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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(MARK ONE)

 

 

 

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

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2003

 

OR

 

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

 

 

 

For the transition period from                to                .

 

 

 

Commission File Number  0-28494

 


 

MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

04-3177038

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

75 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS  02139

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-7000

 


 

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

 

Number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s class of Common Stock as of May 2, 2003: 297,128,661

 

 



 

MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2003

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

 

Risk Factors That May Affect Results

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

Certifications

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

The following Millennium trademarks are used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:   Millennium®, the Millennium “M” logo and design (registered), Millennium Pharmaceuticals™, “Transcending the Limits of Medicine”™, VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection, INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection and “Breakthrough Science. Breakthrough Medicine.”  All are covered by registrations or pending applications for registration in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and many other countries.  CAMPATH® is a registered trademark of ILEX Pharmaceuticals, L.P., TNKase™ and Activase® are trademarks of Genentech, Inc., ReoPro® is a trademark of Eli Lilly and Company and Aggrastat® is a trademark of Merck & Co., Inc.  Other trademarks used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners.

 

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PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.    Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

March 31, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

488,721

 

$

1,332,391

 

Marketable securities

 

1,163,130

 

426,672

 

Due from strategic alliance partners

 

58,786

 

44,869

 

Inventory

 

111,284

 

105,346

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

25,788

 

29,463

 

Total current assets

 

1,847,709

 

1,938,741

 

Property and equipment, net

 

305,298

 

310,325

 

Restricted cash

 

25,045

 

31,056

 

Other assets

 

32,727

 

33,168

 

Goodwill

 

1,200,693

 

1,200,510

 

Developed technology, net

 

397,356

 

405,721

 

Intangible assets, net

 

63,205

 

78,086

 

Total assets

 

$

3,872,033

 

$

3,997,607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

19,552

 

$

34,216

 

Accrued expenses

 

179,476

 

181,318

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

106,809

 

118,008

 

Current portion of capital lease obligations

 

16,141

 

16,045

 

Current portion of long term debt

 

599,960

 

599,960

 

Total current liabilities

 

921,938

 

949,547

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

3,113

 

1,704

 

Capital lease obligations, net of current portion

 

58,809

 

61,338

 

Long term debt, net of current portion

 

83,325

 

83,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized, none issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized: 296,371 shares at March 31, 2003 and 291,094 shares at December 31, 2002 issued and outstanding

 

296

 

291

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

4,468,961

 

4,432,040

 

Deferred compensation

 

(1,448

)

(1,952

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

7,699

 

4,119

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(1,670,660

)

(1,532,805

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

2,804,848

 

2,901,693

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

3,872,033

 

$

3,997,607

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue under strategic alliances

 

$

30,834

 

$

46,457

 

Copromotion revenue

 

50,881

 

22,142

 

Total revenues

 

81,715

 

68,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

126,810

 

101,312

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

35,383

 

37,241

 

Cost of copromotion revenue

 

18,696

 

7,728

 

Restructuring charges

 

28,195

 

 

Acquired in-process research and development

 

 

242,000

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

9,676

 

5,543

 

Total costs and expenses

 

218,760

 

393,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(137,045

)

(325,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

9,607

 

28,157

 

Interest expense

 

(10,417

)

(6,793

)

Net loss

 

$

(137,855

)

$

(303,861

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.47

)

$

(1.20

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares, basic and diluted

 

292,944

 

253,901

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2003

 

2002

 

Cash Flows from Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(137,855

)

$

(303,861

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Acquired in-process research and development

 

 

242,000

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

25,650

 

15,526

 

Restructuring charges

 

20,785

 

 

Amortization of deferred financing cost

 

1,030

 

618

 

Realized (gain) loss on marketable securities, net

 

22

 

(4,887

)

Stock compensation expense

 

3,328

 

2,577

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Due from strategic alliance partners

 

(13,917

)

(33,317

)

Inventory

 

(5,938

)

(662

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

2,653

 

(1,329

)

Restricted cash and other assets

 

24,730

 

1,232

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(16,326

)

(10,896

)

Deferred revenue

 

(9,790

)

(1,652

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(105,628

)

(94,651

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in marketable securities

 

(793,879

)

(305,947

)

Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities

 

42,256

 

236,836

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(15,906

)

(31,113

)

Net cash acquired in COR Therapeutics, Inc. acquisition

 

 

309,147

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

(767,529

)

208,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock and exercises of warrants

 

28,571

 

24,804

 

Net proceeds from employee stock purchases

 

5,532

 

4,743

 

Principal payments on capital leases

 

(4,031

)

(3,677

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

30,072

 

25,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(843,085

)

140,142

 

Equity adjustment from foreign currency translation

 

(585

)

(234

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

1,332,391

 

35,993

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

488,721

 

$

175,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

10,571

 

$

3,396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment acquired under capital leases

 

$

1,598

 

$

 

Construction costs for laboratory and office space

 

1,394

 

8,672

 

Acquisition of COR Therapeutics, Inc., including direct transaction costs

 

 

1,833,329

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.             Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and revisions of estimates, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been included.  Interim results for the three month period ended March 31, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2003.  For further information, refer to the financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 7, 2003.

 

2.                                      Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

(a)          Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

 

Cash equivalents consist principally of money market funds and corporate bonds with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. Marketable securities consist of high-grade corporate bonds, asset-backed and U.S. government agency securities.

 

Management determines the appropriate classification of marketable securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designation at each balance sheet date. Marketable securities at March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002 are classified as “available-for-sale.” Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported in a separate component of stockholders’ equity. The cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such amortization and accretion is included in investment income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in investment income. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in investment income.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company recorded realized gains of $0.04 million and $7.2 million, respectively, and realized losses of $0.06 million and $2.4 million, respectively on marketable securities.

 

(b)          Inventory

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first in, first out) or market.  Inventory consists of currently marketed products and product candidates awaiting regulatory approval which were capitalized based upon management’s judgment of probable near term commercialization.  Inventories are reviewed periodically for slow-moving or obsolete status based on sales activity, both projected and historical.  At March 31, 2003, the Company’s total inventories include $0.6 million of inventory for products that have not yet been approved for sale.

 

Inventory consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 

Bulk materials

 

$

71,678

 

$

67,102

 

Work in process

 

3,490

 

 

Finished goods

 

36,116

 

38,244

 

 

 

$

111,284

 

$

105,346

 

 

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(c)                                Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of specifically identified intangible assets.  Goodwill is the excess of any purchase price over the estimated fair market value of net tangible assets acquired not allocated to specific intangible assets. Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2003

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Reclassification

 

Restructuring
Related Asset
Impairment

 

Intangibles, Net

 

Amortized intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developed technology

 

$

435,000

 

$

(37,644

)

$

 

$

 

$

397,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core technology

 

$

18,712

 

$

(15,319

)

$

 

$

 

$

3,393

 

Other

 

16,560

 

(2,178

)

(2,320

)

(11,250

)

812

 

Unamortized intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trademark

 

59,000

 

 

 

 

59,000

 

Intangible assets

 

$

94,272

 

$

(17,497

)

$

(2,320

)

$

(11,250

)

$

63,205

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

Intangibles, Net

 

Amortized intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developed technology

 

$

435,000

 

$

(29,279

)

$

405,721

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core technology

 

$

18,712

 

$

(14,149

)

$

4,563

 

Other

 

16,560

 

(2,037

)

14,523

 

Unamortized intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trademark

 

59,000

 

 

59,000

 

Intangible assets

 

$

94,272

 

$

(16,186

)

$

78,086

 

 

Amortization of intangibles is computed using the straight-line method over the useful lives of the respective assets as follows:

 

Developed technology

 

13 years

Core technology

 

4 years

Other

 

2 to 4 years

 

As required by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are not amortized but are reviewed annually for impairment, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. Separable intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite life are amortized over their useful lives and reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances suggest that the assets may not be recoverable. The Company tests for goodwill impairment annually, on October 1 and whenever events or changes in circumstances suggest that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

 

Since the date of the Company’s acquisition of COR Therapeutics, Inc. (“COR”) which generated a significant amount of goodwill (see Note 3), the Company has experienced a significant decline in market capitalization due to a decline in stock price.  The Company continually monitors business and market conditions to assess whether an impairment indicator exists.  If the Company were to determine that an

 

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impairment indicator exists, it would be required to perform an impairment test which might result in a material impairment charge to the statement of operations.

 

(d)          Revenue Recognition

 

Copromotion revenue

 

Copromotion revenue includes the Company’s share of profits from the sale of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection in copromotion territories by Schering-Plough Ltd. and Schering Corporation (collectively “SGP”).  Also included in copromotion revenue are reimbursements from SGP of the Company’s cost of copromotion revenue and royalties from SGP on sales of INTEGRILIN outside the copromotion territory.  The Company recognizes revenue when SGP ships INTEGRILIN to wholesalers and records it net of allowances, if any.  The Company’s costs of copromotion revenue consist of certain manufacturing-related and advertising and promotional expenses associated with the sale of INTEGRILIN within copromotion territories.  The Company defers certain manufacturing-related expenses until the time SGP ships related product to its customers inside and outside copromotion territories.  Advertising and promotional expenses are expensed as incurred.  Deferred revenue includes payments from SGP received prior to the period in which the related contract revenues are earned.  Deferred revenue also includes cash advances from SGP to the Company for the Company’s prepayments to its manufacturers of INTEGRILIN.

 

Strategic alliance revenue

 

The Company recognizes revenue from non-refundable, up-front, license and milestone payments, not specifically tied to a separate earnings process, ratably over the term of the research contract.  When payments are specifically tied to a separate earnings process, revenue is recognized when the specific performance obligation associated with the payment is completed. Performance obligations typically consist of significant milestones in the development life cycle of the related technology, such as initiation of clinical trials, filing for approval with regulatory agencies and approvals by regulatory agencies. In addition, when appropriate, the Company recognizes revenue from certain research payments based upon the level of research services performed during the period of the research contract.

 

(e)           Net Loss Per Common Share

 

Basic net loss per common share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is typically computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares from stock options, warrants and convertible debt using the treasury stock method. However, for all periods presented, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share as the inclusion of weighted average shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options, warrants and convertible debt would be antidilutive.

 

(f)            Comprehensive Loss

 

Comprehensive loss was $134.3 million and $333.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.  Comprehensive loss is composed of net loss, unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities and cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.  Accumulated other comprehensive income at March 31, 2003 included $6.6 million of unrealized gains on marketable securities and $1.1 million of cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

(g)          Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) and related interpretations, in accounting for its stock-based compensation plans, rather than the alternative fair value accounting method provided for under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”).  Under APB 25, when the exercise price of options granted equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized. In

 

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accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 96-18, the Company records compensation expense equal to the fair value of options granted to non-employees over the vesting period, which is generally the period of service.

 

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 No. 123 to stock-based employee compensation (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

Net loss

 

$

(137,855

)

$

(303,861

)

Add:  Stock-based compensation as reported in the Statement of Operations

 

445

 

297

 

Deduct:  Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards

 

(19,374

)

(34,484

)

Pro forma net loss

 

$

(156,784

)

$

(338,048

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted - as reported

 

$

(0.47

)

$

(1.20

)

Basic and diluted - pro forma

 

$

(0.54

)

$

(1.33

)

 

The weighted-average per share fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 was $4.90 and $14.80, respectively.

 

The fair value of stock options and common shares issued pursuant to the stock option and stock purchase plans at the date of grant were estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

 

 

Stock Options

 

Stock  Purchase Plan

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

Expected life (years)

 

5.5

 

5.4

 

0.5

 

0.5

 

Interest rate

 

2.51

%

4.47

%

1.27

%

2.36

%

Volatility

 

.86

 

.87

 

.86

 

.87

 

 

The Company has never declared cash dividends on any of its capital stock and does not expect to do so in the foreseeable future.

 

(h)          Segment Information

 

SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (“SFAS No. 131”), establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports. SFAS No. 131 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers.

 

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The Company operates in one business segment, which primarily focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutic and diagnostic human healthcare products and services.  All of the Company’s copromotion revenue is currently related to sales of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection.

 

(i)           Information Concerning Market and Source of Supply Concentration

 

Millennium and SGP copromote INTEGRILIN in the United States and share any profits and losses. INTEGRILIN has received regulatory approval in the European Union and a number of other countries for various indications. The Company has exclusively licensed to SGP rights to market INTEGRILIN outside the United States, and SGP pays the Company royalties based on these sales of INTEGRILIN. The Company has long-term supply arrangements with two suppliers for the bulk product and with another two suppliers, one of which is SGP, for the filling and final packaging of INTEGRILIN.

 

(j)            Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” (“SFAS No. 146”).  SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized and measured initially at its fair value in the period in which the liability is incurred, except for one-time termination benefits that meet certain requirements.  The Company was required to adopt SFAS No. 146 for activities that were initiated after December 31, 2002, with early application encouraged.  The Company adopted SFAS No. 146 as of December 1, 2002 in association with the discontinuation of certain discovery efforts in December 2002 (See Note 7).

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS No. 148”). SFAS 148 provides two additional transition methods for entities that adopt the fair value method of accounting for stock based compensation. Further, the statement requires disclosure of comparable information for all companies regardless of whether, when, or how an entity adopts the fair value based method of accounting. These disclosures are now required for interim periods in addition to the traditional annual disclosure. SFAS 148 is effective for fiscal periods ending after December 15, 2002. The Company has provided the new disclosures in Stock-Based Compensation in Note 2.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” (“FIN 46”).  FIN 46 provides a new consolidation model which determines control and consolidation based on potential variability in gains and losses.  The provisions of FIN 46 are effective for enterprises with variable interests in variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003.  For public companies with variable interest in variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003 the provisions of FIN 46 are to be applied no later than July 1, 2003.

 

3.             COR Acquisition

 

On February 12, 2002, the Company acquired COR for an aggregate purchase price of $1.8 billion primarily consisting of 55.1 million shares of Millennium common stock pursuant to the merger agreement between the Company and COR.  The transaction was recorded as a purchase for accounting purposes and the Company’s consolidated financial statements include COR’s operating results from the date of the acquisition.  The purchase price was allocated to the assets purchased and the liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values, with the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net tangible assets allocated to specific intangible assets, including developed technology and trademark, and goodwill. Developed technology is being amortized over the remaining patent life, or thirteen years.  The Company recorded a one-time, noncash charge to operations in the quarter ended March 31, 2002 of $242.0 million for acquired in-process research and development.  The valuation of acquired in-process research and development represents the estimated fair value related to incomplete projects that, at the time of the acquisition, had no alternative future use and for which technological feasibility had not been established.

 

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4.             Revenues and Strategic Alliances

 

Historically, the Company has formed strategic alliances with major participants in marketplaces where its discovery expertise and technology platform are applicable. These agreements include alliances based on the transfer of technology platforms, alliances which combine technology transfer with a focus on a specific disease or therapeutic approach, and disease-focused programs under which the Company conducts research funded by its partners. The Company’s disease-based alliances and alliances which combine technology-transfer with a disease focus are generally structured as research collaborations. Under these arrangements, the Company performs research in a specific disease area aimed at discoveries leading to novel pharmaceutical (small molecule) products. These alliances generally provide research funding over an initial period, with renewal provisions, varying by agreement. Under these agreements, the Company’s partners may make up-front payments, additional payments upon the achievement of specific research and product development milestones, ongoing research funding and/or pay royalties or in some cases profit-sharing payments to the Company based upon any product sales resulting from the collaboration.

 

Research and Discovery Alliances

 

The Company has entered into research, development, technology-transfer and commercialization arrangements with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies relating to a broad range of therapeutic and predictive medicine products and services. These alliances provide Millennium with the opportunity to receive various combinations of equity investments, license fees and research funding, and may provide certain additional payments contingent upon the achievement of research and regulatory milestones and royalties and/or share profits if the Company’s collaborations are successful in developing and commercializing products.

 

In connection with one such agreement, in March 2003, Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) invested the final  $28.6 million of a $250.0 million commitment in Millennium common stock pursuant to the March 2001 Investment Agreement between the Company and Abbott.

 

5.                                      Commitments

 

Lease Commitments

 

On August 4, 2000, the Company entered into lease agreements, relating to two buildings for laboratory and office space in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The rent obligation for the first of these buildings began in July 2002. The rent obligation for the second building is expected to commence on the earlier of (a) October 1, 2003 or (b) the date on which the Company commences occupancy of the building. Each lease is for a term of seventeen years with options that permit renewals for additional periods. The Company is responsible for a portion of the construction costs for both buildings and was deemed to be the owner during the construction period of each building under Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 97-10, “The Effect of Lessee Involvement in Asset Construction.” In July 2002, upon completion of the construction period of the first building, the Company recorded the lease as a capital lease.

 

6.                                      Convertible Debt

 

The Company currently has the following outstanding convertible notes:

 

                                          5.0% convertible subordinated notes due March 1, 2007, that are convertible into Millennium common stock at any time prior to maturity at a price equal to $34.21 per share (the “5.0% notes”);

 

                                          4.5% convertible senior notes due June 15, 2006, that are convertible into Millennium common stock at any time prior to maturity at a price equal to $40.61 per share (the “4.5% notes”); and

 

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                                          5.5% convertible subordinated notes due January 15, 2007, that are convertible into Millennium common stock at any time prior to maturity at a price equal to $42.07 per share (the “5.5% notes”).

 

At March 31, 2003, the Company had an aggregate of approximately $600.0 million of principal of the 5.0% and 4.5% notes outstanding after the Company completed a cash repurchase offer to the noteholders in April 2002. In April 2002, the Company amended the terms of these notes to add put options permitting noteholders to require the Company on April 29, 2003, to repurchase the 4.5% notes for cash at a price of $1,095 per $1,000 of principal amount and the 5.0% notes for cash at a price of $1,085 per $1,000 of principal amount, resulting in a maximum aggregate payment obligation of $654.0 million. These put options on the notes are derivative instruments. SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” requires us to record all derivative instruments in the balance sheet at fair value, or $54.0 million at March 31, 2003.

 

On March 31, 2003, the Company announced its required cash offers to the holders of the 5.0% notes and the 4.5% notes under the April 2002 amended terms of the note under which noteholders have the right to require the Company to exchange the notes for cash on April 29, 2003 (See Note 8).

 

At March 31, 2003, the Company had $83.3 million of principal of 5.5% notes outstanding.

 

Under the terms of these notes, the Company is required to make semi-annual interest payments on the outstanding principal balance of the 5.5% notes on January 15 and July 15 of each year, of the 5.0% notes on March 1 and September 1 of each year and of the 4.5% notes on June 15 and December 15 of each year. All required interest payments to date have been made.

 

7.             Restructuring

 

In December 2002, the Company announced the first in a series of steps to realign the Company’s resources to become a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company. The Company has discontinued certain discovery research efforts, reduced headcount in the discovery group and will reallocate other resources to enhance its commercial capabilities. Such actions resulted in the recognition of restructuring related charges in the fourth quarter of 2002 and again in the first quarter of 2003.  Costs of termination benefits relate to severance packages, out-placement services and career counseling for employees affected by the initiative.  Facilities include the estimated remaining rental obligation, net of estimated sublease income, in facilities that the Company no longer occupies.  Asset impairment charges include the write down of certain intangible assets and the write-off of leasehold improvements in facilities the Company is no longer occupying due to the discontinuation of the related discovery efforts.  These costs are included in restructuring charges in the statement of operations and accrued expenses on the balance sheet at March 31, 2003. The table below displays the activity and liability balance of this restructuring charge.

 

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The table below displays the activity and liability balance of this restructuring charge (in thousands):

 

 

 

Balance at
12/31/02

 

Charges

 

Payments

 

Asset
Impairment

 

Balance at
3/31/03

 

Termination benefits

 

$

2,710

 

$

1,146

 

$

(2,462

)

$

 

$

1,394

 

Facilities

 

 

5,876

 

(845

)

 

5,031

 

Asset Impairment

 

 

20,785

 

 

(20,785

)

 

Contract termination

 

 

371

 

 

 

371

 

Other associated costs

 

82

 

17

 

(70

)

 

29

 

Total

 

$

2,792

 

$

28,195

 

$

(3,377

)

$

(20,785

)

$

6,825

 

 

8.                                      Subsequent Events

 

On April 29, 2003, the Company completed the repurchase of $577.8 million of the outstanding 5.0% notes and 4.5% notes for an aggregate payment of approximately $637.0 million, including principal, accrued interest and the put premium.  Approximately $22.1 million of these notes were not tendered in the offer and remain outstanding as of April 29, 2003.  As a result of the repurchase, the Company will record a charge of approximately $10.0 million which represents the write off of approximately $12.0 million of unamortized original debt issuance costs associated with the notes, offset by $1.9 million relating to the expired premium put on the untendered bonds.

 

On April 22, 2003, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Aventis”) exercised its option to terminate the Technology Transfer Agreement between the Company and Aventis dated June 22, 2000, effective on the third anniversary of the Agreement, July 21, 2003.  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, upon providing this notice to the Company, Aventis paid the Company $40.0 million in consideration for future use of certain Millennium technology transferred to Aventis.

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of our operations are subject to important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated. See “Risk Factors That May Affect Results.”

 

Overview

 

We are a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products in several disease areas. We currently have a cardiovascular disease product on the market and a cancer product under review for marketing approval. We also have potential products in earlier stages of development in each of those areas and in our inflammatory disease and metabolic disease areas.

 

Our strategy is to advance multiple products in several focus areas through clinical trials and regulatory approvals and to be involved in the marketing and sale of many of these products. We plan to develop and commercialize many of our products on our own, but will seek development and commercial partners when we believe that to do so will maximize product value. For example, we plan to enter into sales and marketing alliances with major pharmaceutical companies for products in disease areas that require large sales forces or to address markets outside the United States. In particular, we are seeking a strategic arrangement relating to the sales and marketing of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection.

 

As we continue to market INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection, develop our product pipeline, commercialize additional products and enter into new commercial alliances, we expect to continue our shift from a discovery-focused company towards a product-based company.

 

Commercialized Product and Product Candidate

 

INTEGRILIN

 

INTEGRILIN, a market-leading cardiovascular product, has been marketed in the United States since 1998 and outside the United States since 1999. We acquired INTEGRILIN as part of our February 2002 acquisition of COR Therapeutics, Inc., or COR. In collaboration with Schering-Plough Ltd. and Schering-Plough Corporation, together referred to as SGP, INTEGRILIN is being marketed in the United States, in all 15 member states of the European Union and in other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and Thailand.

 

INTEGRILIN is approved for marketing in the United States for the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes and for use at the time of a balloon angioplasty procedure. This is a broader set of indications than the other two GP IIb-IIIa inhibitors approved for marketing in the United States. We believe that INTEGRILIN sales for its current indications will continue to increase if early usage in patients with acute coronary syndromes becomes more common and if the number of hospitals using INTEGRILIN increases. We are also pursuing opportunities to expand the market potential for INTEGRILIN by increasing the approved therapeutic uses for this product.

 

VELCADE

 

Our product candidate, VELCADE, is the most advanced of our drug candidates in clinical development. We completed our filing of a new drug application, or NDA, with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, covering VELCADE in January 2003. In February 2003, we submitted a complete Marketing Authorisation Application, or MAA, to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, or EMEA, for the approval of VELCADE. If these applications are approved, we plan to market VELCADE as a treatment for patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer.

 

In March 2003, the FDA accepted for review and granted Priority Review designation of our NDA for VELCADE for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Priority Review is granted by the

 

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FDA to an NDA for a new treatment that addresses an unmet medical need. The FDA expedites the approval process for such an NDA by reducing the target review period for the application from ten months to six months. Acceptance of the filing means that the FDA has made a threshold determination that the NDA is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review.  The NDA submission was based primarily upon the results of the phase II SUMMIT trial, a multi-center study of 202 patents with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma which were presented in full at the December 2002 meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

 

Revenues

 

Historically, we have derived our revenue from payments from our strategic alliances with major pharmaceutical companies. With the acquisition of COR, we began generating revenue based on sales of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection. We expect that our revenue mix will continue to shift to product-based revenue as we develop our product pipeline, commercialize additional products and enter into new commercial alliances, and our discovery-focused alliances conclude.

 

INTEGRILIN Revenue

 

Beginning in the first quarter of 2002, we began recognizing copromotion revenue that principally relates to our share of the profits from the sale of INTEGRILIN by SGP in copromotion territories under our collaboration agreement with SGP to jointly develop and commercialize INTEGRILIN on a worldwide basis. Copromotion revenues also include recognition of reimbursement from SGP of our cost of copromotion revenue and royalties from SGP on sales of INTEGRILIN outside the copromotion territory.

 

Revenue from Strategic Alliances

 

We have entered into research, development, technology-transfer and commercialization arrangements with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies relating to a broad range of therapeutic and predictive medicine products and services. These alliances provide us with the opportunity to receive various combinations of equity investments, license fees and research funding, and may provide certain additional payments contingent upon our achievement of research and regulatory milestones and royalties and/or share profits if our collaborations are successful in developing and commercializing products.

 

These alliances are usually established for a fixed term, typically five years. Upon expiration of the initial term, unless renewed, revenue funding under these agreements ceases. We expect revenues from our discovery-focused alliances to decline as existing alliances expire.

 

In addition to our collaboration agreement with SGP, our major alliances from which we have or may recognize revenues include:

 

                                          a March 2001 joint development and commercialization agreement with Abbott Laboratories, or Abbott, in metabolic diseases;

 

                                          a June 2000 joint development and commercialization agreement with Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Aventis, in inflammatory disease; and

 

                                          a September 1998 research agreement with Bayer AG, or Bayer, in cardiovascular disease, and specified areas of oncology, pain, hematology, atherosclerosis, thrombosis, urology and viral infections.

 

In 2002, our research alliance and technology transfer agreement with Monsanto Company, or Monsanto, expired at the end of its original five-year term. We may receive royalty payments in the future if lead targets identified during the term of the alliance are further developed by Monsanto into commercial products.

 

In April 2003, Aventis exercised its option to terminate the technology transfer agreement between Aventis and us dated June 22, 2000, effective July 21, 2003.  Upon providing this notice, Aventis paid us $40.0 million in consideration for future use of certain technology transferred to Aventis prior to the termination date.

 

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Termination of the technology transfer agreement has no effect upon the existing five-year joint development and commercialization agreement.  We expect the joint development and commercialization agreement with Aventis in the field of inflammatory disease to continue through 2005.

 

In 2003, we expect the research phase of our five-year alliance with Bayer to terminate, although Bayer has an option for an additional year. We expect Bayer to continue to conduct research and development work on the targets discovered in the alliance, which may result in success payments and royalties to us in the future.

 

We have also entered into a number of arrangements for the commercialization of products under which we share the costs for the development and eventual commercialization of specified compounds and may receive or be obligated to make product revenue, royalty, milestone or other payments. In addition to operating expenses we incur as a result of our alliances, we have also made commitments to purchase debt and/or equity securities under certain arrangements. These arrangements include:

 

                                          a December 2001 in-license and development agreement with Xenova Group, plc for novel compounds for the treatment of solid tumors in cancer;

 

•           a November 2001 collaboration agreement with XOMA Ltd., or XOMA, pursuant to which XOMA is developing two biotherapeutic agents in the cardiovascular disease area; and

 

                                          an April 2001 joint development agreement with BZL Biologics, L.L.C. for chemotherapeutic agent conjugated and radiolabeled biotherapeutics products in the cancer area.

 

Acquisitions

 

As part of our business strategy, we consider joint development, merger and acquisition opportunities that may provide us with products on the market, products in later stage development or capabilities to accelerate our downstream drug discovery efforts.

 

COR

 

On February 12, 2002, we acquired COR for an aggregate purchase price of $1.8 billion through the issuance of approximately 55.1 million shares of our common stock.  We recorded the transaction as a purchase for accounting purposes and our consolidated financial statements include COR’s operating results from the date of the acquisition. The purchase price was allocated, based upon an independent valuation, to the assets purchased and liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values, with the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair market value of net tangible assets acquired allocated to in-process research and development, developed technology, trademark and goodwill. The charge to earnings in the quarter ended March 31, 2002 for acquired in-process research and development was $242.0 million. Through the merger, we added approximately 300 new employees and a leased facility in South San Francisco, California, and acquired INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes and substantial research capabilities in the areas of cardiovascular disease and oncology.

 

In connection with the COR acquisition, we assumed COR’s $600.0 million in convertible debt resulting from two offerings: the 5.0% convertible subordinated notes due March 1, 2007 (the “5.0% notes”) and the 4.5% convertible senior notes due June 15, 2006 (the “4.5% notes”). In April 2002, we amended the terms of these notes to add put options permitting noteholders to require us on April 29, 2003, to repurchase the 4.5% notes for cash at a price of $1,095 per $1,000 of principal amount and the 5.0% notes for cash at a price of $1,085 per $1,000 of principal amount, resulting in a maximum aggregate payment obligation of $654.0 million. These put options on the notes are derivative instruments. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” requires us to record all derivative instruments in the balance sheet at fair value. We determined the fair value of these derivative instruments to be $54.0 million in the aggregate and recorded a liability on the balance sheet and a non-cash charge in the quarter ended June 30, 2002. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recognized in other income (expense).

 

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On March 31, 2003, we announced our required cash offers to the holders of the 5.0% notes and the 4.5% notes under the April 2002 amended terms of the notes under which noteholders have the right to require us to exchange the notes for cash on April 29, 2003.  On April 29, 2003, we completed the repurchase of $577.8 million of the outstanding 5.0% notes and 4.5% notes for an aggregate payment of approximately $637.0 million, including principal, accrued interest and the put premium.  Approximately $22.1 million of these notes were not tendered in the offer and remain outstanding as of April 29, 2003.  As a result of the repurchase, we will record a charge of approximately $10.0 million which represents the write off of approximately $12.0 million of unamortized original debt issuance costs associated with the notes, offset by $1.9 million relating to the expired premium put on the untendered bonds.

 

Disposition of Investment in Joint Venture

 

Through our acquisition of LeukoSite, Inc., or LeukoSite, we became a party to a joint venture partnership, Millennium and ILEX Partners, L.P., or M&I, for development of CAMPATH® (alemtuzumab) humanized monoclonal antibody. We accounted for our investment in the joint venture under the equity method of accounting. On December 31, 2001, ILEX acquired our equity interest in M&I, which owns the CAMPATH product. In exchange for our equity interest in M&I, ILEX paid us $20.0 million on December 31, 2001 plus additional consideration contingent upon future sales of CAMPATH. We earned $40.0 million of such consideration in the second quarter of 2002. We are entitled to additional payments of $40.0 million in each of 2003 and 2004 if sales of CAMPATH in the U.S. meet specified thresholds. In addition, we are entitled to additional payments from ILEX if U.S. sales of CAMPATH after 2004 exceed specified annual thresholds.

 

Financial Resources

 

In order to fund our working capital and for other corporate purposes, we have completed several financings in the past several years. The actual and planned uses of proceeds include:

 

                                          funding our growth;

 

•           developing products, including conducting preclinical testing and clinical trials;

 

                                          manufacturing and marketing products that are approved for commercial sale;

 

                                          acquiring businesses and products that expand or complement our business; and

 

                                          meeting our debt service obligations.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2003 we received $28.6 million from Abbott for purchases of approximately 3.7 million shares of our common stock under our equity investment agreement with Abbott.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, we received $28.6 million from Abbott for purchases of approximately 1.4 million shares of our common stock under this agreement.

 

As of March 31, 2003, we had approximately $1.7 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We primarily invest in high-grade corporate bonds, asset-backed and U.S. government agency securities. Our objectives are to preserve principal, maintain a high degree of liquidity to meet operating needs and obtain competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. We expect that income from these investments will decline as our cash and marketable securities balances decline and will fluctuate based upon market conditions.

 

We are expanding our commercial operations through internal growth and by utilizing the capabilities of our alliance partners. As our discovery-focused alliances expire, we are increasingly focusing our efforts on entering into commercial alliances. We expect to continue to manage costs through workforce planning, facilities consolidation and product portfolio management.

 

We expect to incur increasing expenses and are likely to incur operating losses for at least the next several years, primarily due to the expansion of our research and development programs and as a result of our efforts to

 

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advance acquired products or our own development programs to commercialization. In particular, we anticipate significant expenditures related to the development, launch and commercialization of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection and increasing our development capabilities for our clinical and pre-clinical product candidates.

 

We expect to continue to pursue additional alliances and to consider joint development, merger, or acquisition opportunities that may provide us with access to products on the market or in later stages of commercial development. Our results of operations for any period may not be indicative of future results as our revenues and expenses may fluctuate from period to period or year to year.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, inventory, intangible assets and goodwill. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K, we believe the following accounting policies are most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.

 

Revenue

 

In connection with our strategic alliances, we recognize revenue from non-refundable, up-front, license and milestone payments, not specifically tied to a separate earnings process, ratably over the term of the research contract. When the period of deferral cannot be specifically identified from the contract, management estimates the period based upon other critical factors contained within the contract. We continually review these estimates which could result in a change in the deferral period and might impact the timing and the amount of revenue recognized. When payments are specifically tied to a separate earnings process, revenue is recognized when the specific performance obligation associated with the payment is completed. Performance obligations typically consist of significant milestones in the development life cycle of the related technology, such as initiation of clinical trials, filing for approval with regulatory agencies and approvals by regulatory agencies. In addition, when appropriate, we recognize revenue from certain research payments based upon the level of research services performed during the period of the research contract.

 

We recognize the research funding portion of our Bayer alliance on a percentage-of-completion basis. The percentage-of-completion is determined based upon the actual level of work performed during the period as compared to our estimate of the total work to be performed under the alliance. We continually review these estimates and adjust as necessary, as experience develops or new information becomes known. Any adjustments to these estimates will impact the timing and the amount of revenue to be recognized.

 

We recognize copromotion revenue when SGP ships INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection to wholesalers. Copromotion revenue includes our share of the profits from the sales of INTEGRILIN, reimbursements of our cost of copromotion revenue, and royalties from SGP on sales of INTEGRILIN outside the copromotion territory. We communicate with SGP to calculate our share of the profits from the sales of INTEGRILIN on a monthly basis. The calculation includes estimates of the amount of advertising and promotional expenses and other costs of copromotion incurred on a monthly basis. We also communicate with SGP to estimate royalties earned on sales outside the copromotion territory. Adjustments to our estimates are based upon actual information that we receive subsequent to our reporting deadlines. Our estimates are adjusted

 

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on a monthly basis and historically have not been significant due to periodic communication with our partner. Significant adjustments in future reporting periods could impact the timing and the amount of revenue to be recognized.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory consists of currently marketed products and product candidates awaiting regulatory approval which were capitalized based upon management’s judgment of probable near term commercialization.  Inventory primarily represents bulk materials used in the production of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection and INTEGRILIN finished goods inventory on hand, valued at cost. Inventories are reviewed periodically for slow-moving or obsolete status based on sales activity, both projected and historical. Our current sales projections provide for full utilization of the inventory balance. If product sales levels differ from projections or a launch of a new product is delayed, inventory may not be fully utilized and could be subject to impairment, at which point we would record a reserve to adjust inventory to its net realizable value.

 

At March 31, 2003, total inventories include $0.6 million of inventory for products that have not yet been approved for sale.

 

Intangible Assets

 

We have acquired significant intangible assets that we value and record. Those assets which do not yet have regulatory approval and for which there are no alternative uses are expensed as acquired in-process research and development, and those that are specifically identified and have alternative future uses are capitalized. We use a discounted cash flow model to value intangible assets acquired.  The discounted cash flow model requires assumptions about the timing and amount of future cash inflows and outflows, risk, the cost of capital, and terminal values. Each of these factors can significantly affect the value of the intangible asset. We engage independent valuation experts who review our critical assumptions for significant acquisitions of intangibles. We review intangible assets for impairment on a periodic basis using an undiscounted net cash flows approach. If the undiscounted cash flows of an intangible asset are less than the carrying value of an intangible asset, the intangible asset is written down to the discounted cash flow value. Where cash flows cannot be identified for an individual asset, the review is applied at the lowest group level for which cash flows are identifiable.

 

Goodwill

 

We adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” effective January 1, 2002 and reclassified amounts to goodwill, which were previously allocated to assembled workforce. Upon adoption, we ceased the amortization of goodwill. We completed our transitional assessment of goodwill in the first quarter of 2002 and no impairment loss was recognized. We will continue to test for goodwill impairment annually, on October 1.

 

On October 1, 2002, we performed our annual goodwill impairment test and determined that no impairment existed on that date. However, since the date of acquisition of COR, which generated a significant amount of goodwill, we have experienced a significant decline in market capitalization due to a decline in stock price. We continually monitor business and market conditions to assess whether an impairment indicator exists. If we were to determine that an impairment indicator exists, we would be required to perform an impairment test which could result in a material impairment charge to our statement of operations.

 

Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” (“FIN 46”).  FIN 46 provides a new consolidation model which determines control and consolidation based on potential variability in gains and losses.  We are required to apply the provisions of FIN 46 for variable interests in variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003

 

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immediately.  We are required to apply to the provisions of FIN 46 no later than July 1, 2003 for variable interests in variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003.

 

Results of Operations

 

Quarters Ended March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2002

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2003 (the “2003 Period”), we reported a net loss of $137.9 million, or $0.47 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $303.9 million, or $1.20 per basic and diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2002 (the “2002 Period”).

 

Revenue increased to $81.7 million for the 2003 Period from $68.6 million for the 2002 Period.  Copromotion revenue, based on worldwide sales of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection, was $50.9 million for the 2003 Period compared to $22.1 million for the same period in 2002, which only included six and one half weeks of sales due to the acquisition of COR on February 12, 2002.  Worldwide sales of INTEGRILIN in the 2003 Period, as provided to us by SGP, were $89.0 million, a 31 percent increase over 2002 driven by increased volume and higher average selling prices.  Revenue under strategic alliances decreased from $46.5 million in the 2002 Period to $30.8 million in the 2003 Period. Strategic alliance revenue decreased due to the termination of certain of our discovery-focused strategic alliances, including our research alliance and technology transfer agreement with Monsanto which expired at the end of its original five-year term.

 

Included in 2003 Period revenue is $2.5 million of revenue that was recognized in prior years relating to the adoption of SAB 101. Included in 2002 Period revenue is $11.1 million of revenue that was recognized in prior years relating to the adoption of SAB 101. The remaining amount of revenue to be recognized from the cumulative charge is approximately $6.1 million, which will be recognized through December 2003.

 

Research and development expenses increased to $126.8 million for the 2003 Period from $101.3 million for the 2002 Period. The research and development expense categories with the most significant increases were personnel costs, followed by clinical trial costs and facilities expenses. The increase was primarily attributable to our continued investment in building a sustainable product pipeline, with increases in clinical costs related to advancing our lead oncology program, VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection, and clinical investments made in INTEGRILIN.

 

As of March 31, 2003, excluding INTEGRILIN and VELCADE, we had nine product candidates in various stages of clinical trials.  Completion of clinical trials may take several years or more and the length of time can vary substantially according to the type, complexity, novelty and intended use of a product candidate. CMR International, an independent pharmaceutical data collection agency, estimates that clinical trials in our areas of focus are typically completed over the following timelines:

 

Clinical Phase

 

Estimated Completion Period

 

 

 

 

 

Phase I

 

1-2 years

 

Phase II

 

2-3 years

 

Phase III

 

2-3 years

 

 

Upon successful completion of phase III trials, we intend to submit the results to the FDA to support regulatory approval of the product. However, we cannot be certain that any of our products will prove to be safe or effective, will receive regulatory approvals, or will be successfully commercialized.

 

Our primary mechanism for budgeting and tracking these costs is by type of cost incurred rather than by project. The types of costs include the following categories: personnel costs, clinical costs, laboratory costs, technology license fees, research costs and facilities costs. The duration and the cost relating to preclinical testing

 

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and clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project. Our joint development arrangements with our strategic partners also result in variability in our development costs.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from $37.2 million for the 2002 Period to $35.4 million for the 2003 Period. The decrease was primarily attributable to consulting expenses not present in the 2003 Period partially offset by the increased resources devoted to sales and marketing activities as we prepare for the launch of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection, pending approval by the FDA.

 

Cost of copromotion revenue increased to $18.7 million for the 2003 Period compared to $7.7 million for the 2002 Period, which only included six and one half weeks of sales related activities due to the acquisition of COR on February 12, 2002.  Cost of copromotion revenue consists of certain manufacturing-related and advertising and promotional expenses associated with the sale of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) within copromotion territories. Cost of copromotion revenue fluctuates in relation to the domestic sales of INTEGRILIN and based on the proportion of the joint activities that we undertake in our collaboration with SGP.

 

In December 2002, we announced the first in a series of steps we will take to realign our resources to those of a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company. We have discontinued certain discovery research efforts, reduced related headcount and will reallocate certain resources to enhance our commercial capabilities. As a result, we have recorded a restructuring charge of $28.2 million in the 2003 Period related to facilities, asset impairment and personnel costs.  Facilities include the estimated remaining rental obligation, net of estimated sublease income, in facilities that we no longer occupy.  Asset impairment includes the write down of certain intangible assets and the write-off of leasehold improvements in facilities we are no longer occupying due to the discontinuation of the related discovery efforts.

 

We recorded a one-time, non-cash charge to operations in the 2002 Period of $242.0 million for acquired in-process research and development in connection with the COR acquisition. The valuation of acquired in-process research and development represents the estimated fair value related to incomplete projects that, at the time of the COR acquisition, had no alternative future use and for which technological feasibility had not been established.  Our five significant research and development projects acquired in connection with COR are expected to continue in line with the estimates set forth in our 2002 Form 10-K.

 

Amortization of intangible assets in the 2003 Period and 2002 Period relates to specifically identified intangible assets from the COR, LeukoSite and CDC acquisitions. Amortization expense increased to $9.7 million in the 2003 Period from $5.5 million in the 2002 Period due to a full quarter of COR related amortization in the 2003 Period compared to six and one half weeks of amortization in the 2002 Period.

 

Investment income decreased to $9.6 million in the 2003 Period from $28.2 million in the 2002 Period. The decrease is primarily attributable to a lower average balance of invested funds in the 2003 Period and unfavorable market conditions resulting in lower yields. Because we realized significant gains from our investment portfolio during 2002, we expect realized gains on the sales of marketable securities to decrease in future periods.

 

Interest expense increased to $10.4 million in the 2003 Period from $6.8 million in the 2002 Period. Increased interest is due to a full quarter of interest expense in the 2003 Period due to the assumption of $600.0 million of principal of the 5.0% notes and 4.5% notes as compared to six and one half weeks of interest expense in the 2002 Period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We require cash to fund our operating expenses, to make capital expenditures, acquisitions and investments and to pay debt service, including principal and interest and capital lease payments. We have also made strategic commitments to purchase debt and/or equity securities from certain of our partners in accordance with our Board approved policies and our business needs. These investment commitments are generally in smaller companies. We may lose money in these investments and our ability to liquidate these investments is in some cases very limited. We may also owe our partners milestone payments and royalties and we have committed to fund development costs incurred by some of our partners.

 

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As described above under “Overview—Financial Resources,” we expect that our cash requirements for all of these uses will increase as the scale of our operations grows.

 

Historically, we have funded our cash requirements primarily through the following:

 

                       payments from our strategic collaborators including license fees, milestone payments and research funding;

 

                       equity investments by our strategic collaborators;

 

                       equity and debt financings;

 

                       property and equipment financings; and

 

                       net cash acquired in connection with acquisitions.

 

In the future, we expect to continue to fund our cash requirements from some of these external sources as well as the sales of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection and other products. In particular, we are entitled to additional committed research and development funding under a number of our strategic alliances and we expect to receive additional substantial payments from ILEX as a result of our sale of our joint venture interest in M&I. We believe that the key factors that could affect our internal and external sources of cash are:

 

                       revenues and margins from sales of INTEGRILIN and other products and services for which we obtain marketing approval in the future;

 

                       the success of our clinical and preclinical development programs;

 

                       our ability to gain regulatory approval and commercialize our clinical product candidates;

 

                       the receptivity of the capital markets to financings by biopharmaceutical companies;

 

                       our ability to enter into additional strategic collaborations and to maintain existing and new collaborations and the success of such collaborations; and

 

                       the sales levels of CAMPATH® (alemtuzumab) humanized monoclonal antibody.

 

As of March 31, 2003, we had approximately $1.7 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. This excludes $25.0 million of interest-bearing marketable securities classified as restricted cash on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2003, which serve as collateral for letters of credit securing leased facilities.

 

Cash Flows

 

We used $105.6 million of cash in operating activities in the 2003 Period and $94.7 million in the 2002 Period. The principal use of cash in operating activities in both 2003 and 2002 was to fund our net loss.

 

We used $767.5 million of cash in investing activities in the 2003 Period.  Investing activities provided cash of $208.9 million in the 2002 Period.  The principal uses of funds in the 2003 Period and 2002 Period were purchases of marketable securities. The principal source of funds in the 2002 Period is from the cash acquired in the COR acquisition.

 

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Financing activities provided net cash of $30.1 million in the 2003 Period and $25.9 million in the 2002 Period. The principal sources of net cash from financing activities were the sales of common stock to Abbott in the 2003 and 2002 Periods.

 

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, internally generated funds and the anticipated cash payments from our current strategic alliances will be sufficient to support our expected operations, fund our debt service obligations and fund our capital commitments for the near term.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Our major outstanding contractual obligations relate to our convertible notes, capital leases from equipment financings, facilities leases and commitments to purchase debt and/or equity securities from certain partners. Our facilities lease expense in future years will increase over past years as a result of new lease arrangements entered into in 2000 and 2001 described below and the facilities leases assumed by us in the COR acquisition.

 

As of March 31, 2003 our convertible notes aggregated $683.3 million in principal amount outstanding. All three issues of notes require semi-annual interest payments through maturity. All required interest payments have been made to date. These notes consisted of:

 

                       $83.3 million of our 5.5% notes;

 

                       $300.0 million of our 4.5% notes; and

 

                       $300.0 million of our 5.0% notes.

 

In April 2002, we amended the terms of the 4.5% notes and the 5.0% notes to add put options permitting noteholders to require us on April 29, 2003, to repurchase the 4.5% notes for cash at a price of $1,095 per $1,000 of principal amount and the 5.0% notes for cash at a price of $1,085 per $1,000 of principal amount, resulting in a maximum aggregate payment obligation of $654.0 million. These put options on the notes are derivative instruments.  SFAS No. 133 requires us to record all derivative instruments in the balance sheet at fair value. We determined the fair value of these derivative instruments to be $54.0 million in the aggregate and we recorded a liability on the balance sheet and a non-cash charge in the quarter ended June 2002. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recognized in other income (expense).

 

On April 29, 2003, we completed the repurchase of $577.8 million of the outstanding 5.0% notes and 4.5% notes for an aggregate payment of approximately $637.0 million, including principal, accrued interest and the put premium.  Approximately $22.1 million of these notes were not tendered in the offer and remain outstanding as of April 29, 2003.  As a result of the repurchase, we will record a charge of approximately $10.0 million which represents the write off of approximately $12.0 million of unamortized original debt issuance costs associated with the notes, offset by $1.9 million relating to the expired premium put on the untendered bonds.

 

In February 2001, we entered into a lease agreement relating to a building for laboratory and office space in Cambridge, England. The lease has a term of 20 years and is expected to commence in 2003 upon completion of construction. We are responsible for a portion of the construction costs, which we estimate to be approximately $21.0 million. Rent is expected to be approximately $2.6 million per year based upon foreign currency exchange rates at March 31, 2003 and is subject to market adjustments at the end of the 5th, 10th and 15th years.

 

We also have lease obligations relating to two buildings for laboratory and office space in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The rent obligation for the first of these buildings began in July 2002. The rent obligation for the second building is expected to commence on the earlier of (a) October 1, 2003 or (b) the date on which we commence occupancy of the building. Rent is calculated on an escalating scale ranging from approximately $7.6 million, per building per year, to approximately $9.7 million, per building per year. Each lease is for a term of seventeen years. The Company is responsible for a portion of the construction costs for both buildings and was

 

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deemed to be the owner during the construction period of each building under Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 97-10, “The Effect of Lessee Involvement in Asset Construction.” As a result, during the 2003 Period, we recorded approximately $1.4 million and during the 2002 Period, we recorded approximately $8.7 million of additional non-cash construction costs under these leases.

 

Subsequent Events

 

On April 29, 2003, we completed the repurchase of $577.8 million of the outstanding 5.0% notes and 4.5% notes for an aggregate payment of approximately $637.0 million, including principal, accrued interest and the put premium.  Approximately $22.1 million of these notes were not tendered in the offer and remain outstanding as of April 29, 2003.  As a result of the repurchase, we will record a charge of approximately $10.0 million which represents the write off of approximately $12.0 million of unamortized original debt issuance costs associated with the notes, offset by $1.9 million relating to the expired premium put on the untendered bonds.

 

On April 22, 2003, Aventis exercised its option to terminate the technology transfer agreement between Aventis and us dated June 22, 2000, effective July 21, 2003.  Upon providing this notice, Aventis paid us $40.0 million in consideration for future use of certain technology transferred to Aventis prior to the termination date.  Termination of the technology transfer agreement has no effect upon the existing five-year joint development and commercialization agreement.  We expect the joint development and commercialization agreement with Aventis in the field of inflammatory disease to continue through 2005.

 

RISK FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT RESULTS

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and certain other communications made by us contain forward-looking statements, including statements about our growth and future operating results, discovery and development of products, potential acquisitions, strategic alliances and intellectual property. For this purpose, any statement that is not a statement of historical fact should be considered a forward-looking statement. We often use the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions to help identify forward-looking statements.

 

We cannot assure investors that our assumptions and expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those factors discussed below. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Regulatory Risks

 

Our business may be harmed if we do not obtain approval to market INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection for additional therapeutic uses.

 

INTEGRILIN has been approved for a specific set of therapeutic uses. Part of our strategy to grow our business is to market INTEGRILIN for additional indications. To do so, we will need to obtain the appropriate regulatory approvals. If we are unsuccessful in obtaining authorizations for the expanded use of INTEGRILIN, our revenues may not grow as expected and our business and operating results will be harmed.

 

We may not be able to obtain marketing approval for products or services resulting from our development efforts.

 

The products that we are developing require research and development, extensive preclinical studies and clinical trials and regulatory approval prior to any commercial sales. This process is expensive and lengthy, often taking a number of years. In some cases, the length of time that it takes for us to achieve various regulatory approval milestones affects the payments that we are eligible to receive under our strategic alliance agreements.

 

We may need to successfully address a number of technological challenges in order to complete development of our products. Moreover, these products may not be effective in treating any disease or may prove to have

 

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undesirable or unintended side effects, toxicities or other characteristics that may preclude our obtaining regulatory approval or prevent or limit commercial use.

 

In particular, in early 2003, our filings of an NDA with the FDA and an MAA with the EMEA to market VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection for the treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma were accepted for review. These regulatory agencies may not grant marketing approval for VELCADE within the time frames that we anticipate or at all. For example, it is possible that these regulatory agencies will not approve VELCADE for marketing based on the phase II data we submitted prior to our successful completion of the ongoing phase III clinical trials of VELCADE and the filing of the results of such trials with these agencies.

 

If we fail to comply with regulatory requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems with our approved products, our products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.

 

Any product for which we obtain marketing approval, along with the manufacturing processes, post-approval clinical data and promotional activities for such product, will be subject to continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with our products or manufacturing processes, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may result in restrictions on such products or manufacturing processes, withdrawal of the products from the market or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.

 

If we fail to comply with the rules applicable to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, we could be subject to the imposition of civil or criminal penalties and/or the exclusion from these programs.

 

We have only limited experience in regulatory affairs, and some of our products may be based on new technologies; these factors may affect our ability or the time we require to obtain necessary regulatory approvals.

 

We have only limited experience in filing and prosecuting the applications necessary to gain regulatory approvals. Moreover, certain of the products that are likely to result from our research and development programs may be based on new technologies and new therapeutic approaches that have not been extensively tested in humans. The regulatory requirements governing these types of products may be more rigorous than for conventional products. As a result, we may experience a longer regulatory process in connection with any products that we develop based on these new technologies or new therapeutic approaches.

 

Risks Relating to Our Business, Strategy and Industry

 

Our revenues over the next several years will be materially dependent on the commercial success of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection and our ability to commence and increase sales of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection.

 

Our revenues over the next several years will be materially dependent on the commercial success of INTEGRILIN, which has been on the market in the United States since June 1998. Marketing outside the United States commenced in mid-1999. In addition, our business plan contemplates our receiving marketing authorization to sell VELCADE for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and other indications, including solid tumors. We will not achieve our business plan, and we may be forced to scale back our operations and research and development programs, if:

 

              we do not obtain regulatory approval to sell INTEGRILIN for additional therapeutic uses;

 

                                          changing practice and prescribing patterns result in lower than expected sales for INTEGRILIN in our current indications;

 

                                          we do not obtain regulatory approval to begin to market VELCADE initially for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and, in the future, for solid tumors; or

 

                                          the sales of VELCADE do not meet our expectations.

 

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Sales of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection in particular reporting periods may be affected by fluctuations in buying patterns.

 

A significant portion of INTEGRILIN domestic pharmaceutical sales is made to major drug wholesalers. These sales are affected by fluctuations in the buying patterns of these wholesalers and the corresponding changes in inventory levels maintained by them. These changes may not reflect underlying prescriber demand. Additionally, we expect that sales from INTEGRILIN will generally be lower in the summer months because fewer medical procedures are typically performed during these months. These fluctuations in sales of INTEGRILIN may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for particular reporting periods.

 

Because discovering drugs based upon genomics is new, it is possible that our discovery process will not result in commercial products or services.

 

The process of discovering drugs based upon genomics is new and evolving rapidly. We focus a portion of our research on diseases that may be linked to several or many genes working in combination. Both we and the general scientific and medical communities have only a limited understanding of the role genes play in these diseases. To date, we have not commercialized any products discovered through our genomics research, and we may not be successful in doing so in the future. In addition, relatively few products based on gene discoveries have been developed and commercialized by others. Rapid technological development by us or others may result in compounds, products or processes becoming obsolete before we recover our development expenses.

 

We face growing and new competition, which may result in others discovering, developing or commercializing products and services before or more successfully than us.

 

The fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals are highly competitive. Many of our competitors are substantially larger than we are, and these competitors have substantially greater capital resources, research and development staffs and facilities than we have. Furthermore, many of our competitors are more experienced than we are in drug discovery, development and commercialization, obtaining regulatory approvals and product manufacturing and marketing. As a result, our competitors may discover, develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products or services before us. In addition, our competitors may discover, develop and commercialize products or services that render non-competitive or obsolete the products or services that we or our collaborators are seeking to develop and commercialize. Finally, changing marketing practices regulations or guidelines may adversely affect our ability to utilize our preferred set of marketing tools, thereby reducing our competitiveness.

 

Due to the incidence and severity of cardiovascular diseases, the market for therapeutic products that address these diseases is large, and we expect the already intense competition in this field to increase. Our most significant competitors are major pharmaceutical companies and other biotechnology companies. The two products that compete directly with INTEGRILIN in the GP IIb-IIIa market segment are ReoPro® (abciximab), which is produced by Johnson & Johnson and sold by Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly and Company, and Aggrastat® (tirofiban HCl), which is produced and sold by Merck & Co., Inc. Other competitive factors that could negatively affect the GP IIb-IIIa market segment include the market and economic positioning of drug-coated stents; expanded use of heparin replacement therapies in patients undergoing balloon angioplasty; and expanded use of ADP inhibitors in patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation in acute coronary syndrome.

 

Competitive factors that could affect VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection product sales include the timing of regulatory approval, if any, of competitive products; our pricing decisions and the pricing decisions of our competitors; and the increasing rate of development of new multiple myeloma treatments. Multiple myeloma therapies in development may reduce the number of patients available for VELCADE treatment through enrollment of these patients in clinical trials of the competing product. We also will face competition from Celgene Corporation which markets Thalomid® (thalidomide), a treatment in leprosy, which has an increasing use in multiple myeloma based on data published in peer-reviewed publications. There are also other potentially competitive therapies that are in late stage clinical development for multiple myeloma.

 

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If our clinical trials are unsuccessful, or if they experience significant delays, our ability to commercialize products will be impaired.

 

We must provide the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities with preclinical and clinical data demonstrating that our products are safe and effective before they can be approved for commercial sale. Clinical development, including preclinical testing, is a long, expensive and uncertain process. It may take us several years to complete our testing, and failure can occur at any stage of testing. Interim results of preclinical or clinical studies do not necessarily predict their final results, and acceptable results in early studies might not be seen in later studies. Any preclinical or clinical test may fail to produce results satisfactory to the FDA. Preclinical and clinical data can be interpreted in different ways, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. Negative or inconclusive results from a preclinical study or clinical trial, adverse medical events during a clinical trial or safety issues resulting from products of the same class of drug could cause a preclinical study or clinical trial to be repeated or a program to be terminated, even if other studies or trials relating to the program are successful. For example, in 2002, we discontinued the development of MLN977, an oral drug for the treatment of chronic asthma, because three patients in a phase II clinical study experienced elevations in their liver enzymes that were likely related to the use of the product.

 

We may not complete our planned preclinical or clinical trials on schedule or at all. We may not be able to confirm the safety and efficacy of the results of long-term clinical trials which may result in a delay or failure to commercialize our products. In addition, due to the substantial demand for clinical trial sites in the cardiovascular area, we may have difficulty obtaining a sufficient number of appropriate patients or clinician support to conduct our clinical trials as planned. As a result, we may have to expend substantial additional funds to obtain access to resources or delay or modify our plans significantly. Our product development costs will increase if we experience delays in testing or approvals. Significant clinical trial delays could allow our competitors to bring products to market before we do and impair our ability to commercialize our products or potential products.

 

We may not be able to obtain biological material, including human and animal DNA and RNA samples, required for our genetic studies, which could delay or impede our drug discovery efforts.

 

Our drug discovery strategy uses genetic studies of families and populations prone to particular diseases. These studies require the collection of large numbers of DNA and RNA samples from affected individuals, their families and other suitable populations as well as animal models. The availability of DNA and RNA samples and other biological material is important to our ability to discover the genes responsible for human diseases through human genetic approaches and other studies. Competition for these resources is intense. Access to suitable populations, materials and samples could be limited by forces beyond our control, including governmental actions. Some of our competitors may have obtained access to significantly more family and population resources and biological materials than we have obtained. As a result, we may not be able to obtain access to DNA and RNA samples necessary to support our human discovery programs.

 

Because many of the products and services that we develop will be based on new technologies and therapeutic approaches, the market may not be receptive to these products and services upon their introduction.

 

The commercial success of any of our products and services for which we may obtain marketing approval from the FDA or other regulatory authorities will depend upon their acceptance by the medical community and third party payors as clinically useful, cost-effective and safe. Many of the products and services that we are developing are based upon new technologies or therapeutic approaches. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to achieve market acceptance of our products and services, particularly the first products and services that we introduce to the market based on new technologies and therapeutic approaches. Our efforts to educate the medical community on these potentially unique approaches may require greater resources than would be typically required for products and services based on conventional technologies or therapeutic approaches. The safety, efficacy, convenience and cost-effectiveness of our products as compared to competitive products will also affect market acceptance.

 

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Ethical, legal and social issues related to the use of genetic information and genetic testing may cause less demand for our products.

 

Genetic testing has raised issues regarding confidentiality and the appropriate uses of the resulting information. This could lead to governmental authorities calling for limits on or regulation of the use of genetic testing or prohibiting testing for genetic predisposition to certain diseases. Any of these scenarios could hinder our ability to enroll patients in clinical trials which are necessary for us to gain regulatory approval of our products.

 

Risks Relating to Our Financial Results and Need for Financing

 

We have incurred substantial losses and expect to continue to incur losses. We will not be successful unless we reverse this trend.

 

We have incurred losses in all but two of the years since our inception. We expect to continue to incur substantial operating losses in future periods. Prior to our acquisition of COR, substantially all of our revenues resulted from payments from collaborators, and not from the sale of products. In 2002, we recognized significant investment income from our investment portfolio. We expect that investment income will be lower in 2003 as a result of lower cash balances and lower returns on investments.

 

We expect to increase our spending as we continue to expand our research and development programs and commercialization activities. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues to pay these costs and achieve profitability. We cannot be certain whether or when we will become profitable because of the significant uncertainties with respect to our ability to generate revenues from the sale of products and services and from existing and potential future strategic alliances.

 

We may need additional financing, which may be difficult to obtain. Our failure to obtain necessary financing or doing so on unattractive terms could adversely affect our discovery and development programs and other operations.

 

We will require substantial funds to conduct research and development, including preclinical testing and clinical trials of our potential products. We will also require substantial funds to meet our obligations to our collaborators and maximize the prospective benefits to us from our alliances, manufacture and market products and services that are approved for commercial sale, including INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection, and meet our debt service obligations. Additional financing may not be available when we need it or may not be available on favorable terms.

 

If we are unable to obtain adequate funding on a timely basis, we may have to delay or curtail our research and development programs or our product commercialization activities. We could be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaborators or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain of our technologies, product candidates or products which we would otherwise pursue on our own.

 

Our indebtedness and debt service obligations may adversely affect our cash flow and otherwise negatively affect our operations.

 

At April 29, 2003, we had approximately $105.4 million of outstanding convertible debt. During each of the last five years, our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges. We will be required to make interest payments on our outstanding convertible notes totaling approximately $17.0 million over the next three years, assuming the convertible debt remains outstanding until maturity.

 

We may in the future incur additional indebtedness, including long-term debt, credit lines and property and equipment financings to finance capital expenditures. We intend to satisfy our current and future debt service obligations from cash generated by our operations and from our existing cash and investments. We may also require funds from exernal sources to meet these obligations. We may not have sufficient funds and we may be unable to arrange for additional financing to satisfy our principal or interest payment obligations when those obligations become due.

 

Our indebtedness could have significant additional negative consequences, including:

 

                                          increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

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                                          limiting our ability to obtain additional financing;

 

                                          requiring the dedication of a substantial portion of our expected cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of our expected cash flow available for other purposes, including capital expenditures and research and development;

 

                                          limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we compete; and

 

                                          placing us at a possible competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors and competitors that have better access to capital resources.

 

We have sold our interest in CAMPATH® (alemtuzumab) humanized monoclonal antibody; our financial plan assumes we will receive future significant payments that are contingent on the achievement of sales thresholds for the product.

 

On December 31, 2001, ILEX acquired our equity interest in Millennium & ILEX Partners, L.P., or M&I, which owns the CAMPATH product. To date, we have received payments of $60.0 million from ILEX related to CAMPATH. We are entitled to additional payments of $40.0 million in each of 2003 and 2004 if sales of CAMPATH in the United States meet specified thresholds. In addition, we will be entitled to additional payments from ILEX if U.S. sales of CAMPATH after 2004 exceed specified annual thresholds. If these thresholds are not achieved, we will not receive any future additional payments related to CAMPATH. We have no ability to influence the actions of the entity that owns CAMPATH. Therefore, we have no control over the financial success of CAMPATH or our ability to earn additional revenues from the product.

 

Risks Relating to Collaborators

 

We depend significantly on our collaborators to work with us to develop and commercialize products and services.

 

We conduct substantial discovery and development activities through strategic alliances, and we market and sell INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection through an alliance with SGP. We expect to enter into additional alliances in the future, especially in connection with product commercialization. The success of our alliances depends heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators. Each of our collaborators has significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to the alliance. Our existing and any future alliances may not be scientifically or commercially successful.

 

The risks that we face in connection with these alliances include the following:

 

                                          All of our strategic alliance agreements are for fixed terms and are subject to termination under various circumstances, including, in many cases, on short notice without cause. For example, the research phase of our alliance with Bayer is scheduled to be completed in October 2003, with an option for Bayer to extend for an additional year, and our technology transfer alliance with Aventis will end in July 2003.

 

                                          In our strategic alliance agreements, we generally agree not to conduct specified types of research and development in the field that is the subject of the alliance. These agreements may have the effect of limiting the areas of research and development that we may pursue, either alone or in collaboration with third parties.

 

                                          Our collaborators may develop and commercialize, either alone or with others, products and services that are similar to or competitive with the products and services that are the subject of the alliance with us.

 

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                                          Our collaborators may change the focus of their development and commercialization efforts. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies historically have re-evaluated their priorities following mergers and consolidations, which have been common in recent years in these industries. The ability of certain of our products reach their potential could be limited if our collaborators decrease or fail to increase spending related to such products.

 

                                          We will rely on our collaborators to manufacture most products covered by our alliances. For example, SGP is one of the manufacturers of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection.

 

We may not be successful in establishing additional strategic alliances, which could adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize products and services.

 

An important element of our business strategy is entering into strategic alliances for the development and commercialization of products and services when we believe it will maximize product value. In particular, we are currently seeking a strategic arrangement collaborator for the commercialization of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection. If we are unsuccessful in engaging a suitable collaborator, we may fail to meet certain of our financial projections. We face significant competition in seeking appropriate collaborators. Moreover, these alliance arrangements are complex to negotiate and time-consuming to document. We may not be successful in our efforts to establish additional strategic alliances or other alternative arrangements. The terms of any additional strategic alliances or other arrangements that we establish may not be favorable to us. Moreover, such strategic alliances or other arrangements may not be successful.

 

Risks Relating to Intellectual Property

 

If we are unable to obtain patent protection for our discoveries, the value of our technology and products will be adversely affected. If we infringe patent or other intellectual property rights of third parties, we may not be able to develop and commercialize our products and services or the cost of doing so may increase.

 

Our patent positions, and those of other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, are generally uncertain and involve complex legal, scientific and factual questions.

 

Our ability to develop and commercialize products and services depends in significant part on our ability to:

 

                                          obtain patents;

 

                                          obtain licenses to the proprietary rights of others on commercially reasonable terms;

 

                                          operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others;

 

                                          prevent others from infringing on our proprietary rights; and

 

                                          protect trade secrets.

 

There is significant uncertainty about the validity and permissible scope of patents in our industry, which may make it difficult for us to obtain patent protection for our discoveries.

 

The validity and permissible scope of patent claims in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields, including the genomics field, involve important unresolved legal principles and are the subject of public policy debate in the United States and abroad. For example, there is significant uncertainty both in the United States and abroad regarding the patentability of gene sequences in the absence of functional data and the scope of patent protection available for full-length genes and partial gene sequences. Moreover, some groups have made particular gene sequences available in publicly accessible databases. These and other disclosures may adversely affect our ability to obtain patent protection for gene sequences claimed by us in patent applications that we file subsequent to such disclosures. There is also some uncertainty as to whether human clinical data will be required for issuance of patents for human therapeutics. If such data are required, our ability to obtain patent protection could be delayed or otherwise adversely affected.

 

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Third parties may own or control patents or patent applications and require us to seek licenses, which could increase our development and commercialization costs, or prevent us from developing or marketing our products or services.

 

We may not have rights under some patents or patent applications related to our products, processes or services. Third parties may own or control these patents and patent applications in the United States and abroad. Therefore, in some cases, such as those described below, in order to develop, manufacture, sell or import some of our proposed products, processes or services, we or our collaborators may choose to seek, or be required to seek, licenses under third party patents issued in the United States and abroad or those that might issue from United States and foreign patent applications. In such event, we would be required to pay license fees or royalties or both to the licensor. If licenses are not available to us on acceptable terms, we or our collaborators may not be able to develop, manufacture, sell or import these products, processes or services.

 

With respect to our product candidate MLN01, we are aware of third party patents and patent applications which relate to anti-CD18 antibodies and their use in various methods of treatment, including methods of reperfusion therapy and methods of treating focal ischemic stroke. In addition, our MLN01 and MLN02 product candidates are humanized monoclonal antibodies. We are aware of third party patents and patent applications that relate to humanized or modified antibodies, products useful for making humanized or modified antibodies and processes for making and using humanized or modified antibodies. We are also aware of third party patents and patent applications relating to manufacturing processes for humanized or modified antibodies, products thereof and materials useful in such processes. We are also aware of third party patent applications relating to anti-PSMA antibodies.

 

With respect to VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection and other proteasome inhibitors in the treatment of myocardial infarctions, we are aware of the existence of a potentially interfering patent application filed by a third party. In addition, on June 26, 2002, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Ariad, sent us and approximately 50 other parties a letter offering a sublicense for the use of U.S. Patent No. 6,410,516, which is exclusively licensed to Ariad. If this patent is valid and Ariad successfully sues us for infringement, we would require a license from Ariad in order to commercialize VELCADE.

 

We may become involved in expensive patent litigation or other proceedings, which could result in our incurring substantial costs and expenses or substantial liability for damages or require us to stop our development and commercialization efforts.

 

There has been substantial litigation and other proceedings regarding the patent and other intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We may become a party to patent litigation or other proceedings regarding intellectual property rights. For example, we believe that we hold patent applications that cover genes that are also claimed in patent applications filed by others. Interference proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office may be necessary to establish which party was the first to invent these genes.

 

The cost to us of any patent litigation or other proceeding, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the cost of such litigation or proceedings more effectively than we can because of their substantially greater financial resources. If a patent litigation or other proceeding is resolved against us, we or our collaborators may be enjoined from developing, manufacturing, selling or importing our products, processes or services without a license from the other party and we may be held liable for significant damages. We may not be able to obtain any required license on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

 

Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the marketplace. Patent litigation and other proceedings may also absorb significant management time.

 

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Risks Relating to Product Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales

 

Because we have limited sales, marketing and distribution experience and capabilities, we may be dependent on third parties to successfully perform these functions on our behalf, or we may be required to incur significant costs and devote significant efforts to augment our existing capabilities.

 

We have limited sales, marketing and distribution experience and capabilities. These capabilities consist primarily of the specialty cardiovascular sales force that we acquired in the COR merger that markets INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection. Depending on the nature of the products and services for which we obtain marketing approval, we may need to rely significantly on sales, marketing and distribution arrangements with our collaborators and other third parties. For example, some types of pharmaceutical products require a large sales force and extensive marketing capabilities for effective commercialization. If in the future we elect to perform sales, marketing and distribution functions for such types of products ourselves, we would face a number of additional risks, including the need to recruit a large number of additional experienced marketing and sales personnel. In particular, we are seeking a strategic arrangement relating to the sales and marketing of VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection in worldwide markets. If we are unable to complete such an arrangement, we may not be able to maximize the value of VELCADE as quickly as we have planned.

 

Because we have limited manufacturing capabilities, we will be dependent on third-party manufacturers to manufacture products for us, or we will be required to incur significant costs and devote significant efforts to establish our own manufacturing facilities and capabilities.

 

We have limited manufacturing experience and no commercial scale manufacturing capabilities. In order to continue to develop products and services, apply for regulatory approvals and commercialize products and services, we will need to develop, contract for or otherwise arrange for the necessary manufacturing capabilities. In particular, we are currently seeking to establish long-term supply relationships for the production of commercial supplies of VELCADE.

 

We currently rely upon third parties to produce material for preclinical testing purposes and expect to continue to do so in the future. We also expect to rely upon other third parties, including our collaborators, to produce materials required for clinical trials and for the commercial production of certain of our products.

 

There are a limited number of manufacturers that operate under the FDA’s good manufacturing practices regulations capable of manufacturing our products. As a result, we have experienced some difficulty finding manufacturers for our products with adequate capacity for our anticipated future needs. If we are unable to arrange for third party manufacturing of our products, or to do so on commercially reasonable terms, we may not be able to complete development of our products or market them.

 

Reliance on third party manufacturers entails risks to which we would not be subject if we manufactured products ourselves, including reliance on the third party for regulatory compliance and quality assurance, the possibility of breach of the manufacturing agreement by the third party because of factors beyond our control and the possibility of termination or nonrenewal of the agreement by the third party, based on its own business priorities, at a time that is costly or inconvenient for us.

 

We may in the future elect to manufacture certain of our products in our own manufacturing facilities. We would need to invest substantial additional funds and recruit qualified personnel in order to build or lease and operate any manufacturing facilities.

 

We face particular challenges in connection with the manufacture of INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection; if we do not meet these challenges our revenues and income will be adversely affected.

 

With respect to INTEGRILIN, we have two manufacturers that produce bulk product and two manufacturers that perform fill/finish and packaging. If we do not have adequate supplies of INTEGRILIN to meet market demand, we may lose potential revenues, and the healthcare community may turn to competing products.

 

One of the manufacturers that performs fill/finish and packaging of INTEGRILIN is SGP at its Manati facility in Puerto Rico. Supply of INTEGRILIN for European sales from SGP’s Manati facility has been restarted recently after being temporarily halted and fill/finish and packaging of INTEGRILIN at that facility for sale in the

 

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United States is in abeyance. We are actively working with SGP to identify alternative fill/finish and packaging suppliers to serve as future sources of supply. Although we believe that the fill/finish and packaging performed by our primary manufacturer is sufficient to meet our requirements for INTEGRILIN® (eptifibatide) Injection supply in the United States for the foreseeable future, our inability to resolve the issues relating to the Manati facility could adversely affect the supply of INTEGRILIN and, thereby, harm our results of operations.

 

We expect to improve or modify our existing process technologies and manufacturing capabilities for INTEGRILIN. We cannot quantify the time or expense that may ultimately be required to improve or modify our existing process technologies, but it is possible that such time or expense could be substantial. Moreover, we may not be able to implement any of these improvements or modifications successfully.

 

Our manufacturing plans and commercialization strategy for INTEGRILIN include the addition of extra capacity for the manufacture of INTEGRILIN. This will require us to establish multiple third-party manufacturing arrangements on commercially reasonable terms. We may not be able to do so, and, even if such arrangements are established, they may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms. If we are unable to obtain contract manufacturing on commercially acceptable terms, we may not be able to produce INTEGRILIN in sufficient quantities to meet future market demand.

 

We frequently carry significant amounts of INTEGRILIN in inventory. If for some reason we were unable to sell INTEGRILIN, our inventory could expire and we would be required to write-off the value of the stale inventory.

 

If we fail to obtain an adequate level of reimbursement for our products or services by third party payors, there may be no commercially viable markets for our products or services.

 

The availability and levels of reimbursement by governmental and other third party payors affect the market for any pharmaceutical product or healthcare service. These third party payors continually attempt to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare by challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. In certain foreign countries, particularly the countries of the European Union, the pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to governmental control. We may not be able to sell our products and services profitably if reimbursement is unavailable or limited in scope or amount.

 

In particular, third party payors could lower the amount that they will reimburse hospitals to treat the conditions for which the FDA has approved INTEGRILIN. If they do, pricing levels or sales volumes of INTEGRILIN may decrease. In foreign markets, a number of different governmental and private entities determine the level at which hospitals will be reimbursed for administering INTEGRILIN to insured patients. If these levels are set, or reset, too low, it may not be possible to sell INTEGRILIN at a profit in these markets.

 

In both the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, there have been a number of legislative and regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system. Further proposals are likely. The potential for adoption of these proposals affects or will affect our ability to raise capital, obtain additional collaborators and market our products.

 

In addition, we believe the increasing emphasis on managed care in the United States has and will continue to put pressure on the price and usage of our present and future products, which may adversely impact product sales. Further, when a new therapeutic product is approved, the availability of governmental and/or private reimbursement for that product is uncertain, as is the amount for which that product will be reimbursed. We cannot predict the availability or amount of reimbursement for our product candidates, such as VELCADE™ (bortezomib) for Injection, and current reimbursement policies INTEGRILIN could change at any time.

 

We face a risk of product liability claims and may not be able to obtain insurance.

 

Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that is inherent in the manufacturing, testing and marketing of human therapeutic products. In particular, INTEGRILIN is administered to patients with serious cardiovascular disease who have a high incidence of mortality. Although we have product liability insurance that

 

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we believe is appropriate, this insurance is subject to deductibles and coverage limitations and the market for such insurance becoming more restrictive. We may not be able to obtain or maintain adequate protection against potential liabilities. If we are unable to obtain insurance at acceptable cost or otherwise protect against potential product liability claims, we will be exposed to significant liabilities, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial position. These liabilities could prevent or interfere with our product commercialization efforts.

 

Guidelines and recommendations can affect the use of our products.

 

Government agencies promulgate regulations and guidelines directly applicable to us and to our products. In addition, professional societies, practice management groups, private health and science foundations and organizations involved in various diseases from time to time may also publish guidelines or recommendations to the health care and patient communities. Recommendations of government agencies or these other groups or organizations may relate to such matters as usage, dosage, route of administration and use of concomitant therapies. Recommendations or guidelines that are followed by patients and health care providers could result in decreased use of our products.

 

Risks Relating to an Investment in Our Common Stock

 

The trading price of our securities could be subject to significant fluctuations.

 

The trading price of our common stock has been volatile and may be volatile in the future. During 2002, our common stock traded as high as $25.55 per share and as low as $7.19 per share. Factors such as announcements of our or our competitors’ operating results, changes in our prospects and market conditions for biotechnology stocks in general could have a significant impact on the future trading prices of our common stock.

 

In particular, the trading price of the common stock of many biotechnology companies, including ours, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations, which have at times been unrelated to the operating performance of such companies whose stocks were affected. Some of the factors that may cause volatility in the price of our securities include:

 

                                          clinical trial results and regulatory developments;

 

                                          product revenues;

 

                                          quarterly variations in financial results;

 

                                          business and product market cycles;

 

                                          fluctuations in customer requirements;

 

                                          availability and utilization of manufacturing capacity;

 

                                          timing of new product introductions; and

 

                                          ability to develop and implement new technologies.

 

The price of our securities may also be affected by the estimates and projections of the investment community, general economic and market conditions, and the cost of operations in our product markets. While we cannot predict the individual effect that these factors may have on the price of our securities, these factors, either individually or in the aggregate, could result in significant variations in price during any given period of time. There can be no assurance that these factors will not have an adverse effect on the trading prices of our common stock.

 

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We have anti-takeover defenses that could delay or prevent an acquisition and could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

 

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing an acquisition of our company. For example, we have divided our board of directors into three classes that serve staggered three-year terms, we may issue shares of our authorized “blank check” preferred stock and our stockholders are limited in their ability to call special stockholder meetings. In addition, we have issued preferred stock purchase rights that would adversely affect the economic and voting interests of a person or group that seeks to acquire us or a 15% or more interest in our common stock without negotiations with our board of directors.

 

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We manage our investment portfolio in accordance with our Investment Policy. The primary objectives of our Investment Policy are to preserve principal, maintain a high degree of liquidity to meet operating needs, and obtain competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. Investments are made primarily in high-grade corporate bonds with effective maturities of three years or less, asset-backed and U.S. government agency securities. These investments are subject to risk of default, changes in credit rating and changes in market value. These investments are also subject to interest rate risk and will decrease in value if market interest rates increase. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in an approximate $20.4 million decrease in the fair value of our investments as of March 31, 2003. However, due to the conservative nature of our investments and relatively short effective maturities of debt instruments, interest rate risk is mitigated. Our Investment Policy specifies credit quality standards for our investments and limits the amount of exposure from any single issue, issuer or type of investment. We do not own derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.

 

As of March 31, 2003, the fair value of our 4.5% and 5.0% notes, including the put options, is approximately $662.4 million. The fair value of our 5.5% notes approximates its carrying value.

 

The interest rates on our convertible notes and capital lease obligations are fixed and therefore not subject to interest rate risk.

 

Accordingly, we do not believe that there is any material market risk exposure with respect to derivative or other financial instruments which would require disclosure under this item.

 

As of March 31, 2003 we did not have any financing arrangements that were not reflected in our balance sheet.

 

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

 

(a)           Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

 

We have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that we record, process, summarize, and report information we are required to disclose in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the manner and within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  Our chief executive officer and chief financial officer evaluated these controls and procedures— within 90 days of the filing date of this quarterly report — and concluded based upon that evaluation, that they are effective in achieving this purpose.

 

(b)           Changes in internal controls.

 

We maintain internal financial controls and procedures to ensure that we comply with applicable laws and our established financial policies.  There were no significant changes, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses, in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls since the date of the most recent evaluation of these controls by our chief executive officer and chief financial officer.

 

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PART II    OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

On March 7, 2003, we issued and sold to Abbott Laboratories 3,658,314 shares of our common stock for aggregate proceeds of approximately $28.6 million.  These shares were issued in connection with a collaboration agreement between the parties and no person served as an underwriter with respect to this transaction.  We relied on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

On January 31, 2003, we issued 143,504 shares of our common stock to Deutsche Bank Securities upon their net exercise of a warrant to purchase 176,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.  These shares were issued pursuant to a warrant agreement dated March 12, 1998 between us and Deutsche Bank Securities and no person served as an underwriter with respect to this transaction.  For this issuance and sale, we relied on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a)          Exhibits

 

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index are included in this report.

 

(b)         Reports on Forms 8-K.

 

1.                    A Current Report on Form 8-K was furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2003, to report, pursuant to Item 9, that we issued a press release on April 15, 2003 to report our financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

 

2.                    A Current Report on Form 8-K was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2003, to report, pursuant to Item 5, that Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Aventis”) provided us notice of exercise of Aventis’s option to terminate the three to five-year Technology Transfer Agreement between us and Aventis dated June 22, 2000, effective on the third anniversary of the Agreement, July 21, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

 

 

MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated :  May 6, 2003

 

/s/ KENNETH M. BATE

 

 

 

Kenneth M. Bate

 

 

Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(principal financial and chief accounting officer)

 

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CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Mark J. Levin, certify that:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

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

 

b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

c)  presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date: May 6, 2003

 

/s/ MARK J. LEVIN

 

 

 

Mark J. Levin

 

 

 

Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Kenneth M. Bate, certify that:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

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

 

b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

c)  presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date: May 6, 2003

 

/s/ KENNETH M. BATE

 

 

 

Kenneth M. Bate

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Statement Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350

 

 

 

99.2

 

Statement Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350

 

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