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Agreements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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Agreements

C.       Agreements

Significant Collaborative Agreements

Roche

In 2000, the Company granted Genentech, now a unit of Roche, an exclusive license to use the Company’s maytansinoid ADC technology with antibodies, such as trastuzumab, or other proteins that target HER2. Under the terms of this agreement, Roche has exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize maytansinoid ADC compounds targeting HER2. In 2013, the HER2‑targeting ADC compound, Kadcyla, was approved for marketing in the U.S., Japan and the European Union, or EU. Roche has also received marketing approval in various other countries around the world. Roche is responsible for the manufacturing, product development and marketing of any products resulting from 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. Through March 31, 2017, the Company has received and recognized $13.5 million and $20.5 million in development and regulatory milestone payments, respectively, related to Kadcyla. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be a $5 million regulatory milestone for marketing approval of Kadcyla for a first extended indication as defined in the agreement. Based on an evaluation of the effort contributed towards the achievement of this future milestone, the Company determined this milestone is not substantive.

The Company receives royalty reports and payments related to sales of Kadcyla from Roche one quarter in arrears. In accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy, $7.6 million of non-cash royalties on net sales of Kadcyla for the three‑month period ended December 31, 2016 were recorded and included in non-cash royalty revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017 and $7.4 million of non-cash royalties on net sales of Kadcyla for the three‑month period ended December 31, 2015 is included in non-cash royalty revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016. Kadcyla sales occurring after January 1, 2015 are covered by a royalty purchase agreement whereby the associated cash is remitted to Immunity Royalty Holdings, L.P, or IRH, as discussed further in Note E.

Sanofi

In 2003, the Company entered into a broad collaboration agreement with Sanofi (formerly Aventis) to discover, develop and commercialize antibody‑based products. The collaboration agreement provides Sanofi with worldwide development and commercialization rights to new antibody‑based products directed to targets that are included in the collaboration, including the exclusive right to use the Company’s maytansinoid ADC technology in the creation of products developed to these targets. The product candidates (targets) as of March 31, 2017 in the collaboration include isatuximab (CD38), SAR566658 (CA6), SAR408701 (CEACAM5) and one earlier‑stage program that has yet to be disclosed.

The Company is entitled to receive milestone payments potentially totaling $21.5 million, per target, 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, 2017, the Company has recognized an aggregate of $26.5 million in milestone payments for compounds covered under this agreement now or in the past. In January 2017, Sanofi enrolled its first patient in a Phase III clinical trial for isatuximab, and in March 2017, enrolled its first patient in a Phase IIb clinical trial (as defined in the agreement) for SAR566658, each of which triggered a $3 million milestone payment to the Company, which are included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive for SAR566658 will be a development milestone for initiation of a Phase III clinical trial, which will result in a $3 million payment being due. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive with respect to isatuximab will be a regulatory milestone for submission of a new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which will result in a $3 million payment being due. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive for SAR408701 will be a development milestone for initiation of a Phase IIb clinical trial (as defined in the agreement), which will result in each case in a $3 million payment being due. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive for the unidentified target will be a development milestone for commencement of a Phase I clinical trial, which will result in a $1 million payment being due. At the time of execution of this agreement, 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.

Bayer

In 2008, the Company granted Bayer an exclusive development and commercialization license to the Company’s maytansinoid ADC technology for use with antibodies or other proteins that target mesothelin. Bayer HealthCare is responsible for the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of any products resulting from the license. The Company received a $4 million upfront payment upon execution of the agreement which was recognized as revenue ratably over the Company’s estimated period of substantial involvement which concluded in September 2012. For each compound developed and marketed by Bayer under this collaboration the Company is entitled to receive a total of $170.5 million in milestone payments, plus tiered royalties between 4 - 7% on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$16 million; regulatory milestones—$44.5 million; and sales milestones—$110 million. Through March 31, 2017, the Company has received and recognized an aggregate of $13 million in milestone payments under this agreement. In January 2016, Bayer initiated a Phase II clinical study designed to support registration of its ADC product candidate, anetumab ravtansine, triggering a $10 million development milestone payment to the Company which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be either a development milestone for commencement of a pivotal clinical trial for a second indication for anetumab ravtansine which will result in a $2 million payment being due or a regulatory milestone for filing of regulatory approval for its first indication for anetumab ravtansine which will result in a $6 million payment being due. At the time of execution of this agreement, 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 supply of cytotoxic agent for this product candidate, these milestones was deemed substantive.

CytomX

In January 2014, we entered into a reciprocal right‑to‑test agreement with CytomX. The agreement provides CytomX with the right to test our payload agents and linkers with CytomX antibodies that utilize their proprietary antibody-masking technology, termed ProbodiesTM for a specified number of targets and to subsequently take an exclusive, worldwide license to use our technology to develop and commercialize Probody-drug conjugates directed to the specified targets on terms agreed upon at the inception of the right‑to‑test agreement. We received no upfront cash payment in connection with the execution of the right‑to‑test agreement. Instead, we received reciprocal rights to test our payload agents and linkers with ImmunoGen antibodies masked using CytomX technology to create Probody-drug conjugates directed to a specified number of targets and to subsequently take exclusive, worldwide licenses to develop and commercialize such conjugates directed to the specified targets on terms agreed upon at the inception of the right‑to‑test agreement. The terms of the right‑to‑test agreement require us and CytomX to each take its respective development and commercialization licenses by the end of the term of the research license. In addition, both we and CytomX are required to perform specific research activities under the right‑to‑test agreement on behalf of the other party for no monetary consideration.

In February 2016, CytomX took its development and commercialization license for a specified target.  An amendment of the agreement executed simultaneously with that license granted CytomX the right, for a specified period of time, to substitute the specified target with another as yet unspecified target.  Accordingly, the revenue associated with this license was deferred until the expiration of that substitution right in January 2017, whereupon we recognized $12.7 million of the $13 million of arrangement consideration allocated to the development and commercialization license, which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017.  With respect to the development and commercialization license taken by CytomX, the Company is entitled to receive up to a total of $160 million in milestone payments plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting product. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$10 million; regulatory milestones—$50 million; and sales milestones—$100 million. In addition, CytomX may be liable to pay annual maintenance fees if the licensed product candidate covered under the development and commercialization license has not progressed to a specified stage of development within a specified time frame.  Assuming no annual maintenance fee is payable, the next payment the Company could receive would be a $1 million development milestone payment with commencement of a Phase I clinical trial. At the time of execution of the right-to-test agreement, there was significant uncertainty as to whether the milestone related to the Phase I clinical trial would be achieved. In consideration of this, as well as the Company's expected involvement in the research and manufacturing of any product candidate, this milestone was deemed substantive. CytomX is responsible for the manufacturing, product development and marketing of any product resulting from the development and commercialization license taken by CytomX under this collaboration. 

For additional information related to these agreements, as well as the Company’s other significant collaborative agreements, please read Note C, Agreements, to the consolidated financial statements included within the Company’s 2016 Transition Report on Form 10-K