Commitments and Contingencies
Licenses and Other Commitments
The Company has entered into customary contractual arrangements and letters of intent in preparation for and in support of operations in the normal course of business. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately $268.3 million of obligations under these agreements related to active pharmaceutical ingredient, which is expected to be paid through 2029.
Roche Agreement
The Company has a Research, Development and Commercialization Agreement (as amended, the “Roche Agreement”) with Hoffmann-La Roche (“Roche”) which grants the Company a sole and exclusive license to develop, use, sell, offer for sale and import any Licensed Product (as defined in the Roche Agreement). In January 2026, the Company entered into an amendment to the Roche Agreement to provide the Company the full and exclusive right and discretion to control all patent term adjustments and patent term extensions applicable to Rezdiffra, including patents owned by Roche and jointly owned between the parties. In consideration of the foregoing, the royalty payable to Roche based on net sales of
Rezdiffra will not be reduced until the expiration of certain patent term extensions that have been, or could have been, filed.
The Roche Agreement required certain milestone payments to Roche. In March 2024, upon receiving FDA approval of Rezdiffra, a milestone was achieved and $5.0 million was paid to Roche. In August 2025, upon receiving conditional marketing authorization from the EC, a milestone was achieved and $3.0 million was paid to Roche. Furthermore, a tiered single-digit royalty is payable on net sales of resmetirom or a product developed from resmetirom, subject to certain reductions. The Company began incurring royalty expense following its commercial launch of Rezdiffra in April 2024.
CSPC License (MGL-2086)
In July 2025, the Company entered into an exclusive global license agreement (the “CSPC License Agreement”) with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (“CSPC”) for MGL-2086 (formerly known as SYH2086), an oral small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist. Pursuant to the CSPC License Agreement, CSPC has granted the Company an exclusive global license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize MGL-2086. The transaction closed in September 2025. The Company paid CSPC an upfront payment of $120.0 million in October 2025. CSPC is eligible to receive up to $2.0 billion in development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments, as well as royalties on net sales ranging from mid-single digits to low-double digits.
Pfizer License (ervogastat)
In December 2025, the Company entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Pfizer (the “Pfizer License Agreement”) to develop, manufacture and commercialize ervogastat, a Phase 2 oral DGAT-2 inhibitor, and two additional early-stage MASH assets. The Company paid Pfizer an upfront payment of $50.0 million in December 2025. In addition, Pfizer is eligible to receive up to $70.0 million in development and regulatory milestone payments related to ervogastat and low-double digit royalties on net sales of ervogastat. Pfizer is eligible to receive additional development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and royalty payments on net sales of the two licensed early stage assets.
Ribocure License (siRNA programs)
In February 2026, the Company entered into an exclusive global license agreement (the “Ribocure License Agreement”) with Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co. Ltd. and Ribocure Pharmaceuticals AB (together, “Ribocure”) granting the Company exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize six siRNA programs. Pursuant to the Ribocure License Agreement, the Company will pay Ribocure an upfront payment of $60.0 million. In addition, Ribocure is eligible to receive up to $4.4 billion in development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments across all programs, as well as royalties on net sales ranging from mid-single digits to low-double digits.