Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion contains management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations and should be read together with the historical consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs and involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. You should carefully read “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors.”
Overview
We are a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers. We have developed RTGelTM reverse-thermal hydrogel, a proprietary sustained release, hydrogel-based technology that has the potential to improve therapeutic profiles of existing drugs. Our technology is designed to enable longer exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. Our approved product Jelmyto® (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, and our investigational candidate, UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution, are designed to ablate tumors by non-surgical means and to treat several forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer, including low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (“low-grade UTUC”) and low-grade intermediate risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (“low-grade intermediate risk NMIBC”), respectively. In addition, our immuno-uro-oncology pipeline includes UGN-301 (zalifrelimab), an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, which we intend to study as a combination therapy with multiple potential agents.
RTGel is a novel proprietary polymeric biocompatible, reverse thermal gelation hydrogel, which, unlike the general characteristics of most forms of matter, is liquid at lower temperatures and converts into gel form when warmed to body temperature. We believe that these characteristics promote ease of delivery into and retention of drugs in body cavities, including the bladder and the upper urinary tract, forming a transient reservoir of drug that disintegrates over time while preventing rapid excretion, providing for increased dwell time. RTGel leverages the physiologic flow of urine to provide a natural exit from the body. We believe that RTGel, when formulated with an active drug, may allow for the improved efficacy of treatment of various types of urothelial and specialty cancers without compromising the safety of the patient or interfering with the natural flow of fluids in the urinary tract.
Jelmyto
Jelmyto is our novel sustained-release RTGel-based formulation of mitomycin that we have developed for the treatment of low-grade UTUC. On April 15, 2020, the FDA approved our new drug application (“NDA”) for Jelmyto (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, formerly known as UGN-101, for the treatment of adult patients with low-grade UTUC. Jelmyto consists of mitomycin, an established chemotherapy, and sterile hydrogel, using our proprietary sustained release RTGel technology. It has been designed to prolong exposure of urinary tract tissue to mitomycin, thereby enabling the treatment of tumors by non-surgical means. New product exclusivity for Jelmyto exists through April 15, 2023, Orphan Drug exclusivity through April 15, 2027 as well as a composition of matter patent through 2031. The main patents that protect Jelmyto in the United States are set to expire on January 20, 2031. These patents were listed in the FDA's Orange Book (Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations).
The FDA evaluated the Jelmyto NDA under Priority Review, which is reserved for medicines that may represent significant improvements in safety or efficacy in treating serious conditions. Jelmyto was also granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA, which was created to expedite the development and review of drugs developed for serious or life-threatening conditions with high unmet need.
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In June 2020, we initiated our commercial launch of Jelmyto in the United States. We have staffed, trained and prepared a customer-facing team comprising territory business managers with deep experience in both urology and oncology. These territory business managers are led by seven regional business managers. Each region is additionally supported by one to two clinical nurse educators to provide education and training around instillation, as well as a Field Reimbursement manager to help ensure access and reimbursement for appropriate patients. In addition, our organization includes seven medical science liaisons who appropriately engage with physicians interested in learning more about UroGen, Jelmyto and our technology, both in person and virtually. In total, our customer-facing team comprises approximately 80 representatives.
We are committed to helping patients access Jelmyto. Our market access teams have laid the foundation for coverage and reimbursement, meeting multiple times with payers. The majority of large commercial plans have policies in place, covering over 150 million lives. In addition to reimbursement and access, we have also been focused on ensuring seamless integration into physician practices. We have implemented processes to help make Jelmyto preparation and administration safe and seamless for practitioners and patients, including entering into an agreement with a major national pharmacy under which the pharmacy, following receipt of a patient prescription, prepares and dispenses the Jelmyto admixture on our behalf. In October 2020, a Medicare C-Code was issued for Jelmyto. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services established a permanent and product-specific J-code for Jelmyto that took effect on January 1, 2021 and replaced the C-Code. We are also launching a registry to capture data and evaluate real world outcomes in patients with UTUC that have been or will be treated with Jelmyto. The purpose of the registry is to study the use of Jelmyto in clinical practice in the United States and address specific clinical questions.
UGN-102
We are evaluating the safety and efficacy of UGN-102, our novel sustained-release formulation of mitomycin for the treatment of low-grade intermediate risk NMIBC.
In October 2021, we reported final data from the Phase 2b OPTIMA II trial. The single-arm, open label trial completed enrollment of 63 patients at clinical sites across the United States and Israel in September 2019. Patients were treated with six weekly instillations of UGN-102 and underwent assessment of CR (the primary endpoint) four to six weeks following the last instillation. We initiated the Phase 3 ATLAS trial in December 2020 and until November 2021, were enrolling patients in this trial assessing UGN-102 with or without TURBT compared to standard of care (TURBT). In parallel, we continued to engage in discussions with the FDA and, based on this dialogue, we designed a trial in order to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of UGN-102. This new Phase 3 ENVISION trial is a single-arm, multinational, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of UGN-102 as primary chemoablative therapy in patients with low-grade intermediate risk NMIBC. The design for the Phase 3 ENVISION trial is similar to our Phase 2 OPTIMA II trial in that the patient population will have similar clinical characteristics, receive the same treatment regimen and undergo the same efficacy and safety assessments and qualitative follow-up. Study participants will receive six once-weekly intravesical instillations of UGN-102. The planned primary endpoint will evaluate the complete response rate at three months after the first instillation, and the key secondary endpoint will evaluate durability over time in patients who achieve complete response at the three-month assessment.
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We initiated the Phase 3 ATLAS trial in December 2020 and until recently had been enrolling patients in this trial assessing UGN-102 with or without TURBT compared to standard of care. In parallel, we continued to engage in discussions with the FDA and, based on this dialogue, have designed an alternative trial in order to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of UGN-102. This new streamlined Phase 3 ENVISION trial is a single-arm, multinational, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of UGN-102 as primary chemoablative therapy in patients with low-grade intermediate risk NMIBC. The design for this new Phase 3 ENVISION trial will be similar to our Phase 2 OPTIMA II trial in that the patient population will have the same clinical characteristics, receive the same treatment regimen and undergo the same efficacy and safety assessments and qualitative follow-up, but with different endpoints. Study participants will receive 6 once-weekly intravesical instillations of UGN-102. The planned primary endpoint is the complete response rate at three months after the first instillation, and the key secondary endpoint will be durability over time in patients who achieve complete response at the three-month assessment.
In February 2022, we announced the initiation of the Phase 3 ENVISION trial, which is expected to enroll approximately 220 patients across 90 sites, with completion of enrollment expected by the end of 2022. Assuming positive findings, we anticipate submitting an NDA for UGN-102 in 2024. As a result of the FDA's acceptance of a single arm approach, we have stopped enrollment of the Phase 3 ATLAS study. However, at the time enrollment was stopped, any patients who had signed an informed consent were able to complete screening, and if eligible were randomized into the trial. Patients continue to be followed in Phase 3 ATLAS study, and clinical results from these patients are expected to generate additional safety data and other insights in our evaluation of UGN-102 as a primary therapy in the treatment of low-grade intermediate risk NMIBC.
We have also initiated a Phase 3b study with the objective of demonstrating whether UGN-102 can be administered at home by a qualified home health professional, avoiding the need for repeated visits to a healthcare setting for instillation. Patients in the ongoing Phase 3b study will receive six once-weekly intravesical instillations of UGN-102. The Phase 3b study aims to enroll up to 10 patients across four centers. The initial treatment visit will occur at the investigative site and instillation will be performed by a qualified physician. Treatment visits two to six will take place at the patient's home and instillation will be performed by a properly trained and qualified home health professional. The primary endpoint of the study is the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), serious TEAEs, TEAEs of special interest, discontinuations from at home study treatment, and clinically significant abnormalities in laboratory tests (hematology, serum chemistry, and urinalysis). We believe the ease and convenience of home instillation has the potential to transform care and facilitate alternative access to treatment.
UGN-301
Our immuno-uro-oncology pipeline includes UGN-301 (zalifrelimab), an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, which we intend to study as a combination therapy with multiple potential agents. UGN-301, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, is delivered using our proprietary RTGel technology , which has been designed to significantly improve the effectiveness of intravesical therapy.
Our initial nonclinical studies involve the sequential use of UGN-201 (imiquimod), a TLR 7 agonist, and UGN-301 (zalifrelimab), an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, as an investigational treatment for high-grade NMIBC. Toll-like receptors are pattern recognition receptors whose importance in stimulating innate and adaptive immunity has been established by recent studies. Toll-like receptors are able to sense microbial components as well as host-derived endogenous molecules released by injured tissues and play a critical role in defending against invading pathogens. Imiquimod, in its topical formulation, is FDA approved for several indications, including superficial basal cell carcinoma. UGN-201 is a liquid formulation of imiquimod for intravesical administration that has been optimized for delivery in the urinary tract. UGN-201 does not use our RTGel technology. We believe that UGN-201 may elicit an adaptive immune response in the presence of released bladder cancer antigens, which may translate into a long lasting acquired immune response.
Our Research and Development and License Agreements
Allergan/AbbVie Agreement
In October 2016, we entered into an exclusive license agreement (the "Allergan/AbbVie Agreement") with Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited ("Allergan"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allergan plc, which is now a part of AbbVie Inc. ("AbbVie") and granted Allergan an exclusive worldwide license to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize pharmaceutical products that contain RTGel and clostridial toxins including BOTOX. The license granted the exclusivity for the RTGel and clostridial toxins including BOTOX alone or in combination with certain other active ingredients, referred to as the Licensed Products, which are approved for the treatment of adults with overactive bladder ("OAB") who cannot use or do not adequately respond to anticholinergics.
In October 2017, Allergan commenced a Phase 2 clinical trial of BOTOX/RTGel for the treatment of OAB, with the potential to evolve from multiple injections of BOTOX into the bladder to a single instillation of the novel formulation. In August 2020, we announced that the Phase 2 APOLLO trial did not meet the primary endpoint. The data suggested that this result may have been due to BOTOX not effectively permeating the urothelium. Over the past year, we have been in discussions with AbbVie to determine whether other products in their portfolio would be complementary with RTGel. Based on this review, there was limited interest to pursue combinatorial products, and therefore, in November 2021 the Allergan/AbbVie Agreement was terminated.
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Agenus Agreement
In November 2019, we entered into a license agreement with Agenus Inc. (“Agenus”). Pursuant to the agreement, Agenus granted us an exclusive, worldwide license (not including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and their respective territories and possessions), royalty-bearing, sublicensable license under Agenus’s intellectual property rights to develop, make, use, sell, import and otherwise commercialize products incorporating a proprietary antibody of Agenus known as AGEN1884 for the treatment of cancers of the urinary tract via intravesical delivery. AGEN1884 is an anti-CTLA-4 antagonist that is currently being evaluated by Agenus as a monotherapy in PD-1 refractory patients and in combination with Agenus’ anti-PD-1 antibody (AGEN2034) in solid tumors. UGN-301 is a formulation of RTGel and zalifrelimab (AGEN1884) that is in early-stage development for high-grade NMIBC.
MD Anderson Agreement
Based on nonclinical studies conducted by us, UGN-201 in combination with anti-CTLA-4 antagonists have shown encouraging results for the potential treatment of high-grade NMIBC. In January 2021, we announced that we entered into a three-year strategic research collaboration agreement with MD Anderson focusing on sequential use of UGN-201 and UGN-301 as an investigational treatment for high-grade NMIBC. Under the agreement, MD Anderson and UroGen will collaborate on the design and conduct of nonclinical and clinical studies with oversight from a joint steering committee. UroGen will provide funding, developmental candidates, and other support.
For additional information regarding our research and development and license agreements, see Note 12 to our financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
In the event of continuing disruptions related to COVID-19 variants, there could be detrimental impact to our ongoing and future clinical trials, our ongoing commercial launch and future commercialization activities for Jelmyto, and our ability to access capital markets.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the end of January 2022, over 75% of the U.S. population has had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and over 64% are fully vaccinated. However, as circumstances evolve, in particular related to the emergence of variants, it will be important to understand potential impacts to patients and the hospital system, and the ability for patients to access Jelmyto. Throughout 2021, we have experienced reduced or limited access to surgery centers and clinics, particularly in regions of the U.S. that have continued to be heavily impacted by COVID-19. While it is difficult to predict the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including associated variants, on our business and the healthcare industry, we continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation, and the potential further impacts that the pandemic and related government response may have on our business.
Components of Operating Results
Revenues
During the year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we recognized $48.0 million and $11.8 million of revenues, respectively, from sales of our product, Jelmyto, which we launched in June 2020.
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Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consist primarily of inventory and related costs associated with the manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and preparation of Jelmyto. In periods prior to receiving FDA approval for Jelmyto, we recognized inventory and related costs associated with the manufacture of Jelmyto as research and development expenses.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist primarily of:
We expense all research and development costs as incurred. We estimate nonclinical study and clinical trial expenses based on the services performed pursuant to contracts with research institutions and contract research organizations that conduct and manage nonclinical studies and clinical trials on our behalf based on actual time and expenses incurred by them.
We accrue for costs incurred as the services are being provided by monitoring the status of the trial or project and the invoices received from our external service providers. We adjust our accrual as actual costs become known. Where at risk contingent milestone payments are due to third parties under research and development and collaboration agreements, the milestone payment obligations are expensed when the milestone results are achieved.
We have received grants under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological Innovation, 5754-1984 (the “R&D Law”), from the Israel Innovation Authority in Israel (the “IIA”), an independent and impartial public entity, for some of our development programs. Through December 31, 2021, we had received grants in the aggregate amount of $2.1 million. On January 12, 2020, the IIA approved the Company’s request to unwind its obligation to the IIA regarding grants that were loaned to the Company between January 2004 and September 2016. The total payment under the IIA approval, net of the royalties already paid, amounts to $6.6 million, which was fully paid during the first quarter of 2020. See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for additional information.
We are currently focused on advancing our product candidates, and our future research and development expenses will depend on their clinical success. Research and development expenses will continue to be significant and will increase over at least the next several years as we continue to develop our product candidates and conduct nonclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates.
Research and development activities are central to our business model. Product candidates in later stages of clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later-stage clinical trials. We do not believe that it is possible at this time to accurately project total expenses required for us to reach commercialization of our product candidates. Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of nonclinical and clinical development, we are unable to estimate with certainty the costs we will incur and the timelines that will be required in the continued development and approval of our product candidates. Clinical and nonclinical development timelines, the probability of success and development costs can differ materially from expectations. In addition, we cannot forecast which product candidates may be subject to future collaborations, if and when such arrangements will be entered into, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements. We expect our research and development expenses to increase over the next several years as our clinical programs progress and as we seek to initiate clinical trials of additional product candidates. We also expect to incur increased research and development expenses as we selectively identify and develop additional product candidates.
The duration, costs and timing of clinical trials and development of our product candidates will depend on a variety of factors that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• per patient trial costs;
• the number of patients that participate in the trials;
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• the number of sites included in the trials;
• the countries in which the trials are conducted;
• the length of time required to enroll eligible patients;
• delays or operational challenges resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic;
• the number of doses that patients receive;
• the drop-out or discontinuation rates of patients;
• the duration of patient follow-up; and
• the efficacy and safety profile of the product candidates.
In addition, the probability of success for each product candidate will depend on numerous factors, including competition, manufacturing capability and commercial viability. We will determine which programs to pursue and how much to fund each program in response to the scientific and clinical success of each product candidate, as well as an assessment of each product candidate’s commercial potential.
Other than Jelmyto, which was approved by the FDA in April 2020, we have not received approval of any of our product candidates. UGN-102 is still in clinical development and our other product candidates are in nonclinical development, and the outcome of these efforts is uncertain. As such, we cannot estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of our product candidates or whether, or when, we may achieve profitability. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity or debt financings and collaboration arrangements.
License fees and development milestone payments related to in-licensed products and technology are expensed as incurred if it is determined at that point that they have no established alternative future use.
Selling and Marketing Expenses
To date, selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of commercial personnel costs (including share-based compensation) along with pre-commercialization and commercialization activities related to Jelmyto, formerly known as UGN-101.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs (including share-based compensation related to directors, employees and consultants). Other significant costs include medical affairs services, external professional service costs, facility costs, accounting and audit services, legal services, and other consulting fees.
Financing on prepaid forward obligation
Financing on prepaid forward obligation is comprised of financing expense related to the RTW Transaction, as defined in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Interest and Other Income, Net
Interest and other income, net, consisted primarily of interest income, net losses on foreign exchange and bank commissions.
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Income Taxes
We have yet to generate taxable income in Israel. We have historically incurred operating losses resulting in carry forward tax losses totaling approximately $335.8 million as of December 31, 2021. We anticipate that we will continue to generate tax losses for the foreseeable future and that we will be able to carry forward these tax losses indefinitely to future taxable years. Accordingly, we do not expect to pay taxes in Israel until we have taxable income after the full utilization of our carry forward tax losses. We have provided a full valuation allowance with respect to the deferred tax assets related to these carry forward losses. Income tax expense also consists of our estimate of uncertain tax positions, and related interest and penalties. See Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
Operating expenses:
Financing on prepaid forward obligation (17,291 ) — (17,291 )
Revenues
Revenues were $48.0 million and $11.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase of $36.2 million reflects the increased volume of sales of our product Jelmyto following its approval by the FDA in April 2020 commercial launch which commenced in June 2020.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues were $5.2 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In periods prior to receiving FDA approval for Jelmyto, we recognized inventory and related costs associated with the manufacture of Jelmyto as research and development expenses. We expect this to continue to impact cost of revenues through the second quarter of 2023 as we produce Jelmyto at costs reflecting the full costs of manufacturing and as we deplete inventories that we had expensed prior to receiving FDA approval. Gross margin was 89.3% and 91.4% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses increased by $0.3 million to $47.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2021 from $47.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase is primarily attributable to higher research and development expense in 2021 related to the Phase 3 ATLAS study for UGN-102 which was initiated at the end of 2020, partially offset by the one-time payment in the prior year of $6.6 million to unwind our obligation to the IIA, and a decrease in personnel costs within research and development departments.
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Selling and Marketing Expenses
Selling and marketing expenses were $47.6 million and $46.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in selling and marketing expenses of $1.1 million resulted primarily attributable to higher field sales force expenses related to the launch and commercialization of Jelmyto.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $39.9 million and $43.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative expenses of $3.8 million resulted primarily from a decrease in consulting and personnel costs in 2021.
Financing on Prepaid Forward Obligation
Financing on prepaid forward obligation was $17.3 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to the closing of the RTW agreement.
Interest and Other Income, Net
Interest and other income, net was income of $0.2 million and income of $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The decrease of $1.4 million was primarily due to a decrease in our cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2021, we had $89.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities. Cash in excess of immediate requirements is invested in accordance with our investment policy, primarily with a view to liquidity and capital preservation, and is held primarily in U.S. dollars. Based on our cash flow projections, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, in addition to our recently announced Loan Agreement (see Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details) are sufficient to fund our planned operations for at least the next 12 months.
Through December 31, 2021, we funded our operations primarily through public equity offerings, private placements of equity securities and our funding arrangement with RTW.
During the second quarter of 2020 we sold 700,000 ordinary shares under the ATM Sales Agreement, for gross proceeds of approximately $16.6 million. The net proceeds to us after deducting sales commissions to Cowen and other issuance expenses were approximately $15.8 million. The remaining capacity under the ATM Sales Agreement is approximately $83.4 million.
In March 2021, we entered into the Forward Contract with RTW, pursuant to which RTW agreed to provide us with an upfront cash payment of $75.0 million to support the launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102, and we agreed to provide RTW with tiered future payments based on global annual net product sales of Jelmyto and UGN-102, if approved. In May 2021, following the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, we received the $75.0 million prepaid forward payment ($72.4 million net of transaction costs) from RTW. As of December 31, 2021, the amounts paid and payable to RTW amounted to $4.0 million.
On March 7, 2022, we entered into the Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to make the Term Loans to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100 million to be funded in two tranches: (i) Tranche A Loan was advanced in the amount of $75 million ($72.6 million net of transaction costs) in March, 2022, and (ii) the Tranche B Loan of $25 million will be advanced at the Borrower's election, subject to the customary bring down conditions and deliverables, and in no event later than December 31, 2022. See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.
We have incurred losses since our inception and negative cash flows from our operations, and as of December 31, 2021 we had an accumulated deficit of $467.3 million. We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the reasonably foreseeable future. Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, commercialization activities, research and development expenses, including third-party clinical research and development services, laboratory and related supplies, clinical costs, including manufacturing costs, legal and other regulatory expenses and general and administrative costs, partially offset by proceeds from sales of Jelmyto.
We cannot estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully commercialize any approved products, including Jelmyto, or whether, or when, we may achieve profitability. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity or debt financings and collaboration arrangements.There can be no assurances that we will be able to secure such additional financing if at all, or on terms that are satisfactory to us, and that it will be sufficient to meet its needs. In the event we are not successful in obtaining sufficient funding, this could force us to delay, limit, or reduce our product development, commercialization efforts or other operations.
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Cash Flows
The following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of cash for the periods set forth below:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
Net cash (used in) provided by:
Net change in cash and cash equivalents $ (8,504 ) $ 3,879
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $84.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $105.9 million used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2020. The $21.0 million decrease was attributable primarily to the decrease of $17.7 million in the net loss driven by revenue from sales of our product Jelmyto during 2021, as well as lower personnel related costs and the payment to the IIA during 2020.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities was $4.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $93.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease of $89.1 million is primarily related to a decrease in maturities of marketable securities, in addition to an increase in purchases of marketable securities as compared to the prior year.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $72.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $16.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase of $55.8 is primarily due to the receipt of $72.4 million of net proceeds from the RTW Transaction in 2021, as compared to net proceeds received from sales under the ATM Sales Agreement in 2020.
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Funding and Cash Requirements
Our present and future funding and cash requirements will depend on many factors, including, among other things:
• the progress, timing and completion of clinical trials for UGN-102;
• potential new product candidates we identify and attempt to develop;
Accordingly, we will need to obtain additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs or future commercialization efforts.
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We may finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of any additional securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a shareholder. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants that further limit or restrict our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. In addition, the terms of the Forward Contract and Loan Agreement limit our ability to take certain actions, including incurring additional indebtedness.
If we raise funds through additional collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or future commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.
For more information as to the risks associated with our future funding needs, see “Item 1.A – Risk Factors.”We will require additional financing to achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this capital when needed and on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development, commercialization efforts or other operations.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
In April 2016, the Company signed an addendum to its November 2014 lease agreement for our executive offices located in Israel, in order to increase the office space rented and to extend the rent period until 2019. In March 2019, we utilized the agreement extension option and extended the rent period for an additional three years until August 2022.
In April 2018, we entered into a new lease agreement for an office in Los Angeles, CA. The lease commencement date was July 10, 2018 and terminates in March 2024. In November 2019, we subleased our offices in Los Angeles, CA. The lease commencement date was January 1, 2020 and terminates in March 2024. The subtenants exercised their early access clause and moved into the premises at the end of November 2019.
Also, in November 2019, we entered into a new lease agreement, dated effective October 31, 2019, for an office in Princeton, NJ. The lease commencement date was November 29, 2019 and the lease term is 38 months.
The total obligation for future minimum lease payments under our operating leases is $1.6 million as of December 31, 2021. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
On March 7, 2022, UroGen Pharma Ltd., the Borrower and the Guarantors party thereto from time to time entered into the Loan Agreement with the Lenders and Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to make the Term Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100 million to be funded in two tranches: (i) the Tranche A Loan of $75 million was advanced in March, 2022 and (ii) the Tranche B Loan of $25 million will be advanced at Borrowers election, subject to certain conditions, subject to the customary bring down conditions and deliverables, and in no event later than December 31, 2022. The Term Loans will mature on the fifth-year anniversary of the Tranche A Closing Date (the “Maturity Date”). The Term Loans bear interest at 8.25% plus three-month LIBOR per annum with a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. In the event of the cessation of LIBOR, the benchmark governing the interest rate will be replaced with a rate based on the secured overnight financing rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as described in the Loan Agreement. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears. Repayment of outstanding principal of the Term Loans will be made in four equal quarterly payments of principal commencing after the 17th-quarter anniversary of the Tranche A Closing Date. The obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement are guaranteed on a full and unconditional basis by UroGen Pharma Ltd. and the other Guarantor and are secured by substantially all of the respective Credit Parties’ tangible and intangible assets and property, including intellectual property, subject to certain exceptions.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. In accordance with GAAP, we base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances at the time such estimates are made. Actual results may differ materially from our estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions. We periodically review our estimates in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. The effects of material revisions in estimates, if any, are reflected in our financial statements prospectively from the date of the change in estimate.
We define our critical accounting policies as those accounting principles generally accepted in the United States that require us to make subjective estimates and judgments about matters that are uncertain and are likely to have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations, as well as the specific manner in which we apply those principles. While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report, we believe the following are the critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our financial statements.
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Revenues
Product sales from Jelmyto are recognized as revenue under ASC 606 at the point in time that control of the product has been transferred to the customer, generally at the point the product has been delivered to the treating physician. All product sales of Jelmyto are recognized through our arrangement with a single customer, a third-party national specialty distributor. Net revenues recognized include management’s estimate of returns, consideration paid to the customer, chargebacks relating to differences between the wholesale acquisition cost and the contracted price offered to the end consumer, chargebacks relating to 340b drug pricing programs, Medicaid drug rebate programs, and our co-pay assistance program, which are estimated based on industry benchmarking studies as well as our historical experience.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and consist primarily of the cost of salaries, share-based compensation expenses, payroll taxes and other employee benefits, subcontractors and materials used for research and development activities, including nonclinical studies, clinical trials, other manufacturing costs and professional services. The costs of services performed by others in connection with the research and development activities of an entity, including research and development conducted by others on behalf of the entity, shall be included in research and development costs and expensed as the contracted work is performed. We accrue for costs incurred as the services are being provided by monitoring the status of the trial or project and the invoices received from its external service providers. We adjust accruals as actual costs become known. Where contingent milestone payments are due to third parties under research and development arrangements or license agreements, the milestone payment obligations are expensed when the milestone results are achieved.
The costs of intangibles that are purchased from others for a particular research and development project and that have no alternative future uses (in other research and development projects or otherwise) and therefore no separate economic values are recognized as research and development expense at the time the costs are incurred.
Selling,General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs (including share-based compensation related to directors, employees and consultants). Other significant costs include commercial, medical affairs, external professional service costs, facility costs, accounting and audit services, legal services and other consulting fees. Selling, general and administrative costs are expensed as incurred, and we accrue for services provided by third parties related to the above expenses by monitoring the status of services provided and receiving estimates from its service providers and adjusting its accruals as actual costs become known.
Share-Based Compensation
We account for employees’ and directors’ share-based payment awards classified as equity awards using the grant-date fair value method. The fair value of share-based payment transactions is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, which is equal to the vesting period. The fair value of options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) equaled the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the grant date. We account for forfeitures as they occur in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation”.
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We elected to recognize compensation costs for awards conditioned only on continued service that have a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method and to value the awards based on the single-option award approach. Performance based awards are expensed over the requisite service period when the achievement of performance criteria is probable.
Prepaid Forward Obligation
Under the RTW Transaction, we received funds to support the continued launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102 in return for tiered, future cash payments based on net sales of Jelmyto and UGN-102, if approved by the FDA. The net proceeds received under the RTW Transaction were recognized as a long-term liability. The subsequent measurement for the liability follows the accounting principles defined in ASC Topic 835-30, “Imputation of Interest”. See Note 9 for further discussion related to the prepaid forward obligation.
Income Taxes
The Company provides for income taxes based on pretax income, if any, and applicable tax rates available in the various jurisdictions in which it operates, including Israel and the U.S. Deferred taxes are computed using the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws. A valuation allowance is recognized to the extent that it is more likely than not that the deferred taxes will not be realized in the foreseeable future.
The Company follows a two-step approach in recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. After concluding that a particular filing position can be recognized (i.e., has a more-likely-than-not chance of being sustained), ASC 740-10-30-7 requires that the amount of benefit recognized be measured using a methodology based on the concept of cumulative probability. Under this methodology, the amount of benefit recorded represents the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks
Interest Rate Fluctuation Risk
Some of the securities in which we invest have market risk in that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the marketable securities to fluctuate. Financial instruments that potentially subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2021, we had $89.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We invest our cash primarily in money market accounts, but from time to time may invest in commercial paper and debt instruments of financial institutions, corporations, U.S. government-sponsored agencies and the U.S. Treasury. The primary objectives of our investment activities are to ensure liquidity and to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing the income we receive from our marketable securities without significantly increasing risk. We have established guidelines regarding approved investments and maturities of investments, which are designed to maintain safety and liquidity. If a 10% change in interest rates were to have occurred on December 31, 2021, this change would not have had a material effect on the fair value of our cash and cash equivalents as of that date.
Inflation Risk
Inflation generally may affect us by increasing our cost of labor and clinical trial costs. Inflation has not had a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations during the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
The U.S. dollar is our functional and reporting currency. However, a significant portion of our operating expenses are incurred in NIS. As a result, we are exposed to the risk that the NIS may appreciate relative to the dollar, or, if the NIS instead devalues relative to the dollar, that the inflation rate in Israel may exceed such rate of devaluation of the NIS, or that the timing of such devaluation may lag behind inflation in Israel. In any such event, the dollar cost of our operations in Israel would increase and our dollar-denominated results of operations would be adversely affected. We cannot predict any future trends in the rate of inflation in Israel or the rate of devaluation, if any, of the NIS against the dollar. For example, the dollar depreciated against the NIS during 2021 by a total of 3.2%. If the dollar cost of our operations in Israel increases, our dollar-measured results of operations will be adversely affected. Our operations also could be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively hedge against currency fluctuations in the future.
We do not currently engage in currency hedging activities in order to reduce this currency exposure, but we may begin to do so in the future. Instruments that may be used to hedge future risks may include foreign currency forward and swap contracts. These instruments may be used to selectively manage risks, but there can be no assurance that we will be fully protected against material foreign currency fluctuations.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
UroGen Pharma, Ltd.
Index to financial statements
Pages
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 238) 78
Consolidated Balance Sheets 79
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss 80
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity 81
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 82
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 83
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of UroGen Pharma Ltd.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of UroGen Pharma Ltd. and its subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, of shareholders' equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Prepaid Forward Agreement - Obligation Liability
As described in Notes 3 and 9 to the consolidated financial statements, in March 2021, the Company entered into a prepaid forward agreement with RTW Investments (“RTW”). Under the terms of the RTW Transaction, the Company received funds to support the continued launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102. In return for the transferred funds, RTW is entitled to receive tiered, future cash payments based on aggregate worldwide annual net product sales of Jelmyto. In May 2021, following the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, the Company received the $75.0 million prepaid forward payment ($72.4 million net of transaction costs) from RTW and recognized an associated prepaid forward obligation liability. Each period the Company makes a payment to RTW an expense is recognized related to financing on the prepaid forward obligation based on an imputed rate derived from the expected future payments. Management reassesses the effective rate each period based on the current carrying value of the obligation and the revised estimated future payments. Changes in future payments from previous estimates are included in current and future financing expense. The carrying value of the prepaid forward obligation liability was $85.7 million as of December 31, 2021.
The principal consideration for our determination that performing procedures relating to the prepaid forward agreement obligation liability is a critical audit matter is the significant audit effort in evaluating the accounting for the prepaid forward agreement and determining liability classification.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included, among others, testing management’s process for determining the accounting for the prepaid forward agreement. Testing management’s process for determining the accounting for the prepaid forward agreement included (i) reading the prepaid forward agreement; (ii) assessing the appropriateness of the accounting analysis used by management, (iii) assessing whether the terms of the prepaid forward agreement are accurately reflected within the accounting analysis, and (iv) evaluating the appropriateness of management’s determination of the liability classification of the prepaid forward obligation.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Florham Park, New Jersey
March 21, 2022
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share amounts)
December 31,
Assets
Current assets:
Prepaid expense and other current assets 7,476 3,364
Non-current assets:
Other non-current assets 1,311 66
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 12,102 $ 10,023
Employee related accrued expenses 6,948 9,554
Non-current liabilities:
Prepaid forward obligation 85,713 —
Long-term lease liabilities 398 1,497
Uncertain tax positions liability 2,842 2,717
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Shareholders' equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive income (25 ) 271
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $ 119,746 $ 122,005
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Year Ended December 31,
Operating expense:
Selling, general and administrative expenses 87,535 90,219
Financing on prepaid forward obligation (17,291 ) —
Interest and other income, net 212 1,629
Statements of Comprehensive Loss
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax $ (296 ) $ (5 )
Loss per ordinary share basic and diluted $ (4.96 ) $ (5.90 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands, except share amounts)
Number of Shares Amount Amounts
Other comprehensive loss (5 ) (5 )
Exercise of options into ordinary shares 295,204 1 60 61
Other comprehensive loss (296 ) (296 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 831 416
Accrued financing on prepaid forward obligation 14,848 —
Amortization on marketable securities 476 439
Amortization of right of use asset 942 1,628
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expense and other current assets (4,111 ) (2,330 )
Other non-current assets (1,020 ) —
Accounts payable and accrued expense 1,998 (1,245 )
Employee related accrued expense (2,606 ) 2,843
Other current liabilities 47 657
Net cash used in operating activities (84,892 ) (105,886 )
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Purchase of marketable securities (51,898 ) (29,688 )
Sales of marketable securities 2,463 —
Purchases of property and equipment (752 ) (1,215 )
Net cash provided by investing activities 4,069 93,238
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Proceeds from prepaid forward arrangement 72,402 —
Proceeds from exercise of options into ordinary shares 61 740
Issuances of ordinary shares, net of issuance expenses — 15,853
Issuance cost related to at-the-market issuances (144 ) (66 )
Net cash provided by financing activities 72,319 16,527
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents (8,504 ) 3,879
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Year 54,090 50,211
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Year $ 45,586 $ 54,090
Supplemental Disclosures of Non-Cash Activities
Purchase of property and equipment $ — $ 270
Accrued issuance cost $ 81 $ —
New lease liabilities $ (36 ) $ 51
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1-Business and Nature of Operations
Nature of Operations
UroGen Pharma Ltd. is an Israeli company incorporated in April 2004 (“UPL”).
UroGen Pharma Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UPL, was incorporated in Delaware in October 2015 and began operating in February 2016 (“UPI”).
UPL and UPI (together the “Company”) is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers. Since commencing operations, the Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to securing intellectual property rights, performing research and development activities, including conducting clinical trials and manufacturing activities, hiring personnel, launching the Company’s first commercial product, Jelmyto (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, formerly known as UGN-101, clinical development of UGN-102, and raising capital to support and expand these activities.
On April 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted expedited approval for Jelmyto, a first-in-class treatment indicated for adults with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (“low-grade UTUC”). Jelmyto consists of mitomycin, an established chemotherapy, and sterile hydrogel, using our proprietary sustained release RTGel technology. It has been designed to enable longer exposure of urinary tract tissue to mitomycin, thereby enabling the treatment of tumors by non-surgical means.
Note2– Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of UPL and its wholly owned subsidiary UPI. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated during consolidation.
The Company has experienced net losses since its inception and has an accumulated deficit of $467.3 million and $356.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company expects to incur losses and have negative net cash flows from operating activities as it expands its portfolio and engages in further research and development activities, particularly conducting nonclinical studies and clinical trials.
The success of the Company depends on the ability to successfully commercialize its technologies to support its operations and strategic plan. Based on management’s cash flow projections the Company believes that its cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, in addition to our recently announced debt financing agreement (see Note 19 for additional details) are sufficient to fund the Company’s planned operations for at least the next 12 months. The Company anticipates that it will need to raise additional capital in the future. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to secure such additional financing if at all, or at terms that are satisfactory to the Company, and that it will be sufficient to meet its needs. In the event the Company is not successful in obtaining sufficient funding, this could force us to delay, limit, or reduce our product development, commercialization efforts or other operations.
Note3 – Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of UPL and its subsidiary, UPI. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated during consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. As applicable to these consolidated financial statements, the critical accounting estimates relate to the fair value of share-based compensation, measurement of revenue, estimate of uncertain tax positions, and measurement of liabilities accounted for under the interest method.
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UROGEN PHARMA, LTD.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Functional Currency
The U.S. dollar (“Dollar”) is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company are conducted. Therefore, the functional currency of the Company is the Dollar.
Accordingly, transactions in currencies other than the Dollar are measured and recorded in the functional currency using the exchange rate in effect at the date of the transaction. At the balance sheet date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the Dollar are measured using the official exchange rate at the balance sheet date. The effects of foreign currency re-measurements are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations in “Interest and other income, net”.
Cash and Cash Equivalents; Marketable Securities
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of money market funds and bank money market accounts and are stated at cost, which approximates fair value.
The Company classifies its marketable securities as available-for-sale in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 320, “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities”. Available-for-sale debt securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income/loss within shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses are recorded as a component of interest and other income (expense), net. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific-identification method.
Short-term investments are valued using models or other valuation methodologies that use Level 2 inputs. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including time value, yield curve, volatility factors, default rates, current market and contractual prices for the underlying financial instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. The majority of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace.
For individual debt securities classified as available-for-sale securities where there has been a decline in fair value below amortized cost, the Company determines whether the decline resulted from a credit loss or other factors. The Company records impairment relating to credit losses through an allowance for credit losses, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Impairment that has not been recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recorded through other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities. The primary objectives for the Company’s investment portfolio are the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The Company does not enter into any investment transaction for trading or speculative purposes.
The Company’s investment policy limits investments to certain types of instruments such as certificates of deposit, money market instruments, obligations issued by the U.S. government and U.S. government agencies as well as corporate debt securities, and places restrictions on maturities and concentration by type and issuer. The Company maintains cash balances in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and concentrated within a limited number of financial institutions. The accounts are monitored by management to mitigate the risk.
The Company’s product sales are recognized through the Company's arrangement with a single customer, a third-party national specialty distributor. The Company assesses the need for an allowance for doubtful accounts primarily based on creditworthiness, historical payment experience and general economic conditions. The Company has not experienced any credit losses related to this customer and has not currently recognized any allowance for doubtful accounts.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Income Taxes
The Company provides for income taxes based on pretax income, if any, and applicable tax rates available in the various jurisdictions in which it operates, including Israel and the U.S. Deferred taxes are computed using the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws. A valuation allowance is recognized to the extent that it is more likely than not that the deferred taxes will not be realized in the foreseeable future.
The Company follows a two-step approach in recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. After concluding that a particular filing position can be recognized (i.e., has a more-likely-than-not chance of being sustained), ASC 740-10-30-7 requires that the amount of benefit recognized be measured using a methodology based on the concept of cumulative probability. Under this methodology, the amount of benefit recorded represents the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. See Note 16 for further discussion related to income taxes.
Inventory
The Company capitalizes inventory costs related to products to be sold in the ordinary course of business. The Company makes a determination of capitalizing inventory costs for a product based on, among other factors, status of regulatory approval, information regarding safety, efficacy and expectations relating to commercial sales and recoverability of costs. For Jelmyto, the Company commenced capitalization of inventory at the receipt of FDA approval.
The Company values its inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The Company measures inventory approximating actual cost under a first-in, first-out basis. The Company assesses recoverability of inventory each reporting period to determine any write down to net realizable value resulting from excess or obsolete inventories.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at historical cost, net of accumulated depreciation, amortization and, if applicable, impairment charges. The Company reviews its property and equipment assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
Property and equipment are depreciated over the following useful lives (in years):
Useful Lives
Computers and software 3
Laboratory equipment 3 - 6.5
Manufacturing equipment 2
Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or lease terms. See Note 8 for further discussion regarding property and equipment.
Prepaid Forward Obligation
The Company is party to a transaction with RTW Investments (the “RTW Transaction”) in which the Company received funds to support the continued launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102 in return for tiered, future cash payments based on net sales of Jelmyto and UGN-102, if approved by the FDA. The net proceeds received under the RTW Transaction were recognized as a long-term liability. The subsequent measurement for the liability follows the accounting principles defined in ASC Topic 835-30, “Imputation of Interest”. See Note 9 for further discussion related to the prepaid forward obligation.
Leases
The Company is a lessee in several noncancelable operating leases, primarily for office space, office equipment and vehicles. The Company currently has no finance leases.
The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC Topic 842, “Leases”. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term as of the commencement date. Operating lease ROU assets are presented as operating lease right of use assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The current portion of operating lease liabilities is included in other current liabilities and the long-term portion is presented separately as operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis for operating leases. Variable lease payments associated with the Company’s leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are presented as operating expense on the consolidated statements of operations in the same line item as expense arising from fixed lease payments.
The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend the lease. The lease extensions are included in the measurement of the right of use asset and lease liability when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise that option.
Because most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, an incremental borrowing rate is used based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments on an individual lease basis. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate for a lease is the rate of interest it would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms.
ROU assets for operating leases are periodically reviewed for impairment losses under ASC 360-10, “Property, Plant, and Equipment”, to determine whether a ROU asset is impaired, and if so, the amount of the impairment loss to recognize.
Revenues
Product sales from Jelmyto are recognized as revenue under ASC 606 at the point in time that control of the product has been transferred to the customer, generally at the point the product has been delivered to the treating physician. All product sales of Jelmyto are recognized through the Company's arrangement with a single customer, a third-party national specialty distributor. Net revenues recognized include management’s estimate of returns, consideration paid to the customer, chargebacks relating to differences between the wholesale acquisition cost and the contracted price offered to the end consumer, chargebacks relating to 340b drug pricing programs, Medicaid drug rebate programs, and the Company’s co-pay assistance program, which are estimated based on industry benchmarking studies as well as the Company’s historical experience.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and consist primarily of the cost of salaries, share-based compensation expenses, payroll taxes and other employee benefits, subcontractors and materials used for research and development activities, including nonclinical studies, clinical trials, manufacturing costs and professional services. The costs of services performed by others in connection with the research and development activities of the Company, including research and development conducted by others on behalf of the Company, are included in research and development costs and expensed as the contracted work is performed. The Company accrues for costs incurred as the services are being provided by monitoring the status of the trial or project and the invoices received from its external service providers. The Company adjusts its accrual as actual costs become known. Where contingent milestone payments are due to third parties under research and development arrangements or license agreements, the milestone payment obligations are expensed when the milestone results are achieved.
Selling,General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs (including share-based compensation related to directors, employees and consultants). Other significant costs include commercial, medical affairs, external professional service costs, facility costs, accounting and audit services, legal services and other consulting fees. Selling, general and administrative costs are expensed as incurred. The Company accrues for services provided by third parties related to the above expenses by monitoring the status of services provided and receiving estimates from its service providers and adjusting its accruals as actual costs become known.
Share-Based Compensation
Share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the required service period, which is equal to the vesting period. The fair value of options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) equaled the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the grant date. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation”.
The Company elected to recognize compensation costs for awards conditioned only on continued service that have a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method and to value the awards based on the single-option award approach.
Net Loss per Ordinary Share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share is computed similarly to basic net loss per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional ordinary shares that would have been outstanding if the potential ordinary shares had been issued and if the additional ordinary shares were dilutive.
For all periods presented, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of fully diluted loss per share as their effect is anti-dilutive.
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The following table summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted loss per common share for the periods presented (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
Basic and diluted:
Loss attributable to equity holders of the Company $ 110,820 $ 128,484
Loss per ordinary share $ 4.96 $ 5.90
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has reviewed the Accounting Standards Updates recently issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and determined that they are not applicable to the Company.
NOTE 4 - oTHER fINANCIAL INFORMATION
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Accrued research and development costs 1,748 1,356
Accrued general and administrative expenses 1,965 2,440
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 12,102 $ 10,023
Interest and Other Income, Net
Interest and other income consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Other finance expense (153 ) (357 )
Total interest and other income, net $ 212 $ 1,629
NOTE 5 - INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
(1) $1.0 million of raw materials at December 31, 2021 are included within other non-current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
NOTE 6 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company follows authoritative accounting guidance, which among other things, defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
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As a basis for considering such assumptions, a three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions.
The carrying amounts of the Company’s other current assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are generally considered to be representative of their fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. No transfers between levels have occurred during the periods presented.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis based on Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurement criteria as of December 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices Significant
in Active Other
Balance as of Markets for Observable
December 31, Identical Assets Inputs
Marketable securities:
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis based on Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurement criteria as of December 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices Significant
in Active Other
Balance as of Markets for Observable
December 31, Identical Assets Inputs
Marketable securities:
The Company’s investments in US government bonds and money market funds are measured based on publicly available quoted market prices for identical securities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company's investments in corporate bonds, commercial paper and certificates of deposits are measured based on quotes from market makers for similar items in active markets.
NOTE 7 - MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The following table summarizes the Company’s marketable securities as of December 31, 2021 (in thousands):
Amortized Cost Basis Unrealized Gains Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Marketable securities:
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The following table summarizes the Company’s marketable securities as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
Amortized Cost Basis Unrealized Gains Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Marketable securities:
The Company classifies its marketable securities as available-for-sale, and they consist of all debt securities. As of December 31, 2021, they were in a net unrealized loss position of approximately $26,000. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included as a component of comprehensive loss.
As of December 31, 2021, the aggregate fair value of marketable securities held by the Company in an unrealized loss position was $37.0 million which consisted of 23 securities. The unrealized loss was primarily driven by minor fluctuations in the fair value of corporate bonds. The Company does not expect to settle the debentures at a price less than the amortized cost basis of the investment; the Company expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. In accordance with the Company’s general investment strategy, the Company does not intend to sell the investments before maturity. As of December 31, 2021, the Company believes the cost basis for its marketable securities were recoverable in all material aspects and no allowance for credit loss has been recognized in the period.
The Company’s marketable securities as of December 31, 2021 mature at various dates through July 2023. The fair values of marketable securities by contractual maturity consist of the following (in thousands):
Maturities after one year through three years 675 1,893
NOTE 8 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, consists of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
December 31,
Laboratory equipment $ 360 $ 333
Computer equipment and software 2,064 1,676
Manufacturing equipment 555 226
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (2,226 ) (1,395 )
Property and equipment, net $ 1,967 $ 2,046
Depreciation and amortization expense was $0.8 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Note9 – Prepaid Forward Obligation
In March 2021, the Company entered into a prepaid forward agreement with RTW Investments (“RTW”). Under the terms of the RTW Transaction, the Company received funds to support the continued launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102. In return for the transferred funds, RTW is entitled to receive tiered, future cash payments based on aggregate worldwide annual net product sales of Jelmyto in an amount equal to: (i) 9.5% of annual net sales up to $200 million, (ii) 3.0% of annual net sales for annual net sales between $200 million and $300 million, and (iii) 1.0% of annual net sales for annual net sales above $300 million. If certain revenue thresholds for Jelmyto aggregate worldwide annual net sales are not met, the future cash payments to RTW with respect to Jelmyto annual net sales up to $200 million will increase by 3.5%, and may decrease back to 9.5% dependent on the Company meeting certain subsequent Jelmyto aggregate worldwide annual net sales thresholds. Based on this provision, RTW will receive 13.0% of annual net sales up to $200 million in 2022.
In addition, subject to FDA approval of UGN-102, RTW is entitled to receive tiered, future cash payments based on aggregate worldwide annual net product sales of UGN-102 in an amount equal to: (i) 2.5% of annual net sales up to $200 million, (ii) 1.0% of annual net sales for annual net sales between $200 million and $300 million, and (iii) 0.5% of annual net sales for annual net sales above $300 million. If the Company does not receive FDA approval for UGN-102 by a specified date, the future cash payments to RTW with respect to aggregate worldwide annual net sales of Jelmyto across all Jelmyto annual net sales tiers will increase by 1.5%.
In accordance with the prepaid forward agreement, the Company will be required to make payments of amounts owed to RTW each calendar quarter, through and until the quarter in which the aggregate cash payments received by RTW are equal to or greater than $300 million. As security for the payment and fulfilment of these amounts throughout the arrangement, the Company has granted RTW a first priority security interest in Jelmyto and UGN-102, including the regulatory approvals, intellectual property, material agreements, proceeds and accounts receivable related to these products.
In May 2021, following the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, the Company received the $75.0 million prepaid forward payment ($72.4 million net of transaction costs) from RTW and recognized an associated prepaid forward obligation liability. Each period the Company makes a payment to RTW, an expense is recognized related to financing on the prepaid forward obligation based on an imputed rate derived from the expected future payments. Management reassesses the effective rate each period based on the current carrying value of the obligation and the revised estimated future payments. Changes in future payments from previous estimates are included in current and future financing expense. The carrying value of the prepaid forward obligation liability was $85.7 million as of December 31, 2021. The Company does not expect to make any principal payments in the next 12 months.
The following table shows the activity with respect to the carrying value of the prepaid forward liability (in thousands):
Prepaid forward obligation at closing of RTW Transaction $ 75,000
Capitalized closing costs (2,599 )
Financing on prepaid forward obligation 17,291
Amounts paid and payable (1) (3,979 )
Carrying value of prepaid forward obligation as of December 31, 2021 $ 85,713
(1) $1.5M of the Amounts paid and payable are included as current portion of the prepaid forward obligation within other current liabilities on the balance sheet
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NOTE 10 - LEASES
Operating Leases
The Company has the following office and laboratory facility leases:
In addition, the Company leases operating office equipment and vehicles. The Company’s operating leases may require minimum rent payments, contingent rent payments adjusted periodically for inflation, or rent payments equal to the greater of a minimum rent or contingent rent. The Company’s leases do not contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The Company’s leases expire at various dates from 2021 through 2023, with varying renewal and termination options.
The components of lease cost for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):
Variable lease cost 66 129
The amounts recognized as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):
Long-term lease liabilities 398 1,497
Supplemental information related to leases for the periods reported is as follows (in thousands, except for lease term and discount rate amounts):
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases 3,026 1,726
Weighted-average discount rate of operating leases 5.62 % 5.38 %
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As of December 31, 2021, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Operating Leases
Years ending December 31,
2025 and thereafter —
Total future minimum lease payments $ 1,556
Less: Interest (69 )
Present value of lease liabilities $ 1,487
As of December 31, 2020, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Operating Leases
Years ending December 31,
2025 and thereafter —
Total future minimum lease payments $ 2,872
Subleases
As of December 31, 2021, undiscounted cash flows to be received under the Company’s operating sublease on an annual basis was as follows (in thousands):
Operating Leases
Years ending December 31,
2025 and thereafter —
Total future minimum sublease payments $ 543
As of December 31, 2020 undiscounted cash flows to be received under the Company’s operating sublease on an annual basis was as follows (in thousands):
Operating Leases
Years ending December 31,
2025 and thereafter —
Total future minimum sublease payments $ 778
Sublease income is recognized net within operating expenses. Sublease income for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows (in thousands):
Sublease income from fixed lease payments $ 224 $ 224
NOTE 11 - REVENUE FROM PRODUCT SALES
Net product sales consist of the following for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Year Ended
Net revenue recognized includes management’s estimate of returns, consideration paid to the customer, chargebacks relating to differences between the wholesale acquisition cost and the contracted price offered to the end consumer, chargebacks relating to 340b drug pricing programs, Medicaid drug rebate programs, and the Company’s copay assistance program, which are estimated based on industry benchmarking studies as well as the Company’s historical experience. Reserves related to items that are contractually able to be net settled are recognized as contra accounts receivables. The Company had sales reserves within accounts receivable of $1.2 million and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The remaining reserves are recognized as accrued expenses. The Company had sales reserves within accrued expenses of $0.5 million and $0.4 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The following table shows the activity with respect to sales reserves for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, in thousands:
Balance as of January 1, 2020 -
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NOTE 12 - LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS
Allergan/AbbVie Agreement
In October 2016, the Company entered into a license agreement with Allergan (the "Allergan/AbbVie Agreement") and granted Allergan (now part of AbbVie) an exclusive worldwide license to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize pharmaceutical products that contain RTGel and clostridial toxins (including BOTOX®), alone or in combination with certain other active ingredients, referred to as the Licensed Products, which are approved for the treatment of adults with overactive bladder who cannot use or do notadequately respond to anticholinergics.
In October 2017, Allergan commenced a Phase 2 clinical trial of BOTOX/RTGel for the treatment of OAB, with the potential to evolve from multiple injections of BOTOX into the bladder to a single instillation of the novel formulation. In August 2020, the Company announced that the Phase 2 APOLLO trial did not meet the primary endpoint. The data suggested that this result may have been due to BOTOX not effectively permeating the urothelium. Over the past year, the Company has been in discussions with AbbVie to determine whether other products in their portfolio would be complementary with RTGel. Based on this review, the Company determined that there was limited interest to pursue combinatorial products, and therefore, in November 2021 the Allergan/AbbVie Agreement was terminated.
Agenus Agreement
In November 2019, the Company entered into a license agreement with Agenus Inc, pursuant to which Agenus granted to the Company an exclusive, worldwide (not including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and their respective territories and possessions), royalty-bearing, sublicensable license under Agenus’s intellectual property rights to develop, make, use, sell, import, and otherwise commercialize products incorporating a proprietary antibody of Agenus known as AGEN1884 for the treatment of cancers of the urinary tract via intravesical delivery. AGEN1884 is an anti-CTLA-4 antagonist that is currently being evaluated by Agenus as a monotherapy in PD-1 refractory patients and in combination with Agenus’ anti-PD-1 antibody in solid tumors. Initially, the Company plans to develop AGEN1884 in combination with UGN-201 for the treatment of high-grade NMIBC cancer.
Pursuant to the license Agreement, the Company paid Agenus an upfront fee of $10.0 million and has agreed to pay Agenus up to $115.0 million upon achieving certain clinical development and regulatory milestones, up to $85.0 million upon achieving certain commercial milestones, and royalties on net sales of licensed products in the 14%-20% range. The Company will be responsible for all development and commercialization activities. Under the terms of the license agreement, Agenus has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to supply AGEN1884 to the Company for use in preclinical studies or clinical trials.
Unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of the license agreement, the license agreement will expire on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis at the later of (a) the expiration of the last to expire valid claim of a licensed patent right that covers the licensed product in such country or (b) 15 years after the first commercial sale of the licensed product in such country. The Company may terminate the license agreement for convenience upon 180 days’ written notice to Agenus. Either party may terminate the license agreement upon 60 days’ notice to the other party if, prior to the first commercial sale of a licensed product, the Company substantially ceases to conduct development activities of the licensed products for nine consecutive months (and during such period, Agenus has complied with its obligations under the license agreement) other than in response to a requirement of an applicable regulatory authority or an event outside of the Company’s control. In addition, either party may terminate the license agreement in the event of an uncured material breach of the other party.
MD Anderson Agreement
In January 2021, the Company announced that it entered into a three-year strategic research collaboration agreement with MD Anderson focusing on the sequential use of UGN-201 and UGN-301 as an investigational treatment for high-grade NMIBC. Under the agreement, MD Anderson and the Company will collaborate on the design and conduct of nonclinical and clinical studies with oversight from a joint steering committee. The Company will provide funding, developmental candidates, and other support. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company makes bi-annual payments to MD Anderson to fund the collaboration. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has made payments to MD Anderson of $1,000,000 recognized evenly over the associated period through research and development expense.
NOTE 13 - EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON RETIREMENT
In Israel, the Company is required by law to make severance payments upon dismissal of an employee or upon termination of employment in certain other circumstances.
The Company operates a number of post-employment defined contribution plans. A defined contribution plan is a program that benefits an employee after termination of employment, under which the Company regularly makes fixed payments to a separate and independent entity so that the Company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay additional contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. The fund assets are not included in the Company’s financial position.
The Company operates pension and severance compensation plans subject to Section 14 of the Israeli Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963. The plans are funded through payments to insurance companies or pension funds administered by trustees. In accordance with its terms, the plans meet the definition of a defined contribution plan, as defined above.
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NOTE 14 - SHAREHOLDERS’EQUITY
Ordinary Shares
The Company had 100.0 million ordinary shares authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company had 22.5 million and 22.2 million ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote. The holders of ordinary shares are also entitled to receive dividends whenever funds are legally available, when and if declared by the Board of Directors. Since its inception, the Company has not declared any dividends.
NOTE 15 - SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
In October 2010, the Board approved a share option plan (the “Plan”) for grants to Company employees, consultants, directors, and other service providers.
The grant of options to Israeli employees under the Plan is subject to the terms stipulated by Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (“Section 102”). The option grants are subject to the track chosen by the Company, either the “regular income” track or the “capital gains” track, as set out in Section 102. The Company registered the Plan under the capital gains track, which offers more favorable tax rates to the employees. As a result, and pursuant to the terms of Section 102, the Company is not allowed to claim as an expense for tax purposes the amounts credited to the employees in respect of options granted to them under the Plan, including amounts recorded as salary benefits in the Company’s accounts, with the exception of the work-income benefit component, if any, determined on grant date. For non-employees and for non-Israeli employees, the Plan is subject to Section 3(i) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance.
Employees are typically granted stock options and/or restricted stock units ("RSUs"), upon commencement of employment. Also, eligible employees may receive an annual grant of options or RSUs. Non-employee members of the Board typically receive a grant of stock options and/or RSUs annually. The term of any option granted under the Plan cannot exceed 10 years. Options shall not have an exercise price less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s ordinary shares on the grant date, and generally vest over a period of three years. If the individual possesses more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of equity of the Company, the exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of an ordinary share on the date of grant.
The Company’s RSU and option grants provide for accelerated or continued vesting in certain circumstances as defined in the plans and related grant agreements, including a termination in connection with a change in control. RSUs generally vest in a 33% increment upon the first anniversary of grant, and in either equal quarterly or annual amounts for the two years following the one-year anniversary of the grant date. Options generally vest in a 33% increment upon the first anniversary of the grant date, and in either equal quarterly or annual amounts for the two years following the one-year anniversary of the grant date.
The expected volatility is based on a mix of the Company’s historical volatility, and the historical volatility of comparable companies with similar attributes to the Company, including industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates appropriate for the expected term of the options granted. The expected term is the length of time until the expected dates of exercising the options and is estimated for employees using the simplified method due to insufficient specific historical information of employees’ exercise behavior, and for non-employees, and directors using the contractual term.
In March 2017, the Board adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan"), which was approved by the shareholders in April 2017. The 2017 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, RSU awards, performance share awards, performance cash awards, and other forms of share awards to the Company's employees, directors and consultants.
The maximum number of ordinary shares that was initially authorized for issuance under the 2017 Plan was 1,400,000. On January 1, 2018, the share reserve increased by 250,167 to 1,650,167. On October 12, 2018, the Company increased the amount of registered ordinary shares of the Company’s 2017 Plan by 1,900,000 to 3,550,167. On June 8, 2020 the Company’s shareholders approved an increase to the amount of registered ordinary shares of the Company’s 2017 Plan by 400,000 to 3,950,167. On June 7, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved an increase of the amount of registered ordinary shares of the Company’s 2017 Plan by 400,000 to 4,350,167.
In May 2019, the Company adopted the UroGen Pharma Ltd. 2019 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). Under the Inducement Plan, the Company is authorized to issue up to 900,000 ordinary shares pursuant to awards issued under the Inducement Plan. The only persons eligible to receive grants of Awards (as defined below) under the Inducement Plan are individuals who satisfy the standards for inducement grants under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4) or 5635(c)(3) and the related guidance under Nasdaq IM 5635-1, including individuals who were not previously an employee or director of the Company or are following a bona fide period of non-employment, in each case as an inducement material to such individual’s agreement to enter into employment with the Company. Under the Inducement Plan, an “Award” is a nonstatutory stock option, RSU or other right to receive ordinary shares pursuant to the Inducement Plan. In December 2021, the Board approved a 300,000 increase in the share reserve of the Inducement plan.
As of December 31, 2021, 3,722,831 ordinary shares are subject to outstanding awards under the Company's share-based compensation plans, and 1,168,949 ordinary shares remain available for future awards.
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Options granted:
Set forth below are grants made by the Company as of December 31, 2021. The majority of options vest over three years and expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
The fair value of options granted during 2021 and 2020 was $7.0 and $6.7 million, respectively.
The total unrecognized compensation cost of options as of December 31, 2021 was $7.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.92 years.
The fair value of options granted was computed using the Black-Scholes model. The underlying data used for computing the fair value of the options are as follows:
Dividend yield 0% 0%
Expected term (in years) 6.0-10 years 5.9-10 years
The expected volatility is based on a mix of the Company's historical volatility and the historical volatility of comparable companies with similar attributes to the Company, including industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates appropriate for the expected term of the options granted. The expected term is the length of time until the expected dates of exercising the options and is estimated for employees using the simplified method due to insufficient specific historical information of employees’ exercise behavior, and for non-employees, and directors using the contractual term.
The following table summarizes the number of employee and non-employee options outstanding under the Plan for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and related information:
Number of options Weighted Average price per share
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The intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $0.2 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The following table summarizes the outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2021:
Options outstanding Options exercisable
The aggregate intrinsic value of the total vested and exercisable options as of December 31, 2021 is $2.4 million.
The following table summarizes information about RSU activity as of December 31, 2021:
Outstanding Restricted Stock Units
Vested and released (85,954 )
The fair value of RSUs granted during 2021 and 2020 was $9.9 million and $15.6 million, respectively. The total unrecognized compensation cost of RSUs as of December 31, 2021 is $11.1 million with a weighted average recognition period of 1.84 years.
The following table illustrates the effect of share-based compensation on the Statements of Operations:
Year ended December 31,
Research and development expenses $ 4,009 $ 6,432
Selling, general and administrative expenses 19,104 21,593
Total share-based compensation expense $ 23,113 $ 28,025
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NOTE 16 - INCOME TAXES
The Company is taxed under Israeli tax laws:
Corporate tax rate
The applicable Israeli tax rate relevant to the Company for 2020 and thereafter is 23%.
For financial reporting purposes, the expense for current income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
Current taxes:
Deferred income taxes:
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company and its subsidiary deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
In respect of:
Research and development expenses 8,988 5,362
In-process research and development 1,909 2,329
Right of use asset (228 ) (372 )
Depreciation of fixed assets (158 ) (299 )
Net deferred tax assets $ — $ —
The change in valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):
Balance at the beginning of the year $ (76,963 ) $ (50,593 )
The main reconciling item between the statutory tax rates of the Company and the effective rate is the share-based compensation, the provision for a full valuation allowance in respect of tax benefits from carryforward tax losses due to the uncertainty of the realization of such tax benefits, and expense related to uncertain tax positions. A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory tax rate to effective tax is as follows (in thousands, except statutory rate):
December 31,
Statutory rate 23 % 23 %
Income tax expense/(benefit) at statutory rate (25,155 ) (28,775 )
Additional tax (tax saving) in respect of:
Non-deductible compensation expense (1) 2,264 2,940
Different tax rate of foreign subsidiaries (58 ) 17
(1) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation