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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries are eliminated upon consolidation.
Noncontrolling interests are recognized to reflect the portion of the equity of subsidiaries which are not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the controlling shareholders. Prior to 2020, the Company consolidated its interests in its joint ventures, BeiGene Biologics Co., Ltd. (BeiGene Biologics) and MapKure, LLC (MapKure), under the voting model and recognized the minority shareholders' equity interest as a noncontrolling interest in its consolidated financial statements. In June 2020, the Company deconsolidated MapKure and recorded an equity method investment for its remaining ownership interest in the joint venture (see Note 6). In November 2020, the Company acquired the remaining equity interest in BeiGene Biologics. Subsequent to the share purchase, BeiGene Biologics is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (see Note 8).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Areas where management uses subjective judgment include, but are not limited to, estimating the useful lives of long-lived assets, estimating variable consideration in product sales and collaboration revenue arrangements, identifying separate accounting units and the
standalone selling price of each performance obligation in the Company’s revenue arrangements, assessing the impairment of long-lived assets, valuation and recognition of share-based compensation expenses, estimating uncertain tax positions, valuation of inventory, estimating the allowance for credit losses, determining defined benefit pension plan obligations, measurement of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and the fair value of financial instruments. Management bases the estimates on historical experience, known trends and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Functional Currency and Foreign Currency Translation
Functional currency
The Company uses the United States dollar ("$" or U.S. dollar) as its reporting currency. Operations in subsidiaries are recorded in the functional currency of the respective subsidiary. The determination of functional currency is based on the criteria of Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 830, Foreign Currency Matters.
Foreign currency translation
For subsidiaries whose functional currencies are not the U.S. dollar, the Company uses the average exchange rate for the year and the exchange rate at the balance sheet date, to translate the operating results and financial position to U.S. dollar, the reporting currency, respectively. Translation differences are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of shareholders’ equity. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Foreign currency denominated financial assets and liabilities are remeasured at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Remeasurement exchange gains and losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and bank deposits, which are unrestricted as to withdrawal and use. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity date of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents which consist primarily of money market funds are stated at fair value.
Restricted cash
Restricted cash primarily consists of RMB-denominated cash deposits pledged in designated bank accounts as collateral for bank loans and letters of credit. The Company classifies restricted cash as current or non-current based on the term of the restriction.
In addition to the restricted cash balances above, the Company is required by the PRC securities law to use the proceeds from the STAR offering in strict compliance with the planned uses as disclosed in the PRC prospectus as well as those disclosed in the Company's proceeds management policy approved by the board of directors.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses
Trade accounts receivable are recorded at their invoiced amounts, net of trade discounts and allowances as well as an allowance for credit losses. The allowance for credit losses reflects the Company's current estimate of credit losses expected to be incurred over the life of the receivables. The Company considers various factors in establishing, monitoring, and adjusting its allowance for credit losses including the aging of receivables and aging trends, customer creditworthiness and specific exposures related to particular customers. The Company also monitors other risk factors and forward-looking information, such as country specific risks and economic factors that may affect a customer's ability to pay in establishing and adjusting its allowance for credit losses. Accounts receivable are written off after all collection efforts have ceased.
Inventory
Prior to the regulatory approval of product candidates, the Company may incur expenses for the manufacture of drug product to support the commercial launch of those products. Until the date at which regulatory approval has been received or is otherwise considered probable, all such costs are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred.
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value, with cost determined in a manner that approximates the first-in, first-out method. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels, and writes down inventory that has become obsolete, inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its estimated realizable value and inventory in excess of expected sales requirements as cost of product sales. The determination of whether inventory costs will be realizable requires estimates by management. If actual market conditions are less favorable than projected by management, additional write-downs of inventory may be required, which would be recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investments
The Company's investments consist of available-for-sale debt securities, convertible note instruments, public equity securities with readily determinable fair values, private equity securities without readily determinable fair values, and equity-method investments. The classification of an investment is determined based on the nature of the investment, the Company's ability and intent to hold the investment, and the degree to which the Company may exercise influence over the investee.
Available-for-sale debt securities are stated at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported in other comprehensive loss. The net carrying value of debt securities classified as available-for-sale is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such amortization is computed using the effective interest method and included in interest income. Interest and dividends are included in interest income. Available-for-sale debt securities with original maturities greater than three months at the date of purchase and less than one year from the date of the balance sheet are classified as short-term. Available-for-sale debt securities with maturities beyond one year may be classified as short-term marketable securities due to their highly liquid nature and because they represent the Company’s investments that are available for current operations.
Convertible note instruments are recorded using the fair value option method of accounting. Accordingly, convertible note instruments are remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis, with any changes in the fair value option recorded in other (expense) income, net.
Public equity securities with readily determinable fair values are recorded at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in other (expense) income, net. Derivative financial instruments to purchase public equity securities are recorded at fair value. The estimated fair value of derivative financial instruments is determined based on the Black-Scholes valuation model. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments are recorded in other (expense) income, net.
Private equity securities without readily determinable fair values and where the Company does not have significant influence are measured at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. Adjustments to private equity securities are recorded in other (expense) income, net.
Equity investments in common stock or in-substance common stock where the Company has significant influence over the financial and operating policies of the investee are accounted for as equity-method investments. Equity-method investments are initially recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted based on the Company's percentage ownership in the investee's income and expenses, as well as dividends, if any. The Company records its share of the investee's results of operations in other (expense) income, net. The Company records impairment losses on our equity method investments if it deems the impairment to be other-than-temporary. The Company deems an impairment to be other-than-temporary based on various factors, including but not limited to, the length of time the fair value is below the carrying value and ability to retain the investment to allow for a recovery in fair value.
Realized gains or losses on sales of investments are determined based on the specific identification method.
The Company regularly evaluates its investments in debt and equity for impairment. The Company recognizes an allowance on available-for-sale debt securities when a portion of the unrealized loss is attributable to a credit loss and a corresponding credit loss in net income. No impairment losses or allowance for credit losses on investments were recorded for any periods presented.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Property, plant and equipment, other than land and construction in progress, are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:
 Useful Lives
Building20 years
Manufacturing equipment
3 to 10 years
Laboratory Equipment
3 to 5 years
Software, Electronic and Office Equipment
3 to 5 years
Leasehold ImprovementsLesser of useful life or lease term
 Leases
The Company applies ASC, Topic 842, Leases (ASC 842) to account for its leases. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a single lease component based on the Company’s policy election to combine lease and non-lease components for its leases. Leases are classified as operating or finance leases in accordance with the recognition criteria in ASC 842-20-25. The Company’s lease portfolio consists entirely of operating leases as of December 31, 2022. The Company’s leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
At the commencement date of a lease, the Company determines the classification of the lease based on the relevant factors present and records a right-of-use (ROU) asset and lease liability. ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are calculated as the present value of the lease payments not yet paid. Variable lease payments not dependent on an index or rate are excluded from the ROU asset and lease liability calculations and are recognized in expense in the period which the obligation for those payments is incurred. As the rate implicit in the Company’s leases is not typically readily available, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. This incremental borrowing rate reflects the fixed rate at which the Company could borrow on a collateralized basis the amount of the lease payments in the same currency, for a similar term, in a similar economic environment. ROU assets include any lease prepayments and are reduced by lease incentives. Operating lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease terms are based on the non-cancelable term of the lease and may contain options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. Lease liabilities that become due within one year of the balance sheet date are classified as current liabilities.
Leases with an initial lease term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. Lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Land Use Right, Net 
All land in the PRC is owned by the PRC government. The PRC government may sell land use rights for a specified period of time. Land use rights represent operating leases in accordance with ASC 842. The purchase price of land use rights represents lease prepayments to the PRC government and is recorded as an operating lease ROU asset on the balance sheet. The ROU asset is amortized over the remaining lease term.
In 2017, the Company acquired a land use right from the local Bureau of Land and Resources in Guangzhou for the purpose of constructing and operating the Company's biologics manufacturing facility in Guangzhou. In 2019, the Company acquired a second Guangzhou land use right from the local Bureau of Land and Resources. In 2021, the Company acquired two land use rights from the local Bureau of Land and Resources to expand its biologics manufacturing facility in Guangzhou. Guangzhou land use rights are being amortized over the respective terms of the land use rights, which are each 50 years. 
In 2018, the Company acquired a land use right in conjunction with the acquisition of Beijing Innerway Bio-tech Co., Ltd. The land use right is being amortized over the term of the land use right, which is 36 years.
In 2020, the Company acquired a land use right from the local Bureau of Land and Resources in Suzhou to construct its research, development and manufacturing facility in Suzhou. In 2022, the Company acquired a second Suzhou land use right from the local Bureau of Land and Resources. The land use rights are being amortized over the respective terms of the land use rights, which are each 30 years.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. The Company allocates the cost of an acquired entity to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price for acquisitions over the fair value of the net assets acquired, including other intangible assets, is recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances would indicate a potential impairment.
The Company has elected to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the Company's reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill. The qualitative assessment includes the Company's evaluation of relevant events and circumstances affecting the Company's single reporting unit, including macroeconomic, industry, and market conditions, the Company's overall financial performance, and trends in the market price of the Company's ADSs. If qualitative factors indicate that it is more likely than not that the Company's reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount, then the Company will perform the quantitative impairment test by comparing the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill, to its fair value. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss will be recognized in an amount equal to that excess. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 the Company determined that there were no indicators of impairment of goodwill.
Intangible assets acquired through business combinations are recognized as assets separate from goodwill and are measured at fair value upon acquisition. Intangible assets acquired in transactions that are not business combinations are recorded at the allocated portion of total consideration transferred based on their relative fair value in relation to net assets acquired. Intangible assets associated with milestone payments made to third parties subsequent to regulatory approval are recorded at cost. Identifiable intangible assets consist of distribution rights for approved cancer therapies licensed from BMS that are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which is 10 years; post-approval milestone payments under license and commercialization agreements, that are amortized over the remainder of the product patent or the term of the commercialization agreements; and trading licenses that are amortized over the initial license term.
Intangible assets with finite useful lives are tested for impairment when events or circumstances occur that could indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. When these events occur, the Company evaluates the recoverability of the intangible assets by comparing the carrying amount of the assets to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their fair value. Fair value is generally determined by discounting the cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, when the market prices are not readily available. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company determined that there were no indicators of impairment of its other intangible assets.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment in accordance with authoritative guidance for impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. Long-lived assets are reviewed for events or changes in circumstances, which indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable. Long-lived assets are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, there was no impairment of the value of the Company’s long-lived assets.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value of financial instruments
The Company applies ASC topic 820 (ASC 820), Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, in measuring fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosures to be provided on fair value measurement. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1 — Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 — Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.
ASC 820 describes three main approaches to measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities: (1) market approach; (2) income approach; and (3) cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated from market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present value amount. The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is based on the amount that would currently be required to replace an asset.
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
The following tables set forth assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:
As of December 31, 2022Quoted Price
in Active
Market for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 $$$
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds758,114 — — 
Short-term investments (Note 6):   
U.S. treasury securities665,251 — — 
Other non-current assets (Note 6):
Equity securities with readily determinable fair values3,307 706 — 
Convertible debt instrument— — 3,000 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 6):
Convertible debt instrument— — 5,190 
Total1,426,672 706 8,190 
As of December 31, 2021Quoted Price
in Active
Market for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 $$$
Cash equivalents
U.S. treasury securities107,855 — — 
Money market funds315,564 — — 
Short-term investments (Note 6):
U.S. treasury securities2,241,962 — — 
Other non-current assets (Note 6):
Equity securities with readily determinable fair values23,809 10,306 — 
Total2,689,190 10,306 — 
The Company's cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with original maturities of 3 months or less. Short-term investments represent the Company's investments in available-for-sale debt securities. The Company determines the fair value of cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities using a market approach based on quoted prices in active markets.
The Company's equity securities carried at fair value consist of holdings in common stock and warrants to purchase additional shares of common stock of Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (Leap), which were acquired in connection with a collaboration and license agreement entered into in January 2020 and in Leap's underwritten public offering in September 2021. The common stock investment in Leap, a publicly-traded biotechnology company, is measured and carried at fair value and classified as Level 1. The warrants to purchase additional shares of common stock in Leap are classified as a Level 2 investment and are measured using the Black-Scholes option-pricing valuation model, which utilizes a constant maturity risk-free rate and reflects the term of the warrants, dividend yield and stock price volatility, that is based on the historical volatility of similar companies. Refer to Note 6, Investments for details of the determination of the carrying amount of private equity investments without readily determinable fair values and equity method investments.
The Company holds convertible notes issued by two private biotech companies. The Company has elected the fair value option method of accounting for the convertible notes. Accordingly, the convertible notes are remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and short-term debt approximated their carrying values due to their short-term nature. Long-term debt approximates its fair value due to the fact that the related interest rates approximate the rates currently offered by financial institutions for similar debt instrument of comparable maturities.
Revenue Recognition
The Company applies ASC, Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606) to account for its revenue transactions.
Under ASC 606, an entity recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration, if any; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration to which it is entitled in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
Once a contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606 at contract inception, the Company reviews the contract to determine which performance obligations it must deliver and which of these performance obligations are distinct. The
Company recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to each performance obligation when that performance obligation is satisfied or as it is satisfied.
Product Revenue
The Company generates product revenues in China through the sale of its internally developed drugs tislelizumab, BRUKINSA and pamiparib, and the sale of in-licensed products through its agreements with Amgen, BMS, Bio-Thera and EUSA Pharma. Under the commercial profit share arrangement with Amgen, the Company is the principal for in-licensed product sales to customers in China during the commercialization period and recognizes 100% of net product revenue on these sales. Amounts due to Amgen for its portion of net product sales are recorded as cost of sales. In the United States, the Company generates product revenues from the sale of BRUKINSA.
In China, the Company sells its internally developed products to multiple distributors, who in turn sell the product to hospitals or pharmacies within their authorized territories to be sold ultimately to patients. In-licensed products are sold to a first tier distributor who subsequently resells the products to second tier distributors who ultimately sell the products to health care providers and patients. In the United States, the Company distributes BRUKINSA through specialty pharmacies and specialty distributors. The specialty pharmacies and specialty distributors subsequently resell the product to health care providers and patients.
The Company is the principal under the product sales as the Company controls the products with the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all the remaining benefits from the products before they are sold to the customer. For product sales transactions, the Company has a single performance obligation which is to sell the products to its customer. The Company includes variable consideration in the transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal will not occur and estimates variable consideration from rebates, chargebacks, trade discounts and allowances, sales returns allowances and other incentives using the expected value method. Revenues for product sales are recognized at a point in time when the single performance obligation is satisfied upon delivery to the customer. The Company's payment terms are approximately 45-90 days. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company will reassess estimates for variable consideration periodically. If actual results in the future vary from the Company’s estimates, the Company will adjust these estimates, which would affect net product revenue and earnings in the period such variances become known.
Estimates for variable consideration for which reserves are established at the time of sale include government and commercial rebates, provisions for acceptance of National Reimbursement Drug List pricing in the PRC, chargebacks, trade discounts and allowances, sales returns allowances and other incentives that are offered within contracts between the Company and its customers, health care providers and other indirect customers. Where appropriate, these estimates take into consideration a range of possible outcomes that are probability-weighted for relevant factors such as our historical experience, current contractual and statutory requirements, channel inventory levels, specific known market events and trends, industry data and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns.
The Company bases its sales returns allowance on estimated distributor inventories, customer demand as reported by third-party sources, and actual returns history, as well as other factors, as appropriate. For newly launched products where actual returns history is not yet available, the sales returns allowance is initially calculated based on benchmarking data from similar products and industry experience. If the historical or benchmarking data the Company uses to calculate these estimates do not properly reflect future returns, then a change in the allowance would be made in the period in which such a determination is made and revenues in that period could be materially affected. Any changes from the historical trend rates are considered in determining the current sales return allowance. To date, sales returns have not been significant.
Collaboration Revenue
At contract inception, the Company analyzes its collaboration arrangements to assess whether they are within the scope of ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements (ASC 808) to determine whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on the commercial success of such activities. For collaboration arrangements within the scope of ASC 808 that contain multiple elements, the Company first determines which elements of the collaboration are deemed to be within the scope of ASC 808 and those that are more reflective of a vendor-customer relationship and therefore within the scope of ASC 606. For elements of
collaboration arrangements that are accounted for pursuant to ASC 808, an appropriate recognition method is determined and applied consistently.
In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under each of its agreements, the Company performs the five-step model under ASC 606 noted above.
The Company’s collaborative arrangements may contain more than one unit of account, or performance obligation, including grants of licenses to intellectual property rights, agreement to provide research and development services and other deliverables. The collaborative arrangements do not include a right of return for any deliverable. As part of the accounting for these arrangements, the Company must develop assumptions that require judgment to determine the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation identified in the contract. In developing the stand-alone selling price for a performance obligation, the Company considers competitor pricing for a similar or identical product, market awareness of and perception of the product, expected product life and current market trends. In general, the consideration allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when the respective obligation is satisfied either by delivering a good or providing a service, limited to the consideration that is not constrained. Non-refundable payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as advances from customers.
Licenses of Intellectual Property: Upfront non-refundable payments for licensing the Company’s intellectual property are evaluated to determine if the license is distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement. For licenses determined to be distinct, the Company recognizes revenues from non-refundable up-front fees allocated to the license at a point in time, when the license is transferred to the licensee and the licensee is able to use and benefit from the license.
Options to License Intellectual Property: Upfront non-refundable payments for options to license the Company’s intellectual property are evaluated to determine if the option represents a material right and is distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement. For options determined to be a material right and distinct, the Company defers the non-refundable up-front fees allocated to the option and recognizes revenues at a point in time, at the earlier of when the option is exercised or the option period expires.
Right to Access Intellectual Property during the Option Period: The portion of a transaction price allocated to the other parties right to access the Company's intellectual property to generate their own data during an option period is deferred and recognized as collaboration revenue over the option period on a straight-line basis as the right to use the intellectual property is provided and the data generated.
Research and Development Services: The portion of a transaction price allocated to research and development services performance obligations is deferred and recognized as collaboration revenue over time as delivery or performance of such services occurs.
Milestone Payments: At the inception of each arrangement that includes development milestone payments, the Company evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being reached and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. Milestones related to the Company’s development-based activities may include initiation of various phases of clinical trials. Due to the uncertainty involved in meeting these development-based targets, they are generally fully constrained at contract inception. The Company will assess whether the variable consideration is fully constrained each reporting period based on the facts and circumstances surrounding the clinical trials. Upon changes to constraint associated with the developmental milestones, variable consideration will be included in the transaction price when a significant reversal of revenue recognized is not expected to occur and allocated to the separate performance obligations. Regulatory milestones are fully constrained until the period in which those regulatory approvals are achieved due to the inherent uncertainty with the approval process. Regulatory milestones are included in the transaction price in the period regulatory approval is obtained.
Royalties: For arrangements that include sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, and the license is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate, the Company recognizes revenue at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied).
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist of the costs associated with our research and development activities, conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, and activities related to regulatory filings, which primarily include (i) payroll and related costs (including share-based compensation) associated with research and development personnel, (ii) costs related to clinical trials and preclinical testing of the Company’s technologies under development, (iii) costs to develop the product candidates, including raw materials and supplies, product testing, depreciation, and facility related expenses, (iv) expenses for research services provided by universities and contract laboratories, including sponsored research funding, and (v) other research and development expenses. Research and development expenses are charged to expense as incurred when these expenditures relate to the Company’s research and development services and have no alternative future uses.
Clinical trial costs are a significant component of the Company’s research and development expenses. The Company has a history of contracting with third parties that perform various clinical trial activities on behalf of the Company in the ongoing development of the Company’s product candidates. Expenses related to clinical trials are accrued based on the Company’s estimates of the actual services performed by the third parties for the respective period. If the contracted amounts are modified (for instance, as a result of changes in the clinical trial protocol or scope of work to be performed), the Company will modify the related accruals accordingly on a prospective basis. Revisions in the scope of a contract are charged to expense in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become reasonably certain.
The process of estimating the Company's research and development expenses involves reviewing open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with its personnel to identify services that have been performed on its behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated costs incurred for the services when the Company has not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of the actual costs. The majority of the Company's service providers invoice it in arrears for services performed, on a pre‑determined schedule or when contractual milestones are met; however, some require advanced payments. The Company makes estimates of the expenses as of each balance sheet date in its financial statements based on facts and circumstances known to the Company at that time. Although the Company does not expect its estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, the understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in the Company reporting expenses that are too high or too low in any particular period. There were no material adjustments for a change in estimate to research and development expenses in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Acquired In-Process Research and Development Expense
The Company has acquired rights to develop and commercialize product candidates. Upfront payments that relate to the acquisition of a new drug compound, as well as pre-commercial milestone payments, are immediately expensed as acquired in-process research and development in the period in which they are incurred, provided that the new drug compound did not also include processes or activities that would constitute a “business” as defined under GAAP, the drug has not achieved regulatory approval for marketing and, absent obtaining such approval, has no established alternative future use. Milestone payments made to third parties subsequent to regulatory approval are capitalized as intangible assets and amortized over the estimated remaining useful life of the related product. Royalties owed on sales of the products licensed pursuant to the agreements are expensed in the period the related revenues are recognized.
Government Grants
Government financial incentives that involve no conditions or continuing performance obligations of the Company are recognized as other (expense) income, net upon receipt. In the event government grants or incentives involve continuing performance obligations, the Company will capitalize the payment as a liability and recognize the same financial statement caption as the performance obligation relates over the performance period.
The Company received government assistance in the form of cash primarily to support the Guangzhou manufacturing facility build-out and research and development programs. Government assistance received related to the Guangzhou manufacturing facility build-out was recognized as other long-term liabilities and is amortized over the same useful lives of the related assets as depreciation expense. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, other long-term liabilities related to the Guangzhou manufacturing facility build-out totaled $38,118 and $44,593, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2022, depreciation expense is presented net of amortization of government assistance of $3,169.
Government assistance received to support research and development programs was recorded as other long-term liabilities upon receipt and is recognized as other (expense) income, net when the associated research and development programs are completed. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, other long-term liabilities related to research and development programs totaled $58 and $1,759, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized other income of $1,664 upon the completion of a designated research and development program.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss is defined as the changes in equity of the Company during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances excluding transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, ASC 220, Comprehensive Income, requires that all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive loss be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. For each of the periods presented, the Company’s comprehensive loss includes net loss, foreign currency translation adjustments, pension liability adjustments and unrealized holding gains/losses associated with the available-for-sale debt securities, and is presented in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.
Share-Based Compensation
Awards granted to employees
The Company applies ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (ASC 718), to account for its employee share-based payments. In accordance with ASC 718, the Company determines whether an award should be classified and accounted for as a liability award or equity award. All the Company’s grants of share-based awards to employees were classified as equity awards and are recognized in the financial statements based on their grant date fair values. Specifically, the grant date fair value of share options is calculated using an option pricing model. The fair value of restricted shares and restricted share units are based on the closing market price of our ADSs on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the date of grant. The Company has elected to recognize compensation expense using the straight-line method for all employee equity awards granted with graded vesting based on service conditions provided that the amount of compensation cost recognized at any date is at least equal to the portion of the grant-date value of the options that are vested at that date. The Company uses the accelerated method for all awards granted with graded vesting based on performance conditions. To the extent the required vesting conditions are not met resulting in the forfeiture of the share-based awards, previously recognized compensation expense relating to those awards are reversed. ASC 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in the subsequent period if actual forfeitures differ from initial estimates.
Forfeiture rates are estimated based on historical and future expectations of employee turnover rates and are adjusted to reflect future changes in circumstances and facts, if any. Share-based compensation expense is recorded net of estimated forfeitures such that expense is recorded only for those share-based awards that are expected to vest. To the extent the Company revises these estimates in the future, the share-based payments could be materially impacted in the period of revision, as well as in following periods. The Company, with the assistance of an independent third-party valuation firm, determined the estimated fair value of the stock options granted to employees using the binomial option pricing model.
Awards granted to non-employees
The Company has accounted for equity instruments issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718 and ASC 505, Equity. All transactions in which goods or services are received in exchange for equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The grant date is the measurement date of the fair value of the equity instrument issued. The expense is recognized in the same manner as if the Company had paid cash for the services provided by the non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50, Equity-based payments to non-employees. The Company estimated the fair value of share options granted to non-employees using the same method as employees. 
Modification of awards
A change in any of the terms or conditions of the awards is accounted for as a modification of the award. Incremental compensation cost is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the original award immediately before its terms are modified, measured based on the fair value of the awards and other pertinent factors at the modification date. For vested awards, the Company recognizes incremental compensation cost in the period the
modification occurs. For unvested awards, the Company recognizes over the remaining requisite service period, the sum of the incremental compensation cost and the remaining unrecognized compensation cost for the original award on the modification date. If the fair value of the modified award is lower than the fair value of the original award immediately before modification, the minimum compensation cost the Company recognizes is the cost of the original award.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The Company evaluates its uncertain tax positions using the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes, which prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. The Company recognizes in the financial statements the benefit of a tax position which is “more likely than not” to be sustained under examination based solely on the technical merits of the position assuming a review by tax authorities having all relevant information. Tax positions that meet the recognition threshold are measured using a cumulative probability approach, at the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement. It is the Company’s policy to recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as a component of income tax expense.
Loss Per Share
Loss per share is calculated in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share. Basic loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period using the two-class method. Under the two-class method, net income is allocated between ordinary shares and participating securities based on dividends declared (or accumulated) and participating rights in undistributed earnings as if all the earnings for the reporting period had been distributed. The Company’s restricted shares are participating securities because they have contractual rights to share in the profits of the Company.
However, the restricted shares do not have contractual rights and obligations to share in the losses of the Company. For the periods presented herein, the computation of basic loss per share using the two-class method is not applicable as the Company is in a net loss position.
Diluted loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders as adjusted for the effect of dilutive ordinary equivalent shares, if any, by the weighted average number of ordinary and dilutive ordinary equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Ordinary equivalent shares consist of the ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of the Company’s convertible preferred shares, if any, using the if-converted method, and ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of the share options and unvested restricted shares, using the treasury stock method. 
Ordinary share equivalents are excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share if their effects would be anti-dilutive. Basic and diluted loss per ordinary share is presented in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Segment Information
In accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting, the Company’s chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the consolidated results when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Company as a whole and hence, the Company has only one reportable segment: pharmaceutical products.
Concentration of Risks
Concentration of credit risk
Financial instruments that are potentially subject to credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and accounts receivable.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, $3,869,564 and $4,375,678 were deposited with various major reputable financial institutions located in the PRC and international financial institutions outside of the PRC, respectively. The deposits placed with
financial institutions are not protected by statutory or commercial insurance. In the event of bankruptcy of one of these financial institutions, the Company may be unable to claim its deposits back in full. Management believes that these financial institutions are of high credit quality and continually monitors the credit worthiness of these financial institutions. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had short-term investments amounting to $665,251 and $2,241,962, respectively.
At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s short-term investments were comprised of U.S. treasury securities. The Company believes that U.S. treasury securities are of high credit quality and continually monitors the credit worthiness of these institutions.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had accounts receivable, net of $173,168 and $483,113, respectively. Accounts receivable, net represent amounts arising from product sales and amounts due from its collaboration partners. The Company monitors economic conditions to identify facts or circumstances that may indicate receivables are at risk of collection.
Customer concentration risk
For the year ended December 31, 2022, sales to the Company's four largest product distributors, Sinopharm, Shanghai Pharmaceutical, ASD Specialty Healthcare and China Resources represented approximately 18.1%, 15.5%, 14.2% and 12.1% of product revenue, respectively, and collectively, represented approximately 57.0% of trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company's collaboration revenue consisted entirely of revenue recognized under its out-licensing collaboration agreements with Novartis.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, sales to the Company's three largest product distributors, Sinopharm, China Resources, and Shanghai Pharmaceutical represented approximately 26.0%, 19.9% and 16.7% of product revenue, respectively, and collectively, represented approximately 23.4% of trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company's collaboration revenue consisted entirely of revenue recognized under its out-licensing collaboration agreements with Novartis. Receivables from Novartis represented approximately 66.4% of trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to the invoicing of the $300,000 upfront fee related to the Ociperlimab option, collaboration and license agreement.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, sales to the Company's two largest product distributors, China Resources and Sinopharm, represented approximately 38.7% and 25.4% of product revenue, respectively, and collectively, represented approximately 59.6% of trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2020.
Business, customer, political, social and economic risks
The Company participates in a dynamic biopharmaceutical industry and believes that changes in any of the following areas could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows: changes in the overall demand for services and products; competitive pressures due to existing competitors and new entrants; advances and new trends in new drugs and industry standards; changes in clinical research organizations, contract manufacturers and other key vendors; changes in certain strategic relationships or customer relationships; regulatory considerations; intellectual property considerations; and risks associated with the Company’s ability to attract and retain employees necessary to support its growth. The Company’s operations could be also adversely affected by significant political, economic and social uncertainties in the PRC and in relations between the PRC and United States.
Currency convertibility risk
A significant portion of the Company’s expenses, assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB. In 1994, the PRC government abolished the dual rate system and introduced a single rate of exchange as quoted daily by the People’s Bank of China (the PBOC). However, the unification of the exchange rates does not imply that the RMB may be readily convertible into U.S. dollar or other foreign currencies. All foreign exchange transactions continue to take place either through the PBOC or other banks authorized to buy and sell foreign currencies at the exchange rates quoted by the PBOC. Approvals of foreign currency payments by the PBOC or other institutions require submitting a payment application form together with suppliers’ invoices, shipping documents and signed contracts.
Additionally, the value of the RMB is subject to changes in central government policies and international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the PRC foreign exchange trading system market.
Foreign currency exchange rate risk
The Company is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures. The Company's reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, but a portion of its operating transactions and assets and liabilities are in other currencies, such as RMB, Euro, and Australian dollar. While the Company holds significant amounts of RMB, and is subject to foreign currency exchange risk upon revaluation or translation into the Company's reporting currency, the Company expects to utilize its existing RMB cash deposits in the operation of its China business over the next several years, and as a result, has not used derivative financial instruments to hedge exposure to such risk.
RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies for capital account transactions. The value of RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions and China’s foreign exchange prices. Since July 21, 2005, the RMB is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. For RMB against U.S. dollar, there was depreciation of approximately 8.2%, appreciation of approximately 2.3% and appreciation of approximately 6.3%, in the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate between the RMB and the U.S. dollar in the future.
To the extent that the Company needs to convert U.S. dollar into RMB for capital expenditures and working capital and other business purposes, appreciation of RMB against U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the RMB amount the Company would receive from the conversion. Conversely, if the Company decides to convert RMB into U.S. dollar for the purpose of making payments for dividends on ordinary shares, strategic acquisitions or investments or other business purposes, appreciation of U.S. dollar against RMB would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amount available to the Company.
In addition, a significant depreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar may significantly reduce the U.S. dollar equivalent of the Company's foreign cash balances and trade receivables. Further, volatility in exchange rate fluctuations may have a significant impact on the foreign currency translation adjustments recorded in other comprehensive income (loss). The revaluation impact of foreign currencies held in U.S. functional currency subsidiaries may result in significant foreign exchange gains (losses) in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company has not used derivative financial instruments to hedge exposure to foreign exchange risk.
Revision of prior period financial statements
The Company evaluates the recoverability of its deferred tax assets on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis by assessing the adequacy of future expected taxable income from all sources, including reversal of temporary differences, forecasted operating earnings and available tax planning strategies in accordance with ASC 740. This assessment is subject to a high degree of subjectivity, as the sources of income rely heavily on estimates that are based on a number of factors, including historical experience and short-range and long-range business forecasts. A valuation allowance is provided when the Company determines that it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
Prior to the third quarter of 2022, the Company determined that the majority of its net deferred tax assets (primarily in the U.S.) were realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis, primarily due to cumulative pre-tax income at the taxpaying entity and the weighting of available positive and negative evidence. Accordingly, no valuation allowance was previously recorded related to those deferred tax assets. In October 2022, in connection with the preparation of its condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company reassessed its position on the realizability of its net deferred tax assets and determined that the negative evidence associated with cumulative losses at the consolidated financial statement level are not able to be overcome by other positive evidence, and therefore, a valuation allowance should be applied to its net deferred tax asset balance. The Company determined the previous conclusion to not apply a valuation allowance to certain net deferred tax assets was an error.

In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 99, “Materiality,” and SAB No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements,” the Company evaluated the error and determined that the related impact was not material to any of its previously issued financial statements, but that correcting the cumulative impact of the error would be significant to its statements of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022. Accordingly, the Company has revised the annual periods of fiscal year 2021 and 2020 consolidated financial statements and related notes included herein to record a valuation allowance against the Company’s net deferred tax asset balance for all periods presented. A summary of revisions to previously reported financial statements is presented in Note 3, Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements. Note 12, Income Taxes and Note 16, Loss Per Share have been updated to
reflect the revision. The Company will also correct previously reported financial information for this error in its future filings, as applicable.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
New accounting standards which have been adopted
In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. This update requires certain annual disclosures about transactions with a government that are accounted for by applying a grant or contribution accounting model by analogy. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and early application is permitted. This guidance should be applied either prospectively to all transactions that are reflected in financial statements at the date of initial application and new transactions that are entered into after the date of initial application or retrospectively to those transactions. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2022. The adoption of this standard has been applied to existing government assistance transactions.