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Related-Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

(8) RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Tallac Service Agreement

The Company entered into a research and development services agreement, or the Tallac Services Agreement, with Tallac Therapeutics, Inc., or Tallac, effective as of July 1, 2020. The Tallac Services Agreement provides that Tallac will provide certain preclinical research services to the Company for a service fee based on the costs incurred by Tallac plus a mark-up equal to 10.0% of such costs. The Tallac Services Agreement has an initial term of four years and is renewed automatically for additional one year terms thereafter. The Company records the payments for the research and development services as research and development, or R&D, costs within the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $0.1 million for both years as R&D costs in relation to the Tallac Services Agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, as R&D costs in relation to the Tallac Services Agreement.

Tallac Collaboration Agreement

On March 4, 2021, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with Tallac, or the Tallac Collaboration Agreement, to jointly develop, manufacture, and commercialize a novel cancer immunotherapy. The collaboration builds on the Company’s expertise in developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway and expands its immuno-oncology pipeline. The companies will leverage their respective scientific and technical expertise to advance an anti-SIRPα antibody conjugated to a Toll-like receptor 9, or TLR9, agonist for targeted activation of both the innate and adaptive immune systems. The key economic components of the collaboration transaction include that both parties will share equally (a) in the cost and expenses of research and development and (b) any profit or loss.

The Company accounts for R&D costs in accordance with ASC 730, Research and Development, which states R&D costs must be charged to expense as incurred. Accordingly, the Company records its internal and third-party costs associated with the collaboration as R&D expenses as incurred. When the Company is entitled to reimbursement of the R&D expenses that it incurs under the collaboration, the Company records those reimbursable amounts as a reduction to R&D expenses. The Company also records as R&D expenses, the portion of Tallac’s expenses that the Company is obligated to reimburse, in the period when Tallac incurs such expenses. During the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $2.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, as R&D costs in relation to the Tallac Collaboration Agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $3.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, as R&D costs in relation to the Tallac Collaboration Agreement.

The Tallac Collaboration Agreement includes the right to set off clause, as such, the Company records the amount due to or reimbursable from Tallac on a net basis. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had accrued expenses of $2.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, related to the Tallac Collaboration Agreement which was presented within the payable and accrued liabilities due to related party on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Operating sub-lease agreement with Tallac

The Company leases office space in Burlingame, California under a single operating sub-lease agreement with Tallac. Refer to Note 5 Leases for additional discussion.