NOTE 5. LICENSES

Assets and Licenses Acquired:

Emrosi^TM

On June 29, 2021, the Company entered into a license, collaboration, and assignment agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd. (“DRL”) to obtain the global rights for the development and commercialization of Emrosi^TM (“Emrosi”), a late-stage development modified release oral minocycline that is being evaluated for the treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea (the “Emrosi Agreement”). The Company acquired global rights to Emrosi, including in the U.S. and Europe, except that DRL has retained certain rights to the program in select markets including Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Commonwealth of Independent States (“CIS”) countries. Pursuant to the Emrosi Agreement, the Company agreed to make an upfront payment of $10.0 million, comprised of a $2.0 million payment upon execution and $8.0 million which was paid on September 29, 2021, 90 days following execution. In addition, the Company paid two developmental milestones in 2024. In April 2024 the Company paid a $3.0 milestone to DRL, based on FDA acceptance of the Company’s NDA application for Emrosi, and in December of 2024 the Company paid a $15.0 million milestone payment to DRL, which was triggered by the November 1, 2024 FDA marketing approval of Emrosi. Upon the $15.0 million milestone payment, the assets related to Emrosi, including the NDA, regulatory documentation and intellectual property, transferred to the Company. Pursuant to the Emrosi Agreement, the Company may be required to pay additional contingent regulatory, commercial, and corporate-based milestone payments, totaling up to $150.0 million. Royalties ranging from ten percent to fourteen percent are payable on net sales of the product. Royalties are payable in each country until the last-to-expire patent in such country expires. Royalties are subject to a 50% reduction in the event that a generic competitor launches in an applicable country where the Company markets and sells the product.

Qbrexza

In March 2021, the Company executed an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Qbrexza APA”) with Dermira, Inc., a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company (“Dermira”). Pursuant to the terms of the Qbrexza APA, the Company acquired the rights to Qbrexza® (glycopyrronium), a prescription cloth towelette to treat primary axillary hyperhidrosis in patients nine years of age or older. The Company paid the upfront fee of $12.5 million to Dermira. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay Dermira up to $144.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of certain sales milestones. The royalty structure for the agreement is tiered with royalties for the first two years ranging from approximately 40% to 30%. Thereafter for a period of eight years royalties are approximately 12.0% to 19.0%. Royalty amounts are subject to certain reductions in the event there is a loss of exclusivity.

Accutane

In July 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive license and supply agreement for Accutane (the “Accutane Agreement”) with DRL. Pursuant to the Accutane Agreement, the Company paid $5.0 million. Three additional milestone payments totaling $17.0 million are contingent upon the achievement of certain net sales milestones. The Company is required to pay royalties in an amount equal to a low-double digit percentage of net sales. The term of the Accutane Agreement is ten years and renewable upon mutual agreement. Each

party may terminate the Accutane Agreement for an uncured material breach by the other party or for certain bankruptcy or insolvency related events. The Company may also terminate the Accutane Agreement without cause upon 180 days written notice to DRL.

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Other License Agreements:

Maruho License Agreement

On August 31, 2023, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “New License Agreement”) with Maruho Ltd., the Company’s exclusive licensing partner in Japan (“Maruho”). Under the terms of the New License Agreement, the Company granted an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Qbrexza for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis in the Territory. Prior to the date of the New License Agreement, the Company and Maruho were party to an existing exclusive amended and restated license agreement (the “First A&R License Agreement”), under which Maruho acquired exclusive license rights to Qbrexza in Japan.

In connection with Journey’s entry into the New License Agreement, Journey and Maruho also entered into the Second Amended and Restated Exclusive License Agreement (the “Second A&R License Agreement”), which supersedes the First A&R License Agreement. The Second A&R License Agreement contains modifications that remove Maruho’s obligation to pay Journey royalties on its net sales of Rapifort (the Japanese equivalent of Qbrexza) in Japan for sales occurring after October 1, 2023 and removes Maruho’s obligation to pay $10.0 million to Journey in the event that Maruho achieves net sales of at least ¥4 billion (yen) of Rapifort during a single fiscal year. All other remaining potential milestone payment obligations, which aggregate to $45.0 million, remain in full force and effect.

Under the terms of the New License Agreement, in exchange for the exclusive rights to Qbrexza in the Territory, Maruho paid the Company a $19.0 million non-refundable upfront payment. (“the payment”). The Company accounted for the payment as “point-in-time” revenue as all performance obligations were satisfied at the time of the payment. The payment is reflected as other revenue within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Maruho is also obligated to pay royalties to the Company related to sales of the product in the Territory equal to the corresponding rate payable by the Company to Dermira under the asset purchase agreement between Journey and Dermira.

The New License Agreement may be terminated by Maruho in its entirety or on a region-by-region basis for convenience upon 30 days’ notice to the Company.

The Company does not have any obligation to assist in the regulatory approval efforts of Maruho under the New License Agreement in the Territory. The arrangement with Maruho provides for the transfer of the following: (i) an exclusive license of Qbrexza from Journey to Maruho, including all related patents and know-how, and (ii) a non-exclusive license from Journey to Maruho to manufacture or have manufactured drug substance and products outside of the Territory, but exclusively for the sale of products in the Territory.

Cutia License Agreement

In January 2022, as a part of the Vyne APA, the Company assumed a license agreement with Cutia Therapeutics (HK) Limited, a Hong Kong biopharmaceutical company with experience in developing pharmaceutical products in the greater China region (the “Cutia Agreement”). Pursuant to the agreement, Cutia was granted an exclusive license to obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize Amzeeq (topical 4% minocycline foam) and Zilxi (topical 1.5% minocycline foam) in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. The Company has agreed to supply the finished Licensed Products to Cutia for clinical and commercial use at an agreed price. On November 11, 2024, Cutia received marketing approval for topical 4% minocycline foam from the National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”) of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). The approval triggered a $1.0 million dollar milestone payment to the Company. The $1.0 million dollar milestone payment was recorded as a component of other revenue in the Company’s December 31, 2024 Consolidated Statements of Operations on the approval date of November 11, 2024. See Note 16 below. The Company received the cash payment from Cutia of $1.0 million on January 2, 2025.