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Organization and Description of the Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Organization and Description of the Business  
Organization and Description of the Business

1. Organization and Description of the Business

Trevena, Inc., or the Company, was incorporated in Delaware as Parallax Therapeutics, Inc. on November 9, 2007. The Company began operations in December 2007, and its name was changed to Trevena, Inc. on January 3, 2008. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies based on breakthrough science to benefit patients and healthcare providers confronting serious medical conditions. The Company operates in one segment and has its principal office in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.

Since commencing operations in 2007, the Company has devoted substantially all of its financial resources and efforts to research and development, including preclinical studies and clinical trials. The Company has never been profitable and has not yet commenced commercial operations. In January 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, accepted the new drug application, or NDA, submission for oliceridine, the Company's lead product candidate. The FDA also indicated that the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, review date for the oliceridine NDA is November 2, 2018 and that it plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the NDA. If oliceridine ultimately receives regulatory approval, the Company plans to commercialize it in the United States, either on its own or with a commercial partner, for use in acute care settings such as hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers; outside the United States, the Company plans to commercialize oliceridine in certain countries with commercial partners.

Since the Company’s inception, the Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations. At March 31, 2018, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $366.5 million. The Company’s net loss was $9.0 million and $20.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company expects its cash and cash equivalents of $18.1 million and marketable securities of $43.4 million as of March 31, 2018, together with interest thereon, as well as proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock under the Company’s at the market, or ATM, sales agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC, or Cowen, and from ex-U.S. licensing activities between March 31, 2018 and the date of this filing, to be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least twelve months following the date of this filing.