Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] |
NOTE D - RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
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1)
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The Company has a license agreement that
earned royalties of approximately $5,000 and $4,000
during the three months ended December 31, 2011 and
2010, respectively. A shareholder of the Company is an
officer of the licensee. The Company earned royalties
of approximately $17,000 and $10,000 during the six
months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010,
respectively
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2)
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During the three and six months ended
December 31, 2011, the Company has three services
arrangements with the Center for Molecular
Biotechnology of Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
(“FhCMB”) for research and
development.
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A)
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In 2003, the Company entered into a
Technology Transfer Agreement, as amended
(“TTA”) which requires FhCMB to provide the
Company with research and development services related
to the commercialization of the Technology and allows
FhCMB to apply the Technology to the development and
production of certain vaccines for use in developing
countries as defined in the agreement. The most recent
amendment to the TTA requires: 1) the Company to make
payments to FhCMB of $2,000,000 per year for five
years, aggregating $10,000,000, for such services
beginning in November 2009; and 2) FhCMB to expend at
least equal amounts during the same timeframe for
research and development services related to the
commercialization of the Technology. Additionally,
under the terms of the TTA and for a period of fifteen
years: 1) the Company shall pay FhCMB a defined percent
(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 with an overall minimum
annual payment of $200,000 beginning with the twelve
months ended December 2010; and 2) FhCMB shall pay the
Company a defined percentage (per the agreement) of all
receipts from sales, licensing, or commercialization of
the Technology in developing countries as defined in
the agreement. All new IP invented by FhCMB during the
period of the TTA is owned by and is required to be
transferred to iBio.
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B)
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In December 2010, the Company and FhCMB
entered into a $1,660,000 research services agreement
for research for selected targeted gene expressions
optimization utilizing the Company’s
technology.
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C)
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In March 2011, the Company and FhCMB
entered into a $432,000 research services agreement for
research regarding the use of a certain enzyme as a
carrier molecule.
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Below are expenses recorded with transactions
associated with FhCMB for the three and six months ended
December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the balance sheet impact as of
December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, respectively.
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Three Months Ended
December 31,
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Six Months Ended
December 31,
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2011
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2010
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2011
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2010
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Research and development expense
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$
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1,016,000
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$
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333,000
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$
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2,388,000
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$
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333,000
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Royalty expense
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50,000
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50,000
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100,000
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100,000
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As of December
31, 2011
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As of June
30, 2011
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Prepaid and other current assets
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$
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942,000
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$
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760,000
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Accounts payable and accrued
expenses
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3,374,000
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2,360,000
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