BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the Company) is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for people with serious and life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. The Company selects product candidates for diseases and conditions that represent a significant unmet medical need, have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a significant benefit over existing products. The Company’s portfolio consists of eight commercial products and multiple clinical and preclinical product candidates for the treatment of various diseases. ROCTAVIAN (formerly known as valoctocogene roxaparvovec) was granted conditional marketing approval in the European Union (EU) on August 24, 2022.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared pursuant to United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, although the Company believes that the disclosures herein are adequate to ensure that the information presented is not misleading. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should therefore be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 or any other period.

Use of Estimates

U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from those estimates. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of results for these interim periods. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to directly or indirectly impact the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, including revenues, expenses, reserves and allowances, manufacturing, clinical trials and research and development costs, will depend on future developments that remain uncertain at this time, particularly as virus variants continue to spread. As events continue to evolve and additional information becomes available, the Company’s estimates may change materially in future periods.

Management performed an evaluation of the Company’s activities through the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and has concluded that there were no subsequent events or transactions that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date prior to filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that would require recognition or disclosure in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements except for the transaction disclosed in Note 12 to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Correction of Immaterial Error

During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company became aware of an unrecorded amount due to a third party following the January 2020 sale of the worldwide rights of Firdapse, the Company's commercial product for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. The Company evaluated the materiality of the previously described error from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. Based on such evaluation, the Company concluded that the error was not material to any individual current or prior period, nor did it have an effect on the Company’s trend of financial results, taking into account the requirements of the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements. Although the effect of the error was not material to the current or previously issued financial statements, the Company has corrected the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statements of Stockholders Equity. The correction increased the fiscal year 2021 beginning balance of Accumulated Deficit and decreased Total Stockholders’ Equity by $5.1 million, and had the following impact on certain December 31, 2021 balances: an increase to Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities of $6.7 million, an increase to Deferred Tax Assets of $1.1 million, an increase to Other Assets of $0.4 million and a decrease to Other Long-term Liabilities of $0.1 million.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to the significant accounting policies disclosed in Note 1 – Business Overview and Significant Accounting Policies included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There have been no new accounting pronouncements adopted by the Company or new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to the recent accounting pronouncements described in Note 1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, that the Company believes are of significance or potential significance to the Company.