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Collaboration Revenue
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]  
Collaboration Revenue

4. Collaboration Revenue

2015 Sanofi Collaboration Agreement

In December 2015, the Company entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the Sanofi Agreement) with Aventis, Inc. (Sanofi), which was amended and restated in August 2017 (as amended, the 2015 Collaboration Agreement). Under the Sanofi Agreement, the Company agreed to provide research services on identified targets and to grant Sanofi an exclusive option to license to develop and commercialize (as applicable), certain compounds into products within the time frames specified therein. In particular, the Company agreed to identify, in two or more

screening libraries, compounds that bind to seven agreed upon immuno-oncology targets and to generate collaboration compounds for use by Sanofi to develop and commercialize collaboration products.

Upon signing the Sanofi Agreement in December 2015, Sanofi paid the Company an initial fee of $8.0 million for target exclusivity rights and an additional $1.0 million annual technology access and development fee. In December 2016, Sanofi paid the Company an additional $9.0 million fee for the same services.

At the date of the 2017 amendment to the Sanofi Agreement, the Company had remaining unrecognized revenue of $3.0 million from the Agreement to be recognized over the remaining term (August 2017 through December 2020) when research services were being provided. For the year ended December 31, 2021, no revenue was recognized related to the Sanofi Agreement, as amended, since the research services were completed in December 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2020, revenue of $0.9 million was recognized related to the Sanofi Agreement, as amended.

The performance obligation under the Sanofi Agreement, as amended, consisted of research services to create libraries with active compounds for assigned collaboration targets that can be developed into a drug for commercial use. In addition to the ongoing research services, the arrangement included several customer options.

Under the Sanofi Agreement, the Company earned Sum of the Evidence (SOE) points depending on the milestone achieved and Sanofi’s elections. In connection with this right, the Company recognized $2.0 million in revenue in 2018, when SOE points were earned. The services provided by the Company under the Sanofi Agreement were completed in December 2020 and there was no remaining deferred revenue as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

In March 2022, Sanofi notified the Company that it no longer intended to develop therapeutic candidates under the Sanofi Agreement and terminated the agreement effective as of July 2022, or such earlier date as agreed by the respective parties. As a result, the Company will regain worldwide rights to the previously partnered oral immuno-oncology program.

2017 Genentech Collaboration Agreement

In November 2017, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement (the Genentech Agreement) with Genentech, Inc. (Genentech). Under the 2017 Collaboration Agreement, the Company was entitled to receive a one-time target access fee for each of the collaboration targets designated. The research collaboration with respect to each collaboration target has a two-year term that commences upon the Company’s initiation of certain research activities, unless terminated earlier under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement. On a per collaboration target basis, the Company is also eligible to receive preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments, as well as tiered low-single-digit royalties.

Upon execution of the Genentech Agreement, Genentech designated certain collaboration targets and paid the Company a $4.5 million target access fee. In 2018, Genentech paid the Company an additional $1.5 million in target access fees. The Company’s performance obligation under the collaboration consists of research services. The revenue related to the performance obligation is recognized when the research services are completed and delivered to Genentech. In addition, the arrangement includes several customer options which will be accounted for as separate contracts if and when elected by Genentech.

The Company initiated research activities on the active collaboration targets in March 2018 and submitted five milestone packages for Genentech to review in 2019. The Company recognized collaboration revenue upon the completion of the milestone packages and research services. In June 2021, the Genentech Agreement was terminated and the Company recognized the remaining $1.1 million of deferred revenue as collaboration revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. No revenue was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the deferred revenue balance related to the Genentech Agreement was $0 and $1.1 million, respectively.