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License and Transfer Agreement

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License and Transfer Agreement
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License and Transfer Agreement

11. License and Transfer Agreement

On April 18, 2016, the Company entered into a license and transfer agreement (the “Original Agreement”) with Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. (“Enumeral”), pursuant to which the Company acquired a non-exclusive worldwide license to use specified patent rights and know-how owned by Enumeral to research, develop and market fusion protein. As contemplated by the terms of the Original Agreement, the Company entered into a definitive license and transfer agreement (the “Definitive Agreement”) with Enumeral on June 6, 2016, to expand the scope of the Company´s option to license additional antibodies from Enumeral. Under the Definitive Agreement, Enumeral has granted Pieris options to license two additional undisclosed Enumeral antibodies (each, a “Subsequent Option”). The Subsequent Options expired unexercised on May 31, 2017.

 

Under the terms of the Original Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Enumeral an upfront license fee of $250,000 upon signing in April 2016 and subsequently elected to pay a $750,000 maintenance fee in May 2016. All amounts paid related to the Agreement have been expensed as research and development expense as incurred. The Company incurred $1.0 million in upfront fees for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016. No amounts were incurred for the three and six-month period end June 30, 2017.