Organization and Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Organization and Business

Organization and Business

1.  Organization and Business

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated in Delaware and commenced operations in 2005. The Company is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The Company markets two products, Oxtellar XR for the treatment of epilepsy and Trokendi XR for the prophylaxis of migraine headache and treatment of epilepsy. The Company has several proprietary product candidates in clinical development that address the CNS market.

The Company launched Oxtellar XR and Trokendi XR in 2013 for the treatment of epilepsy and launched Trokendi XR for the prophylaxis of migraine headache in adolescents and adults in April 2017.

On September 12, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Supernus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is an acquisition subsidiary formed and wholly owned by the Company (the Merger Sub), Biscayne Neurotherapeutics, Inc., a Florida corporation (which, as a condition to closing, converted to a Delaware corporation) (Biscayne), and Reich Consulting Group, Inc., as the security holder representative (the Merger). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company completed the Merger effective October 4, 2018, and the Merger Sub merged with and into Biscayne, the separate existence of the Merger Sub ceased and Biscayne continued as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (see Note 16).