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[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000
[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
For the transition period from _______ to _______
Commission file number: 0-19311
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
DELAWARE                                                           33-0112644
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PART I:
Item 1.    Business ............................................................................................1
Item 2.    Properties .........................................................................................26
Item 3.    Legal Proceedings ..................................................................................27
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Stockholders ....................................................27
PART II:
Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters ..............................27
Item 6.    Selected Financial Data ............................................................................28
Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ..............29
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk .........................................35
Item 8.    Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ...........................................35
Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ...............53
PART III:
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant .................................................53
Item 11.   Executive Compensation .............................................................................55
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management .....................................55
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions .....................................................55
PART IV:
Item 14.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K ...................................56
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company engaged
primarily in the research, development and commercialization of targeted
therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory
diseases. Our first commercial product, Rituxan(R), and our most advanced
product candidate, ZEVALIN(TM) (ibritumomab tiuxetan), are for use or
intended for use in the treatment of certain B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas,
or B-cell NHLs. B-cell NHLs currently afflict approximately 300,000 patients
in the United States. We are also developing products for the treatment of
various autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
In November 1997, Rituxan became the first monoclonal antibody approved by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for a cancer therapy indication.
Rituxan, marketed in the United States pursuant to a copromotion arrangement
between us and Genentech, Inc., achieved U.S. net sales of $424.3 million in
2000, compared to $262.7 million in 1999, an increase of 62%. F. Hoffmann-La
Roche Ltd. sells Rituxan under the trade name MabThera outside the United
States, except in Japan where Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. has the rights for product
development, marketing and sales.
Under our copromotion arrangement with Genentech, we share responsibility
with Genentech for selling and continued development of Rituxan in the United
States and Canada. Continued development of Rituxan includes conducting
supportive research and post-approval clinical studies on Rituxan and obtaining
potential approval of Rituxan for additional indications. Genentech provides
support functions for the commercialization of Rituxan including marketing,
customer service, order entry, distribution, shipping and billing. Since
September 1999, Genentech has been responsible for all worldwide manufacturing
of Rituxan.
All U.S. sales of Rituxan and associated costs and expenses are recognized
by Genentech and we record our share of the pretax copromotion profits on a
quarterly basis. Our profit-sharing formula with Genentech has two tiers; we
earn a higher percentage of the pretax copromotion profits at the upper tier
once a fixed pretax copromotion profit level is met. The profit-sharing formula
resets annually at the beginning of each year to the lower tier.
Rituxan, which is delivered intravenously, is approved as a treatment of
relapsed or refractory low-grade or follicular, CD20 positive, B-cell
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Treatment with Rituxan is given as four weekly
intravenous infusions over a twenty-two day period compared to other
available therapies such as chemotherapy, which is typically given in
repeated cycles for four to eight months. Because of its proven benefits and
safety profile, we believe that Rituxan is a strong candidate for combination
therapy, and we are currently researching its possible uses in this role.
On September 27, 2000, we announced that we had received a "completed
review" letter from the FDA indicating that it has completed its review of an
Supplemental Biological License Application, or sBLA, for Rituxan. We submitted
the sBLA in late 1999 in an effort to expand the approved indications for
Rituxan based on results of the following studies in B-cell NHL:
o    treatment of patients with bulky disease;
o    dosing of up to eight weekly doses per treatment; and
o    retreatment of patients.
During the review process, we provided the FDA with proposed revisions
and additions to the Rituxan Package Insert, or PI. In its completed review
letter, the FDA commented only on the details of the PI. Based on the FDA's
comments, we are in FDA discussions with the objective of finalizing
revisions to the Rituxan PI.
We also have five product candidates in various stages of clinical
testing. The most advanced of these is ZEVALIN, a radioimmunotherapy proposed
for the treatment of B-cell NHL. ZEVALIN has completed two pivotal Phase III
human clinical trials and on November 1, 2000 we submitted a Biological
License Application, or BLA, to the FDA seeking marketing approval for
ZEVALIN in the United States. In December 2000, we were notified by the FDA
that our BLA was accepted for filing. In addition, Schering
Aktiengesellschaft, who has worldwide marketing rights to ZEVALIN outside the
United States, submitted a Marketing Authorization Application, or MAA, for
ZEVALIN to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency, or EMEA, which was
accepted for filing in January 2001. We believe that ZEVALIN, if approved by
the FDA, will be used in a manner that is complementary to Rituxan for
patients requiring more aggressive treatment. Patients receiving ZEVALIN are
first treated with Rituxan, and then with ZEVALIN, which delivers the
radioisotope yttrium-90 to tumor sites throughout the body. Yttrium-90 has
been shown in clinical trials to be useful in inducing significant remissions
of disease in a majority of advanced stage lymphoma patients. Unlike Rituxan,
which is administered by medical oncologists, we believe that
radioimmunotherapies, including ZEVALIN, will be administered primarily by
radiation oncologists and nuclear medicine specialists. We have exclusive
commercialization rights to ZEVALIN in the United States.
We currently have four other antibodies in various stages of clinical
development for treatment of autoimmune diseases:
o    PRIMATIZED(R) Anti-CD4 (IDEC-151) is being developed as a treatment
for rheumatoid arthritis. A Phase II trial of this antibody was
initiated in August 2000 in combination with methotrexate in patients
with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. For this trial, we plan
to enroll approximately 130 patients who will be randomized to receive
either IDEC-151 plus methotrexate or placebo plus methotrexate.
o    Humanized Anti-CD40L (IDEC-131) is being developed as a treatment for
autoimmune diseases. This antibody has completed Phase I and Phase II
trials in systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, and demonstrated a
favorable safety profile. However, in the Phase II trial, the response
rates, as compared to a significant placebo response rate, did not
support continued development of IDEC-131 in SLE. Based on its
favorable safety profile and preclinical studies, we initiated two
separate Phase II clinical trials with IDEC-131 in two different
autoimmune indications. In January 2001, we initiated a Phase II study
in patients with chronic, refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura,
or ITP, and a separate Phase II study in patients with moderate to
severe psoriasis, a T-cell mediated disease.
o    PRIMATIZED Anti-B7.1 (IDEC-114) is being developed as a treatment for
psoriasis. This antibody has successfully completed a Phase I safety
trial, and a Phase I/II multiple dose clinical trial. In January 2001,
we initiated a Phase II clinical trial with IDEC-114 in patients with
moderate to severe psoriasis.
o    PRIMATIZED Anti-CD23 (IDEC-152) is being developed as a treatment for
allergic asthma. We have completed a 30-patient Phase I clinical test
with IDEC-152 that demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
The immune system is composed of specialized cells, including B cells and T
cells, that function in the recognition, destruction and elimination of
disease-causing foreign substances and virally infected or malignant cells. The
role of these specialized cells is determined by receptors on the cell surface
which govern the interaction of the cell with foreign substances and with the
rest of the immune system. For example, each differentiated B cell of the immune
system has a different antibody anchored to its surface that serves as a
receptor to recognize foreign substances. This antibody then triggers the
production of additional antibodies which, as free-floating molecules, bind to
and eliminate these foreign substances. Each foreign substance is individually
identifiable by structures on its surface known as antigens, which serve as
binding sites for the specific antibodies. T cells play more diverse roles,
including the identification and destruction of virally infected or malignant
cells.
A variety of technologies have been developed to produce antibodies as
therapeutic agents. These include hybridoma technology and molecular biology
techniques such as gene cloning and expression, which can now be applied to the
generation, selection and production of hybrid monoclonal antibody varieties
known as chimeric and humanized antibodies, as well as strictly human
antibodies. Chimeric antibodies are constructed by combining portions of
non-human species, typically mouse antibodies, with human antibodies. In these
applications, the portion of the antibody responsible for antigen binding, which
we refer to as the variable region, is taken from a non-human
antibody and the remainder of the antibody, which we refer to as the constant
region, is taken from a human antibody. Compared to mouse-derived monoclonal
antibodies, chimeric antibodies generally exhibit lower immunogenicity, which is
the tendency to trigger an often adverse immune response such as a human
anti-mouse antibody, or HAMA response. Chimeric antibodies are also cleared more
slowly from the body and function more naturally in the human immune system.
Humanized antibodies can be constructed by grafting several small pieces of a
murine antibody's variable region onto a constant region framework provided by a
human antibody. This process, known as CDR-grafting, reduces the amount of
foreign materials in the antibody, rendering it closer to a human antibody.
However, the construction of humanized antibodies by CDR-grafting requires
complex computer modeling, and the properties of the resulting antibody are not
completely predictable and may, in fact, still trigger a HAMA response.
Monoclonal antibodies may be used to bind to specific subsets of human
immune system cells and may act to deplete, to suppress or to up-regulate the
activity of the targeted cells. Indeed, the high specificity of monoclonal
antibodies enables them to selectively act against different types of B cells or
T cells. Depletion of diseased immune cells or suppression of disease-causing
immune activities may be possible by using antibodies that attach to specific
antigens on the surface of target immune system cells. In particular, the
individual B and T cells of the immune system express a broad variety of surface
antigens, which are cell surface markers. These antigens not only differentiate
one cell type from another, but also differentiate individual cells from other
cells with specificity for different antigens. Monoclonal antibodies may also be
used to bind to molecules, for example, cytokines, in the plasma which serve as
soluble mediators of immune system cell activity. By neutralizing these
molecules, monoclonal antibodies may be used to alter immune cell activity or
migration, which exists in many inflammatory conditions.
DISEASES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
As with other cell types in the body, B cells and T cells may become
malignant and develop into immune system tumors, such as B-cell NHLs. B-cell
NHLs are cancers of the immune system which currently afflict approximately
300,000 patients in the United States. Treatment alternatives for B-cell NHL
patients include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and, more recently, Rituxan.
Rituxan is approved for use in low grade or follicular, relapsed or refractory
CD20-positive B-cell NHL. B-cell NHLs are diverse with respect to prognosis and
treatment, and are generally classified into one of three groups (low,
intermediate or high grade) based on histology and clinical features. We
estimate that approximately half of the 300,000 patients afflicted with B-cell
NHL in the United States have low grade or follicular disease. Patients with low
grade lymphomas have a fairly long life expectancy from the time of diagnosis,
with a median survival of 6.6 years, despite the fact that low grade NHLs are
almost always incurable. Intermediate grade and high grade lymphomas are more
rapidly growing forms of these cancers which, in some cases, may be curable with
early, aggressive chemotherapy. New diagnoses of NHLs in the United States are
estimated to be 56,000 in 2001. In the United States, more than 85% of all
non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are of B-cell origin; the remainder are of T-cell
Owing to the fluid nature of the immune system, B-cell lymphomas are
usually widely disseminated and characterized by multiple tumors at various
sites throughout the body upon first presentation. Treatment courses with
chemotherapy or radiation therapy often result in a limited number of remissions
for patients with B-cell lymphomas. The majority of patients in remission will
relapse and ultimately die either from their cancer or from complications of
conventional therapy. Fewer patients achieve additional remissions following
relapse and those remissions are generally of shorter duration as the tumors
become increasingly resistant to subsequent courses of chemotherapy. Therapeutic
product development efforts for these cancers have focused on both improving
treatment results and minimizing the toxicities associated with standard
treatment regimens. Immunotherapies with low toxicity and demonstrated efficacy,
such as Rituxan, might be expected to reduce treatment and hospitalization costs
associated with side effects or opportunistic infections, which can result from
the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, asthma, allergic rhinitis,
rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, ITP and multiple sclerosis are autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases that require ongoing therapy and afflict millions of
patients in the United States. Autoimmune disease occurs when the patient's
immune system goes awry, initiating a cascade of events which results in an
attack by the patient's immune system against otherwise healthy tissue and often
includes inflammation of the involved tissue. Autoimmune diseases are typically
treated with products such as steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
agents. These therapies are limited for several reasons, including their lack of
specificity and ineffectiveness when used chronically. Furthermore, steroids
suppress the immune system and make the patient susceptible to infections while
nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory agents have limited efficacy and have been
implicated in the formation of gastro-intestinal ulcerations.
We are developing products for the management of immune system cancers and
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Our antibody products bind to specific
subsets of human immune system cells or to soluble mediators of immune cell
activity, and act to deplete or to alter the activity of these cells. The
products are administered intravenously and target cells or soluble mediators
located in easily accessible compartments of the body, specifically the blood,
the lymphatic fluid and the synovial fluid. For treatment of B-cell NHLs, our
products target a cell surface marker known as CD20 which is present only on B
cells but not on B-cell precursors. These products act to reduce total B-cell
levels, including both malignant and normal B cells. The depletion of normal B
cells observed in clinical experience to date has been only temporary, with
regeneration occurring within months from the unaffected B-cell precursors. We
believe that our lead product, Rituxan, provides therapeutic alternatives to
complement the treatment of certain B-cell NHLs. We also believe that our
radioimmunotherapeutic agent, ZEVALIN, if successfully developed and approved
for marketing, may provide an additional alternative for the treatment of
certain B-cell NHLs.
Due to their specificity and affinity for cell surface receptors,
monoclonal antibodies are an attractive means by which to treat autoimmune
diseases. Attachment of monoclonal antibodies to specific cell surface receptors
can be used to suppress aberrant and unwanted immune activity. Historically,
however, the use of monoclonal antibodies as an ongoing therapy has been limited
by the body's rejection of the murine components of the antibodies. Murine
monoclonal antibodies, which are structurally different from human antibodies,
tend to trigger adverse immune reactions when used as therapies. These reactions
include a HAMA response in which the patient's immune system produces antibodies
against the therapeutic antibody, thus limiting its effectiveness.
We have developed the following proprietary technologies for use with
and in the development of our products:
o PRIMATIZED ANTIBODY TECHNOLOGY. We have developed a proprietary
PRIMATIZED antibody technology designed to avoid HAMA responses and other
immunogenicity problems by developing monoclonal antibodies from primate rather
than mouse B cells. These antibodies are characterized by their strong
similarity to human antibodies and by the absence of mouse components. In 1998,
we received an issued U.S. patent covering our PRIMATIZED antibodies. Underlying
this proprietary technology is our discovery that macaque monkeys produce
antibodies that are structurally indistinguishable from human antibodies in
their variable (antigen-binding) regions. Further, we found that the macaque
monkey can be immunized to make antibodies that react with human, but not with
macaque, antigens. Genetic engineering techniques are then used to isolate the
portions of the macaque antibody gene that encode the variable region from a
macaque B cell. This genetic material is combined with constant region genetic
material from a human B cell and inserted into a host cell line which then
expresses the desired antibody specific to the given antigen. The result is a
part-human, part-macaque PRIMATIZED antibody which appears structurally to be so
similar to human antibodies that it may be accepted by the patient's immune
system as "self." This development allows the possibility of therapeutic
intervention in chronic diseases or other conditions that are not amenable to
treatment with antibodies containing mouse components. We are currently using
our PRIMATIZED technology for the development of our IDEC-151, IDEC-152 and
IDEC-114 product candidates.
o PROVAX(TM) ANTIGEN FORMULATION. We have also discovered a proprietary
antigen formulation, PROVAX, which has shown the ability to induce cellular
immunity, manifested by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, in animals immunized with
protein antigens. Cellular immunity is a counterpart to antibody-based immunity
and is responsible for the direct destruction of virally infected and malignant
cells. PROVAX is a combination of defined chemical entities and may provide a
practical means for the development of effective immunotherapies that act
through the induction of both antibody and cell-mediated immunity. We believe
such immunotherapies may be useful for the treatment of certain cancers and
viral diseases. Preliminary studies also indicate that PROVAX can be safely
administered by injection to
human subjects. We intend to make PROVAX available through licenses and
collaborations to interested partners for development of immunotherapeutic
vaccines.
o PROPRIETARY VECTOR TECHNOLOGIES. We have developed methods of engineering
mammalian cell cultures using proprietary gene expression technologies, or
vector technologies that rapidly and reproducibly select for stable cells,
producing high levels of desired proteins. These technologies allow the
efficient production of proteins at yields that are competitive with current
commercial cell culture manufacturing methods. We have successfully applied one
of these technologies to the commercial scale production of Rituxan.
Our Product and Product Candidates
Rituxan, our first product approved for marketing in the United States, and our
other primary products under development, address immune system disorders, such
as lymphomas, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. In addition, we have
discovered other product candidates through the application of our technology
platform. The products either commercialized or in preclinical and clinical
development by our partners and us are described in the following table. We have
retained exclusive marketing rights in the United States for all of our products
except Rituxan.
INDICATION                    STATUS                  DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING
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IMMUNE SYSTEM CANCER PRODUCTS:
U.S.: Approved          Genentech (U.S. copromotion)
European Union:         Roche (worldwide except U.S. and
Rituxan................................    Certain B-cell NHL           Approved                Japan)
Japan: Approval         Zenyaku (Japan)
U.S.: BLA accepted
B-cell NHL                   for filing
ZEVALIN.................................   (radioimmunotherapy)         European Union:         Schering AG (worldwide except U.S.)
MAA accepted for
AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY
DISEASE PRODUCTS:
PRIMATIZED Anti-CD4 (IDEC-151)
(Clenoliximab).....................  Rheumatoid arthritis          Phase II                IDEC has retained worldwide rights
Humanized Anti-CD40L (IDEC-131).........  Various autoimmune diseases   Phase II                Eisai (Europe and Asia)
PRIMATIZED Anti-B7.1 (IDEC-114).........  Psoriasis                     Phase II                Mitsubishi (Asia)
PRIMATIZED Anti-CD23                      Various allergic conditions,  Phase I                 Seikagaku (Europe and Asia)
(IDEC-152).........................  initially allergic asthma
Humanized and PRIMATIZED                  Various inflammatory          Discovery               Taisho (Europe and Asia)
Anti-MIF...........................  conditions
PROVAX (antigen formulation)............  Cancer therapeutic vaccines   Preclinical             IDEC has retained worldwide rights
IMMUNE SYSTEM CANCER PRODUCTS
Our objective with respect to treating B-cell NHLs is to use our anti-CD20
antibodies to target, bind to and selectively eliminate both the patient's
normal and malignant B cells. The following is a brief description of each of
our products in this area:
Rituxan is a genetically engineered, chimeric murine/human monoclonal
antibody designed to harness the patient's own immune mechanisms to destroy
normal and malignant B cells. In November 1997, Rituxan was approved in the
United States for treatment of certain B-cell NHLs. We market Rituxan in the
United States with Genentech pursuant to a copromotion arrangement. Roche sells
Rituxan outside the United States under the trade name MabThera, except in Japan
where Zenyaku has the rights for product development, marketing and sales.
Our laboratory studies show that the Rituxan antibody binds to the CD20
antigen on B cells and activates a group of proteins known as complement,
leading to normal and malignant B-cell destruction. Additionally, we believe
that the Rituxan antibody, when bound to the CD20 antigen, recruits macrophages
and natural killer cells to attack the B cells. Through these and other
mechanisms, the antibody utilizes the body's immune defenses to lyse, or
rupture, and deplete B cells. B cells have the capacity to regenerate from early
precursor cells that do not express the CD20 antigen. The depletion of normal B
normal B-cell regeneration typically occurring within six to nine months. The
capacity of a tumor to regrow after treatment with Rituxan will depend on the
number of malignant B cells, or malignant B-cell precursors, if the malignancy
first appeared within a precursor cell remaining after treatment.
Rituxan was the first monoclonal antibody approved in the United States for
a cancer therapy indication. Rituxan is unique in the treatment of B-cell NHLs
due to its specificity for the antigen CD20, which is expressed only on normal
and malignant B cells and not on precursor B cells or other tissues of the body.
Rituxan's mechanism of action utilizes the body's own immune system as compared
to conventional lymphoma therapies, including experimental radioimmunotherapies.
These properties of Rituxan allow its use in patients where chemotherapy is
either poorly tolerated or ineffective in inducing disease remissions. Rituxan
is easily administered as outpatient therapy by personnel trained in the use of
chemotherapies. A standard course of Rituxan therapy consists of four
intravenous infusions given on days 1, 8, 15 and 22, whereas chemotherapy is
given typically in repeating cycles for up to four to eight months. In October
1999, we submitted a sBLA relating to the use of Rituxan in expanded dosing,
including retreatment, times eight dosing and bulky disease for the treatment of
B-cell NHL. In September 2000, we received a "completed review" letter from the
FDA indicating that it has completed review of the sBLA for Rituxan. In its
"completed review" letter, the FDA commented only on the details of the PI.
Based on the FDA's comments, we are in discussions with the FDA with the
objective of finalizing revisions to the Rituxan PI.
Rituxan is indicated for single agent use in relapsed or refractory, low
grade or follicular CD20-positive B-cell NHLs, which comprise approximately half
of the prevalence of B-cell NHLs in the United States. Ongoing or completed
Phase II studies suggest that Rituxan may also be useful in combination with
chemotherapy in low grade or follicular, relapsed or refractory, CD20-positive
B-cell NHLs, and as a single agent or in combination with various chemotherapies
in the treatment of other forms of B-cell NHLs and chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
or CLL. In relapsed or chemotherapy-refractory low grade B-cell NHLs, which to
date have proven to be incurable, Rituxan provides a means to induce remissions
of disease in some patients without subjecting the patient to the toxicity and
duration of therapy that are typical of chemotherapy regimens.
In a Phase III clinical trial, Rituxan, given as a single agent to
patients with relapsed or refractory, low grade or follicular CD20-positive
B-cell NHL, achieved partial or complete responses to therapy (using the
response criteria as defined in the IDEC protocol) of 48% of patients on an
intent-to-treat basis, which represented 80 of 166 patients. Of the 80
responding patients, tumor shrinkage greater than 50% was verified over at
least two independent observations 28 days apart; 10 were complete responses,
or 6%, and 70 were partial responses, or 42%. The median duration of
response, which is the time from response onset to first determination of
tumor regrowth, in the 80 responders was 11.6 months. We believe that 16 of
the 80 responders, or approximately 20%, are experiencing ongoing remissions
lasting from one-and-a-half to three years. Retrospective analysis of patient
subgroups in the
Phase III Rituxan trial showed responses in patients with poor prognostic
features, and who generally respond poorly to chemotherapy regimes, such as
age greater than 60, extranodal disease, prior relapse from autologous bone
marrow transplant, or relapse or failure of anthracycline-containing
regimens. In newly diagnosed B-cell NHLs, which are intermediate or high
grade and may be curable with early aggressive chemotherapy, we believe that
the addition of Rituxan to combination regimens may improve the overall
response rate. Demonstration of improved response rate, for example,
long-term disease remissions, is being sought through ongoing, randomized
controlled trials.
There are standard response criteria for solid tumor cancers, CLL,
Hodgkin's disease and acute myelogenous leukemia, but until recently, none
for B-cell NHL. As a result, clinical response rates in B-cell NHL may vary
depending on which criteria is being applied. One of the protocol-defined
requirements for scoring a complete response in the Rituxan pivotal trial was
that all measurable lesions shrink to less than 1x1cm. Using this
conservative criterion, we reported an overall response rate of 48% with a 6%
complete response rate, referred to as a CR rate. Based on a paper published
by Cheson, ET AL. in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the lymphoma experts
have now standardized the response criteria in NHL. Prior to the Cheson paper
and the subsequent standardization, our protocol definition of overall
response rate and complete response rates were based on our investigators and
our own criteria. Exploratory analysis applying the new International
Workshop NHL Response Criterion Standards for NHL to our Rituxan Phase III
pivotal trial shows an overall response rate of 56% with a CR rate of 32%.
In December 1999, we announced updated information on the results of a
Phase II Rituxan retreatment study presented at the American Society of
Hematology Conference, or ASH conference. This Phase II study in patients
with low grade or follicular, CD20-positive B-cell NHL was conducted to
determine the safety and efficacy of Rituxan in patients who had relapsed or
were refractory to prior chemotherapy, but had responded previously to
Rituxan. From the analyses of the study, patients who responded to one
regimen of Rituxan may be retreated with additional courses of Rituxan
without impairment of bone marrow function, or myelosuppression, or
development of an immune response, or antibodies, to anti-CD20 antibody
therapy, a response called human anti-chimeric antibody, or HACA. Of 60
patients treated, 57 were considered evaluable for efficacy. The overall
response rate using our protocol was 40%, with 6 out of 57, or 11%, achieving
complete responses and 17 out of 57, or 30%, achieving partial responses.
Median time to progression and duration of response have not been reached
after more than 15 months of follow-up. The overall safety profile seen with
retreatment was similar to what was reported for the initial treatment with
Rituxan, primarily infusion-related events that usually occurred within a few
hours of the first infusion. Other events that occurred less frequently
included: leukopenia, nausea, transient bronchospasm and mild hypotension.
These results supported the sBLA filed in October 1999, which requested a
label expansion to include retreatment with Rituxan for B-cell NHL patients.
The most common adverse events associated with Rituxan, based on our
clinical trial experience, are infusion-related, consisting mainly of mild to
moderate flu-like symptoms, for example, fever, chills and rigors, that occur in
the majority of patients during the first infusion. Other events which occur
with less frequency include nausea, rashes, fatigue and headaches. More serious
events include hypotension, wheezing, sensation of the tongue or throat swelling
and recurrence of cardiac events in patients with a history of angina or
arrhythmia. These symptoms were usually limited in duration to the period of
infusion and decrease with subsequent infusions. These adverse events are
generally milder and of a shorter duration than the adverse events associated
with chemotherapy.
In an effort to identify expanded applications for Rituxan, we, in
conjunction with Genentech and Roche, have authorized over 120 Rituxan
post-marketing study concepts to date, two of which are large Phase III clinical
trials. Several of these trials will explore the use of Rituxan in a variety of
investigational B-cell NHL clinical settings including:
o    combination therapy with widely used chemotherapy regimens for both
low grade and intermediate/high grade disease;
o    single agent therapy in newly diagnosed, previously untreated low
grade disease;
o    integration into autologous bone marrow transplant regimens both as an
IN VIVO purging agent prior to bone marrow harvest and post-transplant
as consolidation therapy; and
o    treatment of AIDS-related B-cell NHLs.
Additionally, clinical trials have been initiated in other B-cell
malignancies and pre-malignant conditions such as CLL, multiple myeloma and
lymphoproliferative disorders associated with solid organ transplant therapies.
RITUXAN AND CHOP CHEMOTHERAPY
At the ASH conference in December 2000, a Rituxan presentation was given
during the plenary session based on the Coiffier ET AL. study entitled
"MabThera (Rituximab or Rituxan) plus CHOP is superior to CHOP Alone in
Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Interim Results of a
Randomized GELA trial." Interim results were submitted to ASH on 328 of 400
previously untreated elderly patients randomized into two arms of the study
comparing standard CHOP, a common chemotherapy regimen consisting of
cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone, given every three
weeks for eight cycles, versus standard CHOP, with Rituxan given day one of
each cycle of CHOP. Preliminary analysis revealed no major difference between
the two arms in toxicity or infections. With a median follow-up of twelve
months the data, as summarized in the abstract, demonstrated that:
o    CHOP plus Rituxan had a CR rate of 76% vs. 60% with CHOP alone;
o    CHOP plus Rituxan had a twelve-month event-free, an event defined as
patient death, treatment failure or regrowth of lymphoma, survival of
69% vs. 49% with CHOP alone; and
o    CHOP plus Rituxan had a twelve-month overall survival of 83% vs. 68%
with CHOP alone.
Approximately 10 percent of patients in the Rituxan/CHOP arm experienced
grade 3/4 infusion-related events. As has been seen in prior studies with
Rituxan, these events were generally limited to the first infusion of Rituxan
and were reversible. These infusion reactions included chills, fever, throat
irritation and nausea. These reactions are consistent with those seen with
Rituximab therapy used as a single agent.
Phase II study assessing the safety and effectiveness of Rituxan used in
combination with CHOP chemotherapy, in low grade or follicular B-cell NHL.
The overall response rate using the IDEC protocol, in the Phase II study was
100 percent in 35 evaluable patients with 22 patients, or 63%, achieving
complete responses and 13 patients, or 37%, achieving partial responses. The
median duration of response was 45.9+ months with progression-free survival
not reached after a median observation time of 47.4+ months. Twenty-four
patients, or 69%, are still in remission beyond 36+ months and up to 65.3+
months. The most frequently experienced adverse events were neutropenia,
dehydration, alopecia, nausea and fever. Rituxan was associated with fever
and chills.
Results of a Phase II clinical trial evaluating the combination of Rituxan
plus CHOP in intermediate and high grade B-cell NHL were also announced in
December 1999. The overall response rate in the 33 evaluable patients was 97%,
with 20 patients, or 61%, achieving complete responses and 12 patients, or 36%,
achieving partial responses. At a median follow-up of 24 months, the median
duration of response has not been reached at 18+ months, with 27 evaluable
patients exhibiting no evidence of progressive disease.
While these Phase II trials were conducted in a relatively small number of
patients, it appears that adding Rituxan to CHOP chemotherapy may have the
potential to provide durable remissions for patients with NHL. As a result, a
Phase III randomized, open-label clinical trial, sponsored by Genentech and us,
began in January 2000 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Rituxan plus CHOP
versus CHOP alone in previously untreated CD20-positive intermediate or high
grade NHL patients. Based upon the positive results from the GELA study
performed by Roche, we have stopped accruing new patients in our Phase III
These CHOP/Rituxan Phase II clinical trials also served as the basis for
the commencement of a large, randomized controlled cooperative Phase III trial
by the National Cancer Institute, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, the
Cancer and Leukemia Group B and the Southwest Oncology Group. This trial will
examine whether the addition of Rituxan administered on a maintenance regimen
(four infusions every six months for two years) to the CHOP or CHOP/Rituxan
responders will improve cure rates, or long-term remission, in individuals over
the age of 60 years with intermediate and high grade B-cell NHL.
ZEVALIN
Due to the sensitivity of B-cell tumors to radiation, radiation therapy has
historically played, and continues to play, an important role in the management
of B-cell lymphomas. Radiation therapy currently consists of external beam
radiation focused on certain isolated areas of the body or areas with high tumor
burden. We are developing an antibody product that is intended to deliver
targeted immunotherapy by means of injectable radiation to target sites
expressing the CD20 antigen, such as lymphatic B-cell tumors. ZEVALIN, our
radioimmunotherapy for treatment of B-cell NHL, will be sold as a kit including
an antibody manufactured by us, which is conjugated with a chelating linker.
Yttrium-90, which is supplied by a third party, will be chelated to the antibody
at the medical center or radiopharmacy just prior to therapeutic infusion in the
patient. Patients receiving ZEVALIN are first treated with Rituxan to deplete
peripheral blood B cells and optimize ZEVALIN biodistribution, and then with
ZEVALIN, which delivers the radioisotope yttrium-90 to tumors throughout the
body.
In clinical testing, the ZEVALIN antibody radiolabeled with the isotope
indium-111 was used to image the patient's tumor and to estimate the
radiation dose to normal organs from the subsequently administered
therapeutic product, which uses the isotope yttrium-90. The low energy gamma
particle emitted by indium is detectable outside the body, thereby allowing
the physician to determine the localization of the antibody in the tumor. The
companion yttrium-90 isotope provides targeted radiation therapy by emitting
a high energy beta particle that is absorbed by surrounding tissue, leading
to tumor destruction. Our objective with ZEVALIN is to provide safer, more
effective radiation therapy than is possible with external beam radiation and
to provide this radiation therapy in an outpatient setting.
Other radioisotopes, such as iodine-131, emit both beta and gamma radiation
and at certain therapeutic doses require that the patient be hospitalized and
isolated in a lead-shielded room for several days. In contrast, the beta
particle emitted by yttrium-90 is absorbed by tissue immediately adjacent to the
antibody and is concentrated at the antibody target. We believe that this short
epnetrating radiation will permit the use of ZEVALIN in outpatient therapy,
and thus we have conducted our clinical trials in the outpatient setting.
We have completed two multi-center, pivotal Phase III studies of ZEVALIN in
the treatment of low grade or follicular, relapsed or refractory, CD20-positive
B-cell NHL, which is the basis for a BLA that we submitted to the FDA on
November 1, 2000 seeking approval for ZEVALIN in the United States. In December
2000, we were notified by the FDA that our BLA was accepted for filing. In
addition, Schering AG, who has worldwide marketing rights to ZEVALIN outside the
United States, submitted a MAA for ZEVALIN to the EMEA, which was accepted for
filing in January 2001.
Final results for these two studies were presented at the ASH conference in
December 2000. The first, randomized controlled study conducted compares ZEVALIN
plus Rituxan, to Rituxan alone in 143 patients with relapsed or refractory, low
grade, follicular or transformed CD20-positive B-cell NHL. Patients receiving
ZEVALIN plus Rituxan showed an overall response rate of 80%, compared to an
overall response rate of 56 percent in patients receiving Rituxan alone.
Fifty-six percent of patients enrolled in the study were refactory to their last
course of chemotherapy. Thirty percent of the ZEVALIN patients achieved complete
responses to therapy, compared to 16 percent of Rituxan patients. A treatment
course for ZEVALIN includes a Rituxan infusion (250 mg/m2) on day one, followed
by infusions of Rituxan (250 mg/m2) and ZEVALIN (at a standard dose of 0.4
mCi/kg of patient body weight) on day eight. Patients in the Rituxan arm
received four infusions of Rituxan (at the indicated dose of 375 mg/m2) once a
week over 22 days.
The second pivotal study evaluated the safety and efficacy of ZEVALIN in
follicular NHL patients who are refractory to Rituxan, I.E., who did not achieve
a response or had a time to progression of less than six months with their most
recent course of Rituxan. Under the new International Workshop NHL Response
Criterion Standards for NHL, the overall response rate was 74% who responded to
treatment with ZEVALIN, with 15 percent of thoses individuals achieving a
complete response to therapy. Seventy-four percent of these patients had sizable
tumors (greater than 5cm in single diameter) and 82% were chemotherapy-resistant
to at least one prior chemotherapy treatment. The dosimetry results obtained in
the second Phase III trial concluded that the ZEVALIN biodistribution and
estimated radiation absorbed dose to normal body organs were not affected by
prior treatment with Rituxan.
In both studies, toxicity associated with ZEVALIN treatment was primarily
reductions in blood-cell counts. Patients with impaired bone marrow reserve, as
indicated by lower baseline platelet counts, or evidence of significant bone
marrow damage from prior therapy, as well as patients with greater involvement
of the bone marrow with lymphoma, were more likely to experience such toxicity.
Decreased blood counts resulted in hospitalizations for infection in seven
percent of patients and life-threatening bleeding in less than one percent.
Approximately 50 percent of patients experience generally mild, reversible
infusion reactions, such as chills, fever, throat irritation and nausea, with a
lower incidence on the second treatment day. These reactions are consistent with
those seen with Rituximab therapy as single-agent therapy and the incidence of
infusion reactions was similar between the two arms in the randomized trial.
We expect that Rituxan and ZEVALIN, if approved, will become complementary
products for the management of B-cell NHLs. Because most B-cell NHLs are treated
today in community-based group practices, Rituxan fits nicely into the community
practice, as no special equipment, training or licensing is required for its
administration or for management of treatment-related side effects. Rituxan has
shown activity even in patients refractory to chemotherapy and is indicated for
this use, so that it provides a viable option for the community-based oncologist
prior to referral of the patient to the medical center for treatment with more
aggressive therapies, potentially including ZEVALIN. By contrast, all
radioimmunotherapies will be administered by nuclear medicine specialists or
radiation oncologists at the medical or cancer centers that are equipped for the
handling, administration and disposal of radioisotopes. Also, the nuclear
medicine department, but not the community-based practice, has the specialized
equipment and governmental licenses that are required for use of radioisotopes.
We believe that referral patterns will develop for treatment of B-cell NHL
patients with radioimmunotherapies at medical centers after the community-based
oncologist has exhausted other options, such as Rituxan or chemotherapy, for the
management of his or her patients. This trend is further reinforced by the
observation made by us, and by others working in the field, of the substantial
clinical activity of radioimmunotherapies in patients with late-stage disease
who has become refractory to chemotherapies. We are committed to the development
and commercialization of ZEVALIN as a complementary product to Rituxan used
throughout the course of a patient's disease, providing an alternative for both
the patient and the healthcare professional to conventional chemotherapies.
AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PRODUCTS
We are developing new antibodies using humanized antibody technology and
our own proprietary class of antibodies, termed PRIMATIZED antibodies, that are
of part-human, part-macaque monkey origin. These PRIMATIZED antibodies are
structurally similar to, and potentially indistinguishable by a patient's immune
system from, human antibodies. PRIMATIZED antibodies may provide therapeutic
intervention for diseases or conditions not amenable to chronic treatment with
mouse-derived antibodies. Our objective with our PRIMATIZED antibodies is to
provide therapies that can be used to control autoimmune diseases characterized
by overactive immune functions. We have entered into research and development
collaborations with Eisai Co, Ltd, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc,
Seikagaku Corporation and Taisho Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, all of which
target distinct, cell surface antigens.
In March 1998, we, along with SmithKline Beecham, p.l.c., announced the
selection of IDEC-151 as our lead PRIMATIZED anti-CD4 antibody for the treatment
of rheumatoid arthritis. In a Phase I portion of a Phase I/II study of 32
patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, the results of which were
announced in late November 1997, IDEC-151 displayed no CD4 depletion and no
infusion-related adverse events. In February 2000, we amended our agreement with
SmithKline Beecham which resulted in all anti-CD4 program rights, including
IDEC-151, being returned to us. We will receive no further funding from
SmithKline Beecham under the amended agreement. As part of the amended
agreement, SmithKline Beecham has the option to negotiate commercialization and
copromotion rights with us for the first compound based on our PRIMATIZED
anti-CD4 antibodies to complete a Phase II study. If we do not commercialize and
copromote the compound with SmithKline Beecham, we will pay SmithKline Beecham
royalties on sales by us, our affiliates and licensees on any products emerging
from the rights returned to us under the amended agreement. In August 2000, we
initiated a Phase II trial of this antibody in
combination with methotrexate in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid
arthritis. Approximately 130 patients will be randomized to receive either
IDEC-151 plus methotrexate or placebo plus methotrexate.
HUMANIZED ANTI-CD40L (IDEC-131)
In December 1995, we entered into a research and development
collaborative agreement with Eisai. The collaboration focuses on developing
humanized and PRIMATIZED antibodies against the CD40 ligand. This antigen,
also referred to as gp39, is an essential immune system trigger for B-cell
activation and antibody production. A potential target indication includes
transplantation and antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases such as ITP. The
development of our humanized anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody, IDEC-131, is
based on technology that we licensed from Dartmouth College, where
researchers have shown that the binding of CD40L to its CD40 receptor on B
cells is essential for proper immune system function. These researchers
generated anti-CD40L antibodies that blocked this T-cell and B-cell
interaction and halted disease progression in a variety of animal models of
disease characterized by abnormal or unwanted immune response. Moreover, when
researchers ended the animals' anti-CD40L treatments, the animals'
antibody-producing capacity returned to normal levels, but their disease
remained suppressed. Treatment with the anti-CD40L antibodies appeared to
have reset the animals' immune systems and restored a normal immune response.
Under the collaborative agreement, we have agreed to develop with Eisai a
humanized anti-CD40L antibody. This effort has resulted in the identification
of the humanized anti-CD40L antibody lead candidate, IDEC-131, which
underwent preclinical testing, process development and manufacturing of
clinical trial material in early 1997. We successfully completed a Phase I
clinical trial in SLE with IDEC-131 in early 1999, which demonstrated an
overall favorable safety profile. In the first quarter of 2000, we completed
a Phase II clinical trial with IDEC-131 in patients with SLE that
demonstrated a favorable safety profile. However, the response rates in this
Phase II trial, versus a significant placebo effect, did not support
continued development of IDEC-131 in SLE. Based on a favorable safety
profile and preclinical studies, we continue to evaluate IDEC-131 in other
autoimmune diseases. In January 2001 we initiated a Phase II study in
patients with chronic, refractory ITP, and a separate Phase II study in
patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, a T-cell mediated disease.
PRIMATIZED ANTI-B7.1 (IDEC-114)
In November 1993, we entered into a research and development
collaboration with Mitsubishi that focuses on the development of PRIMATIZED
antibodies directed at the B7.1 antigen. This B7.1 antigen appears on the
surface of antigen-presenting cells and is involved in the interaction of
these cells with T cells in triggering a cascade of immune system responses.
Antibodies directed at the B7.1 antigens may block this cascade and,
therefore, may be useful in preventing unwanted immune responses in certain
inflammatory and chronic autoimmune conditions such as psoriasis, arthritis
and multiple scherosis, or MS. Mitsubishi has actively shared in the
development process, generating animal models and participating in research
with us. We have completed a Phase I and Phase I/II study for IDEC-114.
Analysis of the 24-patient Phase I data showed a favorable safety profile
with preliminary findings of clinical activity in patients with moderate to
severe psoriasis. IDEC-114 as a single dose demonstrated an overall favorable
safety profile and there were no serious adverse events. In March 2001
results of the Phase I/II clinical trial were presented at the American
Academy of Dermatology Conference. The results of this trial confirm and
extended the favorable safety profile and preliminary evidence of clinical
activity seen in our earlier Phase I trial. Thirty-five patients in this
trial were treated with four doses of IDEC-114 at a variety of dose levels.
Clinical results revealed that 40% of patients achieved a clinical endpoint
of at least a 50% reduction in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, or
PASI, at some point in the study and 57% of patients achieved a Physician's
Global Psoriasis Assessment, or PGA, of Good or above. Importantly, patients
continued to improve beyond the end of the treatment period, Study Day 43.
Maximum clinical improvements in PASI scores were seen on the last follow-up
day, Study Day 127. The majority of adverse events were mild in severity,
such as uncomplicated colds, transient chills and mild fatigue. Based on the
favorable results of these studies we have initiated a Phase II clinical
trial with IDEC-114 in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
PRIMATIZED ANTI-CD23 (IDEC-152)
In December 1994, we entered into a collaboration with Seikagaku aimed at
the development of PRIMATIZED anti-CD23 antibodies for the potential treatment
of allergic rhinitis, asthma and other allergic conditions. Antibodies against
the CD23 receptor on certain white blood cells inhibit the production of immune
system molecules called immunoglobulin class E, or IgE, which are known to
trigger allergic conditions. At the same time, anti-CD23 antibodies do not
affect the production of the immunoglobulins, which are the patient's own
antibodies responsible for granting protective immunity to infectious agents.
Thus, PRIMATIZED anti-CD23 antibodies may provide a unique new approach to
treating chronic illnesses such as allergic rhinitis and asthma. This effort has
resulted in the identification of a PRIMATIZED antibody lead candidate,
IDEC-152, which underwent preclinical testing, process development and
manufacturing of clinical material during 1999. We filed an IND for IDEC-152 in
October 1999 and began a Phase I clinical trial in allergic asthma in February
2000 to evaluate its safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics. In March 2001
the results of the Phase I trial were presented at the American Academy of
Allergy Asthma and Immunology. A total of 30 patients entered the trial with 24
receiving IDEC-152 and 6 receiving a placebo. The safety trial was favorable,
with adverse events in patients who received IDEC-152 being very similar to
those of placebo patients. Substantial prolonged reductions in IgE levels were
noted in IDEC-152 patients.
HUMANIZED ANTI-MIF
In June 2000, we announced our collaboration with Taisho to develop and
commercialize antibody therapeutics against macrophage migration inhibitory
factor, or MIF, for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. MIF
is the body's natural counter-regulatory cytokine which serves to override the
anti-inflammatory activities of natural and administered steroids. Inhibition of
MIF may represent a novel approach to the management of a variety of acute and
chronic inflammatory diseases, including steroid-resistant rheumatoid arthritis
and asthma. In September 1997, we licensed from Cytokine Pharmasciences, Inc., a
privately held bio pharmaceutical company, development rights to CPI's anti-MIF
antibody technology. Under the terms of the licensing and development agreement,
we became the exclusive licensee of CPI's rights to the anti-MIF antibody
technology for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
We have entered into strategic partnering arrangements for many of our
product development programs. Our entitlement to funding under the
arrangements depends on achieving product development objectives related to
development, clinical trial results, regulatory approvals and other factors.
These arrangements include:
In March 1995, we entered into a collaborative agreement with Genentech for
the clinical development and commercialization of our anti-CD20 monoclonal
antibody, Rituxan, for the treatment of B-cell NHLs. Concurrent with the
collaborative agreement, we also entered into an expression technology license
agreement with Genentech for a proprietary gene expression technology developed
by us and a preferred stock purchase agreement providing for certain equity
investments that have been made by Genentech in us. In connection with the
preferred stock purchase agreement, we also entered into a standstill agreement
with Genentech, under which Genentech agreed not to acquire any shares of our
common stock or shares with voting rights, or solicit proxies from any of our
stockholders to elect any of Genentech's affiliates to our board of directors.
The standstill agreement terminated in March 2001, and Genentech is no longer
precluded from purchasing shares or soliciting proxies as described.
In November 1995, we entered into a joint development, supply and license
agreement with Zenyaku and Genentech, pursuant to which Zenyaku received
exclusive rights to develop, market and sell Rituxan, and we receive royalties
on sales of Rituxan in Japan. In addition, we are copromoting Rituxan with
Genentech in the United States. Genentech retained commercialization rights
throughout the rest of the world, except in Japan. Genentech has granted Roche
exclusive marketing rights outside of the United States, and Roche has elected
to market Rituximab under the trade name MabThera. We receive royalties on sales
outside the United States. Our collaborative agreement with Genentech provides
two independent mechanisms by which either party may purchase or sell its rights
in the copromotion territory from or to the other party. Upon the occurrence of
certain events that constitute a change of control in us, Genentech may elect to
present an offer to us to purchase our copromotion rights. We must
then accept Genentech's offer or purchase Genentech's copromotion rights for an
amount scaled (using the profit sharing ratio between the parties) to
Genentech's offer. Under a second mechanism, after a specified period of
commercial sales and upon a certain number of years of declining copromotion
profits or if Genentech files for U.S. regulatory approval on a competitive
product during a limited period of time, either party may offer to purchase the
other party's copromotion rights. The offeree may either accept the offer price
or purchase the offeror's copromotion rights at the offer price scaled to the
offeror's share of copromotion profits. Pursuant to the terms of our Supply
Agreement with Genentech, Genentech assumed worldwide manufacturing obligations
for Rituxan beginning in September 1999.
In December 1995, we entered into a collaborative development agreement
and a license agreement with Eisai aimed at the development and
commercialization of humanized and PRIMATIZED anti-CD40L antibodies. Under
the terms of these agreements, Eisai may provide up to $37.5 million in
milestone payments and support for research and development, subject to the
attainment of product development objectives and satisfaction of other
criteria to be agreed upon between the parties, of which $33.2 million has
been recognized through December 31, 2000. Eisai received exclusive rights in
Asia and Europe to develop and market resulting products emerging from the
collaboration, with us receiving royalties on eventual product sales by
Eisai. At any time, Eisai may terminate the development agreement by giving
us 60 days' written notice based on a reasonable determination that the
products do not justify continued development or marketing.
MITSUBISHI-TOKYO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
In November 1993, we entered into a three-year collaborative agreement
and an ongoing license agreement with Mitsubishi for the development of a
PRIMATIZED anti-B7.1 antibody. Under the terms of the agreement, we may
receive payments totaling $12.2 million subject to the attainment of product
development objectives, of which $9.2 million has been recognized through
December 31, 2000. Under the license agreement, we have granted Mitsubishi an
exclusive license in Asia to make, use and sell PRIMATIZED anti-B7.1 antibody
products. We will receive royalties on sales by Mitsubishi of the developed
products. The collaborative agreement expired on December 31, 1996.
Mitsubishi may terminate the license at any time upon 30 days' written notice
based on a reasonable determination that the products do not justify
continued development or marketing.
SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
In December 1994, we entered into a collaborative development agreement and
a license agreement with Seikagaku aimed at the development and
commercialization of therapeutic products based on our PRIMATIZED anti-CD23
antibodies. Under the terms of these agreements, Seikagaku may provide up to
$26.0 million in milestone payments and support for research and development,
subject to the attainment of product development objectives, of which $19.9
million has been recognized through December 31 2000. Under the license
agreement, Seikagaku has received exclusive rights in Europe and Asia to all
products emerging from the collaboration. We will receive royalties on eventual
product sales by Seikagaku. At any time, Seikagaku may terminate the development
agreement and the license agreement by giving us 30 days' written notice based
on a reasonable determination that the products do not justify continued
development or marketing.
SCHERING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
In June 1999, we entered into a collaboration and license agreement and a
supply agreement with Schering AG aimed at the development and commercialization
of our radioimmunotherapy ZEVALIN. Under the terms of the agreement, Schering AG
may provide up to $47.5 million in product development milestone payments and
support for research and development, subject to the attainment of product
development objectives, of which $28.1 million has been recognized through
December 31, 2000. Schering AG received marketing and distribution rights to
ZEVALIN outside the United States, and we will receive royalties on eventual
product sales by Schering AG. Under the terms of a separate supply agreement we
are obligated to meet Schering AG's clinical and commercial requirements for
ZEVALIN. Schering AG may terminate these agreements for any reason.
TAISHO PHARMACEUTICALS CO. LTD.
In June 2000, we announced our collaboration with Taisho aimed at the
development and commercialization of antibody therapeutics against MIF for the
treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Under the terms of the
agreements, Taisho may provide up to $32.0 million in product development
attainment of product development objectives, of which $6.2 million has been
recognized through December 31, 2000. Taisho received exclusive rights in Asia
and Europe to develop and market resulting products emerging from the
collaboration, and we will receive royalties on eventual product sales by
Taisho. At any time, Taisho may terminate the agreements by giving us 60 days'
written notice based on a reasonable determination that the products do not
justify continued development or marketing.
From our inception, we have focused on establishing and maintaining a
leadership position in cell culture techniques for antibody manufacturing. Cell
culture provides a method for manufacturing of clinical and commercial grade
protein products by reproducible techniques at various scales, up to many
kilograms of antibody. Our manufacturing technology is based on the suspension
culture of mammalian cells in stainless steel vessels. Suspension culture
fermentation provides greater flexibility and more rapid production of the large
amounts of antibodies required for product commercialization and pivotal trials.
We believe that our manufacturing facility is one of a limited number approved
for any type of noncell fermentation, for example, the process used in Rituxan.
However, our manufacturing facility has been approved by the FDA only for the
commercial manufacture of Rituxan and currently is not licensed for the
commercial manufacture of any other products.
In September 1999, we transferred all worldwide manufacturing activities
for bulk Rituxan to Genentech. Since the transfer of bulk Rituxan
manufacturing to Genentech, we have been using our available manufacturing
capacity for production of specification-setting lots and pre-commercial
inventory of the ZEVALIN antibody and for production of clinical material for
our other products under development. We will manufacture our own commercial
requirements of the antibody for ZEVALIN upon the receipt of approval, if
any, from the FDA to manufacture and market the antibody. ZEVALIN has
multiple components that require successful coordination among several
third-party contract manufacturers and suppliers. We have no fill/finish
experience or capacity and we do not have manufacturing experience in the
field of chelates or radioisotopes and, therefore, we will be dependent on
outside contractors and suppliers to meet these needs. We have identified a
commercial contractor to meet our long-term manufacturing demands for the
fill/finish of ZEVALIN bulk product. In May 1999, we entered into an
agreement with MDS Nordion Inc. for the development and supply of the
radioisotope yttrium-90 used with our ZEVALIN product. Under the terms of the
agreement, Nordion agreed to supply the radioisotope for our clinical trials
and commercial needs in the United States and Canada. The agreement requires
minimum annual purchase commitments. The agreement may be terminated by
Nordion if we do not receive BLA approval and marketing authorization for
ZEVALIN by May 2002 or with 20 months prior notice for any reason.
In September 2000, we purchased a 60-acre site in Oceanside, California
for a large-scale manufacturing facility which we anticipate using to
commercialize our products currently in clinical trials. We believe that
there is a limited manufacturing capacity in our market for production of
biologics products. In 2001, we have begun preliminary site preparations for
the first phase of development, which we anticipate will be approximately
300,000 square feet. We expect the first phase of the new facility to be
complete in late 2003 and that the facility will be operational in
approximately 2005. This expansion will allow us to better control the
manufacture of our products, thus reducing our reliance on contract
manufacturers.
SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGY
We currently depend on the successful marketing and sales of Rituxan for
much of our anticipated revenue. Rituxan is marketed and sold in the United
States pursuant to a copromotion agreement with Genentech, which currently has a
sales and marketing staff of approximately 100 professionals who are also
promoting one other new biologic application in oncology. To fulfill our duties
under the copromotion agreement, we have a marketing staff and a sales
organization of 49 professionals with experience primarily in the oncology
therapeutic category, and who
are currently dedicated exclusively to the commercialization of Rituxan. We rely
heavily on Genentech to supply marketing support services including customer
service, order entry, shipping, billing, customer reimbursement assistance,
managed-care sales support, medical information and sales training.
ZEVALIN, if approved, will be our first product to be solely marketed by us
in the United States. We have no marketing support service experience and,
therefore, we will be dependent on outside contractors to meet those needs. We
are currently negotiating with a third-party logistics distributor to provide
customer service, order entry, shipping, billing, customer reimbursement
assistance and managed care sales support. If ZEVALIN is approved by the FDA, we
plan to approximately double our sales force.
Outside North America, we have adopted a strategy to pursue collaborative
arrangements with established pharmaceutical companies for marketing,
distribution and sale of our products.
PATENTS AND PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY
The biopharmaceutical field is characterized by a large number of patent
filings. A substantial number of patents have already been issued to other
biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies. Particularly in the monoclonal
antibody and recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, fields, competitors may
have filed applications for or have been issued patents and may obtain
additional patents and proprietary rights relating to products or processes
competitive with or similar to our products or processes. Moreover, United
States and foreign country patent laws are distinct and the interpretations
thereunder unique to each country. Thus, patentability, validity and
infringement issues for the same technology or inventions may be resolved
differently in different jurisdictions. We cannot assure you that patents do not
exist in the United States or in foreign countries or that patents will not be
issued that would harm our ability to market our products. Accordingly, we
expect that commercializing our products may require licensing and/or
cross-licensing of patents with other companies or institutions in the field. We
cannot assure you that the licenses, which might be required for our processes
or products, would be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. The
ability to license any of these patents and the likelihood of successfully
contesting the scope, validity or enforceability of the patents are uncertain
and the related costs may be significant. If we are required to acquire rights
to valid and enforceable patents but cannot do so at a reasonable cost, our
ability to manufacture or market our products would be harmed.
We are the assignee of 22 issued U.S. patents, several patent applications
and numerous corresponding foreign patents and patent applications. Other
patents or applications owned by third parties have been exclusively licensed,
as in the case of anti-CD40L core technology licensed from Dartmouth College, or
non-exclusively licensed by us.
We have three issued U.S. patents, several U.S. patent applications and
numerous corresponding foreign counterparts directed to anti-CD20 antibody
technology, including Rituxan, radioimmunoconjugate and ZEVALIN. Our
radioimmunoconjugate products include a chelating agent covered by a U.S. patent
that is non-exclusively sublicensed to us. We have been granted a patent
covering Rituxan by the European Patent Office. Genentech, our collaborative
partner for Rituxan, has secured an exclusive license to three U.S. patents and
counterpart U.S. and foreign patent applications assigned to Xoma Corporation,
that relate to chimeric antibodies against the CD20 antigen. Genentech has
granted to us a non-exclusive sublicense to make, have made, use and sell
products under these patents and patent applications. We, along with Genentech,
share the cost of any royalties due to Xoma in the Genentech/IDEC
Pharmaceuticals copromotion territory.
We have also filed for worldwide patent protection on our PRIMATIZED
antibody technology. We have received nine U.S. patents claiming various aspects
of the PRIMATIZED antibody technology. These patents generically cover our
PRIMATIZED antibody technology as well as PRIMATIZED antibodies to specific
antigen targets.
PROVAX, our antigen formulation, is the subject of two issued U.S. patents,
three pending U.S. applications and numerous pending foreign counterparts. In
addition, U.S. and foreign patent applications have been filed on aspects of our
proprietary high-yield gene expression technology, including our impaired
selectable marker vector technology. At this point, we have been granted three
U.S. patents claiming the high-yield gene expression
technology in general and methods of making antibodies using such technology. We
have also received two U.S. patents directed to homologous recombination vector
technology and have foreign counterparts pending.
Our licensor, Dartmouth University, has received seven U.S. patents with
claims that relate to our anti-CD40L antibody (IDEC-131) technology. Numerous
applications relevant to our anti-CD40L antibody program, which are either
licensed from Dartmouth University or assigned to us, are pending in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices.
We are aware of several third-party patents and patent applications, to the
extent they issue as patents, that if successfully asserted against us, may
significantly impair our ability to make, use, offer to sell, sell and import
We have filed numerous trademark and service mark applications in the
United States, Canada and in certain international markets. PRIMATIZED, Rituxan
and IDEC Pharmaceuticals are registered trademarks in the United States.
We also rely upon unpatented trade secrets, and we cannot assure you that
others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary
information and techniques or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or
disclose such technology, or that we can meaningfully protect such rights. We
require our employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored
researchers and other advisers to execute confidentiality agreements upon the
commencement of employment or consulting relationships with us. These agreements
provide that all confidential information developed or made known to the
individual during the course of the individual's relationship with us is to be
kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific
circumstances. In the case of our employees, the agreement provides that all
inventions conceived by such employees shall be our exclusive property. There
can be no assurance, however, that these agreements will provide meaningful
protection or adequate remedies for our trade secrets in the event of
unauthorized use or disclosure of such information.
On May 28, 1999, Glaxo SmithKline plc, or Glaxo filed a patent infringement
lawsuit against Genentech in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The suit
asserts that Genentech infringes four U.S. patents owned by Glaxo. Two of the
patents relate to the use of specific kinds of monoclonal antibodies for the
treatment of human disease, including cancer. The other two patents asserted
against Genentech relate to preparations of specific kinds of monoclonal
antibodies which are made more stable and the methods by which such preparations
are made. A trial for this suit is scheduled to begin April 16, 2001. Glaxo has
filed a motion for summary judgment and Genentech has filed an opposition to
that motion. To the extent that the suit relates to the manufacture, use and
sale of Rituxan, and depending on the suit's outcome, our copromotion profits
related to Rituxan could be harmed.
On September 14, 2000, Glaxo filed another patent infringement lawsuit
against Genentech in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. This suit asserts
that Genentech infringes Glaxo's patents related to specific methods for
culturing CHO cells. The judge has scheduled the trial for this suit to begin
January 25, 2002. To the extent that the suit relates to the manufacture, use
and sale of Rituxan, and depending on the suit's outcome, our copromotion
profits related to Rituxan could be harmed.
In addition, Glaxo sued Roche in Germany and has asserted that Rituxan
infringes Glaxo's patents. On October 26, 2000, a German court issued a
decision holding that the manufacture, use and sale of Rituxan infringes
patents held by Glaxo. Roche has appealed the decision and the appeal is
pending before the Court of Appeal. If Glaxo elects to enforce the decision,
it must post a $6.4 million bond. Although we were not named in the suit, if
Glaxo obtains an injunction precluding further sale of Rituxan, or if it
requires Roche to pay licensing fees for the further sale of Rituxan in
Europe by Roche, our business could be harmed.
Our research and development group at January 31, 2001, totals 330
employees, of whom 40 have Ph.D. or M.D. degrees. Research and development
expenses were $68.9 million in 2000, $43.3 million in 1999 and $31.5 million in
1998, of which approximately 78% in 2000, and 75% in 1999 and 53% in 1998, was
sponsored by us and the remainder of which was funded pursuant to product
development collaborations arrangements.
As of January 31, 2001, we employed 493 persons. None of our employees are
represented by a labor union or bound by a collective bargaining agreement.
Management believes that its overall relations with its employees are good.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND RISK FACTORS
THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements based on our current
expectations. You should be aware that these statements are projections or
estimates as to future events, and actual results may differ materially.
In addition to the other information contained in this Form 10-K, you
should consider the following risk factors which could affect our actual future
results and could harm our business, financial condition and results of
operations. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks
facing us and additional risks and uncertainties may also harm our business.
OUR REVENUES RELY SIGNIFICANTLY ON RITUXAN SALES
Our revenues currently depend largely upon continued sales of a single
commercialized product, Rituxan. For the year ended December 31, 2000, 86% of
our revenues were derived from our Rituxan copromotion arrangement with
Genentech. We cannot be certain that Rituxan will continue to be accepted in the
United States or in any foreign markets or that Rituxan sales will continue to
increase. A number of factors may affect the rate and level of market acceptance
of Rituxan, including:
o    the perception by physicians and other members of the healthcare
community of its safety and efficacy or that of competing products, if
any;
o    the effectiveness of our and Genentech's sales and marketing efforts
in the United States and the effectiveness of Roche's sales and
marketing efforts outside the United States;
o    unfavorable publicity concerning Rituxan or similar drugs;
o    its price relative to other drugs or competing treatments;
o    the availability and level of third-party reimbursement; and
o    regulatory developments related to the manufacture or continued use of
Rituxan.
We incurred annual operating losses from our inception in 1985 through
fiscal 1997. Given our current reliance on Rituxan as the principal source of
our revenue, any material adverse developments with respect to the
commercialization of Rituxan may cause us to incur losses in the future.
OUR OPERATING RESULTS ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLUCTUATIONS
Our quarterly revenues, expenses and operating results have fluctuated in
the past and are likely to fluctuate significantly in the future. Fluctuation
may result from a variety of factors, including:
o    our achievement of product development objectives and milestones;
o    demand and pricing for Rituxan;
o    timing and nature of contract manufacturing and contract research and
development payments and receipts;
o    hospital and pharmacy buying decisions;
o    clinical trial enrollment and expenses;
o    research and development and manufacturing expenses;
o    physician acceptance of our products;
o    government or private healthcare reimbursement policies;
o    our manufacturing performance and capacity and that of our partners;
o    the amount and timing of sales orders of Rituxan by Genentech for
customers in the United States and by Roche for customers outside the
o    rate and success of product approvals;
o    timing of FDA approval, if any, of competitive products and the rate
of market penetration of competing products;
o    collaboration obligations and copromotion payments we make or receive;
o    foreign currency exchange rates; and
o    overall economic conditions.
Our operating results during any one quarter do not necessarily suggest the
anticipated results of future quarters. These results fluctuate periodically
because our revenues are driven by the occurrence of events, for example, the
achievement of product development milestones and the applicable profit-sharing
allocation between us and Genentech, based upon our copromotion arrangement.
WE FACE UNCERTAIN RESULTS OF CLINICAL TRIALS OF OUR POTENTIAL PRODUCTS
Our future success depends in large part upon the results of clinical
trials designed to assess the safety and efficacy of our potential products. We
cannot be certain that patients enrolled in our clinical trials will respond to
our products, that any product will be safe and effective or that data derived
from the trials will be suitable for submission to the FDA, satisfactorily
support a BLA, sBLA, or NDA or be sufficient for approval.
The completion rate of clinical trials depends significantly upon the rate
of patient enrollment. Factors that affect patient enrollment include:
o    size of patient population for the targeted disease;
o    eligibility criteria;
o    proximity of eligible patients to clinical sites;
o    clinical trial protocols; and
o    the existence of competing protocols, including competitive financial
incentives for patients and clinicians, and existing approved drugs,
including Rituxan.
Our inability to enroll patients on a timely basis could result in
increased expenses and product development delays, which could harm our
business. Even if a trial is fully enrolled, significant uncertainties remain as
to whether it will prove successful.
In addition, the length of time necessary to complete clinical trials and
submit an application for marketing and manufacturing approvals varies
significantly and may be difficult to predict. Failure to comply with extensive
FDA regulations may result in delay, suspension or cancellation of a trial or
the FDA's refusal to accept test results. The FDA may also suspend our clinical
trials at any time if it concludes that the participants are being exposed to
unacceptable risks. Consequently, we cannot ensure that Phase I, Phase II, Phase
III or Phase IV post-marketing testing will be completed timely or successfully,
if at all, for any of our potential or existing products. Furthermore, success
in preclinical and early clinical trials does not ensure that later phase or
large scale trials will be successful.
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE NEW PRODUCTS
Our future results of operations will depend to a large extent upon our
ability to successfully commercialize new products in a timely and
competitive manner. As a result, we must continue to develop, test and
manufacture new products and must meet regulatory standards and obtain
regulatory approvals for any new products. Our products currently in
development may not receive the regulatory approvals necessary for marketing
in a timely manner, if at all. We submitted a BLA for ZEVALIN on November 1,
2000. Additionally, a supplemental filing has been submitted by our
third-party radioisotope supplier. The FDA may not accept or ultimately
approve our application, which would preclude our ability to commercialize
ZEVALIN in the United States. Additionally, the development and
commercialization process is time-consuming and costly, and we cannot be
certain that any of our products, if and when developed and approved, will be
successfully commercialized or competitive in the marketplace. Delays or
unanticipated costs in any part of the process, our inability to obtain
regulatory approval for or effectively commercialize our products, especially
ZEVALIN, or our inability to maintain manufacturing facilities in compliance
with all applicable regulatory requirements could harm our business.
WE HAVE LIMITED MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE AND RELY HEAVILY ON CONTRACT
We rely heavily upon third-party manufacturers to manufacture significant
portions of our products and product candidates. Our current manufacturing
capacity is limited. Our manufacturing experience to date has been limited to
the production of preclinical and clinical quantities of product candidates and
to approximately three years of commercial production of bulk Rituxan. We have
no fill/finish experience or capacity, and we do not have
experience manufacturing in the field of chelates or radioisotopes, which are
required for our production of ZEVALIN. Therefore, we rely entirely upon
third-parties for fill/finish services as well as the manufacture of product
components. Consequently, we cannot ensure that either our manufacturing
facilities or our ability to sustain ongoing production of our products will be
able to meet our expectations. Nor can we be certain that we will be able to
enter into satisfactory agreements with third party manufacturers or service
providers. Our failure to enter into agreements with such manufacturers or
fill/finish service providers on reasonable terms, if at all, or poor
performance or coordination on our part or that of our third-party manufacturers
or fill/finish service providers could harm our business.
In September 1999, we transferred all manufacturing of bulk Rituxan to
Genentech. We rely upon Genentech for all Rituxan manufacturing to meet
worldwide requirements. We cannot ensure that Genentech will manufacture and
fill/finish Rituxan in sufficient quantities and on a timely and cost-effective
basis or that Genentech will obtain and maintain all required manufacturing
approvals. Genentech's failure to manufacture and fill/finish Rituxan or obtain
and maintain required manufacturing approvals could harm our business.
Since the completion in September 1999 of our obligation to manufacture
bulk Rituxan, we have commenced conversion of our current manufacturing facility
to a multi-product facility. From this facility, we have manufactured and will
continue to manufacture our own commercial requirements of the antibody for
ZEVALIN upon the receipt of approval, if any, from the FDA to manufacture and
market the antibody. We cannot be certain that our manufacturing performance
will meet our expectations. Also, we may not receive all necessary regulatory
approvals for a multi-product facility, or, even if we do receive these
approvals, they may not be obtained within our budgeted time and expense
estimations. Our inability to receive FDA approval of our manufacturing facility
for ZEVALIN would harm our ability to timely produce commercial supplies of the
ZEVALIN antibody. To the extent we cannot produce our own biologics, we will
need to rely on third-party manufacturers, of which there are only a limited
number capable of manufacturing biologics products as contract suppliers. We
cannot be certain that we could reach agreement on reasonable terms, if at all,
with those manufacturers.
ZEVALIN has multiple components that require successful coordination among
several third-party contract manufacturers and suppliers. We are currently
negotiating with commercial contractors to meet our long-term manufacturing
demands for fill/finish of ZEVALIN bulk product. We may not be able to reach
agreement on reasonable terms, if at all, with our contract manufacturers and we
may not be able to integrate and coordinate successfully our contract
manufacturers and suppliers.
WE RELY HEAVILY ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS
Some materials used in our products and potential products, including
Rituxan and ZEVALIN, are currently available only from a single supplier or a
limited number of suppliers. Some of these suppliers are subject to ongoing FDA
approvals or other governmental regulations. Any interruption or delay in our
supply of materials required to sell our products could harm our business if we
were unable to obtain an alternative supplier for these materials in a
cost-effective and timely manner. Additional factors that could cause
interruptions or delays in our source of materials include limitations on the
availability of raw materials or manufacturing performance experienced by our
suppliers and a breakdown in our commercial relations with one or more
suppliers. These factors may be completely out of our control.
In addition, we have entered into an agreement with a commercial supplier
of the radioisotope for our product ZEVALIN. Prior to the commercialization of
ZEVALIN, this supplier will be required to obtain FDA approvals. We rely upon
this supplier to meet our clinical and commercial requirements. If this supplier
were unable to obtain and maintain FDA approvals, or if we were unable to
receive the supply of this radioisotope for any other reason, including those
described above, we would be unable to commercialize ZEVALIN unless we were to
obtain a new supplier. We are aware of other entities that can provide the
radioisotope that we need for the commercialization of ZEVALIN and we believe
that these suppliers would be required to apply for additional governmental
approvals to provide this radioisotope to us. The process of establishing a
relationship with another supplier and the process of obtaining the required
governmental approvals would be time-consuming and uncertain. There is no
guarantee that we could reach an agreement with another supplier, on
commercially reasonable terms, or at all. As a result of these
concerns, if we were to lose our supply or were unable to receive sufficient
quantities of the radioisotope from our sole supplier, our ability to sell
ZEVALIN could be harmed which, in turn, could significantly harm our business.
WE HAVE LIMITED SALES AND MARKETING EXPERIENCE
We have limited experience with commercial sales and marketing, based
entirely upon our launch and subsequent sales of Rituxan. Outside the United
States, our strategy is to pursue and to rely solely upon collaborations with
established pharmaceutical companies for marketing, distribution and sale of our
products. We currently have no plans to directly market outside the United
States. Given that we currently rely upon our copromotional partner to market
Rituxan in the United States and rely exclusively on a third party outside the
United States, we cannot be certain that our products will be marketed and
distributed in accordance with our expectations or that our market research or
sales forecasts will be accurate. We also cannot be certain that we will ever be
able to develop our own sales and marketing capabilities to an extent that we
would not need to rely on third-party efforts, or that we will be able to
maintain satisfactory arrangements with the third parties on whom we rely.
ZEVALIN, if approved, will be our first product to be marketed exclusively
by us in the United States. We have no marketing support service experience and,
assistance and managed care sales support. We cannot be certain that we will
reach agreement on reasonable terms, if at all, with our third-party logistics
distributor or that the integration of these marketing support services can be
successfully coordinated.
OUR INDUSTRY IS INTENSELY COMPETITIVE
The biotechnology industry is intensely competitive and we may not be
able to produce or acquire rights to new products with commercial potential.
We compete with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies that have been
established longer than we have, have a greater number of products on the
market, have greater financial and other resources and have other
technological or competitive advantages. We also compete in the development
of technologies and processes and in acquiring personnel and technology from
academic institutions, government agencies, and other private and public
research organizations. We cannot be certain that one or more of our
competitors will not receive patent protection that dominates, blocks or
adversely affects our product development or business; will benefit from
significantly greater sales and marketing capabilities; or will not develop
products that are accepted more widely than ours. We are aware that a
competitor, Corixa Corporation, formerly Coulter Pharmaceuticals, Inc., filed
a BLA in 2000, for Bexxar, (tositumomab, Iodine I 131 tositumomab) a
radiolabeled murine antibody product for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's
lymphomas, which may compete with Rituxan and ZEVALIN, if approved. We are
also aware of other potentially competitive biologic therapies for
non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in development.
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT OR ENFORCE OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS OR SECURE RIGHTS TO THIRD-PARTY PATENTS
Our ability and the abilities of our partners to obtain and maintain patent
and other protection for our products will affect our success. We are assigned,
have rights to, or have exclusive licenses to a number of U.S. and foreign
patents and patent applications. However, these patent applications may not be
approved and, even if approved, our patent rights may not be upheld in a court
of law if challenged. The patent positions of pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual
questions. Our patent rights may not provide competitive advantages for our
products and may be challenged, infringed upon or circumvented by our
competitors.
Because of the large number of patent filings in the biopharmaceutical
field, our competitors may have filed applications or been issued patents and
may obtain additional patents and proprietary rights relating to products or
processes competitive with or similar to ours. We cannot be certain that U.S. or
foreign patents do not exist or will not issue that would harm our ability to
commercialize our products and product candidates.
In September 1999, an interference to determine priority of inventorship
was declared in the United States Patent and Trademark Office between
Dartmouth University's patent application, which has been exclusively
licensed to us, and Columbia University's patent, which we believe has been
exclusively licensed to Biogen, Inc., relating to anti-CD40L antibodies. A
hearing to determine the scope of the invention that is the subject of the
interference is scheduled to begin in April 2001 with a decision expected by
June 2001. We, along with other companies, have filed oppositions to a
Japanese patent assigned to Immunex Corporation relating to anti-CD40L
antibodies. We are also aware that oppositions have been filed in the
European Patent Office to granted European applications that have been
licensed to us. Each of these applications contain claims relating to the use
of anti-CD40L antibodies as a therapeutic. Also, we are aware of an
opposition that was filed to a granted European patent application which
names us as the applicant and which relates to PROVAX and therapeutic use
thereof. If the outcome of the interference or any of the oppositions is
adverse, in whole or in part, it could result in the scope of some or all of
the granted claims being limited, some or all of the granted claims being
lost, the granted patent application not proceeding to a patent or, our
competitors having patent claims that may be asserted against us.
adversely affect our ability to make, use, offer to sell, sell and import our
products. These third-party patents and patent applications may include:
o    three U.S. patents assigned to Glaxo, and foreign counterparts
relating to therapeutic uses of CHO-glycosylated human chimeric,
CDR-grafted or bi-specific antibodies;
o    two U.S. patents assigned to Glaxo and foreign counterparts relating
to chelator-stabilized antibody preparations;
o    two U.S. patents assigned to Glaxo and foreign counterparts directed
to methods of growing CHO cells in media that is free from components
obtained directly from an animal source;
o    three U.S. patents assigned to Coulter Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the
Regents of the University of Michigan; one that relates to
compositions comprising radiolabeled antibodies directed to CD20
antigen which are administered at nonmyelosuppressive doses; a second
which relates to methods of treating lymphoma with anti-CD20
antibodies in combination with an anti-CD20 radiolabeled antibody, an
apoptosis-inducing agent, external beam radiation, or a
chemotherapeutic agent; and a third directed to methods of treating
lymphoma comprising imaging the distribution of a radiolabeled
anti-CD20 antibody followed by the administration of radiolabeled
antibodies directed to the CD20 antigen in non-myelo suppressive
doses.
o    a U.S. patent and foreign counterparts filed by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company that relate to ligands to a B7.1 antigen;
o    two U.S. patents assigned to Columbia University and a Japanese patent
assigned to Immunex, which we believe have been exclusively licensed
to Biogen, related to monoclonal antibodies to the 5C8 antigen found
on T cells and methods of their use. We believe the 5C8 antigen and
CD40L, the target for our IDEC-131 antibody, are both expressed on the
surface of activated T cells; and
o    a number of issued U.S. and foreign patents that relate to various
aspects of radioimmunotherapy of cancer and to methods of treating
patients with anti-CD4 antibodies.
The owners, or licensees of the owners of these patents, or any foreign
patents, and patent applications, to the extent they issue as patents, may
assert that one or more of our products infringe one or more claims of these
patents. If legal action is commenced against us or our partners to enforce any
of these patents and patent applications, to the extent they issue as patents,
and the plaintiff in such action prevails, we could be prevented from practicing
the subject matter claimed in such patents.
On May 28, 1999, Glaxo filed a patent infringement lawsuit against
Genentech. On September 14, 2000, Glaxo filed a second patent infringement
lawsuit against Genentech. These suits assert that the manufacture, use, and
sale of Rituxan infringes U.S. patents owned by Glaxo. A trial for the first
of these suits has been scheduled to
begin April 16, 2001. Glaxo has filed a motion for summary judgment in the first
suit and Genentech has filed an opposition to that motion. The judge has
scheduled the trial for the second suit to begin January 25, 2002. To date we
have not been named in either of these suits.
If Glaxo were to prevail, it could seek a variety of remedies, including
seeking damages for past sales, requiring Genentech to obtain a license from
Glaxo or obtaining an injunction against the sale of Rituxan. Because we rely on
sales of Rituxan for substantially all of our revenue, an injunction would
significantly harm our business. Further, if Genentech were required to obtain a
license from Glaxo, our operating results in a particular quarter could be
harmed as a result of any payment required for past royalties. Additionally, our
long-term profitability could be harmed by reduced profit sharing under our
collaboration agreement with our partner Genentech as a result of future
royalties and other payments to Glaxo.
In addition, Glaxo has sued Roche in Germany asserting that Rituxan
infringes Glaxo's patents. On October 26, 2000, a German court handling the
infringement phase of the suit issued a decision holding that the
manufacture, use and sale of Rituxan infringes patents held by Glaxo. Roche
has appealed the decision and the appeal is pending before the Court of
Appeal. If Glaxo elects to enforce the decision, it must post a $6.4 million
bond. A second German court considering the validity of the Glaxo patents has
to date not issued a decision. Additionally, Roche has filed oppositions in
the European Patent Office to several of the Glaxo patents. Although we were
not named in the suit, if Glaxo obtains an injunction precluding further sale
of Rituxan, our business could be harmed.
In addition to patents, we rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how
that we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality agreements with our
partners, employees and consultants. These parties may breach our agreements and
courts may not enforce the agreements, leaving us without adequate remedies.
Further, our trade secrets may become known or be independently developed or
patented by our competitors.
If it were ultimately determined that our claimed intellectual property
rights are unenforceable, or that our use of our products infringes on the
rights of others, we may be required or may desire to obtain licenses to patents
and other intellectual property held by third parties to develop, manufacture
and market our products. We may not be able to obtain these licenses on
commercially reasonable terms, if at all, and any licensed patents or
intellectual property that we may obtain may not be valid or enforceable. In
addition, the scope of intellectual property protection is subject to scrutiny
and change by courts and other governmental bodies. Litigation and other
proceedings concerning patents and proprietary technologies can be protracted,
expensive and distracting to management and companies may sue competitors as a
way of delaying the introduction of competitors' products. Any litigation,
including any interference proceeding to determine priority of inventions,
oppositions to patents in foreign countries or litigation against our partners,
may be costly and time-consuming and could harm our business.
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PRODUCT APPROVALS OR COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS COULD
HARM OUR BUSINESS
As pharmaceutical manufacturers, we as well as our partners, contract
manufacturers and suppliers are subject to extensive, complex, costly and
evolving governmental rules, regulations and restrictions administered by the
FDA, by other federal and state agencies, and by governmental authorities in
other countries. In the United States, our products cannot be marketed until
they are approved by the FDA. Rituxan is our only product that has received
FDA approval, and we cannot be certain that ZEVALIN or any of our product
candidates will be approved either in the United States or in other countries
in a timely fashion, if at all.
Obtaining FDA approval involves the submission, among other information,
of the results of preclinical and clinical studies on the product, and
requires substantial time, effort and financial resources. Before approval of
an NDA or BLA, the FDA will also perform prelicensing inspections of our
facility and our contract manufacturers and suppliers facilities to determine
compliance with cGMP. Our failure or the failure of our partners, contract
manufacturers or suppliers to meet FDA requirements would delay or preclude
our ability to sell ZEVALIN which would harm our business.
Even assuming FDA approval, we, as well as our partners, contract
manufacturers and suppliers, are subject to numerous FDA requirements
covering, among other things, testing, manufacturing, quality control,
labeling and continuing promotion of drugs, and to government inspection at
all times. Failure to meet or comply with any rules, regulations or
restrictions of the FDA or other agencies could result in:
o    fines
o    unanticipated expenditures
o    product delays
o    non-approval or recall
o    interruption of production
o    criminal prosecution
Although we have instituted internal compliance programs and continue to
address compliance issues raised from time to time by the FDA, we may not be
able to meet regulatory agency standards and any lack of compliance may harm our
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THIRD-PARTY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIPS
Funding of research and development efforts depends largely upon various
arrangements with strategic partners and others who provide us with funding and
who perform research and development with respect to our products. These
strategic partners may generally terminate their arrangements with us at any
time. These parties may develop products that compete with ours, and we cannot
be certain that they will perform their contractual obligations or that any
revenues will be derived from such arrangements. If one or more of our strategic
partners fail to achieve product development objectives, this failure could harm
our ability to fund related programs and develop products.
OUR BUSINESS EXPOSES US TO PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS
Our design, testing, development, manufacture and marketing of products
involve an inherent risk of exposure to product liability claims and related
adverse publicity. Insurance coverage is expensive and difficult to obtain,
and we may be unable to obtain coverage in the future on acceptable terms, if
at all. Although we currently maintain product liability insurance for our
products in the amounts we believe to be commercially reasonable, we cannot
be certain that the coverage limits of our insurance policies or those of our
strategic partners will be adequate. If we are unable to obtain sufficient
insurance at an acceptable cost or if a successful product liability claim is
made against us, whether fully covered by insurance or not, our business
could be harmed.
FUTURE TRANSACTIONS MAY HARM OUR BUSINESS OR THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR SECURITIES
We regularly review potential transactions related to technologies,
products or product rights and businesses complementary to our business. These
transactions could include:
o    mergers
o    acquisitions
o    strategic alliances
o    off-balance sheet financings
o    licensing agreements
o    copromotion agreements
We may choose to enter into one or more of these transactions at any time,
which may cause substantial fluctuations to the market price of securities that
we have issued. Moreover, depending upon the nature of any transaction, we may
experience a charge to earnings, which could also harm the market price of
securities that we have issued.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP AND COMMENCE OPERATIONS OF OUR NEW
We have recently purchased a 60-acre parcel of land on which we intend to
develop a manufacturing facility. We have limited experience in developing
manufacturing facilities and may not be able to successfully develop or commence
operations at this facility. We may encounter difficulties in designing,
constructing and initiating our manufacturing facility, including:
o    governmental regulation of our manufacturing facility, specifically,
FDA approvals required for the commercial manufacture of our products
currently in clinical trials;
o    public opinion regarding the impact of the facility on nearby
communities;
o    construction delays, including obtaining necessary governmental
approvals and permits;
o    cost overruns;
o    delays in design, shipment and installation of equipment for our
facility;
o    other unforeseeable factors inherent in the construction process; and
o    obtaining financing we may need to complete the facility.
Even if we are able to successfully develop this manufacturing facility, we
may not be able to do so in a cost-effective manner or in a time frame that is
consistent with our expected future manufacturing needs.
VOLATILITY OF OUR STOCK PRICE
The market prices for our common stock and for securities of other
companies engaged primarily in biotechnology and pharmaceutical development,
manufacture and distribution are highly volatile. For example, the market price
of our common stock fluctuated between $18.54 per share and $77.65 per share
during the twelve months ended January 31, 2001. The market price of our common
stock will likely continue to fluctuate due to a variety of factors, including:
o    material public announcements;
o    the announcement and timing of new product introductions by us or
others;
o    technical innovations or product development by us or our competitors;
o    regulatory approvals or regulatory issues;
o    developments relating to patents, proprietary rights and orphan drug
status;
o    actual or potential clinical results with respect to our products
under development or those of our competitors;
o    political developments or proposed legislation in the pharmaceutical
or healthcare industry;
o    economic and other external factors, disaster or crisis;
o    hedge and/or arbitrage activities by holders of our convertible notes;
o    period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results; and
o    market trends relating to or affecting stock prices throughout our
industry, whether or not related to results or news regarding us or
our competitors.
WE ARE SUBJECT TO UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING HEALTHCARE REIMBURSEMENT AND REFORM
Our ability to commercialize products depends in part on the extent to
which patients are reimbursed by governmental agencies, private health insurers
and other organizations, such as health maintenance organizations, for the cost
of such products and related treatments. Our business could be harmed if
healthcare payers and providers implement cost-containment measures and
governmental agencies implement healthcare reform.
OUR BUSINESS INVOLVES ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
Our business and the business of several of our strategic partners,
including Genentech, involve the controlled use of hazardous materials,
chemicals, biologics and radioactive compounds. Biologics manufacture is
extremely susceptible to product loss due to microbial or viral contamination,
material equipment failure, or vendor or operator error. Although we believe
that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of such materials complies
with state and federal standards, there will always be the risk of accidental
contamination or injury. In addition, microbial or viral contamination may cause
the closure of the respective manufacturing facility for an extended period of
time. By law, radioactive materials may only be disposed of at state-approved
facilities. We currently store our radioactive materials on-site because the
approval of a disposal site in California for all California-based companies has
been delayed indefinitely. If and when a disposal site is approved, we may incur
substantial costs related to the disposal of these materials. If we were to
become liable for an accident, or if we were to suffer an extended facility
shutdown, we could incur significant costs, damages and penalties that could
harm our business.
WE FACE INCREASED ENERGY COSTS AND MAY FACE POWER OUTAGES AS A RESULT OF THE
ENERGY CRISIS CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED IN CALIFORNIA
In late 2000, and continuing into 2001, the State of California has been
subject to a deterioration in the ability of major utilities to provide energy
for the State's needs. Throughout California, the crisis has resulted in
"rolling blackouts" where certain areas are not provided with any electricity
for periods of up to two hours. To date the most immediate impact has been the
significant increase in power rates for most users, including us. In addition,
the loss of electrical power or "blackouts" for any significant periods could
harm our ability to manufacture the clinical and commercial requirements of our
products, including the ZEVALIN antibody, and could result in significantly
higher manufacturing costs.
WE RELY UPON KEY PERSONNEL
Our success will depend, to a great extent, upon the experience, abilities
and continued services of our executive officers and key scientific personnel.
If we lose the services of any of these officers or key scientific personnel,
our business could be harmed. Our success also will depend upon our ability to
attract and retain other highly qualified scientific, managerial, sales and
manufacturing personnel and our ability to develop and maintain relationships
with qualified clinical researchers. Competition for these personnel and
relationships is intense and we compete with numerous pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies as well as with universities and non-profit research
organizations. We may not be able to continue to attract and retain qualified
personnel or develop and maintain relationships with clinical researchers.
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL OR TO REPURCHASE OUR CONVERTIBLE
We expend and will likely continue to expend substantial funds to complete
the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of our potential future
products. Consequently, we may seek to raise capital through collaborative
arrangements, strategic alliances or equity and debt financings or from other
sources. We may need to raise additional funds or borrow funds to complete the
construction of our planned Oceanside facility. We may be unable to raise
additional capital on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, and if we raise
capital through equity financing, existing stockholders may have their ownership
interests diluted. Our failure to be able to generate adequate funds from
operations or from additional sources would harm our business.
If we undergo events constituting a change of control prior to February 16,
2004, we will be obligated to repurchase all our outstanding convertible notes
at the option of the holder. We may not have sufficient funds at that time or
may not be able to raise sufficient funds to make these repurchases.
OUR CONVERTIBLE NOTES LEVERAGE US CONSIDERABLY
As a result of issuing our convertible notes in February 1999, we raised
approximately $112.7 million, net of underwriting commissions and expenses of
$3.9 million, by incurring indebtedness of $345.0 million at maturity in 2019.
As a result of this indebtedness, our principal and interest obligations
increased substantially. The degree to which we are leveraged could harm our
ability to obtain future financing and could make us more vulnerable to industry
downturns and competitive pressures. Our ability to meet our debt obligations
will be dependent upon our future performance, which will be subject to
financial, business and other factors affecting our operations, many of which
are beyond our control. The holders of the convertible notes may require us to
purchase the convertible notes on February 16, 2004, 2009, 2014 at a price equal
to the issue price plus accrued original issue discount to the date of purchase.
We have the option to repay our convertible notes plus accrued original issue
discount in cash, our common stock or a combination thereof. We have the right
to redeem the notes on or after February 16, 2004.
In addition, in the event of our insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation,
reorganization, or dissolution or upon our default in payment with respect to
any indebtedness or an event of default with respect to such indebtedness
resulting in the acceleration thereof, our assets will be available to pay the
amounts due on our convertible notes only after all our senior indebtedness has
been paid in full. Moreover, holders of common stock would only receive the
assets remaining after payment of all indebtedness and preferred stock, if any.
WE HAVE ADOPTED SEVERAL ANTI-TAKEOVER MEASURES AND OUR CONVERTIBLE NOTES MAY
HAVE A FURTHER ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECT
We have taken a number of actions that could discourage a takeover attempt
that might be beneficial to stockholders who wish to receive a premium for their
shares from a potential bidder. For example, we reincorporated into Delaware,
which subjects us to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
providing that we may not enter into a business combination with an interested
stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in
which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business
combination is approved in the manner prescribed in the code section. In
addition, we have adopted a stockholder rights plan that would cause substantial
dilution to a person who attempts to acquire us on terms not approved by our
board of directors. In addition, our board of directors has the authority to
issue, without vote or action of stockholders, up to 8,000,000 shares of
preferred stock and to fix the price, rights, preferences and privileges of
those shares. Any series of preferred stock could contain dividend rights,
conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices,
liquidation preferences or other rights superior to the rights of holders of
common stock. Although we currently have 153,014 shares of non-voting
convertible preferred stock outstanding, which were convertible into 4,474,756
shares of common stock as of December 31, 2000, the board of directors has no
present intention of issuing any additional shares of preferred stock. However,
the board of directors may issue additional series of preferred stock in the
future. In addition, our copromotion arrangement with Genentech provides
Genentech with the option to buy the rights to Rituxan in the event that we
undergo a change of control, which may limit our attractiveness to potential
acquirers.
We are required by the terms of our convertible notes, as of 35 business
days after a change in control occurring on or before February 16, 2004, to
purchase any convertible note at the option of its holder and at a price equal
to the issue price plus accrued original issue discount to the date of
repurchase. This feature of our convertible notes may have an anti-takeover
TEM 2. PROPERTIES.
We currently lease approximately 203,000 square feet of administrative,
laboratory, manufacturing and warehouse space at three locations in San
Diego, California. Our primary research facilities and manufacturing plant
are located at 11011 Torreyana Road in San Diego, California. This facility
is leased pursuant to a 15-year operating lease that commenced in 1993. We
have the option to extend the term of this lease for two consecutive periods
of five years each. In August 1996, we entered into a 7-year operating lease
for additional administrative and warehouse space at 3030 Callan Road in San
Diego, California which was amended in October 1999 to include adjacent space
for our primary executive offices now located at 3030 Callan Road in San
Diego, California, and to extend the term from 7 years to 13 years and 8
months. We have the option to extend the term of this lease for two
consecutive periods of five years each. In June 1999, we entered into a
10-year operating lease for an additional research and development facility
at 3010 Science Park Road. We have the option to extend the term of this
lease for two consecutive periods of five years each.
(a)  We are involved in certain legal proceedings generally incidental to
our normal business activities. While the outcome of any such proceedings cannot
be accurately predicted, we do not believe the ultimate resolution of any such
existing matters would have a material adverse effect on our business or
financial condition.
(b)  No material legal proceedings were terminated in the fourth quarter of
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matters were submitted to a vote of our stockholders during the last
quarter of the year ended December 31, 2000.
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
(a)  Market Information
Our common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "IDPH."
On January 17, 2001 we effected a three-for-one stock split of our common stock
in the form of a stock dividend. The following table sets forth the high and low
sales price for our common stock as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market for the
years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999. The high and low sales price have been
restated to reflect our three-for-one stock split by way of a stock dividend
effected in January 2001.
COMMON STOCK PRICE
HIGH             LOW
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<S>                                    <C>              <C>
Year ended December 31, 2000
First Quarter                          $ 57.67          $ 25.00
Second Quarter                           42.88            18.54
Third Quarter                            60.04            36.75
Fourth Quarter                           77.65            50.38
First Quarter                          $  9.19          $  6.60
Second Quarter                           13.21             7.08
(b) Holders
As of January 31, 2001 there were approximately 335 stockholders of record
of our common stock.
(c)  Dividends
We have not paid cash dividends since our inception. We currently intend to
retain all earnings, if any, for use in the expansion of our business and
therefore do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future.
(d)  Recent sales of unregistered securities. None
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The following tables set forth certain financial data with respect to our
corporation. The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this
Form 10-K.
Years ended December 31,
(In thousands, except per share amounts)                2000         1999         1998         1997          1996
<S>                                                  <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
Revenues from unconsolidated joint business     $ 132,782    $  93,197     $ 53,813     $  9,266     $      --
Contract revenues                                  15,400       10,806       14,846       11,840        15,759
License fees                                        6,500       14,000       18,300       23,500        14,250
Total revenues                                154,682      118,003       86,959       44,606        30,009
Operating costs and expenses:
Manufacturing costs                                 2,134       14,277       19,602       18,875            --
Research and development                           68,922       42,831       31,485       32,407        28,147
Selling, general and administrative                27,767       19,478       16,968       11,320         7,298
Total operating costs and expenses             98,823       76,586       68,055       62,602        35,445
Income (loss) from operations                           55,859       41,417       18,904      (17,996)       (5,436)
Interest income, net                                    13,488        4,189        2,996        2,572           481
Income (loss) before income tax provision               69,347       45,606       21,900      (15,424)       (4,955)
Income tax provision                                    11,939        2,449          422          114            --
Income (loss) before convertible preferred
stock dividends                                     57,408       43,157       21,478      (15,538)       (4,955)
Convertible preferred stock dividends                       --           --           --           --          (696)
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
accounting change                                   57,408       43,157       21,478      (15,538)       (5,651)
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of
income tax benefit of $481                          (9,263)          --           --           --            --
Net income (loss) applicable to common stock         $  48,145    $  43,157     $ 21,478     $(15,538)    $  (5,651)
Basic earnings (loss) per share (1):
Before cumulative effect of accounting change   $    0.43    $    0.35     $   0.18     $  (0.14)    $  (0.06)
Cumulative effect of accounting change              (0.07)          --           --           --            --
Basic earnings (loss) per share                 $    0.36    $    0.35     $   0.18     $  (0.14)    $  (0.06)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1):
Diluted earnings (loss) per share               $    0.30    $    0.29     $   0.15     $  (0.14)    $  (0.06)
Shares used in calculation of earnings (loss) per share:
Basic                                             134,880      124,146      119,028      112,434        99,438
Diluted                                           159,310      151,287      140,262      112,434        99,438
(In thousands)                                          2000         1999         1998         1997          1996
<S>                                                <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DATA:
Cash, cash equivalents and securities
available-for-sale                              $   750,526   $  246,286   $   73,502     $ 69,657     $  78,727
Total assets                                           856,406      307,074      125,273      106,013       113,029
Notes payable, less current portion                    128,888      122,910        2,095        3,886         5,015
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)                 13,427      (34,718)     (77,875)     (99,353)      (83,815)
Total stockholders' equity                         $   694,619   $  159,978   $  106,428     $ 80,679     $  92,614
(1)  Earnings (loss) per share for years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, 1998,
1997 and 1996 have been restated to reflect our three-for-one stock split
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this
We are primarily engaged in the commercialization, research and development
of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases. In December 2000, the FDA accepted our filing of a BLA
seeking marketing approval for ZEVALIN. We have retained all U.S. marketing and
distribution rights to ZEVALIN and have granted marketing and distribution
rights outside the U.S. to Schering AG. In January 2001, the European Medicines
Evaluation Agency accepted for filing the ZEVALIN Marketing Authorization
Application submitted by Schering AG in the European Union.
In November 1997, we received FDA approval to market our first product,
Rituxan, in the United States. In June 1998, Roche, our European marketing
partner, was granted marketing authorization for Rituximab in all European Union
countries. In September 1999, Zenyaku, our Japanese marketing partner for
Rituxan, submitted a BLA equivalent for Rituxan with the Ministry of Health and
Welfare for Japan, which is currently pending approval in Japan. Rituxan is the
trade name in the United States and Japan for the compound Rituximab. Outside
the United States, Rituximab is marketed as MabThera. In this Management's
Discussion and Analysis section, we refer to Rituximab, Rituxan and MabThera
collectively as Rituxan, except where we have otherwise indicated. Rituxan is
being copromoted in the United States under a joint business arrangement with
Genentech, where we receive a share of the pretax copromotion profits. Under the
copromotion arrangement we share responsibility with Genentech for selling and
continued development of Rituxan in the United States. Continued development of
Rituxan includes conducting supportive research on Rituxan, post-approval
clinical studies and obtaining approval of Rituxan for potential additional
indications. Genentech provides the support functions for the commercialization
of Rituxan in the United States including marketing, customer service, order
entry, distribution, shipping and billing. Since September 1999, Genentech has
been responsible for all worldwide manufacturing. Under the terms of separate
agreements with Genentech, commercialization of Rituxan outside the United
States is the responsibility of Roche, except in Japan where Zenyaku will be
responsible for product development, marketing and sales. We receive royalties
on Rituxan sales outside the United States.
Our revenues include revenues from unconsolidated joint business, contract
revenues and license fees. Until the commercialization of Rituxan, a substantial
portion of our revenues had been derived from contract revenues and license
fees. However, since the commercialization of Rituxan in November 1997, our
revenues have depended primarily upon the sale of Rituxan.
Revenues from unconsolidated joint business include our share of the pretax
copromotion profits generated from our copromotion arrangement with Genentech,
revenue from bulk Rituxan sales to Genentech through March 2000, reimbursement
from Genentech of our Rituxan-related sales force and development expenses and
royalty revenue from Roche on sales of Rituximab outside the United States.
Revenue from bulk Rituxan sales was recognized when Genentech accepted the bulk
Rituxan. We record our royalty revenue from Roche with a one-quarter lag. Under
the copromotion arrangement, all U.S. sales of Rituxan and associated costs and
expenses are recognized by Genentech and we record our share of the pretax
copromotion profits on a quarterly basis, as defined in our collaborative
agreement with Genentech. Pretax copromotion profits under the copromotion
arrangement are derived by taking U.S. net sales of Rituxan to third-party
customers less cost of sales, third-party royalty expenses, distribution,
selling and marketing expenses and joint development expenses incurred by
Genentech and us. Our profit-sharing formula with Genentech has two tiers; we
resets annually at the beginning of each year to the lower tier. We began
recording our profit share at the higher percentage at the beginning of the
second quarter of 2000. In 1999, we began recording our profit share at the
higher percentage during the second quarter.
Contract revenues include nonrefundable research and development funding
under collaborative agreements with our strategic partners and other funding
under contractual arrangements with other parties. Contract research
and development funding generally compensates us for discovery, preclinical and
clinical expenses related to our collaborative development programs for our
products and is recognized at the time research and development activities are
performed under the terms of the collaborative agreements.
License fees include nonrefundable fees from product development milestone
payments, the sale of license rights to our proprietary gene expression
technology and nonrefundable fees from the sale of product rights under
collaborative development and license agreements with our strategic partners.
Nonrefundable up-front fees from the sale of product rights are recorded as
deferred revenue upon receipt and recognized as revenue over future periods.
Included in license fees are nonrefundable product development milestone
payments which are recognized upon the achievement of product development
milestone objectives as stipulated in agreements with our strategic partners.
Product development milestone objectives vary in each of our agreements. The
achievement of product development milestone objectives that may lead to the
recognition of license fee revenues include:
o    the achievement of preclinical research and development objectives;
o    the initiation of various phases of clinical trials;
o    the filing of an IND application, BLA or NDA;
o    the filing of drug license applications in foreign territories; and
o    obtaining United States or foreign regulatory product approvals.
Contract revenues and license fees may vary from year to year and are in
part dependent upon achievement of research and development objectives or the
consummation of new corporate alliances. The magnitude and timing of contract
revenues and license fees may influence our achievement and level of
profitability.
The cost of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech was recorded as manufacturing
costs in our consolidated statements of operations. Under our agreement with
Genentech, the sales price of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech was capped at a
price that was less than our cost to manufacture bulk Rituxan. In September
1999, we transferred all worldwide manufacturing responsibilities for bulk
Rituxan to Genentech. Since the transfer of bulk Rituxan manufacturing to
Genentech in September 1999, we have been using our manufacturing capacity for
production of specification-setting lots and pre-commercial inventory of ZEVALIN
antibodies and production of other proteins for clinical trials. During the
first quarter of 2000, we completed the BLA-enabling bulk manufacturing runs of
the antibody component for ZEVALIN.
We have incurred increasing annual operating expenses and, with the
commercialization of Rituxan and preparation for potential commercialization of
ZEVALIN, we expect such trends to continue. Since our inception in 1985, through
1997, we incurred annual operating losses. Our ongoing profitability will be
dependent upon the continued commercial success of Rituxan, product development,
revenues from the achievement of product development objectives and licensing
transactions. As of December 31, 2000, we had retained earnings of $13.4
million.
REVENUES FROM UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT BUSINESS: Revenues from
unconsolidated joint business in 2000 totaled $132.8 million compared to
$93.2 million in 1999 and $53.8 million in 1998. Revenues from unconsolidated
joint business for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, consist
of the following (table in thousands):
2000          1999             1998
<S>                                                            <C>              <C>            <C>
Copromotion profits                                            $    113,221     $  67,595      $    30,579
Bulk Rituxan sales                                                    2,078        12,776           15,043
Reimbursement of selling and development expenses                     9,322         8,273            6,949
Royalty revenue on sales of rituximab outside the U.S.                8,161         4,553            1,242
$    132,782     $  93,197      $    53,813
During the first quarter of 2000, we recognized the remaining revenues and
related manufacturing costs from bulk Rituxan sales to Genentech. Going forward,
the transfer of all worldwide manufacturing responsibilities to
Genentech will result in the loss of revenues to offset our manufacturing costs.
The loss of bulk Rituxan revenues may be offset by the potential financial and
development timeline benefits of manufacturing the ZEVALIN antibody and other
proteins to support our clinical programs in our manufacturing facility. Under
our agreement with Genentech, our pretax copromotion profit-sharing formula has
two tiers. We earn a higher percentage of the pretax copromotion profits at the
upper tier once a fixed pretax copromotion profit level is met. The
profit-sharing formula resets annually at the beginning of each year to the
lower tier. We began recording our profit share at the higher percentage at the
beginning of the second quarter of 2000. In 1999, we began recording our profit
share at the higher percentage during the second quarter as compared to the
third quarter in 1998.
Rituxan net sales to third-party customers in the United States recorded by
Genentech for 2000 amounted to $424.3 million compared to $262.7 million in 1999
and $152.1 million in 1998. The increase in 2000 was primarily due to increased
market penetration in treatments of B-cell NHL and a five percent increase in
the wholesale price of Rituxan in May 2000. The increase in 1999 was also
primarily due to increased market penetration in treatments of B-cell NHL and a
five percent increase in the wholesale price of Rituxan in September 1999.
CONTRACT REVENUES: Contract revenues totaled $15.4 million in 2000 compared
to $10.8 million in 1999 and $14.8 million in 1998. The increase in contract
revenues in 2000 was primarily the result of funding under a collaboration and
license agreement with Schering AG and a collaborative research and development
agreement with Taisho, offset by the decreased funding under a collaborative
agreement with Eisai. The decrease in contract revenues in 1999 resulted
primarily from decreased funding under collaborative agreements with Eisai,
Seikagaku and SmithKline Beecham, offset by increased funding under a
collaboration and license agreement with Schering AG.
LICENSE FEES: License fees totaled $6.5 million in 2000 compared to $14.0
million in 1999 and $18.3 million in 1998. License fees in 2000 consist solely
of revenue that was previously recognized in 1999, see "Cumulative Effect of
Accounting Change". License fees in 1999 consist primarily of a $13.0 million
up-front licensing fee from Shering AG for the development and commercialization
of ZEVALIN outside the United States. License fees in 1998 consist of a $10.0
million product development milestone payment from Genentech for European
approval of Rituxan, a $6.3 million license fee from Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.,
Pharmaceuticals Division for the license of our proprietary gene expression
technology and a product development milestone payment for the IND allowance of
IDEC-114, an investigational PRIMATIZED anti-B7.1 monoclonal antibody for the
treatment of psoriasis, under our collaboration with Mitsubishi-Tokyo
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Contract revenues and license fees may vary from year to year and are, in
part, dependent upon achievement of research and development objectives. The
magnitude and timing of contract revenues and license fees may influence our
achievement and level of profitability. We continue to pursue other
collaborative and license arrangements, however, no assurance can be given that
any such arrangements will be realized.
MANUFACTURING COSTS: Manufacturing costs totaled $2.1 million in 2000
compared to $14.3 million in 1999 and $19.6 million in 1998. Our manufacturing
costs relate to production of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech. Manufacturing
costs were recognized when Genentech accepted the bulk Rituxan inventory. The
decrease in manufacturing costs for 2000 and 1999 is due to the transfer of all
worldwide manufacturing responsibilities for bulk Rituxan to Genentech in
September 1999. The final lots of bulk Rituxan manufactured by us during the
third quarter of 1999 were accepted by Genentech during the first quarter of
2000. Since the transfer of all worldwide manufacturing responsibilities for
bulk Rituxan to Genentech, we have been using our manufacturing capacity for
production of specification setting lots and pre-commercial inventory of ZEVALIN
antibodies and production of other proteins for clinical trials. Those
manufacturing expenses have been recorded as research and development expenses.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: Research and development expenses totaled $68.9
million in 2000 compared to $42.8 million in 1999 and $31.5 million in 1998. The
increase in research and development expenses in 2000 is primarily due to
ZEVALIN-related manufacturing and process development expenses, technology
in-licensing and expansion of our facilities. The increase in research and
development expense in 1999 is primarily due to increased personnel expenses and
ZEVALIN-related clinical trials, process development and manufacturing scale-up
expenses, offset in part by decreased contract manufacturing by third-parties
and other outside service contracts. We expect to
continue incurring substantial manufacturing-related expenses as we have begun
using our manufacturing capacity for production of pre-commercial inventory of
ZEVALIN antibodies and production of other proteins for clinical trials. In the
future we expect to continue incurring substantial additional research and
development expenses due to:
o    completion of our primary development program for ZEVALIN;
o    the expansion or addition of research and development programs;
o    technology in-licensing;
o    regulatory-related expenses;
o    facilities expansion; and
o    preclinical and clinical testing of our various products under
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE: Selling, general and administrative
expenses totaled $27.8 million in 2000 compared to $19.5 million in 1999 and
$17.0 million in 1998. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in
2000 primarily due to increased legal and patent filing fees and increases in
sales and marketing expenses resulting from the commercialization of Rituxan.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 1999 primarily due to
increased sales and marketing expenses resulting from the commercialization of
Rituxan. Selling, general and administrative expenses are expected to increase
in the foreseeable future to support the following:
o    expanded growth of our sales force;
o    marketing and administration related to the potential
commercialization of ZEVALIN;
o    manufacturing capacity;
o    clinical trials; and
o    research and development.
INTEREST INCOME/EXPENSE: Interest income totaled $20.5 million in 2000
compared to $10.2 million in 1999 and $3.6 million in 1998. The increase in
interest income in 2000 is primarily due to higher average balances in cash,
cash equivalents and securities available-for-sale resulting from the sale of
7.8 million shares of common stock in November 2000, cash provided by operations
and cash provided from the issuance of common stock under employee stock option
and purchase plans. The increase in interest income in 1999 is due to higher
average balances in cash, cash equivalents and securities available-for-sale
resulting from the completion of a zero coupon convertible notes, or Notes,
offering in February 1999, see "Liquidity and Capital Resources," cash provided
by operations and cash provided from the issuance of common stock under employee
stock option and purchase plans.
Interest expense totaled $7.1 million in 2000 compared to $6.1 million in
1999 and $0.6 million in 1998. The increase in interest expense in 2000 and 1999
is primarily due to noncash interest charges relating to the Notes offering in
February 1999. Interest expense is expected to increase in the future due to
noncash interest charges from the Notes.
INCOME TAX PROVISION: Our effective tax rate in 2000 was approximately 17%
compared to five percent in 1999 and two percent in 1998. Our effective tax rate
for 2000 resulted from the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards and
the reduction of the valuation allowance against the related deferred tax assets
and our effective tax rate for 1999 resulted from the utilization of net
operating loss carryforwards. Our net operating loss carryforwards available to
offset future taxable income at December 31, 2000 were approximately $211.0
million for federal income tax purposes and begin to expire in 2006. The
utilization of our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits may be
subject to an annual limitation under the Internal Revenue Code due to a
cumulative change of ownership of more than 50% in prior years. However, we
anticipate this annual limitation to result only in a slight deferral in the
utilization of our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits. We expect
that our effective tax rate in the future will be closer to the maximum
statutory tax rate.
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING CHANGE: In the fourth quarter of 2000, we
implemented the Securities and Exchange Commission's Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements," or SAB No. 101,
effective as of January 1, 2000. SAB No. 101 established new guidelines in
applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in
financial statements. SAB No. 101 provides that nonrefundable up-front fees
received under collaborative agreements be recorded as deferred revenue upon
and recognized as revenue over future periods. Prior to the implementation of
SAB No. 101, we recognized certain nonrefundable up-front fees upon receipt as
license fee revenue. The cumulative effect of this accounting change on years
prior to 2000 resulted in a charge of $9.3 million (net of a $0.5 million income
tax effect), that was reflected effectively in the first quarter of 2000, of
which $6.5 million was recognized as license fee revenue during 2000 and $3.3
million was recorded as deferred revenue as of December 31, 2000. This
accounting change is directly related to the $13.0 million up-front license fee
received from Schering AG and recognized as license fee revenue in 1999.
We have financed our operating and capital expenditures since inception
principally through the sale of equity securities, commercialization of Rituxan,
license fees, contract revenues, lease financing transactions, debt and interest
income. We expect to finance our current and planned operating requirements
principally through cash on hand, funds from our copromotion arrangement with
Genentech and with funds from existing collaborative agreements and contracts
which we believe will be sufficient to meet our operating requirements for the
foreseeable future. Existing collaborative research agreements and contracts,
however, could be canceled by the contracting parties. In addition, we may, from
time to time seek additional funding through a combination of new collaborative
agreements, strategic alliances and additional equity and debt financings or
from other sources. There can be no assurance that additional funds will be
obtained through these sources on acceptable terms, if at all. Should we not
enter into any such arrangements, we anticipate our cash, cash equivalents and
securities available-for-sale, together with the existing agreements and
contracts and cash generated from our copromotion arrangement with Genentech,
will be sufficient to finance our currently anticipated needs for operating and
capital expenditures for at least the next twelve months. If adequate funds are
not available from the copromotion arrangement, operations or additional sources
of financing, our business could be harmed. Our working capital and capital
requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including:
o    the continued commercial success of Rituxan;
o    the progress of our preclinical and clinical testing;
o    fluctuating or increasing manufacturing requirements and research and
development programs;
o    timing and expense of obtaining regulatory approvals;
o    levels of resources that we devote to the development of
manufacturing, sales and marketing capabilities, including resources
devoted to the potential commercial launch of ZEVALIN;
o    technological advances;
o    status of competitors; and
o    our ability to establish collaborative arrangements with other
organizations.
Until required for operations, we invest our cash reserves in bank
deposits, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate notes, United
States government instruments and other readily marketable debt instruments in
accordance with our investment policy.
At December 31, 2000, we had $750.5 million in cash, cash equivalents and
securities available-for-sale compared to $246.3 million at December 31, 1999.
Sources of cash, cash equivalents and securities available-for-sale during the
year ended December 31, 2000 included $62.0 million from operations, $449.5
million, net of underwritting commissions and expenses of $23.2 million from the
sale of 7.8 million shares of common stock in November 2000 and $24.6 million
from the issuance of common stock under employee stock option and purchase
plans. Uses of cash, cash equivalents and securities available-for-sale during
the year ended December 31, 2000 included $31.4 million used to purchase
property and capital equipment and $1.5 million used to pay notes payable.
In September 2000, we purchased a 60-acre site in Oceanside for
approximately $18.9 million in cash. We plan to build a large-scale
manufacturing facility at the location, which we anticipate using to
commercialize our products currently in clinical trials. Additional costs we
expect to incur in connection with this facility include design, development and
construction costs, as well as the purchase and installation of equipment and
furnishings for the facility. We estimate these costs at $300 to $400 million
over a four year period. We expect to pay for these costs in part through our
existing cash on hand and in part from our working capital. We presently intend
to finance this facility through a structured financing which will likely
involve using cash on hand as collateral. In 2001, we begun
preliminary site preparations for the first phase of development, which is
anticipated to be approximately 300,000 square feet. The first phase of the
new facility in Oceanside is anticipated to be completed in early 2004. We
expect the facility to be operating by the end of 2005. This expansion will
allow us to better control the manufacture of our products, reducing our
reliance on contract manufacturers, as well as to reduce commercial risk.
In February 1999, we raised through the sale of Notes approximately $112.7
million, net of underwriting commissions and expenses of $3.9 million. The Notes
are zero coupon and were priced with a yield to maturity of 5.5 percent
annually. Upon maturity, the Notes will have an aggregate principal face value
of $345.0 million. Each $1,000 aggregate principal face value Note is
convertible at the holders' option at any time through maturity into 40.404
shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $8.36. We are
required under the terms of the Notes, as of 35 business days after a change in
control occurring on or before February 16, 2004, to purchase any Note at the
option of its holder at a price equal to the issue price plus accrued original
issue discount to the date of purchase. Additionally, the holders of the Notes
may require us to purchase the Notes on February 16, 2004, 2009 or 2014 at a
price equal to the issue price plus accrued original issue discount to the date
of purchase with us having the option to repay the Notes plus accrued original
issue discount in cash, our common stock or a combination thereof. We have the
right to redeem the Notes on or after February 16, 2004.
In September 1997, we entered into a development and license agreement with
CPI. Under the terms of the development and license agreement with CPI, we may
make payments to CPI totaling up to $10.5 million plus a share of future royalty
and development milestone payments received by us from third parties, subject to
attainment of product development milestone objectives, of which $3.5 million
has been paid through December 31, 2000.
In October 1992, we entered into a collaborative research and license
agreement with SmithKline Beecham related to the development and
commercialization of compounds based on our PRIMATIZED anti-CD4 antibodies. In
February 2000, we amended and restated our agreement with SmithKline Beecham
which resulted in all anti-CD4 program rights, including those for IDEC-151,
being returned to us. We will receive no further funding from SmithKline Beecham
under the restated agreement. As part of the restated agreement, SmithKline
Beecham has the option to negotiate commercialization and copromotion rights
with us for the first compound based on our PRIMATIZED anti-CD4 antibodies to
complete a Phase II study. If we do not commercialize and copromote the compound
with SmithKline Beecham, we will pay SmithKline Beecham royalties on sales and
licensees by us or our affiliates on products emerging from the rights returned
to us under the restated agreement.
Additionally, we had future minimum lease payment obligations under our
operating leases of $55.1 million as of December 31, 2000.
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities", or Statement No. 133 as amended by Financial Accounting
Standards No. 137 "Accounting for Derivative Investments and Hedging Activities"
and Financial Accounting Standards No. 138 "Accounting for Certain Derivative
Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities". Statement No. 133, requires
companies to recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities with the
instruments measured at fair value and is effective on January 1, 2001. The
accounting for changes in fair value gains and losses depends on the intended
use of the derivative and its resulting designation. The adoption of Statement
No. 133 will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
TEM 7a. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are exposed to a variety of risks, including changes in interest rates
affecting the return on our investments and the cost of our debt.
At December 31, 2000, we maintained a portion of our cash and cash
equivalents in financial instruments with original maturities of three months or
less. We also maintained a short-term investment portfolio containing financial
instruments in which the majority have original maturities of greater than three
months but less than twelve months. These financial instruments, principally
comprised of corporate obligations and to a lesser extent foreign and U.S.
government obligations, are subject to interest rate risk and will decline in
value if interest rates increase. A hypothetical ten percent change in interest
rates during the year ended December 31, 2000, would have resulted in
approximately a $2.0 million change in pretax income. We have not used
derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.
Our long-term debt totaled $128.9 million at December 31, 2000 and was
comprised principally of the Notes. Our long-term debt obligations bear interest
at a weighed average interest rate of 5.5%. Due to the fixed rate nature of the
Notes, an immediate ten percent change in interest rates would not have a
material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Underlying market risk exists related to an increase in our stock price or
an increase in interest rates which may make conversion of the Notes to common
stock beneficial to the Notes holder. Conversion of the Notes would have a
dilutive effect on our earnings per share and book value per common share.
ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA:
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Subsidiary
2000             1999              1998
<S>                                                                    <C>              <C>               <C>
Revenues from unconsolidated joint business                         $ 132,782        $  93,197         $  53,813
Contract revenues                                                      15,400           10,806            14,846
License fees                                                            6,500           14,000            18,300
Total revenues (including related party revenues of
$132,782, $93,336 and $64,014 in 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively)                                               154,682          118,003            86,959
Manufacturing costs                                                     2,134           14,277            19,602
Research and development                                               68,922           42,831            31,485
Selling, general and administrative                                    27,767           19,478            16,968
Total operating costs and expenses                                   98,823           76,586            68,055
Income from operations                                                    55,859           41,417            18,904
Interest income                                                           20,541           10,247             3,626
Interest expense                                                          (7,053)          (6,058)             (630)
Income before income tax provision                                        69,347           45,606            21,900
Income tax provision                                                      11,939            2,449               422
Income before cumulative effect of accounting change                      57,408           43,157            21,478
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income
tax benefit of $481                                               (9,263)              --                --
Net income                                                             $  48,145        $  43,157         $  21,478
Basic earnings per share:
Before cumulative effect of accounting change                     $    0.43        $    0.35         $    0.18
Cumulative effect of accounting change                                (0.07)              --                --
Basic earnings per share                                          $    0.36        $    0.35         $    0.18
Diluted earnings per share:
Diluted earnings per share                                        $    0.30        $    0.29         $    0.15
Shares used in calculation of earnings per share:
Basic                                                               134,880          124,146           119,028
Diluted                                                             159,310          151,287           140,262
Pro forma amounts, assuming retroactive application of accounting change:
Basic                                                             $    0.43        $    0.27         $    0.18
Diluted                                                           $    0.36        $    0.22         $    0.15
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
(In thousands, except par value data)
2000              1999
<S>                                                                                <C>               <C>
Cash and cash equivalents                                                           $  401,052        $   61,404
Securities available-for-sale                                                          180,286           184,882
Contract revenue receivables, net                                                        1,697             1,310
Due from related parties                                                                41,753            23,654
Inventories                                                                                --             2,400
Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                6,470             4,869
Total current assets                                                             631,258           278,519
Long term securities available-for-sale                                                   169,188                --
Property and equipment, net                                                                47,514            20,822
Investment and other assets                                                                 8,446             7,733
$  856,406        $  307,074
Current portion of notes payable                                                    $      743        $    1,513
Accounts payable                                                                         1,737             1,269
Accrued expenses                                                                        16,071            12,834
Deferred revenue                                                                         4,494                --
Total current liabilities                                                         23,045            15,616
Notes payable, less current portion                                                       128,888           122,910
Deferred rent                                                                               2,752             2,254
Deferred taxes and other long-term liabilities                                              7,102             6,316
Convertible preferred stock, $.001 par value, 8,000 shares authorized; 153
shares and 218 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2000 and 1999,
respectively; $14,416 and $17,853
liquidation value at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively                             --                --
Common stock, $.0005 par value, 200,000 shares authorized;
146,866 shares and 128,016 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively                                                  73                64
Additional paid-in capital                                                             680,602           195,175
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)                                              517              (543)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)                                                 13,427           (34,718)
Total stockholders' equity                                                       694,619           159,978
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Convertible                                        Accumulated     Retained
preferred stock      Common stock      Additional       other        earnings        Total
-----------------  ------------------     paid-in    comprehensive  (accumulated   stockholders'
Shares    Amount    Shares    Amount      capital    income (loss)     deficit)       Equity
<S>                                 <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>          <C>             <C>            <C>
Balance at December 31, 1997           245  $      --  116,136  $      58  $   179,917   $          57  $    (99,353)  $    80,679
Comprehensive income:
Net income                           --         --       --         --           --            --          21,478         21478
Unrealized losses on
securities available-for-sale      --         --       --         --           --           (56)             --           (56)
Comprehensive income                                                                                21,422
Issuance of common stock
under stock option and employee
stock purchase plans, net            --         --    3,390          2        4,325            --              --         4,327
from exercise of stock
warrants                             --         --      150         --           --            --              --            --
from conversion of series A-1
convertible preferred stock         (17)        --    1,050         --           --            --              --            --
Balance at December 31, 1998           228         --  120,726         60      184,242             1         (77,875)      106,428
Net income                           --         --       --         --           --            --          43,157        43,157
securities available-for-sale      --         --       --         --           --          (544)             --          (544)
stock purchase plans, net            --         --    6,690          4       14,305            --              --        14,309
convertible preferred stock         (10)        --      600         --           --            --              --            --
Tax impact from stock options
and Stock purchase plans             --         --       --         --       (3,372)           --              --        (3,372)
Balance at December 31, 1999           218         --  128,016         64      195,175          (543)        (34,718)      159,978
Unrealized gains on
securities available-for-sale      --         --       --         --           --         1,060              --         1,060
from offering                        --         --    7,800          5      449,534            --              --       449,539
from conversion of series
A-1and A-2 convertible
preferred stock                     (65)        --    3,870         --           --            --              --            --
and stock purchase plans             --         --       --         --       11,294            --              --        11,294
Balance At December 31, 2000           153  $      --  146,866  $      73  $   680,602  $        517   $      13,427  $    694,619
<S>                                                                   <C>               <C>               <C>
Income before cumulative effect of accounting change             $   57,408        $  43,157         $  21,478
cash provided by operating activities:
Cumulative effect of accounting change for revenue recognition     (9,263)              --                --
Depreciation and amortization                                       4,739            4,366             4,276
Deferred rent                                                         498              (13)              251
Noncash interest expense                                            6,914            5,779                --
Tax impact from stock options                                      11,294           (3,259)               --
Deferred taxes and other long-term liabilities                        786            6,316                --
Change in assets and liabilities:
Contract revenue receivables, net                                  (387)           1,035             1,626
Due from related parties                                        (18,099)          (6,181)          (17,473)
Inventories                                                       2,400            2,946            (1,212)
Prepaid expenses and other assets                                (2,507)          (3,172)             (908)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses                             3,705            1,876             4,219
Due to related party, net                                            --               --              (870)
Deferred revenue                                                  4,494             (346)           (6,300)
Net cash provided by operating activities                      61,982           52,504             5,087
Purchase of securities available-for-sale                          (346,633)        (235,914)          (60,858)
Sales and maturities of securities available-for-sale               183,101           97,061            49,039
Purchase of property and equipment                                  (31,431)          (4,291)           (1,724)
Net cash used in investing activities                        (194,963)        (143,144)          (13,543)
Proceeds from notes payable, net                                         --          112,668                --
Payments on notes payable                                            (1,513)          (1,749)           (3,789)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net                         474,142           14,196             4,327
Net cash provided by financing activities                     472,629          125,115               538
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                     339,648           34,475            (7,918)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year                              61,404           26,929            34,847
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year                                $  401,052        $  61,404         $  26,929
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest                                                        $     138        $     279         $     651
Income taxes                                                    $     230        $     435         $     401
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing activity
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities available-for-sale           $   1,060        $    (544)        $     (56)
NOTE 1:    ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUSINESS: We are primarily engaged in the research, development and
commercialization of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION: The consolidated financial statements include
our financial statements and our wholly owned subsidiary IDEC Seiyaku. All
significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: For the purposes of financial statement
presentation, we consider all highly liquid investments in debt securities with
original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE AND INVESTMENT: Securities available-for-sale
are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, reported as
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The cost of securities sold is
based on the specific identification method. As part of our strategic alliance
efforts, we also have an investment in equity securities of another
biotechnology company. This equity investment is carried at cost and equaled
$3,000,000 at December 31, 2000. Our policy to evaluate any impairment in the
value of this investment is discussed in Note 1, "Long-Lived Assets." We believe
that there have been no events that would indicate that the carrying amount of
this investment may be impaired.
INVENTORIES: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is
determined in a manner which approximates the first-in, first-out, or FIFO
method. Under our collaborative agreement with Genentech Inc., the sales price
of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech (see Note 8) was capped at a price that was
less than our cost to manufacture bulk Rituxan and, as such, finished goods
inventory was written down to its net realizable value. Such write-downs were
recorded in manufacturing costs. All worldwide manufacturing responsibilities
for bulk Rituxan were transferred to Genentech in September 1999. The last sale
of bulk Rituxan to Genentech occurred during the first quarter of 2000.
Inventories at December 31, 1999 consist of the following (table in thousands):
<S>                                                             <C>
Raw materials                                                   $ 1,005
Work in process                                                      --
Finished goods                                                    1,395
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT: Property and equipment are stated at cost.
Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally ranging from
three to seven years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is calculated using
the straight-line method over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated
useful lives of the assets.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: The carrying amount of cash and cash
equivalents, securities available-for-sale, contract revenue receivables,
accounts payable and accrued expenses are considered to be representative of
their respective fair values because of the short-term nature of those
investments. The fair values of our notes payable approximate carrying values
based upon the current rates and terms offered to us for similar notes.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS: In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of", or Statement No. 121, we evaluate
impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when
indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated
to be generated by those assets are less than the assets' carrying amount. In
forming our analysis we consider the following three grouping levels of cash
flows: i) assets used in research and development; ii) assets used in
manufacturing; and iii) our investment in a private biotechnology company. We
also account for long-lived assets that are held for disposal at the lower of
cost or fair value. Fair value is determined through analysis of undiscounted
cash flows or obtained from independent third parties.
REVENUES FROM UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT BUSINESS: Revenues from unconsolidated
joint business consist of our share of the pretax copromotion profits generated
from our copromotion arrangement with Genentech, revenue from bulk Rituxan sales
to Genentech through March 2000, reimbursement from Genentech of our
Rituxan-related sales force and development expenses and royalty revenue from F.
Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. on sales of Rituximab outside the United States. Revenue
from bulk Rituxan sales was recognized when Genentech accepted the bulk Rituxan.
Upon acceptance of bulk Rituxan by Genentech the right to return no longer
existed and there were no further performance obligations related to bulk
Rituxan. We record our royalty revenue from Roche with a one-quarter lag.
Rituxan is the trade name in the United States for the compound Rituximab.
Outside the United States, Rituximab is marketed as MabThera. In our notes to
consolidated financial statements, we refer to Rituximab, Rituxan and MabThera
collectively as Rituxan, except where otherwise indicated. Under the copromotion
arrangement we share responsibility with Genentech for selling and continued
development of Rituxan in the United States. Continued development of Rituxan
includes conducting supportive research on Rituxan, post approval clinical
studies and obtaining potential approval of Rituxan for additional indications.
Genentech provides the support functions for the commercialization of Rituxan in
the United States including marketing, customer service, order entry,
distribution, shipping and billing and, as of September 1999, all worldwide
manufacturing responsibilities. Under the copromotion arrangement, all U.S.
sales of Rituxan and associated costs and expenses are recognized by Genentech
and we record our share of the pretax copromotion profits on a quarterly basis,
as defined in our collaborative agreement with Genentech. Pretax copromotion
profits under the copromotion arrangement are derived by taking the U.S. net
sales of Rituxan to third-party customers less cost of sales, third-party
royalty expenses, distribution, selling and marketing expenses and joint
development expenses incurred by Genentech and us. Our profit-sharing formula
with Genentech has two tiers; we earn a higher percentage of the pretax
copromotion profits at the upper tier once a fixed pretax copromotion profit
level is met. The profit-sharing formula resets annually at the beginning of
each year to the lower tier. We began recording our profit share at the higher
percentage at the beginning of the second quarter of 2000. In 1999, we began
recording our profit share at the higher percentage during the second quarter.
CONTRACT REVENUES: Contract revenues consist of nonrefundable research and
development funding under collaborative agreements with our strategic partners
and other funding under contractual arrangements with other parties. Contract
research and development funding generally compensates us for discovery,
preclinical and clinical expenses related to the collaborative development
programs for our products and is recognized at the time research and development
activities are performed under the terms of the collaborative agreements.
Amounts received under the collaborative agreements are nonrefundable even if
the research and development efforts performed by us do not eventually result in
a commercial product. Contract revenues earned in excess of contract payments
received are classified as contract revenue receivables, and contract research
and development funding received in excess of amounts earned are classified as
deferred revenue. Contract revenue receivables at December 31, 2000 and 1999 are
net of an allowance of $353,000 and $292,000, respectively.
LICENSE FEES: License fees include nonrefundable fees from product
development milestone payments, the sale of license rights to our proprietary
gene expression technology and nonrefundable fees from the sale of product
rights under collaborative development and license agreements with our strategic
partners. Nonrefundable up-front fees from the sale of product rights are
recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt and recognized as revenue over future
periods. Included in license fees are nonrefundable product development
milestone payments which are recognized upon the achievement of product
development milestone objectives as stipulated in agreements with our strategic
partners. Product development milestone objectives vary in each of our
agreements. The achievement of product development milestone objectives that may
lead to the recognition of license fee revenues may include:
-    the achievement of preclinical research and development objectives;
-    the initiation of various phases of clinical trials;
-    the filing of an Investigational New Drug application, or IND, BLA or
NDA;
-    the filing of drug license applications in foreign territories; and
-    obtaining United States or foreign regulatory product approvals.
Revenues from nonrefundable product development milestone payments are
recognized when the results or objectives stipulated in the agreement have been
achieved. License fees received are nonrefundable even if the achievement of the
product development objective by us does not eventually result in a commercial
MANUFACTURING COSTS: Manufacturing costs consist of manufacturing costs
related to the production of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: All research and development expenses, including
purchased research and development, are expensed in the year incurred.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION: Our stock option and purchase plans are accounted
for under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees", or APB Opinion No. 25. In 2000, we adopted Financial
Accounting Standards Board interpretation No. 44, "Accounting for Certain
Transactions Involving Stock Compensation", Interpretation of APB Opinion No.
25, which had no significant effect on our consolidated financial statements. In
addition, we make pro forma footnote disclosures of our operating results as if
we had adopted the fair value method under FASB Statement No. 123, "Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation", or Statement No. 123.
INCOME TAXES: Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability
method where deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future
tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
basis and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to
taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to
be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a
change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the
enactment date.
EARNINGS PER SHARE: Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 "Earnings per Share." Basic
earnings per share excludes the dilutive effects of options, warrants and other
convertible securities compared to diluted earnings per share which reflects the
potential dilution of options, warrants and other convertible securities that
could share in our earnings. Diluted earnings per share for the year ended
December 31, 2000 includes the diluted effect of 24,430,000 shares of common
stock from options and convertible preferred stock and excludes the effect of
13,939,000 shares of common stock from the assumed conversion of the zero coupon
convertible notes, or Notes, and 158,000 shares of common stock from options
because their effect was antidilutive. Diluted earnings per share for the year
ended December 31, 1999 includes the dilutive effect of 27,141,000 shares of
common stock from options and convertible preferred stock and excludes the
effect of 12,342,000 shares of common stock from the assumed conversion of our
Notes because their effect was antidilutive. Diluted earnings per share for the
year ended December 31, 1998 includes the dilutive effect of 21,234,000 shares
of common stock from options, warrants and convertible preferred stock and
excludes the effect of 7,302,000 shares of common stock from options because
their effect was antidilutive. All share and earnings per share amounts for the
years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 have been restated to reflect our
three-for-one stock split effected in January 2000.
USE OF ESTIMATES: Our management has made a number of estimates and
assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting periods to prepare these consolidated financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Actual results could
differ from these estimates.
SEGMENT INFORMATION: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information", or
Statement No. 131, establishes reporting standards for a company's operating
segments and related disclosures about its products, services, geographic areas
and major customers. An operating segment is defined as a component of an
enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues
and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is regularly
evaluated by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate
resources. We operate in one reportable segment.
The geographic classification of our revenues for the years ended December
31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 are as follows (table in thousands):
2000          1999           1998
<S>                                                   <C>             <C>            <C>
United States                                         $   124,727     $  89,242      $  64,778
Japan                                                       6,162         5,068         20,225
Foreign countries, excluding Japan                         23,793        23,693          1,956
$   154,682     $ 118,003      $  86,959
Approximately 86 percent of our total revenues in 2000, 79 percent in 1999
and 74 percent in 1998 are derived from our collaboration and unconsolidated
copromotion arrangement with Genentech (see Note 8).
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING CHANGE: In the fourth quarter of 2000,
we implemented the Securities and Exchange Commission's Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements," or SAB No.
101, effective as of January 1, 2000. SAB No. 101 established new guidelines
in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition
in financial statements. SAB No. 101 provides that nonrefundable up-front
fees received under collaborative agreements be recorded as deferred revenue
upon receipt and recognized as revenue over future periods. Prior to the
implementation of SAB No. 101, we recognized certain nonrefundable up-front
fees upon receipt as license fee revenue. The cumulative effect of this
accounting change on years prior to 2000 resulted in a charge of $9,263,000
(net of a $481,000 income tax effect), that was reflected effectively in the
first quarter of 2000, of which $6,500,000 was recognized as license fee
revenue during 2000 and $3,300,000 was recorded as deferred revenue as of
December 31, 2000. This accounting change is directly related to the
$13,000,000 up-front license fee received from Schering AG and recognized as
license fee revenue in 1999.
NOTE 2:    SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
Securities available-for-sale at December 31, 2000 and 1999 consist of the
following (tables in thousands):
Gross               Gross
Amortized         unrealized          unrealized             Market
costs              gains              losses                value
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>                 <C>                <C>
Certificate of deposits                   $    5,999          $        2          $       --         $     6,001
Corporate debt securities                    186,386                 519                 (30)            186,875
Commercial paper                              88,566                  21                 (60)             88,527
U.S. government and state agencies            68,006                  90                 (25)             68,071
$  348,957          $      632          $     (115)        $   349,474
Certificate of deposits                   $   25,182          $        2          $      (41)        $    25,143
Corporate debt securities                     99,540                   1                (252)             99,289
Commercial paper                               5,765                   1                  --               5,766
Foreign debt securities                        5,011                   3                  (7)              5,007
U.S. government and state agencies            49,927                  --                (250)             49,677
$  185,425          $        7          $    (550)         $   184,882
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities
available-for-sale at December 31, 2000, by contractual maturity are shown below
(table in thousands):
Amortized           Estimated
Cost             Fair Value
<S>                                                                               <C>                <C>
Due in one year or less                                                           $ 180,158          $   180,286
Due after one year through two years                                                168,799              169,188
$ 348,957          $   349,474
NOTE 3:    PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment at December 31, 2000 and 1999 consists of the
following (table in thousands):
2000               1999
Furniture and fixtures                                                            $     2,627        $     1,443
Machinery and equipment                                                                23,697             17,605
Leasehold improvements                                                                 22,875             18,939
Real property                                                                          18,892                 --
Construction in progress                                                                4,717              3,452
72,808             41,439
Accumulated depreciation and amortization                                             (25,294)           (20,617)
$    47,514        $    20,822
NOTE 4:    ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses at December 31, 2000 and 1999 are as follows (table in
thousands):
Accrued compensation                                                              $     5,440        $     4,124
Accrued clinical studies                                                                1,796              1,824
Accrued other                                                                           8,835              6,886
NOTE 5:    NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable at December 31, 2000 and 1999, consist of the following
Zero coupon subordinated convertible notes, due 2019 at 5.5%                      $   128,888        $   122,167
8.95% to 10.62% capital lease obligations, due in monthly installments,
maturing in 2001                                                                      169                884
8.94% note, due in monthly installments, maturing in 2001,
secured by equipment                                                                  574              1,372
Notes payable                                                                         129,631            124,423
Current portion                                                                          (743)            (1,513)
$   128,888        $   122,910
Machinery and equipment recorded under capital leases was $321,000 and
$586,000, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,456,000 and $2,191,000,
respectively, at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
In February 1999, we raised approximately $112,668,000, net of underwriting
commissions and expenses of $3,890,000, through the sale of the Notes. Upon
maturity, the Notes will have an aggregate principal face value of $345,000,000.
The Notes were priced with a yield to maturity of 5.5 percent annually. Each
$1,000 aggregate principal face value Note is convertible at the holders' option
at any time through maturity into 40.404 shares of our
common stock at an initial conversion price of $8.36. We are required under the
terms of the Notes, as of 35 business days after a change in control occurring
on or before February 16, 2004, to purchase any Note at the option of its holder
at a price equal to the issue price plus accrued original issue discount to the
date of purchase. Additionally, the holders of the Notes may require us to
purchase the Notes on February 16, 2004, 2009 or 2014 at a price equal to the
issue price plus the accrued original issue discount to the date of purchase,
with us having the option to repay the Notes plus the accrued original issue
discount in cash, our common stock or a combination thereof. We have the option
to redeem the Notes any time on or after February 16, 2004.
The aggregate maturities of notes payable for each of the five years and
thereafter subsequent to December 31, 2000 are as follows: 2001, $743,000; 2006
and thereafter $345,000,000.
NOTE 6:    401(k) EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
We have a qualified 401(k) Employee Savings Plan, or 401(k) Plan, available
to substantially all employees over the age of 21. We may make discretionary
contributions to the 401(k) Plan, which fully vest after four years of service
by the employee. Discretionary contributions for the years ended December 31,
2000, 1999 and 1998 totaled $570,000, $473,000 and $410,000, respectively.
NOTE 7:    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
In June 2000, we entered into a collaborative research and development
agreement with Taisho Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. of Tokyo to develop and
factor, or MIF for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Under
the terms of these agreements, Taisho may provide up to $35,000,000 in product
development milestone payments and support for research and development,
including $18,500,000 in fixed research and development funding over the next
four years. The remaining balance represents patent license reimbursements,
license fees and conditional milestones that will be realized, if at all, over
the life of the collaboration. We will share any such realized fees or
milestones with Cytokine Pharmasciences, Inc. We will receive exclusive
commercialization rights in North, Central and South America; Taisho will have
exclusive commercialization rights in the rest of the world. However, we have
the option to convert the above exclusive rights to co-exclusive rights in
Europe and other selected countries outside of Asia. Taisho will pay us
royalties on sales of therapeutic antibody products in its exclusive
territories. Taisho may terminate these agreements based on a reasonable
determination that the products do not justify continued product development or
marketing. Included in contract revenues for the year ended December 31, 2000 is
$6,162,000 to fund product development, which approximates the research and
development expenses incurred under the program.
supply agreement with Schering Aktiengesellschaft aimed at the development and
commercialization of our radioimmunotherapy drug ZEVALIN. Under the terms of the
agreement, Schering AG may provide up to $47,500,000 in product development
milestone payments and support for research and development. Schering AG will
receive exclusive marketing and distribution rights to ZEVALIN outside the
United States, and we will receive royalties on eventual product sales by
Schering AG. Under the terms of a separate supply agreement we are obligated to
meet Schering AG's clinical and commercial requirements for ZEVALIN. Schering AG
may terminate these agreements for any reason. Included in contract revenues for
the year ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 is $9,133,000 and $6,000,000,
respectively, earned under the collaboration and license agreement to fund
product development, which approximates the research and development expenses
incurred under the program. As a result of implementing SAB No. 101, we
recognized $6,500,000 million in license fee revenue for the year ended December
31, 2000, which was previously recognized as revenue in 1999, prior to the
implementation of SAB No. 101. Included in license fees for 1999 is $13,000,000
earned under the collaboration and license agreement prior to the implementation
of SAB No. 101 for the license of product rights to ZEVALIN outside the United
a license agreement with Eisai Co, Ltd aimed at the development and
commercialization of humanized and PRIMATIZED anti-CD40L antibodies. Under the
terms of these agreements, Eisai may provide up to $37,500,000 in product
development milestone payments and support for research and development. Eisai
will receive exclusive rights in Asia and Europe to develop and market resulting
products emerging from the collaboration, and we will receive royalties on
product sales by Eisai. Eisai may terminate these agreements based on a
reasonable determination that the products do not justify continued product
development or marketing. Included in contract revenues for years ended December
31, 1999 and 1998 is $4,068,000 and $9,019,000, respectively, to fund product
development, which approximates the research and development expenses incurred
under the program for the respective periods.
a license agreement with Seikagaku Corporation aimed at the development and
commercialization of a PRIMATIZED anti-CD23 antibody. Under the terms of these
agreements, Seikagaku may provide up to $26,000,000 in product development
milestone payments and support for research and development. We will share with
Seikagaku co-exclusive, worldwide rights to all products emerging from the
Seikagaku. Seikagaku may terminate these agreements based on a reasonable
marketing. Included in contract revenues for 1998 is $2,500,000 to fund product
under the program. Included in license fees for the year ended December 31, 1999
is $1,000,000 earned under these agreements for the attainment of product
development objectives.
In November 1993, we entered into a collaborative development agreement
and a license agreement with Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the
development of a PRIMATIZED anti-B7.1 antibody. Under the terms of the
collaboration, Mitsubishi may provide up to $12,185,000 in product development
milestone payments and support for research and development. We retained certain
marketing rights and will receive royalties on sales of any products
commercialized by Mitsubishi emerging from the collaboration. Mitsubishi may
terminate the license agreement if certain development objectives are not
attained. The development agreement with Mitsubishi expired on December 31,
1996. Included in license fees for the year ended December 31, 1998 is
$2,000,000 earned under the license agreement for the attainment of product
agreement with SmithKline Beecham, p.l.c. related to the development and
which resulted in all anti-CD4 program rights, including IDEC-151, being
returned to us. We will receive no further funding from SmithKline Beecham under
the restated agreement. As part of the restated agreement, SmithKline Beecham
has the option to negotiate commercialization and copromotion rights with us for
the first compound based on our PRIMATIZED anti-CD4 antibodies to complete a
Phase II study. If we do not commercialize and copromote the compound with
SmithKline Beecham, we will pay SmithKline Beecham royalties on sales by us, our
affiliates and licensees on any products emerging from the rights returned to us
under the restated agreement. Included in contract revenues for 1999 and 1998 is
$256,000 and $1,701,000, respectively, to fund product development, which
approximates the research and development expenses incurred under the program
for the respective periods.
We performed research under certain other contracts and, accordingly,
realized revenues and recognized expenses in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
NOTE 8:    RELATED PARTY ARRANGEMENTS
In March 1995, we entered into a collaborative agreement for the clinical
development and commercialization of our anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, Rituxan,
for the treatment of certain B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with Genentech.
Concurrent with the collaborative agreement we also entered into an expression
technology license agreement with Genentech for a proprietary gene expression
technology developed by us and a preferred stock purchase agreement providing
for certain equity investments in us by Genentech (see Note 9). Under the terms
of these agreements, we have received payments totaling $58,500,000 for the
attainment of product development objectives, product license rights and equity
investments in us. Additionally, we may be reimbursed by Genentech for certain
other development and regulatory approval expenses under the terms of the
collaborative agreement. Genentech may terminate this agreement for any reason,
which would result in a loss of Genentech's Rituxan product rights. Included in
contract revenues for 1999 and 1998 is $140,000 and $201,000, respectively, to
fund specific product development, which approximates the research and
development expenses incurred under the program. Included in license fees earned
under these agreements for the year ended December 31, 1998, is $10,000,000 for
the attainment of product development objectives.
In addition, we are copromoting Rituxan in the United States with Genentech
under a joint business arrangement whereby we receive a share of the pretax
copromotion profits. Under our collaborative agreement with Genentech, the sales
price of bulk Rituxan sold to Genentech was capped at a price that was currently
less than our cost to manufacture bulk Rituxan. In September 1999, we
transferred all worldwide manufacturing responsibilities for bulk Rituxan to
Genentech. Revenues from unconsolidated joint business, as described in Note 1,
consist of the following (table in thousands):
2000             1999            1998
<S>                                                                   <C>             <C>            <C>
Copromotion profits                                                   $  113,221      $   67,595     $    30,579
Bulk Rituxan sales                                                         2,078          12,776          15,043
Reimbursement of selling and development expenses                          9,322           8,273           6,949
Royalty revenue on sales of Rituxan outside the U.S.                       8,161           4,553           1,242
$  132,782      $   93,197     $    53,813
Due from related parties at December 31, 2000 and 1999 consist of the
2000            1999
<S>                                                                                <C>            <C>
Due from Genentech, copromotion profits                                               $   37,459     $    17,869
Due from Genentech, bulk Rituxan sales                                                     2,047           3,291
Due from Genentech, selling and development expenses                                       2,221           2,467
Due from Roche                                                                                26              27
$   41,753     $    23,654
Under the terms of separate agreements with Genentech, commercialization of
Rituxan outside the United States is the responsibility of Roche, except in
Japan where Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. will be responsible for product development,
marketing and sales. We receive royalties on Rituxan sales outside the United
NOTE 9:    STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK: We issued 22,993 shares of our Series A-3
Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, or Series A-3 Preferred Stock in March
1996, 100,000 shares of our Series A-6 Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, or
Series A-6 Preferred Stock in May 1996, 100,000 shares of our Series A-1
Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock, or Series A-1 Preferred Stock in April
1995, and 37,521 shares of our Series A-2 Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock,
or Series A-2 Preferred Stock in August 1995, to Genentech pursuant to the terms
of a preferred stock purchase agreement. The preferred stock purchase agreement
was entered into concurrently with a collaboration agreement as described in
Note 8. The Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock, Series A-3
Preferred Stock and Series A-6 Preferred Stock have a liquidation preference per
share of $50, $67, $217 and $75, respectively, net of issuance costs. Each share
of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock and Series A-3
Preferred Stock is convertible at any time into sixty shares of our common stock
and each share of Series A-6 Preferred Stock is convertible at any time into
approximately 25.92 shares of our common stock. In December 2000, February 2000,
August 1999 and January 1998, 30,000 shares, 22,000 shares, 10,000 shares, and
17,000 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock were converted into 1,800,000
shares, 1,320,000 shares and 600,000 shares and 1,050,000 shares, respectively,
of our common stock. In May 2000, 12,500 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock
were converted into 750,000 shares of our common stock.
COMMON STOCK: On January 17, 2001, we effected a three-for-one stock split
of our common stock, to be effective in the form of a stock dividend, for each
share held at the close of business on December 26, 2000. Our stock began
trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 18, 2001. All share and per share
data have been restated to give effect to the three-for-one stock split.
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT: In July 1997, pursuant to the terms of a
Stockholder Rights plan, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of one
preferred stock purchase right, or Right for each outstanding share of our
common stock. Each Right under the terms of the Stockholder Rights Plan, the
rightsholder of each outstanding share of common stock has the right to purchase
one one-thousandth of a share of series X junior participating preferred stock
at an exercise price of $200, subject to adjustment, and will be exercisable
only if a person or group
acquires 15 percent or more of our common stock or announces a tender offer for
15 percent or more of our common stock. If a person acquires 15 percent or more
of our common stock all Rightsholders, except the acquiring person, will be
entitled to buy shares of our common stock at a discount. Each series X junior
participating preferred stock will be entitled to an aggregate dividend of 1,000
times the dividend declared per share of our common stock. The Board of
Directors may terminate the Stockholder Rights Agreement at any time or redeem
the Rights at $.001 per Right, prior to the time a person acquires more than 15
percent of our common stock. The Rights will expire in July 2007.
STOCK OPTION PLANS:  We have two active stock option plans.
The 1988 Employee Stock Option Plan, or the Option Plan was approved by the
stockholders in 1988 and has been subsequently amended. Under the Option Plan,
options for the purchase of our common stock may be granted to key employees
(including officers) and directors. Options may be designated as incentive stock
options or as nonqualified stock options and generally vest over four years,
except under a provision of the Option Plan which allows accelerated vesting due
to change in control events. Options under the Option Plan, which have a term of
up to ten years, are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair
market value on the date of grant. The aggregate number of shares authorized for
issuance under the Option Plan as of December 31, 2000 was 47,940,000 shares.
In September 1993, we adopted the 1993 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option
Plan, or the Directors Plan, which was approved by the stockholders in May 1994
and was subsequently amended. Options granted annually under the Directors Plan
have a term of up to ten years and vest in one year from date of grant. The
options are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair market value
on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2000, the aggregate number of shares
authorized for issuance under the Directors Plan is 1,040,000 shares.
A summary of the status of our two active stock option plans as of December
31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 and changes during the years ended on those dates is
presented in the following table (table in thousands, except per share amounts):
Directors Plan                       Option Plan
----------------------------       ----------------------------
Weighted Average                   Weighted Average
Shares       Exercise Price        Shares       Exercise Price
<S>                                              <C>         <C>                    <C>         <C>
Outstanding at December 31, 1997                  1,006                  2.89       22,686                  2.35
Granted                                             180                  5.65        4,704                  6.04
Exercised                                          (132)                 0.73       (2,904)                 1.05
Cancelled                                            --                    --         (504)                 4.29
Granted                                             345                 10.37        5,436                  9.67
Cancelled                                           (30)                 7.79         (435)                 6.25
Granted                                             240                 31.08        4,793                 35.61
Cancelled                                            --                    --         (982)                14.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2000                  1,078            $    11.63       19,983             $   12.40
The following table summarizes combined information about the Directors
Plan and the Option Plan options outstanding as of December 31, 2000 (table in
thousands, except year and exercise price amounts):
Options Outstanding                            Options Exercisable
-------------------------------------------------------    -------------------------------
Range of             Number            Remaining        Weighted Average      Number       Weighted Average
Exercise Prices       Outstanding     Contractual Life      Exercise Price     Exercisable     Exercise Price
<S>                     <C>             <C>                 <C>                  <C>           <C>
$ 0.40-- $   3.35           4,854                 4.41    $            2.08          4,815   $             2.07
3.42--     5.93           4,444                 6.64                 4.52          3,455                 4.41
7.79--    23.88           3,568                 8.77                16.11            921                11.44
31.08--    61.92           3,492                 9.26                39.71            723                34.29
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN: In May 1993, the stockholders adopted our
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the Purchase Plan, which was subsequently
amended. As of December 31, 2000 a total of 4,176,000 shares of common stock
were reserved for issuance. Under the terms of the Purchase Plan, employees can
choose to have up to ten percent of their annual compensation withheld to
purchase shares of common stock. The purchase price of the common stock is at 85
percent of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the
enrollment or purchase date. During 2000, 1999 and 1998, 83,000 shares, 495,000
shares and 408,000 shares, respectively, were issued under the Purchase Plan.
PRO FORMA INFORMATION: We have retained the approach under APB Opinion No.
25 and related interpretations in accounting for our stock option and purchase
plans. Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized for our Option
Plan, Directors Plan and Purchase Plan. Had compensation expense for our stock
option and purchase plans been determined consistent with Statement No. 123, net
income and earnings per share would have been decreased to the pro forma amounts
indicated below (table in thousands, except per share amounts):
2000              1999             1998
<S>                                                <C>              <C>               <C>               <C>
Net income                                         As reported       $ 48,145         $  43,157         $ 21,478
Pro forma           11,316            23,582            8,551
Earnings per share, as reported                    Basic             $   0.36         $    0.35         $   0.18
Diluted               0.30              0.29             0.15
Earnings per share, pro forma                      Basic             $   0.08         $    0.19         $   0.07
The fair value of each option grant granted under the Option Plan and the
value of each purchase right granted under the Purchase Plan is estimated on the
date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following
weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2000, 1999 and 1998:
Option Grant
2000                     1999                 1998
<S>                                                   <C>                     <C>                 <C>
Dividend yield                                            0%                      0%                  0%
Expected volatility                                    83.2%                   79.9%               53.7%
Risk-free interest rate                                 5.1%                    6.8%                4.7%
Expected term in years                                   6.1                     6.0                 6.3
Per share fair value                                $  26.11                $   7.05             $  3.46
Purchase Right
<S>                                               <C>                     <C>                 <C>
Expected term in years                             0.3 - 2.0               0.3 - 1.5           0.3 - 1.0
STOCK WARRANTS: In December 1994 and August 1995, concurrent with the
completion of a debt financing, we issued warrants for the purchase of 1,764,000
shares and 276,000 shares, respectively, of common stock. In 1998, 180,000
warrants were exchanged for 150,000 shares of our common stock. At December 31,
2000 we have no outstanding warrants.
NOTE 10:   INCOME TAXES
The income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and
1998 includes the following (table in thousands):
2000                     1999               1998
<S>                                                       <C>                       <C>                 <C>
Current provision:
Current                                                $     20,772              $   1,520           $    422
Deferred                                                     (8,833)                   929                 --
$     11,939              $   2,449           $    422
A reconciliation between our effective tax rate and the U.S statutory rate
for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 follows:
<S>                                                             <C>                   <C>                 <C>
Tax at U.S. statutory rate                                      35.0%                 35.0 %              35.0 %
Change in valuation allowance                                  (18.6)                (33.2)              (30.0)
State taxes, net of federal benefit                              4.2                   4.6                  --
Research and experimentation credit                             (3.7)                 (4.6)               (4.7)
Other                                                            0.3                   3.6                 1.6
17.2%                  5.4 %               1.9 %
The tax impacts generated under our employee stock option and purchase
plans decreased and increased the current taxable income by $11,294,000 and
$3,372,000 in 2000 and 1999, respectively. Such impacts were recorded to
additional paid-in capital.
The following table summarizes the tax effects of temporary differences
that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and
liabilities at December 31, 2000 and 1999 (table in thousands):
<S>                                                                                <C>                 <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses                                                                 $   1,847           $  1,782
Property and equipment, principally due to difference in depreciation                2,747              1,825
Deferred rent expense                                                                1,140                922
Inventories                                                                            193                448
Capitalized state research and experimentation costs                                 6,946              2,287
Acquired technology rights                                                           3,557              4,058
Research and experimentation credit                                                 32,009             12,600
Net operating loss carryforwards                                                    78,093             31,152
Other tax assets                                                                     4,214              2,438
Total gross deferred tax assets                                                  130,746             57,512
Valuation allowance                                                                  (130,746)           (57,512)
Deferred tax liability                                                                 (5,620)            (5,620)
Net deferred taxes                                                                  $  (5,620)          $ (5,620)
In 2000 and 1999, we recognized an increase in the valuation allowance of
$73,234,000 and $9,948,000, respectively. In 1998, we recognized a decrease in
the valuation allowance of $173,000. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, we had a
valuation allowance equal to our deferred tax assets since we have not
established a pattern of profitable operations for income tax reporting
purposes.
As of December 31, 2000, we had net operating loss and research and
experimentation tax credit carryforwards for Federal income tax purposes of
approximately $211,000,000 and $25,000,000, respectively, which expire beginning
in 2006 and 2001, respectively. Net operating loss carryforwards and research
and experimentation tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2000 for state
income tax purposes are approximately $49,000,000 and $7,000,000, respectively,
which expire beginning in 2003.
NOTE 11:   COMMITMENTS
LEASE COMMITMENTS: We lease various real property under operating leases
with original terms ranging from 10 to 15 years. We have the option to extend
the terms of these leases for two consecutive periods of five years each. In
addition to the monthly lease payments, the lease agreements provide for us to
pay all operating expenses associated with the facilities. The lease agreements
provide for scheduled rental increases; accordingly lease expense is recognized
on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases.
Future minimum lease payments under all operating leases as of December 31,
2000 are as follows (table in thousands):
<S>                                                                                <C>
2001                                                                                $  5,970
2002                                                                                6,173
2006 and thereafter                                                                                24,460
Total minimum lease payments                                                                            $ 55,055
Lease expense under all operating leases totaled $5,502,000, $3,683,000 and
$3,565,000 for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
LICENSE AGREEMENTS: In September 1997, we entered into a development and
license agreement with CPI for the development of inflammatory and autoimmune
disease products based upon CPI's anti-MIF antibody technology. Concurrent with
the development and license agreement with CPI, we entered into a stock purchase
agreement providing for an equity investment in CPI by us. Under the terms of
these agreements, we may make payments totaling up to $10,500,000, subject to
the attainment of certain product development objectives. Additionally, we will
pay CPI royalties on sales by us on any products emerging from the
collaboration. In 1997, we made a $3,000,000 preferred equity investment in CPI.
In connection with our research and development efforts, we have entered
into various other license agreements which provide us with rights to develop,
produce and market products using certain know-how, technology and patent rights
maintained by the parties. Terms of the various license agreements require us to
pay royalties on future sales, if any, of specified products using the resulting
technology. Third-party royalty liabilities resulting from sales of Rituxan are
being paid by Genentech and recorded under the copromotion arrangement as
described under "Revenues from Unconsolidated Joint Business" in Notes 1 and 8.
As of December 31, 2000, such other royalties, other than annual minimum royalty
payments, have not commenced on the aforementioned license agreements.
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of IDEC
Pharmaceuticals Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2000. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
TEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
Certain information about our executive officers as of January 31, 2001 is
set forth below:
NAME                                             AGE                          TITLE
----                                             ---                          -----
<S>                                             <C>      <C>
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.......................52      Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
William R. Rohn..................................57      Chief Operating Officer
Paul C. Grint, M.D...............................43      Chief Medical Officer
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D................................57      Chief Scientific Officer
Phillip M. Schneider.............................44      Chief Financial Officer
Wolfgang Berthold, Ph.D..........................53      Senior Vice President, Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Connie L. Matsui.................................47      Senior Vice President, Planning and Resource Development
Mark Wiggins.....................................45      Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Kenneth J. Woolcott .............................42      Vice President, Corporate Secretary, General Counsel and
Licensing Executive
Dr. Rastetter was appointed our Chairman of the Board of Directors on May
22, 1996. He has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since
December 1986 and Chief Financial Officer from 1988 to 1993. Dr. Rastetter has
served as a director of our company since 1986. From 1984 to 1986, he was
Director of Corporate Ventures at Genentech. From 1982 to 1984, Dr. Rastetter
served in a scientific capacity at Genentech, directing the Biocatalysis and
Chemical Sciences groups. From 1975 to 1982, he held various faculty positions
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Rastetter is also a director
of Argonaut Technologies, Inc. and Illumina, Inc. Dr. Rastetter received his
Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University in 1975.
Mr. Rohn joined us in August 1993 as Senior Vice President, Commercial and
Corporate Development. Mr. Rohn was appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial
Operations in April 1996 and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in May
1998. Prior to joining us, Mr. Rohn was employed by Adria Laboratories from
1984 until August 1993, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales and
Marketing with responsibilities for strategic and commercial partnerships as
well as all sales and marketing functions in the United States. Prior to Adria,
Mr. Rohn held marketing and sales management positions at Abbott Laboratories,
Warren-Teed Pharmaceuticals, Miles Laboratories and Mead Johnson Laboratories.
Mr. Rohn is also a director of Pharmacyclics, Inc. Mr. Rohn received a B.A. in
Marketing from Michigan State University.
Dr. Grint joined us as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President,
Medical and Clinical Research and Development in January 2001. Prior to joining
us, Dr. Grint was employed with Schering-Plough Research Institute from 1992 to
2000 holding a number of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently
as Vice President of Clinical Immunology and Biotechnology. In addition, he was
chairman of the Biotechnology Therapy Team and an Honorary Lecturer in the
Department of Virology at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. Dr. Grint
received his medical degree at University of London, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Medical College, London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.
Dr. Hanna joined us in February 1990 as Vice President, Research and
Preclinical Development. In August 1993, Dr. Hanna was promoted to Senior Vice
President, Research and Preclinical Development and in May 1998 he was promoted
to Chief Scientific Officer. From 1981 to 1990, Dr. Hanna served as Associate
Director and then Director of the Department of Immunology at SmithKline Beecham
focusing on autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. From 1978 to 1981, he
was a research scientist at the NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Center, where he
studied the role of immune system cells in host defenses against cancer. From
1973 to 1978, Dr. Hanna was a lecturer in the Department of Immunology at the
Hebrew University Medical School in Israel, where he received his Ph.D. in
Immunology. Pursuant to our agreement with Cytokine Pharmasciences, Inc., Dr.
Hanna is a director of CPI.
Mr. Schneider joined us in February 1987 as Director, Finance and
Administration and served as Senior Director, Finance and Administration from
1990 to 1991. In November 1991, he became Vice President, Finance and
Administration and in February 1996 he was appointed Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. In September 2000, Mr. Schneider was promoted to Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Schneider served
as the Manager of Financial Reporting and as a Senior Analyst for Syntex
Laboratories. He received a B.S. in biochemistry from University of California,
Davis, received his M.B.A. at the University of Southern California and earned
his C.P.A. qualifications while working for KPMG LLP.
Dr. Berthold joined us in February 2000 as Senior Vice President,
Biopharmaceutical Science. He previously served from 1995 to 2000 as Vice
President Biopharmaceuticals at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and also served as
International Advisor for all Roche pharmaceutical biotechnology projects in
development. Previously, Dr. Berthold served as head of the Biotech Process
Development Group for pharmaceutical biologics at Thomae/Boehringer Ingelheim
from 1979 to 1995, which operates one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical
manufacturing plants. Dr. Berthold received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from
University of London, England.
Ms. Matsui joined us in November 1992 as Senior Director, Planning and
Resource Development with primary responsibility for strategic planning and
human resources. Ms. Matsui was promoted to Vice President, Planning and
Resource Development in December 1994 and to Senior Vice President, Planning and
Resource Development in September 2000. Ms. Matsui's current responsibilities
include investor relations, corporate communications, human resources, project
management and strategic planning. From 1977 to 1991, she served in a variety of
marketing and general management positions at Wells Fargo Bank including Vice
President responsible for Consumer Retirement Programs and Vice President in
charge of company wide Employee Relations and Communications. Ms. Matsui
received her B.A. and M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Mr. Wiggins joined us in May of 1998 as Vice President of Business
Development. In November 2000, he was appointed to Vice President of
Marketing and Business Development. From 1986 to 1996 he held various
positions at Schering - Plough, including Director of Business Development
and from 1996 to 1998 he was Vice President of Business Development and
Marketing for Hybridon. Mr. Wiggins received a B.S. from Syracuse University
in finance and received his M.B.A from the University of Arizona.
Mr. Woolcott joined us in March 1989 as Intellectual Property Counsel. In
1990, he became Intellectual Property and Licensing Counsel. Mr. Woolcott was
promoted to Deputy General Counsel in 1991 and General Counsel in 1992. In 1993,
Mr. Woolcott was appointed Secretary of the Company. In 1994, he was promoted to
Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel & Licensing Executive. From 1985 to
1987, he served as Patent Counsel and Associate Counsel at Hybritech, Inc. From
1987 to 1989, he was engaged in the private practice of law in Seattle,
Washington. Mr. Woolcott received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Pacific Lutheran
University and his J.D. from George Washington University.
The information required by this item in regards to the identification of
Directors is hereby incorporated by reference to the information contained under
the caption "Election of Directors" in our Proxy Statement for our Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 18, 2001.
The information required by Section 16(a) is hereby incorporated by
reference to the information contained under the caption "Compliance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934" in our Proxy Statement for
our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 18, 2001.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by
reference to the information contained under the caption "Executive Compensation
and Related Information" in the Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 18, 2001.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
The information required by this item is hereby incorporated by reference
to the information contained under the caption "Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management" in the Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be held on May 18, 2001.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
to the information contained under the caption "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions" in the Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
a.    1)  Consolidated Financial Statements:                                                            Page
<S>                                                                                <C>
Consolidated Balance Sheets--December 31, 2000 and 1999                                         *
Consolidated Statements of Operations--Years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998             *
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity--Years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998   *
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998             *
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                      *
Independent Auditors' Report                                                                    *
* These items are in Item 8 to this Form 10-K.
2)  Financial Statement Schedules:
Schedule Number              Description
---------------              -----------
II                    Valuation and qualifying accounts
All other financial statements schedules are omitted because
they are not required or are not applicable, or because the
required information is included in the financial statements or
notes thereto.
3)  Exhibits:
The following exhibits are referenced or included in this Form
10-K.
Number          Description
------          -----------
1.1 (19)      Purchase Agreement for $300,000,000 Liquid
Yield Option Notes(TM) due 2019 (Zero Coupon --
Subordinated) dated as of February 9, 1999
between the Registrant and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
2.1 (1)       Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
April 5, 1997 between the Registrant and
IDEC California.
3.1 (20)      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant.
3.2 (1)       Bylaws of the Registrant.
4.1           Reference is made to Exhibit 3.1.
4.3 (2)       1992 Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement of IDEC California.
4.4 (1)       Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the
Registrant.
4.5           Reference is made to Exhibit 10.46.
4.6 (7)       1995 Registration Rights Agreement of the
4.8 (18)      Preferred Share Purchase Rights.
4.9 (19)       First Amendment to the Preferred Share Purchase
Rights Agreement, dated July 22, 1997.
4.10(19)       Indenture dated as of February 16, 1999
between the Registrant and Chase Manhattan Bank
and Trust Company, National Association.
4.11           Reference is made to Exhibit 1.1
4.12 (10)      Form of Registered Liquid Yield Option(TM)Note
due 2019.
10.1  (13)      1988 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant, as
amended and restated through May 20, 1999.
10.2  (13)      Form of Notice of Grant.
10.3  (13)      Form of Option Agreement.
10.4  (12)      Letter Agreement between the Registrant and
Genentech, Inc., dated May 21, 1996.
10.5  (2)       401(k) Plan of the Registrant.
10.6  (2)       Form of acceleration of vesting letter agreement
between the Registrant and certain officers.
10.7  (2)+      License Agreement with Coulter Immunology, dated
10.8  (3)       Lease Agreement between the Registrant and Torrey
Sorrento, Inc., dated July 9, 1992.
10.9  (3)+      Collaborative Research and License Agreement
between the Registrant and SmithKline Beecham
p.l.c., dated October 12, 1992.
10.10 (3)       Investment Agreement between the Registrant and
S.R. One, Limited, dated October 16, 1992.
10.11 (13)      1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and
restated through January 20, 1999.
10.12 (4)+      Collaborative Development Agreement between the
Registrant and Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., formally Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation,
dated November 11, 1993.
10.14           1993 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, as
amended and restated through March 23, 2001.
Registrant and Seikagaku Corporation dated
10.16 (6)+      License Agreement between the Registrant and
Seikagaku Corporation dated December 27, 1994.
10.27 (6)       1994 Registration Rights Agreement.
10.28 (6)       Investment Agreement between the Registrant,
SmithKline Beecham p.l.c. and SmithKline Beecham
Corporation, dated December 28, 1994.
10.29 (7)       Master Definitions Agreement between the
Registrant and Genentech. Inc.
10.30 (7)+      Collaboration Agreement between the Registrant
and Genentech. Inc., dated March 16, 1995.
10.31 (7)+      Expression Technology Agreement between the
Registrant and Genentech. Inc., dated March 16,
10.32 (7)       Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the
10.33 (7)       Option Agreement between the Registrant and
Genentech, Inc., dated March 16, 1995.
10.34 (7)       Preferred and Common Stock Purchase Agreement
between the Registrant and ML/MS Associates,
L.P., dated March 16, 1995.
10.35 (9)+      Amendment Agreement between the Registrant and
SmithKline Beecham p.l.c., dated January 20,
10.36 (9)+      Modification of the Amendment Agreement between
the Registrant and SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.,
dated June 14, 1993.
10.37 (8)       Special Stock Issuance Plan.
10.40 (15)+     Collaborative Development Agreement between the
Registrant and Eisai Co., Ltd. dated December 11,
10.41 (15)+     License Agreement between the Registrant and
Eisai Co., Ltd. dated December 11, 1995.
10.42 (15)+     License Agreement between the Registrant,
Genentech, Inc., and Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
10.43 (15)+     Development Agreement between the Registrant,
10.44 (15)+     Supply Agreement between the Registrant and
Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. dated November 30, 1995.
10.45 (15)+     Termination Agreement between the Registrant and
10.46 (15)+     Amendment to the Development Agreement between
the Registrant, Genentech, Inc., and Zenyaku
Kogyo Co., Ltd. dated November 30, 1995.
10.47 (15)      Amendment to Collaboration Agreement between the
Registrant and Genentech, Inc., dated
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., dated March 31,
10.49 (14)      Lease Agreement between the Registrant and All
Spectrum Services, Inc., dated August 13, 1996.
10.50 (1)       Form of Indemnification Agreement for Officers
and Directors.
10.51 (16)+     9-AC Asset Transfer Agreement between the
Registrant, Pharmacia & Upjohn S.p.A. and
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, dated February 10,
10.52 (19)      Purchase Agreement for $300,000,000 Liquid
Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2019 (Zero Coupon
- Subordinated) dated as of February 9, 1999
between the Registrant and Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
10.53 (19)      Indenture dated as of February 16, 1999
between the Registrant and Chase Manhatten Bank
10.54 (21)+     Collaboration & License Agreement between the
Company and Schering Aktiengesellschaft, dated
June 9, 1999.
10.55 (21)      IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation's Deferred
Compensation Plan, dated January 1, 1999.
10.58 (22)+     Amended and Restated Collaborative Research and
License agreement between IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation and SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.,
dated February 29, 2000
Company and Taisho Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
dated December 22, 1999.
10.61 (23)+     License Agreement between the Company and Taisho
Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. dated December 22,
10.62 (24)+     Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated
August 31, 2000 between the Company and Ivey
Ranch Development Company, LLC.
12.1            Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges.
22.1 (2)        Subsidiary of the Company.
23.0            Independent Auditors' Report on Schedule and
+        Confidential Treatment has been granted with respect
to portions of this agreement.
(TM)     Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
(1)      Incorporated by reference to exhibit filed with our
Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed on June 2,
Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No.
33-40756.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
(10)     Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.4 filed with
our Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No.
333-85339.
(11)     Incorporated by reference to exhibit filed with our
Registration Statement on Form 8-K, dated May 21,
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated August 1,
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
Proxy Statement filed on November 4, 1999.
b.    No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the fourth quarter of 2000.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 2, 2001              By:   /s/   William H. Rastetter
---------------------            --------------------------------------
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D., Chairman,
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below does hereby constitute and appoint William H. Rastetter and Phillip M.
Schneider, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution, for him and his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and
any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective
amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 and
otherwise), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements the securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name                                    Capacity                                        Date
----                                    --------                                        ----
<S>                                     <C>                                             <C>
/s/ William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.         Chairman, President and                         April 2, 2001
---------------------------------       Chief Executive Officer
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.             (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Phillip M. Schneider                Senior Vice President and Chief Financial       April 2, 2001
---------------------------------       Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Phillip M. Schneider                    Officer)
/s/ Charles C. Edwards, M.D.            Director                                        April 2, 2001
Charles C. Edwards, M.D.
/s/ Alan B. Glassberg, M.D.             Director                                        April 2, 2001
Alan B. Glassberg, M.D.
/s/ Kazuhiro Hashimoto                  Director                                        April 2, 2001
Kazuhiro Hashimoto
/s/ Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.            Director                                        April 2, 2001
Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
/s/ Robert W. Pangia                    Director                                        April 2, 2001
Robert W. Pangia
/s/ Bruce R. Ross                       Director                                        April 2, 2001
Bruce R. Ross
/s/ Lynn Schenk                         Director                                        April 2, 2001
Lynn Schenk
/s/ Willaim D. Young                    Director                                        April 2, 2001
William D. Young
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
Balance      Charged to      Charged to                     Balance
beginning     costs and         other                        at end
Description                                  of Year       Expenses        Accounts       Deductions     of year
-------------------------------             ----------    ----------      ----------      ----------     -------
<S>                                         <C>           <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>
Inventory reserve                      $      582    $     5,595     $       --     $        --     $ 6,177
Allowance for contract revenue
receivables                                292            854             --            (793)        353
----------    -----------     ----------     ------------    -------
$      874    $     6,449     $       --     $      (793)    $ 6,530
==========    ===========     ==========     ============    =======
Inventory reserve                      $    1,854    $       725     $              $    (1,997)    $   582
$    2,629    $       965     $       --     $    (2,720)    $   874
Inventory reserve                      $    2,082    $     3,402     $       --     $    (3,630)    $ 1,854
receivables                                 51            724             --              --         775
----------    -----------     ----------     -----------     -------
$    2,133    $     4,126     $       --     $    (3,630)    $ 2,629
==========    ===========     ==========     ===========     =======
1993 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH MARCH 21, 2001)
I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This 1993 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is
intended to promote the interests of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), by providing the non-employee members
of the Corporation's Board of Directors with the opportunity to acquire a
proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the
Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the
All share numbers in this March 21, 2001 restatement reflect the
two-for-one split of the Common Stock which was effected on December 21,
1999, and a three-for-one split of the Common Stock which took effect in the
form of a stock dividend on January 18, 2001.
II.      DEFINITIONS
For purposes of the Plan, the following definitions shall be in effect:
BOARD: the Corporation's Board of Directors.
CODE: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMMON STOCK: shares of the Corporation's common stock.
CHANGE IN CONTROL: a change in ownership or control of the Corporation
effected through either of the following
a.       any person or related group of persons (other than
the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) who
directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) of securities possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the
Corporation's stockholders; or
b.       there is a change in the composition of the Board
over a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months or less such that
a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more proxy
contests for the election of Board members, to be comprised of
individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since
the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for
election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of
the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at
the time such election or nomination was approved by the Board.
CORPORATE TRANSACTION: any of the following stockholder-approved
transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
a.       a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is
not the surviving entity, except for a transaction the principal
purpose of which is to change the State in which the Corporation is
incorporated,
b.       the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or
c.       any reverse merger in which the Corporation is the
surviving entity but in which securities possessing fifty percent (50%)
or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities are transferred to person or persons different
from those who held such securities immediately prior to such merger.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 1993, the date the Plan was originally
adopted by the Board. The Plan was subsequently approved by the Corporation's
stockholders on May 19, 1994. On January 25, 1995, the Board adopted an
amendment to the Plan which increased the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable thereunder by an additional 200,000 shares, and that amendment was
approved by the stockholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting. The Plan was
subsequently amended and restated by the Board on February 20, 1998, and such
restatement was approved by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1998 Annual
Meeting. On January 12, 2000, the Board authorized an increase of 300,000 shares
of Common Stock to the share reserve under the Plan, and that amendment was
approved by the stockholder at the 2000 Annual Meeting. On March 21, 2001, the
Board adopted this restatement of the Plan to reflect the adjustment in the
number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the Plan resulting from the
three for one stock split and the changes in the automatic grants set forth in
Section VI.A.
FAIR MARKET VALUE: the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock is
determined in accordance with the following provisions:
a.       If the Common Stock is not at the time listed or
admitted to trading on any national stock exchange but is traded on The
Nasdaq Stock Market, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price per share on the date in question, as such price is reported by
the The Nasdaq Stock Market and published in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
If there is no reported closing selling price for the Common Stock on
the date in question, then the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists shall be determinative
of Fair Market Value.
b.       If the Common Stock is at the time listed or admitted
to trading on any national stock exchange, then the Fair Market Value
shall be the closing selling price per share on the date in question on
the exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary
market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange and published in The
Wall Street Journal. If there is no reported sale of Common Stock on
such exchange on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price on the exchange on the last preceding date
for which such quotation exists.
HOSTILE TAKE-OVER: the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to
the Corporation's stockholders which the Board does not recommend such
stockholders to accept.
1934 ACT: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
OPTIONEE: any person to whom an option is granted under the Plan.
PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED: the inability of the
Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death
or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.
SERVICE: the performance of services as a member of the Board.
TAKE-OVER PRICE: the GREATER of (a) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation in
connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (b) the highest reported price per share
of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile Take-Over.
III.     ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The terms and conditions of each automatic option grant (including the
timing and pricing of the option grant) shall be determined by the express terms
and conditions of the Plan, and neither the Board nor any committee of the Board
shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to option grants made
pursuant to the Plan.
IV.      STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
A.       Shares of the Corporation's Common Stock shall be
available for issuance under the Plan and shall be drawn from either the
Corporation's authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or from reacquired
shares of Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the
open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued
over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 3,120,000 shares1, subject to
adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Article
(1) Adjusted to reflect (i) the 2-for-1 split of the Common Stock effected
by the Corporation on December 21, 1999, (ii) the 200,000 share increase
authorized by the Board on January 25, 1995 and approved by the stockholders at
the 1995 Annual Meeting, (iii) the 240,000 share increase authorized by the
Board on February 20, 1998 and approved by the stockholders at the 1998 Annual
Meeting, (iv) the 300,000-share increase authorized by the Board on January 12,
(...continued)
B.       Should one or more outstanding options under this
Plan expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full, then the
shares subject to the portion of each option not so exercised shall be available
for subsequent option grants under the Plan. Unvested shares issued under the
Plan and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation, at the option exercise
price paid per share, pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the
Plan, shall be added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance
through one or more subsequent option grants under the Plan. Shares subject to
any option or portion thereof surrendered in accordance with Article VII shall
reduce on a share-for-share basis the number of shares of Common Stock available
for subsequent option grants under the Plan. In addition, should the exercise
price of an outstanding option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common
Stock, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is
exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock actually issued
to the option holder.
C.       Should any change be made to the Common Stock
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change
affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's
receipt of consideration, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the
maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the
number and/or class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be
subsequently made per each new or continuing non-employee Board member under the
Plan, and (iii) the number and/or class of securities and price per share in
effect under each option outstanding under the Plan. Such adjustments to the
outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the
enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. The
adjustments determined by the Board shall be final, binding and conclusive.
V.       ELIGIBILITY
A.       ELIGIBLE OPTIONEES. The individuals eligible to
receive automatic option grants pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall be
limited to (i) those individuals who are first elected or appointed as
non-employee Board members after the Effective Date, whether through appointment
by the Board or election by the Corporation's stockholders, and (ii) those
individuals who continue to serve as non-employee Board members after such
Effective Date, whether or not they commenced Board service prior to such
Effective Date. In no event, however, shall any non-employee Board member be
eligible to participate in the Plan if such individual has previously been in
the employ of the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation) at any
time after December 31, 1989. Each non-employee Board member eligible to
participate in the Plan pursuant to the foregoing criteria shall be designated
an Eligible Director for purposes of the Plan.
and approved by the stockholders at the 2000 Annual Meeting, and (v) the
3-for-1 split of the Common Stock effected by the Corporation by way of stock
dividend on January 18, 2001.
VI.      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANTS
A.       GRANT DATE. Pursuant to the terms of this March 21,
2001 restatement option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:
-        Each individual who is first elected or
appointed as an Eligible Director, whether through appointment by the
Board or election by the Corporation's stockholders, on or after May
18, 2001, shall automatically be granted, on the date of such initial
election or appointment, a non-statutory stock option to purchase
35,000 shares of Common Stock.2
-        On the first trading day on The Nasdaq Stock
Market in January of each calendar year (commencing with calendar year
2001), each individual who is at the time serving as an Eligible
Director shall automatically be granted on such date a non-statutory
option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock2, provided such
individual has served as a Board member for a period of at least six
(6) months.
There shall be no limit on the number of 10,000-share option grants any
one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service.
Stockholder approval of the January 12, 2000 restatement at the 2000
Annual Meeting constituted pre-approval of each option grant subsequently made
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan as restated and the subsequent exercise
of that option in accordance with its terms.
B.       EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share of
Common Stock subject to each automatic option grant shall be equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
automatic grant date.
C.       PAYMENT.
The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise
of the option and shall be payable in one of the alternative forms specified
(i)      full payment in cash or check made payable
to the Corporation's order; or
(ii)     full payment in shares of Common Stock held
for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the
Corporation's earnings for financial-reporting purposes and valued at
Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date (as such term is defined below);
(iii)    full payment in a combination of shares of
Common Stock held for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge
to the Corporation's earnings for
(2) The restatement of the Plan on March 23, 2001 only made a partial adjustment
in the number of shares subject to future grants as a result of the January 18,
2001 stock dividend.
financial-reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the
Exercise Date and cash or check payable to the Corporation's order; or
(iv)     to the extent the option is exercised for
vested shares, full payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance
procedure pursuant to which the non-employee Board member (I) shall
provide irrevocable instructions to a Corporation-designated brokerage
firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to
the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement
date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable
for the purchased shares and (II) shall concurrently provide directives
to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares
directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale
transaction.
For purposes of this subparagraph VI.C, the Exercise Date shall be the
date on which written notice of the option exercise is delivered to the
Corporation. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified
above is utilized in connection with the exercise of the option for vested
shares, payment of the option price for the purchased shares must accompany the
exercise notice. However, if the option is exercised for any unvested shares,
then the optionee must also execute and deliver to the Corporation a stock
purchase agreement for those unvested shares which provides the Corporation with
the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any unvested
shares held by the optionee at the time of cessation of Board service and which
precludes the sale, transfer or other disposition of any shares purchased under
the option, to the extent those shares are subject to the Corporation's
repurchase right.
D.       OPTION TERM. Each automatic grant under the Plan
shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the automatic grant
E.       EXERCISABILITY/VESTING. Each automatic grant shall be
immediately exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any shares
purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the Corporation, at
the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation of Board
service prior to vesting in those shares. Each initial 35,000 share option shall
vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four
(4) equal and successive annual installments over the Optionee's period of
continued service as a Board member, with the first such installment to vest
upon Optionee's completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the
grant date. Each additional 10,000-share automatic grant shall vest, and the
Corporation's repurchase with respect thereto shall lapse, upon Optionee's
completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the automatic grant
date. Vesting of the option shares shall be subject to acceleration as provided
in Section VI.G and Article VII. In no event, however, shall any additional
option shares vest after the Optionee's cessation of Board service.
F.       NON-TRANSFERABILITY. During the lifetime of the
Optionee, each automatic option grant, together with the limited stock
appreciation right pertaining to such option, shall be exercisable only by the
Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Optionee other than
(i) a transfer of the option effected by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution following Optionee's death or (ii) a transfer of the option during
the optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the optionee's immediate
family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such family
members, to the extent such transfer is effected pursuant to the optionee's
estate plan. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or persons
who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect
for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in
such documents issued to the assignee as the Corporation may deem appropriate.
G.       EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF BOARD SERVICE.
1.       Should the Optionee cease to serve as a
Board member for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while
holding one or more automatic option grants under the Plan, then such individual
shall have a six (6)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board
service in which to exercise each such option for any or all of the option
shares in which the Optionee is vested at the time of such cessation of Board
service. Each such option shall immediately terminate and cease to be
outstanding, at the time of such cessation of Board service, with respect to any
option shares in which the Optionee is not otherwise at that time vested.
2.       Should the Optionee die within six (6)
months after cessation of Board service, then any automatic option grant held by
the Optionee at the time of death may subsequently be exercised, for any or all
of the option shares in which the Optionee is vested at the time of his or her
cessation of Board service (less any option shares subsequently purchased by the
Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's
estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to
the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution.
The right to exercise each such option shall lapse upon the expiration of the
twelve (12)-month period measured from after the date of the Optionee's death.
3.       Should the Optionee die or become Permanent
Disabled while serving as a Board member, then the shares of Common Stock at the
time subject to each automatic option grant held by such Optionee shall
immediately vest in full (and the Corporation's repurchase right with respect to
such shares shall terminate), and the Optionee (or the representative of the
Optionee's estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred
upon the Optionee's death) shall have a twelve (12)-month period following the
date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service in which to exercise such
option for any or all of those vested shares of Common Stock.
4.       In no event shall any automatic grant under
this Plan remain exercisable after the expiration date of the ten (10)-year
option term. Upon the expiration of the applicable post-service exercise period
under subparagraphs 1 through 3 above or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the
ten (10)-year option term, the automatic grant shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding for any option shares in which the Optionee was vested at the time
of his or her cessation of Board service but for which such option was not
otherwise exercised.
H.       STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of an automatic option
grant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to any shares
subject to such option until such individual shall have exercised the option and
paid the exercise price for the purchased shares.
I.       REMAINING TERMS. The remaining terms and conditions
of each automatic option grant shall be as set forth in the form Non-statutory
Stock Option Agreement attached as Exhibit A.
VII.     CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER
A.       In the event of any Corporate Transaction, the shares
of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise
vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction,
become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such
shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Immediately following the
consummation of the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option grant under the
Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed
by the successor entity (or parent thereof).
B.       In connection with any Change in Control of the
Corporation, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding
option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each
such option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the
Change in Control, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any
portion of such shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such option
shall remain fully exercisable for the option shares which vest in connection
with the Change in Control until the expiration or sooner termination of the
option term.
C.       The Optionee shall have the right, exercisable at any
time within the thirty (30)-day period immediately following the effective date
of a Hostile Take-Over, to surrender to the Corporation each automatic option
grant held by him or her under this Plan. The Optionee shall in return be
entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the
excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at
the time vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable
for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days
following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. Stockholder approval
of the January 12, 2000 restatement at the 2000 Annual Meeting constituted the
pre-approval of each option subsequently granted with such a surrender right and
the subsequent exercise of that right in accordance with the provisions of this
Section VII.C. Neither the approval of the Plan Administrator nor the consent of
the Board shall be required at the time of the actual option surrender and cash
D.       The shares of Common Stock subject to each option
surrendered in connection with the Hostile Take-Over shall not be available for
subsequent option grant under this Plan.
E.       The automatic option grants outstanding under the
Plan shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify,
reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets.
VIII.    AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AWARDS
The Board has complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or
modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever.
However, no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and
obligations with respect to options at the time outstanding under the Plan,
unless the affected optionees consent to such amendment. In addition, certain
amendments to the Plan may require stockholder approval pursuant to applicable
law or regulation.
IX.      EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
A.       The Plan became effective immediately upon adoption
by the Board on September 14, 1993 and was approved by the Corporation's
stockholders at the 1994 Annual Meeting. On January 25, 1995, the Board adopted
an amendment to the Plan which increased the number of shares of Common Stock
approved by the stockholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting.
B.       On February 20, 1998, the Board adopted a series of
amendments to the Plan (the "1998 Amendments") which (i) increased the number of
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan by an
additional 240,000 shares, (ii) allowed unvested shares issued under the Plan
and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation at the option exercise price
paid per share to be reissued under the Plan and (iii) effected a series of
additional changes to the provisions of the Plan (including the stockholder
approval requirements, the transferability of non-statutory stock options and
the elimination of the six (6)-month holding period requirement as a condition
to the exercise of stock appreciation rights) in order to take advantage of the
recent amendments to Rule 16b-3 of the 1934 Act which exempts certain
transactions by Board members under the Plan from the short-swing liability
provisions of the federal securities laws. The 1998 Amendments were approved by
the Corporation's stockholder at the 1998 Annual Meeting.
C.       On January 12, 2000, the Board authorized (i) an
increase of 300,000 shares of Common Stock to the share reserve under the Plan
and (ii) an extension of the term of the Directors Plan from September 13, 2003
to December 31, 2005. Such amendments were approved by the Corporation's
stockholder at the 2000 Annual Meeting.
D.       On March 21, 2001, the Board adopted this
restatement of the Plan to reflect the adjustment in the number of shares of
Common Stock reserved under the Plan resulting from the three for one stock
split and changes in the automatic grants set forth in Section VI.A.
E.       The Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i)
December 31, 2005 or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance
under the Plan shall have been issued as vested shares or cancelled pursuant to
the cash-out provisions of the Plan. If the date of termination is determined
under clause (i) above, then all option grants outstanding on such date shall
thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions
of the instruments evidencing such grants.
X.       USE OF PROCEEDS
Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares
pursuant to option grants or share issuances under the Plan shall be used for
general corporate purposes
XI.      REGULATORY APPROVALS
A.       The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any
option under the Plan and the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of the
option grants made hereunder shall be subject to the Corporation's procurement
of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having
jurisdiction over the Plan, the options granted under it, and the Common Stock
issued pursuant to it.
B.       No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be
issued or delivered under this Plan unless and until there shall have been
compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities
laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration
statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all
applicable listing requirements of any securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is then listed for trading.
XII.     NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS
Neither the action of the Corporation in establishing the Plan nor any
provision of the Plan shall be construed or interpreted so as to affect
adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or the stockholders
to remove any individual from the Board at any time in accordance with the
provisions of applicable law.
XIII.    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
A.       The right to acquire Common Stock or other assets
under the Plan may not be assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred by any
Optionee.
B.       The provisions of the Plan relating to the exercise
of options and the vesting of shares shall be governed by the laws of the State
of California, as such laws are applied to contracts entered into and performed
in such State.
C.       The provisions of the Plan shall inure to the benefit
of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors or assigns, whether
by Corporate Transaction or otherwise, and the Optionees, the legal
representatives of their respective estates, their respective heirs or legatees
and their permitted assignees.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (1)
(in thousands, except ratios)
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<S>                                                     <C>               <C>              <C>
Income before income tax provision                      69,347            45,606           21,900
Fixed charges:
Interest expense and amortization of original issue
discount on all indebtedness                          7,053             6,058              630
Interest included in rent expense                       889               632              600
Total fixed charges                                      7,942             6,690            1,230
Income before income tax provision and fixed charges    77,289            52,296           23,130
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                        9.73              7.82             18.8
(1) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was computed by dividing earnings
(income before income tax provision, adjusted for fixed charges) by fixed
charges for the periods indicated. Fixed charges include (i) interest expense
and amortization of original issue discount on all indebtedness and (ii) a
reasonable approximation of the interest factor deemed to be included in rental
expense.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT
The audits referred to in our report dated January 25, 2001, included the
related consolidated financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2000,
and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000,
included in the 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K. This consolidated financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this consolidated financial
statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such consolidated
financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.
We consent to incorporation by reference in registration statements (Nos.
333-81625 and 33-62817) on Forms S-8 and in the registration statements (Nos.
333-85339 and 333-46767) on Form S-3 of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation of
our report dated January 25, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation and subsidiary as of
2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, and the related schedule, which report
appears in the 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of IDEC Pharmaceuticals