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Investments and Other Assets
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]  
Investments and Other Assets

8. Investments and Other Assets

Investments and other assets consisted of the following:

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Investment in Kyverna

 

$

29,158

 

 

$

10,000

 

Other investments

 

 

24,213

 

 

 

14,760

 

Restricted cash, long-term

 

 

13,605

 

 

 

13,605

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets, long-term

 

 

3,981

 

 

 

4,518

 

Total investments and other assets

 

$

70,957

 

 

$

42,883

 

Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.

In February 2024, Kyverna completed an initial public offering of its common stock (the “Kyverna IPO”). Prior to the Kyverna IPO, the Company accounted for its investment in Kyverna using the measurement alternative as Kyverna was a private company with no readily observable transaction price, and the investment was valued at $10.0 million as of December 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s investment in Kyverna is valued at $29.2 million. The Company recognized an unrealized gain of $19.2 million recorded within “change in fair value of investments, net” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended March 31, 2024, associated with changes in the fair value of Kyverna’s common stock.

AvenCell Therapeutics, Inc.

As of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024, the Company holds a 33.33% equity interest in AvenCell. As of December 31, 2023, the Company accounted for its investment using the equity method of accounting, as the Company had significant influence, but not control, over AvenCell, and the investment was valued at $11.8 million. During the first quarter of 2024, in

conjunction with the completion of a debt financing, AvenCell increased the size of their board, with a single investor having control over AvenCell’s operational and financial decisions. As a result, the Company no longer has the ability to exercise significant influence over AvenCell, and therefore the Company’s investment in AvenCell is accounted for in accordance with ASC 321 as of March 31, 2024, and AvenCell is no longer considered to be a related party. The Company did not recognize any revenue related to the AvenCell LCA during the three months ended March 31, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $4.9 million in revenue related to the AvenCell LCA. The Company had $0.2 million in accounts receivable and $1.0 million in accrued expenses related to the AvenCell agreements as of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

The transition from equity method accounting to ASC 321 required the Company to reclassify $2.1 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss amounts previously recognized as a result of the investment in AvenCell to the carrying value of the investment in AvenCell and recognize $21.0 million of previously eliminated intra-entity profit as “collaboration revenue” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The Company also considered whether there was an indication that the investment was impaired, and recorded an impairment of $25.3 million within “change in fair value of investments, net” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2024. This impairment was caused by AvenCell’s financial condition, indicators of fair value based on the completion of the debt financing, and an executed term sheet for further financing, which indicated that the fair value of the investment was less than its carrying value. The Company used a market approach to value the investment, which is a Level 3 measurement in the fair value hierarchy.

As of March 31, 2024, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in AvenCell was $9.6 million.

SparingVision SAS

As of March 31, 2024, the fair value of the Company’s investment in SparingVision was $14.6 million. There have been no material changes in the valuation of the SparingVision investment as of March 31, 2024.