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ITEM 1.	BUSINESS

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1.	IRAK4 Program - a precision oncology program of small molecule inhibitors of IRAK4. The development candidate is CA-4948, an orally available small molecule inhibitor of IRAK4.

2.	PD1/VISTA Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and VISTA immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-170, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and VISTA.

3.	PD1/TIM3 Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and TIM3 immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-327, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and TIM3.

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with respect to amounts that we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program in the U.S. or the European Union, a declining percentage of non-royalty sublicense revenues that is dependent on the stage of the most advanced product for such licensed program at the time the sublicense is granted, including, for example 25% of such amounts following our initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study and 15% of such amounts after initiation of the first pivotal study. This sharing will also extend to royalties that we receive from sublicensees, subject to minimum royalty percentage rates that we are obligated to pay to Aurigene, which generally range from mid-to-high single-digit royalty percentage rates up to 10%;

•	with respect to sublicensing revenues we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program in Asia, 50% of such sublicensing revenues, including both non-royalty sublicensee revenues and royalties that we receive from sublicensees; and

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•	with respect to non-royalty sublicensing revenues we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program outside of the U.S., the European Union and Asia, a percentage of such non-royalty sublicense revenues ranging from 30% to 50%. We are also obligated to share 50% of royalties that we receive from sublicensees that we receive in these territories.

•	our license with respect to any licensed program that is not a terminated program (defined below), either in our entire territory or in countries within our territory outside of the terminated region (defined below), as applicable, shall continue in full force and effect, subject to all terms and conditions of the collaboration agreement, including our payment obligations;

•	our license with respect to any terminated program, either in our entire territory or in the terminated region, as applicable, shall terminate and revert to Aurigene;

•	we will grant Aurigene a perpetual, royalty-free (except for pass-through royalties and milestone payments payable by us under licenses to third party patent rights with respect to products developed or commercialized by or on behalf

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we will grant to Aurigene a right of first negotiation, exercisable within 90 days after termination, to obtain an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, with the right to sublicense, under our relevant patent rights solely to develop, manufacture and commercialize compounds and products for any terminated program, either in our entire territory or in the terminated region, as applicable, upon commercially reasonable terms and conditions to be negotiated in good faith by the parties;

•	we will perform other specified activities and actions reasonably necessary for Aurigene to develop, manufacture and commercialize compounds and products for any terminated program, either in our entire territory or in the terminated region, as applicable; and

•	the applicable license to Aurigene will survive termination.

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•	completion of preclinical laboratory tests, animal studies and formulation studies in compliance with the FDA’s good laboratory practice, or GLP, regulations;

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•	submission to the FDA of an IND, which must take effect before human clinical trials may begin;

•	approval by an independent institutional review board, or IRB, representing each clinical site before each clinical trial may be initiated;

•	performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials in accordance with good clinical practices, or GCP, to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed drug product for each indication;

•	preparation and submission to the FDA of a new drug application, or NDA, requesting marketing for one or more proposed indications;

•	review of the candidate product by an FDA advisory committee, where appropriate or if applicable;

•	satisfactory completion of one or more FDA inspections of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product, or components thereof, are produced to assess compliance with current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP, requirements and to assure that the facilities, methods and controls are adequate to preserve the product’s identity, strength, quality and purity;

•	satisfactory completion of FDA audits of clinical trial sites to assure compliance with GCPs and the integrity of the clinical data;

•	payment of user fees and securing FDA approval of the NDA; and

•	compliance with any post-approval requirements, including the potential requirement to implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, and the potential requirement to conduct post-approval studies required by FDA.

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•	Phase 1.    The drug is initially introduced into a small number of healthy human subjects or, in certain indications such as cancer, patients with the target disease or condition (e.g., cancer) and tested for safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and, if possible, to gain an early indication of its effectiveness and to determine optimal dosage.

•	Phase 2.    The drug is administered to a limited patient population to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, to preliminarily evaluate the efficacy of the product for specific targeted diseases and to determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage, and regimen.

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Phase 3.    These clinical trials are commonly referred to as “pivotal” studies, which denotes a study which presents the data that the FDA or other relevant regulatory agency will use to determine whether or not to approve a drug. The drug is administered to an expanded patient population, generally at geographically dispersed clinical trial sites, in well-controlled clinical trials to generate enough data to statistically evaluate the efficacy and safety of the product for approval, to establish the overall risk-benefit profile of the product and to provide adequate information for the labeling of the product.

•	Phase 4.    Post-approval studies may be conducted after initial marketing approval. These studies are used to gain additional experience from the treatment of patients in the intended therapeutic indication.

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•	restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product, suspension of the approval, or complete withdrawal of the product from the market or product recalls;

•	fines, warning letters or holds on post-approval clinical trials;

•	refusal of the FDA to approve pending NDAs or supplements to approved NDAs, or suspension or revocation of product license approvals;

•	product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; or

•	injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.

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•	the required patent information has not been filed;

•	the listed patent has expired;

•	the listed patent has not expired, but will expire on a particular date and approval is sought after patent expiration; or

•	the listed patent is invalid, unenforceable or will not be infringed by the new product.

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the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons and entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, paying, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under a federal healthcare program such as Medicare and Medicaid;

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the federal civil and criminal false claims laws, including the civil False Claims Act, and civil monetary penalties laws, which prohibit individuals or entities from, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false, fictitious or fraudulent or knowingly making, using or causing to made or used a false record or statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government;

•	the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which created additional federal criminal laws that prohibit, among other things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters;

•	HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and their respective implementing regulations, including the Final Omnibus Rule published in January 2013, which impose obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information;

•	the federal false statements statute prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing ·or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services; and

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the federal transparency requirements known as the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care Education Reconciliation Act, or the Affordable Care Act, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies to report annually to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, information related to payments and other transfers of value made by that entity to physicians and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members; and analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to healthcare items or services that are reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers.

•	an annual, nondeductible fee on any entity that manufactures or imports specified branded prescription drugs and biologic agents, apportioned among these entities according to their market share in certain government healthcare programs, although this fee would not apply to sales of certain products approved exclusively for orphan indications;

•	expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs by, among other things, allowing states to offer Medicaid coverage to certain individuals with income at or below 133% of the federal poverty level, thereby potentially increasing a manufacturer’s Medicaid rebate liability;

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expanded manufacturers’ rebate liability under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program by increasing the minimum rebate for both branded and generic drugs and revising the definition of “average manufacturer price,” or AMP, for calculating and reporting Medicaid drug rebates on outpatient prescription drug prices and extending rebate liability to prescriptions for individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans;

•	addressed a new methodology by which rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program are calculated for drugs that are inhaled, infused, instilled, implanted or injected;

•	expanded the types of entities eligible for the 340B drug discount program;

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•	established the Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program by requiring manufacturers to provide a 50% point-of-sale-discount off the negotiated price of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period as a condition for the manufacturers’ outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D;

•	a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research, along with funding for such research;

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the Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, which has authority to recommend certain changes to the Medicare program to reduce expenditures by the program that could result in reduced payments for prescription drugs. However, the IPAB implementation has been not been clearly defined. PPACA provided that under certain circumstances, IPAB recommendations will become law unless Congress enacts legislation that will achieve the same or greater Medicare cost savings; and

•	established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS to test innovative payment and service delivery models to lower Medicare and Medicaid spending, potentially including prescription drug spending. Funding has been allocated to support the mission of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from 2011 to 2019.

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ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS

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•	continue to develop and conduct clinical trials with respect to drug candidates;

•	seek to identify and develop additional drug candidates;

•	acquire or in-license other drug candidates or technologies;

•	seek regulatory and marketing approvals for our drug candidates that successfully complete clinical trials, if any;

•	establish sales, marketing, distribution and other commercial infrastructure in the future to commercialize various drugs for which we may obtain marketing approval, if any;

•	require the manufacture of larger quantities of drug candidates for clinical development and, potentially, commercialization;

•	maintain, expand, and protect our intellectual property portfolio;

•	hire and retain additional personnel, such as clinical, quality control and scientific personnel; and

•	add equipment and physical infrastructure as may be required to support our research and development programs.

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•	unanticipated costs in our research and development programs;

•	the timing and cost of obtaining regulatory approvals for our drug candidates and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements;

•	the timing and amount of option exercise fees, milestone payments, royalties and other payments due to licensors, including Aurigene, for patent rights and technology used in our drug development programs;

•	the costs of commercialization activities for any of our drug candidates that receive marketing approval, to the extent such costs are our responsibility, including the costs and timing of establishing drug sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing capabilities;

•	unplanned costs to prepare, file, prosecute, defend and enforce patent claims and other patent-related costs, including litigation costs and technology license fees; and

•	unexpected losses in our cash investments or an inability to otherwise liquidate our cash investments due to unfavorable conditions in the capital markets.

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•	if any payment of principal is not made within three days of when such payment is due and payable or otherwise made in accordance with the terms of the credit agreement;

•	if any representations or warranties made in the credit agreement or any other related transaction document prove to be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made;

•	if there occurs a default in the performance of affirmative and negative covenants set forth in the credit agreement or under certain ancillary transaction documents;

•	the failure by Genentech to pay material amounts owed under the collaboration agreement with Genentech because of an actual breach or default by Curis under the collaboration agreement;

•	a material breach or default by Curis Royalty under certain ancillary transaction documents, in each case, which such breach or default is not cured within 30 days after written demand thereof by HealthCare Royalty;

•	the voluntary or involuntary commencement of bankruptcy proceedings by either Curis or Curis Royalty and other insolvency-related defaults;

•	any materially adverse effect on the binding nature of any of the transaction documents or the Genentech collaboration agreement;

•	if any person shall be designated an independent director of Curis Royalty other than in accordance with its limited liability company operating agreement; or

•	if Curis shall at any time cease to own, of record and beneficially, 100% of the equity interests in Curis Royalty.

•	payments we may be required to make to collaborators such as Aurigene to exercise license rights and satisfy milestones and royalty obligations;

•	the status of, and level of expenses incurred in connection with, our programs, including development costs relating to CUDC-907, CA-170 and CA-4948, as well as funding programs that we have licensed or may in the future license and develop under our collaboration with Aurigene;

•	fluctuations in sales of Erivedge and related royalty payments, including fluctuations resulting from the sales of competing drug products such as sonidegib, which is approved in the U.S. and Europe for the treatment of locally advanced BCC and is now being marketed and sold by Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., or Sun Pharmaceuticals;

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•	any intellectual property infringement lawsuit or other litigation in which we may become involved;

•	the implementation of restructuring and cost-savings strategies;

•	the occurrence of an event of default under the credit agreement by and among Curis, Curis Royalty and HealthCare Royalty;

•	the implementation or termination of collaboration, licensing, manufacturing or other material agreements with third parties, and non-recurring revenue or expenses under any such agreement; and

•	compliance with regulatory requirements.

•	successful enrollment in, and completion of, ongoing and future clinical trials of CUDC-907, CA-170, CA-4948 and other compounds that we may develop under our collaboration agreement with Aurigene;

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•	Aurigene’s ability to successfully discover and preclinically develop other drug candidates under the collaboration agreement;

•	a safety, tolerability and efficacy profile that is satisfactory to FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority for marketing approval;

•	receipt of requisite marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;

•	the extent of any required post marketing approval commitments to applicable regulatory authorities;

•	establishment of supply arrangements with third party raw materials suppliers and manufacturers;

•	establishment of arrangements with third party manufacturers to obtain finished drug products that is appropriately packaged for sale;

•	adequate ongoing availability of raw materials and drug products for clinical development and any commercial sales;

•	obtaining and maintaining patent, trade secret protection and regulatory exclusivity, both in the United States and internationally;

•	protection of the rights in our intellectual property portfolio;

•	successful launch of commercial sales following any marketing approval;

•	a continued acceptable safety profile following any marketing approval;

•	commercial acceptance by patients, the medical community and third-party payors; and

•	our ability to compete with other therapies.

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•	incur additional unplanned costs;

•	be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our drug candidates;

•	not obtain marketing approval at all;

•	obtain approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired;

•	obtain approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or significant safety warnings, including boxed warnings;

•	be subject to additional post-marketing testing or other requirements; or

•	be required to remove the drug from the market after obtaining marketing approval.

•	regulators or institutional review boards may not authorize us, any collaborators or our or their investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;

•	we, or any collaborators, may have delays in reaching or fail to reach agreement on acceptable clinical trial contracts or clinical trial protocols with prospective trial sites;

•	clinical trials of our drug candidates may produce unfavorable or inconclusive results;

•	we, or any collaborators, may decide, or regulators may require us or them, to conduct additional clinical trials or abandon drug development programs;

•	the number of patients required for clinical trials of our drug candidates may be larger than we, or any collaborators, anticipate, patient enrollment in these clinical trials may be slower than we, or any collaborators, anticipate or participants may drop out of these clinical trials at a higher rate than we, or any collaborators, anticipate;

•	our estimates of the patient populations available for study may be higher than actual patient numbers and result in our inability to sufficiently enroll our trials;

•	the cost of planned clinical trials of our drug candidates may be greater than we anticipate;

•	our third-party contractors or those of any collaborators, including those manufacturing our drug candidates or components or ingredients thereof or conducting clinical trials on our behalf or on behalf of any collaborators, may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us or any collaborators in a timely manner or at all;

•	patients that enroll in a clinical trial may misrepresent their eligibility to do so or may otherwise not comply with the clinical trial protocol, resulting in the need to drop the patients from the clinical trial, increase the needed enrollment size for the clinical trial or extend the clinical trial’s duration;

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•	we, or any collaborators, may have to delay, suspend or terminate clinical trials of our drug candidates for various reasons, including a finding that the participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks, undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics of the drug candidate;

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regulators or institutional review boards may require that we, or any collaborators, or our or their investigators suspend or terminate clinical research for various reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements or their standards of conduct, a finding that the participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks, undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics of the drug candidate or findings of undesirable effects caused by a chemically or mechanistically similar drug or drug candidate;

•	the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with our, or any collaborators’, clinical trial designs or our or their interpretation of data from preclinical studies and clinical trials;

•	the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may fail to approve or subsequently find fault with the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we, or any collaborators, enter into agreements for clinical and commercial supplies;

•	the supply or quality of raw materials or manufactured drug candidates or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials of our drug candidates may be insufficient, inadequate or not available at an acceptable cost, or we may experience interruptions in supply; and

•	the approval policies or regulations of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may significantly change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient to obtain marketing approval.

•	the size and nature of the patient population;

•	the severity of the disease under investigation;

•	the availability of approved therapeutics for the relevant disease;

•	the proximity of patients to clinical sites;

•	the eligibility criteria and design for the trial;

•	efforts to facilitate timely enrollment;

•	competing clinical trials; and

•	clinicians’ and patients’ perceptions as to the potential advantages and risks of the drug being studied in relation to other available therapies, including any new drugs that may be approved for the indications we are investigating.

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•	regulatory authorities may withdraw their approval of the drug or seize the drug;

•	we, or any future collaborators, may be required to recall the drug, change the way the drug is administered or conduct additional clinical trials;

•	additional restrictions may be imposed on the marketing of, or the manufacturing processes for, the particular drug;

•	we may be subject to fines, injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties;

•	regulatory authorities may require the addition of labeling statements, such as a “black box” warning or a contraindication;

•	we, or any future collaborators, may be required to create a Medication Guide outlining the risks of the previously unidentified side effects for distribution to patients;

•	we, or any future collaborators, could be sued and held liable for harm caused to patients;

•	the drug may become less competitive; and

•	our reputation may suffer.

•	the efficacy and safety of the drug;

•	the potential advantages of the drug compared to competitive therapies;

•	the prevalence and severity of any side effects;

•	whether the drug is designated under physician treatment guidelines as a first-, second- or third-line therapy;

•	our ability, or the ability of any future collaborators, to offer the drug for sale at competitive prices;

•	the drug’s convenience and ease of administration compared to alternative treatments;

•	the willingness of the target patient population to try, and of physicians to prescribe, the drug;

•	limitations or warnings, including distribution or use restrictions, contained in the drug’s approved labeling;

•	the strength of sales, marketing and distribution support;

•	changes in the standard of care for the targeted indications for the drug; and

•	availability and amount of coverage and reimbursement from government payors, managed care plans and other third-party payors.

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•	we may not be able to attract and build a significant and skilled marketing staff or sales force;

•	the cost of establishing a marketing staff or sales force may not be justifiable in light of the revenues generated by any particular drug; and

•	our direct sales and marketing efforts may not be successful.

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•	decreased demand for our drug candidates or drugs that we may develop;

•	injury to our reputation and significant negative media attention;

•	withdrawal of clinical trial participants;

•	significant costs to defend resulting litigation;

•	substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients;

•	loss of revenue;

•	reduced resources of our management to pursue our business strategy; and

•	the reduced ability or inability to commercialize any drugs that we may develop.

•	Erivedge becomes no longer accepted as safe, efficacious, cost-effective and preferable for the treatment of advanced BCC to current therapies in the medical community and by third-party payors;

•	Genentech and/or Roche fail to continue to apply the necessary financial resources and expertise to manufacturing, marketing and selling Erivedge for advanced BCC, and to regulatory approvals for this indication outside of the U.S.;

•	Genentech and/or Roche do not continue to develop and implement effective marketing, sales and distribution strategies and operations for development and commercialization of Erivedge for advanced BCC;

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•	Genentech and/or Roche do not continue to develop, validate and maintain a commercially viable manufacturing process for Erivedge that is compliant with current good manufacturing practices;

•	Genentech and/or Roche do not successfully obtain third party reimbursement and generate commercial demand that results in sales of Erivedge for advanced BCC in any geographic areas where requisite approvals have been, or may be, obtained;

•	we, Genentech, or Roche encounter third-party patent interference, derivation, inter partes review, post-grant review, reexamination or patent infringement claims with respect to Erivedge;

•	Genentech and/or Roche do not comply with regulatory and legal requirements applicable to the sale of Erivedge for advanced BCC;

•	competing drug products are approved for the same indications as Erivedge, such as is the case with sonidegib, which is being marketed and sold by Sun Pharmaceutical, both in the U.S. and abroad for the treatment of adults with locally advanced BCC;

•	new safety risks are identified;

•	Erivedge does not demonstrate acceptable safety and efficacy in current or future clinical trials, or otherwise does not meet applicable regulatory standards for approval in indications other than advanced BCC;

•	Genentech and/or Roche determine to re-prioritize Genentech’s commercial or development programs and reduce or terminate Genentech’s efforts on the development or commercialization of Erivedge; or

•	Genentech does not exercise its first right to maintain or defend intellectual property rights associated with Erivedge.

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Our collaborators each have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to their respective collaboration with us. If a collaborator fails to allocate sufficient time, attention and resources to our collaboration, the successful development and commercialization of drug candidates under such collaboration is likely to be adversely affected. For example, we are dependent on Aurigene to successfully discover and advance preclinical programs from which we may exercise our option to license drug candidates for future development.

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Our collaborators may develop and commercialize, either alone or with others, drugs that are similar to or competitive with the drug candidates that are the subject of our respective collaborations. For example, Genentech and Roche are involved in the commercialization of many cancer medicines and are seeking to develop several other cancer drug therapies, and Aurigene has other active cancer-focused discovery programs and has also entered into license agreements with other companies that focus on cancer therapies.

•	Our collaborators may change the focus of their development and commercialization efforts or pursue higher-priority programs.

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Our collaborators may enter into one or more transactions with third parties, including a merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale of substantial assets, sale of substantial stock or change of control. Any such transaction could divert the attention of our collaborative partner’s management and adversely affect its ability to retain and motivate key personnel who are important to the continued development of the programs under such collaboration. In addition, an acquirer could determine to reprioritize our collaborator’s development programs such that our collaborator ceases to diligently pursue the development of our programs, and/or terminates our collaboration.

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•	Our collaborators may, under specified circumstances, terminate their collaborations with us on short notice and for circumstances outside of our control, which could make it difficult for us to attract new collaborators or adversely affect how we are perceived in the scientific, biotech, pharma and financial communities.

•	Our collaborators may utilize our intellectual property rights in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property rights, or expose us to potential liability.

•	Disputes may arise between collaborators and us regarding ownership of or other rights in the intellectual property generated in the course of the collaborations.

•	If any of our collaborators were to breach or terminate its arrangement with us, the development and commercialization of the affected drug candidate or program could be delayed, curtailed or terminated.

•	the development of certain of our current or future drug candidates may be terminated or delayed;

•	our cash expenditures related to development of certain of our current or future drug candidates would increase significantly and we may need to seek additional financing;

•	we may be required to hire additional employees or otherwise develop additional expertise, such as clinical, regulatory, sales and marketing expertise, for which we have not budgeted;

•	we will have to bear all of the risk related to the development of any such drug candidates; and

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•	our future prospects may be adversely affected and our stock price could decline.

•	manufacturing delays if our third-party contractors give greater priority to the supply of other products over our product candidates or otherwise do not satisfactorily perform according to the terms of the agreements between us and them, or if unforeseen events in the manufacturing process arise;

•	the failure of third-party contractors to comply with applicable regulatory requirements;

•	the possible mislabeling of clinical supplies, potentially resulting in the wrong dose amounts being supplied or active drug or placebo not being properly identified;

•	the possibility of clinical supplies not being delivered to clinical sites on time, leading to clinical trial interruptions, or of drug supplies not being distributed to commercial vendors in a timely manner, resulting in lost sales; and

•	the possible misappropriation of our proprietary information, including our trade secrets and know-how.

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•	we, and any collaborators, may not be able to initiate or continue certain preclinical and/or clinical trials of our drug candidates under development;

•	we, and any collaborators, may be delayed in submitting applications for regulatory approvals for our drug candidates; and

•	we, and any collaborators, may not be able to meet commercial demand for any approved drug products.

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•	a diversion of management attention from our existing operations;

•	increased operating complexity of our business, requiring greater personnel and resources;

•	significant additional cash expenditures to expand our operations and acquire and integrate new businesses and technologies;

•	unanticipated expenses and potential delays related to integration of the operations, technology and other resources of any acquired companies;

•	uncertainty related to the value, benefits or legitimacy of intellectual property or technologies acquired;

•	retaining and assimilating key personnel and the potential impairment of relationships with our employees;

•	incurrence of debt, other liabilities and contingent liabilities, including potentially unknown contingent liabilities; and

•	dilutive stock issuances.

•	obtain patents to protect our technologies and discoveries;

•	protect trade secrets from disclosure to competitors;

•	operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others; and

•	prevent others from infringing on our proprietary rights.

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•	initiation of litigation or other proceedings against third parties to enforce our patent rights, to seek to invalidate the patents held by third parties or to obtain a judgment that our drug candidates do not infringe such third parties’ patents;

•	participation in interference and/or derivation proceedings to determine the priority of invention if our competitors file U.S. patent applications that claim technology also claimed by us;

•	initiation of opposition, reexamination, post grant review or inter partes review proceedings by third parties that seek to limit or eliminate the scope of our patent protection;

•	initiation of litigation by third parties claiming that our processes or drug candidates or the intended use of our drug candidates infringes their patent or other intellectual property rights; and

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•	initiation of litigation by us or third parties seeking to enforce contract rights relating to intellectual property that may be important to our business.

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•	restrictions on such drugs, manufacturers or manufacturing processes;

•	restrictions on the labeling or marketing of a drug;

•	restrictions on drug distribution or use;

•	requirements to conduct post-marketing studies or clinical trials;

•	warning letters or untitled letters;

•	withdrawal of the drugs from the market;

•	refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications that we submit;

•	recall of drugs;

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•	restrictions on coverage by third-party payors;

•	fines, restitution or disgorgement of profits or revenues;

•	suspension or withdrawal of marketing approvals;

•	refusal to permit the import or export of drugs;

•	drug seizure; or

•	injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.

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•	an annual, non-deductible fee on any entity that manufactures or imports specified branded prescription drugs and biologic agents;

•	an increase in the statutory minimum rebates a manufacturer must pay under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program;

•	expansion of healthcare fraud and abuse laws, including the civil False Claims Act and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, new government investigative powers and enhanced penalties for noncompliance;

•	a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 50% point-of-sale discounts off negotiated prices to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for a manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D;

•	extension of manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability;

•	expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs;

•	expansion of the entities eligible for discounts under the Public Health Service pharmaceutical pricing program;

•	new requirements to report certain financial arrangements with physicians and teaching hospitals;

•	a new requirement to annually report drug samples that manufacturers and distributors provide to physicians; and

•	a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research, along with funding for such research.

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•	the timing and result of clinical trials of our drug candidates;

•	the success of, and announcements regarding, existing and new technologies and/or drug candidates by us or our competitors;

•	regulatory actions with respect to our product candidates or our competitors’ products and product candidates;

•	market conditions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors;

•	rumors relating to us or our collaborators or competitors;

•	commencement or termination of collaborations for our development programs;

•	litigation or public concern about the safety of our drug candidates;

•	actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results and any subsequent restatement of such results;

•	the amount and timing of any royalty revenue we receive from Genentech related to Erivedge;

•	actual or anticipated changes to our research and development plans;

•	deviations in our operating results from the estimates of securities analysts;

•	entering into new collaboration agreements or termination of existing collaboration agreements;

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•	adverse results or delays in clinical trials being conducted by us or any collaborators;

•	any intellectual property disputes or other lawsuits involving us;

•	third-party sales of large blocks of our common stock;

•	sales of our common stock by our executive officers, directors or significant stockholders;

•	equity sales by us of our common stock to fund our operations;

•	the loss of any of our key scientific or management personnel;

•	FDA or international regulatory actions;

•	limited trading volume in our common stock;

•	general economic and market conditions, including recent adverse changes in the domestic and international financial markets; and

•	the other factors described in this “Risk Factors” section.

•	our or our collaborators’ preclinical studies and clinical trials may not advance or be completed in the time frames we or they announce or expect;

•	we or our collaborators may not make regulatory submissions, receive regulatory approvals or commercialize approved drugs as predicted; and

•	we or our collaborators may not be able to adhere to our or their current schedule for the achievement of key milestones under any programs.

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•	delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company;

•	impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving our company; or

•	entrenching our management or the board of directors.

ITEM 1B.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES

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ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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ITEM 6.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

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(1)	During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we recognized $3.0 million and $10.0 million of revenue for cash payments that we earned during each of 2014 and 2013, respectively, under our June 2003 collaboration agreement with Genentech.

(2)

During the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014, Genentech incurred expenses of $0.2 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Under our June 2003 collaboration agreement with Genentech, we are obligated to reimburse these expenses. We have recorded these amounts as contra-revenues, which have been net against research and development revenues for the respective years. During the year ended 2013, we recognized $0.7 million of research and development revenue for milestone payments that we earned under our November 2011 agreement with LLS.

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(3)	During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we recognized in-process research and development charges of $18.0 million and $24.3 million, related to the amendment or upfront consideration under our Aurigene and Genentech IAP license agreements, each respectively.

(4)	During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded non-cash charges related to a change in the fair value of our warrant liability, established in connection with our registered direct offering in January 2010. All of the outstanding warrants at December 31, 2014 expired, unexercised, on January 27, 2015 in accordance with the warrant terms.

(5)	Long-term obligations are comprised of the following:

ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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1.	IRAK4 Program - a precision oncology program of small molecule inhibitors of IRAK4. The development candidate is CA-4948, an orally available small molecule inhibitor of IRAK4.

2.	PD1/VISTA Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and VISTA immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-170, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and VISTA.

3.	PD1/TIM3 Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and TIM3 immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-327, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and TIM3.

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with respect to amounts that we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program in the U.S. or the European Union, a declining percentage of non-royalty sublicense revenues that is dependent on the stage of the most advanced product for such licensed program at the time the sublicense is granted, including, for example 25% of such amounts following our initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study and 15% of such amounts after initiation of the first pivotal study. This sharing will also extend to royalties that we receive from sublicensees, subject to minimum royalty percentage rates that we are obligated to pay to Aurigene, which generally range from mid-to-high single-digit royalty percentage rates up to 10%;

•	with respect to sublicensing revenues we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program in Asia, 50% of such sublicensing revenues, including both non-royalty sublicensee revenues and royalties that we receive from sublicensees; and

•	with respect to non-royalty sublicensing revenues we and our affiliates receive from sublicensees under a licensed program outside of the U.S., the European Union and Asia, a percentage of such non-royalty sublicense revenues ranging from 30% to 50%. We are also obligated to share 50% of royalties that we receive from sublicensees that we receive in these territories.

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•	our ability to successfully plan, finance and complete current and planned clinical trials for CUDC-907, CA-170 and CA-4948 as well as for such clinical trials to generate favorable data;

•	our and Aurigene’s ability to complete preclinical development and IND-enabling studies for CA-327, and for us to then finance and complete planned Phase 1 clinical trials for this development candidate;

•	Aurigene’s ability to advance additional preclinical immuno-oncology, and precision oncology drug candidates, and our ability to license these programs from Aurigene and further progress them clinically; and

•	Genentech and Roche’s ability to continue to successfully commercialize Erivedge in advanced BCC in the United States and in other global territories.

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•	105%, after the third anniversary of the closing date through and including the fourth anniversary of the closing date;

•	102.5%, after the fourth anniversary of the closing date through and including the fifth anniversary of the closing date;

•	101%, after the fifth anniversary of the closing date through and including the sixth anniversary of the closing date; and

•	100%, after the sixth anniversary of the closing date.

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•	the scope, quality of data, rate of progress and cost of clinical trials and other research and development activities undertaken by us or our collaborators;

•	the results of future preclinical studies and clinical trials;

•	the cost and timing of regulatory approvals and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements;

•	the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities;

•	the cost of establishing clinical and commercial supplies of our drug candidates and any products that we may develop;

•	the effect of competing technological and market developments; and

•	the cost and effectiveness of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights.

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•	such milestone is commensurate with either of the following:

a)	our performance to achieve the milestone (for example, the achievement of the milestone involves a degree of risk and was not reasonably assured at the inception of the arrangement); or

b)	the enhancement of the value of the deliverable as a result of a specific outcome resulting from our performance to achieve the milestone (or substantive effort on our part is involved in achieving the milestone);

•	such milestone relates solely to past performance; and

•	the amount of the milestone payment is reasonable relative to all deliverables and payment terms in the arrangement.

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Level 1	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2	Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3	Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

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•	105%, after the third anniversary of the closing date through and including the fourth anniversary of the closing date;

•	102.5%, after the fourth anniversary of the closing date through and including the fifth anniversary of the closing date;

•	101%, after the fifth anniversary of the closing date through and including the sixth anniversary of the closing date; and

•	100%, after the sixth anniversary of the closing date.

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•	unanticipated costs in our research and development programs;

•	the timing and cost of obtaining regulatory approvals for our drug candidates and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements;

•	the timing and amount of option exercise fees, milestone payments, royalties and other payments due to licensors, including Aurigene, for patent rights and technology used in our drug development programs;

•	the costs of commercialization activities for any of our drug candidates that receive marketing approval, to the extent such costs are our responsibility, including the costs and timing of establishing drug sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing capabilities;

•	unplanned costs to prepare, file, prosecute, defend and enforce patent claims and other patent-related costs, including litigation costs and technology license fees; and

•	unexpected losses in our cash investments or an inability to otherwise liquidate our cash investments due to unfavorable conditions in the capital markets.

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(1)

As of December 31, 2017, the outstanding balance, including interest, on the debt was $41.9 million. The above amounts reflect management’s estimates as of December 31, 2017 of repayments, including accrued interest payments, based on the terms of Curis Royalty’s credit facility with HealthCare Royalty, and assumptions about potential future Erivedge royalties. If future royalties are lower or higher than these assumptions, the repayment period will increase or decrease, respectively, and related debt payments will fluctuate accordingly.

(2)

We are party to a lease agreement with the Trustees of Lexington Office Realty Trust pursuant to which we lease 24,529 square feet of property for office, research and laboratory space located at 4 Maguire Road in Lexington, Massachusetts. The term of the lease agreement commenced on December 1, 2010, and, pursuant to a second amendment to the lease agreement on November 1, 2017, it will expire on February 29, 2020. The total remaining cash obligation for the base rent over the second amended term of the lease agreement is approximately $2.1 million. In addition to the base rent, we are responsible for our share of operating expenses and real estate taxes, in accordance with the terms of the lease agreement. Amounts include contractual rent payments as defined in the agreement.

(3)

Outside service obligations consist of agreements we have with outside labs, consultants and various other service organizations. Obligations to clinical research organizations, medical centers and hospitals conducting our clinical trials are included in our financial statements for costs incurred as of December 31, 2017. Our obligations under these types of arrangements are limited to actual costs incurred for services performed and do not include any contingent or milestone payments.

(4)

Licensing obligations include only obligations that are known to us as of December 31, 2017. In the future, we may owe royalties and other contingent payments to our licensors based on the achievement of developmental milestones, product sales, and other specified objectives. These future obligations, including those related to Aurigene, Genentech, Debiopharm and LLS, are not reflected in the table above as these payments are contingent upon achievement of developmental and commercial milestones, the likelihood and timing of which cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. These contingent obligations are further described under the “Our Collaborations and License Agreements” section.

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ITEM 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

•	pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

•	provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and our board of directors; and

•	provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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(1)	Nature of Business

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(2)	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a)	USE OF ESTIMATES

(b)	CONSOLIDATION

(c)	REVENUE RECOGNITION

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•	such milestone is commensurate with either of the following:

a)	the Company’s performance to achieve the milestone (for example, the achievement of the milestone involves a degree of risk and was not reasonably assured at the inception of the arrangement); or

b)	the enhancement of the value of the deliverable as a result of a specific outcome resulting from the Company’s performance to achieve the milestone (or substantive Company effort is involved in achieving the milestone);

•	such milestone relates solely to past performance; and

•	the amount of the milestone payment is reasonable relative to all deliverables and payment terms in the arrangement.

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(d)	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(e)	CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS

(f)	LONG-LIVED ASSETS OTHER THAN GOODWILL

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(g)	GOODWILL

(i)	TREASURY STOCK

(j)	BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

(k)	STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

(l)	OPERATING LEASES

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(m)	CONCENTRATION OF RISK

(n)	COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(o)	NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

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(p)	SEGMENT REPORTING

(3)	Research and Development Collaborations

(a)	Genentech

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(b)	Aurigene

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1.	IRAK4 Program - a precision oncology program of small molecule inhibitors of IRAK4. The development candidate is CA-4948, an orally available small molecule inhibitor of IRAK4.

2.	PD1/VISTA Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and VISTA immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-170, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and VISTA.

3.	PD1/TIM3 Program - an immuno-oncology program of small molecule antagonists of PD1 and TIM3 immune checkpoint pathways. The development candidate is CA-327, an orally available small molecule antagonist of PDL1 and TIM3.

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(4)	Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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(5)	Investments

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(6)	Stock Plans and Stock Based Compensation

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(7)	Property and Equipment, net

(8)	Accrued Liabilities

(9)	Debt

(a)	BioPharma-II

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(b)	HealthCare Royalty Partners III

(c)	Respective Debt Payments to BioPharma-II and HealthCare Royalty Partners III

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(10)	Commitments

(a)	OPERATING LEASES

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(b)	LICENSE AGREEMENTS

(11)	Common Stock

(a)	2017 Public Offering of Common Stock

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(b)	2015 Public Offering of Common Stock

(c)	2015 Sales Agreement with Cowen

(12)	Income Taxes

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(13)	Related Party Transactions

(a)	Agreements with Daniel R. Passeri

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(b)	Agreement with Director - Lori A. Kunkel

(14)	Retirement Savings Plan

(15)	Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

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ITEM 9.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

ITEM 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 9B.	OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ITEM 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

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ITEM 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

ITEM 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

ITEM 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

ITEM 15.	EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

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†	Confidential treatment has been granted as to certain portions, which portions have been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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††	Confidential treatment has been requested as to certain portions, which portions have been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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ITEM 16.	FORM 10-K SUMMARY