INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES

The carrying values of investments in unconsolidated affiliates, categorized by type of investment, is as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Equity method investment	$	592	$	941
Non-marketable equity security investment	—		3,018
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	$	592	$	3,959

Equity Method Investment

On September 24, 2018, we invested approximately $5.1 million, including costs, to acquire an equity interest in a business as part of our product development strategy. As of March 31, 2023, the Company's ownership interest in the business was 26.0%. In connection with the investment, the Company entered into a Manufacturing Supply Agreement that grants the Company global exclusivity to specified products to be delivered under the agreement for a 15-year period that begins upon the Company's receipt and acceptance of an initial order under the agreement. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, the carrying value of the investment is adjusted for the Company's proportionate share of the investee's reported earnings or losses with the corresponding share of earnings or losses reported as Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, listed below Net (loss) income before equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss. The Company has a note receivable from the equity method investee. Refer to Note 17, Notes Receivable, for additional details.

Non-Marketable Equity Security Investment

On August 8, 2018, the Company invested approximately $3.0 million, including costs, in exchange for preferred stock of LightDeck. The Company's investment was a non-marketable equity security, recorded using the measurement alternative of cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from qualifying observable price changes.

As part of the agreement, the Company entered into a Supply and License Agreement, which provided that LightDeck produce and commercialize products that will enhance the Company's diagnostic portfolio. As part of this agreement, the Company made an upfront payment of $1.0 million related to a worldwide exclusive license agreement over a 20-year period, recorded in both short and long-term other assets as of December 31, 2022. In addition, the agreement provided for an additional contingent payment of $10.0 million, relating to the successful achievement of sales milestones. This potential future milestone payment was not accrued as of December 31, 2022, as it was not deemed by the Company to be probable.

The Company evaluated the investment in LightDeck as well as a First Promissory Note and Second Promissory Note, discussed in Note 17, to determine whether we met the requirement for consolidation within the Variable Interest Entity ("VIE") and Voting Interest Entity ("VOE") models prior to the acquisition on January 3, 2023. In accordance with both the VIE and VOE models, it was concluded that while the Company did have a variable interest in LightDeck prior to the acquisition, the Company did not assert control over LightDeck and therefore should not consolidate their financial results prior to closing the merger transaction.

As of the acquisition on January 3, 2023, the additional $10.0 million milestone payment discussed above is no longer contingent or payable, and the remaining $0.8 million license fee was treated as an increase to the total purchase consideration and removed from short and long-term other assets.