In February 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted MorphoSys’ Biologics License Application (BLA) for tafasitamab and the Company received a milestone payment of $12.5 million. The Company recognized the payment as revenue in the period that the milestone event occurred.
On July 31, 2020, the FDA approved MorphoSys’ BLA for tafasitamab (now Monjuvi®). In connection with the approval, the Company will receive a milestone payment of $25.0 million. The Company will recognize the payment as revenue in the period that the milestone event occurs.
NaN revenue was recognized under this arrangement for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The Company recognized $12.5 million of milestone revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2020. NaN revenue was recognized under this arrangement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2020, there is 0 deferred revenue related to this agreement.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In January 2013, the Company entered into an option and license agreement with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company granted to Alexion an exclusive research license, with limited sublicensing rights, to make and use the Company’s Xtend technology to evaluate and advance compounds. Alexion exercised its rights to 1 target program, ALXN1210, which is now marketed as Ultomiris®.
The Company is eligible to receive contractual milestones for certain commercial achievements and is also entitled to receive royalties based on a percentage of net sales of Ultomiris sold by Alexion, its affiliates or its sublicensees, which percentage is in the low single digits. Alexion’s royalty obligations continue on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis until the expiration of the last-to-expire valid claim in a licensed patent covering the applicable product in such country.
Under ASC 606, the Company recognizes revenue for sales-based royalties upon the subsequent sale of the product. We began earning royalty revenue from the sale of Ultomiris in 2019.
The Company recognized $3.8 million and $1.1 million of royalty revenue under this arrangement for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company also recognized $4.0 million of milestone revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The Company recognized total revenue of $7.2 million and $5.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, there is a receivable of $7.4 million related to royalties due under the arrangement. There is 0 deferred revenue related to this agreement.
INmune Bio, Inc.
In October 2017, the Company entered into a License Agreement (Agreement) with INmune Bio, Inc. (INmune). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company provided INmune with an exclusive license to certain rights to a proprietary protein, XPRO1595. Under the agreement the Company received an upfront payment of $100,000, 1,585,000 shares of INmune common stock and an option to acquire additional shares of INmune. The Company is also eligible to receive a percentage of sublicensing revenue received for XPRO1595 and royalties in the mid-single digit percent range on the sale of approved products.
The option has a six-year term from the date of the Agreement and provides the Company the option to purchase up to 10% of the fully diluted outstanding shares of INmune for $10.0 million. The Company has recorded its equity interest in INmune at cost pursuant to ASC 323. The Company did not record its share of the net loss from INmune during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 or 2019, respectively, as the carrying value of this investment has been reduced to 0.
The Company did not recognize any revenue related to the agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. There is 0 deferred revenue as of June 30, 2020 related to this agreement.