Company: ABUS
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001447028-25-000115
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Company: Arbutus Biopharma Corp
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 In addition to the royalty from the Alnylam LNP license agreement, we are also receiving a second, lower royalty interest on global net sales of ONPATTRO originating from a settlement agreement and subsequent license agreement with Acuitas. The royalty from Acuitas has been retained by us and was not part of the royalty sale to OMERS.

In December 2021, we entered into a technology transfer and exclusive licensing agreement with Qilu pursuant to which we granted Qilu an exclusive (with certain exceptions), sublicensable, royalty-bearing license, under certain intellectual property owned by us, to develop, manufacture and commercialize imdusiran for the treatment or prevention of cHBV infection in Greater China and Taiwan. In partial consideration for the rights granted by us, Qilu paid us a one-time upfront cash payment of $40 million and made an equity investment of $15.0 million, both received in January 2022, and agreed to pay us up to $245 million, net of withholding taxes, upon the achievement of certain technology transfer, development, regulatory and commercialization milestones. Qilu also agreed to pay us double digit royalties into the low twenties percent based upon annual net sales of imdusiran in Greater China and Taiwan. In June 2025, we and Qilu mutually agreed to conclude our strategic partnership, and we now once again hold global rights for imdusiran. 

Cash requirements

With the organizational changes announced during the first quarter of 2025, and our ongoing cost management efforts, we expect to significantly reduce our net cash burn in 2025 when compared to 2024. In the future, substantial additional funds would be required to continue with the active development of our pipeline products and technologies. In particular, our funding needs may vary depending on a number of factors including:

•costs associated with prosecuting and enforcing our patent claims and other intellectual property rights, including our ongoing patent infringement matters against Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech;

•revenue earned from our legacy collaborative partnerships and licensing agreements, including potential royalty payments from Alnylam’s ONPATTRO;

•revenue earned from ongoing collaborative partnerships, including milestone and royalty payments;

•the potential requirement to make milestone payments related to our legacy agreements;

•the extent to which we continue the development of our product candidates, add new product candidates to our pipeline, or form collaborative relationships or licensing arrangements to advance our product candidates;

•delays in the development of our product candidates due to pre