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STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS
Exclusive License and Development Agreement with Carna
On February 2, 2022, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Carna License Agreement”) with Carna Biosciences, Inc. (“Carna”), pursuant to which the Company acquired exclusive, worldwide rights to research, develop, and commercialize Carna’s portfolio of novel STING inhibitors. In accordance with the terms of the Carna License Agreement, in exchange for the licensed rights, the Company made a one-time cash payment of $2.0 million, which was recorded as research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations during the six months ended June 30, 2022.
The Carna License Agreement provides that the Company will make success-based payments to Carna of up to $258.0 million in the aggregate contingent upon achievement of specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones. Further, the Carna License Agreement provides that the Company will pay Carna tiered royalty payments ranging from mid-single digits up to 10% of net sales. All of the contingent payments and royalties are payable in cash in U.S. Dollars. Under the terms of the Carna License Agreement, the Company is responsible for, and bears the future costs of, all development and commercialization activities, including patenting, related to all the licensed compounds. As of June 30, 2022 and through the date of this Quarterly Report, the Company has not yet made any payments or recorded any liabilities related to the specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones or royalties on net sales pursuant to the Carna License Agreement.
License and Development Agreement with Voronoi
On August 27, 2021, the Company entered into a License and Development Agreement (the “Voronoi License Agreement”) with Voronoi Inc. (“Voronoi”), pursuant to which the Company acquired exclusive, worldwide rights to research, develop, and commercialize BBI-02, a novel, clinical-stage, potential first-in-class, oral DYRK1A inhibitor, and other next-generation kinase inhibitors. In accordance with the terms of the Voronoi License Agreement, in exchange for the licensed rights, the Company made a one-time payment of $2.5 million in cash and issued $2.0 million, or 2,816,901 shares, of its common stock to Voronoi.
With respect to BBI-02, the Voronoi License Agreement provides that the Company will make payments to Voronoi of up to $211.0 million in the aggregate contingent upon achievement of specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones. With respect to the next-generation compounds arising from the novel kinase inhibitor platform, the Company will make payments to Voronoi of up to $107.5 million in the aggregate contingent upon achievement of specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones. Further, the Voronoi License Agreement provides that the Company will pay Voronoi tiered royalty payments ranging from low-single digits up to 10% of net sales of products arising from the DYRK1A inhibitor programs and next-generation kinase inhibitor platform. All of the contingent payments and royalties are payable in cash in U.S. Dollars, except for $1.0 million of the development and regulatory milestone payments, which amount is payable in equivalent shares of the Company’s common stock. Under the terms of the Voronoi License Agreement, the Company is responsible for, and bears the future costs of, all development and commercialization activities, including patenting, related to all the licensed compounds. As of June 30, 2022 and through the date of this Quarterly Report, the Company has not yet made any payments or recorded any liabilities related to the specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones or royalties on net sales pursuant to the Voronoi License Agreement.
Asset Purchase Agreement with Botanix
On May 3, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company and Brickell Subsidiary entered into an asset purchase agreement with Botanix and Botanix Pharmaceuticals Limited (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Botanix acquired and assumed control of all rights, title, and interests to assets primarily related to the
proprietary compound sofpironium bromide that were owned and/or licensed by the Company or Brickell Subsidiary (the “Assets”). The Company had previously entered into a License Agreement with Bodor Laboratories, Inc. (“Bodor”), dated December 15, 2012 (last amended in February 2020) that provided the Company with a worldwide exclusive license to develop, manufacture, market, sell, and sublicense products containing sofpironium bromide through which the Assets were developed (the “Amended and Restated License Agreement”). As a result of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Botanix is now responsible for all further research, development, and commercialization of sofpironium bromide globally and replaced the Company as the exclusive licensee under the Amended and Restated License Agreement.
In accordance with the sublicense rights provided to the Company under the Amended and Restated License Agreement, the Company also previously entered into a License, Development, and Commercialization Agreement with Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Kaken”), dated as of March 31, 2015 (as amended in May 2018, the “Kaken Agreement”), under which the Company granted to Kaken an exclusive right to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the sofpironium bromide compound in Japan and certain other Asian countries (the “Territory”). In exchange for the sublicense, the Company was entitled to receive aggregate payments of up to $10.0 million upon the achievement of specified development milestones, which was earned and received in 2017 and 2018, and up to $19.0 million upon the achievement of sales-based milestones, as well as tiered royalties based on a percentage of net sales of licensed products in the Territory. In September 2020, Kaken received regulatory approval in Japan to manufacture and market sofpironium bromide gel, 5% (ECCLOCK®) for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis, and as a result, the Company began recognizing royalty revenue earned on a percentage of net sales of ECCLOCK in Japan. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Kaken Agreement was also assigned to Botanix, which replaced the Company as the exclusive sub-licensor to Kaken. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, prior to entering into the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company recognized royalty revenue of $0 and $0.2 million, respectively, under the Kaken Agreement. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recognized royalty revenue of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
The Company determined that the development of and ultimate sale and assignment of rights to the Assets is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities and Botanix is a customer as it relates to the sale of the Assets and related activities.
In accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, in exchange for the Assets, the Company (i) received an upfront payment at closing in the amount of $3.0 million, (ii) is to be reimbursed for certain recent development expenditures in advancement of the Assets, and (iii) will receive from Botanix contingent near-term milestone payments of (a) $2.0 million upon the acceptance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of the filing of a new drug application (“NDA”) for sofpironium bromide gel, 15%, and (b) $4.0 million if marketing approval in the U.S. for sofpironium bromide gel, 15%, is received on or before September 30, 2023, or $2.5 million if such marketing approval is received after September 30, 2023 but on or before February 17, 2024. The Company also is eligible to receive additional success-based regulatory and sales milestone payments of up to $168 million. Further, the Company will receive tiered earnout payments ranging from high-single digits to mid-teen digits on net sales of sofpironium bromide gel (the “Earnout Payments”).
The Asset Purchase Agreement also provides that Botanix will pay to the Company a portion of the sales-based milestone payments and royalties that Botanix receives from Kaken under the Kaken Agreement (together, the “Sublicense Income”). During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded contract revenue for the upfront payment received by the Company from Botanix of $3.0 million, reimbursed development expenditures from Botanix under the Asset Purchase Agreement of $0.6 million, and fees for consulting services the Company provided under the TSA (as defined below) of $0.4 million. Additionally, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized contract revenue of $0.3 million related to the Sublicense Income, which represents the Company’s estimate of payments that will be earned by the Company in the applicable period from royalties Botanix will receive from Kaken to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. Such payments vary
based on net sales that are impacted by a wide variety of market and other factors and, as such, the Company utilized the expected value approach, which the Company believes will best predict the amount of consideration to which it will be entitled. In relation to the sales-based milestone payments that Botanix may receive from Kaken in the future, the Company utilized the most likely amount method and determined it is not yet probable that the Company will receive any payments from Botanix in relation to such milestone payments. Therefore, the Company determined that such milestone payments are fully constrained as of June 30, 2022, and, as such, have not yet been recognized as contract revenue.
All other consideration due under the Asset Purchase Agreement is contingent upon certain regulatory approvals and future sales subsequent to such regulatory approvals or is based upon future sales that the Company determined are not yet probable due to such revenues being highly susceptible to factors outside of the Company’s influence and uncertainty about the amount of such consideration that will not be resolved for an extended period of time. Therefore, the Company determined that such variable consideration amounts are fully constrained as of June 30, 2022, and as such, did not recognize such amounts as contract revenue.
With respect to the recognition of contract revenue for the Sublicense Income based on future royalties that will be due to Botanix from Kaken, certain amounts are not yet due from Botanix. Therefore, the Company has recorded a contract asset equal to the amount of revenue recognized to date related to the Sublicense Income, less the amount of payments received from or due by Botanix in relation to the Sublicense Income to date. As of June 30, 2022, the contract asset related to the Sublicense Income is $0.3 million, of which $0.2 million is included within prepaid expenses and other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Transition Services Agreement with Botanix
In connection with the sale of the Assets, on the Effective Date, the Company and Botanix entered into a transition services agreement (the “TSA”) whereby the Company is providing consulting services as an independent contractor to Botanix in support of and through filing and potential approval of the U.S. NDA for sofpironium bromide gel, 15%. In accordance with the terms of the TSA, in exchange for providing these services, the Company will receive from Botanix, (i) prior to the acceptance of the filing by the FDA of such NDA, a fixed monthly amount of $71 thousand, and (ii) after the acceptance of the filing by the FDA of such NDA, a variable amount based upon actual hours worked, in each case plus related fees and expenses of the Company’s advisors (plus a 5% administrative fee) and the Company’s out-of-pocket expenses. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized contract revenue of $0.4 million related to these services.
Agreements with Bodor
In connection with the sale of the Assets, on the Effective Date, the Company, Brickell Subsidiary, and Bodor entered into an agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) to clarify that the Company and Brickell Subsidiary have the power and authority under the Amended and Restated License Agreement to enter into the Asset Purchase Agreement and the TSA, and that Botanix would assume the Amended and Restated License Agreement pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Rights Agreement includes a general release of claims and no admission of liability between the parties. Pursuant to such Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Bodor (i) 18% of the amount of each payment actually received by the Company from Botanix for upfront and milestone payments under the Asset Purchase Agreement, as well as (ii) certain tiered payments, set as a percentage ranging from mid-single digits to low-teen digits, of the actual amount of each of the applicable Earnout Payments received by the Company from Botanix. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred $0.5 million of general and administrative expenses for payments due to Bodor.
Pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company retained its obligation under the Amended and Restated License Agreement to issue $1.0 million in shares of its common stock to Bodor upon the FDA’s acceptance of an NDA filing for sofpironium bromide gel, 15%. As such regulatory milestone event has not yet
been achieved, no research and development expenses associated with milestones were incurred during the three or six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. Prior to the execution of the Rights Agreement, the Company paid Bodor immaterial amounts with respect to the royalties the Company received from Kaken for sales of sofpironium bromide gel, 5% (ECCLOCK) in Japan during those periods.