Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 6 Months Ended |
Jun. 30, 2014 |
Basis of Presentation | ' |
Basis of Presentation |
The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) applicable to interim financial statements. These unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements and include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring accruals, which in the opinion of management are necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of the interim date and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The preparation of the Company’s financial statements requires it to make estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the Company’s financial statements and accompanying notes. The most significant estimates in the Company’s financial statements relate to the valuation of convertible preferred stock warrants, equity awards and clinical trial accruals. Although these estimates are based on the Company’s knowledge of current events and actions it may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately materially differ from these estimates and assumptions. |
Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year or future periods, and these condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014. |
Segment Reporting | ' |
Segment Reporting |
Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating segment. |
Reverse Stock Split | ' |
Reverse Stock Split |
On January 16, 2014, the Company effected a 1-for-4.5 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All issued and outstanding common stock and per share amounts contained in the Company’s financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the January 2014 reverse stock split for all periods presented. |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities | ' |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities |
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid securities with maturities at the date of acquisition of ninety days or less. Investments with maturities at the date of acquisition of more than ninety days are considered marketable securities and have been classified by management as available-for-sale. Such investments are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses included as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses from the sale of available-for-sale securities or the amounts, net of tax, reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income, if any, are determined on a specific identification basis. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | ' |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. |
Convertible Preferred Stock Warrant | ' |
Convertible Preferred Stock Warrants |
The Company accounts for its warrants and other derivative financial instruments as either equity or liabilities based upon the characteristics and provisions of each instrument. Warrants classified as derivative liabilities are recorded on the Company’s balance sheet at their fair value on the date of issuance and are revalued at each subsequent balance sheet date, with fair value changes recognized as increases or reductions to other income (expense) in the statements of operations. The Company’s convertible preferred stock warrants were classified as liabilities, and the Company estimated the fair value of these liabilities using option pricing models and assumptions that were based on the individual characteristics of the warrants or instruments on the valuation date, as well as assumptions for expected volatility, expected life, yield, and risk-free interest rate. In connection with the completion of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in February 2014, all the outstanding warrants to purchase shares of preferred stock automatically converted into warrants to purchase shares of common stock. As a result of the IPO and warrant conversion, the Company reclassified the warrant liability as stockholders’ equity because the converted warrants met the definition of an equity instrument under derivative accounting guidance. The Company performed the final remeasurement of the warrant liability as of the IPO date in February 2014, and recorded the $3.6 million change in fair value as other income (expense) at that time. |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | ' |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
Stock options issued pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”) and shares subject to purchase through the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) are valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model on the date of grant or subscription period. This option pricing model involves a number of estimates, including the expected term of an award or subscription period, the anticipated stock volatility and risk-free interest rates. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized using the straight-line method and is based on the value of the portion of stock awards that are ultimately expected to vest or the number of shares estimated to be issued pursuant to ESPP. |
The table below summarizes the total stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations for stock options and shares subject to purchase under the ESPP for the periods presented (in thousands): |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | |
| 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | |
Research and development | $ | 466 | | | $ | 20 | | | $ | 595 | | | $ | 37 | | |
General and administrative | | 441 | | | | 1 | | | | 816 | | | | 41 | | |
Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 907 | | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,411 | | | $ | 78 | | |
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Net Loss Per Share | ' |
Net Loss per Share |
Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares and potentially dilutive securities outstanding for the period determined using the treasury-stock and if-converted methods. For purposes of the diluted net loss per share calculation, convertible preferred stock, unvested restricted common stock subject to repurchase, stock options and convertible preferred stock warrants are considered to be potentially dilutive securities but are excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. Therefore, basic and diluted net loss per share were the same for all periods presented. |
The following table sets forth the total number of outstanding potentially dilutive securities that have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because to do so would be anti-dilutive: |
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| June 30, | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | | | 2013 | | | | | | | | | | |
Convertible preferred stock | | - | | | | 9,625,465 | | | | | | | | | | |
Warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock | | - | | | | 863,613 | | | | | | | | | | |
Warrants to purchase common stock | | 708,207 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock options | | 2,009,646 | | | | 552,116 | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock subject to repurchase | | 799,068 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3,516,921 | | | | 11,041,194 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements | ' |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-10, which eliminates the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities, thereby eliminating the requirements to present inception-to-date information in the statements of operations and stockholders’ equity and cash flow, or label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity. The Company has elected to early adopt this guidance, as permitted, for its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014, including this quarterly report, and therefore has no longer labeled its financial statements as those of a development stage entity or included any inception-to-date information. |