Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

12. Related Party Transactions

AstraZeneca

The Company was formed in May 2015 as a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca.  Prior to the closing of the initial public offering on September 28, 2018, AstraZeneca was the sole series A preferred stockholder. Upon the closing of the initial public offering, all shares of preferred stock converted into shares of common stock of the Company. AstraZeneca continues to maintain an ownership interest in the Company. The Company has an operating lease agreement for its office and laboratory space with AstraZeneca. See Note 5, Leases, for additional information.

Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. (China)

The Company contracts with Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. (China), or Pharmaron, to provide various medicinal chemistry research, manufacturing development and clinical services related to the Company’s ongoing product candidates. The Company began utilizing Pharmaron as a service provider prior to the spin-out in 2015 (see Note 1, Organization and Description of Business, to these notes to consolidated financial statements), and this relationship has continued into 2020. In 2019, the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Pharmaron began sharing a household with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and as a result the Company now considers the agreements between the Company and Pharmaron to be related-party transactions. The Company recorded expense of $0.9 million and $2.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for services rendered pursuant to multiple Pharmaron agreements. Amounts due to Pharmaron were $0.2 million and $0.8 million and as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.