10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to            

Commission file number 0-22705

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	33-0525145
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, California	92130
(Address of principal executive office)	(Zip Code)

(858) 617-7600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	x
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, was 75,863,034 as of April 25, 2014.

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

FORM 10-Q INDEX

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1: Financial Statements		3
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013		3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended March  31, 2014 and 2013		4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013		5
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		6
ITEM 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		13
ITEM 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		18
ITEM 4: Controls and Procedures		18
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1A: Risk Factors		19
ITEM 6: Exhibits		29
Signatures		30

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share information)

(unaudited)

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	105,532		$	44,789
Short-term investments, available for sale		114,330			100,950
Receivables under collaboration agreements and other current assets		1,873			2,723
Total current assets		221,735			148,462
Property and equipment, net		1,798			1,771
Long-term investments, available for sale		51,320			—
Restricted cash		4,443			4,443
Total assets	$	279,296		$	154,676
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	818		$	101
Accrued liabilities		6,111			7,955
Current portion of cease-use liability		428			416
Current portion of deferred gain on sale of real estate		3,251			3,227
Total current liabilities		10,608			11,699
Deferred gain on sale of real estate		16,817			17,645
Deferred rent		1,988			1,982
Cease-use liability		2,566			2,680
Other liabilities		260			260
Total liabilities		32,239			34,266
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 110,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding shares were 75,858,681 as of March 31, 2014 and 67,351,195 as of December 31, 2013		76			67
Additional paid-in capital		1,024,780			886,101
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) gain		(194	)		5
Accumulated deficit		(777,605	)		(765,763	)
Total stockholders’ equity		247,057			120,410
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	279,296		$	154,676

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Revenues:
License fees	$	—		$	730
Total revenues		—			730
Operating expenses:
Research and development		8,572			10,313
General and administrative		4,153			3,392
Total operating expenses		12,725			13,705
Loss from operations		(12,725	)		(12,975	)
Other income:
(Loss) gain on sale/disposal of assets		(10	)		13
Deferred gain on real estate		804			782
Investment income, net		89			103
Other income, net		—			2
Total other income		883			900
Net loss	$	(11,842	)	$	(12,075	)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.18	)
Shares used in the calculation of net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted		70,260			66,600
Other comprehensive loss:
Net loss	$	(11,842	)	$	(12,075	)
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities		(199	)		(42	)
Comprehensive loss	$	(12,041	)	$	(12,117	)

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss	$	(11,842	)	$	(12,075	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		178			175
Gain on sale of assets, net		(794	)		(795	)
Deferred revenues		—			(730	)
Deferred rent		6			38
Amortization of premiums on investments		617			639
Non-cash share-based compensation expense		2,447			1,732
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables under collaboration agreements and other assets		850			14,090
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(1,127	)		(968	)
Cease-use liability		(102	)		(194	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(9,767	)		1,912
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments		(108,907	)		(66,501	)
Sales and maturities of investments		43,391			31,470
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		40			13
Purchases of property and equipment		(255	)		(59	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(65,731	)		(35,077	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of common stock		136,241			966
Net cash provided by financing activities		136,241			966
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		60,743			(32,199	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period		44,789			63,754
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$	105,532		$	31,555

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (the Company or Neurocrine) was incorporated in California in 1992 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1996. The Company discovers and develops innovative and life-changing pharmaceuticals, in diseases with high unmet medical needs, through its novel research and development platform, focused on neurological and endocrine based diseases and disorders. The Company’s two lead late-stage clinical programs are elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist for women’s health that is partnered with AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie), and a wholly owned vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor for the treatment of movement disorders.

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and of the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. The results of operations for the interim period shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. The balance sheet at December 31, 2013 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. INVESTMENTS

Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported in comprehensive loss. The amortized cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such amortization is included in interest income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary, if any, on available-for-sale securities are included in other income or expense. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in interest income.

Investments consist of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Certificates of deposit	$	11,217	$	11,012
Commercial paper		19,964		4,997
Corporate debt securities		121,940		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		12,529		7,500
Total investments	$	165,650	$	100,950

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The following is a summary of investments classified as available-for-sale securities (in thousands):

	Contractual Maturity (in years)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains(1)		Gross Unrealized Losses(1)			Aggregate Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	9,791	$	1	$	(11	)	$	9,781
Commercial paper		Less than 1		19,968		1		(5	)		19,964
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		72,094		8		(46	)		72,056
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		12,531		—		(2	)		12,529
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	114,384	$	10	$	(64	)	$	114,330
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		1-2		1,440		—		(4	)		1,436
Corporate debt securities		1-2		50,020		—		(136	)		49,884
Total long-term available for sale securities				51,460		—		(140	)		51,320
Total available-for-sale securities			$	165,844	$	10	$	(204	)	$	165,650
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	11,018	$	1	$	(7	)	$	11,012
Commercial paper		Less than 1		4,997		—		—			4,997
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		77,430		19		(8	)		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		7,500		—		—			7,500
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	100,945	$	20	$	(15	)	$	100,950

(1) Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive loss.

The following table presents information about available-for-sale investments in an unrealized loss position (in thousands):

	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater				Total
	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
March 31, 2014:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,296	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,296	$	(15	)
Commercial paper		11,969		(5	)		—		—		11,969		(5	)
Corporate debt securities		82,745		(182	)		—		—		82,745		(182	)
Securities of government sponsored entities		5,029		(2	)		—		—		5,029		(2	)
Total	$	109,039	$	(204	)	$	—	$	—	$	109,039	$	(204	)
December 31, 2013:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,802	$	(7	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,802	$	(7	)
Corporate debt securities		29,919		(8	)		—		—		29,919		(8	)
Total	$	39,721	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	39,721	$	(15	)

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, a three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1:	Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2:	Inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets and/or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active near the measurement date; and
Level 3:	Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

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The Company classifies its cash equivalents and available for sale investments within Level 1 or Level 2. The fair value of the Company’s high quality investment grade corporate debt securities is determined using proprietary valuation models and analytical tools. These valuation models and analytical tools use market pricing or prices for similar instruments that are both objective and publicly available, including matrix pricing or reported trades, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids and/or offers. The Company did not reclassify any investments between levels in the fair value hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company’s assets which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were determined using the inputs described above (in millions):

				Fair Value Measurements Using
	Carrying Value			Quoted Prices  in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant  Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	101.6		$	101.6		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		9.8			9.8			—			—
Commercial paper		20.0			—			20.0			—
Securities of government sponsored entities		12.5			—			12.5			—
Corporate debt securities		76.0			—			76.0			—
Subtotal		219.9			111.4			108.5			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		5.9			5.9			—			—
Corporate bonds		49.9			—			49.9			—
Total		275.7			117.3			158.4			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(110.0	)		(106.0	)		(4.0	)		—
Total investments	$	165.7		$	11.3		$	154.4		$	—
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	34.9		$	34.9		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		11.0			11.0			—			—
Commercial paper		5.0			—			5.0			—
Securities of government-sponsored entities		7.5			—			7.5			—
Corporate debt securities		87.4			—			87.4			—
Subtotal		145.8			45.9			99.9			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		4.4			4.4			—			—
Total		150.2			50.3			99.9			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(49.2	)		(39.3	)		(9.9	)		—
Total investments	$	101.0		$	11.0		$	90.0		$	—

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4. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The compensation expense related to the Company’s share-based compensation arrangements has been included in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
General and administrative	$	1.2	$	0.8
Research and development		1.2		0.9
Total share-based compensation expense	$	2.4	$	1.7

The fair value of equity instruments that vest based on continued employee service, net of estimated forfeitures, is recognized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. For restricted stock units (RSUs) with performance-based vesting requirements, no expense is recorded until the performance condition is probable of being achieved. The Company estimates forfeiture rates for equity awards based on past behavior for similar equity awards with further consideration given to the class of employees to whom the equity awards were granted.

As of March 31, 2014, total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested stock options and non-vested RSUs, that vest over a given service period, granted prior to that date was $17.1 million and $9.5 million, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.0 years and 3.6 years, respectively. Additionally, the Company has approximately 0.5 million RSUs with performance-based vesting requirements outstanding. The total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to these performance-based RSUs is $9.3 million and is expected to be recognized at the point when the performance conditions have been achieved, which is when these events will become probable

During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, stock options to purchase approximately 0.4 million and 0.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised, respectively. The cash received by the Company from stock option exercises during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $3.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The Company also issued approximately 93,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the vesting of RSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Stock Options

The Company granted stock options to purchase approximately 0.8 million and 0.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These stock options all vest monthly over a four-year period. The exercise price of all stock options granted during three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The estimated fair value of each stock option granted was determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the stock option grants:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014	2013
Risk-free interest rate	2.3%	1.3%
Expected volatility of common stock	71.3%	75.6%
Dividend yield	0.0%	0.0%
Expected option term	7.1 years	7.3 years

The Black-Scholes option-pricing model incorporates various and highly sensitive assumptions including expected volatility, expected term and interest rates. The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over the most recent period commensurate with the estimated expected term of the Company’s stock options. The expected option term is estimated based on historical experience as well as the status of the employee. For example, directors and officers have a longer expected option term than all other employees. Additionally, recent grants of stock options have a contractual life of ten years, versus seven years for older option grants, and the vesting period for recent option grants has been extended to four years, which together have also resulted in an increase in the expected option term over time. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the expected term of the Company’s employee stock options. The Company has never declared or paid dividends and has no plans to do so in the foreseeable future. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, share-based compensation expense related to stock options was $1.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

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Restricted Stock Units

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company granted approximately 0.4 million RSUs that vest annually over a four year period. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company granted approximately 0.5 million RSUs with performance-based vesting requirements (PRSUs) that vest based on the achievement of pre-defined Company-specific performance criteria and expire five years from the grant date. As the performance based criteria for vesting for the PRSUs is not probable, no associated expense has been recorded for the PRSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company granted approximately 0.4 million RSUs that vest annually over a four year period. The fair value of RSUs is estimated based on the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the date of RSU grant. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, share-based compensation expense related to RSUs was $0.5 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

5. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Equity Financing

In February 2014, the Company completed a public offering of common stock in which the Company sold 8.0 million shares of its common stock at an offering price of $17.75 per share. The net proceeds generated from this transaction, after underwriting discounts and commissions and offering costs were approximately $133.2 million.

Shelf Registration Statements

In February 2014, the Company filed an Automatic Shelf Registration statement which immediately became effective by rule of the SEC. For so long as the Company continues to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, this shelf registration statement allows the Company to issue an unlimited number of shares of its common stock from time to time. As of March 31, 2014, we had sold 8.0 million shares under this shelf registration statement.

In December 2012, the SEC declared effective a shelf registration statement filed by the Company in November 2012. The shelf registration statement allows the Company to issue shares of its common stock from time to time for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $150 million.

The specific terms of future offerings, if any, under any of the shelf registration statements would be established at the time of such offerings.

6. REAL ESTATE

In December 2007, the Company closed the sale of its facility and associated real property for a purchase price of $109 million. Concurrent with the sale, the Company retired the entire $47.7 million in mortgage debt previously outstanding with respect to the facility and associated real property, and received cash of $61.0 million net of transaction costs and debt retirement.

Upon the closing of the sale of the facility and associated real property, the Company entered into a lease agreement (Lease) with DMH Campus Investors, LLC (DMH) whereby it leased back for an initial term of 12 years its corporate headquarters comprised of two buildings located at 12790 El Camino Real (Front Building) and 12780 El Camino Real (Rear Building) in San Diego, California. The Company also entered into a series of lease amendments (Amendments), beginning in late 2008, through which it vacated the Front Building, but continues to occupy the Rear Building. The ultimate result of this real estate sale was a net gain of $39.1 million which was deferred in accordance with authoritative guidance. The Company recognized $0.8 million of the deferred gain during each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, and will recognize the remaining $20.1 million of the deferred gain over the initial Lease term which will expire at the end of 2019.

Under the terms of the Lease and the Amendments, the Company pays base annual rent (subject to an annual fixed percentage increase), plus a 3.5% annual management fee, property taxes and other normal and necessary expenses associated with the Lease such as utilities, repairs and maintenance. In lieu of a cash security deposit under the Lease, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. issued on the Company’s behalf a letter of credit in the amount of $4.2 million, which is secured by a deposit of equal amount with the same bank. The Company also has the right to extend the Lease for two consecutive ten-year terms.

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In December 2010, the Company entered into a sublease agreement (Sublease) for approximately 16,000 square feet of the Rear Building. The Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.6 million of rental income per year over the three year initial term of the Sublease and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Sublease provides an option to extend for two one-year renewal periods. The income generated under the Sublease is lower than the Company’s financial obligation under the Lease for the Rear Building with DMH, as determined on a per square foot basis. Consequently, at December 31, 2010 the Company was required to record a cease-use liability for the net present value estimated difference between the expected income to be generated under the Sublease and future subleases and the Lease obligation over the remaining term of the Lease for the space that is occupied by the subtenant. This transaction resulted in $2.5 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $173,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in December 2010. In August 2012, the Company extended the terms of the Sublease and increased the leased square footage to approximately 17,000 square feet. This transaction resulted in approximately $150,000 of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $15,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in September 2012.

In September 2011, the Company entered into a second sublease agreement (Second Sublease) for approximately 3,300 square feet of space in the Rear Building. The Second Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.1 million in rental income per year over the three year term and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Second Sublease provides an option to extend for a one-year renewal period. Similar to the Sublease, the Second Sublease resulted in $0.3 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $47,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in September 2011.

In November 2012, the Company entered into a third sublease agreement (Third Sublease) for approximately 14,000 square feet of space in the Rear Building. The Third Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.5 million in rental income per year over the three and a half year term and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Third Sublease provides the subtenant with an option to extend the term for two one-year renewal periods. Similar to the previous subleases, the Third Sublease resulted in $1.2 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $250,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in December 2012.

The following table sets forth changes to the accrued cease-use liability during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Beginning balance	$	3,096		$	3,686
Payments		(102	)		(194	)
Ending balance	$	2,994		$	3,492

7. LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

The Company computes basic net loss per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss for the period by the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Additionally, potentially dilutive securities, composed of incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants and the vesting of RSUs, are excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation because of their anti-dilutive effect.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company realized a net loss of $11.8 million. Potentially dilutive securities totaled approximately 3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Options to purchase approximately 0.9 million shares of common stock were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2014 with an exercise price greater than the average market price of the underlying common shares.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company realized a net loss of $12.1 million. Potentially dilutive securities totaled approximately 2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Options to purchase approximately 0.8 million shares of common stock were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2013 with an exercise price greater than the average market price of the underlying common shares.

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8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and development (R&D) expenses consists primarily of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, and share-based compensation charges, for those individuals involved in ongoing R&D efforts; as well as scientific contractor fees, preclinical and clinical trial costs, R&D facilities costs, laboratory supply costs, and depreciation of scientific equipment. All such costs are charged to R&D expense as incurred. These expenses result from the Company’s independent R&D efforts as well as efforts associated with collaborations and in-licensing arrangements. In addition, the Company funds R&D at other companies and research institutions under agreements, which are generally cancelable. The Company reviews and accrues clinical trial expenses based on work performed, which relies on estimates of total costs incurred based on patient enrollment, completion of patient studies and other events. The Company follows this method since reasonably dependable estimates of the costs applicable to various stages of a research agreement or clinical trial can be made. Accrued clinical costs are subject to revisions as trials progress. Revisions are charged to expense in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known.

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ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth below in Part II, Item 1A under the caption “Risk Factors.” The interim financial statements and this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

OVERVIEW

We discover and develop innovative and life-changing pharmaceuticals, in diseases with high unmet medical needs, through our novel research and development (R&D) platform, focused on neurological and endocrine based diseases and disorders. Utilizing a portfolio approach to drug discovery, we have multiple small molecule drug candidates at various stages of pharmaceutical development. We develop proprietary pharmaceuticals for our pipeline, as well as collaborate with other pharmaceutical companies on our discoveries.

To date, we have not generated any revenues from the sale of products. We have funded our operations primarily through private and public offerings of our common stock and payments received under research and development collaboration agreements. While we independently develop many of our product candidates, we have entered into collaborations for several of our programs, and intend to rely on existing and future collaborators to meet funding requirements. We expect to generate future operating cash flow losses as product candidates are advanced through the various stages of clinical development. As of December 31, 2013, we had an accumulated deficit of $765.8 million and expect to incur operating cash flow losses for the foreseeable future, which may be greater than losses in prior years.

Our two lead late-stage clinical programs are elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist in Phase III development for endometriosis and Phase II clinical studies of uterine fibroids that is partnered with AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie), and a wholly owned vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor for the treatment of movement disorders that is currently in Phase II development. We intend to maintain certain commercial rights to our VMAT2 inhibitor and evolve into a fully-integrated pharmaceutical company.

AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie). In June 2010, we announced an exclusive worldwide collaboration with AbbVie to develop and commercialize elagolix and all next-generation GnRH antagonists (collectively, GnRH Compounds) for women’s and men’s health. The goal of the agreement is to develop and commercialize GnRH Compounds. AbbVie made an upfront payment of $75 million and has agreed to make additional development and regulatory event based payments of up to $480 million and up to an additional $50 million in commercial event based payments. We have assessed event based payments under the revised authoritative guidance for research and development milestones and determined that event based payments prior to commencement of a Phase III clinical study, as defined in the agreement, meet the definition of a milestone in accordance with authoritative guidance as (1) they are events that can only be achieved in part on our past performance, (2) there is substantive uncertainty at the date the arrangement was entered into that the event will be achieved and (3) they result in additional payments being due to us. Development and regulatory event based payments subsequent to the commencement of a Phase III clinical study, however, currently do not meet these criteria as their achievement is based on the performance of AbbVie. No milestone payments were recognized during the periods presented.

Under the terms of the agreement, AbbVie is responsible for all third-party development, marketing and commercialization costs. We received funding for certain internal collaboration expenses which included reimbursement from AbbVie for internal and external expenses related to the GnRH Compounds through the end of 2012. We will be entitled to a percentage of worldwide sales of GnRH Compounds for the longer of ten years or the life of the related patent rights. Under the terms of our agreement with AbbVie, the collaboration effort between the parties to advance GnRH Compounds towards commercialization was governed by a joint development committee with representatives from both us and AbbVie. The collaborative development portion of the agreement concluded, as scheduled, on December 31, 2012. Our participation in the joint development committee was determined to be a substantive deliverable under the contract, and therefore, the upfront payment was deferred and recognized over the term of the joint development committee, which was completed in December 2012. AbbVie may terminate the collaboration at its discretion upon 180 days’ written notice to us. In such event, we would be entitled to specified payments for ongoing clinical development and related activities and all GnRH Compound product rights would revert to us. Since the inception of the agreement, we have recorded revenues of $75.0 million related to the amortization of up-front license fees, $30.0 million in milestone revenue, and $37.0 million in sponsored development revenue.

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Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Boehringer Ingelheim). In June 2010, we announced a worldwide collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to research, develop and commercialize small molecule GPR119 agonists for the treatment of Type II diabetes and other indications. Under the terms of our agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim, we and Boehringer Ingelheim worked jointly, during a two year collaborative research period which ended in June 2012, to identify and advance GPR119 agonist candidates into preclinical development. Following the collaborative research period, Boehringer Ingelheim is responsible for the global development and commercialization of potential GPR119 agonist products, if any. We received a $10 million upfront payment, and received research funding to support discovery efforts. Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to make payments of up to approximately $3 million in additional preclinical milestone payments and payments of up to approximately $223 million in clinical development and commercial event based payments. We have assessed milestones under the revised authoritative guidance for research and development milestones and determined that the preclinical milestone payments, as defined in the agreement, meet the definition of a milestone as (1) they are events that can only be achieved in part on our performance or upon the occurrence of a specific outcome resulting from our performance, (2) there is substantive uncertainty at the date the arrangement was entered into that the event will be achieved and (3) they result in additional payments being due to us. Clinical development and commercial milestone payments, however, currently do not meet these criteria as their achievement is solely based on the performance of Boehringer Ingelheim. No milestone payments were recognized during the periods presented. We will be entitled to a percentage of any future worldwide sales of GPR119 agonists. Under the terms of the agreement, the collaboration effort between the parties to identify and advance GPR119 agonist candidates into preclinical development was initially governed by a steering committee with representatives from both us and Boehringer Ingelheim; provided, however, that final decision making authority rested with Boehringer Ingelheim. The collaborative research portion of the agreement concluded, as scheduled, on June 15, 2012. Our participation in the steering committee was determined to be a substantive deliverable under the contract, and therefore, the upfront payment was deferred and recognized over the two-year term of the steering committee which was completed in June 2012. Boehringer Ingelheim may terminate the agreement at its discretion upon prior written notice to us. In such event, we may be entitled to specified payments and product rights would revert to us. Since the inception of the agreement, we have recorded revenues of $10.0 million related to amortization of up-front license fees and $3.0 million in sponsored research.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses, and related disclosures. On an on-going basis, we evaluate these estimates, including those related to revenues under collaborative research agreements and grants, clinical trial accruals (research and development expense), share-based compensation, lease related activities, investments, and fixed assets. Estimates are based on historical experience, information received from third parties and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The items in our financial statements requiring significant estimates and judgments are as follows:

Revenue Recognition. Revenues under collaborative research and development agreements are recognized as costs are incurred over the period specified in the related agreement or as the services are performed. These agreements are on a best-efforts basis, and do not require scientific achievement as a performance obligation, and provide for payment to be made when costs are incurred or the services are performed. All fees are nonrefundable to the collaborators. Prior to the revised multiple element guidance adopted by us on January 1, 2011, upfront, nonrefundable payments for license fees and advance payments for sponsored research revenues received in excess of amounts earned were classified as deferred revenue and recognized as income over the contract or development period. Estimating the duration of the development period includes continual assessment of development stages and regulatory requirements. If we enter into a new collaboration agreement or materially modify an existing collaboration agreement, we will be required to apply the revised multiple element guidance. Milestone payments are recognized as revenue upon achievement of pre-defined scientific events, which requires substantive effort, and for which achievement of the milestone was not readily assured at the inception of the agreement.

Research and Development Expense. Our research and development expenditures include costs related to preclinical and clinical trials, scientific personnel, equipment, consultants, sponsored research, share-based compensation and allocated facility costs. We do not track fully burdened research and development costs separately for each of our drug candidates. We review our research and development expenses by focusing on four categories: external development, personnel, facility and depreciation, and other. External development expenses consist of costs associated with our external preclinical and clinical trials, including pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Personnel expenses include salaries and wages, share-based compensation, payroll taxes and benefits for those individuals involved in ongoing research and development efforts. Other research and development expenses mainly represent laboratory supply expenses, scientific consulting expenses and other expenses.

Share-based Compensation. We grant stock options to purchase our common stock to our employees and directors under our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2011 Plan) and grant stock options to certain employees pursuant to Employment Commencement Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements. We also grant certain employees stock bonuses and restricted stock units (RSUs) under the 2011 Plan. Additionally, we have outstanding stock options that were granted under previous option plans from which we no longer make grants. Share-based compensation expense recognized in accordance with authoritative guidance for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $2.4 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

For purposes of calculating share-based compensation, we estimate the fair value of stock option awards using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The determination of the fair value of share-based compensation awards utilizing the Black-Scholes model is affected by our stock price and a number of assumptions, including but not limited to expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards and the expected term of stock options. Our stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in the assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimates. The fair value of RSUs is estimated based on the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance.

Stock option awards and RSUs generally vest over a three to four year period and the corresponding expense is ratably recognized over those same time periods. Expense related to RSUs with performance-based vesting requirements is recognized when the event that gives rise to the vesting is achieved.

If factors change and we employ different assumptions, share-based compensation expense may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the past. If there is a difference between the assumptions used in determining share-based compensation expense and the actual factors which become known over time, specifically with respect to anticipated forfeitures, we may change the input factors used in determining share-based compensation expense for future grants. These changes, if any, may materially impact our results of operations in the period such changes are made. If actual forfeitures vary from our estimates, we will recognize the difference in compensation expense in the period the actual forfeitures occur or at the time of vesting.

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THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 AND 2013

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

The following table presents our total research and development (R&D) expenses by category during the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In millions)
External development expense:
VMAT2	$	0.6	$	3.2
Other		0.5		0.4
Total external development expense		1.1		3.6
R&D personnel expense		4.7		4.2
R&D facility and depreciation expense		1.3		1.3
Other R&D expense		1.5		1.2
Total research and development expense	$	8.6	$	10.3

The $1.7 million decrease in first quarter research and development expense from 2013 to 2014 was primarily due to lower external development expenses related to our VMAT2 program as it substantially completed its Phase IIb development in 2013. We anticipate VMAT2 entering Phase III development later in 2014, which will result in a significant increase in external development expenses. The increase in personnel related expense is primarily attributable to a $0.3 million increase in share-based compensation expense. Other research and development expense increased by $0.3 million primarily due to higher laboratory related costs and external scientific consulting expenses.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expense increased to $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared with $3.4 million during the same period in 2013. The increase in general and administrative expense is primarily due to higher share-based compensation costs which accounted for $0.4 million of the increase, coupled with an increase in other personnel related costs of $0.2 million and a $0.2 million increase in professional service costs.

Net Loss

Our net loss for the first quarter of 2014 was $11.8 million, or a net loss of $0.17 per share, compared to a net loss of $12.1 million, or a net loss of $0.18 per share, during the same period in 2013. The decrease in our net loss from 2013 to 2014 was primarily a result of lower external development expenses resulting from the substantive completion of our VMAT2 Phase II clinical program in late 2013.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Net cash used in operating activities during the first three months of 2014 was $9.8 million compared to $1.9 million provided by operating activities during the same period in 2013. The $11.7 million change is primarily due to receivables of approximately $14.1 million from 2012 that were collected during the first quarter of 2013.

Net cash used in investing activities during the first three months of 2014 was $65.7 million compared to $35.1 million during the same period in 2013. The fluctuation in net cash used in investing activities resulted primarily from the timing differences in investment purchases, sales and maturities of investments, and the fluctuation of our portfolio mix between cash equivalents and short-term investment holdings.

Net cash provided by financing activities during the first three months of 2014 was $136.2 million compared to $1.0 million during the same period in 2013. The increase in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to net proceeds of approximately $133.2 million from our public offering of common stock in February 2014. Stock option exercises yielded approximately $3.0 million and $1.0 million for the first three months of 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At March 31, 2014, our cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaled $271.2 million compared with $145.7 million at December 31, 2013.

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Equity Financing. In February 2014, we completed a public offering of common stock in which we sold 8.0 million shares of our common stock at an offering price of $17.75 per share. The net proceeds generated from this transaction, after underwriting discounts and commissions and offering costs, were approximately $133.2 million.

Shelf Registration Statements. In February 2014, we filed an Automatic Shelf Registration statement which immediately became effective by rule of the SEC. For so long as we continue to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, this shelf registration statement allows us to issue an unlimited number of shares of its common stock from time to time. As of March 31, 2014, we had sold 8 million shares under this shelf registration statement.

In December 2012, the SEC declared effective a shelf registration statement filed by us in November 2012. The shelf registration statement allows us to issue shares of our common stock from time to time for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $150 million. For so long as we continue to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, this shelf registration statement allows us to issue an unlimited number of shares of its common stock from time to time. As of March 31, 2014, we had not sold any shares under this shelf registration statement.

We believe that our existing capital resources, together with interest income and future payments due under our strategic alliances, will be sufficient to satisfy our current and projected funding requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we cannot guarantee that these capital resources and payments will be sufficient to conduct all of our research and development programs as planned. The amount and timing of expenditures will vary depending upon a number of factors, including progress of our research and development programs.

We may require additional funding to continue our research and product development programs, to conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials, for operating expenses, to pursue regulatory approvals for our product candidates, for the costs involved in filing and prosecuting patent applications and enforcing or defending patent claims, if any, the cost of product in-licensing and any possible acquisitions, and we may require additional funding to establish manufacturing and marketing capabilities in the future. We may seek to access the public or private equity markets whenever conditions are favorable. For example, we have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC which allows us to issue an unlimited number of shares of our common stock from time to time. We may also seek additional funding through strategic alliances or other financing mechanisms. We cannot assure you that adequate funding will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any additional equity financings will be dilutive to our stockholders and any additional debt may involve operating covenants that may restrict our business. If adequate funds are not available through these means, we may be required to curtail significantly one or more of our research or development programs or obtain funds through arrangements with collaborators or others. This may require us to relinquish rights to certain of our technologies or product candidates. To the extent that we are unable to obtain third-party funding for such expenses, we expect that increased expenses will result in increased cash flow losses from operations. We cannot assure you that we will successfully develop our products under development or that our products, if successfully developed, will generate revenues sufficient to enable us to earn a profit.

INTEREST RATE RISK

We are exposed to interest rate risk on our short and long term investments. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we invest in highly liquid and high quality government and other debt securities. To minimize our exposure due to adverse shifts in interest rates, we invest in short-term securities and ensure that the maximum average maturity of our investments does not exceed 12 months. If a 10% change in interest rates had occurred on March 31, 2014, this change would not have had a material effect on the fair value of our investment portfolio as of that date. Due to the short holding period of our investments and the nature of our investments, we have concluded that we do not have a material financial market risk exposure.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

None.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although our forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of our management, these statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, these forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements.

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Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believes,” “expects,” “hopes,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” “intends,” “estimates,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “continue,” “seeks,” “proforma,” or “anticipates,” or other similar words (including their use in the negative), or by discussions of future matters such as the development or regulatory approval of new products, technology enhancements, possible changes in legislation and other statements that are not historical. These statements include but are not limited to statements under the captions “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as other sections in this report. You should be aware that the occurrence of any of the events discussed under the heading in Part II titled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report could substantially harm our business, results of operations and financial condition and that if any of these events occurs, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or a part of the value of your shares of our common stock.

The cautionary statements made in this report are intended to be applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they may appear in this report. We urge you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update our forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A discussion of our exposure to, and management of, market risk appears in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Interest Rate Risk.”

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports required by the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the timelines specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and in reaching a reasonable level of assurance, management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by SEC Rule 13a-15(b), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The following Risk Factors do not reflect any material changes to the Risk Factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, other than the revisions to the risk factors set forth below with an asterisk (*) next to the title. The following information sets forth risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements we have made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those we may make from time to time. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, operating results, prospects or financial condition could be harmed. Additional risks not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, may also affect our business operations.

Risks Related to Our Company

Our clinical trials may fail to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates, which could prevent or significantly delay their regulatory approval.

Before obtaining regulatory approval for the sale of any of our potential products, we must subject these product candidates to extensive preclinical and clinical testing to demonstrate their safety and efficacy for humans. Clinical trials are expensive, time-consuming and may take years to complete.

In connection with the clinical trials of our product candidates, we face the risks that:

• the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or similar foreign regulatory authority may not approve an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application or foreign equivalent filings required to initiate human clinical studies for our drug candidates or the FDA may require additional preclinical or clinical studies as a condition of the initiation of Phase I clinical studies, progression from Phase I to Phase II, or Phase II to Phase III, or for New Drug Application (NDA) approval;

• the product candidate may not prove to be effective or as effective as other competing product candidates;

• we may discover that a product candidate may cause harmful side effects or results of required toxicology studies may not be acceptable to the FDA;

• the results may not replicate the results of earlier, smaller trials;

• the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may require use of new or experimental endpoints that may prove insensitive to treatment effects;

• we or the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may suspend the trials;

• the results may not be statistically significant;

• patient recruitment may be slower than expected;

• patients may drop out of the trials; and

• regulatory requirements may change.

These risks and uncertainties impact all of our clinical programs. Specifically, with respect to our gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) program with AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie), any of the clinical, regulatory or operational events described above could delay timelines for the completion of the Phase III endometriosis program or the Phase II uterine fibroids program, require suspension of these programs and/or obviate filings for regulatory approvals. Similarly, our VMAT2 inhibitor program will be impacted if any of the events above lead to delayed timelines for the commencement, enrollment in, or completion of, the Phase III clinical trials of our lead candidate, NBI-98854.

In addition, late stage clinical trials are often conducted with patients having the most advanced stages of disease. During the course of treatment, these patients can die or suffer other adverse medical effects for reasons that may not be related to the pharmaceutical agent being tested but which can nevertheless adversely affect clinical trial results. Any failure or substantial delay in completing clinical trials for our product candidates may severely harm our business.

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We depend on continuing our current collaborations and developing additional collaborations to develop and commercialize our product candidates.

Our strategy for fully developing and commercializing our products is dependent upon maintaining our current arrangements and establishing new arrangements with research collaborators, corporate collaborators and others. We have collaboration agreements with AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH and previously have had collaborations with Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Taisho and Eli Lilly and Company. We historically have been dependent upon these corporate collaborators to provide adequate funding for a number of our programs, and our collaboration agreements with AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim provide for, among other things, significant future payments should certain development, regulatory and commercial milestones be achieved. Under these arrangements, our corporate collaborators are typically responsible for:

• selecting compounds for subsequent development as drug candidates;

• conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials and obtaining required regulatory approvals for these drug candidates; and

• manufacturing and commercializing any resulting drugs.

Because we expect to continue to rely heavily on our current corporate collaborators and to enter into new collaborations in the future, the development and commercialization of our programs would be substantially delayed, and our ability to receive future funding would be substantially impaired if one or more of our current or future collaborators:

• failed to select a compound that we have discovered for subsequent development into marketable products;

• failed to gain the requisite regulatory approvals of these products;

• did not successfully commercialize products that we originate;

• did not conduct its collaborative activities in a timely manner;

• did not devote sufficient time and resources to our partnered programs or potential products;

• terminated its alliance with us;

• developed, either alone or with others, products that may compete with our products;

• disputed our respective allocations of rights to any products or technology developed during our collaborations; or

• merged with a third party that wants to terminate the collaboration.

These issues and possible disagreements with current or future corporate collaborators could lead to delays in the collaborative research, development or commercialization of many of our product candidates. Furthermore, disagreements with these parties could require or result in litigation or arbitration, which would be time-consuming and expensive. If any of these issues arise, it may delay the development and commercialization of drug candidates and, ultimately, our generation of product revenues.

Because the development of our product candidates is subject to a substantial degree of technological uncertainty, we may not succeed in developing any of our product candidates.

All of our product candidates are in research, clinical development or subject to review by the FDA. Only a small number of research and development programs ultimately result in commercially successful drugs. Potential products that appear to be promising at early stages of development may not reach the market for a number of reasons. These reasons include the possibilities that the potential products may:

• be found ineffective or cause harmful side effects during preclinical studies or clinical trials;

• fail to receive necessary regulatory approvals on a timely basis or at all;

• be precluded from commercialization by proprietary rights of third parties;

• be difficult to manufacture on a large scale; or

• be uneconomical to commercialize or fail to achieve market acceptance.

If any of our products encounters any of these potential problems, we may never successfully market that product.

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We do not and will not have access to all information regarding the product candidates we licensed to AbbVie.

We do not and will not have access to all information regarding the products being developed and potentially commercialized by AbbVie, including potentially material information about clinical trial design and execution, safety reports from clinical trials, spontaneous safety reports if a product candidate is later approved and marketed, regulatory affairs, process development, manufacturing, marketing and other areas known by AbbVie. In addition, we have confidentiality obligations under our agreement with AbbVie. Thus, our ability to keep our shareholders informed about the status of product candidates under our collaboration with AbbVie will be limited by the degree to which AbbVie keeps us informed and allows us to disclose such information to the public. If AbbVie fails to keep us informed about the clinical development and regulatory approval of our collaboration and product candidates licensed to it, we may make operational and investment decisions that we would not have made had we been fully informed, which may materially and adversely affect our business and operations.

*If we cannot raise additional funding, we may be unable to complete development of our product candidates.

We may require additional funding to continue our research and product development programs, to conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials, for operating expenses and to pursue regulatory approvals for product candidates, for the costs involved in filing and prosecuting patent applications and enforcing or defending patent claims, if any, product in-licensing and any possible acquisitions, and we may require additional funding to establish manufacturing and marketing capabilities in the future. We believe that our existing capital resources, together with investment income, and future payments due under our strategic alliances, will be sufficient to satisfy our current and projected funding requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, these resources might be insufficient to conduct research and development programs to the full extent currently planned. If we cannot obtain adequate funds, we may be required to curtail significantly one or more of our research and development programs or obtain funds through additional arrangements with corporate collaborators or others that may require us to relinquish rights to some of our technologies or product candidates.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

• continued scientific progress in our research and development programs;

• the magnitude of our research and development programs;

• progress with preclinical testing and clinical trials;

• the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;

• the costs involved in filing and pursuing patent applications, enforcing patent claims, or engaging in interference proceedings or other patent litigation;

• competing technological and market developments;

• the establishment of additional strategic alliances;

• the cost of commercialization activities and arrangements, including manufacturing of our product candidates; and

• the cost of product in-licensing and any possible acquisitions.

We intend to seek additional funding through strategic alliances, and may seek additional funding through public or private sales of our securities, including equity securities. For example, we have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which, for so long as we continue to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, allows us to issue an unlimited number of shares of our common stock from time to time. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC which allows us to issue shares of our common stock from time to time for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $150 million. In the event that we fail to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, we would be limited in using this shelf registration statement which may be used for the issuance of shares of our common stock for an aggregate initial offering price of up to only $150 million. In addition, we have previously financed capital purchases and may continue to pursue opportunities to obtain additional debt financing in the future. Additional equity or debt financing might not be available on reasonable terms, if at all. Any additional equity financings will be dilutive to our stockholders and any additional debt financings may involve operating covenants that restrict our business.

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We have a history of losses and expect to incur negative operating cash flows for the foreseeable future, and we may never achieve sustained profitability.

Since our inception, we have incurred significant net losses and negative cash flow from operations. As a result of historical operating losses, we had an accumulated deficit of $765.8 million as of December 31, 2013. We do not expect to be profitable, or generate positive cash flows from operations, for the year ending December 31, 2014 or for the foreseeable future.

We have not yet obtained regulatory approvals of any products and, consequently, have not generated revenues from the sale of products. Even if we succeed in developing and commercializing one or more of our drugs, we may not be profitable. We also expect to continue to incur significant operating and capital expenditures as we:

• seek regulatory approvals for our product candidates;

• develop, formulate, manufacture and commercialize our product candidates;

• in-license or acquire new product development opportunities;

• implement additional internal systems and infrastructure; and

• hire additional clinical, scientific and marketing personnel.

We expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operations, in-licensing or acquisition opportunities, and capital expenditures. We will need to generate significant revenues to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow on an annual basis. We may not be able to generate these revenues, and we may never achieve profitability on an annual basis in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability on an annual basis could negatively impact the market price of our common stock. Even if we become profitable on an annual basis, we cannot assure you that we would be able to sustain or increase profitability on an annual basis.

The price of our common stock is volatile.

The market prices for securities of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies historically have been highly volatile, and the market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. Over the course of the last 12 months, the price of our common stock has ranged from approximately $8.00 per share to approximately $20.00 per share. The market price of our common stock may fluctuate in response to many factors, including:

• the results of our clinical trials;

• developments concerning new and existing collaboration agreements;

• announcements of technological innovations or new therapeutic products by us or others;

• general economic and market conditions;

• developments in patent or other proprietary rights;

• developments related to the FDA;

• future sales of our common stock by us or our stockholders;

• comments by securities analysts;

• fluctuations in our operating results;

• government regulation;

• health care reimbursement;

• failure of any of our product candidates, if approved, to achieve commercial success; and

• public concern as to the safety of our drugs.

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Because our operating results may vary significantly in future periods, our stock price may decline.

Our quarterly revenues, expenses and operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate significantly in the future. Our revenues are unpredictable and may fluctuate, among other reasons, due to our achievement of product development objectives and milestones, clinical trial enrollment and expenses, research and development expenses and the timing and nature of contract manufacturing and contract research payments. A high portion of our costs are predetermined on an annual basis, due in part to our significant research and development costs. Thus, small declines in revenue could disproportionately affect operating results in a quarter. Because of these factors, our operating results in one or more future quarters may fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors, which could cause our stock price to decline.

We license some of our core technologies and drug candidates from third parties. If we default on any of our obligations under those licenses, we could lose our rights to those technologies and drug candidates.

We are dependent on licenses from third parties for some of our key technologies. These licenses typically subject us to various commercialization, reporting and other obligations. If we fail to comply with these obligations, we could lose important rights. For example, we license some of the core technologies used in our research and development activities and collaborations from third parties, including the GnRH receptor which we license from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York for use in the elagolix program. If we were to default on our obligations under any of our licenses, we could lose some or all of our rights to develop, market and sell products covered by these licenses. Likewise, if we were to lose our rights under a license to use proprietary research tools, it could adversely affect our existing collaborations or adversely affect our ability to form new collaborations. We also face the risk that our licensors could, for a number of reasons, lose patent protection or lose their rights to the technologies we have licensed, thereby impairing or extinguishing our rights under our licenses with them.

We have limited marketing experience, and no sales force or distribution capabilities, and if our products are approved, we may not be able to commercialize them successfully.

Although we do not currently have any marketable products, our ability to produce revenues ultimately depends on our ability to sell our products if and when they are approved by the FDA. We currently have limited experience in marketing and selling pharmaceutical products. If we fail to establish successful marketing and sales capabilities or fail to enter into successful marketing arrangements with third parties, our product revenues will suffer.

The independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations that we rely upon to conduct our clinical trials may not be diligent, careful or timely, and may make mistakes, in the conduct of our trials.

We depend on independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations (CROs) to conduct our clinical trials under their agreements with us. The investigators are not our employees, and we cannot control the amount or timing of resources that they devote to our programs. If independent investigators fail to devote sufficient time and resources to our drug development programs, or if their performance is substandard, or not in compliance with Good Clinical Practices, it may delay or prevent the approval of our FDA applications and our introduction of new drugs. The CROs we contract with for execution of our clinical trials play a significant role in the conduct of the trials and the subsequent collection and analysis of data. Failure of the CROs to meet their obligations could adversely affect clinical development of our products. Moreover, these independent investigators and CROs may also have relationships with other commercial entities, some of which may compete with us. If independent investigators and CROs assist our competitors at our expense, it could harm our competitive position.

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We have no manufacturing capabilities. If third-party manufacturers of our product candidates fail to devote sufficient time and resources to our concerns, or if their performance is substandard, our clinical trials and product introductions may be delayed and our costs may rise.

We have in the past utilized, and intend to continue to utilize, third-party manufacturers to produce the drug compounds we use in our clinical trials and for the potential commercialization of our future products. We have no experience in manufacturing products for commercial purposes and do not currently have any manufacturing facilities. Consequently, we depend on, and will continue to depend on, several contract manufacturers for all production of products for development and commercial purposes. If we are unable to obtain or retain third-party manufacturers, we will not be able to develop or commercialize our products. The manufacture of our products for clinical trials and commercial purposes is subject to specific FDA regulations, including current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. Our third-party manufacturers might not comply with FDA regulations relating to manufacturing our products for clinical trials and commercial purposes or other regulatory requirements now or in the future. Our reliance on contract manufacturers also exposes us to the following risks:

• contract manufacturers may encounter difficulties in achieving volume production, quality control and quality assurance, and also may experience shortages in qualified personnel. As a result, our contract manufacturers might not be able to meet our clinical schedules or adequately manufacture our products in commercial quantities when required;

• switching manufacturers may be difficult because the number of potential manufacturers is limited. It may be difficult or impossible for us to find a replacement manufacturer quickly on acceptable terms, or at all;

• our contract manufacturers may not perform as agreed or may not remain in the contract manufacturing business for the time required to successfully produce, store or distribute our products; and

• drug manufacturers are subject to ongoing periodic unannounced inspection by the FDA, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and other agencies to ensure strict compliance with good manufacturing practices and other government regulations and corresponding foreign standards. We do not have control over third-party manufacturers’ compliance with these regulations and standards.

Our current dependence upon third parties for the manufacture of our products may harm our profit margin, if any, on the sale of our future products and our ability to develop and deliver products on a timely and competitive basis.

If we are unable to retain and recruit qualified scientists or if any of our key senior executives discontinues his or her employment with us, it may delay our development efforts.

We are highly dependent on the principal members of our management and scientific staff. The loss of any of these people could impede the achievement of our development objectives. Furthermore, recruiting and retaining qualified scientific personnel to perform research and development work in the future is critical to our success. We may be unable to attract and retain personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care companies, universities and non-profit research institutions for experienced scientists. In addition, we rely on a significant number of consultants to assist us in formulating our research and development strategy. Our consultants may have commitments to, or advisory or consulting agreements with, other entities that may limit their availability to us.

We may be subject to claims that we or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers.

As is commonplace in the biotechnology industry, we employ individuals who were previously employed at other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Although no claims against us are currently pending, we may be subject to claims that these employees or we have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information of their former employers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.

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Governmental and third-party payors may impose sales and pharmaceutical pricing controls on our products or limit coverage or reimbursement for our products that could limit our product revenues and delay sustained profitability.

The continuing efforts of government and third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means may reduce our potential revenues. These payors’ efforts could decrease the price that we receive for any products we may develop and sell in the future. In addition, third-party insurance coverage and adequate reimbursement levels may not be available to patients for any products we develop. Coverage and reimbursement levels may impact the demand for, or the price of, any product candidate for which we obtain marketing approval. If government and third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for our products, or if price controls are enacted, our product revenues will suffer.

If physicians and patients do not accept our products, we may not recover our investment.

The commercial success of our products, if they are approved for marketing, will depend upon the acceptance of our products as safe and effective by the medical community and patients.

The market acceptance of our products could be affected by a number of factors, including:

• the timing of receipt of marketing approvals;

• the safety and efficacy of the products;

• the success of existing products addressing our target markets or the emergence of equivalent or superior products; and

• the cost-effectiveness of the products.

In addition, market acceptance depends on the effectiveness of our marketing strategy, and, to date, we have very limited sales and marketing experience or capabilities. If the medical community and patients do not ultimately accept our products as being safe, effective, superior and/or cost-effective, we may not recover our investment.

Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, new SEC regulations and NASDAQ rules, are creating uncertainty for companies such as ours. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in some cases due to their lack of specificity, and as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and management time related to compliance activities. If we fail to comply with these laws, regulations and standards, our reputation may be harmed and we might be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC. Any such action could adversely affect our financial results and the market price of our common stock.

Risks Related to Our Industry

We may not receive regulatory approvals for our product candidates or approvals may be delayed.

Regulation by government authorities in the United States and foreign countries is a significant factor in the development, manufacture and marketing of our proposed products and in our ongoing research and product development activities. Any failure to receive the regulatory approvals necessary to commercialize our product candidates would harm our business. The process of obtaining these approvals and the subsequent compliance with federal and state statutes and regulations require spending substantial time and financial resources. If we fail or our collaborators or licensees fail to obtain or maintain, or encounter delays in obtaining or maintaining, regulatory approvals, it could adversely affect the marketing of any products we develop, our ability to receive product or royalty revenues, our recovery of prepaid royalties, and our liquidity and capital resources. All of our products are in research and development, and we have not yet received regulatory approval to commercialize any product from the FDA or any other regulatory body. In addition, we have limited experience in filing and pursuing applications necessary to gain regulatory approvals, which may impede our ability to obtain such approvals.

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In particular, human therapeutic products are subject to rigorous preclinical testing and clinical trials and other approval procedures of the FDA and similar regulatory authorities in foreign countries. The FDA regulates, among other things, the development, testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, record keeping, labeling, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, sale and distribution of biopharmaceutical products. Securing FDA approval requires the submission of extensive preclinical and clinical data and supporting information to the FDA for each indication to establish the product candidate’s safety and efficacy. The approval process may take many years to complete and may involve ongoing requirements for post-marketing studies. Any FDA or other regulatory approval of our product candidates, once obtained, may be withdrawn. If our potential products are marketed abroad, they will also be subject to extensive regulation by foreign governments.

Health care reform measures and other recent legislative initiatives could adversely affect our business.

The business and financial condition of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are affected by the efforts of governmental and third-party payers to contain or reduce the costs of health care. In the United States, comprehensive health care reform legislation was enacted by the Federal government and we expect that there will continue to be a number of federal and state proposals to implement government control over the pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals. In addition, increasing emphasis on reducing the cost of health care in the United States will continue to put pressure on the rate of adoption and pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals. Moreover, in some foreign jurisdictions, pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals is already subject to government control. Additionally, other recent federal legislation imposes new obligations on manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, among others, related to product tracking and tracing. Among the requirements of this new legislation, manufacturers are required to provide certain information regarding the drug product to individuals and entities to which product ownership is transferred, label drug product with a product identifier, and keep certain records regarding the drug product. Further, under this new legislation, manufacturers will have drug product investigation, quarantine, disposition, notification and purchaser license verification responsibilities related to counterfeit, diverted, stolen, and intentionally adulterated products, as well as products that are the subject of fraudulent transactions or which are otherwise unfit for distribution such that they would be reasonably likely to result in serious health consequences or death.

We are currently unable to predict what additional legislation or regulation, if any, relating to the health care industry may be enacted in the future or what effect recently enacted Federal legislation or any such additional legislation or regulation would have on our business. The pendency or approval of such proposals or reforms could result in a decrease in our stock price or limit our ability to raise capital or to enter into collaboration agreements for the further development and commercialization of our programs and products.

We face intense competition, and if we are unable to compete effectively, the demand for our products, if any, may be reduced.

The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are subject to rapid and intense technological change. We face, and will continue to face, competition in the development and marketing of our product candidates from academic institutions, government agencies, research institutions and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Competition may also arise from, among other things:

• other drug development technologies;

• methods of preventing or reducing the incidence of disease, including vaccines; and

• new small molecule or other classes of therapeutic agents.

Developments by others may render our product candidates or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive.

We are performing research on or developing products for the treatment of several disorders including endometriosis, tardive dyskinesia, uterine fibroids, stress-related disorders, pain, diabetes, insomnia, and other neurological and endocrine-related diseases and disorders, and there are a number of competitors to products in our research pipeline. If one or more of our competitors’ products or programs are successful, the market for our products may be reduced or eliminated.

Compared to us, many of our competitors and potential competitors have substantially greater:

• capital resources;

• research and development resources, including personnel and technology;

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• regulatory experience;

• preclinical study and clinical testing experience;

• manufacturing and marketing experience; and

• production facilities.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property, our competitors could develop and market products based on our discoveries, which may reduce demand for our products.

Our success will depend on our ability to, among other things:

• obtain patent protection for our products;

• preserve our trade secrets;

• prevent third parties from infringing upon our proprietary rights; and

• operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others, both in the United States and internationally.

Because of the substantial length of time and expense associated with bringing new products through the development and regulatory approval processes in order to reach the marketplace, the pharmaceutical industry places considerable importance on obtaining patent and trade secret protection for new technologies, products and processes. Accordingly, we intend to seek patent protection for our proprietary technology and compounds. However, we face the risk that we may not obtain any of these patents and that the breadth of claims we obtain, if any, may not provide adequate protection of our proprietary technology or compounds.

We also rely upon unpatented trade secrets and improvements, unpatented know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position, which we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality agreements with our commercial collaborators, employees and consultants. We also have invention or patent assignment agreements with our employees and some, but not all, of our commercial collaborators and consultants. However, if our employees, commercial collaborators or consultants breach these agreements, we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach, and our trade secrets may otherwise become known or independently discovered by our competitors.

In addition, although we own a number of patents, the issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its validity or enforceability, and third parties may challenge the validity or enforceability of our patents. We cannot assure you how much protection, if any, will be given to our patents if we attempt to enforce them and they are challenged in court or in other proceedings. It is possible that a competitor may successfully challenge our patents or that challenges will result in limitations of their coverage. Moreover, competitors may infringe our patents or successfully avoid them through design innovation. To prevent infringement or unauthorized use, we may need to file infringement claims, which are expensive and time-consuming. In addition, in an infringement proceeding a court may decide that a patent of ours is not valid or is unenforceable, or may refuse to stop the other party from using the technology at issue on the grounds that our patents do not cover its technology. Interference proceedings declared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office may be necessary to determine the priority of inventions with respect to our patent applications or those of our licensors. Litigation or interference proceedings may fail and, even if successful, may result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management. We cannot assure you that we will be able to prevent misappropriation of our proprietary rights, particularly in countries where the laws may not protect such rights as fully as in the United States.

The technologies we use in our research as well as the drug targets we select may infringe the patents or violate the proprietary rights of third parties.

We cannot assure you that third parties will not assert patent or other intellectual property infringement claims against us or our collaborators with respect to technologies used in potential products. If a patent infringement suit were brought against us or our collaborators, we or our collaborators could be forced to stop or delay developing, manufacturing or selling potential products that are claimed to infringe a third party’s intellectual property unless that party grants us or our collaborators rights to use its intellectual property. In such cases, we could be required to obtain licenses to patents or proprietary rights of others in order to continue to commercialize our products. However, we may not be able to obtain any licenses required under any patents or proprietary rights of third parties on acceptable terms, or at all. Even if our collaborators or we were able to obtain rights to the third party’s intellectual property, these rights may be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same intellectual property. Ultimately, we may be unable to commercialize some of our potential products or may have to cease some of our business operations as a result of patent infringement claims, which could severely harm our business.

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Our employees, independent contractors, principal investigators, consultants, commercial partners and vendors may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including non-compliance with regulatory standards and requirements.

We are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct. Misconduct by employees and independent contractors, such as principal investigators, consultants, commercial partners and vendors, could include failures to comply with FDA regulations, to provide accurate information to the FDA, to comply with manufacturing standards we have established, to comply with federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, to report financial information or data accurately or to disclose unauthorized activities to us. In particular, sales, marketing and other business arrangements in the healthcare industry are subject to extensive laws intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices. Employee and independent contractor misconduct could also involve the improper use of individually identifiable information, including, without limitation, information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm to our reputation.

Any relationships with healthcare professionals, principal investigators, consultants, customers (actual and potential) and third-party payors in connection with our current and future business activities are and will continue to be subject, directly or indirectly, to federal and state healthcare laws. If we are unable to comply, or have not fully complied, with such laws, we could face penalties, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings and curtailment or restructuring of our operations.

Our business operations and activities may be directly, or indirectly, subject to various federal and state healthcare laws, including without limitation, fraud and abuse laws, false claims laws, data privacy and security laws, as well as transparency laws regarding payments or other items of value provided to healthcare providers. These laws may restrict or prohibit a wide range of business activities, including, but not limited to, research, manufacturing, distribution, pricing, discounting, marketing and promotion, sales commission, customer incentive programs and other business arrangements. These laws may impact, among other things, our current activities with principal investigators and research subjects, as well as proposed and future sales, marketing and education programs.

Efforts to ensure that our business arrangements will comply with applicable healthcare laws may involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental and enforcement authorities will conclude that our business practices may not comply with current or future statutes, regulations or case law interpreting applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws. If our operations or activities are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to, without limitation, civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, disgorgement, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings and curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate.

In addition, any sales of our product candidates once commercialized outside the United States will also likely subject us to foreign equivalents of the healthcare laws mentioned above, among other foreign laws.

We face potential product liability exposure far in excess of our limited insurance coverage.

The use of any of our potential products in clinical trials, and the sale of any approved products, may expose us to liability claims. These claims might be made directly by consumers, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies or others selling our products. We have obtained limited product liability insurance coverage for our clinical trials in the amount of $10 million per occurrence and $10 million in the aggregate. However, our insurance may not reimburse us or may not be sufficient to reimburse us for any expenses or losses we may suffer. Moreover, insurance coverage is becoming increasingly expensive, and we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses due to liability. We intend to expand our insurance coverage to include the sale of commercial products if we obtain marketing approval for product candidates in development, but we may be unable to obtain commercially reasonable product liability insurance for any products approved for marketing. On occasion, juries have awarded large judgments in class action lawsuits based on drugs that had unanticipated side effects. A successful product liability claim or series of claims brought against us would decrease our cash reserves and could cause our stock price to fall.

Our activities involve hazardous materials, and we may be liable for any resulting contamination or injuries.

Our research activities involve the controlled use of hazardous materials. We cannot eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. If an accident occurs, a court may hold us liable for any resulting damages, which may harm our results of operations and cause us to use a substantial portion of our cash reserves, which would force us to seek additional financing.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Certificate of Incorporation(1)
3.2	Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation(1)
3.3	Bylaws, as amended (1)
4.1	Form of Common Stock Certificate(2)
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32*	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 8, 2013

(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-03172)

* These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this quarterly report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Except as specifically noted above, the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K have a Commission File Number of 000-22705.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 1, 2014	/S/    TIMOTHY P. COUGHLIN
	Timothy P. Coughlin
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Duly authorized officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Kevin C. Gorman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: May 1, 2014	/s/ Kevin C. Gorman
	Kevin C. Gorman
	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Timothy P. Coughlin, Chief Financial Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: May 1, 2014	/s/ Timothy P. Coughlin
	Timothy P. Coughlin
	Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATIONS OF

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (Report), I, Kevin C. Gorman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) That information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

May 1, 2014	By:	/s/ Kevin C. Gorman
	Name:	Kevin C. Gorman
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (Report), I, Timothy P. Coughlin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) That information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

May 1, 2014	By:	/s/ Timothy P. Coughlin
	Name:	Timothy P. Coughlin
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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Weighted-Average Assumptions for Stock Option Grants using Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model (Detail) (Stock Options)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	2.30%	1.30%
Expected volatility of common stock	71.30%	75.60%
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected option term	7 years 1 month 6 days	7 years 3 months 18 days

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

4. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The compensation expense related to the Company’s share-based compensation arrangements has been included in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
General and administrative	$	1.2	$	0.8
Research and development		1.2		0.9
Total share-based compensation expense	$	2.4	$	1.7

The fair value of equity instruments that vest based on continued employee service, net of estimated forfeitures, is recognized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. For restricted stock units (RSUs) with performance-based vesting requirements, no expense is recorded until the performance condition is probable of being achieved. The Company estimates forfeiture rates for equity awards based on past behavior for similar equity awards with further consideration given to the class of employees to whom the equity awards were granted.

As of March 31, 2014, total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested stock options and non-vested RSUs, that vest over a given service period, granted prior to that date was $17.1 million and $9.5 million, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.0 years and 3.6 years, respectively. Additionally, the Company has approximately 0.5 million RSUs with performance-based vesting requirements outstanding. The total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to these performance-based RSUs is $9.3 million and is expected to be recognized at the point when the performance conditions have been achieved, which is when these events will become probable

During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, stock options to purchase approximately 0.4 million and 0.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised, respectively. The cash received by the Company from stock option exercises during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $3.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The Company also issued approximately 93,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the vesting of RSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Stock Options

The Company granted stock options to purchase approximately 0.8 million and 0.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These stock options all vest monthly over a four-year period. The exercise price of all stock options granted during three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The estimated fair value of each stock option granted was determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the stock option grants:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014	2013
Risk-free interest rate	2.3%	1.3%
Expected volatility of common stock	71.3%	75.6%
Dividend yield	0.0%	0.0%
Expected option term	7.1 years	7.3 years

The Black-Scholes option-pricing model incorporates various and highly sensitive assumptions including expected volatility, expected term and interest rates. The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over the most recent period commensurate with the estimated expected term of the Company’s stock options. The expected option term is estimated based on historical experience as well as the status of the employee. For example, directors and officers have a longer expected option term than all other employees. Additionally, recent grants of stock options have a contractual life of ten years, versus seven years for older option grants, and the vesting period for recent option grants has been extended to four years, which together have also resulted in an increase in the expected option term over time. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the expected term of the Company’s employee stock options. The Company has never declared or paid dividends and has no plans to do so in the foreseeable future. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, share-based compensation expense related to stock options was $1.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company granted approximately 0.4 million RSUs that vest annually over a four year period. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company granted approximately 0.5 million RSUs with performance-based vesting requirements (PRSUs) that vest based on the achievement of pre-defined Company-specific performance criteria and expire five years from the grant date. As the performance based criteria for vesting for the PRSUs is not probable, no associated expense has been recorded for the PRSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company granted approximately 0.4 million RSUs that vest annually over a four year period. The fair value of RSUs is estimated based on the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the date of RSU grant. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, share-based compensation expense related to RSUs was $0.5 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

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Loss Per Common Share - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net (loss) income	$ (11,842)	$ (12,075)
Potentially dilutive securities	3.0	2.0
Shares of common stock excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share outstanding	0.9	0.8

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Changes to Accrued Cease-Use Liability (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 3,096	$ 3,686
Payments	(102)	(194)
Ending balance	$ 2,994	$ 3,492

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, a three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1:	Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2:	Inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets and/or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active near the measurement date; and
Level 3:	Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

The Company classifies its cash equivalents and available for sale investments within Level 1 or Level 2. The fair value of the Company’s high quality investment grade corporate debt securities is determined using proprietary valuation models and analytical tools. These valuation models and analytical tools use market pricing or prices for similar instruments that are both objective and publicly available, including matrix pricing or reported trades, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids and/or offers. The Company did not reclassify any investments between levels in the fair value hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company’s assets which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were determined using the inputs described above (in millions):

				Fair Value Measurements Using
	Carrying Value			Quoted Prices  in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant  Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	101.6		$	101.6		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		9.8			9.8			—			—
Commercial paper		20.0			—			20.0			—
Securities of government sponsored entities		12.5			—			12.5			—
Corporate debt securities		76.0			—			76.0			—
Subtotal		219.9			111.4			108.5			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		5.9			5.9			—			—
Corporate bonds		49.9			—			49.9			—
Total		275.7			117.3			158.4			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(110.0	)		(106.0	)		(4.0	)		—
Total investments	$	165.7		$	11.3		$	154.4		$	—
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	34.9		$	34.9		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		11.0			11.0			—			—
Commercial paper		5.0			—			5.0			—
Securities of government-sponsored entities		7.5			—			7.5			—
Corporate debt securities		87.4			—			87.4			—
Subtotal		145.8			45.9			99.9			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		4.4			4.4			—			—
Total		150.2			50.3			99.9			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(49.2	)		(39.3	)		(9.9	)		—
Total investments	$	101.0		$	11.0		$	90.0		$	—

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 105,532	$ 44,789
Short-term investments, available for sale	114,330	100,950
Receivables under collaboration agreements and other current assets	1,873	2,723
Total current assets	221,735	148,462
Property and equipment, net	1,798	1,771
Long-term investments, available for sale	51,320	0
Restricted cash	4,443	4,443
Total assets	279,296	154,676
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	818	101
Accrued liabilities	6,111	7,955
Current portion of cease-use liability	428	416
Current portion of deferred gain on sale of real estate	3,251	3,227
Total current liabilities	10,608	11,699
Deferred gain on sale of real estate	16,817	17,645
Deferred rent	1,988	1,982
Cease-use liability	2,566	2,680
Other liabilities	260	260
Total liabilities	32,239	34,266
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 110,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding shares were 75,858,681 as of March 31, 2014 and 67,351,195 as of December 31, 2013	76	67
Additional paid-in capital	1,024,780	886,101
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) gain	(194)	5
Accumulated deficit	(777,605)	(765,763)
Total stockholders' equity	247,057	120,410
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 279,296	$ 154,676

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ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (the Company or Neurocrine) was incorporated in California in 1992 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1996. The Company discovers and develops innovative and life-changing pharmaceuticals, in diseases with high unmet medical needs, through its novel research and development platform, focused on neurological and endocrine based diseases and disorders. The Company’s two lead late-stage clinical programs are elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist for women’s health that is partnered with AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie), and a wholly owned vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor for the treatment of movement disorders.

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and of the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. The results of operations for the interim period shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. The balance sheet at December 31, 2013 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	$ 165.7	$ 101.0
Investments Including Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	275.7	150.2
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	110.0	49.2
Short-term investments
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	219.9	145.8
Short-term investments | Cash and money market funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	101.6	34.9
Short-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	9.8	11.0
Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	20.0	5.0
Short-term investments | Securities of government-sponsored entities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	12.5	7.5
Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	76.0	87.4
Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	5.9	4.4
Long-term investments | Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Carrying Value	49.9
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	11.3	11.0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Investments Including Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	117.3	50.3
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	106.0	39.3
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	111.4	45.9
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Cash and money market funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	101.6	34.9
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	9.8	11.0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Securities of government-sponsored entities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	5.9	4.4
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Long-term investments | Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	154.4	90.0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Investments Including Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	158.4	99.9
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	4.0	9.9
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	108.5	99.9
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Cash and money market funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	20.0	5.0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Securities of government-sponsored entities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	12.5	7.5
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	76.0	87.4
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Long-term investments | Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	49.9
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Investments Including Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Cash and money market funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Securities of government-sponsored entities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Long-term investments | Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of assets on recurring basis	$ 0

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Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock option exercised	400,000	300,000
Cash received from stock option exercises	$ 3.0	$ 1.0
Common stock issued pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs)	93,000
Stock options granted	800,000	700,000
Stock vesting period	4 years
Stock option contractual life	10 years
Share-based compensation expense	2.4	1.7
Due to Changes in the Plan | Scenario, Previously Reported
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock option contractual life	7 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost	9.5
Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted average period of recognition	3 years 7 months 6 days
Stock vesting period	4 years	4 years
Share-based compensation expense	0.5	0.2
Restricted stock units granted	400,000	400,000
Stock Options
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost	17.1
Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted average period of recognition	3 years
Stock vesting period	4 years
Share-based compensation expense	1.9	1.5
Performance-based RSUs
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost	9.3
RSU with performance-based vesting requirements outstanding	500,000
Stock vesting period	5 years
Share-based compensation expense	$ 0
Restricted stock units granted	500,000

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INVESTMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Investments Schedule [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS

2. INVESTMENTS

Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported in comprehensive loss. The amortized cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such amortization is included in interest income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary, if any, on available-for-sale securities are included in other income or expense. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in interest income.

Investments consist of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Certificates of deposit	$	11,217	$	11,012
Commercial paper		19,964		4,997
Corporate debt securities		121,940		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		12,529		7,500
Total investments	$	165,650	$	100,950

The following is a summary of investments classified as available-for-sale securities (in thousands):

	Contractual Maturity (in years)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains(1)		Gross Unrealized Losses(1)			Aggregate Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	9,791	$	1	$	(11	)	$	9,781
Commercial paper		Less than 1		19,968		1		(5	)		19,964
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		72,094		8		(46	)		72,056
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		12,531		—		(2	)		12,529
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	114,384	$	10	$	(64	)	$	114,330
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		1-2		1,440		—		(4	)		1,436
Corporate debt securities		1-2		50,020		—		(136	)		49,884
Total long-term available for sale securities				51,460		—		(140	)		51,320
Total available-for-sale securities			$	165,844	$	10	$	(204	)	$	165,650
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	11,018	$	1	$	(7	)	$	11,012
Commercial paper		Less than 1		4,997		—		—			4,997
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		77,430		19		(8	)		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		7,500		—		—			7,500
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	100,945	$	20	$	(15	)	$	100,950

(1) Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive loss.

The following table presents information about available-for-sale investments in an unrealized loss position (in thousands):

	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater				Total
	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
March 31, 2014:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,296	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,296	$	(15	)
Commercial paper		11,969		(5	)		—		—		11,969		(5	)
Corporate debt securities		82,745		(182	)		—		—		82,745		(182	)
Securities of government sponsored entities		5,029		(2	)		—		—		5,029		(2	)
Total	$	109,039	$	(204	)	$	—	$	—	$	109,039	$	(204	)
December 31, 2013:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,802	$	(7	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,802	$	(7	)
Corporate debt securities		29,919		(8	)		—		—		29,919		(8	)
Total	$	39,721	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	39,721	$	(15	)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	110,000,000	110,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	75,858,681	67,351,195
Common stock, shares outstanding	75,858,681	67,351,195

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Compensation Expenses Related to Share Based Compensation

The compensation expense related to the Company’s share-based compensation arrangements has been included in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
General and administrative	$	1.2	$	0.8
Research and development		1.2		0.9
Total share-based compensation expense	$	2.4	$	1.7

Weighted-Average Assumptions for Stock Option Grants using Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model

The estimated fair value of each stock option granted was determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the stock option grants:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014	2013
Risk-free interest rate	2.3%	1.3%
Expected volatility of common stock	71.3%	75.6%
Dividend yield	0.0%	0.0%
Expected option term	7.1 years	7.3 years

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 25, 2014
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	NBIX
Entity Registrant Name	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000914475
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		75,863,034

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REAL ESTATE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Leases [Abstract]

Changes to Accrued Cease-Use Liability

The following table sets forth changes to the accrued cease-use liability during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Beginning balance	$	3,096		$	3,686
Payments		(102	)		(194	)
Ending balance	$	2,994		$	3,492

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues:
License fees	$ 0	$ 730
Total revenues	0	730
Operating expenses:
Research and development	8,572	10,313
General and administrative	4,153	3,392
Total operating expenses	12,725	13,705
Loss from operations	(12,725)	(12,975)
Other income:
(Loss) gain on sale/disposal of assets	(10)	13
Deferred gain on real estate	804	782
Investment income, net	89	103
Other income, net	0	2
Total other income	883	900
Net loss	(11,842)	(12,075)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted	$ (0.17)	$ (0.18)
Shares used in the calculation of net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted	70,260	66,600
Other comprehensive loss:
Net loss	(11,842)	(12,075)
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities	(199)	(42)
Comprehensive loss	$ (12,041)	$ (12,117)

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LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

7. LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

The Company computes basic net loss per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss for the period by the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Additionally, potentially dilutive securities, composed of incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants and the vesting of RSUs, are excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation because of their anti-dilutive effect.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company realized a net loss of $11.8 million. Potentially dilutive securities totaled approximately 3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Options to purchase approximately 0.9 million shares of common stock were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2014 with an exercise price greater than the average market price of the underlying common shares.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company realized a net loss of $12.1 million. Potentially dilutive securities totaled approximately 2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Options to purchase approximately 0.8 million shares of common stock were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2013 with an exercise price greater than the average market price of the underlying common shares.

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REAL ESTATE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Leases [Abstract]

REAL ESTATE

6. REAL ESTATE

In December 2007, the Company closed the sale of its facility and associated real property for a purchase price of $109 million. Concurrent with the sale, the Company retired the entire $47.7 million in mortgage debt previously outstanding with respect to the facility and associated real property, and received cash of $61.0 million net of transaction costs and debt retirement.

Upon the closing of the sale of the facility and associated real property, the Company entered into a lease agreement (Lease) with DMH Campus Investors, LLC (DMH) whereby it leased back for an initial term of 12 years its corporate headquarters comprised of two buildings located at 12790 El Camino Real (Front Building) and 12780 El Camino Real (Rear Building) in San Diego, California. The Company also entered into a series of lease amendments (Amendments), beginning in late 2008, through which it vacated the Front Building, but continues to occupy the Rear Building. The ultimate result of this real estate sale was a net gain of $39.1 million which was deferred in accordance with authoritative guidance. The Company recognized $0.8 million of the deferred gain during each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, and will recognize the remaining $20.1 million of the deferred gain over the initial Lease term which will expire at the end of 2019.

Under the terms of the Lease and the Amendments, the Company pays base annual rent (subject to an annual fixed percentage increase), plus a 3.5% annual management fee, property taxes and other normal and necessary expenses associated with the Lease such as utilities, repairs and maintenance. In lieu of a cash security deposit under the Lease, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. issued on the Company’s behalf a letter of credit in the amount of $4.2 million, which is secured by a deposit of equal amount with the same bank. The Company also has the right to extend the Lease for two consecutive ten-year terms.

In December 2010, the Company entered into a sublease agreement (Sublease) for approximately 16,000 square feet of the Rear Building. The Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.6 million of rental income per year over the three year initial term of the Sublease and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Sublease provides an option to extend for two one-year renewal periods. The income generated under the Sublease is lower than the Company’s financial obligation under the Lease for the Rear Building with DMH, as determined on a per square foot basis. Consequently, at December 31, 2010 the Company was required to record a cease-use liability for the net present value estimated difference between the expected income to be generated under the Sublease and future subleases and the Lease obligation over the remaining term of the Lease for the space that is occupied by the subtenant. This transaction resulted in $2.5 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $173,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in December 2010. In August 2012, the Company extended the terms of the Sublease and increased the leased square footage to approximately 17,000 square feet. This transaction resulted in approximately $150,000 of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $15,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in September 2012.

In September 2011, the Company entered into a second sublease agreement (Second Sublease) for approximately 3,300 square feet of space in the Rear Building. The Second Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.1 million in rental income per year over the three year term and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Second Sublease provides an option to extend for a one-year renewal period. Similar to the Sublease, the Second Sublease resulted in $0.3 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $47,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in September 2011.

In November 2012, the Company entered into a third sublease agreement (Third Sublease) for approximately 14,000 square feet of space in the Rear Building. The Third Sublease is expected to result in approximately $0.5 million in rental income per year over the three and a half year term and is recorded as an offset to rent expense. The Third Sublease provides the subtenant with an option to extend the term for two one-year renewal periods. Similar to the previous subleases, the Third Sublease resulted in $1.2 million of gross cease-use expense, and a reversal of $250,000 in associated deferred rent, each being recorded in December 2012.

The following table sets forth changes to the accrued cease-use liability during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Beginning balance	$	3,096		$	3,686
Payments		(102	)		(194	)
Ending balance	$	2,994		$	3,492

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Compensation Expense Related to Share-Based Compensation (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total share-based compensation expense	$ 2.4	$ 1.7
General and Administrative Expense
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total share-based compensation expense	1.2	0.8
Research and Development Expense
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total share-based compensation expense	$ 1.2	$ 0.9

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Investments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments	$ 165,650	$ 100,950
Certificates of deposit
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments	11,217	11,012
Commercial paper
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments	19,964	4,997
Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments	121,940	77,441
Securities of government-sponsored entities
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments	$ 12,529	$ 7,500

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INVESTMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Investments Schedule [Abstract]

Investments

Investments consist of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Certificates of deposit	$	11,217	$	11,012
Commercial paper		19,964		4,997
Corporate debt securities		121,940		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		12,529		7,500
Total investments	$	165,650	$	100,950

Summary of Investments Classified as Available-For-Sale Securities

The following is a summary of investments classified as available-for-sale securities (in thousands):

	Contractual Maturity (in years)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains(1)		Gross Unrealized Losses(1)			Aggregate Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	9,791	$	1	$	(11	)	$	9,781
Commercial paper		Less than 1		19,968		1		(5	)		19,964
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		72,094		8		(46	)		72,056
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		12,531		—		(2	)		12,529
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	114,384	$	10	$	(64	)	$	114,330
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		1-2		1,440		—		(4	)		1,436
Corporate debt securities		1-2		50,020		—		(136	)		49,884
Total long-term available for sale securities				51,460		—		(140	)		51,320
Total available-for-sale securities			$	165,844	$	10	$	(204	)	$	165,650
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Certificates of deposit		Less than 1	$	11,018	$	1	$	(7	)	$	11,012
Commercial paper		Less than 1		4,997		—		—			4,997
Corporate debt securities		Less than 1		77,430		19		(8	)		77,441
Securities of government sponsored entities		Less than 1		7,500		—		—			7,500
Total short-term available for sale securities			$	100,945	$	20	$	(15	)	$	100,950

(1) Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive loss.

Available-For-Sale Investments in Unrealized Loss Position

The following table presents information about available-for-sale investments in an unrealized loss position (in thousands):

	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater				Total
	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
March 31, 2014:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,296	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,296	$	(15	)
Commercial paper		11,969		(5	)		—		—		11,969		(5	)
Corporate debt securities		82,745		(182	)		—		—		82,745		(182	)
Securities of government sponsored entities		5,029		(2	)		—		—		5,029		(2	)
Total	$	109,039	$	(204	)	$	—	$	—	$	109,039	$	(204	)
December 31, 2013:
Certificates of deposit	$	9,802	$	(7	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,802	$	(7	)
Corporate debt securities		29,919		(8	)		—		—		29,919		(8	)
Total	$	39,721	$	(15	)	$	—	$	—	$	39,721	$	(15	)

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Research And Development [Abstract]

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and development (R&D) expenses consists primarily of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, and share-based compensation charges, for those individuals involved in ongoing R&D efforts; as well as scientific contractor fees, preclinical and clinical trial costs, R&D facilities costs, laboratory supply costs, and depreciation of scientific equipment. All such costs are charged to R&D expense as incurred. These expenses result from the Company’s independent R&D efforts as well as efforts associated with collaborations and in-licensing arrangements. In addition, the Company funds R&D at other companies and research institutions under agreements, which are generally cancelable. The Company reviews and accrues clinical trial expenses based on work performed, which relies on estimates of total costs incurred based on patient enrollment, completion of patient studies and other events. The Company follows this method since reasonably dependable estimates of the costs applicable to various stages of a research agreement or clinical trial can be made. Accrued clinical costs are subject to revisions as trials progress. Revisions are charged to expense in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known.

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ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and of the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. The results of operations for the interim period shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. The balance sheet at December 31, 2013 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The Company’s assets which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were determined using the inputs described above (in millions):

				Fair Value Measurements Using
	Carrying Value			Quoted Prices  in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant  Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
March 31, 2014:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	101.6		$	101.6		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		9.8			9.8			—			—
Commercial paper		20.0			—			20.0			—
Securities of government sponsored entities		12.5			—			12.5			—
Corporate debt securities		76.0			—			76.0			—
Subtotal		219.9			111.4			108.5			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		5.9			5.9			—			—
Corporate bonds		49.9			—			49.9			—
Total		275.7			117.3			158.4			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(110.0	)		(106.0	)		(4.0	)		—
Total investments	$	165.7		$	11.3		$	154.4		$	—
December 31, 2013:
Classified as current assets:
Cash and money market funds	$	34.9		$	34.9		$	—		$	—
Certificates of deposit		11.0			11.0			—			—
Commercial paper		5.0			—			5.0			—
Securities of government-sponsored entities		7.5			—			7.5			—
Corporate debt securities		87.4			—			87.4			—
Subtotal		145.8			45.9			99.9			—
Classified as long-term assets:
Certificates of deposit		4.4			4.4			—			—
Total		150.2			50.3			99.9			—
Less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(49.2	)		(39.3	)		(9.9	)		—
Total investments	$	101.0		$	11.0		$	90.0		$	—

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Available-For-Sale Investments in Unrealized Loss Position (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less Than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	$ 109,039	$ 39,721
Less Than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(204)	(15)
12 Months or Greater, Estimated Fair Value	0	0
12 Months or Greater, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Estimated Fair Value	109,039	39,721
Total Unrealized Losses	(204)	(15)
Certificates of deposit
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less Than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	9,296	9,802
Less Than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(15)	(7)
12 Months or Greater, Estimated Fair Value	0	0
12 Months or Greater, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Estimated Fair Value	9,296	9,802
Total Unrealized Losses	(15)	(7)
Commercial paper
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less Than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	11,969
Less Than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(5)
12 Months or Greater, Estimated Fair Value	0
12 Months or Greater, Unrealized Losses	0
Total Estimated Fair Value	11,969
Total Unrealized Losses	(5)
Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less Than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	82,745	29,919
Less Than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(182)	(8)
12 Months or Greater, Estimated Fair Value	0	0
12 Months or Greater, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Estimated Fair Value	82,745	29,919
Total Unrealized Losses	(182)	(8)
Securities of government-sponsored entities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less Than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	5,029
Less Than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(2)
12 Months or Greater, Estimated Fair Value	0
12 Months or Greater, Unrealized Losses	0
Total Estimated Fair Value	5,029
Total Unrealized Losses	$ (2)

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Shelf Registration	Dec. 31, 2012 Shelf Registration Maximum
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock issued	8.0			8.0
Common stock, offering price	$ 17.75
Proceeds from common stock issuance	$ 133,200,000	$ 136,241,000	$ 966,000
Aggregate initial offering price of common stock					$ 150,000,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss	$ (11,842)	$ (12,075)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	178	175
Gain on sale of assets, net	(794)	(795)
Deferred revenues	0	(730)
Deferred rent	6	38
Amortization of premiums on investments	617	639
Non-cash share-based compensation expense	2,447	1,732
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables under collaboration agreements and other assets	850	14,090
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(1,127)	(968)
Cease-use liability	(102)	(194)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(9,767)	1,912
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments	(108,907)	(66,501)
Sales and maturities of investments	43,391	31,470
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment	40	13
Purchases of property and equipment	(255)	(59)
Net cash used in investing activities	(65,731)	(35,077)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of common stock	136,241	966
Net cash provided by financing activities	136,241	966
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	60,743	(32,199)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period	44,789	63,754
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$ 105,532	$ 31,555

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

5. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Equity Financing

In February 2014, the Company completed a public offering of common stock in which the Company sold 8.0 million shares of its common stock at an offering price of $17.75 per share. The net proceeds generated from this transaction, after underwriting discounts and commissions and offering costs were approximately $133.2 million.

Shelf Registration Statements

In February 2014, the Company filed an Automatic Shelf Registration statement which immediately became effective by rule of the SEC. For so long as the Company continues to satisfy the requirements to be deemed a well-known seasoned issuer, this shelf registration statement allows the Company to issue an unlimited number of shares of its common stock from time to time. As of March 31, 2014, we had sold 8.0 million shares under this shelf registration statement.

In December 2012, the SEC declared effective a shelf registration statement filed by the Company in November 2012. The shelf registration statement allows the Company to issue shares of its common stock from time to time for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $150 million.

The specific terms of future offerings, if any, under any of the shelf registration statements would be established at the time of such offerings.

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Real Estate - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2007 Building	Mar. 31, 2014 RenewalOptions	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2008	Sep. 30, 2012 Sublease	Aug. 31, 2012 Sublease sqft	Dec. 31, 2010 Sublease sqft	Sep. 30, 2011 Second Sublease sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Third Sublease	Nov. 30, 2012 Third Sublease sqft
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sale of facility and associated real property	$ 109,000,000
Mortgage debt retired	47,700,000
Cash received net of transaction costs and debt retirement	61,000,000
Leaseback transaction lease period	12 years
Number of building leased	2
Net deferred gain on real estate sale		20,100,000		39,100,000
Deferred gain recognized on real estate sale		800,000	800,000
Lease expiration year			2019
Percentage of management fee included in the base annual rent		3.50%
Letter of credit		4,200,000
Lease extension period		10 years
Number of times to renew the lease contract		2
Subleased area						17,000	16,000	3,300		14,000
Rental income from sublease agreement							600,000	100,000		500,000
Sublease agreement period							3 years	3 years		3 years 6 months
Lease renewal additional periods							1 year	1 year		1 year
Cease-use expense						150,000	2,500,000	300,000		1,200,000
Deferred rent reversed					$ 15,000		$ 173,000	$ 47,000	$ 250,000

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Summary of Investments Classified as Available-For-Sale Securities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 165,844
Gross Unrealized Gains	10	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(204)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	165,650		100,950
Certificates of deposit
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	11,217		11,012
Commercial paper
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	19,964		4,997
Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	121,940		77,441
Securities of government-sponsored entities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	12,529		7,500
Short-term investments
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	114,384		100,945
Gross Unrealized Gains	10	[1]	20	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(64)	[1]	(15)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	114,330		100,950
Short-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year		1 year
Amortized Cost	9,791		11,018
Gross Unrealized Gains	1	[1]	1	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(11)	[1]	(7)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	9,781		11,012
Short-term investments | Commercial paper
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year		1 year
Amortized Cost	19,968		4,997
Gross Unrealized Gains	1	[1]	0	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(5)	[1]	0	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	19,964		4,997
Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year		1 year
Amortized Cost	72,094		77,430
Gross Unrealized Gains	8	[1]	19	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(46)	[1]	(8)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	72,056		77,441
Short-term investments | Securities of government-sponsored entities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year		1 year
Amortized Cost	12,531		7,500
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	[1]	0	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(2)	[1]	0	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	12,529		7,500
Long-term investments
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	51,460
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(140)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	51,320
Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,440
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	1,436
Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit | Minimum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year
Long-term investments | Certificates of deposit | Maximum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	2 years
Long-term investments | Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	50,020
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	[1]
Gross Unrealized Losses	(136)	[1]
Aggregate Estimated Fair Value	$ 49,884
Long-term investments | Corporate debt securities | Minimum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	1 year
Long-term investments | Corporate debt securities | Maximum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale securities contractual maturity	2 years

[1] Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive loss.