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Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments

4. INVESTMENTS

Investments consist of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than

 

 

Greater than

 

 

Allowance for

 

 

Estimated

 

December 31, 2020

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

One Year

 

 

One Year

 

 

Credit Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

$

176,937

 

 

$

1,105

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

 

 

$

(977

)

 

$

177,058

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

103,011

 

 

 

336

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,345

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

79,346

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,809

 

 

 

 

359,294

 

 

 

1,910

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

(977

)

 

 

360,212

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed term deposit account

 

 

1,667

 

 

 

187

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,854

 

Total short-term investments

 

 

360,961

 

 

 

2,097

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

(977

)

 

 

362,066

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

7,908

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,898

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

15,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,062

 

 

 

 

22,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,960

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,820

 

Total long-term investments

 

 

24,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,780

 

Total investments

 

$

385,766

 

 

$

2,097

 

 

$

(40

)

 

$

 

 

$

(977

)

 

$

386,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

$

144,161

 

 

$

676

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

144,837

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

112,948

 

 

 

434

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

113,380

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

72,753

 

 

 

248

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,991

 

Total short-term investments

 

 

329,862

 

 

 

1,358

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

331,208

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

51,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

(45

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

$

51,018

 

International government agency debt securities

 

 

20,806

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,788

 

U.S. government and agency debt securities

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,996

 

 

 

 

75,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

75,802

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,820

 

Fixed term deposit account

 

 

1,667

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,769

 

 

 

 

3,487

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,589

 

Total long-term investments

 

 

79,363

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

79,391

 

Total investments

 

$

409,225

 

 

$

1,460

 

 

$

(78

)

 

$

(8

)

 

$

 

 

$

410,599

 

 

At December 31, 2020, the Company reviewed its investment portfolio to assess whether the unrealized losses on its available-for-sale investments were other-than-temporary. Investments with unrealized losses consisted primarily of corporate debt securities and debt securities issued by foreign agencies and backed by foreign governments. In making the determination whether the decline in fair value of these securities was other-than-temporary, the Company evaluated whether it intended to sell the security and whether it was more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell the security before recovering its amortized cost basis.

 

If the Company intends to sell a security, or it is more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell a security prior to recovering its amortized cost basis, an other-than-temporary impairment is deemed to have occurred. The amount of an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss, or investments that the Company intends to sell before recovery, is recognized in earnings. The amount of an other-than-temporary impairment on available-for-sale investments related to other factors is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

In September 2019, the Company purchased $1.9 million of convertible promissory notes from Synchronicity Pharma, Inc. (“Synchronicity”), a related party. The notes mature on the earlier of June 30, 2021 or the closing of a preferred equity financing or closing of a merger, business combination or sale of stock resulting in Synchronicity’s stockholders owning less than 50% of the surviving entity. The note is classified as a corporate debt instrument and is classified as available-for-sale. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary credit loss of $1.0 million against the value of this investment. The loss was recorded within “Other income (expense), net” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

In May 2014, the Company entered into an agreement whereby it is committed to provide up to €7.4 million to a partnership, Fountain Healthcare Partners II, L.P. of Ireland (“Fountain”), which was created to carry on the business of investing exclusively in companies and businesses engaged in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s total contribution in Fountain was equal to €7.0 million, and its commitment represented approximately 7% of the partnership’s total funding. The Company is accounting for its investment in Fountain under the equity method.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, two of the companies within the Fountain portfolio were acquired by third parties. The Company’s proportional share of the proceeds from these transactions was $11.1 million, of which $10.4 million was received in September 2020 and $0.7 million is being held in escrow. The Company expects to collect the funds in escrow in 2021. The transactions were accounted for under the cumulative earnings approach whereby the return on investment of $8.3 million was recorded as a gain within “Other income (expense), net” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and the return of investment of $2.8 million was recorded as a reduction in the Company’s net investment in Fountain. The Company’s net investment in Fountain was $6.2 million and $5.9 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and was included within “Other assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded an increase in its investment in Fountain of $0.3 million, a reduction of $0.4 million and an increase of $0.5 million, respectively, which represented the Company’s proportional share of Fountain’s net gains or losses for such periods.

Realized gains and losses on the sales and maturities of marketable securities, which were identified using the specific identification method, were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Proceeds from the sales and maturities of marketable securities

 

$

253,001

 

 

$

224,602

 

 

$

444,456

 

Realized gains

 

$

76

 

 

$

997

 

 

$

4

 

Realized losses

 

$

977

 

 

$

497

 

 

$

268

 

 

The Company’s available‑for‑sale and held‑to‑maturity securities at December 31, 2020 had contractual maturities in the following periods:

 

 

 

Available-for-sale

 

 

Held-to-maturity

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Estimated

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Estimated

 

(In thousands)

 

Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

Within 1 year

 

$

242,605

 

 

$

242,365

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

3,674

 

After 1 year through 5 years

 

 

139,674

 

 

 

140,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

382,279

 

 

$

383,172

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

3,674