Skip to main content

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc

For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 7, 2024.

View on SEC.gov

About this filing

A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 7, 2024

PTGX$135.90+2.9%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

Extracted filing text, with the paragraph anchors used by the comparison.

See the whole filing, with its images and exhibits

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

**Note 1.**Organization and Description of Business

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a late-stage development biopharmaceutical company with two peptide-based new chemical entities: rusfertide and JNJ-2113. The Company’sclinical programs fall into two broad categories of diseases: (i) hematology and blood disorders, and (ii) inflammatory and immunomodulatory diseases. Rusfertide, a mimetic of the natural hormone hepcidin, is in Phase 3 development for the rare blood disorder polycythemia vera (“PV”). Rusfertide is being co-developed and co-commercialized with Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Takeda”) pursuant to a worldwide collaboration and license agreement entered into in 2024 (the “Takeda Collaboration Agreement”), with the Company remaining primarily responsible for development through Phase 3 and the New Drug Application (“NDA”) filing. JNJ-2113 is an oral Interleukin-23 receptor (“IL-23R”) antagonist licensed to J&J Innovative Medicines (“JNJ”), formerly Janssen Biotech, and is in Phase 3 development for psoriasis and nearing completion of Phase 2b development for ulcerative colitis (“UC”). Following JNJ-2113’s joint discovery by the Company and JNJ scientists pursuant to the companies’ IL-23R collaboration, the Company was primarily responsible for the development of JNJ-2113 through Phase 1, with JNJ assuming responsibility for development in Phase 2 and beyond. The Company also has a number of pre-clinical stage oral discovery programs addressing validated targets, including IL-17, hepcidin mimetic and anti-obesity programs. The Company is headquartered in Newark, California and has one wholly owned subsidiary, Protagonist Pty Limited (“Protagonist Australia”), located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Operating Segments

Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s chief operating decision maker, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. The Company operates and manages its business asone operating segment. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer reviews financial information on an aggregate basis for the purposes of allocating and evaluating financial performance.

Liquidity

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $583.3 million. The Company has incurred cumulative net losses from inception through September 30, 2024 of $472.2 million. The Company’s ultimate success depends upon the outcome of its research and development and collaboration activities. The Company may incur additional losses in the future as it continues the development of rusfertide through Phase 3 development and a potential NDA filing and invests in its pre-clinical discovery programs and may need to raise additional capital to continue to execute its long-range business plan. Since the Company’s initial public offering in August 2016, it has financed its operations primarily through proceeds from offerings of common stock and payments received under license and collaboration agreements.

**Note 2.**Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted and, accordingly, the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024 has been derived from the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all

adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024 or for any future period.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2024.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, accruals for research and development activities, stock-based compensation, income taxes, marketable securities and leases. Estimates related to revenue recognition include assumptions used to determine standalone selling price utilized to allocate the transaction price between distinct performance obligations, assumptions used to recognize revenue over time for certain performance obligations for which a cost-based input method is used as the measure of progress and estimates of whether contingent consideration should be included in the transaction price at each reporting period. Management bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends, and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to forecasted amounts and future events. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.

There has been uncertainty and disruption in the global economy and financial markets due to a number of factors, including geopolitical instability, inflationary pressures, high interest rates, a recessionary environment, domestic and global monetary and fiscal policy and other factors. The Company has taken into consideration any known impacts in its accounting estimates to date and is not aware of any additional specific events or circumstances that would require any additional updates to its estimates or judgments or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Cash as Reported in Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Cash as reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows includes the aggregate amounts of cash and cash equivalents and the restricted cash as presented on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Cash as reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows consisted of (in thousands):

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · September 30,
​ · 2024 · 2023
Cash and cash equivalents​$131,121​$230,527
Restricted cash - noncurrent​225​225
Total cash reported on condensed consolidated statements of cash flows​$131,346​$230,752

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

The Company has granted stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”).

Stock-based compensation expense associated with stock options is based on the estimated grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes valuation model, which requires the use of subjective assumptions related to expected stock price volatility, option term, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company recognizes compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards that are ultimately expected to vest.

Stock-based compensation expense associated with RSUs is based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date, which equals the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. For RSUs, the Company recognizes compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards that are ultimately expected to vest. PSUs allow the recipients of such awards to earn fully vested shares of the Company’s common stock upon the achievement of pre-established performance objectives. Stock-based compensation expense associated with PSUs is based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date, which equals the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date and is recognized when the performance objective is expected to be achieved. The Company evaluates the probability of achieving the performance criteria on a quarterly basis. The cumulative effect on current and prior periods of a change in the estimated number of PSUs expected to be earned is recognized as compensation expense or as reduction of previously recognized compensation expense in the period of the revised estimate.

The Company recognizes forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.

Total stock-based compensation expense was as follows (in thousands):

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Three Months Ended · ​ · Nine Months Ended
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · September 30,
​ · 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023
Research and development​$5,212​$3,780​$15,597​$13,171
General and administrative​4,953​2,985​12,864​9,521
Total stock-based compensation expense​$10,165​$6,765​$28,461​$22,692

Significant Accounting Policies

Collaborative Arrangements

The Company analyzes its collaborative arrangements to assess whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards, and therefore are within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 808 -Collaborative Arrangements(“Topic 808”). For collaborative arrangements that contain multiple elements, the Company determines which units of account are deemed to be within the scope of Topic 808 and which units of account are more reflective of a vendor-customer relationship, and therefore are within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606 –Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). For units of account that are accounted for pursuant to Topic 808, an appropriate recognition method is determined and applied consistently, either by analogy to appropriate accounting literature or by applying a reasonable accounting policy election. For collaborative arrangements that are within the scope of Topic 808, the Company evaluates the income statement classification for presentation of amounts due to or owed from other participants associated with multiple units of account in a collaborative arrangement based on the nature of each activity. Payments or reimbursements that are the result of a collaborative relationship instead of a customer relationship, such as co-development and co-commercialization activities, are recorded as increases or decreases to research and development expense or general and administrative expense, as appropriate.

Except as described above, there have been no other material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to those disclosed in Note 2. Summary of

Significant Accounting Policies included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-06,Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity(“ASU 2020-06”), which simplified accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 also removed certain settlement conditions that were required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplified the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 was effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2024. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2024. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted as of September 30, 2024

In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires public entities to disclose incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis. ASU 2023-07 requires all public entities, including public entities with a single reportable segment, to provide one or more measures of segment profit or loss used by the chief operating decision maker to allocate resources and assess performance. Additionally, the guidance requires disclosures of significant segment expenses and other segment items as well as incremental qualitative disclosures. ASU 2023-07 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2024, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires public business entities to disclose specific categories in the income tax rate reconciliation annually and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a qualitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 also requires that entities disclose annually additional information about income taxes paid and disaggregated information for certain items. ASU 2023-09 is effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses(“ASU 2024-03”), which requires detailed disclosures about specified categories of expenses (including employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) included in certain expense captions presented on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company or fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2027, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning om January 1, 2028. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance may be applied either (1) prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of ASU 2024-03 or (2) retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements and continues to evaluate disclosure presentation alternatives.

Note****3. License and Collaboration Agreements

Takeda Collaboration Agreement

In January 2024, the Company entered into the Takeda Collaboration Agreement, which became effective in March 2024.

Pursuant to the Takeda Collaboration Agreement, the Company and Takeda are jointly developing and commercializing rusfertide and potentially other specified second-generation injectable hepcidin mimetic compounds (the “Licensed Products”) in the United States (the “Profit-Share Territory”). Takeda is solely and exclusively responsible for the development and commercialization of the Licensed Products in all other countries (the “Takeda Territory”). The Company and Takeda share the costs of the development, manufacture and commercialization activities for the Licensed Products in the Profit-Share Territory, provided that (i) the Company leads, and is solely responsible for its costs associated with, completion of the ongoing Phase 3 VERIFY program evaluating rusfertide for the treatment of PV as well as associated U.S. regulatory activities; (ii) Takeda leads, and is solely responsible for its costs associated with, pre-commercialization activities related to rusfertide in the Profit-Share Territory; and (iii) Takeda leads commercialization of rusfertide in the Profit-Share Territory, with the Company holding an option to co-detail. Takeda is solely responsible for all costs for the development, manufacture and commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Takeda Territory. The Company granted Takeda a non-transferable, sublicensable and, except for certain specified exceptions, exclusive license to certain intellectual property of the Company to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under the Takeda Collaboration Agreement.

The Company received a one-time, non-refundable upfront payment of $300.0 million in April 2024. In addition, the Company is eligible to receive additional worldwide development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments for rusfertide of up to $330.0 million, and tiered royalties from 10% to 17% on net sales of the Licensed Products in the Takeda Territory. The Company and Takeda also share equally in profits and losses (50% to the Company and 50% to Takeda) for Licensed Products in the Profit-Share Territory. Takeda will book sales of the Licensed Products globally.

The Company has the right to opt-out entirely of profit- and loss-sharing in the Profit-Share Territory for rusfertide and all other Licensed Products (the “Full Opt-out Right”) (i) during the 90-day period beginning 120 days after the filing of an NDA with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for rusfertide for PV (the “Initial Opt-out Period”); and (ii) for convenience without receipt of the Opt-out Payment (as defined below) (generally following the Initial Opt-out Period). In addition, if the Company does not exercise the Full Opt-out Right, the Company may opt-out of any Licensed Product other than rusfertide on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis (each, a “Partial Opt-out Right” and either the Full Opt-out Right or a Partial Opt-out right being an “Opt-out Right”). Following the Company’s exercise of an Opt-out Right, the Company has agreed to transition applicable development and commercial activities to Takeda, and Takeda has agreed to assume sole operational and financial responsibility for such activities in the United States.

The Takeda Collaboration Agreement provides for aggregate development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments from Takeda to the Company for rusfertide of up to $975 million if the Company exercises the Full Opt-out Right. In addition to these milestone payments, in the event the Company exercises the Full Opt-out Right during the Initial Opt-out Period, the Company will receive: (i) a $200 million payment following its exercise of the Full Opt-out Right; and (ii) an additional $200 million payment following FDA approval of the NDA for rusfertide for PV (together, the “Opt-out Payment”). If the Company exercises an Opt-out Right, Takeda has agreed to pay the Company royalties of 14% to 29% on worldwide net sales of the Licensed Products with respect to which the Company has exercised an Opt-out Right.

Upcoming potential development and regulatory milestones under the Takeda Collaboration Agreement include:

●$25.0 million upon successful achievement of the primary endpoint in the Phase 3 VERIFY clinical trial for rusfertide in PV; and
●$50.0 million upon FDA approval of an NDA for rusfertide in PV (or $75.0 million if the Company exercises the Full Opt-out Right).

The Company evaluated the Takeda Collaboration Agreement and concluded that it has elements that are within the scope of Topic 606 and Topic 808. As of the effective date of the Takeda Collaboration Agreement, the Company identified two distinct performance obligations: (i) the rusfertide license delivered upon the effectiveness of

the Takeda Collaboration Agreement and (ii) certain development services to be provided prior to the Initial Opt-out Period, including the Company’s responsibilities to complete the VERIFY Phase 3 clinical trial in PV and to file an NDA with the FDA upon successful completion of the VERIFY trial and associated manufacturing services.

The Company determined that the initial transaction price totaled $300.0 million, comprised of the upfront payment. The Company has excluded any future estimated milestones or royalties from this transaction price to date, all of which are either currently constrained or subject to the sales-and usage-based royalty exception. As part of the Company’s evaluation of this variable consideration constraint, it determined that the potential payments are contingent upon developmental and regulatory milestones that are uncertain and are highly susceptible to factors outside of its control. The Company allocated $254.1 million of the initial transaction price to the license and $45.9 million to the development services based upon the relative standalone selling price of each performance obligation. The estimate of standalone selling price for the license was determined based on discounted cash flows for the expected development and commercialization of rusfertide and includes assumptions for forecasted revenues, development timelines and expenses, discount rates, and probabilities of technical and regulatory success. The estimate of standalone selling price for the development services was determined based on forecasted costs and expenses over the expected development period. For the license of rusfertide, the Company determined that Takeda could benefit from the license at the time the license was granted and therefore, the related performance obligation was satisfied at a point in time.

The amount allocated to the license, which represents functional intellectual property that was transferred at a point in time, was satisfied upon transfer of the license to Takeda. The amount allocated to development services will be recognized over time based on a measure of the Company’s efforts toward satisfying the performance obligation relative to the total expected efforts or inputs to satisfy the performance obligation (e.g., costs incurred compared to total budget). The Company recognized $9.7 million of revenue allocated to development services with respect to the period from the effective date of the contract through September 30, 2024.

The Company determined that the Takeda Collaboration Agreement met the definition of a collaborative arrangement under Topic 808. Both parties are active participants in directing and carrying out the development of the Licensed Products and both are exposed to the significant risk and rewards related to the commercial success of the Products. If the Company does not exercise an Opt-out Right (“Company Opt-in”), the Company and Takeda would co-detail the Licensed Products in the U.S. and share in the economic results through a profit-sharing structure. The Company determined that development costs subsequent to the Company Opt-in date are within the scope of Topic 808, which does not provide recognition and measurement guidance. As such, the Company determined that Accounting Standards Codification Topic 730 –Research and Development was appropriate to analogize to based on the cost-sharing provisions of the agreement. The Company concluded that payments to or reimbursements from Takeda related to these services will be accounted for as an increase to or reduction of research and development expense, respectively.

JNJ License and Collaboration Agreement

On July 27, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated License and Collaboration Agreement with JNJ, formerly Janssen Biotech, Inc., which amended and restated the License and Collaboration Agreement, effective July 13, 2017, by and between the Company and JNJ, as amended by the first amendment, effective May 7, 2019 (together, the “JNJ License and Collaboration Agreement”). During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company earned a$50.0 million milestone payment in connection with the dosing of a third patient in the ICONIC-TOTAL Phase 3 clinical trial of JNJ-2113 in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and a$10.0 million milestone payment upon the dosing of the third patient in the ANTHEM Phase 2b trial moderately-to-severely active UC. The Company has earned a total of $172.5 million in non-refundable payments from JNJ from inception in 2017 through September 30, 2024.

The JNJ License and Collaboration Agreement relates to the development, manufacture and commercialization of oral IL-23 receptor antagonist drug candidates and enables JNJ to develop collaboration compounds for multiple indications. Under the JNJ License and Collaboration Agreement, JNJ is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop at least one collaboration compound for at least two indications.

Upcoming potential development and regulatory milestones include:

●$115.0 million upon a Phase 3 clinical trial for a second-generation compound for any indication meeting its primary clinical endpoint;
●$35.0 million upon the filing of an NDA for a second-generation compound with the FDA;
●$50.0 million upon FDA approval of an NDA for a second-generation compound; and
●$15.0 million upon the dosing of the third patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial for a second-generation compound for a second indication.

Pursuant to the agreement, the Company is eligible to receive future sales milestone payments and tiered royalties on net product sales at percentages ranging from 6% to 10%.

Revenue Recognition* *

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized license and collaboration revenue of $4.7 million related to the Takeda Collaboration Agreement transaction price for development services provided by the Company during the period based on the cost-based input method. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized license and collaboration revenue of $263.8 million related to the Takeda Collaboration Agreement transaction price, including $254.1 million allocated to the rusfertide license delivered to Takeda upon effectiveness of the agreement in March 2024 and $9.7 million for development services provided by the Company during the period based on the cost-based input method.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, no license and collaboration revenue was recognized.

The remaining unrecognized transaction price amount of $36.2 million related to the Takeda Collaboration Agreement was recorded as deferred revenue on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024 and will be recognized over time based on a measure of the Company’s efforts toward satisfying the performance obligation relative to the total expected efforts or inputs to satisfy the performance obligation (e.g. costs incurred compared to total budget).

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $4.7 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue liability balance at the beginning of the period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company didnot recognize revenue from any amounts included in the deferred revenue liability balance at the beginning of each period. None of the costs to obtain or fulfill the contracts were capitalized.

Note 4. Fair Value Measurements

Financial assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value. The accounting guidance for fair value provides a framework for measuring fair value, clarifies the definition of fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The accounting guidance establishes a three-tiered hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

*Level 2—*Inputs (other than quoted market prices included in Level 1) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level 3—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

The following tables present the fair value of the Company’s financial assets determined using the inputs defined above (in thousands):

​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · September 30, 2024
​Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​
Money market funds​$32,623​$—​$—$32,623
Certificates of deposit​—​​15,271​—15,271
U.S. Treasury and agency securities​​—​​241,787​​—​​241,787
Commercial paper​—​​169,249​—169,249
Corporate debt securities​​—​​116,528​​—​​116,528
Total financial assets​$32,623​$542,835$—$575,458
​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · December 31, 2023
​Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​
Money market funds​$19,212​$—​$—$19,212
Certificates of deposit​—​​13,004​—13,004
U.S. Treasury and agency securities​​—​​145,085​​—​​145,085
Commercial paper​—​130,296​—130,296
Corporate debt securities​—​7,672—7,672
Total financial assets​$19,212​$296,057$—$315,269

The Company’s certificates of deposit, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, including U.S. Treasury bills, commercial paper and corporate debt securities are classified as Level 2 as they were valued based upon quoted market prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques, for which all significant inputs are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets.

The carrying amount of the Company’s remaining financial assets and liabilities, including cash, receivables and payables, approximates their fair value due to their short-term nature.

Note 5. Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

Cash equivalents and marketable securities consisted of the following (in thousands):

​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · September 30, 2024
​ · ​ · Amortized · ​ · Gross Unrealized · ​
​ · Cost · Gains · Losses · Fair Value
Money market funds​$32,623​$—​$—​$32,623
Certificates of deposit​​15,222​​49​—​15,271
U.S. Treasury and agency securities​​240,780​​1,048​​(41)​​241,787
Commercial paper​169,156​​97​​(4)​169,249
Corporate debt securities​​116,230​​310​​(12)​​116,528
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities​$574,011​$1,504$(57)​$575,458
Classified as:​​​​​​​​​
Cash equivalents​​​​​​​$123,298
Marketable securities - current​​​​​​​337,600
Marketable securities - noncurrent​​​​​​​114,560
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities​​​​​​​$575,458
​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · December 31, 2023
​ · ​ · Amortized · ​ · Gross Unrealized · ​
​ · Cost · Gains · Losses · Fair Value
Money market funds​$19,212​$—$—​$19,212
Certificates of deposit​​12,998​​6​​—​13,004
U.S. Treasury and agency securities​​145,024​​63​​(2)​​145,085
Commercial paper​130,351​5(60)​130,296
Corporate debt securities​​7,678​—(6)​7,672
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities​$315,263​$74$(68)​$315,269
Classified as:​​​​​​​​​
Cash equivalents​​​​​​​$160,379
Marketable securities - current​​​​​​​154,890
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities​​​​​​​$315,269

All of the Company’s marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. Current marketable securities of $337.6 million and $154.9 million held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, had contractual maturities of less thanone year. Noncurrent marketable securities of $114.6 million held as of September 30, 2024 had contractual maturities of at leastone year but no more thantwo years. The Company does not intend to sell its securities that are in an unrealized loss position, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell its securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity. There wereno material realized gains or realized losses on marketable securities for the periods presented. The Company evaluated securities with unrealized losses to determine whether such losses, if any, were due to credit-related factors and determined that there wereno credit-related losses to be recognized as of September 30, 2024.

**Note 6.**Balance Sheet Components

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · December 31,
​ · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Prepaid clinical and research related expenses​$3,775​$649
Prepaid insurance​​217​​1,410
Prepaid licenses​​599​​529
Other prepaid expenses​788​1,040
Other receivable​​2,669​​332
Prepaid expenses and other current assets​$8,048​$3,960

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​​September 30,​December 31,
​​2024​2023
Laboratory equipment​$6,224​$5,323
Furniture and computer equipment​1,403​1,143
Leasehold improvements​1,769​963
Total property and equipment​9,396​7,429
Accumulated depreciation​(6,928)​(6,234)
Property and equipment, net​$2,468​$1,195

Accrued Expenses and Other Payables

Accrued expenses and other payables consisted of the following (in thousands):

​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · December 31,
​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Accrued clinical and research related expenses​$11,619​$11,841
Accrued employee related expenses​8,155​6,786
Accrued professional service fees​​846​​632
Other​119​99
Total accrued expenses and other payables​$20,739​$19,358

Note 7. Lease

The Company applies Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 --Leases to recognize leases with terms of more than 12 months on the balance sheet. The Company has elected to account for each separate lease component and non-lease components as one single component for all lease assets. Leases with terms of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and the related lease expenses are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

On May 6, 2024, the Company amended its facility lease agreement dated as of March 6, 2017 (the “Amended Lease”) to extend the lease term for its existing office and laboratory space fromone to 66 months and lease 17,698 rentable square feet of additional office space, all located in Newark, California. The Company began occupying the additional space under the Amended Lease on July 1, 2024. The Amended Lease, which expires in November 2029, provides for an agreed-upon period of rent abatement and a tenant improvement allowance of $1.8 million. No additional security deposit was required pursuant to the Amended Lease, and the Company is responsible for its proportional share of operating expenses and tax obligations. As a result of this amendment, the Company recorded an initial right-of-use asset and related liability of $10.5 million.

Balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating lease consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · December 31,
Operating Leases: · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Operating lease right-of-use asset​$9,835​$954
​​​​​​​
Operating lease liability - current​$45​$1,141
Operating lease liability - noncurrent​​10,855​​—
Total operating lease liabilities​$10,900​$1,141
​​​​​​​
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)​​5.2​​0.4
Weighted-average discount rate​​5.7%​​10.4%

The tenant improvement allowance under the Amended Lease represents a fixed amount that the Company is reasonably certain to use. As such, it is reflected in the determination of the operating lease liability as of the lease commencement date.

Other information related to the Company’s operating lease consisted of the following (in thousands):

​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · Three Months Ended · ​ · Nine Months Ended
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · September 30,
​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023 · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Operating lease cost​$757​$584​$2,079​$1,751
Short-term rent expense​​—​​—​​51​​—
Less: Sublease income​​—​​(35)​​(34)​​(114)
Total lease expense​$757​$549​$2,096​$1,637

Supplemental cash flow information consisted of the following (in thousands):

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Nine Months Ended
​ · ​ · September 30,
​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Operating cash flow used by operating leases​$(1,385)​$(2,047)
New operating lease asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability​$(10,511)​$—

Future minimum lease payments required under lease obligations as of September 30, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):

​​​​
Year Ending December 31: · Amount
Remainder of 2024​$223
2025​​1,121
2026​​2,786
2027​​2,881
2028​​2,983
Thereafter​2,825
Total future minimum lease payments​​12,819
Less: Imputed interest​​(1,919)
Present value of lease liabilities​$10,900

Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity

Shares of Common Stock Authorized for Issuance

At the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 20, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 90,000,000 to 180,000,000, which also has the effect of increasing the total number of authorized shares from 100,000,000 to 190,000,000 (the “Amendment”). On June 21, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Amendment, which became effective immediately upon such filing.

Public Offering

In April 2023, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share and issued an additional 750,000 shares of common stock at a price of $20.00 per share following the underwriters’ exercise of their option to purchase additional shares. Net proceeds, after deducting underwriting commissions and offering costs paid by the Company, were $107.8 million.

ATM Offering

In August 2022, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement SM, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell up to$100.0 million shares of common stock from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings (the “2022 ATM Facility”). There wereno sales of the Company’s common stock under the 2022 ATM Facility during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company sold 1,749,199 shares of its common stock under the 2022 ATM Facility for net proceeds of$24.3 million, after deducting issuance costs. There wereno sales of the Company’s common stock under the 2022 ATM Facility during the three months September 30, 2023.

Pre-Funded Warrants

In August 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors (each, an “Investor” and, collectively, the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $8.00 per share, for aggregate net proceeds of $21.7 million, after deducting offering expenses payable by the Company. In a concurrent private placement, the Company issued the Investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares of its common stock (each, a “Warrant” and, collectively, the “Warrants”). Warrants to purchase 1,375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock had an exercise price of $10.00 per share and Warrants to purchase 1,375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock had an exercise price of $15.00 per share.

In August 2023, prior to the expiration of the Warrants, the Company entered into certain agreements with the Investors and their affiliates under which the Company agreed to allow the Warrants to be exercised in exchange for pre-funded warrants representing the same number of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants with an exercise price of $0.001 per share (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”). Subsequent to the execution of the agreements and prior to the expiration of the Warrants, all outstanding Warrants were exercised for gross proceeds of $34.4 million in exchange for 44,748 shares of the Company’s common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 2,705,252 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and splits, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the Pre-Funded Warrants) with an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants will expire upon the day they are exercised in full. The Pre-Funded Warrants are exercisable at any time prior to expiration except that the Pre-Funded Warrants cannot be exercised by the Investors if, after giving effect thereto, the Investors would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain exceptions. The common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants met the criteria for equity classification and the net proceeds from the transaction were recorded as a credit to additional paid-in capital. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 260,Earnings Per Share, outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants are included in the computation of basic net loss per share because the exercise price is negligible, and they are fully vested and exercisable after the original issuance date. No Pre-Funded warrants were exercised during the three months ended September 30, 2024. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 84,992 shares were net exercised, resulting in the issuance of 84,989 shares of common stock. No Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised during the three and nine months ended September 2023. As of September 30, 2024, Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 2,620,260 shares were outstanding.

Note 9. Income Taxes

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.4 million and income tax expense of $2.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. No income tax provision was recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. The difference in tax expense as compared to the prior year was primarily due to taxable income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 resulting from the recognition of revenue in connection with the Takeda Collaboration Agreement. The tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any.

Based on the available objective evidence during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company believes it is more likely than not that its net deferred tax assets may not be realized. The primary difference between the effective tax rate and the statutory tax rate relates to the Company’s change in valuation allowance.

Note 10. Net Income (Loss) per Share

The computation of basic net income (loss) per share of common stock is based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. The computation of diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock is based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period plus, when their effect is dilutive, incremental shares consisting of shares subject to stock options, RSUs, PSUs, the Company’s employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”), and warrants. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 260,Earnings Per Share,2,620,260 outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants were included in the computation of weighted-average shares of common stock, basic for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 because the exercise price was negligible, and they were fully vested and exercisable after the original issuance date.

In periods when the Company has net income, the dilutive effect of all potentially outstanding shares is computed using the treasury stock method. In periods in which the Company reports a net loss, all common stock equivalents are deemed anti-dilutive such that basic net loss per share of common stock and diluted net loss per share of common stock are equal.

The following table reconciles the numerator and denominator used to calculate diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock (in thousands, except share and per share data):

​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​ · ​ · Three Months Ended · ​ · Nine Months Ended
​ · ​ · September 30, · ​ · September 30,
​2024202320242023
Numerator:​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income (loss)​$(33,210)​$(34,105)​$143,514​$(106,290)
Denominator:​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted-average shares of common stock, basic​61,767,934​59,182,899​61,311,31055,542,543
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents​—​—​3,300,631—
Weighted-average shares of common stock, dilutive​​61,767,934​​59,182,899​​64,611,941​​55,542,543
Net income (loss) per share of common stock​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic net income (loss) per share of common stock​$(0.54)​$(0.58)​$2.34$(1.91)
Diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock​$(0.54)​$(0.58)​$2.22​$(1.91)

Approximately 9.2 million potentially dilutive shares of common stock (consisting of shares subject to outstanding stock options, RSUs, PSUs, and under the ESPP) were excluded from the diluted net loss per share of common stock computation for the three months ended September 30, 2024 due to the Company’s net loss for the period. Approximately 3.2 million potentially dilutive shares of common stock (consisting of shares subject to outstanding stock options, RSUs, and under the ESPP) were excluded from the diluted net income per share of common stock computations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 because their effect was anti-dilutive. Approximately 8.9 million potentially dilutive shares of common stock (consisting of shares subject to outstanding stock options, RSUs, PSUs, under the ESPP and warrants) were excluded from the diluted net loss per share of common stock computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 due to the Company’s net losses for these periods.

ContentsView on SEC.gov

The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.