THERATECHNOLOGIES INC.
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(In thousands of United States dollars except for share and per share amounts)
Periods ended August 31, 2019 and 2018
(Unaudited)
6. | Intangible assets (continued): |
The amortization expense of $1,770 (2018 – $1,280) is included in selling and market development expenses.
Commercialization rights – Trogarzo® North American Territory
In the three-month period ended February 28, 2019, the Company accrued and recorded the first commercial milestone payment under the terms of its distribution and marketing agreement with TaiMed (“TaiMed Agreement”) for an amount of $6,765 (Note 8) as the Company determined that it was probable that the milestone would be paid.
Commercialization rights – Trogarzo® European Territory
On September 26, 2019, Trogarzo was approved for sale in Europe by the European Commission.
Oncology Platform
On February 25, 2019, the Company acquired Katana Biopharma Inc. (“Katana”). On May 21, 2019, Katana was wound up into the Company and then dissolved.
Katana (now the Company) is the worldwide exclusive licensee of a technology platform using peptides as a vehicle to specifically deliver existing cytotoxic agents to sortilin receptors, which are overexpressed on cancer cells. The license was entered into on February 25, 2019 with Transfert Plus, L.P. (Transfert Plus), (an affiliate of Aligo Innovation, a university research company that commercializes the research results of universities and other institutional partners from various areas of innovation, including life sciences) (the “License Agreement”).
This acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition. The Company recorded additions to intangible assets during 2019 of $2,045, which represented the payment at closing of $1,965 in cash, $5 through the issuance of 900 common shares of the Company and $75 of acquisition costs. The intangible asset is currently not being amortized. Amortization will begin when the asset is available for use.
Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, the purchase price is also subject to two milestone payments. The first milestone payment will occur when the first patient is enrolled in a Phase 1 clinical study. At that time, CAD2 million will be paid through the issuance of common shares of the Company.
The second milestone payment of CAD2.3 million will occur when the proof of concept is demonstrated in human subjects and will be satisfied through the issuance of common shares of the Company.
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