GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

In March 2007, the Company acquired from SkyePharma Holding, Inc., or Skyepharma, its California operating subsidiary (“Pacira California”), referred to herein as the Acquisition. The Company’s goodwill arose in April 2012 from a contingent milestone payment to Skyepharma in connection with the Acquisition. The Acquisition was accounted for under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141, Accounting for Business Combinations, which was the effective GAAP standard at the Acquisition date. In connection with the Acquisition, the Company agreed to certain earn-out payments based on a percentage of net sales of EXPAREL collected and certain other yet-to-be-developed products, as well as milestone payments for EXPAREL, as follows:


(i)	$10.0 million upon the first commercial sale in the United States (met April 2012);


(ii)	$4.0 million upon the first commercial sale in a major E.U. country (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain);


(iii)	$8.0 million when annual net sales collected reach $100.0 million (met September 2014);


(iv)	$8.0 million when annual net sales collected reach $250.0 million; and


(v)	$32.0 million when annual net sales collected reach $500.0 million.

The first milestone was met in April 2012, resulting in a $10.0 million payment to Skyepharma. The Company recorded this payment net of a $2.0 million contingent consideration liability recognized at the time of the Acquisition, resulting in $8.0 million recorded as goodwill. In September 2014, the Company made an $8.0 million milestone payment to Skyepharma in connection with achieving $100.0 million of annual EXPAREL net sales collected. For purposes of meeting future milestone payments, annual net sales are measured on a rolling quarterly basis. Cumulatively through March 31, 2016, the Company has recorded an additional $16.8 million as goodwill for earn-out payments which are based on a percentage of net sales of EXPAREL collected. Any remaining earn-out payments will also be treated as additional costs of the Acquisition and, therefore, recorded as goodwill if and when each contingency is resolved.

The change in the carrying value of goodwill is summarized as follows (in thousands):



	Carrying Value
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	30,880
Percentage payments on collections of net sales of EXPAREL	1,904
Balance at March 31, 2016	$	32,784

Intangible assets, net, consist of core technology, developed technology and trademarks and trade names acquired in the Acquisition and are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2016							December 31, 2015
	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Intangible Assets, Net		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Intangible Assets, Net		Estimated Useful Life
Amortizable intangible assets:
Core technology	$	2,900	$	(2,900	)	$	—	$	2,900	$	(2,819	)	$	81	9 Years
Developed technology	11,700		(11,700		)	—		11,700		(11,700		)	—		7 Years
Trademarks and trade names	400		(400		)	—		400		(400		)	—		7 Years
Total intangible assets	$	15,000	$	(15,000	)	$	—	$	15,000	$	(14,919	)	$	81

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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