Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Licenses Acquired

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Licenses Acquired
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Licenses Acquired [Abstract]  
Licenses Acquired
8.
Licenses Acquired
 
In accordance with ASC 730-10-25-1,
Research and Development,
costs incurred in obtaining technology licenses are charged to research and development expense if the technology licensed has not reached technological feasibility and has no alternative future use. The licenses purchased by the Company and its’ subsidiaries require substantial completion of research and development, regulatory and marketing approval efforts in order to reach technological feasibility. As such, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the purchase price of licenses acquired was classified as research and development-licenses acquired in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, as reflected in the table below:
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
($ in thousands)
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
Fortress
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
300
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fortress Companies:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Checkpoint
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
400
 
Helocyte
 
 
1,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,521
 
 
 
 
Mustang
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
300
 
 
 
1,075
 
 
 
2,375
 
Cellvation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
Caelum
 
 
201
 
 
 
 
 
 
201
 
 
 
219
 
Cyprium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100
 
Aevitas
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
3,706
 
 
$
300
 
 
$
3,804
 
 
$
3,394
 
 
Checkpoint
 
The table below provides a summary of Checkpoint’s expense related to its licenses, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 by license as recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
($ in thousands)
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
Dana Farber License CK-301
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
 
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
 
Jubilant Biosys License CK-103
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
400
 
Total Licenses Acquired Expense
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
 
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
400
 
 
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, Checkpoint recorded a $1.0 million milestone in connection with their license agreement with Dana-Farber, in connection with the achievement of dosing the 12
th
patient in the Phase 1 trial for CK-301.
 
See Note 21 for revenue recognized in connection with the Jubilant license under a sublicense agreement with TGTX, a related party.
 
Helocyte
 
In connection with Helocyte’s amended and restated license agreement for Triplex with COH, during the fourth quarter
of 2018
Helocyte
expects
to achieve a development milestone. The milestone relates to completion of the Phase 2 clinical trial which Helocyte deems to be probable, due to the
completion
of the
follow-up period for the l
ast patient
dosed
in the trial. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, Helocyte recorded expense of $1.5 million and nil, and $1.5 million and
nil, respectively,
in connection with this license.
 
Mustang
 
On August 2, 2018, Mustang entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
 (“St. Jude”)
for the development of a first-in-class ex vivo lentiviral gene therapy for the treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (“X-SCID”), also known as bubble boy disease. The therapy is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 multicenter trial in infants under the age of two. This study is the world’s first lentiviral gene therapy trial for infants with X-SCID. Mustang paid an upfront fee of $1.0 million in August 2018 under the license
 in addition to an annual maintenance fee of $0.1 million (beginning in 2019). St. Jude is also
eligible to receive milestone payments totaling up to $13.5
million, upon and subject to the achievement of five development and commercialization milestones. Royalty payments in the mid-single digits are due on net sales of licensed products. Mustang is obligated to pay to St. Jude a percentage of certain revenues received in connection with a sublicense that is in the mid-teens, regardless of when such sublicense is executed
.
 
The table below provides a summary of Mustang’s expense related to its licenses, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 by license as recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
($ in thousands)
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
City of Hope (COH) IL-13 License
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
250
 
COH IV/ICV License
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
125
 
COH HER2 License
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
600
 
COH CS-1 License
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
600
 
COH License for PSCA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
300
 
UCLA License for PSCA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
200
 
Fred Hutch CD20
 
 
 
 
 
300
 
 
 
 
 
 
300
 
X-SCID License – St. Jude’s
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
 
Manufacturing License
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
75
 
 
 
 
Total licenses acquired expense
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
300
 
 
$
1,075
 
 
$
2,375
 
 
Caelum
 
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, Caelum recorded expense of approximately $0.2 and nil, and $0.2 and $0.2 million in connection with its license for CAEL-101 from Columbia University.
 
Cyprium
 
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, Cyprium recorded no expense in 2018 and nil and $0.1 million in 2017, in connection with its license for CUTX-101 (copper histidinate injection) from the
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (“NICHD”).