Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 13 - Collaborative Agreements

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Note 13 - Collaborative Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Collaborative Agreements [Text Block]

13.

Collaborative agreements:

 

The Company enters into research, development and license agreements in the ordinary course of business where the Company receives research services and rights to proprietary technologies. Milestone and royalty payments that may become due under various agreements are dependent on, among other factors, clinical trials, regulatory approvals and ultimately the successful development of a new drug, the outcome and timing of which is uncertain.

 

On November 4, 2021, the Effective Date, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Hanmi) for global rights to its compound named HM43239.  In consideration of the license and other rights granted, Aptose made an upfront payment to Hanmi in the amount of $12.5 million, including $5.0 million in cash and $7.5 million in Aptose common shares (the “Aptose Shares”).   The number of Aptose Shares issued was determined using the average market closing price of the Aptose Shares on the NASDAQ stock market over the five (5) trading day period ending on the Effective Date.  Accordingly, Aptose has issued 3,235,548 shares to Hanmi.

 

Under the Company’s license agreement with Hanmi, the Company has maximum obligations for clinical development and global regulatory milestones totaling $64.5 million for the first potential clinical indication of HM43239, $34 million for the second indication, and $29 million for the third Indication. The company has maximum obligations for tiered global sales based milestones totaling $280 million. The Company also has an obligation for tiered royalty payments on global sales of commercialized product. The timing of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.

 

Under the Company’s license agreement with CrystalGenomics for rights to CG-806, in all territories outside of the Republic of Korea and China, the Company has obligations for development milestones of $16 million related to the initiation of Phase 2 and pivotal clinical trials, and regulatory milestones totaling $44 million. The Company also has an obligation to pay royalty payments on sales of commercialized product. The timing of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.

 

On June 13, 2018, the Company entered into a license agreement with CrystalGenomics to gain an exclusive license to CG-806 in China. The Company has potential future obligations of development milestones of $6 million related to approval of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) and to the initiation of Phase 2 and pivotal clinical trials, and regulatory milestones totaling $20 million. The Company also has an obligation to pay sales milestones and royalty payments on sales of commercialized product. The timing or likelihood of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.

 

On March 7, 2018, we entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Ohm Oncology (OHM), for the development, manufacture and commercialization of APL-581, as well as related molecules from our dual bromodomain and extra-terminal domain motif (BET) protein and kinase inhibitor program. Under the agreement, we will retain reacquisition rights to certain molecules, while OHM/LALS will have the rights to develop and sublicense all other molecules. We have received two nominal upfront cash payments and are eligible to receive up to $125 million of additional payments based on the achievement of certain development, regulatory and sales milestones, as well as significant royalties on future sales generated from the program, if any.