Joint Venture Agreement |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2020 | |
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| Joint Venture Agreement |
Joint Venture Agreement
In November 2011, the Company entered into an affiliation agreement with the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“Mayo”), subsequently amended. Under the agreement, the Company formed a joint venture with Mayo in May 2013 to focus on developing oncology diagnostic services and tests utilizing next generation sequencing. The joint venture is a limited liability company, with each party initially holding fifty percent of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the new entity (the “JV”).
The agreement requires aggregate capital contributions by the Company of up to $6.0 million, of which $2.0 million has been paid to date. The timing of the remaining installments is subject to the JV’s achievement of certain operational milestones agreed upon by the board of governors of the JV. In exchange for its membership interest, Mayo’s capital contribution takes the form of cash, staff, services, hardware and software resources, laboratory space and instrumentation, the fair market value of which will be approximately equal to $6.0 million. Mayo’s continued contribution will also be conditioned upon the JV’s achievement of certain milestones.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, there was no activity in the JV. The Company has a net receivable due from the JV of approximately $10 thousand at March 31, 2020, which is included in other assets in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The JV was dissolved effective February 14, 2020, and the dissolution terms include an estimated final cash distribution from the JV to the Company of approximately $$92 thousand, to be paid as soon as practicable. The Company received the first payment of $36 thousand in April 2020, which is consistent with the dissolution terms.
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