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Note 14 - Collaborative Agreements

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Note 14 - Collaborative Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Collaborative agreements
14.
Collaborative agreements:

The Company enters into research, development and license agreements in the ordinary course of business where the Company receives research services and rights to proprietary technologies. Milestone and royalty payments that may become due under various agreements are dependent on, among other factors, clinical trials, regulatory approvals and ultimately the successful development of a new drug, the outcome and timing of which is uncertain.

On November 4, 2021, the Effective Date, the Company entered into the Tuspetinib Licensing Agreement with Hanmi for global rights to tuspetinib. In consideration of the license and other rights granted, Aptose made an upfront payment to Hanmi in the amount of $12.5 million, including $5.0 million in cash and $7.5 million in Aptose Common Shares (the “Shares”). The number of Shares issued was determined using the average market closing price of the Common Shares on the NASDAQ stock market over the five (5) trading day period ending on the Effective Date. Accordingly, Aptose issued 215,703 shares to Hanmi.

Under the Company’s license agreement with Hanmi, the Company has maximum obligations for clinical development and global regulatory milestones totaling $64.5 million for the first potential clinical indication of tuspetinib, $34 million for the second indication, and $29 million for the third indication. The Company has maximum obligations for tiered global sales-based milestones totaling $280 million. The Company also has an obligation for tiered royalty payments on global sales of commercialized product. The timing of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.

On March 21, 2016, the Company entered into a license agreement with CrystalGenomics Invites Co. Ltd. ("CG"), formerly CrystalGenomics, Inc.) for rights to luxeptinib, in all territories outside of the Republic of Korea and China, the Company has obligations for development milestones of $16 million related to the initiation of Phase 2 and pivotal clinical trials, and regulatory milestones totaling $44 million. The Company also has an obligation to pay royalty payments on sales of commercialized product. The timing of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.

On June 13, 2018, the Company entered into a license agreement with CG to gain an exclusive license to luxeptinib in China. The Company has potential future obligations of development milestones of $6 million related to approval of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) and to the initiation of Phase 2 and pivotal clinical trials, and regulatory milestones totaling $20 million. The Company also has an obligation to pay sales milestones and royalty payments on sales of commercialized product. The timing or likelihood of any milestone or royalty payments that may become due is not yet determinable.