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Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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C.       Agreements

Significant Collaborative Agreements

Roche

In 2000, the Company granted Genentech, now a unit of Roche, an exclusive development and commercialization 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 December 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, $28.1,  $12.9,  $25.3, $5.5 million of non-cash royalties on net sales of Kadcyla were recorded and included in royalty revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six‑month period ended December 31, 2016  the year ended June 30, 2016 and the year ended June 30, 2015. 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 F.

Roche, through its Genentech unit, also has licenses for the exclusive right to use the Company’s maytansinoid ADC technology with antibodies to four undisclosed targets, which were granted under the terms of a separate, now expired, 2000 right‑to‑test agreement with Genentech. For each of these licenses the Company received a $1 million license fee and is entitled to receive up to a total of $38 million in milestone payments and also royalties on the sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$8 million; regulatory milestones—$20 million; and sales milestones—$10 million. The Company has not received any milestone payments from these agreements through December 31, 2017. Roche is responsible for the development, manufacturing, and marketing of any products resulting from these licenses. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive under any of these agreements will be a development milestone for filing of an IND application which will result in a $1 million payment being due. At the time of execution of each of these development and commercialization licenses, 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 these products, this milestone was deemed substantive. The Company received non‑refundable technology access fees totaling $5 million for the eight‑year term of the right‑to‑test agreement. The upfront fees were deferred and recognized ratably over the period during which Genentech could elect to obtain product licenses.

Amgen

Under a now‑expired right‑to‑test agreement established in 2000, the Company granted Amgen three exclusive development and commercialization licenses, for which the Company received an exercise fee of $1 million for each license taken. In May 2013, the Company granted Amgen one non‑exclusive development and commercialization license, for which the Company received an exercise fee of $500,000. In October 2013, the non‑exclusive license was amended and converted to an exclusive license, for which Amgen paid an additional $500,000 fee to the Company. Amgen has sublicensed its rights under this license to Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd. In December 2015, Amgen advised the Company that it had discontinued development of two product candidates, AMG 595 and AMG 172 that had been covered by two of Amgen’s four exclusive licenses, and in February 2016, Amgen subsequently terminated these two licenses.

For each of the two remaining development and commercialization licenses taken, the Company is entitled to receive up to a total of $34 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones per license are categorized as follows: development milestones—$9 million; regulatory milestones—$20 million; and sales milestones—$5 million. Amgen (or its sublicensee(s)) is responsible for the manufacturing, product development, and marketing of any products resulting from these development and commercialization licenses. Through December 31, 2017, the Company has received and recognized an aggregate of $3 million in milestone payments for compounds covered under this agreement now or in the past. In September 2015, Amgen’s IND under the remaining license not sublicensed to Oxford BioTherapeutics became effective, triggering a $1 million milestone payment to the Company which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the year ended June 30, 2016. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive under this license will be a development milestone for the first dosing of a patient in a U.S. 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 May 2013 license will be a $1 million development milestone for an IND becoming effective. 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.

Costs directly attributable to the Amgen collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of Amgen as well as costs of clinical materials sold. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $15,000 and $62,000 for the fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. There were no similar costs recorded after fiscal year 2016.

Sanofi

Collaboration Agreement

In 2003, the Company entered into a broad collaboration agreement with Sanofi (formerly Aventis Pharmaceuticals) to discover, develop and commercialize antibody‑based products. The collaboration agreement provided 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.

Prior to the amendment of our license agreements with Sanofi, which is discussed below, the Company was 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 were categorized as follows: development milestones—$7.5 million; and regulatory milestones—$14 million. Through December 31, 2017, the Company has recognized an aggregate of $26.5 million in development milestone payments for compounds covered under this agreement now or in the past, including $6 million of milestone payments received and included in license and milestone fee revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 and $4 million of milestone payments received and included in license and milestone fee revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. 

Right-to-Test Agreement

Under a separate, now expired right-to-test agreement, in December 2013, the Company granted Sanofi one exclusive development and commercialization license. Under this license, the Company received an exercise fee of $2 million and was recognizing this amount as revenue ratably over the Company’s estimated period of its substantial involvement. The Company had previously estimated this development period would conclude at the end of non-pivotal Phase II testing. During fiscal 2015, the Company determined it would not be substantially involved in the development and commercialization of the product based on Sanofi’s current plans to develop and manufacture the product without the assistance of the Company. As a result of this determination, the Company recognized the balance of the upfront exercise fee during the first quarter of fiscal 2015. This change in estimate resulted in an increase to license and milestone fees of $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2015 compared to amounts that would have been recognized pursuant to the Company’s previous estimate.

In May 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 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 with respect to all licensed products.

In accordance with ASC-605-25, 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 year ended December 31, 2017.

Biotest

In 2006, the Company granted Biotest an exclusive development and commercialization license to our maytansinoid ADC technology for use with antibodies that target CD138. The product candidate indatuximab ravtansine is in development under this agreement. Biotest is responsible for the manufacturing, product development, and marketing of any products resulting from the agreement. The Company received a $1 million upfront payment upon execution of the agreement and could receive up to $35.5 million in milestone payments, as well as royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$4.5 million; and regulatory milestones—$31 million. In September 2008, Biotest began Phase I evaluation of indatuximab ravtansine which triggered a $500,000 milestone payment to the Company. The next potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be a development milestone for commencement of a Phase IIb clinical trial (as defined in the agreement) 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 manufacturing of this product, these milestones were deemed substantive.

Costs directly attributable to the Biotest collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of Biotest as well as costs of clinical materials sold. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $41,000, $22,000,  $160,000, and $309,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six months ended December 31, 2016 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. The costs related to clinical materials sold were $549,000,  $1.8 million and $3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2016 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. There were no costs related to clinical materials sold for the year ended December 31, 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 December 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 year ended June 30, 2016. In July 2017, Bayer announced that its Phase II clinical study did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-free survival. The safety and tolerability of anetumab ravtansine were consistent with earlier clinical findings and Bayer is continuing development in additional studies, including a Phase 1b multi-indication study in six different types of advanced solid tumors, and a Phase 1b combination-study in patients with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. 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 were deemed substantive.

Novartis

The Company granted Novartis exclusive development and commercialization licenses to the Company’s maytansinoid and IGN ADC technology for use with antibodies to six specified targets under a now-expired right-to-test agreement established in 2010. The Company received a $45 million upfront payment in connection with the execution of the right‑to‑test agreement in 2010, and for each development and commercialization license taken for a specific target, the Company received an exercise fee of $1 million and is entitled to receive 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. The initial three-year term of the right-to-test agreement was extended by Novartis in October 2013 for an additional one-year period by payment of a $5 million fee to the Company. 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 March 2013, the Company and Novartis amended the right‑to‑test agreement so that Novartis could take a license to develop and commercialize products directed at two undisclosed, related targets, one target licensed on an exclusive basis and the other target initially licensed on a non‑exclusive basis. The target licensed on a non‑exclusive basis may no longer be converted to an exclusive target due to the expiration of the right-to-test agreement. The Company received a $3.5 million fee in connection with the execution of the amendment to the agreement.

In connection with the amendment, in March 2013, the Company granted Novartis 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 received 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.

In October 2013 and November 2013, the Company granted Novartis its second and third exclusive licenses to single targets, and in October 2014, the three remaining exclusive licenses, each triggering a $1 million payment to the Company and the opportunity to receive milestone payments totaling $199.5 million, as outlined above, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. In January 2015 and May 2015, Novartis initiated Phase I, first-in-human clinical testing of its cKit-targeting ADC product candidate, LOP628, and P-cadherin-targeting ADC product candidate, PCA062, respectively, triggering a $5 million development milestone payment to the Company with each event, both of which are included in license and milestone fee revenue for the year ended June 30, 2015. Novartis later discontinued clinical testing of LOP628. In December 2016, Novartis initiated Phase I, first-in-human clinical testing of its CDH6-targeting ADC product candidate, HKT288, triggering a $5 million milestone payment which the Company received in 2017. The next payment the Company could receive would be either a $7.5 million development milestone for commencement of a Phase II clinical trial under these three licenses or a $5 million development milestone for commencement of a Phase I clinical trial under any of its other three licenses. At the time of execution of these agreements, 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. Additionally, the Company is entitled to receive royalties on product sales, if any.

Costs directly attributable to the Novartis collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of Novartis as well as costs of clinical materials sold. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $32,000,  $17,000,  $67,000, and $141,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six months ended December 31, 2016 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. The cost related to clinical materials sold was $644,000 for fiscal year 2015. There were no similar costs recorded after fiscal year 2015.

Lilly

The Company granted Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) three exclusive development and commercialization licenses under a now-expired right-to-test agreement established in 2011. The Company received a $20 million upfront payment in connection with the execution of the right‑to‑test agreement in 2011. Under the terms of this right-to-test agreement, the first license had no associated exercise fee, and the second and third licenses each had a $2 million exercise fee. The first development and commercialization license was granted in August 2013 and the agreement was amended in December 2013 to provide Lilly with an extension provision and retrospectively include a $2 million exercise fee for the first license in lieu of the fee due for either the second or third license. The second and third licenses were granted in December 2014, with one including the $2 million exercise fee and the other not. Under the two licenses with the $2 million exercise fee, the Company is entitled to receive up to a total of $199 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. Under the license granted in December 2014 without the exercise fee, the Company is entitled to receive up to a total of $200.5 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$29 million for the two development and commercialization licenses with the $2 million exercise fee, and $30.5 million for the one development and commercialization license with no exercise fee; regulatory milestones—$70 million in all cases; and sales milestones—$100 million in all cases. In September 2015, Lilly began Phase I evaluation of one of its licensed ADC products which triggered a $5 million milestone payment to the Company which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The next payment the Company could receive would be either a $9 million development milestone for commencement of a Phase II clinical trial under this license or a $5 million development milestone payment with the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial under either of its other two development and commercialization licenses taken. 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 expected involvement in the research and manufacturing of these product candidates, these milestones were deemed substantive. The Company also is entitled to receive payments for delivery of cytotoxic agents to Lilly and research and development activities performed on behalf of Lilly. Lilly is responsible for the manufacturing, product development, and marketing of any products resulting from this collaboration.

 

Costs directly attributable to the Lilly collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of Lilly as well as costs of clinical materials sold. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $74,000, $46,000,  $182,000, and $499,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six months ended December 31, 2016 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. The costs related to clinical materials sold were $1.2 million $1.1 million and $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. There were no similar costs recorded during the six months ended December 31, 2016.

CytomX

In January 2014, the Company entered into a reciprocal right-to-test agreement with CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (CytomX). The agreement provides CytomX and the Company with the right to test the Company's ADC technology with CytomX masked antibodies, which it calls Probodies™, to create product candidates for a specified number of targets. Each company has defined rights to test the other company’s technology with its technology under a right-to-test, or research, license, and to subsequently take an exclusive, worldwide license to use the other company’s technology with its technology to develop and commercialize products for the specified targets on terms agreed upon at the inception of the right-to-test agreement. The Company received no upfront cash payment in connection with the execution of the right-to-test agreement. The terms of the right-to-test agreement require the Company and CytomX to each take its respective development and commercialization licenses by the end of the term of the research licenses. In addition, both the Company 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, the Company granted CytomX 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 the Company 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 year ended December 31, 2017. With respect to the development and commercialization license granted to 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 year ended December 31, 2017. Assuming no annual maintenance fee is payable as described below, the next payment the Company could receive would be a $3 million development milestone payment with commencement of a Phase II clinical trial. At the time of execution of the right‑to‑test agreement, there was significant uncertainty as to whether the milestones related to the Phase I and II clinical trials would be achieved. In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s expected involvement in the research and manufacturing of any product candidate, these milestones were deemed substantive. CytomX is responsible for the manufacturing, product development, and marketing of any products resulting from the development and commercialization license taken by CytomX under this collaboration.

With respect to any development and commercialization license that may be granted by CytomX to the Company, the Company will potentially be required to pay up to a total of $80 million in milestone payments per license, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting product. The total milestones per license are categorized as follows: development milestones—$7 million; regulatory milestones—$23 million; and sales milestones—$50 million. Assuming no annual maintenance fee is payable as described below, the next payment the Company could be required to make is a $1 million development milestone payment with commencement of a Phase I clinical trial. The Company is responsible for the manufacturing, product development and marketing of any products resulting from any development and commercialization license taken by the Company under this collaboration.

In addition, each party may be liable to pay annual maintenance fees to the other party if the licensed product candidate covered under each development and commercialization license has not progressed to a specified stage of development within a specified time frame.

The arrangement was accounted for based on the fair value of the items exchanged. The items to be delivered to CytomX under the arrangement are accounted for under the Company’s revenue recognition policy. The items to be received from CytomX are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred.

In accordance with ASC 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. The significant deliverables were determined to be the right‑to‑test, or research, license, the exclusive development and commercialization license, rights to future technological improvements, and the research services. The research license in the right‑to‑test agreement was determined not to be substantive and, as a result, the exclusive development and commercialization license was considered a deliverable at the inception of the right‑to‑test agreement. Factors that were considered in determining the research license was not substantive included (i) the overall objective of the agreement is for CytomX to obtain a development and commercialization license, (ii) there are no exercise fees payable upon taking the development and commercialization license, (iii) the limited economic benefit that CytomX could obtain from the right‑to‑test agreement unless CytomX was able to take the development and commercialization license, and (iv) the lack of economic penalties as a result of taking the license.

The Company has determined that the research license from the Company to CytomX together with the development and commercialization license from the Company to CytomX represent one unit of accounting as the research license does not have stand‑alone value from the development and commercialization license due to the lack of transferability of the research license and the limited economic benefit CytomX would derive if they did not obtain any development and commercialization license. The Company has also determined that this unit of accounting has 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 CytomX 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 price for the development and commercialization license is the Company’s best estimate of selling price and was determined based on market conditions, similar arrangements entered into by third parties, including pricing terms offered by the Company’s 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 ADC technology, and the Company’s pricing practices and pricing objectives. In order to determine the best estimate of selling price, the Company determined the overall value of a license by calculating a risk‑ adjusted net present value of a recent, comparable transaction the Company entered into with another collaborator. This overall value was then decreased by risk‑adjusting the net present value of the contingent consideration (the milestones and royalties) payable by CytomX under the development and commercialization license. This amount represents the value that a third party would be willing to pay as an upfront payment for this license to the Company’s technology.

The estimated selling price of the rights 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 technological improvements made will be used by CytomX. In estimating these probabilities, the Company considered factors such as the technology that is the subject of the development and commercialization license, the Company’s history of making technological improvements, and when such improvements, if any, were likely to occur relative to the stage of development of the product candidate pursuant to the development and commercialization license. 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 the 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 candidate. The estimate of probability was multiplied by the estimated selling price of the development and commercialization license and the resulting cash flow was discounted at a rate of 13%, representing the Company’s estimate of its cost of capital at the time.

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 CytomX and market rates for similar services.

The total allocable consideration of $13.1 million (which comprises the $13.0 million that a third party would be willing to pay as an upfront payment for this license to the Company’s technology plus $140,000 for the fair value of fees for the research services to be provided) was allocated to the deliverables based on the relative selling price method as follows: $12.7 million to the development and commercialization license; $350,000 to the rights to future technological improvements and $140,000 to the research services. The Company recognized as license revenue the amount of the total allocable consideration allocated to the development and commercialization license when the substitution right under the license expired in January 2017. At that time, the amount of the total allocable consideration allocated to future technological improvements commenced to be recognized as revenue ratably over the period the Company is obligated to make available any technological improvements, which is the equivalent to the estimated term of the license. 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 therapeutic products pursuant to the license plus the estimated royalty term. The Company will be required to reassess the estimated term at each subsequent reporting period. The Company will recognize research services revenue as the related services are delivered.

The $13.1 million of total allocable consideration to be accounted for as revenue described above is also the amount that was used to account for the expense of the licenses and research services the Company received or will receive from CytomX. Based on an estimate of the research services that CytomX will be providing to the Company for no monetary consideration, $310,000 was allocated to such services and expensed over the period the services are provided. The balance of $12.8 million pertains to technology rights received and these amounts were charged to research and development expense during the year ended June 30, 2014 upon execution of the research agreement.

Costs directly attributable to the CytomX collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of CytomX. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $256,000,  $427,000,  $868,000 and $130,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six months ended December 31, 2016 and for fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Takeda

In March 2015, the Company entered into a three-year right-to-test agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The agreement provides Takeda with the right to (a) take exclusive options, with certain restrictions, to individual targets selected by Takeda for specified option periods, (b) test the Company’s ADC technology with Takeda’s antibodies directed to the targets optioned under a right-to-test, or research, license, and (c) take exclusive licenses to use the Company’s ADC technology to develop and commercialize products to targets optioned for up to two individual targets on terms specified in the right-to-test agreement. Takeda must exercise its options for the development and commercialization licenses by the end of the term of the right-to-test agreement, after which any then outstanding options will lapse. Takeda has the right to extend the three-year right-to-test period for one additional year by payment to the Company of $4 million. Alternatively, Takeda has the right to expand the scope of the right-to-test agreement by payment to the Company of $8 million. If Takeda opts to expand the scope of the right-to-test agreement, it will be entitled to take additional exclusive options, one of which may be exercised for an additional development and commercialization license, and the right-to- test period will be extended until the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the right-to-test agreement. Takeda is responsible for the manufacturing, product development, and marketing of any products resulting from this collaboration.

The Company received a $20 million upfront payment in connection with the execution of the right-to-test agreement and, for each development and commercialization license taken, is entitled to receive up to a total of $210 million in milestone payments, plus royalties on the commercial sales of any resulting products. The total milestones are categorized as follows: development milestones—$30 million; regulatory milestones—$85 million; and sales milestones—$95 million. The first potential milestone the Company will be entitled to receive will be a $5 million development milestone payment with the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial under the first development and commercialization license taken. At the time of execution of this agreement, there was significant uncertainty as to whether the milestone related to initiation of a Phase I clinical trial under the first development and commercialization license would be achieved. In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s expected involvement in the research and manufacturing of these product candidates, this milestone was deemed substantive. The Company also is entitled to receive payments for delivery of cytotoxic agents to Takeda and research and development activities performed on behalf of Takeda.

In accordance with ASC 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. The significant deliverables were determined to be the right-to-test, or research, license, the two exclusive development and commercialization licenses, rights to future technological improvements, the development and commercialization license contained in the option to expand the agreement and the research services. The options to obtain two 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 Takeda to obtain development and commercialization licenses, (ii) no additional consideration required for each development and commercialization license taken beyond the $20 million upfront payment that was due at the inception of the right-to-test agreement, (iii) the limited economic benefit that Takeda 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 option to expand the scope of the right-to-test agreement and obtain, among other deliverables, a third development and commercialization license was not determined to be substantive and, as a result, the third development and commercialization license was considered a deliverable at the inception of the right-to-test agreement. Factors that were considered in determining this option was not substantive included (i) the overall objective of the agreement was for Takeda to obtain development and commercialization licenses and (ii) the relative size of the $8 million option payment in exchange for this third development and commercialization license and two year extension of the right-to-test period when compared to the $20 million upfront payment in exchange for, among other deliverables, two development and commercialization licenses and the separate ability to extend the right-to-test period for one year in exchange for a $4 million payment.

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 Takeda would derive if they did not obtain any development and commercialization licenses. The Company has also determined that this unit of accounting has stand-alone value from the rights to future technological improvements, the license contained in the option to expand the agreement and the research services. The license contained in the option to expand the agreement has stand-alone value as it would result in an additional license with which Takeda would derive economic benefit. The rights to future technological improvements have stand-alone value as Takeda 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 ADC technology, and the Company’s pricing practices and pricing objectives. The estimated selling price of the rights 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 technological improvements made will be used by Takeda. In estimating these probabilities, the Company 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 13%, representing the Company’s estimate of its cost of capital at the time. 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 Takeda and market rates for similar services.

The total arrangement consideration of $31.4 million (which comprises the $20 million upfront payment, the $8 million payment to expand the agreement and the expected fees for the research services to be provided) was allocated to the deliverables based on the relative selling price method as follows: $25.9 million to the three development and commercialization licenses; $2.1 million to the rights to future technological improvements; and $3.4 million to the research services. The first license was granted to Takeda in December 2015, and as a result, the Company recognized $8.6 million of the $25.9 million of arrangement consideration allocated to the development and commercialization licenses, which is included in license and milestone fee revenue for the year ended June 30, 2016. 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 the equivalent to the estimated term of the license. 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 therapeutic products pursuant to the license plus the estimated royalty term. The Company will reassess the estimated term at each subsequent reporting period. The Company will recognize as license revenue an equal amount of the total remaining $17.3 million of arrangement consideration allocated to the development and commercialization licenses as each individual license is delivered to Takeda upon Takeda’s exercise of its remaining options to such licenses. The Company does not control when Takeda 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.

Costs directly attributable to the Takeda collaborative agreement are comprised of compensation and benefits related to employees who provided research and development services on behalf of Takeda. Indirect costs are not identified to individual collaborators. The costs related to the research and development services amounted to $913,000, $678,000,  $469,000 and $113,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017, the six months ended December 31, 2016 and for fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively. The costs related to clinical materials sold were $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. There were no similar costs recorded during the six months ended December 31, 2016 and fiscal years 2016 and 2015.

Debiopharm

 

In May 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 a $5 million milestone payment upon substantial completion of the transfer of ImmunoGen technologies related to the program (technology transfer), which was completed in the fourth quarter of 2017. $4.5 million was received for this milestone in December 2017, and the balance in January 2018. 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 ASC-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 technology 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 to 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 recorded $29.5 million of revenue as outlined above when the technology transfer work was substantially completed in the fourth quarter of 2017, and the value of the physical materials will be recorded as revenue in January 2018, coinciding with the receipt of the balance of the milestone.

 

Jazz

In August 2017, the Company entered into a collaboration and option agreement with Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited (Jazz), a subsidiary of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, granting Jazz exclusive, worldwide rights to opt into development and commercialization of two early-stage, hematology-related ADC programs, as well as an additional program to be designated during the term of the agreement. The programs covered under the agreement include IMGN779, a CD33-targeted ADC for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Phase 1 testing, and IMGN632, a CD123-targeted ADC for hematological malignancies expected to enter clinical testing before the end of the year, and an early-stage program to be determined at a later date. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will be generally responsible for the development of the three ADC programs prior to any potential opt-in by Jazz. Following any opt-in, Jazz would be generally responsible for any further development as well as for potential regulatory submissions and commercialization and Jazz and the Company would share costs associated with developing and obtaining regulatory approvals of the applicable product in the U.S. and EU. The Company has the right to co-commercialize in the U.S. one product (or two products, under certain limited circumstances) with U.S. profit sharing in lieu of Jazz's payment of the U.S. milestone and royalties to the Company.

As part of the agreement, Jazz made an upfront payment of $75 million to the Company. Additionally, Jazz will pay the Company up to $100 million in development funding over seven years to support the three ADC programs. For each program, Jazz may exercise its License Options at any time prior to a pivotal study or at any time prior to the filing of a biologics license application (BLA) upon payment of an option exercise fee of mid-double digit millions or low triple digit millions, respectively. For each program to which Jazz elects to opt-in, the Company would be eligible to receive milestone payments  based on receiving regulatory approvals of the applicable product aggregating $100 million plus tiered royalties as a percentage of commercial sales by Jazz, which will vary depending upon sales levels and the stage of development at the time of opt-in.  Per the applicable accounting standards, at the time of execution of this agreement, significant uncertainty is deemed to exist as to whether the milestones would be achieved. In consideration of this, as well as the Company’s expected involvement in the research and manufacturing of these product candidates, these milestones were deemed substantive.

Due to the involvement the Company and Jazz both have in the development and commercialization of the products, as well as both parties being part of the cost share agreement and exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on the commercial success of the products, the arrangement has been determined to be a collaborative arrangement within the scope of ASC 808. Accordingly, the Company carved out the research and development activities and the related cost sharing arrangement with Jazz. Payments for such activities will be recorded as research and development expense and reimbursements received from Jazz will be recognized as an offset to research and development expense in the accompanying statement of operations during the development period. Included in research and development expense for the year ended December 31, 2017, is a $3.3 million credit related to reimbursements from Jazz.

The arrangement also includes a revenue activity as the Company routinely sells licenses to customers for the development of ADC therapeutics.  The initial consideration received will be allocated to the elements and will be recognized as revenue.  In accordance with ASC 605-25 (as amended by ASU No. 2009-13), the Company identified all of the elements at the inception of the agreement. The significant elements were determined to be the exclusive options to receive the three development and commercialization licenses and rights to future technological improvements. Factors that were considered in determining the options were substantive included (i) the overall objective of the agreement was for Jazz to obtain development and commercialization licenses, (ii) significant additional consideration from Jazz is required to exercise each development and commercialization license beyond the $75 million upfront payment that was due at the inception of the agreement, (iii) the limited economic benefit that Jazz could obtain from the agreement unless it exercised its options to obtain development and commercialization licenses, and (iv) the uncertainty involved in exercising the licenses, as they are dependent on success of the product. In addition, the exercise price for each option can be separately exercised and includes a discount, therefore, each option was considered a separate unit of accounting.

The Company determined that each option together with the their respective potential development and commercialization license represent one unit of accounting as the options do not have stand-alone value from the development and commercialization licenses due to the lack of transferability of the options and the limited economic benefit Jazz would derive if they did not obtain any development and commercialization licenses. The Company has also determined that upon exercise of an option, and the granting of a license, this unit of accounting has stand-alone value from the rights to future technological improvements. 

The estimated selling prices for the options are the Company’s best estimate of selling price and were determined based on an option pricing model using the following inputs; a) estimated fair value of each program, b) the amount Jazz would pay to exercise the option to obtain the license, c) volatility during the expected term of the option and d) risk free interest rate. A risk adjusted discounted cash flow model was used to estimate the fair value of each program and volatility was determined using the stock prices of comparable companies. The cash flow was discounted at a rate of 14%, representing the Company’s estimate of its cost of capital at the time The estimated selling price of the rights 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 technological improvements made will be used by Jazz. In estimating these probabilities, the Company 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 14%, representing the Company’s estimate of its cost of capital at the time

The non-refundable, upfront arrangement consideration of $75 million was allocated to the three License Options based on the relative selling price method. The amount allocated to the rights to future technological improvements under the relative selling price method was deemed immaterial, and therefore, not segregated from the License Options. The amounts allocated to the License Options will be recognized as revenue when exercised by Jazz or upon expiration. The Company does not control when Jazz will exercise its options for development and commercialization licenses. As a result, the Company cannot predict when it will recognize revenue related to the delivery of the licenses, and accordingly, the upfront payment of $75 million is included in long-term deferred revenue as of December 31, 2017.