treatment, cure, diagnosis or prevention of HBV and HIV. In
February 2022, the Company signed an Amended and Restated
Collaboration Agreement, which altered key aspects of the
collaboration pertaining to the HIV therapeutic. Most importantly,
the Amended and Restated Collaboration Agreement allocated
additional research and development responsibility to the Company
with respect to the Company’s HIV candidate and provided for
additional funding by Gilead of such research and development
activities as well as increased later stage development and
commercial milestone payments.
Under the original Gilead Collaboration Agreement, the Company
granted Gilead an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to the
Company’s technology platforms. Upon entering into the agreement in
June 2018, the Company received a non-refundable $10.0 million
upfront payment from Gilead and upon signing of the amended and
restated agreement, the Company received a program initiation fee
of $15.0 million. Gilead is also obligated to make additional
payments to the Company upon the achievement of pre-clinical,
development and commercial milestones. The development milestones
amount to $140.0 million for the HBV program, and up to
$172.5 million, inclusive of the $10.0 million option
exercise payment, for the HIV program upon Gilead’s exercise of
such option. The commercial milestones amount to a total of
$50.0 million for the HBV program, and $65.0 million for
the HIV program upon Gilead’s exercise of the option. Additionally,
Gilead is obligated to pay royalties on net sales for each program.
Payments from Gilead generally have a 60 days payment
term.
The $10.0 million upfront payment, the $15.0 million
initiation fee and $8.0 million in milestone payments were
initially recorded as deferred revenue in the consolidated balance
sheet and are recognized as revenue when revenue recognition
criteria are met. As of September 30, 2022,
$13.9 million of such payments were still recorded as a
liability in deferred revenues, current and non-current. As of
December 31, 2021, $4.3 million of upfront and
milestone payments were included as a liability in deferred
revenues, current. Approximately 6% of deferred revenue is expected
to be recognized as revenue in the remainder of 2022, 59% in 2023,
23% in 2024 and the remaining 12% in 2025.
As of September 30, 2022, $0.4 million of cost
reimbursements for research and development services were recorded
as a liability in deferred revenues. As of
December 31, 2021, $1.2 million of cost
reimbursements for research and development services were recorded
as a liability in deferred revenues. Reimbursements for external
costs are recognized as revenues in the period in which the
services are provided and external costs are recognized.
In the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company
recognized $1.3 million of the milestone and initiation
payments that were originally recorded as deferred revenue.
Furthermore, the Company recognized $0.9 million revenue from
cost reimbursements for research and development services, of which
$0.1 million were initially recorded as deferred revenue in
the consolidated balance sheet. In the three months ended
September 30, 2021, the Company recognized
$0.2 million of the upfront and milestone payments that were
originally recorded as deferred revenue. Furthermore, the Company
recognized $3.7 million revenue from cost reimbursements for
research and development services, of which $1.0 million were
initially recorded as deferred revenue in the consolidated balance
sheet.
In the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company
recognized $2.9 million of the milestone and initiation
payments that were originally recorded as deferred revenue.
Furthermore, the Company recognized $3.5 million revenue from
cost reimbursements for research and development services, of which
$0.7 million were initially recorded as deferred revenue in
the consolidated balance sheet. In the nine months ended
September 30, 2021, the Company recognized
$1.9 million of the upfront and milestone payments that were
originally recorded as deferred revenue. Furthermore, the Company
recognized $12.7 million revenue from cost reimbursements for
research and development services, of which $1.6 million were
initially recorded as deferred revenue in the consolidated balance
sheet.
Sublicense fees payable to certain licensors of technologies upon
the receipt of the deferred upfront and milestone payments, were
capitalized as a contract asset and will be amortized over the
period in which the revenue from