Company: ZLAB
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-008409
Chunk: 53

Company: Zai Lab Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 16
Chunk 53
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 agreements also contain customary provisions for termination by either party, including in the event of a material breach by the other party that remains uncured; by the Company for convenience upon a specified notice period; for certain bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar events; and by its partners upon challenge of their licensed patent rights. Payments under these agreements generally become due and payable upon the achievement of such milestones or sales. These commitments are not recorded as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet because the achievement and timing of these milestones are not fixed and determinable. The following is a description of the Company’s significant license and collaboration agreements as of December 31, 2024, including milestone fees incurred in 2024, 2023, and 2022. Significant License and Collaboration ArrangementsLicense and Collaboration Agreement with GSK (Niraparib) In September 2016, the Company entered into a collaboration, development, and license agreement with Tesaro, a company later acquired by GSK, pursuant to which the Company obtained an exclusive sublicense under certain patents and know-how of GSK to develop, manufacture, and commercialize GSK’s proprietary PARP inhibitor, niraparib, for the diagnosis and prevention of any human diseases or conditions (other than prostate cancer) in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The Company will purchase ZEJULA from GSK for commercial use in Hong Kong. The Company is not otherwise obligated to purchase ZEJULA or other licensed products from GSK.The Company recorded development milestone fees into research and development expenses of $4.0 million in 2022. The Company recorded a sales-based milestone fee into an intangible asset of $12.0 million in 2023. The Company may be required to pay an additional aggregate amount of up to $16.0 million in sales-based milestones as well as certain royalties at tiered percentage rates ranging from mid- to high-teens on annual net sales of the licensed products in the licensed territories.Collaboration and License Agreement with argenx (Efgartigimod)In January 2021, the Company entered into a collaboration and license agreement with argenx, pursuant to which the Company obtained an exclusive license under certain patients and know-how of argenx to develop and commercialize products containing efgartigimod as an active ingredient in all human and animal uses for any preventative or therapeutic indications in Greater China. The Company will purchase the licensed products exclusively from argenx.Pursuant to the