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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

K.Related Party Transactions

Stuart A. Arbuckle serves as the chief operating officer at Vertex and has served as a member of the Company’s board of directors since 2018. In February 2023, the Company entered into a multi-target license and option agreement with Vertex, pursuant to which the Company granted Vertex rights to the Company’s ADC technology to research and evaluate ADCs to specified targets, further details of which can be found in Note C, “Collaboration and License Agreements.”

The Company’s chief executive officer has served as a director on the board of directors of Ergomed PLC since June 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company executed agreements with Ergomed Clinical Research, Inc. and PrimeVigilance USA, Inc., subsidiaries of Ergomed PLC, for clinical trial and pharmacovigilance-related services. Ergomed Clinical Research, Inc. and PrimeVigilance USA, Inc. are each considered related parties pursuant to ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company made payments totaling $1.3 million to Ergomed Clinical Research, Inc. No similar payments were made during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Payments made pursuant to the agreement with PrimeVigilance USA, Inc. during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were not material to the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.