PTC THERAPEUTICS INC
For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed Apr 25, 2024.
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Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
In thousands (except shares)
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| · · March 31, · · December 31, · | |||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | |||||||
| Assets | | | | | | | |
| Current assets: · · · · | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | | $548,355 | | $594,001 | | ||
| Marketable securities | | 336,458 | | 282,738 | | ||
| Trade and royalty receivables, net | | 197,660 | | 160,822 | | ||
| Inventory, net | | 30,058 | | 30,577 | | ||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | 56,207 | | 150,491 | | ||
| Total current assets | | 1,168,738 | | 1,218,629 | | ||
| Fixed assets, net | | 92,779 | | 87,089 | | ||
| Intangible assets, net | | 330,040 | | 379,497 | | ||
| Goodwill | | 82,341 | | 82,341 | | ||
| Operating lease ROU assets | | | 91,186 | | | 91,896 | |
| Deposits and other assets | | 24,545 | | 36,246 | | ||
| Total assets | | $1,789,629 | | $1,895,698 | | ||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | | | | ||||
| Current liabilities: | | | | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | $330,924 | | $391,983 | | ||
| Deferred revenue | | — | | 801 | | ||
| Operating lease liabilities- current | | | 14,572 | | | 13,002 | |
| Finance lease liabilities- current | | | 1,948 | | | 3,000 | |
| Liability for sale of future royalties- current | | | 227,102 | | | 194,314 | |
| Total current liabilities | | 574,546 | | 603,100 | | ||
| Long-term debt | | 284,512 | | 284,213 | | ||
| Contingent consideration payable | | 36,200 | | 36,300 | | ||
| Deferred tax liability | | 55,904 | | 55,905 | | ||
| Operating lease liabilities- noncurrent | | | 104,837 | | | 97,627 | |
| Finance lease liabilities- noncurrent | | | 15,574 | | | 17,184 | |
| Liability for sale of future royalties- noncurrent | | | 1,611,831 | | | 1,619,783 | |
| Other long-term liabilities | | | 141 | | | 141 | |
| Total liabilities | | 2,683,545 | | 2,714,253 | | ||
| Stockholders’ deficit: | | | | ||||
| Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 250,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 76,653,960 shares at March 31, 2024. Authorized 250,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 75,708,889 shares at December 31, 2023. | | 76 | | 75 | | ||
| Additional paid-in capital | | 2,486,722 | | 2,466,233 | | ||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | (5,560) | | (1,285) | | ||
| Accumulated deficit | | (3,375,154) | | (3,283,578) | | ||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | | (893,916) | | (818,555) | | ||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | | $1,789,629 | | $1,895,698 | | ||
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
In thousands (except shares and per share amounts)
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| · · Three Months Ended March 31, · · | ||||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | ||||||||
| Revenues: · · · · | ||||||||
| Net product revenue | | $177,604 | | $187,557 | | | ||
| Collaboration revenue | | — | | | 6 | | | |
| Royalty revenue | | | 31,154 | | | 30,831 | | |
| Manufacturing revenue | | | 1,360 | | | 1,988 | | |
| Total revenues | | 210,118 | | 220,382 | | | ||
| Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets | | 14,740 | | | 14,144 | | | |
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | | 51,530 | | | 39,415 | | | |
| Research and development | | 116,129 | | | 195,124 | | | |
| Selling, general and administrative | | 73,272 | | | 86,914 | | | |
| Change in the fair value of contingent consideration | | (100) | | | 2,400 | | | |
| Total operating expenses | | 255,571 | | 337,997 | | | ||
| Loss from operations | | (45,453) | | (117,615) | | | ||
| Interest expense, net | | (40,834) | | | (27,331) | | | |
| Other income, net | | 1,591 | | | 9,956 | | | |
| Loss before income tax expense | | (84,696) | | (134,990) | | | ||
| Income tax expense | | (6,880) | | | (3,969) | | | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | | $(91,576) | | $(138,959) | | | ||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding: | | | | | | | | |
| Basic and diluted (in shares) | | 76,496,127 | | | 73,729,284 | | | |
| Net loss per share—basic and diluted (in dollars per share) | | $(1.20) | | $(1.88) | | | ||
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
In thousands
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| · · Three Months Ended March 31, · · | |||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | |||||||
| Net loss | | $(91,576) | | $(138,959) | | | |
| Other comprehensive (loss) income: | | | | | |||
| Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities, net of tax | | (444) | | | 54 | | |
| Foreign currency translation loss, net of tax | | (3,831) | | | (6,437) | | |
| Comprehensive loss | | $(95,851) | | $(145,342) | | | |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit (unaudited)
In thousands (except shares)
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| · · · · · · Additional · other · · · · Total | |||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31, 2024 · · Common stock · · paid-in · comprehensive · · Accumulated · · stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| · Shares · Amount · capital · loss · deficit · deficit | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | | 75,708,889 | | $75 | | $2,466,233 | | $(1,285) | | $(3,283,578) | | $(818,555) | |||||
| Exercise of options | 109,892 | | | — | | | 2,030 | | | — | | | — | | | 2,030 | |
| Restricted stock vesting and issuance, net | 835,179 | | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1 | |
| Share-based compensation expense | — | | | — | | | 18,378 | | | — | | | — | | | 18,378 | |
| Receivable from investor | | — | | | — | | | 81 | | | — | | | — | | | 81 |
| Net loss | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (91,576) | | | (91,576) | |
| Comprehensive loss | — | | | — | | | — | | | (4,275) | | | — | | | (4,275) | |
| Balance, March 31, 2024 | 76,653,960 | | $76 | | $2,486,722 | | $(5,560) | | $(3,375,154) | | $(893,916) | ||||||
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| · · · · · · Additional · other · · · · Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31, 2023 · · Common stock · · paid-in · comprehensive · · Accumulated · · stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||
| · Shares · Amount · capital · income (loss) · deficit · deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | 73,104,692 | $72 | $2,305,020 | $4,796 | $(2,656,974) | $(347,086) | ||||||||||
| Exercise of options | 211,561 | | | — | | | 5,655 | | | — | | | — | | | 5,655 |
| Restricted stock vesting and issuance, net | 695,781 | | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1 |
| Share-based compensation expense | — | | | — | | | 28,815 | | | — | | | — | | | 28,815 |
| Receivable from investor | — | | | — | | | 396 | | | — | | | — | | 396 | |
| Net loss | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (138,959) | | (138,959) | |
| Comprehensive loss | — | | — | | — | | (6,383) | | | — | | (6,383) | ||||
| Balance, March 31, 2023 | 74,012,034 | | $73 | | $2,339,886 | | $(1,587) | | $(2,795,933) | | $(457,561) | |||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
In thousands
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| · · Three Months Ended March 31, · | |||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | |
| Net loss | | $(91,576) | | $(138,959) | | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | | 55,395 | | | 42,825 | | |
| Non-cash operating lease expense | | 1,792 | | | 2,942 | | |
| Non-cash royalty revenue related to sale of future royalties | | | (25,228) | | | (13,237) | |
| Non-cash interest expense on liability related to sale of future royalties | | | 50,064 | | | 18,902 | |
| Change in valuation of contingent consideration | | (100) | | | 2,400 | | |
| Unrealized (gain) loss on ClearPoint Equity Investments | | (9) | | | 39 | | |
| Unrealized gain on ClearPoint convertible debt security | | | (166) | | | (59) | |
| Unrealized gain on marketable securities- equity investments | | | (710) | | | (2,166) | |
| Disposal of asset | | | 544 | | | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | (1) | | | (4) | |
| Amortization of discounts on investments, net | | (3,697) | | | (85) | | |
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | | 296 | | | 438 | | |
| Share-based compensation expense | | 18,378 | | | 28,815 | | |
| Unrealized foreign currency transaction losses (gains), net | | 269 | | | (10,057) | | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | |
| Inventory, net | | 120 | | | (4,612) | | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | 93,904 | | | 57,611 | | |
| Trade and royalty receivables, net | | (39,500) | | | (43,426) | | |
| Deposits and other assets | | 11,192 | | | 743 | | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | (5,389) | | | 33,524 | | |
| Other liabilities | | 5,984 | | | (3,988) | | |
| Deferred revenue | | (801) | | | (1,137) | | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | $70,761 | | $(29,491) | | ||
| Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | | ||
| Purchases of fixed assets | | $(9,588) | | $(10,270) | | ||
| Purchases of marketable securities- available for sale | | | (104,373) | | | — | |
| Purchases of marketable securities- equity investments | | | (9,065) | | | — | |
| Sale and redemption of marketable securities- available for sale | | | 61,650 | | | 12,500 | |
| Sale and redemption of marketable securities- equity investments | | | 1,207 | | | 2,196 | |
| Acquisition of product rights and licenses | | | (54,763) | | | (33,397) | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | | $(114,932) | | $(28,971) | | ||
| Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | ||
| Proceeds from exercise of options | | $2,030 | | $5,655 | | ||
| Debt issuance costs related to secured loan | | | — | | | (182) | |
| Payment of finance lease principal | | | (1,490) | | | (1,379) | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | | $540 | | $4,094 | | ||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | | (2,030) | | | (7,963) | | |
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | (45,661) | | (62,331) | | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of period | | 610,284 | | | 295,925 | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of period | | $564,623 | | $233,594 | | ||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash information | | | | | | ||
| Cash paid for interest | | $3,666 | | $12,956 | | ||
| Cash paid for income taxes | | | 2,042 | | | 2,215 | |
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity | | | | | |||
| Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities, net of tax | | $(444) | | $54 | | ||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations | | | 1,723 | | | — | |
| Acquisition of product rights and licenses | | | 2,296 | | | 19,406 | |
| Milestone payable | | | 2,500 | | | 32,500 | |
| Debt issuance costs related to senior secured term loan | | | — | | | 45 | |
| Capital expenditures unpaid at the end of the period | | | — | | | 28 | |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
March 31, 2024
In thousands (except share and per share amounts unless otherwise noted)
- The Company
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “PTC”) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to patients with rare disorders. PTC’s ability to innovate to identify new therapies and to globally commercialize products is the foundation that drives investment in a robust and diversified pipeline of transformative medicines. PTC’s mission is to provide access to best-in-class treatments for patients who have little to no treatment options. PTC’s strategy is to leverage its strong scientific and clinical expertise and global commercial infrastructure to bring therapies to patients. PTC believes that this allows it to maximize value for all of its stakeholders. PTC has a diversified therapeutic portfolio pipeline that includes several commercial products and product candidates in various stages of development, including clinical, pre-clinical and research and discovery stages, focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas for rare diseases relating to neurology and metabolism.
The Company hastwo products, Translarna™ (ataluren) and Emflaza® (deflazacort), for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (“DMD”), a rare, life threatening disorder. Translarna has marketing authorization in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (“nmDMD”) in ambulatory patients aged 2 years and older. Translarna also has marketing authorization in Russia for the treatment of nmDMD in patients aged two years and older and in Brazil for the treatment of nmDMD in ambulatory patients two years and older and for continued treatment of patients that become non-ambulatory, as well as in various other countries. Emflaza is approved in the United States for the treatment of DMD in patients two years and older.
The Company’s marketing authorization for Translarna in the EEA is subject to annual review and renewal by the European Commission (“EC”) following reassessment by the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) of the benefit-risk balance of the authorization, which the Company refers to as the annual EMA reassessment. In September 2022, the Company submitted a Type II variation to the EMA to support conversion of the conditional marketing authorization for Translarna to a standard marketing authorization, which included a report on the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041 and data from the open-label extension. In February 2023, the Company also submitted an annual marketing authorization renewal request to the EMA. In September 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”), gave a negative opinion on the conversion of the conditional marketing authorization to full marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD and a negative opinion on the renewal of the existing conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. On January 25, 2024, the CHMP issued a negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following a re-examination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the EC has approximately 67 days to adopt the opinion. At this time, the EC has not yet adopted the negative opinion. If the EC adopts the negative opinion, Translarna would no longer have marketing authorization in the member states of the EEA.
Translarna is an investigational new drug in the United States. Following the Company’s announcement of top-line results from the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041 in June 2022, the Company submitted a meeting request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to gain clarity on the regulatory pathway for a potential re-submission of a New Drug Application (“NDA”) for Translarna. The FDA provided initial written feedback that Study 041 does not provide substantial evidence of effectiveness to support an NDA re-submission. The Company held a Type C meeting with the FDA in the fourth quarter of 2023 to discuss the totality of Translarna data. Based on feedback from the FDA, the Company plans to re-submit the NDA based on results from Study 041 and from the Company’s international drug registry study for nmDMD patients receiving Translarna by mid-year 2024.
The Company has developed Upstaza (eladocagene exuparvovec), a gene therapy used for the treatment of Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (“AADC”) deficiency (“AADC deficiency”), a rare central nervous system (“CNS”) disorder arising from reductions in the enzyme AADC that results from mutations in the dopa decarboxylase gene. In July 2022,
the EC approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the EEA. In November 2022, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the United Kingdom. In March 2024, the Company submitted a biologics license application (“BLA”) for Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States.
The Company holds the rights for the commercialization of Tegsedi® (inotersen) and Waylivra® (volanesorsen) for the treatment of rare diseases in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean pursuant to the Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement”), dated August 1, 2018, by and between the Company and Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (“Akcea”), a subsidiary of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tegsedi has received marketing authorization in the United States, the European Union (the “EU”) and Brazil for the treatment of stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy in adult patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (“hATTR amyloidosis”). In August 2021, ANVISA, the Brazilian health regulatory authority, approved Waylivra as the first treatment for familial chylomicronemia syndrome (“FCS”) in Brazil. In December 2022, ANVISA approved Waylivra for the treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy (“FPL”). Waylivra has also received marketing authorization in the EU for the treatment of FCS.
The Company also has a spinal muscular atrophy (“SMA”) collaboration with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd and Hoffman-La Roche Inc. (referred to collectively as “Roche”) and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (“SMA Foundation”). The SMA program has one approved product, Evrysdi® (risdiplam), which was approved by the FDA in August 2020 for the treatment of SMA in adults and children two months and older and by the EC in March 2021 for the treatment of 5q SMA in patients two months and older with a clinical diagnosis of SMA Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 or with one to four SMN2 copies. Evrysdi has also received marketing authorization for the treatment of SMA in over 100 countries. In May 2022, the FDA approved a label expansion for Evrysdi to include infants under two months old with SMA. In August 2023, the EC approved an extension of the Evrysdi marketing authorization to include infants under two months old in the EU.
One of the Company’s most advanced clinical stage molecules is sepiapterin. Sepiapterin is a precursor to intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin, which is a critical enzymatic cofactor involved in metabolism and synthesis of numerous metabolic products. In May 2023, the Company announced that the primary endpoint was achieved in its registration-directed Phase 3 trial for sepiapterin for phenylketonuria (“PKU”). The primary endpoint of the study was the achievement of statistically-significant reduction in blood Phe level. In March 2024, the Company submitted a marketing authorization application (“MAA”) to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the EEA. Additionally, the Company participated in a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA in the third quarter of 2023. At that meeting, the FDA stated that the sepiapterin clinical safety and efficacy data supported NDA submission for the treatment of pediatric and adult PKU patients. However, the FDA has requested that PTC completes a 26-week nonclinical mouse study to assess sepiapterin carcinogenicity potential prior to NDA submission. Based on the timing to complete this study, PTC expects to submit an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU no later than the third quarter of 2024 and PTC intends to discuss with the FDA the potential for an earlier submission if PTC is permitted to submit the 26-week mouse study report during the NDA review. PTC also expects to make regulatory submissions for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in Japan and Brazil in 2024.
In addition to the Company’s SMA program, the Company’s splicing platform also includes PTC518, which is being developed for the treatment of Huntington’s disease (“HD”). The Company initiated a Phase 2 study of PTC518 for the treatment of HD in the first quarter of 2022, which consists of an initial 12-week placebo-controlled phase focused on safety, pharmacology and pharmacodynamic effects followed by a nine-month placebo-controlled phase focused on PTC518 biomarker effect. In June 2023, the Company announced interim data from the 12-week placebo-controlled phase. The Phase 2 study is actively ongoing outside the United States, while it has been paused within the United States as the FDA requested additional data to allow the Phase 2 study to proceed. The Company expects results from the 12-month interim data from the Phase 2 study of PTC518 for the treatment of HD in the second quarter of 2024. The Company expects to submit a safety data update to the FDA in the second quarter of 2024 to support lifting of the partial clinical hold on the program.
The Company’s ferroptosis and inflammation platform consists of small molecule compounds that target oxidoreductase enzymes that regulate oxidative stress and inflammatory pathways central to the pathology of a number of CNS diseases. The two most advanced molecules in the Company’s ferroptosis and inflammation platform are vatiquinone and utreloxastat. The Company announced topline results from a registration-directed Phase 3 trial of vatiquinone in children and young adults with Friedreich ataxia, called MOVE-FA, in May 2023. While the study did not meet its primary
endpoint, vatiquinone treatment did demonstrate significant benefit on key disease subscales, including the upright stability subscale, as well as on other disease relevant endpoints. In the first quarter of 2024, the Company met with the FDA, who expressed willingness to review an NDA for vatiquinone for the treatment of Friedreich ataxia based on the MOVE-FA trial as well as data from the ongoing open label extension study following the MOVE-FA trial, potentially allowing for the submission of an NDA in late 2024. In the first quarter of 2024, the Company also received scientific advice from the EMA on the MOVE-FA trial results, in which the EMA stated that the MOVE-FA data would likely not be sufficient for conditional authorization. The Company initiated a Phase 2 registration directed trial of utreloxastat for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in the first quarter of 2022. The Company expects topline results from this trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.
In addition, the Company has a pipeline of product candidates and discovery programs that are in early clinical, pre-clinical and research and development stages focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas for rare diseases.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $3,375.2 million. The Company has financed its operations to date primarily through the private offerings of convertible senior notes (see Note 9), public and “at the market offerings” of common stock, proceeds from royalty purchase agreements (see Note 2), net proceeds from the Company’s’ borrowings under its credit agreement with Blackstone (see Note 9), private placements of its convertible preferred stock and common stock, collaborations, bank and institutional lender debt, other convertible debt, grant funding and clinical trial support from governmental and philanthropic organizations and patient advocacy groups in the disease area addressed by the Company’s product candidates. The Company has also relied on revenue generated from net sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories outside of the United States since 2014, Emflaza for the treatment of DMD in the United States since 2017, and Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the EEA since May 2022. The Company has also relied on revenue associated with milestone and royalty payments from Roche pursuant to the License and Collaboration Agreement (the “SMA License Agreement”) dated as of November 23, 2011, by and among the Company, Roche and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the SMA Foundation, under its SMA program. The Company expects that cash flows from the sales of its products, milestone and royalty payments from Roche, together with the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will be sufficient to fund its operations for at least the next twelve months.
- Summary of significant accounting policies
The Company’s complete listing of significant accounting policies is set forth in Note 2 of the notes to the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 29, 2024 (the "2023 Form 10-K"). Selected significant accounting policies are discussed in further detail below.
Basis of presentation
The accompanying financial information as of March 31, 2024 and for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 has been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and notes thereto included in the 2023 Form 10-K.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information as of March 31, 2024 and for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 reflects all adjustments, which are normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present a fair statement of financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ (deficit) equity, and cash flows. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ended December 31, 2024 or for any other interim period or for any other future year.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates in these consolidated financial statements have been made in connection with the calculation of net product sales, royalty revenue, certain accruals related to the Company’s research and development expenses, valuation procedures for liability for sale of future royalties, fair value of the contingent consideration, and the provision for or benefit from income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.
Restricted cash
Restricted cash included in deposits and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet contains an unconditional, irrevocable and transferable letter of credit that was entered into during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019 in connection with obligations under a facility lease for the Company’s leased biologics manufacturing facility in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. The amount of the letter of credit is $7.5 million, is to be maintained for a term of not less than five years and has the potential to be reduced to $3.8 million if after five years the Company is not in default of its lease. Restricted cash also contains an unconditional, irrevocable and transferable letter of credit that was entered into during June 2022 in connection with obligations for the Company’s new facility lease in Warren, New Jersey. The amount of the letter of credit is $8.1 million and has the potential to be reduced to $4.1 million if after five years the Company is not in default of its lease. Both amounts are classified within deposits and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet due to the long-term nature of the respective letters of credit. Restricted cash also includes a bank guarantee of $0.6 million denominated in a foreign currency.
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheet that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the statement of cash flows:
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| · End of · · Beginning of | ||||
| · period- · period- | ||||
| · March 31, · December 31, | ||||
| · 2024 · · 2023 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | | $548,355 | | $594,001 |
| Restricted cash included in deposits and other assets | | 16,268 | | 16,283 |
| Total Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash per statement of cash flows | | $564,623 | | $610,284 |
Marketable securities
The Company’s marketable securities consists of both debt securities and equity investments. The Company considers its investments in debt securities with original maturities of greater than 90 days to be available for sale securities. Securities under this classification are recorded at fair value and unrealized gains and losses within accumulated other comprehensive income. The estimated fair value of the available for sale securities is determined based on quoted market prices or rates for similar instruments. In addition, the cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount to maturity. For available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company assesses whether it intends to sell or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value. If the criteria are not met, the Company evaluates whether the decline in fair value has resulted from a credit loss or other factors. In making this assessment, management considers, among other factors, the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and adverse conditions specifically related to the security. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss exists, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses is recorded for the credit loss, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized costs basis. Any impairment that has not been recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recognized in other comprehensive income. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, no allowance was recorded for credit losses.
Marketable securities that are equity investments are measured at fair value, as it is readily available, and as such are classified as Level 1 assets. Unrealized holding gains and losses for these equity investments are components of other income (expense), net within the consolidated statement of operations.
Inventory and cost of product sales
Inventory
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis by product. The Company capitalizes inventory costs associated with products following regulatory approval when future commercialization is considered probable and the future economic benefit is expected to be realized. Products which may be used in clinical development programs are included in inventory and charged to research and development expense when the product enters the research and development process and no longer can be used for commercial purposes. Inventory used for marketing efforts are charged to selling, general and administrative expense. Amounts related to clinical development programs and marketing efforts are immaterial.
The following table summarizes the components of the Company’s inventory for the periods indicated:
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| Raw materials | | $1,121 | | $952 |
| Work in progress | | 22,178 | | 17,991 |
| Finished goods | | 6,759 | | 11,634 |
| Total inventory | | $30,058 | | $30,577 |
The Company periodically reviews its inventories for excess amounts or obsolescence and writes down obsolete or otherwise unmarketable inventory to its estimated net realizable value. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded inventory write-downs of $3.7 million primarily related to adjustments to inventory reserves and product approaching expiration. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded inventory write-downs of $0.1 million primarily related to product approaching expiration. Additionally, though the Company’s product is subject to strict quality control and monitoring which it performs throughout the manufacturing processes, certain batches or units of product may not meet quality specifications resulting in a charge to cost of product sales. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, these amounts were immaterial.
Cost of product sales
Cost of product sales consists of the cost of inventory sold, manufacturing and supply chain costs, storage costs, amortization of the acquired intangible asset, royalty payments associated with net product sales, and royalty payments to collaborative partners associated with royalty revenues and collaboration revenue related to milestones. Production costs are expensed as cost of product sales when the related products are sold or royalty revenues and collaboration revenue milestones are earned.
Revenue recognition
Net product revenue
The Company’s net product revenue primarily consists of sales of Translarna in territories outside of the U.S. for the treatment of nmDMD and sales of Emflaza in the U.S. for the treatment of DMD. The Company recognizes revenue when its performance obligations with its customers have been satisfied. The Company’s performance obligations are to provide products based on customer orders from distributors, hospitals, specialty pharmacies or retail pharmacies. The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the Company’s customer obtains control of the product, which is typically upon delivery. The Company invoices its customers after the products have been delivered and invoice payments are generally due within 30 to 90 days of the invoice date. The Company determines the transaction price based on fixed consideration in its contractual agreements. Contract liabilities arise in certain circumstances when consideration is due for goods the Company has yet to provide. As the Company has identified only one distinct performance obligation, the
transaction price is allocated entirely to product sales. In determining the transaction price, a significant financing component does not exist since the timing from when the Company delivers product to when the customers pay for the product is typically less than one year. Customers in certain countries pay in advance of product delivery. In those instances, payment and delivery typically occur in the same month.
The Company records product sales net of any variable consideration, which includes discounts, allowances, rebates related to Medicaid and other government pricing programs, and distribution fees. The Company uses the expected value or most likely amount method when estimating its variable consideration, unless discount or rebate terms are specified within contracts. The identified variable consideration is recorded as a reduction of revenue at the time revenues from product sales are recognized. These estimates for variable consideration are adjusted to reflect known changes in factors and may impact such estimates in the quarter those changes are known. Revenue recognized does not include amounts of variable consideration that are constrained.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $120.1 million and $133.0 million, respectively, consisting of sales of Translarna, Tegsedi, Waylivra, and Upstaza. Translarna net revenues made up $103.6 million and $115.1 million of the net product sales outside of the United States for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, net product sales in the United States were $57.5 million and $54.6 million, respectively, consisting solely of sales of Emflaza. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, two countries, the United States and Russia, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $57.5 million and $52.6 million of net product sales, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, three countries, the United States, Russia, and Brazil, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $54.6 million, $44.6 million, and $25.9 million of net product sales, respectively.
In relation to customer contracts, the Company incurs costs to fulfill a contract but does not incur costs to obtain a contract. These costs to fulfill a contract do not meet the criteria for capitalization and are expensed as incurred. The Company considers any shipping and handling costs that are incurred after the customer has obtained control of the product as a cost to fulfill a promise. Shipping and handling costs associated with finished goods delivered to customers are recorded as a selling expense.
Collaboration and royalty revenue
The terms of these agreements typically include payments to the Company of one or more of the following: nonrefundable, upfront license fees; milestone payments; research funding and royalties on future product sales. In addition, the Company generates service revenue through agreements that generally provide for fees for research and development services and may include additional payments upon achievement of specified events.
At the inception of a collaboration arrangement, the Company needs to first evaluate if the arrangement meets the criteria in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 808 “Collaborative Arrangements” to then determine if ASC Topic 606 is applicable by considering whether the collaborator meets the definition of a customer. If the criteria are met, the Company assesses the promises in the arrangement to identify distinct performance obligations.
For licenses of intellectual property, the Company assesses, at contract inception, whether the intellectual property is distinct from other performance obligations identified in the arrangement. If the licensing of intellectual property is determined to be distinct, revenue is recognized for nonrefundable, upfront license fees when the license is transferred to the customer and the customer can use and benefit from the license. If the licensing of intellectual property is determined not to be distinct, then the license will be bundled with other promises in the arrangement into one distinct performance obligation. The Company needs to determine if the bundled performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time. If the Company concludes that the nonrefundable, upfront license fees will be recognized over time, the Company will need to assess the appropriate method of measuring proportional performance.
For milestone payments, the Company assesses, at contract inception, whether the development or sales-based milestones are considered probable of being achieved. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will occur, the Company
will not record revenue until the uncertainty has been resolved. Milestone payments that are contingent upon regulatory approval are not considered probable of being achieved until the applicable regulatory approvals or other external conditions are obtained as such conditions are not within the Company’s control. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur, the Company will estimate the milestone payments using the most likely amount method. The Company will re-assess the development and sales-based milestones each reporting period to determine the probability of achievement. The Company recognizes royalties from product sales at the later of when the related sales occur or when the performance obligation to which the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur, the Company will estimate the royalty payments using the most likely amount method.
The Company recognizes revenue for reimbursements of research and development costs under collaboration agreements as the services are performed. The Company records these reimbursements as revenue and not as a reduction of research and development expenses as the Company has the risks and rewards as the principal in the research and development activities.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company didnot recognize collaboration revenue related to the SMA License Agreement with Roche. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the amounts recognized for the collaboration revenue related to the SMA License Agreement with Roche were immaterial.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company has recognized $31.2 million and $30.8 million of royalty revenue, respectively, related to Evrysdi.
Manufacturing Revenue
The Company has manufacturing services related to the production of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) and adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. Performance obligations vary but may include manufacturing plasmid DNA and/or AAV vectors, material testing, stability studies, and other services related to material development. The transaction prices for these arrangements are fixed and include amounts stated in the contracts for each promised service. Typically, the performance obligations within a manufacturing contract are highly interdependent, in which case, the Company will combine them into a single performance obligation. The Company has determined that the assets created have no alternative use to the Company, and the Company has an enforceable right to payment for the performance completed to date, therefore revenue related to these services are recognized over time and is measured using an output method based on performance of manufacturing milestones completed to date.
Manufacturing service contracts may also include performance obligations related to project management services or obtaining materials from third parties. The Company has determined that these are separate performance obligations for which revenue is recognized at the point in time the services are performed. For performance obligations related to obtaining third party materials, the Company has determined that it is the principal as the Company has control of the materials and has discretion in setting the price. Therefore, the Company recognizes revenue on a gross basis related to obtaining third party materials.
Certain arrangements require a portion of the contract consideration to be received in advance at the commencement of the contract, and such advance payment is initially recorded as a contract liability. A contract asset may be recognized in the event the Company’s satisfaction of performance obligations outpaces customer billings.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $1.4 million and $2.0 million of manufacturing revenue, respectively, related to plasmid DNA and AAV vector production for external customers. As of March 31, 2024, the Company has contract assets of $0.8 million andno remaining performance obligations related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. For the period ended December 31, 2023, the Company had contract assets of $0.2 million and remaining performance obligations of $0.8 million related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers.
Allowance for doubtful accounts
The Company maintains an allowance for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company estimates uncollectible amounts based upon current customer receivable balances, the age of customer receivable balances, the customer’s financial condition and current economic trends. The Company also assesses whether an allowance for expected credit losses may be required which includes a review of the Company’s receivables portfolio, which are pooled on a customer basis or country basis. In making its assessment of whether an allowance for credit losses is required, the Company considers its historical experience with customers, current balances, levels of delinquency, regulatory and legal environments, and other relevant current and future forecasted economic conditions. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, no allowance was recorded for credit losses. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $1.1 million as of March 31, 2024, and $1.2 million as of December 31, 2023. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, bad debt expense was immaterial.
Liability for sale of future royalties
On July 17, 2020, the Company, RPI Intermediate Finance Trust (“RPI”), and, for the limited purposes set forth in the agreement, Royalty Pharma PLC, entered into a royalty purchase agreement (the “Original Royalty Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to RPI 42.933% (the “ Original Assigned Royalty Rights”) of the Company’s right to receive sales-based royalty payments (the “Royalty”) on worldwide net sales of Evrysdi and any other product developed pursuant to the License and Collaboration Agreement (the “License Agreement”), dated as of November 23, 2011, by and among the Company, Roche and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the SMA Foundation under the SMA program. In consideration for the sale of the Original Assigned Royalty Rights, RPI paid the Company$650.0 million in cash consideration. The Company has retained a 57.067% interest in the Royalty and all economic rights to receive the remaining potential regulatory and sales milestone payments under the License Agreement, which remaining milestone payments equal$150.0 million in the aggregate as of March 31, 2024. The Original Royalty Purchase Agreement was set to terminate 60 days following the earlier of the date on which Roche is no longer obligated to make any payments of the Royalty pursuant to the License Agreement and the date on which RPI has received$1.3 billion in respect of the Original Assigned Royalty Rights.
Pursuant to the guidance in ASC 470-10-25-2, the Company determined that the $650.0 million cash consideration obtained pursuant to the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement should be classified as debt and recorded it as “liability for sale of future royalties-current” and “liability for sale of future royalties-noncurrent” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet based on the timing of the expected payments to be made to RPI at the time of the transaction. The liability was subsequently amortized using the effective interest method over the life of the arrangement, in accordance with the respective guidance, utilizing the prospective method to account for subsequent changes in the estimated future payments to be made to RPI.
On October 18, 2023, the Company, Royalty Pharma Investments 2019 ICAV (“Royalty Pharma”), and, for the limited purposes set forth in the agreement, Royalty Pharma plc, entered into an Amended and Restated Royalty Purchase Agreement (the “A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement”), which amends and restates in its entirety the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the Company has sold or agreed to sell to Royalty Pharma certain portions of the Company’s remaining Royalty on worldwide net sales of Evrysdi and any other product (the “Products”) developed pursuant to the SMA License Agreement (all such retained Royalty rights of the Company, the “Retained Royalty Rights,” and all such Royalty rights that are sold to Royalty Pharma pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the (“A&R Assigned Royalty Rights”). At closing, Royalty Pharma paid the Company $1.0 billion in cash consideration for 38.0447% of the Company’s Retained Royalty Rights (which is in addition to the 42.9330% assigned to Royalty Pharma in connection with the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement, for a total of 80.9777% of the total Royalty) until such time as Royalty Pharma has received payments in respect of the Original Assigned Royalty Rights equal to $1.3 billion in the aggregate, and thereafter 66.6667% of the total Royalty. In addition, the Company may sell to Royalty Pharma the remainder of the Company’s Retained Royalty Rights in exchange for an aggregate of $500.0 million in additional cash consideration after the closing of the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, less royalties received in respect of the Retained Royalty Rights put to Royalty Pharma, which will be payable by Royalty Pharma pursuant tofive put options held by the Company that are exercisable at the Company’s option between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025. If the Company exercisestwo or fewer of the put options, Royalty Pharma may exercise
a call option during the period from and after January 1, 2026 until and including March 31, 2026 for up to 50% of the remainder of the Company’s Retained Royalty Rights less amounts exercised by the Company via its put options at a purchase price that is proportional to the purchase price of the Company’s unexercised put options. Royalty Pharma’s exercise of the call option would result in Royalty Pharma owning 90.4888% of the total Royalty until such time as Royalty Pharma has received payments in respect of the Original Assigned Royalty Rights equal to$1.3 billion in the aggregate, and thereafter 83.3333% of the total Royalty. The A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement will terminate 60 days following the date on which Roche is no longer obligated to make any payments of the Royalty pursuant to the License Agreement.
The change in rights and obligations from the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement resulted in a change in the terms of the liability for sale of future royalties, which was evaluated by the Company in accordance with ASC 470-50, Debt —Modifications and Extinguishments. The Company determined that the present value of the cash flows under the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement were substantially different from the present value of the cash flows under the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. This resulted in the derecognition of the old liability for sale of future royalties and the new liability for sale of future royalties being recorded at fair value, which was determined to be$1,809.9 million as of the date of the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement. This resulted in an extinguishment loss of$44.9 million, which was recorded within loss on extinguishment of debt, within the Company’s statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The fair value for the new liability for sale of future royalties on the date of the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement was based on the Company’s estimates of future royalties expected to be paid to Royalty Pharma over the life of the arrangement, which was determined using forecasts from market data sources, which are considered Level 3 inputs. The liability is being amortized using the effective interest method over the life of the arrangement, in accordance with ASC 470 and ASC 835. The initial annual effective interest rate was determined to be 10.8%. The Company utilizes the prospective method to account for subsequent changes in the estimated future payments to be made to Royalty Pharma and updates the effective interest rate on a quarterly basis. Issuance costs related to the transaction were determined to be immaterial. Refer to Note 9 for further details.
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of in process research and development ("IPR&D"). IPR&D acquired directly in a transaction other than a business combination is capitalized if the projects will be further developed or have an alternative future use; otherwise they are expensed. The fair values of IPR&D projects and license agreement assets acquired in business combinations are capitalized. Several methods may be used to determine the estimated fair value of the IPR&D and license agreement asset acquired in a business combination. The Company utilizes the "income method" and uses estimated future net cash flows that are derived from projected sales revenues and estimated costs. These projections are based on factors such as relevant market size, patent protection, and expected pricing and industry trends. The estimated future net cash flows are then discounted to the present value using an appropriate discount rate. These assets are treated as indefinite-lived intangible assets until completion or abandonment of the projects, at which time the assets are amortized over the remaining useful life or written off, as appropriate. Intangible assets with indefinite lives, including IPR&D, are tested for impairment if impairment indicators arise and, at a minimum, annually. However, an entity is permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. Further testing is only required if the entity determines, based on the qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. Otherwise, no further impairment testing is required. The indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment test consists of a one-step analysis that compares the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The Company considers many factors in evaluating whether the value of its intangible assets with indefinite lives may not be recoverable, including, but not limited to, expected growth rates, the cost of equity and debt capital, general economic conditions, the Company’s outlook and market performance of the Company’s industry and recent and forecasted financial performance.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the amount of consideration paid in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired as a result of the Company’s business acquisitions accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. Goodwill is not amortized
and is subject to impairment testing at a reporting unit level on an annual basis or when a triggering event occurs that may indicate the carrying value of the goodwill is impaired. The Company reassesses its reporting units as part of its annual segment review. An entity is permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. Further testing is only required if the entity determines, based on the qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.
Income Taxes
On December 15, 2022, the EU Member States formally adopted the EU’s Pillar Two Directive, which generally provides for a minimum effective tax rate of 15%, as established by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Pillar Two Framework that was supported by over 130 countries worldwide. The EU effective dates are January 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, for different aspects of the directive. A significant number of other countries are also implementing similar legislation. As a result, the tax laws in the U.S. and other countries in which PTC and its affiliates do business could change on a prospective or retroactive basis and any such changes could materially adversely affect the Company’s business. The Company is continuing to evaluate the potential impact on future periods of the Pillar Two Framework, pending legislative adoption by additional individual countries, including those within the European Union.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the 2017 Tax Act, which significantly revised U.S. tax law by, among other provisions, lowering the U.S. federal statutory corporate income tax rate to 21%, imposing a mandatory one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings, and eliminating or reducing certain income tax deductions. The Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions of the 2017 Tax Act require the Company to include in its U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary’s tangible assets. The Company has elected to account for GILTI tax in the period in which it is incurred, and therefore has not provided any deferred tax impacts of GILTI in its consolidated financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2024.
Starting in 2022, TCJA amendments to IRC Section 174 no longer permits an immediate deduction for research and development expenditures in the tax year that such costs are incurred. Instead, these IRC Section 174 development costs must now be capitalized and amortized over either a five- or 15-year period, depending on the location of the activities performed. The new amortization period begins with the midpoint of any taxable year that IRC Section 174 costs are first incurred, regardless of whether the expenditures were made prior to or after July 1, and runs until the midpoint of year five for activities conducted in the United States or year 15 in the case of development conducted on foreign soil. This tax law change is anticipated to result in an increased current taxable income of the Company by $42.6 million for the year ending December 31, 2024.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and net operating loss and credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is not more likely than not that all or a portion of the net deferred tax assets will be realized.
On August 23, 2018, the Company completed its acquisition of Agilis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Agilis”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2018 (the “Agilis Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Agility Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Company’s wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Agilis and, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the equityholders of Agilis, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, (the “Agilis Merger”). The Company recorded a deferred tax liability in conjunction with the Agilis Merger of $122.0 million in 2018, related to the tax basis difference in the IPRD indefinite-lived intangibles acquired. The Company’s policy is to record a deferred tax liability related to acquired IPR&D which may eventually be realized either upon amortization of the asset when the research is completed, and a product is successfully launched or the write-off of the asset if it is abandoned or unsuccessful. In July 2022, the Company received EMEA approval for a portion of the IPR&D assets, and thus, began the amortization of the intangible.
In May 2023, the Company announced the discontinuation of its preclinical and early research programs in gene therapy as part of a strategic portfolio prioritization. In conjunction with the announcement, the Company recorded an impairment to its indefinite-lived intangible for IP research and development relating to the Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome gene therapy assets. As a result of the impairment, the Company recorded a deferred tax benefit of $46.9 million during the 2023 tax year.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. This determination generally depends on whether the arrangement conveys to the Company the right to control the use of an explicitly or implicitly identified fixed asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed to the Company if the Company obtains the rights to direct the use of and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from using the underlying asset. The Company has lease agreements which include lease and non-lease components, which the Company accounts for as a single lease component for all leases. Operating and finance leases are classified as right of use ("ROU") assets, short term lease liabilities, and long term lease liabilities. Operating and finance lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. ROU assets are amortized and lease liabilities accrete to yield straight-line expense over the term of the lease. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability are comprised of fixed payments.
Variable lease payments associated with the Company’s leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are presented in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations in the same line item as expense arising from fixed lease payments for operating leases.
Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company applies this policy to all underlying asset categories.
A lessee is required to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, its incremental borrowing rate. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company gives consideration to its recent debt issuances as well as publicly available data for instruments with similar characteristics when calculating its incremental borrowing rates.
The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a Company option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor. Leasehold improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the lesser of useful life or lease term. See Note 3 Leases for additional information.
Recently issued accounting standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU requires that a public entity provide additional segment disclosures on an interim and annual basis. The amendments in this ASU should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements, unless impracticable. Upon transition, the segment expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently planning to adopt this guidance when effective. The Company is assessing the impact of the adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 enhances the transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The guidance is effective for public business entities for annual
periods beginning after December 15, 2024. For entities other than public business entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently planning to adopt this guidance when effective. The Company is assessing the impact of the adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes.
- Leases
The Company leases office space in South Plainfield, New Jersey for its principal office undertwo noncancelable operating leases through August 2024, in addition to office and laboratory space in Bridgewater, New Jersey and other locations throughout the United States and office space in various countries for international employees primarily through workspace providers. Effective April 2024, the Company will utilize the Warren Premises, as described below, as its principal office space.
The Company also leases approximately 220,500 square feet of office, manufacturing and laboratory space at a facility located in Hopewell Township, New Jersey pursuant to a Lease Agreement (the “Hopewell Lease”) with Hopewell Campus Owner LLC. The rental term of the Hopewell Lease commenced on July 1, 2020 and has an initial term offifteen years (the “Hopewell Initial Term”), withtwo consecutiveten year renewal periods, each at the Company’soption. The aggregate rent for the Hopewell Initial Term will be approximately $111.5 million. The rental rate for the renewal periods will be 95% of the Prevailing Market Rate (as defined in the Hopewell Lease) and determined at the time of the exercise of the renewal. The Company is also responsible for maintaining certain insurance and the payment of proportional taxes, utilities and common area operating expenses. The Hopewell Lease contains customary events of default, representations, warranties and covenants.
In May 2022, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Warren Lease”) with Warren CC Acquisitions, LLC (the “Warren Landlord”) relating to the lease oftwo entire buildings comprised of approximately 360,000 square feet of shell condition, modifiable space (the “Warren Premises”) at a facility located in Warren, New Jersey. The rental term of the Warren Lease commenced on June 1, 2022, with an initial term ofseventeen years (the “Warren Initial Term”), followed bythree consecutive five-year renewal periods at the Company’s option. The aggregate base rent for the Warren Initial Term will be approximately $163.0 million; provided, however, that if the Company is not subject to an Event of Default (as defined in the Warren Lease), the Company will be entitled to a base rent abatement over the first three years of the Warren Initial Term of approximately $18.6 million, reducing the Company’s total base rent obligation to $144.4 million. The rental rate for the renewal periods will be at the Fair Market Rental Value (as defined in the Warren Lease) and determined at the time of the exercise of the renewal. Beginning in the second lease year, the Company is also responsible for the payment of all taxes and operating expenses for the Warren Premises. As a result, the Company recorded an operating lease ROU asset of $28.9 million and an operating lease ROU liability of $28.9 million as of the commencement date.
The Company is entitled to an allowance of approximately $36.2 million to be provided by the Warren Landlord to be used towards such improvements. The Landlord is providing the allowance to cover those assets that are real property improvements, such as structural components, roofs, flooring, etc., whose useful lives are typically longer in nature. The Company evaluated the leasehold improvements under ASC 842 and determined that the Company will be the owner of the improvements, and therefore the $36.2 million allowance and $5.0 million due from the Landlord were treated as lease incentives at the commencement of the lease and included in the calculation of the lease ROU asset and lease ROU liability, effectively reducing both at Commencement Date. In connection with the execution of the Warren Lease, the Company also committed to fund a construction account with $3.6 million to go towards the Company’s improvements of the Warren Premises. Subject to the terms of the Warren Lease, the Company has a right of first offer to purchase the Warren Premises if the Warren Landlord receives a bona fide third party offer to purchase the Warren Premises or the Warren Landlord decides to sell the Warren Premises.
The Company also has a finance lease related to its commercial manufacturing agreement with MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (“MassBio”). As of March 31, 2024, the balance of the finance lease liabilities-current and finance lease liabilities-noncurrent are $1.9 million and $15.6 million, respectively, and are directly related to the Company’s MassBio agreement. As of December 31, 2023, the balance of the finance lease liabilities-current
and finance lease liabilities-noncurrent were $3.0 million and $17.2 million, respectively. Additionally, the Company recorded finance lease costs of $0.3 million and $0.4 million related to interest on the lease liability during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The Company also leases certain vehicles, lab equipment, and office equipment under operating leases. The Company’s leases have remaining operating lease terms ranging from 0.2 years to 15.2 years and certain of the leases include renewal options to extend the lease for up to 15 years. Rent expense was $6.9 million and $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The components of operating lease expense were as follows:
| · · · · · · · | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · Three Months Ended · Three Months Ended · | |||||
| · · · March 31, 2024 · · · March 31, 2023 · | |||||
| Operating Lease Cost | | | | | |
| Fixed lease cost | | $5,575 | | $5,473 | |
| Variable lease cost | | 1,069 | | 1,353 | |
| Short-term lease cost | | 214 | | 303 | |
| Total operating lease cost | | $6,858 | | $7,129 | |
Total operating lease cost is a component of operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.
Supplemental lease term and discount rate information related to leases was as follows as March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023 | |||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease terms - operating leases (years) | 11.66 | | 11.55 | | |
| Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases | | 8.75% | 8.69% | ||
| Weighted-average remaining lease terms - finance lease (years) | 8.76 | | 9.01 | | |
| Weighted-average discount rate - finance lease | 7.80% | 7.80% | |||
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows as of March 31, 2024 and 2023:
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||
| · 2024 · 2023 | ||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: · · · | ||||||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | | $3,948 | | $3,811 | ||
| Financing cash flows from finance lease | | | 1,490 | | | 1,379 |
| Operating cash flows from finance lease | | | 1,510 | | | 1,621 |
| | | | | | | |
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | | | | |||
| Operating leases | | $1,723 | | $— | ||
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of March 31, 2024 were as follows:
| · · · · · · · | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · Operating Leases · Finance Lease · | |||||
| 2024 (excludes the three months ended March 31, 2024) | | $14,981 | | $— | |
| 2025 | | 20,995 | | 3,000 | |
| 2026 | | 20,539 | | 3,000 | |
| 2027 | | 18,400 | | 3,000 | |
| 2028 and thereafter | | 175,853 | | 15,000 | |
| Total lease payments | | 250,768 | | 24,000 | |
| Less: Imputed Interest expense | | 131,359 | | 6,478 | |
| Total | | $119,409 | | $17,522 | |
- Fair value of financial instruments and marketable securities
The Company follows the fair value measurement rules, which provide guidance on the use of fair value in accounting and disclosure for assets and liabilities when such accounting and disclosure is called for by other accounting literature. These rules establish a fair value hierarchy for inputs to be used to measure fair value of financial assets and liabilities. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: Level 1 (highest priority), Level 2, and Level 3 (lowest priority).
| ● | Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the balance sheet date. |
| ● | Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (i.e., interest rates, yield curves, etc.), and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs). |
| ● | Level 3—Inputs are unobservable and reflect the Company’s assumptions as to what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company develops these inputs based on the best information available. |
Cash equivalents and marketable securities are reflected in the accompanying financial statements at fair value. The carrying amount of receivables and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of those instruments.
The Company owns common stock in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (“ClearPoint”) (formerly MRI Interventions, Inc.), a publicly traded medical device company. The ClearPoint equity investments (collectively, the “ClearPoint Equity Investments”) represent financial instruments, and therefore, are recorded at fair value, which is readily determinable. The ClearPoint Equity Investments are components of prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The Company classifies the ClearPoint Equity Investments as Level 1 assets within the fair value hierarchy, as the value is based on a quoted market price in an active market, which is not adjusted.
In January 2020, the Company purchased a $10.0 million convertible note from ClearPoint that the Company can convert into ClearPoint shares at a conversion rate of $6.00 per share at any point throughout the term of the loan, which matures five years from the purchase date. The Company determined that the convertible note represents an available for sale debt security and the Company has elected to record it at fair value under ASC 825. The Company classifies its ClearPoint convertible debt security as a Level 2 asset within the fair value hierarchy, as the value is based on inputs other than quoted prices that are observable. The fair value of the ClearPoint convertible debt security is determined at each reporting period by utilizing a Black-Scholes option pricing model, as well as a present value of expected cash flows from the debt security utilizing the risk free rate and the estimated credit spread as of the valuation date as the discount rate. The convertible debt security is included as a component of prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31,
2024 and as a component of deposits and other assets as of December 31, 2023. Other than the ClearPoint Equity Investments and the ClearPoint convertible debt security, no other items included in prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets are fair valued.
The Company has investments in mutual funds, includingone that is denominated in a foreign currency. All of these are equity investments and are classified as marketable securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. These equity investments are reported at fair value, as they are readily available, and as such are classified as Level 1 assets. Unrealized holding gains and losses for these equity investments are included as components of other expense, net within the consolidated statement of operations.
The table presented below is a summary of changes in the fair value for the Company’s marketable securities – equity investments, ClearPoint Equity Investments, and ClearPoint convertible debt security for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Ending · · · · · Foreign · · · · · · · · Ending | ||||||||||||||||||
| · · Balance at · · · · · Currency · · · · · · · · Balance at | ||||||||||||||||||
| · · December 31, · · Unrealized · · Unrealized · · Investments · · Redemptions/ · · March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
| · 2023 · Gain · Loss · Purchased · Sale · 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities - equity investments | | $22,634 | | | 710 | | | (823) | | | 9,065 | | | (1,207) | | $30,379 | ||
| ClearPoint Equity Investments | | | 6,074 | | | 9 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 6,083 |
| ClearPoint convertible debt security | | | 12,553 | | | 166 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 12,719 |
| Total Fair Value | | $41,261 | | $885 | | $(823) | | $9,065 | | $(1,207) | | $49,181 | ||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Ending · · · · · Foreign · · · · · · · · Ending | ||||||||||||||||||
| · · Balance at · · · · · Currency · · · · · · · · Balance at | ||||||||||||||||||
| · · December 31, · · Unrealized · · Unrealized · · Investments · · Redemptions/ · · March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
| · 2022 · Gain/(Loss) · Gain · Purchased · Sale · 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities - equity investments | | $108,261 | | | 2,166 | | | 328 | | | — | | | (2,196) | | $108,559 | ||
| ClearPoint Equity Investments | | | 10,965 | | | (39) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 10,926 |
| ClearPoint convertible debt security | | | 15,231 | | | 59 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 15,290 |
| Total Fair Value | | $134,457 | | $2,186 | | $328 | | $— | | $(2,196) | | $134,775 | ||||||
Fair value of marketable securities that are classified as available for sale debt securities is based upon market prices using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets quoted on the last day of the period. In establishing the estimated fair value of the remaining available for sale debt securities, the Company used the fair value as determined by its investment advisors using observable inputs other than quoted prices.
The following represents the fair value using the hierarchy described above for the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| · · · · · · · · · · · · | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| · · · Quoted prices · Significant · · | ||||||||
| · · · · in active · other · Significant | ||||||||
| · · · · markets for · observable · unobservable | ||||||||
| · · · · identical assets · inputs · inputs | ||||||||
| · Total · (level 1) · (level 2) · (level 3) | ||||||||
| Marketable securities - available for sale | | $306,079 | | $— | | $306,079 | | $— |
| Marketable securities - equity investments | | $30,379 | | $30,379 | | $— | | $— |
| ClearPoint Equity Investments | | $6,083 | | $6,083 | | $— | | $— |
| ClearPoint convertible debt security | | $12,719 | | $— | | $12,719 | | $— |
| Contingent consideration payable- development and regulatory milestones | | $26,900 | | $— | | $— | | $26,900 |
| Contingent consideration payable- net sales milestones | | $9,300 | | $— | | $— | | $9,300 |
| · · · · · · · · · · · · | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · December 31, 2023 | ||||||||
| · · · Quoted prices · Significant · · | ||||||||
| · · · · in active · other · Significant | ||||||||
| · · · · markets for · observable · unobservable | ||||||||
| · · · · identical assets · inputs · inputs | ||||||||
| · Total · (level 1) · (level 2) · (level 3) | ||||||||
| Marketable securities - available for sale | | $260,104 | | $— | | $260,104 | | $— |
| Marketable securities - equity investments | | $22,634 | | $22,634 | | $— | | $— |
| ClearPoint Equity Investments | | $6,074 | | $6,074 | | $— | | $— |
| ClearPoint convertible debt security | | $12,553 | | $— | | $12,553 | | $— |
| Contingent consideration payable- development and regulatory milestones | | $26,600 | | $— | | $— | | $26,600 |
| Contingent consideration payable- net sales milestones and royalties | | $9,700 | | $— | | $— | | $9,700 |
No transfers of assets between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 of the fair value measurement hierarchy occurred during the periods ended March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
The following is a summary of marketable securities accounted for as available for sale debt securities at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| · Amortized · Gross Unrealized · · · | ||||||||||||
| · Cost · Gains · Losses · Fair Value | ||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | | $132,080 | | $26 | | $(121) | | $131,985 | ||||
| Government Obligations | | | 174,118 | | | 41 | | | (65) | | | 174,094 |
| Total | | $306,198 | | $67 | | $(186) | | $306,079 | ||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| · Amortized · Gross Unrealized · · · | ||||||||||||
| · Cost · Gains · Losses · Fair Value | ||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | | $117,044 | | $128 | | $(12) | | $117,160 | ||||
| Corporate debt securities | | 1,650 | | | — | | | (2) | | | 1,648 | |
| Government Obligations | | | 141,084 | | | 212 | | | — | | | 141,296 |
| Total | | $259,778 | | $340 | | $(14) | | $260,104 | ||||
For available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company assesses whether it intends to sell or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, no write downs occurred. The Company does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be maturity. The Company also reviews its available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position and evaluates whether the decline in fair value has resulted from credit losses or other factors. This review is subjective, as it requires management to evaluate whether an event or change in circumstances has occurred in that period that may be related to credit issues. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, no allowance was recorded for credit losses. Unrealized gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income in stockholders’ deficit.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company didnot have any realized gains or losses from the sale of available for sale debt securities. Realized gains and losses are reported as a component of interest expense, net in the consolidated statement of operations. Reclassified amounts from other comprehensive items were determined using the actual realized gains and losses from the sales of marketable securities.
The unrealized losses and fair values of available for sale debt securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for a period of less than and greater than or equal to 12 months as of March 31, 2024 are as follows:
| · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| · Securities in an unrealized loss · Securities in an unrealized loss · · · · · | |||||||||||||||||
| · position less than 12 months · position greater than or equal to 12 months · · Total | |||||||||||||||||
| · Unrealized losses · Fair Value · Unrealized losses · Fair Value · Unrealized losses · Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | | $(121) | | | 73,250 | | | — | | | — | | | (121) | | | 73,250 |
| Government bonds | | $(65) | | | 40,302 | | | — | | | — | | | (65) | | $40,302 | |
| Total | | $(186) | | $113,552 | | $— | | $— | | $(186) | | $113,552 | |||||
The unrealized losses and fair values of available for sale debt securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for a period of less than and greater than or equal to 12 months as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:
| · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| · Securities in an unrealized loss · Securities in an unrealized loss · · · · · | |||||||||||||||||
| · position less than 12 months · position greater than or equal to 12 months · · Total | |||||||||||||||||
| · Unrealized losses · Fair Value · Unrealized losses · Fair Value · Unrealized losses · Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | | $(12) | | | 44,446 | | | — | | | — | | | (12) | | | 44,446 |
| Corporate debt securities | | $— | | | — | | | (2) | | | 1,648 | | | (2) | | $1,648 | |
| Total | | $(12) | | $44,446 | | $(2) | | $1,648 | | $(14) | | $46,094 | |||||
Available for sale debt securities at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 mature as follows:
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, 2024 | ||||||
| · Less Than · More Than | ||||||
| · 12 Months · 12 Months | ||||||
| Commercial paper | | $131,985 | | $— | ||
| Government obligations | | | 174,094 | | | — |
| Total | | $306,079 | | $— | ||
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| · Less Than · More Than | ||||||
| · 12 Months · 12 Months | ||||||
| Commercial paper | | $117,160 | | $— | ||
| Corporate debt securities | | 1,648 | | — | ||
| Government obligations | | | 141,296 | | | — |
| Total | | $260,104 | | $— | ||
The Company classifies all of its marketable securities as current as they are all either available for sale debt securities or equity investments and are available for current operations.
Convertible senior notes
In September 2019, the Company issued $287.5 million of 1.50% convertible senior notes due September 15, 2026 (the “2026 Convertible Notes,”). The fair value of the 2026 Convertible Notes, which differs from their carrying values, is influenced by interest rates, the Company’s stock price and stock price volatility and is determined by prices for the 2026 Convertible Notes observed in market trading which are Level 2 inputs. The estimated fair value of the 2026 Convertible Notes at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $267.7 million and $265.3 million, respectively.
Level 3 valuation
The contingent consideration payable is fair valued each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded as a gain or loss within the change in the fair value of contingent consideration on the consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the development and regulatory milestones is estimated utilizing a probability adjusted, discounted cash flow
approach. The discount rates are estimated utilizing Corporate B rated bonds maturing in the years of expected payments based on the Company’s estimated development timelines for the acquired product candidate. The fair value of the net sales milestones is determined utilizing a valuation framework that estimates net sales volatility to simulate a range of possible payment scenarios. The average of the payments in these scenarios is then discounted to calculate present fair value. As of March 31, 2024, the contingent consideration balance, consisting solely of the Upstaza intangible asset, is $36.2 million.
As of March 31, 2024, the weighted average discount rate for the Upstaza development and regulatory milestones was 6.0% and the weighted average probability of success was 90%. As of March 31, 2024, the weighted average discount rate for the Upstaza net sales milestones was 13.5% and the weighted average probability of success for the net sales milestones was 93%.
The table presented below is a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 valuations for the contingent consideration payable for the periods ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023:
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Level 3 liabilities | ||||||
| · · Contingent consideration payable- · · Contingent consideration payable- | ||||||
| · · development and regulatory · · net sales milestones and royalties | ||||||
| · milestones · | ||||||
| Beginning balance as of December 31, 2023 | | $26,600 | | $9,700 | ||
| Additions | | — | | — | ||
| Change in fair value | | 300 | | (400) | ||
| Payments | | | — | | | — |
| Ending balance as of March 31, 2024 | | $26,900 | | $9,300 | ||
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Level 3 liabilities | ||||||
| · · Contingent consideration payable- · · Contingent consideration payable- | ||||||
| · · development and regulatory · · net sales milestones and royalties | ||||||
| · milestones · | ||||||
| Beginning balance as of December 31, 2022 | | $82,500 | | $81,500 | ||
| Additions | | — | | — | ||
| Change in fair value | | 3,000 | | (600) | ||
| Payments | | | — | | | — |
| Ending balance as of March 31, 2023 | | $85,500 | | $80,900 | ||
The following significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of the contingent consideration payable for the periods ended March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| · · · · · · · · | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, 2024 | ||||||
| · Fair Value · Valuation Technique · Unobservable Input · Range | ||||||
| Contingent consideration payable-development and regulatory milestones | | $26,900 | Probability-adjusted discounted cash flow | Potential development and regulatory milestonesProbabilities of successDiscount ratesProjected years of payments | | $0 - $31 million85% - 92%5.9% - 6.2%2024 - 2026 |
| Contingent considerable payable- net salesmilestones and royalties | | $9,300 | Option-pricing model with Monte Carlo simulation | Potential net sales milestonesProbabilities of successPotential percentage of net sales for royaltiesDiscount rateProjected years of payments | | $0 - $50 million85% - 100%0%13.5%2026 - 2034 |
| · · · · · · · · | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| · Fair Value · Valuation Technique · Unobservable Input · Range | ||||||
| Contingent consideration payable-development and regulatory milestones | | $26,600 | Probability-adjusted discounted cash flow | Potential development and regulatory milestonesProbabilities of successDiscount ratesProjected years of payments | | $0 - $31 million85% - 92%5.8% - 6.1%2024 - 2026 |
| Contingent considerable payable- net salesmilestones and royalties | | $9,700 | Option-pricing model with Monte Carlo simulation | Potential net sales milestonesProbabilities of successPotential percentage of net sales for royaltiesDiscount rateProjected years of payments | | $0 - $50 million85% - 100%0%11%2026 - 2034 |
The contingent consideration payables are classified Level 3 liabilities as their valuation requires substantial judgment and estimation of factors that are not currently observable in the market. If different assumptions were used for the various inputs to the valuation approaches, including but not limited to, assumptions involving probability adjusted sales estimates for the gene therapy platform and estimated discount rates, the estimated fair value could be significantly higher or lower than the fair value determined.
- Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consist of the following:
| | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · March 31, · · December 31, · | |||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | |||||||
| Employee compensation, benefits, and related accruals | | $35,060 | | $62,643 | | ||
| Income tax payable | | | 1,833 | | | — | |
| Consulting and contracted research | | 22,745 | | 27,500 | | ||
| Professional fees | | 2,380 | | 2,246 | | ||
| Sales allowance | | 67,075 | | 77,176 | | ||
| Sales rebates | | 132,047 | | 131,334 | | ||
| Royalties | | | 28,952 | | | 74,111 | |
| Accounts payable | | 27,459 | | 6,045 | | ||
| Other | | 13,373 | | 10,928 | | ||
| Total | | $330,924 | | $391,983 | | ||
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were$1.7 million and$9.0 million, respectively, of accrued restructuring costs included above within employee compensation, benefits, and related accruals from a reduction in workforce in the year ended December 31, 2023 in connection with the Company’s strategic pipeline prioritization and discontinuation of its preclinical and early research programs in its gene therapy platform.
- Capitalization
In August 2019, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (together, the “Sales Agents”), pursuant to which, the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $125.0 million from time to time through the Sales Agents by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. No shares were sold during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The remaining shares of the Company’s common stock available to be issued and sold, under the At the Market Offering, have an aggregate offering price of up to $93.0 million as of March 31, 2024.
- Net loss per share
Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the diluted calculation because their effect would be anti-dilutive.
The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share:
| | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Three Months Ended March 31, · · | ||||||||
| · 2024 · 2023 · | ||||||||
| Numerator | | | | | | | | |
| Net loss | | $(91,576) | $(138,959) | | ||||
| Denominator | | | | | | | | |
| Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per share | | 76,496,127 | 73,729,284 | | ||||
| Net loss per share: | | | | | | | | |
| Basic and diluted | | $(1.20) | * | $(1.88) | * | | ||
- In the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company experienced a net loss and therefore did not report any dilutive share impact.
The following table shows historical dilutive common share equivalents outstanding, which are not included in the above historical calculation, as the effect of their inclusion is anti-dilutive during each period.
| | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · As of March 31, · | |||||
| · 2024 · 2023 | |||||
| Stock Options | | 9,530,185 | | 12,100,550 | |
| Unvested restricted stock awards and units | 3,730,166 | 3,649,742 | |||
| Total | 13,260,351 | 15,750,292 | |||
- Stock award plan
In May 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which became effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. On June 8, 2022 (the “Restatement Effective Date”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2013 LTIP”). The Amended 2013 LTIP provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Amended 2013 LTIP is the sum of (A) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (up to 16,724,212 shares) that is equal to the sum of (1) the number of shares issued under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan prior to the Restatement Effective Date, (2) the number of shares that remain available for issuance under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date and (3) the number of shares subject to awards granted under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan prior to the Restatement Effective Date that are outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date, plus (B) from and after the Restatement Effective Date, an additional 8,475,000 shares of Common Stock. As of March 31, 2024, awards for 6,618,698 shares of common stock are available for issuance under the Amended 2013 LTIP.
There areno additional shares of common stock available for issuance under the Company’s 1998 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Option Plan, 2009 Equity and Long Term Incentive Plan or 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.
In January 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. The 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards for, initially, up to at the time, an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock. Any grants made under the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan must be made pursuant to the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) inducement grant exception as a material component of the Company’s new hires’ employment compensation. In December 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. In April 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a reduction in the total number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan to 1,300,000 shares. In December 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an additional 1,700,000 shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. As of March 31, 2024, awards for 1,989,827 shares of common stock were available for issuance under the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan.
The Board of Directors has the authority to select the individuals to whom options are granted and determine the terms of each option, including (i) the number of shares of common stock subject to the option; (ii) the date on which the option becomes exercisable; (iii) the option exercise price, which, in the case of incentive stock options, must be at least 100% (110% in the case of incentive stock options granted to a stockholder owning in excess of 10% of the Company’s stock) of the fair market value of the common stock as of the date of grant; and (iv) the duration of the option (which, in the case of incentive stock options, may not exceedten years). Options typically vest over afour-year period.
Inducement stock option awards
From January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024, the Company issued a total of 855,385 stock options to various employees. Of those,1,840 were inducement grants for non-statutory stock options, all of which were made pursuant to the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan.
Stock option activity—A summary of stock option activity is as follows:
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| · · · · average · · remaining · · · intrinsic | |||||||
| · · Number of · · exercise · · contractual · · · value(in | |||||||
| · · options · · price · · term · · · thousands) | |||||||
| · · · · · · · · · · | |||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | 9,600,399 | | $43.59 | | | ||
| Granted | 855,385 | | $25.69 | | | ||
| Exercised | (109,892) | | $19.22 | | | ||
| Forfeited/Cancelled | (815,707) | | $45.32 | | | ||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2024 | 9,530,185 | | $42.12 | 5.90 | years | | $12,025 |
| Vested or Expected to vest at March 31, 2024 | 2,112,348 | | $38.57 | 8.67 | years | | $2,949 |
| Exercisable at March 31, 2024 | 7,173,552 | | $43.44 | 4.98 | years | | $8,598 |
The fair value of grants made in the three months ended March 31, 2024 was contemporaneously estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions:
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| | Three months ended |
| | March 31, 2024 |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.23% |
| Expected volatility | 53% |
| Expected term | 5.5 years |
The Company assumedno expected dividends for all grants. The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $13.49 per share.
The expected term of options was estimated based on the Company’s historical exercise data and the expected volatility of options was estimated based on the Company’s historical stock volatility. The risk-free rate of the options was based on U.S. Government Securities Treasury Constant Maturities yields at the date of grant for a term similar to the expected term of the option.
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units—Restricted stock awards and restricted stock units are granted subject to certain restrictions, including in some cases service or time conditions (restricted stock). The grant-date fair value of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, which have been determined based upon the market value of the Company’s shares on the grant date, are expensed over the vesting period. From January 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024,
the Company issued a total of 1,785,660 restricted stock units to various employees. Of those,4,275 were inducement grants for restricted stock units, all of which were made pursuant to the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan.
The following table summarizes information on the Company’s restricted stock awards and units:
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| · · Restricted Stock Awards and Units | |||||
| · · · · Weighted | |||||
| · · · · Average | |||||
| · · · · Grant | |||||
| · · Number of · · Date | |||||
| · Shares · Fair Value | |||||
| Unvested at December 31, 2023 | | 2,866,270 | | $41.82 | |
| Granted | 1,785,660 | | | 25.69 | |
| Vested | (835,179) | | | 44.56 | |
| Forfeited | (86,585) | | | 40.98 | |
| Unvested at March 31, 2024 | 3,730,166 | | $33.51 | ||
*Performance-based Restricted Stock Units—*In December 2023, the Company granted 150,000 performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) to its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Matthew Klein, which will vest only if certain regulatory milestones are achieved over an approximatelytwo year performance period. As of March 31, 2024, the achievements of the performance goals have not yet been deemed probable and thereforeno expense has been recognized to date.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan—In June 2016, the Company established an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, “ESPP” or the "Plan”), for certain eligible employees. The Plan is administered by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors. In June 2021, the Plan was amended to increase the total number of shares available for purchase under the Plan fromone million shares totwo million shares of the Company’s common stock. Employees may participate over asix month period through payroll withholdings and may purchase, at the end of the six month period, the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of at least 85% of the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the first business day of the offering period or the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the last business day of the offering period, whichever is lower. No participant will be granted a right to purchase the Company’s common stock under the Plan if such participant would own more than 5% of the total combined voting power of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company after such purchase. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded $0.6 million in compensation expense related to the ESPP.
The Company recorded share-based compensation expense in the statement of operations related to incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and the ESPP as follows:
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| · · Three Months Ended March 31, · | |||||
| · 2024 · 2023 | |||||
| Research and development | | $8,967 | | $15,314 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | | 9,411 | | 13,501 | |
| Total | | $18,378 | | $28,815 | |
As of March 31, 2024, there was approximately $156.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company’s equity award plans. This cost is expected to be recognized as share-based compensation expense over the weighted average remaining service period of approximately 2.4 years.
- Debt
Liability for sale of future royalties
The following table shows the activity within the “liability for sale of future royalties- current” and “liability for sale of future royalties- noncurrent” accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2024:
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| · Three Months Ended March 31, · | ||||
| Liability for sale of future royalties- (current and noncurrent) · · 2024 · | ||||
| Beginning balance as of December 31, 2023 | | $1,814,097 | | |
| Less: Non-cash royalty revenue payable to RPI | | | (25,228) | |
| Plus: Non-cash interest expense recognized | | | 50,064 | |
| Ending balance | | $1,838,933 | | |
| Effective interest rate as of March 31, 2024 | | 10.8% | | |
Non-cash interest expense is recorded in the statement of operations within “Interest expense, net”.
Senior Secured Term Loan
On October 27, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Blackstone Credit Agreement”) for fundings of up to $950.0 million consisting of a committed loan facility of $450.0 million and further contemplating the potential for up to $500.0 million of additional financing, to the extent that the Company requested such additional financing and subject to the Lenders’ agreement to provide such additional financing and to mutual agreement on terms, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company (together with the Company, the “Loan Parties”) and funds and other affiliated entities advised or managed by Blackstone Life Sciences and Blackstone Credit (collectively, “Blackstone”, and such lenders, together with their permitted assignees, the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders.
The Blackstone Credit Agreement provided for a senior secured term loan facility funded on the Closing Date in the aggregate principal amount of$300.0 million (the “Initial Loans”) and a committed delayed draw term loan facility of up to$150.0 million (the “Delayed Draw Loans” and, together with the Initial Loans, the “Loans”) to be funded at the Company’s request within 18 months of the Closing Date subject to specified conditions. In addition, the Blackstone Credit Agreement contemplated the potential for further financings by Blackstone, by providing for incremental discretionary uncommitted further financings of up to$500.0 million. The Company capitalized approximately$11.6 million of debt issuance costs which are presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the debt liability and are being amortized over the term of the senior secured term loan facility using the effective interest rate method.
The Loans were to mature on the date that isseven years from the Closing Date. Borrowings under the Blackstone Credit Agreement bore interest at a variable rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either an adjusted Term SOFR rate plus seven and a quarter percent(7.25%) or the Base Rate plus six and a quarter percent(6.25%), subject to a floor of one percent(1%) and two percent(2%) with respect to Term SOFR rate and Base Rate (each as defined in the Blackstone Credit Agreement), respectively. Payment of the Loans were subject to certain premiums specified in the Blackstone Credit Agreement, in each case, from the date of the applicable Loan funded.
On October 19, 2023, the Company terminated the Blackstone Credit Agreement. In connection with the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Company repaid outstanding principal of $300.0 million, accrued interest of $2.1 million, an additional $82.0 million in prepayment premiums, exit fees, and creditor expenses, and $0.2 million in legal fees. The Company recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $92.7 million which was included on the statement of operations for the period ended December 31, 2023. The loss on extinguishment of debt consisted of $82.0 million in prepayment premiums, exit fees, and creditor expenses and debt issuance costs of $10.7 million. All liens and security interests securing the loans made pursuant to the Blackstone Credit Agreement were released upon termination.
The Blackstone Credit Agreement consisted of the following:
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| · March 31, 2024 · · December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| Principal | | $— | | $300,000 | ||
| Less: Debt issuance costs | | — | | | — | |
| Repayment of senior secured term loan | | | — | | | (300,000) |
| Net carrying amount | | $— | | $— | ||
The following table sets forth total interest expense recognized related to the Blackstone Credit Agreement:
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| · Three Months Ended · · Three Months Ended · | ||||||
| · March 31, · · March 31, · | ||||||
| · 2024 · · 2023 · | ||||||
| Contractual interest expense | $— | | $9,178 | | ||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | — | | | 150 | | |
| Total | $— | | $9,328 | | ||
| Effective interest rate | | —% | | 13.2% | ||
2026 Convertible Notes
In September 2019, the Company issued, at par value, $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible senior notes due 2026, which included an option to purchase up to an additional $37.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes, which was exercised in full by the initial purchasers. The 2026 Convertible Notes bear cash interest at a rate of 1.50% per year, payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2020. The 2026 Convertible Notes will mature on September 15, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or converted. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering were $279.3 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by the Company.
The 2026 Convertible Notes are governed by an indenture (the "2026 Convertible Notes Indenture") with U.S Bank National Association as trustee (the "2026 Convertible Notes Trustee").
Holders of the 2026 Convertible Notes may convert their 2026 Convertible Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding March 15, 2026 only under the following circumstances:
| ● | during any calendar quarter commencing on or after December 31, 2019 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; |
| ● | during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price (as defined in the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture) per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Convertible Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; |
| ● | during any period after the Company has issued notice of redemption until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date; or |
| ● | upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. |
On or after March 15, 2026, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their 2026 Convertible Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or any combination thereof at the Company’s election.
The conversion rate for the 2026 Convertible Notes was initially, and remains,19.0404 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $52.52 per share of the Company’s common stock. The conversion rate may be subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest.
The Company was not permitted to redeem the 2026 Convertible Notes prior to September 20, 2023. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2026 Convertible Notes, at its option, if the last reported sale price of its common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect on the last trading day of, and for at least 19 other trading days (whether or not consecutive) during, any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the 2026 Convertible Notes, which means that the Company is not required to redeem or retire the 2026 Convertible Notes periodically.
If the Company undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture), subject to certain conditions, holders of the 2026 Convertible Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their 2026 Convertible Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The 2026 Convertible Notes represent senior unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes, equal in right of payment to the Company’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated, effectively junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries. The 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture contains customary events of default with respect to the 2026 Convertible Notes, including that upon certain events of default (including the Company’s failure to make any payment of principal or interest on the 2026 Convertible Notes when due and payable) occurring and continuing, the 2026 Convertible Notes Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding 2026 Convertible Notes by notice to the Company and the Convertible Notes Trustee, may, and the 2026 Convertible Notes Trustee at the request of such holders (subject to the provisions of the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture) shall, declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the 2026 Convertible Notes to be due and payable. In case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, involving the Company or a significant subsidiary,100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the 2026 Convertible Notes will automatically become due and payable. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be due and payable immediately.
The 2026 Convertible Notes consist of the following:
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| | | March 31, 2024 | | December 31, 2023 | |
| Principal | | $287,500 | | $287,500 | |
| Less: Debt issuance costs | | (2,988) | | (3,287) | |
| Net carrying amount | | $284,512 | | $284,213 | |
As of March 31, 2024, the remaining contractual life of the 2026 Convertible Notes is approximately 2.5 years.
The following table sets forth total interest expense recognized related to the 2026 Convertible Notes:
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| | | | Three Months Ended March 31, | | | Three Months Ended March 31, | |
| · 2024 · 2023 · | |||||||
| Contractual interest expense | | $1,076 | | $1,069 | | ||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | | | 296 | | | 288 | |
| Total | | $1,372 | | $1,357 | | ||
| Effective interest rate | | | 1.9% | | 1.9% | ||
- Commitments and contingencies
Under various agreements, the Company will be required to pay royalties and milestone payments upon the successful development and commercialization of products. The Company has entered into funding agreements with The Wellcome Trust Limited ("Wellcome Trust") for the research and development of small molecule compounds in connection with the Company’s oncology and antibacterial programs. As the Company has discontinued development under its antibacterial program, it no longer expects that milestone and royalty payments from the Company to Wellcome Trust will apply under that agreement, resulting in a change to the total amount of development and regulatory milestone payments the Company may become obligated to pay for this program. Under the oncology program funding agreement, to the extent that the Company develops and commercializes program intellectual property on a for-profit basis itself or in collaboration with a partner (provided the Company retains overall control of worldwide commercialization), the Company may become obligated to pay to Wellcome Trust development and regulatory milestone payments and single-digit royalties on sales of any research program product. The Company’s obligation to pay such royalties would continue on a country-by-country basis until the longer of the expiration of the last patent in the program intellectual property in such country covering the research program product and the expiration of market exclusivity of such product in such country. The Company made the first development milestone payment of $0.8 million to Wellcome Trust under the oncology platform funding agreement during the second quarter of 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred $2.5 million of development milestones in connection with the enrollment of patients in the registration-directed Phase 2/3 trial of unesbulin for the treatment of LMS, which is recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the balance sheet and will be payable upon the earlier to occur of the first dose administered to the last patient enrolled in the study or the termination of dosing of all patients in the study. However, as part the Company's continuous platform review, the Company has decided to deprioritize its programs for unesbulin for the treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and leiomyosarcoma. Accordingly, the Company no longer expects to pay additional milestones to Wellcome Trust under this agreement.
The Company has also entered into a collaboration agreement with the SMA Foundation. The Company was obligated to pay the SMA Foundation single-digit royalties on worldwide net product sales of any collaboration product that is successfully developed and subsequently commercialized or, with respect to collaboration products the Company outlicenses, including Evrysdi, a specified percentage of certain payments the Company receives from its licensee. The Company was not obligated to make such payments unless and until annual sales of a collaboration product exceed a designated threshold. Since inception, the SMA Foundation has earned $52.5 million in royalty payments, $35.3 million which was paid and $17.2 million which was accrued as of March 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company had reached its obligations to make such payments to the SMA Foundation of an aggregate of $52.5 million, and therefore, there are no further payment obligations due.
Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement ("Asset Purchase Agreement") between the Company and Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC (now known as Complete Pharma Holdings, LLC) (“Marathon”), Marathon is entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on annual net sales of Emflaza up to a specified aggregate maximum amount over the expected commercial life of the asset.
Pursuant to the Agilis Merger Agreement, Agilis equityholders were previously entitled to receive contingent consideration payments from the Company based on (i) the achievement of certain development milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $60.0 million, (ii) the achievement of certain regulatory approval milestones together with a milestone payment following the receipt of a priority review voucher up to an aggregate maximum amount of $535.0 million, (iii) the achievement of certain net sales milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $150.0 million, and (iv) a percentage
of annual net sales for Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome during specified terms, ranging from 2%-6%. The Company was required to pay $40.0 million of the development milestone payments upon the passing of the second anniversary of the closing of the Agilis Merger, regardless of whether the applicable milestones have been achieved.
On April 29, 2020, the Company, certain of the former equity holders of Agilis (“the Participating Rightholders”), and, for the limited purposes set forth in the agreement, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, entered into a Rights Exchange Agreement (the “Rights Exchange Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Rights Exchange Agreement, the Participating Rightholders canceled and forfeited their rights under the Agilis Merger Agreement to receive (i) $174.0 million, in the aggregate, of potential milestone payments based on the achievement of certain regulatory milestones and (ii) $37.6 million, in the aggregate, of $40.0 million in development milestone payments that would have been due upon the passing of the second anniversary of the closing of the Agilis Merger, regardless of whether the milestones are achieved.
The Rights Exchange Agreement has no effect on the Agilis Merger Agreement other than to provide for the cancellation and forfeiture of the Participating Rightholders’ rights to receive $211.6 million, in the aggregate, of the milestone payments described above. As a result, all other rights and obligations under the Agilis Merger Agreement remain in effect pursuant to their terms, including the Company’s obligation to pay up to an aggregate maximum amount of $20.0 million upon the achievement of certain development milestones (representing the remaining portion of potential development milestone payments for which rights were not canceled and forfeited pursuant to the Rights Exchange Agreement while excluding the remaining $2.4 million milestone payment that was due and paid upon the passing of the second anniversary of the closing of the Agilis Merger), up to an aggregate maximum amount of $361.0 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones (representing the remaining portion of potential regulatory milestone payments for which rights were not canceled and forfeited pursuant to the Rights Exchange Agreement), up to a maximum aggregate amount of $150.0 million upon the achievement of certain net sales milestones and a percentage of annual net sales for Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome during specified terms, ranging from 2% to 6%, pursuant to the terms of the Agilis Merger Agreement.
In July 2022, the European Commission approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the EEA. As a result of such approval, the Company paid the former equityholders of Agilis $50.0 million in accordance with the terms of the Agilis Merger Agreement in the year ended December 31, 2022. In May 2023, as part of the Company’s strategic portfolio prioritization, the Company decided to discontinue its preclinical and early research programs in its gene therapy platform, which included Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome. As a result, the Company does not expect the milestones related to Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome to be achieved. In addition, the Company does not expect to pay the 2% to 6% royalties on annual net sales related to Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome. As of March 31, 2024, the remaining potential development and regulatory milestones the Company expects to achieve is $31.1 million, and the remaining potential sales milestones the Company expects to achieve is $50.0 million, both of which relate solely to Upstaza.
On October 25, 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BioElectron Technology Corporation (“BioElectron”), a Delaware corporation, including certain compounds that the Company has begun to develop as part of its Bio-e platform, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and between the Company and BioElectron, dated October 1, 2019 (the “BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement”). BioElectron was a private company with a pipeline focused on inflammatory and central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The lead program, vatiquinone, is in late stage development for Friedreich ataxia with substantial unmet need and significant commercial opportunity that are complementary to PTC’s existing pipeline.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement, BioElectron may become entitled to receive contingent milestone payments of up to $200.0 million (in cash or in shares of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Company) from the Company based on the achievement of certain regulatory and net sales milestones. Subject to the terms and conditions of the BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement, BioElectron may also become entitled to receive contingent payments based on a percentage of net sales of certain products.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2020 (the “Censa Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Hydro Merger Sub, Inc., the Company’s wholly owned, indirect subsidiary,
and, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the securityholders of Censa, Shareholder Representative Services LLC (such merger pursuant thereto, the “Censa Merger”), former Censa securityholders may become entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on (i) the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $217.5 million forsepiapterin’s two most advanced programs and receipt of a priority review voucher from the FDA as set forth in the Censa Merger Agreement, (ii) $109.0 million in development and regulatory milestones for each additional indication ofsepiapterin, (iii) the achievement of certain net sales milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $160.0 million, (iv) a percentage of annual net sales during specified terms, ranging from single to low double digits of the applicable net sales threshold amount, and (v) any sublicense fees paid to the Company in consideration of any sublicense of Censa’s intellectual property to commercialize sepiapterin, on a country-by-country basis, which contingent payment shall equal to a mid-double digit percentage of any such sublicense fees.
In February 2023, the Company completed enrollment of its Phase 3 placebo-controlled clinical trial for sepiapterin for PKU. In connection with this event and pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the Company paid a $30.0 million development milestone to the former Censa securityholders during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Company elected to pay this milestone in the form of shares of its common stock, less certain cash payments in accordance with the Censa Merger Agreement. Pursuant to such election, the Company issued 657,462 shares of its common stock and paid $0.4 million to the former Censa securityholders. The Company expects to make payments to the former Censa securityholders of $65.0 million in the aggregate in cash upon the potential achievement in 2024 of regulatory milestones relating to sepiapterin pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement.
The Company also has the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement for the commercialization of Tegsedi and Waylivra, and products containing those compounds in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Akcea is entitled to receive royalty payments subject to certain terms set forth in the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement.
The Company has employment agreements with certain employees which require the funding of a specific level of payments, if certain events, such as a change in control or termination without cause, occur. Additionally, the Company has royalty payments associated with Translarna, Emflaza, and Upstaza net product revenue, payable quarterly or annually in accordance with the terms of the related agreements.
From time to time in the ordinary course of its business, the Company is subject to claims, legal proceedings and disputes. The Company is not currently aware of any material legal proceedings against it.
- Revenue recognition
Net product sales
The Company views its operations and manages its business inone operating segment.
During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $120.1 million and $133.0 million, respectively, consisting of sales of Translarna, Tegsedi, Waylivra, and Upstaza. Translarna net revenues made up $103.6 million and $115.1 million of the net product sales outside of the United States for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, net product sales in the United States were $57.5 million and $54.6 million, respectively, consisting solely of sales of Emflaza. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, two countries, the United States and Russia, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $57.5 million and $52.6 million of the net product sales, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, three countries, the United States, Russia, and Brazil, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $54.6 million, $44.6 million, and $25.9 million of the net product sales, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, two of the Company’s distributors each accounted for over 10% of the Company’s net product sales.
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company doesnot have a contract liabilities balance related to net product sales, and has not made significant changes to the judgments made in applying ASC Topic 606.
Collaboration and Royalty revenue
In November 2011, the Company and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (“SMA Foundation”) entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd and Hoffman- La Roche Inc. (collectively, “Roche”). Under the terms of the SMA License Agreement, Roche acquired an exclusive worldwide license to the Company’s SMA program.
Under the agreement, the Company is eligible to receive additional payments from Roche if specified events are achieved with respect to each licensed product, including up to $135.0 million in research and development event milestones, up to $325.0 million in sales milestones upon achievement of specified sales events, and up to double digit royalties on worldwide annual net sales of a commercial product.
The SMA program currently hasone approved product, Evrysdi, which was approved in August 2020 by the FDA for the treatment of SMA in adults and children two months and older. As of March 31, 2024, the Company doesnot have any remaining research and development event milestones that can be received. The remaining potential sales milestones that can be received is $150.0 million.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company didnot recognize collaboration revenue related to the licensing and collaboration agreement with Roche. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the amounts recognized for the collaboration revenue related to the licensing and collaboration agreement with Roche were immaterial.
In addition to research and development and sales milestones, the Company is eligible to receive up to double-digit royalties on worldwide annual net sales of a commercial product under the SMA License Agreement. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company has recognized $31.2 million and $30.8 million of royalty revenue, respectively, related to Evrysdi.
Manufacturing Revenue
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $1.4 million and $2.0 million of manufacturing revenue, respectively, related to theproduction of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. The Company has not made significant changes to the judgments made in applying ASC Topic 606 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company doesnot have a contract liabilities balance related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had a contract liabilities balance of $0.8 million related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for external customers, which is recorded within deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheet. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $0.8 million related to the amounts included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company has contract assets of $0.8 million related to plasmid DNA and AAV production for external customers, which is recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had contract assets of $0.2 million related to plasmid DNA and AAV production for external customers, which is recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet.
Remaining performance obligations
There areno remaining performance obligations as of March 31, 2024. The Company’s remaining performance obligations of $0.8 million as of December 31, 2023 were fully recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
- Intangible assets and goodwill
Definite-lived intangibles
Definite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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| intangibles assets, gross · · 2023 · · Additions · · translation · · 2024 · · | ||||||||||||||
| Emflaza | | $527,417 | | $— | | $— | | $527,417 | | | ||||
| Waylivra | | | 10,218 | | | 1,658 | | | (246) | | | 11,630 | | |
| Tegsedi | | | 13,322 | | | 792 | | | (320) | | | 13,794 | | |
| Upstaza | | | 89,550 | | | — | | | — | | | 89,550 | | |
| Total definite-lived intangibles, gross | | $640,507 | | $2,450 | | $(566) | | $642,391 | | | ||||
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| intangibles assets, accumulated amortization · · 2023 · · Amortization · · translation · · 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Emflaza | | $(478,618) | | $(48,799) | | $— | | $(527,417) | ||||
| Waylivra | | | (3,965) | | | (366) | | | 106 | | | (4,225) |
| Tegsedi | | | (3,311) | | | (499) | | | 83 | | | (3,727) |
| Upstaza | | | (10,882) | | | (1,866) | | | — | | | (12,748) |
| Total definite-lived intangibles, accumulated amortization | | $(496,776) | | $(51,530) | | $189 | | $(548,117) | ||||
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| Total definite-lived intangibles, net | | | | | | | | | | | $94,274 | |
Marathon is entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on annual net sales of Emflaza beginning in 2018, up to a specified aggregate maximum amount over the expected commercial life of the asset, which expired February 2024. In accordance with the guidance for an asset acquisition, the Company recorded the milestone payments when they became payable to Marathon and increased the cost basis for the Emflaza rights intangible asset. As of March 31, 2024, the Emflaza rights intangible asset was fully amortized, therefore for the three months ended March 31, 2024, the milestone payment was recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets.
Akcea is also entitled to receive royalty payments subject to certain terms set forth in the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement related to sales of Waylivra and Tegsedi. In accordance with the guidance for an asset acquisition, the Company records royalty payments when they become payable to Akcea and increase the cost basis for the Waylivra and Tegsedi intangible assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, royalty payments of $0.8 million and $1.7 million were recorded for Tegsedi and Waylivra, respectively. As of March 31, 2024, a royalty payable of $0.8 million and $1.6 million for Tegsedi and Waylivra, respectively, was recorded on the consolidated balance sheet within accounts payable and accrued expenses.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized amortization expense of $51.5 million and $39.4 million, respectively, related to the Emflaza rights, Upstaza, Waylivra, and Tegsedi intangible assets. The estimated future amortization of the Upstaza, Waylivra, and Tegsedi intangible assets is expected to be as follows:
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| · As of March 31, 2024 | ||
| 2024 | | $8,182 |
| 2025 | | 10,898 |
| 2026 | | 10,898 |
| 2027 | | 10,898 |
| 2028 and thereafter | | 53,398 |
| Total | | $94,274 |
The weighted average remaining amortization period of the definite-lived intangibles as of March 31, 2024 is 9.4 years.
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Indefinite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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| intangibles assets · · 2023 · · Additions · · Impairment · · 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Upstaza | | $235,766 | | $— | | $— | | $235,766 | | ||||
| Total indefinite-lived intangibles | | $235,766 | | $— | | $— | | $235,766 | | ||||
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| Total intangible assets, net | | | | | | | | | | | $330,040 | | |
In connection with the acquisition of the Company’s gene therapy platform from Agilis, the Company acquired rights to Upstaza, for the treatment of AADC deficiency. AADC deficiency is a rare CNS disorder arising from reductions in the enzyme AADC that result from mutations in the dopa decarboxylase gene. In accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the acquisition cost for the Agilis Merger to the underlying assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based upon the estimated fair values of those assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition. The Company classified the fair value of the acquired IPR&D as indefinite lived intangible assets until the successful completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. There have beenno changes to the indefinite lived intangible assets balance since the year ended December 31, 2023. Accordingly, the indefinite lived intangible asset balance as of March 31, 2024 is $235.8 million.
Goodwill
As a result of the Agilis Merger on August 23, 2018, the Company recorded $82.3 million of goodwill. As of March 31, 2024, there have beenno changes to the balance of goodwill since the date of the Agilis Merger. Accordingly, the goodwill balance as of March 31, 2024 is $82.3 million.
- Subsequent events
The Company has evaluated all subsequent events and transactions through the filing date. There were no material events that impacted the unaudited consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
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