Collaborative Arrangement

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Disaggregation of Revenue [Abstract]

Collaborative Arrangement

Collaborative Arrangement

In March 2019, we entered into an agreement (Shinyaku Agreement) with Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (Shinyaku) for the exclusive distribution of Fintepla in Japan for the treatment of Dravet syndrome and LGS. As part of the Shinyaku Agreement, we are responsible for completing the global clinical development and all regulatory approval activities for Fintepla to support the submission of new drug applications in Japan for Dravet syndrome and LGS. Upon regulatory approval of Fintepla in Japan, Shinyaku will act as our exclusive distributor for Fintepla and will be responsible for the commercialization activities including the promotion, marketing, sale and distribution of Fintepla in Japan. Upon regulatory approval of Fintepla in Japan, Shinyaku will also act as our exclusive distributor for commercial shipment and distribution of Fintepla in Japan. If we pursue global development of Fintepla for indications other than Dravet syndrome or LGS, Shinyaku has the option to participate in the development for such indications in Japan, subject to cost sharing requirements pursuant to the agreement. Activities under the Shinyaku Agreement will be governed by a joint steering committee (JSC) consisting of three representatives from each party to the agreement. All decisions of the JSC are to be made by a unanimous vote with tie-breaking rights provided to each party for certain matters related to development, regulatory approval and commercialization select distribution activities of Fintepla in that territory.

Shinyaku has agreed to support development and regulatory approval of Fintepla in Japan by actively participating in the design of non-clinical, clinical and manufacturing requirements needed for regulatory submission, actively planning and participating in product labeling decisions and discussions with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and obtained distribution exclusivity through the payment of an initial fixed consideration. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Shinyaku agreed to make aggregate fixed payments of $20.0 million to us in scheduled installments. As of June 30, 2020, we have received $17.0 million with the remaining balance due within the next year. We will be actively running the clinical trials, performing manufacturing validation activities, preparing regulatory filings and holding discussions with MHLW, and negotiating pricing. We and Shinyaku have agreed to proportionally share the Japan specific development costs that may arise outside of the initial development plan and any post-approval clinical study costs in Japan. In addition, we can earn up to $66.0 million from Shinyaku for the achievement of certain regulatory milestones for the treatment of Dravet

syndrome and LGS. If regulatory approval of Fintepla is received in Japan, we have agreed to supply Shinyaku with Fintepla upon receipt of purchase orders at our actual manufacturing cost plus a fixed transfer price mark-up, a fixed percentage of Shinyaku's net sales of Fintepla in Japan for such fiscal year, and a net price mark-up based on a percent of the applicable aggregate sales of Fintepla by Shinyaku for such fiscal year. The net price mark-up percentage increases with Shinyaku’s sales of Fintepla annual net sales in Japan and ranges between mid-twenties and is capped at a low thirties of the aggregate annual net sales for an applicable fiscal year. In addition, we can earn up to an additional $42.5 million tied to the achievement of certain net sales milestones by Shinyaku through the term of the agreement, which generally expires in 2045.

The collaborative activities under the Shinyaku Agreement prior to regulatory approval are within the scope of the accounting guidance related to collaborative arrangements as both parties are active participants and are exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on the success of commercializing Fintepla in Japan. Since Shinyaku is not a customer as it does not obtain an output of our development and regulatory approval activities for Fintepla as they were not provided a license to our intellectual property or the ability to manufacture the product, and we do not consider performing development and regulatory approval services to be a part of our ongoing activities. Shinyaku will only become a customer and subject to revenue from contracts from customers accounting guidance after regulatory approval of Fintepla in Japan occurs and Shinyaku places purchase orders with us. To date, Shinyaku has not provided us with any purchase orders and thus no revenue has been recognized for the supply of Fintepla.

We considered the revenue from contracts with customers guidance by analogy in determining the unit of account, and the recognition and measurement of such unit of account for collaborative activities under the Shinyaku Agreement and concluded that there are two development programs akin to performance obligations related to collaborative activities for development and regulatory approval efforts for Dravet and LGS. We are the principal as it relates to the collaborative development and regulatory approval activities primarily because we are responsible for the acceptability of the results of the work of the third-party vendors that are used to assist us in performing such activities. Therefore, such collaboration revenue is presented on a gross basis in our condensed consolidated statements of operations apart from research and development expenses incurred.

Since Shinyaku was not provided a license to our intellectual property or the ability to manufacture Fintepla, Shinyaku will only become a customer, and payments made under the Shinyaku Agreement will only be subject to the accounting guidance related to revenue from contracts from customers, after regulatory approval of Fintepla in Japan occurs and Shinyaku places purchase orders with us.

The initial collaboration consideration consisted solely of the fixed consideration payments of $20.0 million and was allocated on a relative standalone selling price basis to the two identified development programs akin to performance obligations related to collaborative activities for development and regulatory approval efforts for Dravet syndrome and LGS. Analogizing to the revenue from contracts with customers variable consideration guidance, all potential regulatory milestone payment consideration will be included in the collaboration consideration if and when it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative collaboration consideration recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable collaboration consideration is subsequently resolved. At contract inception and through June 30, 2020, this consideration was fully constrained as the achievement of the events tied to these regulatory milestone payments was highly dependent on factors outside our control.

Collaboration revenue is being recognized over time as the collaborative activities related to each development program are rendered. We determined an input method is a reasonable representative depiction of the performance of the collaborative activities under the Shinyaku Agreement. The method of measuring progress towards completion incorporates actual internal and external costs incurred, relative to total internal and external costs expected to be incurred over an estimated period to satisfy the collaborative activities. The period over which total costs are estimated reflects our estimate of the period over which it will perform the collaborative activities for each development program. Changes in estimates of total internal and external costs expected to be incurred are recognized in the period of change as a cumulative catch-up adjustment to collaboration revenue.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we recognized collaboration revenue of $1.0 million and $2.3 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, the deferred revenue balance of $11.1 million related to this agreement was recorded as deferred revenue, which is classified as either current or net of current portion in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets based on the period over which the collaboration revenue is expected to be recognized. We expect to recognize collaboration revenue related to these collaborative activities through the end of 2023.