Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2021, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for consolidated financial information including the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary after elimination of all significant intercompany accounts and transactions. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position and results of its operations, as of and for the periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2021. The information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes as of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, is unaudited. The December 31, 2020, condensed consolidated balance sheet included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures, including notes, required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 , are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, or any future period. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Accounting Standards Recently Issued In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, (“ASU 2020-06”). The new standard simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. The new guidance reduced the number of accounting models for convertible debt and convertible preferred stock instruments and made certain disclosure amendments intended to improve the information provided to users. The guidance also amended the derivative guidance for the “own stock” scope exception, which exempts qualifying instruments from being accounted for as derivatives if certain criteria are met. Finally, the standard changed the way certain convertible instruments are treated when calculating earnings per share. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years, and the interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2021, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-06 on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. Consolidation The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Flexion Therapeutics Securities Corporation. The Company has eliminated all intercompany transactions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, and the year ended December 31, 2020 . Revenue Recognition On October 6, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved ZILRETTA. The Company entered into a limited number of arrangements with specialty distributors and a specialty pharmacy in the U.S. to distribute ZILRETTA. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). Under Topic 606, an entity recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of Topic 606, the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to arrangements that meet the definition of a contract with a customer under Topic 606, including when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of Topic 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract, determines those that are performance obligations, and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied. Product Revenue, Net The Company primarily sells ZILRETTA to specialty distributors and a specialty pharmacy, who then subsequently resell ZILRETTA to physicians, clinics, and certain medical centers or hospitals. The Company also contracts directly with healthcare providers and intermediaries such as Group Purchasing Organizations (“GPOs”). In addition, the Company enters into arrangements with government payers that provide for government mandated rebates and chargebacks with respect to the purchase of ZILRETTA. The Company recognizes revenue on product sales when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time (upon delivery to the customer). The Company has determined that the delivery of ZILRETTA to its customers constitutes a single performance obligation. There are no other promises to deliver goods or services beyond what is specified in each accepted customer order. The Company has assessed the existence of a significant financing component in the agreements with its customers. The trade payment terms with customers do not exceed one year , and therefore the Company has elected to apply the practical expedient and no amount of consideration has been allocated as a financing component. Product revenues are recorded net of applicable reserves for variable consideration, including discounts and allowances. Transaction Price, including Variable Consideration Revenues from product sales are recorded at the net sales price (transaction price), which includes estimates of variable consideration for which reserves are established. Components of variable consideration include trade discounts and allowances, product returns, government chargebacks, discounts and rebates, and other incentives, such as voluntary patient assistance, and other fee-for-service amounts that are detailed within contracts between the Company and its customers relating to the Company’s sale of its products. These reserves, as detailed below, are based on the amounts earned, or to be claimed on the related sales, and are classified as reductions of accounts receivable (if the amount is payable to the customer) or a current liability (if the amount is payable to a party other than a customer). These estimates take into consideration a range of possible outcomes that are probability-weighted in accordance with the expected value method in Topic 606 for relevant factors such as current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, industry data, and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. Overall, these reserves reflect the Company’s best estimates of the amount of consideration to which it is entitled based on the terms of the respective underlying contracts. The amount of variable consideration that is included in the transaction price may be constrained and is included in the net sales price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized under the contract will not occur in a future period. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from the Company’s estimates. If actual results in the future vary from the Company’s original estimates, the Company will adjust these estimates, which would affect net product revenue and earnings in the period such variances become known. Service Fees and Allowances The Company compensates its customers and GPOs for sales order management, data, and distribution services. However, the Company has determined such services received to date are not distinct from the Company’s sale of products to the customer and, therefore, these payments have been recorded as a reduction of revenue within the statement of operations and comprehensive loss through June 30, 2021, as well as a reduction to trade receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Product Returns Consistent with industry practice, the Company generally offers customers a limited right of return for product that has been purchased from the Company based on the product’s expiration date. The Company estimates the amount of its product sales that may be returned by its customers and records this estimate as a reduction of revenue in the period the related product revenue is recognized, as well as within accrued expenses and other current liabilities, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company currently estimates product return liabilities using available industry data and its own sales information, including its visibility into the inventory remaining in the distribution channel. The Company has received an immaterial amount of returns to date and believes that future returns of ZILRETTA will be minimal. Chargebacks Chargebacks for fees and discounts to qualified government healthcare providers represent the estimated obligations resulting from contractual commitments to sell products to qualified VA hospitals and 340b entities at prices lower than the list prices charged to customers who directly purchase the product from the Company. The 340b Drug Discount Program is a U.S. federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to eligible health care organizations and covered entities at significantly reduced prices. Customers charge the Company for the difference between what they pay for the product and the statutory selling price to the qualified government entity. These reserves are established in the same period that the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and trade receivables, net. Chargeback amounts are generally determined at the time of resale to the qualified government healthcare provider by customers, and the Company generally issues credits for such amounts within a few weeks of the customer’s notification to the Company of the resale. Reserves for chargebacks consist of credits that the Company expects to issue for units that remain in the distribution channel inventories at each reporting period-end that the Company expects will be sold to qualified healthcare providers, and chargebacks that customers have claimed, but for which the Company has not yet issued a credit. Government Rebates The Company is subject to discount obligations under state Medicaid programs and Medicare. These reserves are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability that is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. For Medicare, the Company also estimates the number of patients in the prescription drug coverage gap for whom the Company will owe an additional liability under the Medicare Part D program. The Company estimates its exposure to utilization from the Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program to be immaterial. For Medicaid programs, the Company estimates the portion of sales attributed to Medicaid patients and records a liability for the rebates to be paid to the respective state Medicaid programs. The Company’s liability for these rebates consists of invoices received for claims from prior quarters that have not been paid or for which an invoice has not yet been received, estimates of claims for the current quarter, and estimated future claims that will be made for product that has been recognized as revenue, but that remains in the distribution channel inventories at the end of each reporting period. Purchaser/Provider Discounts and Rebates The Company offers rebates to eligible purchasers and healthcare providers that are variable based on volume of product purchased. Rebates are based on actual purchase levels during the rebate purchase period. The Company estimates these rebates and records such estimates in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability that is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Other Incentives Other incentives that the Company offers include voluntary patient assistance programs, such as the co-pay assistance program, which are intended to provide financial assistance to qualified commercially insured patients with prescription drug co-payments required by payers. The calculation of the accrual for co-pay assistance is based on an estimate of claims and the cost per claim that the Company expects to receive associated with product that has been recognized as revenue, but remains in the distribution channel inventories at the end of each reporting period. The adjustments are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and the establishment of a current liability that is included as a component of accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. To date, the Company’s only source of product revenue has been from the U.S. sales of ZILRETTA, which it began shipping to customers in October 2017. The following table summarizes activity in each of the product revenue allowance and reserve categories for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020: (In thousands) Service Fees, Government Product Returns Purchaser/ Provider Discounts and Rebates Total Balance as of December 31, 2020 $ 1,733 $ 530 $ 628 $ 1,832 $ 4,723 Provision related to sales in the current quarter 2,188 383 151 2,703 5,425 Credits and payments made ( 1,969 ) ( 266 ) ( 9 ) ( 1,832 ) ( 4,076 ) Adjustments related to prior period sales — — ( 111 ) — ( 111 ) Balance as of March 31, 2021 1,952 647 659 2,703 5,961 Provision related to sales in the current quarter 2,682 424 179 3,100 6,385 Credits and payments made ( 2,527 ) ( 311 ) ( 86 ) ( 2,711 ) ( 5,635 ) Adjustments related to prior period sales ( 10 ) — — — ( 10 ) Balance as of June 30, 2021 $ 2,097 $ 760 $ 752 $ 3,092 $ 6,701 Balance as of December 31, 2019 $ 1,847 $ 248 $ 402 $ 1,656 $ 4,153 Provision related to sales in the current quarter 1,590 254 114 526 2,484 Credits and payments made ( 1,852 ) ( 199 ) ( 10 ) ( 1,656 ) ( 3,717 ) Adjustments related to prior period sales — 95 — — 95 Balance as of March 31, 2020 1,585 398 506 526 3,015 Provision related to sales in the current quarter 1,417 133 98 892 2,540 Credits and payments made ( 1,172 ) ( 262 ) ( 1 ) ( 528 ) ( 1,963 ) Adjustments related to prior period sales — 90 2 92 Balance as of June 30, 2020 $ 1,830 $ 359 $ 603 $ 892 $ 3,684 License Agreement – On March 30, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with Hong Kong Tainuo Pharma Ltd. (“HK Tainuo”) and Jiangsu Tainuo Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (“Jiangsu Tainuo”), a subsidiary of China Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd., for the development and commercialization (other than manufacturing) of ZILRETTA in Greater China (consisting of mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan). Under the terms of the agreement, HK Tainuo paid the Company an upfront payment of $ 10.0 million, of which $ 5.0 million was received as of June 30, 2020, and the remaining $ 5.0 million was received as of September 30, 2020. The Company is also eligible to receive up to $ 32.5 million in aggregate development, regulatory, and commercial sales milestone payments. All payments received from HK Tainuo are subject to applicable Hong Kong withholding taxes. HK Tainuo is responsible for the clinical development, product registration, and commercialization of ZILRETTA in Greater China, and Jiangsu Tainuo serves as the guarantor of HK Tainuo’s obligations and responsibilities under the agreement. The Company is solely responsible for the manufacture and supply of ZILRETTA to HK Tainuo for all clinical and commercial activities. The terms related to product manufacturing and supply, including pricing and minimum purchase requirements agreed to in the license agreement, will be covered by a separate supply agreement, which has not yet been finalized. All amounts owed to the Company are nonrefundable and non-creditable once paid. Unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms, the license agreement continues in effect in perpetuity or as long as HK Tainuo or Jiangsu Tainuo continue to sell ZILRETTA in Greater China. Either party may terminate the agreement prior to expiration in the event of a material breach if not cured within 60 days from the date of notice of such breach (30 days in the case of payment obligations), or either party files for bankruptcy. The Company also has the right to terminate the agreement if HK Tainuo, Jiangsu Tainuo, or any affiliate of each commences any action or proceeding that challenges the validity, enforceability, or scope of any Company patent in Greater China. Upon any such termination, the license granted to HK Tainuo will terminate and all know-how and patents will revert back to the Company. The Company concluded that the license and supply obligations were not distinct performance obligations, and therefore the transaction price will be recognized as revenue as the Company’s supply obligation is fulfilled over the term of the supply agreement, which has not yet commenced. No revenue was recognized associated with this contract as of June 30, 2021. The proceeds associated with the upfront payment have been recorded in short-term deferred revenue on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2021, as there is uncertainty around the timing of when the revenue will be recognized. The Company will re-evaluate the classification of deferred revenue when the supply agreement is finalized. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures. The Company bases estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. The most significant estimates in these condensed consolidated financial statements include estimates related to revenue recognition and accrued expenses related to preclinical and clinical development costs. The Company’s actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known by the Company’s management. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition, including sales, expenses, reserves and allowances, clinical trials, research and development expenses, and employee-related amounts, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including as a result of new information that may emerge concerning COVID-19 and the actions taken to contain or treat it, as well as the economic impact on local, regional, national, and international customers and markets. The Company has made estimates of the impact of COVID-19 within its financial statements, and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation and amortization expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives: Estimated Computers, office equipment, and minor computer software 3 Computer software 7 Manufacturing equipment 7 - 10 Furniture and fixtures 5 Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the related asset. Costs of major additions and improvements are capitalized and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their useful lives. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed of and the related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to income. Property and equipment includes construction-in-progress that is not yet in service. Foreign Currencies The Company maintains a bank account denominated in British Pounds. All foreign currency payables and cash balances are measured at the applicable exchange rate at the end of the reporting period. All associated gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations. Leases The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. Operating lease assets represent a right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent an obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease liabilities with a term greater than one year and their corresponding right-of-use assets are recognized on the balance sheet at the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. Certain adjustments to the right-of-use asset may be required for items such as initial direct costs paid or incentives received. The Company made an accounting policy election to expense leases with a term of one year or less on a straight-line basis over the lease term. To date, the Company has not identified any material short-term leases, either individually or in the aggregate. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company utilized the appropriate incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. The Company estimated the incremental borrowing rate based on a yield curve analysis of companies with a similar credit rating to its own, which was calculated using a number of financial ratios and qualitative considerations of the Company’s business. The yields on the Company’s currently outstanding debt (the convertible senior notes and term loan described below) were also used as inputs to the analysis to calculate a spread, adjusted for factors that reflect the profile of secured borrowing over the expected term of the lease. The components of a lease should be split into three categories: lease components ( e.g. , land, building, etc.), non-lease components ( e.g. , common area maintenance, utilities, performance of manufacturing services, purchase of inventory, etc.), and non-components ( e.g. , property taxes, insurance, etc.). Then the fixed contract consideration (including any related to non-components) must be allocated based on fair values to the lease components and non-lease components. Although separation of lease and non-lease components is required, certain practical expedients are available to entities. Entities electing the practical expedient would not separate lease and non-lease components. Rather, they would account for each lease component and the related non-lease component together as a single component. The Company has elected to use this practical expedient for its real estate leases and account for each lease component and related non-lease component as one single component. In contrast, the Company has elected not to apply the practical expedient for its lease of manufacturing space at Patheon and has instead allocated consideration between the lease and non-lease components of the contract. The Company calculated the fair value of the lease component using publicly available information to identify comparable rentals in the same geographic area. The remainder of the consideration was allocated to the non-lease components. |