Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments

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Commitments
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Commitments
 
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement described in Note 8 – Significant Vendor above, the Company is obligated to engage Fraunhofer for at least $3 million in work requested and directed by iBio before December 31, 2015. Effective January 31, 2014, the Company terminated a $1.5 million research services agreement with Fraunhofer.  The Company had incurred $0.8 million in research and development expense related to such agreement. As of June 30, 2014, the Company had entered into research services agreements with Fraunhofer representing approximately $0.8 million of the $3 million commitment.
 
Under the terms of the TTA (described in Note 8 – Significant Vendor) and for a period of 15 years: 1) the Company shall pay Fraunhofer a defined percentage (per the agreement) of all receipts derived by the Company from sales of products produced utilizing the Technology and a defined percentage (per the agreement) of all receipts derived by the Company from licensing the Technology to third parties. The Company will be obligated to remit royalties to Fraunhofer only on technology license revenues that iBio actually receives and on revenues from actual sales by iBio of products derived from the Company’s technology until the later of November 2023 or until such time as the aggregate royalty payments total at least $4 million. All new intellectual property invented by Fraunhofer during the period of the TTA is owned by and is required to be transferred to iBio.
 
On June 12, 2014, Fiocruz, Fraunhofer and iBio executed an amendment to the CLA (the “Amended Agreement”) which provides for revised research and development, work plans, reporting, objectives, estimated budget, and project billing process. Under the CLA and bilateral agreement between iBio and Fraunhofer dated December 27, 2010, Fraunhofer, the Company’s subcontractor for performance of research and development services, bills Fiocruz directly on behalf of the Company at the rates, amounts and times provided in the Amended Agreement, and the proceeds of such billings and only the proceeds are paid to Fraunhofer for its services, so the Company's expense is equal to its revenue and no profit is recognized for these activities under the Amended Agreement. See Note 8 – Significant Vendor for additional information. 
 
On January 14, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into an exclusive worldwide License Agreement (“LA”) with the University of Pittsburgh (“UP”) covering all of the U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications and related intellectual property owned by UP pertinent to the use of endostatin peptides for the treatment of fibrosis. The Company paid an initial license fee of $20,000 and is required to pay all of UP’s patent prosecution costs that were incurred prior to, totaling $30,627, and subsequent to the Effective Date. On each anniversary date the Company is to pay license fees ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 for the first five years and $150,000 on each subsequent anniversary date until the first commercial sale of the licenced technology. Beginning with commerical sales of the technology or approval by the FDA or foreign equivalent, the Company will be required to pay milestone payments, royalties and a percentage of any non-royalty sublicense income to UP.
 
On December 30, 2013, the Company entered into a Project Agreement with the Medical University of South Carolina (“MUSC”) providing for the performance of research and development services by MUSC related to peptides for the treatment of fibrosis. The agreement requires the Company to make payments totaling $78,000 through December 1, 2014 and provides the Company with certain intellectual property rights. Effective September 1, 2014 the Company and MUSC executed an Amendment to the agreement. The Amendment extends the term of the agreement to December 31, 2015 and increases the total payments due MUSC from the Company by $161,754.