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| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block] |
Note 10 Commitments and Contingencies Lease Commitments – In May 2014, the Company entered into a lease of approximately 27,000 square feet of office, laboratory and clean room space to be leased for seventy-two months. The lease requires monthly payments of $28,939 adjusted annually by approximately 3% plus triple net expenses monthly of $34,381 adjusted annually. The Company also made a security deposit of $750,000 which is held by the landlord, of which $375,000 has been returned to the Company and the remaining balance will be returned gradually over the next several years.
On March 17, 2017, the Company entered into a lease of approximately 20,000 square feet of office space to be leased for eighty-two months. The lease requires monthly payments of $28,425 adjusted annually plus triple net expenses monthly of $28,410 adjusted annually. The Company also made a security deposit of $56,851 which will be returned at the end of the lease.
On March 17, 2017, the Company sub-leased their original approximately 10,000 square feet of office space to another company. The sublease is for eighty-two months unless the Company is unable to extend our current lease then the sub-lease will expire on March 31, 2020. The Company is to receive monthly payments of $12,523 adjusted annually plus triple net expenses monthly of $12,828 adjusted annually. The Company also received a security deposit of $25,046 which will be returned at the end of the lease.
As of December 31, 2017, the minimum rental commitment under the leases are as follows:
License Agreements: On August 4, 2017, the Company entered into a Development and License Agreement (“License Agreement”) with ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ActiveSite”) pursuant to which the Company acquired the rights to ActiveSite’s Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitor program (“PKI Program”). The Company desires to use the PKI Program to develop, file, manufacture, market and sell products for diabetic macular edema and other human therapeutic indications. The Company was required to make an upfront payment of $750,000 payable within five (5) days of the date of the parties executed the License Agreement, which was expensed as research and development costs. The Company is required to pay up to an additional aggregate of $36.5 million in development and regulatory milestone payments if certain clinical study objectives and regulatory filings, acceptances and approvals are achieved. In addition, we are required to pay up to an aggregate of $10.0 million in sales milestone payments if certain annual sales targets are achieved.
On December 6, 2017, the Company entered into a License Agreement and Common Stock Purchase Agreement (collectively “Transaction Documents”) with XOMA LLC (“XOMA”) pursuant to which the Company acquired the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize XOMA 358 (now RZ358) for an orphan indication, Congenital Hyperinsulinism. The Company is responsible for all development, regulatory, manufacturing and commercialization activities associated with RZ358. Pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the Company is required to pay XOMA $6 million and to issue XOMA $12 million of the Company’s common stock based upon the Company’s financing activities in 2018. The Company would be required to issue additional shares and a put option to XOMA if certain financing activities did not occur in 2018, as more fully described in the license agreement. The Company also has a required development spend every year related to RZ358. The Company is also required to make certain clinical, regulatory and annual net sales milestone payments of up to $222 million in the aggregate. The Company is also obliged to pay XOMA royalties ranging from the high single digits to the mid-teens based upon annual net sales of RZ358. Finally, under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company is required to pay XOMA a low single digit royalty on sales of the Company’s other products. Legal Matters – From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of December 31, 2017, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the results of our operations. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholders, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest. |
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