, LLC

 

In November 2018, the Company closed the acquisition of RHOFADE from Allergan pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (see Note 12). The Company agreed to pay Allergan specified royalties, ranging from a mid-single digit percentage to a mid-teen percentage of net sales, subject to specified reductions, limitations and other adjustments, on a country-by-country basis until the date that the patent rights related to RHOFADE have expired or, if later, November 30, 2028.  The Company incurred royalties earned by Allergan under the Asset Purchase Agreement of $440 and $0 during the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $1,281 and $0 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The Company also agreed to pay Allergan a one-time payment of $5,000 upon the achievement of a specified development milestone related to the potential development of an additional dermatology product.

 

In October 2019, the Company sold the worldwide rights to RHOFADE to EPI Health, who agreed to assume the obligation to pay the royalties and milestone payments under the Asset Purchase Agreement (see Note 19). 

 

License and Collaboration Agreement –  Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

In August 2015, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Rigel”) for the development and commercialization of products containing two specified JAK inhibitors, which the Company refers to as ATI-501 and ATI-502.  Under the agreement, the Company agreed to make aggregate payments of up to $80,000 upon the achievement of specified development milestones.  During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company made a milestone payment of $4,000 to Rigel upon the achievement of a specified development milestone.  With respect to any products the Company commercializes under the agreement, the Company will pay Rigel quarterly tiered royalties on its annual net sales of each product at a high single‑digit percentage of annual net sales, subject to specified reductions, until the date that all of the patent rights for that product have expired, as determined on a country‑by‑country and product‑by‑product basis or, in specified countries under specified circumstances, ten years from the first commercial sale of such product. 

 

In connection with the amendment of the agreement in October 2019, the Company agreed to pay Rigel an amendment fee of $1,500 in three installments of $500 in January 2020, April 2020 and July 2020. In addition, the parties modified certain other development milestones, and the Company agreed to increase the potential payments payable upon the achievement of such milestones from $10,000 to $10,500 in the aggregate.

 

License, Development and Commercialization Agreement – Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

In April 2018, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Cipher”) for the rights to obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize A-101 40% Topical Solution, which the Company marketed under the brand name ESKATA in the United States, in Canada for the treatment of seborrheic keratosis (“SK”).  In September 2019, the Company and Cipher mutually terminated the exclusive license agreement. 

 

Assignment Agreement – Estate of Mickey Miller and

Finder’s Services Agreement – KPT Consulting, LLC

 

In August 2012, the Company entered into an assignment agreement with the Estate of Mickey Miller (the “Miller Estate”), under which the Company acquired some of the intellectual property rights covering ESKATA and A-101 45% Topical Solution.  In connection with obtaining the assignment of the intellectual property from the Miller Estate, the Company also entered into a separate finder’s services agreement with KPT Consulting, LLC.  Under the terms of the finder’s services agreement, the Company made a milestone payment of $1,000 upon the achievement of a specified regulatory milestone in April 2017 and a milestone payment of $1,500 upon the achievement of a specified commercial milestone in May 2018.  The payments were recorded as general and administrative expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. 

 

Under the finder’s services agreement, the Company is obligated to make an additional milestone payment of $3,000 upon the achievement of a specified commercial milestone.  Under each of the assignment agreement and the finder’s services agreement, the Company is also obligated to pay royalties on sales of ESKATA and any related products, at low single-digit percentages of net sales, subject to reduction in specified circumstances. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred an aggregate expense of $14 and $0, respectively, related to royalty payments under these agreements.  Both agreements will terminate upon the expiration of the last pending, viable patent claim of the patents acquired under the assignment agreement, but no sooner than 15 years from the effective date of the agreements.