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4. Acquisitions

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4. Acquisitions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions

4. Acquisitions

 

On March 1, 2019 (the “Signing Date”), the Company entered into the Share Purchase Agreement, as amended (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), with Hesperix S.A., a Swiss Corporation (“Hesperix”), the owners of Hesperix (each, a “Seller” and collectively, the “Sellers”), and Alexey Andreevich Vinogradov, as the representative of each Seller, pursuant to which the Company purchased from Sellers all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Hesperix.

 

Under the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Sellers an aggregate of approximately Four Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty (406,250) shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Transaction Shares”) at the time of the closing. In addition, the Share Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties relating to each Seller and about the condition of the Company and Hesperix. The Company issued the Transaction Shares pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4.

 

 On the Signing Date and in connection with the Transaction, Hesperix entered into an assignment agreement (the “Hesperix Assignment Agreement”) with IBCH, Pharmsynthez, and certain other parties thereto (collectively, the “Assignors”), pursuant to which, the Assignors have agreed, among other things, to sell, assign, transfer, and convey unto Hesperix all of their individual right, title, and interest throughout the world in and to patents related to “Articles And Methods Directed To Personalized Therapy Of Cancer,” and the related know-how. Hesperix has agreed to pay each of IBCH and Pharmsynthez a royalty rate in the low single digit range based on the net sales of products in each country in which, in absence of the Hesperix Assignment Agreement, the manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale, or importation of such product would infringe a valid claim of a patent.

 

Also on the Signing Date, the Company entered into an assignment agreement (the “OPKO Assignment Agreement”) with OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“OPKO”), pursuant to which the Company will acquire and accept, all of OPKO’s right, title and interest in and to that certain Intellectual Property License Agreement (the “IP License Agreement”), entered into between the Institute and OPKO regarding certain patents related to “Articles And Methods Directed To Personalized Therapy Of Cancer” and in which the Institute agreed to grant an exclusive royalty-bearing license, to the patent rights owned by the Institute to OPKO, and OPKO has agreed to pay the Institute a royalty rate in the low single digit range based on the net sales of products in each country in which, in absence of the IP License Agreement, the manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale, or importation of such product would infringe a valid claim of a patent or pending application.

 

Under the terms of the OPKO Assignment Agreement and the IP License Agreement, the Company issued One Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Sixty Two (164,062) shares of the Company’s common stock to OPKO and Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Seven (54,687) shares of the Company’s common stock to the Institute at the time of the closing. In addition, the OPKO Assignment Agreement contains customary representations and warranties relating to OPKO and the IP License Agreement.

 

The Transaction closed on July 19, 2019 and is expected to be accounted for as an asset acquisition. As a result, $0.5 million of costs related to the acquisition have been capitalized as of June 30, 2019 and are reflected in prepaid expenses and other in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.