Intangible Assets and Goodwill

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

(7) Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible Assets, Net

The table below presents information for the Company's finite-lived intangible assets that are subject to amortization and indefinite-lived intangible assets:

		December 31, 2017							December 31, 2016
	Estimated Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
		(In thousands)
Finite-lived Intangible Assets:
License Rights	16 years	$	14,500	$	(7,399	)	$	7,101	$	14,500	$	(6,503	)	$	7,997

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets:
IPR&D	Indefinite		60,490		—			60,490		73,490		—			73,490

Total Intangible Assets, Net		$	74,990	$	(7,399	)	$	67,591	$	87,990	$	(6,503	)	$	81,487

Indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of acquired in-process research and development ("IPR&D") related to the development of glembatumumab vedotin, CDX-3379, the anti-KIT program and the TAM program. As of December 31, 2017, no IPR&D asset had reached technological feasibility nor did any have alternative future uses.

The Company performs an impairment test on IPR&D assets at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that IPR&D assets may be impaired. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a non-cash partial impairment charge of $13.0 million on the anti-KIT program IPR&D assets acquired from Kolltan. The Company determined that changes in projected development and regulatory timelines related to the anti-KIT program taken together constituted a triggering event that required the Company to evaluate the intangible asset for impairment. As part of this evaluation, the present value of probability adjusted estimated net future cash flows was used to determine the fair value of the program and compared to the carrying value of the program. As a result of this impairment assessment, the Company concluded that a non-cash partial impairment charge of $13.0 million on the anti-KIT program IPR&D asset be recorded for the year ended December 31, 2017 for the amount the fair value of the anti-KIT program exceeded its carrying amount.

Due to the nature of IPR&D projects, the Company may experience future delays or failures to obtain regulatory approvals to conduct clinical trials, failures of such clinical trials or other failures to achieve a commercially viable product, and as a result, may recognize further impairment losses in the future.

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 and $1.0 million for both the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. The future amortization expense of intangible assets is estimated to be $0.9 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Goodwill

There have been no changes to the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2017. The Company performs an annual impairment test of goodwill as of July 1 each year. The Company tested goodwill for impairment as of July 1, 2017 and concluded that goodwill was not impaired.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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