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Agreements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 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 June 30, 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, $14.1 million of non-cash royalties on net sales of Kadcyla for the six‑month period ended March 31, 2017 were recorded and included in non-cash royalty revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 and $13.3 million of non-cash royalties on net sales of Kadcyla for the six‑month period ended March 31, 2016 is included in non-cash royalty revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 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

On May 30, 2017, the Company and an affiliate of Sanofi amended the license agreements covering all compounds in development by Sanofi using the Company’s technology.  Under the terms of the amended 2003 collaboration and license agreement, the Company granted Sanofi a fully-paid, exclusive license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize four experimental compounds in development. The Company and Sanofi also amended a separate 2013 exclusive license to grant Sanofi a fully-paid, exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize another experimental compound being studied for the treatment of solid tumors.  As consideration for these amendments, the Company received a $30 million payment and agreed to forego a limited co-promotion option in the U.S. with respect to the compounds covered by the 2003 agreement, as well as future milestones or royalties under both license agreements.

In accordance with ACS-605-25 (as amended by ASU No. 2009-13), the Company determined that there were no remaining deliverables upon execution of the amendments, and accordingly, the $30 million has been recognized as revenue and is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

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 June 30, 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 2 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 six months ended June 30, 2016. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be 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. 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 were 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 six months ended June 30, 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 June 2017, CytomX enrolled its first patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial for its product candidate, CX-2009, triggering a $1 million development milestone payment which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. The next payment the Company could receive would be a $3 million development milestone payment with commencement of a Phase 2 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 2 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. 

Debiopharm

 

On May 24, 2017, Debiopharm International SA (Debiopharm) acquired the Company’s IMGN529 program, a clinical-stage anti-CD37 ADC for the treatment of patients with B-cell malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL).  Under the terms of the Exclusive License and Asset Purchase agreement, the Company received a $25 million upfront payment for specified assets related to IMGN529 and a paid-up license to the Company’s ADC technology, and is entitled to a $5 million milestone payment to be paid after substantial completion of the transfer of ImmunoGen technologies related to the program (technology transfer), which the parties expect to achieve by the end of 2017. In addition, ImmunoGen is eligible for a second success-based milestone payment of $25 million upon IMGN529 entering a Phase 3 clinical trial. The milestone payment will be significantly reduced if a Phase 3 trial using the Company’s technology but not the IMGN529 antibody commences prior to IMGN529 entering a Phase 3 trial.  The Company does not believe this scenario is likely to occur.

 

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 agreement. The significant deliverables were determined to be the license, the tech transfer and certain related physical materials. Since the technology being used is no longer the focus of the Company’s research efforts, and IMGN529 is already in clinical trials which significantly lessens the probability that it would be changed, the value of the rights to future technological improvements which was granted in the agreement was considered immaterial.

 

The Company has determined that the license, together with the technology transfer, represent one unit of accounting as the license does not have standalone value from the Company’s responsibility tro complete the technology transfer because 1) there are no other vendors selling similar licenses on a standalone basis, 2) the transfer can only be performed by the Company and 3) Debiopharm is unable to use the license for its intended purpose without the technology transfer. The related physical materials have stand-alone value as these items could be produced by other vendors.

 

The estimated selling price for the license/technology transfer is the Company’s best estimate of selling price and was determined based on market conditions, similar arrangements entered into by third parties, including the Company’s understanding of pricing terms offered by its competitors for single-target licenses that utilize the Company’s ADC technology, the clinical stage of the product being sold, and entity-specific factors such as the pricing terms of the Company’s previous single target licenses, recent preclinical and clinical testing results of therapeutic products that use the Company’s ADC technology, and the Company’s pricing practices and pricing objectives. The estimated selling price of the related materials was based on third party evidence given the nature of the items and the market rates for similar items.

 

The total arrangement consideration of $30 million (which comprises the $25 million upfront payment and the transfer fee of $5 million) was allocated to the units of accounting based on the relative selling price method as follows: $29.7 million to the license/technology transfer and $300,000 to the physical materials. The Company will record $29.7 million of revenue as outlined above when the technology transfer work is substantially complete, which is the final item delivered in the unit of accounting and the value of the physical materials will be recorded as revenue when delivered. As of June 30, 2017, $25 million was recorded in short-term deferred revenue, which represents the full amount of the upfront payment received.

 

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