Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Fair Value of Financial Instruments We determine the fair value of financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities using the fair value hierarchy, which describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, as follows: Level 1 —Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 —Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and Level 3 —Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. We determine the fair value of Level 1 assets using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. We review trading activity and pricing for Level 2 investments as of each measurement date. Level 2 inputs, obtained from various third-party data providers, represent quoted prices for similar assets in active markets and were derived from observable market data, or, if not directly observable, were derived from or corroborated by other observable market data. In certain cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs to valuation, we classify securities as Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy. We do not have any assets or liabilities measured using Level 3 inputs as of September 30, 2016. The following table summarizes, for assets recorded at fair value, the respective fair values and the classifications by level of input within the fair value hierarchy defined above (in thousands): September 30, 2016 Basis of Fair Value Measurements Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets Money market funds $ 54,324 $ 54,324 $ — $ — U.S. Treasury securities 384,323 384,323 — — Total cash equivalents and marketable securities $ 438,647 $ 438,647 $ — $ — December 31, 2015 Basis of Fair Value Measurements Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets Money market funds $ 34,821 $ 34,821 $ — $ — U.S. Treasury securities 477,125 477,125 — — Total cash equivalents and marketable securities $ 511,946 $ 511,946 $ — $ — Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock We compute basic net loss per common share by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. We excluded the following options to purchase shares of common stock and restricted stock awards, or RSAs, from the calculation of diluted net loss per share for all periods presented as the effect would have been antidilutive (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Options to purchase common stock 3,100 2,833 2,815 2,670 RSAs 1,250 666 1,358 256 4,350 3,499 4,173 2,926 Recently Issued Accounting Standards In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 In March, April, and May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Principal versus Agent Considerations , ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing , and ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients to provide supplemental adoption guidance and clarification to ASU 2014-09. The effective date for these new standards is the same as the effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2014-09. We expect to adopt ASU 2014-09 in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 using the modified retrospective method. We are in the process of analyzing each of our collaboration agreements to determine the impact that the standards will have on our financial position and results of operations and expect to complete our assessment by the end of the fourth quarter of 2017. In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases. all annual and interim reporting periods thereafter. E In March 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting This standard makes several modifications to Topic 718 related to the accounting for forfeitures, employer tax withholding on share-based compensation and the financial statement presentation of excess tax benefits or deficiencies. ASU 2016-09 also clarifies the statement of cash flows presentation for certain components of share-based awards. The We are evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. |