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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Organization and Significant Accounting Policies ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General and Recent Developments
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries (referred to herein collectively as the “Company”) are primarily engaged in developing medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, the Company’s therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference (“RNAi”) is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. The Company’s RNAi-based therapeutics may leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing to target and shut down specific disease-causing genes.
The following table presents the Company’s current pipeline:
Therapeutic AreaNameStageProduct Rights
CardiometabolicARO-APOC3Two Phase 2b and one Phase 3Arrowhead
ARO-ANG3Two Phase 2bArrowhead
OlpasiranPhase 3Amgen
PulmonaryARO-ENAC2Pre-ClinicalArrowhead
ARO-RAGEPhase 1/2Arrowhead
ARO-MUC5ACPhase 1/2aArrowhead
ARO-MMP7Phase 1/2aArrowhead
LiverARO-HSDPhase 1/2GSK
FazirsiranPhase 2Takeda and Arrowhead
JNJ-3989Phase 2Janssen
HZN-457 (formerly ARO-XDH)Phase 1Horizon
ARO-C3Phase 1/2Arrowhead
JNJ-75220795Phase 1Janssen
MuscleARO-DUX4Pre-ClinicalArrowhead
The Company operates lab facilities in San Diego, California and Madison, Wisconsin, where its research and development activities, including the development of RNAi therapeutics, take place. The Company’s principal executive offices are located in Pasadena, California.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company continued to develop and advance its pipeline and partnered candidates. Several key recent developments include:
enrolled the first subject in a Phase 1 randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the safety tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a development-stage medicine, HZN-457 (formerly ARO-XDH), which is out-licensed to Horizon, triggering a $15.0 million milestone payment to the Company which was paid in the second quarter of fiscal 2023;
enrolled the first subject in Amgen’s Phase 3 trial of Olpasiran, triggering a $25.0 million milestone payment to the Company which was paid in the second quarter of fiscal 2023;
entered into a Royalty Purchase Agreement (the “Royalty Pharma Agreement”) with Royalty Pharma Investments 2019 ICAV (“Royalty Pharma”) on November 9, 2022, pursuant to which Royalty Pharma paid $250.0 million upfront (See Note 11 — Liability Related to the Sale of Future Royalties of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Part I, “Item 1. Financial Statements.”);
announced Topline Results from SEQUOIA Phase 2 Study of Fazirsiran (formerly ARO-AAT) in Patients with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency-Associated Liver Disease in which;
Fibrosis regression was observed in 50% of patients receiving Fazirsiran;
Median reductions of 94% of Z-AAT accumulation in the liver and mean reductions of 68% in histologic globule burden were observed;
Treatment emergent adverse events were generally well balanced between Fazirsiran and placebo groups;
Results were consistent with AROAAT-2002 open-label study previously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The interim Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries (wholly-owned subsidiaries and a variable interest entity for which the Company is the primary beneficiary). Subsidiaries refer to Arrowhead Madison, Inc., Visirna Therapeutics, Inc. (“Visirna”), and Arrowhead Australia Pty Ltd. For subsidiaries in which the Company owns or is exposed to less than 100% of the economics, the Company records net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in its consolidated statements of operations equal to the percentage of the economic or ownership interests retained in such entity by the respective noncontrolling party.
The interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The financial data of the Company included herein are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all material adjustments of a normal recurring nature have been made to present fairly the Company’s financial position at December 31, 2022 and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
Certain financial information that is normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, but that is not required for interim reporting purposes, has been omitted from the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements and related notes. Readers are urged to review the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022 for more complete descriptions and discussions. Operating results and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
Liquidity
The Company’s primary sources of financing have been through the sale of its securities, revenue from its licensing and collaboration agreements and the sale of certain future royalties. Research and development activities have required significant capital investment since the Company’s inception and are expected to continue to require significant cash expenditure in the future, particularly as the Company’s pipeline of drug candidates and its headcount have both expanded significantly. Additionally, significant capital investment will be required as the Company’s pipeline matures into later stage clinical trials and as the Company plans to increase its internal manufacturing capabilities.
At December 31, 2022, the Company had $202.2 million in cash and cash equivalents (including $7.3 million in restricted cash), $299.6 million in short-term investments and $115.8 million in long-term investments to fund operations. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and investments balance increased by $135.3 million which was primarily due to the $250.0 million upfront payment received from Royalty Pharma. See Note 11.
In total, the Company is eligible to receive up to $4.1 billion in developmental, regulatory and sales milestones, and may receive various royalties on net sales from its licensing and collaboration agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of those agreements. The revenue recognition for these collaboration agreements is discussed further in Note 2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no changes to the significant accounting policies disclosed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
There have been no recent accounting pronouncements that have significantly impacted this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, beyond those disclosed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.