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Comvita and BioDLogics License Agreements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Comvita and BioDLogics License Agreements [Abstract]  
Comvita and BioDLogics License Agreements
9. Comvita and BioDLogics License Agreements

 

Comvita Licensing Agreement

 

In February 2010, the Company entered into a new agreement with Comvita under which the Company received perpetual and exclusive worldwide licensing rights for Manuka Honey based MEDIHONEY wound and skin care products for all markets outside of the consumer market (the “Comvita Agreement”). The Comvita Agreement also provides that Comvita will serve as the Company's supplier for Manuka Honey and will not provide Manuka Honey to any other entities for use in the professional medical-surgical marketplace. The Comvita Agreement calls for graduated royalty payments based on sales and milestone payments. The license rights may be terminated or rendered non-exclusive by Comvita if the Company fails to meet certain minimum royalty requirements.

 

Comvita is a stockholder of the Company and its Chief Executive Officer serves on the Company's Board of Directors. The Company purchased $946,770 and $818,160 of medical grade honey from Comvita in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In addition, the Company incurred MEDIHONEY royalties of $349,061 and $285,442 in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Amounts due to Comvita for raw material purchases and royalties totaled $1,110,262 and $625,947 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

BiodDLogics, LLC License Agreement

 

On January 14, 2014, the Company entered into a license, market development and commercialization agreement (the “Agreement”) with BioDLogics, LLC (“BioD”) relating to BioD's human placental based products (the “Licensed Products”) and intellectual property related thereto.

 

Under the Agreement, BioD granted to the Company an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-bearing license to use, offer for sale and sell, the Licensed Products in North America (the “Territory”), including the rights to sublicense solely as provided in the Agreement, for a broad range of dermal applications (the “Field”). During the term of the Agreement, the Company will be responsible for the sale and marketing of the Licensed Products in the Field throughout the Territory. As part of its commercialization efforts, the Company is required to fund clinical studies up to $2,000,000 in support of the Field pursuant to the Agreement. Through March 31, 2015, the Company has funded $792,430 as part of these commercialization efforts.

 

The Company paid BioD an initial license fee of $1,250,000 and granted BioD a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock. One quarter (25%) of the warrant was exercisable immediately at a price of $11.81 per share, while the remaining 75% of the warrant becomes exercisable, if at all, upon the achievement of certain milestones. The warrant expires in January 2019 (note 5). The warrant has been valued at $129,750 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Total consideration paid to BioD of $1,379,750 was recorded as an intangible asset during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and is being amortized to cost of sales over an estimated useful life of seven years. In addition to the initial license fee and warrant, royalties are payable to BioD based upon a sliding scale of the Company's net sales of Licensed Products within the Territory and declining as net sales increase. Royalty rates range from the low double digits and decline to the mid-single digits. The Agreement also requires the Company to make milestone payments to BioD of up to $19,750,000 based upon the achievement of certain development events and annual net sales levels.

 

The Agreement may be terminated as follows: (i) upon mutual agreement of the parties; (ii) by BioD if the Company challenges certain BioD patents or trade secrets; (iii) by BioD if the Company fails to meet the annual minimum net sales requirement under the Agreement, unless the Company pays the difference between the amount of royalties that would have been due had the minimum annual net sales for such year been achieved and royalty payments made by the Company with respect to net sales during such year plus any milestone payments payable; or (iv) by either party in the event of a material breach or certain events of bankruptcy. The minimum annual net sales requirement commenced in 2015, and is $2,000,000 for the contract year of April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.