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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. - Annual Report: 2021 (Form 10-K)

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
10-K
 
 
(Mark One)
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
    
    
    
    
to
    
    
    
    
Commission file number:
001-36274
 
 
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
36-4742850
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
430 East 29th Street
New York, New York 10016
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (646)
440-9333
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value Per Share
 
ITCI
 
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None
 
 
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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, a 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  
       
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and
non-voting
common stock held by
non-affiliates
of the registrant (without admitting that any person whose shares are not included in such calculation is an affiliate) computed by reference to the price at which the common stock was last sold as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $3.2 billion.
As of February 25, 2022, the registrant had
93,593,748
 shares of common stock outstanding.
Auditors Firm ID: 42                Auditors Name: Ernst & Young LLP                Auditors Location: Baltimore, MD
 
 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART I           3  
Item 1.
   Business      3  
Item 1A.
   Risk Factors      23  
Item 1B.
   Unresolved Staff Comments      55  
Item 2.
   Properties      55  
Item 3.
   Legal Proceedings      55  
Item 4.
   Mine Safety Disclosures      55  
PART II           56  
Item 5.
   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities      56  
Item 6.
   [Reserved]      56  
Item 7.
   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      57  
Item 7A.
   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      70  
Item 8.
   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data      71  
Item 9.
   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure      72  
Item 9A.
   Controls and Procedures      72  
Item 9B.
   Other Information      76  
Item 9C.
   Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections      76  
PART III           77  
Item 10.
   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance      77  
Item 11.
   Executive Compensation      77  
Item 12.
   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters      77  
Item 13.
   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence      77  
Item 14.
   Principal Accountant Fees and Services      77  
PART IV           78  
Item 15
   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules      78  
Item 16.
   Form 10-K Summary      82  
     Signatures      83  
 
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents (or parts thereof) are incorporated by reference into the following parts of this
Form 10-K:
Certain information required in Part III of this Annual Report on Form
10-K
is incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
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PART I
All brand names or trademarks appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders. Use or display by us of other parties’ trademarks, trade dress, or products in this report is not intended to, and does not, imply a relationship with, or endorsements or sponsorship of, us by the trademark or trade dress owners. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, ITI, Inc. and ITI Limited.
 
Item 1.
BUSINESS
Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development and commercialization of innovative, small molecule drugs that address underserved medical needs primarily in neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders by targeting intracellular signaling mechanisms within the central nervous system, or CNS. In December 2019, CAPLYTA
®
(lumateperone) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults (42mg/day) and we initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020. In December 2021, CAPLYTA was approved by the FDA for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults (42mg/day). We initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA for the treatment of bipolar depression in late December 2021. As used in this report, “CAPLYTA” refers to lumateperone approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults, and “lumateperone” refers to, where applicable, CAPLYTA as well as lumateperone for the treatment of indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression.
Our Product
In December 2019, CAPLYTA was approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults (42mg/day) and we initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020. In support of our commercialization efforts, we employ a national salesforce. In December 2021, CAPLYTA was approved by the FDA for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults (42mg/day). CAPLYTA is the only
FDA-approved
treatment for depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder (bipolar depression) in adults as monotherapy and as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate. We initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA for the treatment of bipolar depression in late December 2021. In support of the commercial launch of lumateperone for the treatment of bipolar depression, we have expanded our sales force from approximately 240 sales representatives to approximately 320 sales representatives.
The efficacy of CAPLYTA 42 mg in schizophrenia was demonstrated in two placebo-controlled trials, showing a statistically significant separation from placebo on the primary endpoint, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, or PANSS, total score. The most common adverse reactions (>5% and twice the rate of placebo) for the recommended dose of CAPLYTA versus placebo were somnolence/sedation (24% vs. 10%) and dry mouth (6% vs. 2%). In pooled data from short term studies, mean changes from baseline in weight gain, fasting glucose, triglycerides and total cholesterol were similar between CAPLYTA and placebo. The incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms was 6.7% for CAPLYTA and 6.3% for placebo.
The efficacy of CAPLYTA 42 mg in bipolar depression was demonstrated in two positive Phase 3 placebo-controlled bipolar depression studies, which evaluated the effects of CAPLYTA on depression in adult patients with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder both as monotherapy (Study 404) and as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate (Study 402). In these studies, the efficacy of CAPLYTA 42 mg was established by demonstrating statistically significant improvements over placebo for the change from baseline in the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating scale, or MADRS, total score at week 6. CAPLYTA 42 mg also showed a statistically significant improvement in the key secondary endpoint relating to clinical global impression of bipolar disorder in each study. In addition, CAPLYTA demonstrated a favorable tolerability and safety profile consistent with
 
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findings in prior clinical studies in schizophrenia. The most common reported adverse reactions (occurring at a rate of 5% or more and at least twice the rate of placebo) were somnolence/sedation, dizziness, nausea, and dry mouth. Mean changes from baseline in weight, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol were similar between CAPLYTA and placebo.
Our Development Programs
Our pipeline includes several product candidates in clinical development and additional product candidates in preclinical testing. We believe that our product candidates offer innovative therapeutic approaches and may provide advantages relative to current therapies. The following table summarizes our product candidates and programs:
OUR THERAPEUTIC PIPELINE
 
LOGO
The safety and efficacy of investigational agents and/or investigational uses of approved products have not been established.
Lumateperone Development Program
The efficacy of lumateperone could be mediated through a combination of antagonist activity at central serotonin
5-HT2A
receptors and postsynaptic antagonist activity at central dopamine D2 receptors. In terms of pharmacodynamics, lumateperone has high binding affinity for serotonin
5-HT2A
receptors and moderate binding affinity for dopamine D2 receptors, serotonin transporters, dopamine D1 receptors, dopamine D4 receptors and adrenergic alpha 1A and alpha 1B receptors. It lacks biologically relevant interactions with other receptors including muscarinic and histaminergic receptors. As a result, we believe lumateperone may represent a potential treatment across multiple therapeutic indications.
Lumateperone for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other mood disorders
As a potent
5-HT2A
receptor antagonist and serotonin reuptake inhibitor we believe that lumateperone could improve symptoms of depression with fewer side effects than currently marketed antipsychotics and antidepressants. Dopamine modulation by lumateperone may also reduce irritability and aggression that can accompany many mood disorders. Lumateperone, as a standalone agent, indirectly enhances glutamatergic
 
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neurotransmission through both AMPA and NMDA channels in the prefrontal cortex via lumateperone’s dopamine D1 receptor activation. By enhancing AMPA neurotransmission, lumateperone also activates key proteins in the mTOR pathway which has shown antidepressant effects. As such, lumateperone may represent a potential treatment for mood disorders including major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lumateperone is in Phase 3 clinical development as a novel treatment for MDD. Patient enrollment in Study 501 and Study 502, our global Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating lumateperone 42 mg as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for the treatment of MDD has commenced. We expect to file a supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, with the FDA for approval of lumateperone as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for the treatment of MDD in 2024. In the first quarter of 2020, as part of our lumateperone bipolar depression clinical program, we initiated our third monotherapy Phase 3 study, Study 403, evaluating lumateperone as monotherapy in the treatment of major depressive episodes associated with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder. Following the positive results in our adjunctive study that was part of our bipolar depression clinical program, Study 402, we amended Study 403 to evaluate major depressive episodes with mixed features in bipolar disorder in patients with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder and mixed features in patients with MDD. We expect to complete Study 403 in the second half of 2022 and following completion we intend to discuss the results with the FDA to determine whether Study 403, as amended, will provide supportive data for a potential future regulatory filing for this indication.
We have also initiated a Phase 3 study evaluating lumateperone for the prevention of relapse in patients with schizophrenia. The study is being conducted in five phases consisting of a screening phase,
a 6-week, open-label run-in phase
during which all patients will receive 42 mg of lumateperone per day, a
12-week, open-label
stabilization phase during which all patients will receive 42 mg of lumateperone per day; a double-blind treatment phase 26 weeks in duration during which patients receive either 42 mg of lumateperone per day or placebo (1:1 ratio) and
a 2-week safety follow-up
phase. This study is being conducted in accordance with our post approval marketing commitment to the FDA in connection with the approval of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia as is typical for antipsychotics.
Other Indications for Lumateperone
Within the lumateperone portfolio, we are also developing a long-acting injectable, or LAI, formulation to provide more treatment options to patients suffering from mental illness. We have completed the preclinical development of an LAI formulation and in December 2020 we initiated a Phase 1 single ascending dose study of lumateperone LAI, a formulation of lumateperone designed to be administered subcutaneously and to maintain therapeutic levels of lumateperone for at least one month. This study is evaluating the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of lumateperone LAI in patients with stable symptoms of schizophrenia. We are now exploring alternate sites of injection with this formulation as well as progressing other formulations. This will assist us in evaluating dosing strategies and formulation for our efficacy studies. The goal of our program is to develop LAI formulations that are effective, safe and well tolerated with treatment durations of one month and longer. Given the encouraging tolerability data to date with oral lumateperone, we believe that an LAI option, in particular, may lend itself to being an important formulation choice for certain patients.
We hold exclusive, worldwide commercialization rights to lumateperone and a family of compounds from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company pursuant to an exclusive license.
Other Product Candidates
We are developing
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
for the treatment of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia, the treatment of dementia-related psychosis and for the treatment of certain depressive disorders, in the elderly.
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
is a deuterated form of lumateperone, a new molecular entity formulated as an oral disintegrating tablet for sublingual administration.
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
is formulated as an oral solid dosage form
 
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that dissolves almost instantly when placed under the tongue, allowing for ease of use in the elderly and may be particularly beneficial for patients who have difficulty swallowing conventional tablets. Phase 1 single and multiple ascending dose studies in healthy volunteers and healthy elderly volunteers (> than 65 years of age) evaluated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of
ITI-1284-ODT-SL.
In these studies, there were no reported serious adverse events in either age group. In the elderly cohort, reported adverse events were infrequent with the most common adverse event being transient dry mouth (mild). Based on these results, we have initiated our program evaluating
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
for the treatment of agitation in patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease. We are in discussions with the FDA regarding the
non-clinical
toxicological profile of
ITI-1284-ODT-SL.
The FDA has informed us that they do not believe the deuterated and undeuterated forms of lumateperone are identical. As a result, the
non-clinical
data from lumateperone may not be broadly applied to
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
and we may be required to conduct additional toxicology studies in
non-rodent
species and this could delay the commencement of our clinical program. We expect to commence clinical conduct in this program in 2022. Additional studies in dementia-related psychosis, and certain depressive disorders in the elderly are also planned for 2022.
We have another major program that has yielded a portfolio of compounds that selectively inhibit the enzyme phosphodiesterase type 1, or PDE1. PDE1 enzymes are highly active in multiple disease states and our PDE1 inhibitors are designed to reestablish normal function in these disease states. Abnormal PDE1 activity is associated with cellular proliferation and activation of inflammatory cells. Our PDE1 inhibitors ameliorate both of these effects in animal models. We intend to pursue the development of our phosphodiesterase, or PDE, program, for the treatment of aberrant immune system activation in several CNS
and non-CNS conditions
with a focus on diseases where excessive PDE1 activity has been demonstrated and increased inflammation is an important contributor to disease pathogenesis. Our potential disease targets include heart failure, immune system regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, cancers and
other non-CNS disorders. Lenrispodun (ITI-214)
is our lead compound in this program. Following the favorable safety and tolerability results in our Phase 1 program, we initiated our development program for lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease and commenced patient enrollment in the third quarter of 2017 in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of lenrispodun in patients with Parkinson’s disease to evaluate safety and tolerability in this patient population, as well as motor
and non-motor exploratory
endpoints. In the fourth quarter of 2018, we announced that the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of lenrispodun has been completed and topline results demonstrated lenrispodun was generally well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile and clinical signs consistent with improvements in motor symptoms and dyskinesias. We have initiated our Phase 2 clinical program with lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease and expect to commence patient enrollment in the first half of 2022. In addition, in the second quarter of 2020, we announced topline results from
Study ITI-214-104, a
Phase 1/2 translational study of single ascending doses of lenrispodun in patients with chronic systolic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. In this study, lenrispodun improved cardiac output by increasing heart contractility and decreasing vascular resistance. Agents that both increase heart contractility (inotropism) and decrease vascular resistance (vasodilation) are called inodilators. Inodilators in current clinical use are associated with the development of arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms that when serious can impair heart function and lead to mortality. Lenrispodun, which acts through a novel mechanism of action, was not associated with arrhythmias in this study and was generally well-tolerated in all patients.
We also have a development program with our
ITI-333
compound as a potential treatment for substance use disorders, pain and psychiatric comorbidities including depression and anxiety. There is a pressing need to develop new drugs to treat opioid addiction and safe, effective,
non-addictive
treatments to manage pain.
ITI-333
is a novel compound that uniquely combines activity as an antagonist at
serotonin 5-HT2A receptors
and a partial agonist at µ-opioid receptors. These combined actions support the potential utility
of ITI-333 in
the treatment of opioid use disorder and associated comorbidities (e.g., depression, anxiety, sleep disorders) without opioid-like safety and tolerability concerns. In December 2020, we initiated a Phase 1 single ascending dose study evaluating the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of
ITI-333
in healthy volunteers. This study was recently completed and
ITI-333
achieved plasma exposures at or above those required for efficacy and was generally safe and well-tolerated. We have received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, that
 
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we expect will fund a significant portion of the early stage clinical development costs associated with this program.
Our Drug Discovery Platform and Capabilities
Based on the pioneering efforts of our late
co-founder
and Nobel laureate, Dr. Paul Greengard, we have developed a detailed understanding of intracellular signaling pathways and intracellular targets. We have used that knowledge to develop several state of the art technology platforms, including one called CNSProfile
TM
. This technology monitors the phosphoprotein changes elicited by major psychotropic drug classes and subclasses, and generates a unique molecular signature for drug compounds. By monitoring how the levels of these phosphoproteins change
in vivo
, we identify intracellular signaling pathways through which several major drug classes operate. Along with what we believe to be state of the art drug discovery efforts, we have used, and may continue to use, this information as a tool to validate our selection of preclinical candidate molecules.
Given the nature of our research and development and business activities, we do not expect that compliance with federal, state and local environmental laws will result in material costs or have a significant negative effect on our operations.
Disease and Market Overview
Our programs for small molecule therapeutics are designed to address various CNS and other diseases that we believe are underserved or unmet by currently available therapies and that represent large potential commercial market opportunities for us. Background information on the diseases and related commercial markets that may be addressed by our programs is set forth below.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disabling and chronic mental illness that is characterized by multiple symptoms during an acute phase of the disorder that can include
so-called
“positive” symptoms, such as hallucinations, hearing voices, grandiose beliefs and suspiciousness or paranoia. These symptoms can be accompanied by additional, harder to treat symptoms, such as social withdrawal, blunted emotional response and speech deficits, collectively referred to as “negative” symptoms, difficulty concentrating and disorganized thoughts, or cognitive impairment, depression and insomnia. Such residual symptoms often persist even after the acute positive symptoms subside, and contribute substantially to the social and employment disability associated with schizophrenia.
According to the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute of Mental Health, about 1% of the population (2.4 million adults in the United States) suffer from schizophrenia in any given year. A landmark study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness, also referred to as CATIE, which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine in September 2005, found that 74% of patients taking typical or atypical antipsychotics discontinued treatment within 18 months because of side effects or lack of efficacy.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, sometimes referred to as manic-depressive illness, is characterized by extreme shifts in mood. Individuals with bipolar disorder may experience intense feelings of over-excitement, irritability, impulsivity with grandiose beliefs and racing thoughts, referred to as a manic episode. Symptoms of depression may include feeling tired, hopeless and sad, with difficulty concentrating and thoughts of suicide. Some people experience both types of symptoms in the same “mixed” episode. Severe symptoms of bipolar disorder can be associated with hallucinations or delusions, otherwise referred to as psychosis.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 4.4% of adults in the United States (approximately 11 million adults in the United States) experience bipolar disorder at some time in their lives.
 
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Bipolar disorder is often treated with antipsychotic medications alone or in combination with mood stabilizers. The side effects and safety risks associated with antipsychotic drugs in patients with bipolar disorder are similar to those experienced by patients with schizophrenia. Moreover, a large national research program conducted from 1998 to 2005 called the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder, or
STEP-BD,
followed 4,360 patients with bipolar disorder long term and showed that about half of patients who were treated for bipolar disorder, still experienced lingering and recurrent symptoms, indicating a clear need for improved treatments.
Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder, or MDD, is a brain disorder that can be associated with symptoms of sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, feelings of guilt, irritability, loss of interest in formerly pleasurable activities, cognitive impairment, disturbed sleep patterns, and suicide ideation or behavior. Different people may experience different symptoms, but everyone with major depression experiences symptoms that are severe enough to interfere with everyday functioning, such as the ability to concentrate at work or school, social interactions, eating and sleeping. Sometimes the depressive episode can be so severe it is accompanied by psychosis (hallucinations and delusions).
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 7.8% of adults experience MDD each year. The antidepressant market is primarily composed of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as escitalopram and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, or SNRIs, such as duloxetine. Antipsychotics such as quetiapine, aripriprazole and Rexulti
®
are also used as adjunctive treatments with antidepressant treatment. The National Institute of Mental Health-funded Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression, or STAR*D, study showed that only
one-third
of treated patients experience complete remission of depressive symptoms. Nearly
two-thirds
of patients with depression do not fully recover on an anti-depressant medication.
Behavioral Disturbances in Dementia
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 55 million people worldwide have dementia, and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year. The Alzheimer’s Association estimated more than 6 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) in 2021. While the diagnostic criteria for AD and other dementias mostly focus on the related cognitive deficits, it is often the behavioral and psychiatric symptoms that are most troublesome for caregivers and lead to poor quality of life for patients. Several behavioral symptoms are quite prevalent in patients with dementia, including patients with AD. In view of the potential multiple effects of lumateperone on aggression, agitation, sleep disorders and depression, and its safety profile to date, we believe that lumateperone may provide a novel therapy for treating the behavioral disturbances accompanying dementia, including AD.
The FDA has not approved any drug to treat the behavioral symptoms of dementia, including AD. We believe there is a large unmet medical need for a safe and effective therapy to treat the behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia, including AD.
Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder that involves malfunction and death of neurons in a region of the brain that controls movement. This neurodegeneration creates a shortage of an important brain signaling chemical, or neurotransmitter, known as dopamine, thereby rendering patients unable to direct or control their movements in a normal manner. Parkinson’s disease is characterized by well-known motor symptoms, including tremors, limb stiffness, slowness of movements, and difficulties with posture and balance, as well as by
non-motor
symptoms, which include sleep disturbances, mood disorders, cognitive impairment and psychosis. Parkinson’s disease progresses slowly in most people and the severity of symptoms tends to worsen over time.
 
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According to the National Parkinson Foundation, about 1 million people in the United States and more than 10 million people worldwide suffer from this disease. Parkinson’s disease is more common in people over 60 years of age, and the prevalence of this disease is expected to increase significantly as the average age of the population increases. Parkinson’s disease patients are commonly treated with dopamine replacement therapies, such as levodopa, commonly referred to as
L-DOPA,
which is metabolized to dopamine, and dopamine agonists, which are molecules that mimic the action of dopamine. Global Data estimated global sales of therapeutics such as
L-DOPA,
and dopamine agonists used to treat the disease to be nearly $4 billion in 2021.
Non-motor
symptoms can be particularly distressing and even more troublesome to patients with Parkinson’s disease than the primary motor disturbances.
Non-motor
symptoms substantially contribute to the burden of Parkinson’s disease and deeply affect the quality of life of patients and their caregivers.
Non-motor
symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are associated with increased caregiver stress and burden, nursing home placement, and increased morbidity and mortality.
Treatment of
non-motor
symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease poses a challenge to physicians. Current dopamine replacement drugs used to treat the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease do not help, and sometimes worsen, the
non-motor
symptoms. We believe there is a large unmet medical need for the treatment of
non-motor
symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Heart Failure
Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. In some types of heart failure, the left ventricle loses its ability to contract normally. The heart is unable to pump with enough force to push enough blood into circulation (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction). Eventually the heart and body cannot compensate, and the person experiences fatigue, breathing problems or other symptoms.
Approximately 6.2 million adults in the United States have heart failure. About half of people who develop heart failure die within 5 years of diagnosis. Heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7 billion in 2021. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications to treat heart failure, and missed days of work. Current treatments prolong life and improve the heart’s function, but there is no cure. There is a pressing need for improved treatments to improve and reverse these changes in cardiac function.
Opioid Use Disorder
According to the 2019 CDC annual surveillance report of drug-related risks and outcomes, opioid misuse is widespread with over 10 million Americans reporting opioid misuse and nearly 50,000 opioid overdose deaths reported in the United States. The opioid crisis was declared a public health emergency in 2017. Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine. Opioids produce high levels of positive reinforcement, increasing the odds that people will continue using them despite negative consequences. Opioid use disorder is a chronic lifelong disorder, with serious potential consequences including disability, relapses, and death. While medications including methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone are approved to treat opioid use disorder, these medications do not effectively treat psychiatric comorbidities (e.g., mood and anxiety disorders) that may drive opioid use/abuse or dysphoria or the dysphoria and mood disturbances (e.g., depression and anxiety) that often accompany opioid withdrawal and abstinence.
Our Strategy
Our goal is to discover, develop and commercialize novel small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of CNS diseases and other diseases in order to improve the lives of people suffering from such illnesses. Using our
 
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key understanding of intracellular signaling, we seek to accomplish our goal, using our
in-house
expert drug discovery and clinical development teams, in two ways:
 
   
we seek to have the capability to develop
first-in-class
medications with novel mechanisms that have the potential to treat CNS diseases and other diseases for which there are no previously marketed drugs; and
 
   
we seek to develop drugs that either can differentiate themselves in competitive markets by addressing aspects of CNS diseases and other diseases which are not adequately treated by currently marketed drugs or can be effective with fewer side effects.
The key elements of our strategy are to:
 
   
continue to commercialize CAPLYTA, which has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, in the United States;
 
   
commercialize CAPLYTA, which has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults, in the United States;
 
   
complete the development of lumateperone for additional neuropsychiatric indications, such as MDD;
 
   
expand the commercial potential of lumateperone by investigating its usefulness in additional neurological areas, such as autism spectrum disorder, and in additional neuropsychiatric indications, such as sleep disorders associated with neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders;
 
   
continue to advance our other product candidates in clinical development such as lenrispodun, for the treatment of CNS and other disorders;
ITI-1284,
for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders and behavioral disturbances in dementia; and
ITI-333,
for substance use disorders, pain and psychiatric comorbidities including depression and anxiety; and
 
   
advance the earlier stage product candidates in our pipeline.
Intellectual Property
Our Patent Portfolio
As of February 1, 2022, we owned or controlled approximately 125 patent families filed in the United States and other major markets worldwide, including approximately 115 issued or allowed U.S. patents, 54 pending U.S. patent applications, 420 issued foreign patents and 359 pending foreign patent applications, directed to novel compounds, formulations, methods of treatment, synthetic methods, and platform technologies.
Lumateperone tosylate is
FDA-approved
as CAPLYTA
®
for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment of bipolar depression. We have extensively characterized this compound and related compounds and filed additional patent applications on salt forms, polymorphs, pharmaceutical formulations, new indications, improved methods of manufacture, metabolites, derivatives, and structurally related novel compounds. As of February 1, 2022, our lumateperone program consisted of approximately 33 patent families that we own or control, filed in the United States and other major markets, including 43 issued U.S. patents, 22 pending U.S. patent applications, 167 issued foreign patents and 158 pending foreign patent applications. Thirteen patents are currently Orange Book listed in the United States. In addition to patent protection, lumateperone has five years of new chemical entity data exclusivity with the FDA, until December 2024. Patent protection for lumateperone includes:
 
Summary Description of Patent
or Patent Application
  
United States or Foreign
Jurisdiction
  
Expiration Date
ITI-007
Product Patent (approved drug product—lumateperone tosylate—in any pharmaceutical form)
  
Granted:
US (10,464,938*), AU
   March 12, 2028 (US: does not include expected
6-month
extension in US for pediatric studies)
 
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Summary Description of Patent
or Patent Application
  
United States or Foreign
Jurisdiction
  
Expiration Date
ITI-007
Crystal Form Patent (approved drug product—lumateperone tosylate—in solid crystalline form)
  
Granted:
US (8,648,077*; 9,199,995*; 9,586,960*; RE48,825*), EP (AT, BE, BG, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR), AU, CA, CN, KR, HK, JP and MX
  
December 1, 2029 (US; does not include expected
6-month
extension for pediatric studies; additional patent term extension possible through 2033**);
March 12, 2029
(ex-US)
   Pending in IL, IN   
ITI-007
Dosage and Method of Treatment Patents (including schizophrenia, bipolar depression, sleep disorder indications)
  
Granted:
US (8,598,119*; 9,186,258, 9,616,061*; 10,117,867*; 10,702,522; RE48,839*), AU, CN, JP, KR, MX
Pending: US (continuation), EP, IN, KR (divisional), MX (divisional)
  
December 28, 2029 (US; does not include expected
6-month
extension for pediatric studies; additional patent term extension possible through 2033**);
May 27, 2029
(ex-US)
ITI-007
Residual Symptoms Patent (treatment of negative/residual symptoms of schizophrenia)
  
Granted:
US (9,956,227*; 10,960,009*; 11,026,951*), AU, EP, JP, KR, MX, RU
Pending: US (continuation), AU (divisional), JP (divisional), EP (divisional), IN, KR (divisional), MX (divisional), CA, BR IL, CN
   December 3, 2034 (US and
ex-US;
does not include expected US
6-month
extension for pediatric studies;)
Patents for Additional Dosage Forms
  
Granted:
US (10,695,345*; 11,052,084)
Pending: US (continuation), AU, CA, CN, EP, IN, IL, JP, KR, MX, RU
   2037-2039
Patents for Additional Indications (including post-traumatic stress disorder, impulse control disorder, symptoms associated with dementia, acute depression, and acute anxiety)
  
Granted:
US (11,053,245; 11,124,514)
Granted
or pending in US, EP, JP, and other countries
   2033-2034
 
*
Orange-Book listed U.S. patents (NB: U.S. 8,598,119 and U.S. 9,586,960 have been requested for delisting as they have been superseded by RE48,839 and RE48,825, respectively)
**
We have filed patent term extension applications on two U.S. patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, has not completed its review of these applications. In the United States, we are permitted to extend the term of one U.S. patent for lumateperone or the use thereof. Accordingly, on completion of the USPTO’s review of our patent term extension applications, we must select one of the two patents to which any patent term extension granted will attach. Patent terms may be subject to change not only due to potential patent term extensions but also to any terminal disclaimer that reduces patent term, as well as other factors. Because the U.S. patent laws and related judicial interpretations change, modifications or new interpretations of the laws may impact our patent terms.
Our
ITI-1284
program relates to novel lumateperone derivatives for the treatment of behavioral disturbances associated with dementia, and other central nervous system disorders. Six families of patent applications have
 
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been filed, which have already resulted in seven U.S. patents and fifteen foreign patents. The
ITI-1284
molecule has composition of matter protection to 2037, with possible extensions and additional Orange Book-listable protection to 2042.
Our program on PDE1 inhibitors for cognition, dopamine-mediated and other disorders, cardiovascular disorders, as well as several others, includes patent protection across 52 families, including 31 families for the lead molecule, lenrispodun, as well as a wide range of filings on other proprietary compounds and indications. The lenrispodun lead molecule has composition of matter protection to 2029, with possible extensions and additional Orange Book-listable protection to 2034. Additionally, we expect to have data exclusivity in the European Union for up to 11 years from commercial launch. We have obtained patent coverage for lenrispodun in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, including heart failure, that extends to 2034. We are also evaluating potential
follow-on
compounds for lenrispodun which would have patent protection beyond 2030.
Our
ITI-333
program relates to novel compounds for the
non-addictive
treatment of pain and for the treatment of opiate use disorder. 16 families of patent applications have been filed, including four families which have already resulted in four U.S. patents and one EP grant, as well as four other foreign grants. These patent families will protect the lead compound, as well as many other analogs under development, beyond 2037 (exclusive of any patent term extensions and regulatory exclusivities).
We have also filed patent applications on novel proprietary targets and lead compounds for AD, which would provide compound protection beyond 2028 or beyond 2034, depending on which compound is ultimately selected for development.
License Agreement
The Bristol-Myers Squibb License Agreement
On May 31, 2005, we entered into a worldwide, exclusive License Agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, or BMS, pursuant to which we hold a license to certain patents and
know-how
of BMS relating to lumateperone and other specified compounds. The agreement was amended on November 3, 2010. The licensed rights are exclusive, except BMS retains rights in specified compounds in the fields of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. However, BMS has no right to use, develop or commercialize lumateperone and other specified compounds in any field of use. We have the right to grant sublicenses of the rights conveyed by BMS. We are obliged under the license to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed technology. We are also prohibited from engaging in the clinical development or commercialization of specified competitive compounds.
Under the agreement, we made an upfront payment of $1.0 million to BMS, a milestone payment of $1.25 million in December 2013, and a milestone payment of $1.5 million in December 2014 following the initiation of our first Phase 3 clinical trial for lumateperone for patients with schizophrenia. Upon FDA acceptance of a New Drug Application, or NDA, filing for lumateperone, we were obligated to pay BMS a $2.0 million milestone payment. The FDA accepted our NDA filing for lumateperone for the treatment of schizophrenia in the third quarter of 2018 and, as a result, we paid the milestone payment in the first quarter of 2019. The FDA approved our NDA filing on December 23, 2019 and as a result, we accrued $5.0 million related to that milestone in the fourth quarter of 2019 which was paid in the first quarter of 2020. Remaining potential milestone payments under the agreement with respect to lumateperone total $5.0 million if approvals to market the product are received in certain countries outside the U.S. Under the agreement, we may be obliged to make other milestone payments to BMS, for licensed products other than lumateperone, of up to an aggregate of approximately $14.75 million. We are also obliged to make tiered single digit percentage royalty payments ranging between 5 – 9% on sales of licensed products. We are obliged to pay to BMS a percentage of
non-royalty
payments made in consideration of any sublicense.
The agreement extends, and royalties are payable, on a
country-by-country
and
product-by-product
basis, through the later of ten years after first commercial sale of a licensed product in such country, expiration of the
 
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last licensed patent covering a licensed product, its method of manufacture or use, or the expiration of other government grants providing market exclusivity, subject to certain rights of the parties to terminate the agreement on the occurrence of certain events. On termination of the agreement, we may be obliged to convey to BMS rights in developments relating to a licensed compound or licensed product, including regulatory filings, research results and other intellectual property rights.
Manufacturing
We do not own or operate manufacturing facilities for the production of CAPLYTA or any of our product candidates, nor do we have plans to develop our own manufacturing operations in the foreseeable future. We currently rely on third-party contract manufacturers for all of our required raw materials, active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, and finished product for commercial sales of CAPLYTA and for our preclinical research and clinical trials, including our ongoing and anticipated trials. We believe that we would be able to contract with other third-party contract manufacturers to obtain API if our existing sources of API were no longer available, but there is no assurance that API would be available from other third-party manufacturers on acceptable terms, on the timeframe that our business would require, or at all.
The Siegfried Supply Agreement
On January 4, 2017, we entered into a supply agreement, or the Siegfried Agreement, with Siegfried Evionnaz SA, or Siegfried. Under the Siegfried Agreement, Siegfried has agreed to manufacture and supply the API for lumateperone in commercial quantities. We agreed to provide Siegfried with a rolling forecast of our anticipated requirements for supply of the API. Under the agreement, our purchase prices for supply of the API from Siegfried are specified prices based on the volume of API produced. The initial term of the Siegfried Agreement was five years, and in December 2021, the term was extended to January 4, 2023. Either party may terminate the agreement prior to its expiration upon an uncured material breach by the other party, the liquidation or dissolution of the other party, the commencement of insolvency procedures or other bankruptcy-related proceedings that are not dismissed within a certain period of time, the appointment of any receiver, trustee or assignee to take possession of the properties of the other party, the cessation of all or substantially all of the other party’s business operations, a continuing force majeure event affecting the other party, or the debarment or certain other events involving the other party’s employees, affiliates or agents. Under the Siegfried Agreement, we have the right to and may purchase the API for lumateperone from other suppliers. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has committed to purchasing production campaigns of API from Siegfried that are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2022 through 2023.
The Lonza Manufacturing Services Agreement
On January 10, 2017, we entered into a manufacturing services agreement, or the Lonza Agreement, with Lonza Ltd., or Lonza. Under the Lonza Agreement, Lonza has agreed to manufacture lumateperone, with purchase prices determined in each project plan. We agreed to provide Lonza with a written forecast of our estimated quarterly requirements. The term of the Lonza Agreement ends on the later of the seventh anniversary of the effective date of the agreement or five years after the first marketing approval by the FDA or European Medicines Agency, or EMA, of lumateperone from the Lonza facility for commercial supply. Either party may terminate the agreement prior to its expiration upon a prior written notice, an uncured material breach by the other party, the insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the other party, or a continuing force majeure event affecting the other party, and may be extended by mutual consent. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has committed to purchasing a production campaign of API from Lonza that is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2022.
Development and commercial quantities of any products that we develop will need to be manufactured in facilities, and by processes, that comply with the requirements of the FDA and the regulatory agencies of other jurisdictions in which we are seeking approval. We currently employ internal resources to manage our manufacturing contractors.
 
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Commercial Operations
We initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in the United States in late March 2020. In support of our commercialization efforts, we hired a national sales force initially consisting of approximately 240 sales representatives, and in support of the commercial launch of CAPLYTA for the treatment of bipolar depression in December 2021, we expanded our sales force to approximately 320 sales representatives. In the future, we may choose to commercialize CAPLYTA or any other products, in markets outside of the United States, if approved for sale in such markets, by establishing one or more strategic alliances.
Customers
We are currently approved to sell CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults in the U.S. market. CAPLYTA is priced in line with other currently marketed branded antipsychotics indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment of bipolar depression. We distribute CAPLYTA principally through three third-party wholesale drug distributors whose concentration are between 28% and 40% of total sales.
Competition
We face, and will continue to face, intense competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as numerous academic and research institutions and governmental agencies, both in the United States and abroad. We compete, or will compete, with existing and new products being developed by our competitors. Some of these competitors are pursuing the development of pharmaceuticals that target the same diseases and conditions that our research and development programs target.
Even if we are successful in commercializing CAPLYTA and developing and obtaining approval of our product candidates, we would compete with a variety of established drugs in the areas of our targeted CNS therapeutic indications. CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment of bipolar depression competes with, among other branded products, Latuda
®
, marketed by Sunovion, Rexulti
®
, marketed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical, VRAYLAR
®
, marketed by Allergan, LYBALVI
®
, marketed by Alkermes, and Fanapt
®
, marketed by Vanda Pharmaceuticals. In addition, CAPLYTA competes and our product candidates, if approved, would compete with, among other generic antipsychotic products, aripiprazole, haloperidol, paliperidone, risperidone, quetiapine/XR, olanzapine and clozapine.
In addition, the companies described above and other competitors may have a variety of drugs in development or be awaiting FDA approval that could reach the market and become established before our approved product is established in the market or before we are able to sell our product candidates, if approved. Our competitors may also develop alternative therapies that could further limit the market for any drugs that we may develop. Many of our competitors are using technologies or methods different or similar to ours to identify and validate drug targets and to discover novel small molecule drugs. Many of our competitors and their collaborators have significantly greater experience than we do in the following:
 
   
identifying and validating targets;
 
   
screening compounds against targets;
 
   
preclinical studies and clinical trials of potential pharmaceutical products; and
 
   
obtaining FDA and other regulatory clearances.
In addition, many of our competitors and their collaborators have substantially greater advantages in the following areas:
 
   
capital resources;
 
   
research and development resources;
 
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manufacturing capabilities; and
 
   
sales and marketing.
Smaller companies also may prove to be significant competitors, particularly through proprietary research discoveries and collaborative arrangements with large pharmaceutical and established biotechnology companies. Many of our competitors have products that have been approved by the FDA or are in advanced development. We face competition from other companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and other public and private research organizations for collaborative arrangements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, in recruiting and retaining highly qualified scientific and management personnel and for licenses to additional technologies. Our competitors, either alone or with their collaborators, may succeed in developing technologies or drugs that are more effective, safer, and more affordable or more easily administered than ours and may achieve patent protection or commercialize drugs sooner than us. Developments by others may render our product candidates or our technologies obsolete. Our failure to compete effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Government Regulation
United States—FDA Process
The research, development, testing, manufacture, labeling, promotion, advertising, import and export, distribution and marketing, among other things, of drug products are extensively regulated by governmental authorities in the United States and other countries. In the United States, the FDA regulates drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the FDCA, and its implementing regulations. Failure to comply with the applicable U.S. requirements may subject us to administrative or judicial sanctions, such as FDA refusal to approve pending NDAs, warning letters, fines, civil penalties, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions and/or criminal prosecution.
Drug Approval Process.
None of our drug product candidates may be marketed in the United States until the drug has received FDA approval. Such approval can take many years to obtain and may be rejected by the FDA at a number of steps. The steps required before a drug may be marketed in the United States generally include the following:
 
   
completion of extensive preclinical laboratory tests, animal studies, and formulation studies in accordance with the FDA’s Good Laboratory Practice, or GLP, regulations;
 
   
submission to the FDA of an Investigational New Drug application, or IND, for human clinical testing, which must become effective before human clinical trials may begin;
 
   
performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the drug for each proposed indication;
 
   
submission to the FDA of an NDA after completion of all clinical trials;
 
   
satisfactory completion of an FDA
pre-approval
inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the API and finished drug product are produced and tested to assess compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMPs;
 
   
satisfactory completion of FDA inspections of clinical trial sites to assure that data supporting the safety and effectiveness of product candidates has been generated in compliance with Good Clinical Practices; and
 
   
FDA review and approval of the NDA prior to any commercial marketing or sale of the drug in the United States.
Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry, toxicity and formulation, as well as animal studies. The conduct of the preclinical tests and formulation of the compounds for testing must comply
 
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with federal regulations and requirements. The results of the preclinical tests, together with manufacturing information and analytical data, are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, which must become effective before human clinical trials may begin. An IND will automatically become effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA, unless before that time the FDA raises concerns or questions about the conduct of the trial, such as whether human research subjects will be exposed to an unreasonable health risk. In such a case, the IND sponsor and the FDA must resolve any outstanding FDA concerns or questions before clinical trials can proceed. The FDA, sponsor or an Institutional Review Board, or IRB, may place a study on hold at any time during development.
Clinical trials involve administration of the investigational drug to human subjects under the supervision of qualified investigators. Clinical trials are conducted under protocols detailing the objectives of the study, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the effectiveness criteria to be evaluated. Each protocol must be provided to the FDA as part of a separate submission to the IND. Further, an IRB, for each medical center proposing to conduct the clinical trial, must review and approve the study protocol and informed consent information for study subjects for any clinical trial before it commences at that center, and the IRB must monitor the study until it is completed. There are also requirements governing reporting of
on-going
clinical trials and clinical trial results to public registries. Study subjects must sign an informed consent form before participating in a clinical trial.
Clinical trials necessary for product approval typically are conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap.
 
   
Phase 1 usually involves the initial introduction of the investigational drug into a limited population, typically healthy humans, to evaluate its short-term safety, dosage tolerance, metabolism, pharmacokinetics and pharmacologic actions, and, if possible, to gain an early indication of its effectiveness.
 
   
Phase 2 usually involves trials in a limited patient population to (i) evaluate dosage tolerance and appropriate dosage; (ii) identify possible adverse effects and safety risks; and (iii) evaluate preliminarily the efficacy of the drug for specific targeted indications. Multiple Phase 2 clinical trials may be conducted by the sponsor to obtain information prior to beginning larger and more expensive Phase 3 clinical trials.
 
   
Phase 3 trials, commonly referred to as pivotal studies, are undertaken in an expanded patient population at multiple, geographically dispersed clinical trial centers to further evaluate clinical efficacy and test further for safety by using the drug in its final form.
The FDA or an IRB may suspend clinical trials at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the subjects or patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. The FDA may approve an NDA for a product candidate, but require that the sponsor conduct additional clinical trials to further assess the drug after NDA approval under a post-approval commitment. Post-approval trials are typically referred to as Phase 4 clinical trials.
During the development of a new drug, sponsors are given an opportunity to meet with the FDA at certain points. These points may be prior to submission of an IND, at the end of Phase 2, and before an NDA is submitted. Meetings at other times may be requested. These meetings can provide an opportunity for the sponsor to share information about the data gathered to date, for the FDA to provide advice, and for the sponsor and the FDA to reach an agreement on the next phase of development. Sponsors typically use the end of Phase 2 meeting to discuss their Phase 2 clinical results and present their plans for the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial that they believe will support approval of the new drug. A sponsor may request a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, to reach an agreement with the FDA that the protocol design, clinical endpoints, and statistical analyses are acceptable to support regulatory approval of the product candidate with respect to effectiveness in the indication studied. If such an agreement is reached, it will be documented and made part of the administrative record, and it will be binding on the FDA except in limited circumstances, such as if the FDA identifies a substantial scientific
 
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issue essential to determining the safety or effectiveness of the product after clinical studies begin, or if the sponsor fails to follow the protocol that was agreed upon with the FDA. There is no guarantee that a study will ultimately be adequate to support an approval even if the study is subject to an SPA.
Concurrent with clinical trials, companies usually complete additional animal safety studies and must also develop additional information about the chemistry and physical characteristics of the drug and finalize a process for manufacturing the product in accordance with cGMP requirements. The manufacturing process must be capable of consistently producing quality batches of the drug candidate and the manufacturer must develop methods for testing the quality, purity and potency of the final drugs. Additionally, appropriate packaging must be selected and tested and stability studies must be conducted to demonstrate that the drug candidate does not undergo unacceptable deterioration over its shelf life.
Assuming successful completion of the required clinical testing, the results of preclinical studies and of clinical studies, together with other detailed information, including information on the manufacture and composition of the drug, are submitted to the FDA in the form of an NDA requesting approval to market the product for one or more indications. An NDA must be accompanied by a significant user fee, which is waived for the first NDA submitted by a qualifying small business. The NDA is subject to a
sixty-day
acceptance period, and if sufficiently complete to permit substantive review, will be filed by the FDA at the end of that period. For NDAs that are assigned a standard review designation, the FDA’s goal is to complete its review ten months from the date the FDA files the NDA and, for priority review of those NDAs, six months from the date the FDA files the NDA. These goals can be extended by the FDA through requests for additional information from the sponsor.
The testing and approval process requires substantial time, effort and financial resources. The FDA will review the NDA and may deem it to be inadequate to support approval, and we cannot be sure that any approval will be granted on a timely basis, if at all. The FDA may also refer the application to the appropriate advisory committee, typically a panel of clinicians, for review, evaluation and a recommendation as to whether the application should be approved. The FDA is not bound by the recommendations of the advisory committee, but it typically follows such recommendations.
Before approving an NDA, the FDA inspects the facility or the facilities at which the drug and/or its active pharmaceutical ingredient is manufactured and will not approve the product unless the manufacturing is in compliance with cGMPs. If the FDA evaluates the NDA and the manufacturing facilities are deemed acceptable, the FDA may issue an approval letter, or in some cases a Complete Response Letter. The approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the drug for specific indications. As a condition of NDA approval, the FDA may require post-marketing testing and surveillance to monitor the drug’s safety or efficacy, or impose other conditions. A Complete Response Letter indicates that the review cycle of the application is complete and the application is not ready for approval. A Complete Response Letter may require additional clinical data and/or additional clinical trial(s), and/or other significant, expensive and time-consuming requirements related to clinical trials, preclinical studies or manufacturing. Even if such additional information is submitted, the FDA may ultimately decide that the NDA does not satisfy the criteria for approval. Data from clinical trials is not always conclusive and the FDA may interpret data differently than we or our collaborators interpret data. Alternatively, the FDA could also approve the NDA with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to mitigate risks of the drug, which could include medication guides, physician communication plans, or elements to assure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries or other risk minimization tools. Once the FDA approves a drug, the FDA may withdraw product approval if
on-going
regulatory requirements are not met or if safety problems occur after the product reaches the market. In addition, the FDA may require testing, including Phase 4 clinical trials, and surveillance programs to monitor the safety effects of approved products that have been commercialized, and the FDA has the power to prevent or limit further marketing of a product based on the results of these post-marketing programs or other information.
Post-Approval Requirements.
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addition, certain changes to an approved product, such as adding new indications, making certain manufacturing changes, or making certain additional labeling claims, are subject to further FDA review and approval. Before a company can market products for additional indications, it must obtain additional approvals from the FDA, typically through the submission and approval of a supplemental NDA. Obtaining approval for a new indication generally requires that additional clinical trials be conducted. A company cannot be sure that any additional approval for new indications for any product candidate will be approved on a timely basis, or at all.
If post-approval conditions are not satisfied, the FDA may withdraw its approval of the drug. In addition, holders of an approved NDA are required to (i) report certain adverse reactions to the FDA and maintain pharmacovigilance programs to proactively look for these adverse events; (ii) comply with certain requirements concerning advertising and promotional labeling for their products; and (iii) continue to have quality control and manufacturing procedures conform to cGMPs after approval. The FDA periodically inspects the sponsor’s records related to safety reporting and/or manufacturing facilities, which includes assessment of
on-going
compliance with cGMPs. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to maintain cGMP compliance. We intend to continue to use third-party manufacturers to produce our products in clinical and commercial quantities, and future FDA inspections may identify compliance issues at the facilities of our contract manufacturers that may disrupt production or distribution, or require substantial resources to correct. In addition, discovery of problems with a product after approval may result in restrictions on a product, manufacturer or holder of an approved NDA, including recall of the product from the market or withdrawal of approval of the NDA for that drug.
Patent Term Restoration and Marketing Exclusivity.
Depending upon the timing, duration and specifics of FDA approval of the use of our drugs, some of our U.S. patents may be eligible for limited patent term extension under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, referred to as the Hatch-Waxman Amendments. The Hatch-Waxman Amendments permit a patent restoration term of up to five years as compensation for patent term lost during product development and the FDA regulatory review process. However, patent term restoration cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years from the product’s approval date. The patent term restoration period is generally
one-half
the time between the effective date of an IND and the submission date of an NDA, plus the time between the submission date of an NDA and the approval of that application. Only one patent applicable to an approved drug is eligible for the extension and the extension must be requested prior to expiration of the patent. Also, the approval must be the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the active ingredient under the relevant provision of law. The USPTO, in consultation with the FDA, reviews and approves the application for any patent term extension or restoration. We have applied for, and in the future we intend to apply for, restorations of patent term for some of our currently owned or licensed patents to add patent life beyond their current expiration date, depending on the expected length of clinical trials and other factors involved in the submission of the relevant NDA.
Data and market exclusivity provisions under the FDCA also can delay the submission or the approval of certain applications. The FDCA provides a five-year period of
non-patent
data exclusivity within the United States to the first applicant to gain approval of an NDA for a new chemical entity. A drug is a new chemical entity if the FDA has not previously approved any other new drug containing the same active moiety, which is the molecule or ion responsible for the action of the drug substance. During the exclusivity period, the FDA may not accept for review an abbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, or a 505(b)(2) NDA submitted by another company for another version of such drug where the applicant does not own or have a legal right of reference to all the data required for approval. However, an application may be submitted after four years if it contains a certification of patent invalidity or
non-infringement.
The FDCA also provides three years of marketing exclusivity for an NDA, 505(b)(2) NDA or supplement to an existing NDA if new clinical investigations, other than bioavailability studies, conducted or sponsored by the applicant are deemed by the FDA to be essential to the approval of the application, for example, for new indications, dosages or strengths of an existing drug. This three-year exclusivity covers only the conditions associated with the new clinical investigations and does not prohibit the FDA from approving ANDAs or 505(b)(2) NDAs for drugs containing the original active agent. Five-year and three-year exclusivity will not delay the submission or approval of a full NDA; however, an
 
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applicant submitting a full NDA would be required to conduct, or obtain a right of reference to all of the preclinical studies, adequate and well-controlled clinical trials necessary to demonstrate safety and effectiveness. The FDCA also provides seven years of market exclusivity for a drug designated for a rare disease or condition (e.g., a disease or condition that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States). The exclusivity prohibits the approval of the same drug for the same disease or condition, unless there is a showing of clinical superiority.
Foreign Regulation
In addition to regulations in the United States, we will be subject to a variety of foreign regulations governing clinical trials and commercial sales and distribution of our products. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product, we must obtain approval by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries before we can commence clinical trials and approval of foreign countries or economic areas, such as the European Union, before we may market products in those countries or areas. The approval process and requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary greatly from place to place, and the time may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval.
Pricing and Reimbursement
In the United States and internationally, sales of any approved products, and our ability to generate revenues on such sales, are dependent, in significant part, on the availability of adequate coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors, such as state and federal governments, managed care providers and private insurance plans. Private insurers, such as health maintenance organizations and managed care providers, have implemented cost-cutting and reimbursement initiatives and likely will continue to do so in the future. These include establishing formularies that govern the drugs and biologics that will be offered and the
out-of-pocket
obligations of member patients for such products. We may need to conduct pharmacoeconomic studies to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of our products for formulary coverage and reimbursement. Even with such studies, our products may be considered less safe, less effective or less cost-effective than existing products, and third-party payors may not provide coverage and reimbursement for our product candidates, in whole or in part.
In addition, particularly in the United States and increasingly in other countries, we are required to provide discounts and pay rebates to state and federal governments and agencies in connection with purchases of our products that are reimbursed by such entities. It is possible that future legislation in the United States and other jurisdictions could be enacted to potentially impact reimbursement rates for the products we are developing and may develop in the future and could further impact the levels of discounts and rebates paid to federal and state government entities. Any legislation that impacts these areas could impact, in a significant way, our ability to generate revenues from sales of any approved product that we bring to market.
Political, economic and regulatory influences are subjecting the health care industry in the United States to fundamental changes. There have been, and we expect there will continue to be, legislative and regulatory proposals to change the health care system in ways that could significantly affect our future business. For example, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or collectively, the ACA, enacted in March 2010, substantially changed the way health care is financed by both governmental and private insurers. Certain legislative changes to and regulatory changes under the ACA have occurred over the past few years. For instance, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 increased the ACA required manufacturer
point-of-sale
discount from 50% to 70% off the negotiated price for Medicare Part D beneficiaries during their coverage gap period beginning in 2019. Further legislative changes to and regulatory changes under the ACA remain possible. We expect that healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and lower reimbursement, and in additional downward pressure on the price that may be charged for any of our product candidates, if approved.
 
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Sales and Marketing
The FDA, in conjunction with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, regulates all advertising and promotion activities for products under FDA’s jurisdiction prior to and after approval, including standards and regulations for
direct-to-consumer
advertising, dissemination of
off-label
information, industry-sponsored scientific and educational activities and promotional activities involving the Internet. Drugs may be marketed only for the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved label. Further, if there are any modifications to the drug, including changes in indications, labeling, or manufacturing processes or facilities, we may be required to submit and obtain FDA approval of a new or supplemental NDA, which may require us to collect additional data or conduct additional nonclinical studies and clinical trials. Failure to comply with applicable FDA requirements may subject a company to adverse publicity, enforcement action by the FDA, corrective advertising, consent decrees and the full range of civil and criminal penalties available to the FDA.
Physicians may prescribe legally available drugs for uses that are not described in the drug’s labeling and that differ from those tested by us and approved by the FDA. Such
off-label
uses are common across medical specialties, and often reflect a physician’s belief that the
off-label
use is the best treatment for the patient. The FDA does not regulate the behavior of physicians in their choice of treatments, but FDA regulations do impose stringent restrictions on manufacturers’ communications regarding
off-label
uses. Failure to comply with applicable FDA requirements may subject a company to adverse publicity, enforcement action by the FDA, corrective advertising, consent decrees and the full range of civil and criminal penalties available to the FDA.
Outside the United States, our ability to market a product is contingent upon obtaining marketing authorization from the appropriate regulatory authorities. The requirements governing marketing authorization, pricing and reimbursement vary widely from country to country.
At such time as we market, sell and distribute any products for which we obtain marketing approval, it is possible that our business activities could be subject to scrutiny and enforcement under one or more federal or state health care fraud and abuse laws and regulations. These fraud and abuse laws include:
 
   
The federal Anti-Kickback Law, which prohibits, among other things, knowingly or willingly offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward the purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchase, lease or order of any health care items or service for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, by federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;
 
   
The federal civil False Claims Act, which prohibits, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment of government funds or knowingly making, using or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay money to the government or knowingly concealing or knowingly and improperly avoiding, decreasing or concealing an obligation to pay money to the federal government;
 
   
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which imposes criminal liability for knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing from a health care benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a health care offense, or knowingly and willfully making false statements relating to healthcare matters;
 
   
The federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act, being implemented as the Open Payments Program, requires certain pharmaceutical manufacturers to engage in extensive tracking of payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals, and to submit such data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies, or CMS, which will then make all of this data publicly available on the CMS website; and
 
   
Analogous state laws and regulations, including state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to items or services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs or, in several states,
 
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apply regardless of the payer, as well as other state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to report expenses related to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products, prohibit certain gifts or payments to health care providers in the state, and/or require pharmaceutical companies to implement compliance programs or marketing codes of conduct.
Violations of fraud and abuse laws may be punishable by significant criminal and/or civil sanctions, including fines and civil monetary penalties, the possibility of exclusion from federal health care programs (including Medicare and Medicaid) and corporate integrity agreements, which impose, among other things, rigorous operational and monitoring requirements on companies. Similar sanctions and penalties also may be imposed upon executive officers and employees, including criminal sanctions against executive officers under the
so-called
“responsible corporate officer” doctrine, even in situations where the executive officer did not intend to violate the law and was unaware of any wrongdoing. Given the penalties that may be imposed on companies and individuals if convicted, allegations of such violations often result in settlements even if the company or individual being investigated admits no wrongdoing. Settlements often include significant civil sanctions, including fines and civil monetary penalties, and corporate integrity agreements. If the government was to allege or convict us or our executive officers, employees or consultants of violating these laws, our business could be harmed. In addition, private individuals have the ability to bring similar actions under some of the fraud and abuse laws described above. Our activities could be subject to challenge for the reasons discussed above and due to the broad scope of these laws and extensive enforcement of them by law enforcement authorities. Further, federal and state laws that require manufacturers to make reports on pricing and marketing information could subject us to penalty provisions.
Human Capital
As of February 1, 2022, we employed 512 employees all of whom were full-time. We consider our relations with our employees to be good. To successfully commercialize CAPLYTA and develop our drug candidates, we must be able to attract and retain highly skilled personnel. We anticipate hiring a number of additional employees during 2022. We continually evaluate the business need and opportunity and balance
in-house
expertise and capacity with outsourced expertise and capacity. Currently, we outsource substantial clinical trial work to clinical research organizations and drug manufacturing to contract manufacturers.
We believe that our future success largely depends upon our continued ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees. Pharmaceutical companies both large and small compete for a limited number qualified applicants to fill specialized positions. To attract qualified applicants, we offer a total rewards package consisting of base salary and cash target bonus, a comprehensive benefit package and equity compensation for every employee. Bonus opportunity and equity compensation increase as a percentage of total compensation based on level of responsibility. Actual bonus payout is based on performance.
Much of our success is rooted in the diversity of our teams and our commitment to inclusion. We value diversity at all levels. We believe that our business benefits from the different perspectives a diverse workforce brings, and we pride ourselves on having a strong, inclusive and positive culture based on our shared mission and values.
Corporate Information
We were originally incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 2012 under the name “Oneida Resources Corp.” Oneida Resources Corp. was a “shell” company registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, with no specific business plan or purpose until it began operating the business of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (now
re-named
ITI, Inc., or ITI) through a reverse merger transaction on August 29, 2013, or the Merger. ITI was incorporated in Delaware in May 2001 to focus primarily on the development of novel drugs for the treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurologic diseases and other disorders of the central nervous system. Effective upon the Merger, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company merged with
 
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and into ITI. ITI and ITI Limited continue as the operating subsidiaries of the Company. As used herein, the words the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, ITI, Inc. and ITI Limited.
Our corporate headquarters and laboratory are located at 430 East 29th Street, New York, New York 10016, and our telephone number is
(646) 440-9333.
We also have an office in Towson, Maryland. We maintain a website at www.intracellulartherapies.com, to which we regularly post copies of our press releases as well as additional information about us. We make available free of charge through the Investors section of our web site our Annual Reports on Form
10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q,
Current Reports on Form
8-K
and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains an internet site (
http://www.sec.gov
) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We include our web site address in this Annual Report on Form
10-K
only as an inactive textual reference. Information contained in our website does not constitute a part of this report or our other filings with the SEC.
 
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Item 1A.
RISK FACTORS
Except for the historical information contained herein, this report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include projections about our finances, plans and objectives for the future, future operating and economic performance and other statements regarding future performance. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or events. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in this report. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the following section, as well as those discussed in Part II, Item 7 entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere throughout this report.
You should consider carefully the following risk factors, together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this report. If any of the following risks, either alone or taken together, or other risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe to not be significant, develop into actual events, then our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially adversely affected. If that happens, the market price of our common stock could decline, and stockholders may lose all or part of their investment.
Summary of Risk Factors
Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in this section below, that represent challenges that we face in connection with the successful implementation of our strategy. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in more detail in the risk factors below, alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have an adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. Such risks include, but are not limited to:
 
   
In order to execute our business plan and achieve profitability, we need to effectively commercialize CAPLYTA, which received FDA approval in December 2019 for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and in December 2021 for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults.
 
   
If we do not obtain regulatory approval of lumateperone for other indications in the United States, or for any indication in foreign jurisdictions, we will not be able to market lumateperone for other indications or in other jurisdictions, which will limit our commercial revenues.
 
   
If our newly established sales and marketing capabilities or our third-party relationships for the commercialization of lumateperone are not effective, lumateperone may not be successfully commercialized.
 
   
We have generated limited revenue from product sales and there is no guarantee that our revenue from the sale of CAPLYTA or other product candidates, if approved, will be substantial.
 
   
There is no guarantee that our planned clinical trials for lumateperone will be successful.
 
   
We expect our net losses to continue for at least a few years and are unable to predict the extent of future losses or when we will become profitable, if ever.
 
   
We may require additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and, if not so available, may require us to delay, limit, reduce or cease our operations.
 
   
Even though the FDA has granted approval of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression, the terms of the approval may limit its commercial potential. Additionally, CAPLYTA is still subject to ongoing regulatory requirements.
 
   
Delays, suspensions and terminations in our clinical trials could result in increased costs to us, delay our ability to generate product revenues and therefore may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and future growth prospects.
 
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Safety issues with our product candidates or approved product, or with product candidates or approved products of third parties that are similar to our product candidates, could give rise to delays in the regulatory approval process, restrictions on labeling or product withdrawal after approval.
 
   
Preliminary and interim data from our clinical studies that we may announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available.
 
   
We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials and perform data collection and analysis, which may result in costs and delays that prevent us from successfully commercializing our product candidates.
 
   
Even if we successfully complete the clinical trials of one or more of our product candidates, the product candidates may fail for other reasons.
 
   
We are subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions with regard to lumateperone and, following regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions with regard to such product candidates, which may result in significant expense and limit our ability to commercialize lumateperone and our other potential products.
 
   
CAPLYTA and our product candidates, if approved, may not gain acceptance among physicians, patients, or the medical community, thereby limiting our potential to generate revenues, which will undermine our future growth prospects.
 
   
CAPLYTA has only recently been, and our other product candidates have never been, manufactured on a commercial scale, and there are risks associated with scaling up manufacturing to commercial scale. In particular, we will need to develop larger scale manufacturing processes that are more efficient and cost-effective to commercialize our product candidates which may not be successful.
 
   
We rely on third-party manufacturers to manufacture and supply lumateperone and our other product candidates for us. If one of our suppliers or manufacturers fails to perform adequately or fulfill our needs, we may be required to incur significant costs and devote significant efforts to find new suppliers or manufacturers. We may also face significant delays in our clinical trials, regulatory approvals and product introductions and commercialization.
 
   
We will need to continue to manage our organization and we may encounter difficulties with our staffing and any future transitions, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
 
   
Our ability to compete may be undermined if we do not adequately protect our proprietary rights.
 
   
Our ability to generate product revenues will be diminished if lumateperone or any of our other potential products does not receive coverage from payors or sell for inadequate prices, or if patients are unable to obtain adequate levels of reimbursement.
 
   
Many of our competitors have greater resources and capital than us, putting us at a competitive disadvantage. If our competitors develop and market products that are more effective than lumateperone or our other product candidates, they may reduce or eliminate our commercial opportunity.
 
   
The
COVID-19
pandemic could continue to have a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our commercial operations and sales, clinical trials and preclinical studies.
 
   
Numerous factors could result in substantial volatility in the trading price of our stock.
 
   
The price of our common stock could be subject to volatility related or unrelated to our operations.
 
   
Our management has broad discretion over the use of our cash and we may not use our cash effectively, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
 
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Risks Related to Our Business
In order to execute our business plan and achieve profitability, we need to effectively commercialize CAPLYTA, which received FDA approval in December 2019 for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and in December 2021 for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults.
CAPLYTA is our only drug that has been approved for sale and it has been approved only for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and bipolar depression in adults in the United States. We are focusing a significant portion of our activities and resources on CAPLYTA, and we believe our prospects are highly dependent on, and a significant portion of the value of our company relates to, our ability to successfully commercialize CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults in the United States.
Successful commercialization of CAPLYTA is subject to many risks. We have never, as an organization, launched or commercialized any other product, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to successfully commercialize CAPLYTA for its approved indications. There are numerous examples of failures to meet high expectations of market potential, including by pharmaceutical companies with more experience and resources than us. We expect that continued commercial success of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression will depend on many factors, including the following:
 
   
the efficacy, cost, approved use, and side-effect profile of CAPLYTA regimens relative to competitive treatment regimens for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression;
 
   
the effectiveness of our commercial strategy for the marketing of CAPLYTA, including our pricing strategy and the effectiveness of our efforts to obtain adequate third-party reimbursements;
 
   
maintaining and successfully monitoring commercial manufacturing arrangements for CAPLYTA with third-party manufacturers to ensure they meet our standards and those of regulatory authorities, including the FDA, which extensively regulate and monitor pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities;
 
   
our ability to meet the demand for commercial supplies of CAPLYTA;
 
   
the acceptance of CAPLYTA by patients, the medical community and third-party payors; and
 
   
the effect of recent or potential health care legislation in the United States.
While we believe that CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression has a commercially competitive profile, we cannot accurately predict the amount of revenue that will be generated from the sale of CAPLYTA. If we do not effectively commercialize CAPLYTA, we will not be able to execute our business plan and may not be able to achieve profitability. If our revenues, market share and/or other indicators of market acceptance of CAPLYTA do not meet the expectations of investors or public market analysts, the market price of our common stock would likely decline.
If we do not obtain regulatory approval of lumateperone for other indications in the United States, or for any indication in foreign jurisdictions, we will not be able to market lumateperone for other indications or in other jurisdictions, which will limit our commercial revenues.
While CAPLYTA has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression in adults, lumateperone has not been approved by the FDA for any other indications, and it has not been approved in any other jurisdiction for these indications or for any other indication. In order to market lumateperone for other indications or in other jurisdictions, we must obtain regulatory approval for each of those indications and in each of the applicable jurisdictions, and we may never be able to obtain such approval. Approval of CAPLYTA by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression does not ensure that foreign jurisdictions will also approve CAPLYTA for those indications, nor does it ensure that lumateperone will be approved by the FDA for additional indications. Lumateperone is in Phase 3 clinical development as an
 
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adjunctive therapy for the treatment of MDD. There is no guarantee that any ongoing or future studies of lumateperone in other indications will be successful, or that the FDA or any regulatory authority in foreign jurisdictions will approve lumateperone for any of those indications. The research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval, sale, import, export, marketing, and distribution of pharmaceutical product candidates are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries, whose regulations differ from country to country. We will be required to comply with different regulations and policies of the jurisdictions where we seek approval for our product candidates, and we have not yet identified all of the requirements that we will need to satisfy to submit lumateperone for approval for other indications or in other jurisdictions. This will require additional time, expertise and expense, including the potential need to conduct additional studies or development work for other jurisdictions beyond the work that we have conducted to support our NDA submission in schizophrenia or our sNDA submissions in bipolar depression. In addition, strategic considerations need to be taken into account when determining whether and when to submit lumateperone for approval in other jurisdictions. If we do not receive marketing approval for lumateperone for any other indication or from any regulatory agency outside of the United States, we will never be able to commercialize lumateperone for any other indication in the United States or for any indication in any other jurisdiction. Even if we do receive additional regulatory approvals, we may not be successful in commercializing those opportunities.
If the results or timing of regulatory filings, the regulatory process, regulatory developments, clinical trials or preclinical studies, or other activities, actions or decisions related to lumateperone do not meet our or others’ expectations, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly.
If the sales and marketing capabilities we have established or our third-party relationships for the commercialization of lumateperone are not effective, lumateperone may not be successfully commercialized.
Prior to the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020, we had no experience as a company in marketing drugs or with respect to pricing and obtaining adequate third-party reimbursement for drugs. We continue to build our commercial organization and capabilities in the United States in order to market CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression. We will need to successfully complete the expansion of our capabilities and/or enter into arrangements with third parties to sell and market CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression and, if approved, our other product candidates. If our sales and marketing capabilities or our third-party relationships for the commercialization of our products are not effective, our business could be materially harmed.
We have generated limited revenue from product sales and there is no guarantee that our revenue from the sale of CAPLYTA will be substantial.
Our ability to generate revenue from product sales and achieve profitability depends on our ability to successfully commercialize CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression in adults in the United States and to complete the development of and obtain regulatory approvals necessary to commercialize lumateperone in other indications and our other product candidates. We have a limited operating history on which to evaluate our business and prospects. To date, we have generated limited product revenues from CAPLYTA and we cannot guarantee that CAPLYTA will be successfully commercialized or that any of our product candidates currently in development will ever become marketable products.
We must demonstrate that our product candidates satisfy rigorous standards of safety and efficacy for their intended uses before the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the European Union and elsewhere will approve them for commercialization. Significant additional research, preclinical testing and clinical testing is required before we can file applications with the FDA or other regulatory authorities for approval of our drug candidates. In addition, to compete effectively, our drugs must be easy to administer, cost-effective and economical to manufacture on a commercial scale. We may not achieve any of these objectives.
 
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Lumateperone is in Phase 3 clinical development as a novel treatment for MDD. In the first quarter of 2020, as part of our lumateperone bipolar depression clinical program, we initiated our third monotherapy Phase 3 study, Study 403, evaluating lumateperone as monotherapy in the treatment of major depressive episodes associated with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder. Following the positive results in our adjunctive study that was part of our bipolar depression clinical program, Study 402, we amended Study 403 to evaluate major depressive episodes with mixed features in bipolar disorder in patients with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder and mixed features in patients with MDD. We expect to complete Study 403 in the second half of 2022 and following completion we intend to discuss the results with the FDA to determine whether Study 403, as amended, will provide supportive data for a potential future regulatory filing for this indication.
In addition, we intend to pursue the development of our PDE program, including lenrispodun for the treatment of several CNS and
non-CNS
conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Following the favorable safety and tolerability results in our Phase 1 program, we initiated our development program for lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease. In the fourth quarter of 2018, we announced that the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of lenrispodun has been completed and topline results demonstrated lenrispodun was generally well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile and clinical signs consistent with improvements in motor symptoms and dyskinesias. We have initiated our Phase 2 clinical program with lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease and expect to commence patient enrollment in the first half of 2022. In addition, in the second quarter of 2020, we announced topline results from Study
ITI-214-104,
a Phase 1/2 translational study of single ascending doses of lenrispodun in patients with chronic systolic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. In this study, lenrispodun improved cardiac output by increasing heart contractility and decreasing vascular resistance. Agents that both increase heart contractility (inotropism) and decrease vascular resistance (vasodilation) are called inodilators. Inodilators in current clinical use are associated with the development of arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms that when serious can impair heart function and lead to mortality. Lenrispodun, which acts through a novel mechanism of action, was not associated with arrhythmias in this study and was generally well-tolerated in all patients.
We cannot be certain that the clinical development of these or any other drug candidates in preclinical testing or clinical development will be successful, that we will receive the regulatory approvals required to commercialize them or that any of our other research and drug discovery programs will yield a drug candidate suitable for investigation through clinical trials.
There is no guarantee that our planned clinical trials for lumateperone will be successful.
The historical rate of failures for product candidates in clinical development and late-stage clinical trials is high. We are conducting and plan to conduct further clinical trials in lumateperone in indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression, and there is no guarantee that we will have the same level of success in these trials as we have had in certain of our previous clinical trials, or be successful at all.
In addition, although we believe that lumateperone and
follow-on
compounds may also have clinical utility in indications other than schizophrenia and bipolar depression, such as behavioral disturbances in dementia, intermittent explosive disorder,
non-motor
disorders associated with Parkinson’s disease, obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, we have never tested lumateperone in Phase 3 clinical trials in the patient populations for these other indications, except for our
ITI-007-201
Phase 3 trial in patients with a clinical diagnosis of probable AD and clinically significant symptoms of agitation, which we determined to discontinue following our independent data monitoring committee’s recommendation that the study should be stopped for futility.
If we do not successfully complete clinical development and obtain approval of lumateperone in indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression, we will be unable to market, sell and generate revenue from lumateperone in any of these other indications. Even though we have successfully completed certain clinical trials for CAPLYTA in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar depression, those results are not necessarily predictive of results of future trials that may be needed before we may submit an NDA to the FDA for any
 
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indication beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression. Of the vast number of drugs in development, only a small percentage result in the submission of an NDA to the FDA, and even less result in the NDA ultimately being approved by the FDA for commercialization.
We expect our net losses to continue for at least a few years and are unable to predict the extent of future losses or when we will become profitable, if ever.
We have experienced significant net losses since inception. As of December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.2 billion. We expect to incur net losses over the next few years as we advance our programs and incur significant clinical development costs. To date, we have received limited revenues from the commercialization of CAPLYTA. Prior to our commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020, substantially all of our revenues were from our license and collaboration agreement with Takeda and our agreements with various U.S. governmental agencies and other parties, including our research and development grants. To obtain revenues from lumateperone, we must successfully commercialize lumateperone in its approved indications. To obtain revenues from our product candidates, we must succeed, either alone or with others, in developing, obtaining regulatory approval for, and manufacturing and marketing drugs with significant market potential. We may never succeed in these activities, and may never generate revenues that are significant enough to achieve profitability.
We may require substantial additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and, if not so available, may require us to delay, limit, reduce or cease our operations.
We have consumed substantial amounts of capital since our inception. Our cash, cash equivalents, investment securities and restricted cash totaled $413.7 million at December 31, 2021. In January 2022, we completed an underwritten public offering of shares of our common stock resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $433.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
With our cash, cash equivalents and investment securities, including the net proceeds from our public offering in January 2022, we intend to fund the following: commercialization activities in connection with the commercialization of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression; the development of lumateperone in our late stage clinical programs; the development of our other product candidates, including
ITI-1284,
lenrispodun and
ITI-333;
working capital needs in connection with the commercialization of CAPLYTA; and the remaining proceeds, if any, to fund new and ongoing research and development activities, manufacturing activities in connection with new products, general corporate purposes, including general and administrative expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and prosecution and maintenance of our intellectual property. Accordingly, we will continue to require substantial additional capital beyond the net proceeds from our January 2022 offering to continue our clinical development and commercialization activities. Because successful development of our product candidates is uncertain, we are unable to estimate the actual funds we will require to complete research and development and commercialize our products under development.
Our future capital requirements will depend on, and could increase significantly as a result of, many factors, including:
 
   
the amount of product sales from lumateperone;
 
   
the costs of maintaining and expanding our sales and marketing capabilities for lumateperone;
 
   
the costs of preparing applications for regulatory approvals for lumateperone in additional indications other than in schizophrenia and bipolar depression, and potentially in jurisdictions other than the United States, and for other product candidates, as well as the costs required to support review of such applications;
 
   
the costs of manufacturing and distributing lumateperone for commercial use in the United States;
 
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our ability to obtain regulatory approval for, and subsequently generate product sales from, lumateperone in additional indications other than in schizophrenia and bipolar depression or in jurisdictions other than the United States;
 
   
the progress in, and the costs of, our preclinical studies and clinical trials and other research and development programs;
 
   
the scope, prioritization and number of our research and development programs;
 
   
the ability of any future collaborators and us to reach the milestones, and other events or developments, triggering payments under any future collaboration agreements or to otherwise make payments under such agreements;
 
   
our ability to enter into new, and to maintain any existing, collaboration and license agreements;
 
   
the extent to which any future collaborators are obligated to reimburse us for clinical trial costs under any future collaboration agreements;
 
   
the costs involved in filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patent claims and other intellectual property rights;
 
   
the costs of maintaining or securing manufacturing and supply arrangements for clinical or commercial production of lumateperone or our other product candidates;
 
   
the costs of preparing applications for regulatory approvals for our product candidates;
 
   
the costs of preparing for and establishing, or contracting for, sales and marketing capabilities if we obtain regulatory approvals for our product candidates;
 
   
the costs involved in expanding the accounting and data management systems to support commercial operations; and
 
   
the costs associated with litigation, including the costs incurred in defending against any product liability claims that may be brought against us related to lumateperone or our other product candidates.
Until we can generate significant continuing revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through our existing cash, cash equivalents and investment securities, strategic collaborations, private or public sales of our securities, debt financings, grant funding, or by licensing all or a portion of our products, product candidates or technology. Turmoil and volatility in the financial markets have adversely affected the market capitalizations of many biotechnology companies, and generally made equity and debt financing more difficult to obtain. This, coupled with other factors, may limit our access to additional financing. This could have a material adverse effect on our ability to access sufficient funding. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we do obtain additional funding through equity offerings, the ownership of our existing stockholders and purchasers of shares of our common stock in any such offering will be diluted, and the terms of any financing may adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. In addition, the issuance of additional shares by us, or the possibility of such issuance, may cause the market price of our shares to decline. If funds are not available, we will be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our research or development programs or our commercialization efforts. We also could be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaboration partners or otherwise that may require us to relinquish rights to some of our technologies, products or product candidates or otherwise agree to terms unfavorable to us.
Our management has broad discretion over the use of our cash and we may not use our cash effectively, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
Our management has significant flexibility in applying our cash resources and could use these resources for corporate purposes that do not increase our market value, or in ways with which our stockholders may not agree. We may use our cash resources for corporate purposes that do not yield a significant return or any return at all for our stockholders, which could adversely affect our future growth prospects.
 
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Delays, suspensions and terminations in our clinical trials or the need to conduct additional clinical or nonclinical trials could result in increased costs to us, delay our ability to generate product revenues and therefore may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and future growth prospects.
The commencement of clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of reasons, including delays in: demonstrating sufficient safety and efficacy to obtain regulatory approval to commence a clinical trial; reaching agreement on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations and clinical trial sites; manufacturing sufficient quantities of a product candidate; obtaining clearance from the FDA to commence clinical trials pursuant to an IND; obtaining institutional review board approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective clinical trial site; and patient enrollment, which is a function of many factors, including the size of the patient population, the nature of the protocol, the proximity of patients to clinical trial sites, the availability of effective treatments for the relevant disease and the eligibility criteria for the clinical trial.
Once a clinical trial has begun, it may be delayed, suspended or terminated due to a number of factors, including: ongoing discussions with regulatory authorities regarding the scope or design of our clinical trials or requests by them for supplemental information with respect to our clinical trial results; failure to conduct clinical trials in accordance with regulatory requirements; lower than anticipated screening or retention rates of patients in clinical trials; serious adverse events or side effects experienced by participants; and insufficient supply or deficient quality of product candidates or other materials necessary for the conduct of our clinical trials. In the fourth quarter of 2018, a DMC completed a
pre-specified
interim analysis of our
ITI-007-201
Phase 3 trial in patients with a clinical diagnosis of probable AD and clinically significant symptoms of agitation, concluded that the trial is not likely to meet its primary endpoint upon completion and therefore recommended the study should be stopped for futility. As a result, we determined to discontinue the
ITI-007-201
trial.
Many of these factors may also ultimately lead to denial of regulatory approval of a current or potential product candidate. If we experience delays, suspensions or terminations in a clinical trial or are required to conduct additional clinical or nonclinical trials, our costs will increase, the commercial prospects for the related product candidate will be harmed, and our ability to generate product revenues will be delayed.
Even though the FDA has granted approval of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression, the terms of the approval may limit its commercial potential. Additionally, CAPLYTA is still subject to ongoing regulatory requirements.
Even though the FDA has granted approval of CAPLYTA, the scope and terms of the approval may limit our ability to commercialize CAPLYTA and, therefore, our ability to generate substantial sales revenues. The FDA has approved CAPLYTA only for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression in adults. The label for CAPLYTA also contains a “boxed” warning that elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death and that CAPLYTA is not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis.
The manufacturing processes, labeling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and recordkeeping for CAPLYTA will also continue to be subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements. These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as continued compliance with current good manufacturing processes, good clinical practices, international council for harmonization guidelines and good laboratory practices, which are regulations and guidelines enforced by the FDA for all of our nonclinical and clinical development and for any clinical trials that we conduct post-approval.
Discovery of any issues post-approval, including any safety concerns, such as unexpected side effects or drug-drug interaction problems, adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or concerns over misuse or abuse of the product, problems with the facilities where the product is manufactured, packaged or distributed,
 
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or failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may result in, among other things, restrictions on CAPLYTA or on us, including:
 
   
withdrawal of approval, addition of warnings or narrowing of the approved indication in the product label;
 
   
requirement of a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to mitigate the risk of
off-label
use in populations where the FDA may believe that the potential risks of use may outweigh its benefits;
 
   
voluntary or mandatory recalls;
 
   
warning letters;
 
   
suspension of any ongoing clinical studies;
 
   
refusal by the FDA or other regulatory authorities to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications filed by us, or suspension or revocation of product approvals;
 
   
restrictions on operations, including restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product or the imposition of costly new manufacturing requirements; or
 
   
seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products.
If any of these actions were to occur, we may have to delay or discontinue the commercialization of CAPLYTA, limit our sales and marketing efforts, conduct further post-approval studies, and/or delay, discontinue or change any other ongoing or planned clinical studies, which in turn could result in significant expense and delay or limit our ability to generate sales revenues.
Safety issues with our product candidates or approved product, or with product candidates or approved products of third parties that are similar to our product candidates, could give rise to delays in the regulatory approval process, restrictions on labeling or product withdrawal after approval.
Problems with product candidates or approved products marketed by third parties that utilize the same therapeutic target or that belong to the same therapeutic class as our product candidates or approved product could adversely affect the development, regulatory approval and commercialization of our product candidates or approved product. In 2012, the FDA released draft guidance recommending that prospective suicidality assessments be performed in clinical trials of any drug being developed for a psychiatric indication. Our development programs are focused on psychiatric indications. Our PDE program is a novel target and may have unexpected safety effects that do not appear until late in clinical development or after commercial approval. As we continue the development and clinical trials of our product candidates and continue to commercialize our approved product, there can be no assurance that our product candidates or approved product will not experience significant safety issues.
Discovery of previously unknown class effect problems may prevent or delay clinical development and commercial approval of product candidates or result in restrictions on permissible uses after their approval, including withdrawal of the medicine from the market. Many drugs acting on the CNS include boxed warnings and precautions related to suicidal behavior or ideation, driving impairment, somnolence/sedation and dizziness, discontinuation, weight gain,
non-insulin
dependent (type II) diabetes, cardiovascular side effects, sleep disturbances, and motor disturbances. The label for CAPLYTA contains a “boxed” warning that elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death and that CAPLYTA is not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis. If we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by the mechanisms of action or classes of our products or product candidates or any specific products or product candidates:
 
   
we may be required to conduct additional clinical trials or implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies program prior to or following approval;
 
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regulatory authorities may not approve our product candidates or, as a condition of approval, may require specific warnings and contraindications;
 
   
regulatory authorities may withdraw their approval of the product and require us to take our drug off the market;
 
   
we may have limitations on how we promote our drugs;
 
   
sales of products may decrease significantly;
 
   
we may be subject to litigation or product liability claims; and
 
   
our reputation may suffer.
Any of these events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of the affected product or could substantially increase our commercialization costs and expenses, which, in turn, could delay or prevent us from generating significant revenues from its sale.
Finally, if the FDA determines that a drug may present a risk of substance abuse, it can recommend to the Drug Enforcement Administration that the drug be scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act. Any failure or delay in commencing or completing clinical trials or obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates would delay commercialization of our product candidates, and severely harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
If we seek to enter into strategic alliances for our drug candidates, but fail to enter into and maintain successful strategic alliances, we may have to reduce or delay our drug candidate development or increase our expenditures.
An important element of a biotechnology company’s strategy for developing, manufacturing and commercializing its drug candidates may be to enter into strategic alliances with pharmaceutical companies or other industry participants to advance its programs and enable it to maintain its financial and operational capacity. We may face significant competition in seeking appropriate alliances. If we seek such alliances, we may not be able to negotiate alliances on acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, these alliances may be unsuccessful. On October 31, 2014, we entered into the Termination Agreement with Takeda, which terminated the Takeda License Agreement, pursuant to which all rights granted under the Takeda License Agreement were returned to us. If we seek such alliances and then fail to create and maintain suitable alliances, we may have to limit the size or scope of, or delay, one or more of our drug development or research programs. If we elect to fund drug development or research programs on our own, we will have to increase our expenditures and will need to obtain additional funding, which may be unavailable or available only on unfavorable terms.
To the extent we are able to enter into collaborative arrangements or strategic alliances, we will be exposed to risks related to those collaborations and alliances.
Biotechnology companies at our stage of development sometimes become dependent upon collaborative arrangements or strategic alliances to complete the development and commercialization of drug candidates, particularly after the Phase 2 stage of clinical testing. If we elect to enter into collaborative arrangements or strategic alliances, these arrangements may place the development of our drug candidates outside our control, may require us to relinquish important rights or may otherwise be on terms unfavorable to us.
Dependence on collaborative arrangements or strategic alliances would subject us to a number of risks, including the risk that:
 
   
we may not be able to control the amount and timing of resources that our collaborators may devote to the drug candidates;
 
   
our collaborators may experience financial difficulties;
 
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we may be required to relinquish important rights, such as marketing and distribution rights;
 
   
business combinations or significant changes in a collaborator’s business strategy may also adversely affect a collaborator’s willingness or ability to complete its obligations under any arrangement;
 
   
a collaborator could independently move forward with a competing drug candidate developed either independently or in collaboration with others, including our competitors; and
 
   
collaborative arrangements are often terminated or allowed to expire, which would delay the development and may increase the cost of developing our drug candidates.
Preliminary and interim data from our clinical trials that we may announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available.
From time to time, we may announce or publish preliminary or interim data from our clinical trials. Preliminary and interim data of a clinical trial are not necessarily predictive of final data. Preliminary and interim data are subject to the risk that one or more of the clinical outcomes may materially change as patient enrollment continues and more patient data become available. As a result, preliminary and interim data should be viewed with caution until the final data are available. Material adverse changes in the final data compared to the interim data could affect our planned clinical path for our product candidates, including increasing costs of and/or causing delays in such development, and could significantly harm our business prospects.
We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials and perform data collection and analysis, which may result in costs and delays that prevent us from successfully commercializing our product candidates.
Although we design and manage our current preclinical studies and clinical trials, we do not now have the ability to conduct clinical trials for our product candidates on our own. In addition to our collaborators, we rely on contract research organizations, medical institutions, clinical investigators, and contract laboratories to perform data collection and analysis and other aspects of our clinical trials. In addition, we also rely on third parties to assist with our preclinical studies, including studies regarding biological activity, safety, absorption, metabolism, and excretion of product candidates.
Our preclinical activities or clinical trials may be delayed, suspended, or terminated if: the quality or accuracy of the data obtained by the third parties on whom we rely is compromised due to their failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or if for other reasons, these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or fail to meet regulatory obligations or expected deadlines, or these third parties need to be replaced.
If the third parties on whom we rely fail to perform, our development costs may increase, our ability to obtain regulatory approval, and consequently, to commercialize our product candidates may be delayed or prevented altogether. We currently use several contract research organizations to perform services for our preclinical studies and clinical trials. While we believe that there are numerous alternative sources to provide these services, in the event that we seek such alternative sources, we may not be able to enter into replacement arrangements without delays or incurring additional expenses.
Further, we are currently conducting clinical trials for our product candidates in many countries, including the United States, Europe, Russia and Ukraine and may expand to other geographies. Timely enrollment of, completion of and reporting on our clinical trials is dependent upon these global clinical trial sites which are, or in the future may be, adversely affected by political instability or conflict. For example, in connection with Studies 501, 502 and 503 for MDD and Study 403 for major depressive episodes with mixed features in bipolar disorder, we have third-party clinical sites located in Ukraine and Russia, which are experiencing significant conflict. Political instability and conflict in Ukraine and Russia, and any other areas in the world where we have clinical operations, may delay our trials and negatively affect our business and operations in those regions.
 
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Even if we successfully complete the clinical trials of one or more of our product candidates, the product candidates may fail for other reasons.
Even if we successfully complete the clinical trials for one or more of our product candidates, the product candidates may fail for other reasons, including the possibility that the product candidates will:
 
   
fail to receive the regulatory approvals required to market them as drugs;
 
   
be subject to proprietary rights held by others requiring the negotiation of a license agreement prior to marketing;
 
   
be difficult or expensive to manufacture on a commercial scale;
 
   
have adverse side effects that make their use less desirable; or
 
   
fail to compete with product candidates or other treatments commercialized by our competitors.
If we are unable to receive the required regulatory approvals, secure our intellectual property rights, minimize the incidence of any adverse side effects or fail to compete with our competitors’ products, our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
We are subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions with regard to CAPLYTA and, following regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions with regard to such product candidates, which may result in significant expense and limit our ability to commercialize lumateperone and our other potential products.
With regard to CAPLYTA and our product candidates, if any, approved by the FDA, or by another regulatory authority, we are held to extensive regulatory requirements over product manufacturing, labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and record keeping. Regulatory approvals may also be subject to significant limitations on the indicated uses or marketing of the product candidates. Potentially costly
follow-up
or post-marketing clinical studies may be required as a condition of approval to further substantiate safety or efficacy, or to investigate specific issues of interest to the regulatory authority.
Previously unknown problems with the product candidate, including adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, may result in restrictions on the marketing of the drug, and could include withdrawal of the drug from the market.
In addition, the law or regulatory policies governing pharmaceuticals may change. New statutory requirements or additional regulations may be enacted that could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of adverse government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or elsewhere. If we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we might not be permitted to market our drugs and our business could suffer.
CAPLYTA and our product candidates, if approved, may not gain acceptance among physicians, patients, or the medical community, thereby limiting our potential to generate revenues, which will undermine our future growth prospects.
The degree of market acceptance by physicians, health care professionals and third-party payors of CAPLYTA, and any product candidate for which we obtain regulatory approval, and our profitability and growth will depend on a number of factors, including:
 
   
our ability to provide acceptable evidence of safety and efficacy;
 
   
the scope of the approved indication(s) for the product;
 
   
the inclusion of any warnings or contraindications in the product label;
 
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pricing and cost effectiveness, which may be subject to regulatory control;
 
   
our ability to obtain sufficient third-party insurance coverage or reimbursement;
 
   
effectiveness of our or our collaborators’ sales and marketing strategy;
 
   
relative convenience and ease of administration;
 
   
patient adherence to treatment;
 
   
prevalence and severity of any adverse side effects; and
 
   
availability of alternative treatments.
If any product that we develop does not provide a treatment regimen that is at least as beneficial as the current standard of care or otherwise does not provide some additional patient benefit over the current standard of care, that product will not achieve market acceptance and we will not generate sufficient revenues to achieve profitability.
The failure to attract and retain skilled personnel and key relationships could impair our drug development and commercialization efforts.
We are highly dependent on our senior management and key clinical development, sales and marketing, scientific and technical personnel. Competition for these types of personnel is intense. The loss of the services of any member of our senior management, clinical development, sales and marketing, scientific or technical staff may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of drug development, commercialization and other business objectives and could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We also rely on consultants and advisors to assist us in formulating our strategy. All of our consultants and advisors are either self-employed or employed by other organizations, and they may have conflicts of interest or other commitments, such as consulting or advisory contracts with other organizations, that may affect their ability to contribute to us. We intend to expand and develop new drug candidates, and will need additional funding to grow our business. We will need to hire additional employees in order to continue our research and clinical trials and to market our drugs when approved. This strategy will require us to recruit additional executive management and clinical development, regulatory, scientific, technical and sales and marketing personnel. There is currently intense competition for skilled executives and employees with relevant clinical development, scientific, technical and sales and marketing expertise, and this competition is likely to continue. The inability to attract and retain sufficient clinical development, scientific, technical, sales and marketing, and managerial personnel, due to intense competition and our limited resources, would limit or delay our product development and commercialization efforts, which would adversely affect the development of our drug candidates and commercialization of CAPLYTA and growth of our business.
We may not be able to continue or fully exploit our partnerships with outside scientific and clinical advisors, which could impair the progress of our clinical trials and our research and development efforts.
We work with scientific and clinical advisors at academic and other institutions who are experts in the field of CNS disorders. They advise us with respect to our clinical trials. These advisors are not our employees and may have other commitments that would limit their future availability to us. If a conflict of interest arises between their work for us and their work for another entity, we may lose their services, which may impair our reputation in the industry and delay the development or commercialization of our approved product or product candidates.
 
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CAPLYTA has only recently been, and our other product candidates have never been manufactured on a commercial scale, and there are risks associated with scaling up manufacturing to commercial scale. In particular, we will need to develop a larger scale manufacturing process that is more efficient and cost-effective to commercialize our potential products, which may not be successful.
Our product candidates have never been manufactured on a commercial scale, and there are risks associated with scaling up manufacturing to commercial scale including, among others, cost overruns, potential problems with process
scale-up,
process reproducibility, stability issues, lot consistency and timely availability of raw materials. There is no assurance that our manufacturers will be successful in establishing a larger-scale commercial manufacturing process for our product candidates which achieves our objectives for manufacturing capacity and cost of goods. In addition, there is no assurance that our manufacturers will be able to manufacture our product candidates to specifications acceptable to the FDA or other regulatory authorities, to produce it in sufficient quantities to meet the requirements for the potential launch of such products or to meet potential future demand. If our manufacturers are unable to produce sufficient quantities of lumateperone for commercialization, our commercialization efforts would be impaired, which would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
We rely on third-party manufacturers to manufacture and supply lumateperone and our other product candidates for us. If one of our suppliers or manufacturers fails to perform adequately or fulfill our needs, we may be required to incur significant costs and devote significant efforts to find new suppliers or manufacturers. We may also face significant delays in our clinical trials, regulatory approvals and product introductions and commercialization.
We have no manufacturing facilities and have limited experience in the manufacturing of drugs or in designing drug-manufacturing processes. We have contracted with third-party manufacturers to produce, in collaboration with us, our product candidates, including lumateperone, for clinical trials and to produce lumateperone for commercial sales. For example, in January 2017, we entered into a supply agreement with Siegfried under which Siegfried has agreed to manufacture and supply the API for lumateperone in commercial quantities. Each month, we will provide Siegfried with a rolling forecast of our anticipated requirements for supply of the API. Under the Siegfried Agreement, we have the right to and may purchase the API for lumateperone from other suppliers. In addition, in January 2017, we entered into a manufacturing services agreement with Lonza under which Lonza has agreed to manufacture and supply the API for lumateperone commercial quantities, with purchase prices determined in each project plan. We agreed to provide Lonza with a written forecast of our estimated quarterly requirements. While we believe that there are alternative sources available to manufacture our product candidates, in the event that we seek such alternative sources, we may not be able to enter into replacement arrangements without delays or additional expenditures. We cannot estimate these delays or costs with certainty but, if they were to occur, they could cause a delay in our development and commercialization efforts. If our existing or planned third-party manufacturing arrangements are terminated or if the sources of supply from such arrangements are inadequate and we must seek supply agreements from alternative sources, we may be unable to enter into such agreements or do so on commercially reasonable terms, which could delay a product launch or subject our commercialization efforts to significant supply risk.
Manufacturers of our product candidates are obliged to operate in accordance with
FDA-mandated
current good manufacturing practices, or cGMPs. The manufacture of pharmaceutical products in compliance with the cGMPs requires significant expertise and capital investment, including the development of advanced manufacturing techniques and process controls. Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products often encounter difficulties in production, including difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control, including stability of the product or product candidate and quality assurance testing, shortages of qualified personnel, as well as compliance with strictly enforced cGMP requirements, other federal and state regulatory requirements and foreign regulations. If our manufacturers were to encounter any of these difficulties or otherwise fail to comply with their obligations to us or under applicable regulations, our ability to provide product for commercial sale or product candidates in our clinical trials would be jeopardized. Any delay or interruption in the supply of
 
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commercial quantities of approved product could have a material adverse impact on our revenue from product sales and any delay or interruption in the supply of clinical trial materials could delay the completion of our clinical trials, increase the costs associated with maintaining our clinical trial programs and, depending upon the period of delay, require us to commence new clinical trials at significant additional expense or terminate the clinical trials completely.
In addition, the facilities used by our contract manufacturers or other third-party manufacturers to manufacture our product candidates must be approved by the FDA pursuant to inspections conducted following our request for regulatory approval for our product candidates from the FDA. These requirements include, among other things, quality control, quality assurance and the maintenance of records and documentation. Manufacturers of our product candidates may be unable to comply with these cGMP requirements and with other FDA, state and foreign regulatory requirements. The FDA or similar foreign regulatory agencies may also implement new standards at any time, or change their interpretation and enforcement of existing standards for manufacture, packaging or testing of products. We have little control over our manufacturers’ compliance with these regulations and standards. A failure of any of our current or future contract manufacturers to establish and follow cGMPs and to document their adherence to such practices may lead to significant delays in clinical trials or in obtaining regulatory approval of product candidates or the ultimate launch of products, if approved, into the market. Failure by our current or future third-party manufacturers or us to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, failure of the government to grant
pre-market
approval of drugs, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, seizures or recalls of products, operating restrictions, and criminal prosecutions. If the safety of any product supplied is compromised due to our manufacturers’ failure to adhere to applicable laws or for other reasons, we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for or successfully commercialize our products and we may be held liable for any injuries sustained as a result. Any of these factors could cause a delay of clinical studies, regulatory submissions, approvals or commercialization of our product candidates or approved product, entail higher costs or impair our reputation.
We will need to continue to manage our organization and we may encounter difficulties with our staffing and any future transitions, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
We will need to manage our operations and facilities effectively in order to advance our drug development programs (including lumateperone,
ITI-1284,
lenrispodun and
ITI-333),
facilitate any future collaborations, and pursue other development activities. It is possible that our infrastructure may be inadequate to support our future efforts and growth. In particular, we will need to further develop information technology systems and internal sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities for any drug that we may successfully develop, including additional indications for CAPLYTA. We may not successfully manage our operations and, accordingly, may not achieve our research, development, and commercialization goals.
Our ability to generate product revenues will be diminished if lumateperone or any of our other potential products does not receive coverage from payors or sell for inadequate prices, or if patients are unable to obtain adequate levels of reimbursement.
Patients who are prescribed medicine for the treatment of their conditions generally rely on third-party payors to reimburse all or part of the costs associated with their prescription drugs. Adequate coverage and reimbursement from governmental health care programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and commercial payors is critical to new product acceptance. Coverage decisions may depend upon clinical and economic standards that disfavor new drug products when more established or lower cost therapeutic alternatives are already available or subsequently become available. Even if we obtain coverage for lumateperone or other potential products, the resulting reimbursement payment rates might not be adequate or may require
co-payments
that patients find unacceptably high. Patients are unlikely to use lumateperone or other product candidates, if approved, unless coverage is provided and reimbursement is adequate to cover a significant portion of the cost of those products.
 
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In addition, the market for lumateperone or any product candidate for which we may receive regulatory approval will depend significantly on access to third-party payors’ drug formularies, or lists of medications for which third-party payors provide coverage and reimbursement. The industry competition to be included in such formularies often leads to downward pricing pressures on pharmaceutical companies. Also, third-party payors may refuse to include a particular branded drug in their formularies or otherwise restrict patient access to a branded drug when a less costly generic equivalent or other alternative is available, even if not approved for the indication for which lumateperone is approved.
Third-party payors, whether foreign or domestic, governmental or commercial, are developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling health care costs.
The current environment is putting pressure on companies to price products below what they may feel is appropriate. Selling lumateperone at less than an optimized price could impact our revenues and overall success as a company. We do not know if the price we have selected, or may select in the future, for lumateperone is or will be the optimized price. In addition, in the United States, no uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for drug products exists among third-party payors. Therefore, coverage and reimbursement for drug products such as lumateperone may differ significantly from payor to payor. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our drug products such as lumateperone to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage will be obtained. If we are unable to obtain coverage of, and adequate payment levels for, our products from third-party payors, physicians may limit how much or under what circumstances they will prescribe or administer them and patients may decline to purchase them. This in turn could affect our ability to successfully commercialize any approved products and thereby adversely impact our profitability, results of operations, financial condition, and future success.
Health care legislation may make it more difficult to receive revenues from CAPLYTA or future products.
In both the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, there have been a number of legislative and regulatory proposals in recent years to change the health care system in ways that could impact our ability to sell our products profitably. In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or collectively, ACA, became law in the United States. The ACA substantially changed the way health care is financed by both governmental and private insurers and significantly affects the health care industry. Among the provisions of ACA of importance to lumateperone and our other potential products are the following:
 
   
imposition of an annual, nondeductible fee on any entity that manufactures or imports certain branded prescription drugs and biologic agents, apportioned among these entities according to their market share in certain government health care programs;
 
   
an increase in the statutory minimum rebates a manufacturer must pay under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, retroactive to January 1, 2010, to 23% and 13% of the average manufacturer price for most branded and generic drugs, respectively;
 
   
expansion of health care fraud and abuse laws, including the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute, new government investigative powers, and enhanced penalties for noncompliance;
 
   
a Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers agreed to offer 50%
point-of-sale
discounts off negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D;
 
   
extension of manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability to covered drugs dispensed to individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations;
 
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expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs;
 
   
expansion of the entities eligible for discounts under the Public Health Service pharmaceutical pricing program;
 
   
requirements to report certain financial arrangements with physicians and teaching hospitals, including reporting any “payments or transfers of value” made or distributed to prescribers, teaching hospitals and other health care providers and reporting any ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members and applicable group purchasing organizations during the preceding calendar year;
 
   
a requirement to annually report drug samples that manufacturers and distributors provide to physicians; and
 
   
a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research, along with funding for such research.
Some of the details regarding the implementation of the ACA are yet to be determined and, at this time, it remains unclear what the full effect that the ACA will have on our business. Moreover, certain legislative changes to and regulatory changes under the ACA have occurred over the past few years. For instance, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 increased the ACA required manufacturer
point-of-sale
discount from 50% to 70% off the negotiated price for Medicare Part D beneficiaries during their coverage gap period beginning in 2019. Further legislative changes to and regulatory changes under the ACA remain possible. We expect that healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and lower reimbursement, and in additional downward pressure on the price that may be charged for lumateperone or any of our other product candidates, if approved.
In addition, in many foreign countries, particularly the countries of the European Union, the pricing of prescription drugs is subject to government control. In some
non-U.S.
jurisdictions, the proposed pricing for a drug must be approved before it may be lawfully marketed. The requirements governing drug pricing vary widely from country to country. For example, the European Union provides options for its member states to restrict the range of medicinal products for which their national health insurance systems provide reimbursement and to control the prices of medicinal products for human use. A member state may approve a specific price for the medicinal product or it may instead adopt a system of direct or indirect controls on the profitability of the company placing the medicinal product on the market. We may face competition from lower-priced products in foreign countries that have placed price controls on pharmaceutical products. In addition, there may be importation of foreign products that compete with any products we may market, which could negatively impact our profitability.
We expect that the ACA, in its current form or as it may be amended, as well as other health care reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we may receive for any approved product. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other health care reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize CAPLYTA or any other products for which we receive regulatory approval.
We currently have very limited experience as a company in marketing and distributing pharmaceutical products and rely on third-party distributors to distribute CAPLYTA. If we are unable to effectively commercialize CAPLYTA, we may not be able to generate adequate product revenues.
CAPLYTA, which was approved by the FDA in December 2019 for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults in the United States and in December 2021 for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults in the United States, is our only drug that has been approved for sale by any regulatory body. We initiated the commercial launch of
 
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CAPLYTA in late March 2020. As such, as an organization, this was the first time we have launched or commercialized any pharmaceutical product. In order to continue to successfully market CAPLYTA, we must continue to develop our sales, marketing, managerial, compliance, and related capabilities or make arrangements with third parties to perform these services. If we are unable to maintain and develop adequate sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities, whether independently or with third parties, we may not be able to continue to appropriately commercialize and generate revenue from sales of CAPLYTA and may not become profitable.
We are employing our own internal sales force to commercialize CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression as part of our commercialization strategy in the United States. We are competing with other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to recruit, hire, train and retain marketing and sales personnel. These efforts will continue to be expensive and time-consuming, and we cannot be certain that we will be able to successfully complete the hiring of our U.S. sales force and refine and further develop our sales force.
Additionally, our strategy in the United States includes distributing CAPLYTA through third-party distributors. While we have entered into, or will attempt to enter into, agreements with these distributors to distribute CAPLYTA in the United States, they may not perform as agreed or they may terminate their agreements with us. Also, we may need to enter into agreements with additional distributors, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we are unable to maintain and, if needed, expand, our network of distributors, we would be exposed to substantial distribution risk.
In the event we are unable to effectively develop and maintain our commercial team, including our U.S. sales force, or maintain and, if needed, expand, our network of distributors, our ability to effectively commercialize CAPLYTA and generate product revenues would be limited.
There are possible limitations on our use of net operating losses.
As of December 31, 2021, we had net operating loss carryforwards, or NOLs, of approximately $543.4 million, which are available to reduce any future federal and state taxable income, of which $131.1 million will begin to expire at various dates through 2037 and $412.3 million do not expire. The use of our NOLs may be restricted due to changes in our ownership, including as a result of our public offerings.
Under Section 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, changes in our ownership (as defined by the foregoing sections of the Code) may limit the amount of NOLs and tax credit carryforwards that could be utilized annually in the future to offset taxable income.
For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we performed a Section 382 ownership analysis and determined that no ownership change occurred (within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code) as a result of our public offerings in 2020. Our previous ownership analysis, through December 31, 2015, reflected an ownership change occurred as a result of our 2015 public offerings. Although an ownership analysis with respect to the January 2022 public offering has not been performed, we do not believe that the Section 382 annual limitation will impact our ability to utilize the tax attributes that existed as of the date of the ownership change in a material manner.
In September 2016, we licensed certain intellectual property rights to our wholly-owned subsidiary, ITI Limited, which was formed in the third quarter of 2016. The costs to develop, test, manufacture and perform other activities related to the lumateperone program will be the responsibility of ITI Limited and will be incurred outside of the United States. Historically, the majority of our losses incurred did not result in additional NOLs in the United States as the majority of our expenditures related to the lumateperone program. However, as our commercialization efforts continue, we will see more NOLs in the United States to be carried forward and used against future net income of the U.S. operations.
 
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The comprehensive tax reform bill could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” or TCJA, was signed into law and significantly reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The TCJA, among other things, includes changes to U.S. federal tax rates, imposes significant additional limitations on the deductibility of interest and net operating loss carryforwards, allows for the expensing of capital expenditures, and puts into effect the migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to a territorial system. In addition, the TCJA repealed the alternative minimum tax, or AMT, and provides for a refund of AMT paid or a reduction of future taxes payable over a prescribed period of years between 2018 and 2021. With the passing of the TCJA, the Company would receive a refund in future periods for AMT paid in prior years. As of December 31, 2020, the Company received all of these refunds.
On March 27, 2020, the United States enacted The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which includes several significant business tax provisions, of which the immediate relevance to the Company is the acceleration of refunds of previously generated corporate AMT credits. The CARES Act also adds an employee retention credit to encourage employers to maintain headcounts even if employees cannot report to work because of issues related to the coronavirus, a temporary provision allowing companies to defer remitting to the government the employee share of some payroll taxes, among other things. The Company reviewed the provisions and there was not a material tax impact on its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
The Company did reclassify its deferred tax asset related to the AMT tax credit carryforward of $0.3 million to a current tax receivable in the first quarter of 2020 upon the filing of its tax return for year ended December 31, 2019 and received the refund in July 2020.
We continue to examine the impact this tax reform legislation may have on our business and depending on possible foreign operations, among other things, the impact of this tax reform is uncertain and could be adverse. This report does not discuss any such tax legislation or the manner in which it might affect holders of our common stock. We urge our stockholders to consult with their legal and tax advisors with respect to such legislation and the potential tax consequences of investing in our common stock.
Security breaches, loss of data and other disruptions could compromise sensitive information related to our business, prevent us from accessing critical information or expose us to liability, which could adversely affect our business and our reputation.
In the ordinary course of our business, we, our clinical research organizations and other third parties on which we rely collect and store sensitive data, including legally protected patient health information, personally identifiable information about our employees, intellectual property, and proprietary business information. We manage and maintain a portion of our applications and data utilizing
on-site
systems. These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business critical information, including research and development information and business and financial information.
The secure processing, storage, maintenance and transmission of this critical information is vital to our operations and business strategy, and we devote significant resources to protecting such information. Although we take measures to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers, viruses, breaches, interruptions due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions, lapses in compliance with privacy and security mandates, or damage from natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures. Any such event could compromise our networks and the information stored there could be accessed by unauthorized parties, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. We have measures in place that are designed to detect and respond to such security incidents and breaches of privacy and security mandates. Any such access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, government enforcement actions and regulatory penalties. Unauthorized access, loss or dissemination could also disrupt our operations, including our ability to conduct research and development activities, process and prepare company
 
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financial information, manage various general and administrative aspects of our business and damage our reputation, any of which could adversely affect our business. For example, the loss of clinical trial data from completed or ongoing or planned clinical trials could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the data. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will promptly detect any such disruption or security breach, if at all. To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur liability and the commercialization of our approved product and the further development of our product candidates could be delayed or otherwise adversely impacted.
The
COVID-19
pandemic could continue to have a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our commercial operations and sales, clinical trials and preclinical studies.
In December 2019, a novel strain of
coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,
which causes coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), surfaced
in Wuhan, China. Since
then, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have
spread to countries worldwide, including the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic
continues to evolve, and to date has led to the implementation of various responses, including government-imposed quarantines, travel restrictions and other public health safety measures. In response to the spread
of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, we
have instructed the majority of our office-based employees to work from home. In connection with our commercial launch of CAPLYTA, which is approved by FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression in adults, our commercial organization and sales force and medical organization continue to have significantly reduced personal interactions with physicians and customers and continue to conduct many promotional activities virtually, and elected to cease
in-person
interactions with physicians and customers entirely for some period of time in the interest of employee and community safety. Even though certain of our sales force and medical organization are able to have personal interactions with physicians and customers, we may have to cease such personal interactions depending on
the COVID-19 situation.
In addition,
the COVID-19 situation
has resulted in a decrease in the number of patient visits to healthcare providers. As a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic,
or similar pandemics, we may experience disruptions that could severely impact our business, including our ability to successfully commercialize our only commercial product, CAPLYTA, in the United States, and these disruptions could negatively impact our sales of CAPLYTA. Business interruptions from the current or future pandemics may also adversely impact the third parties we rely on to sufficiently manufacture CAPLYTA and to produce our product candidates in quantities we require, which may impair the commercialization and our research and development activities.
We are currently conducting clinical trials for our product candidates in many countries, including the United States, Europe and Russia and may expand to other geographies. Timely enrollment of, completion of and reporting on our clinical trials is dependent upon these global clinical trial sites which are, or in the future may be, adversely affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic
or other pandemics. Some factors from the
COVID-19
pandemic that have or may adversely affect the timing and conduct of our clinical trials and adversely impact our business generally, include but are not limited to delays or difficulties in clinical site initiation, diversion of healthcare resources away from clinical trials to pandemic concerns, limitations on travel, regulatory delays and supply chain disruptions.
In response to
the COVID-19 pandemic,
in March 2020, the FDA announced its intention to temporarily postpone most inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities and products, as well as routine surveillance inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities, and it also provided guidance regarding the conduct of clinical trials, which has been further updated several times since that time. In
mid-2020,
the FDA noted it was continuing to ensure timely reviews of applications for medical products during
the COVID-19 pandemic
in line with its user fee performance goals and conducting mission-critical domestic and foreign inspections to ensure compliance of manufacturing facilities with FDA quality standards. The FDA subsequently publicized its development and use of an internal rating system called the
COVID-19
Advisory Rating system, to assist in determining when and where it is safest to conduct such inspections based on data about the virus’s trajectory in a given country, state and locality and the rules and guidelines that are put in place by foreign, state and local
 
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governments. As of October 2021, FDA is either continuing to, on
a case-by-case basis,
conduct only “mission-critical” inspections, or, where possible to do so safely, resuming prioritized domestic inspections, which generally
include pre-approval inspections,
or PAIs. Foreign PAIs that are not deemed mission-critical remain postponed, while those deemed mission-critical will be considered for inspection on
a case-by-case basis.
FDA will use similar data to inform resumption of other prioritized operations abroad as it becomes feasible and advisable to do so.
During the global response to the
COVID-19
pandemic, moreover, there have been strategic redeployments of government resources to priority projects, including FDA and EMA resources and staff, which could have an impact on the timeline for review and approval of new marketing applications. Over the course of the pandemic, FDA’s new drug review programs continued to meet key performance goals related to working with applicants and approving NDAs and NDA supplements, although the agency has also stated that the uncertainty of the
COVID-19
situation may make it difficult to sustain that level of performance indefinitely. The FDA may not be able to maintain its normal pace with respect to new drug applications and delays or setbacks are possible in the future. The FDA has told industry that it intends to be as transparent as possible about its workload and performance metrics as the situation evolves, and also that it intends to communicate proactively with applicants during the review cycle regarding the need for a
pre-approval
inspection and whether such PAI is considered “mission-critical.”
Should FDA determine that a PAI is necessary for approval of an NDA or NDA supplement and such an inspection cannot be completed during the review cycle due to restrictions on travel or other safety protocols, FDA has stated that it generally intends to issue a complete response letter. Further, if there is inadequate information to make a determination on the acceptability of a facility, FDA may defer action on the application until an inspection can be completed. Such decisions will be based on the totality of the information available to the FDA, including considerations of whether it can obtain existing inspection reports from trusted foreign regulatory partners through mutual recognition and confidentiality agreements and/or secure additional records from the applicant, the manufacturing facility, or other inspected entities. Accordingly, FDA has encouraged applicants to effectively communicate with all their facilities and sites to ensure timely responses to any inquiries from FDA for information needed to support its assessment of pending drug applications. FDA has also stated that it is using all available tools and sources of information to support regulatory decisions on NDAs such as the historical compliance status of a manufacturing facility and other risk-benefit considerations pertaining to the proposed new drug product and its manufacturing process and facilities. In addition, whether or not FDA considers a facility inspection to be “mission-critical” involves several factors related to the public health benefits of the proposed new drug product, including but not limited to whether the candidate has been granted breakthrough therapy designation and whether the candidate is intended to treat or prevent a serious disease or medical condition for which there is no other appropriate substitute. Regulatory authorities outside the United States, including but not limited to the EMA, may adopt similar restrictions or other policy measures in response to
the COVID-19
pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic
continues to rapidly evolve, and the severity and duration of the pandemic remain uncertain. The extent to which the pandemic impacts our business, including our commercial results, clinical trials, and preclinical studies will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Our ability to compete may be undermined if we do not adequately protect our proprietary rights.
Our commercial success depends on obtaining and maintaining proprietary rights to our products and product candidates and technologies and their uses, as well as successfully defending these rights against third-party challenges. We will only be able to protect our products and product candidates, proprietary technologies, and their uses from unauthorized use by third parties to the extent that valid and enforceable patents, or
 
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effectively protected trade secrets, cover them. We have patent rights under issued patents in many cases covering our lumateperone, lenrispodun and
ITI-333
development programs. Nonetheless, the issued patents and patent applications covering our primary technology programs remain subject to uncertainty and continuous monitoring and action by us due to a number of factors, including:
 
   
we may not have been the first to make the inventions covered by our pending patent applications or issued patents;
 
   
we may not have been the first to file patent applications for our products, product candidates or the technologies we rely upon;
 
   
others may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies;
 
   
our disclosures in patent applications may not be sufficient to meet the statutory requirements for patentability;
 
   
any or all of our pending patent applications may not result in issued patents;
 
   
we may not seek or obtain patent protection in all countries that will eventually provide a significant business opportunity;
 
   
any patents issued to us or our collaborators may not provide a basis for commercially viable products, may not provide us with any competitive advantages or may be challenged by third parties;
 
   
our proprietary technologies may not be patentable;
 
   
others may design around our patent claims to produce competitive products which fall outside of the scope of our patents;
 
   
others may identify prior art which could invalidate our patents; and
 
   
changes to patent laws may limit the exclusivity rights of patent holders.
Even if we have or obtain patents covering our products, product candidates or technologies, we may still be barred from making, using and selling our products, product candidates or technologies because of the patent rights of others. Others have or may have filed, and in the future are likely to file, patent applications covering compounds, assays, genes, gene products and therapeutic products that are similar or identical to ours. There are many issued U.S. and foreign patents relating to genes, nucleic acids, polypeptides, chemical compounds or therapeutic products, and some of these may encompass reagents utilized in the identification of candidate drug compounds or compounds that we desire to commercialize. Numerous U.S. and foreign issued patents and pending patent applications owned by others exist in the area of CNS disorders and the other fields in which we are developing product candidates. These could materially affect our ability to develop our product candidates or sell our products. Because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be currently pending applications, unknown to us, that may later result in issued patents that our products, product candidates or technologies may infringe. These patent applications may have priority over patent applications filed by us.
We regularly conduct searches to identify patents or patent applications that may prevent us from obtaining patent protection for our proprietary compounds or that could limit the rights we have claimed in our patents and patent applications. Disputes may arise regarding the ownership or inventorship of our inventions. It is difficult to determine how such disputes would be resolved. Others may challenge the validity, enforceability, scope and term of our patents. Additionally, any patent term extensions that we seek may not be granted on a timely basis, if at all. If our patents are found to be invalid, we will lose the ability to exclude others from making, using or selling the inventions claimed in our patents.
Some of our academic institutional licensors, research collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information to which we have rights. If we cannot maintain the confidentiality of our technology and other confidential information in connection with our collaborations, then our ability to receive patent
 
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protection or protect our proprietary information will be impaired. Additionally, any employee whose employment with us terminates, whether voluntarily by the employee or by us in connection with restructurings or otherwise, may seek future employment with our competitors. Although each of our employees is required to sign a confidentiality agreement with us at the time of hire, we cannot guarantee that the confidential nature of our proprietary information will be maintained in the course of such future employment. In addition, technology that we may
license-in
may become important to some aspects of our business. We generally will not control the patent prosecution, maintenance or enforcement of
in-licensed
technology.
Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of our trade secrets and other proprietary information and may not adequately protect our intellectual property, which could limit our ability to compete.
Because we operate in the highly technical field of drug discovery and development of small molecule drugs, we rely in part on trade secret protection in order to protect our proprietary technology and processes. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. We enter into confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with our corporate partners, employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored researchers, and other advisors. These agreements generally require that the other party keep confidential and not disclose to third parties any confidential information developed by the party or made known to the party by us during the course of the party’s relationship with us. These agreements also generally provide that inventions conceived by the party in the course of rendering services to us will be our exclusive property. However, these agreements may not be honored and may not effectively assign intellectual property rights to us. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets is difficult, expensive and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets. The failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive position.
A dispute concerning the infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary rights or the proprietary rights of others could be time consuming and costly, and an unfavorable outcome could harm our business.
There is significant litigation in our industry regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. While we are not currently subject to any pending intellectual property litigation, and are not aware of any such threatened litigation, we may be exposed to future litigation by third parties based on claims that our products, product candidates, technologies or activities infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If our drug development or commercialization activities are found to infringe any such patents, we may have to pay significant damages or seek licenses to such patents. We may need to resort to litigation to enforce a patent issued to us, protect our trade secrets or determine the scope and validity of third-party proprietary rights. From time to time, we may hire scientific personnel formerly employed by other companies involved in one or more areas similar to the activities conducted by us. Either we or these individuals may be subject to allegations of trade secret misappropriation or other similar claims as a result of their prior affiliations. If we become involved in litigation, it could consume a substantial portion of our managerial and financial resources, regardless of whether we win or lose. We also may not be able to afford the costs of litigation.
The patent applications of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involve highly complex legal and factual questions, which, if determined adversely to us, could negatively impact our patent position.
The patent positions of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. The standards of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, are uncertain and could change in the future. Consequently, the issuance and scope of patents cannot be predicted with certainty. Patents, if issued, may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented. U.S. patents and patent applications may also be subject to interference proceedings, and U.S. patents may be subject to reexamination proceedings in the USPTO (and foreign patents may be subject to opposition or comparable proceedings in the corresponding foreign patent office), which proceedings could result in either loss of the patent or denial of the patent application or loss or reduction in the scope of one or more of the claims of the patent or patent
 
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application. Similarly, opposition or invalidity proceedings could result in loss of rights or reduction in the scope of one or more claims of a patent in foreign jurisdictions. In addition, such interference, reexamination and opposition proceedings may be costly. Accordingly, rights under any issued patents may not provide us with sufficient protection against competitive products or processes.
In addition, changes in or different interpretations of patent laws in the United States and foreign countries may permit others to use our discoveries or to develop and commercialize our technology, products and product candidates without providing any compensation to us or may limit the number of patents or claims we can obtain. In particular, there have been proposals to shorten the exclusivity periods available under U.S. patent law that, if adopted, could substantially harm our business. Our approved product and the product candidates that we are developing are protected by intellectual property rights, including patents and patent applications. For our approved product and any of our product candidates that become a marketable product, if any, we will rely on our exclusivity under patents to sell the compound and recoup our investments in the research and development of the compound. If the exclusivity period for patents is shortened, then our ability to generate revenues without competition will be reduced and our business could be materially adversely impacted. The laws of some countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as U.S. laws, and those countries may lack adequate rules and procedures for defending our intellectual property rights. For example, some countries, including many in Europe, do not grant patent claims directed to methods of treating humans and, in these countries, patent protection may not be available at all to protect our products or product candidates. In addition, U.S. patent laws may change, which could prevent or limit us from filing patent applications or patent claims to protect our products, product candidates and/or technologies or limit the exclusivity periods that are available to patent holders. For example, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or the Leahy-Smith Act, was recently signed into law and includes a number of significant changes to U.S. patent law. These include changes to transition from a
“first-to-invent”
system to a
“first-to-file”
system and to the way issued patents are challenged. These changes may favor larger and more established companies that have more resources to devote to patent application filing and prosecution. The USPTO has been in the process of implementing regulations and procedures to administer the Leahy-Smith Act, and many of the substantive changes to patent law associated with the Leahy-Smith Act may affect our ability to obtain, enforce or defend our patents. Accordingly, it is not clear what, if any, impact the Leahy-Smith Act will ultimately have on the cost of prosecuting our patent applications, our ability to obtain patents based on our discoveries and our ability to enforce or defend our issued patents.
If we fail to obtain and maintain patent protection and trade secret protection of our products, product candidates, proprietary technologies and their uses, we could lose our competitive advantage and competition we face would increase, reducing our potential revenues and adversely affecting our ability to attain or maintain profitability.
We may not be able to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world, which could negatively impact our business.
Filing, prosecuting and defending patents relating to our products, product candidates and technologies in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and the laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as U.S. laws. Consequently, we may not be able to prevent third parties from practicing our inventions in all countries outside the United States, or from selling or importing products made using our inventions in and into the United States or other jurisdictions. Competitors or other third parties may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products and, further, may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patent protection or licenses but enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. These products may compete with our products, and our patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.
Many companies have encountered significant difficulties in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do
 
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not favor the enforcement of patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property protection, particularly those relating to biotechnology, which could make it difficult, costly or impossible for us to stop the infringement of our patents or marketing of competing products in violation of our intellectual property and proprietary rights generally. Proceedings to enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly, could put our patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us or any of our future licensors. We may not prevail in any lawsuits or other adversarial proceedings that we initiate, and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.
Further, many countries have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties. In addition, many countries limit the enforceability of patents against government agencies or government contractors. In these countries, the patent owner may have limited remedies, which could materially diminish the value of such patent. If we or any of our licensors are forced to grant a license to third parties with respect to any patents relevant to our business, our competitive position may be impaired, and our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be adversely affected.
Risks Related to the Transfer of Certain Intellectual Property Rights to our Foreign Subsidiary
We may need to utilize all of our available net operating losses, and we may be subject to additional income taxes in connection with our transfer of certain intellectual property rights to our foreign subsidiary.
In September 2016, we licensed certain intellectual property rights to our wholly-owned Bermuda subsidiary, ITI Limited for $125 million and other consideration. The fair value of the intellectual property rights was determined by an independent third party. The proceeds from this license represented a prior year gain for U.S. tax purposes which was offset partially by prior year losses. However, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, could challenge the valuation of the intellectual property rights and assess a greater valuation, which would require us to utilize a portion, or all, of our available NOLs at such time. If an IRS valuation exceeds our available NOLs, we could incur additional income taxes in the future. Our ability to use our NOLs is generally subject to the limitations of Code Section 382, as well as expiration of federal and state net operating loss carryforwards.
Risks Related to Our Industry
We are subject to stringent regulation in connection with the marketing of CAPLYTA and any other products derived from our product candidates, which could delay the development and commercialization of our products.
The pharmaceutical industry is subject to stringent regulation by the FDA and other regulatory agencies in the United States and by comparable authorities in other countries. Neither we nor our collaborators can market a pharmaceutical product in the United States until it has completed rigorous preclinical testing and clinical trials and an extensive regulatory clearance process implemented by the FDA. Satisfaction of regulatory requirements typically takes many years, depends upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product, and requires substantial resources. Even if regulatory approval is obtained, it may impose significant restrictions on the indicated uses, conditions for use, labeling, advertising, promotion, and/or marketing of such products, and requirements for post-approval studies, including additional research and development and clinical trials. For example, the label for CAPLYTA contains a “boxed” warning that elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death and that CAPLYTA is not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis. These limitations may limit the size of the market for the product or result in the incurrence of additional costs. Any delay or failure in obtaining required approvals could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate revenues and continue our business.
 
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Outside the United States, the ability to market a product is contingent upon receiving approval from the appropriate regulatory authorities. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, marketing authorization, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country. Only after the appropriate regulatory authority is satisfied that adequate evidence of safety, quality, and efficacy has been presented will it grant a marketing authorization. Approval by the FDA does not automatically lead to the approval by regulatory authorities outside the United States and, similarly, approval by regulatory authorities outside the United States will not automatically lead to FDA approval.
Many of our competitors have greater resources and capital than us, putting us at a competitive disadvantage. If our competitors develop and market products that are more effective than lumateperone or our other product candidates, they may reduce or eliminate our commercial opportunity.
Competition in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries is intense and increasing. We face competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as numerous academic and research institutions and governmental agencies, both in the United States and abroad. Some of these competitors have products or are pursuing the development of drugs that target the same diseases and conditions that are the focus of our drug development programs.
For example, CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and the treatment of bipolar depression compete with, among other branded products, Latuda
®
, marketed by Sunovion, Rexulti
®
, marketed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical, VRAYLAR
®
, marketed by Allergan, LYBALVI
®
, marketed by Alkermes, and Fanapt
®
, marketed by Vanda Pharmaceuticals. In addition, lumateperone and our other product candidates, if approved, will compete with, among other generic antipsychotic products, aripiprazole, haloperidol, paliperidone, risperidone, quetiapine/XR, olanzapine and clozapine.
Many of our competitors and their collaborators have significantly greater experience than we do in the following:
 
   
identifying and validating targets;
 
   
screening compounds against targets;
 
   
preclinical studies and clinical trials of potential pharmaceutical products;
 
   
obtaining FDA and other regulatory approvals; and
 
   
commercializing pharmaceutical products.
In addition, many of our competitors and their collaborators have substantially greater capital and research and development resources, manufacturing, sales and marketing capabilities, and production facilities. Smaller companies also may prove to be significant competitors, particularly through proprietary research discoveries and collaboration arrangements with large pharmaceutical and established biotechnology companies. Many of our competitors have products that have been approved or are in advanced development and may develop superior technologies or methods to identify and validate drug targets and to discover novel small molecule drugs. Our competitors, either alone or with their collaborators, may succeed in developing drugs that are more effective, safer, more affordable, or more easily administered than ours, have fewer side effects than ours, and may achieve patent protection or commercialize drugs sooner than us. Our competitors may also develop alternative therapies that could further limit the market for any drugs that we may develop. Our failure to compete effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Any claims relating to improper handling, storage, or disposal of biological, hazardous, and radioactive materials used in our business could be costly and delay our research and development efforts.
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transmit disease, chemicals that cause cancer, and various radioactive compounds. Our operations also produce hazardous waste products. We face the risk of contamination or injury from the use, storage, handling or disposal of these materials. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling, and disposal of these materials and specified waste products. The cost of compliance with these laws and regulations could be significant, and current or future environmental regulations may impair our research, development, or production efforts. If one of our employees were accidentally injured from the use, storage, handling, or disposal of these materials, the medical costs related to his or her treatment would be covered by our workers’ compensation insurance policy. However, we do not carry specific biological or hazardous waste insurance coverage and our general liability insurance policy specifically excludes coverage for damages and fines arising from biological or hazardous waste exposure or contamination. Accordingly, in the event of contamination or injury, we could be subject to criminal sanctions or fines or be held liable for damages, our operating licenses could be revoked, and we could be required to suspend or modify our operations and our research and development efforts.
If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of lumateperone or any other product for which we obtain regulatory approval, or development or commercialization of our product candidates.
We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of commercial sales of lumateperone in the United States and the clinical testing of our product candidates, and will face an even greater risk following commercial launch of lumateperone in additional jurisdictions, if approved, or if we engage in the clinical testing of new product candidates or commercialize any additional products.
For example, we may be sued if lumateperone or any other product we develop allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable for administration in humans. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design, a failure to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability or a breach of warranties. Claims could also be asserted under state consumer protection laws. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities or be required to limit commercialization of our product candidates. Even successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:
 
   
decreased demand for our products or product candidates that we may develop;
 
   
injury to our reputation;
 
   
withdrawal of clinical trial participants;
 
   
initiation of investigations by regulators;
 
   
costs to defend the related litigation;
 
   
a diversion of management’s time and our resources;
 
   
substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients;
 
   
product recalls, withdrawals or labeling, marketing or promotional restrictions;
 
   
loss of revenue;
 
   
exhaustion of any available insurance and our capital resources;
 
   
the inability to commercialize our products or product candidates; and
 
   
a decline in our stock price.
Although we currently have product liability insurance that covers our clinical trials and the commercialization of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression, we may need to
 
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increase and expand this coverage, including if lumateperone is approved for the treatment of indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression or if other product candidates are approved for commercial sale. This insurance may be prohibitively expensive or may not fully cover our potential liabilities. Inability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage at an acceptable cost or otherwise to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of products that we or our collaborators develop. If we determine that it is prudent to increase our product liability coverage, we may be unable to obtain such increased coverage on acceptable terms or at all. Our insurance policies also have various exclusions, and we may be subject to a product liability claim for which we have no coverage. Our liability could exceed our total assets if we do not prevail in a lawsuit from any injury caused by our drug products. Product liability claims could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Our business is affected by macroeconomic conditions.
Various macroeconomic factors could adversely affect our business and the results of our operations and financial condition, including changes in inflation, interest rates and overall economic conditions and uncertainties, including those resulting from the current and future conditions in the global financial markets. For instance, if inflation or other factors were to significantly increase our business costs, it may not be feasible to pass price increases on to our customers due to the process by which healthcare providers are reimbursed for our product by the government. Interest rates, the liquidity of the credit markets and the volatility of the capital markets could also affect the value of our investments and our ability to liquidate our investments in order to fund our operations. We purchase or enter into a variety of financial instruments and transactions, including high-grade corporate bonds and commercial paper. If any of the issuers or counter parties to these instruments were to default on their obligations, it could materially reduce the value of the transaction and adversely affect our cash flows. Interest rates and the ability to access credit markets could also adversely affect the ability of our customers and distributors to purchase, pay for and effectively distribute our products. Similarly, these macroeconomic factors could affect the ability of our suppliers and manufacturers to supply or manufacture our product.
Risks Related to Owning Our Common Stock
Numerous factors could result in substantial volatility in the trading price of our stock.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the price per share of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market has ranged from a high of $55.20 to a low of $28.40. We have several stockholders who hold substantial blocks of our stock. Sales of large numbers of shares by any of our large stockholders could adversely affect our trading price. If stockholders holding shares of our common stock sell, indicate an intention to sell, or if it is perceived that they will sell, substantial amounts of their common stock in the public market, the trading price of our common stock could decline.
In addition, the trading price of our common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include:
 
   
the success of our commercialization of CAPLYTA in the United States for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression;
 
   
timing and announcement of regulatory developments, submissions and approvals or preliminary, interim or final results of clinical trials;
 
   
actual or anticipated quarterly variation in our results of operations or the results of our competitors;
 
   
announcements of medical innovations or new products or product candidates by our competitors;
 
   
issuance of new or changed securities analysts’ reports or recommendations for our stock;
 
   
developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights;
 
   
commencement of, or our involvement in, litigation;
 
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market conditions in the biopharmaceutical industry;
 
   
any future sales of our common stock or other securities in connection with raising additional capital or otherwise;
 
   
any major change to the composition of our board of directors or management; and
 
   
general economic conditions and slow or negative growth of our markets.
The stock market in general, and market prices for the securities of biotechnology companies like ours in particular, have from time to time experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of the underlying companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In several recent situations where the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock. If any of our stockholders were to bring a lawsuit against us, such as the purported class action lawsuits brought against us and certain of our executive officers in May 2017, consolidated in July 2017 and voluntarily dismissed in November 2017, the defense and disposition of the lawsuit could be costly and divert the time and attention of our management and harm our operating results.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to existing stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights.
We may need to satisfy our future cash needs through public or private sales of our equity securities, sales of debt securities, the incurrence of debt from commercial lenders, strategic collaborations, licensing a portion or all of our products, product candidates and technology and, to a lesser extent, grant funding, although there can be no assurances such financing can be obtained. We filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form
S-3
with the SEC, which was declared effective on September 12, 2019, on which we registered for sale up to $350 million of any combination of our common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that we may determine, including up to $75 million of common stock which we could offer and sell, from time to time at our sole discretion, under our
at-the-market
program sales agreement that we entered into with SVB Leerink LLC in August 2019. In the quarter ended June 30, 2020, we sold 230,000 shares of common stock under our
“at-the-market”
equity program which resulted in our receiving net proceeds of $5.6 million in July 2020. In the quarter ended September 30, 2020, we issued an additional 512,791 shares of common stock under our
“at-the-market”
equity program and received approximately $12.3 million of net proceeds. On September 10, 2020, we terminated the
“at-the-market”
equity program agreement with SVB Leerink LLC. In addition, on January 6, 2020, we filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form
S-3
with the SEC, which became effective upon filing, on which we registered for sale an unlimited amount of any combination of our common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that we may determine, so long as we continue to satisfy the requirements of a “well-known seasoned issuer” under SEC rules. These registration statements will remain in effect for up to three years from the respective dates they became effective. In January 2022, we completed an underwritten public offering of 10,952,381 shares of our common stock resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $433.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.
The price of our common stock could be subject to volatility related or unrelated to our operations.
The market price of our common stock could fluctuate substantially due to a variety of factors, including market perception of our ability to meet our growth projections and expectations, quarterly operating results of
 
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other companies in the same industry, trading volume in our common stock, changes in general conditions in the economy and the financial markets or other developments affecting our business and the business of others in our industry. In addition, the stock market itself is subject to extreme price and volume fluctuations. This volatility has had a significant effect on the market price of securities issued by many companies for reasons related and unrelated to their operating performance and could have the same effect on our common stock.
We will incur increased costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies, which could harm our operating results.
As a public company, we have incurred and will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We also have incurred and will incur costs associated with current corporate governance requirements, including requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules implemented by the SEC or the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any other stock exchange or inter-dealer quotations system on which our common stock may be listed in the future. The expenses incurred by public companies for reporting and corporate governance purposes have increased dramatically in recent years.
If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements could be impaired, which could harm our operating results, our ability to operate our business and investors’ views of us.
We are required to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires public companies to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, we are required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place so that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that will need to be evaluated frequently. Additional financial controls have been assessed and implemented to address the increased complexity of revenue recognition associated with commercial sales of a pharmaceutical product. We currently do not have an internal audit group, and we may need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. If we fail to maintain the effectiveness of our internal controls or fail to comply in a timely manner with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, this could have a material adverse effect on our business. We could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources. In addition, if our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations, and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed.
Our ability to successfully implement our business plan and comply with Section 404 requires us to be able to prepare timely and accurate financial statements. We expect that we will need to continue to improve existing, and implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to manage our business effectively. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced systems, procedures or controls, may cause our operations to suffer and we may be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and to obtain an unqualified report on internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This, in turn, could have an adverse impact on trading prices for our common stock, and could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets.
 
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If securities or industry analysts do not publish, or cease publishing, research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our stock adversely, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock is and will be influenced by whether industry or securities analysts publish or continue to publish research and reports about us, our business, our market or our competitors and, to the extent analysts do publish such reports, what they publish in those reports. We may not continue to have or to obtain analyst coverage in the future. Any analysts that do cover us may make adverse recommendations regarding our stock, adversely change their recommendations from time to time, and/or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors. If any analyst who covers us or may cover us in the future were to cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, or if analysts fail to cover us or publish reports about us at all, we could lose, or never gain, visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
As a result of the death of Richard Lerner, M.D., who was an independent director and served on the Audit Committee, we are not in compliance with certain Nasdaq listing requirements, and if we do not regain compliance, we could face delisting from the Nasdaq.
Richard Lerner, M.D., who was a member of our Board of Directors, passed away in December 2021. Dr. Lerner was a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. As a result of Dr. Lerner’s death, we are no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5605(c)(2)(A) because our Audit Committee no longer has at least three members. We have received notice that we must regain full compliance before the earlier of our next annual stockholders’ meeting or December 2, 2022 or, if the next annual stockholders’ meeting is held before May 31, 2022, no later than May 31, 2022. If we fail to regain compliance within such time period, our common stock may be subject
to de-listing from
Nasdaq.
Provisions of the Delaware law, our restated certificate of incorporation and our restated bylaws may delay or prevent a takeover which may not be in the best interests of our stockholders.
The provisions of Delaware law and our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws could discourage or make it more difficult to accomplish a proxy contest or other change in our management or the acquisition of control by a holder of a substantial amount of our voting stock. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish, or could deter, transactions that stockholders may otherwise consider to be in their best interests or in our best interests. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by the board of directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of our control. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. Such provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.
We do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
We currently intend to retain any future earnings for funding growth. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, you should not rely on an investment in our securities if you require dividend income. Capital appreciation, if any, of our shares may be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. Moreover, you may not be able to
re-sell
your shares at or above the price you paid for them.
 
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “targets,” “likely,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions or phrases, or the negative of those expressions or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this report, we caution you that these statements are based on our projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. The description of our Business set forth in Item 1, the Risk Factors set forth in this Item 1A and our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations set forth in Item 7 as well as other sections in this report, discuss some of the factors that could contribute to these differences. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:
 
   
the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses, revenues, uses of cash, cash equivalents and investment securities, capital requirements and the need for additional financing;
 
   
our expectations regarding our commercialization of CAPLYTA, including the impact of
COVID-19
on the commercialization of CAPLYTA and our ability to adapt our approach as appropriate;
 
   
the duration and severity of the
COVID-19
pandemic and its impact on our business;
 
   
the supply and availability of and demand for our product;
 
   
the initiation, cost, timing, progress and results of our development activities,
non-clinical
studies and clinical trials;
 
   
the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval, or submit an application for regulatory approval, of lumateperone and our other existing product candidates, any product candidates that we may develop, and any related restrictions, limitations, and/or warnings in the label of any approved product candidates;
 
   
our plans to research, develop and commercialize lumateperone and our other current and future product candidates;
 
   
the election by any collaborator to pursue research, development and commercialization activities;
 
   
our ability to obtain future reimbursement and/or milestone payments from our collaborators;
 
   
our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise;
 
   
our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;
 
   
our ability to successfully commercialize lumateperone and our other product candidates;
 
   
the size and growth of the markets for lumateperone and our other product candidates and our ability to serve those markets;
 
   
the rate and degree of market acceptance of any current or future products;
 
   
the success of competing drugs that are or become available;
 
   
regulatory developments in the United States and other countries;
 
   
the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers and our ability to obtain alternative sources of raw materials;
 
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our ability to obtain additional financing;
 
   
our use of the proceeds from our securities offerings;
 
   
any restrictions on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards;
 
   
our exposure to investment risk, interest rate risk and capital market risk; and
 
   
our ability to attract and retain key scientific, management or sales and marketing personnel.
We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important cautionary statements in this report, particularly in the Risk Factors set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form
10-K,
that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.
You should read this report and the documents that we reference in this report and have filed as exhibits to this report completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. The forward-looking statements contained in this report are made as of the date of this report, and we do not assume, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
 
Item 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
 
Item 2.
PROPERTIES
Our headquarters are located at 430 East 29th Street, New York, New York 10016, where we occupy approximately 32,287 square feet of useable office and laboratory space. The term of the lease, as amended, expires in March 2029. We also lease a small amount of office space in Towson, Maryland.
 
Item 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
 
Item 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
 
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PART II
 
Item 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ITCI.”
Stockholders
As of February 25, 2022, we had 93,593,748 outstanding shares of common stock and no outstanding shares of preferred stock. As of February 25, 2022, there were approximately 82 holders of record of our outstanding shares of common stock.
Unregistered Sales of Securities
Not applicable.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Not applicable.
 
Item 6.
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Item 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of the financial condition and results of our operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
This section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K generally discusses the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 items and year to year comparisons between the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The discussion around results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and a comparison of our results for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is included in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should read the Risk Factors set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form
10-K
for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development and commercialization of innovative, small molecule drugs that address underserved medical needs primarily in neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders by targeting intracellular signaling mechanisms within the central nervous system, or CNS. In December 2019, CAPLYTA (lumateperone) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults (42mg/day) and we initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020. In support of our commercialization efforts, we employ a national sales force. In December 2021, CAPLYTA was approved by the FDA for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults (42mg/day). CAPLYTA is the only
FDA-approved
treatment for depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder (bipolar depression) in adults as monotherapy and as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate. We initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA for the treatment of bipolar depression in late December 2021. In support of the commercial launch of lumateperone for the treatment of bipolar depression, we have expanded our sales force from approximately 240 sales representatives to approximately 320 sales representatives. As used in this report, “CAPLYTA” refers to lumateperone approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults and for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults, and “lumateperone” refers to, where applicable, CAPLYTA as well as lumateperone for the treatment of indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression.
Lumateperone is in Phase 3 clinical development as a novel treatment for major depressive disorder, or MDD. Patient enrollment in Study 501 and Study 502, our global Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating lumateperone 42 mg as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for the treatment of MDD has commenced. We expect to file an sNDA with the FDA for approval of lumateperone as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for the treatment of MDD in 2024. In the first quarter of 2020, as part of our lumateperone bipolar depression clinical program, we initiated our third monotherapy Phase 3 study, Study 403, evaluating lumateperone as monotherapy in the treatment of major depressive episodes associated with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder. Following the positive results in our adjunctive study that was part of our bipolar depression clinical program, Study 402, we amended Study 403 to evaluate major depressive episodes with mixed features in bipolar disorder in patients with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder and mixed features in patients with MDD. We expect to complete Study 403 in the second half of 2022 and following completion we intend to discuss the results with the FDA to determine whether Study 403, as amended, will provide supportive data for a potential future regulatory filing for this indication.
We have also initiated a Phase 3 study evaluating lumateperone for the prevention of relapse in patients with schizophrenia. The study is being conducted in five phases consisting of a screening phase,
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label run-in phase
during which all patients will receive 42 mg of lumateperone per day, a
12-week, open-label
stabilization phase during which all patients will receive 42 mg of lumateperone per day; a double-blind treatment phase 26 weeks in duration during which patients receive either 42 mg of lumateperone per day or placebo (1:1 ratio) and
a 2-week safety follow-up
phase. This study is being conducted in accordance with our post approval marketing commitment to the FDA in connection with the approval of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia as is typical for antipsychotics.
Within the lumateperone portfolio, we are also developing a long-acting injectable, or LAI, formulation to provide more treatment options to patients suffering from mental illness. We have completed the preclinical development of an LAI formulation and in December 2020 we initiated a Phase 1 single ascending dose study of lumateperone LAI, a formulation of lumateperone designed to be administered subcutaneously and to maintain therapeutic levels of lumateperone for at least one month. This study is evaluating the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of lumateperone LAI in patients with stable symptoms of schizophrenia. We are now exploring alternate sites of injection with this formulation as well as progressing other formulations. This will assist us in evaluating dosing strategies and formulation for our efficacy studies. The goal of our program is to develop LAI formulations that are effective, safe and well tolerated with treatment durations of one month and longer. Given the encouraging tolerability data to date with oral lumateperone, we believe that an LAI option, in particular, may lend itself to being an important formulation choice for certain patients.
We are developing
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
for the treatment of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia, the treatment of dementia-related psychosis and for the treatment of certain depressive disorders, in the elderly.
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
is a deuterated form of lumateperone, a new molecular entity formulated as an oral disintegrating tablet for sublingual administration.
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
is formulated as an oral solid dosage form that dissolves almost instantly when placed under the tongue, allowing for ease of use in the elderly and may be particularly beneficial for patients who have difficulty swallowing conventional tablets. Phase 1 single and multiple ascending dose studies in healthy volunteers and healthy elderly volunteers (> than 65 years of age) evaluated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of
ITI-1284-ODT-SL.
In these studies, there were no reported serious adverse events in either age group. In the elderly cohort, reported adverse events were infrequent with the most common adverse event being transient dry mouth (mild). Based on these results, we have initiated our program evaluating
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
for the treatment of agitation in patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease. We are in discussions with the FDA regarding the
non-clinical
toxicological profile of
ITI-1284-ODT-SL.
The FDA has informed us that they do not believe the deuterated and undeuterated forms of lumateperone are identical. As a result, the
non-clinical
data from lumateperone may not be broadly applied to
ITI-1284-ODT-SL
and we may be required to conduct additional toxicology studies in
non-rodent
species and this could delay the commencement of our clinical program. We expect to commence clinical conduct in this program in 2022. Additional studies in dementia-related psychosis, and certain depressive disorders in the elderly are also planned for 2022.
We have another major program that has yielded a portfolio of compounds that selectively inhibit the enzyme phosphodiesterase type 1, or PDE1. PDE1 enzymes are highly active in multiple disease states and our PDE1 inhibitors are designed to reestablish normal function in these disease states. Abnormal PDE1 activity is associated with cellular proliferation and activation of inflammatory cells. Our PDE1 inhibitors ameliorate both of these effects in animal models. We intend to pursue the development of our phosphodiesterase, or PDE, program, for the treatment of aberrant immune system activation in several CNS
and non-CNS conditions
with a focus on diseases where excessive PDE1 activity has been demonstrated and increased inflammation is an important contributor to disease pathogenesis. Our potential disease targets include heart failure, immune system regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, cancers and
other non-CNS disorders. Lenrispodun (ITI-214)
is our lead compound in this program. Following the favorable safety and tolerability results in our Phase 1 program, we initiated our development program for lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease and commenced patient enrollment in the third quarter of 2017 in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of lenrispodun in patients with Parkinson’s disease to evaluate safety and tolerability in this patient population, as well as motor
and non-motor exploratory
endpoints. In the fourth quarter of 2018, we announced that the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of lenrispodun has been completed
 
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and topline results demonstrated lenrispodun was generally well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile and clinical signs consistent with improvements in motor symptoms and dyskinesias. We have initiated our Phase 2 clinical program with lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease and expect to commence patient enrollment in the first half of 2022. In addition, in the second quarter of 2020, we announced topline results from
Study ITI-214-104, a
Phase 1/2 translational study of single ascending doses of lenrispodun in patients with chronic systolic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. In this study, lenrispodun improved cardiac output by increasing heart contractility and decreasing vascular resistance. Agents that both increase heart contractility (inotropism) and decrease vascular resistance (vasodilation) are called inodilators. Inodilators in current clinical use are associated with the development of arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms that when serious can impair heart function and lead to mortality. Lenrispodun, which acts through a novel mechanism of action, was not associated with arrhythmias in this study and was generally well-tolerated in all patients.
We also have a development program with
our ITI-333 compound
as a potential treatment for substance use disorders, pain and psychiatric comorbidities including depression and anxiety. There is a pressing need to develop new drugs to treat opioid addiction and safe, effective,
non-addictive
treatments to manage pain.
ITI-333
is a novel compound that uniquely combines activity as an antagonist at
serotonin 5-HT2A receptors
and a partial agonist at µ-opioid receptors. These combined actions support the potential utility
of ITI-333 in
the treatment of opioid use disorder and associated comorbidities (e.g., depression, anxiety, sleep disorders) without opioid-like safety and tolerability concerns. In December 2020, we initiated a Phase 1 single ascending dose study evaluating the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of
ITI-333
in healthy volunteers. This study was recently completed and
ITI-333
achieved plasma exposures at or above those required for efficacy and was generally safe and well-tolerated. We have received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, that we expect will fund a significant portion of the early stage clinical development costs associated with this program.
We have assembled a management team with significant industry experience to lead the commercialization of our product and the discovery, development and potential commercialization of our product candidates. We complement our management team with a group of scientific and clinical advisors that includes recognized experts in the fields of schizophrenia, bipolar depression and other CNS disorders.
COVID-19
In December 2019, a novel strain of
coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,
which causes coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19),
surfaced in Wuhan, China. Since then,
SARS-CoV-2
and
COVID-19
have spread to countries worldwide, including the United States. The
COVID-19
pandemic continues to evolve, and to date has led to the implementation of various responses, including government-imposed quarantines, travel restrictions and other public health safety measures. In response to the spread of
SARS-CoV-2
and
COVID-19,
we have instructed the majority of our office-based employees to work from home.
In connection with our commercial launch of CAPLYTA, which is approved by FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar depression in adults, our commercial organization and sales force and medical organization are having significantly reduced personal interactions with physicians and customers and continue to conduct many promotional activities virtually, and elected to cease
in-person
interactions with physicians and customers entirely for some period of time in the interest of employee and community safety. Even though certain of our sales force and medical organization are having personal interactions with physicians and customers, we may have to cease such personal interactions depending on the
COVID-19
situation. In addition, the
COVID-19
situation has resulted in a decrease in the number of patient visits to healthcare providers. As a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic, or similar pandemics, we may experience disruptions that could severely impact our business, including our ability to successfully commercialize our only commercial product, CAPLYTA, in the United States, and these disruptions could negatively impact our sales of CAPLYTA. Business interruptions from the current or future pandemics may also adversely impact the third parties we rely on to sufficiently manufacture CAPLYTA and to produce our product candidates in quantities we require, which may impair the commercialization and our research and development activities.
 
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We conduct clinical trials for our product candidates in many countries, including the United States, Europe and Russia and may expand to other geographies. Timely enrollment of, completion of and reporting on our clinical trials is dependent upon these global clinical trial sites which are, or in the future may be, adversely affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic
or other pandemics. Some factors from the
COVID-19
pandemic that have or may adversely affect the timing and conduct of our clinical trials and adversely impact our business generally, include but are not limited to delays or difficulties in clinical site initiation, patient enrollment, diversion of healthcare resources away from clinical trials to pandemic concerns, limitations on travel, regulatory delays and supply chain disruptions.
In response to
the COVID-19 pandemic,
in March 2020, the FDA announced its intention to temporarily postpone most inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities and products, as well as routine surveillance inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities, and it also provided guidance regarding the conduct of clinical trials, which has been further updated several times since that time. In
mid-2020,
the FDA noted it was continuing to ensure timely reviews of applications for medical products during
the COVID-19 pandemic
in line with its user fee performance goals and conducting mission-critical domestic and foreign inspections to ensure compliance of manufacturing facilities with FDA quality standards. The FDA subsequently publicized its development and use of an internal rating system called the
COVID-19
Advisory Rating system, to assist in determining when and where it is safest to conduct such inspections based on data about the virus’s trajectory in a given country, state and locality and the rules and guidelines that are put in place by foreign, state and local governments. As of October 2021, FDA is either continuing to, on
a case-by-case basis,
conduct only “mission-critical” inspections, or, where possible to do so safely, resuming prioritized domestic inspections, which generally
include pre-approval inspections,
or PAIs. Foreign PAIs that are not deemed mission-critical remain postponed, while those deemed mission-critical will be considered for inspection on
a case-by-case basis.
FDA will use similar data to inform resumption of other prioritized operations abroad as it becomes feasible and advisable to do so.
During the global response to the
COVID-19
pandemic, moreover, there have been strategic redeployments of government resources to priority projects, including FDA and EMA resources and staff, which could have an impact on the timeline for review and approval of new marketing applications. Over the course of the pandemic, FDA’s new drug review programs continued to meet key performance goals related to working with applicants and approving NDAs and NDA supplements, although the agency has also stated that the uncertainty of the
COVID-19
situation may make it difficult to sustain that level of performance indefinitely. The FDA may not be able to maintain its normal pace with respect to new drug applications and delays or setbacks are possible in the future. The FDA has told industry that it intends to be as transparent as possible about its workload and performance metrics as the situation evolves, and also that it intends to communicate proactively with applicants during the review cycle regarding the need for a
pre-approval
inspection and whether such PAI is considered “mission-critical.”
Should FDA determine that a PAI is necessary for approval of an NDA or NDA supplement and such an inspection cannot be completed during the review cycle due to restrictions on travel or other safety protocols, FDA has stated that it generally intends to issue a complete response letter. Further, if there is inadequate information to make a determination on the acceptability of a facility, FDA may defer action on the application until an inspection can be completed. Such decisions will be based on the totality of the information available to the FDA, including considerations of whether it can obtain existing inspection reports from trusted foreign regulatory partners through mutual recognition and confidentiality agreements and/or secure additional records from the applicant, the manufacturing facility, or other inspected entities. Accordingly, FDA has encouraged applicants to effectively communicate with all their facilities and sites to ensure timely responses to any inquiries from FDA for information needed to support its assessment of pending drug applications. FDA has also stated that it is using all available tools and sources of information to support regulatory decisions on NDAs such as the historical compliance status of a manufacturing facility and other risk-benefit considerations pertaining to the proposed new drug product and its manufacturing process and facilities. In addition, whether or not FDA considers a facility inspection to be “mission-critical” involves several factors related to the public health
 
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benefits of the proposed new drug product, including but not limited to whether the candidate has been granted breakthrough therapy designation and whether the candidate is intended to treat or prevent a serious disease or medical condition for which there is no other appropriate substitute. Regulatory authorities outside the United States, including but not limited to the EMA, may adopt similar restrictions or other policy measures in response to
the COVID-19
pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic
continues to rapidly evolve, and the severity and duration of the pandemic remain uncertain. The extent to which the pandemic impacts our business, including our commercial results, clinical trials, and preclinical studies will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain.
Results of Operations
The following discussion summarizes the key factors our management believes are necessary for an understanding of our financial statements.
Revenues
Net revenues from product sales consist of sales of CAPLYTA, which was approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults in December 2019 and for the treatment of bipolar depression in adults in December 2021. We initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, net sales increased from approximately $22.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $81.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. In addition, we had approximately $2.1 million of grant revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to approximately $0.3 million of grant revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020. We have received and may continue to receive grants from U.S. government agencies and foundations.
We do not expect any revenues that we may generate in the next few years to be significant enough to completely fund our operations.
Expenses
The process of researching, developing and commercializing drugs for human use is lengthy, unpredictable and subject to many risks. We are unable with certainty to estimate either the costs or the timelines in which those costs will be incurred. The costs associated with the commercialization of CAPLYTA will be substantial and will be incurred prior to our generating sufficient revenue to offset these costs. Costs for the clinical development of lumateperone for the treatment of MDD consumes and, together with our anticipated clinical development programs for lenrispodun, will continue to consume a large portion of our current, as well as projected, resources. We intend to pursue other disease indications that lumateperone may address, but there are significant costs associated with pursuing FDA approval for those indications, which would include the cost of additional clinical trials.
Our PDE program has a compound, lenrispodun
(ITI-214),
in Phase 1/2 development. We intend to pursue the development of our PDE program, including lenrispodun for the treatment of several CNS
and non-CNS
conditions. We have ongoing development programs for lenrispodun for Parkinson’s disease. Our other projects are still in the preclinical stages, and will require extensive funding not only to complete preclinical testing, but to commence and complete clinical trials. Expenditures that we incur on these projects will be subject to availability of funding in addition to the funding required for the advancement of lumateperone. Any failure or delay in the advancement of lumateperone could require us to
re-allocate
resources from our other projects to the advancement of lumateperone, which could have a material adverse impact on the advancement of these other projects and on our results of operations.
Our operating expenses are comprised of (i) costs of product sales; (ii) research and development expenses; (iii) general and administrative expenses and (iv) selling expenses.
 
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Costs of product sales are comprised of:
 
   
direct costs of formulating, manufacturing and packaging drug product;
 
   
overhead costs consisting of labor, share-based compensation, shipping, outside inventory management and other miscellaneous operating costs; and
 
   
royalty payments on product sales.
Our research and development costs are comprised of:
 
   
internal recurring costs, such as costs relating to labor and fringe benefits, materials, supplies, facilities and maintenance; and
 
   
fees paid to external parties who provide us with contract services, such as
pre-clinical
testing, manufacturing and related testing, clinical trial activities and license milestone payments.
Selling expenses are incurred in three major categories:
 
   
salaries and related benefit costs of a dedicated sales force;
 
   
sales operation costs; and
 
   
marketing and promotion expenses.
General and administrative expenses are incurred in three major categories:
 
   
salaries and related benefit costs;
 
   
patent, legal, and professional costs; and
 
   
office and facilities overhead.
Product sold through December 31, 2021 consisted of drug product that was previously charged to research and development expense prior to FDA approval of CAPLYTA and other direct, indirect, and overhead costs required to make final product for sale. Because the Company’s prior policy did not allow for the capitalization of
pre-approval
product, the cost of drug product sold is lower than it would have been and has a positive impact on our cost of product sales for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company’s reported cost of product sales as a percentage of product sales, net was 9.8% or approximately $8.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to 8.4% or approximately $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, of which more than half related to royalty payments accrued to BMS.
We will expect to continue to have this favorable impact on cost of product sales and related product gross margins until our sales of CAPLYTA include drug product that is manufactured entirely after the FDA approval. We are currently unable to estimate how long it will be until we begin selling product entirely manufactured post FDA approval.
We expect that research and development expenses will increase as we proceed with our clinical trials, increased manufacturing of drug product for clinical trials
and pre-clinical
development activities. We also expect that our selling, general and administrative costs will increase from prior periods primarily due to costs associated with promotional activities to support the commercial sales of CAPLYTA as well as cost associated with building and maintaining infrastructure, which will include hiring additional personnel and increasing technological capabilities. We granted significant shared-based awards in 2020 and 2021. We expect to continue to grant share-based awards in the future due to our growing employee base, which will increase our share-based compensation expense in future periods.
 
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The following table sets forth our revenues, operating expenses, interest income, net and income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
 
    
For the Year Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
     2020      2019  
Revenues, net
  
$
83,803
 
   $ 22,813      $ 61  
Expenses
        
Cost of product sales
  
 
8,035
 
     1,895        —    
Research and development
  
 
88,845
 
     65,782        89,125  
Selling, general and administrative
  
 
272,611
 
     186,364        64,948  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total costs & expenses
  
 
369,491
 
     254,041        154,073  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Loss from operations
  
 
(285,688
     (231,228      (154,012
Interest income, net
  
 
1,568
 
     4,235        6,292  
Income tax expense
  
 
(6
     (13      (2
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net loss
  
$
(284,126
   $ (227,006    $ (147,722
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
Total Revenues, Net
Total revenues, net for the year ended December 31, 2021 were approximately $83.8 million compared to $22.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Net product sales were approximately $81.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $22.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Net product sales were comprised of sales of CAPLYTA, which was approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia on December 20, 2019 and became available to wholesalers in March 2020. In addition, revenue from a government grant was approximately $2.1 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Cost of Product Sales
Cost of product sales was approximately $8.0 million and $1.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Cost of product sales consisted primarily of product royalty fees, overhead and direct costs. Product sold through December 31, 2021 consisted of drug product that was previously charged to research and development expense prior to FDA approval of CAPLYTA and other direct, indirect, overhead costs required to make final product for sale. This minimal cost drug product had a positive impact on our cost of product sales and related product gross margins for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
We will continue to have a lower cost of product sales that excludes the cost of the drug product that was incurred prior to FDA approval until our sales of CAPLYTA include drug product that is entirely manufactured after the FDA approval. We expect that this will be the case for the near-term and as a result, our cost of product sales will be less than we anticipate it will be in future periods.
 
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Research and Development Expenses
 
    
2021
     2020  
External costs
  
$
53,166      $ 38,791  
Internal costs
     35,679        26,991  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total Research and development expenses
  
$
88,845      $ 65,782  
Lumateperone costs
  
$
48,633      $ 32,884  
Manufacturing costs of drug candidates
     4,960        5,585  
Share- based compensation
     11,456        8,415  
Other projects and overhead
     23,796        18,898  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total Research and development expenses
  
$
88,845      $ 65,782  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Research and development expenses increased to $88.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $65.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, representing an increase of approximately $23.0 million, or 35%. This increase is due primarily to an increase of $15.7 million for lumateperone clinical trial and other costs, approximately $4.9 million for other projects and overhead, including the
ITI-1284,
ITI-214,
and
ITI-333
programs, among others, and approximately $3.0 million for share-based compensation expense. Internal costs increased by approximately $8.7 million for the period due primarily to labor related costs and share-based compensation.
As the development of lumateperone progresses, we anticipate research and development costs for lumateperone programs to increase moderately due primarily to conducting ongoing and planned Phase 3 and other clinical trials relating to our lumateperone programs in the next several years. We are also required to complete
non-clinical
testing to obtain FDA approval and manufacture material needed for clinical trial use, which includes
non-clinical
testing of the drug product and drug product in anticipation of possible additional FDA approvals of lumateperone for indications beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression.
As of December 31, 2021, we employed 67 full time personnel in our research and development group as compared to 43 full time personnel in our research and development group at December 31, 2020. The increase is due primarily to additional personnel for our clinical operations team as we continue our research for our lumateperone and other programs. We expect to hire additional staff as we increase our development efforts and grow our business in the upcoming years.
We currently have several projects, in addition to lumateperone, that are in the research and development stages. We have used internal resources and incurred expenses not only in relation to the development of lumateperone, but also in connection with these additional projects as well, including our PDE program. We have not, however, reported these costs on a
project-by-project
basis, as these costs are broadly spread among these projects. The external costs for these projects have been modest and are reflected in the table above in this section “—
Research and Development Expenses
.”
The research and development process necessary to develop a pharmaceutical product for commercialization is subject to extensive regulation by numerous governmental authorities in the United States and other countries. This process typically takes years to complete and requires the expenditure of substantial resources. The steps required before a drug may be marketed in the United States generally include the following:
 
   
completion of extensive
pre-clinical
laboratory tests, animal studies, and formulation studies in accordance with the FDA’s Good Laboratory Practice, or GLP, regulations;
 
   
submission to the FDA of an Investigational New Drug application, or IND, for human clinical testing, which must become effective before human clinical trials may begin;
 
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performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the drug for each proposed indication;
 
   
submission to the FDA of a New Drug Application, or NDA, after completion of all clinical trials;
 
   
satisfactory completion of an FDA
pre-approval
inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, and finished drug product are produced and tested to assess compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMPs;
 
   
satisfactory completion of FDA inspections of clinical trial sites to assure that data supporting the safety and effectiveness of product candidates has been generated in compliance with Good Clinical Practices; and
 
   
FDA review and approval of the NDA prior to any commercial marketing or sale of the drug in the United States.
The successful development of our product candidates and the approval process requires substantial time, effort and financial resources, and is uncertain and subject to a number of risks. We cannot be certain that any of our product candidates will prove to be safe and effective, will meet all of the applicable regulatory requirements needed to receive and maintain marketing approval, or will be granted marketing approval on a timely basis, if at all. Data from
pre-clinical
studies and clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations that could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval or could result in label warnings related to or recalls of approved products. We, the FDA, or other regulatory authorities may suspend clinical trials at any time if we or they believe that the subjects participating in such trials are being exposed to unacceptable risks or if such regulatory agencies find deficiencies in the conduct of the trials or other problems with our product candidates. Other risks associated with our product candidates are described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative costs for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $272.6 million as compared to $186.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2020, which represents an increase of 46%. which was due to an increase in selling costs and an increase in general and administrative expenses as discussed below.
Selling costs were $203.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $132.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2020, or an increase of 54%. This increase is primarily due to an increase in sales related labor costs of $10.6 million and commercialization costs of $56.6 million. Salaries, bonuses and related benefit costs for our sales and marketing functions for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 constituted approximately 35% and 46%, respectively, of our selling costs. We expect selling costs to increase moderately as we expanded our sales force at the end of 2021 in anticipation of the launch of CAPLYTA for bipolar depression and anticipate increased marketing costs related to that launch.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $69.1 million in 2021 as compared to $53.9 million for the same period in 2020, an increase of 28%. This increase is due to increases in share based compensation expense of $7.1 million, labor and related expenses of $3.7 million, information technology services of $1.3 million, and the remainder consisting of insurance, professional fees, lease expense, and other administrative expenses. Salaries, bonuses and related benefit costs for our general and administrative functions for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 constituted approximately 57% and 53%, respectively, of our general and administrative costs.
We expect selling, general and administrative costs to increase in 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. We are expanding post approval marketing, including increased efforts to educate physicians due to the limitations related to
the COVID-19
virus pandemic and market access efforts as well as our administrative infrastructure.
 
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Interest Income
Interest income has decreased to approximately $1.6 million from $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease is primarily a result of lower interest rates during 2020 and decreases in cash balances from 2020 to 2021.
Income Taxes
In September 2016, the Company licensed certain intellectual property rights to its wholly-owned subsidiary, ITI Limited, which was formed in the third quarter of 2016. Although the license of intellectual property rights did not result in any gain or loss in the consolidated statements of operations, the transaction generated taxable net income in the United States in 2016. We utilized a portion of our available federal and state net operating loss carryforwards to offset the majority of this net income but incurred approximately $1.1 million of AMT related to intercompany transactions that were treated as tax expense in our consolidated statement of operations in 2016. On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” or TCJA, granted a refund of the AMT or a reduction of taxes in future periods. The Company has therefore recognized a benefit of approximately $1.1 million for these taxes in 2017. The Company received approximately $0.6 million in 2019 and the remainder in 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Through December 31, 2021, we provided funds for our operations by obtaining a total of approximately $1.6 billion of cash primarily through public and private offerings of our common stock and other securities, grants from government agencies and foundations and payments received under a terminated license and collaboration agreement. In the year ended December 31, 2021, we have collected approximately $87.3 million from product sales, which we believe will increase going forward. We do not believe that grant revenue will be a significant source of funding in the near future.
As of December 31, 2021, we had a total of approximately $413.7 million in cash and cash equivalents and
available-for-sale
investment securities, including $1.4 million in restricted cash, and approximately $53.4 million of short-term liabilities consisting entirely of liabilities from operations, including approximately $6.7 million of short-term lease obligations. In the year ended December 31, 2021, we spent approximately $348.8 million in cash for operations and equipment. We have sources of cash which included $87.3 million of collected product sales and $1.6 million of interest income, resulting in net cash used in operations of $259.9 million. The use of cash was primarily for selling and marketing costs in connection with our commercial launch of CAPLYTA, conducting clinical trials and
non-clinical
testing, product manufacturing, and funding recurring operating expenses.
In January 2022, we completed an underwritten public offering of shares of our common stock resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $433.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
Based on our current operating plans, we expect that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from the filing date of this Annual Report. During that time, we expect that our expenses will increase substantially due primarily to our commercialization activities and related infrastructure expansion in connection with the commercialization of CAPLYTA for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment of bipolar depression; the development of lumateperone in our late stage clinical programs; the development of our other product candidates, including lenrispodun; the continuation of manufacturing activities for anticipated future sales of product and in connection with the development of lumateperone; and general operations.
For 2022, we expect to spend up to $500 million primarily related to the marketing and commercialization of CAPLYTA, lumateperone clinical development including clinical trial conduct, regulatory activities,
 
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manufacturing and inventory production, expansion of our administrative infrastructure and other development activities. Our other development activities will include efforts related to our
ITI-1284,
lenrispodun
and ITI-333
programs, among others. However,
the COVID-19
pandemic may negatively impact our commercialization of CAPLYTA, our ability to complete our ongoing or planned nonclinical and clinical trials, our ability to obtain approval of any product candidates from the FDA or other regulatory authorities, and our workforce and therefore our research, development and commercialization activities. This may ultimately have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, although we are unable to make any prediction with certainty given the rapidly changing nature of the pandemic and governmental and other responses to it.
We may require significant additional financing in the future to continue to fund our operations. We believe that we have the funding in place to commercialize CAPLYTA in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar depression. We also plan to fund additional clinical trials of lumateperone for the treatment of depressive disorders and other CNS disorders; preclinical and clinical development of our
ITI-007
long acting injectable development program; additional clinical trials of lumateperone; clinical development of
ITI-1284,
continued clinical development of our PDE product candidates, including lenrispodun; research and preclinical development of our other product candidates; and the continuation of manufacturing activities in connection with the development of lumateperone. We may require additional funds for further development of lumateperone in patients with depressive disorders and other indications, and for development of our other product candidates. We have incurred losses in every year since inception with the exception of 2011, when we received an
up-front
fee and a milestone payment related to a license agreement that has been terminated. These losses have resulted in significant cash used in operations.
In the year ended December 31, 2021, we spent approximately $348.8 million in cash for operations and equipment. We have sources of cash which included $87.3 million of collected product sales and $1.6 million of interest income, resulting in net cash used in operations of $259.9 million. While we have several research and development programs underway, the lumateperone program has advanced the furthest and will continue to consume increasing amounts of cash for conducting clinical trials and the testing and manufacturing of product material. As we continue to conduct the activities necessary to pursue FDA approval of lumateperone beyond schizophrenia and bipolar depression and our other product candidates, as well as commercialization efforts, we expect the amount of cash to be used to fund operations to increase over the next several years.
We seek to balance the level of cash, cash equivalents and investments on hand with our projected needs and to allow us to withstand periods of uncertainty relative to the availability of funding on favorable terms. Until we can generate significant revenues from operations, we will need to satisfy our future cash needs through public or private sales of our equity securities, sales of debt securities, incurrence of debt from commercial lenders, strategic collaborations, licensing a portion or all of our product candidates and technology and, to a lesser extent, grant funding. On August 30, 2019, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form
S-3,
which was declared effective by the SEC on September 12, 2019, on which we registered for sale up to $350 million of any combination of our common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that we may determine, which included up to $75 million of common stock that we could issue and sell from time to time, through SVB Leerink LLC acting as our sales agent, pursuant to the sale agreement that we entered into with SVB Leerink on August 29, 2019 for our
“at-the-market”
equity program. In the quarter ended June 30, 2020, we sold 230,000 shares of common stock under our
“at-the-market”
equity program which resulted in our receiving net proceeds of $5.6 million in July 2020. In the quarter ended September 30, 2020, we issued an additional 512,791 shares of common stock under our
“at-the-market”
equity program and received approximately $12.3 million of net proceeds. On September 10, 2020, we terminated the
“at-the-market”
equity program agreement with SVB Leerink LLC. On January 6, 2020, we filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form
S-3
with the SEC, which became effective upon filing, on which we registered for sale an unlimited amount of any combination of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that we may determine, so long as we continue to satisfy the requirements of a “well-known seasoned issuer” under SEC rules. These registration statements will remain in effect for up to three years from the respective dates they became effective.
 
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We cannot be sure that future funding will be available to us when we need it on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. We sell securities and incur debt when the terms of such transactions are deemed favorable to us and as necessary to fund our current and projected cash needs. The amount of funding we raise through sales of our common stock or other securities depends on many factors, including, but not limited to, the magnitude of sales of CAPLYTA, the status and progress of our product development programs, projected cash needs, availability of funding from other sources, our stock price and the status of the capital markets. Due to the volatile nature of the financial markets, equity and debt financing may be difficult to obtain. Additionally, the continued spread of
COVID-19
and uncertain market conditions may limit our ability to access any financing. In addition, any unfavorable results in the commercialization of CAPLYTA and unfavorable development or delay in the progress of our lumateperone program could have a material adverse impact on our ability to raise additional capital.
To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through government or other third-party funding, marketing and distribution arrangements or other collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
If adequate funds are not available to us on a timely basis, we may be required to: (1) delay, limit, reduce or terminate nonclinical studies, clinical trials or other clinical development activities for one or more of our product candidates, including our lead product candidate lumateperone, lenrispodun, and our other product candidates; (2) delay, limit, reduce or terminate our discovery research or
pre-clinical
development activities; (3) enter into licenses or other arrangements with third parties on terms that may be unfavorable to us or sell, license or relinquish rights to develop or commercialize our product candidates, technologies or intellectual property at an earlier stage of development and on less favorable terms than we would otherwise agree; or (4) limit or reduce commercialization efforts related to CAPLYTA.
Our cash is maintained in checking accounts, money market accounts, money market mutual funds, U.S. government agency securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate notes and corporate bonds at major financial institutions. Due to the current low interest rates available for these instruments, we are earning limited interest income. We do not expect interest income to be a significant source of funding over the next several quarters. In addition, our investment portfolio historically has not been adversely impacted by problems in the credit markets, but there can be no assurance that our investment portfolio will not be adversely affected in the future.
In 2014, we entered into a long-term lease with a related party which, as amended, provided for a lease of 16,753 square feet of useable laboratory and office space located at 430 East 29th Street, New York, New York 10016. Concurrent with this lease, we entered into a license agreement to occupy certain vivarium related space in the same facility for the same term, rent and escalation provisions as the lease. This license has the primary characteristics of a lease and is characterized as a lease in accordance with ASU
2016-02
for accounting purposes. In September 2018, we further amended the lease to obtain an additional 15,534 square feet of office space beginning October 1, 2018 and to extend the term of the lease for previously acquired space. The lease, as amended, has a term of 14.3 years ending in May 2029. In February 2019, we entered into a long-term lease for 3,164 square feet of office space in Towson, Maryland beginning March 1, 2019. The lease has a term of 3.2 years ending in April 2022. On May 17, 2019, we entered into a vehicle fleet lease with a company to acquire motor vehicles for certain employees. The vehicle fleet lease provides for individual leases for the vehicles, which at each lease commencement was determined to qualify for operating lease treatment. We began leasing vehicles under the vehicle fleet lease in March 2020. Restricted cash of $1.4 million on our consolidated balance sheet relates to a letter of credit issued as part of the vehicle fleet lease.
 
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Judgments must also be made about the disclosure of contingent liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates and assumptions form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Management makes estimates and exercises judgment in research and development, including clinical trial accruals. Actual results may differ from those estimates and under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe that the following critical accounting policy affects management’s more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements:
Research and Development, Including Clinical Trial Expenses
Except for payments made in advance of services, we expense our research and development costs as incurred. For payments made in advance, we recognize research and development expense as the services are rendered. Research and development costs primarily consist of salaries and related expenses for personnel and resources and the costs of clinical trials. Other research and development expenses include preclinical analytical testing, manufacturing of drug product, outside services, providers, materials and consulting fees.
Costs for certain development activities, such as clinical trials, are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using data such as subject enrollment, clinical site activations or information provided to us by our vendors with respect to their actual costs incurred. Payments for these activities are based on the terms of the individual arrangements, which may differ from the pattern of costs incurred, and are reflected in the financial statements as prepaid or accrued research and development expense, as the case may be.
As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate expenses resulting from the obligations under contracts with vendors, clinical research organizations and consultants and under clinical site agreements in connection with conducting clinical trials. The financial terms of these contracts are subject to negotiations, which vary from contract to contract and may result in payment flows that do not match the periods over which materials or services are provided under such contracts. Our objective is to reflect the appropriate clinical trial expenses in our financial statements by matching those expenses with the period in which services are performed and efforts are expended. We account for these expenses according to the progress of the clinical trial as measured by subject progression and the timing of various aspects of the trial. We determine accrual estimates through financial models taking into account various clinical information provided by vendors and discussion with applicable personnel and outside service providers as to the progress or state of consummation of trials, or the services completed. During the course of a clinical trial, we adjust our clinical expense recognition if actual results differ from our estimates. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date based on the facts and circumstances known to us at that time. Our clinical trial accruals are dependent upon the timely and accurate reporting of contract research organizations, clinical sites and other third-party vendors. Although we do not expect our estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, our understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in us reporting amounts that are too high or too low for any particular period. For the year ended December 31, 2021 we had no material change in estimate which related to the prior year estimates of accrued expenses for clinical trials. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we recorded a change in estimate of approximately $2.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, both related to the prior year estimates of accrued expenses for clinical trials that resulted in a reduction of research and development expenses.
 
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
We review new accounting standards to determine the expected financial impact, if any, that the adoption of each such standard will have.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2016-13,
“Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU
2016-13”).
This guidance applies to all entities and impacts how entities account for credit losses for most financial assets and other instruments. For
available-for-sale
debt securities, entities will be required to recognize an allowance for credit losses rather than a reduction to the carrying value of the asset. For trade receivables, loans and
held-to-maturity
debt securities, entities will be required to estimate lifetime expected credit losses. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2020 and evaluated the implications of the new standard, inclusive of the applicable financial statement disclosures required, as well as to its internal controls, business processes, and accounting policies, noting there was no significant impact to the financial statements as of January 1, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2020.
 
Item 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Sensitivity.
 As of December 31, 2021, we had cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash of approximately $413.7 million consisting of cash deposited in a highly rated financial institution in the United States and in a short-term U.S. Treasury money market fund, as well as high-grade corporate bonds and commercial paper. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve our capital for the purpose of funding operations and we do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes. We believe that we do not have material exposure to high-risk investments such as mortgage-backed securities, auction rate securities or other special investment vehicles within our money-market fund investments. We believe that we do not have any material exposure to changes in fair value as a result of changes in interest rates, although the recent decline in interest rates has resulted in our unrealized loss on investments, net, as of December 31, 2021 of approximately $0.9 million and an unrealized gain on investments, net, in 2020 totaling approximately $0.5 million. We plan on holding those investments to maturity, and should interest rates rise, there would be no recognition of impairment required. Declines in interest rates, however, would reduce future investment income.
Inflation Risk
. Inflation generally may affect us by increasing our cost of labor and clinical trial costs. We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through price increases of our product. Our inability or failure to do so could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Capital Market Risk.
 Although we receive product revenues from commercial sales of CAPLYTA, we continue to depend on funds raised through other sources. One possible source of funding is through further equity offerings. Our ability to raise funds in this manner depends upon capital market forces affecting our stock price.
 
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Item 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
 
Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
   Number  
     F-1  
    
F-3
 
    
F-4
 
    
F-5
 
    
F-6
 
    
F-7
 
    
F-8
 
 
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Item 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
 
Item 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
as of the end of the period covered by this Form
10-K,
have concluded that, based on such evaluation, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules
13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f)
under the Exchange Act, as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the Company’s board of directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
 
   
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
 
   
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
 
   
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013).
Based on our assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2021, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria
.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an audit report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This report appears further below in this Item 9A.
 
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Changes in Internal Controls
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes and our report dated March 1, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Baltimore, MD
March 1, 2022
 
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Item 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.
 
Item 9C.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
Not applicable.
 
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PART III
 
Item 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The response to this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion responsive thereto under the captions “Management and Corporate Governance” and “Code of Ethics and Business Conduct” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Item 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The response to this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion responsive thereto under the captions “Executive Officer and Director Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Management and Corporate Governance—Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation,” “Compensation Committee Report” and “Risks Related to Compensation Practices and Policies” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Item 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The response to this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion responsive thereto under the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Item 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The response to this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion responsive thereto under the captions “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” and “Management and Corporate Governance” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Item 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The response to this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion responsive thereto under the caption “Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
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PART IV
 
Item 15.
  
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15(a).
  
The following documents are filed as part of this annual report on Form
10-K:
Item 15(a)(1)
and (2)
   See “Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules” at Item 8 to this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Other financial statement schedules have not been included because they are not applicable or the information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.
Item 15(a)(3)
  
Exhibits
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
 
Exhibit
Number
       
Exhibit Description
 
Filed

Herewith
   
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
 
Filing Date
 
SEC File/
Reg. Number
2.1     Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 23, 2013, by and among the Registrant, ITI, Inc. and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.    
8-K
(Exhibit 2.1)
  8/29/2013  
000-54896
2.2     Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 29, 2013, by and between the Registrant and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., relating to the name change of the Registrant.    
8-K
(Exhibit 2.2)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
3.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended.    
10-Q
(Exhibit 3.1)
  8/9/2021  
001-36274
3.2     Certificate of Merger relating to the Merger of ITI, Inc. with and into Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 29, 2013.    
8-K
(Exhibit 3.3)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
3.3     Certificate of Ownership and Merger relating to the Merger of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. with and into the Registrant, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 29, 2013, relating to the name change of the Registrant.    
8-K
(Exhibit 3.4)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
3.4     Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.    
8-K
(Exhibit 3.5)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
4.1     Form of common stock certificate.    
8-K
(Exhibit 4.1)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
4.2     Description of securities.     X        
10.1     .1     License Agreement dated as of May 31, 2005 by and between Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.**    
8-K/A
(Exhibit 10.1.1)
  10/31/2013  
000-54896
 
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Exhibit
Number
       
Exhibit Description
 
Filed

Herewith
 
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
 
Filing Date
 
SEC File/
Reg. Number
    .2     Amendment No. 1 to License Agreement dated as of November 3, 2010 by and between Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1.2)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.2     .1     Supply Agreement dated as of January 4, 2017 by and between Siegfried Evionnaz SA and ITI Limited.***    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1)
  1/5/2022  
001-36274
    .2     Amendment to Supply Agreement dated as of December 24, 2021 by and between Siegfried Evionnaz SA and ITI Limited.    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1)
  12/29/2021  
001-36274
10.3     Master Services Agreement, effective as of January 10, 2017, by and between ITI Limited and Lonza Ltd.***    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.1)
  11/9/2020  
001-36274
10.4     Employment Agreement effective as of February 26, 2008 by and between Sharon Mates, Ph.D. and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.3)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.5     .1     Employment Agreement effective as of August 3, 2015 by and between Michael I. Halstead and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.1)
  11/5/2015  
001-36274
    .2     Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement dated as of November 9, 2016 by and between Michael I. Halstead and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.1)
  11/9/2016  
001-36274
10.6     Employment Agreement effective as of February 26, 2008 by and between Lawrence J. Hineline and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.4)
  9/5/2013  
001-36274
10.7     Employment Agreement effective as of October 15, 2018 by and between Mark Neumann and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.9)
  2/27/2019  
001-36274
10.8     Employment Agreement effective as of September 12, 2018 by and between Suresh Durgam, M.D. and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*   X      
10.9     Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions, and Non-Competition Agreement effective as of September 1, 2003 by and between Sharon Mates, Ph.D. and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.8)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
 
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Exhibit
Number
     
Exhibit Description
 
Filed

Herewith
 
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
 
Filing Date
 
SEC File/
Reg. Number
10.10     Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions, and Non-Competition Agreement effective as of July 29, 2014 by and between Michael Halstead and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.11)
  3/12/2015  
001-36274
10.11     Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions, and Non-Competition Agreement effective as of December 1, 2003 by and between Lawrence J. Hineline and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.9)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.12     Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions, Inventions, and Non-Competition Agreement effective as of December 10, 2018 by and between Mark Neumann and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.16)
  2/27/2019  
001-36274
10.13     Employee Proprietary Information, Inventions, Inventions, and Non-Competition Agreement effective as of September 12, 2018 by and between Suresh Durgam, M.D. and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*   X      
10.14     Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between the Company and its directors and executive officers.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.13)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.15     2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.14)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.16     Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.15)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.17     Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1)
  6/18/2015  
001-36274
10.18     Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.19)
  3/25/2014  
001-36274
10.19     Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1)
  5/28/2020  
001-36274
10.20     Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.2)
  6/21/2018  
001-36274
10.21     Form of Director Stock Option Agreement under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.3)
  6/21/2018  
001-36274
10.22     Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.4)
  6/21/2018  
001-36274
 
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Exhibit
Number
     
Exhibit Description
 
Filed

Herewith
 
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
 
Filing Date
 
SEC File/
Reg. Number
10.23     Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.5)
  6/21/2018  
001-36274
10.24     Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.2)
  8/10/2020  
001-36274
10.25     Form of Director Stock Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.3)
  8/10/2020  
001-36274
10.26     Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.4)
  8/10/2020  
001-36274
10.27     Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.5)
  8/10/2020  
001-36274
10.28     Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, as amended.*    
10-Q
(Exhibit 10.1)
  8/9/2021  
001-36274
10.29     Redemption Agreement dated as of August 29, 2013 by and between the Registrant and NLBDIT 2010 Services, LLC.    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.17)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.30     Indemnity Agreement dated as of August 29, 2013 by and among the Registrant, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Samir N. Masri.    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.18)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.31     Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 29, 2013 by and among Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., the stockholders named therein and the Registrant.    
8-K
(Exhibit 10.19)
  9/5/2013  
000-54896
10.32     Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. 2019 Inducement Award Plan.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.32)
  3/2/2020  
001-36274
10.33     Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2019 Inducement Award Plan.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.33)
  3/2/2020  
001-36274
10.34     Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2019 Inducement Award Plan.*    
10-K
(Exhibit 10.34)
  3/2/2020  
001-36274
21.1     Subsidiaries.    
10-K
(Exhibit 21.1)
  3/1/2017  
001-36274
23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.   X      
31.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.   X      
31.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.   X      
 
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Exhibit
Number
     
Exhibit Description
 
Filed

Herewith
 
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
 
Filing Date
 
SEC File/
Reg. Number
32.1     Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.   X      
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***
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SUMMARY
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
   
INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
Date: March 1, 2022     By:   /s/ Sharon Mates, Ph.D.
      Sharon Mates, Ph.D.
      Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signatures
 
Title
 
Date
By:  
/s/    Sharon Mates, Ph.D.
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive   March 1, 2022
  Sharon Mates, Ph.D.   Officer (principal executive officer)  
By:  
/s/    Lawrence J. Hineline
  Senior Vice President of Finance and   March 1, 2022
  Lawrence J. Hineline   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)  
By:  
/s/    Sir Michael Rawlins, M.D., FRCP,
FMedSci
  Director   March 1, 2022
  Sir Michael Rawlins, M.D., FRCP, FMedSci    
By:  
/s/    Joel S. Marcus
  Director   March 1, 2022
  Joel S. Marcus    
By:  
/s/    Rory B. Riggs
  Director   March 1, 2022
  Rory B. Riggs    
By:  
/s/    Robert L. Van Nostrand
  Director   March 1, 2022
  Robert L. Van Nostrand    
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated March 1, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
 
  
Clinical trial expenses
Description of the Matter    As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, at each consolidated balance sheet date, the Company is required to estimate its
 
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expenses resulting from its obligations under contracts with vendors, clinical research organizations and consultants, and under clinical site agreements in connection with conducting clinical trials. The Company recorded accrued expenses for the clinical trial accruals, which are included in accrued and other current liabilities on the December 31, 2021 consolidated balance sheet and also recorded prepaid clinical trial expenses, which are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the December 31, 2021 consolidated balance sheet. The amounts recorded for clinical trial accruals and for prepaid clinical trial expenses, within the aforementioned balance sheet captions represent the Company’s estimate of the unpaid and prepaid clinical trial expenses based on the
progress of the research and development services for clinical trials compared to the amounts paid for clinical trials through December 31, 2021.
 
Auditing the Company’s clinical trial accruals and prepaid clinical trial expenses, specifically as it relates to active studies with greater than 15% expected enrollment, involved a high degree of subjectivity due to the significant estimation required in determining the progress to completion of specific tasks conducted under its clinical trials and the costs of those tasks that will be invoiced by the vendors, clinical research organizations and consultants, and under clinical site agreements subsequent to the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit   
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design, and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the Company’s estimation of the clinical trial expenses, including the process of estimating the expenses incurred to date based on the progress of the clinical trials which have achieved greater than 15% of expected enrollment. For example, we tested controls over management’s review of the clinical trial expense calculation, the significant assumptions about the status of research and development services incurred, and the completeness and accuracy of the data used to calculate the estimates.
 
To test the clinical trial accruals and prepaid clinical trial expenses, we performed procedures that included, among others, reading each agreement and change order with the vendors, clinical research organizations and consultants, and under clinical site agreements, and evaluating the significant assumptions described above and the methods used in developing the clinical trial estimates and calculating the amounts that were unpaid and prepaid at the balance sheet date. We made direct inquiries of financial and clinical personnel, and observed management hold discussions with the Clinical Research Organization on the status of the clinical trials, progress to completion of clinical trials, method of allocating contractual charges to specific tasks performed during the clinical trials, and the status of change orders. We compared the current estimate of expenses incurred to estimates previously made by management. We also assessed the historical accuracy of management’s estimates and examined payments made to service providers after the consolidated balance sheet date.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002.
Baltimore, Maryland
March 1, 2022
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
    
December 31,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 
Assets
                
Current assets:
                
Cash and cash equivalents
  
$
92,364,990
 
  $ 60,045,933  
Investment securities,
available-for-sale
  
 
319,968,348
 
    597,402,126  
Restricted cash
  
 
1,400,000
 
    1,400,000  
Accounts receivable, net
  
 
20,155,994
 
    10,764,583  
Inventory
  
 
7,948,126
 
    7,056,385  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  
 
25,443,372
 
    14,235,455  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total current assets
  
 
467,280,830
 
    690,904,482  
Property and equipment, net
  
 
1,790,724
 
    1,998,346  
Right of use assets, net
  
 
20,764,458
 
    24,324,762  
Other assets
  
 
86,084
 
    86,084  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total assets
  
$
489,922,096
 
  $ 717,313,674  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                
Current liabilities:
                
Accounts payable
  
$
8,691,220
 
  $ 5,501,825  
Accrued and other current liabilities
  
 
11,072,996
 
    7,896,942  
Accrued customer programs
  
 
5,963,610
 
    3,005,175  
Lease liabilities, short-term
  
 
6,731,792
 
    5,541,802  
Accrued employee benefits
  
 
20,896,860
 
    14,907,479  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
  
 
53,356,478
 
    36,853,223  
Lease liabilities
  
 
18,674,943
 
    23,600,347  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total liabilities
  
 
72,031,421
 
    60,453,570  
Stockholders’ equity:
                
Common stock, $0.0001 par value: 175,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively; 81,886,965 and 80,463,089 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
  
 
8,189
 
    8,046  
Additional
paid-in
capital
  
 
1,639,475,837
 
    1,593,475,506  
Accumulated defici
t
  
 
(1,221,229,698
    (937,104,032
Accumulated comprehensive (loss) income
  
 
(363,653
    480,584  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
  
 
417,890,675
 
    656,860,104  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  
$
489,922,096
 
  $ 717,313,674  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
    
Years Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Revenues
                        
Product sales, net
  
$
81,707,874
 
  $ 22,530,753     $ —    
Grant revenue
  
 
2,095,143
 
    282,226       60,613  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total revenues, net
  
 
83,803,017
 
    22,812,979       60,613  
Operating expenses:
                        
Cost of product sales
  
 
8,034,589
 
    1,895,029       —    
Research and development
  
 
88,845,513
 
    65,782,137       89,124,838  
Selling, general and administrative
  
 
272,611,040
 
    186,363,444       64,947,625  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total operating expenses
  
 
369,491,142
 
    254,040,610       154,072,463  
Loss from operations
  
 
(285,688,125
    (231,227,631     (154,011,850
Interest income
  
 
1,568,090
 
    4,235,481       6,291,272  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss before provision for income taxes
  
 
(284,120,035
    (226,992,150     (147,720,578
Income tax expense
  
 
(5,631
    (13,513     (1,600
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss
  
$
(284,125,666
  $ (227,005,663   $ (147,722,178
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss per common share:
                        
Basic & Diluted
  
$
(3.50
  $ (3.23   $ (2.68
Weighted average number of common shares:
                        
Basic & Diluted
  
 
81,253,394
 
    70,364,800       55,186,206  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
 
    
Years Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Net loss
  
$
(284,125,666
  $ (227,005,663   $ (147,722,178
Other comprehensive income:
                        
Unrealized (loss) gain on investment securities
  
 
(844,237
    352,267       796,074  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Comprehensive loss
  
$
(284,969,903
)   $ (226,653,396   $ (146,926,104
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
 
    
Common Stock
    
Additional
Paid-in

Capital
    
Accumulated
Deficit
   
Accumulated
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
    
Shares
    
Amount
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
     54,895,295      $ 5,490      $ 880,753,339      $ (562,376,191   $ (667,757   $ 317,714,881  
Exercise of stock options and issuances of restricted stock
     596,558        59        3,235,542        —         —         3,235,601  
Stock issued for services
     15,644        2        194,203        —         —         194,205  
Share-based compensation
     —          —          20,788,688        —         —         20,788,688  
Net loss
     —          —          —          (147,722,178     —         (147,722,178
Other comprehensive income
     —          —          —          —         796,074       796,074  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2019
     55,507,497      $ 5,551      $ 904,971,772      $ (710,098,369   $ 128,317     $ 195,007,271  
Common shares issued
     23,409,458        2,341        652,709,670        —         —         652,712,011  
Exercise of stock options and issuances of restricted stock
     1,536,797        153        11,464,765        —         —         11,464,918  
Stock issued for services
     9,337        1        214,102        —         —         214,103  
Share-based compensation
     —          —          24,115,197        —         —         24,115,197  
Net loss
     —          —          —          (227,005,663     —         (227,005,663
Other comprehensive income
     —          —          —          —         352,267       352,267  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2020
  
 
80,463,089
 
  
$
8,046
 
  
$
1,593,475,506
 
  
$
(937,104,032
 
$
480,584
 
 
$
656,860,104
 
Exercise of stock options and issuances of restricted stock
  
 
1,419,331
 
  
 
143
 
  
 
11,518,768
 
  
 
—  
 
 
 
—  
 
 
 
11,518,911
 
Stock issued for services
  
 
4,545
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
178,534
 
  
 
—  
 
 
 
—  
 
 
 
178,534
 
Share-based compensation
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
34,303,029
 
  
 
—  
 
 
 
—  
 
 
 
34,303,029
 
Net loss
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
(284,125,666
 
 
—  
 
 
 
(284,125,666
Other comprehensive loss
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
 
 
(844,237
 
 
(844,237
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2021
  
 
81,886,965
 
  
$
8,189
 
  
$
1,639,475,837
 
  
$
(1,221,229,698
 
$
(363,653
 
$
417,890,675
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
    
Years Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
    2020     2019  
Cash flows used in operating activities
                        
Net loss
  
$
(284,125,666
  $ (227,005,663   $ (147,722,178
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                        
Depreciation
  
 
533,360
 
    528,118       477,121  
Share-based compensation
  
 
34,303,029
 
    24,115,197       20,788,688  
Stock issued for services
  
 
178,534
 
    214,103       194,205  
Amortization of premiums and discounts on investment securities, net
  
 
(4,079,828
    (648,248     (1,131,597
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                        
Accounts receivable, net
  
 
(9,391,411
    (10,764,583     —    
Inventory
  
 
(891,741
    (7,056,385     —    
Prepaid expenses and other assets
  
 
(11,207,917
    (7,921,670     1,465,384  
Long term deferred tax asset, net
  
 
—  
 
    264,609       264,609  
Accounts payable
  
 
3,189,395
 
    (1,923,199     (6,536,036
Accrued liabilities and other
  
 
12,123,870
 
    198,036       3,327,095  
Lease liabilities, net
  
 
(175,110
    (73,160     889,468  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash used in operating activities
  
 
(259,543,485
    (230,072,845     (127,983,241
Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities
                        
Purchases of investments
  
 
(224,574,687
    (755,629,547     (80,720,301
Maturities of investments
  
 
505,244,056
 
    275,601,271       258,857,683  
Purchases of property and equipment
  
 
(325,738
    (266,724     (700,395
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
  
 
280,343,631
 
    (480,295,000     177,436,987  
Cash flows provided by financing activities
                        
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
  
 
11,518,911
 
    11,464,918       3,235,601  
Proceeds of public offerings, net
  
 
—  
 
    652,712,011       —    
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
  
 
11,518,911
 
    664,176,929       3,235,601  
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
  
 
32,319,057
 
    (46,190,916     52,689,347  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
  
 
61,445,933
 
    107,636,849       54,947,502  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
  
$
93,764,990
 
  $ 61,445,933     $ 107,636,849  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash paid for taxes
  
$
5,631
 
  $ 1,600     $ 1,600  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Non-cash
investing and financing activities
                        
Right of use assets under operating vehicle fleet leases
  
$
107,809
 
  $ 8,917,935     $ —    
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Right of use assets under operating real estate leases
  
$
—  
    $ —       $ 219,703  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:
 
       
Cash and cash equivalents
  
$
92,364,990
 
  $ 60,045,933     $ 107,636,849  
Restricted cash
  
 
1,400,000
 
    1,400,000       —    
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
  
$
93,764,990
 
  $ 61,445,933     $ 107,636,849  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
1. Organization
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (the “Company”), through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, ITI, Inc. (“ITI”) and ITI Limited, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development and commercialization of innovative, small molecule drugs that address underserved medical needs primarily in neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders by targeting intracellular signaling mechanisms within the central nervous system (“CNS”). In December 2019, the Company announced that CAPLYTA
TM
(lumateperone) had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults (42mg/day). The Company initiated the commercial launch of CAPLYTA in late March 2020. Additionally, in December 2021, the Company announced that CAPLYTA had been approved by the FDA for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder in adults, as monotherapy and as adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate (42mg/day). As used in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, “CAPLYTA” refers to lumateperone approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia and depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder in adults, and “lumateperone” refers to, where applicable, CAPLYTA as well as lumateperone for the treatment of indications beyond schizophrenia and depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder. Lumateperone is in Phase 3 clinical development as a novel treatment for major depressive disorder.
On January 10, 2020, the Company completed a public offering of common stock in which the Company sold 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $29.50 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $295.0 million. After deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses, the net proceeds to the Company were approximately $277.0 million. On September 15, 2020, the Company completed
a
public offering of common stock in which the Company sold 12,666,667 shares of common stock at an offering price of $30.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $380.0 million. After deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses, the net proceeds to the Company were approximately $357.8 million. On January 7, 2022, the Company completed a public offering of common stock in which the Company sold 10,952,381 shares of common stock at an offering price of $42.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $460.0 million. After deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses, the net proceeds to the Company were approximately $433.7 million.
In order to further its commercial activities and research projects and support its collaborations, the Company will require additional financing until such time, if ever, that revenue streams are sufficient to generate consistent positive cash flow from operations. The Company currently projects that its cash, cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund operating expenses and capital expenditures for at least one year from the date that these financial statements are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Possible sources of funds include public or private sales of the Company’s equity securities, sales of debt securities, the incurrence of debt from commercial lenders, strategic collaborations, licensing a portion or all of the Company’s product candidates and technology and, to a lesser extent, grant funding. On August 30, 2019, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form
S-3,
which was declared effective by the SEC on September 12, 2019, on which the Company registered for sale up to $350 million of any combination of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that the Company may determine, which included up to $75 million of common stock that the Company could issue and sell from time to time, through SVB Leerink LLC acting as its sales agent, pursuant to the sale agreement that the Company entered into with SVB Leerink on August 29, 2019 for the Company’s
“at-the-market”
equity program. On September 10, 2020, the Company terminated the
“at-the-market”
equity program sales agreement with SVB Leerink LLC. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate 742,791 shares of common stock under the Company’s
“at-the-market”
equity program which resulted in the Company receiving net proceeds of $17.9 million.
 
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In addition, on January 6, 2020, the
Company
filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form
S-3
with the SEC, which became effective upon filing, on which the Company registered for sale an unlimited amount of any combination of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that the Company may determine, so long as the Company continues to satisfy the requirements of a “well-known seasoned issuer” under SEC rules. These registration statements will remain in effect for up to three years from the respective dates they became effective.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. and its wholly own subsidiaries have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative United States GAAP set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company currently operates in one operating segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one segment, which is discovering, developing, and commercializing drugs primarily for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Although actual results could differ from those estimates, management does not believe that such differences would be material.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of checking accounts, money market accounts, money market mutual funds, and certificates of deposit with a maturity date of three months or less. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents approximate the fair market value. Certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate notes and corporate bonds with a maturity date of more than three months are classified separately on the consolidated balance sheets.
Investment Securities
Investment securities may consist of investments in U.S. Treasuries, various U.S. governmental agency debt securities, corporate bonds, certificates of deposit, and other fixed income securities with an average maturity of twelve months or less. Management classifies the Company’s investments as
available-for-sale.
Such securities are carried at estimated fair value, with any unrealized holding gains or losses reported, net of any tax effects reported, as accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, which is a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary, if any, are included in consolidated results of operations. A decline in the market value of any
available-for-sale
security below cost that is deemed to be other-than-temporary results in a reduction in fair value, which is charged to earnings in that period, and a new cost basis for the security is established. Dividend and interest income are recognized as interest income on the consolidated statements of operations when earned. The cost of securities sold is calculated using the specific identification method.
 
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The Company monitors its investment portfolio for overall risk, specifically credit loss,
quarterly
or more frequently if circumstances warrant. The Company has estimated the expected credit loss over the lifetime of the asset and has determined an allowance for credit losses is not material with respect to the investment portfolio.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company applies the fair value method under ASC Topic 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
. ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value and requires expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The ASC Topic 820 hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of inputs, or assumptions, used in the determination of fair value and requires assets and liabilities carried at fair value to be classified and disclosed in one of the following categories based on the lowest level input used that is significant to a particular fair value measurement:
 
   
Level 1—Fair value is determined by using unadjusted quoted prices that are available in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
 
   
Level 2—Fair value is determined by using inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable. Inputs can include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in inactive markets. Related inputs can also include those used in valuation or other pricing models, such as interest rates and yield curves that can be corroborated by observable market data.
 
   
Level 3—Fair value is determined by inputs that are unobservable and not corroborated by market data. Use of these inputs involves significant and subjective judgments to be made by a reporting entity—e.g., determining an appropriate adjustment to a discount factor for illiquidity associated with a given security.
The Company evaluates financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis to determine the appropriate level at which to classify them each reporting period. This determination requires the Company to make subjective judgments as to the significance of inputs used in determining fair value and where such inputs lie within the ASC Topic 820 hierarchy.
The Company has no assets or liabilities that were measured for significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 assets and liabilities) as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The carrying value of cash held in money market funds of approximately $56.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and $27.9 million as of December 31, 2020 is included in cash and cash equivalents and approximates market value based on quoted market price or Level 1 inputs.
The fair value measurements of the Company’s cash equivalents and
available-for-sale
investment securities are identified in the following tables (in thousands):
                                 
           
Fair Value Measurements at

Reporting Date Using
 
    
December 31,
2021
    
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
    
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Money Market Funds
   $ 56,539      $ 56,539      $ —        $ —    
U.S. Government Agency Securities
     71,652        —          71,652        —    
Certificates of Deposit
     26,233        —          26,233        —    
Commercial Paper
     55,919        —          55,919        —    
Corporate Notes/Bonds
     166,164        —          166,164        —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
376,507
 
  
$
56,539
 
  
$
319,968
 
  
$
—  
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
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Fair Value Measurements at

Reporting Date Using
 
    
December 31,
2020
    
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
    
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Money Market Funds
   $ 27,917      $ 27,917      $ —        $ —    
U.S. Government Agency Securities
     259,276        —          259,276        —    
Certificates of Deposit
     10,500        —          10,500        —    
Commercial Paper
     124,370        —          124,370        —    
Corporate Notes/Bonds
     203,256        —          203,256        —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
625,319
 
  
$
27,917
 
  
$
597,402
 
  
$
—  
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Financial Instruments
The Company considers the recorded costs of its financial assets and liabilities, which consist of cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, right of use asset, net, other assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, accrued employee benefits, and lease liabilities, short term, to approximate their fair value because of their relatively short maturities at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Management believes that the risks associated with the Company’s financial instruments are minimal as the counterparties are various corporations, financial institutions and government agencies of high credit standing.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash is collateral used under the letter of credit arrangement for the Company’s vehicle lease agreement (see Note
6
). The Company adopted ASU
No. 2016-18,
“Restricted Cash” (“ASU
2016-18”)
and now includes restricted cash balances within the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balance on the statement of cash flows.
Accounts Receivable, net
The Company’s accounts receivable, net, primarily arise from product sales. They are generally stated at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Revenues from product sales are recorded at the net sales price (transaction price), which includes estimates of variable consideration for which reserves are established and which result from chargebacks, prompt pay discounts, and distribution fees.
The Company monitors the financial performance and creditworthiness of its customers so that it can properly assess and respond to changes in the customers’ credit profiles. The Company reserves against accounts receivable for estimated losses that may arise from a Customer’s inability to pay and any amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off against the reserve when it is probable that the receivable will not be collected. The reserve amount for estimated collectability losses was not significant as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
We are also subject to credit risk from our accounts receivable related to our product sales. We monitor our exposure within accounts receivable and record a credit loss reserve against uncollectible accounts receivable as necessary. We extend credit primarily to pharmaceutical wholesale distributors. Customer creditworthiness is monitored and collateral is not required. Historically, we have not experienced credit losses on our accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, our credit loss reserve on receivables was not significant.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of accounts receivable, net from customers and cash, cash equivalent and investments held at financial institutions. For the
 
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years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, approximately $20.1 million and $10.8 million, respectively, of the Company’s accounts receivable, net arose from product sales in the U.S. and all customers have standard payment terms which generally require payment within 60 days. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had a grant receivable of approximately $0.1 million and $0, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, 96% of sales were generated from three major industry wholesalers.
Three individual customers accounted for approximately 40%, 28%, and 28% and 39%, 29%
 and
 28% of product sales for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the Company believes that such customers are of high credit quality.
Cash equivalents are held with major financial institutions in the United States. Certificates of deposit, cash and cash equivalents held with banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. Generally, these deposits may be redeemed upon demand and, therefore, bear minimal risk.
Inventory
The Company values its inventories at the lower of cost or estimated net realizable value. The Company determines the cost of its inventories, which includes amounts related to materials and manufacturing overhead, on a
first-in,
first-out
(“FIFO”) basis. The Company performs an assessment of the recoverability of capitalized inventory during each reporting period, and it writes down any excess and obsolete inventories to their estimated net realizable value in the period in which the impairment is first identified. Such impairment charges, if they occur, are recorded within cost of product sales.
The Company capitalizes inventory costs associated with the Company’s products after regulatory approval when, based on management’s judgment, future commercialization is considered probable and the future economic benefit is expected to be realized. Inventory acquired and manufactured prior to receipt of regulatory approval of a product candidate is expensed as research and development expense as incurred. Inventory that can be used in either the production of clinical or commercial product is expensed as research and development expense when selected for use in a clinical manufacturing campaign. Inventory that is used in the production of sample product is reclassified to prepaid and other current assets and is then expensed to selling, general and administrative expenses when the sample product is distributed.
Shipping and handling costs for product shipments to customers are recorded as incurred in cost of product sales along with costs associated with manufacturing the product, and any inventory write-downs.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over estimated useful lives ranging from three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the assets or the term of the related lease. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred.
When indicators of possible impairment are identified, the Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its long-lived assets based on the criteria established in ASC Topic No. 360,
Property, Plant and Equipment
. The Company considers historical performance and anticipated future results in its evaluation of potential impairment. The Company evaluates the carrying value of those assets in relation to the operating performance of the business and undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of those assets. Impairment losses are recognized when carrying value exceeds the undiscounted cash flows, in which case management must determine the fair value of the underlying asset. No such impairment losses have been recognized to date.
 
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Leases
Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted FASB ASC Topic 842,
Leases
(“ASC Topic 842”). The Company elected the package of practical expedients, which permit the Company not to reassess under the new standard the historical lease classification. The Company made an accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off of the consolidated balance sheets. The Company also elected the lessee component election, allowing the Company to account for the lease and
non-lease
components as a single lease component.
To determine whether a contract contains a lease, asset and service agreements are assessed at onset and upon modification for criteria of specifically identified assets, control and economic benefit. Payments for identified leases are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company uses the rate implicit in the contract whenever possible when determining the applicable discount rate. As the majority of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
Revenue Recognition
Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted FASB ASC Topic 606,
 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(“ASC Topic 606”). The Company did not generate any product related revenue prior to January 1, 2020, and therefore the adoption of ASC Topic 606 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements for any prior periods. In accordance with ASC Topic 606, the Company recognizes revenue when the customer obtains control of a promised good or service, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the good or service. The reported results for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 reflect the application of ASC Topic 606.
To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of ASC Topic 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to arrangements that meet the definition of a contract under ASC Topic 606, including when it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC Topic 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied. For additional discussion of accounting for product sales, see
Product Sales, net
(below).
To date, the Company’s only source of product sales has been from sales of CAPLYTA in the United States, which the Company began shipping to customers in March 2020.
Product Sales, net
The Company sells CAPLYTA to a limited number of customers which include a number of national and select regional distributors. These customers subsequently resell the Company’s products to specialty pharmacy providers, as well as other retail pharmacies and certain medical centers or hospitals. In addition to distribution agreements with customers, the Company enters into arrangements with health care providers and payers that provide for government mandated and/or privately negotiated rebates, chargebacks, and discounts with respect to the purchase of the Company’s products. The Company recognizes revenue on product sales when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time (upon delivery). Product revenues are
 
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recorded net of applicable reserves for variable consideration, including rebates, discounts and allowances, among others. If taxes should be collected from customers relating to product sales and remitted to governmental authorities, they will be excluded from revenue.
Reserves for Variable Consideration
Revenues are calculated based on the wholesale acquisition cost that the Company charges to distributors for CAPLYTA less variable consideration for which reserves are established. Components of variable consideration may include trade discounts and allowances, product returns, provider chargebacks and discounts, government rebates, payer rebates, and other incentives, such as voluntary patient assistance, and other allowances that are offered within contracts between the Company and its customers, payers, and other indirect customers relating to the Company’s sales of its product.
These reserves, as detailed below, are based on the amounts earned, or to be claimed on the related sales, include the Company’s best estimates that take into consideration a range of possible outcomes which are considered more likely in accordance with the expected value method in ASC Topic 606 for relevant factors such as current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. The Company’s estimates utilizing payer mix are based on CAPLYTA’s actual channel mix in 2021. The amount of variable consideration which is included in the transaction price may be constrained and is included in the net sales price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized under the contract will not occur in a future period. The Company’s analyses also contemplated application of the constraint in accordance with the guidance, under which it determined it was probable that a significant reversal of revenue would not occur in a future period for the estimates detailed below as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, therefore, the transaction price was not reduced further during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from the Company’s estimates. If actual results in the future vary from the Company’s estimates, the Company will adjust these estimates, which would affect net product sales and earnings in the period such variances become known.
Trade Discounts and Allowances
— The Company generally provides customers with discounts which include incentive fees that are explicitly stated in the Company’s contracts and are recorded as a reduction of revenue in the period the related product revenue is recognized. In addition, the Company compensates (through trade discounts and allowances) its customers for sales order management, data, and distribution services. However, the Company has determined such services received to date are not distinct from the Company’s sale of products to the Customer and, therefore, these payments have been recorded as a reduction of product sales, net within the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, as well as a reduction to accounts receivable, net on the consolidated balance sheets.
Product Returns
— Consistent with industry practice, the Company generally offers customers a limited right of return for product that has been purchased from the Company based on the product’s expiration date, which lapses upon shipment to a patient. The Company estimates the amount of its product sales that may be returned by its customers and records this estimate as a reduction of revenue in the period the related product revenue is recognized, as well as accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company currently estimates product return liabilities using available industry data and its own sales information, including its visibility into the inventory remaining in the distribution channel. The Company has not received any expired product returns to date.
Provider Chargebacks and Discounts
— Chargebacks for fees and discounts to providers represent the estimated obligations resulting from contractual commitments to sell products to qualified healthcare providers at prices lower than the list prices charged to customers who purchase the product directly from the Company. Customers charge the Company for the difference between what they pay for the product and the ultimate selling price to the qualified healthcare providers. These reserves are established in the same period that the related revenue is
 
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recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and accounts receivable, net. Chargeback amounts are generally determined at the time of resale to the qualified healthcare provider by customers, and the Company generally issues credits for such amounts within a few weeks of the customer’s notification to the Company of the resale. Reserves for chargebacks consist of credits that the Company expects to issue for units that remain in the distribution channel inventories at each reporting
period-end
that the Company expects will be sold to qualified healthcare providers, and chargebacks that customers have claimed, but for which the Company has not yet issued a credit. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, these amounts were not significant.
Government Rebates
— The Company is subject to discount obligations under state Medicaid and Medicare programs. These reserves are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability which is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. For Medicare, the Company also estimates the number of patients in the prescription drug coverage gap for whom the Company will owe an additional liability under the Medicare Part D program. The Company’s liability for these rebates consists of invoices received for claims from prior quarters that have not been paid or for which an invoice has not yet been received, estimates of claims for the current quarter, and estimated future claims that will be made for product that has been recognized as revenue, but which remains in the distribution channel inventories at the end of each reporting period.
Payer Rebates
— The Company contracts with certain private payer organizations, primarily insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers, for the payment of rebates with respect to utilization of its product. The Company estimates these rebates and records such estimates in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability recorded as an accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Other Incentives
— Other incentives which the Company offers include voluntary patient assistance programs, such as the
co-pay
assistance program, which are intended to provide financial assistance to qualified commercially-insured patients with prescription drug
co-payments
required by payers. The calculation of the accrual for
co-pay
assistance is based on an estimate of claims and the cost per claim that the Company expects to receive associated with product that has been recognized as revenue but remains in the distribution channel inventories at the end of each reporting period. The Company also has a voucher program whereby a patient can receive a prescription at no cost and whereby the Company reimburses the pharmacy for 100% of the sales price of the prescription. The Company applies the claims for vouchers for product that is in the distribution channel and reduces recognized revenue accordingly.
The adjustments are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability which is included as a component of accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Chargebacks, discounts, fees, and returns are recorded as reductions of trade receivables, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Government and other rebates are recorded as a component of accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Cost of Product Sales
Our cost of product sales relates to sales of CAPLYTA. Cost of product sales primarily includes product royalty fees, overhead, and direct costs (inclusive of material, shipping, and manufacturing costs).
For the product royalty fees, the Company entered into an exclusive License Agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”), for which the Company is obliged to make tiered single digit percentage royalty payments ranging between
5-9%
on sales of licensed products. The related royalties are recorded within cost of product sales on the statement of operations.
 
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Prior to the FDA approval of CAPLYTA, the Company ex
pen
sed all costs associated with the manufacturing of lumateperone as part of research and development expenses. The cost of product sales in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are lower than incurred because of previously expensed inventory.
Research and Development, Including Clinical Trial Expenses
Except for payments made in advance of services, the Company expenses its research and development costs as incurred. For payments made in advance, the Company recognizes research and development expense as the services are rendered. Research and development costs primarily consist of salaries and related expenses for personnel and resources and the costs of clinical trials. Other research and development expenses include preclinical analytical testing, manufacturing of drug product for use in clinical and nonclinical trials, outside services, providers, materials and consulting fees.
Costs for certain development activities, such as clinical trials, are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using data such as subject enrollment, clinical site activations or information provided to the Company by its vendors, among other factors with respect to their actual costs incurred. Payments for these activities are based on the terms of the individual arrangements, which may differ from the pattern of costs incurred, and are reflected in the financial statements as prepaid or accrued research and development expense, as the case may be.
As part of the process of preparing its financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its expenses resulting from its obligations under contracts with vendors, clinical research organizations and consultants and under clinical site agreements in connection with conducting clinical trials. The financial terms of these contracts are subject to negotiations, which vary from contract to contract and may result in payment flows that do not match the periods over which materials or services are provided under such contracts. The Company’s objective is to reflect the appropriate clinical trial expenses in its financial statements by matching those expenses with the period in which services are performed and efforts are expended. The Company accounts for these expenses according to the progress of the clinical trial as measured by subject progression and the timing of various aspects of the trial. The Company determines accrual estimates through financial models taking into account various clinical information provided by vendors and discussion with applicable personnel and external service providers as to the progress or state of consummation of trials, or the services completed. During the course of a clinical trial, the Company adjusts its clinical expense recognition if actual results differ from its estimates. The Company makes estimates of its accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date based on the facts and circumstances known to it at that time. The Company’s clinical trial accruals are dependent upon the timely and accurate reporting of contract research organizations, clinical sites and other third-party vendors. Although the Company does not expect its estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, its understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in it reporting amounts that are too high or too low for any particular period. For the year ended December 31, 2021 the Company had no material change in estimate which related to the prior year estimates of accrued expenses for clinical trials. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we recorded a change in estimate of approximately $2.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, both related to the prior year estimates of accrued expenses for clinical trials that resulted in a reduction of research and development expenses.
Advertising Expense
In connection with the FDA approval of CAPLYTA, the Company began to incur advertising costs in connection with the subsequent commercial launch of CAPLYTA in 2020. Advertising costs are expensed when services are rendered. The Company incurred $82.5 million, $36.3 million, and $0 in advertising costs during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, related to its marketed product, CAPLYTA.
 
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Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for using the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions pursuant to ASC Topic 740,
Income Taxes
. Financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return is determined based on a
more-likely-than-not
threshold of that position being sustained. If the tax position meets this threshold, the benefit to be recognized is measured as the tax benefit having the highest likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties in the provision for income taxes.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 was approximately 0%. This effective tax rate is substantially lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21% due to valuation allowances recorded on current year losses where the Company is not more-likely than not to recognize a future tax benefit.
On March 27, 2020, the United States enacted The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act which includes several significant business tax provisions, of which the immediate relevance to the Company is the acceleration of refunds of previously generated corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”) credits. The CARES Act also adds an employee retention credit to encourage employers to maintain headcounts even if employees cannot report to work because of issues related to the coronavirus, and a temporary provision allowing companies to defer remitting to the government the employee share of some payroll taxes, among other things. The Company reviewed the provisions and there was not a material tax impact on its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company did reclassify its deferred tax asset related to the AMT tax credit carryforward of $0.3 million to a current tax receivable in the first quarter of 2020 upon the filing of its tax return for year ended December 31, 2019 and received the refund in July 2020.
Comprehensive Loss
All components of comprehensive loss, including net loss, are reported in the financial statements in the period in which they are incurred. Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from
non-owner
sources. In accordance with accounting guidance, the Company presents the impact of any unrealized gains or losses on its investment securities in a separate statement of comprehensive loss for each period.
Share-Based Compensation
Share-based payments are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 718,
Compensation—Stock Compensation
. The fair value of share-based payments related to stock options is estimated, on the date of grant, using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model (the “Black-Scholes Model”). The resulting fair value is recognized ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the option.
For all awards granted with time-based vesting conditions, expense is amortized using the straight-line attribution method. Share-based compensation expense recognized in the statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 accounts for forfeitures as they occur.
The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes Model for estimating fair value of its stock options granted. Option valuation models, including the Black-Scholes Model, require the input of subjective assumptions, and changes
 
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in the assumptions used can materially affect the grant date fair value of an award. These assumptions include the risk-free rate of interest, expected dividend yield, expected volatility and the expected life of the award.
Expected volatility rates for quarterly periods prior to December 31, 2019 were based on a combination of the historical volatility of the common stock of comparable publicly traded entities and the limited historical information about the Company’s common stock. In the fourth quarter of 2019 and for all periods thereafter, expected volatility rates are based entirely on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The expected life of stock options is the period of time for which the stock options are expected to be outstanding. Given the limited historical exercise data, the expected life is determined using the “simplified method,” which defines expected life as the midpoint between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term.
The risk-free interest rates are based on the U.S. Treasury yield for a period consistent with the expected term of the option in effect at the time of the grant. The Company has not paid dividends to its stockholders since its inception and does not plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Company has assumed an expected dividend rate of zero. For stock options granted, the exercise price was determined by using the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
A restricted stock unit (“RSU”) is a stock award that entitles the holder to receive shares of the Company’s common stock as the award vests. The fair value of each RSU is based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company has granted RSUs that vest in three equal annual installments provided that the employee remains employed with the Company. In the first quarter of each fiscal year beginning in 2016, the Company granted time based RSUs that vest in three equal annual installments.
In the first quarter of 2020, the Company granted performance-based RSUs for approximately 86,000 shares of common stock, which vest based on the achievement of a service component and certain milestones that include (i) the approval of a planned supplemental new drug application (“sNDA”) by the FDA (the “2020 Milestone RSUs”) and (ii) the achievement of certain comparative shareholder returns against the Company’s peers (the “2020 TSR RSUs”). In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company received approval from the FDA for the sNDA for the use of CAPLYTA for the treatment of bipolar depression. In the first quarter of 2021, the Company granted performance-based RSUs for 64,518 shares of common stock, which vest based on the achievement of a service component and certain milestones that include (i) certain operational milestones (the “2021 Milestone RSUs”, and collectively with the 2020 Milestone RSUs, the “Milestone RSUs”) and (ii) the achievement of certain comparative shareholder returns against the Company’s peers (the “2021 TSR RSUs,” and collectively with the 2020 TSR RSUs, the “TSR RSUs”). The Milestone RSUs are recognized when it is probable that the performance metrics will be obtained. The TSR RSUs were valued using the Monte Carlo Simulation method and will be amortized over the life of the RSUs based on the respective agreements.
Under ASC Topic 718, the cumulative amount of compensation cost recognized for instruments classified as equity that ordinarily would result in a future tax deduction under existing tax law is considered to be a deductible difference in applying ASC Topic 740,
Income Taxes
. The deductible temporary difference is based on the compensation cost recognized for financial reporting purposes; however, these provisions currently do not impact the Company, as all the deferred tax assets have a full valuation allowance.
Equity instruments issued to
non-employees
for services are accounted for under the provisions of ASC Topic 718 and ASC Topic
505-50,
Equity/Equity-Based Payments to
Non-Employees
. Accordingly, the estimated fair value of the equity instrument is recorded on the earlier of the performance commitment date or the date the required services are completed and are marked to market during the service period.
In June 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) pursuant to which 4,750,000 additional shares of common stock were reserved for future equity grants. In May 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2018 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2018 Plan”) pursuant to which 6,500,000 additional shares of common stock were reserved for future equity grants.
 
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In December 2019, the Company adopted the Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. 2019 Inducement
Award
Plan (the “2019 Inducement Plan”) without stockholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Pursuant to the 2019 Inducement Plan, the Company may grant stock options, RSUs, stock awards and other share-based awards for up to a total of 1,000,000 shares of common stock to new employees of the Company. As of December 31, 2021, stock options and RSUs for 314,138 shares have been granted under the 2019 Inducement Plan. The Company does not intend to make additional grants under the 2019 Inducement Plan.
Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per common share is determined by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of common stock equivalents. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common stock equivalents outstanding for the period. The treasury stock method is used to determine the dilutive effect of the Company’s stock option grants and RSUs.
The following common stock equivalents were excluded in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their effect could be anti-dilutive as applied to the net loss for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
                         
    
Year Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
    
2020
    
2019
 
Stock options
     5,451,398        5,517,622        6,039,945  
RSUs
     1,598,250        1,600,083        1,268,679  
TSR RSUs
     68,598        36,339        67,080  
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2016-13,
“Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU
2016-13”).
This guidance applies to all entities and impacts how entities account for credit losses for most financial assets and other instruments. For
available-for-sale
debt securities, entities will be required to recognize an allowance for credit losses rather than a reduction to the carrying value of the asset. For trade receivables, loans and
held-to-maturity
debt securities, entities will be required to estimate lifetime expected credit losses. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020. The Company evaluated the implications of the new standard, inclusive of the applicable financial statement disclosures required, as well as to its internal controls, business processes, and accounting policies, noting there was no significant impact to the financial statements as of January 1, 2020 and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
3. Investment Securities
Investment securities consisted of the following (in thousands):
                                 
    
December 31, 2021
 
    
Amortized
Cost
    
Unrealized
Gains
    
Unrealized
(Losses)
    
Estimated
Fair
Value
 
U.S. Government Agency Securities
   $ 71,752      $ —        $ (100    $ 71,652  
Certificates of Deposit
     26,232        1               26,233  
Commercial Paper
     55,955               (36      55,919  
Corporate Notes/Bonds
     166,394        19        (249 )      166,164  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
320,333
 
  
$
20
 
  
$
(386
  
$
319,968
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
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December 31, 2020
 
    
Amortized
Cost
    
Unrealized
Gains
    
Unrealized
(Losses)
    
Estimated
Fair
Value
 
U.S. Government Agency Securities
   $ 259,304      $ 3      $ (31    $ 259,276  
Certificates of Deposit
     10,500        —          —          10,500  
Commercial Paper
     124,368        23        (21      124,370  
Corporate Notes/Bonds
     202,749        624        (117      203,256  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
596,921
 
  
$
650
 
  
$
(169
  
$
597,402
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The Company has classified all of its investment securities as
available-for-sale,
including those with maturities beyond one year, as current assets on the consolidated balance sheets based on the highly liquid nature of the investment securities and because these investment securities are considered available for use in current operations. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held $67.2 million and $188.5 million, respectively, of
available-for-sale
investment securities with contractual maturity dates more than one year and less than two years, with the remainder of the
available-for-sale
investment securities having contractual maturity dates less than one year.
The aggregate related fair value of investments with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2021 was $263.5 million, which consisted of $71.7 million from U.S. government agency securities, $49.9 million of commercial paper, and $142 million of corporate notes/bonds. $9.5 million of the aggregate fair value of investments with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2021 has been held in a continuous unrealized loss position for over than 12 months, with the remaining $254.1 million held in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months. As of December 31, 2020, the aggregate related fair value of investments with unrealized losses was $372.3 million and had been held in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months.
The Company reviewed all of the investments which were in a loss position at the respective balance sheet dates, as well as the remainder of the portfolio. The Company has analyzed the unrealized losses and determined that market conditions were the primary factor driving these changes. After analyzing the securities in an unrealized loss position, the portion of these losses that relate to changes in credit quality is insignificant. The Company does not intend to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell them prior to the end of their contractual terms. Furthermore, the Company does not believe that these securities expose the Company to undue market risk or counterparty credit risk.
4. Inventory
Inventory consists of the following:
                 
    
December 31,
2021
    
December 31,
2020
 
Raw materials
  
$
2,483,801
 
   $ 2,483,801  
Work in process
  
 
2,407,165
 
     1,781,101  
Finished goods
  
 
3,057,160
 
     2,791,483  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
7,948,126
 
   $ 7,056,385  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
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5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following:
                 
    
December 31,
2021
    
December 31,
2020
 
Computer equipment
  
$
408,751
 
   $ 243,532  
Furniture and fixtures
  
 
423,097
 
     423,097  
Scientific equipment
  
 
4,287,228
 
     4,127,951  
Leasehold improvements
  
 
1,240,315
 
     1,240,315  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
 
6,359,391
 
     6,034,895  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Less accumulated depreciation
  
 
(4,568,667
     (4,036,549
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
$
1,790,724
 
   $ 1,998,346  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $0.5 million, respecti
v
ely.
6. Right of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities
Real Estate Leases
In 2014, the Company entered into a long-term lease with a related party which, as amended, provided for a lease of useable laboratory and office space located in New York, New York. A member of the Company’s board of directors is the Executive Chairman of the parent company to the landlord under this lease. Concurrent with this lease, the Company entered into a license agreement to occupy certain vivarium related space in the same facility for the same term and rent escalation provisions as the lease. This license has the primary characteristics of a lease and is characterized as a lease in accordance with ASU
2016-02
for accounting purposes. In September 2018, the Company further amended the lease to obtain an additional office space beginning October 1, 2018 and to extend the term of the lease for previously acquired space. The lease, as amended, has a term of 14.3 years ending in May 2029. In February 2019, the Company entered into a long-term lease for office space in Towson, Maryland beginning March 1, 2019. The lease has a term of 3.2 years ending in April 2022 and includes limited rent abatement and escalation provisions. The Company has no other significant leases. In addition, no identified leases require allocations between lease and
non-lease
components.
The following table presents the real estate lease balances within the consolidated balance sheet, weighted average remaining real estate lease term, the weighted average discount rates, and operating cash outflows related to real estate leases as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:
                     
Lease Assets and Liabilities –Real Estate
  
Classification
  
December 31,
2021
   
December 31,
2020
 
Assets
                     
Right of use assets, net
   Operating lease right of use assets    $ 15,680,666     $ 17,029,248  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
          $ 15,680,666     $ 17,029,248  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Liabilities
                     
Current
                     
Lease liabilities, short-term
   Operating lease liabilities    $ 3,325,475     $ 3,284,540  
Non-Current
                     
Lease liabilities
  
Non-current operating lease liabilities
     16,997,469       18,562,094  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total lease liabilities
        $ 20,322,944     $ 21,846,634  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Weighted average remaining lease term
          7.3 years       8.3 years  
Weighted average discount rate
          9.10     9.09
Operating lease cost
        $ 3,448,323     $ 3,346,375  
Variable lease cost
        $ 1,553,338     $ 1,192,739  
 
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Maturity analysis under the lease agreements are as follows:
         
Year ending December 31, 2022
   $ 3,491,166  
Year ending December 31, 2023
     3,566,466  
Year ending December 31, 2024
     3,675,196  
Year ending December 31, 2025
     3,787,248  
Year ending December 31, 2026
     3,902,726  
Thereafter
     9,937,065  
    
 
 
 
Total
     28,359,867  
Less: Present value discount
     (8,036,924
    
 
 
 
Total Lease liability
     20,322,943  
Less: Current portion
     (3,325,475
    
 
 
 
Long-term lease liabilities
   $ 16,997,468  
    
 
 
 
Lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $3.3 million for each year, respectively.
Vehicle Fleet Lease
On May 17, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Vehicle Lease”) with a company (the “Lessor”) to acquire motor vehicles for certain employees. The Vehicle Lease provides for individual leases for the vehicles, which at each lease commencement was determined to qualify for operating lease treatment. The Company began leasing vehicles under the Vehicle Lease in March 2020.
The contractual period of each lease is 12 months, followed by
month-to-month
renewal periods. The Company estimates the lease term for each vehicle to be 30 months based on industry standards. The lease permits either party to terminate the lease at any time via written notice to the other party. The Company neither acquires ownership of, nor has the option to purchase the vehicles at any time. The Company is required to maintain an irrevocable $1.4 million letter of credit that the Lessor may draw upon in the event the Company defaults on the Vehicle Lease. The $1.4 million is recorded as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets.
The nature of the lease is one commonly referred to as “TRAC” lease, as it contains a terminal rental adjustment clause, or “TRAC” clause.” The TRAC clause limits lessee
exposure, or likelihood of having a variable lease payment
due at lease termination. This variable lease payment amount would be any difference between the vehicle stipulated (capitalized) cost and the sum of the reserve and net proceeds from disposal as described in the Vehicle Lease. Further, the Lessor guarantees that the net proceeds will not be less than 20% of the vehicle capitalized cost in the first 12 months, and 30% of the vehicle capitalized cost at the beginning of subsequent
12-month
period increments. The vehicle leases entered into since March 2020 represent
non-cash
transactions.
 
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The following table presents the Vehicle Lease balances within the consolidated balance sheet, weighted average remaining fleet lease term, and the weighted average discount rates related to the Vehicle Lease as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
                     
Lease Assets and Liabilities – Fleet
  
Classification
  
December 31, 2021
   
December 31, 2020
 
Assets
                     
Right of use assets, net
   Operating lease right of use assets    $ 5,083,792     $ 7,295,515  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
         
$
5,083,792
 
 
$
7,295,515
 
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Liabilities
                     
Current
                     
Lease liabilities, short-term
   Operating lease liabilities    $ 3,406,317     $ 2,257,262  
Non-Current
                     
Lease liabilities
  
Non-current operating lease liabilities
     1,677,475       5,038,253  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total lease liabilities
        $ 5,083,792     $ 7,295,515  
         
 
 
   
 
 
 
Weighted average remaining lease term
          1.0 years       2.0 years  
Weighted average discount rate
          1.69     1.74
Operating lease cost
        $ 2,325,987     $ 1,183,072  
Variable lease cost
        $ 1,122,896     $ 511,471  
The following table presents the maturity of the Company’s fleet lease liability as of December 31, 2021:
         
Year ending December 31, 2022
   $ 3,471,479  
Year ending December 31, 2023
     1,681,294  
Year ending December 31, 2024
     —    
Year ending December 31, 2025
     —    
Thereafter
     —    
    
 
 
 
Total
     5,152,773  
    
 
 
 
Less: Present value discount
     (68,981
Total operating lease liabilities
     5,083,792  
    
 
 
 
Less: Current portion
     (3,406,317
    
 
 
 
Long-term lease liabilities
   $ 1,677,475  
    
 
 
 
Right of use assets and lease liabilities for all operating leases were approximately $20.8 million and $25.4 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021, and approximately $24.3 million and $29.1 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2020.
7. Share-Based Compensation
As of December 31, 2021, the total number of shares reserved under all equity plans was 17,787,390 and the Company had 5,855,106 shares available for future issuance under the Amended 2018 Plan and the 2019 Inducement Plan. Stock options granted under the Amended 2018 Plan and the 2019 Inducement Plan may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”) as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
non-qualified
stock options. The Board of Directors determines who will receive options, the vesting periods (which are generally one to three years) and the exercise prices of such options. Options have a maximum term of 10 years. The exercise price of stock options granted under the Amended 2018 Plan and the 2019 Inducement Plan must be at least equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. The Company does not intend to issue any additional equity awards under the 2019 Inducement Plan.
 
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Total share-based compensation expense related to all of the Company’s share-based awards, including stock options and RSUs granted to employees, directors and consultants recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, was comprised of the following:
                         
    
Years Ended December 31,
 
    
2021
    
2020
    
2019
 
Inventoriable costs
  
$
1,624,098
 
   $ 1,342,262        —    
Research and development
  
 
9,832,088
 
     7,072,545      $ 9,411,056  
Selling, general and administrative
  
 
22,846,843
 
     15,700,390        11,377,632  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total share-based compensation expense
  
$
34,303,029
 
   $ 24,115,197      $ 20,788,688  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The following table describes the assumptions used for calculating the value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:
                         
    
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Dividend yield
  
 
0
    0     0
Expected volatility
  
 
89.4%-94.9
   
91.6%-95.5
   
85.7-96.5
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate
  
 
0.87
    1.29     2.32
Expected term (in years)
  
 
5.9
 
    6.0       6.0  
Information regarding stock option awards under the 2019 Inducement Plan, including with respect to grants to employees as of December 31, 2021, and changes during the period then ended, are summarized as follows:
                         
    
Number of
Shares
    
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
    
Weighted-
Average
Contractual
Life
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
     39,728      $ 17.18        9.2 years  
Options granted in 2021
     —          —             
Options exercised in 2021
     (4,347      19.98        8.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
     35,381      $ 16.83        8.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2021
     35,381      $ 16.83           
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Exercisable at December 31, 2021
     4,658      $ 19.70        8.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
The weighted-average grant date fair value for awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 was $0, $12.84 and $0 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2021 was $0.1 million, and $0, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. The total intrinsic value of the options outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was $1.3 million. The total intrinsic value of the options exercisable as of December 31, 2021 was $0.2 million. The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2021 was $0.1 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to stock option awards at December 31, 2021 was $0.2 million and will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.
 
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Information regarding RSU awards under the 2019 Inducement Plan during the period then ended are summarized as follows:
                         
    
Number of
Shares
    
Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
    
Weighted-
Average
Contractual
Life
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
     251,867      $ 16.03        2.2 years  
Time based RSUs vested in 2021
     (82,355    $ 16.03        1.2 years  
Time based RSUs cancelled in 2021
     (17,545    $ 15.81        1.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
     151,967      $ 16.05        1.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2021
     151,967      $ 16.05           
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Exercisable at December 31, 2021
     —        $ —             
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
The total intrinsic value of the time based RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $2.7 million, $0 and $0, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the time based RSU’s outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was $8.0 million. The total fair value of time based RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2010 and 2019 was $1.3 million, $0 and $0, respectively. The fair value of time based RSUs is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
As of December 31, 2021, there was $1.4 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested time based RSUs which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued options and time based RSUs totaling 314,138 shares in the 2019 Inducement Plan. The Company does not intend to issue any additional equity awards under the 2019 Inducement Plan.
Information regarding the stock options activity, including with respect to grants to employees, directors and consultants as of December 31, 2021, and changes during the year then ended, are summarized as follows:
                         
    
Number of
Shares
    
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
    
Weighted-
Average
Contractual
Life
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
     5,477,894      $ 18.43        6.6 years  
Options granted 2021
     683,597      $ 30.82        9.2 years  
Options exercised 2021
     (696,325    $ 16.45        4.7 years  
Options canceled or expired 2021
     (49,149    $ 28.75        8.4 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
     5,416,017      $ 21.11        6.1 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2021
     5,416,017      $ 21.11           
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Exercisable at December 31, 2021
     3,838,799      $ 18.99        5.2 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
The weighted-average grant date fair value for awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $29.01, $17.98 and $9.17 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $19.6 million, $11.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the options outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was $172.4 million. The total intrinsic value of the
options exercisable as of December 31, 2021 was
 $127.9 million. The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $10.6 million, $13.4 million and $12.0 million, respectively.
 
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5

The unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to stock option awards at December 31, 2021 was $18.4 million, and will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.
Information regarding time based RSU activity, including with respect to grants to employees as of December 31, 2021, and changes during the year then ended, is summarized as follows:
                         
    
Number of
Shares
    
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
    
Weighted-
Average
Contractual
Life
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
     1,311,877      $ 18.77        1.7 years  
Time based RSUs granted in 2021
     725,979      $ 36.05        2.2 years  
Time based RSUs vested in 2021
     (629,540    $ 16.65        0.8 years  
Time based RSUs cancelled in 2021
     (30,631    $ 30.11        1.8 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
     1,377,685      $ 28.16        1.5 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The total intrinsic value of the time based RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $22.3 million, $14.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the time based RSU’s outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was $72.1 million. The total fair value of time based RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $11.1 million, $7.2 million and $4.6 million, respectively. The fair value of time based RSUs is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
As of December 31, 2021, there was $24.4 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested time based RSUs which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 years.
The Company recognized
non-cash
share-based compensation expense related to Milestone RSU’s for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 of approximately $0.6 million, $0, and $0.9 million, respectively. The total fair value of shares vested with respect to Milestone RSUs during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $0, $0 and $0.9 million, respectively.
Information related to the Company’s Milestone RSUs and the TSR RSUs during the year ended December 31, 2021 are summarized as follows:
                         
    
Number of
Shares
    
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
    
Weighted-
Average
Contractual
Life
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
     72,678      $ 28.25        2.1 years  
Milestone RSUs and TSR RSUs granted in 2021
     64,518      $ 44.04        2.1 years  
Milestone RSUs and TSR RSUs vested in 2021
     —        $ —          0.0 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
     137,196      $ 35.67        1.6 years  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The total intrinsic value of the Company’s Milestone RSUs and the TSR RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $0, $1.6 million, and $2.2 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the Company’s Milestone RSU’s and the TSR RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was $7.2 million. The total fair value of the Company’s Milestone RSUs and the TSR RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $0, $1.1 million, and $0.9 million, respectively.
 
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As of December 31, 2021, there was $3.2 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested Milestone RSU grants and TSR RSU grants which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.
The weighted average estimated fair value per share of the 2020 TSR RSUs granted was $32.56, and the 2021 TSR RSUs granted was $51.18, which were derived from Monte Carlo simulations. Significant assumptions utilized in estimating the value of the 2020 awards granted include an expected dividend yield of 0%, a risk-free rate of 1.4%, and expected volatility of 91.3%. Significant assumptions utilized in estimating the value of the 2021 awards granted include an expected dividend yield of 0%, a risk-free rate of 0.2%, and expected volatility of 95.8%. The 2020 TSR RSUs granted will entitle the grantee to receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined over a three-year performance period ending and vesting after December 31, 2022 but before February 18, 2023, provided the grantee remained in the service of the Company on the settlement date. Similarly, the 2021 TSR RSUs granted will entitle the grantee to receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined over a three-year performance period ending and vesting after December 31, 2023 but before February 23, 2024, provided the grantee remained in the service of the Company on the settlement date. The Company is expensing the cost of these awards ratably over the requisite service period. The number of shares for which the TSR RSUs will be settled is a percentage of shares for which the award is targeted and depends on the Company’s total shareholder returns, expressed as a percentile ranking of the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to the Company’s peer group. The number of shares for which the TSR RSUs will be settled will vary depending on the level of achievement of the goal. Total shareholder return will be determined by dividing the average share value of the Company’s common stock over the 30 trading days preceding the settlement date by the average share value of the Company’s common stock over the 30 trading days beginning on January 1, 2020 and 2021, accordingly, with a deemed reinvestment of any dividends declared during the performance period. The Company’s peer group included companies that compromised the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index at December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively.
8. Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017, former President Donald Trump signed into law the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (“TCJA”) that significantly reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The TCJA, among other things, includes changes to U.S. federal tax rates, imposes significant additional limitations on the deductibility of interest and net operating loss carryforwards, allows for the expensing of capital expenditures, and puts into effect the migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to a territorial system. While the TCJA provide for a territorial tax system, beginning in 2018, it includes two new U.S. tax base erosion provisions, the global intangible
low-taxed
income (“GILTI”) provisions and the base-erosion and anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) provisions.
The GILTI provisions require the Company to include in its U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary’s tangible assets. As of the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company’s foreign operations do not generate positive income and the Company is not currently subject to the GILTI provisions. The Company has not made an accounting policy election for GILTI and will analyze and formulate its GILTI accounting policy in the period which the Company becomes subject to the GILTI provisions.
The BEAT provisions eliminate the deduction of certain base-erosion payments made to related foreign corporations, and impose a minimum tax if greater than regular tax. The Company has not made any qualifying payments and the BEAT tax is not applicable in 2021. Therefore, the Company has not included any tax impacts of BEAT in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.
 
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Loss before income taxes is as follows:
                         
    
2021
    
2020
    
2019
 
U.S.
  
$
(221,215,855
  
$
(155,615,614   
$
(56,121,258
Non-U.S.
  
 
(62,904,180
     (71,376,536      (91,599,320
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total loss before taxes
  
 
$
(284,120,035
  
$
(226,992,150   
$
(147,720,578
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is allocated as follows:
                         
    
2021
    
2020
    
2019
 
Current
  
$
5,631
 
   $ 13,513      $ 1,600  
Deferred
  
 
(53,070,458
     (40,049,094      (8,484,822
Valuation allowance
  
 
53,070,458
 
     40,049,094        8,484,822  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Provision for income taxe
s
  
$
5,631
 
   $ 13,513      $ 1,600  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
A reconciliation of the difference between the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
                         
    
December 31,
 
    
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Income tax at statutory federal rate
  
 
21.00
    21.00     21.00
Other permanent differences
  
 
0.60
 
    (1.01     (0.67
Foreign rate differential
  
 
(4.63
    (6.60     (13.02
Change in effective state tax rates
  
 
(0.31
    1.12       (0.16
State income tax expense
  
 
2.04
 
    3.14       (1.40
Change in valuation allowanc
e
  
 
(18.70
    (17.65     (5.75
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Provision for income taxes
  
 
0.0
    0.0     0.0
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences that exist between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $543.4 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards, of which $131.1 million expire at various dates through 2037 and $412.3 million do not expire. The gross amount of the state net operating loss carryforwards is equal to or less than the federal net operating loss carryforwards and expires over various periods based on individual state tax law. In general, businesses with U.S. net operating losses (“NOLs”) are considered loss corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to Section 382 of the Code, loss corporations that undergo an ownership change, as defined under the Code, may be subject to an annual limitation on the amount of NOLs (and certain other tax attributes) available to offset taxable income earned after such ownership change. For the years ended December 31, 2015 through 2021, the Company performed a Section 382 ownership analysis and determined that an ownership change occurred (within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code) in 2015 but not in subsequent periods. Based on the analysis performed through December 31, 2021, however, the Company does not believe that the Section 382 annual limitation will impact the Company’s ability to utilize the tax attributes that existed as of the date of the ownership change in a material manner. If the Company experiences an ownership change in the future, the tax benefits related to the NOLs and tax credit carryforwards may be further limited or lost.
 
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The following summarizes the significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:
                 
    
December 31,
 
    
2021
    
2020
 
Deferred tax assets:
                 
Net operating loss carryforwards
   $ 137,561,289      $ 85,751,154  
Accrued employee benefits
     1,154,766        1,363,082  
Research and development credit
     9,321,214        9,321,214  
Stock compensation
     15,947,281        15,137,990  
Other
     1,660,441        850,900  
Capital lease
     6,177,924        7,461,587  
Deferred tax liabilities:
                 
Right of use asset—capital lease
     (5,049,103      (6,228,138
Unrealized gains on investment
     —          (123,049
Depreciation
     (201,197      (244,058
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
     166,572,615        113,290,682  
Valuation allowance
     (166,572,615      (113,290,682
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net deferred tax asset
   $ —        $ —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Based upon the Company’s historical operating performance and the reported cumulative net losses to date, the Company presently does not have sufficient objective evidence to support the recovery of its net deferred tax assets. Accordingly, the Company has established a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets in 2021 and 2020, for financial reporting purposes because it is not more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will be realized.
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The open years subject to tax audits vary depending on the tax jurisdictions. In the U.S federal jurisdiction, we are no longer subject to income tax audits by taxing authorities for years before 2017.
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $1.7 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. If recognized, none of these tax benefits would affect the effective tax rate due to valuation allowances.
9. Commitments and Contingencies
License and Royalty Commitments
On May 31, 2005, the Company entered into a worldwide, exclusive License Agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, pursuant to which the Company holds a license to certain patents and
know-how
of BMS relating to lumateperone and other specified compounds. The agreement was amended on November 3, 2010. The licensed rights are exclusive, except BMS retains rights in specified compounds in the fields of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. However, BMS has no right to use, develop, or commercialize lumateperone and other specified compounds in any field of use. The Company has the right to grant sublicenses of the rights conveyed by BMS. The Company is obliged under the agreement to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed technology. The Company is also prohibited from engaging in the clinical development or commercialization of specified competitive compounds.
Under the agreement, the Company made an upfront payment of $1.0 million to BMS in 2005, a milestone payment of $1.25 million in December 2013, and a milestone payment of $1.5 million in December 2014 following the initiation of the Company’s first Phase 3 clinical trial for lumateperone for patients with exacerbated schizophrenia. Upon FDA acceptance of an NDA filing for lumateperone, the Company was
 
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obligated to pay BMS a $2.0 million milestone payment, which was paid in January 2019. The FDA approved the NDA filing on December 20, 2019 and as a result the Company accrued an additional milestone liability of $5.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 which was paid in January 2020. Possible milestone payments remaining total $5.0 million. Under the agreement, the Company may be obliged to make other milestone payments to BMS for each licensed product of up to an aggregate of approximately $14.75 million. The Company is also obliged to make tiered single digit percentage royalty payments ranging between 5 – 9% on sales of licensed products. The Company is obliged to pay to BMS a percentage of
non-royalty
payments made in consideration of any sublicense.
The agreement extends, and royalties are payable, on a
country-by-country
and
product-by-product
basis, through the later of 10 years after first commercial sale of a licensed product in such country, expiration of the last licensed patent covering a licensed product, its method of manufacture or use, or the expiration of other government grants providing market exclusivity, subject to certain rights of the parties to terminate the agreement on the occurrence of certain events. On termination of the agreement, the Company may be obliged to convey to BMS rights in developments relating to a licensed compound or licensed product, including regulatory filings, research results and other intellectual property rights.
In September 2016, the Company transferred certain of its rights under the BMS agreement to its wholly owned subsidiary, ITI Limited. In connection with the transfer, the Company guaranteed ITI Limited’s performance of its obligations under the BMS agreement. The Company expensed approximately $4.1 million and $1.1 million in cost of product sales to satisfy its obligation under the BMS agreement for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Research and Other Commitments
As of December 31, 2021, the Company has committed to purchasing production campaigns for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) from each of our supply vendors – Siegfried Evionnaz SA (“Siegfried”) and Lonza Ltd. (“Lonza”). As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had paid deposits totaling $9.5 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for the Siegfried and Lonza campaigns which are recorded within prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Over the course of the vendors’ manufacturing period, the Company will remit payment to the vendor based on the executed agreements. Upon title transfer of the product, the Company will recognize the material as inventory. The API campaigns are expected to be received into inventory during 2022 or the first half of 2023.
Retirement savings plan 401(k) contributions
The Company sponsors a defined contribution 401(k) plan covering all full-time employees. Participants may elect to contribute their annual
pre-tax
earnings up to the federally allowed maximum limits. The Company made a matching contribution of 100% on the first 6% of contributions made by participants in the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. Participant and company contributions vest immediately. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded matching contribution expense of $3.0 million, $1.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively.
Contingencies
During the normal course of our business, we are occasionally involved with various claims and litigation. Reserves are established in connection with such matters when a loss is probable and the amount of such loss can be reasonably estimated. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, no material reserves were recorded. The determination of probability and the estimation of the actual amount of any such loss are inherently unpredictable, and it is therefore possible that the eventual outcome of such claims and litigation could exceed the estimated reserves, if any. However, we believe that the likelihood that any such excess might have a material adverse effect on our financial statements is remote.
 
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10. Related Parties
The Company has no other related party transactions other than the real estate lease for the Company’s headquarters in New York, New York disclosed
in Note 6. 
11. Subsequent Events
No other subsequent events have occurred since the balance sheet date other than the public offering of common stock completed by the Company on January 7, 2022, as disclosed in Note 1.
12. Unaudited Quarterly Financial Information
The tables herein set forth the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated 2021 and 2020 quarterly statements of operations.
The following table sets forth the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the 2021 quarters ended:

                                 
2021 Quarter Ended
  
December 31,
    
September 30,
    
June 30,
    
March 31,
 
Revenue, net
   $ 25,670,926      $ 22,207,201      $ 20,046,561      $ 15,878,329  
Operating expenses
     (111,675,480      (99,531,025      (89,187,615      (69,097,022
Interest income
     270,617        392,695        421,028        483,750  
Income tax expense
     —          23,125        (23,756      (5,000
Net loss
     (85,733,937      (76,908,004      (68,743,782      (52,739,943
Basic and diluted net loss per share
   $ (1.05    $ (0.95    $ (0.85    $ (0.65
The following table sets forth the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the 2020 quarters ended:

                                 
2020 Quarter Ended
  
December 31,
    
September 30,
    
June 30,
    
March 31,
 
Revenue, net
   $ 12,454,270      $ 7,368,594      $ 1,906,636      $ 1,083,479  
Operating expenses
     (73,787,606      (63,305,048      (66,778,953      (50,169,003
Interest income
     644,390        752,829        1,160,059        1,678,203  
Income tax expense
     (10,232      —          —          (3,281
Net loss
     (60,699,178      (55,183,625      (63,712,258      (47,410,602
Basic and diluted net loss per share
   $ (0.76    $ (0.79    $ (0.96    $ (0.73
 
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