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Business combinations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Business combinations Business combinations
Nuevolution AB
On July 15, 2019, we acquired all of the outstanding stock of Nuevolution AB (Nuevolution), a publicly traded, Denmark-based biotechnology company with a leading small-molecule-drug discovery platform, for total consideration of $183 million in cash. The transaction, which was accounted for as a business combination, expands our ability to discover novel small molecules against difficult-to-drug targets and with greater speed and efficiency. Nuevolution’s operations, which are not material, have been included in our condensed consolidated financial statements commencing on the acquisition date.
We allocated the consideration to acquire Nuevolution to finite-lived intangible assets of $150 million, comprised primarily of technology rights for a drug discovery platform with an estimated useful life of 10 years; goodwill of $26 million, which is not tax deductible; deferred tax liabilities of $22 million; and other net assets of $29 million.
The estimated fair values of intangible assets were determined primarily using a probability-weighted income approach, which discounts expected future cash flows to present value by using a discount rate that represents the estimated rate that market participants would use to value the intangible assets.
Our accounting for this acquisition is preliminary and will be finalized upon completion of our analysis to determine the acquisition date fair values of certain assets acquired, tax-related items and the residual impact on goodwill.
Otezla® 
On August 25, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Celgene Corporation (Celgene) in connection with Celgene’s previously announced merger with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) to acquire worldwide rights to Otezla® (apremilast), the only oral, nonbiologic treatment for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and certain related assets and liabilities for $13.4 billion. We expect to fund the purchase price with cash. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019.