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Basis and Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
BASIS OF PRESENTATION  
Business and Significant Accounting Policies

1. BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

VIVUS is a specialty pharmaceutical company with three approved therapies and one product candidate in active clinical development. Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate extended release) is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for chronic weight management. STENDRA® (avanafil) is approved by FDA for erectile dysfunction, or ED, and by the European Commission, or EC, under the trade name SPEDRA, for the treatment of ED in the EU. In June 2018, the Company acquired the U.S. and Canadian commercial rights for PANCREAZE® (pancrelipase), which is indicated for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis or other conditions. The Company commercializes Qsymia and PANCREAZE in the U.S. through a smalls sales force supported by an internal commercial team. The Company licenses the commercial rights to STENDRA/SPEDRA in the U.S., EU and other countries and to PANCREAZE in Canada. VI-0106 (tacrolimus) is in active clinical development and is being studied in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH.

When reference is made to the “Company” or “VIVUS” in these footnotes, it refers to the Delaware corporation, or VIVUS, Inc., and its California predecessor, as well as all of its consolidated subsidiaries.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018. Management has evaluated all events and transactions that occurred after June 30, 2018 through the date these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were filed. There were no events or transactions during this period that require recognition or disclosure in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The December 31, 2017 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 as filed on March 14, 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed on April 26, 2018 with the SEC. Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of VIVUS, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including critical accounting policies or estimates related to available-for-sale securities, debt instruments, research and development expenses, income taxes, inventories, revenues, contingencies and litigation and share-based compensation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, information received from third parties and on various market specific and other relevant assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies since the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 with the exception of its revenue recognition policy as discussed in Note 2.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement Adopted

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This standard is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires revenue to be recognized in a manner to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for those goods or services. This new standard supersedes most previously-existing revenue recognition guidance. The Company adopted this standard in January 2018 using the modified retrospective basis. See Note 2.

In August 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The standard clarifies how certain cash receipts and cash payments will be presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted this standard in January 2018, and it had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which modifies the accounting by lessees for all leases with a term greater than 12 months. This standard will require lessees to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, but the Company intends to adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective transition method. The Company’s only significant lease is its operating lease for its corporate headquarters, although it has several smaller leases. The Company is completing its analysis, but expects the adoption of this guidance to have a significant impact on its balance sheets as it will recognize right of use assets and corresponding lease liabilities. The Company expects the overall recognition of expense to be similar to current guidance, though the classification of such expense could be significantly different.