Option and License Agreement

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Option and License Agreement

Option and License Agreement

11. Option and License Agreement

Overview

On December 17, 2013, the Company entered into an option and license agreement with Janssen. Janssen is obligated to pay the Company certain development milestones totaling up to $25.0 million and regulatory milestones totaling up to $97.0 million for the pharmacological profile licensed by Janssen during the development period and through successful regulatory approval, as further described in the option and license agreement. Development milestones are triggered upon the achievement of specified development criteria or dosing of a specified number of patients in phases of clinical trials. Regulatory milestones are triggered upon approval to market a product candidate by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (‘‘FDA’’) or other global regulatory authorities. Additionally, commercial milestone payments totaling up to $130.0 million for the pharmacological profile are eligible to be earned as certain sales thresholds are achieved by Janssen and royalties are also required to be paid by Janssen to the Company based on annual net sales thresholds, based on Janssen’s sales of a product derived from the collaboration molecule(s). The next potential milestone the Company may be entitled to receive under the agreement is a milestone payment of $2.0 million upon achievement of a development milestone.

The Company did not recognize any revenue from its option and license agreement with Janssen in the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 or September 30, 2017, respectively.