Commitments and Contingencies |
6 Months Ended | |
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Jun. 30, 2015 | ||
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6. Commitments and Contingencies
Royalty Payments
In 1997, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sanofi-Aventis. The agreement gave us a worldwide license to the patent rights and know-how related to the antipsychotic agent iloperidone, including the ability to develop, use, sublicense, manufacture and sell products and processes claimed in the patent rights. We are required to make additional benchmark payments as specific milestones are met. Upon commercialization of the product, the license agreement provides that we will pay royalties based on net sales. We are party to an agreement with Novartis Pharma AG (“Novartis”), which, as amended, granted Novartis a worldwide sublicense to iloperidone (Fanapt®) in exchange for tiered royalties on net sales ranging from 8% to 10% and assumption of responsibility for all clinical development, registration, manufacturing and marketing of the product. Novartis sublicensed its rights to Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Vanda”) in 2004. Upon approval of Fanapt in 2009, Novartis acquired from Vanda the right to commercialize Fanapt in the United States and Canada. In December 2014, Novartis transferred all rights to commercialize Fanapt in the United States and Canada to Vanda. Our rights under the agreements have not changed. Pursuant to agreements entered into during 2011, we sold substantially all of our remaining future royalties on the sales of Fanapt ® to a third party and, accordingly, we no longer recognize royalty income related to the Fanapt royalty payments received from Vanda, which are transmitted to such third party, unless Fanapt sales exceed certain thresholds. |