Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 2 - Related Party Transactions

 

MSKCC:

 

On February 11, 2002, the Company entered into a License, Development and Commercialization Agreement with Sloan-Kettering Institute of Cancer Research (“SKI”), an entity related to MSKCC, a majority shareholder of the Company.  The agreement was amended in August 2006.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Company licensed certain intellectual property from SKI, including critical patents with respect to the Company’s core technology that also supports ongoing research and clinical development of related drug candidates.  MSKCC agreed, subject to certain conditions, to utilize the funds paid for certain clinical and preclinical programs and activities related to the Company’s drug development and clinical study programs, including the payment of certain costs and expenses that would otherwise have been borne by the Company.

 

The Company is obligated to make the following milestone payments:

 

Milestones   Payments  
       
(1) filing of an New Drug Application (“NDA”) or regulatory approval for each licensed product   $ 750,000  
(2) upon the receipt of regulatory approval from the U.S. FDA for each licensed product     1,750,000  

 

Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to MSKCC on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 2% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 10 years from the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred approximately $145,000 and $189,537, respectively, for maintenance fees and research conducted by MSKCC. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company has a payable to MSKCC covering the annual maintenance costs, clinical trials expense and patent costs totaling $282,912 and $189,537, respectively.

 

Placement Agent:

 

On December 9, 2013, , the Company entered into an engagement agreement with a Healthcare Investment Bank as its placement agent for the 2013 Common Stock Offering whereby a director of the Company, is the Head of its Healthcare Investment Banking team (“the 2013 Offering”). The 2013 Offering was completed in two tranches, December 9, 2013 and January 10, 2014. The agreement entered in on December 9, 2013 included a cash fee equal to 10% of the gross proceeds raised, a non-accountable expense reimbursement equal to 2% of the gross proceeds raised and warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock in an amount equal to 10% of the shares of common stock issued or issuable. Subsequent to the closing of the 2013 Offering, the placement agent continued to provide certain financial advisory services to the Company until three months after the Company had up-listed its securities for trading on a U.S. National Exchange for a monthly fee of $25,000. On May 28, 2014, the Company and the placement agent agreed to terminate the December 9, 2013 engagement agreement. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company owed its placement agent $25,000.

 

On February 11, 2015 the Company completed a public offering that totaled 4,444,444 common shares, representing gross proceeds of approximately $20.0 million and a net amount of approximately $18.5 million after deducting the underwriting discount and the other offering expenses. The Placement Agent acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering. The Placement Agent also acted as the lead manager and MLV & Co. acted as a co-manager. The offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The placement agent received a cash fee of approximately $1.4 million.