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COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS  
COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

3. COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

 

The Company has recognized revenue from its collaborative arrangements as follows:

 

 

 

Three months Ended
June 30,

 

Six months Ended
June 30,

 

(in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

Collaborative arrangements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSK Collaborative arrangement

 

$

1,322

 

$

1,430

 

$

2,644

 

$

2,860

 

Astellas Collaborative arrangement

 

 

 

 

125,669

 

Other Collaborative arrangements

 

5

 

 

27

 

 

Total Revenue

 

$

1,327

 

$

1,430

 

$

2,671

 

$

128,529

 

 

GSK

 

LABA collaboration

 

In November 2002, the Company entered into its long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) collaboration with GSK to develop and commercialize once-daily LABA products for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. For the treatment of COPD, the collaboration is developing two combination products: (1) RELVAR™ ELLIPTA™ or BREO™ ELLIPTA™ (FF/VI), an investigational once-daily combination medicine consisting of a LABA, vilanterol (VI), and an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), fluticasone furoate (FF) and (2) ANORO™ ELLIPTA™ (UMEC/VI), a once-daily investigational medicine combining a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), umeclidinium bromide (UMEC), with a LABA, VI. For the treatment of asthma, the collaboration is developing FF/VI.

 

In the event that a product containing VI is successfully developed and commercialized, the Company will be obligated to make milestone payments to GSK which could total as much as $190.0 million if both a single-agent and a combination product or two different combination products are launched in multiple regions of the world. Of these potential milestone payments, the Company estimates up to $110.0 million could become payable during the remainder of 2013 and all the milestone payments could be payable by the end of 2014. On May 10, 2013 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved BREO™ ELLIPTA™ as an inhaled long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. It is also indicated to reduce exacerbations of COPD in patients with a history of exacerbations. As a result of this approval the Company paid GSK a $30.0 million registrational milestone fee in the second quarter of 2013. These milestone payments to GSK will be capitalized as finite-lived intangible assets and amortized over their estimated useful life.

 

The Company is entitled to receive annual royalties from GSK of 15% on the first $3.0 billion of annual global net sales and 5% for all annual global net sales above $3.0 billion. Sales of single-agent LABA medicines and combination medicines would be combined for the purposes of this royalty calculation. For other products combined with a LABA from the LABA collaboration, such as ANORO™ ELLIPTA™, royalties are upward tiering and range from the mid-single digits to 10%.

 

2004 Strategic Alliance

 

In March 2004, the Company entered into its strategic alliance with GSK. Under this alliance, GSK received an option to license exclusive development and commercialization rights to product candidates from certain of the Company’s discovery programs on pre-determined terms and on an exclusive, worldwide basis. Upon GSK’s decision to license a program, GSK is responsible for funding all future development, manufacturing and commercialization activities for product candidates in that program. In addition, GSK is obligated to use diligent efforts to develop and commercialize product candidates from any program that it licenses. If the program is successfully advanced through development by GSK, the Company is entitled to receive clinical, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and royalties on any sales of medicines developed from the program. If GSK chooses not to license a program, the Company retains all rights to the program and may continue the program alone or with a third party. GSK has no further option rights on any of the Company’s research or development programs under the strategic alliance.

 

In 2005, GSK licensed the Company’s bifunctional muscarinic antagonist-beta2 agonist (MABA) program for the treatment of COPD, and in October 2011, the Company and GSK expanded the MABA program by adding six additional Theravance-discovered preclinical MABA compounds (the “Additional MABAs”). GSK’s development, commercialization, milestone and royalty obligations under the strategic alliance remain the same with respect to GSK961081 (‘081), the lead compound in the MABA program. GSK is obligated to use diligent efforts to develop and commercialize at least one MABA within the MABA program, but may terminate progression of any or all Additional MABAs at any time and return them to the Company, at which point the Company may develop and commercialize such Additional MABAs alone or with a third party. Both GSK and the Company have agreed not to conduct any MABA clinical studies outside of the strategic alliance so long as GSK is in possession of the Additional MABAs. If a single-agent MABA medicine containing ‘081 is successfully developed and commercialized, the Company is entitled to receive royalties from GSK of between 10% and 20% of annual global net sales up to $3.5 billion, and 7.5% for all annual global net sales above $3.5 billion. If a MABA medicine containing ‘081 is commercialized only as a combination product, such as ‘081/FF, the royalty rate is 70% of the rate applicable to sales of the single-agent MABA medicine. For single-agent MABA medicines containing an Additional MABA, the Company is entitled to receive royalties from GSK of between 10% and 15% of annual global net sales up to $3.5 billion, and 10% for all annual global net sales above $3.5 billion. For combination products containing an Additional MABA, such as a MABA/ICS combination, the royalty rate is 50% of the rate applicable to sales of the single-agent MABA medicine. If a MABA medicine containing ‘081 is successfully developed and commercialized in multiple regions of the world, the Company could earn total contingent payments of up to $125.0 million for a single-agent medicine and up to $250.0 million for both a single-agent and a combination medicine. If a MABA medicine containing an Additional MABA is successfully developed and commercialized in multiple regions of the world, the Company could earn total contingent payments of up to $129.0 million.

 

Purchase of Common Stock under the Company’s Governance Agreement and Common Stock Purchase Agreement with GSK

 

During the first six months of 2013, the Company issued and Glaxo Group Limited, an affiliate of GSK, purchased 310,090 shares of the Company’s common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.3 million pursuant to its periodic “top-up” rights under the Company’s governance agreement with GSK dated June 4, 2004, as amended.

 

GSK Contingent Payments and Revenue

 

The potential future contingent payments receivable related to the MABA program of $363.0 million are not deemed substantive milestones due to the fact that the achievement of the event underlying the payment predominantly relates to GSK’s performance of future development, manufacturing and commercialization activities for product candidates after licensing the program.

 

Revenue recognized from GSK under the LABA collaboration and strategic alliance agreements was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

(in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

LABA collaboration

 

$

907

 

$

907

 

$

1,814

 

$

1,814

 

Strategic alliance—MABA program license

 

415

 

523

 

830

 

1,046

 

Total revenue

 

$

1,322

 

$

1,430

 

$

2,644

 

$

2,860

 

 

Under the GSK collaborative arrangements, the Company is reimbursed for R&D expenses. These reimbursements have been reflected as a reduction of R&D expense. Reduction of R&D expense was $165,000 for the three months and $337,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2013. Reduction of R&D expense was $31,000 for the three months and $77,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

 

Merck

 

Research Collaboration and License Agreement

 

In October 2012, the Company entered into a research collaboration and license agreement (the “Research Collaboration and License Agreement”) with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to discover, develop and commercialize novel small molecule therapeutics directed towards a target being investigated for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. Under the agreement, the Company granted Merck a worldwide, exclusive license to the Company’s therapeutic candidates. The Company received a $5.0 million upfront payment in November 2012. Also, the Company will receive funding for research and be eligible for potential future contingent payments totaling up to $148.0 million for the first indication and royalties on worldwide annual net sales of any products derived from the collaboration. The initial research term is twelve months, with optional extensions by mutual agreement, and Merck can terminate the agreement at any time.

 

Under the Research Collaboration and License Agreement, the significant deliverables were determined to be the license, committee participation and research services. The Company determined that the license represents a separate unit of accounting as the license, which includes rights to the Company’s underlying technologies for its therapeutic candidates, has standalone value because the rights conveyed permit Merck to perform all efforts necessary to use the Company’s technologies to bring a therapeutic candidate through development and, upon regulatory approval, commercialization. The Company based the best estimate of selling price based on potential future cash flows under the arrangement over the estimated development period. The Company determined that the committee participation represents a separate unit of accounting as Merck could negotiate for and/or acquire these services from other third parties and based the best estimate of selling price on the nature and timing of the services to be performed. The Company determined that the research services represent a separate unit of accounting and based the best estimate of selling price on the nature and timing of the services to be performed.

 

The $5.0 million upfront payment received in November 2012 was allocated to the three units of accounting based on the relative selling price method as follows: $4.4 million to the license, $0.4 million to the research services and $0.2 million to the committee participation. The Company recognized revenue of $4.4 million from the license in 2012 as the technical transfer activities were complete and the associated unit of accounting was deemed delivered. The amount of the upfront payment allocated to the committee participation was deferred and is being recognized as revenue over the estimated performance period. The amount of the upfront payment allocated to the research services was deferred and is being recognized as a reduction of research and development expense as the underlying services are performed, as the nature of the research services is more appropriately characterized as research and development expense, consistent with the research reimbursements being received.

 

Revenue recognized from Merck under the collaboration agreement was $5,000 for the three months and $10,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2013. Amounts reflected as a reduction of research and development expense were $1.8 million for the three months and $3.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

Clinigen Group

 

Commercialization Agreement

 

In March 2013, the Company entered into a commercialization agreement (the “Clinigen Commercialization Agreement”) with Clinigen Group plc (Clinigen) to commercialize VIBATIV® for the treatment of hospital acquired nosocomial pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, known or suspected to be caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) when other alternatives are not suitable. Under the agreement, the Company granted Clinigen exclusive commercialization rights in the European Union and certain other European countries (including Switzerland and Norway). The Company received a $5.0 million upfront payment in March 2013. Also, the Company is eligible to receive tiered royalty payments on net sales of VIBATIV®, ranging from 20% to 30%. The Company is responsible, either directly or through its vendors or contractors, for supplying at Clinigen’s expense both API and finished drug product for Clinigen’s commercialization activities. The agreement has a term of at least 15 years, with an option to extend exercisable by Clinigen. However, Clinigen may terminate the agreement at any time after it has initiated commercialization upon 12 months’ advance notice.

 

Under the Clinigen Commercialization Agreement, the significant deliverables were determined to be the license, committee participation and manufacturing supply. The Company determined that the license represents a separate unit of accounting as the license, which includes rights to the Company’s underlying technologies for VIBATIV®, has standalone value because the rights conveyed permit Clinigen to perform all efforts necessary to use the Company’s technologies to bring the compound through commercialization and the Company based the best estimate of selling price for the license based on potential future cash flows under the arrangement over the estimated commercialization period. The Company determined that the committee participation represents a separate unit of accounting as Clinigen could negotiate for and/or acquire these services from other third parties and based the best estimate of selling price of the committee participation based on the nature and timing of the services to be performed. The Company determined the best estimate of selling price for the manufacturing supply based on a fully burdened cost to purchase and transfer the underlying API and finished goods from the Company’s third party contract manufacturer.

 

The $5.0 million upfront payment received in the first quarter of 2013 was allocated to two units of accounting based on the relative selling price method as follows: $4.9 million to the license and $0.1 million to the committee participation. The Company did not recognize any revenue from the license and committee participation as the technical transfer activities were not completed as of June 30, 2013 and the associated units of accounting were not delivered. The amount of the upfront payment allocated to the committee participation was deferred and will be recognized as revenue over the estimated performance period. Amounts to be received related to supply of API and finished goods supply, which will be manufactured by the Company’s third party contract manufacturers, will be subject to a separate arrangement and will be recognized as revenue to the extent of future API and finished goods inventory sales.

 

R-Pharm CJSC

 

Development and Commercialization Agreements

 

In October 2012, the Company entered into two development and commercialization agreements with R-Pharm CJSC (R-Pharm): one to develop and commercialize VIBATIV® (the “VIBATIV® Development and Commercialization Agreement”) and the other to develop and commercialize TD-1792 (the “TD-1792 Development and Commercialization Agreement”), one of the Company’s investigational glycopeptide-cephalosporin heterodimer antibiotics for the treatment of Gram-positive infections. Under each agreement, the Company granted R-Pharm exclusive development and commercialization rights in Russia, Ukraine, other member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Georgia. The Company received $1.1 million in upfront payments for each agreement. Also, the Company is eligible to receive potential future contingent payments totaling up to $10.0 million for both agreements and royalties on net sales by R-Pharm of 15% from TD-1792 and 25% from VIBATIV®. The contingent payments are not deemed substantive milestones due to the fact that the achievement of the event underlying the payment predominantly relates to R-Pharm’s performance of future development and commercialization activities.

 

TD-1792

 

Under the TD-1792 Development and Commercialization Agreement, the significant deliverables were determined to be the license, committee participation and a contingent obligation to supply R-Pharm with API compound at R-Pharm’s expense, either directly or through the Company’s contract manufacturer. The Company determined that the license represents a separate unit of accounting as the license, which includes rights to the Company’s underlying technologies for TD-1792, has standalone value because the rights conveyed permit R-Pharm to perform all efforts necessary to use the Company’s technologies to bring the compounds through development and, upon regulatory approval, commercialization. Also, the Company determined that the committee participation represents a separate unit of accounting as R-Pharm could negotiate for and/or acquire these services from other third parties and the Company based the best estimate of selling price on the nature and timing of the services to be performed. In March 2013, the Company entered into a supply agreement for TD-1792 API compound under which the Company will sell its existing API compound to R-Pharm. Upon execution of this supply agreement, the Company determined that the supply agreement represents a separate unit of accounting under the development and commercialization arrangement and based the best estimate of selling price for the supply agreement based on its fully burdened cost to manufacture the underlying API.

 

The $1.1 million upfront payment for the TD-1792 agreement was allocated to the license and committee participation units of accounting based on the relative selling price method as follows: $0.9 million to the license and $0.1 million to the committee participation. The amount allocated to the license was deferred and will be recognized as revenue upon completion of technical transfer for the underlying license. The amount allocated to committee participation was deferred and is being recognized as revenue over the estimated performance period. Amounts to be received under the supply agreement described above will be recognized as revenue to the extent R-Pharm purchases API compound from the Company.

 

Reduction of R&D expense was $50,000 for the three months and $86,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

VIBATIV®

 

Under the VIBATIV® Development and Commercialization Agreement, the significant deliverables were determined to be the license and committee participation and a contingent obligation to supply R-Pharm with API compound at R-Pharm’s expense, subject to entering into a future supply agreement. The Company determined that the license represents a separate unit of accounting as the license, which includes rights to the Company’s underlying technologies for VIBATIV®, has standalone value because the rights conveyed permit R-Pharm to perform all efforts necessary to use the Company’s technologies to bring the compounds through development and, upon regulatory approval, commercialization and the Company based the best estimate of selling price for the license based on potential future cash flows under the arrangement over the estimated performance period. The Company determined that the committee participation represents a separate unit of accounting as R-Pharm could negotiate for and/or acquire these services from other third parties and the Company based the best estimate of selling price on the nature and timing of the services to be performed.

 

The $1.1 million upfront payment for the VIBATIV® agreement was allocated to two units of accounting based on the relative selling price method as follows: $1.0 million to the license and $33,000 to the committee participation. The amount allocated to the license was deferred and will be recognized as revenue upon completion of technical transfer. The amount allocated to committee participation was deferred and is being recognized as revenue over the estimated performance period.

 

Hikma Pharmaceuticals LLC

 

Commercialization Agreement

 

In May 2013, the Company entered into a commercialization agreement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals LLC (Hikma) providing Hikma with the right to commercialize telavancin for the treatment of Gram-positive bacterial infections, including MRSA (the “Hikma Commercialization Agreement”). Under the agreement, the Company granted Hikma exclusive commercialization rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to register, and upon regulatory approval, market and distribute telavancin in 16 countries across MENA. The Company received a $0.5 million upfront payment in June 2013. Also, the Company is eligible to receive contingent payments of up to $0.5 million related to the successful commercialization of telavancin. The Company is responsible, either directly or through its vendors or contractors, for supplying drug product for Hikma’s commercialization activities for 15 years.

 

Under the Hikma Commercialization Agreement, the significant deliverables were determined to be the license and manufacturing supply. The Company determined that the license and manufacturing supply together represent a single unit of accounting. The license, which includes rights to the Company’s underlying technologies for telavancin, does not have standalone value because the rights conveyed do not permit Hikma to perform all efforts necessary to use the Company’s technologies to bring the compound through commercialization. The Company deferred the upfront payment and will recognize revenue over the term of the manufacturing supply period, which is 15 years, on a straight-line basis. Future contingent payments will be deferred and recognized over the remaining term of the agreement on a straight-line basis. Revenue will be recognized from the sale of drug product upon delivery to Hikma.

 

Alfa Wassermann

 

Development and Collaboration Arrangement

 

In October 2012, the Company entered into a development and collaboration arrangement with Alfa Wassermann società per azioni (S.p.A.) (Alfa Wassermann) for velusetrag under which the parties agreed to collaborate in the execution of a two-part Phase 2 program to test the efficacy, safety and tolerability of velusetrag in the treatment of patients with gastroparesis (a medical condition consisting of a paresis (partial paralysis) of the stomach, resulting in food remaining in the stomach for a longer time than normal). Alfa Wassermann has an exclusive option to develop and commercialize velusetrag in the European Union, Russia, China, Mexico and certain other countries, while the Company retains full rights to velusetrag in the US, Canada, Japan and certain other countries. The Company is entitled to receive funding for the Phase 2a study and a subsequent Phase 2b study if the parties agree to proceed. If Alfa Wassermann exercises its license option at the completion of the Phase 2 program, then the Company is entitled to receive a $10.0 million option fee. If velusetrag is successfully developed and commercialized, the Company is entitled to receive potential future contingent payments totaling up to $53.5 million, and royalties on net sales by Alfa Wassermann ranging from the low teens to 20%.

 

Reduction of R&D expense was $0.2 million for the three months and $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

Former Collaboration Arrangement with Astellas

 

License, Development and Commercialization Agreement

 

In November 2005, the Company entered into a global collaboration arrangement with Astellas for the license, development and commercialization of VIBATIV®. Under this agreement, Astellas paid the Company non-refundable cash payments totaling $191.0 million. In January 2012, Astellas exercised its right to terminate the collaboration agreement. The rights previously granted to Astellas ceased upon termination of the agreement and Astellas stopped all promotional sales efforts. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Astellas is entitled to a ten-year, 2% royalty on future net sales of VIBATIV®. As such, the Company recognized into revenue $125.8 million of deferred revenue related to Astellas in the first quarter of 2012, and the Company is no longer eligible to receive any further milestone payments from Astellas.