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Collaborative Agreements
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Collaborative Agreements  
Collaborative Agreements

B.            Collaborative Agreements

 

Roche

 

In May 2000, the Company granted Roche, through its Genentech unit, an exclusive license to use the Company’s maytansinoid TAP technology with antibodies or other proteins that target HER2, such as trastuzumab. Under the terms of this agreement, Roche has exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize maytansinoid TAP compounds targeting HER2. In February 2013, the US FDA granted marketing approval to Kadcyla. Roche is responsible for the manufacturing, product development and marketing of Kadcyla or any other products resulting from the agreement. The Company is compensated for any preclinical and clinical materials that the Company manufactures under the agreement. The Company received a $2 million non-refundable upfront payment from Roche upon execution of the agreement. The Company is also entitled to receive up to a total of $44 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of Kadcyla or any other resulting products. Total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$13.5 million; and regulatory milestones—$30.5 million. The marketing approval of Kadcyla in February 2013 triggered a $10.5 million regulatory milestone payment to the Company.  Based on an evaluation of the effort contributed to the achievement of this milestone, the Company determined this milestone was not substantive.  In consideration that there are no undelivered elements remaining, no continuing performance obligations and all other revenue recognition criteria have been met, the Company recognized the $10.5 million non-refundable payment as revenue upon achievement of the milestone, which is included in license and milestone fees for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013.  The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be either a $5 million regulatory milestone for marketing approval of Kadcyla in Europe or a $5 million regulatory milestone for marketing approval of Kadcyla in Japan depending on which occurs first. Based on an evaluation of the effort contributed to the achievement of these milestones, the Company has determined these milestones are not substantive.  The Company will receive royalty reports and payments related to sales of Kadcyla from Roche one quarter in arrears.  In accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy, royalties on sales of Kadcyla for the period ended March 31, 2013 will be recorded in the Company’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

Novartis

 

In October 2010, the Company entered into a three-year right-to-test agreement with Novartis. The agreement provides Novartis with the right to (a) test the Company’s TAP technology with individual antibodies selected by Novartis under a right-to-test, or research, license, (b) take exclusive options, with certain restrictions, to individual targets selected by Novartis for specified option periods and (c) upon exercise of those options, take exclusive licenses to use the Company’s TAP technology to develop and commercialize products for a specified number of individual targets on terms agreed upon at the inception of the right-to-test agreement. The Company received a $45 million upfront payment in connection with the execution of the right-to-test agreement, and for each development and commercialization license for a specific target, the Company is entitled to receive an exercise fee of $1 million and up to a total of $199.5 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$22.5 million; regulatory milestones—$77 million; and sales milestones—$100 million.

 

Effective March 29, 2013, the Company and Novartis amended the right-to-test agreement so that Novartis can take a license to develop and commercialize products directed at two pre-defined and related undisclosed targets, one target licensed on an exclusive basis and the other target initially licensed on a non-exclusive basis. The Company was entitled to a $3.5 million fee in connection with the execution of the amendment to the agreement.  The Company may be required to credit this fee against future milestone payments if Novartis discontinues the development of a specified product under certain circumstances.

 

In connection with the amendment, on March 29, 2013, Novartis took the license referenced above under the right-to-test agreement, as amended, enabling it to develop and commercialize products directed at the two targets.  The Company was entitled to a $1 million upfront fee with the execution of this license.  Additionally, the execution of this license provides the Company the opportunity to receive milestone payments totaling $199.5 million (development milestones—$22.5 million; regulatory milestones—$77 million; and sales milestones—$100 million) or $238 million (development milestones—$22.5 million; regulatory milestones—$115.5 million; and sales milestones—$100 million), depending on the composition of any resulting products.  The first potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be a $5.0 million development milestone for commencement of a Phase I clinical trial.   At the time of execution of this agreement, there was significant uncertainty as to whether this milestone would be achieved.  In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s past involvement in the research and manufacturing of this product candidate, this milestone was deemed substantive.  Additionally, the Company is entitled to receive royalties on product sales, if any.  Novartis also has the right to convert the noted non-exclusive license to an exclusive license, in which case the Company would be entitled to receive a conversion fee and, depending on the composition of resultant products, an upward adjustment on milestone payments.  The Company also is entitled to receive payments for research and development activities performed on behalf of Novartis.  Novartis is responsible for the manufacturing, product development and marketing of any products resulting from this agreement.

 

In accordance with ACS 605-25 (as amended by ASU No. 2009-13), the Company identified all of the deliverables at the inception of the right-to-test agreement and subsequently when amended. The significant deliverables were determined to be the right-to-test, or research, license, the development and commercialization licenses, rights to future technological improvements, and the research services. The options to obtain development and commercialization licenses in the right-to-test agreement were determined not to be substantive and, as a result, the exclusive development and commercialization licenses were considered deliverables at the inception of the right-to-test agreement. Factors that were considered in determining the options were not substantive included (i) the overall objective of the agreement was for Novartis to obtain development and commercialization licenses, (ii) the size of the exercise fee of $1 million for each development and commercialization license obtained is not significant relative to the $45 million upfront payment that was due at the inception of the right-to-test agreement, (iii) the limited economic benefit that Novartis could obtain from the right-to-test agreement unless it exercised its options to obtain development and commercialization licenses, and (iv) the lack of economic penalties as a result of exercising the options.

 

The Company has determined that the research license together with the development and commercialization licenses represent one unit of accounting as the research license does not have stand-alone value from the development and commercialization licenses due to the lack of transferability of the research license and the limited economic benefit Novartis would derive if they did not obtain any development and commercialization licenses. The Company has also determined that this unit of accounting does have stand-alone value from the rights to future technological improvements and the research services. The rights to future technological improvements and the research services are considered separate units of accounting as each of these was determined to have stand-alone value. The rights to future technological improvements have stand-alone value as Novartis would be able to use those items for their intended purpose without the undelivered elements. The research services have stand-alone value as similar services are sold separately by other vendors.

 

The estimated selling prices for the development and commercialization licenses are the Company’s best estimate of selling price and were determined based on market conditions, similar arrangements entered into by third parties, including pricing terms offered by our competitors for single-target development and commercialization licenses that utilize antibody-drug conjugate technology, and entity-specific factors such as the pricing terms of the Company’s previous single-target development and commercialization licenses, recent preclinical and clinical testing results of therapeutic products that use the Company’s TAP technology, and the Company’s pricing practices and pricing objectives. The estimated selling price of the right to technological improvements is the Company’s best estimate of selling price and was determined by estimating the probability that technological improvements will be made and the probability that such technological improvements made will be used by Novartis. In estimating these probabilities, we considered factors such as the technology that is the subject of the development and commercialization licenses, our history of making technological improvements, and when such improvements, if any, were likely to occur relative to the stage of development of any product candidates pursuant to the development and commercialization licenses. The Company’s estimate of probability considered the likely period of time that any improvements would be utilized, which was estimated to be ten years following delivery of a commercialization and development license. The value of any technological improvements made available after this ten year period was considered to be de minimis due to the significant additional costs that would be incurred to incorporate such technology into any existing product candidates. The estimate of probability was multiplied by the estimated selling price of the development and commercialization licenses and the resulting cash flow was discounted at a rate of 16%, representing the Company’s estimate of its cost of capital. The estimated selling price of the research services was based on third-party evidence given the nature of the research services to be performed for Novartis and market rates for similar services.

 

The total arrangement consideration of $55.2 million (which comprises the $45 million upfront payment, the amendment fee of $3.5 million, the exercise fee for each license, and the expected fees for the research services to be provided under the remainder of the arrangement) was allocated to the deliverables based on the relative selling price method as follows: $50.4 million to the development and commercialization licenses; $4.1 million to the rights to future technological improvements; and $710,000 to the research services. Upon execution of the development and commercialization license taken by Novartis in March 2013, the Company recorded $11.1 million of the $50.4 million of the arrangement consideration outlined above, which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013.  With this first development and commercialization license taken, the amount of the total arrangement consideration allocated to future technological improvements will commence to be recognized as revenue ratably over the period the Company is obligated to make available any technological improvements, which is equivalent to the estimated term of the agreement. The Company estimates the term of a development and commercialization license to be approximately 25 years, which reflects management’s estimate of the time necessary to develop and commercialize products pursuant to the license plus the estimated royalty term. The Company reassesses the estimated term at the end of each reporting period. The Company will recognize as license revenue an equal amount of the total remaining $39.3 million of arrangement consideration allocated to the development and commercialization licenses as each individual license is delivered to Novartis upon Novartis’ exercise of its remaining options to such licenses. The Company does not control when Novartis will exercise its options for development and commercialization licenses. As a result, the Company cannot predict when it will recognize the related license revenue except that it will be within the term of the research license. The Company will recognize research services revenue as the related services are delivered.

 

Amgen

 

In September 2000, the Company entered into a ten-year right-to-test agreement with Abgenix, Inc. which was later acquired by Amgen. The agreement provides Amgen with the right to (a) test the Company’s maytansinoid TAP technology with Amgen’s antibodies under a right-to-test, or research, license, (b) take options, with certain restrictions, to individual targets selected by Amgen on either an exclusive and non-exclusive basis for specified option periods and (c) upon exercise of those options, take exclusive or non-exclusive licenses to use the Company’s maytansinoid TAP technology to develop and commercialize products for the specified targets on previously agreed-upon terms. For each exclusive development and commercialization license taken, the Company is entitled to receive an exercise fee of $1 million and up to a total of $34 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones per development and commercialization license are categorized as follows: development milestones — $9 million; regulatory milestones — $20 million; and sales milestones — $5 million.

 

Under the right-to-test agreement, in September 2009, November 2009 and December 2012, Amgen took three development and commercialization licenses and the Company received an exercise fee of $1 million for each license taken.  The Company has deferred each $1 million exercise fee and is recognizing these amounts as revenue ratably over the respective estimated periods of its substantial involvement.  In November 2011, the IND applications to the FDA for two compounds developed under the September 2009 and November 2009 development and commercialization licenses became effective, which triggered two $1 million milestone payments to the Company.  These payments are included in license and milestone fees for the nine months ended March 31, 2012.  At the time of execution of each of these development and commercialization licenses, there was significant uncertainty as to whether these milestones would be achieved.  In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s past involvement in the research and manufacturing of these product candidates, these milestones were deemed substantive.  The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive under either of these two development and commercialization licenses will be a development milestone for the first dosing of a patient in a Phase II clinical trial, which will result in a $3 million payment being due.  The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive under the December 2012 development and commercialization license will be a development milestone for IND approval which will result in a $1 million payment being due to the Company.

 

Sanofi

 

In July 2003, the Company entered into a broad collaboration agreement with Sanofi (formerly Aventis) to discover, develop and commercialize antibody-based products. The product candidates (targets) currently in the collaboration include SAR3419 (CD19), SAR650984 (CD38), SAR566658 (DS6, also known as CA6) and at least one earlier-stage compound that has yet to be disclosed. For each of the targets included in the collaboration at this time, the Company is entitled to receive up to a total of $21.5 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products.  The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones — $7.5 million; and regulatory milestones — $14 million. Through March 31, 2013, the Company has received and recognized an aggregate of $16 million in milestone payments for compounds covered under this agreement now or in the past, including a $3 million milestone payment related to the initiation of a Phase IIb clinical trial (as defined in the agreement) for SAR3419, which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 2012. At the time of execution of this agreement, there was significant uncertainty as to whether this milestone would be achieved.  In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s past involvement in the research and manufacturing of these product candidates, the milestone was deemed substantive. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive with respect to SAR3419 will be a development milestone for initiation of a Phase III clinical trial, which will result in a $3 million payment being due to the Company.

 

For additional information related to these agreements, as well as the Company’s other significant collaborative agreements, please read Note C, Agreements to our consolidated financial statements included within the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

 

Kadcyla™ is a trademark of Genentech.