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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block]
Note
1.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Business
 
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“the Company,” “Progenics,” “we” or “us”) is an oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative targeted medicines and other technologies to target and treat cancer.
 
Highlights of our recent progress include:
 
 
AZEDRA
®
approval.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved the New Drug Application (“NDA”) for AZEDRA (iobenguane I
131
)
555
MBq/mL injection for intravenous use. AZEDRA, a radiotherapeutic, is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients
12
years and older with iobenguane scan positive, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma who require systemic anticancer therapy. AZEDRA is the
first
and only approved therapy for this indication.
 
 
AZEDRA Launch.
AZEDRA was launched
August 1, 2018.
Since
August,
AZEDRA was added to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
®
(“NCCN”) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors v
3.2018.
NCCN Guidelines
®
 are widely recognized and used as the standard for clinical policy in oncology by clinicians and payors. Since AZEDRA’s approval by the FDA, it has also been added to
four
drug compendia: Clinical Pharmacology
©
; DRUGDEX
®
; Lexi-Drugs
®
; and NCCN. These compendia are recognized by private and public payers, including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as authoritative sources to be considered in determining drug reimbursement. A field-based team of Nuclear Medicine Technologists/Sales Representatives/Medical Science Liaisons and Access Specialists have been in the field since approval assisting centers of excellence and payers in the preparation for utilizing and reimbursing AZEDRA.
 
 
Pipeline Advancement
 
We advanced our
1095
program and plan initiate a Phase
2
trial in early
2019.
1095
is a small molecule radiotherapeutic designed to selectively bind to the extracellular domain of prostate specific membrane antigen (“PSMA”). The multicenter, randomized, controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of
1095
in combination with enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are PSMA-avid, chemotherapy naïve, and progressed on abiraterone.
 
We reported topline results from our recently completed Phase
2/3
study of PyL which demonstrated its potential high clinical utility. These results were used to design the pivotal Phase
3
study planned to commence in the
fourth
quarter.
 
We reported topline results of our recently completed Phase
3
study in
1404.
The Phase
3
trial evaluated the specificity of
1404
imaging to identify patients without clinically significant prostate cancer and sensitivity to identify patients with clinically significant disease. Based on the
1404
data and an assessment of the PSMA-targeted imaging agent commercial landscape, we decided to focus our efforts on our PyL PSMA-targeted PET/CT imaging agent and will
not
further invest in
1404.
 
We consider opportunities for strategic collaborations, out-licenses, and other arrangements with biopharmaceutical companies involving proprietary research, development and clinical programs. We
may
also in-license or acquire additional oncology compounds and/or programs.
 
Strategic partnerships
 
RELISTOR
®
(methylnaltrexone bromide) is licensed to Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.). RELISTOR subcutaneous injection and RELISTOR Tablets are approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adults with chronic non-cancer pain.
 
Bayer AG (“Bayer”) has exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize products using our PSMA antibody technology in combination with Bayer’s alpha-emitting radionuclides. Bayer is developing PSMA TTC, a thorium-
227
labeled PSMA-targeted antibody therapeutic. We expect Bayer to initiate a Phase
1
study of PSMA TTC in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer by year-end.
 
Our current principal sources of revenue from operations are royalty, development and commercial milestones from Bausch and Bayer. Royalty and further milestone payments from Bausch or Bayer depend on success in development and commercialization of RELISTOR and our PSMA antibody technology, respectively, which is dependent on many factors, such as Bausch or Bayer’s respective efforts, decisions by the FDA and other regulatory bodies, competition from drugs for the same or similar indications, and the outcome of clinical and other testing of the licensed products.
 
We commenced principal operations in
1988,
became publicly traded in
1997,
and throughout have been engaged primarily in research and development efforts, establishing corporate collaborations, and related business activities. Certain of our intellectual property rights are held by wholly-owned subsidiaries. All of our U.S. operations are presently conducted at our headquarters in New York, and the operations of our wholly-owned foreign subsidiary, EXINI Diagnostics A.B. (“EXINI”), are conducted at our facility in Lund, Sweden. We operate under a single operating segment, which includes development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and other technologies to target, diagnose and treat cancer. Our operating segment is regularly evaluated for financial performance by our chief operating decision maker, who is our Chief Executive Officer.
 
Liquidity
 
At
September 30, 2018,
we had
$148.9
million of cash and cash equivalents, an increase of
$58.2
million from
$90.6
million at
December 31, 2017.
We expect that this amount will be sufficient to fund operations as currently anticipated beyond
one
year from the filing date of this Form
10
-Q. We have historically funded our operations to a significant extent from capital-raising and we expect to require additional funding in the future, the availability of which is never guaranteed and
may
be uncertain. We expect that we
may
continue to incur operating losses.
 
During the
third
quarter of
2018,
we raised net proceeds of
$70.0
million in an underwritten public offering of
9.1
million shares of common stock at a public offering price of
$8.25
per share and an additional
$4.8
million in at-the-market (“ATM”) transactions under a controlled equity offering sales agreement (“Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) of
0.6
million shares of common stock at an average selling price of
$8.36
per share. (See
Note
10.
Stockholders’ Equity
for additional information).
 
Basis of Presentation
 
Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable presentation requirements, and accordingly, do
not
include all information and disclosures necessary for a presentation of our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”). In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals necessary for a fair statement of results for the periods presented. The results of operations for interim periods are
not
necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.
 
Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form
10
-K for the year ended
December 31, 2017.
The year-end consolidated balance sheet data in these financial statements were derived from audited financial statements but do
not
include all disclosures required by GAAP. Certain prior period amounts in our condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
 
Reclassifications
 
On
January 1, 2018,
we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU)
No.
2016
-
18
(“ASU
2016
-
18”
),
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
) –
Restricte
d
Cash
and ASU
No.
2016
-
15
(“ASU
2016
-
15”
),
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated statement of cash flow for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2017
has been re-casted to conform with the current period presentation under this new guidance.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Progenics as well as its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results
may
differ from those estimates.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
In
May 2014,
the FASB issued ASU
2014
-
09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
)
(“ASU
2014
-
09”
or the “Topic
606”
). The standard provides a single model for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes current revenue recognition guidance. We adopted ASU
2014
-
09
on
January 1, 2018,
using the modified retrospective method, for all contracts
not
completed as of the date of adoption. The adoption of ASU
2014
-
09
represents a change in accounting principle that will more closely align revenue recognition with the transfer of promised goods or services to the customer. We implemented internal controls in
2017
to ensure we adequately evaluated our contracts and properly assessed the impact of the new accounting standard related to revenue recognition on our financial statements to facilitate adoption on
January 1, 2018.
There were
no
significant changes to our internal control over financial reporting due to the adoption of the new standard.
 
Based on the evaluation of our current contracts, revenue recognition is consistent under ASC
605
Revenue Recognition
and ASC
606
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
, except for revenue from variable consideration bonus payments under our software licensing arrangements. The cumulative effect of applying ASU
2014
-
09
to all contracts that were
not
completed as of
January 1, 2018
was recorded as a post-adoption adjustment of approximately
$35
thousand to the opening balance of accumulated deficit on
January 1, 2018,
with a corresponding increase to accounts receivable. Subsequent to the adoption of the new standard, variable consideration related to the bonus payments are estimated and recognized when it is probable that a significant reversal of revenue will
not
occur.
 
Under this new guidance, we recognize revenue when our customers obtain control of the promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To account for arrangements that are within the scope of this new guidance, we perform 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) we satisfy our performance obligations.
 
For contracts determined to be within the scope of Topic
606,
we assess the goods or services promised within each contract for the purpose of identifying them as performance obligations. We must apply judgement in assessing whether each promised good or service is distinct. If a promised good or service is
not
distinct, we will combine that good or service with other promised goods or services until it identifies a bundle of goods or services that is distinct.
 
The transaction price is then determined and allocated to the identified performance obligations in proportion to their estimated fair value, which requires significant judgment. Variable consideration, which is estimated using the expected value method or the most likely amount method, is included in the transaction price only if, in our judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will
not
occur.
 
For arrangements that include development, regulatory or sales milestone payments, we evaluate whether the milestones are probable of being reached and estimate 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. Milestone payments that are
not
within our control or the licensee’s control, such as regulatory approvals, are generally
not
considered probable of being achieved until those approvals are received.
 
We then recognize as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.
 
The following table summarizes our revenue streams from contracts with customers for the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 30, 2018:
 
   
Three months ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30, 2018
   
September 30, 2018
 
Royalty income
  $
5,169
    $
11,757
 
Other revenue
   
148
     
627
 
Total revenue
 
$
5,317
   
$
12,384
 
 
Royalty income
- represents revenue from the sales-based royalties under our intellectual property licensing arrangements and is recognized upon net sales of the licensed products.
 
Other revenue
– represents revenue from upfront payments (fixed consideration) and development and sales milestones, sublicense payments, support and service payments and sales-based bonus payments (variable consideration) under our licensing or software arrangements. The fixed consideration will be recognized as revenue at the time when the transfer of know-how is completed. The variable consideration will be estimated using the most likely amount method and recognized only when we have “a high degree of confidence” that revenue will
not
be reversed in a subsequent reporting period. The other revenue also includes revenue from product sales of research reagents, that is recognized upon shipment to the end customer (i.e. control of the product is deemed to be transferred).
 
We had receivable contract balances of
$5.8
million and
$4.0
million as of
September 30, 2018
and
December 31, 2017,
respectively, primarily related to the royalty revenue stream (see
Note
5
.
Accounts Receivable
).
 
Restricted Cash
 
Restricted cash included in long-term assets of
$1.5
million at
September 30, 2018
and
December 31, 2017,
represents collateral for a letter of credit securing a lease obligation. We believe the carrying value of this asset approximates fair value.
 
Foreign Currency Translation
 
Our international subsidiaries generally consider their respective local currency to be their functional currency. Assets and liabilities of these international subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at quarter-end exchange rates and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates during the quarter and year-to-date period. Foreign currency translation adjustments for the reported periods are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, and the cumulative effect is included in the stockholders’ equity section of our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Realized gains and losses denominated in foreign currencies are recorded in operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and were
not
material to our consolidated results of operations for the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 30, 2018
or
2017.
 
Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment is recorded at historical cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of
$2.5
million and
$1.7
million as of
September 30, 2018
and
December 31, 2017,
respectively. The following table summarizes our property and equipment (in thousands):
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2018
   
2017
 
Machinery and equipment
  $
3,002
    $
2,516
 
Leasehold improvements
   
1,734
     
1,734
 
Computer equipment
   
719
     
714
 
Furniture and fixtures
   
878
     
874
 
Construction in progress
   
97
     
-
 
Property and equipment, gross
   
6,430
     
5,838
 
Less - accumulated depreciation
   
(2,453
)    
(1,716
)
Property and equipment, net
 
$
3,977
   
$
4,122