Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Nature of Operations |
XenoPort, Inc., or the Company, was incorporated in the state of Delaware on May 19, 1999. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of internally discovered product candidates for the potential treatment of neurological and other disorders. The Company is currently commercializing HORIZANT® (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets in the United States and developing its novel fumaric acid ester product candidate, XP23829, as a potential treatment for psoriasis and potentially for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, or MS. The Company’s other product candidates are: arbaclofen placarbil, or AP, which is licensed to Indivior PLC (formerly Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and XP21279. Effective June 2014, the Company granted to Indivior exclusive, world-wide rights to develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products containing AP and other prodrugs of baclofen or R-baclofen, or collectively, the AP Products, for all indications, subject to the Company’s right of first negotiation with Indivior to collaborate to develop and commercialize AP Products for non-addiction indications (See Note 2 for more information). XP21279 is a potential treatment for patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. The Company may develop it further, to the extent that its resources permit, or it may enter into collaboration, partnership, licensing and other similar forms of revenue-generating transactions with third-party business partners for such development. HORIZANT and the Company’s product candidates are prodrugs that are typically created by modifying the chemical structure of currently marketed drugs, referred to as parent drugs, and are designed to correct limitations in the oral absorption, distribution and/or metabolism of the parent drug. HORIZANT and each of the Company’s product candidates are orally-available, patented molecules that address potential markets with unmet medical needs. The Company’s facilities are located in Santa Clara, California. |
Basis of Preparation |
The accompanying financial statements as of March 31, 2015, and for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, are unaudited. These unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2015 and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or the Codification, is the single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015, or for any other interim period or any other future year. For more complete financial information, these financial statements, and the notes hereto, should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2015. |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (ASU 2014-09), which creates a single source of revenue guidance under GAAP for all companies in all industries. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that revenue should be recognized in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five-step process in order to achieve this core principle, which may require the use of judgment and estimates. ASU 2014-09 also requires expanded qualitative and quantitative disclosures relating to the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including significant judgments and estimates used. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, and early adoption is not permitted. The Company may adopt ASU 2014-09 either by way of a full retrospective approach for all periods presented in the period of adoption or a modified retrospective approach. On April 1, 2015, the FASB voted to propose a delay in the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09. The proposed new effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and the interim periods within that year and will allow early adoption for all entities as of the original effective date for public business entities, which was annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on its financial statements and has not yet determined which transition method it will apply. |
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In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (ASU 2014-15). This update is intended to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an organization’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 requires management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern by incorporating and expanding upon certain principles that are currently in U.S. auditing standards. Specifically, the amendments: (1) provide a definition of the term substantial doubt; (2) require an evaluation every reporting period including interim periods; (3) provide principles for considering the mitigating effect of management’s plans; (4) require certain disclosures when substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of consideration of management’s plans; (5) require an express statement and other disclosures when substantial doubt is not alleviated; and (6) require an assessment for a period of one year after the date that the financial statements are issued (or available to be issued). ASU 2014-15 will be effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2014-15 will be effective for the Company beginning with its annual report for fiscal 2016 and interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-15 will have on its financial statements. |
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. Debt issuance costs are specified incremental costs, other than those paid to the lender, that are directly attributable to issuing a debt instrument (i.e., third party costs). Prior to this standard, debt issuance costs were required to be presented in the balance sheet as a deferred charge (i.e., an asset). This presentation differed from the presentation for a debt discount, which is a direct adjustment to the carrying value of the debt (i.e., a contra liability). These different balance sheet presentation requirements created unnecessary complexity. This new standard requires that all costs incurred to issue debt be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the debt. This new standard does not affect the recognition and measurement of debt issuance costs. Therefore, the amortization of such costs should continue to be calculated using the interest method and reported as interest expense. ASU No. 2015-03 is effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company elected to early adopt this standard by having it be effective for the reporting period ending on March 31, 2015, and as such presented $550,000 of debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the Company’s convertible senior notes. |
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement. This update is intended to provide guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. This update will not change a customer’s accounting for service contracts. ASU No. 2015-05 is effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2015-05 will have on its financial statements. |