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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

or

 

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

For the transition period from                    to                    

Commission File Number 000-51329

 

 

XenoPort, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   94-3330837

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS employer

identification no.)

3410 Central Expressway,

Santa Clara, California

  95051
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(408) 616-7200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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.    x  Yes    ¨  No

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

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

 

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

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

Total number of shares of common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2012: 42,943,849.

 

 

 


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XENOPORT, INC.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
   PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION      3   
Item 1.   

Unaudited Financial Statements

     3   
  

Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

     3   
  

Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

     4   
  

Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

     5   
  

Notes to Financial Statements

     6   
Item 2.   

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

     14   
Item 3.   

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     21   
Item 4.   

Controls and Procedures

     21   
   PART II. OTHER INFORMATION      21   
Item 1.   

Legal Proceedings

     21   
Item1A.   

Risk Factors

     22   
Item 2.   

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     46   
Item 3.   

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     46   
Item 4.   

Mine Safety Disclosures

     46   
Item 5.   

Other Information

     46   
Item 6.   

Exhibits

     47   
Signatures      49   

XENOPORT, the XenoPort logo, Transported Prodrug and Regnite are trademarks of XenoPort, Inc.

Horizant is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Unaudited Financial Statements

XENOPORT, INC.

BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
    

(In thousands,

except per share amount)

 

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 21,115      $ 25,386   

Short-term investments

     60,633        69,056   

Prepaids and other current assets

     3,077        3,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     84,825        97,452   

Property and equipment, net

     2,631        3,921   

Restricted investments and other assets

     2,232        2,663   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 89,688      $ 104,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 790      $ 1,032   

Accrued compensation

     4,086        4,176   

Accrued restructuring charges

     1,527        1,627   

Accrued preclinical and clinical costs

     2,607        4,433   

Other accrued liabilities

     1,003        747   

Deferred revenue

     1,515        1,515   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     11,528        13,530   

Accrued restructuring charges

     276        1,103   

Deferred revenue

     13,510        14,268   

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 and 60,000 shares authorized; 35,864 and 35,515 shares issued and outstanding, at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

     36        35   

Additional paid-in capital

     502,224        495,902   

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     3        (16

Accumulated deficit

     (437,889     (420,786
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     64,374        75,135   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 89,688      $ 104,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
     (In thousands, except per share amounts)  

Revenues:

        

Net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities

   $ 10,000      $ 30,000      $ 10,000      $ 30,000   

Collaboration revenue

     379        7,379        10,758        7,758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     10,379        37,379        20,758        37,758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     10,804        9,904        22,982        19,758   

Selling, general and administrative

     7,589        8,075        14,989        15,826   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     18,393        17,979        37,971        35,584   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     (8,014     19,400        (17,213     2,174   

Interest income

     55        55        110        125   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (7,959     19,455        (17,103     2,299   

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities

     7        (7     19        34   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

   $ (7,952   $ 19,448      $ (17,084   $ 2,333   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.22   $ 0.55      $ (0.48   $ 0.07   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.22   $ 0.55      $ (0.48   $ 0.06   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used to compute basic net income (loss) per share

     35,794        35,400        35,712        35,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income (loss) per share

     35,794        35,635        35,712        35,665   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
     2012     2011  
     (In thousands)  

Operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (17,103   $ 2,299   

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     1,308        1,612   

Accretion of investment discounts and amortization of investment premiums, net

     506        308   

Stock-based compensation expense

     6,323        7,469   

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Prepaids and other current and noncurrent assets

     364        (45

Accounts payable

     (242     1,412   

Accrued compensation

     (90     413   

Accrued restructuring charges

     (927 )     —     

Accrued preclinical and clinical costs

     (1,826     (2,980

Other accrued liabilities

     256        (499

Deferred revenue

     (758     (758
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (12,189     9,231   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities

    

Purchases of investments

     (53,746     (76,136

Proceeds from maturities of investments

     61,682        90,485   

Change in restricted investments

     —          (3

Purchases of property and equipment

     (18 )     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

     7,918        14,346   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Net cash used in issuance of common stock and exercise of stock options

     —          (70
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     —          (70
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (4,271     23,507   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     25,386        23,192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 21,115      $ 46,699   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

XenoPort, Inc., or the Company, was incorporated in the state of Delaware on May 19, 1999. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of internally discovered product candidates for the potential treatment of neurological disorders. The Company’s innovative product and product candidates are prodrugs that are typically created by modifying the chemical structure of currently marketed drugs, referred to as parent drugs, and are designed to correct limitations in the oral absorption, distribution and/or metabolism of the parent drug. The Company intends to focus its development and commercialization efforts on potential treatments of diseases with significant unmet medical needs, with an emphasis on neurological disorders. The Company’s marketed product and each of its product candidates are orally available, patented or patentable molecules that address potential markets with clear unmet medical needs. The Company’s facilities are located in Santa Clara, California.

Basis of Preparation

The accompanying financial statements as of June 30, 2012 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 are unaudited. These unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2012 and comprehensive income (losses) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or the Codification, is the single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012 or for any other interim period or any other future year. For more complete financial information, these financial statements, and the notes hereto, should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on February 29, 2012.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue arrangements entered into, or materially modified, through December 31, 2010 are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Recognition-Multiple-Element Arrangements topic of the Codification. A variety of factors were considered in determining the appropriate method of revenue recognition under these arrangements, such as whether the various elements could be considered separate units of accounting, whether there was objective and reliable evidence of fair value for these elements and whether there was a separate earnings process associated with a particular element of an agreement.

The provisions of Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, or ASU 2009-13, which is included within the Codification as Revenue Recognition-Multiple Element Arrangements, will be applied by the Company to revenue arrangements entered into, or materially modified, beginning January 1, 2011. Under the provisions of ASU 2009-13, the Company will no longer rely on objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the elements in a revenue arrangement in order to separate a deliverable into a separate unit of accounting, and the use of the residual method has been eliminated. The Company will instead use a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable, which will be used to determine the allocation of consideration to each unit of accounting under an arrangement. The selling price used for each deliverable will be based on vendor-specific objective evidence if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific objective evidence is not available or estimated selling price if neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had not applied the provisions of ASU 2009-13 to any of its revenue arrangements as the Company had not entered into any new, or materially modified any of its existing, revenue arrangements in 2011 or 2012. Therefore, there was no material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations from adopting ASU 2009-13. However, the provisions of ASU 2009-13 could have a material impact on the revenue recognized from any collaboration agreements that the Company enters into, or materially modifies, in future periods.

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The provisions of ASU 2010-17, Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition, or ASU 2010-17, which is included within the Codification as Revenue Recognition-Milestone Method, are being applied by the Company on a prospective basis for milestones achieved starting in 2011. The adoption of ASU 2010-17 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as of June 30, 2012, and the provisions of ASU 2010-17 are not expected to have a material impact on the revenue recognized from any existing collaboration agreements.

Where there are multiple deliverables combined as a single unit of accounting, revenues are deferred and recognized over the period during which the Company remains obligated to perform services. The specific methodology for the recognition of the revenue (e.g., straight-line or according to specific performance criteria) is determined on a case-by-case basis according to the facts and circumstances applicable to a given agreement. For contracts with specific performance criteria, the Company utilizes the performance-based expected revenue method of revenue recognition, which requires that the Company estimate the total amount of costs to be expended for a given unit of accounting and then recognize revenue equal to the portion of costs expended to date. The estimated total costs to be expended are subject to revision from time-to-time as the underlying facts and circumstances change.

Payments received in excess of revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue until such time as the revenue recognition criteria have been met.

Collaboration revenue includes revenue from the Company’s current collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. Net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities includes all revenue that results solely from the Company’s collaboration agreement with Glaxo Group Limited, or GSK. The Company accounts for the revenue-related activities of these collaboration agreements as follows:

 

   

Up-front, licensing-type payments. Up-front, licensing-type payments are assessed to determine whether or not the licensee is able to obtain any stand-alone value from the license. Where this is not the case, the Company does not consider the license deliverable to be a separate unit of accounting, and the revenue is deferred with revenue recognition for the license fee being assessed in conjunction with the other deliverables that constitute the combined unit of accounting.

 

   

Milestones. Under the provisions of ASU 2010-17, consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a milestone can be recognized in its entirety as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved. Recognition will occur only if the consideration earned from the achievement of a milestone meets all the criteria for the milestone to be considered substantive at the inception of the arrangement, such that it: (i) is commensurate with either the Company’s performance to achieve the milestone or the enhancement of the value of the item delivered as a result of a specific outcome resulting from the Company’s performance to achieve the milestone; (ii) relates solely to past performance; and (iii) is reasonable relative to all deliverables and payment terms in the arrangement.

The provisions of ASU 2010-17 do not apply to contingent payments for which payment is either contingent solely upon the passage of time or the result of a collaborative partner’s performance. The Company will assess the nature of, and appropriate accounting for, these payments on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Recognition topic of the Codification.

 

   

Profit and loss sharing. This represents the Company’s share of the profits and losses from the co-promotion of Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets with GSK. Amounts are recognized in the period in which the related activities occur, and their financial statement classification is based on the Company’s assessment that these activities constitute part of the Company’s ongoing central operations.

The Company’s current collaboration agreements also include potential payments for product royalties and detail reimbursements. To date, the Company has not received any revenue from these activities.

Clinical Trials

The Company accrues and expenses the costs for clinical trial activities performed by third parties based upon estimates of the percentage of work completed over the life of the individual study in accordance with agreements established with contract research organizations and clinical trial sites. The Company determines the estimates through discussions with internal clinical personnel and external service providers as to progress or stage of completion of trials or services and the agreed upon fee to be paid for such services. Costs of setting up clinical trial sites for participation in the trials are expensed immediately as research and development expenses. Clinical trial site costs related to patient visits are accrued as patients progress through the trial and are reduced by any payments made to the clinical trial site. Non-refundable advance payments for research and development goods or services are recognized as expense as the related goods are delivered or the related services are provided in accordance with the provisions of the Research and Development Arrangements topic of the Codification.

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The Company accounts for the fair value of its financial instruments in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Value Measurement topic of the Codification.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company applies the market approach valuation technique for fair value measurements on a recurring basis and attempts to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. All of the Company’s cash equivalents and short-term investments are measured using inputs classified at Level 1 or Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 2 inputs are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant inputs are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets. Where applicable, these models project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to a present value using market-based observable inputs obtained from various third-party data providers, including but not limited to, benchmark yields, interest rate curves, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes and market reference data.

Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits

On May 31, 2012, the Company adopted the XenoPort Amended and Restated 2012 Severance Plan, or the 2012 Severance Plan, for the benefit of the Company’s non-executive employees. Under the terms of the 2012 Severance Plan, a non-executive employee terminated by the Company because of elimination of his or her position is eligible to receive continuation of medical insurance under COBRA and specified severance payments based on the employee’s level and years of service with the Company. The Company accounts for employee termination benefits in accordance with the provisions of the Compensation-Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits topic of the Codification and records employee termination liabilities once they are both probable and estimable for severance provided under the Company’s existing severance program.

On June 4, 2012, the Company implemented a reduction in force due to the Company completing certain work projects on its development programs. As a result, the Company recorded severance benefits charges of $1,233,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2012, which are primarily included in the “Research and development” line of the “Operating expenses” section of the Company’s statements of comprehensive income (loss). As of June 30, 2012, the associated liability balance, included within “Accrued compensation” on the Company’s balance sheets, was $1,212,000.

2. Collaboration Agreements

Astellas Pharma Inc.

In December 2005, the Company entered into an agreement in which it licensed to Astellas exclusive rights to develop and commercialize gabapentin enacarbil in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan. The Company received an initial license payment of $25,000,000 in December 2005, which has been deferred and is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the period that the Company expects to remain obligated to provide services. In addition, as of June 30, 2012, the Company was eligible to receive potential total payments of $60,000,000 upon the occurrence of additional clinical and regulatory events, of which $40,000,000 had been received and recognized through June 30, 2012. The remaining $20,000,000 of potential payments payable under this agreement entail no performance obligation on the part of the Company and are tied solely to the regulatory success of additional indications, and, accordingly, these payments will not be accounted for under the provisions of ASU 2010-17. The Company is also entitled to receive high-teen royalties on net sales of gabapentin enacarbil (known as Regnite in Japan) in the Astellas territory, if any. In January 2012, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, or MHLW, approved Astellas’ new drug application, or NDA, for the use of Regnite in Japan as a treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe primary restless legs syndrome, or RLS, and Astellas initiated sales in Japan in July 2012. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company recognized revenue of $379,000 and $758,000, respectively, representing amortization of the up-front license payment under this agreement. In the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company also recognized a $10,000,000 milestone payment in connection with the approval of Regnite in Japan. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company recognized revenue of $7,379,000 and $7,758,000, respectively, representing amortization of the up-front license payment under this agreement and recognition of a $7,000,000 milestone payment in connection with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approval of gabapentin enacarbil for the treatment of RLS in adults. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had recognized an aggregate of $49,975,000 of revenue pursuant to this agreement. At June 30, 2012, $15,025,000 of revenue was deferred under this agreement, of which $1,515,000 was classified within current liabilities and the remaining $13,510,000 was recorded as a noncurrent liability. In addition, the agreement allows Astellas to request that the Company conduct development activities and required Astellas to source all drug product and both clinical and commercial supplies of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, form of gabapentin enacarbil from the Company under a specified supply agreement. In October 2009, all of the Company’s remaining manufacturing or supply obligations to Astellas for gabapentin enacarbil API or finished drug product ceased. The Company remains obligated to provide certain services as originally specified in the December 2005 agreement.

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Glaxo Group Limited

In February 2007, the Company entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement with GSK to develop and commercialize gabapentin enacarbil, known in the United States by the trade name Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets, in all countries of the world excluding the Astellas territory. In November 2010, the Company amended and restated its collaboration agreement with GSK, pursuant to which the Company reacquired all rights to gabapentin enacarbil outside of the United States previously granted to GSK (which excludes the Astellas territory) and obtained the right, but not the obligation, to pursue development of Horizant for: (i) the potential treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy; (ii) the potential treatment of postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, to the extent that a product label would reflect a superiority claim over a currently approved drug; and (iii) any additional indications in the United States. In April 2011, the FDA approved Horizant for the treatment of RLS in adults. Shipments of Horizant to wholesalers commenced in June 2011, and Horizant was commercially launched in July 2011. A contingent payment of $30,000,000 was received and fully recognized in June 2011 in connection with the first shipment of Horizant to a wholesaler. In June 2012, the FDA approved Horizant for the management of PHN in adults. Under the collaboration agreement, GSK remains responsible for further development and regulatory matters with respect to Horizant and manufacturing and commercialization of Horizant in the United States for all indications. In January 2012, the Company provided a notice of dispute and notice of breach and termination, or the Notice, to GSK, and in February 2012, both GSK and the Company initiated legal proceedings related to the collaboration agreement (see Note 7 for more information).

In March 2007, GSK made an up-front, non-refundable license payment of $75,000,000. Under the terms of the amended and restated collaboration agreement, the Company is eligible to receive a total of $312,500,000 in aggregate clinical and regulatory event-based potential payments, of which $130,000,000 has been received and fully recognized through June 30, 2012, including $10,000,000 received and fully recognized in June 2012 in connection with the first commercial sale of Horizant for the management of PHN in adults. Of the remaining $182,500,000, the Company has determined that payments aggregating $67,500,000 relate to events that, for revenue recognition purposes, are considered substantive milestones, and each of these payments will therefore be recognized as revenue in its entirety if, and when, the events are achieved. These potential payments consist of $10,000,000 relating to achievement of positive results from clinical trials and $57,500,000 relating to the achievement of certain regulatory milestones, such as the first filing of an NDA for product approval for a given indication in the United States. The remaining potential payments payable under this collaboration agreement entail no performance obligations on the part of the Company and, accordingly, these payments will not be accounted for under the provisions of ASU 2010-17. The Company remains eligible to receive up to $290,000,000 upon the achievement of specified sales levels. The Company concluded that the up-front license payment did not have value to GSK on a stand-alone basis without the benefit of the specified development activities that the Company performed in connection with Horizant and that the $85,000,000 of milestones paid for clinical trial and pre-clinical activities were either not sufficiently substantive or not sufficiently at risk to be accounted for using the “when-earned” model. Accordingly, these milestones and the up-front payment were combined into one unit of accounting that was recognized over the best estimate of the development period to commercialization of the product, during which time delivery of substantially all of the efforts required for the completion of the Company’s contractual responsibilities under the GSK agreement has occurred, and the Company has determined that no additional performance obligations resulted from the amended agreement. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had recognized an aggregate of $205,000,000 of up-front license, milestone and contingent event-based payments pursuant to this agreement and no revenue was deferred under this agreement.

The Company exercised its right to the co-promotion arrangement in April 2009, under which all allowable expenses and sales of Horizant are accounted for using a joint profit and loss, or P&L, statement, in which the Company and GSK share in the resulting operating pre-tax profits and losses. Under the amended and restated collaboration agreement, the Company’s participation in the co-promotion and joint P&L arrangements remains unchanged, except that the Company can delay the deployment of its sales force for up to three years following the April 2011 approval of Horizant in the United States and the Company’s share of losses from the joint P&L will be forgiven up to a maximum of $10,000,000. The Company’s payment of its share of additional losses, if any, would be deferred and payable without interest over a four-year period following the first quarter in which the joint P&L is profitable. GSK is responsible for: establishing pricing and reimbursement; creating promotional and advertising materials; managed care contracting; receiving, accepting and filling orders; distributing; controlling invoicing, order processing and collecting accounts receivable; and recording sales of Horizant in the United States. Expenses that can be charged to the joint P&L statement are the cost of goods and certain costs directly related to Horizant marketing and sales. Sales and marketing expenses of Horizant that the Company incurs that are not charged to the joint P&L statement are classified as selling, general and administrative operating expenses within the Company’s statements of comprehensive income (loss). The Company has concluded that under the original and amended agreements, the potential detail of Horizant and the amount from the joint P&L statement together constitute one unit of accounting separate from the previously established milestone and up-front payment unit of accounting. The Company also has determined the commercialization of its portfolio of product candidates to be part of its core operations, and accordingly concluded that all revenue resulting from the Company’s GSK collaboration agreement is presented in the net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities line item in the revenues section of the statements of comprehensive income (loss) in the period the related activities occur. No detailing activities were performed by the Company and therefore, no detail reimbursements were recognized in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The Company shares any profits or losses on sales of Horizant in the United States at tiered rates that escalate as a function of annual net sales levels, from a low of 20% to a maximum of 50%. The Company may terminate its co-promotion right and participation in the profit share arrangement at any time upon notice to GSK with no penalty to the Company, resulting in a royalty-based compensation structure, whereby the Company would receive royalties on annual net sales in the United States at tiered rates that escalate as a function of net sales levels from a low of 15% to a maximum of 30%. GSK may terminate the collaboration agreement in its entirety for any reason and at any time. In such event, certain Horizant product rights would revert to the Company, and the Company would be entitled to specified transition assistance from GSK. The collaboration agreement is under dispute and is the subject of pending litigation.

3. Net Income (Loss) per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period without consideration for potential common shares. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period plus any dilutive potential common shares for the period determined using the treasury-stock method. For purposes of this calculation, outstanding restricted stock units, options to purchase stock and warrants are considered to be potential common shares and are only included in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share when their effect is dilutive.

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
     2012     2011      2012     2011  
     (In thousands, except per share amounts)  

Numerator:

         

Net income (loss)

   $ (7,959   $ 19,455       $ (17,103   $ 2,299   

Denominator:

         

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

     35,794        35,400         35,712        35,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Denominator for basic net income (loss) per share

     35,794        35,400         35,712        35,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dilutive effect of:

         

Restricted stock units and options to purchase common stock

     —          235         —          329   

Warrants outstanding

     —          —           —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per share

     35,794        35,635         35,712        35,665   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.22   $ 0.55       $ (0.48   $ 0.07   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.22   $ 0.55       $ (0.48   $ 0.06   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding securities at period end not included in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share as they had an anti-dilutive effect:

         

Restricted stock units and options to purchase common stock

     6,255        4,940         6,255        4,945   

Warrants outstanding

     283        305         283        305   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,538        5,245         6,538        5,250   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

4. Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short-Term Investments and Restricted Investments

The following are summaries of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted investments (in thousands):

 

     Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Estimated
Fair
Value
 

As of June 30, 2012:

          

Cash

   $ 1,499       $ —         $ —        $ 1,499   

Money market funds

     14,616         —           —          14,616   

U.S. government-sponsored agencies

     7,247        —           (1     7,246  

Corporate debt securities

     58,383         21         (17 )     58,387   

Certificates of deposit

     1,954         —           —          1,954   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 83,699       $ 21       $ (18   $ 83,702   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reported as:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

           $ 21,115   

Short-term investments

             60,633   

Restricted investments

             1,954   
          

 

 

 
           $ 83,702   
          

 

 

 

 

     Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Estimated
Fair
Value
 

As of December 31, 2011:

          

Cash

   $ 2,941       $ —         $ —        $ 2,941   

Money market funds

     18,027         —           —          18,027   

U.S. government-sponsored agencies

     28,909         3         (1     28,911   

Corporate debt securities

     44,581         10         (28     44,563   

Certificates of deposit

     1,954         —           —          1,954   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 96,412       $ 13       $ (29   $ 96,396   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reported as:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

           $ 25,386   

Short-term investments

             69,056   

Restricted investments

             1,954   
          

 

 

 
           $ 96,396   
          

 

 

 

At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the contractual maturities of all investments held were less than one year.

No gross realized gains or losses were recognized in the three or six months ended June 30, 2012 or in the same periods in 2011.

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The Company’s available-for-sale investments, which include cash equivalents and short-term investments, are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are classified at the following fair value hierarchy (see Note 1 for the Company’s accounting policy on measuring fair value of financial instruments) (in thousands):

 

            Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using  

Description

   Total as of
June 30,
2012
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Money market funds

   $ 14,616       $ 14,616       $ —         $ —     

U.S. government-sponsored agencies

     7,246         —           7,246         —     

Corporate debt securities

     58,387         —           58,387         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 80,249       $ 14,616       $ 65,633       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

            Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using  

Description

   Total as of
December 31,
2011
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Money market funds

   $ 18,027       $ 18,027       $ —         $ —     

U.S. government-sponsored agencies

     28,911         —           28,911         —     

Corporate debt securities

     44,563         —           44,563         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 91,501       $ 18,027       $ 73,474       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Stock-Based Compensation

Details of the Company’s employee non-cash stock-based compensation were as follows:

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
     (In thousands)  

Research and development

   $ 993       $ 1,279       $ 2,108       $ 2,786   

Selling, general and administrative

     1,969         2,277         4,215         4,683   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 2,962       $ 3,556       $ 6,323       $ 7,469   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

6. Restructuring

In December 2011, as part of the Company’s ongoing evaluation of its facilities requirements in light of future plans and in connection with the permanent cease use of the leased office space in a building at 3400 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, California, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $2,923,000 in accordance with the Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations topic of the Codification, which were included on a separate line in the Company’s statements of comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2011. The restructuring charges consisted of $2,476,000 of facility-related charges and $447,000 of property and equipment write-offs. As of June 30, 2012, the Company expected to make all cash payments associated with this action by August 2013, which coincides with the end of the lease term for the office space. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company made cash payments of $529,000 and $927,000, respectively. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the liability balance, included as “Accrued restructuring charges” on the balance sheets, was $1,803,000 and $2,730,000, respectively, of which $1,527,000 and $1,627,000, respectively, was classified within current liabilities and the remaining $276,000 and $1,103,000, respectively, was recorded as a noncurrent liability.

7. Commitments and Contingencies

In January 2012, the Company provided the Notice to GSK that provided notice of the Company’s belief that, among other matters, GSK has materially breached its contractual obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maximize the sales of Horizant in an expeditious manner and (ii) achieve the sales milestones set forth in the collaboration agreement with GSK. The Notice provided that the termination of the collaboration agreement would become effective at the end of the 90-day notice period provided under the agreement, or April 24, 2012, unless GSK cured any such breach or default prior to such date.

 

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XENOPORT, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

On February 23, 2012, GSK filed a complaint, or the GSK Complaint, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware naming the Company and other unspecified individuals as defendants. Pursuant to the GSK Complaint, GSK is seeking declaratory judgment that GSK is not in breach of the collaboration agreement and that the Company does not have the right to terminate the collaboration agreement as a result of GSK’s performance under the collaboration agreement to date. Following the expiration of the contractually specified period of time for resolution of the dispute by the requisite officers of the parties, on February 24, 2012, the Company filed a complaint, or the XenoPort Complaint, in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Santa Clara against GSK and its affiliates, GlaxoSmithKline LLC and GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc., for breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair competition. Pursuant to the XenoPort Complaint, in addition to injunctive and equitable relief, the Company is seeking damages for lost profits, damage to the value of Horizant and unattained royalties and milestone payments in an amount to be proven at trial, as well as punitive damages and restitution. In March 2012, GSK removed the proceeding in California to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, which removal the Company is opposing. In April 2012, with GSK’s legal action challenging the Company’s right to terminate the Agreement pending, the Company provided notice to GSK that, although the Company believes that GSK’s material breaches of its material obligations under the agreement are ongoing and the Company reserves the right to terminate the agreement in the future and exercise all rights in connection with such termination under the agreement, the Company was not terminating the agreement effective April 24, 2012 and that the agreement remains in effect at this time. The Company cannot predict the outcome of the litigation related to the GSK Complaint and the XenoPort Complaint, when or if the collaboration agreement will be terminated or the ultimate terms of any termination of the agreement or resolution of the dispute. Additionally, the Company cannot predict whether the Company will be successful in obtaining injunctive or other equitable relief, damages or the amount of such damages, if any. The Company is not currently able to estimate the impact of the litigation related to GSK on its financial position or results of operations.

8. Subsequent Event

On July 30, 2012, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 7,076,922 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $6.50 per share, including 923,076 shares representing the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. Estimated net cash proceeds from the public offering were approximately $43,000,000, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

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

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. All statements other than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of these provisions, including any projections or earnings. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance, time frames or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, time frames or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks, uncertainties and other factors in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors.” Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this filing. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We hereby qualify our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Overview

We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of internally discovered product candidates for the potential treatment of neurological disorders. Our innovative product and product candidates are prodrugs that are typically created by modifying the chemical structure of currently marketed drugs, referred to as parent drugs, and are designed to correct limitations in the oral absorption, distribution and/or metabolism of the parent drug. We intend to focus our development and commercialization efforts on potential treatments of diseases with significant unmet medical needs, with an emphasis on neurological disorders. Our marketed product and each of our product candidates are orally available, patented or patentable molecules that address potential markets with clear unmet medical needs.

Our first product is approved in the United States, where it is known as Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets, and in Japan, where it is known as Regnite (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets. Glaxo Group Limited, or GSK, holds commercialization rights and certain development rights for Horizant in the United States. Gabapentin enacarbil is licensed to Astellas Pharma Inc. in Japan and five other Asian countries.

Horizant has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for the treatment of moderate-to-severe primary restless legs syndrome, or RLS, in adults and for the management of postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, in adults. Restless legs syndrome, also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease, is a neurological disorder characterized by an urge to move the legs, usually caused or accompanied by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs. PHN is a neuropathic (nerve) pain syndrome that can follow the healing of an outbreak of herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles. Regnite has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, or MHLW, as a treatment for patients with RLS, and Astellas initiated sales in Japan in July 2012. We are entitled to receive percentage-based high-teen royalties on net sales of Regnite in Japan.

GSK recorded $1.6 million and $2.9 million of net sales of Horizant for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively. Under our collaboration agreement with GSK, all allowable expenses and sales of Horizant are accounted for using a joint profit and loss, or P&L, statement, in which we and GSK share in the resulting operating pre-tax profits and losses. Our share of losses from the joint P&L will be forgiven up to a maximum of $10.0 million, of which approximately $8.3 million had been forgiven through June 30, 2012. The payment of our share of additional losses, if any, would be deferred and payable without interest over a four-year period of time following the first quarter in which the joint P&L is profitable. GSK is responsible for the development, including post-marketing commitments, of Horizant for RLS and PHN in the United States.

In January 2012, we provided a notice of dispute and notice of breach and termination, or the Notice, to GSK that provided notice of our belief that, among other matters, GSK has materially breached its contractual obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maximize the sales of Horizant in an expeditious manner and (ii) achieve the sales milestones set forth in our collaboration agreement. The Notice provided that the termination of the collaboration agreement would become effective at the end of the 90-day notice period provided under the agreement, or April 24, 2012, unless GSK cured any such breach or default prior to such date.

 

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On February 23, 2012, GSK filed a complaint, or the GSK Complaint, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware naming us and other unspecified individuals as defendants. Pursuant to the GSK Complaint, GSK is seeking declaratory judgment that it is not in breach of the collaboration agreement and that we do not have the right to terminate the collaboration agreement as a result of GSK’s performance under the agreement to date. Following the expiration of the contractually specified period of time for resolution of the dispute by the requisite officers of the parties, on February 24, 2012, we filed a complaint, or the XenoPort Complaint, in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Santa Clara against GSK and its affiliates, GlaxoSmithKline LLC and GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc., for breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair competition. Pursuant to the XenoPort Complaint, in addition to injunctive and equitable relief, we are seeking damages for lost profits, damage to the value of Horizant and unattained royalties and milestone payments in an amount to be proven at trial, as well as punitive damages and restitution. In March 2012, GSK removed the proceeding in California to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, which we are opposing. In April 2012, with GSK’s legal action challenging our right to terminate the collaboration agreement pending, we provided notice to GSK that, although we believe that GSK’s material breaches of its material obligations under the collaboration agreement are ongoing and we reserve the right to terminate the collaboration agreement in the future and exercise all rights in connection with such termination under the collaboration agreement, we were not terminating the collaboration agreement effective April 24, 2012 and that the collaboration agreement remains in effect at this time.

We believe that we have meritorious claims and defenses and intend to defend the GSK Complaint, and prosecute the XenoPort Complaint, vigorously. However, we cannot predict the outcome of the litigation related to the GSK Complaint and the XenoPort Complaint, when or if the collaboration agreement will be terminated or the ultimate timing or terms of any termination of the agreement, any resolution of the dispute or any reversion of the commercialization rights to Horizant to us. In addition, we expect to incur substantial legal fees and costs in connection with this litigation, and may not prevail in either of these legal proceedings. If our collaboration agreement with GSK is terminated, we may not be entitled to any further milestone and contingent event-based payments, royalties or joint P&L loss forgiveness or deferral, and we could be responsible for the cost of additional Horizant commercialization and development activities, including post-marketing commitments, which could accelerate our need for additional capital.

We are evaluating our lead product candidate, arbaclofen placarbil, or AP, as a potential treatment for patients with spasticity. We are conducting a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial under a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, with the FDA, for AP as a potential treatment for spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS. If a positive outcome from this trial is achieved, along with supportive data from certain additional planned studies, we intend to submit a new drug application, or NDA, with the FDA under Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, or FDCA. Section 505(b)(2) of the FDCA allows reference to published literature and/or the FDA’s previous finding of safety and effectiveness for baclofen, a drug that has been approved by the FDA for the alleviation of signs and symptoms of spasticity in individuals with MS and may also be of some value in patients with spinal cord injuries and other spinal cord diseases. We anticipate that top-line results of the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial will be available in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, among other studies that are intended to be part of a potential NDA filing, we are conducting a six-month, open-label, safety clinical trial of AP for subjects who complete the 13-week pivotal Phase 3 efficacy trial. Based on discussions with the FDA, we intend to modify the open-label safety trial in an effort to ensure that our development program for AP meets the patient exposure requirements previously established with the FDA. As such, the protocol for the open-label safety trial will be modified to allow patients to directly enter the trial without prior participation in the pivotal Phase 3 trial and be dosed for up to nine months.

We are evaluating our second product candidate, XP21279, for the potential treatment of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. In 2011, we completed a Phase 2 clinical trial of patient-optimized doses of a bi-layer tablet of XP21279/carbidopa compared to patient-optimized doses of Sinemet (levodopa/carbidopa) in patients with Parkinson’s disease who experience motor fluctuations. Results of the pharmacokinetic analysis from the trial showed that subjects had significantly higher variation in levodopa blood levels over a 16-hour time period while taking Sinemet as compared to XP21279/carbidopa. However, in the primary analysis of the trial, the improvement with XP21279/carbidopa dosed three times per day was not statistically better than the improvement seen with optimized Sinemet dosed four or five times per day during the double-blind phase of the trial. We have discussed the results of this trial with key experts in Parkinson’s disease and with the FDA. We recently conducted an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA in which we received feedback that a proposed development program for XP21279 could support an NDA submission under Section 505(b)(2) of the FDCA. Based on our discussions with the FDA, we believe that a single, pivotal, Phase 3 clinical trial comparing optimized doses of XP21279 to Sinemet, along with an open-label safety study, could form the basis for an NDA submission as a potential treatment for advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. The FDA provided specific guidance on the proposed design of the pivotal trial and confirmed that efficacy and safety data from this study could be included in the product label. We plan to continue development of XP21279 to the extent our resources permit or we enter into a collaboration with a third party.

We are developing our third product candidate, XP23829, for the potential treatment of relapsing-remitting MS, or RRMS. XP23829 is a patented prodrug of monomethyl fumarate, or MMF. MMF is a molecule that appears to have anti-inflammatory properties and the potential to modulate cellular responses to oxidative stress. We filed an investigational new drug application, or IND, with the Division of Neurology Products of the FDA to initiate human clinical trials in the second quarter of 2012. In July 2012,

 

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we initiated our first Phase 1 clinical trial, which is a randomized, double-blind, two-period crossover, food effect comparison clinical trial of XP23829 in healthy adults. Approximately 60 subjects will be assigned to one of five cohorts with each cohort receiving one of four different formulations of XP23829 or placebo. Subjects will receive a single dose of XP23829 or placebo in both fasted and fed states in randomized order. The trial will assess the blood levels of XP23829, its active metabolite, MMF, and other potential metabolites, as well as assess the safety and tolerability of XP23829. The four XP23829 formulations will include one immediate-release formulation and three extended-release formulations that are designed for possible once-a-day dosing of XP23829. We have also evaluated XP23829 in preclinical animal models of psoriasis. In addition, in July 2012, we announced that we were awarded a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation to support preclinical studies to explore XP23829 for its ability to protect against neurodegeneration in experimental preclinical models of Parkinson’s disease.

In addition to our collaboration agreements with GSK for Horizant and with Astellas for Regnite, we plan to enter into other agreements with pharmaceutical companies for our product candidates: (1) when access to a primary care physician sales force is necessary to maximize the commercial potential of our product candidates in the United States; (2) for the development and commercialization of our product candidates outside the United States; or (3) to develop and commercialize product candidates that fall outside our core focus or our core development capabilities.

We believe that our existing capital resources, which include the net proceeds of our public offering completed in July 2012, together with interest thereon, will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements into the first quarter of 2014. However, we have based our estimate of cash sufficiency on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we expect.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. 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 related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, fair value measurements and clinical development costs. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are 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. Our critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Results of Operations

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

Revenues

Our collaboration revenue consisted of the recognition of revenues from up-front and milestone payments from our collaboration with Astellas. Our net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities consisted of the recognition of revenues from up-front, milestone and contingent event-based payments and the recognition of our share of operating losses resulting from our election to co-promote Horizant in the United States with GSK. In connection with the amendment and restatement of our collaboration agreement with GSK in November 2010, our share of operating losses is forgiven up to a maximum of $10.0 million, of which approximately $8.3 million had been forgiven through June 30, 2012. Pursuant to the agreement, GSK is responsible for recording sales of Horizant in the United States. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, net sales in the United States of Horizant as recorded by GSK were $1.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively.

 

     Three Months
Ended June  30,
     Change     Six Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2012      2011      $     %     2012      2011      $     %  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities

   $ 10,000       $ 30,000       $ (20,000     (67 )%    $ 10,000       $ 30,000       $ (20,000     (67 )% 

Collaboration revenue

     379         7,379         (7,000     (95 )%      10,758         7,758         3,000        39
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total revenues

   $ 10,379       $ 37,379       $ (27,000     (72 )%    $ 20,758       $ 37,758       $ (17,000     (45 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

The decrease in net revenue from unconsolidated joint operating activities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 was due to the recognition of a $30.0 million contingent payment from GSK in connection with the first shipment of Horizant to a wholesaler in 2011, offset by the recognition of a $10.0 million contingent payment from GSK in connection with the first commercial sale of Horizant for the management of PHN in adults in 2012.

 

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The decrease in collaboration revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 was due to the recognition of a $7.0 million milestone payment from Astellas in connection with the Horizant FDA approval in 2011.

The increase in collaboration revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 was due to the recognition of a $10.0 million milestone payment from Astellas in connection with the approval of Regnite in Japan in 2012, offset by the recognition of a $7.0 million milestone payment from Astellas in connection with the Horizant FDA approval in 2011.

We expect revenues to fluctuate in the future primarily depending upon the commercialization and potential further development of Horizant/Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil, the timing of milestone and contingent event-based related activities and future potential royalties under our Astellas and GSK collaboration agreements and the extent to which we enter into new, or modify existing, collaborative agreements. In the event that commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, we expect revenues to fluctuate in the future depending on our efforts to market and sell Horizant or enter into agreements with third parties to do so.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consisted of costs associated with conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing development efforts and activities related to regulatory filings. As a result of our focus on advancement of our later-stage product candidates and in order to reduce expenses, we eliminated our discovery research efforts in 2010. Total “Research and development” expenses reflected the consolidation of “Research” and “Preclinical and clinical development” costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Change     Six Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2012      2011      $      %     2012      2011      $      %  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Research and development

   $ 10,804       $ 9,904       $ 900         9   $ 22,982       $ 19,758       $ 3,224         16
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

The increase in research and development expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 was principally due to the following:

 

   

increased net costs for AP of $0.6 million primarily due to increased clinical costs; and

 

   

increased net personnel costs of $1.2 million primarily due to severance benefits charges; partially offset by

 

   

decreased net costs for XP21279 of $0.8 million primarily due to decreased clinical costs.

The increase in research and development expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 was principally due to the following:

 

   

increased net costs for AP of $2.6 million primarily due to increased clinical costs;

 

   

increased net costs for XP23829 of $1.2 million primarily due to increased manufacturing and toxicology costs; and

 

   

increased net personnel costs of $1.1 million primarily due to increased severance benefits charges; partially offset by

 

   

decreased net costs for XP21279 of $1.1 million primarily due to decreased clinical costs; and

 

   

decreased office and facilities overhead costs of $0.6 million.

We expect our research and development expenses to increase in 2012 compared to 2011 levels primarily due to the AP Phase 3 spasticity program. The timing and amount of research and development expenses incurred will primarily depend upon the extent of current or future clinical trials for AP, as well as the expenses associated with our development organization, regulatory requirements, advancement of our other development programs and product candidate manufacturing costs.

 

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses consisted principally of salaries and other related costs for personnel in executive, finance, accounting, business development, information technology, legal, sales, marketing and human resources functions. Other selling, general and administrative expenses included facility costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses, patent-related costs and professional fees for legal, consulting and accounting services.

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Change     Six Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2012      2011      $     %     2012      2011      $     %  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Selling, general and administrative

   $ 7,589       $ 8,075       $ (486     (6 )%    $ 14,989       $ 15,826       $ (837     (5 )% 

The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 was principally due to decreased office and facilities and personnel costs, partially offset by increased professional fees.

We expect increases in selling, general and administrative expenses in 2012 compared to 2011 levels. Pursuant to our amended and restated collaboration agreement with GSK, we have up to three years to deploy a sales force following the April 2011 approval of Horizant in the United States. The timing and amount of selling, general and administrative expenses incurred will primarily depend upon if or when we deploy such sales force in support of the commercialization of Horizant for RLS and/or PHN, whether in the co-promotion arrangement with GSK or if the commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us.

Interest Income

Interest income consisted primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and short-term investments.

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Change      Six Months
Ended June 30,
     Change  
     2012      2011      $      %      2012      2011      $     %  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Interest income

   $ 55       $ 55         —           —         $ 110       $ 125       $ (15     (12 )% 

Our interest income in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 remained relatively constant compared to the same periods in 2011.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

     As of
June 30,
2012
     As of
December 31,
2011
 
     (In thousands)  

Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments

   $ 81,748       $ 94,442   

Working capital

     73,297         83,922   

Restricted investments

     1,954         1,954   

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2012     2011  
     (In thousands)  

Cash provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

   $ (12,189   $ 9,231   

Investing activities

     7,918        14,346   

Financing activities

     —          (70

Capital expenditures (included in investing activities above)

     18        —     

Due to our significant research and development expenditures, we have generated cumulative operating losses since we incorporated in 1999. As such, we have funded our research and development operations primarily through sales of our equity securities, non-equity payments from our collaborators and interest earned on investments. At June 30, 2012, we had available cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $81.7 million. Our cash and investment balances are held in a variety of interest-bearing instruments, including corporate debt securities, investments backed by U.S. government-sponsored agencies and money market accounts. Cash in excess of immediate requirements is invested with regard to liquidity and capital preservation, and we seek to minimize the potential effects of concentration and degrees of risk.

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities was $(12.2) million and $9.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The net cash used in operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2012 primarily reflected our net loss, partially offset by non-cash stock-based compensation. The net cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 primarily reflected our net income and non-cash stock-based compensation.

Net cash provided by investing activities in both periods primarily reflected the timing of proceeds from maturities of investments and purchases of investments.

We believe that our existing capital resources, which include the net proceeds of our public offering completed in July 2012, together with interest thereon, will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements into the first quarter of 2014. We have based our estimate of cash sufficiency on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we expect. Further, our operating plan may change, and we may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements for product development and commercialization sooner than planned. We have no credit facility or committed sources of capital other than potential milestone, contingent event-based, profit sharing and future royalty payments that we are eligible to receive under our collaboration agreements. If our collaboration agreement with GSK is terminated, we may not be entitled to any further milestone and contingent event-based payments, royalties or joint P&L loss forgiveness or deferral, and we could be responsible for the cost of additional Horizant commercialization and development activities, including post-marketing commitments, which could accelerate our need for additional capital. Our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors, including the factors discussed in “Risk Factors.” Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our marketed product and product candidates, and the extent to which we enter into additional collaborations with third parties to participate in their development and commercialization, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated clinical trials. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

   

the scope, rate of progress, results and cost of our preclinical testing, clinical trials and other research and development activities;

 

   

the timing and amount of our share of operating losses from Horizant;

 

   

the timing, receipt and amount of sales, profit sharing or royalties, if any, from Horizant, Regnite and our other potential products;

 

   

the timing of any milestone and contingent event-based payments under our collaborative arrangements;

 

   

the costs and expenses associated with the litigation proceedings related to GSK;

 

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if we establish a sales force, the timing and costs of our establishment of a sales force to support our co-promotion of Horizant for the treatment of RLS and the management of PHN;

 

   

if commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, the timing and costs of establishing third-party arrangements to market and sell Horizant if we choose or are unable to establish sufficient sales, marketing and distribution capabilities on our own;

 

   

the cost of manufacturing clinical, and establishing commercial, supplies of our product candidates and any products that we may develop;

 

   

the number and characteristics of product candidates that we pursue, including rights related to Horizant that we obtained pursuant to our amended and restated collaboration agreement with GSK or that we may obtain if the rights to Horizant revert to us;

 

   

the cost, timing and outcomes of regulatory approvals, if any;

 

   

the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing and other arrangements that we may establish or modify;

 

   

the cost and expenses associated with any potential litigation, including any further litigation arising from our collaboration agreement with GSK;

 

   

the cost of preparing, filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights;

 

   

the extent of product development funding under our current collaborative arrangements; and

 

   

the extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products or technologies that complement our business, although we have no commitments or agreements relating to any of these types of transactions.

Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenues, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements. However, sufficient additional funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are, or anticipate that we may be, unable to raise additional funds when needed, we may terminate or delay clinical trials for one or more of our product candidates, we may delay our establishment of sales and marketing capabilities or other activities that may be necessary to commercialize our product candidates or we may curtail significant drug development programs for our product candidates. In addition, if our collaboration agreement with GSK does not terminate, at any time upon advance notice to GSK, we may exercise the right to revert to a net sales royalty-based compensation structure and forego the right to co-promote Horizant in the United States. To the extent that we raise additional capital through licensing arrangements or arrangements with collaborative partners, we may be required to relinquish, on terms that are not favorable to us, rights to some of our technologies or product candidates that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. To the extent that we raise additional capital through equity financings, dilution to our stockholders would result. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable to our stockholders or us. Our ability to raise additional funds and the terms upon which we are able to raise such funds may be adversely impacted by the uncertainty regarding our financial condition, the outcome of the litigation proceedings with GSK, including whether our collaboration agreement with GSK will terminate and on what terms, and/or current economic conditions, including the effects of disruptions to and volatility in the credit and financial markets in the United States, the European Union and other regions of the world, including those resulting from or associated with rising government debt levels.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Regulation S-K Item 303(a)(4)(ii).

Contractual Obligations

Our future contractual obligations at June 30, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Payments Due by Period  

Contractual Obligations

   Total      Less Than
1 Year
     1-3
Years
     3-5
Years
     Greater
Than 5
Years
 

Operating lease obligations

   $ 4,511       $ 3,780       $ 731       $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations do not assume the exercise by us of any termination or extension options.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve our capital to fund operations. We also seek to maximize income from our investments without assuming significant risk. To achieve our objectives, we maintain a portfolio of cash equivalents and investments in a variety of securities of high credit quality. As of June 30, 2012, we had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $81.7 million consisting of cash and highly liquid investments deposited in highly-rated financial institutions in the United States. A portion of our investments may be subject to interest rate risk and could fall in value if market interest rates increase. However, because our investments are short-term in duration, we believe that our exposure to interest rate risk is not significant and a 1% movement in market interest rates would not have a significant impact on the total value of our portfolio. We actively monitor changes in interest rates.

We contract for the conduct of certain manufacturing activities with a contract manufacturer in Europe. We made payments in the aggregate amounts of $1.8 million and $0.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, to this European contract manufacturer. We are subject to exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates in connection with agreements with this European contract manufacturer. To date, the effect of the exposure to these fluctuations in foreign exchange rates has not been material, and we do not expect it to be material in the foreseeable future. We do not hedge our foreign currency exposures. We have not used derivative financial instruments for speculation or trading purposes.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of June 30, 2012, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) were effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In January 2012, we provided a notice of dispute and notice of breach and termination, or the Notice, to Glaxo Group Limited, or GSK, that provided notice of our belief that, among other matters, GSK has materially breached its contractual obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maximize the sales of Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets in an expeditious manner and (ii) achieve the sales milestones set forth in our collaboration agreement. The agreement provides that disputes arising with respect to certain matters related to the agreement shall, prior to initiating legal proceedings, first be presented to our Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of GSK, or their respective designees, for resolution during a contractually specified period of time. The Notice also provided notice to GSK that the agreement would terminate if GSK’s material breach of its material obligations continued for ninety (90) days after the date of GSK’s receipt of the Notice, or April 24, 2012.

On February 23, 2012, GSK filed a complaint, or the GSK Complaint, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware naming us and other unspecified individuals as defendants. Pursuant to the GSK Complaint, GSK is seeking declaratory judgment that GSK is not in breach of the agreement and that we do not have the right to terminate the agreement as a result of GSK’s performance under the agreement to date. On March 19, 2012, we filed a motion to dismiss, or, in the alternative, to transfer or stay the action. GSK’s opposition to our motion to dismiss was filed on April 5, 2012, and our reply was filed on April 16, 2012.

Following the expiration of the contractually specified period of time for resolution of the dispute by the requisite officers of the parties, on February 24, 2012, we filed a complaint, or the XenoPort Complaint, in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Santa Clara against GSK and its affiliates, GlaxoSmithKline LLC and GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc., for breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair competition. Pursuant to the XenoPort Complaint, in addition to injunctive and equitable relief, we are seeking damages for lost profits, damage to the value of Horizant, and unattained royalties and milestone payments in an amount to be proven at trial, as well as punitive damages and restitution. On March 28, 2012, GSK filed a Notice of Removal and removed the California state case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. On April 4, 2012, GSK filed motions to dismiss or transfer the case. On April 10, 2012, we filed a motion to remand to state court and for award of costs and fees. On May 18, 2012, GSK’s opposition to our motion to remand was filed and our oppositions to GSK’s motions to dismiss or transfer were filed. On May 25, 2012, the parties’ respective replies were filed. A hearing date was set for June 15, 2012 for consideration of the respective motions, and the judge subsequently vacated the hearing and has taken the various motions under submission without oral argument.

 

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In April 2012, with GSK’s legal action challenging our right to terminate the Agreement pending, we provided notice to GSK that, although we believe that GSK’s material breaches of its material obligations under the agreement are ongoing and we reserve the right to terminate the agreement in the future and exercise all rights in connection with such termination under the agreement, we were not terminating the agreement effective April 24, 2012 and that the agreement remains in effect at this time. We cannot predict how GSK will respond to the notice we provided in April or whether GSK will allege that the notice, including the reservation of rights pursuant thereto, is invalid or unenforceable.

We believe that we have meritorious claims and defenses and intend to defend the GSK Complaint, and prosecute the XenoPort Complaint, vigorously. We cannot predict the outcome of the litigation related to the GSK Complaint and the XenoPort Complaint, when or if the agreement will be terminated or the ultimate terms of any termination of the agreement or resolution of the dispute. These lawsuits are subject to inherent uncertainties, including with respect to the timing and ultimate outcome of any resolution thereof, and the actual cost of pursuing or defending these lawsuits will depend upon many unknown factors. Pursuing or defending these legal proceedings will also be time-consuming for our management and will detract from our ability to fully focus our internal resources on our business activities. In addition, we expect to incur substantial legal fees and costs in connection with this litigation, and may not prevail in either of these legal proceedings. In addition, the uncertainty of the litigation could lead to more volatility in our stock price and more uncertainty as to the prospects for Horizant. From time to time, we may be involved in additional litigation relating to claims arising out of our ordinary course of business.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The following risks and uncertainties may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations. Our business could be harmed by any of these risks. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and investors may lose all or part of their investment.

We have marked with an asterisk (*) those risk factors below that reflect substantive changes from the risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2012.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We have incurred cumulative operating losses since inception, we expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and we may never sustain profitability.*

We have a limited operating history and have incurred cumulative losses of $437.9 million since our inception in May 1999 through June 30, 2012, including net income (loss) of $(8.0) million and $19.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net income (loss) of $(17.1) million and $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. If we decide to establish a sales force or conduct significant development of or achieve regulatory approval of additional product candidates, we may incur significant expenses. Annual losses have had, and will continue to have, an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with drug development and commercialization, we are unable to predict the timing or amount of increased expenses or when, or if, we will be able to achieve or sustain profitability. Our first product, known in the United States as Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets, is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for the treatment of moderate-to-severe primary restless legs syndrome, or RLS, in adults and for the management of postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, in adults. Glaxo Group Limited, or GSK, is responsible for promoting Horizant in the United States pursuant to a collaboration agreement with us. Regnite (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or MHLW, as a treatment for patients with RLS, and Astellas Pharma Inc. initiated sales of Regnite in Japan in July 2012.

To date, we have not generated substantial revenue from Horizant or Regnite. We have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity securities, non-equity payments from collaborative partners and interest earned on investments. We have devoted substantially all of our efforts to research and development, including clinical trials. If we or our collaborative partners are unable to develop and commercialize our product candidates, if development is delayed or if sales-related revenue from Horizant, Regnite or any other product candidate that receives marketing approval is insufficient, we may never become profitable. Even if we do become profitable, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.

 

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Our success depends substantially on the success of Horizant and Regnite, and we currently depend on GSK and Astellas to commercialize Horizant and Regnite, respectively. If GSK and Astellas do not successfully market and sell Horizant and Regnite, we may be unable to generate significant product revenue from Horizant and Regnite.*

GSK commercially launched Horizant in the United States in July 2011. Until such time, if any, as we exercise the right to revert to a net sales royalty under the GSK collaboration agreement, assuming the agreement is not terminated, we are sharing profits and losses from net sales of Horizant. Although we have elected the co-promotion arrangement, we have the right to delay the deployment of our sales force for up to three years following the approval of Horizant in the United States, and our share of losses from the joint profit and loss will be forgiven up to a maximum of $10.0 million. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, prior to the time that we establish our sales force, GSK remains responsible for the commercialization of Horizant for RLS, PHN and any other indications that may obtain regulatory approval in the United States. We have limited control over the amount and timing of resources that GSK dedicates to the marketing of Horizant. Our ability to generate revenue from our co-promotion and contingent payments from GSK depends on GSK’s ability to achieve market acceptance of, and to otherwise effectively market, Horizant for the treatment of RLS and for the management of PHN. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, net sales in the United States of Horizant as recorded by GSK were only $1.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively. We believe that GSK has failed to devote sufficient resources to the commercialization, marketing and distribution of Horizant, including by failing to develop or expand the sales forces necessary for the most effective promotion of Horizant. For example, as part of a restructuring within its organization in 2011, GSK realigned its promotion efforts on Horizant, including reducing the number of territories represented by its neurology-focused sales team primarily promoting Horizant from approximately 500 to 300 territories. In addition, in 2011, GSK announced new corporate policies, including that it would no longer use individual sales targets as a component of compensation for its sales force. In January 2012, we delivered a notice of dispute and notice of breach and termination to GSK, and in February 2012, we and GSK each initiated legal proceedings in connection with the collaboration agreement. We cannot predict the timing or potential resolution of this dispute and the legal proceedings. If our collaboration agreement with GSK is not terminated and GSK does not increase the amount of resources promoting Horizant, the commercial potential of Horizant will be harmed or limited and our business will suffer. In the event that commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, we may be unable to successfully market and sell Horizant or enter into arrangements with third parties to do so.

In addition, GSK (or we, in the event that commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us) could fail to comply with applicable regulatory guidelines with respect to the marketing and manufacturing of Horizant or with post-marketing commitments or requirements mandated by the FDA, which could result in administrative or judicially imposed sanctions, including warning letters, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions, product seizures or detention, product recalls, total or partial suspension of production and refusal to approve any NDAs. For example, in July 2012, GSK entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, or OIG, in connection with the settlement of a significant investigation by the U.S. and multiple state governments into certain past regulatory, marketing and sales practices of GSK. Heightened regulatory scrutiny due to prior practices, additional restrictions imposed on GSK under the Corporate Integrity Agreement and/or GSK’s policies and procedures adopted as a result of GSK’s negotiations with the OIG in connection with the Corporate Integrity Agreement could limit or prevent GSK’s ability to successfully market and sell Horizant, and we may be unable to generate significant product revenue from Horizant.

Regnite was approved in Japan in January 2012, and Astellas initiated sales of Regnite in Japan in July 2012. We have limited control over the amount and timing of resources that Astellas will dedicate to the marketing of Regnite, and Astellas could fail to commercialize, market and distribute Regnite.

Horizant or Regnite may not achieve significant sales, even if we, GSK or Astellas devote substantial resources to its commercialization. The success of Horizant and Regnite is dependent on a number of factors, which include competition from alternative treatments for RLS and, in the case of Horizant, PHN, including generic treatments in the United States, pricing pressures and whether Horizant and Regnite can obtain sufficient third-party coverage or reimbursement, among other factors that are described below.

We and GSK have each initiated litigation proceedings related to the collaboration agreement. The timing and outcome of such legal proceedings are uncertain, and such proceedings could be costly and divert management’s time and attention, thereby harming our business.*

In January 2012, we provided notice, or the Notice, to GSK of our belief that, among other matters, GSK has materially breached its contractual obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maximize the sales of Horizant in an expeditious manner and (ii) achieve the sales milestones set forth in our collaboration agreement. The collaboration agreement provides that we may terminate the agreement in the event that GSK shall have materially breached or defaulted in the performance of any of its material obligations under the agreement, and such default shall have continued for 90 days after the date of GSK’s receipt of written notice of the breach, or April 24, 2012. The Notice provided that any such termination would become effective at the end of such 90-day period unless GSK cured any such breach or default prior to such date.

 

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On February 23, 2012, GSK filed a complaint, or the GSK Complaint, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware naming us and other unspecified individuals as defendants. Pursuant to the GSK Complaint, GSK is seeking declaratory judgment that it is not in breach of the collaboration agreement and that we do not have the right to terminate the collaboration agreement as a result of GSK’s performance under the agreement to date. Following the expiration of the contractually specified period of time for resolution of the dispute by the requisite officers of the parties, on February 24, 2012, we filed a complaint, or the XenoPort Complaint, in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Santa Clara against GSK and its affiliates, GlaxoSmithKline LLC and GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) Inc., for breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair competition. Pursuant to the XenoPort Complaint, in addition to injunctive and equitable relief, we are seeking damages for lost profits, damage to the value of Horizant and unattained royalties and milestone payments in an amount to be proven at trial, as well as punitive damages and restitution. In March 2012, GSK removed the proceeding in California to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, which we are opposing. In April 2012, with GSK’s legal action challenging our right to terminate the collaboration agreement pending, we provided notice to GSK that, although we believe that GSK’s material breaches of its material obligations under the collaboration agreement are ongoing and we reserve the right to terminate the collaboration agreement in the future and exercise all rights in connection with such termination under the collaboration agreement, we were not terminating the collaboration agreement effective April 24, 2012 and that the collaboration agreement remains in effect at this time.

We cannot predict the outcome of the litigation related to the GSK Complaint and the XenoPort Complaint, when or if the collaboration agreement will be terminated or the ultimate timing or terms of any termination of the agreement, any resolution of the dispute or any reversion of the commercialization rights to Horizant to us. These lawsuits are subject to inherent uncertainties, including with respect to the timing and ultimate outcome of any resolution, and the actual cost of pursuing or defending these lawsuits will depend upon many unknown factors. Pursuing and defending these legal proceedings is also time-consuming for our management and detracts from our ability to fully focus our internal resources on our business activities. In addition, we expect to incur substantial legal fees and costs, and we may not prevail in either of these legal proceedings. In addition, the uncertainty of the litigation could lead to more volatility in our stock price and more uncertainty as to the prospects for Horizant.

If the commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us and we are unable to establish sales, marketing and distribution capabilities to market Horizant, or enter into arrangements with third parties to do so, sales of Horizant and our business will be harmed.*

In the event that product rights to Horizant revert to us, to maximize the market opportunity for Horizant we may need to obtain the assistance of a pharmaceutical company or other entity with a large distribution system and a large direct sales force, or we may need to build a substantial marketing and sales force with appropriate technical expertise and supporting distribution capabilities. We may not be able to enter into such arrangements with third parties in a timely manner or on acceptable terms, or to establish sales, marketing and distribution capabilities of our own. In the event that the commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, such additional contracting or development of a sales organization could be time-consuming and delay our potential commercialization of Horizant.

If we establish our own sales force, factors that may inhibit our efforts to commercialize Horizant or any other approved product candidates include:

 

   

our inability to recruit and retain adequate numbers of effective sales and marketing personnel;

 

   

the inability of sales personnel to obtain access to adequate numbers of physicians to provide information on the advantages and risks of prescribing Horizant or other products that may result from our product candidates;

 

   

the lack of complementary products to be offered by sales personnel, which may put us at a competitive disadvantage compared to companies with more extensive product lines; and

 

   

unforeseen costs and expenses associated with creating an independent sales and marketing organization.

In the event we do establish a sales force, the competition for qualified personnel in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology field is intense, and we may experience difficulties in recruiting, hiring and retaining qualified individuals. Future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including the need to identify, recruit, maintain and integrate additional employees. If the commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, our future financial performance and, if we do establish a sales force, our ability to commercialize Horizant and compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties involved with establishing our own sales and marketing capabilities, we are unable to predict when, or if, we will establish our own sales and marketing capabilities. If we are not successful in recruiting sales and marketing personnel or in building a sales and marketing infrastructure, we will have difficulty commercializing Horizant or our product candidates, which would adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

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Our success also depends substantially on our advanced product candidates that are still under development. If we or our collaborative partners are unable to bring any of these product candidates to market, or experience significant delays in doing so, our ability to generate product revenue and our likelihood of success will be reduced.*

Our ability to generate product revenue in the future will depend heavily on the successful development and commercialization of our product candidates. We have initiated a Phase 3 clinical program to evaluate our product candidate, arbaclofen placarbil, or AP (previously known as XP19986), for the potential treatment of spasticity in multiple sclerosis, or MS, patients. Our other product candidates are either in Phase 2 or Phase 1 clinical development. Any of our product candidates could be unsuccessful if it:

 

   

does not demonstrate acceptable safety and efficacy in preclinical studies or clinical trials or otherwise does not meet applicable regulatory standards for approval;

 

   

does not offer therapeutic or other improvements over existing or future drugs used to treat the same conditions;

 

   

is not capable of being produced in commercial quantities at acceptable costs;

 

   

is not accepted in the medical community; or

 

   

is not reimbursed by third-party payors or is reimbursed only at limited levels.

For example, in March 2011, we announced that we would not be investing further in the development of AP at this time as adjunctive treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, following completion of a Phase 2 clinical trial of AP that did not demonstrate statistically significant improvements of AP over placebo in the analysis of the primary endpoint. In addition, in December 2011, following our preliminary results of a Phase 2 clinical trial of XP21279 for the potential treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease who were experiencing motor fluctuations, we announced that we were deferring further investment in the program pending the outcome of discussions with regulatory authorities and availability of resources. Following our End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA in June 2012, we plan to continue development of XP21279 to the extent our resources permit or we enter into a collaboration with a third party. If we or our collaborative partners are unable to make additional product candidates commercially available, we may not be able to generate substantial product revenues, which would adversely affect our business and financial condition. The results of our clinical trials to date do not provide assurance that acceptable efficacy or safety will be shown upon completion of future clinical trials.

If we or our partners are not able to obtain or maintain required regulatory approvals, we or our partners will not be able to commercialize Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, our ability to generate revenue will be materially impaired and our business will not be successful.*

Our product candidates and the activities associated with their development and commercialization are subject to comprehensive regulation by the FDA and other agencies in the United States and by comparable authorities in other countries. The inability to obtain or maintain FDA approval or approval from comparable authorities in other countries would prevent us and our collaborative partners from commercializing Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates in the United States or other countries. Although Horizant and Regnite have been approved for commercial sale in the United States and Japan, respectively, we or our collaborative partners may never receive regulatory approval for the commercial sale of our product candidates, including AP for the potential treatment of spasticity. In addition, even if a product candidate ultimately receives regulatory approval, the regulatory process may include significant delays that could harm our business. For example, in February 2010, GSK received a Complete Response letter from the FDA in which a preclinical finding of pancreatic acinar cell tumors in rats precluded approval of the Horizant NDA for the treatment of RLS at that time. GSK responded to questions raised by the FDA in the Complete Response letter with an NDA resubmission, which included new data from nonclinical studies of Horizant and two epidemiology studies conducted by GSK exploring gabapentin use and cancer based on the UK General Practice Research Database, as well as a final safety update that provided updated or new safety information on patients in clinical studies who had been treated with Horizant. GSK also amended the NDA from a Section 505(b)(1) to a 505(b)(2) application in order for the FDA to be able to consider published gabapentin nonclinical data in their assessment of Horizant. Horizant subsequently received approval from the FDA in April 2011. However, our business was harmed due to the delay in obtaining approval for Horizant as a treatment for RLS. Moreover, if the FDA requires that any of our products or product candidates be scheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA, we or our collaborative partners will be unable to continue or begin commercial sale of that product until the DEA completes scheduling proceedings. If any of our products or product candidates is classified as a controlled substance by the DEA, we or our collaborative partners would have to register annually with the DEA and those products or product candidates would be subject to additional regulation.

We have only limited experience in preparing and filing the applications necessary to gain regulatory approvals. The process of applying for regulatory approval is expensive, often takes many years and can vary substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved. The application process begins with the submission of an NDA that the FDA initially reviews and either accepts or rejects for filing. NDA submissions are complex electronic filings, which include vast compilations of data sets, integrated documents and data calculations. The FDA has substantial discretion in the submission process and may refuse to accept an NDA submission for insufficient information or if there are errors or omissions relating to the electronic transmittal process, data entry, data compilation or formatting. For example, in November 2008, GSK withdrew a previously submitted NDA for Horizant for the treatment of RLS in connection with the FDA’s request that the data from a single study be reformatted.

 

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Changes in the regulatory approval policy during the development period, changes in, or the enactment of, additional regulations or statutes or changes in regulatory review for each submitted product application may cause delays in the approval or rejection of an NDA. If the FDA were to miss a Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, timing goal for one of our product candidates, the development and commercialization of the product candidate could be delayed or impaired. For example, in November 2009, the FDA notified GSK that it was extending the PDUFA timing goal for Horizant for the treatment of RLS to February 2010. In addition, the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, or FDAAA, mandates FDA advisory committee reviews of all new molecular entities as part of the NDA approval process, although the FDA maintains discretion under FDAAA to approve NDAs for new molecular entities without advisory committee reviews in certain instances. The FDA may convene an advisory committee at any time during the review process. The advisory committee review process can be a lengthy and uncertain process that could delay the FDA’s NDA approval and delay or impair the development and commercialization of our product candidates.

The FDA has substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to approve any application or decide that our or our collaborative partners’ data is insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical, clinical or other studies. Varying interpretations of the data obtained from preclinical and clinical testing or other studies could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval of any of our product candidates. For example, in the epidemiology studies that GSK conducted in connection with the Horizant NDA resubmission, some significant associations between gabapentin use and cancer were seen in the analyses, but only when no time lag was used and/or cumulative dose was low, duration of exposure was low or number of prescriptions was low. When analyses were conducted that took into account two common potential sources of bias in epidemiology studies — protopathic bias and carcinogenic latency — the studies did not demonstrate significant associations between gabapentin use and cancer. In total, we believe that these observations were inconsistent with gabapentin being a carcinogen. Protopathic bias can occur when a pharmaceutical agent is prescribed for an early manifestation of a disease that has not yet been diagnostically detected or formally recorded in the medical record. In this case, gabapentin use could appear to be associated with cancer because it could be prescribed for pain (a common symptom of certain cancers) prior to the diagnosis of the underlying cancer. Carcinogenic latency refers to the time gap between the moment that a drug initiates a carcinogenic process and the time that a tumor is diagnosed and entered into the database. Epidemiologists often use a time lag between drug use and cancer diagnosis when selecting cases to be included in analyses in order to eliminate false positives that are biologically implausible. The FDA does not define standards for controlling protopathic bias or appropriate time lags for considering carcinogenic latency.

As part of their review process, the FDA could require additional studies or trials to satisfy particular safety concerns. For example, although we have had discussions with the FDA regarding the studies that could be required for filing an NDA for AP as a potential treatment of spasticity, the FDA could change their guidance in the future. Thus, although the FDA has indicated that a study to assess the effect of AP on driving would not be required as part of an NDA for AP for spasticity at this time, FDA guidance could change in the future and a driving study could be required at a later date.

Additionally, although we had discussions with the FDA in June 2012 regarding the studies required by the FDA to support an NDA submission for XP21279 for the potential treatment of advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, when or if we decide to pursue these studies and the approval of XP21279, the FDA could change their guidance or require additional studies, causing delay or the expenditure of additional resources.

Even if the FDA or other regulatory agency approves a product candidate, the approval may impose significant restrictions on the indicated uses, conditions for use, labeling, advertising, promotion, marketing and/or production of such product and may impose ongoing commitments or requirements for post-approval studies, including additional research and development and clinical trials, and we or our collaborative partners may be unable to maintain regulatory approvals for our products. For example, the FDA approval for Horizant for the treatment of RLS included requirements for GSK to conduct a number of post-marketing studies, including a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy study evaluating 300 mg, 450 mg and 600 mg tablets of Horizant dosed once per day, two simulated driving studies, a drug-drug interaction study with morphine and a cardiovascular safety, or QTc, study. GSK has also agreed to conduct a pediatric program for subjects 13 years and older. The specific protocol submission and trial completion dates for these studies range from April 2011 through July 2024. In the event that rights to Horizant revert to us, we may be responsible for fulfilling the remaining post-marketing study requirements, which could increase our costs and divert management time and resources away from our commercialization efforts or the development of our product candidates. In addition, the FDA and other agencies also may impose various civil or criminal sanctions for failure to comply with regulatory requirements, including withdrawal of product approval.

We and our collaborative partners will need to obtain regulatory approval from authorities in foreign countries to market our product candidates in those countries. Approval by one regulatory authority does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other jurisdictions. If we or our collaborative partners fail to obtain approvals from foreign jurisdictions, the geographic market for our product candidates would be limited.

 

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Although we have reached agreement with the FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, relating to our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of AP for the potential treatment of spasticity in patients with MS, this agreement does not guarantee any particular outcome with respect to regulatory review of the pivotal trial or with respect to regulatory approval of AP.

The protocol for the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of AP for the potential treatment of spasticity in patients with MS was reviewed by the FDA under the SPA process, which allows for FDA evaluation of a clinical trial protocol intended to form the primary basis of an efficacy claim in support of an NDA and provides an agreement that the study design, including trial size, clinical endpoints and/or data analyses are acceptable to the FDA. Reaching agreement with the FDA on an SPA is not an indication of approvability. Even if we believe that the data from the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial are supportive, an SPA agreement is not a guarantee of approval, and we cannot be certain that the design of, or data collected from, the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial will be adequate to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of AP for the potential treatment of spasticity in patients with MS, or will otherwise be sufficient to support FDA or any foreign regulatory approvals. Further, the SPA agreement is not binding on the FDA if public health concerns unrecognized at the time the SPA agreement is entered into become evident, other new scientific concerns regarding product safety or efficacy arise, new drugs are approved in the same indication or if we fail to comply with the agreed upon trial protocols. In addition, the SPA agreement may be changed by us or the FDA on written agreement of both parties, and the FDA retains significant latitude and discretion in interpreting the terms of the SPA agreement and the data and results from the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. As a result, we do not know how the FDA will interpret the parties’ respective commitments under the SPA agreement, how it will interpret the data and results from the pivotal trial or whether AP will receive any regulatory approvals. Therefore, despite the potential benefits of the SPA agreement, significant uncertainty remains regarding the clinical development of and regulatory approval process for AP for the potential treatment of spasticity in patients with MS, and it is possible that we might never receive any regulatory approvals for AP.

We depend on collaborations to complete the development and commercialization of some of our product candidates. These collaborations may place the development of our product candidates outside our control, may require us to relinquish important rights or may otherwise be on terms unfavorable to us.*

In December 2005, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Astellas for the development and commercialization of gabapentin enacarbil, also known as Regnite, in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan. In February 2007, we entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement with GSK to develop and commercialize gabapentin enacarbil (also known by the trade name Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets in the United States) worldwide, excluding the Astellas territory. In November 2010, we amended and restated our collaboration agreement with GSK, pursuant to which we reacquired all rights to gabapentin enacarbil outside of the United States previously granted to GSK and obtained the right to pursue development of Horizant for: (i) the potential treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or DPN; (ii) the potential treatment of PHN, to the extent that a product label would reflect a superiority claim over a currently approved drug; and (iii) any additional indications in the United States. Our collaboration agreement with GSK is currently under dispute and is the subject of pending litigation.

We may enter into additional collaborations with third parties to further develop and commercialize gabapentin enacarbil and/or to develop and commercialize some of our product candidates. Our dependence on Astellas and GSK for the development and commercialization of Regnite and Horizant, respectively, subjects us to, and our dependence on future collaborators for development and commercialization of our product candidates will subject us to, a number of risks, including:

 

   

we are not able to control the amount and timing of resources that Astellas and GSK devote to the development or commercialization of Regnite and Horizant, respectively, or to their marketing and distribution;

 

   

disputes may arise between us and our collaborators, such as the current litigation proceedings with GSK, that result in the delay or termination of the research, development or commercialization of our product candidates or that result in costly litigation or arbitration that diverts management’s attention and resources;

 

   

we may not be able to control the amount and timing of resources that our potential future collaborators may devote to the development or commercialization of product candidates or to their marketing and distribution;

 

   

collaborators may delay clinical trials, provide insufficient funding for a clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial or abandon a product candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require a new formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing;

 

   

if we co-promote a product with a collaborator and if we do not receive timely and accurate information from our collaborator regarding sales activities, expenses and resulting operating profits and losses, our estimates at a given point of time could be incorrect and we could be required to record adjustments in future periods or restate our financial results for prior periods;

 

   

collaborators may not be successful in their efforts to obtain regulatory approvals in a timely manner, or at all;

 

   

collaborators may receive regulatory sanctions relating to other aspects of their business that could adversely affect the approval or commercialization of our product candidates;

 

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collaborators may not properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our proprietary information in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our proprietary information or expose us to potential litigation;

 

   

business combinations or significant changes in a collaborator’s business strategy may also adversely affect a collaborator’s willingness or ability to complete its obligations under any arrangement;

 

   

a collaborator could independently move forward with a competing product candidate developed either independently or in collaboration with others, including our competitors;

 

   

collaborators may experience financial difficulties; and

 

   

the collaboration agreements may be terminated or allowed to expire, which would delay the development or commercialization and may increase the cost of developing or commercializing our product candidates.

For example, in October 2007, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the development and commercialization of XP21510 in the United States. Effective July 2009, Xanodyne terminated the collaboration agreement.

We cannot control the amount and timing of resources that GSK or Astellas devotes to the development or commercialization of Horizant or Regnite, respectively, or their marketing and distribution. In February 2010, GSK announced that it proposed to cease discovery research in certain neuroscience areas, including depression and pain. GSK or Astellas may abandon further development of Horizant or Regnite and may terminate their respective collaboration agreements with us at any time, which could delay or impair the development and commercialization of Horizant or Regnite and harm our business.

If we do not establish collaborations for our product candidates, we will have to alter our development and commercialization plans.*

Our strategy includes selectively collaborating with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to assist us in furthering development and potential commercialization of some of our product candidates. We intend to do so, especially for indications that involve a large, primary care market that must be served by large sales and marketing organizations or to develop and commercialize product candidates that fall outside our core focus or our core development capabilities. We face significant competition in seeking appropriate collaborators, and these collaborations are complex and time consuming to negotiate and document. We may not be able to negotiate additional collaborations on acceptable terms, or at all. We are unable to predict when, if ever, we will enter into any additional collaborations because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with establishing additional collaborations. If we are unable to negotiate additional collaborations, we may have to curtail the development of a particular product candidate, reduce or delay its development program or one or more of our other development programs, delay its potential commercialization, reduce the scope of our sales or marketing activities or increase our expenditures and undertake development or commercialization activities at our own expense. If we elect to increase our expenditures to fund development or commercialization activities on our own, we may need to obtain additional capital, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we do not have sufficient funds, we will not be able to bring our product candidates to market and generate product revenues.

We will continue to need additional funding and may be unable to raise capital when needed, which would force us to delay, reduce or eliminate our product development programs or commercialization efforts.*

We will continue to need to raise additional capital to fund our operations and complete the development of our product candidates. In addition, we may need to raise additional capital to fund our commercialization efforts, including the potential establishment of a sales force and marketing and distribution capabilities. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

   

the scope, rate of progress, results and cost of our preclinical testing, clinical trials and other research and development activities;

 

   

the timing and amount of our share of operating losses from Horizant;

 

   

the timing, receipt and amount of sales, profit sharing or royalties, if any, from Horizant, Regnite and our other potential products;

 

   

the timing of any milestone and contingent event-based payments under our collaborative arrangements;

 

   

the costs and expenses associated with the litigation proceedings related to GSK;

 

   

if we establish a sales force, the timing and costs of our establishment of a sales force to support our co-promotion of Horizant for the treatment of RLS and the management of PHN;

 

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if commercialization rights to Horizant revert to us, the timing and costs of establishing third-party arrangements to market and sell Horizant if we choose or are unable to establish sufficient sales, marketing and distribution capabilities on our own;

 

   

the cost of manufacturing clinical, and establishing commercial, supplies of our product candidates and any products that we may develop;

 

   

the number and characteristics of product candidates that we pursue, including rights related to Horizant that we obtained pursuant to our amended and restated collaboration agreement with GSK or that we may obtain if the rights to Horizant revert to us;

 

   

the cost, timing and outcomes of regulatory approvals, if any;

 

   

the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing and other arrangements that we may establish or modify;

 

   

the cost and expenses associated with any potential litigation, including any further litigation arising from our collaboration agreement with GSK;

 

   

the cost of preparing, filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights;

 

   

the extent of product development funding under our current collaborative arrangements; and

 

   

the extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products or technologies that complement our business, although we have no commitments or agreements relating to any of these types of transactions.

Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenues, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements. If we raise additional funds by issuing our common stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common stock, our stockholders will experience dilution. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable to our stockholders or us. To the extent that we raise additional capital through licensing arrangements or arrangements with collaborative partners, we may be required to relinquish, on terms that are not favorable to us, rights to some of our technologies or product candidates that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. Our ability to raise additional funds and the terms upon which we are able to raise such funds may be adversely impacted by the uncertainty regarding our financial condition, the outcome of the litigation proceedings with GSK, including whether our collaboration agreement with GSK will terminate and on what terms, and/or current economic conditions, including the effects of disruptions to and volatility in the credit and financial markets in the United States, the European Union and other regions of the world, including those resulting from or associated with rising government debt levels.

We believe that our existing capital resources, which include the net proceeds of our public offering completed in July 2012, together with interest thereon, will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements into the first quarter of 2014. We have based our cash sufficiency estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we expect. Further, our operating plan may change, and we may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements for product development and commercialization sooner than planned. We have no credit facility or committed sources of capital other than potential milestone, contingent event-based, profit-sharing and royalty payments that we are eligible to receive under our collaboration agreements. If our collaboration agreement with GSK is terminated, we may not be entitled to any further milestone and contingent event-based payments, royalties or joint P&L loss forgiveness or deferral, and we could be responsible for the cost of additional Horizant commercialization and development activities, including post-marketing commitments, which could accelerate our need for additional capital.

Additional funds may not be available when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not, or we anticipate that they may not be, available on a timely basis, we may:

 

   

terminate or delay clinical trials for one or more of our product candidates;

 

   

curtail significant drug development programs that are designed to identify new product candidates;

 

   

delay our establishment of sales and marketing capabilities or other activities that may be necessary to commercialize Horizant or our product candidates; or

 

   

exercise the right to revert to a net sales royalty-based compensation structure and forego the right to co-promote Horizant in the United States, if our agreement with GSK is not terminated.

For example, in March 2010, as a result of the Complete Response letter that precluded approval of the Horizant NDA for RLS in its form at that time, we implemented a restructuring plan to reduce expenses, focus our resources on advancement of our later-stage product candidates and eliminate our discovery research efforts. In connection with this restructuring, we postponed the commencement of additional clinical trials of AP as a potential treatment for spasticity until 2011 to focus our clinical development resources on the completion of the Phase 2 clinical trial of AP as a potential treatment for GERD. In addition, in January 2012, we suspended clinical development activities for XP21279, to focus our resources on development of our other product candidates.

 

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If our preclinical studies do not produce successful results or our clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and efficacy in humans, we will not be able to commercialize our product candidates.*

To obtain the requisite regulatory approvals to market and sell any of our product candidates, we must demonstrate, through extensive preclinical studies and clinical trials, that the product candidate is safe and effective in humans. Preclinical and clinical testing is expensive, can take many years and has an uncertain outcome. A failure of one or more of our clinical trials could occur at any stage of testing. For example, in July 2010, GSK announced top-line results from a 30-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 clinical trial of Horizant as a potential prophylactic treatment for migraine headaches in which Horizant did not demonstrate a statistically significant improvement on the primary endpoint when compared to placebo. Long-term safety concerns may also prevent the approval of any of our product candidates by a regulatory authority. For example, in February 2010, safety concerns related to a preclinical finding of pancreatic acinar cell tumors in rats precluded FDA approval of the Horizant NDA for RLS in its form at that time. In addition, success in preclinical testing and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and interim results of a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. Further, unfamiliarity with novel patient-reported outcome tools, trial assessments or endpoints or with certain patient populations, including related subject drop-out rates, could result in additional cost, delay or failure of our clinical trials. For example, as part of the first clinical program we have conducted in MS patients, based on our discussions with the FDA and in connection with a higher than expected drop-out rate, we intend to modify our six-month, open-label, safety clinical trial of AP for subjects who complete the 13-week pivotal Phase 3 efficacy trial in an effort to ensure that our development program for AP meets the patient exposure requirements previously established with the FDA. As such, the protocol for the open-label safety trial will be modified to allow patients to directly enter the trial without prior participation in the pivotal Phase 3 trial and be dosed for up to nine months. We may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, preclinical testing and the clinical trial process, which could delay or prevent our or our collaborative partners’ ability to commercialize our product candidates, including:

 

   

regulators or institutional review boards may not authorize us to commence a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;

 

   

our preclinical testing or clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results, which may require us to conduct additional preclinical or clinical testing or to abandon projects that we expect to be promising;

 

   

we may suspend or terminate our clinical trials if the participating patients are being exposed to unacceptable health risks;

 

   

risks associated with clinical trial design may result in a failure of the clinical trial to show statistically significant results even if the product candidate is effective;

 

   

regulators or institutional review boards may suspend or terminate clinical research for various reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements; and

 

   

the effects of our product candidates may not be the desired effects or may include undesirable side effects.

As an example of an unforeseen event, after having been discharged from a Phase 1 clinical trial in which a single dose of Horizant was administered almost two days earlier, a volunteer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a domestic dispute. We do not believe that this incident was related to Horizant. However, any unforeseen event could cause us to experience significant delays in, or the termination of, clinical trials. Any such events would increase our costs and could delay or prevent our ability to commercialize our product candidates, which would adversely impact our financial results.

Any failure or delay in commencing or completing clinical trials for our product candidates could severely harm our business.*

The commencement and completion of clinical trials for our product candidates may be delayed or terminated as a result of many factors, including:

 

   

delays in patient enrollment, unanticipated high patient drop-out rates and variability in the number and types of patients available for clinical trials, all of which we have experienced in the past;

 

   

our inability or the inability of our collaborators or licensees to manufacture or obtain from third parties materials sufficient for use in preclinical studies and clinical trials;

 

   

difficulty in maintaining contact with patients after treatment, resulting in incomplete data;

 

   

poor effectiveness of product candidates during clinical trials;

 

   

unforeseen safety issues or side effects; and

 

   

governmental or regulatory delays and changes in regulatory requirements, policies and guidelines.

For example, based on the results of a planned interim analysis of the clinical data, although no safety concerns were noted, Astellas terminated its Phase 2 clinical trial of Regnite as a potential treatment for DPN due to difficulty in demonstrating a statistically significant advantage of Regnite over placebo. As a result, Astellas does not intend to continue the development of Regnite in Japan as a potential treatment for DPN at this time. Any delay in commencing or completing clinical trials for our product candidates would delay commercialization of our product candidates and severely harm our business and financial condition. In

 

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addition, unforeseen safety issues or side effects could result from our collaborators’ current or future clinical trials, which could delay or negatively impact commercialization of our product candidates. It is also possible that none of our product candidates will complete clinical trials in any of the markets in which we or our collaborators intend to sell those product candidates. Accordingly, we or our collaborators would not receive the regulatory approvals needed to market our product candidates, which would severely harm our business and financial condition.

We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials. If these third parties do not perform as contractually required or expected, we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for, or commercialize, our product candidates.

We do not have the ability to independently conduct clinical trials for our product candidates, and we must rely on third parties, such as contract research organizations, medical institutions, clinical investigators, collaborative partners and contract laboratories, to conduct our clinical trials. We have, in the ordinary course of business, entered into agreements with these third parties. Nonetheless, we are responsible for confirming that each of our clinical trials is conducted in accordance with its general investigational plan and protocol. Moreover, the FDA requires us to comply with regulations and standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practices, for conducting and recording and reporting the results of clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the trial participants are adequately protected. Our reliance on third parties that we do not control does not relieve us of these responsibilities and requirements. For example, we need to prepare, and ensure our compliance with, various procedures required under good clinical practices, even though third-party contract research organizations have prepared and are complying with their own, comparable procedures. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or regulatory obligations or meet expected deadlines, if the third parties need to be replaced or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our preclinical development activities or clinical trials may be extended, delayed, suspended or terminated, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for, or successfully commercialize, our product candidates.

As an illustrative example, in 2011, the FDA announced that certain bioanalytical studies conducted by a contract research organization may need to be repeated or confirmed by the pharmaceutical company sponsors of the marketing applications that included such studies. The FDA’s decision was the result of two inspections and an internal audit at a facility that identified significant instances of misconduct and violations of federal regulations, including falsification of documents and manipulation of samples. Although we have not contracted with this contract research organization for any studies or clinical trials, if one of the contract research organizations that conducted trials on our behalf were found to have similar or other violations, the FDA may require such trials to be repeated or it may affect the approvability of our product candidates and harm our business.

An NDA submitted under Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act subjects us to the risk that we or a collaborative partner may be subject to a patent infringement lawsuit that would delay or prevent the review and approval of our product candidate.*

Certain product candidates that we develop may be submitted to the FDA for approval under Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, or FDCA, which was enacted as part of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, also known as the Hatch-Waxman Act. Section 505(b)(2) permits the submission of an NDA where at least some of the information required for approval comes from studies not conducted by, or for, the applicant and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference. If we receive positive results in our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of AP as a potential treatment for spasticity in MS patients, along with supportive data from certain additional studies, we intend to submit an NDA with the FDA under Section 505(b)(2) seeking approval of AP in this indication. The Section 505(b)(2) application would enable us to reference published literature and/or the FDA’s previous finding of safety and effectiveness for baclofen, a drug that has been approved by the FDA for the alleviation of signs and symptoms of spasticity in patients with MS and may also be of some value in patients with spinal cord injuries and other spinal cord diseases. If we develop XP21279 through a positive Phase 3 clinical program, we also could potentially submit an NDA seeking its approval for the treatment of advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease under Section 505(b)(2) of the FDCA.

For NDAs submitted under Section 505(b)(2) of the FDCA, the patent certification and related provisions of the Hatch-Waxman Act apply. In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, such NDAs may be required to include certifications, known as Paragraph IV certifications, that certify that any patents listed in the Patent and Exclusivity Information Addendum of the FDA’s publication, Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book, with respect to any product referenced in the Section 505(b)(2) application, are invalid, unenforceable or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of the product that is the subject of the Section 505(b)(2) application. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the holder of patents that the Section 505(b)(2) application references may file a patent infringement lawsuit after receiving notice of the Paragraph IV certification. Filing of a patent infringement lawsuit within 45 days of the patent owner’s receipt of notice triggers a one-time, automatic, 30-month stay of the FDA’s ability to approve the 505(b)(2) application. Accordingly, we may invest a significant amount of time and expense in the development of one or more products only to be subject to significant delay and patent litigation before such products may be commercialized, if at all. A Section 505(b)(2) application may also not be approved until any non-patent exclusivity, such as exclusivity for obtaining approval of a new chemical entity, or NCE, listed in the Orange Book for the referenced product has expired.

 

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The FDA may also require us to perform one or more additional clinical studies or measurements to support the change from the approved product. The FDA may also reject our future Section 505(b)(2) submissions and require us to file such submissions under Section 505(b)(1) of the FDCA, which could cause delay and be considerably more expensive and time consuming. These factors, among others, may limit our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates.

The commercial success of Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we or our partners may develop will depend upon the degree of market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and the medical community.

Horizant, Regnite or any other products that result from our product candidates may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and the medical community. If these products do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate material product revenues and we may not become profitable. The degree of market acceptance of Horizant, Regnite or any products resulting from our product candidates will depend on a number of factors, including:

 

   

the ability to offer such products for sale at competitive prices;

 

   

sufficient third-party coverage or reimbursement for such products;

 

   

the product labeling required by the FDA, the Japanese MHLW or any other regulatory authorities;

 

   

demonstration of efficacy and safety in clinical trials;

 

   

the prevalence and severity of any side effects;

 

   

potential or perceived advantages over alternative treatments;

 

   

perceptions about the relationship or similarity between our product candidates and the parent drug upon which each candidate is based;

 

   

the timing of market entry relative to competitive treatments;

 

   

relative convenience and ease of administration; and

 

   

the strength of marketing and distribution support.

Our ability to generate revenue from Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we may develop will depend on reimbursement and drug pricing policies and regulations.*

In both U.S. and foreign markets, our ability to commercialize our products successfully and to attract strategic partners for our products depends in significant part on the availability of adequate financial coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors, including, in the United States, governmental payors such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs, managed care organizations and private health insurers. Many patients may be unable to pay for Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we or our collaborative partners may develop. We cannot be sure that significant reimbursement in the United States, Japan, Europe or elsewhere will be available for Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we or our partners may develop, and any reimbursement that may become available may be decreased or eliminated in the future. Third-party payors increasingly are challenging prices charged for medical products and services, and many third-party payors may refuse to provide reimbursement for particular drugs when an equivalent generic drug is available. Although we believe Horizant, Regnite and any other products that may result from our product candidates represent an improvement over the parent drugs upon which they are based and should be considered unique and not subject to substitution by a generic parent drug, it is possible that a third-party payor may consider Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates and the generic parent drug as equivalents and only offer to reimburse patients for the generic drug. Even if we show improved efficacy or improved convenience of administration with Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, pricing of the existing parent drug may limit the amount we will be able to charge for Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates. If reimbursement is not available or is available only at limited levels, we or our partners may not be able to successfully commercialize Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, and may not be able to obtain a satisfactory financial return on such products.

The trend toward managed healthcare in the United States and the changes in health insurance programs, as well as the healthcare reform bill enacted in 2010, may result in lower prices for pharmaceutical products, including Horizant or any other products that may result from our product candidates. In addition, any future regulatory changes regarding the healthcare industry or third-party coverage and reimbursement may affect demand for Horizant or any other products that we may develop and could harm our sales and profitability.

Pursuant to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, or the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, Medicare beneficiaries are eligible to obtain subsidized prescription drug coverage from a choice of private sector plans. Approximately 90 percent of Medicare beneficiaries now have coverage for prescription medicines. The use of pharmaceuticals has increased slightly among some patients as a result of the expanded access to medicines afforded by coverage under Medicare. However, such expanded utilization has been largely offset by increased pricing pressure and competition due to the enhanced purchasing power of the private sector plans that negotiate on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and by an increase in the use of generic medicines in this population. In addition, legislative changes have been proposed to mandate government rebates in Medicare and to

 

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allow the federal government to directly negotiate prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers. If legislation were enacted to mandate rebates or provide for direct government negotiation in Medicare prescription drug benefits, access and reimbursement for Horizant or our product candidates upon commercialization could be restricted.

If our competitors are able to develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less costly than Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we may develop, our commercial opportunity will be reduced or eliminated.*

We face competition from established pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including generic competitors, as well as from academic institutions, government agencies and private and public research institutions. Our commercial opportunity will be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are safer, more effective, have fewer side effects or are less expensive than Horizant, Regnite or any other products that we may develop. In addition, significant delays in the development of our product candidates could allow our competitors to bring products to market before us and impair our ability to effectively commercialize our product candidates.

Products that we believe compete with Horizant in the United States include the following drugs approved for the treatment of RLS: Mirapex (pramipexole) from Boehringer Ingelheim and generic pramipexole; Requip (ropinirole) from GSK and generic ropinirole; and Neupro (the rotigotine transdermal system), a dopamine agonist patch from UCB, Inc., which was approved in April 2012 by the FDA for the treatment of RLS. In Japan, we believe that Regnite could compete with pramipexole, which was approved in 2010 for the treatment of RLS. In addition, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. filed an NDA in Japan in December 2011 for the rotigotine transdermal system, which, if approved, could compete with Regnite.

Products that we believe compete with Horizant in the United States for the management of PHN include drugs that act on the same target as Horizant, such as Lyrica (pregabalin) and Neurontin (gabapentin) from Pfizer Inc., generic gabapentin and Gralise (once-daily formulation of gabapentin) from Depomed, Inc. Horizant could also experience competition from a capsaicin patch (marketed as Qutenza by NeurogesX, Inc.) and transdermal patches containing the anesthetic known as lidocaine, which are sometimes used for the management of PHN.

We believe that AP, our product candidate that is a Transported Prodrug of R-baclofen, could experience competition from several generic drugs approved for the treatment of spasticity, including racemic baclofen, diazepam, dantrolene sodium and tizanidine. In addition, the FDA has approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) from Allergan Inc. to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults. Therapies in development for the treatment of spasticity based on sustained-release versions of baclofen include IPX056 from Impax Laboratories, Inc., and Baclofen GRS from Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Limited.

Products that could compete with XP21279, our product candidate that is a Transported Prodrug of levodopa, include: generic levodopa/carbidopa drugs and other drugs approved for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, including Stalevo, a combination therapy of levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone that is marketed in the United States by Novartis Inc.; dopamine agonists such as Mirapex (pramipexole) as well as Requip (ropinirole) and Requip XL (ropinirole extended-release tablets), which are marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK, respectively; generic dopamine agonists, including pramipexole and ropinirole; and Neupro (the rotigotine transdermal system), a dopamine agonist patch from UCB, which was approved in April 2012 by the FDA for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. In December 2011, Impax submitted an NDA for IPX066, an extended-release formulation of levodopa/carbidopa. Other therapies under development in the United States include levodopa/carbidopa formulations such as a levodopa/carbidopa gel delivered by a portable pump directly into the duodenum being developed by Abbott Laboratories, as well as DM-1992 and OS-320 (extended-release formulations of levodopa/carbidopa being developed by Depomed and Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp., respectively).

Products that could compete with XP23829, our product candidate that is a prodrug of monomethyl fumarate, or MMF, include oral and injectable agents that are approved in the United States for the treatment of relapsing-remitting MS, or RRMS. These include Gilenya (fingolimod), an oral agent marketed by Novartis, and injectable formulations of interferon-beta1a and beta1b isoforms that include Avonex, which is marketed by Biogen Idec Inc., Rebif, marketed by Merck Serono S.A. and Betaseron and Extavia, which are marketed by Bayer AG/Novartis. In addition, Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), an injectable mixture of peptides that is marketed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., is also widely used for the treatment of RRMS. XP23829 could also compete with Tysabri (natralizumab), a monthly intravenously-infused antibody that is marketed by Biogen Idec. There are also a number of possible competitive products that are in late-stage product development. For example, in February 2012, Biogen Idec submitted an NDA for BG-12, a dimethyl fumarate formulation that is a prodrug of MMF. Other therapies in late-stage clinical development in the United States include Movecto (oral cladribine) from Merck KGaA/Teva, BIIB-017 (PEG-IFN-beta1a) from Biogen Idec, Daclizumab from Abbott/Biogen Idec, Laquinimod from Teva, Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) from Genzyme Corp/Sanofi-Aventis/Bayer/Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and Teriflunomide from Sanofi-Aventis.

There may be other compounds of which we are not aware that are at an earlier stage of development and may compete with our products or product candidates. If any of those compounds are successfully developed and approved, they could compete directly with our products or product candidates.

 

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Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Established pharmaceutical companies may invest heavily to quickly discover and develop novel compounds that could make Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates obsolete. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies. In addition, these third parties compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies and technology licenses complementary to our programs or advantageous to our business. Accordingly, our competitors may succeed in obtaining patent protection, receiving FDA approval or discovering, developing and commercializing medicines before we do. We are also aware of other companies that may currently be engaged in the discovery of medicines that will compete with Horizant, Regnite or the product candidates that we are developing. In addition, in the markets that we are targeting, we expect to compete against current market-leading medicines. If we are not able to compete effectively against our current and future competitors, our business will not grow and our financial condition will suffer.

Off-label sale or use of generic gabapentin products could decrease sales of Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil and could lead to pricing pressure if such products become available at competitive prices and in dosages that are appropriate for the indications for which we or our collaborative partners are commercializing Horizant or developing Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil.

U.S. physicians are permitted to prescribe legally available drugs for uses that are not described in the drug’s labeling and that differ from those uses tested and approved by the FDA. The occurrence of such off-label uses could significantly reduce our or our partners’ ability to market and sell Horizant or any other products that we or our partners may develop.

We believe that in all countries in which we hold or have licensed rights to patents or patent applications related to Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil, the composition-of-matter patents relating to gabapentin have expired. Off-label prescriptions written for gabapentin for indications for which we or our partners are marketing or developing Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil could adversely affect our ability to generate revenue from the sale of Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil, if approved for commercial sale in such indications. This could result in reduced sales and increased pricing pressure on Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil, if approved in such indications, which in turn would reduce our ability to generate revenue and have a negative impact on our results of operations.

If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we will incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of Horizant/Regnite or any other products that we may develop.

We face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials and face an even greater risk once our products become commercially available. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against claims that our product candidates or products that we successfully develop caused injuries, we will incur substantial liabilities.

Regardless of merit or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:

 

   

decreased demand for any product candidates or products that we may develop;

 

   

injury to our reputation;

 

   

withdrawal of clinical trial participants;

 

   

costs to defend the related litigation;

 

   

substantial monetary awards to clinical trial participants or patients;

 

   

loss of revenue; and

 

   

the inability to commercialize any products that we may develop.

We have product liability insurance that covers our clinical trials up to a $10.0 million annual aggregate limit. Insurance coverage is increasingly expensive, and we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost and we may not be able to obtain insurance coverage that will be adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise.

If some or all of our patents expire, are invalidated or are unenforceable, or if some or all of our patent applications do not yield issued patents or yield patents with narrow claims, competitors may develop competing products using our intellectual property and our business will suffer.

Our success will depend in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and trade secret protection for our technologies, Horizant, Regnite and product candidates both in the United States and other countries. We have a number of U.S. and foreign patents, patent applications and rights to patents related to our compounds, product candidates, products and technology, but we cannot guarantee that issued patents will be enforceable or that pending or future patent applications will result in issued patents. Alternatively, a third party may successfully circumvent our patents. Our rights under any issued patents may not provide us with sufficient protection against competitive products or otherwise cover commercially valuable products or processes.

 

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The degree of future protection for our proprietary technologies, Horizant, Regnite and product candidates is uncertain because legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep our competitive advantage. For example:

 

   

we might not have been the first to make the inventions covered by each of our pending patent applications and issued patents;

 

   

we might not have been the first to file patent applications for these inventions;

 

   

others may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies;

 

   

it is possible that none of our pending patent applications will result in issued patents;

 

   

any patents issued to us or our collaborators may not provide a basis for commercially viable products or may be challenged by third parties; or

 

   

the patents of others may have an adverse effect on our ability to do business.

Even if valid and enforceable patents cover Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates and technologies, the patents will provide protection only for a limited amount of time.

Our and our collaborators’ ability to obtain patents is highly uncertain because, to date, some legal principles remain unresolved, there has not been a consistent policy regarding the breadth or interpretation of claims allowed in patents in the United States and the specific content of patents and patent applications that are necessary to support and interpret patent claims is highly uncertain due to the complex nature of the relevant legal, scientific and factual issues. Furthermore, the policies governing biotechnology patents outside the United States are even more uncertain. Changes in either patent laws or interpretations of patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property or narrow the scope of our patent protection. For example, on September 16, 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or the Leahy-Smith Act, was signed into law. The Leahy-Smith Act includes a number of significant changes to United States patent law. These include provisions that affect the way patent applications will be prosecuted and may also affect patent litigation. The United States Patent Office is currently developing regulations and procedures to govern the full implementation of the Leahy-Smith Act, and many of the substantive changes to patent law associated with the Leahy-Smith Act will not become effective until one year or 18 months after its enactment. Accordingly, it is too early to tell what, if any, impact the Leahy-Smith Act will have on the operation of our business. However, the Leahy-Smith Act and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Even if patents are issued regarding Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates or methods of using them, those patents can be challenged by our competitors who can argue such patents are invalid and/or unenforceable. For example, in September 2008, a law firm on behalf of an undisclosed client filed an opposition against the patent grant of one of our European patent applications covering gabapentin enacarbil. The European patent office, at an opposition hearing in April 2010, undertook a full review of the grant of the European patent, and ruled that our European patent covering the composition of matter of gabapentin enacarbil is valid. While the law firm that filed the opposition initially appealed the ruling on behalf of the undisclosed client, that appeal was withdrawn in November 2010. Patents also may not protect Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates if competitors devise ways of making them or similar products without legally infringing our patents. The FDCA and FDA regulations and policies provide incentives to manufacturers to challenge patent validity and these same types of incentives encourage manufacturers to submit NDAs that rely on literature and clinical data not prepared for or by the drug sponsor.

We may obtain patents for certain product candidates many years before marketing approval is obtained for those products. Because patents have a limited life, which may begin to run prior to the commercial sale of the related product, the commercial value of the patent may be limited. However, we may be able to apply for patent term extensions.

As part of the approval process of our product candidates in the United States, the FDA may determine that the product candidates be granted an exclusivity period during which other manufacturers’ applications for approval of generic versions of our products will not be granted. Generic manufacturers often wait to challenge the patents protecting products that have been granted exclusivity until one year prior to the end of the exclusivity period. For example, the FDA granted Horizant five years of regulatory exclusivity based on its being a new chemical entity. It is possible that generic manufacturers are considering attempts to seek FDA approval for a similar or identical drug as Horizant or our product candidate through an abbreviated NDA, which is the application form typically used by manufacturers seeking approval of a generic drug. If our patents are subject to challenges, we may need to spend significant resources to defend such challenges and we may not be able to defend our patents successfully.

We also rely on trade secrets to protect our technology, especially where we do not believe that patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. Our employees, consultants, contractors, outside scientific collaborators and other advisors may unintentionally or willfully disclose our confidential information to competitors. Enforcing a claim that a third party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets is expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. Failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.

 

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Our research and development collaborators may have rights to publish data and other information in which we have rights. In addition, we sometimes engage individuals or entities to conduct research that may be relevant to our business. The ability of these individuals or entities to publish or otherwise publicly disclose data and other information generated during the course of their research is subject to certain contractual limitations. In most cases, these individuals or entities are, at the least, precluded from publicly disclosing our confidential information and are only allowed to disclose other data or information generated during the course of the research after we have been afforded an opportunity to consider whether patent and/or other proprietary protection should be sought. If we do not apply for patent protection prior to such publication or if we cannot otherwise maintain the confidentiality of our technology and other confidential information, then our ability to receive patent protection or protect our proprietary information may be jeopardized.

Third-party claims of intellectual property infringement would require us to spend significant time and money and could prevent us from developing or commercializing our products.*

Our commercial success depends in part on not infringing the patents and proprietary rights of other parties and not breaching any licenses that we have entered into with regard to our technologies and products. Because others may have filed, and in the future are likely to file, patent applications covering products or other technologies of interest to us that are similar or identical to ours, patent applications or issued patents of others may have priority over our patent applications or issued patents. For example, we are aware of a family of third-party patent applications relating to prodrugs of gabapentin. We believe the applications have been abandoned in the United States, the European Patent Office, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Additionally, with respect to the development of XP23829, we are aware of third-party patents relating to the use of MMF in the treatment of MS and of other third-party patents relating to the use of fumarates in the treatment of psoriasis. We are also aware of third-party patents relating to the use of baclofen in the treatment of GERD. With respect to the claims contained in these patent applications and patents, we believe that our activities do not infringe the patents at issue and/or that the third-party patent or patent applications are invalid. In addition, we believe that in all countries in which we hold or have licensed rights to patents or patent applications related to Horizant, Regnite or gabapentin enacarbil, the composition-of-matter patents relating to gabapentin have expired. However, it is possible that a judge or jury will disagree with our conclusions regarding non-infringement, invalidity and/or expiration, and we could incur substantial costs in litigation if we are required to defend against patent suits brought by third parties or if we initiate these suits. Any legal action against our collaborators or us claiming damages and seeking to enjoin commercial activities relating to the affected products and processes could, in addition to subjecting us to potential liability for damages, require our collaborators or us to obtain a license to continue to manufacture or market the affected products and processes. Licenses required under any of these patents may not be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Failure to obtain such licenses could materially and adversely affect our ability to develop, commercialize and sell Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates. We believe that there may continue to be significant litigation in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. If we become involved in litigation, it could consume a substantial portion of our management and financial resources and we may not prevail in any such litigation.

Furthermore, our commercial success will depend, in part, on our ability to develop additional product candidates in current indications of interest or opportunities in other indications. Some of these activities may involve the use of genes, gene products, screening technologies and other research tools that are covered by third-party patents. Court decisions have indicated that the exemption from patent infringement afforded by the Hatch-Waxman Act does not encompass all research and development activities associated with product development. In some instances, we may be required to obtain licenses to such third-party patents to conduct our development activities, including activities that may have already occurred. It is not known whether any license required under any of these patents would be made available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Failure to obtain such licenses could materially and adversely affect our ability to maintain a pipeline of potential product candidates and to bring new products to market. If we are required to defend against patent suits brought by third parties relating to third-party patents that may be relevant to our development activities, or if we initiate such suits, we could incur substantial costs in litigation. Moreover, an adverse result from any legal action in which we are involved could subject us to damages and/or prevent us from conducting some of our development activities.

If third parties do not manufacture Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates in sufficient quantities or at an acceptable cost, commercialization of Horizant, Regnite and clinical development and commercialization of our product candidates would be harmed or delayed.*

We do not own or operate manufacturing facilities for the production of clinical or commercial quantities of Horizant, Regnite or any of our product candidates. To date, we have relied on, and we expect to continue to rely on, a limited number of third-party compound manufacturers and active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, formulators for the production of preclinical, clinical and commercial quantities of our product candidates. We do not have commercial supply agreements with any of these third parties, and our agreements with these parties are generally terminable at will by either party at any time. If, for any reason, these third parties are

 

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unable or unwilling to perform under our agreements or enter into new agreements, we may not be able to locate alternative manufacturers or formulators or enter into favorable agreements with them. Any inability to acquire sufficient quantities of our product candidates in a timely manner from these third parties could delay clinical trials and prevent us or our partners from developing and commercializing our product candidates in a cost-effective manner or on a timely basis.

Under the terms of our collaboration agreement with GSK, GSK is solely responsible for the commercial manufacture and supply of Horizant to support its development and commercialization within the United States. GSK is currently relying on a single source supplier for commercial and clinical supplies of Horizant. If GSK fails to qualify alternative manufacturers of Horizant, the current contract manufacturer terminates its agreement with GSK and GSK is otherwise unable to manufacture or contract to manufacture sufficient quantities of Horizant, the development and commercialization of Horizant could be impaired or delayed. If our collaboration agreement with GSK is terminated, we are entitled to specified manufacturing transition assistance from GSK, but would then be responsible for the manufacturing of Horizant following the transition period. Under the terms of our collaboration agreement with Astellas, Astellas is solely responsible for the manufacture of Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil to support its development and commercialization within the Astellas territory. To our knowledge, Astellas is currently relying on single source suppliers for commercial supplies of Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil. As a result, if Astellas fails to manufacture or contract to manufacture sufficient quantities of Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil, development and commercialization of Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil could be impaired or delayed in the Astellas territory. If we pursue development with respect to the rights we maintain on Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil or if rights to Horizant revert to us, we will need to obtain clinical or commercial supplies from GSK or another supplier. As a result, if we are unable to obtain sufficient quantities of Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil from GSK at prices that are commercially attractive, and if we are unable to qualify an alternative supplier, it could delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil.

We rely on two suppliers of R-baclofen, the active agent used to make AP, under purchase orders issued from time to time. In the event that both suppliers determine to not sell R-baclofen to us at a price that is commercially attractive, and if we were unable to qualify an alternative supplier of R-baclofen, this could delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, this product candidate.

We rely on a single source supplier of our current worldwide requirements of AP in API form under a manufacturing services and product supply agreement. Our current agreement with this supplier does not provide for a supply of API that would be necessary for full-scale commercialization. In the event that the parties cannot agree to the terms and conditions for this supplier to provide some or all of our API clinical and commercial supply needs, we would not be able to manufacture API until an alternative supplier is identified and qualified, which could also delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, this product candidate. The API is manufactured using a four-step synthetic process that uses commercially available starting materials for each step. There are no complicated chemistries or unusual equipment required in the manufacturing process.

We rely on a single source supplier of AP formulated in sustained-release tablets at specified transfer prices under quotations agreed upon by the parties as a part of a master services agreement. We do not have an agreement with this supplier for the commercial supply of AP sustained-release tablets. In the event that such supplier terminates our agreement under specified circumstances, or we are not able to come to an agreement for the commercial supply of AP on reasonable terms, we would not be able to commercialize AP sustained-release tablets until an alternative supplier is qualified. This could delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, AP.

We rely on a single source supplier of levodopa, which is used to make XP21279, under purchase orders issued from time to time. We are aware of several alternative suppliers of levodopa, and we believe at least one alternative manufacturer could potentially supply levodopa in the event that our supplier determines to not sell levodopa to us at a price that is commercially attractive. If we are unable to qualify an alternative supplier of levodopa, this could further delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, XP21279.

We rely on a single source supplier of XP21279 in API form under a manufacturing services and product supply agreement. In the event that such supplier terminates the agreement under specified circumstances, we would not be able to manufacture API until a qualified alternative supplier is identified and qualified, which could also further delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, this product candidate. The API is manufactured by a four-step synthetic process that uses commercially available starting materials. There are no complicated chemistries or unusual equipment required in the manufacturing process.

We have purchased XP21279 formulated in sustained-release tablets from a single source supplier at specified transfer prices under quotations agreed upon by the parties as part of a master services agreement. We have recently qualified another supplier for the manufacture of XP21279 with carbidopa bi-layer tablets to be supplied under quotations agreed upon by the parties as part of a master services agreement. In the event that either supplier terminates its agreement under specified circumstances for the manufacture of XP21279 sustained-release tablets or carbidopa bi-layer tablets, we would not be able to manufacture XP21279 until an alternative supplier is qualified. This could further delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, XP21279.

 

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We rely on a single source supplier of MMF, which is used to make XP23829, under purchase orders issued from time to time. We are aware of several alternative suppliers of MMF, and we believe at least one alternative manufacturer could potentially supply MMF in the event that our supplier determines to not sell MMF to us at a price that is commercially attractive. If we are unable to qualify an alternative supplier of MMF, this could delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, XP23829.

We rely on a single source supplier of XP23829 in API form under a manufacturing services and supply agreement. In the event that such supplier terminates the agreement under specified circumstances, we would not be able to manufacture API until a qualified alternative supplier is identified and qualified, which could also delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, this product candidate. The API is manufactured by a short synthetic process that uses commercially available starting materials. There are no complicated chemistries or unusual equipment required in the manufacturing process.

We have purchased XP23829 formulated in different forms from multiple suppliers at specified transfer prices under quotations agreed upon by the parties as part of master services agreements. In the event that such suppliers terminate our agreements under specified circumstances, we would not be able to manufacture XP23829 until an alternative supplier is qualified. This could delay the development of, and impair our ability to commercialize, XP23829.

If we are required to obtain alternate third-party manufacturers, it could delay or prevent the clinical development and commercialization of our product candidates.*

We may not be able to maintain or renew our existing or any other third-party manufacturing arrangements on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to continue relationships with GSK for supplies of Horizant/gabapentin enacarbil, or our other suppliers for AP, XP21279 and XP23829, or to continue relationships at an acceptable cost or if these suppliers fail to meet our requirements for these product candidates for any reason, we would be required to obtain alternative suppliers. Any inability to obtain qualified alternative suppliers, including an inability to obtain, or delay in obtaining, approval of an alternative supplier from the FDA, would delay or prevent the clinical development and commercialization of these product candidates.

Use of third-party manufacturers may increase the risk that we or our partners will not have adequate supplies of our product candidates.

Our and our partners’ current, and anticipated future, reliance on third-party manufacturers will expose us and our partners to risks that could result in higher costs or lost product revenues or delay or prevent:

 

   

the initiation or completion of clinical trials by us or our partners;

 

   

the submission of applications for regulatory approvals; and

 

   

the approval of our product candidates by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities or the commercialization of our products.

In particular, our or our partners’ contract manufacturers:

 

   

could encounter difficulties in achieving volume production, quality control and quality assurance or suffer shortages of qualified personnel, which could result in their inability to manufacture sufficient quantities of drugs to meet clinical schedules or to commercialize Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates;

 

   

could terminate or choose not to renew manufacturing agreements, based on their own business priorities, at a time that is costly or inconvenient for us or our partners;

 

   

could fail to establish and follow FDA-mandated current good manufacturing practices, or cGMPs, which are required for FDA approval of our product candidates, or fail to document their adherence to cGMPs, either of which could lead to significant delays in the availability of material for clinical study, delay or prevent marketing approval for our product candidates or require costly recalls of products already having received approval;

 

   

could encounter financial difficulties that would interfere with their obligations to supply Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates; and

 

   

could breach, or fail to perform as agreed under, manufacturing agreements.

If we or our partners are not able to obtain adequate supplies of Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, it will be more difficult to commercialize Horizant or Regnite, develop our product candidates and compete effectively. Horizant, Regnite, our product candidates and any products that we may develop may compete with other product candidates and products for access to manufacturing facilities.

In addition, the manufacturing facilities of certain of our suppliers are located outside of the United States. This may give rise to difficulties in importing our product candidates or their components into the United States or other countries as a result of, among other things, regulatory agency import inspections, incomplete or inaccurate import documentation or defective packaging.

 

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Safety issues with the parent drugs or other components of our product candidates, or with approved products of third parties that are similar to our product candidates, could give rise to delays in the regulatory approval process, restrictions on labeling or product withdrawal.*

Discovery of previously unknown problems, or increased focus on a known problem, with an approved product may result in restrictions on its permissible uses, including withdrawal of the medicine from the market. Although gabapentin, baclofen (which includes the R-isomer of baclofen) and levodopa, the parent drugs of Horizant/Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil, AP and XP21279, respectively, have been used successfully in patients for many years, newly observed toxicities or worsening of known toxicities, in preclinical studies of, or in patients receiving, gabapentin, baclofen and levodopa, or reconsideration of known toxicities of gabapentin, baclofen or levodopa in the setting of new indications, could result in increased regulatory scrutiny of Horizant/Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil, AP and XP21279, respectively. For example, the label for baclofen, the R-isomer of which is the parent drug of AP, includes a warning that hallucinations and seizures have occurred on abrupt withdrawal of baclofen dosing without proper tapering in spasticity patients. Although a product containing dimethyl fumarate, or DMF, another prodrug of MMF, has been approved and used in Germany for the treatment of psoriasis, it has not been approved in the United States. In addition, Biogen Idec has submitted an NDA to the FDA seeking approval of BG-12, a formulation of DMF, as a treatment for RRMS. Any safety concerns or other problems noted by the FDA with respect to DMF, BG-12 or MMF could increase the risk of regulatory scrutiny of XP23829, possibly delaying or preventing any regulatory approval of XP23829. The FDA has substantial discretion in the NDA approval process and may refuse to approve any application if the FDA concludes that the risk/benefit analysis of a potential drug treatment for a specific indication does not warrant approval. For example, in February 2010, safety concerns related to a preclinical finding of pancreatic acinar cell tumors in rats precluded FDA approval of the Horizant NDA in RLS in its form at that time. Although there were similar findings of rat pancreatic acinar cell tumors following treatment with gabapentin, the parent drug of Horizant, the FDA has, to date, not prevented the use of gabapentin. In the February 2010 Complete Response letter, the FDA noted that they had concluded that the seriousness and severity of refractory epilepsy and the benefit to patients provided by gabapentin justified the potential risk at that time. Thus, although the parent drug for, or a drug related to, one of our product candidates may be approved by the FDA in a particular indication, the FDA may conclude that our product candidate’s risk/benefit profile does not warrant approval in a different indication, and the FDA may refuse to approve our product candidate. Such conclusion and refusal would prevent us from developing and commercializing our product candidates and severely harm our business and financial condition. For example, even if Biogen Idec receives approval of BG-12 for RRMS, the FDA may not agree that the risk/benefit profile of XP23829 for the treatment of psoriasis, if established, would warrant approval in such indication.

Horizant, Regnite and our product candidates are engineered to be broken down by the body’s natural metabolic processes and to release the active drug and other substances. While these breakdown products are generally regarded as safe, it is possible that there could be unexpected toxicity associated with these breakdown products that will cause any or all of Horizant/Regnite/gabapentin enacarbil, AP, XP21279 and XP23829 to be poorly tolerated by, or toxic to, humans. Any unexpected toxicity of, or suboptimal tolerance to, our product or product candidates would delay or prevent commercialization of Horizant, Regnite or these product candidates.

Additionally, problems with approved products marketed by third parties that utilize the same therapeutic target or that belong to the same therapeutic class as the parent drug of Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates could adversely affect the commercialization of Horizant or Regnite or the development of our product candidates. For example, the product withdrawals of Vioxx from Merck & Co., Inc. and Bextra from Pfizer in 2005 due to safety issues have caused other drugs that have the same therapeutic target, such as Celebrex from Pfizer, to receive additional scrutiny from regulatory authorities. If either gabapentin or pregabalin, drugs from Pfizer that are marketed as Neurontin and Lyrica, respectively, encounters unexpected toxicity problems in humans, the FDA may restrict the use of Horizant since it is believed to share the same therapeutic target as gabapentin and pregabalin. In 2005, the FDA requested that all makers of epilepsy drugs analyze their clinical trial data to determine whether these drugs increase the risk of suicide in patients. In December 2008, the FDA added warnings to 11 antiepileptic drugs, including gabapentin, regarding an increased risk of suicide or suicidal thoughts. In April 2009, the FDA approved safety label changes for all approved antiepileptic drugs, except those indicated only for short-term use, to include a warning about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. In addition, in 2011, the FDA added warnings to the labels of antiepileptic drugs regarding an increased risk of drug reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms, or DRESS, also known as multiorgan hypersensitivity, which has been reported in patients taking antiepileptic drugs. Horizant, as a compound that is believed to share the same therapeutic target as antiepileptic drugs such as gabapentin and pregabalin, has similar warnings regarding suicidality and DRESS in its label. In September 2010, the FDA released draft guidance recommending that prospective suicidality assessments be performed in clinical trials of any drug with central nervous system activity. We expect that the FDA will follow this guidance, and we will be required to perform suicidality assessments in all of our clinical trials, including Phase 1 trials, of any of our product candidates with central nervous system activity. Finally, if the FDA determines that a drug may present a risk of substance abuse, it can recommend to the DEA that the drug be scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act. While gabapentin is not a scheduled drug at the present time, pregabalin has been scheduled as a controlled substance. Since pregabalin is a scheduled drug, it is possible that the FDA may require additional testing of Horizant in the future, the results of which could lead the FDA to conclude that Horizant should be scheduled as well. Scheduled substances are subject to DEA regulations relating to manufacturing, storage, distribution and physician prescription

 

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procedures, and the DEA regulates the amount of a scheduled substance that is available for clinical trials and commercial distribution. Accordingly, any scheduling action that the FDA or DEA may take with respect to Horizant may delay further development or limit Horizant’s marketing approval. Any failure or delay in commencing or completing clinical trials or obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates would delay commercialization of our product candidates, and severely harm our business and financial condition.

We may not be successful in our efforts to develop additional Transported Prodrug candidates.

An important element of our strategy is to develop and commercialize Transported Prodrugs that improve upon the absorption, distribution and/or metabolism of drugs that have already received regulatory approval. Programs to develop and commercialize new product candidates require substantial technical, financial and human resources. These programs may initially show promise with respect to potential product candidates, yet fail to yield product candidates for clinical development for a number of reasons, including:

 

   

the methodology used may not be successful in identifying potential product candidates for development; or

 

   

potential product candidates may, on further study, be shown to have inadequate efficacy, harmful side effects, suboptimal pharmaceutical profile or other characteristics suggesting that they are unlikely to be effective products.

As part of a restructuring in March 2010, we eliminated our discovery research department, which will prevent our ability to discover additional product candidates at this time. If we are unable to develop suitable product candidates from our internal efforts, we may pursue additional product candidates through in-licensing. Any growth through in-licensing would depend upon the availability of suitable product candidates at favorable prices and upon advantageous terms and conditions. To obtain additional product candidates, we may also reconstitute our discovery research department, which would require the expenditure of significant resources and the identification and hiring of a number of highly-skilled employees. Such efforts could divert the time and resources from the later-stage development or commercialization of our product candidates.

If we are unable to develop or obtain suitable product candidates, we will not be able to increase our revenues in future periods, which could result in significant harm to our financial position and adversely impact our stock price.

Horizant and Regnite remain, and our product candidates, if they receive marketing approval, will remain, subject to ongoing regulatory review. If we or our collaborative partners fail to comply with continuing regulations, these approvals could be rescinded and the sale of our products could be suspended.*

Any regulatory approval to market a product could be conditioned on conducting additional, costly, post-approval studies or implementing a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy or could contain strict limits on the indicated uses included in the labeling. For example, the FDA approval for Horizant for the treatment of RLS included requirements for GSK to conduct a program of post-marketing commitments, or PMCs and post-marketing requirements, or PMRs, in adults, including a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy study evaluating 300 mg, 450 mg and 600 mg tablets of Horizant dosed once per day, two simulated driving studies, a drug-drug interaction study with morphine and a QTc study. GSK will also conduct a pediatric program for subjects 13 years and older. The pediatric clinical program, which is scheduled to commence after requested adult data is obtained and reviewed by the FDA, includes a pharmacokinetics, or PK, study, a parallel, fixed-dose response efficacy study, a long-term safety study and a simulated driving study. The specific protocol submission and trial completion dates for these PMCs/PMRs range from April 2011 through July 2024. In the event that rights to Horizant revert to us, we may be responsible for fulfilling the remaining post-marketing study requirements, which could increase our costs and divert management time and resources away from our commercialization efforts or the development of our product candidates. In addition, Horizant has certain warnings and precautions in the label, including information that Horizant causes significant driving impairment.

A medication guide, which contains information about the labeling intended for the patient, is also required to be distributed with Horizant. Moreover, the product may later cause adverse effects that limit or prevent its widespread use, force us or our collaborative partners to withdraw it from the market or impede or delay our or our collaborative partners’ ability to obtain regulatory approvals in additional countries or indications. In addition, the manufacturer of the product and its facilities will continue to be subject to FDA review and periodic inspections to ensure adherence to applicable regulations. After receiving marketing approval, the manufacturing, labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and record keeping related to the product will remain subject to extensive regulatory requirements.

We are also subject to regulation by regional, national, state and local agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other regulatory bodies, as well as governmental authorities in those foreign countries in which we may commercialize our products. The FDCA, the Public Health Service Act and other federal and state statutes and regulations govern to varying degrees the research, development, manufacturing and commercial activities relating to prescription pharmaceutical products, including preclinical testing, approval, production, labeling, sale, distribution, import, export, post-market surveillance, advertising, dissemination of information and promotion. These statutes and regulations include anti-kickback statutes and false claims statutes.

 

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The federal health care program anti-kickback statute prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration to induce or in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for the purchase, lease or order of any health care item or service reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid or other federally financed healthcare programs. This statute has been interpreted to apply to arrangements between pharmaceutical companies on the one hand and prescribers, purchasers and formulary managers on the other. Although there are a number of statutory exemptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting identified common activities from prosecution, the exemptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly, and practices that involve remuneration intended to induce prescribing, purchases or recommendations may be subject to scrutiny if they do not qualify for an exemption or safe harbor.

Federal false claims laws prohibit any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment to the federal government, or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false statement to get a false claim paid.

Recently, several pharmaceutical and other health care companies have been prosecuted under these laws for allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product. Other companies have been prosecuted for causing false claims to be submitted because of the company’s marketing of the product for unapproved, and thus non-reimbursable, uses. Pharmaceutical and other health care companies have also been prosecuted on other legal theories of Medicare fraud. The majority of states also have statutes or regulations similar to the federal anti-kickback law and false claims laws, which apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs, or, in several states, apply regardless of the payor. Sanctions under these federal and state laws may include civil monetary penalties, exclusion of a company’s products from reimbursement under government programs, criminal fines and imprisonment. Several states now require pharmaceutical companies to report expenses relating to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products and the reporting of gifts to individual physicians in the states. Other states require the posting of information relating to clinical studies. In addition, California requires pharmaceutical companies that engage in marketing to implement a comprehensive compliance program that includes a limit on expenditures for, or payments to, individual prescribers. Although we do not have a sales force and are not promoting Horizant, Regnite or any of our product candidates, we have adopted a comprehensive compliance program that we believe complies with California law. Several additional states are considering similar proposals. Compliance with these laws is difficult and time consuming and companies that do not comply with these state laws face civil penalties. Because of the breadth of these laws and the narrowness of the safe harbors, it is possible that some of our business activities could be subject to challenge under one or more of such laws. Such a challenge could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

If we or our collaborative partners fail to comply with the regulatory requirements of the FDA and other applicable U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities or previously unknown problems with our products, manufacturers or manufacturing processes are discovered, we and our partners could be subject to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions, including:

 

   

restrictions on the products, manufacturers or manufacturing processes;

 

   

warning letters;

 

   

civil or criminal penalties or fines;

 

   

injunctions;

 

   

product seizures, detentions or import bans;

 

   

voluntary or mandatory product recalls and publicity requirements;

 

   

suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals;

 

   

total or partial suspension of production; and

 

   

refusal to approve pending applications for marketing approval of new drugs or supplements to approved applications.

Because we have a number of product candidates and are considering a variety of target indications, we may expend our limited resources to pursue a particular candidate or indication and fail to capitalize on candidates or indications that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.

Because we have limited financial and managerial resources, we must focus on product candidates for the specific indications that we believe are the most promising. As a result, we may forego or delay pursuit of opportunities with other product candidates or other indications that later prove to have greater commercial potential. Our resource allocation decisions may cause us to fail to capitalize on viable commercial products or profitable market opportunities. In addition, we may spend valuable time and managerial and financial resources on product candidates for specific indications that ultimately do not yield any commercially viable products. If we do not accurately evaluate the commercial potential or target market for a particular product candidate, we may relinquish valuable rights to that product candidate through collaboration, licensing or other royalty arrangements in situations where it would have been more advantageous for us to retain sole rights to development and commercialization.

 

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Current healthcare laws and regulations and future legislative or regulatory reforms to the healthcare system may affect our ability to profitably sell any products that we may develop.*

The United States and some foreign jurisdictions are considering, or have enacted, a number of legislative and regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system in ways that could affect our ability to sell our products profitably. Among policy makers and payors in the United States and elsewhere, there is significant interest in promoting changes in healthcare systems with the stated goals of containing healthcare costs, improving quality and/or expanding access. In the United States, the pharmaceutical industry has been a particular focus of these efforts and has been significantly affected by major legislative initiatives.

In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, or collectively, PPACA, became law in the United States. PPACA substantially changes the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and private insurers and significantly affects the pharmaceutical industry. Among the provisions of PPACA of greatest importance to the pharmaceutical industry are the following:

 

   

an annual, nondeductible fee on any entity that manufactures or imports certain branded prescription drugs and biologic agents, apportioned among these entities according to their market share in certain government healthcare programs;

 

   

an increase in the rebates a manufacturer must pay under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, retroactive to January 1, 2010, to 23.1% and 13% of the average manufacturer price for branded and generic drugs, respectively;

 

   

a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 50% point-of-sale discounts off negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D;

 

   

extension of manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability to covered drugs dispensed to individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations;

 

   

expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs by, among other things, allowing states to offer Medicaid coverage to additional individuals and by adding new mandatory eligibility categories for certain individuals with income at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level beginning in 2014, thereby potentially increasing manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability;

 

   

expansion of the entities eligible for discounts under the Public Health Service pharmaceutical pricing program;

 

   

new requirements to report certain financial arrangements with physicians, including reporting any “transfer of value” made or distributed to prescribers and other healthcare providers, effective March 30, 2013, and reporting any investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members during the preceding calendar year;

 

   

a new requirement to annually report drug samples that manufacturers and distributors provide to physicians;

 

   

a licensure framework for follow-on biologic products; and

 

   

a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research, along with funding for such research.

The United States Supreme Court heard a constitutional challenge to the PPACA and in June 2012 held that the PPACA is constitutional. However, states are allowed to opt out of the expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid under the PPACA. We anticipate that the PPACA, as well as other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and an additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product, and could seriously harm our business. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. Insurers may also refuse to provide any coverage of uses of approved products for medical indications other than those for which the FDA has granted market approvals. As a result, significant uncertainty exists as to whether and how much third-party payors will reimburse for newly-approved drugs, which in turn will put pressure on the pricing of drugs.

We also cannot be certain that Horizant or any other products that may result from our product candidates will successfully be placed on the list of drugs covered by particular health plan formularies, nor can we predict the negotiated price for such products, which will be determined by market factors. Many states have also created preferred drug lists and include drugs on those lists only when the manufacturers agree to pay a supplemental rebate. If Horizant or other products that may result from our product candidates are not included on these preferred drug lists, physicians may not be inclined to prescribe it to their patients, thereby diminishing the potential market for such products. Astellas will face similar pricing and reimbursement restrictions in Japan for Regnite, and further efforts to reform the Japanese healthcare system may increase such restrictions.

 

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If we fail to attract and keep senior management and key scientific personnel, we may be unable to successfully develop or commercialize our product candidates.*

Our success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management, clinical and scientific personnel and on our ability to develop and maintain important relationships with leading clinicians. If we are not able to retain our key personnel, we may not be able to successfully develop or commercialize our product candidates. Competition for experienced scientists and development staff may limit our ability to hire and retain highly qualified personnel on acceptable terms. In addition, none of our employees have employment commitments for any fixed period of time and could leave our employment at will. We do not carry “key person” insurance covering members of senior management or key scientific personnel. If we fail to identify, attract and retain qualified personnel, we may be unable to continue our development and commercialization activities.

If we use biological and hazardous materials in a manner that causes contamination or injury or violates laws, we may be liable for damages.

Our development activities involve the use of potentially harmful biological materials as well as hazardous materials, chemicals and various radioactive compounds. We cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from the use, storage, handling or disposal of these materials. In the event of contamination or injury, we could be held liable for damages that result, and any liability could exceed our resources. We, the third parties that conduct clinical trials on our behalf and the third parties that manufacture our product candidates are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and waste products. The cost of compliance with these laws and regulations could be significant. The failure to comply with these laws and regulations could result in significant fines and work stoppages and may harm our business.

Our facility is located in California’s Silicon Valley, in an area with a long history of industrial activity and use of hazardous substances, including chlorinated solvents. Environmental studies conducted prior to our leasing of the site found levels of metals and volatile organic compounds in the soils and groundwater at our site. While these constituents of concern predated our occupancy, certain environmental laws, including the U.S. Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, impose strict, joint and several liability on current operators of real property for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous substances. These laws often impose liability even if the owner or operator did not know of, or was not responsible for, the release of such hazardous substances. As a result, while we have not been, we cannot rule out the possibility that we could in the future be held liable for costs to address contamination at the property beneath our facility, which costs could be material.

Our facility is located near known earthquake fault zones, and the occurrence of an earthquake, extremist attack or other catastrophic disaster could cause damage to our facilities and equipment, which could require us to cease or curtail operations.

Our facility is located near known earthquake fault zones and, therefore, is vulnerable to damage from earthquakes. In October 1989, a major earthquake struck this area and caused significant property damage and a number of fatalities. We are also vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, including power loss, attacks from extremist organizations, fire, floods and similar events. If any disaster were to occur, our ability to operate our business could be seriously impaired. We may not have adequate insurance to cover our losses resulting from disasters or other similar significant business interruptions, and we do not plan to purchase additional insurance to cover such losses due to the cost of obtaining such coverage. Any significant losses that are not recoverable under our insurance policies could seriously impair our business and financial condition.

Risks Related to Ownership of our Common Stock

Our stock price is volatile, and purchasers of our common stock could incur substantial losses.

The market prices for securities of biopharmaceutical companies in general have been highly volatile. The market price of our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including:

 

   

the commercial sales of Horizant, Regnite or any of our other products approved by the FDA or its foreign counterparts;

 

   

developments with respect to our litigation proceedings with GSK, including any termination of the collaboration agreement or reversion of the rights to Horizant, and the ultimate terms on which the collaboration agreement may be terminated or the dispute may be resolved;

 

   

developments in our relationship with Astellas, including potential disputes or the termination or modification of our agreement with Astellas;

 

   

adverse results or delays in our or our collaborative partners’ clinical trials;

 

   

the timing of achievement of our clinical, regulatory, partnering and other milestones, such as the commencement of clinical development, the completion of a clinical trial, the filing for regulatory approval or the establishment of commercial partnerships for one or more of our product candidates;

 

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announcement of FDA approvability, approval or non-approval of our product candidates, and the timing of the FDA review process;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, our clinical trials or our sales and marketing activities;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to products or drug classes related to Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates;

 

   

changes in our collaborators’ business strategies;

 

   

regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;

 

   

changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;

 

   

any intellectual property matter involving us, including infringement lawsuits;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our or our partners’ compliance with regulatory requirements;

 

   

announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors;

 

   

market conditions for equity investments in general, or the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries in particular;

 

   

changes in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;

 

   

sales of large blocks of our common stock;

 

   

sales of our common stock by our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders;

 

   

restatements of our financial results and/or material weaknesses in our internal controls; and

 

   

the loss of any of our key scientific or management personnel.

The stock markets in general and the markets for biotechnology stocks in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. In the past, purported class action lawsuits have often been instituted against companies, including our company, whose securities have experienced periods of volatility in market price. Any such litigation brought against us could result in substantial costs, which would hurt our financial condition and results of operations, divert management’s attention and resources and possibly delay our clinical trials or commercialization efforts.

Failure to maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, require annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm attesting to, and reporting on, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, as such standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the SEC. If we cannot favorably assess, or our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investor confidence in the reliability of our financial reports may be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.

Fluctuations in our operating results could cause our stock price to decline.

The following factors are likely to result in fluctuations of our operating results from quarter to quarter and year to year:

 

   

the commercial sales of Horizant, Regnite or any of our other products approved by the FDA or its foreign counterparts;

 

   

developments with respect to our litigation proceedings with GSK, including any termination of the collaboration agreement or reversion of the rights to Horizant to us, and the ultimate terms on which the collaboration agreement may be terminated or the dispute may be resolved;

 

   

developments in our relationship with Astellas, including potential disputes or the termination or modification of our agreement with Astellas;

 

   

adverse results or delays in our or our collaborative partners’ clinical trials;

 

   

the timing and achievement of our clinical, regulatory, partnering and other milestones, such as the commencement of clinical development, the completion of a clinical trial, the filing for regulatory approval or the establishment of a commercial partnership for one or more of our product candidates;

 

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announcement of FDA approvability, approval or non-approval of our product candidates and the timing of the FDA review process;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates, our clinical trials or our sales and marketing activities;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to products or drug classes related to Horizant, Regnite or our product candidates;

 

   

changes in our collaborators’ business strategies;

 

   

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our or our partners’ compliance with regulatory requirements;

 

   

regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;

 

   

changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;

 

   

any intellectual property matter involving us, including patent infringement lawsuits; and

 

   

announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors.

Due to these fluctuations in our operating results, a period-to-period comparison of our results of operations may not be a good predictor of our future performance. For example, due primarily to the recognition of revenues from up-front, milestone and contingent event-based payments from our collaboration agreements with Astellas and GSK, we were profitable in the three-month periods ended June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2007, for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in the three months ended June 30, 2011. However, while recognition of these revenues resulted in a profitable year for 2007 and profitability in the three months ended June 30, 2011, we incurred net losses in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In any particular financial period, the actual or anticipated fluctuations could be below the expectations of securities analysts or investors and our stock price could decline.

Because a small number of existing stockholders own a large percentage of our voting stock, they may be able to exercise significant influence over our affairs, acting in their best interests and not necessarily those of other stockholders.*

As of July 31, 2012, our executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock, based upon information known to us and derived from Schedules 13G filed with the SEC, beneficially owned approximately 38.8% of our common stock. The interests of this group of stockholders may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders. This concentration of ownership could also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control or otherwise discouraging a potential acquiror from attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce the price of our common stock.

Our stockholder rights plan and anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws may delay or prevent an acquisition of us, a change in our management or other changes that stockholders may consider favorable. These provisions include:

 

   

a classified board of directors;

 

   

a prohibition on actions by our stockholders by written consent;

 

   

the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could be used to make it difficult for a third party to acquire us;

 

   

notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors; and

 

   

limitations on the removal of directors.

Moreover, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.

We have adopted a rights agreement under which certain stockholders have the right to purchase shares of a new series of preferred stock, at an exercise price of $140.00 per one one-hundredth of a share, if a person acquires more than 15% of our common stock. The rights plan could make it more difficult for a person to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. The rights plan could also reduce the price that investors might be willing to pay for shares of our common stock and result in the market price being lower than it would be without the rights plan. In addition, the existence of the rights plan itself may deter a potential acquiror from acquiring us. As a result, either by operation of the rights plan or by its potential deterrent effect, mergers and acquisitions of us that our stockholders may consider in their best interests may not occur.

 

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If there are large sales of our common stock, the market price of our common stock could drop substantially.*

If our existing stockholders sell a large number of shares of our common stock or the public market perceives that existing stockholders might sell shares of our common stock, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly. As of July 31, 2012, we had 42,943,849 outstanding shares of common stock, substantially all of which may be sold in the public market without restriction.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Document

3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation(1)
3.2    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (2)
3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws(3)
3.4    Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock(4)
4.1    Specimen Common Stock Certificate(5)
4.2    Form of Right Certificate(6)
4.3    Form of Registered Direct Common Warrant(7)
10.33    2005 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan, as amended May 1, 2012(8)
10.34    Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan(8)
10.35    Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan(8)
10.36    Term Sheet for Director Compensation(8)
10.37    Severance Rights Agreement, dated June 1, 2012, between the Company and Kenneth C. Cundy, Ph.D.
10.38    XenoPort Corporate Bonus Plan, as amended and restated effective June 1, 2012
31.1      Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2      Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1      Certification required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350)(9)
  101.INS    XBRL Instance Document (10)
  101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (10)
  101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (10)
  101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (10)
  101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document (10)
  101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (10)

 

(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2005.
(2) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on May 18, 2012.
(3) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2005.
(4) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 16, 2005.
(5) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-122156), as filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005.
(6) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 16, 2005.
(7) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 30, 2008.
(8) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended March 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2012.

 

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(9) This certification accompanies the quarterly report on Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
(10) Pursuant to applicable securities laws and regulations, we are deemed to have complied with the reporting obligation relating to the submission of interactive data files in such exhibits and are not subject to liability under any anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws as long as we have made a good faith attempt to comply with the submission requirements and promptly amend the interactive data files after becoming aware that the interactive data files fail to comply with the submission requirements. In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits is furnished and deemed not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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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.

 

     

XenoPort, Inc.

(Registrant)

August 8, 2012      

/s/ RONALD W. BARRETT

      Ronald W. Barrett
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
      (principal executive officer)
August 8, 2012      

/s/ WILLIAM G. HARRIS

      William G. Harris
      Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
      (principal financial and accounting officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Document

3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation(1)
3.2    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (2)
3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws(3)
3.4    Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock(4)
4.1    Specimen Common Stock Certificate(5)
4.2    Form of Right Certificate(6)
4.3    Form of Registered Direct Common Warrant(7)
10.33    2005 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan, as amended May 1, 2012(8)
10.34    Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan(8)
10.35    Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan(8)
10.36    Term Sheet for Director Compensation(8)
10.37    Severance Rights Agreement, dated June 1, 2012, between the Company and Kenneth C. Cundy, Ph.D.
10.38    XenoPort Corporate Bonus Plan, as amended and restated effective June 1, 2012
31.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1     Certification required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350)(9)
  101.INS    XBRL Instance Document (10)
  101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (10)
  101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (10)
  101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (10)
  101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document (10)
  101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (10)

 

(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2005.
(2) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on May 18, 2012.
(3) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended June 30, 2005, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2005.
(4) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 16, 2005.
(5) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-122156), as filed with the SEC on April 13, 2005.
(6) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 16, 2005.
(7) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51329), filed with the SEC on December 30, 2008.
(8) Incorporated herein by reference to the same numbered exhibit of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-51329) for the period ended March 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2012.

 

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(9) This certification accompanies the quarterly report on Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
(10) Pursuant to applicable securities laws and regulations, we are deemed to have complied with the reporting obligation relating to the submission of interactive data files in such exhibits and are not subject to liability under any anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws as long as we have made a good faith attempt to comply with the submission requirements and promptly amend the interactive data files after becoming aware that the interactive data files fail to comply with the submission requirements. In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits is furnished and deemed not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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