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7. Commitments and Contingencies

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7. Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Development and Collaboration Agreements

 

Onxeo S.A.

 

The Onxeo license agreement for Validive includes clinical, regulatory, developmental and sales milestones that could reach up to $108 million if the Company achieves all milestones, and escalating royalties on net sales from 5% to 10%. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company had not reached any of these milestones and has not been required to pay Onxeo any funds under this license agreement other than the one-time license fee.

 

Grupo Español de Investigación en Sarcomas (“GEIS”)

 

In June 2019, the Company executed a clinical collaboration with GEIS for the development of camsirubcin in patients with advance soft tissue sarcoma (“ASTS”). GEIS will be the study sponsor and will lead a multi-country, randomized, open-label Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate camsirubicin head-to-head against doxorubicin in patients with ASTS. Enrollment of the trial is expected to begin in early 2020 and will include approximately 170 ASTS patients. The Company will provide study drug and supplemental financial support for the clinical trial over about four years averaging less than $1 million per year. The Company can terminate the agreement by providing GEIS with advance notice, and without affecting the Company’s rights and ownership to any intellectual property or clinical data.

 

XOMA Ltd.

 

The intellectual property rights contributed by Tactic Pharma to the Company included the non-exclusive license agreement with XOMA Ltd. for the humanization technology used in the development of MNPR-101. Pursuant to such license agreement, the Company is obligated to pay XOMA Ltd. clinical, regulatory and sales milestones for MNPR-101 but is not required to pay royalties on product sales. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company had not reached any milestones and has not been required to pay XOMA Ltd. any funds under this license agreement.

 

Operating Leases

 

Commencing January 1, 2018, the Company entered into a lease for its executive headquarters at 1000 Skokie Blvd., Suite 350, Wilmette, Illinois. The lease term is January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019. In addition, effective February 2019, the Company leases on a month-to-month basis additional office space in the same building.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized operating lease expense of $13,462 and $24,965, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized operating lease expense of $9,344 and $22,585, respectively.

 

As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-02, as amended by ASU 2018-10, as of June 30, 2019, the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet includes (a) a lease liability of $15,117 in other current liabilities, and (b) a right-of-use asset of $15,117 in other current assets. Due to the adoption of the standard using the retrospective cumulative-effect adjustment method, there are no changes to our previously reported results prior to January 1, 2019. The effect on the operating lease expense was nominal as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-02, as amended by ASU 2018-10.

 

The future lease commitments as presented below represent amounts for the Company’s lease of its executive headquarters.

 

2019 (July 1 to December 31)   $ 15,117  
Thereafter      
Total future lease payments   $ 15,117  

  

Legal Contingencies

 

The Company is subject to claims and assessments from time to time in the ordinary course of business. No claims have been asserted to date.

 

Indemnification

 

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and provide for general indemnification. The Company’s exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future, but that have not yet been made. To date, the Company has not paid any claims nor been required to defend any action related to its indemnification obligations. However, the Company may record charges in the future as a result of future claims against these indemnification obligations.

 

In accordance with its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the Company has indemnification obligations to its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while they are serving at the Company’s request in such capacities. There have been no claims to date.