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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments

4. Investments

As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s equity method investments include an ownership interest in Immunotherapy NANTibody, LLC (“NANTibody”), NantCancerStemCell, LLC (“NantStem”), Deverra Therapeutics, Inc. and ImmuneOncia Therapeutics, LLC, among others. The Company’s equity investments without readily determinable fair value include an ownership interest in NantBioScience, Inc., Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aardvark”) and Elsie Biotechnologies, Inc. (“Elsie”), among others. The Company’s equity investments with readily determinable fair value include an ownership interest in Celularity.

Celularity

As of June 30, 2022, the Company owned 19,922,124 shares of Class A Common Stock of Celularity that are subject to transfer restrictions (the “Restricted Shares”). The Company also owned 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Celularity not subject to transfer restrictions (the “Private Placement Shares”). During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded unrealized losses on marketable investments of $92.8 million and $2.7 million in connection with the changes in fair value of the Restricted Shares and the Private Placement Shares, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded unrealized losses on marketable investments of $26.1 million and $0.9 million in connection with the changes in fair value of the Restricted Shares and the Private Placement Shares, respectively. The Company’s investment in Celularity is included within marketable investments under current assets within its consolidated balance sheets. The transfer restrictions on the Restricted Shares lapsed on July 16, 2022.

Aardvark

In 2021, the Company paid $10.0 million in cash for an aggregate of 7,777,864 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of Aardvark. The Company accounts for its investment in Aardvark as an equity investment without a readily determinable fair value and carries its investment in Aardvark at cost, less impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments. The Company’s investment in Aardvark was $10.0 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Tien Lee, MD, a member of the board of directors of Scilex Holding Company (“Scilex Holding”), a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, is the founder and chief executive officer of Aardvark. Kim D. Janda, Ph.D., a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, is a member of the advisory board of Aardvark.

Elsie

In 2021, the Company paid $10.0 million in cash for 10,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Elsie Biotechnologies, Inc. (“Elsie”). The Company accounts for its investment in Elsie as an equity investment without a readily determinable fair value and carries its investment in Elsie at cost, less impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments. The Company’s investment in Elsie was $10.0 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. In connection with the Company's purchase of Series A Preferred Stock of Elsie, Dr. Henry Ji, the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President, was appointed to the board of directors of Elsie.

NANTibody

As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s investment in NANTibody had a carrying value of zero due to the Company’s share of cumulative losses. NANTibody recorded a net loss of $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, NANTibody had $2.4 million in current assets, $10.5 million in current liabilities, $0.1 million in noncurrent assets and no noncurrent liabilities.

The financial statements of NANTibody are not received sufficiently timely for the Company to record its portion of earnings or loss in the current financial statements and therefore the Company reports its portion of earnings or loss on a one quarter lag.

NantStem

As of June 30, 2022, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in NantStem was approximately $18.7 million. NantStem recorded net income of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, NantStem had $84.2 million in current assets, no current liabilities, $0.5 million in noncurrent assets and no noncurrent liabilities.

The financial statements of NantStem are not received sufficiently timely for the Company to record its portion of earnings or loss in the current financial statements and therefore the Company reports its portion of earnings or loss on a one quarter lag.