Collaborative Arrangements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Collaborative Arrangements [Abstract]

Collaborative Arrangement Disclosure

COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

We enter into collaborative arrangements with third parties for the development and commercialization of certain products and product candidates. These arrangements involve two or more parties who are active participants in the operating activities of the collaboration and are exposed to significant risks and rewards depending on the commercial success of the activities. These arrangements may include non-refundable up-front payments, payments by us for options to acquire certain rights, contingent obligations by us for potential development and regulatory milestone payments and/or sales-based milestone payments, royalty payments, revenue or profit-sharing arrangements, cost-sharing arrangements, equity investments, or a combination of these terms.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we entered into collaboration arrangements that resulted in cash payments of $165 million, of which $126 million was recorded as up-front collaboration expense within Research and development expenses on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and the remaining balance was recorded in Prepaid and other current assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the initial cash consideration related to collaborations and other arrangements was not material. We do not consider any of these collaboration arrangements to be individually material.

Under the financial terms of these arrangements, we may be required to make payments upon achievement of various developmental, regulatory and commercial milestones, which could be significant. In addition, we may be required to pay significant royalties on future sales if products related to these arrangements are commercialized. The payment of these amounts, however, is contingent upon the occurrence of various future events, which have a high degree of uncertainty of occurrence. Future milestone payments and royalties, if any, will be reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income when the corresponding events become probable.