Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Operating Lease Commitments

The Company leases office and manufacturing facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring on different dates in the United States, Switzerland, and China. Payments under operating leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the periods of their respective leases, and the terms of the leases do not contain rent escalation, contingent rent, renewal, or purchase options.

There are no restrictions placed upon the Company by entering into these leases. Total expenses under these operating leases were $8,930, $3,810 and $1,974 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases consist of the following as of December 31, 2018:



	$
Year ending December 31:
2019	10,752
2020	9,972
2021	7,805
2022	3,923
2023 and thereafter	1,357
Total	33,809

Purchase Commitments

As of December 31, 2018, purchase commitments amounted to $9,747 related to minimum purchase requirements for finished goods inventory purchased from Celgene.

Capital Commitments

The Company had capital commitments amounting to $45,910 for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2018, which were mainly for BeiGene Guangzhou Factory's manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China.