Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Note 5. Acquisitions

Tafasitamab

On February 5, 2024, pursuant to a purchase agreement with MorphoSys, we acquired exclusive global rights to tafasitamab, a humanized Fc-modified CD19-targeting immunotherapy marketed in the United States as MONJUVI (tafasitamab-cxix) and outside of the United States as MINJUVI (tafasitamab). We previously had the rights to tafasitamab outside of the United States under a January 2020 collaboration and license agreement with MorphoSys, which has now been terminated; therefore, this new agreement gave us all of the remaining global rights to tafasitamab. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, we made a payment of $25.0 million to MorphoSys and gained global development and commercialization rights for tafasitamab along with MONJUVI inventory. We will recognize revenue and costs for all U.S. commercialization and clinical development and MorphoSys will no longer be eligible to receive future milestone, profit split and royalty payments under the now-terminated collaboration and license agreement.

We evaluated the set of activities and assets acquired under the purchase agreement and concluded that it did not meet the definition of a business because the acquired set did not include a substantive process. Therefore, the transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition under U.S. GAAP and the total purchase price, inclusive of direct transaction costs, was allocated to the acquired MONJUVI inventory, in accordance with applicable accounting guidance.

Under the purchase agreement, we have also become the successor to MorphoSys under its collaboration and license agreement with Xencor, Inc. (“Xencor”), pursuant to which Xencor granted MorphoSys an exclusive, worldwide license, including the right to sublicense under certain conditions, for tafasitamab. Xencor is entitled to receive up to $186.5 million in future contingent development and regulatory milestones and up to $50.0 million in sales milestones. Furthermore, Xencor is eligible to receive tiered royalties on global net sales of tafasitamab in the single-digit to sub-teen double-digit percentage range. Our royalty obligations continue on a country-by-country basis until the later to occur of the expiration of the last valid claim in the licensed patent covering tafasitamab in such country, or 11 years after the first sale thereof following marketing authorization in such country. The term of the Xencor collaboration agreement will continue until all of our royalty payment obligations have expired, unless terminated earlier. The Xencor collaboration agreement may be terminated by either party upon written notice to the other party immediately in the event of the other party’s insolvency or upon 120 days’ written notice for the other party’s uncured material breach (or upon 30 days’ written notice in the case of a breach of a payment obligation). Moreover, we may terminate the Xencor collaboration agreement without cause upon 90 days’ advance written notice to Xencor. In the event that (i) we terminate this agreement for convenience or (ii) Xencor terminates due to our material breach, our challenge of Xencor’s licensed patents or our insolvency, worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize licensed products, including tafasitamab, revert back to Xencor.

Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Escient")

On May 30, 2024 we acquired all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Escient, a clinical-stage drug development company advancing novel small molecule therapeutics for systemic immune and neuro-immune disorders, for $782.5 million cash consideration, which included Escient's net cash remaining at the close of the transaction, subject to adjustments set forth in the merger agreement with Escient.

Escient’s lead molecule, INCB000262 (formerly EP262), is a first-in-class oral Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonist that has the potential to treat a broad range of inflammatory disorders. We accounted for the Escient transaction as an asset acquisition under U.S. GAAP because INCB000262 represents substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired.

In addition to the $782.5 million closing cash consideration per the terms of the merger agreement, we incurred $2.5 million of direct transaction costs that were included in the total consideration to be allocated to the acquired net assets. Of the $785.0 million total consideration, we recognized on our consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2024 related compensation expense of $31.5 million associated with the accelerated vesting for certain Escient stock awards in connection with the acquisition.

The following table summarizes allocation of the remaining U.S. GAAP consideration, net of compensation expense, across the net assets acquired (in thousands):

Cash and cash equivalents	$	48,302
Marketable securities	3,988
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,663
In-process research and development assets	679,388
Deferred tax asset	44,811
Other non-current assets	4,110
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(26,611)
Other current liabilities	(1,022)
Non-current liabilities	(1,118)
Total U.S. GAAP Consideration (net of compensation expense)	$	753,511

In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) assets are related to acquired clinical-stage product candidates: lead candidate, INCB000262, and secondary candidate, INCB000547 (formerly EP547). The fair value of IPR&D assets was based on the present value of future discounted cash flows, which was based on significant estimates. These estimates included the amount of future product revenues, costs required to conduct clinical trials, future milestones and royalties payable under acquired license agreements, costs to receive regulatory approval and potentially commercialize product candidates, as well as estimates for probability of success and the discount rate. The concluded allocated fair values for INCB000262 and INCB000547 was $644.8 million and $34.6 million, respectively. As both acquired IPR&D assets do not have an alternative future use at the acquisition date, we recognized the full amount of $679.4 million as research and development expenses on our consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2024.