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Variable Interest Entity and Equity Method of Accounting
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Variable Interest Entity and Equity Method of Accounting Variable Interest Entity and Equity Method of Accounting
On February 4, 2022, Character Biosciences, Inc. (f/k/a Clover Therapeutics Company) ("Character Biosciences"), an affiliate of the Company, completed a private capital transaction in which it raised $17.9 million from the issuance of 16,210,602 shares of its preferred stock. Upon completion of the transaction, the Company owned approximately 25.46% of Character Biosciences. As a result, the Company reassessed its interest in Character Biosciences and determined that while Character Biosciences is a VIE, the Company is not considered as the primary beneficiary of the VIE because it does not have the power, through voting or similar rights and the license agreements, to direct the activities of Character Biosciences that most significantly impact Character Biosciences' economic performance.
The Company determined that it does have a significant influence over Character Biosciences and, therefore, it began accounting for its common stock investment in Character Biosciences using the equity method on February 4, 2022. The Company derecognized all of Character Biosciences' assets and liabilities from its balance sheet and its noncontrolling interest related to Character Biosciences, and recognized the retained common stock and preferred stock equity interests at fair values of $3.7 million and $4.9 million, respectively, which are included in Equity method investment and Other assets, non-current on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and recognized a gain of $12.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, which is included within Gain on investment on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
As the Company applies the equity method to account for its common stock interest in Character Biosciences, the initial value of the investment is adjusted periodically to recognize (i) the proportionate share of the investee's net income or losses after the date of investment, (ii) additional contributions made and dividends or distributions received, and (iii) impairment losses resulting from adjustments to net realizable value. The Company eliminates all intercompany transactions in accounting for equity method investments and records the proportionate share of the investee's net income or loss in equity within gain on investment on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
With respect to the Company's preferred stock equity interest in Character Biosciences, the Company elected the measurement alternative to value this equity investment without a readily determinable fair value in accordance with ASC 321, Investments – Equity Securities. The carrying amount of the investment is included within Other assets, non-current in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In accordance with ASC 321, for each reporting period, the Company completes a qualitative assessment considering impairment indicators to evaluate whether the investment is impaired.
In accordance with ASC 323, the Company recognized the proportionate share of Character Bioscience's net losses up to the investment carrying amount, at December 31, 2022, the Company discontinued applying the equity method to account for its common stock interest in Character Biosciences as the Company's net losses exceeded the Company's investment carrying amount. The equity method investment in Character Biosciences was reduced to zero and no further losses were recorded in the Company's consolidated financial statements as the Company did not guarantee obligations of the investee company nor has not committed additional funding. The Company will begin recognizing its share of net income only when it is greater than the cumulative net losses not recognized during the period the equity method was suspended.
On January 23, 2023, Character Biosciences, completed a second private capital transaction in which it raised an additional capital from the issuance of additional shares of its preferred stock. Upon completion of this transaction, the Company's ownership percentage in Character Biosciences decreased to 23.92%.