Licenses Acquired

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Licenses Acquired

Licenses Acquired

Note 5 – Licenses Acquired

On December 8, 2022, Nexcella entered into a Research and License agreement with HADASIT and BIRAD (collectively, the “Licensors”) to acquire intellectual property rights pertaining to CAR-T (the “H&B License”). Pursuant to the H&B License, Nexcella paid the Licensors an upfront license fee of $1.5 million in December 2022 (included in research and development expenses on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss). Additional quarterly payments totaling approximately $13 million related to the Company’s ongoing support of the CAR-T clinical trials currently ongoing at HADASIT, are due through September 2026, along with an annual license fee of $50,000. Future royalty payments of 5% are due on net sales of licensed products, combined with sales milestone payments in the aggregate amount of up to $20 million when annual net sales reach certain thresholds for each licensed product. The royalties for each licensed product on a country-to-country basis are to be paid through the latter of (a) the expiration of the last-to-expire valid claim under a licensed patent (if any) in such country; (b) the date of expiration of any other Exclusivity Right (as defined in the H&B License) or data protection period granted by a regulatory or other governmental authority with respect to a licensed product that provides exclusivity in the relevant country; or (c) the end of a period of 15 years from the date of the First Commercial Sale (as defined in the H&B License) of the applicable Licensed Product (as defined in the H&B License) in such country.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded R&D expenses of $630,963 related to the license agreement.