Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 30, 2022
Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc. (WHWK)
About this 8-K
Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc filed this 8-K on June 30, 2022, reporting on events of June 27, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 1.02: Ended a material agreement
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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 27, 2022, Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) received written notice from EOC Pharma (Hong Kong) Limited (“EOC”) that EOC has elected to terminate the License Agreement, dated December 8, 2020, by and between the Company and EOC (the “EOC License Agreement”), effective immediately. On April 14, 2022, EOC delivered a notice, which alleged certain material breaches by the Company under the EOC License Agreement, and which suggested if such alleged breaches were not cured within the cure period under the EOC License Agreement, EOC may terminate the EOC License Agreement. However, the Company disagreed with, and continues to dispute, EOC’s allegations of material breach and does not believe that EOC had a right to terminate the EOC License Agreement for material breach, and accordingly believes that the termination of the EOC License Agreement is a termination for convenience.
Under the EOC License Agreement, the Company provided EOC with the exclusive right to develop and commercialize FYARRO in Greater China, including the Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (collectively, the “EOC Territory”). As specified in the EOC License Agreement, the Company had granted EOC the right to develop and commercialize the same compounds licensed to the Company by Abraxis BioScience, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation, now Bristol Myers Squibb Company, under which the Company obtained exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize FYARRO, previously called ABI-009, nab-sirolimus, in the EOC Territory and, subject to certain restrictions, to collaborate with others for such development and commercialization. In accordance with the terms of the EOC License Agreement, the Company received a $14.0 million non-refundable upfront payment in January 2021 as consideration for the rights and licenses granted to EOC by the Company for the further development and commercialization of FYARRO in the EOC Territory, and a $1.0 million non-refundable milestone payment in November 2021 upon achievement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for FYARRO. In addition, EOC was obligated to pay up to an additional $257.0 million of non-refundable milestone payments upon the achievement of certain development, regulatory and commercial milestones, as well as royalties to the Company on net sales of licensed products in the EOC Territory.
The foregoing description of the EOC License Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the EOC License Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38560) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2021, and is incorporated by reference herein.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 30, 2022
| /s/ Neil Desai, Ph.D. |
| Neil Desai, Ph.D. |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |