ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

4.     ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

• Divestitures of IDP-111 and 5-FU

  In connection with the acquisition of Dermik, the Company was required by the FTC to divest 1% clindamycin and 5% benzoyl peroxide gel ("IDP-111"), a generic version of BenzaClin®, and 5% fluorouracil cream ("5-FU"), an authorized generic of Efudex®.

  On February 3, 2012, the Company sold the IDP-111 and 5-FU products. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company recognized $7.9 million and $19.8 million of impairment charges related to the write-down of the carrying values of the IDP-111 and 5-FU intangible assets, respectively, to their estimated fair values, less costs to sell. The adjusted carrying values of $54.4 million and $14.8 million for IDP-111 and 5-FU, respectively, were classified as Assets held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011 and were included within the U.S. Dermatology reporting segment. IDP-111 and 5-FU were considered non-core products with respect to the Company's business strategy, which contemplates, on an ongoing basis, the selective purchase and sale of products and assets with a focus on core geographies and therapeutic classes. The Company, therefore, considers the sale or the out-license of non-core products to be part of its ongoing major and central operations. Accordingly, proceeds on the sale of non-core products are recognized as alliance revenue, with the associated costs, including the carrying amount of related assets, recorded as cost of alliance revenue. In connection with the sale of the IDP-111 and 5-FU, the Company recognized $66.3 million of cash proceeds as alliance revenue in the first quarter of 2012 and expensed the carrying amounts of the IDP-111 and 5-FU assets of $69.2 million, in the aggregate, as cost of alliance revenue. The cash proceeds from this transaction are classified within investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

  Cloderm®

  On March 31, 2011, the Company out-licensed the product rights to Cloderm® Cream, 0.1%, in the U.S. to Promius Pharma LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, in exchange for a $36.0 million upfront payment, which was received in early April 2011, and future royalty payments. The Cloderm® product rights intangible asset was recorded at a fair value of $31.8 million as of the Merger Date, and had a remaining unamortized carrying value of $30.7 million at March 31, 2011. Cloderm® was considered a non-core product with respect to the Company's business strategy. Accordingly, the Company recognized the upfront payment as alliance revenue in the first quarter of 2011 and expensed the carrying amount of the Cloderm® intangible assets as cost of alliance revenue. The Company recognizes the royalty payments as alliance revenue as they are earned.

  Zovirax®

  On February 22, 2011 and March 25, 2011, the Company acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights, respectively, to non-ophthalmic topical formulations of Zovirax® from GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"). Pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreements, the Company paid GSK an aggregate amount of $300.0 million in cash for both the U.S. and Canadian rights. The Company had been marketing Zovirax® in the U.S. since January 1, 2002, under a 20-year exclusive distribution agreement with GSK, which distribution agreement terminated following the closing of the U.S. transaction. The Company has entered into new supply agreements and new trademark license agreements with GSK with respect to the U.S. and Canadian territories.

  This acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of identifiable intangible assets. Accordingly, the purchase price (including costs of acquisition) was allocated to the product brand intangible asset, with an estimated weighted-average useful life of 11 years. In addition, the Company reclassified the $91.4 million unamortized carrying amount of the original exclusive distribution agreement from product rights to the product brand intangible asset, to be amortized over the same 11-year estimated useful life.