Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. Commitments Disclosure
13. Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
The Company’s commitments under its operating leases are described in Note 7.
License Agreement
In January 2021, the Company entered into a license agreement and stock issuance agreement with Lilly (collectively, the “Lilly Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has been granted an exclusive, royalty-bearing sublicensable license to certain patents owned or controlled by Lilly, with world-wide rights to commercially develop, manufacture, use, distribute and sell therapeutic products containing the compound prexasertib. The license from Lilly comprises three families of patent filings all relating to ACR-368. Additionally, pursuant to the Lilly Agreement, the Company received ACR-368 drug substance and drug product to be used in future research. In July 2025, the Company obtained unencumbered world-wide exclusive rights to freely engage in strategic partnerships, business development, and co-development opportunities for ACR-368, inclusive of all related intellectual property, in all territories and regions, after the triggering of Lilly’s limited right of first negotiation (“ROFN”), which the parties agreed under the terms of the agreement had expired.
As initial consideration for the license, the Company made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $5.0 million. As additional consideration for the license, the Company is required to pay Lilly aggregate development and commercial milestone payments of up to $168.0 million, of which $5.0 million is due prior to a new drug application.
The Company is also obligated to pay a tiered percentage royalty on annual net sales ranging from single-digit up to a maximum of 10%, subject to certain specified reductions. Royalties are payable by the Company on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis until the later of the expiration of the last valid claim covering the licensed product in such country, expiration of all applicable regulatory exclusivities in such country for such licensed product and the tenth anniversary of the first commercial sale
of such licensed product in such country, provided, that the Company’s obligation to pay royalties for a given licensed product in a given country will expire earlier upon achievement of certain sales thresholds by generic products in such country.
As of December 31, 2025, no milestone payments or royalties have been incurred related to the Lilly Agreement.
Companion Diagnostic Agreement
In June 2022, the Company entered into a companion diagnostic agreement (the “Akoya Agreement”) with Akoya Biosciences, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quanterix Corporation (“Akoya”), pursuant to which the Company has engaged Akoya to co-develop, validate, and commercialize the Company’s proprietary ACR-368 OncoSignature test, the companion diagnostic that will be used to identify patients with cancer most likely to respond to ACR-368. Subject to the terms of the Akoya Agreement, as subsequently amended, the Company paid Akoya a one-time, non-refundable, non-creditable upfront payment in the amount of $0.6 million. The Company is obligated to pay Akoya up to an aggregate of $20.3 million upon the achievement of specified development and pre-commercialization milestones. Through December 31, 2025, the Company has made aggregate payments of $18.2 million to Akoya. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded $1.2 million and $8.8 million, respectively, of research and development expense related to the achievement of milestones.
Indemnification Agreements
In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to vendors, lessors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters including, but not limited to, losses arising out of breach of such agreements or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that will require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or services as directors or executive officers. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is, in many cases, unlimited. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnifications. The Company is not currently aware of any indemnification claims and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in its consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, the Company is subject to litigation and regulatory examinations as well as information gathering requests, inquiries and investigations. The Company is not currently party to any material legal proceedings and is not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceedings that could have an adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results or financial condition.
Other Contracts
The Company enters into contracts in the normal course of business with various third parties for preclinical research studies, clinical trials, testing, manufacturing and other services. These contracts generally provide for termination upon notice and are cancelable without significant penalty or payment, and do not contain any minimum purchase commitments.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 19, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 28, 2023 | |
About Commitments Disclosures
Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.
Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.