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About XOMA Royalty Corp
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed March 18, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
Item 1. BUSINESS
Overview
XOMA is a royalty aggregator that plays a distinctive role in helping biotech companies achieve their goal of improving human health. We do this by providing capital in exchange for the economic rights to future milestone and royalty payments associated with clinical candidates and approved products. In return the drug developer or marketer receives non-dilutive, non-recourse funding. We seek to generate stockholder value by maintaining a diversified portfolio to mitigate single-asset, binary risk and by operating under a capital efficient and low corporate cost structure.
We have a sizable portfolio of economic rights to future potential milestone and royalty payments associated with over 120 commercial products and pre-commercial therapeutic candidates. In 2017, we transformed our business model to become a royalty aggregator. We subsequently advanced our portfolio by building upon our existing out-licensing agreements for proprietary products and platforms through the acquisition of rights to future milestones, royalties and commercial payments. Currently, our portfolio is anchored by royalty streams and milestone payments derived from seven commercial-stage assets. In 2025, we received $33.6 million in commercial payments and $16.9 million from milestone payments and other fees, for total cash receipts of $50.5 million.
Strategy
Our royalty aggregator business is primarily focused on early to mid-stage clinical assets, primarily in Phase 1 and 2 development, which we believe have significant commercial sales potential and that are licensed to well-funded sponsors or developers with established expertise in developing and commercializing drugs. We also acquire milestone and royalty revenue streams on late-stage clinical assets and commercial assets that are designed to address unmet markets or have a therapeutic advantage over other treatment options and have long duration of market exclusivity. We expect most of our future revenue and income to be based on payments we may receive for milestones and royalties associated with these assets.
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Our strategy is to expand our portfolio by acquiring additional milestone and royalty revenue streams associated with product candidates from third parties. We believe expanding our portfolio through these acquisitions allows for further diversification across therapeutic areas and development stages, thereby mitigating single-asset binary exposure. We operate under a capital-efficient structure: substantially all R&D and commercialization costs are borne by the assets’ sponsors, and we maintain a lean infrastructure. We also utilize a range of structures to aggregate assets. Beginning with the acquisition of Kinnate in 2024, we have acquired or served as the structuring agent for nine acquisitions of publicly traded and private biotech companies, which added a combination of cash and cash equivalents, therapeutic candidates, or economic interests in programs being developed by other pharmaceutical companies. Since the beginning of 2025, we have closed seven of these transactions that cumulatively added approximately $11.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, net of transaction costs, and economic interests in six programs. Many of these acquisitions have unpartnered assets and intellectual property that we seek to sell or out-license. In 2025, we sold five of the unpartnered Kinnate assets.
Royalty Portfolio
We have economic interests in over 120 assets in active development. Our portfolio includes seven commercial-stage assets and 14 therapeutic candidates in late-stage development. We also hold economic interests in over 100 earlier-stage assets. Since the beginning of 2025, we have added 22 milestone and royalty interests to our portfolio.
The following tables highlight our commercial and late-stage assets, and the assets that were added to our portfolio in 2025 and prior to March 10, 2026. These tables do not include all assets because certain assets are subject to confidentiality agreements.
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Commercial assets
ASSET NAME
MARKETER
DESCRIPTION
THERAPEUTIC AREA
2025 ROYALTIES & COMMERCIAL PAYMENTS TO XOMA ROYALTY
(in millions)
ROYALTY RATE
VABYSMO® (faricimab-svoa)
Roche
Angiopoietin-2 and VEGF-A bispecific antibody
Retinal diseases
$22.5
0.5%
OJEMDATM (tovorafenib)
Day One
Pan-RAF inhibitor
Pediatric oncology
$6.4
Mid-single digit
MIPLYFFATM (arimoclomol)
Zevra
Heat-shock protein modulator
Rare disease
$2.9
Mid-single digit
IXINITY®
Medexus
Recombinant Factor IX
Bleeding disorder
$1.7
Mid-single digit
DSUVIA® (sufentanil sublingual tablet)
Talphera
Acute pain treatment
Pain
<$0.5
37.5-75% (DoD)
XACIATO TM (clindamycin phosphate)
Organon
Bioadhesive antibiotic gel
Women’s health
<$0.5
Low to high-single digit
DARE to PLAY™ (sildenafil cream) via Section 503B of FDCA
Daré
PDE5 inhibitor
Women’s health
$0
Low single digit
Total Royalties & Commercial Payments in 2025
$33.6
Cash Receipts from Milestones and Fees in 2025 (related to both commercial and development-stage assets)
$16.9
Total Cash Receipts from Portfolio in 2025
$50.5
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Late-Stage assets
ASSET NAME
DEVELOPER
DESCRIPTION
THERAPEUTIC AREA
ESTIMATED POTENTIAL
MILESTONES
(in millions)
ROYALTY
RATE
Cetrelimab (JNJ-63723283)
Johnson & Johnson
PD-1 antibody
Oncology
Not disclosed
0.75%
D-Fi (FCX-007)
Castle Creek
Gene therapy
Rare disease
Not disclosed
<1.0%
Ersodetug (RZ358)
Rezolute
INSR antibody
Rare disease
$210 Total
$25 due upon first regulatory filing
High single digit to mid-teens
Ficlatuzumab (AV-299)
AVEO/LG Chem
HGF antibody
Oncology
$4.5
Low single digit
OHB-607
Oak Hill Bio
Recombinant human IGF-1/IGFBP-3
Neonatology
$223.1
Low to mid-single digit
Ovaprene®
Daré
Hormone-free contraceptive
Women’s health
None
Low single digit
REC-4881
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
MEK1/2 inhibitors
Rare disease
Not disclosed
Low to mid-single digit
Rilvegostomig (AZD2936)
AstraZeneca
TIGITI/PD-1 bispecific antibody
Oncology
Not disclosed
Confidential
Seralutinib
Gossamer Bio & Chiesi
Inhaled PDGFR, CSF1R, c-KIT inhibitor
Cardiopulmonary
$26.5
Low to mid-single digit, net
Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%
Daré
PDE5 Inhibitor
Women’s health
$0
Low single digit
Takeda Revenue Share Assets – Late Stage (Mezagitamab (TAK-079), Osavampator and Volixibat)
CD-38 antibody, AMPA positive allosteric modulator, IBAT inhibitor and other targets
Autoimmune diseases, neurology, psychiatry, hepatic diseases
$101 (aggregate milestones)
Low to mid-single digit
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Undisclosed
Undisclosed
TL1-A
Autoimmune
$1
Low single digit
ASSETS ADDED OR MODIFIED Since the Beginning of 2025
ASSET NAME
DEVELOPER
DESCRIPTION
ESTIMATED POTENTIAL MILESTONES
(in millions)
ROYALTY RATE
D-Fi (FCX-007)
Castle Creek
Gene therapy
None
XOMA Royalty Share <1.0%
Cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle platform
Formerly Generation Bio; Now available for license
Cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery system
None
None
HIL-216
Available for license
Hexavalent VLP vaccine for norovirus
JNJ-89853413
Johnson & Johnson
CD33 and Vd2 T cells Gammabody engager
$187.5
Low to mid-single digit
KIN-3248
Khora
FGFR
Not disclosed
None
KIN-7136
Mosaica Therapeutics
MEK
$21.5
Not disclosed
KIN-8741
Celyn Therapeutics
c-MET
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
LAVA-1266
Available for license
CD123
OHB-607
Oak Hill Bio
Recombinant human IGF-1/IGFBP-3
$223.1
Low to mid-single digit
PF-08046052
Pfizer
EGFR-expressing solid tumors monotherapy
$651
High single to mid-teens
REC-4881
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Allosteric MEK1/2 inhibitors
Not disclosed
Low to mid-single digit
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Takeda Revenue Share Assets – Late Stage (Mezagitamab (TAK-079), Osavampator and Volixibat)
CD-38 antibody, AMPA positive allosteric modulator, IBAT inhibitor and other targets
$101 (aggregate milestones)
Low to mid-single digit
5 early-stage assets
Oak Hill Bio
Multiple targets
$510 (aggregate milestones)
Mid-single digit
Undisclosed
Moderna
T-Cell
$25
Mid-single digit
Undisclosed
Khora
CDK4
Not disclosed
None
Undisclosed
Khora
CDK2/4
Not disclosed
None
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Commercial Programs
VABYSMO - Affitech Commercial Payment Purchase Agreement
In October 2021, we entered into the Affitech CPPA, pursuant to which we purchased a future stream of commercial payment rights to Roche’s VABYSMO® (faricimab-svoa) from Affitech for an upfront payment of $6.0 million. We are eligible to receive commercial payments from Roche consisting of 0.5% of future net sales of VABYSMO for a ten-year period following the first commercial sales in each applicable jurisdiction. Commercial payments are due from Roche to us within 60 days of December 31 and June 30 of each year. VABYSMO is approved by the FDA and the EMA for the treatment of wet, or neovascular, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. It is also approved by the FDA and the EMA for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion.
Pursuant to the Affitech CPPA, we received commercial payments totaling $22.5 million in 2025 and $16.9 million in 2024. Based on net sales of VABYSMO in 2023, we paid Affitech milestones totaling $6.0 million in March 2024. Based on net sales of VABYSMO in 2024, we paid Affitech an additional $6.0 million in March 2025, representing the final milestones due to Affitech. In February 2026, we received a commercial payment of $11.9 million based on sales of VABYSMO during the second half of 2025.
OJEMDA - Viracta Royalty Purchase Agreement
In March 2021, we entered into the Viracta RPA, pursuant to which we acquired the right to receive future royalties, milestone payments, and other payments related to Day One’s OJEMDA (tovorafenib) and Denovo’s vosaroxin. We made an upfront payment of $13.5 million and acquired the right to receive (i) up to $54.0 million in potential milestone payments, royalties on sales, and other payments related to OJEMDA, excluding up to $5.0 million in certain payments retained by Viracta, and (ii) up to $57.0 million in potential regulatory and commercial milestone payments and high single-digit royalties on sales related to vosaroxin, if approved.
In April 2024, the FDA approved OJEMDA and we earned a $9.0 million milestone payment. In May 2024, Day One sold its priority review voucher for $108.0 million and we received a payment of $8.1 million. In February 2025, we earned a $4.0 million milestone payment related to Day One’s MAA filing with the EMA. In November 2025, we earned a $2.0 million milestone payment related to Day One’s NDA filing in Japan.
We are also eligible to receive mid-single-digit royalties on sales of OJEMDA, and in 2025, we earned $7.7 million in royalties.
On March 6, 2026, Day One announced it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by Servier.
MIPLYFFA - LadRx Agreements
In June 2023, we entered into the LadRx AAA pursuant to which we acquired from LadRx all of its rights, title and interests related to MIPLYFFA (arimoclomol) under the Zevra RPA. The purchased rights related to MIPLYFFA included potential regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to $52.5 million (net of certain payment obligations of up to $9.5 million based on a portion of the regulatory and commercial milestone payments) and potential royalty payments in low single-digit percentages of aggregate net sales associated with arimoclomol.
We also entered into the LadRx RPA, pursuant to which we acquired the right to receive all of the future royalties, regulatory and commercial milestone payments as well as other related payments due to LadRx from ImmunityBio related to aldoxorubicin under the ImmunityBio License Agreement. The purchased payments related to aldoxorubicin included potential regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to $342.7 million and royalty payments on aggregate net sales of aldoxorubicin in the low to mid-teens for sales of orphan indications and mid to high-single-digit percentages for sales of other licensed products. In June 2024, the ImmunityBio License Agreement was terminated, and we entered into an amendment to the LadRx RPA. Under the LadRx RPA, as amended, we are eligible to receive potential low single-digit percentage royalty payments on aggregate net sales of aldoxorubicin if LadRx or any of its affiliates commercializes aldoxorubicin. Additionally, the amendment removed the $4.0 million regulatory milestone payment payable to LadRx
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under the original agreement that had been contingent upon the achievement of a specified regulatory milestone for the product candidate related to aldoxorubicin. If LadRx licenses aldoxorubicin to an applicable third party, we are eligible to receive potential high single-digit percentage royalty payments on aggregate net sales of aldoxorubicin and a portion of any potential future milestone payments.
Upon closing of the LadRx Agreements, we paid LadRx an upfront payment of $5.0 million. In January 2024, Zevra announced the FDA accepted its NDA resubmission for arimoclomol, and pursuant to the LadRx AAA, we paid LadRx a $1.0 million milestone payment. In September 2024, the FDA approved MIPLYFFA for use in combination with miglustat for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C in adult and pediatric patients two years of age and older. Upon notice of the first commercial sale in November 2024, we paid LadRx an additional $1.0 million milestone payment. We earned a net milestone payment of $2.2 million in 2024 upon FDA approval of MIPLYFFA, and we are eligible to receive mid-single-digit royalties on sales of MIPLYFFA.
IXINITY - Aptevo Commercial Payment Purchase Agreement
In March 2023, we entered into the Aptevo CPPA, pursuant to which we acquired the full commercial payment stream and a portion of the milestone rights to IXINITY [a coagulation factor IX (recombinant)], which is marketed by Medexus for the control and prevention of bleeding episodes and postoperative management in people with Hemophilia B. We are eligible to receive a mid-single-digit percentage payment stream on all IXINITY sales from January 1, 2023, until the first quarter of 2035 and may receive milestone payments. Under the terms of the Aptevo CPPA, in 2023 we paid Aptevo a $9.6 million upfront payment plus a $50,000 one-time payment when the first commercial payment exceeded $0.5 million.
Pursuant to the Aptevo CPPA, we received commercial payments totaling $1.7 million in 2025 and $1.6 million in 2024.
XACIATO - Daré Royalty Purchase Agreements
In April 2024, we entered into the Daré RPAs pursuant to which we paid $22.0 million in cash to Daré in consideration for (i) 100% of all remaining royalties related to XACIATO not already subject to the royalty-backed financing agreement Daré entered into in December 2023 and net of payments owed by Daré to upstream licensors, which equates to royalties ranging from low to high single digits, and of all potential commercial milestones related to XACIATO that are payable to Daré under the Daré Organon License Agreement and (ii) a 4% synthetic royalty on net sales of OVAPRENE and a 2% synthetic royalty on net sales of Sildenafil Cream, which will decrease to 2.5% and 1.25%, respectively, upon us achieving a pre-specified return threshold. The Daré RPAs also provide for milestone payments to Daré of $11.0 million for each successive $22.0 million received by us under the Daré RPAs after achievement of a return threshold of $88.0 million.
Receipts pursuant to the Daré RPAs were negligible in 2025.
DSUVIA - Talphera Commercial Payment Purchase Agreement
In January 2024, we acquired an economic interest in DSUVIA (sufentanil sublingual tablet) from Talphera for $8.0 million. DSUVIA was approved in 2018 by the FDA for use in adults in certified medically supervised healthcare settings. In April 2023, Talphera divested DSUVIA to Alora for an upfront payment, a 15% royalty on commercial net sales, a 75% royalty on net sales to the DoD, and up to $116.5 million in milestone payments. Under the terms of the agreement, we are entitled to receive 100% of all royalties and milestones related to DSUVIA sales until we receive $20.0 million. Once we receive $20.0 million, the 75% royalties generated from DoD purchases and the remaining $116.5 million in potential milestone payments due from Alora will be shared equally between us and Talphera. We will fully retain the 15% royalty associated with DSUVIA commercial sales. In November 2024, Alora discontinued commercial sales of DSUVIA. We remain eligible for payments from sales to the DoD.
Based on updates received in November 2024, we evaluated the status of the program for potential credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2024 and determined no payments were probable to be received under the Talphera CPPA as of
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December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we recorded credit losses on purchased receivables of $7.9 million representing the full remaining carrying value of this transaction in 2024.
Pursuant to the Talphera CPPA, we received commercial payments totaling $28,000 in 2025 and $0.1 million in 2024. During the first quarter of 2025, Alora withdrew DSUVIA from the commercial market due to unresolvable manufacturing constraints.
Other Acquired Programs
Takeda Revenue Share Agreement
In December 2025, we amended the Takeda Collaboration Agreement to reduce the milestones, reimbursements and royalties relating to TAK-079 (mezagitamab) that we are entitled to, and concurrently entered into the Takeda Revenue Share Agreement to receive future milestone, royalty, and other contingent payments that Takeda may receive from a diversified basket of nine development-stage assets pursuant to various underlying license and asset transfer agreements with third parties. We did not make or receive any upfront payment in connection with the Takeda Revenue Share Agreement or the amendment to the Takeda Collaboration Agreement. Under the Takeda Revenue Share Agreement, we are entitled to certain portions of payments Takeda may receive on the following assets:
Neurocrine Biosciences is developing osavampator, a potential first-in-class, investigational alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) positive allosteric modulator for patients who have inadequate response to treatment for major depressive disorder.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals is developing volixibat, a minimally absorbed, orally administered investigational therapy designed to selectively inhibit ileal bile acid transporter, for primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cholangitis.
Oak Hill Bio Ltd and its partner are developing OHB-607, a recombinant human IGF-1/IGFBP-3 for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely premature infants, and Oak Hill Bio Ltd is developing early-stage assets that have the potential to address other high unmet need or rare disease areas. We will be entitled to a low to mid-single-digit royalty on each of the six Oak Hill Bio assets and commercial milestone payments of up to $733.1 million across the six Oak Hill Bio assets.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals is developing REC-4881, an investigational MEK1/2 inhibitor for familial adenomatous polyposis, a rare tumor predisposition syndrome affecting approximately 50,000 people in the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. We will be entitled to low to mid-single-digit royalties.
Castle Creek
In February 2025, we contributed $5.0 million to Castle Creek’s $75.0 million syndicated royalty financing transaction led by Ligand. Through this transaction, we acquired a royalty interest in D-Fi (FCX-007), a Phase 3 asset being developed by Castle Creek. D-Fi is being studied in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (“DEB”), a rare progressive and debilitating skin disorder. D-Fi has been granted Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of DEB, as well as Rare Pediatric Disease, Fast Track, and Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designations by the FDA,
Lava Acquisition
In November 2025, we acquired LAVA through a tender offer for $1.04 in cash per LAVA ordinary share and one non-transferable CVR per share. As a part of the acquisition, we acquired IP assets related to LAVA’s existing partnered programs with J&J (JNJ-89853413) and Pfizer (PF-08046052 or EGFRd2), as well as LAVA-1266, a clinical program for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. We have no plans to develop LAVA-1266, which is instead targeted for divestiture through sale or licensing. We are entitled to 25% of the net proceeds related to sales or licenses of these programs.
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Under the LAVA CVR Agreement, CVR holders are entitled to 75% of the net proceeds from ongoing and future collaborations related to the partnered programs over a 10-year period, 75% of the net proceeds from the disposition of LAVA-1266, 100% of the amount by which LAVA’s closing net cash exceeds the amount of closing net cash as determined by the LAVA Merger Agreement, minus any permitted deductions, as well as 100% of the tax reserve in the amount of approximately $6.3 million minus any permitted tax reserve matter expenses. Under the LAVA CVR Agreement, we are responsible for the collection and disbursement to Broadridge, the LAVA CVR holders’ rights agent, of any proceeds to which LAVA CVR holders could be entitled.
Pulmokine Acquisition
In November 2024, we acquired Pulmokine to obtain an economic interest in seralutinib, a Phase 3 asset being studied in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). We acquired all outstanding shares of Pulmokine for a $20.0 million cash payment at closing. In addition, we will pay success-based consideration contingent on future development and commercial performance to Pulmokine stockholders. In 2017, Pulmokine licensed seralutinib to Gossamer Bio, Inc., and in 2024, Gossamer Bio signed a global collaboration and license agreement with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. Subject to the terms of those agreements, we are eligible to receive net royalties ranging from the low to mid-single digits on commercial sales, and we will retain a portion of milestone payments.
In February 2026, Gossamer Bio announced topline results from the Phase 3 PROSERA clinical trial evaluating seralutinib for the treatment of PAH. Although the study demonstrated numerical improvements on the primary endpoint and certain secondary and subgroup measures, the trial did not meet its prespecified primary endpoint. Gossamer Bio plans to engage with regulatory authorities to discuss potential next steps for the seralutinib program. We are evaluating the impact of this development on our seralutinib‑related assets.
Kinnate Acquisition
In April 2024, we acquired Kinnate through a tender offer for $2.5879 in cash and one non-transferable contractual CVR per share of Kinnate common stock. Following the merger, Kinnate continued as our wholly-owned subsidiary.
As part of the Kinnate Merger Agreement, we acquired an IPR&D asset related to KIN-3248, a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors inhibitor designed for the treatment of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and urothelial carcinoma as well as certain other solid tumors; the molecule is currently in a Phase 1 clinical study. Additionally, we acquired pre-clinical intangible assets related to IP for the following: (i) KIN-8741, a highly selective c-MET inhibitor with broad mutational coverage, including acquired resistance mutations, in certain solid tumors driven by exon 14-altered and/or amplified c-MET; (ii) KIN-7136, a brain-penetrant MEK inhibitor; and (iii) CDK4, a potential brain-penetrant selective CDK4 inhibitor (collectively, the “Kinnate Pre-Clinical Assets”).
Each Kinnate CVR represents the right to receive potential payments pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Kinnate CVR Agreement. Kinnate CVR holders are eligible to receive 100% of the net proceeds received within five years of the closing date resulting from the license of exarafenib to Pierre Fabre, which was executed prior to the merger closing date. In addition, they are eligible to receive 85% of net proceeds, if any, from any license or other disposition of any Kinnate Pre-Clinical Asset that occurs within one year of the merger closing date. We sold the Kinnate Pre-Clinical Assets in the first half of 2025 and paid the Kinnate CVR holders in the third quarter of 2025. Under the Kinnate CVR Agreement, we are responsible for the collection and disbursement to Broadridge, the Kinnate CVR holders’ rights agent, of any proceeds to which Kinnate CVR holders could be entitled.
Twist Bioscience Royalty Purchase Agreement
In October 2024, we entered into the Twist RPA. Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired 50% of certain contingent payments (including royalties, milestone payments, sublicense income, and option exercise payments) related to Twist’s 60-plus early-stage programs across over 30 partners for a $15.0 million upfront payment. We are eligible to
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receive up to $0.5 billion in milestone payments and a 50% share of up to low single-digit royalties on future commercial sales.
Kuros Royalty Purchase Agreement
In July 2021, we entered into the Kuros RPA, pursuant to which we acquired the rights to 100% of the potential future royalties from commercial sales, which are tiered from high single-digit to low double digits, and up to $25.5 million in pre-commercial milestone payments associated with an existing license agreement related to Checkmate Pharmaceuticals’ vidutolimod (CMP-001), a Toll-like receptor 9 agonist packaged in a virus-like particle, for an upfront payment of $7.0 million. We may pay additional sales-based milestone payments to Kuros of up to $142.5 million, representing a portion of the future royalties on commercial sales.
In May 2022, Regeneron completed its acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals resulting in a $5.0 million milestone payment to Kuros. Pursuant to the Kuros RPA, we were entitled to 50% of the milestone payment, which we received in July 2022.
Palobiofarma Royalty Purchase Agreement
In September 2019, we entered into the Palo RPA, pursuant to which we acquired the rights to potential royalty payments in low single-digit percentages of aggregate net sales associated with six product candidates in various clinical development stages, targeting the adenosine pathway with potential applications in solid tumors, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcerative colitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, psoriasis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other indications (the “Palo Licensed Products”) that are being developed by Palo. Under the terms of the Palo RPA, we paid Palo an upfront payment of $10.0 million for the rights to potential royalty payments on future potential sales of the Palo Licensed Products.
Selected Legacy Programs Underlying Our Portfolio
The following is a summary of significant licenses and collaboration agreements related to our legacy product candidates and technologies.
Takeda
In November 2006, we entered into the Takeda Collaboration Agreement with Takeda under which we agreed to discover and optimize therapeutic antibodies against multiple targets selected by Takeda.
Under the Takeda Collaboration Agreement, we were eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $20.8 million relating to TAK-079 (mezagitamab) and a 4% royalty on future sales of all products subject to this license. Our right to milestone payments expires on the later of the receipt of payment from Takeda of the last amount to be paid under the agreement or the cessation by Takeda of all research and development activities with respect to all program antibodies, collaboration targets or collaboration products. Our right to receive royalties expires on the later of 13.5 years from the first commercial sale of each royalty-bearing discovery product or the expiration of the last-to-expire licensed patent (or 12 years from first commercial sale if there is significant generic competition post patent-expiration).
In February 2009, we expanded our existing collaboration to provide Takeda with access to multiple antibody technologies, including a suite of research and development technologies and integrated information and data management systems. We may receive milestones of up to $3.3 million per discovery product candidate and low single-digit royalties on future sales of all antibody products subject to this license. Our right to milestone payments expires on the later of the receipt of payment from Takeda of the last amount to be paid under the agreement or the cessation by Takeda of all research and development activities with respect to all program antibodies, collaboration targets or collaboration products. Our right to royalties expires on the later of 10 years from the first commercial sale of such royalty-bearing discovery product or the expiration of the last-to-expire licensed patent.
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The Company has received $7.8 million of milestone payments since the inception of the agreement. In December 2025, we amended the Takeda Collaboration Agreement in connection with the Takeda Revenue Share Agreement transaction. We are eligible to receive milestone payments of up to a total of $13.0 million, a 2% royalty on future sales relating to TAK-079 (mezagitamab) for the first ten years following first commercial sale, and a 0.5% royalty thereafter for the remainder of the royalty term under the Takeda Collaboration Agreement as amended.
Rezolute
In December 2017, we entered into the Rezolute License Agreement for the development and commercialization of ersodetug (RZ358), which was subsequently amended in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Under the license agreement, we may receive development and commercial milestone payments of up to an aggregate of $232.0 million based on achievement of pre-specified criteria and royalties ranging from the high single digits to the mid-teens based on annual net sales.
We have earned three milestone payments under the Rezolute License Agreement: (i) $2.0 million in January 2022 when Rezolute dosed the last patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial for ersodetug (RZ358), (ii) $5.0 million in April 2024 when Rezolute dosed the first patient in its Phase 3 clinical trial of ersodetug (RZ358), and (iii) $5.0 million in May 2025 when Rezolute dosed the last patient in its Phase 3 trial of ersodetug (RZ358).
In December 2025, Rezolute announced that the Phase 3 clinical study of ersodetug for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism (“HI”) did not meet its primary and key secondary endpoints. The study demonstrated reductions from baseline in hypoglycemia events by self-monitored blood glucose at both ersodetug dose levels, but the reductions were not statistically significant compared to placebo, due to a pronounced study effect. Rezolute is currently undertaking extensive analysis of the data results and other endpoints. Rezolute expects to meet with the FDA prior to the end of the first quarter of 2026 under its Breakthrough Therapy Designation to determine next steps for the program.
Separately, Rezolute is evaluating ersodetug in a Phase 3, single-arm, open label study in up to 16 hospitalized participants for the treatment of tumor HI. Topline results of this study are anticipated in the second half of 2026.
Janssen
In August 2019, we entered into an agreement with Janssen pursuant to which we granted a non-exclusive license to Janssen to develop and commercialize certain product candidates, including our patents and know-how. Under the agreement, Janssen made a one-time payment of $2.5 million to us. Additionally, for each product candidate, we are entitled to receive milestone payments of up to $3.0 million upon Janssen’s achievement of certain clinical development and regulatory approval milestones. Additional milestone payments may be due for product candidates which are the subject of multiple clinical trials. Upon commercialization, we are eligible to receive a 0.75% royalty on net sales of each product. Janssen’s obligation to pay royalties with respect to a particular product and country will continue until the eighth-year-and-sixth-month anniversary of the first commercial sale of the product in such country. The agreement will remain in effect unless terminated by mutual written agreement.
In 2023, we earned a total of $1.5 million in milestone payments from Janssen, which included five milestone payments for IND filings and one milestone payment upon dosing of the first patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating one of Janssen’s biologic assets. There were no milestone payments earned pursuant to this agreement in 2024 or 2025.
Arana, now Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
In September 2009, we entered into an antibody discovery collaboration with Arana, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., involving multiple proprietary XOMA antibody research and development technologies, including a new antibody phage display library and a suite of integrated information and data management systems. Arana agreed to pay us a fee of $6.0 million. We may be entitled to future milestone payments, aggregating up to $3.0 million per product, and low single-digit royalties on product sales. Our right to milestone payments expires on the later of the receipt of payment from Arana of the last amount to be paid under the agreement, the cessation by Arana of the use of all research and development technologies or the cessation by Arana of the exercise of the patent rights granted to them. Our right to royalties expires five years from the first commercial sale of each royalty-bearing product.
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AVEO
In April 2006, we entered into an agreement with AVEO to utilize our HE™ technology to humanize AV-299, AVEO’s novel anti-HGF antibody, under which AVEO paid us an up-front license fee and development milestones. In addition, we will receive royalties on sales of products resulting from the agreement. Under the agreement, we created AV-299 production cell lines, conducted process and assay development, and performed Good Manufacturing Practices manufacturing activities. AVEO retains all development and commercialization rights to AV-299 and may be required to pay us annual maintenance fees, additional development milestone payments aggregating up to $4.5 million and low single-digit royalties on product sales in the future. Our right to milestone payments expires upon full satisfaction of all financial obligations of AVEO pursuant to the agreement. Our right to royalties expires on the later of 15 years from the first commercial sale of each royalty-bearing product or the expiration of the last-to-expire licensed patent.
In January 2023, AVEO was acquired by LG Chem. In January 2024, AVEO launched a Phase 3 clinical trial investigating ficlatuzumab plus cetuximab in patients with recurrent/metastatic HPV-negative head and neck cancer. In February 2026, AVEO announced the completion of the first interim analysis in this global Phase 3 study, which expects to enroll 410 to 500 patients, and expects to proceed with the 20mg/kg dose for the combination arm of the study.
In January 2026, AVEO announced that the first patient had been dosed in a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating ficlatuzumab in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax in patients that are 60 years of age or older with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) through a Master Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement with Blood Cancer United®, formerly the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Novartis – Anti-CD40 Antibody
In February 2004, we entered into an exclusive, worldwide, multi-product collaboration agreement with Chiron to research, develop and commercialize multiple antibody product candidates for the treatment of cancer, and such agreement was replaced with the Chiron Collaboration Agreement entered into in May 2005. In 2006, Novartis closed its acquisition of Chiron at which time Novartis acquired Chiron’s interest in the Chiron Collaboration Agreement, which was subsequently restructured in July 2008 and amended in April 2010, September 2015, and February 2018. The agreement was terminated in January 2025.
Stock Repurchase Program
In January 2024, the Board authorized our first stock repurchase program, which permits us to purchase up to $50.0 million of our common stock through January 2027. Under the program, we have discretion in determining the conditions under which shares may be purchased from time to time, including through transactions in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, under plans compliant with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, or by other means in accordance with applicable laws. The manner, number, price, structure, and timing of the repurchases, if any, will be determined at our sole discretion and repurchases, if any, depend on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, price and economic and market conditions, royalty and milestone acquisition opportunities, and other factors. The repurchase authorization does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of our common stock. The Board may suspend, modify, or terminate the stock repurchase program at any time without prior notice.
As of December 31, 2025, we had purchased a total of 648,708 shares of our common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase plan for $16.1 million.
Competition
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are subject to significant technological change. Some of the drugs our licensees or milestone and royalty partners are developing may compete with existing therapies or other product candidates in development by other companies. Furthermore, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private organizations conducting research may seek patent protection with respect to potentially competing products or technologies and may establish collaborative arrangements with our licensees’ or royalty partners’ competitors. There
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can be no assurance that developments by others, including, without limitation, the development of generics or biosimilars, will not render our licensees’ or royalty partners’ products or technologies obsolete or uncompetitive.
Additionally, our royalty aggregator model faces competition on at least two fronts. First, there are other companies, funds and other investment vehicles seeking to aggregate royalties or provide alternative financing to development-stage biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. These competitor companies, funds and other investment vehicles may have a lower target rate of return, a lower cost of capital or access to greater amounts of capital and thereby may be able to successfully acquire assets that we are also targeting for acquisitions. Second, existing or potential competitors to our partners and licensees’ products, particularly large pharmaceutical companies, may have greater financial, technical and human resources than our licensees. Accordingly, these competitors may be better equipped to develop, manufacture and market products. Many of these companies also have extensive experience in preclinical studies and human clinical trials, obtaining FDA and other regulatory approvals and manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products.
For a discussion of the risks associated with our competitive environment, refer to Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
Government Regulation and Environmental Matters
The research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and biological products are subject to regulation by numerous governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries. We and our partners and licensees, depending on specific activities performed, are subject to these regulations. In the U.S., pharmaceuticals and biological products are subject to regulation by both federal and various state authorities, including the FDA. The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and, for biological products, the Public Health Service Act, govern the testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, purity, potency, labeling, storage, recordkeeping, approval, reporting, tracking and tracing, importing and exporting, and advertising, marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical and biological products, and there are other comparable laws and regulations that apply at the state level. Further, various other state and federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal False Claims Act and state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, may also apply. There are similar regulations in other countries as well. For both currently marketed products and product candidates in development, failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can, among other things, result in delays, the suspension of regulatory approvals, as well as possible civil and criminal sanctions. Development-stage product candidates in our portfolio require approval by the FDA before we will recognize any royalties from sales. In addition, changes in existing regulations could have a material adverse effect on us or our partners.
In the U.S., the EU and other significant or potentially significant markets for our portfolio and product candidates, government authorities and third-party payors are increasingly attempting to limit or regulate the price of medical products and services. In the U.S., the volume of drug pricing-related legislation has dramatically increased in recent years. For example, Congress has enacted laws requiring manufacturers to refund the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, for certain discarded amounts of drugs from single-use vials beginning in 2023 and eliminating the existing cap on Medicaid rebate amounts beginning in 2024. Also, in August 2022 Congress enacted the IRA, which, among other things, requires the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate Medicare prices for certain drugs, imposes an inflation-based rebate on Medicare Part B and D utilization, restructures the Medicare Part D benefit and increases manufacturer contributions in some or all of the Medicare Part D benefit phases. Moreover, since the start of the second Trump administration, the executive branch has sought to lower drug prices, including via an Executive Order that seeks to bring drug prices for U.S. patients in line with comparably developed nations. In addition, many state legislatures are considering, or have already passed into law, legislation that seeks to indirectly or directly regulate pharmaceutical drug pricing, such as requiring manufacturers to publicly report proprietary pricing information, creating review boards for prices to state agencies, and encouraging the use of generic drugs. In both the U.S. and elsewhere, sales of medical products and treatments are dependent, in part, on the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, such as government and private insurance plans. Further, many countries outside the U.S., including the EU member states, have established complex and lengthy procedures to obtain price approvals and coverage reimbursement and periodically review their pricing and reimbursement decisions. If any pricing-related regulation impacts products in our portfolio, it would result in lower royalties received by us.
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We believe there are no significant compliance issues with laws and regulations that have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, that have adversely affected, or are reasonably expected to adversely affect, our business, financial condition and results of operations, and we currently do not anticipate material capital expenditures arising from environmental regulation. We believe climate change could present risks to our business. Some of the potential impacts of climate change to our business include increased operating costs due to additional regulatory requirements and the risk of disruptions to our business. We do not believe these risks are material to our business at this time.
For a discussion of the risks associated with our compliance with government regulations, see Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property is important to our business and our future income streams will depend in part on our partners and licensees’ ability to obtain patents and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of others. We hold and have filed applications for a number of patents in the U.S. and internationally to protect our products and technology. We also have obtained or have the right to obtain licenses to, or income streams based on, certain patents and applications filed by others. However, the patent position of biotechnology companies generally is highly uncertain and consistent policy regarding the breadth of allowed claims has not emerged from the actions of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to biotechnology patents. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that our, or our partners’ or licensees’ patents will afford protection against competitors with similar products or that others will not obtain patents claiming aspects similar to those covered by our, or our partners’ or licensees’ patent applications. Some of our agreements, or those of our partners or licensees, contain “step-down” provisions where the royalty rate is reduced following patent expiration or revocation. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that our royalties will expire when expected. Any reductions in the duration of royalties relative to our estimates may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Below is a list of representative patents and patent applications related to our licensed programs:
Licensee
Program
Representative
Patents/Applications
Subject Matter
Expected Last Expiration in Patent Family
Rezolute
Anti-INSR
US 9,944,698
US 12,371,488
EP 2 480 254
JP 5849050
US 10,711,067
EP 3 265 491
WO2023225657*
Insulin receptor-modulating antibodies having the functional properties of RZ358
Methods of treating or preventing post-prandial hypoglycemia after gastric bypass surgery using a negative modulator antibody to the insulin receptor
RZ358 formulations
2030
2036
2043
Ology Bioservices
Anti-BoNT
US 8,821,879
EP 2 473 191
Coformulations of anti- botulinum neurotoxin antibodies
2030
Various
Phage display libraries
US 8,546,307
EP 2 344 686
XOMA phage display library components
2032
AVEO
Anti-HGF
US 7,649,083**
Human-Engineered anti-HGF antibodies and uses thereof
2028
Alexion
Anti-PTH1R
US 10,519,250
EP 3 490 600
Parathyroid Hormone Receptor 1 Antibodies and Uses Thereof
2037
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Licensee
Program
Representative
Patents/Applications
Subject Matter
Expected Last Expiration in Patent Family
Day One
OJEMDA
US 8,293,752***
US 8,802,657***
US 9,556,177***
US 9,920,048***
EP3231798***
EP2167489***
Compositions of matter and methods of use of tovorafenib
2031
Janssen
JNJ-89853413
US 10,501,540#
US 11,384,145#
EP 3 129 404#
WO2021052995#
Immunoglobulins binding human Vγ9 Vδ2 T cell receptors
Treatment of cancer comprising administration of vgamma9vdelta2 t cell receptor binding antibodies
2034
2039
Pfizer
PF-08046052
WO2022122973#
WO2023242320#
Antibodies that bind gamma-delta t cell receptors
Compositions comprising antibodies that bind gamma-delta t cell receptors
Moderna
Lipid nanoparticles
* Jointly owned with Rezolute, Inc.
** Jointly owned with AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
*** Jointly owned with Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
# Owned by LAVA Therapeutics New TopCo B.C
If certain patents issued to others are upheld or if certain patent applications filed by others are issued and upheld, our partners and licensees may require certain licenses from others to develop and commercialize certain potential product candidates incorporating our technology. There can be no assurance that such licenses, if required, will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If such licenses are obtained, our partners and licensees may be able to deduct some or all of the costs from the royalties they owe to us.
We seek to protect our proprietary information, in part, by confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and partners. These parties may breach these agreements, and we may not have adequate remedies for any breach. To the extent that we or our consultants or partners use intellectual property owned by others, we may have disputes with our consultants or partners or other third parties as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions.
Concentration of Risk
Our business model is dependent on third parties achieving specified development milestones and product sales. Our portfolio currently includes partner funded programs from which we could potentially receive royalties or other payments if the programs achieve marketability. A large percentage of the calculated net present value of our portfolio is represented by a limited number of products. The failure of any one of these products to move forward in clinical development or commercialization may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
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Corporate Information
We were incorporated in Delaware in 1981 and redomiciled as a Bermuda-exempted company in December 1998. Effective December 2011, we redomiciled from Bermuda to Delaware and changed our name from XOMA Ltd. to XOMA Corporation. Effective July 2024, the name XOMA Corporation was changed to XOMA Royalty Corporation. The Company was reincorporated from Delaware to Nevada in May 2025.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2200 Powell Street, Suite 310, Emeryville, California 94608. Our telephone number at our principal executive offices is (510) 204-7200. Our website address is www.xoma.com. The information found on our website is not part of this or any other report filed with or furnished to the SEC.
Employees
We rely on a small number of skilled, experienced, and innovative employees to conduct our operations. As of March 11, 2026, we employed 14 full-time employees who were primarily engaged in executive, business development, legal, finance and administrative positions. We also utilize independent contractors and consultants to supplement our workforce.