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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2023
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 5, 2023, Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Non-exclusive Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Halozyme, Inc. (“Halozyme”).
Under the terms of the Agreement, Halozyme granted the Company a non-exclusive license to Halozyme’s ENHANZE® drug delivery technology for the development of a subcutaneous formulation of ACU193 (such combination, the “Product”). Halozyme will also be the Company’s exclusive supplier of clinical and commercial supplies of the API for Halozyme’s PH20 product.
The Company will make a seven figure upfront payment for the license to Halozyme’s technology. Additionally, the Company will make milestone payments tied to achievement of certain development and commercialization milestone events with respect to the Product, as well as milestone payments based on achievement of certain net sales levels of the Product. The Company will also make single-digit royalty payments based on worldwide net sales of the Product.
The Agreement includes customary termination rights, representations and warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations for a transaction of this nature.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which the Company expects to include as an exhibit to a future periodic report, to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||||||
| Dated: November 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Matthew Zuga | ||||||
Matthew Zuga Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer | ||||||||