Collaboration Agreements | 10. Collaboration Agreements AffaMed License Agreement On October 29, 2020, the Company entered into license agreement (“License Agreement”) with AffaMed Therapeutic Limited (“AffaMed”) for the development and commercialization of the Company’s DEXTENZA product regarding ocular inflammation and pain following cataract surgery and allergic conjunctivitis (collectively, the “DEXTENZA Field”) and for the Company’s OTX-TIC product candidate (collectively with DEXTENZA, the “AffaMed Licensed Products”) regarding open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension (collectively, the “TIC Field” and, with the DEXTENZA Field, each a “Field”), in each case in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (collectively, the “Territories”). The Company retains development and commercialization rights for the AffaMed Licensed Products in the rest of the world. Under the License Agreement, the Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $12,000 in December 2020. The Company is also eligible to receive up to an additional $91,000 in aggregate, inclusive of a low-seven-figure clinical support payment, upon the achievement of certain regulatory, development and commercial milestones. The Company is also entitled to receive tiered, escalating royalties on the net sales of the AffaMed Licensed Products ranging from a low-teen to low-twenties percentage. Royalties under the License Agreement are payable on an AffaMed Licensed Product-by-AffaMed Licensed Product and jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis and are subject to potential reductions in specified circumstances, subject to a specified floor. The License Agreement expires upon the expiration of the last royalty term for the last AffaMed Licensed Product in any applicable Field in the Territories. Either party may, subject to specified cure periods, terminate the License Agreement in the event of the other party’s uncured breach. Either party may also terminate the License Agreement under specified circumstances relating to the other party’s insolvency. AffaMed has the right to terminate the License Agreement at any time after completion of a Phase 3 clinical trial for OTX-TIC for any or no reason upon providing the Company three months’ notice. During an established period following its change of control or its entry into a global licensing agreement that includes the Territories with a third party, the Company has the option to terminate the License Agreement, subject to a specified notice period and the repayment of any costs and expenses incurred by AffaMed in connection with the License Agreement, including upfront and milestone payments AffaMed has previously paid to the Company, at a prespecified premium. At the inception of the License Agreement, the Company identified the following performance obligations in the agreement: ● the license, regulatory filings and manufacturing of DEXTENZA; ● the license, regulatory filings and manufacturing for the Company’s OTX-TIC product candidate regarding open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension in the Territories; ● obligations to participate on various joint research, development and project committees; and ● the conduct of a Phase 2 clinical trial of OTX-TIC The Company has concluded there is a combined performance obligation for a development and commercialization license and manufacturing obligations for DEXTENZA Field and the Company’s OTX-TIC product candidate regarding open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension in the Territories. We recognize revenue related to the amounts allocated to the combined performance obligations for DEXTENZA Field and the Company’s OTX-TIC product candidate based on the point in time upon which control of supply is transferred to AffaMed for each delivery of the associated supply. The Company has not recognized any revenue under the License Agreement as of June 30, 2021 as there has not been any delivery of product under the License Agreement. The entire transaction price is recorded as deferred revenue as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Regeneron Collaboration Agreement In October 2016, the Company entered into a Collaboration, Option and License Agreement (the “Collaboration Agreement”) with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) for the development and potential commercialization of products containing the Company’s extended-delivery hydrogel formulation in combination with Regeneron’s large molecule vascular endothelial growth factor (“VEGF”)-targeting compounds for the treatment of retinal diseases. The Collaboration Agreement does not cover the development of any product candidates that deliver small molecule drugs, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, or TKIs, or deliver large molecule drugs other than those that target VEGF proteins. Under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement, the Company and Regeneron have agreed to conduct a joint research program with the aim of developing an extended-delivery formulation of aflibercept, currently marketed under the tradename EYLEA, that is suitable for advancement into clinical development. The Company has granted Regeneron an option (the “Option”) to enter into an exclusive, worldwide license to develop and commercialize products containing the Company’s hydrogel in combination with Regeneron’s large molecule VEGF-targeting compounds (“Regeneron Licensed Products”). Under the term of the Collaboration Agreement, Regeneron is responsible for funding an initial preclinical tolerability study. If the Option is exercised, Regeneron will be obligated to conduct further preclinical development and an initial clinical trial under a collaboration plan. The Company is obligated to reimburse Regeneron for certain development costs incurred by Regeneron under the collaboration plan during the period through the completion of the initial clinical trial, subject to a cap of under certain circumstances. If Regeneron elects to proceed with further development following the completion of the collaboration plan, it will be solely responsible for conducting and funding further development and commercialization of product candidates. If the Option is exercised, Regeneron is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to research, develop and commercialize at least one Regeneron Licensed Product. Such efforts shall include initiating the dosing phase of a subsequent clinical trial within specified time periods following the completion of the first-in-human clinical trial or the initiation of preclinical toxicology studies, subject to certain extensions. Under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement, Regeneron has agreed to pay the Company $10,000 upon the exercise of the Option. If Regeneron elects to exercise the Option, the Company is also eligible to receive up to $100,000 per Regeneron Licensed Product upon first commercial sale of such Regeneron Licensed Product and up to $50,000 based on the achievement of specified sales milestones for all Regeneron Licensed Products. In addition, the Company is entitled to tiered, escalating royalties, in a range from a high-single digit to a low-to-mid teen percentage of net sales of Regeneron Licensed Products. In December 2017, the Company delivered to Regeneron a proposed final formulation for the initial preclinical tolerability study. Regeneron initiated the preclinical study in early 2018. The Company and Regeneron subsequently reached an understanding that the proposed formulation was not final and ceased development of it. On May 8, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Collaboration Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company and Regeneron have adopted a new work plan to transition joint efforts under the Collaboration Agreement to the research and development of an extended-delivery formulation of aflibercept to be delivered to the suprachoroidal space. Regeneron has agreed to pay personnel and material costs of the Company for specified preclinical development activities in connection with the revised work plan, as well as certain other costs. In addition, the Amendment provides for the modification of the terms of the Option previously granted to Regeneron under the Collaboration Agreement. As amended, the Option is exclusive for twenty-four months following May 8, 2020. Through June 30, 2021, the Option has not been exercised, and no payments have been made. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company has recorded $418 and $515, respectively, related to work performed for preclinical development activities in connection with the revised work plan which the Company has recorded as a reduction of research and development expense as this research is not an output of the Company’s ordinary business activities. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has included the $934 and $1,256, respectively in prepaid expenses and other current assets. As further described under Note 18, on August 5, 2021, Regeneron notified the Company of its termination of the Collaboration Agreement. The termination became effective immediately. |