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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM10-K
(Mark One)

ý


ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20172022

OR

o


TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from                             to                            
Commission file number0-26301

Commission file number 0-26301

United Therapeutics Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
52-1984749
(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)
52-1984749
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1040 Spring Street,
Silver Spring,MD
20910
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

20910
(Zip Code)

(301) 608-9292
Registrant's
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
and associated preferred stock purchase rights
UTHRNASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None
(Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes ý    No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes o    No ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes ý    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes ý    No o

          Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large“large accelerated filer," "accelerated” “accelerated filer," "smaller” “smaller reporting company," and "emerging“emerging growth company"company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Act.
Large accelerated filerýAccelerated filero
Non-accelerated filero
(do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting companyo

Emerging growth companyo

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes o    No ý

The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing price on June 30, 2017,2022, as reported by the NASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market was approximately $4,948,421,509.

$10,532,340,521.

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer'sissuer’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of February 14, 2018,15, 2023, was 43,239,722.

46,301,656.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant'sregistrant’s definitive proxy statement for the registrant's 2018registrant’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on June 27, 2018,26, 2023, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.



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PART I

PART I

Item 1.

Business

Item 1A.

1.
3

Risk Factors

36

Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 2.

44

Properties

52

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

PART II

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Item 6.

45

Selected Financial Data

56

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

1

Item 9.

Changes Inin and Disagreements Withwith Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

Item 9B.

Other Information

Item 9C.

PART III

Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Item 14.

Principal AccountingAccountant Fees and Services

PART IV

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

SIGNATURES



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PART I

ITEM

Item 1. BUSINESS

Business

Overview

        United Therapeutics Corporation is a biotechnology company focused

We build on the strength of our research and development expertise and commercializationa distinctive, entrepreneurial culture that encourages diversity, innovation, creativity, sustainability, and, simply, fun. Since inception, our mission has been to find a cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other life-threatening diseases. Toward this goal we have successfully obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for several medicines, we are always conducting new clinical trials, and we are working to create an unlimited supply of innovative productsmanufactured organs for transplantation.
We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to addresstake the unmet medical needsform of a public benefit corporation (PBC). Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through (a) the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and (b) technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. At the same time, we seek to provide our shareholders with chronicsuperior financial performance and life-threatening conditions. our communities with earth-sensitive energy utilization.
We market and sell fourthe following commercial therapies in the United States to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): Remodulin® (treprostinil) Injection (Remodulin); Tyvaso®PAH: Tyvaso® (treprostinil) Inhalation Solution (Tyvaso)(Tyvaso), which includes the Tyvaso Inhalation System; Tyvaso DPI® (treprostinil) Inhalation Powder (Tyvaso DPI); Orenitram® Remodulin® (treprostinil) Injection (Remodulin); Orenitram® (treprostinil) Extended-Release Tablets (Orenitram)(Orenitram); and Adcirca®Adcirca® (tadalafil) Tablets (Adcirca)(Adcirca). WeTyvaso and Tyvaso DPI are also approved to treat pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). In the United States, we market and sell an oncology product, in the United States, Unituxin®Unituxin® (dinutuximab) Injection (Unituxin)(Unituxin), which is approved for treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma.neuroblastoma, and the Remunity® Pump for Remodulin (Remunity). Outside the United States, our only significantwe generate revenues are derived from the sale of Tyvaso, Remodulin, which is approved in Europe and various other countries. Unituxin.
We are also engaged inactively advancing a pipeline of research and development ofprojects that includes new indications, formulations, and delivery devices for our existing products, as well as new products to treat PAH and other conditions. Finally, we are engaged in early-stage research and development of a number of organ transplantation-related technologies.

        We generate revenues from sales of our five commercially approved products noted above. Remodulin was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for subcutaneous and intravenous administration in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and has been sold commercially in the United States since 2002. Tyvaso and Adcirca were both approved by the FDA and launched commercially in the United States in 2009. Orenitram and Unituxin were approved by the FDA in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Our sales, marketing and other commercial staff supports the availability of our commercial products in the United States, and these efforts are supplemented by our contract distributors. Outside the United States, our contract distributors are primarily responsible for sales and marketing efforts.

        United Therapeutics was incorporated in Delaware in June 1996.

Our principal executive offices are located at 1040 Spring Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 and at 55 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

Unless the context requires otherwise or unless otherwise noted, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this Report)Report) to "United Therapeutics"United Therapeutics and to the "company"company, "we"we, "us"us or "our"our are to United Therapeutics Corporation and its subsidiaries.


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Our Commercial Products

Our commercial product portfolio consists of the following:

ProductMode of DeliveryIndicationCurrent StatusOur Territory
TyvasoRemodulinInhaled solution via ultrasonic nebulizerPAH and PH-ILDCommercial sales in the U.S., Argentina, and Israel*Worldwide
Tyvaso DPIInhaled dry powder via pre-filled, single-use cartridgesPAH and PH-ILDCommercial sales in the U.S.Worldwide
RemodulinContinuous subcutaneousPAHPAHCommercial sales in the U.S., most of Europe**, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China,Columbia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, South Korea, and VenezuelaWorldwide
RemodulinContinuous intravenousPAHCommercial sales in the U.S., most of Europe**, Argentina, Canada, Columbia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea Taiwan and VenezuelaWorldwide

Remunity Pump for Remodulin

RemodulinContinuous subcutaneous via pre‑filled and patient-filled cassettes

PAH

Continuous intravenousCommercial sales in the U.S.

Worldwide
Orenitram
PAHOral

PAH

Commercial sales in the U.S.
Worldwide
UnituxinIntravenousHigh-risk neuroblastomaCommercial sales in the U.S., most of Europe*, Argentina, Canada, China, Israel,and Japan Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Switzerland

Worldwide

Adcirca

TyvasoOral

PAH

Inhaled


PAH


Commercial sales in the U.S. and Israel


WorldwideUnited States


Adcirca


Oral


PAH


Commercial in the U.S.


United States


Orenitram


Oral


PAH


Commercial in the U.S.


Worldwide


Unituxin


Intravenous


High-risk neuroblastoma


Commercial in the U.S.


Worldwide

*    Tyvaso is only approved for PAH in Argentina. Tyvaso was also approved to treat PAH in Japan in late 2022, and we anticipate that our distributor will launch commercial sales in Japan during the second half of 2023. Tyvaso’s label was expanded in Israel in late 2022 to add the PH-ILD indication.
*
We have obtained approval for subcutaneous*    Remodulin is marketed and intravenous Remodulin in 24 member countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), as well as other non-EEA countries in Europe, and have received pricing approvalsold in most of these countries.
the major European markets other than the United Kingdom.

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Products to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension has been classified into five groups. PAH is designated as group 1 pulmonary hypertension, which includes multiple etiologies such as idiopathic (meaning the cause is unknown) and heritable PAH, as well as PAH associated with connective tissue diseases. Pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease, such as PH-ILD, has been classified as group 3 pulmonary hypertension. In addition, patients with PAH are classified into classes based on clinical severity, ranging from functional class I (no symptoms) through functional class IV (severe symptoms). Labeled indications for PAH therapies often note that clinical studies for the drug predominantly included patients in one or more functional classes.
Our pulmonary hypertension products were initially approved to treat only PAH. In March 2021, Tyvaso was approved to treat PH-ILD in addition to PAH. In May 2022, we also obtained FDA approval of Tyvaso DPI to treat both PAH and PH-ILD. We are engaged in further research and development for an additional indication for Tyvaso. For further details, see Research and Development below.
PAH is a life-threatening disease that affects the blood vessels in the lungs and is characterized by increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which are the blood vessels leading from the heart to the lungs. The elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries strains the right side of the heart as it pumps blood to the lungs. This eventually leads to right heart failure and, ultimately, death. PAH is characterized by structural changes in blood vessel walls, aggregation of platelets, and alteration of smooth muscle cell function. We believe that PAH affects about 500,000 individuals worldwide. We have seen increases in the number of people diagnosed with the disease, but due to the rarity of the disease and the complexity of diagnosing it, only a small fraction of patients with PAH are being treated.

Current FDA-approved therapies approved by the FDA for PAH focus on three distinct molecular pathways: the prostacyclin pathway, the nitric oxide (NO) pathway, and the endothelin (ET) pathway. The classes of drugs that target these three pathways are:

Prostacyclin Analogues and IP Prostacyclin Receptor Agonists. Patients with PAH have been shown to have reduced levels of prostacyclin, a naturally occurring substancemolecule that relaxes the pulmonary blood vessels, prevents platelet aggregation, and inhibits the proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the pulmonary vessels. Therefore, drugsDrugs that mimic the action of prostacyclin, known as prostacyclin analogues, are established PAH treatments. Another class of therapy, called IP prostacyclin receptor agonists, has recently been developed to addressalso addresses PAH through the prostacyclin pathway. As compared with prostacyclin analogues, which broadly mimic the effect

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      of prostacyclin, IP prostacyclin receptor agonists bind selectively to (and activate) the IP receptor, one of several prostacyclin receptors.

Phosphodiesterase Type 5 (PDE-5)(PDE-5) Inhibitors and Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC)(sGC) Stimulators. Patients with PAH have also been shown to have reduced levels of the enzyme responsible for producing NO,nitric oxide, a naturally occurring substance in the body that causes relaxation of the pulmonary blood vessels. NONitric oxide produces this effect by increasing intracellular levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate GMP (cyclic GMP)(cyclic GMP). Therefore, another established therapeutic approach has been to inhibit the degradation of cyclic GMP using drugs known as PDE-5 inhibitors. In addition, sGC is an enzyme found in the endothelial cells and the receptor for NO.nitric oxide. When NOnitric oxide binds to sGC, the enzyme enhances production of cyclic GMP. As a result, sGC stimulators are also approved to treat PAH.

Endothelin Receptor Antagonists. PAH patients have also been shown to have elevated levels of endothelin-1, a naturally occurring substancepeptide in the body that causes constriction of, and structural changes to, the pulmonary blood vessels. Therefore, another established therapeutic approach has been to block the action of endothelin with drugs that are known as endothelin receptor antagonists (ETRAs)(ERAs).

Because any or all of the three pathways may be therapeutic targets in a patient, these classes of drugs are used alone or in combination to treat patients with PAH. We currently market drugs in two of these classes. Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram are all formulations of treprostinil, a prostacyclin analogue, and Adcirca is a PDE-5 inhibitor.

        The clinical severity of PAH

PH-ILD is classified accordingalso a rare condition, impacting at least 30,000 patients in the United States. Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI are the only available therapies the FDA has approved to treat PH-ILD.
Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI
Tyvaso was initially approved as a system originally developed for heart failurenebulized product by the New York Heart AssociationFDA to treat PAH, and then modifiedwas launched commercially in the United States in 2009. Following the successful INCREASE phase 3 registration study of Tyvaso in patients with PH-ILD, including patients with underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema, the FDA approved our efficacy supplement to the Tyvaso new drug application (NDA) in March 2021. As a result, Tyvaso’s label was updated to include the PH-ILD indication. In May 2022, the FDA approved our dry powder formulation of inhaled treprostinil called Tyvaso DPI, for treatment of both PAH and PH-ILD. We developed this product under an in-license from MannKind Corporation (MannKind), and launched this product commercially in the United States in June 2022.
We sell Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI to specialty pharmaceutical distributors in the United States. We recognized $873.0 million, $607.5 million, and $483.3 million in combined Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI net product sales, representing 45 percent, 36 percent, and 33 percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. Tyvaso (the nebulized product only) is approved and commercialized in the United States and Israel to treat PAH and PH-ILD, and in Argentina to treat
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PAH. Tyvaso (the nebulized product only) was also approved to treat PAH in Japan in late 2022, and we anticipate our distributor will launch commercial sales in Japan during the second half of 2023.
Tyvaso is administered four times a day by inhaling up to twelve breaths during each treatment session, which takes approximately three minutes. Tyvaso is required to be administered using our proprietary Tyvaso Inhalation System, which consists of an ultrasonic nebulizer and related accessories. A single ampule containing Tyvaso is emptied into the Tyvaso Inhalation System once per day, so the Tyvaso Inhalation System only needs to be cleaned once daily. Tyvaso is regulated by the World Health Organization (WHO)FDA as a drug-device combination product, consisting of Tyvaso drug product and the Tyvaso Inhalation System.
Tyvaso DPI incorporates the dry powder formulation technology and Dreamboat® inhalation device technology used in MannKind’s Afrezza® (insulin human) Inhalation Powder product, which was approved by the FDA in 2014. We believe that this new inhaled treprostinil therapy provides substantial lifestyle benefits to PAH and PH-ILD patients, as compared with nebulized Tyvaso Inhalation Solution therapy, because it is: (1) less time consuming to administer and easier to maintain, as the device is provided in pre-filled, single use, disposable cassettes, eliminating the need for patients with PAH, ranging from functional class I (no symptoms) through functional class IV (severe symptoms). Labeled indications for PAH therapies often note that clinical studies forcleaning and filling; and (2) mobile and more convenient, as the drug predominantly included patients in one or more functional classes.

        PAH is a subsetcompact design of the condition more broadly known as pulmonary hypertension. WHO has classified pulmonary hypertensioninhaler and drug cassettes used with Tyvaso DPI enables the device to easily fit into five groups, with PAH being designated WHO Group 1, which includes multiple etiologies such as idiopathic (meaning the causepatient’s pocket and the device does not require electricity to function.

Ventavis® (iloprost) is unknown) and heritable PAH, as well as PAH associated with connective tissue diseases. While our PAH therapies' labelingthe only other FDA-approved inhaled prostacyclin analogue that is limitedavailable on the market. Patients need to inhale Ventavis six to nine times per day via a nebulizer. According to its package insert, each Ventavis inhalation consists of four to ten minutes of continuous inhalation via the treatmentnebulizer. We completed an open-label study in the United States to investigate the clinical effects of WHO Group 1 PAH, we are engagedswitching patients from Ventavis to Tyvaso. Patients in research and development effortsthis study saved an average of approximately 1.4 hours per day when administering Tyvaso compared to expandVentavis.
Studies establishing the useeffectiveness of Orenitram to treat pulmonary hypertension in certain categories of WHO Group 2, and Tyvaso to treat pulmonary hypertensionPAH included predominately PAH patients with functional class III symptoms (patients who may not have symptoms at rest but whose activities are greatly limited by shortness of breath, fatigue, or near fainting). Tyvaso was generally well tolerated in these trials. The most common side effects were transient cough, headache, nausea, dizziness, and flushing. In January and June 2021, data from the INCREASE study of Tyvaso for PH-ILD were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, respectively.
We completed two clinical studies of Tyvaso DPI. One was a study in healthy volunteers, comparing the pharmacokinetics of Tyvaso DPI to Tyvaso Inhalation Solution. We completed the study in October 2020 and announced in January 2021 that the study demonstrated comparable systemic treprostinil exposure between Tyvaso DPI and Tyvaso Inhalation Solution. In December 2020, we completed a clinical study called BREEZE, which evaluated the safety and pharmacokinetics of switching PAH patients from Tyvaso Inhalation Solution to Tyvaso DPI. The BREEZE study demonstrated the safety and tolerability of Tyvaso DPI in subjects with PAH transitioning from Tyvaso Inhalation Solution, and comparable systemic treprostinil exposure between Tyvaso DPI and Tyvaso Inhalation Solution.
In August 2018, we settled patent litigation with Watson Laboratories, Inc. (Watson) related to its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of nebulized Tyvaso in the United States. Under the terms of this settlement, Watson may launch its generic version of nebulized Tyvaso in the United States beginning in January 2026, although Watson may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain categories of WHO Group 3.circumstances. For further details,detail, seeResearch the section below entitled Patents and Development below.

    Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.

Remodulin

Remodulin was approved by the FDA for subcutaneous and intravenous administration in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and has been sold commercially in the United States since 2002. We sell Remodulin to specialty pharmaceutical distributors in the United States and to pharmaceutical distributors internationally. We recognized approximately $670.9$500.2 million, $602.3$513.7 million, and $572.8$516.7 million in Remodulin net product sales, representing 3926 percent, 3831 percent, and 3935 percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively. Remodulin is indicated to treat patients with PAH to diminish symptoms associated with exercise. Studies establishing effectiveness included patients with functional class II-IV (moderate to severe) symptoms.

Outside of the United States, Remodulin is approvedmarketed and sold for the treatment of PAH in 38 countries by continuous subcutaneous administration and in 35 countries by continuous intravenous administration, and is sold commercially inthroughout most of these countries. Applications for approval of both subcutaneousEurope, Canada, Mexico, and intravenous Remodulin are under reviewvarious countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, and South America, as noted in other countries.

the table above.

We believe that Remodulin has many qualities that make it an appealing alternative to competitive therapies. Remodulin is stable at room temperature, so it does not need to be cooled during infusion


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and patients do not need to use cooling packs or refrigeration to keep it stable. Treprostinil is highly soluble under certain circumstances and highly potent, which enables us to manufacture Remodulin in concentrated solutions. This allows therapeutic concentrations of Remodulin to be delivered at very low flow rates via miniaturized infusion pumps for both subcutaneous and intravenous infusion. Remodulin can be continuously infused for up to 48 hours intravenously or 72 hours subcutaneously before refilling the external infusion pump, and is packaged as an aqueous solution so patients do not have to reconstitute the drug before refilling their pumps.pump. This profile contrasts favorably with the othernon-treprostinil based, continuously infused prostacyclin therapies inon the market—Flolan®Flolan®, Veletri®Veletri®, and generic epoprostenol.

Flolan and generic epoprostenol are not stable at room temperature (and therefore require refrigeration or the use of cooling packs), but Veletri may be stable at room temperature depending on its concentration. Flolan, generic epoprostenol, and Veletri have shorter half-lives than Remodulin, requiring mixing prior to pump refills. None of these competitive products may be administered via subcutaneous infusion, and therefore may only be delivered intravenously.

intravenously which, unlike subcutaneous infusion, requires intravenous infusion line placement and carries the risk of serious bloodstream infection.

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We have settled patent litigation with four generic drug companies that filed abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) with the FDA to market generic versionsalso face competition from manufacturers of Remodulin in the United States. Under the terms of these settlements, Sandoz, Inc. (Sandoz) is permitted to launch its generic version of Remodulin in the United States in June 2018, and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Teva), Par Sterile Products, LLC (Par) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc. (Dr. Reddy's), are permitted to launch their generic versions of Remodulin in the United States in December 2018, although each of these companies may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. For further detail, seeand abroad. See the section below entitledPatents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.

Patients must use external pumps manufactured by third parties to deliver Remodulin. Smiths Medical, Inc. (Smiths Medical, now a subsidiary of ICU Medical, Inc.) manufactures the pumps used by most patients in the United States to administer Remodulin, including the CADD-MS® 3 (MS-3) pump used to deliver subcutaneous Remodulin, and the CADD-Legacy® pump to deliver intravenous Remodulin. In 2015, Smiths Medical notified us that it was planning to discontinue the manufacture of the MS-3 pumps and associated cartridges. In response, we funded Smiths Medical’s manufacture of several thousand additional MS-3 pumps and, in parallel, pursued development of the Remunity Pump to help ensure that PAH patients would not experience a delay or disruption in their Remodulin therapy. The inventory of MS-3 pumps held by specialty pharmacy distributors (including the additional pumps we funded the manufacture of) is now exhausted, or nearly so. Smiths Medical has also announced plans to discontinue the CADD Legacy system, and to make an alternative pump, the CADD Solis, available for administration of intravenous Remodulin. In addition to Remunity, we are developing another next-generation delivery system for Remodulin.
There are serious adverse eventsside effects associated with Remodulin. For example, when infused subcutaneously, Remodulin causes varying degrees of infusion site pain and reaction (redness and swelling) in most patients. Patients who cannot tolerate the infusion site pain related to the use of subcutaneous Remodulin may instead use intravenous Remodulin. Intravenous Remodulin is delivered continuously through a surgically implanted central venous catheter, similar to Flolan, Veletri, and generic epoprostenol. Patients who receive therapy through implanted venous catheters have a risk of developing blood streambloodstream infections and a serious systemic infection known as sepsis. Other common side effects associated with both subcutaneous and intravenous Remodulin include headache, diarrhea, nausea, jaw pain, vasodilation, and edema.

    Tyvaso

        We sell Tyvaso As noted below under Research and Development, we are working on a prodrug version of Remodulin called RemoPro™ to reduce the infusion site pain associated with subcutaneous administration of treprostinil.

Remunity Pump
In February2021, we launched limited commercial sales of the Remunity Pump, which is a semi-disposable system for subcutaneous delivery of treprostinil that we developed in collaboration with DEKA Research & Development Corp (DEKA) under an exclusive development and license agreement. The Remunity Pump consists of a small, lightweight, durable pump and controller designed to have a service life of at least three years. The Remunity Pump uses disposable cassettes filled with Remodulin, which can be connected to the same specialty pharmaceutical distributorspump with less patient manipulation than is typically involved in filling other currently-available subcutaneous pumps. In November 2019, we entered into a supply agreement with an affiliate of DEKA to manufacture and supply the United States that distributeRemunity Pump to us. Under the terms of the agreement, we reimburse all of DEKA’s and its affiliates’ costs to manufacture the Remunity Pump.
The Remunity Pump was initially made available to patients in weekly shipments of disposable cassettes pre-filled with Remodulin. We recognized approximately $372.9 million, $404.6 millionIn September 2022, we launched a patient-filled version of the Remunity Pump, which enables patients to receive monthly shipments of empty, ready-to-fill Remunity cassettes and $470.1 million in Tyvaso net product sales, representing 22 percent, 25 percent and 32 percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

        Tyvaso is administered four times a day by inhaling up to nine breaths during each treatment session, which takes approximately three minutes. Tyvaso is required to be administered using our proprietary Tyvaso Inhalation System, which consists of an ultra-sonic nebulizer that provides a dose of Tyvaso on a breath-by-breath basis, and related accessories. A single ampule containing Tyvaso is emptied into the Tyvaso Inhalation System once per day, so the Tyvaso Inhalation System only needs to be cleaned once daily. Tyvaso is regulated by the FDA as a drug-device combination product, consisting of Tyvaso drug product and the Tyvaso Inhalation System.

        Ventavis® (iloprost) is the only other FDA-approved inhaled prostacyclin analogue. Patients need to inhale Ventavis six to nine times per day via a nebulizer. According to its package insert, each Ventavis inhalation consists of four to ten minutes of continuous inhalation via the nebulizer. We completed an open-label study in the United States to investigate the clinical effects of switching

Remodulin.

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patients from Ventavis to Tyvaso. Patients in this study saved an average of approximately 1.4 hours per day when administering Tyvaso compared to Ventavis.

        Studies establishing effectiveness included predominately patients with functional class III symptoms (may not have symptoms at rest but activities are greatly limited by shortness of breath, fatigue, or near fainting). Tyvaso was generally well tolerated in our trials. The most common adverse events were transient cough, headache, nausea, dizziness and flushing. Tyvaso is also approved in Israel, where we commenced commercial sales during the second quarter of 2015.

    Orenitram

Orenitram is the only FDA approved, orally administeredFDA-approved, orally-administered prostacyclin analogue, and is the only oral PAH prostacyclin class therapy approved in the United States that is titratable to a maximum tolerated dose without a dose ceiling. We sell Orenitram to the same specialty pharmaceutical distributors in the United States that distribute RemodulinTyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, and Tyvaso.Remodulin. We recognized approximately $185.8$325.1 million, $157.2$306.1 million, and $118.4$293.1 million in Orenitram net product sales, representing 1117 percent, ten18 percent, and eight20 percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively. In 2013, the FDA approved Orenitram for treatment of PAH patients to improve exercise capacity. The primary study that supported efficacy of Orenitram was a 12-week monotherapy study in which PAH patients were not on any approved background PAH therapy. In August 2018, we announced that our clinical study of Orenitram called FREEDOM-EV had met its primary endpoint of delayed time to first clinical worsening event. In particular, the preliminary results showed that Orenitram, when taken with an oral PAH background therapy, decreased the risk of a clinical worsening event versus placebo by 25 percent (p=0.0391), driven by a 61 percent decrease in the risk of disease progression for patients taking Orenitram, when compared to placebo (p=0.0002). In October 2019, the FDA approved a supplement to the Orenitram NDA to update the product’s label to reflect the FREEDOM-EV results. As a result, Orenitram is indicated to delay disease progression and improve exercise capacity. Mortality rates were similar between Orenitram and placebo groups at the end of randomized treatment. However, in participants for whom data are available (89 percent), Orenitram was associated with a 37 percent decreased risk of mortality compared with placebo at study closure (p=0.0324). These mortality data are not reflected in the FDA-approved label because they include data accrued in the open-label extension study.
Secondary endpoints in the FREEDOM-EV study included changes from baseline in six-minute walk distance (6MWD), Borg dyspnea score (shortness of breath test), functional class, NT-proBNP levels, and combined 6MWD and Borg dyspnea score. Secondary endpoint data, which are not included in the updated FDA-approved labeling, are summarized below:
Change in 6MWD: The median 6MWD trended toward improvement at week 24 (Hodges-Lehmann treatment estimate: seven meters). Median 6MWD improved with Orenitram at weeks 36 (13 meters) and 48 (21 meters) compared to placebo.
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Change in Borg dyspnea score and WHO functional class:When classified categorically as “improved,” “no change,” or “deteriorated,” participants in the Orenitram group exhibited a significantly positive shift in Borg dyspnea score and WHO functional class compared to placebo at weeks 24, 36, and 48.
Change in NT-proBNP levels:NT-proBNP levels were significantly improved with Orenitram at weeks 24 and 36. Per the study protocol, NT-proBNP was not assessed at week 48.
Change in combined 6MWD and Borg dyspnea score: Combined 6MWD and Borg dyspnea score was significantly improved with Orenitram when assessed at week 24 compared to placebo.
In 2020, we published the results of a retrospective study in which a competing therapy, selexipag, was associated with 67 percent higher PAH-associated healthcare costs on average, during the first six months of therapy, compared to Orenitram. Selexipag and Orenitram are the only FDA-approved oral prostacyclin-class therapies.
The studies that established efficacy included predominately patients with functional class II-III symptoms and etiologies of idiopathic or heritable PAH (75(66 percent) or PAH associated with connective tissue disease (19(26 percent). The most common side effects observed in our clinical studies were headache, nausea, and diarrhea.

Orenitram is currently only approved in the United States.

In February 2018, we settled patent litigation with Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. (Actavis) relating(Actavis) related to its ANDA seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of Orenitram in the United States. Under the terms of this settlement, Actavis will be permitted tomay launch its generic version of Orenitram in the United States beginning in June 2027, although Actavis may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. In May 2022, we settled litigation with ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ANI) regarding its ANDA seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of Orenitram. Under the settlement agreement, ANI can market its generic version of Orenitram in the United States beginning in December 2027, although it may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances.For further detail, see the section below entitledPatents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.

Adcirca

Adcirca is a PDE-5 inhibitor, the active pharmaceutical ingredient of which is tadalafil. Tadalafil is also the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Cialis®Cialis®, which is marketed by Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly)(Lilly) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. We acquired the commercial rights to Adcirca for the treatment of PAH in the United States from Lilly in 2008. We sell Adcirca at prices established by Lilly, which are at parity with Cialis pricing. We recognized approximately $419.7$41.3 million, $372.2$55.9 million, and $278.8$67.3 million in Adcirca net product sales, representing 24two percent, 23three percent, and 19four percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively.

In 2009, the FDA approved Adcirca with a recommended dose of 40 mg, making it the only once-daily PDE-5 inhibitor for the treatment of PAH. Adcirca is indicated to improve exercise ability in patients with PAH. Studies establishing effectiveness included predominately patients with functional class II-III symptoms. Headaches were the most commonly reported side effect.

        Prior to the approval of Adcirca, Revatio®, which is marketed by Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), was the only PDE-5 inhibitor approved for the treatment of PAH. Sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Revatio, is also the active ingredient in Viagra®, which is marketed by Pfizer for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.

In 2012, several companies launched generic formulations of sildenafil citrate. Revatio and generic sildenafil citrate are dosed three times daily.

        In September 2014, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead)August 2018, Mylan N.V. announced the results of a study of ambrisentan (an ETRA) and tadalafil in PAH patients as a first-line combination treatment, compared to treating PAH patients with only ambrisentan or tadalafil. In the study, first-line treatment with both therapies reduced the risk of clinical failure (a composite endpoint that incorporates clinical worsening events—


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death, hospitalization and disease worsening—and a component of unsatisfactory long-term clinical response) compared to a monotherapy treatment by 50 percent. Based on these results, in October 2015, the FDA approved an update to the new drug application (NDA) for Letairis® (ambrisentan), permitting the use of Letairis in combination with tadalafil for PAH to reduce the risks of disease progression and hospitalization for worsening PAH, and to improve exercise ability.

        A U.S. patent for Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension expired in November 2017. Lilly has two additional patents expiring in April and November 2020, respectively, covering Adcirca and claiming pharmaceutical compositions and free drug particulate forms (the 2020 Patents). The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Final Written Decision finding these patents invalid as the result of aninter partes review (IPR) proceeding initiated by Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Lilly's appeal of the PTAB's decision is pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In May 2017, we amended our license agreement with Lilly relating to Adcirca to clarify and extend the term of the agreement and to amend the economic terms of the agreement following the expiration of a patent covering Adcirca in November 2017. As a result of this amendment, beginning December 1, 2017, our royalty rate on net product sales of Adcirca increased from five percent to ten percent, and we are required to make milestone payments to Lilly equal to $325,000 for each $1,000,000 in net product sales. Adcirca's cost of product sales as a percentage of Adcirca's net product sales has increased significantly since December 1, 2017 due to these cost increases. In the event that Lilly prevails in one or both of the appeals noted above: (a) the previous five percent royalty rate will apply and the effective date of the new payment structure will be deferred until the expiration, lapse, abandonment or invalidation of the last claim of the 2020 Patents covering commercialization of Adcirca for pulmonary hypertension; and (b) to the extent we had previously paid amounts in excess of five percent, those amounts will be refunded by Lilly. The FDA has already tentatively approved ANDAs filed by at least two generic companies to market generic versions of Adcirca following the expiration of the November 2017 patent. However, the FDA granted Lilly's request for pediatric exclusivity, which provides an additional six-month exclusivity period through May 2018. As a result, following the expiration of regulatory exclusivity in May 2018, we anticipate the launch of its generic versionsversion of Adcirca, resultingwhich resulted in decreased Adcirca sales, which will likely lead to a material adverse impact on Adcirca revenue. Asnet product sales. Additional companies launched generic versions of Adcirca in February 2019. In June 2020, we amended the term of our Adcirca license agreement with Lilly expires on the latest to occur of: (1) expiration, lapse, cancellation, abandonment or invalidation of the last claim to expire within a Lilly patent covering the commercialization of Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States; (2) expiration of any government-conferred exclusivity rights to use Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States; or (3)extend its term through December 31, 2020.

2023. For further detail, see the section below entitled Patents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.

Product to Treat CancerUnituxin

In March 2015, the FDA approved our Biologics License Application (BLA)(BLA) for Unituxin, in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, (GM-CSF), interleukin-2, (IL-2), and 13-cis-retinoic acid, (RA), for the treatment of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma (a rare form of pediatric cancer) who achieve at least a partial response to prior first-line multiagent, multimodality therapy. Unituxin is a chimeric monoclonal antibody composed of a combination of mouse and human DNA monoclonal antibody that induces antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, a mechanism of cell-mediated immunity whereby the immune system actively targets a cell that has been bound by specific antibodies. Unituxin therapy is associated with severe side effects, including infections, infusion reactions, hypokalemia, hypotension, pain, fever, and capillary leak syndrome.

        We commenced U.S. In November 2018, we received approval from Health Canada to market Unituxin, and we launched commercial sales of the product in Canada in late 2019. In June 2021, our Japanese distributor obtained approval to market Unituxin in the third quarter of 2015. Japan, and launched commercial sales shortly thereafter.

We recognized approximately $76.0$182.9 million, $62.5$202.3 million, and $20.5$122.9 million in Unituxin net product sales, representing fournine percent, four12 percent, and oneeight percent of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively.

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Research and Development

We focus most of our research and development efforts on the following near-term pipeline programs (intended to result in product launches in the 2018-2021 timeframe) and medium-term pipeline programs (intended to result in product launches in the 2022-2025 timeframe).programs. We are also engagedengage in a variety of additional medium- and long-term research and development efforts, including technologies designed to increase the supply of transplantable organs and tissues and improve outcomes for transplant recipients through regenerative medicine, 3-D organ bioprinting, xenotransplantation, biomechanical lungs and ex-vivoex vivo lung perfusion.

Near-Term

Select Pipeline Programs (2018-2021)

Product
Mode of DeliveryIndicationCurrent Status
STUDY NAME
Our Territory
Implantable System for
Remodulin
Continuous intravenous via implantable pumpPAHPending regulatory
approval
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan

RemUnity (treprostinil)


Continuous subcutaneous via pre-filled, semi-disposable system


PAH


Pre-NDA


Worldwide

OreniPlus (Orenitram in
combination with approved background therapy)


Oral


PAH (decrease morbidity and mortality)


Phase IV
FREEDOM-EV


Worldwide

Tysuberprost (esuberaprost in
combination with Tyvaso)


Oral (esuberaprost) Inhaled (Tyvaso)


PAH (decrease morbidity and mortality)


Phase III
BEAT


North America, Europe, Mexico, South America, Egypt, India, Israel, South Africa and Australia

RemoPro (pain-free
subcutaneous Remodulin prodrug)


Continuous subcutaneous


PAH


Pre-Clinical


Worldwide

Dinutuximab


Intravenous


Small cell lung cancer


Phase II/III
DISTINCT


Worldwide

Tyvaso-ILD (treprostinil)


Inhaled


Pulmonary hypertension associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (WHO Group 3)


Phase III
INCREASE


Worldwide

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Medium-Term Pipeline Programs (2022-2025)

ProductMode of DeliveryIndicationCurrent Status

STUDY NAME
Our Territory
Tyvaso (treprostinil)InhaledPulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (WHO Group 3)Phase III
PERFECT
Worldwide

Aurora-GT (eNOS gene
therapy)
RemoPro™
(subcutaneous prodrug)

Continuous subcutaneous

IntravenousPAH

Phase 1

PAHWorldwide


Phase II/III
SAPPHIRE


United States

OreniLeft
Tyvaso (treprostinil)

Inhaled

OralIPF

Phase 3 TETON studies

Pulmonary hypertension associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (WHO Group 2)Worldwide

Ralinepag
(IP receptor agonist)

Oral
PAH
Phase III
SOUTHPAW3
ADVANCE studies

Worldwide, subject to out-licenses granted in certain Asian countries

Worldwide

Implantable System for Remodulin

RemoPro
We are working with Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) onconducting a program to develop Medtronic's proprietary intravascular infusion catheter to be used with its SynchroMed® II implantable infusion pump and related infusion system components (together referred to as the Implantable System for Remodulin) in order to deliver Remodulin for the treatmentseries of PAH. The SynchroMed II device is already approved for delivery of medication to treat neuropathic pain. With our funding, Medtronic completed the DelIVery clinical trial, which studied the safety of the Implantable System for Remodulin. The primary objective was to demonstrate a rate of catheter-related complications below 2.5 per 1,000 patient-days while using the Implantable System for Remodulin. In 2013, Medtronic informed us that this primary objective was met. If the Implantable System for Remodulin is approved, the technology has the potential to reduce many of the patient burdens and other complications associated with the use of external pumps to administer prostacyclin analogues. In order to launch the Implantable System for Remodulin in the United States, we are pursuing parallel regulatory filings with Medtronic relating to the device and the drug, respectively. Medtronic's premarket approval application (PMA) for the device was approved by the FDA in December 2017. We resubmitted our NDA for the use of Remodulin in the implantable pump on January 30, 2018, and we anticipate a two-month review period.

        Medtronic is entirely responsible for regulatory approvals and all manufacturing and quality systems related to its infusion pump and related components. Medtronic entered into a consent decree citing violations of the quality system regulation for medical devices and requiring it to stop manufacturing, designing and distributing SynchroMed II implantable infusion pump systems, except in limited circumstances, until the FDA determines that Medtronic has met all the provisions listed in the consent decree. During the fourth quarter of 2017, Medtronic was notified by the FDA that these provisions have been satisfied, and Medtronic has therefore been permitted to recommence manufacture and sale of the systems without limitation, but certain other elements of the consent decree remain in effect, such as the requirements to comply with a remediation plan and to submit to periodic auditing of Medtronic's quality systems. Although we believe we will be permitted to launch


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the Implantable System for Remodulin following FDA approval, any non-compliance by Medtronic with its consent decree could interrupt its manufacture and sale of the device.

    RemUnity and RemoPro

        In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive agreement with DEKA Research & Development Corp. (DEKA)phase 1 studies to develop a pre-filled, semi-disposable system for subcutaneous delivery of treprostinil, which we call the RemUnity system. Under the terms of the agreement, we are funding the development costs related to the RemUnity system and will pay product fees and a single-digit royalty to DEKA based on commercial sales of the system and the treprostinil drug product sold for use with the system. The RemUnity system consists of a small, lightweight, durable pump that is intended to have a service life of at least three years. The RemUnity system uses disposable cartridges pre-filled with treprostinil, which can be connected to the pump with less patient manipulation than is typically involved in filling currently-available subcutaneous pumps. Currently, we are engaged in engineering, design and development efforts to optimize the RemUnity system to deliver treprostinil in pre-filled reservoirs, and intend to complete human factor studies and functionality testing in subjects before submitting an application to the FDA to approve the pre-filled RemUnity system.

        We are also engaged in pre-clinical development of a new prodrug of treprostinil called RemoPro, which is intended to enable subcutaneous delivery of treprostinil analog therapy without the site pain currently associated with subcutaneous Remodulin. AAs a prodrug, is a metabolically inactive compound that, after administration, metabolizes into an active compound. RemoPro is intendeddesigned to be inactive in the subcutaneous tissue, which shouldis intended to decrease or eliminate site pain. Once RemoPropain, and to metabolize into treprostinil or a treprostinil analog once it is absorbed into the blood, it metabolizes into treprostinil.

    Orenitram, OreniPlus blood.

Tyvaso — TETON studies
We are enrolling two phase 3 studies, called TETON 1 and OreniLeft

        In 2013, the FDA approved Orenitram TETON 2, of Tyvaso for the treatment of PAH patients to improve exercise capacity. The primary study that supported efficacy of Orenitram was a 12-week monotherapy study (FREEDOM-M) in which PAH patients were not on any approved background PAH therapy.

        In order for Orenitram to reach its full commercial potential, we believe we need to complete successfully further studies to support an amendment to Orenitram's label to indicate that Orenitram delays morbidity and/or mortality (also known as "time to clinical worsening") in PAH patients who are on an approved oral background therapy. We refer to this initiative to amend Orenitram's label as OreniPlus. As such, we are conducting a phase IV registration study calledFREEDOM-EV, which is intended to support such a label amendment if successful. Enrollment of this study was completed in December 2017, and we anticipate full results of the study will be available during the second half of 2018.

        We are also enrolling patients in a study of Orenitram (SOUTHPAW) to treat WHO Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (specifically associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction), which we refer to as OreniLeft. There are presently no FDA approved therapies indicated for treatment of WHO Group 2 pulmonary hypertension.

    Tysuberprost

        In 2012, we completed a phase I safety study of esuberaprost, a single-isomer orally bioavailable prostacyclin analogue, and the data suggested that dosing esuberaprost four times a day was tolerable. We believe that esuberaprost and treprostinil have differing prostacyclin receptor-binding profiles and are studying the potential safety and efficacy benefits for patients when used in combination. We also believe that inhaled treprostinil and oral esuberaprost have complementary pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles, which indicate that they should provide greater efficacy in combination. In March 2017, we completed enrollment of our phase III registration study calledBEAT (BEraprost 314d


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Add-on toTyvaso) to evaluate the clinical benefit and safety of esuberaprost in combination with Tyvaso for patients with PAH who show signs of deterioration on Tyvaso or have a less than optimal response to Tyvaso treatment. We refer to the resulting use of esuberaprost and Tyvaso therapies in combination with each other as Tysuberprost.

    Unituxin

        Under our BLA approval for Unituxin, the FDA has imposed certain post-marketing requirements and post-marketing commitments on us. We are conducting additional clinical and non-clinical studies to satisfy these requirements and commitments. While we believe we will be able to complete these studies, any failure to satisfy these requirements or commitments could result in penalties, including fines or withdrawal of Unituxin from the market, unless we are able to demonstrate good cause for the failure.

        In addition, we are conducting studies of Unituxin in adult patients with other forms of GD2-expressing cancers. We are currently enrolling the phase III portion of a phase II/III study calledDISTINCT, in patients with small cell lung cancer. During the fourth quarter of 2017, we completed the phase II portion of the study, and commenced the phase III portion of the study following an interim safety review. These research and development efforts into new indications for Unituxin have been substantially outsourced to a contract research organization called Precision Oncology, LLC.

        Unituxin therapy is associated with severe side effects, including infections, infusion reactions, hypokalemia, hypotension, pain, fever, and capillary leak syndrome. In post-approval use of Unituxin, the adverse reactions of prolonged urinary retention, transverse myelitis, and reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome have been observed. Unituxin's label also includes a boxed warning related to serious infusion reactions and neurotoxicity.

        Finally, we are developing a fully humanized (non-chimeric) version of dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin. This new version is expected to reduce some of the side effects associated with Unituxin, which is a chimeric composed of a combination of mouse and human proteins.

    Tyvaso and Tyvaso-ILD

        In October 2017, we received FDA approval of a supplement to our NDA for Tyvaso, covering a new inhalation device as part of the Tyvaso Inhalation System. The new device, called the TD-300/A, was designed based on physician and prescriber feedback, and is intended to aid patient compliance and enhance ease of use. We plan to launch the TD-300/A in 2018, which we believe will help reduce the rate of Tyvaso discontinuation associated with the current device. In addition to the TD-300/A, we are engaged in research and development efforts into new devices to further optimize the delivery of inhaled treprostinil.

        We are enrolling a phase III registration study calledINCREASE, which is a study of Tyvaso in patients with WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (specifically associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema), which we refer to as Tyvaso-ILD. We are also planning a phase III registration study calledPERFECT (Pulmonary hypertensionEnRichment studyFor theEvaluation ofCOPD withTyvaso), which is a study of Tyvaso in patients with WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There are presently no FDA approved therapies indicated for treatment of WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension.

    Aurora-GT

        We are enrolling a phase II/III study (calledSAPPHIRE) of a gene therapy product called Aurora-GT, in which a PAH patient's own endothelial progenitor cells are isolated, transfected with the


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gene for human endothelial NO-synthase (eNOS), expanded ex-vivo and then delivered to the same patient. This product is intended to rebuild the blood vessels in the lungs that are destroyed by PAH. This studyIPF. TETON 1 is being conducted entirely in Canada, and is sponsored by Northern Therapeutics, Inc., a Canadian entity in which we have a 49.7 percent voting stake and a 71.8 percent financial stake. We have the exclusive right to pursue this technology in the United States and Canada, and TETON 2 is being conducted outside the United States and Canada. The primary endpoint of both studies is the change in absolute forced vital capacity (FVC) from baseline to week 52. The TETON 1 study enrolled its first patient in June 2021, and the TETON 2 study enrolled its first patient in October 2022.

The TETON studies were prompted by data from the INCREASE study of Tyvaso in PH-ILD, which demonstrated improvements in certain key parameters of lung function in pulmonary hypertension patients with fibrotic lung disease (improved absolute FVC and reduced exacerbations of underlying lung disease). Specifically, in the INCREASE study, treatment with Tyvaso resulted in significant improvements in percent predicted FVC at weeks 8 and 16, with subjects having an underlying etiology of IPF showing the greatest improvement (week 8: 2.5%; p=0.0380 and week 16: 3.5%; p=0.0147). Consistent positive effects were also observed in patients with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and environmental/occupational lung disease. In May 2022, data from the INCREASE open-label, long-term extension trial were presented at a medical conference, indicating that improvements in FVC were sustained for at least 64 weeks for PH-ILD patients with underlying IPF. For those patients who received placebo during the INCREASE study, marked improvements in FVC were observed following transition to active Tyvaso during the open-label extension study. These data points, combined with substantial preclinical evidence of antifibrotic activity of treprostinil, suggest that Tyvaso may offer a treatment option for patients with IPF.
In December 2020, the FDA granted orphan designation for treprostinil to treat IPF. In March 2022, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) also granted orphan designation for treprostinil to treat IPF.
If the TETON studies are successful, we also plan to seek FDA approval to expand the Tyvaso DPI label to include IPF.
Ralinepag
Ralinepag is a next-generation, oral, selective, and potent prostacyclin receptor agonist that we are developing for treatment of Aurora-GT ifSAPPHIREPAH. We are enrolling two phase 3 studies of ralinepag: (1) ADVANCE OUTCOMES, which is successful.

    an event-driven study of ralinepag in PAH patients with a primary endpoint of time to first clinical worsening event; and (2) ADVANCE CAPACITY, studying the effect of ralinepag on exercise capacity in PAH patients with a primary endpoint of change in peak oxygen uptake via cardiopulmonary exercise test.Both of these studies are global, multi-center, placebo-controlled trials of patients on approved oral background PAH therapies.

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Organ Manufacturing

Each year, end stageend-stage organ failure kills millions of people. A significant number of these patients could have benefited from an organ transplant. Unfortunately, the number of usable, donated organs available for transplantation has not grown significantly over the past half century while the need has soared. Our long-term goals are aimed at addressing this shortage. With advances in technology, we believe that creating an unlimited supply of tolerable manufactured organs is now principally an engineering challenge, and we are dedicated to finding engineering solutions. Since 2011, we have beenWe are engaged in research and development of a variety of technologies designed to increase the supply of transplantable organs and tissues and to improve outcomes for transplant recipients. These programs include preclinical research and development of alternative tissue sourcesrecipients through tissue and organ xenotransplantation, regenerative medicine, biomechanical lungs,3-D organ bioprinting, xenotransplantation, and other technologiesex vivo lung perfusion.
In 2019, we entered into a collaboration agreement with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to create engineered organsdevelop a pilot-scale, designated pathogen-free facility to house genetically-modified pigs, with a goal of commencing human clinical trials of xenotransplanted kidneys we call UKidneys™ from pigs to humans in the near term. In August 2020, UAB began to conduct operations at the facility with the first introduction of genetically modified pigs, and organ tissues. Although our primary focus is on engineered lungs, we arein March 2021, the facility received its recertification of compliance from the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. We also developing technology for other engineered organs, such as kidneyshave sponsored research agreements with Johns Hopkins University, New York University (NYU), and hearts, and our manufactured lungs, kidneys and hearts have set records for viability in FDA-required animal models. Most recently, in February 2018 we reached a significant milestone by achieving 30-day survivalUniversity of Maryland Baltimore to conduct preclinical testing of our genetically modified porcine lungs in FDA-required animal models. We are also developing technologies to improve outcomes for lung transplant recipientsxenografts, which have been generating data regarding our UKidneys, UThymoKidneys™, and to increase the supply of donor lungs through ex-vivo lung perfusion. UHearts™.
While we continue to develop and commercialize therapies for rare and life-threatening conditions, we view organ manufacturing as the ultimate technologya complementary solution for a broad array of diseases, many of which (such as PAH) have proven incurable thus farto date through more traditional pharmaceutical and biologic therapies. For this reason, in 2015 we created a wholly-owned public benefit corporationPBC called Lung Biotechnology PBC, chartered with the express purpose "to addressof “address[ing] the acute national shortage of transplantable lungs and other organs with a variety of technologies that either delay the need for such organs or expand the supply."

    Research” It is also why we included the development of “technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs” as part of our express public benefit purpose when we converted United Therapeutics to a PBC in 2021.

Recently, we and Development Expenditures

our collaborators announced several key achievements in our organ manufacturing program:

First Successful Xenotransplantation of a Porcine Heart: In January 2022, University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeons successfully transplanted an experimental, genetically-modified UHeart into a living human under an expanded access authorization by the FDA. The patient survived for approximately two months with the UHeart. In June 2022, data from this procedure were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Successful UKidney and UHeart Tests in Preclinical Human Models: In September 2021, collaborators at NYU and UAB tested UThymoKidneys and UKidneys from our genetically modified pigs in brain-dead organ donors, providing preclinical evidence that genetically modified pig organs could transcend the most proximate immunological barriers to xenotransplantation. Results of the UAB experiment were published in the American Journal of Transplantation in January 2022, and results of the NYU experiments were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2022.
In June and July 2022, collaborators at NYU tested two UHearts from our genetically modified pigs in brain-dead organ donors. In each case, normal function was observed for our UHearts over a three-day study period, without signs of early rejection.
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: To date, nearly 300 patients have received lung transplants following use of our centralized ex vivo lung perfusion service. Ex vivo lung perfusion technology increases the number of transplantable lungs by giving surgeons the ability to assess the function of marginal lungs to determine if the lungs are suitable for transplantation. This allows for the use of lungs that would have otherwise not been transplanted.
Drone Delivery of Organs: In October 2021, we successfully completed the first-ever drone delivery of a lung for transplant at Toronto General Hospital, demonstrating the feasibility of our goal of delivering our manufactured organs with zero carbon footprint aircraft.
Aurora-GT
Our affiliate, Northern Therapeutics, Inc. (Northern Therapeutics), is conducting a Canadian clinical study (called SAPPHIRE) of a gene therapy product called Aurora-GT, in which a PAH patient’s own endothelial progenitor cells are isolated, transfected with the gene for human endothelial nitric oxide synthase, expanded ex vivo, and then delivered back to the same patient. This therapy is intended to rebuild the blood vessels in the lungs that are compromised by PAH. Northern Therapeutics is a Canadian entity in which we have a 49.7 percent voting stake and a 71.8 percent financial stake. Northern Therapeutics discontinued enrollment of new patients at the end of 2022 when we ceased funding the SAPPHIRE program. After reviewing the data from the SAPPHIRE study, which enrolled 12 patients and is expected to unblind in early 2024, we will decide whether to pursue a BLA for Aurora-GT, and Northern Therapeutics will consider whether to initiate further studies. We have incurred substantialthe exclusive right to pursue this technology in the United States. Under our agreement with Northern Therapeutics, we funded all of the expenses of the SAPPHIRE program through the end of 2022; thereafter, Northern Therapeutics is solely responsible for our research and development activities and expect to continue to do so in connection withall future costs of developing Aurora-GT outside the programs described above. For details regarding our research and development expenses, seePart II—Item 7—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Overview—Research and Development. During the years ended December 2017, 2016 and 2015, we incurred $264.6 million, $147.6 million and $245.1 million in research and development expenses.

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Sales and Marketing

Our marketing strategy for our commercial PAH and PH-ILD products is to use our sales and marketing teams to reach out to the prescriber community to: (1) increase PAH and PH-ILD awareness; (2) increase understanding of the progressive nature of PAH and the importance of early treatment; and (3) increase awareness of our commercial products and how they fit into the various stages of disease progression and treatment. During the second half of 2016, we consolidated and restructured our domestic sales force into a unified team that sells all of our PAH products, in order to better educate physicians about how our products can be used to create a "continuum of care" for treating patients across all stages of the


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disease. Previously, our sales and marketing personnel were divided into two teams that sold different PAH products.

Distribution of Commercial Products

United States Distribution of Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso,Remunity Pump, Orenitram, and Unituxin

We distribute Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvasothe Remunity Pump, and Orenitram throughout the United States through two contracted specialty pharmaceutical distributors: Accredo Health Group, Inc. and its affiliates including Curascript SD(Accredo) and Caremark, L.L.C. (CVS Specialty Distribution (collectively Accredo), and CVS Caremark (Caremark)). TheseThese distributors are required to maintain certain minimum inventory levels in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply to patients who are prescribed our therapies. We compensate Accredo and CaremarkCVS Specialty on a fee-for-service basis for certain ancillary services in connection with the distribution of these products. If any of our distribution agreements expire or terminate, we may, under certain circumstances, be required to repurchase any unsold Remodulin, Tyvaso or Orenitram inventory held by our distributors.

These specialty pharmaceutical distributors are responsible for assisting patients with obtaining reimbursement for the cost of our treprostinil-based products and providing other support services. Under our distribution agreements, we sell each of our treprostinil-based products to these distributors at a transfer price that we establish. We have also established patient assistance programs in the United States, which provide our treprostinil-based products to eligible uninsured or under-insured patients at no charge. Accredo and CaremarkCVS Specialty assist us with the administration of these programs.

We distribute Unituxin throughout the United States through an exclusive distribution agreement with ASD Specialty Healthcare, Inc. (ASD)(ASD), an affiliate of AmerisourceBergen Corporation. Under this agreement, we sell Unituxin to ASD at a transfer price that we establish, and we pay ASD fees for services provided in connection with the distribution and support of Unituxin.

To the extent we increase the price of any of these products, increases are typically in the single-digit percentages per year.

United States Distribution of Adcirca

Under our manufacturing and supply agreement with Lilly, (seePatents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses and Market Exclusivity—Agreements with Lilly Related to Adcirca below for more details), Lilly manufactures and distributes Adcirca on our behalf through Lilly'sits wholesaler network which includes Accredo and Caremark, in the same manner that it distributes its own pharmaceutical products. Under the terms of this agreement, we take title to Adcirca upon completion of its manufacture by Lilly. Adcirca is shipped to customers in accordance with purchase orders received by Lilly. Upon shipment, Lilly sends an invoice and collects the amount due from the customer subject to customary discounts and rebates, if any. Although Lilly provides these services on our behalf, we maintain the risk of loss as it pertains to inventory, product returns, and non-payment of invoices. The manufacturing and supply agreement will continue in effect until the December 31, 2023 expiration or earlier termination of our license agreement for Adcirca. Lilly retains authority under the license agreement for all regulatory activities with respect to Adcirca, as well as its retail pricing, which has been and is expected to remain at price parity with Cialis. Since receiving FDA approval of Adcirca, Lilly has generally increased the net wholesale price of Adcirca two or three times each year by approximately nine to ten percent each time. We have also established a patient assistance program in the United States, which provides Adcirca to eligible uninsured or under-insured patients at no charge.


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    International Distribution of Tyvaso, Remodulin, Orenitram, and Tyvaso

Unituxin

We currently sell Remodulin outside the United States to various distributors, each of which has exclusive distribution rights in one or more countries within Europe, Israel and the Middle East, Asia, and South and Central America. Our primary distributor outside the United States is Grupo Ferrer Internacional, S.A. (Ferrer), which holds Remodulin marketing authorization rights in many of these territories. We also sell nebulized Tyvaso commercially to a distributordistributors that hashave exclusive distribution rights in Argentina and Israel. We also plan to sell nebulized Tyvaso through an exclusive distributor in Japan, where the product was approved in late 2022. We also distribute Remodulin and Unituxin in Canada through a specialty pharmaceutical wholesaler. In some of the European markets where we are not licensed to market Remodulin, such as SpainTaiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, we sell (but doRemodulin is available, but not market) Remodulinmarketed, on a named-patientnamed patient basis in which therapies are approved for individual patients by a national medical review board, hospital, or health plan on a case-by-case basis. WeSimilar named-patient programs are also maintain similar named patient programsavailable for Tyvaso in certain countries.

    We entered into exclusive agreements with Ferrer to distribute Orenitram and Tyvaso throughout the territories where it also has distribution rights for Remodulin. Initial feedback from the EMA has indicated that approval of either Orenitram or Tyvaso would require another large clinical trial of the applicable product. As such, the likelihood of commercially launching these products in Europe is remote. We distribute Unituxin in Japan through a third-party distributor that obtained Japanese marketing authorization during the second quarter of 2021.

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Patents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity

Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection for our products, preserve trade secrets, prevent third parties from infringing upon our proprietary rights, and operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others in the United States and worldwide. Many of these proprietary rights stem from licenses and other strategic relationships with third parties. In addition to intellectual property rights, U.S. and international regulatory authorities often provide periods of market exclusivity for manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products.

Patents provide the owner with a right to exclude others from practicing an invention. Patents may cover the active ingredients, uses, formulations, doses, administrations, delivery mechanisms, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of a product. The period of patent protection for any given product generally depends on the expiration date of various patents and may differ from country to country according to the type of patents, the scope of coverage, and the remedies for infringement available in a country. Most of our commercial products and investigational products are protected by patents that expire on varying dates.

Significant legal questions exist concerning the extent and scope of patent protection for biopharmaceutical products and processes in the United States and elsewhere. Accordingly, there is no certainty that patent applications owned or licensed by us will be issued as patents, or that our issued patents will afford meaningful protection against competitors. Once issued, patents are subject to challenge through both administrative and judicial proceedings in the United States and other countries. Such proceedings include re-examinations,inter partesreviews (IPR), post-grant reviews, and interference proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Litigation may be required to enforce, defend, or obtain our patent and other intellectual property rights. Any administrative proceeding or litigation could require a significant commitment of our resources and, depending on outcome, could adversely affect the scope, validity, or enforceability of certain of our patent or other proprietary rights.

Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram Proprietary Rights

We have a number of issued patents and pending patent applications covering our treprostinil-based products, Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram. We have been granted threetwo unexpired patents relatingrelated to manufacturingthe manufacture of treprostinil that expire in 2028 and are listed in the FDA'sFDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book (see Orange Book below), for Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram. OneBoth of these patents has been held invalid byare subject to the PTAB following an IPR proceeding, asproceedings discussed below underGeneric Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.


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In addition to the treprostinil patents noted above, we have other patents specific to our individual treprostinil-based products, including the following:

Remodulin.Tyvaso.We have been granted three U.S. patents covering an improved diluent for Remodulin, which expire in 2028 and 2029. We have another patent covering intravenous administration of Remodulin with certain diluents, which expires in 2024. All four of these patents are listed in the Orange Book.

Tyvaso.We have been granted two U.S. patents, as well as patents in other countries, for Tyvaso that cover methods of treating PAH by inhaled delivery. These patents will expire in the United States in 2018 and in various countries throughout the world in 2020. We have also been granted two patents directed to a method of treating pulmonary hypertension and a kit for treating pulmonary hypertension. These two patents expire in 2028 and are listed in the Orange Book. Counterparts to these two patents are issued in several other countries. BothWe have also been granted two patents on methods of treating pulmonary hypertension by administering treprostinil by inhalation, which expire in 2024. These two patents are subjectalso listed in the Orange Book.
Tyvaso DPI. We have three Orange Book-listed patents that we license from MannKind directed to the composition of Tyvaso DPI drug product, which expire in 2025, 2030, and 2035, respectively. We have another issued patent listed in the Orange Book directed to a method of treating pulmonary hypertension, which expires in 2027. Counterparts to these patents are issued in several other countries. Additionally, our license agreement with MannKind includes rights to a substantial portfolio of additional issued U.S. and international patents related to a component of the drug product and methods of making the drug product, which expire at various dates through 2035, and pending applications that, if issued, could extend protection to 2042 or beyond.
Remodulin. We have been granted three U.S. patents covering an ongoing IPR proceeding, as discussed below under Generic Competitionimproved diluent for Remodulin, which expire in 2028 and 2029. We have another patent covering intravenous administration of Remodulin with certain diluents, which expires in 2024. We have been granted two patents covering a treprostinil formulation with a citrate buffer, which expire in 2024. We have been granted another patent covering a method of treating pulmonary hypertension by administering treprostinil at a certain rate intravenously, which expires in 2024. All seven of these patents are listed in the Orange Book.
Orenitram.

Orenitram.Our patents for Orenitram cover methods of use for treating PAH, orally administered formulations, controlled moisture storage and manufacturing methods, as well as those covering controlled release formulations licensed to us by Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Supernus)(Supernus). These patents will expire in the United States between 2024 and 2031 and in various countries throughout the world between 2024 and 2030.

We have additional pending U.S. and international patent applications relatingrelated to Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram.

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Orange Book

In seeking approval of a drug through an NDA or upon issuance of new patents following approval of an NDA, applicants are required to submit to the FDA each patent that has claims covering the applicant'sapplicant’s product or a method of using the product. Each of the patents submitted is then published in the Orange Book. SeeGovernmental Regulation—Patent Term and Regulatory Exclusivity below for further details. Remodulin currently has sevennine unexpired Orange Book-listed patents with expiration dates ranging from 2024 to 2029. Tyvaso currently has eightsix unexpired Orange Book listedBook-listed patents expiring in 2028. Tyvaso DPI currently has six unexpired Orange Book-listed patents with expiration dates ranging from 20182025 to 2028.2035. Orenitram currently has thirteentwelve unexpired Orange Book listed patents with expiration dates ranging from 2024 to 2031. Additional patent applications are pending, and if granted, may be eligible for listing in the Orange Book.

Regulatory Exclusivity

        Remodulin's regulatory exclusivity in the United States

Tyvaso and Europe has expired. Tyvaso DPI.In 2010, the FDA granted orphan drug designation for Tyvaso, which resulted in an orphan exclusivity period that expired in July 2016. In 2004,March 2021, the EMAFDA granted Tyvaso three-year clinical trial exclusivity for PH-ILD as a result of the INCREASE study and the expansion of the Tyvaso label to include a PH-ILD indication. This exclusivity period will extend through March 2024, and also covers Tyvaso DPI for PH-ILD. In 2004, the European Commission designated Tyvaso an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of both PAH and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, which would confer a ten-year exclusivity period commencing if and when we obtain marketing approval. AsIn December 2020, the FDA granted orphan designation for treprostinil for treatment of IPF. Thus, if our TETON studies are successful and the FDA approves a result ofsupplemental NDA to update the Tyvaso and/or Tyvaso DPI labeling to include an IPF indication, the FDA approval of our NDA for Orenitram as a new dosage form, Orenitram had three years of marketshould grant seven-year orphan drug exclusivity for PAH, which expired in December 2016. A request forthis new indication. The EMA has also granted orphan drug designation for Orenitram was denied by the FDA, and we are currently challenging that denialtreprostinil to treat IPF.
Remodulin.Regulatory exclusivity for Remodulin in litigation pending before the United States District Courtand Europe has expired.
Orenitram.In November 2019, following approval of our supplemental NDA to reflect the FREEDOM-EV results in the Orenitram label, the FDA granted orphan exclusivity for the District of Columbia.

    new indication that Orenitram delays disease progression in PAH patients. This exclusivity expires in October 2026.

Supernus License

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Orenitram for PAH, and we would be obligated to make additional milestone payments if we develop Orenitram for a second indication. In addition, the agreement provides that we will pay a single-digit percentage royalty based on net worldwide sales. ThisThe term of this royalty will be paid for approximately twelve years commencing with the first product sale, which occurred inexpires during the second quarter of 2014.

    2026.

Generic Competition

and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights

Remodulin—Generic Competition
We settled litigation with Sandoz, Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's, relating to their ANDAs seeking FDA approval to market generic versions of Remodulin before the expiration of certain of our U.S. patents. Under the terms of our settlement agreements, Inc. (Sandoz can market its generic version of Remodulin in the United States beginning in June 2018, and Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's can each launch their generic versions in the United States beginning in December 2018, although each of these companies may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. We also settled litigation with Actavis relating) related to its ANDA seeking FDA approval to market a generic version of Remodulin and in March 2019, Sandoz announced the availability of its generic product in the United States. We have also entered into similar settlement agreements with other generic companies, some of which have also launched sales of generic versions of Remodulin. Through December 31, 2022, we have seen limited erosion of Remodulin sales as a result of generic treprostinil competition in the United States. We are currently engaged in litigation with Sandoz and its marketing partner, RareGen (now a subsidiary of Liquidia Corporation, the parent company of Liquidia Technologies, Inc. (Liquidia)), related to the infusion devices used to deliver Remodulin subcutaneously. We understand that generic treprostinil was initially launched by Sandoz/RareGen for use only by intravenous administration. In May 2021, Sandoz/Liquidia Corporation announced that Sandoz’s generic treprostinil has been made available for subcutaneous use, following FDA clearance of a cartridge that can deliver the product via the Smiths Medical CADD MS-3 pump. See Note 14—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements included in this Report.
Regulatory authorities in various European countries began approving generic versions of Remodulin in 2018, followed by pricing approvals and commercial launches in most of these countries in 2019 and 2020. As a result, our international Remodulin revenues have decreased compared to the period prior to generic launch, due to increased competition and a reduction in our contractual transfer price for Remodulin sold by certain international distributors for sales in countries in which the pricing of Remodulin is impacted by the generic competition.
Tyvaso and Orenitram—Potential Future Generic Competition
We settled litigation with Watson and Actavis related to their ANDAs seeking FDA approval to market generic versions of nebulized Tyvaso and Orenitram, respectively, before the expiration of certain of our U.S. patents. Under the terms of this settlement agreement,agreements, Watson and Actavis can market itstheir generic versionversions of Remodulinnebulized Tyvaso and Orenitram in the United States beginning in January 2026 and June 2027, respectively, although Actavisthey may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances.

        We are engaged in In May 2022, we settled litigation with Watson Laboratories, Inc. (Watson), based onANI regarding its ANDA seeking to market a generic version of Tyvaso before the expiration of certain of our U.S. patents at various dates from November 2018 through December 2028. In addition, Watson filed IPR petitions seeking to invalidate the claims of two of our patents that expire in 2028 and relate to Tyvaso, and on January 11, 2018, the PTAB issued decisions to institute IPR proceedings with respect to both patents.

        Finally, SteadyMed Ltd. (SteadyMed) filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate the claims of one of our patents that expires in December 2028 and relates to treprostinil (U.S. Patent No. 8,497,393, which we refer to as the '393 patent), which is the active ingredient in Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram. In March 2017, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in this matter, finding that all claims of the '393 patent are not patentable. In May 2017, we appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's Final Written Decision. In February 2018, we submitted a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit decision. The '393 patent remains valid and enforceable until all appeals have been exhausted. We are currently asserting the '393 patent (along with several other patents) against Watson in connection with its efforts to obtainFDA approval to market a generic version of Tyvaso.

        In January 2016, SteadyMed announced thatOrenitram. Under the FDA had granted orphan drug designation for Trevyent®, which is a single-use, pre-filled pump intended to deliver a two-day supplysettlement agreements, ANI can market its generic version of treprostinil subcutaneously using SteadyMed's PatchPump® technology. In June 2017, SteadyMed submitted an NDA to the FDA seeking approval of Trevyent for the treatment of PAH. In August 2017, SteadyMed announced receipt of a refuse-to-file letter from the FDA, in which the FDA refused to accept SteadyMed's NDA for review, requested further information on certain device specifications and required performance testing and additional design verification and validation testing on the final, to-be-marketed Trevyent product. SteadyMed has indicated it plans to resubmit its NDA by the end of 2018.

        We intend to continue vigorously defending the '393 patent, but even if the ultimate result is unfavorable to us, we have other patents covering subject matters similar to the '393 patent and with the same expiration date (December 2028). Specifically, in March 2017, the USPTO awarded us two additional patents related to the '393 patent, U.S. Patent Nos. 9,593,066 and 9,604,901. We prosecuted the applications that resulted in these new patents in parallel with the '393 patent IPR proceedings and presented claims addressing the invalidity arguments raised by SteadyMed in the '393 patent IPR proceedings and by Watson in our ongoing litigation. The USPTO allowed the new patent claims with


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full knowledge of the '393 patent IPR proceedings, the invalidity arguments presented therein, and the invalidity arguments raised by Watson in connection with the '393 patent. Thus, we anticipate that these new patents should be less susceptible to challenge than the '393 patent. We have listed both of these new patents in the Orange Book for Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram and may in the future decide to assert these patents against any competitor marketing or seeking approval to market generic versions of Remodulin, Tyvaso or Orenitram. Following the Final Written Decision in the '393 patent IPR, SteadyMed asked the PTAB to invalidate the new patents because SteadyMed claimed that the new patents' claims are patentably indistinct from the '393 patent claims. The PTAB denied SteadyMed's request. Thus, SteadyMed must petition the PTAB to request new IPR proceedings if it wishes to attempt to invalidate the patents issued in March 2017. SteadyMed also asked the PTAB to assert jurisdiction over additional new patent applications we filed related to the '393 patent that are pending before the USPTO and hold that the claims are patentably indistinct over the claims of the '393 patent. The PTAB denied SteadyMed's request. As a result, the USPTO could potentially award us additional patents based on these applications.

        For further details regarding the Watson, Actavis and SteadyMed matters, please see Note 16—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements.

        As a result of our settlements with Sandoz, Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's, we expect to see generic competition for Remodulin from these companies in the United States beginning in June 2018 (Sandoz) and December 2018 (Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's) (or2027, although it may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances). The two patents granted in March 2017 will not impact circumstances. Competition from

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these settlements allowing generic competition for Remodulin. This increased competitioncompanies could reduce our net product sales and profits. See Note 14—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements included in this Report.
Liquidia—Yutrepia
We are engaged in patent litigation with Liquidia concerning three patents related to Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI. The litigation is proceeding in parallel in two fora: (1) federal court; and (2) the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
As background, in January 2020 Liquidia submitted its initial NDA to the FDA for approval of Yutrepia™, a dry powder formulation of treprostinil for inhalation. The Yutrepia NDA was submitted under the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway with Tyvaso as the reference listed drug and received tentative approval from the FDA in November 2021. If and when Liquidia launches commercial sales of Yutrepia, it would compete directly with Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, and our other treprostinil-based products.
Following the initial submission of the Yutrepia NDA, we filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Liquidia for infringement of three of our patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,604,901 (the ’901 patent), 9,593,066 (the ’066 patent), and 10,716,793 (the ’793 patent). In addition, whileDecember 2021, we filed a stipulation that the ’901 patent would not be infringed by Liquidia based on the court’s claim construction ruling. Trial was held during March 2022 on the ’066 patent and the ’793 patent, and we received the court’s decision in August 2022. The court found that Liquidia’s product would infringe the ’793 patent and that Liquidia had not proved that any claim of that patent is invalid. The court also determined that Liquidia had proved that certain claims of the ’066 patent were invalid and that we had not proved Liquidia’s infringement of another ’066 patent claim. Accordingly, the court issued a final judgment that bars the FDA from approving Liquidia’s approved product until expiration of the ’793 patent in May 2027. The parties have each appealed portions of the decision adverse to them, and those appeals are pending.
Separately, Liquidia has been attempting to invalidate these patents by filing petitions for IPR with the PTAB. Challengers in IPR proceedings have a lower burden of proof (preponderance of the evidence) relative to district court litigation (clear and convincing evidence) to successfully challenge the validity of patent claims.
‘066 patent: In October 2020, the PTAB declined to institute IPR proceedings relating to this patent because Liquidia failed to establish a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on any claim of this patent.
‘901 patent: In October 2021, the PTAB issued a final written decision on Liquidia’s IPR relating to this patent. The PTAB upheld the patentability of two of the claims of this patent, one of which was being asserted against Liquidia in the district court litigation, and found that seven other claims of this patent were unpatentable. We have appealed the PTAB’s decision, and the appeal is pending. All claims of this patent remain valid until any IPR appeals are exhausted. In December 2021, we filed a stipulation in the district court litigation that the ’901 patent would not be infringed by Liquidia based on the court’s claim construction ruling.
‘793 patent: In August 2021, the PTAB instituted IPR proceedings related to this patent. In July 2022, the PTAB issued a final written decision finding all claims of this patent to be unpatentable. We filed a request for rehearing and for precedential opinion panel review. On October 26, 2022, the PTAB denied our request for precedential opinion panel review, but “determine[d] that the Board’s Final Written Decision did not address adequately whether the [references relied upon as the basis for canceling claims] qualify as prior art.” Thus, the PTAB directed the original panel “in its consideration on rehearing, to clearly identify whether the … references qualify as prior art.” The original panel issued its decision on our request for rehearing on February 2, 2023. The original panel agreed that it had overlooked our arguments and its rationale for determining that certain references are prior art was erroneous. Nonetheless, the original panel determined the references qualify as prior art under a new rationale. Thus, the original panel maintained that the claims of this patent are not valid. We have until April 6, 2023 to appeal. All claims of this patent remain valid until any IPR appeals are exhausted.
Liquidia could obtain final FDA approval for its proposed product prior to May 2027 in two circumstances: (1) Liquidia could prevail on appeal, either from the district court judgment or IPR proceedings, such that its product is not found to infringe any valid claims of our patents; or (2) the district court or appeals court could stay the district court order barring FDA approval of its product during the pendency of its appeals. Liquidia has filed a motion with the district court to stay the bar against final FDA approval, and that motion is fully briefed and pending.
For further details, please see Note 14—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements.
Adcirca—Generic Competition
A U.S. patent for Adcirca for treatment of pulmonary hypertension expired in November 2017, and FDA-conferred regulatory exclusivity expired in May 2018, leading to the launch of a generic version of Adcirca by Mylan N.V. in August 2018, and by additional companies in February 2019. Generic competition for Adcirca has had a material adverse impact on Adcirca net product sales.
General
We intend to vigorously enforce our intellectual property rights relatingrelated to our products, there can be no assurance thatproducts. However, we willmay not prevail in defending our patent rights, or thatand additional challenges from other ANDA filers or other challengers will notmay surface with respect to our products. Our patents could be invalidated, found unenforceable, or found not to cover one or more generic forms of Remodulin, Tyvaso or Orenitram.our products. If any ANDA filer or filer of a 505(b)(2) NDA for a branded treprostinil product were to receive approval to sell a generic version of Remodulin, Tyvaso or Orenitramits treprostinil product and/or prevail in any patent litigation, theour affected product(s) would become subject to increased competition, which could reduce our net product sales and profits.

        The U.S. patent for Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension expired in November 2017. The FDA has granted additional regulatory exclusivity through May 2018. After this time, we expect generic competition for Adcirca and a resulting significant reduction of Adcirca sales, which would lead to a material adverse impact on Adcirca revenues. For additional information, refer toPart I, Item 1—Business Overview—Products to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension—Adcirca.

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competition. Patent expiration, patent litigation, and competition from generic competition for any of our commercial PAH productsor other branded treprostinil manufacturers could have a significant, adverse impact on our treprostinil-based product revenues (including the anticipated revenues from new products such as Tyvaso DPI), our profits, and our stock price, and isprice. These potential effects are inherently difficult to predict. For additional discussion, refer to the risk factor entitled,Our intellectual property rights may not effectively deter competitors from developing competing products that, if successful, could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and profits, contained inPart I,Item 1A—Risk Factorsincluded in this Report.

    Agreements with Lilly Related to

Adcirca

License Agreement

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    License Agreement

        Under the terms of the license agreement, Lilly granted us an exclusive license for the right to develop, market, promote, and commercialize Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States. We agreed to pay Lilly royalties based on our net product sales of Adcirca. Lilly retained the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize pharmaceutical products containing tadalafil, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Adcirca, for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension outside of the United States and for the treatment of other diseases worldwide. Lilly retained authority for all regulatory activities with respect to Adcirca and for setting the wholesale price of Adcirca, which has been and is expected to continue to be at price parity with Cialis®.Cialis. In May 2017, we amended our Adcirca license agreement with Lilly relating to Adcirca, in order to clarify and extend the term of the agreement and to amend the economic terms of the agreement following a patent expiry in November 2017. As a result, we are required to make milestone payments to Lilly equal to $325,000 for each $1.0 million in net product sales, plus a royalty equal to ten percent of our net product sales. In June 2020, we amended our Adcirca license agreement to extend its term through December 31, 2023. Following expiration, we will remain obligated to refund the purchase price of any Adcirca that we previously sold to distributors that expires unsold. For additional discussion, refer to ourAdcirca product description containedincluded inPart I, Item 1—Business Overview—Products to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

    Manufacturing and Supply Agreement

        Under the terms of the manufacturing and supply agreement, Lilly agreed to manufacture Adcirca and distribute it on our behalf via its pharmaceutical wholesaler network, in the same manner that it distributes its own pharmaceutical products. Under the terms of this agreement, we take title to Adcirca upon its manufacture by Lilly. Adcirca is shipped to customers, generally pharmaceutical wholesalers, in accordance with customers' purchase orders received by Lilly. Lilly invoices and collects amounts due from the customer subject to customary discounts and rebates, if any, and remits the net collections to us. Although Lilly is providing these services on our behalf, we maintain the risk of loss as it pertains to inventory, product returns and nonpayment of sales invoices. The manufacturing and supply agreement will continue in effect until expiration or termination of the license agreement.

We also agreed to purchase Adcirca at a fixed manufacturing cost. The agreement provides a mechanism, generally related to the increase in the national cost of pharmaceutical manufacturing, pursuant to which Lilly may raise the manufacturing cost of Adcirca.

Unituxin Proprietary Rights and Regulatory Exclusivity

        We have orphan drug exclusivity in the United States

Approval of our biologics license application (BLA) for Unituxin expiring March 2022, which precludes the FDA from approving any application to market the same drug for the same indication, except in limited circumstances. In addition, approval of our BLA conferred a 12-year data exclusivity period through March 2027, during which the FDA may not approve a biosimilar for Unituxin. Our orphan drug exclusivity in the United States for Unituxin expired in March 2022. Under a non-exclusive license agreement with The Scripps Research Institute, we pay a royalty of one percent of net Unituxin sales.

    Medtronic Agreement

        We are collaborating with Medtronic under an exclusive agreement to develop and commercialize Medtronic's proprietary intravascular infusion catheter for use with Medtronic's SynchroMed II implantable infusion pump and related infusion system components (together referred to as the Implantable System for Remodulin) to deliver Remodulin for the treatment of PAH in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Under our agreement, we have been working together at our expense to develop the Implantable System for Remodulin, conduct a clinical trial (which was completed in 2013) and obtain regulatory approval. If this development program is successful, our agreement provides that, upon commercialization, we will purchase infusion pumps and supplies from Medtronic and will also pay a ten percent royalty to Medtronic based on net product sales of Remodulin for use in the Implantable System for Remodulin within the exclusive territories, subject to certain adjustments specified in the agreement. The Implantable System for


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Remodulin will be exclusive to Remodulin so long as we purchase a minimum percentage of our annual requirement for implantable pump systems from Medtronic.sales. We will be solely responsible for all marketing and promotion of the Implantable System for Remodulin for the treatment of PAH in the exclusive territories. Our agreement with Medtronic expires on a country-by-country basis upon the later of ten years from first commercial sale in the relevant country, or ten years after wehave no longer have a valid patent claimpatents covering the use of Remodulin to treat PAH in such country. Either party may terminate the agreement immediately for safety, quality or regulatory concerns, in the event of the other party's bankruptcy or insolvency, or in the case of a material breach by the other party that remains uncured following the relevant cure period. In addition, either party may terminate the agreement without cause on one year's notice to the other party.

    Esuberaprost and the Toray Amended License Agreement

        In 2000, we licensed from Toray Industries, Inc. (Toray) the exclusive right to develop and market beraprost for cardiovascular indications. Beraprost is a chemically stable oral prostacyclin analogue in a sustained release formulation, which is approved to treat PAH in Japan and certain other countries. This license gives us exclusive rights to develop beraprost and its variants (including esuberaprost) throughout North America, Europe, and certain other territories. We are currently developing esuberaprost under this license agreement in combination with Tyvaso.

        Pursuant to a 2007 amendment to our license agreement with Toray, we issued 200,000 shares of our common stock to Toray. Toray has the right to request that we repurchase these shares (which have since split into 400,000 shares) upon 30 days prior written notice at the price of $27.21 per share. The 2007 amendment also provided for certain milestone payments during the development period and upon receipt of regulatory approval for beraprost in the United States or the EU.

        In 2011, we amended our license agreement with Toray to reduce the royalty rates in exchange for a total of $50.0 million in equal, non-refundable payments to Toray over the five-year period ending in 2015. As of December 31, 2015, this obligation was fully satisfied. Toray has the right to terminate the license agreement in the event of a change of control of our company under certain circumstances.

        In March 2017, we amended our license agreement with Toray to further reduce the royalty rate to single digits in exchange for contingent milestone payments in the event that we do not achieve certain clinical and regulatory events by certain dates. In addition, Toray granted us sole manufacturing rights for commercial esuberaprost.

        In 2011, the FDA granted orphan designation for esuberaprost for treatment of PAH. Thus, the FDA should grant orphan drug exclusivity if esuberaprost is approved; such exclusivity will extend for seven years from approval.

    Unituxin.

DEKA Agreement

Agreements

In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive agreement with DEKA to develop a pre-filled, semi-disposable system for subcutaneous delivery of Remodulin, which we refer to as RemUnity. Under the terms of the agreement, we are funding the development costs related to the semi-disposable system and will pay product fees and a single-digit royalty to DEKA based on commercial sales of the system and the Remodulin sold for use with the system.Remunity Pump. Our agreement with DEKA expires on the last to occur of twenty-five25 years from the first product launch under the agreement, or upon the expiration of the last valid claim of a patent licensed from DEKA under the agreement that covers the RemUnityRemunity Pump. Under the terms of the agreement, we funded the development costs related to the Remunity Pump, and will continue to fund further development costs associated with new versions of the pump. We pay product fees and a single-digit royalty to DEKA based on commercial sales of the Remunity Pump and the Remodulin drug product sold for use with the system. Either party may terminate the agreement immediately upon a material breach by the other party that is uncured following the relevant cure period, or in the event of the other party'sparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency.


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    DEKA to manufacture and supply the Remunity Pump. Under this supply agreement, we are responsible for all costs associated with manufacturing the Remunity Pump. The Remunity Pump is covered by issued patents and pending patent applications both in the U.S. and other countries. The expiration dates of currently issued U.S. patents range from 2027 through 2033.

Tyvaso DPI and the MannKind Agreement
In September 2018, we entered into a worldwide, exclusive license and collaboration agreement with MannKind for the development and commercialization of Tyvaso DPI for treatment of PAH. The agreement became effective on October 15, 2018.
Under our agreement with MannKind, we are responsible for global development, regulatory, and commercial activities related to Tyvaso DPI, and we share manufacturing responsibilities with MannKind. Under the terms of the agreement, we paid MannKind $45.0 million following the effectiveness of the agreement in October 2018, and we paid $25.0 million in each of 2019 and 2020 following the achievement of specific development targets. We also pay MannKind low double-digit royalties on our net sales of the product. In addition, we have the option, in our sole discretion, to expand the license to include other active ingredients for treatment of pulmonary hypertension. We will pay MannKind up to $40.0 million in additional option exercise and development milestone payments for each product (if any) added to the license pursuant to this option, as well as a low double-digit royalty on our net sales of any such product. 
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Under our license agreement with MannKind, we have an exclusive license to a variety of granted and pending patents and patent applications related to treprostinil inhalation powder and the Dreamboat device, including multiple patent families covering the U.S. and other major market countries. These patents cover drug formulation, devices and device components, and manufacturing processes and intermediates. For additional detail concerning these patents, refer to Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram Proprietary Rights above.
In August 2021 we entered into a commercial supply agreement with MannKind (as amended, the Supply Agreement). Pursuant to the Supply Agreement, MannKind is responsible for manufacturing and supplying Tyvaso DPI to us on a cost-plus basis. Unless earlier terminated, the initial term of the Supply Agreement continues until December 31, 2031 and will thereafter be renewed automatically for additional, successive two-year terms unless we give 24 months’ written notice of non-renewal, or MannKind gives 48 months’ written notice of non-renewal, prior to the end of the initial term or any additional renewal term. In addition, each party has customary termination rights, including termination for the other party’s material breach that is not cured within a specific timeframe or in the event of liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency of the other party.
Ralinepag and the Arena Agreement
On November 15, 2018, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Arena) related to ralinepag. On January 24, 2019, in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the license agreement: (1) Arena granted to us perpetual, irrevocable, and exclusive rights throughout the universe to develop, manufacture, and commercialize ralinepag; (2) Arena transferred to us certain other assets related to ralinepag, including, among others, related domain names and trademarks, permits, certain contracts, inventory, regulatory documentation, Investigational New Drug (IND) Application No. 109021 (related to ralinepag), and non-clinical, preclinical, and clinical trial data; (3) we assumed certain limited liabilities from Arena, including, among others, all obligations arising after the closing under the assumed contracts and the IND described above; and (4) we paid Arena $800.0 million, which we expensed as acquired in-process research and development and included within research and development expenses in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. We will also pay Arena: (1) a one-time payment of $250.0 million for the first, if any, marketing approval we receive in the United States for an inhaled version of ralinepag to treat PAH; (2) a one-time payment of $150.0 million for the first, if any, marketing approval we receive in any of Japan, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, or Germany for an oral version of ralinepag to treat any indication; and (3) low double-digit, tiered royalties on net sales of any pharmaceutical product containing ralinepag as an active ingredient, subject to certain adjustments for third-party license payments. Under our license agreement with Arena, we have an exclusive license to a variety of granted and pending patents and applications related to ralinepag covering drug formulation, manufacturing and dosage, among others. Many of these patents and patent applications would be eligible for listing in the Orange Book. In March 2022, Arena was acquired by Pfizer Inc. Based on potential patent term extensions and additional patent filings, we believe that U.S. patent protection for ralinepag will likely last through at least the mid-2030s.
Other

We are party to various other license agreements relatingrelated to therapies and technologies under development. These license agreements require us to make payments based on a percentage of sales if we are successful in commercially developing these therapies, and may require other payments upon the achievement of certain milestones.

Manufacturing and Supply

We manufacture our primary supply of Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram and Unituxin at our own facilities. In particular, we synthesize treprostinil, the active ingredient in RemodulinTyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, and Tyvaso,Remodulin, and treprostinil diolamine, the active ingredient in Orenitram, at our facility in Silver Spring, Maryland. We also produce dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin, at our Silver Spring facility. We also manufacture finisheddrug product for nebulized Tyvaso, Remodulin, and Unituxin at our Silver Spring facility. We manufacture Orenitram drug product and we package, warehouse, and distribute Tyvaso, Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram, and Unituxin at our facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

We maintain, at a minimum, a two-year inventory of Tyvaso (nebulized only), Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram based on expected demand, and we contract with third-party contract manufacturers to supplement our capacity for some products, in order to mitigate the risk that we might not be able to manufacture internally sufficient quantities to meet patient demand. For example, Baxter Pharmaceutical Solutions, LLC is approved by the FDA, the EMA, and various other international regulatory agencies to manufacture Remodulin for us. We rely on Catalent PharmaWoodstock Sterile Solutions Inc. to serve as an additional manufacturer of Tyvaso,nebulized Tyvaso. We have no plans to develop a redundant manufacturing source for dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin, or for finished Unituxin or Orenitram drug product.
DEKA and weits affiliates are currently entirely responsible for manufacturing the Remunity Pump. We rely entirely on Minnetronix Inc. to manufacture the nebulizer used in our Tyvaso Inhalation System. We are working to obtain FDA approval of a third-party contract manufacturer to serve as an additionalMannKind is the sole manufacturer of finished Unituxin drug product and are constructing an additional facilitydevices for Tyvaso DPI. We currently rely on third-party contract manufacturers to increase our manufacturing capacity for dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin. We have no plans to develop a redundant manufacturing source for Orenitram.

produce ralinepag.

Although we believe that additional third parties could provide similar products, services, and materials, there are few companies that could replace our existing third-party manufacturers and suppliers. A change in supplier or manufacturer could cause a
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delay in the manufacturing, distribution, and research efforts associated with our respective products or result in increased costs. See alsoItem 1A—Risk Factors included in this Report.

Competition

Many drug companies engage in research, development, and development to commercializecommercialization of products to treat cardiovascularcardiopulmonary diseases and cancer. For the treatment of PAH, we compete with many approved products in the United States and the rest of the world, includingworld. In the following:

    Flolan, VeletriU.S., these competitive therapies include oral ERAs (Letairis® (ambrisentan), Opsumit® (macitentan), Tracleer® (bosentan), generic bosentan, and generic epoprostenol.  Flolan (epoprostenol) is a prostacyclin that is delivered by intravenous infusion. Glaxo began marketing Flolan in the United States in 1996. In 2008, the FDA approved Teva's version ofambrisentan); prostacyclin-class therapies (Flolan (intravenous epoprostenol), Uptravi® (oral selexipag), Veletri® (intravenous epoprostenol), Ventavis® (inhaled epoprostenol), generic epoprostenol, for the treatment of PAH. In 2010, Actelion (which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2017) commenced sales of Veletri, which is another version of intravenous epoprostenol;

    Ventavis and Ilomedingeneric treprostinil injection); PDE-5 inhibitors (Revatio®. Approved in 2004 in the United States (sildenafil), generic sildenafil, and in 2003 in Europe, Ventavis (iloprost) is an inhaled prostacyclin analogue. Ventavis is currently marketed by Actelion in the United Statesgeneric tadalafil); and by Bayer Schering Pharma AG (Bayer) in Europe. Iloprost is also marketed by Bayer in certain countries outside the United States in an intravenous form known as Ilomedin;

    TracleerAdempas®. Tracleer (bosentan) (riociguat), an oral ETRA therapy for the treatment of PAH, was approved in 2001 in the United States and in 2002 in Europe. Tracleer is marketed worldwide by Actelion.

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      We anticipate generic bosentan will be launched in the United States during the 2018-2020 timeframe. Generic bosentan is already available in other countries;

    Letairis.  Approved in 2007 in the United States, Letairis (ambrisentan) is an oral ETRA therapy marketed by Gilead for the treatment of PAH. In 2008, Glaxo received marketing authorization from the EMA for Letairis in Europe, where it is known as Volibris®. In 2015, Gilead announced the positive results of theAMBITION study of ambrisentan and tadalafil as an up-front combination therapy for PAH, which we believe has driven increased use of Letairis and Adcirca. We expect generic ambrisentan will be launched in the United States in 2018;

    Revatio and generic sildenafil citrate.  Approved in 2005 in the United States, Revatio (sildenafil citrate) is an oral PDE-5 inhibitor therapy marketed by Pfizer. Revatio contains sildenafil citrate, the same active ingredient as Viagra. In 2012, several companies began marketing generic formulations of sildenafil citrate;

    Opsumit®. Approved in 2013 in both the United States and in the EU, Opsumit (macitentan) is an oral ETRA therapy marketed by Actelion for the treatment of PAH;

    Adempas®. Approved in 2013 in the United States and 2014 in the EU, Adempas (riociguat) is a sGC stimulator whichthat targets a similar vasodilatory pathway as PDE-5 inhibitorsinhibitors. These therapies are manufactured and is approved for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and PAH. Adempas is an oral therapy marketed by Bayer;large pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and

    Uptravi®. Approved in the United States in December 2015 and by the EMA in May 2016, Uptravi (selexipag) is an oral IP prostacyclin receptor agonist marketed by Actelion. Actelion also has applications pending in various other jurisdictions. Uptravi is also marketed in Japan by Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.

Bayer Schering Pharma AG, as well as a variety of large generic drug manufacturers.

There are also a wide variety of investigational PAH therapies in the later stages of development, includingundergoing development. Therapies undergoing registration-phase studies, or which have completed registration-phase studies, include the following:

Ralinepag,Yutrepia, a dry powder formulation of treprostinil developed by Liquidia, which is designed for pulmonary delivery using a disposable inhaler. In November 2021, Liquidia announced the FDA granted tentative approval for its NDA for Yutrepia to treat PAH, with final approval pending resolution of the regulatory stay triggered by the litigation described above under Patent and Other Property Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights. In late 2020, Liquidia completed a business combination with RareGen, LLC, which markets a generic version of Remodulin manufactured by Sandoz. Liquidia has indicated that it plans to seek approval to expand Yutrepia’s label to include PH-ILD, following expiration of Tyvaso’s regulatory exclusivity in that indication in March 2024.
Sotatercept, an oral IP prostacyclin receptor agonistinjected TGF-beta modulator being developed by Arena Pharmaceuticals,Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (Arena)(Acceleron), which was acquired by Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck). Arena reportedMerck announced positive phase IItop-line results for ralinepag in patients with PAH in July 2017, and is currently planningof a phase III study;

3, registration trial in PAH called STELLAR in October 2022. Acceleron indicated it may also study sotatercept in PH-ILD.
TrevyentImatinib, a formulation of treprostinildrug currently used to treat cancer under the trade name Gleevec®, is being developed by SteadyMed to treat PAH using SteadyMed's pre-filled, disposable PatchPump technology. SteadyMed received a refusal to file letter from the FDA in August 2017, and has indicated it plans to resubmit its NDA by the end of 2018;

Bardoxolone, an oral therapy being developed by Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.separately for treatment of PAH associated with connective tissue disease. Reata is enrolling patients inby three companies. Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. announced plans to initiate a phase III clinical trial, with data expected3 study of an oral formulation during the second half of 2018;

LIQ861, a powder formulation of treprostinil designed for deep-lung delivery using a disposable, dry powder inhaler being developed by Liquidia Technologies2023. Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc., which announced commencement of is conducting a phase III study in PAH patients in January 2018;

CAM2043, a liquid crystal gel formulation of treprostinil being developed as a once-weekly subcutaneous depot injection for PAH by Camurus AB. Camarus announced the commencement of a phase I2/3 clinical study in December 2017;

Treprostinil Technosphere®,of an inhaled, dry powder formulation of imatinib. Aerami Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. is conducting a phase 1 trial of an inhaled formulation of imatinib.
MK-5475, an inhaled soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator being developed by Merck for PAH in a phase 2/3 trial. Phase 1 results were published in Respiratory Medicine in November of 2022.
L606, an inhaled, liposomal form of treprostinil being developed by Pharmosa Biopharm Inc. (Pharmosa) for PAH, by MannKind Corporation, which has announced the filing of an investigational new drug application forcompleted a phase I clinical1 study it plans to commence in 2018; andhealthy volunteers. Pharmosa initiated a phase 3 study in August 2021.

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    INS1009,Additional therapies being studied for PAH include Insmed Incorporated’s TPIP (INS1009, an inhaled nanoparticle formulationversion of a treprostinil prodrug being developed by Insmed Incorporated for PAH. Insmed announced the completion of a phase I study in September 2016.

treprostinil) (phase 2); PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s pemziviptadil (PB1046) (phase 2); Enzyvant Therapeutics GmbH’s rodatristat ethyl (RVT-1201) (phase 2); Gossamer Bio, Inc.’s seralutinib (GB002) (phase 2); SoniVie’s TIVUS™ (pivotal trial); Respira Therapeutics’ vardenafil (RT234) (phase 2b); Cereno Scientific’s valproic acid (CS1) (phase 2); and Bial Portela C.S.A.’s zamicastat (BIA 5-1058) (phase 2).

Oral non-prostacyclin therapies (such as PDE-5 inhibitors and ETRAs)ERAs) are commonly prescribed as first-line treatments for the leastless severely ill PAH patients (functional class II patients).patients. As patients progress in their disease severity, (functional classes III and IV), less convenientadditional advanced approved therapies, such as inhaled prostacyclin analogues (such as Tyvaso)(including Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI) or infused prostacyclin analogues (such as(including Remodulin) are then commonly added. Orenitram was the first approved oral prostacyclin-class therapy for PAH in the United States, and offers a less invasive and more convenient alternative therapy to Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Tyvaso.Tyvaso DPI. The use of available oral therapies could delay many patients'patients’ need for inhaled or infused prostacyclin therapy. As a result, the availability of oral therapies affects demand for our inhaled and infused products.

Orenitram faces direct competition from Uptravi, which is indicated to delay disease progression and reduce the risk of hospitalization for PAH. As a result, manyOrenitram’s initial indication was limited to the improvement of exercise capacity, which may have led physicians may choose to prescribe Uptravi instead of Orenitram, which is indicated to improve exercise capacity. As noted above, however,Orenitram. However, Uptravi is an oral IP prostacyclin receptor agonist. While prostacyclin analogues such as Orenitram broadly mimic the effect of prostacyclin, IP prostacyclin receptor agonists bind selectively to the IP receptor, one of several prostacyclin receptors. In addition, Orenitram'sOrenitram’s label allows physicians flexibility to titrate each patient'spatient’s dosing up to a level according to tolerability, without any stated maximum. By contrast, Uptravi'sUptravi’s label limits uptitration tospecifies a specific maximum dose. Given the progressive nature of PAH, we believe many patients will initiate Orenitram or another one of our treprostinil-based therapies after their disease progresses while taking Uptravi. In August 2018, we announced the results of our FREEDOM-EV clinical study, which demonstrated that Orenitram delays time to clinical worsening, demonstrated improvement across key clinical measures, and, at study closure, indicated a positive impact on Uptravi.

survival rates. In October 2019, the FDA approved a supplement to our Orenitram NDA expanding the Orenitram label to indicate that it also delays disease progression, in addition to improving exercise capacity. We will also facebelieve that these clinical results and updated labeling have resulted in increased use of Orenitram.

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We have faced generic competition fromfor Adcirca since the launch of generic pharmaceutical companiestadalafil in the future. For example,United States in August 2018, which has significantly reduced our Adcirca revenues. We have also faced generic competition for Remodulin in the United States and certain European countries since 2019. Finally, we have settled litigationentered into settlement agreements with four generic drug companiesActavis and ANI permitting them to launch generic versions of RemodulinOrenitram in 2018. We also settled litigationJune 2027 and December 2027, respectively, and with ActavisWatson permitting it to launch a generic version of Orenitramnebulized Tyvaso in June 2027. We are also engagedJanuary 2026, or in litigation with a generic company seeking to launch a generic version Tyvaso.each case earlier under certain circumstances. For details regarding these and other potential generic competitors, see the section above entitledPatents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.

Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, and our other treprostinil-based products may face competition from Liquidia if it obtains final approval of Yutrepia, a dry powder inhaled version of treprostinil.
Aside from Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI, there are no approved therapies to treat PH-ILD. Several PAH drug candidates are also being developed for PH-ILD (e.g., Yutrepia, sotatercept, MK-5476, and TPIP). Other companies are now developing, or may in the future develop, therapies to treat group 3 pulmonary hypertension, including INOpulse®, an inhaled nitric oxide delivery system being developed by Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. for fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) patients at risk of pulmonary hypertension, as well as pulmonary hypertension associated with other indications such as COPD and sarcoidosis. A phase 3 study in fILD is ongoing.
In addition, the use of antifibrotic therapies to treat underlying lung disease (such as the IPF therapies discussed below) could delay the onset of group 3 pulmonary hypertension.
Following the results of the INCREASE study, we expanded our investigational efforts with inhaled treprostinil to examine its use to treat the lung diseases underlying PH-ILD, including our TETON studies of Tyvaso in IPF patients. If the TETON program is successful, we anticipate seeking an IPF indication for Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI. There are currently two therapies that are approved to treat IPF: Ofev® (nintedanib), which is marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, and Esbriet® (pirfenidone), which is marketed by F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. (Roche). However, clinical studies have indicated that these therapies only slow lung function decline in IPF patients, resulting in a significant unmet need for therapies that halt or reverse lung function decline in IPF. There are a number of potentially competing therapies in advanced clinical development for IPF. These therapies include, but are not limited to, FibroGen, Inc.’s pamrevlumab (phase 3), Galecto, Inc.’s GB0139 (phase 2), Sanofi S.A.’s belumosudil (KD025) (phase 2), MediciNova, Inc.’s tipelukast (MN-001) (phase 2), Nitto Biopharma’s ND-L02-s0201 (phase 2), Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s Orencia® (abatacept) (phase 2), BMS-986278 (phase 2), and CC-90001 (phase 2), and Horizon Therapeutics plc’s HZN-825 (phase 2).
Unituxin may face competition from Qarziba® (dinutuximab beta, a similarbeta), an antibody product developed by Apeiron Biologics AG that is already approved in Europe to treat high-risk neuroblastoma.neuroblastoma, but is not approved in the United States. In October 2016, EUSA Pharma (UK) Ltd. (which was acquired by Recordati Group in 2022) announced it had acquired global commercialization rights to dinutuximab beta,Qarziba. In addition, Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (Y-mAbs), is developing several GD-2 targeting drug candidates, and plans to file forin November 2020 obtained FDA approval for Danyelza® (naxitamab-gqgk) to treat pediatric and adult patients with relapsed and refractory (second line) high-risk neuroblastoma in 2018.

bone or bone marrow. Y-mAbs launched commercial sales of Danyelza in 2021. Y-mAbs is also conducting studies of naxitamab for frontline high-risk neuroblastoma.

We compete with the developers, manufacturers, and distributors of all of the products noted above for customers, funding, access to licenses, personnel, third-party collaborators, product development, and commercialization. ManySome of these companies have substantially greater financial, marketing, sales, distribution and technical resources, and more experience in research and development, product development, manufacturing and marketing, clinical trials, and regulatory matters, than we have.

Governmental Regulation

Pharmaceutical Product Approval Process

The research, development, testing, manufacture, promotion, marketing, distribution, sampling, storage, approval, labeling, record keeping, post-approval monitoring and reporting, and import and export of pharmaceutical products are extensively regulated by governmental agencies in the United States and in other countries. In the United States, failure to comply with requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act)(FDC Act), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA)(PHSA), and other federal statutes and regulations, may subject a company to a variety of administrative or judicial


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sanctions, such as FDA refusal to approve pending NDAs or BLAs, warning letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of manufacturing or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties, and criminal prosecution.

Satisfaction of FDA pre-market approval requirements is extremely costly and typically takes many years. The actual cost and time required may vary substantially based upon the type, complexity, and novelty of the product or disease. Drugs are subject to rigorous regulation and requirements by the FDA in the United States, the EMA in the European Union (EU), and similar regulatory authorities in other countries. The steps ordinarily required before a new drug may be marketed in the United States, which are similar to steps required in most other countries, include: (1) preclinical testing; (2) submission to the FDA of an investigational new drug application (IND);IND; (3) clinical studies, including well-controlled clinical trials, in healthy volunteers and patients to establish safety, efficacy, and dose-response characteristics for each drug indication; (4) submission of an NDA to the FDA; and (5) FDA acceptance, review, and approval of the NDA.

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Preclinical Testing

Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry and formulation, as well as animal studies to explore toxicity and for proof-of-concept. The conduct of the preclinical tests must comply with federal regulations and requirements including good laboratory practices.

Submission of IND

The results of preclinical testing are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, along with other information including information about product chemistry, manufacturing, and controls, and a proposed clinical trial protocol. Absent FDA objection within 30 days after submission of an IND, the IND becomes effective and the clinical trial proposed in the IND may begin.

Clinical Studies

Clinical trials involve the administration of the investigational new drug to healthy volunteers or patients under the supervision of a qualified investigator. Clinical trials must be conducted: (1) in compliance with federal regulations; (2) in compliance with good clinical practices (GCP)(GCP), an international standard meant to protect the rights and health of patients and to define the roles of clinical trial sponsors, administrators, and monitors; and (3) under protocols detailing the objectives of the trial, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the criteria to be evaluated. Each protocol involving testing on U.S. patients and subsequent protocol amendments must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND.

The FDA may order the temporary or permanent discontinuation of a clinical trial at any time or impose other sanctions if it believes that the clinical trial is not being conducted in accordance with FDA requirements or presents an unacceptable risk to the clinical trial patients. The study protocol and informed consent information for patients in clinical trials must also be approved by an institutional review board (IRB)(IRB). An IRB may also require the clinical trial at a site to be halted temporarily or permanently for failure to comply with the IRB'sIRB’s requirements, or may impose other conditions.

Clinical trials in support of an NDA typically are conducted in sequential phases, but the phases may overlap.

Phase I1 involves the initial introduction of the drug into healthy human subjects or patients to assess metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacological actions, side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, early evidence on effectiveness.

Phase II2 usually involves studies in a limited patient population to assess the efficacy of the drug in specific, targeted indications, explore tolerance and optimal dosage, and identify possible adverse effects and safety risks.

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Phase IV4 studies are often conducted following marketing approval, in order to meet regulatory requirements or to provide additional data relatingrelated to drug use.

FDA Approval Process

After successful completion of the required clinical testing, an NDA is typically submitted to the FDA in the United States, and an MAAa marketing authorization application is typically submitted to the EMA in the EU. FDA approval of the NDA is required before the product may be marketed in the United States. The NDA must include the results of all preclinical, clinical, and other testing and a compilation of data relatingrelated to the product'sproduct’s pharmacology, chemistry, manufacture, and controls.

The FDA has 60 days from its receipt of an NDA to determine whether the application will be accepted for filing. If the FDA determines that the application is not sufficiently complete to permit substantive review, it may request additional information and decline to accept the application for filing until the information is provided. Once the submission is accepted for filing, the FDA begins an in-depth review. The FDA has agreed to certain performance goals in the review of NDAs. Most applications for non-priority drugs are reviewed within ten to twelve months. Special pathways, including "accelerated“accelerated approval," "fast track"” “fast track” status, "breakthrough therapy"“breakthrough therapy” status, and "priority review"“priority review” status are granted for certain drugs that offer major advances in treatment, or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists. These special pathways can significantly reduce the time it takes for the FDA to review aan NDA, but do not guarantee that a product will receive FDA approval.

In May 2018, the Right to Try Act established a new regulatory pathway to increase access to unapproved, investigational treatments for patients diagnosed with life-threatening diseases or conditions who have exhausted approved treatment options and who are unable to participate in a clinical trial. The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA), which was passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, expands the FDA’s authority in regulating accelerated approval requirements for drugs and biologics, including allowing the FDA to require initiation of a post-approval study before granting accelerated approval and to expedite withdrawal of approval if conditions are not satisfied.

The FDA may refer applications for novel pharmaceutical products or pharmaceutical products that present difficult questions of safety or efficacy to an advisory committee, typically a panel that includes clinicians and other experts, for review, evaluation, and a recommendation as to whether the application should be approved. The FDA is not bound by the recommendation of an advisory committee, but it generally follows such recommendations. During the review process, the FDA also reviews the drug'sdrug’s product labeling to ensure that appropriate information is communicated to health care professionals and consumers. In
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addition, before approving an NDA, the FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites to assure compliance with GCP and the facility or the facilities at which the drug is manufactured to ensure they are in compliance with the FDA'sFDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)(cGMP).

After the FDA evaluates the NDA and the manufacturing facilities, the FDA may issue either an approval letter or a complete response letter, which generally outlines the deficiencies in the submission and may require substantial additional testing or information in order for the FDA to reconsider the application. If and when those conditions have been addressed to the FDA'sFDA’s satisfaction in a resubmission of the NDA, the FDA will issue an approval letter. The FDA has committed to reviewing such resubmissions in two or six months depending on the type of information included. Even after a resubmission, the FDA may decide that the application does not satisfy the regulatory criteria for approval.

Post-Approval Regulatory Requirements

Once an NDA is approved, the product is subject to continuing regulation. For instance, pharmaceutical products may be marketed only for their approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of their approved labeling. The FDA closely regulates the post-approval marketing, labeling, and advertising of prescription drugs, including direct-to-consumer advertising, off-label promotion, industry-sponsored scientific and educational activities, and promotional activities involving the internet.

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Adverse event reporting and submission of periodic reports continue to be required following FDA approval of an NDA. In addition, as a condition of NDA approval, the FDA may require post-marketing testing, including phase IV4 clinical studies, and/or a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS)(REMS) to help ensure that the benefits of the drug outweigh the potential risks. A REMS can include medication guides, communication plans for healthcare professionals, special training or certification for prescribing or dispensing, dispensing only under certain circumstances, special monitoring, and the use of patient registries. Additionally, quality control as well as drug manufacture, packaging, and labeling procedures must continue to conform to cGMP requirements. Manufacturing facilities are subject to continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and certain state agencies.

Regulatory authorities may withdraw product approvals or request product recalls if a company fails to comply with regulatory standards or if previously unrecognized problems are subsequently discovered. Discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, including adverse events or problems with manufacturing processes of unanticipated severity or frequency, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may also result in (1) revisions to the approved labeling; (2) imposition of post-market studies or clinical trials to assess new safety risks; or (3) imposition of distribution or other restrictions under a REMS program. Other potential consequences include: (1) restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product; (2) fines, warning letters, or holds on post-approval clinical trials; (3) refusal of the FDA to approve pending NDAs or supplements to approved NDAs, or suspension or revocation of product license approvals; (4) product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; or (5) injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.

Approval of Changes to an Approved Product

Certain changes to the conditions established in an approved application, including changes in indications, labeling, equipment, or manufacturing processes or facilities, require submission and FDA approval of an NDA or NDA supplement before the change can be implemented. An NDA supplement for a new indication typically requires clinical data similar to that in the original application, and the FDA uses the same procedures and actions in reviewing supplements as it does in reviewing NDAs.

Orphan Drugs

Under the Orphan Drug Act, an applicant can request the FDA to designate a product as an "orphan drug"“orphan drug” in the United States if the drug is intended to treat a rare disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.States, or for which there is no reasonable expectation that U.S. sales will be sufficient to recoup the development and production costs. Orphan drug designation must be requested before submitting an NDA or BLA. Orphan drug designation does not convey any advantage in, or shorten the duration of, the regulatory review and approval process. The first NDA or BLA applicant to receive orphan drug designation and FDA approval for a particular active ingredient to treat a particular disease via a particular delivery method is entitled to a seven-year exclusive marketing period in the United States. During the seven-year period, the FDA may not approve any other application to market the same drug for the same disease, except in limited circumstances such as a showing of clinical superiority to the product with orphan drug exclusivity, meaning that it has greater effectiveness or safety, or provides a major contribution to patient care (such as a change in delivery system). The FDA’s interpretation of the scope of orphan drug exclusivity remains the subject of scrutiny. Historically, exclusivity was specific to the orphan indication for which the drug was actually approved. As a result, the scope of exclusivity was interpreted as preventing approval of a competing product. However, in September 2021, the federal court in Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Becerra, suggested that orphan drug exclusivity covers the full scope of the orphan-designated “disease or condition” regardless of whether a drug obtained approval for a narrower use. In January 2023, the FDA clarified in a Federal Register notice that it intends to continue limiting exclusivity to the specific orphan indication. The reach and impact of this decision beyond the Eleventh Circuit is not yet known. Orphan drug exclusivity does not prevent the FDA from approving a different drug for the same disease or condition, or the same drug for a different disease or condition. The 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act)(Cures Act), which became law in December 2016, expanded the types of studies that qualify for orphan drug grants. Orphan drug designation also may qualify an applicant for federal tax credits relatingrelated to research and development costs.


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Patent Term and Regulatory Exclusivity

In 1984, the Hatch-Waxman Act created a faster approval process for generic drugs, called the ANDA. Generally, an ANDA provides for marketing of a drug product that has the same active ingredients in the same strength(s), route of administration, and dosage form as an approved drug and has been shown through bioequivalence testing to be therapeutically equivalent to the approved drug.drug, which is known as the reference listed drug (RLD). ANDA applicants are not required to conduct or submit results of preclinical or clinical tests to prove the safety or effectiveness of their drug product, other than the requirement for bioequivalence testing. Drugs approved in this way are commonly referred to as "generic equivalents"“generic equivalents” to the approved drug, and can often be substituted by pharmacists under prescriptions written for the original approved drug.

In 2018, the FDA advanced policies aimed at promoting drug competition and patient access to generic drugs, such as issuing guidance about making complex generic drugs and the circumstances in which approval of a generic product application may be delayed.

NDA applicants are required to identify each patent whosewith claims that cover the productdrug (drug substance or drug product) or FDA-approved method of using the product.drug. Upon product approval, these patents are listed in the FDA'sFDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book. Every ANDA applicant must certifymake one of several certifications to the FDA that (1) the required informationwith regard to each Orange Book listed patent for the original product wasRLD. A Paragraph III certification states that the ANDA applicant seeks approval after the patent expires. A Paragraph IV certification asserts that the patent does not filed or (2) everyblock approval of the ANDA, either because the patent listed for the approved product in the Orange Book is either (a) expired or will expire on a particular date and approval is sought after patent expiration or (b) invalid or willunenforceable or because the patent, even if valid, is not be infringed by the new product. A certification that the new product will not infringe the already approved product's listed patents or that such patents are invalid is called a Paragraph IV certification. If the applicant does not challenge the listed patents, the ANDA application will not be approved until all the listed patents claiming the referenced product have expired. Alternatively, for a method of use patent covering an approved indication, an ANDA applicant may submit a statement to the FDA that the company is not seeking approval for the covered indication.

As a practical matter, this is available only if the RLD is approved for multiple indications, at least one of which is not patent protected.

If the ANDA applicant has submitted a Paragraph IV certification to the FDA, the applicant must also send notice of the Paragraph IV certification to the NDA and patent holders once the ANDA has been accepted for filing by the FDA. The NDA and patent holders may then initiate a patent infringement lawsuit in response to the notice of the Paragraph IV certification. The filing of a patent infringement lawsuit within 45 days of the receipt of a Paragraph IV certification automatically prevents the FDA from approving the ANDA until the earlier of 30 months, expiration of the patent, settlement of the lawsuit, or a decision in the infringement case that is favorable to the ANDA applicant.

The Hatch-Waxman Act also provides that patent terms may be extended to compensate for some of the patent life that is lost during the FDA regulatory review period for a product. This extension period is generally one-half of the time between the effective date of an IND and the submission date of an NDA, plus all of the time between the submission date of an NDA and its approval, subject to a maximum extension of five years.years, and the limitation that the patent term cannot be extended more than 14 years after approval. Generally, patent term extension is available if the product represents the first permitted commercial marketing of a drug containing the active ingredient. Similar patent term extensions are available under European laws.

An ANDA application also will not be approved until any non-patent exclusivity, such as exclusivity for obtaining approval of an NDA for a new chemical entity, has expired. Federal law provides a period of five years following approval of a drug containing no previously approved active ingredient, during which ANDAs for generic versions of those drugs cannot be submitted unless the submission contains a Paragraph IV certification, in which case the submission may be made four years following the original product approval. Following approval of an application to market a drug that contains previously approved active ingredients in a new dosage form, route of administration or combination, or for a new condition of use that was required to be supported by new clinical trials conducted by or for the sponsor, the FDC Act provides three years of exclusivity during which the FDA cannot grant effective approval of an ANDA for such new condition of use, dosage form, or strength that meets certain statutory requirements.

Section 505(b)(2) New Drug Applications

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special type of NDA submitted under Section 505(b)(2) of the FDC Act, commonly referred to as a Section 505(b)(2) NDA, which enables the applicant to rely, in part, on the FDA'sFDA’s finding of safety and efficacy data for an existing product, or published literature, in support of its application.

Section 505(b)(2) NDAs may provide an alternate path to FDA approval for new or improved formulations or new uses of previously approved products. Section 505(b)(2) permits the filing of an NDA in which the applicant relies, at least in part, on information from studies made to show whether a drug is safe or effective that were not conducted by or for the applicant and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference or use. A Section 505(b)(2) applicant may eliminate the need to conduct certain preclinical or clinical studies, if it can establish that reliance on studies conducted for a previously-approved product is scientifically appropriate. The FDA may also require companies to perform additional studies or measurements to support the change from the approved product. The FDA may then approve the new product candidate for all or some of the labeled indications for which the referenced product has been approved, as well as for any new indication for which the Section 505(b)(2) NDA applicant has submitted data.

To the extent that the Section 505(b)(2) applicant relies on prior FDA findings of safety and efficacy, the applicant is required to certify to the FDA concerning any patents listed for the previously approved product in the Orange Book to the same extent that an ANDA applicant would. Thus, approval of a Section 505(b)(2) NDA can be delayed until all the listed patents claiming the referenced product have expired, until any non-patent exclusivity, such as exclusivity for obtaining approval of a new active
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ingredient, listed in the Orange Book for the referenced product has expired, and, in the case of a Paragraph IV certification and subsequent patent infringement suit, until the earlier of 30 months, settlement of the lawsuit or a decision in the infringement case that is favorable to the Section 505(b)(2) applicant.

Marketing Pharmaceutical Products Outside the United States

Outside of the United States, our ability to market our products is also contingent upon receiving marketing authorizations from regulatory authorities. The foreign regulatory approval process may include some or all of the risks associated with the FDA review and approval process set forth above, and the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and marketing authorization may vary widely from country to country.

Biologics

Biological products used for the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease, or condition, of a human being are subject to regulation under the FDC Act and the PHSA. Biological products are approved for marketing via a BLA that follows an application process and carries approval requirements that are very similar to those for NDAs. To help reduce the increased risk of the introduction of adventitious agents, the PHSA emphasizes the importance of manufacturing control for products whose attributes cannot be precisely defined. The PHSA also provides authority to the FDA to immediately suspend licenses in situations where there is a danger to public health, to prepare or procure products in the event of shortages and critical public health needs, and to authorize the creation and enforcement of regulations to prevent the introduction, or spread, of communicable diseases in the United States.

After a BLA is approved, the product may also be subject to official lot release, meaning the manufacturer must submit samples of each lot of product to the FDA together with a release protocol showing a summary of the history of manufacture of the lot and the results of all of the manufacturer'smanufacturer’s tests performed on the lot. The FDA may also perform certain confirmatory tests on lots of some products, such as viral vaccines, before releasing the lots for distribution by the manufacturer. As with


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drugs, after approval of biologics, manufacturers must address any safety issues that arise, are subject to recalls or a halt in manufacturing, and are subject to periodic inspection after approval.

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 or (BPCI Act) created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products shown to be "biosimilar"“biosimilar” to an FDA-licensed reference biological product to minimize duplicative testing. Biosimilarity requires the absence of clinically meaningful differences between the biological product and the reference product in terms of safety, purity, and potency, which, absent a waiver, must be shown through analytical studies, animal studies, and at least one clinical study. Intricacies associated with the larger, and often more complex, structures of biological products, as well as the processes by which such products are manufactured, pose significant hurdles to implementation that are still being addressed by the FDA.

In July 2018, the FDA announced an action plan to encourage the development and efficient review of biosimilars, including the establishment of a new office within the agency that will focus on therapeutic biologics and biosimilars. On December 20, 2020, Congress amended the Public Health Services Act as part of the COVID-19 relief bill to further simplify the biosimilar review process by making it optional to show that conditions of use proposed in labelling have been previously approved for the reference product, which used to be a requirement of the application. In September 2021, the FDA issued two guidance documents, one final and one draft, intended to inform prospective applicants and facilitate the development of proposed biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, as well as to describe the FDA’s interpretation of certain statutory requirements added by the BPCIA.

A reference biologic is granted twelve12 years of exclusivity from the time of first licensure of the reference product. The first biologic product submitted under the abbreviated approval pathway that is approved as a biosimilar and also meets additional standards for interchangeability with the reference product, has exclusivity against other biologics submitted under the abbreviated approval pathway for a set period.

Effective March 2020, certain products that were approved as drugs under the FDC Act, such as insulin and human growth hormone, are now deemed to be biologics under the PHSA, which means they may face competition through the biosimilars pathway and they may not be eligible for the twelve-year period of exclusivity granted to new BLAs. Because biologically sourced raw materials are subject to unique contamination risks, their use may be restricted in some countries.

Cell-Based and Tissue-Based Products

Manufacturers of cellcell- and tissue basedtissue-based products must comply with the FDA'sFDA’s current good tissue practices (cGTP)(cGTP), which are FDA regulations that govern the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the manufacture of such products. The primary intent of the cGTP requirements is to ensure that cellcell- and tissue basedtissue-based products are manufactured in a manner designed to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases. Cell and tissue basedtissue-based products may also be subject to the same approval standards, including demonstration of safety and efficacy, as other biologic and drug products, if they meet certain criteria such as if the cells or tissues are more than minimally manipulated or if they are intended for a non-homologous use (a use different from the cell'scell’s origin).

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The Cures Act established a new FDA Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies and Regenerative Advanced Therapy (RAT)(RAT) designation, which makes a product eligible for FDA priority review and accelerated approval. Therapies that are eligible for RAT designation include cell therapies, therapeutic tissue engineering products, human cell and tissue products, or any combination product using these therapies, with certain exceptions. For RAT designation, the product also must be intended to treat, modify, reverse, or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and the preliminary clinical evidence must indicate that the product has the potential to address unmet medical needs for the disease or condition.

Regulation of Medical Devices

We currently do not hold any stand-alone medical device authorizations, but we do hold FDA authorization for the Tyvaso Inhalation System and the Dreamboat inhaler as part of the drug-device combination NDAs for Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI, respectively. In addition, our business partners have the medical device clearances required to deliver our drugs, including, for example, the Remunity Pump. Medical devices may also be subject to FDA approval and extensive regulation under the FDC Act. Medical devices are classified into one of three classes: Class I, Class II, or Class III. A higher class indicates a greater degree of risk associated with the device and a greater amount of control needed to ensure safety and effectiveness.

All devices, unless exempt by FDA regulation, must adhere to a set of general controls, including compliance with the applicable portions of the FDA'sFDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR)(QSR), which sets forth good manufacturing practice requirements; facility registration and product listing; reporting of adverse medical events; truthful and non-misleading labeling; and promotion of the device consistent with its cleared or approved intended uses. Class II and III devices are subject to additional special


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controls and may require FDA clearance of a premarket notification (510(k)(510(k)) or approval of a premarket approval application.

application (PMA).

Most Class I devices are exempt from FDA premarket review or approval. Class II devices, with some exceptions, must be "cleared"“cleared” by the FDA through the 510(k) process, which requires a company to show that the device is "substantially equivalent"“substantially equivalent” to certain “predicate” devices already on the market. To be substantially equivalent, the proposed device must have the same intended use as the predicate device, and either have the same technological characteristics as the predicate device or have different technological characteristics and not raise different questions of safety or effectiveness than the predicate device. Once a 510(k) is cleared, any change that could significantly affect the safety or effectiveness of the device requires the submission and clearance of a new 510(k) before the change can be implemented. In November 2018, the FDA announced plans to significantly revise the 510(k) program to encourage reliance on modern predicates (e.g., predicates that are less than 10 years old). In January 2019, the FDA also finalized guidance on the alternative 510(k) pathway for well-known device types, the “Safety and Performance Based Pathway,” which relies on modern performance-based criteria and current technological principles to demonstrate substantial equivalence.
Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risks, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting, or some implantable devices, or devices that have a new intended use, or use advanced technology that is not substantially equivalent to that of a legally-marketed device, are placed in Class III, devices, again with some exceptions, must be approved throughrequiring approval of a PMA.PMA application. A PMA generally requires data from clinical trials that establish the safety and effectiveness of the device. Once approved, certain changes, such as changes to manufacturing facilities, methods, or quality control procedures, or changes in the design specifications, which affect the safety or effectiveness of the device, require the submission of a PMA Supplement. Some “pre-amendment” devices (devices that were legally marketed prior to May 28, 1976) are unclassified, but are subject to FDA’s premarket notification and clearance process in order to be commercially distributed. A 510(k) application also sometimes requires clinical data.
The FDA also allows the submission of a direct de novo petition. This procedure allows a manufacturer whose novel device is automatically classified into Class III to request down-classification of its medical device into Class I or Class II on the basis that the device presents low or moderate risk, rather than requiring the submission and approval of a PMA. Prior to the enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 (FDASIA), a medical device could only be eligible for de novo classification if the manufacturer first submitted a 510(k) premarket notification and received a determination from the FDA that the device was not substantially equivalent. FDASIA streamlined the de novo classification pathway by permitting manufacturers to request de novo classification directly without first submitting a 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA and receiving a not substantially equivalent determination.
The 510(k), de novo, and PMA processes can be expensive, lengthy, and unpredictable. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from three to 12 months, but can last longer. The process of obtaining a PMA approval is much more costly and uncertain than the 510(k) clearance process and generally takes from one to three years, or even longer, from the time the application is filed with the FDA. In addition, a PMA approval generally requires the performance of one or more clinical trials. Despite the time, effort, and cost invested by a sponsor, a device may not be approved or cleared by the FDA. The Cures Act requires the FDA to establish a program that would expedite access to devices that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions, for which no approved or cleared treatment exists or which offer significant advantages over existing approved or cleared alternatives; in 2017,alternatives. In December 2018, the FDA published draftfinal guidance on this "breakthrough"“breakthrough” devices pathway.

pathway which allows for sponsors to interact directly with the FDA during the development process and to receive prioritized review of their submission. In January 2021, the FDA released final guidance on the Safer Technologies Program (STeP), to encourage the innovation and market entry of device technologies that are safer than current alternatives but that do not otherwise satisfy the breakthrough device criteria, including device technologies to treat non-life-threatening or reasonably reversible conditions. STeP is modeled after the breakthrough device program and is intended to provide similar benefits, including increased communication with the FDA and prioritized review. In October 2022, the FDA issued

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a draft guidance entitled “Select Updates for the Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance: Reducing Disparities in Health and Health Care.” The draft guidance clarifies how the Breakthrough Device Program may apply to certain medical devices that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis methods for life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions in groups with health or health care disparities.
Clinical trials for medical devices are subject to similar requirements as those conducting clinical trials with respect to drugs or biologics. Clinical trials involving significant risk devices (e.g., devices that present a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of human subjects) are required to obtain both FDA of approval of an investigational device exemption (IDE)(IDE) application and IRB approval before study initiation; clinicalinitiation. Clinical trials involving non-significant risk devices are not required to submit an IDE for FDA approval but must obtain IRB approval before study initiation.

During a study, the sponsor is required to comply with the applicable FDA requirements, including, for example, trial monitoring, selecting clinical investigators and providing them with the investigational plan, ensuring IRB review, adverse event reporting, record keeping requirements, and prohibitions on the promotion of investigational devices or on making safety or effectiveness claims about them. The clinical investigators in the clinical study are also subject to FDA regulations and must obtain patient informed consent, rigorously follow the investigational plan and study protocol, control the disposition of the investigational device, and comply with all reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Additionally, after a trial begins, the sponsor, the FDA, or the IRB could suspend or terminate a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks to study subjects outweigh the anticipated benefits.

After a device is cleared or approved for marketing, numerous and pervasive regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include:
establishment registration and device listing with the FDA;
QSR requirements, which require manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation, and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the design and manufacturing process;
labeling regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of investigational products, or the promotion of ‘‘off-label’’ uses of cleared or approved products;
requirements related to promotional activities;
clearance or approval of product modifications to 510(k)-cleared devices that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that could constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared devices, or approval of certain modifications to PMA-approved devices;
medical device reporting regulations, which require that a manufacturer report to the FDA if a device it markets may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or has malfunctioned and the device or a similar device that it markets would be likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, if the malfunction were to recur;
correction, removal, and recall reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health;
the FDA’s recall authority, whereby the agency can order device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations; and
post-market surveillance activities and regulations, which apply when deemed by the FDA to be necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device.
The FDA has broad regulatory and enforcement powers with respect to medical devices, similar to those for drugs and biologics. The regulations are complex and have tended to become more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in additional restrictions or requirements. The FDA requiresenforces these regulatory requirements through, among other means, periodic unannounced inspections. FDORA gives the FDA authority to request medical device facility records in advance of, or in lieu of, inspections. Any failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements could result in enforcement action by the FDA, which may include any of the following sanctions:
adverse publicity, warning letters, untitled letters, it has come to our attention letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees, and civil penalties;
repair, replacement, refunds, recall, or seizure of products;
operating restrictions, partial suspension, or total shutdown of production;
denial of requests for regulatory clearance or PMA approval of new products or services, new intended uses, or modifications to existing products or services;
withdrawal of regulatory clearance or PMA approvals that have already been granted; or
criminal prosecution.
States also impose regulatory requirements on medical device manufacturers and distributors. The FDA also administers certain controls over the import and export of medical devices to comply with detailed requirements regardingand from the design and manufacturing practices, labeling and promotion, record keeping, and adverse event reporting.

United States. Additionally, each foreign country subjects medical devices to its own regulatory requirements. States also impose regulatory requirements on medical device manufacturers and distributors. Failure to comply with the applicable federal or state requirements could result in, among other things: (1) fines, injunctions, and civil penalties; (2) recall or seizure of products; (3) operating restrictions, partial suspension, or

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total shutdown of manufacturing; (4) refusing requests for approval of new products; (5) withdrawing approvals already granted; and (6) criminal prosecution.

The FDA also administers certain controls over the import and export of medical devices to and from the United States. Additionally, each foreign country subjects medical devices to its own regulatory requirements. In the EU, there is no authorization process for medical devices. Medical devices are CE marked and placed on the market in the EU at the discretion and on the liability of their manufacturer following a single regulatory approvalconformity assessment process has been created, and approval is represented bythat may include the CE Mark.

Combination Products

A combination product is a product composed of a combination of two or more FDA-regulated product components or products, e.g., drug-device or device-biologic. A combination product can take a variety of forms, such as a single entity made by physically or chemically combining components, or a single unit made of separately packaged products. Each combination product is assigned a lead FDA Center, which has jurisdiction for the premarket review and regulation, based on which constituent part of the combination product provides the primary mode of action, i.e., the mode of action expected to make the greatest contribution to the overall intended therapeutic effect of the product. If the classification as a combination product or the lead Center assignment is unclear or in dispute, a sponsor may request a meeting, submit a Request for Designation (RFD)(RFD), and the FDA will issue a designation letter within 60 calendar days of the filing of the RFD. Depending on the type of combination product, the FDA may require a single application for approval, clearance, or licensure of the combination product, or separate applications for the constituent parts. During the review of marketing applications, the lead Center may consult or collaborate with other FDA Centers. In 2017, the FDA released final documents addressing the application of cGMP requirements and classification issues relatingrelated to combination products.


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The Cures Act sets forth a number of provisions pertaining to combination products, such as procedures for negotiating disagreements between sponsors and the FDA and requirements intended to streamline FDA premarket reviews of combination products that contain an already-approved component. For drug-device combination products, comprised of an FDA-approved drug and device primary mode of action, the Cures Act applies Hatch Waxman requirements to the premarket review process such that a patent dispute regarding the listed drug may result in the delay of the 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of the combination product. Furthermore, the Cures Act applies exclusivity provisions (e.g., new chemical entity and orphan drug exclusivities) to the device clearance and approval process for combination products with a device primary mode of action.

In the United States, many independent third-party health plans, and government health care programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare, pay for patient use of our commercial products. A material portion of our product sales are reimbursed under these government programs. The availability of adequate government reimbursement for our products is subject to regulatory changes and controls affecting these programs.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that is administered by the states for low‑income and disabled beneficiaries. We participate in the Medicaid Drug Rebate program, pursuant to which, as a condition of having federal funds made available for our drugs under Medicaid and Medicare Part B, we are required to pay a rebate to each state Medicaid program for our covered outpatient drugs that are reimbursed by Medicaid. Medicaid rebates are based on pricing data we report on a monthly and quarterly basis to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers the Medicaid and Medicare programs. These data include the average manufacturer price and, in the case of innovator products, the best price for each drug which, in general, represents the lowest price available from the manufacturer to any entity in the U.S. in any pricing structure, calculated to include all applicable sales and associated rebates, discounts, and other price concessions. If we become aware that our reporting for a prior quarter was incorrect, or has changed as a result of recalculation of the pricing data, we are obligated to resubmit the corrected data to CMS for up to three years after those data originally were due.
Medicare is thea federal program that is administered by the federal government that provides covered health care benefits to senior citizensindividuals age 65 or over and to certain disabled and chronically ill persons. Medicaid is the federal program jointly funded and administered by the statesWe are required to provide health care benefitsaverage sales price (ASP) information for certain of our products to participants who qualifyCMS on a quarterly basis. The ASP we report must be calculated based on income. a statutorily-defined formula as well as regulations and interpretations of the statute by CMS. The ASP information is used by CMS to compute Medicare reimbursement rates for our drugs that are covered by Medicare Part B, which covers physician-administered drugs, physician services, and outpatient care. Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital benefits, while Medicare Part D is a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit to Medicare beneficiaries.
Our drugs are covered under these various programs:
Unituxin is administered entirely as an in-patient therapy and would typically be reimbursed under Medicare Part A, which covers inpatient hospital benefits.A. However, because Unituxin is indicated for the treatment of a pediatric cancer, Medicare beneficiaries areis unlikely to receive this treatment. cover treatment, but Medicaid may cover pediatric patients requiring care.
Remodulin and nebulized Tyvaso are reimbursed by thereimbursable under Medicare Part B program, which covers physician services and outpatient care.B. The Medicare Part B contractors who administer the program provide reimbursement forcover Remodulin and Tyvaso under local coverage determinations and provide reimbursement according to statutory guidelines. As
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Tyvaso DPI, Orenitram, and Adcirca are reimbursed under Medicare Part D, and we pay rebates to Part D plans that cover these products.
Medicaid also covers Remodulin, Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Adcirca, Orenitram, and Unituxin, and, as noted above, we must pay Medicaid rebates on this utilization.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) will have significant impacts on prices and reimbursement rates, as discussed below under U.S. Healthcare Reform.
Federal law requires that any company that participates in the Medicaid Drug Rebate program also participate in the Public Health Service’s 340B drug pricing program, in order for federal funds to be available for the manufacturer’s drugs under Medicaid and Medicare Part B. The 340B program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), requires participating manufacturers to agree to charge statutorily-defined covered entities no more than the 340B “ceiling price” for the manufacturer’s covered outpatient drugs. These 340B covered entities include a conditionvariety of community health clinics and other entities that receive health services grants from the Public Health Service, as well as hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients. The 340B ceiling price is calculated using a statutory formula, which is based on the average manufacturer price and rebate amount for the covered outpatient drug as calculated under the Medicaid Drug Rebate program, and in general, products subject to Medicaid price reporting and rebate obligations are also subject to the 340B ceiling price calculation and discount requirement.
We are required to report our 340B ceiling prices to HRSA on a quarterly basis, which HRSA then publishes to 340B covered entities. HRSA has promulgated a regulation regarding the calculation of the inclusion340B ceiling price and the imposition of Adcircacivil monetary penalties on manufacturers that knowingly and Orenitramintentionally overcharge covered entities. Moreover, HRSA established an administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process for claims by covered entities that a manufacturer engaged in overcharging, and by manufacturers that a 340B covered entity violated the prohibitions against diversion or duplicate discounts. Such claims are to be resolved through an ADR panel of government officials rendering a decision that could be appealed only in federal court. An ADR proceeding could potentially subject us to discovery by covered entities and other onerous procedural requirements and could result in additional liability. Further, legislation may be introduced that, if passed, would further expand the 340B program to additional covered entities, expand manufacturer ceiling price obligations to so-called “contract pharmacies,” or require participating manufacturers to agree to provide 340B discounted pricing on drugs used in an inpatient setting. Any additional future changes to the definition of average manufacturer price and the Medicaid rebate amount could affect our 340B ceiling price calculations and negatively impact our results of operations.
In order to be eligible to have our products paid for with federal funds under Medicaid and Medicare Part B and purchased by certain federal agencies and grantees, we also participate in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) pricing program. Under this program, we are obligated to make our products available for procurement under an FSS contract under which we must comply with standard government terms and conditions and charge a price to certain federal agencies that is no higher than the statutory federal ceiling price (FCP). The FCP is based on the non-federal average manufacturer price (Non-FAMP), which we calculate and report to the VA on a quarterly and annual basis. We also participate in the Tricare Retail Pharmacy program, under which we pay quarterly rebates on utilization of innovator products that are dispensed through the Tricare Retail Pharmacy network to Tricare beneficiaries. The rebates are calculated as the difference between the annual Non-FAMP and FCP.
Pricing and rebate calculations vary across products and programs, are complex, and are often subject to interpretation by us, governmental or regulatory agencies, and the courts, which can change and evolve over time. CMS, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General and other governmental agencies have pursued manufacturers that were alleged to have failed to report these data to the government in a timely or accurate manner. Governmental agencies may also make changes in program interpretations, requirements, or conditions of participation, some of which may have implications for amounts previously estimated or paid. We cannot assure you that any submissions we are required to make under the Medicaid Drug Rebate program, the 340B program, the VA/FSS program, the Tricare Retail Pharmacy Program, and other governmental drug pricing programs will not be found to be incomplete or incorrect.
In addition, in the U.S., drug pricing by pharmaceutical companies is currently, and is expected to continue to be, under close scrutiny, including with respect to companies that have increased the price of products after acquiring those products from other companies. There are numerous ongoing efforts at the federal and state level seeking to indirectly or directly regulate drug prices to reduce overall healthcare costs using tools such as price ceilings, value-based pricing, and increased transparency and disclosure obligations. Several states have passed or are considering legislation that requires or purports to require companies to report pricing information, including proprietary pricing information. For example, in 2017, California adopted a prescription drug price transparency state bill requiring advance notice of and an explanation for price increases of certain drugs that exceed a specified threshold. Similar bills have been introduced previously at the federal level and also enacted in other states, and additional legislation could be introduced in the future.
U.S. Healthcare Reform
Our industry is highly regulated and changes in law or government health care programs may adversely impact our business, operations, or financial results. Political, economic, and regulatory influences may lead to fundamental changes in the U.S. healthcare industry, particularly given the current atmosphere of mounting criticism of prescription drug costs in the U.S. We
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expect there will continue to be legislative and regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system in ways that could impact our ability to commercialize and to sell our products profitably.
At the federal level, there have been and continue to be a number of healthcare-related legislative and regulatory initiatives and reforms that significantly affect the pharmaceutical industry. For example, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), enacted in 2010, substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and commercial payers, and has significantly impacted the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. Among other things, the PPACA establishes annual fees and taxes on manufacturers of certain branded prescription drugs. The PPACA is a broad measure intended to expand healthcare coverage within the United States, primarily through the imposition of health coverage-related mandates on employers and individuals and expansion of the Medicaid program. The PPACA and certain of its provisions have been subject to judicial challenges as well as efforts to repeal or replace them or to alter their interpretation or implementation.
Additionally, there has been increasing legislative, regulatory, and enforcement interest in the United States regarding drug pricing practices. Among other things, there have been several U.S. Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things: bring more transparency to drug pricing; reduce the cost of prescription drugs under government payer programs; review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs; and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drugs.
Most significantly, on August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the IRA into law. This statute marks the most significant action by Congress with respect to the pharmaceutical industry since adoption of the PPACA in 2010. Among other things, the IRA requires manufacturers of certain drugs to engage in price negotiations with Medicare (beginning in 2026), with prices that can be negotiated subject to a cap; imposes rebates under Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation (first due in 2023); and replaces the Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program which provideswith a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit, wenew discounting program (beginning in 2025). The IRA permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years. For that and other reasons, it is currently unclear how the IRA will be effectuated, and while the impact of the IRA on the pharmaceutical industry cannot yet be fully determined, it is likely to be significant.
In addition, Congress has recently enacted other statutes that could adversely affect our ability to successfully commercialize our products. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, effective January 1, 2024, the statutory cap on Medicaid Drug Rebate program rebates that manufacturers pay rebates to Medicare Part D plan sponsors that reimburse these products. State Medicaid programs also reimburse the cost of our commercial products at rates established by statutory guidelines. Because Remodulin, Tyvaso, Adcirca, Orenitram and Unituxin are reimbursed by state Medicaid programs we must pay a rebate to those state Medicaid programs. We are required by government contract to sell our commercial products under contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Public Health Service and numerous other federal agencies as well as certain hospitals that are designated as 340B covered entities (entities designated by federal programs to receive drugs at discounted prices) at prices that are significantly below the price we charge to our specialty distributors. These programs and contracts are highly regulated, are subject to regulatory changes and amendments that we cannot control, and impose restrictions on our business. Failure to comply with these regulations and restrictionswill be eliminated, which could result in increased Medicaid rebate liability for us.
Individual states in the United States have also increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement limitations, marketing cost disclosure, and transparency measures, and, in some cases, measures designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing. In addition, regional healthcare authorities and individual hospitals are increasingly using bidding procedures to determine what pharmaceutical products and which suppliers will be included in their prescription drug and other healthcare programs.
In October 2020, the HHS and the FDA issued a lossfinal rule and guidance concerning two new pathways for importing lower-cost drugs into the United States. The final rule allows certain prescription drugs to be imported from Canada, and the guidance describes procedures for drug manufacturers to facilitate the importation of our abilityFDA-approved drugs and biologics manufactured abroad and originally intended for sale in a foreign country into the United States. More recently, the Biden administration has reaffirmed its aim to continue receiving reimbursement for our drugs, exclusiontake further action with respect to the pharmaceutical industry, beyond implementation of our products from reimbursement under the federal healthcare programs, or debarment, and expose us to liability under federal and state false claims laws. We estimate that between 40-50 percent of Remodulin, Tyvaso, Adcirca and Orenitram sales are reimbursed under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Anti-Kickback, False Claims Laws, and The Prescription Drug Marketing Act

The federal healthcare program anti-kickback statuteAnti-Kickback Statute (AKS) prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce or in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for the purchase, lease or order of, or referring an individual for the furnishing of, any healthcare item or service reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally financed healthcare programs. This statute has been interpreted broadly to apply to arrangements between pharmaceutical manufacturers and prescribers, purchasers, formulary managers, and others. The term “remuneration” has been broadly interpreted to apply to anything of value including, for example, gifts, cash payments, donations, waivers of payment, ownership interests, and providing any item, service, or compensation for something other than fair market value. Liability under the AKS may be established without proving actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it. Although there are a number of statutory exceptions and regulatory safe harbors to the AKS protecting certain common business arrangements and activities from prosecution or regulatory sanctions, the exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly. Practices that involve remuneration to those who prescribe, purchase, or recommend pharmaceutical and biological products, including certain discounts, or engaging such individuals as consultants, advisors, and speakers, may be subject to scrutiny if they do not fit squarely within an exception or safe harbor. Moreover, some common practices do not have dedicated safe harbors. The regulatory safe harbors also are subject to regulatory revision and interpretation by a number of government agencies. Violations of the anti-kickback statuteAKS are punishable by imprisonment, criminal fines, damages, civil monetary penalties, exclusion from participation in federal healthcare programs, and liability under the False Claims Act. Although there are a number of statutory exemptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting certain common activities from prosecution or other regulatory sanctions, the exemptions


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and safe harbors are drawn narrowly, and practices that involve remuneration intended to induce prescribing, purchases or recommendations may be subject to scrutiny if they do not qualify for an exemption or safe harbor. In addition, although the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issues guidance and advisory opinions regarding compliance with the anti-kickback statute, and applicable exemptions and safe harbors, such guidance and opinions may change over time.

        The federal civil False Claims Act (FCA).

The FCA prohibits any person from, among other things, presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to the federalof government funds, or making, or causing to be made, a false statement material to a false or fraudulent claim.
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Actions under the FCA may be brought by the Attorney General or as a qui tam action by a private individual in the name of the government. Such private individuals may share in amounts paid by the defendant to the government in recovery or settlement. Many pharmaceutical and other healthcare companies have been prosecuted under the False Claims ActFCA for, among other things, allegedly inflating drug prices they report to pricing services, which in turn were used by the government to set Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates; for allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product; for violating the anti-kickback laws;AKS; materially deviating from statutorily required manufacturing standards; and on the basis of allegations relatingrelated to certain marketing practices, including off-label promotion. The majority ofFCA liability is potentially significant in the healthcare industry because the statute provides for treble damages and significant mandatory penalties per violation, as well as potential exclusion from participation in federal healthcare programs.
Many states also have statutes or regulations similar to the federal anti-kickback statuteAKS and False Claims Act,the FCA, which apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs, or, in several states, apply regardless of the payer. SanctionsSeveral states have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to, among other things, establish marketing compliance programs; file periodic reports with the state, including reports on gifts and payments to individual health care providers; make periodic public disclosures on sales, marketing, pricing, clinical trials, and other activities; and/or register their sales representatives. Some states prohibit certain sales and marketing practices, including the provision of gifts, meals, or other items to health care providers, and still others prohibit offering co-pay support to patients for certain prescription drugs.
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act, implemented as the Open Payments Program, requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics, and medical supplies for which payment is available under these federalMedicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (with certain exceptions) to report annually to CMS information related to payments and state laws mayother transfers of value to physicians (defined to include treble damages, civil penalties, exclusiondoctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, and chiropractors) and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members. Beginning in 2022, applicable manufacturers are also required to report information regarding payments and transfers of a manufacturer's products from reimbursement under government programs, criminal fines,value provided to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse anesthetists, and imprisonment.

certified nurse-midwives.

We are also subject to numerous other anti-bribery and anti-fraud laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act, and the federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law.

As part of the sales and marketing process, pharmaceutical companies frequently provide samples of approved drugs to physicians. The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA)(PDMA) imposes requirements and limitations upon the distribution of drugs and drug samples, and prohibits states from licensing distributors of prescription drugs unless the state licensing program meets certain federal guidelines that include minimum standards for storage and handling, as well as record keeping requirements for information regarding sample requests and distribution. The PDMA sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations. In addition, PDMA requires manufacturers and distributors to submit similar drug sample information to the FDA.

Sanctions under these federal and state laws may include treble damages, civil penalties, exclusion of a manufacturer’s products from reimbursement under government programs, criminal fines, and imprisonment.
Outside the U.S., interactions between pharmaceutical companies and physicians are also governed by strict laws, regulations, industry self-regulation codes of conduct, and physicians’ codes of professional conduct. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actprovision of 2010 (PPACA)

        The PPACAbenefits or advantages to physicians to induce or encourage the prescription, recommendation, endorsement, purchase, supply, order, or use of medicinal products, which is intended to expand healthcare coverage withinprohibited in the United States. Several provisionsEU, is governed by the national anti-bribery laws of the law, which have varying effective dates, have impacted usEU member states. Violation of these laws could result in substantial fines and have increased certainimprisonment. Certain EU member states, or industry codes of our costs. The PPACA imposes an annual fee on pharmaceutical manufacturers, based on the manufacturer's sale of branded pharmaceuticals and biologics (excluding orphan drugs) to certain U.S. government programs during the preceding year; expands the 340B drug discount program (excluding orphan drugs) including the creation of new penalties for non-compliance; includes a 50 percent discount on brand name drugs for Medicare Part D participants in the coverage gap, or "donut hole"; and revised the definition of "average manufacturer price" for reporting purposes, which could increase the amount of the Medicaid drug rebates paid to states.

        In addition, the PPACA imposes new annual reporting requirements for pharmaceutical, biological and device manufacturers with regard toconduct, require that payments or other transfers of value made to physicians be publicly disclosed. Moreover, agreements with physicians must often be the subject of prior notification and teaching hospitals. In addition, pharmaceutical, biological and device manufacturers are required to report annually investment interests heldapproval by physicians and their immediate family members during the preceding calendar year. Many of these laws and regulations contain ambiguous requirements that have not yet been clarified. Further,physician’s employer, his/her competent professional organization, and/or the PPACA amends the intent requirementcompetent authorities of the federal anti-kickback and criminal health care fraud statute. A personindividual EU member states. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in reputational risk, public reprimands, administrative penalties, fines, or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of these statutes or specific intent to violate them. In addition, the government may assert that a claim

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including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal anti-kickback statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act.

        In December 2017, Congress repealed a PPACA requirement that individuals obtain healthcare insurance coverage or face a penalty, which could decrease the number of patients who have coverage under health plans that pay for patient use of our products.

The Cures Act, which was signed into law on December 13,in 2016, contains a wide range of provisions designed to promote clinical research and streamline and expedite the FDA review and approval process. For example, the law clarifies the FDA'sFDA’s authority regarding drugs that target rare diseases, and broadens the type of data and information that may be used to support a drug or biologic application for a genetically targeted drug or variant protein targeted drug. The law requires the FDA to facilitate development programs for, and provides expedited review of, regenerative advanced therapies. The law further requires the FDA to establish a program to evaluate the use of real worldreal-world evidence, i.e., evidence from sources other than randomized clinical trials, to support the approval of certain drug and biological product applications and to satisfy post-approval requirements.requirements; in 2018, the FDA published a framework for evaluating real-world evidence. In 2019, the FDA announced numerous initiatives and guidance documents intended to improve and streamline the drug approval process. For example, the FDA’s “Safety and Performance Based Pathway” final guidance described an optional premarket process for certain well-understood medical devices. Other key provisions relatingrelated to orphan drugs, combination products, and medical devices, are discussed separately above.

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State Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Marketing Laws

        If not preempted by the PPACA, several

Several jurisdictions require pharmaceutical companies to report expenses relatingrelated to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products and to report gifts and payments to healthcare practitioners in those jurisdictions.jurisdictions, or to obtain licenses for sales representatives and require them to satisfy educational and other requirements. Some of these jurisdictions also prohibit various marketing related activities. Still other states require the postingdisclosure of information relatingrelated to drug pricing and clinical studies and their outcomes. In addition, certain states require pharmaceutical companies to implement compliance programs or marketing codes and several other states are considering similar proposals. Compliance with these laws is difficult and time consuming, and companies that do not comply with these state laws face civil penalties or other civil enforcement action.

Privacy Laws
We must comply with numerous federal, state, and non-U.S. laws that govern the privacy and security of health and other personal information. In the U.S., numerous federal and state laws and regulations govern the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of health related and other personal information. Many of these laws differ from each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts. Compliance with these laws is difficult, constantly evolving, and time consuming. Federal regulators, state attorneys general, and plaintiffs’ attorneys, including class action attorneys, have been and will likely continue to be active in this space.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) imposes privacy, security, and breach reporting obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy and security of individually-identifiable health information upon covered entities subject to the rule. Although we are not directly subject to HIPAA—other than with respect to providing certain employee benefits—we could be subject to criminal penalties if we knowingly obtain, use, or disclose individually-identifiable health information maintained by a HIPAA covered entity in a manner that is not authorized or permitted by HIPAA. We also may obtain health information from third parties (including research institutions from which we obtain clinical trial data) that are subject to privacy and security requirements under HIPAA.
In addition, we are required to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA became effective in 2020 and establishes certain requirements for data use and sharing transparency, and provides California residents certain rights concerning the use, disclosure, and retention of their personal data. The CCPA and its implementing regulations have already been amended multiple times since their enactment. Similarly, there are a number of legislative proposals in the United States, at both the federal and state level, that could impose new obligations or limitations in areas affecting our business. These laws and regulations are evolving and subject to interpretation, and may impose limitations on our activities or otherwise adversely affect our business. The obligations to comply with the CCPA and evolving legislation require us, among other things, to update our notices and develop new processes internally and with our partners. We may be subject to fines, penalties, or private actions in the event of non-compliance with these laws.
Outside the U.S., the legislative and regulatory landscape for privacy and data security continues to evolve. There has been increased attention to privacy and data security issues that could potentially affect our business, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became effective in 2018 and imposes potential penalties up to the greater of €20 million or four percent of annual global revenue for failure to comply with its requirements. In addition, the CCPA and laws and regulations enacted in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, increase potential enforcement and litigation activity.
In the event we enroll subjects in our ongoing or future clinical trials in the EU, we may be subject to additional privacy restrictions, including restrictions relating to the collection, use, storage, transfer, and other processing of personal data, including personal health data, regarding individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA) as governed by the GDPR. The GDPR imposes several requirements on companies that process personal data, strict rules on the transfer of personal data out of the EEA, including to the U.S., and fines and penalties for failure to comply with the requirements of the GDPR and the related national data protection laws of the EU member states. The GDPR also confers a private right of action on data subjects and consumer associations to lodge complaints with supervisory authorities, seek judicial remedies, and obtain compensation for damages resulting from violations of the GDPR. The obligations under the GDPR may be onerous and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. Compliance with the GDPR will be a rigorous and time-intensive process that may increase our cost of doing business or require us to change our business practices, and despite those efforts, there is a risk that we may be subject to fines and penalties, litigation, and reputational harm in connection with any European activities. Further, the United Kingdom’s exiting of the EU, often referred to as Brexit, has created uncertainty with regard to data protection regulation in the United Kingdom. In particular, it is unclear how data transfers to and from the United Kingdom will be regulated.
Because of the remote work policies we implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, information that is normally protected, including company confidential information, may be less secure. Cybersecurity and data security threats continue to evolve and raise the risk of an incident that could affect our operations or compromise our business information or sensitive personal information, including health data.
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We may also need to collect more extensive health-related information from our employees to manage our workforce. If we or our third-party partners fail to comply or are alleged to have failed to comply with applicable data protection and privacy laws and regulations, and related employment rules, or if we were to experience a data breach involving personal information, we could be subject to government enforcement actions or private lawsuits.
In addition, our business could be adversely impacted if our ability to transfer personal data outside of the EEA or Switzerland is restricted, which could adversely impact our operating results.
Other Laws and Regulations

Numerous other statutory and regulatory regimes affect our business and operations. For example, our research and development efforts may be subject to laws, regulations, and recommendations relatingrelated to data privacy and protection, safe working conditions, laboratory practices, use of animals in research and development activities, and the purchase, storage, movement, import, export, and use and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances. Antitrust and competition laws may restrict our ability to enter into certain agreements involving exclusive license rights. Future legislation and administrative action will continue to affect our business, the extent and degree of which we cannot accurately predict.

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Environmental Matters
We had approximately 800are subject to a number of laws and regulations that require compliance with federal, state, and local regulations for the protection of the environment. We believe that our operations comply in all material respects with such applicable laws and regulations. Our compliance with these requirements did not change during the past year, and is not expected to have a material effect upon our capital expenditures, cash flows, earnings, or competitive position.
Human Capital
We are united by our commitment to developing innovative therapies for unmet needs and our dedication to be responsible citizens that have a positive impact on patients, the environment, and society. Our employees, aswhom we call “Unitherians,” are mission critical to these commitments because they share the same passion and dedication to meeting our purpose. As of December 31, 2017. The success2022, we had approximately 985 employees working across our 10 facilities worldwide. None of our businessemployees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and we believe our overall relations with our employees are good.
Our people mission focuses on five key commitments, providing Unitherians with:
Challenging, innovative work
Opportunities for career advancement
Autonomy to do their best work
Inspiring work environment allowing for work/life integration
Competitive pay and benefits
In 2022, we achieved approximately $2.0 million in revenue per employee, which ranks near the top of our industry peer group. We feel strongly that such industry-leading productivity cannot be maintained without a core focus on our family of Unitherians, and a dedication to encouraging engagement, motivation, and focus on our goals and objectives. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (Board) oversees our human capital management priorities, which are driven by the five key commitments noted above.
The “Unitherian” Culture. We are intentional in our effort to maintain our entrepreneurial culture. We believe this instills a greater sense of ownership, meaning, and commitment in Unitherians, motivating them to go above and beyond to achieve our ambitious goals. Moreover, we are confident that our culture provides us with a competitive advantage by enabling us to attract the best talent to drive innovation and excellence in pursuit of our key strategic objectives. United Therapeutics is highly dependentproud to be an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate based on attractingrace, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and retaining highlyveteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We have a policy that prohibits all forms of unlawful harassment and retaliation and provide training to all Unitherians on their responsibilities and protections under this policy.
PBC Conversion. In 2021, we converted United Therapeutics into a public benefit corporation, becoming the first company in our industry to do so. As a public benefit corporation, our Board is now obligated to balance the interests of its patient-focused public benefit purpose, the financial interests of shareholders, and the interests of other stakeholders who are materially impacted by our conduct, such as Unitherians. We believe that this conversion has helped further underscore our commitment to Unitherians, and well as our mission-driven public benefit purpose of creating a brighter future for patients.
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Recruitment, Retention, and Talent Development. We strive to hire and retain exceptionally talented people who are passionately committed to our goals and qualified personnel.

Industry Segmentswho will thrive in our unique culture. We provide Unitherians with a variety of personal and Geographic Areas

        Since 2011,professional development opportunities for them to grow and thrive. We believe that our recruitment, talent management, and talent development efforts are key factors in our low turnover compared to our industry peer group, which historically has trended well below the industry average. In 2022, we continued that trend with our voluntary turnover at 8.8 percent, well below industry average of 16.1 percent (based on June 1, 2021 through June 1, 2022 data from Aon/Radford’s Turnover Study for the Life Sciences/Biotech/Pharma Sector, published December 2022).

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We are proud of our diverse workforce, and we firmly believe that being a great place to work means being diverse and inclusive. Women represent 51 percent of all Unitherians and 36 percent of our workforce identify as members of a racial or ethnic minority. We foster diversity and inclusion in many different ways, including through support of Unitherian resource groups and through our Inclusion Advisory Group, which is chaired by our Chief People Officer and provides ongoing input to our DEI Executive Council on DEI strategies and initiatives. In 2022, we refreshed our core values, adding “Inclusive” as a core Unitherian value. We work to identify diverse and representative candidates for our open positions, and have enhanced our efforts by posting all open positions on targeted diversity recruitment sites. As part of our multi-year, company-wide training initiative to promote and enrich awareness of important DEI topics, we offered a number of focused training and development activities to Unitherians worldwide. In our annual DEI survey we saw year-over-year improvement in employee perception of the impact our DEI efforts have had on our culture and workplaces.
Employee Development and Engagement. We believe in the value of refresher training and continuous learning. Required training on our Code of Conduct and other content areas across our organization, support our commitment to quality and integrity. We also offer professional and leadership development training programs to help employees grow their careers. Our Education Assistance Program enables full-time employees to attend external courses that support business has been pharmaceuticals,goals, add value to the organization, and correspond with the employees’ own career development plans. In addition, we encourage Unitherians to provide input on our programs and speak up when they identify concerns, and we take action in response when appropriate. Our regular town hall meetings, which feature executive updates and patient-focused sessions, provide an avenue for Unitherians to connect with company management and the patient experience. Through Workplace by Facebook, we closelycreated an internal social environment to connect Unitherians across functions. We regularly conduct broad surveys to solicit the views of Unitherians, which give us insights that help us evolve our programming, monitor the revenuesquality of our initiatives, and gross margins generated bymeasure engagement. The impacts of our commercial products. We sell our productsefforts are evident in the results of a recent external engagement survey conducted by Great Place to Work, which showed that approximately 93 percent of respondents consider United StatesTherapeutics “a great place to work.”
Health and throughoutSafety. We are committed to providing and maintaining a safe, healthy, and secure workplace for all Unitherians. We have an environmental health and safety program. We routinely provide training on workplace safety and security to all Unitherians.
A Holistic Approach to Total Rewards and Employee Wellness. We require an exceptionally talented workforce. Because Unitherians are key to driving our strategic goals, we provide robust people programs that demonstrate the resthigh value we place on the financial, mental, and physical wellness of Unitherians. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes a competitive base salary, short-term cash incentive compensation, stock awards, and an employee stock purchase plan, which encourages all of our full-time Unitherians to participate in our financial success. For example, all full-time domestic Unitherians are eligible to receive minimum annual compensation of $75,000, including salary and bonus. We offer market-leading benefit programs, including a 401(k) savings plan with a company match, as well as health and welfare benefits such as flexible spending accounts, generous paid time off, parental bonding leave, employee assistance programs, flexible work arrangements, tuition assistance, and more. We offer competitive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage that is available to both part-time and full-time Unitherians. Our inspiring work environments include several employee-focused amenities, such as on-site cafeterias, childcare centers, and state-of-the-art fitness centers.
Board Oversight. Our Board, through its Compensation Committee, oversees our human capital management strategies, including our focus on DEI; workplace environment and culture; and talent development and retention. These topics are generally reviewed and discussed at meetings of both the Compensation Committee and of the world. The information required by Item 101(b) and 101(d) of Regulation S-K relating to financial information about industry segments and geographical areas, respectively, is contained in Note 14—Segment Information to our consolidated financial statements.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The following is a list, as of February 21, 2018,22, 2023, setting forth certain information regarding our executive officers. Each executive officer holds office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of shareholders, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Each executive officer'sofficer’s employment will end pursuant to the terms of his or her employment contract.

Name
AgePosition

Name

AgePosition
Martine A. Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. 

6863Chairman,Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer and Director

Michael Benkowitz

5146President and Chief Operating Officer

James C. Edgemond

5550Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Paul A. Mahon, J.D. 

5954Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

Martine A. Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., founded United Therapeutics in 1996 and has served as ChairmanChairperson and Chief Executive Officer since its inception through January 2015, wheninception. Previously, she became Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. She was promoted to her current role as Chairman andsoul CEO in June 2016. Prior to United Therapeutics, she founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SiriusXM Satellite Radio.created the satellite radio company SiriusXM. She is an inventor or co‑inventor on nine U.S. patents, with additional patents pending. Her pioneering book, Your Life or Mine: How Geoethics Can Resolve the Conflict Between Private and Public Interests in Xenotransplantation, anticipated the need for both global virus bio-surveillance and a co-inventor on sixgreatly expanded supply of our patents pertaining to treprostinil.

transplantable organs. Dr. Rothblatt has a Ph.D. in medical ethics from the University of London.

Michael Benkowitzjoined United Therapeutics in 2011 as our Executive Vice President, Organizational Development. In this role, he was responsible for most companywide administrative functions, including human resources, information technology, corporate real estateDevelopment, and risk management, and was also responsible for many of our business development efforts and oversight of several of our key collaborations. He was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2016, when he also became2016. He is responsible for all of our commercial, and medical affairs, activities.

and corporate compliance activities, most company-wide administrative functions, including human resources and information technology, many of our business development efforts, and several of our key business alliances and partnerships.

James C. Edgemondjoined United Therapeutics in January 2013 as Treasurer and Vice President, Strategic Financial Planning. Mr. Edgemond was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in March 2015. Prior to joining United Therapeutics, he was Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Treasurer of Clark Construction Group from 2008 through January 2013. He also served in a variety of roles at The Corporate Executive Board Company from 1998 to 2008, serving as Executive Director, Finance from 2005 to 2008. He began his career as a public accountant at KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, from 1990 through 1998, where he served in a variety of roles, including as a Senior Manager prior to his departure.

Paul A. Mahon, J.D., has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of United Therapeutics since its inception in 1996. In 2001, Mr. Mahon joined United Therapeutics full-time as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. In 2003, Mr. Mahon was promoted to Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. Prior to 2001, he served United Therapeutics, beginning with its formation in 1996, in his capacity as principal and managing partner of a law firm specializing in technology and media law.


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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

Forward-Looking Statements

        This Report contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, which are based on our beliefs and expectations as to future outcomes, include, among others, statements relating to the following:

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These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and our actual results may differ materially from anticipated results. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


Risks Related to Our Business

Products and Our Operations

We rely heavily on sales of Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram and Adcircaour treprostinil-based therapies to generate revenues and support our operations.

Sales of our current PAHtreprostinil-based therapies (Remodulin, Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram and Adcirca) comprise the vast majority of our revenues. DecreasedSubstantially decreased sales of any one of these products could have a material adverse impact on our operations. A wide variety of events, such as withdrawal of regulatory approvals or substantial changes in prescribing practices or dosing patterns, many of which are described in other risk factors below, could cause sales of these products to materially decline, or to grow more slowly than expected. Generic competition due to theThe current commercial availability of generic sildenafil, potential commercialand expected availability of generic versions of Adcirca following loss of regulatory exclusivity in May 2018, as well as generic versions of Remodulin, which could be launched in the United States by Sandoz in June 2018our products has decreased and by Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's in December 2018, and a generic version of Orenitram, which could be launched in the United States by Actavis in June 2027, respectively, or earlier under certain circumstances, and other generic challenges against Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram, may alsocontinue to decrease our revenues. In addition, the inabilityThe approval of new therapies may negatively impact sales of our current and potential new products. Sales may decrease if any third party that manufactures, markets, distributes, or sells any of our commercial products to perform these functionscannot do so satisfactorily, or our inability towe cannot manage our internal manufacturing processes,processes. Finally, if demand for Tyvaso DPI does not meet our expectations, the revenue opportunity for our treprostinil products could result in an inability to meet patient demand and decrease sales.

be significantly lower than we expect.

If our products fail in clinical trials, we will be unable to obtain or maintain FDA and international regulatory approvals and will be unable to sell those products.

To obtain regulatory approvals from the FDA and international regulatory agencies to sell new products, or to expand the product labeling for our existing products, to new indications, we must conduct clinical trials demonstrating that our products are safe and effective. These regulatorsRegulators have substantial discretion over the approval process for our products, and may not agree that we have demonstrated the requisite level of product safety and efficacy to grant approval.

        The FDA and other regulatory agenciesprocess. Regulators may require us to amend ongoing trials or perform additional trials, beyond those we planned, which have in the past and could in the future result in significant delays and additional costs orand may be unsuccessful. For example, approval of an NDADelays and costs associated with regulatory requirements to change or add trials have sometimes caused us to discontinue efforts to develop a BLA could be delayed ifparticular product, and may do so again in the FDA determines that it cannot review or approve the application as submitted. In such a case, the FDA may require substantial additional studies, testing or information in order to complete its review of the application.future. If our clinical trials are not successful, or we fail to address any identified deficiencies adequately, we will not obtain required approvals to market the new product or new indication.

        In addition, we are conducting two pivotal clinical studies, referred to in this Report asFREEDOM-EV andBEAT, in which we are attempting to demonstrate that the drug combination being studied delays time to clinical worsening. We have not previously conducted a pivotal clinical study with time to clinical worsening as its primary endpoint. The timing to complete these studies is subject to uncertainty, in part because study completion depends on the accrual of a pre-specified number of clinical worsening events, the pace of which is inherently difficult to predict. Our inexperience with this type of trial design may impact our ability to conduct these trials appropriately and achieve positive results, or to complete the trials within our anticipated timetable. In particular, failure of the


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FREEDOM-EV study to meet its primary endpoint could materially limit the commercial potential of Orenitram and impede our growth.

We cannot predict with certainty the length of timehow long it will take, or how much it will cost, to complete necessary clinical trials or obtain regulatory approvals relating toof our current or future products. The length of time we needand cost needed to complete clinical trials and obtain regulatory approvals varies by product, indication, and country.

In addition, failure to obtain, or delays in obtaining, regulatory approval has in the past and could in the future require us to recognize impairment charges.

Our clinical trials have been (for example, the PERFECT study), and in the future may be, discontinued, delayed, canceled, or disqualified for various reasons, including:

    The (1) the COVID-19 pandemic, which initially caused us to suspend enrollment of most of our clinical studies, and may do so again; (2) the drug is ineffective, or physicians and/or patients believe that the drug is ineffective, or that other therapies are more effective or convenient;

    We fail to reach agreement with the applicable regulatory agencies regarding the scope or design of our clinical trials;

    Patients (3) patients do not enroll patients drop out,in or we do not observe worsening events,complete clinical trials at the rate we expect;

    Ongoing (4) we, or new clinical trials conducted by drug companies in addition to our own clinical trials reduce the availability of patients for our trials;

    Our clinical trial sites contracted clinical trial administrators or clinical studies conducted entirely byother third parties do not adhere to trial protocols and required quality controls under good clinical practices (GCP)(GCP) regulations and similar regulations outside the United States;

    Patients (5) patients experience severe side effects during treatment or die during our trials because of adverse events related toevents; and (6) the trial drug, advanced disease, or other medical complications; and

    The results of our clinical trials conducted in a particular country are not acceptable to regulators in other countries.

We may not compete successfully with established andor newly developed drugs or products, or the companies that develop and market them.

products.

Competition could negatively impact our operating results. We compete with well-established drug companies for market share, as well as, among other things, funding, licenses, expertise, personnel, clinical trial patients and investigators, consultants, and third-party collaborators. MostSome of these competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, manufacturing, sales, distribution, and technical resources, and a larger number of approved products, than we do. TheseSome of these competitors also possess greater experience in areas critical to success such as research and development, clinical trials, sales and marketing, and regulatory matters.

Numerous treatments currently compete with our commercial therapies, and others are under development.therapies. For example, for the treatment of PAH, we compete with Adempas®, Flolan®, Ilomedin®, Letairis®, Opsumit®, Revatio®, Tracleer®, Uptravi®, Veletri®, Volibris®, Ventavis®, generic epoprostenolover fifteen branded and generic sildenafil citrate.drugs. Sales of a generic version of Adcirca launched in August 2018 have had a material adverse impact on our sales of Adcirca. The availability of generic versions of Remodulin in the United States could materially impact our revenues, and generic competition has materially impacted our Remodulin revenues outside the United States. Our competitors may introduceare also developing new products that render all or some of our technologies and products obsolete or noncompetitive.may compete with ours. For example, Uptravi was approved by the FDA in December 2015 for the treatment of PAH,Liquidia and competes directly with Orenitram. Our commercial therapies may also have toMerck are developing Yutrepia and sotatercept, respectively, which if successful would compete with investigational products currently in development, such as Trevyent®, which is a single-use, pre-filled pump being developed by SteadyMed to deliver a two-day supply of treprostinil subcutaneously using SteadyMed's PatchPump® technology. Trevyent has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of PAH. As a result, if Trevyent obtains FDA approval prior to FDA approval of RemUnity (our pre-filled, semi-disposable treprostinil delivery system), SteadyMed could have seven years of exclusivity during which the FDA may be prevented from approving these products except in limited circumstances such as a showing of clinical superiority. In addition, we may not compete successfully against generic competitors, as we anticipate


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generic tadalafil may be launched in mid-2018, and generic treprostinil may be launched in 2018, as described elsewhere in this Report. It is unclear what revenues, if any, we will generate from Adcirca sales after loss of regulatory exclusivity in May 2018.

        Legislation such as the 21st Century Cures Act, which was enacted in December 2016 and designed to encourage innovation and bring pharmaceutical products to market more quickly, may enable our competitors to bring competing products to market on an expedited basis. In addition, alternative approaches to treating chronic diseases, such as gene therapy, cell therapy or transplantation technologies, may make our products obsolete or noncompetitive. treprostinil-based products.

Patients and doctors may discontinue use of our products if they perceive competing products as safer, more effective, less invasive, more convenient, and/or less expensive than ours. Alternatively, doctorsDoctors may reduce the prescribed doses of our products if they prescribe them in combination with competing products. In addition, many competing therapies are less invasive or more convenient than Tyvasoour products, and Remodulin, and the use of these products may delaycompeting therapies often delays or preventprevents initiation of Tyvaso or Remodulin therapy. Any of these circumstances could negatively impact our operating results.

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The successful commercialization of our products are subject todepends on the availability of coverage and adequacy of reimbursement from government agenciesthird-party payers, including governmental authorities and other third parties.private health insurers. Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement pressures may negatively impact our sales.

The commercial success of our products depends, in significant part, on the availability of reimbursementscoverage by governmental payers such as Medicare and Medicaid, and private insurance companies. An estimated 40-50 percent of Remodulin, Tyvaso, Adcirca and Orenitram sales in the United States are reimbursed under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. A reduction in the availability or extent of reimbursement from domestic or foreign government health care programs could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of our operations. In the United States, the European UnionGovernment payers and other potentially significant markets for our products, government payers and/or third-party payers are increasingly attempting to limit or regulate the price of medicinal products and frequently challenge the pricing of new andor expensive drugs. Financial pressures may cause United States government or other third-party payers to seek cost containment more aggressively through mandatory discounts or rebates on our products, policies requiring the automatic substitution of generic products, more rigorous requirements for initial reimbursement approvals for new products or other similar measures. For example, there have been proposals to reduce reimbursement rates and/or adopt mandatory rebates under Medicare Part B, which covers Remodulin and Tyvaso. In January 2017, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act was proposed in Congress; this act would require the federal government to negotiate the price of Medicare prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies. In October 2017, the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 was proposed in Congress, with similar requirements. More recently, in November 2017, CMS announced a Final Rule that would adjust the applicable payment rate as necessary for certain separately payable drugs and biologicals acquired under the 340B Program from average sales price (ASP) plus 6 percent to ASP minus 22.5 percent.

In many markets outside the United States, governments control the prices of prescription pharmaceuticals through the implementation of reference pricing, price cuts, rebates, revenue-related taxes, and profit control. Financial pressures may cause United States government payers and/or private health insurers to implement policies that would reduce reimbursement rates for our products, limit future price increases, cap reimbursement rates for pharmaceuticals to rates paid internationally, require the automatic substitution of generic products, demand more rigorous requirements for initial coverage for new products, implement step therapy policies that require patients to try other medicines, including generic products, before using our products, or take other similar steps that could make it more difficult for patients to access our products. See, for example, the discussion of the Inflation Reduction Act in the risk factor below entitled Government healthcare reform and other reforms could adversely affect our revenue, costs, and results of operations.

Our prostacyclin analogue products (Remodulin,(Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram) and our oncology product (Unituxin) are expensive therapies. Consequently, itSpecialty pharmacy distributors may not be difficult for our distributorsable to obtain adequate reimbursement for our products from commercial and government payers to motivate such distributorsthem to support our products. Alternatively, third-partyThird-party payers may reduce the amount of reimbursement for our products based on changes in pricing of other therapies for the same disease. In addition, third-partydisease or the development of new payment methodologies to cover and reimburse treatment costs, such as the use of cost-effectiveness research or value-based payment contracts. Third-party payers mayoften encourage the use of less-expensive generic alternative therapies, following the launch of generic forms ofwhich has materially impacted our Adcirca revenues and which may materially impact our Remodulin (anticipated in June 2018) and Adcirca (anticipated in May 2018).revenues. If commercial and/or government payers do not approvecover our products for reimbursement, or limit reimbursements,payment rates, patients and physicians could choose covered competing products that are approved for reimbursement or provideand may have lower out-of-pocket costs.


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Patient assistance programs for pharmaceutical products have come under increasing scrutiny by governments, legislative bodies and enforcement agencies. These activities may result in actions that have the effect of reducing prices or demand for our products, harming our business or reputation, or subjecting us to fines or penalties.

        Recently, there has been enhanced scrutiny of company-sponsored patient assistance programs, including insurance premium and co-pay assistance programs and manufacturers' donations to third-party charities that provide such assistance. If we, our vendors or donation recipients, are deemed to have failed to comply with relevant laws, regulations or government guidance in any of these areas, we could be subject to criminal and civil sanctions, including significant fines, civil monetary penalties and exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and burdensome remediation measures. Actions could also be brought against executives overseeing our business or other employees.

        In December 2017, we entered into a civil Settlement Agreement with the DOJ and the OIG. The Settlement Agreement relates to a May 2016 subpoena from the DOJ requesting documents regarding the Company's support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients. Other companies received similar inquiries as part of a DOJ investigation regarding whether that support may violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal False Claims Act. In connection with the civil settlement, we also entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement (the CIA) with the OIG, which requires us to maintain our corporate compliance program and to undertake a set of defined corporate integrity obligations for a period of five years from the date the agreement was signed. We may be required to incur significant future costs to comply with the CIA.

        It is possible that any actions taken by the DOJ as a result of this industry-wide inquiry could reduce demand for our products and/or reduce coverage of our products, including by federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and state health care programs. If any or all of these events occur, our business, prospects and stock price could be materially and adversely affected.

Our manufacturing strategy exposes us to significant risks.

We must be able to manufacture sufficient quantities of our commercial products to satisfy growing demand. We manufacture Remodulin, Orenitram, Tyvaso, and Unituxin, including the active ingredient in each of these products, at our own facilities and rely on third parties for additional manufacturing capacity for Remodulin and Tyvaso. We rely entirely on MannKind to manufacture Tyvaso DPI, Minnetronix Inc. as the sole manufacturer ofto manufacture the Tyvaso Inhalation System, and on Lilly asDEKA to manufacture the sole manufacturer of Adcirca. In addition, once we launch the Implantable SystemRemunity Pump for Remodulin, and we will rely on Medtronica variety of other third-party sole manufacturers for certain elements of our commercial and development-stage products, as detailed under the sole manufacturer of the SynchroMed II infusion system and related components usedrisk factor below entitled, We rely in the Implantable System for Remodulin.

part on third parties to perform activities that are critical to our business. If any of our internal or third-party manufacturing and supply arrangements are interrupted for compliance issues, issues related to pandemics, or other reasons, we may not have sufficient inventory to meet future demand. In addition, any changeChanges in suppliers and/or service providers could interrupt the manufacturing of our commercial products and impede the progress of our commercial launch plans and clinical trials.

        In addition, our

Our internal manufacturing process subjects us to risks as we engage in increasingly complex manufacturing processes. For example, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Unituxin are sterile solutions that must be prepared under highly-controlled environmental conditions, which are challenging to maintain on a commercial scale. In addition, Unituxin is a monoclonal antibody. As with all biologic products, monoclonal antibodies are inherently more difficult to manufacture than our treprostinil-based products and involve increased risk of viral and other contaminants. We manufacture allour entire supply of our Orenitram and Unituxin ourselves, and we do not havewithout an FDA-approved back-up manufacturing site, for these products. We are constructing a new facility to expand our manufacturing capacity for dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin, but this process will take several years and maydo not be


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successful at all. We presently have no plansplan to engage a third-party contract manufacturer for dinutuximab drug substance, although we are in the process of qualifying a third-party manufacturer for finished Unituxin drug product. We presently have no plansthird party to engage a third-party contract manufacturer for Orenitram.manufacture these materials. Our long-term organ manufacturing programs will involve exceptionally complicated manufacturing processes, many of which have never been attempted on a clinical or commercial scale. It will take substantial time and resources to develop and implement such manufacturing processes, orand we may never be able to do so successfully.

Additional risks we face withof our manufacturing strategy include the following:

We, and our third-party manufacturers, and other third parties involved in the manufacturing process, such as third parties that operate testing and storage facilities, are subject to the FDA'sFDA’s current good manufacturing practices regulations, current good tissue practices, and similar international regulatory standards.standards, and other quality standards related to device manufacturing. Our ability to exercise control over regulatory compliance by our third-party manufacturers is limited;

limited.
We may experience difficulty designing and implementing processes and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations as we develop manufacturing operations for new products;

products.
Natural and man-made disasters (such as fires, contamination, power loss, hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, terrorist attacks, and acts of war), disease outbreaks, and pandemics such as COVID-19 impacting our internal and third-party manufacturing sites could cause a supply disruption—for example, Medtronic and Lilly manufacture the Synchromed II pump and Adcirca, respectively, at their facilities in Puerto Rico, which is vulnerable to hurricanes;

disruption.
Even if we, and our third-party manufacturers, and other third parties involved in the manufacturing process comply with applicable drug and device manufacturing regulations, the sterility and quality of our products could be substandard and such products could not be sold or used or could be subject to recalls;

recalls.
If we had to replace our own manufacturing operations or a third-party manufacturer, theThe FDA and its international counterparts would require new testing and compliance inspections. Furthermore, ainspections of new manufacturer would have to be familiarized with the processes necessary to manufacture and commercially validatemanufacturers of our products, as producingor new manufacturing facilities we operate.
The FDA and other regulatory agencies may not be able to timely inspect our treprostinil-based and biologic products is complex;

facilities, or those of our third-party manufacturers, which could result in delays in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals for our products.
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We may be unable to contract with needed manufacturers on satisfactory terms or at all; and

all.
The supply of materials and components necessary to manufacture and package our products may become scarce or unavailable, which could delay the manufacturing and subsequent sale of such products. For example, supply disruptions caused by COVID-19 impacted DEKA’s ability to secure certain components and raw materials necessary to manufacture sufficient quantities of Remunity Pumps and accessories, delaying our ability to commence commercial sales, and ongoing global semiconductor supply disruptions could impact our third-party manufacturers’ ability to secure semiconductor chips necessary to manufacture sufficient quantities of devices required to deliver Tyvaso and Remodulin, which would have a material impact on our operations. Products manufactured with substituted materials or components must be approved by the FDA and applicable international regulatory agencies before they could be sold.

Our business partners who manufacture the devices to deliver our products are subject to the FDA’s medical device requirements. Any non-compliance, recall, or enforcement action issued against them could adversely impact our sales and operations.
The infrastructure of our internal manufacturing facilities, along with certain facilities of our third-party manufacturers, is aging. These facilities have highly sophisticated and complex utility systems. If any of these systems require long-term repair or replacement, the impacted facility may not be able to manufacture product for a substantial period of time.
We, along with our third-party manufacturers, rely upon local municipalities to supply our facilities with clean water, which is processed into high purity water and used as a key ingredient for three of our commercial drug products. If local municipalities are unable to supply water that meets relevant quality standards, we and our third-party manufacturers may be unable to manufacture product until such a situation is remediated.
Our supply chain for raw materials and consumables extends worldwide and is complex. Suppliers based in China and Taiwan play a substantial role in our supply chain. Political unrest or trade disputes involving China, Taiwan, or other countries in our supply chain could impact our ability and the ability of our third-party manufacturers to source raw materials and consumables. We also have limited visibility into the supply chains on which our primary suppliers rely; as such, we rely on our primary suppliers to have robust risk mitigation strategies to detect issues and prevent supply disruption.
We are closely monitoring the military conflict in Ukraine. Although we do not directly source any raw materials or consumables from Ukraine, Russia, or Belarus, our European-based suppliers and service providers could be impacted by an extended conflict or an escalation of the conflict into neighboring countries.
Any of these factors could disrupt sales of our commercial products, delay clinical trials or commercialization of new products, result in product liability claims and product recalls, and entail higher costs. Interruptions in our manufacturing process could be significant given the length of time and complexity involved in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals for alternative arrangements, through either third parties or internal manufacturing processes.

We rely in part on third parties to perform activities that are critical to our business. Our ability to generate commercial sales or conduct clinical trials could suffer if our third-party suppliers and service providers fail to perform.

Third parties assist us in activities critical to our operations, such as: (1) manufacturing our clinical and commercial products; (2) conducting clinical trials, preclinical studies, and other research and development activities; (3) obtaining regulatory approvals; (4) conducting pharmacovigilance-relatedpharmacovigilance and product complaint activities, including drug safety, reporting adverse events, and handling product


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complaints; (5) obtaining medical device clearances and (5)approvals for the devices used to deliver our drugs; and (6) marketing and distributing our products. For risks relating toAny disruption in the involvementability of third parties to continue to perform these critical activities, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, could materially adversely impact our business and results of operations. Any change in service providers could interrupt the manufacture and distribution of our manufacturing process, seeproducts and services, and impede the risk factor above, entitledOur manufacturing strategy exposes us to significant risks.

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We rely on various distributors to market, distribute, and sell Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram and Unituxin. From time-to-time, we increase the price of products sold to our U.S.-based and international distributors. Our price increases may not be fully reimbursed by third-party payers.commercial products. If our distributors do not achieve acceptable profit margins on our products, they mayare unsuccessful in, or reduce or discontinue, the sale of our products. Furthermore, if our distributors devote fewer resources to sell our products or are unsuccessful in their sales efforts, our revenues may decline materially. Outside the United States, we rely substantially on our international distributors to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our products and to market and sell our products in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

In the United States, we derive all of our treprostinil-based revenues from sales to two distributors, Accredo and CVS Specialty. If either of these two distributors places significantly larger or smaller orders in a given time period, our revenues can be materially impacted in a way that does not reflect patient demand.

We rely on Lilly to manufacture and supply Adcirca for us, and we use Lilly's pharmaceutical wholesaler network to distribute Adcirca. If Lilly is unable to manufacture or supply Adcirca or its distribution network is disrupted, it could delay, disrupt or prevent us from selling Adcirca. In addition, Lilly has the right to determine the price of Adcirca. Changes in the price of Adcirca set by Lilly could adversely impact demand or reimbursement for Adcirca.

        Any change in service providers could interrupt the distribution of our commercial products and our other products and services, and impede the progress of our clinical trials, commercial launch plans and related revenues.

        We rely heavily on third-party contract research organizations, contract laboratories, clinical investigative sites and other third-parties to conduct our clinical trials, preclinical studies and other research and development activities. In particular, our research and development efforts into new indications for Unituxin are substantially outsourced to a contract research organization called Precision Oncology, LLC. In addition, the success of certain products we are developing will depend on clinical trials sponsored by third parties. Failure by any third party to conduct or assist us in conducting clinical trials in accordance with study protocols, quality controls and GCP, or other applicable U.S. or international requirements or to submit associated regulatory filings, could limit or prevent our ability to rely on results of those trials in seeking regulatory approvals.

        We relyentirely on third parties to supply pumps and other supplies necessary to deliver Remodulin. There are a limited number of pumps available in the market, and the discontinuation of any particular pump could have a material, adverse impact on our Remodulin revenues if a viable supply of an alternate pump is not available.

        We rely heavily on Medtronic for Smiths Medical discontinued manufacturing the successMS-3 system used to deliver subcutaneous Remodulin, and specialty pharmacy distributors have informed us that supplies of our programMS-3 pumps are nearly exhausted. Smiths Medical has also announced plans to develop an implantable pumpdiscontinue the CADD Legacy system used to deliver intravenous Remodulin. Historically, these are the pumps primarily used to deliver Remodulin (the Implantable System for Remodulin). In particular, Medtronic is entirely responsible for regulatory approvals and all manufacturing and quality systems related to its infusion pump and related components. Medtronic entered into a consent decree relating to the SynchroMed II implantable infusion pump systems. Medtronic's failure to comply with the ongoing obligations under the consent decree could adversely impact Medtronic's ability to manufacture and supply the Implantable System for Remodulin.

        Finally, we rely heavily on DEKA for the development of RemUnity, our pre-filled, semi-disposable system for subcutaneous treprostinil.

Our operations must comply with extensive laws and regulationspatients in the United StatesStates. In 2021, we launched the Remunity Pump to deliver subcutaneous Remodulin, and other countries, including FDA regulations. FailureSmiths Medical plans to obtain approvalsmake an alternative pump, the CADD Solis, available for intravenous Remodulin. We are also engaged in further efforts to develop alternative pumps to deliver Remodulin. However, if these alternative systems are not seen as adequate substitutes, or are not developed on a timely basis, our sales of Remodulin could be materially, adversely impacted.

Lilly manufactures and supplies Adcirca for us. We use Lilly’s pharmaceutical wholesaler network to distribute Adcirca. If Lilly is unable to manufacture or to achieve continued compliance with these requirementssupply Adcirca or its distribution network is disrupted, it could delay, disrupt, or prevent us from selling
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Adcirca. We rely entirely on Minnetronix Inc. as the commercializationsole manufacturer of the Tyvaso Inhalation System. As Tyvaso is a drug-device combination, we cannot sell Tyvaso without the Tyvaso Inhalation System.
We rely entirely on MannKind to manufacture Tyvaso DPI for us. If MannKind is unable to manufacture Tyvaso DPI for us for any reason, our products.

        The productscommercial sales of Tyvaso DPI would be materially and adversely impacted.

We rely entirely on DEKA and its affiliates for the manufacture of the Remunity Pump for Remodulin. Finally, we develop must be approvedalso rely on various sole-source suppliers for marketingmanufacturing activities related to ralinepag, RemoPro, and saleother pumps we are developing for Remodulin. For a further discussion of risks created by regulatory agencies. the use of third-party contract manufacturers, see the risk factor above entitled, Our manufacturing strategy exposes us to significant risks.
We rely heavily on third-party contract research organizations, contract laboratories, clinical investigative sites, and other third parties to conduct our clinical trials, preclinical studies, and other research and development efforts must comply with extensive regulations, including those promulgated


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certain products we are developing will depend on clinical trials sponsored by the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The process of obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals for new drugs is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. The regulatory approval process is particularly uncertain for our transplantation programs, which include the development of xenotransplantation, regenerative medicine, biomechanical lungs and cell-based products. Once approved, the manufacture, distribution, advertising and marketing of our products are subject to extensive regulation, including product labeling, strict pharmacovigilance and adverse event and medical device reporting, complaint processing, storage, distribution and record-keeping requirements. Our product candidates may fail to receive regulatory approval on a timely basis, or at all. If granted, product approvals can be conditioned on the completion of post-marketing clinical studies, accompanied by significant restrictions on the use or marketing of a given product and withdrawn forthird parties. Third-party failure to complyconduct or assist us in conducting clinical trials in accordance with regulatory requirements, such as post-marketing requirements and post-marketing commitments,study protocols, quality controls, GCP, or upon the occurrence of adverse events subsequent to commercial introduction. If data from post-marketing studies suggest that an approved product presents an unacceptable safety risk, regulatory authorities could withdraw the product's approval, suspend production or place other marketing restrictions on that product.

        We are also required to comply with the corporate integrity obligations set forth in the CIA we entered into in December 2017 for a period of five years from the date the agreement was signed.

        If we fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements or the CIA, weto submit associated regulatory filings, could be subject to penalties including fines, suspension of regulatory approvals that cause us to suspend production, distributionlimit or marketing activities, product recalls, seizure of our products and/or criminal prosecution. If regulatory sanctions are applied or regulatory approval is delayed or withdrawn, our operating results and the value of our company may be adversely affected. In addition, our reputation could be harmed as a result of any such regulatory restrictions or actions, and patients and physicians may avoid the use of our products even after we have resolved the issues that led to such regulatory action.

Regulatory approval for our currently marketed products is limited by the FDA and other regulators to those specific indications and conditions for which clinical safety and efficacy have been demonstrated.

        Any regulatory approval of our products is limited to specific diseases and indications for which our products have been deemed safe and effective by the FDA. FDA approval is also required for new formulations and new indications for an approved product. If we are not able to obtain FDA approval for any desired future indications for our products,prevent our ability to effectively market and sell our products may be reduced.

        While physicians may choose to prescribe drugs for uses that are not described in the product's labeling and for uses that differ from those approved by regulatory authorities (called "off-label" uses), our ability to promote our products is limited to those indications that are specifically approved by the FDA. If our promotional activities fail to comply with regulations or guidelines related to off-label promotion, we may be subject to warnings from, or enforcement action by, these authorities. In addition, failure to follow FDA rules and guidelines relating to promotion and advertising can result in the FDA's refusal to approve a product, suspension or withdrawal of an approved product from the market, product recalls, fines, disgorgement of money, operating restrictions, civil lawsuits, injunctions or criminal prosecution.

We must comply with various laws in jurisdictions around the world that restrict certain marketing practices in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Failure to comply with such laws could result in penalties and have a material adverse effectrely on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our business activities may be subject to challenge under lawsthose trials in jurisdictions around the world restricting particular marketing practices such as anti-kickback and false claim statutes, the Foreign

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Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act. Any penalties imposed upon us for failure to comply could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

        In the United States, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other activities, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving compensation to induce, or in return for, the purchase, lease, order or arranging the purchase, lease or order of any health care product or service reimbursable under any federally financed health-care program. This statute has been interpreted broadly to apply to arrangements between pharmaceutical manufacturers and prescribers, purchasers, formulary managers, patients, and others. The exemptions and safe harbors under this statute may be narrow, and practices that involve compensation may be subject to scrutiny if they do not qualify for an exemption or safe harbor. Our practices do not always qualify for safe harbor protection.

        The Federal False Claims Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), prohibits any person from presenting or causing to be presented a false or fraudulent claim or making or causing a false statement material to a false or fraudulent claim. Several pharmaceutical and health care companies have been investigated under this law for allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal health care programs for the free product. Other companies have been prosecuted for causing false claims to be submitted because of these companies' marketing of a product for unapproved and non-reimbursable uses. Potential liability under the Federal False Claims Act includes mandatory treble damages and significant per-claim penalties. The majority of states also have statutes similar to the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal False Claims Act. Sanctions under these federal and state laws may include treble civil monetary penalties, exclusion of a manufacturer's product from reimbursement under state government programs, debarment, criminal fines, and imprisonment.

        Any investigation, inquiry or other legal proceeding under these laws and relating to our operations may adversely affect our business, results of operations or reputation.

        The PPACA also imposed reporting requirements for pharmaceutical, biologic and device manufacturers regarding payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals, including investment interests in such manufacturers held by physicians and their immediate family members during the preceding calendar year. Failure to submit required information may result in civil monetary penalties, which may increase significantly for "knowing failures." Compliance with these and similar laws on a state-by-state basis is difficult and time consuming.

Government healthcare reform could adversely affect our revenue, costs and results of operations.

        Our industry is highly regulated and changes in law may adversely impact our business, operations or financial results. The PPACA is a broad measure intended to expand health care coverage within the United States, primarily through the imposition of health insurance mandates on employers and individuals and expansion of the Medicaid program. The reforms imposed by the law will significantly impact the pharmaceutical industry; however, the full effects of the PPACA will be unknown until all of these provisions are implemented and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other federal and state agencies issue applicable regulations or guidance. Moreover, in the coming years, additional changes could be made to governmental health care programs that could significantly impact the success of our products or product candidates. We may face uncertainties as a result of federal and administrative efforts to repeal, substantially modify or invalidate some or all of the provisions of the PPACA. There is no assurance that the PPACA, as currently enacted or as amended in the future, will not adversely affect our business and financial results, and we cannot predict how future federal or state legislative or administrative changes relating to healthcare reform will affect our business.


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Reports of actual or perceived side effects and adverse events associated with our products such as sepsis, could cause physicians and patientsour sales to avoiddecrease or discontinue use of our products in favor of alternative treatments.

regulatory approvals to be revoked.

Reports of side effects and adverse events associated with our products could affect a physician’s decision to prescribe or a patient’s willingness to use our products, which may have a significant adverse impact on the salesales of our products. An example of a known risk associated with the delivery system used for intravenous Remodulin is sepsis, which is a serious and potentially life-threatening infection of the bloodstream caused by a wide variety of bacteria. Intravenous Remodulin is infused continuously through a catheter placed in a large vein in the patient's chest, and sepsis is a known risk associated with this type of delivery. In addition, Unituxin is associated with severe side effects, and its label contains a boxed warning relatingrelated to potential infusion reactions and neurotoxicity. We are required to report certain adverse events to the FDA. Development of new products, and new formulations and indications for existing products, could result in new side effects and adverse events which may be serious in nature. Concerns about side effects may affect a physician's decisionIf the use of our products harms patients or is perceived to prescribeharm patients, regulatory approvals could be revoked or a patient's willingness to use our products.

otherwise negatively impacted.

Negative attention from special interest groups may impair our business.

        As is common with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, our

Our early-stage research and development involves animal testing required by regulatory authorities, which we conduct both directly and through contracts with third parties. Our xenotransplantation and regenerative medicine programs rely heavily on the use of animals to manufacture and test our products. Certain special interest groups categorically object to the use of animals for research purposes. Any negative attention, threats or acts of vandalism directed against our animal research activities in the future could impede the operation of our business.

If any of the license or other agreements under which intellectual property rights are licensed to, or were acquired by us, are breached or terminated, our right to continue to develop, manufacture and sell the products covered by such agreements could be impaired or lost.

        Our business depends upon our continuing ability to exploit our intellectual property rights acquired from third parties under product license and purchase agreements. Under each of our purchase agreements, we have rights to certain intellectual property covering a drug or other product or technology. We may be required to license additional intellectual property owned by third parties to continue to develop and commercialize our products.

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Our intellectual property rights may not effectively deter competitors from developing competing products that, if successful, could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and profits.

        The period under which our commercial and developmental therapies are protected by our patent rights is limited. Three of our U.S. patents covering our current methods of synthesizing and producing treprostinil, the active ingredient in Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram, expired in October 2017, and three more will expire in 2028. Our patents relating to our individual treprostinil-based products expire at various times between 2018 and 2031. We settled patent litigation with Sandoz, Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's, which will permit them to launch generic versions of Remodulin in the United States in June 2018 (Sandoz) and December 2018 (Teva, Par and Dr. Reddy's), although they may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. We also settled patent litigation with Actavis, which will permit Actavis to launch a generic version of Orenitram in the United States in June 2027, although Actavis may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. The U.S. patent for Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension expired in November 2017, and FDA-conferred regulatory exclusivity will expire in May 2018. We have no issued patents or pending patent applications covering Unituxin. For further details, please seePart I, Item 1.—Business—Patents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition.

        We continue to conduct research into new methods to synthesize treprostinil and have pending U.S. and international patent applications and patents relating to such methods. We also have additional issued and pending patents covering the use of our existing commercial products in new indications and with new devices. However, we cannot be sure that our existing or any new patents will effectively deter or delay competitors' efforts to bring new products to market, or that additional patent applications will result in new patents. Upon the expiration of any of our patents, competitors may develop generic versions of our products and may market those generic versions at a lower price to compete with our products. Competitors may also seek to design around our patents or exclude patented methods of treatment, such as patent-protected indications, from the label for generic versions of our products in an effort to develop competing products that do not infringe our patents. In addition, patent laws of foreign jurisdictions may not protect our patent rights to the same extent as the patent laws of the United States.

        Third parties are currently, and may in the future, challenge the validity of our patents, through patent litigation and/or initiating proceedings, including re-examinations, IPRs, post-grant reviews and interference proceedings, before the USPTO or other applicable patent filing office, or other means. We are currently involved in litigation challenging several of our patents related to Tyvaso as a result of an ANDA filing by Watson. If Watson receives approval to sell a generic version of Tyvaso and/or prevails in any patent litigation, Tyvaso would become subject to increased competition and our revenue could decrease. In addition, in October 2015, SteadyMed filed a petition forinter partes review with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the USPTO seeking to invalidate the claims of one of our patents covering a method of making treprostinil that expires in 2028 and is listed in the Orange Book for Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Orenitram. In March 2017, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in connection with the IPR, finding that all claims of the subject patent are not patentable. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that decision, and in February 2018, we filed a petition for certiorari seeking review of the Federal Circuit decision by the United States Supreme Court. In June 2017, Watson filed petitions forinter partes review of two of our patents listed in the Orange Book for Tyvaso. On January 11, 2018, the PTAB issued decisions to instituteinter partes review proceedings with respect to both patents. For details on the status of these matters, please see Note 16—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements.

        Patent litigation can be time consuming, distracting to our operations, costly and may conclude unfavorably for us. In addition, the outcome of patent infringement litigation often is difficult to predict. If we are unsuccessful with respect to any future legal action in the defense of our patents and our patents are invalidated or determined to be unenforceable, our business could be negatively


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impacted. Even if our patents are determined to be valid or enforceable, it is possible that a competitor could circumvent our patents by effectively designing around the claims of our patents. Accordingly, our patents may not provide us with any competitive advantage.

        In addition to patent protection, we also rely on trade secrets to protect our proprietary know-how and other technological advances that we do not disclose to the public. We enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees and others to whom we disclose trade secrets and other confidential information. These agreements may not necessarily prevent our trade secrets from being used or disclosed without our authorization and confidentiality agreements may be difficult, time-consuming and expensive to enforce or may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure. In addition, if any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such third party, or those to whom they communicate such technology or information, from using that technology or information to compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by a competitor, our business and competitive position could be harmed.

Third parties may allege that our products or services infringe their patents and other intellectual property rights, which could result in the payment of royalties. Payment of royalties would negatively affect our profits; furthermore, if we chose to contest these allegations, we could be subject to costly and time-consuming litigation or could lose the ability to continue to sell the related products.

        To the extent third-party patents to which we currently do not hold licenses are necessary for us to manufacture, use or sell our products, we would need to obtain necessary licenses to prevent infringement. In the case of products or services that utilize intellectual property of strategic collaborators or other suppliers, such suppliers may have an obligation to secure the needed license to these patents at their cost. Otherwise, we would be responsible for the cost of these licenses. Royalty payments and other fees under these licenses would erode our profits from the sale of related products and services. Moreover, we may be unable to obtain these licenses on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to obtain a required license or are unable to alter the design of the product to avoid infringing a third-party patent, we would be unable to continue to manufacture or sell related products.

        If a third party commences legal action against us for infringement, we could be compelled to incur significant costs to defend the action and our management's attention could be diverted from our day-to-day business operations, whether or not the action were to have any merit. We cannot be certain that we could prevail in the action, and an adverse judgment or settlement resulting from the action could require us to pay substantial amounts in damages for infringement or substantial amounts to obtain a license to continue to use the intellectual property that is the subject of the infringement claim.

We may not maintain adequate insurance coverage to protect us against significant product liability claims.

The testing, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of drugs and diagnostics involve product liability risks. We may not be able to maintain our current product liability insurance at an acceptable cost, if at all. In addition, our insurance coverage may not be adequate for all potential claims. If claims or losses significantly exceed our liability insurance coverage, we may experience financial hardship or potentially be forced out of business. While we historically have had a limited number of product liability claims, the clinicalClinical testing and eventual marketing and sale of new products, reformulated versions of existing products, or use of existing products in new indications could expose us to new product liability risks.

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If we fail to attract and retain key management and qualified scientific and technical personnel, we may not be able to achieve our business objectives.

Members of our management team, including our founder, ChairmanChairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Martine Rothblatt, play a critical role in defining our business strategy and maintaining our corporate culture. The loss of the services and leadership of Dr. Rothblatt or any other members of our senior management team could have an adverse effect on our business. We do not maintain key person life insurance on our senior management team members. In addition, effective succession planning is important to our long-term success. Failure to identify, hire, and retain suitable successors for members of our senior management team and to transfer knowledge effectively could impede the achievement of our business objectives. Our future success also depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified scientific and technical personnel. Competition for skilled scientific and technicalsuch personnel in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticalour industries is intense. Furthermore, our compensation arrangements may not be sufficient to attract new qualified scientific and technical employees or retain such core employees. If we fail to attract and retain such employees, whom we call “Unitherians”, we may not be successful in developing and commercializing new therapies for PAHtherapies.
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We must comply with extensive laws and regulations in the United States and other diseases.

countries. Failure to obtain approvals on a timely basis or to comply with these requirements could delay, disrupt, or prevent commercialization of our products.

The products we develop must be approved for marketing and sale by regulatory agencies. Our research and development efforts must comply with extensive regulations, including those promulgated by the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The process of obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals for new drugs, biologics, and medical devices is lengthy, expensive, and uncertain. The regulatory approval process is particularly uncertain for our transplantation programs, which include the development of xenotransplantation, regenerative medicine, 3-D organ bioprinting, and cell-based products. Once approved, the
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manufacture, distribution, advertising, and marketing of our products are subject to extensive regulation, including product labeling, strict pharmacovigilance and adverse event and medical device reporting, complaint processing, storage, distribution, and record-keeping requirements. Our product candidates have in the past and may in the future fail to receive regulatory approval. If granted, product approvals can be conditioned on the completion of post-marketing clinical studies, accompanied by significant restrictions on the use or marketing of a given product and withdrawn for failure to comply with regulatory requirements, such as post-marketing requirements and post-marketing commitments, or upon the occurrence of adverse events subsequent to commercial introduction. Our ability to obtain FDA approval for our products has been, and in the future may be, materially impacted by the outcome and quality of our clinical trials and other data submitted to regulators, as well as the quality of our manufacturing operations and those of our third-party contract manufacturers and contract laboratories. In addition, third parties may submit citizen petitions to the FDA seeking to delay approval of, or impose additional approval conditions for, our products. If successful, citizen petitions can significantly delay, or even prevent, the approval of our products. For example, a third party submitted a citizen petition to the FDA requesting that the FDA refuse to approve Tyvaso DPI, and/or impose additional requirements in order to approve the product. While the petition was denied by the FDA, it delayed the FDA’s approval of our NDA for Tyvaso DPI.
Regulatory approval for our currently marketed products is limited by the FDA and other regulators to those specific indications and conditions for which clinical safety and efficacy have been demonstrated.
Any regulatory approval of our products is limited to specific diseases and indications for which our products have been deemed safe and effective by the FDA. FDA approval is also required for new formulations and new indications for an approved product. While physicians may prescribe drugs for uses that are not described in the product’s labeling and for uses that differ from those approved by regulatory authorities (called “off-label” uses), our ability to promote our products is limited to those indications that are specifically approved by the FDA. Failure to follow FDA rules and guidelines related to promotion and advertising can result in the FDA’s refusal to approve a product, suspension or withdrawal of an approved product from the market, product recalls, enforcement action, civil lawsuits, or criminal prosecution.
We must comply with various laws in jurisdictions around the world that restrict certain marketing practices.
Our business activities may be subject to challenge under laws in jurisdictions around the world restricting particular marketing practices, such as:
Anti-kickback and false claim statutes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the United Kingdom Bribery Act. In the United States, the AKS prohibits, among other activities, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration (i.e., anything of value) to induce, or in return for, the purchase, lease, order or arranging the purchase, lease or order of any health care product or service reimbursable under any federally financed healthcare program like Medicare or Medicaid. This statute is interpreted broadly to apply to arrangements between pharmaceutical manufacturers and prescribers, purchasers, specialty pharmacies, formulary managers, patients, and others. Our practices may not always qualify for safe harbor protection under this statute.
The Federal False Claims Act, which prohibits any person from knowingly presenting or causing to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for payment of government funds, or making or causing a false statement material to a false or fraudulent claim. Pharmaceutical and health care companies have faced liability under this law for causing false claims to be submitted because they marketed a product for unapproved and non-reimbursable uses.
Analogous state laws and regulations, including anti-kickback and false claims laws, which apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid or, in several states, regardless of the payer, including private payers.
Compliance with these and similar laws on a state-by-state basis is difficult, time consuming, and requires substantial resources. Any investigation, inquiry, or other legal proceeding under these laws related to our operations, even if we successfully defend against it, or any penalties imposed upon us for failure to comply, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition or reputation. Sanctions under these federal and state laws may include treble civil monetary penalties, payment of damages, fines, exclusion of our products from reimbursement under federal health care programs, imprisonment, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations.
Government healthcare reform and other reforms could adversely affect our revenue, costs, and results of operations.
Our industry is highly regulated and changes in law or government health care programs may adversely impact our business, operations, or financial results. We cannot predict how future federal or state legislative or administrative changes related to healthcare reform will affect our business.
Political, economic, and regulatory influences may lead to fundamental changes in the U.S. healthcare industry, particularly given the current atmosphere of mounting criticism of prescription drug costs in the U.S. We expect there will continue to be legislative and regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system in ways that could impact our ability to commercialize and to sell our products profitably.
At the federal level, there have been and continue to be a number of healthcare-related legislative and regulatory initiatives and reforms that significantly affect the pharmaceutical industry. For example, the PPACA, enacted in 2010, substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and commercial payers, and has significantly impacted the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The PPACA is a broad measure intended to expand healthcare coverage within the United States,
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primarily through the imposition of health coverage-related mandates on employers and individuals and expansion of the Medicaid program.
Additionally, there has been increasing legislative, regulatory, and enforcement interest in the United States regarding drug pricing practices. Among other things, there have been several U.S. Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things: bring more transparency to drug pricing; reduce the cost of prescription drugs under government payer programs; review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs; and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drugs.
Significantly, on August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the IRA into law. This statute marks the most significant action by Congress with respect to the pharmaceutical industry since adoption of the PPACA in 2010. Among other things, the IRA requires manufacturers of certain drugs to engage in price negotiations with Medicare (beginning in 2026), with prices that can be negotiated subject to a cap; imposes rebates under Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation (first due in 2023); and replaces the Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program with a new discounting program (beginning in 2025). The IRA permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years. For that and other reasons, it is currently unclear how the IRA will be effectuated, and while the impact of the IRA on the pharmaceutical industry cannot yet be fully determined, it is likely to be significant.
Orenitram and Tyvaso DPI are both reimbursed under Medicare Part D. We anticipate paying increased rebates for Part D utilization of Tyvaso DPI and Orenitram when the Part D discounting program under the IRA is fully implemented in 2025, principally driven by the requirement for manufacturers to pay a 20 percent rebate on Part D drugs in the so-called “catastrophic phase” (the phase after the patient incurs costs above the initial phase out-of-pocket threshold, which will be $2,000 beginning in 2025). This will have an industry-wide impact on the cost of Part D drugs, including Tyvaso DPI and Orenitram. This could be offset, to some degree or to a large degree, by an expansion in the number of patients able to afford these medicines, but these impacts are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict.
In addition, Congress has recently enacted other statutes that could adversely affect our ability to successfully commercialize our products. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, effective January 1, 2024, the statutory cap on Medicaid Drug Rebate program rebates that manufacturers pay to state Medicaid programs will be eliminated, which could increase our Medicaid rebate liability.
Individual states in the United States have also increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement limitations, marketing cost disclosure, and transparency measures, and, in some cases, measures designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing. In addition, regional healthcare authorities and individual hospitals are increasingly using bidding procedures to determine what pharmaceutical products and which suppliers will be included in their prescription drug and other healthcare programs.
We anticipate that the IRA and other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future may result in additional downward pressure on coverage and the payment that we receive for any approved product, and adversely impact our business. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare and other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payment from commercial payers. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our products. Further state and federal healthcare reform measures adopted in the future could limit the amounts that state and federal governments will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our products or additional pricing pressure.
In October 2020, the HHS and the FDA issued a final rule and guidance concerning two new pathways for importing lower-cost drugs into the United States. The final rule allows certain prescription drugs to be imported from Canada, and the guidance describes procedures for drug manufacturers to facilitate the importation of FDA-approved drugs and biologics manufactured abroad and originally intended for sale in a foreign country into the United States. More recently, the Biden administration reaffirmed its goal of taking further action with respect to the pharmaceutical industry, beyond implementation of the IRA. It is difficult to predict the impact, if any, of any such legislation or executive actions on the use of and reimbursement for our products in the United States, including the potential for the importation of generic versions of our products.
If we fail to comply with our reporting and payment obligations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate program or other governmental pricing programs, we could be subject to additional reimbursement requirements, penalties, sanctions, and fines, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
We participate in, and have certain price reporting obligations to, the Medicaid Drug Rebate program and other governmental programs that require us to pay rebates or offer discounts on our products. Certain programs, such as the 340B program and the VA FSS pricing program, impose limits on the price we are permitted to charge certain entities for our products or for any future products for which we receive regulatory approval. Statutory and regulatory changes regarding these programs and their requirements could negatively affect the coverage and reimbursement by these programs of our products or any future products for which we receive regulatory approval and could negatively impact our results of operations. Our failure to comply with these price reporting, rebate payment, or pricing requirements could adversely impact our financial results. Applicable laws and regulations, including the IRA, could affect our obligations in ways we cannot anticipate.
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Pricing and rebate calculations vary among products and programs. The calculations are complex and are often subject to interpretation by us, governmental or regulatory agencies, and the courts. If we must restate or recalculate information provided under these programs, our costs of compliance could increase. Additionally, we could be held liable for errors associated with our submission of pricing data, including retroactive rebates and program refunds. We may incur significant civil monetary penalties if we are found to have knowingly submitted false average manufacturer price or best price information to the government, to have made a misrepresentation in our reporting of average sales price figures, to have knowingly provided false information in connection with a non-federal average manufacturing price filing, or to have charged 340B covered entities more than the statutorily mandated ceiling price. Certain failures to timely submit required data also could result in a civil monetary penalty for each day the information is late. We could also become subject to allegations under the False Claims Act and other laws and regulations. In addition, misreporting and failure to timely report data to CMS also can be grounds for CMS to terminate our Medicaid drug rebate agreement, pursuant to which we participate in the Medicaid Drug Rebate program. In the event that CMS terminates our rebate agreement, no federal payments would be available under Medicaid or Medicare Part B for our covered outpatient drugs.
CMS, the VA, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), and other governmental agencies have pursued manufacturers that were alleged to have failed to report data to the government in a timely manner. Governmental agencies may also make changes in program interpretations, requirements or conditions of participation, some of which may have implications for amounts previously estimated or paid. We cannot assure you that any submissions we are required to make under governmental drug pricing programs will not be found to be incomplete or incorrect.
Similar political, economic, and regulatory developments are occurring in other countries, including within the EU, and may affect the ability of pharmaceutical companies to profitably commercialize their products. In particular in the EU, and in addition to continuing pressure on prices and cost containment measures, legislative developments at the EU or member state level may result in significant additional requirements or obstacles that may increase operating costs. The delivery of healthcare in the EU, including the establishment and operation of health services and the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices, is almost exclusively a matter for national, rather than EU, law and policy. National governments and health service providers have different priorities and approaches to the delivery of health care and the pricing and reimbursement of products in that context. In general, however, the healthcare budgetary constraints in most EU member states have resulted in restrictions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices by relevant health service providers. Coupled with ever-increasing EU and national regulatory burdens on those wishing to develop and market products, this could prevent or delay marketing approval or certification of our product candidates, restrict or regulate post-approval activities, and affect our ability to commercialize our product candidates, if approved or certified. In markets outside of the United States and EU, reimbursement and healthcare payment systems vary significantly by country, and many countries have instituted price ceilings on specific products and therapies.
We may be subject to enforcement action or penalties in connection with the contract pharmacy policy we have implemented pursuant to the 340B program.
We participate in the 340B program and have implemented a policy regarding the distribution of our drugs at 340B ceiling prices through third-party pharmacies that contract with 340B covered entities, known as “340B contract pharmacies”. Our policy responds to the increasing use of 340B contract pharmacies which, coupled with a lack of oversight and transparency, has resulted in increased risks of 340B statutory violations by 340B covered entities, such as the diversion of 340B-purchased drugs to individuals who are not patients of the 340B covered entity, and prohibited “duplicate discounts” when 340B-purchased drugs trigger a Medicaid rebate. These program integrity risks have been exacerbated by the exponential growth in the use of 340B contract pharmacies over the past decade. Under our 340B contract pharmacy policy, which we adopted to address these risks, our drugs are only shipped at the 340B ceiling price to those 340B contract pharmacies that meet certain criteria. Our policy has no impact on 340B purchases by 340B covered entities themselves. Our contract pharmacy policy preserves patient access, while addressing compliance and integrity concerns resulting from the proliferation of contract pharmacies. Nonetheless, certain 340B covered entities and the HHS, in a non-binding (and now-retracted) Advisory Opinion, stated that, in their view, manufacturers in the 340B program are obligated to sell 340B drugs at the 340B ceiling prices to all contract pharmacies acting as agents of a covered entity.
We and certain other manufacturers initiated litigation challenging the Advisory Opinion and HRSA’s position on contract pharmacies generally. HHS subsequently withdrew the Advisory Opinion, but HRSA issued letters to manufacturers, including us, threatening enforcement action if the manufacturers do not abandon their 340B contract pharmacy policies. We filed suit against HHS and HRSA on June 23, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. On September 22, 2021, HRSA sent to us, along with the other manufacturers challenging HRSA’s 340B interpretation, letters stating that HRSA was referring this issue to the OIG for potential enforcement action. We have not had any communication from the OIG regarding our 340B contract pharmacy policy. On November 5, 2021, the court granted our motion for summary judgment, ruling that the letters threatening enforcement action “contain legal reasoning that rests upon an erroneous reading of Section 340B.” HRSA filed a notice of appeal on December 28, 2021. That appeal has been fully briefed, and we are awaiting the court’s decision. If HRSA prevails on appeal or develops a new theory of liability, we may face enforcement action or penalties as well as adverse publicity. We expect the compliance of policies like ours will continue to be litigated.
If we are unable to curb the proliferation of abuses caused by 340B contract pharmacies, we could see increased sales at 340B ceiling prices, which could have a material adverse impact on our revenues.
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Patient assistance programs for pharmaceutical products have come under increasing scrutiny by governments, legislative bodies, and enforcement agencies. These activities may result in actions that effectively reduce prices or demand for our products, harm our business or reputation, or subject us to fines or penalties.
Company-sponsored patient assistance programs, including insurance premium and co-pay assistance programs and manufacturers’ donations to third-party charities that provide such assistance, are subject to heightened scrutiny. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken enforcement action against pharmaceutical companies alleging violations of the Federal False Claims Act and other laws in connection with patient assistance programs. In December 2017, we entered into a civil Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Government to resolve a DOJ investigation of our support of non-profit patient assistance programs and paid $210.0 million, plus interest, to the U.S. Government upon settlement. We also entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement (the CIA) with the OIG, which required us to maintain our corporate compliance program and to undertake a set of defined corporate integrity obligations for five years ending December 2022.
Members of Congress have called upon the OIG to issue revised guidance about patient assistance programs. Actions taken by the OIG, the DOJ or other agencies as a result of this industry-wide inquiry could reduce demand for our products and/or coverage of our products by federal and state health care. If any or all of these events occur, our business, prospects, and stock price could be materially and adversely affected.
Payers and pharmacy benefit managers have developed mechanisms to limit the benefits patients receive under co-pay assistance programs through imposing so-called co-pay accumulator or maximizer programs. These programs do not allow a patient using co-pay assistance to count the manufacturer’s co-payment contribution toward their annual out-of-pocket payment maximum/deductible. Once the co-pay benefit has been exhausted, patients are faced with paying the full out-of-pocket maximum/deductible. Some states have passed legislation to limit the use of co-pay accumulator programs, while some other states have indicated that these programs should be allowed to limit cost of care and encourage patients to use lower cost generics. In addition, some states have imposed restrictions on manufacturer co-pay programs when therapeutic equivalents are available. Growing use of such programs, or new laws limiting manufacturer ability to provide co-pay assistance, could affect patient access to our products and limit product utilization, which may, in turn, adversely affect our business, prospects, and stock price.
Improper handling of hazardous materials used in our activities could expose us to significant remediation liabilities.

Our research and development and manufacturing activities involve the controlled use of chemicals and hazardous substances and wesubstances. We are expanding these activities in both scale and location. In addition, patientsPatients may dispose of our products using means we do not control. Such activities subject us to numerous federal, state, and local environmental and safety laws and regulations that govern the management, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials. Compliance with current and future environmental laws and regulations can require significant costs; furthermore, we can be subject to substantial fines and penalties in the event of noncompliance.costs. The risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be completely eliminated. Furthermore, onceOnce chemical and hazardous materials leave our facilities, we cannot control the manner in which such hazardous waste is disposed of by our contractors. In the event of an accident, weWe could be liable for substantial civil damages or costs associated with the cleanup of the release of hazardous materials. Any relatedmaterials and such liability could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We may encounter substantial difficulties managing our growth relative to product demand.

        If we experience substantial sales growth, we may have difficulty managing inventory levels as marketing new therapies is complicated and gauging future demand can be difficult and uncertain until we possess sufficient post-launch sales experience. In addition, we have spent considerable resources building and expanding our offices, laboratories and manufacturing facilities. However, our facilities could be insufficient to meet future demand for our products. Conversely, we may have excess capacity at our facilities if future demand falls short of our projections, or if we do not receive regulatory approvals for the products we intend to manufacture at our facilities. Our ability to satisfactorily recover our investments in our facilities will depend on sales of the products manufactured at these facilities in sufficient volume.

If we need additional financing and cannot obtain it, our product development and sales efforts may be limited.

        We may be required to seek additional sources of financing to meet unplanned or planned expenditures. Unplanned expenditures could be significant and may result from necessary modifications to product development plans or product offerings in response to difficulties encountered with clinical trials. We may also face unexpected costs in preparing products for commercial sale, or in maintaining sales levels of our currently marketed therapeutic products. In addition, our 2016 Credit Agreement


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contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness. If we are unable to obtain additional funding on commercially reasonable terms or at all, we may be compelled to delay clinical studies, curtail operations or obtain funds through collaborative arrangements that may require us to relinquish rights to certain products or potential markets.

        We may require additional financing to meet significant future obligations. For example, our Share Tracking Awards Plan (STAP) awards entitle participants to receive in cash an amount equal to the appreciation in the price of our common stock, which is calculated as the positive difference between the closing price of our common stock on the date of exercise and the date of grant. Consequently, our STAP may require significant future cash payments to participants to the extent the price of our common stock appreciates and the number of vested STAP awards increases over time. If we do not have sufficient funds to meet such obligations or the ability to secure alternative sources of financing, we could be in default, face litigation and/or lose key employees, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our indebtedness, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, we may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations in connection with our indebtedness, which actions may not be successful.

        We may borrow up to $1.0 billion under the 2016 Credit Agreement, which matures in January 2023. Our ability to make payments on or refinance our debt obligations, including any outstanding balance under the 2016 Credit Agreement, and any future debt that we may incur, will depend on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy our debt obligations would materially and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.

        If we cannot repay or refinance our debt as it becomes due, we could be forced to take disadvantageous actions, including reducing or delaying investments and capital expenditures, disposing of material assets or operations, seeking additional debt or equity capital or restructuring or refinancing our indebtedness. We may not be able to effect any such alternative measures, if necessary, on commercially reasonable terms or at all and, even if successful, such actions may not be sufficient for us to meet any such debt service obligations. In addition, our ability to withstand competitive pressures and to react to changes in our industry could be impaired.

Information technology security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to legal responsibility which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

        We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure, much of which is outsourced to third parties including in "cloud" based platforms. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, our proprietary business information and that of our suppliers, customers and business partners, and personally identifiable information. The secure maintenance of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. We are subject to laws in the United States and abroad, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and European Union regulations related to data privacy, which require us to protect the privacy and security of certain types of information. Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Such breaches could compromise sensitive and confidential information stored on our networks and expose such information to public disclosure, loss or theft. Any


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access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, disruption of our operations, and damage to our reputation which could adversely affect our business.

The increasing use of social media platforms presents new risks and challenges.

Social media is increasingly being used to communicate information about our products and the diseases that our therapies are designed to treat. Social media practices in our industry continue to evolve and regulations relatingrelated to such use are not always clear. This evolution creates uncertainty and risk of noncompliance with regulations applicable to our business.noncompliance. For example, patients and others may use social media channels to comment on the effectiveness of a product or to report an alleged adverse event. When such disclosures occur, we may fail to monitor and comply with applicable adverse event reporting obligations or we may not be able to defend against political and market pressures generated by social media due to restrictions on what we may say about our products. There is also a risk of inappropriate disclosure of sensitive information or negative or inaccurate comments about us on any social networking website. If any of these events were to occur or we otherwise fail to comply with applicable regulations, we could incur liability, face overly restrictive regulatory actions, or incur other harm to our business.

Tax legislation may materially adversely affect us.

        Tax laws are dynamic

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property and continually changing as new laws are passed and new interpretationsData Privacy
If any of the lawagreements under which we license or acquired intellectual property rights are issuedbreached or applied.terminated, we could lose our rights to continue to develop, manufacture, and sell the products covered by such agreements.
Our business depends upon our continuing ability to exploit our intellectual property rights acquired from third parties under product license and purchase agreements covering drugs or other products or technology. We may be required to license additional intellectual property owned by third parties to continue to develop and commercialize our products. This dependence on intellectual property developed by others involves the following risks:
We may be unable to obtain rights to intellectual property that we need for our business at a reasonable cost or at all;
If any of our product licenses or purchase agreements are terminated, we may lose our rights to develop, make, and sell the products to which such licenses or agreements relate;
Our rights to develop and market products to which the intellectual property relates are frequently limited to specific territories and fields of use (such as treatment of particular diseases); and
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If a licensor of intellectual property fails to maintain the intellectual property licensed, we may lose any ability to prevent others from developing or marketing similar products covered by such intellectual property. In Decemberaddition, we may be forced to incur substantial costs to maintain the intellectual property ourselves or take legal action seeking to force the licensor to do so.
Our intellectual property rights may not effectively deter competitors from developing competing products that, if successful, could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and profits.
The period under which our commercial and developmental therapies are protected by our patent rights is limited. Three of our U.S. patents covering our current methods of synthesizing and producing treprostinil, the active ingredient in Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram, expired in October 2017, and three more will expire in 2028. Our patents related to our individual treprostinil-based products expire at various times between 2024 and 2035. We entered into settlement agreements with a number of generic drug companies permitting certain companies to launch generic versions of Remodulin in the United States enacted significant changesand other companies to launch generic versions of Orenitram and Tyvaso in the United States. A U.S. patent for Adcirca for treatment of pulmonary hypertension expired in November 2017, and FDA-conferred regulatory exclusivity expired in May 2018, leading to the launch of a generic version of Adcirca in August 2018. We have no issued patents or pending patent applications covering Unituxin. For further details, please see Part I, Item 1.—Business—Patents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses, and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition and Challenges to our Intellectual Property Rights.
We cannot be sure that our existing or any new patents will effectively deter or delay competitors’ efforts to bring new products to market, or that additional patent applications will result in new patents. When our patents expire, competitors may develop generic versions of our products and market them at a lower price to compete with The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Reform), and certain provisionsour products. Competitors may also seek to design around our patents or exclude patented methods of treatment, such as patent-protected indications, from the label for generic versions of our products in an effort to develop competing products that do not infringe our patents. In addition, patent laws of foreign jurisdictions may not protect our patent rights to the same extent as the patent laws of the new lawUnited States.
Third parties have challenged, and may adverselyin the future challenge, the validity of our patents, through patent litigation and/or initiating proceedings, including re-examinations, IPRs, post-grant reviews, and interference proceedings, before the USPTO or other applicable patent filing offices, or other means. For example, Liquidia is challenging various patents related to Tyvaso and our other treprostinil-related patents.
Patent litigation can be time consuming, distracting, and costly, and the outcome may be difficult to predict and unfavorable to us. If we are unsuccessful in the defense of our patents, our business could be negatively impacted. Even if our patents are determined to be valid or enforceable, a competitor could circumvent our patents by effectively designing around the claims of our patents. Accordingly, our patents may not provide us with any competitive advantage.
We also rely on trade secrets to protect our proprietary know-how and other technological advances that we do not publicly disclose. Our confidentiality agreements with our Unitherians and others to whom we disclose trade secrets and confidential information may not necessarily prevent our trade secrets from being used or disclosed without our authorization. These agreements may be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to enforce or may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure. If our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such third party, or those to whom they communicate such technology or information, from using that technology or information to compete with us, and our business and competitive position could be harmed.
Third parties may allege that our products or services infringe their patents and other intellectual property rights, which could result in the payment of royalties that negatively affect us. Many aspectsour profits, subject us to costly and time-consuming litigation, or cause us to lose the ability to sell the related products.
To the extent third-party patents to which we currently do not hold licenses are necessary for us to manufacture, use, or sell our products, we would need to obtain necessary licenses to prevent infringement. For products or services that utilize intellectual property of strategic collaborators or other suppliers, such suppliers may have an obligation to secure the needed license to these patents at their cost; if not, we would be responsible for the cost of these licenses. Royalty payments and other fees under these licenses would erode our profits from the sale of related products and services. Moreover, we may be unable to obtain these licenses on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to obtain a required license or are unable to alter the design of the new legislationproduct to avoid infringing a third-party patent, we would be unable to continue to manufacture or sell related products.
If a third party commences legal action against us for infringement, we may incur significant costs to defend the action and our management’s attention could be diverted from our day-to-day business operations, whether or not the action has merit. An adverse judgment or settlement resulting from the action could require us to pay substantial amounts in damages for infringement or to obtain a license to continue to use the intellectual property that is the subject of the infringement claim, or could result in injunctive relief limiting our ability to develop, manufacture, or sell our products.
Information technology security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to legal responsibility which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.
We are unclearincreasingly dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure, much of which is outsourced to third parties including in “cloud” based platforms. We collect, store, and use sensitive or confidential data, including intellectual property, our proprietary business information and that of our suppliers, customers, and business partners, and personally identifiable information. The secure maintenance of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. We are
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subject to laws and regulations in the United States and abroad, such as HIPAA and EU regulations related to data privacy, which require us to protect the privacy and security of certain types of information. Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers, breached due to employee error, malfeasance, or other disruptions, or subject to system failures. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable, or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently and may not be clarifieddifficult to detect for some time. As a result, our estimateslong periods of the impact of Tax Reformtime, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventive measures. Any breaches or failures could compromise sensitive and confidential information stored on our business are subjectnetworks or those of third parties and expose such information to change. In addition, governmental tax authorities are increasingly scrutinizingpublic disclosure, loss, or theft. Any actual or alleged unauthorized access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the tax positionsprivacy of companies. If federal, state or foreign tax authorities change applicable tax laws or issue new guidance,personal information, disruption of our overall taxesoperations, and damage to our reputation, any of which could increase, andadversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operationsoperations. Costs we may incur as a result of any of the foregoing, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Financing Capacity, Indebtedness, and Investments
If we need additional financing and cannot obtain it, our product development and sales efforts may be limited.
We may be required to seek additional sources of financing to meet unplanned or planned expenditures. Unplanned expenditures could be significant and may result from necessary modifications to product development plans or product offerings in response to difficulties encountered with clinical trials. We may also face unexpected costs in preparing products for commercial sale, or in maintaining sales levels of our currently marketed therapeutic products. Our 2022 Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness. If we are unable to obtain additional funding on commercially reasonable terms or at all, we may be compelled to delay clinical studies, curtail operations, or obtain funds through collaborative arrangements that may require us to relinquish rights to certain products or potential markets.
We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service or repay our indebtedness, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
We may borrow up to $2.0 billion under our 2022 Credit Agreement, which matures in March 2027. Currently, our outstanding principal balance is $800.0 million. Our ability to repay or refinance our debt obligations under our 2022 Credit Agreement and any future debt that we may incur will depend on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to a number of factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal and interest on our indebtedness. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy our debt obligations would materially and adversely impacted.


affect our financial position and results of operations. If we cannot repay or refinance our debt as it becomes due, we may be forced to take disadvantageous actions, including reducing or delaying investments and capital expenditures, disposing of material assets or operations, seeking additional debt or equity capital, or restructuring or refinancing our indebtedness. We may not be able to effect any such alternative measures on commercially reasonable terms or at all and, even if successful, such actions may not enable us to meet any such debt service obligations. In addition, our ability to withstand competitive pressures and to react to changes in our industry could be impaired.

Our portfolio of investments is subject to market, interest, operational, and credit risk that may reduce its value.
We maintain a portfolio of investments that includes: (1) corporate debt securities; (2) strategic investments in publicly-traded equity securities; and (3) strategic debt and equity investments in privately-held companies. These investments are subject to general economic conditions, volatility in the financial marketplace, market- and industry-wide dynamics, changes in interest rates, industry- and company-specific developments impacting the business, prospects, and credit ratings of the issuer of the securities, and other factors, each of which has affected, and may in the future affect, the income that we receive from our investments, the net realizable value of our investments, and our ability to sell them. These factors have caused, and could in the future cause, us to: (a) experience a decline in our investment income; (b) record impairment charges to reduce the carrying value of our investment portfolio; or (c) sell investments for less than our acquisition cost; each of which in turn could negatively impact our liquidity and our earnings. Our efforts to mitigate these risks through diversification of our investments and monitoring of our portfolio’s overall risk profile may not be successful and the value of our investments may decline. The privately-held companies we have invested in may be particularly susceptible to the factors described above as these companies are typically in the early stages of developing technologies or products that may never materialize, which could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our investment in these companies.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock

The price of our common stock can be highly volatile and may decline.

The price of common stock can be highly volatile within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector. Consequently, there can be significant price and volume fluctuations in the market that may not relate to operating performance. The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices of our common stock for the periods indicated:

 
 High Low 

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

 $168.42 $114.60 

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

 $155.54 $98.33 

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

 $188.56 $119.57 

The price of our common stock could decline sharply due to general market conditions as well as the following factors, among others:

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Failurequarterly and annual financial results and any failure to meet our estimates or expectations or those of securities analysts;

Quarterly and annual financial results;

Timingtiming of enrollment and results of our clinical trials;

Announcementsannouncements regarding generic or other challenges to the intellectual property relatingrelated to our products, the launch of generic versions of our products or other competitive products, such as sotatercept or Yutrepia, and the impact of competition from generic and other products on our revenues;
announcements regarding litigation matters, including developmentsour ongoing patent litigation with respectLiquidia related to the ANDA filed by Watson seekingits NDA for Yutrepia, among others;
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Physician,physician, patient, investor, or public concerns regarding the efficacy and/or safety of products marketed or being developed by us or by others;

Changeschanges in, or new legislationlaws and regulations affecting reimbursement of, our therapeutic products by Medicare, Medicaid or other government payers, and changes in reimbursement policies of private health insurance companies, and negative publicity surrounding the cost of high-priced therapies;

Announcementsannouncements of technological innovations or new products or announcements regarding our existing products, including in particular the development of new, competing PAH therapies;

Substantialsubstantial sales of our common stock by us or our existing shareholders, or concerns that such sales may occur;

Futurefuture issuances of common stock by us or any other activity which could be viewed as being dilutive to our shareholders;

Rumors among,rumors or incorrect statements by investors and/or analysts concerning our company, our products, or our operations;

Failuresfailures or delays in our efforts to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals from the FDAdomestic or international regulatory agencies;

approvals;
Discoverydiscovery of previously unknown problems with our marketed products, or problems with our manufacturing, regulatory, compliance, promotional, marketing or sales activities that result in regulatory penalties or restrictions on our products, up to the withdrawal of our products from the market;

and
Accumulationaccumulation of significant short positions in our common stock by hedge funds or other investors or the significant accumulation of our common stock by hedge funds or other institutional investors with investment strategies that may lead to short-term holdings; and

General market conditions.

holdings.

Provisions of Delaware law, and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, fourth amended and restated by-laws, shareholder rights plancharter, bylaws and employment and license agreements, among other things, could prevent or delay a change of control or change in management that may be beneficial to our public shareholders.

Certain provisions of Delaware law, and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, fourthand our ninth amended and restated by-laws and shareholder rights planbylaws may prevent, delay, or discourage:

For example, as a result of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation dividesconversion to a PBC, our Board is required to consider and balance the financial interests of Directors into three classes. Membersshareholders, the interests of each class are elected for staggered three-year terms.stakeholders materially affected by our conduct, and the pursuit of our specific public benefit purpose when evaluating takeover offers. This provisionrequirement of Delaware PBC law may make it more difficult for shareholders to replace the majority of directors. It may also deter the accumulation of large blocks of our common stock by limiting the voting power of such blocks.

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Non-competition and all other restrictive covenants in most of our employment agreements will terminate upon a change of control that is not approved by our Board.

Similarly, a change of control, under certain circumstances, could also result in an acceleration ofaccelerate the vesting of outstanding STAP awards, stock options, and restricted stock units. This, together with anyAny increase in our stock price resulting from the announcement of a change of control, and our broad-based change of control severance program, under which Unitherians may be entitled to severance benefits if they are terminated without cause (or they terminate their employment for good reason) following a change of control, could make an acquisition of our company significantly more expensive to the purchaser. We also have a broad-based change of control severance program, under which employees may be entitled to severance benefits in the event they are terminated without cause (or they terminate their employment for good reason) following a change of control. This program could also increase the cost of acquiring our company.

We enter into certain license agreements that generally prohibit our counterparties or their affiliates from taking necessary steps to acquire or merge with us, directly or indirectly throughout the term of thesethe agreements, plus a specified period thereafter. We are also party to certain license agreements that restrict our ability to assign or transfer the rights licensed to us to third parties, including parties with whom we wish to merge, or those attempting to acquire us. These agreements often require that we obtain prior consent of the counterparties to these agreements if we contemplate a change of control. If these counterparties withhold consent, related agreements could be terminated and we would lose related license rights. For example, both Lilly and Toray Industries, Inc.MannKind have the right to terminate our license agreements relatingrelated to Adcirca and esuberaprost,Tyvaso DPI, respectively, in the event of certain change of control transactions. These restrictive change of control provisions could impede or prevent mergers or other transactions that could benefit our shareholders.

Because we do not intend to pay cash dividends, our

Our shareholders must rely on stock appreciation for any return on their investment in us.

We have never declared or paid, cash dividends on our common stock. Furthermore, weand do not intend to pay, cash dividends in the future and our 2016dividends. Our 2022 Credit Agreement contains covenants that may restrict us from doing so. As a result, the return on an investment in our common stock will dependdepends entirely upon the future appreciation, if any, in the price of our common stock.
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Our exclusive forum bylaw may limit our shareholders’ ability to bring a claim in a forum that they find favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other Unitherians.
Our bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unless we agree in writing to an alternative forum, (a) the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, if such court does not have, or declines to accept, jurisdiction, another state court or a federal court located in Delaware) will be the exclusive forum for any complaint asserting any internal corporate claims, including claims in the right of the corporation based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director, officer, Unitherian, or stockholder in such capacity, or as to which the Delaware General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery, and (b) the federal district courts will be the exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The choice of forum provision may limit our shareholders’ ability to bring a claim in a forum that they find favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other Unitherians, and may discourage such lawsuits. There canis uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce this provision. If a court ruled the choice of forum provision was inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs to resolve such action in other jurisdictions. Our choice of forum provision is intended to apply to the fullest extent permitted by law to the above-specified types of actions and proceedings, including any derivative actions asserting claims under state law or the federal securities laws. Our shareholders will not be no assurancesdeemed, by operation of the choice of forum provision, to have waived our obligation to comply with all applicable federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
In 2021, we converted to a Delaware PBC. Conversion may not result in the benefits that we anticipate, requires our directors to balance the interest of shareholders with other interests, and may subject us to additional litigation and other risks.
In 2021, our shareholders approved an amendment to our restated certificate of incorporation to become a PBC, and we completed the conversion to a PBC that same day. While our Board believes that our commonconversion to a PBC is in the best interest of shareholders, our status as a PBC may not result in the benefits that we anticipate. For example, we may not be able to achieve our public benefit purpose or realize the expected positive impacts from being a PBC.
One of the primary distinctions between a PBC and a traditional Delaware for-profit corporation is that, in making decisions, the directors of a PBC have an obligation to balance the financial interests of shareholders, the interests of stakeholders materially affected by the PBC’s conduct, and the pursuit of the corporation’s specific public benefit purpose. The application of this balancing obligation may allow our directors to make decisions that they could not have made pursuant to the fiduciary duties applicable prior to PBC conversion. There is no guarantee that our Board will resolve conflicts among the financial interests of our shareholders, our specific public benefit purpose, or stakeholders materially affected by our conduct, in favor of our shareholders’ financial interests. For instance, in a sale of control transaction, our Board would be required to consider and balance the factors listed above and might choose to accept an offer that does not maximize short-term shareholder value due to its consideration of other factors. This requirement of Delaware PBC law may make our company a less attractive takeover target than a traditional for-profit corporation.
A Delaware PBC must also provide its shareholders with a statement, at least every other year, as to the PBC’s assessment of the success of its efforts to promote its public benefit purpose and the best interests of those materially affected by the PBC's conduct. If the public perceives that we are not successful in promoting our public benefit purpose, or that our pursuit of our public benefit purpose is having a negative effect on the financial interests of our shareholders, that perception could negatively affect our reputation, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and stock will provideprice. In addition, Delaware's PBC statute may be amended to require more explicit or burdensome reporting requirements that could increase the time and expense required to comply.
As a returnDelaware PBC, we may be subject to investors.

increased litigation risk.
Shareholders of a Delaware PBC (if they, individually or collectively, own the lesser of (1) two percent of the PBC’s outstanding shares; or (2) shares with a market value of $2 million or more on the date the lawsuit is instituted) can file a derivative lawsuit claiming the directors failed to balance shareholder and public benefit interests. Traditional Delaware for-profit corporations are not subject to this potential liability. As a PBC, we may be subject to increased derivative litigation, which may be costly and require management’s attention, which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, there is currently limited case law involving PBCs (including case law interpreting and applying the balancing obligation of PBC directors), which may expose us to additional litigation risk generally until additional case law develops or additional legislative action is taken.

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Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Unresolved Staff Comments

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Item 2. PROPERTIES

Properties

Maryland—We own and occupy a 232,000415,000 square foot combination laboratory and office building complex in Silver Spring, Maryland that serves as our co-headquarters, and is used for commercial manufacturing.to manufacture our products, and houses one of our ex vivo lung perfusion centers. These manufacturing activities include the synthesis of treprostinil, the active ingredient in RemodulinTyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, and Tyvaso,Remodulin, and treprostinil diolamine, the active ingredient in Orenitram, as well as dinutuximab, the active ingredient in Unituxin. We also manufacture finishedTyvaso, Remodulin, Tyvaso and Unituxin drug product in our Silver Spring complex. We own several other buildings in Silver Spring used principallyIn 2019, we completed construction of a new cell culture and purification facility. In early 2021, we decided to repurpose this facility to produce manufactured lungs for office and laboratory space. We are constructing a 29,000 square foot facility in Silver Spring to serve as a monoclonal antibody manufacturing site, and a 121,000 square foot facility in Silver Spring to provide additional office space.

clinical studies.

North Carolina—We own a 380,000 square foot combination manufacturing facility and office building in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (RTP facility)(RTP facility), which serves as our co-headquarters and is occupied by our clinical research and development, commercialization, and our logistics and manufacturing personnel. We manufacture Orenitram tabletsdrug product and we package, warehouse, and distribute Tyvaso, Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram, and Unituxin at this location. We also own a 132-acre170-acre site containing approximately 330,000217,000 square feet of building space adjacent to our RTP facility, which we use for our


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research, development, and manufacturing facilities relatingrelated to our lung regeneration program, office space, and for future expansion.

        Europe—In Germany, we lease a warehouse where we maintain inventory of components for our Tyvaso Inhalation System. The German facility includes office and laboratory space.

        District of Columbia—We own two adjacent buildings in Washington, D.C., which serve as office space.

        Florida—We own an office building in Satellite Beach, Florida and a facility in Melbourne, Florida used as a reimbursement support call center. We are also constructing a 75,000 square foot building in Jacksonville, Florida, to serve as a regional ex-vivo lung perfusion facility as part of our collaboration with the Mayo Clinic.

We believe that these facilities, along with various other owned and leased facilities, are adequate for our current operations and that additional land and facilities for future expansion are reasonably available.

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Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Legal Proceedings

Currently, and from time to time, we are subject to claims in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. While we presently believe that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not materially harm our financial position, cash flows or results of operations, legal proceedings are inherently uncertain, and unfavorable rulings could, individually or in aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or operating results. Please refer to Note 16—14—Litigation, to our consolidated financial statements, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.


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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock (and associated preferred stock purchase rights) trades on the NASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "UTHR"“UTHR”. The table below sets forth the high and low closing prices for our common stock for the periods indicated:

 
 2017 2016 
 
 High Low High Low 

January 1 - March 31

 $168.42 $135.38 $155.54 $108.47 

April 1 - June 30

 $133.12 $118.34 $121.03 $98.33 

July 1 - September 30

 $136.81 $114.60 $129.64 $107.73 

October 1 - December 31

 $151.28 $118.58 $145.38 $111.68 

Number of Holders

As of February 14, 2018,15, 2023, there were 3632 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

We have never paid and have no present intention to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, and our 20162022 Credit Agreement contains covenants that may restrict us from doing so. We intend to retain any earnings for use in our business operations.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

We did not repurchase any of our outstanding equity securities during the three monthsyear ended December 31, 2017, as our most recent share repurchase program was completed in September 2017.

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Comparison of Five-Year Total Cumulative Shareholder Return

The following chart shows the performance from December 31, 20122017 through December 31, 20172022 of our common stock, compared with an investment in the stocks represented in each of the NASDAQNasdaq U.S. Benchmark TR Index and the NASDAQ ICB: 4577 Pharmaceutical StockNasdaq U.S. Benchmark Pharmaceuticals TR Index, assuming the investment of $100 at the beginning of the period and the reinvestment of dividends, if any.


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Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

        The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes accompanying the consolidated financial statements andItem 7—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in this Report. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for future periods. The following information is presented in millions, except per share data.

[Reserved]
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

                

Revenues

 $1,725.3 $1,598.8 $1,465.8 $1,288.5 $1,117.0 

Operating income

 $814.9 $1,061.7 $699.0 $538.8 $292.5 

Net income

 $417.9 $713.7 $651.6 $340.1 $174.6 

Net income per common share:

                

Basic(1)

 $9.50 $16.29 $14.17 $7.06 $3.49 

Diluted(1)

 $9.31 $15.25 $12.72 $6.28 $3.28 
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 As of December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

                

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable investments

 $1,430.1 $1,053.1 $991.8 $818.2 $1,142.0 

Total assets

 $2,879.4 $2,325.6 $2,184.4 $1,884.4 $2,087.6 

Total non-current liabilities

 $313.7 $130.9 $144.0 $114.5 $95.6 

Total stockholders' equity

 $2,101.8 $1,851.3 $1,588.6 $1,242.4 $1,259.3 


(1)
Refer to Note 10—Stockholders' Equity—Earnings Per Common Share to our consolidated financial statements for the computation of basic and diluted net income per share.

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Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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 to our consolidated financial statements.

Overview

Commercial Products

All statements in this filing are made as of the date this Report is filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We currentlyundertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this Report contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, which are based on our beliefs and expectations about future outcomes and on information available to us through the date this Report on Form 10-K is filed with the SEC, include, among others, statements related to the following:
Expectations of revenues, expenses, profitability, cash flows, and growth in the number of patients being treated with our products, including anticipated growth in the number of Tyvaso patients as a result of the expansion of its label to include pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and anticipated growth in revenues following the recent commercial launch of Tyvaso DPI;
The sufficiency of our cash on hand to support operations;
Our ability to obtain financing on terms favorable to us or at all;
Our ability to obtain and maintain domestic and international regulatory approvals;
Our ability to maintain attractive pricing and reimbursement levels for our products, in light of increasing competition, including from generic products, pressure from government and other payers to decrease the costs associated with healthcare, including the potential impact of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) on our business;
The expected volume and timing of sales of our commercial products, as well as potential future commercial products, including the anticipated effect of various research and development efforts on sales of these products;
The timing and outcome of clinical studies, other research and development efforts, and related regulatory filings and approvals;
The outcome of pending and potential future legal and regulatory actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory and government enforcement agencies, and the anticipated duration of regulatory exclusivity for our products;
The timing and outcome of ongoing litigation, including the lawsuit filed against us by Sandoz, Inc. and Liquidia PAH, LLC (formerly known as RareGen, LLC); our patent and trade secret litigation with Liquidia Technologies, Inc. (Liquidia) related to its new drug application (NDA) for Yutrepia; our litigation with Humana Inc., United Healthcare Services, Inc., MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC, and related entities; and our litigation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Health Resource Services Administration related to the Public Health Service’s 340B drug pricing program;
The impact of competing therapies on sales of our commercial products, including the impact of generic versions of Adcirca and Remodulin; established therapies such as Uptravi; and newly-developed therapies such as Merck’s sotatercept and Liquidia’s Yutrepia;
The expectation that we will be able to manufacture sufficient quantities and maintain adequate inventories of our commercial products, through both our in-house manufacturing capabilities and third-party manufacturing sites, and our ability to obtain and maintain related approvals by the FDA and other regulatory agencies;
The adequacy of our intellectual property protection and the validity and expiration dates of the patents we own or license, as well as the regulatory exclusivity periods for our products;
The effect of our recent conversion to a Delaware public benefit corporation;
Any statements that include the words “believe,” “seek,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” or similar expressions; and
Other statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Report that are not historical facts.
We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, and that may cause our actual results to differ materially from anticipated results, including the risks and uncertainties we describe in Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors of this Report and factors described in other cautionary statements, cautionary language, and risk factors set forth in our other filings with the SEC.
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Overview of Marketed Products
We market and sell the following commercial products:

Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI. Tyvaso is an inhaled formulation of the prostacyclin analogue treprostinil, approved by the FDA and regulatory authorities in Argentina, Israel, and Japan to improve exercise ability in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Tyvaso was also approved by the FDA in March 2021 and by regulators in Israel in December 2022 to improve exercise ability in patients with PH-ILD. In May 2022, we also obtained FDA approval of Tyvaso DPI to treat PAH and PH-ILD, and we initiated commercial shipments of Tyvaso DPI to our distributors in June 2022.
Remodulin, a continuously-infused formulation of the prostacyclin analogue treprostinil, approved by the FDA for subcutaneous and intravenous administration to diminish symptoms associated with exercise in PAH patients.patients with PAH. Remodulin has also been approved in various countries outside of the United States.

Tyvaso, an inhaled formulation In February 2021, we launched U.S. sales of treprostinil, approved by the FDA to improve exercise ability in PAH patients.

Remunity Pump, a new subcutaneous delivery system for Remodulin.
Orenitram, a tablet dosage form of treprostinil, approved by the FDA to delay disease progression and improve exercise capacity in PAH patients.

Unituxin, a monoclonal antibody approved in the United States, Canada, and Japan for treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma.
Adcirca, an oral PDE-5 inhibitor approved by the FDA to improve exercise ability in PAH patients.

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For additional detail regarding our commercial products, seePart I, Item 1—Business—Our Commercial Products.

Research and Development

We are engaged in research and development of new formulations, indications and delivery devices for our existing products. In particular, we are developing the Implantable Systemproducts. We recently developed a new pump for Remodulin, called the Remunity Pump, and are currently developing a new version of the RemUnity systemRemunity Pump.We are also working with a medical device manufacturer to develop new delivery systems for delivery of intravenous and subcutaneous Remodulin, respectively.Remodulin. We are studying Tyvaso in patients with WHO Group 3idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (which we refer to as Tyvaso-ILD), and Orenitram in patients with WHO Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (which we refer to as OreniLeft)fibrosis (the TETON studies). We are also studying dinutuximab in patients with small cell lung cancer. Finally, we are engaged in studies to improve the label for the use of Orenitram in PAH patients, including our FREEDOM-EV study of Orenitram in combination with background therapy, a project we refer to as OreniPlus.

In addition, we are developing new therapies forproducts to treat PAH (esuberaprost, RemoPro(RemoPro and eNOS gene therapy)ralinepag). We are also heavily engaged in early-stage research and development of a number of organ transplantation-related technologies including regenerative medicine, 3-D organ bioprinting, xenotransplantation, biomechanical lungs and ex-vivoex vivo lung perfusion. Finally, we are engaged in additional, early-stage research and development efforts in PAH and other diseases. For additional detail regarding our research and development programs, seePart I, Item 1BusinessResearch and Development.

Revenues

Our net product salestotal revenues consist primarily of sales of the five commercial products noted above.above, together with associated sales of delivery devices (in the case of Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Tyvaso DPI). We have entered into separate, non-exclusive distribution agreements with Accredo Health Group, Inc. and its affiliates and Caremark, L.L.C. to distribute Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvasothe Remunity Pump, and Orenitram in the United States, and we have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with ASD Specialty Healthcare, Inc., an affiliate of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, to distribute Unituxin in the United States. WeWe also sell Tyvaso, Remodulin, and TyvasoUnituxin to distributors internationally. We sell Adcirca through Lilly'sthe pharmaceutical wholesale network.network of Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly). To the extent we have increased the price of any of these products, increases have typically been in the single-digit percentages per year, except for Adcirca, the price of which is set solely by Lilly. In 2018, we anticipate revenues will decrease as compared to 2017, given the impact of anticipated generic competition for Adcirca beginning mid-2018, as well as reimbursement challenges for our oral therapies leading to increased utilization of our patient assistance programs. We are investing in the development of new products and label expansions for existing products, which we expect to result in a return to revenue growth beginning in 2019.

We require our specialty pharmaceutical distributors to maintain reasonable levels of inventory reserves for our treprostinil-based therapies because the interruption of Remodulin, Tyvaso or Orenitram therapythese therapies can be life threatening. Our specialty pharmaceutical distributors typically place monthly or semi-monthly orders based on current utilization trends and contractual minimum and maximum inventory requirements. As a result, sales of Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitramour treprostinil-based therapies can vary depending on the timing and magnitude of these orders and do not precisely reflect changes in patient demand.

Operating Expenses

        Since our inception, we have devoted

We devote substantial resources to our various clinical trials and other research and development efforts, which are conducted both internally and through third parties. From time to time, we also license or acquire additional technologies and compounds to be incorporated into our development pipeline.


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Our operating expenses include the following costs:

Cost of Product Sales

Our cost of product sales primarily includes costs to manufacture and acquireour products, sold to customers, royalty and sales-based milestone payments under license agreements granting us rights to sell related products, direct and indirect distribution costs incurred in the sale of our products, and the costs of inventory reserves for current and projected obsolescence. These costs also include share-based
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compensation and salary-related expenses for direct manufacturing and indirect support personnel, quality review and release for commercial distribution, direct materials and supplies, depreciation, facilities-related expenses, and other overhead costs. Our cost of product sales for Adcirca increased significantly as a percentage of Adcirca revenues beginning December 1, 2017, from five percent to an effective rate of approximately 42.5 percent, as a result of the increased royalty and milestone payments contained in our amended license agreement with Lilly.

Research and Development

Our research and development expenses primarily include costs associated with the research and development of products and post-marketing research commitments. These costs also include share-based compensation and salary-related expenses for research and development functions, professional fees for preclinical and clinical studies, costs associated with clinical manufacturing, facilities-related expenses, regulatory costs, and costs associated with pre-FDA approval payments to third-party contract manufacturers.manufacturers before FDA approval of the relevant product. Expenses also include costs for third-party arrangements, including upfront fees and milestone payments required under license arrangements for therapies under development. We have incurred,do not track fully-burdened research and expect to continue to incur, increased clinical trial-relateddevelopment expenses driven by the recent expansion of our pipeline programs, which we expect will result in the enrollment of several large clinical studies.

Selling, General, and Administrative

Our selling, general, and administrative expenses primarily include costs associated with the commercialization of approved products and general and administrative costs to support our operations. Selling expenses also include share-based compensation, salary-related expenses, product marketing and sales operations costs, and other costs incurred to support our sales efforts. General and administrative expenses also include our core corporate support functions such as human resources, finance and legal, and external costs to support our core business such as insurance premiums, legal fees, grants to non-affiliated, non-profit organizations, and other professional service fees.

Share-Based Compensation

Historically, we granted stock options under our Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the 1999 Plan) and awards under our Share Tracking Awards Plans (STAP). In June 2015, our shareholders approved the United Therapeutics Corporation 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2015 Plan), which authorizes the issuanceSTAP). Issuance of up to 6,150,000 shares of our common stock. Following approval of the 2015 Plan, we ceased granting awards under the STAP and the 1999 Plan, andboth of these plans was discontinued in 2015. Currently, we modified our equity compensation programs to grant stock options to employees who previously received STAP awards, and to grant stock options and restricted stock units under the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended to date, the 2015 Plan), which provides for the issuance of up to 11,500,000 shares of our non-employee directors.common stock, including the 500,000 shares added pursuant to an amendment and restatement of the 2015 Plan approved by our shareholders in June 2022. In October 2017,February 2019, our Board of Directors approved the 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (the 2019 Inducement Plan), which provides for the issuance of up to 99,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to awards granted to newly-hired Unitherians. Currently, we also began issuinggrant equity-based awards to Unitherians and members of our Board of Directors in the form of stock options and restricted stock units under the 2015 Plan, and we may grant restricted stock units to employeesnewly-hired Unitherians under the 20152019 Inducement Plan. Over time, we expect to increase the percentage of our equity awards made to employees in the form of restricted stock units, instead of stock options. The grant date fair values of stock options and restricted stock units are recognized as share-based compensation expense ratably over their vesting periods.


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The fair valuesvalue of STAP awards and stock option grants areoptions is measured using inputs and assumptions under the Black-Scholes-Merton model. The fair value of restricted stock units is measured using our stock price on the date of grant.

Although we have ceased grantingno longer grant STAP awards, we still have a significant number ofhad approximately 0.6 million STAP awards outstanding.outstanding as of December 31, 2022. We account for STAP awards as liabilities because they are settled in cash. As such, we must re-measure the fair value of STAP awards at the end of each financial reporting period until the awards are no longer outstanding. Changes in our liability associated with outstanding STAP liability resulting fromawards as a result of such re-measurements are recorded as adjustments to share-based compensation expense (benefit) expense and can create substantial volatility within our operating expenses from period to period. The following factors, among others, have a significant impact on the amount of share-based compensation expense (benefit) expense recognized in connection with STAP awards from period to period: (1) volatility in the price of our common stock (specifically, increases in the price of our common stock will generally result in an increase in our STAP liability and related compensation expense, while decreases in our stock price will generally result in a reduction in our STAP liability and related compensation expense); and (2) changesdecreases in the number of outstanding awards; andawards.

Future Prospects
We anticipate that overall revenue growth over the near-term will be driven primarily by: (1) growth in sales of Tyvaso as a result of the expansion of its label to include PH-ILD; (2) growth in sales of the newly-launched Tyvaso DPI; (3) changescontinued growth in the number of vestedpatients prescribed Orenitram following our expansion of the Orenitram label to reflect the results of the FREEDOM-EV study; and unvested awards.

Future Prospects

        Our strategy is to grow the revenues(4) modest price increases for some of our existing commercial products, including through approvalproducts; partially offset by further generic erosion of new and/or improved indications, formulations and delivery devices. These and other research and development efforts are designed to provideAdcirca sales. We believe that additional revenue growth in the nearmedium- and medium term, while efforts arelonger-term will be driven by new products and new indications for existing products being developed in our pipeline, as described above under way to develop technologies in organ manufacturing in the longer term.

Part I, Item 1—Business—Research and Development.

Our ability to achieve theseour objectives, grow our business, and sustain our growth andmaintain profitability will depend on many factors, including among others: (1) the timing and outcome of preclinical research, clinical trials, and regulatory approvalsapproval applications for products we develop; (2) the timing and degree of our success related to the commercial launch ofin commercially launching new products; (3) the demand for our products; (4) the price of our products and the reimbursement of our products by public and private health insurance organizations;organizations, including the impact on such prices and reimbursement amounts as a result of the IRA; (5) the competition we face within our industry,
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including competition from generic companies;companies and new PAH therapies; (6) our ability to effectively manage our business in an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment; (7) our ability to defend against challenges to our patents; and (8) the risks identified inPart I, Item 1A—Risk Factors, included in this Report.

        We believe the increased use of dual-upfront oral therapy (tadalafil and ambrisentan) following positive results of theAMBITION study, combined with the launch of Uptravi, an oral IP-receptor agonist, has delayed many patients' initiation of inhaled or infused prostacyclin therapies, which we believe has depressed our sales of Tyvaso and Remodulin. In addition, Uptravi competes directly with our oral prostacyclin therapy, Orenitram, which we believe has depressed our sales of Orenitram. Given the progressive nature of PAH, we believe many patients will begin taking Orenitram, Tyvaso or Remodulin after their disease progresses while on these or other oral therapies, leading to increased revenue from these three products.

We operate in a highly competitive market in which a small number of large pharmaceutical companies control a majority of available PAH therapies. These pharmaceutical companies are well established in the market and possess greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we do. In addition, there are a number of investigational products in late-stage development that, if approved, may erode the market share of our existing commercial therapies and make market acceptance more difficult to achieve for any therapies we attempt to market in the future.


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Results of Operations

This section of this Report generally discusses 2022, 2021, and 2020 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2022 and 2021. Discussions of year-to-year comparisons between 2021 and 2020 that are not included in this Report can be found in Part II, Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations of our Form 10-K filed on February 24, 2022 (our 2021 Annual Report).
Revenues

The following table below presents the components of total revenues (dollars in millions):

Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Net product sales:   
Tyvaso(1)
$873.0 $607.5 $483.3 $265.5 $124.2 44 %26 %
Remodulin(2)
500.2 513.7 516.7 (13.5)(3.0)(3)%(1)%
Orenitram325.1 306.1 293.1 19.0 13.0 %%
Unituxin182.9 202.3 122.9 (19.4)79.4 (10)%65 %
Adcirca41.3 55.9 67.3 (14.6)(11.4)(26)%(17)%
Other13.8 — — 13.8 — 
NM(3)
NM(3)
Total revenues$1,936.3 $1,685.5 $1,483.3 $250.8 $202.2 15 %14 %
 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Net product sales:

                

Remodulin

 $670.9 $602.3 $572.8  11.4% 5.2%

Tyvaso

  372.9  404.6  470.1  (7.8)% (13.9)%

Adcirca

  419.7  372.2  278.8  12.8% 33.5%

Orenitram

  185.8  157.2  118.4  18.2% 32.8%

Unituxin

  76.0  62.5  20.5  21.6% 204.9%

Other

      5.2  % (100.0)%

Total revenues

 $1,725.3 $1,598.8 $1,465.8  7.9% 9.1%
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        Revenues(1) Net product sales include both the drug product and the respective inhalation devices for both Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI.

(2) Net product sales include sales of infusion devices, such as the year ended December 31, 2017 increasedRemunity Pump.
(3) Calculation is not meaningful.
Net product sales from our treprostinil-based products (Tyvaso, Remodulin, and Orenitram) grew by $126.5$271.0 million in 2022, as compared to 2021.
Tyvaso net product sales increased in 2022, as compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in quantities sold and, to a lesser extent, the same periodimpact of a price increase and lower gross-to-net deductions. The increase in 2016. quantities sold was driven by the commercial launch of Tyvaso DPI in June 2022 and continued growth in the number of patients following the PH-ILD label expansion in March 2021.
Remodulin net product sales increased by $68.6 million, with $47.4 million relateddecreased in 2022, as compared to the one-time purchase of Remodulin inventory by an international distributor,2021, due to an expansion of the distributor's commercial responsibilities during the third quarter.a $15.9 million decrease in U.S. Remodulin net product sales, partially offset by a $2.4 million increase in international Remodulin net product sales. The remaining increasedecrease in U.S. Remodulin net product sales was due to an increasedriven by a decrease in the number of patients being treated with Remodulin. Adcirca net product sales increased by $47.5 million primarily due to price increases, which were determined by Lilly. Additional revenue growth resulted from a $28.6 million increase in Orenitram net product sales due to an increase in the number of patients being treated with Orenitram and a $13.5 million increase in Unituxin net product sales due to an increase in the number of vialsquantities sold, and price increases. These revenue increases were partially offset by a $31.7 million decrease in Tyvaso net product sales, with $11.1 million of the decrease due to an additional one-time liability for estimated Medicaid rebates that we recorded during 2017 related to Tyvaso sales prior to January 1, 2017. The remaining decrease in Tyvaso net product sales resulted from a net decrease in the number of patients being treated with Tyvaso, which we believe was driven by the availability of oral prostacyclin-class therapies and the increased propensity to treat patients with multiple oral therapies earlier in their disease progression, which can delay the need to prescribe inhaled therapies such as Tyvaso.

        Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 increased by $133.0 million as compared to the same period in 2015. Adcirca net product sales increased by $93.4 million due to an increase in the number of Adcirca bottles sold and Lilly-determined price increases. Unituxin net product sales increased by $42.0 million due to the launch of Unituxin in the third quarter of 2015. lower gross-to-net deductions.

Orenitram net product sales increased by $38.8 millionin 2022, as compared to 2021, primarily due to ana price increase in the number of patients being treated with Orenitram. Remodulinand lower gross-to-net deductions.
Unituxin net product sales increased by $29.5 million duedecreased in 2022, as compared to an increase in the number of patients being treated with Remodulin. These increases were partially offset by a $65.5 million decrease in Tyvaso net product sales2021, primarily due to a decrease in the number of patients being treated with Tyvaso andquantities sold, partially offset by a $5.2 million decreaseprice increase.
Adcirca net product sales decreased in other revenues2022, as compared to 2021, due to a decline in quantities sold as a result of the sale of our antiviral program in late 2015. We believe the decrease in Tyvaso sales resulted from the availability of oral prostacyclin class therapies, and increased propensity to treat patients with multiple oral therapies earlier in their disease progression, which can delay the need to prescribe inhaled therapies.

        For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 approximately 60 percent, 64 percent and 72 percent, respectively, of total revenues were derived from net product sales of Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram to our U.S.-based specialty pharmaceutical distributors. Remaining revenues were


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derived primarily from net product sales ofgeneric competition for Adcirca and Unituxin and net product sales of Remodulin to our international distributors.

        The potential launch of generic versions of Remodulin and Adcirca in 2018, as described inItem 1—Business—Patents and Other Proprietary Rights, Strategic Licenses and Market Exclusivity—Generic Competition¸ could materially reduce our revenues from those products.

higher gross-to-net deductions.

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Gross-to-Net Deductions
We recognize revenues net of: (1) rebates and chargebacks; (2) prompt pay discounts; (3) allowancesallowance for sales returns; and (4) distributor fees. These are referred to as gross-to-net deductions and are primarily based on estimates reflecting historical experiences andas well as contractual and statutory requirements. We currently estimate our allowance for sales returns using reports from our distributors and available industry data, including our estimate of inventory remaining in the distribution channel. The tables below include a reconciliation of the liability accounts associated with these deductions (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Rebates & ChargebacksPrompt Pay DiscountsAllowance for Sales ReturnsDistributor FeesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2022$67.8 $3.8 $6.3 $7.9 $85.8 
Provisions attributed to sales in:
Current period202.8 43.2 2.3 34.5 282.8 
Prior periods(4.3)(0.5)(3.1)0.5 (7.4)
Payments or credits attributed to sales in:
Current period(121.1)(38.9)(0.7)(23.6)(184.3)
Prior periods(63.9)(3.2)(1.5)(8.4)(77.0)
Balance, December 31, 2022$81.3 $4.4 $3.3 $10.9 $99.9 
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Rebates & ChargebacksPrompt Pay DiscountsAllowance for Sales ReturnsDistributor FeesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2021$65.3 $3.0 $12.5 $3.7 $84.5 
Provisions attributed to sales in:
Current period217.0 38.5 — 31.3 286.8 
Prior periods1.6 — (3.9)0.2 (2.1)
Payments or credits attributed to sales in:
Current period(151.8)(34.7)— (22.4)(208.9)
Prior periods(64.3)(3.0)(2.3)(4.9)(74.5)
Balance, December 31, 2021$67.8 $3.8 $6.3 $7.9 $85.8 
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Rebates & ChargebacksPrompt Pay DiscountsAllowance for Sales ReturnsDistributor FeesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2020$51.7 $2.6 $14.2 $4.1 $72.6 
Provisions attributed to sales in:
Current period196.1 32.5 — 20.6 249.2 
Prior periods(0.2)— — (0.3)(0.5)
Payments or credits attributed to sales in:
Current period(139.7)(29.6)— (16.9)(186.2)
Prior periods(42.6)(2.5)(1.7)(3.8)(50.6)
Balance, December 31, 2020$65.3 $3.0 $12.5 $3.7 $84.5 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 2017 
 
 Rebates and
Chargebacks
 Prompt Pay
Discounts
 Allowance for
Sales Returns
 Distributor
Fees
 Total 

Balance, January 1, 2017

 $46.0 $4.3 $7.7 $2.8 $60.8 

Provisions attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  228.2  37.9  0.9  14.5  281.5 

Prior periods

  13.3      (0.2) 13.1 

Payments or credits attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  (163.1) (33.3)   (10.9) (207.3)

Prior periods

  (50.4) (4.2) (1.4) (2.8) (58.8)

Balance, December 31, 2017

 $74.0 $4.7 $7.2 $3.4 $89.3 


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 Year Ended December 31, 2016 
 
 Rebates and
Chargebacks
 Prompt Pay
Discounts
 Allowance for
Sales Returns
 Distributor
Fees
 Total 

Balance, January 1, 2016

 $44.6 $3.9 $5.3 $2.6 $56.4 

Provisions attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  206.3  36.9  3.2  12.6  259.0 

Prior periods

  4.0        4.0 

Payments or credits attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  (164.7) (32.7)   (9.8) (207.2)

Prior periods

  (44.2) (3.8) (0.8) (2.6) (51.4)

Balance, December 31, 2016

 $46.0 $4.3 $7.7 $2.8 $60.8 


 
 Year Ended December 31, 2015 
 
 Rebates and
Chargebacks
 Prompt Pay
Discounts
 Allowance for
Sales Returns
 Distributor
Fees
 Total 

Balance, January 1, 2015

 $31.6 $3.3 $4.0 $0.6 $39.5 

Provisions attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  171.6  33.5  2.7  9.8  217.6 

Prior periods

      0.3  (0.3)  

Payments or credits attributed to sales in:

                

Current period

  (123.9) (29.6)   (7.2) (160.7)

Prior periods

  (34.7) (3.3) (1.7) (0.3) (40.0)

Balance, December 31, 2015

 $44.6 $3.9 $5.3 $2.6 $56.4 

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Cost of Product Sales

The table below summarizes cost of product sales by major category (dollars in millions):

 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Category:

                

Cost of product sales

 $103.1 $72.1 $60.2  43.0% 19.8%

Share-based compensation expense(1)

  2.6  0.6  8.8  333.3% (93.2)%

Total cost of product sales

 $105.7 $72.7 $69.0  45.4% 5.4%

Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Category:
Cost of sales$146.7 $116.7 $101.0 $30.0 $15.7 26 %16 %
Share-based compensation expense(1)
4.9 5.8 7.1 (0.9)(1.3)(16)%(18)%
Total cost of sales$151.6 $122.5 $108.1 $29.1 $14.4 24 %13 %
(1)
Refer toShare-Based Compensation Expensesection below for discussion.

Cost of Product Sales.sales, excluding share-based compensation. The increase in cost of product sales of $31.0 million for the year ended December 31, 20172022, as compared to the same period in 2016,2021, was primarily attributabledue to a $21.9 millionan increase in royalty expense and product costs for Adcirca. AsTyvaso DPI following the commercial launch of the product in June 2022.
Research and Development
The table below summarizes the nature of research and development expense by major expense category (dollars in millions):
Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Category:
External research and development(1)
$168.8 $156.7 $177.4 $12.1 $(20.7)%(12)%
Internal research and development(2)
131.4 117.2 111.3 14.2 5.9 12 %%
Share-based compensation expense(3)
23.8 24.4 29.5 (0.6)(5.1)(2)%(17)%
Impairments(4)
— 130.0 0.5 (130.0)129.5 (100)%
NM(6)
Other(5)
(1.1)111.8 39.0 (112.9)72.8 (101)%187 %
Total research and development expense$322.9 $540.1 $357.7 $(217.2)$182.4 (40)%51 %
(1)External research and development primarily includes fees paid to third parties (such as clinical trial sites, contract research organizations, and contract laboratories) for preclinical and clinical studies and payments to third-party contract manufacturers before FDA approval of the relevant product.
(2)Internal research and development primarily includes salary-related expenses for research and development functions, internal costs to manufacture product candidates before FDA approval, and internal facilities-related expenses, including depreciation, related to research and development activities.
(3)Refer to Share-Based Compensation section below for discussion.
(4)Impairments primarily includes impairment charges to write-down the carrying value of in-process research and development (IPR&D) and of certain property, plant, and equipment as a result of an amendmentresearch and development activities.
(5)Other primarily includes upfront fees and milestone payments to third parties under license agreements related to development-stage products, adjustments to the fair value of our license agreementcontingent consideration obligations, and a one-time expense associated with Lilly, our royalty rate on net product salesthe redemption of Adcirca increased from five percent to an effective rate of approximately 42.5 percent effective December 1, 2017. a pediatric disease priority review voucher in 2021.
(6)Calculation is not meaningful.
Research and development, excluding share-based compensation. The remaining increasedecrease in cost of product sales was primarily attributable to an increase in sales.

        The increase in cost of product sales of $11.9 millionresearch and development expense for the year ended December 31, 20162022, as compared to the same period in 2015,2021, was primarily attributabledue to: (1) a $107.3 million IPR&D impairment charge related to increased sales.

Research and Development Expense

        The table below summarizes research andour March 2021 decision to discontinue the U.S. development expense by major category (dollarsof Trevyent; (2) a $105.0 million purchase of a pediatric disease priority review voucher in millions):

 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Category:

                

Research and development projects

 $256.4 $157.6 $157.4  62.7% 0.1%

Share-based compensation expense (benefit)(1)

  8.2  (10.0) 87.7  182.0% (111.4)%

Total research and development expense

 $264.6 $147.6 $245.1  79.3% (39.8)%

(1)
Refer toShare-Based Compensation Expense section below for discussion.

        Research and development projects.    The increase in research and development projects of $98.8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, was driven by the expansionJanuary 2021, which we redeemed upon submission of our pipeline programsNDA for Tyvaso DPI; and (3) impairment charges related to treat cardiopulmonary diseaseproperty, plant, and cancer and to develop technologies in organ manufacturing. Research and development expense for the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases increased by $38.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, due to increased spending on several clinical and non-clinical studies, includingFREEDOM-EV,INCREASE andSOUTHPAW, on the development of new drug products, including RemoPro, and drug delivery device developments, including the Implantable System for Remodulin and the RemUnity system. The increases in research and development expenses were partially offset by a decrease in expenses for esuberaprost formulation and the relatedBEAT study, as the clinical trial is fully enrolled. Research and development expense for cancer-related projects increased by $21.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, due to an increase in spending on theDISTINCT study. Research and development expenses for organ manufacturing projects increased by $36.3 million for

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the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, due to increased preclinical work on technologies designed to increase the supply and distribution of transplantable organs and tissues.

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Selling, General, and Administrative Expense

The table below summarizes selling, general, and administrative expense by major category (dollars in millions):

 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Category:

                

General and administrative

 $203.1 $210.7 $174.6  (3.6)% 20.7%

Sales and marketing

  64.3  84.6  94.3  (24.0)% (10.3)%

Share-based compensation expense(1)

  62.7  21.5  183.8  191.6% (88.3)%

Total selling, general and administrative expense

 $330.1 $316.8 $452.7  4.2% (30.0)%

Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Category:   
General and administrative$333.2 $294.3 $241.8 $38.9 $52.5 13 %22 %
Sales and marketing70.8 64.4 54.9 6.4 9.5 10 %17 %
Share-based compensation expense(1)
78.1 108.3 127.2 (30.2)(18.9)(28)%(15)%
Total selling, general, and administrative expense$482.1 $467.0 $423.9 $15.1 $43.1 %10 %
(1)
Refer toShare-Based Compensation Expensesection below for discussion.

General and administrative.administrative, excluding share-based compensation. The decreaseincrease in general and administrative expenses of $7.6 millionexpense for the year ended December 31, 2017,2022, as compared to the same period in 2016,2021, was primarily resulted from:due to: (1) a $32.0 million decrease in grants to non-affiliated, non-profit organizations that provide financial assistance to patients with PAH; and (2) a $9.3 million decrease of expenses in connection with the disposition and write down of various properties in 2016. The decrease was partially offset by: (1) a $9.4 million increase in legal fees incurred in connection with intellectual property litigation and the DOJ investigation of our support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients; (2) a $9.2 million increase in compensation due to an increase in staffing; and (3) a $6.5 million increase in consulting expenses.

        The increase in general and administrative expenses of $36.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to the same period in 2015, primarily resulted from a $20.0 million increase in grants to non-affiliated, non-profit organizations that provide financial assistance to patients with PAH; and $9.3 million increase of expenses in connection for disposition and write down of various properties.

        Sales and marketing.    The decrease in sales and marketing expenses of $20.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, primarily resulted from a $11.3 million decrease in compensation and related costsbranded prescription drug fee expense associated with sales of Tyvaso; and (2) impairment charges related to property, plant, and equipment. The branded prescription drug fee is a required fee imposed under the 2016 consolidationPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act of our sales2010, which became applicable to Tyvaso in 2021, and marketing staff.

        The decrease in sales and marketing expensesis now applicable to Tyvaso DPI, as a result of $9.7 milliontheir approval for treatment of PH-ILD, an indication that currently does not have orphan designation from the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, primarily resulted from an overall decrease in general spending on sales and marketing activities as we consolidated our sales and marketing staff in the last half of 2016.

FDA.

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Share-Based Compensation Expense

The table below summarizes share-based compensation expense (benefit) by major category (dollars in millions):

Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Category:   
Stock options$22.6 $25.4 $44.0 $(2.8)$(18.6)(11)%(42)%
Restricted stock units35.7 24.7 20.5 11.0 4.245 %20 %
STAP awards46.7 86.6 97.8 (39.9)(11.2)(46)%(11)%
Employee stock purchase plan1.8 1.8 1.5 — 0.3— %20 %
Total share-based compensation expense$106.8 $138.5 $163.8 $(31.7)$(25.3)(23)%(15)%
 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Category:

                

Stock options

 $43.0 $24.8 $4.9  73.4% 406.1%

Restricted stock units

  2.2  1.1    100.0% 100.0%

Share tracking awards plan

  27.1  (15.2) 274.2  278.3% (105.5)%

Employee stock purchase plan

  1.2  1.4  1.2  (14.3)% 16.7%

Total share-based compensation expense

 $73.5 $12.1 $280.3  507.4% (95.7)%

The table below summarizes share-based compensation expense (benefit) by line item onin our consolidated statements of operations (dollars in millions):

 Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Cost of sales$4.9 $5.8 $7.1 $(0.9)$(1.3)(16)%(18)%
Research and development23.8 24.4 29.5 (0.6)(5.1)(2)%(17)%
Selling, general, and administrative78.1 108.3 127.2 (30.2)(18.9)(28)%(15)%
Total share-based compensation expense$106.8 $138.5 $163.8 $(31.7)$(25.3)(23)%(15)%
 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Cost of product sales

 $2.6 $0.6 $8.8  333.3% (93.2)%

Research and development

  8.2  (10.0) 87.7  182.0% (111.4)%

Selling, general and administrative

  62.7  21.5  183.8  191.6% (88.3)%

Total share-based compensation expense

 $73.5 $12.1 $280.3  507.4% (95.7)%

        Share-based compensation.The increasedecrease in share-based compensation of $61.4expense for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, was primarily due to: (1) a decrease in STAP expense driven by a 29 percent increase in our stock price during 2022, as compared to a 42 percent increase in our stock price during 2021; and (2) a decrease in stock option expense due to fewer awards granted and remaining outstanding in 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, partially offset by an increase in restricted stock unit expense. Refer to Note 8—Share-Based Compensation, to our consolidated financial statements for more information.

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Other (Expense) Income, Net
The change in other (expense) income, net for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, was primarily due to net unrealized and realized gains and losses on equity securities. Refer to Note 4—Investments and Note 5—Fair Value Measurements, to our consolidated financial statements for more information.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $223.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017,2022, as compared to $118.1 million for the same period in 2016, was primarily due to: (1) a $42.3 million increase in STAP expense related to an increase in2021. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our stock price during 2017effective income tax rates (ETR) were approximately 23 percent and the continued vesting of outstanding awards; and (2) an $18.2 million increase in stock option expense due to additional awards granted and outstanding in 2017. We expect the share-based compensation for restricted stock units to increase in the future as additional restricted stock units are granted. Refer to Note 9—Share-Based Compensation for more information.

        The decrease in share-based compensation of $268.2 million20 percent, respectively. Our ETR for the year ended December 31, 2016,2022 increased, as compared to the same period in 2015, was primarily due to a $289.4 million decrease in STAP expense related to a decrease in our stock price during 2016, partially offset by a $19.9 million increase in stock option expense due to additional awards granted and outstanding in 2016.

Gain on Sale of Intangible Asset

        In September 2015, we sold for $350.0 million in cash the Rare Pediatric Priority Review Voucher (PPRV) we received from the FDA in connection with the approval of Unituxin. The proceeds from the sale of the PPRV were recognized as a gain on the sale of an intangible asset, as the PPRV did not have a carrying value on our consolidated balance sheet at the time of sale.

Settlement of Loss Contingency

        In December 2017, we entered into a civil Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Government to resolve a DOJ investigation related to our support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients. During the second quarter of 2017, we recorded a $210.0 million accrual relating to this matter, and ultimately paid this amount, plus interest, to the U.S. Government upon settlement. This matter is described in more detail in Note 16—Litigation—Department of Justice Subpoena, to our consolidated financial statements.


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Impairment of Cost Method Investments

        During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded $49.6 million of impairment charges related to our cost method investments in privately-held companies. There were no such impairment charges in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016.

Income Tax Expense

        The provision for income taxes was $351.6 millionETR for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to $346.5 million for the same period in 2016. The change in the provision for income taxes was2021, primarily due to an increase in valuation allowance in the current year compared to a chargedecrease in the prior year, and an increase in the reserve for the revaluation of deferred taxes due to the lower future corporateuncertain tax rate enacted by Tax Reform, and increases in nondeductible items,positions, partially offset by a decreasean increase in net income before taxes. The provision for income taxes was $346.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to $392.8 million for the year ended 2015. The decrease in the provision for income taxes between those years resulted primarilyexcess tax benefits from a decrease in non-deductible compensation related to the STAP awards resulting from a decrease in our stock price from December 31, 2015 to December 31, 2016. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the effective tax rates were approximately 46 percent, 33 percent and 38 percent, respectively.share-based compensation. For additional details, refer to Note 11—10—Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements.

        Tax Reform has multiple provisions that impact our tax expense. The significant impacts of Tax Reform include a reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, a requirement for companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, additional limitations on deductions for executive compensation, the opportunity to fully expense (take 100 percent bonus depreciation) qualified property, reduction of the Orphan Drug Credit, repeal of the Section 199 deduction for domestic manufacturing activities, and creation of new taxes on certain foreign-sourced earnings.

        On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of Tax Reform. As a result of changes under Tax Reform, we have recognized a provisional amount of $71.0 million of additional tax expense in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. The additional tax expense is primarily due to the revaluing of our ending net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2017 because of the reduction in the U.S. corporate income tax rate under Tax Reform. While we have substantially completed our provisional analysis of the income tax effects of Tax Reform, and recorded a reasonable estimate of such effects, the ultimate impact may differ from these provisional amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, further refinement of our calculations, additional analysis, changes in assumptions, and actions we may take as a result of Tax Reform.

        Going forward, we expect to see a decrease in our effective tax rate as a result of Tax Reform, principally driven by the reduced federal corporate tax rate, partially offset by added limitations on deductions for executive compensation, reduction of the Orphan Drug Credit and repeal of the Section 199 deduction.

Share Repurchase

        In April 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing up to $250.0 million in aggregate repurchases of our common stock. Pursuant to this authorization, in May 2017, we paid $250.0 million upon entering into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with Citibank, N.A. (Citibank). Pursuant to the terms of the ASR, in June 2017, Citibank delivered to us approximately 1.7 million shares of our common stock, representing the minimum number of shares we


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were entitled to receive under the ASR. Upon termination of the ASR in September 2017, Citibank delivered to us approximately 0.3 million additional shares of our common stock.

Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources

We have funded our operations principally through sales of our commercial products and, from time-to-time, third-party financing arrangements. We believe that our current sources of liquidity isare sufficient to fund ongoing operations and future business plans as we expect long-term demand foraggregate growth in revenues from our commercial products other than Adcirca to continue to grow.products. Furthermore, our customer base remains stable and we believe that it presents minimal credit risk. However, any projections of future cash flows are inherently subject to uncertainty and we may seek other forms of financing. In January 2016,March 2022, we entered into our 2016a credit agreement (the 2022Credit Agreement), which provides for unsecured revolving credit facilities of up to $2.0 billion in the aggregate. Our aggregate outstanding balance under the 2022 Credit Agreement, which provides an unsecured, revolving line of credit of up to $1.0 billion, withmatures in 2027, was $800.0 million and classified as a current maturity date of January 2023, of which $250.0 million was drawn and outstandingnon-current liability in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2017.2022. SeeUnsecured Revolving Credit FacilityFacilities below for further details.

For information regarding the fluctuation explanations between 2021 and 2020, refer to our 2021 Annual Report.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Investments

 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 Percentage
Change
 
 
 2017 2016 2017 v. 2016 

Cash and cash equivalents

 $705.1 $1,023.0  (31.1)%

Marketable investments—current

  222.3  27.8  699.6%

Marketable investments—non-current

  502.7  2.3  NM(1)

Total cash and cash equivalents and marketable investments

 $1,430.1 $1,053.1  35.8%

(1)
Calculation is not meaningful.

        The net increase in our cashCash and cash equivalents and marketable investments was primarily due to: (1) $474.2 millioncomprise the following (dollars in cash generated from operations; and (2) $39.9 million of proceeds frommillions):

Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
202220212022 v. 20212022 v. 2021
Cash and cash equivalents$961.2 $894.8 $66.4 %
Marketable investments—current1,877.5 1,035.9 841.6 81 %
Marketable investments—non-current1,316.2 1,649.9 (333.7)(20)%
Total cash and cash equivalents and marketable investments$4,154.9 $3,580.6 $574.3 16 %
Cash Flows
Cash flows comprise the exercise of stock options, partially offset by: (1) $86.3 millionfollowing (dollars in cash paid to purchase property, plant and equipment; and (2) $60.4 million in cash used to purchase investments in privately-held companies,

 
  
  
  
 Percentage Change 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 v. 2016 2016 v. 2015 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $474.2 $643.6 $382.8  (26.3)% 68.1%

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 $(835.6)$48.3 $503.6  NM(1) (90.4)%

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 $43.3 $(497.7)$(447.0) 108.7% (11.3)%

millions):
(1)
Calculation is not meaningful.
Year Ended December 31,Dollar ChangePercentage Change
 2022202120202022 v. 20212021 v. 20202022 v. 20212021 v. 2020
Net cash provided by operating activities$802.5 $598.2 $755.7 $204.3 $(157.5)34 %(21)%
Net cash used in investing activities$(811.5)$(486.9)$(738.5)$(324.6)$251.6 (67)%34 %
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities$75.4 $44.8 $(16.9)$30.6 $61.7 68 %365 %

Our operating assets and liabilities consist primarily of accounts receivable, inventories, accounts payable, and accrued expenses, which include share-based compensation arrangements.

liabilities for our STAP awards, and tax-related payables and receivables.

The decreaseincrease of $169.4$204.3 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 20172022, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily due to:


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(1) $210.0 million paid to settle a loss contingency; and (2) a $78.4 million net cash outflow due to changes in other operating assets and liabilities. The decrease was partially offset by: (1) a $126.5 million increase in revenues during the year, which resulted in higher cash collections; and (2) a $15.5 million decrease in cash paid for income taxes due to timing of payments.

        The increase of $260.8 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the year ended December 31, 20152021, was primarily due to: (1) a $133.0$105.0 million increase in revenuespurchase of a pediatric disease priority review voucher during the year which resulted in higher cash collections;ended December 31, 2021; and (2) a $179.3$12.9 million increase in cash flows due to a decrease in cash paid to settle STAP award exercises, partially offset by a $69.1 millionawards. The remainder of the increase in cash paid for income taxes.

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Investing Activities

The increase of $883.9$324.6 million in net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 20172022, as compared to the year ended December 31, 20162021, was primarily due to: (1) a $826.9$317.2 million increase in cash used for nettotal purchases, sales, and maturities of available-for-sale, held-to-maturitymarketable investments; and other investments; (2) a $48.3$18.0 million increase in cash paid to purchase property, plant, and equipment; and (3) a $24.4 million increase in cash paid to purchase investments held at cost. The increase in cash used was partially offset by $8.3 million in proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment.

        The decrease of $455.3 million in net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the year ended December 31, 2015 was primarily due to: (1) a $350.0 million decrease in cash due to the sale of our PPRV in September 2015, which did not recur in 2016; and (2) a $128.0 million decrease in cash provided by the net maturities of held-to-maturity and other investments. The decrease in cash used was partially offset by: (1) a $16.1 million decrease in cash paid to purchase investments held at cost; and (2) a $11.8 million decrease in cash paid to purchase property, plant and equipment.

        We will need to construct additional facilities to support the development and commercialization of our products and technologies. We have budgeted for capital expenditures of approximately $250.0 million over the next three years.

Financing Activities

The increase of $541.0$30.6 million in net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 20172022, as compared to the year ended December 31, 20162021, was primarily due to: (1) $250.0 million in proceeds from borrowing under our line of credit used to fund the ASR described in Note 7—DebtUnsecured Revolving Credit Facility, to our consolidated financial statements; (2) a $250.0 million decrease in repurchases of our common stock; and (3) a $32.2$38.4 million increase in proceeds from the exercise of stock option exercises.

        The increase of $50.7 million in net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the year ended December 31, 2015 was primarily due to: (1) a $105.5 million increase in repurchases of our common stock; and (2) a $63.1 million decrease in proceeds from stock option exercises including excess tax benefits from share based compensation. The increase in cash used wasoptions, partially offset by a $117.6$7.5 million decreaseincrease in payments of debt issuance costs related payments.

        In October 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a new program forto the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock in open or privately negotiated transactions, at our discretion. This program was effective from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. In the aggregate, we repurchased approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock under this program for $500.0 million.

        In June 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock. In the aggregate, we repurchased approximately 3.3 million shares of common stock under this program for $500.0 million during 2014 and 2015.

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Facilities

In January 2016,March 2022, we entered into the 20162022 Credit Agreement, providingwhich provides for an unsecured revolving credit facilityfacilities of up to $1.0 billion. In accordance with$2.0 billion in the terms of the 2016 Credit Agreement, in January 2017 and in January 2018, we extended the maturity date of the 2016 Credit Agreement by one year to Januaryaggregate. On March 31, 2022, and January 2023, respectively. On June 1, 2017, we borrowed $250.0$800.0 million under this facilitythe facilities and used the funds to initiate the accelerated share repurchase program noted above. As we no longer intend to repay the full outstanding indebtedness under our then-existing credit agreement (the 2018 Credit Agreement). The aggregate balance within one year, the balance has been reclassified from short-term to long-term within the consolidated balance sheets.of $800.0 million under our 2022 Credit Agreement remained outstanding as of both December 31, 2022 and February 22, 2023. Refer to Note 7—Debt,Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility,to our consolidated financial statements.

        In 2013, we entered into a one-year credit agreement (the 2013 Credit Agreement) with Wells Fargo for a $75.0 million revolving loan facility. In each of July 2014 and July 2015, we amended the 2013 Credit Agreement solely to extend its maturity to September 30 of 2015 and 2017, respectively. In January 2016, we terminated and repaid in full all obligations under the 2013 Credit Agreement when we entered into the 2016 Credit Agreement.

        In October 2011, we issued the Convertible Notes with an aggregate principal value of $250.0 million. Upon maturity of the Convertible Notes in September 2016, we fulfilled all remaining settlement and repayment obligations.

Contractual Obligations

        At

As of December 31, 2017,2022, we had the following contractual obligations (in millions):

 
 Payments Due by Period 
 
 Total Less than
1 year
 2 - 3 Years 4 - 5 Years More than
5 Years
 

Operating lease obligations

 $6.7 $3.4 $1.6 $1.3 $0.4 

Long-term debt obligations(1)

  295.8  9.2  18.3  268.3   

Obligations under the STAP(2)

  231.7  231.3  0.4     

Obligations under the SERP(3)

  93.2  16.4  5.8    71.0 

Purchase obligations(4)

  550.4  463.9  76.0  6.5  4.0 

Total(5)

 $1,177.8 $724.2 $102.1 $276.1 $75.4 

 Payments Due by Period
 TotalLess than 1 year2-3 Years4-5 YearsMore than 5 Years
Operating lease obligations$31.7 $3.9 $7.0 $7.1 $13.7 
Long-term debt obligations(1)
1,014.2 50.4 100.8 863.0 — 
Obligations under the STAP(2)
76.4 76.4 — — — 
Obligations under the SERP(3)
67.7 19.5 18.1 — 30.1 
Purchase obligations(4)
654.4 464.4 150.5 25.3 14.2 
Total(5) (6)
$1,844.4 $614.6 $276.4 $895.4 $58.0 
(1)
Long-term debt obligations include future principal and interest payments on our LIBOR-basedadjusted variable rate obligations under the 20162022 Credit Agreement, assuming contractual maturity of the 2022 Credit Agreement. We extended the maturity date of the 2016The 2022 Credit Agreement bywill mature in March 2027. As of December 31, 2022, we have classified the entire $800.0 million outstanding balance as a non-current liability because we do not intend to repay any portion of this amount within one year in January 2018 to extend its maturity to January 2023.year. Refer to Note 7—Debt to our consolidated financial statements for further details.

(2)
Estimated based on the intrinsic value of exercisable outstanding STAP awards vested and expected to vest, assuming that unvested awards will be exercised immediately upon vesting.as of December 31, 2022. Refer to Note 98Share-based CompensationShare-Based Compensation—STAP Awards to our consolidated financial statements for further details.

(3)
Consists of actuarially derived, undiscounted, estimated future payouts of benefits. Refer to Note 12—11—Employee Benefit Plans—Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan to our consolidated financial statements for further details.

(4)
Purchase obligations primarily include: (i)(1) commitments related to research and development (including clinical trials) for new and existing products; (ii)(2) open purchase orders for capital

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In addition to amounts in the table above, we are contractually obligated to pay additional amountsmake payments upon the achievement of various development, regulatory, and commercial milestones for agreements we have entered into with third parties. These payments are contingent upon the occurrence of various future events, some of which have a high degree of uncertainty of occurring. These contingent payments have not been included in the table above, and, except with respect to the fair value of the contingent consideration obligations, are not recorded onin our consolidated balance sheets.

        In 2000, we entered into a license agreement with Toray Refer to obtain exclusive rightsNote 12—Commitments and Contingencies to develop and market beraprost, a chemically stable oral prostacyclin analogue, in a sustained release formulation in the United States and Canadaour consolidated financial statements for the treatment of all cardiovascular indications. Pursuant to a 2007 amendment to this agreement, we issued Toray 200,000 shares of our common stock. Toray has the right to request that we repurchase these shares (which have since split into 400,000 shares) upon 30 days prior written notice at the price of $27.21 per share. To date, Toray has not notified us that it intends to require us to repurchase these shares. In 2011, we amended this agreement to reduce the royalty rates in exchange for a total of $50.0 million in equal, non-refundable payments to Toray over the five-year period ending in 2015. further details.

(6)As of December 31, 2015, this obligation was fully satisfied. In March 2017,2022, our other non-current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets includes a liability of $15.9 million for unrecognized tax benefits, including related interest and penalties. Due to the high degree of uncertainty on the timing of future events that could extinguish these unrecognized tax benefits, we amendedare unable to estimate the period of settlement and therefore we have excluded these unrecognized tax benefits from the table above. Refer to Note 10—Income Taxes to our license agreement with Toray toconsolidated financial statements for further reduce the royalty rate to single digits in exchange for a commitment to make milestone payments to Toray in the event that we do not achieve certain clinical and regulatory events by certain dates.

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Obligations Under License and Assignment Agreements

        Historically, we paid

We pay Lilly a fiveroyalty equal to ten percent royalty on net product sales of Adcirca. In May 2017, we amended our license agreement with Lilly relating to Adcirca. As a result of this amendment, beginning December 1, 2017, our royalty rate on net product sales of Adcirca, increased from five percent to ten percent and we are required to makeas well as milestone payments to Lilly equal toof $325,000 for each $1,000,000 in Adcirca net product sales. We pay a single-digit percentage royalty based on net product sales of Orenitram under our license agreement with Supernus. We also pay The Scripps Research Institute a one percent royalty on sales of Unituxin. We have entered into other license rights arrangementsagreements under which we are required to make milestone payments upon the achievement of certain developmental and commercialization objectives and royalty payments upon the commercialization of related licensed technology.

products covered by the license agreements. Refer to Note 12—Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements for further details.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We hold an interest in an unconsolidated variable interest entity (VIE). We determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of this entity. As a result, we do not consolidate this VIE. Refer to Note 4—Investments—Variable Interest Entities. We do not have any other off-balance sheet arrangements within the meaning of Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.


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Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP)(GAAP). GAAP requires that we make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and timing reported in our consolidated financial statements. As we become aware of updated information or new developments, these estimates and assumptions may change and materially impact reported amounts. We consider the following accounting policies to be critical to our consolidated financial statements because they require the use of our judgment and estimates (including those that are forward-looking) in their application.

Revenue Recognition

We generate revenues from the sale of our five commercial products: Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram, Unituxin, and Adcirca. Revenue is recognized when title and the risks and rewardswe transfer control of ownership have transferredour products to our distributors, which is generally whenas our product is delivered to the distributor's location.contracts have a single performance obligation (delivery of our product). These revenues are subject to various product sales allowances, referred to as gross-to-net deductions, which are deducted from revenues to determine net product sales. For a description of our related accounting policies, refer to Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Revenue Recognition in the to our consolidated financial statements.

The following categoriescategory of gross-to-net deductions involveinvolves the use of significant estimates and judgments and information obtained from external sources.

Rebates and Chargebacks

Our most significant rebates relate to our participation in state Medicaid programs, contractual rebates to certain of our domestic distributors, and contractual rebates offered to managed care organizations covering Medicare Part D and commercial plans. Chargebacks relate to our participation in programs with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and 340B covered entities. Although we accrue for our allowance for rebates and chargebacks in the same period that we recognize revenue, the actual rebate or chargeback on the sale of our product to a distributor is not invoiced to us until a future period, generally within six months from the date of sale. Due to this time lag, we must estimate the amount of rebates and chargebacks to accrue. As of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2021, we had a $74.0liability of $81.3 million liabilityand $67.8 million, respectively, related to rebates and chargebacks.

Estimates associated with our participation in state Medicaid programs are particularly susceptible to adjustment given the extensive time lag that may occur between our recording of an accrual and its ultimate invoicing by individual state Medicaid programs, which can occur up to several years after the sale of our product. Because of the time lag for Medicaid and other rebates, in any particular quarter, our adjustments may incorporate revisions of accruals for prior quarters. Historically, adjustments to our estimates to reflect actual results or updated expectations have not been material to our overall financial results. Provisions attributed to sales in prior periods have been less than one percent of our net product salestotal revenues for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015.

        The sales terms for Adcirca and Unituxin include return rights; however, we have not recorded an allowance for returns of Unituxin because our historical returns have been insignificant. For our sales of Adcirca, we record an allowance for returns in the same period that we recognize revenue. Return rights extend throughout the distribution channel and allow for returns of expired product for up to 12 months past the product's expiration date. As there are generally 24 to 36 months from the initial sale of Adcirca to its expiration date, we must estimate the amount of product that will be returned. Historically, actual returns have not differed materially from our estimates, and have been less than one percent of our net product sales for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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Following the loss of exclusivity for Adcirca in the second quarter of 2018, we may experience an elevated level of product returns as product inventory remaining in the distribution channel expires.

For a roll-forward of the liability accounts associated with our gross-to-net deductions, seePart II—Item 7—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and the section above entitled Results of Operations—Results of Operations—RevenuesGross-to-Net Deductions.

Our share-based awards are classified as either liabilities (STAP awards) or as equity (stock options, restricted stock units, and rights to purchase stock under our employee stock purchase plan). We recognize related share-based compensation expense based on (1) the fair value of outstanding STAP awards on the grant date and at the end of each reporting period, and based onperiod; (2) the grant date fair value of stock options and restricted stock units.units; and (3) the purchase date fair value of stock under our employee stock purchase plan. With the exception of restricted stock units, we estimate the fair value of all share-based awards using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model. We measure the fair value of restricted stock units using the stock price on the grant date. Valuation models, like the Black-Scholes-Merton model, require the use of subjective assumptions that could materially impact the estimation of fair value and related compensation expense to be recognized. These assumptions include the expected volatility of our stock price and the expected term of awards. Developing these assumptions requires the use of judgment. For additional information on the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, see Note 9—8—Share-Based Compensation, to our consolidated financial statements.

        Effective January 1, 2017, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2016-09,Compensation—Stock Compensation. As part of the adoption, we established an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures of share-based awards when they occur. Upon adoption, we recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment for the removal of the forfeiture estimate with respect to awards that were continuing to vest as of January 1, 2017. The adjustment resulted in a decrease to retained earnings of $5.8 million, which is net of a $3.2 million tax benefit. Refer to Note 3—Recently Issued Accounting Standards—Accounting Standards Adopted During 2017, to our consolidated financial statements.

        In March 2017, we began issuing stock options with performance conditions under the 2015 Plan. The awards have vesting conditions tied to the achievement of specified performance conditions. The performance conditions have target performance levels that span from one to three years. Throughout the performance period, we re-assess the estimated performance and update the number of performance-based awards that we believe will ultimately vest. Upon the conclusion of the performance period, the performance level achieved will be measured and the ultimate number of shares that may vest will be determined. The estimation of future performance requires the use of judgment. Share-based compensation expense for these awards is recorded ratably over their vesting period, depending on the specific terms of the award and achievement of the specified performance conditions. During 2017, we granted 0.9 million stock options with performance vesting conditions with a total grant date fair value of $53.9 million assuming achievement of target performance levels.

        We have investments in several privately-held companies that have a strategic connection to our business, most of them in the form of preferred stock investments. We account for most of these investments in privately-held companies under the cost method of accounting because we own less than 20 percent of the companies' outstanding voting shares and do not have significant influence over their operations. Realization of our equity position in these companies is uncertain. We review these investments individually for impairment by evaluating if events or circumstances have occurred that may


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have a significant adverse effect on their fair value. If such events or circumstances have occurred, we will estimate the fair value of the investment and determine if any decline in the fair value of the investment below its carrying value is other-than-temporary. In such cases, the estimated fair value of the investment is determined using unobservable inputs including assumptions by the company's management. Because several of these companies are in the early startup or development stages, these entities are subject to potential changes in cash flows, valuation, and inability to attract new investors which may be necessary for the liquidity needed to support their operations. If we determine that a decline in value in an investment is other-than-temporary, we recognize an impairment loss in the period in which the other-than-temporary decline occurs. If facts and circumstances change, we could be required to account for one or more of these investments under the equity method of accounting or consolidate the company's operations for financial accounting purposes.

        Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect for years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is applied against any net deferred tax asset if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

        We recognize the benefit of an uncertain tax position that has been taken or that we expect to take on income tax returns only if such tax position is more likely than not to be sustained. The benefit recognized is measured as the largest amount that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement. The ultimate resolution of uncertain tax positions could result in amounts different from those recognized in our consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

See Note 3—Recently Issued Accounting Standards, to our consolidated financial statements for information on our anticipated adoption of recently issued accounting standards.

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Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Investment Risk
As of December 31, 2017,2022, we have invested $766.7 million$3.2 billion in corporate-debtcorporate debt securities and federally-sponsored agencies.U.S. government and agency securities. The market value of these investments varies inversely with changes in prevailing market interest rates. In general, as interest rates increase, the market value of a debt investment would be expected to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates decrease, the market value of a debt investment would be expected to increase. To date,During 2022, we have not experienced significant volatility in the value of these investments. However, toinvestments as a direct result of the current interest rate environment. To address market risk, we invest in debt securities with terms no longer than three years and typically hold these investments to maturity so that they can be redeemed at their stated or face value. Many of our investments may be called by their respective issuers prior to maturity. The following table summarizes the expected maturities and weighted average interest rates as of December 31, 20172022 (dollars in millions):

Expected Maturity
202320242025
Available-for-sale investments$1,862.4 $1,159.5 $156.7 
Weighted average interest rate1.1 %1.7 %3.2 %
 
 Expected Maturity 
 
 2018 2019 2020 

Held-to-maturity investments

 $27.7 $1.6 $ 

Available-for-sale investments

  236.3  384.3  116.8 

Weighted average interest rate

  1.4% 1.9% 2.0%

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our investments. In light of these risks, we actively monitor market conditions and developments specific to the securities and security classes in which we invest. In addition, we believe that we maintain a conservative investment approach in that we invest exclusively in unstructured, highly-rated securities with relatively short maturities that we believe reduce our exposure to undue risks. While we believe that we take prudent measures to mitigate investment related risks, such risks cannot be fully eliminated, as circumstances can occur that are beyond our control.

Interest Rate Risk
As of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2021, we had $250.0$800.0 million aggregate principal amounts outstanding onunder our unsecured revolving credit facility2022 Credit Agreement and 2018 Credit Agreement, respectively, which includesbears interest at a variable interest rate component.rate. As a result, we are subject to interest rate risk with respect to such floating-rate debt. A 100 basis point increase in the variable interest rate component of our borrowings would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $2.5$8.0 million or 28 percent.

25 percent, and $8.0 million or 43 percent, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Refer to Note 7—
Debt, to our consolidated financial statements.

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both December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had 0.6 million and 1.1 million awards outstanding under our Share Tracking Awards Plan, respectively. These awards are referred to as STAP awards. STAP awards convey the right to receive in cash an amount equal to the appreciation of our common stock, which is measured as the increase in the closing price of our common stock between the dates of grant and exercise. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the aggregate STAP awards liability balance was $80.8 million and $102.4 million, respectively. Estimating the fair value of STAP awards requires the use of certain inputs that can materially impact the determination of fair value and the amount of share-based compensation expense (benefit) we recognize. Inputs used in estimating fair value include the price of our common stock, the expected volatility of the price of our common stock, the risk-free interest rate, the expected term of STAP awards, and the expected dividend yield. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, a one dollar change in our stock price would, holding other factors constant, increase or decrease the fair value of our STAP awards liability by approximately $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we held investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair values of $30.7 million and $70.4 million, respectively, which are included in current marketable investments in our consolidated balance sheets. Our investments in these publicly-traded equity securities are recorded at fair value and are subject to market price volatility. Changes in the fair value of these investments are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations within other (expense) income, net. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, a price change of 10 percent would increase or decrease the fair value of these investments by $3.1 million and $7.0 million, respectively.
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ITEM

Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
United Therapeutics Corporation
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

ReportsReport of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(PCAOB ID: 42)
2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021
5

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016,2022, 2021, and 2015

2020
6

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015

2020
7

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015

2020
8

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015

2020
9

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
United Therapeutics Corporation

Corporation:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of United Therapeutics Corporation (the Company)Company) as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016, and2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders'stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017,2022, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2) (collectively referred to as the "consolidatedconsolidated financial statements"statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company atas of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017,2022, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB)(PCAOB), the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework)(2013 framework) and our report dated February 21, 2018,22, 2023, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company'sCompany’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company'sCompany’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also includesincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements; and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

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Revenue Reductions — Accounting for Rebates
Description of
the Matter
As of December 31, 2022, accrued rebates and chargebacks were $81.3 million, a portion of which related to rebates, and the Company recognized $198.5 million in revenue reductions associated with rebates and chargebacks during the year-ended December 31, 2022. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recognizes revenues net of rebates, commonly referred to as “revenue reductions” or “gross-to-net deductions.” Allowances for rebates include mandated discounts due to the Company’s participation in various government health care programs. The Company estimates accrued rebates on a product-by-product basis, considering actual revenue, contractual discount rates, expected utilization under each contract, historical payment experience, and changes in product pricing and information regarding changes in program regulations and guidelines. The Company accrues for rebates in the same period the product is sold; however, third-party reporting and payment of the rebate amount occur on a time lag.
Auditing rebates is complex due to the time lag associated with third-party reporting of rebate amounts, calculations of government pricing used to determine the rebate price, and the judgmental nature of the time lag assumptions. The complexities associated with government pricing calculations required the involvement of specialists.
How We Addressed
the Matter in
Our Audit
We tested controls that address the risks of material misstatement relating to the measurement and valuation of rebates. For example, we tested controls over management’s review of the accrued rebate, including the significant assumptions and data inputs provided by third parties.
To test rebates, our audit procedures included, among others, evaluating the methodologies and assumptions used and the underlying data used by the Company. We evaluated the assumptions used by management against historical trends, evaluated the change in estimated accruals from the prior periods, and assessed the historical accuracy of the Company’s estimates against actual results. We performed substantive analytics disaggregated by product. We utilized government pricing specialists in evaluating the Company’s government pricing methodology and calculations of government prices used to estimate rebates for a sample of the Company’s products.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company'sCompany’s auditor since 2003.

Tysons, Virginia

February 21, 2018

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
United Therapeutics Corporation

Corporation:

Opinion on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting

We have audited United Therapeutics Corporation'sCorporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-IntegratedControl—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria)criteria). In our opinion, United Therapeutics Corporation (the Company)Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2022, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB)(PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016, and2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders'stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017,2022 and the related notes and financial statement schedule of the Company listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2) and our report dated February 21, 2018,22, 2023, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company'sCompany’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management'sManagement’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company'scompany’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company'scompany’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company'scompany’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


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/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Tysons, Virginia

February 21, 2018

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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

2022 Annual ReportF-4



Consolidated Balance Sheets


(In millions, except share and per share data)

 December 31,
 20222021
Assets  
Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents$961.2 $894.8 
Marketable investments1,877.5 1,035.9 
Accounts receivable, no allowance for 2022 and 2021220.4 198.7 
Inventories, net102.0 93.8 
Other current assets219.2 100.4 
Total current assets3,380.3 2,323.6 
Marketable investments1,316.2 1,649.9 
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net44.5 44.6 
Property, plant, and equipment, net861.5 780.9 
Deferred tax assets, net327.7 261.9 
Other non-current assets114.3 108.2 
Total assets$6,044.5 $5,169.1 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$229.9 $174.6 
Share tracking awards plan80.8 102.4 
Other current liabilities32.5 28.4 
Total current liabilities343.2 305.4 
Line of credit800.0 800.0 
Other non-current liabilities104.6 104.8 
Total liabilities1,247.8 1,210.2 
Commitments and contingencies—Note 12
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $.01, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued— — 
Common stock, par value $.01, 245,000,000 shares authorized, 72,651,280 and 71,727,021 shares issued, and 46,032,064 and 45,107,805 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively0.7 0.7 
Additional paid-in capital2,388.4 2,245.4 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(55.5)(23.0)
Treasury stock, 26,619,216 shares as of December 31, 2022 and 2021(2,579.2)(2,579.2)
Retained earnings5,042.3 4,315.0 
Total stockholders’ equity4,796.7 3,958.9 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$6,044.5 $5,169.1 
 
 December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 

Assets

       

Current assets:

       

Cash and cash equivalents

 $705.1 $1,023.0 

Marketable investments

  222.3  27.8 

Accounts receivable, no allowance for 2017 and 2016

  297.1  214.5 

Inventories, net

  107.9  100.0 

Other current assets

  115.5  59.5 

Total current assets

  1,447.9  1,424.8 

Marketable investments

  502.7  2.3 

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

  45.6  33.8 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  545.7  489.3 

Deferred tax assets, net

  113.4  178.3 

Other non-current assets

  224.1  197.1 

Total assets

 $2,879.4 $2,325.6 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

       

Current liabilities:

       

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $171.1 $104.2 

Share tracking awards plan

  240.1  194.8 

Other current liabilities

  33.5  33.5 

Total current liabilities

  444.7  332.5 

Line of credit

  250.0   

Other non-current liabilities

  63.7  130.9 

Total liabilities

  758.4  463.4 

Commitments and contingencies—Note 13

       

Temporary equity

  19.2  10.9 

Stockholders' equity:

       

Preferred stock, par value $.01, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued

     

Series A junior participating preferred stock, par value $.01, 100,000 shares authorized, no shares issued

     

Common stock, par value $.01, 245,000,000 shares authorized, 69,858,840 and 69,340,985 shares issued, and 43,239,624 and 42,965,856 shares outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively

  0.7  0.7 

Additional paid-in capital

  1,854.3  1,813.5 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (19.6) (16.8)

Treasury stock, 26,619,216 and 26,375,129 shares at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively

  (2,579.2) (2,379.6)

Retained earnings

  2,845.6  2,433.5 

Total stockholders' equity

  2,101.8  1,851.3 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $2,879.4 $2,325.6 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

F-5United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation



Consolidated Statements of Operations


(In millions, except per share data)

Year Ended December 31,
202220212020
Total revenues$1,936.3 $1,685.5 $1,483.3 
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales151.6 122.5 108.1 
Research and development322.9 540.1 357.7 
Selling, general, and administrative482.1 467.0 423.9 
Total operating expenses956.6 1,129.6 889.7 
Operating income979.7 555.9 593.6 
Interest income45.2 16.7 28.6 
Interest expense(32.4)(18.6)(23.5)
Other (expense) income, net(40.2)42.2 49.3 
Impairments of investments in privately-held companies(1.7)(2.3)(9.1)
Total other (expense) income, net(29.1)38.0 45.3 
Income before income taxes950.6 593.9 638.9 
Income tax expense(223.3)(118.1)(124.1)
Net income$727.3 $475.8 $514.8 
Net income per common share:
Basic$15.98 $10.60 $11.65 
Diluted$15.00 $10.06 $11.54 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic45.5 44.9 44.2 
Diluted48.5 47.3 44.6 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Revenues:

          

Net product sales

 $1,725.3 $1,598.8 $1,460.6 

Other

      5.2 

Total revenues

  1,725.3  1,598.8  1,465.8 

Operating expenses:

          

Cost of product sales

  105.7  72.7  69.0 

Research and development

  264.6  147.6  245.1 

Selling, general and administrative

  330.1  316.8  452.7 

Settlement of loss contingency

  210.0     

Total operating expenses

  910.4  537.1  766.8 

Operating income

  814.9  1,061.7  699.0 

Other (expense) income:

          

Interest expense

  (9.0) (3.9) (4.7)

Gain on sale of intangible asset

      350.0 

Other, net

  13.2  2.4  0.1 

Impairment of cost method investment

  (49.6)    

Total other (expense) income, net

  (45.4) (1.5) 345.4 

Income before income taxes

  769.5  1,060.2  1,044.4 

Income tax expense

  (351.6) (346.5) (392.8)

Net income

 $417.9 $713.7 $651.6 

Net income per common share:

          

Basic

 $9.50 $16.29 $14.17 

Diluted

 $9.31 $15.25 $12.72 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

          

Basic

  44.0  43.8  46.0 

Diluted

  44.9  46.8  51.2 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

2022 Annual ReportF-6



Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income


(In millions)

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Net income$727.3 $475.8 $514.8 
Other comprehensive (loss) income:  
Defined benefit pension plan:
Actuarial gain (loss) arising during period, net of tax18.7 5.6 (8.0)
Amortization of prior service cost included in net periodic pension cost, net of tax0.6 0.6 1.3 
Total defined benefit pension plan, net of tax19.3 6.2 (6.7)
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax(51.8)(15.0)6.7 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax(32.5)(8.8)— 
Comprehensive income$694.8 $467.0 $514.8 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Net income

 $417.9 $713.7 $651.6 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

          

Foreign currency translation gains (losses)

  0.2  (3.0) (5.3)

Defined benefit pension plan:

          

Actuarial (loss) gain arising during period, net of tax

  (1.7) 6.0  0.7 

Amortization of actuarial gain and prior service cost included in net periodic pension cost, net of tax

  0.6  0.6  0.9 

Total defined benefit pension plan, net of tax

  (1.1) 6.6  1.6 

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

  (1.9)    

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

  (2.8) 3.6  (3.7)

Comprehensive income

 $415.1 $717.3 $647.9 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

F-7United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation



Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'Stockholders’ Equity


(In millions)

 Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Treasury
Stock
Retained EarningsStockholders’ Equity
 SharesAmount
Balance, December 31, 201970.5 $0.7 $2,047.9 $(14.2)$(2,579.2)$3,325.2 $2,780.4 
Net income— — — — — 514.8 514.8 
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities— — — 6.7 — — 6.7 
Defined benefit pension plan— — — (6.7)— — (6.7)
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
0.1 — 4.7 — — — 4.7 
Common stock issued for restricted stock units (RSUs) vested
0.1 — — — — — — 
RSUs withheld for taxes— — (3.7)— — — (3.7)
Exercise of stock options0.4 — 33.8 — — — 33.8 
Share-based compensation— — 66.0 — — — 66.0 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — — — (0.8)(0.8)
Balance, December 31, 202071.1 $0.7 $2,148.7 $(14.2)$(2,579.2)$3,839.2 $3,395.2 
Net income— — — — — 475.8 475.8 
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities— — — (15.0)— — (15.0)
Defined benefit pension plan— — — 6.2 — — 6.2 
Shares issued under ESPP0.1 — 5.6 — — — 5.6 
Common stock issued for RSUs vested0.1 — — — — — — 
RSUs withheld for taxes— — (10.8)— — — (10.8)
Exercise of stock options0.4 — 50.0 — — — 50.0 
Share-based compensation— — 51.9 — — — 51.9 
Balance, December 31, 202171.7 $0.7 $2,245.4 $(23.0)$(2,579.2)$4,315.0 $3,958.9 
Net income— — — — — 727.3 727.3 
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities— — — (51.8)— — (51.8)
Defined benefit pension plan— — — 19.3 — — 19.3 
Shares issued under ESPP0.1 — 5.9 — — — 5.9 
Common stock issued for RSUs vested0.1 — — — — — — 
RSUs withheld for taxes— — (11.4)— — — (11.4)
Exercise of stock options0.8 — 88.4 — — — 88.4 
Share-based compensation— — 60.1 — — — 60.1 
Balance, December 31, 202272.7 $0.7 $2,388.4 $(55.5)$(2,579.2)$5,042.3 $4,796.7 
 
 Common Stock  
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
  
  
  
 
 
 Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 Treasury
Stock
 Retained
Earnings
 Stockholders'
Equity
 
 
 Shares Amount 

Balance, December 31, 2014

  66.0 $0.7 $1,376.1 $(16.7)$(1,185.8)$1,068.2 $1,242.5 

Net income

            651.6  651.6 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

        (5.3)     (5.3)

Defined benefit pension plan

        1.6      1.6 

Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan

      4.0        4.0 

Conversion of 2016 convertible notes

  2.0    324.7    (321.8)   2.9 

Equity component—2016 convertible notes

      3.0        3.0 

Repurchase of shares

          (394.5)   (394.5)

Exercise of stock options

  1.0    39.3        39.3 

Tax benefit from exercises of non-qualified stock options

      37.4        37.4 

Share-based compensation

      6.1        6.1 

Balance, December 31, 2015

  69.0  0.7  1,790.6  (20.4) (1,902.1) 1,719.8  1,588.6 

Net income

            713.7  713.7 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

        (3.0)     (3.0)

Defined benefit pension plan

        6.6      6.6 

Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan

      4.3        4.3 

Conversion of 2016 convertible notes

  0.1    7.6    (7.5)   0.1 

Equity component—2016 convertible notes

      0.1        0.1 

Shares issued upon expiration of warrants

      (30.0)   30.0     

Repurchase of shares

          (500.0)   (500.0)

Exercise of stock options

  0.2    7.7        7.7 

Tax benefit from exercises of non-qualified stock options

      5.9        5.9 

Share-based compensation

      27.3        27.3 

Balance, December 31, 2016

  69.3  0.7  1,813.5  (16.8) (2,379.6) 2,433.5  1,851.3 

Net income

            417.9  417.9 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

        0.2      0.2 

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

        (1.9)     (1.9)

Defined benefit pension plan

        (1.1)     (1.1)

Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan

  0.1    4.1        4.1 

Shares issued upon expiration of warrants

      (53.2)   53.2     

Repurchase of shares

      2.8    (252.8)   (250.0)

Exercise of stock options

  0.5    39.9        39.9 

Share-based compensation

      46.4        46.4 

Cumulative effect of accounting change

      0.7      (5.8) (5.1)

Consolidation of variable interest entity

      0.1        0.1 

Balance, December 31, 2017

  69.9 $0.7 $1,854.3 $(19.6)$(2,579.2)$2,845.6 $2,101.8 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

2022 Annual ReportF-8



Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows


(In millions)

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net income$727.3 $475.8 $514.8 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Depreciation and amortization51.3 49.9 49.9 
Share-based compensation expense106.8 138.5 163.8 
Impairments of investments in privately-held companies1.7 2.3 9.1 
Impairments of property, plant, and equipment11.2 19.2 5.4 
Intangible asset impairment charges— 113.4 — 
Realized gain on sale of investment in privately-held company(6.2)— — 
Realized gain on sale of equity securities(0.9)(92.6)(3.4)
Other52.5 65.9 (47.0)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable(21.7)(41.3)(6.0)
Inventories(13.4)(7.5)10.3 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses44.5 (12.5)38.6 
Other assets and liabilities(150.6)(112.9)20.2 
Net cash provided by operating activities802.5 598.2 755.7 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment(138.8)(120.8)(59.3)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment— — 2.4 
Purchases of available-for-sale debt securities(1,708.6)(1,895.3)(2,308.8)
Maturities of available-for-sale debt securities1,021.5 1,370.1 1,523.4 
Sales of available-for-sale debt securities— 47.6 76.5 
Sales of investments in equity securities3.8 111.5 27.3 
Sale of investment in privately-held company8.6 — — 
Proceeds from note receivable3.5 — — 
Purchase of investment in privately-held company(1.5)— — 
Net cash used in investing activities(811.5)(486.9)(738.5)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from line of credit800.0 — — 
Repayment of line of credit(800.0)— (50.0)
Payments of debt issuance costs(7.5)— (1.7)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options88.4 50.0 33.8 
Proceeds from the issuance of stock under ESPP5.9 5.6 4.7 
RSUs withheld for taxes(11.4)(10.8)(3.7)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities75.4 44.8 (16.9)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents$66.4 $156.1 $0.3 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year894.8 738.7 738.4 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year$961.2 $894.8 $738.7 
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest$29.1 $16.2 $20.7 
Cash paid for income taxes$275.7 $153.3 $92.8 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:   
Non-cash additions to property, plant, and equipment$14.5 $3.7 $3.5 
Receivable from maturity of available-for-sale debt securities$70.0 $— $— 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Cash flows from operating activities:

          

Net income

 $417.9 $713.7 $651.6 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

          

Depreciation and amortization

  31.0  31.6  32.9 

Share-based compensation expense

  73.5  12.1  280.3 

Impairment of cost method investments

  49.6     

Gain on sale of intangible asset

      (350.0)

Other

  (19.4) 9.5  7.5 

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

    (5.9) (37.4)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

          

Accounts receivable

  (82.7) (21.7) (30.5)

Inventories

  (0.5) (24.5) (6.8)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  66.2  0.6  17.0 

Other assets and liabilities

  (61.4) (71.8) (181.8)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  474.2  643.6  382.8 

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

  (86.3) (38.0) (49.8)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

  8.3     

Purchases of held-to-maturity and other investments

  (51.8) (0.8) (62.8)

Maturities of held-to-maturity investments

  52.9  130.4  320.4 

Purchases of available-for-sale investments

  (718.4)    

Maturities of available-for-sale investments

  20.0     

Purchase of investments held at cost

  (60.4) (36.0) (54.2)

Purchase of investments under the equity method

    (2.1)  

Consolidation of variable interest entity

  0.1     

Gain on sale of intangible asset

      350.0 

Intangible assets acquired, net

    (5.2)  

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

  (835.6) 48.3  503.6 

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from line of credit

  250.0     

Principal payments of debt

    (8.8) (133.2)

Payments of debt issuance costs

  (0.7) (6.8)  

Payments to repurchase common stock

  (250.0) (500.0) (394.5)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

  39.9  7.7  39.3 

Issuance of stock under employee stock purchase plan

  4.1  4.3  4.0 

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

    5.9  37.4 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  43.3  (497.7) (447.0)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  0.2  (3.0) (5.3)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

  (317.9) 191.2  434.1 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

  1,023.0  831.8  397.7 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 $705.1 $1,023.0 $831.8 

Supplemental cash flow information:

          

Cash paid for interest

 $7.5 $1.5 $1.0 

Cash paid for income taxes

 $346.9 $362.4 $293.3 

Cash paid for settlement of loss contingency

 $210.0 $ $ 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

          

Non-cash additions to property, plant and equipment

 $11.5 $2.9 $1.1 

Issuance of common stock upon conversion of convertible notes

 $ $7.5 $321.8 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

F-9United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation



Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1.Organization and Business Description

United Therapeutics Corporation is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative products to address the unmet medical needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening conditions.

On September 30, 2021, we converted to a Delaware public benefit corporation (PBC), with the express public benefit purpose to provide a brighter future for patients through (a) the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and (b) technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

We have approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)(FDA) to market the following therapies: Remodulin® (treprostinil) Injection (Remodulin), Tyvaso®Tyvaso® (treprostinil) Inhalation Solution (Tyvaso)(Tyvaso), Adcirca® (tadalafil) Tablets (Adcirca)Tyvaso DPI® (treprostinil) Inhalation Powder (Tyvaso DPI), Orenitram®Remodulin® (treprostinil) Injection (Remodulin), Orenitram® (treprostinil) Extended-Release Tablets (Orenitram) and Unituxin®(Orenitram), Unituxin® (dinutuximab) Injection (Unituxin)(Unituxin), and Adcirca® (tadalafil) Tablets (Adcirca). Our only significantWe also derive revenues outside the United States are derived from sales of Tyvaso, Remodulin, in Europe. We commenced commercial sales of Unituxin during the third quarter of 2015.

and Unituxin.

As used in these notes to theour consolidated financial statements, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "we"we, "us"us, "our"our, and similar terms refer to United Therapeutics Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of United Therapeutics Corporation and its wholly ownedconsolidated subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP)(GAAP). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

    Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. In Note 10—Income Taxes, we reclassified certain prior period amounts between the various components of the reconciliation of income tax expense to conform with the current period presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of theour consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of theour consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates on assumptions regarding historical experience, currently available information, and anticipated developments that we believe are reasonable and appropriate. However, because the use of estimates involves an inherent degree of uncertainty, actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, revenue recognition, share-based compensation, determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, marketable investments, fair value measurements (including those relatingrelated to contingent consideration), inventory reserves, investments in privately-held companies, income taxes, goodwill and other intangible assets, and obligations related to our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

    Fair Value of Financial Instruments

        The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of their short maturities. The fair values of our marketable investments and contingent consideration are reported in Note 4—Investments and Note 5

Fair Value Measurements, respectively.

    Fair Value Measurements

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transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. Such transactions to sell an asset or transfer a liability are assumed to occur in the principal market for that asset or liability, or in the absence of the principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

Assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement disclosures are required to be classified according to a three-level fair value hierarchy with respect to the inputs (or assumptions) used to determine fair value. The level in which an asset or liability is disclosed within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the related fair value measurement in its entirety. The guidance under the fair value measurement framework applies to other existing accounting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)(FASB) codification that requires or permits fair value measurements. Refer to related disclosures in Note 5—Fair Value Measurements.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less from the date of acquisition.

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Marketable Investments

Our marketable investments are primarily debt securities that we classify as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity.available-for-sale. If we have both the positive intent and the ability to hold the securities until maturity, we have the option to classify the securities are classified as held-to-maturity. We determine the appropriate classification of the securities at the time they are acquired and evaluate the appropriateness of such classifications at each balance sheet date. Available-for-sale debt securities are recorded at fair value, with the portion of the unrealized gains and losses that are not credit-related included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders'stockholders’ equity, until realized. Held-to-maturity debt securities are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for the amortization of discounts or premiums. Related discounts and premiums are amortized over the term of these securities as an adjustment to the yield using the effective interest method. Marketable investments are classified as either current or non-current assets on in our consolidated balance sheets based on their contractual maturity dates.

We monitor our investment portfolioavailable-for-sale debt securities for impairment quarterly or more frequently if circumstances warrant. In the event that the carrying value of an investmenta debt security exceeds its fair value, and the declinewe evaluate whether any impairment is a result of credit loss or other factors. For investments in value is determined to be other-than-temporary,an unrealized loss position, we record an impairment charge within earnings attributable to the estimated credit loss. In determiningdetermine whether a decline incredit loss exists by considering information about the valuecollectibility of an investment is other-than-temporary, we evaluate currently available factors that may include, among others: (1) generalthe instrument, current market conditions; (2) the duration and extent to which fair value has been less than the carrying value; (3)conditions, the investment issuer'sissuer’s financial condition and business outlook;outlook, and (4)reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions. An allowance for credit losses would be recorded in our assessment asconsolidated statements of operations in the event the decline in the investment’s fair value was a result of credit loss, and unrealized losses not related to whether it is more likely than not thatcredit losses would be recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).
Our marketable investments also include investments in publicly-traded companies. The equity securities we will be required to sell a security prior to recoveryown in these companies are recorded at fair value. Changes in the fair value of its amortized cost basis.


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    operations within other (expense) income, net.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value and consist of the following, net of reserves (in millions):

 As of December 31,
 20222021
Raw materials$18.0 $17.6 
Work-in-progress33.3 31.9 
Finished goods50.7 44.3 
Total inventories$102.0 $93.8 
 
 As of
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Raw materials

 $27.9 $25.4 

Work-in-progress

  24.1  24.9 

Finished goods

  55.9  49.7 

Total inventories

 $107.9 $100.0 

    Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The carrying amount of goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment testing. We conduct our impairment testing of goodwill annually during the fourth quarter, or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. Initially, we evaluate various pertinent qualitative factors to assess whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit to which goodwill has been assigned is less than its carrying value. Such qualitative factors can include, among others: (1) industry and market conditions; (2) present and anticipated sales and cost factors; and (3) overall financial performance. If we conclude based on our qualitative assessment that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, we then measure the fair value of the reporting unit and compare its fair value to its carrying value (Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test). If the carrying amountFollowing adoption of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the amount of an impairment loss, if any, is measured as the excess of the recorded amount of goodwill over its implied fair value (StepASU 2017-04 on January 1, 2020, we are no longer required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test).test. The impairment charge is limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit, thus, the new standard eliminates the requirement to calculate a goodwill impairment charge using Step 2. We usedperformed a qualitative assessment for our goodwill impairment testing for 20172022, 2021, and 2016. Our evaluation of goodwill completed during2020. During the years ended December 31, 20172022, 2021, and 2016, resulted2020 our evaluation of goodwill did not result in noany impairment losses.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized but are evaluated annually or more frequently for impairment if impairment indicators exist. Our indefinite-lived intangible assets include purchased in-process research and development projects,(IPR&D) assets, which were measured at their estimated fair values as of their acquisition dates. We used a qualitative assessment for our indefinite-lived intangible assetThere were no impairment testing. Our evaluation oflosses related to indefinite-lived intangible assets completed during the yearsyear ended December 31, 20172022. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we recognized IPR&D impairment charges of $113.4 million related to our decision to discontinue the U.S. development of Trevyent® and 2016, resultedour decision to discontinue our research and development efforts related to biomechanical lungs, described in footnotes 1 and 2, respectively, to the Goodwill table below. There were no impairment losses.

losses related to indefinite-lived intangible assets during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Intangible assets subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an intangible asset may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are measured and recognized to the extent the carrying value of such assets exceeds their fair value. We recorded no impairment losses during the years ended December 31, 20172022, 2021, and 2016.


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intangible assets subject to amortization.

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Goodwill and other intangible assets consists ofcomprise the following (in millions):

 As of December 31, 2022As of December 31, 2021
 GrossAccumulated AmortizationNetGrossAccumulated AmortizationNet
Goodwill$28.0 $— $28.0 $28.0 $— $28.0 
Other intangible assets:      
Technology, patents, and trade names6.7 (5.7)1.0 6.7 (5.6)1.1 
In-process research and development(1)(2)
15.5 — 15.5 15.5 — 15.5 
Total$50.2 $(5.7)$44.5 $50.2 $(5.6)$44.6 
 
 As of December 31, 2017 As of December 31, 2016 
 
 Gross Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Gross Accumulated
Amortization
 Net 

Goodwill

 $13.7 $ $13.7 $10.3 $ $10.3 

Other intangible assets:

                   

Technology, patents and trade names

  6.5  (5.0) 1.5  6.5  (4.8) 1.7 

In-process research and development

  30.4    30.4  21.5    21.5 

Customer relationships and non-compete agreements

  4.3  (4.3)   4.3  (4.0) 0.3 

Total

 $54.9 $(9.3)$45.6 $42.6 $(8.8)$33.8 
(1)In March 2021, we decided to discontinue the U.S. development of Trevyent due to written comments provided by the FDA in February 2021. The FDA provided these written comments following a meeting between us and the FDA to discuss our planned resubmission of our NDA for Trevyent in light of a complete response letter issued by the FDA in April 2020. We determined these FDA comments to be a potential indicator of impairment of our IPR&D asset related to Trevyent and fully impaired the $107.3 million IPR&D asset during 2021. The impairment charge was recorded within research and development in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(2)In January 2021, we decided to discontinue our research and development efforts related to biomechanical lungs. As a result of the decision, we fully impaired the IPR&D asset related to these efforts, which had a carrying value of $6.1 million, during 2021. The impairment charge was recorded within research and development in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Related amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, was $0.5$0.1 million, $0.6$0.1 million, and $1.1$0.2 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2017,2022, aggregate amortization expense relatingrelated to definite-lived intangible assets for each of the five succeeding years and thereafter is estimated at less than $1.0 million per year.

        In September 2015, we sold for $350.0 million in cash the Rare Pediatric Priority Review Voucher (PPRV) we received from the FDA in connection with the approval of Unituxin. The proceeds from the sale of the PPRV were recognized as a gain on the sale of an intangible asset as the PPRV did not have a carrying value on our consolidated balance sheet at the time of sale.

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment (PP&E) is recorded at cost and depreciated over its estimated useful life using the straight-line method. The estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipmentPP&E by major category are as follows:

Land improvements15 Years
Buildings25 - 3925-39 Years
Building improvements10 - 3910-39 Years
Furniture, equipment, and vehicles3 - 253-25 Years
Leasehold improvementsRemaining lease term, or the estimated useful life of the improvement, whichever is shorter

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        Property, plant and equipmentPP&E consists of the following (in millions):

 As of December 31,
 20222021
Land and land improvements$142.7 $132.6 
Buildings, building improvements, and leasehold improvements636.7 612.7 
Buildings under construction110.9 55.1 
Furniture, equipment, and vehicles353.9 322.9 
Subtotal1,244.2 1,123.3 
Less—accumulated depreciation(382.7)(342.4)
PP&E, net$861.5 $780.9 
 
 As of December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 

Land and land improvements

 $60.5 $60.1 

Buildings, building improvements and leasehold improvements

  408.0  409.9 

Buildings under construction

  119.8  44.6 

Furniture, equipment and vehicles

  159.9  149.7 

  748.2  664.3 

Less—accumulated depreciation

  (202.5) (175.0)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 $545.7 $489.3 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, was $30.5$51.2 million, $31.0$49.8 million, and $31.8$49.7 million, respectively.

Buildings under construction consists of direct costs relatingrelated to our construction projects.

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For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded $11.2 million of PP&E impairment charges in the aggregate, which was recorded within selling, general, and administrative in our consolidated statements of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we recorded $19.2 million of PP&E impairment charges in the aggregate, of which $16.7 million was recorded within research and development in our consolidated statements of operations and $2.5 million was recorded within selling, general, and administrative in our consolidated statements of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded a $5.4 million PP&E impairment charge, which was recorded within selling, general, and administrative in our consolidated statements of operations.
In October 2021, we acquired a 141,960 square foot commercial building located in Silver Spring, Maryland for future expansion. The total purchase price was $50.9 million, inclusive of taxes, closing costs, and other related expenses, the majority of which was capitalized as land and land improvements based on our intended use of the property.
Investments in Privately-Held Companies
We measure our non-controlling equity investments in privately-held companies using the measurement alternative because the fair values of these investments are not readily determinable. Under this alternative, the investments are measured at cost, less any impairment, adjusted for any observable price changes. We monitor these investments individually for any observable price changes or impairment indicators. We adjust the measurement of these investments for observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. We consider relevant transactions, including any potential funding opportunities, which occur on or before the balance sheet date in evaluating whether any observable price changes have occurred. When a relevant transaction is identified, a careful review of the attendant rights and obligations, such as voting rights, liquidation preferences, and protective provisions, is necessary to evaluate whether such transaction is deemed to be a similar or identical investment. When a transaction is identified as similar or identical to our investment, we assess the fair value of our investment using various inputs, such as the discount rate, time to a liquidation event, and volatility, in a valuation model or analysis. We include our investments in privately-held companies within other non-current assets in our consolidated balance sheets.
These investments are subject to a periodic impairment review and if impaired, the investment is measured and recorded at fair value in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurements. At each reporting date, we review these investments individually for impairment by evaluating whether events or circumstances have occurred that may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investments. If such events or circumstances have occurred, we will estimate the fair value of the investment. In such cases, we determine the estimated fair value of the investment using unobservable inputs including assumptions by the company’s management.
Treasury Stock

Repurchased treasury stock is recorded at cost, including commissions and fees. The cost of treasury shares sold or reissued is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Related gains and losses on sales of treasury stock are recognized as adjustments to stockholders'stockholders’ equity.

Revenue Recognition

        Our revenues

We determine revenue recognition for our contractual arrangements with customers based on the following five steps: (1) identify each contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to our performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy the relevant performance obligation. We only apply the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that we will collect the consideration we are entitled to in exchange for the goods or services we transfer to the customer.
Revenues are generated from the sale of our five commercially approved products: Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, Tyvaso, Orenitram, Unituxin, and Adcirca. Revenue is recognizedWe recognize revenue when title and riskwe transfer control of ownership passour product to our distributors, upon satisfactorywhich is generally when the product is shipped or delivered to the distributor. Future revenue from delivery i.e., when all of our performance obligations underproducts will be based on purchase orders provided to us by our distribution agreements have been satisfied. distributors.
See Note 13—Segment Information, for information on revenues disaggregated by commercial products and other, geographic area, and customer.
Gross-to-Net Deductions
As is customary in the pharmaceutical industry, our revenues are subject to various product sales allowancesare recorded net of various forms of gross-to-net deductions. These deductions vary the consideration to which we are entitled in calculating reported net product sales. These sales allowances include:exchange for the sale of our products to our distributors, and include reserves for: (1) rebates and chargebacks; (2) prompt pay discounts:payment discounts; (3) productallowance for sales returns; and (4) distributor fees and other allowances. We estimate sales allowancesthese reserves in the same period that we recognize revenue for product sales to distributors. Except forThe net product returns, our liabilities for sales allowances are recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheets. We record our allowance for product returns in other current and non-current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. Calculating these sales allowancesamount recognized represents the amount we believe will not be subject to a significant future reversal of revenue.
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Estimating gross-to-net deductions involves the use of significant estimatesassumptions and judgments, andas well as information obtained from external sources.

For our rebate and chargeback liabilities, in particular, the time lag experienced in the payment of the rebate or chargeback may result in revisions of these accruals in future periods. However, based on our significant history and experience estimating these accruals and our development of these accruals based on the expected value method, we do not believe there will be significant changes to our estimates recorded during the period of sale. We recognized aggregate increases in our net product sales of $7.4 million, $2.1 million, and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, related to changes in these estimates of revenue recognized from product sales in prior periods.

Rebates and Chargebacks.chargebacks. Allowances for rebates include mandated discounts due to our participation in various government health care programs, contracted rebates to certain domestic distributors, and contracted discounts with commercial payers. We estimate our rebate liability on a product-by-product basis, considering actual revenue, contractual discount rates, expected utilization under each contract, and historical payment experience. We also consider changes in our product pricing and information regarding changes in program regulations and guidelines. Our chargebacks represent contractual discounts payable to distributors for the difference between the invoice price paid to us by the distributor for a particular product and the contracted price that the distributor'sdistributor’s customer pays for that product. Our chargebacks primarily relate


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to sales of Adcirca. We estimate our chargeback liability on a product-by-product basis, primarily considering historical payment experience. Although we accrue a liability for rebates and chargebacks in the same period the product is sold, third-party reporting and payment of the rebate or chargeback amount occur on a time lag, with the majority of rebates and chargebacks paid within six months from date of sale.

Our liability for rebates and chargebacks is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our accrued rebates and chargebacks were $81.3 million and $67.8 million, respectively. In addition, during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we recognized $198.5 million, $218.6 million, and $195.9 million, respectively, in revenue deductions associated with rebates and chargebacks.

Prompt pay discounts.payment discounts. We offer prompt pay discounts to many of our distributors, typically for payments made within 30 days. Prompt pay discounts are estimated in the period of sale based on our experience with sales to eligible distributors. Our domestic distributors have routinely taken advantage of these discounts and we expect them to continue to do so.

Prompt pay discounts are recorded as a deduction to the accounts receivable balance presented in our consolidated balance sheets.

Product returns.returns.The sales terms for Adcirca and Unituxin include return rights that extend throughout the distribution channel. For Adcirca, we recognize an allowance for returns as customers have the right to return expired product for up to 12 months pastafter the product'sproduct’s expiration date. Once the product is returned, it is destroyed. We recognize an allowance for returns based on historical returns experience and considering expiration dates of product shippeddate (generally 2418 to 36 months after the initial sale). To date, actualReturned product is destroyed. Regulatory exclusivity for Adcirca expired in May 2018, and generic versions of Adcirca became available for purchase beginning in the third quarter of 2018. Due to the availability of the generic versions, we experienced a significant decline in Adcirca demand, resulting in inventory held by distributors and other downstream customers expiring unsold. Our allowance for product returns havefor Adcirca as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 is $2.4 million and $6.3 million, respectively. We record our allowance for product returns in other current and non-current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. We developed our returns liability as of December 31, 2022 based on historical return rates accumulated since the expiration of the regulatory exclusivity in 2018. The returns liability as of December 31, 2021 was based on our estimate of the amount of Adcirca inventory that was in the downstream channel and the amount of that inventory that we expected would not differed materiallybe sold by distributors and other downstream customers. The estimates were developed using reports from our estimates. distributors and other third-party data, including estimates of Adcirca dispenses and the historical impact of generic entrants on other branded products that we deemed comparable to Adcirca.
For Unituxin, our historicalwe ship product with expiration dates that are generally nine to 14 months after the initial sale. Unituxin product returns havefor each of the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were not been material and we do not record a returns allowance.material. For sales of our other commercial products, we do not offer our customers a general right of return.

Distributor fees and other allowances.fees.Distributor fees include distribution and other service fees paid to certain distributors. These fees are based on contractual amounts or rates applied to purchases of our product or units of service provided in a given period. Other allowances include paymentsOur liability for distributor fees is included in support of patient assistance programsaccounts payable and are based on the actual amount of financial support provided to patients.

    accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets.

Trade Receivables

We invoice and receive payment from our customers subsequent toafter we recognize revenue, recognition, resulting in receivables from our customers whichthat are presented as accounts receivable on in our consolidated balance sheets. Accounts receivable consist of short-term amounts due from our distributors (generally 30 to 90 days) and are stated at the amount we expect to collect. We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts, if deemed necessary, based on our assessment of the collectability of specific distributor accounts. No allowanceWe did not recognize any impairment losses for doubtful accounts was recognizedreceivable for each of the years endingended December 31, 20172022 and 2016.2021. Changes in accounts receivable are primarily due to the timing and magnitude of orders of our products, the timing of deliverywhen control of our products is transferred to our distributors, and the timing of cash collections.

Adcirca

Adcirca is manufactured for us by Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and distributed through theirits pharmaceutical wholesaler network.network on our behalf. Specifically, Lilly handles all of the administrative functions associated with the sale of Adcirca on our behalf, including the receipt and processing of customer purchase orders, shipment to customers, and invoicing and collection of customer payments. We recognize sales of Adcirca on a gross basis net(net of allowances upon delivery to customersreserves for gross-to-net deductions) based on our determination that we are acting as a principal due to our control of the following factors: (1)product prior to its transfer to our customers. Our control is evidenced by our substantive ownership of product inventory, the fact that we are responsiblebear all inventory risks, our primary responsibility for the
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manufacturing facility; (3) we assume credit risk if Lilly is unable to collect amounts due from customers;influence net product sales through our contracting decisions with commercial payers and (4) we assume the risk and cost of a product recall, if required.

    participation in governmental-funded programs.

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred except for refundable payments made in advance of services to be provided to us. Related expenses consist of internal labor and overhead, costs to acquire pharmaceutical products and product rights for development, materials used in clinical trials, and amounts paid to third parties for services, and materials relatingrelated to drug development and clinical trials.

As part of our business strategy, we may in-license the rights to develop and commercialize product candidates. For each in-license transaction, we evaluate whether we have acquired processes or activities along with inputs that would be sufficient to constitute a “business” as defined under GAAP. As defined under GAAP, a “business” consists of inputs and processes applied to those inputs that have the ability to create outputs. Although businesses usually have outputs, outputs are not required for an integrated set of activities to qualify as a business. When we determine that we have not acquired sufficient processes or activities to constitute a business, any up-front payments, as well as pre-commercial milestone payments, are immediately expensed as acquired IPR&D in the period in which they are incurred. Milestone payments made to third parties subsequent to regulatory approval are capitalized as intangible assets and amortized over the estimated remaining useful life of the related product.
We recognize the following costs, among others, as research and development expense in the period related costs are incurred:

costs associated with in-house or contracted manufacturing activities prior to receiving FDA approval for such facilities, or for major unproven changes to our manufacturing processes;

costs incurred in licensingin-licensing the rights to technologies in the research and development stage that have no alternative future use; and

up-front payments made in connection with arrangements to obtain license and distribution rights to pharmaceutical product candidates prior to regulatory approval, absent any alternative future use.

Share-Based Compensation

        Awards under our share tracking awards plans require cash settlement upon exercise and are classified as a liability. Accordingly, the fair value of related cash-settled awards is re-measured at each reporting date until awards are exercised or are otherwise no longer outstanding. Related changes in the fair value of outstanding cash-settled awards at each financial reporting date are recognized as adjustments to share-based compensation expense.

Generally, the fair value of a stock option grant is measured on its grant date and related compensation expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period. We issue new shares of our common stock upon the exercise of stock options. Additionally, certain executives sometimes have stock options with performance conditions that have vesting rights tied to achievement of specific targeted criteria. Share-based compensation expense for all awards is recorded ratably over their vesting period, depending on the specific terms of the award and achievement of the specified performance conditions. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur. Refer to Note 9—8—Share-Based Compensation.

We measure the fair value of restricted stock units using the stock price on the date of grant and related compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period. Each restricted stock unit entitles the holder to receive one share of our common stock upon vesting. We issue new shares of our common stock upon the vesting of restricted stock units.

Awards under our share tracking awards plan require cash settlement upon exercise and are classified as a liability. Accordingly, the fair value of related cash-settled awards is re-measured at each reporting date until awards are exercised or are otherwise no longer outstanding. Related changes in the fair value of outstanding cash-settled awards at each financial reporting date are recognized as adjustments to share-based compensation expense.
We measure the fair value of stock to be purchased through our employee stock purchase plan at the beginning of an offering period, or grant date, and recognize related compensation expense ratably over the requisite service period (the offering period). We issue new shares of our common stock upon the end of each offering period, or exercise date.


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    Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method. Under this method, we determine deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect for years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. We apply a valuation allowance against any net deferred tax asset if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

We recognize the benefit of an uncertain tax position that has been taken or that we expect to take on income tax returns only if such tax position is more likely than not to be sustained. We recognize the benefit in an amount equal to the largest amount that we determine has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement. The ultimate resolution of uncertain tax positions could result in amounts different from those recognized in our consolidated financial statements.

We have elected to account for the tax on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income as a component of tax expense in the period in which the tax is incurred.
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Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, plus the potential dilutive effect of other securities if such securities were converted or exercised. During periods in which we incur net losses, both basic and diluted loss per share isare calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted average shares outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the calculation because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that are exposed to credit risk consist of cash, money market funds, certificates of deposit, marketable debt securities, and trade receivables. We maintain our cash and money market funds with financial institutions that are federally insured. While balances deposited in these institutions often exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits, we have not experienced any losses on related accounts to date. Furthermore, we limit our risk exposure by maintaining funds in financial institutions that we believe are creditworthy and financially sound. Our investments in marketable debt securities have been issued by corporate entities and government-sponsored enterprises with high credit ratings. We mitigate investment risks by investing in highly-rated securities with relatively short maturities that we believe do not subject us to undue investment or credit risk. In addition, our investment policy does not provide for investments in complex or structured financial instruments. At any given time, our trade receivables are concentrated among a small number of principal customers. If any of these financial institutions, issuers, or customers fail to perform their obligations under the terms of these financial instruments, our maximum exposure to potential losses would be equal to amounts reported onin our consolidated balance sheets.


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3. Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Adopted During 2017

        In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-11,Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (ASU 2015-11), which requires that inventory be measured at the lower of cost or net realizable value for entities using first-in, first-out or average cost methods. ASU 2015-11 should be applied prospectively and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2017, with no material impact on our financial statements.

        In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09,Compensation—Stock Compensation (ASU 2016-09), which serves to simplify the accounting for share-based payment transactions. ASU 2016-09 includes guidance on several aspects of the accounting for share-based payments, including the income tax consequences, forfeitures and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2017. Upon adoption of ASU 2016-09, we began to recognize excess tax benefits as income tax benefits on our consolidated statements of operations. Previously, we recognized such amounts in additional paid-in capital on our consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, on January 1, 2017, we established an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures of share-based awards when they occur. Upon adoption, we recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment for the removal of the forfeiture estimate with respect to awards that were continuing to vest as of January 1, 2017. The adjustment resulted in a decrease to retained earnings of $5.8 million, which is net of a $3.2 million tax benefit. The guidance also requires that we classify excess tax benefits as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows, whereas we previously classified such amounts as a financing activity. These amounts are now classified as "other" in our cash flows from operating activities. We have adopted ASU 2016-09 on a prospective basis and, as such, prior periods have not been adjusted, with the exception of the cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings for the removal of the forfeiture estimate, which was adopted on a modified retrospective basis. Refer to Note 9—Share-Based Compensation.

None.
Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

        In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09), and subsequent clarifying guidance. The new standard supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605,Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers

None.
4. Investments
Marketable Investments
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities
Available-for-sale debt securities are recorded at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to, in exchange for those goods or services. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective approach, applied only to contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Upon adoption, we changed the timing of revenue recognition for sales of Adcirca to recognize revenue at the time Adcirca is shipped, i.e., when control of Adcirca is transferred to a distributor upon shipment from a Lilly distribution center. Previously, we recognized sales of Adcirca when Adcirca was delivered to distributors. This change did not result in an adjustment to amounts previously recognized as revenue under Topic 605 as all shipments had reached the distributor as of December 31, 2017. Overall, the adoption did not impact the amounts reported in our financial statements and there were no other significant changes impacting the timing or measurement of our revenue or our business processes and controls.


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3. Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Continued)

        In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01,Financial Instruments—Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (ASU 2016-01), which requires equity investments to be measured at fair value through net income. Equity investments that are accounted for under the equity method are not impacted. ASU 2016-01 provides that equity investments without readily determinable fair values can be valued at cost minus impairment using a simplified impairment assessment that utilizes qualitative assessments. ASU 2016-01 requires separate presentation of the financial assets and liabilities by category and form. ASU 2016-01 should be applied prospectively and will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, with no material impact to our financial statements.

        In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,Leases (ASU 2016-02), which requires that lease assets and lease liabilities be recognized on the balance sheet. ASU 2016-02 also requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures that provide the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows relating to lease arrangements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, using a modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach requires retrospective application to the earliest period presented in the respective financial statements, provides certain practical expedients related to leases that commenced prior to the effective date and allows the use of hindsight when evaluating lease options. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect of adoption on our financial statements.

        In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15,Statement of Cash Flows—Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (ASU 2016-15), which reduces existing diversity in the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statements of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, with no material impact to our financial statements.

        In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16,Income Taxes—Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory (ASU 2016-16), which requires that an entity recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of assets other than inventory when the transfer occurs. ASU 2016-16 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 using a modified retrospective approach through a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, with no material impact to our financial statements.

        In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01,Business Combinations-Clarifying the Definition of a Business (ASU 2017-01). This update narrows the definition of a business by providing a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business. The screen specifies that an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired or disposed of is concentrated in a single asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. ASU 2017-01 should be applied prospectively and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, with no material impact to our financial statements.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

3. Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Continued)

        In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04,Intangibles-Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (ASU 2017-04), which simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment. Goodwill impairment will be measured by the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, with the amountportion of impairmentthe unrealized gains and losses that are not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. ASU 2017-04 is effective for goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, and must be adopted oncredit-related included as a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect of adoption on our financial statements.

        In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07,Compensation-Retirement Benefits (ASU 2017-07), which improves the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic post-retirement benefit cost. ASU 2017-07 requires employers that present a measure of operating income in their statement of income to include only the service cost component of net periodic pension cost and net periodic post-retirement benefit costaccumulated other comprehensive loss in operating expense along with other employee compensation costs. Under ASU 2017-07, the service cost component of net benefit cost is eligible for capitalization. Additionally, this update further requires other components of net benefit cost to be included in non-operating expenses. ASU 2017-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. An entity is to apply the change in income statement presentation retrospectively, and the change in capitalized benefit cost prospectively. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018, with no material impact to our financial statements.

4. Investments

    Marketable Investments

    Available-for-Sale Investments

        Marketable investments classified as available-for-salestockholders’ equity, until realized. Available-for-sale debt securities consisted of the following (in millions):

As of December 31, 2017
 Amortized
Cost
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 

U.S. government and agency securities

 $726.5 $(3.0)$723.5 

Corporate notes and bonds

  13.9    13.9 

Total

 $740.4 $(3.0)$737.4 

Reported under the following captions on the consolidated balance sheet:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

       $41.7 

Current marketable investments

        194.6 

Non-current marketable investments

        501.1 

Total

       $737.4 
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As of December 31, 2022Amortized CostGross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesFair Value
U.S. government and agency securities$2,697.8 $0.1 $(58.9)$2,639.0 
Corporate debt securities555.6 — (16.0)539.6 
Total(1)
$3,253.4 $0.1 $(74.9)$3,178.6 
Reported under the following captions in our consolidated balance sheets:    
Cash and cash equivalents$15.6 
Current marketable investments1,846.8 
Non-current marketable investments  1,316.2 
Total(1)
  $3,178.6 
As of December 31, 2021Amortized CostGross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesFair Value
U.S. government and agency securities$2,178.9 $2.0 $(7.3)$2,173.6 
Corporate debt securities482.5 0.6 (2.0)481.1 
Total$2,661.4 $2.6 $(9.3)$2,654.7 
Reported under the following captions in our consolidated balance sheets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$39.3 
Current marketable investments965.5 
Non-current marketable investments  1,649.9 
Total  $2,654.7 
(1)Total excludes $70.0 million related to available-for-sale debt securities that matured on December 31, 2022, however cash receipt did not occur until January 3, 2023. We had norecorded the $70.0 million receivable within other current assets in our consolidated balance sheets.
The following tables present gross unrealized losses and fair value for those available-for-sale investmentsdebt securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2016.


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4. Investments (Continued)

        The following table summarizestime that the contractual maturities of available-for-sale marketable investmentsindividual securities have been in a continuous loss position (in millions):

Less than 12 months12 months or longerTotal
As of December 31, 2022Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
U.S. government and agency securities$1,324.6 $(24.2)$1,111.6 $(34.7)$2,436.2 $(58.9)
Corporate debt securities254.2 (6.7)274.1 (9.3)528.3 (16.0)
Total$1,578.8 $(30.9)$1,385.7 $(44.0)$2,964.5 $(74.9)
 
 December 31, 2017 
 
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 

Due within one year

 $236.7 $236.3 

Due in two to three years

  503.7  501.1 

Total

 $740.4 $737.4 
Less than 12 months12 months or longerTotal
As of December 31, 2021Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair ValueGross
Unrealized
Losses
U.S. government and agency securities$1,729.9 $(7.3)$— $— $1,729.9 $(7.3)
Corporate debt securities352.3 (2.0)— — 352.3 (2.0)
Total$2,082.2 $(9.3)$— $— $2,082.2 $(9.3)

    Held-to-Maturity Investments

        Our current

As of December 31, 2022 and long-term marketable investments included $29.3 millionDecember 31, 2021, we held 411 and $30.1 million of investments classified as held-to-maturity251 available-for-sale debt securities, respectively, that were in an unrealized loss position. In assessing whether the decline in fair value as of December 31, 20172022 of any of these securities resulted from a credit loss, we consulted with our investment managers and 2016, respectively. Marketable investments classified as held-to-maturityreviewed the credit ratings for each security. We believe that these unrealized losses are compriseda direct result of government-sponsored enterprisesthe current interest rate environment and corporate notes and bonds.do not represent an indication of credit loss. We do not intend to sell these securities, northe investments in unrealized loss positions prior to their maturity and it is itnot more likely than not that we will be required to sell them prior to thethese investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis. Furthermore, we do not believe that theseThere were no impairments due to credit loss on our available-for-sale debt securities expose us to undue market risk or counterparty credit risk. As such, we do not consider these securities to be other than temporarily impaired.

during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

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The following table summarizes the contractual maturities of held-to-maturityavailable-for-sale debt securities (in millions). Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because the issuers of certain of these debt securities have the right to call the securities or prepay their obligations under the securities with or without penalties.
 As of December 31, 2022
 Amortized CostFair Value
Due within one year$1,890.7 $1,862.4 
Due in one to three years1,362.7 1,316.2 
Total$3,253.4 $3,178.6 
Investments in Equity Securities with Readily Determinable Fair Values
We held investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair values of $30.7 million and $70.4 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which are included in current marketable investments (in millions):

in our consolidated balance sheets. One of the privately-held companies in which we invested became publicly traded in 2021. As a result, our investment in the equity securities of this company is now recorded at fair value and included within current marketable investments in our consolidated balance sheets rather than measured as described below under Investments in Privately-Held Companies. Changes in the fair value of publicly-traded equity securities are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations within other (expense) income, net. Refer to Note 5—Fair Value Measurements.
During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we received $3.8 million, $111.5 million, and $27.3 million, respectively, in cash from the sale of investments in equity securities. During 2022, we sold a portion of our investment in a publicly-traded company and realized a gain of $0.9 million. During 2021, we sold our investments in two publicly-traded companies and realized a gain of $92.6 million. During 2020, we sold our investment in one publicly-traded company and realized a gain of $3.4 million. The gains were recorded within other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.
 
 As of December 31, 2017 
 
 Amortized Cost Fair Value 

Due within one year

 $27.7 $27.7 

Due in two to three years

  1.6  1.6 

Total

 $29.3 $29.3 

Investments Held at Cost

in Privately-Held Companies

As of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2021, we maintained non-controlling equity investments in privately-held companies of approximately $184.0$28.5 million and $31.1 million, respectively, in the aggregate. These investments are initially held at cost because we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the companiesWe made a payment of $1.5 million for an investment in which these investments were made and the fair values of these investments are not readily determinable. Duringa privately-held company during the year ended December 31, 2017, we2022. No such payments were made payments of $60.4 million for investments held at cost. We include our investments held at cost within other non-current assets on our consolidated balance sheets. These investments are subject to a periodic impairment review and if they are deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired,during the investment is measured and recorded at fair value. During the yearyears ended December 31, 2017,2021 and 2020.
When an observable price transaction occurs that is identified as similar or identical to our investment, we perform a valuation analysis to assess the fair value of our investment using various inputs, such as the discount rate, expected time to a liquidation event, and price volatility of peer company stocks. We adjust the fair value of our investment based on the valuation analysis and recognize the gain or loss in the period in which the observable price change occurred. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we recorded $49.6an aggregate increase of zero, zero, and $25.5 million, respectively, in the value of our investments. These gains were recorded within other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations.
During 2022, a privately-held company in which we held an investment was acquired. We received $8.6 million in cash as a result of the acquisition and realized a gain of $6.2 million. The gain was recorded within other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations.
During 2022, we identified an indicator of impairment for one of the private companies in which we hold an investment and recognized an impairment charge of $1.7 million. During 2021, we identified an indicator of impairment for two of the private companies in which we held investments and recognized aggregate impairment charges of $2.3 million. During 2020, we recorded $9.1 million of impairment charges related to our cost method investments in privately-held companies.

These impairment charges were recorded within impairments of investments in privately-held companies in our consolidated statements of operations.

For non-controlling equity investments in privately-held companies in which we held an investment as of December 31, 2022, cumulative impairments and downward fair value adjustments were $5.1 million and cumulative upward fair value adjustments were $1.9 million.
Variable Interest Entity

Entities (VIEs)

We evaluate our interests in VIEs and will consolidate any VIE in which we have a controlling financial interest and are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. A controlling financial interest has both of the following characteristics: (1) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance; and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. If both of the characteristics are met, we are considered to be the primary beneficiary and therefore will consolidate that VIE into our consolidated financial statements.
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Unconsolidated VIE
In April 2017, we made a $7.5 million minority investment in a privately-held company. In addition to our investment,November 2019, we entered into a supply agreement with an exclusive license, developmentaffiliate of DEKA Research & Development Corporation (DEKA) to manufacture and commercializationsupply the Remunity® Pump to us. Under the terms of the supply agreement,


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4. Investments (Continued)

(manufacture and supply the License Agreement)Remunity Pump. We determined that the affiliate is a VIE as we are the primary customer of the affiliate and the affiliate currently relies on our reimbursement of its costs to sustain its operations. We have determined we are not the primary beneficiary of the affiliate as we do not have the power to direct or control its significant activities related to the manufacturing of medical devices. Accordingly, we have not consolidated the affiliate’s results of operations and financial position with this company. The License Agreement entitlesours. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our consolidated balance sheets included $9.2 million and $10.6 million of assets, respectively, related to the supply agreement. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our consolidated balance sheets included a $2.0 million liability for our obligation to reimburse costs related to the supply agreement. While the terms of the supply agreement expose us to control rights sufficientvarious future risks of loss given our responsibility to require usreimburse all costs incurred by the affiliate to manufacture and supply the Remunity Pump, we believe that our maximum exposure to loss as of December 31, 2022 as a result of our involvement with the affiliate is $9.2 million, the amount of assets related to the supply agreement noted above.

Consolidation of VIEs
In August 2019 and July 2022, we entered into operating agreements and trust agreements related to the contribution of assets to newly created trusts of which we are the beneficiary. The trusts were created for legal and administrative purposes and are not expected to make future purchases. As the operator of the assets, we are required to incur all future expenses related to the operation and maintenance of the assets. Accordingly, the trusts are deemed VIEs because they rely on our capital to sustain future operating expenses. We are deemed the primary beneficiary of the VIEs because we are the sole provider of financial support and can unilaterally remove the trustee without cause. Accordingly, we consolidate the VIE’s balance sheet and results of operations of this company. The control rights relate to additional research and development funding that we may provide to this company over a period of six years. We are also entitled to representation on a joint development committee that approves the company's use of funding provided by us. In 2017, we provided $9.9 million of financial support to the company. We have the right, at any time and for any reason, to cease our funding of this company's activities.

operations.

As of December 31, 2017, our consolidated balance sheet included $11.6 million of cash maintained by this company that can only be used to settle its obligations. Additionally,2022, our consolidated balance sheets included an $8.8 million in-process research and development intangible asset, $3.4$72.9 million of goodwill and $8.3 million of preferred stockassets due to the consolidation of this company. The preferred stock is recordedthese VIEs included within property, plant, and equipment, net. Upon consolidating the VIEs, which were not deemed a business as defined in temporary equity on our consolidated balance sheets. During the year ended December 31, 2017, this company incurred a netASC 805, Business Combinations, no gain or loss of $5.1 million. This company's creditorswas recognized. These VIEs have no recourse against our assets and general credit.

credit, and the VIEs’ assets cannot be used to settle the VIEs’ liabilities. Our total risk of loss is the $72.9 million of assets we contributed, as noted above.

5. Fair Value Measurements

Assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements are required to be disclosed within a fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of inputs used to determine fair value. Accordingly, assets and liabilities carried at, or permitted to be carried at, fair value are classified within the fair value hierarchy in one of the following categories based on the lowest level input that is significant in measuring fair value:

Level 1—Fair value is determined by using unadjusted quoted prices that are available in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2—Fair value is determined by using inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable. Inputs can include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in inactive markets. Related inputs can also include those used in valuation or other pricing models such as interest rates and yield curves that can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3—Fair value is determined by using inputs that are unobservable and not corroborated by market data. Use of these inputs involves significant and subjective judgment.

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5. Fair Value Measurements (Continued)

Assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements are as follows (in millions):

 As of December 31, 2022
 Level 1Level 2Level 3Balance
Assets    
Money market funds(1)
$459.6 $— $— $459.6 
Time deposits(1)
75.6 — — 75.6 
U.S. government and agency securities(2)
— 2,639.0 — 2,639.0 
Corporate debt securities(2)
— 539.6 — 539.6 
Equity securities(3)
30.7 — — 30.7 
Contingent consideration(4)
— — 0.1 0.1 
Total assets$565.9 $3,178.6 $0.1 $3,744.6 
Liabilities    
Contingent consideration(5)
— — 19.7 19.7 
Total liabilities$— $— $19.7 $19.7 
 
 As of December 31, 2017 
 
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Balance 

Assets

             

Money market funds(1)

 $217.9 $ $ $217.9 

Time deposits(2)

    25.2    25.2 

U.S. government and agency securities(2)

    723.5    723.5 

Corporate debt securities(2)

    18.0    18.0 

Total assets

 $217.9 $766.7 $ $984.6 

Liabilities

             

Contingent consideration(3)

      12.8  12.8 

Total liabilities

 $ $ $12.8 $12.8 


 As of December 31, 2021
 Level 1Level 2Level 3Balance
Assets    
Money market funds(1)
$516.7 $— $— $516.7 
U.S. government and agency securities(2)
— 2,173.6 — 2,173.6 
Corporate debt securities(2)
— 481.1 — 481.1 
Equity securities(3)
70.4 — — 70.4 
Contingent consideration(4)
— — 1.2 1.2 
Total assets$587.1 $2,654.7 $1.2 $3,243.0 
Liabilities    
Contingent consideration(5)
— — 20.8 20.8 
Total liabilities$— $— $20.8 $20.8 
 
 As of December 31, 2016 
 
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Balance 

Assets

             

Money market funds(1)

 $534.4 $ $ $534.4 

U.S. government and agency securities(2)

    30.1    30.1 

Total assets

 $534.4 $30.1 $ $564.5 

Liabilities

             

Contingent consideration(3)

      10.4  10.4 

Total liabilities

 $ $ $10.4 $10.4 

(1)
Included in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying in our consolidated balance sheets.

(2)
Included in cash and cash equivalents and current and non-current marketable investments on the accompanying in our consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 4—InvestmentsMarketable Investments—Available-for-Sale Debt Securities for further information. The fair value of these securities is principally measured or corroborated by trade data for identical securities infor which related trading activity is not sufficiently frequent to be considered a Level 1 input or comparable securities that are more actively traded.

(3)
Included in non-current liabilities on the accompanyingcurrent marketable investments in our consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of these securities is based on quoted market prices for identical instruments in active markets. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we recognized $35.9 million and $50.8 million of net unrealized and realized losses in the aggregate and net unrealized and realized gains in the aggregate, respectively, on these securities. We recorded these gains and losses in our consolidated statements of operations within other (expense) income, net. Refer to Note 4—InvestmentsMarketable Investments—Investments in Equity Securities with Readily Determinable Fair Values.
(4)Included in other current assets and other non-current assets in our consolidated balance sheets. We estimated the fair value of contingent consideration using a Monte Carlo simulation. The Monte Carlo simulation incorporates Level 3 inputs including price volatility of peer company stocks and the probability of completing certain milestones during a specified period of time. The fair value of our contingent consideration assets decreased by $1.1 million from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The loss was recorded within other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations.
(5)Included in other current liabilities and other non-current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of our contingent consideration obligations has been estimated using probability-weighted discounted cash flow models (DCFs)(DCFs). The DCFs incorporate Level 3 inputs, including estimated discount rates, that we believe market participants would consider relevant in pricing and the projected timing and amount of cash flows, which are estimated and developed, in part, based on the requirements specific to each acquisition agreement. The fair value of our contingent consideration liabilities decreased by $1.1 million from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The gain was recorded within research and development in our consolidated statements of operations.

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The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of their short maturities. The fair values of our marketable investments and contingent consideration are
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reported above within the fair value hierarchy. Refer to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 4—Investments. The carrying value of our debt is a reasonable estimate of the fair value of the outstanding debt based on the variable interest rate of the debt.

6. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following by major categories (in millions):

 As of December 31,
 20222021
Accounts payable$4.1 $3.8 
Accrued expenses:
Sales-related (royalties, rebates, and fees)116.5 85.3 
Payroll-related66.5 53.6 
Research and development-related22.7 19.0 
Other20.1 12.9 
Total accrued expenses$225.8 $170.8 
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses$229.9 $174.6 
 
 As of
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Accounts payable

 $8.4 $8.1 

Accrued expenses:

       

Sales related (royalties, rebates and fees)

  104.6  55.7 

Payroll related

  34.6  30.6 

Other

  23.5  9.8 

Total accrued expenses

 $162.7 $96.1 

Total accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $171.1 $104.2 

7. Debt

    Unsecured Revolving

2022 Credit Facility

Agreement

In January 2016,March 2022, we entered into a credit agreement (the 2016 2022Credit Agreement)Agreement) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Wells Fargo)(Wells Fargo), as administrative agent and a swingline lender, and various other lender parties, providing forwhich provides for: (1) an unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $1.0 billion. In$1.2 billion; and (2) a second unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $800.0 million (which facilities may, at our request, be increased by up to $500.0 million in the aggregate subject to obtaining commitments from existing or new lenders for such increase and other conditions). The facilities will mature five years after the closing date of the 2022 Credit Agreement on March 31, 2027, subject to the lenders’ ability to extend the maturity date by one year if we request such an extension in accordance with the terms of the 20162022 Credit Agreement, in January 2017 and in January 2018, we extended the maturity dateup to a maximum of the 2016 Credit Agreement by one year to January 2022 and January 2023, respectively.

two such extensions.

At our option, amounts borrowed under the 20162022 Credit Agreement bear interest at either the LIBOR ratean adjusted Term Secured Overnight Finance Rate (Term SOFR) or a fluctuating base rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin determined on a quarterly basis based on our consolidated ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (as calculated in accordance with the 20162022 Credit Agreement).

To date, we have elected to calculate interest on the outstanding balance at an adjusted Term SOFR plus an applicable margin.

On June 1, 2017,March 31, 2022, we borrowed $250.0$800.0 million under this facilitythe 2022 Credit Agreement, and used the funds to initiate an accelerated share repurchase program. Refer to Note 10—Stockholders' Equity—Share Repurchasesrepay outstanding indebtedness under the 2018 Credit Agreement as discussed below under 2018 Credit Agreement.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our outstanding aggregate principal balance under the 2022 Credit Agreement and the 2018 Credit Agreement, respectively, was $800.0 million, all of which was classified as a non-current liability because we no longerdo not intend to repay the full outstanding balanceany portion of this amount within one year, the outstanding balance has been reclassified from short-term to long-term within the consolidated balance sheet. We elected to have interest on this draw calculated at LIBOR plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded $7.1 million of interest expense related to the credit facility.

year.

The 20162022 Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and customary affirmative and negative covenants. As of December 31, 2017,2022, we were in compliance with suchthese covenants. Lung Biotechnology PBC is our only subsidiary that guarantees our obligations under the 20162022 Credit Agreement though, from time to time, one or more of our other subsidiaries may be required to guarantee suchour obligations.

    Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions

        In October 2011, we issued $250.0 million in aggregate principal value 1.0 percent Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2016 (Convertible Notes). Upon maturity of the Convertible Notes in September 2016, we fulfilled all remaining settlement and repayment obligations.


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7. Debt (Continued)

In connection with the 2022 Credit Agreement, we capitalized debt issuance costs of $7.5 million, which are being amortized to interest expense over the contractual term of the Convertible Notes, we sold to Deutsche Bank AG London (DB London) warrants to acquire up to approximately 5.22022 Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2022, $3.2 million shares ofwas recorded in other current assets and $10.5 million in other non-current assets in our common stock at a strike price of $67.56 per share. consolidated balance sheets.

The warrants expired incrementally on a series of expiration dates during December 2016 and January 2017. The warrants were settled on a net-share basis. As the price of our common stock exceeded the strike price of the warrants on each of the series of related incremental expiration dates, we delivered 2.8 million shares of common stock previously held as treasury stock to DB London, including 1.7 million shares that were delivered during the first quarter of 2017.

    Interest Expense

        Details of interest expense presented onreported in our consolidated statements of operations are as follows (in millions):

 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Credit Facility interest expense(1)

 $7.1 $3.2 $ 

Convertible Notes interest expense

    0.1  3.4 

Other interest expense

  1.9  0.6  1.3 

Total interest expense

 $9.0 $3.9 $4.7 

(1)
Represents interest expensefor each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, related to debtour borrowings under the 2022 Credit Agreement and amortization2018 Credit Agreement.
2018 Credit Agreement
In June 2018, we entered into a credit agreement (the 2018 Credit Agreement) with Wells Fargo, as administrative agent and a swingline lender, and various other lender parties, providing for: (1) an unsecured revolving credit facility of issuance costsup to $1.0 billion; and (2) a second unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $500.0 million.
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On March 31, 2022, we terminated the 2018 Credit Agreement and entered into the 2022 Credit Agreement. We repaid in full all our obligations under the 2018 Credit Agreement in connection with the termination of the 2018 Credit Agreement and our entry into the 2022 Credit Agreement. There were no penalties associated with our 2016the early termination of the 2018 Credit Agreement.

8. Temporary Equity

        Temporary equity includes securities that: (1) have redemption features that are outside our control; (2) are not classified as an asset or liability; (3) are excluded from permanent stockholders' equity; and (4) are not mandatorily redeemable. Amounts included in temporary equity relate to securities that are redeemable at a fixed or determinable price.


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8. Temporary Equity (Continued)

        Components comprising the carrying value of temporary equity include the following (in millions):

 
 As of
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Common stock subject to repurchase(1)

 $10.9 $10.9 

Preferred stock with redemption rights(2)

  8.3   

Total

 $19.2 $10.9 

(1)
In connection with our license agreement with Toray Industries Inc. (Toray), we issued 200,000 shares of our common stock (which have since split into 400,000 shares) to Toray in 2007, and provided Toray the right to require us to repurchase the shares at a price of $27.21 per share.

(2)
The preferred stock issued by the variable interest entity we consolidate includes rights that allow the holders to redeem the preferred stock at the original issuance price in exchange for cash. Refer to Note 4—Investments—Variable Interest Entity for more information.

9.8. Share-Based Compensation

As of December 31, 2017,2022, we have two shareholder-approved equity incentive plans: the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the 1999 Plan)Plan) and the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the (as amended to date, the 2015 Plan)Plan). The 2015 Plan was approved by our shareholders in June 2015 and provides for the issuance of up to 6,150,00011,500,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to awards granted under the 2015 Plan. As a result of the approvalPlan, which includes 500,000 shares added pursuant to an amendment and restatement of the 2015 Plan noapproved by our shareholders in June 2022. No further awards will be granted under the 1999 Plan. We also have one equity incentive plan, the United Therapeutics Corporation 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (the 2019 Inducement Plan), that has not been approved by our shareholders, as permitted by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. The 2019 Inducement Plan was approved by our Board of Directors in February 2019 and provides for the issuance of up to 99,000 shares of our common stock under awards granted to newly-hired employees. Currently, we grant equity-based awards includingto employees and members of our Board of Directors in the form of stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs)(RSUs) under these plans.the 2015 Plan, and we may grant RSUs to newly-hired employees under the 2019 Inducement Plan. Refer to the sections entitledEmployee Stock Options andRestricted Stock UnitsRSUs below.

We previously issued awards under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, adopted in June 2008 (2008 STAP) and the United Therapeutics Corporation 2011 Share Tracking Awards Plan adopted in March 2011 (2011 STAP)(the STAP). We refer to the 2008 STAP and the 2011 STAP collectively as the "STAP" and awards granted and/or outstanding under either of these plansthe STAP as "STAP awards."STAP awards. Refer to the section entitledShare TrackingSTAP Awards Plans below. We discontinued the issuance of STAP awards in June 2015, when our shareholders approved the 2015 Plan.

2015.

In 2012, our shareholders approved the United Therapeutics Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)(ESPP), which has beenis structured to comply with Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. Refer to the section entitledEmployee Stock Purchase Plan sectionESPP below.


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9. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)

The following table reflects the components of share-based compensation expense (benefit) recognized in our consolidated statements of operations (in millions):

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Stock options$22.6 $25.4 $44.0 
RSUs35.7 24.7 20.5 
STAP awards46.7 86.6 97.8 
ESPP1.8 1.8 1.5 
Total share-based compensation expense before tax$106.8 $138.5 $163.8 
Share-based compensation capitalized as part of inventory$1.3 $1.0 $1.0 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Stock Options

 $43.0 $24.8 $4.9 

Restricted Stock Units

  2.2  1.1   

Share Tracking Awards

  27.1  (15.2) 274.2 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  1.2  1.4  1.2 

Total Share-based compensation expense before tax

 $73.5 $12.1 $280.3 

Share-based compensation capitalized as part of inventory

 $0.4 $0.2 $7.1 

        As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-09, we established an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures of share-based awards and STAPs when they occur. Upon adoption, we recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment for the removal of the forfeiture estimate with respect to awards that were continuing to vest as of January 1, 2017. The adjustment decreased retained earnings by $5.8 million, net of tax. Refer to Note 3—Recently Issued Accounting Standards.

    Employee Stock Options

We estimate the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, which requires us to make certain assumptions that can materially impact the estimation of fair value and related compensation expense. The assumptions used to estimate fair value include the price of our common stock, the expected volatility of our common stock, the risk-free interest rate, the expected term of stock option awards, and the expected dividend yield.

        In March 2017, we began issuing stock options with performance conditions to certain executives under the 2015 Plan. The stock options have vesting conditions tied to the achievement of specified performance criteria, which have target performance levels that span from one to three years. Upon the conclusion of the performance period, the performance level achieved will be measured and the ultimate number of shares that may vest will be determined. Share-based compensation expense for these awards is recorded ratably over their vesting period, depending on the specific terms of the award and achievement of the specified performance criteria. During 2017, we granted 0.9 million stock options with performance vesting conditions with a total grant date fair value of $53.9 million based on achievement of target performance levels. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded $16.7 million of share-based compensation expense related to these awards.

A description of the key inputs, requiring estimates, used in determining the fair value of Employee Stock Optionsstock options are provided below:

Expected term—The expected term reflects the estimated time period we expect an award to remain outstanding. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, we used historical datathe simplified approach to develop this input.

input for our stock options as we do not have sufficient historical data related to stock option exercises. Under the simplified approach, the expected term reflects the weighted average midpoint between the vesting date and the expiration date of the awards. For the expected term input related to our STAP awards, refer to the STAP Awards section below.

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historical volatility based on weekly price observations of our common stock during the period immediately preceding an award that is equal to its expected term up to a maximum period of five years. We believe that the volatility in the price of our common stock over the preceding five years generally provides a reliable projection of future long-term volatility.

Risk-free interest rate—The risk-free interest rate is the average interest rate consistent with the yield available on a U.S. Treasury note with a term equal to the expected term of an award.

Expected dividend yield—We do not pay cash dividends on our common stock and do not expect to do so in the future. Therefore, the dividend yield is zero.

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The following weighted-averageweighted average assumptions were used in estimating the fair value of stock options granted to employees during the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016,2022, 2021, and December 31, 2015:

2020:
 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016(1) 2015(1) 

Expected term of options (in years)

  6.1  5.8  5.8 

Expected volatility

  35.7% 34.8% 33.1%

Risk-free interest rate

  2.2% 1.6% 2.0%

Expected dividend yield

  0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Expected term of awards (in years)5.75.75.6
Expected volatility32.5 %32.5 %33.4 %
Risk-free interest rate2.7 %1.0 %0.5 %
Expected dividend yield0.0 %0.0 %0.0 %
(1)
Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-09 on January 1, 2017, the weighted-average expected forfeiture rate used in estimating the fair value of stock options granted to employees was 5.4% and 1.5% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Refer to Note 3—Recently Issued Accounting Standards for more information. During 2016, we issued stock options to all our employees, which resulted in an increase in the forfeiture rate compared to prior years.

A summary of the statusactivity and activitystatus of stock options under our equity incentive plans during the year ended December 31, 2022 is presented below:

 Number of OptionsWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining
Contractual Term (in Years)
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of January 1, 20227,317,978 $126.73   
Granted40,029 213.18   
Exercised(747,485)118.26   
Forfeited(2,503)130.50   
Outstanding as of December 31, 20226,608,019 $128.21 3.8$990.4 
Exercisable as of December 31, 20225,219,385 $126.81 3.6$789.6 
Unvested as of December 31, 20221,388,634 $133.45 4.4$200.8 
 
 Options Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
 Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in Years)
 Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in millions)
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2017

  4,459,291 $104.97       

Granted

  1,958,843  145.72       

Exercised

  (461,465) 86.65       

Forfeited

  (78,346) 133.55       

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

  5,878,323 $119.61  7.1 $171.2 

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

  3,082,847 $103.23  5.5 $142.1 

Unvested at December 31, 2017

  2,795,476 $137.67  8.9 $29.0 

The weighted average fair value of a stock option granted during each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017,2022, was $56.07, $42.59$75.87, $56.69, and $60.70,$34.56, respectively. The total fair


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9. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)

value of stock options that vested for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017,2022, was $13.1$16.3 million, $19.9$50.4 million, and zero,$73.5 million, respectively.

Total share-based compensation expense related to stock options is recorded as follows (in millions):
 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Cost of sales$— $0.1 $0.5 
Research and development0.3 0.5 2.0 
Selling, general, and administrative22.3 24.8 41.5 
Share-based compensation expense before taxes22.6 25.4 44.0 
Related income tax benefit(0.6)(0.8)(3.1)
Share-based compensation expense, net of taxes$22.0 $24.6 $40.9 
As of December 31, 2022, unrecognized compensation cost relating to stock options is as follows (in millions):

 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Cost of product sales

 $1.3 $0.5 $ 

Research and development

  3.7  1.4   

Selling, general and administrative

  38.0  22.9  4.9 

Share-based compensation expense before tax

  43.0  24.8  4.9 

Related income tax benefit

  (15.8) (9.1) (1.8)

Share-based compensation expense, net of tax

 $27.2 $15.7 $3.1 

        Selling, general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes approximately $9.8 million of costs related to the accelerated vesting of stock options associated with the departure of a corporate officer during the second quarter of 2016.

        As of December 31, 2017, the unrecognized compensation cost was $101.8$6.2 million. Unvested outstanding stock options as of December 31, 20172022 had a weighted average remaining vesting period of 2.30.6 years.

Stock option exercise data is summarized below (dollars in millions):

 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Number of options exercised

  461,465  243,624  985,583 

Cash received from options exercised

 $39.9 $7.7 $39.3 

Total intrinsic value of options exercised

 $29.3 $21.9 $120.3 

Tax benefits realized from options exercised(1)

 $ $5.9 $37.4 

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Number of options exercised747,485 405,536 466,731 
Cash received from options exercised$88.4 $50.0 $33.8 
Total intrinsic value of options exercised$97.5 $26.6 $22.9 
Tax benefits realized from options exercised(1)
$21.6 $5.3 $5.4 
(1)
On January 1, 2017, we adopted ASU 2016-09. Upon adoption of ASU 2016-09, we began toWe recognize excessthese tax benefits as income tax benefits onin our consolidated statements of operations.
operations within income tax expense.

    Restricted Stock Units

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RSUs
In June 2016, we began issuing restricted stock units under the 2015 PlanRSUs to our non-employee directors. In October 2017, we also began issuing restricted stock unitsRSUs to our employees. Over time, we expect to increase the percentage of our equity awards made to employees in the form of restricted stock units, instead of stock options. Each restricted stock unitRSU entitles the recipient to receive one share of our common stock upon vesting. We measure the fair value of restricted stock unitsRSUs using the stock price on the date of grant. Share-based compensation expense for the restricted stock unitsRSUs is recorded ratably over their vesting period.

        During

A summary of the activity with respect to, and status of, RSUs during the year ended December 31, 2017, we granted 21,290 restricted stock units under the 2015 Plan with a weighted average grant date fair value per restricted stock unit of $131.22. The restricted

2022 is presented below:

 Number of RSUsWeighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested as of January 1, 2022390,539 $129.76 
Granted683,280 205.48 
Vested(201,690)125.03 
Forfeited(30,878)154.78 
Unvested as of December 31, 2022841,251 $191.48 

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9. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)

stock units have an aggregate grant date fair value of $2.8 million. We recorded $2.2 million in share-based compensation expense for the year ended December 31, 2017 related to restricted stock units. The

Total share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock units grantedRSUs is reflected in selling, general and administrative expense on the statements of operations.

recorded as follows (in millions):

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Cost of sales$3.1 $2.1 $1.6 
Research and development13.6 8.2 7.0 
Selling, general, and administrative19.0 14.4 11.9 
Share-based compensation expense before taxes35.7 24.7 20.5 
Related income tax benefit(8.6)(5.9)(4.8)
Share-based compensation expense, net of taxes$27.1 $18.8 $15.7 
As of December 31, 2017,2022, unrecognized compensation cost related to the grant of restricted stock unitsRSUs was $1.6$131.5 million. Unvested outstanding restricted stock unitsRSUs as of December 31, 20172022 had a weighted average remaining vesting period of 1.13.8 years.

    Share Tracking

STAP Awards Plans

STAP awards convey the right to receive in cash an amount equal to the appreciation of our common stock, which is measured as the increase in the closing price of our common stock between the dates of grant and exercise. STAP awards expire on the tenthtenth anniversary of the grant date, and in most cases, they vest in equal increments on each anniversary of the grant date over a four-year period. TheWe discontinued the issuance of STAP liability includes vested awards and awards that are expected to vest. We recognize expense for awards that are expected to vest during the vesting period.

in June 2015.

The aggregate liability balance of theassociated with outstanding STAP liabilityawards was $241.3$80.8 million and $268.9$102.4 million atas of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively, all of which $1.2 million and $74.1 million, respectively, has beenwas classified as other non-current liabilities ona current liability in our consolidated balance sheets based on their vesting terms.

sheets.

Estimating the fair value of STAP awards requires the use of certain inputs that can materially impact the determination of fair value and the amount of compensation expense (benefit) we recognize. Inputs used in estimating fair value include the price of our common stock, the expected volatility of the price of our common stock, the risk-free interest rate, the expected term of STAP awards, and the expected dividend yield. The fair value of the STAP awards is measured at the end of each financial reporting period because the awards are settled in cash. Refer to the descriptions of these key inputs, requiring estimates, used in determining the fair value of the awards in theEmployee Stock Options section above.

A description of the expected term input for STAP awards is provided below:

Expected term—The expected term reflects the estimated time period we expect an award to remain outstanding. We use the weighted average midpoint of the remaining contractual term to calculate the expected term of outstanding STAP awards.
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The table below includes the weighted-average assumptions used to measure the fair value of the outstanding STAP awards:

 
 As of December 31, 
 
 2017 2016(1) 2015(1) 

Expected term of awards (in years)

  1.8  2.5  3.4 

Expected volatility

  31.7% 36.1% 35.3%

Risk-free interest rate

  1.8% 1.4% 1.4%

Expected dividend yield

  0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

 As of December 31,
 202220212020
Expected term of awards (in years)1.01.31.7
Expected volatility33.5 %30.0 %34.8 %
Risk-free interest rate4.7 %0.4 %0.1 %
Expected dividend yield0.0 %0.0 %0.0 %
(1)
Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-09 on January 1, 2017, the weighted-average expected forfeiture rate used in estimating the fair value of STAP awards granted to employees was 8.8 percent in 2016 and 2015. Refer to Note 3—Recently Issued Accounting Standards for more information.

The closing price of our common stock was $147.95, $143.43,$278.09, $216.08, and $156.61$151.79 on December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively.


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9. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)

A summary of the statusactivity and activity of the STAP is presented below:

 
 Number of
Awards
 Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
 Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
 Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in millions)
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2017

  5,113,838 $91.51       

Granted

           

Exercised

  (887,540) 69.33       

Forfeited

  (129,904) 113.84       

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

  4,096,394 $95.60  5.6 $232.6 

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

  2,419,103 $98.93  5.5 $129.7 

Unvested at December 31, 2017

  1,677,291 $90.80  5.8 $102.9 

        The weighted average grant-date fair valuestatus of STAP awards granted during the year ended December 31, 2015 was $58.52.

2022 is presented below:

 Number of AwardsWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years)Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of January 1, 20221,093,560 $123.89   
Granted— —   
Exercised(527,606)107.69   
Forfeited(10,354)55.86   
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022555,600 $140.54 1.9$76.4 
Exercisable as of December 31, 2022555,600 $140.54 1.9$76.4 
Unvested as of December 31, 2022— $— — $— 
Share-based compensation expense (benefit) recognized in connection with the STAP awards is as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Cost of sales$1.9 $3.5 $4.9 
Research and development9.0 15.0 19.9 
Selling, general, and administrative35.8 68.1 73.0 
Share-based compensation expense before taxes46.7 86.6 97.8 
Related income tax benefit(8.6)(14.7)(19.3)
Share-based compensation expense, net of taxes$38.1 $71.9 $78.5 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Cost of product sales

 $1.2 $ $8.7 

Research and development

  4.1  (11.8) 87.4 

Selling, general and administrative

  21.8  (3.4) 178.1 

Share-based compensation expense (benefit) before tax

  27.1  (15.2) 274.2 

Related income tax (benefit) expense

  (10.0) 5.6  (103.5)

Share-based compensation expense (benefit), net of tax

 $17.1 $(9.6)$170.7 

Cash paid to settle STAP exercisesawards exercised during the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 20152020 was $63.4$68.2 million, $69.5$81.1 million, and $248.8$26.1 million, respectively.

    Employee Stock Purchase Plan

ESPP
In June 2012, our shareholders approved the United Therapeutics Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP),ESPP, which has beenis structured to comply with Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. The ESPP provides eligible employees with the right to purchase shares of our common stock at a discount through elective accumulated payroll deductions at the end of each offering period. Offering periods, which began in 2012, occur in consecutive six-month periods commencing on September 5th and March 5th of each year. Eligible employees may contribute up to 15 percent of their base salary, subject to certain annual limitations as defined in the ESPP. The purchase price of the shares is equal to the lower of 85 percent of the closing price of our common stock on either the first or last trading day of a given offering period. In addition, the ESPP provides that no eligible employee may purchase more than 4,000 shares during any offering period. The ESPP has a 20-year term and limits the aggregate number of shares that can be issued under the ESPP to 3.0 million.


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10. Stockholders'

9. Stockholders’ Equity

Earnings Per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted
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average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, adjusted for the potential dilutive effect of our outstanding stock options, RSUs, and shares issuable under the ESPP, as if they were vested and, in the case of stock options, exercised.
The components of basic and diluted earnings per common share comprised the following (in millions, except per share amounts):

 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Numerator:

          

Net income

 $417.9 $713.7 $651.6 

Denominator:

          

Weighted average outstanding shares—basic

  44.0  43.8  46.0 

Effect of dilutive securities(1):

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Convertible notes

      0.9 

Warrants

  0.1  2.3  3.0 

Stock options, restricted stock units and employee stock purchase plan          

  0.8  0.7  1.3 

Weighted average shares—diluted(2)

  44.9  46.8  51.2 

Earnings per common share:

          

Basic

 $9.50 $16.29 $14.17 

Diluted

 $9.31 $15.25 $12.72 

Stock options, restricted stock units and warrants excluded from calculation(2)

  3.3  5.2  3.8 

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Numerator:
Net income$727.3 $475.8 $514.8 
Denominator:  
Weighted average outstanding shares — basic45.5 44.9 44.2 
Effect of dilutive securities(1):
  
Stock options, RSUs, and ESPP(2)
3.0 2.4 0.4 
Weighted average shares — diluted(2)
48.5 47.3 44.6 
Net income per common share:  
Basic$15.98 $10.60 $11.65 
Diluted$15.00 $10.06 $11.54 
Stock options and RSUs excluded from calculation(2)
— 0.1 6.6 
(1)
Calculated using the treasury stock method.

(2)
Certain convertible notes,The common shares underlying certain stock options restricted stock units and warrantsRSUs have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive. Under the convertible note hedge agreement we entered into in connection with our Convertible Notes, we were entitled to receive shares required to be issued to investors upon conversion of our Convertible Notes. Since related shares used to compute dilutive earnings per share would be anti-dilutive, they have been excluded from the calculation above.

    Share Repurchases

        In April 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing up to $250.0 million in aggregate repurchases of our common stock. Pursuant to this authorization, in May 2017, we paid $250.0 million to enter into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with Citibank, N.A. (Citibank). Pursuant to the terms of the ASR, in June 2017, Citibank delivered to us approximately 1.7 million shares of our common stock, representing the minimum number of shares we were entitled to receive under the ASR. Upon termination of the ASR in September 2017, Citibank delivered to us approximately 0.3 million additional shares of our common stock. The ASR was accounted for as an equity transaction and the shares we repurchased under the ASR were included in treasury stock when the shares were received.


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10. Stockholders' Equity (Continued)

    Shareholder Rights Plan

        In June 2008, we entered into an Amended and Restated Rights Agreement with The Bank of New York as Rights Agent (the Plan), which amended and restated our original Rights Agreement dated December 17, 2000. The Plan, as amended and restated, extended the expiration date of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights (Rights) from December 29, 2010 to June 26, 2018, and increased the purchase price of each Right from $64.75 to $400.00, respectively. Each Right entitles holders to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. Rights are exercisable only upon our acquisition by another company, or commencement of a tender offer that would result in ownership of 15 percent or more of the outstanding shares of our voting stock by a person or group (as defined under the Plan) without our prior express written consent. As of December 31, 2017, we have not issued any shares of our Series A Preferred Stock.

    Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table includes changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax (in millions):

Defined Benefit Pension Plan(1)
Foreign Currency Translation LossesUnrealized Gains and (Losses) on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2022$(0.5)$(17.9)$(4.6)$(23.0)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications18.7 — (51.8)(33.1)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss0.6 — — 0.6 
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income19.3 — (51.8)(32.5)
Balance, December 31, 2022$18.8 $(17.9)$(56.4)$(55.5)
 
 Defined
Benefit Pension
Plan(1)
 Foreign Currency
Translation
Losses
 Unrealized Gains
and (Losses) on
Available-for-Sale
Securities
 Total 

Balance, January 1, 2017

 $1.3 $(18.1)$ $(16.8)

Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications

  (1.7) 0.2  (1.9) (3.4)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income

  0.6      0.6 

Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income

  (1.1) 0.2  (1.9) (2.8)

Balance, December 31, 2017

 $0.2 $(17.9)$(1.9)$(19.6)
Defined Benefit Pension Plan(1)
Foreign Currency Translation LossesUnrealized Gains and (Losses) on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesTotal
Balance, January 1, 2021$(6.7)$(17.9)$10.4 $(14.2)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications5.6 — (15.0)(9.4)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss0.6 — — 0.6 
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income6.2 — (15.0)(8.8)
Balance, December 31, 2021$(0.5)$(17.9)$(4.6)$(23.0)

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10. Stockholders' Equity (Continued)


 
 Defined
Benefit Pension
Plan(1)
 Foreign Currency
Translation
Losses(2)
 Unrealized Gains
and (Losses) on
Available-for-Sale
Securities
 Total 

Balance, January 1, 2016

 $(5.3)$(15.1)$ $(20.4)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications

  6.0  (3.0)   3.0 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income

  0.6      0.6 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

  6.6  (3.0)   3.6 

Balance, December 31, 2016

 $1.3 $(18.1)$ $(16.8)

(1)
Refer to Note 12—11—Employee Benefit PlansSupplemental Executive Retirement Plan, which identifies the captions within our consolidated statementstatements of operations where reclassification adjustments were recognized and their associated tax impact.

(2)
In the fourth quarter of 2016, we changed the functional currency for our foreign entities to the U.S. dollar. The loss on foreign currency translation attributable to each foreign entity at the time of this change will remain in accumulated other comprehensive loss until the sale or substantial liquidation of the foreign entity.

11.

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10. Income Taxes

        The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Reform) was enacted on December 22, 2017 and has multiple provisions that impact our tax expense. The significant impacts of Tax Reform include a reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, a requirement for companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, additional limitations on deductions for executive compensation, the opportunity to fully expense (take 100 percent bonus depreciation) qualified property, reduction of the Orphan Drug Credit, repeal of the Section 199 deduction for domestic manufacturing activities, and creation of new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings.

        On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of Tax Reform. As a result of changes under Tax Reform, we have recognized a provisional amount of $71.0 million of additional tax expense in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. The additional tax expense is primarily due to the revaluing of our ending net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2017 because of the reduction in the U.S. corporate income tax rate under Tax Reform. While we have substantially completed our provisional analysis of the income tax effects of Tax Reform, and recorded a reasonable estimate of such effects, the ultimate impact may differ from these provisional amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, further refinement of our calculations, additional analysis, changes in assumptions, and actions we may take as a result of Tax Reform.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

11. Income Taxes (Continued)

        While Tax Reform provides for a modified territorial tax system beginning in 2018, it also includes a new U.S. tax base erosion provision, the tax on global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI). Beginning in 2018, the GILTI provision of Tax Reform will require us to include in our U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary's tangible assets in our U.S. income tax return beginning in 2018. We have elected to account for the GILTI tax in the period in which it is incurred, and do not expect any significant impacts from this tax.

        We previously asserted that all undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries are permanently reinvested, and we have therefore not provided for U.S. deferred taxes on unremitted earnings. As required by Tax Reform, we are subject to a one-time transition tax of $1.8 million on our unremitted foreign earnings. After payment of the transition tax, our foreign earnings will have been taxed by the United States, and we do not anticipate any other material taxes on our undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries upon a future repatriation. Due to this change in facts, we conclude that our undistributed foreign earnings are no longer permanently reinvested.

Components of income tax expense (benefit) consist of the following (in millions):

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Current:   
Federal$228.3 $112.3 $114.6 
State45.8 24.6 20.0 
Total current274.1 136.9 134.6 
Deferred   
Federal(44.8)(10.1)1.6 
State(6.0)(8.7)(12.1)
Total deferred(50.8)(18.8)(10.5)
Total income tax expense$223.3 $118.1 $124.1 
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Current:

          

Federal

 $261.3 $311.9 $351.2 

State

  23.9  24.1  37.0 

Total current

  285.2  336.0  388.2 

Deferred

          

Federal

  67.2  8.3  (2.7)

State

  (0.8) 2.2  7.3 

Total deferred

  66.4  10.5  4.6 

Total income tax expense

 $351.6 $346.5 $392.8 

Presented below is a reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the statutory federal tax rate of 21 percent in 2022, 2021, and 2020 to income tax expense as reported (in millions):

 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Federal taxes at the statutory rate$199.6 $124.7 $134.2 
State taxes, net of federal benefit28.4 14.6 7.0 
General business credits(18.0)(11.5)(24.0)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation(15.1)(3.6)(1.4)
Uncertain tax positions11.8 (1.0)4.8 
Nondeductible compensation9.2 11.8 11.5 
Change in valuation allowance10.9 (18.7)(3.1)
Other(3.5)1.8 (4.9)
Total income tax expense$223.3 $118.1 $124.1 
Effective tax rate23 %20 %19 %
 
 Year Ended December 31, 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Federal taxes at 35 percent

 $269.2 $371.1 $365.5 

Tax reform

  71.0     

Section 199 deduction

  (22.8) (22.0) (21.8)

Nondeductible portion of DOJ settlement

  19.0     

Change in valuation allowance

  17.5  1.1   

General business credits

  (15.1) (10.5) (6.9)

State taxes, net of federal benefit

  14.2  17.1  28.7 

Impact of windfall tax benefits upon exercise of stock options

  (4.5)    

Nondeductible compensation expense

  1.8  (11.4) 29.3 

Other

  1.3  1.1  (2.0)

Total income tax expense

 $351.6 $346.5 $392.8 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

11. Income Taxes (Continued)


Components of the net deferred tax assets are as follows (in millions):

 As of December 31,
 20222021
Deferred tax assets:  
Intangible assets$168.2 $186.1 
Capitalized research and development90.3 — 
Share-based compensation64.2 73.4 
Basis differences in investments25.0 1.4 
Reserves and accrued liabilities20.7 18.3 
SERP9.9 10.9 
NOLs9.5 8.3 
Other3.3 5.0 
Total deferred tax assets391.1 303.4 
Less: Valuation allowance(22.4)(11.5)
Total net deferred tax assets368.7291.9
Deferred tax liabilities:  
Plant and equipment principally due to differences in depreciation(37.4)(28.2)
Other(3.6)(1.8)
Total deferred tax liabilities(41.0)(30.0)
Total deferred tax assets, net$327.7 $261.9 
 
 As of
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Deferred tax assets:

       

Intangible assets

 $24.6 $48.1 

Nonqualified stock options

  34.3  44.7 

SERP

  12.6  18.9 

STAP awards

  47.7  80.1 

Impairments

  11.6   

Other

  18.6  22.9 

Total deferred tax assets

  149.4  214.7 

Deferred tax liabilities:

       

Plant and equipment principally due to differences in depreciation

  (13.6) (23.5)

Other

  (5.5) (8.2)

Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance

  130.3  183.0 

Valuation allowance

  (16.9) (4.7)

Net deferred tax assets

 $113.4 $178.3 
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        Unrecognized tax benefits as




As of December 31, 20172022, we had gross federal, foreign, and 2016, were $0.5state net operating loss carryforwards of zero, $6.8 million, and included $0.3$140.0 million, of tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact our effective tax rate. We record interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense.respectively, which either expire at various dates beginning in 2030 or have no expiration date. As of both December 31, 2017 and 2016,2022, we had state research credit carryforwards of $1.2 million. We expect that a significant amount of these carryforwards will expire unused, so we have not accrued any interest expense relating to uncertainestablished valuation allowances for the related deferred tax positions. It is reasonably possible that this position will be effectively settled during the next twelve months, at which time some or all of the benefit may be recognized. We are unaware of any additional positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.

assets.

We are subject to federal and state taxation in the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. We are no longer subject to income tax examinations by the Internal Revenue Service and substantially all other major jurisdictions for tax years prior to 2011. At2014.
As of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2021, we had a gross federal net operating loss carryforward of $1.0$15.1 million which is fully reserved with a valuation allowance. We had approximately $54.3and $3.6 million of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, that would impact our effective tax rate if recognized. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits relating to our tax positions is subject to change based on future events including, but not limited to, the settlements of ongoing tax audits and assessments and the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations. Given the uncertainty of these future events, it is reasonably possible that the balance of unrecognized tax benefits could change significantly over the next 12 months. However, due to the number of years remaining that are subject to examination, we are unable to estimate the full range of possible adjustments to the balance of gross state net operating loss carryforwards which will expire at various dates betweenunrecognized tax benefits.
The following table represents a reconciliation of the total unrecognized tax benefit liability, excluding interest and penalties, for the years 2029ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2037. 2020 (in millions):
 Year Ended December 31,
 202220212020
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of the period$3.6 $4.5 $— 
Gross decreases related to prior period tax positions— (0.1)— 
Gross increases related to prior period tax positions10.3 — 3.8 
Gross increases related to current period tax positions1.3 0.7 0.7 
Gross decreases as a result of settlements during the current period— (1.5)— 
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of the period$15.2 $3.6 $4.5 
We expect that these carryforwards will expire unused, sorecord interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our liability for unrecognized tax benefits included approximately $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for the relatedaccrual of interest and penalties. As of December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we recorded approximately a $0.4 million expense, $0.1 million benefit, and $0.3 million expense, respectively, for the accrual of interest and penalties in our consolidated statement of operations.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the option to deduct research and development expenditures in the period incurred beginning in 2022 and requires amortization over five or fifteen years. This change increased our cash paid for income taxes for 2022 and our deferred tax asset has been reserved withassets as of December 31, 2022.
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Notesthe IRA to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

12.have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, including our effective tax rate.

11. Employee Benefit Plans

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

We maintain the United Therapeutics Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)(SERP) to provide retirement benefits to certain senior members of our management team.

Participants who retire at age 60 or older are eligible to receive either monthly payments or a lump sum payment based on an average of their total gross base salary over the last 36 months of active employment, subject to certain adjustments. Related benefit payments commence on the first day of the sixthsixth month after retirement. Participants who elect to receive monthly payments will continue to receive payments through the remainder of their life. Alternatively, participants who elect to receive a lump sum distribution will receive a payment equal to the present value of the estimated monthly payments that would have been received upon retirement. As of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, all SERP participants had elected to receive a lump sum distribution. Participants who terminate employment for any reason other than death, disability, or change in control prior to age 60 will not be entitled to receive any benefits under the SERP.

        We recognize the unfunded balance of the SERP as a liability on our consolidated balance sheets. Since

Because we do not fund the SERP, thewe recognize a liability is equal to the projected benefit obligation as measured at the end of each fiscal year. Expenses related to the SERP are reported under the captions, "Research and development" and "Selling, general and administrative" within "Operating expenses" on the consolidated statements of operations.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the projected benefit obligation is presented below (in millions):

 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of the year

 $49.5 $54.8 

Service cost

  2.2  2.7 

Interest cost

  1.6  1.5 

Plan amendments

    2.0 

Actuarial loss (gain)(1)

  2.6  (11.5)

Projected benefit obligation at the end of the year

 $55.9 $49.5 

Fair value of plan assets at the end of the year

     

Unfunded at end of the year

 $55.9 $49.5 

Amount included in Other current liabilities(2)

 $16.4 $15.2 

 Year Ended December 31,
 20222021
Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of the year$67.1 $68.6 
Service cost3.1 3.4 
Interest cost1.2 0.9 
Benefits paid(0.2)— 
Net actuarial gain(19.7)(5.8)
Projected benefit obligation at the end of the year$51.5 $67.1 
Amount included in Other current liabilities(1)
$19.5 $18.2 
Amount included in Other non-current liabilities$32.0 $48.9 
(1)
During the second quarter of 2016, certain participants in the SERP departed before retirement age under the terms of the SERP. As a result, we remeasured the benefit obligation under the SERP and recorded a reduction to the benefit obligation of $11.3 million, an increase to "Actuarial (loss) gain arising during period, net of tax" within "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" of $7.1 million and a decrease to "Deferred tax assets, net" of $4.2 million.

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12. Employee Benefit Plans (Continued)

(2)
TheThis amount included under the caption "Other current liabilities" on our consolidated balance sheets represents the benefit obligation due to participants who are eligible to retire and whose benefit payments could commence within one year of the respective balance sheet date.

        The accumulated benefit obligation, a measure that does not consider future increases in participants' salaries, was $44.8 million and $37.5 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

        Future estimated benefit payments, based on current assumptions, including election of lump-sum distributions and expected future service, are as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
  
 

2018

 $16.4 

2019

  5.8 

2020

   

2021

   

2021

   

Thereafter

  71.0 

Total

 $93.2 

The following weighted-averageweighted average assumptions were used to measure the SERP obligation:

Year Ended December 31,
20222021
Discount rate4.95 %2.05 %
Salary increases4.00 %4.00 %
Lump-sum interest rate5.00 %2.75 %
 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 

Discount Rate

  3.36% 3.67%

Salary Increases

  4.00% 4.00%

The increases in the discount rate and lump-sum interest rate for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, resulted in a decrease in the projected benefit obligation of $4.4 million and $13.4 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022.
The components of net periodic pension cost recognized onin our consolidated statements of operations consisted of the following (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
202220212020
Service cost$3.1 $3.4 $2.8 
Interest cost1.2 0.9 1.3 
Amortization of prior service cost0.7 0.7 1.3 
Total$5.0 $5.0 $5.4 
 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Service cost

 $2.2 $2.7 $3.5 

Interest cost

  1.6  1.5  1.8 

Amortization of prior service cost

  1.5  1.4  1.2 

Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss

  (0.6) (0.4) 0.2 

Total

 $4.7 $5.2 $6.7 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

12. Employee Benefit Plans (Continued)

        Reclassification adjustments related toThe service cost component is reported within operating expenses and the SERP from accumulated other comprehensive loss to thecomponents are reported in other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations by line item and the tax impact of these reclassifications is presented below (in millions):

operations.
Components Reclassified from Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss(1)
 As of
December 31, 2017
 As of
December 31, 2016
 

Amortization of prior service cost:

       

Research and development

 $0.2 $0.3 

Selling, general and administrative

  1.3  1.1 

Total

  1.5  1.4 

Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss:

       

Research and development

  (0.1) (0.1)

Selling, general and administrative

  (0.5) (0.3)

Total

  (0.6) (0.4)

Total amortization of prior service cost and net actuarial (gain) loss

  0.9  1.0 

Tax benefit

  (0.3) (0.4)

Total, net of tax

 $0.6 $0.6 

(1)
Refer to Note 10—Stockholders' EquityAccumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.

Amounts relatingrelated to the SERP that have been recognized in other comprehensive (loss) income are as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
202220212020
Net actuarial gain (loss)$19.7 $5.8 $(8.4)
Prior service cost0.7 0.7 1.3 
Total recognized in other comprehensive (loss) income20.4 6.5 (7.1)
Tax (expense) benefit(1.1)(0.3)0.4 
Total, net of tax$19.3 $6.2 $(6.7)
 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Net unrecognized actuarial (loss) gain

 $(3.2)$11.0 $1.6 

Net unrecognized prior service cost (benefit)

  1.5  (0.6) 1.2 

Total

  (1.7) 10.4  2.8 

Tax expense (benefit)

  0.6  (3.8) (1.2)

Total, net of tax

 $(1.1)$6.6 $1.6 

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12. Employee Benefit Plans (Continued)




The table below presents amounts relatingrelated to the SERP included in accumulated other comprehensive loss that have not yet been recognized as a component of net periodic pension cost onin our consolidated statements of operations (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
202220212020
Net actuarial (gain) loss$(21.7)$(2.0)$3.8 
Prior service cost0.6 1.3 2.0 
Total included in accumulated other comprehensive loss(21.1)(0.7)5.8 
Tax expense2.3 1.2 0.9 
Total, net of tax$(18.8)$0.5 $6.7 
 
 Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
 2017 2016 2015 

Net unrecognized actuarial (gain) loss

 $(6.6)$(9.8)$1.2 

Net unrecognized prior service cost

  6.2  7.7  7.1 

Total

  (0.4) (2.1) 8.3 

Tax expense (benefit)

  0.2  0.8  (3.0)

Total, net of tax

 $(0.2)$(1.3)$5.3 

        Estimated amounts includedThe accumulated benefit obligation, a measure that does not consider future increases in accumulated other comprehensive lossparticipants’ salaries, was $47.0 million and $59.1 million as of December 31, 2017, that2022 and 2021, respectively.

Future estimated benefit payments, based on current assumptions, including election of lump-sum distributions and expected future service, are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic pension cost on our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018, comprise the followingfollows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 
2023$19.5 
202412.8 
20255.3 
2026— 
2027— 
Thereafter30.1 
Total$67.7 

Amortization of prior service cost

 $1.5 

Amortization of net actuarial gain

  (0.1)

Total

 $1.4 

    Employee Retirement Plan

We maintain a Section 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan which is open to all eligible full-time employees. Under the 401(k) Plan, eligible employees can make pre-tax or after-tax contributions up to statutory limits. Currently, we make discretionary matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan equal to 40 percent of a participant'sparticipant’s elected salary deferral. Matching contributions vest immediately for participants who have been employed for three years;three-years; otherwise, matching contributions vest annually, in one-third increments over a three-year period until the three-year employment requirement has been met.

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12. Commitments and Contingencies

    Operating

Leases

We lease facilities and equipment under operating lease arrangements that have terms expiring at various dates through 2023.2032. Certain lease arrangements include renewal options and escalation clauses. In addition, various lease agreements to which we are party require that we comply with certain customary covenants throughout the term of these leases. If we are unable to comply with these covenants and cannot reach a satisfactory resolution in the event of noncompliance, these agreements could terminate.


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Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2017,2022, are as follows (in millions):

Year Ending December 31, 
2023$3.9 
20243.5 
20253.5 
20263.5 
20273.6 
Thereafter13.7 
Total$31.7 
Year Ending December 31,
  
 

2018

 $3.4 

2019

  0.9 

2020

  0.7 

2021

  0.6 

2022

  0.7 

Thereafter

  0.4 

Total

 $6.7 

Total rentoperating lease expense was $4.8 million, $4.4$3.6 million, and $3.8$3.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015,2020, respectively.

    The amounts recorded in operating lease expense include short-term leases, which are immaterial.

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In August 2021, we entered into a commercial supply agreement (Supply Agreement) with MannKind Corporation (MannKind), which was later amended in October 2021. Pursuant to the Supply Agreement, MannKind is responsible for manufacturing and supplying Tyvaso DPI to us on a cost-plus basis. Unless earlier terminated, the initial term of the Supply Agreement continues until December 31, 2031 and will thereafter be renewed automatically for additional, successive two-year terms unless either party provides notice of non-renewal. We determined that the Supply Agreement contains certain lease components and have elected the expedient to combine lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. All payment obligations under the Supply Agreement are variable in nature and we incurred costs of $51.2 million and $9.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
In September 2022, we entered into an agreement (Lease Agreement) to lease the entirety of a building. The Lease Agreement modified and replaced several of our pre-existing leases of portions of the same building, and has an initial term expiring in July 2027, with five renewal options of five years each, exercisable in our sole discretion. As a result, we remeasured the lease liability at our incremental borrowing rate, using a lease term that assumed we exercise one renewal option, due to our financing of significant leasehold improvements necessary for the research and development activities being performed at this location. Upon remeasurement, we determined that the lease remains an operating lease. As of December 31, 2022, our consolidated balance sheets included a right-of-use asset of $12.0 million and lease liability for the building of $12.1 million. Leasehold improvements were not significant as of December 31, 2022.
Milestone Payments

and Royalty Obligations

We are party to certain license agreements as described in theAssignment and License Agreements section below and acquisition agreements.pursuant to which we have in-licensed or acquired intellectual property rights covering our commercial and/or development-stage products. Generally, these agreements require that we make milestone payments in cash upon the achievement of certain product development and commercialization goals and payments of royalties upon commercial sales.

    Assignment and License Agreements

    Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

        In 2006, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Supernus) for the use The following table outlines our financial obligations under certain of certain technologies developed by Supernus in our Orenitram tablet. Under this agreement, we paid Supernus certain amounts upon the achievement of specified milestones based on the development and commercial launch of Orenitram for PAH, and we would be obligated to make additional milestone payments if we develop Orenitram for a second indication. Additionally, we pay a single digit royalty under this agreement, based on net product sales of Orenitram. Royalties will be paid for approximately twelve years commencing with the first commercial sale, which occurred in the second quarter of 2014.

    Eli Lilly and Company

        In 2008, we acquired from Lilly exclusive rights to develop, market, promote and commercialize Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States. In exchange for these license rights, we agreed to pay Lilly, among other fees, royalties of five percent of our net product sales of Adcirca as a pass through of Lilly's third-party royalty obligations for as long as Lilly is required to make such royalty payments. Pursuant to the terms of our license arrangement, Lilly manufactures Adcirca for us and distributes Adcirca via its wholesaler network in the same manner that it distributes its own pharmaceutical products. We purchase Adcirca from Lilly at a fixed manufacturing cost, which is adjusted by Lilly from time to time. In addition, at Lilly's discretion the license agreement may be terminated in the event that we undergo a change in control.

agreements:

CounterpartyRelevant ProductOur Financial Obligation
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.OrenitramSingle-digit royalty on net product sales of Orenitram, through the fourth quarter of 2026
LillyAdcircaTen percent royalty on net sales, plus milestone payments of $325,000 for each $1,000,000 in net product sales
The Scripps Research InstituteUnituxinOne percent royalty on net product sales of Unituxin
DEKA Research & Development Corp.Remunity PumpProduct fees and single-digit royalty on net product sales of the Remunity Pump and on net sales of Remodulin for use with the system; reimbursement of DEKA’s development and manufacturing costs
MannKind CorporationTyvaso DPILow double-digit royalty on net product sales of Tyvaso DPI and up to $50.0 million in developmental milestone payments (all of which have already been paid)
Arena (now owned by Pfizer)RalinepagLow double-digit, tiered royalty on net product sales of ralinepag (any route of administration); a one-time payment of $250.0 million upon FDA approval of an inhaled formulation of ralinepag to treat PAH; and a one-time payment of $150.0 million upon approval in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions of an oral version of ralinepag to treat any indication

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        In May 2017, we amended our license agreement with Lilly relating to Adcirca, in order to clarify and extend the term of the agreement and to amend the economic terms of the agreement following a patent expiry in November 2017. As a result of this amendment, beginning December 1, 2017, our royalty rate on net product sales of Adcirca increased from five percent to ten percent and we are required to make milestone payments to Lilly equal to $325,000 for each $1,000,000 in net product sales. As amended, the term of the agreement expires on the latest to occur of (1) expiration, lapse, cancellation, abandonment or invalidation of the last claim to expire within a Lilly patent covering the commercialization of Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States; (2) expiration of any government-conferred exclusivity rights to use Adcirca for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the United States; or (3) December 31, 2020.

    The Scripps Research Institute

        Under a non-exclusive license agreement with The Scripps Research Institute, we pay a royalty of one percent of Unituxin's net sales.

    Toray Industries, Inc.

        In 2000, we entered into a license agreement with Toray to obtain exclusive rights to develop and market beraprost, a chemically stable oral prostacyclin analogue, in a sustained release formulation in the United States and Canada for the treatment of all cardiovascular indications. In 2007, we amended the agreement to expand our rights to commercialize modified release formulations of beraprost, which include esuberaprost. As part of the 2007 amendment, we issued 200,000 shares of our common stock (which have since split into 400,000 shares) to Toray with certain put rights. These put rights provide Toray the ability to request at its discretion that we repurchase these shares at a price of $27.21 per share upon 30 days' prior written notice. Accordingly, we classified the value of the shares within temporary equity on our consolidated balance sheets. In the event that Toray requests that we repurchase these shares, we will reclassify the repurchase value of the stock as a liability until settlement. The 2007 amendment also provided for certain milestone payments during the development period and upon receipt of regulatory approval in the United States or the European Union.

        In 2011, we amended our license agreement with Toray. The amendment did not materially change the terms of our license agreement, except for a reduction in royalty rates in exchange for a total of $50.0 million in equal, non-refundable payments to Toray over the five-year period ending in 2015. As of December 31, 2015, we have fulfilled this obligation to Toray. In March 2017, we amended our license agreement with Toray to further reduce the royalty rate to single digits in exchange for contingent milestone payments in the event that we do not achieve certain clinical and regulatory events by certain dates.

    Medtronic Inc.

        In 2009, we entered into an agreement with Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) providing us exclusive rights in the United States and certain other countries to develop Medtronic's proprietary intravascular infusion catheter to be used with its SynchroMed® II implantable infusion pump and related infusion system components (together referred to as the Implantable System for Remodulin) in order to deliver Remodulin for the treatment of PAH. If this development program is successful, our agreement provides that, upon commercialization, we will purchase infusion pumps and supplies from Medtronic


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and will also pay a ten percent royalty to Medtronic based on net product sales of Remodulin for use in the Implantable System for Remodulin within the exclusive territories, subject to certain adjustments specified in the agreement. The Implantable System for Remodulin will be exclusive to Remodulin so long as we purchase a minimum percentage of our annual requirement for implantable pump systems from Medtronic. We will be solely responsible for all marketing and promotion of the Implantable System for Remodulin for the treatment of PAH in the exclusive territories.

    DEKA Research & Development Corp.

        In 2014, we entered into an exclusive agreement with DEKA Research & Development Corp. (DEKA) to develop a pre-filled, semi-disposable system for subcutaneous delivery of Remodulin. Under the terms of the agreement, we will fund the development costs related to the semi-disposable system and will pay product fees and a single-digit royalty to DEKA based on commercial sales of the system and the Remodulin sold for use with the system.

    Other

        We are party to various other license agreements relating to therapies under development. These license agreements require us to make payments based on a percentage of sales, if we are successful in commercially developing these therapies, and may require other payments upon the achievement of certain milestones.

14. Segment Information

We currently operate as one operating segment with a focus on the development and commercialization of products to address the unmet needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening conditions. Our Chief Executive Officer, as our chief operating decision maker, manages and allocates resources to the operations of our company on a consolidated basis. This enables our Chief Executive Officer to assess theour overall level of available resources available and determine how best to best deploy these resources across functions, therapeutic areas, and research and development projects that are in line with our long-term company-wide strategic goals.


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Total revenues, cost of product sales, and gross profit for each of our commercial products and other were as follows (in millions):

 
 Remodulin Tyvaso Adcirca Orenitram Unituxin Total 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

                   

Net product sales

 $670.9 $372.9 $419.7 $185.8 $76.0 $1,725.3 

Cost of product sales

  15.9  18.5  43.1  15.3  12.9  105.7 

Gross profit

 $655.0 $354.4 $376.6 $170.5 $63.1 $1,619.6 

Year Ended December 31, 2016

                   

Net product sales

 $602.3 $404.6 $372.2 $157.2 $62.5 $1,598.8 

Cost of product sales

  10.5  19.6  21.4  13.7  7.5  72.7 

Gross profit

 $591.8 $385.0 $350.8 $143.5 $55.0 $1,526.1 

Year Ended December 31, 2015(1)

                   

Net product sales

 $572.8 $470.1 $278.8 $118.4 $20.5 $1,460.6 

Cost of product sales

  12.4  23.9  16.5  12.5  3.7  69.0 

Gross profit

 $560.4 $446.2 $262.3 $105.9 $16.8 $1,391.6 

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Tyvaso(1)
Remodulin(2)
OrenitramUnituxinAdcircaOtherTotal
Total revenues$873.0 $500.2 $325.1 $182.9 $41.3 $13.8 $1,936.3 
Cost of sales53.5 34.0 22.4 13.1 17.8 10.8 151.6 
Gross profit$819.5 $466.2 $302.7 $169.8 $23.5 $3.0 $1,784.7 
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Total revenues$607.5 $513.7 $306.1 $202.3 $55.9 $— $1,685.5 
Cost of sales26.8 37.9 19.7 14.2 23.9 — 122.5 
Gross profit$580.7 $475.8 $286.4 $188.1 $32.0 $— $1,563.0 
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Total revenues$483.3 $516.7 $293.1 $122.9 $67.3 $— $1,483.3 
Cost of sales24.5 23.2 18.7 12.6 29.1 — 108.1 
Gross profit$458.8 $493.5 $274.4 $110.3 $38.2 $— $1,375.2 
(1)
We commencedTotal revenues and cost of sales include both the drug product and the respective inhalation devices for both Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI.
(2)Total revenues and cost of sales include sales of Unituxin duringinfusion devices, such as the third quarter of 2015.Remunity Pump.

Geographic revenues are determined based on the country in which our customers (distributors) are located. Total revenues from external customers by geographic area are as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2015 

United States

 $1,536.8 $1,461.9 $1,353.0 

Rest-of-World(1)

  188.5  136.9  112.8 

Total(2)

 $1,725.3 $1,598.8 $1,465.8 

Year Ended December 31,202220212020
United States$1,814.1 $1,564.2 $1,412.1 
Rest-of-World122.2 121.3 71.2 
Total$1,936.3 $1,685.5 $1,483.3 
(1)
Primarily Europe.

(2)
Total includes other revenue of $5.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

We recorded revenue from two specialty pharmaceuticalthree distributors comprising 46 percent and 15in the United States that exceeded ten percent of total revenues in 2017, 50 percent and 14 percentrevenues. Revenue from these three distributors as a percentage of total revenues in 2016, and 55 percent and 16 percent of total revenues in 2015, respectively. All of our revenues for Adcirca are distributed through Lilly's pharmaceutical wholesaler network.

is as follows:

Year Ended December 31,202220212020
Distributor 151 %50 %55 %
Distributor 232 %29 %28 %
Distributor 3%11 %%
Long-lived assets, (property, plantincluding PP&E and equipment)right-of-use assets, located by geographic area are as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,202220212020
United States$871.1 $768.1 $717.3 
Rest-of-World12.6 12.8 14.3 
Total$883.7 $780.9 $731.6 
14. Litigation
Sandoz Antitrust Litigation
On April 16, 2019, Sandoz Inc. (Sandoz) and its marketing partner RareGen, LLC (now known as Liquidia PAH, LLC, a subsidiary of Liquidia Corporation) (RareGen), filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against us and Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Medical), alleging that we and Smiths Medical engaged in anticompetitive conduct in connection with plaintiffs’ efforts to launch their generic version of Remodulin. In particular, the complaint alleged that we and Smiths Medical unlawfully impeded competition by entering into an agreement to produce CADD-MS®3 cartridges specifically for the delivery of subcutaneous Remodulin for our patients, without making these cartridges available for the delivery of Sandoz’s generic version of Remodulin. On March 30, 2020, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to add a count alleging that we breached our earlier patent settlement agreement with Sandoz by refusing to grant Sandoz access to cartridges purchased for our patients.
Smiths Medical was dismissed from the case in November 2020, based on a settlement resolving the disputes between the plaintiffs and Smiths Medical. As part of this settlement, Smiths Medical paid the plaintiffs $4.25 million, disclosed and made
Year Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2015 

United States

 $544.5 $481.1 $481.2 

Rest-of-World

  1.2  8.2  14.6 

Total

 $545.7 $489.3 $495.8 

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        Summarized quarterly financial informationany potential for eachtrebling of damages, punitive damages, and/or the award of attorneys’ fees. The court also denied plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief.

The court granted Sandoz’s motion for summary judgment with respect to Sandoz’s breach of contract claim. The issue of what, if any, damages Sandoz is entitled to based on the contract claim will proceed to trial. RareGen has no claim for breach of contract and, as a result, has no remaining claims in the litigation. The case will now proceed to trial with respect to damages under the breach of contract claim. The court has not yet set a date for trial. The parties will have the right to appeal the summary judgment decisions upon entry of final judgment following the trial.
We intend to continue to vigorously defend this litigation. Among other things, we believe that plaintiffs, who were on notice that Smiths Medical would discontinue the CADD MS-3 delivery system, failed to fulfill their duty to properly mitigate their exposure as a result of such discontinuation, thereby causing the alleged damages for which they are suing us. However, due to the uncertainty inherent in any litigation, we cannot guarantee that an adverse outcome will not result. Any litigation of this nature could involve substantial cost, and an adverse outcome could result in substantial monetary damages. We currently are not able to reasonably estimate a range of potential losses due to the number of variables that may affect the outcome of the years ended December 31,damages trial and any potential appeals, including potential damages amounts sought, the strength of our defenses, the variety of potential legal and factual determinations yet to be made by the court, the rulings that may be subject to appeal, and the inherent unpredictability of any outcome associated with these issues.
Litigation with Liquidia Technologies, Inc.
On March 30, 2020, Liquidia Technologies, Inc. (Liquidia) filed two petitions for inter partes review (IPR) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In its petitions, Liquidia sought to invalidate U.S. Patent Nos. 9,604,901 (the ’901 patent) and 9,593,066 (the ’066 patent), both of which relate to a method of making treprostinil, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram. These patents were issued in March 2017 and 2016 are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations publication, also known as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):

the Orange Book, for Tyvaso, Tyvaso DPI, Remodulin, and Orenitram. In October 2020, the PTAB declined to institute IPR proceedings on the ’066 patent because Liquidia failed to establish a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on any claim relating to the ’066 patent. The PTAB instituted IPR proceedings on the ’901 patent in October 2020 and issued a final written decision in October 2021. The final written decision found that Liquidia had proven the invalidity of seven of the claims of the ‘901 patent but failed to prove the invalidity of two other claims. The parties have each appealed portions of the final written decision adverse to them, and those appeals are pending. No cancellation of claims takes effect until resolution of any appeals.
In January 2020, Liquidia submitted an NDA to the FDA for approval of Yutrepia, a dry powder inhalation formulation of treprostinil, to treat PAH. This NDA was submitted under the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway with Tyvaso as the reference listed drug. In November 2021, the FDA granted tentative approval of Liquidia’s NDA.
 
 Quarter Ended 
 
 December 31,
2017
 September 30,
2017
 June 30,
2017
 March 31,
2017
 

Total revenues

 $464.7 $445.5 $444.6 $370.5 

Cost of product sales

  53.0  19.5  18.9  14.3 

Gross profit

  411.7  426.0  425.7  356.2 

Net income (loss)(1)

  19.0  276.3  (56.0) 178.6 

Net income (loss) per share—basic

 $0.44 $6.37 $(1.25)$4.01 

Net income (loss) per share—diluted

 $0.43 $6.27 $(1.25)$3.89 


 
 Quarter Ended 
 
 December 31,
2016
 September 30,
2016
 June 30,
2016
 March 31,
2016
 

Total revenues

 $409.0 $408.2 $412.6 $369.0 

Cost of product sales

  28.4  23.6  20.0  0.7 

Gross profit

  380.6  384.6  392.6  368.3 

Net income(2)

  110.3  161.8  206.1  235.5 

Net income per share—basic

 $2.61 $3.75 $4.65 $5.19 

Net income per share—diluted

 $2.43 $3.50 $4.39 $4.84 

(1)
Operating results for the quarters ended December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017, June 30, 2017 and March 31, 2017 included $66.2 million, $(24.1) million, $(9.4) million and $(15.6) million, net of tax, for STAP related share-based compensation expense (benefit), respectively.

(2)
Operating results for the quarters ended December 31, 2016, September 30, 2016, June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 included $64.2 million, $28.7 million, $(7.0) million and $(95.5) million, net of tax, for STAP related share-based compensation expense (benefit), respectively.

16. Litigation

    Watson Laboratories, Inc.

In June 2015,April 2020, we received a Paragraph IV certification notice letterCertification Notice Letter (Notice Letter) from Watson Laboratories, Inc. (Watson) indicating that Watson has submitted an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) to the FDA to market a generic version of Tyvaso. In its notice letter, Watson statesLiquidia, stating that it intends to market a generic version of TyvasoYutrepia before the expiration of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,521,212 and 6,756,033, each of which expiresall patents listed in November 2018; and U.S. Patent No. 8,497,393, which expires in December 2028. Watson's notice letterthe Orange Book for Tyvaso. The Notice Letter states that the ANDALiquidia’s NDA for Yutrepia contains a Paragraph IV certification alleging that these patents are not valid, not enforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of the proposed product described in Watson's ANDA submission. We responded to the Watson notice letter by filingYutrepia.

On June 4, 2020, we filed a lawsuit in July 2015 against Watson in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey allegingDelaware against Liquidia for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,521,212, 6,756,033,the ’901 patent and 8,497,393. Under the


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which expire in December 2028. We filed our lawsuit within 45 days of receipt of notice from Liquidia of its NDA filing. As a result, under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the FDA is automaticallywas precluded by regulation from approving Watson's ANDALiquidia’s NDA for up to 30 months from receipt of Watson's notice letter or until the issuanceresolution of a U.S. District Court decision that is adverse to us,the litigation, whichever occurs first. In September 2015, WatsonJuly 2020, Liquidia filed (1) a motion to dismiss some, but not all, counts of the complaint; (2) itsan answer to our complaint; and (3) certaincomplaint that included counterclaims against us. The District Court granted Watson's motion to dismiss certain counts of our complaint. In September 2015, we filed our answer to Watson's counterclaims. In June 2016, Watson sent us a second Paragraph IV certification notice letter addressing two newalleging, among other things, that the patents U.S. Patent Nos. 9,339,507 (the '507 patent) and 9,358,240 (the '240 patent), which expire in March and May 2028, respectively. In June 2016, we filed an amended complaint against Watson asserting these two additional patents. In June 2017, Watson filed petitions with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office forinter partes review (IPR), seeking to invalidate the '507 patent and '240 patent. On January 11, 2018, the PTAB issued decisions to institute IPR proceedings with respect to both patents.

        Trialat issue in the District Court on all of the asserted patents was scheduled to take place in September 2017. The parties, however, asked the District Court to stay the case until 14 days after the PTAB resolves Watson's IPR petitions either by declining to institute the IPRs or by issuing a final written decision on the merits. The District Court granted the request staying the case, and as such trial will not occur until sometime after the stay is lifted. The stay will not be lifted until there is a final written decision by the PTAB, which we would expect within a year of the IPR(s) being instituted.

        We intend to vigorously enforce our intellectual property rights relating to Tyvaso.

    Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc.

        In February 2016, we received a Paragraph IV certification notice letter (the First Actavis Notice Letter) from Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. (Actavis) indicating that Actavis has submitted an ANDA to the FDA to market a generic version of the 2.5 mg strength of Orenitram. The First Actavis Notice Letter states that Actavis intends to market a generic version of the 2.5 mg strength of Orenitram before the expiration of the following patents, all of which are listed in the Orange Book:

U.S. Patent No.
Expiration Date
8,252,839May 2024
9,050,311May 2024
7,544,713July 2024
7,417,070July 2026
8,497,393December 2028
8,747,897October 2029
8,410,169February 2030
8,349,892January 2031

        The First Actavis Notice Letter states that the ANDA contains a Paragraph IV certification alleging that these patentslitigation are not valid not enforceable, and/orand will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of Yutrepia.

In July 2020, the USPTO issued a new patent to us related to Tyvaso. The new patent, U.S. Patent No. 10,716,793 (the ’793 patent), expires in May 2027, and is listed in the Orange Book for Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI. In July 2020, we filed an amended complaint against Liquidia to include a claim for infringement of the ’793 patent. The ’793 patent relates to a method of administering treprostinil via inhalation and includes claims covering the dosing regimen used to administer Tyvaso and Tyvaso DPI. In December 2021, we filed a stipulation that the ’901 patent would not be infringed by Liquidia based on the court’s claim construction ruling.
Trial took place during March 2022, and the court issued its decision on August 31, 2022. The court found that Liquidia’s product would infringe the ’793 patent and that Liquidia had not proved that any claim of that patent is invalid. The court also determined that Liquidia had proved certain claims of the ’066 patent were invalid and that we had not proved Liquidia’s infringement of another ’066 patent claim. Accordingly, the court issued a final judgment that bars the FDA from approving Liquidia’s approved product until expiration of the ’793 patent in May 2027. The parties have appealed portions of the decision adverse to each of
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them, and those appeals are pending. Meanwhile, Liquidia filed a motion with the district court seeking to stay the portion of the judgment that bars the FDA from finally approving until expiration of the ’793 patent, and we opposed that motion. The court has not yet ruled on that motion.
In January 2021, Liquidia filed another petition for IPR with the PTAB. In its petition, Liquidia sought to invalidate the ’793 patent. In July 2022, the PTAB issued a final written decision finding all claims of the ’793 patent to be unpatentable. We filed a request for rehearing and for precedential opinion panel review. On October 26, 2022, the PTAB denied our precedential opinion panel review, but “determine[d] that the Board’s Final Written Decision did not address adequately whether the [references relied upon as the basis for canceling claims] qualify as prior art.” Thus, the PTAB directed the original panel “in its consideration on rehearing, to clearly identify whether the … references qualify as prior art.” The original panel issued its decision on our request for rehearing on February 2, 2023. The original panel agreed that it had overlooked our arguments and that its rationale for determining that certain references are prior art was erroneous. Nonetheless, the original panel determined the references qualify as prior art under a new rationale. Thus, the original panel maintained that the claims of this patent are not valid. We have until April 6, 2023 to appeal. All claims of this patent remain valid until any IPR appeals are exhausted.
Liquidia could obtain final FDA approval for its proposed product describedprior to May 2027 in Actavis' ANDA submission. We respondedtwo circumstances: (1) Liquidia could prevail on appeal, either from the district court judgment or IPRs, such that it is not found to infringe any valid claims of our patents; or (2) the First Actavis Notice Letter by filingdistrict court or appeals court could stay the order barring FDA approval during the pendency of its appeals.
In June 2021, we filed a lawsuit (the First Actavis Action) against Actavismotion in March 2016the patent case in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging infringement of each of the patents noted above and one additional patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,278,901 (the '901 patent),


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which expires in May 2024 and is also now listed in the Orange Book. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the FDA is automatically precluded from approving Actavis' ANDA with respect to the 2.5 mg strength of Orenitram for up to 30 months from receipt of Actavis' notice letter or until the issuance of a U.S. District Court decision that is adverse to us with respect to all of the eight patents listed in the table above, whichever occurs first. In June 2016, we filedfile an amended complaint adding trade secret misappropriation claims against Actavis, Actavis filed its answerLiquidia and counterclaims toa former Liquidia employee, Dr. Robert Roscigno. The court denied the motion based on a finding that amended complaint, andadding the additional claims would impact the case schedule. Thus, we filed those claims as a separate case against Liquidia and Robert Roscigno in North Carolina state court. Discovery is underway in that case.

We plan to vigorously enforce our answerintellectual property rights related to those counterclaims.

        In May 2016, we receivedTyvaso and Tyvaso DPI.

MSP Recovery Litigation
On July 27, 2020, MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC; MSPA Claims 1, LLC; and Series PMPI, a second Paragraph IV certification notice letter from Actavis (the Second Actavis Notice Letter) indicating that Actavis has amended its ANDA to include its generic versiondesignated series of the 0.25 mgMAO-MSO Recovery II, LLC filed a “Class Action Complaint” against Caring Voices Coalition, Inc. (CVC) and 1.0 mg strengths of Orenitram, in addition to the 2.5 mg strength identified in the First Actavis Notice Letter. We responded to the Second Actavis Notice Letter by filing an additional lawsuit against Actavis (the Second Actavis Action) in June 2016us in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging infringementMassachusetts. The complaint alleged that we violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act and various state laws by coordinating with CVC when making donations to a PAH fund so that those donations would go towards copayment obligations for Medicare patients taking drugs manufactured and marketed by us. Plaintiffs claim to have received assignments from various Medicare Advantage health plans and other insurance entities that allow them to bring this lawsuit on behalf of those entities to recover allegedly inflated amounts they paid for our drugs. In April 2021, the same patents asserted incourt granted our motion to transfer the First Actavis Action. The Second Actavis Action triggered an additional 30-month stay with respectcase to the 0.25 mg and 1.0 mg strengths. Specifically, the FDA is automatically precluded from approving Actavis' ANDA with respect to the 0.25 mg and 1.0 mg strengths of Orenitram for up to 30 months from receipt of the Second Actavis Notice Letter or until the issuance of a U.S. District Court decisionfor the Southern District of Florida.
In October 2021, we filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, seeking to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims in this litigation. On that is adversesame day, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint that includes state antitrust claims based on alleged facts similar to us with respectthose raised by Sandoz and RareGen in the matter described above. The amended complaint added MSP Recovery Claims Series 44, LLC as a plaintiff and Smiths Medical and CVC as defendants. As a result of the amended complaint, the court ruled that our motion for judgment on the pleadings was moot. In December 2021, we filed a motion to dismiss all of the nine patents noted above, whichever occurs first.

plaintiffs’ claims in the amended complaint, including the new antitrust claims. Smiths Medical also filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims against Smiths Medical. On September 23, 2022, the court dismissed all of the plaintiffs’ claims against us and Smiths Medical without prejudice.

On October 21, 2022, the plaintiffs filed a motion seeking clarification or reconsideration of the court’s order dismissing the complaint without prejudice and argued that the court should allow the plaintiffs an opportunity to amend. That same day, the plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint and attached a proposed second amended complaint. In addition to the claims previously asserted, the proposed second amended complaint adds federal antitrust claims and consumer protection claims under other states’ laws. The second amended complaint also names Accredo Health Group, CVS Health Corporation, Express Scripts, Inc., Express Scripts Holding Company, and the Adira Foundation as additional defendants. On October 27, 2022, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend, and denied as moot plaintiffs’ motion seeking clarification. On that same day, plaintiffs filed the second amended complaint. We filed a motion to reconsider the court’s decision to allow plaintiffs to amend their complaint, and that motion was denied. Our deadline to respond to the second amended complaint is March 3, 2023.
We intend to vigorously defend against Actavis in September 2016, alleging infringement of two patents that were not issuedthis lawsuit.
Litigation with Humana and listedUnited Healthcare
Humana Inc. and United Healthcare Services, Inc. filed separate lawsuits against us in the Orange BookU.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on December 13, 2022 and November 14, 2022, respectively. Each of these lawsuits includes allegations similar to those in the MSP Recovery matter discussed above concerning our charitable contributions to CVC. In particular, these lawsuits allege that our donations to a charitable organization that assisted patients with affording PAH treatments violated RICO and various state laws. Our deadline to respond to the lawsuits is March 3, 2023.
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We intend to vigorously defend against these lawsuits.
340B Program Litigation
We participate in the Public Health Service’s 340B drug pricing program (the 340B program), through which we sell our products at discounted prices to covered entities, including through pharmacies that have contracts with such covered entities (340B contract pharmacies). Increasing use of 340B contract pharmacies, coupled with a lack of oversight and transparency, has resulted in increased risks of 340B statutory violations related to the timediversion of 340B-purchased drugs to individuals who are not patients of the First340B covered entity, and Second Actavis Notice Letters, butto prohibited “duplicate discounts” when 340B-purchased drugs are now listed:also billed to Medicaid. In November 2020, we notified the U.S. Patent Nos. 9,393,203, which expires in April 2026,Health Resources and 9,422,223, which expires in May 2024.

        On February 15, 2018,Services Administration (HRSA) that we entered into a Settlement Agreementwould begin implementing narrowly-tailored 340B contract pharmacy policies with Actavis to settle all ongoing litigation between the parties concerning Actavis' ANDA for a generic versiongoal of Orenitram. Under the Settlement Agreement, we granted Actavis a non-exclusive license to manufacture and commercialize in the United States the generic version of Orenitram described in Actavis' ANDA filing beginning on June 15, 2027, although Actavis may be permitted to enter the market earlier under certain circumstances. The Settlement Agreement does not grant Actavis a license to manufacture a generic version of any other product, such as Tyvaso or Remodulin. The Settlement Agreement does not grant Actavis any rights other than those required to launch Actavis' generic version of Orenitram. The termsstemming abuses of the settlement agreement are substantially similar to340B program without upsetting the termsstatus quo or creating hardship for covered entities or their patients. At around the same time, a number of our settlement agreement with Sandoz and other generic companies relating to Remodulin.

manufacturers also announced their own policies aimed at stemming 340B program abuses.

In accordance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the parties have submitted the Settlement Agreement to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission andDecember 2020, the U.S. Department of JusticeHealth and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel issued a non-binding Advisory Opinion (the Advisory Opinion) concluding that, among other things, pharmaceutical manufacturers are obligated to sell their drugs at the 340B discounted price to an unlimited number of 340B contract pharmacies. In May 2021, HRSA sent a letter to us stating that our 340B contract pharmacy policies violated the 340B statute. HRSA also sent materially similar letters to five other pharmaceutical manufacturers. We responded to that letter by clarifying our policies and requesting additional information from HRSA. To date, HRSA has not responded.
The federal government’s pronouncements regarding the use of 340B contract pharmacies have triggered a variety of litigation. In one of those cases, the court concluded that the Advisory Opinion was “legally flawed,” and in response HHS withdrew the Advisory Opinion. Notwithstanding the withdrawal of the Advisory Opinion, HRSA has made clear that it is not withdrawing its May 2021 letter to us and the threat of enforcement action.
In June 2021, we commenced litigation against HRSA and HHS in the U.S. District Court for review. The parties are also taking certain procedural stepsthe District of Columbia seeking to dismissvindicate the First Actavis Action and Second Actavis Action with prejudice.

    SteadyMed Ltd.

        In October 2015, SteadyMed Ltd. (SteadyMed) filed an IPR petitionlawfulness of our 340B program contract pharmacy policies. Despite the litigation, in September 2021, HRSA sent to us, along with the PTAB seekingother manufacturers challenging HRSA’s 340B interpretation, letters stating that HRSA is referring “this issue to invalidate U.S. Patent No. 8,497,393 (the '393 Patent), which expiresthe HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)” for potential enforcement action. We have not received any communication from the OIG regarding our 340B contract pharmacy policy. Meanwhile, the parties submitted and fully briefed cross-motions for summary judgment, and the court heard oral argument on those motions, and also similar motions in December 2028a related case involving Novartis, in October 2021. In November 2021, the court granted our motion for summary judgment in part, and coversissued a methoddecision holding that the HRSA letters threatening enforcement action “contain legal reasoning that rests upon an erroneous reading of making treprostinil,Section 340B.” The court explained that “[t]he statute’s plain language, purpose, and structure do not prohibit drug manufacturers from attaching any conditions to the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram. The '393 Patent was also the subjectsales of now-settled litigation with generic companies relating to ANDAs to market generic versions of Remodulin, and remains the subject of our pending


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litigation with Watson, described above. In June 2017, SteadyMed submittedcovered drugs through contract pharmacies. Nor do they permit all conditions. Accordingly, any future enforcement action must rest on a new drug application (NDA) tostatutory provision, a new legislative rule, or a well-developed legal theory that Section 340B precludes the FDA seeking approval of a product called Trevyent®, which is a single-use, pre-filled pump intended to deliver a two-day supply of treprostinil subcutaneously using SteadyMed's PatchPump® technology. In August 2017, SteadyMed announced receipt of a refuse-to-file letter from the FDA relating to SteadyMed's NDA, requesting further information on certain device specificationsspecific conditions at issue here.”

HRSA and requiring performance testing as well as additional design verification and validation testing on the final, to-be-marketed Trevyent product.

        In March 2017, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision regarding SteadyMed's IPR, finding that all claims of the '393 patent are not patentable. In May 2017, weHSS appealed the PTAB's decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the FederalDistrict of Columbia Circuit in December 2021, and the appeal is pending. Oral argument took place on October 24, 2022, and the parties await the court’s decision.

Litigation involving other manufacturers is also moving forward in November 2017, the Federal Circuit issued its decision affirming the PTAB. On February 9, 2018, we filed a petition for certiorari seeking reviewparallel with our case, and some of the Federal Circuit decision bydecisions issued in those cases have reached different conclusions regarding HRSA’s and HHS’s interpretation of the United States Supreme Court. The '393 patent remains valid and enforceable until appeals have been exhausted. 340B statute than our case.
We intend to continue vigorously defending the '393 patent.

    Department of Justice Subpoena

defend our 340B program contract pharmacy policies.

15. Priority Review Voucher
In May 2016, we received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting documents regarding our support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to patients. Other companies received similar inquiries as part of a DOJ investigation regarding whether that support may violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal False Claims Act. On December 19, 2017,2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire a civil Settlement Agreementrare pediatric disease priority review voucher for $105.0 million. In January 2021, we closed the transaction and expensed the $105.0 million within research and development in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. We redeemed the voucher in connection with the DOJ and the Office of Inspector General (OIG)our submission of the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively the "United States Government"). The Settlement Agreement is neither an admission of facts nor liability, nor a concession by the United States Government that its contentions are not well-founded. Under the Settlement Agreement, we paid to the United States Government the sum of approximately $210.0 million. During the second quarter of 2017, we recorded a $210.0 million accrual relating to this matter. In connection with the civil settlement, we also entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the OIG, effective as of December 18, 2017, which requires us to maintain our corporate compliance program and to undertake a set of defined corporate integrity obligationsNDA for a period of five years, endingTyvaso DPI in December 2022.

April 2021.

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Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Years Ended December 31, 2017, 20162022, 2021, and 2015
2020
(In millions)

 Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets
 Balance at Beginning of YearAdditions Charged to ExpenseOther AdditionsDeductionsBalance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2022$11.5 $10.9 $— $— $22.4 
Year Ended December 31, 2021(1)
$35.5 $4.4 $— $(28.4)$11.5 
Year Ended December 31, 2020(2)
$36.6 $— $3.0 $(4.1)$35.5 
(1)Deductions relate primarily to changes in capital investments.
(2)Other Additions relate to changes in our investment in a foreign entity. Deductions relate primarily to changes in capital investments.
 Inventory Reserves
 Balance at Beginning of YearAdditions Charged to ExpenseDeductionsBalance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2022$15.7 $11.2 $(5.3)$21.6 
Year Ended December 31, 2021$16.8 $10.0 $(11.1)$15.7 
Year Ended December 31, 2020$20.9 $7.7 $(11.8)$16.8 
 
 Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets 
 
 Balance at
Beginning
of Year
 Additions
Charged to
Expense
 Deductions Balance at
End of Year
 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

 $4.7 $13.4 $(1.2)$16.9 

Year Ended December 31, 2016

 $3.4 $1.3 $ $4.7 

Year Ended December 31, 2015

 $3.0 $0.4 $ $3.4 
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 Inventory Reserves 
 
 Balance at
Beginning
of Year
 Additions
Charged to
Expense
 Deductions Balance at
End of Year
 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

 $17.5 $12.1 $(4.5)$25.1 

Year Ended December 31, 2016

 $12.1 $8.2 $(2.8)$17.5 

Year Ended December 31, 2015

 $10.5 $7.9 $(6.3)$12.1 

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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

ITEM

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

    Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with participation of our ChairmanChairperson and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 31, 2017.2022. Based on that evaluation, our ChairmanChairperson and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2017.

    Management's2022.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our internal control over financial reporting was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All internal controls over financial reporting, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. As a result of these inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those internal controls determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2022, based on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Management'sManagement’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of our internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Based on this assessment, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2017,2022, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.

Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting. The report of Ernst & Young LLP is contained inItem 8 of this Report.

Attestation of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting is set forth inItem 8 of this Report under the caption "Report“Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm"Firm” and incorporated herein by reference.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 20172022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

ITEM

Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Other Information

None.


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Not applicable.
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PART III

ITEM

Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

Information as to the individuals serving on our board of directors is set forth below under the headingBoard of Directors. Additional information required by Item 10 regarding nominees and directors appearing under Proposal No. 1:Election of Directors in our definitive proxy statement for our 20182023 annual meeting of shareholders currently scheduled for June 27, 201826, 2023 (the 20182023 Proxy Statement)Statement) is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Information regarding our executive officers appears inItem 1 of this Report under the headingInformation about our Executive Officers of the Registrant. Information regarding theour Audit Committee and theour Audit Committee'sCommittee’s financial expert appearing under the headingCommittees of our Board of Directors—Audit Committee in our 20182023 Proxy Statement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Information appearing under the headingDelinquent Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting ComplianceReports in our 20182023 Proxy Statement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

We have a written Code of Conduct and Business Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and our principal accounting officer and every other director, officer and employee of United Therapeutics. The Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is available on our Internet website athttp://ir.unither.com/corporate-governance. A copy of the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics will be provided free of charge by making a written request and mailing it to our corporate headquarters offices to the attention of the Investor Relations Department. If any amendment to, or a waiver from, a provision of the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics that applies to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer is made, we intend to post such information on our Internet website within four business days atwww.unither.com.


Board of Directors

Christopher Causey, M.B.A.

        Principal, Causey Consortium

Former Consultant and Healthcare Executive
Raymond Dwek, C.B.E., F.R.S.

Emeritus Director, of theOxford Glycobiology Institute, and Professor Emeritus,Oxford University of Oxford

Richard Giltner

        Private Investor

Former Portfolio Manager at Lyxor Asset Management, an asset management group at Société Générale, S.A.
Katherine Klein, Ph.D.

        Vice-Dean and

Professor of Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Ray Kurzweil

Principal Researcher and AI Visionary, Google Inc.
Linda Maxwell, M.D., M.B.A.
Head and Neck Surgeon; Founding Executive Director, the Biomedical Zone (Canada)
Nilda Mesa, J.D.
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; Former Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Engineering, Google Inc.

Sustainability

Judy D. Olian, Ph.D.

        Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management and John E. Anderson Chair in Management

President, Quinnipiac University
Christopher Patusky, J.D., M.G.A.

Founding Principal, Patusky Associates, LLC


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Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A.

        Chairman

Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of United Therapeutics

Louis Sullivan, M.D.

President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Tommy Thompson, J.D.

Former Governor of Wisconsin; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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ITEM

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Executive Compensation

Information concerning executive compensation required by Item 11 will appear under the headingsDirector Compensation,Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Summaryand Executive Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2017, Narratives to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table, Summary of Terms of Plan-Based Awards, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, Rabbi Trust, Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control, and Director CompensationData in our 20182023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information concerning the Compensation Committee required by Item 11 will appear under the headingCompensation Committee Report in our 20182023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock required by Item 12 will appear underBeneficial Ownership of Common Stock in our 20182023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table presents information as of December 31, 2017,2022, regarding our securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans:

Plan category
 Number of securities
to be issued
upon exercise
of outstanding
options (a)(2)
 Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding
options (b)(3)
 Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance
under equity compensation
plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a)) (c)(4)
 

Equity compensation plan approved by security holders(1)

  5,901,363 $119.61  5,362,968 

Total

  5,901,363 $119.61  5,362,968 

Plan category
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options and RSUs (a)(3)
Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options (b)(4)
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)(5)
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders(1)
7,444,885 $128.21 5,507,423 
Equity compensation plan not approved by security holders(2)
4,385 — 73,748 
Total7,449,270 $128.21 5,581,171 
(1)
All outstanding stock options were issued under our two equity incentive plans approved by security holders in 1999 (the 1999 Plan) and 2015 (the 2015 Plan). All2015. The majority of outstanding restricted stock units (RSUs)RSUs were issued under the 2015 Plan. In addition, our employees have outstanding rights to purchase our common stock at a discount as part of our ESPP. Information regarding these plans is containedESPP, which was approved by security holders in Note 9—Share-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements. Aside from stock options issued under the 1999 Plan, stock options and RSUs issued under the 2015 Plan, and shares issued under the ESPP, we do not have any outstanding stock options, warrants or rights that are outstanding or available for issuance as described in Regulation S-K Item 201(d).2011. No further awards will be issued under the 1999 Plan.
Information regarding these plans is contained in Note 8—Share-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements.

Table(2)We have one equity incentive plan, the 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, that has not been approved by our shareholders, as permitted by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. The 2019 Inducement Plan was approved by our Board of Contents

Directors in February 2019 and provides for the issuance of up to 99,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate under awards granted to newly-hired employees. Information regarding this plan is contained in Note 8—Share-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements.
(2)
(3)Column (a) includes 5,878,3236,608,019 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options issued under the 1999 and 2015 Plan and 23,040Plan; 836,866 shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding RSUs issued under the 2015 Plan; and 4,385 shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding RSUs issued under the 2019 Inducement Plan. The 2015 Plan usesand 2019 Inducement Plan use a share counting formula for determining the number of shares available for issuance under the plan.plans. In accordance with this formula, each option issued under the 2015 Plan counts as one share, while each RSU issued under the 2015 Plan and the 2019 Inducement Plan counts as 1.35 shares and 2.14 shares.shares, respectively. The number under column (a) represents the actual number of shares issuable under our outstanding awards without giving effect to the share counting formula. The number under column (c) represents the number of shares available for issuance under this plan based on each such available share counting as one share.

(3)
(4)Column (b) represents the weighted-averageweighted average exercise price of the outstanding stock options only. The outstanding RSUs are not included in this calculation because they do not have an exercise price.

(4)
(5)Column (c) includes 2,577,6272,540,942, 2,966,481, and 2,785,34173,748 of shares available for future issuance under the ESPP, the 2015 Plan, and ESPP,the 2019 Inducement Plan, respectively. Under the ESPP, employees may purchase shares based upon a 6-monthsix-month offering period at an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 85 percent of the closing market price of the Common Stock on the first day of the offering period,period; or (2) 85 percent of the closing market price of the Common Stock on the last day of the offering period. Refer to Note 98—Share-Based Compensation—Employee Stock Purchase PlanESPP for more information. The number under column (c) assumes that all 841,251 outstanding RSUs included in column (a) vest. Each RSU is only counted as one share in column (a) because only one share is issuable upon vesting. However, if any RSU does not vest, the number of shares available for future issuance will increase by 1.35 and 2.14, under the 2015 Plan and 2019 Inducement Plan, respectively, because of the share counting formula described in note (3) above.
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Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Information concerning related party transactions and director independence required by Item 13 will appear under the headingsOther Matters—Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions, Our Corporate Governance—Board of Directors Committees, Corporate Governance—and Nominees—Director Independence, and Our Corporate Governance—Board Structure—Committees of ourOur Board of Directors in our 20182023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Information required by Item 14 concerning the principal accounting fees paid by the Registrant and the Audit Committee'sCommittee’s pre-approval policies and procedures, will appear under the headingReport of the Audit Committee and Information on our Independent AuditorsMatters in our 20182023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


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ITEM

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

In reviewing the agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this Report, it is important to note that they are included to provide investors with information regarding their terms, and are not intended to provide any other factualfacts or disclosuredisclose any other information about United Therapeutics or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties made by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement, and: (1) should not be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating risk between the parties; (2) have in some cases been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; (3) may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be material to investors; and (4) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.

Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about United Therapeutics may be found elsewhere in this Report and our other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC'sSEC’s website athttp://www.sec.gov.

(a)(1)Our financial statements filed as part of this report on Form 10-K are set forth in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

(a)(2)


The Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts is filed as part of this Form 10-K. All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or not required, or because the required information is included in theour consolidated statements or notes thereto.

(a)(3)


Exhibits filed as a part of this Form 10-K are listed on the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Certain exhibits to this report have been included only with the copies of this report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of individual exhibits will be furnished to shareholders upon written request to United Therapeutics and payment of a reasonable fee (covering the expense of furnishing copies). Shareholders may request exhibit copies by contacting: United Therapeutics Corporation, Attn: Investor Relations, 1040 Spring Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Index
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4.13.3
Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2.
4.2
10.1
3.4Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 18, 2000.
4.1Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1,3.2,3.3 and3.4.
4.2First Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 3, 2008.
10.1
10.2**
10.2**
10.3**
10.3**
10.4**
10.4**
10.5**
10.5**
10.6**
10.6**
10.7**
10.7**
10.8**
10.8**
10.9**

Exhibit
No.
Description
10.9**Employment Agreement dated as of June 16, 2001 between the Registrant and Paul Mahon, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant'sRegistrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q10‑Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002.
10.10**
10.10**
10.11**
10.11**
10.12**
10.12**
10.13**
10.13**
10.14**
10.14**
10.15**
10.15**
10.16**
10.16**
10.17**
10.17**
10.18**
10.18**Form of terms and conditions for awards granted to Non-Employees by the Registrant under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 17, 2004.
10.19**
10.19
10.20
10.21**United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
10.22**First Amendment to the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2009.



Part IV
Exhibit No.Description
10.20**10.24**Form of terms and conditions for awards granted to non-employees by the Registrant under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
10.25**Form of terms and conditions for awards granted to employees by the Registrant prior to January 1, 2010, under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
10.26**Form of terms and conditions for awards granted to employees by the Registrant on or after January 1, 2010, under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.48 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
10.27**
10.21
10.28**Form of grant letter used by Registrant under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
10.29
10.22**
10.30**
10.23**
10.31**
10.24**
10.32**
10.25**
10.33**
10.26**
10.34**
10.27**

Exhibit
No.
Description
10.35**Form of terms and conditions for awards granted to non-employees by the Registrant on or after March 15, 2011 under the United Therapeutics Corporation Share Tracking Awards Plan or the United Therapeutics Corporation 2011 Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2011.
10.36**Form of grant letter used by Registrant under the United Therapeutics Corporation 2011 Share Tracking Awards Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant'sRegistrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K8‑K filed on March 18, 2011.
10.28**
10.37**
10.29**
10.38**
10.39**United Therapeutics CorporationAmended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant'sRegistrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2015.28, 2022.
10.30**
10.40**
10.31**
10.41**
10.32**
10.42**
10.33**
10.43**
10.34**
10.44**
10.35**
10.45***
10.46*License Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2008, by and between Eli Lilly and Company and the Registrant,Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of10.45 to the Registrant's CurrentRegistrant’s Annual Report on Form 8-K filed on10-K for the year ended December 24, 2008.31, 2017.
10.36**
10.37**
10.38**




Exhibit No.10.48Description
10.39**
10.40**
10.49
10.41*
10.50Second Amendment to Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, by and among Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Del Caribe, Inc. and the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.
10.51***†
10.42
10.4310.52
10.44****
10.45+
10.46+
10.47+
10.48+
10.49
10.50+
10.51
10.52
10.53*
10.53+
10.5410.54
10.55+
6410.55United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation


Part IV

Exhibit
No.
Description
32.1***Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleySarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
32.2***
101
***The following financial information from our Annual Report on Form 10-K10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017,2022, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2018,22, 2023, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)(iXBRL): (i)(1) our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016, (ii)2021, (2) our Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, (iii)2022, (3) our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, (iv)2022, (4) our Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, (v)2022, (5) our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017,2022, and (vi)(6) the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the iXBRL document)

+   Certain identified information has been omitted from this exhibit because it is both (1) not material and (2) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
*
Confidential treatment has been grantedrequested with respect to certain portions of this exhibit pursuant to Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or Rule 24b-224b‑2 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. The omitted portions of this document have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

**
Designates management contracts and compensation plans.

***
†   Filed herewith.

Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to certain portions of this exhibit pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. The omitted portions of this document have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note: Except as otherwise noted above, all exhibits incorporated by reference to the Registrant'sRegistrant’s previously filed reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission are filed under File No. 000-26301.

000‑26301.
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ITEM

Item 16. FORMForm 10-K SUMMARY

Summary

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SIGNATURES

Signatures
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, thereto duly authorized.

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
By:/s/ MARTINE ROTHBLATT
February 22, 2023
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

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By:


/s/ MARTINE A. ROTHBLATT

Martine A. Rothblatt, Ph.D.
February 21, 2018Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SignaturesTitleDate
/s/ MARTINE ROTHBLATTChairperson, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 22, 2023
Martine Rothblatt
/s/ JAMES C. EDGEMONDChief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
February 22, 2023
James C. Edgemond
/s/ CHRISTOPHER CAUSEYDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Christopher Causey
/s/ RAYMOND DWEKDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Raymond Dwek
/s/ RICHARD GILTNERDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Richard Giltner
/s/ KATHERINE KLEINDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Katherine Klein
/s/ RAYMOND KURZWEILDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Raymond Kurzweil
/s/ LINDA MAXWELLDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Linda Maxwell
/s/ NILDA MESADirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Nilda Mesa
/s/ JUDY D. OLIANDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Judy D. Olian
/s/ CHRISTOPHER PATUSKYDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Christopher Patusky
/s/ LOUIS W. SULLIVANDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Louis W. Sullivan
/s/ TOMMY G. THOMPSONDirectorFebruary 22, 2023
Tommy Thompson
Signatures
Title
Date





/s/ MARTINE A. ROTHBLATT

Martine A. Rothblatt2022 Annual Report
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 21, 2018

/s/ JAMES C. EDGEMOND

James C. Edgemond


Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)


February 21, 2018

/s/ CHRISTOPHER CAUSEY

Christopher Causey


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ RAYMOND DWEK

Raymond Dwek


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ RICHARD GILTNER

Richard Giltner


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ KATHERINE KLEIN

Katherine Klein


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ RAYMOND KURZWEIL

Raymond Kurzweil


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ JUDY D. OLIAN

Judy D. Olian


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ CHRISTOPHER PATUSKY

Christopher Patusky


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ LOUIS W. SULLIVAN

Louis W. Sullivan


Director


February 21, 2018

/s/ TOMMY G. THOMPSON

Tommy Thompson


Director


February 21, 201867