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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the year ended December 31, 2004 or |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period
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Commission File Number: 0-23736
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware |
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52-1841960 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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6611 Tributary Street
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(410) 631-6300
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Title of Class)
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 month (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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark if
disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this
Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o
The aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant
held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at
which the common stock was last sold, as of June 30, 2004,
was approximately $157,420,192. This figure is based on the
closing sales price of $4.75 per share of the
registrants common stock on June 30, 2004, as
reported on The Nasdaq® National Market.
As of March 1, 2005,
approximately 46,447,712 shares of common stock of the
registrant were issued and outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
List hereunder the
following documents incorporated by reference and the Part of
the Form 10-K into which the document is incorporated:
Portions of the Registrants
Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement to be filed no
later than 120 days following December 31, 2004 are
incorporated by reference into Part III.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
From time to time in this annual report we may make
statements that reflect our current expectations regarding our
future results of operations, economic performance, and
financial condition, as well as other matters that may affect
our business. In general, we try to identify these
forward-looking statements by using words such as
anticipate, believe, expect,
estimate, and similar expressions.
All of these items involve significant risks and
uncertainties. These and any of the other statements we make in
this annual report that are forward-looking are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. We caution you that our actual results may
differ significantly from the results we discuss in the
forward-looking statements.
We discuss some factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences in the Risk Factors section of this
annual report. In addition, any forward-looking statements we
make in this document speak only as of the date of this
document, and we do not intend to update any such
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
that occur after that date.
PART I
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a pharmaceutical company
engaged in the research, development and commercialization of
proprietary pharmaceutical products that target the hospital and
neurology markets. We market and sell proprietary pharmaceutical
products within our targeted markets, conduct clinical research
to expand the labeled indications for our marketed products and
develop new product candidates.
We were incorporated in Delaware in July 1993. Our principal
executive offices are located at 6611 Tributary Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21224. Our telephone number is
(410) 631-6300, and our website address is
http://www.guilfordpharm.com.
We file reports electronically with the SEC, including our
annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments
to these reports. Copies of these reports are available free of
charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we
file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC. The SEC also
maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information
statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is
http://www.sec.gov. Additionally, you may read and copy
any materials that we file with the SEC at the SECs Public
Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC
20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public
Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
Financial information prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, including
information about revenues from customers, measures of profit
and loss, and total assets, can be found in our Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 15(a) of Part IV
of this annual report.
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Overview
We market and sell approved pharmaceutical products, conduct
clinical research to expand the labeled indications for our
marketed products, conduct clinical development on
pharmaceutical product candidates and conduct early-stage
research on classes of new chemical compounds that may improve
human health. The following chart summarizes the significant
programs in each of these elements of our business:
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Marketed Products (1) |
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GLIADEL® Wafer(2) |
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Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) |
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Currently approved for sale in the United States and in over 21
other countries throughout the world. |
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Malignant glioma at the time of initial surgery |
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Currently approved for sale in the United States, Canada and the
European Union. |
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AGGRASTAT® Injection(2) |
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Acute Coronary Syndrome |
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Marketed by us in the United States and its territories and by
Merck & Co. Inc., in the rest of the world. |
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) |
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Phase III |
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Product Candidates (1) |
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AQUAVAN® Injection(2) |
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Procedural sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy or other
brief diagnostic or therapeutic procedures |
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Phase III |
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GPI 1485(3)
(rights held by SNDC) |
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Parkinsons disease; peripheral nerve injury, including
post prostatectomy erectile dysfunction |
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Phase II |
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HIV-neuropathy; HIV-dementia |
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Pre-clinical |
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DOPASCAN® Injection(4)
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Imaging agent to diagnose and monitor Parkinsons disease |
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Phase III |
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Early Development and Pre-clinical Programs (1) |
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NAALADase inhibitors(5) |
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Neuropathic pain and chemotherapy induced neuropathy |
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Phase I/Pre-clinical |
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Drug addiction |
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Phase I/Pre-clinical |
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PARP inhibitors |
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Cancer chemosensitization and radiosensitization |
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Pre-clinical |
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Cerebral and cardiac ischemia |
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Marketed means that a product is being sold and
marketed under applicable regulatory approval for the
indications shown, except for AGGRASTAT® Injection, which
is not being marketed for PCI. A product candidate
is a product that has not received regulatory approval and is
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clinical trials. Early Development means a compound
that is appropriate for Phase I clinical trials, but for
which such testing has not yet commenced.
Pre-clinical means the compound has not been used in
humans, but rather includes testing in vitro, in
animal models and pharmacology and toxicology testing in animals. |
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GLIADEL® Wafer, AGGRASTAT® Injection, AQUAVAN®
Injection, and DOPASCAN® Injection are our registered
trademarks. Throughout this annual report, we refer to each as
Gliadel, Aggrastat, Aquavan, and Dopascan, respectively. |
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In June 2004, we licensed our rights in the United States to GPI
1485 to Symphony Neuro Development Company (or SNDC), a
newly-formed Delaware corporation funded for the purpose of
advancing the development of this compound in the United States
for the following four indications: Parkinsons disease;
peripheral nerve injury; HIV-related neuropathy; and HIV-related
dementia. We have the option to purchase SNDC for between
$75.1 million to $119.8 million beginning in April
2005, as described in more detail in Item 7 below,
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations. If we do not exercise
this option we will not regain these rights to GPI 1485. |
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We are not currently pursuing regulatory approval for Dopascan
in the United States. Our corporate partner, Daiichi
Radioisotope Laboratories, Ltd. (or DRL) is pursuing regulatory
approval for the product candidate in Japan and has completed
Phase III testing. |
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We conducted a Phase I clinical trial with GPI 5693, a
NAALADase inhibitor compound, in 2000 and 2001. |
During this past year, among other things, we:
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Had significant changes to our senior management team with the
hiring of Dean J. Mitchell as our President and Chief Executive
Officer, who succeeded Craig R. Smith, M.D., a founder and
our former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and
the hiring of William F. Spengler as our Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Our new senior management
team, in conjunction with our Board of Directors, is currently
undertaking an evaluation of our business strategy and
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Appointed George L. Bunting, Jr., our non-executive Chairman of
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Re-launched Aggrastat, our GP IIb/ IIIa receptor antagonist
that we acquired from Merck & Co., Inc. (or Merck) in
October 2003. |
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Licensed the United States rights for GPI 1485, an
investigational new drug in Phase II clinical development
for the treatment of Parkinsons disease and
post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction, to SNDC. |
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Completed a secondary offering of 10,340,000 shares of our
common stock, resulting in proceeds to us of approximately
$43.7 million, net of offering costs. |
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Received regulatory approval in the European Union to market
Gliadel, our proprietary treatment for brain cancer, for newly
diagnosed patients with high-grade malignant glioma, as an
adjunct to surgery and radiation. |
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Commenced the Phase III clinical program for Aquavan, a
water-soluble prodrug of propofol, for procedural sedation. |
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Launched a Phase III clinical program for Aggrastat for the
purpose of expanding the label of Aggrastat to include use at
the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (or PCI) in the
cardiac catheterization laboratory. |
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Completed a sale and lease back of our facilities to BioMed
Realty Trust, Inc., resulting in net proceeds to us of
approximately $20.8 million. |
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Reported Gliadel net product revenue of $27.7 million and
Aggrastat net product revenue of $12.5 million, for total
net product revenue of $40.2 million. |
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Entered into a transaction pursuant to which Angiodevice
International GmbH (or Angiotech) obtained licenses to patents
previously licensed by us related to certain polymer
technologies for which we received net proceeds of approximately
$6.0 million. |
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Acquired ProQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (or ProQuest) for
approximately $6.9 million of our common stock, thereby
obtaining an irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive,
worldwide license to the intellectual property rights for
Aquavan. |
Marketed Products
Gliadel is a proprietary, targeted, site specific cancer
chemotherapy product approved in the United States for the
treatment of malignant glioma, a form of primary brain cancer,
and for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (or
GBM), a rapidly fatal form of malignant brain cancer. Gliadel, a
biodegradable polymer wafer, is implanted into the cavity in the
brain after a brain tumor is removed and gradually dissolves,
delivering high concentrations of BCNU (or carmustine, the
active chemotherapeutic ingredient) directly to the tumor site
for an extended period of time. This product minimizes exposure
to BCNU throughout the body and reduces or alleviates many of
the side effects associated with intravenous chemotherapy. We
estimate that there are approximately 11,000 cases of malignant
glioma in the United States each year.
Additionally, we have obtained regulatory approval to market
Gliadel for use in patients with recurrent GBM in over 21
countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain,
Canada, South Korea and Israel. During September 2004, we were
also granted expanded marketing authorization to use Gliadel in
newly-diagnosed patients with high-grade malignant glioma as an
adjunct to surgery and radiation in France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the
United Kingdom. We market, sell and distribute Gliadel in these
countries either directly, on a named patient basis under
applicable law, or through distribution agreements with various
European companies.
We acquired the underlying technology for Gliadel pursuant to a
license agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
that requires us to pay annual royalties based on our net
revenue from Gliadel, as defined per the license agreement.
During 2004, we recognized approximately $1.1 million in
royalty expense pursuant to that agreement. Our patent
protection for Gliadel ends in August 2006; however, during
September 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (or FDA)
notified us that Gliadel is entitled to market exclusivity for
the treatment of patients with malignant glioma undergoing
primary surgical resection until February 2010 under applicable
orphan drug laws.
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Manufacturing and Raw Materials |
We manufacture Gliadel using a proprietary process at our
facility in Baltimore, Maryland, which includes areas designated
for packaging, quality assurance, laboratory and warehousing.
This facility enables us to produce up to 12,000 Gliadel
treatments (each consisting of eight wafers) annually. We have a
second clean room facility that we estimate would potentially
allow us to increase our annual manufacturing capacity to 20,000
treatments or provide backup manufacturing capability if the
first clean room facility is unable to be utilized. We are
currently manufacturing Gliadel at 29% of capacity of the
primary facility per year, and therefore believe that our
capacity to manufacture Gliadel will satisfy patient demand for
the product.
We believe that the various materials used in Gliadel are
readily available and will continue to be available at
reasonable prices. We have an adequate supply of BCNU to meet
the demand we expect for the product. Nevertheless, failure of
any of our suppliers to provide sufficient quantities of raw
material for Gliadel
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in accordance with the FDAs current Good Manufacturing
Practice (or cGMP) regulations could cause delays in our ability
to sell Gliadel.
Aggrastat is a glycoprotein GP IIb/ IIIa receptor
antagonist that is indicated for the treatment of acute coronary
syndrome (or ACS), including patients who are to be medically
managed and those who are to undergo percutaneous transluminal
coronary angioplasty or atherectomy. ACS includes unstable
angina, which is characterized by chest pain when one is at
rest, and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Aggrastat
blocks the ability of platelets to aggregate, thereby inhibiting
the formation of blood clots and reducing the potential for
cardiac ischemia.
We acquired the rights to Aggrastat in the United States and its
territories from Merck in October 2003 for a purchase price of
$84.0 million plus certain royalty payments to Merck based
on our net revenue from Aggrastat. We financed
$42.0 million of the purchase price through a revenue
interest agreement with Paul Royalty Fund, L.P. and Paul Royalty
Fund, II, L.P. (collectively, PRF). The terms of our
agreement with PRF and our royalties to Merck are described in
more detail in Item 7 below, Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
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Manufacturing and Raw Materials |
We have entered into an exclusive supply agreement with Merck
for the manufacture and supply of the active pharmaceutical
ingredient for Aggrastat. Aggrastat is sold in 100 ml and 250 ml
pre-mixed bags and 50 ml vials. We have an agreement with
Baxter Healthcare Corp. (or Baxter) to supply us with the
pre-mixed bags of Aggrastat until July 2009. Under this
agreement, we are required to make minimum annual purchases from
Baxter. We are also currently negotiating with potential
suppliers to provide vials of Aggrastat for 2005 and future
years. We expect to have an adequate supply of pre-mixed bags
and vials of Aggrastat to meet existing demand for at least the
next 12 months.
In August 2004, we announced plans to launch two major clinical
trials using Aggrastat that are designed to determine the
optimal therapeutic regimen for ACS patients at the time of PCI.
We plan to conduct one trial outside of the United States as a
multi-center, double-blind, placebo with GP IIb/IIIa
bailout trial evaluating the 30-day efficacy of a single
high-dose bolus followed by an 18 hour infusion regimen of
Aggrastat compared to placebo in moderate to high-risk patients
undergoing PCI. The trial is expected to enroll approximately
2,000 patients in 100 centers starting in the third quarter
of 2005. According to present plans, all patients will receive
background treatment including heparin, aspirin and clopidogrel
(PLAVIX®), if not contraindicated. The results of this
trial are expected to provide a basis for seeking FDA approval
to expand the present indication of Aggrastat to include a new
dosing regimen for treatment with Aggrastat in the
catheterization laboratory at the time of PCI.
The other study, TENACITY (Tirofiban Evaluation of Novel Dosing
vs. Abciximab with Clopidogrel and Inhibition of Thrombin
Study), is a multi-center, double-blind, randomized comparison
of Aggrastat and Abciximab (ReoPro®) that is currently
expected to enroll at least 8,000 patients in up to 200
centers across the United States. The Cleveland Clinic
Cardiovascular Coordinating Center and Duke Clinical Research
Institute are coordinating the trial. The primary end point is
to determine whether the 30-day efficacy of a single high-dose
bolus followed by a 12 hour infusion regimen of Aggrastat
is non-inferior to Abciximab in patients undergoing PCI.
Our commercial operations market and sell Gliadel and Aggrastat
in the United States and provide important input into the
commercial strategy for our product candidates. Commercial
operations includes field
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sales representatives, marketing specialists, medical
information employees (including physicians and nurses) and
administrative employees. As of December 31, 2004, we had a
total of 81 employees in commercial operations.
Outside of the United States, our commercial operations manages
a network of distributors that market and sell Gliadel in their
respective territories. We currently have distributors for
Gliadel in certain significant international markets, including
the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong,
Korea Taiwan and Singapore. In territories where we do not have
a distributor, we expect to sell Gliadel to patients on a named
patient basis under applicable law, whereby a physician,
pharmacy or other healthcare provider would order Gliadel from
us for a specific patient at the time of that patients
surgery.
The following chart sets forth the net product revenue from
Gliadel and Aggrastat and revenue from license fees and other
milestones for the past three years, and the percentage of our
total revenue that these amounts represent:
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We distribute Aggrastat and Gliadel through Cardinal Specialty
Pharmaceutical Services (or CSPS), a subsidiary of Cardinal
Health Inc. (or Cardinal). At our direction, CSPS maintains
specific product inventory levels at predetermined storage
conditions, meets pick and replenishment requirements and ships
to pharmaceutical wholesalers and hospital pharmacies.
Additionally, CSPS provides support through invoicing,
collection, return product processing and customer credit, and
contract management.
We sell Gliadel in the United States primarily to Cardinal
Health Specialty Pharmaceuticals Distribution (or SPD), a
specialty pharmaceutical distribution and another subsidiary of
Cardinal. SPD purchases Gliadel from us and distributes it to
hospitals as the hospitals place orders for the product. Net
product revenue from Gliadel to SPD during the past three years
were $20.6 million for 2004, $14.5 million for 2003,
and $10.1 million for 2002, and represent 74%, 76% and 70%
of our total Gliadel revenue for each of those years,
respectively.
We sell Aggrastat through large pharmaceutical wholesalers.
These pharmaceutical wholesalers purchase Aggrastat from us and
store Aggrastat in their distribution centers. The distributors
then ship Aggrastat to hospitals where it is ultimately used.
Product Candidates
Aquavan is a novel sedative/hypnotic that is an IV formulation
of a water-soluble prodrug of a widely-used anesthetic,
propofol. We are currently evaluating Aquavan for use as a
procedural sedative during brief diagnostic and therapeutic
medical procedures during which patients are lethargic, but are
responsive to stimulation and able to maintain their airways.
Procedural sedation is generally used in non-invasive procedures
lasting under two hours, including, for example, various
endoscopy or bronchoscopy procedures, cardiac procedures,
biopsies, insertions or removals of lines, tubes or catheters
and other minor surgical procedures.
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In September 2004, we began a clinical program for studying
Aquavan in a number of clinical settings. The following chart
sets forth the trials that we are conducting or expect to
conduct under the Aquavan program, a brief summary of the trial,
and the study phase.
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Aquavan Study |
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Colonoscopy general
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Colonoscopy pilot
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Bronchoscopy
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Fentanyl/Aquavan vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam |
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Minor surgical procedures
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Fentanyl/Aquavan vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam |
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Cardiac procedures
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Fentanyl/Aquavan vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam |
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ICU
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Aquavan vs. Propofol |
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Burn debridement
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Fentanyl/Aquavan vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam once a day for 5
consecutive days |
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At the FDAs request, in January 2005, we submitted to the
FDA a protocol for the placebo-controlled colonoscopy study. The
FDA considers this trial our only pivotal trial. We plan to
conduct a pilot study to determine the optimal design of the
pivotal study.
Based on our current timelines, during the first half of 2006 we
expect to submit a new drug application to the FDA for the
approval of Aquavan for use in procedural sedation for brief
diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. However, we cannot be
certain all the trials listed above will enroll patients in a
timely manner or at all. If they do not, we may have to discuss
this with the FDA in order to reassess the clinical program in
order to obtain marketing approval for the product.
Additionally, we may determine that a clinical trial strategy
combining, eliminating or otherwise changing the foregoing
clinical trials is more advantageous for our new drug
application, in which case our clinical program may change.
Our earlier clinical trials with Aquavan have evaluated its use
in connection with elective colonoscopy. In November 2003, we
announced that we had completed a preliminary analysis from a
Phase II, open label, multi-center adaptive dose ranging
study of Aquavan, used in combination with fentanyl citrate, to
provide mild sedation in healthy patients aged 18-60 undergoing
elective colonoscopy. Our analysis, which we submitted to the
FDA, suggests that Aquavan provides rapid onset and rapid
recovery from sedation/anesthesia in a convenient dosing regimen
and without serious adverse effects. We conducted a confirmatory
Phase II study of Aquavan to evaluate the fixed doses
identified in our dose ranging study. In addition, we have
conducted four Phase I clinical studies in Europe in
healthy volunteers, one Phase I clinical study in the
United States and a Phase II clinical trial of Aquavan in
patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. This second
Phase II study took place in Europe and was the first use
of Aquavan in surgical patients. The study evaluated the safety,
tolerability and efficacy of Aquavan compared to
DISOPRIVAN® Injectable Emulsion (the branded formulation of
propofol) for use in pre-operative sedation, anesthesia
induction and maintenance, and post-operative ICU sedation in
patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The results
of this clinical trial were announced in November 2003 and
suggested that Aquavan could be used to provide total
intravenous anesthesia for complex medical and surgical
procedures.
We have also been testing other formulations of the prodrug of
propofol in order to deliver propofol to patients via
non-intravenous administration. Presently, we do not know which
indications, if any, we may pursue with these other formulations.
We originally licensed the rights to Aquavan from ProQuest in
2000. In the fourth quarter of 2004, we acquired ProQuest for
approximately $6.9 million of our common stock, thereby
obtaining an irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive,
worldwide license to the intellectual property rights for
Aquavan.
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GPI 1485 is an investigational new drug that belongs to a class
of small molecule compounds called neuroimmunophilin ligands (or
NILs). It is currently being studied in the following clinical
trials:
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Johns Hopkins University |
Scientists from Johns Hopkins University (or JHU) (including one
of our founders and directors, Solomon H. Snyder, M.D.)
discovered that commonly used immunosuppressive drugs can
promote nerve growth. We licensed patent rights relating to this
research from JHU and as a result of this basic research
discovered GPI 1485 and many other proprietary NILs. In
pre-clinical experiments, these NILs were shown to repair and
regenerate damaged nerves without affecting normal, healthy
nerves.
In August 1997, we entered into a collaboration with Amgen Inc.
(or Amgen) to develop and commercialize a broad class of NILs
for all human therapeutic and diagnostic applications. During
1998, Amgen nominated GPI 1485, which was then named NIL-A,
to serve as a lead compound for the program and initially
targeting Parkinsons disease. Between 1999 and 2001, Amgen
conducted Phase I and Phase II clinical studies with
NIL-A. In July 2001, we announced results of the Phase II
study, which was a six-month Phase II, randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the safety,
pharmacokinetics and efficacy of NIL-A in patients with mild to
moderate Parkinsons disease. The results of this study
suggested that NIL-A did not produce a significant reversal of
the motor symptoms of Parkinsons disease when dosed at
doses of up to 1,000 mg, four times per day (i.e.,
4 grams per day), for six months. In September 2001, Amgen
terminated the collaboration and, thereafter, returned all
rights in the NIL technology to us. Amgen also sold us their
remaining clinical trial supply of NIL-A for $0.2 million.
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After the Amgen collaboration, our further analysis of the
Phase II study data led us to conclude that oral
administration of GPI 1485 may retard the loss of dopamine
transporters in humans. Dopamine transporters are found on
dopamine neurons, which are the brain cells that deteriorate in
patients with Parkinsons disease. We initiated a second
Phase II clinical study of GPI 1485 in Parkinsons
disease in November 2002. This trial is a multi-center,
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of GPI
1485 in patients with mild to moderate Parkinsons disease.
This trial is designed to detect the loss of dopamine
transporters. We expect results from this trial to be available
beginning in the first quarter of 2006. Additionally, the
National Institutes of Health (or NIH) independently selected
GPI 1485 to be included in their comprehensive clinical
investigation of novel neuro-protective therapies for
Parkinsons disease in early, untreated patients. This
trial commenced in March 2004, and is expected to be concluded
in July 2005.
In addition to Parkinsons disease, GPI 1485 showed
efficacy in pre-clinical models of peripheral nerve injury,
including animal models of post-prostatectomy erectile
dysfunction (or PPED). In humans, PPED occurs as a complication
to the surgical removal of the prostate as a treatment for
prostate cancer. For most patients, it takes one to two years
after surgery to regain erectile function, if ever. During the
first quarter of 2004, we began a Phase II clinical trial
studying the use of GPI 1485 in patients undergoing a nerve
sparing prostatectomy. Patients will be dosed with either
1,000 mg or 400 mg of GPI 1485 orally, four times per
day, for six months, beginning three days before surgery. A
patients erectile function will be monitored for up to one
year following surgery.
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The GPI 1485 clinical trials for Parkinsons disease and
PPED are now sponsored by SNDC, as described below.
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Symphony Neuro Development Company |
In June 2004, we licensed our rights in the United States to GPI
1485 to SNDC in the following four disease states:
Parkinsons disease, traumatic nerve injury, including
PPED, HIV-related peripheral neuropathy and HIV-related
dementia. SNDC agreed to invest up to $40.0 million to
advance GPI 1485 through its current clinical programs in those
disease states. In addition, we issued to SNDCs investors
five-year warrants to purchase 1.5 million shares of
our common stock at $7.48 per share. SNDCs investors
granted us an exclusive option to purchase SNDC. We may exercise
this option at our sole discretion at any time beginning
April 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2007, at an
exercise price starting at $75.1 million in April 2005 and
incrementally increasing to $119.8 million by March 2007.
If we exercise the option, we will regain the rights that we
licensed to SNDC. RRD International, LLC (or RRD), a
pharmaceutical product development contract research
organization that provides clinical trials strategy, design and
management expertise, will manage SNDC and will subcontract a
portion of the ongoing development work for the GPI 1485
programs to us. Under this subcontract we will provide SNDC with
manufacturing, process development, toxicology, patent and
regulatory affairs services. During 2004, we were reimbursed
$1.9 million for this work by SNDC. We are entitled to
appoint one member to the Board of Directors of SNDC. Currently,
our appointee is Craig R. Smith, M.D., one of our directors
and our former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
We consolidate the financial activity of SNDC in our financial
statements.
In September 2003, the NIH awarded a $5.5 million four-year
program project grant to JHU and us to study the effects of GPI
1485 in HIV neuropathy and dementia. These studies include cell
culture neurotoxicity assays and animal experiments, and will
culminate in a human clinical study that we expect will begin in
2005. Additional GPI 1485 pre-clinical studies, including
stimulation of hair growth and neuroprotective and
neuroregenerative mechanistic studies, are ongoing.
Dopascan is a product candidate that is intended to diagnose and
monitor the degree of Parkinsons disease as represented by
dopamine transporter binding, a disease that affects more than
one million patients in the United States. Dopascan is
administered to patients intravenously and allows an attending
physician to obtain images and measure the density of dopamine
transporters in the patients brain, which are highly
concentrated in a specialized area of the brain and which are
significantly decreased in patients with Parkinsons
disease. We obtained exclusive patent rights to Dopascan from
the Research Triangle Institute in Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina.
We entered into an agreement with DRL, a Japanese
radiopharmaceutical company, to develop and commercialize
Dopascan in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. DRL completed a
Phase III clinical trial in July 2002 and filed an
application for regulatory approval with the Japanese Health
Authority in June 2003. During 2003, we received a
$0.6 million milestone payment from DRL related to the
filing of an application for regulatory approval to market
Dopascan in Japan. DRL indicated that it expects to be informed
about the status of that application during early 2005.
In May 2002, we sublicensed Dopascan for research purposes to
Molecular Neuroimaging LLC (or MNI), a company that specializes
in the use of brain imaging technologies for, among other
purposes, the analysis of clinical trials of pharmaceutical
product candidates targeting neurodegenerative diseases. MNI has
also agreed to provide us with favorable pricing for its
services (including the administration of Dopascan) for any
clinical trials for our product candidates. Presently, we have
engaged MNI to provide its services for our clinical trial of
another of our product candidates for treatment and diagnosis of
Parkinsons disease, GPI 1485.
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We currently do not have a clinical development program for
Dopascan in the United States, and therefore do not expect to be
applying to the FDA to market and sell Dopascan. Additionally,
between December 2001 and December 2004, we had a collaboration
with MAP Medical Technologies Oy of Finland for the development
of Dopascan for the European Union. In January 2005, the parties
agreed to terminate this collaboration.
Early Development and Pre-clinical Programs
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NAALADase Inhibitor Compounds |
N-Acetylated-Alpha-Linked-Acid-Dipeptidase (or NAALADase), is a
membrane-bound enzyme found in the central and peripheral
nervous system and is believed to play a role in modulating the
release of glutamate, one of the brains most common
chemical messengers. During conditions of acute injury or
chronic disease, there may be a large increase in the release of
glutamate that incites a cascade of biochemical events,
ultimately leading to cell injury or death. Our NAALADase
inhibitor program is aimed at developing a commercial drug to
block excessive glutamate release. Our NAALADase inhibitors
appear to normalize pain sensitivity, attenuate nerve conduction
deficits and prevent histopathological degeneration in several
animal models of diabetic and chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
and neuropathic pain.
In May 2003, we entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc. (or
Pfizer) granting it the exclusive right to develop NAALADase
inhibitors worldwide, for which Pfizer paid us $5.0 million
upon the execution of the agreement. Pfizer was scheduled to pay
us a milestone payment of $10.0 million on or before
March 31, 2004; however, in March 2004, Pfizer informed us
that the payment would not be made and that Pfizer was
terminating the agreement. As a result, all rights to develop
and commercialize NAALADase inhibitor technology reverted to us
and no further milestone payments or royalties are to be
received from Pfizer.
We are currently pursuing the development of GPI 5693, one of
our NAALADase inhibitor compounds that has completed
Phase I clinical evaluation, for the treatment of
chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and drug addictions.
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (or PARP), is an abundant nuclear
enzyme that plays a significant role in facilitating DNA repair
and maintaining genomic integrity. In cancer treatment, high
PARP activity is believed to enable tumor cells to counteract
the chemotherapy and radiation therapy by repairing DNA damage.
In animal testing, PARP inhibition enhances the activity of
radiotherapy as well as a wide spectrum of chemotherapeutic
agents. In ischemia, over-activation of PARP mediates necrosis
by depleting nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and adenosine
triphosphate. In animal testing, PARP inhibition provides
neuroprotection in stroke and myocardial ischemia models.
Our scientists have synthesized several families of potent
orally bioavailable small molecule PARP inhibitors that are
efficacious in rodent models of cancer and ischemia. We have
identified clinical candidate compounds that are orally
bioavailable, highly brain penetrable and increase the efficacy
of temozolamide, irranotecan, and radiations in multiple cancer
models. We are currently conducting pre-clinical toxicology and
pharmacokinetic characterization of these lead compounds and
plan to select a lead clinical candidate by the second half of
2005.
Reorganization and the PPE Program
In July 2002, we announced a reorganization of our research and
development programs, which included a workforce reduction of 58
employees, most of whom worked in the areas of research and
development. In connection with this reorganization, we
discontinued internal development of our polyphosphoester
biopolymer drug delivery program, or PPE Program. The PPE
Program included our PACLIMER® Microspheres (or Paclimer)
and LIDOCAINE-PE Microspheres (or Lidocaine-PE, formerly known
as LIDOMER Microspheres) development programs. Paclimer is a
product candidate for investigating controlled, site-specific
administration and release of paclitaxel (brand name
TAXOL®) for ovarian cancer and
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non-small cell lung cancer. Lidocaine-PE is a product candidate
for controlled, site-specific administration and release of
Lidocaine, a commonly used analgesic, for post-operative pain.
In the summer of 1996, we entered into various license
agreements with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (or
MIT) and JHU regarding certain U.S. patents and patent
applications regarding PPEs and a patent application covering
biodegradable polymers for use in connection with the controlled
local delivery of certain chemotherapeutic agents. These
agreements required us to make certain annual and milestone
payments, and to pay certain processing, maintenance and/or
up-front fees, milestone payments and royalties. In September
2004, we entered into a transaction with Angiotech whereby
Angiotech acquired access to our rights under these license
agreements in exchange for a payment to us of approximately
$6.6 million. We subsequently entered into a new license
agreement with MIT and JHU that grants us limited rights under
the applicable patents to develop Paclimer for certain
indications in oncology and womens health and paid MIT
$0.7 million in connection with these licensing agreements.
We have discontinued internal development of our PPE Program and
will seek corporate collaborations to commercialize this
technology.
Government Regulation and Product Testing
All domestic prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers are
subject to extensive regulation by the federal government,
principally the FDA and, to a lesser extent, by state and local
governments as well as foreign governments if products are
marketed abroad. Biologics and controlled drug products, such as
vaccines and narcotics, and radiolabeled drugs, are often
regulated more stringently than are other drugs. The Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and other federal statutes and
regulations govern or influence the development, testing,
manufacture, labeling, storage, approval, advertising,
promotion, sale and distribution of prescription pharmaceutical
products. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are also subject to
certain inspection, registration, recordkeeping and reporting
requirements. Noncompliance with applicable requirements can
result in warning letters, fines, recall or seizure of products,
total or partial suspension of production and/or distribution,
refusal of the government to enter into supply contracts or to
approve marketing applications and criminal prosecution.
Upon FDA approval, a drug may only be marketed in the United
States for the approved indications in the approved dosage forms
and at the approved dosage levels. The FDA also may require
post-approval testing and surveillance to monitor a drug in
larger and more diverse patient populations. Manufacturers of
approved drug products are subject to ongoing compliance with
FDA regulations. For example, the FDA mandates that drugs be
manufactured in conformity with the FDAs applicable cGMP
regulations. In complying with the cGMP regulations,
manufacturers must continue to spend time, money and effort in
production, recordkeeping and quality control to ensure that the
product meets applicable specifications and other requirements.
The FDA periodically inspects drug manufacturing facilities to
ensure compliance with its cGMP regulations. Adverse experiences
with the commercialized product must be reported to the FDA. The
FDA also may require the submission of any lot of the product
for inspection and may restrict the release of any lot that does
not comply with FDA regulations, or may otherwise order the
suspension of manufacture, voluntary recall or seizure. Product
approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory
requirements is not maintained including if problems concerning
safety or efficacy of the product occur following approval.
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FDA Clinical Testing and Other Requirements |
The steps required before an unapproved new drug may be
commercially distributed in the United States include:
(i) conducting appropriate pre-clinical laboratory and
animal tests; (ii) submitting to the FDA an application for
an Investigational New Drug Application, which must become
effective before clinical trials may commence;
(iii) conducting well-controlled human clinical trials that
establish the safety and efficacy of the drug product;
(iv) filing with the FDA a New Drug Application (or NDA)
for non-biological drugs; and (v) obtaining FDA approval of
the NDA prior to any commercial sale or shipment of the
non-biological drug. NDAs also must include a description
of the manufacturing processes, including quality control
procedures and certain information pertaining to validation
requirements.
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With respect to a new drug product and product specifications
with an active ingredient not previously approved by the FDA,
the manufacturer must usually submit a full NDA, including
complete reports of pre-clinical, clinical and laboratory
studies, to prove that the product is safe and effective as well
as manufacturing information. A full NDA may also need to be
submitted for a drug product with a previously approved active
ingredient if studies are required to demonstrate safety and
efficacy, such as when the drug will be used to treat an
indication for which the drug was not previously approved, or
where the dose or method of drug delivery is significantly
changed.
In some cases, application procedures other than a full NDA
exist that may enable a manufacturer to submit more limited
testing information or a different version of a previously
approved drug product, but there is no guarantee that such
procedures will be available for any of our drug products.
In addition, the manufacturer of an approved drug may be
required to submit for the FDAs review and approval a
supplemental NDA, including reports of appropriate pre-clinical
and clinical testing, prior to marketing the drug with
additional indications or prior to making other significant
changes to the product or its manufacture. A manufacturer
intending to conduct clinical trials on a marketed product may
be required first to submit an IND to the FDA containing
information relating to previously conducted pre-clinical
studies.
Pre-clinical testing includes formulation development,
laboratory evaluation of product chemistry and animal studies to
assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product
formulation. Pre-clinical tests to support an FDA application
must be conducted in accordance with the FDA regulations
concerning Good Laboratory Practices. The results of the
pre-clinical tests are submitted to the FDA as part of the IND
and are reviewed by the FDA prior to authorizing the sponsor to
conduct clinical trials in human subjects. Unless the FDA issues
a clinical hold on an IND, the IND becomes effective
30 days following its receipt by the FDA. There is no
certainty that submission of an IND will result in the
commencement of clinical trials or that the commencement of one
phase of a clinical trial will result in commencement of other
phases or that the performance of any clinical trials will
result in FDA approval.
Clinical trials for unapproved new drugs typically are conducted
in three phases, are subject to detailed protocols and must be
conducted in accordance with the FDAs regulations
concerning good clinical practices. Clinical trials involve the
administration of the investigational drug product to human
subjects. Each protocol indicating how the clinical trial will
be conducted in the United States must be submitted for review
to the FDA as part of the IND. The FDAs review of a study
protocol does not necessarily mean that, if the study is
successful, it will constitute proof of efficacy or safety.
Further, each clinical study must be conducted under the
auspices of an independent institutional review board (or IRB)
established pursuant to FDA regulations. The IRB considers,
among other factors, ethical concerns and informed consent
requirements. The FDA or the IRB may require changes in a
protocol both prior to and after the commencement of a trial.
There is no assurance that the IRB or the FDA will permit a
study to go forward or, once started, to be completed. Clinical
trials may be placed on hold at any time for a variety of
reasons, particularly if safety concerns arise, or regulatory
requirements are not met.
The three phases of clinical trials are generally conducted
sequentially, but they may overlap. In Phase I, the initial
introduction of the drug into humans, the drug is tested for
safety, side effects, dosage tolerance, metabolism and clinical
pharmacology. Phase II involves controlled tests in a
larger but still limited patient population to determine the
efficacy of the drug for specific indications, to determine
optimal dosage and to identify possible side effects and safety
risks. Phase II testing for an indication typically takes
at least from one and one-half to two and one-half years to
complete. If preliminary evidence suggesting effectiveness has
been obtained during Phase II evaluations, expanded
Phase III trials are undertaken to gather additional
information about effectiveness and safety that is needed to
evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship of the drug and
to provide an adequate basis for physician labeling.
Phase III studies for a specific indication generally take
from two and one-half to five years to complete. There can be no
assurance that Phase I, Phase II or Phase III
testing will be completed successfully within any specified time
period, if at all, with respect to any of our products or
product candidates.
Reports of results of the pre-clinical studies and clinical
trials for non-biological drugs are submitted to the FDA in the
form of an NDA for approval of marketing and commercial shipment.
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The median FDA approval time for an NDA is currently about
15 months for new drugs, although clinical development,
reviews, or approvals of treatments for cancer and other serious
or life-threatening diseases may be accelerated, expedited or
fast-tracked. In addition, approval times can vary widely among
the various reviewing branches of the FDA. The approval process
may take substantially longer if, among other things, the FDA
has questions or concerns about the safety and/or efficacy of a
product. In general, the FDA requires at least two properly
conducted, adequate and well-controlled clinical studies
demonstrating safety and efficacy with sufficient levels of
statistical assurance. In certain limited cases the FDA may
consider one clinical study sufficient. The FDA also may request
long-term toxicity studies or other studies relating to product
safety or efficacy. For example, the FDA may require additional
clinical tests following NDA approval to confirm product safety
and efficacy (Phase IV clinical tests) or require other
conditions for approval. Notwithstanding the submission of such
data, the FDA ultimately may decide that the application does
not satisfy its regulatory criteria for approval.
The full NDA process for unapproved, new non-biological drugs,
such as GPI 1485, a NAALADase inhibitor or AQUAVAN can take
a number of years and involve the expenditure of substantial
resources. There can be no assurance that any approval will be
granted on a timely basis, or at all, or that we will have
sufficient resources to carry such potential products through
the regulatory approval process. There also can be no assurance
that, if approved, such drugs will continue to meet all of the
regulatory requirements to remain on the market.
Products marketed outside the United States, which are
manufactured in the United States are subject to certain FDA
export regulations, as well as regulation by the country in
which the products are to be sold. U.S. law can prohibit
the export of unapproved drugs to certain countries abroad. We
also would be subject to foreign regulatory requirements
governing clinical trials and pharmaceutical sales, if products
are marketed abroad. Whether or not FDA approval has been
obtained, approval of a product by the comparable regulatory
authorities of foreign countries must usually be obtained prior
to the commencement of marketing of the product in those
countries. The approval process varies from country to country
and the time required may be longer or shorter than that
required for FDA approval.
In addition to the requirements for product approval, before a
pharmaceutical product may be marketed and sold in certain
foreign countries the proposed pricing for the product must be
approved as well. Products may be subject to price controls
and/or limits on reimbursement. The requirements governing
product pricing and reimbursement vary widely from country to
country and can be implemented disparately at the national
level. The European Union generally provides options for its
Member States to restrict the range of medicinal products for
which their national health insurance systems provide
reimbursement.
We are also governed by other federal, state and local laws.
These laws include, but are not limited to, those regulating
working conditions enforced by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration and regulating environmental hazards under
such statutes as the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and other environmental laws
enforced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (or DEA) regulates controlled
substances, such as narcotics. A precursor compound to Dopascan
is a tropane-derivative similar to cocaine and thus is subject
to DEA regulations. Establishments handling controlled
substances must, for example, be registered and inspected by the
DEA, and may be subject to export, import, security and
production quota requirements. Radiolabeled products, including
drugs, are also subject to regulation by the Department of
Transportation and to state and federal licensing requirements.
Various states often have comparable health and environmental
laws, such as those governing the use and disposal of controlled
and radiolabeled products.
Intellectual Property Rights
As of December 31, 2004, we owned or had licensed rights to
more than 170 U.S. patents and more than 160 foreign
patents. In addition, we owned or had licensed more than 700
pending applications worldwide. We also own registered
trademarks in the United States to AGGRASTAT®,
AQUAVAN®, DOPASCAN®,
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GLIADEL® and PACLIMER®. The following charts identify
the number of patents and patent applications that protect or
relate to our marketed products, product candidates and
significant research programs, and whether those patents or
patent applications are issued (or filed) in the United States
or internationally.
United
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GPI 1485
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DOPASCAN® Injection
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NAALADase Inhibitors
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PARP Inhibitors
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AQUAVAN® Injection
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GPI 1485
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The patents covering Gliadel are licensed and expire in the
United States in August 2006. However, pursuant to applicable
orphan drug laws, the FDA recently confirmed we are entitled to
market-exclusivity for Gliadel through February 2010, for the
treatment of patients with newly diagnosed malignant glioma as
an adjunct to surgery and radiation. The international patents
covering Gliadel expire no earlier than 2006 and some continue
through 2012 under supplemental protection certificates. The
patents covering Aggrastat are licensed and expire no earlier
than 2011. The patents covering Aquavan injection are both
licensed and owned and expire no earlier than 2018. The patents
covering GPI 1485 are both licensed and owned and expire no
earlier than 2015. The patents covering Dopascan are licensed
and expire no earlier than 2009. Because we have not yet
selected clinical candidates for the remainder of our
technologies, information regarding whether patents relating to
these technologies are owned or licensed and the dates when
these patents expire may not be relevant to the patent
protection that may exist for such yet-to-be-selected compounds
that we take into clinical trials.
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Technology Licensing Agreements |
We have entered into a number of technology licensing agreements
through which we have obtained development and commercialization
rights to various marketed products, product candidates and
research programs.
In March 1994, we entered into an agreement, which we refer to
as the Gliadel Agreement, with Scios Inc. (or Scios) pursuant to
which we licensed from Scios exclusive worldwide rights to
numerous U.S. patents and patent applications and
corresponding international patents and patent applications for
polyanhydride
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biodegradable polymer technology for use in the field of tumors
of the central nervous system and cerebral edema. Gliadel is
covered under this license by two U.S. patents and certain
related international patents and patent applications. The
patent rights in the U.S. will expire in 2006. In April
1994, Scios assigned all of its rights and obligations under the
Gliadel Agreement to MIT. We have exclusive worldwide rights to
the technology for brain cancer therapeutics, subject to certain
conditions, including a requirement to perform appropriate
pre-clinical tests and file an IND with the FDA within
24 months of the identification of a drug-polymer product
having greater efficacy than Gliadel.
Under the Gliadel Agreement, we are obligated to pay a royalty
of 4% on all net product revenue incorporating the technology
covered by the agreement, as well as 25% of all proceeds from
sublicensees and 4% of proceeds from corporate partners.
Additionally, we were required to pay MIT $8,000 annually as
advanced royalty payments under the license agreement until the
first commercial sale of Gliadel and were subject to a minimum
annual royalty payment requirement of $15,000, $24,000 and
$24,000, for the first three years of commercial sales of the
product. For a particular country, our obligation to pay a
royalty on net revenue expires upon the later to occur of
(i) the expiration of the relevant patent rights in such
country or (ii) 15 years after the first sale of a
commercial product derived from the licensed technology in such
country. We also are obligated to meet certain development
milestones. As of December 31, 2004, we incurred a total of
approximately $1.1 million in royalty expense to Scios and
MIT under this license agreement.
Each party may terminate the agreement if the other party
materially breaches the agreement, subject to prior notice to
and an opportunity to cure by the offending party. Additionally,
we may terminate the agreement at any time with six months prior
written notice to MIT. Upon termination of the agreement (other
than because of a material breach by MIT) all license rights
revert to MIT, subject to our limited right to use the licensed
technology for a 90-day transition period following termination
of the agreement. Although we believe that we can comply with
our obligations, our failure to perform these obligations could
result in losing our rights to new polymer-based products.
In March 2000, we entered into a license agreement with ProQuest
that granted us exclusive worldwide development and
commercialization rights to Aquavan. As of September 30,
2004, we had paid $3.0 million to ProQuest for development
milestones and to acquire an equity position in ProQuest. In the
fourth quarter of 2004, we acquired ProQuest for approximately
$6.9 million of our common stock, thereby superseding the
license agreement and obtaining an irrevocable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide license to the intellectual
property rights for Aquavan.
We obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Dopascan in March 1994
pursuant to a license agreement with Research Triangle Institute
(the RTI Agreement). The RTI Agreement grants us rights to
various U.S. and international patents and patent applications
relating to binding ligands for certain receptors in the brain
that are or may be useful as dopamine neuron imaging agents.
Dopascan and certain related precursors and analogues are
covered by U.S. patents that expire in 2009, as well as
certain related international patents and patent applications.
Pursuant to the RTI Agreement, we have reimbursed RTI for
approximately $0.8 million of certain past, patent-related
expenses and as annual payments to support mutually agreed-upon
research that was conducted at RTI through March 1999. We are
obligated to pay RTI a royalty of 6.5% of gross revenues we
receive from products derived from the licensed technology and
from sublicensee proceeds and to make minimum royalty payments
following the first commercial sale of such products of $15,000,
$30,000 and $60,000 during each of the first, second and each
successive year thereafter, respectively. We must use
commercially reasonable efforts to develop products related to
the licensed technology and to meet certain performance
milestones. No payments to RTI are required in connection with
meeting these performance milestones as of December 31,
2004.
The license agreement expires on the date of expiration of the
last patent licensed under the agreement or upon 120 days
written notice by either party to the other. The parties also
may terminate the license
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agreement for cause upon a material breach or default by the
other party, subject to prior notice to and an opportunity to
cure by the offending party. Upon termination of the license
agreement by RTI for cause, all licensed rights revert to RTI,
subject to our limited right to use the licensed technology for
a six-month transition period following termination of the
license agreement. Accordingly, our failure to perform our
obligations under the RTI Agreement in the future could result
in termination of the license, and loss of our right to use this
technology.
We do not currently plan to commercialize Dopascan in the United
States, but have licensed Dopascan to MNI for use in combination
with testing certain experimental treatments.
We have also entered into a sublicense agreement with DRL for
the development and commercialization of Dopascan in Japan,
Korea and Taiwan.
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GPI 1485/ Neuroimmunophilin Ligand Program |
We have entered into a series of exclusive worldwide license
agreements with JHU regarding patents covering the neurotrophic
use of NILs. In addition to an up-front payment of $70,000, the
agreements require us, among other things, to:
(1) reimburse JHU for costs associated with preparing,
filing, maintaining and prosecuting their patents, (2) pay
an annual maintenance fee of $5,000, (3) make milestone
payments of $100,000 upon the first U.S. IND for a licensed
product and $200,000 upon the first FDA approval for commercial
sale of a licensed product, (4) pay a royalty of 3% on net
revenue from licensed products and of 2% on any proceeds we
receive from sublicenses of licensed products, and
(5) expend at least $100,000 per year to develop the
licensed products. No milestone payments have yet been paid by
us under the agreements. Amgen, our former corporate partner for
the NIL program, paid a milestone payment of $100,000 to JHU
upon receipt of the first U.S. IND for a licensed product.
Each agreement partially expires with respect to a particular
country on the date of expiration of the last patent licensed in
that country, or if no patents have been issued in that country,
in 2018. The parties also may terminate each agreement for cause
upon a material breach or default by the other party, subject to
prior notice to and an opportunity to cure by the offending
party. In the event of termination of these agreements, we would
lose our rights to use the licensed technology.
In June 2004, we licensed our rights in the United States to GPI
1485 to SNDC in the following four disease states:
Parkinsons disease, peripheral nerve injury, including
PPED, HIV-related peripheral neuropathy and HIV-related
dementia. SNDC agreed to invest up to $40.0 million to
advance GPI 1485 through its current clinical programs in those
disease states. SNDCs investors granted us an exclusive
option to purchase SNDC. We may exercise this option at our sole
discretion at any time beginning April 1, 2005 and ending
March 31, 2007, at an exercise price starting at
$75.1 million in April 2005 and incrementally increasing to
$119.8 million by March 2007. If we exercise the option, we
will regain the rights that we licensed to SNDC.
United States Government Rights
Aspects of the technology licensed by us under our agreements
with third party licensors may be subject to certain government
rights (sometimes referred to as march-in rights).
Government rights in inventions conceived or reduced to practice
under a government-funded program (subject
inventions) may include a non-exclusive, royalty-free
worldwide license to practice or have practiced such inventions
for any governmental purpose. In addition, the
U.S. government has the right to require us to grant
licenses which shall be exclusive under any of such inventions
to a third party if they determine that: (i) effective
steps to achieve practical application of the subject invention
in such field of use have not been taken; (ii) such action
is necessary to meet public health or safety needs; or
(iii) such action is necessary to meet requirements for
public use under federal regulations. The U.S. government
also has the right to take title to a subject invention if there
is a failure to disclose the invention and elect title within
specified time limits. In addition, the U.S. government may
acquire title in any country in which a patent application is
not filed within specified time limits. Federal law requires any
licensor of an invention that was partially funded by the
federal government to obtain a covenant from any exclusive
licensee to manufacture products using the invention
substantially in the United States. Further, the government
rights include the right to use and disclose, without
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limitation, technical data relating to licensed technology that
was developed in whole or in part at government expense. Some of
our principal technology license agreements contain provisions
recognizing these government rights.
Competition
We compete with other pharmaceutical companies to provide
pharmaceutical products to the hospital and neurology markets.
We are involved in technological fields in which developments
are expected to continue at a rapid pace. Our success depends
upon our ability to compete effectively in the research,
development and commercialization of products and technologies
in our areas of focus. Competition from pharmaceutical, chemical
and biotechnology companies, universities and research
institutes is intense and expected to increase. Many of these
competitors have substantially greater research and development
capabilities and experience and greater manufacturing,
marketing, financial and managerial resources than we do and
represent significant competition for us. Acquisitions of
competing companies by large pharmaceutical or other companies
could enhance the financial, marketing and other resources
available to these competitors. These competitors may develop
products which are superior to those that we have under
development.
With respect to Gliadel, we are aware of several competing
approaches for the treatment of malignant glioma, including
traditional systemic chemotherapy, radioactive seeds, radiation
catheters, TEMODAR® Capsules, a chemotherapy product
manufactured by Schering Corporation and other experimental
protocols. Furthermore, our patent protection for Gliadel ends
in August 2006. The FDA has granted us market exclusivity for
marketing Gliadel for malignant glioma at the time of initial
surgery until February 2010. Regardless, after August 2006 when
our patent protection expires, others may try to copy the wafer
and enter the market as a generic drug through applicable FDA
procedures.
With respect to Aggrastat, there are two other competing
GP IIb/ IIIa inhibitors: INTEGRILIN®
Injection (or Integrilin) and ReoPro® (or ReoPro).
ReoPro, marketed by Eli Lilly, was the first GP IIb/ IIIa
inhibitor to come to market and is used predominantly at the
time of PCI. Currently, ReoPro has about a 35% dollar share of
the United States IIb/ IIIa market. Integrilin, marketed
through a co-promotion between Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
and Schering Corporation, has a broader indication than ReoPro,
allowing Integrilin to be used both at the time of PCI as well
as prior to PCI. Integrilin is currently the market leader in
the United States IIb/ IIIa market with approximately 62%
of the dollar share. In some medical institutions,
Angiomax®, an antithrombin, is being used as a replacement
for IIb/ IIIa inhibitors in PCI but that use is generally
limited to low-risk and elective PCI patients.
Aquavan, our water-soluble propofol prodrug product candidate
targeted for procedural sedation, faces competition in the
United States primarily from midazolam, including VERSED®,
manufactured by Roche, and propofol, including DIPRIVAN®.
Additionally, there are numerous products currently on the
market that are accepted as relatively safe and effective
anesthetic agents and sedation agents. In addition, we are aware
of several companies that are seeking to develop water soluble
formulations of propofol. We cannot be sure that we can
successfully develop Aquavan into a safe and effective drug or
that it will be cleared for marketing. Even if we are able to
market Aquavan, the commercial prospects for it will depend
heavily on its safety and efficacy profile relative to
alternatives then available in the market and on the scope of
the indication ultimately granted by FDA.
A number of companies are showing interest in trying to develop
neurotrophic agents to promote nerve growth and repair in
neurodegenerative disorders and traumatic central nervous system
injuries. Most of these activities focus on naturally occurring
growth factors. These factors contain large molecules that
generally cannot cross the blood-brain barrier and thus present
problems in administration and delivery. We are aware of several
companies that are investigating small molecule neurotrophic
compounds for peripheral neuropathy in the clinic.
There is intense competition to develop an effective and safe
neuroprotective drug or biological agent. Calcium channel
antagonists, calpain inhibitors, adenosine receptor antagonists,
free radical scavengers, superoxide dismutase inducers,
proteoloytic enzyme inhibitors, phospholipase inhibitors and a
variety of other agents are under active development by others.
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We believe that at least two other companies are clinically
evaluating imaging agents for dopamine neurons. In addition, a
variety of radiolabeled compounds for use with Positron Emission
Tomography scanners have been used to image dopamine neurons
successfully in patients with Parkinsons disease. Positron
Emission Tomography scanning is currently only available in a
limited number of hospitals in the United States and Europe.
Any product candidate that we develop and for which we gain
regulatory approval must compete for market acceptance and
market share. For certain of our product candidates, an
important factor will be the timing of market introduction of
competitive products. Accordingly, the relative speed with which
we and competing companies can develop products, complete the
clinical testing and approval processes, and supply commercial
quantities of the products to the market is expected to be an
important determinant of market success. Other competitive
factors include product efficacy and safety, timing and scope of
regulatory approval, product availability, marketing and sales
capabilities, reimbursement coverage, the amount of clinical
benefit of our product candidates relative to their cost, method
of administration, price and scope of patent protection. Our
competitors may develop more effective or more affordable
products or achieve earlier product development completion,
patent protection, regulatory approval or product
commercialization than us. The achievement of any of these goals
by our competitors could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
Research and Development Expenses
Our research and development expenses were $46.6 million,
$33.6 million, and $46.1 million for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These
expenses were divided between our research and development
platforms in the following manner:
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Pharmaceutical technologies
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34.9 |
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21.8 |
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20.8 |
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Biopolymer technologies
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0.9 |
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1.4 |
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Indirect expenses
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10.8 |
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10.4 |
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20.3 |
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Total
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46.6 |
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33.6 |
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46.1 |
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Beginning in fiscal year 1999, we began recording research and
development costs under two platforms, pharmaceutical
technologies and biopolymer technologies. From January 1,
1999, through December 31, 2004, we incurred, in the
aggregate, costs of $139.8 million for our pharmaceutical
technologies platform, $35.0 million for our biopolymer
technologies platform, and $94.5 million of indirect
expenses. From our inception in July 1993 through
December 31, 1998, we incurred a total of
$100.4 million in direct and indirect research and
development costs relating to pharmaceutical and biopolymer
technologies.
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Pharmaceutical Technologies |
Our 2004 pharmaceutical technologies research and
development expenses increased by $13.1 million to
$34.9 million, compared to 2003, primarily due to increased
spending of:
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$6.7 million for Aggrastat, acquired in late 2003, for the
preparation and initiation of the Phase III clinical trials
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$4.0 million on Aquavan primarily as a result of costs
incurred for the analysis of the two Phase II clinical
trials results, and for costs associated with the planning for
and the initiation of the Phase III clinical trial which we
began in the third quarter of 2004; |
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$0.6 million for the GPI 1485 program primarily due to
increased investigator fees as we continue the Phase II
clinical trial for Parkinsons disease; and |
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$0.6 million for the PARP inhibitor program, which was
inactive in 2003, and has been redirected in 2004 toward lead
compound identification for possible cancer indications. |
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Our 2003 pharmaceutical technologies research and
development expenses increased by $1.0 million to
$21.8 million, compared to 2002, due to:
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increased expenditures of $3.8 million in connection with
further clinical development of GPI 1485; and |
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partially offset by reduced expenditures of $2.2 million in
our Aquavan project as in 2002 we incurred preparation and
initiation costs related to the Phase II colonoscopy
clinical trial in progress during 2003, and a $0.8 million
milestone payment to ProQuest in 2002. |
Our 2004 biopolymer technologies research and development
expenses decreased by $0.5 million to $0.9 million,
compared to 2003. Currently, we do not plan on conducting
additional research or clinical testing on our biopolymer
technologies. Instead, we plan to pursue a corporate
partnership, divestiture or similar strategic transactions to
further develop these technologies. To that end, in September
2004, we entered into licensing agreements with MIT, JHU and
Angiotech, which terminated an existing license agreement we had
with MIT and JHU, thereby allowing Angiotech to obtain an
exclusive license to certain rights in patents we had previously
licensed from the MIT and JHU. We paid MIT $0.7 million in
connection with these licensing agreements, which is included in
the indirect expenses below. Concurrently with the execution of
our agreement with Angiotech, we also entered into an exclusive
license agreement with each of MIT and JHU granting us certain
rights to develop Paclimer for certain indications in oncology
and womens health.
Our 2003 biopolymer technologies research and development
expenses decreased by $3.6 million to $1.4 million,
compared to 2002, due to a decision made, as part of the
corporate restructuring in the third quarter of 2002, to focus
our research and development activities on our pharmaceutical
technologies.
Our 2004 indirect research and development expenses increased by
$0.4 million to $10.8 million, compared to 2003,
primarily due to royalty expense of $0.7 million paid to
MIT in connection with the licensing agreement entered into with
MIT, JHU and Angiotech in September 2004.
Our 2003 indirect research and development expenses decreased by
$9.9 million to $10.4 million, compared to 2002,
primarily as a result of the full year impact of the
restructuring efforts taken in the third quarter of 2002. Of
this decrease, $4.3 million related to the reduction in
employee costs, $4.1 million in facility and equipment
expenses, and the remainder related to certain non-core project
and other indirect costs.
Product Liability and Insurance
Product liability risk is inherent in the testing,
manufacturing, marketing and sale of Gliadel, Aggrastat and our
product candidates, and there can be no assurance that we will
be able to avoid significant product liability exposure.
We have primary product liability coverage of $5.0 million
and excess coverage of $5.0 million for a total of
$10.0 million in liability insurance coverage, covering
clinical trials and product sales. There can be no assurance
that this or any future insurance coverage obtained by us will
be adequate or that claims will be covered by our insurance. Our
insurance policies provide coverage on a claims-made basis and
are subject to annual renewal. Product liability insurance
varies in cost, can be difficult to obtain and may not be
available to us in the future on acceptable terms, or at all.
Employees
At December 31, 2004, we employed 289 individuals. Of
these 289 employees, 155 were employed in the areas of
research and product development, the quality control of
Aggrastat and in the manufacturing and quality control of
Gliadel. The remaining 134 employees performed selling,
general and administrative
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functions, including sales and marketing, executive, finance and
administration, legal and business development. None of our
employees are currently represented by a labor union. To date,
we have not experienced work stoppages related to labor issues
and we believe our relations with our employees are good.
Hiring and retaining qualified personnel are important factors
for our future success. There can be no assurance that we will
be able to continue to hire qualified personnel and, if hired,
that we will be able to retain these individuals.
Item 1A. Executive
Officers of the Registrant.
The following chart sets forth the names, ages, titles and
business experience of our executive officers during the past
five years:
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Dean J. Mitchell
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49 |
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Current Experience:
December 2004 present: President and Chief
Executive Officer. |
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Past Experience:
2001 2004: President, International Pharmaceuticals;
President, U.S. Primary Care; Vice President, Strategy for
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. |
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1987 2001: Various senior management positions,
including most recently, Senior Vice President, Clinical
Development and Product Strategy for GlaxoSmithKline and
predecessor businesses. |
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Education:
M.B.A. from City University Business School in London; B.Sc.
with Honors in Applied Biology from Coventry University. |
William F. Spengler
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50 |
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Current Experience:
July 2004 present: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer. |
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Past Experience:
2002 2004: President, COO and Director of
Osteoimplant Technology, Inc. |
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2000 2002: Principal of North Charles Investment
Company. |
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Education:
M.B.A. from New York University; B.A. in Economics from Yale
University. |
Nancy J. Linck, Ph.D., J.D.
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63 |
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Current Experience:
February 2004 present: Senior Vice President,
Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs, Chief Compliance
Counsel. |
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Past Experience:
February 2002 February 2004: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary in February 2002. |
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February 2001 February 2002: Senior Vice President,
Intellectual Property and Deputy General Counsel. |
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November 1998 February 2001: Vice President,
Intellectual Property. |
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Education:
B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley;
M.S. and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of
California, San Diego; J.D. from Western New England
College School of Law. |
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Asher M. Rubin
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34 |
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Current Experience:
February 2004 present: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary. |
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Past Experience:
February 2003 February 2004: Vice President, Deputy
General Counsel and Secretary. |
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February 2002 February 2003: Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary. |
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August 2001 February 2002: Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary. |
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October 2000 August 2001: Senior Corporate Counsel
and Assistant Secretary. |
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Education:
J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law; A.B. in
Policy Sciences and Public Affairs from Duke University. |
Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D.
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40 |
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Current Experience:
August 2002 present: Senior Vice President,
Research, Toxicology and Animal Sciences. |
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Past Experience: |
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March 2001 July 2002: Vice President, Biology. |
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January 1997 February 2001: Principal Scientist and
Group Leader. |
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January 1995 December 1997: Director of Neurobiology. |
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Education:
Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences from the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine; Masters degree in Management
from the Johns Hopkins School of Continuing Studies; B.S. degree
in Chemistry from Dickinson College. |
William C. Vincek, Ph.D.
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57 |
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Current Experience: |
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February 2004 present: Senior Vice President,
Development. |
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Past Experience:
February 2002 February 2004: Senior Vice President,
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Development. |
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August 1999 February 2002: Vice President,
Pharmaceutical & Chemical Development. |
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August 1997 August 1999: Vice President, Corporate
Quality. |
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Education:
Ph.D. and M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of
Kansas; B.S. in Chemistry from Colorado State University. |
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Michael Kelly
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40 |
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Current Experience:
September 2003 present: Vice President, Commercial
Operations. |
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Past Experience: |
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December 2002 August 2003: Vice President,
Sales and Marketing. |
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January 2001 December 2002: Vice President of Sales,
Viropharma Incorporated. |
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January 2000 December 2000: Vice President of
Marketing, Viropharma Incorporated. |
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Education:
M.B.A. from Rider College; B.S. in Marketing from the Trenton
State College. |
Andrew J. Jeanneret, CPA
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40 |
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Current Experience:
August 2004 present: Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer. |
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Past Experience:
November 2002 August 2004: Vice President of Finance
for Osteoimplant Technology, Inc. |
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April 2002 November 2002: Director of Accounting for
United Healthcare. |
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January 2001 April 2002: Vice President of
Accounting for PSINet. |
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Education:
M.B.A. in international business from the George Washington
University; B.S. in Accounting from Boston College. |
We occupy two facilities in Baltimore, Maryland: A headquarters
and manufacturing facility that contains approximately
90,000 square feet; and a research and development facility
that contains approximately 77,000 square feet. The
headquarters and manufacturing facility consists of
approximately 23,000 square feet of office space,
18,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and
49,000 square feet of research and development
laboratories. The research and development facility consists of
approximately 29,000 square feet of office space and
48,000 square feet of research and development
laboratories. We entered into a sale and leaseback agreement for
these properties in December 2004. Each facility is occupied
pursuant to a 15-year absolute net lease with BioMed Realty
Trust, Inc. (or BioMed), a real estate investment trust
specializing in biotechnology/biopharmaceutical properties. We
also have options to extend the lease terms for each facility
for two additional ten year periods.
Before we entered into the leases with BioMed, we occupied the
headquarters and manufacturing facility through a master lease
with the prior owner and we occupied the research and
development facility as the owner/occupant.
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Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings. |
None.
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Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders. |
No matters were submitted to a vote of our security holders
during the last quarter of our year ended December 31, 2004.
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PART II
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Item 5. |
Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related
Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities |
Our common stock trades on The Nasdaq® National Market
under the symbol GLFD. As of February 25, 2005,
there were approximately 250 holders of record of our
common stock and approximately 9,000 beneficial holders. We have
never declared or paid any cash dividends and do not intend to
do so for the foreseeable future. In the past we have been a
party to various loan and lease agreements with certain
financial institutions, prohibiting the payment of any cash
dividend on our common stock without the prior written consent
of these financial institutions. Future financing arrangements
may contain similar restrictions.
The following table sets forth, for the years indicated, the
range of high and low sales prices of our common stock as quoted
on The Nasdaq® National Market:
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January 1 - March 31
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6.37 |
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4.36 |
|
|
|
6.25 |
|
|
|
3.72 |
|
July 1 - September 30
|
|
|
5.88 |
|
|
|
3.90 |
|
|
|
7.40 |
|
|
|
4.07 |
|
October 1 - December 31
|
|
|
5.74 |
|
|
|
4.12 |
|
|
|
8.21 |
|
|
|
5.65 |
|
Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
On January 31, 2005, we issued 3,103 shares of our
common stock to Burns McClellan Inc. in consideration for its
provision to us of investor relations/public relations services
during the fourth quarter of 2004. In connection with this
issuance, we relied on the exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, provided in Section 4(2) of the Act.
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Item 6. |
Selected Consolidated Financial Data |
The following selected consolidated financial data for each of
the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2004
have been derived from our Consolidated Financial Statements,
which have been audited by KPMG LLP, our independent registered
public accountant. Our Consolidated Financial Statements as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, including
the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements, are
included elsewhere in this annual report, beginning on page F-2.
The statement of operations data for the years ended
December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the balance sheet data as of
December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 are derived from audited
financial statements not included in this annual report. The
information set forth below should be read in conjunction with
our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes, as
well as Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, beginning
on page 26 of this annual report.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
($ in thousands, except per share data) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
$ |
47,911 |
|
|
$ |
27,605 |
|
|
$ |
14,665 |
|
|
$ |
20,534 |
|
|
$ |
18,056 |
|
Costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
5,578 |
|
|
|
4,110 |
|
|
|
2,836 |
|
|
|
2,836 |
|
|
|
1,358 |
|
Research and development
|
|
|
46,584 |
|
|
|
33,624 |
|
|
|
46,103 |
|
|
|
54,272 |
|
|
|
46,900 |
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
58,758 |
|
|
|
32,076 |
|
|
|
29,005 |
|
|
|
29,273 |
|
|
|
14,004 |
|
Intangible amortization
|
|
|
6,854 |
|
|
|
1,912 |
|
|
|
840 |
|
|
|
840 |
|
|
|
140 |
|
Merger costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,403 |
|
Acquired in-process research and development(1)
|
|
|
13,951 |
|
|
|
8,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
|
131,725 |
|
|
|
79,815 |
|
|
|
78,784 |
|
|
|
87,221 |
|
|
|
63,805 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(83,814 |
) |
|
|
(52,210 |
) |
|
|
(64,119 |
) |
|
|
(66,687 |
) |
|
|
(45,749 |
) |
Other income/ (expenses), net
|
|
|
(11,820 |
) |
|
|
(1,737 |
) |
|
|
4,849 |
|
|
|
6,370 |
|
|
|
7,247 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before minority interest and the cumulative effect of an
accounting change
|
|
|
(95,634 |
) |
|
|
(53,947 |
) |
|
|
(59,270 |
) |
|
|
(60,317 |
) |
|
|
(38,502 |
) |
Minority interest
|
|
|
7,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of an accounting change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,625 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(87,878 |
) |
|
$ |
(53,947 |
) |
|
$ |
(59,270 |
) |
|
$ |
(60,317 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,127 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per common share(2):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before the cumulative effect of an accounting change
|
|
$ |
(2.25 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.82 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.99 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.14 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.64 |
) |
Cumulative effect of an accounting change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.36 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per common share
|
|
$ |
(2.25 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.82 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.99 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.14 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.00 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and dilutive equivalent shares outstanding
|
|
|
39,037 |
|
|
|
29,689 |
|
|
|
29,805 |
|
|
|
28,249 |
|
|
|
23,517 |
|
|
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted
investments(3)
|
|
$ |
109,493 |
|
|
$ |
101,943 |
|
|
$ |
101,803 |
|
|
$ |
154,738 |
|
|
$ |
109,450 |
|
Investments held by SNDC
|
|
|
32,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets(3)
|
|
|
237,135 |
|
|
|
221,323 |
|
|
|
121,086 |
|
|
|
181,841 |
|
|
|
135,633 |
|
Long-term debt, excluding current portion
|
|
|
87,393 |
|
|
|
88,885 |
|
|
|
3,720 |
|
|
|
4,137 |
|
|
|
5,130 |
|
Revenue interest obligation
|
|
|
44,932 |
|
|
|
42,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
36,893 |
|
|
|
67,200 |
|
|
|
99,258 |
|
|
|
157,629 |
|
|
|
116,829 |
|
|
|
(1) |
In December 2004, we recorded a charge to write-off acquired
in-process research and development of $6.8 million related
to the acquisition of ProQuest, the licensor of Aquavan because
at the acquisition date, the development of Aquavan was not
complete, had not reached technological feasibility and had no
known alternative use. |
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|
|
In September 2004, we wrote off our total investment in ProQuest
of $1.9 million as acquired in-process research and
development expense, as it was determined, based on a discounted
cash flow analysis, that the carrying value of our investment
was impaired and that the impairment was other than temporary. |
|
|
In June 2004, we recorded a charge to write-off acquired
in-process research and development of $5.2 million in
connection with the license agreement entered into with SNDC,
because the licensed technology had not reached technological
feasibility and had no known alternative future purposes. |
|
|
In 2003, as part of the purchase price allocation of Aggrastat,
we recorded a charge to write-off acquired in-process research
and development of $8.1 million. The in-process research
and development represented an estimate of the fair value of
purchased in-process technology for a project that, as of the
acquisition date, had not reached technological feasibility and
no alternative future use. |
|
|
(2) |
For information concerning the calculation of loss per share,
see Note 4 to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
|
(3) |
Includes restricted investments of $19.9 million,
$21.7 million, $18.6 million, $16.5 million and
$18.3 million at December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
and 2000, respectively (see Note 10 to the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements). |
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|
Item 7. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations |
As you read this Managements Discussion and Analysis, you
may find it helpful to refer to our Consolidated Financial
Statements beginning on page F-2 of this annual report. These
Consolidated Financial Statements present the results of our
operations for the years ended December 31, 2004 (or 2004),
December 31, 2003 (or 2003) and December 31, 2002 (or
2002) as well as our financial positions at December 31,
2004 and 2003. We analyze and explain the annual changes in the
specific line items set forth in our Consolidated Statements of
Operations. This analysis may be important to you in making
decisions about your investment in Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.
All the figures presented are rounded.
OVERVIEW
We are a pharmaceutical company engaged in the research,
development and commercialization of proprietary pharmaceutical
products that target the hospital and neurology markets. We
market and sell proprietary pharmaceutical products within our
targeted markets, conduct clinical research to expand the
labeled indications for our marketed products, and develop new
product candidates.
We have financed our operations since inception in July 1993
through the issuance of equity securities, convertible
subordinated notes, revenues from the sales of GLIADEL®
Wafer (or Gliadel) and more recently AGGRASTAT®
Injection (or Aggrastat), funding pursuant to collaborative
and partnering agreements, a revenue interest obligation with
Paul Royalty Fund, L.P. and certain of its affiliated entities
(or PRF), a sale and leaseback transaction and proceeds from
loans or other borrowings. Any, or all, of these financing
vehicles or others may be utilized to fund our future capital
requirements.
We currently have two marketed products: Gliadel and Aggrastat.
Gliadel provides targeted, site-specific chemotherapy for the
treatment of malignant glioma at the time of initial surgery, in
conjunction with surgery and radiation, and for the treatment of
recurrent glioblastoma multiforme in conjunction with radiation.
Aggrastat is an inhibitor of platelet aggregation approved for
the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (or ACS), including
patients who are to be managed medically and those undergoing
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. We acquired the
rights to Aggrastat in the United States and its territories and
possessions from Merck & Co., Inc. (or Merck) in
October 2003.
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Our product pipeline consists of product candidates in various
stages of clinical and pre-clinical development, as described
below.
AQUAVAN® Injection (or Aquavan) is a novel
sedative/hypnotic that is a water-soluble prodrug of a
widely-used anesthetic, propofol. We are currently evaluating
Aquavan for use as a procedural sedative during brief diagnostic
and therapeutic medical procedures during which patients are
lethargic, but responsive to stimulation and are able to
maintain their own airways. Procedural sedation is generally
used in non-invasive procedures lasting under two hours,
including, for example, various endoscopy or bronchoscopy
procedures, cardiac procedures, biopsies, insertions or removals
of lines, tubes or catheters and other minor surgical procedures.
In September 2004, we began a Phase III clinical trial
studying Aquavan to assess its safety and overall efficacy
versus midazolam HCI for sedation in patients undergoing
colonoscopy procedures. Upon the dosing of the first patient in
this Phase III clinical trial, a $1.0 million
milestone payment was due and paid to ProQuest Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (or ProQuest), the licensor of the intellectual property
rights to Aquavan. We received an additional 400,705 shares
of ProQuest common stock for this milestone payment increasing
our total investment in ProQuest to $1.9 million. In order
to determine whether the carrying value of our investment in
ProQuest was greater than its fair value, we performed a
discounted cash flow analysis to assess the fair value of our
investment in ProQuest as of September 30, 2004. Based on
this analysis, we concluded that the carrying value of our
investment was impaired and that the impairment was other than
temporary. Consequently, we wrote off our $1.9 million
investment as acquired in-process research and development as of
September 30, 2004.
In December 2004, we acquired the remaining shares of ProQuest
that we did not own, and as a result, we obtained an
irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide
license to the intellectual property rights for Aquavan and
assigned a value of $6.8 million to that intellectual
property. At the acquisition date, the development of Aquavan
was not complete, had not reached technological feasibility and
had no known alternative use. Consequently, there was
considerable uncertainty as to the technological feasibility of
the product at the date of acquisition, and accordingly, we
expensed the $6.8 million as acquired in-process research
and development expense.
GPI 1485, a lead clinical candidate in the neuroimmunophilin
ligand (or NIL) program, is in Phase II clinical trials for
the treatment of Parkinsons disease and post-prostatectomy
erectile dysfunction (or PPED). In June 2004, we licensed to
Symphony Neuro Development Corporation (or SNDC), a newly
formed, privately held Delaware corporation, our rights in the
United States to GPI 1485 in the following four indications:
Parkinsons disease, peripheral nerve injury, including
PPED, HIV-related peripheral neuropathy, and HIV-related
dementia. SNDC agreed to invest up to approximately
$40.0 million to advance GPI 1485 through current clinical
programs in those disease states. Currently, the
Parkinsons disease and PPED indications are in
Phase II clinical trials and the HIV-related indications
are in pre-clinical development and are being conducted by SNDC.
In addition to the grant of the license, SNDCs investors
received five-year warrants to purchase 1.5 million
shares of our common stock at $7.48 per share. In
consideration for the warrants, we received an exclusive option
from SNDCs investors to purchase SNDC. This option was
valued at $5.2 million, which represented the corresponding
fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes method, and
was expensed in the second quarter of 2004 as acquired
in-process research and development due to the fact that the
licensed technology had not reached technological feasibility
and had no known alternative future uses. We may exercise this
option at our sole discretion at any time beginning
April 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2007, at an
exercise price starting at $75.1 million in April 2005, and
incrementally increasing to a maximum exercise price of
$119.8 million in March 2007. The option exercise price may
be paid for in cash or in a combination of cash and our common
stock, at our discretion, provided that our common stock may not
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constitute more than 50% of the option exercise price. If we
exercise the option, we will regain the rights that we licensed
to SNDC.
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (or
FASB) Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003),
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (or
FIN 46R), SNDC Holdings LLC (or SNDCH), the parent of SNDC,
is considered a variable interest entity. Under FIN 46R, we
are deemed the primary beneficiary of the variable interest
entity because we are most closely associated with SNDCH.
Accordingly, we have consolidated the financial activity of
SNDCH within our Consolidated Financial Statements.
In order to significantly increase the sales of Aggrastat, we
believe we need to expand the label for Aggrastat to include
administration of Aggrastat in a high dose at the time of
percutaneous coronary intervention (or PCI). During 2004, we
held pre-Phase III meetings with the FDA to discuss our
plans for expanding the label in this manner through a
Phase III clinical trial program. As a result of these
meetings, in August 2004, we announced plans to launch two major
clinical trials using Aggrastat that are designed to determine
the optimal therapeutic regimen for patients at the time of PCI.
We plan to conduct one trial outside of the United States as a
multi-center, double-blind, placebo with GP IIb/ IIIa
bailout trial evaluating the 30-day efficacy of a single
high-dose bolus followed by an 18 hour infusion regimen of
Aggrastat compared to placebo in high-risk patients undergoing
PCI. The trial is expected to enroll approximately
2,000 patients in 100 centers starting in the third quarter
of 2005. According to present plans, all patients will receive
background treatment including heparin, aspirin and clopidogrel
(PLAVIX®), if not contraindicated. The results of this
trial are expected to provide a basis for seeking FDA approval
to expand the present indication of Aggrastat to include a new
high bolus dosing regimen for treatment with Aggrastat in the
catheterization laboratory at the time of PCI.
The other study, TENACITY (Tirofiban Evaluation of Novel Dosing
vs. Abciximab with Clopidogrel and Inhibition of Thrombin Study)
is a multi-center, double-blind, randomized comparison of
Aggrastat and Abciximab (ReoPro®) that is expected to
enroll at least 8,000 patients in up to 200 centers across
the United States. The Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular
Coordinating Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute are
coordinating the trial. The primary end point is to determine
whether the 30-day efficacy of a single high-dose bolus regimen
of Aggrastat is non-inferior to Abciximab in patients undergoing
PCI.
|
|
|
Additional Product Candidates |
Registration of DOPASCAN® Injection (or Dopascan), an
imaging agent used to diagnose and monitor the progression of
Parkinsons disease, is being pursued in Japan by Daiichi
Radioisotope Laboratories, Ltd. Our pre-clinical research
programs include the development of NAALADase inhibitor
compounds for peripheral neuropathy, prostate cancer, drug
addiction and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury and the
development of PARP inhibitor compounds for cancer
chemosensitization and radiosensitization.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenue
During 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recognized revenue of
$47.9 million, $27.6 million and $14.7 million,
respectively. Revenue consisted of the following:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
%(1) | |
|
|
|
%(1) | |
|
|
|
%(1) | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
($ in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Gliadel product revenue
|
|
$ |
30.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
21.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
16.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Product returns
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
6% |
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
7% |
|
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
|
|
8% |
|
Early payment discounts
|
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
|
2% |
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
2% |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
2% |
|
Other(2)
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Gliadel product revenue
|
|
$ |
27.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
19.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Aggrastat product revenue
|
|
$ |
14.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chargebacks(3)
|
|
|
(1.4 |
) |
|
|
10% |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product returns
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
1% |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Early payment discounts
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
2% |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Aggrastat product revenue
|
|
$ |
12.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net product revenue
|
|
$ |
40.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
21.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from license fees, milestones and other
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
$ |
47.9 |
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$ |
27.6 |
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$ |
14.7 |
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(1) |
% is calculated as a % to respective gross product revenue. |
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(2) |
Other reserves for Gliadel consist of Federal and Medicare
discounts. |
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(3) |
Chargebacks for Aggrastat consist of Federal discounts and
contracted discounts under certain agreements. |
The 2004 increase in net product revenue of $18.5 million
is primarily due to an increase in Aggrastat net product revenue
of $10.0 million as a result of October 2003 acquisition of
Aggrastat, resulting in a full year of sales activity for 2004
compared to two months of sales activity for 2003. All of our
sales of Aggrastat were made directly to wholesalers. The
remainder of the increase results from an increase of
$8.5 million in Gliadel net product revenue. We believe
that the 2004 increase in Gliadel revenue over 2003 is
attributable to:
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the FDA and the EU approving expanded labeling for the product
in 2003 and 2004, respectively, to permit the use of the product
at the time of initial surgery for malignant glioma as an
adjunct to surgery and radiation; |
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a list price increase of 7%; |
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an increased sales force; |
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a targeted marketing program; |
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the use in a clinical trial; and |
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a greater international presence. |
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In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we sold Gliadel:
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directly to a specialty distributor; |
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directly to hospitals; |
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by drop shipment to hospitals pursuant to purchase orders from
wholesalers; |
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to distributors located outside the United States for resale in
non-United States markets; and |
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directly to a corporation for use in clinical trials for 2004
and 2003. |
Revenue Gliadel
net product revenue
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in millions) |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Specialty distributor revenue
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$ |
20.6 |
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$ |
14.5 |
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$ |
10.1 |
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Direct hospital revenue
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3.7 |
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3.3 |
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3.3 |
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International revenue
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2.3 |
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1.1 |
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0.4 |
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Gliadel Advantage Program
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0.7 |
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Other
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1.1 |
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0.3 |
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Total Gliadel net product revenue
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$ |
27.7 |
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$ |
19.2 |
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$ |
14.5 |
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Revenue within United States
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$ |
25.4 |
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$ |
18.1 |
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$ |
14.1 |
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% of total Gliadel net product revenue within United States
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92 |
% |
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94 |
% |
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97 |
% |
% of total Gliadel net product revenue outside of United States*
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8 |
% |
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6 |
% |
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3 |
% |
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* |
Including revenue from Europe and Canada, either through
distributors or directly to hospitals. |
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Specialty Distributor Revenue |
During 2004, 2003 and 2002, our specialty distributor, Cardinal
Health Specialty Pharmaceuticals Distribution (or SPD), a
division of Cardinal Health Inc. (or Cardinal), sold 1,776,
1,426 and 1,015 units, respectively, to hospitals and
wholesalers. Total units we sold to SPD were 1,792, 1,405 and
985 units in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. SPD has
nationwide marketing and distribution capabilities that
complement our sales and marketing efforts. Additionally, when
we make sales to SPD, it is responsible for shipping the product
that it purchased to hospital pharmacies, thereby reducing our
overall distribution costs. Without this distributor, we would
incur separate shipping costs from our logistical distributor
for each shipment of the product to hospital pharmacies. SPD
receives a discount on its purchases of Gliadel based on the
amount of capital it has committed to the product as of the date
of its purchases, and an additional discount for early payment.
We have the ability to accept or reject purchase orders from SPD
at our sole discretion. We reviewed the estimated Gliadel
inventory in the distribution channel at December 31, 2004,
and determined that there were units of Gliadel in the
distribution channel in excess of current prescription demand
for the quarter ended December 31, 2004. Accordingly, we
have deferred recognizing $0.4 million (33 units) of
Gliadel revenue in the fourth quarter of 2004 and will recognize
it in the first quarter of 2005.
During the first six months of 2002, we engaged in an enhanced
marketing initiative with SPD that ended in June 2002. Of
the treatments sold to SPD during the six-month period ended
June 30, 2002, 94% (650 units) were sold in connection
with this marketing initiative. This marketing initiative
included mailing information about Gliadel to prospective
customers, telemarketing activity and working with our sales
representatives to set up customer accounts. This marketing
initiative cost us $0.2 million. We did not operate similar
marketing initiatives in 2004 or 2003.
During 2004, 2003 and 2002, Gliadel domestic net product revenue
of $3.7 million, $3.3 million and $3.3 million,
respectively, resulted from sales made directly to hospitals or
drop shipments to hospitals
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pursuant to purchase orders from wholesalers. Substantially all
of these sales to hospitals and wholesalers included our normal
payment terms including discounts for early payment.
For 2004, 2003 and 2002, Gliadel international net product
revenue was $2.3 million, $1.1 million and
$0.4 million, respectively. International revenue increased
year over year due to active promotion in Europe by our
distributors under the recurrent surgery approval for Gliadel in
Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In May 2004, we granted
exclusive rights to one of our distributors to market, sell and
distribute Gliadel in Germany, France, Benelux, Austria and
Switzerland. We received $0.5 million upon signing the
agreement. Upon obtaining approval in September 2004 for
Gliadels use in first surgery in France and Germany, we
received a $0.8 million milestone payment from that
distributor. Because the agreement with that distributor
contains an element of continuing involvement on our part, the
$1.3 million in total upfront and milestone payments have
been deferred and are being recognized as revenue ratably over
the involvement period, which is approximately ten years. We may
receive additional milestone payments totaling up to
$1.2 million under this agreement with our distributor.
Gliadel is currently approved for use in over 21 countries
outside of the United States and Canada to treat recurrent
glioblastoma multiforme.
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Gliadel Advantage Program |
During 2002, we sold treatments of Gliadel pursuant to our
Gliadel Advantage Program, which was designed to increase
neurosurgeons awareness of Gliadel and to ensure its
availability when the neurosurgeon required it. During 2002, we
recognized domestic net product revenue of $0.7 million
under this program. We have not offered this program subsequent
to 2002.
The remaining $1.1 million and $0.3 million of Gliadel
domestic net product revenue for 2004 and 2003, respectively,
was sold to a corporation for use in a clinical trial. There was
no such revenue during 2002.
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Revenue Aggrastat net product revenue |
All of our Aggrastat net product revenue of $12.5 million
and $2.5 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively, occurred
in the United States and its territories, and were made directly
to wholesalers. Three main wholesalers together accounted for
$11.5 million and $2.3 million in Aggrastat revenue
for 2004 and 2003, respectively. We reviewed the estimated
Aggrastat inventory at our wholesalers at December 31,
2004, and determined that there were units of Aggrastat at the
wholesalers in excess of current prescription demand for the
quarter ended December 31, 2004. Accordingly, we have
deferred recognizing $0.3 million of Aggrastat revenue in
the fourth quarter of 2004 and will recognize it in the first
quarter of 2005. Since the acquisition of Aggrastat in the
fourth quarter of 2003, we have increased the size of our sales
force and completed training programs for the entire sales and
marketing team. These re-launch efforts focus on increasing
demand for the product in the ACS market.
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Revenue from license fees, milestones and other |
In September 2004, we entered into licensing agreements with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (or MIT), the Johns
Hopkins University (or JHU) and Angiodevice International GmbH
(or Angiotech) that terminated an existing license agreement we
had with MIT and JHU, thereby allowing Angiotech to obtain an
exclusive license to certain rights in patents we had previously
licensed from MIT and JHU. We received a $6.6 million
payment from Angiotech upon the signing of the agreement as
consideration for our termination of the existing agreement. We
will not have continuing involvement related to the rights
licensed by Angiotech; therefore, the payment was recognized as
revenue in 2004. In conjunction with this transaction, we
entered into a new exclusive licensing agreement with MIT and
JHU, and a patent consideration agreement allowing us to receive
royalties from MIT on certain royalty payments received by MIT
from Angiotech related to the patents licensed.
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In May 2003, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with
Pfizer, Inc. (or Pfizer) for a novel class of potential drugs
called NAALADase inhibitors. Under the terms of the agreement,
we gave Pfizer the exclusive rights to develop our NAALADase
inhibitors worldwide, and it conducted and paid for all costs
associated with research, development, manufacturing, and
commercialization of any products that may result from the
agreement. As part of the agreement, we were eligible to receive
royalties on future product sales and milestone payments related
to the successful development and commercialization of any
products that may result from the agreement. Upon signing the
agreement, we received a $5.0 million payment from Pfizer.
Under the terms of the agreement, we did not have continuing
involvement relating to the contract as defined by SEC Staff
Accounting Bulletin 104. As a result, the payment was
recognized as revenue in 2003. Pfizer elected to terminate the
agreement in March 2004. During 2003, we also recorded a
$0.6 million milestone payment from Daiichi Radioisotope
Laboratories, Ltd. related to the filing of an application for
regulatory approval to market Dopascan in Japan.
Cost of Sales and Gross Margin
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|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in millions) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Cost of sales:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gliadel *
|
|
$ |
4.1 |
|
|
$ |
3.9 |
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$ |
2.8 |
|
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Aggrastat
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|
1.5 |
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|
0.2 |
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|
|
Total cost of sales
|
|
$ |
5.6 |
|
|
$ |
4.1 |
|
|
$ |
2.8 |
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Cost of sales as % to net product revenue:
|
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Gliadel *
|
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
21 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
Aggrastat
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|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Total cost of sales as % to net product revenue
|
|
|
14 |
% |
|
|
19 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gross margin as % to net product revenue
|
|
|
86 |
% |
|
|
81 |
% |
|
|
80 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
Gliadel cost of sales includes the cost of materials, labor,
overhead and royalties paid to MIT pursuant to a license
agreement. |
The cost to manufacture Gliadel can vary materially with
production volume. To the extent that production levels increase
or decrease in the future, we anticipate that the unit cost to
manufacture Gliadel may decrease or increase, respectively. As a
result, we would expect the cost of sales of Gliadel, and
accordingly, gross profit percentage, to fluctuate from year to
year.
Cost of sales for 2004 was negatively affected by an increase in
inventory reserve of $1.3 million to reflect total Gliadel
and Aggrastat inventories at net realizable value. This decrease
in net realizable value is substantially due to
$0.6 million of Gliadel inventory that is expiring or did
not meet the product specifications through regular quality
testing and $0.7 million in excess Aggrastat inventory
resulting from a change in forecasted demand for Aggrastat. If
future demand does not increase, we may need to reserve
additional amounts for Aggrastat inventory that we are required
to purchase from Baxter Healthcare Corporation (or Baxter),
under the supply arrangement described below.
We have entered into an exclusive supply agreement with Merck
for the manufacture and supply of the active pharmaceutical
ingredient of Aggrastat until December 31, 2014. In the
second quarter of 2004, we also entered into a manufacturing and
supply agreement with Baxter to supply us with finished product
of Aggrastat in 250 ml and 100 ml bags, through July 2009. This
agreement with Baxter replaced an agreement with Merck whereby
Merck had agreed to supply us with finished product in bags
through December 2007. We are also currently negotiating with
potential suppliers to provide 50 ml vials of Aggrastat for 2005
and future years.
Cost of sales for 2003 was negatively affected by the write-off
of $0.4 million of Gliadel inventory, which we determined
did not meet product specifications through regular quality
control testing. Additionally, we
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established an additional reserve for spoiled or damaged Gliadel
inventory of $0.2 million based upon our historical
experience. There were no such activities related to Aggrastat
inventory in 2003.
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|
Research and Development Expenses |
In 1999, we began recording research and development costs under
two platforms, pharmaceutical technologies and biopolymer
technologies. From January 1, 1999, through
December 31, 2004, we incurred, in the aggregate, costs of
$139.8 million for our pharmaceutical technologies
platform, $35.0 million for our biopolymer technologies
platform, and $94.5 million of indirect expenses. From our
inception in July 1993 through December 1998, we recorded
$100.4 million in direct and indirect research and
development costs relating to pharmaceutical and biopolymer
technologies. Our research and development projects are
currently focused on pharmaceutical technologies. For our
biopolymer technologies, we plan to pursue potential corporate
partnerships or other strategic alternatives in order to further
their research and development, rather than develop these
projects ourselves. The following chart sets forth our projects
in each of these areas and the stage to which each has been
developed:
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Development |
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Stage |
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Status |
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Pharmaceutical technologies:
|
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|
Aggrastat for PCI indication
|
|
Phase III |
|
Active |
|
Aquavan
|
|
Phase III |
|
Active |
|
GPI 1485 (neuroimmunophilin ligand)
|
|
Phase II |
|
Active |
|
Propofol prodrug (non-IV)
|
|
Phase I |
|
Active |
|
NAALADase inhibitors
|
|
Phase I |
|
Active |
|
PARP inhibitors
|
|
Pre-clinical |
|
Active |
|
Other neuroimmunophilin ligands
|
|
Research |
|
Active |
|
Other research projects
|
|
Research |
|
Active |
Biopolymer technologies:
|
|
|
|
|
|
PACLIMER® Microspheres (Ovarian Cancer)
|
|
Phase I/ II |
|
Inactive |
|
PACLIMER® Microspheres (Lung Cancer)
|
|
Phase I/ II |
|
Inactive |
|
Lidocaine-PE (formerly
LIDOMERtm
Microspheres)
|
|
Phase I |
|
Inactive |
|
Other biopolymer projects
|
|
Research |
|
Inactive |
For each of our research and development projects, we incur both
direct and indirect expenses. Direct expenses include salaries
and other costs of personnel, raw materials and supplies. We may
also incur third-party costs related to these projects, such as
contract research, consulting and clinical development costs.
Indirect expenses, such as facility and equipment costs,
utilities, general research and development management and other
administrative overhead are allocated to research and
development generally based on, among other things, the extent
to which our general research and development efforts make use
of facilities, non-project personnel and other resources.
Because of the uncertainties involved in progressing through
pre-clinical and clinical testing, the time and cost involved in
obtaining regulatory approval and in establishing collaborative
arrangements, among other factors, we cannot reasonably estimate
the future expenses and timing necessary to complete our
research and development projects, as well as estimating the
period in which material net cash inflows from significant
projects are expected to commence.
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Our research and development expenses were $46.6 million,
$33.6 million and $46.1 million for 2004, 2003 and
2002, respectively. These expenses were incurred among our
research and development platforms and projects in the following
manner:
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|
|
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|
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|
|
Year Ended December 31 | |
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| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in millions) |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
Pharmaceutical technologies:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aquavan
|
|
$ |
10.1 |
|
|
$ |
6.1 |
|
|
$ |
8.3 |
|
|
GPI 1485 (neuroimmunophilin ligand)
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
Aggrastat for PCI indication
|
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NAALADase inhibitors
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
Propofol prodrug
|
|
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1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other neuroimmunophilin ligands
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
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2.2 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
PARP inhibitors
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
Other research projects
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Total pharmaceutical technologies
|
|
|
34.9 |
|
|
|
21.8 |
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biopolymer technologies:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PACLIMER® Microspheres (Ovarian Cancer)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
PACLIMER® Microspheres (Lung Cancer)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
Lidocaine-PE (formerly
LIDOMERtm
Microspheres)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
Other biopolymer projects
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total biopolymer technologies
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indirect expenses
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
10.4 |
|
|
|
20.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total research and development expenses
|
|
$ |
46.6 |
|
|
$ |
33.6 |
|
|
$ |
46.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceutical Technologies |
Our 2004 pharmaceutical technologies research and
development expenses increased by $13.1 million to
$34.9 million, compared to 2003, primarily due to increased
spending of:
|
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|
|
$6.7 million for Aggrastat, acquired in late 2003, for the
preparation and initiation of the Phase III clinical trials
of Aggrastat for use in PCI; |
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|
|
$4.0 million on Aquavan primarily as a result of costs
incurred for the analysis of the two Phase II clinical
trials results that were completed in the fourth quarter of
2003, and for costs associated with the planning for and the
initiation of the Phase III clinical trial which we began
in the third quarter of 2004; |
|
|
|
$0.6 million for the GPI 1485 program primarily due to
increased investigator fees as we continue the Phase II
clinical trial for Parkinsons disease; and |
|
|
|
$0.6 million for the PARP inhibitor program, which was
inactive in 2003, and has been redirected in 2004 toward lead
compound identification for possible cancer indications. |
Our 2003 pharmaceutical technologies research and
development expenses increased by $1.0 million to
$21.8 million, compared to 2002, primarily due to:
|
|
|
|
|
increased expenditures of $3.8 million in connection with
further clinical development of GPI 1485; |
|
|
|
partially offset by reduced expenditures of $2.2 million in
our Aquavan project because in 2002 we incurred preparation and
initiation costs related to the Phase II colonoscopy
clinical trial in progress during 2003, and $0.8 million
milestone payment to ProQuest in 2002. |
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Our 2004 biopolymer technologies research and development
expenses decreased by $0.5 million to $0.9 million,
compared to 2003. Currently, we do not plan on conducting
additional research or clinical testing on our biopolymer
technologies. Instead, we plan to pursue a corporate
partnership, divestiture or similar strategic transactions to
further develop these technologies. To that end, in September
2004, we entered into licensing agreements with MIT, JHU and
Angiotech, which terminated one existing license agreement we
had with MIT and JHU, thereby allowing Angiotech to obtain an
exclusive license to certain rights in two patents we had
previously licensed from the MIT and JHU. We paid MIT
$0.7 million in connection with these licensing agreements,
which is included in the indirect expenses below. Concurrently
with the execution of our agreement with Angiotech, we also
entered into an exclusive license agreement with each of MIT and
JHU granting us certain rights to develop PACLIMER®
Microspheres (polilactofate/paclitaxel) for certain indications
in oncology and womens health under the two patents
licensed to Angiotech.
Our 2003 biopolymer technologies research and development
expenses decreased by $3.6 million to $1.4 million,
compared to 2002, due to a decision made, as part of the
corporate restructuring in the third quarter of 2002, to focus
our research and development activities on our pharmaceutical
technologies.
Our 2004 indirect research and development expenses increased by
$0.4 million to $10.8 million, compared to 2003,
primarily due to a royalty expense of $0.7 million paid to
MIT in connection with the licensing agreement entered into with
MIT, JHU and Angiotech in September 2004.
Our 2003 indirect research and development expenses decreased by
$9.9 million to $10.4 million, compared to 2002,
primarily as a result of the full year impact of the
restructuring efforts taken in the third quarter of 2002. Of
this decrease, $4.3 million related to the reduction in
employee costs, $4.1 million in facility and equipment
expenses, and the remainder related to certain non-core project
and other indirect costs.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in millions) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing, selling and distribution expenses
|
|
$ |
33.0 |
|
|
$ |
14.3 |
|
|
$ |
13.8 |
|
|
General and administrative expenses
|
|
|
25.8 |
|
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17.8 |
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15.2 |
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In 2004, the costs incurred to market, sell and distribute
Gliadel and Aggrastat increased by $18.7 million to
$33.0 million, compared to 2003. This increase resulted
primarily from:
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an increase of $11.7 million in expenses related to an
increased sales force focused on selling two products, the
training of the sales team and the marketing efforts to launch
Aggrastat; |
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an increase of $4.0 million in medical education expenses
as a result of the several conferences held during 2004 to
educate the members of the medical community as to the benefits
of the use of Gliadel and Aggrastat; and |
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increased external costs of $1.2 million primarily related
to Aggrastat commercial operations. |
In 2003, the costs incurred to market, sell and distribute
Gliadel and Aggrastat increased by $0.5 million to
$14.3 million, compared to 2002. This increase resulted
primarily from the commencement of selling and marketing
activities related to the Aggrastat product line.
In 2002, the cost of $13.8 million to market, sell and
distribute Gliadel included $3.4 million for sales
representative services for Gliadel product provided by Cardinal
Health Sales and Marketing Services (or
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CHSMS), under the agreement we entered into with CHSMS in
October 2000. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, in October
2002 the sales representatives became our employees, and we paid
CHSMS $0.2 million in transition fees.
Expenses associated with our general and administrative
functions were $25.8 million, $17.8 million and
$15.2 million for 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The
2004 increase of $8.0 million resulted primarily from:
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an increase of $2.5 million related to a separation
agreement with our former chief executive officer; |
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an increase in legal and professional services expenses of
$2.2 million related to SEC filings and supporting
activity, an implementation of expanded evaluation procedures
for assessing internal controls and procedures for financial
reporting mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
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an increase in recruiting related expenses of $1.1 million
to expand the sales force and the development teams in
preparation for the Phase III clinical trials of Aggrastat
and Aquavan and the recruitment of our new chief executive
officer; and |
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an increase in patent-related costs of $0.8 million. |
The 2003 increase of $2.6 million resulted from increased
employee costs of $2.0 million and additional costs
incurred related to recruiting and relocation efforts to expand
the sales force and the research and development teams in
preparation for a Phase III clinical trial of Aggrastat as
a result of the acquisition of the Aggrastat product line.
Our general and administrative functions include the areas of
executive management, finance and administration, investor and
public relations, corporate development, human resources, legal,
intellectual property and compliance. We include the costs to
prepare, file and prosecute domestic and international patent
applications and for other activities to establish and preserve
our intellectual property rights in our general and
administrative expenses. For each function, we may incur direct
expenses such as salaries, supplies and third-party consulting
and other external costs. A portion of indirect costs such as
facilities, utilities and other administrative overhead are also
allocated to selling, general and administrative expenses.
Intangible Amortization
Intangible amortization was $6.9 million,
$1.9 million, and $0.8 million for 2004, 2003 and
2002, respectively. Intangible amortization increased from 2002
to 2003 and from 2003 to 2004 as a result of the Aggrastat
product rights acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2003. 2004
includes a full year amortization of $6.0 million related
to the Aggrastat product rights. Intangible amortization for
each of 2004, 2003 and 2002 included $0.8 million related
to the reacquisition of Gliadel rights in 2000.
Acquired In-Process Research and Development
In December 2004, we acquired the remaining shares of ProQuest
that we did not own for $6.9 million by issuing
1,328,517 shares of our common stock. With this
transaction, we obtained an irrevocable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide license to the intellectual
property rights for Aquavan, and received cash, net of
liabilities assumed, of less than $0.1 million. As a
result, a value of $6.8 million was assigned to the only
identifiable intangible asset, the intellectual property rights
to Aquavan, which was expensed as acquired in-process research
and development expense at the date of acquisition, because the
development of Aquavan was not complete, had not reached
technological feasibility and had no known alternative use, and
consequently, there was considerable uncertainty as to the
technological feasibility of the product at the date of
acquisition.
In September 2004, we began a Phase III clinical trial
studying Aquavan to assess its safety and overall efficacy
versus midazolam HCI for sedation in patients undergoing
colonoscopy procedures. Upon the dosing of the first patient in
this Phase III clinical trial, a $1.0 million
milestone payment was due and paid to ProQuest, the licensor of
the intellectual property rights to Aquavan. We received an
additional 400,705 shares of ProQuest common stock for this
milestone payment increasing our total investment in ProQuest to
$1.9 million. In order to determine whether the carrying
value of our investment in ProQuest was greater than its fair
value, we performed a discounted cash flow analysis to assess
the fair value of our
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investment in ProQuest as of September 30, 2004. Based on
this analysis, we concluded that the carrying value of our
investment was impaired and that the impairment was other than
temporary. Consequently, we wrote off our $1.9 million
investment as acquired in-process research and development as of
September 30, 2004.
In connection with the license agreement entered into with SNDC
in June 2004, we received an exclusive option from the SNDC
investors to purchase SNDC. This option was valued at
$5.2 million, which represented the corresponding value of
the warrants using the Black-Scholes method, and was expensed as
acquired in-process research and development because the
licensed technology had not reached technological feasibility
and had no known alternative future uses.
As part of the acquisition of Aggrastat in October 2003, we
engaged a third-party to appraise the value of the intangible
assets acquired. Based upon this appraisal, we allocated
$8.1 million of the purchase price of the Aggrastat product
rights to acquired in-process research and development. This
allocation represented the estimated fair value based on
risk-adjusted cash flows pertaining to the incomplete research
and development of Aggrastat for use in PCI. At the date of
acquisition, the development of these projects had not yet
reached technological feasibility and the research and
development in progress had no alternative future uses.
Accordingly, the acquired in-process research and development
was charged to expense as of the date of the acquisition.
Other Income and Expenses
Other income and expenses consists primarily of income on our
investments and interest expense on our debt and other financial
obligations. Our investment income was $2.2 million,
$3.0 million and $5.4 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively. The decreases in investment income in 2004 and
2003 result from both overall lower interest rates and lower
average investment balances maintained compared to 2003 and
2002, respectively.
We incurred revenue interest expense of $8.8 million and
$1.6 million related to the PRF revenue interest obligation
in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Revenue interest expense was
calculated using the effective interest method, utilizing an
imputed interest rate equivalent to PRFs projected
internal rate of return based on estimated future revenue
interest obligation payments.
We incurred interest expense of $5.3 million,
$3.2 million and $0.5 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively. The increase in interest expense of
$2.1 million in 2004, as compared to 2003, and the increase
of $2.7 million in 2003, compared to 2002, are primarily
due to:
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the issuance of $69.4 million of 5% convertible notes
and the proceeds from an $18.8 million term loan
arrangement with Wachovia Bank, National Association (or
Wachovia), both of which occurred in the second quarter of
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the amortization of the deferred financing costs of the
foregoing transactions. |
Also included in interest expense for 2004, 2003 and 2002 are
the interest expense related to:
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loans from a commercial bank for the purchase of our research
and development facility and the purchase of certain furniture
and equipment; |
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capital leases entered into for the purchases of various
equipment; and |
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a note payable to a commercial bank primarily used to repay a
$2.4 million account payable to CHSMS. |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
Our primary cash requirements are to:
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fund our research and development programs; |
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support our sales and marketing efforts; |
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obtain regulatory approvals; |
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prosecute, defend and enforce any patent claims and other
intellectual property rights; |
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fund general corporate overhead; and |
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support our debt service requirements and contractual
obligations. |
Our cash requirements could change materially as a result of
changes in our business and strategy. These changes could come
about through our new senior management teams evaluation
of our business strategy, the level of success of our marketed
products, our competitive position in the marketplace, the
progress of our research and development and clinical programs,
licensing activities, acquisitions, divestitures or other
corporate developments.
We have financed our operations since inception primarily
through:
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the issuances of equity securities and convertible subordinated
notes; |
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revenue from Gliadel and more recently of Aggrastat; |
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funding pursuant to collaborative agreements; |
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a revenue interest obligation with PRF; |
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a sale and leaseback transaction; and |
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proceeds from loans or other borrowings. |
In evaluating alternative sources of financing we consider,
among other things, the dilutive impact, if any, on our
stockholders, the ability to leverage stockholder returns
through debt financing, the particular terms and conditions of
each alternative financing arrangement and our ability to
service our obligations under such financing arrangements.
Our cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted
investments were $109.5 million and $101.9 million at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of these amounts,
$19.9 million and $21.7 million were restricted as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, as collateral for
certain of our loans and other financial lease obligations. The
$7.6 million increase in cash, cash equivalents, marketable
securities and restricted investments from December 31,
2004 to December 31, 2003 resulted primarily from the
equity offering completed in July 2004 and the sale and
leaseback transaction in December 2004, offset by our overall
operating activities. Additionally, we had investments held by
SNDC of $32.1 million at December 31, 2004. There were
no such investments at December 31, 2003.
Sources and Uses of Cash
Cash used in operating activities was $58.7 million and
$35.2 million in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Net changes
in assets and liabilities provided net cash of $5.7 million
in 2004, mainly due to an increase in accounts payable and other
liabilities, partially offset by an increase in accounts
receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets and other
assets. The increase in accounts payable and other liabilities
relates to the timing and level of our research and development
activity and professional services supporting our transactional
activity.
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The change in accounts receivable results from the timing of
sales and the subsequent cash receipts thereof. Specifically,
74% and 76% of Gliadel product revenue in 2004 and 2003,
respectively, was made to a specialty distributor. Depending on
the timing of the sales to the specialty distributor and the
associated subsequent payment, which is traditionally within
31 days, our accounts receivable will increase or decrease
for comparative reporting periods. At December 31, 2004 and
2003, we had $2.5 million and $1.8 million,
respectively, in accounts receivable relating to the specialty
distributor, primarily related to sales made in December of each
year. Additionally, with the acquisition of Aggrastat in October
2003, during the transition phase, Merck billed and collected on
net revenue on our behalf. Our receivable balance fluctuated
depending on the timing of Mercks payment to us for our
receivables. At December 31, 2003, we had an accounts
receivable balance of $1.4 million relating to Aggrastat.
Prepaid expenses, which fluctuate from period to period
depending on the timing and level of preparation and initiation
of clinical trials, increased by $3.3 million. We are often
required to prepay contract research organizations for services
prior to the initiation of work performed. Fluctuations in
operating items vary from period to period due to, among others,
timing of sales and the subsequent cash receipts thereof, and
research and development activities such as clinical trial
preparation and initiations.
Additionally, our non-current other assets as of
December 31, 2004 includes $1.3 million for the
security deposit related to December 2004 sale and leaseback for
our corporate and research and development facilities.
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Investing and Financing Activities |
In December 2004, we sold our corporate and research and
development facilities for $20.8 million, net of expenses,
and concurrently leased the properties back for an initial term
of 15 years. The lease is renewable at our option for two
additional terms of ten years each. A gain of $1.5 million
from the sale is being deferred and is being amortized as a
reduction of rent expense over the initial term of
15 years. We had acquired the research and development
facility in May 2003, and had entered into a five-year
$18.8 million term loan agreement with Wachovia in order to
finance the acquisition.
In December 2004, we acquired the remaining shares of ProQuest
that we did not own for $6.9 million by issuing
approximately 1,328,517 shares of our common stock. With
this transaction, we obtained an irrevocable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide license to the intellectual
property rights for Aquavan and received cash, net of
liabilities assumed, of less than $0.1 million.
In July 2004, we completed a public offering of our common stock
and raised $43.7 million, net of offering costs, through
issuance of 10,340,000 shares. Proceeds from the equity
issuance will be used to fund clinical trials for Aquavan and
Aggrastat, to further development of our pre-clinical product
candidates and working capital, capital expenditures and for
general corporate purposes.
In June 2004, we licensed to SNDC our rights in the United
States to GPI 1485. SNDC agreed to invest approximately
$40.0 million to advance GPI 1485 through clinical
development in the following four states: Parkinsons
disease, traumatic nerve injury, including PPED, HIV-related
peripheral neuropathy, and HIV-related dementia. Currently, the
Parkinsons disease and PPED indications are in
Phase II clinical trials and the HIV-related indications
are in pre-clinical development.
In addition to the grant of the license, SNDCs investors
received five-year warrants to purchase 1.5 million
shares of our common stock at $7.48 per share. In
consideration for the warrants, we received an exclusive option
to purchase SNDC. This option was valued at $5.2 million,
which represented the corresponding fair value of the warrants
using the Black-Scholes method, and was expensed in 2004 as
acquired in-process research and development due to the fact
that the licensed technology had not yet reached technological
feasibility and had no known alternative future uses. We may
exercise this option at our sole discretion at any time
beginning April 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2007, at
an exercise price starting at $75.1 million in April 2005
and incrementally increasing to a maximum exercise price of
$119.8 million in March 2007. The option exercise price may
be paid for in cash or in a combination of cash and our common
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stock, at our discretion, provided that the our common stock may
not constitute more than 50% of the option exercise price.
RRD International, LLC (or RRD), a company providing clinical
trials strategy, design and management expertise, manages SNDC
and sub-contracts the ongoing development work to us and to
other vendors. Under our agreement with RRD to provide certain
clinical development services to SNDC, we perform development
services related to manufacturing, process development,
toxicology, patent prosecution and maintenance, and regulatory
matters. Through December 31, 2004, we have been reimbursed
$1.9 million for the clinical development services provided
to RRD.
In connection with this transaction, we sold $2.8 million
of clinical trial supply, at cost, to SNDC during the second
quarter of 2004. We had previously expensed this clinical trial
supply in 2003. Accordingly, the sale of the clinical trial
supply resulted in a gain of $2.8 million. The recognition
of this gain is being deferred until the earlier of either the
exercise or the expiration of the purchase option (the
Deferral Period). As mentioned above, we provide
SNDC with the clinical development services, which are at market
rates, and the excess of the market rate over the cost of
certain clinical development services also results in a gain.
This gain is also being deferred until the Deferral Period.
Deferred gain totaling $4.1 million is included in other
liabilities on the December 31, 2004 Consolidated Balance
Sheet. No such deferred gain existed as of December 31,
2003.
In accordance with FIN 46R, which addresses how a business
enterprise should evaluate whether it has a controlling
financial interest in an entity through means other than voting
rights, and accordingly should consolidate the entity, SNDCH,
the parent of SNDC, is considered a variable interest entity.
Under FIN 46R, we have been deemed the primary beneficiary
of the variable interest entity because we are most closely
associated with SNDCH. Accordingly, the financial results of
SNDCH have been consolidated with our 2004 financial statements.
During 2004, we reduced our total long-term debt, including
current portion, but excluding the revenue interest obligation,
by $2.0 million to $90.3 million at December 31,
2004, compared to $92.3 million at December 31, 2003.
During 2004, we entered into new capital lease obligations of
$1.7 million and made principal repayments of
$3.7 million. Our revenue interest obligation was
$44.9 million at December 31, 2004 compared to
$42.2 million at December 31, 2003.
During 2004, we used 115,013, 65,962 and 7,572 shares of
treasury stock to meet our commitment under our ESP plan, for
our 401(k) plan match and as compensation to a consultant,
respectively. We may continue to use our treasury stock in the
future for the same or similar needs, which will cause dilution
to our shareholders.
In December 2003, we completed a private placement of
4,807,326 shares of our common stock at a price of
$5.67 per share and received net proceeds of
$25.8 million. In conjunction with this transaction, the
investors received seven-year warrants to
purchase 961,465 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $7.55 per share. The proceeds of the
financing are being used primarily to fund clinical trials for
Aquavan and Aggrastat.
On October 28, 2003, we acquired from Merck the rights to
Aggrastat in the United States and its territories for a
purchase price of $84.0 million. In order to finance the
acquisition, we paid $42.0 million in cash and entered into
a $42.0 million revenue interest financing arrangement with
PRF pursuant to Revenue Agreement. Below are summary of the
terms:
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from October 28, 2003 through December 31,
2006 10% of our combined net revenue from Gliadel
and Aggrastat up to $75.0 million and 2.5% of those annual
net revenues in excess of $75.0 million; |
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from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2012 (the
end of the term of the financing arrangement with
PRF) 17.5% of our combined net revenue from Gliadel
and Aggrastat up to $75.0 million and 3.5% of those annual
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the revenue interest percentages can increase if we fail to meet
contractually specified levels of annual net revenue from
products for which PRF is entitled to receive its revenue
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minimum payments, payable quarterly totaling $5.0 million
in 2004, $6.3 million in 2005, $7.5 million in 2006,
$10.0 million per year from 2007 through 2009, and
$12.5 million per year from 2010 through 2012. We paid
$5.8 million and $0.1 million to PRF, related to the
minimum payments requirement, during 2004 and 2003, respectively. |
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During each year of the term of the Revenue Agreement, PRF will
be entitled to receive a portion of revenue from products that
we may acquire in the future or of our product candidates
Aquavan and GPI 1485, in the case that our calculated annual
obligation(s) to make royalty payments under the Revenue
Agreement (based upon the combined net revenue from Gliadel and
Aggrastat) are less than $6.4 million for 2004,
$7.6 million for 2005, $8.3 million for 2006,
$15.3 million for 2007, $15.5 million for 2008,
$15.8 million for 2009, $16.0 million for 2010, or
$15.9 million for 2011 and 2012, respectively. |
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PRF received five-year warrants to
purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $9.15 per share. |
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PRF received a security interest in the assets related to
Gliadel and Aggrastat. As a result of this security interest, we
may not be free to utilize those assets at our discretion, such
as selling or outlicensing rights to part or all of those
assets, without first obtaining the permission of PRF. This
requirement could delay, hinder or condition, our ability to
enter into corporate partnerships or strategic alliances with
respect to these assets. |
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PRF may be entitled to require us to repurchase its revenue
interest under the following circumstances: |
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if we fail to maintain an escrow account funded with eight
quarters of minimum payments to PRF in the aggregate of
$13.8 million and $11.3 million as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, or fail to
maintain at least $20.0 million of net working capital; |
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if we fail to make our minimum payments to PRF; |
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if we sell Gliadel and Aggrastat (with PRF having partial rights
to make us repurchase its interest in the event of the sale of
one, but not both products); |
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upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or similar event; or |
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upon certain conditions related to a change of control of us. |
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The repurchase amount guarantees PRF a return in an amount over
its initial investment and is reduced based on payments that we
have previously made to PRF prior to the time that its interest
is repurchased, but the repurchase price may never exceed three
and a half times PRFs initial investment, or
$147.0 million. |
In June 2003, we issued $60.0 million of convertible
subordinated notes (or Notes) due July 1, 2008. In July
2003, the initial purchasers of the Notes exercised an option to
purchase an additional $9.4 million of the Notes under the
same terms and conditions of the initial issuance. Interest on
the Notes accrues at 5% per annum and is payable
semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 each year, commencing
on January 1, 2004. The Notes are convertible, at the
option of the holder at any time prior to maturity, into shares
of our common stock at a conversion price of $6.24 per
share. We have the option to redeem the Notes on or after
July 6, 2006 but prior to July 6, 2007 at 102.00% of
the principal amount. If we elect to redeem the Notes on or
after July 6, 2007, until the maturity date, the redemption
price would be 101.00% of the principal amount.
In May 2003, we entered into a five-year $18.8 million term
loan agreement with Wachovia, the proceeds of which were used to
acquire our research and development facility. As part of the
agreement, we had entered into an interest rate swap agreement
and effectively fixed interest expense on this indebtedness at
5.36%. The agreement required monthly principal payments, of
approximately $0.9 million per year, and a lump sum
principal payment of approximately $15.0 million due in May
2008. Under the terms of the loan, we were
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required to maintain a restricted cash collateral account in the
amount of the remaining unpaid principal of the loan. Subsequent
to December 31, 2004, we paid off the remaining
$17.3 million principal balance outstanding on the term
loan, and as a result, the related cash collateral account
balance has been released and the swap agreement as of
December 31, 2004 has been paid and terminated.
We fund capital expenditures through either lease arrangements
or direct purchases utilizing our existing cash. To the extent
possible, we finance property and equipment requirements by
obtaining leases. We funded capital expenditures of
$1.7 million, $19.9 million and $3.2 million for
2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. All of the 2004 capital
expenditures were funded pursuant to capital lease arrangements.
Of the 2003 capital expenditures, $18.8 million was
purchased with cash and the remaining $1.1 million was
funded pursuant to capital lease arrangements.
We have an agreement with SPD to whom we sell Gliadel that
permits either us or SPD to terminate the agreement upon
60 days prior written notice. Under the terms of our
agreement with SPD, if the agreement is terminated, we have an
obligation to repurchase any remaining treatments of Gliadel
that SPD may have in its inventory. As of December 31,
2004, we believe that SPD had $2.4 million of Gliadel in
its inventory.
Future Cash Needs
Historically, we have financed our operations primarily through
the issuance of equity securities and convertible subordinated
notes, revenues from the sale of Gliadel and more recently of
Aggrastat, funding pursuant to collaborative agreements, a
revenue interest obligation with PRF and proceeds from loans and
other borrowings.
In 2004, we completed the sale and leaseback transaction on our
corporate and research and development facilities, issued
1,328,517 shares of our common stock to finance the
acquisition of ProQuest, completed a public offering of
10.3 million shares of our common stock, and issued
warrants to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common
stock to acquire an exclusive option to purchase SNDC.
In 2003, we issued convertible debt securities and financed the
acquisition of Aggrastat through a revenue interest financing
arrangement.
Our future capital requirements and liquidity will depend on
many factors, including but not limited to:
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increase revenue from Aggrastat; |
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the progress of our research and development programs; |
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the progress of pre-clinical and clinical testing; |
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the time and cost involved in obtaining regulatory approval; |
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the cost of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any
patent claims and other intellectual property rights; |
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the changes in our existing research relationships, competing
technological and marketing developments; |
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our ability to establish collaborative arrangements and to enter
into licensing agreements and contractual arrangements with
others; |
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the conversion of the long-term convertible notes; |
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the costs of servicing debt; |
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the costs of product in-licensing; and |
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any future change in our business strategy. |
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We do not know and cannot reasonably estimate when we may incur
significant future expenses or the period in which material net
cash flows from significant projects are expected to commence
because of, among other factors, the risks and uncertainties
involved in:
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the amount of our revenue from Gliadel and Aggrastat; |
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the costs and outcomes of pre-clinical testing and clinical
trials and the time when those outcomes will be determined; |
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obtaining future corporate partnerships; |
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the time and expense of obtaining regulatory approval; |
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the competing products potentially coming to market; and |
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obtaining protection and freedom to operate for our patented
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The estimated costs to complete the current series of Aggrastat
and Aquavan trials are appropriately $55-$65 million and
$25-$30 million, respectively.
We believe that our existing resources will be sufficient to
service our existing debt obligations and meet our planned
capital expenditure and working capital requirements for the
next 12 months. Regardless, we expect to raise additional
capital in the future in order to achieve our future business
objectives, which include clinical and pre-clinical development
activities for our product candidates, such as:
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Aggrastat; |
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Aquavan; |
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The source, timing and availability of this funding will depend
on market conditions, interest rates and other factors. This
funding may be sought through various sources, including debt
and equity offerings, corporate collaborations, divestures, bank
borrowings, lease arrangements relating to fixed assets or other
financing methods. There can be no assurance that additional
capital will be available on favorable terms, if at all.
If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to:
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significantly delay, curtail or eliminate one or more of our
research, development and clinical programs; |
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reduce the scope of our efforts to market and sell Gliadel
and/or Aggrastat; |
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reduce our workforce; |
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reduce the scope of our intellectual property protection; |
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enter into corporate partnerships or co-promotions to market and
sell Gliadel and/or Aggrastat; |
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divest Gliadel and/or Aggrastat; or |
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enter into arrangements with collaborative partners or others
that may require us to relinquish certain rights to our
technologies, product candidates or future products, including
licensing or transferring rights to our research or development
programs to third parties. |
If we are required to do one or more of the foregoing due to
insufficient funds, then it may have the effect of delaying or
restricting our ability to generate additional revenues from any
of our products or product candidates. We may also have to
outsource one or more of our programs in order to continue its
development, resulting in increased costs.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The only off-balance sheet arrangements we have entered into are
our facility and equipment operating lease agreements. Our
obligations under these agreements are presented in this section
under Contractual Obligations.
Contractual Obligations
The following are contractual commitments at December 31,
2004 associated with debt obligations, lease obligations and our
research and development projects:
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Contractual Obligations(1) |
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Payments due by Period | |
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Total | |
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Less than 1 Year | |
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1-3 Years | |
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3-5 Years | |
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More than 5 Years | |
($ in thousands) |
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Long-term debt(2)
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$ |
88,481 |
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$ |
1,751 |
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$ |
2,755 |
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$ |
83,975 |
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$ |
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Capital lease obligations
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1,828 |
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1,165 |
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620 |
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Revenue interest obligation(3)
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81,250 |
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6,250 |
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17,500 |
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20,000 |
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37,500 |
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Operating equipment leases
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719 |
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558 |
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161 |
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Operating facility leases(2)
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47,665 |
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2,628 |
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5,496 |
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5,830 |
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33,711 |
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Manufacturing commitment for Aggrastat
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6,621 |
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1,573 |
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2,949 |
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2,099 |
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Research and development arrangements(4)
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42,997 |
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26,052 |
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16,945 |
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Total contractual obligations
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$ |
269,561 |
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$ |
39,977 |
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$ |
46,426 |
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$ |
111,947 |
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$ |
71,211 |
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(1) |
This table does not include any milestone payments under
agreements we have entered into in relation to our in-licensed
technology, as the timing and likelihood of such payments are
not known. Also, minimum annual research expenditures pursuant
to such license agreements have been excluded from this table as
we expect to spend those amounts as we progress the development
of the underlying technologies. |
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Similarly, we have excluded the royalty payments due to Merck in
connection with the Aggrastat acquisition, as the amount and
timing are not determinable. Under the terms of the asset
agreement with Merck, Merck is entitled to royalty payments on
net revenue from Aggrastat through October 23, 2016. The
royalty payments to be paid to Merck are calculated as follows: |
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Royalty Payment % |
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Aggrastat Net Revenue |
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Years 2004 to 2006:
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0%
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up to $40.0 million |
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10%
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in excess of $40.0 million and less than $50.0 million |
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12%
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in excess of $50.0 million and less than $75.0 million |
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14%
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in excess of $75.0 million and less than $100.0 million |
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20%
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in excess of $100.0 million |
Years 2007 and thereafter:
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5%
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up to $28.0 million |
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10%
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in excess of $28.0 million and less than $50.0 million |
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12%
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in excess of $50.0 million and less than $75.0 million |
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14%
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in excess of $75.0 million and less than $100.0 million |
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20%
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in excess of $100.0 million |
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(2) |
In December 2004, we sold our corporate and research and
development facilities for $20.8 million, net of expenses,
and concurrently leased back the properties for an initial term
of 15 years. We had acquired the research and development
facility in May 2003, and had entered into a five-year
$18.8 million term loan with Wachovia in order to finance
the acquisition. Subsequent to December 31, 2004, we paid
off the remaining principal balance outstanding on the Wachovia
term loan of $17.3 million. |
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(3) |
We granted PRF a revenue interest in Gliadel, Aggrastat and
certain other products that provides for PRF to receive 10%,
during each year through December 31, 2006, on the first
$75.0 million of Gliadel and Aggrastat combined annual net
revenue, plus 2.5% of annual net revenue exceeding
$75.0 million. From January 1, 2007 through
December 31, 2012, the percentages increase to 17.5% and
3.5%, respectively. In addition, PRF receives a revenue interest
in other Guilford products to the extent that specified future
Gliadel and Aggrastat net revenue is not achieved. At a minimum,
we will pay PRF $6.3 million in 2005, $7.5 million in
2006, $10.0 million in each of 2007-2009 and
$12.5 million in each of 2010-2012. Though actual payments
to PRF under the agreement may be higher, we have included the
minimum payments as contractual commitments. |
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(4) |
Research and development arrangements include commitments into
which we have entered as of December 31, 2004 to engage
third parties to perform various aspects of our research and
development efforts subsequent to that date. Additionally,
research and development arrangements of approximately
$6.6 million, which represent commitments entered into by
SNDC as of December 31, 2004, are included. |
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates and
assumptions on historical experience and various other factors
that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Actual results could differ from our estimates and assumptions.
We believe the following critical accounting policies, among
others, affect our more significant estimates and assumptions
and require the use of complex judgment in their application.
These policies have been reviewed by the Audit Committee.
Revenue Recognition. Revenue from Gliadel and Aggrastat
is recognized when the following four criteria are met:
(i) we have persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists,
(ii) the price is fixed and determinable, (iii) the
title has passed, and (iv) the collection is reasonably
assured. Revenues are recorded net of provisions for returns,
chargebacks and discounts, which are established at the time of
sale.
Our primary customer for Gliadel is SPD, a specialty
pharmaceutical distributor who sells directly to hospitals. Our
three main wholesalers for Aggrastat, AmerisourceBergen Drug
Corporation, Cardinal and McKesson Corporation, sell directly to
hospitals.
Product demand by distributor and wholesalers during a given
period may not correlate with prescription demand for the
product in that period. As a result, we periodically evaluate
the distributor and wholesalers inventory positions. If we
believe these levels are too high based on prescription demand,
we will either
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not accept purchase orders from the distributor, or |
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not ship additional products until these levels are
reduced, or |
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defer recognition of revenue if we determine that there is
excess channel inventory for our products. |
As of December 31, 2004, we have deferred $0.7 million
of Gliadel and Aggrastat revenue related to excess inventory at
our wholesalers, which will be recognized in the first quarter
of 2005. As of December 31, 2003, we had no deferred
revenue from Gliadel and Aggrastat because we believed there
were no excess inventory at our wholesalers based on
prescription demand.
Provisions for sales discounts, and estimates for chargebacks,
product returns for damaged or expired products, are established
as a reduction of product revenues at the time such revenue is
recognized. We establish these revenue reductions with our best
estimate at the time of the sale based on historical experience,
adjusted to reflect known changes in the factors that impact
such reserves.
Research and Development Expenses. For each of our
research and development projects, we incur both direct and
indirect expenses. Direct expenses include salaries and other
costs of personnel, raw materials and supplies. We may also
incur third-party costs related to these projects, such as
contract research, consulting and clinical development costs.
Indirect expenses, such as facility and equipment costs,
utilities, general research and development management and other
administrative overhead are allocated to research
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and development generally based on, among other things, the
extent to which our general research and development efforts
make use of facilities, non-project personnel and other
resources.
We accrue clinical trial expenses based on estimates of work
performed and completion of certain milestones. Certain
milestone payments are deferred and amortized over the clinical
trial period. Accrued clinical costs are subject to revisions as
trials progress to completion. Revisions are charged to expense
in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision
become known (a change in estimate). Expense of other contracted
research arrangements or activities are charged to operations
either under the terms of the contract, milestones or in some
instances pro rata over the term of the agreement. Based on the
facts and circumstances, we select the method that we believe
best aligns the expense recognition with the work performed.
Intangible Assets. When we purchase products, we classify
the purchase price, including expenses and assumed liabilities,
as intangible assets. The purchase price may be allocated to
product rights, trademarks, patents and other intangibles using
the assistance of valuation experts. We estimate the useful
lives of the assets by considering the remaining life of the
patents, competition from products prescribed for similar
indications, estimated future introductions of competing
products, and other related factors. The factors that drive the
estimate of the life of the asset are often uncertain. When
events or circumstances warrant review, we assess recoverability
of intangibles from future operations, using undiscounted future
cash flows derived from the intangible assets. Any impairment
would be recognized in operating results, to the extent the
carrying value exceeds the fair value, which is determined based
on the net present value of estimated future cash flows.
Long-lived Assets. We review our property and intangible
assets for possible impairment whenever events or circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. Assumptions and estimates used in the evaluation of
impairment may affect the carrying value of long-lived assets,
which could result in impairment charges in future periods. Such
assumptions include projections of future cash flows and, in
some cases, the current fair value of the asset. In addition,
our depreciation and amortization policies reflect judgments on
the estimated useful lives of assets.
Revenue Interest Obligation. Our revenue interest
obligation was recorded as debt as we have significant
continuing involvement in the generation of the cash flows due
to PRF. The obligation is being amortized under the effective
interest method, utilizing an imputed interest rate equivalent
to PRFs projected internal rate of return based on
estimated future revenue interest obligation payments. Revenue
interest obligation payments made to PRF reduce the future
obligation.
Consolidation of SNDC. In accordance with FIN 46R,
which addresses how a business enterprise should evaluate
whether it has a controlling financial interest in an entity
through means other than voting rights, and accordingly should
consolidate the entity, SNDCH is considered a variable interest
entity. Under FIN 46R, we have been deemed the primary
beneficiary of the variable interest entity because we are most
closely associated with SNDCH. Accordingly, the financial
results of SNDCH have been consolidated with our 2004 financial
statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (or SFAS)
No. 123R. In December 2004, FASB issued SFAS 123R
(revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, which is a
revision of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation. SFAS 123R supersedes Accounting
Principles Bulletin Opinion (or APB) No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends
SFAS 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally,
the approach in SFAS 123R is similar to the approach
described in SFAS 123.
As permitted by SFAS 123, we currently account for
share-based payments to employees using APB 25s
intrinsic value method and, as such, generally recognize no
compensation cost for employee stock options. However,
SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees,
including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in
the income statement based on their fair values over the
expected period of service. Accordingly, the adoption of
SFAS 123Rs fair value method may have an impact on
our results of operations, although it will have no impact on
our overall financial position.
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The full impact of adoption of SFAS 123R cannot be
predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of
share-based payments granted in the future. However, had we
adopted SFAS 123R in prior periods, the impact of that
standard would have approximated the impact of SFAS 123 as
described in the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings
per share in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements. SFAS 123R also requires the benefits of tax
deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost to be
reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating
cash flow as required under current literature. This requirement
will reduce net operating cash flows and increase net financing
cash flows in periods after adoption. We are unable to estimate
what those amounts will be in the future because they depend on,
among other things, when employees exercise stock options.
SFAS 151. In November 2004, FASB issued
SFAS 151, Inventory Cost. This statement amends
Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 4,
Inventory Pricing, to clarity the accounting for
abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling
costs and wasted material (spoilage). The provisions of the
statement are effective for inventory costs incurred during
fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. We are
evaluating the impact of this statement on our consolidated
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
SFAS 153. In December 2004, FASB issued
SFAS 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets. This
statement amends APB 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary
Transactions, to eliminate the exception for nonmonetary
exchanges of similar productive assets under APB 29, and
replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of
nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. The
statement is effective for financial statements for fiscal years
beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of this
statement is not expected to have a material effect on our
consolidated financial positions, results of operations and cash
flows.
Risk Factors
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk.
Before making an investment decision, you should carefully
consider the risk factors set forth herein, as well as other
information we include in this report and the additional
information in the other reports we file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC or the
Commission). If any of the following risks actually
occur, our business could be harmed. In such case, the trading
price of our securities could decline and you could lose all or
part of your investment.
We have a history of losses and our future profitability is
uncertain.
We may not be able to achieve or sustain significant revenues or
earn a profit in the future. Since we were founded in July 1993,
with the sole exception of 1996, we have not earned a profit in
any year. Our losses for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, were $87.9 million, $53.9 million and
$59.3 million, respectively. Our losses result mainly from
the significant amount of money that we have spent on research,
development and clinical trial activities. As of
December 31, 2004, we had an accumulated deficit of
$391.4 million. We expect to have significant additional
losses over the next several years due to expenses associated
with our product candidates related to research, development and
clinical trial activities, applying for and obtaining meaningful
patent protection and establishing freedom to commercialize and
applying for and receiving regulatory approval for our drug
product candidates.
Our product candidates are in research or various stages of
pre-clinical and clinical development. Except for Gliadel and
Aggrastat, none of our products or product candidates may be
sold to the public. Nearly all of our past revenues have come
from:
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our sale and distribution of Gliadel and more recently of
Aggrastat; |
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payments from Aventis, Amgen and Pfizer under now terminated
agreements with each of them, supporting the research,
development and commercialization of our product candidates; |
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royalty payments from Aventis sale and distribution of
Gliadel; and |
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payments relating to patent licensing agreements from Angiotech. |
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Presently, we expect to receive significant revenue only from
sales of Gliadel and Aggrastat. We do not expect that the
revenue from these sources will be sufficient to support all our
anticipated future activities. We do not expect to generate
revenue from sales of our product candidates for the next
several years, if ever, because of the significant risks
associated with pharmaceutical product development.
Many factors will dictate our ability to achieve sustained
profitability in the future, including:
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our ability to successfully market, sell, distribute and obtain
additional regulatory approvals for Gliadel and Aggrastat; |
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the successful development of our other product candidates
either on our own, or together with future corporate partners
with whom we enter into collaborative or license
agreements; and |
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the ability to in-license or acquire additional products in our
targeted markets. |
We will depend on Gliadel and Aggrastat for revenues.
Our short-term prospects depend heavily on sales of Gliadel and
Aggrastat, our commercial products. Gliadel and Aggrastat
accounted for approximately 69% and 31%, respectively, of our
total product revenues for the year ended December 31,
2004. Gliadel was launched commercially in the United States by
Aventis and its predecessors in February 1997 after having
received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (or FDA)
in September 1996. We do not know whether the product will ever
gain broader market acceptance. If Gliadel fails to gain broader
market acceptance, the revenues we receive from sales of Gliadel
would be unlikely to increase.
Prior to early 2003, we only had approval from the FDA to market
Gliadel in the United States for patients who had a brain tumor
surgically removed and had recurrent forms of a type of brain
cancer called glioblastoma multiforme (or GBM), affecting
approximately 3,000 to 4,000 patients annually. On
February 25, 2003, we received FDA approval to also market
Gliadel for patients undergoing initial surgery, also known as
first line therapy, in the United States for malignant glioma in
conjunction with surgery and radiation. We estimate that the
total number of such patients to be between 7,000 and
9,000 per year. In the second quarter of 2003 we instituted
a new sales and marketing effort for Gliadel for initial
surgery. We cannot assure you, however, that we will be
successful in this effort or in achieving sales of Gliadel for
use in initial surgeries.
We acquired Aggrastat from Merck and Co., Inc. on
October 28, 2003. Prior to acquiring Aggrastat, we have
never marketed and sold a product for cardiovascular conditions.
Through the end of 2004 our efforts to ramp up our sales of
Aggrastat through expanded marketing efforts have not met our
expectations. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in
our efforts to market and sell Aggrastat.
We will require substantial funds in addition to our existing
working capital to develop our product candidates, carry out our
sales and marketing plans and otherwise to meet our business
objectives.
We will require substantial funds in addition to our existing
working capital to develop our product candidates, including to
conduct clinical trials of Aquavan and Aggrastat, to carry out
our sales and marketing plans, including our plans for
Aggrastat, Gliadel and Aquavan, and otherwise to meet our
business objectives. We have never generated enough revenue
during any period since our inception to cover our expenses and
have spent, and expect to continue to spend, substantial funds
to continue our research and development and clinical programs
and to support our sales and marketing efforts. We cannot be
certain that we will be able to raise additional capital when we
need it, on terms favorable to us, or at all. If we cannot raise
additional capital in a timely manner, then we may not be able
meet our business objectives.
Our operating results are likely to fluctuate from period to
period, which could cause the price of our common stock to
fluctuate.
Our revenue and expenses have fluctuated significantly in the
past. This fluctuation has in turn caused our operating results
to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year.
We expect the fluctuations in
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our revenue and expenses to continue and thus our operating
results should also continue to vary significantly. These
fluctuations may be due to a variety of factors, including:
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the timing and amount of revenue from Gliadel and Aggrastat; |
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the timing and realization of milestone and other payments from
existing and future corporate partners; |
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the timing and amount of expenses relating to our research and
development, product development, and manufacturing
activities; and |
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the extent and timing of costs related to our activities to
obtain patents on our inventions and to extend, enforce and/or
defend our patent and other rights to our intellectual property. |
Because of these fluctuations, it is possible that our operating
results for a particular quarter or quarters will not meet the
expectations of public market analysts and investors, causing
the market price of our common stock to decrease. For example,
the trading price of our common stock from January 1, 2002
to December 31, 2004 ranged from $2.65 to $12.55.
We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to satisfy our
existing and future debt obligations.
Our ability to pay the required interest and principal payments
on our debt depends on the future performance of our business.
As of December 31, 2004, we had total long-term debt and
revenue interest obligations of $135.2 million. We will
require substantial funds to service our debt obligations and to
operate our business in the future, including to fund research
and development activities, pre-clinical and clinical testing,
to manufacture our products and to make acquisitions.
Our obligations for 2005 include approximately $2.9 million
in principal payments on our long-term debt. In addition, we are
obligated to make payments on our revenue interest obligation as
disclosed in the Paul Royalty Funds risk factor below. We are
obligated to pay the minimum amount under the Paul Royalty
agreement of $6.3 million in 2005.
We have a history of net losses. Our historical financial
results have been, and we anticipate that our future financial
results will be, subject to fluctuations. Unless we are able to
substantially increase our profitability and cash flow from
operations compared to historical levels or obtain refinancing,
we cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient
cash flow from operations or that future capital will be
available to us in amounts sufficient to enable us to pay our
debt, or to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to
meet our debt service obligations or fund our other liquidity
needs, we may be required to restructure or refinance our debt
or seek additional equity capital or we may be required to sell
assets. We cannot assure you that if and when required to do so
we will be able to accomplish those actions on satisfactory
terms, or at all.
We cannot be certain that we will be able to maintain or
increase revenue from Aggrastat, nor can we be certain that we
will be able to expand the labeled indications for Aggrastat.
When we purchased Aggrastat from Merck, Merck had not been
actively promoting Aggrastat in the United States and product
revenue was in decline. Our strategy for reintroducing Aggrastat
into the United States marketplace involves actively promoting
the product and conducting an additional clinical trial for
Aggrastat in order to seek from the FDA expanded labeling for
use in percutaneous coronary intervention. Until we receive
approval for such use, we cannot promote the use of the product
to treat patients at the time of catheterization. We cannot be
certain that our promotion of the product will let us maintain
or lead to increased revenue based on the products current
indication. For example, although we have begun our active
promotion efforts, revenue from Aggrastat have not met our
original expectations and are lower than the sales level
achieved by Merck without active promotion. In order to expand
the indications for Aggrastat, in November 2004 we announced
that we had commenced a clinical trial program. This trial
program may be expensive, difficult to enroll and may not be
successful. Even if the trial program is successful, we cannot
be certain that the expanded indication will lead to increased
sales or market share.
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Revenue from Gliadel, Aggrastat or future products, if any,
depends in part on reimbursement from health care payors, which
is uncertain.
The efforts of government and insurance companies, health
maintenance organizations and other payors of health care costs
to contain or reduce costs of health care may affect our future
revenues and profitability. These efforts may also affect the
future revenues and profitability of our potential customers,
suppliers and collaborative partners, in turn affecting demand
for our products. For example, in certain foreign markets,
pricing or profitability of prescription pharmaceuticals is
subject to government control. In the United States, given
recent Federal and state government initiatives directed at
lowering the total cost of health care, the U.S. Congress
and state legislatures will likely continue to focus on health
care reform, the cost of prescription pharmaceuticals and on the
reform of the Medicare and Medicaid systems. While we cannot
predict whether any such legislative or regulatory proposals
will be adopted, the announcement or adoption of such proposals
could have a negative effect on our business and operating
results.
Our ability to commercialize our products successfully will
depend in part on the extent to which private health insurers,
organizations such as HMOs and governmental authorities
reimburse the cost of our products and related treatments.
Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the prices
charged for medical products and services. Also, the trend
toward managed health care in the United States and the
concurrent growth of organizations such as HMOs, which could
control or significantly influence the purchase of health care
services and products, as well as legislative proposals to
reform health care or reduce government insurance programs, may
all result in lower prices for or rejection of our products. The
cost containment measures that health care payors and providers
are instituting and the effect of any health care reform could
materially and adversely affect our ability to operate
profitably.
Furthermore, even if reimbursement is available for our
products, we cannot be sure that it will be available at price
levels sufficient to cover the cost of our products to
customers. This may have the effect of reducing the demand for
our products, or may prohibit us from charging customers a price
for our products that would result in an appropriate return on
our investment in those products.
Our Gliadel sales outside of the United States depend on
third parties to test, release, store, distribute and market the
product. If we are not successful in obtaining a new party to
test and release Gliadel in the European Union, we may not be
able to sell Gliadel in the territory.
In the third quarter of 2004, we received extended marketing
authorization to include use of Gliadel in newly-diagnosed
patients with high-grade malignant glioma as an adjunct to
surgery and radiation in France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United
Kingdom. Gliadel was previously authorized for use only in
recurrent surgery for GBM. We cannot assure you that this
increased marketing authorization will result in increased
revenue. International revenue comprised approximately 8% of
worldwide revenue from Gliadel for the year ended
December 31, 2004.
Prior to Gliadel being released into the European Union, it must
be tested and released by a qualified person. We
have relied on a third party for these testing and release
services. The third party testing the product has recently
informed us that it is closing its facility. If we are not able
to locate a new testing facility, we will not be able to release
Gliadel into the European Union for our distributors to market
and sell. This would negatively affect our revenue from Gliadel.
European regulatory agencies may impose restrictions on our
ability to import Gliadel to the European Union.
We have been informed by the European regulatory agency
responsible for overseeing the testing and release of Gliadel in
the European Union that we may have to test each sublot of
Gliadel that we ship to the European Union. Each time a lot is
tested it results in the destruction of a portion of the lot and
the testing is costly. This requirement would make it
commercially unfeasible to ship small sublots of Gliadel labeled
for smaller European markets. If we are not able to agree with
the regulatory agency to an alternative method of testing and
releasing sublots of Gliadel, we may not be able to continue to
ship Gliadel to our distributors for smaller European markets.
As a result, our Gliadel revenue would be negatively affected.
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Paul Royalty Fund, L.P. and Paul Royalty Fund
Holdings II (collectively, PRF), is entitled to
a portion of our revenues, which may limit our ability to fund
some of our operations. If we do not achieve certain revenue
targets for Gliadel and Aggrastat, PRF may be entitled to a
greater percentage of our revenue, revenue from future products
we may acquire or certain of our product candidates.
Under the terms of our Revenue Interest Assignment Agreement
(the Revenue Agreement) with PRF, PRF is entitled to receive a
percentage of our combined annual net revenue from Gliadel and
Aggrastat as follows: from October 28, 2003 through
December 31, 2006, PRF is entitled to receive 10% of such
net revenue up to $75.0 million, and 2.5% of such net
revenue in excess of $75.0 million; from January 1,
2007 through December 31, 2012 (the end of the term of the
financing arrangement with PRF), the respective percentages are
17.5% and 3.5%. If combined Gliadel and Aggrastat annual net
revenue is less than $48.3 million, $60.2 million, or
$80.6 million in 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, then
PRF will receive the higher of certain minimum payments for such
years (the PRF Minimum Payments, as described below) or 12.5% of
combined Gliadel and Aggrastat net revenue. If combined Gliadel
and Aggrastat net revenue is less than $75.0 million in any
of the years 2007 through 2012, then PRF will receive the higher
of the PRF Minimum Payments or 22.5% of combined Gliadel and
Aggrastat net revenue.
PRF Minimum Payments include minimum royalties of
$5.0 million in 2004, $6.3 million in 2005,
$7.5 million in 2006, $10.0 million in each of
2007-2009 and $12.5 million in each of 2010-2012. During
each year of the term of the Revenue Agreement, PRF will be
entitled to receive a portion of revenues from products that we
may acquire in the future or of our product candidates Aquavan
and GPI 1485, in the case that our calculated annual
obligation(s) to make royalty payments under the Revenue
Agreement (based upon the combined net revenue from Gliadel and
Aggrastat) are less than $6.4 million for 2004,
$7.6 million for 2005, $8.3 million for 2006,
$15.3 million for 2007, $15.5 million for 2008,
$15.8 million for 2009, $16.0 million for 2010, or
$15.9 million for 2011 and 2012, respectively. PRF is also
entitled to receive portions of amounts payable to us on the
resolution of future intellectual property disputes involving
Gliadel or Aggrastat and on any future sale of ex-North American
marketing rights to Gliadel. In addition to its revenue interest
in our products or future products, as the case may be, PRF
received five-year warrants to purchase 300,000 shares
of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.15 per share.
Under certain circumstances, PRF may require us to repurchase
its revenue interest, the payment of which may significantly
deplete our cash resources or limit our ability to enter into
significant business transactions.
PRF may be entitled to require us to repurchase its revenue
interest under the following circumstances: (1) if we fail
to maintain an escrow account funded with eight quarters of
minimum payments to PRF or fail to maintain at least
$20.0 million of net working capital, (2) if we fail
to make our minimum payments to PRF, (3) if we sell Gliadel
and Aggrastat (with PRF having partial rights to make us
repurchase its interest in the event of the sale of one, but not
both products), (4) upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or
similar event, or (5) upon certain conditions related to a
change of control of us. The repurchase amount guarantees PRF a
return in an amount over its initial investment and is reduced
based on payments that we have previously made to PRF prior to
the time that its interest is repurchased, but the repurchase
price may never exceed three and a half times PRFs initial
investment, or $147.0 million. The exercise of this
repurchase right may significantly impair our ability to fund
our operations. Additionally, because PRF would be entitled to
exercise this repurchase right upon a change of control of us,
or upon the sale of either Gliadel or Aggrastat, we may not be
able to effect a business transaction that would have one of
these results.
We have pledged our assets related to Gliadel and Aggrastat
to PRF; therefore, we may not be free to utilize those assets at
our discretion.
PRF has been granted a security interest in the intellectual
property assets related to Gliadel and Aggrastat, which in the
aggregate accounted for all of our net product revenue of
$40.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. As
of December 31, 2004, the intangible assets related to
Gliadel and Aggrastat were $75.9 million, or approximately
32% of our total assets. We, therefore, may not be free to
utilize those assets at our discretion, such as selling or
outlicensing rights to part or all of those assets, without first
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obtaining the permission of PRF. This requirement could delay,
hinder or condition our ability to enter into corporate
partnerships or strategic alliances with respect to these assets.
The integration of Aggrastat into our business and our
clinical development plans for Aggrastat and Aquavan will
require significant additional capital.
In order (1) to successfully integrate Aggrastat into our
business, which includes expanding our commercial operations and
(2) to conduct clinical trials for Aquavan and to expand
the labeled indication of Aggrastat, we will require significant
additional capital resources within the next eighteen months. We
cannot reasonably estimate the required amount due to the
uncertainties involved with these activities. With respect to
the Phase III clinical trials of Aquavan, we do not know
the number of procedural sedation settings that the FDA will
require us to test in order to receive approval to market the
drug for a broad range of brief diagnostic or therapeutic
procedures. The results of these determinations can cause our
capital requirements to vary considerably. This additional
financing may take the form of an offering of debt or equity,
and that offering could be material in size. If we conduct a
primary equity offering, the issuance of the additional shares
of common stock may be dilutive to our existing stockholders and
may have a negative effect on the market price of our stock. We
do not know if those capital resources will be available to us.
If they are not available, we may not be able to successfully
execute on these business objectives or on any other business or
operational goals. We, therefore, may need to enter into
corporate partnerships or co-promotions to market and sell
Gliadel and/or Aggrastat, or divest ourselves of one or both of
the products in order to support our operations.
We have licensed some of our GPI 1485 development and
commercialization rights to Symphony Neuro Development Company
(or SNDC) and will not receive any future royalties or revenues
with respect to this intellectual property unless we exercise an
option to acquire SNDC in the future. We may not have the
financial resources to exercise this option or sufficient
clinical data in order to determine whether we should exercise
this option.
We have licensed to SNDC our rights to GPI 1485 in the United
States in exchange for SNDCs investment of up to
$40.0 million to advance GPI 1485 through clinical
development in four indications: Parkinsons disease,
peripheral nerve injury, including post-prostatectomy erectile
dysfunction, HIV-neuropathy and HIV-dementia. We expect that the
$40.0 million clinical development budget will be fully
expended in approximately one year. In exchange for the license
rights and for five-year warrants to
purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at
$7.48 per share, we received an option to acquire all of
the equity of SNDC. We may, at our discretion, exercise this
option at any time beginning on April 1, 2005 and ending on
the earlier of March 31, 2007 or the 90th day after the
date that SNDC provides us with financial statements showing
cash and cash equivalents of less than $2 million. The
option exercise price starts at $75.1 million in April 2005
and increases incrementally to $119.8 million in January
2007, and may be paid in cash or in our common stock, at our
sole discretion, provided that our common stock may not
constitute more than 50% of the consideration tendered for
payment.
If we elect to exercise the purchase option, we will be required
to make a substantial cash payment or to issue a substantial
number of shares of our common stock, or enter into a financing
arrangement or license arrangement with one or more third
parties, or some combination of these. A payment in cash would
reduce our capital resources. A payment in shares of our common
stock could result in dilution to our stockholders at that time.
Other financing or licensing alternatives may be expensive or
impossible to obtain. The exercise of the purchase option will
likely require us to record a significant charge to earnings and
may adversely impact future operating results. If we do not
exercise the purchase option prior to its expiration, our rights
in and to SNDC with respect to the GPI 1485 programs will
terminate. We may not have the financial resources to exercise
the purchase option, which may result in our loss of these
rights. Additionally, we may not have sufficient clinical data
in order to determine whether we should exercise this option.
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We face technological uncertainties in connection with the
research, development and commercialization of new products.
The research, development and commercialization of
pharmaceutical drugs involve significant risk. Before a drug can
be commercialized, we, or a future corporate partner will have
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In some of our research programs, we are using compounds that we
consider to be prototype compounds that we are using primarily
to establish that a relevant scientific mechanism of biological
or chemical action could have commercial application in
diagnosing, treating or preventing disease. We generally do not
consider our prototype compounds to be lead compounds acceptable
for further development into a product because of factors that
make them unsuitable as drug candidates. In order to develop
commercial products, we will need to conduct research using
other compounds that share the key aspects of the prototype
compounds but do not have the unsuitable characteristics.
Identifying lead compounds may not always be possible.
In addition, our product candidates are subject to the risks of
failure inherent in the development of products based on new and
unsubstantiated technologies. These risks include the
possibility that:
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a product candidate will prove to be unsafe or ineffective, or
will otherwise fail to receive and maintain regulatory
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a product, even if found to be safe and effective, could still
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a product will unfavorably interact with other types of commonly
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As a result, our activities, either directly or through future
corporate partners, may not result in any commercially viable
products.
We will depend on collaborations with third parties for the
development and commercialization of our products.
Our resources are limited, therefore, our business strategy
requires us to depend on either corporate collaborations,
strategic financings or both, in order to develop one or more of
our product candidates through to commercialization. In
developing our product candidates, we may enter into various
arrangements with:
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If we are unable to enter into such arrangements, our ability to
proceed with the research, development, manufacture and/or sale
of product candidates may be limited and we may have to alter or
curtail our business objectives based on our capital resources.
If we do so, it could result in delaying the progress of
pre-clinical research or clinical trials, and consequently, the
eventual commercialization of a marketed product
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based on one of these programs, or eliminating one or more
research or development programs from our business objectives.
We face serious competition from other small pharmaceutical
companies and the in-house research and development staffs of
larger pharmaceutical companies in trying to attract corporate
and financial partners. Additionally, we may not be successful
in attracting such partners (or collaborators) over other
companies because (i) their research programs may be more
attractive to a collaborator, (ii) their stage in the
research process may be more advanced, (iii) they may have
synergies with the collaborators existing research
programs, or (iv) they may agree to terms and conditions of
the collaboration that are more favorable to the collaborator
than we would otherwise agree. It is common practice in many
corporate partnerships in our industry for the larger partner to
have responsibility for conducting pre-clinical studies and
human clinical trials and/or preparing and submitting
applications for regulatory approval of potential pharmaceutical
products. If such a collaborative partner of ours fails to
develop or commercialize successfully any of our product
candidates, we may not be able to remedy this failure and it
could negatively affect our business.
Furthermore, larger pharmaceutical companies often explore
multiple technologies and products for the same medical
conditions. Therefore, they are likely to develop or enter into
collaborations with our competitors for products addressing the
same medical conditions targeted by our technologies. Our
collaborators may, therefore, be pursuing alternative
technologies or product candidates in order to develop
treatments for the diseases or disorders targeted by our
collaborative arrangements. Depending on how other product
candidates advance, a corporate or financial partner may slow
down or abandon its work on our product candidates or terminate
its collaborative arrangement with us in order to focus on these
other prospects.
Our further development of our NAALADase inhibitor
technologies will probably depend on our ability to partner the
program.
In May 2003, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with
Pfizer, which provided Pfizer with research, development and
commercialization rights to our NAALADase inhibitor technology
(or NAALADase). The agreement included a $5.0 million
payment to us at signing and an additional $10.0 million
milestone payment due on or before March 31, 2004. In March
2004, Pfizer informed us that the milestone payment would not be
made and that Pfizer was terminating the agreement. We may not
have sufficient resources to independently pursue the research,
development and commercialization of NAALADase and pursue our
other business objectives. Unless we enter into an alternative
partnering or other arrangement with respect to NAALADase or
alter our other business objectives, it is unlikely that we will
be able to advance this technology beyond the early stages of
clinical development.
We do not have manufacturing capabilities for commercial
quantities of any of our product candidates.
Currently, we have no manufacturing capabilities for commercial
quantities of any of our product candidates. Consequently, in
order to complete the commercialization process of any of our
product candidates, we must either acquire, build or expand our
internal manufacturing capabilities, or rely on third parties to
manufacture these product candidates. If we are not able to
accomplish either of these tasks, it would impede our efforts to
bring our product candidates to market, which would adversely
affect our business. Moreover, if we decide to manufacture one
or more of our product candidates ourselves, we would incur
substantial start-up expenses and would need to expand our
facilities and hire additional personnel.
Third-party manufacturers must also comply with FDA, DEA and
other regulatory requirements for their facilities. In addition,
the manufacture of product candidates on a limited basis for
investigational use in animal studies or human clinical trials
does not guarantee that large-scale, commercial production is
viable. Small changes in methods of manufacture can affect the
safety, efficacy, controlled release or other characteristics of
a product. Changes in methods of manufacture, including
commercial scale-up, may, among other things, require the
performance of new clinical studies.
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A significant portion of our revenue from Gliadel is to
Cardinal Health Specialty Pharmaceuticals Distribution (or SPD),
a specialty pharmaceutical distributor.
Approximately 74% of our revenue from Gliadel in the year ended
December 31, 2004 were made to SPD pursuant to a purchase
agreement between us and SPD. Under the terms of this agreement,
either we or SPD may terminate the agreement upon 60 days
prior written notice. We have no assurance that SPD will not
exercise its right to terminate the agreement at any time. If
SPD does terminate the agreement, there can be no assurance that
we will be able to enter into an arrangement with another
specialty distributor for the purchase and sale of Gliadel.
Additionally, under the terms of our agreement with SPD, if the
agreement is terminated, we have an obligation to repurchase any
remaining treatments of Gliadel that SPD may have in its
inventory. As of December 31, 2004, we believe that SPD had
approximately $2.4 million of Gliadel in its inventory.
SPD orders Gliadel treatments based upon, among other things,
its estimation of our ability and its ability to successfully
sell Gliadel to hospital pharmacies and its desired level of
inventory. If the demand for Gliadel from hospital pharmacies
decreases, or SPD decreases the amount it keeps in its
inventory, SPD may decrease or stop making additional purchases
of the product from us. The result of such a decrease would most
likely be our reporting lower revenue from Gliadel.
We depend upon Merck to supply us with the active
pharmaceutical ingredient for Aggrastat and for finished product
of Aggrastat in vials. We will depend upon Baxter Healthcare
Corporation (or Baxter) to provide us with finished product of
Aggrastat in bags.
Aggrastat consists of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (or
API), which is sold as finished product in both vials and bags.
Merck is obligated to supply us with the API until 2014. Under
our agreement with Merck, we are obligated to purchase all of
our requirements of API from Merck. In the event of Mercks
breach of the agreement, we may seek an alternative source of
API. However, we have not investigated alternative sources, and
we may not be able to procure an alternative source of API.
Should we succeed in procuring an alternative source of API, we
would still need to pay a royalty to Merck for the use of the
API until 2014. Because we depend upon this relationship with
Merck for key ingredients of Aggrastat, the limited duration of
Mercks obligation to us, and the potential lack of an
alternative provider may adversely affect the operation of our
business.
We sell Aggrastat primarily in 250 ml and 100 ml bags, which are
filled for us by Baxter under an exclusive manufacturing
agreement that we executed with them on July 1, 2004. This
agreement provides us with certain remedies if Baxter is not
able to perform its obligations to us. Regardless, if Baxter is
not able to provide us with finished bags of Aggrastat, we may
not be able to provide Aggrastat to our customers, which may
adversely affect our business.
We also sell Aggrastat in vials, which we obtain from Merck
directly. We may enter into a direct relationship with a third
party contract manufacturer to obtain vials of Aggrastat. If we
do not enter into a direct relationship with such a contract
manufacturer, or if we are not able to procure vials of
Aggrastat through Merck or otherwise, we may not be able to meet
the demands of our customers for vials and this inability may
adversely affect our business.
Pre-clinical and clinical trial results for our products may
not be favorable.
In order to obtain regulatory approval for the commercial sale
of any of our product candidates, we must conduct both
pre-clinical studies and human clinical trials that demonstrate
the product is safe and effective for the clinical use for which
we are seeking approval. Adverse results from any studies,
including clinical trials, could have a negative effect on our
ability to obtain FDA and other approvals on our business. We
also may not be permitted to undertake or continue clinical
trials for any of our product candidates in the future. Even if
we are able to conduct such trials, we may not be able to
demonstrate satisfactorily that the products are safe and
effective and thus qualify for the regulatory approvals needed
to market and sell them. Safety and efficacy results from
pre-clinical studies involving animals and other models and from
early clinical trials are often not accurate indicators of
results of later-stage clinical trials that involve larger human
populations, and,
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moreover, may not always be representative of results obtained
while marketing an approved drug, particularly with regard to
safety.
We may be unable to obtain proprietary rights to protect our
products and services, permitting competitors to duplicate
them.
Any success that we have will depend in large part on our
ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property
protection for our products, processes and uses, and to license
patent rights from third parties.
Intellectual property for our technologies and products will be
a crucial factor in our ability to develop and commercialize our
products. Large pharmaceutical companies consider a strong
patent estate critical when they evaluate whether to enter into
a collaborative arrangement to support the research, development
and commercialization of a technology. Without the prospect of
reasonable intellectual property protection, it would be
difficult for a corporate partner to justify the time and money
that is necessary to complete the development of a product.
The rules and criteria for receiving and enforcing a patent for
pharmaceutical inventions are in flux and are unclear in many
respects. The range of protection given pharmaceutical patents
is uncertain, and our product candidates are subject to this
uncertainty.
Many others, including companies, universities and other
research organizations, work in our business areas, and we
cannot be sure that the claims contained in our issued patents
will be interpreted as we would like in light of the inventions
of these other parties. In addition, we cannot be sure that the
claims set forth in our pending patent applications will issue
in the form submitted. These claims may be narrowed or stricken,
and the applications may not ever ultimately result in valid and
enforceable patents. Thus, we cannot be sure that our patents
and patent applications will adequately protect our product
candidates.
Furthermore, any or all of the patent applications assigned or
licensed to us from third parties may not be granted. We may not
develop additional products or processes that are patentable.
Any patents issued to us, or licensed by us, may not provide us
with any competitive advantages or adequate protection for our
products. Others may successfully challenge, circumvent or
invalidate any of our existing or future patents or intellectual
property.
We rely on confidentiality agreements to maintain trade
secret protection, which may not be adhered to or effective.
Our policy is to control the disclosure and use of our know-how
and trade secrets by entering into confidentiality agreements
with our employees, consultants and third parties. There is a
risk, however, that:
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We may not be able to acquire exclusive rights to inventions
or information resulting from work performed under consulting or
collaboration agreements.
We often work with consultants and research collaborators at
universities and other research organizations. If any of these
consultants or research collaborators use intellectual property
owned by others as part of their work with us, disputes may
arise between us and these other parties as to which one of us
has the rights to intellectual property related to or resulting
from the work done. We support and collaborate in research
conducted in universities, such as JHU, and in governmental
research organizations, such as the National Institutes of
Health. We may not be able to acquire exclusive rights to the
inventions or technical information that result from work
performed by personnel at these organizations. Also, disputes
may arise as to which party should have rights in research
programs that we conduct on our own or in collaboration with
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are derived from or related to the work performed at a
university or governmental research organization. In addition,
in the event of a contractual breach by us, some of our
collaborative research contracts provide that we must return the
technology rights, including any patents or patent applications,
to the contracting university or governmental research
organization.
Our products may now or in the future infringe upon the
proprietary rights of others, which could result in considerable
litigation costs or the loss of the right to use or develop
products.
Questions of infringement of intellectual property rights,
including patent rights, may involve highly technical and
subjective analyses. Some or all of our existing or future
products or technologies may now or in the future infringe the
rights of other parties. These other parties might initiate
legal action against us to enforce their claims, and our defense
of the claims might not be successful.
We may incur substantial costs if we must defend against charges
of infringement of patent or proprietary rights of third
parties. We may also incur substantial costs if we find it
necessary to protect our own patent or proprietary rights by
bringing suit against third parties. We could also lose rights
to develop or market products or be required to pay monetary
damages or royalties to license proprietary rights from third
parties. In response to actual or threatened litigation, we may
seek licenses from third parties or attempt to redesign our
products or processes to avoid infringement. We may not be able
to obtain licenses on acceptable terms, or at all, or
successfully redesign our products or processes.
In addition to the risk that we could be a party to patent
infringement litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office could require us to participate in patent interference
proceedings, or we may find it necessary to provoke an
interference with a third party. These proceedings are often
expensive and time-consuming, even if we were to prevail in such
proceedings.
We rely on licensed intellectual property for Gliadel and our
product candidates, the agreements for which impose requirements
on us.
We have licensed intellectual property, including patents,
patent applications and know-how, from universities and others,
including intellectual property underlying Gliadel, Dopascan,
Aquavan and the neuroimmunophilin ligand technology. Some of our
product development programs depend on our ability to maintain
rights under these licenses. Under the terms of our license
agreements, we may be obligated to:
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In addition, these license agreements may require us to abide by
record-keeping and periodic reporting obligations. Each licensor
has the power to terminate its agreement if we fail to meet our
obligations. If we cannot meet our obligations under these
license agreements, we may lose access to our key technology.
If licensed patents covering our products or product candidates
are infringed, we generally have the right, but not the
obligation, to bring suit against the infringing party. If we
choose to bring suit against an infringing party, the licensor
of the technology is generally required to cooperate with the
enforcement of the patents that we have licensed. If we do not
choose to bring suit against an infringing party, rights to
enforce the licensed patents generally revert to the licensor.
Proceeds received from the successful enforcement of our patent
rights are generally split between us and the licensor, with the
party bringing the suit receiving the more significant portion
of those proceeds.
Losing our proprietary rights to our licensed technology would
have a significant negative effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
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Our license agreements for Gliadel require us to pay a royalty
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on revenue from
Gliadel. Similarly, we will have to pay milestone and/or royalty
payments in connection with the successful development and
commercialization of Dopascan and any products that result from
the neuroimmunophilin ligand technology.
Our U.S. patent protection for Gliadel, which for the year
ended December 31, 2004 accounted for approximately 69% of
our product revenue, expires in August 2006. In addition, the
FDA recently notified us that, pursuant to the Orphan Drug Act,
Gliadel was entitled to seven years of market exclusivity for
the treatment of patients with malignant glioma undergoing
primary surgical resection. This seven year exclusivity period
commenced from the date of the FDAs approval of Gliadel in
February 2003. Accordingly, following the expiration of
U.S. patent protection, we now have approximately four
additional years of market exclusivity for Gliadel for initial
surgical resection. However, there can be no assurance that
others will not enter the market with a generic copy of Gliadel
for recurrent surgical resection. The availability of such a
generic copy could negatively impact our revenues from Gliadel
for initial surgical resection after August 2006.
The U.S. government holds rights that may permit it to
license to third parties technology we currently hold the
exclusive right to use.
The U.S. government holds rights that govern aspects of
specific technologies licensed to us by third party licensors.
These government rights in inventions conceived or reduced to
practice under a government-funded program may include a
non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the
government to use resulting inventions for any governmental
purpose. In addition, the U.S. government has the right to
grant to others licenses under any of these non-exclusive
licenses if the government determines that:
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adequate steps have not been taken to commercialize such
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the grant is necessary to meet public health or safety
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the grant is necessary to meet requirements for public use under
federal regulations. |
The U.S. government also has the right to take title to a
subject invention if we fail to disclose the invention within
specified time limits. The U.S. government may acquire
title in any country in which we do not file a patent
application within specified time limits.
Federal law requires any licensor of an invention partially
funded by the federal government to obtain a commitment from any
exclusive licensee, such as us, to manufacture products using
the invention substantially in the United States. Further, these
rights include the right of the government to use and disclose
technical data relating to licensed technology that was
developed in whole or in part at government expense. Several of
our principal technology license agreements contain provisions
recognizing these rights.
We are subject to extensive governmental regulation, which
may result in increased costs and significant delays in, or
ultimate denial of, approval for our product candidates.
Our research, pre-clinical development and clinical trials, and
the manufacturing and marketing of our product candidates are
subject to extensive regulation by numerous governmental
authorities in the United States and other countries, including
the FDA and the DEA. Except for Gliadel and Aggrastat, none of
our product candidates has received marketing clearance from the
FDA or any foreign regulatory authority.
As a condition to approval of our product candidates under
development, the FDA could require additional pre-clinical,
clinical or other studies. Any requirement that we perform
additional studies could delay, or increase the expense of, our
product candidates regulatory approval. This delay or
increased expense could have a negative effect on our business.
Additionally, to receive regulatory approval, we must also
demonstrate that the product is capable of being manufactured in
accordance with applicable regulatory standards.
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When trying to obtain regulatory approval, significant risk
exists that:
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we will not be able to satisfy the FDAs requirements with
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even if the FDA does approve our product candidates, the FDA
will approve less than the full scope of uses or labeling that
we seek or otherwise will require special warnings or other
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Failure to obtain regulatory drug approvals on a timely basis
could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Even if we are able to obtain necessary FDA approval, the FDA
may nevertheless require post-marketing testing and surveillance
to monitor the approved product and continued compliance with
regulatory requirements. The FDA may withdraw product approvals
if we do not maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
The FDA may also withdraw product approvals if problems
concerning safety or efficacy of the product occur following
approval. In response to recent events regarding questions about
the safety of certain approved prescription products, including
the lack of adequate warnings, the FDA and Congress are
currently considering alternative regulatory and legislative
approaches to monitoring and assessing the safety of marketed
drugs. Such initiatives, if adopted, will affect all of our
marketed drugs.
We cannot be sure that we can continue to meet FDA and other
regulatory agency requirements pertaining to our marketed drugs
or to our drug product candidates, if approved. We also cannot
be sure that the current Congressional and FDA initiatives
involving the safety of marketed drugs or other developments
pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry will not adversely
affect our operations. The process of obtaining FDA and other
required approvals or licenses and of meeting other regulatory
requirements to test and market drugs is rigorous and lengthy.
We have expended, and will continue to expend, substantial
resources in order to do this. We will need to conduct clinical
trials and other studies on all of our product candidates before
we are in a position to file a new drug application for
marketing and must assure that the candidates can be made in
accordance with cGMP requirements before approval is obtained.
Unsatisfactory preclinical and clinical trial results,
manufacturing problems, and other regulatory difficulties that
result in delays in obtaining regulatory approvals or licenses
could prevent the marketing of the products we are developing.
Also, recent events regarding questions about the safety of
marketed drugs may result in increased carefulness by the FDA in
approving new drugs based on safety, efficacy, or other
regulatory considerations and may result in significant delays
in obtaining regulatory approvals or licenses. Such regulatory
considerations may also result in the imposition of more
restrictive drug labeling requirements as conditions of
approval, which may significantly affect the marketability of
our drug products. Until we receive the necessary approvals or
licenses and meet other regulatory requirements, we will not
receive revenues or royalties related to product revenue.
In addition to the requirements for product approval, before a
pharmaceutical product may be marketed and sold in some foreign
countries, the proposed pricing for the product must be approved
as well. Products may be subject to price controls or limits on
reimbursement. The requirements governing product pricing and
reimbursement vary widely from country to country and can be
implemented disparately at the national level. We cannot
guarantee that any country that has price controls or
reimbursement limitations for pharmaceuticals will allow
favorable reimbursement and pricing arrangements for our
products.
Because controlled drug products and radio-labeled drugs are
subject to special regulations in addition to those applicable
to other drugs, the DEA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(or NRC), may regulate some of our products and product
candidates, including Dopascan, as controlled substances and as
radio-labeled drugs. The NRC licenses persons who use nuclear
materials and establishes standards for radiological health and
safety. The DEA is responsible for compliance activities for
companies engaged in the manufacture, distribution and
dispensing of controlled substances, including the equipment and
raw materials used in their manufacture and packaging in order
to prevent such substances from being diverted into illicit
channels of commerce. Registration is required and other
activities involving controlled substances are subject to a
variety of record-keeping and security requirements, and to
permits and authorizations and other requirements. States often
have requirements for controlled substances as well. The DEA
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exceptions from the requirements for permits and authorizations
to export or import materials related to or involving controlled
substances. Our potential future inability to obtain exceptions
from the DEA for shipment abroad or other activities could have
a negative effect on us.
We cannot be sure that we will be able to meet applicable
requirements to test, manufacture and market controlled
substances or radio-labeled drugs, or that we will be able to
obtain additional necessary approvals permits, authorizations,
registrations or licenses to meet state, federal and
international regulatory requirements to manufacture and
distribute such products.
Once we receive regulatory approval to market a product, our
promotional activities are subject to extensive regulation from
the FDA, the Federal Trade Commission (or FTC), the Office of
the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (or OIG), or state Attorneys General. If we
violate any such regulations it could be damaging to our
reputation and restrict our ability to sell or market our
products, and our business condition could be adversely
affected.
In their regulation of advertising, the FDA from time to time
issues correspondence alleging that some advertising or
promotional practices are false, misleading or deceptive. The
FDA has the power to impose a wide array of sanctions on
companies for such advertising or promotional practices, and the
receipt of correspondence from the FDA alleging these practices
could result in any or all of the following:
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taking FDA-mandated corrective action, which may include placing
advertisements or sending letters to physicians, rescinding
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disruption in the distribution of products and loss of revenue
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If we were to become subject to any of the above requirements,
it could be damaging to our reputation, and our business
condition could be adversely affected.
Physicians may prescribe pharmaceutical products for uses that
are not described in a products labeling or differ from
those tested by us and approved by the FDA. While such
off-label uses are common and the FDA does not
regulate physicians choice of treatments, the FDA does
restrict a manufacturers communications on the subject of
off-label use. Companies cannot actively
promote FDA-approved pharmaceutical products for off-label
uses, but under certain limited circumstances they may
disseminate articles to physicians published in peer-reviewed
journals. If our promotional activities of this type fail to
comply with the FDAs regulations or guidelines, we may be
subject to warnings from, or enforcement action by, the FDA.
Additionally, if we fail to comply with the FDA regulations
prohibiting promotion of off-label uses and the promotion of our
products, the FDA, FTC, Department of Justice, OIG or state
Attorneys General could bring enforcement actions against us
that would inhibit our marketing capabilities as well as result
in significant penalties.
Our competitors are pursuing alternative approaches to
prevent or treat the same conditions we are working on. Our
products use novel alternative technologies and therapeutic
approaches, which have not been widely studied.
Many of our product development efforts focus on novel
alternative therapeutic approaches and new technologies that
have not been widely studied. Applications for these approaches
and technologies include, among other things, the diagnosis and
monitoring of Parkinsons disease, the promotion of nerve
growth and the prevention of neuronal damage. These approaches
and technologies may not be successful. We are applying these
approaches and technologies in our attempt to discover new
treatments for conditions that are also the subject of research
and development efforts of many other companies. Our competitors
may succeed in developing technologies or products that are more
effective or economical than those we are developing, or
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they may introduce a competitive product before we are able to
do so. Rapid technological change or developments by others may
result in our technology or product candidates becoming obsolete
or noncompetitive.
Our business is dependent on our ability to keep pace with
the latest technological changes.
The technological areas in which we work continue to evolve at a
rapid pace. Our future success depends upon maintaining our
ability to compete in the research, development and
commercialization of products and technologies in our areas of
focus. Competition from pharmaceutical, chemical and
biotechnology companies, universities and research institutions
is intense and expected to increase. Many of these competitors
have substantially greater research and development capabilities
and experience and manufacturing, marketing, financial and
managerial resources than we do.
Acquisitions of competing companies by large pharmaceutical
companies or other companies could enhance the financial,
marketing and other resources available to these competitors.
These competitors may develop products that are superior to
those we are developing. We are aware of the development by
other companies and research scientists of alternative
approaches to:
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Our competitors may develop products that make our products or
technologies noncompetitive or obsolete. In addition, we may not
be able to keep pace with technological developments.
Our products must compete with others to gain market
acceptance.
For the treatment of malignant glioma, Gliadel competes with
traditional systemic chemotherapy, radioactive seeds, radiation
catheters, TEMODAR® Capsules, a chemotherapy product
manufactured by Schering Corporation, and other experimental
protocols. Aggrastat competes directly with INTEGRILIN®
Injection, marketed by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and
ReoPro®, marketed by Eli Lilly, for the inhibition of
platelet aggregation. In some medical institutions,
Angiomax®, an antithrombin is being used as a replacement
for IIb/ IIIa inhibitors in PCI but that use is generally
limited to low-risk and elective PCI patients.
Any product candidate that we develop and for which we gain
regulatory approval must then compete for market acceptance and
market share. An important factor will be the timing of market
introduction of competitive products. Accordingly, the relative
speed with which we and competing companies can develop
products, complete the clinical testing and approval processes,
and supply commercial quantities of the products to the market
will be an important element of market success.
Significant competitive factors include:
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awareness and acceptance of our products by physicians; |
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the amount of clinical benefit of our product candidates
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exclusivity, through patent protection or other legal means. |
Our competitors may develop more effective or more affordable
products or achieve earlier product development completion,
patent protection, regulatory approval or product
commercialization than we do, which could have a material
adverse effect on our business.
Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer
have limited experience with us.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Dean J. Mitchell, joined us in
December 2004. Our Chief Financial Officer, William F. Spengler,
joined us in July 2004. Accordingly, Messrs. Mitchell and
Spengler have limited experience with us. New senior management
may result in a number of changes to our business. These changes
could result in risks that, among other things, our business
plans are altered, terminated or are not implemented in a timely
manner, or that our ability to raise capital is impaired.
The loss of the services of any key personnel, or an
inability to attract new personnel, could harm our business.
We are highly dependent on key personnel and members of our
executive management, and the loss of the services of any of
such persons might impede the achievement of our strategic
objectives. We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract
and retain key personnel or executive management in sufficient
numbers, with the requisite skills or on acceptable terms
necessary or advisable to support our continued growth. The loss
of the services of key personnel or members of executive
management could have a material adverse effect on us.
The market price of our stock may be negatively affected by
market volatility.
The market price of our stock has been and is likely to continue
to be highly volatile. Furthermore, the stock market generally
and the market for stocks of companies with lower market
capitalizations and small biopharmaceutical companies, like us,
have from time to time experienced and likely will again
experience significant price and volume fluctuations that are
unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company.
From time to time, stock market professionals publish research
reports covering our business and our future prospects. For a
number of reasons, we may be unable to meet the expectations of
these professionals and our stock price may decline. These
expectations may include:
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announcements by us or our competitors of clinical results,
technological innovations, regulatory approvals, product sales,
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developments or disputes concerning patent or proprietary rights; |
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regulatory developments affecting our products; |
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period-to-period fluctuations in the results of our operations; |
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market conditions for emerging growth companies and
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In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price
of the securities of companies in our industry, securities class
action litigation has often been initiated against those
companies. If we face such
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litigation, it would result in substantial costs and divert
managements attention and resources, which would
negatively impact our business.
Furthermore, market volatility may adversely affect the market
price of our common stock, which could limit our ability to
raise capital or make acquisitions of products or technology.
The large number of shares of common stock eligible for
future sale could depress our stock price.
Upon conversion of our $69.4 million principal amount of
outstanding notes at their conversion price of $6.24,
approximately 11,114,423 shares of common stock would be
issuable. Additionally, upon the exercise by PRF of its warrants
to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $9.15 per share, by SNDC of its warrants
to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at
an exercise price of $7.48 per share, or by Private
Investment in Public Equity of its warrants to
purchase 962,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $7.55, 300,000, 1.5 million and
962,000 shares of our common stock, respectively, would be
issuable. Our stock price could be depressed significantly if
the holders of the notes decide to convert their notes or the
holders of the warrants decide to exercise such warrants and
sell the common stock issued thereby or are perceived by the
market as intending to sell them. These sales also might make it
more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at
a time and at a price that we deem appropriate.
We are subject to risks of product liability both because of
our product line and our limited insurance coverage.
We may potentially become subject to large liability claims and
significant defense costs as a result of the design, manufacture
or marketing of our products, including Gliadel and Aggrastat,
or the conduct of clinical trials involving our products. We
currently maintain only $10.0 million of product liability
insurance covering clinical trials and product sales. This
existing coverage or any future insurance coverage we obtain may
not be adequate. Furthermore, our insurance may not cover a
claim made against us. Product liability insurance varies in
cost. It can be difficult to obtain, and we may not be able to
purchase it in the future on terms acceptable to us, or at all.
We also may not be able to otherwise protect against potential
product liability claims. Product liability claims and/or the
failure to obtain adequate product liability insurance could
prevent or inhibit the clinical development and/or
commercialization of any products we are developing.
We depend on qualified personnel and consultants.
We depend heavily on the principal members of our management and
scientific staff. The loss of the services of members of our
senior management team could have a negative effect on our
business.
Recruiting and retaining qualified personnel, collaborators,
advisors and consultants will be critical to our activities. Our
planned activities will require personnel and consultants with
expertise in many areas including:
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regulatory affairs; |
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We may not be able to attract and retain personnel or
consultants with these capabilities. Furthermore, many
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health care companies and
academic and other research institutions compete intensely for
personnel and consultants with these capabilities. If we are not
able to hire these personnel or consultants, it could have a
negative effect on us.
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Our business involves using hazardous and radioactive
materials and animal testing, all of which may result in
environmental liability.
Our research and development processes involve the controlled
use of hazardous and radioactive materials. We and our partners
are subject to extensive laws governing the use, manufacture,
storage, handling and disposal of hazardous and radioactive
materials. There is a risk of accidental contamination or injury
from these materials. Also, we cannot control whether our
collaborative partners comply with the governing standards. If
we or our partners do not comply with the governing laws and
regulations, we could face significant fines and penalties that
could have a negative effect on our business, operations or
finances. In addition, we and/or our collaborative partners
could be held liable for damages, fines or other liabilities,
which could exceed our resources.
We may also have to incur significant costs to comply with
environmental laws and regulations in the future. In addition,
future environmental laws or regulations may have a negative
effect on our operations, business or assets.
Many of the research and development efforts we sponsor involve
the use of laboratory animals. Changes in laws, regulations or
accepted clinical procedures may adversely affect these research
and development efforts. Social pressures that would restrict
the use of animals in testing or actions against us or our
partners by groups or individuals opposed to testing using
animals could also adversely affect these research and
development efforts.
Effecting a change of control of Guilford would be difficult,
which may discourage offers for shares of our common stock,
which may prevent or frustrate any attempt by shareholders to
change our direction or management.
Our certificate of incorporation and the Delaware General
Corporation Law contain provisions that may delay or prevent an
attempt by a third party to acquire control of us. These
provisions include the requirements of Section 203 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203
prohibits designated types of business combinations, including
mergers, for a period of three years between us and any third
party who owns 15% or more of our common stock. This provision
does not apply if:
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our Board of Directors and two-thirds of the shares of our
common stock not held by the third-party vote in favor of the
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We have also adopted a stockholder rights plan intended to deter
hostile or coercive attempts to acquire us. Under the plan, if
any person or group acquires more than 20% of our common stock
without approval of the Board of Directors under specified
circumstances, our other stockholders have the right to purchase
shares of our common stock, or shares of the acquiring company,
at a substantial discount to the public market price. The plan
makes an acquisition much more costly to a potential acquirer.
Our certificate of incorporation also authorizes us to issue up
to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more
different series with terms fixed by the Board of Directors.
Stockholder approval is not necessary to issue preferred stock
in this manner. Issuance of these shares of preferred stock
could have the effect of making it more difficult for a person
or group to acquire control of us, as well as prevent or
frustrate any attempt by shareholders to change our direction or
management. No shares of our preferred stock are currently
outstanding. While our Board of Directors has no current
intentions or plans to issue any preferred stock, issuance of
these shares could also be used as an anti-takeover device.
Our agreement with PRF gives PRF the right to cause us to
repurchase its interests at substantial prices in the event of,
among other things, a change in control. Our convertible notes
are also subject to repurchase, at the option of the holders,
upon a change in control.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk |
A substantial portion of our assets are investment grade debt
instruments such as direct obligations of the
U.S. Treasury, securities of federal agencies that carry
the direct or implied guarantee of the U.S. government,
bank certificates of deposit and corporate securities, including
commercial paper and corporate debt instruments. The market
value of such investments fluctuates with current market
interest rates. In general, as rates increase, the market value
of a debt instrument would be expected to decrease. The opposite
is also true. To minimize such market risk, we have in the past
and, to the extent possible, will continue in the future to hold
such debt instruments to maturity, at which time the debt
instrument will be redeemed at its stated or face value. Due to
the short duration and nature of these instruments, we do not
believe that we have a material exposure to interest rate risk
related to our investment portfolio. The investment portfolio at
December 31, 2004 was $85.7 million and
weighted-average yield to maturity was approximately 2.4%. The
return on our investments during 2004 was approximately 0.9%.
Certain of our debt, primarily the $17.3 million in
borrowings from Wachovia was established with interest rates
that fluctuate with market conditions. As a hedge against such
fluctuations in interest rates, we had entered into certain
interest rate swap agreements with a commercial bank (or counter
party) to exchange substantially all of our variable rate
financial obligations for fixed rate obligations. Including the
Wachovia borrowings, we have entered into interest rate swaps
for $18.8 million of our $135.2 million in total
outstanding indebtedness, which includes our revenue interest
obligation. For this $18.8 million of debt, we were
obligated to pay variable interest rates of LIBOR
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5/8%.
The interest rate swap agreements had a total notional principal
value of $18.8 million as of December 31, 2004.
Pursuant to these interest rate swap agreements, we pay a fixed
rate of interest to the counter party and receive from the
counter party a variable rate of interest. The differential to
be paid or received as interest rates change is charged or
credited, as appropriate to operations. Accordingly, we had
fixed interest rates on $18.8 million of our
December 31, 2004 financial obligations between 2.78% and
5.36%. These interest rate swap agreements have approximately
the same maturity dates as the financial obligations and expire
on various dates through May 2008.
We do not speculate on the future direction of interest rates
nor do we use these derivative financial instruments for trading
purposes. In the event of non-performance by the counter party,
we could be exposed to market risk related to interest rates.
Subsequent to December 31, 2004, we paid off the remaining
$17.3 million principal balance outstanding on the Wachovia
term loan, and as a result, the related swap agreement has been
paid and terminated.
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Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
The information required by this item is incorporated by
reference to the Consolidated Financial Statements listed in
Item 15(a) of Part IV of this Form 10-K.
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Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
None.
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Controls and Procedures. |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures:
Under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended), as of December 31, 2004 (the Evaluation
Date). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as
of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures
were effective.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting:
There have been no changes in our internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act) during the quarter
ended on the Evaluation Date that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over
financial reporting.
Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting:
We, as management of Guilford Pharmaceutical Inc. and its
subsidiaries, are responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting. Pursuant to
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, Guilford
Pharmaceutical Inc.s principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and
effected by its Board of Directors, management and other
personnel, 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 and includes those
policies and procedures that:
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Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail
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Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditure of the Company are being made only
in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
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Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the
Companys assets that could have a material effect on the
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Management has evaluated the effectiveness of its internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004
based on the control criteria established in a report entitled
Internal Control-Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Based on such evaluation, we have concluded that Guilfords
internal control over financial reporting was effective as of
December 31, 2004. Contained in this annual report in
Item 9A under the heading Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm is an audit report on
our assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting
from KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm
that audited our consolidated financial statements included in
this annual report.
February 28, 2005
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.:
We have audited managements assessment, included in the
accompanying Managements Annual Report on Internal Control
over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the Company) maintained effective
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004, based on the criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.s
management is responsible for maintaining effective internal
control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on managements
assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of Guilford
Pharmaceutical Inc.s internal control over financial
reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control
over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, evaluating
managements assessment, testing and evaluating the design
and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing
such other procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed 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. A companys
internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the
companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, managements assessment that Guilford
Pharmaceuticals Inc. maintained effective internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, is fairly
stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established
in Internal Control Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our opinion, Guilford
Pharmaceuticals Inc. maintained, in all material respects,
effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004, based on the criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO).
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We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheets of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and December 31,
2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes to stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004,
and our report dated March 3, 2005 expressed an unqualified
opinion on those Consolidated Financial Statements.
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/s/ KPMG LLP |
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McLean, Virginia |
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Item 9B. |
Other Information |
None.
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PART III
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Item 10. |
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant |
Information concerning our directors is incorporated by
reference from the information to be contained under the
captions Board of Directors and
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance, in our 2005 Proxy Statement. Information
concerning our executive officers is contained in Item 1A
of Part I.
As part of our system of corporate governance, our board of
directors has adopted a code of ethics that is specifically
applicable to our Chief Executive Officer and senior financial
officers. This code of ethics is available on our website at
http://www.guilfordpharm.com.
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by
reference from the information to be contained under the caption
Executive Compensation in our 2005 Proxy Statement.
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
Except for the Equity Compensation Plan information set forth
below, the information required by this item is hereby
incorporated by reference from the information to be contained
under the caption Beneficial Ownership of Common
Stock in our 2005 Proxy Statement.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans
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Number of | |
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securities | |
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Number of | |
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remaining for | |
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securities to be | |
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Weighted- | |
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future issuance | |
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issued upon | |
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average | |
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under equity | |
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exercise of | |
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exercise price | |
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compensation | |
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outstanding | |
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of outstanding | |
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plans (excluding | |
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options, warrants | |
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options, warrants | |
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securities reflected | |
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and rights | |
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and rights | |
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in column (A)) | |
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(A) | |
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(B) | |
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
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4,907,979 |
(a) |
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$ |
12.46 |
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1,436,182 |
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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3,550,669 |
(b) |
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10.57 |
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500,000 |
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Total
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8,458,648 |
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$ |
11.67 |
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1,936,182 |
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Consists of shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding
options granted under the Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 1993
Employee Share Option and Restricted Share Plan, as amended, the
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan,
and the Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2002 Plan (the 2002 Plan).
Of these plans, the only plan under which options may be granted
in the future is the 2002 Plan. |
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(b) |
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Consists of shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding
options granted under the Dean Mitchell Employment Inducement
Equity Plan and the Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 1998
Employee Share Option and Restricted Share Plan (the 1998 Plan),
and shares issuable to the following consultants, in the amounts
set forth beside each of their names (collectively, the
Consultants Option Arrangements): Henry Brem
(70,000 shares); Robert Langer (142,800 shares);
Richard Casey (55,000 shares); Kam Leong
(30,000 shares); Newman (35,000 shares); Solomon
Snyder (90,000 shares); and Susan Smith (8,000 shares). |
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Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders
The disclosure required by paragraph (d)(3) of
Item 201 of Regulation S-K for the Dean Mitchell
Employment Inducement Plan and the 1998 Plan and the
Consultants Option Arrangements is incorporated herein by
reference from Note 18 to our Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements set forth on pages F-26 through F-29 of
this Form 10-K.
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by
reference from the information to be contained under the
captions Other Relationships, Beneficial
Ownership of Common Stock, Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions and Employment
Agreements in our 2005 Proxy Statement.
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Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by
reference from the information to be contained under the caption
Independent Registered Public Accountants in our
2005 Proxy Statement.
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PART IV
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Item 15. |
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
(a)(1) Financial Statements
The following Financial Statements are included in this report:
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F-1 |
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F-2 |
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F-3 |
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F-4 |
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F-5 |
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F-6 |
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(a)(2) Financial Statements Schedules
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The following Schedule is filed as part of this report:
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S-1 |
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(a)(3) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
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Exhibit |
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Number |
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Description |
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3.01A |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-76938)). |
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3.01B |
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated April 1, 1997 (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants current Report on Form 8-K
filed April 4, 1997). |
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3.01C |
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated May 19, 1998 (incorporated by reference
to the Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002). |
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3.01D |
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated May 5, 2004 (incorporated by reference
to the Registrants Form 8-K filed May 20, 2004). |
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3.02 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws as of September 2004 (incorporated
by reference to the Registrants Form 8-K filed
September 3, 2004). |
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4.01 |
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Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
33-76938)). |
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4.02A |
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Stockholder Rights Agreement dated September 26, 1995
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 8-K
filed October 10, 1995). |
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4.02B |
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Form of Amendment No. 1 to Stockholder Rights Agreement
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 8-K
filed October 20, 1998). |
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10.01A* |
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1993 Employee Share Option and Restricted Share Plan (or 1993
Option Plan) (incorporated by reference to the Registrants
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-76938)). |
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10.01B* |
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Amendment to 1993 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
33-94530)). |
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10.01C* |
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Amendment to 1993 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1996). |
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10.01D* |
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Amendment to 1993 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996). |
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Exhibit | |
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Number | |
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Description |
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10.01E* |
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Amendment to 1993 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-56092)) |
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10.01F* |
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Amendment to 1993 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10.01G* |
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Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1993 Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002). |
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10.02A* |
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1998 Employee Share Option and Restricted Share Plan, as amended
(or 1998 Option Plan) (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form S-8 (No. 333-30814)). |
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10.02B* |
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Amendment to 1998 Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1998). |
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10.02C* |
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Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1998 Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002). |
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10.03A* |
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Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan
(or Directors Plan) (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
33-76938)). |
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10.03B* |
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Amendment to Directors Plan (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998). |
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10.03C* |
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Amendment to Directors Plan (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1999). |
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10.03D* |
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Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Directors Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002). |
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10.04* |
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Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. Compensation Plan for Outside
Directors (incorporated by reference to the Registrants
Form 8-K filed October 5, 2004). |
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10.05* |
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Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002). |
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10.06A* |
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Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2002 Stock Award and Incentive
Plan (or 2002 Award Plan) (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10.06B* |
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Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2002 Stock Award Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002). |
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10.06C* |
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Form of Director Stock Unit Agreement under 2002 Stock Award
Plan (incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004). |
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10.06D* |
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Form of Employee Stock Unit Agreement under 2002 Stock Award
Plan (incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form
8-K filed January 26, 2005). |
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10.07* |
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Consulting Services and Separation Agreement dated
September 3, 2004 by and between the Company and Craig R.
Smith, M.D. (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 8-K filed September 3, 2004). |
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10.08* |
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Employment Agreement dated November 16, 2004, by and
between the Company and Dean J. Mitchell (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants Form 8-K filed
November 19, 2004). |
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10.09* |
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Form of Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement for Dean
J. Mitchell (incorporated by reference to the Registrants
Form 8-K filed November 19, 2004). |
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10.10* |
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Employment Agreement dated June 15, 2004, by and between
the Company and William F. Spengler (incorporated by reference
to the Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2004). |
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10.11* |
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Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1998). |
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10.12* |
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Form of Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002). |
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10.13* |
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Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-76938)). |
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Exhibit | |
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Number | |
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Description |
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10.14 |
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Form of Tax Indemnity Agreement (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 33-76938)). |
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10.15 |
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Amendment No. 2 to Consulting Agreement, dated
August 31, 2003, between the Company and Solomon H.
Snyder, M.D. (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2004). |
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10.16A |
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License Agreement, effective March 18, 1994, between the
Company and Research Triangle Institute, a not-for-profit
Corporation existing under the laws of North Carolina
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-76938)). |
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10.16B |
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Appendix A to RTI Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
33-76938)). |
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10.17 |
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License Agreement, dated March 15, 1994, between the
Company and Scios Nova (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
33-76938)). |
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10.18 |
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License Agreement, dated December 20, 1993, between the
Company and The Johns Hopkins University (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (No. 33-76938)). |
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10.19 |
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Amended and Restated License Agreement, effective
November 25, 1998, between the Company and The Johns
Hopkins University (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 10-K filed March 30, 1999). |
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10.20 |
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License Agreement, dated December 9, 1995, by and between
the Company and Daiichi Radioisotope Laboratories, Ltd
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1995). |
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10.21 |
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Distribution Agreement, dated September 27, 2001, between
the Company and National Specialty Services, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to the Registrants Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2002). |
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10.22 |
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Amended and Restated Single Tenant Absolute Net Lease, dated
December 17, 2004, between BMR-6611 Tributary Street LLC
and Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Form 8-K filed December 22,
2004). |
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10.23 |
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Amended and Restated Single Tenant Absolute Net Lease, dated
December 17, 2004, between Guilford Real Estate Trust
1998-1 and Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. (incorporated by
reference to the Registrants Form 8-K filed
December 22, 2004). |
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10.24 |
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Asset Transfer and License Agreement between the Company and
Merck & Co., Inc., dated as of October 28, 2003
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 8-K
filed November 12, 2003). |
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10.25 |
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Supply Agreement between the Company and Merck Sharp Dohme
(Ireland) Limited, dated as of October 28, 2003
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 8-K
filed November 12, 2003). |
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10.26 |
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Revenue Interest Assignment Agreement by among the Company,
Artery, LLC, GPI Holdings, Inc., Paul Royalty Fund, L.P., and
Paul Royalty Fund Holdings II, dated as of October 28,
2003 (incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form
8-K filed November 12, 2003). |
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10.27 |
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Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, dated July 1, 2004,
between the Company and Baxter Healthcare Corporation
(incorporated by reference to the Registrants Form 10-Q/A
for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, filed
November 24, 2004). |
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10.28 |
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Purchase Option Agreement, dated June 17, 2004, by and
among Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc., SNDC Holdings LLC and
Symphony Neuro Development Company (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2004). |
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10.29 |
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Novated and Restated Technology License Agreement, dated
June 17, 2004, between GPI NIL Holdings, Inc., Guilford
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Symphony Neuro Development Company and
SNDC Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to the
Registrants Form 8-K/A filed on November 24, 2004). |
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10.30A |
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License Agreement, dated April 2, 1999, between The
University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. and ProQuest
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (filed herewith). |
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Number | |
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Description |
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10.30B |
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First Amendment to License Agreement, dated April 26, 2002,
between The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. and
ProQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (filed herewith). |
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10.30C |
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Second Amendment to License Agreement, dated August 20,
2004, between The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
and ProQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (filed herewith). |
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10.30D |
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Third Amendment to License Agreement, dated November 23,
2004, between The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
and ProQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (filed herewith). |
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21.01 |
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Subsidiaries of Registrant (filed herewith). |
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23.01 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm (filed herewith). |
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31.01 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(filed herewith) |
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31.02 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(filed herewith) |
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32.01 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed
herewith) |
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32.02 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed
herewith) |
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Management contract or compensatory plan. |
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Confidential treatment of certain portions of these agreements
has been granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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Guilford
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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March 4, 2005
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By: /s/ Dean J.
Mitchell
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Dean J. Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this Report has been signed by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
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Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/ Dean J. Mitchell
Dean
J. Mitchell |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer) |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ William F. Spengler
William
F. Spengler |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Andrew J. Jeanneret
Andrew
J. Jeanneret |
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Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ George L. Bunting,
Jr.
George
L. Bunting, Jr. |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Joseph R. Chinnici
Joseph
R. Chinnici |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Elizabeth M.
Greetham
Elizabeth
M. Greetham |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Joseph Klein, III
Joseph
Klein, III |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Ronald M. Nordmann
Ronald
M. Nordmann |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Solomon H. Snyder,
M.D.
Solomon
H. Snyder, M.D. |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ Craig R. Smith,
M.D.
Craig
R. Smith, M.D. |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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/s/ David C.
UPrichard, Ph.D.
David
C. UPrichard, Ph.D. |
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Director |
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March 4, 2005 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. and subsidiaries (the
Company) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows
and changes to stockholders equity for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. In
connection with our audits of the consolidated financial
statements, we also have audited the accompanying financial
statement schedule as listed in the accompanying index in
Item 15(a)(2). These consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2003,
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the
related financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the
information set forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting
of the Company as of December 31, 2004, based on the
criteria established in Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report
dated March 3, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion on
managements assessment of, and the effective operation of,
internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ KPMG LLP
McLean, Virginia
March 3, 2005
F1
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
($ in thousands, except share data)
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December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
61,889 |
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$ |
29,939 |
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Marketable securities
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27,705 |
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|
|
50,261 |
|
|
Investments held by Symphony Neuro Development
Company
|
|
|
32,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
4,666 |
|
|
|
3,460 |
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
2,373 |
|
|
|
2,504 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
4,744 |
|
|
|
1,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
133,439 |
|
|
|
87,951 |
|
|
Investments restricted
|
|
|
19,899 |
|
|
|
21,743 |
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
1,758 |
|
|
|
22,395 |
|
|
Intangibles, net
|
|
|
75,943 |
|
|
|
82,796 |
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
6,096 |
|
|
|
6,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
237,135 |
|
|
$ |
221,323 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$ |
15,333 |
|
|
$ |
8,549 |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
2,916 |
|
|
|
3,394 |
|
|
Accrued payroll related costs
|
|
|
2,932 |
|
|
|
4,538 |
|
|
Accrued contracted services
|
|
|
3,929 |
|
|
|
1,909 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
|
|
|
6,355 |
|
|
|
3,590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
31,465 |
|
|
|
21,980 |
|
|
Long-term debt, excluding current portion
|
|
|
87,393 |
|
|
|
88,885 |
|
|
Revenue interest obligation
|
|
|
44,932 |
|
|
|
42,155 |
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
8,320 |
|
|
|
1,103 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
172,110 |
|
|
|
154,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
28,132 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; authorized
4,700,000 shares, none issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A junior participating preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share; authorized 300,000 shares, none issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; authorized
125,000,000 shares, 46,638,788 and 34,908,076 issued
|
|
|
466 |
|
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
435,130 |
|
|
|
377,168 |
|
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(391,416 |
) |
|
|
(303,538 |
) |
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(2,130 |
) |
|
|
(1,485 |
) |
|
|
Note receivable from officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
|
Unearned compensation
|
|
|
(3,653 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury stock, at cost; 304,336 and 1,055,816 shares
|
|
|
(1,504 |
) |
|
|
(5,209 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
36,893 |
|
|
|
67,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
237,135 |
|
|
$ |
221,323 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F2
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
($ in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net product revenue
|
|
$ |
40,172 |
|
|
$ |
21,717 |
|
|
$ |
14,538 |
|
|
Revenue from license fees, milestones and other
|
|
|
7,739 |
|
|
|
5,888 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
47,911 |
|
|
|
27,605 |
|
|
|
14,665 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
$ |
5,578 |
|
|
$ |
4,110 |
|
|
$ |
2,836 |
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
46,584 |
|
|
|
33,624 |
|
|
|
46,103 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
58,758 |
|
|
|
32,076 |
|
|
|
29,005 |
|
|
Intangible amortization
|
|
|
6,854 |
|
|
|
1,912 |
|
|
|
840 |
|
|
Acquired in-process research and development
|
|
|
13,951 |
|
|
|
8,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
|
131,725 |
|
|
|
79,815 |
|
|
|
78,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss
|
|
|
(83,814 |
) |
|
|
(52,210 |
) |
|
|
(64,119 |
) |
Other Income/(Expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment and other income
|
|
|
2,213 |
|
|
|
3,002 |
|
|
|
5,350 |
|
|
|
Revenue interest expense
|
|
|
(8,781 |
) |
|
|
(1,557 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(5,252 |
) |
|
|
(3,182 |
) |
|
|
(501 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before Minority Interest
|
|
|
(95,634 |
) |
|
|
(53,947 |
) |
|
|
(59,270 |
) |
|
Minority Interest
|
|
|
7,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss
|
|
$ |
(87,878 |
) |
|
$ |
(53,947 |
) |
|
$ |
(59,270 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share
|
|
$ |
(2.25 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.82 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.99 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares used to calculate basic
and diluted loss per share
|
|
|
39,037 |
|
|
|
29,689 |
|
|
|
29,805 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F3
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
($ in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(87,878 |
) |
|
$ |
(53,947 |
) |
|
$ |
(59,270 |
) |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquired in-process research and development
|
|
|
13,951 |
|
|
|
8,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
11,565 |
|
|
|
6,582 |
|
|
|
5,433 |
|
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
(7,756 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash imputed revenue interest expense
|
|
|
2,623 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash compensation expense
|
|
|
1,658 |
|
|
|
546 |
|
|
|
620 |
|
|
Loss/ (gain) on sale of marketable securities
|
|
|
429 |
|
|
|
(153 |
) |
|
|
(394 |
) |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(1,206 |
) |
|
|
(2,692 |
) |
|
|
2,451 |
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets
|
|
|
(4,297 |
) |
|
|
(970 |
) |
|
|
2,512 |
|
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
131 |
|
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
(306 |
) |
|
|
Accounts payable and other liabilities
|
|
|
12,062 |
|
|
|
5,337 |
|
|
|
(1,004 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(58,718 |
) |
|
|
(35,215 |
) |
|
|
(49,958 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of investments held by SNDC
|
|
|
(43,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of investments held by SNDC
|
|
|
10,938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(1,095 |
) |
|
|
(18,766 |
) |
|
|
(282 |
) |
|
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
|
|
|
20,819 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
(11,412 |
) |
|
|
(93,374 |
) |
|
|
(72,428 |
) |
|
Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale
securities
|
|
|
32,550 |
|
|
|
106,964 |
|
|
|
83,425 |
|
|
Purchase of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(86,212 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from/ (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
8,800 |
|
|
|
(91,388 |
) |
|
|
10,715 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds from issuances of common stock
|
|
|
44,021 |
|
|
|
26,191 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
Net proceeds from sale of preferred stock by SNDC
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuances of debt
|
|
|
1,095 |
|
|
|
88,527 |
|
|
|
3,389 |
|
|
Proceeds from revenue interest obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of treasury stock
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
524 |
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,280 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on debt and revenue interest obligation
|
|
|
(3,661 |
) |
|
|
(4,443 |
) |
|
|
(6,696 |
) |
|
Debt issuance costs
|
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
(5,230 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from/ (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
81,868 |
|
|
|
141,765 |
|
|
|
(2,764 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
31,950 |
|
|
|
15,162 |
|
|
|
(42,007 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of year
|
|
|
29,939 |
|
|
|
14,777 |
|
|
|
56,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year
|
|
$ |
61,889 |
|
|
$ |
29,939 |
|
|
$ |
14,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental cash flow data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest paid
|
|
$ |
10,535 |
|
|
$ |
859 |
|
|
$ |
447 |
|
|
Stock distributed to 401(k) and ESP plans
|
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
664 |
|
|
|
1,066 |
|
|
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of ProQuest
|
|
|
6,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease obligations
|
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
1,086 |
|
|
|
1,475 |
|
|
|
|
During 2002, the Company converted a $2,473 accounts payable to
Cardinal to a note payable. |
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F4
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY
($ in thousands, except share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock | |
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
Note | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
Other | |
|
Receivable | |
|
|
|
Treasury | |
|
Total | |
|
|
Number of | |
|
|
|
Paid-In | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
From | |
|
Unearned | |
|
Stock, | |
|
Stockholders | |
|
|
shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
Deficit | |
|
Income (Loss) | |
|
Officer | |
|
Compensation | |
|
at Cost | |
|
Equity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Balance, December 31, 2001
|
|
|
29,975,063 |
|
|
$ |
300 |
|
|
$ |
351,553 |
|
|
$ |
(190,321 |
) |
|
$ |
(452 |
) |
|
$ |
(60 |
) |
|
$ |
(52 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,339 |
) |
|
$ |
157,629 |
|
|
Comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(59,270 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(59,270 |
) |
|
|
Other comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on interest rate swap agreements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(452 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(452 |
) |
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 |
|
|
|
|
Equity adjustment from foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(239 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(59,509 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise of stock options
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
Distribution of 71,693 shares to 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(390 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
932 |
|
|
|
542 |
|
|
Distribution of 99,986 shares to ESP plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(775 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,299 |
|
|
|
524 |
|
|
Distribution of 6,197 shares to consultant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(55 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
Extension of note receivable to officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
Amortization of unearned compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2002
|
|
|
29,980,063 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
350,352 |
|
|
|
(249,591 |
) |
|
|
(691 |
) |
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,027 |
) |
|
|
99,258 |
|
|
Comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(53,947 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(53,947 |
) |
|
|
Other comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on interest rate swap agreements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,304 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,304 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(794 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(54,741 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
4,868,713 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
25,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,936 |
|
|
Issuance of warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,226 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,226 |
|
|
Purchase of 1,100,000 shares of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,280 |
) |
|
|
(5,280 |
) |
|
Exercise of stock options
|
|
|
59,300 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
255 |
|
|
Distribution of 110,537 shares to 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(489 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
486 |
|
|
Distribution of 12,677 shares to consultant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(63 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2003
|
|
|
34,908,076 |
|
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
377,168 |
|
|
|
(303,538 |
) |
|
|
(1,485 |
) |
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,209 |
) |
|
|
67,200 |
|
|
Comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(87,878 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(87,878 |
) |
|
|
Other comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on interest rate swap agreements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
484 |
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(645 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(88,523 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
11,668,517 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
50,432 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,549 |
|
|
Issuance of 1.5 million warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,238 |
|
|
Issuance of 500,000 shares of restricted stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,800 |
) |
|
|
2,465 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unearned compensation resulting from grant of restricted stock
units
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,706 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of 50,000 shares under equity compensation plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
246 |
|
|
|
282 |
|
|
Amortization of unearned compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
853 |
|
|
Exercise of stock options (12,933 shares)
|
|
|
62,195 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
245 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
Distribution of 65,962 shares to 401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
325 |
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
Distribution of 115,013 shares to ESP plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
567 |
|
|
|
462 |
|
|
Distribution of 7,572 shares to consultant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
Forgiveness of note receivable from officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
46,638,788 |
|
|
$ |
466 |
|
|
$ |
435,130 |
|
|
$ |
(391,416 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,130 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(3,653 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,504 |
) |
|
$ |
36,893 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F5
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
1. |
Organization and Description of Business |
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. (together with its subsidiaries,
Guilford or the Company) is a pharmaceutical company located in
Baltimore, Maryland, engaged in the research, development and
commercialization of proprietary pharmaceutical products that
target the hospital and neurology markets.
In June 2004, the Company licensed to Symphony Neuro Development
Company (or SNDC), a newly formed Delaware corporation, its
rights in the United States to GPI 1485, a novel compound based
on the Companys neuroimmunophilin ligand technology, for
the following four indications: Parkinsons disease,
peripheral nerve injury, including post-prostatectomy erectile
dysfunction (or PPED), HIV-related neuropathy and HIV-related
dementia. SNDC agreed to invest approximately $40.0 million
to advance GPI 1485 through clinical development in these
indications. Currently, the Parkinsons disease and PPED
indications are in Phase II clinical trials and the
HIV-related indications are in pre-clinical development.
In addition to the grant of the license, SNDCs investors
received five-year warrants to purchase 1.5 million
shares of the Companys common stock at $7.48 per
share. In consideration for the warrants, the Company received
an exclusive option from SNDCs investors to purchase SNDC.
This option was valued at $5.2 million, which represented
the corresponding fair value of the warrants using the
Black-Scholes method and was expensed in the second quarter of
2004 as acquired in-process research and development because the
licensed technology had not reached technological feasibility
and had no known alternative future uses. This option is
exercisable by the Company at any time beginning April 1,
2005 and ending on the earlier of March 31, 2007 or the
90th day after the date that SNDC provides the Company with
financial statements showing cash and cash equivalents of less
than $2.0 million. The option exercise price starts at
$75.1 million in April 2005 and incrementally increases to
a maximum exercise price of $119.8 million in March 2007,
and may be paid for in cash or in a combination of cash and the
Companys common stock, at the Companys discretion,
provided that the Companys common stock may not constitute
more than 50% of the option exercise price.
RRD International, LLC (or RRD), a company providing clinical
trials strategy, design and management expertise, manages SNDC
and sub-contracts the ongoing development work to the Company
and to other vendors. Under the Companys agreement with
RRD to provide certain clinical development services to SNDC,
the Company performs services related to manufacturing, process
development, toxicology, patent prosecution and maintenance, and
regulatory matters. Through December 31, 2004, the Company
has been reimbursed $1.9 million for the services provided
to RRD.
In connection with this transaction, the Company sold
$2.8 million of clinical trial supply, at cost, to SNDC
during the second quarter of 2004. The Company expensed this
clinical trial supply in 2003. Accordingly, the sale of the
clinical trial supply resulted in a gain of $2.8 million
for the Company. The recognition of this gain is being deferred
until the earlier of either the exercise or the expiration of
the purchase option (the Deferral Period). As
mentioned above, the Company provides SNDC with certain clinical
development services, which are at market rates, and the excess
of the market rate over the cost of the development services
also results in a gain for the Company. This gain is also being
deferred until the Deferral Period. Deferred gains totaling
$4.1 million are included in other liabilities on the
December 31, 2004 Consolidated Balance Sheet. This deferred
gain did not exist as of December 31, 2003.
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (or
FASB) Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003),
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (or
FIN 46R), which addresses how a business enterprise should
evaluate whether it has a controlling financial interest in an
entity through means other than voting rights, and accordingly
should consolidate the entity, SNDC Holdings LLC (or SNDCH), the
parent of SNDC, is considered a variable interest entity. Under
FIN 46R, the Company has been deemed
F6
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity because
it is most closely associated with SNDCH. Accordingly, the
financial results of SNDCH have been consolidated with the
Companys 2004 financial statements.
In March 2000, the Company acquired from ProQuest
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (or ProQuest) an exclusive worldwide
license to a prodrug of propofol, a widely used anesthetic which
the Company is developing under the trade name AQUAVAN®
Injection (or Aquavan). Pursuant to this transaction, the
Company paid approximately $0.7 million for
133,333 shares of common stock of ProQuest and
approximately $0.3 million for in-process research and
development that was expensed. Under the terms of the agreement,
the Company was obligated to make payments based on clinical
development milestones and royalties on any product revenue. In
2002, the Company achieved a development milestone related to
Aquavan, which resulted in a payment due to ProQuest of
$0.8 million and the Company receiving additional shares of
the common stock of ProQuest. The estimated market value of the
Companys total investment in ProQuest at December 31,
2003 was $0.9 million and was included in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets as other assets.
In September 2004, the Company initiated the Phase III
clinical trial studying Aquavan for procedural sedation in
patients undergoing colonoscopy and bronchoscopy procedures.
Upon the dosing of the first patient in this Phase III
clinical trial, a $1.0 million milestone payment was due
and paid to ProQuest. The Company received an additional
400,705 shares of ProQuest common stock for this milestone
payment, increasing its total investment in ProQuest to
$1.9 million. In order to determine whether the fair value
of the Companys investment in ProQuest was less than its
carrying value, the Company performed a discounted cash flow
analysis to assess the fair value as of September 30, 2004.
Based on this analysis, the Company concluded that the carrying
value of its investment was impaired and that the impairment was
other than temporary. Consequently, the Company wrote off its
$1.9 million investment as acquired in-process research and
development as of September 30, 2004.
In December 2004, the Company acquired the remaining shares of
ProQuest that it did not own for $6.9 million by issuing
1,328,517 shares of the Companys common stock. With
this transaction, the Company obtained full ownership of the
worldwide intellectual property rights to Aquavan, which is
currently in Phase III clinical trials, and received cash,
net of liabilities assumed, of less than $0.1 million. As a
result, a value of $6.8 million was assigned to the only
identifiable intangible asset, the intellectual property rights
to Aquavan. This value was expensed as acquired in-process
research and development expense at the date of acquisition
because the development of Aquavan was not complete, had not
reached technological feasibility and had no known alternative
use, and consequently, there was considerable uncertainty as to
the technological feasibility of the product at the date of
acquisition.
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4. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices |
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of
the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Additionally, as
discussed above, the Companys 2004 Consolidated Financial
Statements include the accounts of SNDCH. All material
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
The preparation of the Companys financial statements, in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at financial
statement date
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
The Company operates in one industry segment, which includes
research, development and commercialization of novel products
for the life sciences industry. The Company is comprehensively
managed and operated as one business by a single management team
that reports to the Chief Executive Officer. The Company does
not operate separate lines of business or separate business
entities with respect to its product or product candidates. The
Company operates primarily from its corporate headquarters
located within the United States and derives revenues primarily
from its product sales to customers within the United States.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, approximately 6%
of net product revenue was from customers outside of the United
States. Accordingly, the Company does not prepare discrete
financial information with respect to separate geographic or
product areas and does not have separately reportable segments.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents |
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a
maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase as cash
equivalents. The Company had cash equivalents, consisting of
money market funds, of $38.1 million and $26.5 million
at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
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|
Investments in Marketable Securities |
Investments in marketable securities consist of direct
obligations of the U.S. government and U.S. government
agencies, asset-backed securities and corporate debt securities.
Securities with maturities of one year or less from the balance
sheet date are considered current assets, while those with
maturities in excess of one year are considered non-current
assets. The securities are held for an unspecified period of
time and may be sold to meet the Companys liquidity needs
and therefore are classified as available-for-sale. Accordingly,
the Company records these securities at fair value, with
unrealized gains and losses on securities, reported as of the
balance sheet dates, as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive loss within the stockholders equity section.
Realized gains and losses on the sale of available-for-sale
securities are determined on a specific identification basis.
All dividends and interest income are recognized when earned.
Investments held by SNDC consist primarily of investments in a
money market fund.
A decline in the securitys market value deemed to be other
than temporary is an impairment requiring a reduction in the
carrying amount to fair value. Such impairment, if any, is
charged to current earnings, and an adjusted cost basis for the
security is established.
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Investment in Equity Securities Cost
Method |
Investments in equity securities that are less than 20% of an
investee companys voting stock and where the Company lacks
the ability to significantly influence the investee company are
accounted for under the cost method of accounting. Under this
method, the Companys share of the earnings or losses of
the investee company is not included in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations. A decline in market value of the
Companys investment below cost that is deemed to be other
than temporary is an impairment that results in a reduction in
the carrying amount to fair value. Such impairment, if any, is
charged to current earnings, and an adjusted cost basis for the
investment is established.
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Interest Rate Swap Agreements |
The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements as a hedge
against interest rate fluctuations, to exchange a portion of its
variable rate financial obligations for fixed rates. The Company
does not speculate on
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
the future direction of rates nor does the Company use these
derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. The
differential to be paid or received as interest rates change is
accrued on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in the other
liabilities and recognized as an adjustment of interest expense
related to the financial obligation.
If an interest rate swap agreement is terminated prior to its
maturity, the resulting gain or loss is recognized over the
remaining term of the agreement if the item hedged remains
outstanding, or immediately, if the item hedged does not remain
outstanding. If the interest rate swap agreement is not
terminated prior to maturity, but the underlying hedged item is
no longer outstanding, the agreement is marked to market and any
unrealized gain or loss is recognized immediately and charged to
current earnings.
Accounts receivable includes amounts relating to sales of
GLIADEL® Wafer (or Gliadel) to a specialty distributor,
hospitals and wholesalers and provide for net payments in
91 days, and sales of AGGRASTAT® Injection (or
Aggrastat) to wholesalers and provide for net payments in
31 days, both with certain discounts for early payment.
The allowance for doubtful accounts was less than
$0.1 million as of December 31, 2004, compared to
$0.8 million as of December 31, 2003. Substantially
all of the amounts at December 31, 2003 related to a
dispute with Cardinal Health Sales and Marketing Services (or
CHSMS) that Cardinal Health Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Distribution (or SPD), a division of Cardinal Health Inc. (or
Cardinal), offset against an existing trade receivable due to
the Company. The receivable due from SPD was written off in the
first quarter of 2004 (see Note 21).
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost for
Gliadel inventory, representing 56% and 74% of net inventory as
of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, is determined
using a weighted-average approach, which approximates the
first-in, first-out method. Cost for Aggrastat inventory,
representing 44% and 26% of net inventory as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, is determined
using a specific cost approach.
Inventory includes primarily finished goods, in addition to
work-in-process and raw materials that may be either
available-for-sale, consumed in production or consumed
internally in the Companys development activities.
Inventory for internal development activities is expensed in the
period in which such inventory is designated for such use.
The Company records an inventory reserve for estimated expired,
obsolete, excess or unmarketable inventory in an amount equal to
the difference between the cost of inventory and its estimated
realizable value based on assumptions about future demand and
market conditions.
Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation and
amortization is calculated using the straight-line method based
on the following estimated useful lives:
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Building and improvements
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5-30 |
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Laboratory, manufacturing, computer and office equipment
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2-10 |
|
Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed on the
straight-line method based on the shorter of the estimated
useful life of the improvement or the term of the lease.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Upon the disposition of assets, the costs and related
accumulated depreciation is removed from the accounts and any
resulting gain or loss is included in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
The Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value
of property and equipment. The Company considers historical
performance and anticipated future results in its evaluation of
the potential impairment. Accordingly, when the indicators of
impairment are present, the Company evaluates the carrying value
of these assets in relation to the operating performance of the
business and future undiscounted cash flows expected to result
from the use of these assets. Impairment losses are recognized
when the sum of the expected future cash flows are less than the
assets carrying value.
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, include:
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|
|
the cost to reacquire the rights to market, sell and distribute
Gliadel from Aventis S.A. and |
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the patent, trademark, customer contracts and related customer
relationship costs related to the product rights acquisition of
Aggrastat from Merck & Co., Inc. (or Merck) during the
fourth quarter of 2003. |
The Company is amortizing the intangible assets using the
straight-line method over periods between 10 to 13 years
depending on the intangible asset.
The intangible assets are reviewed for impairment annually or
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable (see
Note 8).
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|
Revenue Interest Obligation |
In connection with the financing of the Companys
acquisition of the rights to Aggrastat in the fourth quarter of
2003, the Company entered into a Revenue Interest Assignment
Agreement (the Revenue Agreement) with Paul Royalty Fund, L.P.
and certain of its affiliated entities (collectively, PRF).
Pursuant to the terms of the Revenue Agreement, the Company is
obligated to make interest payments based on revenues generated
by sales of certain products. This obligation has been recorded
as revenue interest obligation in the long-term liability
section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets because the Company
has significant continuing involvement in the generation of the
cash flows payable to PRF. The Company amortizes the obligation
under the effective interest method and utilizes an imputed
interest rate equivalent to PRFs projected internal rate
of return based on estimated future revenue interest obligation
payments. Revenue interest obligation payments made to PRF
reduces the obligation (see Note 11).
The Company accounts for purchases of treasury stock under the
cost method.
Revenue from sales of Gliadel and Aggrastat is recognized when
all four of the following criteria are met:
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the Company has persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; |
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the price is fixed and determinable; |
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|
|
the title has passed; and |
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the collection is reasonably assured. |
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company records its revenue net of provisions for returns,
chargebacks and discounts, which are established at the time of
sale. The Companys credit and exchange policy includes
provisions for return of its product that has expired or was
damaged in shipment. The Companys historical return rate
is applied to its unit sales to provide an allowance for future
product returns. The product return rate is periodically updated
to reflect actual experience.
The product demand by distributor and wholesalers during a given
period may not correlate with prescription demand for the
product in the period. As a result, the Company periodically
evaluates the distributors and wholesalers inventory
positions, and if the Company believes these levels are too high
based on prescription demand, it will either:
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|
|
not accept purchase orders from the distributor, or |
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not ship additional products until these levels are
reduced, and |
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|
defer recognition of revenue if it determines that there is
excess channel inventory for the product. |
Total product revenue deferred related to excess inventory at
distributor and wholesalers and recorded as a liability in
accrued expenses and other current liabilities was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 |
|
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
|
|
Gliadel
|
|
$ |
415 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Aggrastat
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
751 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The deferred product revenue for 2004 will be recognized in the
first quarter of 2005. No product revenue was deferred for 2003.
Collaborative research revenue is recognized, up to contractual
limits, when the Company meets its performance obligations under
respective collaborative research agreements. Payments received
that relate to future performance are deferred and recognized as
revenue at the time such future performance has been
accomplished. Non-refundable upfront fee arrangements that
contain an element of continuing involvement are deferred and
recognized as revenue over the involvement period. Contract and
licensing revenue is recognized when milestones are met and the
Companys significant performance obligations have been
satisfied in accordance with the terms of the respective
agreements.
|
|
|
Research and Development and Royalty Expenses |
In the normal course of its business, the Company incurs
internal research and development costs, which are expensed as
incurred. The internal costs consist of direct expenses, such as
salaries and other costs of personnel, raw materials and
supplies and indirect expenses, such as facility and equipment
costs, utilities, general research and development management
and other administrative overhead. The indirect costs are
allocated to research and development generally based on, among
other things, the extent of which its research and development
efforts make use of facilities, non-project personnel and other
general resources. The Company may also incur third-party costs
related to these projects, such as contract research, consulting
and clinical development costs, which are also expensed as
incurred.
The Company accrues estimated costs for clinical and
pre-clinical studies based on estimates of work performed and
completion of certain milestones. The Company believes that this
method best aligns the expenses it records with the efforts it
expends. The Company monitors the progress of the trials and
their related activities to the extent possible, and adjusts the
accruals accordingly. Adjustments to accruals are charged to
expense in the period in which the facts that give rise to the
adjustment become known.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Royalty expenses related to product revenue are recognized
concurrently with the recognition of product revenue and are
included as a component of cost of sales. Royalty expenses from
third-party sales are recognized concurrent with such revenue
recognition and are offset against royalty revenue related to
third-party sales.
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based
on the tax consequences in future years of differences between
the tax bases of assets and liabilities and financial reporting
amounts at each year end and are based on enacted tax laws and
statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the
differences are expected to affect taxable income. The deferred
tax assets are reduced by valuation allowances or reversed, if
necessary, if it is more likely than not that some portion or
all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The effect
on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in statutory
tax rates is recognized as a component of income in the period
that such tax rate changes are enacted. Accordingly, the Company
provides an allowance for all deferred tax assets and
liabilities as there is no assurance that they will be realized.
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation under
Accounting Principals Board Opinion No. 25 (or APB 25)
and recognizes compensation costs attributable to stock option
and similar plans based on any excess of the quoted market price
of the stock on the date of grant over the amount the employee
is required to pay to acquire the stock.
In December 2002, FASB issued SFAS 148, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation Transition and
Disclosure, which amended SFAS 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation, to provide alternative
methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value
based method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation. In addition, SFAS 148 amended the disclosure
requirements of SFAS 123 to require prominent disclosures
in both annual and interim financial statements about the method
of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the
effect of the method used on reported results. The disclosure
requirements of SFAS 148 have been incorporated herein.
The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and loss
per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition
provisions of SFAS 123 to stock-based employee compensation:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in thousands, except per share data) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net loss, as reported
|
|
$ |
(87,878 |
) |
|
$ |
(53,947 |
) |
|
$ |
(59,270 |
) |
Add: Stock-based employee
compensation expense included in reported net loss
|
|
|
1,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation
expense determined under fair value method for all awards
|
|
|
(9,138 |
) |
|
|
(11,911 |
) |
|
|
(13,542 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net loss
|
|
$ |
(95,880 |
) |
|
$ |
(65,858 |
) |
|
$ |
(72,812 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted, as reported
|
|
$ |
(2.25 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.82 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.99 |
) |
|
Basic and diluted, pro forma
|
|
$ |
(2.46 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.44 |
) |
|
|
|
Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other
comprehensive loss, which includes certain changes in equity
that are excluded from net loss, such as unrealized holding
gains and losses on available-for-
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
sale marketable securities, unrealized gains and losses on
hedging instruments and translation adjustments. The purpose of
reporting comprehensive loss is to report a measure of all
changes in equity of the Company that results from recognized
transactions and other economic events of the period, except
those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to
owners. The measurement and presentation of net loss did not
change.
|
|
|
Earnings (Loss) per Share |
Basic loss per share (or EPS) is computed by dividing net loss
by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
during the period. The computation of diluted EPS is computed by
dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares
outstanding during the period that is increased to include the
number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if
the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. Potential
common shares are excluded if the effect on the EPS is
anti-dilutive. At December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, there
were approximately 0.6 million, 12.4 million and
0.3 million common share equivalents considered
anti-dilutive and accordingly were not included in the diluted
EPS calculation, respectively, including the 11.1 million
common share equivalents related to the Companys
convertible subordinated notes for 2003.
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|
|
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
The fair value of the Companys financial instruments,
which approximates carrying value, is the amount for which the
instrument could be exchanged in an arms length current
transaction between unrelated parties and are determined based
on the following:
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|
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|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses
and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses
are short duration in nature and are based on cost as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003. |
|
|
|
Investments in debt securities are based on quoted market prices
as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 for those or similar
investments. |
|
|
|
Long-term debt is based on discounted future cash flows of each
instrument at current rates offered to the Company as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003 for similar debt instruments
offered by the financial institutions and is not materially
different than the carrying value. |
|
|
|
Interest rate swap agreements are based on using current market
pricing models. |
|
|
|
Concentration of Credit Risk |
The Company invests excess cash in accordance with a policy
objective that seeks to preserve both liquidity and safety of
principal. The policy limits investments to certain instruments
issued by institutions with strong investment grade credit
ratings (as defined) at the time of purchase and places
restrictions on their term to maturity and concentrations by
type and issuer.
The Company sells its products, Gliadel and Aggrastat, primarily
to a distributor and a limited number of pharmaceutical
wholesalers, respectively, without requiring collateral and as a
result has an exposure to credit risk in its trade accounts
receivable. As of December 31, 2004, the accounts
receivable included the three primary customers, SPD,
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and Cardinal, that each
accounted for approximately 54%, 11% and 11%, of net accounts
receivable, respectively. As of December 31, 2003, accounts
receivable included two primary sources, SPD and Merck, as the
billing agent for Aggrastat, that each accounted for
approximately 28% and 42% of net accounts receivable,
respectively.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
In December 2004, FASB issued SFAS 123R (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment, which is a revision of
SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation. SFAS 123R supersedes Accounting
Principles Bulletin Opinion (or APB) No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends
SFAS 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally,
the approach in SFAS 123R is similar to the approach
described in SFAS 123.
As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company currently accounts
for share-based payments to employees using APB 25s
intrinsic value method and, as such, generally recognizes no
compensation cost for employee stock options. However,
SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees,
including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in
the income statement based on their fair values over the
expected period of service. Accordingly, the adoption of
SFAS 123Rs fair value method may have an impact on
the Companys results of operations, although it will have
no impact on the Companys overall financial position.
The full impact of adoption of SFAS 123R cannot be
predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of
share-based payments granted in the future. However, had the
Company adopted SFAS 123R in prior periods, the impact of
that standard would have approximated the impact of
SFAS 123 as described in the disclosure of pro forma net
income and earnings per share in Note 4. SFAS 123R
also requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess of
recognized compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash
flow, rather than as an operating cash flow as required under
current literature. This requirement will reduce net operating
cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods
after adoption. The Company is unable to estimate what those
amounts will be in the future because they depend on, among
other things, when employees exercise stock options.
In November 2004, FASB issued SFAS 151, Inventory
Cost. This statement amends Accounting Research
Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory
Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of
idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted
material (spoilage). The provision of the statement is effective
for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after
June 15, 2005. The Company is evaluating the impact of this
statement on its consolidated financial positions, results of
operations and cash flows.
In December 2004, FASB issued SFAS 153, Exchanges of
Nonmonetary Assets. This statement amends Accounting
Principles Bulletin Opinion (or APB) No. 29,
Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions, to
eliminate the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar
productive assets under APB 29 and replaces it with a
general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do
not have commercial substance. The statement is effective for
financial statements for fiscal years beginning after
June 15, 2005. The adoption of the statement is not
expected to have a material effect on the Companys
consolidated financial positions, results of operations and cash
flows.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
5. |
Marketable Securities and Investments-Restricted |
Marketable securities, which are all available-for-sale and
investments-restricted, consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Unrealized | |
|
|
Principal | |
|
Cost/ | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Amount | |
|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
Gain | |
|
Loss | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government and agencies
|
|
$ |
11,384 |
|
|
$ |
11,107 |
|
|
$ |
10,717 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
(396 |
) |
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
18,427 |
|
|
|
17,601 |
|
|
|
16,433 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,168 |
) |
Other debt securities
|
|
|
568 |
|
|
|
602 |
|
|
|
555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
Restricted money market and certificate deposits(a)
|
|
|
19,899 |
|
|
|
19,899 |
|
|
|
19,899 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
50,278 |
|
|
$ |
49,209 |
|
|
$ |
47,604 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
(1,611 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government and agencies
|
|
$ |
24,575 |
|
|
$ |
24,598 |
|
|
$ |
24,498 |
|
|
$ |
106 |
|
|
$ |
(206 |
) |
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
25,280 |
|
|
|
25,064 |
|
|
|
24,708 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
(388 |
) |
Other debt securities
|
|
|
1,052 |
|
|
|
1,075 |
|
|
|
1,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
Restricted money market and certificate deposits(a)
|
|
|
21,743 |
|
|
|
21,743 |
|
|
|
21,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
72,650 |
|
|
$ |
72,480 |
|
|
$ |
72,004 |
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
(614 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Investments in marketable securities of $19.9 million and
$21.7 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, are classified as
Investments-restricted in the Consolidated Balance
Sheets. |
In accordance with EITF 03-1, The Meaning of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain
Investments, the following table summarizes the gross
unrealized losses and fair value of marketable securities and
investments-restricted, by category and length of time that
individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss
position:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Than 12 Months | |
|
12 Months or Greater | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Fair | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Fair | |
|
Unrealized | |
Description of Securities |
|
Value | |
|
Loss | |
|
Value | |
|
Loss | |
|
Value | |
|
Loss | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government and agencies
|
|
$ |
2,505 |
|
|
$ |
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
7,286 |
|
|
$ |
(363 |
) |
|
$ |
9,791 |
|
|
$ |
(396 |
) |
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
3,300 |
|
|
|
(155 |
) |
|
|
13,134 |
|
|
|
(1,013 |
) |
|
|
16,434 |
|
|
|
(1,168 |
) |
Other debt securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
491 |
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
491 |
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
5,805 |
|
|
$ |
(188 |
) |
|
$ |
20,911 |
|
|
$ |
(1,423 |
) |
|
$ |
26,716 |
|
|
$ |
(1,611 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government and agencies
|
|
$ |
15,557 |
|
|
$ |
(206 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
15,557 |
|
|
$ |
(206 |
) |
Corporate debt securities
|
|
|
16,812 |
|
|
|
(256 |
) |
|
|
4,400 |
|
|
|
(132 |
) |
|
|
21,212 |
|
|
|
(388 |
) |
Other debt securities
|
|
|
1,030 |
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,030 |
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
33,399 |
|
|
$ |
(482 |
) |
|
$ |
4,400 |
|
|
$ |
(132 |
) |
|
$ |
37,799 |
|
|
$ |
(614 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government and Agencies. The unrealized losses on
the Companys investments in U.S. Government and
agencies obligations were caused by interest rate increases. The
contractual terms of these investments do not permit the issuer
to settle the securities at a price less than the amortized cost
of the investment. Because
F15
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
the Company has the ability and intent to hold these investments
until a recovery of fair value, which may be maturity, the
Company does not consider these investments to be
other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2004 and
2003.
Corporate and Other Debt Securities. The unrealized
losses on the Companys investments in corporate and other
debt securities were caused by interest rate increases. The
contractual terms of these investments do not permit the issuer
to settle the securities at a price less than the amortized cost
of the investment. Because the Company has the ability and
intent to hold these investments until a recovery of fair value,
which may be maturity, the Company does not consider these
investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at
December 31, 2004 and 2003.
The amortized cost and fair market value of investments in
marketable securities and investments-restricted, by contractual
maturities are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Amortized | |
|
Fair | |
|
Amortized | |
|
Fair | |
|
|
Cost | |
|
Value | |
|
Cost | |
|
Value | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Due in 1 year or less(b)
|
|
$ |
29,273 |
|
|
$ |
27,831 |
|
|
$ |
24,255 |
|
|
$ |
24,162 |
|
Due after 1 year through 5 years
|
|
|
19,677 |
|
|
|
19,516 |
|
|
|
48,225 |
|
|
|
47,842 |
|
Due after 5 years
|
|
|
259 |
|
|
|
257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
49,209 |
|
|
$ |
47,604 |
|
|
$ |
72,480 |
|
|
$ |
72,004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Investments due in 1 year or less of $5.8 million and
$7.6 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, are classified as
Investments-restricted in the Consolidated Balance
Sheets. |
The gross proceeds and realized gains and losses from maturities
and sales of marketable securities are included in investment
and other income for the years ended December 31 were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized | |
|
|
|
|
Cost/ | |
|
| |
|
|
Proceeds | |
|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Gross gain | |
|
Gross (loss) | |
|
Net gain/(loss) | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
2004
|
|
$ |
32,550 |
|
|
$ |
32,979 |
|
|
$ |
72 |
|
|
$ |
(501 |
) |
|
$ |
(429 |
) |
2003
|
|
|
106,964 |
|
|
|
106,811 |
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
(326 |
) |
|
|
153 |
|
2002
|
|
|
83,425 |
|
|
|
83,031 |
|
|
|
828 |
|
|
|
(434 |
) |
|
|
394 |
|
Inventory consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
Raw materials
|
|
$ |
354 |
|
|
$ |
191 |
|
Work-in-process
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
Finished goods
|
|
|
1,705 |
|
|
|
2,038 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total inventory, net
|
|
$ |
2,373 |
|
|
$ |
2,504 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales was charged $1.3 million and
$0.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2004
and 2003, respectively, to reflect total Gliadel and Aggrastat
inventory at net realizable value.
F16
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(7) Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
Land
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
350 |
|
Building
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,346 |
|
Laboratory equipment
|
|
|
6,016 |
|
|
|
6,565 |
|
Manufacturing equipment
|
|
|
2,484 |
|
|
|
2,612 |
|
Computer and office equipment
|
|
|
5,594 |
|
|
|
5,907 |
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,245 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gross property and equipment
|
|
|
14,094 |
|
|
|
50,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, excluding capital leases
|
|
|
(9,076 |
) |
|
|
(24,876 |
) |
|
Capital leases
|
|
|
(3,260 |
) |
|
|
(2,754 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(12,336 |
) |
|
|
(27,630 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and equipment, net
|
|
$ |
1,758 |
|
|
$ |
22,395 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company sold
its corporate and research and development facilities for
$20.8 million, net of expenses, and concurrently leased
back both properties. Additionally, the Company disposed of
approximately $0.7 million and $1.1 million of fully
depreciated assets during the years ended December 31, 2004
and 2003, respectively, excluding the assets included in the
sale and leaseback transaction.
Depreciation and amortization and repairs and maintenance
expenses were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Depreciation and amortization expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, excluding capital leases
|
|
$ |
2,114 |
|
|
$ |
2,789 |
|
|
$ |
3,026 |
|
|
Capital leases
|
|
|
907 |
|
|
|
1,202 |
|
|
|
1,028 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total depreciation and amortization expense
|
|
$ |
3,021 |
|
|
$ |
3,991 |
|
|
$ |
4,054 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repairs and maintenance expense
|
|
$ |
2,536 |
|
|
$ |
1,947 |
|
|
$ |
2,320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F17
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
8. |
Intangible Assets and Acquired In-process Research and
Development |
Intangible assets consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Life in Years | |
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Gliadel rights reacquisition
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
$ |
8,412 |
|
|
$ |
8,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggrastat Patents
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
53,390 |
|
|
|
53,390 |
|
Trademarks
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
9,750 |
|
|
|
9,750 |
|
Customer contracts and related customer relationships
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
14,712 |
|
|
|
14,712 |
|
Other
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Aggrastat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,119 |
|
|
|
78,119 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less accumulation amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,588 |
) |
|
|
(3,735 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
75,943 |
|
|
$ |
82,796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In October 2003, the Company acquired the U.S. product
rights, including trademarks and patents, to Aggrastat from
Merck for $86.2 million, including transaction costs. The
Company recorded, based on a valuation by a third party and by
the Companys management, intangible assets of
$78.1 million with estimated lives, subject to change,
ranging between 11 and 13 years, and acquired in-process
research and development of $8.1 million, which was
expensed. The fair value was determined utilizing a present
value technique involving a discounted cash flow analysis. Under
this approach, fair value reflected the present value of the
projected future cash flows that would be generated by the
in-process research and development. A 35% risk adjusted
discount rate was used in calculating the present value.
At the date of acquisition, the development of Aggrastat for use
in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (or PCI) was not complete,
had not reached technological feasibility and had no known
alternative future uses. Consequently, there was considerable
uncertainty as to the technological feasibility of the product
for this indication at the date of acquisition. The Company did
not foresee any alternative future benefit from the acquired
in-process research and development other than specifically
related to the PCI indication under development. Significant
technological and regulatory approval risks were associated with
the development of the product for a PCI indication. Achieving
such an indication would require significant amounts of future
time, effort, and substantial development costs, which would be
incurred by the Company. The efforts required to develop the
acquired in-process research and development into commercially
viable products included the completion of the clinical-trial
testing, regulatory approval and commercialization. The
principal risks related to achieving the indication under
development were the outcomes of clinical studies and regulatory
filings. Since pharmaceutical products cannot be marketed
without regulatory approvals, the Company would not receive any
benefits unless regulatory approval is obtained. Accordingly,
the portion of the purchase price, related to the products under
development of $8.1 million, was allocated to acquired
in-process research and development and was expensed at the date
of acquisition.
In October 2000, the Company entered into a Rights Reversion
Agreement (the Rights Reversion Agreement) with Aventis,
pursuant to which the Company reacquired the rights to market,
sell and distribute Gliadel. In consideration for the
reacquisition of these rights, the Company issued to Aventis
300,000 shares of its common stock, valued at approximately
$8.4 million, assumed the obligations for product returns
subsequent to December 31, 2000, and granted Aventis
certain registration rights with respect to such stock. In
accordance with the terms of the Rights Reversion Agreement,
effective January 1, 2001, the Company has been responsible
for all aspects of the worldwide marketing, sale and
distribution of Gliadel (except in
F18
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Scandinavia where Gliadel is distributed by Orion Corporation
Pharma). Upon reacquisition, the Company determined that this
intangible asset had a finite life and would be amortized over a
life of 10 years.
Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002 were $6.9 million, $1.9 million and
$0.8 million, respectively.
Amortization expense related to the above intellectual
properties is expected to be approximately $6.9 million a
year for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
|
|
9. |
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the
following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
Accrued interest payable
|
|
$ |
1,818 |
|
|
$ |
1,967 |
|
Accrued sales returns
|
|
|
1,107 |
|
|
|
880 |
|
Other
|
|
|
3,430 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
6,355 |
|
|
$ |
3,590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt, including capital lease obligations, consist of
the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
5% convertible subordinated note, due July 2008, interest
paid semi-annually
|
|
$ |
69,354 |
|
|
$ |
69,354 |
|
Term loan due to Wachovia Bank National Association, due May
2008, variable interest rate
|
|
|
17,312 |
|
|
|
18,252 |
|
Commercial bank note, due April 2006, variable interest rate
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
2,250 |
|
Maryland Economic Development Corporation Bond, due December
2004, variable interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
941 |
|
2% note payable to City of Baltimore, due December 2009
|
|
|
315 |
|
|
|
370 |
|
Capital leases, interest of 4.5% to 9.6% (See Note 14)
|
|
|
1,828 |
|
|
|
946 |
|
4% other note payable, due April 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt, including current portion
|
|
|
90,309 |
|
|
|
92,279 |
|
Less: current portion of long-term debt and capital lease
obligations
|
|
|
(2,916 |
) |
|
|
(3,394 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt, net of current portion
|
|
$ |
87,393 |
|
|
$ |
88,885 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt and capital lease
obligations for each of the five years subsequent to
December 31, 2004, and thereafter are approximately:
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ in thousands) |
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
2,916 |
|
2006
|
|
|
2,297 |
|
2007
|
|
|
1,078 |
|
2008
|
|
|
83,952 |
|
2009
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
90,309 |
|
|
|
|
|
F19
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
Convertible Subordinated Notes |
In June 2003, the Company issued $60.0 million of
convertible subordinated notes (or Notes) due July 1, 2008.
In July 2003, the initial purchasers of the Notes exercised an
option to purchase an additional $9.4 million of the Notes
under the same terms and conditions of the initial issuance.
Interest on the Notes accrues at 5% per annum and is
payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 each year,
commencing on January 1, 2004. The Notes are convertible,
at the option of the holder at any time prior to maturity, into
shares of the Companys common stock at a conversion price
of $6.24 per share. The Company has the option to redeem
the Notes on or after July 6, 2006. The cost to redeem the
Notes prior to July 6, 2007 is 102.00% of the principal
amount. If the Company elects to redeem the Notes on or after
July 6, 2007, until the maturity date, the redemption price
would be 101.00% of the principal amount.
In May 2003, the Company entered into a five-year
$18.8 million term loan agreement with Wachovia Bank
National Association (or Wachovia), the proceeds of which were
used to acquire the Companys research and development
facility. The Company entered into a swap agreement that
effectively fixed the interest rate on this indebtedness at
5.36%. The agreement required monthly principal payments of
approximately $940,000 per year, and a lump sum principal
payment of approximately $15.0 million would have been due
in May 2008. Under the terms of the loan, the Company was
required to maintain a restricted cash collateral account in the
amount of the remaining unpaid principal of the loan. In
accordance with the terms of the loan, the Company had a
restricted cash collateral account balance of $17.3 million
and $18.3 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
Subsequent to December 31, 2004, the Company paid off the
remaining principal balance outstanding on the term loan, and as
a result, the related cash collateral account balance has been
released and the swap agreement has been paid and terminated
(see Note 12).
The Company entered into a swap agreement that effectively fixed
the interest rate on this indebtedness at 2.78%. The agreement
required four equal annual installments of $750,000 with the
final payment due on April 30, 2006.
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Maryland Economic Development Corporation Bond |
The Company entered into a swap agreement that effectively fixed
the interest rate on this indebtedness at 6.06%. The agreement
required monthly installments including principal and interest.
In December 2004, the Company made the final payment due under
the bond financing agreement.
The debt agreements referred to above contain restrictions that
require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Under
the terms of the Wachovia term loan, the Company maintained cash
collateral of $17.3 million and $18.3 million at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively (equal to the
unpaid principal balance of the loan). In accordance with the
commercial loan agreement, the Company maintained cash
collateral of $1.5 million and $2.2 million at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively (equal to 100% of
the outstanding principal balance). Under the bond financing
arrangement, the Company maintained cash collateral of
$0.2 million at December 31, 2003 (equal to
approximately 18.2% of the outstanding principal balance less
$100,000). No such collateral was necessary as of
December 31, 2004, because the final repayment was made in
December 2004. Total collateral is included in the
investments-restricted on the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Consolidated Balance Sheets. Other covenants preclude the
Company from declaring any cash dividends on its common stock
without prior written consent.
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11. |
PRF Revenue Interest Obligation |
On October 28, 2003, the Company acquired from Merck the
rights to Aggrastat in the United States and its territories for
a purchase price of $84.0 million. The Company paid
$42.0 million in cash and entered into a $42.0 million
revenue interest financing arrangement with PRF (as outlined in
Note 4 above) pursuant to the Revenue Agreement. Below is a
summary of the terms:
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PRF is entitled to receive: |
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from October 28, 2003 through December 31,
2006 10% of the Companys combined net revenue
from Gliadel and Aggrastat up to $75.0 million and 2.5% of
those annual net revenues in excess of $75.0 million; |
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from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2012 (the
end of the term of the financing arrangement with
PRF) 17.5% of the Companys combined net
revenue from Gliadel and Aggrastat up to $75.0 million and
3.5% of those annual net revenues in excess of
$75.0 million; |
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the revenue interest percentages can increase if the Company
fails to meet contractually specified levels of annual net
revenue from products for which PRF is entitled to receive its
revenue interest; and |
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minimum payments payable quarterly totaling $5.0 million in
2004, $6.3 million in 2005, $7.5 million in 2006,
$10.0 million per year in 2007 through 2009, and
$12.5 million per year in 2010 through 2012. The Company
paid $5.8 million and $0.1 million to PRF, related to
the minimum payments requirement, during the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. |
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During each year of the term of the Revenue Agreement, PRF will
be entitled to receive a portion of revenue from products that
we may acquire in the future or of our product candidates
Aquavan and GPI 1485, in the case that our calculated annual
obligation(s) to make royalty payments under the Revenue
Agreement (based upon the combined net revenue from Gliadel and
Aggrastat) are less than $6.4 million for 2004,
$7.6 million for 2005, $8.3 million for 2006,
$15.3 million for 2007, $15.5 million for 2008,
$15.8 million for 2009, $16.0 million for 2010, or
$15.9 million for 2011 and 2012, respectively. |
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PRF received five-year warrants to
purchase 300,000 shares of the Companys common
stock at an exercise price of $9.15 per share. |
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PRF received a security interest in the assets related to
Gliadel and Aggrastat. As a result of this security interest,
the Company may not be free to utilize those assets at its
discretion, such as selling or outlicensing rights to part or
all of those assets, without first obtaining the permission of
PRF. This requirement could delay, hinder or condition, the
Companys ability to enter into corporate partnerships or
strategic alliances with respect to these assets. |
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PRF may be entitled to require the Company to repurchase its
revenue interest under the following circumstances: |
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if the Company fails to maintain an escrow account funded with
eight quarters of minimum payments to PRF in the aggregate of
$13.8 million and $11.3 million as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, or fails to
maintain at least $20.0 million of net working capital; |
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if the Company fails to make its minimum payments to PRF; |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
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if the Company sells Gliadel and Aggrastat (with PRF having
partial rights to make the Company repurchase its interest in
the event of the sale of one, but not both products); |
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upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or similar event; or |
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upon certain conditions related to a change of control of the
Company. |
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The repurchase amount guarantees PRF a return in an amount over
its initial investment and is reduced based on payments that the
Company has previously made to PRF prior to the time that its
interest is repurchased, but the repurchase price may never
exceed three and a half times PRFs initial investment, or
$147.0 million. |
Revenue interest expense, calculated using the effective
interest method, was $8.8 million and $1.6 million for
the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The Company utilizes an imputed interest rate equivalent to
PRFs projected internal rate of return based on estimated
future revenue interest obligation payments. Revenue interest
obligation payments made to PRF reduces the future obligation.
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12. |
Interest Rate Swap Agreements |
The Company entered into interest rate swap agreements with a
commercial bank (the Counterparty) to reduce the impact of
fluctuations in market interest rates on certain financial
obligations. These agreements have a total notional principal
value of approximately $18.8 million and $21.4 million
at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Pursuant to
these interest rate swap agreements, the Company pays a fixed
rate of interest to the Counterparty and receives from the
Counterparty a variable rate of interest. The differential to be
paid or received as interest rates change is charged or
credited, as appropriate, to operations. Accordingly, the
Company has fixed interest rates on its December 31, 2004
and 2003 financial obligations between 2.78% and 5.36% and
between 2.78% and 6.06%, respectively. These interest rate swap
agreements have the same maturity dates as the respective
financial obligations and expire on various dates through May
2008.
In the event of non-performance by the Counterparty, the Company
could be exposed to market risk related to interest rates. When
the fair value of the agreements is positive, the Counterparty
owes the Company, which creates market risk for the Company.
Conversely, when the fair value of the agreements is negative,
the Company owes the Counterparty and, therefore, it does not
possess market risk. At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the
fair value of the interest rate swap agreements was a liability
of $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively.
Current market pricing models were used to estimate fair values
of these interest rate swap agreements.
Subsequent to December 31, 2004, a swap agreement that had
a notional principal value of $17.3 million as of
December 31, 2004 was terminated because it was paid, and
resulted in a realized loss of $0.6 million (see
Note 10).
In July 2002, the Company announced a workforce reduction of 58
employees, most of whom worked in the areas of research and
development. As a result of this reduction, the Company recorded
a restructuring charge and a corresponding reserve of
$1.3 million during 2002. The Companys restructuring
plans and associated costs consisted of employee termination
costs, including severance pay, related payroll taxes and
insurance, and outplacement services. All terminations and
termination benefits were communicated to the affected employees
during the third quarter of 2002 and fully paid by August 2003.
In December 2004, the Company sold its corporate and research
and development facilities for $20.8 million, net of
expenses, and concurrently leased back the properties for an
initial term of 15 years. The
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
operating lease is renewable at the Companys option for
two additional terms of ten years each. A gain of
$1.5 million from the sale is being deferred and is being
amortized as a reduction of rent expense over the initial term
of 15 years. The current and long-term portions of this
gain are recorded in other current liabilities and other
liabilities, respectively at December 31, 2004. The Company
had acquired the research and development facility in May 2003,
and had entered into a five-year $18.8 million term loan
agreement with Wachovia in order to finance the acquisition.
At December 31, 2004, the Companys future minimum
operating lease commitments related to all non-cancelable leases
(with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year)
and future minimum capital lease payments were as follows:
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Operating Leases | |
|
Capital Leases | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
2005
|
|
$ |
3,186 |
|
|
$ |
1,266 |
|
2006
|
|
|
2,869 |
|
|
|
575 |
|
2007
|
|
|
2,788 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
2008
|
|
|
2,872 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
2009
|
|
|
2,958 |
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|
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Remainder
|
|
|
33,711 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
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|
$ |
48,384 |
|
|
|
1,967 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: imputed interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(139 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Present value of net minimum lease payments
|
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|
|
|
|
|
1,828 |
|
Less: current maturities of capital lease obligations
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|
|
|
|
(1,165 |
) |
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|
|
|
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|
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Capital lease obligations, excluding current portion
|
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|
|
|
|
$ |
663 |
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|
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Rent expenses for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003
and 2002 were approximately $1.8 million, $2.9 million
and $4.8 million, respectively. Rent expense is expected to
increase by $2.2 million in 2005 as a result of the
December 2004 sale and leaseback transaction.
As of December 31, 2004, the Company had net operating loss
(or NOL) carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards of
approximately $364.3 million and $13.3 million,
respectively, available for Federal income tax purposes that
expires at various dates between 2010 and 2024. Included in the
NOL is $11.9 million attributable to SNDC. Approximately
$3.9 million of the NOL carryforwards result from tax
deductions related to equity-based compensation, which will be a
credit to additional paid-in capital when and if realized. NOL
carryforwards are subject to ownership change limitations and
may also be subject to various other limitations on the amounts
to be utilized.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Actual income tax (benefit)/expense differs from the expected
income tax (benefit)/expense computed at the effective Federal
rate as follows:
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
For the Year Ended December 31 | |
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| |
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|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
($ in thousands) |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
Computed expected tax benefit at statutory rate
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|
$ |
(29,879 |
) |
|
$ |
(18,342 |
) |
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$ |
(20,152 |
) |
State income tax, net of Federal benefit
|
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|
(3,389 |
) |
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|
(2,098 |
) |
|
|
(3,330 |
) |
SNDC NOL
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|
|
(4,584 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development and other permanent differences
|
|
|
4,671 |
|
|
|
3,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
Maryland NOL and other adjustments
|
|
|
2,127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General business credit generated
|
|
|
(1,449 |
) |
|
|
(1,130 |
) |
|
|
(1,292 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
425 |
|
|
|
(318 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32,354 |
) |
|
|
(18,081 |
) |
|
|
(25,092 |
) |
Increase in valuation allowance
|
|
|
32,354 |
|
|
|
18,081 |
|
|
|
25,092 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant components of the Companys deferred tax assets
and liabilities are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
December 31 | |
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|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
($ in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
Deferred tax assets:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
$ |
137,084 |
|
|
$ |
114,961 |
|
|
SNDC NOL
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|
|
4,584 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Research and experimentation credits
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|
|
13,107 |
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|
|
11,721 |
|
|
Compensatory stock grants
|
|
|
1,951 |
|
|
|
887 |
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,382 |
|
|
|
1,286 |
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
798 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
Accrued expenses
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|
|
2,397 |
|
|
|
1,091 |
|
|
Contribution carryover and capitalized start-up costs
|
|
|
246 |
|
|
|
249 |
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
2,345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
164,409 |
|
|
|
131,132 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other
|
|
|
(1,296 |
) |
|
|
(374 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
|
163,113 |
|
|
|
130,758 |
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(163,113 |
) |
|
|
(130,758 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company is uncertain of the realization of the tax benefit
associated with the deferred tax assets related to the
Companys NOL carryforwards and other items, as the
Companys future earnings are uncertain. Accordingly, a
valuation allowance has been established equal to deferred tax
assets which may not be realized in the future, resulting in
deferred tax assets being completely reserved for as of
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002. The change in the
valuation allowance was an increase of approximately
$32.4 million, $18.1 million and $25.1 million
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
In December 2004, the Company acquired the remaining shares of
ProQuest that it did not own for $6.9 million by issuing
1,328,517 shares of the Companys common stock. With
this transaction, the Company obtained full ownership of the
worldwide intellectual property rights to Aquavan, which is
currently in Phase III clinical trials, and received cash,
net of liabilities assumed, of less than $0.1 million (see
Note 3).
In July 2004, the Company completed a public offering of its
common stock. The Company raised approximately
$43.7 million, net of offering costs, through the issuance
of 10,340,000 shares of its common stock. Proceeds from the
equity issuance are being used to fund clinical trials for
Aquavan and Aggrastat, further develop the Companys
pre-clinical product candidates and for general corporate
purposes.
In June 2004, the Company licensed to SNDC, its rights in the
United States to GPI 1485. In conjunction with the transaction,
the Company issued, to SNDCs investors, five-year warrants
to purchase 1.5 million shares of the Companys
common stock at $7.48 per share. The fair value of the
warrants, using the Black-Scholes method, was valued at
$5.2 million and was expensed as acquired in-process
research and development (see Note 2).
In December 2003, the Company sold 4,807,326 newly issued shares
of its common stock to certain institutional investors in a
Private Investment in Public Equity transaction, resulting in
net proceeds to the Company of approximately $25.8 million.
In conjunction with this transaction, the investors received
seven-year warrants to purchase 961,465 shares of the
Companys common stock at an exercise price of
$7.55 per share.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company
repurchased 1,100,000 shares of its common stock at an
aggregate cost of approximately $5.3 million. No stock
repurchase occurred during the years ended December 31,
2004 and 2002.
In October 2003, the Company acquired the rights to Aggrastat in
the United States and its territories from Merck. In order to
finance the acquisition, the Company entered into a
$42.0 million revenue interest financing arrangement with
PRF. In addition to an entitlement to receive certain percentage
of the Companys product revenue, PRF received five-year
warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of the
Companys common stock at an exercise price of
$9.15 per share (see Note 11).
The Company is authorized to issue up to 4,700,000 shares
of preferred stock in one or more different series with terms
fixed by the Board of Directors. Stockholder approval is not
required to issue this preferred stock. There were no shares of
this preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2004 or
2003.
As of December 31, 2004, warrants outstanding were as
follows:
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Total | |
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Exercise Price | |
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# of Warrants | |
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Per Warrant | |
|
Expiration Date | |
(shares in thousands) |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Paul Royalty Fund, L.P.
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300 |
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|
$ |
9.15 |
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|
|
October 2008 |
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Symphony Neuro Development Company
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1,500 |
|
|
$ |
7.48 |
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|
|
June 2009 |
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Private Investment in Public Equity
|
|
|
962 |
|
|
$ |
7.55 |
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|
|
December 2010 |
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17. |
Stockholder Rights Plan |
In September 1995, the Board of Directors adopted a Stockholder
Rights Plan in which preferred stock purchase rights (or Rights)
were granted at the rate of one Right for each share of common
stock. All Rights expire on October 10, 2005. At
December 31, 2004, the Rights were neither exercisable nor
traded separately from the Companys common stock, and
become exercisable only if a person or group becomes the
beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Companys common
stock or announces a tender or exchange offer that would result
in its ownership of 20% or more of the Companys common
stock without the approval of the Board of
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Directors. The Companys other stockholders have the right
to purchase $120 worth of common stock of the Company at the
exercise price of $60 per Right, which would effectively
enable such Rights holders to purchase common stock at one-half
of the then current price.
If the Company is acquired in a merger, or if 50% or more of the
Companys assets are sold in one or more related
transactions, then each Right would entitle the holder thereof
to purchase $120 worth of common stock of the acquiring company
at the exercise price of $60 per Right. At any time after a
person or group of persons becomes the beneficial owner of 20%
or more of the common stock, the Board of Directors, on behalf
of all stockholders, may exchange one share of common stock for
each Right, other than Rights held by the acquiring person.
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18. |
Equity Compensation Plans |
The Company currently grants stock options, restricted stock
units and restricted stock (together, Share Options) under its
equity compensation plans to provide eligible individuals with
an opportunity to acquire or increase an equity interest in the
Company and to encourage these individuals to continue in the
employment of the Company and contribute to its success.
Eligible individuals include full-time employees of the Company
and others, whose participation in the Plan is determined by the
Board of Directors, to be in the best interests of the Company.
If an employees employment with the Company terminates for
any reason, other than by reason of death or permanent
disability, the unvested portion of the employees Share
Options are forfeited. All unvested Share Options vest
immediately upon events constituting a change in control of the
Company.
In December 2004, the Company established the Dean J. Mitchell
Employment Inducement Plan, specifically for Share Options
grants for Dean Mitchell, the Companys Chief Executive
Officer, and authorized 2.1 million shares.
The summary of various equity compensation plans is as follows
(together, the Plans):
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Plan |
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Description |
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Active Plans:
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|
|
2002 Stock Option and Restricted Share Plan
|
|
Provide Share Options to employees, directors
and consultants of the Company |
Dean J. Mitchell Employment Inducement Plan
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|
Provide Share Options to Dean Mitchell, the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
Inactive Plans*:
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|
1998 Stock Option and Restricted Share Plan
|
|
Provide Share Options to employees, directors
and consultants of the Company |
1993 Stock Option and Restricted Share Plan
|
|
Provide Share Options to employees, directors
and consultants of the Company |
Directors Stock Option Plan
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|
Provide Share Options to directors of the Company |
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|
* |
Pursuant to adoption of 2002 Stock Option and Restricted Share
Plan in 2002, these plans were terminated with respect to any
future grants, although any awards previously granted would
continue to remain outstanding. Any forfeitures and
cancellations under these plans are added to 2002 Stock Option
and Restricted Share Plan. |
As of December 31, 2004, there were 1,436,182 shares
and 500,000 shares available for grant under the 2002 Plan
and the Dean J. Mitchell Employment Inducement Plan,
respectively.
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GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company generally grants to its employees, stock options
upon the commencement of their employment, and in the first
quarter of each year as a long-term incentive bonus award, to
the extent approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors. Stock options are granted at a price per share
equal to the fair market value of the Companys common
stock on the day immediately preceding the grant date, or if
later, the employees employment commencement date with the
Company, and are exercisable for a period of not more than ten
years from the grant date. The first 25% of the option shares of
each grant vests on the first anniversary of the respective
grant date, and thereafter, the remaining option shares are
vested ratably in 36 months.
Option grants to the Companys directors vest 50% on the
first anniversary of the grant date and are 100% vested on the
second anniversary of the grant date. Option grants to
consultants vest based upon either the passage of time or the
achievement of certain milestones.
A summary of the Companys stock option activities is as
follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total | |
|
Weighted-Average | |
|
|
# of Options | |
|
Exercise Price | |
(shares in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
December 31, 2001
|
|
|
5,455 |
|
|
$ |
18.66 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,131 |
|
|
|
7.55 |
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
3.09 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(1,726 |
) |
|
|
16.94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2002
|
|
|
5,855 |
|
|
|
15.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
1,171 |
|
|
|
3.88 |
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
4.30 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(974 |
) |
|
|
12.63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003
|
|
|
5,993 |
|
|
|
13.45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,359 |
|
|
|
6.49 |
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(75 |
) |
|
|
4.11 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(536 |
) |
|
|
10.12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004
|
|
|
7,741 |
|
|
$ |
11.65 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable balance as of December 31, 2004
|
|
|
4,676 |
|
|
$ |
15.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F27
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
As of December 31, 2004, total options outstanding and
exercisable by price range are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding | |
|
Options Exercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
As of | |
|
Average | |
|
Average | |
|
As of | |
|
Average | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
Exercise | |
|
Remaining | |
|
December 31, | |
|
Exercise | |
|
|
2004 | |
|
Price | |
|
Contractual Life | |
|
2004 | |
|
Price | |
(shares in thousands) |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$ 0.01 $ 5.00
|
|
|
1,158 |
|
|
$ |
3.70 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
|
|
|
585 |
|
|
$ |
3.67 |
|
5.01 10.00
|
|
|
3,415 |
|
|
|
7.16 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
956 |
|
|
|
8.11 |
|
10.01 15.00
|
|
|
853 |
|
|
|
13.49 |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
851 |
|
|
|
13.49 |
|
15.01 20.00
|
|
|
1,632 |
|
|
|
18.76 |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
1,601 |
|
|
|
18.75 |
|
20.01 30.00
|
|
|
676 |
|
|
|
28.27 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
676 |
|
|
|
28.28 |
|
30.01 40.00
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
30.63 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
30.63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,741 |
|
|
$ |
11.65 |
|
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
4,676 |
|
|
$ |
15.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro Forma Option Information |
Using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the per share
weighted-average fair value for all stock options granted during
2004, 2003 and 2002 was $3.59, $1.80 and $4.69, respectively,
based on the following weighted-average assumptions on the date
of grant:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.4 |
% |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
|
|
2.6 |
% |
Volatility
|
|
|
70.6 |
% |
|
|
77.3 |
% |
|
|
76.0 |
% |
Expected life in years
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units: |
The Company issues restricted stock and grants restricted stock
units to certain of its officers and directors. Both the
restricted stock and restricted stock units are valued at the
fair market value of the Companys common stock on the day
immediately preceding the date of the grant and are subject to a
vesting period determined by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors. If the grant does not require the officer to
pay for the stock underlying the grant, at the time of the
grant, the Company records unearned compensation in the amount
of the fair market value of the Companys common stock on
the date of the grant multiplied by the number of shares of
restricted stock issued or restricted stock unit granted. This
unearned compensation is expensed ratably over the service
period.
In 2004, the Company granted 117,670 shares of restricted
stock units with a weighted average grant date fair value of
$5.00 to an executive officer and directors. The Company also
granted restricted stock units, which represents the right to
receive $1.0 million worth of common stock (not to exceed
100,000 shares of common stock) to an executive officer,
that will vest on the earlier of February 12, 2011 or the
date of a change of control of the Company, if earlier.
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plans |
The Company has two employee stock purchase plans, the 2002
Stock Purchase Plan and the 2001 Stock Purchase Plan, to
encourage and assist employees to acquire an equity interest in
the Company. Eligible employees may elect to have up to 15% of
their annual gross earnings withheld to purchase shares of the
F28
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Companys common stock at 85% of the fair market value of
the common stock on either the first or last trading day of the
offering period, whichever is lower.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan (shares in thousands) |
|
Authorized # of Shares | |
|
# of Shares Issued | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2002 Stock Purchase Plan(a)
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
2001 Stock Purchase Plan(b)
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
(a) |
Approved by shareholders and therefore, is intended to comply
with the requirements of Section 423 of the Internal
Revenue Code. |
|
|
|
(b) |
|
Not subject to shareholder approval and therefore, does not
currently comply with the requirements of Sections 421 and
423 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
|
|
19. |
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan |
The Companys 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (or the 401(k)
Plan) is available to all employees meeting certain eligibility
criteria and permits participants to contribute up to certain
limits as established by the Internal Revenue Code. The Company
may make contributions equal to a percentage of a
participants contribution or may contribute a
discretionary amount to the 401(k) Plan.
The Company currently elects to match employee contributions
with the Companys common stock equal to 50% of the first
6% of an employees voluntary contribution. Such amounts
vest 25% per year, based on a participants years of
service with the Company, and can be, at the option of the
employee, redeemed for cash within the 401(k) Plan. The Company
has made non-cash contributions of Company stock of
approximately $0.4 million, $0.5 million and
$0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively.
|
|
20. |
Related Party Transaction |
|
|
|
Mr. Dean J. Mitchells Employment Letter of
Agreement |
Effective December 1, 2004, Dean J. Mitchell, the
Companys new President and Chief Executive Officer joined
the Company. In accordance with the November 16, 2004
letter of agreement entered into with Mr. Mitchell, in
addition to a base salary and bonus potential, the Company
granted to Mr. Mitchell:
|
|
|
|
|
options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the
Companys common stock with an exercise price equal to the
fair market value of the Companys common stock on the day
immediately preceding the date of the grant, 25% of which will
vest on the first anniversary of the grant, and the remainder of
which will vest in equal monthly installments over the next
36 months; |
|
|
|
50,000 shares of common stock, fully vested as of the date
of grant; |
|
|
|
250,000 restricted shares of common stock that will vest on the
first anniversary of his employment with the Company or earlier
upon a certain acceleration event (to mean death, disability,
termination without cause or termination by Mr. Mitchell
for good reason, as defined per the letter of agreement); |
|
|
|
250,000 restricted shares of common stock, vesting seven years
from the commencement of his employment or in 2007, 2008 and
2009 if certain performance milestones to be determined are met; |
|
|
|
options to purchase 250,000 shares in February 2006
and 250,000 shares in February 2007 of the Companys
common stock with an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of the Companys common stock on the day immediately
preceding the date of grant, 25% of which will vest on the first
anniversary of the grant, the remainder of which will vest in
equal monthly installments over the next 36 months; and |
F29
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
a restricted stock unit grant that will vest on the earlier of
February 12, 2011 or the date of a change of control of the
Company, which represents the right to receive $1.0 million
worth of common stock on that date (not to exceed
100,000 shares of common stock). |
In 2004, the Company recorded unearned compensation to
stockholders equity for $3.8 million for the fair
value of the equity instruments granted to Mr. Mitchell and
is amortizing the unearned compensation into earnings over the
service period. As of December 31, 2004, $3.7 million
in unearned compensation remained to be amortized for
Mr. Mitchell.
The letter of agreement also provides for a severance benefit of
two years of salary continuation, an outplacement support and
the right to exercise the vested stock options for a period of
one to three years after termination, depending on the
termination circumstances.
In addition, the Company and Mr. Mitchell entered into an
Executive Change in Control and Severance Agreement under which
he will be entitled to a severance benefit following a change in
control of the Company of three times his base salary,
acceleration of unvested options and restricted stock, and
benefits continuation for up to three years.
|
|
|
Dr. Craig R. Smiths Consulting and Separation
Agreement |
On September 3, 2004, the Company entered into a consulting
and separation agreement with Craig R. Smith, M.D., the
Companys former President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board, in connection with the announcement of
his resignation, which became effective on December 1, 2004
(the Retirement Date) with the commencement of
Mr. Mitchells employment with the Company as the
Companys new President and Chief Executive Officer.
Pursuant to the consulting and separation agreement, the Company
continued to pay Dr. Smiths salary, benefits,
expenses and other compensation until the Retirement Date.
Subsequent to the Retirement Date, the Company will:
|
|
|
|
|
pay a consulting fee equal to his last base salary and benefits
for an additional thirty-six months in consideration of one
years consulting services; |
|
|
|
pay a cash payment equal to 50% of his last base salary as Chief
Executive Officer, payable: |
|
|
|
|
|
50% on January 3, 2005 and |
|
|
|
50% at the one-year anniversary of his retirement; and |
|
|
|
|
|
grant 100,000 restricted stock units. |
The Company recorded $1.9 million, the net present value of
the consulting fee and cash payment, as compensation expense and
also recorded a corresponding consulting and separation
liability. The remaining liability as of December 31, 2004
was $1.9 million. The Company also recorded an additional
compensation expense of $0.6 million primarily related to
the 100,000 restricted stock units.
Pursuant to the consulting agreement entered into in September
1995, the Company has paid Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., a
director, approximately $0.2 million for consulting
services for each of the three years ended December 31,
2004, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002. These
services include assisting the Company in recruiting scientific
staff, advisement on acquisitions of new technologies and
laboratory equipment and participation in business meetings with
the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
F30
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
In connection with the sale of 34,129 shares of the
Companys common stock in February 1994 to John P. Brennan,
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations, Mr. Brennan
delivered to the Company a $60,000 full-recourse note with an
annual interest rate of 5.34%. That note, as amended, was due
and payable in February 2002, at which time the Company extended
the payment date of the note to February 2004. In January 2004,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors forgave the
obligation under the note, which at the time equaled
approximately $94,200 of principal and interest. The forgiveness
of the note was a taxable event for Mr. Brennan and
Mr. Brennan is responsible for those tax obligations. The
forgiveness of the note was in connection with the planned
retirement of Mr. Brennan from the Company, which will be
effective May 2005.
|
|
21. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
|
Merck Royalty on Aggrastat Net Revenue |
In connection with the acquisition of Aggrastat, the Company
granted Merck a royalty based on net revenue from Aggrastat.
From October 2003 until December 31, 2006, the agreement
provides that Merck will not receive royalty payments on net
revenue less than $40.0 million. On net revenue above
$40.0 million prior to December 31, 2006 and beginning
on January 1, 2007, on all revenue from Aggrastat, Merck
will receive royalty payments ranging from 5% to 20% of
Aggrastat net revenue, based upon the Companys achievement
of certain net revenue thresholds. The royalty payments to be
paid to Merck are calculated as follows:
|
|
|
|
Royalty Payment % |
|
Aggrastat Net Revenue |
|
|
|
Years 2004 to 2006:
|
|
|
|
0%
|
|
up to $40.0 million |
|
10%
|
|
in excess of $40.0 million and less than $50.0 million |
|
12%
|
|
in excess of $50.0 million and less than $75.0 million |
|
14%
|
|
in excess of $75.0 million and less than $100.0 million |
|
20%
|
|
in excess of $100.0 million |
Years 2007 and thereafter:
|
|
|
|
5%
|
|
up to $28.0 million |
|
10%
|
|
in excess of $28.0 million and less than $50.0 million |
|
12%
|
|
in excess of $50.0 million and less than $75.0 million |
|
14%
|
|
in excess of $75.0 million and less than $100.0 million |
|
20%
|
|
in excess of $100.0 million |
|
|
|
Research and Development Commitments |
The Company has entered into various agreements in order to
advance its research and development activities. These
agreements may take the form of research and development
agreements, consulting agreements and/or licensing agreements.
As of December 31, 2004, the Company had committed to fund
approximately $43.0 million pursuant to these agreements,
including $6.6 million committed by SNDC. Approximately 61%
of this amount will be incurred during 2005.
The Company has entered into various licensing agreements for
certain of its technologies, which commit the Company to minimum
annual research spending on certain mutually agreed-upon
research and development projects. In the aggregate, these
minimum annual research expenditures are approximately
$0.8 million. These minimum annual research expenditures
typically continue until marketing approval of a product
incorporating the licensed technology. In addition, certain of
these licensing agreements require the Company to make payments
upon achieving specific milestones as well as requiring the
payment of royalties
F31
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
on future net revenue of licensed products, if any, as well as a
percentage of all payments received by the Company from
sublicensees, if any.
|
|
|
Manufacturing Commitment for Aggrastat |
The Company has entered into a supply agreement with Baxter
Healthcare Corporation for Aggrastat 250 ml and 100 ml
bags through July 2009. As of December 31, 2004, the
Company has committed to purchasing approximately
$6.6 million, of which approximately $1.6 million will
be incurred during 2005.
|
|
|
Cardinal Health Sales and Marketing Services
Dispute |
During 2002, the Company terminated its agreement with CHSMS to
provide a contract sales force. The termination led to a dispute
regarding amounts owed to CHSMS at the termination date. The
Company did not believe it had any remaining obligations to
CHSMS at December 31, 2002 relative to the agreement;
however, CHSMS had asserted that it might be owed
$0.8 million.
In March 2003, the Company received a notice from Cardinal that
SPD, an affiliate of CHSMS and another subsidiary of Cardinal,
was going to offset the amount CHSMS claimed the Company owed it
against an account payable that SPD owed the Company, in
addition to taking certain unearned prompt payment discounts.
SPD is the specialty distributor to whom the Company sells
Gliadel. The Company did not believe that Cardinal or SPD had
the right to make an offset under the Companys agreement
with SPD for amounts that CHSMS claimed the Company owed it. As
of December 31, 2003, the Company had recorded a reserve of
$0.8 million for the SPD receivable that was not paid when
due, and subsequently in the first quarter of 2004, the amount
was written off.
The Company from time to time is involved in routine legal
matters and contractual disputes incidental to its normal
operations. In managements opinion, there exist no matters
that are expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Companys consolidated financial condition, results of
operations or liquidity.
|
|
22. |
Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) |
The following table sets forth summarized unaudited quarterly
results for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ in thousands, except per share data) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended |
|
March 31, 2004 | |
|
June 30, 2004 | |
|
September 30, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
8,928 |
|
|
$ |
11,149 |
|
|
$ |
17,322 |
|
|
$ |
10,512 |
|
Gross margin(1)
|
|
|
7,736 |
|
|
|
9,515 |
|
|
|
8,370 |
|
|
|
8,973 |
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(18,068 |
) |
|
|
(21,267 |
) |
|
|
(14,461 |
) |
|
|
(34,082 |
) |
Net loss per common share
|
|
$ |
(0.53 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.63 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.33 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.76 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended |
|
March 31, 2003 | |
|
June 30, 2003 | |
|
September 30, 2003 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
3,463 |
|
|
$ |
10,602 |
|
|
$ |
5,420 |
|
|
$ |
8,120 |
|
Gross margin(1)
|
|
|
2,511 |
|
|
|
3,971 |
|
|
|
4,327 |
|
|
|
6,798 |
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(11,193 |
) |
|
|
(5,354 |
) |
|
|
(13,282 |
) |
|
|
(24,118 |
) |
Net loss per common share(2)
|
|
$ |
(0.37 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.18 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.46 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.80 |
) |
F32
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
(1) |
Gross margin is calculated as net product revenue less cost of
sales. |
|
(2) |
Due to rounding, the net loss per common share for the four
quarters does not agree to the net loss per common share for the
year ended December 31, 2003. |
In December 2004, the Company sold its corporate and research
and development facilities for $20.8 million, net of
expenses, and concurrently leased back the properties for an
initial term of 15 years. The Company deferred the gain of
$1.5 million on the sale leaseback transaction and is
amortizing the gain as a reduction of rent expense over the
initial 15 year term.
F33
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II
($ in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description |
|
Balance | |
|
Charge to Costs | |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance | |
(Balance sheet caption) |
|
Jan. 1, 2002 | |
|
and Expenses | |
|
Charged to Other |
|
Deductions | |
|
Dec. 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Accounts receivable)
|
|
$ |
152 |
|
|
$ |
(125 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
27 |
|
Product return reserve (Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities)
|
|
|
751 |
|
|
|
1,314 |
(a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,773 |
)(b) |
|
|
292 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description |
|
Balance | |
|
Charge to Costs | |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance | |
(Balance sheet caption) |
|
Jan. 1, 2003 | |
|
and Expenses | |
|
Charged to Other |
|
Deductions | |
|
Dec. 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Accounts receivable)
|
|
$ |
27 |
|
|
$ |
799 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(10 |
) |
|
$ |
816 |
|
Product return reserve (Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities)
|
|
|
292 |
|
|
|
1,639 |
(a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,051 |
)(b) |
|
|
880 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description |
|
Balance | |
|
Charge to Costs | |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance | |
(Balance sheet caption) |
|
Jan. 1, 2004 | |
|
and Expenses | |
|
Charged to Other |
|
Deductions | |
|
Dec. 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Accounts receivable)
|
|
$ |
816 |
|
|
$ |
39 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(829 |
) |
|
$ |
26 |
|
Product return reserve (Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities)
|
|
|
880 |
|
|
|
2,054 |
(a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,827 |
)(b) |
|
|
1,107 |
|
|
|
(a) |
The provision for product returns is a reduction of gross
product revenue. |
|
|
|
(b) |
|
Product returned pursuant to the Companys return policy
and charged to this reserve. |
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