UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011
OR
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 000-31615
DURECT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 94-3297098 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2 Results Way
Cupertino, California 95014
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 777-1417
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | x | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
As of July 29, 2011, there were 87,450,052 shares of the registrants Common Stock outstanding.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||||||
Item 1. | Financial Statements | 3 | ||||
Condensed Balance Sheets As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 | 3 | |||||
Condensed Statements of Operations For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 | 4 | |||||
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 | 5 | |||||
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements | 6 | |||||
Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 15 | ||||
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 25 | ||||
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 25 | ||||
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 27 | ||||
Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 27 | ||||
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 42 | ||||
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 42 | ||||
Item 4. | [Removed and Reserved] | 42 | ||||
Item 5. | Other Information | 42 | ||||
Item 6. | Exhibits | 42 | ||||
(a) Exhibits | ||||||
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. | Financial Statements |
DURECT CORPORATION
(in thousands)
June 30, 2011 |
December 31, 2010 |
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(unaudited) | (Note 1) | |||||||
A S S E T S | ||||||||
Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 5,486 | $ | 10,437 | ||||
Short-term investments |
29,247 | 35,005 | ||||||
Short-term restricted investments |
0 | 66 | ||||||
Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $103 and $107 at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively) |
3,290 | 3,716 | ||||||
Inventories |
3,265 | 2,836 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
1,251 | 2,785 | ||||||
Total current assets |
42,539 | 54,845 | ||||||
Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $22,124 and $22,386 at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively) |
2,204 | 1,776 | ||||||
Goodwill |
6,399 | 6,399 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net |
62 | 71 | ||||||
Long-term investments |
1,924 | 3,197 | ||||||
Long-term restricted investments |
867 | 867 | ||||||
Other long-term assets |
349 | 405 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 54,344 | $ | 67,560 | ||||
L I A B I L I T I E S A N D S T O C K H O L D E R S E Q U I T Y | ||||||||
Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 1,001 | $ | 981 | ||||
Accrued liabilities |
4,303 | 6,524 | ||||||
Contract research liabilities |
2,157 | 2,109 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, current portion |
8,079 | 8,079 | ||||||
Other short-term liabilities |
229 | 216 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
15,769 | 17,909 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, non-current portion |
30,809 | 34,849 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities |
357 | 315 | ||||||
Commitments |
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Stockholders equity: |
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Common stock |
9 | 8 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
355,757 | 351,251 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
23 | 6 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(348,380 | ) | (336,778 | ) | ||||
Stockholders equity |
7,409 | 14,487 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
$ | 54,344 | $ | 67,560 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DURECT CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
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Collaborative research and development and other revenue |
$ | 5,188 | $ | 4,657 | $ | 10,700 | $ | 8,473 | ||||||||
Product revenue, net |
2,645 | 2,656 | 5,737 | 6,506 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
7,833 | 7,313 | 16,437 | 14,979 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Cost of product revenues (1) |
1,085 | 861 | 2,486 | 2,239 | ||||||||||||
Research and development (1) |
8,708 | 9,204 | 18,588 | 18,625 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative (1) |
3,327 | 3,584 | 7,043 | 7,086 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
13,120 | 13,649 | 28,117 | 27,950 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations |
(5,287 | ) | (6,336 | ) | (11,680 | ) | (12,971 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (expense): |
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Interest and other income |
43 | 48 | 83 | 59 | ||||||||||||
Interest and other expense |
(1 | ) | (21 | ) | (5 | ) | (23 | ) | ||||||||
Net other income |
42 | 27 | 78 | 36 | ||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (5,245 | ) | $ | (6,309 | ) | $ | (11,602 | ) | $ | (12,935 | ) | ||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | ||||
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share |
87,404 | 86,845 | 87,338 | 86,801 | ||||||||||||
(1) Includes stock-based compensation related to the following: |
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Cost of product revenues |
$ | 82 | $ | 86 | $ | 167 | $ | 170 | ||||||||
Research and development |
1,072 | 1,290 | 2,199 | 2,567 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
580 | 663 | 1,151 | 1,332 | ||||||||||||
Total stock-based compensation |
$ | 1,734 | $ | 2,039 | $ | 3,517 | $ | 4,069 | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DURECT CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Six months ended June 30, |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net loss |
$ | (11,602 | ) | $ | (12,935 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
519 | 1,339 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation |
3,517 | 4,069 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
426 | (1,640 | ) | |||||
Inventories |
(435 | ) | (68 | ) | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
1,590 | (248 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable |
20 | (88 | ) | |||||
Accrued and other liabilities |
(2,182 | ) | (102 | ) | ||||
Contract research liability |
48 | 380 | ||||||
Deferred revenue |
(4,040 | ) | 24,862 | |||||
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Total adjustments |
(537 | ) | 28,504 | |||||
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities |
(12,139 | ) | 15,569 | |||||
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Purchases of property and equipment |
(937 | ) | (163 | ) | ||||
Purchases of available-for-sale securities |
(14,458 | ) | (29,920 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities |
21,572 | 25,070 | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities |
0 | 2,207 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
6,177 | (2,806 | ) | |||||
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Payments on equipment financing obligations |
17 | (23 | ) | |||||
Net proceeds from issuances of common stock |
994 | 246 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
1,011 | 223 | ||||||
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(4,951 | ) | 12,986 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period |
10,437 | 8,287 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period |
$ | 5,486 | $ | 21,273 | ||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DURECT CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Operations
DURECT Corporation (the Company) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 6, 1998. The Company is a pharmaceutical company developing therapies based on its proprietary drug formulations and delivery platform technologies. The Company has several products under development by itself and with third party collaborators. The Company also manufactures and sells osmotic pumps used in laboratory research, and designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of standard and custom biodegradable polymers and excipients for pharmaceutical and medical device clients for use as raw materials in their products. In addition, the Company conducts research and development of pharmaceutical products in collaboration with third party pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited financial statements include the accounts of the Company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and therefore, do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of the Companys results of operations, financial position and cash flows in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). The unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at June 30, 2011, the operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 has been derived from audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Companys audited financial statements and notes thereto, included in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC.
The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis. The Companys inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
June 30, 2011 |
December 31, 2010 |
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Raw materials |
$ | 885 | $ | 519 | ||||
Work in process |
757 | 840 | ||||||
Finished goods |
1,623 | 1,477 | ||||||
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$ | 3,265 | $ | 2,836 | ||||
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Revenue Recognition
Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, the product is shipped and title transfers to customers, provided no continuing obligation on the Companys part exists, the price is fixed or determinable and the collectability of the amounts owed is reasonably assured. The Company enters into license and collaboration agreements under which it may receive up-front license fees, research funding and contingent milestone payments and royalties. The Companys deliverables under these arrangements typically consist of granting licenses to intellectual property rights and research and development services. The accounting standards contain a presumption that separate contracts entered into at or near the same time with the same entity or related parties were negotiated as a package and should be evaluated as a single agreement.
In the first quarter of 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2009-13, Revenue RecognitionMultiple Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU 2009-13) for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements, on a prospective basis, for applicable transactions originating or materially modified on or subsequent to January 1, 2011. ASU 2009-13 provides application guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables should be separated and how the consideration should be allocated to one or more units of accounting. This update changes the requirements for establishing separate units of accounting in a multiple element arrangement and establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. The selling price used for each deliverable is based on vendor-specific objective evidence, if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific objective evidence is not available, or
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estimated selling price if neither vendor-specific nor third-party evidence is available. Implementation of ASU 2009-13 has had no impact on reported revenue as compared to revenue under previous guidance. Under ASU 2009-13, the Company may be required to exercise considerable judgment in determining the estimated selling price of delivered items under new agreements and the Companys revenue under new agreements may be more accelerated as compared to the prior accounting standard.
For multiple element arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2011, the Company determined whether the elements had value on a stand-alone basis and whether there was objective and reliable evidence of fair value. When the delivered element did not have stand-alone value or there was insufficient evidence of fair value for the undelivered element(s), the Company recognized the consideration for the combined unit of accounting in the same manner as the revenue was recognized for the final deliverable, which was generally ratably over the longest period of involvement. For example, upfront payments received upon execution of collaborative agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as collaborative research and development revenue based on a straight-line basis over the period of the Companys continuing involvement with the third-party collaborator pursuant to the applicable agreement. Such period generally represents the longer of the estimated research and development period or other continuing obligation period defined in the respective agreements between the Company and its third-party collaborators. Returns or credits related to the sale of products have not had a material impact on the Companys revenues or net loss.
Research and development revenue related to services performed under the collaborative arrangements with the Companys third-party collaborators is recognized as the related research and development services are performed. These research payments received under each respective agreement are not refundable and are generally based on reimbursement of qualified expenses, as defined in the agreements. Research and development expenses under the collaborative research and development agreements generally approximate or exceed the revenue recognized under such agreements over the term of the respective agreements. Deferred revenue may result when the Company does not expend the required level of effort during a specific period in comparison to funds received under the respective agreement. For joint control and funding development activities, the Company recognizes revenue from the net reimbursement of the research and development expenses from our partner and records the net payment of research and development expenses to our partner as additional research and development expense.
Milestone payments under collaborative arrangements are recognized as collaborative research and development revenue upon achievement of the at risk milestone events, which represent the culmination of the earnings process related to that milestone as defined in the agreement. Milestone payments are triggered either by the results of our research and development efforts or by events external to us, such as regulatory approval to market a product or the achievement of specified sales levels by a third-party collaborator. As such, the milestones are substantially at risk at the inception of the collaboration agreement, and revenue is only recognized upon the achievement of a milestone event if the Company has no future performance obligations related to that milestone payment.
Revenue on cost-plus-fee contracts, such as under contracts to perform research and development for others, is recognized as the related services are rendered as determined by the extent of reimbursable costs incurred plus estimated fees thereon.
The collaborative research and development and other revenues associated with the Companys major third-party collaborators are as follows (in thousands):
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Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) (1) |
$ | 2,838 | $ | 747 | $ | 5,852 | $ | 747 | ||||||||
Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) (2) |
1,098 | 2,695 | 2,715 | 5,270 | ||||||||||||
Nycomed Danmark, APS (Nycomed) (3) |
308 | 595 | 617 | 904 | ||||||||||||
Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (Pain Therapeutics) |
21 | 27 | 43 | 728 | ||||||||||||
Others |
923 | 593 | 1,473 | 824 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 5,188 | $ | 4,657 | $ | 10,700 | $ | 8,473 | ||||||||
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(1) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $906,000 and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $302,000 for both of the corresponding periods in 2010. |
(2) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $804,000 and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King Pharmaceuticals (King) and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures. |
(3) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $308,000 and $617,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. |
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Comprehensive Loss
Components of other comprehensive loss are comprised entirely of unrealized gains and losses on the Companys available-for-sale securities for all periods presented and are included in total comprehensive loss as follows (in thousands).
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Net loss |
$ | (5,245 | ) | $ | (6,309 | ) | $ | (11,602 | ) | $ | (12,935 | ) | ||||
Net change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments, net of tax |
3 | (5 | ) | 17 | (10 | ) | ||||||||||
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$ | (5,242 | ) | $ | (6,314 | ) | $ | (11,585 | ) | $ | (12,945 | ) | ||||
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Accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is entirely comprised of net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and common stock equivalents (i.e., options and warrants to purchase common stock) outstanding during the year, if dilutive, using the treasury stock method for options and warrants.
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Options to purchase common stock |
21,152 | 19,228 | 21,466 | 19,652 | ||||||||||||
Warrants |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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21,153 | 19,229 | 21,467 | 19,653 | ||||||||||||
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 Comprehensive Income - Presentation of Comprehensive Income. This Update is intended to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income (OCI) by eliminating the option to present components of OCI as part of the statement of changes in stockholders equity. The amendments in this standard require that all non-owner changes in stockholders equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Under either method, adjustments must be displayed for items that are reclassified from OCI to net income in the financial statements where the components of net income and the components of OCI are presented. This guidance does not affect the underlying accounting for components of OCI, but will change the presentation of our financial statements. The Company will adopt this authoritative guidance retrospectively in the first quarter of our fiscal year 2012.
Note 2. Strategic Agreements
Agreement with Hospira, Inc.
In June 2010, the Company and Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) entered into a license agreement to develop and market POSIDUR (SABER-bupivacaine) in the U.S. and Canada. POSIDUR is the Companys investigational post-operative pain relief depot currently in Phase III clinical development in the U.S. that utilizes the Companys patented SABER technology to deliver bupivacaine to provide up to three days of pain relief after surgery. POSIDUR is licensed to Nycomed for commercialization in Europe and other specified countries, and the Company retains commercialization rights in Japan and all other countries not licensed to Hospira and Nycomed.
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The following table provides a summary of amounts comprising the Companys net share of the research and development costs for POSIDUR under the agreement with Hospira (in thousands):
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Research and development expenses reimbursable by Hospira |
$ | 1,932 | $ | 445 | $ | 4,039 | $ | 445 | ||||||||
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The following table provides a summary of collaborative research and development revenue recognized under the agreement with Hospira (in thousands). The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company as of June 30, 2011 were $33.7 million under this agreement.
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$ | 906 | $ | 302 | $ | 1,813 | $ | 302 | ||||||||
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Agreement with Alpharma Ireland Limited, an affiliate of Alpharma Inc. (Alpharma) (acquired by King which subsequently was acquired by Pfizer)
Effective October 2008, the Company and Alpharma entered into a development and license agreement granting Alpharma the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize ELADUR®, DURECTs investigational transdermal bupivacaine patch. As a result of the acquisition of Alpharma by King in December 2008, King assumed the rights and obligations of Alpharma under the agreement. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures.
The following table provides a summary of collaborative research and development revenue recognized under this agreement with regard to ELADUR (in thousands). The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company as of June 30, 2011 were $28.8 million under this agreement.
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$ | 804 | $ | 804 | $ | 1,609 | $ | 1,609 | ||||||||
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290 | 765 | 1,045 | 1,725 | ||||||||||||
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Agreement with Nycomed
In November 2006, the Company entered into a development and license agreement with Nycomed, and this agreement was amended in February 2010 and February 2011. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company licensed to Nycomed the exclusive commercialization rights to POSIDUR for the European Union (E.U.) and certain other countries.
Prior to the amendment in February 2011, the agreement provided for the two parties to jointly direct and equally fund the non-clinical and Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) activities for POSIDUR for the U.S. and E.U. territories. The 2011 amendment now provides that during the period commencing from January 1, 2011 until a specified period after the results are delivered from DURECT to Nycomed from DURECTs U.S. Phase III clinical trial for POSIDUR referred to as BESST (Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER Trial) (such period the Interim Period), DURECT shall assume full funding responsibility and final decision making authority for these activities. Furthermore, during this Interim Period, Nycomeds development and commercialization responsibility relating to POSIDUR for the territory licensed to Nycomed shall be confined to bringing its E.U. Phase IIb Clinical Trial in shoulder surgery to a full completion. Unless the Agreement is otherwise terminated, at the conclusion of the Interim Period, under the 2011 amendment, Nycomed would resume joint control and shared funding responsibility with
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DURECT for the non-clinical and Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) activities for POSIDUR for the U.S. and E.U. territories. Prior to the Amendment, Nycomed had the right to terminate the Agreement after specified periods after data was received from certain clinical trials of POSIDUR in the E.U. and the U.S., including BESST. The foregoing right was modified by the 2011 amendment to provide that Nycomed may exercise its right to terminate the agreement at its sole election if BESST data is not available by December 31, 2011.
For joint control and funding development activities, the Company recognizes revenue from the net reimbursement of the research and development expenses from Nycomed and records the net payment of research and development expenses to Nycomed as additional research and development expense. Thus, the Company and Nycomed each bear 50% of these agreed upon expenses under the collaboration agreement for POSIDUR.
There were no research and development expenses reimbursable by Nycomed or by the Company in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.
The following table provides a summary of the amounts comprising our net share of the research and development costs for POSIDUR under the Companys agreement with Nycomed (in thousands) in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2010:
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$ | 523 | $ | 365 | $ | 888 | ||||||
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Agreement with Pain Therapeutics
In December 2002, the Company entered into an exclusive agreement with Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (Pain Therapeutics) to develop and commercialize on a worldwide basis REMOXY® and other oral sustained release, abuse deterrent opioid products incorporating four specified opioid drugs, using the ORADUR technology. Total collaborative research and development revenue recognized under the agreement with Pain Therapeutics was $21,000 and $43,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $27,000 and $728,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010. The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company from Pain Therapeutics as of June 30, 2011 were $32.7 million under this agreement.
In March 2009, King assumed the responsibility for further development of REMOXY from Pain Therapeutics. As a result of this change, the Company continues to perform REMOXY related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the license agreement between the Company and Pain Therapeutics. Accordingly, King was substituted in lieu of Pain Therapeutics with respect to interactions with the Company in its performance of those activities including the obligation to pay the Company with respect to all REMOXY-related costs incurred by the Company. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King with respect to REMOXY; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures.
Total collaborative research and development revenue recognized for REMOXY-related work performed by the Company for Pfizer was $4,000 and $61,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $1.1 million and $1.9 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. Prior to March 2009, the Company recognized collaborative research and development revenue for REMOXY-related work under the agreements with Pain Therapeutics. The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company from King (now Pfizer) as of June 30, 2011 were $5.2 million under this agreement.
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Long Term Supply Agreement with King (now Pfizer)
In August 2009, the Company signed an exclusive long term excipient supply agreement with respect to REMOXY with King. This agreement stipulates the terms and conditions under which the Company will supply to King, based on the Companys manufacturing cost plus a specified percentage mark-up, two key excipients used in the manufacture of REMOXY. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures.
In the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized no product revenue related to these excipients for REMOXY. In the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized zero and $551,000 of product revenue related to a key excipient for REMOXY. The product revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2010 was for shipments made in 2008 and 2009 related to a price settlement after all criteria of revenue recognition were met. The price settlement related to additional manufacturing cost incurred by the Company and certain mark-up for the goods produced and shipped in 2008 and 2009 pursuant to the long term excipient supply agreement. In addition, the Company also recognized zero and $410,000 of product revenue related to the shipment of another excipient that is included in REMOXY upon shipment to Pfizer in the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Total revenues recognized related to these excipients were zero in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to zero and $961,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010. The associated costs of goods sold were zero in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to zero and $315,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010.
Note 3. Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Companys valuation techniques used to measure fair value maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company follows a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. These levels of inputs are the following:
| Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| Level 2Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
| Level 3Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
The Companys financial instruments are valued using quoted prices in active markets or based upon other observable inputs. Money market funds are classified as Level 1 financial assets. Certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate debt securities, and U.S. Government agency securities are classified as Level 2 financial assets. The fair value of the Level 2 assets is estimated using pricing models using current observable market information for similar securities.
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The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):
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1,917 | 1 | | 1,918 | ||||||||||||
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7,301 | 1 | | 7,302 | ||||||||||||
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1,652 | 6 | | 1,658 | ||||||||||||
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22,295 | 16 | (1 | ) | 22,310 | |||||||||||
$ | 33,268 | $ | 24 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 33,291 | ||||||||
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$ | 1,253 | $ | | $ | | $ | 1,253 | ||||||||
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29,226 | 22 | (1 | ) | 29,247 | |||||||||||
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1,922 | 2 | | 1,924 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 33,268 | $ | 24 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 33,291 | ||||||||
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$ | 502 | $ | | $ | | $ | 502 | ||||||||
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29,447 | 10 | (8 | ) | 29,449 | |||||||||||
$ | 45,246 | $ | 14 | $ | (8 | ) | $ | 45,252 | ||||||||
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$ | 6,117 | $ | | $ | | $ | 6,117 | ||||||||
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34,999 | 12 | (6 | ) | 35,005 | |||||||||||
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3,197 | 2 | (2 | ) | 3,197 | |||||||||||
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$ | 45,246 | $ | 14 | $ | (8 | ) | $ | 45,252 | ||||||||
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The following is a summary of the cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2011, by contractual maturity (in thousands):
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There were no securities that have had an unrealized loss for more than 12 months as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
As of June 30, 2011, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investments are not attributed to credit risk and are considered to be temporary. The Company believes that it is more-likely-than-not that investments in an unrealized loss position will be held until maturity or the recovery of the cost basis of the investment. To date, the Company has not recorded any impairment charges on marketable securities related to other-than-temporary declines in market value.
Note 4. Stock-Based Compensation
As of June 30, 2011, the Company has four stock-based employee compensation plans. The employee stock-based compensation cost that has been included in the statements of operations was $1.7 million and $3.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $2.0 million and $4.1 million for the corresponding periods in 2010.
As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $49,000 and $44,000, respectively, of stock-based compensation cost was capitalized in inventory on the Companys balance sheets.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock options. The expected life computation is based on historical exercise patterns and post-vesting termination behavior. The Company considered its historical volatility in developing its estimate of expected volatility.
The Company used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of options granted and shares purchased under its employee stock purchase plan for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:
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50-163 | % | 59-101 | % | 50-163 | % | 59-150 | % |
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Note 5. Subsequent Events
On July 11, 2011, the Company and Zogenix, Inc., (Zogenix), entered into a Development and License Agreement (the License Agreement). Under the License Agreement, Zogenix will be responsible for the clinical development and commercialization of a proprietary, long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone using the Companys SABER controlled-release formulation technology in combination with Zogenixs DosePro® needle-free, subcutaneous drug delivery system. DURECT will be responsible for non-clinical, formulation and CMC development activities. The Company will be reimbursed by Zogenix for its research and development efforts on the product.
Zogenix paid a non-refundable upfront fee to the Company of $2.25 million in July 2011. The $2.25 million upfront fee will be recognized as collaborative research and development revenue ratably over the term of the Companys continuing involvement with Zogenix with respect to this product candidate. Zogenix is obligated to pay the Company up to $103 million in total future milestone payments with respect to the product subject to and upon the achievement of various development, regulatory and sales milestones. Zogenix is also required to pay a mid single-digit to low double-digit percentage patent royalty on annual net sales of the product determined on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. The patent royalty term is equal to the later of the expiration of all DURECT technology patents or joint patent rights in a particular jurisdiction, the expiration of marketing exclusivity rights in such jurisdiction, or 15 years from first commercial sale in such jurisdiction. After the patent royalty term, Zogenix will continue to pay royalties on annual net sales of the product at a reduced rate for so long as Zogenix continues to sell the product in the jurisdiction. Zogenix is also required to pay to the Company a tiered percentage of fees received in connection with any sublicense of the licensed rights.
The Company granted to Zogenix an exclusive worldwide license, with sub-license rights, to the Company intellectual property rights related to the Companys proprietary polymeric and non-polymeric controlled-release formulation technology to make and have made, use, offer for sale, sell and import risperidone products, where risperidone is the sole active agent, for administration by injection in the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other psychiatric related disorders in humans. The Company retains the right to supply Zogenixs Phase 3 clinical trial and commercial product requirements on the terms set forth in the License Agreement.
The Company retains the right to terminate the License Agreement with respect to specific countries if Zogenix fails to advance the development of the product in such country, either directly or through a sublicensee. In addition, either party may terminate the License Agreement upon insolvency or bankruptcy of the other party, upon written notice of a material uncured breach or if the other party takes any act impairing such other partys relevant intellectual property rights. Zogenix may terminate the License Agreement upon written notice if during the development or commercialization of the product, the product becomes subject to one or more serious adverse drug experiences or if either party receives notice from a regulatory authority, independent review committee, data safety monitory board or other similar body alleging significant concern regarding a patient safety issue. Zogenix may also terminate the License Agreement with or without cause, at any time upon prior written notice.
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Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 should be read in conjunction with our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Risk Factors section included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. When used in this report, the words believe, anticipate, intend, plan, estimate, expect, may, will, could, would, can, potentially and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
Forward-looking statements made in this report include, for example, statements about:
| potential regulatory approval of REMOXY or any of our other product candidates; |
| the progress of our third-party collaborations, including estimated milestones; |
| our intention to seek, and ability to enter into strategic alliances and collaborations; |
| the potential benefits and uses of our products; |
| responsibilities of our collaborators, including the responsibility to make cost reimbursement, milestone, royalty and other payments to us, and our expectations regarding our collaborators plans with respect to our products; |
| our responsibilities to our collaborators, including our responsibilities to conduct research and development, clinical trials, protect intellectual property and manufacture products; |
| market opportunities for products in our product pipeline; |
| the number of patients enrolled and the timing of patient enrollment in clinical trials; |
| the progress and results of our research and development programs; |
| requirements for us to purchase supplies and raw materials from third parties, and the ability of third parties to provide us with required supplies and raw materials; |
| the results and timing of clinical trials and the commencement of future clinical trials; |
| conditions for obtaining regulatory approval of our product candidates; |
| submission and timing of applications for regulatory approval; |
| the impact of FDA, DEA, EMEA and other government regulation on our business; |
| the impact of potential Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies on our business; |
| uncertainties associated with obtaining and protecting patents and other intellectual property rights, as well as avoiding the intellectual property rights of others; |
| products and companies that will compete with the products we license to third-party collaborators; |
| the possibility we may commercialize our own products and build up our commercial, sales and marketing capabilities and other required infrastructure; |
| our intention to develop additional manufacturing capabilities and our expectations regarding the number of employees involved in manufacturing; |
| our employees, including the number of employees and the continued services of key management, technical and scientific personnel; |
| our future performance, including our anticipation that we will not derive meaningful revenues from our pharmaceutical systems for at least twelve months and our expectations regarding our ability to achieve profitability; |
| sufficiency of our cash resources, anticipated capital requirements and capital expenditures and our need for additional financing; |
| our ability to utilize our equity line of credit facility with Azimuth Opportunity Ltd.; |
| our expectations regarding marketing expenses, research and development expenses, and selling, general and administrative expenses; |
| the composition of future revenues; and |
| accounting policies and estimates, including revenue recognition policies. |
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Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. For a more detailed discussion of such forward looking statements and the potential risks and uncertainties that may impact upon their accuracy, see the Risk Factors section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the Overview section of this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. These forward-looking statements reflect our view only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligations to update any forward-looking statements. You should also carefully consider the factors set forth in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Overview
We are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of pharmaceutical products based on our proprietary drug delivery technology platforms. Our product pipeline currently consists of seven investigational drug candidates in clinical development, with one program the subject of a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one program in Phase III, two programs in Phase II and three programs in Phase I. The more advanced programs are all in the field of pain management and we believe that each of these targets large market opportunities with product features that are differentiated from existing therapeutics. We have other programs underway in fields outside of pain management, including several efforts underway which seek to improve the administration of biotechnology agents such as proteins and peptides.
A central aspect of our business strategy involves advancing multiple product candidates at one time, which is enabled by leveraging our resources with those of corporate collaborators. Thus, certain of our programs are currently licensed to corporate collaborators on terms which typically call for our collaborator to fund all or a substantial portion of future development costs and then pay us milestone payments based on specific development or commercial achievements plus a royalty on product sales. At the same time, we have retained the rights to other programs, which are the basis of future collaborations and which over time may provide a pathway for us to develop our own commercial, sales and marketing organization.
Additional details of these programs and related strategic agreements are contained in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and in Note 2 of our condensed financial statements included in Part 1 Item 1 above.
REMOXY ® and other ORADUR-based opioid products licensed to Pain Therapeutics
In December 2002, we entered into an agreement with Pain Therapeutics, amended in December 2005, under which we granted Pain Therapeutics the exclusive, worldwide right to develop and commercialize selected long-acting oral opioid products using our ORADUR technology incorporating four specified opioid drugs. The first product being developed under the collaboration is REMOXY, a novel long-acting oral formulation of the opioid oxycodone targeted to decrease the potential for oxycodone abuse. REMOXY is intended for patients with chronic pain. In November 2005, Pain Therapeutics and King entered into collaboration and license agreements for the development and commercialization of REMOXY by King. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King with respect to REMOXY and to the other ORADUR-based opioids.
An NDA was submitted in June 2008 by Pain Therapeutics, in response to which the FDA provided a Complete Response Letter in December 2008. King took over the NDA from Pain Therapeutics and resubmitted the NDA in December of 2010. On June 23, 2011, a Complete Response Letter from the FDA was received by Pfizer on the resubmission to the NDA for REMOXY. The FDAs June 2011 Complete Response Letter raised concerns related to, among other matters, the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls section of the NDA for REMOXY. It is our understanding that certain drug lots showed inconsistent release performance during in vitro testing and it is not known at this time whether this is an artifact of the testing method or a manufacturing deficiency. We understand that Pfizer is working to evaluate the issues described in the Complete Response Letter, has efforts underway to resolve these issues and plans to have further discussions with the FDA about them. Sufficient information does not yet exist to accurately assess the time required to resolve the concerns raised in the FDAs Complete Response Letter. Resolution of these issues and potential regulatory approval of REMOXY in the U.S. is unlikely to occur in less than one year, and could be delayed significantly longer than a year.
Phase I clinical trials have been conducted for two of the other ORADUR-based products (hydrocodone and hydromorphone), and an Investigational New Drug (IND) application has been accepted by the FDA for the fourth ORADUR-based opioid (oxymorphone).
NOTE: POSIDUR, SABER, TRANSDUR®, ORADUR®, ELADUR®, DURIN®, CHRONOGESIC®, MICRODUR, ALZET® and LACTEL® are trademarks of DURECT Corporation. Other trademarks referred to belong to their respective owners.
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POSIDUR (SABER-Bupivacaine)
Our post-operative pain relief depot, POSIDUR, is a sustained release injectable using our SABER delivery system to deliver bupivacaine, an off-patent anesthetic agent. SABER is a patented controlled drug delivery technology that can be formulated for systemic or local administration of drugs via the parenteral (i.e., injectable) route. POSIDUR is designed to be administered to a surgical site at the time of surgery for post-operative pain relief and is intended to provide local analgesia for up to 3 days, which we believe coincides with the time period of the greatest need for post surgical pain control in most patients.
We have entered into two strategic collaborations with respect to POSIDUR. In November 2006, we entered into a development and license agreement with Nycomed (amended in February 2010 and February 2011) under which we licensed to Nycomed the exclusive commercialization rights to POSIDUR for the European Union (E.U.) and certain other countries. In June 2010, we entered into a development and license agreement with Hospira to develop POSIDUR for the U.S. and Canada and under which we licensed to Hospira exclusive commercialization rights in the U.S. and Canada.
In January 2010, we announced that we had commenced BESST (Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER Trial), which is intended to be the pivotal Phase III clinical trial in the U.S. BESST is an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial evaluating the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of POSIDUR in approximately 300 patients undergoing a variety of general abdominal surgical procedures. Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to one of three cohorts:
Cohort 1: An active comparator cohort in which patients are randomized to receive either POSIDUR 5.0 mL or commercially available Bupivacaine HCl solution after laparotomy.
Cohort 2: An active comparator cohort in which patients are randomized to receive either POSIDUR 5.0 mL or commercially available Bupivacaine HCl solution after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cohort 3: A double blind, placebo controlled cohort in which patients are randomized to receive either POSIDUR 5.0 mL or SABER-Placebo after laparoscopically-assisted colectomy.
Efficacy evaluation in the BESST trial will encompass a number of parameters. The two co-primary efficacy endpoints for Cohort 3 will be mean pain intensity on movement (normalized) Area Under the Curve (AUC) during the period 0-72 hours post-dose and mean total morphine equivalent opioid dose for supplemental analgesia during a period 0-72 hours post-dose. An adaptive feature of BESST allows for increasing the patient sample size in Cohort 3 based on pooled and blinded analysis of the variability of data within BESST; that analysis has taken place and we do not intend to increase the size of the study. The purpose of Cohorts 1 and 2 is to give us additional experience with the use of POSIDUR in a broader group of surgeries and patients. As of August 3, 2011, we had dosed 293 patients out of our target of 304. At our current enrollment rate, we expect to complete enrollment in approximately a month. We continue to anticipate reporting top-line data in the fourth quarter of 2011.
In April 2010, we had a FDA interaction which increased our confidence that the BESST design and overall NDA strategy, subject to data review from the entire POSIDUR development program, addresses the FDAs comments provided during past interactions regarding safety and evaluation of a diverse patient population that is likely to be exposed to the marketed product.
ELADUR ® (TRANSDUR-Bupivacaine)
Our transdermal bupivacaine patch (ELADUR) uses our proprietary TRANSDUR transdermal technology and is intended to provide continuous delivery of bupivacaine for up to three days from a single application, as compared to a wearing time limited to 12 hours with currently available lidocaine patches. In December 2007, we announced positive results from a 60 patient Phase IIa study for post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN or post-shingles pain).
Effective in October 2008, we entered into a development and license agreement with Alpharma granting Alpharma the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize ELADUR. Alpharma paid us an upfront license fee of $20 million in October 2008. Alpharma was acquired by King in December 2008 and, as a result, the rights and obligations of the agreement were assumed by King. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King with respect to ELADUR.
We reported top line data from a Phase II clinical trial conducted by King for ELADUR in April 2011. In this study of 263 patients suffering from chronic low back pain, the primary efficacy endpoint of demonstrating a positive treatment difference for the mean change in pain intensity scores from baseline to the mean of weeks 11 and 12 between ELADUR as compared to placebo was not met. Complete data analysis is on-going. We and Pfizer are continuing to analyze these data and will work together to determine next steps for ELADUR.
TRANSDUR-Sufentanil
Our transdermal sufentanil patch (TRANSDUR-Sufentanil) uses our proprietary TRANSDUR delivery system to deliver sufentanil, an opioid medication. TRANSDUR-Sufentanil is designed to provide extended chronic pain relief for up to seven days, as
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compared to the two to three days of relief provided with currently available opiate patches. We anticipate that the small size of our sufentanil patch (potentially as small as 1/5th the size of currently marketed transdermal fentanyl patches for a therapeutically equivalent dose) may offer improved convenience and compliance for patients. An end-of-Phase II meeting was conducted with the FDA in February 2009 and we have recently had discussions with the FDA and regulatory agencies in several major European countries to better understand development requirements for U.S. and European approval. We continue to have discussions with potential partners regarding licensing development and commercialization rights to this program to which we hold worldwide rights.
ORADUR-ADHD Program
We are developing a drug candidate (ORADUR-ADHD) based on DURECTs ORADUR Technology for the treatment of ADHD. This drug candidate is intended to provide once-a-day dosing with added tamper-resistant characteristics to address common methods of abuse and misuse of these types of drugs.
In August 2009, we entered into a development and license agreement with Orient Pharma Co., Ltd., a diversified multinational pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products company with headquarters in Taiwan, under which we granted to Orient Pharma development and commercialization rights in certain defined Asian and South Pacific countries to ORADUR-ADHD. DURECT retains rights to North America, Europe, Japan and all other countries not specifically licensed to Orient Pharma. In the second quarter of 2011, we and Orient Pharma completed a Phase I pharmacokinetic study with multiple formulations. We are continuing to optimize the formulation and are planning next steps in our ORADUR-ADHD program.
Other Programs
Relday (risperidone) Program
On July 11, 2011, we and Zogenix, Inc. (Zogenix) entered into a development and license agreement for the purpose of developing and commercializing Relday, a proprietary, long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone using our SABER-controlled release formulation technology in combination with Zogenixs DosePro® needle-free, subcutaneous drug delivery system. Risperidone is one of the most widely prescribed medications used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder in adults and teenagers 13 year of age and older. Under the agreement, we granted Zogenix worldwide development and commercialization rights to Relday. Zogenix expects to initiate clinical development of Relday in early 2012.
Biologics Programs
The proteins and genes identified by the biotechnology industry are large, complex, intricate molecules, and many are unsuitable as drugs. If these molecules are given orally, they are often digested before they can have an effect; if given by injection, they may be destroyed by the bodys natural processes before they can reach their intended sites of action. The bodys natural elimination processes require frequent, high dose injections that may result in unwanted side effects. As a result, the development of biotechnology molecules for the treatment of human diseases has been limited, and advanced drug delivery systems such as we possess are required to realize the full potential of many of these protein and peptide drugs. We have active programs underway to apply our drug delivery systems to various biotechnology drugs and drug candidates, and have entered into a number of feasibility studies with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to test their products in our systems.
Research and Development Programs in Other Therapeutic Categories
We have underway a number of research programs covering diseases and medical conditions other than pain. Such programs include various diseases and disorders of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disease and cancer. In conducting our research programs and determining which particular efforts to prioritize for formal development, we employ a rigorous opportunity assessment process that takes into account the unmet medical need, commercial opportunity, technical feasibility, clinical viability, intellectual property considerations, and the development path including costs to achieve various critical milestones.
Product Revenues
We also currently generate product revenue from the sale of three product lines:
| ALZET® osmotic pumps for animal research use; |
| LACTEL® biodegradable polymers which are used by our customers as raw materials in their pharmaceutical and medical products; and |
| certain key excipients that are included in REMOXY. |
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Operating Results
Since our inception in 1998, we have had a history of operating losses. At June 30, 2011, we had an accumulated deficit of $348.4 million and our net losses were $5.2 million and $11.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Our net losses were $22.9 million, $30.3 million and $43.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. These losses have resulted primarily from costs incurred to research and develop our product candidates and to a lesser extent, from selling, general and administrative costs associated with our operations and product sales. We currently expect research and development expenses to be lower in the second half of 2011 than the first half of 2011 due to the timing of clinical trial activities. We expect selling, general and administrative expenses to remain comparable to recent quarters in the near future. We do not anticipate meaningful revenues from our pharmaceutical systems, should they be approved, for at least the next twelve months. Therefore, we expect to incur continuing losses and negative cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The most significant estimates and assumptions relate to revenue recognition, the recoverability of our long-lived assets, including goodwill and other intangible assets, accrued liabilities, contract research liabilities, inventories and stock-based compensation. Actual amounts could differ significantly from these estimates. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the disclosures in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 except with respect to revenue recognition.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, the product is shipped and title transfers to customers, provided no continuing obligation on our part exists, the price is fixed or determinable and the collectability of the amounts owed is reasonably assured. We enter into license and collaboration agreements under which we may receive upfront license fees, research funding and contingent milestone payments and royalties. The accounting standards contain a presumption that separate contracts entered into at or near the same time with the same entity or related parties were negotiated as a package and should be evaluated as a single agreement.
In the first quarter of 2011, we adopted ASU No. 2009-13, Revenue RecognitionMultiple Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU 2009-13) for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements, on a prospective basis, for applicable transactions originating or materially modified on or subsequent to January 1, 2011. ASU 2009-13 provides application guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables should be separated and how the consideration should be allocated to one or more units of accounting. This update changes the requirements for establishing separate units of accounting in a multiple element arrangement and establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. The selling price used for each deliverable is based on vendor-specific objective evidence, if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific objective evidence is not available, or estimated selling price if neither vendor-specific or third-party evidence is available. Implementation of ASU 2009-13 has had no impact on reported revenue as compared to revenue under previous guidance. Under ASU 2009-13, we may be required to exercise considerable judgment in determining the estimated selling price of delivered items under new agreements and our revenue under new agreements may be more accelerated as compared to the prior accounting standard. For multiple element arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2011, we determined whether the elements had value on a stand-alone basis and whether there was objective and reliable evidence of fair value. When the delivered element did not have stand-alone value or there was insufficient evidence of fair value for the undelivered element(s), we recognized the consideration for the combined unit of accounting in the same manner as the revenue was recognized for the final deliverable, which was generally ratably over the longest period of involvement. For example, upfront payments received upon execution of collaborative agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as collaborative research and development revenue based on a straight-line basis over the period of our continuing involvement with the third-party collaborator pursuant to the applicable agreement. Such period generally represents the longer of the estimated research and development period or other continuing obligation period defined in the respective agreements between us and our third-party collaborators. Returns or credits related to the sale of products have not had a material impact on our revenues or net loss.
Research and development revenue related to services performed under the collaborative arrangements with our corporate collaborators is recognized as the related research and development services are performed and the collectability of the amounts owed is reasonably assured. These research payments received under each respective agreement are not refundable and are generally based on reimbursement of qualified expenses, as defined in the agreements. Research and development expenses under the collaborative research and development agreements generally approximate or exceed the revenue recognized under such agreements over the term
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of the respective agreements. Deferred revenue may result when we do not expend the required level of effort during a specific period in comparison to funds received under the respective agreement. Pursuant to ASC 808-10, Collaborative Arrangements, for joint control and funding development activities, we recognize revenue from the net reimbursement of the research and development expenses from our partners and record the net payment of research and development expenses to our partners as additional research and development expense.
Milestone payments under collaborative arrangements are recognized as revenue upon achievement of the at risk milestone events, which represent the culmination of the earnings process related to that milestone. Milestone payments are triggered either by the results of our research and development efforts or by events external to us, such as regulatory approval to market a product or the achievement of specified sales levels by a third-party collaborator. As such, the milestones are substantially at risk at the inception of the collaboration agreement, and the amounts of the payments assigned thereto are commensurate with the milestone achieved. In addition, upon the achievement of a milestone event, we have no future performance obligations related to that milestone payment.
Inventories
Inventories include certain excipients that are sold to a customer and included in products awaiting regulatory approval. These inventories are capitalized based on managements judgment of probable sale prior to their expiration date which in turn is based on non-binding forecasts from our customer. The valuation of inventory requires us to estimate the value of inventory that may become expired prior to use. We may be required to expense previously capitalized inventory costs upon a change in our judgment, due to, among other potential factors, a denial or delay of approval of our customers product by the necessary regulatory bodies, or new information that suggests that the inventory will not be saleable. In addition, these circumstances may cause us to record a liability related to minimum purchase agreements that we have in place for raw materials. As of June 30, 2011, we had $1.1 million in inventory related to excipients that are included in REMOXY and other programs. In addition, we have future purchase commitments totaling $500,000 per year through 2018. In the event that we determine that we will not utilize all of these materials, there could be a potential write-off related to this inventory and for future purchase commitments.
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Results of Operations
Three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
Collaborative research and development and other revenue
We recognize revenues from collaborative research and development activities and service contracts. Collaborative research and development revenue primarily represents net reimbursement of qualified expenses related to the collaborative agreements with various third parties to research, develop and commercialize potential products using our drug delivery technologies, revenue recognized from ratable recognition of upfront fees and milestone payments in connection with our collaborative agreements.
We expect our collaborative research and development revenue to fluctuate in future periods pending our efforts to enter into potential new collaborations and our existing third party collaborators commitment to and progress in the research and development programs. The collaborative research and development and other revenues associated with our major collaborators are as follows (in thousands):
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Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) (1) |
$ | 2,838 | $ | 747 | $ | 5,852 | $ | 747 | ||||||||
Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) (2) |
1,098 | 2,695 | 2,715 | 5,270 | ||||||||||||
Nycomed Danmark, APS (Nycomed) (3) |
308 | 595 | 617 | 904 | ||||||||||||
Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (Pain Therapeutics) |
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(1) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $906,000 and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $302,000 for both of the corresponding periods in 2010. |
(2) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $804,000 and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures. |
(3) | Amounts related to the ratable recognition of upfront fees were $308,000 and $617,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. |
We recorded $5.2 million and $10.7 million of collaborative research and development revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $4.7 million and $8.5 million for the corresponding periods in 2010, respectively. The increase in collaborative research and development revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily attributable to higher revenue recognized in connection with our agreements with Hospira and feasibility partners, partially offset by lower collaborative research and development revenue recognized in connection with our agreements with Pfizer, Nycomed and Pain Therapeutics.
We received a $27.5 million upfront fee in connection with the development and license agreement signed with Hospira in June 2010 relating to POSIDUR. The $27.5 million upfront fee is recognized as collaborative research and development revenue ratably over the term of our continuing involvement with Hospira with respect to POSIDUR.
We also received a $20.0 million upfront fee in connection with the development and license agreement signed with Alpharma (acquired by King which was subsequently acquired by Pfizer) in September 2008 relating to ELADUR. The $20.0 million upfront fee is recognized as collaborative research and development revenue ratably over the term of our continuing involvement with Pfizer with respect to ELADUR.
We also received a $14.0 million upfront fee in connection with the development and license agreement signed with Nycomed in November 2006 relating to POSIDUR. The $14.0 million upfront fee is recognized as collaborative research and development revenue ratably over the term of our continuing involvement with Nycomed with respect to POSIDUR.
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Product revenue
A portion of our revenues is derived from our product sales, which include our ALZET mini pump product line, our LACTEL biodegradable polymer product line and certain excipients that are included in REMOXY. Net product revenues were $2.6 million and $5.7 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $2.7 million and $6.5 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in product revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to lower product revenue from our LACTEL polymer product line as a result of lower units sold, partially offset by higher product revenue from our ALZET mini pump product line as a result of higher units sold compared to the corresponding period in 2010. The decrease in the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to lower product revenue from the sale of certain excipients included in REMOXY to Pfizer, partially offset by higher product revenue from our ALZET mini pump product line and our LACTEL polymer product line as a result of higher number of units sold in the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010. Revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2010 included $551,000 related to a price settlement for shipments to Pfizer that occurred in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 pursuant to the long term supply agreement executed in the third quarter of 2009 as well as $410,000 of product revenue related to the shipment of another excipient that is included in REMOXY in the first quarter of 2010.
Cost of product revenues. Cost of product revenues was $1.1 million and $2.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $861,000 and $2.2 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. The increase in the cost of product revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily the result of higher manufacturing costs related to the higher number of units sold from our ALZET mini pump product line and from our LACTEL polymer product line compared to the corresponding period in 2010. The increase in the cost of product revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily the result of higher number of units sold from our ALZET mini pump product line and from our LACTEL polymer product line, partially offset by lower cost of goods sold related to the sale of certain excipients to Pfizer as we had no revenue from that source in the six months ended June 30, 2011. Cost of product revenue and gross profit margin will fluctuate from period to period depending upon the product mix in a particular period. Stock-based compensation expense recognized related to cost of product revenues was $82,000 and $167,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $86,000 and $170,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010.
As of June 30, 2011 and 2010, we had 24 and 22 manufacturing employees, respectively. We expect the number of employees involved in manufacturing will remain comparable in the near future.
Research and development. Research and development expenses are primarily comprised of salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation and other compensation cost associated with research and development personnel, overhead and facility costs, preclinical and non-clinical development costs, clinical trial and related clinical manufacturing costs, contract services, and other outside costs. Research and development expenses were $8.7 million and $18.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $9.2 million and $18.6 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in the three months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to lower development costs associated with REMOXY and other ORADUR-based opioid products, ELADUR, our biologics programs and ORADUR-ADHD, partially offset by higher development costs associated with POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil and other research programs compared to the corresponding period in 2010 as more fully discussed below. The slight decrease in the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to lower development costs associated with REMOXY and other ORADUR-based opioid products, ELADUR and our biologics programs, partially offset by higher development costs associated with POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ORADUR-ADHD and other research programs compared to the corresponding period in 2010 as more fully discussed below. Stock-based compensation expense recognized related to research and development personnel was $1.1 million and $2.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $1.3 million and $2.6 million for the corresponding periods in 2010.
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Research and development expenses associated with our major development programs approximate the following (in thousands):
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$ | 4,500 | $ | 3,860 | $ | 9,811 | $ | 8,455 | ||||||||
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543 | 1,356 | 950 | 2,206 | ||||||||||||
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387 | 954 | 1,289 | 2,240 | ||||||||||||
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351 | 486 | 707 | 733 | ||||||||||||
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265 | 220 | 537 | 395 | ||||||||||||
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195 | 302 | 629 | 540 | ||||||||||||
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2,467 | 2,026 | 4,665 | 4,056 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 8,708 | $ | 9,204 | $ | 18,588 | $ | 18,625 | ||||||||
(1) | See Note 2 Strategic Agreements in the condensed financial statements for more details about our agreements with Hospira, Nycomed, Pfizer and Pain Therapeutics. |
POSIDUR
Our research and development expenses for POSIDUR were $4.5 million and $9.8 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $3.9 million and $8.5 million in the corresponding periods in 2010. The increases in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily due to higher development costs associated with the Phase III clinical program for POSIDUR.
REMOXY and other select ORADUR-based opioid products
Our research and development expenses for REMOXY and other opioid products were $543,000 and $950,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $1.4 million and $2.2 million in the corresponding periods in 2010. The decreases in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily due to decreased development activities subsequent to the resubmission of the REMOXY NDA in December 2010.
ELADUR
Our research and development expenses for ELADUR were $387,000 and $1.3 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $954,000 and $2.2 million in the corresponding periods in 2010. The decreases were primarily due to lower employee expenses and contract manufacturing expenses related to this drug candidate in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.
Biologics programs
Our research and development expenses for biologics programs were $351,000 and $707,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $486,000 and $733,000 in the corresponding periods in 2010. The decreases in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily due to lower external costs and employee related costs in support of these programs.
TRANSDUR-Sufentanil
Our research and development expenses for TRANSDUR-Sufentanil were $265,000 and $537,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $220,000 and $395,000 in the corresponding periods in 2010. The increases in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily due to increased external costs and employee related costs for this drug candidate.
ORADUR-ADHD
Our research and development expenses for ORADUR-ADHD were $195,000 and $629,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $302,000 and $540,000 in the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in the three
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months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to decreased formulation and other development activities for this program compared to the corresponding period in 2010. The increase in the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to increased development activities and higher employee related costs for this drug candidate compared to the corresponding period in 2010.
Other DURECT research programs
Our research and development expenses for all other programs were $2.5 million and $4.7 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $2.0 million and $4.1 million in the corresponding period in 2010. The increases in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were primarily due to higher employee related costs and increased research and development activities for these programs.
As of June 30, 2011, we had 74 research and development employees compared with 76 as of June 30, 2010. We currently expect research and development expenses to be lower in the second half of 2011 than the first half of 2011 due to the timing of clinical trial activities.
We cannot reasonably estimate the timing and costs of our research and development programs due to the risks and uncertainties associated with developing pharmaceutical systems, as outlined in the Risk Factors section of this report. The duration of development of our research and development programs may span as many as ten years or more, and estimation of completion dates or costs to complete would be highly speculative and subjective due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing pharmaceutical products, including significant and changing government regulation, the uncertainties of future preclinical and clinical study results, the uncertainties with our collaborators commitment and progress to the programs and the uncertainties associated with process development and manufacturing as well as sales and marketing. In addition, with respect to our development programs subject to third-party collaborations, the timing and expenditures to complete the programs are subject to the control of our collaborators. Therefore, we cannot reasonably estimate the timing and estimated costs of the efforts necessary to complete the research and development programs. For additional information regarding these risks and uncertainties, see Risk Factors below.
Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses are primarily comprised of salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation and other compensation cost associated with finance, legal, business development, sales and marketing and other administrative personnel, overhead and facility costs, and other general and administrative costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $3.3 million and $7.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $3.6 million and $7.1 million in the corresponding period in 2010. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to lower audit related expense as well as lower stock-based compensation expense incurred compared to the corresponding period in 2010. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to lower stock-based compensation expense incurred, partially offset by higher patent related expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010. Stock-based compensation expense recognized related to selling, general and administrative personnel was $580,000 and $1.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $663,000 and $1.3 million in the corresponding period in 2010.
As of June 30, 2011 and 2010, we had 29 selling, general and administrative personnel. We currently expect selling, general and administrative expenses to remain comparable in the near future.
Other income (expense). Interest and other income was $43,000 and $83,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $48,000 and $59,000 in the corresponding period in 2010.
Interest and other expense was $1,000 and $5,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $21,000 and $23,000 in the corresponding periods in 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash, cash equivalents and investments totaling $37.5 million at June 30, 2011 compared to $49.6 million at December 31, 2010. These balances included $867,000 and $933,000 of interest-bearing marketable securities classified as restricted investments on our balance sheets as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and investments during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily the result of ongoing operating expenses, partially offset by payments received from collaborative partners and customers.
We used $12.1 million of cash in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to $15.6 million generated for the corresponding period in 2010. We received a $27.5 million upfront payment from Hospira for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The cash used for operations was primarily to fund operations as well as our working capital requirements. The increase in cash used for operations was primarily attributable to the increases in prepaid expenses and other assets and accounts receivable, offset by the decreases in accrued liabilities and deferred revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010.
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We received $6.2 million of cash from investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to $2.8 million of cash used for the corresponding period in 2010. The increase in cash provided by investing activities was primarily due to an increase in net proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities, partially offset by an increase in purchases of property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010.
We received $1.0 million of cash from financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to $223,000 of cash received for the corresponding period in 2010. The increase in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to higher proceeds from exercises of stock options in the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010.
We anticipate that cash used in operating and investing activities will increase in the near future as we continue to research, develop and manufacture our products through internal efforts and partnering activities.
During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we believe there have been no significant changes in our future payments due under contractual obligations as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
We anticipate incurring capital expenditures of approximately $1.0 million over the next 12 months to purchase research and development and other capital equipment. The amount and timing of these capital expenditures will depend on, among other things, the timing of clinical trials for our products and our collaborative research and development activities.
We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund our planned operations, existing debt and contractual commitments, and planned capital expenditures through at least the next 12 months. We may consume available resources more rapidly than currently anticipated, resulting in the need for additional funding. Additionally, we do not expect to generate meaningful revenues from our pharmaceutical systems currently under development for at least the next twelve months, if at all. Depending on whether we enter into additional collaborative agreements in the near term, we may be required to raise additional capital through a variety of sources, including:
| the public equity markets; |
| private equity financings; |
| collaborative arrangements; and/or |
| public or private debt. |
There can be no assurance that we will enter into additional collaborative agreements in the near term or additional capital will be available on favorable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to significantly reduce or refocus our operations or to obtain funds through arrangements that may require us to relinquish rights to certain of our products, technologies or potential markets, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities would result in ownership dilution to our existing stockholders.
In July 2010, we entered into an equity line of credit facility with Azimuth Opportunity Ltd., or Azimuth, under which we may sell to Azimuth, subject to certain limitations, up to $50 million of our common stock over a 24-month period. Azimuth will not be obligated to purchase shares under the equity line of credit unless specified conditions are met. If we are unable to meet the specified conditions with respect to any sale of shares under the Azimuth equity line of credit, we may be unable to access this source of financing. Azimuth is also permitted to terminate the equity line of credit under certain circumstances.
Our cash and investments policy emphasizes liquidity and preservation of principal over other portfolio considerations. We select investments that maximize interest income to the extent possible given these two constraints. We satisfy liquidity requirements by investing excess cash in securities with different maturities to match projected cash needs and limit concentration of credit risk by diversifying our investments among a variety of high credit-quality issuers.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not utilized off-balance sheet arrangements to fund our operations or otherwise manage our financial position.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we believe there have been no significant changes in market risks as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: The Companys principal executive and financial officers reviewed and evaluated the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period
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covered by this Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, the Companys principal executive and financial officers concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures are effective at ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: There were no significant changes in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) during the Companys most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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PART IIOTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings |
We are not a party to any material legal proceedings.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
In addition to the other information in this Form 10-Q, a number of factors may affect our business and prospects. These factors include but are not limited to the following, which you should consider carefully in evaluating our business and prospects. Changes to our risk factors contained below relate primarily to updates in the development of our product candidates, financial condition and intellectual property position.
Risks Related To Our Business
Development of our pharmaceutical systems is not complete, and we cannot be certain that our pharmaceutical systems will be able to be commercialized
To be profitable, we or our third-party collaborators must successfully research, develop, obtain regulatory approval for, manufacture, introduce, market and distribute our pharmaceutical systems under development. For each pharmaceutical system that we or our third-party collaborators intend to commercialize, we must successfully meet a number of critical developmental milestones for each disease or medical condition targeted, including:
| selecting and developing drug delivery platform technology to deliver the proper dose of drug over the desired period of time; |
| determining the appropriate drug dosage for use in the pharmaceutical system; |
| developing drug compound formulations that will be tolerated, safe and effective and that will be compatible with the system; |
| demonstrating the drug formulation will be stable for commercially reasonable time periods; |
| demonstrating through clinical trials that the drug and system combination is safe and effective in patients for the intended indication; and |
| completing the manufacturing development and scale-up to permit manufacture of the pharmaceutical system in commercial quantities and at acceptable prices. |
The time frame necessary to achieve these developmental milestones for any individual product is long and uncertain, and we may not successfully complete these milestones for any of our products in development. We have not yet completed development of POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, Relday, REMOXY and our ORADUR-based drug candidates, and we have limited experience in developing such products. We may not be able to finalize the design or formulation of any of these pharmaceutical systems. In addition, we may select components, solvents, excipients or other ingredients to include in our pharmaceutical systems that have not been previously approved for use in pharmaceutical products, which may require us or our collaborators to perform additional studies and may delay clinical testing and regulatory approval of our pharmaceutical systems. Even after we complete the design of a pharmaceutical system, the pharmaceutical system must still complete required clinical trials and additional safety testing in animals before approval for commercialization. We are continuing testing and development of our pharmaceutical systems and may explore possible design or formulation changes to address issues of safety, manufacturing efficiency and performance. We and our collaborators may not be able to complete development of any pharmaceutical systems that will be safe and effective and that will have a commercially reasonable treatment and storage period. If we or our third-party collaborators are unable to complete development of POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, Relday, REMOXY and our ORADUR-based drug candidates, or other pharmaceutical systems, we will not be able to earn revenue from them, which would materially harm our business.
We or our third-party collaborators must show the safety and efficacy of our drug candidates in animal studies and human clinical trials to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities before they can be sold
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Before we or our third-party collaborators can obtain government approval to sell any of our pharmaceutical systems, we or they, as applicable, must demonstrate through laboratory performance studies and safety testing, nonclinical (animal) studies and clinical (human) trials that each system is safe and effective for human use for each targeted indication. The clinical development status of our most advanced publicly announced development programs is as follows:
| REMOXYIn December 2010, King resubmitted the NDA in response to a Complete Response Letter received in December 2008 by Pain Therapeutics. On June 23, 2011, a Complete Response Letter from the FDA was received by Pfizer on the resubmission to the NDA for REMOXY. The FDAs June 2011 Complete Response Letter raised concerns related to, among other matters, the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls section of the NDA for REMOXY. It is our understanding that certain drug lots showed inconsistent release performance during in vitro testing and it is not known at this time whether this is an artifact of the testing method or a manufacturing deficiency. Pfizer is working to evaluate the issues described in the Complete Response Letter, has efforts underway to resolve these issues and plans to have further discussions with the FDA about them. Sufficient information does not yet exist to accurately assess the time required to resolve the concerns raised in the FDAs Complete Response Letter. Resolution of these issues and potential regulatory approval of REMOXY in the U.S. is unlikely to occur in less than one year, and could be delayed significantly longer than a year. |
| POSIDURTo date, we have completed multiple Phase II studies in various surgeries and held an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA. We are currently conducting BESST (Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER Trial), which is intended to be the pivotal Phase III clinical trial in the U.S. BESST is an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial evaluating the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of POSIDUR in approximately 300 patients undergoing a variety of general abdominal surgical procedures. There can be no assurance that this trial will be successful. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that our planned development program for POSIDUR will generate data and information that will be deemed sufficient for marketing approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies. |
| TRANSDUR-Sufentanil PatchIn February 2009, an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA was conducted for this program outlining a potential regulatory pathway for the Phase III program and NDA submission. In recent months, we have had discussions with the FDA and regulatory agencies in several major European countries to better understand development requirements for U.S. and European countries. We are in discussions with potential partners regarding licensing development and commercialization rights to this program to which we hold worldwide rights. There can be no assurance that our planned development program for TRANSDUR-Sufentanil will generate data and information that will be deemed sufficient for marketing approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies or that we will be able to find a collaborator with respect to the development and commercialization of this drug candidate. |
| ELADURA Phase IIa clinical trial in post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN or post-shingles pain) was completed and positive efficacy trends were reported in the fourth quarter of 2007. King, to whom we granted worldwide development and commercialization rights for ELADUR, conducted a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate ELADUR for the treatment of chronic low back pain and reported in April 2011 that the primary efficacy endpoint for the trial was not met. Complete data analysis for this study is on-going. We and Pfizer are continuing to analyze these data and will work together to determine next steps for ELADUR. There can be no assurance that Pfizer will continue to develop or will be able to successfully develop ELADUR to obtain marketing approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies. |
| ORADUR-based opioidsPhase I clinical trials have been conducted for two of these ORADUR-based products (hydrocodone and hydromorphone), and an IND has been accepted by the FDA for the third ORADUR-based opioid (oxymorphone). There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully develop ORADUR-based formulations of hydrocodone, hydromorphone or oxymorphone to obtain marketing approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies. |
| ORADUR-ADHDIn the third quarter of 2010, we and Orient Pharma conducted a Phase I study to evaluate multiple formulations of ORADUR-ADHD, and in the second quarter of 2011 we and Orient Pharma conducted a second Phase I study to evaluate additional formulations. We are continuing to optimize the formulation and are planning next steps in the ORADUR-ADHD program. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully develop ORADUR-ADHD to obtain marketing approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies. |
We are currently in the clinical, preclinical or research stages with respect to all our other pharmaceutical systems under development. We plan to continue extensive and costly tests, clinical trials and safety studies in animals to assess the safety and effectiveness of our pharmaceutical systems. These studies include laboratory performance studies and safety testing, clinical trials and animal toxicological studies necessary to support regulatory approval of development products in the United States and other countries of the world. These studies are costly, complex and last for long durations, and may not yield data supportive of the safety or efficacy of our drug candidates or required for regulatory approval.
While some of our clinical trials described above have shown indications of safety and efficacy of our product candidates, there can be no assurance that these results will be confirmed in subsequent clinical trials. In addition, side effects observed in clinical trials, or other side effects that appear in later clinical trials, may adversely affect our or our collaborators ability to obtain regulatory
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approval or market our product candidates. For example, in the Phase IIb hysterectomy trial of POSIDUR, transient local hematoma-like discolorations were observed near the surgical site. Side effects such as these, toxicity or other safety issues associated with the use of our drug candidates could require us to perform additional studies or halt development of our drug candidates. We and our collaborators may not be permitted to begin or continue our planned clinical trials for our potential pharmaceutical systems. If our trials are permitted, our potential pharmaceutical systems may not prove to be safe or produce their intended effects. In addition, we or our collaborators may be required by regulatory agencies to conduct additional animal or human studies regarding the safety and efficacy of our pharmaceutical systems which we have not planned or anticipated. For example, the FDAs Complete Response Letter raised concerns related to, among other matters, the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls section of the NDA for REMOXY. There can be no assurance that Pfizer will resolve these issues to the satisfaction of the FDA in a timely manner or ever, which could harm our business and financial condition.
The length of clinical trials will depend upon, among other factors, the rate of trial site and patient enrollment and the number of patients required to be enrolled in such studies. We or our third-party collaborators may fail to obtain adequate levels of patient enrollment in our clinical trials. Delays in planned patient enrollment may result in increased costs, delays or termination of clinical trials, which could have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, even if we or our third-party collaborators enroll the number of patients we expect in the time frame we expect, such clinical trials may not provide the data necessary to support regulatory approval for the pharmaceutical systems for which they were conducted. Additionally, we or our third-party collaborators may fail to effectively oversee and monitor these clinical trials, which would result in increased costs or delays of our clinical trials. Even if these clinical trials are completed, we or our third-party collaborators may fail to complete and submit a new drug application as scheduled.
The FDA may not clear any such application in a timely manner or may deny the application entirely. Data already obtained from preclinical studies and clinical trials of our pharmaceutical systems do not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained from later preclinical studies and clinical trials. Moreover, preclinical and clinical data such as ours are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after promising results in earlier trials. The failure to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of a pharmaceutical system under development to the satisfaction of FDA and other regulatory agencies could delay or prevent regulatory clearance of the potential pharmaceutical system, resulting in delays to the commercialization of our pharmaceutical system, and could materially harm our business. Clinical trials may not demonstrate the sufficient levels of safety and efficacy necessary to obtain the requisite regulatory approvals for our pharmaceutical systems, and thus our pharmaceutical systems may not be approved for marketing.
Regulatory action or failure to obtain product approvals could delay or limit development and commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems and result in failure to achieve anticipated revenues
The manufacture and marketing of our pharmaceutical systems and our research and development activities are subject to extensive regulation for safety, efficacy and quality by numerous government authorities in the United States and abroad. We or our third-party collaborators must obtain clearance or approval from applicable regulatory authorities before we or they, as applicable, can perform clinical trials, market or sell our products in development in the United States or abroad. Clinical trials, manufacturing and marketing of products are subject to the rigorous testing and approval process of the FDA and equivalent foreign regulatory authorities. In particular, recent recalls of and reported adverse side effects of marketed drugs have made regulatory agencies, including the FDA, increasingly focus on the safety of drug products. Regulatory agencies are requiring more extensive and ever increasing showings of safety at every stage of drug development and commercialization from initial clinical trials to regulatory approval and beyond. These rigorous and evolving standards may delay and increase the expenses of our development efforts. The FDA or other foreign regulatory agency may, at any time, halt our and our collaborators development and commercialization activities due to safety concerns, in which case our business will be harmed. In addition, the FDA or other foreign regulatory agency may refuse or delay approval of our or our collaborators drug candidates for failure to collect sufficient clinical or animal safety data, and require us or our collaborators to conduct additional clinical or animal safety studies which may cause lengthy delays and increased costs to our programs.
The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and other federal, state and foreign statutes and regulations govern and influence the testing, manufacture, labeling, advertising, distribution and promotion of drugs and medical devices. These laws and regulations are complex and subject to change. Furthermore, these laws and regulations may be subject to varying interpretations, and we may not be able to predict how an applicable regulatory body or agency may choose to interpret or apply any law or regulation to our pharmaceutical systems. As a result, clinical trials and regulatory approval can take a number of years to accomplish and require the expenditure of substantial resources. We or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, may encounter delays or rejections based upon administrative action or interpretations of current rules and regulations. We or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, may not be able to timely reach agreement with the FDA on our clinical trials or on the required clinical or animal data we or they must collect to continue with our clinical trials or eventually commercialize our pharmaceutical systems.
We or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, may also encounter delays or rejections based upon additional government regulation from future legislation, administrative action or changes in FDA policy during the period of product development, clinical
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trials and FDA regulatory review. We or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, may encounter similar delays in foreign countries. Sales of our pharmaceutical systems outside the United States are subject to foreign regulatory standards that vary from country to country.
The time required to obtain approvals from foreign countries may be shorter or longer than that required for FDA approval, and requirements for foreign licensing may differ from FDA requirements. We or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, may be unable to obtain requisite approvals from the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities, and even if obtained, such approvals may not be on a timely basis, or they may not cover the clinical uses that we specify. If we or our third-party collaborators, as applicable, fail to obtain timely clearance or approval for our development products, we or they will not be able to market and sell our pharmaceutical systems, which will limit our ability to generate revenue.
Many of our drug candidates under development, including REMOXY, our other ORADUR-based opioids and TRANSDUR-Sufentanil are subject to mandatory Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs, a new requirement by the FDA, which could delay the approval of these drug candidates and increase the cost, burden and liability associated with the commercialization of these drug candidates
On February 6, 2009, the FDA sent letters to manufacturers of certain opioid drug products, indicating that these drugs will be required to have a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to ensure that the benefits of the drugs continue to outweigh the risks. The affected opioid drugs include brand name and generic products and are formulated with the active ingredients fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, and oxymorphone.
On April 19, 2011, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the Obama Administrations Epidemic: Responding to Americas Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis - a comprehensive action plan to address the national prescription drug abuse epidemic. This plan includes action in four major areas to reduce prescription drug abuse: education, monitoring, proper disposal, and enforcement. In support of the action plan, the FDA announced the elements of a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) that will require all manufacturers of long-acting and extended-release opioids to ensure that training is provided to prescribers of these medications and to develop information that prescribers can use when counseling patients about the risks and benefits of opioid use. The FDA wants drug makers to work together to develop a single system for implementing the REMS strategies. Toward that goal, the FDA is now notifying opioid makers that they must propose a REMS plan within 120 days. Doctor training, patient counseling, and other risk reduction measures developed by opioid makers as part of the REMS are expected to become effective by early 2012.
Many of our drug candidates including REMOXY, our other ORADUR-opioid drug candidates and TRANSDUR-Sufentanil are subject to the REMS requirement. The FDAs REMS requirements have been evolving, and until the contours of required REMS programs are established by the FDA and understood by drug developers and marketers such as ourselves and our collaborators, there may be delays in marketing approvals for these drug candidates. In addition, there may be increased cost, administrative burden and potential liability associated with the marketing and sale of these types of drug candidates subject to the REMS requirement, which could negatively impact the commercial benefits to us and our collaborators from the sale of these drug candidates.
We depend to a large extent on third-party collaborators, and we have limited or no control over the development, sales, distribution and disclosure for our pharmaceutical systems which are the subject of third-party collaborative or license agreements
Our performance depends to a large extent on the ability of our third-party collaborators to successfully develop and obtain approvals for our pharmaceutical systems. We have entered into agreements with Pain Therapeutics, Hospira, Nycomed, Alpharma (acquired by King which in turn has been acquired by Pfizer), Orient Pharma, Zogenix and others under which we granted such third parties the right to develop, apply for regulatory approval for, market, promote or distribute REMOXY and other ORADUR-based products, POSIDUR, ELADUR and other product candidates, respectively, subject to payments to us in the form of product royalties and other payments. We have limited or no control over the expertise or resources that any collaborator may devote to the development, clinical trial strategy, regulatory approval, marketing or sale of these pharmaceutical systems, or the timing of their activities. Any of our present or future collaborators may not perform their obligations as expected. These collaborators may breach or terminate their agreement with us or otherwise fail to conduct their collaborative activities successfully and in a timely manner. Enforcing any of these agreements in the event of a breach by the other party could require the expenditure of significant resources and consume a significant amount of management time and attention. Our collaborators may also conduct their activities in a manner that is different from the manner we would have chosen, had we been developing such pharmaceutical systems ourselves. Further, our collaborators may elect not to develop or commercialize pharmaceutical systems arising out of our collaborative arrangements or not devote sufficient resources to the development, clinical trials, regulatory approval, manufacture, marketing or sale of these pharmaceutical systems. If any of these events occur, we may not recognize revenue from the commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems based on such collaborations. In addition, these third parties may have similar or competitive products to the ones which are the subject of their collaborations with us, or relationships with our competitors, which may reduce their interest in developing or selling our pharmaceutical systems. We may not be able to control public disclosures made by some of our third-party collaborators, which could negatively impact our stock price.
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Our near-term revenues depend on collaboration agreements with other companies. These agreements subject us to obligations which must be fulfilled and also make our revenues dependent on the performance of such third parties. If we are unable to meet our obligations or manage our relationships with our collaborators under these agreements or enter into additional collaboration agreements or if our existing collaborations are terminated, our revenues may decrease. Acquisitions of our partners can be disruptive
Our near-term revenues are based to a significant extent on collaborative arrangements with third parties, pursuant to which we receive payments based on our performance of research and development activities set forth in these agreements. We may not be able to fulfill our obligations or attain milestones set forth in any specific agreement, which could cause our revenues to fluctuate or be less than anticipated and may expose us to liability for contractual breach. In addition, these agreements may require us to devote significant time and resources to communicating with and managing our relationships with such collaborators and resolving possible issues of contractual interpretation which may detract from time our management would otherwise devote to managing our operations. Such agreements are generally complex and contain provisions that could give rise to legal disputes, including potential disputes concerning ownership of intellectual property under collaborations. Such disputes can delay or prevent the development of potential new pharmaceutical systems, or can lead to lengthy, expensive litigation or arbitration. In general, our collaboration agreements, including our agreements with Pain Therapeutics with respect to REMOXY and other ORADUR-based products incorporating specified opioids, Hospira and Nycomed with respect to POSIDUR, Alpharma (acquired by King which in turn has been acquired by Pfizer) with respect to ELADUR, Orient Pharma with respect to ORADUR-ADHD and Zogenix with respect to Relday, may be terminated by the other party at will or upon specified conditions including, for example, if we fail to satisfy specified performance milestones or if we breach the terms of the agreement. From time to time, our licensees may be the subject of an acquisition by another company. For example, Alpharma was acquired by King in December 2008 and in February 2011 King was acquired by Pfizer. Such transactions can lead to turnover of program staff, a review of development programs and strategies by the acquirer, and other events that can disrupt a program, resulting in program delays or discontinuations.
If any of our collaborative agreements are terminated or delayed, our revenues may be reduced or not materialize, and our products in development related to those agreements may not be commercialized.
Our revenues will likely differ from our cash flows from revenue-generating activities. Upfront payments received upon execution of collaborative agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of our continuing involvement with the third-party collaborator pursuant to the applicable agreement. As of June 30, 2011, we have $38.9 million of deferred revenue, which will be recognized in future periods and may cause our reported revenues to be greater than cash flows from our ongoing revenue-generating activities.
Our near-term revenues also depend on milestone payments based on achievements by our third-party collaborators. Failure of such collaborators to attain such milestones would result in our not receiving additional revenues
In addition to payments based on our performance of research and development activities, our revenues also depend on the attainment of milestones set forth in our collaboration agreements. Such milestones are typically related to clinical trial developments, regulatory approvals or sales accomplishments. To the extent third-party collaborators do not achieve such milestones, we will not receive the associated revenues, which could harm our financial condition and may cause us to defer or cut-back development activities or forego the exploitation of opportunities in certain geographic territories, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our business strategy includes the entry into additional collaborative agreements. We may not be able to enter into additional collaborative agreements or may not be able to negotiate commercially acceptable terms for these agreements
Our current business strategy includes the entry into additional collaborative agreements for the development and commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems. The negotiation and consummation of these types of agreements typically involve simultaneous discussions with multiple potential collaborators and require significant time and resources from our officers, business development, legal, and research and development staff. In addition, in attracting the attention of pharmaceutical and biotechnology company collaborators, we compete with numerous other third parties with product opportunities as well the collaborators own internal product opportunities. We may not be able to consummate additional collaborative agreements, or we may not be able to negotiate commercially acceptable terms for these agreements. If we do not consummate additional collaborative agreements, we may have to consume money more rapidly on our product development efforts, defer development activities or forego the exploitation of certain geographic territories, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We may have difficulty raising needed capital in the future
Our business currently does not generate sufficient revenues to meet our capital requirements and we do not expect that it will do so in the near future. We have expended and will continue to expend substantial funds to complete the research, development and clinical testing of our pharmaceutical systems. We will require additional funds for these purposes, to establish additional clinical- and commercial-scale manufacturing arrangements and facilities and to provide for the marketing and distribution of our pharmaceutical
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systems. Additional funds may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are unavailable from operations or additional sources of financing, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of our research or development programs which would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In July 2010, we entered into an equity line of credit facility with Azimuth under which we may sell to Azimuth, subject to certain limitations, up to $50 million of our common stock over a 24-month period. Azimuth will not be obligated to purchase shares under the equity line of credit unless specified conditions are met. If we are unable to meet the specified conditions with respect to any sale of shares under the Azimuth equity line of credit, we may be unable to access this source of financing. Azimuth is also permitted to terminate the equity line of credit under certain circumstances.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and investments, will be adequate to satisfy our capital needs for at least the next 12 months. However, our actual capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
| continued progress and cost of our research and development programs; |
| the continuation of our collaborative agreements that provide financial funding for our activities; |
| success in entering into collaboration agreements and meeting milestones under such agreements; |
| progress with preclinical studies and clinical trials; |
| the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory clearance; |
| costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent claims; |
| costs of developing sales, marketing and distribution channels and our ability and that of our collaborators to sell our pharmaceutical systems; |
| costs involved in establishing manufacturing capabilities for clinical and commercial quantities of our pharmaceutical systems; |
| competing technological and market developments; |
| market acceptance of our pharmaceutical systems; |
| costs for recruiting and retaining employees and consultants; and |
| unexpected legal, accounting and other costs and liabilities related to our business. |
We may consume available resources more rapidly than currently anticipated, resulting in the need for additional funding. We may seek to raise any necessary additional funds through equity or debt financings, convertible debt financings, collaborative arrangements with corporate collaborators or other sources, which may be dilutive to existing stockholders and may cause the price of our common stock to decline. In addition, in the event that additional funds are obtained through arrangements with collaborators or other sources, we may have to relinquish rights to some of our technologies or pharmaceutical systems that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to significantly reduce or refocus our product development efforts, resulting in loss of sales, increased costs, and reduced revenues.
We and our third-party collaborators may not be able to manufacture sufficient quantities of our pharmaceutical systems and components to support the clinical and commercial requirements of our collaborators and ourselves at an acceptable cost or in compliance with applicable government regulations, and we have limited manufacturing experience
We or our third-party collaborators to whom we have assigned such responsibility must manufacture our pharmaceutical systems and components in clinical and commercial quantities, either directly or through third parties, in compliance with regulatory requirements and at an acceptable cost. The manufacturing processes associated with our pharmaceutical systems are complex. We and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, have not yet completed development of the manufacturing process for any pharmaceutical systems or components, including REMOXY, POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, our other ORADUR-based drug candidates and Relday. If we and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, fail to timely complete the development of the manufacturing process for our pharmaceutical systems, we and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, will not be able to timely produce product for clinical trials and commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems. We have also committed to manufacture and supply pharmaceutical systems or components under a number of our collaborative agreements with third-party companies. We have limited experience manufacturing pharmaceutical products, and we may not be able to timely accomplish these tasks. If we and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, fail to develop manufacturing processes to permit us to manufacture a pharmaceutical system or component at an acceptable cost, then we and our third-party collaborators may not be able to commercialize that pharmaceutical system or we may be in breach of our supply obligations to our third-party collaborators.
Our manufacturing facility in Cupertino is a multi-disciplinary site that we have used to manufacture only research and clinical supplies of several of our pharmaceutical systems, including POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, REMOXY and other ORADUR-based drug candidates, and Relday. We have not manufactured commercial
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quantities of any of our pharmaceutical systems. In the future, we intend to develop additional manufacturing capabilities for our pharmaceutical systems and components to meet our demands and those of our third-party collaborators by contracting with third-party manufacturers and by construction of additional manufacturing space at our facilities in California and Alabama. We have limited experience building and validating manufacturing facilities, and we may not be able to accomplish these tasks in a timely manner.
If we and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, are unable to manufacture pharmaceutical systems or components in a timely manner or at an acceptable cost, quality or performance level, and are unable to attain and maintain compliance with applicable regulations, the clinical trials and the commercial sale of our pharmaceutical systems and those of our third-party collaborators could be delayed. Additionally, we may need to alter our facility design or manufacturing processes, install additional equipment or do additional construction or testing in order to meet regulatory requirements, optimize the production process, increase efficiencies or production capacity or for other reasons, which may result in additional cost to us or delay production of product needed for the clinical trials and commercial launch of our pharmaceutical systems and those of our third-party collaborators.
We have entered into a supply agreement with Corium International, Inc. for clinical and commercial supplies of ELADUR and a supply agreement with Hospira Worldwide, Inc. for clinical and commercial supplies of POSIDUR. These third parties are currently our sole source for drug product required for development and commercialization of these drug candidates. Furthermore, we and our third-party collaborators, where relevant, may also need or choose to subcontract with additional third-party contractors to perform manufacturing steps of our pharmaceutical systems or supply required components for our pharmaceutical systems. Where third party contractors perform manufacturing services for us, we will be subject to the schedule, expertise and performance of third parties as well as incur significant additional costs. Failure of third parties to perform their obligations could adversely affect our operations, development timeline and financial results.
If we or our third-party collaborators cannot manufacture pharmaceutical systems or components in time to meet the clinical or commercial requirements of our collaborators or ourselves or at an acceptable cost, our operating results will be harmed.
Failure to comply with ongoing governmental regulations for our pharmaceutical systems could materially harm our business in the future
Marketing or promoting a drug is subject to very strict controls. Furthermore, clearance or approval may entail ongoing requirements for post-marketing studies. The manufacture and marketing of drugs are subject to continuing FDA and foreign regulatory review and requirements that we update our regulatory filings. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, manufacturer or facility, or our failure to update regulatory files, may result in restrictions, including withdrawal of the product from the market. Any of the following or other similar events, if they were to occur, could delay or preclude us from further developing, marketing or realizing full commercial use of our pharmaceutical systems, which in turn would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations:
| failure to obtain or maintain requisite governmental approvals; |
| failure to obtain approvals for clinically intended uses of our pharmaceutical systems under development; or |
| FDA required product withdrawals or warnings arising from identification of serious and unanticipated adverse side effects in our pharmaceutical systems. |
Manufacturers of drugs must comply with the applicable FDA good manufacturing practice regulations, which include production design controls, testing, quality control and quality assurance requirements as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation. Compliance with current good manufacturing practices regulations is difficult and costly. Manufacturing facilities are subject to ongoing periodic inspection by the FDA and corresponding state agencies, including unannounced inspections, and must be licensed before they can be used for the commercial manufacture of our development products. We and/or our present or future suppliers and distributors may be unable to comply with the applicable good manufacturing practice regulations and other FDA regulatory requirements. We have not been subject to a good manufacturing regulation inspection by the FDA relating to our pharmaceutical systems. If we, our third-party collaborators or our respective suppliers do not achieve compliance for our pharmaceutical systems we or they manufacture, the FDA may refuse or withdraw marketing clearance or require product recall, which may cause interruptions or delays in the manufacture and sale of our pharmaceutical systems.
We have a history of operating losses, expect to continue to have losses in the future and may never achieve or maintain profitability
We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception in 1998 and, as of June 30, 2011, had an accumulated deficit of approximately $348.4 million. We expect to continue to incur significant operating losses over the next several years as we continue to incur significant costs for research and development, clinical trials, manufacturing, sales, and general and administrative functions. Our ability to achieve profitability depends upon our ability, alone or with others, to successfully complete the development of our proposed pharmaceutical systems, obtain the required regulatory clearances, and manufacture and market our proposed
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pharmaceutical systems. Development of pharmaceutical systems is costly and requires significant investment. In addition, we may choose to license from third parties either additional drug delivery platform technology or rights to particular drugs or other appropriate technology for use in our pharmaceutical systems. The license fees for these technologies or rights would increase the costs of our pharmaceutical systems.
To date, we have not generated significant revenue from the commercial sale of our pharmaceutical systems and do not expect to do so in the near future. Our current revenues are from the sale of the ALZET product line, the sale of LACTEL biodegradable polymers and certain excipient sales, and from payments under collaborative research and development agreements with third parties. We do not expect our product revenues to increase significantly in the near future, and we do not expect that collaborative research and development revenues will exceed our actual operating expenses. We do not anticipate meaningful revenues to derive from the commercialization and marketing of our pharmaceutical systems in development in the near future, and therefore do not expect to generate sufficient revenues to cover expenses or achieve profitability in the near future.
We may develop our own sales force to market future products but we have limited sales experience and may not be able to do so effectively
We may choose to develop our own sales force to market in the United States products that we may develop in the future. Developing a sales force will require substantial expenditures. We have limited sales and marketing experience, and may not be able to effectively recruit, train or retain sales personnel. We may not be able to effectively sell our pharmaceutical systems, if approved, and our failure to do so could limit or materially harm our business.
We and our third-party collaborators may not sell our pharmaceutical systems effectively
We and our third-party collaborators compete with many other companies that currently have extensive and well-funded marketing and sales operations. Our marketing and sales efforts and those of our third-party collaborations may be unable to compete successfully against these other companies. We and our third-party collaborators, if relevant, may be unable to establish a sufficient sales and marketing organization on a timely basis, if at all. We and our third-party collaborators, if relevant, may be unable to engage qualified distributors. Even if engaged, these distributors may:
| fail to satisfy financial or contractual obligations to us; |
| fail to adequately market our pharmaceutical systems; |
| cease operations with little or no notice to us; |
| offer, design, manufacture or promote competing product lines; |
| fail to maintain adequate inventory and thereby restrict use of our pharmaceutical systems; or |
| build up inventory in excess of demand thereby limiting future purchases of our pharmaceutical systems resulting in significant quarter-to-quarter variability in our sales. |
The failure of us or our third-party collaborators to effectively develop, gain regulatory approval for, sell, manufacture and market our pharmaceutical systems will hurt our business and financial results.
We rely heavily on third parties to support development, clinical testing and manufacturing of our pharmaceutical systems
We rely on third-party contract research organizations, service providers and suppliers to provide critical services to support development, clinical testing, and manufacturing of our pharmaceutical systems. For example, we currently depend on third-party vendors to manage and monitor our clinical trials and to perform critical manufacturing steps for our pharmaceutical systems. These third parties may not execute their responsibilities and tasks competently in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or in a timely fashion. We rely on third-parties to manufacture or perform manufacturing steps relating to our pharmaceutical systems or components. We anticipate that we will continue to rely on these and other third-party contractors to support development, clinical testing, and manufacturing of our pharmaceutical systems. Failure of these contractors to provide the required services in a competent or timely manner or on reasonable commercial terms could materially delay the development and approval of our development products, increase our expenses and materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Key components of our pharmaceutical systems are provided by limited numbers of suppliers, and supply shortages or loss of these suppliers could result in interruptions in supply or increased costs
Certain components and drug substances used in our pharmaceutical systems (including POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, REMOXY and our other ORADUR-based drug candidates, and Relday) are currently purchased from a single or a limited number of outside sources. In particular, Eastman Chemical is the sole supplier, pursuant to a supply agreement entered into in December 2005, of our requirements of sucrose acetate isobutyrate, a necessary component of POSIDUR, REMOXY, our other
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ORADUR-based drug candidates, Relday and certain other pharmaceuticals systems we have under development. The reliance on a sole or limited number of suppliers could result in:
| delays associated with redesigning a pharmaceutical system due to a failure to obtain a single source component; |
| an inability to obtain an adequate supply of required components; and |
| reduced control over pricing, quality and delivery time. |
We have supply agreements in place for certain components of our pharmaceuticals systems, but do not have in place long term supply agreements with respect to all of the components of any of our pharmaceutical system candidates. Therefore the supply of a particular component could be terminated at any time without penalty to the supplier. In addition, we may not be able to procure required components or drugs from third-party suppliers at a quantity, quality and cost acceptable to us. Any interruption in the supply of single source components could cause us to seek alternative sources of supply or manufacture these components internally. Furthermore, in some cases, we are relying on our third-party collaborators to procure supply of necessary components. If the supply of any components for our pharmaceutical systems is interrupted, components from alternative suppliers may not be available in sufficient volumes or at acceptable quality levels within required timeframes, if at all, to meet our needs or those of our third-party collaborators. This could delay our ability to complete clinical trials and obtain approval for commercialization and marketing of our pharmaceutical systems, causing us to lose sales, incur additional costs, delay new product introductions and could harm our reputation.
If we are unable to adequately protect, maintain or enforce our intellectual property rights or secure rights to third-party patents, we may lose valuable assets, experience reduced market share or incur costly litigation to protect our rights or our third-party collaborators may choose to terminate their agreements with us
Our success will depend in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patents, maintain trade secret protection and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others. As of July 29, 2011, we held 56 issued U.S. patents and 412 issued foreign patents (which include granted European patent rights that have been validated in various EU member states). In addition, we have 68 pending U.S. patent applications and have filed 107 patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, from which 396 national phase applications are currently pending in Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada and other countries. Our patents expire at various dates starting in 2012.
The patent positions of pharmaceutical companies, including ours, are uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. In addition, the coverage claimed in a patent application can be significantly reduced before the patent is issued. Consequently, our patent applications or those that are licensed to us may not issue into patents, and any issued patents may not provide protection against competitive technologies or may be held invalid if challenged or circumvented. Our competitors may also independently develop products similar to ours or design around or otherwise circumvent patents issued to us or licensed by us. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as U.S. law.
The patent laws of the U.S. have recently undergone changes through court decisions which may have significant impact on us and our industry. The recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (e.g., KSR v. Teleflex, eBay v. MercExchange) and other courts (e.g., In re Seagate) with respect to the standards of patentability, enforceability, availability of injunctive relief and damages may make it more difficult for us to procure, maintain and enforce patents. In addition, bills are pending before the U.S. Congress that may fundamentally change the patent laws of the U.S. on issues ranging from priority entitlement, filing and prosecution matters to enforcement and damages. These changes and proposed reforms have introduced significant uncertainty in the patent law landscape and may potentially negatively impact our ability to procure, maintain and enforce patents to provide exclusivity for our products.
We are party to several collaborative agreements. Our third-party collaborators have entered into these agreements based on the exclusivity that our intellectual property rights confer on the products being developed. The loss or diminution of our intellectual property rights could result in a decision by our third-party collaborators to terminate their agreements with us. In addition, these agreements are generally complex and contain provisions that could give rise to legal disputes, including potential disputes concerning ownership of intellectual property and data under collaborations. Such disputes can lead to lengthy, expensive litigation or arbitration requiring us to devote management time and resources to such dispute which we would otherwise spend on our business. To the extent that our agreements call for future royalties to be paid conditional on our having patents covering the royalty-bearing subject matter, the decision by the Supreme Court in the case of MedImmune v. Genentech could encourage our licensees to challenge the validity of our patents and thereby seek to avoid future royalty obligations without losing the benefit of their license. Should they be successful in such a challenge, our ability to collect future royalties could be substantially diminished.
We also rely upon trade secrets, technical know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We require our employees, consultants, advisors and collaborators to execute appropriate confidentiality and assignment-of-inventions agreements with us. These agreements typically provide that all materials and confidential information developed or made known to the individual during the course of the individuals relationship with us is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific circumstances, and that all inventions arising out of the individuals relationship with us will be our exclusive property. These agreements may be breached, and in some instances, we may not have an appropriate remedy available for breach of the agreements. Furthermore, our competitors may independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques, reverse engineer our information and techniques, or otherwise gain access to our proprietary technology.
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We may be unable to meaningfully protect our rights in trade secrets, technical know-how and other non-patented technology. We may have to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, or to determine their scope, validity or enforceability. In addition, interference proceedings declared by the USPTO may be necessary to determine the priority of inventions with respect to our patent applications. Enforcing or defending our proprietary rights is expensive, could cause diversion of our resources and may not prove successful. Any failure to enforce or protect our rights could cause us to lose the ability to exclude others from using our technology to develop or sell competing products.
We may be sued by third parties which claim that our pharmaceutical systems infringe on their intellectual property rights, particularly because there is substantial uncertainty about the validity and breadth of medical patents
We and our collaborators may be exposed to future litigation by third parties based on claims that our pharmaceutical systems or activities infringe the intellectual property rights of others or that we or our collaborators have misappropriated the trade secrets of others. This risk is exacerbated by the fact that the validity and breadth of claims covered in medical technology patents and the breadth and scope of trade secret protection involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles are unresolved. Any litigation or claims against us or our collaborators, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, could place a significant strain on our financial resources and could harm our reputation. We also may not have sufficient funds to litigate against parties with substantially greater resources. In addition, pursuant to our collaborative agreements, we have provided our collaborators with the right, under specified circumstances, to defend against any claims of infringement of the third party intellectual property rights, and such collaborators may not defend against such claims adequately or in the manner that we would do ourselves. Intellectual property litigation or claims could force us or our collaborators to do one or more of the following, any of which could harm our business or financial results:
| cease selling, incorporating or using any of our pharmaceutical systems that incorporate the challenged intellectual property, which would adversely affect our revenue; |
| obtain a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property right, which license may be costly or may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all; or |
| redesign our pharmaceutical systems, which would be costly and time-consuming. |
Technologies and businesses which we acquire or license may be difficult to integrate, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value or divert management attention. We may also acquire additional businesses or technologies in the future, which could have these same effects
We may acquire technologies, products or businesses to broaden the scope of our existing and planned product lines and technologies. Future acquisitions expose us to:
| increased costs associated with the acquisition and operation of the new businesses or technologies and the management of geographically dispersed operations; |
| the risks associated with the assimilation of new technologies, operations, sites and personnel; |
| the diversion of resources from our existing business and technologies; |
| the inability to generate revenues to offset associated acquisition costs; |
| the requirement to maintain uniform standards, controls, and procedures; and |
| the impairment of relationships with employees and customers or third party collaborators as a result of any integration of new management personnel. |
Acquisitions may also result in the issuance of dilutive equity securities, the incurrence or assumption of debt or additional expenses associated with the amortization of acquired intangible assets or potential businesses. Past acquisitions, such as our acquisitions of IntraEAR, ALZET, SBS and APT, as well as future acquisitions, may not generate any additional revenue or provide any benefit to our business.
Some of our pharmaceutical systems contain controlled substances, the making, use, sale, importation and distribution of which are subject to regulation by state, federal and foreign law enforcement and other regulatory agencies
Some of our pharmaceutical systems currently under development contain, and our products in the future may contain, controlled substances which are subject to state, federal and foreign laws and regulations regarding their manufacture, use, sale, importation and distribution. The TRANSDUR-Sufentanil patch, REMOXY and our other ORADUR-based drug candidates, and other pharmaceutical systems we have under development contain active ingredients which are classified as controlled substances
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under the regulations of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. For our pharmaceutical systems containing controlled substances, we and our suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, customers and distributors are required to obtain and maintain applicable registrations from state, federal and foreign law enforcement and regulatory agencies and comply with state, federal and foreign laws and regulations regarding the manufacture, use, sale, importation and distribution of controlled substances. These regulations are extensive and include regulations governing manufacturing, labeling, packaging, testing, dispensing, production and procurement quotas, record keeping, reporting, handling, shipment and disposal. These regulations increase the personnel needs and the expense associated with development and commercialization of drug candidates including controlled substances. Failure to obtain and maintain required registrations or comply with any applicable regulations could delay or preclude us from developing and commercializing our pharmaceutical systems containing controlled substances and subject us to enforcement action. In addition, because of their restrictive nature, these regulations could limit our commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems containing controlled substances. In particular, among other things, there is a risk that these regulations may interfere with the supply of the drugs used in our clinical trials, and in the future, our ability to produce and distribute our products in the volume needed to meet commercial demand.
Write-offs related to the impairment of long-lived assets, inventories and other non-cash charges, as well as stock-based compensation expenses may adversely impact or delay our profitability
We may incur significant non-cash charges related to impairment write-downs of our long-lived assets, including goodwill and other intangible assets. We will continue to incur non-cash charges related to amortization of other intangible assets. For example, we had a $13.5 million non-cash write-down of deferred royalties and commercial rights related to CHRONOGESIC in the fourth quarter of 2008. We are required to perform periodic impairment reviews of our goodwill at least annually. To the extent these reviews conclude that the expected future cash flows generated from our business activities are not sufficient to recover the cost of our long-lived assets, we will be required to measure and record an impairment charge to write-down these assets to their realizable values. We completed our last review during the fourth quarter of 2010 and determined that goodwill was not impaired as of December 31, 2010. However, there can be no assurance that upon completion of subsequent reviews a material impairment charge will not be recorded. If future periodic reviews determine that our assets are impaired and a write-down is required, it will adversely impact or delay our profitability.
Inventories include certain excipients that are sold to a customer and included in products awaiting regulatory approval. These inventories are capitalized based on managements judgment of probable sale prior to their expiration date which in turn is based on non-binding forecasts from our customer. The valuation of inventory requires us to estimate the value of inventory that may become expired prior to use. We may be required to expense previously capitalized inventory costs upon a change in our judgment, due to, among other potential factors, a denial or delay of approval of our customers product by the necessary regulatory bodies, or new information that suggests that the inventory will not be saleable. In addition, these circumstances may cause us to record a liability related to minimum purchase agreements that we have in place for raw materials.
Global credit and financial market conditions could negatively impact the value of our current portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term investments or long-term investments and our ability to meet our financing objectives
Our cash and cash equivalents are maintained in highly liquid investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase. Our short-term investments consist primarily of readily marketable debt securities with original maturities of greater than 90 days from the date of purchase but remaining maturities of less than one year from the balance sheet date. Our long-term investments consist primarily of readily marketable debt securities with maturities in one year or beyond from the balance sheet date. While as of the date of this filing, we are not aware of any downgrades, material losses, or other significant deterioration in the fair value of our cash equivalents, short-term investments or long-term investments since June 30, 2011, no assurance can be given that deterioration in conditions of the global credit and financial markets would not negatively impact our current portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term investments or long-term investments or our ability to meet our financing objectives.
We depend upon key personnel who may terminate their employment with us at any time, and we may need to hire additional qualified personnel
Our success will depend to a significant degree upon the continued services of key management, technical and scientific personnel, including Felix Theeuwes, our Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer and James E. Brown, our President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, our success will depend on our ability to attract and retain other highly skilled personnel. Competition for qualified personnel is intense, and the process of hiring and integrating such qualified personnel is often lengthy. We may be unable to recruit such personnel on a timely basis, if at all. Our management and other employees may voluntarily terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of the services of key personnel, or the inability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, could result in delays to product development or approval, loss of sales and diversion of management resources.
We may not successfully manage our company through varying business cycles
Our success will depend on properly sizing our company through growth and contraction cycles caused in part by changing business conditions, which places a significant strain on our management and on our administrative, operational and financial resources. To manage through such cycles, we must expand or contract our facilities, our operational, financial and management systems and our personnel. If we were unable to manage growth and contractions effectively our business would be harmed.
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Our business involves environmental risks and risks related to handling regulated substances
In connection with our research and development activities and our manufacture of materials and pharmaceutical systems, we are subject to federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and policies governing the use, generation, manufacture, storage, air emission, effluent discharge, handling and disposal of certain materials, biological specimens and wastes. Although we believe that we have complied with the applicable laws, regulations and policies in all material respects and have not been required to correct any material noncompliance, we may be required to incur significant costs to comply with environmental and health and safety regulations in the future. Our research and development involves the use, generation and disposal of hazardous materials, including but not limited to certain hazardous chemicals, solvents, agents and biohazardous materials. The extent of our use, generation and disposal of such substances has increased substantially since we started manufacturing and selling biodegradable polymers. Although we believe that our safety procedures for storing, handling and disposing of such materials comply with the standards prescribed by state and federal regulations, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. We currently contract with third parties to dispose of these substances generated by us, and we rely on these third parties to properly dispose of these substances in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If these third parties do not properly dispose of these substances in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we may be subject to legal action by governmental agencies or private parties for improper disposal of these substances. The costs of defending such actions and the potential liability resulting from such actions are often very large. In the event we are subject to such legal action or we otherwise fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing the use, generation and disposal of hazardous materials and chemicals, we could be held liable for any damages that result, and any such liability could exceed our resources.
Our corporate headquarters, manufacturing facilities and personnel are located in a geographical area that is seismically active
Our corporate headquarters, primary manufacturing facilities and personnel are located in a geographical area that is known to be seismically active and prone to earthquakes. Should such a natural disaster occur, our ability to conduct our business could be severely restricted, and our business and assets, including the results of our research, development and manufacturing efforts, could be destroyed.
Risks Related To Our Industry
The market for our pharmaceutical systems is rapidly changing and competitive, and new products or technologies developed by others could impair our ability to grow our business and remain competitive
The pharmaceutical industry is subject to rapid and substantial technological change. Developments by others may render our pharmaceutical systems under development or technologies noncompetitive or obsolete, or we may be unable to keep pace with technological developments or other market factors. Technological competition in the industry from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, governmental entities and others diversifying into the field is intense and is expected to increase.
We may face competition from other companies in numerous industries including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and drug delivery. POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, REMOXY and other ORADUR-based drug candidates, if approved, will compete with currently marketed oral opioids, transdermal opioids, local anesthetic patches, stimulants, implantable and external infusion pumps which can be used for infusion of opioids and local anesthetics. Products of these types are marketed by Purdue Pharma, Knoll, Janssen, Medtronic, Endo, AstraZeneca, Arrow International, Tricumed, I-Flow (Kimberly-Clark), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, NeurogesX, Covidien, Shire, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis and others. Our ORADUR-ADHD product candidates, if approved, will compete with currently marketed products by Shire, Johnson & Johnson, UCB, Novartis, Noven, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Medice and others. Relday, if approved, will compete with currently marketed products by Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb and others. Numerous companies are applying significant resources and expertise to the problems of drug delivery and several of these are focusing or may focus on delivery of drugs to the intended site of action, including Alkermes, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, EpiCept, Innocoll, Nektar, I-Flow (Kimberly-Clark), NeurogesX, Flamel, Alexza, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Hospira, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Egalet, Acura and others. Some of these competitors may be addressing the same therapeutic areas or indications as we are. Our current and potential competitors may succeed in obtaining patent protection or commercializing products before us. Many of these entities have significantly greater research and development capabilities than we do, as well as substantially more marketing, manufacturing, financial and managerial resources. These entities represent significant competition for us. Acquisitions of, or investments in, competing pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies by large corporations could increase such competitors financial, marketing, manufacturing and other resources.
We are engaged in the development of novel therapeutic technologies. Our resources are limited and we may experience technical challenges inherent in such novel technologies. Competitors have developed or are in the process of developing technologies that are, or in the future may be, the basis for competitive products. Some of these products may have an entirely different approach or
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means of accomplishing similar therapeutic effects than our pharmaceutical systems. Our competitors may develop products that are safer, more effective or less costly than our pharmaceutical systems and, therefore, present a serious competitive threat to our product offerings.
The widespread acceptance of therapies that are alternatives to ours may limit market acceptance of our pharmaceutical systems even if commercialized. Chronic and post-operative pain are currently being treated by oral medication, transdermal drug delivery systems, such as drug patches, and implantable drug delivery devices which will be competitive with our pharmaceutical systems. These treatments are widely accepted in the medical community and have a long history of use. The established use of these competitive products may limit the potential for our pharmaceutical systems to receive widespread acceptance if commercialized.
We could be exposed to significant product liability claims which could be time consuming and costly to defend, divert management attention and adversely impact our ability to obtain and maintain insurance coverage
The testing, manufacture, marketing and sale of our pharmaceutical systems involve an inherent risk that product liability claims will be asserted against us. Although we are insured against such risks up to an annual aggregate limit in connection with clinical trials and commercial sales of our pharmaceutical systems, our present product liability insurance may be inadequate and may not fully cover the costs of any claim or any ultimate damages we might be required to pay. Product liability claims or other claims related to our pharmaceutical systems, regardless of their outcome, could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation or to pay significant damages. Any successful product liability claim may prevent us from obtaining adequate product liability insurance in the future on commercially desirable or reasonable terms. In addition, product liability coverage may cease to be available in sufficient amounts or at an acceptable cost. An inability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage at an acceptable cost or otherwise to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems. A product liability claim could also significantly harm our reputation and delay market acceptance of our pharmaceutical systems.
Acceptance of our pharmaceutical systems in the marketplace is uncertain, and failure to achieve market acceptance will delay our ability to generate or grow revenues
Our future financial performance will depend upon the successful introduction and customer acceptance of our future products, including POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, Relday, REMOXY and other ORADUR-based drug candidates. Even if approved for marketing, our pharmaceutical systems may not achieve market acceptance. The degree of market acceptance will depend upon a number of factors, including:
| the receipt of regulatory clearance of marketing claims for the uses that we are developing; |
| the establishment and demonstration in the medical community of the safety and clinical efficacy of our products and their potential advantages over existing therapeutic products, including oral medication, transdermal drug delivery products such as drug patches, or external or implantable drug delivery products; and |
| pricing and reimbursement policies of government and third-party payors such as insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, hospital formularies and other health plan administrators. |
Physicians, patients, payors or the medical community in general may be unwilling to accept, utilize or recommend any of our products. If we are unable to obtain regulatory approval, commercialize and market our future products when planned and achieve market acceptance, we will not achieve anticipated revenues.
If users of our products are unable to obtain adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, or if new restrictive legislation is adopted, market acceptance of our products may be limited and we may not achieve anticipated revenues
The continuing efforts of government and insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other payors of healthcare costs to contain or reduce costs of health care may affect our future revenues and profitability, and the future revenues and profitability of our potential customers, suppliers and third-party collaborators and the availability of capital. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to government control. In the United States, recent federal and state government initiatives have been directed at lowering the total cost of health care, and the U.S. Congress and state legislatures will likely continue to focus on health care reform, the cost of prescription pharmaceuticals and on the reform of the Medicare and Medicaid systems. While we cannot predict whether any such legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the announcement or adoption of such proposals could materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The successful commercialization of our pharmaceutical systems will depend in part on the extent to which appropriate reimbursement levels for the cost of our pharmaceutical systems and related treatment are obtained by governmental authorities, private health insurers and other organizations, such as HMOs. Third-party payors are increasingly limiting payments or reimbursement for medical products and services. Also, the trend toward managed health care in the United States and the concurrent growth of organizations such as HMOs, which could control or significantly influence the purchase of health care services and products, as well as legislative proposals to reform health care or reduce government insurance programs, may limit reimbursement or payment for our products. The cost containment measures that health care payors and providers are instituting and the effect of any health care reform could materially harm our ability to operate profitably.
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If we or our third-party collaborators are unable to train physicians to use our pharmaceutical systems to treat patients diseases or medical conditions, we may incur delays in market acceptance of our products
Broad use of our pharmaceutical systems will require extensive training of numerous physicians on the proper and safe use of our pharmaceutical systems. The time required to begin and complete training of physicians could delay introduction of our products and adversely affect market acceptance of our products. We or third parties selling our pharmaceutical systems may be unable to rapidly train physicians in numbers sufficient to generate adequate demand for our pharmaceutical systems. Any delay in training would materially delay the demand for our pharmaceutical systems and harm our business and financial results. In addition, we may expend significant funds towards such training before any orders are placed for our products, which would increase our expenses and harm our financial results.
Potential new accounting pronouncements and legislative actions are likely to impact our future financial position or results of operations
Future changes in financial accounting standards may cause adverse, unexpected fluctuations in the timing of the recognition of revenues or expenses and may affect our financial position or results of operations. New pronouncements and varying interpretations of pronouncements have occurred with frequency and may occur in the future and we may make changes in our accounting policies in the future. Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses. Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations, PCAOB pronouncements and NASDAQ rules, are creating uncertainty for companies such as ours and insurance, accounting and auditing costs are increasing as a result of this uncertainty and other factors. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, we intend to invest all reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
Risks Related To Our Common Stock
Our operating history makes evaluating our stock difficult
Our quarterly and annual results of operations have historically fluctuated and we expect will continue to fluctuate for the foreseeable future. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied upon as predictive of future performance. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties encountered by companies with no approved pharmaceutical products, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets such as pharmaceuticals, drug delivery and biotechnology. To address these risks, we must, among other things, obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize our pharmaceutical systems, which may not occur. We may not be successful in addressing these risks and difficulties. We may require additional funds to complete the development of our pharmaceutical systems and to fund operating losses to be incurred in the next several years.
Investors may experience substantial dilution of their investment
Investors may experience dilution of their investment if we raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities or convertible debt securities or grant additional stock options to employees and consultants. Any sales in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such conversion could adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
The price of our common stock may be volatile
The stock markets in general, and the markets for pharmaceutical stocks in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
Price declines in our common stock could result from general market and economic conditions and a variety of other factors, including:
| failure of our third-party collaborators (such as Pain Therapeutics or its commercialization sub-licensee King (now owned by Pfizer), Hospira, Nycomed, Alpharma (acquired by King which in turn is now owned by Pfizer), Orient Pharma and Zogenix) to successfully develop and commercialize the respective pharmaceutical systems they are developing; |
| adverse results (including adverse events or failure to demonstrate safety or efficacy) or delays in our clinical and non-clinical trials of POSIDUR, TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, ELADUR, REMOXY, our other ORADUR-based drug candidates, Relday or other pharmaceutical systems; |
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| announcements of FDA non-approval of our pharmaceutical systems, or delays in the FDA or other foreign regulatory agency review process; |
| adverse actions taken by regulatory agencies or law enforcement agencies with respect to our pharmaceutical systems, clinical trials, manufacturing processes or sales and marketing activities, or those of our third party collaborators; |
| announcements of technological innovations, patents or new products by our competitors; |
| regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries; |
| any lawsuit involving us or our pharmaceutical systems including intellectual property infringement or product liability suits; |
| announcements concerning our competitors, or the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries in general; |
| developments concerning our strategic alliances or acquisitions; |
| actual or anticipated variations in our operating results; |
| changes in recommendations by securities analysts or lack of analyst coverage; |
| deviations in our operating results from the estimates of analysts; |
| sales of our common stock by our executive officers or directors or sales of substantial amounts of common stock by others; |
| changes in accounting principles; or |
| loss of any of our key scientific or management personnel. |
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to factors which are beyond our control. The stock market in general has recently experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. In addition, the market prices of securities of technology and pharmaceutical companies have also been extremely volatile, and have experienced fluctuations that often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations could result in extreme fluctuations in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our common stock.
In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular companys securities, litigation has often been brought against that company. If litigation of this type is brought against us, it could be extremely expensive and divert managements attention and our companys resources.
We have broad discretion over the use of our cash and investments, and their investment may not always yield a favorable return
Our management has broad discretion over how our cash and investments are used and may from time to time invest in ways with which our stockholders may not agree and that do not yield favorable returns.
Executive officers, directors and principal stockholders have substantial control over us, which could delay or prevent a change in our corporate control favored by our other stockholders
Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders, together with their affiliates, have substantial control over us. The interests of these stockholders may differ from the interests of other stockholders. As a result, these stockholders, if acting together, would have the ability to exercise control over all corporate actions requiring stockholder approval irrespective of how our other stockholders may vote, including:
| the election of directors; |
| the amendment of charter documents; |
| the approval of certain mergers and other significant corporate transactions, including a sale of substantially all of our assets; or |
| the defeat of any non-negotiated takeover attempt that might otherwise benefit the public stockholders. |
| Our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions that could discourage another company from acquiring us. |
| Provisions of Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares. These provisions include: |
| authorizing the issuance of blank check preferred stock without any need for action by stockholders; |
| providing for a classified board of directors with staggered terms; |
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| requiring supermajority stockholder voting to effect certain amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws; |
| eliminating the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders; |
| prohibiting stockholder action by written consent; and |
| establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings. |
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
None
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
None
Item 4. | [Removed And Reserved] |
Item 5. | Other Information |
None
Item 6. | Exhibits |
3.8 | Amendment to Bylaws of the Company. | |
10.3+ | 2000 Stock Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-31615) filed on June 27, 2011). | |
10.65 | Amendment to Commercial Lease between the Company and EWE, Inc. effective May 23, 2011. | |
31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification of James E. Brown. | |
31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification of Matthew J. Hogan. | |
32.1 | Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of James E. Brown. | |
32.2 | Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Matthew J. Hogan. | |
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document++ | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document++ | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document++ | |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document++ | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document++ | |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document++ |
+ | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
++ | These interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
DURECT CORPORATION | ||
By: | /S/ JAMES E. BROWN | |
James E. Brown Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: August 5, 2011
By: | /S/ MATTHEW J. HOGAN | |
Matthew J. Hogan Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
Date: August 5, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
3.8 | Amendment to Bylaws of the Company. | |
10.3+ | 2000 Stock Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-31615) filed on June 27, 2011). | |
10.65 | Amendment to Commercial Lease between the Company and EWE, Inc. effective May 23, 2011. | |
31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification of James E. Brown. | |
31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification of Matthew J. Hogan. | |
32.1 | Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of James E. Brown. | |
32.2 | Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Matthew J. Hogan. | |
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document++ | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document++ | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document++ | |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document++ | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document++ | |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document++ |
+ | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
++ | These interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections. |
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Exhibit 3.8
BYLAWS
OF
DURECT CORPORATION
(as amended and restated on March 31, 2000)
(as further amended on March 1, 2001)
(as further amended on September 25, 2003)
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Special Meeting |
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2.4 |
Notice of Stockholders Meetings; Affidavit of Notice |
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2.5 |
Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees and Other Stockholder Proposals |
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2.6 |
Quorum |
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2.7 |
Adjourned Meeting; Notice |
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2.8 |
Conduct of Business |
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2.9 |
Voting |
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2.10 |
Waiver of Notice |
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2.11 |
Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting |
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2.12 |
Proxies |
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ARTICLE III DIRECTORS |
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3.1 |
Powers |
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3.2 |
Number of Directors |
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3.3 |
Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors |
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3.4 |
Resignation and Vacancies |
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3.5 |
Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone |
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3.6 |
Regular Meetings |
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3.7 |
Special Meetings; Notice |
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3.8 |
Quorum |
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3.9 |
Waiver of Notice |
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3.10 |
Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting |
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3.11 |
Fees and Compensation of Directors |
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3.12 |
Approval of Loans to Officers |
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3.13 |
Removal of Directors |
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3.14 |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES |
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4.1 |
Committees of Directors |
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4.2 |
Committee Minutes |
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4.3 |
Meetings and Action of Committees |
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS |
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5.1 |
Officers |
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5.2 |
Appointment of Officers |
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5.3 |
Subordinate Officers |
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5.4 |
Removal and Resignation of Officers |
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5.5 |
Vacancies in Offices |
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5.6 |
Chief Executive Officer |
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5.7 |
President |
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5.8 |
Vice Presidents |
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5.9 |
Secretary |
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5.10 |
Chief Financial Officer |
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5.11 |
Representation of Shares of Other Corporations |
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5.12 |
Authority and Duties of Officers |
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS |
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6.1 |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
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6.2 |
Indemnification of Others |
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6.3 |
Payment of Expenses in Advance |
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6.4 |
Indemnity Not Exclusive |
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6.5 |
Insurance |
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6.6 |
Conflicts |
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ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS |
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7.1 |
Maintenance and Inspection of Records |
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7.2 |
Inspection by Directors |
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7.3 |
Annual Statement to Stockholders |
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ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS |
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8.1 |
Checks |
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8.2 |
Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments |
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8.3 |
Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares |
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8.4 |
Special Designation on Certificates |
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8.5 |
Lost Certificates |
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8.6 |
Construction; Definitions |
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8.7 |
Dividends |
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8.8 |
Fiscal Year |
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8.9 |
Seal |
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8.10 |
Transfer of Stock |
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8.11 |
Stock Transfer Agreements |
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8.12 |
Registered Stockholders |
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS |
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AMENDED AND RESTARTED
BYLAWS
OF
DURECT CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office.
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
1.2 Other Offices.
The Board of Directors may at any time establish other offices at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings.
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation.
2.2 Annual Meeting.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by resolution of the Board of Directors. At the meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
(b) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporations notice with respect to such meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.2, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.2.
(c) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2, the
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stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation, as provided in Section 2.5, and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
(d) Only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. The chairman of the meeting shall determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be transacted by the stockholders has been properly brought before the meeting and, if any proposed nomination or business has not been properly brought before the meeting, the chairman shall declare that such proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting.
(e) Nothing in this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
2.3 Special Meeting.
(a) A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or the president.
(b) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders, if such election is set forth in the notice of such special meeting. Such nominations may be made either by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or by any stockholder of record entitled to vote at such special meeting, provided the stockholder follows the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.5.
2.4 Notice of Stockholders Meetings; Affidavit of Notice.
(a) All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with this Section 2.4 of these Bylaws not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting (or such longer or shorter time as is required by Section 2.5 of these Bylaws, if applicable). The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Written notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(b) If a special meeting is called by stockholders representing the percentage of the total votes outstanding designated in Section 2.3(a), the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally, or sent by registered mail or by facsimile transmission to the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, or the secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such request. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the
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stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.4, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than 35 nor more than 60 days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within 20 days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this Section 2.4(b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
2.5 Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees and Other Stockholder Proposals.
Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5 shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. Stockholders may bring other business before the annual meeting, provided that timely notice is provided to the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this section, and provided further that such business is a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the prior years meeting; provided, however, that in the event that (i) the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days prior to or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, and (ii) less than 60 days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10/th/ day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholders notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a directors, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including, without limitation, such persons written consent to being name in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made (i) the name and address of the stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned of record by such stockholder and beneficially by such beneficial owner. At the request of the Board of Directors any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholders notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
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Section 2.5. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
2.6 Quorum.
The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (a) the chairman of the meeting or (b) the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
2.7 Adjourned Meeting; Notice.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these Bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.8 Conduct of Business.
The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including the manner of voting and the conduct of business.
2.9 Voting.
(a) The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these Bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).
(b) Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.
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2.10 Waiver of Notice.
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
2.11 Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.12 Proxies.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by a written proxy, signed by the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the Corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholders name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, electronic or telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholders attorney-in-fact. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1 Powers.
Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
3.2 Number of Directors.
The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be nine (9).
Thereafter, this number may be changed by a resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders, subject to Section 3.4 of these Bylaws. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before such directors term of office expires.
3.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors.
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, and unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.
Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
Unless otherwise specified in the Certificate of Incorporation, elections of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.4 Resignation and Vacancies.
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation. When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock that may then be outstanding, a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote of
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the stockholders or by court order may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute a majority of the quorum. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws:
(a) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
(b) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.
If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least 10% of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.
3.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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3.6 Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
3.7 Special Meetings; Notice.
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, the secretary or any two (2) directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail, facsimile, electronic transmission or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that directors address as it is shown on the records of the Corporation. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally, or by facsimile, electronic transmission or telegram, it shall be delivered at least twenty four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary and appropriate in the circumstances. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting, if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.
3.8 Quorum.
At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
3.9 Waiver of Notice.
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic mail or other electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
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lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
3.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Written consents representing actions taken by the board or committee may be executed by telex, telecopy or other facsimile transmission, or by electronic mail or other electronic transmission, and such facsimile or electronic transmission shall be valid and binding to the same extent as if it were an original. If the minutes of the board or committee are maintained in paper form, consents obtained by electronic transmission shall be reduced to written form and filed with such minutes.
Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. No such compensation shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
3.12 Approval of Loans to Officers.
The Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this Section 3.12 contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Corporation at common law or under any statute.
3.13 Removal of Directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided, however, that if the stockholders of the Corporation are entitled to cumulative voting, if less than
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the entire Board of Directors is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such directors term of office.
3.14 Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board of Directors who shall not be considered an officer of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 Committees of Directors.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, with each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) amend the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), (b) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (c) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporations property and assets, (d) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (e) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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4.2 Committee Minutes.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees.
Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), and Section 3.10 (action without a meeting) of these Bylaws, with such changes in the context of such provisions as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 Officers.
The officers of the Corporation shall be a chief executive officer, a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
5.2 Appointment of Officers.
The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these Bylaws, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 Subordinate Officers.
The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or the president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
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5.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers.
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
5.5 Vacancies in Offices.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
5.6 Chief Executive Officer.
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, the chief executive officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
5.7 President.
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board (if any) or the chief executive officer, the president shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and other officers of the Corporation. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
5.8 Vice Presidents.
In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer and president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.
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5.9 Secretary.
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporations transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board Of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required to be given by law or by these Bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the Corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.
5.10 Chief Financial Officer.
The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the president, the chief executive officer, or the directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws.
5.11 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.
The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer or the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name
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of this Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.
5.12 Authority and Duties of Officers.
In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or the stockholders.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS
6.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a director or officer of the Corporation includes any person (a) who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was a director or officer of a Corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
6.2 Indemnification of Others.
The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an employee or agent of the Corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
6.3 Payment of Expenses in Advance.
Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Section 6.1 or for which indemnification is permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 following authorization thereof by the Board of Directors shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article VI.
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6.4 Indemnity Not Exclusive.
The indemnification provided by this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may been titled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent that such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the Certificate of Incorporation.
6.5 Insurance.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
6.6 Conflicts.
No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article VI, except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by law or the order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance where it appears:
(a) That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or
(b) That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
7.1 Maintenance and Inspection of Records.
The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive offices or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other records.
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Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business.
7.2 Inspection by Directors.
Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporations stockledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the Corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom.
The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
7.3 Annual Statement to Stockholders.
The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 Checks.
From time to time, the Board of Directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.
8.2 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments.
The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
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8.3 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares.
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, or the chief executive officer or the president or vice-president, and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
8.4 Special Designation on Certificates.
If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
8.5 Lost Certificates.
Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and canceled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or
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uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
8.6 Construction; Definitions.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term person includes both a corporation and a natural person.
8.7 Dividends.
The directors of the Corporation, subject to any restrictions contained in (a) the General Corporation Law of Delaware or (b) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock.
The directors of the Corporation may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.
8.8 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.
8.9 Seal.
The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
8.10 Transfer of Stock.
Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.
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8.11 Stock Transfer Agreements.
The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
8.12 Registered Stockholders.
The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the Corporation may, in its Certificate of Incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.
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Exhibit 10.65
April 21, 2011
Durect Corporation
2 Results Way
Cupertino, CA 95014
Attention: James E. Brown
Re: Amendment to Commercial Real Estate Lease
Reference is made to that Commercial Real Estate Lease (the Lease) entered into by and between EWE, Inc., an Alabama corporation (LESSOR) and Durect Corporation, a Delaware corporation, ( LESSEE) dated September 21, 2004. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Lease.
LESSOR and LESSEE hereby agree as follows, effective on the date that both LESSOR and LESSEE have executed this Amendment:
The PREMISES set forth in Paragraph I shall be defined as:
Building 2683 Pelham Parkway, Pelham, Alabama 35124 only.
The TERM of the Lease set forth in Paragraph 3 shall be extended by four months such that the Lease shall terminate on January 31, 2012 instead of September 30, 2011.
The RENTAL during the extension period from October 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012 shall be $7500.00 per month.
Except as expressly modified above, all remaining terms of the Lease shall remain the same. LESSOR and LESSEE have hereunto set or caused to be set their respective signatures and seals on the dates set forth herein.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jim English
Vice President, EWE Inc.
AGREED TO BY DURECT | ||
Name: | /s/ James. E. Brown | |
Title: | CEO | |
Date: | May 23, 2011 |
Exhibit 31.1
Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification
CERTIFICATIONS
I, James E. Brown, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of DURECT Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
(a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
(a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
August 5, 2011
/s/ JAMES E. BROWN |
James E. Brown Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
Rule 13a-14(a) Section 302 Certification
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Matthew J. Hogan, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of DURECT Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
(a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
(a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
August 5, 2011
/s/ MATTHEW J. HOGAN |
Matthew J. Hogan Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of DURECT Corporation (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, James E. Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
August 5, 2011
/s/ JAMES E. BROWN |
James E. Brown Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of DURECT Corporation (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Matthew J. Hogan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
August 5, 2011
/s/ MATTHEW J. HOGAN |
Matthew J. Hogan Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
Condensed Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)
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Allowances for accounts receivable | $ 103 | $ 107 |
Accumulated depreciation on property and equipment | $ 22,124 | $ 22,386 |
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Collaborative research and development and other revenue | $ 5,188 | $ 4,657 | $ 10,700 | $ 8,473 | ||||||
Product revenue, net | 2,645 | 2,656 | 5,737 | 6,506 | ||||||
Total revenues | 7,833 | 7,313 | 16,437 | 14,979 | ||||||
Operating expenses: | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Cost of product revenues | 1,085 | [1] | 861 | [1] | 2,486 | [1] | 2,239 | [1] | ||
Research and development | 8,708 | [1] | 9,204 | [1] | 18,588 | [1] | 18,625 | [1] | ||
Selling, general and administrative | 3,327 | [1] | 3,584 | [1] | 7,043 | [1] | 7,086 | [1] | ||
Total operating expenses | 13,120 | 13,649 | 28,117 | 27,950 | ||||||
Loss from operations | (5,287) | (6,336) | (11,680) | (12,971) | ||||||
Other income (expense): | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interest and other income | 43 | 48 | 83 | 59 | ||||||
Interest and other expense | (1) | (21) | (5) | (23) | ||||||
Net other income | 42 | 27 | 78 | 36 | ||||||
Net loss | $ (5,245) | $ (6,309) | $ (11,602) | $ (12,935) | ||||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ (0.06) | $ (0.07) | $ (0.13) | $ (0.15) | ||||||
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share | 87,404 | 86,845 | 87,338 | 86,801 | ||||||
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Entity Registrant Name | DURECT CORP | Â |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001082038 | Â |
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 | Â |
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Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | Â | 87,450,052 |
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Strategic Agreements | Note 2. Strategic Agreements Agreement with Hospira, Inc. In June 2010, the Company and Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) entered into a license agreement to develop and market POSIDUR™ (SABER™-bupivacaine) in the U.S. and Canada. POSIDUR is the Company's investigational post-operative pain relief depot currently in Phase III clinical development in the U.S. that utilizes the Company's patented SABER technology to deliver bupivacaine to provide up to three days of pain relief after surgery. POSIDUR is licensed to Nycomed for commercialization in Europe and other specified countries, and the Company retains commercialization rights in Japan and all other countries not licensed to Hospira and Nycomed.
The following table provides a summary of amounts comprising the Company's net share of the research and development costs for POSIDUR under the agreement with Hospira (in thousands):
The following table provides a summary of collaborative research and development revenue recognized under the agreement with Hospira (in thousands). The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company as of June 30, 2011 were $33.7 million under this agreement.
Agreement with Alpharma Ireland Limited, an affiliate of Alpharma Inc. (Alpharma) (acquired by King which subsequently was acquired by Pfizer) Effective October 2008, the Company and Alpharma entered into a development and license agreement granting Alpharma the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize ELADUR®, DURECT's investigational transdermal bupivacaine patch. As a result of the acquisition of Alpharma by King in December 2008, King assumed the rights and obligations of Alpharma under the agreement. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures. The following table provides a summary of collaborative research and development revenue recognized under this agreement with regard to ELADUR (in thousands). The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company as of June 30, 2011 were $28.8 million under this agreement.
Agreement with Nycomed In November 2006, the Company entered into a development and license agreement with Nycomed, and this agreement was amended in February 2010 and February 2011. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company licensed to Nycomed the exclusive commercialization rights to POSIDUR for the European Union (E.U.) and certain other countries. Prior to the amendment in February 2011, the agreement provided for the two parties to jointly direct and equally fund the non-clinical and Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) activities for POSIDUR for the U.S. and E.U. territories. The 2011 amendment now provides that during the period commencing from January 1, 2011 until a specified period after the results are delivered from DURECT to Nycomed from DURECT's U.S. Phase III clinical trial for POSIDUR referred to as BESST (Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER Trial) (such period the Interim Period), DURECT shall assume full funding responsibility and final decision making authority for these activities. Furthermore, during this Interim Period, Nycomed's development and commercialization responsibility relating to POSIDUR for the territory licensed to Nycomed shall be confined to bringing its E.U. Phase IIb Clinical Trial in shoulder surgery to a full completion. Unless the Agreement is otherwise terminated, at the conclusion of the Interim Period, under the 2011 amendment, Nycomed would resume joint control and shared funding responsibility with DURECT for the non-clinical and Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) activities for POSIDUR for the U.S. and E.U. territories. Prior to the Amendment, Nycomed had the right to terminate the Agreement after specified periods after data was received from certain clinical trials of POSIDUR in the E.U. and the U.S., including BESST. The foregoing right was modified by the 2011 amendment to provide that Nycomed may exercise its right to terminate the agreement at its sole election if BESST data is not available by December 31, 2011. For joint control and funding development activities, the Company recognizes revenue from the net reimbursement of the research and development expenses from Nycomed and records the net payment of research and development expenses to Nycomed as additional research and development expense. Thus, the Company and Nycomed each bear 50% of these agreed upon expenses under the collaboration agreement for POSIDUR. There were no research and development expenses reimbursable by Nycomed or by the Company in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. The following table provides a summary of the amounts comprising our net share of the research and development costs for POSIDUR under the Company's agreement with Nycomed (in thousands) in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2010:
The following table provides a summary of collaborative research and development revenue recognized under the agreement with Nycomed with regard to POSIDUR (in thousands). The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company from Nycomed as of June 30, 2011 were $36.3 million under this agreement. In addition, the cumulative aggregate payments paid by the Company to Nycomed were $9.0 million as of June 30, 2011.
Agreement with Pain Therapeutics In December 2002, the Company entered into an exclusive agreement with Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (Pain Therapeutics) to develop and commercialize on a worldwide basis REMOXY® and other oral sustained release, abuse deterrent opioid products incorporating four specified opioid drugs, using the ORADUR technology. Total collaborative research and development revenue recognized under the agreement with Pain Therapeutics was $21,000 and $43,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $27,000 and $728,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010. The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company from Pain Therapeutics as of June 30, 2011 were $32.7 million under this agreement. In March 2009, King assumed the responsibility for further development of REMOXY from Pain Therapeutics. As a result of this change, the Company continues to perform REMOXY related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the license agreement between the Company and Pain Therapeutics. Accordingly, King was substituted in lieu of Pain Therapeutics with respect to interactions with the Company in its performance of those activities including the obligation to pay the Company with respect to all REMOXY-related costs incurred by the Company. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King with respect to REMOXY; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures. Total collaborative research and development revenue recognized for REMOXY-related work performed by the Company for Pfizer was $4,000 and $61,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $1.1 million and $1.9 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. Prior to March 2009, the Company recognized collaborative research and development revenue for REMOXY-related work under the agreements with Pain Therapeutics. The cumulative aggregate payments received by the Company from King (now Pfizer) as of June 30, 2011 were $5.2 million under this agreement.
Long Term Supply Agreement with King (now Pfizer) In August 2009, the Company signed an exclusive long term excipient supply agreement with respect to REMOXY with King. This agreement stipulates the terms and conditions under which the Company will supply to King, based on the Company's manufacturing cost plus a specified percentage mark-up, two key excipients used in the manufacture of REMOXY. In February 2011, Pfizer acquired King and thereby assumed the rights and obligations of King under the agreements we formerly had in place with King; accordingly amounts attributed to King are now shown as Pfizer figures. In the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized no product revenue related to these excipients for REMOXY. In the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized zero and $551,000 of product revenue related to a key excipient for REMOXY. The product revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2010 was for shipments made in 2008 and 2009 related to a price settlement after all criteria of revenue recognition were met. The price settlement related to additional manufacturing cost incurred by the Company and certain mark-up for the goods produced and shipped in 2008 and 2009 pursuant to the long term excipient supply agreement. In addition, the Company also recognized zero and $410,000 of product revenue related to the shipment of another excipient that is included in REMOXY upon shipment to Pfizer in the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Total revenues recognized related to these excipients were zero in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to zero and $961,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010. The associated costs of goods sold were zero in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to zero and $315,000 for the corresponding periods in 2010. |
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Financial Instruments | Note 3. Financial Instruments Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Company's valuation techniques used to measure fair value maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company follows a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. These levels of inputs are the following:
The Company's financial instruments are valued using quoted prices in active markets or based upon other observable inputs. Money market funds are classified as Level 1 financial assets. Certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate debt securities, and U.S. Government agency securities are classified as Level 2 financial assets. The fair value of the Level 2 assets is estimated using pricing models using current observable market information for similar securities.
The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):
The following is a summary of the cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2011, by contractual maturity (in thousands):
There were no securities that have had an unrealized loss for more than 12 months as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. As of June 30, 2011, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investments are not attributed to credit risk and are considered to be temporary. The Company believes that it is more-likely-than-not that investments in an unrealized loss position will be held until maturity or the recovery of the cost basis of the investment. To date, the Company has not recorded any impairment charges on marketable securities related to other-than-temporary declines in market value. |
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Stock-Based Compensation | Note 4. Stock-Based Compensation As of June 30, 2011, the Company has four stock-based employee compensation plans. The employee stock-based compensation cost that has been included in the statements of operations was $1.7 million and $3.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, compared to $2.0 million and $4.1 million for the corresponding periods in 2010. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $49,000 and $44,000, respectively, of stock-based compensation cost was capitalized in inventory on the Company's balance sheets. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock options. The expected life computation is based on historical exercise patterns and post-vesting termination behavior. The Company considered its historical volatility in developing its estimate of expected volatility. The Company used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of options granted and shares purchased under its employee stock purchase plan for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:
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Subsequent Events | Note 5. Subsequent Events On July 11, 2011, the Company and Zogenix, Inc., (Zogenix), entered into a Development and License Agreement (the License Agreement). Under the License Agreement, Zogenix will be responsible for the clinical development and commercialization of a proprietary, long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone using the Company's SABER controlled-release formulation technology in combination with Zogenix's DosePro® needle-free, subcutaneous drug delivery system. DURECT will be responsible for non-clinical, formulation and CMC development activities. The Company will be reimbursed by Zogenix for its research and development efforts on the product. Zogenix paid a non-refundable upfront fee to the Company of $2.25 million in July 2011. The $2.25 million upfront fee will be recognized as collaborative research and development revenue ratably over the term of the Company's continuing involvement with Zogenix with respect to this product candidate. Zogenix is obligated to pay the Company up to $103 million in total future milestone payments with respect to the product subject to and upon the achievement of various development, regulatory and sales milestones. Zogenix is also required to pay a mid single-digit to low double-digit percentage patent royalty on annual net sales of the product determined on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. The patent royalty term is equal to the later of the expiration of all DURECT technology patents or joint patent rights in a particular jurisdiction, the expiration of marketing exclusivity rights in such jurisdiction, or 15 years from first commercial sale in such jurisdiction. After the patent royalty term, Zogenix will continue to pay royalties on annual net sales of the product at a reduced rate for so long as Zogenix continues to sell the product in the jurisdiction. Zogenix is also required to pay to the Company a tiered percentage of fees received in connection with any sublicense of the licensed rights. The Company granted to Zogenix an exclusive worldwide license, with sub-license rights, to the Company intellectual property rights related to the Company's proprietary polymeric and non-polymeric controlled-release formulation technology to make and have made, use, offer for sale, sell and import risperidone products, where risperidone is the sole active agent, for administration by injection in the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other psychiatric related disorders in humans. The Company retains the right to supply Zogenix's Phase 3 clinical trial and commercial product requirements on the terms set forth in the License Agreement. The Company retains the right to terminate the License Agreement with respect to specific countries if Zogenix fails to advance the development of the product in such country, either directly or through a sublicensee. In addition, either party may terminate the License Agreement upon insolvency or bankruptcy of the other party, upon written notice of a material uncured breach or if the other party takes any act impairing such other party's relevant intellectual property rights. Zogenix may terminate the License Agreement upon written notice if during the development or commercialization of the product, the product becomes subject to one or more serious adverse drug experiences or if either party receives notice from a regulatory authority, independent review committee, data safety monitory board or other similar body alleging significant concern regarding a patient safety issue. Zogenix may also terminate the License Agreement with or without cause, at any time upon prior written notice. |
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Stock-based compensation expense | 82 | 86 | 167 | 170 |
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Stock-based compensation expense | $ 580 | $ 663 | $ 1,151 | $ 1,332 |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies | Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Operations DURECT Corporation (the Company) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 6, 1998. The Company is a pharmaceutical company developing therapies based on its proprietary drug formulations and delivery platform technologies. The Company has several products under development by itself and with third party collaborators. The Company also manufactures and sells osmotic pumps used in laboratory research, and designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of standard and custom biodegradable polymers and excipients for pharmaceutical and medical device clients for use as raw materials in their products. In addition, the Company conducts research and development of pharmaceutical products in collaboration with third party pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited financial statements include the accounts of the Company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and therefore, do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of the Company's results of operations, financial position and cash flows in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). The unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at June 30, 2011, the operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 has been derived from audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto, included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year. Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis. The Company's inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
Revenue Recognition Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, the product is shipped and title transfers to customers, provided no continuing obligation on the Company's part exists, the price is fixed or determinable and the collectability of the amounts owed is reasonably assured. The Company enters into license and collaboration agreements under which it may receive up-front license fees, research funding and contingent milestone payments and royalties. The Company's deliverables under these arrangements typically consist of granting licenses to intellectual property rights and research and development services. The accounting standards contain a presumption that separate contracts entered into at or near the same time with the same entity or related parties were negotiated as a package and should be evaluated as a single agreement. In the first quarter of 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition—Multiple Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU 2009-13) for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements, on a prospective basis, for applicable transactions originating or materially modified on or subsequent to January 1, 2011. ASU 2009-13 provides application guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables should be separated and how the consideration should be allocated to one or more units of accounting. This update changes the requirements for establishing separate units of accounting in a multiple element arrangement and establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. The selling price used for each deliverable is based on vendor-specific objective evidence, if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific objective evidence is not available, or estimated selling price if neither vendor-specific nor third-party evidence is available. Implementation of ASU 2009-13 has had no impact on reported revenue as compared to revenue under previous guidance. Under ASU 2009-13, the Company may be required to exercise considerable judgment in determining the estimated selling price of delivered items under new agreements and the Company's revenue under new agreements may be more accelerated as compared to the prior accounting standard. For multiple element arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2011, the Company determined whether the elements had value on a stand-alone basis and whether there was objective and reliable evidence of fair value. When the delivered element did not have stand-alone value or there was insufficient evidence of fair value for the undelivered element(s), the Company recognized the consideration for the combined unit of accounting in the same manner as the revenue was recognized for the final deliverable, which was generally ratably over the longest period of involvement. For example, upfront payments received upon execution of collaborative agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as collaborative research and development revenue based on a straight-line basis over the period of the Company's continuing involvement with the third-party collaborator pursuant to the applicable agreement. Such period generally represents the longer of the estimated research and development period or other continuing obligation period defined in the respective agreements between the Company and its third-party collaborators. Returns or credits related to the sale of products have not had a material impact on the Company's revenues or net loss. Research and development revenue related to services performed under the collaborative arrangements with the Company's third-party collaborators is recognized as the related research and development services are performed. These research payments received under each respective agreement are not refundable and are generally based on reimbursement of qualified expenses, as defined in the agreements. Research and development expenses under the collaborative research and development agreements generally approximate or exceed the revenue recognized under such agreements over the term of the respective agreements. Deferred revenue may result when the Company does not expend the required level of effort during a specific period in comparison to funds received under the respective agreement. For joint control and funding development activities, the Company recognizes revenue from the net reimbursement of the research and development expenses from our partner and records the net payment of research and development expenses to our partner as additional research and development expense. Milestone payments under collaborative arrangements are recognized as collaborative research and development revenue upon achievement of the "at risk" milestone events, which represent the culmination of the earnings process related to that milestone as defined in the agreement. Milestone payments are triggered either by the results of our research and development efforts or by events external to us, such as regulatory approval to market a product or the achievement of specified sales levels by a third-party collaborator. As such, the milestones are substantially at risk at the inception of the collaboration agreement, and revenue is only recognized upon the achievement of a milestone event if the Company has no future performance obligations related to that milestone payment. Revenue on cost-plus-fee contracts, such as under contracts to perform research and development for others, is recognized as the related services are rendered as determined by the extent of reimbursable costs incurred plus estimated fees thereon. The collaborative research and development and other revenues associated with the Company's major third-party collaborators are as follows (in thousands):
Comprehensive Loss Components of other comprehensive loss are comprised entirely of unrealized gains and losses on the Company's available-for-sale securities for all periods presented and are included in total comprehensive loss as follows (in thousands).
Accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is entirely comprised of net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities. Net Loss Per Share Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and common stock equivalents (i.e., options and warrants to purchase common stock) outstanding during the year, if dilutive, using the treasury stock method for options and warrants.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 Comprehensive Income - Presentation of Comprehensive Income. This Update is intended to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income (OCI) by eliminating the option to present components of OCI as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments in this standard require that all non-owner changes in stockholders' equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Under either method, adjustments must be displayed for items that are reclassified from OCI to net income in the financial statements where the components of net income and the components of OCI are presented. This guidance does not affect the underlying accounting for components of OCI, but will change the presentation of our financial statements. The Company will adopt this authoritative guidance retrospectively in the first quarter of our fiscal year 2012. |
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