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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

 

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

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: 0-29801

 

 

INTERMUNE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   94-3296648

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3280 Bayshore Blvd., Brisbane, California 94005

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 466-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

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

 

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

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

As of October 25, 2013, there were 82,028,195 outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of InterMune, Inc.

 

 

 


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INTERMUNE, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

INDEX

 

Item  

       Page  
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

1.   

  Financial Statements (unaudited):   
 

a. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

     3   
 

b. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September  30, 2013 and 2012

     4   
 

c. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September  30, 2013 and 2012

     5   
 

d. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

     6   
 

e. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     7   

2.   

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      18   

3.   

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      25   

4.   

  Controls and Procedures      26   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   

1.   

  Legal Proceedings      28   

1A.

  Risk Factors      30   

4.   

  Mine Safety Disclosures      50   

6.   

  Exhibits      51   

Signatures

     53   

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

INTERMUNE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 
     (Unaudited)     (Note 2)  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 117,285      $ 117,748   

Available-for-sale securities

     219,959        190,238   

Accounts receivable, net

     16,554        6,767   

Inventories

     10,423        10,020   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     9,384        6,878   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     373,605        331,651   

Property and equipment, net

     4,618        4,332   

Acquired product rights, net

     17,500        18,250   

Other assets (includes restricted cash of $4,807 at September 30, 2013 and $3,813 at December 31, 2012)

     12,183        9,233   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 407,906      $ 363,466   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 8,476      $ 18,887   

Accrued compensation

     13,479        11,528   

Other accrued liabilities

     27,051        26,256   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     49,006        56,671   

Convertible notes

     263,611        240,250   

Other long-term liabilities

     221        228   

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

     —          —     

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 175,000 and 100,000 shares authorized; 81,973 and 66,050 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

     82        66   

Additional paid-in capital

     1,354,905        1,163,700   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     698        501   

Accumulated deficit

     (1,260,617     (1,097,950
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     95,068        66,317   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 407,906      $ 363,466   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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INTERMUNE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Revenue, net

        

Esbriet

   $ 19,718      $ 7,534      $ 44,648      $ 17,952   

Cost and expenses:

        

Cost of goods sold

     2,759        2,017        7,078        6,200   

Research and development

     27,316        26,175        80,723        74,553   

Selling, general and administrative

     35,219        23,754        102,468        75,680   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     65,294        51,946        190,269        156,433   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (45,576     (44,412     (145,621     (138,481

Other income (expense):

        

Interest income

     93        148        345        452   

Interest expense

     (3,667     (2,031     (10,784     (6,473

Change in value of embedded conversion derivative

     —          —          2,422        —     

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          —          (7,900     —     

Other

     (851     975        (945     (149
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

     (50,001     (45,320     (162,483     (144,651

Income tax expense (benefit)

     241        (4,319     1,121        (13,708
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations, net of taxes

     (50,242     (41,001     (163,604     (130,943
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

     320        84        937        34,139   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (49,922   $ (40,917   $ (162,667   $ (96,804
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share:

        

Continuing operations

   $ (0.62   $ (0.63   $ (2.04   $ (2.02

Discontinued operations

     0.01        —          0.01        0.53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (0.61   $ (0.63   $ (2.03   $ (1.49
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per common share

     81,397        65,183        80,021        64,966   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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INTERMUNE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Net loss

   $ (49,922   $ (40,917   $ (162,667   $ (96,804

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     845        (755     181        (536

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

        

Unrealized gains (losses) during period

     149        104        14        81   

Less: Reclassification adjustments for gains transferred to net loss

     —          —          2        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     994        (651     197        (455
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (48,928   $ (41,568   $ (162,470   $ (97,259
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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INTERMUNE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013     2012  

Cash flows used in operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (162,667   $ (96,804

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

    

Stock-based compensation expense

     8,964        12,254   

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

     5,016        611   

Change in fair value of embedded conversion derivative

     (2,422     —     

Gain on sale of discontinued operations

     —          (51,335

Depreciation and amortization expense

     2,027        1,567   

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     7,900        —     

Net realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities

     (2  

Other

     174        (443

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     (9,787     (1,388

Inventories

     (403     (4,643

Prepaid expenses

     (2,506     —     

Other assets

     (236     1,557   

Accounts payable and accrued compensation

     (8,460     1,765   

Other accrued liabilities

     795        8,526   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (161,607     (128,333
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Proceeds from the divestiture of Actimmune

     —          55,000   

Purchases of property and equipment

     (1,563     (2,510

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

     (191,607     (265,281

Maturities of available-for-sale securities

     140,890        186,201   

Sales of available-for-sale securities

     21,014        40,043   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

     (31,266     13,453   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in a public offering, net of issuance costs

     145,734        —     

Proceeds from convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs

     116,800        —     

Repurchase of convertible senior notes

     (72,183     —     

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock benefit plans

     2,059        2,055   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     192,410        2,055   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (463     (112,825

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     117,748        234,928   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 117,285      $ 122,103   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

    

Interest paid in cash

   $ 7,305      $ 8,088   

Non-cash financing activities:

    

Reclassification of derivative liability to stockholders’ equity

   $ 34,465      $ —     

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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INTERMUNE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION

Overview

We are a biotechnology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of innovative therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. Pulmonology is the field of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of lung conditions. We have a product in pulmonology, pirfenidone, which is an orally active, small molecule compound. Pirfenidone was granted marketing authorization effective February 2011 in all 28 member countries of the European Union, or the EU, for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. In September 2011, we launched commercial sales of pirfenidone in Germany under the trade name Esbriet, and Esbriet is now also commercially available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden. In January 2013, Esbriet became commercially available in Canada. During the quarter, we obtained approval for reimbursement of Esbriet from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) and Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), and we launched Esbriet in Italy in July 2013 and in the UK in August 2013.

We are also pursuing the registration of pirfenidone to treat IPF in the United States. After reviewing various regulatory and clinical development options and following our discussions with the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), we commenced an additional pivotal Phase 3 clinical study of pirfenidone in IPF in July 2011, known as the ASCEND trial. The results of the ASCEND trial are expected to supplement the existing Phase 3 clinical study data from our CAPACITY clinical trials to support the registration of pirfenidone to treat IPF in the United States. We completed enrollment with 555 randomized patients for our ASCEND trial in January 2013.

This quarter, we initiated a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2 clinical study, known as the PANORAMA trial, designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of N–acetylcysteine (NAC) in patients with IPF and who are being treated with Esbriet® (pirfenidone). We also initiated our LOTUSS trial which will be a Phase 2, multinational, open-label, randomized, parallel-group, safety and tolerability study of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).

On June 19, 2012, we completed the divestiture of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to the pharmaceutical product containing Interferon Gamma-1b sold by us under the trade name Actimmune for $55.0 million in cash, plus certain conditional royalty payments for a period of two years following the closing. Such divestiture was consummated pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, that we entered into with Vidara Therapeutics International Limited, an Irish company, Vidara Therapeutics Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Vidara Therapeutics Research Limited, an Irish company. The operating results of our Actimmune activities have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. As a consequence of the divestiture, we were required to apply intraperiod tax allocation rules for the purposes of calculating our provision for income taxes.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements were described in Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. There have been no significant changes in our accounting policies since December 31, 2012.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that we believe are necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other future period and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2012, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 

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Revenue Recognition and Revenue Reserves

Revenue is generated from product sales and recorded net of rebates. We only ship product upon receipt of valid orders from customers, such as pharmacies and hospitals, which are in turn a result of actual patient prescriptions. Delivery is considered to have occurred when title passes to a credit-worthy customer. We include shipping and handling costs in cost of goods sold. Pursuant to terms and conditions of sale, our customers have no rights to return our products. Such restriction on product returns is common practice in the markets in which we sell, and as a result, we have had no significant expenses related to product returns, damaged or expired goods, chargebacks, except for mandatory government rebates, or other discounts or allowances since our commercial launch in these countries. Product sales are recorded net of estimated government-mandated rebates which are fixed for negotiated periods. We review all sales transactions for potential rebates each month and believe that our reserves are adequate. Due to our limited history of selling Esbriet, we are currently accruing for these mandatory government rebates according to contractual obligation redemption rates, which represents our best estimate of the liability at this time and as we develop a more substantial history related to our rebate claims, we will continue to adjust our accrual to accurately reflect rebate claims.

Derivative Financial Instruments

On January 22, 2013, we issued $120.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”). As a result of our issuance of the 2017 Notes, our total potential outstanding common stock exceeded our authorized shares by approximately 4.3 million shares as of that date and we were therefore required to value the embedded conversion derivative and recognize it at fair value as a long-term liability.

On May 30, 2013, we obtained stockholder approval to an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of our authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 175,000,000. As a result of the increase in authorized number of shares, we can now settle the 2017 Notes in cash, stock, or a combination thereof, solely at our election, the derivative associated with the embedded conversion derivative was marked to fair value at May 30, 2013 and the long-term liability was reclassified to stockholders’ equity.

See also Note 10 for further details of our embedded conversion derivative.

Royalty Payments

We record royalty payments due on product sales within cost of goods sold. At present, the only such royalty is payable to Shionogi in relation to net sales of pirfenidone in the EU.

Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share is calculated based on the weighted-average number of shares of our common stock outstanding during the period, as adjusted. Diluted net loss per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of our common and other dilutive securities outstanding during the period. The potential dilutive shares of our common stock resulting from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and shares subject to repurchase are determined under the treasury stock method. The potential dilutive shares of our common stock issuable on conversion of our convertible notes are determined using the “if-converted” method.

For the calculation of net loss per share, securities excluded were as follows:

 

     As of
September 30,
 
     2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

Common stock options and awards

     5,797         5,252   

Shares issuable upon conversion of convertible notes

     15,237         9,384   

 

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The following table is a reconciliation of the denominator used in the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to our common stockholders:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
    Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  
     (in thousands)  

Denominator:

        

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

     81,942        65,779        80,604        65,497   

Less: Weighted-average shares subject to repurchase

     (545     (596     (583     (531
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per common share – basic and diluted

     81,397        65,183        80,021        64,966   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stock-Based Compensation

The following table reflects stock-based compensation expense recognized for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013     2012      2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

Cost of goods sold

   $ (4   $ 50       $ 39       $ 157   

Research and development

     1,044        1,070         2,708         3,510   

Selling, general and administrative

     2,431        2,031         6,217         8,587   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

   $ 3,471      $ 3,151       $ 8,964       $ 12,254   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Under the fair value recognition provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 718-10, Stock Compensation, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the vesting period for that portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest. In order to estimate the value of share-based awards, we use the Black-Scholes model, which requires the use of certain subjective assumptions. The most significant assumptions are our estimates of the expected volatility, the expected term of the award and the estimated forfeiture rate.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This ASU is an update to the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance requires an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. The guidance is effective for us in our first quarter of fiscal year 2014 with earlier adoption permitted, which should be applied prospectively. We adopted ASU No. 2013-02 for the period ended March 31, 2013. The adoption of this new guidance did not have an effect on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, statement of operations or cash flows.

3. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On June 19, 2012, we completed the divestiture of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to the pharmaceutical product containing Interferon Gamma-1b sold by us under the trade name Actimmune for $55.0 million in cash, plus certain conditional royalty payments for a period of two years following the closing (the transaction is referred to herein as the “Asset Sale”). The Asset Sale was consummated pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, by and among InterMune and Vidara Therapeutics International Limited, an Irish company, Vidara Therapeutics Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Vidara Therapeutics Research Limited, an Irish company, as amended on June 18, 2012. The operating results of our Actimmune activities have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. As a consequence of the divestiture, we were required to apply intraperiod tax allocation rules for the purposes of calculating our provision for income taxes.

 

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Results of Discontinued Operations

Summary operating results for the discontinued operations are as follows:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
    Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012     2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

Actimmune revenue, net

   $ 500       $ —        $ 1,500       $ 6,627   

Costs and expenses:

          

Cost of goods sold

     —           (198     —           4,276   

General and administrative

     15         66        80         226   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     15         (132     80         4,502   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

     485         132        1,420         2,125   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations

     —           —          —           51,335   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income and gains related to discontinued operations, before tax

     485         132        1,420         53,460   

Income tax expense

     165         48        483         19,321   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

   $ 320       $ 84      $ 937       $ 34,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

4. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

In connection with our continuing expansion efforts, we now conduct business throughout Europe in several currencies, including the euro, Swiss franc and British pound, among others. Therefore, we are exposed to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. To limit the exposure related to foreign currency changes, we enter into foreign currency contracts. We do not enter into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes.

We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to reduce the short-term effects of foreign currency fluctuations on assets and liabilities such as foreign currency receivables and payables. These derivatives are not designated as hedging instruments. Gains and losses on the contracts are included in other income (expense) and substantially offset foreign exchange gains and losses from the remeasurement of intercompany balances or other current assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the reporting entity. Our net losses from entering into derivative financial instruments not designated as hedges for the three month period ended September 30, 2013 was $0.5 million compared to net losses of $0.2 million in the same period in 2012. Our net losses for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 was $0.4 million compared to net gains of $0 in the same period in 2012. The notional value of our outstanding currency hedges at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was 9.5 million euros and 6.0 million euros, respectively, and the fair value of these outstanding derivatives at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were zero.

Our foreign exchange forward contracts expose us to credit risk to the extent that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreement. We do, however, seek to mitigate such risks by limiting counterparties to major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored. We do not generally require collateral to be pledged under these agreements. We do not expect material losses as a result of defaults by counterparties.

In addition to our foreign exchange forward contract derivative instruments, we also had an embedded derivative option related to our 2017 Notes. See Note 10 to these financial statements for details of our embedded conversion derivative.

5. FAIR VALUE

In accordance with ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, we determine the fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities using the fair value hierarchy, which establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, as follows:

 

    Level 1 inputs which include quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

    Level 2 inputs which include observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; 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 asset or liability. For our available-for-sale securities, we review trading activity and pricing as of the measurement date. For our convertible senior notes we determined the fair value based on quoted market values. When sufficient quoted pricing for identical securities is not available, we use market pricing and other observable market inputs for similar securities obtained from various third-party data providers. These inputs either represent quoted prices for similar assets in active markets or have been derived from observable market data; and

 

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    Level 3 inputs which include unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the underlying asset or liability. Level 3 assets and liabilities include those whose fair value measurements are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar valuation techniques, as well as significant management judgment or estimation.

The following table represents the fair value hierarchy for our financial assets which require fair value measurement on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

     As of September 30, 2013  
     (in thousands)  

Assets

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Money market funds

   $ 24,532       $ —         $ —         $ 24,532   

Obligations of government-sponsored enterprises

     —           181,489         —           181,489   

Corporate debt securities

     —           27,975         —           27,975   

Commercial paper

     —           10,495         —           10,495   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 24,532       $ 219,959       $ —         $ 244,491   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     As of December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Assets

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Money market funds

   $ 7,777       $ —         $ —         $ 7,777   

Obligations of government-sponsored enterprises

     —           144,806         —           144,806   

Corporate debt securities

     —           31,438         —           31,438   

Commercial paper

     —           32,891         —           32,891   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 7,777       $ 209,135       $ —         $ 216,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the carrying and fair value of our Level 2 convertible senior notes as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

     As of September 30, 2013      As of December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  
     Carrying value      Fair value      Carrying value      Fair value  

Convertible senior notes due 2015

   $ 18,360       $ 21,514       $ 85,000       $ 85,286   

Convertible senior notes due 2017

     90,001         170,102         —           —     

Convertible senior notes due 2018

     155,250         140,389         155,250         121,326   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 263,611       $ 332,005       $ 240,250       $ 206,612   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Embedded Conversion Derivative

The embedded conversion derivative on the 2017 Notes was reclassified to stockholders’ equity on May 30, 2013 in connection with the approval of an amendment to our certificate of incorporation increasing our authorized number of shares of common stock. The embedded conversion derivative was classified as Level 3 because this liability was not actively traded and was valued using a binomial lattice model. Significant inputs to this model were the remaining time to maturity, volatility and risk-free interest rate.

The following table sets forth the changes in the estimated fair value for our Level 3 classified embedded conversion derivative:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013     2012  
     (in thousands)  

Fair value measurement at beginning of period

   $ —         $ —         $ —        $ —     

Embedded conversion derivative recorded in connection with 2017 Notes

     —           —           36,887        —     

Change in fair value measurement included in operating expenses

     —           —           (2,422     —     

Derivative liability reclassified to stockholders’ equity

     —              (34,465  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value measurement at end of period

   $ —         $ —         $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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6. CASH EQUIVALENTS AND AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

The following table is a summary of available-for-sale debt and equity securities included in cash and cash equivalents or available-for-sale securities:

 

September 30, 2013

   Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
     Fair Value  
     (in thousands)  

Money market funds

   $ 24,532       $ —         $ —         $ 24,532   

Obligations of government-sponsored enterprises

     181,375         114         —           181,489   

Corporate debt securities

     27,957         18         —           27,975   

Commercial paper

     10,495         —           —           10,495   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 244,359       $ 132       $ —         $ 244,491   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
     Fair Value  
     (in thousands)  

Reported as:

        

Cash equivalents

   $ 24,532       $ —         $ —         $ 24,532   

Available-for-sale securities

     219,827         132         —           219,959   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 244,359       $ 132       $ —         $ 244,491   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

   Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
     Fair Value  
     (in thousands)  

Money market funds

   $ 7,777       $ —         $ —         $ 7,777   

Obligations of government-sponsored enterprises

     144,747         59         —           144,806   

Corporate debt securities

     31,382         56         —           31,438   

Commercial paper

     32,890         1         —           32,891   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 216,796       $ 116       $ —         $ 216,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
     Fair Value  
     (in thousands)  

Reported as:

        

Cash equivalents

   $ 26,674       $ —         $ —         $ 26,674   

Available-for-sale securities

     190,122         116         —           190,238   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 216,796       $ 116       $ —         $ 216,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized gains and losses calculated based on the specific identification method were $0 and $2,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

The following is a summary of the amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity:

 

     September 30, 2013  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair Value  
     (in thousands)  

Mature in less than one year

   $ 189,027       $ 189,112   

Mature in one to three years

     55,332         55,379   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 244,359       $ 244,491   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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7. INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of the following:

 

     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

Raw materials

   $ 7,878       $ 7,310   

Work in process

     1,461         1,097   

Finished goods

     1,084         1,613   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 10,423       $ 10,020   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

8. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The balance of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes, was as follows:

 

     Foreign
Currency
     Unrealized gains
(losses) on
securities
     Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
 
     (in thousands)  

Balance at December 31, 2012

   $ 385       $ 116       $ 501   

Comprehensive loss

     181         16         197   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2013

   $ 566       $ 132       $ 698   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized gains and losses of $0 and $2,000 were reclassified to other income (expense) on the statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

9. CONVERTIBLE NOTES

In June 2008, we issued $85.0 million in 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”). The 2015 Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing senior debt, and rank senior in right of payment to all of our existing subordinated debt. Interest accrues from the date of issuance and is payable in arrears on March 31 and September 30 of each year commencing on September 30, 2008. The 2015 Notes will mature on March 1, 2015. Holders of the 2015 Notes may surrender their notes, in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount, for conversion any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date. The initial conversion rate for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes is 52.9661 shares of common stock, equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $18.88 per share. Offering expenses and underwriting discounts in the aggregate of approximately $0.6 million related to the sale of the 2015 Notes were recorded in other assets and are being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the 2015 Notes, which is approximately seven years from the date of issuance. At September 30, 2013, $18.4 million of principal remained outstanding under the 2015 Notes.

In September 2011, we issued $155.3 million in 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). The 2018 Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with the Company’s other senior unsecured debt and rank senior in right of payment to all of our existing and future subordinated debt. Interest accrues from the date of issuance and is payable in arrears on September 15 and March 15 of each year commencing on March 15, 2012. The 2018 Notes will mature on September 15, 2018. Holders of the 2018 Notes may surrender their notes, in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount, for conversion any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date. The initial conversion rate for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes is 31.4465 shares of common stock, equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $31.80 per share. Offering expenses and underwriting discounts in the aggregate of approximately $5.0 million related to the sale of the 2018 Notes were recorded in other assets and are being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the 2018 Notes, which is approximately seven years from the date of issuance. At September 30, 2013, $155.3 million of principal remained outstanding under the 2018 Notes.

 

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The following is a summary of the interest expense recognized on the 2015 and 2018 Notes:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

Convertible senior notes due 2015

   $ 235       $ 1,087       $ 907       $ 3,260   

Convertible senior notes due 2018

     1,150         1,150         3,450         3,450   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

   $ 1,385       $ 2,237       $ 4,357       $ 6,710   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In January 2013, we completed a registered underwritten public offering of 15,525,000 shares of our common stock (“Common Stock Offering”) and a concurrent registered underwritten public offering of $120.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due December 15, 2017 (the “2017 Notes” and the “Convertible Note Offering”). The resulting aggregate net proceeds from the Common Stock Offering were approximately $145.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The resulting aggregate net proceeds from the Convertible Note Offering were approximately $116.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. Interest accrues from the date of issuance and is payable in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year commencing on June 15, 2013. The holders of the 2017 Notes may convert their 2017 Notes into shares of our common stock at a conversion rate of 77.7001 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustment (representing a conversion price of approximately $12.87 per share). We can settle conversion of the 2017 Notes by delivery of shares, cash or a combination of shares and cash at our election.

Conversion of the 2017 Notes may occur on any day prior to September 15, 2017, under the following conditions: a) during any fiscal quarter beginning after June 30, 2013, if the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; b) during the five consecutive business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price of the 2017 Notes falls below 98% of the product of (i) the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and (ii) the applicable conversion rate on each such trading date; c) if we call the 2017 Notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day prior to the redemption date; and d) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, as defined in the 2017 Notes. From September 15, 2017 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the December 15, 2017 maturity date, holders of the 2017 Notes may convert their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances.

On or after June 20, 2015, we may redeem for cash all or part of the 2017 Notes (except for Notes that holders have already required us to repurchase following certain fundamental changes defined within the agreement such as an acquisition or liquidation of the Company) but only if the last reported sale price of our common stock for 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending within 10 trading days of immediately prior to the date we provide the notice of redemption exceeds 130% of the conversion price in effect on each such trading day. The redemption price in this case will equal 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Other than restrictions relating to certain fundamental changes and consolidations, mergers or asset sales and customary anti-dilution adjustments, the 2017 Notes do not contain any financial covenants and do not restrict us from paying dividends or issuing new securities or repurchasing any of our other securities.

In January 2013, we used a portion of the net proceeds from the Convertible Note Offering to repurchase approximately $66.6 million of our outstanding 2015 Notes for proceeds of $72.2 million. Following such repurchases, and as of September 30, 2013, approximately $18.4 million of our 2015 Notes remain outstanding. This repurchase was accounted for as an extinguishment of debt and we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $7.9 million which comprised $5.5 million of premium paid to the holders of the 2015 Notes, $2.2 million related to the excess of the deemed issuance fair value over the issuance price (par) of the 2017 Notes (but only for those holders of the repurchased 2015 Notes who subsequently invested in our 2017 Notes) and $0.2 million related to the write-off of the initial debt issuance costs for these 2015 Notes.

 

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The following is a summary of the interest expense recognized on the 2017 Notes:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

Contractual coupon interest

   $ 754       $ —         $ 2,079       $ —     

Accretion of debt discount

     1,455         —           3,939         —     

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     188         —           517         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

   $ 2,397       $ —         $ 6,535       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

10. EMBEDDED CONVERSION DERIVATIVE

FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 470 (ASC 470), Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement) requires the issuer of convertible debt that may be settled in shares or cash upon conversion at their option, such as our 2017 Notes, to account for their liability and equity components separately by bifurcating the embedded conversion derivative (the “derivative”) from the host debt instrument. Although ASC 470 has no impact on our actual past or future cash flows, it requires us to record non-cash interest expense as the debt discount is amortized.

As a result of the issuance of convertible notes in January 2013, our total potential outstanding common stock exceeded our authorized shares by approximately 4.3 million shares as of that date, and we were therefore required to value the derivative and recognize the fair value as a long-term liability. The fair value of this derivative at the time of issuance was $36.9 million and was recorded as the original debt discount for the purposes of accounting for the debt component of the 2017 Notes. This debt discount is being amortized as interest expense using an effective interest rate of 9.9% over the remaining 4.25 year term of the 2017 Notes.

In accordance with authoritative guidance, the embedded conversion derivative associated with the 2017 Notes required bifurcation from the 2017 Notes and was initially accounted for as a derivative liability. On May 30, 2013, upon obtaining stockholder approval for an amendment to our certificate of incorporation increasing the authorized number of shares of our common stock, the derivative liability was marked to fair value and reclassified to stockholders’ equity. Changes in the fair value were recorded in change in value of embedded conversion derivative in the consolidated statements of operations. We determined the fair value of the derivative using a binomial lattice model. The key assumptions for determining the fair value at May 30, 2013 included the remaining time to maturity of 4.54 years, volatility of 50%, and the risk-free interest rate of 0.88%. The estimated fair value of the embedded conversion derivative was $34.5 million as of May 30, 2013 immediately prior to its reclassification to stockholders’ equity.

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Details of our ongoing commitments and contingencies were described in Note 15 to our consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. There have been no significant changes to these commitments and contingencies since December 31, 2012, except with respect to the entry into the settlement agreement in regards to the Shionogi matter discussed below.

Indemnity Agreement

On or about March 22, 2000, we entered into an Indemnity Agreement with W. Scott Harkonen M.D., who served as the Company’s chief executive officer until September 30, 2003. The Indemnity Agreement obligates us to hold harmless and indemnify Dr. Harkonen against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts Dr. Harkonen becomes legally obligated to pay because of any claim or claims made against him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational, administrative or investigative, to which Dr. Harkonen is a party by reason of the fact that he was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company. The Indemnity Agreement establishes exceptions to our indemnification obligation, including but not limited to claims “on account of Dr. Harkonen’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful misconduct,” claims “on account of Dr. Harkonen’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as constituting a breach of Dr. Harkonen’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to which Dr. Harkonen was not legally entitled,” and claims “for which payment is actually made to Dr. Harkonen under a valid and collectible insurance policy.” The Indemnity Agreement, however, obligates us to advance all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Dr. Harkonen in connection with such proceedings, subject to an undertaking by Dr. Harkonen to repay said amounts if it shall be determined ultimately that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Dr. Harkonen was named as a defendant in certain civil action lawsuits instituted against us where the various complaints that were filed alleged that we fraudulently misrepresented the medical benefits of Actimmune for the treatment of IPF and promoted Actimmune for IPF. Ultimately, these complaints were dismissed. However, Dr. Harkonen also became the target of the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the promotion and marketing of Actimmune. On March 18, 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. Harkonen on two felony counts related to alleged improper promotion and marketing of Actimmune during the time

 

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Dr. Harkonen was employed by us (the “Criminal Action”). The trial in the criminal case resulted in a jury verdict on September 29, 2009, finding Dr. Harkonen guilty of one count of wire fraud related to a press release issued on August 28, 2002, and acquitting him of a second count of a misbranding charge brought under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. On April 13, 2011, the Court denied Dr. Harkonen’s post-trial motions and sentenced Dr. Harkonen to three years of probation, including six months of home detention, 200 hours of community service and a fine of $20,000. The Court’s Judgment was filed on April 18, 2011. Dr. Harkonen appealed his conviction and sentence and the government cross-appealed his sentence. On March 4, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion affirming both the conviction and the sentence. Dr. Harkonen filed a petition for rehearing en banc which was denied by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on May 7, 2013. On August 5, 2013, Dr. Harkonen filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review by the United States Supreme Court. The government has obtained two extensions of its time to file a response to Dr. Harkonen’s petition, and its response currently is due to be filed on or before November 8, 2013. Under the terms of the Indemnity Agreement, we have an obligation to indemnify Dr. Harkonen for reasonable legal fees and costs incurred in connection with defending this action, including the petition for a writ of certiorari and any resulting review proceedings by the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to December 2008, insurers that issued directors & officers (“D&O”) liability insurance to the Company had advanced all of Dr. Harkonen’s expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action. Those insurers included National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA (“AIG”), Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Lloyd’s”), and Continental Casualty Company (“CNA”). On November 19, 2008, however, the insurer that issued a $5.0 million D&O insurance policy providing coverage excess of the monetary limits of coverage provided by AIG, Lloyd’s and CNA, Arch Specialty Insurance Company (“Arch”), advised the Company that the limits of the underlying coverage were expected to be depleted by approximately December 15, 2008; that Arch “disclaimed coverage” based on misstatements and misrepresentations allegedly made by Dr. Harkonen in documents provided in the application for the Arch policy and the underlying Lloyd’s policy; and that, based on that disclaimer, Arch would not be advancing any of Dr. Harkonen’s expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action.

As a result of Arch’s disclaimer of coverage and refusal to advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, the Company had, as of approximately December 15, 2008, become obligated to advance such expenses incurred by Dr. Harkonen in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action.

On January 13, 2009, we submitted to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) a Demand for Arbitration, InterMune, Inc. v. Arch Specialty Insurance Co., No. 74 194 01128 08 JEMO. Dr. Harkonen also is a party to the Arbitration. The Demand for Arbitration sought an award compelling Arch to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and the Criminal Action, and to advance other former officers’ legal fees and costs incurred in relation to the Department of Justice investigation.

The matter was heard by the arbitration panel and on May 29, 2009, the arbitration panel issued an Interim Arbitration Award granting our request for a partial award requiring Arch to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action. Arch subsequently advanced such fees and costs, including fees and costs previously paid by the Company. The question whether Arch ultimately will be required to cover the advanced fees and costs or, instead, may recoup those fees and costs as not covered by its policy, has not been determined. Unless and until the arbitration panel rules that such fees and costs are not covered, Arch remains obligated to advance such fees and costs. We expect that, should the United States Supreme Court deny Dr. Harkonen’s petition for writ of certiorari and leave the verdict and judgment against Dr. Harkonen intact, Arch will resume the arbitration and seek to recover all or some of the $5 million it advanced for Dr. Harkonen’s defense back from the Company and/or from Dr. Harkonen. At this time, we believe no change to the status of the Interim Arbitration Award or to the application of the D&O liability insurance in general has occurred due to the trial court judgment, and, therefore, we are unable to determine the amount of a loss or range of losses that we may incur and have not accrued for any such amounts in our financial statements associated with this matter.

In late 2009, Arch advised us that Arch had exhausted the $5.0 million limit of liability of the Arch D&O insurance policy, and that defense cost invoices submitted to Arch collectively exceed the Arch policy’s limit. The Company therefore advised the insurer that issued a $5.0 million D&O insurance policy providing coverage for the excess of the monetary limits of coverage provided by Arch, Old Republic Insurance Company (“Old Republic”), that the limits of the underlying coverage had been depleted, and we submitted invoices for legal services rendered on behalf of Dr. Harkonen and other individuals who were targets of the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation to Old Republic for payment. Old Republic agreed to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action, but declined to reimburse us for payments made on behalf of other individuals who were targets of the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation. In mid-2010, Old Republic advised us that

 

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Dr. Harkonen’s defense fees and costs had exhausted the $5.0 million limit of the Old Republic insurance policy as of the second quarter of 2010. There is no additional insurance coverage available to cover the cost of Dr. Harkonen’s continuing defense. Defense fees and costs incurred over and above this final $5.0 million of insurance coverage therefore are, in the absence of any available insurance, to be advanced by us pursuant to the terms of the Indemnity Agreement. We expect amounts to be paid by us to continue into the future until the Criminal Action is finally adjudicated; however, we are unable to predict what our total liability could be with any degree of certainty.

Shionogi

In March 2012, following the EU’s grant of marketing approval for Esbriet (pirfenidone), Shionogi demanded that we agree that Shionogi is entitled to royalty payments on our sales of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in Europe, based on Shionogi’s interpretation of our May 2004 agreement with Shionogi (as amended). On July 5, 2012, Shionogi filed a complaint against us in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Shionogi’s complaint alleged principally that we breached that agreement with Shionogi governing the exchange and use of certain documents and information relating to the parties’ respective clinical trials of pirfenidone. The complaint alleged that we breached the agreement by utilizing certain of Shionogi’s information in our MAA and other submissions for pirfenidone with the EMA and then failing to pay royalties to Shionogi on net sales of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in the European Union. In the alternative, the complaint alleged that, if we did not use Shionogi’s information in a way that would trigger a royalty obligation under the agreement, we had an obligation to do so as an exclusive licensee. Shionogi sought, among other things, unspecified monetary damages and a declaration that we are obligated to pay royalties to Shionogi on net sales of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in the European Union. In February 2013, we reached an agreement on the material terms of a settlement with Shionogi relating to the complaint and, in May 2013, we entered into a final complete settlement agreement. The principal terms of the settlement agreement include: (i) dismissal of the litigation with prejudice; (ii) a royalty payment from us to Shionogi on net sales of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in the EU of 4.25% for sales commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending on the date of the expiration of orphan drug status in the EU (February 2021); (iii) no royalty payments on net sales of Esbriet in the EU prior to January 1, 2013; (iv) no royalty payments on sales of Esbriet in Canada; (v) no royalty payments on sales of Esbriet in the U.S. or sales in any other jurisdiction (other than the EU), unless we submit certain Shionogi clinical information in connection with an application for regulatory approval in that jurisdiction; and (vi) the Shionogi clinical information in our current NDA in the U.S. would not trigger payment of a royalty on sales of Esbriet in the U.S.

12. DISCLOSURES ABOUT SEGMENTS OF AN ENTERPRISE AND RELATED INFORMATION

We have determined, in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting, that our business operates in one operating segment: the research, development and commercialization of innovative therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. Our chief operating decision makers review financial information on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

We currently market and sell Esbriet in Europe and Canada for the treatment of IPF, of which substantially all revenue is derived from Europe. Revenue from sales of Actimmune has been reclassified to discontinued operations for all periods presented and are therefore excluded from the numbers presented below.

Our net revenue, organized by the following geographic regions: (i) United States; and (ii) Europe and other, based on the location at which each sale originates, is summarized as follows:

 

     Three Months
Ended September 30,
     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2013      2012      2013      2012  
     (in thousands)  

United States

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Europe and other

     19,718         7,534         44,648         17,952   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 19,718       $ 7,534       $ 44,648       $ 17,952   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Our net property and equipment by region are summarized as follows:

 

     September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 
     (in thousands)  

United States

   $ 2,390       $ 2,185   

Europe and other

     2,228         2,147   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 4,618       $ 4,332   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

We perform credit evaluations on our customers’ financial condition and limit the amount of credit extended. Concentrations of credit risk, with respect to accounts receivable, exist to the extent of amounts presented in the financial statements. We carefully monitor the creditworthiness of potential customers. As of September 30, 2013, we have not experienced any significant losses on our accounts receivable.

Customers representing 10% or more of total product revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and accounts receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, were as follows:

 

     Revenue     Accounts Receivable  
     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended              
     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,     December 31,  
     2013     2012     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Customer A

     12     29     16     25     11     29

 

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

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements involve substantial risks and uncertainty. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” “could,” “should” and “continue” or similar words. These forward-looking statements may also use different phrases.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include, among other things, statements which address our strategy and operating performance and events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future, including, but not limited to, statements about:

 

    product and product candidate development;

 

    the market or markets for our products or product candidates;

 

    the ability of our products to treat patients in our markets;

 

    the ability to achieve certain pricing and reimbursement levels for our product in various countries in Canada, the European Union and elsewhere, including our estimates of the number of patients who meet certain disease progression measures (e.g., forced vital capacity);

 

    the timing of concluding and announcing pricing and reimbursement discussions in various countries in the European Union and elsewhere;

 

    the timing of receipt of top-line results from our ASCEND clinical trial and our expected announcement thereof;

 

    expectations around the enrollment size, timing and results of our ongoing clinical trials, including the PANORAMA and LOTUSS trials;

 

    our expectations regarding the effectiveness of our strategic priorities and our ability to take successful actions to achieve our three point strategy;

 

    opportunities to establish development or commercial alliances;

 

    timing and expectations of when our products or product candidates may be marketed or made available to patients in various jurisdictions;

 

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    commercial launch preparations, including the timing of launches in the various European Union jurisdictions and the implementation of the infrastructure required for the commercial launches;

 

    the scope and enforceability of our intellectual property rights, including the anticipated durations of patent protection and marketing exclusivity in the European Union, United States and other jurisdictions, and including claims that we or our collaborators may infringe third party intellectual property rights or otherwise be required to pay license fees and/or royalties under such third party rights;

 

    governmental regulation and approval;

 

    requirement of additional funding to complete research and development and commercialize products;

 

    liquidity and sufficiency of our cash resources;

 

    future revenue, including those from product sales and collaborations, adequacy of revenue reserve levels, future expenses, future financial performance and trends;

 

    the uses of proceeds from our concurrent registered underwritten public offerings of our common stock and 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2017 completed in January 2013;

 

    our future research and development expenses and other expenses;

 

    our expectations that our remediation plan sufficiently addressed and remediated the material weakness in our internal controls that we identified in connection with management’s evaluation of our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012; and

 

    our operational and legal risks.

You should also consider carefully the statements under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” below, which address additional factors that could cause our results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in this Report, including those discussed in this Report under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” below. Because the factors referred to above, as well as the factors discussed in this Report under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” below, could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor 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. When used in this Report, unless otherwise indicated, “InterMune,” “we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company” refers to InterMune, Inc.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable. These estimates are the basis for our judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities, which in turn may impact our reported revenue and expenses. We have discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with the Audit Committee of our board of directors. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially change the financial statements. We believe there have been no significant changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates under Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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Overview

We are a biotechnology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of innovative therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. Pulmonology is the field of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of lung conditions. We have a product in pulmonology, pirfenidone, which is an orally active, small molecule compound. Pirfenidone was granted marketing authorization effective February 2011 in all 28 member countries of the European Union, or the EU, for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. In September 2011, we launched commercial sales of pirfenidone in Germany under the trade name Esbriet, and Esbriet is now also commercially available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden. In January 2013, Esbriet became commercially available in Canada. During the quarter, we obtained approval for reimbursement of Esbriet from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) and Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), and we launched Esbriet in Italy in July 2013 and in the UK in August 2013.

On June 19, 2012, we completed the divestiture of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to the pharmaceutical product containing Interferon Gamma-1b sold by us under the trade name Actimmune for $55.0 million in cash, plus certain conditional royalty payments for a period of two years following the closing. Such divestiture was consummated pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, that we entered into with Vidara Therapeutics International Limited, an Irish company, Vidara Therapeutics Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Vidara Therapeutics Research Limited, an Irish company. The operating results of our Actimmune activities have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

In January 2013, we completed a registered underwritten public offering of 15,525,000 shares of our common stock and a concurrent registered underwritten public offering of $120.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2017. The resulting aggregate net proceeds from the common stock offering were approximately $145.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The resulting aggregate net proceeds from the convertible note offering were approximately $116.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. In January 2013, we used a portion of the net proceeds from the convertible note offering to repurchase approximately $66.6 million of our outstanding 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) for proceeds of $72.2 million. We may use a portion of the remaining net proceeds from the convertible senior note offering and, if necessary a portion of the net proceeds from the common stock offering to repay at maturity or earlier repurchase some or all of such remaining 2015 Notes.

We intend to use the remaining proceeds from the common stock offering and any remaining proceeds from the convertible note offering to fund the commercialization of Esbriet, to fund our ASCEND trial and to advance our strategic plan, including the initiatives identified below.

Esbriet® (Pirfenidone)

Pirfenidone is an orally active, small molecule compound under development for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In September 2011, we launched commercial sales of pirfenidone in Germany under the trade name Esbriet, and Esbriet is now also commercially available in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the UK. In addition, we continue to prepare for the commercial launch of Esbriet in other countries in the EU.

With respect to Spain and the Netherlands, the continuing economic conditions in Spain and health care system changes in the Netherlands have caused delay and have made it challenging to predict the date by which a company can expect to obtain pricing and reimbursement for a new product. We currently expect to provide an update on the pricing and reimbursement discussions on Esbriet in Spain and the Netherlands in the first half of 2014.

Since our initial launch of Esbriet in Germany in September 2011, we have consistently experienced revenue growth. During this quarter, Germany, France, the mid-sized European countries and Canada all achieved sequential double-digit growth in Esbriet revenues. Onetime effects are typical of new country launches so we expect that the rate of sequential quarterly growth reported in recent quarters will moderate in the future. At the same time, as we continue to expand the number of countries where Esbriet is approved for sale, the potential revenue base for Esbriet will also expand.

 

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New Clinical Programs

During this quarter, we initiated a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2 clinical study, known as the PANORAMA trial, designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of N–acetylcysteine (NAC) in patients with IPF and who are currently being treated with Esbriet® (pirfenidone). NAC is a pharmaceutical drug and nutritional supplement used primarily as a mucolytic agent and in the management of paracetamol/acetaminophen overdose. NAC is an antioxidant that has been used alone or in combination with other agents, including Esbriet, for the treatment of IPF. However, NAC is not approved for the treatment of IPF by any major regulatory agency and no controlled data currently exist regarding the safety and tolerability of Esbriet and NAC in combination. In order to characterize the safety and tolerability of NAC when prescribed in patients treated with Esbriet, we have initiated the PANORAMA trial. The PANORAMA trial is expected to enroll approximately 250 patients at approximately 70 centers in Europe with a treatment duration of six months. However, depending on the results of the PANTHER trial, a trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate NAC versus placebo in the treatment of IPF patients, we may modify or terminate our PANORAMA trial.

In addition, during this quarter we have also initiated the LOTUSS trial, a Phase 2, multinational, open-label, randomized, parallel-group, safety and tolerability study of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder resulting in, among other features, excessive collagen production and tissue fibrosis. SSc is a multi-organ disease that can involve the lungs, skin, heart, gut and kidneys. Most affected patients are women and are between 30 to 50 years old at diagnosis. Lung involvement (SSc- ILD) eventually occurs in more than 70% of SSc patients, and is the leading cause of functional impairment as well as the leading cause of mortality in this population. There are currently no licensed pharmacological agents approved to treat SSc-ILD although some patients receive immunosuppressive drugs. Therefore, we believe SSc-ILD represents a significant unmet medical need. We have applied for orphan drug designation status for Esbriet in the US and the EU. In order to characterize the safety and tolerability of Esbriet when prescribed to patients with SSc-ILD, we initiated the LOTUSS trial where we expect to enroll approximately 50 patients across approximately 20 sites in the United States, Canada and Italy. These patients will be followed up for 16 weeks.

Other Developments this Quarter

During this quarter we refined our strategy to focus on steps to maintain the revenue growth and territorial expansion of Esbriet while also investing to become a leader in specialty fibrotic diseases. Our first priority remains the successful launch and commercialization of Esbriet for IPF, including planning and executing a successful US launch if Esbriet is approved in the US. As our second priority, we believe we must invest in product innovation and new data generation to maximize growth of Esbriet in treatment of IPF. Our third strategic priority is to grow beyond Esbriet and invest in internal development and business development to expand our pipeline into specialty fibrotic diseases outside of IPF.

This quarter, in addition to initiating our PANORAMA and LOTUSS clinical trials, we took a number of steps forward in executing this strategy as follows:

 

    We made plans to increase the security and integrity of our Esbriet manufacturing supply chain to reduce the risk of interruption to the supply to the patients we serve and to prepare for a US launch.

 

    We undertook a program to investigate new dosage forms of pirfenidone and identify what innovations would be viewed as important improvements by IPF patients and treating physicians.

 

    We initiated a drug discovery program to optimize the pirfenidone chemotype and explore the potential for developing a new drug with an improved efficacy and side effect profile relative to pirfenidone.

 

    Our research team has continued to analyze our extensive collection of outcome-correlated-biosamples with a view to identifying markers that correlate with disease progression, disease activity or risk factors for developing IPF. We believe that our sample collection may identify cellular components and pathways that can in future be targeted for therapeutic intervention.

 

    We have advanced our internal drug discovery efforts in IPF, including the development of potent antagonists of the lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA1) receptor. LPA receptor 1 is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) identified as an important mediator of fibrosis.

 

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Meanwhile, to support our commercialization efforts of Esbriet in Europe, we continued to invest in the establishment of a commercial infrastructure within Europe, and to increase our employee headcount in that region.

We continue to monitor our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate pirfenidone in IPF, known as ASCEND, in an effort to support approval of pirfenidone for the treatment IPF in the United States. We achieved full enrollment with a total of 555 randomized patients for our ASCEND trial in January 2013. The last patient is expected to complete the trial in early 2014, and we currently expect top-line results from ASCEND in the second quarter of 2014.

We remain committed to our three point strategy of successfully commercializing Esbriet, continuing to innovate around Esbriet, and expanding our pipeline to generate innovative product candidates. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our strategic objectives or that any of the initiatives identified above will be successful. We will face challenges and may need to make difficult decisions about how best to manage and allocate our resources. Similarly, there can be no assurances that we will be able to fund all of our initiatives from our revenue or cash on hand, or that we will be able to raise the external capital that may be necessary to fund these initiatives.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

Revenue

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Revenue, net

   $ 19,718       $ 7,534         162   $ 44,648       $ 17,952         149

Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, consists solely of Esbriet product sales. Revenue has increased in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the prior year periods as a result of continued market uptake of our product in Europe, as well as our ongoing expansion efforts in Canada. Revenue growth in the third quarter of 2013 also reflects additional Esbriet launches in Italy, the UK, Finland and Ireland. In addition, Esbriet revenue from non-reimbursed countries contributed about $1.5 million to third quarter 2013 revenue.

Cost of Goods Sold

 

     Three Months           Nine Months        
     Ended September 30,           Ended September 30,        
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013     2012     % Change     2013     2012     % Change  

Cost of goods sold

   $ 2,759      $ 2,017        37   $ 7,078      $ 6,200        14

Percentage of total revenue

     14     27       16     35  

Cost of goods sold relate solely to Esbriet sales and included product manufacturing costs, distribution costs, inventory write-downs, internal supply chain management costs, amortization of acquired product rights and from January 2013, royalties payable to Shionogi. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, our cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenues has decreased when compared to the comparable periods in 2012 primarily reflecting economies of scale achieved from increased sales including the effect of spreading fixed costs over a broader base, and the absence in 2013 of any charges related to establishing additional manufacturing sources for Esbriet, offset by the inclusion of the Shionogi royalties in 2013.

Research and Development Expenses

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Research and development

   $ 27,316       $ 26,175         4   $ 80,723       $ 74,553         8

 

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The increased spending for research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same periods in 2012, is primarily due to an increase in the number of patients enrolled in our ASCEND trial, which was fully enrolled in January 2013.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Selling, general and administrative

   $ 35,219       $ 23,754         48   $ 102,468       $ 75,680         35

The increased spending for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same periods in 2012, is primarily attributed to the ongoing expansion of our European and Canadian infrastructures, including additional headcount.

Interest Income

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Interest income

   $ 93       $ 148         (37 )%    $ 345       $ 452         (24 )% 

The decrease in interest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the same periods in 2012 is due to higher balances in marketable securities in the comparable prior year periods.

Interest Expense

 

     Three Months           Nine Months        
     Ended September 30,           Ended September 30,        
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013     2012     % Change     2013     2012     % Change  

Interest expense

   $ (3,667   $ (2,031     81   $ (10,784   $ (6,473     67

The increase in interest expense is primarily due to the January 2013 issuance of our 2.5% convertible senior notes due 2017 of $120.8 million aggregate principal amount (the 2017 Notes).

Fair Value of Embedded Conversion Derivative

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Change in value of embedded conversion derivative

   $ —         $ —           —     $ 2,422       $ —           100

The embedded conversion derivative in the 2017 Notes was initially recorded at $36.9 million based on our fair value measurement at the January 2013 debt issuance date. On May 30, 2013, upon obtaining stockholder approval of additional authorized shares of our common stock, the derivative liability was marked to fair value and reclassified to stockholders’ equity. The expense of $2.4 million recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 primarily resulted from a decrease in our stock price during the period. The estimated fair value of the embedded conversion derivative was $34.5 million immediately prior to its reclassification to stockholders’ equity. Refer to Note 10 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the embedded conversion derivative in the 2017 Notes.

 

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Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013     2012      % Change  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

   $ —         $ —           —     $ (7,900   $ —           100

This loss is attributed to the extinguishment of the portion of our 2015 Notes repaid in connection with the issuance of our 2017 Notes in January 2013.

Other Income (Expense)

 

     Three Months            Nine Months        
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,        
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013     2012      % Change     2013     2012     % Change  

Other income (expense)

   $ (851   $ 975         (187 )%    $ (945   $ (149     534

Other expense in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 consisted primarily of currency gains and losses related to the unhedged portion of our non-dollar denominated balance sheet exposures in connection with our European expansion.

Discontinued operations

 

     Three Months            Nine Months         
     Ended September 30,            Ended September 30,         
(in thousands, except percentages)    2013      2012      % Change     2013      2012      % Change  

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

   $ 320       $ 84         281   $ 937       $ 34,139         (97 )% 

Income from discontinued operations reflects ongoing royalties received in connection with our previously divested Actimmune operations, net of related costs and intraperiod tax allocation expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash, cash equivalents and available for sale securities, cash generated from operations and proceeds from our convertible note and equity financings in June 2008, September 2011 and January 2013.

At September 30, 2013, our capital resources consisted of cash, cash equivalents and available for sale securities of $337.2 million. Based on our current expectations, we believe our existing cash, cash equivalents and available for sale securities will be sufficient to meet our planned operations through at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending to support our development and clinical efforts and strategic initiatives, the expansion of sales, marketing and administrative activities, the timing of introduction of our product into new markets and the continuing market acceptance of our products.

Certain of our available cash and cash equivalents are held in accounts managed by third party financial institutions and consist of invested cash and cash in our core operating accounts. The invested cash is invested in interest bearing funds managed by third party financial institutions. We can provide no assurances that access to our invested cash and cash equivalents will not be impacted by adverse conditions in the financial markets. In addition, at any point in time we could have balances that exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. While we monitor the cash balances in our operating accounts on a regular basis, these cash balances could be impacted and we may be unable to access our cash if the underlying financial institutions fail or if we become subject to other adverse conditions in the financial markets. To date we have not experienced a lack of access to cash in any of our third party financial institution accounts.

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we invest our excess cash in debt instruments of the U.S. federal and state governments and their agencies and high-quality corporate issuers, and, by policy, restrict our exposure by imposing concentration limits and credit worthiness requirements for all corporate issuers.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash used in operating activities was $161.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, comprised primarily of a net loss of $162.7 million and non-cash charges of $21.7 million primarily consisting of depreciation, stock-based compensation, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, changes in the fair value of our embedded derivative and loss on extinguishment of debt and working capital changes of $20.6 million.

 

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Cash used in operating activities was $128.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, comprised primarily of a net loss of $96.8 million which included $37.3 million of non-cash charges primarily consisting of depreciation, stock-based compensation and discontinued operations.

Cash used for our operations increased by $33.3 million compared to the same period in prior year. Details concerning the loss from operations can be found above in this Report under the heading “Results of Operations.”

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities was $31.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, and was comprised primarily of purchases of available-for-sale securities of $191.6 million, partially offset by maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities of $161.9 million.

Cash provided by investing activities was $13.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, comprised primarily of proceeds from the divestiture of Actimmune, as well as purchases of available-for-sale securities of $265.3 million, partially offset by sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $226.2 million.

Cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 increased $44.7 million compared to the same period in the prior year. The cash used for investing was primarily due to net purchases in available for sale securities of $9.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to proceeds received of $55.0 million resulting from the sale of Actimmune during the same period in 2012.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash provided by financing activities of $192.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was due to the registered underwritten public offering of 15,525,000 shares of our common stock and a concurrent registered underwritten public offering of $120.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% convertible senior notes due 2017. The aggregate net proceeds from these concurrent offerings were approximately $262.5 million. This was offset by the repurchase of $72.2 million of 5.0% convertible senior notes due 2015.

Cash provided by financing activities of $2.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was due to the issuance of stock to our employees under our employee benefit plans.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2013, we did not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See “Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Report.

 

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Interest Rate and Market Risk

The securities in our investment portfolio are not leveraged, are classified as available-for-sale and are, due to their short-term nature, subject to minimal interest rate risk. We currently do not hedge our interest rate risk exposure. Because of the short-term maturities of our investments, we do not believe that a change in market rates would have a significant negative impact on the value of our investment portfolio.

 

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The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing the income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments in a variety of securities, including obligations of U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, municipal notes which may have an auction reset feature, corporate notes and bonds, commercial paper, and money market funds. These securities are classified as available for sale and consequently are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with unrealized gains or losses reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Substantially all investments mature within approximately one year from the date of purchase. Our holdings of the securities of any one issuer, except obligations of U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, do not exceed 10% of the portfolio. If interest rates rise, the market value of our investments may decline, which could result in a realized loss if we are forced to sell an investment before its scheduled maturity. We do not utilize derivative financial instruments to manage our interest rate risks.

The table below presents the original principal amounts and weighted-average interest rates by year of maturity for our investment portfolio by contractual maturity (in millions, except percentages):

 

                                   Fair Value at  
                             2017 and     September  
     2013     2014     2015     2016     Beyond     Total     30, 2013  

Assets

              

Available-for-sale securities

   $ 189.0      $ 55.4      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 244.4      $ 244.5   

Average interest rate

     0.3     0.1     —       —       —       0.2     —  

Liabilities

              

5.0% convertible senior notes due 2015

   $ —        $ —        $ 18.4      $ —        $ —        $ 18.4      $ 21.5   

Average interest rate

     —       —       5.0     —       —       5.0     —  

2.5% convertible senior notes due 2017

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 120.8      $ 120.8      $ 170.1   

Average interest rate

     —       —       —       —       2.5     2.5     —  

2.5% convertible senior notes due 2018

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 155.3      $ 155.3      $ 140.4   

Average interest rate

     —       —       —       —       2.5     2.5     —  

Foreign Currency Market Risk

In connection with our continuing expansion efforts, we now conduct business throughout Europe in several currencies, including the euro, Swiss franc and British pound, among others. Therefore, we are exposed to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. To limit the exposure related to foreign currency changes, we enter into foreign currency contracts. We do not enter into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes.

We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to reduce the short-term effects of foreign currency fluctuations on assets and liabilities such as foreign currency receivables and payables. These derivatives are not designated as hedging instruments. Gains and losses on the contracts are included in other income (expense) and substantially offset foreign exchange gains and losses from the remeasurement of intercompany balances or other current assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the reporting entity.

Our foreign exchange forward contracts expose us to credit risk to the extent that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreement. We do, however, seek to mitigate such risks by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored. Management does not expect material losses as a result of defaults by counterparties.

 

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, or “disclosure controls.” This controls evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Disclosure controls are controls and procedures designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed to reasonably ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based upon the controls evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by this Report.

 

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate disclosure controls over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to management and our board of directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of published financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2013, the end of the period covered by this Report. As a result of this assessment, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of September 30, 2013. In making our assessment of internal control over financial reporting, we used the criteria issued in the report Internal Control-Integrated Framework by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “internal control over financial reporting” is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, an issuer’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the issuer’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

We previously identified a control deficiency under ASC 740, accounting for income taxes, related to an intraperiod tax allocation resulting from our sale of Actimmune on June 19, 2012. Our failure to correctly record this intraperiod tax allocation affected the presentation of income tax expense for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 and the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012. As a result, we restated our financial statements for these periods and have also restated our previous presentation of the comparable financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011. The resulting restatements are more fully described in Note 19 to the financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The control deficiency relates to a failure to completely review the tax consequences of complex and infrequent transactions, and we determined that this matter represented a material weakness in our internal control as of December 31, 2012. This control failure was discovered prior to both the public announcement of our earnings and the completion of the audit of our financial statements by Ernst & Young LLP for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

As a result of the material weakness, subsequent to December 31, 2012, we have strengthened our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to remediate the deficiencies that gave rise to the material weakness. Specifically, we implemented the following internal control improvements in the first quarter of 2013:

 

    Enhancing our procedures around the review and evaluation of the tax consequences of complex and infrequent transactions, and

 

    Increasing our utilization of, and liaison with, external consultants who specialize in providing taxation-related accounting assistance for complex and infrequent transactions.

As required by Rule 13a-15(d) of the Exchange Act, our management, including our CEO and CFO, conducted an evaluation of our “internal control over financial reporting” as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) to determine whether any changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on the effectiveness of controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our control systems will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected.

 

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the control system are met and may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting in future periods is subject to risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within InterMune have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system are met and, as set forth above, our CEO and CFO have concluded, based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Report, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system were met.

CEO and CFO Certifications

Attached as exhibits to this Report, there are “Certifications” of the CEO and the CFO required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Rule 13a-14(a) Certifications. This Controls and Procedures section of the Report includes the information concerning the controls evaluation referred to in the Rule 13a-14(a) Certifications and it should be read in conjunction with the Rule 13a-14(a) Certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Indemnity Agreement

On or about March 22, 2000, we entered into an Indemnity Agreement with W. Scott Harkonen M.D., who served as the Company’s chief executive officer until September 30, 2003. The Indemnity Agreement obligates us to hold harmless and indemnify Dr. Harkonen against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts Dr. Harkonen becomes legally obligated to pay because of any claim or claims made against him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational, administrative or investigative, to which Dr. Harkonen is a party by reason of the fact that he was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company. The Indemnity Agreement establishes exceptions to our indemnification obligation, including but not limited to claims “on account of Dr. Harkonen’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful misconduct,” claims “on account of Dr. Harkonen’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as constituting a breach of Dr. Harkonen’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to which Dr. Harkonen was not legally entitled,” and claims “for which payment is actually made to Dr. Harkonen under a valid and collectible insurance policy.” The Indemnity Agreement, however, obligates us to advance all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Dr. Harkonen in connection with such proceedings, subject to an undertaking by Dr. Harkonen to repay said amounts if it shall be determined ultimately that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Dr. Harkonen was named as a defendant in certain civil action lawsuits instituted against us where the various complaints that were filed alleged that we fraudulently misrepresented the medical benefits of Actimmune for the treatment of IPF and promoted Actimmune for IPF. Ultimately, these complaints were dismissed. However, Dr. Harkonen also became the target of the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the promotion and marketing of Actimmune. On March 18, 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. Harkonen on two felony counts related to alleged improper promotion and marketing of Actimmune during the time Dr. Harkonen was employed by us (the “Criminal Action”). The trial in the criminal case resulted in a jury verdict on September 29, 2009,

 

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finding Dr. Harkonen guilty of one count of wire fraud related to a press release issued on August 28, 2002, and acquitting him of a second count of a misbranding charge brought under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. On April 13, 2011, the Court denied Dr. Harkonen’s post-trial motions and sentenced Dr. Harkonen to three years of probation, including six months of home detention, 200 hours of community service and a fine of $20,000. The Court’s Judgment was filed on April 18, 2011. Dr. Harkonen appealed his conviction and sentence and the government cross-appealed his sentence. On March 4, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion affirming both the conviction and the sentence. Dr. Harkonen filed a petition for rehearing en banc which was denied by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on May 7, 2013. On August 5, 2013, Dr. Harkonen filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review by the United States Supreme Court. The government has obtained two extensions of its time to file a response to Dr. Harkonen’s petition, and its response currently is due to be filed on or before November 8, 2013. Under the terms of the Indemnity Agreement, we have an obligation to indemnify Dr. Harkonen for reasonable legal fees and costs incurred in connection with defending this action, including the petition for a writ of certiorari and any resulting review proceedings by the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to December 2008, insurers that issued directors & officers (“D&O”) liability insurance to the Company had advanced all of Dr. Harkonen’s expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action. Those insurers included National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA (“AIG”), Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Lloyd’s”), and Continental Casualty Company (“CNA”). On November 19, 2008, however, the insurer that issued a $5.0 million D&O insurance policy providing coverage excess of the monetary limits of coverage provided by AIG, Lloyd’s and CNA, Arch Specialty Insurance Company (“Arch”), advised the Company that the limits of the underlying coverage were expected to be depleted by approximately December 15, 2008; that Arch “disclaimed coverage” based on misstatements and misrepresentations allegedly made by Dr. Harkonen in documents provided in the application for the Arch policy and the underlying Lloyd’s policy; and that, based on that disclaimer, Arch would not be advancing any of Dr. Harkonen’s expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action.

As a result of Arch’s disclaimer of coverage and refusal to advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, the Company had, as of approximately December 15, 2008, become obligated to advance such expenses incurred by Dr. Harkonen in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action.

On January 13, 2009, we submitted to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) a Demand for Arbitration, InterMune, Inc. v. Arch Specialty Insurance Co., No. 74 194 01128 08 JEMO. Dr. Harkonen also is a party to the Arbitration. The Demand for Arbitration sought an award compelling Arch to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and the Criminal Action, and to advance other former officers’ legal fees and costs incurred in relation to the Department of Justice investigation.

The matter was heard by the arbitration panel and on May 29, 2009, the arbitration panel issued an Interim Arbitration Award granting our request for a partial award requiring Arch to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action. Arch subsequently advanced such fees and costs, including fees and costs previously paid by the Company. The question whether Arch ultimately will be required to cover the advanced fees and costs or, instead, may recoup those fees and costs as not covered by its policy, has not been determined. Unless and until the arbitration panel rules that such fees and costs are not covered, Arch remains obligated to advance such fees and costs. We expect that, should the United States Supreme Court deny Dr. Harkonen’s petition for writ of certiorari and leave the verdict and judgment against Dr. Harkonen intact, Arch will resume the arbitration and seek to recover all or some of the $5 million it advanced for Dr. Harkonen’s defense back from the Company and/or from Dr. Harkonen. At this time, we believe no change to the status of the Interim Arbitration Award or to the application of the D&O liability insurance in general has occurred due to the trial court judgment, and, therefore, we are unable to determine the amount of a loss or range of losses that we may incur and have not accrued for any such amounts in our financial statements associated with this matter.

In late 2009, Arch advised us that Arch had exhausted the $5.0 million limit of liability of the Arch D&O insurance policy, and that defense cost invoices submitted to Arch collectively exceed the Arch policy’s limit. The Company therefore advised the insurer that issued a $5.0 million D&O insurance policy providing coverage for the excess of the monetary limits of coverage provided by Arch, Old Republic Insurance Company (“Old Republic”), that the limits of the underlying coverage had been depleted, and we submitted invoices for legal services rendered on behalf of Dr. Harkonen and other individuals who were targets of the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation to Old Republic for payment. Old Republic agreed to advance Dr. Harkonen’s legal fees and costs incurred in the civil action lawsuits and Criminal Action, but declined to reimburse us for payments made on behalf of other individuals who were targets of the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation. In mid-2010, Old Republic advised us that Dr. Harkonen’s defense fees and costs had exhausted the $5.0 million limit of the Old Republic insurance policy as of the second quarter

 

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of 2010. There is no additional insurance coverage available to cover the cost of Dr. Harkonen’s continuing defense. Defense fees and costs incurred over and above this final $5.0 million of insurance coverage therefore are, in the absence of any available insurance, to be advanced by us pursuant to the terms of the Indemnity Agreement. We expect amounts to be paid by us to continue into the future until the Criminal Action is finally adjudicated; however, we are unable to predict what our total liability could be with any degree of certainty.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock is risky. Stockholders and potential purchasers of shares of our stock should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to other information and risk factors in this Report. We are identifying these risk factors as important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any written or oral forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of InterMune. We are relying upon the safe harbor for all forward-looking statements in this Report, and any such statements made by or on behalf of InterMune are qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements, as well as to those set forth elsewhere in this Report.

Risks Related to Our Dependence on Pirfenidone

We are dependent on the commercial success of Esbriet (pirfenidone) for the treatment of IPF in the European Union, other European countries and Canada, and on the regulatory approval of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF in the United States, which may never occur.

We commenced operations in 1998 and have incurred significant losses to date. Prior to launching commercial sales of Esbriet in the European Union, our revenue was limited primarily to sales of Actimmune derived from physicians’ prescriptions for the off-label use of Actimmune in the treatment of IPF and from upfront license fees and milestone payments in connection with our collaboration with Roche. On June 19, 2012, we completed the divestiture of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to Actimmune. In October 2010, we sold to Roche all of our worldwide rights to danoprevir and terminated our collaboration with Roche from which we had derived our collaboration revenue. As a result, our future success is currently dependent on the regulatory and commercial success of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF primarily in the EU and the United States. Effective February 2011, Esbriet (pirfenidone) was granted marketing authorization for commercial use in the 28 EU member states for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate IPF, and Esbriet has since been approved for marketing in Norway, Iceland and, most recently in October 2012, in Canada; however, pirfenidone is still under investigation for the treatment of IPF in the United States and has not been approved by the FDA.

Because we do not currently have a product candidate other than pirfenidone in clinical development, our future success is dependent on the continued development of our commercial operation in Europe to successfully commercialize Esbriet in the EU, as well as obtaining regulatory approval from the FDA to market pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF in the United States, and, if approved by the FDA, successfully commercializing pirfenidone in the United States. If we do not successfully commercialize Esbriet in the EU and/or receive regulatory approval in the United States for pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF, our ability to generate additional revenue will be jeopardized and, consequently, our business will be seriously harmed. We may not succeed in our commercial efforts in the EU, or, if approved by the FDA, in the United States, or we may never receive regulatory approval in the United States for pirfenidone, any of these will have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. In the near term, we may experience delays and unforeseen difficulties in the launch of Esbriet in one or more of the EU member states, including as a result of obtaining unfavorable pricing and/or reimbursement, which could negatively affect our stock price. We may also experience delays in obtaining regulatory approval in the United States for pirfenidone, if it is approved at all and our stock price may be negatively affected.

In addition, we anticipate incurring additional expenses and utilizing significant existing cash resources as we continue our commercialization efforts and commercial launch preparations for Esbriet, complete our Phase 3 ASCEND trial to support the approval of pirfenidone to treat IPF in the United States and continue to grow our operational capabilities, particularly in the EU. This represents a significant investment in the regulatory and commercial success of pirfenidone, which is uncertain.

We may also fail to develop future product candidates for the reasons stated in “Risks Related to the Development of Our Products and Product Candidates.” If this were to occur, we will continue to be dependent on the successful commercialization of pirfenidone, our development costs may increase and our ability to generate revenue could be impaired.

 

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The results of our ASCEND Phase 3 clinical trial may fail to demonstrate to the FDA sufficient efficacy of pirfenidone and may have a negative effect on sales of Esbriet in the European Union.

We have evaluated our clinical development options to gain FDA approval of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF within the United States, and we initiated an additional Phase 3 clinical trial known as the “ASCEND” trial during the second quarter of 2011. In January 2013, we completed enrollment in the ASCEND trial. We do not have a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, in place with the FDA for the ASCEND trial, and the results of this Phase 3 clinical trial, together with the results of our CAPACITY trials, may not be satisfactory to the FDA to support approval of pirfenidone. The ASCEND trial is a 52 week trial with forced vital capacity, or FVC, as the primary endpoint. In our meeting with the FDA in March 2011 relating to our plans for the ASCEND trial, the FDA indicated that it would prefer a trial with a longer duration (72 weeks) if designed with a FVC endpoint. While the FDA indicated that a 52 week trial with a FVC endpoint could support approval, the FDA further indicated that a trial with a FVC endpoint would need to provide supportive evidence of an effect on mortality. Consistent with our prior interactions with the FDA in connection with our CAPACITY clinical trials, the FDA indicated a preference for a mortality endpoint.

Whether data from our ASCEND trial when combined with the data from our CAPACITY trials will be sufficient to obtain FDA approval of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF will depend on the results from the trial and be the subject of review by the FDA at the time of our anticipated NDA resubmission. If the results of the ASCEND trial are not satisfactory to the FDA to support regulatory approval of pirfenidone in the United States, then we will not be able to sell Esbriet in the United States. Further, the publicity of a failure to obtain FDA approval for pirfenidone may negatively affect the sales of Esbriet in the EU and/or may be considered by EU regulatory agencies when assessing reimbursement for pirfenidone, which may lead to a reduction in the amount of reimbursement amounts in certain countries. Additionally, as in any clinical trial, discovery of unknown problems with pirfenidone in the ASCEND trial could negatively impact the approved safety and efficacy profile and result in possible reduced sales or product withdrawal in the EU. Because of our dependence on the commercial success of Esbriet in the EU, a negative outcome in the ASCEND trial or a negative regulatory outcome by the FDA could materially and adversely affect our business and prospects, including, but not limited to, negatively impacting the pricing and reimbursement guidelines for Esbriet in any country in the EU and thereby negatively impacting Esbriet revenue from such country. For additional risks related to clinical studies and government regulations, see the risks under “Risks Related to Government Regulation and Approval of Our Products and Product Candidates.”

Risks Related to the Commercialization of Our Products and Product Candidates

Our revenue from sales of Esbriet in the European Union is dependent upon the pricing and reimbursement guidelines adopted in each of the various countries in the European Union, which levels may fall well below our current expectations.

We have currently priced Esbriet in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the UK and have developed estimates of anticipated pricing in other countries in Europe. These estimates are our expectations, which are based upon the lethal nature of IPF, the lack of any approved therapies for IPF, the Orphan Drug designation of Esbriet, our perception of the overall cost benefit of Esbriet and the current pricing in the EU of therapies with a similar product profile, such as treatments for pulmonary hypertension. However, due to efforts to provide for containment of health care costs, one or more EU countries may not support our estimated level of governmental pricing and reimbursement for Esbriet, particularly in light of the budget crises faced by a number of countries in the EU, which would negatively impact anticipated revenue from Esbriet in the EU. For example, in December 2011, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (the “IQWiG”), a non-profit private foundation established in Germany to provide advisory evaluations of the benefits and costs of medical interventions to Germany’s Federal Joint Committee (the “G-BA”), published its report on the benefit assessment of Esbriet concluding that there is no additional benefit of pirfenidone for the treatment of mild to moderate IPF. We subsequently submitted a detailed response to the IQWiG concerning the assumptions and methodology applied by the IQWiG in its assessment, and, in March 2012, the G-BA concluded that Esbriet does provide additional benefit (not quantifiable) for the treatment of mild to moderate IPF. In July 2012, we announced the early conclusion of negotiations for the reimbursement price of Esbriet in Germany such that effective September 15, 2012 and until September 15, 2014, the net ex-factory Esbriet price in Germany will be 26,999 €, per patient per year, representing an approximate 11% discount from the previous price at which Esbriet was launched in Germany. Such pricing is subject to the rules of the German Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products which provide that terms for an orphan drug must be re-evaluated following the drug’s costs to the German health system of 50 million Euros in any 12-month period. Therefore, upon the earlier of such re-evaluation or September 15, 2014, the G-BA may lower its reimbursement guidelines with respect to Esbriet necessitating that we lower our pricing of Esbriet, which would also negatively impact anticipated revenue from Esbriet in Germany.

 

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In addition, in April 2012, the Transparency Commission of the French National Health Authority, the French agency responsible for assessing medicinal products and advising the health authorities on whether those products provide sufficient benefit to be covered by French National Health Insurance, issued a favorable opinion for the reimbursement of Esbriet by French National Health Insurance. The Transparency Commission noted that no other treatment provided evidence of a clinical benefit in IPF and considering all available information, Esbriet was granted an Amélioration du Service Medical Rendu (“ASMR”) rating of level IV. ASMR is a rating of added clinical value in comparison with existing therapies. The Transparency Commission focused on the risk/benefit ratio for assessing the actual medical benefit (SMR), and rated the SMR as “Low.” In general the recommended reimbursement rate by France’s National Social Security for a product with “Low” SMR rating is 15%. However, diseases requiring a long-term, expensive treatment may be classified as ALD (Affection de Longue Durée—Long Term Diseases) in France. With respect to ALD, patients are fully reimbursed by the National Social Security for most costs related to these diseases (hospitalizations, lab tests, medicines, etc.), regardless of the SMR rating for such medicines (as long as it is not a SMR rating of “Insufficient”). The ALD program covers more than 100 specific diseases, reported either in an explicit list of 30 disease categories or in an additional “catch all” category for other serious, expensive diseases lasting more than six months. Examples of the broad disease categories are cancers, cystic fibrosis and multiple sclerosis. The official list of illnesses classified as ALD is reviewed annually by the government and the determination of whether a patient in France has an ALD will be made by the patient’s physician in collaboration with the health authority. Most orphan diseases are directly or indirectly recognized as ALD. IPF is not included on the explicit list of the 30 diseases classified as ALD. We expect that IPF will fall into the ALD “catch all” category for other serious, expensive diseases lasting more than six months. If the criteria for the “catch all” category change and/or if IPF does not qualify as an ALD, IPF patients may not be fully reimbursed for the use of Esbriet for the treatment of IPF which may lead to decrease in Esbriet utilization and negatively impact our ability to generate revenue from Esbriet sales in France.

In June 2013, the Board of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA) approved the pricing and reimbursement conditions for Esbriet. The agreement with AIFA specifies that Esbriet may be prescribed by pulmonologists. Esbriet will be reimbursed as a Hospital Product, Class H, and will be distributed, similarly to other specialty products, by the pharmacies of the hospitals designated by the Regions and Autonomous Provinces. Patients treated with Esbriet therapy will be recorded in a registry designed and maintained by AIFA to collect patient data and to ensure appropriate patient selection to fit the approved label. Most medicines marketed to specialists in Italy are monitored via a similar registry. Reimbursement for Esbriet will be provided under a risk-sharing arrangement, similar to the “Payment for Performance” system already in place for many specialty medicines in Italy. Patients’ forced vital capacity (FVC) will be measured at six months post initiation of Esbriet therapy. Patients whose percent predicted FVC declines, in absolute terms, by 10 percent or more during the first six-month treatment period will not be eligible for reimbursement and their cost of therapy during their treatment period will be credited to the National Health Care System. We expect that between 10% and 15% of patients that initiate therapy will have such an FVC decline.

With respect to England and Wales, the NICE Appraisal Committee recommended pirfenidone as an option for treating IPF patients whose forced vital capacity (FVC) is between 50% and 80% of predicted at the initiation of therapy and treatment with pirfenidone for these patients should be discontinued if there is evidence of disease progression (as defined by a decline in percentage predicted FVC of 10% or more within any 12-month period). Based on the clinical study experience with Esbriet, we expect that between 10% and 15% of patients could meet this definition of disease progression in a given 12-month period.

Finally, while we were awarded reimbursement in Sweden, it was limited to the sub-population of patients with a FVC lower than 80% of predicted. While we deem these restrictions in Sweden as limiting only modestly the overall business potential of Esbriet in Europe and worthwhile considering the favorable price achieved, they may result in the pursuit by other European countries of a similar approach and a higher loss of Esbriet volume than anticipated, which would negatively impact revenue from Esbriet in such countries.

An unfavorable outcome following the pricing and reimbursement review period in any country in the EU may result in lower than expected pricing and reimbursement guidelines in such country, as well as the other countries in the EU, which would adversely impact the anticipated revenue from Esbriet in the EU.

Furthermore, in various countries in the EU, we may be subject to additional negotiated and confidential governmental discounts which, while customary and routine for reimbursed drugs in these countries, may also adversely impact our realized Esbriet price in the EU.

 

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Expansion of our commercial infrastructure in the European Union is a significant undertaking that requires substantial financial and managerial resources, and we may not be successful in our efforts. We may also continue to encounter unexpected or unforeseen delays in establishing a commercial infrastructure in the European Union, which may negatively impact our timing of and ability to launch our commercial efforts for Esbriet.

Effective February 2011, the European Commission granted marketing authorization for Esbriet (pirfenidone) in adults for the treatment of mild to moderate IPF. The approval authorizes marketing of Esbriet in all 28 EU member states. We launched commercial sales of Esbriet in Germany in September 2011 and subsequently in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the UK. With respect to Spain and the Netherlands, economic conditions in Spain and health care system changes in the Netherlands have caused delay and have made it challenging to predict the date by which a company can expect to conclude pricing and reimbursement for a new product. We currently expect to provide an update on the pricing and reimbursement discussions on Esbriet in Spain and the Netherlands in the first half of 2014. A commercial launch of this size is a significant undertaking that requires substantial financial and managerial resources. To support our anticipated marketing efforts in Europe, we are currently working to expand our commercial infrastructure within the EU, including an increase to our employee headcount in that region and the establishment of our European headquarters in Muttenz, Switzerland. Further, in December 2010, we transferred all of our non-U.S. rights to research, develop and commercialize pirfenidone for IPF to our wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary, InterMune International AG. However, in order to successfully launch our commercial operations, we will need to increase the number of our managerial, operational, financial and other employees in the EU, which will require additional financial resources and require significant management attention. We may not be successful in establishing a commercial operation in the EU (including, but not limited to, failing to attract, retain and motivate the necessary skilled personnel and failing to develop a successful marketing strategy), the effect of which will have a negative outcome on our ability to commercialize Esbriet and generate revenue from the sale of Esbriet.

Additionally, we may encounter further unexpected or unforeseen delays in establishing our commercial operations that delay the launch of our commercial operations in one or more EU member states. These further delays may further increase the cost of and the resources required for successful commercialization of Esbriet in the EU. Given our limited commercial history, we do not have significant experience in a commercial launch of this size.

Even if regulatory authorities approve our products or product candidates for the treatment of the diseases that we are targeting, our products may not be marketed or commercially successful.

The development of our products and product candidates is an expensive process, and we anticipate that the annual cost of treatment for the diseases for which we are seeking approval will be significant. These costs will vary for different diseases based on the dosage and method of administration. Accordingly, we may decide not to market any of our products or product candidates for an approved disease because we believe that it may not be commercially successful. Market acceptance of and demand for our products and product candidates, including Esbriet in the EU, will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:

 

    cost of treatment;

 

    pricing and availability of alternative products;

 

    our ability to obtain third-party coverage or reimbursement for our products or product candidates to treat a particular disease;

 

    perceived efficacy relative to other available therapies;

 

    shifts in the medical community to new treatment paradigms or standards of care;

 

    relative convenience and ease of administration; and

 

    prevalence and severity of adverse side effects associated with treatment.

In addition, we are still in the relatively early stages of Esbriet commercialization in most of the countries in Europe and Canada and continue to have limited information with regard to the market acceptance of Esbriet. As a result, we may have to revise our estimates regarding the acceptance of Esbriet under our current pricing structure, reevaluate and/or change the current pricing for Esbriet. For more information, please see the risk factor above titled “Our revenue from sales of Esbriet in the EU is dependent upon the pricing and reimbursement guidelines adopted in each of the various countries in the EU, which levels may fall well below our current expectations.”

 

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The pricing and profitability of our products may be subject to control by the government and other third-party payors, and if third-party payors do not provide coverage or reimburse patients for Esbriet or our other current or future products, our revenue and prospects for profitability will suffer.

The pricing and profitability of our products may be subject to control by the government and other third-party payors. In many foreign markets, the pricing and/or profitability of prescription pharmaceuticals are subject to governmental control. In the United States, we expect that there will continue to be federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental controls, such as the omnibus healthcare reform legislation recently adopted by the U.S. government. As a result, our ability to successfully commercialize Esbriet or other product candidates for particular diseases, is highly dependent on the extent to which coverage and reimbursement for such products is available from:

 

    private health insurers, including managed care organizations;

 

    governmental payors, such as state-run payors in the EU and Canada, as well as federal programs/payors such as Medicaid, the U.S. Public Health Service Agency and Veterans’ Administration; and

 

    other third-party payors.

The continuing efforts of governmental and other third-party payors to contain or reduce the cost of healthcare through various means may adversely affect our ability to successfully commercialize our products. If governmental and other third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for Esbriet, or our other current or future products, market acceptance of our products will be reduced, and our sales will suffer. For example, in July 2012, we announced the early conclusion of negotiations for the reimbursement price of Esbriet (pirfenidone) in Germany such that effective September 15, 2012 and until September 15, 2014, the net ex-factory Esbriet price in Germany will be 26,999 €, per patient per year, representing an approximate 11% discount from the current price. Such pricing is subject to the rules of the German Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products which provide that terms for an orphan drug must be re-evaluated following the drug’s costs to the German health system of 50 million Euros in any 12-month period. Therefore, upon the earlier of such re-evaluation or September 15, 2014, the G-BA may lower its reimbursement guidelines with respect to Esbriet necessitating that we lower our pricing of Esbriet, which would also negatively impact revenue from Esbriet in Germany. In addition, with respect to England and Wales, the NICE Appraisal Committee recommended pirfenidone as an option for treating IPF patients whose FVC is between 50% and 80% of predicted at the initiation of therapy and treatment with pirfenidone for these patients should be discontinued if there is evidence of disease progression (as defined by a decline in percentage predicted FVC of 10% or more within any 12-month period). Based on the clinical study experience with Esbriet, we expect that between 10% and 15% of patients could meet this definition of disease progression in a given 12-month period. Finally, with respect to Italy, reimbursement for Esbriet will be provided under a risk-sharing arrangement where patients’ forced vital capacity (FVC) will be measured at six months post initiation of Esbriet therapy. Patients whose percentage predicted FVC declines, in absolute terms, by 10 percent or more during the first six-month treatment period will not be eligible for reimbursement and their cost of therapy during their treatment period will be credited to the National Health Care System. We expect that approximately 15 percent of patients that initiate therapy will have such a FVC decline.

The activities of competitive drug companies, or others, may limit our products’ revenue potential or render them obsolete.

Our commercial opportunities will be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop or market products that, compared to our products or product candidates:

 

    are more effective;

 

    have fewer or less severe adverse side effects;

 

    are better tolerated;

 

    have better patient compliance;

 

    receive better reimbursement terms;

 

    are more accepted by physicians;

 

    are more adaptable to various modes of dosing;

 

    have better distribution channels;

 

    are easier to administer; or

 

    are less expensive, including but not limited to a generic version of pirfenidone.

 

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Even if we are successful in developing effective drugs, our products may not compete effectively with our competitors’ current or future products. We expect that Esbriet may compete in the EU and, if approved by the FDA in the U.S., may compete with other products that are being developed for the treatment of IPF, including possible generic versions of pirfenidone in the U.S., EU and potentially other markets following the expiration of, or in the absence of market exclusivity. Pirfenidone has no composition of matter patent protection. Unless we have (i) Orphan Drug designation, (ii) data exclusivity protection or (iii) other types of patent protection in a particular jurisdiction, we may face competition from a lower cost generic version of pirfenidone in such a jurisdiction. In addition, there are many pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, public and private universities, government agencies and research organizations actively engaged in research and development of products, some of which may target the same indications as our product candidates. For example, in December 2010, Gilead entered into an agreement to acquire Arresto whereby Gilead gained access to Arresto’s Phase 1 humanized monoclonal antibody compound, AB0024, currently in clinical development for the treatment of IPF. In 2011, Bristol-Myers Squibb purchased Amira Pharmaceuticals and acquired their LPA1 receptor antagonist for study as a potential treatment of IPF. Additionally, Boehringer Ingelheim, or BI, has published phase 2 data for BIBF-1120 (nintedanib), a triple kinase inhibitor that has showed some potential efficacy at high doses in IPF. BI has publicly posted its Phase 3 trial design for BIBF-1120 in IPF and patient enrollment in its trial is complete. BI may announce its results for its trial as early as the fourth quarter of 2013. Furthermore, there are at least seven products in various stages of phase 2 development for IPF, including CC-4047 and CC-930 from Celgene, CNTO-888 from Janssen (J&J), FG-3019 from Fibrogen, GC-1008 from Sanofi, QAX-576 from Novartis and STX-100 from Biogen Idec (acquirer of Stromedix)). Finally, the National Institutes of Health sponsored the PANTHER trial to evaluate the use of NAC (N-acetylcysteine) (a generic drug) versus placebo in the treatment of IPF patients. The trial is underway and completed its enrollment. If NAC is shown to be an effective treatment for IPF, it may create competition in some territories. Since NAC is a generic product, this may create pressure on volume and prices of Esbriet. Our competitors include larger, more established, fully integrated pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies that have substantially greater capital resources, existing competitive products, larger research and development staffs and facilities, greater experience in drug development and in obtaining regulatory approvals and greater marketing capabilities than we do.

Risks Related to the Development of Our Products and Product Candidates

Drug development is a long, expensive and uncertain process, and delay or failure can occur at any stage of any of our clinical trials.

To gain approval to market a product for the treatment of a specific disease, we must provide the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities with clinical data that adequately demonstrate the safety and efficacy of that product for the intended indication applied for in the NDA or respective regulatory file. Drug development is a long, expensive and uncertain process, and delay or failure can occur at any stage of any of our clinical trials. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology companies, have suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials, even after promising results in earlier preclinical or clinical trials. These setbacks have been caused by, among other things, preclinical findings made while clinical studies were underway and safety or efficacy observations made in clinical studies. Success in preclinical testing and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and the results of clinical trials by other parties may not be indicative of the results in trials we may conduct. For example, in March 2007, we terminated our development of Actimmune for patients with IPF as a result of our decision to discontinue the INSPIRE trial on the recommendation of the study’s independent DMC. For specific risks related to the pirfenidone development program, please see the risk factor titled “If our clinical trials fail to demonstrate to the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities that any of our products or product candidates are safe and effective for the treatment of particular diseases, the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may require us to conduct additional clinical trials or may not grant us marketing approval for such products or product candidates for those diseases” below.

We do not know whether future clinical trials will be initiated, or will be completed on schedule, or at all.

The commencement or completion of any of our clinical trials may be delayed, halted, or discontinued for numerous reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    patients do not enroll in clinical trials at the rate we expect;

 

    the FDA or other regulatory authorities do not approve a clinical trial protocol or place a clinical trial on clinical hold;

 

    we may not be able to identify or develop a product candidate that can be successful for clinical development;

 

    patients experience adverse side effects or unsafe toxicity levels;

 

    patients withdraw or die during a clinical trial for a variety of reasons, including adverse events associated with the advanced stage of their disease and medical problems that may or may not be related to our products or product candidates;

 

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    the interim results of the clinical trial are inconclusive or negative;

 

    our trial design, although approved, is inadequate to demonstrate safety and/or efficacy;

 

    third-party clinical investigators do not perform our clinical trials on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical trial protocol and good clinical practices or other third-party organizations do not perform data collection and analysis in a timely or accurate manner;

 

    our contract laboratories fail to follow good laboratory practices; or

 

    sufficient quantities of the trial drug are not available.

In particular, we experienced a delay in the completion of our enrollment in our ASCEND clinical trial resulting from slower than anticipated patient enrollment. Our development costs will further increase if we have further material delays in our current clinical trials for pirfenidone or if we need to perform more or larger clinical trials than as may be initially planned for future product candidates. For example, in mid-2013, we initiated our PANORAMA trial, a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2 clinical study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of N–acetylcysteine (NAC) in patients with IPF and who are being treated with Esbriet. We have also taken steps to initiate our LOTUSS trial, a Phase 2, multinational, open-label, randomized, parallel-group, designed to study the safety and tolerability of pirfenidone in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease. Any delays in enrollment or modifications to trial design for either of these studies would increase our development costs. If there are any significant delays for any of our other current or planned clinical trials, our business, financial condition, financial results and the commercial prospects for our products and product candidates will be harmed, and our prospects for profitability will be impaired. In addition, delays or discontinuations of our clinical trials could require us to cease development efforts of a product candidate in part or altogether, which will harm our business or financial condition and the commercial prospects for such product and product candidate.

Risks Related to Government Regulation and Approval of our Products and Product Candidates

If our clinical trials fail to demonstrate to the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities that any of our products or product candidates are safe and effective for the treatment of particular diseases, the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may require us to conduct additional clinical trials or may not grant us marketing approval for such products or product candidates for those diseases.

We are not permitted to market our product candidates in the United States until we receive approval of an NDA from the FDA, or in any foreign countries until we receive the requisite approval from such countries. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of any product candidate for a target indication, we must demonstrate with evidence gathered in preclinical and well-controlled clinical trials, and, with respect to approval in the United States, to the satisfaction of the FDA and, with respect to approval in other countries, similar regulatory authorities in those countries, that the product candidate is safe and effective for use for that target indication and that the manufacturing facilities, processes and controls are adequate. Our failure to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of any of our products or product candidates for the treatment of particular diseases may delay or prevent our receipt of the FDA’s and foreign regulatory authorities’ approval and, ultimately, may prevent commercialization of our products and product candidates for those diseases. The FDA and foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in deciding whether, based on the benefits and risks in a particular disease, any of our products or product candidates should be granted approval for the treatment of that particular disease. Even if we believe that a clinical trial or trials have demonstrated the safety and statistically significant efficacy of any of our products or product candidates for the treatment of a disease, the results may not be satisfactory to the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities. Preclinical and clinical data can be interpreted by the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities, including their advisory committees, in different ways, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. In addition, even if advisory committees to the FDA recommend approval of our product candidates, such recommendations are non-binding and the FDA may not approve our NDA for the product candidates. For example, nine of the twelve members of the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee, or PADAC, of the FDA recommended approval of pirfenidone to reduce decline in lung function in patients with IPF. However, notwithstanding the PADAC approval recommendation, we subsequently received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA requesting an additional clinical trial to support the efficacy of pirfenidone. If regulatory delays are significant or regulatory approval is limited or denied altogether, our financial results and the commercial prospects for those of our products or product candidates involved will be harmed, and our prospects for profitability will be significantly impaired.

 

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Our CAPACITY trials were conducted without a SPA with the FDA. The FDA’s SPA process creates a written agreement between the sponsoring company and the FDA regarding clinical study design and other clinical study issues that can be used to support approval of a product candidate. We did not obtain a SPA agreement with the FDA and therefore there was no assurance that the results would provide a sufficient basis in the view of the FDA for the FDA to grant regulatory approval of a new drug application for pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF. In addition, while the FDA will consider and approve NDAs based on various endpoints, the FDA had indicated that mortality is the ideal endpoint for IPF clinical trials. We designed and conducted CAPACITY 1 and CAPACITY 2 based on FVC change as the primary endpoint, as opposed to mortality. The FDA had advised us that they were uncertain as to what would constitute a clinically meaningful treatment effect of pirfenidone on this endpoint and reviewed the effect of pirfenidone not only based on FVC change but also based on the totality of the data, including the effect of pirfenidone on all of the specified efficacy endpoints as well as the safety data to help determine the risk-benefit profile of pirfenidone in IPF patients. The primary endpoint of FVC change was met with statistical significance in CAPACITY 2 but not in CAPACITY 1. Therefore, we did not replicate the efficacy of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF in a second pivotal study. Moreover, because the data base for the Shionogi Phase 3 study was not included in our NDA, the FDA did not consider this study to support the efficacy of pirfenidone. Rather the adequacy of our application to support the efficacy of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF was determined by the FDA during the review of our NDA. While in our view the totality of the data from CAPACITY 1 and CAPACITY 2 support the efficacy and safety of pirfenidone in IPF, the FDA disagreed with our view and decided that such data does not adequately support approval of our NDA filing and issued to us a Complete Response Letter on May 4, 2010 requesting an additional clinical trial to support the efficacy of pirfenidone in IPF. We began a new Phase 3 clinical study, the ASCEND trial, during the second quarter of 2011. We did not obtain a SPA agreement with the FDA with respect to the ASCEND trial. The results of this Phase 3 clinical trial may not be satisfactory to the FDA to receive regulatory approval. For additional information related to the risk of the Phase 3 clinical study, please see the risk factor under the caption “Risks Related to Our Dependence on Pirfenidone—We have initiated the ASCEND Phase 3 clinical trial to support potential FDA approval of pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF, the results of which may fail to demonstrate to the FDA sufficient efficacy of pirfenidone and may have a negative effect on sales of Esbriet in the European Union.”

We are subject to extensive and rigorous governmental regulation, including the requirement of FDA or other regulatory approval before our products and product candidates may be lawfully marketed.

Both before and after the approval or our product candidates and product, we, our product candidates, our product, our operations, our facilities, our suppliers, and our contract manufacturers, contract research organizations, and contract testing laboratories are subject to extensive regulation by governmental authorities in the United States and other countries, with regulations differing from country to country. In the United States, the FDA regulates, among other things, the pre-clinical testing, clinical trials, manufacturing, safety, efficacy, potency, labeling, storage, record keeping, quality systems, advertising, promotion, sale and distribution of therapeutic products. Failure to comply with applicable requirements could result in, among other things, one or more of the following actions: notices of violation, untitled letters, warning letters, fines and other monetary penalties, unanticipated expenditures, delays in approval or refusal to approve a product candidate; product recall or seizure; interruption of manufacturing or clinical trials; operating restrictions; injunctions; and criminal prosecution. We, the FDA, or an institutional review board may suspend or terminate human clinical trials at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Any failure to receive the marketing approvals necessary to commercialize our product candidates could harm our business.

The regulatory review and approval process of governmental authorities is lengthy, expensive and uncertain, and regulatory standards may change during the development of a particular product candidate. We are not permitted to market our product candidates in the United States or other countries until we have received requisite regulatory approvals. The FDA review process typically takes significant time to complete and approval is never guaranteed. If a product is approved, the FDA may limit the indications for which the product may be marketed, require extensive warnings on the product labeling, impose restricted distribution programs, require expedited reporting of certain adverse events, or require costly ongoing requirements for post-marketing clinical studies and surveillance or other risk management measures to monitor the safety or efficacy of the product. Markets outside of the United States such as the EU also have requirements for approval of drug candidates with which we must comply prior to marketing. Obtaining regulatory approval for marketing of a product candidate in one country does not ensure we will be able to obtain regulatory approval in other countries, but a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in other countries. Also, any regulatory approval of any of our products or product candidates, once obtained, may be withdrawn.

The FDA has increased its attention to product safety concerns in light of recent high profile safety issues with certain drug products, in the United States. Moreover, heightened Congressional scrutiny on the adequacy of the FDA’s drug approval process and the agency’s efforts to assure the safety of marketed drugs has resulted in proposed agency initiatives and new legislation addressing drug safety issues. If adopted, any new legislation or agency initiatives could result in delays or increased costs during the period of product development, clinical trials and regulatory review and approval, as well as increased costs to assure compliance with any new post-approval regulatory requirements. These restrictions or requirements could require us to conduct costly studies.

 

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In addition, we, our suppliers, our operations, our facilities, our contract manufacturers, our contract research organizations, and our contract testing laboratories are required to comply with extensive FDA requirements both before and after approval of our products. For example, we are required to report certain adverse reactions and production problems, if any, to the FDA, and to comply with certain requirements concerning advertising and promotion for our product candidates and our products. Also, quality control and manufacturing procedures must continue to conform to current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, regulations after approval, and the FDA periodically inspects manufacturing facilities to assess compliance with cGMP. Accordingly, we and others with whom we work must continue to expend time, money, and effort in all areas of regulatory compliance, including manufacturing, production, and quality control. In addition, discovery of safety issues may result in changes in labeling or restrictions on a product manufacturer or NDA holder, including removal of the product from the market.

Our failure or alleged failure to comply with federal, state and foreign laws governing anti-kickback, false claims and anti-corruption could result in civil and/or criminal sanctions and/or harm our business.

If we market product in the United States in the future, we will be subject to various federal and state laws pertaining to health care “fraud and abuse” including anti-kickback laws and false claims laws. Subject to certain exceptions, the anti-kickback laws make it illegal for a prescription drug manufacturer to knowingly and willfully solicit, offer, receive or pay any remuneration in exchange for, or to induce, the referral of business, including the purchase or prescription of a particular drug. The federal government has published regulations that identify “safe harbors” or exemptions for certain payment arrangements that do not violate the anti-kickback statutes. Due to the breadth of the statutory provisions and the absence of guidance in the form of regulations or court decisions addressing some of our practices, it is possible that our practices might be challenged under anti-kickback or similar laws. False claims laws prohibit anyone from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, for payment to third party payors (including Medicare and Medicaid) claims for reimbursed drugs or services that are false or fraudulent, claims for items or services not provided as claimed or claims for medically unnecessary items or services. Our activities relating to the reporting of wholesaler or estimated retail prices for our products, the reporting of Medicaid rebate information and other information affecting federal and state and third-party payment for our products, and the sale and marketing of our products, could become subject to scrutiny under these laws. In addition, pharmaceutical companies have been prosecuted under the False Claims Act in connection with their “off-label” promotion of drugs.

We are subject to similar laws in foreign countries where we conduct business. For example, within the EU, the control of unlawful marketing activities is a matter of national law in each of the member states. The member states of the EU closely monitor perceived unlawful marketing activity by companies. We could face civil, criminal and administrative sanctions if any member state determines that we have breached our obligations under its national laws. Industry associations also closely monitor the activities of member companies. If these organizations or authorities name us as having breached our obligations under their regulations, rules or standards, our reputation would suffer and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We are also subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-corruption laws, and similar laws in foreign countries, such as the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, which became effective on July 1, 2011. In general, there is a worldwide trend to strengthen anticorruption laws and their enforcement. Any violation of these laws by us or our agents or distributors could create a substantial liability for us, subject our officers and directors to personal liability and also cause a loss of reputation in the market. Becoming familiar with and implementing the infrastructure necessary to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable to new business activities and mitigate and protect against corruption risks could be quite costly. In addition, failure by us or our agents or distributors to comply with these laws, rules and regulations could delay our expansion and could adversely affect our business.

If we are alleged to have violated, or are convicted of violating, these laws, there could be a material adverse effect on us, including a substantial fine, decline in our stock price, or both. Our activities could be subject to challenge for the reasons discussed above and due to the broad scope of these laws and the increasing attention being given to them by law enforcement authorities.

 

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Risks Related to Manufacturing and Our Dependence on Third Parties

The manufacturing and manufacturing development of our products and product candidates present technological, logistical and regulatory risks, each of which may adversely affect our potential revenue.

The manufacturing and manufacturing development of pharmaceuticals are technologically and logistically complex and heavily regulated by the FDA and other governmental authorities. The manufacturing and manufacturing development of our products and product candidates present many risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    It may not be technically feasible to scale up an existing manufacturing process to meet demand or such scale-up may take longer than anticipated; and

 

    Failure to comply with strictly enforced good manufacturing practices regulations and similar foreign standards may result in delays in product approval or withdrawal of an approved product from the market. For example, the FDA has conducted routine inspections of our manufacturing contractors, and some were issued a standard “notice of observations.” Failure to correct any deficiency could result in manufacturing delays.

Any of these factors could delay clinical trials, regulatory submissions and/or commercialization of our products for particular diseases, interfere with current sales, entail higher costs and result in our being unable to effectively sell our product and, in the future, our product candidates.

Our manufacturing strategy, which relies on third-party manufacturers, exposes us to additional risks as a result of which we may lose potential revenue.

We do not have the resources, facilities or experience to manufacture our product or any of our product candidates ourselves. Completion of our clinical trials and commercialization of our products requires access to, or development of, manufacturing facilities that meet FDA standards to manufacture a sufficient supply of our products. The FDA, the EU and foreign regulatory authorities must approve facilities that manufacture our products for commercial purposes, as well as the manufacturing processes and specifications for the product. We depend on third parties for the manufacture of our product candidates for preclinical and clinical purposes, and we rely on third parties with FDA-approved manufacturing facilities for the manufacture of Esbriet for commercial purposes. We have a long-term supply contract with Signa C.V. and ACIC Fine Chemicals Inc. for Esbriet active pharmaceutical ingredient and a contract with Catalent for the manufacture of the drug product for Esbriet. However, if we do not perform our obligations under these agreements, these agreements may be terminated.

Our manufacturing strategy for our products and product candidates presents many risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    If market demand for our products is less than our purchase obligations to our manufacturers, we may incur substantial penalties and substantial inventory write-offs.

 

    Manufacturers of our product and our product candidates are subject to ongoing periodic inspections by the EU, FDA and other regulatory authorities for compliance with strictly enforced good manufacturing practices regulations and similar foreign standards, and we do not have control over our third-party manufacturers’ compliance with these regulations and standards.

 

    When we need to change third party manufacturers of a particular pharmaceutical product, the EU, FDA and foreign regulatory authorities must approve the new manufacturers’ facilities and processes prior to our use or sale of products it manufactures for us. This requires demonstrated compatibility of product, process and testing and compliance inspections. Delays in transferring manufacturing technology between third parties could delay clinical trials, regulatory submissions and commercialization of our product candidates.

 

    Our manufacturers might not be able or may refuse to fulfill our commercial or clinical trial needs, which would require us to seek new manufacturing arrangements and may result in substantial delays in meeting market or clinical trial demands. For example, our current long-term supply contract with Signa C.V. and ACIC Fine Chemicals Inc. for the active pharmaceutical ingredient for Esbriet does not impose any obligation on Signa C.V. or ACIC Fine Chemicals Inc. to reserve a minimum annual capacity for the production of such ingredient, which could impair our ability to obtain product from them in a timely fashion.

 

    We may not have intellectual property rights, or may have to share intellectual property rights, to any improvements in the manufacturing processes or new manufacturing processes for our products.

 

    Our product costs may increase if our manufacturers pass their increasing costs of manufacture on to us.

 

    If third-party manufacturers do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or meet expected deadlines, we may not be able to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals for our products and product candidates and we may experience stock-outs. This would adversely impact our ability to successfully commercialize our products and product candidates. Furthermore, we may not be able to locate any necessary acceptable replacement manufacturers or enter into favorable agreements with such replacement manufacturers in a timely manner, if at all.

 

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    If our agreement with a third-party manufacturer expires, we may not be able to renegotiate a new agreement with that manufacturer on favorable terms, if at all. If we cannot successfully complete such renegotiation, we may not be able to locate any necessary acceptable replacement manufacturers or enter into favorable agreements with such replacement manufacturers in a timely manner, if at all.

Any of these factors could delay clinical trials, regulatory submissions or commercialization of our products for particular diseases, interfere with current sales, entail higher costs and result in our being unable to effectively sell our products.

A disruption in our ability to ship Esbriet from our packaging facilities to our distributor in the European Union or a disruption in our distribution channels in the European Union could result in significant product delays and adversely affect our results.

We currently ship Esbriet from packaging facilities to our distributor in the EU. A disruption in our ability to ship Esbriet to our distributor in the EU or a disruption in our distribution channels in the EU for any reason, including as a result of a natural disaster, terrorism or failure of our commercial carrier, could result in product delivery delays. If this were to occur, we may be unable to satisfy customer orders on a timely basis, if at all. A significant disruptive event to our ability to distribute Esbriet could adversely affect our ability to generate revenue from Esbriet and materially affect our business and results of operations.

We rely on third parties to conduct clinical trials for our product and product candidates, and those third parties may not perform satisfactorily.

If our third-party contractors do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or meet expected deadlines, we may be delayed in or prevented from obtaining regulatory approvals for our products and product candidates, and may not be able to successfully commercialize our products and product candidates for targeted diseases. We do not have the ability to independently conduct clinical trials for all of our products and product candidates, and we rely on third parties such as contract research organizations, medical institutions and clinical investigators to perform this function. For example, we use contract research organizations to conduct our new Phase 3 ASCEND trial for pirfenidone. Our ability to monitor and audit the performance of these third parties is limited. If these third parties do not perform satisfactorily, our clinical trials may be extended or delayed, resulting in potentially substantial cost increases to us and other adverse impacts on our product development efforts. We may not be able to locate any necessary acceptable replacements or enter into favorable agreements with them, if at all.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property Rights

We may not be able to obtain, maintain and protect certain proprietary rights necessary for the development and commercialization of our products or product candidates.

Our commercial success will depend in part on obtaining and maintaining patent protection on our products and product candidates and successfully defending these patents against third-party challenges. Our ability to commercialize our products will also depend in part on the patent positions of third parties, including those of our competitors. The patent positions of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. No consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in biotechnology patents has emerged to date. Accordingly, we cannot predict with certainty the scope and breadth of patent claims that may be afforded to other companies’ patents. In addition, each country has its own rules regarding the allowability and enforceability of certain types of patents and therefore there can be no assurance that our patent applications will be granted or that our issued patents will be enforceable in any given jurisdiction. We could incur substantial costs in litigation if we are required to defend against patent suits brought by third parties, or if we initiate suits to protect our patent rights.

Any litigation, including any interference proceedings to determine priority of inventions, oppositions to patents in foreign countries or litigation against our partners may be costly and time consuming and could harm our business. Litigation may be necessary in some instances to determine the validity, enforceability, scope and infringement of certain of our proprietary rights. Litigation may be necessary in other instances to determine the validity, scope or non-infringement of patent rights claimed by third parties to be pertinent to the manufacture, use or sale of our products. Ultimately, the outcome of such litigation could adversely affect the validity and scope of our patent or other proprietary rights or hinder our ability to manufacture and market our products.

The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain, and we cannot ensure that:

 

    we were the first to make the inventions covered by each of our pending patent applications;

 

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    we were the first to file patent applications for these inventions;

 

    others will not independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies;

 

    any of our pending patent applications will result in issued patents;

 

    any of our issued patents or those of our licensors will be valid and enforceable;

 

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

 

    our ability to obtain additional patent protection will not be adversely impacted as a result of various regulatory matters that may cause certain of our proprietary data to become public;

 

    we will develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable; or

 

    the patents of others will not have a material adverse effect on our business.

For example, the pirfenidone molecule itself has no composition of matter patent protection in the United States or elsewhere. We must therefore rely primarily on the protection afforded by formulation and method of use patents relating to the use of pirfenidone for the treatment in adults of mild to moderate IPF. While many countries such as the United States permit method of use patents relating to the use of drug products, in some countries the law relating to patentability of such use claims is evolving and may be unfavorably interpreted to prevent us from patenting some or all of our pending patent applications. There are some countries, such as Canada, that significantly limit the types of uses that are patentable, and other countries that currently do not allow method of use patents in any form.

In the EU, patents are subject to a post-grant opposition period, and enforcement of patents is on a country-by-country basis subject to varying, complex and evolving national requirements and standards. Competitors could challenge the validity of our patent claims and challenge whether their product actually infringes those claims. Such challenges would involve complex legal and factual questions and entail considerable costs and investment of effort. In June 2012, opposition proceedings were filed in the European Patent Office against our European patent 2324831 B1, requesting that the patent be revoked on the basis that the invention is not patentable. The Company intends to vigorously defend the patent and believes that the opposition lacks merit. The Company can provide no assurances regarding the outcome of this matter.

Others have filed and in the future may file patent applications covering uses and formulations of pirfenidone, or other products in our development program. If a third party has been or is in the future issued a patent that blocks our ability to commercialize any of our products, alone or in combination, for any or all of the diseases that we are targeting, we could be prevented from commercializing that product or combination of products for that disease or diseases unless we obtained a license from the patent holder. We may not be able to obtain such a license to a blocking patent on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we cannot obtain, maintain and protect the necessary proprietary rights for the development and commercialization of our products or product candidates, our business and financial prospects will be impaired.

We are also subject, in the U.S. and elsewhere, to various regulatory schemes that allow access to our data via freedom of information requests. For example, in September 2012, we were notified by the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, that we had received a request in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001/EC regarding public access to documents held by institutions of the EU. The request was made by a potential competitor and sought access to aspects of our Esbriet MAA. We are in the process of challenging the disclosure of the non-public sensitive information contained in our MAA, but there can be no assurance that we will ultimately be successful. Additionally, we were recently notified by Health Canada that an access to information request had been lodged in accordance with Canada’s Access to Information Act, seeking access to documents covering important aspects of our Esbriet NDA. We intend to contest and /or limit this request but there can be no assurance that our efforts will be successful. Even if successful, we may also receive similar requests in the future, in the EU or domestically. In the event that our proprietary data becomes public as a result of freedom of information requests, our competitive advantages may be diminished and our ability to obtain patent protection for certain inventions reflected in such data may be adversely affected.

The pirfenidone molecule itself has no composition of matter patent protection in the United States or elsewhere, and may only be protected for the treatment of IPF by orphan drug designation in the United States and European Union.

The pirfenidone molecule itself has no composition of matter patent protection in the United States or elsewhere. In the EU we have been granted orphan drug designation for pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF by the EMA, which provides for ten years of market exclusivity until March 2021. The exclusivity period afforded by orphan drug designation in the United States begins on first

 

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NDA approval for this product in IPF and ends seven years thereafter. Therefore, we may not have the ability to prevent others from commercializing pirfenidone for (i) IPF after the orphan drug designation exclusivity period ends, (ii) uses of pirfenidone covered by other patents held by third parties or (iii) other uses of pirfenidone in the public domain for which there is no patent protection. We are relying on exclusivity granted from orphan drug designation in IPF to protect pirfenidone from competitors in this indication and, following expiration of orphan drug protection in the EU, and if approved for commercial use by the FDA, in the United States, we must rely primarily on the protection afforded by formulation and method of use patents relating to the safe and/or effective use of pirfenidone for IPF. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to maintain this orphan drug designation. Furthermore, although pirfenidone has received orphan drug marketing exclusivity for the treatment of patients with IPF, the FDA and/or the EMA can still approve different drugs for use in treating the same indication or disease, which would create a more competitive market for us and our revenues will be diminished.

In addition, other third parties have obtained patents in the United States and elsewhere relating to formulation and methods of use of pirfenidone for the treatment of certain diseases. As a result, it is possible that we could face competition from third party products that have pirfenidone as the active pharmaceutical ingredient. If a third party were to obtain FDA approval in the United States for the use of pirfenidone, or regulatory approval in another jurisdiction, for an indication before we did, such third party would be first to market and could establish the price for pirfenidone in these jurisdictions. This could adversely impact our ability to implement our pricing strategy for the product and may limit our ability to maximize the commercial potential of pirfenidone in the United States and elsewhere. The presence of a lower priced competitive product with the same active pharmaceutical ingredients as our product could lead to use of the competitive product for our anti-fibrotic indications. This could lead to pricing pressure for pirfenidone, which would adversely affect our ability to generate revenue from the sale of pirfenidone for anti-fibrotic indications.

Pirfenidone is the only commercially approved drug approved for the treatment of mild to moderate IPF. There are no other existing approved treatments. Therefore the incidence and prevalence of IPF that currently provide the basis of orphan drug designation in the European Union and the United States could change over time, and it is possible that orphan drug designation could be lost in these markets should the patient population exceed that required to maintain orphan drug status in these countries.

Market exclusivity afforded by orphan drug designation is generally offered as an incentive to drug developers to invest in developing and commercializing products for unique diseases that impact a limited number of patients. With respect to the United States, the FDA may grant orphan drug designation to drugs intended to treat a rare disease or condition, which is generally a disease or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States. Qualification to maintain orphan drug status is generally monitored by the regulatory authorities during the orphan drug exclusivity period, currently ten years and seven years from the date of approval in the EU and United States, respectively. IPF is currently a poorly diagnosed disease in these markets. It is possible that with the approval of Esbriet in the EU, and the potential approval of pirfenidone in the United States, the incidence and prevalence numbers for IPF could change in these markets. Should the incidence and prevalence of IPF patients who are eligible to receive pirfenidone for the treatment of IPF in these markets materially increase, it is possible that the orphan drug designation, and related market exclusivity, in these jurisdictions could be lost.

Following expiration of orphan drug designation in the European Union, and if approved for commercial use by the FDA in the United States, our current intellectual property portfolio may not be sufficient to protect the continued exclusivity of pirfenidone for the treatment in adults of mild to moderate IPF.

Because the pirfenidone molecule itself has no composition of matter patent protection in the United States or elsewhere, following expiration of orphan drug designation in the EU, and if approved for commercial use by the FDA in the United States, we must rely primarily on the protection afforded by the formulation and method of use patents relating to the safe and/or effective use of pirfenidone for the treatment in adults of mild to moderate IPF.

We have five granted patents and a number of pending patent applications in Europe relating to Esbriet’s formulation and use in IPF patients, particularly related to the safe and efficacious usage of the product. This collection of patents is expected to provide patent protection in Europe until 2030. We also have 13 issued patents in the United States relating to the formulation or safe and/or effective use of Esbriet in IPF patients, and a number of pending U.S. patent applications. In addition we have numerous pending patent applications under active prosecution in other foreign jurisdictions. The laws regarding patentability and enforceability of patents such as ours vary on a country by country basis.

 

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These patents can be challenged by our competitors in various jurisdictions who may argue such patents are invalid or unenforceable or lack sufficient written description or enablement, or that the claims of the issued patents should be limited or narrowly construed. For example, in June 2012, opposition proceedings were filed in the European Patent Office against InterMune’s European patent 2324831 B1, requesting that the patent be revoked on the basis that the invention is not patentable. While we intend to vigorously defend the patent and believe that the opposition lacks merit, we have no assurance regarding the outcome of this matter. Additionally, even if the validity of these patents were upheld in a patent challenge, a court may refuse to stop the other party from practicing the activity at issue on the ground that its activities are not covered by our patents. Any of these outcomes would limit our ability to exclusively market pirfenidone for the treatment in adults of mild to moderate IPF in the EU, and if approved for commercial use by the FDA, in the United States, as well as certain other countries where we have filed for patent protection. Furthermore, the recently enacted America Invents Act (AIA), which reformed certain patent laws in the U.S., may create additional uncertainty regarding patents. Among the significant changes are switching from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-to-file” system, and the implementation of new procedures that permit competitors to challenge our patents in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after grant.

If we breach our collaboration agreement with Shionogi, our ability to develop and commercialize pirfenidone in other jurisdictions may be impaired.

We are party to a collaboration agreement with Shionogi that gives us an option to exercise a license for access to certain patient level data from the Shionogi Phase 3 clinical trial with pirfenidone in patients with IPF, which we refer to as SP3, to be used, along with other Shionogi clinical study information, as “pivotal study data” (as defined in the agreement) in connection with our regulatory filings. While we do not currently intend to use SP3 patient level data as pivotal study data in our regulatory filings in the United States or in other jurisdictions, we may elect to do so at a later point in time. Should we breach this agreement with Shionogi, we may lose our ability to use Shionogi’s patient level data in our regulatory filings in the United States or in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approval of pirfenidone in such jurisdictions.

Litigation or third-party claims of intellectual property infringement could require us to spend substantial time and money and could adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize products.

Our commercial success depends in part on our ability and the ability of our collaborators to avoid infringing patents and proprietary rights of third parties. Third parties may accuse us, or our collaborators, of employing their proprietary technology in our products, or in the materials or processes used to research or develop our products, without authorization. Any legal action against our collaborators or us claiming damages and/or seeking to stop our commercial activities relating to the affected products, materials and processes could, in addition to subjecting us to potential liability for damages, require our collaborators or us to obtain a license to continue to utilize the affected materials or processes or to manufacture or market the affected products. We cannot predict whether we, or our collaborators, would prevail in any of these actions or whether any license required under any of these patents would be made available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain such a license, we, or our collaborators, may be unable to continue to utilize the affected materials or processes or manufacture or market the affected products or we may be obligated by a court to pay substantial royalties and/or other damages to the patent holder. Even if we are able to obtain such a license, the terms of such a license could substantially reduce the commercial value of the affected product or products and impair our prospects for profitability. Accordingly, we cannot predict whether or to what extent the commercial value of the affected product or products or our prospects for profitability may be harmed as a result of any of the liabilities discussed above. Furthermore, infringement and other intellectual property claims, with or without merit, can be expensive and time-consuming to litigate and can divert management’s attention from our core business.

If the owners of the intellectual property we license fail to maintain the intellectual property, we may lose our rights to develop our products or product candidates.

We generally do not control the patent prosecution of intellectual property that we license from third parties. Accordingly, we are unable to exercise the same degree of control over this intellectual property as we would exercise over intellectual property that we own, and, as a result, we may lose our rights to such intellectual property and incur substantial costs.

If our employees, consultants and vendors do not comply with their confidentiality agreements or our trade secrets otherwise become known, our ability to generate revenue and profits may be impaired.

Patent prosecution may not be appropriate or obtainable for certain of our technologies, and we may instead protect such proprietary information as trade secrets. We protect these rights mainly through confidentiality agreements with our corporate partners, employees, consultants and vendors. These agreements generally provide that all confidential information developed or made known to an individual or company during the course of their relationship with us will be kept confidential and will not be used or

 

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disclosed to third parties except in specified circumstances. In the case of employees and consultants, our agreements generally provide that all inventions made by the individual while engaged by us will be our exclusive property. We cannot be certain that these parties will comply with these confidentiality agreements, that we will have adequate remedies for any breach, or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known or be independently discovered by our competitors. If our trade secrets become known, we may lose a competitive advantage and our ability to generate revenue may therefore be impaired.

By working with corporate partners, research collaborators and scientific advisors, we are subject to disputes over intellectual property, and our ability to obtain patent protection or protect proprietary information may be impaired.

Under some of our research and development agreements, inventions discovered in certain cases become jointly owned by our corporate partner and us and in other cases become the exclusive property of one of us. It can be difficult to determine who owns a particular invention, and disputes could arise regarding those inventions. These disputes could be costly and could divert management’s attention from our business. Our research collaborators and scientific advisors have some rights to publish our data and proprietary information in which we have rights. Such publications may impair our ability to obtain patent protection or protect our proprietary information, which could impair our ability to generate revenue.

Risks Related to Our Financial Results and Other Risks Related to Our Business

If we continue to incur net losses for an extended period of time, we may be unable to continue our business.

We have incurred net losses since inception, and our accumulated deficit was approximately $1.26 billion at September 30, 2013. We expect to incur substantial additional net losses prior to achieving profitability, if ever. The extent of our future net losses and the timing of our profitability are highly uncertain, and we may never achieve profitable operations. We are planning to expand the number of diseases for which our products may be marketed, and this expansion will require significant expenditures. Through June 2012, we generated revenue primarily through the sale of Actimmune; however, in June 2012, we divested all of our Actimmune assets. We have not generated operating profits to date from our products. If the time required for us to achieve profitability is longer than we anticipate, we may not be able to continue our business.

If we fail to obtain the capital necessary to fund our operations, we will be unable to successfully execute our business plan.

We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities, along with anticipated cash flows from our sales of Esbriet, will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses, debt obligations and capital requirements under our current business plan through at least the next twelve months. However, our current plans and assumptions may change, and our capital requirements may increase. For example, we may decide to prioritize one or more product development efforts or other programs within or outside of IPF as a result of our implementing our strategic initiatives. We have no committed sources of capital and do not know whether additional financing will be available when needed, or, if available, that the terms will be favorable to our stockholders or us. If additional funds are not available, we may be forced to delay or terminate clinical trials, delay or cease executing our three point strategic plan, curtail operations or obtain funds through collaborative and licensing arrangements that may require us to relinquish commercial rights or potential markets, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If adequate funds are not available, we will not be able to successfully execute our business plan.

Budget or cash constraints may force us to delay our efforts to develop certain products in favor of developing others, which may prevent us from meeting our stated timetables and commercializing those products as quickly as possible, or take certain cost saving efforts that could harm our financial results.

Because we have limited resources and research and development is an expensive process, we must regularly assess the most efficient allocation of our research and development resources. Accordingly, we may choose to delay our research and development efforts for a promising product candidate or we may elect to terminate our programs for and, in certain cases, our licenses to, such product candidates or programs in order to allocate resources to another program, which could cause us to fall behind our initial timetables for development of certain product candidates. For example, we may decide to delay, cease or forgo developing pirfenidone for a particular indication or a new potential product candidate, including our PANORAMA or LOTUSS trials or other discovery program, and allocate our resources solely to the commercialization of Esbriet for IPF. As a result, we may not be able to fully realize the value of some of our product candidates in a timely manner, since they will be delayed in reaching the market, or may not reach the market at all. If we terminate a preclinical program in which we have invested significant resources, we will have expended resources on a program that will not provide a full return on our investment and missed the opportunity to have allocated those resources to potentially more productive uses.

Due to cash constraints or for strategic business reasons we may decide to take certain actions that reduce our expenses. For example, we sold to Roche our worldwide development and commercialization rights to danoprevir and received $175.0 million from the sale of such rights. On a forward-looking basis we will not incur the expense associated with further investment in danoprevir; however, our rights to share profits from sales of danoprevir in the United States have also been terminated and, as a result, our business and future financial results may be harmed.

 

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Negative conditions in the global markets may impair the liquidity of a portion of our investment portfolio.

Our investment securities consist of high-grade corporate debt securities, government agency securities and direct government obligation securities. Due to recent credit market and global economic conditions, markets for certain fixed-income securities have been volatile and have experienced limitations in liquidity. If there is insufficient demand for the securities we hold, we may not have liquid access to our investments and may be required to recognize an impairment for those securities should we conclude that such impairment is other-than-temporary.

Failure to accurately forecast demand for our products could result in additional charges for excess inventories or non-cancelable purchase obligations or supply shortages.

We initiated our commercial launch of Esbriet in Germany in September 2011 and subsequently in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the UK and we plan to initiate commercial launches in additional countries in the EU in the future. While we have attempted to forecast demand for Esbriet in Germany, other European countries and Canada, until we have a sufficient history of commercial sales in such jurisdictions, we cannot know with certainty whether our inventory of Esbriet is in excess of or insufficient to meet demand. Further, we have just recently established our sales organization in the EU and we do not yet know if the size of the sales organization is sufficient to successfully commercialize Esbriet, which makes accurately forecasting demand more difficult. If we fail to accurately forecast demand for Esbriet, we may face temporary supply shortages, which would impair our ability to generate revenue from such demand, or excess inventories, which may result in additional charges for such excess inventory.

If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities.

The testing, marketing and sale of medical products entail an inherent risk of product liability. We have product liability risk for all of our product candidates and for all of the clinical trials we conduct, including our discontinued INSPIRE trial. If product liability costs exceed our liability insurance coverage, we may incur substantial liabilities. Whether or not we were ultimately successful in product liability litigation, such litigation would consume substantial amounts of our financial and managerial resources, and might result in adverse publicity, all of which would impair our business. While we believe that our clinical trial and product liability insurance currently provides adequate protection to our business, we may not be able to maintain our clinical trial insurance or product liability insurance at an acceptable cost, if at all, and this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential claims or losses.

If we materially breach the representations and warranties we made to Roche under the asset purchase agreement for the sale of danoprevir or to Vidara under the asset purchase agreement for the sale of Actimmune, or if we fail to perform any of our other contractual obligations under these agreements, Roche or Vidara, as applicable, has the right to seek indemnification from us for damages it suffers as a result of such breach or failure. These amounts could be significant.

We have agreed to indemnify Roche and its affiliates against losses suffered as a result of our material breach of representations and warranties and our other obligations in the asset purchase agreement for our sale of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to danoprevir. In addition, we have agreed to indemnify Vidara and its affiliates against losses suffered as a result of our material breach of representations and warranties and our other obligations in the asset purchase agreement for the sale of our worldwide development and commercialization rights to Actimmune. If one or more of our representations and warranties were not true at the time we made them to Roche or Vidara, or if we fail to perform any of our other contractual obligations under an agreement, we would be in breach of the applicable asset purchase agreement. In the event of a breach or failure by us to perform, Roche or Vidara, as applicable, has the right to seek indemnification from us for damages suffered by either of them as a result of such breach. The amounts for which we could become liable may be significant.

Our use of hazardous materials, chemicals, viruses and radioactive compounds exposes us to potential liabilities.

Our research and development activities involve the controlled use and disposal of hazardous materials, chemicals, infectious disease agents and various radioactive compounds. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of such materials comply with the standards prescribed by state and federal regulations, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for significant damages or fines, which may not be covered by or may exceed our insurance coverage.

 

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Insurance coverage is increasingly difficult to obtain or maintain.

While we currently maintain clinical trial and product liability insurance, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, general liability insurance, property insurance and warehouse and transit insurance, first- and third-party insurance is increasingly more costly and narrower in scope, and we may be required to assume more risk in the future. If we are subject to third-party claims or suffer a loss or damage in excess of our insurance coverage, we may be required to share that risk in excess of our insurance limits. Furthermore, any first- or third-party claims made on our insurance policies may impact our future ability to obtain or maintain insurance coverage at reasonable costs, if at all.

Failure to attract, retain and motivate skilled personnel and cultivate key academic collaborations will delay our product development programs and our business development efforts.

As of September 30, 2013, we had 335 full-time employees, and our success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management, scientific and commercial personnel, especially in Europe, and on our ability to develop relationships with leading academic scientists. Competition for personnel and academic collaborations is intense. We are highly dependent on our current management and key scientific and technical personnel, including Daniel G. Welch, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, as well as the other principal members of our management. None of our employees, including members of our management team, has a long-term employment contract, and any of our employees can leave at any time. Our success will depend in part on retaining the services of our existing management and key personnel and attracting and retaining new highly qualified personnel. In addition, we may need to hire additional personnel and develop additional academic collaborations if we expand our research and development activities. We do not know if we will be able to attract, retain or motivate personnel or cultivate academic collaborations. Our inability to hire, retain or motivate qualified personnel or cultivate academic collaborations would harm our business.

Our ability to use our net operating losses and certain other tax attributes may be subject to annual limitations under federal and state tax law that could materially affect our ability to utilize such losses and attributes.

If a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, or Section 382, the corporation’s ability to utilize any net operating losses, or NOLs, and certain tax credits and other attributes generated before such an ownership change, is limited. We believe that we have in the past experienced ownership changes within the meaning of Section 382 that have resulted in limitations under Section 382 (and similar state provisions) on the use of our NOLs and other tax attributes. Future changes in ownership could result in additional ownership changes within the meaning of Section 382 that could further limit our ability to utilize our NOLs and certain other tax attributes.

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

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners, and personally identifiable information of our customers and employees, in our data centers and on our networks. The secure processing, maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. Despite our security measures, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise our networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. 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, and regulatory penalties, disrupt our operations and the services we provide to customers, and damage our reputation, and cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, which could adversely affect our business.

 

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Risks Related to our Securities

Our significant level of indebtedness could limit cash flow available for our operations, expose us to risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and impair our ability to satisfy our obligations under our outstanding notes.

We have now and will continue to have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of September 30, 2013, we had $18.4 million of outstanding indebtedness under our 2015 Notes, $120.8 million of outstanding indebtedness under our 2017 Notes and $155.3 million of outstanding indebtedness under our 2018 Notes. We may also incur additional indebtedness to meet future financing needs. Our indebtedness could have significant negative consequences for our business, results of operations and financial condition, including:

 

    increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

    limiting our ability to obtain additional financing;

 

    requiring the dedication of a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of our cash flow available for other purposes;

 

    limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business;

 

    dilution experienced by our existing stockholders as a result of the conversion of our existing notes; and

 

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

As of September 30, 2013, our remaining debt service obligation on our existing notes through December 31, 2013 is $1.5 million in cash. In January 2013, we completed a registered underwritten public offering of 15,525,000 shares of our common stock and a concurrent registered underwritten public offering of $120.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2017. We used a portion of the net proceeds from the convertible note offering to repurchase approximately $66.6 million of our outstanding 5 2015 Notes. Following such repurchases, approximately $18.4 million of the 2015 Notes remain outstanding. As a result of the repurchase of our 2015 Notes, our annual debt service obligation for 2013 is $8.8 million. We cannot assure you that we will continue to maintain sufficient cash reserves or that our business will continue to generate cash flow from operations at levels sufficient to permit us to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or that our cash needs will not increase. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds necessary to make required payments, or if we fail to comply with the various requirements of our indebtedness then outstanding, we would be in default, which would permit the holders of the affected indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of such indebtedness and could cause defaults under our other indebtedness. A default under any of our indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance any required repurchases of our existing notes, which would constitute an event of default under our indentures.

If a fundamental change occurs under our indenture for the 2017 Notes or 2018 Notes or if a designated event, such as the termination of trading of our common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or a specified change of control transaction, occurs under our 2015 Notes indenture prior to their applicable maturities, we may be required to repurchase all or part of our 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes and 2015 Notes, respectively. While the 2015 Notes indenture would allow us in certain circumstances to pay the redemption price for the 2015 Notes in shares of our common stock if a designated event were to occur, the 2017 Notes indenture and the 2018 Notes indenture would not allow us to pay the applicable repurchase prices in shares of our common stock if a fundamental change were to occur. We may not have sufficient funds to pay the repurchase prices for all the notes tendered.

We have not established a sinking fund for payment of our outstanding notes, nor do we anticipate doing so. In addition, we may in the future enter into credit agreements or other agreements that may contain provisions prohibiting redemption or repurchase of the existing notes under certain circumstances, or may provide that a designated event or fundamental change constitutes an event of default under that agreement. If a designated event, with respect to the 2015 Notes, or a fundamental change, with respect to the 2017 and 2018 Notes, occurs at a time when we are prohibited from repurchasing or redeeming the existing notes, we could seek a waiver from the holders of these notes or attempt to refinance these notes. If we were not able to obtain consent, we would not be permitted to repurchase or redeem the existing notes. Our failure to repurchase or redeem tendered notes would constitute an event of default under the 2015 Notes indenture, the 2017 Notes indenture and the 2018 Notes indenture, which might constitute a default under the terms of our other indebtedness.

 

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We may fail to meet our publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business, which would cause our stock to decline in value and affect the trading price of our common stock and outstanding notes.

There are a number of reasons why we might fail to meet our financial guidance or other expectations about our business, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    lower than anticipated sales of Esbriet in the EU, other European countries and Canada;

 

    negative developments or setbacks in our application to obtain marketing approval for pirfenidone in the United States, including negative results of the ASCEND trial that we initiated in the second quarter of 2011 and/or a negative response from the FDA to our anticipated NDA resubmission based on data from this trial;

 

    delays or unexpected difficulties in our commercialization efforts for Esbriet, including delays or difficulties in our anticipated commercial launches in Europe and Canada;

 

    lower than expected pricing and reimbursement levels for Esbriet in the EU, including any adverse decisions by Germany’s Federal Joint Commission stemming from the IQWiG benefit assessment and negative reimbursement decisions by France’s National Social Security;

 

    if only a subset of or no affected patients respond to therapy with any of our products or product candidates;

 

    the actual dose or efficacy of the product for a particular condition may be different than currently anticipated;

 

    negative publicity about the results of our clinical studies, such as the failure of pirfenidone to meet its primary endpoint and the PFS secondary endpoint in the CAPACITY 1 trial, or those of others with similar or related products may reduce demand for our products and product candidates;

 

    the treatment regimen may be different in duration than currently anticipated;

 

    treatment may be sporadic;

 

    we may not be able to sell a product at the price we expect;

 

    we may not be able to accurately calculate the number of patients using the product;

 

    we may not be able to supply enough product to meet demand;

 

    there may be current and future competitive products that have greater acceptance in the market than our products do;

 

    our development activities may proceed faster than planned;

 

    we may decide to change our marketing and educational programs; or

 

    clinical trial participation may reduce product sales.

If we fail to meet our revenue and/or expense projections and/or other financial guidance for any reason, our stock could decline in value. The market price of our common stock, as well as the general level of interest rates and our credit quality, will likely significantly affect the trading price of the notes.

We previously identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and we recently remediated this material weakness in the first quarter of 2013. 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 and could have a material adverse effect on our common stock price and the trading price of our outstanding notes.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, require an annual management assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm attesting to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at the end of the fiscal year.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012 and based on our assessment using criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31,

 

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2012. In connection with our sale of Actimmune in June 2012, we failed to correctly record an intraperiod tax allocation, which resulted in the restatement of our financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. As a result, we identified a control deficiency relating to a failure to completely review the tax consequences of complex and infrequent transactions. In the first quarter of 2013, we strengthened our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting to remediate the deficiencies that gave rise to the material weakness.

Despite the execution of our remediation plan, we cannot assure you that a similar material weakness will not recur, nor that we will able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. If we cannot in the future favorably assess, or our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investor confidence in the reliability of our financial reports may be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on our stock price and the trading price of our notes.

Future sales of our common stock in the public market or the issuance of securities senior to our common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and, in turn, the trading price of the notes.

Sales by us or our stockholders of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public markets, including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options or conversions of our outstanding notes, or the perception that these sales might occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and, in turn, the trading price of our notes may decline, or could impair our ability to raise capital through a future sale of, or pay for acquisitions using, our equity or equity-related securities.

We may issue shares of our common stock or equity securities senior to our common stock in the future for a number of reasons, including to finance our operations and business strategy, to adjust our ratio of debt-to-equity, to satisfy our obligations upon the exercise of options, upon conversion of our existing notes or for other reasons. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales or issuance of shares of our common stock or other equity securities, or the availability of shares of our common stock or such other equity securities for future sale or issuance, will have on the market price of our common stock.

We have filed registration statements covering the approximately 13.1 million shares of common stock that are either issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options or reserved for future issuance pursuant to our stock plans as of September 30, 2013.

The issuance of shares of our common stock issued in connection with the exercise of stock options, restricted stock units, under convertible or derivative instruments or otherwise would dilute the notional percentage ownership held by our security holders. In addition, we may issue a substantial number of shares of our common stock upon conversion of our outstanding notes.

At times, the market price of our common stock has fluctuated significantly, and as a result an investment in our stock could decline in value. Future fluctuations in our stock price may also impact the trading price of our outstanding notes and make them more difficult to resell.

The market price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be extremely volatile. During the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2013, the closing price of our common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market ranged from a high of $15.89 in August 2013 to a low of $7.85 in November 2012. The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, many of which we cannot control, including:

 

    general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the biotechnology industry;

 

    changes in expectations as to our future financial performance, including financial estimates or publication of research reports by securities analysts;

 

    strategic actions taken by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;

 

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

 

    actions taken by institutional stockholders; and

 

    speculation in the press or investment community.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the stock price of companies listed on NASDAQ, and biotechnology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of actual operating performance. Periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities frequently results in securities class action and stockholder derivative litigation against that company. This type of litigation can result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.

 

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Because our outstanding notes are convertible into shares of common stock, volatility or depressed market prices of our common stock could have a similar effect on the trading price of the notes. Holders who receive shares of our common stock upon conversion of the notes will also be subject to the risk of volatility and depressed market prices of our common stock.

There may be future sales or other dilution of our equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the trading price of the notes.

Provisions of Delaware law, our charter documents and the indentures governing our outstanding notes may impede or discourage a takeover, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team. These provisions:

 

    establish a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board may be elected at one time;

 

    authorize the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to increase the number of outstanding shares and hinder a takeover attempt;

 

    limit who may call a special meeting of stockholders;

 

    prohibit stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders; and

 

    establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings.

In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits business combinations between us and one or more significant stockholders unless specified conditions are met, may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring us.

The repurchase rights in our outstanding notes triggered by the occurrence of a fundamental change and the additional shares of our common stock by which the conversion rates are increased in connection with certain make-whole fundamental change transactions could also discourage a potential acquirer.

We have never paid dividends on our capital stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never declared or paid any dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any, to finance our operations and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. As a result, holders who convert their notes and receive shares of our common stock, if any, will not realize a return on their investment unless the market price of our common stock appreciates, which we cannot assure.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 6. Exhibits.

 

          Incorporated by Reference       

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Description

   Form      Date      Number     

Filed

Herewith

3.1

   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      S-1/A         02/18/2000         3.2      

3.2

   Certificate of Ownership and Merger, dated April 26, 2001.      10-Q         08/03/2001         3.4      

3.3

   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.      8-K         03/24/2010         3.1      

3.4

   Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.      8-K         08/23/2013         3.1      

3.5

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      10-Q         08/14/2003         3.4      

3.6

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      10-Q         08/09/2004         3.5      

3.7

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      S-3         09/04/2009         3.4      

3.8

   Registrant’s Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.      8-K         07/18/2001         4.3      

3.9

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      8-K         05/30/2013         3.1      

4.1

   Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1through 3.9.            

4.2

   Specimen Common Stock Certificate.      S-1/A         03/22/2000         4.1      

4.3

   Indenture, dated as of June 24, 2008, between Registrant and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (including the form of 5.00% convertible senior note due 2015).      8-K         06/24/2008         4.1      

4.4

   Indenture, dated September 19, 2011, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.      8-K         09/19/2011         4.1      

4.5

   First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 19, 2011, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including the form of 2.50% convertible senior note due 2018).      8-K         09/19/2011         4.2      

4.6

   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 22, 2013, between InterMune, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including the form of 2.50% convertible senior note due 2017).      8-K         01/22/2013         4.2      

10.1

   Separation and Transition Agreement and General Release, dated July 31, 2013, by and between Registrant and Robin Steele.             X

31.1

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).             X

31.2

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).             X

32.1†

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).             X

 

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101.INS#

   XBRL Instance Document            

101.SCH#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document            

101.CAL#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document            

101.DEF#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document            

101.LAB#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document            

101.PRE#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document            

 

This certification accompanies the Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
# Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed and filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    InterMune, Inc.
Date: November 1, 2013     By:   /s/ John C. Hodgman
      John C. Hodgman
      Executive Vice President of Finance Administration and Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Office)

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

          Incorporated by Reference       

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Description

   Form      Date      Number     

Filed
Herewith

3.1

   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      S-1/A         02/18/2000         3.2      

3.2

   Certificate of Ownership and Merger, dated April 26, 2001.      10-Q         08/03/2001         3.4      

3.3

   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.      8-K         03/24/2010         3.1      

3.4

   Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.      8-K         08/23/2013         3.1      

3.5

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      10-Q         08/14/2003         3.4      

3.6

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      10-Q         08/09/2004         3.5      

3.7

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      S-3         09/04/2009         3.4      

3.8

   Registrant’s Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.      8-K         07/18/2001         4.3      

3.9

   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.      8-K         05/30/2013         3.1      

4.1

   Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1through 3.9.            

4.2

   Specimen Common Stock Certificate.      S-1/A         03/22/2000         4.1      

4.3

   Indenture, dated as of June 24, 2008, between Registrant and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (including the form of 5.00% convertible senior note due 2015).      8-K         06/24/2008         4.1      

4.4

   Indenture, dated September 19, 2011, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.      8-K         09/19/2011         4.1      

4.5

   First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 19, 2011, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including the form of 2.50% convertible senior note due 2018).      8-K         09/19/2011         4.2      

4.6

   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 22, 2013, between Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including the form of 2.50% convertible senior note due 2017).      8-K         01/22/2013         4.2      

10.1

   Separation and Transition Agreement and General Release, dated July 31, 2013, by and between Registrant and Robin Steele.             X

31.1

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).             X

31.2

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).             X

32.1†

   Certification required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).             X

101.INS#

   XBRL Instance Document            

101.SCH#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document            

101.CAL#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document            

 

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101.DEF#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document            

101.LAB#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document            

101.PRE#

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document            

 

This certification accompanies the Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
# Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed and filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

 

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