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Alkermes plc. - Quarter Report: 2021 June (Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021

 

OR

 

 

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

 

Commission File Number 001-35299

ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Ireland

 

98-1007018

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

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

 

Connaught House

1 Burlington Road

Dublin 4, Ireland, D04 C5Y6

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

+ 353-1-772-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value

 

ALKS

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  No 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Large accelerated filer

 

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

 

Smaller reporting company

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

The number of the registrant’s ordinary shares, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of July 23, 2021 was 161,331,522 shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Page No.

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited):

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020

6

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) — For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

7

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

8

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity — For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

9

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

11

Item 2.

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

25

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

38

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

38

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

40

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

40

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

40

Item 5.

Other Information

40

Item 6.

Exhibits

41

Signatures

42

 

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Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains and incorporates by reference “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In some cases, these statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “intend,” or other similar words. These statements discuss future expectations and contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition, or state trends and known uncertainties or other forward-looking information. Forward‑looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Form 10-Q”) include, without limitation, statements regarding:

 

our expectations regarding our financial performance, including revenues, expenses, liquidity, capital expenditures and income taxes;

 

our expectations regarding our products, including those related to product development, regulatory filings, approvals and timelines, therapeutic and commercial scope and potential, and the costs and expenses related to such activities and expectations;

 

our expectations regarding the initiation, timing and results of clinical trials of our products;

 

our expectations regarding the competitive, payer, legislative, regulatory and policy landscape, and changes therein, related to our products, including competition from generic forms of our products or competitive products and development programs, barriers to access or coverage of our products and potential changes in reimbursement of our products, and legislation, regulations, executive orders, guidance or other measures that may impact pricing and reimbursement of, and access to, our products;

 

our expectations regarding the financial impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations and valuations;

 

our expectations regarding future amortization of intangible assets;

 

our expectations regarding collaborations, licensing arrangements and other significant agreements with third parties relating to our products and our development programs;

 

our expectations regarding the impact of new legislation, rules and regulations and the adoption of new accounting pronouncements;

 

our expectations regarding near‑term changes in the nature of our market risk exposures or in management’s objectives and strategies with respect to managing such exposures;

 

our expectations regarding our ability to comply with restrictive covenants of our indebtedness and our ability to fund our debt service obligations;

 

our expectations regarding future capital requirements and capital expenditures and our ability to finance our operations and capital requirements;

 

our expectations regarding the timing, outcome and impact of administrative, regulatory, legal and other proceedings related to our products and intellectual property (“IP”), including our patents;

 

our expectations regarding the impact of the ongoing novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic on our business and operations; and

 

other expectations discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Actual results might differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include, among others:

 

our business, financial condition and results of operations have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic or other similar outbreaks of contagious diseases;

 

we receive substantial revenue from our key proprietary products and our success depends on our ability to maintain or increase sales of such products;

 

we rely heavily on our licensees in the commercialization and continued development of products from which we receive revenue and, if our licensees are not effective, our revenues could be materially adversely affected;

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we face competition in the biopharmaceutical industry;

 

our revenues may decrease or grow at a slower than expected rate due to many factors;

 

revenues generated by sales of our products depend on the availability from third-party payers of reimbursement for our products and the extent of cost-sharing arrangements for patients (e.g., patient co-payment, co-insurance, deductible obligations) and cost-control measures imposed, and any reductions in payment rate or reimbursement or increases in our financial obligation to payers could result in decreased sales of our products and/or decreased revenues;

 

clinical trials for our product candidates are expensive, may take several years to complete, and their outcomes are uncertain;

 

preliminary, topline or interim data from our clinical trials that we may announce, publish or report from time to time may change as more patient data become available or based on subsequent audit and verification procedures, and may not be indicative of final data from such trials;

 

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or other regulatory agencies may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and the adequacy of the data and other information included in our submissions, and may not approve our products or may delay approval;

 

the FDA or other regulatory agencies may impose limitations or post-approval requirements on approvals for our products;

 

we are subject to risks related to the manufacture of our products;

 

we rely on third parties to provide services in connection with the manufacture and distribution of the products we manufacture;

 

patent and other IP protection for our products is key to our business and our competitive position but is uncertain;

 

uncertainty over IP in the biopharmaceutical industry has been the source of litigation, which is inherently costly and unpredictable, could significantly delay or prevent approval or negatively impact commercialization of our products, and could adversely affect our business;

 

we or our licensees may face claims against IP rights covering our products and competition from generic drug manufacturers;

 

litigation or arbitration filed against Alkermes, including securities litigation, or regulatory actions (such as citizens petitions) filed against regulatory agencies in respect of our products, may result in financial losses, harm our reputation, divert management resources, negatively impact the approval of our products, or otherwise negatively impact our business;

 

if there are changes in, or we fail to comply with, the extensive legal and regulatory requirements affecting the healthcare industry, we could face costs, penalties and a loss of business;

 

we may not become profitable on a sustained basis;

 

our level of indebtedness could adversely affect our business and limit our ability to plan for or respond to changes in our business;

 

the business combination of Alkermes, Inc. and the drug technology business of Elan Corporation, plc may limit our ability to use our tax attributes to offset taxable income, if any, generated from such business combination;

 

the market price for our ordinary shares has been volatile and may continue to be volatile in the future, and could decline significantly;

 

our business could be negatively affected as a result of the actions of activist shareholders; and

 

security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

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For additional discussion regarding these risks, assumptions and uncertainties, and other material risks to our business, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 11, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2021 (as so amended, our “Annual Report”). In light of these risks, assumptions and uncertainties, the forward-looking events discussed in this Form 10-Q might not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the matters addressed in this Form 10-Q and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

This Form 10-Q may include data that we obtained from industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. This Form 10-Q may also include data based on our own internal estimates and research. Our internal estimates and research have not been verified by any independent source and, while we believe the industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies are reliable, we have not independently verified such data. Such third-party data and our internal estimates and research are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report. These and other factors could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in this Form 10-Q.

Note Regarding Company and Product References

Alkermes plc is a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company that applies its scientific expertise and proprietary technologies to research, develop and commercialize, both with partners and on its own, pharmaceutical products that are designed to address unmet medical needs of patients in major therapeutic areas. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on addiction, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Use of terms such as “us,” “we,” “our,” “Alkermes” or the “Company” in this Form 10-Q is meant to refer to Alkermes plc and its consolidated subsidiaries. Except as otherwise suggested by the context, (a) references to “products” or “our products” in this Form 10-Q include our marketed products, marketed products using our proprietary technologies, our licensed products, our product candidates and product candidates using our proprietary technologies (b) references to the “biopharmaceutical industry” in this Form 10-Q are intended to include reference to the “biotechnology industry” and/or the “pharmaceutical industry” and (c) references to “licensees” in this Form 10-Q are used interchangeably with references to “partners.”

Note Regarding Trademarks

We are the owner of various United States (“U.S.”) federal trademark registrations (“®”) and other trademarks (“TM”), including ALKERMES®, ARISTADA®, ARISTADA INITIO®, LinkeRx®, LYBALVI®, NanoCrystal® and VIVITROL®.

The following are trademarks of the respective companies listed: AMPYRA® and FAMPYRA®—Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (“Acorda”); ANJESO®—Baudax Bio, Inc.; INVEGA SUSTENNA®, INVEGA TRINZA®, TREVICTA®, XEPLION®, and RISPERDAL CONSTA®—Johnson & Johnson (or its affiliates); and VUMERITY®—Biogen MA Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Biogen”). Other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks and trade names in this Form 10-Q are referred to without the ® and TM symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:

ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$258,341

 

$272,961

Investments—short-term

 

280,004

 

362,066

Receivables, net

 

297,357

 

275,143

Contract assets

 

8,793

 

14,401

Inventory

 

136,077

 

125,738

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

57,186

 

60,662

Total current assets

 

1,037,758

 

1,110,971

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

343,949

 

350,003

INVESTMENTS—LONG-TERM

 

131,032

 

24,780

RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS

 

123,012

 

131,718

INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

93,274

 

111,191

GOODWILL

 

92,873

 

92,873

DEFERRED TAX ASSETS

 

75,643

 

86,228

CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION

 

22,632

 

24,651

OTHER ASSETS

 

17,396

 

17,315

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$1,937,569

 

$1,949,730

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$357,961

 

$412,171

Operating lease liabilities—short-term

 

15,847

 

15,732

Contract liabilities—short-term

 

6,634

 

7,512

Current portion of long-term debt

 

3,000

 

2,843

Total current liabilities

 

383,442

 

438,258

LONG-TERM DEBT

 

294,070

 

272,118

OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES—LONG-TERM

 

111,664

 

119,464

CONTRACT LIABILITIES—LONG-TERM

 

14,167

 

16,397

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

 

36,324

 

36,511

Total liabilities

 

839,667

 

882,748

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares, par value, $0.01 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized; zero issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

Ordinary shares, par value, $0.01 per share; 450,000,000 shares authorized; 164,965,774 and 162,269,220 shares issued; 161,296,126 and 159,161,141 shares outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

1,650

 

1,620

Treasury shares, at cost (3,669,648 and 3,108,079 shares at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)

 

(137,207)

 

(126,087)

Additional paid-in capital

 

2,748,584

 

2,685,647

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(2,222)

 

(1,349)

Accumulated deficit

 

(1,512,903)

 

(1,492,849)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

1,097,902

 

1,066,982

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

$1,937,569

 

$1,949,730

 

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

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ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

REVENUES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales, net

 

$

160,808

 

 

$

130,415

 

 

$

290,771

 

 

$

260,141

 

Manufacturing and royalty revenues

 

 

142,294

 

 

 

116,505

 

 

 

262,141

 

 

 

232,756

 

License revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

 

 

 

Research and development revenue

 

 

615

 

 

 

609

 

 

 

735

 

 

 

852

 

Total revenues

 

 

303,717

 

 

 

247,529

 

 

 

555,147

 

 

 

493,749

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods manufactured and sold (exclusive of amortization of acquired intangible assets shown below)

 

 

53,124

 

 

 

45,053

 

 

 

94,144

 

 

 

92,264

 

Research and development

 

 

97,473

 

 

 

94,222

 

 

 

189,741

 

 

 

187,501

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

139,188

 

 

 

132,025

 

 

 

264,356

 

 

 

265,397

 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

 

 

9,511

 

 

 

9,890

 

 

 

18,917

 

 

 

19,618

 

Total expenses

 

 

299,296

 

 

 

281,190

 

 

 

567,158

 

 

 

564,780

 

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

 

 

4,421

 

 

 

(33,661

)

 

 

(12,011

)

 

 

(71,031

)

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

623

 

 

 

1,788

 

 

 

1,487

 

 

 

4,548

 

Interest expense

 

 

(2,407

)

 

 

(2,122

)

 

 

(6,377

)

 

 

(4,979

)

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

3,240

 

 

 

5,900

 

 

 

4,518

 

 

 

12,700

 

Other (expense) income, net

 

 

(222

)

 

 

2,337

 

 

 

(615

)

 

 

1,679

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

1,234

 

 

 

7,903

 

 

 

(987

)

 

 

13,948

 

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

 

5,655

 

 

 

(25,758

)

 

 

(12,998

)

 

 

(57,083

)

INCOME TAX PROVISION

 

 

3,291

 

 

 

3,673

 

 

 

7,056

 

 

 

11,002

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

 

$

2,364

 

 

$

(29,431

)

 

$

(20,054

)

 

$

(68,085

)

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER ORDINARY SHARE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

0.01

 

 

$

(0.19

)

 

$

(0.13

)

 

$

(0.43

)

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES OUTSTANDING:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

160,817

 

 

 

158,895

 

 

 

160,229

 

 

 

158,495

 

Diluted

 

 

163,937

 

 

 

158,895

 

 

 

160,229

 

 

 

158,495

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,364

 

 

$

(29,431

)

 

$

(20,054

)

 

$

(68,085

)

Holding (loss) gain, net of a tax (benefit) provision of $(79), $409, $(253) and $496, respectively

 

 

(272

)

 

 

1,398

 

 

 

(873

)

 

 

1,715

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

$

2,092

 

 

$

(28,033

)

 

$

(20,927

)

 

$

(66,370

)

 

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

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ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(20,054

)

 

$

(68,085

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

38,119

 

 

 

40,946

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

43,003

 

 

 

42,659

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

10,806

 

 

 

7,665

 

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

(4,518

)

 

 

(12,700

)

Loss on debt extinguishment

 

 

171

 

 

 

 

Other non-cash charges

 

 

1,302

 

 

 

690

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

 

(22,194

)

 

 

19,731

 

Contract assets

 

 

5,607

 

 

 

(854

)

Inventory

 

 

(11,232

)

 

 

(13,782

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

2,029

 

 

 

7,645

 

Right-of-use assets

 

 

8,595

 

 

 

8,594

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(52,629

)

 

 

(68,260

)

Contract liabilities

 

 

(3,108

)

 

 

(2,364

)

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(7,821

)

 

 

(6,940

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(159

)

 

 

351

 

Cash flows used in operating activities

 

 

(12,083

)

 

 

(44,704

)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(14,546

)

 

 

(30,372

)

Proceeds from the sale of equipment

 

 

177

 

 

 

5

 

Proceeds from contingent consideration

 

 

7,889

 

 

 

 

Payment made for licensed IP

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

(201,774

)

 

 

(85,649

)

Sales and maturities of investments

 

 

175,499

 

 

 

147,859

 

Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(33,755

)

 

 

31,843

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from the issuance of ordinary shares under share-based compensation arrangements

 

 

20,498

 

 

 

6,919

 

Employee taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

 

(11,120

)

 

 

(7,406

)

Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt

 

 

23,567

 

 

 

 

Payment made for debt extinguishment

 

 

(977

)

 

 

 

Principal payments of long-term debt

 

 

(750

)

 

 

(1,421

)

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

31,218

 

 

 

(1,908

)

NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

(14,620

)

 

 

(14,769

)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of period

 

 

272,961

 

 

 

203,771

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period

 

$

258,341

 

 

$

189,002

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased capital expenditures included in accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

1,023

 

 

$

4,431

 

 

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

 

 

8


 

 

ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Shares

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands, except share data)

 

BALANCE — December 31, 2020

 

 

162,269,220

 

 

$

1,620

 

 

$

2,685,647

 

 

$

(1,349

)

 

$

(1,492,849

)

 

 

(3,108,079

)

 

$

(126,087

)

 

$

1,066,982

 

Issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans

 

 

134,163

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

2,049

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,053

 

Receipt of Alkermes' shares for the exercise of stock options or to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations related to share-based awards

 

 

1,432,522

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(529,817

)

 

 

(10,413

)

 

 

(10,413

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,552

 

Unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of tax benefit of $174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(601

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(601

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,418

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,418

)

BALANCE — March 31, 2021

 

 

163,835,905

 

 

$

1,638

 

 

$

2,703,234

 

 

$

(1,950

)

 

$

(1,515,267

)

 

 

(3,637,896

)

 

$

(136,500

)

 

$

1,051,155

 

Issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans

 

 

1,035,941

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

18,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,445

 

Receipt of Alkermes' shares for the purchase of stock options or to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations related to share-based awards

 

 

93,928

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(31,752

)

 

 

(707

)

 

 

(707

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,917

 

Unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of tax benefit of $79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(272

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(272

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,364

 

BALANCE — June 30, 2021

 

 

164,965,774

 

 

$

1,650

 

 

$

2,748,584

 

 

$

(2,222

)

 

$

(1,512,903

)

 

 

(3,669,648

)

 

$

(137,207

)

 

$

1,097,902

 

 

9


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Shares

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands, except share data)

 

BALANCE — December 31, 2019

 

 

160,489,888

 

 

$

1,602

 

 

$

2,586,030

 

 

$

(1,816

)

 

$

(1,381,988

)

 

 

(2,710,886

)

 

$

(118,386

)

 

$

1,085,442

 

Issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans

 

 

258,137

 

 

3

 

 

 

3,068

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,071

 

Receipt of Alkermes' shares for the exercise of stock options or to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations related to share-based awards

 

 

1,020,510

 

 

10

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(372,846

)

 

 

(7,283

)

 

 

(7,283

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,125

 

Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax provision of $87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

317

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(38,654

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(38,654

)

BALANCE — March 31, 2020

 

 

161,768,535

 

 

$

1,615

 

 

$

2,609,213

 

 

$

(1,499

)

 

$

(1,420,642

)

 

 

(3,083,732

)

 

$

(125,669

)

 

$

1,063,018

 

Issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans

 

 

327,251

 

 

3

 

 

 

3,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,848

 

Receipt of Alkermes' shares for the purchase of stock options or to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations related to share-based awards

 

 

24,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,874

)

 

 

(123

)

 

 

(123

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,136

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,136

 

Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax provision of $409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,398

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,431

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,431

)

BALANCE — June 30, 2020

 

 

162,119,961

 

 

$

1,618

 

 

$

2,636,194

 

 

$

(101

)

 

$

(1,450,073

)

 

 

(3,091,606

)

 

$

(125,792

)

 

$

1,061,846

 

 

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

 

 

 

10


ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited)

 

 

1. THE COMPANY

Alkermes plc is a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company that applies its scientific expertise and proprietary technologies to research, develop and commercialize, both with partners and on its own, pharmaceutical products that are designed to address unmet medical needs of patients in major therapeutic areas. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on addiction, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the Company has a research and development (“R&D”) center in Waltham, Massachusetts; an R&D and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are unaudited and have been prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data, which is presented for comparative purposes, was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (commonly referred to as “GAAP”). In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, that are necessary to state fairly the results of operations for the reported periods.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company, which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report. The results of the Company’s operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of the Company’s operations for any other interim period or for any full fiscal year.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Alkermes plc and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as disclosed in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” accompanying the Company’s Annual Report. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires that management make estimates, judgments and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, judgments and methodologies, including those related to revenue from contracts with its customers and related allowances, impairment and amortization of intangibles and long-lived assets, share-based compensation, income taxes including the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, valuation of investments, contingent consideration and litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of the Company’s assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Segment Information

The Company operates as one business segment, which is the business of developing, manufacturing and commercializing medicines. The Company’s chief decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, reviews the Company’s operating results on an aggregate basis and manages the Company’s operations as a single operating unit.

11


ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Risks and Uncertainties

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. To date, COVID-19 has surfaced in nearly all regions around the world and resulted in travel restrictions and business slowdowns and/or shutdowns in affected areas. Ireland, all U.S. states, and many local jurisdictions and countries around the world have, at times during the pandemic, issued “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders, restrictions, and recommendations for their residents to control the spread of COVID-19. Such orders, restrictions and/or recommendations, and/or the perception that additional orders, restrictions or recommendations could occur, have, at times during the pandemic, resulted in widespread closures of businesses, including healthcare systems that serve people living with addiction and serious mental illness, work stoppages, slowdowns and/or delays, work-from-home policies and travel restrictions, among other effects.

The Company continues to closely monitor and respond to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on its employees, communities and business operations. Due to numerous uncertainties surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the actual impact of the pandemic on the Company’s financial condition and operating results may differ from current projections. These uncertainties include, among others, the ultimate severity and duration of the pandemic; the emergence and prevalence of COVID-19 variants; governmental, business or other actions that have been, are being or will be, taken in response to the pandemic, including restrictions on travel and mobility, business closures and operating restrictions, and imposition of social distancing measures; impacts of the pandemic on the Company’s employees, the vendors or distribution channels in the Company’s supply chain and on the Company’s ability to continue to manufacture its products; impacts of the pandemic on the conduct of the Company’s clinical trials, including with respect to enrollment rates, availability of investigators and clinical trial sites, and monitoring of data; impacts of the pandemic on healthcare systems that serve people living with opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder; impacts of the pandemic on the regulatory agencies with which the Company interacts in the development, review, approval and commercialization of its medicines; impacts of the pandemic on reimbursement for the Company’s products, including the Company’s Medicaid rebate liability, and for services related to the use of its products; and impacts of the pandemic on the Irish, U.S. and global economies more broadly.

In addition, the Company relies upon third parties for many aspects of its business, including the provision of goods and services related to the manufacture of its clinical products and its and its partners’ marketed products, the conduct of its clinical trials, and the sale of its proprietary marketed products and the marketed products of its licensees from which the Company receives manufacturing and royalty revenue. Any prolonged material disruption to the third parties on which the Company relies could negatively impact the Company’s ability to conduct business in the manner and on the timelines presently planned, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

The marketed products from which the Company derives revenue, including manufacturing and royalty revenue, are primarily injectable medications administered by healthcare professionals. Given developments that have transpired to date, and may continue to transpire, in response to the pandemic, including business closures, social distancing requirements and other restrictive measures, commercial sales of these marketed products have been adversely impacted to varying degrees during the pandemic and may continue to be adversely impacted while the pandemic persists.

The Company has continued to operate its manufacturing facilities and supply its medicines throughout the pandemic. While the Company continues to conduct R&D activities, including its ongoing clinical trials, the COVID-19 pandemic has, at times, impacted the timelines of certain of the Company’s early-stage discovery efforts and clinical trials, and may continue to impact such timelines while the pandemic persists. The Company works with its internal teams, its clinical investigators, R&D vendors and critical supply chain vendors to continually assess, and mitigate, any potential adverse impacts of COVID-19 on its manufacturing operations and R&D activities.

12


ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) or other standard-setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform, which provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. This ASU applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. This ASU became effective immediately and may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2022. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this ASU may have on its consolidated financial statements.

3. REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

Under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”), the Company recognizes revenues when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes revenues following the five-step model prescribed under Topic 606: (i) identify contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligation(s) in the contract(s); (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligation(s) in the contract(s); and (v) recognize revenues when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation(s).

 

Product Sales, Net

The Company’s product sales, net consist of sales of VIVITROL and ARISTADA (together with ARISTADA INITIO) in the U.S., primarily to wholesalers, specialty distributors and specialty pharmacies. Product sales, net are recognized when the customer obtains control of the product, which is when the product has been received by the customer.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded product sales, net, as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

VIVITROL

 

$

88,417

 

 

$

71,646

 

 

$

162,951

 

 

$

150,415

 

ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO

 

 

72,391

 

 

 

58,769

 

 

 

127,820

 

 

 

109,726

 

Total product sales, net

 

$

160,808

 

 

$

130,415

 

 

$

290,771

 

 

$

260,141

 

 

Manufacturing and Royalty Revenues

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded manufacturing and royalty revenues as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2021

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

 

(In thousands)

 

Manufacturing Revenue

 

 

Royalty Revenue

 

 

Total

 

 

Manufacturing Revenue

 

 

Royalty Revenue

 

 

Total

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION & INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA

 

$

 

 

$

81,072

 

 

$

81,072

 

 

$

 

 

$

142,642

 

 

$

142,642

 

VUMERITY

 

 

6,724

 

 

 

13,624

 

 

 

20,348

 

 

 

9,172

 

 

 

24,616

 

 

 

33,788

 

RISPERDAL CONSTA

 

 

12,003

 

 

 

2,448

 

 

 

14,451

 

 

 

22,686

 

 

 

5,927

 

 

 

28,613

 

AMPYRA/FAMPYRA

 

 

7,549

 

 

 

5,767

 

 

 

13,316

 

 

 

15,627

 

 

 

12,361

 

 

 

27,988

 

Other

 

 

3,017

 

 

 

10,090

 

 

 

13,107

 

 

 

6,893

 

 

 

22,217

 

 

 

29,110

 

 

 

$

29,293

 

 

$

113,001

 

 

$

142,294

 

 

$

54,378

 

 

$

207,763

 

 

$

262,141

 

13


ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

 

(In thousands)

 

Manufacturing Revenue

 

 

Royalty Revenue

 

 

Total

 

 

Manufacturing Revenue

 

 

Royalty Revenue

 

 

Total

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION & INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA

 

$

 

 

$

69,385

 

 

$

69,385

 

 

$

 

 

$

124,312

 

 

$

124,312

 

VUMERITY

 

 

1,305

 

 

 

1,289

 

 

 

2,594

 

 

 

2,632

 

 

 

1,654

 

 

 

4,286

 

RISPERDAL CONSTA

 

 

10,193

 

 

 

3,536

 

 

 

13,729

 

 

 

33,776

 

 

 

7,269

 

 

 

41,045

 

AMPYRA/FAMPYRA

 

 

7,154

 

 

 

5,354

 

 

 

12,508

 

 

 

14,976

 

 

 

12,501

 

 

 

27,477

 

Other

 

 

6,689

 

 

 

11,600

 

 

 

18,289

 

 

 

14,168

 

 

 

21,468

 

 

 

35,636

 

 

 

$

25,341

 

 

$

91,164

 

 

$

116,505

 

 

$

65,552

 

 

$

167,204

 

 

$

232,756

 

Contract assets include unbilled amounts under certain of the Company’s contracts with customers where revenue is recognized over time. Total contract assets at June 30, 2021 included $8.8 million of assets that were classified as “Current assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, as they related to manufacturing processes that are completed in ten days to eight weeks, and $5.0 million that was classified as “Other assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, as it consisted of consideration from the Company’s collaboration with Biogen related to VUMERITY, which the Company expects to receive within the next two years.

Total contract assets at June 30, 2021 were as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

Contract Assets

 

Contract assets at December 31, 2020

 

$

19,401

 

Additions

 

 

18,152

 

Transferred to receivables, net

 

 

(23,760

)

Contract assets at June 30, 2021

 

$

13,793

 

 

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities consist of contractual obligations related to deferred revenue.

Total contract liabilities at June 30, 2021 were as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities at December 31, 2020

 

$

23,909

 

Additions

 

 

 

Amounts recognized into revenue

 

 

(3,108

)

Contract liabilities at June 30, 2021

 

$

20,801

 

 

14


ALKERMES PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

4. INVESTMENTS

Investments consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than

 

 

Greater than

 

 

Allowance for

 

 

Estimated

 

June 30, 2021

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

One Year

 

 

One Year

 

 

Credit Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

$

136,404

 

 

$

570

 

 

$

(16

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

136,958

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

72,982

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,167

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

67,868

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,007

 

 

 

 

277,254

 

 

 

899

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

278,132

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed term deposit account

 

 

1,667

 

 

 

205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,872

 

Total short-term investments

 

 

278,921

 

 

 

1,104

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

280,004

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

52,638

 

 

 

 

 

 

(46

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,592

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

30,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

(46

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,831

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

45,831

 

 

 

 

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,789

 

 

 

 

129,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

(134

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

129,212

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,820

 

Total long-term investments

 

 

131,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

(134

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131,032

 

Total investments

 

$

410,087

 

 

$

1,104

 

 

$

(155

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

411,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

$

176,937

 

 

$

1,105

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

 

 

$

(977

)

 

$

177,058

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

103,011

 

 

 

336

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,345

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

79,346

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,809

 

 

 

 

359,294

 

 

 

1,910

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

(977

)

 

 

360,212

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed term deposit account

 

 

1,667

 

 

 

187

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,854

 

Total short-term investments

 

 

360,961

 

 

 

2,097

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

(977

)

 

 

362,066

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

7,908

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,898

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

15,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,062

 

 

 

 

22,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,960

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,820

 

Total long-term investments

 

 

24,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,780

 

Total investments

 

$

385,766

 

 

$

2,097

 

 

$

(40

)

 

$

 

 

$

(977

)

 

$

386,846

 

 

At June 30, 2021, the Company reviewed its investment portfolio to assess whether the unrealized losses on its available-for-sale investments were other-than-temporary. Investments with unrealized losses consisted primarily of corporate debt securities and debt securities issued by non-U.S. agencies and backed by non-U.S. governments. In making the determination whether the decline in fair value of these securities was other-than-temporary, the Company

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evaluated whether it intended to sell the security and whether it was more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the security before recovering its amortized cost basis.

 

If the Company intends to sell a security, or it is more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell a security prior to recovering its amortized cost basis, an other-than-temporary impairment is deemed to have occurred. The amount of an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss, or investments that the Company intends to sell before recovery, is recognized in earnings.

 

In September 2019, the Company purchased a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $1.9 million from Synchronicity Pharma, Inc., a related party. The note was classified as an available-for-sale corporate debt instrument. In September 2020, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary credit loss of $1.0 million against the value of this investment. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company determined that the remaining $0.9 million value of the investment was impaired and recorded an additional other-than-temporary credit loss. The loss was recorded within “Other (expense) income, net” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

In May 2014, the Company entered into an agreement whereby it committed to provide up to €7.4 million to Fountain Healthcare Partners II, L.P., an Irish partnership (“Fountain”), which was created to carry on the business of investing exclusively in companies and businesses engaged in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. The Company’s commitment to Fountain represents approximately 7% of Fountain’s total funding. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had invested €7.2 million in Fountain. The Company is accounting for its investment in Fountain under the equity method.

 

The Company’s net investment in Fountain was $5.9 million and $6.2 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and was included within “Other assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.  

 

The proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities, which were identified using the specific identification method and were primarily reinvested, were as follows:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Proceeds from the sales and maturities of marketable securities

 

$

175,499

 

 

$

147,859

 

Realized gains

 

$

 

 

$

51

 

Realized losses

 

$

977

 

 

$

 

 

The Company’s available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities at June 30, 2021 had contractual maturities in the following periods:

 

 

 

Available-for-sale

 

 

Held-to-maturity

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Estimated

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Estimated

 

(In thousands)

 

Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

Within 1 year

 

$

194,815

 

 

$

195,149

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

3,692

 

After 1 year through 5 years

 

 

211,785

 

 

 

212,195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

406,600

 

 

$

407,344

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

3,692

 

 

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5. FAIR VALUE

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

1,872

 

 

$

1,872

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

113,796

 

 

 

76,337

 

 

 

37,459

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

189,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

189,550

 

 

 

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

103,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,998

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

29,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,061

 

Total

 

$

438,277

 

 

$

78,209

 

 

$

331,007

 

 

$

29,061

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

41,849

 

 

$

41,849

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

103,345

 

 

 

73,451

 

 

 

29,894

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

184,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

183,979

 

 

 

977

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

94,871

 

 

 

 

 

 

94,871

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

32,451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,451

 

Total

 

$

457,472

 

 

$

115,300

 

 

$

308,744

 

 

$

33,428

 

 

The Company transfers its financial assets and liabilities, measured at fair value on a recurring basis, between the fair value hierarchies at the end of each reporting period.

There were no transfers of any securities between the fair value hierarchies during the six months ended June 30, 2021. The following table is a rollforward of the fair value of the Company’s assets whose fair values were determined using Level 3 inputs at June 30, 2021:

 

(In thousands)

 

Fair Value

 

Balance, January 1, 2021

 

$

33,428

 

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

4,518

 

Milestone and royalty payments received by the Company related to contingent consideration

 

 

(7,889

)

Impairment of corporate debt security

 

 

(977

)

Royalty payments due to the Company related to contingent consideration

 

 

(19

)

Balance, June 30, 2021

 

$

29,061

 

 

The Company’s investments in U.S. government and agency debt securities, international government agency debt securities and corporate debt securities classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy were initially valued at the transaction price and subsequently valued, at the end of each reporting period, utilizing market-observable data. The market-observable data included reportable trades, benchmark yields, credit spreads, broker/dealer quotes, bids, offers, current spot rates and other industry and economic events. The Company validated the prices developed using the market-observable data by obtaining market values from other pricing sources, analyzing pricing data in certain instances and confirming that the relevant markets are active.

In April 2015, the Company sold its Gainesville, GA manufacturing facility, the manufacturing and royalty revenue associated with certain products manufactured at the facility, and the rights to IV/IM and parenteral forms of Meloxicam to Recro Pharma, Inc. (“Recro”) and Recro Gainesville LLC (such transaction, the “Gainesville Transaction”). The Gainesville Transaction included in the purchase price contingent consideration tied to low double digit royalties on net sales of the IV/IM and parenteral forms of Meloxicam and any other product with the same active ingredient as Meloxicam IV/IM that is discovered or identified using certain of the Company’s IP to which Recro was provided a right of use, through license or transfer, pursuant to the Gainesville Transaction (such products, the “Meloxicam Products”), and milestone payments upon the achievement of certain regulatory and sales milestones related to the Meloxicam Products.

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In November 2019, Recro spun out its acute care segment to Baudax Bio, Inc. (“Baudax”), a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company. As part of this transaction, Recro’s obligations to pay the Company certain contingent consideration from the Gainesville Transaction were assigned and/or transferred to Baudax.

In Baudax’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2021, Baudax included disclosures regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. At June 30, 2021, the Company determined the fair value of the contingent consideration due to the Company from Baudax as follows:

 

The Company is due to receive $38.6 million related to the FDA approval in February 2020 of the New Drug Application (“NDA”) for ANJESO, the first Meloxicam Product, to be paid in six equal, annual installments on the anniversary of such approval;

 

The Company is entitled to receive royalties on future net sales of Meloxicam Products; and

 

The Company is entitled to receive payments of up to $80.0 million upon achieving certain sales milestones on future net sales of Meloxicam Products. The fair value of the sales milestones was determined through the use of a real options approach, where net sales are simulated in a risk-neutral world. To employ this methodology, the Company used a risk-adjusted expected growth rate based on its assessments of expected growth in net sales of ANJESO, adjusted by an appropriate factor capturing their respective correlation with the market.

In order to address the substantial doubt about Baudax’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company split its fair value analysis into two scenarios. In the first scenario, to which the Company applied a 55% and 50% likelihood at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, the amounts above were discounted using a rate of 13% at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which the Company believes captures a market participant’s view of the risk associated with the expected payments assuming Baudax is able to continue as a going concern. In the second scenario, to which the Company applied a 45% and 50% likelihood at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, the Company used the undiscounted values derived from the amounts summarized above and applied a recovery rate of 18% at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, based on an analysis performed by Moody’s Investor Service regarding recoveries in a pandemic-driven default cycle.

At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company determined that the fair value of the contingent consideration related to the Gainesville Transaction was $29.1 million and $32.5 million, respectively. At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, $6.5 million and $7.8 million, respectively, of the fair value of the contingent consideration was included within “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, and $22.6 million and $24.7 million, respectively, of the fair value of the contingent consideration was included within “Contingent consideration” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company recorded an increase of $3.2 million and $4.5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and an increase of $5.9 million and $12.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, within “Change in the fair value of contingent consideration” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

The carrying amounts reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, contract assets, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt under its amended and restated credit agreement, which was based on quoted market price indications (Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy) and which may not be representative of actual values that could have been, or will be, realized in the future, was $297.8 million and $275.1 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 11, Long-Term Debt in these “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q for additional information.

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6. INVENTORY

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Inventory consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Raw materials

 

$

50,650

 

 

$

44,944

 

Work in process

 

 

51,394

 

 

 

53,243

 

Finished goods(1)

 

 

34,033

 

 

 

27,551

 

Total inventory

 

$

136,077

 

 

$

125,738

 

 

 

(1)

At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $25.3 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of finished goods inventory located at its third-party warehouse and shipping service provider.

 

At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the carrying value of inventory included $14.5 million and $13.8 million, respectively, associated with LYBALVI, which was capitalized in advance of validation of LYBALVI’s manufacturing line.

7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Land

 

$

6,560

 

 

$

6,560

 

Building and improvements

 

 

179,387

 

 

 

178,194

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

 

371,787

 

 

 

366,051

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

53,027

 

 

 

52,508

 

Construction in progress

 

 

108,034

 

 

 

102,833

 

Subtotal

 

 

718,795

 

 

 

706,146

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(374,846

)

 

 

(356,143

)

Total property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

343,949

 

 

$

350,003

 

 

8. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Goodwill and intangible assets consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

(In thousands)

 

Weighted Amortizable Life (Years)

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net Carrying Amount

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

$

92,873

 

 

$

 

 

$

92,873

 

Finite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collaboration agreements

 

12

 

$

465,590

 

 

$

(392,249

)

 

$

73,341

 

Capitalized IP

 

11-13

 

 

118,160

 

 

 

(98,227

)

 

 

19,933

 

Total

 

 

 

$

583,750

 

 

$

(490,476

)

 

$

93,274

 

 

 

Based on the Company’s most recent analysis, amortization of intangible assets included within the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2021 is expected to be approximately $40.0 million, $35.0 million, $35.0 million, $1.0 million and less than $0.1 million in the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2025, respectively. Given the assumptions and inherent risks and uncertainties underlying the Company’s expectations regarding future revenues, the Company’s actual results may vary significantly from such expectations. If revenues are projected to change, the related amortization of the intangible assets will change in proportion to the projected change in revenues.

 

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9. LEASES

 

Future lease payments under non-cancelable leases at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

2021

 

$

8,793

 

 

$

16,882

 

2022

 

 

17,001

 

 

 

17,001

 

2023

 

 

17,266

 

 

 

17,266

 

2024

 

 

17,536

 

 

 

17,536

 

2025

 

 

17,810

 

 

 

17,810

 

Thereafter

 

 

109,002

 

 

 

109,311

 

Total operating lease payments

 

$

187,408

 

 

$

195,806

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(59,897

)

 

 

(60,610

)

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

127,511

 

 

$

135,196

 

 

At June 30, 2021, the weighted average incremental borrowing rate and the weighted average remaining lease term for all operating leases held by the Company were 5.26% and 12.2 years, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, cash paid for lease liabilities was $4.4 million and $8.1 million, respectively, as compared to $4.5 million and $6.9 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The Company recorded operating lease expense of $4.4 million and $8.6 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, as compared to $4.7 million and $8.6 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

 

 

10. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Accounts payable

 

$

32,798

 

 

$

46,034

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

52,560

 

 

 

71,178

 

Accrued sales discounts, allowances and reserves

 

 

204,556

 

 

 

218,877

 

Accrued other

 

 

68,047

 

 

 

76,082

 

Total accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

357,961

 

 

$

412,171

 

 

11. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

2026 Term Loans, due March 12, 2026

 

$

297,070

 

 

$

 

2023 Term Loans, due March 26, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

274,961

 

Less: current portion

 

 

(3,000

)

 

 

(2,843

)

Long-term debt

 

$

294,070

 

 

$

272,118

 

 

In March 2021, the Company amended and refinanced its existing term loans, previously referred to as the 2023 Term Loans, in order to, among other things, provide for a new class of replacement term loans equal to $300.0 million; extend the due date from March 26, 2023 to March 12, 2026; amend the interest payable from LIBOR plus 2.25% with no LIBOR floor to LIBOR plus 2.50% with a LIBOR floor of 0.50%; and increase covenant flexibility (such refinancing, the “Term Loan Refinancing” and the 2023 Term Loans as so amended and refinanced the “2026 Term Loans”).

 

Under the 2026 Term Loans, the Company is subject to mandatory prepayments of principal if certain excess cash flow thresholds, as defined in the 2026 Term Loans, are met. To date, the Company has not been required to make any such mandatory prepayments. The 2026 Term Loans have an incremental facility capacity in the amount of

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$175.0 million plus potential additional amounts, as long as the Company meets certain conditions, including a specified leverage ratio. The 2026 Term Loans include a number of restrictive covenants that, among other things and subject to certain exceptions and baskets, impose operating and financial restrictions on the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. The 2026 Term Loans also contain customary affirmative covenants and events of default. At June 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with its debt covenants under the 2026 Term Loans.

 

The Term Loan Refinancing involved multiple lenders who were considered members of a loan syndicate. In determining whether the Term Loan Refinancing should be accounted for as a debt extinguishment or a debt modification, the Company considered whether, prior to and following the Term Loan Refinancing, creditors remained the same or changed, and whether the changes in debt terms were substantial. A change in the debt terms was considered to be substantial if the present value of the remaining cash flows under the 2026 Term Loans were at least 10% different from the present value of the remaining cash flows under the 2023 Term Loans (commonly referred to as the “10% Test”). The Company performed a separate 10% Test for each individual creditor participating in the loan syndication. With the exception of three lenders with respective holdings ranging from 2%-7% of the total outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Term Loans immediately prior to the Term Loan Refinancing whose holding amounts were accounted for as a debt extinguishment, the Term Loan Refinancing was otherwise accounted for as a debt modification.

 

The Term Loan Refinancing resulted in a $2.1 million charge in March 2021, which was included in “Interest expense” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The following table presents share-based compensation expense included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cost of goods manufactured and sold

 

$

2,683

 

 

$

2,015

 

 

$

4,861

 

 

$

3,980

 

Research and development

 

 

7,131

 

 

 

6,478

 

 

 

11,194

 

 

 

12,638

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

17,738

 

 

 

14,353

 

 

 

26,948

 

 

 

26,041

 

Total share-based compensation expense

 

$

27,552

 

 

$

22,846

 

 

$

43,003

 

 

$

42,659

 

 

At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, $2.0 million and $2.6 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense was capitalized and recorded as “Inventory” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

On June 14, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved amendments to the Alkermes plc 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan that served to, among other things, increase the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance thereunder by 8,000,000.

13. EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic earnings (loss) per ordinary share is calculated based upon net income (loss) available to holders of ordinary shares divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. For the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per ordinary share, the Company uses the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding, as adjusted for the effect of potential outstanding shares, including stock options and restricted stock unit awards.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,364

 

 

$

(29,431

)

 

$

(20,054

)

 

$

(68,085

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

 

 

160,817

 

 

 

158,895

 

 

 

160,229

 

 

 

158,495

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options

 

 

461

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

2,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dilutive ordinary share equivalents

 

 

3,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in calculating diluted earnings (loss) per share

 

 

163,937

 

 

 

158,895

 

 

 

160,229

 

 

 

158,495

 

The following potential ordinary share equivalents have not been included in the net earnings (loss) per ordinary share calculations because the effect would have been anti-dilutive:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Stock options

 

 

15,465

 

 

 

16,882

 

 

 

15,265

 

 

 

15,375

 

Restricted stock unit awards

 

 

596

 

 

 

4,683

 

 

 

3,189

 

 

 

4,226

 

Total

 

 

16,061

 

 

 

21,565

 

 

 

18,454

 

 

 

19,601

 

 

14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim, asserted or unasserted, or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, the Company would accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Because of uncertainties related to claims and litigation, accruals are based on the Company’s best estimates, utilizing all available information. On a periodic basis, as additional information becomes available, or based on specific events such as the outcome of litigation or settlement of claims, the Company may reassess the potential liability related to these matters and may revise these estimates, which could result in material adverse adjustments to the Company’s operating results. At June 30, 2021, there were no potential material losses from claims, asserted or unasserted, or legal proceedings that the Company determined were probable of occurring.

INVEGA SUSTENNA ANDA Litigation

Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. initiated patent infringement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “NJ District Court”) in January 2018 against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva”) and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd. (“Teva PI”), in August 2019 against Mylan Laboratories Limited (“Mylan Labs”), Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Mylan”), and Mylan Institutional LLC and in December 2019 against Pharmascience, Inc. (“Pharmascience”), Mallinckrodt plc, and SpecGX LLC, following the respective filings by each of Teva, Mylan Labs, and Pharmascience of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) seeking approval from the FDA to market a generic version of INVEGA SUSTENNA before the expiration of U.S. Patent No. 9,439,906. In October 2020, a trial was held in the lawsuit between the Janssen entities and the Teva entities and closing arguments for such trial were heard in March 2021. Requested judicial remedies in each of the lawsuits include recovery of litigation costs and injunctive relief. The Company is not a party to any of these proceedings.

INVEGA TRINZA ANDA Litigation

In September 2020, Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Research & Development, LLC, initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in the NJ District Court against Mylan Labs, Mylan, and Mylan Institutional LLC following the filing by Mylan Labs of an ANDA seeking approval from the FDA to market a generic version of INVEGA TRINZA before the expiration of U.S. Patent No. 10,143,693. Requested judicial remedies include recovery of litigation costs and injunctive relief. The Company is not a party to this proceeding.

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RISPERDAL CONSTA European Opposition Proceedings

In December 2016, Nanjing Luye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Pharmathen SA, Teva PI and Dehns Ltd (a law firm representing an unidentified opponent) filed notices of opposition with the European Patent Office (the “EPO”) in respect of EP 2 269 577 B (the “EP ’577 Patent”), which is a patent directed to certain risperidone microsphere compositions, including RISPERDAL CONSTA. Following a hearing on the matter in January 2019, the EPO issued a written decision revoking the EP ’577 Patent in April 2019. The Company filed a notice of appeal of the decision to the EPO’s Technical Boards of Appeal in June 2019. Pharmathen SA submitted a reply in November 2019 and Nanjing Luye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Teva PI submitted replies in December 2019. The Company will continue to vigorously defend the EP ’577 Patent.

VIVITROL ANDA Litigation

In September 2020, Alkermes, Inc. and Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the NJ District Court against Teva and Teva PI following the filing by Teva of an ANDA seeking approval from the FDA to engage in the commercial manufacture, use or sale of a generic version of VIVITROL (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) before the expiration of the Company’s U.S. Patent No. 7,919,499. Teva filed its answer in November 2020, which included counterclaims against the Company. The Company filed its reply to Teva’s counterclaims in December 2020. The Company intends to vigorously defend its IP. The filing of the lawsuit triggered a stay of FDA approval of the ANDA for up to 30 months in accordance with the U.S. Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the “Hatch-Waxman Act”).

VUMERITY ANDA Litigation

On March 17, 2021, Biogen Inc., Biogen Swiss Manufacturing GmbH and Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Teva Pharmaceuticals Development Inc. (“Teva PD”) following the filing by Teva PD of an ANDA seeking approval from the FDA to engage in the commercial manufacture, use or sale of a generic version of VUMERITY (diroximel fumarate) before the expiration of the Company’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,669,281, 9,090,558 and 10,080,733. The filing of the lawsuit triggered a stay of FDA approval of the ANDA for up to 30 months in accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act. On May 17, 2021, Teva PD filed its answer and counterclaims, and on June 7, 2021, the plaintiffs filed their answer to Teva PD’s counterclaims.

Government Matters

The Company has received a subpoena and civil investigative demands from U.S. state and federal governmental authorities for documents related to VIVITROL. The Company is cooperating with the investigations.

Securities Litigation

In December 2018 and January 2019, purported stockholders of the Company filed putative class actions against the Company and certain of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “EDNY District Court”) captioned Karimian v. Alkermes plc, et al., No. 1:18-cv-07410 and McDermott v. Alkermes plc, et al., No. 1:19-cv-00624, respectively. In March 2019, the EDNY District Court consolidated the two cases and appointed a lead plaintiff. The plaintiff filed an amended complaint in July 2019 naming one additional officer of the Company and one former officer of the Company as defendants. The amended complaint was filed on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of Alkermes securities during the period of July 31, 2014 through November 1, 2018 and alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act based on allegedly false or misleading statements and omissions regarding the Company’s clinical methodologies and regulatory submission for ALKS 5461 and the FDA’s review and consideration of that submission. The lawsuit seeks, among other things, unspecified money damages, prejudgment and postjudgment interest, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert fees and other costs. On February 26, 2021, the EDNY District Court entered a final judgment and order dismissing the action in its entirety (the “Final Judgment and Order”). On March 26, 2021, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal captioned In re Alkermes Public Limited Co. Securities Litig., No. 21-801, appealing the Final Judgment and Order to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On June 10, 2021, the lead plaintiff-appellant filed its opening brief, and on July 15, 2021, the defendants-appellees filed their answering brief.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Product Liability and Other Legal Proceedings

 

The Company is involved in litigation and other legal proceedings incidental to its normal business activities, including product liability cases alleging that the FDA-approved VIVITROL labeling was inadequate and caused the users of the product to suffer from opioid overdose and death. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in these matters. The outcome of these proceedings cannot be accurately predicted. While the outcome of any of these proceedings cannot be accurately predicted, the Company does not believe the ultimate resolution of any of these existing matters would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial condition.

 

 

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

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes beginning on page 6 in this Form 10-Q, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report.

Executive Summary

Net income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $2.4 million and $(20.1) million, respectively, or $0.01 and $(0.13) per ordinary share—basic and diluted, respectively, as compared to a net (loss) of $(29.4) million and $(68.1) million, respectively, or $(0.19) and $(0.43) per ordinary share—basic and diluted, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

The change to net income in the three months ended June 30, 2021, from net loss in the three months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily due to a $56.2 million increase in revenue, partially offset by an $18.1 million increase in operating expenses. The decrease in net loss in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $61.4 million increase in revenue, partially offset by a $2.4 million increase in operating expenses and a $2.1 million charge that resulted from the completion of the Term Loan Refinancing in March 2021.

These items are discussed in greater detail later in the “Results of Operations” section in this “Part I, Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Form 10-Q.

COVID-19 Update

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. To date, COVID-19 has surfaced in nearly all regions around the world and resulted in travel restrictions and business slowdowns and/or shutdowns in affected areas. Ireland, all U.S. states, and many local jurisdictions and countries around the world have, at times during the pandemic, issued “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders, restrictions, and recommendations for their residents to control the spread of COVID-19, and may continue to do so while the pandemic persists. Such orders, restrictions and/or recommendations, and/or the perception that additional orders, restrictions or recommendations could occur, have, at times during the pandemic, resulted in widespread closures of businesses, including healthcare systems that serve people living with addiction and serious mental illness, work stoppages, slowdowns and/or delays, work-from-home policies and travel restrictions, among other effects.

We continue to closely monitor and respond to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our employees, our communities and our business operations, and have adopted, and adapted as needed, a series of precautionary measures in an effort to protect our employees and mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19 in a community setting. For example, at the start of the pandemic, we instituted a global remote work policy for those of our employees who were able to work remotely. At the same time, we worked to continue our critical business functions, including continued operation of our manufacturing facilities and our laboratories, and continued to conduct our discovery efforts and supply our medicines. For those of our employees who continued to work on-site in our laboratories and manufacturing facilities, we instituted additional safety precautions, including increased sanitization of our facilities, use of personal protective equipment, implementation of a daily health screening application and physical distancing practices. We also provided employees with COVID-19 vaccine information and sponsored vaccine clinics in Massachusetts and Ohio for our employees and their families. We also took actions to support people living with opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder to help support their access to information, resources and medicines that may assist in their treatment.

In recent months, certain of our field-based employees resumed in-person interactions, and certain of our office-based employees began to return to the office, in each case on a voluntary basis and in accordance with location-specific guidance. We are planning for a larger-scale return to the office in the fall and have developed flexible work arrangement guidelines to help balance business needs, employee health, wellbeing and safety and the evolving work environment. We will continue to monitor guidance from local health authorities as we increase in-person interactions.

The marketed products from which we derive revenue, including manufacturing and royalty revenue, are primarily injectable medications administered by healthcare professionals. Given developments that have transpired to date, and

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may continue to transpire, in response to the pandemic, including business closures, social distancing requirements and other restrictive measures, commercial sales of these marketed products have been adversely impacted to varying degrees during the pandemic and may be adversely impacted while the pandemic persists.

While we continue to conduct R&D activities, including our ongoing clinical trials, the COVID-19 pandemic has at times impacted the timelines of certain of our early-stage discovery efforts and clinical trials, and may continue to impact such timelines while the pandemic persists. We work with our internal teams, our clinical investigators, R&D vendors and critical supply chain vendors to continually assess, and mitigate, the potential impact of COVID-19 on our manufacturing operations and R&D activities.

Due to numerous uncertainties surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the actual impact of the pandemic on our financial condition and operating results may differ from our current projections. These uncertainties include, among other things, the ultimate severity and duration of the pandemic; the emergence and prevalence of COVID-19 variants; governmental, business or other actions that have been, are being, or will be, taken in response to the pandemic, including restrictions on travel and mobility, business closures and operating restrictions and imposition of social distancing measures; impacts of the pandemic on our employees, the vendors or distribution channels in our supply chain and on our ability to continue to manufacture our products; impacts of the pandemic on the conduct of our clinical trials, including with respect to enrollment rates, availability of investigators and clinical trial sites, and monitoring of data; impacts of the pandemic on healthcare systems that serve people living with addiction and severe mental illness; impacts of the pandemic on the regulatory agencies with which we interact in the development, review, approval and commercialization of our medicines; impacts of the pandemic on reimbursement for our products, including our Medicaid rebate liability, and for services related to the use of our products; and impacts of the pandemic on the Irish, U.S. and global economies more broadly. For additional information about risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic that may impact our business, our financial condition or our results of operations, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report.

 

Products

Marketed Products

Our portfolio of marketed products is designed to help address unmet medical needs of patients in major therapeutic areas. See the descriptions of the marketed products below, and see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report for important factors that could adversely affect our marketed products.  For information with respect to the IP protection for these marketed products, see the descriptions of the marketed products below and the “Patents and Proprietary Rights” section in “Part I, Item 1—Business” in our Annual Report.

 

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The following table provides summary information regarding our FDA-approved proprietary products that we commercialize (or will commercialize upon launch):

 

Proprietary Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

 

Indication(s)

 

 

Territory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initiation or re-initiation of

ARISTADA for the treatment of

Schizophrenia

 

 

U.S.

 

Schizophrenia

 

 

U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schizophrenia and

Bipolar I disorder

 

 

 

U.S. (commercial launch expected in the fourth quarter of 2021)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcohol

dependence and

Opioid dependence

 

 

U.S.

 

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The following table provides summary information regarding our key licensed products, and key third-party products using our proprietary technologies under license, that are commercialized by our licensees:

 

Third-Party Products Using Our Proprietary Technologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

 

Indication(s)

 

Licensee

 

Licensed Territory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RISPERDAL CONSTA

 

Schizophrenia

and Bipolar I

disorder

 

Janssen

Pharmaceutica Inc.

(“Janssen, Inc.”) and

Janssen

Pharmaceutica

International, a

division of Cilag

International AG (“Janssen

International”)

 

 

Worldwide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA / XEPLION

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA:

Schizophrenia

and Schizoaffective

disorder

 

XEPLION:

Schizophrenia

 

Janssen

Pharmaceutica N.V.

(together with

Janssen, Inc., Janssen

International and

their affiliates

“Janssen”)

 

 

Worldwide

 

 

INVEGA TRINZA / TREVICTA

 

Schizophrenia

 

Janssen

 

Worldwide

 

 

Our Licensed Products

 

Product

 

Indication(s)

 

Licensee

 

Licensed Territory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIVITROL

 

Alcohol dependence and Opioid dependence

 

Cilag GmbH

International (“Cilag”)

 

Russia and

Commonwealth of

Independent States (“CIS”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VUMERITY

 

Multiple sclerosis

 

Biogen

 

Worldwide

 

Proprietary Products

We have developed and now commercialize (or will commercialize upon launch) products designed to help address the unmet needs of people living with opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. See the “Patents and Proprietary Rights” section in “Part I, Item 1—Business” in our Annual Report for information with respect to the IP protection for our proprietary products.

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ARISTADA

 

ARISTADA (aripiprazole lauroxil) is an extended-release intramuscular injectable suspension approved in the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia. ARISTADA utilizes our proprietary LinkeRx technology. ARISTADA is a prodrug; once in the body, ARISTADA is likely converted by enzyme-mediated hydrolysis to N-hydroxymethyl aripiprazole, which is then hydrolyzed to aripiprazole. ARISTADA is available in four dose strengths with once-monthly dosing options (441 mg, 662 mg and 882 mg), a six-week dosing option (882 mg) and a two-month dosing option (1064 mg). ARISTADA is packaged in a ready-to-use, pre-filled syringe product format. We developed ARISTADA and exclusively manufacture and commercialize it in the U.S.

ARISTADA INITIO

 

ARISTADA INITIO (aripiprazole lauroxil) leverages our proprietary NanoCrystal technology and provides an extended-release formulation of aripiprazole lauroxil in a smaller particle size compared to ARISTADA, thereby enabling faster dissolution and more rapid achievement of relevant levels of aripiprazole in the body. ARISTADA INITIO, combined with a single 30 mg dose of oral aripiprazole, is indicated for the initiation of ARISTADA when used for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. The first ARISTADA dose may be administered on the same day as the ARISTADA INITIO regimen or up to 10 days thereafter. We developed ARISTADA INITIO and exclusively manufacture and commercialize it in the U.S.

LYBALVI

 

LYBALVI (olanzapine and samidorphan) is a once-daily, oral atypical antipsychotic drug approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia and for the treatment of adults with bipolar I disorder, as a maintenance monotherapy or for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes, as monotherapy or an adjunct to lithium or valproate. LYBALVI is composed of olanzapine, an established antipsychotic agent, co-formulated with samidorphan, a new chemical entity, in a single bilayer tablet. LYBALVI, expected to launch commercially in the fourth quarter of 2021, will be available in fixed dosage strengths composed of 10 mg of samidorphan and 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg or 20 mg of olanzapine. We developed LYBALVI and will exclusively manufacture and commercialize it in the U.S.

VIVITROL (U.S.)

 

VIVITROL (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) is a once-monthly, non-narcotic, injectable medication approved in the U.S., Russia and certain countries of the CIS for the treatment of alcohol dependence and for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence, following opioid detoxification. VIVITROL uses our polymer-based microsphere injectable extended-release technology to deliver and maintain therapeutic medication levels in the body through one intramuscular injection every four weeks. We developed and exclusively manufacture VIVITROL and we commercialize VIVITROL in the U.S.

 

For a discussion of legal proceedings related to VIVITROL, see Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q, and for information about risks relating to such legal proceedings, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and specifically the sections entitled “—Patent and other IP protection for our products is key to our business and our competitive position but is uncertain,” “—Uncertainty over IP in the biopharmaceutical industry has been the source of litigation, which is inherently costly and unpredictable, could significantly delay or prevent approval or negatively impact commercialization of our products, and could adversely affect our business” and “—Litigation or arbitration filed against Alkermes, including securities litigation, or regulatory actions (such as citizens petitions) filed against regulatory agencies in respect of our products, may result in financial losses, harm our reputation, divert management resources, negatively impact the approval of our products, or otherwise negatively impact our business.”

Licensed Products and Products Using Our Proprietary Technologies

We have licensed products to third parties for commercialization and have licensed our proprietary technologies to third parties to enable them to develop, commercialize and/or manufacture products. See the “Proprietary Technology Platforms” and “Patents and Proprietary Rights” sections in “Part I, Item 1—Business” in our Annual Report for information with respect to our proprietary technologies and the IP protection for these products. We receive royalties and/or manufacturing and other revenues from the commercialization of these products. Such arrangements include the following:

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Third-Party Products Using Our Proprietary Technologies

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION, INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA and RISPERDAL CONSTA

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION (paliperidone palmitate), INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA (paliperidone palmitate 3-month injection) and RISPERDAL CONSTA (risperidone long-acting injection) are long-acting atypical antipsychotics owned and commercialized worldwide by Janssen that incorporate our proprietary technologies.

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment of schizoaffective disorder as either a monotherapy or adjunctive therapy. Paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension is approved in the European Union (“EU”) and other countries outside of the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia and is marketed and sold under the trade name XEPLION. INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION uses our nanoparticle injectable extended-release technology to increase the rate of dissolution and enable the formulation of an aqueous suspension for once-monthly intramuscular administration. INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION is manufactured by Janssen.

 

INVEGA TRINZA is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia in patients who have been adequately treated with INVEGA SUSTENNA for at least four months. TREVICTA is approved in the EU for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in adult patients who are clinically stable on XEPLION. INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA is dosed once every three months. INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA uses our proprietary technology and is manufactured by Janssen.

 

RISPERDAL CONSTA is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia and as both monotherapy and adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate in the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder. RISPERDAL CONSTA is approved in numerous countries outside of the U.S. for the treatment of schizophrenia and the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder. RISPERDAL CONSTA uses our polymer-based microsphere injectable extended-release technology to deliver and maintain therapeutic medication levels in the body through just one intramuscular injection every two weeks. RISPERDAL CONSTA microspheres are exclusively manufactured by us.

 

For a discussion of legal proceedings related to certain of the patents covering INVEGA SUSTENNA, INVEGA TRINZA and RISPERDAL CONSTA, see Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q and for information about risks relating to such legal proceedings, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and specifically the section entitled “—We or our licensees may face claims against IP rights covering our products and competition from generic drug manufacturers.”

Our Licensed Products

 

VIVITROL (Russia and CIS)

 

VIVITROL is described more fully under the heading “Proprietary Products” above in this Form 10-Q. We developed and exclusively manufacture VIVITROL for Cilag. Cilag exclusively commercializes VIVITROL in Russia and certain countries of the CIS.

 

VUMERITY

 

VUMERITY (diroximel fumarate) is a novel, oral fumarate with a distinct chemical structure that is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis in adults, including clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease.

 

Under our license and collaboration agreement with Biogen, Biogen holds the exclusive, worldwide license to develop and commercialize VUMERITY. For more information about the license and collaboration agreement with Biogen, see the “Collaborative Arrangements—Biogen” section in “Part I, Item 1—Business” in our Annual Report.

 

For a discussion of legal proceedings related to certain of the patents covering VUMERITY, see Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q and for information about risks relating to such legal proceedings, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our

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Annual Report and specifically the section entitled “—We or our licensees may face claims against IP rights covering our products and competition from generic drug manufacturers.”

Key Development Program

 

Our R&D is focused on the development of novel, competitively advantaged medications designed to enhance patient outcomes. As part of our ongoing R&D efforts, we have devoted, and will continue to devote, significant resources to conducting preclinical work and clinical studies to advance the development of new pharmaceutical products. The discussion below highlights our current key R&D program. Drug development involves a high degree of risk and investment, and the status, timing and scope of our development programs are subject to change. Important factors that could adversely affect our drug development efforts are discussed in “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report. See the “Patents and Proprietary Rights” section in “Part I, Item 1—Business” in our Annual Report for information with respect to the IP protection for our key development program.

 

Nemvaleukin alfa (formerly referred to as ALKS 4230)

 

Nemvaleukin alfa (“nemvaleukin”) is an investigational, novel, engineered fusion protein comprised of modified interleukin-2 (“IL-2”) and the high affinity IL-2 alpha receptor chain, designed to selectively expand tumor-killing immune cells while avoiding the activation of immunosuppressive cells by preferentially binding to the intermediate-affinity IL-2 receptor complex. The selectivity of nemvaleukin is designed to leverage the proven anti-tumor effects of existing IL-2 therapy while mitigating certain limitations.

 

ARTISTRY is our clinical development program evaluating nemvaleukin as a potential immunotherapy for cancer. The ARTISTRY program is comprised of multiple clinical trials evaluating intravenous (“IV”) and subcutaneous (“SC”) dosing of nemvaleukin, both as a monotherapy and in combination with the anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced solid tumors. ARTISTRY-1 (evaluating IV nemvaleukin) and ARTISTRY-2 (evaluating SC nemvaleukin) are ongoing phase 1/2 studies evaluating the safety, tolerability, efficacy and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of nemvaleukin in patients with refractory advanced solid tumors, in both monotherapy and combination settings. ARTISTRY-3 is an ongoing phase 2 study evaluating the clinical and immunologic effects of IV nemvaleukin monotherapy on the tumor microenvironment in a variety of advanced, malignant solid tumors. ARTISTRY-6, initiated in April 2021, is a phase 2 study evaluating the anti-tumor activity, safety and tolerability of IV nemvaleukin monotherapy in patients with mucosal melanoma and SC nemvaleukin monotherapy in patients with advanced cutaneous melanoma.

Results of Operations

 

Product Sales, Net

Our product sales, net, consist of sales of VIVITROL, ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO in the U.S., primarily to wholesalers, specialty distributors and pharmacies. The following table presents the adjustments deducted from product sales, gross to arrive at product sales, net, for sales of VIVITROL, ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO in the U.S. during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

(In millions, except for % of Sales)

2021

 

 

% of Sales

 

 

 

2020

 

 

% of Sales

 

 

 

2021

 

 

% of Sales

 

 

 

2020

 

 

% of Sales

 

 

Product sales, gross

$

343.5

 

 

 

100.0

 

%

 

$

259.0

 

 

 

100.0

 

%

 

$

616.1

 

 

 

100.0

 

%

 

$

519.2

 

 

 

100.0

 

%

Adjustments to product sales, gross:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid rebates

 

(88.1

)

 

 

(25.6

)

%

 

 

(65.4

)

 

 

(25.3

)

%

 

 

(159.0

)

 

 

(25.8

)

%

 

 

(127.3

)

 

 

(24.5

)

%

Chargebacks

 

(33.7

)

 

 

(9.8

)

%

 

 

(20.7

)

 

 

(8.0

)

%

 

 

(58.7

)

 

 

(9.5

)

%

 

 

(43.3

)

 

 

(8.3

)

%

Product discounts

 

(28.4

)

 

 

(8.3

)

%

 

 

(20.6

)

 

 

(8.0

)

%

 

 

(49.8

)

 

 

(8.1

)

%

 

 

(40.8

)

 

 

(7.9

)

%

Medicare Part D

 

(16.8

)

 

 

(4.9

)

%

 

 

(13.4

)

 

 

(5.2

)

%

 

 

(29.9

)

 

 

(4.9

)

%

 

 

(25.7

)

 

 

(5.0

)

%

Other

 

(15.7

)

 

 

(4.6

)

%

 

 

(8.5

)

 

 

(3.3

)

%

 

 

(27.9

)

 

 

(4.5

)

%

 

 

(22.0

)

 

 

(4.2

)

%

Total adjustments

 

(182.7

)

 

 

(53.2

)

%

 

 

(128.6

)

 

 

(49.7

)

%

 

 

(325.3

)

 

 

(52.8

)

%

 

 

(259.1

)

 

 

(49.9

)

%

Product sales, net

$

160.8

 

 

 

46.8

 

%

 

$

130.4

 

 

 

50.3

 

%

 

$

290.8

 

 

 

47.2

 

%

 

$

260.1

 

 

 

50.1

 

%

 

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Our product sales, net, for VIVITROL in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 were $88.4 million and $163.0 million, respectively, as compared to $71.6 million and $150.4 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. Product sales, net, for ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 were $72.4 million and $127.8 million, respectively, as compared to $58.8 million and $109.7 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

VIVITROL product sales, gross, increased by 37% and 17% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily due to a 29% and 10% increase in the number of VIVITROL units sold, respectively, due, in part, to an improvement from the significant COVID-19-related disruptions in the second quarter of 2020 and a 2% increase in the selling price of VIVITROL that went into effect in April 2021. ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO product sales, gross, increased by 28% and 21% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily due to a 24% and 15% increase in the number of ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO units sold, respectively, and a 3% increase in the selling price of ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO that went into effect in April 2021.

Manufacturing and Royalty Revenues

The following table compares manufacturing and royalty revenues earned in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Manufacturing and royalty revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION & INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA

$

81.0

 

 

$

69.4

 

 

$

11.6

 

 

$

142.6

 

 

$

124.3

 

 

$

18.3

 

VUMERITY

 

20.4

 

 

 

2.6

 

 

 

17.8

 

 

 

33.8

 

 

 

4.3

 

 

 

29.5

 

RISPERDAL CONSTA

 

14.4

 

 

 

13.7

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

28.6

 

 

 

41.0

 

 

 

(12.4

)

AMPYRA/FAMPYRA

 

13.3

 

 

 

12.5

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

28.0

 

 

 

27.5

 

 

 

0.5

 

Other

 

13.2

 

 

 

18.3

 

 

 

(5.1

)

 

 

29.1

 

 

 

35.7

 

 

 

(6.6

)

Manufacturing and royalty revenues

$

142.3

 

 

$

116.5

 

 

$

25.8

 

 

$

262.1

 

 

$

232.8

 

 

$

29.3

 

 

We earn tiered royalty payments for INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA, which consist of a patent royalty and a know-how royalty, both of which are determined on a country-by-country basis. The patent royalty, which equals 1.5% of net sales, is payable in each country until the expiration of the last of the royalty-bearing patents with valid claims applicable to the product in such country. The know-how royalty is a tiered royalty of 3.5% on calendar year net sales up to $250 million; 5.5% on calendar year net sales of between $250 million and $500 million; and 7.5% on calendar year net sales exceeding $500 million. The know-how royalty rate resets to 3.5% at the beginning of each calendar year and is payable until 15 years from the first commercial sale of a product in each individual country, subject to the expiry of the license agreement.

 

The increase in INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA royalty revenues in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to an increase in Janssen’s end-market sales of INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, Janssen’s end-market sales of INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA were $1,024.0 million and $1,989.0 million, respectively, as compared to $879.0 million and $1,762.0 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

We recognize manufacturing revenue for RISPERDAL CONSTA at the point in time when RISPERDAL CONSTA has been fully manufactured, which is deemed to have occurred when the product is approved for shipment by both us and Janssen. We record royalty revenue, equal to 2.5% of Janssen’s end-market net sales, in the period that the end-market sale of RISPERDAL CONSTA occurs. The decrease in revenue from RISPERDAL CONSTA in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was due to an $11.1 million decrease in manufacturing revenue and a $1.3 million decrease in royalty revenue. The decrease in manufacturing revenue was primarily due to a 48% decrease in the amount of RISPERDAL CONSTA manufactured for Janssen, partially offset by an increase in our manufacturing fee from 7.5% to 8.6% pursuant to the terms of our manufacturing and supply agreement with Janssen due to a decrease in forecasted manufacturing units. The decrease in royalty revenue was due to

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a decrease in end-market sales of RISPERDAL CONSTA, which was $312.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to $323.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

We expect revenues from our long‑acting, atypical franchise to decrease over time. While we expect continued growth from sales of INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA in the near term, we are aware of potential generic competition for RISPERDAL CONSTA that may lead to reduced unit sales and increased pricing pressure in 2021. We are also aware of generic challenges to INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA. For a discussion of legal proceedings related to RISPERDAL CONSTA, INVEGA SUSTENNA and INVEGA TRINZA, see Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q. In addition, a number of companies, including us, are working to develop new products to treat schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder that may compete with INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION, INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA and RISPERDAL CONSTA. Increased competition from new products or generic versions of INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION, INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA or RISPERDAL CONSTA may lead to reduced unit sales of INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION, INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA and RISPERDAL CONSTA, and increased pricing pressure.

We recognize manufacturing revenue related to VUMERITY at cost plus 15%, upon release for bulk batches of VUMERITY and upon shipment for packaged lots of VUMERITY. We also receive a 15% royalty on worldwide net sales of VUMERITY. The increase in revenue from VUMERITY in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, was due to a $12.4 million and $23.0 million increase in royalty revenue, respectively, and a $5.4 million and $6.5 million increase in manufacturing revenue, respectively. The increases in royalty revenue were due to increases in net sales of VUMERITY, which were approximately $90.8 million and $164.1 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, as compared to approximately $8.6 million and $11.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The increases in manufacturing revenue during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily the result of increased manufacturing activity to satisfy increased demand for the product. For a discussion of legal proceedings related to VUMERITY, see Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of Goods Manufactured and Sold

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Cost of goods manufactured and sold

$

53.1

 

 

$

45.1

 

 

$

8.0

 

 

$

94.1

 

 

$

92.3

 

 

$

1.8

 

The increase in cost of goods manufactured and sold in the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to $4.4 million and $2.6 million increases in the cost of goods manufactured for VUMERITY and RISPERDAL CONSTA, respectively, and a $1.5 million increase in the cost of goods sold for VIVITROL, related to increases in the number of units manufactured for VUMERITY and RISPERDAL CONSTA and the number of units sold for VIVITROL, as discussed above.

The increase in the cost of goods manufactured and sold in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $5.8 million increase in cost of goods manufactured for VUMERITY, partially offset by a $2.5 million decrease in the cost of goods manufactured for RISPERDAL CONSTA. The increase in the cost of goods manufactured for VUMERITY is related to an increase in the number of units manufactured for VUMERITY and the decrease in the cost of goods manufactured for RISPERDAL CONSTA is related to the decrease in the number of units manufactured, as discussed above.

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Research and Development Expense

For each of our R&D programs, we incur both external and internal expenses. External R&D expenses include fees for clinical and non-clinical activities performed by contract research organizations, consulting fees, and costs related to laboratory services, the purchase of drug product materials and third-party manufacturing development activities. Internal R&D expenses include employee-related expenses, occupancy costs, depreciation and general overhead. We track external R&D expenses for each of our development programs; however, internal R&D expenses are not tracked by individual program as they can benefit multiple programs or our technologies in general.

The following table sets forth our external R&D expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 relating to our then current key development programs and all other development programs, and our internal R&D expenses, listed by the nature of such expenses:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

External R&D Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development programs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nemvaleukin

 

$

22.7

 

 

$

17.4

 

 

$

5.3

 

 

$

41.3

 

 

$

29.7

 

 

$

11.6

 

LYBALVI

 

 

7.7

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

14.5

 

 

 

12.8

 

 

 

1.7

 

Other external R&D expenses

 

 

15.0

 

 

 

19.0

 

 

 

(4.0

)

 

 

30.4

 

 

 

37.2

 

 

 

(6.8

)

Total external R&D expenses

 

 

45.4

 

 

 

41.1

 

 

 

4.3

 

 

 

86.2

 

 

 

79.7

 

 

 

6.5

 

Internal R&D expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee-related

 

 

38.9

 

 

 

40.0

 

 

 

(1.1

)

 

 

76.8

 

 

 

80.7

 

 

 

(3.9

)

Occupancy

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

(0.2

)

 

 

9.8

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

(0.2

)

Depreciation

 

 

2.9

 

 

 

3.7

 

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

7.4

 

 

 

(1.1

)

Other

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

4.2

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

10.6

 

 

 

9.7

 

 

 

0.9

 

Total internal R&D expenses

 

 

52.0

 

 

 

53.1

 

 

 

(1.1

)

 

 

103.5

 

 

 

107.8

 

 

 

(4.3

)

Research and development expenses

 

$

97.4

 

 

$

94.2

 

 

$

3.2

 

 

$

189.7

 

 

$

187.5

 

 

$

2.2

 

These amounts are not necessarily predictive of future R&D expenses. In an effort to allocate our spending most effectively, we continually evaluate our products under development, based on the performance of such products in pre-clinical and/or clinical trials, our expectations regarding the likelihood of their regulatory approval and our view of their commercial viability, among other factors.

The increases in expenses related to nemvaleukin in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily due to the advancement of the ARTISTRY development program for the product, including increased patient enrollment in ongoing clinical studies and initiation of the ARTISTRY-6 study. For additional details on the status of the ARTISTRY development program, see the “Key Development Program” section of this “Part I, Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Form 10-Q. The increases in expenses related to LYBALVI in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily due to the ongoing long-term safety study and increased enrollment in the ENLIGHTEN-Early study.

The decrease in employee-related expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $2.8 million decrease in labor and benefits, partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in R&D-related share-based compensation. The decrease in employee-related expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $2.7 million decrease in labor and benefits and a $1.4 million decrease in R&D-related share-based compensation.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Selling and marketing expense

 

$

85.7

 

 

$

82.9

 

 

$

2.8

 

 

$

165.4

 

 

$

170.7

 

 

$

(5.3

)

General and administrative expense

 

 

53.5

 

 

 

49.1

 

 

 

4.4

 

 

 

99.0

 

 

 

94.7

 

 

 

4.3

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

 

$

139.2

 

 

$

132.0

 

 

$

7.2

 

 

$

264.4

 

 

$

265.4

 

 

$

(1.0

)

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The increase in selling and marketing expense in the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $1.0 million increase in marketing expense, a $0.6 million increase in professional service fees and a $0.4 million increase in employee-related expenses. The increases in marketing expense and professional service fees were primarily related to pre-launch commercial activities for LYBALVI. The increase in employee-related expenses was primarily related to increases in share-based compensation expense, travel and entertainment expense following the loosening of COVID-19-related restrictions and benefits expense as a result of changes to payroll taxes, partially offset by a decrease in salary expense resulting from a 6% reduction in selling and marketing headcount from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

 

The decrease in selling and marketing expense during the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $5.2 million decrease in employee-related expenses and a $3.7 million decrease in marketing expense, partially offset by a $2.5 million increase in professional service fees. The decrease in employee-related expenses was primarily due to a decrease in selling and marketing-related labor and share-based compensation expense as a result of a decrease in selling and marketing headcount, as described above. The decrease in marketing expense was primarily due to a reduction in the number of in-person speaker programs and speaker trainings and a reduction in spend related to conferences, primarily due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2021 and certain targeted expense reductions. The increase in professional service fees was primarily related to pre-launch commercial activities for LYBALVI.

 

The increases in general and administrative expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily due to a $3.5 million and $2.3 million increase in employee-related expenses, respectively, and a $1.7 million and $3.9 million increase in professional service fees, respectively. The increases in employee-related expense were primarily related to a $2.7 million and $1.5 million increase in general and administrative-related share-based compensation expense, respectively. The increases in professional service fees were primarily related to increased spend on legal fees.  

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

 

$

9.5

 

 

$

9.9

 

 

$

(0.4

)

 

$

18.9

 

 

$

19.6

 

 

$

(0.7

)

 

We amortize our amortizable intangible assets using the economic-use method, which reflects the pattern that the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed as revenue is generated from the underlying patent or contract. Based on our most recent analysis, amortization of intangible assets included within our consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2021 is expected to be approximately $40.0 million, $35.0 million, $35.0 million, $1.0 million and less than $0.1 million in the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2025, respectively.

Other Income (Expense), Net

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Interest income

 

$

0.6

 

 

$

1.8

 

 

$

(1.2

)

 

$

1.5

 

 

$

4.5

 

 

$

(3.0

)

Interest expense

 

 

(2.4

)

 

 

(2.1

)

 

 

(0.3

)

 

 

(6.4

)

 

 

(5.0

)

 

 

(1.4

)

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

3.2

 

 

 

5.9

 

 

 

(2.7

)

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

12.7

 

 

 

(8.2

)

Other (expense) income, net

 

 

(0.2

)

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

(2.5

)

 

 

(0.6

)

 

 

1.7

 

 

 

(2.3

)

Total other income (expense), net

 

$

1.2

 

 

$

7.9

 

 

$

(6.7

)

 

$

(1.0

)

 

$

13.9

 

 

$

(14.9

)

 

The decreases in interest income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily due to a decrease in interest rates. Interest income consists of interest earned on our available-for-sale investments.

 

The increases in interest expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were due to the Term Loan Refinancing completed in March 2021. The Term Loan Refinancing resulted in a charge of $2.1 million in March 2021, partially offset by a decrease in interest rates. The Term

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Loan Refinancing is discussed in greater detail in Note 11, Long-Term Debt in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q.

 

The change in the fair value of contingent consideration in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, were primarily due to the decrease in the risk of non-payment. In Baudax’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2021, Baudax included disclosures regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. As a result of this disclosure, we altered the model used to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration. The valuation approach used to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration is discussed in greater detail in Note 5, Fair Value Measurements, in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q.

Income Tax Provision

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Income tax provision

 

 

3.3

 

 

 

3.7

 

 

$

(0.4

)

 

$

7.1

 

 

$

11.0

 

 

$

(3.9

)

 

The income tax provision in the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 primarily related to U.S. federal and state taxes. The favorable change in the income tax provision in the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a decrease in income taxes for our U.S. business.

 

The income tax provision in the six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily related to a $6.6 million discrete tax expense related to employee equity activity during the period. The income tax provision in the six months ended June 30, 2020 primarily related to a $4.6 million tax expense on income earned in the U.S. and a $6.2 million discrete tax expense related to employee equity activity during the period.

 

Liquidity and Financial Condition

Our financial condition is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

(In millions)

 

U.S.

 

 

Ireland

 

 

Total

 

 

U.S.

 

 

Ireland

 

 

Total

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

59.6

 

 

$

198.7

 

 

$

258.3

 

 

$

152.8

 

 

$

120.2

 

 

$

273.0

 

Investments—short-term

 

 

235.3

 

 

 

44.7

 

 

 

280.0

 

 

 

293.5

 

 

 

68.5

 

 

 

362.0

 

Investments—long-term

 

 

108.0

 

 

 

23.0

 

 

 

131.0

 

 

 

23.2

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

24.8

 

Total cash and investments

 

$

402.9

 

 

$

266.4

 

 

$

669.3

 

 

$

469.5

 

 

$

190.3

 

 

$

659.8

 

Outstanding borrowings—short and long-term

 

$

297.1

 

 

$

 

 

$

297.1

 

 

$

275.0

 

 

$

 

 

$

275.0

 

 

At June 30, 2021 our investments consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Allowance for

 

 

Estimated

 

(In millions)

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Credit Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Investments—short-term available-for-sale

 

$

277.3

 

 

$

0.9

 

 

$

(0.1

)

 

$

 

 

$

278.1

 

Investments—short-term held-to-maturity

 

 

1.7

 

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.9

 

Investments—long-term available-for-sale

 

 

129.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

 

 

 

129.2

 

Investments—long-term held-to-maturity

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.8

 

Total

 

$

410.1

 

 

$

1.1

 

 

$

(0.2

)

 

$

 

 

$

411.0

 

 

Our investment objectives are, first, to preserve liquidity and conserve capital and, second, to generate investment income. We mitigate credit risk in our cash reserves by maintaining a well-diversified portfolio that limits the amount of investment exposure as to institution, maturity and investment type. However, the value of these securities may be adversely affected by the instability of the global financial markets, which could, in turn, adversely impact our financial position and our overall liquidity. Our available-for-sale investments consist primarily of short- and long-term U.S. government and agency debt securities, corporate debt securities and debt securities issued by non-U.S. agencies and backed by non-U.S. governments. Our held-to-maturity investments consist of investments that are restricted and held as collateral under certain letters of credit related to certain of our lease agreements.

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We classify available‑for‑sale investments in an unrealized loss position that do not mature within 12 months as long‑term investments. We have the intent and ability to hold these investments until recovery, which may be at maturity, and it is more‑likely‑than‑not that we would not be required to sell these securities before recovery of their amortized cost. At June 30, 2021, we performed an analysis of our investments with unrealized losses for impairment and determined that the loss on one of our corporate debt securities was other-than-temporary and recorded a $1.0 million impairment charge within “Other income (expense), net” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Sources and Uses of Cash

We expect that our existing cash and investments balance will be sufficient to finance our anticipated working capital and other cash requirements, such as capital expenditures and principal and interest payments, for at least 12 months following the date on which this Form 10-Q is filed. Subject to market conditions, interest rates and other factors, we may pursue opportunities to obtain additional financing in the future, including debt and equity offerings, corporate collaborations, bank borrowings, debt refinancings, arrangements relating to assets or other financing methods or structures. We are closely monitoring ongoing developments in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic that may have an adverse impact on our commercial prospects and projected cash position.

Information about our cash flows, by category, is presented in “Part I, Item 1—Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Cash Flows” in this Form 10-Q. The following table summarizes our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

(In millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

$

273.0

 

 

$

203.8

 

Cash flows used in operating activities

 

 

(12.1

)

 

 

(44.7

)

Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(33.8

)

 

 

31.8

 

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

31.2

 

 

 

(1.9

)

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

258.3

 

 

$

189.0

 

 

The decrease in cash flows used in operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, is primarily due to a decrease in our net loss, net of adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows from operating activities and a decrease in cash used for working capital, primarily due to an increase in receivables and inventory and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, partially offset by a decrease in contract assets and contract liabilities.

The change in cash flows from investing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to a $63.6 million increase in net purchase of investments, partially offset by a $7.9 million increase in payments we received in connection with the contingent consideration resulting from the Gainesville Transaction and a $5.3 million decrease in cash paid for property, plant and equipment.

The change in cash flows from financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to $23.6 million in proceeds from the Term Loan Refinancing and a $13.6 million increase in the amount of cash we received upon exercises of employee stock options, net of employee taxes.

Borrowings

At June 30, 2021, the principal balance of our borrowings consisted of $299.3 million outstanding under our 2026 Term Loans. See Note 11, Long-Term Debt, in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q for further discussion of our 2026 Term Loans.

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Contractual Obligations

See the “Contractual Obligations” section in “Part II, Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report for a discussion of our contractual obligations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

At June 30, 2021, we were not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources material to investors.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. 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 our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. See the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section in “Part II, Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report for a discussion of our critical accounting estimates.

New Accounting Standards

See the “New Accounting Pronouncements” section in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q for discussion of certain recent accounting standards applicable to us.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risks related to our investment portfolio, and the ways we manage such risks, are summarized in “Part II, Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report. We regularly review our marketable securities holdings and shift our investment holdings to those that best meet our investment objectives, which are to preserve capital, provide sufficient liquidity to satisfy operating requirements and generate investment income. Apart from such adjustments to our investment portfolio, there have been no material changes to our market risks since December 31, 2020, and we do not anticipate any near-term changes in the nature of our market risk exposures or in our management’s objectives and strategies with respect to managing such exposures.

We are exposed to non-U.S. currency exchange risk related to manufacturing and royalty revenues we receive on certain of our products, partially offset by certain operating costs arising from expenses and payables in connection with our Irish operations that are settled predominantly in Euro. These non-U.S. currency exchange rate risks are summarized in “Part II, Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report. There has been no material change in our assessment of our sensitivity to non-U.S. currency exchange rate risk since December 31, 2020.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of June 30, 2021. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer each concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2021 to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no

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matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

b) Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

For information regarding legal proceedings, see the discussion of legal proceedings in Note 14, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Form 10-Q, which discussion is incorporated into this Part II, Item 1 by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

For a discussion of our risk factors, see “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report. There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report.

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

On September 16, 2011, our board of directors authorized the continuation of the Alkermes, Inc. program to repurchase up to $215.0 million of our ordinary shares at the discretion of management from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. We did not purchase any shares under this program during the six months ended June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021, we had purchased a total of 8,866,342 shares under this program at an aggregate cost of $114.0 million.

During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we acquired 31,752 of our ordinary shares, at an average price of $22.27 per share, to satisfy withholding tax obligations related to the vesting of employee equity awards.

Item 5. Other Information

Our policy governing transactions in our securities by our directors, officers and employees permits our directors, officers and employees to enter into trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, each of Messrs. Michael J. Landine and Richard F. Pops, each an executive officer of the Company, entered into a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and our policy governing transactions in our securities by our directors, officers and employees. We undertake no obligation to update or revise the information provided herein, including for any revision or termination of an established trading plan.

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed or furnished as part of this Form 10-Q:

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

  3.1 #

 

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Alkermes plc., as amended on June 14, 2021

  10.1

 

Alkermes plc 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Alkermes plc Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35299) filed on June 14, 2021)

  10.2 #

 

Summary of agreement reached on April 29, 2021 between Alkermes plc and Sarissa Capital Offshore Master Fund LP

  31.1 #

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification.

  31.2 #

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification.

  32.1 ‡

 

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  101.SCH #

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

  101.CAL #

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

  101.LAB #

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

  101.PRE #

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

  101.DEF #

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

  104 #

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)

 

#

Filed herewith.

Furnished herewith.

Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALKERMES plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard F. Pops

 

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Iain M. Brown

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

Date: July 28, 2021

 

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