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FORM 10-K
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ANAPTYSBIO, INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I
Item 1.
Business
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Item 1A.
Risk Factors
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Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 1C.
Cybersecurity
58
Item 2.
Properties
59
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
59
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
59
PART II
Item 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 6.
Reserved
60
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
61
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
74
Item 8.
Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
75
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
106
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures
106
Item 9B.
Other Information
107
Item 9C.
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
107
PART III
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
108
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
108
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
108
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
108
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
108
PART IV
Item 15.
Exhibits, Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
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Item 16.
Form 10-K Summary
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Signatures
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The words
“believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” and “expect,” and similar
expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this report include, among other things, statements about:
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the success, cost, and timing of our product candidate development activities and ongoing and planned clinical trials;
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our plans and ability to develop and commercialize antibodies;
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the likelihood that the clinical data generated in any study we performed, are performing, or plan to perform in a non-U.S. jurisdiction will be
subsequently accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and/or by foreign regulatory authorities outside of the jurisdiction
where the study was being performed;
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the potential benefits and advantages of our product candidates and approaches versus those of our competitors;
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the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;
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the timing of and the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates, partnered product candidates and/or
product candidates for which we may receive royalties;
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the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of any approved product candidates;
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the size and growth potential of the markets for any approved product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets;
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regulatory developments in the United States (“U.S.”) and foreign countries;
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the impact of political, economic or public health events on our business and the U.S. and global economies;
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our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel;
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general macroeconomic factors, including volatility in equity markets, and fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and political
and regulatory developments or changes in trade policy, including tariffs;
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our ability to obtain funding for our operations on favorable terms or at all, including funding necessary to complete further development and
commercialization of our product candidates;
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the timing and ability of our collaborators to develop and commercialize our partnered product candidates;
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the proposed separation of the Company’s operations into two independent, publicly traded companies, including the completion and timing
of the separation, the business and operations of each company and any benefits or costs of the separation;
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expectations regarding the structure, infrastructure, timing and taxation of the proposed separation of the Company’s operations into two
independent, publicly traded companies;
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our use of the net proceeds from our public offerings and other financing transactions; and
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our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described in Item 1A, “Risk
Factors,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. Moreover, we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time
to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any
factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In
light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Annual Report may not occur, and
actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.
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You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance, or events and circumstances
reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to
conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law.
You should read this Annual Report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance, and events and
circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this Annual Report, the terms “AnaptysBio,” “Anaptys,” “company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer
to AnaptysBio, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, unless otherwise noted. AnaptysBio is our common law trademark. This
Annual Report contains additional trade names, trademarks, and service marks of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners. We
do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks, or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship
of us by, these other companies.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory
diseases. Our clinical-stage pipeline includes rosnilimab, a selective pathogenic T cell depleter, for which we completed a Phase 2b trial for the treatment of
moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”), ANB033, a CD122 antagonist, in a Phase 1b trial for celiac disease (“CeD”) and eosinophilic esophagitis
(“EoE”), and ANB101, a BDCA2 modulator, in a Phase 1a trial. We also discovered and out-licensed, in financial collaborations, multiple therapeutic
antibodies, including a PD-1 antagonist (Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) or “Jemperli”) to GSK and an IL-36R antagonist (imsidolimab) to Vanda
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda”). We currently recognize revenue from milestones and royalties achieved under our immuno-oncology collaboration with
GSK and license and transition services revenue from our collaboration with Vanda.
Intention to Separate Company
In September 2025, we announced that our board of directors (“Board of Directors”) approved plans to explore separating our business into two
independent, publicly traded companies. One company is expected to hold and continue to manage the financial collaboration for Jemperli from GSK and
for imsidolimab from Vanda, with a focus on protecting and returning value of the royalties to its shareholders. The other company is expected to be a
clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and potential commercialization of innovative therapeutics for autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases, including rosnilimab, ANB033 and ANB101. Upon completion of the proposed separation, which we expect to complete in the
second quarter of 2026, we intend to launch the clinical-stage biotechnology company with adequate capital to fund operations for at least twelve months
after the date the proposed separation is completed. While the proposed separation is anticipated to be a taxable event, we are focused on minimizing
overall corporate and shareholder-level taxes across the entire transaction. Completion of the proposed separation is subject to final approval by our Board
of Directors and other customary conditions, including the effectiveness of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
Our Wholly Owned Clinical-Stage Pipeline
Our antibodies are in development to treat inflammatory diseases. We believe these molecules have potential applicability across a broad range of
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including in gastroenterology, rheumatology, dermatology, respiratory, and other therapeutic areas.
Rosnilimab
Rosnilimab is an IgG1 antibody that directly targets pathogenic T cells, such as activated Tph/Tfh and T effector cells, in the periphery or
inflamed tissue. These T cells, when activated, proliferate and migrate, and secrete the inflammatory cytokines that are the drivers of autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases. Rosnilimab is designed to selectively deplete pathogenic T cells in both inflamed tissue and the periphery while sparing non-
pathogenic T cells, including naïve T cells, to preserve overall immune function and restore immune homeostasis. This drives specific immunological
outcomes, such as a reduction in T cell proliferation, migration and cytokine secretion, and a reduction of plasma cell generation and autoantibody levels.
We announced top-line data from a healthy volunteer Phase 1 trial of rosnilimab in November 2021 that supported advancement of rosnilimab into
subsequent patient trials. A total of 144 subjects were enrolled in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled healthy volunteer Phase 1 trial, where
single ascending dose (“SAD”) cohorts received subcutaneous (“SC”) or intravenous (“IV”) single doses of rosnilimab up to 600mg or placebo, while
multiple ascending dose (“MAD”) cohorts received four weekly subcutaneous doses of rosnilimab ranging up to 400mg or placebo. Rosnilimab was
generally well-tolerated and no dose-limiting toxicities were observed. Rosnilimab demonstrated a sustained systemic exposure and dose-proportionality
with an estimated two-week half-life for subcutaneous and IV routes of administration.
In February 2025, we announced initial data, which was subsequently updated in June 2025, from rosnilimab’s randomized, placebo-controlled,
global 424-patient, Phase 2b clinical trial for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. Patients were randomized to receive either 100mg of subcutaneous
rosnilimab every four weeks (Q4W), 400mg Q4W, 600mg every two weeks, or placebo.
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During the three-month placebo-controlled period, the trial achieved its primary endpoint by observing the reduction of disease activity using the
disease activity score, 28 joints (DAS-28) C-Reactive Protein (“CRP”) score, as well as ACR20 response (an accepted Phase 3 registrational endpoint), at
Week 12 in all three doses of rosnilimab compared to placebo. Rosnilimab achieved its secondary endpoint by demonstrating statistical significance in at
least one dose and numerical superiority at all doses, including once monthly administration, on ACR20, ACR50 and with respect to the clinical disease
activity index (“CDAI”) low disease activity (“LDA”) score at Week 12. Specifically, at Week 12, ACR20 achieved statistical significance at 100 mg (p <
0.05), 400 mg (p < 0.01), and 600 mg (p < 0.001); ACR50 achieved statistical significance at 600 mg (p < 0.05); and CDAI LDA achieved statistical
significance at 100 mg (p < 0.05) and 400 mg (p < 0.01).
Following completion of the Week 14 visit, 69% (or 220 of the 318) rosnilimab-treated patients who achieved CDAI LDA at this timepoint
continued their assigned treatment through six months in a blinded, all-active treatment period. At six months, rosnilimab results demonstrated deepening
of responses through six months on CDAI LDA, CDAI remission and ACR70 and independent of prior treatments, including anti-TNFα, anti-IL6R or JAK
inhibitors. Importantly, this was particularly observed in b/tsDMARD-experienced patients for the 400mg Q4W and 600mg Q2W doses, showing a dose
response relative to the 100mg Q4W dose. Furthermore, Week 28 clinical responses across multiple measures, including CDAI LDA, mean CDAI, mean
DAS28-CRP and ACR50/70, were durable off-drug through at least three months after the last rosnilimab dose, results which we believe suggest the
potential for extended dosing (e.g., Q8W/Q12W) after initial monthly dosing. Due to the trial design, max response rates for rosnilimab have not yet been
observed as strict criteria at Week 14, which prevented additional patients with meaningful improvement from continuing treatment in the trial.
A table summarizing the results for primary and secondary endpoints follows:
Efficacy Measure
Placebo
Rosnilimab
100mg Q4W
Rosnilimab
400mg Q4W
Rosnilimab
600mg Q2W
(N=106)
(N=106)
(N=107)
(N=105)
Primary Endpoint
DAS28-CRP at Week 12
(mean change from baseline)
-1.69
-2.06**
-2.12**
-2.06**
Select Secondary Endpoint^ (% of participants)
ACR20 at Week 12^
52.8
68.9*
70.1**
75.2***
ACR50 at Week 12^
33.0
44.3
36.4
46.7*
Week 28
—
45.3
48.6
58.1
ACR70 at Week 12^
17.9
21.7
21.5
21.9
Week 28
—
40.6
36.4
44.8
CDAI ≤10 (LDA) at Week 12^
31.1
46.2*
49.5**
38.1
Week 28
—
52.8
54.2
62.9
Select Exploratory Endpoints (Mean Change from Baseline)
DAS28-CRP
Week 28
—
-2.51
-2.51
-2.57
hs-CRP
Week 12
-0.73
-9.67***
-10.10***
-7.60**
Week 28
—
-7.23
-10.55
-5.98
Patient Global Assessment
Week 12
-25.4
-30.1
-30.5
-34.7**
Week 28
—
-35.9
-38.4
-40.7
HAQ-DI (range 0-3)
Week 12
-0.56
-0.61
-0.59
-0.60
Week 28
—
-0.74
-0.75
-0.78
Pain VAS
Week 12
-29
-32.6
-35.3
-39.7**
Week 28
—
-40
-44.5
-47.2
*p<0.05
**p<0.01
***p<0.001
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Clinical outcomes were further substantiated by objective translational data. An approximately 50% reduction in the mean CRP from baseline, an
objective measure of inflammation, was observed through Week 28 in rosnilimab patients who entered the all-active period. Additionally, translational
blood and synovial biopsy biomarker data showed differentiated and consistent immunological impact with on-target pharmacological activity in
rosnilimab patients that was not observed on placebo. In blood, rosnilimab demonstrated rapid, deep and sustained reductions of approximately 90% in
pathogenic T cells (largely Tph, Tph and Teff cells), and an increase in total Tregs. Additionally, synovial biopsies of the most impacted joint taken at
baseline and after six weeks showed a deep reduction of approximately 90% in pathogenic T cells (largely Tph cells) at the 400mg Q4W and 600mg Q2W
doses, showing a dose response relative to the 100mg Q4W dose.
Consistent with prior rosnilimab studies, all rosnilimab doses through end-of-trial follow up at week 38 demonstrated no treatment-related serious
adverse events (“SAEs”), malignancies, anaphylaxis or systemic hypersensitivity, and a low incidence of injection site reactions. Most adverse events
(“AEs”) were mild to moderate in severity. Less than 2% of patients in the trial discontinued rosnilimab due to an AE, including only one patient after three
months for a moderate headache treated with over-the-counter pain medication. Non-treatment related SAEs observed were consistent with known RA
patient history and comorbidities.
ANB033
ANB033 is an antagonist of CD122, the common beta subunit shared by the IL-15 and IL-2 receptors. IL-15 and IL-2 signaling mediate the
proliferation and survival of subsets of CD8+ and CD4 T+ cells, NK cells, as well as ILC2s. ANB033 is an antibody designed with an optimal epitope and
affinity to CD122 that inhibits IL-15 and IL-2 signaling through both the intermediate affinity IL-2 receptor (comprised of CD122 and the common gamma
subunit, CD132) and the high affinity IL-2 receptor (comprised of CD122, CD132 and the alpha receptor subunit for IL-2, CD25) expressed by activated
CD4 Th1 and Th2 T cells as well as ILC2. Antagonizing CD122 has the potential to achieve and maintain remission of inflammation through the reduction
of disease-causing cytolytic CD8 T cell subsets, including intraepithelial lymphocytes, NK cells and reducing inflammatory cytokine secretion by activated
CD4+ Th1 and Th2 cells, as well as ILC2 cells.
We announced top-line data from a healthy volunteer Phase 1a trial of ANB033 in October 2025 that demonstrated no safety concerns at any dose
and a rapid and sustained pharmacokinetic (“PK”) profile. A total of 80 subjects were enrolled in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled healthy
volunteer Phase 1 trial, where SAD cohorts received SC or IV single doses of ANB033 or placebo, while MAD cohorts received four weekly SC doses of
ANB033. ANB033 was generally well-tolerated and no SAE discontinuations or dose-limiting toxicities were observed in the study. ANB033
demonstrated an estimated two-to-three week half-life and full receptor occupancy for SC and IV routes of administration. A dose response was observed
on relevant PD biomarkers. We observed responsive effects with both IV and SC modes of administration, with a 70-75% reduction in CD122-expressing
CD8 T cells, which did not result in a meaningful reduction in overall CD8 T cells. Additionally, treatment with ANB033 effectively eliminated all
CD122-expressing NK cells, but the overall NK cell count remained above the levels needed to maintain immune competency as not all NK cells in
humans express CD122. No overall reductions were observed on regulatory T cell counts in the peripheral blood.
We are conducting a randomized placebo-controlled 60-patient, global Phase 1b trial cohort of ANB033 in CeD. This trial will assess both a
cohort of patients with baseline villus height to crypt depth (“Vh:Cd”) ratio greater than 2.0 in a gluten-challenge to assess prevention of further mucosal
damage, as well as a cohort of patients with a Vh:Cd ratio less than 2.0, who will not be subjected to a gluten-challenge, to assess the ability to heal
mucosal damage in symptom-controlled patients. The two distinct cohorts will enroll 30 patients each, randomized 1:1 between one dose level of
subcutaneously administered ANB033 dose and placebo. Key assessments include safety and tolerability, efficacy assessments including the change in
Vh:Cd ratio, IEL counts, and PROs, such as the Celiac Disease Symptom Diary (“CDSD”), as well as PK and immunogenicity.
We are also conducting a randomized placebo-controlled 50-patient, global Phase 1b trial cohort of ANB033 in EoE. This trial will enroll adults
who have histologic evidence of EoE with peak eosinophil count ≥15/hpf at the screening endoscopy and with symptomatic dysphagia. Key assessments
include safety and tolerability, efficacy assessments including the Dysphagia Symptom Questionnaire (“DSQ”) and peak esophageal intraepithelial
eosinophilic count (“eos/hpf”), as well as PK and immunogenicity.
ANB101
ANB101 is a blood dendritic cell antigen 2 (“BDCA2”) modulator antibody that targets plasmacytoid dendritic cells (“pDCs”) and inhibits
interferon secretion and modulates antigen presentation for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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BDCA2 is a molecule specifically expressed on pDCs, a class of immune cells which, while found in relatively small numbers in healthy individuals, are
enriched in patients with a variety of inflammatory diseases, that is critical to the regulation of toll-like receptor signaling and interferon secretion. pDCs
are a key upstream node in the inflammatory cascade that serve as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. They have been shown to be prolific
secretors of type I interferons, which drive activation of a variety of downstream cell types including T cells and monocytes. Together with their ability to
present antigens to the adaptive immune system, this creates a pro-inflammatory environment for the establishment and perpetuation of autoimmune
pathology. BDCA2 has been implicated in the pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (“SLE”), where there exists mechanistic clinical proof of
concept for pDC modulation.
We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of ANB101 in healthy volunteers in March 2025 and the trial is ongoing. ANB101 preclinical data suggests it
is a more potent antibody compared to litifilimab with a longer half-life that results in a deeper and more durable PD effect on pDC depletion.
Collaborative Programs
GSK Collaboration
Multiple company-discovered antibody programs have been advanced to preclinical and clinical milestones under our collaborations. Our
collaborations include an immuno-oncology-focused collaboration with GSK.
Under the GSK Agreement, a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for our most advanced partnered program, which is a PD-1 antagonist
antibody called Jemperli (dostarlimab), was approved by the FDA in April 2021 for the treatment of advanced or recurrent deficient mismatch repair
endometrial cancer (“dMMREC”). In February 2023, the FDA granted full approval for this indication (from an accelerated approval). In addition, in April
2021, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) granted conditional marketing authorization in the European Union (“EU”) for Jemperli for use in women
with mismatch repair deficient (“dMMR”)/microsatellite instability-high (“MSI-H”) recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer who have progressed on or
following prior treatment with a platinum containing regimen. A second FDA approval was received in August 2021 for Jemperli in pan-deficient
mismatch repair tumors (PdMMRT). In July 2023, the FDA approved Jemperli in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with
dMMR MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In December 2023, the EMA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for dMMR/MSI-H
primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In August 2024, the FDA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for all adult patients with primary
advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In January 2025, the EMA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for this same indication. In October 2025,
GSK terminated the TIM-3 antagonist antibody development program under our existing collaboration, and all rights to the TIM-3 antagonist antibody will
be reverted to us in the near future.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, GSK reported $1.1 billion in sales for Jemperli, a greater than 80% sales growth when compared to
$598.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Vanda Collaboration
On January 31, 2025, we entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Vanda License Agreement”) with Vanda pursuant to which we
granted to Vanda an exclusive, global license for the development and commercialization of imsidolimab (IL-36R antagonist mAb), which has completed
two registration-enabling global Phase 3 trials, GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2, evaluating the safety and efficacy of imsidolimab in patients with generalized
pustular psoriasis (“GPP”).
In December 2025, Vanda announced the submission of a BLA to the U.S. FDA for imsidolimab in GPP. The FDA accepted the BLA filing for
imsidolimab in GPP in February 2026 with a target action date of December 12, 2026.
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Pursuant to the terms of the Vanda License Agreement, we received an upfront payment of $10.0 million and a $5.0 million payment for existing
drug supply. We are also eligible to receive a 10% royalty on net sales, as well as the following milestones under the Vanda License Agreement:
Milestone Event
Amount
Quarter
Recognized
FDA regulatory approval for marketing of first licensed product in the USA for the treatment of active
flares in GPP
$5.0M
—
Regulatory approval for marketing of the first licensed product in the EU
$5.0M
—
Commercial sales first exceed $100.0 million
$25.0M
—
Milestones recognized through December 31, 2025
—
—
Milestones that may be recognized in the future
$35.0M
—
For more information about these collaborations, see Note 4 — Collaborative Research and Development Agreements in the accompanying notes
to the consolidated financial statements.
Our Product Candidates
The following table summarizes certain key information about our wholly owned product candidates:
We expect to provide an update on Phase 3 advancement in the first half of 2026.
Our Strategy
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology therapeutics. Our antibodies modulate key nodes
governing the body’s regulation of autoimmunity and inflammation. Dysregulated immune responses may result in abnormal and pathological
inflammation in diseases with large and substantially underserved patient populations in therapeutic areas including but not limited to gastroenterology,
rheumatology, dermatology, and respiratory. The key elements of our strategy include:
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Enabling broad development of our autoimmunity and inflammation-focused portfolio.
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Generating translational and clinical data to characterize the mechanism and differentiation of our molecules from in-class competitors, other
modalities in clinical development, and, relative to standard of care, to optimize development of our molecules to address diseases and treat
patient subsets with unmet medical need.
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Innovating in clinical development and execution to efficiently and optimally achieve proof-of-concept and execute registrational studies in key
global markets.
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Facilitating the global commercialization of our product candidates while retaining rights in key commercial markets to enable us to become a
fully integrated development and commercial organization.
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Continuing to leverage our research expertise to identify, license and/or innovate on potentially best-in-class antibodies against high-value
immunological targets.
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Maximizing return on equity through execution against a multi-year capital and operating plan, including to manage and return the potential
value from our future royalty revenues from our GSK financial collaboration to shareholders.
As described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report, the clinical development of drug product candidates is
subject to a wide range of risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause our actual development strategy or timeframes to vary.
Antibody Overview
Antibodies are complex proteins naturally generated by the immune system to neutralize foreign pathogens such as bacteria or viruses. B cells, a
white blood cell type responsible for the generation of antibodies in response to pathogens, secrete billions of antibodies with different specificities into the
bloodstream. Antibodies are structurally distinct Y-shaped proteins formed through the combination of two long proteins, called heavy chains, and two
short proteins, called light chains. Each heavy and light chain pair forms a binding site where the antibody specifically binds its target, otherwise known as
an antigen, at the Fab domain of the antibody molecule. The specificity of each antibody to a target, and the potency of its binding strength to that target are
defined by the amino acid sequences of heavy and light chains in the Fab domain of the antibody molecule. The other end of the antibody, called the Fc
domain, is responsible for communication between the antibody and the rest of the immune system.
Therapeutic antibodies are typically non-naturally occurring, or recombinant, antibodies specifically developed to treat human diseases by binding
to certain proteins, and thereby modulating key biological processes. Therapeutic antibodies are injectable products that are typically dosed subcutaneously
or intravenously, unlike synthetic chemistry-based “small molecule” therapeutics that may also be administered orally. Therapeutic antibodies have the
following key features that we believe make them more predictable than small molecules:
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Fab Domain. Due to the relatively large size and complex nature of the antibody Fab domain, antibodies generally bind with high specificity to
the desired therapeutic target and tend to exhibit less off-target binding to unrelated proteins, which lowers the risk of unintended biological side
effects such as toxicity. Because target proteins are typically larger than antibody Fab domains, antibodies can be generated against a variety of
specific binding epitopes on a given single protein, which can alter the functional activity of the protein. For example, antibodies binding to
unique epitopes on a single target protein can act as antagonists or agonists of the natural target protein function.
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Fc Domain. The Fc domain of an antibody is the tail region that interacts with cell surface receptors called Fc receptors and some proteins of the
complement system. In humans, there are five Fc domains referred to as isotypes (IgA, IgD, IgM, IgG, IgE) and numerous Fc receptors
expressed on specialized immune cells. Many therapeutic antibodies are subtypes of the IgG isotype and are chosen specifically to limit or
induce immune system activity for therapeutic purposes. Engagement of Fc domains by specific Fc receptors can modulate biological activity,
for example, by clustering the target protein on the cell surface in an immune synapse, leading to modulation of the target protein activity and
hence altering the function of the cell expressing the target protein. Specific Fc domain and Fc receptor interactions may also trigger killing of a
cell, often referred to as “effector function” of the antibody, via cytotoxic mechanisms depending on the cell type bearing the Fc receptor. In
some therapeutic settings, mutations can be made to the Fc domain to weaken or entirely abrogate Fc receptor interactions. In creating the most
efficacious therapeutic antibody, an appropriate Fc domain is often utilized to avoid or induce immune system activity that contributes to its
broader mechanism of action. We believe that therapeutic antibodies can be significantly de-risked preclinically for specificity, toxicology,
pharmacokinetics, and modulation of immune system activity, which is not generally true for small molecule drugs.
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Pharmacokinetics and Dosing Frequency. As complex proteins, antibodies are metabolized and distributed differently than small molecules.
Full length antibodies tend to exhibit serum half-lives of seven to 24 days in humans, leading to bi-weekly or monthly dosing as typical practice
for therapeutic antibodies.
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Potency and Dose Quantities. Antibodies are typically highly potent in binding affinity to their desired target, with binding dissociation
constants in the low nanomolar to picomolar range. Hence, antibodies tend to be dosed at low amounts (less than one gram quantities per course
of therapy).
Our approach to antibody design focuses on discovering and optimizing therapeutic antibodies tailored to modulate immune function. We use a
variety of technologies to optimize the Fab domain of an antibody in ways that we believe both create a therapeutic antibody with highly potent functional
activity and mitigate potential manufacturing liabilities.
We also optimize the Fc domain of the antibody, when needed, to tailor it for specific activity such as reducing Fc receptor interactions or
optimizing Fc receptor interactions, in combination with the Fab domain of the antibody, to specifically modulate immune cell function, engage effector
function that kills specific targeted immune cells, or leverage a combination of both activities. We further optimize the overall antibody through
humanization and removal of liabilities that could potentially affect the structure, stability, pharmacology, manufacturability or immunogenicity of the
antibody.
Optimized antibodies are tested in an extensive suite of immune cell assays, using engineered cell lines, and more relevantly, primary human
immune cells from healthy and diseased individuals that we believe most accurately recapitulate the conditions in which the antibody will need to have
optimal activity in patients.
We believe that our approach to antibody design allows us to effectively tailor antibodies to achieve a unique therapeutic benefit.
Collaborations
GSK Collaboration
In March 2014, we entered into a Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement (the “GSK Agreement”) with TESARO, Inc. (“Tesaro”), an
oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company now a part of GSK (Tesaro and GSK are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “GSK”). Currently, under
the GSK Agreement, GSK is developing Jemperli (dostarlimab) as a monotherapy and in combination with additional therapies, for various solid tumor
indications.
For each remaining development program under the GSK Agreement, we are eligible to receive milestone payments if certain preclinical and
clinical trial events are achieved by GSK, if certain U.S. and European regulatory submissions and approvals in multiple indications are achieved, and upon
the achievement of specified levels of annual worldwide net sales. We will also be eligible to receive tiered 4-8% royalties related to worldwide net sales of
products developed under the collaboration. On October 23, 2020, Amendment No. 3 to the GSK Agreement (the “GSK Amendment No. 3”) was agreed to
by both parties to permit GSK to conduct development and commercialization in combination with any third party molecules of Zejula, an oral, once-daily
poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor (“Zejula”). Under GSK Amendment No.3, we were granted increased royalties upon sales of Jemperli,
equal to 8% of Net Sales (as defined in the GSK Agreement) below $1.0 billion, 12% of Net Sales between $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion, 20% of Net Sales
between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion and 25% of Net Sales above $2.5 billion. Unless earlier terminated by either party upon specified circumstances, the
GSK Agreement will terminate, with respect to each specific developed product, upon the later of the 12th anniversary of the first commercial sale of the
product or the expiration of the last to expire of any patent.
In October 2021, we signed a royalty monetization agreement (“Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement”) with Sagard Healthcare Royalty
Partners, LP (“Sagard”). Under the terms of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, we received $250.0 million in exchange for royalties and
milestones payable to us under our GSK collaboration on annual global net sales of Jemperli.
In May 2024, we entered into an amendment to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, Amendment No. 1 (the “Jemperli Amendment”)
under which we sold additional receivables to Sagard in exchange for $50.0 million. The Jemperli Amendment includes all Jemperli sales, including any
product containing Jemperli, whether or not such product constitutes a combination product, and the threshold amounts of aggregate Jemperli royalties and
milestones to be received by Sagard under the
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Jemperli Amendment is either $600.0 million if received by the end of March 31, 2031, or $675.0 million if received thereafter. Once either of these
thresholds are met, the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Jemperli Amendment will expire, resulting in us regaining all subsequent
Jemperli royalties and milestones. As of December 31, 2025, Sagard has accrued approximately $250.0 million in royalties and milestones. For more
information, see Note 5 — Sale of Future Royalties in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
The GSK Agreement, as amended, expires when no further payments are due to us, unless earlier terminated. Either party may terminate the GSK
Agreement, as amended, in the event of an uncured material breach by the other party. GSK may terminate the GSK Agreement, as amended, at any time
upon 90 days’ prior written notice to us.
Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property is critical to our business and we strive to protect it, including by obtaining and maintaining patent protection in the
United States and internationally for product candidates, novel biological discoveries, epitopes, new therapeutic approaches and potential indications, and
other inventions that are important to our business. In total, our patent portfolio, including patents co-owned with GSK, patents licensed from Centessa
Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd. (“Centessa”), and patents to certain antibody discovery technology consisted of approximately 96 issued patents and 120
pending patent applications as of December 31, 2025. The foregoing does not include certain patents and patent applications that are not material to our
business and which we intend to let lapse.
For our product candidates, generally we initially pursue patent protection covering compositions of matter including antibody sequences,
methods of use, and methods of production. Throughout the development of our product candidates, we seek to identify additional means of obtaining
patent protection that would potentially enhance commercial success.
The patent portfolios for our internal programs are outlined below:
Rosnilimab
As of December 31, 2025, we owned 33 patents and pending patent applications in various countries directed to the antibody sequence of
rosnilimab and its variants, methods of use and related matters. We intend to prosecute our pending applications, and/or other patent applications claiming
priority thereto, and pursue patent issuance and protection in key commercial markets where significant product sales may occur. Patents that have issued
or that may issue from or claim priority to our pending applications could provide protection for aspects of this product candidate until June 2040.
ANB033
As of December 31, 2025, we owned 16 pending U.S. provisional patent application and one pending international (PCT) patent application
directed to the antibody sequence of ANB033 and its variants, methods of use and related matters. We intend to prosecute these patent applications, file
additional patent applications claiming priority to these patent applications, and pursue patent issuance, in key commercial markets where significant
product sales may occur. Patents that may issue claiming priority to these patent applications could provide protection for aspects of this product candidate
until September 2045.
ANB101
As of December 31, 2025, we owned rights to 17 pending patent applications in various countries directed to the antibody sequence of ANB101
and its variants, methods of use and related matters. We intend to prosecute the pending applications, and/or other patent applications claiming priority
thereto, and pursue patent issuance and protection in key commercial markets where significant product sales may occur. Patents that may issue from or
claim priority to the pending applications could provide protection for aspects of these product candidates until August 2040.
Dostarlimab (GSK4057190)
As of December 31, 2025, we owned or co-owned 26 patents and patent applications in various countries directed to the antibody sequence of
GSK4057190 (dostarlimab), a PD-1 antagonist, and its variants, methods of use and related matters. We intend to prosecute our pending applications,
and/or other patent applications claiming priority thereto, and pursue patent issuance and
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protection in key commercial markets where significant product sales may occur. Patents that have issued, or that may issue from or claim priority to our
pending applications, could provide protection for aspects of this product until June 2038.
Imsidolimab
As of December 31, 2025, we owned 45 patents and patent applications in various countries directed to the antibody sequence of imsidolimab and
its variants, methods of use and related matters. We intend to prosecute our pending applications, and/or other patent applications claiming priority thereto,
and pursue patent issuance and protection in key commercial markets where significant product sales may occur. Patents that have issued, or that may issue
from or claim priority to our pending applications could provide protection for aspects of this product candidate until May 2042.
License Agreement with Centessa
On November 24, 2023, we entered into an exclusive license agreement (as amended, the “Centessa Agreement”) with Centessa, pursuant to
which we acquired the exclusive global development and commercialization rights to a blood dendritic cell antigen 2 (BDCA2) modulator antibody
portfolio, including lead asset CBS004 (renamed ANB101) and the related family of antibodies, for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory
diseases.
In connection with the Centessa Agreement, we paid Centessa an upfront cash payment of $4.0 million and an additional cash payment of $3.0
million as reimbursement to Centessa for manufacturing costs incurred. There were $0.3 million in transaction costs incurred. The total transaction amount
of $7.3 million was expensed as in-process research and development and classified as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. We accounted
for the transaction as an asset acquisition as the set of acquired assets did not constitute a business.
Under the terms of the Centessa Agreement, Centessa may be entitled to receive potential future payments of up to $10.0 million upon the
achievement of a certain event-based milestone and would be entitled to receive on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, a royalty of low
single digits on annual net sales of any product in the territory in each calendar year until, on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, the latest
of: (a) expiration of the last-to-expire licensed patent covering such product in such country, (b) expiration of regulatory exclusivity for such product in
such country and (c) ten years after the first commercial sale of such product in such country. We have not recognized a liability for the associated $10.0
million contingent consideration because, as of December 31, 2025, achievement of the milestone is not probable in the near term.
Other Intellectual Property Matters
The patent positions of biotechnology companies like ours are generally uncertain and involve complex legal, scientific and factual questions. In
addition, the coverage claimed in a patent application can be significantly reduced before the patent is issued, and its scope can be reinterpreted after
issuance. Consequently, we may not obtain or maintain adequate patent protection for any of our product candidates. We cannot predict whether the patent
applications we are currently pursuing will issue as patents in any particular jurisdiction or whether the claims of any issued patents will provide sufficient
proprietary protection from competitors. Any patents that we hold may be challenged, circumvented or invalidated by third parties. For a more
comprehensive discussion of the risks related to our intellectual property, please see “Risk Factors— Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property.”
The term of individual patents depends upon the legal term of the patents in the countries in which they are obtained. In most countries in which
we file, the patent term is 20 years from the earliest date of filing a non-provisional patent application related to the patent. A U.S. patent also may be
accorded a patent term adjustment (“PTA”) under certain circumstances to compensate for delays in obtaining the patent from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (“USPTO”). In some instances, such a PTA may result in a U.S. patent term extending beyond 20 years from the earliest date of filing a
non-provisional patent application related to the U.S. patent. In addition, the term of a U.S. patent that covers an FDA-approved drug may also be eligible
for patent term extension, which permits patent term restoration as compensation for the patent term lost during the FDA regulatory review process. The
Hatch-Waxman Act permits a patent term extension of up to five years beyond the expiration of the patent. The length of the patent term extension is
related to the length of time the drug is under regulatory review. Patent term extension cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14
years from the date of product approval and only one patent applicable to an approved drug may be extended. Similar provisions are available in Europe
and other foreign jurisdictions to extend the term of a patent that covers an approved drug. In the future, if and when our products receive FDA approval,
we expect to apply for patent term extensions on patents covering those products. We plan to seek patent term extensions to any of our issued patents in
any jurisdiction where these are available, however
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there is no guarantee that the applicable authorities, including the FDA in the United States, will agree with our assessment of whether such extensions
should be granted, and if granted, the length of such extensions.
We also rely on trade secrets relating to our research and development and product candidates and seek to protect and maintain the confidentiality
of proprietary information to protect aspects of our business that are not amenable to, or that we do not consider appropriate for, patent protection.
Although we take steps to protect our proprietary information and trade secrets, including through contractual means with our employees and consultants,
third parties may independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or
disclose our technology. Thus, we may not be able to meaningfully protect our trade secrets.
It is our policy to require our employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored researchers and other advisors to execute
confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of employment or consulting relationships with us. These agreements provide that all confidential
information concerning our business or financial affairs developed or made known to the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with
us is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific circumstances. Our agreements with employees also provide that all
inventions conceived by the employee in the course of employment with us or from the employee’s use of our confidential information are our exclusive
property.
Manufacturing
We must manufacture our product candidates for clinical trial use in compliance with current good manufacturing practices (“cGMP”) regulations.
The cGMP regulations include requirements relating to organization of personnel, buildings and facilities, equipment, control of materials, components and
drug product containers and closures, production and process controls, packaging and labeling controls, holding and distribution, laboratory controls,
records and reports, and returned or salvaged products. The manufacturing facilities for our product candidates must meet cGMP requirements and global
regulatory requirements before any product is approved and we can manufacture commercial products. Our third party manufacturers will be subject to
periodic regulatory inspections of facilities by the FDA and other authorities, including procedures and operations used in the testing and manufacture of
our products to assess compliance with applicable regulations.
Our internal manufacturing capabilities include non-cGMP antibody and reagent production using small scale quantities for characterization and
in vitro and in vivo preclinical assessment of product candidates. We do not have and we do not currently plan to acquire or develop the facilities or
capabilities to manufacture our product candidates for use in human clinical trials.
We rely on third party manufacturers to generate cGMP compliant cell lines and will rely on them to produce cGMP drug substance and drug
product required for our clinical trials, and we expect to continue to rely on third parties to manufacture clinical trial drug supplies for the foreseeable
future. We also contract with additional third parties for the testing, labeling, packaging, storage and distribution of investigational drug products. We have
personnel with significant technical, manufacturing, analytical, quality, including cGMP regulations, and project management experience to oversee our
third party manufacturers and to manage manufacturing and quality data and information for regulatory compliance purposes. While our contract
manufacturers have not yet produced commercially-approved cGMP batches of our product candidates, they have previously manufactured products for
other companies in compliance with cGMP regulations and have been previously inspected by regulatory authorities for compliance with cGMP standards.
Failure to comply with statutory and regulatory requirements subjects a manufacturer to possible legal or regulatory action, including warning
letters, the seizure or recall of products, injunctions, consent decrees placing significant restrictions on or suspending manufacturing operations and civil
and criminal penalties. These actions could have a material impact on the availability of our products. Third party manufacturers often encounter
difficulties involving production yields, quality control and quality assurance, as well as shortages of qualified personnel.
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Competition
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are characterized by continuing technological advancement and significant competition. While
we believe that our product candidates, technology, knowledge, experience and scientific resources provide us with competitive advantages, we face
competition from major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research
institutions, among others. Any product candidates that we successfully develop and commercialize will compete with existing therapies and new therapies
that may become available in the future. Key product features that would affect our ability to effectively compete with other therapeutics include the
efficacy, safety and convenience of our products and the ease of use and effectiveness of any companion diagnostics. The level of generic competition and
the availability of reimbursement from government and other third party payors will also significantly affect the pricing and competitiveness of our
products. Our competitors also may obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours, which
could result in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we are able to enter the market.
Many of the companies against which we may compete have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and development,
manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Smaller or early-
stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies. These
competitors also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel and establishing clinical trial sites and patient
registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
Specifically, there are several companies developing or marketing treatments that may be approved for the same indications and/or diseases as our
product candidates, including major pharmaceutical companies.
For rosnilimab, our competitors include non-depleting PD-1 agonist antibodies GS-0151, (Gilead) in Phase 1b development for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis, and S-4321 (Seismic Therapeutics) in Phase 1 development. Our commercial-stage competitors in moderate-to-severe rheumatoid
arthritis include monoclonal antibodies targeting anti-TNF (Humira; Abbvie), IL-6 (Actemra; Roche and Kevzara; Regeneron), CD-80/86 (Orencia; BMS),
CD-20 (Rituxan; Roche), and janus kinase inhibitors (Rinvoq; AbbVie, Olumiant; Eli Lilly, and Xeljanz; Pfizer).
For our anti-CD122 antagonist antibody program, our clinical competitors include an anti-CD122 antagonist antibody, FB-102 (Forte Bioscience)
in Phase 2a development for the treatment of CeD, Phase 1b development for the treatment of vitiligo, and Phase 1b development for the treatment of
alopecia areata, and two anti-IL-15 monoclonal antibodies, GIA632 (Novartis) in Phase 2a development for atopic dermatitis and with proof-of-concept,
Phase 1b data for the treatment of CeD and EoE, and TEV-53408 (Teva), in Phase 2 development for the treatment of CeD and vitiligo. To date, there are
no FDA-approved therapies for the treatment of celiac disease and only one FDA-approved biologic, Dupixent, for the treatment of EoE.
For our anti-BDCA2 program, our competitors include another anti-BDCA2 antibody, litifilimab (Biogen) in Phase 3 development for SLE and
CLE, and a bispecific fusion protein targeting BDCA2 and BAFF/APRIL, DNTH212 (Dianthus Therapeutics) in Phase 1 development, and an anti-ILT7
antibody, daxdilimab (Amgen) in Phase 2 development.
Government Regulation and Product Approval
Government authorities in the United States, at the federal, state and local level, and in other countries and jurisdictions, including the EU,
extensively regulate, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, approval, packaging, storage, recordkeeping,
labeling, advertising, promotion, distribution, marketing, post-approval monitoring and reporting, and import and export of pharmaceutical products. The
processes for obtaining regulatory approvals in the United States and in foreign countries and jurisdictions, along with subsequent compliance with
applicable statutes and regulations and other regulatory authorities, require the expenditure of substantial time and financial resources.
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FDA approval process
In the United States, pharmaceutical products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDC
Act”), and other federal and state statutes and regulations, govern, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, storage,
recordkeeping, approval, labeling, promotion and marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, sampling, and import and export of
pharmaceutical products. Biological products used for the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of a human being are subject to regulation
under the FDC Act, except the section of the FDC Act which governs the approval of new drug applications (“NDAs”). Biological products are approved
for marketing under provisions of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”), via a BLA. However, the application process and requirements for approval of
BLAs are similar to those for NDAs, and biologics are associated with similar approval risks and costs as drugs. Failure to comply with applicable U.S.
requirements may subject a company to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as clinical hold, FDA refusal to approve pending NDAs or
BLAs, warning or untitled letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil
penalties, and criminal prosecution.
Biological product development for a new product or certain changes to an approved product in the United States typically involves preclinical
laboratory and animal tests, the submission to the FDA of an investigational new drug application (“IND”), which must become effective before clinical
testing may commence in the United States, and adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to establish the safety and effectiveness of the drug for each
indication for which FDA approval is sought. Satisfaction of FDA premarket approval requirements typically takes many years and the actual time required
may vary substantially based upon the type, complexity, and novelty of the product or disease.
Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry, formulation, and toxicity, as well as animal trials to assess the characteristics
and potential safety and efficacy of the product. The conduct of the preclinical tests must comply with federal regulations and requirements, including good
laboratory practices (“GLPs”). The results of preclinical testing are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND along with other information, including
information about product chemistry, manufacturing and controls, and a proposed clinical trial protocol. Long term preclinical tests, such as animal tests of
reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity, may continue after the IND is submitted. A 30-day waiting period after the submission of each IND is required
prior to the commencement of clinical testing in humans. If the FDA has neither commented on nor questioned the IND within this 30-day period, the
clinical trial proposed in the IND may begin. Clinical trials involve the administration of the investigational biologic to healthy volunteers or patients under
the supervision of a qualified investigator. Clinical trials must be conducted: (i) in compliance with federal regulations; (ii) in compliance with good
clinical practices (“GCPs”), an international standard meant to protect the rights and health of patients and to define the roles of clinical trial sponsors,
administrators, and monitors; as well as (iii) under protocols detailing the objectives of the trial, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety, and the
effectiveness criteria to be evaluated. Each protocol involving testing on U.S. patients and subsequent protocol amendments must be submitted to the FDA
as part of the IND.
The FDA may order the temporary, or permanent, discontinuation of a clinical trial at any time, or impose other sanctions if it believes that the
clinical trial either is not being conducted in accordance with FDA requirements or presents an unacceptable risk to the clinical trial patients. The trial
protocol and informed consent information for patients in clinical trials must also be submitted to an institutional review board (“IRB”) for approval. An
IRB may also require the clinical trial at the site to be halted, either temporarily or permanently, for failure to comply with the IRB’s requirements, or may
impose other conditions.
Clinical trials to support BLAs for marketing approval are typically conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap. In Phase 1,
the initial introduction of the biologic into healthy human subjects or patients, the product is tested to assess metabolism, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacological actions, side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, early evidence on effectiveness. Phase 2 usually involves clinical
trials in a limited patient population to determine the effectiveness of the drug or biologic for a particular indication, dosage tolerance, and optimal dosage,
and to identify common adverse effects and safety risks. If a compound demonstrates evidence of effectiveness and an acceptable safety profile in Phase 2
evaluations, Phase 3 clinical trials are undertaken to obtain the additional information about clinical efficacy and safety in a larger number of patients,
typically at geographically dispersed clinical trial sites, to permit the FDA to evaluate the overall benefit risk relationship of the drug or biologic and to
provide adequate information for the labeling of the product. In most cases, the FDA requires two adequate and well-controlled Phase 3 clinical trials to
demonstrate the efficacy of the biologic. A single Phase 3 clinical trial may be sufficient in rare instances, including (i) where the clinical trial is a large
multicenter clinical trial demonstrating internal consistency and a statistically persuasive finding of a clinically meaningful effect on mortality, irreversible
morbidity or prevention of a disease with a potentially serious outcome and confirmation of the result in a second clinical trial would be practically or
ethically impossible or (ii) when in conjunction with other confirmatory evidence.
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After completion of the required clinical testing, a BLA is prepared and submitted to the FDA. FDA approval of the BLA is required before
marketing of the product may begin in the United States. The BLA must include the results of all preclinical, clinical, and other testing and a compilation of
data relating to the product’s pharmacology, chemistry, manufacture, and controls. The cost of preparing and submitting a BLA is substantial. The
submission of most BLAs is additionally subject to a substantial application user fee, and the applicant under an approved BLA is also subject to annual
product and establishment user fees. These fees are typically increased annually. The FDA has 60 days from its receipt of a BLA to determine whether the
application will be accepted for filing based on the agency’s threshold determination that it is sufficiently complete to permit substantive review. Once the
submission is filed, the FDA begins an in-depth review. The FDA has agreed to certain performance goals in the review of BLAs. Most such applications
for standard review biologic products are reviewed within 10 months of the date the BLA is filed with the FDA; most applications for priority review
biologics are reviewed within six months of the date the BLA is filed with the FDA. Priority review can be applied to a biologic that the FDA determines
has the potential to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and, if approved, would be a significant improvement in safety or effectiveness compared to
available therapies. The review process for both standard and priority review may be extended by the FDA for three additional months to consider certain
late-submitted information or information intended to clarify information already provided in the submission.
The FDA may also refer applications for novel biologic products, or biologic products that present difficult questions of safety or efficacy, to an
advisory committee—typically a panel that includes clinicians and other experts—for review, evaluation, and a recommendation as to whether the
application should be approved. The FDA is not bound by the recommendation of an advisory committee, but it generally follows such recommendations.
Before approving a BLA, the FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites to assure compliance with GCP. Additionally, the FDA will inspect the
facility or the facilities at which the biologic product is manufactured. The FDA will not approve the product unless compliance with cGMP regulations is
satisfactory and the BLA contains data that provide substantial evidence that the biologic is safe, pure, potent and effective in the indication studied.
After the FDA evaluates the BLA and the manufacturing facilities, it issues either an approval letter or a complete response letter. A complete
response letter generally outlines the deficiencies in the submission and may require substantial additional testing, or information, in order for the FDA to
reconsider the application. If, or when, those deficiencies have been addressed to the FDA’s satisfaction in a resubmission of the BLA, the FDA will issue
an approval letter. The FDA has committed to reviewing such resubmissions in two or six months depending on the type of information included. An
approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the biologic with specific prescribing information for specific indications. As a condition of BLA
approval, the FDA may require a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (“REMS”) to help ensure that the benefits of the biologic outweigh the potential
risks. REMS can include medication guides, communication plans for health care professionals, and elements to assure safe use (“ETASU”). ETASU can
include, but are not limited to, special training or certification for prescribing or dispensing, dispensing only under certain circumstances, special
monitoring, and the use of patient registries. The requirement for a REMS can materially affect the potential market and profitability of the product.
Moreover, product approval may require substantial post-approval testing and surveillance to monitor the product’s safety or efficacy.
Once granted, product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or problems are identified following
initial marketing. Changes to some of the conditions established in an approved application, including changes in indications, labeling, or manufacturing
processes or facilities, require submission and FDA approval of a new BLA or BLA supplement before the change can be implemented. A BLA
supplement for a new indication typically requires clinical data similar to that in the original application, and the FDA uses the same procedures and actions
in reviewing BLA supplements as it does in reviewing BLAs.
Foreign clinical studies to support an IND
The FDA will accept as support for an IND a well-designed, well-conducted, non-IND foreign clinical study if it was conducted in accordance
with GCP and the FDA is able to validate the data from the study through an onsite inspection, if necessary. A sponsor or applicant who wishes to rely on a
non-IND foreign clinical study to support an IND must submit the following supporting information to the FDA to demonstrate that the study conformed to
GCP:
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the investigator’s qualifications;
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a description of the research facilities;
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a detailed summary of the protocol and study results and, if requested, case records or additional background data;
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a description of the drug substance and drug product, including the components, formulation, specifications, and, if available, the bioavailability
of the drug product;
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information showing that the study is adequate and well controlled;
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the name and address of the independent ethics committee that reviewed the study and a statement that the independent ethics committee meets
the required definition;
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a summary of the independent ethics committee’s decision to approve or modify and approve the study, or to provide a favorable opinion;
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a description of how informed consent was obtained;
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a description of what incentives, if any, were provided to subjects to participate;
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a description of how the sponsors monitored the study and ensured that the study was consistent with the protocol;
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a description of how investigators were trained to comply with GCP and to conduct the study in accordance with the study protocol; and
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a statement on whether written commitments by investigators to comply with GCP and the protocol were obtained.
Disclosure of clinical trial information
Sponsors of clinical trials of FDA-regulated products, including biological products, are required to register and disclose certain clinical trial
information. Information related to the product, patient population, phase of investigation, trial sites and investigators, and other aspects of the clinical trial
is then made public as part of the registration. Sponsors are also obligated to discuss the results of their clinical trials after completion. Disclosure of the
results of these clinical trials can be delayed in certain circumstances for up to two years after the date of completion of the clinical trial. Competitors may
use this publicly available information to gain knowledge regarding the progress of development programs.
Pediatric information
Under the Pediatric Research Equity Act (“PREA”), NDAs or BLAs or supplements to NDAs or BLAs must contain data to assess the safety and
effectiveness of the biological product for the claimed indications in all relevant pediatric subpopulations and to support dosing and administration for each
pediatric subpopulation for which the biological product is safe and effective. The FDA may grant full or partial waivers, or deferrals, for submission of
data. Unless otherwise required by regulation, the PREA does not apply to any biological product for an indication for which Orphan Drug Designation has
been granted.
The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (“BPCA”) provides sponsors of NDAs with an additional six-month period of market exclusivity for
all unexpired patent or non-patent exclusivity on all forms of the drug containing the active moiety if the sponsor submits results of pediatric studies
specifically requested by the FDA under BPCA within required timeframes. The BPCA provides sponsors of BLAs an additional six-month extension for
all unexpired non-patent market exclusivity on all forms of the biological containing the active moiety pursuant to the BPCA if the conditions under the
BPCA are met.
Additional controls for biologics
To help reduce the increased risk of the introduction of adventitious agents, the PHSA emphasizes the importance of manufacturing controls for
products whose attributes cannot be precisely defined. The PHSA also provides authority to the FDA to immediately suspend licenses in situations where
there exists a danger to public health, to prepare or procure products in the event of shortages and critical public health needs, and to authorize the creation
and enforcement of regulations to prevent the introduction or spread of communicable diseases in the United States and between states.
After a BLA is approved, the product may also be subject to official lot release as a condition of approval. As part of the manufacturing process,
the manufacturer is required to perform certain tests on each lot of the product before it is released for distribution. If the product is subject to official
release by the FDA, the manufacturer submits samples of each lot of product to the FDA together with a release protocol showing a summary of the history
of manufacture of the lot and the results of all of the manufacturer’s tests performed on the lot. The FDA may also perform certain confirmatory tests on
lots of some products, such as viral vaccines, before releasing the lots for distribution by the manufacturer.
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In addition, the FDA conducts laboratory research related to the regulatory standards on the safety, purity, potency, and effectiveness of biological
products. As with drugs, after approval of biologics, manufacturers must address any safety issues that arise, are subject to recalls or a halt in
manufacturing, and are subject to periodic inspection after approval.
Patent term restoration
After approval, owners of relevant drug or biologic patents may apply for up to a five year patent extension. The allowable patent term extension
is calculated as half of the drug’s testing phase—the time between IND application and NDA or BLA submission—and all of the review phase—the time
between NDA or BLA submission and approval up to a maximum of five years. The time can be shortened if FDA determines that the applicant did not
pursue approval with due diligence. The total patent term after the extension may not exceed 14 years from the date of marketing approval.
For patents that might expire during the application phase, the patent owner may request an interim patent extension. An interim patent extension
increases the patent term by one year and may be renewed up to four times. For each interim patent extension granted, the post-approval patent extension is
reduced by one year. The director of the USPTO must determine that the drug covered by the patent for which a patent extension is being sought is likely to
be approved. Interim patent extensions are not available for a drug or biologic for which an NDA or BLA has not been submitted.
Biosimilars
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”) created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products shown
to be highly similar to or interchangeable with an FDA licensed reference biological product. Biosimilarity sufficient to reference a prior FDA-approved
product requires that there be no differences in conditions of use, route of administration, dosage form, and strength, and no clinically meaningful
differences between the biological product and the reference product in terms of safety, purity, and potency. Biosimilarity must be shown through
analytical trials, animal trials, and a clinical trial or trials, unless the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) waives a
required element. A biosimilar product may be deemed interchangeable with a prior approved product if it meets the higher hurdle of demonstrating that it
can be expected to produce the same clinical results as the reference product and, for products administered multiple times, the biologic and the reference
biologic may be switched after one has been previously administered without increasing safety risks or risks of diminished efficacy relative to exclusive use
of the reference biologic. The first biosimilar was approved by the FDA in 2015, and the first interchangeable product was approved in 2021.
A reference biologic is granted 12 years of exclusivity from the time of first licensure of the reference product, and no application for a biosimilar
can be submitted for four years from the date of licensure of the reference product. The first biologic product submitted under the abbreviated approval
pathway that is determined to be interchangeable with the reference product has exclusivity against a finding of interchangeability for other biologics for
the same condition of use for the lesser of (i) one year after first commercial marketing of the first interchangeable biosimilar, (ii) 18 months after the first
interchangeable biosimilar is approved if there is no patent challenge, (iii) 18 months after resolution of a lawsuit over the patents of the reference biologic
in favor of the first interchangeable biosimilar applicant, or (iv) 42 months after the first interchangeable biosimilar’s application has been approved if a
patent lawsuit is ongoing within the 42-month period.
Post-approval requirements
Once a BLA is approved, a product will be subject to certain post-approval requirements. For instance, the FDA closely regulates the post-
approval marketing and promotion of biologics, including standards and regulations for direct-to-consumer advertising, off-label promotion, industry-
sponsored scientific and educational activities and promotional activities involving the internet.
Biologics may be marketed only for the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved labeling. Changes to some of
the conditions established in an approved application, including changes in indications, labeling, or manufacturing processes or facilities, may require a
submission to and approval by the FDA before the change can be implemented. A BLA supplement for a new indication typically requires clinical data
similar to that in the original application and similar procedures and actions in reviewing BLA or supplements as in reviewing BLAs.
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Adverse event reporting and submission of periodic reports are required following FDA approval of a BLA. The FDA also may require post-
marketing testing, known as Phase 4 testing, REMS, and surveillance to monitor the effects of an approved product, or the FDA may place conditions on an
approval that could restrict the distribution or use of the product. In addition, quality control, biological product manufacture, packaging, and labeling
procedures must continue to conform to cGMP regulations after approval. Biologic manufacturers and certain of their subcontractors are required to
register their establishments with the FDA and certain state agencies. Registration with the FDA subjects entities to periodic unannounced inspections by
the FDA, during which the agency inspects manufacturing facilities to assess compliance with cGMP regulations. Accordingly, manufacturers must
continue to expend time, money, and effort in the areas of production and quality-control to maintain compliance with cGMP regulations. Regulatory
authorities may withdraw product approvals or request product recalls if a company fails to comply with regulatory standards, if it encounters problems
following initial marketing, or if previously unrecognized problems are subsequently discovered. In addition, biological product manufacturers in the U.S.
must comply with applicable provisions of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and provide and receive product tracing information, maintain appropriate
licenses, ensure they only work with other properly licensed entities and have procedures in place to identify and properly handle suspect and illegitimate
products.
Other U.S. health care laws and compliance requirements
In the United States, our activities are potentially subject to regulation by various federal, state and local authorities in addition to the FDA,
including but not limited to, the CMS, other divisions of the HHS (such as the Office of Inspector General), the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and
individual U.S. Attorney offices within the DOJ, and state and local governments. For example, sales, marketing and scientific/educational grant programs
may have to comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, anti-kickback statutes, false claims laws, the privacy and security
provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), and similar state laws, each as amended, as applicable.
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, any person or entity, from knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or
receiving any remuneration, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, to induce or in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or
arranging for the purchase, lease or order of any item or service reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health care programs. The term
remuneration has been interpreted broadly to include anything of value. The Anti-Kickback Statute has been interpreted to apply to arrangements between
pharmaceutical manufacturers on one hand and prescribers, purchasers, and formulary managers on the other. There are a number of statutory exceptions
and regulatory safe harbors protecting some common activities from prosecution. The exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly and practices that
involve remuneration that may be alleged to be intended to induce prescribing, purchasing or recommending may be subject to scrutiny if they do not
qualify for an exception or safe harbor. Failure to meet all of the requirements of a particular applicable statutory exception or regulatory safe harbor does
not make the conduct per se illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute. Instead, the legality of the arrangement will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis
based on a cumulative review of all of its facts and circumstances. Our practices may not in all cases meet all of the criteria for protection under a statutory
exception or regulatory safe harbor.
Additionally, the intent standard under the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended by the ACA to a stricter standard such that a person or entity no
longer needs to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation. In addition, the ACA codified
case law that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for
purposes of the federal False Claims Act (discussed below).
The civil monetary penalties statute imposes penalties against any person or entity that, among other things, is determined to have presented or
caused to be presented a claim to a federal health program that the person knows or should know is for an item or service that was not provided as claimed
or is false or fraudulent.
Federal false claims and false statement laws, including the federal False Claims Act, prohibit, among other things, any person or entity from
knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to, or approval by, the federal health care programs, including
Medicare and Medicaid, or knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to the
federal government. As a result of a modification made by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, a claim includes “any request or demand” for
money or property presented to the U.S. government. Recently, several pharmaceutical and other health care companies have been prosecuted under these
laws for allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product. Other
companies have been prosecuted for causing false claims to be submitted because of the companies’ marketing of the product for unapproved, and thus
generally non-reimbursable, uses.
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HIPAA created additional federal criminal statutes that prohibit, among other things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute,
a scheme to defraud or to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, any money or property owned by, or under the
control or custody of, any health care benefit program, including private third party payors, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a health care
offense, and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up by trick, scheme or device, a material fact or making any materially false,
fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items or services. Like the Anti-Kickback Statute,
the ACA amended the intent standard for certain health care fraud statutes under HIPAA such that a person or entity no longer needs to have actual
knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation.
Also, many states have similar fraud and abuse statutes or regulations that apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state
programs, or, in several states, apply regardless of the payor. Additionally, to the extent that our product is sold in a foreign country, we may be subject to
similar foreign laws.
We may be subject to data privacy and security regulations by both the federal government and the states in which we conduct our business.
HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), and its implementing regulations, imposes
requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information. Among other things, HITECH makes
HIPAA’s privacy and security standards directly applicable to business associates, independent contractors or agents of covered entities that receive or
obtain protected health information in connection with providing a service on behalf of a covered entity. HITECH also created four new tiers of civil
monetary penalties, amended HIPAA to make civil and criminal penalties directly applicable to business associates, and gave state attorneys general new
authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce HIPAA and seek attorneys’ fees and costs associated with pursuing
federal civil actions. In addition, many state laws govern the privacy and security of health information in specified circumstances, many of which differ
from each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts.
Additionally, the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act within the ACA, and its implementing regulations, require that certain manufacturers
of drugs, devices, biological and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program
(with certain exceptions) report annually to CMS information related to certain payments or other transfers of value made or distributed to physicians and
teaching hospitals, or to entities or individuals at the request of, or designated on behalf of, the physicians and teaching hospitals and to report annually
certain ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members. Moreover, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act
imposes new obligations on manufacturers of pharmaceutical products related to product tracking and tracing. Legislative and regulatory proposals have
been made to expand post-approval requirements and restrict sales and promotional activities for pharmaceutical products.
In order to distribute products commercially, we must comply with state laws that require the registration of manufacturers and wholesale
distributors of drug and biological products in a state, including, in certain states, manufacturers and distributors who ship products into the state even if
such manufacturers or distributors have no place of business within the state. Some states also impose requirements on manufacturers and distributors to
establish the pedigree of product in the chain of distribution, including some states that require manufacturers and others to adopt new technology capable
of tracking and tracing product as it moves through the distribution chain. Several states have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies to establish marketing compliance programs, file periodic reports with the state, make periodic public disclosures on sales,
marketing, pricing, clinical trials and other activities, and/or register their sales representatives, as well as to prohibit pharmacies and other health care
entities from providing certain physician prescribing data to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for use in sales and marketing, and to prohibit
certain other sales and marketing practices. All of our activities are potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection and unfair competition laws.
If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the federal and state health care laws described above or any other governmental
regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to penalties, including without limitation, civil, criminal and/or administrative penalties, damages, fines,
disgorgement, exclusion from participation in government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, injunctions, private “qui tam” actions brought by
individual whistleblowers in the name of the government, or refusal to allow us to enter into government contracts, contractual damages, reputational harm,
administrative burdens, diminished profits and future earnings, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect
our ability to operate our business and our results of operations.
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Coverage, pricing and reimbursement
Significant uncertainty exists as to the coverage and reimbursement status of any product candidates for which we obtain regulatory approval. In
the United States and markets in other countries, sales of any products for which we receive regulatory approval for commercial sale will depend, in part,
on the extent to which third- party payors provide coverage, and establish adequate reimbursement levels for such products. In the United States, third party
payors include federal and state health care programs, private managed care providers, health insurers and other organizations. The process for determining
whether a third party payor will provide coverage for a product may be separate from the process for setting the price of a product or for establishing the
reimbursement rate that such a payor will pay for the product. Third party payors may limit coverage to specific products on an approved list, also known
as a formulary, which might not include all of the FDA-approved products for a particular indication. Third party payors are increasingly challenging the
price, examining the medical necessity and reviewing the cost-effectiveness of medical products, therapies and services, in addition to questioning their
safety and efficacy. Further, reductions in health insurance and other healthcare funding as a result of the OBBBA may exacerbate the cost-consciousness
of third-party payors and their willingness to provide coverage for newly developed products such as ours. As a result, we may need to conduct expensive
pharmacoeconomic studies in order to demonstrate the medical necessity and cost-effectiveness of our products, in addition to the costs required to obtain
the FDA approvals. Our product candidates may not be considered medically necessary or cost-effective. A payor’s decision to provide coverage for a
product does not imply that an adequate reimbursement rate will be approved. Further, one payor’s determination to provide coverage for a product does
not assure that other payors will also provide coverage for the product. Adequate third party reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain
price levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on our investment in product development.
Different pricing and reimbursement schemes exist in other countries. In the EU, governments influence the price of pharmaceutical products
through their pricing and reimbursement rules and control of national health care systems that fund a large part of the cost of those products to consumers.
Some jurisdictions operate positive and negative list systems under which products may only be marketed once a reimbursement price has been agreed. To
obtain reimbursement or pricing approval, some of these countries may require the completion of clinical trials that compare the cost effectiveness of a
particular product candidate to currently available therapies. Other member states allow companies to fix their own prices for medicines, but monitor and
control company profits. The downward pressure on health care costs has become intense. As a result, increasingly high barriers are being erected to the
entry of new products. In addition, in some countries, cross-border imports from low-priced markets exert a commercial pressure on pricing within a
country.
The marketability of any product candidates for which we receive regulatory approval for commercial sale may suffer if the government and third
party payors fail to provide adequate coverage and reimbursement. In addition, emphasis on managed care in the United States has increased and we expect
will continue to increase the pressure on health care pricing. Coverage policies and third party reimbursement rates may change at any time. Even if
favorable coverage and reimbursement status is attained for one or more products for which we receive regulatory approval, less favorable coverage
policies and reimbursement rates may be implemented in the future.
Healthcare reform
Healthcare reforms that have been adopted, and that may be adopted in the future, could result in further reductions in coverage and levels of
reimbursement for pharmaceutical products, increases in rebates payable under U.S. government rebate programs and additional downward pressure on
pharmaceutical product prices. Healthcare reform initiatives include the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), which, among other things,
allows the HHS to negotiate the selling price of certain drugs and biologics that CMS reimburses under Medicare Part B and Part D, although only high-
expenditure single-source drugs that have been approved for at least seven years (11 years for biologics) can be selected by CMS for negotiation, with the
negotiated price taking effect two years after the selection year. For 2026, the first year in which negotiated prices become effective, CMS selected 10 high-
cost Medicare Part D products in 2023, negotiations began in 2024, and the negotiated maximum fair price for each product has been announced. These
negotiations resulted in significant price reductions for the products from their 2023 list prices, ranging from 38 to 79 percent, with an average price
reduction of 59.4 percent. CMS has selected 15 additional Medicare Part D drugs for negotiated maximum fair pricing in 2027. For 2028, an additional 15
drugs, which may be covered under either Medicare Part B or Part D, will be selected, and for 2029 and subsequent years, 20 Part B or Part D drugs will be
selected. Negotiations for Medicare Part D products begin in 2024 with the negotiated price taking effect in 2026, and negotiations for Medicare Part B
products begin in 2026 with the negotiated price taking effect in 2028. In August 2023, HHS announced the 10 Medicare Part D drugs and biologics that it
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negotiations, and by October 1, 2023, each manufacturer of the selected drugs signed a manufacturer agreement to participate in the negotiations. HHS
announced the negotiated maximum fair prices on August 15, 2024, and this price cap, which cannot exceed a statutory ceiling price, came into effect on
January 1, 2026. Beginning in January 2023 for Medicare Part B and October 2022 for Medicare Part D, the IRA will also penalize drug manufacturers that
increase prices of Medicare Part B and Part D drugs at a rate greater than the rate of inflation and in November 2024, CMS finalized regulations pertaining
to these inflation rebates. The IRA permits the Secretary of HHS to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the
initial years. Manufacturers that fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary penalties. Further, in July 2025,
the OBBBA was signed into law, and restored immediate deductibility of domestic research and development expenditures, while foreign expenditures will
continue to be capitalized and amortized over fifteen years. The OBBBA is expected to reduce Medicaid spending and enrollment by implementing work
requirements for some beneficiaries, capping state-directed payments, reducing federal funding, and limiting provider taxes used to fund the program. The
OBBBA also narrows access to ACA marketplace exchange enrollment and declined to extend the enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing health
insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces, which expired in 2025. Additionally, in June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding
Chevron doctrine, under which courts were required to give deference to regulatory agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous federal statutes. This
decision could result in additional legal challenges to current regulations and guidance issued by federal agencies applicable to our operations, including
those issued by the FDA. It is unclear to what extent other statutory, regulatory, and administrative initiatives will be enacted and implemented in the
future.
We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), prohibits any U.S. individual or business from paying, offering, or authorizing payment or offering
of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any foreign official, political party or candidate for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of the
foreign entity in order to assist the individual or business in obtaining or retaining business. The FCPA also obligates companies whose securities are listed
in the United States to comply with accounting provisions requiring us to maintain books and records that accurately and fairly reflect all transactions of
the corporation, including international subsidiaries, and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls for international
operations.
Additional regulation
In addition to the foregoing, we are also subject to numerous federal, state and local laws relating to such matters as safe working conditions,
manufacturing practices, environmental protection, fire hazard control, and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances, including the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Resource Conservancy and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act. These and other laws govern our
use, handling and disposal of various biological, chemical and radioactive substances used in, and wastes generated by, our operations. If our operations
result in contamination of the environment or expose individuals to hazardous substances, we could be liable for damages and governmental fines. We
believe that we are in material compliance with applicable environmental laws and that continued compliance therewith will not have a material adverse
effect on our business. We cannot predict, however, how changes in these laws may affect our future operations.
Europe / rest of world government regulation
In addition to regulations in the United States, we will be subject to a variety of regulations in other jurisdictions governing, among other things,
clinical trials and any commercial sales and distribution of our products. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval of a product, we must obtain the requisite
approvals from regulatory authorities in foreign countries prior to the commencement of clinical trials or marketing of the product in those countries.
Certain countries outside of the United States have a similar process that requires the submission of a clinical trial application much like the IND prior to
the commencement of human clinical trials. In the United Kingdom (“UK”) and countries in the EU, for example, a Clinical Trial Authorisation (“CTA”)
must be submitted to each country’s national health authority and an independent ethics committee, much like the FDA and IRB, respectively. Once the
CTA is approved in accordance with a country’s requirements, clinical trial development may proceed. Because biologically sourced raw materials are
subject to unique contamination risks, their use may be restricted in some countries. The requirements and process governing the conduct of clinical trials,
product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary from country to country. In all cases, the clinical trials are conducted in accordance with GCP and the
applicable regulatory requirements and the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki.
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To obtain regulatory approval of an investigational drug or biological product under EU and UK regulatory systems, we must submit a marketing
authorization application. The application used to file the BLA in the United States is similar to that required in the EU and the UK, with the exception of,
among other things, country-specific document requirements. For other countries outside of the EU and the UK, such as countries in Eastern Europe, Latin
America or Asia, the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary from country to country. In
all cases, the clinical trials are conducted in accordance with GCP and the applicable regulatory requirements and the ethical principles that have their
origin in the Declaration of Helsinki.
If we or our potential collaborators fail to comply with applicable foreign regulatory requirements, we may be subject to, among other things,
fines, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals, product recalls, seizure of products, operating restrictions and criminal prosecution.
Employees and Human Capital Resources
As of January 31, 2026, we had 104 employees. Of these employees, 72 were primarily engaged in research and development activities and 33
held a doctorate degree such as an M.D., Ph.D., or PharmD. None of our employees are represented by a labor union or covered by collective bargaining
agreements. We have never experienced a work stoppage and believe that we have good employee relations.
We view our diverse employee population and our culture as key to our success. Our company culture prioritizes learning, supports growth and
empowers us to reach new heights. We recruit employees with the skills and training relevant to succeed and thrive in their functional responsibilities. We
assess the likelihood that a particular candidate will contribute to the Company’s overall goals, and beyond their specifically assigned tasks. Depending on
the position, our recruitment reach can be local as well as national. We provide competitive compensation and benefits that are tailored specifically to the
needs and requests of our employees.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in November 2005. Our principal executive offices are located at 10770 Wateridge
Circle, Suite 210, San Diego, California 92121, and our telephone number is (858) 362-6295. Our website address is www.anaptysbio.com. The
information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this report.
Available Information
We file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other information with the SEC. Our
filings with the SEC are available free of charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our website under the “Investors” tab as soon as reasonably
practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the other
information in this report, including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. The occurrence of any of the events or developments
described below could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and growth prospects. In such an event, the market price of our
common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
Summary of Risk Factors
An investment in our common stock involves various risks, and prospective investors are urged to carefully consider the matters discussed in the
section titled “Risk Factors” prior to making an investment in our common stock. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Our product candidates in development may fail or suffer delays that adversely affect their commercial viability. Results from our initial
clinical trials may not be representative of the results we will experience in later clinical trials. If we or our collaborators are unable to
complete development of or commercialize our product candidates or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be
materially harmed.
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Our ongoing and planned clinical trials or those of our collaborators may reveal significant adverse events, toxicities or other side effects and
may result in a safety profile that could inhibit regulatory approval or market acceptance of any of our product candidates.
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We and/or our collaborators may be unable to obtain, or may be delayed in obtaining, required regulatory approvals in the United States or in
foreign jurisdictions, which would materially impair our ability to commercialize and generate revenue from our product candidates.
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Even if our product candidates receive regulatory approval, they will be subject to significant post-marketing regulatory requirements.
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We may not be successful in our efforts to expand our pipeline of product candidates and develop marketable products.
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We are assessing advancement to Phase 3 of clinical development of rosnilimab for RA, and have no history of commercializing
biotechnology products, which may make it difficult to evaluate the prospects for our future viability.
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We face significant competition, and if our competitors develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less expensive than our
product candidates, our commercial opportunities will be negatively impacted.
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Our product candidates may not achieve adequate market acceptance among physicians, patients, health care payors and others in the
medical community necessary for commercial success.
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We currently have no marketing and sales force. If we are unable to establish effective sales or marketing capabilities or enter into
agreements with third parties to sell or market our product candidates, we may not be able to effectively sell or market our product
candidates, if approved, or generate product revenue.
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The manufacture of biologics is complex, and our third party manufacturers may encounter difficulties in production. If any of our third party
manufacturers encounter such difficulties, our ability to provide supply of our product candidates for clinical trials, our ability to obtain
marketing approval, or our ability to provide supply of our products for patients, if approved, could be delayed or stopped.
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Political, economic or public health events may have a material impact on the U.S. and global economies and could have a material adverse
impact on our employees, contractors and patients, which could adversely and materially impact our business, financial condition and results
of operations.
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We have limited operating revenue and a history of operational losses and may not achieve or sustain profitability.
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We have no products approved for commercial sale, and to date we have not generated any revenue or profit from sales of our product
candidates.
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We will require additional capital to finance our operations, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. As a result, we
may not complete the development and commercialization of our product candidates or develop new product candidates.
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The proposed separation of our business into two independent, publicly traded companies is subject to various risks and uncertainties and
may not be completed on the terms or timeline currently contemplated, if at all.
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Our existing collaboration with GSK and other collaborations are important to our business, and other future collaborations may also be
important to us. If we are unable to maintain the GSK collaboration, or if this collaboration is not successful, our business could be adversely
affected.
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We may not succeed in establishing and maintaining additional development and commercialization collaborations, which could adversely
affect our ability to develop and commercialize product candidates.
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If we are unable to obtain or protect intellectual property rights in the U.S. and throughout the world, we may not be able to compete
effectively in our market.
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We must attract and retain highly skilled employees in order to succeed.
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The market price of our stock has been and may continue to be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Discovery and Development of Our Product Candidates
Our product candidates in development may fail or suffer delays that adversely affect their commercial viability. Results from our initial clinical
trials may not be representative of the results we will experience in later clinical trials. If we or our collaborators are unable to complete
development of or commercialize our product candidates or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
We are developing therapeutic antibodies, including our wholly owned product candidates, as well as other programs that are being developed by
our collaborators. However, all of our wholly owned and most of partnered product candidates are in various stages of development, and, for a wide variety
of reasons discussed below, may fail in development or suffer delays that adversely affect their commercial viability.
A product candidate can unexpectedly fail at any stage of preclinical and clinical development. The historical failure rate for product candidates is
high due to scientific feasibility, safety, efficacy, changing standards of medical care, and other variables. The results from preclinical testing or early
clinical trials of a product candidate may not predict the results that will be obtained in later phase clinical trials of the product candidate.
Furthermore, we may conduct clinical trials of a product candidate in multiple indications based on assumptions about the product candidate’s
mechanism of action. However, it is possible that our assumptions regarding the effectiveness of a product candidate’s mechanism of action may be
incorrect and that the product candidate may be ineffective in certain diseases or disorders. If this were the case, then the results from any clinical trials of a
product candidate that we conduct are less likely to be positive. For example, even though we showed positive data for rosnilimab in our Phase 2b clinical
trial in rheumatoid arthritis, data from rosnilimab’s Phase 2 clinical trial in ulcerative colitis was not positive.
If our other ongoing or future clinical trials of any of our product candidates, including rosnilimab, ANB033 or ANB101, are unsuccessful,
whether for one of the reasons mentioned above or otherwise, our product candidates may be delayed in development or fail entirely, which would have a
material adverse impact on our business.
The success of our current product candidates, and any other product candidates we may develop in the future, will depend on many factors,
including the following:
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obtaining regulatory permission to initiate clinical trials;
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successful enrollment of patients in, and the completion of, our planned clinical trials;
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receiving marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;
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establishing commercial manufacturing capabilities and/or making arrangements with third party manufacturers;
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obtaining and maintaining patent and trade secret protection and non-patent exclusivity for our product candidates and their components;
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enforcing and defending intellectual property rights and claims;
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achieving desirable therapeutic properties for our product candidates’ intended indications;
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launching commercial sales of our product candidates, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with third parties;
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acceptance of our product candidates, if and when approved, by patients, the medical community and third party payors;
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effectively competing with other therapies; and
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maintaining an acceptable safety profile of our product candidates through clinical trials and following regulatory approval.
If we do not achieve one or more of these factors in a timely manner or at all, we could experience significant delays or an inability to successfully
commercialize our product candidates, which would harm our business.
Furthermore, delays or difficulties in patient enrollment or difficulties in retaining trial participants can result in increased costs, longer
development times, or termination of a clinical trial. Clinical trials of a new product candidate require the enrollment of a sufficient number of patients,
including patients who are suffering from the disease the product candidate is intended to treat and who meet other eligibility criteria. Rates of patient
enrollment are affected by many factors, including the size of the patient population, the eligibility criteria for the clinical trial, the age and condition of the
patients, the stage and severity of disease, the nature of the protocol, the proximity of patients to clinical sites, and the availability of effective treatments
for the relevant disease. We may not be able to initiate our planned clinical trials if we are unable to locate and enroll a sufficient number of eligible
patients to participate in these trials as required by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities.
Our ongoing and planned clinical trials or those of our collaborators may reveal significant adverse events, toxicities or other side effects and may
result in a safety profile that could inhibit regulatory approval or market acceptance of any of our product candidates.
In order to obtain marketing approval for any of our product candidates, we must demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the product candidate for
the relevant clinical indication or indications through preclinical studies and clinical trials as well as additional supporting data. If our product candidates
are associated with undesirable side effects in preclinical studies or clinical trials or have characteristics that are unexpected, we may need to interrupt,
delay or abandon their development or limit development to more narrow uses or subpopulations in which the undesirable side effects or other
characteristics are less prevalent, less severe or more acceptable from a risk-benefit perspective.
It is not uncommon to observe results in human clinical trials that are unexpected based on preclinical testing, or to observe results in later stage
clinical trials that are unexpected based on early clinical trials. Many product candidates fail in clinical trials despite promising preclinical and early clinical
results. In addition, top-line results of a clinical trial, which generally reflect preliminary reviews of primary efficacy and/or safety results, do not
necessarily predict final results, and any top-line findings or assessments are subject to change pending the completion of final data review procedures.
Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that believed their product
candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval for their products.
Some patients in our clinical trials have experienced adverse events, including SAEs. Subjects in our ongoing and planned clinical trials may in
the future suffer significant adverse events or other side effects not observed in our preclinical studies or in our Phase 1, Phase 2 or Phase 3 clinical trials.
The observed potency and kinetics of our product candidates in preclinical studies may not be observed in human clinical trials. We have tested the dosing
frequency and route of administration of our product candidates in preclinical studies, which will inform our dosing strategy for future clinical trials,
however such dose and route of administration may not result in sufficient exposure or pharmacological effect in humans and may lead to unforeseen
toxicity not previously observed in preclinical testing. If preclinical studies of our product candidates fail to provide preliminary evidence of safety to the
satisfaction of regulatory authorities or do not otherwise produce satisfactory results, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in initiating and/or
advancing the development and commercialization of our product candidates. Further, if clinical trials of our product candidates fail to demonstrate safety
and efficacy to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities or do not otherwise produce positive results, we or our collaborators may incur additional costs or
experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our product candidates.
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If further significant adverse events or other side effects are observed in any of our current or future clinical trials, we may have difficulty
recruiting patients to the clinical trial, patients may drop out of our trial, or we may be required to abandon the trial or our development efforts of that
product candidate altogether. We, the FDA, or other applicable regulatory authorities, or an institutional review board or ethics committee, may suspend
clinical trials of a product candidate at any time for various reasons, including a belief that subjects in such clinical trials are being exposed to unacceptable
health risks or adverse side effects. Some potential therapeutics developed in the biotechnology industry that initially showed therapeutic promise in early-
stage studies have later been found to cause side effects that prevented their further development. Even if the side effects do not preclude a product
candidate from obtaining or maintaining marketing approval, undesirable side effects may inhibit market acceptance of the approved product due to its
tolerability versus other therapies. Any of these developments could materially harm our business, financial condition and prospects.
Further, if any of our product candidates obtain marketing approval, toxicities associated with our product candidates may also develop after such
approval and lead to a requirement to conduct additional clinical safety trials, additional warnings being added to the labeling, significant restrictions on the
use of the product or the withdrawal of the product from the market. We cannot predict whether our product candidates will cause toxicities in humans that
would preclude or lead to the revocation of regulatory approval based on preclinical studies or early-stage clinical testing.
We and/or our collaborators may be unable to obtain, or may be delayed in obtaining, required regulatory approvals in the United States or in
foreign jurisdictions, which would materially impair our ability to commercialize and generate revenue from our product candidates.
Our ability to continue to develop our product candidates, and to have the potential to achieve and sustain profitability, depends on the FDA and
foreign regulatory authorities permitting us to conduct human clinical trials and, if our product candidates are safe and effective, obtaining approval from
the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities to market them and subsequently successfully commercializing them, either alone or with our collaborators. The
research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval, selling, marketing and distribution of drug and biologic products are subject to extensive regulation by
the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities. Before commencing clinical trials in the United States for any product candidate, we must submit an IND to the
FDA; foreign regulatory authorities enforce similar requirements for initiation of clinical trials in other countries. An IND or foreign equivalent requires
extensive preclinical studies, and there is no guarantee that the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities will allow clinical trials to proceed based on the IND
or equivalent submission. For example, although we have initiated toxicology studies for our product candidates, the FDA in the United States, or other
foreign regulatory authorities, as applicable, may not allow our clinical trials to proceed in the regulatory authority’s jurisdiction if we are unable to show
safety margins acceptable to the particular regulatory authority in appropriate animal species in our preclinical toxicology studies.
Even if we or our collaborators initiate and complete clinical trials for our product candidates, these product candidates will not be permitted to be
marketed in the United States until approval of a BLA from the FDA is received, and will not be permitted to be marketed in other countries without
marketing approval from foreign regulatory authorities. Obtaining approval of a BLA or other marketing approvals is often a lengthy, expensive and
uncertain process over which the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion. Other than submitting and receiving acceptance for
initiation of our previous and current clinical trials in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, we have had only limited discussions with the
FDA and no discussions with foreign regulatory authorities regarding the development plans for any of our product candidates or the designs of any of our
later-stage clinical studies. We thus may not have the full benefit of the FDA’s or foreign regulatory authorities’ current thinking on clinical trial designs or
product development for our target indications.
Preclinical studies and clinical trials are expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete, and are uncertain as to
outcome. Product candidates, on average, take 10 to 15 years to be developed from the time they are discovered to the time they are approved and available
for treating patients. The start or end of a clinical trial is often delayed or halted for many reasons, including:
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imposition of a clinical hold for safety reasons or following an inspection of clinical trial operations or site by the FDA or other regulatory
authorities;
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manufacturing challenges;
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insufficient supply or quality of product candidates or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials;
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delays in reaching or failure to reach agreement on acceptable clinical trial contracts or clinical trial protocols with prospective trial sites and
CROs or failure by such CROs or trials sites to carry out the clinical trial in accordance with our agreed-upon terms;
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non-clinical or clinical sites becoming unavailable due to political, economic, or public health events;
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clinical sites electing to terminate their participation in one of our clinical trials;
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inability or unwillingness of patients or medical investigators to follow clinical trial protocols;
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required clinical trial administrative actions;
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slower than anticipated patient enrollment;
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changing standards of care;
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safety concerns;
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availability or prevalence of use of a comparative drug or required prior therapy; or
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clinical outcomes or financial constraints.
Our product candidates may not be effective, may be only moderately effective, or may prove to have undesirable or unintended side effects,
toxicities or other characteristics that may preclude our obtaining marketing approval or prevent or limit commercial use. Regulatory authorities may refuse
to accept any application or may decide that our data are insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical or other studies or clinical trials. In
addition, varying interpretations of the data obtained from preclinical and clinical testing could delay, limit or prevent marketing approval of a product
candidate. Moreover, regulatory authorities may determine that the clinical and other benefits of a product candidate do not outweigh the safety or other
risks. Changes in marketing approval policies during the development period, changes in or the enactment of additional statutes or regulations, or changes
in regulatory review for each submitted product application may also cause delays in or prevent the approval of an application.
If we or our collaborators experience any of the issues described above, or other similar or related issues, we or our collaborators may:
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be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our product candidates;
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not obtain marketing approval at all;
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obtain marketing approval in some countries and not in others;
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obtain approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired;
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obtain approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings, including boxed warnings;
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be subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; or
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have the product removed from the market after obtaining marketing approval.
Further, in June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed its longstanding approach under the Chevron doctrine, which provided for judicial
deference to regulatory agencies, including the FDA. As a result of this decision, we cannot be sure whether there will be increased challenges to existing
agency regulations or how lower courts will apply the decision in the context of other regulatory schemes without more specific guidance from the U.S.
Supreme Court. For example, this decision may result in more companies bringing lawsuits against the FDA to challenge longstanding decisions and
policies of the FDA, which could undermine the FDA’s authority, lead to uncertainties in the industry, and disrupt the FDA’s normal operations, which
could impact the timely review of any regulatory filings or applications we submit to the FDA.
Even if our product candidates receive regulatory approval, they will be subject to significant post-marketing regulatory requirements.
Any regulatory approvals that we or our collaborators may receive for our product candidates will require surveillance to monitor the safety and
efficacy of the product candidate, may contain significant limitations related to use restrictions for specified age
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groups, warnings, precautions or contraindications, and may include burdensome post-approval study or risk management requirements. For example, the
FDA may require a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy in order to approve our product candidates, which could entail requirements for a medication
guide, physician communication plans or additional elements to ensure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries and other risk
minimization tools. In addition, if the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities approve our product candidates, the manufacturing processes, labeling,
packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion, import, export and recordkeeping for our product candidates will be
subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements. These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and
reports, registration, as well as continued compliance with cGMP regulations and good clinical practices for any clinical trials that we conduct post-
approval. In addition, manufacturers of drug products and their facilities are subject to continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and other
regulatory authorities for compliance with cGMP regulations and standards. If we, our collaborators or a regulatory agency discover previously unknown
problems with a product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or problems with the facilities where the product is manufactured, a
regulatory agency may impose restrictions on that product, the manufacturing facility or us or our collaborators, including requiring recall or withdrawal of
the product from the market or suspension of manufacturing. In addition, failure to comply with FDA and foreign regulatory requirements may, either
before or after product approval, if any, subject our company or our collaborators to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions, including:
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restrictions on our ability to conduct clinical trials, including full or partial clinical holds on ongoing or planned trials;
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restrictions on the products, manufacturers or manufacturing process;
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warning or untitled letters;
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civil and criminal penalties;
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injunctions;
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suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals;
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product seizures, detentions or import bans;
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voluntary or mandatory product recalls and publicity requirements;
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total or partial suspension of production;
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imposition of restrictions on operations, including costly new manufacturing requirements; and
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refusal to approve pending BLAs or supplements to approved BLAs.
The occurrence of any event or penalty described above may inhibit our ability, alone or with our collaborators, to commercialize our product
candidates and generate revenue.
Advertising and promotion of any product candidate that obtains approval in the United States will be heavily scrutinized by the FDA, the DOJ,
the HHS Office of Inspector General, state attorneys general, members of Congress and the public. Violations, including promotion of our products for
unapproved (or off-label) uses, are subject to enforcement letters, inquiries and investigations, and civil and criminal sanctions by the government.
Additionally, comparable foreign regulatory authorities will heavily scrutinize advertising and promotion of any product candidate that obtains approval
outside of the United States.
In the United States, engaging in the impermissible promotion of our products for off-label uses can also subject us to false claims litigation under
federal and state statutes, which can lead to civil and criminal penalties and fines and agreements that materially restrict the manner in which a company
promotes or distributes drug products. These false claims statutes include the federal False Claims Act, which allows any individual to bring a lawsuit
against a biotechnology company on behalf of the federal government alleging submission of false or fraudulent claims, or causing to present such false or
fraudulent claims, for payment by a federal program such as Medicare or Medicaid. If the government prevails in the lawsuit, the individual will share in
any fines or settlement funds. Such False Claims Act lawsuits against biotechnology companies have increased significantly in volume and breadth, leading
to several substantial civil and criminal settlements regarding certain sales practices promoting off-label drug uses involving fines in excess of $1.0 billion.
This growth in litigation has increased the risk that a biotechnology company will have to defend a false claim action, pay settlement fines or restitution,
agree to comply with burdensome reporting and compliance obligations, and be excluded from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state health care
programs. In addition, we may incur liability from claims initiated under the Lanham Act or other federal and state unfair competition laws with respect to
how our products are marketed and promoted. Furthermore, the off-label use of our products may increase the risk of product liability claims.
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If we do not lawfully promote our approved products, we may become subject to such litigation and, if we do not successfully defend against such actions,
those actions may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may not be successful in our efforts to expand our pipeline of product candidates and develop marketable products.
Because we have limited financial and managerial resources, our business depends on our successful development and commercialization of the
limited number of internal product candidates we have in preclinical and clinical development. Even if we are successful in continuing to build our
pipeline, development of the potential product candidates that we identify will require substantial investment in additional clinical development,
management of clinical, preclinical and manufacturing activities, regulatory approval in multiple jurisdictions, building a commercial organization, and
significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenue from product sales. Furthermore, such product candidates may not be suitable for clinical
development, including as a result of their harmful side effects, limited efficacy or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products
that will receive marketing approval and achieve market acceptance. If we cannot successfully develop, partner and/or commercialize product candidates,
we may not be able to obtain product or partnership revenue in future periods, which would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition
and results of operations.
As a result of our current focus on our lead product candidates, we may forego or delay pursuit of opportunities with other product candidates or
for other indications that later prove to have greater commercial potential. Our resource allocation decisions may cause us to fail to capitalize on viable
commercial products or profitable market opportunities. Our spending on current and future research and development programs and product candidates for
specific indications may not yield any commercially viable products. Our understanding and evaluation of biological targets for the discovery and
development of new product candidates may fail to identify challenges encountered in subsequent preclinical and clinical development. If we do not
accurately evaluate the commercial potential or target market for a particular product candidate, we may relinquish valuable rights to that product candidate
through collaboration, licensing or other royalty arrangements in cases in which it would have been more advantageous for us to retain sole development
and commercialization rights.
We are assessing advancement to Phase 3 of clinical development of rosnilimab in RA, and have no history of commercializing biotechnology
products, which may make it difficult to evaluate the prospects for our future viability.
Our operations to date have been largely limited to financing and staffing our company and developing our wholly owned product candidates and
other product candidates in partnerships with our collaborators. As a company, we have only very limited experience conducting pivotal Phase 3 clinical
trials and have not had previous experience commercializing product candidates, including submitting a BLA to the FDA. In part because of this lack of
experience, we cannot be certain that planned clinical trials will begin or be completed on time, if at all, that our planned development programs would be
acceptable to the FDA or other regulatory authorities, or that, if approval is obtained, such product candidates can be successfully commercialized. Clinical
trials and commercializing our wholly owned product candidates will require significant additional financial and management resources, and reliance on
third party clinical investigators, CROs, consultants or collaborators. Relying on third party clinical investigators, third party manufacturing, CROs or
collaborators may result in delays that are outside of our control.
Furthermore, we may not have the financial resources to continue development of, or to enter into collaborations for, a product candidate if we
experience any problems or other unforeseen events that delay or prevent regulatory approval of, or our ability to commercialize, product candidates,
including:
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negative or inconclusive results from our clinical trials or the clinical trials of others for product candidates similar to ours, leading to a
decision or requirement to conduct additional preclinical testing or clinical trials or abandon a program;
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a suspension or termination of a clinical trial once commenced;
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conditions imposed by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities regarding the number, scope or design of our clinical trials;
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delays in enrolling research subjects in clinical trials;
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high drop-out rates of research subjects;
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inadequate supply or quality of clinical trial materials or other supplies necessary for the conduct of our clinical trials;
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greater than anticipated clinical trial costs;
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poor effectiveness of our product candidates during clinical trials;
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unfavorable FDA or other regulatory agency inspection and review of a clinical trial site;
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failure of our third party contractors or investigators to comply with regulatory requirements or otherwise meet their contractual obligations
in a timely manner, or at all;
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serious and unexpected, or otherwise unacceptable, drug-related side effects experienced by participants in our planned clinical trials or by
individuals using drugs similar to our product candidates;
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delays and changes in regulatory requirements, policy and guidelines, including the imposition of additional regulatory oversight around
clinical testing generally or with respect to our technology in particular; or
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varying interpretations of data by the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities.
Consequently, any predictions you make about our future success or viability based on our operating history may not be as accurate as they could
be if we had an established track record in conducting clinical trials or commercializing products.
Further, as a clinical-stage business, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays, and other known and unknown
factors. We will need to transition from a company with a research and development focus to a company capable of supporting commercial activities. We
may not be successful in such a transition.
We face significant competition, and if our competitors develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less expensive than our
product candidates, our commercial opportunities will be negatively impacted.
The biotechnology industry is highly competitive and subject to rapid and significant technological change. Products we may develop in the future
are also likely to face competition from other drugs and therapies, some of which we may not currently be aware of. We have competitors both in the
United States and internationally, including major multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, established biotechnology companies,
specialty biotechnology companies, emerging and start-up companies, universities and other research institutions. Many of our competitors have
significantly greater financial, manufacturing, marketing, drug development, technical and human resources and commercial expertise than we do. Large
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, in particular, have extensive experience in clinical testing, obtaining regulatory approvals, recruiting patients
and manufacturing biotechnology products. These companies also have significantly greater research and marketing capabilities than we do and may also
have products that have been approved or are in late stages of development and collaborative arrangements in our target markets with leading companies
and research institutions. Established pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies may also invest heavily to accelerate discovery and development of
novel compounds or to in-license novel compounds that could make the product candidates that we develop obsolete. As a result of all of these factors, our
competitors may succeed in obtaining patent protection and/or approval from the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities or discovering, developing and
commercializing products in our field before we do.
For rosnilimab, our competitors include non-depleting PD-1 agonist antibodies GS-0151, (Gilead) in Phase 1b development for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis, and S-4321 (Seismic Therapeutics) in Phase 1 development. Our commercial-stage competitors in moderate-to-severe rheumatoid
arthritis include monoclonal antibodies targeting anti-TNF (Humira; Abbvie), IL-6 (Actemra; Roche and Kevzara; Regeneron), CD-80/86 (Orencia; BMS),
CD-20 (Rituxan; Roche), and janus kinase inhibitors (Rinvoq; AbbVie, Olumiant; Eli Lilly, and Xeljanz; Pfizer).
For our anti-CD122 antagonist antibody program, our clinical competitors include an anti-CD122 antagonist antibody, FB-102 (Forte Bioscience)
in Phase 2a development for the treatment of CeD, Phase 1b development for the treatment of vitiligo, and Phase 1b development for the treatment of
alopecia areata, and two anti-IL-15 monoclonal antibodies, GIA632 (Novartis) in Phase 2a development for atopic dermatitis and with proof-of-concept,
Phase 1b data for the treatment of CeD and EoE, and TEV-53408 (Teva), in Phase 2 development for the treatment of CeD and vitiligo. To date, there are
no FDA-approved therapies for the treatment of celiac disease and only one FDA-approved biologic, Dupixent, for the treatment of EoE.
For our anti-BDCA2 program, our competitors include another anti-BDCA2 antibody, litifilimab (Biogen) in Phase 3 development for SLE and
CLE, and a bispecific fusion protein targeting BDCA2 and BAFF/APRIL, DNTH212 (Dianthus Therapeutics) in Phase 1 development, and an anti-ILT7
antibody, daxdilimab (Amgen) in Phase 2 development.
Our commercial opportunity could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are safer, more effective,
have fewer or less severe effects, are more convenient, are less expensive or capture significant market share
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prior to or during our commercialization. Our competitors also may obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may
obtain approval for ours, which could result in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we are able to enter the market. In addition, our
ability to compete may be affected in many cases by insurers or other third party payors seeking to encourage the use of biosimilar products. Even if our
product candidates achieve marketing approval, they may be priced at a significant premium over competitive biosimilar products if any have been
approved by then.
Smaller and other early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large
and established companies. These companies compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel, establishing
clinical trial sites and patient registration for planned clinical trials and acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs. In
addition, the biotechnology industry is characterized by rapid technological change. If we fail to stay at the forefront of technological change, we may be
unable to compete effectively. Technological advances or products developed by our competitors may render our technologies or product candidates
obsolete, less competitive or not economical.
Our product candidates may not achieve adequate market acceptance among physicians, patients, health care payors and others in the medical
community necessary for commercial success.
Even if our product candidates receive regulatory approval, they may not gain adequate market acceptance among physicians, patients, health care
payors and others in the medical community. The degree of market acceptance of any of our approved product candidates will depend on a number of
factors, including:
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the efficacy and safety profile as demonstrated in planned clinical trials;
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the timing of market introduction of the product candidate as well as competitive products;
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the clinical indications for which the product candidate is approved;
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restrictions on the use of our products, if approved, such as boxed warnings or contraindications in labeling or REMS, if any, which may not
be required of alternative treatments and competitor products;
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acceptance of the product candidate as a safe and effective treatment by physicians, clinics and patients;
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the potential and perceived advantages of product candidates over alternative treatments, including any similar generic treatments;
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the cost of treatment in relation to alternative treatments;
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the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement and pricing by third parties and government authorities;
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relative convenience and ease of administration;
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the frequency and severity of adverse events;
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the effectiveness of sales and marketing efforts; and
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unfavorable publicity relating to the product candidate.
If any product candidate is approved but does not achieve an adequate level of acceptance by physicians, hospitals, health care payors and
patients, we may not generate or derive sufficient revenue from that product candidate and may not become or remain profitable.
We currently have no marketing and sales force. If we are unable to establish effective sales or marketing capabilities or enter into agreements
with third parties to sell or market our product candidates, we may not be able to effectively sell or market our product candidates, if approved,
or generate product revenue.
We currently do not have a marketing or sales team for the marketing, sales and distribution of any of our product candidates that are able to
obtain regulatory approval. In order to commercialize any product candidates, we must build on a territory-by-territory basis marketing, sales, distribution,
managerial and other non-technical capabilities or make arrangements with third parties to perform these services, and we may not be successful in doing
so. If our product candidates receive regulatory approval, we may decide to establish an internal sales or marketing team with technical expertise and
supporting distribution capabilities to commercialize our product candidates, which will be expensive and time-consuming and will require significant
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management team to manage. Any failure or delay in the development of our internal sales, marketing and distribution capabilities would adversely impact
the commercialization of any of our product candidates that we obtain approval to market. With respect to the commercialization of all or certain of our
product candidates, we may choose to collaborate, either globally or on a territory-by-territory basis, with third parties that have direct sales forces and
established distribution systems, either to augment our own sales force and distribution systems or in lieu of our own sales force and distribution systems. If
we are unable to enter into such arrangements when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not be able to successfully commercialize any of our
product candidates that receive regulatory approval, or any such commercialization may experience delays or limitations. If we are not successful in
commercializing our product candidates, either on our own or through collaborations with one or more third parties, our future product revenue will suffer
and we may incur significant additional losses.
The manufacture of biologics is complex, and our third party manufacturers may encounter difficulties in production. If any of our third party
manufacturers encounter such difficulties, our ability to provide supply of our product candidates for clinical trials, our ability to obtain
marketing approval, or our ability to provide supply of our products for patients, if approved, could be delayed or stopped.
The process of manufacturing biologics is complex, highly regulated and subject to multiple risks, and requires significant expertise and capital
investment, including the development of advanced manufacturing techniques and process controls. Manufacturing biologics is highly susceptible to
product loss due to contamination, equipment failure, improper installation or operation of equipment, vendor or operator error, inconsistency in yields,
variability in product characteristics and difficulties in scaling the production process. Even minor deviations from normal manufacturing processes could
result in reduced production yields, product defects and other supply or supply chain disruptions. If microbial, viral or other contaminations are discovered
at the facilities of our manufacturer, such facilities may need to be closed for an extended period of time to investigate and remedy the contamination,
which could delay clinical trials and adversely harm our business. We rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties, including manufacturers based
in China, for the manufacture of our product candidates and future product candidates. We and our contract manufacturers must comply with cGMP
regulations for the manufacturing of biologics used in clinical trials and, if approved, marketed products. Moreover, if the FDA determines that our
manufacturer is not in compliance with FDA laws and regulations, including cGMP regulations, the FDA may deny BLA approval until the deficiencies
are corrected or we replace the manufacturer in our BLA with a manufacturer that is in compliance.
Furthermore, all of our therapeutic antibodies are manufactured by starting with cells which are stored in a cell bank. We have one master cell
bank for each antibody manufactured in accordance with cGMP regulations and create working cell banks to support cGMP manufacturing, and believe we
would have adequate backup should any cell bank be lost in a catastrophic event. However, it is possible that we could lose multiple cell banks and have
our manufacturing severely impacted by the need to replace the cell banks.
Scaling up a biologic manufacturing process is a difficult and uncertain task, and we may not be successful in transferring our production system
or the manufacturer may not have the necessary capabilities to complete the implementation and development process. If we are unable to adequately
validate or scale-up the manufacturing process with our current manufacturers, we will need to transfer to other manufacturers and complete the
manufacturing validation process, which can be lengthy and costly. Even if we are able to adequately validate and scale-up the manufacturing process for
our product candidates with contract manufacturers, we will still need to negotiate with such contract manufacturers agreements for commercial supply,
and it is not certain we will be able to come to agreement on terms acceptable to us. Accordingly, failures or difficulties faced at any level of our
manufacturing process could adversely affect our business and delay or impede the development and commercialization of our product candidates or
products and could have an adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, there are risks associated with large scale manufacturing for clinical trials or commercial scale including, among others, cost overruns,
potential problems with process scale-up, process reproducibility, stability issues, compliance with good manufacturing practices, lot consistency and
timely availability of raw materials. Even if we or our collaborators obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, there is no assurance that
manufacturers will be able to manufacture the approved product to specifications acceptable to the FDA or other regulatory authorities, to produce it in
sufficient quantities to meet the requirements for the potential launch of the product or to meet potential future demand. Moreover, we source certain of the
raw materials needed for our product candidates from outside the United States. Although we have not experienced any material supply interruptions to
date, it is possible that political, economic or public health events could cause such interruptions in the future. Further, legislation has been introduced in
Congress to limit certain U.S. biotechnology companies from using equipment or services produced or provided by select Chinese biotechnology
companies, although such legislation has not yet advanced. We cannot predict what actions may
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ultimately be taken with respect to trade relations between the United States and China or other countries, what products and services may be subject to
such actions or what actions may be taken by the other countries in retaliation. Any unfavorable government policies on international trade, such as export
controls, capital controls or tariffs, new legislation or regulations, renegotiation of existing trade agreements, or any retaliatory trade actions due to recent
or future trade tension, may impede, delay, limit, or increase the cost of manufacturing our product candidates. Such events could result in our clinical or
commercial supply of drug, packaging and other services being interrupted or limited, which could harm our business. If our manufacturers are unable to
produce sufficient quantities for clinical trials or for commercialization, commercialization efforts would be impaired, which would have an adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. Any delay or interruption in the supply of clinical trial supplies could delay
the completion of planned clinical trials, increase the costs associated with maintaining clinical trial programs and, depending upon the period of delay,
require us to commence new clinical trials at additional expense or terminate clinical trials completely. Any adverse developments affecting clinical or
commercial manufacturing of our product candidates or products may result in shipment delays, inventory shortages, lot failures, product withdrawals or
recalls, or other interruptions in the supply of our product candidates or products.
Some of our suppliers may experience disruption to their respective supply chain due to the effects of macroeconomic conditions, which could
delay, prevent or impair our development or commercialization efforts.
We obtain certain drug intermediates of our drug candidate supply from countries affected by macroeconomic events and conditions, including
inflation, interest rate fluctuations, uncertainty with respect to the federal budget and debt ceiling and existing or potential government shutdowns related
thereto, increasing financial market volatility and uncertainty, the impact of war or military conflict, including regional conflicts around the world, and
public health pandemics. Supply chain disruptions and delays as a result of any new tariff policies or trade restrictions could also negatively impact our cost
of materials, production processes, and ability to conduct clinical trials. If we are unable to obtain certain drug intermediates of our drug candidate supply
in sufficient quantity and in a timely manner due to disruptions in the global supply chain caused by macroeconomic events and conditions, the
development, testing and clinical trials of that drug candidate may be delayed or infeasible, and regulatory approval or commercial launch of any resulting
product may be delayed or not obtained, which could significantly harm our business.
The macroeconomic and geopolitical environment may have a material impact on the U.S. and global economies and could materially impact our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
The macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, including inflation, increased volatility in interest rates, tariffs and the debt and equity markets,
instability in the global banking system, global health crises and pandemics and geopolitical conflict have had, and may continue to have, an adverse
impact on global economic conditions, which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition, including impairing our ability to raise
additional capital on favorable terms. The extent to which any such factors impact our business and operations will depend on future developments that are
highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the event and the actions to contain its
impact.
We are subject to risks associated with foreign trade policy, including recent tariffs imposed or proposed by the United States on its trading
partners, as well as retaliatory actions that have or may be imposed by other countries in response. The recent U.S. tariffs and other trade restrictions
against trading partners and specific sectors of the global economy may have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition. The United States
has imposed many country-specific tariffs at a rate higher than the 10% global baseline on all foreign countries and continues to impose increased tariffs on
China in particular. At this time, the impact of the recently imposed and proposed tariff actions with respect to our operations remains uncertain given
ongoing bilateral negotiations between the United States and trading partners, changes in U.S. policy, and an ongoing Section 232 investigation by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, which may result in the imposition of an additional tariff rate on U.S. imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical
ingredients. Our products involve pharmaceutical ingredients that are partially sourced from outside of the United States, including China, the cost of
which may increase due to additional tariff rates. Higher material costs may negatively impact our gross margins and operating results and our ability to be
competitive in the global market.
Changes in government trade policies, including changes to tariffs and other non-tariff barriers, may have a material impact on our results of
operations.
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Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Capital Needs
We have limited operating revenue and a history of operational losses and may not achieve or sustain profitability. We have no products approved
for commercial sale, and to date we have not generated any revenue or profit from sales of our product candidates.
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a limited operating history. We have no approved products. To date, our revenue has been
primarily derived from our GSK research collaboration and license agreement and royalty monetization agreements based on our GSK collaboration, and
we are significantly dependent on such collaborators for the successful development of product candidates in these collaborations. Our ability to generate
revenue and become profitable depends upon our ability, alone or with our collaborators, to successfully complete the development of our product
candidates for our target indications and to obtain necessary regulatory approvals.
Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses in every year except fiscal year 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2025,
our collaboration revenue was $234.6 million and our net loss was $13.2 million. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $772.6
million.
We have financed our operations primarily through our initial public offering of common stock in January 2017, our follow-on public offerings of
common stock in October 2017, September 2018, and August 2024, and royalty monetization transactions such as the Royalty Monetization Agreements.
We have devoted substantially all of our efforts to research and development. Rosnilimab has completed a Phase 2b clinical trial, and we expect that it will
be several years, if ever, before any of our active product candidates are ready for commercialization. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses
and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future, and the net losses we incur may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter. Our revenue has
been historically derived from amortization of upfront payments, research and development funding, and milestone and royalty payments under
collaboration and license agreements with our collaborators. Our ability to generate future product revenue from our current or future product candidates
depends on a number of additional factors, including our ability (or as applicable our collaborators’ ability) to:
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continue research and preclinical development of our product candidates;
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identify additional product candidates;
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maintain existing and enter into new collaboration agreements;
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conduct additional preclinical studies and initiate clinical trials for our product candidates;
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obtain approvals for the product candidates that we develop or are developed under our collaboration arrangements;
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establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize any product candidates for which we may obtain marketing
approval;
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maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio;
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hire additional executive, clinical, quality control and scientific personnel;
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add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development and
commercialization efforts;
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establish and maintain supply and manufacturing relationships with third parties and ensure adequate and legally compliant manufacturing of
our product candidates;
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obtain coverage and adequate product reimbursement from third party payors, including government payors;
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acquire or in-license other product candidates and technologies; and
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achieve market acceptance for our or our collaborators’ products, if any.
We are unable to predict the timing or amount of increased expenses, or when, or if, we will be able to achieve or maintain profitability because of
the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development. In addition, our expenses could increase significantly beyond expectations if we
are required by the FDA or other regulatory authorities to perform studies or clinical trials in addition to those that we currently anticipate. Even if any of
our product candidates are approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with the commercial launch of any product
candidate.
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We are currently only in the clinical development stages for our most advanced product candidates. In order to become and remain profitable we
must, alone or with our collaborators, develop and eventually commercialize a product or products with significant market potential. This may require us to
be successful in a range of challenging activities, including completing clinical trials of our product candidates, successfully developing companion
diagnostics, obtaining marketing approval for these product candidates and manufacturing, marketing and selling those products for which we may obtain
marketing approval. We may never succeed in these activities and, even if we do, may never generate revenues that are significant or large enough to
achieve profitability. If we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to
become and remain profitable would decrease the value of our company and could impair our ability to raise capital, maintain or expand our research and
development efforts, expand our business or continue our operations. A decline in the value of our company would also cause you to lose part or even all of
your investment.
We will require additional capital to finance our operations, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. As a result, we may
not complete the development and commercialization of our product candidates or develop new product candidates.
As a research and development company, our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since our inception. We expect our research
and development expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities, which expenses may substantially increase if we conduct Phase 3 clinical
trials or seek marketing approval for our product candidates without any partnerships. In addition, if we obtain marketing approval for any of our product
candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. Furthermore, we
incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments will fund our
current operating plan for at least the next 12 months. However, circumstances may cause us to consume capital more rapidly than we currently anticipate.
For example, as we continue to move our product candidates into and through clinical trials, we may have adverse results requiring us to find new product
candidates. Any of these events may increase our development costs more than we expect. We may need to raise additional funds or otherwise obtain
funding through collaboration agreements to continue development of our product candidates. If we need to secure additional financing, such additional
fundraising efforts may divert our management from our day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize our
product candidates.
In addition, we cannot guarantee that future financing will be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we do not
raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, we may need to:
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significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development or commercialization of our product candidates or cease operations altogether;
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seek strategic alliances for research and development programs at an earlier stage than we would otherwise desire or on terms less favorable
than might otherwise be available;
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relinquish, or license on unfavorable terms, our rights to technologies or future product candidates that we otherwise would seek to develop
or commercialize ourselves; or
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eliminate staff to conserve resources.
If we need to conduct additional fundraising activities and we do not raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we
may be prevented from pursuing development and commercialization efforts, which will have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results
and prospects. Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including volatility in equity capital markets, fluctuating interest rates, tariffs, actual or perceived
instability in the U.S. and global banking systems, and fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, could prevent us from raising additional capital in sufficient
amounts or on terms acceptable to us or at all. Our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will adequately support our
operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors, including the
factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our
available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Our future funding requirements, both short and long-term, will depend on many factors,
including:
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the initiation, progress, timing, costs and results of preclinical studies and clinical trials for our product candidates and future product
candidates we may develop;
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the number and size of clinical trials needed to show safety, efficacy and an acceptable risk/benefit profile for any of our product candidates;
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the outcome, timing and cost of seeking and obtaining regulatory approvals from the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities, including the
potential for such authorities to require that we perform more studies or trials than those that we currently expect;
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the commercial success or failure of products sold by our collaborators, such as Jemperli by GSK, and the timing thereof;
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our ability to maintain existing and enter into new collaboration agreements;
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the cost to establish, maintain, expand and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio, including the amount and timing of any
payments we may be required to make, or that we may receive, in connection with licensing, preparing, filing, prosecuting, defending and
enforcing of any patents or other intellectual property rights;
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the effect of competing technological and market developments;
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market acceptance of any approved product candidates;
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the costs of acquiring, licensing or investing in additional businesses, products, product candidates and technologies;
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the cost of recruiting and retaining key employees;
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the costs and fees associated with any delays or cancellations of forecasted manufacturing batches;
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the cost and timing of selecting, auditing and potentially validating manufacturing sites for commercial-scale manufacturing; and
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the cost of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities for our product candidates for which we may receive regulatory
approval and that we determine to commercialize ourselves or in collaboration with our collaborators.
If we cannot expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities due to a lack of capital, our business, financial condition
and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our product
candidates on unfavorable terms to us.
We may seek additional capital through a variety of means, including through public or private equity, debt financings or other sources, including
up-front payments and milestone payments from strategic collaborations, license agreements and royalty agreements. To the extent that we raise additional
capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other
preferences that adversely affect your rights as a stockholder. Such financing may result in dilution to stockholders, imposition of debt covenants, increased
fixed payment obligations, or other restrictions that may affect our business. If we raise additional funds through up-front payments or milestone payments
pursuant to strategic collaborations with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our product candidates or grant licenses on terms that
are not favorable to us. In addition, we may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we
have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans.
Risk Factors Related to Our Proposed Separation
The proposed separation of our business into two independent, publicly traded companies is subject to various risks and uncertainties and may
not be completed on the terms or timeline currently contemplated, if at all, and will involve significant time, effort and expense, which could harm
our business, results of operations and financial condition.
On September 29, 2025, we announced the intent to separate our business into two independent, publicly traded companies, referred to as
“Royalty Management Co” and as “Biopharma Co.” Following the separation, Royalty Management Co is expected to hold and continue to manage the
rights to our Jemperli royalties from GSK and imsidolimab milestones and royalties from Vanda, with a focus on protecting and returning value of the
royalties to its shareholders. Biopharma Co is expected to be a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and potential
commercialization of innovative therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including rosnilimab, ANB033 and ANB101.
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We expect the proposed separation to be completed in the second quarter of 2026, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Unexpected
developments, including adverse market conditions or delays or difficulties effecting the proposed separation, could delay, prevent or otherwise adversely
impact the anticipated benefits from the proposed separation. Consummation of the proposed separation also will require final approval from our Board of
Directors. We may not complete the proposed separation on the terms or on the timeline that we announced, or may, for any or no reason and at any time
until the proposed separation is complete, abandon the separation or modify or change its terms. Any of the foregoing may result in not achieving the
operational, financial, strategic and other benefits we anticipate, and in each case, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be
adversely affected.
We will incur significant expenses in connection with the proposed separation, and such costs and expenses may be greater than we anticipate. In
addition, completion of the proposed separation will require a significant amount of management time and effort, which may disrupt our business or
otherwise divert management’s attention from other aspects of our business, including strategic initiatives, discovery, development and commercialization
efforts and relationships with our partners and other third parties. If the proposed separation is completed, we anticipate management’s time and attention
will be allocated between the two public-traded companies, which may result in operational disruptions and harm to either or both businesses. Any of the
foregoing could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The proposed separation may not achieve some or all of the anticipated benefits.
Even if the proposed separation is completed, the anticipated operational, financial, strategic and other benefits of the separation may not be
achieved. The combined value of the common stock of the two publicly-traded companies may not be equal to or greater than what the value of our
common stock would have been had the proposed separation not occurred. The combined value of the common stock of the two companies could be lower
than anticipated for a variety of reasons, including the failure of either company to operate and compete effectively as an independent, publicly-traded
company. The common stock price of each company may experience periods of extreme volatility. In addition, the two independent companies will be
smaller and less diversified, with a narrower business focus, and may be more vulnerable to changing market conditions. The completion of the proposed
separation may also present a number of significant risks to our operations and internal processes, including the allocation of management’s time and
attention between the two companies and the failure to maintain an adequate control environment due to changes to our infrastructure technology systems
and financial reporting processes.
Risks Related to Our Dependence on Third Parties
Our existing collaboration with GSK and other collaborations are important to our business, and other future collaborations may also be
important to us. If we are unable to maintain the GSK collaboration, or if this collaboration is not successful, our business could be adversely
affected.
We have entered into a collaboration with GSK to develop certain of our product candidates. GSK has advanced multiple antibodies generated
through our collaboration into clinical trials. If our collaboration with GSK were terminated, we may not receive all or any of the funding potentially
coming from such collaboration, which could adversely affect our business or financial condition. For example, in October 2023, GSK terminated the
LAG-3 antagonist antibody development program, and in October 2025, GSK also terminated the TIM-3 antagonist antibody development program under
our existing collaboration. As a result, we will not receive any additional milestones or any royalties from GSK for those development programs.
We are unable to predict the success of our collaborations. Our collaborators have discretion in determining and directing the efforts and
resources, including the ability to discontinue all efforts and resources, they apply to the development and, if approval is obtained, commercialization and
marketing of the product candidates covered by such collaborations. As a result, our collaborators may elect to de-prioritize our programs, change their
strategic focus or pursue alternative technologies in a manner that results in reduced, delayed or no revenue to us. Our collaborators may have other
marketed products and product candidates under collaboration with other companies, including some of our competitors, and their corporate objectives may
not be consistent with our best interests. Our collaborators may also be unsuccessful in developing or commercializing our products. If our collaborations
are unsuccessful, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be adversely affected.
In addition, any dispute or litigation proceedings with our collaborators could delay development programs, create uncertainty as to ownership of
intellectual property rights, distract management from other business activities and generate substantial expense. For example, we are currently party to
litigation regarding our collaboration agreement with GSK and Tesaro. On November 20, 2025, we filed a Verified Complaint in Delaware Chancery
Court, requesting a court declaration that Tesaro has materially breached the
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Collaboration Agreement and that GSK, Tesaro’s corporate parent, has tortiously interfered with the Collaboration Agreement. We have requested that the
court declare that we are entitled to all rights and remedies under the Collaboration Agreement. See Item 3. Legal Proceedings for additional information.
While this litigation is pending, the ownership of related intellectual property rights may be uncertain, and management is spending significant time and
resources. Tesaro and its affiliate Tesaro Development, Ltd. separately filed suit against AnaptysBio the same day, requesting a declaration that they have
not materially breached and that AnaptysBio has materially breached its duties. If the litigations were to result in a negative outcome for us, it may have a
materially negative impact on our rights under the Collaboration Agreement and our financial position going forward.
Previously, in October 2020, we settled a matter with Tesaro and GSK related to an alleged breach of our collaboration agreement in connection
with GSK’s development of a drug not covered by the agreement. There can be no assurance that we will not encounter such issues under our
collaborations with GSK or other parties in the future.
We may not succeed in establishing and maintaining additional development and commercialization collaborations, which could adversely affect
our ability to develop and commercialize product candidates.
In addition to our current licensing arrangements, a part of our strategy is to enter into additional strategic product development and
commercialization collaborations in the future, including collaborations to broaden and accelerate clinical development and potential commercialization of
our product candidates. We may face significant competition in seeking appropriate development partners, and the negotiation process is time-consuming
and complex. Moreover, we may not succeed in our efforts to establish collaborations or other alternative arrangements for any of our other existing or
future product candidates and programs because our research and development pipeline may be insufficient, our product candidates and programs may be
deemed to be at too early a stage of development for collaborative effort, and/or third parties may not view our product candidates and programs as having
the requisite potential to demonstrate safety and efficacy or to be commercially viable. Even if we are successful in our efforts to establish new
collaborations, the terms that we agree upon may not be favorable to us, and we may not be able to maintain such collaborations if, for example,
development or approval of a product candidate is delayed or sales of an approved product candidate are disappointing. Any delay in entering into new
collaboration agreements related to our product candidates could delay the development and commercialization of our product candidates and reduce their
competitiveness if they reach the market.
Moreover, if we fail to establish and maintain additional collaborations related to our product candidates:
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the development of certain of our current or future product candidates may be terminated or delayed;
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our cash expenditures related to development of certain of our current or future product candidates would increase significantly and we may
need to seek additional financing;
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we may be required to hire additional employees or otherwise develop expertise, such as sales and marketing expertise, for which we have
not budgeted; and
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we will bear all of the risk related to the development and commercialization of any such product candidates.
If third parties on which we depend to conduct our planned preclinical studies and clinical trials do not perform as contractually required, fail to
satisfy regulatory or legal requirements or miss expected deadlines, our development programs could be delayed with adverse effects on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We rely on third party clinical investigators, CROs, CMOs and consultants to design, conduct, supervise and monitor key activities relating to,
discovery, manufacturing, non-clinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates, and we intend to do the same for future activities relating to
existing and future programs. Because we rely on third parties and do not have the ability to conduct all required discovery, manufacturing, preclinical
studies or clinical trials independently, we have less control over the timing, quality and other aspects of discovery, manufacturing, preclinical studies and
clinical trials than we would if we conducted them on our own. These investigators, CROs, CMOs and consultants are not our employees, and we have
limited control over the amount of time and resources that they dedicate to our programs. These third parties may have contractual relationships with other
entities, some of which may be our competitors, which may draw time and resources from our programs. The third parties we contract with might not be
diligent, careful or timely in conducting our discovery, manufacturing, preclinical studies or clinical trials, resulting in discovery, manufacturing,
preclinical studies or clinical trials being delayed or unsuccessful, in whole or in part.
If we cannot contract with acceptable third parties on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or if these third parties do not carry out their
contractual duties, satisfy legal and regulatory requirements for the conduct of preclinical studies or clinical trials or meet expected deadlines, our clinical
development programs could be delayed and otherwise adversely affected. In all events, we are
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responsible for ensuring that each of our preclinical studies and clinical trials is conducted in accordance with the general investigational plan and protocols
for the trial. Our reliance on third parties that we do not control does not relieve us of these responsibilities and requirements. Any such event could have an
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We rely completely on third parties to manufacture our nonclinical, clinical and future commercial drug supplies of any approved products.
We outsource the manufacture of our product candidates. We do not currently have the infrastructure or internal capability to manufacture
supplies of our product candidates for use in development and commercialization. If we were to experience an unexpected loss of supply of our product
candidates for any reason, whether as a result of manufacturing, supply or storage issues or otherwise, our business would be harmed, and we could
experience delays, disruptions, suspensions or terminations of, or be required to restart or repeat, any pending or ongoing clinical trials. Although we
generally do not begin a clinical trial unless we believe we have a sufficient supply of a product candidate to complete the clinical trial, we may be required
to manufacture additional supplies of our product candidates to the extent our estimates of the amounts required prove inaccurate, we suffer unexpected
losses of product candidate supplies, or we are required to have fresh product candidate supplies manufactured to satisfy regulatory requirements or
specifications. Any significant delay or discontinuation in the supply of a product candidate, or the raw material components thereof, due to the need to
replace a contract manufacturer or other third party manufacturer or otherwise, could considerably harm our business and ability to generate revenue and
delay completion of our clinical trials, product testing and potential regulatory approval of our product candidates.
Any delays in our preclinical or clinical development could lead to delays or cancellations of forecasted manufacturing batches, which would
typically result in significant fees owed by us to the manufacture and an uncertainty as to when the manufacturer will have the availability for a new time
slot to manufacture the batch, which could lead to further delays in the development of the product candidate and have an adverse effect on our business.
Reliance on third party manufacturers entails additional risks, including the possible breach of the manufacturing agreement by the manufacturer
and the possible termination or nonrenewal of the agreement by the manufacturer at a time that is costly or inconvenient for us. If our contract
manufacturers were to breach or terminate their manufacturing arrangements with us, the development or commercialization of the affected product
candidates could be significantly delayed, which could have an adverse effect on our business. Any change in our manufacturers could be costly because
the commercial terms of any new arrangement could be less favorable and because the expenses relating to the transfer of necessary technology and
processes could be significant.
We depend on a small number of suppliers for the raw materials necessary to produce our product candidates. The loss of these suppliers, or their
failure to supply us with these raw materials, would materially and adversely affect our business.
We depend on the availability of key raw materials for our product candidates from a small number of third party suppliers. Because there are a
limited number of suppliers for the raw materials that we use to manufacture our product candidates, we may need to engage alternate suppliers to prevent a
possible disruption of the manufacture of the materials necessary to produce our product candidates for our clinical trials. We do not have any control over
the availability of raw materials. If we or our manufacturers are unable to purchase these raw materials on acceptable terms, at sufficient quality levels, or
in adequate quantities, if at all, the development of our product candidates would be delayed or there would be a shortage in supply, which would impair
our ability to meet our development objectives for our product candidates or generate revenues from the sale of any approved products. If either we or any
third parties in the supply chain for materials used in the production of our product candidates are disrupted, including by political, economic or public
health events, it could limit our ability to manufacture our product candidates for our preclinical or clinical studies.
Risks Related to Regulatory Approval of Our Product Candidates and Other Legal Compliance Matters
The failure to obtain regulatory approval in international jurisdictions would prevent us or our collaborators from marketing our product
candidates outside the United States.
In order to market and sell our products in other jurisdictions, we or our collaborators must obtain separate marketing approvals and comply with
numerous and varying regulatory requirements. The approval procedure varies among countries and can involve additional testing. The time required to
obtain approval may differ substantially from that required to obtain FDA approval. The regulatory approval process outside the United States generally
includes all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval.
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In addition, in many countries outside the United States, we or our collaborators must secure product reimbursement approvals before regulatory authorities
will approve the product for sale in that country. Obtaining foreign regulatory approvals and compliance with foreign regulatory requirements could result
in significant delays, difficulties and costs for us and could delay or prevent the introduction of our products in certain countries.
If we or our collaborators fail to comply with the regulatory requirements in international markets and receive applicable marketing approvals, our
target market will be reduced and our ability to realize the full market potential of our product candidates will be harmed, and our business will be
adversely affected. We may not obtain foreign regulatory approvals on a timely basis, if at all. The failure to obtain approval of any of our product
candidates by regulatory authorities in another country may significantly diminish the commercial prospects of that product candidate and our business
prospects could decline.
Any drugs we develop may become subject to unfavorable third party reimbursement practices and pricing regulations.
The availability and extent of coverage and adequate reimbursement by governmental and private payors is essential for most patients to be able to
afford expensive treatments. Sales of any of our product candidates that receive marketing approval will depend substantially, both in the United States and
internationally, on the extent to which the costs of our product candidates will be paid by health maintenance, managed care, pharmacy benefit and similar
health care management organizations or reimbursed by government health administration authorities, private health coverage insurers and other third party
payors. If reimbursement is not available, or is available only to limited levels, we or our collaborators may not be able to successfully commercialize our
product candidates. Even if coverage is provided, the approved reimbursement amount may not be high enough to allow us to establish or maintain pricing
sufficient to realize a sufficient return on our investment. Coverage and reimbursement may impact the demand for, or the price of, any product candidate
for which marketing approval is obtained. If coverage and reimbursement are not available or reimbursement is available only at limited levels, we or our
collaborators may not successfully commercialize any product candidate for which marketing approval is obtained.
There is significant uncertainty related to the insurance coverage and reimbursement of newly approved products. In the United States, the
principal decisions about reimbursement for new products are typically made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), an agency within
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, because CMS decides whether and to what extent a new product will be covered and reimbursed under
Medicare. Private payors often follow CMS’s decisions regarding coverage and reimbursement to a substantial degree. However, one payor’s
determination to provide coverage for a drug product does not assure that other payors will also provide coverage for the drug product. As a result, the
coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us or our collaborators to provide scientific and clinical
support for the use of our products to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage and adequate reimbursement will be applied consistently or
obtained in the first instance.
Increasingly, third party payors are requiring that drug companies provide them with predetermined discounts from list prices and are challenging
the prices charged for medical products. Further, such payors are increasingly examining the medical necessity and reviewing the cost effectiveness of
medical drug products. There may be especially significant delays in obtaining coverage and reimbursement for newly approved drugs. Third party payors
may limit coverage to specific drug products on an approved list, known as a formulary, which might not include all FDA-approved drugs for a particular
indication. We or our collaborators may need to conduct expensive pharmaco-economic studies to demonstrate the medical necessity and cost effectiveness
of our products. Nonetheless, our product candidates may not be considered medically necessary or cost effective. We cannot be sure that coverage and
reimbursement will be available for any product that we or our collaborators commercialize and, if reimbursement is available, what the level of
reimbursement and the timing of achieving a reimbursement determination will be.
Outside the United States, international operations are generally subject to extensive governmental price controls and other market regulations,
and we believe the increasing emphasis on cost containment initiatives in Europe, Canada and other countries has and will continue to put pressure on the
pricing and usage of therapeutics, including our product candidates. In many countries, particularly the countries of the EU, the prices of medical products
are subject to varying price control mechanisms as part of national health systems. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities
can take considerable time after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we or our
collaborators may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost effectiveness of our product candidate to other available therapies. In
general, the prices of products under such systems are substantially lower than in the United States. Other countries allow companies to fix their own prices
for products but monitor and control company profits. Additional foreign price controls or other changes in pricing regulation could restrict the amount that
we are able to charge for our product candidates. Accordingly, in markets outside the
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United States, the reimbursement for our product candidates may be reduced compared with the United States and may be insufficient to generate
commercially reasonable revenue and profits.
Moreover, increasing efforts by governmental and third party payors, in the United States and internationally, to cap or reduce health care costs
may cause such organizations to limit both coverage and level of reimbursement for new products approved, and, as a result, they may not cover or provide
adequate payment for our product candidates. We expect to experience pricing pressures in connection with the sale of any of our product candidates due to
the trend toward managed health care, the increasing influence of health maintenance organizations and additional legislative changes. The downward
pressure on health care costs in general, particularly prescription drugs and surgical procedures and other treatments, has become very intense. As a result,
increasingly high barriers are being erected to the entry of new products into the health care market.
In addition to CMS and private payors, professional organizations such as the American Medical Association can influence decisions about
reimbursement for new products by determining standards for care. In addition, many private payors contract with commercial vendors who sell software
that provide guidelines that attempt to limit utilization of, and therefore reimbursement for, certain products deemed to provide limited benefit to existing
alternatives. Such organizations may set guidelines that limit reimbursement or utilization of our product candidates.
If we or our collaborators are unable to establish or sustain coverage and adequate reimbursement for any future product candidates from third
party payors, the adoption of those product candidates and sales revenue will be adversely affected, which, in turn, could adversely affect the ability to
market or sell those product candidates, if approved. Coverage policies and third party reimbursement rates may change at any time. Even if favorable
coverage and reimbursement status is attained for one or more products for which we or our collaborators receive regulatory approval, less favorable
coverage policies and reimbursement rates may be implemented in the future.
Healthcare legislative reform measures may increase the difficulty and cost for us or our collaborators to obtain marketing approval of and
commercialize our product candidates and affect the pricing of our product candidates.
In the United States and some foreign jurisdictions, there have been a number of legislative and regulatory changes and proposed changes
regarding the healthcare system that could, among other things, prevent or delay marketing approval of our product candidates, restrict or regulate post-
approval activities and affect our or our collaborators’ ability to profitably sell any product candidates for which marketing approval is obtained. The
commercial potential for our product candidates, if any, could be affected by changes in healthcare spending and policy in the United States and abroad.
New laws, regulations, or judicial decisions or new interpretations of existing laws, regulations, or decisions, related to healthcare availability, the method
of delivery, or payment for healthcare products and services could adversely affect our business, operations, and financial condition, if and when we or our
collaborators are able to obtain marketing approval and commercialize our product candidates.
For example, the ACA was enacted in 2010, which substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and private
insurers, and significantly impacts the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. While there have been legislative and judicial efforts to modify, repeal or otherwise
invalidate all or certain aspects of the ACA or its implementing regulations, the ACA remains in effect in its current form. It is unclear how any such
efforts in the future will impact the ACA or our business.
In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted in the United States federal and state levels to reduce healthcare
expenditures. For example, several healthcare reform initiatives culminated in the enactment of the IRA, in August 2022, which allows, among other
things, the HHS to negotiate the selling price of certain drugs and biologics that CMS reimburses under Medicare Part B and Part D, although this only
applies to high-expenditure single-source drugs that have been approved for at least 7 years (11 years for biologics). For 2026, the first year in which
negotiated prices become effective, CMS selected 10 high-cost Medicare Part D products in 2023, negotiations began in 2024, and the negotiated
maximum fair price for each product has been announced. These negotiations resulted in significant price reductions for the products from their 2023 list
prices, ranging from 38 to 79 percent, with an average price reduction of 59.4 percent. CMS has selected 15 additional Medicare Part D drugs for
negotiated maximum fair pricing in 2027. For 2028, an additional 15 drugs, which may be covered under either Medicare Part B or Part D, will be selected,
and for 2029 and subsequent years, 20 Part B or Part D drugs will be selected. The negotiated prices have represented, and will continue to represent, a
significant discount from average prices to wholesalers and direct purchasers. The IRA also imposes rebates on Medicare Part B and Part D drugs whose
prices have increased at a rate greater than the rate of inflation. In addition, the law eliminated the “donut hole” under Medicare Part D beginning in 2025
by significantly lowering the beneficiary maximum out-of-pocket cost and requiring manufacturers to subsidize, through a newly established manufacturer
discount program, 10% of Part D
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enrollees’ prescription costs for brand drugs below the out-of-pocket maximum, and 20% once the out-of-pocket maximum has been reached. The IRA
permits the Secretary of HHS to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years. Manufacturers that
fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary penalties. Further, in July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
(“OBBBA”) was signed into law, and restored immediate deductibility of domestic research and development expenditures, while foreign expenditures will
continue to be capitalized and amortized over fifteen years. Further, the OBBBA is expected to reduce Medicaid spending and enrollment by implementing
work requirements for some beneficiaries, capping state-directed payments, reducing federal funding, and limiting provider taxes used to fund the program.
The OBBBA also narrows access to ACA marketplace exchange enrollment and declined to extend the enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing
health insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces which expired in 2025.
It is likely that federal and state legislatures within the United States and foreign governments will continue to consider changes to existing
healthcare legislation. These laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding. We cannot predict the reform initiatives
that may be adopted in the future or whether initiatives that have been adopted will be repealed or modified.
We expect that the ACA, the IRA, the OBBBA and other state or federal healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result
in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product. The implementation of cost
containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our products.
Our business entails a significant risk of product liability, and our ability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage could have an adverse effect on
our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.
Our business exposes us to significant product liability risks inherent in the development, testing, manufacturing and marketing of therapeutic
treatments. Product liability claims could delay or prevent completion of our development programs. If we or our collaborators succeed in marketing any of
our product candidates, such claims could result in an FDA investigation of the safety and effectiveness of our product candidates, our manufacturing
processes and facilities or our marketing programs and potentially a recall of our products or more serious enforcement action, limitations on the approved
indications for which they may be used or suspension or withdrawal of approvals. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liability claims may also
result in decreased demand for our products, injury to our reputation, costs to defend the related litigation, a diversion of management’s time and our
resources, substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients and a decline in our stock price. We currently have product liability insurance that
we believe is appropriate for our stage of development and may need to obtain higher levels prior to marketing any of our product candidates. Any
insurance we have or may obtain may not provide sufficient coverage against potential liabilities. Furthermore, clinical trial and product liability insurance
is becoming increasingly expensive. As a result, we may be unable to obtain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost to protect us against losses caused by
product liability claims that could have an adverse effect on our business.
Our relationships with customers and third party payors will be subject to applicable anti-kickback, fraud and abuse, transparency and other
health care laws and regulations, which could expose us to, among other things, criminal sanctions, civil penalties, contractual damages,
reputational harm, administrative burdens and diminished profits and future earnings.
Health care providers and third party payors play a primary role in the recommendation and prescription of any product candidates for which we
or our collaborators obtain marketing approval. Our future arrangements with third party payors and customers may expose us to broadly applicable fraud
and abuse and other health care laws and regulations that may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we or our
collaborators market, sell and distribute our product candidates for which marketing approval is obtained. Restrictions under applicable federal and state
health care laws and regulations include the following:
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the federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons and entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering,
receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward, or in return for, either the referral of an
individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made under a federal health care
program such as Medicare and Medicaid;
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the federal false claims and civil monetary penalties laws, including the civil False Claims Act, impose criminal and civil penalties, including
civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for, among other things,
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knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false
statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government;
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HIPAA imposes criminal and civil liability for, among other things, executing or attempting to execute a scheme to defraud any health care
benefit program or making false statements relating to health care matters;
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HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and its implementing regulations, also
imposes obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of
individually identifiable health information;
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the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, biologics, and medical supplies
for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, with specific exceptions, to report to
CMS annually information regarding payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals as well as information
regarding ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members. The information was initially made
publicly available on a searchable website in September 2014 and is disclosed on an annual basis; and
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analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, may apply to sales or marketing
arrangements and claims involving health care items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third party payors, including private
insurers.
The ACA, among other things, amended the intent standard of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and criminal health care fraud statutes to a
stricter standard such that a person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of this statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the ACA
codified case law that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent
claim for purposes of the federal False Claims Act.
Some state laws require biotechnology companies to comply with the biotechnology industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant
compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government and may require drug manufacturers to report information related to payments and other
transfers of value to physicians and other health care providers or marketing expenditures. For example, several states now require prescription drug
companies to report certain expenses relating to the marketing and promotion of drug products and to report gifts and payments to individual health care
practitioners in these states. Other states prohibit various marketing-related activities, such as the provision of certain kinds of gifts or meals. Still other
states require the posting of information relating to clinical studies and their outcomes. Some states require the reporting of certain pricing information,
including information pertaining to and justifying price increases. Some states further require pharmaceutical companies to implement compliance
programs and/or marketing codes. Compliance with these laws is difficult and time consuming, and companies that do not comply with these state laws
face civil penalties.
Our failure to comply with privacy and data security laws, regulations and standards may cause our business to be materially adversely affected.
We process a quantity of sensitive, confidential and/or regulated information, including confidential business and patient health information in
connection with our clinical trials, and are subject to U.S. and international laws and regulations governing the privacy and security of such information.
Each of these laws is subject to varying interpretations and constantly evolving. In the United States, there are numerous federal and state privacy and data
security laws and regulations governing the collection, use, disclosure, processing and protection of personal information, including federal and state health
information privacy laws, federal and state security breach notification laws, and federal and state consumer protection laws. In the EU and United
Kingdom (“UK”), their respective General Data Protection Regulations (collectively, “GDPR”), which apply extraterritorially, impose several strict
requirements for controllers and processors of personal information. These include higher standards for obtaining consent from individuals to process their
personal information, increased requirements pertaining to the processing of special categories of personal information (such as health information) and
pseudonymized (i.e., key-coded) data, and heightened transfer requirements of personal information from the European Economic Area/UK/Switzerland to
countries not deemed to have adequate data protections laws (including the United States). Companies that must comply with the GDPR face increased
compliance obligations and risk, including more robust regulatory enforcement of data protection requirements and potential fines for noncompliance of up
to €20 million (approximately $22.6 million) or four percent of the annual global revenues of the noncompliant company, whichever is greater.
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In the United States, in addition to HIPAA, various federal (for example, the Federal Trade Commission) and state regulators have adopted, or are
considering adopting, laws and regulations concerning personal information and data security. Certain state laws may be more stringent or broader in
scope, or offer greater individual rights, with respect to personal information than federal, international, or other state laws, and such laws may differ from
each other, all of which may impact our compliance efforts. For example, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended, the
“CCPA”). Failure to comply with the CCPA may result in significant civil penalties, injunctive relief, or statutory or actual damages as determined by the
California Privacy Protection Agency or the California Attorney General. Following California’s lead, over a third of U.S. states have adopted
comprehensive privacy and security laws and regulations, which govern the privacy, processing and protection of personal information, including certain
specific requirements and laws with respect to health-related information. For example, Washington state has passed the My Health My Data Act, which is
focused on the collection of consumer health data, has a broader scope than HIPAA and includes a private right of action. In addition, various
comprehensive federal privacy bills have been proposed in Congress.
We cannot provide assurance that (i) current or future legislation will not prevent us from generating or maintaining personal information, or (ii)
patients will consent to the use of their personal information (as necessary). Either of these circumstances may prevent us from undertaking or continuing
essential research and development, manufacturing, and commercialization, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations, financial condition, and prospects.
Federal, state, and foreign government requirements include obligations to notify regulators and/or individuals of security breaches or other
similar reportable incidents experienced by us, or our vendors, contractors, or organizations with whom we had specific contractual obligations to protect
our data. Further, the improper access to, use of, or disclosure of our data or a third party’s personal information could subject us to individual or consumer
class action litigation and governmental investigations and proceedings by federal, state, and local regulatory entities in the U.S. and by international
regulatory entities. Compliance with these and any other applicable privacy and data security laws and regulations is a rigorous and time-intensive process,
and we may be required to put in place additional mechanisms ensuring compliance with existing and new data protection rules and possible government
oversight.
In addition to government regulation, privacy advocates and industry groups have and may in the future propose self-regulatory standards from
time to time. These and other industry standards may legally or contractually apply to us, or we may elect to comply with such standards. It is possible that
if our practices are not consistent or viewed as not consistent with legal and regulatory requirements, including changes in laws, regulations and standards
or new interpretations or applications of existing laws, regulations and standards, we may become subject to audits, inquiries, whistleblower complaints,
adverse media coverage, investigations, loss of export privileges, or severe criminal or civil sanctions, all of which may have a material adverse effect on
our business, operating results, reputation, and financial condition. All of these evolving compliance and operational requirements impose significant costs,
such as costs related to organizational changes, implementing additional protection technologies, training employees and engaging consultants, which are
likely to increase over time. In addition, such requirements may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies, distract management or
divert resources from other initiatives and projects, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with any applicable federal, state, or similar foreign laws and regulations relating
to data privacy and security could result in damage to our reputation, as well as proceedings or litigation by governmental agencies or other third parties,
including class action privacy litigation in certain jurisdictions, which would subject us to significant fines, sanctions, awards, injunctions, penalties, or
judgments. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.
Our employees may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements and
insider trading.
We are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct. Misconduct by employees could include failures to comply with FDA
regulations, to provide accurate information to the FDA, to comply with federal and state health care fraud and abuse laws and regulations, to report
financial information or data accurately or to disclose unauthorized activities to us. In particular, sales, marketing and business arrangements in the health
care industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, misconduct, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices. These
laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit a wide range of pricing, discounting, marketing and promotion, sales commission, customer incentive
programs and other business arrangements. Employee misconduct could also involve the improper use of information obtained in the course of clinical
trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm to our reputation. We have adopted a code of conduct, but it is not always possible to
identify and deter employee misconduct. The precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in
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controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a
failure to comply with these laws or regulations. If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting
our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of significant fines or other sanctions.
Risks Related to Intellectual Property
If we are unable to obtain or protect intellectual property rights, we may not be able to compete effectively in our market.
Our success depends in significant part on our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ ability to establish, maintain and protect patents and
other intellectual property rights and operate without infringing the intellectual property rights of others. We have filed numerous patent applications both
in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions to obtain patent rights to inventions we have discovered. We have also licensed from third parties rights to
patent portfolios. Some of these licenses give us the right to prepare, file and prosecute patent applications and maintain and enforce patents we have
licensed, and other licenses may not give us such rights. The patent prosecution process is expensive and time-consuming, and we and our current or future
licensors, licensees or collaborators may not be able to prepare, file and prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a
timely manner. It is also possible that we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators will fail to identify patentable aspects of inventions made in the course
of development and commercialization activities before it is too late to obtain patent protection on them. Moreover, in some circumstances, we may not
have the right to control the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications, or to maintain the patents, covering technology that we license from
or license to third parties and are reliant on our licensors, licensees or collaborators. Therefore, these patents and applications may not be prosecuted and
enforced in a manner consistent with the best interests of our business. If our current or future licensors, licensees or collaborators fail to establish, maintain
or protect such patents and other intellectual property rights, such rights may be reduced or eliminated. If our licensors, licensees or collaborators are not
fully cooperative or disagree with us as to the prosecution, maintenance or enforcement of any patent rights, such patent rights could be compromised.
The patent position of biotechnology companies generally is highly uncertain, involves complex legal and factual questions and has in recent
years been the subject of much litigation. As a result, the issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of our and our current or future
licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patent rights are highly uncertain. Our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ pending and future patent
applications may not result in patents being issued which protect our technology or products, in whole or in part, or which effectively prevent others from
commercializing competitive technologies and products. The patent examination process may require us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators to
narrow the scope of the claims of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ pending and future patent applications, which may limit the scope of
patent protection that may be obtained. In the past, we have not always been able to obtain the full scope of patent protection we have initially sought in our
patent applications, and as described above and as is typical for most biotechnology patent prosecution, we have been required to narrow or eliminate
patent claims as part of the patent prosecution process. Recent case law has increased uncertainty regarding the validity and enforceability of patents that
contain broad antibody claims, including claims drafted in functional or genus form, even where examples are provided. As a result, patent claims that we
or our licensors, licensees or collaborators obtain now or in the future could be narrowed during prosecution, or later held invalid or unenforceable. The
ability to obtain and maintain meaningful patent protection for our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ antibodies may depend on accurate and
complete disclosure of technical characterizations of such antibodies, including biological sequence information. Any errors, omissions, inconsistencies, or
later-developed scientific understanding that affects how such antibodies are characterized (including sequence information, epitope mapping, competition
data, binding assays, or structure-function relationships) could impair our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ ability to obtain, maintain, or
enforce patents, could provide a basis for third-party challenges, or could necessitate claim narrowing. In addition, some patent applications that we or our
licensors, licensees or collaborators have filed have not resulted, or may file in the future, might not result in issued patents because we or our licensors
have abandoned, or may choose to abandon, those patent applications as changes in business and/or legal strategies dictated or may dictate.
We cannot assure you that all of the potentially relevant prior art relating to our patents and patent applications has been found. If such prior art
exists, it can invalidate a patent or prevent a patent from issuing from a pending patent application. Even if patents do successfully issue and even if such
patents cover our product candidates, third parties may initiate opposition, interference, re-examination, post-grant review, inter partes review, nullification
or derivation action in court or before patent offices or similar proceedings challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of such patents, which may
result in the patent claims being narrowed or invalidated. Our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patent applications cannot be enforced against
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the technology claimed in such applications unless and until a patent issues from such applications, and then only to the extent the issued claims cover the
technology.
Because patent applications in the United States and most other countries are confidential for a period of time after filing, and some remain so
until issued, we cannot be certain that we or our licensors, licensees, or collaborators were the first to file any patent application related to a product
candidate. Furthermore, if third parties have filed such patent applications on or before March 15, 2013, an interference proceeding in the United States can
be initiated by such third parties to determine who was the first to invent any of the subject matter covered by the patent claims of our applications. If third
parties have filed such applications after March 15, 2013, a derivation proceeding in the United States can be initiated by such third parties to determine
whether our invention was derived from theirs. Even where we have a valid and enforceable patent, we may not be able to exclude others from practicing
our invention where the other party can show that they used the invention in commerce before our filing date or the other party benefits from a compulsory
license. In addition, patents have a limited lifespan. In the United States, if all maintenance fees are timely paid, the natural expiration of a patent is
generally 20 years from its earliest U.S. filing date. Various extensions may be available, but the life of a patent, and the protection it affords, is limited.
Even if patents covering our product candidates are obtained, once the patent life has expired for a product, we may be open to competition from
competitive medications, including biosimilar or generic medications.
Furthermore, given the amount of time required for the development, testing and regulatory review of new product candidates, patents protecting
such candidates might expire before or shortly after such candidates are commercialized. As a result, our owned and licensed patent portfolio may not
provide us with sufficient rights to exclude others from commercializing products similar or identical to ours. We expect to seek extensions of patent terms
where these are available in any countries where we are prosecuting patents. This includes in the United States under the Drug Price Competition and
Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, which permits a patent term extension of up to five years beyond the expiration of the patent. However the applicable
authorities, including the FDA and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) in the United States, and any equivalent foreign regulatory authority,
may not agree with our assessment of whether such extensions are available and may refuse to grant extensions to our patents or may grant more limited
extensions than we request. If this occurs, our competitors may take advantage of our investment in development and clinical trials by referencing our
clinical and preclinical data and launch their product earlier than might otherwise be the case.
We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
Filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patents on product candidates in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive,
and our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ intellectual property rights may not exist in some countries outside the United States or may be less
extensive in some countries than in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same
extent as federal and state laws in the United States. Consequently, we and our licensors, licensees or collaborators may not be able to prevent third parties
from practicing our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ inventions in all countries outside the United States or from selling or importing
products made using our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ inventions in and into the United States or other jurisdictions. Competitors may use
our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products
and, further, may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we and our licensors, licensees or collaborators have patent protection but
enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. These products may compete with our product candidates, and our and our licensors’, licensees’ or
collaborators’ patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.
Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal
systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection,
particularly those relating to biotechnology, which could make it difficult for us and our licensors, licensees or collaborators to stop the infringement of our
and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents or marketing of competing products in violation of our and our licensors’, licensees’ or
collaborators’ proprietary rights generally. Proceedings to enforce our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patent rights in foreign jurisdictions
could result in substantial costs and divert our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could
put our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our and our licensors’, licensees’ or
collaborators’ patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us or our licensors, licensees or
collaborators. We or our licensors, licensees or collaborators may not prevail in any lawsuits that we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators initiate, and
the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful.
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Furthermore, the European patent litigation landscape has changed with the advent of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”), which may allow third parties to
seek, or may allow us to obtain, certain forms of relief with pan-European effect. This could increase the risk that a single adverse decision could
significantly narrow, invalidate, or render unenforceable one or more of our or our licensors’, licensees or collaborators’ European patents across multiple
jurisdictions, or that we could be subject to injunctive relief affecting multiple markets, if subjected to the jurisdiction of the UPC.
Changes in patent law could diminish the value of patents in general, thereby impairing our ability to protect our product candidates.
As is the case with other biopharmaceutical companies, our success is heavily dependent on intellectual property, particularly patents. Obtaining
and enforcing patents in the biopharmaceutical industry involve technological and legal complexity, and obtaining and enforcing biopharmaceutical patents
is costly, time-consuming, and inherently uncertain.
Patent reform legislation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our and our licensors’, licensees’ or
collaborators’ patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ issued patents. On September 16,
2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “AIA”) was signed into law. The AIA includes a number of significant changes to U.S. patent law. These
include provisions that affect the way patent applications are prosecuted and may also affect patent litigation.
An important change introduced by the AIA is that, as of March 16, 2013, the United States transitioned to a “first-to-file” system for deciding
which party should be granted a patent when two or more patent applications are filed by different parties claiming the same invention. A third party that
files a patent application in the USPTO after that date but before us could therefore be awarded a patent covering an invention of ours even if we had made
the invention before it was made by the third party. This will require us to be cognizant going forward of the time from invention to filing of a patent
application, but circumstances could prevent us from promptly filing patent applications on our inventions.
Among some of the other changes introduced by the AIA are changes that limit where a patentee may file a patent infringement suit and providing
opportunities for third parties to challenge any issued patent in the USPTO. This applies to all of our U.S. patents, even those issued before March 16,
2013. Because of a lower evidentiary standard in USPTO proceedings compared to the evidentiary standard in United States federal courts necessary to
invalidate a patent claim, a third party could potentially provide evidence in a USPTO proceeding sufficient for the USPTO to hold a claim invalid even
though the same evidence would be insufficient to invalidate the claim if first presented in a district court action. Accordingly, a third party may attempt to
use the USPTO procedures to invalidate our patent claims that would not have been invalidated if first challenged by the third party as a defendant in a
district court action. The AIA and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and
the enforcement or defense of our issued patents.
Moreover, future and recent past changes in the patent laws in the U.S. and abroad could impact or could increase the uncertainties and costs
surrounding the prosecution of our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our or our
licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ issued patents, which could have an impact on our business and financial conditions. For example, the U.S.
Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rendered decisions in several patent cases such as Association for Molecular
Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., BRCA1- & BRCA2-Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litig., Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus
Laboratories, Inc., Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, and Amgen v. Sanofi either narrowing the scope of patent protection available in
certain circumstances or weakening the rights of patent owners in certain situations. In addition to increasing uncertainty with regard to our and our
licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ ability to obtain patents in the future, these type of changes in the patent laws have created uncertainty with respect
to the value of patents, once obtained. Depending on decisions by Congress, the federal courts, and the USPTO, the laws and regulations governing patents
could change in unpredictable ways that would weaken our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ ability to obtain new patents or to enforce
existing patents and patents that we and our licensors, licensees or collaborators may obtain in the future.
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Obtaining and maintaining our patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment, and other
requirements imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these
requirements.
Periodic maintenance and annuity fees on any issued patent are due to be paid to the USPTO and foreign patent agencies in several stages over the
lifetime of the patent. The USPTO and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee
payment and other similar provisions during the patent application process. While an inadvertent lapse can in many cases be cured by payment of a late fee
or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or
patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. Non-compliance events that could result in abandonment
or lapse of a patent or patent application include failure to respond to official actions within prescribed time limits, non-payment of fees and failure to
properly legalize and submit formal documents. If we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators fail to maintain the patents and patent applications
covering our product candidates, our competitors might be able to enter the market, which would have an adverse effect on our business.
Our reliance on third parties requires us to share our trade secrets, which increases the possibility that a competitor will discover them or that our
trade secrets will be misappropriated or disclosed.
Because we collaborate with various collaborators on the development and commercialization of one or more of our product candidates and
because we rely on third parties to manufacture our product candidates, we must, at times, share trade secrets with them. We seek to protect our wholly
owned technology in part by entering into confidentiality agreements and, if applicable, material transfer agreements, consulting agreements or other
similar agreements with our advisors, employees, third party contractors and consultants prior to disclosing proprietary information. These agreements
typically limit the rights of the third parties to use or disclose our confidential information, including our trade secrets. Despite the contractual provisions
employed when working with third parties, the need to share trade secrets and other confidential information increases the risk that such trade secrets
become known by our competitors, are inadvertently incorporated into the technology of others, or are disclosed or used in violation of these agreements.
Given that our proprietary position is based, in part, on our know-how and trade secrets, a competitor’s discovery of our trade secrets or other unauthorized
use or disclosure would impair our competitive position and may have an adverse effect on our business.
In addition, these agreements typically restrict the ability of our advisors, employees, third party contractors and consultants to publish data
potentially relating to our trade secrets, although our agreements may contain certain limited publication rights. For example, any academic institution that
we may collaborate with in the future may be granted rights to publish data arising out of such collaboration, provided that we are notified in advance and
given the opportunity to delay publication for a limited time period in order for us to secure patent protection of intellectual property rights arising from the
collaboration, in addition to the opportunity to remove confidential or trade secret information from any such publication. Our existing collaborative
research and development programs may require us to share trade secrets under the terms of our research and development collaborations or similar
agreements. Despite our efforts to protect our trade secrets, our competitors may discover our trade secrets through breach of our agreements with third
parties, independent development or publication of information by any of our third party collaborators. A competitor’s discovery of our trade secrets would
impair our competitive position and have an adverse impact on our business.
We may become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our intellectual property, which could be expensive, time-consuming and unsuccessful
and have an adverse effect on the success of our business.
Third parties may infringe our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents or misappropriate or otherwise violate our or our licensors’,
licensees’ or collaborators’ intellectual property rights. In the future, we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators may initiate legal proceedings to
enforce or defend our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ intellectual property rights to protect our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’
trade secrets or to determine the validity or scope of intellectual property rights we own or control. Also, third parties may initiate legal proceedings against
us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators to challenge the validity or scope of intellectual property rights we own or control. These proceedings can be
expensive and time-consuming, and many of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ adversaries in these proceedings may have the ability to
dedicate substantially greater resources to prosecuting these legal actions than we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators. In addition, in an
infringement proceeding, a court may decide that a patent owned by or licensed to us is invalid or unenforceable, or may refuse to stop the other party from
using the technology at issue on the grounds that our or our licensors’, licensees’ or
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collaborators’ patents do not cover the technology in question. Furthermore, an adverse result in any litigation or administrative proceeding could put one
or more of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents at risk of being invalidated, held unenforceable or interpreted narrowly.
Accordingly, despite our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ efforts, we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators may not prevent third
parties from infringing upon or misappropriating intellectual property rights we own or control, particularly in countries where the laws may not protect
those rights as fully as in the United States. In addition, litigation and administrative proceedings could result in substantial costs and diversion of
management resources, which could harm our business and financial results.
Within and outside of the United States, there has been a substantial amount of litigation and administrative proceedings regarding patent and
other intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical industry including opposition, derivation, reexamination, inter partes review or interference
proceedings, or other preissuance or post-grant proceedings. Such proceedings may be provoked by third parties or by us or our licensors, licensees or
collaborators to protect or enforce our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents or patent applications. Additionally, third party preissuance
submission of prior art to the USPTO or other foreign jurisdictions may jeopardize the issuance or scope of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or
collaborators’ patent applications. An unfavorable outcome in any such proceedings could require us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators to cease
using the related technology, or to attempt to license rights to it from the prevailing party. Our business could be harmed if the prevailing party does not
offer us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators a license on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and we could be forced to stop commercializing
our product candidates. Even if we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators obtain a license, it may be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors
access to the same technologies licensed to us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators.
In addition, if the breadth or strength of protection provided by our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ patents and patent applications is
threatened, it could dissuade companies from collaborating with us to license, develop or commercialize current or future product candidates. Even if we
successfully defend such litigation or proceeding, we may incur substantial costs, and it may distract our management and other employees. We could be
found liable for monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent.
Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of
our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation. There could also be public announcements of the results of
hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have an
adverse effect on the price of shares of our common stock.
If we breach the license agreements related to our product candidates, we could lose the ability to continue the development and
commercialization of our product candidates.
Our commercial success depends upon our ability, and the ability of our licensors, licensees and collaborators, to develop, manufacture, market
and sell our product candidates and use our and our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ wholly owned technologies without infringing the proprietary
rights of third parties. A third party may hold intellectual property, including patent rights that are important or necessary to the development of our
products. As a result, we may enter into license agreements in the future with others in order to advance our existing or future research or allow
commercialization of our existing or future product candidates. These licenses may not provide exclusive rights to use such intellectual property and
technology in all relevant fields of use and in all territories in which we may wish to develop or commercialize our technology and product candidates in
the future. In addition, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Centessa, which relates to our product candidate, ANB101, and is subject to
certain obligations thereunder. If we fail to comply with the obligations under any such agreement, including payment and diligence terms, our licensors
may have the right to terminate these agreements, in which event we may not be able to develop, manufacture, market or sell any product that is covered by
these agreements or may face other penalties under the agreements. Such an occurrence could adversely affect the value of the product candidate being
developed under any such agreement. Termination of these agreements or reduction or elimination of our rights under these agreements may result in our
having to negotiate new or reinstated agreements, which may not be available to us on equally favorable terms, or at all, or cause us to lose our rights under
these agreements, including our rights to intellectual property or technology important to our development programs.
Disputes may arise regarding intellectual property subject to a licensing agreement, including:
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the scope of rights granted under the license agreement and other interpretation-related issues;
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the extent to which our technology and processes infringe on intellectual property of the licensor that is not subject to the licensing
agreement;
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the sublicensing of patent and other rights under any collaboration relationships we might enter into in the future;
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our diligence obligations under the license agreement and what activities satisfy those diligence obligations;
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the ownership of inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by us and our licensors, licensees
or collaborators; and
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the priority of invention of patented technology.
If disputes over intellectual property that we have licensed prevent or impair our ability to maintain any future licensing arrangements on
acceptable terms, we may be unable to successfully develop and commercialize the affected product candidates.
Third parties may initiate legal proceedings against us alleging that we infringe their intellectual property rights, or we may initiate legal
proceedings against third parties to challenge the validity or scope of intellectual property rights controlled by third parties, the outcome of which
would be uncertain and could have an adverse effect on the success of our business.
Third parties may initiate legal proceedings against us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators alleging that we or our licensors, licensees or
collaborators infringe their intellectual property rights or we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators may initiate legal proceedings against third parties
to challenge the validity or scope of intellectual property rights controlled by third parties, including in oppositions, interferences, reexaminations, post-
grant reviews, inter partes reviews or derivation proceedings in the United States or other jurisdictions. These proceedings can be expensive and time-
consuming, and many of our or our licensors’, licensees’ or collaborators’ adversaries in these proceedings may have the ability to dedicate substantially
greater resources to prosecuting these legal actions than we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators.
Parties making claims against us may obtain injunctive or other equitable relief, which could effectively block our ability to further develop and
commercialize one or more of our product candidates. Defense of these claims, regardless of their merit, would involve substantial litigation expense and
would be a substantial diversion of management and employee resources from our business. An unfavorable outcome could require us or our licensors,
licensees or collaborators to cease using the related technology, to cease developing or commercializing our product candidates or to attempt to license
rights to it from the prevailing party. Our business could be harmed if the prevailing party does not offer us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators a
license on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we or our licensors, licensees or collaborators obtain a license, it may be non-exclusive, thereby
giving our competitors access to the same technologies licensed to us or our licensors, licensees or collaborators. In addition, we could be found liable for
monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent. A finding of infringement could
prevent us from commercializing our product candidates or force us to cease some of our business operations, which could harm our business.
We may be subject to claims by third parties asserting that our employees or we have misappropriated their intellectual property or claiming
ownership of what we regard as our own intellectual property.
Many of our employees, including our senior management, were previously employed at universities or at other biopharmaceutical companies,
including our competitors or potential competitors. Some of these employees executed proprietary rights, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements
in connection with such previous employment. Although we try to ensure that our employees do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others
in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that we or these employees have used or disclosed confidential information or intellectual property,
including trade secrets or other proprietary information, of any such employee’s former employer. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these
claims.
If we fail in prosecuting or defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights
or personnel or sustain damages. Such intellectual property rights could be awarded to a third party, and we could be required to obtain a license from such
third party to commercialize our technology or products, which license could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same
technologies licensed to us. Such a license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we successfully prosecute or defend
against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and distract management.
Our inability to protect our confidential information and trade secrets would harm our business and competitive position.
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In addition to seeking patents for some of our technology and products, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology
and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect these trade secrets, in part, by entering into non-disclosure and
confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to them, such as our employees, corporate collaborators, outside scientific collaborators, contract
manufacturers, consultants, advisors and other third parties. We also enter into confidentiality and invention or patent assignment agreements with our
employees and consultants. Despite these efforts, any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information, including our
trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a
trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts both within and outside the United
States may be less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. Furthermore, if a competitor lawfully obtained or independently developed any of our trade
secrets, we would have no right to prevent such competitor from using that technology or information to compete with us, which could harm our
competitive position. Additionally, if the steps taken to maintain our trade secrets are deemed inadequate, we may have insufficient recourse against third
parties for misappropriating the trade secret.
If we do not obtain protection under the Hatch-Waxman Amendments and similar foreign legislation for extending the term of patents covering
each of our product candidates, our business may be harmed.
Depending upon the timing, duration and conditions of FDA marketing approval of our product candidates, one or more of our U.S. patents may
be eligible for limited patent term extension under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the “Hatch-Waxman
Amendments”). The Hatch-Waxman Amendments permit a patent term extension of up to five years for a patent covering an approved product as
compensation for the effective patent term lost during product development and the FDA regulatory review process. However, we may not receive an
extension if we fail to apply within applicable deadlines, fail to apply prior to expiration of relevant patents or otherwise fail to satisfy applicable
requirements. Moreover, the length of the extension could be less than we request. If we are unable to obtain patent term extension or the term of any such
extension is less than we request, the period during which we can enforce our patent rights for that product will be shortened, and our competitors may
obtain approval to market competing products sooner. As a result, our revenue from applicable products could be reduced, possibly materially.
Risks Related to Managing Growth, Operations and Macroeconomic Conditions
We must attract and retain highly skilled employees in order to succeed.
To succeed, we must recruit, retain, manage and motivate qualified clinical, scientific, technical and management personnel, and we face
significant competition for experienced personnel. This is especially critical as we ramp up our hiring needs entering into later-stage product development
of our product candidates. If we do not succeed in attracting and retaining qualified personnel, particularly at the management level, it could adversely
affect our ability to execute our business plan, harm our operating results and adversely affect our ability to successfully commercialize our product
candidates. In particular, we believe that our future success is highly dependent upon the contributions of our senior management, as well as our senior
scientists. The loss of services of any of these individuals, who all have at-will employment arrangements with us, could delay or prevent the successful
development of our product pipeline, completion of our planned clinical trials or the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved. Further, any
additional obligations of our senior management team that result in connection with the proposed separation of our business into two independent, publicly
traded companies, may result in operational disruptions, and our business may be harmed as a result.
Many of the other biotechnology companies that we compete against for qualified personnel have greater financial and other resources, different
risk profiles and a longer history in the industry than we do. They also may provide more diverse opportunities and better chances for career advancement.
Some of these characteristics may be more appealing to high-quality candidates than what we have to offer. If we are unable to continue to attract and
retain high-quality personnel, the rate and success at which we can discover and develop product candidates and our business will be limited.
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We expect to expand our development and regulatory capabilities, and as a result, we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth, which
could disrupt our operations.
We expect to experience growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations, particularly in the areas of product candidate
development and growing our capability to conduct clinical trials. To manage our anticipated future growth, we must continue to implement and improve
our managerial, operational and financial systems, expand our facilities and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. Due to our limited
financial resources and the limited experience of our management team in managing a company with such anticipated growth, we may not be able to
effectively manage the expansion of our operations or recruit and train additional qualified personnel. The expansion of our operations may lead to
significant costs and may divert our management and business development resources. Any inability to manage growth could delay the execution of our
business plans or disrupt our operations.
Our internal computer systems, or those of our third-party collaborators or other service providers, may fail or suffer security breaches and
cyber-attacks, which could result in a material disruption of our development programs.
We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems, infrastructure and data to operate our business. In the ordinary course of our
business, we collect, store, process and transmit large amounts of confidential and sensitive information. It is critical that we do so in a secure manner to
maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of such information. We have established physical, electronic and organizational measures to
safeguard and secure our systems which are designed to prevent data compromise, and rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and
monitoring to provide security for our information technology systems and the processing, transmission and storage of our information. We have also
outsourced elements of our information technology infrastructure, resulting in a number of third-party vendors that may or could have access to our
information. Despite the implementation of security measures, any of the internal technology systems belonging to us, our collaborators or our third party
service providers are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses, bugs, worms, malware, hacking, supply chain attacks and vulnerabilities, distributed
denial-of-service attacks, credential stuffing or harvesting, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical
failure. Any system failure, accident or security breach that causes interruptions in our own, in collaborators’ or in third party service providers’ operations
could result in a material disruption of our drug discovery and development programs. For example, the loss of clinical trial data from completed or future
clinical trials could result in delays in our or our collaborators’ regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs in order to recover or
reproduce the lost data. To the extent that any disruption or security breach results in a loss or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate
disclosure of confidential, sensitive or proprietary information, we may incur liability as a result, our drug discovery programs and competitive position
may be adversely affected, and the further development of our product candidates may be delayed. Furthermore, we may incur additional costs to remedy
the damages caused by these disruptions or security breaches.
Our system protections may be ineffective or inadequate, or we could be impacted by software bugs or other technical malfunctions, as well as
employee error or malfeasance. Additionally, laws and regulations regarding privacy and data protection are evolving, and it is possible that they may be
interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our data handling safeguards and practices that could result in fines, lawsuits, and other
penalties, and significant changes to our or our collaborators or third party service providers’ business practices and products and service offerings. To the
extent that the measures we or our collaborators or third-party service providers have taken prove to be insufficient or inadequate, we may become subject
to litigation, breach notification obligations, or regulatory or administrative sanctions, which could result in significant fines, penalties, damages, harm to
our reputation, or loss of customers. While we have not experienced any material losses as a result of any system failure, accident or security breach to
date, we have been the subject of certain phishing attempts in the past. If such an event were to occur and cause interruptions in our operations, it could
result in a material disruption of our development programs and our business operations, whether due to a loss of our trade secrets or other proprietary
information or other similar disruptions. Additionally, a party who circumvents our security measures could, among other effects, appropriate proprietary
data, cause interruptions in our operations, or expose our collaborators to hacks, viruses, and other disruptions. For example, the loss of clinical trial data
from completed or future clinical trials could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce
the data. In addition, while we maintain cybersecurity insurance coverage, we cannot be sure that such coverage will be adequate or sufficient to
compensate for any losses associated with such events, that such coverage will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or that
such coverage will pay future claims. The development and maintenance of our information technology systems, controls and processes is costly and
requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become increasingly sophisticated.
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Our operations, or the third parties upon whom we depend, are vulnerable to interruption by fire, earthquake, power loss, telecommunications
failure, terrorist activity, health epidemics or pandemics and other events beyond our control, which could harm our business.
Our facilities are located in San Diego, California, which is a seismically active region, and has also historically been subject to wildfires and
electrical blackouts as a result of a shortage of available electrical power. We have not undertaken a systematic analysis of the potential consequences to
our business and financial results from a major earthquake, fire, power loss, terrorist activity, health epidemics or pandemics or other disasters, including
those resulting from or amplified by climate change, and do not have a recovery plan for such disasters. In addition, we do not carry sufficient insurance to
compensate us for actual losses from interruption of our business that may occur, and any losses or damages incurred by us could harm our business. We
maintain multiple copies of each of our antibody sequences and electronic data records, most of which we maintain at our headquarters. If our facilities
were impacted by a seismic or wildfire event, we could lose some, or all, of our antibody sequences, which would have an adverse effect on our ability to
perform our obligations under our collaborations and discover new targets.
Furthermore, integral parties in our supply chain are geographically concentrated and operating from single sites, increasing their vulnerability to
natural disasters or other sudden, unforeseen and severe and/or material disruptions. If such an event were to affect the parties integral to our supply chain,
it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock
The market price of our stock has been and may continue to be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
The trading price of our common stock may be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which we
cannot control. In addition to the factors discussed in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this Annual Report, these factors include:
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the success of competitive products;
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regulatory actions with respect to our products or our competitors’ products;
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actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative to our competitors;
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announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic collaborations, joint ventures, collaborations or capital
commitments;
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results of preclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates or those of our competitors;
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regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries;
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developments or disputes concerning patent applications, issued patents or other proprietary rights;
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the recruitment or departure of key personnel;
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the level of expenses related to any of our product candidates or clinical development programs;
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developments with respect to our existing collaboration agreements and announcements of new collaboration agreements;
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disputes, breaches and terminations of our manufacturing agreements, collaborations agreements or other important agreements;
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the results of our efforts to in-license or acquire additional product candidates or products;
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actual or anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;
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variations in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived to be similar to us;
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fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;
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share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of our shares;
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announcement or expectation of additional financing efforts;
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sales of our common stock by us, our insiders or our other stockholders;
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purchases of our common stock by us pursuant to a stock repurchase program;
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the proposed separation of our business into two independent, publicly traded companies;
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changes in the structure of health care payment systems;
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market conditions in the biotechnology sector; and
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general economic uncertainty and capital markets disruptions, which have been substantially impacted by geopolitical instability, actual or
perceived instability in the U.S. and global banking systems, uncertainty with respect to the U.S. federal budget, and fluctuating interest
rates, tariffs and inflation.
In addition, the stock market in general, and the Nasdaq Global Select Market and biotechnology companies in particular, have experienced
extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market
and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In the past, following
periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted
against these companies. We have been subject to securities litigation in the past, and any future securities litigation could result in substantial costs and a
diversion of our management’s attention and resources. The realization of any of the above risks or any of a broad range of other risks, including those
described in this “Risk Factors” section, could have a dramatic and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock.
We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from our public offerings and may not use them effectively.
Our management has broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from our public offerings, and you will be relying on the judgment of
our management regarding the application of these net proceeds. Our management might not apply the net proceeds from our public offerings in ways that
ultimately increase the value of your investment. If we do not invest or apply the net proceeds from our public offerings in ways that enhance stockholder
value, we may fail to achieve expected financial results, which could cause our stock price to decline.
We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.
The market price of our common stock is volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock
have been subject to securities class action litigation. We have been, and may in the future be, the target of this type of litigation. Regardless of the
outcome, future litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could
seriously harm our business.
The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention, and affect our ability to attract and retain
additional executive management and qualified board members.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection
Act, as well as rules adopted, and to be adopted, by the SEC and the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Our management and other personnel devote a
substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. In addition, changing laws, regulations, and standards relating to corporate governance and
public disclosure are creating uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs, and making some activities more time
consuming. We intend to continue to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations, and standards, and this investment may result in increased
general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations, and standards
differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may
initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely affected. For example, we expect these rules and regulations to make it more
difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to incur substantial costs to maintain sufficient
coverage. We cannot predict or estimate the amount or timing of additional costs we may incur to respond to these and future requirements. The impact of
these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors, our Board committees
or as executive officers.
In addition, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal control.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and
provide a management report on our internal controls on an annual basis. If we have material
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weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we may not detect errors on a timely basis and our financial statements may be materially
misstated. While we have compiled the systems, processes and documentation necessary to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we will
need to maintain and enhance these processes and controls as we grow, and we may require additional management and staff resources to do so.
Additionally, even if we conclude our internal controls are effective for a given period, we may in the future identify one or more material weaknesses in
our internal controls, in which case our management will be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. Regardless of
compliance with Section 404, any failure of our internal control over financial reporting could have a material adverse effect on our reported operating
results and harm our reputation. Internal control deficiencies could also result in a restatement of our financial results.
Future sales and issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock, including pursuant to our equity incentive plans, could
result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our stock price to fall.
We expect that significant additional capital may be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including conducting clinical trials,
commercialization efforts, expanded research and development activities and costs associated with operating a public company. To raise capital, we may
sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. If
we sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities, investors may be materially diluted. We also have registered all shares of common
stock that we may issue under our equity incentive plans or that are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options, or upon vesting of outstanding awards.
These shares can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance and once vested, subject to volume limitations applicable to affiliates. If any of these
additional shares are sold, or if it is perceived that they will be sold, in the public market, the market price of our common stock could decline. Such sales
may also result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, and new investors could gain rights, preferences and privileges senior to the holders of our
common stock. In November 2024, we entered into an open market sales agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TD Cowen”), under which we may
offer and sell shares of our common stock up to, an aggregate offering of $100.0 million through TD Cowen as our sales agent.
Our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.
We are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. We designed our disclosure controls and procedures to reasonably
assure that information we must disclose in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management and
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We believe that any disclosure controls
and procedures or internal controls and procedures, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that
the objectives of the control system are met.
These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple
error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by an
unauthorized override of the controls. Accordingly, because of the inherent limitations in our control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur
and not be detected.
We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock, so any returns will be limited to the value of our stock.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividend on our common stock. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the
development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any return
to stockholders will therefore be limited to the appreciation of their stock.
Our cash and investments could be adversely affected if the financial institutions in which we hold our cash and investments fail.
We regularly maintain cash balances at third party financial institutions in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit.
Further, if we enter into a credit, loan or other similar facility with a financial institution, certain covenants included in such facility may require as security
that we keep a significant portion of our cash with the institution providing such facility. If a depository institution where we maintain deposits fails or is
subject to adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets, we may not be able to recover all, if any, of our deposits, which could adversely impact our
operating liquidity and financial performance.
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Provisions in our restated certificate of incorporation, restated bylaws and Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of
our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the market price of our common stock.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (“Restated Certificate”) and second amended and restated bylaws (“Restated Bylaws”)
contain provisions that could depress the market price of our common stock by acting to discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company
or changes in our management that the stockholders of our company may deem advantageous. These provisions, among other things:
•
establish a classified Board of Directors so that not all members of our Board of Directors are elected at one time;
•
permit only the Board of Directors to establish the number of directors and fill vacancies on the Board of Directors;
•
provide that directors may only be removed “for cause” and only with the approval of two-thirds of our stockholders;
•
require super-majority voting to amend some provisions in our Restated Certificate and Restated Bylaws;
•
authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that our Board of Directors could use to implement a stockholder rights plan (also
known as a “poison pill”);
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eliminate the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;
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prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;
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prohibit cumulative voting; and
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establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon
by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings.
In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our
company. Section 203 of the DGCL imposes certain restrictions on mergers, business combinations and other transactions between us and holders of 15%
or more of our common stock.
The exclusive forum provisions in our organizational documents may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds
favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, or employees, or the underwriters of any offering giving rise to such claim, which
may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims.
Our Restated Certificate, to the fullest extent permitted by law, provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive
forum for: any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us
arising pursuant to the DGCL, our Restated Certificate, or our Restated Bylaws; or any action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs
doctrine. This exclusive forum provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or Exchange Act. It could apply, however, to a suit that falls within one or more of the categories enumerated in the exclusive forum provision.
This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or
any of our directors, officers, or other employees, or the underwriters of any offering giving rise to such claims, which may discourage lawsuits with
respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provisions contained in our Restated Certificate to be inapplicable or
unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability
created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Our Restated Bylaws provide that the federal district courts of the United States of
America will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the
Securities Act, or the Federal Forum Provision, including for all causes of action asserted against any defendant named in such complaint. For the
avoidance of doubt, this provision is intended to benefit and may be enforced by us, our officers and directors, the underwriters to any offering giving rise
to such complaint, and any other professional entity whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that person or entity and who has prepared or
certified any part of the documents underlying the offering. Our decision to adopt a Federal Forum Provision followed a decision by the Supreme Court of
the State of Delaware holding that such provisions are facially valid under Delaware law. While federal or other state courts
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may not follow the holding of the Delaware Supreme Court or may determine that the Federal Forum Provision should be enforced in a particular case,
application of the Federal Forum Provision means that suits brought by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act must
be brought in federal court and cannot be brought in state court, and our stockholders cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the
rules and regulations thereunder. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all claims brought to enforce any duty or
liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, neither the exclusive forum provision nor the Federal Forum
Provision applies to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Accordingly, actions by our stockholders to enforce any
duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder must be brought in federal court, and our stockholders cannot waive
compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and
consented to our exclusive forum provisions, including the Federal Forum Provision. These provisions may limit a stockholders’ ability to bring a claim,
and may result in increased costs for a stockholder to bring such a claim, in a judicial forum of their choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers,
other employees or agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, other employees or agents.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue an adverse or misleading opinion regarding
our stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our
business. If any of the analysts who cover us issue an adverse or misleading opinion regarding us, our business model, our intellectual property or our stock
performance, or if our clinical trial results or operating results fail to meet the expectations of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more
of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause
our stock price or trading volume to decline.
We plan to use our federal and state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards to offset taxable income from revenue generated from operations
or corporate collaborations. However, our ability to use NOL carryforwards to offset taxable income in future years could be limited.
We plan to use our current year operating losses to offset taxable income from any revenue generated from operations or corporate collaborations.
To the extent we have taxable income in excess of current year operating losses, we plan to use our NOL carryforwards to offset income that would
otherwise be taxable. As of December 31, 2025, we had federal NOLs of approximately $323.5 million. Of this, $38.6 million will expire beginning in
2031 through 2037, if not used to reduce income taxes payable in the future and $284.9 million carry forward indefinitely. We had state NOLs of
approximately $69.8 million, which will expire beginning in 2028 through 2045. However, the benefits from the use of our NOL carryforwards may be
limited under Section 382 of the Code, if we undergo an “ownership change,” which is generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by
value) in our equity ownership by certain stockholders over a three-year period. We experienced ownership changes as defined by Section 382 of the Code
during 2007, 2017 and 2021. As a result, as of December 31, 2025, there are $154.1 million of federal NOLs available to offset taxable income in future
years without Section 382 limitation, while $169.4 million of federal NOLs are subject to annual limitations over future periods. State NOL and credit
carryforwards may be similarly limited. Our use of federal and state NOLs could be further limited if we experience one or more ownership changes
subsequent to December 31, 2025.
Under legislative changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the U.S. federal NOLs incurred in 2018 and in future years may be carried forward
indefinitely, but the ability to utilize such federal NOLs to offset taxable income is limited to 80% of our taxable income (without regard to certain
deductions). Our significant state NOLs were generated in the state of California, which provides for a 20 year carry forward. State NOL carryforwards
may be similarly limited by cumulative ownership changes. In addition, there may be periods during which the use of NOL carryforwards is suspended or
otherwise limited at the state level, which could also impact our ability to utilize NOL carryforwards. Any such limitations on the use of our NOLs may
result in greater tax liabilities than we would incur in the absence of such a limitation, and any increased liabilities could adversely affect our business,
results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.
We are a smaller reporting company and may elect to comply with reduced public company reporting requirements applicable to smaller
reporting companies, which could make our common stock less attractive to investors.
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We are a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that we are not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary
of a parent company that is not a “smaller reporting company,” and have either: (i) a public float of less than $250 million as of our most recently
completed second fiscal quarter or (ii) annual revenues of less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and (A) no public float or
(B) a public float of less than $700 million as of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter. As a “smaller reporting company,” we are subject to
reduced disclosure obligations in our SEC filings compared to other issuers, including with respect to disclosure obligations regarding executive
compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. Until such time as we cease to be a “smaller reporting company,” such reduced disclosure in
our SEC filings may make it harder for investors to analyze our operating results and financial prospects.
If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure we may make, there may be a less
active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
We recognize the critical importance of maintaining the trust and confidence of all of our stakeholders. Our business depends on the efficient and
uninterrupted operation of our information technology systems and those of our third party CROs, CMOs, or other vendors, contractors or consultants.
Risk Management and Strategy
The Company’s cybersecurity program is focused on the following key areas:
Governance: The Board of Directors’ oversight of cybersecurity risk management is supported by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
(the “Audit Committee”), which regularly interacts with our Head of IT and our executive management team.
Collaborative Approach: We have implemented a cross-functional approach to identifying, preventing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and
incidents, while also implementing controls and procedures that provide for the prompt escalation of certain cybersecurity incidents so that decisions
regarding the public disclosure and reporting of such incidents can be made by management in a timely manner.
Technical Safeguards: We deploy technical safeguards that are designed to protect our information systems from cybersecurity threats, including
firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection systems, anti-malware functionality and access controls, which are evaluated and improved through
vulnerability assessments and cybersecurity threat intelligence.
Incident Response and Recovery Planning: We have established and maintain incident response and recovery plans to address our response to a
cybersecurity incident. We use a manage, detection, and response (MDR) partner to provide threat detection and response capabilities. We also utilize
security consultants including a vCISO to assess and continuously improve our cybersecurity program.
Third Party Risk Management: We strive to proactively manage third party risks to minimize any adverse effects on our business that may arise
due to a cybersecurity incident affecting third party systems and vendors. Although we rely on third party vendors to manage and maintain their own
cybersecurity defense programs, we continue to improve on our vendor risk management program to assess our exposure to these external cybersecurity
risks, including the use of external security rating services and by evaluating vendor responses to our cybersecurity questionnaire.
Education and Awareness: We provide mandatory training and resources for personnel regarding cybersecurity threats as a means to equip our
employees with effective tools to address cybersecurity threats, and to communicate our evolving information security policies, standards, processes and
practices.
We engage in the periodic assessment and testing of our cybersecurity program. These efforts include a wide range of activities, including audits,
assessments, vulnerability testing and other exercises focused on evaluating the effectiveness of our cybersecurity measures and planning. These activities
may be performed by external cybersecurity and application security professionals.
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Governance
The Board of Directors, in coordination with the Audit Committee, oversees our risk management process. The Board of Directors and the Audit
Committee also receive prompt and timely information regarding any cybersecurity incident that meets established reporting thresholds, as well as ongoing
updates regarding any such incident until it has been addressed. On a quarterly basis, the Audit Committee discuss our approach to cybersecurity risk
management with the Head of IT.
Our Head of IT, in coordination with our executive management team, works collaboratively across the company to implement a program
designed to protect our information systems from cybersecurity threats and to promptly respond to any cybersecurity incidents in accordance with our
incident response and recovery plans. Through ongoing communications with our entire employee base and appropriate third-party contractors, the Head of
IT and the executive management team monitor the prevention, detection, mitigation and remediation of cybersecurity threats and incidents in real time and
report such threats and incidents to the Audit Committee when appropriate.
Our Head of IT has over 20 years of IT experience in the pharmaceutical industry and oversees the cybersecurity program at AnaptysBio. He has
experience developing and leading cybersecurity programs for pharmaceutical companies, including experience in evaluating and implementing tools and
technologies that enable defense and response capabilities and developing critical cybersecurity procedures and training and awareness programs.
Although we are subject to ongoing and evolving cybersecurity threats, we are not aware of any material cybersecurity threats, that have
materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition. For more information
on our cybersecurity risks, see Item 1A “Risk Factors.”
Item 2. Properties
Our principal executive office is located at 10770 Wateridge Circle in San Diego, California, and consists of approximately 45,000 square feet of
leased office and laboratory space under a lease for a term of 124 months, beginning on April 5, 2021. The terms of the Lease Agreement provide us with
an option to extend the term of the lease for an additional five years, as well as a one-time option to terminate the lease after seven years with the payment
of a termination fee. We use these facilities for our administrative, research and development and other activities.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
On November 20, 2025, we filed a Verified Complaint in Delaware Chancery Court, requesting a court declaration that TESARO, Inc. (“Tesaro”)
has materially breached the parties’ Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement (“Collaboration Agreement”) and that GSK, Tesaro’s corporate
parent, has tortiously interfered with the Collaboration Agreement. We have requested that the court declare that we are entitled to all rights and remedies
under the Collaboration Agreement.
While we had approached Tesaro to engage in good faith discussions to potentially resolve these claims, on November 20, 2025, Tesaro, without
notice, initiated a lawsuit against us. Tesaro’s complaint includes a request for a declaration that it has not breached the Collaboration Agreement and for an
injunction prohibiting AnaptysBio from terminating the Collaboration Agreement. Tesaro also alleges that AnaptysBio has materially breached the
agreement, entitling Tesaro to exercise certain rights and remedies under the agreement. Tesaro’s claim for breach is predicated on an allegation that
AnaptysBio improperly alleged that Tesaro had breached the Collaboration Agreement, which allegedly caused an anticipatory breach of contract. Through
that claim, we believe that Tesaro seeks to improperly punish us for and restrain us from exercising our legal rights under the Collaboration Agreement in
violation of Delaware’s anti-SLAPP statute. We believe that Tesaro’s claims are entirely without merit and have moved to dismiss the anticipatory breach
claim.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Trading Symbol and Holders
Our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select market under the symbol “ANAB” since January 26, 2017. As of February 27,
2026, we had approximately seven holders of record of our common stock. This number does not include beneficial owners whose shares were held in
street name.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid cash or stock dividends on our common stock. Following the proposed separation of our company into two
separate, publicly traded companies, expected to occur in 2026 (and which would be completed through a stock dividend), our Board of Directors may
make a determination to declare dividends on our common stock at some point in the future, depending on our financial condition, operating results, capital
requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In November 2025, our Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program authorizing $100.0 million in repurchases, which
supplemented the previous $75.0 million authorization approved in March 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we purchased 3.4 million
shares at a cost of $68.6 million under this program. At December 31, 2025, approximately $106.4 million remained available for future stock repurchases
under the repurchase program. The stock repurchase program expires on March 31, 2026.
The following table contains information with respect to repurchases made by us during the three months ended December 31, 2025:
Period
(a) Total number
of shares
purchased
(b) Average price
paid per share
(c) Total number
of shares
purchased as
part of publicly
announced plans
or programs
(d) Maximum
approximate
dollar value of
shares that may
yet be purchased
under the plans
or programs
(in thousands)
October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
—
—
—
109,758
November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
100,015 $
33.83
100,015
106,374
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
— $
—
—
106,374
100,015
100,015
Item 6. Reserved
Not applicable.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the historical
consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8—Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and other sections of this Annual Report contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those
discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report. You should also carefully read “Special Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements”.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory
diseases. Our clinical-stage pipeline includes rosnilimab, a selective pathogenic T cell depleter, for which we completed a Phase 2b trial for the treatment of
moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”), ANB033, a CD122 antagonist, in a Phase 1b trial for celiac disease (“CeD”) and eosinophilic esophagitis
(“EoE”), and ANB101, a BDCA2 modulator, in a Phase 1a trial. We also discovered and out-licensed, in financial collaborations, multiple therapeutic
antibodies, including a PD-1 antagonist (Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) or “Jemperli”) to GSK and an IL-36R antagonist (imsidolimab) to Vanda
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda”). We currently recognize revenue from milestones and royalties achieved under our immuno-oncology collaboration with
GSK and license and transition services revenue from our collaboration with Vanda.
Intention to Separate Company
In September 2025, we announced that our board of directors (“Board of Directors”) approved plans to explore separating our business into two
independent, publicly traded companies. One company is expected to hold and continue to manage the financial collaboration for Jemperli from GSK and
for imsidolimab from Vanda, with a focus on protecting and returning value of the royalties to its shareholders. The other company is expected to be a
clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and potential commercialization of innovative therapeutics for autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases, including rosnilimab, ANB033 and ANB101. Upon completion of the proposed separation, which we expect to complete in the
second quarter of 2026, we intend to launch the clinical-stage biotechnology company with adequate capital to fund operations for at least twelve months
after the date the proposed separation is completed. While the proposed separation is anticipated to be a taxable event, we are focused on minimizing
overall corporate and shareholder-level taxes across the entire transaction. Completion of the proposed separation is subject to final approval by our Board
of Directors and other customary conditions, including the effectiveness of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
Our Wholly Owned Clinical-Stage Pipeline
Our antibodies are in development to treat inflammatory diseases. We believe these molecules have potential applicability across a broad range of
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including in gastroenterology, rheumatology, dermatology, respiratory, and other therapeutic areas.
Rosnilimab
Rosnilimab is an IgG1 antibody that directly targets pathogenic T cells, such as activated Tph/Tfh and T effector cells, in the periphery or
inflamed tissue. These T cells, when activated, proliferate and migrate, and secrete the inflammatory cytokines that are the drivers of autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases. Rosnilimab is designed to selectively deplete pathogenic T cells in both inflamed tissue and the periphery while sparing non-
pathogenic T cells, including naïve T cells, to preserve overall immune function and restore immune homeostasis. This drives specific immunological
outcomes, such as a reduction in T cell proliferation, migration and cytokine secretion, and a reduction of plasma cell generation and autoantibody levels.
We announced top-line data from a healthy volunteer Phase 1 trial of rosnilimab in November 2021 that supported advancement of rosnilimab into
subsequent patient trials. A total of 144 subjects were enrolled in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled healthy volunteer Phase 1 trial, where
single ascending dose (“SAD”) cohorts received subcutaneous (“SC”) or intravenous (“IV”) single doses of rosnilimab up to 600mg or placebo, while
multiple ascending dose (“MAD”) cohorts received four weekly subcutaneous doses of rosnilimab ranging up to 400mg or placebo. Rosnilimab was
generally well-tolerated and no dose-limiting toxicities were observed. Rosnilimab demonstrated a sustained systemic exposure and dose-proportionality
with an estimated two-week half-life for subcutaneous and IV routes of administration.
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In February 2025, we announced initial data, which was subsequently updated in June 2025, from rosnilimab’s randomized, placebo-controlled,
global 424-patient, Phase 2b clinical trial for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. Patients were randomized to receive either 100mg of subcutaneous
rosnilimab every four weeks (Q4W), 400mg Q4W, 600mg every two weeks, or placebo.
During the three-month placebo-controlled period, the trial achieved its primary endpoint by observing the reduction of disease activity using the
disease activity score, 28 joints (DAS-28) C-Reactive Protein (“CRP”) score, as well as ACR20 response (an accepted Phase 3 registrational endpoint), at
Week 12 in all three doses of rosnilimab compared to placebo. Rosnilimab achieved its secondary endpoint by demonstrating statistical significance in at
least one dose and numerical superiority at all doses, including once monthly administration, on ACR20, ACR50 and with respect to the clinical disease
activity index (“CDAI”) low disease activity (“LDA”) score at Week 12. Specifically, at Week 12, ACR20 achieved statistical significance at 100 mg (p <
0.05), 400 mg (p < 0.01), and 600 mg (p < 0.001); ACR50 achieved statistical significance at 600 mg (p < 0.05); and CDAI LDA achieved statistical
significance at 100 mg (p < 0.05) and 400 mg (p < 0.01).
Following completion of the Week 14 visit, 69% (or 220 of the 318) rosnilimab-treated patients who achieved CDAI LDA at this timepoint
continued their assigned treatment through six months in a blinded, all-active treatment period. At six months, rosnilimab results demonstrated deepening
of responses through six months on CDAI LDA, CDAI remission and ACR70 and independent of prior treatments, including anti-TNFα, anti-IL6R or JAK
inhibitors. Importantly, this was particularly observed in b/tsDMARD-experienced patients for the 400mg Q4W and 600mg Q2W doses, showing a dose
response relative to the 100mg Q4W dose. Furthermore, Week 28 clinical responses across multiple measures, including CDAI LDA, mean CDAI, mean
DAS28-CRP and ACR50/70, were durable off-drug through at least three months after the last rosnilimab dose, results which we believe suggest the
potential for extended dosing (e.g., Q8W/Q12W) after initial monthly dosing. Due to the trial design, max response rates for rosnilimab have not yet been
observed as strict criteria at Week 14, which prevented additional patients with meaningful improvement from continuing treatment in the trial.
A table summarizing the results for primary and secondary endpoints follows:
Efficacy Measure
Placebo
Rosnilimab
100mg Q4W
Rosnilimab
400mg Q4W
Rosnilimab
600mg Q2W
(N=106)
(N=106)
(N=107)
(N=105)
Primary Endpoint
DAS28-CRP at Week 12
(mean change from baseline)
-1.69
-2.06**
-2.12**
-2.06**
Select Secondary Endpoint^ (% of participants)
ACR20 at Week 12^
52.8
68.9*
70.1**
75.2***
ACR50 at Week 12^
33
44.3
36.4
46.7*
Week 28
—
45.3
48.6
58.1
ACR70 at Week 12^
17.9
21.7
21.5
21.9
Week 28
—
40.6
36.4
44.8
CDAI ≤10 (LDA) at Week 12^
31.1
46.2*
49.5**
38.1
Week 28
—
52.8
54.2
62.9
Select Exploratory Endpoints (Mean Change from Baseline)
DAS28-CRP
Week 28
—
-2.51
-2.51
-2.57
hs-CRP
Week 12
-0.73
-9.67***
-10.10***
-7.60**
Week 28
—
-7.23
-10.55
-5.98
Patient Global Assessment
Week 12
-25.4
-30.1
-30.5
-34.7**
Week 28
—
-35.9
-38.4
-40.7
HAQ-DI (range 0-3)
Week 12
-0.56
-0.61
-0.59
-0.60
Week 28
—
-0.74
-0.75
-0.78
Pain VAS
Week 12
-29
-32.6
-35.3
-39.7**
Week 28
—
-40
-44.5
-47.2
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*p<0.05
**p<0.01
***p<0.001
Clinical outcomes were further substantiated by objective translational data. An approximately 50% reduction in the mean CRP from baseline, an
objective measure of inflammation, was observed through Week 28 in rosnilimab patients who entered the all-active period. Additionally, translational
blood and synovial biopsy biomarker data showed differentiated and consistent immunological impact with on-target pharmacological activity in
rosnilimab patients that was not observed on placebo. In blood, rosnilimab demonstrated rapid, deep and sustained reductions of approximately 90% in
pathogenic T cells (largely Tph, Tph and Teff cells), and an increase in total Tregs. Additionally, synovial biopsies of the most impacted joint taken at
baseline and after six weeks showed a deep reduction of approximately 90% in pathogenic T cells (largely Tph cells) at the 400mg Q4W and 600mg Q2W
doses, showing a dose response relative to the 100mg Q4W dose.
Consistent with prior rosnilimab studies, all rosnilimab doses through end-of-trial follow up at week 38 demonstrated no treatment-related serious
adverse events (“SAEs”), malignancies, anaphylaxis or systemic hypersensitivity, and a low incidence of injection site reactions. Most adverse events
(“AEs”) were mild to moderate in severity. Less than 2% of patients in the trial discontinued rosnilimab due to an AE, including only one patient after three
months for a moderate headache treated with over-the-counter pain medication. Non-treatment related SAEs observed were consistent with known RA
patient history and comorbidities.
ANB033
ANB033 is an antagonist of CD122, the common beta subunit shared by the IL-15 and IL-2 receptors. IL-15 and IL-2 signaling mediate the
proliferation and survival of subsets of CD8+ and CD4 T+ cells, NK cells, as well as ILC2s. ANB033 is an antibody designed with an optimal epitope and
affinity to CD122 that inhibits IL-15 and IL-2 signaling through both the intermediate affinity IL-2 receptor (comprised of CD122 and the common gamma
subunit, CD132) and the high affinity IL-2 receptor (comprised of CD122, CD132 and the alpha receptor subunit for IL-2, CD25) expressed by activated
CD4 Th1 and Th2 T cells as well as ILC2. Antagonizing CD122 has the potential to achieve and maintain remission of inflammation through the reduction
of disease-causing cytolytic CD8 T cell subsets, including intraepithelial lymphocytes, NK cells and reducing inflammatory cytokine secretion by activated
CD4+ Th1 and Th2 cells, as well as ILC2 cells.
We announced top-line data from a healthy volunteer Phase 1a trial of ANB033 in October 2025 that demonstrated no safety concerns at any dose
and a rapid and sustained pharmacokinetic (“PK”) profile. A total of 80 subjects were enrolled in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled healthy
volunteer Phase 1 trial, where SAD cohorts received SC or IV single doses of ANB033 or placebo, while MAD cohorts received four weekly SC doses of
ANB033. ANB033 was generally well-tolerated and no SAE discontinuations or dose-limiting toxicities were observed in the study. ANB033
demonstrated an estimated two-to-three week half-life and full receptor occupancy for SC and IV routes of administration. A dose response was observed
on relevant PD biomarkers. We observed responsive effects with both IV and SC modes of administration, with a 70-75% reduction in CD122-expressing
CD8 T cells, which did not result in a meaningful reduction in overall CD8 T cells. Additionally, treatment with ANB033 effectively eliminated all
CD122-expressing NK cells, but the overall NK cell count remained above the levels needed to maintain immune competency as not all NK cells in
humans express CD122. No overall reductions were observed on regulatory T cell counts in the peripheral blood.
We are conducting a randomized placebo-controlled 60-patient, global Phase 1b trial cohort of ANB033 in CeD. This trial will assess both a
cohort of patients with baseline villus height to crypt depth (“Vh:Cd”) ratio greater than 2.0 in a gluten-challenge to assess prevention of further mucosal
damage, as well as a cohort of patients with a Vh:Cd ratio less than 2.0, who will not be subjected to a gluten-challenge, to assess the ability to heal
mucosal damage in symptom-controlled patients. The two distinct cohorts will enroll 30 patients each, randomized 1:1 between one dose level of
subcutaneously administered ANB033 dose and placebo. Key assessments include safety and tolerability, efficacy assessments including the change in
Vh:Cd ratio, IEL counts, and PROs, such as the Celiac Disease Symptom Diary (“CDSD”), as well as PK and immunogenicity.
We are also conducting a randomized placebo-controlled 50-patient, global Phase 1b trial cohort of ANB033 in EoE. This trial will enroll adults
who have histologic evidence of EoE with peak eosinophil count ≥15/hpf at the screening endoscopy and with symptomatic dysphagia. Key assessments
include safety and tolerability, efficacy assessments including the Dysphagia Symptom Questionnaire (“DSQ”) and peak esophageal intraepithelial
eosinophilic count (“eos/hpf”), as well as PK and immunogenicity.
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ANB101
ANB101 is a blood dendritic cell antigen 2 (“BDCA2”) modulator antibody that targets plasmacytoid dendritic cells (“pDCs”) and inhibits
interferon secretion and modulates antigen presentation for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. BDCA2 is a molecule specifically
expressed on pDCs, a class of immune cells which, while found in relatively small numbers in healthy individuals, are enriched in patients with a variety of
inflammatory diseases, that is critical to the regulation of toll-like receptor signaling and interferon secretion. pDCs are a key upstream node in the
inflammatory cascade that serve as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. They have been shown to be prolific secretors of type I interferons,
which drive activation of a variety of downstream cell types including T cells and monocytes. Together with their ability to present antigens to the adaptive
immune system, this creates a pro-inflammatory environment for the establishment and perpetuation of autoimmune pathology. BDCA2 has been
implicated in the pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (“SLE”), where there exists mechanistic clinical proof of concept for pDC modulation.
We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of ANB101 in healthy volunteers in March 2025 and the trial is ongoing. ANB101 preclinical data suggests it
is a more potent antibody compared to litifilimab with a longer half-life that results in a deeper and more durable PD effect on pDC depletion.
Collaborative Programs
GSK Collaboration
Multiple company-discovered antibody programs have been advanced to preclinical and clinical milestones under our collaborations. Our
collaborations include an immuno-oncology-focused collaboration with GSK.
Under the GSK Agreement, a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for our most advanced partnered program, which is a PD-1 antagonist
antibody called Jemperli (dostarlimab), was approved by the FDA in April 2021 for the treatment of advanced or recurrent deficient mismatch repair
endometrial cancer (“dMMREC”). In February 2023, the FDA granted full approval for this indication (from an accelerated approval). In addition, in April
2021, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) granted conditional marketing authorization in the European Union (“EU”) for Jemperli for use in women
with mismatch repair deficient (“dMMR”)/microsatellite instability-high (“MSI-H”) recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer who have progressed on or
following prior treatment with a platinum containing regimen. A second FDA approval was received in August 2021 for Jemperli in pan-deficient
mismatch repair tumors (PdMMRT). In July 2023, the FDA approved Jemperli in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with
dMMR MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In December 2023, the EMA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for dMMR/MSI-H
primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In August 2024, the FDA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for all adult patients with primary
advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. In January 2025, the EMA approved Jemperli plus chemotherapy for this same indication. In October 2025,
GSK terminated the TIM-3 antagonist antibody development program under our existing collaboration, and all rights to the TIM-3 antagonist antibody will
be reverted to us in the near future.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, GSK reported $1.1 billion in sales for Jemperli, a greater than 80% sales growth when compared to
$598.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Vanda Collaboration
On January 31, 2025, we entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Vanda License Agreement”) with Vanda pursuant to which we
granted to Vanda an exclusive, global license for the development and commercialization of imsidolimab (IL-36R antagonist mAb), which has completed
two registration-enabling global Phase 3 trials, GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2, evaluating the safety and efficacy of imsidolimab in patients with generalized
pustular psoriasis (“GPP”).
In December 2025, Vanda announced the submission of a BLA to the U.S. FDA for imsidolimab in GPP. The FDA accepted the BLA filing for
imsidolimab in GPP in February 2026 with a target action date of December 12, 2026.
Pursuant to the terms of the Vanda License Agreement, we received an upfront payment of $10.0 million and a $5.0 million payment for existing
drug supply. We are also eligible to receive a 10% royalty on net sales, as well as the following milestones under the Vanda License Agreement:
For more information about these collaborations, see “— Collaborations” included in Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report.
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Financial Overview
As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $772.6 million, primarily as a result of losses incurred since our inception in 2005.
We expect to continue to incur net operating losses for at least the next several years as we advance our products through clinical development, seek
regulatory approval, prepare for and, if approved, proceed to, commercialization, expand our operations and facilities and grow in new and existing
markets, territories and industries.
For our discussion related to the results of our operations and liquidity and capital resources for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 compared to
the year ended December 31, 2023, please refer to Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Collaboration Revenue
We have not generated any revenue from product sales. Our revenue has been derived from amortization of upfront license payments, research
and development funding, milestone and royalty payments under collaboration and license agreements with our collaborators. From inception through
December 31, 2025, we have recognized $581.1 million in revenue from our collaborators.
Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement with GSK
In March 2014, we entered into a Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement (the “GSK Agreement”) with TESARO, Inc. (“Tesaro”), an
oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company now a part of GSK (Tesaro and GSK are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “GSK”). Currently, under
the GSK Agreement, GSK is developing Jemperli (dostarlimab) as a monotherapy and in combination with additional therapies, for various solid tumor
indications.
For Jemperli, the remaining development program under the GSK Agreement, we are eligible to receive milestone payments if a European
regulatory submission and approval in a second indication is achieved. On October 23, 2020, Amendment No. 3 to the GSK Agreement (the “GSK
Amendment No. 3”) was agreed to by both parties to permit GSK to conduct development and commercialization in combination with any third party
molecules of Zejula, an oral, once-daily poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor (“Zejula”). Under GSK Amendment No. 3, we were granted
increased royalties upon sales of Jemperli, equal to 8% of net sales (as defined in the GSK Agreement) below $1.0 billion, 12% of net sales between $1.0
billion and $1.5 billion, 20% of net sales between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion and 25% of net sales above $2.5 billion. Unless earlier terminated by either
party upon specified circumstances, the GSK Agreement will terminate, with respect to each specific developed product, upon the later of the 12th
anniversary of the first commercial sale of the product or the expiration of the last to expire of any patent.
In October 2021, we signed a royalty monetization agreement (“Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement”) with Sagard Healthcare Royalty
Partners, LP (“Sagard”). Under the terms of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, we received $250.0 million in exchange for royalties and
milestones payable to us under our GSK collaboration on annual global net sales of Jemperli.
In May 2024, we entered into an amendment to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, Amendment No. 1 (the “Jemperli Amendment”)
under which we sold additional receivables to Sagard in exchange for $50.0 million. The Jemperli Amendment includes all Jemperli sales, including any
product containing Jemperli, whether or not such product constitutes a combination product, and the threshold amounts of aggregate Jemperli royalties and
milestones to be received by Sagard under the Jemperli Amendment is either $600.0 million if received by the end of March 31, 2031, or $675.0 million if
received thereafter. Once either of these thresholds are met, the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Jemperli Amendment will expire,
resulting in us regaining all subsequent Jemperli royalties and milestones. As of December 31, 2025, Sagard has accrued approximately $250.0 million in
royalties and milestones. For more information see Note 5 — Sale of Future Royalties in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
included in Part II, Item 8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The GSK Agreement, as amended, expires when no further payments are due to us, unless earlier terminated. Either party may terminate the GSK
Agreement, as amended, in the event of an uncured material breach by the other party. GSK may terminate the GSK Agreement, as amended, at any time
upon 90 days’ prior written notice to us.
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Milestones under the GSK Agreement are as follows:
PD-1
(Jemperli/Dostarlimab)
Milestone Event
Amount
Quarter Recognized
Initiated in vivo toxicology studies using good laboratory practices (GLPs)
$1.0M
Q2'15
IND clearance from the FDA
$4.0M
Q1'16
Phase 2 clinical trial initiation
$3.0M
Q2'17
Phase 3 clinical trial initiation - first indication
$5.0M
Q3'18
Phase 3 clinical trial initiation - second indication
$5.0M
Q2'19
Filing of the first BLA - first indication
$10.0M
Q1'20
Filing of the first MAA - first indication
$5.0M
Q1'20
Filing of the first BLA - second indication
$10.0M
Q1'21
First BLA approval - first indication
$20.0M
Q2'21
First MAA approval - first indication
$10.0M
Q2'21
First BLA approval - second indication
$20.0M
Q3'21
Filing of the first MAA - second indication
$5.0M
—
First MAA approval - second indication
$10.0M
—
First commercial sales milestone
$15.0M
Q3'24
Second commercial sales milestone
$25.0M
Q4'24
Third commercial sales milestone
$50.0M
Q3'25
Fourth commercial sales milestone
$75.0M
Q4'25
Milestones recognized through December 31, 2025
$258.0M
—
Milestones that may be recognized in the future
$15.0M
—
Biologics License Application (“BLA”)
Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”)
For Jemperli, the filing and approval of the first MAA for a second indication and first three commercial sales milestones are included as part of the
royalty monetization agreement with Sagard. For more information, see Note 5.
For Jemperli, we retained the rights to a $75.0 million sales milestone when Jemperli annual net sales exceeded $1 billion. We received the cash
milestone payment in December 2025.
In connection with the 2020 Amendment, in October 2020 GSK agreed, under the terms of a settlement agreement (the “GSK Settlement
Agreement”), to pay us a royalty on all GSK net sales of Zejula starting January 1, 2021. Under the GSK Settlement Agreement, the royalty is paid at a rate
of 1% but is subject to reduction due to royalties paid to third parties, with a minimum royalty payable under the GSK Settlement Agreement of 0.5% of
global net sales of Zejula. The current effective royalty rate is 0.5%. In September 2022, we signed a royalty monetization agreement (the “Zejula Royalty
Monetization Agreement”) with a wholly owned subsidiary of DRI Healthcare Trust (“DRI”) to monetize all of our future royalties on global net sales of
Zejula under the GSK Settlement Agreement. Under the terms of the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement, we received $35.0 million in exchange for
all royalties payable by GSK to us under the GSK Settlement Agreement on global net sales of Zejula starting in July 2022.
We are currently party to litigation with GSK with respect to the GSK Agreement. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings” for additional information.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expenses consist of costs associated with our research and development activities, preclinical and clinical development
of our programs, and manufacturing. Our research and development expenses include:
•
External research and development expenses incurred under arrangements with third parties, such as contract research organizations
(“CROs”), consultants, members of our scientific and therapeutic advisory boards, and contract manufacturing organizations (“CMOs”);
•
Employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel, and stock-based compensation;
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•
Facilities, depreciation and other allocated expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities,
depreciation of leasehold improvements and equipment, and laboratory supplies; and
•
License and sub-license fees.
We may also incur in-process research and development expense as we acquire assets from other parties. Acquired in-process research and
development costs that have no alternative future use are immediately expensed.
We expense research and development costs as incurred. We account for nonrefundable advance payments for goods and services that will be
used in future research and development activities as expense when the service has been performed or when the goods have been received.
We are conducting research and development activities primarily on inflammation programs. We have a research and development team that
conducts antibody characterization, translational studies, IND-enabling preclinical studies, and clinical development. We conduct some of our preclinical
activities internally and plan to rely on third parties, such as CROs and CMOs, for the execution of certain of our research and development activities, such
as in vivo toxicology and pharmacology studies, drug product manufacturing, and clinical trials.
We expect our research and development expenses to be consistent for the foreseeable future as we continue to advance our product candidates.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related benefits, including stock-based compensation for our executive,
finance, legal, business development, human resource, and support functions. Other general and administrative expenses include allocated facility-related
costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses, travel expenses, transaction costs, and professional fees for auditing, tax, and legal
services.
Non-Cash Interest Expense for the Sale of Future Royalties
Non-cash interest expense for the sale of future royalties consists of interest related to the liability for the sale of future royalties, as well as the
amortization of debt issuance costs. We impute interest on the unamortized portion of the liability for the sale of future royalties using the effective interest
method and record interest expense based on timing of the payments over the term of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Zejula Royalty
Monetization Agreement (the “Royalty Monetization Agreements”). Our estimate of the interest rate under the arrangements is based on forecasted royalty
and milestone payments expected to be made over the life of the agreements.
Interest Income
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our short-term and long-term investments and is recognized when earned.
Net Operating Loss and Research and Development Tax Credit Carryforwards
Since inception, we have accumulated net operating losses (“NOLs”) in all years except December 31, 2024, 2022, 2015 and 2014, in which we
generated taxable income primarily attributable to our collaboration agreement with GSK, our Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement in 2022, and the
requirement to capitalize and amortize R&D expenditures for tax purposes in 2022 and 2024. While we utilized NOLs in 2024, 2022, 2015 and 2014, we
continue to incur losses and therefore continue to have a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of the realization of
such assets.
As of December 31, 2025, we had federal and state NOL carryforwards of $323.5 million and $69.8 million, respectively. The federal and state
NOLs generated prior to 2018 will begin to expire in 2031 and 2028, respectively, unless previously utilized. The federal NOL includes $284.9 million of
net operating losses generated in 2018 and after. Federal net operating losses generated in 2018 and after carryover indefinitely and may generally be used
to offset up to 80% of future taxable income. As of December 31, 2025, we had federal and state research tax credit carryforwards of approximately $24.0
million and $21.1 million, respectively. The federal research tax credit carryforwards will begin to expire in 2041 and the state research tax credits will
begin to expire in 2039.
We experienced ownership changes as defined by Section 382 of the Code during 2007, 2017 and 2021. As a result, as of December 31, 2025,
there are $154.1 million of federal NOLs available to offset taxable income in future years without Section 382 limitation, while $169.4 million of federal
NOLs are subject to annual limitations over future periods. State NOL and credit carryforwards may be similarly limited.
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The above NOL carryforward and the federal and state research tax credit carryforwards may be subject to an annual limitation under section 382
and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and similar state provisions if we experience one or more ownership changes
which would limit the amount of NOL and tax credit carryforwards that can be utilized to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. In general, an
ownership change as defined by Section 382 and 383, results from transactions increasing ownership of certain stockholders or public groups in the stock
of the corporation by more than 50 percentage points over a three-year period.
Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have
been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us
to make judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities in our financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events, and various other factors that are believed
to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. On an ongoing basis,
we evaluate our judgments and estimates in light of changes in circumstances, facts, and experience.
While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in the notes to our financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K, we believe the following accounting policies used in the preparation of our financial statements require the most significant
judgments and estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, which utilizes five basic steps to determine whether
revenue can be recognized and to what extent: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligation; (iii) determine the
transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price; and (v) determine the recognition period.
Performance Obligations. We evaluate promised goods or services on a contract-by-contract basis to determine whether each deliverable
represents a good or service that is distinct or has the same pattern of transfer as other deliverables. A promised good or service is considered distinct if the
customer can benefit from the good or service independently of other goods/services either in the contract or that can be obtained elsewhere, without regard
to contract exclusivity, and the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contact.
If the promised good or service is not considered distinct, we combine such deliverables and account for them as a single performance obligation. We
allocate the consideration to each performance obligation at the inception of the arrangement based on the stand alone selling price.
Our performance obligations may include the following:
•
License Arrangements. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements generally include exclusive or
nonexclusive licenses to one or more products generated using our technologies. Licenses for multiple antibodies within a single contract are
generally combined as they have substantially the same pattern of transfer to the customer. Historically, our licenses have held no value to
the customer, as the antibodies were in the discovery phase and required our expertise for further development. Accordingly, licenses are not
considered distinct.
•
Research and Development Services. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements generally include research
and development services we perform on behalf of or with our collaborators. As discussed within license arrangements above, our licenses
have historically held no value without the research and development services we provide. As we generally only provide research and
development services for internally generated antibodies that require a license to be utilized by a third party, our research and development
services are not considered distinct.
•
Steering Committee Meetings. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements may also include our
participation in a steering committee, which allows us to direct the progression of our discovery programs. As these steering committees
would not occur or benefit the customer without the use of our licenses, these are not considered distinct.
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We recognize consideration allocated to a performance obligation as the performance obligation is satisfied, and the determination as to whether
consideration is recognized over time or at a point in time is made upon contract inception. For our collaboration agreements, this is generally over the
period in which research and development services have been performed. There were no new agreements with performance obligations entered into during
the year ended December 31, 2025.
Transaction Price. Our collaboration and license agreements generally include both fixed and variable consideration. Fixed payments, such as
those for upfront fees are included in the transaction price at contract value, while variable consideration such as reimbursement for research and
development services, milestone and royalty payments are estimated and then evaluated for constraints upon inception of the contract and evaluated on a
quarterly basis thereafter. Research and development services are updated for actual invoices. Given the nature of our agreements, milestones are estimated
using the most likely amount and are evaluated on a quarterly basis. Upon commercialization, royalty payments are recognized in the period incurred.
Research and Development Expenses
As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate research and development costs incurred during the
period, which impacts the amount of accrued expenses and prepaid balances related to such costs as of each balance sheet date. This process involves
reviewing open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with our personnel and service providers to identify services that have been performed on
our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise
notified of the actual cost. The majority of our service providers invoice us monthly in arrears for services performed or when contractual milestones are
met. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date based on facts and circumstances known to us at that time. We periodically
confirm the accuracy of our estimates with the service providers and make adjustments if necessary. The significant estimates in our accrued research and
development expenses include the costs incurred for services performed by our vendors in connection with research and development activities for which
we have not yet been invoiced.
We base our expenses related to research and development activities on our estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to
quotes and contracts with vendors that conduct research and development on our behalf. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation,
vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. There may be instances in which payments made to our vendors will exceed the
level of services provided and result in a prepayment of the research and development expense. In accruing service fees, we estimate the time period over
which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of
effort varies from our estimate, we adjust the accrual or prepaid accordingly. Advance payments for goods and services that will be used in future research
and development activities are expensed when the activity has been performed or when the goods have been received rather than when the payment is
made.
Although we do not expect our estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, if our estimates of the status and timing of
services performed differ from the actual status and timing of services performed, it could result in us reporting amounts that are too high or too low in any
particular period. To date, there have been no material differences between our estimates of such expenses and the amounts actually incurred.
Sale of Future Royalties
We treated the sale of future revenue from the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, as amended by the Jemperli Amendment, with Sagard
and the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement with DRI as a liability related to the sale of future royalties on the balance sheet. The recorded upfront
proceeds, net of transaction costs, will be amortized under the effective interest rate method over the estimated life of the related expected royalty stream.
The liability and the related interest expense are based on our current estimates of future royalties and certain milestones expected to be paid over the life of
the agreement. We will periodically assess the expected royalty and milestone payments and to the extent our future estimates or timing of such payments
are materially different than our previous estimates, we will prospectively recognize related interest expense. Royalty revenue will be recognized as earned
on net sales of Jemperli and Zejula, and we will record the royalty payments made as a reduction of the liability when paid. As such payments are made,
the balance of the liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Zejula Royalty Monetization
Agreement. For further discussion of the sale of future revenue, refer to Note 5 — Sale of Future Royalties in the accompanying notes to the consolidated
financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
For further information on recently issued accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of
this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
Collaboration Revenue
Collaboration revenue was $234.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $91.3 million for the year ended December 31,
2024. A comparison of collaboration revenue is as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
Increase
GSK Milestone Revenue
$
75,000
$
—
$
75,000
GSK Milestone Revenue (non-cash)
50,000
40,000
10,000
GSK Royalty Revenue - Jemperli (non-cash)
95,945
47,381
48,564
GSK Royalty Revenue - Zejula (non-cash)
3,917
3,899
18
Vanda License and Transition Services Revenue
9,741
—
9,741
Total collaboration revenue
$
234,603
$
91,280
$
143,323
Collaboration revenue during the year ended December 31, 2025 increased $143.3 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 due to
an increase of $85.0 million in Jemperli sales milestones, $48.6 million increase in Jemperli and Zejula royalty revenue and $9.7 million increase in Vanda
license and transition services revenue.
We expect that any collaboration revenue we generate will continue to fluctuate from period to period as a result of the timing and amount of
milestones and royalties from our existing collaborations.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were $136.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $163.8 million during the year
ended December 31, 2024, for a decrease of $27.8 million. The decrease is primarily attributable to a $21.6 million decrease in clinical expenses and a
decrease of $12.0 million in outside services for manufacturing expenses, offset by a $5.5 million increase in salaries and related costs, including a $2.3
million increase in stock compensation expense and a decrease of $0.6 million in recruiting costs, and a $0.9 million increase in other research and
development expenses.
We do not track fully burdened research and development costs separately for each of our product candidates. We review our research and
development expenses by focusing on external development and internal development costs. External development expenses consist of costs associated
with our external preclinical and clinical trials, including pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Included in preclinical and other unallocated
costs are external corporate overhead costs that are not specific to any one program. Internal costs consist of salaries and wages, stock-based compensation
and benefits, which are not tracked by product
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candidate as several of our departments support multiple product candidate research and development programs. The following table summarizes the
external costs attributable to each program and internal costs:
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
Increase/(Decrease)
External Costs
Rosnilimab
$
42,744
$
53,422
$
(10,678)
ANB033
20,427
12,460
7,967
ANB101
8,138
3,367
4,771
ANB032
48
26,084
(26,036)
Imsidolimab
(2,273)
8,284
(10,557)
Preclinical and other unallocated costs
16,093
14,350
1,743
Total External Costs
$
85,177
$
117,967
$
(32,790)
Internal Costs
Salaries and wages
33,658
30,424
3,234
Stock compensation
17,135
14,823
2,312
Other internal costs
—
626
(626)
Total Internal Costs
50,793
45,873
4,920
Total Costs
$
135,970
$
163,840
$
(27,870)
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $50.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $42.4 million during the year
ended December 31, 2024, for an increase of approximately $8.3 million. The increase is primarily due to a $5.2 million increase in legal expenses due to
the GSK lawsuit and activity related to the separation of the business, a $2.5 million increase in transaction costs related to our Vanda License Agreement,
a $1.0 million increase in personnel costs, and a $0.8 million net increase in other general and administrative expenses, offset by a $0.9 million decrease in
market research costs and a $0.3 million decrease in stock compensation expense.
We expect that our general and administrative expenses may increase for the foreseeable future as we incur costs associated with stock
compensation expense, legal, auditing and filing fees, additional insurance premiums, investor relations expenses and general compliance and consulting
expenses.
Non-Cash Interest Expense for the Sale of Future Royalties
Interest expense was $79.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $50.1 million during the year ended December 31,
2024. The increase of $29.8 million in non-cash interest expense is primarily due to an increase in the GSK Jemperli sales which changed the expected
timing for Sagard to be paid per the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement.
Interest Income
Interest income was $13.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $19.8 million during the year ended December 31,
2024. The decrease of $6.3 million in interest income was primarily related to our short-term and long-term investments. The decrease in interest income is
primarily due to the decrease in investment balances, as well as the timing of sales, maturities and purchases of our investments.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
From our inception through December 31, 2025, we have received an aggregate of $1.4 billion to fund our operations, which included $752.4
million from the sale of equity securities, $335.0 million from the sale of future royalties, $324.2 million from our collaboration agreements and $19.1
million from venture debt. As of December 31, 2025, we had $311.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments.
In addition to our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments, we are eligible to earn milestone and other contingent payments for the
achievement of defined collaboration objectives and certain regulatory and sales-based events, and royalty payments under our collaboration agreements,
including the GSK Agreement, the GSK Settlement Agreement, and the Vanda License Agreement. Our ability to earn these milestone and contingent
payments and the timing of achieving these milestones is primarily
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dependent upon the outcome of our collaborators’ research and development and sales-based activities. Our rights to payments under our collaboration
agreements are our only committed external source of funds.
In October 2021, we signed the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement with Sagard. Pursuant to this transaction, we received a $250.0 million
payment upon closing in December 2021, in exchange for Jemperli royalties due to us on annual commercial sales below $1.0 billion and certain future
milestones starting in October 2021. In May 2024, we entered into the Jemperli Amendment under which we sold additional receivables to Sagard in
exchange for $50.0 million. The Jemperli Amendment includes all Jemperli sales, including any product containing Jemperli, whether or not such product
constitutes a combination product, and the threshold amounts of aggregate Jemperli royalties and milestones to be received by Sagard under the Jemperli
Amendment is either $600.0 million if received by the end of March 31, 2031, or $675.0 million if received thereafter. Once either of these thresholds are
met, the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Jemperli Amendment will expire, resulting in us regaining all subsequent Jemperli royalties
and milestones. We treated the sale of future revenue from the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement (as amended) with Sagard as debt, which will be
amortized under the effective interest rate method over the estimated life of the related expected royalty stream.
The proceeds received from Sagard of $250.0 million and $50.0 million were recorded as a liability, net of transaction costs of $0.4 million and
$0.1 million, which will be amortized over the estimated life of the arrangement using the effective interest rate method. The aggregate future estimated
payments, less the $299.5 million, net of proceeds, will be recognized as non-cash interest expense over the life of the agreement. Royalty and milestone
revenue will be recognized as earned on net sales of Jemperli, and these payments to Sagard will be recorded as a reduction of the liability when paid. As
such payments are made to Sagard, the balance of the liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement. For
further discussion of the sale of future revenue, refer to Note 5 — Sale of Future Royalties in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial
statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In November 2024, we entered into an open market sales agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TD Cowen”), under which we may offer
and sell shares of our common stock up to, an aggregate offering of $100.0 million through TD Cowen as our sales agent. As of December 31, 2025, we
had sold no shares under this agreement.
In August 2024, we entered into an underwriting agreement with TD Cowen and Leerink Partners LLC as representatives to the several
underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which we issued and sold an aggregate of 2,750,498 shares of our common stock to the
Underwriters, at an offering price of $36.50 per share. The net proceeds from these sales were approximately $93.9 million, net of underwriting discounts
and commissions and offering expenses of $6.5 million, in the aggregate.
Funding Requirements
We may seek to obtain additional financing in the future through equity or debt financings or through collaborations or partnerships with other
companies. If we are unable to obtain additional financing on commercially reasonable terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations
will be materially adversely affected.
Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, third party clinical and preclinical research and development services,
including manufacturing, laboratory and related supplies, compensation and related expenses, legal, patent and other regulatory expenses, and general
overhead costs. We have entered into agreements with certain vendors for the provision of services, including services related to commercial
manufacturing, that we are unable to terminate for convenience. Under such agreements, we are contractually obligated to make certain minimum
payments to the vendors with the amounts to be based on the timing of the termination and the specific terms of the agreement.
Cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $311.6 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $420.8 million as of December 31, 2024.
We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments will fund our current operating plan for at least the next twelve months from the
issuance of our consolidated financial statements. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our capital
resources sooner than we expect. Additionally, the process of testing product candidates in clinical trials and seeking regulatory approval is costly, and the
timing of progress and expenses in these trials is uncertain.
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Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$
19,697
$
(135,337)
Investing activities
228,032
95,398
Financing activities
(132,613)
127,054
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
$
115,116
$
87,115
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $19.7 million, primarily due to our net loss of $13.2
million, adjusted for addbacks for non-cash items of $113.6 million which includes stock-based compensation, amortization of operating right-of-use
assets, non-cash interest expense, income from marketable securities, and depreciation, offset by decreases in working capital of $80.7 million, which
includes decreases related to accounts payable and other liabilities, and operating lease liabilities, partially offset by increases related to receivables from
collaborative partners, and prepaid expenses and other assets.
Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $135.3 million, primarily due to our net loss of $145.2 million,
adjusted for addbacks for non-cash items of $76.2 million which includes stock-based compensation, amortization of operating right-of-use assets, non-
cash interest expense, and income from marketable securities, offset by decreases in in working capital of $66.3 million.
Investing Activities
Cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $228.0 million, primarily due to the sale and maturities of
investments of $424.5 million, offset by the acquisition of investments of $196.4 million and the purchases of property and equipment of approximately
$0.1 million.
Cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $95.4 million, primarily due to the sale and maturities of
investments of $476.1 million, offset by the acquisition of investments of $380.4 million and the purchases of property and equipment of approximately
$0.3 million.
Financing Activities
Cash used by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $132.6 million, primarily related to $76.8 million for principal
repayments of the liability for the sale of future royalties, $1.5 million for net share settlement of equity awards, $68.6 million paid for repurchases and
retirements of common stock, offset by $14.3 million of cash received for the issuance of common stock.
Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $127.1 million, primarily related to $94.4 million of proceeds
received from public offerings, net of underwriters’ fees, $50.0 million received for the sale of future royalties, $6.5 million of cash received for the
issuance of common stock, offset by $15.2 million for repayments of the liability for the sale of future royalties, $7.5 million for net share settlement of
equity awards, $0.5 million paid for repurchases and retirements of common stock excise tax, and $0.6 million payments for offering and debt issuance
costs.
Contractual Obligations
We have entered into agreements with certain vendors for the provision of goods and services, which includes manufacturing services with
contract manufacturing organizations and development services with contract research organizations. These agreements may include certain provisions for
purchase obligations and termination obligations that could require payments for the cancellation of committed purchase obligations or for early
termination of the agreements. The amount of the cancellation or termination payments vary and are based on the timing of the cancellation or termination
and the specific terms of the agreement and therefore are cancellable contracts.
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For further information related to our operating lease, see Note 10 — Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying notes to the
consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
We hold certain financial instruments for which a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the marketable securities
to fluctuate. Financial instruments that potentially subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents,
short-term and long-term investments. We invest our excess cash primarily in money market funds, commercial paper and debt instruments of financial
institutions, corporations, U.S. government-sponsored agencies and the U.S. Treasury. The primary objectives of our investment activities are to ensure
liquidity and to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing the income we receive from our marketable securities without significantly
increasing risk. Additionally, we established guidelines regarding approved investments and maturities of investments, which are designed to maintain
safety and liquidity. As of December 31, 2025, our investment portfolio includes cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $311.6 million that earn
interest at market rates. Our investments held during the year were comprised of highly rated instruments such as money market funds, certificates of
deposit, agency securities, commercial obligations and U.S. Treasury securities. As of December 31, 2025, the majority of these instruments had a maturity
of less than a year. A hypothetical increase or decrease of 100 basis points on the interest rates of our investments would not have a material effect on the
fair value of our investment portfolio and any losses would only be realized if we sold the investments prior to maturity.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We conduct a portion of our business with CROs in currencies other than our U.S. dollar functional currency. These transactions give rise to
monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The value of these monetary assets and liabilities are subject to
changes in currency exchange rates from the time the transactions are originated until settlement in cash. Our foreign currency exposures are primarily
concentrated in the euro, British pound, Australian dollar, and Canadian dollar. Both realized and unrealized gains or losses on the value of these monetary
assets and liabilities are included in the determination of net income. We do not hedge our foreign currency exchange rate risk, however, we may do so in
the future. As of December 31, 2025, we had no material accounts payable or receivable denominated in foreign currencies, and a hypothetical 10% change
in foreign currency exchange rates applicable to our business would not have had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Inflation Risk
Inflation generally affects us by increasing our clinical trial and other operational costs. We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect
on our business, financial condition or results of operations during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 or 2023.
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Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
AnaptysBio, Inc.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
Index to Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
80
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
AnaptysBio, Inc.:
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AnaptysBio, Inc. and subsidiary (the Company) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the
related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain
an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or
fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and
disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was
communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated
financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not
alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below,
providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Evaluation of Research and Development Costs
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has entered into various contracts with third parties to perform research and
development, including clinical manufacturing. When billing terms under these contracts do not coincide with the timing of when work is performed, the
Company makes estimates of the costs incurred by third parties during the period and the outstanding obligations to those third parties as of period end.
Estimates of costs incurred during the period that are included in period-end prepaid or accrued expense balances are based on a number of factors,
including the review of open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with personnel and service providers to identify services that have been
performed on the Company’s behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated costs incurred for the service when the Company has
not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of the actual cost. Significant judgments and estimates are made by the Company in determining the costs
incurred during the period that are included in prepaid or accrued expense balances at the end of each reporting period.
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We identified the evaluation of research and development costs as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was involved in evaluating the nature
and extent of evidence available in evaluating certain assumptions and inputs that were used in estimating the degree of completion of research and
development programs when the Company has not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of the actual cost.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. On a sample basis, we examined contracts, invoices, and third-
party confirmations and compared them to the assumptions and inputs that are described above. We also examined certain invoices received after
December 31, 2025 and evaluated whether services received prior to December 31, 2025 were included in the Company’s estimate of costs incurred as of
December 31, 2025.
/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2009.
San Diego, California
March 3, 2026
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AnaptysBio, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except par value)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
238,196 $
123,080
Receivables from collaborative partners
33,850
40,765
Short-term investments
73,442
262,293
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
4,762
5,738
Total current assets
350,250
431,876
Property and equipment, net
1,370
1,849
Operating lease right-of-use assets
12,519
14,383
Long-term investments
—
35,470
Other long-term assets
256
256
Total assets
$
364,395 $
483,834
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
3,871 $
4,002
Accrued expenses
32,674
39,501
Current portion of operating lease liability
2,080
1,925
Total current liabilities
38,625
45,428
Liability related to sale of future royalties
276,528
353,426
Operating lease liability, net of current portion
12,032
14,112
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares authorized and no shares, issued or outstanding at
December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
—
—
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, 28,019 shares and 30,473 shares issued
and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
28
30
Additional paid in capital
809,765
829,860
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) gain
(24)
305
Accumulated deficit
(772,559)
(759,327)
Total stockholders’ equity
37,210
70,868
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
364,395 $
483,834
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AnaptysBio, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except per share data)
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
2024
2023
Collaboration revenue
$
234,603 $
91,280 $
17,157
Operating expenses:
Research and development
135,970
163,840
132,283
General and administrative
50,737
42,389
41,946
Acquired in-process research and development
—
—
7,339
Total operating expenses
186,707
206,229
181,568
Income (loss) from operations
47,896
(114,949)
(164,411)
Other (expense) income, net:
Interest income
13,499
19,794
18,873
Non-cash interest expense for the sale of future royalties
(79,893)
(50,087)
(18,083)
Other income (expense), net
5,430
14
(2)
Total other (expense) income, net
(60,964)
(30,279)
788
Loss before income taxes
(13,068)
(145,228)
(163,623)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes
(164)
(3)
4
Net loss
(13,232)
(145,231)
(163,619)
Other comprehensive loss:
Unrealized (loss) gain on available for sale securities
(329)
1,102
4,449
Comprehensive loss
$
(13,561) $
(144,129) $
(159,170)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted
$
(0.46) $
(5.12) $
(6.08)
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted
28,758
28,382
26,924
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AnaptysBio, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(in thousands)
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Accumulated
Total
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Capital
Gain (Loss)
Deficit
Equity
Balance, January 1, 2023
28,513 $
29 $
717,797 $
(5,246) $
(450,477) $
262,103
Issuance of common stock from exercises of options
and employee stock purchase plan
139
—
2,421
—
—
2,421
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted
stock units
69
—
—
—
Repurchases and retirements of common stock
(2,124)
(2)
(50,454)
—
—
(50,456)
Stock-based compensation
—
—
33,205
—
—
33,205
Comprehensive income
—
—
—
4,449
—
4,449
Net loss
—
—
—
—
(163,619)
(163,619)
Balance, December 31, 2023
26,597
27
702,969
(797)
(614,096)
88,103
Issuance of common stock from exercises of options
and employee stock purchase plan
364
—
6,473
—
—
6,473
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted
stock units
1,108
—
—
—
—
—
Net share settlement of restricted stock units
(347)
—
(7,504)
—
—
(7,504)
Issuance of common stock, net of $6,516 of
transaction costs
2,751
3
93,874
—
—
93,877
Stock-based compensation
—
—
34,048
—
—
34,048
Comprehensive income
—
—
—
1,102
—
1,102
Net loss
—
—
—
—
(145,231)
(145,231)
Balance, December 31, 2024
30,473
30
829,860
305
(759,327)
70,868
Issuance of common stock from exercises of options
and employee stock purchase plan
732
1
14,290
—
—
14,291
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted
stock units
356
—
—
—
—
—
Net share settlement of restricted stock units
(98)
—
(1,451)
—
(1,451)
Repurchases and retirements of common stock
(3,444)
(3)
(69,006)
—
—
(69,009)
Stock-based compensation
—
—
36,072
—
—
36,072
Comprehensive loss
—
—
—
(329)
—
(329)
Net loss
—
—
—
—
(13,232)
(13,232)
Balance, December 31, 2025
28,019 $
28 $
809,765 $
(24) $
(772,559) $
37,210
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AnaptysBio, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
2024
2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss
$
(13,232)
$
(145,231) $
(163,619)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
559
606
652
Stock-based compensation
36,072
34,048
33,205
Accretion/amortization of investments, net
(4,734)
(10,313)
(10,521)
Amortization of right-of-use assets – operating
1,864
1,791
1,724
Non-cash interest expense for sale of future royalties
79,893
50,087
18,083
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables from collaborative partners
6,915
(33,914)
(5,432)
Prepaid expenses and other assets
1,612
3,203
(4,194)
Accounts payable and other liabilities
(87,327)
(33,837)
10,938
Operating lease liabilities
(1,925)
(1,777)
(1,636)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
19,697
(135,337)
(120,800)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of investments
(196,411)
(380,376)
(303,919)
Sales and maturities of investments
424,530
476,132
449,480
Purchases of property and equipment
(87)
(358)
(807)
Net cash provided by investing activities
228,032
95,398
144,754
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from public offerings, net of underwriters' fees
—
94,369
—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
14,261
6,473
2,472
Proceeds from the sale of future royalties
—
50,000
—
Principal repayment of liability for sale of future royalties
(76,797)
(15,233)
(11,726)
Payments for repurchase of common stock
(68,626)
(456)
(50,000)
Payment for net share settlement of equity awards
(1,451)
(7,504)
—
Payments for offering costs, net
—
(492)
—
Payments for issuance costs related to the sale of future royalties
—
(103)
(43)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(132,613)
127,054
(59,297)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
115,116
87,115
(35,343)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
123,080
35,965
71,308
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
238,196
$
123,080
$
35,965
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Interest portion of repayment for sale of future royalties
$
79,994
$
42,132
$
—
State income taxes paid
$
78
$
—
$
—
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Amounts accrued for property and equipment
$
—
$
7
$
8
Amounts accrued for repurchase of common stock
$
382
$
—
$
456
Receivable related to issuance of common stock, upon exercise of stock options
$
29
$
—
$
(51)
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AnaptysBio, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Description of the Business
AnaptysBio, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in November 2005. We are a clinical-stage
biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Our clinical-stage pipeline
includes rosnilimab, a selective pathogenic T cell depleter, for which we completed a Phase 2b trial for the treatment of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid
arthritis (“RA”), ANB033, a CD122 antagonist, in a Phase 1b trial for celiac disease (“CeD”) and eosinophilic esophagitis (“EoE”), and ANB101, a
BDCA2 modulator, in a Phase 1a trial. We also discovered and out-licensed, in financial collaborations, multiple therapeutic antibodies, including a PD-1
antagonist (Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) or “Jemperli”) to GSK and an IL-36R antagonist (imsidolimab) to Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda”). We
currently recognize revenue from milestones and royalties achieved under our immuno-oncology collaboration with GSK and license and transition
services revenue from our collaboration with Vanda.
Since our inception, we have devoted our primary effort to research and development activities. Our financial support has been provided primarily
from the sale of our common stock and royalty monetizations, as well as through funds received under our collaborative research and development
agreements. Going forward, as we continue our expansion, we may seek additional financing and/or strategic investments. However, there can be no
assurance that any additional financing or strategic investments will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If events or circumstances occur such
that we do not obtain additional funding, we will most likely be required to reduce our plans and/or certain discretionary spending, which could have a
material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our intended business objectives. Our management believes our currently available resources will provide
sufficient funds to enable us to meet our operating plans for at least the next 12 months from the issuance of our consolidated financial statements. The
accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.
Intention to Separate Company
In September 2025, we announced that our board of directors (“Board of Directors”) approved plans to explore separating our business into two
independent, publicly traded companies. One company is expected to hold and continue to manage the financial collaboration for Jemperli from GSK and
for imsidolimab from Vanda, with a focus on protecting and returning value of the royalties to its shareholders. The other company is expected to be a
clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and potential commercialization of innovative therapeutics for autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases, including rosnilimab, ANB033 and ANB101. Upon completion of the proposed separation, which we expect to complete in the
second quarter of 2026, we intend to launch the clinical-stage biotechnology company with adequate capital to fund operations for at least twelve months
after the date the proposed separation is completed. While the proposed separation is anticipated to be a taxable event, we are focused on minimizing
overall corporate and shareholder-level taxes across the entire transaction. Completion of the proposed separation is subject to final approval by our Board
of Directors and other customary conditions, including the effectiveness of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
Public Offerings
On August 15, 2024, we completed an underwritten public offering selling 2,750,498 shares of common stock, at an offering price of $36.50 per
share. The aggregate net proceeds received by us from the offering were $93.9 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and offering
expenses of $6.5 million, in the aggregate.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
GAAP”).
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Basis of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include us and our wholly owned Australian subsidiary, which was deregistered with the
Australian Securities & Investments Commission as of December 31, 2025. The deregistration did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We operate in two reportable segments, and our functional
and reporting currency is the U.S. dollar.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires our management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We base our
estimates and assumptions on historical experience when available and on various factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Significant estimates relied upon in preparing these financial statements include estimates related to revenue recognition, accrued research and
development expenses, stock-based compensation, and the liability related to the sale of future royalties. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an
ongoing basis. Our actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity at date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents
consist primarily of money market and mutual funds with original maturities of 90 days or less.
Short-Term and Long-Term Investments
All investments have been classified as “available-for-sale” and are carried at fair value as determined based upon quoted market prices or pricing
models for similar securities at period end. Investments with contractual maturities less than 12 months at the balance sheet date are considered short-term
investments. Those investments with contractual maturities 12 months or greater at the balance sheet date are considered long-term investments. Dividend
and interest income are recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses are included in earnings and are derived using the specific identification method
for determining the cost of securities sold. Unrealized gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). We
review our portfolio of available-for-sale debt securities, using both quantitative and qualitative factors, to determine if declines in fair value below cost
have resulted from a credit-related loss or other factors. If the decline in fair value is due to credit-related factors, a loss is recognized in net income,
whereas if the decline in fair value is not due to credit-related factors, the loss is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss). No credit impairment
losses have been recorded during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or 2023.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and certain investments in
money market funds, certificates of deposit, agency securities, commercial obligations and U.S. Treasury securities. Bank deposits are diversified between
three financial institutions and these deposits may exceed insured limits. We are exposed to credit risk in the event of default by the financial institutions
holding our cash and cash equivalents and issuers of investments that are recorded on our consolidated balance sheets. We mitigate our risk by investing in
high-grade instruments and limiting the concentration in any one issuer, which limits our exposure.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for major additions and betterments are capitalized.
Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Depreciation and amortization are calculated using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the
term of the lease. Upon sale or retirement of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any
gain or loss is reflected in operations.
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Long Lived Assets
Long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, we
first compare undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the long-lived
asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment loss is recognized and is measured as the amount by which the
carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. No impairment charges were recorded during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, or
2023.
Leases
Our leases consist of a lease for office and lab space that is classified as an operating lease. We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception.
Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis. When an operating lease includes rent abatements or requires fixed escalations of the minimum lease
payments, the aggregate rental expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. When an operating lease includes lease incentives
such as leasehold improvement allowances, the lease incentive is included in ROU asset. For leases that have greater than a 12-month lease term, the ROU
assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum unpaid lease payments over the lease term. For this purpose, we
consider only payments that are fixed and determinable at the time of commencement.
As our lease does not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in
determining the present value of future payments. We account for fixed lease components separately from non-lease components.
We elected the practical expedient to not record leases with an initial term of 12 months or less on the balance sheet and recognize the associated
lease payments in the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Liability Related to the Sale of Future Royalties
We treat the liability related to the sale of future royalties as debt, amortized under the effective interest rate method over the estimated life of the
Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement. For more information, see Note 5. The amortization of the
liability related to the sale of future revenue is based on our current estimates of future royalty payments. Royalty and milestone revenue will be recognized
as earned and the payments made will be recorded as a reduction of the liability when paid.
Debt Issuance Costs
Debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability are deferred and amortized over the term of the debt using the effective interest method.
These costs are recorded as a direct reduction to the carrying value of the debt on the balance sheet and the amortization expense is included in non-cash
interest expense in the statement of operations.
Non-Cash Interest Expense on the Liability Related to the Sale of Future Royalties
The total threshold of royalties to be paid, less the net proceeds received will be recorded as non-cash interest expense over the life of the liability.
We impute interest on the unamortized portion of the liability using the effective interest method and record expense based on the timing of payments
received over the term of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement. Over the course of the
agreement, the actual interest rate will be affected by the timing of royalty and milestone payments made and changes in the forecasted revenue.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized in accordance with revenue recognition accounting guidance, which utilizes five basic steps to determine whether revenue
can be recognized and to what extent: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligation; (iii) determine the transaction price;
(iv) allocate the transaction price; and (v) determine the recognition period.
Performance Obligations. We evaluate deliverables on a contract-by-contract basis to determine whether each deliverable represents a good or
service that is distinct or has the same pattern of transfer as other deliverables. A deliverable is considered distinct
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if the customer can benefit from the good or service independently of other goods/services either in the contract or that can be obtained elsewhere, without
regard to contract exclusivity, and the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the
contact. If the deliverable is not considered distinct, we combine such deliverables and account for them as a single performance obligation. We allocate the
consideration to each deliverable at the inception of the arrangement based on the stand alone selling price.
Our performance obligations may include the following:
•
License Arrangements. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements generally include exclusive or nonexclusive
licenses to one or more products generated using our technologies. Licenses for multiple antibodies within a single contract are generally
combined as they have substantially the same pattern of transfer to the customer. Historically, our licenses have held no value to the customer, as
the antibodies were in the discovery phase and required our expertise for further development. Accordingly, licenses are not considered distinct.
•
Research and Development Services. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements generally include research
and development services we perform on behalf of or with our collaborators. As discussed within license arrangements above, our licenses have
historically held no value without the research and development services we provide. As we generally only provide research and development
services for internally generated antibodies that require a license to be utilized by a third party, our research and development services are not
considered distinct.
•
Steering Committee Meetings. The performance obligations under our collaboration and license agreements may also include our participation
on steering committees, which allows us to direct the progression of our discovery programs. As these steering committees would not occur or
benefit the customer without the use of our licenses, these are not considered distinct.
We recognize consideration allocated to a performance obligation as the performance obligation is satisfied, and the determination as to whether
consideration is recognized over time or at a point in time is made upon contract inception. For our collaboration agreements, this is generally over the
period in which research and development services have been performed. There were no new agreements with performance obligations entered into during
the year ended December 31, 2025.
Transaction Price. Our collaboration and license agreements generally include both fixed and variable consideration. Fixed payments, such as
those for upfront fees are included in the transaction price at contract value, while variable consideration such as reimbursement for research and
development services, milestone and royalty payments are estimated and then evaluated for constraints upon inception of the contract and evaluated on a
quarterly basis thereafter. Research and development services are updated for actual invoices. Given the nature of our agreements, milestones are estimated
using the most likely amount and are evaluated on a quarterly basis. Upon commercialization, royalty payments will be recognized in the period incurred.
Royalty Revenue
We receive royalty revenue on sales by our partners of products covered by patents or contract rights that we own and net sales of their approved
drugs, where we have concluded the license is the predominant item to which the royalties relate. We do not have future performance obligations under
these license arrangements. We generally satisfy our obligation to grant intellectual property rights on the effective date of the contract. However, we apply
the royalty recognition constraint required under the guidance for sales-based royalties, which requires a sales-based royalty to be recorded when the
underlying sale occurs. Therefore, royalties on sales of products commercialized by our partners are recognized in the quarter the product is sold. Our
partners generally report sales information to us on a quarter lag. Thus, we estimate the expected royalty proceeds based on an analysis of our partners’
historical experience including their publicly announced sales. Differences between actual and estimated royalty revenues are adjusted for in the period in
which they become known, typically the following quarter. As of December 31, 2025, there have not been material differences between actual and
estimated royalty revenues.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development costs primarily include third party clinical and preclinical research and development services such as manufacturing,
laboratory and related supplies, salaries and personnel-related costs, in-licensing fees, outside services, and an allocation of information technology, and
facility overhead costs.
Costs associated with research and development activities are expensed as incurred. We account for nonrefundable advance payments for goods
and services that will be used in future research and development activities as expense when the service has been
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performed or when the goods have been received. We estimate research and development costs incurred during the period, which impacts the amount of
accrued expenses and prepaid balances related to such costs as of each balance sheet date. This process involves reviewing open contracts and purchase
orders, communicating with our personnel and service providers to identify services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of
service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of the actual cost. The majority
of our service providers invoice us monthly in arrears for services performed or when contractual milestones are met. We make estimates of our accrued
expenses as of each balance sheet date based on facts and circumstances known to us at that time. We periodically confirm the accuracy of our estimates
with the service providers and make adjustments if necessary. The significant estimates in our accrued research and development expenses include the costs
incurred for services performed by our vendors in connection with research and development activities for which we have not yet been invoiced.
Upfront and milestone payments incurred under our in-licensing agreements are expensed as research and development in the period in which they
are incurred, provided that the technology or method has no alternative future use.
Stock-Based Compensation
We recognize stock-based compensation expense using a fair-value-based method for costs related to all share-based payments, including stock
options. Stock-based compensation cost for stock options granted to our employees and directors is measured at the grant date based on the fair-value of the
award which is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period on a straight-line
basis. We recognize forfeitures in the period in which forfeitures occur and record stock-based compensation expense as though all awards are expected to
vest.
We record the expense for stock-based compensation awards subject to performance-based milestone vesting over the requisite service period
when management determines that achievement of the milestone is probable. Management evaluates when the achievement of a performance-based
milestone is probable based on the expected satisfaction of the performance conditions at each reporting date.
Each Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) represents one equivalent share of our common stock to be issued after satisfying the applicable continued
service-based vesting criteria over a specified period. The fair value of these RSUs is based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of the
grant. We measure compensation expense over the expected vesting period on a straight-line basis.
Each Performance Stock Unit (“PSU”) represents one equivalent share of our common stock to be issued after achievement of the performance
metrics specified in the grant. The fair value of our PSUs is estimated as of the grant date, based upon the expected achievement of the performance metrics
specified in the grant and the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The grant date fair value is estimated using a Monte Carlo
simulation. The compensation expense for the awards is recognized over the requisite service period regardless of whether the market conditions are
achieved and will only be adjusted for pre-vesting forfeitures due to the termination of the recipient’s employment with the Company prior to the expiration
of the requisite service period.
No tax benefits for stock-based compensation have been recognized in the statements of changes in stockholders’ equity or cash flows. We have
not recognized, and do not expect to recognize in the near future, any tax benefit related to stock-based compensation cost as a result of our full valuation
allowance on net deferred tax assets and net operating loss carryforwards.
Segment Reporting
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, establishes standards for companies to report financial statement information about operating segments.
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise engaging in business activities for which separate financial information is available that is
regularly evaluated by the company’s chief operating decision-makers in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. Our chief operating
decision maker (“CODM”) has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer. During fiscal year 2025, in connection with the planned separation of the
businesses, the CODM changed the information he regularly reviews in evaluating the allocation of resources and assessing operating performance. As a
result of these changes, we updated our segment reporting to reflect two operating segments: Biopharma and Royalty Management. Our Biopharma
segment focuses on the development and potential commercialization of innovative immunology therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
and our Royalty Management segment manages the financial collaboration for Jemperli from GSK and for imsidolimab from Vanda.
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Income Taxes
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on
differences between financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in
effect when the differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future taxable income. A valuation
allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized based on the weight of available
evidence, including expected future earnings.
We recognize an uncertain tax position in our consolidated financial statements when we conclude that a tax position is more likely than not to be
sustained upon examination based solely on technical merits. Only after a tax position passes the first step of recognition will measurement be required.
Under the measurement step, the tax benefit is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon effective
settlement. This is determined on a cumulative probability basis. The full impact of any change in recognition or measurement is reflected in the period in
which such change occurs. We have elected to accrue any interest or penalties related to income taxes as part of our income tax expense.
Functional Currency of Foreign Operations
Our Australian subsidiary operates in a U.S. dollar functional currency environment. Assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiary that are not
denominated in the functional currency are remeasured into U.S. dollars at foreign currency exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date except for
nonmonetary assets and capital accounts, which are remeasured at historical foreign currency exchange rates in effect at the date of transaction. Expenses
are generally remeasured at monthly foreign currency exchange rates which approximate average rates in effect during each period. Net realized and
unrealized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions and remeasurement are reported in other income (expense), net, in the consolidated
statements of operations.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) represents all changes in stockholders’ equity except those resulting from distributions to stockholders. Our
unrealized gains and losses on available for sale investments represent the only component of other comprehensive income (loss) that is excluded from the
reported net income (loss).
Net Loss Per Common Share
Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common equivalent shares outstanding for the
period, as well as any dilutive effect from outstanding stock options and awards using the treasury stock method. For each period presented, there is no
difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted net loss per share.
The following table sets forth the weighted-average outstanding potentially dilutive securities that have been excluded in the calculation of diluted
net loss per share because to do so would be anti-dilutive (in common stock equivalent shares):
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
2023
Options to purchase common stock
7,506
6,076
4,279
Stock awards
1,189
840
521
Total
8,695
6,916
4,800
Accounting Pronouncements
We have implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and may have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Unless otherwise discussed, we believe the impact of any recently issued and not yet effective pronouncements will not have a material impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
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In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income
Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The new standard requires a company to expand its existing income tax disclosures,
specifically related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The standard is effective for us beginning in fiscal year 2025. We adopted ASU 2023-
09 for the year ended December 31, 2025, applying the new standard prospectively. The significant impact of ASU 2023-09 to our income tax footnote
includes an expanded rate reconciliations detail disclosing additional information related to foreign tax effects.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation
Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disclosure about the types of costs and expenses included in
certain expense captions presented on the income statement. The new disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the
provisions of this guidance and assessing the potential impact on our financial statement disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements, which clarifies the
guidance in Topic 270 to improve the consistency of interim financial reporting. The ASU provides a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures
and introduces a disclosure principle requiring entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual period that have a material impact on the entity.
ASU 2025-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption
permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adoption on our financial statement disclosures.
3. Balance Sheet Accounts and Supplemental Disclosures
Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net consist of the following:
(in thousands)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Laboratory equipment
$
6,723 $
6,715
Office furniture and equipment
1,583
1,530
Leasehold improvements
203
203
Property and equipment, gross
8,509
8,448
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
(7,139)
(6,599)
Total property and equipment, net
$
1,370 $
1,849
Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consist of the following:
(in thousands)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Accrued compensation and related expenses
$
11,094 $
8,449
Accrued professional fees and other expenses
4,796
839
Accrued research, development and manufacturing expenses
16,402
30,213
Accrued for repurchase of common stock
382
—
Total accrued expenses
$
32,674 $
39,501
4. Collaborative Research and Development Agreements
GSK Collaboration
In March 2014, we entered into a Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement (the “GSK Agreement”) with TESARO, Inc. (“Tesaro”), an
oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company now a part of GSK (Tesaro and GSK are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “GSK”). Currently, under
the GSK Agreement, GSK is developing Jemperli (dostarlimab) as a monotherapy and in combination with additional therapies, for various solid tumor
indications.
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For Jemperli, the remaining development program under the GSK Agreement, we are eligible to receive milestone payments if a European
regulatory submission and approval in a second indication is achieved. On October 23, 2020, Amendment No. 3 to the GSK Agreement (the “GSK
Amendment No. 3”) was agreed to by both parties to permit GSK to conduct development and commercialization in combination with any third party
molecules of Zejula, an oral, once-daily poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor (“Zejula”). Under GSK Amendment No. 3, we were granted
increased royalties upon sales of Jemperli, equal to 8% of net sales (as defined in the GSK Agreement) below $1.0 billion, 12% of net sales between $1.0
billion and $1.5 billion, 20% of net sales between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion and 25% of net sales above $2.5 billion. Unless earlier terminated by either
party upon specified circumstances, the GSK Agreement will terminate, with respect to each specific developed product, upon the later of the 12th
anniversary of the first commercial sale of the product or the expiration of the last to expire of any patent.
We assessed these arrangements in accordance with ASC 606 and concluded that the contract counterparty, GSK, is a customer. We identified the
following material promises under the GSK Agreement: (1) the licenses under certain patent rights and transfer of certain development and regulatory
information, (2) research and development (“R&D”) services, and (3) joint steering committee meetings. We considered the research and discovery
capabilities of GSK for these specific programs and the fact that the discovery and optimization of these antibodies is proprietary and could not, at the time
of contract inception, be provided by other vendors, to conclude that the license does not have stand-alone functionality and is therefore not distinct.
Additionally, we determined that the joint steering committee participation would not have been provided without the R&D services and GSK Agreement.
Based on these assessments, we identified all services to be interrelated and therefore concluded that the promises should be combined into a single
performance obligation at the inception of the arrangement.
As of December 31, 2025, the transaction price for the GSK Agreement and its associated amendments includes the upfront payment, research
reimbursement revenue and milestones and royalties earned to date, which are allocated in their entirety to the single performance obligation.
We recognized $99.9 million in royalty revenue during the year ended December 31, 2025 related to GSK’s net sales of Jemperli and Zejula
during the period, which we estimate based on either GSK’s prior sales experience or actuals. Of the royalty revenue recognized during the year ended
December 31, 2025, $96.0 million is Jemperli non-cash revenue related to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement (as amended), and $3.9 million is
Zejula non-cash revenue related to the Zejula Monetization Agreement, each of such agreements as described in Note 5. We recognized $51.3 million in
royalty revenue during the year ended December 31, 2024, related to GSK’s net sales of Jemperli and Zejula during the period based on GSK’s prior sales
experience or actuals. Of the royalty revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024, $47.4 million is Jemperli non-cash revenue related to
the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement (as amended) and $3.9 million is Zejula non-cash revenue related to the Zejula Royalty Monetization
Agreement. We recognized $17.2 million in royalty revenue during the year ended December 31, 2023. Of the royalty revenue recognized during the year
ended December 31, 2023, $13.8 million is Jemperli non-cash revenue related to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement (as amended) and $3.4
million is Zejula non-cash revenue related to the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement. GSK reports sales information to us on a one quarter lag and
differences between actual and estimated royalty revenues will be adjusted in the following quarter.
Two sales milestones, for a total of $125.0 million, were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025 when Jemperli annual sales
exceeded both the $750.0 million and $1.0 billion thresholds. The $75.0 million cash milestone which was achieved when annual sales exceeded $1.0
billion was paid to us, as we retained the rights to this milestone. The $50.0 million milestone, achieved when sales exceeded $750.0 million was paid to
Sagard. Two sales milestones, for a total of $40.0 million, were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024 when Jemperli annual sales exceeded
both the $250.0 million and $500.0 million sales thresholds. Aside from the $75.0 million milestone, these sales milestones represent Jemperli non-cash
revenue related to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement (as amended). No milestones were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023.
No other future clinical or regulatory milestones have been included in the transaction price, as all future milestone amounts were subject to the revenue
constraint. As part of the constraint evaluation, we considered numerous factors including the fact that the receipt of milestones is outside of our control
and contingent upon regulatory filing and approval in a second indication, an outcome that is difficult to predict, and GSK’s efforts. Any consideration
related to sales-based milestones, including royalties, will be recognized when the related sales occur as they were determined to relate predominantly to
the intellectual property license granted to GSK and therefore have also been excluded from the transaction price. We will re-evaluate the variable
transaction price in each reporting period and as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur.
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Milestones under the GSK Agreement are as follows:
PD-1
(Jemperli/Dostarlimab)
Milestone Event
Amount
Quarter Recognized
Initiated in vivo toxicology studies using good laboratory practices (GLPs)
$1.0M
Q2'15
IND clearance from the FDA
$4.0M
Q1'16
Phase 2 clinical trial initiation
$3.0M
Q2'17
Phase 3 clinical trial initiation - first indication
$5.0M
Q3'18
Phase 3 clinical trial initiation - second indication
$5.0M
Q2'19
Filing of the first BLA
- first indication
$10.0M
Q1'20
Filing of the first MAA - first indication
$5.0M
Q1'20
Filing of the first BLA - second indication
$10.0M
Q1'21
First BLA approval - first indication
$20.0M
Q2'21
First MAA approval - first indication
$10.0M
Q2'21
First BLA approval - second indication
$20.0M
Q3'21
Filing of the first MAA - second indication
$5.0M
—
First MAA approval - second indication
$10.0M
—
First commercial sales milestone
$15.0M
Q3'24
Second commercial sales milestone
$25.0M
Q4'24
Third commercial sales milestone
$50.0M
Q3'25
Fourth commercial sales milestone
$75.0M
Q4'25
Milestones recognized through December 31, 2025
$258.0M
—
Milestones that may be recognized in the future
$15.0M
—
Biologics License Application (“BLA”)
Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”)
For Jemperli, the filing and approval of the first MAA for a second indication and first three commercial sales milestones are included as part of the
royalty monetization agreement with Sagard (as defined below). For more information, see Note 5. Cash is generally received within 30 days of
milestone achievement.
For Jemperli, we retained the rights to a $75.0 million sales milestone when Jemperli annual net sales exceeded $1 billion. We received the cash
milestone payment in December 2025.
We recognized $224.9 million in revenue under the GSK Agreement during the year ended December 31, 2025, of which $99.9 million was
related to royalty revenue and $125.0 million was related to milestone revenue, as there were two milestones earned during the year. We recognized $91.3
million in revenue during the year ended December 31, 2024, of which $51.3 million was related to royalty revenue and $40.0 million was related to
milestone revenue, as there were two milestones earned during the year. We recognized $17.2 million in revenue during the year ended December 31,
2023, of which $17.2 million was related to royalty revenue and none was related to milestone revenue.
We are currently party to litigation with GSK with respect to the GSK Agreement. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings” for additional information.
Vanda Collaboration
On January 31, 2025, we entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Vanda License Agreement”) with Vanda pursuant to which we
granted to Vanda an exclusive, global license for the development and commercialization of imsidolimab (IL-36R antagonist mAb), which has completed
two registration-enabling global Phase 3 trials, GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2, evaluating the safety and efficacy of imsidolimab in patients with generalized
pustular psoriasis (GPP).
Pursuant to the terms of the Vanda License Agreement, we received an upfront payment of $10.0 million for the license and a $5.0 million
payment for existing drug supply. We allocated the total transaction price of $15.0 million on a relative standalone selling price in accordance with ASC
606. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we recognized $9.5 million of license revenue under ASC 606. During the year ended December 31, 2025,
we recognized $0.2 million of transition services revenue under ASC 606 and $5.4 million related to existing drug supply transferred to Vanda as other
income under ASC 610. We expensed the $2.5 million of
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(4)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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related transaction costs within general and administrative expenses, during the year ended December 31, 2025, as we elected the practical expedient to
expense the transaction costs as incurred as the expected amortization period was less than a year.
We are also eligible to receive a 10% royalty on net sales, as well as the following milestones under the Vanda License Agreement:
Milestone Event
Amount
Quarter Recognized
FDA regulatory approval for marketing of first licensed product in the USA for the treatment of active
flares in GPP
$5.0M
—
Regulatory approval for marketing of the first licensed product in the EU
$5.0M
—
Commercial sales first exceed $100.0 million
$25.0M
—
Milestones recognized through December 31, 2025
—
—
Milestones that may be recognized in the future
$35.0M
—
Centessa
On November 24, 2023, we entered into an exclusive license agreement (as amended, the “Centessa Agreement”) with Centessa Pharmaceuticals
(UK) Limited (“Centessa”), pursuant to which we acquired the exclusive global development and commercialization rights to a blood dendritic cell antigen
2 (BDCA2) modulator antibody portfolio, including lead asset CBS004 (renamed ANB101) and the related family of antibodies, for the treatment of
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
In connection with the Centessa Agreement, we paid Centessa an upfront cash payment of $4.0 million and an additional cash payment of $3.0
million as reimbursement to Centessa for manufacturing costs incurred. There were $0.3 million in transaction costs incurred. The total transaction amount
of $7.3 million was expensed as in-process research and development and classified as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. We accounted
for the transaction as an asset acquisition as the set of acquired assets did not constitute a business.
Under the terms of the Centessa Agreement, Centessa may be entitled to receive potential future payments of up to $10.0 million upon the
achievement of a certain event-based milestone and would be entitled to receive on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, a royalty of low
single digits on annual net sales of any product in the territory in each calendar year. As of December 31, 2025, achievement of the milestone is not
probable and, therefore, we have not recognized a liability for the associated $10.0 million contingent consideration.
5. Sale of Future Royalties
Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement
In October 2021, we signed a royalty monetization agreement (“Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement”) with Sagard Healthcare Royalty
Partners, LP (“Sagard”). Under the terms of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, we received $250.0 million in exchange for royalties and
milestones payable to us under our GSK collaboration on annual global net sales of Jemperli.
In May 2024, we entered into an amendment to the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement, Amendment No. 1 (the “Jemperli Amendment”)
under which we sold additional receivables to Sagard in exchange for $50.0 million. The Jemperli Amendment includes all Jemperli sales, including any
product containing Jemperli, whether or not such product constitutes a combination product, and the threshold amounts of aggregate Jemperli royalties and
milestones to be received by Sagard under the Jemperli Amendment is either $600.0 million if received by the end of March 31, 2031, or $675.0 million if
received thereafter. Once either of these thresholds are met, the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement and the Jemperli Amendment will expire,
resulting in us regaining all subsequent Jemperli royalties and milestones. As of December 31, 2025, Sagard has received a total of $216.7 million in
royalties and milestones.
The proceeds received from Sagard of $250.0 million and $50.0 million were recorded as a nonrecourse liability, net of transaction costs of $0.4
million and $0.1 million, which will be amortized over the estimated life of the arrangement using the effective interest rate method. The aggregate future
estimated payments, less the $299.5 million, net of proceeds, will be recognized as non-cash interest expense over the life of the agreement. Royalty and
milestone revenue will be recognized as earned on net sales of Jemperli, and these payments to Sagard will be recorded as a reduction of the liability when
paid. As such payments are made to Sagard, the balance of the liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the Jemperli Royalty Monetization
Agreement.
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We estimate the effective interest rate used to record non-cash interest expense under the Jemperli Royalty Monetization Agreement based on the
estimate of future royalty payments to be received by Sagard. As of December 31, 2025, the estimated effective rate under the agreement was 33.1%. Over
the life of the arrangement, the actual effective interest rate will be affected by the amount and the timing of the royalty payments received by Sagard and
changes in our forecasted royalties. At each reporting date, we will reassess our estimate of total future royalty payments to be received and if such
payments are materially different than our prior estimates, we will prospectively adjust the imputed interest rate and the related amortization of the royalty
obligation.
Two sales milestones totaling $125.0 million were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025, when Jemperli annual sales exceeded
both the $750 million and $1.0 billion thresholds. The $75.0 million milestone which was achieved when annual sales exceeded $1.0 billion was retained
by the Company, with the remaining $50.0 million paid to Sagard. We recognized two sales milestones for a total of $40.0 million during the year ended
December 31, 2024, when Jemperli annual sales exceeded both the $250.0 million and $500.0 million thresholds. No milestones were recognized during
the year ended December 31, 2023.
We recognized Jemperli non-cash royalty revenue of approximately $96.0 million, $47.4 million and $13.8 million during the years ended
December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively and non-cash interest expense of approximately $81.6 million, $49.1 million and $17.1 million during the
years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The interest and amortization of issuance costs is reflected as non-cash interest expense for
the sale of future royalties in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The following table shows the activity within the liability account for the year ended December 31, 2025:
(in thousands)
December 31, 2025
Liability related to sale of future Jemperli royalties and milestones - balance at 12/31/2024
$
323,658
Amortization of issuance costs
130
Royalty and milestone payments to Sagard
(152,849)
Non-cash interest expense recognized
81,624
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones - ending balance
$
252,563
(1) Of the non-cash interest expense recognized, $1.7 million was negative amortization for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement
In October 2020, in connection with GSK Amendment No. 3, GSK agreed, under the terms of a settlement agreement (the “GSK Settlement
Agreement”), to pay us a royalty of 0.5% on all GSK net sales of Zejula starting January 1, 2021.
In September 2022, we signed a purchase and sale agreement (the “Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement”) with a wholly owned subsidiary of
DRI to monetize all of our future royalties on global net sales of Zejula under the GSK Settlement Agreement. Under the terms of the Zejula Royalty
Monetization Agreement, we received $35.0 million in exchange for all royalties payable by GSK to us under the GSK Settlement Agreement on global net
sales of Zejula starting in July 2022.
The proceeds received from DRI of $35.0 million were recorded as a nonrecourse liability, net of transaction costs of $0.2 million, which will be
amortized over the estimated life of the arrangement using the effective interest rate method. Royalty revenue will be recognized as earned on net sales of
Zejula, and these royalty payments to DRI will be recorded as a reduction of the liability when paid. The aggregate future estimated payments, less the
$34.8 million, of net proceeds, will be recorded as non-cash interest expense over the life of the agreement. As such payments are made to DRI, the balance
of the liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the Zejula Royalty Monetization Agreement.
We recognized Zejula non-cash royalty revenue of approximately $3.9 million, $3.9 million and $3.4 million during the years ended December
31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively and recognized negative non-cash interest expense of approximately $1.9 million for the year ended December 31,
2025, and non-cash interest expense of $1.0 million during both of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The interest and amortization of issuance
costs is reflected as non-cash interest expense for the sale of future royalties in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
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The following table shows the activity within the liability account for the year ended December 31, 2025:
(in thousands)
December 31, 2025
Liability related to sale of future Zejula royalties and milestones - balance at 12/31/2024
$
29,768
Amortization of issuance costs
28
Royalty and milestone payments to DRI
(3,942)
Non-cash interest expense recognized
(1,889)
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones - ending balance
$
23,965
6. Fair Value Measurements and Available for Sale Investments
Fair Value Measurements
Our financial instruments consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments, receivables, and accounts payable.
Certain of our financial assets and liabilities have been recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with the accounting standards
for fair value measurements.
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants on the measurement date. Accounting guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable
inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure
fair value:
Level 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 - Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or
similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for
substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities; and
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activities, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following table summarizes our assets and liabilities that require fair value measurements on a recurring basis and their respective input levels
based on the fair value hierarchy:
Fair Value Measurements at End of Period Using:
(in thousands)
Fair Value
Quoted Market
Prices for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
At December 31, 2025
Money market funds
$
140,380 $
140,380 $
— $
—
Mutual funds
91,359
91,359
—
—
U.S. Treasury securities
63,268
63,268
—
—
Commercial and corporate obligations
10,174
—
10,174
—
At December 31, 2024
Money market funds
$
104,553 $
104,553 $
— $
—
Mutual funds
9,376
9,376
—
—
U.S. Treasury securities
284,495
284,495
—
—
Agency securities
7,579
—
7,579
—
Commercial and corporate obligations
10,652
—
10,652
—
Included in cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Included in short-term or long-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets depending on the respective maturity date.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of our financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate
that value:
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(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(2)
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Marketable Securities. For fair values determined by Level 1 inputs, which utilize quoted prices in active markets for identical assets, the level of
judgment required to estimate fair value is relatively low. For fair values determined by Level 2 inputs, which utilize quoted prices in less active markets
for similar assets, the level of judgment required to estimate fair value is also considered relatively low.
Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of certain of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable, and accrued
expenses approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.
Available for Sale Investments
We invest our excess cash in agency securities, debt instruments of financial institutions and corporations, commercial obligations, and U.S.
Treasury securities, which we classify as available-for-sale investments. These investments are carried at fair value and are included in the tables above.
The aggregate market value, cost basis, and gross unrealized gains and losses of available-for-sale investments by security type, classified in short-term and
long-term investments as of December 31, 2025 are as follows:
(in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Total
Fair Value
Commercial and corporate obligations
$
10,152 $
22
— $
10,174
US Treasury securities
63,107
161
—
63,268
Total available-for-sale investments
$
73,259 $
183 $
— $
73,442
Of our outstanding commercial and corporate obligations, $10.2 million have maturity dates of less than one year and $0.0 million have a maturity
date of between one to two years as of December 31, 2025.
Of our outstanding U.S. Treasury securities, $63.3 million have maturity dates of less than one year and $0.0 million have a maturity date of
between one to two years as of December 31, 2025.
The aggregate market value, cost basis, and gross unrealized gains and losses of available-for-sale investments by security type, classified in cash
equivalents, short-term and long-term investments as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:
(in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Total
Fair Value
Agency securities
$
7,587 $
— $
(8) $
7,579
Commercial and corporate obligations
10,642
10
—
10,652
U.S. Treasury securities
283,985
517
(7)
284,495
Total available-for-sale investments
$
302,214 $
527 $
(15) $
302,726
Of our outstanding agency securities, $7.6 million have maturity dates of less than one year and $0.0 million have a maturity date of between one to
two years as of December 31, 2024.
Of our outstanding commercial and corporate obligations, $10.7 million have maturity dates of less than one year and $0.0 million have a maturity
date of between one to two years as of December 31, 2024.
Of our outstanding U.S. Treasury securities, $249.0 million have maturity dates of less than one year and $35.5 million have a maturity date of
between one to two years as of December 31, 2024.
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(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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There were no investments in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2025. The following table presents gross unrealized losses and fair
values for those investments that were in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2024, aggregated by investment category and the length of time
that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position:
December 31, 2024
Less than 12 Months
12 Months or Greater
Total
(in thousands)
Fair Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Agency securities
$
7,579 $
(8) $
— $
— $
7,579 $
(8)
US Treasury Securities
25,250
(7)
—
—
25,250
(7)
Total
$
32,829 $
(15) $
— $
— $
32,829 $
(15)
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investments were not material, and accordingly, no allowance for
credit losses were recorded.
7. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock
Of the 500,000,000 shares of common stock authorized, 28,018,845 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025.
Stock Repurchase Program
In March 2025, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program (the “2025 Repurchase Program”) to repurchase up to $75.0 million
of our outstanding common stock. In November 2025, our Board of Directors authorized an amendment to the 2025 Repurchase Program, under which an
additional $100.0 million of our outstanding common stock may be repurchased. The 2025 Repurchase Program will expire on March 31, 2026.
The following table presents the repurchase activity through December 31, 2025:
Total number of
shares purchased
Average price
paid per share
Approximate dollar
value of shares
purchased
(in thousands)
First Quarter 2025
292,898
$
18.35
$
5,375
Second Quarter 2025
2,560,938
19.58
50,147
Third Quarter 2025
490,228
19.83
9,720
Fourth Quarter 2025
100,015
33.83
3,384
Total
3,444,079
$
68,626
The repurchased common stock was subsequently retired after the repurchase and the par value of the shares was charged to common stock. The
excess of the repurchase price over the par value was applied against additional paid in capital. As of December 31, 2025, $106.4 million remained
available for future shares of common stock to be repurchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program.
Open Market Sales Agreement
In November 2024, we entered into an open market sales agreement (the “Open Market Sales Agreement”) with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TD
Cowen”), under which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, up to an aggregate offering of $100.0 million through TD Cowen as our sales
agent. Our prior sales agreement with TD Cowen terminated upon effectiveness of the registration statement on the Form S-3 we filed in connection with
the Open Market Sales Agreement. As of December 31, 2025, we had sold no shares under the Open Market Sales Agreement.
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Underwriting Agreement
In August 2024, we entered into an underwriting agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC and Leerink Partners LLC as representatives to the
several underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which we issued and sold an aggregate of 2,750,498 shares of our common stock to the
Underwriters, at an offering price of $36.50 per share. The net proceeds from these sales were approximately $93.9 million, net of underwriting discounts
and commissions and offering expenses of $6.5 million, in the aggregate.
8. Equity Incentive Plans
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
In January 2017, our Board of Directors and stockholders approved and adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). Under the 2017
Plan, we may grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other awards to individuals who are then our
employees, officers, directors or consultants. In addition, the number of shares of stock available for issuance under the 2017 Plan were to be automatically
increased each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2018, by 4% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of our common stock as of the immediately
preceding December 31 or such lesser number as determined by our Board of Directors. At our annual stockholder meeting on June 12, 2024, the 2017
Plan was amended, eliminating the automatic annual share increase and the number of shares available for issuance was increased by 2,700,000 shares. At
our annual stockholder meeting on June 17, 2025, the 2017 Plan was amended and restated to further increase the number of shares available for issuance
by 1,650,000 shares. All future share increases will require stockholder approval. As of December 31, 2025, 2,698,467 shares were available for future
issuance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In January 2017, our Board of Directors and stockholders approved and adopted the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). In addition,
the number shares of stock available for issuance under the ESPP will be automatically increased each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2018, by 1% of
the aggregate number of outstanding shares of our common stock as of the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser number as determined by
our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors determined that due to sufficient shares being available in the ESPP, the number of shares available as of
January 1, 2025 would not increase. As of December 31, 2025, 267,193 shares have been issued under the ESPP and 1,831,614 shares were available for
future issuance under the ESPP. Total cash received from the ESPP was approximately $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Stock Options
Stock options granted to employees and non-employees generally vest over a four-year period while stock options granted to directors generally
vest over a one-year period. Each stock option award has a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant, subject to earlier cancellation prior to vesting
upon cessation of service to us. A summary of the activity related to stock option awards during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:
Shares
Subject to
Options
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
per Share
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (in
thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2025
6,086,289
$
25.20
7.63 $
534
Granted
1,758,243
$
14.87
Exercises
(645,562)
$
19.95
Forfeitures and cancellations
(301,202)
$
18.47
Outstanding at December 31, 2025
6,897,768
$
23.35
6.93 $
180,434
Exercisable at December 31, 2025
3,797,111
$
27.33
6.09 $
87,426
Total cash received from the exercise of stock options was approximately $12.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2025.
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Time-Based Restricted Stock Units
Each Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) represents one equivalent share of our common stock to be issued after satisfying the applicable continued
service-based vesting criteria over a specified period. The fair value of these RSUs is based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of the
grant. We measure compensation expense over the expected vesting period on a straight-line basis. The RSUs do not entitle the participants to the rights of
holders of common stock, such as voting rights, until the shares are issued.
Number of
Restricted
Stock Units
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (in
thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2025
1,227,677
$
21.79
1.46 $
16,254
Granted
614,828
$
14.87
Released
(355,627)
$
21.87
Forfeitures and cancellations
(113,673)
$
18.45
Outstanding at December 31, 2025
1,373,205
$
18.95
1.17 $
66,573
RSU expected to vest at December 31, 2025
1,373,205
$
18.95
1.17 $
66,573
Performance Stock Units
A Performance Stock Unit (“PSU”) represents one equivalent share of our common stock to be issued after achievement of the performance
metrics specified in the grant. The fair value of our PSUs is estimated as of the grant date of July 22, 2024, based upon the expected achievement of the
performance metrics specified in the grant and the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The grant date fair value is estimated
using a Monte Carlo simulation using the following assumptions:
Twelve months ended
December 31,
2024
Volatility of common stock
59.0%
Risk-free interest rate
4.1%
Contract term (in years)
3.9
The compensation expense for the awards is recognized over the requisite service period regardless of whether the market conditions are achieved
and will only be adjusted for pre-vesting forfeitures due to the termination of the recipient’s employment with the company prior to the expiration of the
requisite service period. The requisite service period over which the compensation expense will be recognized is July 22, 2024 through July 1, 2028.
The following table presents a summary of activity with respect to our PSUs:
Number of
Performance
Stock Units
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)
Outstanding at January 1, 2025
504,500
$
24.69
3.52
Granted
—
$
—
Released
—
$
—
Forfeitures
(26,500) $
24.69
Outstanding at December 31, 2025
478,000
$
24.69
2.52
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense
We recognize stock-based compensation expense for awards issued to employees and non-employees over the requisite service period based on
the estimated grant-date fair value of such awards. We record the expense for stock-based compensation awards subject to performance-based milestone
vesting over the requisite service period when management determines that achievement of the milestone is probable. Management evaluates when the
achievement of a performance-based milestone is probable based on the expected satisfaction of the performance conditions at each reporting date. The
estimated fair values of stock option awards granted were determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model with the
following weighted-average assumptions:
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
2024
2023
Risk-free interest rate
4.5%
4.0%
3.8%
Expected volatility
81.8%
78.4%
85.7%
Expected dividend yield
—%
—%
—%
Expected term (in years)
6.35
6.28
5.82
Weighted average grant date fair value per share
$
10.98
$
15.54
$
16.06
We determine the appropriate risk-free interest rate, expected term for employee stock-based awards, contractual term for non-employee stock-
based awards, and volatility assumptions. The weighted-average expected option term for employee and non-employee stock-based awards reflects the
historical option term. Expected volatility incorporates the historical volatility of our stock price. The risk-free interest rate is based upon U.S. Treasury
securities with remaining terms similar to the expected or contractual term of the stock-based payment awards. The assumed dividend yield is based on our
expectation of not paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
Total non-cash stock-based compensation expense for all stock awards that was recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and
comprehensive loss is as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
2023
Research and development
$
17,135 $
14,823
$
10,159
General and administrative
18,937
19,225
23,046
Total
$
36,072 $
34,048
$
33,205
Includes $2.6 million related to two year RSU initially issued to our Chief Executive Officer in March 2022 and now fully recognized.
Includes $11.7 million related to two year RSU initially issued to our Chief Executive Officer in March 2022 and now fully recognized.
At December 31, 2025, there was $36.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards, which is expected to
be recognized over a remaining weighted average vesting period of 2.41 years, $17.8 million of unrecognized cost related to unvested RSU awards, which
is expected to be recognized over a period of 2.25 years, $7.5 million of unrecognized cost related to unvested PSU awards, which is expected to be
recognized over a period of 2.52 years, and $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the ESPP, which is expected to be recognized over a
remaining weighted-average vesting period of 0.37 years.
9. Employee Benefit Plan
We have a defined contribution 401(k) plan available to eligible employees. Employee contributions are voluntary and are determined on an
individual basis, limited to the maximum amount allowable under U.S. federal tax regulations. We elected to match 100% of an employee’s contributions
up to 10% of the employees’ eligible salary with a maximum limit of $23,500 in 2025, 100% of an employee’s contribution up to 10% of the employees’
salary with a maximum limit of $23,000 in 2024, and 100% of an employee’s contribution up to 10% of the employee’s salary with a maximum limit of
$22,500 in 2023. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, we incurred approximately $2.4 million, $2.2 million, and $1.6 million,
respectively of costs related to the 401(k) plan.
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10. Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases
On May 4, 2020, we entered into a lease agreement with Wateridge Property Owner, LP, with respect to facilities in the building at 10770
Wateridge Circle, San Diego, California 92121 (the “Lease Agreement”). Under the Lease Agreement, we agreed to lease approximately 45,000 square feet
of space for a term of 124 months, beginning on April 5, 2021. The terms of the Lease Agreement provide us with an option to extend the term of the lease
for an additional five years, as well as a one-time option to terminate the lease after seven years, on April 30, 2028 with the payment of a termination fee of
$3.8 million plus 15-months of operating expenses and real property taxes. The exercise of the lease option is at our sole discretion, which we currently do
not anticipate exercising and as such was not recognized as part of the right-of-use asset (the “ROU asset”) and lease liability. The monthly base rent was
initially $4.20 per rentable square foot and is increased by 3% annually. Under the Lease Agreement, we are also responsible for our pro rata share of real
estate taxes, building insurance, maintenance, direct expenses, and utilities. Upon lease commencement, on April 5, 2021, we recognized an ROU asset of
$20.6 million, with a corresponding lease liability of $20.7 million on the consolidated balance sheets. The ROU asset includes adjustments for
prepayments, initial direct costs, and lease incentives. As of December 31, 2025, we have recorded $0.3 million as a security deposit in accordance with the
terms of the Lease Agreement.
Our lease payments are fixed, and we recognize lease expense for leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease ROU assets
and lease liabilities are recorded based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As our lease
does not provide an implicit rate, we used our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in
determining the present value of future payments. The weighted-average discount rate used was 4.0% and the weighted-average remaining lease term is
approximately 5.7 years.
The following non-cancellable office lease costs are included in our consolidated statements of cash flow (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Leases
Classification on the Cash Flow
2025
2024
2023
Operating lease cost
Operating $
2,478
$
2,478 $
2,478
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease
liabilities
Operating
2,531
2,457
2,386
At December 31, 2025, the future minimum annual obligations for the Company’s operating lease liabilities are as follows:
Years Ending December 31, (in thousands)
2026
$
2,607
2027
2,685
2028
2,766
2029
2,849
2030
2,934
Thereafter
2,005
Total minimum payments required
$
15,846
Less: imputed interest
(1,734)
Total
$
14,112
Other Commitments and Contingencies
We have entered into agreements with certain vendors for the provision of goods and services, which includes manufacturing services with
contract manufacturing organizations and development services with contract research organizations. These agreements may include certain provisions for
purchase obligations and termination obligations that could require payments for the cancellation of committed purchase obligations or for early
termination of the agreements. The amount of the cancellation or termination payments vary and are based on the timing of the cancellation or termination
and the specific terms of the agreement.
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Guarantees and Indemnifications
We enter into standard indemnification arrangements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to certain of these arrangements, we indemnify,
hold harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified parties for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party for third party claims in connection
with our breach of the agreement, our negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the agreement, or any trade secret, copyright, patent or other
intellectual property infringement claim with respect to our technology. The term of these indemnification arrangements is generally perpetual. The
maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable because it involves claims that
may be made against us in the future, but have not yet been made.
We indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while the officer or director is or was serving
in such capacity, as permitted under Delaware law, in accordance with our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and pursuant to agreements providing
for indemnification entered into with our officers and directors. The term of the indemnification period lasts as long as an officer or director may be subject
to any proceeding arising out of acts or omissions of such officer or director in such capacity.
The maximum amount of potential future indemnification of directors and officers is unlimited; however, we currently hold director and officer
liability insurance. This insurance allows the transfer of risk associated with our exposure and may enable us to recover a portion of any future amounts
paid.
We believe that the fair value of these indemnification obligations is minimal. Accordingly, we have not recognized any liabilities relating to these
obligations for any period presented.
11. Segment Reporting
During fiscal year 2025, in connection with the planned separation of the business, our Chief Executive Officer, who is our CODM, revised the
information he regularly reviews in evaluating the allocation of resources and assessing operating performance. As a result of these changes, we updated
our segment reporting to reflect two operating segments: Biopharma and Royalty Management. Our Biopharma segment focuses on the development and
potential commercialization of innovative immunology therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and our Royalty Management segment
manages the financial collaboration for Jemperli from GSK and for imsidolimab from Vanda.
Segment profit or loss is measured as the net loss and is used to monitor results. Our Royalty Management segment revenue consists of non-cash
royalties and milestones, and is derived from collaboration agreements. For more information, see Note 4. We do not report identifiable assets by segment
as this is not a metric used by our CODM to allocate resources or evaluate performance.
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The following tables present our segment information for the year ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 and is a summary of segment
revenue, loss and our significant expenses. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the newly identified segments (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Biopharma
Royalty
Management
Total
Collaboration revenue
$
—
$
234,603
$
234,603
Operating expenses:
External R&D
Rosnilimab
42,744
—
42,744
ANB033
20,427
—
20,427
ANB101
8,138
—
8,138
ANB032
48
—
48
Imsidolimab
—
(2,273)
(2,273)
Preclinical and other unallocated costs
16,093
—
16,093
Total External R&D
87,450
(2,273)
85,177
Total Internal R&D
52,164
(1,371)
50,793
Total R&D
139,614
(3,644)
135,970
External G&A
13,932
4,012
17,944
Internal G&A
25,460
7,333
32,793
Total G&A
39,392
11,345
50,737
Total operating expenses
179,006
7,701
186,707
(Loss) income from operations
(179,006)
226,902
47,896
Interest income
12,942
557
13,499
Non-cash interest expense
—
(79,893)
(79,893)
Other (expense) income, net
(23)
5,453
5,430
Total other income (expense), net
12,919
(73,883)
(60,964)
(Loss) income before income taxes
(166,087)
153,019
(13,068)
Provision for income taxes
—
(164)
(164)
Segment net (loss) income
(166,087)
152,855
(13,232)
External R&D consists of costs associated with our research and development activities, including drug discovery efforts, preclinical and clinical
development of our programs, manufacturing, and allocated facility-related costs.
Internal R&D and G&A consist of salaries and wages, stock-based compensation, recruiting and other employee benefits.
External G&A consists of general and administrative expenses including transaction costs, legal services, insurance, professional fees for auditing,
tax, and market research, and allocated facility-related costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Year Ended December 31, 2024
Biopharma
Royalty
Management
Total
Collaboration revenue
$
—
$
91,280
$
91,280
Operating expenses:
External R&D
Rosnilimab
53,422
—
53,422
ANB032
26,084
—
26,084
ANB033
12,460
—
12,460
ANB101
3,367
—
3,367
Imsidolimab
—
8,284
8,284
Preclinical and other unallocated costs
14,350
—
14,350
Total External R&D
109,683
8,284
117,967
Total Internal R&D
42,662
3,211
45,873
Total R&D
152,345
11,495
163,840
External G&A
6,806
3,227
10,033
Internal G&A
21,950
10,406
32,356
Total G&A
28,756
13,633
42,389
Total operating expenses
181,101
25,128
206,229
(Loss) income from operations
(181,101)
66,152
(114,949)
Interest income
17,382
2,412
19,794
Non-cash interest expense
—
(50,087)
(50,087)
Other income, net
14
—
14
Total other income (expense), net
17,396
(47,675)
(30,279)
(Loss) income before income taxes
(163,705)
18,477
(145,228)
Provision for income taxes
—
(3)
(3)
Segment net (loss) income
(163,705)
18,474
(145,231)
External R&D consists of costs associated with our research and development activities, including drug discovery efforts, preclinical and clinical
development of our programs, manufacturing, and allocated facility-related costs.
Internal R&D and G&A consist of salaries and wages, stock-based compensation, recruiting and other employee benefits.
External G&A consists of general and administrative expenses including transaction costs, legal services, insurance, professional fees for auditing,
tax, and market research, and allocated facility-related costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Year Ended December 31, 2023
Biopharma
Royalty
Management
Total
Collaboration revenue
$
—
$
17,157
$
17,157
Operating expenses:
External R&D
Rosnilimab
25,010
—
25,010
ANB032
17,197
—
17,197
ANB033
11,520
—
11,520
Imsidolimab
—
31,769
31,769
Preclinical and other unallocated costs
14,526
—
14,526
Total External R&D
68,253
31,769
100,022
Total Internal R&D
22,002
10,259
32,261
Total R&D
90,255
42,028
132,283
Acquired in-process research and development
7,339
—
7,339
External G&A
4,126
4,168
8,294
Internal G&A
16,741
16,911
33,652
Total G&A
20,867
21,079
41,946
Total operating expenses
118,461
63,107
181,568
Loss from operations
(118,461)
(45,950)
(164,411)
Interest income
12,313
6,560
18,873
Non-cash interest expense
—
(18,083)
(18,083)
Other expense, net
(2)
—
(2)
Total other income (expense), net
12,311
(11,523)
788
Loss before income taxes
(106,150)
(57,473)
(163,623)
Benefit for income taxes
—
4
4
Segment net loss
(106,150)
(57,469)
(163,619)
External R&D consists of costs associated with our research and development activities, including drug discovery efforts, preclinical and clinical
development of our programs, manufacturing, and allocated facility-related costs.
Internal R&D and G&A consist of salaries and wages, stock-based compensation, recruiting and other employee benefits.
External G&A consists of general and administrative expenses including transaction costs, legal services, insurance, professional fees for auditing,
tax, and market research, and allocated facility-related costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses.
12. Income Taxes
The components of loss before income tax provision consist of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
2023
U.S.
$
(13,068)
$
(145,367) $
(163,580)
Foreign
—
139
(43)
Consolidated net loss before income taxes
$
(13,068)
$
(145,228) $
(163,623)
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, we recognized current state income tax provision of $164,000, income tax provision of
$3,000, and income tax benefit of $4,000 respectively.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Income taxes paid, net of refunds received, for the year ended December 31, 2025 were $78,000 and were paid to Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Texas, and to the City of Philadelphia.
Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
Deferred Tax Assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
74,889
$
70,724
Capitalized R&D
47,187
61,029
Interest
33,781
9,602
Research and development credits
32,698
26,102
Equity compensation
14,812
13,000
Other, net
11,863
13,075
Total deferred tax assets
215,230
193,532
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Royalty monetization
(19,670)
(2,912)
Other, net
(2,922)
(3,435)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(22,592)
(6,347)
Net deferred tax assets
192,638
187,185
Less: valuation allowance
(192,638)
(187,185)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
$
—
$
—
We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of such assets.
Management has determined it more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are not realizable due to our historical loss position.
As of December 31, 2025, we had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”), of $323.5 million and $69.8 million, respectively.
The federal and state NOLs generated prior to 2018 will begin to expire in 2031 and 2028, respectively, unless previously utilized. The federal NOL
includes $284.9 million of net operating losses generated in 2018 and after. Federal net operating losses generated in 2018 and after carryover indefinitely
and may generally be used to offset up to 80% of future taxable income. As of December 31, 2025, we had federal and state research tax credit
carryforwards of approximately $24.0 million and $21.1 million, respectively. The federal research tax credit carryforwards will begin to expire in 2041
and the state research tax credits will begin to expire in 2039.
The above NOL carryforward and the federal and state research tax credit carryforwards may be subject to an annual limitation under section 382
and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and similar state provisions if we experience one or more ownership changes
which would limit the amount of NOL and tax credit carryforwards that can be utilized to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. In general, an
ownership change as defined by Section 382 and 383, results from transactions increasing ownership of certain stockholders or public groups in the stock
of the corporation by more than 50 percentage points over a three-year period.
We experienced ownership changes as defined by Section 382 of the Code during 2007, 2017 and 2021. As a result, as of December 31, 2025,
there are $154.1 million of federal NOLs available to offset taxable income in future years without Section 382 limitation, while $169.4 million of federal
NOLs are subject to annual limitations over future periods. State NOL and credit carryforwards may be similarly limited.
Our use of federal and state NOLs and research credits could be further limited if we experience one or more ownership changes subsequent to
December 31, 2025. If a change in ownership occurs, NOLs and tax credit carryforwards could be eliminated or restricted. If eliminated, the related asset
would be removed from the deferred tax asset schedule with a corresponding reduction in the valuation allowance. Due to the existence of the valuation
allowance, limitations created by ownership changes, if any, will not impact our effective tax rates.
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Upon adoption of ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, the reconciliation of taxes at the federal statutory rate to our provision
for (benefit from) income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025 was as follows (in thousands, except for percentages):
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Income taxes at statutory rates
$
(2,743)
21.00%
State income tax, net of federal benefit
(449)
3.43%
Foreign tax effects
Australia
Valuation allowance
(939)
7.19%
Deferred tax write-off
939
(7.19)%
Tax Credits
R&D credits
(5,379)
41.17%
Change in valuation allowance
4,371
(33.46)%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items
Other
53
(0.41)%
Equity compensation
403
(3.08)%
Executive compensation
2,202
(16.86)%
Other
52
(0.40)%
Change in unrecognized tax benefits
1,654
(12.66)%
Income tax expense
$
164
(1.27)%
State taxes in California made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category.
The reconciliation of taxes at the federal statutory rate to our provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the years December 31, 2024 and 2023
in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09 was as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
2024
2023
Expected income tax benefit at federal statutory tax rate
$
(30,498)
$
(34,361)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
(1,699)
(1,912)
Permanent items
82
56
Equity compensation
804
2,840
Non-deductible compensation
2,188
3,693
Research credits
(7,057)
(6,213)
Other
35
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Change in the valuation allowance
36,148
35,784
Income tax expense (benefit)
$
3
$
(4)
We recognize a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination,
including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits. Income tax positions must meet a more likely than not
recognition at the effective date to be recognized. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had no unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized and realized,
would affect the effective tax rate due to the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. The following table summarizes the activity related to our
unrecognized tax benefits:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
2025
2024
Balance at the beginning of the year
$
6,911
$
5,016
Decrease related to prior year tax positions
(2)
(4)
Increase related to current year tax positions
1,810
1,899
Balance at the end of the year
$
8,719
$
6,911
If recognized, these amounts would not affect our effective tax rate, since they would be offset by an equal corresponding adjustment in the
deferred tax asset valuation allowance.
(1)
(1)
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Our policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in the provision for income taxes. As of December 31, 2025 and
2024, there were no interest or penalties on uncertain tax benefits.
We file income tax returns in the United States, California and various U.S. state jurisdictions. Due to our losses incurred, we are essentially
subject to income tax examination by tax authorities from inception to date. Our Australian subsidiary was dissolved and the final Australian income tax
return filed for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 ("OBBBA") was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA makes changes to the U.S. corporate
income tax including immediate expensing of domestic research and development costs while foreign expenditures will continue to be capitalized and
amortized over 15 years and modifications to the timing of the deduction for interest expense.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of December 31, 2025, our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, performed an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the
Exchange Act. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of
December 31, 2025, the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of
the Exchange Act. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this
assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal
Control—Integrated Framework issued in 2013. Based upon the assessments, management has concluded that as of December 31, 2025 our internal control
over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report on internal control over financial reporting issued by our independent
registered accounting firm. Our auditors will not be required to formally opine on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant
to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 until we are no longer a smaller reporting company.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and
15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objective and management necessarily applies its judgment
in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
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Item 9B. Other Information
During the quarter ended December 31, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or officers adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading
arrangements” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
We have adopted an Insider Trading Policy governing the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities that applies to all of our
personnel, including directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons. The Insider Trading Policy also provides that the Company will not transact
in its own securities unless in compliance with U.S. federal and state securities laws. We believe that our Insider Trading Policy is reasonably designed to
promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards applicable to the Company. A copy of the Insider Trading Policy
is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report.
The remaining information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections titled “Information about our Executive
Officers,” “Election of Class II Directors,” “Corporate Governance Standards and Director Independence”, “Insider Trading Policy” and “Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to
be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
With regard to the information required by this item regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, we will provide disclosure of
delinquent Section 16(a) reports, if any, in our Proxy Statement related to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and such disclosure, if any, is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Executive Compensation,” “Election of Class II
Directors,” and “Corporate Governance Standards and Director Independence” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2026 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to
be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”
and “Corporate Governance Standards and Director Independence” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2026 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Our independent registered public accounting firm is KPMG LLP, San Diego, CA, Auditor Firm ID: 185.
Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Ratification of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days
after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
1.
Consolidated Financial Statements
See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8 herein.
2.
Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
No consolidated financial statement schedules are provided because the information called for is not required or is shown either in the
consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
3.
Exhibits
EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by reference
Exhibit Number
Description of Document
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing
Date
Filed
Herewith
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
currently in effect.
10-Q
001-37985
10.26
August 7, 2023
3.2
Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect.
8-K
001-37985
3.1
February 10, 2023
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate.
S-1
333-206849
4.1
December 23, 2015
4.2
Description of the Registrant’s Securities Registered
Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
10-K
001-37985
4.3
March 2, 2020
10.1*
Form of Indemnity Agreement.
S-1
333-206849
10.1
September 9, 2015
10.2*
Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
and forms of award agreements.
S-1
333-206849
10.2
January 17, 2017
10.3*
Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-37985
10.1
June 17, 2025
10.4*
2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and forms of
award agreements.
S-1
333-206849
10.4
January 17, 2017
10.5+
Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement,
dated March 10, 2014, by and among the Registrant,
TESARO, Inc. and TESARO Development, Ltd., as
amended.
S-1
333-206849
10.10
May 10, 2016
10.6
Wateridge Lease Agreement.
10-Q
001-37985
10.16
May 6, 2020
10.7*
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement,
effective May 8, 2023, by and between the Registrant
and Eric Loumeau
10-Q
001-37985
10.25
May 11, 2023
10.8*
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement,
effective April 25, 2022, by and between Registrant
and Paul Lizzul
8-K
001-37985
10.1
April 29, 2022
10.9++
Amendment No. 3 to the Collaboration and Exclusive
License Agreement
10-K
001-37985
10.16
February 25, 2021
10.10++
Confidential Settlement and Modification Agreement
dated as of October 23, 2020
10-K
001-37985
10.18
February 25, 2021
10.11
First Amendment to Lease Agreement
10-Q
001-37985
10.19
August 9, 2021
10.12‡++
Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated October 25, 2021,
by and between the Registrant and Sagard Healthcare
Royalty Partners, LP
8-K
001-37985
2.1
December 1, 2021
10.13
Amendment No. 4 to Tesaro AnaptysBio
Collaboration
10-K
001-37985
10.19
March 7, 2022
10.14*
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement,
effective August 4, 2023, by and between the
Registrant and Daniel Faga
10-Q
001-37985
10.27
November 2, 2023
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Incorporated by reference
Exhibit Number
Description of Document
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing
Date
Filed
Herewith
10.15‡++
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated September 9,
2022, by and between the Registrant and DRI
Healthcare Acquisitions L.P.
10-Q
001-37985
10.23
November 8, 2022
10.16‡++
License Agreement, dated November 24, 2023, by and
between the Registrant and Centessa Pharmaceuticals
(UK) Limited
10-K
001-37985
10.18
March 11, 2024
10.17‡++
Amendment No. 5 to Tesaro AnaptysBio
Collaboration
10-K
001-37985
10.19
March 11, 2024
10.18‡
Amendment No. 1 to License Agreement, dated April
9, 2024, by and between the Registrant and Centessa
Pharmaceuticals (UK) Limited
10-Q
001-37985
10.28
May 9, 2024
10.19‡++
Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the Royalty
Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2024 by and
between the Registrant and Sagard Healthcare Partners
Funding Borrower SPE 2, LP
10-Q
001-37985
10.29
August 5, 2024
10.20
Sales Agreement, dated November 5, 2024, by and
between the Registrant and TD Securities (USA) LLC
S-3
333-283001
1.2
November 5, 2024
10.21*
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement,
effective April 25, 2022, by and between the
Registrant and Dennis Mulroy
10-K
001-37985
10.21
February 27, 2025
10.22
Exclusive License Agreement, dated January 31, 2025,
by and between the Company and Vanda
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
10-Q
001-37985
10.22
May 5, 2025
19.1‡
Insider Trading Policy
10-K
001-37985
19.1
February 27, 2025
21.1
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
X
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm.
X
24.1
Power of Attorney
X
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
X
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
X
32.1**
Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
X
32.2**
Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
X
97
Compensation Recovery Policy.
10-K
001-37985
97
March 11, 2024
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance
document does not appear in the Interactive Data File
because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline
XBRL document.
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With
Embedded Linkbase Documents
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline
XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
111
* Executive compensation plan or agreement.
** This certification is deemed not filed for purpose of section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be
deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
+ Registrant has omitted and filed separately with the SEC portions of the exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment request under Rule 406 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
++ Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted by means of marking such portions with asterisks because the Registrant has determined that the
information is not material and is the type that the Registrant treats as private or confidential.
‡ Exhibits and schedules to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to the rules of the SEC. The Registrant will submit copies of such exhibits and
schedules to the SEC upon request.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
None.
112
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this
Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 3, 2026
AnaptysBio, Inc.
By:
/s/ Daniel Faga
Daniel Faga
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Daniel Faga and Eric Loumeau, and each of them, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her
name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all
amendments to this annual report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Daniel Faga
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Daniel Faga
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 3, 2026
/s/ Dennis Mulroy
Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Mulroy
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
March 3, 2026
/s/ Dennis Fenton
Director
March 3, 2026
Dennis Fenton, Ph.D.
/s/ Rita Jain
Director
March 3, 2026
Rita Jain, M.D
/s/ Magda Marquet
Director
March 3, 2026
Magda Marquet, Ph.D.
/s/ Oleg Nodelman
Director
March 3, 2026
Oleg Nodelman
/s/John Orwin
Director
March 3, 2026
John Orwin
/s/ Hollings Renton
Director
March 3, 2026
Hollings Renton
/s/ John Schmid
Director
March 3, 2026
John Schmid
/s/ J. Anthony Ware
Director
March 3, 2026
J. Anthony Ware, M.D.
EXHIBIT 21.1
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
Name of Subsidiary
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
AnaptysBio Pty Ltd
Australia
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-215741, 333-223446, 333-229927, 333-236805, 333-253504, 333-
263332, 333-270175, 333-277823, 333-281246, and 333-289301) on Form S-8 and in the registration statement (No. 333-283001) on Form S-3 of our
report dated March 3, 2026, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of AnaptysBio, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Diego, California
March 3, 2026
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Daniel Faga, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of AnaptysBio, Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
Date: March 3, 2026
/s/ Daniel Faga
Daniel Faga
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Dennis Mulroy, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of AnaptysBio, Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
Date: March 3, 2026
/s/ Dennis Mulroy
Dennis Mulroy
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Daniel Faga, Chief Executive Officer of AnaptysBio, Inc. (Company), do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
•
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
•
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
for the periods presented therein.
Date: March 3, 2026
/s/ Daniel Faga
Daniel Faga
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Dennis Mulroy, Chief Financial Officer of AnaptysBio, Inc. (Company), do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
•
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
•
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
for the periods presented therein.
Date: March 3, 2026
/s/ Dennis Mulroy
Dennis Mulroy
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)