Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Note 1—General Information
Ascendis Pharma A/S, together with its subsidiaries, is a biopharmaceutical company applying its innovative TransCon technology to build a leading, fully integrated biopharma company. Ascendis Pharma A/S was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Ascendis Pharma A/S and its subsidiaries.
The address of the Company’s registered office is Tuborg Boulevard 12,DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark.
On February 2, 2015, the Company completed an initial public offering, or IPO, which resulted in the listing of American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, representing the Company’s ordinary shares, under the symbol “ASND” in the United States on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
The Company’s Board of Directors approved these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements on August 29, 2018.
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Preparation
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 and accompanying notes, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and as adopted by the European Union.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates and requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Company’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements are disclosed in Note 3.
Changes in Accounting Policies
As of January 1, 2018, the Company has adopted IFRS 9, “Financial Instruments”, which introduces a new impairment model for financial assets measured at amortized cost based on an expected credit loss model, which currently applies to the Company’s bank deposits and trade receivables. The adoption of IFRS 9 had no material impact on the Company’s financial reporting. Further, the Company has adopted IFRS 15, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which establishes a single, comprehensive framework for revenue recognition, based on a five-step model, which applies to the Company’s licensing agreements with multiple activities. IFRS 15 was adopted using the ‘retrospective method with the cumulative effect of initially applying this standard recognized at the date of the initial application’. The adoption of IFRS 15 had no impact on the Company’s financial reporting.
Except for the adoption of these two new standards, the accounting policies applied when preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been applied consistently to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated and are consistent with those of the Company’s most recent annual consolidated financial statements. A description of our accounting policies is provided in the Accounting Policies section of the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Changes in Presentation
The Company has changed its accounting policy for the presentation of exchange rate gains and losses in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income / (Loss). On the basis that the foreign exchange rate movements primarily impact the Company’s balance of cash and cash equivalents, exchange rate gains and losses are now reported net for the accumulated period and not as an aggregation of the quarterly reported exchange rate gains and losses. The Company believes that the revised presentation more appropriately presents the overall impact of changes in foreign exchange rates. The change has had no effect on the reported comparative figures for profit or loss, assets, liabilities, cash flows or earnings per share.
Note 3—Critical Accounting Judgments and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty
In the application of our accounting policies, we are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgments made in the process of applying our accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements relate to revenue recognition, share-based payment, internally generated intangible assets, and joint arrangements / collaboration agreements.
The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year relate to impairment of goodwill and to recognition of accruals for manufacturing and clinical trial activities. There have been no changes to the application of significant accounting estimates, and no impairment losses have been recognized during the first six months of 2018 or 2017.
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all disclosures for critical accounting estimates and judgments that are required in the annual consolidated financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Note 4—Revenue
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Revenue from the rendering of services | | | 18 | | | | 444 | | | | 46 | | | | 816 | |
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Total revenue | | | 18 | | | | 444 | | | | 46 | | | | 816 | |
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Revenue from external customers (geographical) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
USA | | | 18 | | | | 444 | | | | 46 | | | | 816 | |
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Total revenue | | | 18 | | | | 444 | | | | 46 | | | | 816 | |
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Note 5—Segment Information
We are managed and operated as one business unit. No separate business areas or separate business units have been identified in relation to product candidates or geographical markets. Accordingly, we do not disclose information on business segments or geographical markets, except for the geographical information on revenue included in Note 4.
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