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Collaborative Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Collaborative Agreements  
Collaborative Agreements

Q.    Collaborative Agreements

        Our commercial strategy includes the formation of collaborations with other pharmaceutical companies to facilitate the sale and distribution of Feraheme/Rienso, primarily outside of the U.S., as well as expanding our portfolio through the in-license or purchase of additional specialty pharmaceutical products. As of December 31, 2013, we were a party to the following collaborations:

  • Takeda

        In March 2010, we entered into the Takeda Agreement with Takeda under which we granted exclusive rights to Takeda to develop and commercialize Feraheme/Rienso as a therapeutic agent in Europe, certain Asia-Pacific countries (excluding Japan, China and Taiwan), the Commonwealth of Independent States, Canada, India and Turkey. In June 2012, we entered into an amendment to the Takeda Agreement, or the Amended Takeda Agreement, which removed the Commonwealth of Independent States from the territories under which Takeda has the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Feraheme/Rienso. In addition, the Amended Takeda Agreement modified the timing and pricing arrangements for a supply agreement to be entered into between us and Takeda, and which was entered into in February 2014, the terms related to primary and secondary manufacturing for drug substance and drug product, certain patent related provisions, and the re-allocation of certain of the agreed-upon milestone payments. We analyzed the Amended Takeda Agreement and determined that the amended terms did not result in a material modification of the original Takeda Agreement (and thus did not require us to change our accounting model) because (a) there were no changes to the deliverables under the original Takeda Agreement as a result of the amendment, and (b) the change in arrangement consideration as a result of the amendment was not quantitatively material in relation to the total arrangement consideration.

        Under the Amended Takeda Agreement, except under limited circumstances, we have retained the right to manufacture Feraheme/Rienso and, accordingly, are responsible for supply of Feraheme/Rienso to Takeda at a fixed price per unit, which is capped for a certain period of time. We are also responsible for conducting, and bearing the costs related to, certain pre-defined clinical studies with the costs of future modifications or additional studies to be allocated between the parties according to an agreed-upon cost-sharing mechanism. We have determined that our obligations under the Amended Takeda Agreement have not changed from those under the original Takeda Agreement and include the following four deliverables: the license, access to future know-how and improvements to the Feraheme/Rienso technology, regulatory and clinical research activities, and the manufacturing and supply of product. Pursuant to the accounting guidance in effect in March 2010, when we signed the original Takeda Agreement and which governed revenue recognition on multiple element arrangements, we evaluated the four deliverables under the original Takeda Agreement and determined that our obligation to provide manufacturing supply of product meets the criteria for separation and is therefore treated as a single unit of accounting, which we refer to as the supply unit of accounting. Further, we concluded that the license is not separable from the undelivered future know-how and technological improvements or the undelivered regulatory and clinical research activities. Accordingly, these deliverables are being combined and also treated as a single unit of accounting, which we refer to as the combined unit of accounting. With respect to the combined unit of accounting, our obligation to provide access to our future know-how and technological improvements is the final deliverable and is an obligation which exists throughout the term of the Amended Takeda Agreement.

        In connection with the execution of the original Takeda Agreement, we received a $60.0 million upfront payment from Takeda in April 2010, which we recorded as deferred revenue, as well as approximately $1.0 million reimbursed to us during 2010 for certain expenses incurred prior to entering the agreement, which we considered an additional upfront payment. Because we cannot reasonably estimate the total level of effort required to complete the obligations under the combined deliverable, we are recognizing the entire $60.0 million upfront payment, the $1.0 million reimbursed to us in 2010, as well as any non-substantive milestone payments that are achieved into revenues on a straight-line basis over a period of ten years from March 31, 2010, the date on which we originally entered the Takeda Agreement, which represented the then current patent life of Feraheme/Rienso and our best estimate of the period over which we will substantively perform our obligations. We continue to believe that the then-current patent life of Feraheme/Rienso is our best estimate of the period over which we will substantively perform our obligations under this agreement.

        In addition, the remaining milestone payments we may be entitled to receive under the Amended Takeda Agreement could over time equal up to $186.0 million. For any milestone payments we may receive based upon the approval by certain regulatory agencies, we have determined that these will be deemed substantive milestones and, therefore, will be accounted for as revenue in the period in which they are achieved. In June 2012, we earned a $15.0 million milestone payment from Takeda based on the European Commission marketing authorization for ferumoxytol. We deemed the $15.0 million milestone payment as a substantive milestone and therefore recognized the full amount as revenue. We have also determined that any non-substantive milestone payments will be accounted for in accordance with our revenue attribution method for the upfront payment, as described above. During 2012, we received an aggregate of $18.0 million in milestone payments from Takeda associated with the commercial launches of Feraheme/Rienso in Canada and the EU, which we deemed to be non-substantive milestone payments. Revenues related to the combined unit of accounting are recorded in license fee and other collaboration revenues in our consolidated statement of operations. During 2013, we recorded $7.9 million in revenues associated with the upfront payments and the $18.0 million in non-substantive milestone payments we received in 2012. Any potential non-substantive milestone payments that may be received in the future will be recognized as revenue on a cumulative catch up basis when they become due and payable.

        We have received and may also receive additional regulatory approval and performance-based milestone payments, reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket regulatory and clinical supply costs, defined payments for supply of Feraheme/Rienso, and tiered double-digit royalties on net product sales in the agreed-upon territories under the Amended Takeda Agreement.

        Under the terms of the Amended Takeda Agreement, Takeda is responsible for reimbursing us for certain out-of-pocket regulatory and clinical trial supply costs associated with carrying out our regulatory and clinical research activities under the collaboration agreement. Because we are acting as the principal in carrying out these services, any reimbursement payments received from Takeda are recorded in license fee and other collaboration revenues in our consolidated statement of operations to match the costs that we incur during the period in which we perform those services. We recorded $0.5 million, $0.4 million and $2.0 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, associated with other reimbursement revenues received from Takeda.

        At the time of shipment, we defer recognition of all revenue for Feraheme/Rienso sold to our licensees in our consolidated balance sheets. We recognize revenues from product sales to our licensees, the related cost of goods sold, and any royalty revenues due from our licensees, in our consolidated statement of operations at the time our licensees report to us that sales have been made to their customers. During 2013, we recognized $0.5 million in product sales and royalty revenue related to the Amended Takeda Agreement and we have included this revenue in other product sales and royalties in our consolidated statement of operations. As of December 31, 2013, we had approximately $2.4 million in deferred revenue related to product shipped to Takeda but not yet sold through to Takeda's customers, of which $ 0.3 was classified as short-term and $2.1 was classified as long-term. In addition, we had $2.3 million in deferred cost of product sales, of which $ 0.3 was classified as short-term and $2.0 was classified as long-term. These deferred revenue and deferred cost of product sales are recorded in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013.

  • 3SBio

        In 2008, we entered into a Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement, or the 3SBio License Agreement, and a Supply Agreement, or the 3SBio Supply Agreement, with 3SBio Inc., or 3SBio, for the development and commercialization of Feraheme as an IV iron replacement therapeutic agent in China. In consideration of the grant of the license, we received an upfront payment of $1.0 million, the recognition of which has been deferred. In late January 2014, we mutually terminated the agreement with 3SBio, effective immediately, due to the fact that, despite the best efforts of the parties, regulatory approval in China could not be obtained within the agreed upon time period.