UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION |
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or Quarterly Report, contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential” and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk factors” and elsewhere in this filing. Moreover, we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report include, among other things, statements about:
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our ability to obtain funding for our operations, including funding necessary to complete the development and commercialization of our therapeutic candidates; |
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the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our therapeutic candidates; |
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future agreements with third parties in connection with the commercialization of our therapeutic candidates; |
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the success, cost and timing of our therapeutic candidate development activities and planned clinical trials; |
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our expectations regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potentially material adverse impact on our business, the macroeconomy, and the execution of our preclinical studies and clinical trials; |
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the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our therapeutic candidates; |
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our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy; |
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the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; |
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our ability to attract and retain key management and technical personnel; |
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our expectations regarding our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property protection for our therapeutic candidates; |
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our use of our existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities; and |
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our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing. |
The forward-looking statements made in this filing relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this Quarterly Report. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Quarterly Report to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law. We intend the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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Total current assets |
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Property and equipment, net |
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Term loan, current portion |
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Total current liabilities |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
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DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING INFORMATION: |
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Issuance costs for convertible preferred units included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as shown in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows |
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DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Organization and Description of Business |
DICE Therapeutics, Inc. (“DICE”, or the “Company”), a successor to DiCE Molecules Holdings, LLC (“DiCE LLC”), is a Delaware Corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California. DICE is a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to build a pipeline of novel oral therapeutic candidates to treat chronic diseases in immunology and other therapeutic areas. The Company’s platform, DELSCAPE, is designed to discover selective oral small molecules with the potential to modulate protein-protein interactions (“PPIs”) as effectively as systemic biologics.
Reverse Stock Split
Liquidity
The Company has incurred significant operating losses since inception and has relied primarily on public and private equity to fund its operations. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) as defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of DICE Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. The Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, the fair value of convertible preferred stock warrants, income taxes uncertainties, stock-based compensation, including the fair value of common stock, lease assets and liabilities, clinical trial accruals, and related assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, and adjusts those estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all necessary adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2022, and its results of operations and comprehensive loss and changes in stockholders’ equity and members’ deficit for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and its cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. The financial data and the other financial information contained in these notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements related to the three month period are also unaudited. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or for any other future annual or interim period. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed on March 28, 2022. The Company’s significant accounting policies are detailed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company expects to receive to in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for customer contracts, 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 contracts when it is probable that it will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods and services it transfers to the customer. At contract inception, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract that falls under the scope of ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, 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.
The Company enters into collaboration agreements under which it may obtain upfront license fees, research and development funding, and development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments, and royalty payments. The Company’s performance obligations under these arrangements may include licenses of intellectual property, and research and development services.
In the collaboration agreements, the Company has a performance obligation to perform research and development services to identify compounds as therapeutic candidates against identified targets. The revenue is recognized as the research and development services are being performed and the results of the research and development services are provided to the customer. The customers have options to elect commercial licenses of intellectual property. As the customer options are not considered to be a material right, customer options are accounted for as separate contracts if and when they are exercised by the customer.
The Company is eligible to receive milestone payments under the collaborative arrangements. The Company evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being reached and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone value would be included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within the Company’s or the licensee’s control, such as regulatory approvals, are generally not considered probable of being achieved until those approvals are received.
Under the collaborative arrangements, the Company may be eligible to receive sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, and in which the license is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate. The Company would recognize revenue when the related sales occur to earn the royalty or sales-based milestone payments.
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Upfront payments and fees are recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt or when due, and may require deferral of revenue recognition to a future period until the Company performs its obligations under these arrangements. Amounts payable to the Company are recorded as accounts receivable when the Company’s right to consideration is unconditional.
Leases
The Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842, “Leases” (“ASC 842”) on January 1, 2022 using the modified retrospective method. Under this method, financial statements for periods after the adoption date are presented in accordance with ASC 842 and prior-period financial statements continue to be presented in accordance with ASC 840, the accounting standard originally in effect for such periods. Under ASC 842, the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and the current and noncurrent operating lease liabilities are included as operating lease liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date of the lease and any amounts probable of being owed under a residual value guarantee (if applicable). ROU assets also include any initial direct costs incurred and any lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, less any lease incentive received. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term.
The Company excludes from its condensed consolidated balance sheet recognition of leases having a term of 12 months or less (short-term leases) and does not separate lease components and non-lease components for its real estate leases. The Company’s non-lease components are primarily related to property maintenance, which varies based on future outcomes, and is recognized in rent expense when incurred.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Updates 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”), with amendments issued in 2018 and 2019, which amended existing guidance to require substantially all leases to be recognized by lessees on their balance sheet as a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and corresponding lease liability, including leases previously accounted for as operating leases.
The Company adopted ASC 842 effective
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Topic 326”). This standard requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets. The FASB subsequently issued clarifications to this standard. This standard will become effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
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3. |
Fair Value Measurements |
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, or an exit price, in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
Fair value is measured based on a three-level hierarchy of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s own assumptions about current market conditions. The use of observable inputs is maximized, where available, and the use of unobservable inputs is minimized when measuring fair value. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is as follows:
Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date;
Level 2—Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities; and
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities that are supported by little or no market data.
To the extent that the valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The carrying amounts reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature.
The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
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March 31, 2022 |
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Level 3 |
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Total |
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Money market funds |
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$ |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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US treasuries |
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|
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— |
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— |
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Government treasury and agency securities |
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— |
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— |
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Corporate securities and commercial paper |
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— |
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— |
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Total assets measured at fair value |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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December 31, 2021 |
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Level 3 |
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Total |
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Money market funds |
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$ |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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US treasuries |
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|
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|
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— |
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|
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— |
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|
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|
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Government treasury and agency securities |
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— |
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— |
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Corporate securities and commercial paper |
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— |
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— |
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Total assets measured at fair value |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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The following table presents the changes in fair values of the Company’s convertible preferred stock warrants and common stock warrants, classified as level 3 financial liabilities (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Beginning balance |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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Change in fair value |
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— |
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( |
) |
Reclassification of fair value of warrants to equity upon the net exercise of warrants |
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— |
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— |
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Ending balance |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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Prior to settlement, the fair value of the warrant liability was estimated using a hybrid approach between a probability-weighted expected return method (PWERM) and an option pricing model (OPM), which estimated the probability weighted value across multiple liquidity scenarios, while using OPM to estimate the allocation of value within one or more of those scenarios. The Company considered various scenarios, including a scenario in which the Company completes an IPO, a scenario in which the Company stays private, and a scenario contemplating a merger or acquisition.
4. |
Investments |
The amortized cost, unrealized gain and loss, and fair value of the Company’s investments in marketable securities by major security type are as follows (in thousands):
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March 31, 2022 |
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Amortized Cost |
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Unrealized Gain |
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Unrealized Loss |
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Fair Value |
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Money market funds |
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$ |
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|
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$ |
— |
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|
$ |
— |
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|
$ |
|
|
US treasuries |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Government treasury and agency securities |
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|
|
|
|
|
— |
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|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Corporate securities and commercial paper |
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|
|
|
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— |
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|
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( |
) |
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|
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Total financial assets |
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$ |
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|
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$ |
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|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
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December 31, 2021 |
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Amortized Cost |
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Unrealized Gain |
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Unrealized Loss |
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Fair Value |
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Money market funds |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
US treasuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Government treasury and agency securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
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|
|
( |
) |
|
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|
Corporate securities and commercial paper |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
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Total financial assets |
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$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
As of March 31, 2022, the fair value of the Company’s marketable debt securities, by maturity date, were as follows (in thousands):
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Amount |
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Due within one year |
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$ |
|
|
Due in one to five years |
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Total marketable securities |
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$ |
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5. |
Collaboration Revenue |
2015 Sanofi Collaboration Agreement
In December 2015, the Company entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the “Sanofi Agreement”) with Aventis, Inc. (“Sanofi”), which was amended and restated in August 2017 (as amended, the “2015 Collaboration Agreement”). Under the Sanofi Agreement, the Company agreed to provide research services on identified targets and to grant Sanofi an exclusive option to license to develop and commercialize (as applicable), certain compounds into products within the time frames specified therein. In particular, the Company agreed to identify, in two or more screening libraries, compounds that bind to seven agreed upon immuno-oncology targets and to generate collaboration compounds for use by Sanofi to develop and commercialize collaboration products.
Under the terms of the Sanofi Agreement,
Upon signing the Sanofi Agreement in December 2015, Sanofi paid the Company an initial fee of $
At the date of the 2017 amendment to the Sanofi Agreement,
The performance obligation under the Sanofi Agreement, as amended, consisted of research services to create libraries with active compounds for assigned collaboration targets that can be developed into a drug for commercial use. In addition to the ongoing research services, the arrangement included several customer options.
Under the Sanofi Agreement, the Company earned Sum of the Evidence (“SOE”) points depending on the milestone achieved and Sanofi’s elections. In connection with this right, the Company recognized $
In March 2022, Sanofi notified the Company that it no longer intended to develop therapeutic candidates under the Sanofi Agreement and terminated the agreement effective as of July 2022, or such earlier date as agreed by the respective parties. As a result, the Company will regain worldwide rights to the previously partnered oral immuno-oncology program.
2017 Genentech Collaboration Agreement
In November 2017, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement (the “Genentech Agreement”) with Genentech, Inc. (“Genentech”). Under the 2017 Collaboration Agreement, the Company was entitled to receive a one-time target access fee for each of the collaboration targets designated. The research collaboration with respect to each collaboration target has a
term that commences upon the Company’s initiation of certain research activities, unless terminated earlier under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement. On a per collaboration target basis, the Company is also eligible to receive preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments, as well as tiered low-single-digit royalties.Upon execution of the Genentech Agreement, Genentech designated certain collaboration targets and paid the Company a $
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The Company initiated research activities on the active collaboration targets in March 2018 and submitted five milestone packages for Genentech to review in 2019. The Company recognized collaboration revenue upon the completion of the milestone packages and research services. In June 2021, the Genentech Agreement was terminated, and the Company recognized the remaining $
6. |
Leases |
In June 2021, the Company entered into a lease agreement for a new office space in South San Francisco, California.
The Company leased its former headquarters with its main offices and laboratory facilities in South San Francisco under a sublease agreement that ended in
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had recorded an aggregate operating lease ROU asset of $
As of March 31, 2022, the future minimum payments under operating lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
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Amount |
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2022 (remaining nine months) |
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$ |
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