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Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments

4. Investments

As of March 31, 2023, 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. and Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aardvark”), among others. The Company’s equity investments with readily determinable fair value include an ownership interest in Celularity.

Celularity

As of March 31, 2023, the Company owned 20,422,124 shares of Class A Common Stock of Celularity. The Company recorded unrealized losses on marketable investments of $13.7 million and unrealized gains on marketable investments of $66.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company’s investment in Celularity is included within marketable investments under current assets within its consolidated balance sheets.

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 March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Tien-Li Lee, M.D., a member of the board of directors of 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 Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), is a member of the advisory board of Aardvark.

NANTibody

As of each of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s investment in NANTibody had a carrying value of zero. NANTibody recorded a net loss of $1.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2022, NANTibody had $2.4 million in current assets, $11.6 million in current liabilities, $0.1 million in noncurrent assets and no noncurrent liabilities. As the Company’s investment in NANTibody has a carrying value of zero, the Company no longer records its portion of earnings or loss within its consolidated statements of operations.

NantStem

As of each of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s investment in NantStem had a carrying value of zero. NantStem recorded net income of $2.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2022, NantStem had $86.4 million in current assets, no current liabilities, $0.1 million in noncurrent assets and no noncurrent liabilities. As the Company’s investment in NantStem has a carrying value of zero, the Company no longer records its portion of earnings or loss within its consolidated statements of operations.