UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, ~~2021~~2022

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

Commission file number 000-19319

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

50 Northern Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

(Address of principal executive offices)

04-3039129

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

02210

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (617) 341-6100

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share

VRTX

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share			~~259,428,394~~256,459,482			Outstanding at July ~~23, 2021~~29, 2022

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, ~~2021~~2022

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		Page
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements	2
	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations -Three and Six Months Ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Three and Six Months Ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets -June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020~~2021	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - Three and Six Months Ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Six Months Ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	34
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3534
Part II. Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	3534
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	3534
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	3635

Item 6.	Exhibits	3736
Signatures		3837

“~~We,~~Vertex,” “we,” “us,” ~~“Vertex”~~ and ~~the “Company”~~“our” as used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a Massachusetts corporation, and its subsidiaries.

“Vertex®,” “KALYDECO®,” “ORKAMBI®,” “SYMDEKO®,” “SYMKEVI®,” “TRIKAFTA®” and ~~“TRIKAFTA~~“KAFTRIO®” are registered trademarks of Vertex. ~~The trademark for “KAFTRIO~~TM~~” is pending in the United States and registered in the European Union.~~ Other brands, names and trademarks contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners.

We use the brand name for our products when we refer to the product that has been approved and with respect to the indications on the approved label. Otherwise, including in discussions of our cystic fibrosis development programs, we refer to our compounds by their scientific (or generic) name or VX developmental designation.

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Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(in ~~thousands,~~millions, except per share amounts)


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
Revenues:	Revenues:									Revenues:
Product revenues, net	Product revenues, net	$	1,793,370	$	1,524,485	$	3,516,675	$	3,039,592	Product revenues, net	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	$	4,293.7	$	3,516.7
Other revenues	Other revenues	0		0		1,000		0		Other revenues	—		—		—		1.0
Total revenues	Total revenues	1,793,370		1,524,485		3,517,675		3,039,592		Total revenues	2,196.2		1,793.4		4,293.7		3,517.7
Costs and expenses:	Costs and expenses:									Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	Cost of sales	227,972		184,520		420,301		347,017		Cost of sales	261.8		228.0		507.6		420.3
Research and development expenses	Research and development expenses	1,407,090		420,928		1,863,063		869,456		Research and development expenses	600.1		448.7		1,201.2		903.0
Acquired in-process research and development expenses										Acquired in-process research and development expenses	61.9		958.4		63.9		960.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses	Selling, general and administrative expenses	194,669		191,804		386,746		374,062		Selling, general and administrative expenses	215.3		194.6		430.5		386.7
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	Change in fair value of contingent consideration	1,600		9,200		(2,300)		10,800		Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(49.2)		1.6		(56.7)		(2.3)
Total costs and expenses	Total costs and expenses	1,831,331		806,452		2,667,810		1,601,335		Total costs and expenses	1,089.9		1,831.3		2,146.5		2,667.8
(Loss) income from operations		(37,961)		718,033		849,865		1,438,257
Income (loss) from operations										Income (loss) from operations	1,106.3		(37.9)		2,147.2		849.9
Interest income	Interest income	1,133		4,243		2,598		16,819		Interest income	10.8		1.1		12.4		2.6
Interest expense	Interest expense	(15,478)		(13,871)		(31,156)		(28,007)		Interest expense	(14.6)		(15.5)		(29.5)		(31.2)
Other income (expense), net		8,051		116,365		(44,602)		55,235
(Loss) income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes		(44,255)		824,770		776,705		1,482,304
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes		(111,179)		(12,500)		56,643		42,281
Other (expense) income, net										Other (expense) income, net	(78.1)		8.1		(150.9)		(44.6)
Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes										Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes	1,024.4		(44.2)		1,979.2		776.7
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes										Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	213.9		(111.2)		406.6		56.6
Net income	Net income	$	66,924	$	837,270	$	720,062	$	1,440,023	Net income	$	810.5	$	67.0	$	1,572.6	$	720.1

Net income per common share:	Net income per common share:									Net income per common share:
Basic	Basic	$	0.26	$	3.22	$	2.78	$	5.54	Basic	$	3.17	$	0.26	$	6.15	$	2.78
Diluted	Diluted	$	0.26	$	3.18	$	2.75	$	5.46	Diluted	$	3.13	$	0.26	$	6.09	$	2.75
Shares used in per share calculations:	Shares used in per share calculations:									Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic	Basic	258,988		259,637		259,179		260,013		Basic	255.9		259.0		255.5		259.2
Diluted	Diluted	261,020		263,403		261,468		263,746		Diluted	258.7		261.0		258.3		261.5

Please refer to Note A, “Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies,” for an explanation of amounts reclassified from “Research and development expenses” to “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(unaudited)

(in ~~thousands)~~millions)


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
Net income	Net income	$	66,924	$	837,270	$	720,062	$	1,440,023	Net income	$	810.5	$	67.0	$	1,572.6	$	720.1
Other comprehensive income:	Other comprehensive income:									Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized holding (losses) gains on marketable securities, net		(55)		2,714		(273)		1,950
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax of $(2.3) million, $4.7 million, $(11.6) million and $(0.3) million, respectively		8,279		(19,680)		42,245		(898)
Unrealized holding losses on marketable securities, net										Unrealized holding losses on marketable securities, net	(0.7)		(0.1)		(3.0)		(0.3)
Unrealized gains on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax of $(16.1), $(2.3), $(18.3) and $(11.6), respectively										Unrealized gains on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax of $(16.1), $(2.3), $(18.3) and $(11.6), respectively	59.2		8.3		69.3		42.3
Foreign currency translation adjustment	Foreign currency translation adjustment	(81)		(10,538)		1,349		(13,200)		Foreign currency translation adjustment	(12.3)		(0.1)		(24.7)		1.3
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		8,143		(27,504)		43,321		(12,148)
Total other comprehensive income										Total other comprehensive income	46.2		8.1		41.6		43.3
Comprehensive income	Comprehensive income	$	75,067	$	809,766	$	763,383	$	1,427,875	Comprehensive income	$	856.7	$	75.1	$	1,614.2	$	763.4

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

(in ~~thousands,~~millions, except ~~per~~ share ~~amounts)~~data)


		June 30,		December 31,			June 30,		December 31,
		2021		2020			2022		2021
Assets	Assets					Assets
Current assets:	Current assets:					Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,063,678	$	5,988,187	Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,702.2	$	6,795.0
Marketable securities	Marketable securities	644,315		670,710		Marketable securities	551.2		729.9
Accounts receivable, net	Accounts receivable, net	929,142		885,352		Accounts receivable, net	1,332.9		1,136.8
Inventories	Inventories	321,620		280,777		Inventories	367.7		353.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	498,759		308,353		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	549.5		545.8
Total current assets	Total current assets	8,457,514		8,133,379		Total current assets	11,503.5		9,560.6
Property and equipment, net	Property and equipment, net	1,021,233		958,534		Property and equipment, net	1,100.1		1,094.1
Goodwill	Goodwill	1,002,158		1,002,158		Goodwill	1,002.2		1,002.2
Intangible assets	Intangible assets	400,000		400,000		Intangible assets	387.0		400.0
Deferred tax assets	Deferred tax assets	952,808		882,779		Deferred tax assets	1,143.8		934.5
Operating lease assets	Operating lease assets	316,874		325,564		Operating lease assets	318.3		330.3
Other assets	Other assets	71,099		49,394		Other assets	127.3		110.8
Total assets	Total assets	$	12,221,686	$	11,751,808	Total assets	$	15,582.2	$	13,432.5
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity					Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:	Current liabilities:					Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	Accounts payable	$	127,534	$	155,139	Accounts payable	$	198.0	$	195.0
Accrued expenses	Accrued expenses	1,482,556		1,404,971		Accrued expenses	2,119.5		1,678.6
Other current liabilities	Other current liabilities	226,358		317,423		Other current liabilities	238.7		268.4
Total current liabilities	Total current liabilities	1,836,448		1,877,533		Total current liabilities	2,556.2		2,142.0
Long-term finance lease liabilities	Long-term finance lease liabilities	524,925		539,042		Long-term finance lease liabilities	482.3		509.8
Long-term operating lease liabilities	Long-term operating lease liabilities	368,924		350,463		Long-term operating lease liabilities	365.0		377.4
Long-term contingent consideration	Long-term contingent consideration	187,300		189,600		Long-term contingent consideration	129.8		186.5
Other long-term liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	107,693		108,355		Other long-term liabilities	115.4		116.8
Total liabilities	Total liabilities	3,025,290		3,064,993		Total liabilities	3,648.7		3,332.5
Commitments and contingencies	Commitments and contingencies	0		0		Commitments and contingencies	—		—
Shareholders’ equity:	Shareholders’ equity:					Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000 shares authorized; NaN issued and outstanding		0		0
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000 shares authorized, 259,114 and 259,890 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		2,591		2,599
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding						Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding	—		—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 256,026,201 and 254,479,046 shares issued and outstanding, respectively						Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 256,026,201 and 254,479,046 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	2.6		2.5
Additional paid-in capital	Additional paid-in capital	7,640,233		7,894,027		Additional paid-in capital	7,100.0		6,880.8
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(25,159)		(68,480)
Accumulated other comprehensive income						Accumulated other comprehensive income	57.5		15.9
Retained earnings	Retained earnings	1,578,731		858,669		Retained earnings	4,773.4		3,200.8
Total shareholders’ equity	Total shareholders’ equity	9,196,396		8,686,815		Total shareholders’ equity	11,933.5		10,100.0
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	12,221,686	$	11,751,808	Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	15,582.2	$	13,432.5

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

(in ~~thousands)~~millions)


		Three Months Ended																			Three Months Ended
		Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)					Total Shareholders’ Equity				Common Stock								Additional Paid-in Capital				Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income			Retained Earnings			Total Shareholders’ Equity
		Shares	Amount								Shares									Amount
Balance at March 31, 2020		259,079	$	2,591			$	7,695,905						$	13,383				$	(1,250,225)				$	6,461,654
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax		—	—		—				(27,504)			—					(27,504)
Balance at March 31, 2021																				Balance at March 31, 2021	258.8					$	2.6			$	7,499.2			$	(33.3)		$	1,511.8		$	8,980.3
Other comprehensive income, net of tax																				Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—					—			—				8.1			—			8.1
Net income	Net income	—	—		—				—			837,270					837,270			Net income	—					—			—				—			67.0			67.0
Repurchase of common stock																				Repurchase of common stock	—					—			—				—			—			—
Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(11)	—		(3,080)				—			—					(3,080)			Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(0.0)					(0.0)			(3.5)				—			—			(3.5)
Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	1,056	10		132,771				—			—					132,781			Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	0.3					0.0			38.6				—			—			38.6
Stock-based compensation expense	Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		118,121				—			—					118,121			Stock-based compensation expense	—					—			105.9				—			—			105.9
Balance at June 30, 2020		260,124	$	2,601	$	7,943,717			$	(14,121)		$	(412,955)				$	7,519,242
Balance at June 30, 2021																				Balance at June 30, 2021	259.1					$	2.6		$	7,640.2			$	(25.2)		$	1,578.8		$	9,196.4

Balance at March 31, 2021		258,829	$	2,588	$	7,499,161			$	(33,302)		$	1,511,807				$	8,980,254
Balance at March 31, 2022																				Balance at March 31, 2022	255.6					$	2.6		$	6,930.2			$	11.3		$	3,962.9		$	10,907.0
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—				8,143			—					8,143			Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—					—			—				46.2			—			46.2
Net income	Net income	—	—		—				—			66,924					66,924			Net income	—					—			—				—			810.5			810.5

Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(17)	—		(3,524)				—			—					(3,524)			Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(0.0)					(0.0)			(4.4)				—			—			(4.4)
Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	302	3		38,681				—			—					38,684			Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	0.4					0.0			60.6				—			—			60.6
Stock-based compensation expense	Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		105,915				—			—					105,915			Stock-based compensation expense	—					—			113.6				—			—			113.6
Balance at June 30, 2021		259,114	$	2,591	$	7,640,233			$	(25,159)		$	1,578,731				$	9,196,396
Balance at June 30, 2022																				Balance at June 30, 2022	256.0					$	2.6		$	7,100.0			$	57.5		$	4,773.4		$	11,933.5

		Six Months Ended																			Six Months Ended
		Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)					Total Shareholders’ Equity				Common Stock								Additional Paid-in Capital				Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income			Retained Earnings			Total Shareholders’ Equity
		Shares	Amount
Balance at December 31, 2019		258,993	$	2,589			$	7,937,606							$	(1,973)						$	(1,852,978)				$	6,085,244
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax		—	—		—				(12,148)			—					(12,148)
Net income		—	—		—				—			1,440,023					1,440,023
Repurchase of common stock		(1,404)	(14)		(300,012)				—			—					(300,026)
Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations		(586)	(6)		(139,241)				—			—					(139,247)
Issuance of common stock under benefit plans		3,121	32		210,343				—			—					210,375
Stock-based compensation expense		—	—		235,021				—			—					235,021
Balance at June 30, 2020		260,124	$	2,601	$	7,943,717			$	(14,121)		$	(412,955)				$	7,519,242
																					Shares					Amount			Additional Paid-in Capital				Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income			Retained Earnings			Total Shareholders’ Equity
Balance at December 31, 2020	Balance at December 31, 2020	259,890	$	2,599	$	7,894,027			$	(68,480)		$	858,669				$	8,686,815		Balance at December 31, 2020	259.9					$	2.6
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—				43,321			—					43,321			Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—					—						—				43.3			—			43.3
Net income	Net income	—	—		—				—			720,062					720,062			Net income	—					—			—				—			720.1			720.1
Repurchase of common stock	Repurchase of common stock	(1,989)	(20)		(424,932)				—			—					(424,952)			Repurchase of common stock	(2.0)					(0.0)			(424.9)				—			—			(424.9)
Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(489)	(5)		(105,659)				—			—					(105,664)			Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(0.5)					(0.0)			(105.7)				—			—			(105.7)
Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	1,702	17		53,845				—			—					53,862			Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	1.7					0.0			53.8				—			—			53.8
Stock-based compensation expense	Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		222,952				—			—					222,952			Stock-based compensation expense	—					—			223.0				—			—			223.0
Balance at June 30, 2021	Balance at June 30, 2021	259,114	$	2,591	$	7,640,233			$	(25,159)		$	1,578,731				$	9,196,396		Balance at June 30, 2021	259.1					$	2.6		$	7,640.2			$	(25.2)		$	1,578.8		$	9,196.4

Balance at December 31, 2021																				Balance at December 31, 2021	254.5					$	2.5		$	6,880.8			$	15.9		$	3,200.8		$	10,100.0
Other comprehensive income, net of tax																				Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—					—			—				41.6			—			41.6
Net income																				Net income	—					—			—				—			1,572.6			1,572.6

Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations																				Common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(0.5)					(0.0)			(121.9)				—			—			(121.9)
Issuance of common stock under benefit plans																				Issuance of common stock under benefit plans	2.0					0.1			97.0				—			—			97.1
Stock-based compensation expense																				Stock-based compensation expense	—					—			244.1				—			—			244.1
Balance at June 30, 2022																				Balance at June 30, 2022	256.0					$	2.6		$	7,100.0			$	57.5		$	4,773.4		$	11,933.5

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(in ~~thousands)~~millions)


		Six Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020			2022		2021
Cash flows from operating activities:	Cash flows from operating activities:					Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	Net income	$	720,062	$	1,440,023	Net income	$	1,572.6	$	720.1
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:	Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:					Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation expense	Stock-based compensation expense	219,796		232,895		Stock-based compensation expense	244.2		219.8
Depreciation expense	Depreciation expense	60,072		53,518		Depreciation expense	73.2		60.1
(Decrease) increase in fair value of contingent consideration		(2,300)		10,800
Decrease in fair value of contingent consideration						Decrease in fair value of contingent consideration	(56.7)		(2.3)
Deferred income taxes	Deferred income taxes	(180,895)		8,963		Deferred income taxes	(241.7)		(180.9)
Gains (losses) on equity securities		41,686		(65,116)
Losses on equity securities						Losses on equity securities	159.8		41.7
Other non-cash items, net	Other non-cash items, net	11,186		16,307		Other non-cash items, net	(6.3)		11.2
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	Changes in operating assets and liabilities:					Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	Accounts receivable, net	(45,848)		(164,139)		Accounts receivable, net	(249.3)		(45.9)
Inventories	Inventories	(47,492)		(64,386)		Inventories	(31.3)		(47.5)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	Prepaid expenses and other assets	(92,187)		(28,923)		Prepaid expenses and other assets	85.3		(92.2)
Accounts payable	Accounts payable	(24,345)		14,697		Accounts payable	30.8		(24.3)
Accrued expenses	Accrued expenses	107,526		369,851		Accrued expenses	547.1		107.5
Other liabilities	Other liabilities	(45,973)		29,735		Other liabilities	(31.7)		(46.0)
Net cash provided by operating activities	Net cash provided by operating activities	721,288		1,854,225		Net cash provided by operating activities	2,096.0		721.3
Cash flows from investing activities:	Cash flows from investing activities:					Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale debt securities	Purchases of available-for-sale debt securities	(239,458)		(126,577)		Purchases of available-for-sale debt securities	(227.9)		(239.5)
Maturities of available-for-sale debt securities	Maturities of available-for-sale debt securities	221,271		145,395		Maturities of available-for-sale debt securities	242.3		221.3
Purchases of property and equipment	Purchases of property and equipment	(120,763)		(37,314)		Purchases of property and equipment	(116.9)		(120.8)
Investment in note receivable		(15,000)		0
Sale of equity securities		0		127,874
Investment in equity securities		0		(5,800)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(153,950)		103,578
Investment in equity securities and notes receivable						Investment in equity securities and notes receivable	(10.0)		(15.0)

Net cash used in investing activities						Net cash used in investing activities	(112.5)		(154.0)
Cash flows from financing activities:	Cash flows from financing activities:					Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuances of common stock under benefit plans	Issuances of common stock under benefit plans	53,494		213,058		Issuances of common stock under benefit plans	98.1		53.5
Repurchases of common stock	Repurchases of common stock	(424,952)		(300,026)		Repurchases of common stock	—		(424.9)
Payments in connection with common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	Payments in connection with common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(105,664)		(139,247)		Payments in connection with common stock withheld for employee tax obligations	(121.9)		(105.7)
Payments on finance leases	Payments on finance leases	(22,535)		(20,730)		Payments on finance leases	(25.6)		(22.5)
Proceeds from finance leases	Proceeds from finance leases	11,625		5,833		Proceeds from finance leases	—		11.6
Other financing activities	Other financing activities	2,928		1,707		Other financing activities	1.7		2.9
Net cash used in financing activities	Net cash used in financing activities	(485,104)		(239,405)		Net cash used in financing activities	(47.7)		(485.1)
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash	Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash	(11)		(3,379)		Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash	(31.8)		0.0
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	82,223		1,715,019		Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	1,904.0		82.2
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period	5,988,845		3,120,681		Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period	6,800.1		5,988.9
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period	$	6,071,068	$	4,835,700	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period	$	8,704.1	$	6,071.1

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:	Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:					Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	Cash paid for interest	$	30,085	$	27,347	Cash paid for interest	$	27.1	$	30.1
Cash paid for income taxes	Cash paid for income taxes	$	234,395	$	36,813	Cash paid for income taxes	$	478.3	$	234.4

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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A.Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (“~~Vertex”~~Vertex,” “we,” “us” or ~~the “Company”~~“our”) in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the operations of ~~the Company~~Vertex and ~~its~~our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. ~~The Company operates~~We operate in 1 segment, pharmaceuticals. ~~The Company has reclassified certain items from~~

Beginning with the ~~prior year’s~~second quarter of 2022, we are separately classifying upfront, contingent milestone, and other payments pursuant to our business development transactions, including collaborations, licenses of third-party technologies, and asset acquisitions as “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” in our condensed consolidated ~~financial~~ statements of operations. To conform prior periods to ~~conform~~current presentation, we reclassified $958.4 million and $960.1 million from “Research and development expenses” to “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” for the ~~current year’s presentation.~~three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. Please refer to Note C, “Acquired In-Process Research and Development and Other Arrangements,” for further information on these transactions.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in ~~the Company’s~~our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2020~~2021 (the ~~“2020~~“2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K”) have been condensed or omitted. These interim financial statements, in the opinion of management, reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020.~~2021.

The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full fiscal year. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which are contained in ~~the Company’s 2020~~our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires ~~management~~us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of ~~the~~our condensed consolidated financial statements, and the amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. ~~The Company bases its~~We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions, including in certain circumstances future projections that ~~management believes~~we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Standards

~~Income Taxes~~

~~In 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12,~~ ~~Income Taxes (Topic 740)~~ (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 became effective on January 1, 2021. The adoption of ASU 2019-12 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

For a discussion of ~~other recent~~recently adopted accounting pronouncements please refer to Note A, “Nature of Business and Accounting Policies,” in ~~the Company’s 2020~~our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We do not expect any recently issued accounting standards to have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

~~The Company’s~~Our significant accounting policies are described in Note A, “Nature of Business and Accounting Policies,” in ~~its 2020~~our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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B.Revenue Recognition

Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenues by Product

Product revenues, net consisted of the following:


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
		(in thousands)									(in millions)
TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO	TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO	$	1,255,611	$	917,715	$	2,448,828	$	1,812,948	TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO	$	1,893.2	$	1,255.6	$	3,654.8	$	2,448.8
SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI	SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI	133,505		171,729		258,554		344,888		SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI	42.7		133.5		107.5		258.6
ORKAMBI	ORKAMBI	220,966		231,981		439,663		466,119		ORKAMBI	121.6		221.0		253.7		439.7
KALYDECO	KALYDECO	183,288		203,060		369,630		415,637		KALYDECO	138.7		183.3		277.7		369.6
Total product revenues, net	Total product revenues, net	$	1,793,370	$	1,524,485	$	3,516,675	$	3,039,592	Total product revenues, net	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	$	4,293.7	$	3,516.7

Product Revenues by Geographic Location

Total net product revenues by geographic region, based on the location of the customer, consisted of the following:


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
		(in thousands)									(in millions)
United States	United States	$	1,256,920	$	1,210,314	$	2,510,353	$	2,397,902	United States	$	1,415.1	$	1,256.9	$	2,783.3	$	2,510.4
Outside of the United States	Outside of the United States									Outside of the United States
Europe	Europe	458,906		257,681		863,875		515,072		Europe	655.5		458.9		1,287.8		863.9
Other	Other	77,544		56,490		142,447		126,618		Other	125.6		77.6		222.6		142.4
Total product revenues outside of the United States	Total product revenues outside of the United States	536,450		314,171		1,006,322		641,690		Total product revenues outside of the United States	781.1		536.5		1,510.4		1,006.3
Total product revenues, net	Total product revenues, net	$	1,793,370	$	1,524,485	$	3,516,675	$	3,039,592	Total product revenues, net	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	$	4,293.7	$	3,516.7

Contract Liabilities

~~The Company~~We had contract liabilities of ~~$122.6~~$134.8 million and ~~$191.5~~$171.7 million as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively, related to annual contracts with government-owned and supported customers in international markets that limit the amount of annual reimbursement ~~the Company~~we can receive. Upon exceeding the annual reimbursement amount, products are provided free of charge, which is a material right. These contracts include upfront payments and fees. ~~The Company defers~~We defer a portion of the consideration received for shipments made up to the annual reimbursement limit as a portion of “Other current liabilities.” The deferred amount is recognized as revenue when the free products are shipped. ~~The Company’s~~Our product revenue contracts include performance obligations that are one year or less.

~~The Company’s~~Our contract liabilities at the end of each fiscal year relate to contracts with annual reimbursement limits in international markets in which the annual period associated with the contract is not the same as ~~the Company’s~~our fiscal year. In these markets, ~~the Company recognizes~~we recognize revenues related to performance obligations satisfied in previous years; however, these revenues do not relate to any performance obligations that were satisfied more than 12 months prior to the beginning of the current year.

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C.~~Collaborative~~Acquired In-Process Research and Development and Other Arrangements

~~The Company has~~We have entered into numerous agreements ~~pursuant to which it collaborates~~ with third parties to collaborate on research, development and commercialization programs, license technologies, or acquire assets. Our “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” included $61.9 million and $63.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and $958.4 million and $960.1 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, related to upfront, contingent milestone, or other payments pursuant to our business development transactions, including ~~in-license~~collaborations, licenses of third-party technologies, and ~~out-license agreements.~~asset acquisitions.

~~The Company’s in-license~~Our collaboration, licensing and ~~out-license~~asset acquisition agreements that had a significant impact on ~~its~~our financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, or were new or materially revised during the three and six months ended June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, are described below. Additional ~~in-license and out-license~~ agreements were described in Note B, “Collaborative and Other Arrangements,” of ~~the Company’s 2020~~our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In-license Agreements

~~The Company has~~We have entered into a number of in-license agreements in order to advance and obtain access to technologies and services related to ~~its~~our research and early-development activities. ~~The Company is~~We are generally required to make an upfront payment upon execution of ~~the~~our license ~~agreement;~~agreements; development, regulatory and commercialization milestones payments upon the achievement of certain product research, development and commercialization objectives; and royalty payments on future sales, if any, of commercial products resulting from ~~the collaboration.~~our collaborations.

Pursuant to the terms of ~~its~~our in-license agreements, ~~the Company’s~~our collaborators typically lead the discovery efforts and ~~the Company leads~~we lead all preclinical, development and commercialization activities associated with the advancement of any ~~drug~~product candidates and ~~funds~~fund all expenses.

~~The Company~~We typically can terminate ~~its~~our in-license agreements by providing advance notice to ~~its~~our collaborators; the required length of notice is dependent on whether any product developed under the license agreement has received marketing approval. ~~The Company’s~~Our license agreements may be terminated by either party for a material breach by the other, subject to notice and cure provisions. Unless earlier terminated, these license agreements generally remain in effect until the date on which the royalty term and all payment obligations with respect to all products in all countries have expired.

The Company’s “Research and development expenses” included $958.4 million and $960.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and $27.0 million and $63.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, related to upfront and milestone payments pursuant to its in-license agreements.

CRISPR Therapeutics AG - CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-editing Therapies

In 2015, ~~the Company~~we entered into a strategic collaboration, option and license agreement (the “CRISPR Agreement”) with CRISPR Therapeutics AG and its affiliates (“CRISPR”) to collaborate on the discovery and development of potential new treatments aimed at the underlying genetic causes of human diseases using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology. ~~The Company~~We had the exclusive right to license certain targets. In 2019, ~~the Company~~we elected to exclusively license 3 targets, including cystic fibrosis, pursuant to the CRISPR Agreement. For each of the 3 targets that ~~the Company~~we elected to license, CRISPR has the potential to receive up to an additional $410.0 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestones as well as royalties on net product sales.

In 2017, ~~the Company~~we entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement with CRISPR pursuant to the terms of the CRISPR Agreement (the “Original CTX001 JDCA”), under which ~~the Company~~we and CRISPR were co-developing and preparing to co-commercialize exagamglogene autotemcel (“exa-cel”), formerly known as CTX001, for the treatment of hemoglobinopathies, including treatments for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. The Company concluded that the Original CTX001 JDCA is a cost-sharing arrangement, which results in the net impact of the arrangement being recorded in “Research and development expenses” in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the net expense related to the Original CTX001 JDCA was $27.5 million and $47.5 million, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the net expense related to the Original CTX001 JDCA was $9.8 million and $19.0 million, respectively.

In the second quarter of 2021, ~~the Company~~we and CRISPR amended and restated the Original CTX001 JDCA (the “A&R JDCA”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to, among other things, (a) adjust the governance structure for the collaboration and adjust the responsibilities of each party thereunder; (b) adjust the allocation of net profits and net losses between the parties; and (c) exclusively license (subject to CRISPR’s reserved rights to conduct certain activities) certain intellectual property rights to us relating to the products that may be researched, developed, manufactured and commercialized under such agreement.

Pursuant to the A&R JDCA, we lead global development, manufacturing and commercialization of exa-cel, with support from CRISPR. Subject to the terms and conditions of the A&R JDCA, we conduct all research, development, manufacturing and commercialization activities relating to the product candidates and products under the A&R JDCA (including exa-cel) throughout the world subject to CRISPR’s reserved right to conduct certain activities.

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~~property rights to the Company relating to the products that may be researched, developed, manufactured and commercialized under such agreement.~~

~~Pursuant to~~In connection with the A&R JDCA, the Company is now leading global development, manufacturing and commercialization of CTX001, with support from CRISPR. Subject to the terms and conditions of the A&R JDCA, the Company also has the right to conduct all research, development, manufacturing and commercialization activities relating to the product candidates and products under the A&R JDCA (including CTX001) throughout the world subject to CRISPR’s reserved right to conduct certain activities.

~~In connection with the amendment and restatement of this agreement, the Company~~we made a $900.0 million upfront payment to CRISPR in the second quarter of 2021. ~~The Company~~We concluded that itwe did not have any alternative future use for the acquired in-process research and development and recorded this upfront payment to ~~“Research~~“Acquired in-process research and development expenses.” CRISPR has the potential to receive an additional one-time $200.0 million milestone payment upon receipt of the first marketing approval of ~~CTX001~~exa-cel from the U.S. Food orand Drug Administration or the European Commission. ~~The Company~~

We and CRISPR ~~continued to share~~shared equally all expenses incurred under the ~~A&R JDCA through June 30, 2021. Beginning~~Original CTX001 JDCA. On July 1, 2021, ~~with respect to CTX001,~~ the net profits and net losses incurred with respect to exa-cel pursuant to the A&R JDCA ~~will~~began to be allocated 60% to ~~the Company~~us and 40% to CRISPR, while all other product candidates and products ~~will~~ continue to have net profits and net losses shared equally between the parties.

~~Out-license Agreements~~

~~The Company has entered into licensing agreements pursuant to~~ We concluded that the Original CTX001 JDCA and the A&R JDCA are cost-sharing arrangements, which ~~it has out-licensed rights to certain drug candidates to third-party collaborators. Pursuant to these out-license agreements,~~result in the Company’s collaborators become responsible for all costs related to the continued development of such drug candidates and obtain development and commercialization rights to these drug candidates. Depending on the termsnet impact of the ~~agreements, the Company’s collaborators may be required to make upfront payments, milestone payments upon the achievement of certain product research~~arrangements being recorded in “Total costs and ~~development objectives an~~d may also be required to pay royalties on future sales, if any, of commercial products resulting from the collaboration. The termination provisions associated with these collaborations are generally the same as those described above related to the Company’s in-license agreements. None of the Company’s out-license agreements had a significant impact on the Company’sexpenses” within our condensed consolidated ~~statement~~statements of ~~operations during~~operations. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we recognized the following amounts in total, not including amounts recorded to “Acquired in-process research and ~~2020.~~development expenses,” related to these agreements:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in millions)
Total expenses incurred under the Original CTX001 JDCA and A&R JDCA	$	85.0	$	55.0	$	161.6	$	95.0
Vertex’s share recognized in “Total costs and expenses” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations	50.9		27.5		96.9		47.5

Asset Acquisition

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. - Complement 3 Degrader Program

In May 2022, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, we acquired Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.’s portfolio of protease medicines that target the complement system (the “complement portfolio”) and related intellectual property, including CB 2782-PEG, which is a pre-clinical complement component 3 degrader program for geographic atrophy in dry age-related macular degeneration. We determined that substantially all the fair value acquired is concentrated in the CB-2782 PEG in-process research and development assets, which do not constitute a business, and for which we determined there is no alternative future use. As a result, we recorded our $60.0 million upfront payment to “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

~~The Company has~~We have a research, development and commercialization agreement that was originally entered into in 2004 with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as successor in interest to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. This agreement was most recently amended in 2016. Pursuant to the agreement, as amended, ~~the Company~~we agreed to pay royalties ranging from low-single digits to mid-single digits on potential sales of certain compounds first synthesized and/or tested between March 1, 2014 and August 31, 2016, including elexacaftor, and tiered royalties ranging from single digits to sub-teens on covered compounds first synthesized and/or tested during a research term on or before February 28, 2014, including KALYDECO (ivacaftor), ORKAMBI (lumacaftor in combination with ivacaftor) and SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI (tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor). For combination products, such as ORKAMBI, SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI and TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), sales are allocated equally to each of the active pharmaceutical ingredients in the combination product. We record our royalties payable to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to “Cost of sales.”

D.~~Earnings Per Share~~

Basic net income per common share is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common share utilizing the treasury-stock method is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus additional weighted-average common equivalent shares outstanding during the period when the effect is dilutive.

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D.Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per common share for the periods ended:


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
		(in thousands, except per share amounts)									(in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income	Net income	$	66,924	$	837,270	$	720,062	$	1,440,023	Net income	$	810.5	$	67.0	$	1,572.6	$	720.1

Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	258,988		259,637		259,179		260,013		Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	255.9		259.0		255.5		259.2
Effect of potentially dilutive securities:	Effect of potentially dilutive securities:									Effect of potentially dilutive securities:
Stock options	Stock options	1,137		2,054		1,200		1,961		Stock options	1.4		1.1		1.4		1.2
Restricted stock units (including PSUs)	Restricted stock units (including PSUs)	892		1,704		1,084		1,752		Restricted stock units (including PSUs)	1.4		0.9		1.4		1.1
Employee stock purchase program	Employee stock purchase program	3		8		5		20		Employee stock purchase program	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	261,020		263,403		261,468		263,746		Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	258.7		261.0		258.3		261.5

Basic net income per common share	Basic net income per common share	$	0.26	$	3.22	$	2.78	$	5.54	Basic net income per common share	$	3.17	$	0.26	$	6.15	$	2.78
Diluted net income per common share	Diluted net income per common share	$	0.26	$	3.18	$	2.75	$	5.46	Diluted net income per common share	$	3.13	$	0.26	$	6.09	$	2.75

~~The Company~~We did not include the securities in the following table in the computation of the diluted net income per common share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive during each period:


		Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,			Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021	2020	2021	2020		2022	2021	2022	2021
		(in thousands)					(in millions)
Stock options	Stock options	718	7	537	443	Stock options	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.5
Unvested restricted stock units (including PSUs)	Unvested restricted stock units (including PSUs)	404	5	558	218	Unvested restricted stock units (including PSUs)	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.6

E.Fair Value Measurements

The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to determine the fair value of ~~the Company’s~~our financial assets and liabilities:


Level 1:			Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:			Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:			Unobservable inputs based on ~~the Company’s~~our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

~~The Company’s~~Our investment strategy is focused on capital preservation. ~~The Company invests~~We invest in instruments that meet the credit quality standards outlined in ~~the Company’s~~our investment ~~policy. This~~ policy, which also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue or type of instrument. ~~The Company maintains~~We maintain strategic investments separately from the investment policy that governs ~~its~~our other cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as described in Note F, “Marketable Securities and Equity Investments.” Additionally, ~~the Company utilizes~~we utilize foreign currency forward contracts intended to mitigate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on ~~its~~our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

~~During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not record any other-than-temporary impairment charges related to its financial assets.~~

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

The following tables set forth ~~the Company’s~~our financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements by level within the fair value hierarchy (and does not include ~~$2.4~~$3.5 billion and ~~$2.8~~$3.3 billion of cash as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively):


		As of June 30, 2021								As of December 31, 2020									As of June 30, 2022									As of December 31, 2021
		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total		Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
		(in thousands)																	(in millions)
Financial instruments carried at fair value (asset positions):
Cash equivalents:	Cash equivalents:																	Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	Money market funds	$	3,674,645	$	3,674,645	$	0	$	0	$	3,141,053	$	3,141,053	$	0	$	0	Money market funds	$	5,186.8	$	5,186.8	$	—		$	—	$	3,478.1	$	3,478.1	$	—	$	—
Commercial paper	Commercial paper	2,000		0		2,000		0		0		0		0		0		Commercial paper	16.2		—		16.2			—		—		—		—		—
Marketable securities:	Marketable securities:																	Marketable securities:
Corporate equity securities	Corporate equity securities	154,095		13,033		141,062		0		195,781		15,650		180,131		0		Corporate equity securities	71.1		71.1		—			—		230.9		230.9		—		—
U.S. Treasury securities	U.S. Treasury securities	16,220		16,220		0		0		0		0		0		0		U.S. Treasury securities	153.5		153.5		—			—		86.4		86.4		—		—
Government-sponsored enterprise securities	Government-sponsored enterprise securities	62,375		62,375		0		0		80,063		80,063		0		0		Government-sponsored enterprise securities	10.5		10.5		—			—		69.0		69.0		—		—
Corporate debt securities	Corporate debt securities	135,783		0		135,783		0		231,598		0		231,598		0		Corporate debt securities	75.0		—		75.0			—		90.9		—		90.9		—
Commercial paper	Commercial paper	275,842		0		275,842		0		163,268		0		163,268		0		Commercial paper	241.1		—		241.1			—		252.7		—		252.7		—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:	Prepaid expenses and other current assets:																	Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	9,545		0		9,545		0		0		0		0		0		Foreign currency forward contracts	118.9		—		118.9			—		44.5		—		44.5		—
Other assets:	Other assets:																	Other assets:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	1,378		0		1,378		0		0		0		0		0		Foreign currency forward contracts	6.9		—		6.9			—		2.0		—		2.0		—
Total financial assets	Total financial assets	$	4,331,883	$	3,766,273	$	565,610	$	0	$	3,811,763	$	3,236,766	$	574,997	$	0	Total financial assets	$	5,880.0	$	5,421.9	$	458.1		$	—	$	4,254.5	$	3,864.4	$	390.1	$	—
																									Financial instruments carried at fair value (liability positions):
Other current liabilities:	Other current liabilities:																	Other current liabilities:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	$	(20,361)	$	0	$	(20,361)	$	0	$	(59,184)	$	0	$	(59,184)	$	0	Foreign currency forward contracts	$	(0.1)	$	—	$	(0.1)		$	—	$	(5.6)	$	—	$	(5.6)	$	—
Long-term contingent consideration	Long-term contingent consideration	(187,300)		0		0		(187,300)		(189,600)		0		0		(189,600)		Long-term contingent consideration	(129.8)		—		—			(129.8)		(186.5)		—		—		(186.5)
Other long-term liabilities:	Other long-term liabilities:																	Other long-term liabilities:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	(206)		0		(206)		0		(4,283)		0		(4,283)		0		Foreign currency forward contracts	(0.0)		—		(0.0)			—		(2.7)		—		(2.7)		—
Total financial liabilities	Total financial liabilities	$	(207,867)	$	0	$	(20,567)	$	(187,300)	$	(253,067)	$	0	$	(63,467)	$	(189,600)	Total financial liabilities	$	(129.9)	$	—	$	(0.1)		$	(129.8)	$	(194.8)	$	—	$	(8.3)	$	(186.5)

Please refer to Note F, “Marketable Securities and Equity Investments,” for the carrying amount and related unrealized gains (losses) by type of investment.

Fair Value of Corporate Equity Securities

~~The Company classifies its~~We classify our investments in publicly traded corporate equity securities as “Marketable securities” on ~~its~~our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Generally, ~~the Company’s~~our investments in the common stock of ~~these~~ publicly traded companies are valued based on Level 1 inputs because they have readily determinable fair values. However, certain of ~~the Company’s~~our investments in publicly traded companies have been or continue to be valued based on Level 2 inputs due to transfer restrictions associated with these investments. Please refer to Note F, “Marketable Securities and Equity Investments,” for further information on these investments.

Fair Value of Contingent Consideration

In 2019, ~~the Company~~we acquired Exonics Therapeutics, Inc. (“Exonics”), a privately-held company focused on creating transformative gene-editing therapies to repair mutations that cause ~~DMD~~duchenne muscular dystrophy and other severe neuromuscular diseases, including ~~DM1. The Company’s~~myotonic dystrophy type 1. Our Level 3 contingent consideration liabilities are related to $678.3 million of development and regulatory milestones potentially payable to ~~Exonics’~~ former Exonics equity holders. ~~The Company bases its~~We base our estimates of the probability of achieving the milestones relevant to the fair value of contingent payments on industry data attributable to rare ~~diseases.~~diseases and our knowledge of the progress and viability of the programs. The discount rates used in the valuation model for contingent payments, which were between ~~0.6%~~3.9% and ~~2.2%~~4.2% as of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, represent a measure of credit risk and market risk associated with settling the liabilities. Significant judgment is used in determining the appropriateness of these assumptions at each reporting period. Due to the uncertainties associated with development and commercialization of product candidates in the pharmaceutical industry and the effects of changes in other assumptions

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is used in determining the appropriateness of these assumptions at each reporting period. Due to the uncertainties associated with development and commercialization of drug candidates in the pharmaceutical industry and the effects of changes in other assumptions including discount rates, ~~the Company expects its~~we expect our estimates regarding the fair value of contingent consideration to change in the future, resulting in adjustments to the fair value of ~~the Company’s~~our contingent consideration liabilities, and the effect of any such adjustments could be material.

The following table represents a rollforward of the fair value of ~~the Company’s~~our contingent consideration liabilities:

Six Months Ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022

(in ~~thousands)~~millions)

Balance at December 31, ~~2020~~2021

~~189,600~~186.5

Decrease in fair value of contingent payments

~~(2,300)~~(56.7)

Balance at June 30, ~~2021~~2022

~~187,300~~129.8

The decrease in fair value of contingent consideration during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily due to a revision to the scope of certain acquired gene-editing programs in the second quarter of 2022.

Fair Value of Intangible Assets

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $387.0 million and $400.0 million, respectively, of in-process research and development intangible assets classified as “Intangible assets” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets associated with our 2019 acquisitions of Semma Therapeutics, Inc and Exonics. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded a $13.0 million impairment of an in-process research and development intangible asset to “Research and development expenses,” due to a decision to revise the scope of certain acquired gene-editing programs.

F.Marketable Securities and Equity Investments

A summary of ~~the Company’s~~our cash equivalents and marketable securities, which are recorded at fair value (and do not include ~~$2.4~~$3.5 billion and ~~$2.8~~$3.3 billion of cash as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively), is shown below:

As of June 30, 2021 As of December 31, 2020
Amortized Cost Gross
Unrealized
Gains Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Amortized Cost Gross
Unrealized
Gains Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
(in thousands)
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds $ 3,674,645 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,674,645 $ 3,141,053 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,141,053
Commercial paper 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 0 0
Total cash equivalents $ 3,676,645 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,676,645 $ 3,141,053 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,141,053
Marketable securities:
U.S. Treasury securities $ 16,226 $ 0 $ (6) $ 16,220 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
Government-sponsored enterprise securities 62,356 19 — 62,375 80,046 17 0 80,063
Corporate debt securities 135,770 46 (33) 135,783 231,263 377 (42) 231,598
Commercial paper 275,807 43 (8) 275,842 163,286 19 (37) 163,268
Total marketable debt securities 490,159 108 (47) 490,220 474,595 413 (79) 474,929
Corporate equity securities 51,427 102,668 0 154,095 51,427 144,354 0 195,781
Total marketable securities $ 541,586 $ 102,776 $ (47) $ 644,315 $ 526,022 $ 144,767 $ (79) $ 670,710

~~Available-for-sale debt securities were classified on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value as follows:~~

As of June 30, 2021 As of December 31, 2020
(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,676,645 $ 3,141,053
Marketable securities 490,220 474,929
Total $ 4,166,865 $ 3,615,982


	As of June 30, 2022								As of December 31, 2021
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
	(in millions)
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	5,186.8	$	—	$	—	$	5,186.8	$	3,478.1	$	—	$	—	$	3,478.1
Commercial paper	16.2		—		—		16.2		—		—		—		—
Total cash equivalents	$	5,203.0	$	—	$	—	$	5,203.0	$	3,478.1	$	—	$	—	$	3,478.1
Marketable securities:
U.S. Treasury securities	$	155.4	$	—	$	(1.9)	$	153.5	$	86.6	$	—	$	(0.2)	$	86.4
Government-sponsored enterprise securities	10.6		—		(0.1)		10.5		69.0		—		—		69.0
Corporate debt securities	75.7		—		(0.7)		75.0		91.1		—		(0.2)		90.9
Commercial paper	241.9		—		(0.8)		241.1		252.8		—		(0.1)		252.7
Total marketable debt securities	483.6		—		(3.5)		480.1		499.5		—		(0.5)		499.0
Corporate equity securities	69.4		12.3		(10.6)		71.1		69.4		167.1		(5.6)		230.9
Total marketable securities	$	553.0	$	12.3	$	(14.1)	$	551.2	$	568.9	$	167.1	$	(6.1)	$	729.9

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Available-for-sale debt securities were classified on our condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value as follows:


	As of June 30, 2022		As of December 31, 2021
	(in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,203.0	$	3,478.1
Marketable securities	480.1		499.0
Total	$	5,683.1	$	3,977.1

Available-for-sale debt securities by contractual maturity were as follows:


		As of June 30, 2021		As of December 31, 2020			As of June 30, 2022		As of December 31, 2021
		(in thousands)					(in millions)
Matures within one year	Matures within one year	$	4,131,731	$	3,526,185	Matures within one year	$	5,678.6	$	3,912.3
Matures after one year through five years	Matures after one year through five years	35,134		89,797		Matures after one year through five years	4.5		64.8
Total	Total	$	4,166,865	$	3,615,982	Total	$	5,683.1	$	3,977.1

~~The Company has~~We have a limited number of available-for-sale debt securities in insignificant loss positions as of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, which ~~it does~~we do not intend to sell and ~~has~~have concluded itwe will not be required to sell before recovery of the amortized costs for the investments at maturity. ~~The Company~~We did 0tnot record any ~~charges~~allowances for ~~other-than-temporary declines in~~credit losses to adjust the fair value of available-for-sale debt securities or gross realized gains or losses in the three and six months ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020.~~2021.

~~The Company records~~We record changes in the fair value of ~~its~~our investments in corporate equity securities to “Other (expense) income, ~~(expense),~~ net” ~~on its~~in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020, the Company’s~~our net unrealized (losses) gains ~~(losses)~~ on corporate equity securities held at the conclusion of each period were as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(in thousands)
Net unrealized gains (losses) $ 10,609 $ 85,511 $ (41,686) $ 35,191

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company received proceeds of $127.9 million related to the sale of the common stock of publicly traded companies, which had a total original weighted-average cost basis of $46.8 million. There were 0 sales of the common stock of publicly traded companies during the six months ended June 30, 2021.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in millions)
Net unrealized (losses) gains	$	(84.2)	$	10.6	$	(159.8)	$	(41.7)

As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the carrying value of ~~the Company’s~~our equity investments without readily determinable fair values, which are recorded in “Other assets” on ~~its~~our condensed consolidated balance sheets, was ~~$20.8~~$95.8 million.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

G.Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component:


		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses), Net of Tax						Total								Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses), Net of Tax
				On Available-For-Sale Debt Securities			On Foreign Currency Forward Contracts			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment						On Available-For-Sale Debt Securities				On Foreign Currency Forward Contracts				Total
															(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2021														Balance at December 31, 2021	$	(13.6)			$	(0.5)			$	30.0			$	15.9
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications														Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications	(24.7)				(3.0)				120.3				92.6
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)														Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—				—				(51.0)				(51.0)
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income														Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income	(24.7)				(3.0)				69.3				41.6
Balance at June 30, 2022														Balance at June 30, 2022	$	(38.3)			$	(3.5)			$	99.3			$	57.5
				(in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2020	Balance at December 31, 2020	$	(15,678)		$	334		$	(53,136)				$	(68,480)	Balance at December 31, 2020		$	(15.6)			$	0.3			$	(53.2)			$	(68.5)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1,349			(273)			15,503			16,579			Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1.3				(0.3)				15.6				16.6
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	0			0			26,742			26,742			Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—				—				26.7				26.7
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	1,349			(273)			42,245			43,321			Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	1.3				(0.3)				42.3				43.3
Balance at June 30, 2021	Balance at June 30, 2021	$	(14,329)		$	61		$	(10,891)		$	(25,159)		Balance at June 30, 2021	$	(14.3)			$	—			$	(10.9)			$	(25.2)

Balance at December 31, 2019		$	(895)		$	503		$	(1,581)		$	(1,973)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications		(13,200)			1,950			11,079			(171)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		0			0			(11,977)			(11,977)
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income		(13,200)			1,950			(898)			(12,148)
Balance at June 30, 2020		$	(14,095)		$	2,453		$	(2,479)		$	(14,121)

H.Hedging

Foreign currency forward contracts - Designated as hedging instruments

~~The Company maintains~~We maintain a hedging program intended to mitigate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates for a portion of ~~the Company’s~~our forecasted product revenues denominated in certain foreign currencies. The program includes foreign currency forward contracts that are designated as cash flow hedges under U.S. GAAP having contractual durations from one to eighteen months. ~~The Company recognizes~~We recognize realized gains and losses for the effective portion of such contracts in “Product revenues, net” in ~~its~~our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the same period that ~~it recognizes~~we recognize the product revenues that were impacted by the hedged foreign exchange rate changes.

~~The Company~~We formally ~~documents~~document the relationship between foreign currency forward contracts (hedging instruments) and forecasted product revenues (hedged items), as well as ~~the Company’s~~our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedging activities, which includes matching all foreign currency forward contracts that are designated as cash flow hedges to forecasted transactions. ~~The Company~~We also formally ~~assesses,~~assess, both at the hedge’s inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the foreign currency forward contracts are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of hedged items on a prospective and retrospective basis. If ~~the Company~~we were to determine that a (i) foreign currency forward contract is not highly effective as a cash flow hedge, (ii) foreign currency forward contract has ceased to be a highly effective hedge or (iii) forecasted transaction is no longer probable of occurring, ~~the Company~~we would discontinue hedge accounting treatment prospectively. ~~The Company measures~~We measure effectiveness based on the change in fair value of the forward contracts and the fair value of the hypothetical foreign currency forward contracts with terms that match the critical terms of the risk being hedged. As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, all hedges were determined to be highly effective.

~~The Company considers~~We consider the impact of ~~its~~our counterparties’ credit risk on the fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts. As of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, credit risk did not change the fair value of ~~the Company’s~~our foreign currency forward contracts.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

The following table summarizes the notional amount in U.S. dollars of ~~the Company’s~~our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges under U.S. GAAP:


		As of June 30, 2021		As of December 31, 2020			As of June 30, 2022		As of December 31, 2021
Foreign Currency	Foreign Currency	(in thousands)				Foreign Currency	(in millions)
Euro	Euro	$	1,172,339	$	745,099	Euro	$	1,506.0	$	1,364.5
British pound sterling	British pound sterling	269,038		160,427		British pound sterling	263.0		287.7
Canadian dollar						Canadian dollar	174.7		89.9
Australian dollar	Australian dollar	99,375		99,922		Australian dollar	127.3		96.3
Canadian dollar		84,190		86,468
Swiss Franc	Swiss Franc	25,740		0		Swiss Franc	59.6		54.1
Total foreign currency forward contracts	Total foreign currency forward contracts	$	1,650,682	$	1,091,916	Total foreign currency forward contracts	$	2,130.6	$	1,892.5

Foreign currency forward contracts - Not designated as hedging instruments

~~The Company~~We also ~~enters~~enter into foreign currency forward contracts with contractual maturities of less than one month, which are designed to mitigate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on monetary assets and liabilities, including intercompany balances. These contracts are not designated as hedging instruments under U.S. GAAP. ~~The Company recognizes~~We recognize realized gains and losses for such contracts in “Other (expense) income, ~~(expense),~~ net” in ~~its~~our condensed consolidated statements of operations each period. As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the notional amount of ~~the Company’s~~our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts where hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP is not applied was ~~$392.4~~$628.1 million.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020, the Company~~we recognized the following related to foreign currency forward contracts in ~~its~~our condensed consolidated statements of operations:


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
		(in thousands)									(in millions)
Designated as hedging instruments - Reclassified from AOCI	Designated as hedging instruments - Reclassified from AOCI									Designated as hedging instruments - Reclassified from AOCI
Product revenues, net	Product revenues, net	$	(17,600)	$	6,366	$	(34,118)	$	15,288	Product revenues, net	$	45.0	$	(17.6)	$	65.1	$	(34.1)
Not designated as hedging instruments	Not designated as hedging instruments									Not designated as hedging instruments
Other income (expense), net		$	(953)	$	6,056	$	(8,950)	$	(10,173)
Other (expense) income, net										Other (expense) income, net	$	(8.4)	$	(1.0)	$	(16.8)	$	(9.0)

Total reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations	Total reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations									Total reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Product revenues, net	Product revenues, net	$	1,793,370	$	1,524,485	$	3,516,675	$	3,039,592	Product revenues, net	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	$	4,293.7	$	3,516.7
Other income (expense), net		$	8,051	$	116,365	$	(44,602)	$	55,235
Other (expense) income, net										Other (expense) income, net	$	(78.1)	$	8.1	$	(150.9)	$	(44.6)

The following table summarizes the fair value of ~~the Company’s~~our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges under U.S. GAAP included on ~~its~~our condensed consolidated balance sheets:

As of June 30, 2021

As of June 30, 2022

Assets

Liabilities

Assets

Liabilities

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

(in thousands)

(in millions)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

9,545

Other current liabilities

(20,361)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

118.9

Other current liabilities

(0.1)

Other assets

1,378

Other long-term liabilities

(206)

Other assets

6.9

Other long-term liabilities

(0.0)

Total assets

10,923

Total liabilities

(20,567)

Total assets

125.8

Total liabilities

(0.1)

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As of December 31, 2020

As of December 31, 2021

Assets

Liabilities

Assets

Liabilities

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

Classification

Fair Value

(in thousands)

(in millions)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Other current liabilities

(59,184)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

44.5

Other current liabilities

(5.6)

Other assets

Other long-term liabilities

(4,283)

Other assets

2.0

Other long-term liabilities

(2.7)

Total assets

Total liabilities

(63,467)

Total assets

46.5

Total liabilities

(8.3)

As of June 30, ~~2021, the Company expects~~2022, we expect the amounts that are related to foreign exchange forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges under U.S. GAAP recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Other current liabilities” to be reclassified to earnings within twelve months.

We present the fair value of our foreign currency forward contracts on a gross basis within our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The following table summarizes the potential effect of offsetting derivatives by type of financial instrument designated as cash flow hedges under U.S. GAAP on ~~the Company’s~~our condensed consolidated balance sheets:


		As of June 30, 2021											As of June 30, 2022
		Gross Amounts Recognized		Gross Amounts Offset		Gross Amounts Presented		Gross Amounts Not Offset		Legal Offset			Gross Amounts Recognized		Gross Amounts Offset		Gross Amounts Presented		Gross Amounts Not Offset		Legal Offset
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	(in thousands)										Foreign currency forward contracts	(in millions)
Total assets	Total assets	$	10,923	$	0	$	10,923	$	(10,923)	$	0	Total assets	$	125.8	$	—	$	125.8	$	(0.1)	$	125.7
Total liabilities	Total liabilities	(20,567)		0		(20,567)		10,923		(9,644)		Total liabilities	(0.1)		—		(0.1)		0.1		—


		As of December 31, 2020											As of December 31, 2021
		Gross Amounts Recognized		Gross Amounts Offset		Gross Amounts Presented		Gross Amounts Not Offset		Legal Offset			Gross Amounts Recognized		Gross Amounts Offset		Gross Amounts Presented		Gross Amounts Not Offset		Legal Offset
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign currency forward contracts	(in thousands)										Foreign currency forward contracts	(in millions)
Total assets	Total assets	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	Total assets	$	46.5	$	—	$	46.5	$	(8.3)	$	38.2
Total liabilities	Total liabilities	(63,467)		0		(63,467)		0		(63,467)		Total liabilities	(8.3)		—		(8.3)		8.3		—

I.Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:


		As of June 30, 2021		As of December 31, 2020			As of June 30, 2022		As of December 31, 2021
		(in thousands)					(in millions)
Raw materials	Raw materials	$	47,740	$	46,232	Raw materials	$	30.4	$	42.4
Work-in-process	Work-in-process	182,655		161,324		Work-in-process	236.6		224.0
Finished goods	Finished goods	91,225		73,221		Finished goods	100.7		86.7
Total	Total	$	321,620	$	280,777	Total	$	367.7	$	353.1

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

J.Stock-based Compensation Expense and Share Repurchase Programs

Stock-based compensation expense

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020, the Company~~we recognized the following stock-based compensation expense:


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,					Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		2021		2020			2022		2021		2022		2021
		(in thousands)									(in millions)
Stock-based compensation expense by type of award:	Stock-based compensation expense by type of award:									Stock-based compensation expense by type of award:
Restricted stock units (including PSUs) and restricted stock		$	88,847	$	98,419	$	189,673	$	195,568
Restricted stock units (including PSUs)										Restricted stock units (including PSUs)	$	103.0	$	88.8	$	221.2	$	189.7
Stock options	Stock options	11,109		16,847		21,705		34,113		Stock options	6.3		11.1		11.8		21.7
ESPP share issuances	ESPP share issuances	5,959		2,855		11,574		5,340		ESPP share issuances	4.3		6.0		11.1		11.6
Stock-based compensation expense related to inventories	Stock-based compensation expense related to inventories	(1,293)		(932)		(3,156)		(2,126)		Stock-based compensation expense related to inventories	0.3		(1.3)		0.1		(3.2)
Total stock-based compensation expense included in costs and expenses		$	104,622	$	117,189	$	219,796	$	232,895
Total stock-based compensation expense included in “Total costs and expenses”										Total stock-based compensation expense included in “Total costs and expenses”	$	113.9	$	104.6	$	244.2	$	219.8

Stock-based compensation expense by line item:	Stock-based compensation expense by line item:									Stock-based compensation expense by line item:
Cost of sales	Cost of sales	$	1,540	$	1,387	$	2,971	$	2,748	Cost of sales	$	2.4	$	1.6	$	4.6	$	3.0
Research and development expenses	Research and development expenses	62,615		70,275		135,417		142,962		Research and development expenses	69.5		62.6		149.9		135.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses	Selling, general and administrative expenses	40,467		45,527		81,408		87,185		Selling, general and administrative expenses	42.0		40.4		89.7		81.4
Total stock-based compensation expense included in costs and expenses	Total stock-based compensation expense included in costs and expenses	104,622		117,189		219,796		232,895		Total stock-based compensation expense included in costs and expenses	113.9		104.6		244.2		219.8
Income tax effect	Income tax effect	(20,856)		(31,151)		(52,107)		(95,397)		Income tax effect	(26.5)		(20.9)		(62.5)		(52.1)
Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax	Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax	$	83,766	$	86,038	$	167,689	$	137,498	Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax	$	87.4	$	83.7	$	181.7	$	167.7

Share repurchase programs

In 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2019 Share Repurchase Program”), pursuant to which the Company repurchased $500.0 million of its common stock in 2019 and 2020. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company repurchased 1,403,868 shares of its common stock under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program for an aggregate of $300.0 million.

In November 2020, ~~the Company’s~~our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2020 Share Repurchase Program”), pursuant to which ~~the Company~~we repurchased $500.0 million of ~~its~~our common stock in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, ~~the Company~~we repurchased ~~1,988,941~~2.0 million shares of ~~its~~our common stock under the 2020 Share Repurchase Program for an aggregate of $424.9 million.

OnIn June ~~23,~~ 2021, ~~the Company’s~~our Board of Directors approved a ~~new~~ share repurchase program (the “2021 Share Repurchase Program”), pursuant to which ~~the Company is~~we are authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of ~~its~~our common stock by December 31, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock under the 2021 Share Repurchase Program. As of June 30, 2022, a total of $499.7 million remained authorized for repurchases of common stock under the 2021 ~~the full repurchase authorization remained available under this program.~~Share Repurchase Program.

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

K.Income Taxes

~~The Company is~~We are subject to U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020, the Company~~we recorded the following provisions for (benefits from) ~~provisions for~~ income taxes and effective tax rates as compared to ~~its~~our income (loss) ~~income~~ before provision for (benefit from) ~~provision for~~ income taxes:

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(in thousands, except percentages)
(Loss) income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes $ (44,255) $ 824,770 $ 776,705 $ 1,482,304
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (111,179) (12,500) 56,643 42,281
Effective tax rate 251 % (2) % 7 % 3 %


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in millions, except percentages)
Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	1,024.4	$	(44.2)	$	1,979.2	$	776.7
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	213.9		(111.2)		406.6		56.6


Effective tax rate			21		%				251		%				21		%				7		%

~~The Company’s~~Our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was similar to the U.S. statutory rate.

Our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was different than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to a $99.7 million discrete tax benefit associated with an increase in the U.K.’s corporate tax rate from 19% to 25%, which was enacted in June 2021 and will become effective in April 2023. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was different than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to a discrete tax benefit of $187.0 million associated with an intra-entity transfer of intellectual property rights to the U.K. in the second quarter of 2020, a discrete benefit related to the write-off of a long-term intercompany receivable in the first quarter of 2020 and excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation.

On a periodic basis, the Company reassesses the need for a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, weighing positive and negative evidence to assess the recoverability of the deferred tax assets. As of December 31, 2020, the Company maintained a valuation allowance of $213.8 million related primarily to U.S. state and foreign tax attributes.

As part of the U.S. Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, the Company is subject to a territorial tax system, under which it must establish an accounting policy to provide for tax on Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”) earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. The Company has elected to treat the impact of GILTI as a current tax expense in its provision for income taxes.

~~The Company has~~We have reviewed the tax positions taken, or to be taken, in ~~its~~our tax returns for all tax years currently open to examination by a taxing authority. ~~Unrecognized tax benefits represent the aggregate tax effect of differences between tax return positions and the benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements.~~ As of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020, the Company~~2021, we had ~~$84.5~~$145.2 million and ~~$75.8~~$129.5 million, respectively, of net unrecognized tax benefits, which would affect ~~the Company’s~~our tax rate if recognized. The Company does not expect that its unrecognized tax benefits will materially change within the next twelve months. The Company accrues interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of its provision

Starting in 2022, our cash paid for income ~~taxes. The Company did not recognize any material interest or penalties related~~taxes is substantially increasing due to ~~uncertain tax positions during~~ the ~~three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.~~

Aselimination of ~~June 30, 2021, foreign earnings have been retained by foreign subsidiaries for indefinite reinvestment. Upon repatriation of those earnings,~~the option in the ~~form~~U.S. to deduct research and development expenses in the period they are incurred and instead, as required by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of ~~dividends or otherwise,~~2017, amortize them over a five year period if they are from the ~~Company could be subject to withholding taxes payable to the various~~U.S. and fifteen years if they are from foreign ~~countries.~~jurisdictions.

~~The Company files~~We file U.S. federal income tax returns and income tax returns in various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to any tax assessment from an income tax examination in the U.S. or any other major taxing jurisdiction, except where the Company has net operating losses or tax credit carryforwards that originate before 2011. The Company hasWe have various income tax audits ongoing at any time throughout the world. Except for jurisdictions where we have net operating losses or tax credit carryforwards, we are no longer subject to any tax assessment from tax authorities for years prior to 2018.

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~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)~~

L.Commitments and Contingencies

Revolving Credit Facilities

~~The Company~~Vertex and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into 2several credit agreements (the “Credit Agreements”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders referred to therein (the “Lenders”). The Credit Agreements were not drawn upon at closing and ~~the Company has~~we have not drawn upon them to date. Amounts drawn pursuant to the Credit Agreements, if any, will be used for general corporate purposes. Any amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreements will bear interest, at ~~the Company’s~~our option, at either a base rate or ~~a Eurocurrency~~an alternative rate described below, in each case plus an applicable margin based on ~~the Company’s~~our consolidated leverage ratio (the ratio of ~~the Company’s~~our total consolidated funded indebtedness to ~~the Company’s~~our consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period).

In September 2019, ~~the Company~~Vertex and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a $500.0 million unsecured revolving facility (the “2019 Credit Agreement”) with the Lenders, which ~~matures~~was scheduled to mature on September 17, 2024. Under the 2019 Credit Agreement, the applicable margins on base rate loans ~~range~~ranged from 0.125% to 0.500% and the applicable margins on Eurocurrency loans ~~range~~ranged from 1.125% to 1.500%. The 2019 Credit Agreement ~~provides~~provided a sublimit of $50.0 million for letters of credit.

In September 2020, ~~the Company~~Vertex and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a $2.0 billion unsecured revolving facility (the “2020 Credit Agreement”) with the Lenders, which matures on September 18, 2022. Under the 2020 Credit Agreement, the applicable margins on base rate loans range from 0.500% to 0.875% and the applicable margins on Eurocurrency loans range from 1.500% to 1.875%. The 2020 Credit Agreement does not support letters of credit.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

In July 2022, Vertex and certain of its subsidiaries terminated the 2019 Credit Agreement and entered into a $500.0 million unsecured revolving facility (the “2022 Credit Agreement”) with the Lenders, which matures on July 1, 2027. Under the 2022 Credit Agreement, the applicable margins on base rate loans range from 0.000% to 0.500% and the applicable margins on SOFR loans range from 1.000% to 1.500%. The 2022 Credit Agreement provides a sublimit of $100.0 million for letters of credit.

Subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, ~~the Company~~we may request that the borrowing capacity for each of the 2020 Credit ~~Agreements~~Agreement and the 2022 Credit Agreement be increased by an additional $500.0 million. Any amounts borrowed pursuant to the 2020 Credit ~~Agreements~~Agreement and the 2022 Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain of ~~the Company’s~~our existing and future domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

~~The~~Each of the 2020 Credit ~~Agreements~~Agreement and the 2022 Credit Agreement contain customary representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including a financial ~~covenants~~covenant to maintain ~~(x)~~ subject to certain limited exceptions, a consolidated leverage ratio of 3.50 to 1.00, subject to an increase to 4.00 to 1.00 following a material ~~acquisition and (y)~~acquisition. The 2020 Credit Agreement also includes a financial covenant to maintain subject to certain limited exceptions, a consolidated interest coverage ratio of 2.50 to ~~1.00, in each case~~1.00. These financial covenants are measured on a quarterly basis. As of June 30, ~~2021, the Company was~~2022, we were in compliance with the covenants described above. The Credit Agreements also contain customary events of default. In the case of a continuing event of default, the administrative agent would be entitled to exercise various remedies, including the acceleration of amounts due under outstanding loans.

Direct costs related to the Credit Agreements ~~which were not material to the Company’s financial statements, were deferred and~~are recorded over the term of the respective Credit ~~Agreements.~~Agreements and were not material to our financial statements.

Guaranties and Indemnifications

As permitted under Massachusetts law, ~~the Company’s~~our Articles of Organization and By-laws provide that ~~the Company~~we will indemnify certain of ~~its~~our officers and directors for certain claims asserted against them in connection with their service as an officer or director. The maximum potential amount of future payments that ~~the Company~~we could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. However, ~~the Company has~~we have purchased directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies that could reduce ~~its~~our monetary exposure and enable itus to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. ~~NaN~~No indemnification claims currently are outstanding, and ~~the Company believes~~we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification arrangements is minimal.

~~The Company~~We customarily ~~agrees~~agree in the ordinary course of ~~its~~our business to indemnification provisions in agreements with clinical trial investigators and sites in ~~its drug~~our product development programs, sponsored research agreements with academic and not-for-profit institutions, various comparable agreements involving parties performing services for ~~the Company~~us, and ~~its~~our real estate leases. ~~The Company~~We also customarily ~~agrees~~agree to certain indemnification provisions in ~~its~~our drug discovery, development and commercialization collaboration agreements. With respect to ~~the Company’s~~our clinical trials and sponsored research agreements, these indemnification provisions typically apply to any claim asserted against the investigator or the investigator’s institution relating to personal injury or property damage, violations of law or certain breaches of ~~the~~

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~~Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)~~

~~Company’s~~our contractual obligations arising out of the research or clinical testing of ~~the Company’s~~our compounds or ~~drug~~product candidates. With respect to lease agreements, the indemnification provisions typically apply to claims asserted against the landlord relating to personal injury or property damage caused by ~~the Company,~~us, to violations of law by ~~the Company~~us or to certain breaches of ~~the Company’s~~our contractual obligations. The indemnification provisions appearing in ~~the Company’s~~our collaboration agreements are similar to those for the other agreements discussed above, but in addition provide some limited indemnification for ~~its~~our collaborator in the event of third-party claims alleging infringement of intellectual property rights. In each of the cases above, the indemnification obligation generally survives the termination of the agreement for some extended period, although ~~the Company believes~~we believe the obligation typically has the most relevance during the contract term and for a short period of time thereafter. The maximum potential amount of future payments that ~~the Company~~we could be required to make under these provisions is generally unlimited. ~~The Company has~~We have purchased insurance policies covering personal injury, property damage and general liability that reduce ~~its~~our exposure for indemnification and would enable itus in many cases to recover all or a portion of any future amounts paid. ~~The Company has~~We have never paid any material amounts to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification provisions. Accordingly, ~~the Company believes~~we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification arrangements is minimal.

Other Contingencies

~~The Company has~~We have certain contingent liabilities that arise in the ordinary course of ~~its~~our business activities. ~~The Company accrues~~We accrue a reserve for contingent liabilities when it is probable that future expenditures will be made, and such expenditures can be reasonably

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

estimated. Other than ~~the Company’s~~our contingent consideration liabilities discussed in Note E, “Fair Value Measurements,” there were 0no material contingent liabilities accrued as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 or December 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

M.Additional Cash Flow Information

The cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning and ending of each period presented in ~~the Company’s~~our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows consisted of the following:


		Six Months Ended June 30,									Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021				2020					2022				2021
		Beginning of period		End of period		Beginning of period		End of period			Beginning of period		End of period		Beginning of period		End of period
		(in thousands)									(in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,988,187	$	6,063,678	$	3,109,322	$	4,831,332	Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,795.0	$	8,702.2	$	5,988.2	$	6,063.7
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	658		7,390		8,004		4,368		Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5.1		1.9		0.7		7.4
Other assets		0		0		3,355		0

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash per condensed consolidated statement of cash flows	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash per condensed consolidated statement of cash flows	$	5,988,845	$	6,071,068	$	3,120,681	$	4,835,700	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash per condensed consolidated statement of cash flows	$	6,800.1	$	8,704.1	$	5,988.9	$	6,071.1

N.Subsequent Event

In July 2022, we entered into an agreement to acquire ViaCyte, Inc. (“ViaCyte”), a privately held biotechnology company primarily focused on delivering novel stem cell-derived cell replacement therapies as a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. At closing, we will acquire all outstanding shares of ViaCyte in exchange for approximately $320.0 million in cash. The acquisition is subject to, among other things, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. We will account for the acquisition in the period that it closes.

Also in July 2022, Vertex entered into a research collaboration with Verve Therapeutics, Inc. (“Verve”) focused on discovering and developing an in vivo gene editing program for a liver disease. Under the terms of the agreement, Vertex made a $25.0 million upfront payment to Verve and purchased $35.0 million of Verve’s common stock.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

OVERVIEW

We invest in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases with a focus on specialty markets. We have four approved medicines to treat cystic fibrosis, or CF, a life-threatening genetic disease, and are focused on increasing the number of people with CF eligible and able to receive our medicines through label expansions, approval of new medicines, and expanded reimbursement. We are broadening our pipeline into additional disease areas through internal research efforts and accessing external innovation through business development transactions.

Our triple combination regimen, TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), was approved in 2019 in the United States, or U.S., and in 2020 in the European Union, or E.U. Collectively, our four medicines are ~~approved to treat~~being used by the majority of the approximately 83,000 people with CF in North America, Europe, and Australia. We are evaluating our medicines in additional patient populations, including younger children, with the goal of having small molecule treatments for ~~up to~~approximately 90% of people with CF. We also are ~~also~~ pursuing genetic therapies ~~to address~~for the remaining ~~10% of~~ people with ~~CF.~~CF who may not be helped by our current CF medicines.

Beyond CF, we continue to research and develop ~~small molecule drug~~product candidates for the treatment of serious diseases, including ~~alpha-1 antitrypsin, or AAT, deficiency, APOL1-mediated kidney diseases and pain. We are also focused on developing cell and genetic therapies for various diseases in our pipeline, including~~ sickle cell disease, ~~or SCD,~~ beta thalassemia, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, ~~or T1D,~~pain, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ~~or DMD,~~and myotonic dystrophy or DM1, and CF. We are evaluating CTX001, a genetic therapy, as a potential treatment for SCD and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, or TDT, the most severe form of beta thalassemia, in collaboration with CRISPR Therapeutics AG, or CRISPR. In T1D, we are pursuing two programs for the transplant of functional islets into patients: transplantation of islet cells alone, using immunosuppression to protect the implanted cells, and implantation of the islet cells inside a novel immunoprotective device.type 1.

Financial Highlights


Revenues			In the second quarter of ~~2021,~~2022, our net product revenues continued to increase due to the ~~uptake~~strong launches of TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO in ~~Europe~~multiple countries internationally and ~~continued~~the strong performance of TRIKAFTA in the U.S., including the June 2021 launch of TRIKAFTA for children with CF 6 through 11 years of age.
Expenses			Our total research and development, or R&D, acquired in-process research and development, or AIPR&D, and selling, general and administrative, or SG&A, expenses decreased to $877.3 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $1.6 billion in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a $900.0 million upfront payment we made in the second quarter of 2021 to CRISPR in connection with an amendment to our exa-cel collaboration partially offset by the progression of several product candidates into mid- to late-stage clinical development. Cost of sales was 12% and 13% of our net product revenues in the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Cash			~~Cash~~ Our cash, cash equivalent and marketable securities increased to ~~$6.71~~$9.3 billion as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 as compared to ~~$6.66~~$7.5 billion as of December 31, ~~2020~~2021 primarily due to our net product revenues and ~~profitability, offset by the $900 million payment to CRISPR and repurchases of our common stock in the first quarter of 2021.~~

~~Expenses~~ Our total R&D and SG&A expenses increased to $1.60 billion in the second quarter of 2021 as compared to $612.7 million in the second quarter of 2020 primarily due to a $900 million upfront payment we made to CRISPR in connection with an amendment to our CTX001 collaboration. In the second quarter of 2021, cost of sales was 12.7% of our net product revenues. profitability.

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Business Updates

~~Cystic Fibrosis~~ Marketed Products

We expect to continue to grow our CF business by increasing the number of people with CF eligible and able to receive our medicines and providing improved treatment options for people who are already eligible for one of our medicines. Recent and anticipated progress in ~~our CF business~~activities supporting these efforts is included below.

•We have completed the Phase 3 study of TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO in children 2 to 5 years old. We expect to present results from this trial at a medical forum later in 2022 and to submit global regulatory filings later this year.

•In ~~June,~~April, Health Canada granted marketing authorization for TRIKAFTA in children 6 to 11 years of age.

•We have filed a supplemental New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and a marketing authorization application with the ~~FDA, approved~~European Medicines Agency, or EMA, for the use of ~~TRIKAFTA (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for~~ORKAMBI in children ~~with CF 6~~12 months to ~~11 years~~less than 24 months old. The FDA has assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target date of ~~age who have at least one~~ ~~F508del~~ ~~mutation or at least one mutation that is responsive to TRIKAFTA.~~

•~~In June, Health Canada granted marketing authorization for TRIKAFTA for people with CF 12 years of age and older who have at least one~~ ~~F508del~~ ~~mutation.~~September 4, 2022.

•TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO is now approved and reimbursed or accessible in more than ~~15 countries outside the U.S., including Italy and France.~~25 countries.

Pipeline

We continue to advance a pipeline of potentially transformative small molecule and cell and genetic therapies aimed at treating serious diseases. Recent and anticipated progress in activities supporting these efforts is included below.

Cystic Fibrosis

•We ~~plan to initiate a~~are conducting two Phase 3 ~~development program for the next-in-class,~~global, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled clinical trials evaluating our new once-daily investigational triple combination of ~~VX-121, tezacaftor~~VX-121/tezacaftor/VX-561 in people with CF 12 years of age and older. Sites across both studies are open and enrolling, and enrollment in both trials is expected to be completed in late 2022 or early 2023. We also initiated a study of VX-121/tezacaftor/VX-561 in children with CF 6 to 11 years of age.

•In collaboration with Moderna, we are developing CF mRNA therapeutics for the treatment of people with CF who do not produce any CFTR protein. We have completed IND-enabling studies and expect to submit an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, for this program in the second half of ~~2021. Clinical and preclinical data suggest that this triple combination has the potential to provide enhanced benefit for people with CF who have the~~ ~~F508del~~ ~~mutation on at least one allele.~~

•Our Phase 3 program will consist of two 48-week clinical trials, which will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the new combination relative to TRIKAFTA in a total of 800 people with CF. Both clinical trials will measure the regulatory-enabling endpoint of absolute change in ppFEV1~~, a measure of lung function, that will be analyzed for non-inferiority to TRIKAFTA. The clinical trials also are designed to assess the absolute change from baseline in ppFEV~~1 ~~and sweat chloride for superiority to TRIKAFTA.~~2022.

Beta Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease

•We ~~and our collaborator, CRISPR,~~ are evaluating the use of a non-viral ex vivo CRISPR gene-editing therapy, ~~CTX001,~~exa-cel (formerly known as CTX001), for the treatment of sickle cell disease, or SCD, and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, or TDT. Enrollment is complete in the ongoing clinical trials evaluating exa-cel in SCD and TDT, and two additional Phase 3 studies of exa-cel have been initiated in pediatric patients, one in TDT and a second in SCD. ~~This approach aims to edit a person’s hematopoietic stem cells to produce fetal hemoglobin in red blood cells, which has the potential to reduce or eliminate symptoms associated with the diseases.~~

•In the second quarter of 2021, we amended the collaboration for CTX001 and in connection this amendment, we made a $900 million upfront payment to CRISPR. Pursuant to the amended collaboration, we now lead global development, manufacturing and commercialization of CTX001, with support from CRISPR.

•In June 2022, data from 2275 people with ~~at least three~~follow-up ranging from 1.2 to 37.2 months ~~of follow-up~~ after ~~CTX001~~exa-cel infusion were presented at the European Hematology Association ~~Annual Meeting~~Congress and continued to support the profile of ~~CTX001~~exa-cel as a one-time functional cure for people with TDT and SCD, showing consistent and durable benefit with longer term ~~data from a larger population of people.~~data.

•~~Enrollment~~We have completed discussions with the EMA and ~~dosing~~the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the submission package for exa-cel and are ~~ongoing~~on track to submit for regulatory approvals of exa-cel for SCD and TDT in Europe and the ~~clinical trials evaluating CTX001,~~United Kingdom by the end of 2022. Discussions with the FDA are ongoing.

APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease

•Based on positive Phase 2 data for inaxaplin (formerly known as VX-147), our small molecule for the treatment of APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, we initiated pivotal development of inaxaplin in a single Phase 2/3 study in patients with two APOL1 mutations and more than 45 people have been dosed across the program. We expect to achieve target enrollment in both clinical trials in the third quarter of 2021, with regulatory filings possible in the next 18 to 24 months.proteinuric kidney disease.

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~~APOL1-Mediated Kidney Diseases~~

•~~We are evaluating~~The FDA grantedinaxaplin Breakthrough Therapy designation for APOL1-mediated FSGS and the ~~potential of inhibitors of APOL1 function to treat people with~~EMA granted inaxaplin Priority Medicines, or PRIME, designation for APOL1-mediated kidney ~~diseases.~~

•Enrollment is ongoing in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial designed to evaluate the reduction in proteinuria in people with APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after treatment with VX-147.

•~~We expect data from this clinical trial in the second half of 2021.~~disease, or AMKD.

Pain

•~~NaV1.8 is a genetically and pharmacologically validated novel target for the treatment of pain.~~ We ~~previously~~ have ~~demonstrated clinical proof-of-concept with a~~discovered multiple selective small molecule ~~investigational treatment targeting~~inhibitors of NaV1.8 ~~in multiple pain indications including acute pain, neuropathic pain and musculoskeletal pain. Our approach is to selectively inhibit NaV1.8 using small molecules~~ with the objective of creating a new class of pain medicines that have the potential to provide ~~superior relief~~effective pain relief. In March, we announced positive Phase 2 data for VX-548, a NaV 1.8 inhibitor, for the non-opioid treatment of acute pain. We expect to initiate Phase 3 development of VX-548 for the treatment of acute pain ~~without~~in the ~~limitations~~fourth quarter of ~~opioids, including their addictive potential. VX-548 is the most recent molecule to enter clinical development from our portfolio of NaV1.8 inhibitors.~~2022.

•~~In July, we announced~~The FDA granted VX-548 Breakthrough Therapy designation for the ~~initiation~~treatment of ~~our VX-548 Phase 2~~moderate to severe acute ~~pain program. The proof-of-concept clinical trial for acute pain following bunionectomy surgery is open for enrollment.~~ pain.

•We ~~also expect~~intend to initiate a Phase 2 ~~clinical trial evaluating~~study of VX-548 ~~for acute~~in neuropathic pain ~~following abdominoplasty surgery in~~by the ~~third quarter~~end of ~~2021.~~

•~~We expect data from the bunionectomy clinical trial by early~~ 2022.

Type 1 Diabetes

•~~We are evaluating~~VX-880 is a ~~cell therapy designed to replace insulin-producing islet cells in people with T1D. We are pursuing two programs for the transplant of~~ stem cell-derived, allogeneic, fully differentiated, ~~insulin-producing~~insulin-secreting islet ~~cells into patients: transplantation of islet cells alone, using~~cell replacement therapy, used in combination with immunosuppression to protect the implanted ~~cells, and implantation of the islet cells inside~~cells. VX-880 is being evaluated in a ~~novel immunoprotective device.~~

•~~Our~~ Phase 1/2 clinical trial ~~evaluating~~as a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes, or T1D. The VX-880 ~~our islet cells alone program, is ongoing in people with T1D. This~~Phase 1/2 clinical trial ~~involves an infusion of fully differentiated, functional islet cells, and chronic administration of concomitant immunosuppressive therapy, to protect~~has resumed enrollment in the ~~islet cells from immune rejection. The~~U.S. following a clinical hold imposed by the FDA.

•Earlier this year, we provided data on the first ~~person~~two T1D patients dosed in this clinical trial, ~~was dosed,~~including that both patients had achieved glucose-responsive insulin production, improvements in glycemic control, and reductions in exogenous insulin requirements. Additional data presented at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Conference also demonstrated significant increases in the blood-glucose time-in-range compared to the baseline, following treatment with VX-880. VX-880 safety data to date is generally consistent with the immunosuppressive regimen used in the study and the perioperative period.

•We continue to advance additional programs in T1D, in which these same stem cell-derived, fully differentiated, insulin-secreting islet cells are encapsulated and implanted in an immunoprotective device or modified to produce hypoimmune stem cells islets with the goal of eliminating the need for immunosuppression. We are conducting IND-enabling studies for the cells and device program, and we expect ~~initial data from~~to submit an IND for this ~~clinical trial~~program in 2022.

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

•We are ~~evaluating multiple compounds with~~working to address the ~~potential to correct the misfolding~~underlying genetic cause of alpha-1 antitrypsin, or AAT, deficiency by developing novel small molecule correctors of Z-AAT protein infolding, with the goal of enabling the secretion of functional AAT into the blood and addressing both the lung and the liver ~~in order to increase the systemic levels of functional AAT. Misfolded Z-AAT protein is the root cause~~aspects of AAT ~~deficiency and our small molecule corrector program targets both the liver and lung manifestations of the disease.~~

•In June, we announced that we had achieved our primary endpoint and established proof of mechanism in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating our Z-AAT corrector, VX-864. However, because the magnitude of treatment effect was unlikely to translate into substantial clinical benefit, we decided not to advance VX-864 into late-stage development.

•deficiency. We plan to advance one or more ~~novel~~ small molecule Z-AAT correctors into the clinic in 2022.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

•We are investigating a novel approach to treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, which delivers CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to muscle cells, with the goal of restoring near-full length dystrophin protein expression by targeting specific mutations in the dystrophin gene that cause the disease. We have advanced our first in vivo gene-editing therapy for DMD into IND-enabling studies. We expect to submit an IND for this program in 2023.

Our Business Environment

Our net product revenues come from the sale of our medicines for the treatment of CF. Our CF strategy involves continuing to develop and obtain approval and reimbursement for treatment regimens that will provide benefits to all people with CF and increasing the number of people with CF eligible and able to receive our medicines, including through label expansions, expanded reimbursement, and the development of new medicines. We are actively pursuing a pipeline of product candidates for the treatment of serious diseases outside of CF. Our strategy is to combine transformative advances in the understanding of human disease biology and the science of therapeutics in order to discover and develop new medicines. This approach includes advancing multiple compounds from each program, spanning multiple modalities, into early clinical trials and evaluating patient data to inform discovery and development of additional compounds, with the goal of bringing first-in-class and best-in-class therapies to patients, and to provide durable clinical and commercial success.

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In pursuit of new product candidates and therapies in specialty markets, we invest in research and development. We believe that pursuing research in diverse areas allows us to balance the risks inherent in product development and may provide product candidates that will form our pipeline in future years. To supplement our internal research programs, we acquire technologies and programs and collaborate with biopharmaceutical and technology companies, leading academic research institutions, government laboratories, foundations and other organizations, as needed, to advance research in our areas of therapeutic interest and to access technologies needed to execute on our strategy.

Discovery and development of a new pharmaceutical or biological product is a difficult and lengthy process that requires significant financial resources along with extensive technical and regulatory expertise. Most potential drug or biological products never progress into development, and most products that do advance into development never receive marketing approval. Our investments in product candidates are subject to considerable risks. We closely monitor the results of our discovery, research, clinical trials and nonclinical studies and frequently evaluate our product development programs in light of new data and scientific, business and commercial insights, with the objective of balancing risk and potential. This process can result in rapid changes in focus and priorities as new information becomes available and as we gain additional understanding of our ongoing programs and potential new programs, as well as those of our competitors.

Our business also requires ensuring appropriate manufacturing and reimbursement of our products. As we advance our product candidates through clinical development toward commercialization and market and sell our approved products, we build and maintain our supply chain and quality assurance resources. We rely on a global network of third parties and our internal capabilities to manufacture and distribute our products for commercial sale and post-approval clinical trials and to manufacture and distribute our product candidates for clinical trials. In addition to establishing supply chains for each new approved product, we adapt our supply chain for existing products to include additional formulations or to increase scale of production for existing products as needed. The processes for cell and genetic therapies can be more complex than those required for small molecule drugs and require different systems, equipment, facilities and expertise. We are focused on ensuring the stability of the supply chains for our current products, as well as for our pipeline programs.

Sales of our products depend, to a large degree, on the extent to which our products are reimbursed by third-party payors, such as government health programs, commercial insurance and managed health care organizations. Reimbursement for our products, including our potential pipeline therapies, cannot be assured and may take significant periods of time to obtain. We dedicate substantial management and other resources in order to obtain and maintain appropriate levels of reimbursement for our products from third-party payors, including governmental organizations in the U.S. and ex-U.S. markets.

In the U.S., we have worked successfully with third-party payors in order to promptly obtain appropriate levels of reimbursement for our CF medicines. We plan to continue to engage in discussions with numerous commercial insurers and managed health care organizations, along with government health programs that are typically managed by authorities in the individual states, to ensure that payors recognize the significant benefits that our medicines provide and provide patients with appropriate levels of access to our medicines now and in the future. In ex-U.S. markets, we seek government reimbursement for our medicines on a country-by-country or region-by-region basis, as required. This is necessary for each new medicine, as well as for label expansions for our current medicines. We expect to continue to focus significant resources to obtain expanded reimbursement for our CF medicines and, ultimately, pipeline therapies in U.S. and ex-U.S. markets.

COVID-19

We continue to monitor the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic on our ~~business.~~business, including in our clinical trials, manufacturing facilities and capabilities, and ability to access necessary resources. COVID-19 has not materially affected our supply chain or the demand for our medicines, and we believe that we will be able to continue to supply all of our approved medicines to patients globally. We adjusted our business operations in response to COVID-19 and have continued to monitor local COVID-19 trends and government guidance for each of our site locations. We are utilizing a ~~phased,~~ site-specific approach to assess and permit employee access to our sites. Currently, our sites are open to certain employees where appropriate and permitted by local laws and guidelines.

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~~Research~~

We continue to invest in our research programs and foster scientific innovation in order to identify and develop transformative medicines. Our strategy is to combine transformative advances in the understanding of human disease and the science of therapeutics in order to identify and develop new medicines. We believe that pursuing research in diverse areas allows us to balance the risks inherent in drug development and may provide drug candidates that will form our pipeline in future years. To supplement our internal research programs, we acquire technologies and programs and collaborate with biopharmaceutical and technology companies, leading academic research institutions, government laboratories, foundations and other organizations, as needed, to advance research in our areas of therapeutic interest and to access technologies needed to execute on our strategy.

~~Drug Discovery and Development~~

Discovery and development of a new pharmaceutical product is a difficult and lengthy process that requires significant financial resources along with extensive technical and regulatory expertise. Potential drug candidates are subjected to rigorous evaluations, driven in part by stringent regulatory considerations, designed to generate information concerning efficacy, side effects, proper dosage levels and a variety of other physical and chemical characteristics that are important in determining whether a drug candidate should be approved for marketing as a pharmaceutical product. Most chemical compounds that are investigated as potential drug candidates never progress into development, and most drug candidates that do advance into development never receive marketing approval. Our investments in drug candidates are subject to considerable risks. We closely monitor the results of our discovery, research, clinical trials and nonclinical studies and frequently evaluate our drug development programs in light of new data and scientific, business and commercial insights, with the objective of balancing risk and potential. This process can result in rapid changes in focus and priorities as new information becomes available and as we gain additional understanding of our ongoing programs and potential new programs, as well as those of our competitors. For example, in June 2021, we decided not to progress VX-864, a drug candidate for the treatment of AAT deficiency, into late-stage development based on data obtained from a Phase 2 clinical trial.

If we believe that data from a completed registration program support approval of a drug candidate, we submit an NDA or BLA to the FDA requesting approval to market the drug candidate in the U.S. and seek analogous approvals from comparable regulatory authorities in jurisdictions outside the U.S. To obtain approval, we must, among other things, demonstrate with evidence gathered in nonclinical studies and well-controlled clinical trials that the drug candidate is safe and effective for the disease it is intended to treat and that the manufacturing facilities, processes and controls for the manufacture of the drug candidate are adequate. The FDA and ex-U.S. regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in deciding whether or not a drug candidate should be granted approval based on the benefits and risks of the drug candidate in the treatment of a particular disease, and could delay, limit or deny regulatory approval. If regulatory delays are significant or regulatory approval is limited or denied altogether, our financial results and the commercial prospects for the drug candidate involved will be harmed.

~~Regulatory Compliance~~

Our marketing of pharmaceutical products is subject to extensive and complex laws and regulations. We have a corporate compliance program designed to actively identify, prevent and mitigate risk through the implementation of compliance policies and systems and through the promotion of a culture of compliance. Among other laws, regulations and standards, we are subject to various U.S. federal and state laws, and comparable laws in other jurisdictions, pertaining to health care fraud and abuse, including anti-kickback and false claims laws, and laws prohibiting the promotion of drugs for unapproved or off-label uses. Anti-kickback laws generally make it illegal for a prescription drug manufacturer to knowingly and willfully solicit, offer, receive or pay any remuneration in return for or to induce the referral of business, including the purchase or prescription of a particular drug that is reimbursed by a state or federal health care program. False claims laws prohibit anyone from knowingly or willfully presenting for payment to third-party payors, including Medicare and Medicaid, claims for reimbursed drugs or services that are false or fraudulent, claims for items or services not provided as claimed, or claims for medically unnecessary items or services. We are subject to laws and regulations that regulate the sales and marketing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which govern our international business practices with respect to payments to government officials. In addition, we are subject to various data protection and privacy laws and regulations in the U.S., E.U., U.K., Canada, Australia and other jurisdictions.

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~~We expect to continue to devote substantial resources to maintain, administer and expand these compliance programs globally.~~

~~Reimbursement~~

Sales of our products depend, to a large degree, on the extent to which our products are reimbursed by third-party payors, such as government health programs, commercial insurance and managed health care organizations. We dedicate substantial management and other resources in order to obtain and maintain appropriate levels of reimbursement for our products from third-party payors, including governmental organizations in the U.S. and ex-U.S. markets.

In the U.S., we have worked successfully with third party payors in order to promptly obtain appropriate levels of reimbursement for our CF medicines. We plan to continue to engage in discussions with numerous commercial insurers and managed health care organizations, along with government health programs that are typically managed by authorities in the individual states, to ensure that payors recognize the significant benefits that our medicines provide by treating the underlying cause of CF and continue to provide access to our medicines.

In Europe and other ex-U.S. markets, we seek government reimbursement for our medicines on a country-by-country basis. This is necessary for each new medicine, as well as for label expansions for our current medicines. We successfully obtained reimbursement for KALYDECO in each significant ex-U.S. market within two years of approval, but experienced significant challenges in obtaining reimbursement for ORKAMBI in certain ex-U.S. markets. With the completion of reimbursement discussions in England and France in 2019, we have reimbursement for ORKAMBI or SYMKEVI in most of our significant ex-U.S. markets. In addition, in several ex-U.S. markets, including England, Ireland, Denmark and Australia, our reimbursement agreements include innovative arrangements that provide a pathway to access and rapid reimbursement for certain future CF medicines. For example, our existing reimbursement agreements in England, Ireland, and Denmark have been expanded to include KAFTRIO. Additionally, we have entered into new reimbursement agreements for our medicines throughout Europe, including Italy and France. We expect to continue to focus significant resources to obtain appropriate reimbursement for our products in ex-U.S. markets.

Strategic Transactions

Acquisitions

As part of our business strategy, we seek to acquire ~~drugs, drug~~products, product candidates and other technologies and businesses that ~~have the potential to~~are aligned with our corporate and research and development strategies and complement and advance our ongoing research and development efforts.

In ~~2019,~~the second quarter of 2022, we ~~invested significantly in business development transactions designed to augment our pipeline, including~~acquired Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.’s, or Catalyst’s, portfolio of protease medicines that target the ~~acquisition of Semma Therapeutics,~~complement system and related intellectual property. In July 2022, we announced that we had entered into a definitive agreement under which we will acquire ViaCyte Inc., ~~or Semma,~~ a ~~privately-held~~privately held biotechnology company ~~focused on the use~~with tools, technologies and assets with potential to accelerate development of ~~stem cell-derived human islets as a potentially curative treatment for~~our T1D and Exonics Therapeutics, Inc., or Exonics, a privately-held company focused on creating transformative gene-editing therapies to repair mutations that cause DMD and other severe neuromuscular diseases, including DM1. programs.

We expect to continue to identify and evaluate potential acquisitions and may include larger transactions or later-stage assets.

Collaboration and ~~Licensing~~In-Licensing Arrangements

We enter into arrangements with third parties, including collaboration and licensing arrangements, for the development, manufacture and commercialization of ~~drugs, drug~~products, product candidates and other technologies that have the potential to complement our ongoing research and development efforts. ~~We expect to continue to identify and evaluate collaboration and licensing opportunities that may be similar to or different from the collaborations and licenses that we have engaged in previously.~~

~~In-License Agreements~~

We have entered into collaborations with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in order to acquire rights or to license drug candidates or technologies that enhance our pipeline and/or our research capabilities. Over the last several years, we entered into collaboration agreements with a number of companies, including ~~Affinia Therapeutics, Inc.,~~ Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc., CRISPR Therapeutics AG, Kymera Therapeutics, Inc., ~~Moderna,~~Mammoth Biosciences, Inc., ~~Molecular Templates,~~Moderna, Inc., Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc., and ~~Skyhawk~~Verve Therapeutics, Inc. Generally, when we in-license a technology or ~~drug~~product candidate, we make upfront payments to the collaborator, assume the costs of the program and/or agree to make contingent payments, which could consist of milestone, royalty and option payments. Most of these collaboration payments are expensed as acquired in-process research and development expenses; however, depending on many factors, including the structure of the collaboration, the significance of the in-licensed ~~drug~~product candidate to the collaborator’s operations and the other activities in which our collaborators are engaged,

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the accounting for these transactions can vary significantly. We expect to continue to identify and evaluate collaboration and licensing opportunities that may be similar to or different from the collaborations and licenses that we have engaged in previously.

Acquired In-Process Research and Development

In the first half of 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020,~~ our ~~research and development expenses~~AIPR&D included ~~$960.1~~$63.9 million and ~~$63.3~~$960.1 million, respectively, related to upfront, ~~and milestones~~contingent milestone, or other payments pursuant to our ~~collaboration agreements. In~~business development transactions, including the ~~first half~~collaborations, licenses of ~~2021, these payments were primarily related to the $900.0 million upfront payment we made to CRISPR.~~

~~Joint Development~~third-party technologies, and ~~Commercialization Agreement with CRISPR~~

In 2017, we entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement, or JDCA, with CRISPR pursuant to which we are developing and preparing to commercialize CTX001 for TDT and SCD. This JDCA was entered into following our exercise of an option ~~to co-develop and co-commercialize the hemoglobinopathies program that was contained in the collaboration agreement that we entered into with CRISPR in 2015.~~

In April 2021, we and CRISPR entered into an amended and restated joint development and commercialization agreement, or the A&R JDCA. In June 2021, we made a $900.0 million upfront payment to CRISPR in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the A&R JDCA, which we recorded to research and development expenses. Under the terms of the A&R JDCA, we are leading worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization of CTX001. Additionally, 60% of the net profits and net losses for CTX001 will be allocated to us and 40% of the net profits and net losses for CTX001 will be allocated to CRISPR. CRISPR may earn an additional one-time $200.0 million milestone payment upon regulatory approval of CTX001.asset acquisitions described above.

Out-License Agreements

We also have out-licensed internally developed programs to collaborators who are leading the development of these programs. ~~These out-license arrangements include our agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which licensed oncology research and development programs from us in early 2017.~~ Pursuant to these out-licensing arrangements, our collaborators are responsible for the research, development, and commercialization costs associated with these programs, and we are entitled to receive contingent milestone and/or royalty payments. As a result, we do not expect to incur significant expenses in connection with these programs and have the potential for future collaborative and royalty revenues resulting from these programs.

~~Please refer to Note C, “Collaborative Arrangements,” for further information regarding~~ None of our ~~in-license~~out-license agreements had a significant impact on our condensed consolidated statement of operations during the first half of 2022 and ~~out-license agreements.~~2021.

Strategic Investments

In connection with our business development activities, we have periodically made equity investments in our collaborators. As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, we held strategic equity investments in certain public ~~companies~~ and ~~certain~~ private companies, and we ~~plan~~expect to make additional strategic equity investments in the future. While we invest the majority of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities in instruments that meet specific credit quality standards and limit our exposure to any one issue or type of instrument, our strategic investments are maintained and managed separately from our other cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. ~~Any~~As discussed below in “Other Income (Expense), Net” in our Results of Operations, any changes in the fair value of equity investments with readily determinable fair values (including publicly traded securities) are recorded to other income (expense), net in our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

In the first half of 2021 and 2020, we recorded within other income (expense), losses of $41.7 million and gains of $65.1 million, respectively, related to changes in the fair value of our strategic investments, and from sales of certain equity investments. As of June 30, 2021, the fair value of our investments in publicly traded companies was $154.1 million. To the extent that we continue to hold strategic investments, particularly strategic investments in publicly traded companies, we will record other income (expense) related to these strategic investments on a quarterly basis. Due to the volatility of the global markets, including as a result of COVID-19, and the high volatility of stocks in the biotechnology industry, we expect the value of these strategic investments to fluctuate and that the increases or decreases in the fair value of these strategic investments will continue to have material impacts on our net income (expense) and our profitability on a quarterly and/or annual basis.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)			Six Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)				Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		$		%	2021		2020		$		%		2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
		(in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)															(in millions, except percentages and per share amounts)
Revenues	Revenues	$	1,793,370	$	1,524,485	$	268,885	18%	$	3,517,675	$	3,039,592	$	478,083	16%	Revenues	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	22%	$	4,293.7	$	3,517.7	22%
Operating costs and expenses	Operating costs and expenses	1,831,331		806,452		1,024,879		127%	2,667,810		1,601,335		1,066,475		67%	Operating costs and expenses	1,089.9		1,831.3		(40)%	2,146.5		2,667.8		(20)%
(Loss) income from operations		(37,961)		718,033		(755,994)		**	849,865		1,438,257		(588,392)		(41)%
Other non-operating (expense) income, net		(6,294)		106,737		(113,031)		**	(73,160)		44,047		(117,207)		**
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes		(111,179)		(12,500)		(98,679)		789%	56,643		42,281		14,362		34%
Income (loss) from operations																Income (loss) from operations	1,106.3		(37.9)		**	2,147.2		849.9		153%
Other non-operating expense, net																Other non-operating expense, net	(81.9)		(6.3)		**	(168.0)		(73.2)		130%
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes																Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	213.9		(111.2)		**	406.6		56.6		**
Net income	Net income	$	66,924	$	837,270	$	(770,346)	(92)%	$	720,062	$	1,440,023	$	(719,961)	(50)%	Net income	$	810.5	$	67.0	**	$	1,572.6	$	720.1	118%

Net income per diluted common share	Net income per diluted common share	$	0.26	$	3.18				$	2.75	$	5.46				Net income per diluted common share	$	3.13	$	0.26		$	6.09	$	2.75
Diluted shares used in per share calculations	Diluted shares used in per share calculations	261,020		263,403					261,468		263,746					Diluted shares used in per share calculations	258.7		261.0			258.3		261.5
																						** Not meaningful
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~~Net Income~~Revenues

~~Our net income decreased in~~


	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO	$	1,893.2	$	1,255.6	51%	$	3,654.8	$	2,448.8	49%
SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI	42.7		133.5		(68)%	107.5		258.6		(58)%
ORKAMBI	121.6		221.0		(45)%	253.7		439.7		(42)%
KALYDECO	138.7		183.3		(24)%	277.7		369.6		(25)%
Product revenues, net	2,196.2		1,793.4		22%	4,293.7		3,516.7		22%
Other revenues	—		—		**	—		1.0		**
Total revenues	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	22%	$	4,293.7	$	3,517.7	22%
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Product Revenues, Net

In the second quarter and first half of ~~2021~~2022, our net product revenues increased by $402.8 million and $777.0 million, or 22% as compared to the second quarter and first half of ~~2020~~2021, respectively, primarily due to the ~~$900.0 million upfront payment we made to CRISPR in the second quarter~~strong launches of 2021 in connection with the amendment of our CTX001 collaboration. Changes in the fair value of our strategic investments also decreased our net income in the second quarter and first half of 2021 as compared to the second quarter and first half of 2020. These decreases to our net income were partially offset by increased revenues resulting from the uptake of TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO in ~~Europe~~multiple countries internationally and ~~continued~~the strong performance of TRIKAFTA in the U.S. ~~Our decreased net income in~~, including the ~~second quarter of~~June 2021 ~~as compared to the second quarter of 2020 was also partially offset by a larger benefit from income taxes.~~

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~~Revenues~~

Three Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease) Six Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease)
2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Product revenues, net $ 1,793,370 $ 1,524,485 $ 268,885 18% $ 3,516,675 $ 3,039,592 $ 477,083 16%
Other revenues — — — N/A 1,000 — 1,000 **
Total revenues $ 1,793,370 $ 1,524,485 $ 268,885 18% $ 3,517,675 $ 3,039,592 $ 478,083 16%
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~~Product Revenues, Net~~

Three Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease) Six Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease)
2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO $ 1,255,611 $ 917,715 $ 337,896 37% $ 2,448,828 $ 1,812,948 $ 635,880 35%
SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI 133,505 171,729 (38,224) (22)% 258,554 344,888 (86,334) (25)%
ORKAMBI 220,966 231,981 (11,015) (5)% 439,663 466,119 (26,456) (6)%
KALYDECO 183,288 203,060 (19,772) (10)% 369,630 415,637 (46,007) (11)%
Total product revenues, net $ 1,793,370 $ 1,524,485 $ 268,885 18% $ 3,516,675 $ 3,039,592 $ 477,083 16%

In the second quarter and first half of 2021, our net product revenues increased by $268.9 million and $477.1 million, respectively, as compared to the second quarter and first half of 2020. The increase in our net product revenues in the second quarter and first half of 2021 was primarily due to the uptake of KAFTRIO, which was approved in Europe in the third quarter of 2020, and the continued performancelaunch of TRIKAFTA ~~in the U.S.~~for children with CF 6 through 11 years of age. Decreases in revenues for our products other than TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO were primarily the result of patients switching from these medicines to TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO. ~~In the second quarter and first half of 2021, our~~

Our net product revenues ~~included $536.5 million~~from the U.S. and ~~$1.01 billion, respectively,~~ from ex-U.S. ~~markets. In the second quarter and first half~~markets were as follows:


	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
United States	$	1,415.1	$	1,256.9	13%	$	2,783.3	$	2,510.4	11%
ex-U.S.	781.1		536.5		46%	1,510.4		1,006.3		50%
Product revenues, net	$	2,196.2	$	1,793.4	22%	$	4,293.7	$	3,516.7	22%

Table of ~~2020, our net product revenues included $314.2 million and $641.7 million, respectively, from ex-U.S. markets.~~Contents

Other Revenues

~~Our other revenues were $1.0 million related to~~We earned a collaborative milestone ~~that we earned~~of $1.0 million in the first half of ~~2021. We~~2021 and did not ~~record~~have any ~~other revenues~~“Other revenues” in the first half of ~~2020.~~2022. Our ~~other revenues~~“Other revenues” have historically fluctuated significantly from one period to another based on our collaborative out-license activities and may continue to fluctuate in the future. ~~Our future royalty revenues will be dependent on if, and when, our collaborators are able to successfully develop drug candidates that we have out-licensed to them.~~

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Operating Costs and Expenses


`	`	Three Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)			Six Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)			`	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		$		%	2021		2020		$		%		2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
		(in thousands, except percentages)															(in millions, except percentages)
Cost of sales	Cost of sales	$	227,972	$	184,520	$	43,452	24%	$	420,301	$	347,017	$	73,284	21%	Cost of sales	$	261.8	$	228.0	15%	$	507.6	$	420.3	21%
Research and development expenses	Research and development expenses	1,407,090		420,928		986,162		234%	1,863,063		869,456		993,607		114%	Research and development expenses	600.1		448.7		34%	1,201.2		903.0		33%
Acquired in-process research and development expenses																Acquired in-process research and development expenses	61.9		958.4		(94)%	63.9		960.1		(93)%
Selling, general and administrative expenses	Selling, general and administrative expenses	194,669		191,804		2,865		1%	386,746		374,062		12,684		3%	Selling, general and administrative expenses	215.3		194.6		11%	430.5		386.7		11%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	Change in fair value of contingent consideration	1,600		9,200		(7,600)		(83)%	(2,300)		10,800		(13,100)		**	Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(49.2)		1.6		**	(56.7)		(2.3)		**
Total costs and expenses	Total costs and expenses	$	1,831,331	$	806,452	$	1,024,879	127%	$	2,667,810	$	1,601,335	$	1,066,475	67%	Total costs and expenses	$	1,089.9	$	1,831.3	(40)%	$	2,146.5	$	2,667.8	(20)%
																						** Not meaningful
													** Not meaningful

Beginning with the second quarter of 2022, we are classifying upfront, contingent milestone, or other payments pursuant to our business development transactions, including collaborations, licenses of third-party technologies, and asset acquisitions as “Acquired in-process research and development expenses,” or “AIPR&D,” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. To conform prior periods to our current presentation, we have reclassified $958.4 million and $960.1 million from “Research and development expenses” to “AIPR&D” for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

Cost of Sales

Our cost of sales primarily consists of third-party royalties payable on ~~our~~ net sales of our products as well as the cost of producing ~~inventories that corresponded to product revenues for the reporting period.~~inventories. Pursuant to our agreement with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation our tiered third-party royalties on sales of TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO, SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI, KALYDECO, and ORKAMBI, calculated as a percentage of net sales, range from the single digits to the sub-teens, with royalties on sales of TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO slightly lower than for our other products. Over the last several years, our cost of sales has been increasing due to increased net product revenues. Our cost of sales as a percentage of our net product revenues was ~~12.7%~~12% and ~~12.1%~~13% in the second quarter of ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, respectively. Our cost of sales as a percentage of our net product revenues was ~~12.0% and 11.4%~~12% in each of the first half of ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, respectively.

Research and Development Expenses


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)			Six Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)				Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		$		%	2021		2020		$		%		2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
		(in thousands, except percentages)															(in millions, except percentages)
Research expenses	Research expenses	$	147,984	$	134,138	$	13,846	10%	$	277,732	$	291,408	$	(13,676)	(5)%	Research expenses	$	160.9	$	122.3	32%	$	304.7	$	250.4	22%
Development expenses	Development expenses	1,259,106		286,790		972,316		339%	1,585,331		578,048		1,007,283		174%	Development expenses	439.2		326.4		35%	896.5		652.6		37%
Total research and development expenses	Total research and development expenses	$	1,407,090	$	420,928	$	986,162	234%	$	1,863,063	$	869,456	$	993,607	114%	Total research and development expenses	$	600.1	$	448.7	34%	$	1,201.2	$	903.0	33%

Our research and development expenses include internal and external costs incurred for research and development of our ~~drugs~~products and ~~drug candidates and expenses related to certain technology that we acquire or license through business development transactions.~~product candidates. We do not assign our internal costs, such as salary and benefits, stock-based compensation expense, laboratory supplies and other direct expenses and infrastructure costs, to individual ~~drugs~~products or ~~drug~~product candidates, because the employees within our research and development groups typically are deployed across multiple research and development programs. ~~These internal costs are significantly greater than our~~We assign external ~~costs excluding collaborative upfront and milestone payments, such as the~~ costs of services provided to us by clinical research organizations and other

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outsourced research ~~which we allocate~~ by individual program. Our internal costs are significantly greater than our external costs. All research and development costs for our ~~drugs~~products and ~~drug~~product candidates are expensed as incurred.

Since January ~~2019,~~2020, we have incurred approximately ~~$5.4~~$6.1 billion in total research and development and AIPR&D expenses associated with ~~drug~~product discovery and development. The successful development of our ~~drug~~product candidates is highly uncertain and subject to a number of risks. In addition, the duration of clinical trials may vary substantially according to the type, complexity and novelty of the ~~drug~~product candidate and the disease indication being targeted. The FDA and comparable agencies in foreign countries impose substantial requirements on the introduction of therapeutic pharmaceutical products, typically requiring lengthy and detailed laboratory and clinical testing procedures, sampling activities and other costly and time-consuming procedures. Data obtained from nonclinical and clinical activities at any step in the testing process may be adverse and lead to

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discontinuation or redirection of development activities. Data obtained from these activities also are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. The duration and cost of discovery, nonclinical studies and clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project and are difficult to predict. Therefore, accurate and meaningful estimates of the ultimate costs to bring our ~~drug~~product candidates to market are not available.

~~In 2020 and the first half of 2021, costs related to our CF programs represented the largest portion of our development costs, excluding the $900.0 million upfront payment to CRISPR.~~ Any estimates regarding development and regulatory timelines for our ~~drug~~product candidates are highly subjective and subject to change. Until we have data from Phase 3 clinical trials, we cannot make a meaningful estimate regarding when, or if, a clinical development program will generate revenues and cash flows.

Research Expenses


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)			Six Months Ended June 30,				Increase/(Decrease)				Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2021		2020		$		%	2021		2020		$		%		2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
		(in thousands, except percentages)															(in millions, except percentages)
Research Expenses:	Research Expenses:															Research Expenses:
Salary and benefits	Salary and benefits	$	33,152	$	31,099	$	2,053	7%	$	67,894	$	65,368	$	2,526	4%	Salary and benefits	$	38.1	$	33.2	15%	$	78.3	$	67.9	15%
Stock-based compensation expense	Stock-based compensation expense	17,971		26,496		(8,525)		(32)%	38,973		52,905		(13,932)		(26)%	Stock-based compensation expense	19.5		18.0		8%	42.4		39.0		9%
Outsourced services and other direct expenses	Outsourced services and other direct expenses	39,016		21,073		17,943		85%	79,122		51,926		27,196		52%	Outsourced services and other direct expenses	44.0		39.0		13%	83.5		79.1		6%
Collaborative payments		25,750		27,000		(1,250)		(5)%	27,400		63,250		(35,850)		(57)%
Intangible asset impairment charge																Intangible asset impairment charge	13.0		—		**	13.0		—		**
Infrastructure costs	Infrastructure costs	32,095		28,470		3,625		13%	64,343		57,959		6,384		11%	Infrastructure costs	46.3		32.1		44%	87.5		64.4		36%
Total research expenses	Total research expenses	$	147,984	$	134,138	$	13,846	10%	$	277,732	$	291,408	$	(13,676)	(5)%	Total research expenses	$	160.9	$	122.3	32%	$	304.7	$	250.4	22%
																						** Not meaningful

~~We expect to continue to invest in our research programs with a focus on creating transformative medicines for serious diseases.~~ Our research expenses have historically fluctuated, and are expected to continue to fluctuate, from one period to another due to upfront and milestone payments related to our business development activities that are reflected in the preceding table as collaborative payments. Our research expenses, excluding these collaborative payments, have been increasing over the last several years as we have invested in our pipeline and expanded our cell and genetic therapy ~~capabilities.~~capabilities, resulting in increased headcount and infrastructure. We expect to continue to invest in our research programs with a focus on creating transformative medicines for serious diseases.

Development Expenses

Three Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease) Six Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease)
2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Development Expenses:
Salary and benefits $ 79,075 $ 68,532 $ 10,543 15% $ 163,605 $ 148,130 $ 15,475 10%
Stock-based compensation expense 44,644 43,779 865 2% 96,444 90,057 6,387 7%
Outsourced services and other direct expenses 144,002 124,898 19,104 15% 276,814 241,331 35,483 15%
Collaborative payments 932,650 — 932,650 ** 932,650 — 932,650 **
Infrastructure costs 58,735 49,581 9,154 18% 115,818 98,530 17,288 18%
Total development expenses $ 1,259,106 $ 286,790 $ 972,316 339% $ 1,585,331 $ 578,048 $ 1,007,283 174%
** Not meaningful

Our development expenses increased by $972.3 million in the second quarter of 2021 as compared to second quarter of 2020 and increased by $1.0 billion in the first half of 2021 as compared to the first half of 2020, primarily due to the $900.0


	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
Development Expenses:
Salary and benefits	$	101.0	$	79.1	28%	$	210.9	$	163.6	29%
Stock-based compensation expense	50.0		44.6		12%	107.5		96.4		12%
Outsourced services and other direct expenses	210.6		144.0		46%	423.3		276.8		53%
Infrastructure costs	77.6		58.7		32%	154.8		115.8		34%
Total development expenses	$	439.2	$	326.4	35%	$	896.5	$	652.6	37%

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Our development expenses increased by $112.8 million and $243.9 million, or 35% and 37%, in the second quarter and first half of 2022 as compared to the second quarter and first half of 2021, respectively, primarily due to increased costs to support clinical trials associated with our advancing pipeline programs, including our CF triple combination of VX-121/tezacaftor/VX-561, pain and T1D. We are investing in both our internal headcount and infrastructure and also leveraging outsourced services to support these programs. In the first half of 2022 and 2021, costs related to our CF programs represented the largest portion of our development costs.

Acquired In-process Research and Development Expenses


	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
Acquired in-process research and development expenses	$	61.9	$	958.4	(94)%	$	63.9	$	960.1	(93)%

AIPR&D in the second quarter and first half of 2022 was primarily related to a $60.0 million payment to Catalyst to acquire their complement portfolio and related intellectual property. AIPR&D in the second quarter and first half of 2021 included the $900.0 million upfront payment to ~~CRISPR, that~~CRISPR. Our AIPR&D has historically fluctuated, and is ~~included in the preceding table under collaborative~~expected to continue to fluctuate, from one period to another due to upfront, contingent milestone, and other payments ~~and increased expenses related~~pursuant to our ~~diversifying pipeline,~~business development transactions, including ~~clinical trials, headcount~~collaborations, licenses of third-party technologies, and ~~infrastructure costs.~~asset acquisitions.

~~Sales,~~Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Three Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease) Six Months Ended June 30, Increase/(Decrease)
2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Sales, general and administrative expenses $ 194,669 $ 191,804 $ 2,865 1% $ 386,746 $ 374,062 $ 12,684 3%


	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	215.3	$	194.6	11%	$	430.5	$	386.7	11%

~~Sales,~~Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by 1%11% in each of the second quarter ~~of 2021 as compared to second quarter of 2020~~ and ~~increased by 3% in the~~ first half of ~~2021~~2022 as compared to the second quarter and first half of ~~2020,~~2021, primarily due to the continued investment to support the commercialization of our medicines and increased support for our CF pipeline ~~products and other disease areas.~~product candidates.

Contingent Consideration

The fair value of contingent consideration potentially payable to ~~Exonics’~~ former Exonics equity holders decreased by $49.2 million and $56.7 million in the second quarter and first half of 2022, respectively, primarily the result of revision to the scope of certain gene-editing programs in the second quarter of 2022. The fair value of contingent consideration increased by $1.6 million and decreased by $2.3 million in the second quarter and first half of 2021, respectively. ~~The fair value of contingent consideration increased by $9.2 million and $10.8 million in the second quarter and first half of 2020, respectively.~~

Other Non-Operating Income (Expense), Net

Interest Income

Interest income ~~decreased from $4.2~~was $10.8 million and ~~$16.8~~$1.1 million in the second quarter of 2022 and ~~first half of 2020,~~2021, respectively, ~~to $1.1~~and $12.4 million and $2.6 million in the ~~second quarter and~~ first half of 2022 and 2021, ~~respectively primarily due to a decrease in prevailing market interest rates despite an increase in our cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities.~~respectively. Our future interest income ~~will be~~is dependent on the amount of, and prevailing market interest rates on, our outstanding cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $14.6 million and $15.5 million in the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $29.5 million and $31.2 million in the ~~second quarter and~~ first half of ~~2021, respectively, as compared to $13.9 million~~2022 and ~~$28.0 million in the second quarter and first half of 2020,~~2021, respectively. The majority of our interest expense in these periods was related to imputed interest expense associated with our leased corporate headquarters in Boston. ~~Our future interest expense will be dependent on whether, and to what extent, we borrow amounts under our credit facilities.~~

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Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net was expense of $78.1 million and income of $8.1 ~~million and expense of $44.6~~ million in the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and expense of $150.9 million and $44.6 million in the first half of 2022 and 2021, ~~respectively, as compared~~respectively. The vast majority of these amounts relate to ~~income of $116.4 million and $55.2 million in the second quarter and first half of 2020, respectively. Our other income (expense),~~ net ~~in these periods was primarily related to~~unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the fair value of our strategic investments. As of June 30, 2022, the fair value of our investments in publicly traded companies was $71.1 million. To the extent that we continue to hold strategic investments in publicly traded companies, we will record other income (expense) related to these strategic investments on a quarterly basis. We expect that due to the volatility of the stock price of biotechnology companies, our other income (expense), net will fluctuate in future periods based on increases or decreases in the fair value of our strategic investments.

Income Taxes

We recorded provisions for income taxes of $213.9 million and $406.6 million in the second quarter and first half of 2022, respectively, a benefit from income taxes of $111.2 million in the second quarter of 2021 and a provision for income taxes of $56.6 million in the ~~second quarter and~~ first half of ~~2021, respectively, as compared to a benefit from income taxes~~2021. Our effective tax rate of ~~$12.5 million and a provision~~21% for ~~income taxes of $42.3 million in~~ the ~~second quarter and~~ first half of ~~2020, respectively.~~2022 was similar to the U.S. statutory rate. Our effective tax rate of 7% for the first half of 2021 was lower than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to a $99.7 million discrete tax benefit associated with an increase in the U.K.’s corporate tax rate from 19% to 25%, which was enacted in June 2021 and will become effective in April 2023.

Net Income

Our ~~effective tax rate of 3% for~~net income increased to $810.5 million and $1.6 billion in the second quarter and first half of ~~2020 was lower than~~2022, respectively, as compared to $67.0 million and $720.1 million in the ~~U.S. statutory rate~~second quarter and first half of 2021, respectively, primarily due to ~~a discrete tax benefit of $187.0~~the $900.0 million ~~associated with the transfer of intellectual property rights~~upfront payment we made to ~~the U.K.~~CRISPR in the second quarter of ~~2020, a discrete benefit related~~2021 and increased product revenues. These increases in net income were partially offset by increased cost of sales, development expenses to progress several product candidates into mid- to late-stage clinical development, selling, general and administrative expenses to support the ~~write off~~

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our medicines and increased support for our pipeline product candidates and income taxes. We also incurred significant unrealized losses on our strategic investments in second quarter and first half of ~~a long-term intercompany receivable in the first quarter of 2020 and excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation.~~2022.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The following table summarizes the components of our financial condition as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020:~~2021:


		June 30,		December 31,		Increase/(Decrease)
		2021		2020		$		%		As of June 30, 2022		As of December 31, 2021		Change
		(in thousands)								(in millions, except percentages)
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	6,707,993	$	6,658,897	$	49,096	1%	Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	9,253.4	$	7,524.9	23%
Working Capital
Working Capital:									Working Capital:
Total current assets	Total current assets	8,457,514		8,133,379		324,135		4%	Total current assets	11,503.5		9,560.6		20%
Total current liabilities	Total current liabilities	(1,836,448)		(1,877,533)		(41,085)		(2)%	Total current liabilities	(2,556.2)		(2,142.0)		19%
Total working capital	Total working capital	$	6,621,066	$	6,255,846	$	365,220	6%	Total working capital	$	8,947.3	$	7,418.6	21%

Working Capital

As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, total working capital was ~~$6.6~~$8.9 billion, which represented an increase of ~~$365 million~~$1.5 billion from ~~$6.3~~$7.4 billion as of December 31, ~~2020.~~2021. The increase in total working capital in the first half of ~~2021~~2022 was primarily related to ~~$721.3 million~~$2.1 billion of cash provided by ~~operations, which was~~operations.

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Cash Flows


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021
	(in millions)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	2,096.0	$	721.3
Investing activities	$	(112.5)	$	(154.0)
Financing activities	$	(47.7)	$	(485.1)

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities were $2.1 billion in the first half of 2022 as compared to $721.3 million in the first half of 2021, primarily due to a $852.5 million increase in our net ~~of our $900~~income resulting from the $900.0 million upfront payment to CRISPR ~~partially offset by $425.0 million of cash used~~that was recorded within “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” in the first ~~quarter~~half of 2021 and changes to ~~repurchase~~accrued expenses and accounts receivable due to increased product revenues.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities were $112.5 million and $154.0 million in the first half of 2022 and 2021, respectively. These investing activities were primarily related to purchases of property and equipment.

Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities were $47.7 million and $485.1 million in the first half of 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the first half of 2022, the largest portion of our ~~common~~financing activities were payments related to our employee stock benefit plans. In the first half of 2021, the largest portion of our financing activities were share repurchases pursuant to aour share repurchase ~~program approved by our Board of Directors in November 2020 and expenditures for property and equipment of $120.8~~programs totaling $424.9 million.

Sources and Uses of Liquidity

As of June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of ~~$6.71~~$9.3 billion, which represented an increase of ~~$49 million~~$1.7 billion from ~~$6.66~~$7.5 billion as of December 31, ~~2020.~~2021. We intend to rely on our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities together with cash flows from product sales as our primary source of liquidity.

We may borrow up to a total of $2.5 billion pursuant to two revolving credit facilities. We may repay and reborrow amounts under these revolving credit agreements without penalty. Subject to certain conditions, we may request that the borrowing capacity for each of the credit agreements be increased by an additional $500.0 million, for a total of $3.5 billion collectively.

Other possible sources of future liquidity include commercial debt, public and private offerings of our equity and debt securities, strategic sales of assets or businesses and financial transactions. Negative covenants in our credit agreement may prohibit or limit our ability to access these sources of liquidity. As of June 30, 2021, we were in compliance with these covenants.

~~Future Capital Requirements~~

~~We have significant future capital requirements, including:~~

•~~significant expected operating expenses to conduct research and development activities and to operate our organization; and~~

•~~substantial facility and finance lease obligations.~~

~~In addition:~~

•We have entered into certain collaboration agreements with third parties that include the funding of certain research, development and commercialization efforts. Certain of our business development transactions, including collaborations and acquisitions, include the potential for future milestone and royalty payments by us upon the achievement of pre-established developmental and regulatory targets and/or commercial targets. We may enter into additional business development transactions, including acquisitions, collaborations and equity investments, that require additional capital.

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•~~To the extent we borrow amounts under the credit agreements we entered into in 2020 and 2019, we would be required to repay any outstanding principal amounts in 2022 or 2024, respectively.~~

•~~We have $1.5 billion available under a new share repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors on June 23, 2021.~~

We expect that cash flows from our products together with our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months. The adequacy of our available funds to meet our future operating and capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the amounts of future revenues generated by our products, and the potential introduction of one or more of our other ~~drug~~product candidates to the market, the level of our business development activities and the number, breadth, cost and prospects of our research and development programs.

Credit Facilities & Financing Strategy

As of June 30, 2022, we could borrow up to a total of $2.5 billion pursuant to two revolving credit facilities and could repay and reborrow amounts under these revolving credit agreements without penalty. Subject to certain conditions, we could request that the borrowing capacity for each of the credit agreements be increased by an additional $500.0 million, for a total of $3.5 billion collectively. Negative covenants in our credit agreement could prohibit or limit our ability to access these sources of liquidity. As of June 30, 2022, both facilities were undrawn, and we were in compliance with these covenants.

In July 2022, we terminated the $500.0 million revolving credit facility that we entered into in 2019 and entered into a new $500.0 million revolving credit facility, which matures in July 2027. The $2.0 billion revolving credit facility that we entered into in 2020 matures in September 2022.

We may also raise additional capital by borrowing under credit agreements, through public offerings or private placements of our securities or securing new collaborative agreements or other methods of financing. We will continue to manage our capital structure and will consider all financing opportunities, whenever they may occur, that could strengthen

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our long-term liquidity profile. There can be no assurance that any such financing opportunities will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

Future Capital Requirements

We have significant future capital requirements, including:

•Expected operating expenses to conduct research and development activities and to operate our organization.

•Facility and finance lease obligations.

~~CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS~~•Royalties we pay to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on sales of our CF products.

•Cash paid for income taxes.

In addition, we have significant potential future capital requirements including:

•We have entered into certain business development-related agreements with third parties that include the funding of certain research, development, and commercialization efforts. Certain of our transactions, including collaborations, licensing arrangements, and asset acquisitions, include the potential for future milestone and royalty payments by us upon the achievement of pre-established developmental and regulatory targets and/or commercial targets. Our ~~commitments~~obligation to fund these research and ~~obligations were reported~~development and commercialization efforts and to pay these potential milestone and royalties is contingent upon continued involvement in the programs and/or the lack of any adverse events that could cause the discontinuance of the programs associated with our collaborations, licensing arrangements and acquisitions. We may enter into additional business development transactions, including acquisitions, collaborations, licensing arrangements and equity investments, that require additional capital. For example, in July 2022, we entered into an agreement to acquire ViaCyte for approximately $320.0 million in cash.

•To the extent we borrow amounts under our existing credit agreements, we would be required to repay any outstanding principal amounts in the third quarter of 2022 or 2027.

•As of June 30, 2022, we had $0.5 billion available under our 2021 Share Repurchase Program.

There have not been any material changes to our future capital requirements disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on February ~~11, 2021. There have been no material changes from the contractual commitments and obligations previously disclosed in that Annual Report on Form 10-K.~~9, 2022.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. These items are monitored and analyzed by management for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which the change occurs. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from our estimates if past experience or other assumptions do not turn out to be substantially accurate. During the six months ended June 30, ~~2021,~~2022, there were no material changes to our critical accounting policies as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which was filed with the SEC on February ~~11, 2021.~~9, 2022.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, please refer to Note A, “Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies.”

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which was filed with the SEC on February ~~11, 2021.~~9, 2022.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management (under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer), after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, has concluded that, based on such evaluation, as of June 30, ~~2021~~2022 our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) occurred during the three months ended June 30, ~~2021~~2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Information regarding risk factors appears in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which was filed with the SEC on February ~~11, 2021.~~9, 2022. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and, in particular, our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations set forth in Part I, Item 2, contain a number of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not purely historical and may be accompanied by words such as “anticipates,” “may,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “potentially,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and other words and terms of similar meaning. Such statements may relate to:

•our expectations regarding the amount of, timing of, and trends with respect to our financial performance, including revenues, costs and expenses and other gains and losses, including those related to net product revenues;

•our expectations regarding the effect of COVID-19 on, among other things, our financial performance, liquidity, business and operations, including manufacturing, supply chain, research and development activities and pipeline programs;

•~~our expectations regarding~~ clinical trials, development timelines, regulatory authority filings, submissions, and potential approvals and label expansions for our ~~medicines,~~product and product candidates, and other pipeline programs, including timing and structure of clinical trials, anticipated enrollment and dosing of patients, timing of ~~our receipt~~availability of data from our ongoing and planned clinical trials, and timing of anticipated regulatory filings;

•our ability to obtain reimbursement for our medicines in the U.S. and ex-U.S. markets and our ability to launch, commercialize and market our ~~medicines~~products or any of our other ~~drug~~product candidates for which we obtain regulatory approval;

•the data that will be generated by ongoing and planned clinical trials and the ability to use that data to advance compounds, continue development or support regulatory filings;

•our beliefs regarding the support provided by clinical trials and preclinical and nonclinical studies of our ~~drug~~product candidates and other pipeline programs for further investigation, clinical trials or potential use as a treatment;

•our beliefs regarding the number of people with CF and those potentially eligible for our medicines, and our ability to grow our CF business by increasing the number of people with CF eligible and able to receive our medicines;

•our expectations regarding the potential benefits and commercial potential of our product candidates, including the potential approach to treating or ~~cure~~curing specific diseases;

•our plan to continue investing in our research and development programs, including anticipated timelines for our programs, and our strategy to develop our pipeline programs, alone or with third party-collaborators;

•the potential future benefits of our acquisitions and collaborations, including our ~~CTX001~~exa-cel collaboration with CRISPR;

•the establishment, development and maintenance of collaborative relationships, including potential milestone payments or other obligations;

•potential business development activities, including the identification of potential collaborative partners or acquisition targets;

•potential fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

•our expectations regarding our provision for or benefit from income taxes and the utilization of our deferred tax assets;

•our ability to use our research programs to identify and develop new ~~drug~~product candidates to address serious diseases and significant unmet medical needs; and

•our liquidity and our expectations regarding the possibility of raising additional capital.

Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, or other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated in any such statements. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not limited to, those described in our “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, which was filed with the SEC on February ~~11, 2021,~~9, 2022, and those described from time to time in our future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Any such forward-looking statements are made on the basis of our views and assumptions as of the date of the filing and are not estimates of future performance. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such statements.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

OnIn June ~~23,~~ 2021, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2021 Share Repurchase Program”), pursuant to which we are authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock by December 31, 2022. We did not

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repurchase any shares of our common stock under the 2021 Share Repurchase Program in the three months ended June 30, 2022. As of June 30, ~~2021, the full repurchase authorization~~2022, $499.7 million remained available to fund repurchases under this share repurchase program.

Under ~~the~~our 2021 Share Repurchase Program, we are authorized to purchase shares from time to time through open market or privately negotiated transactions. Such purchases may be pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans or other means as determined by our management and in accordance with the requirements of the ~~SEC.~~Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit Number			Exhibit Description
10.1			~~Amended and Restated Joint Development and Commercialization~~Credit Agreement, dated ~~April 16, 2021, between~~as of July 1, 2022, by and among Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, ~~Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited~~Bank of America, N.A. and ~~CRISPR Therapeutics AG, CRISPR Therapeutics Limited, CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.~~, ~~TRACR Hematology Ltd.~~the other lenders party thereto.†#
~~10.2~~			~~Lease, dated May 5, 2011, between Fifty Northern Avenue LLC and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.~~†
~~10.3~~			~~Lease, dated May 5, 2011, between Eleven Fan Pier Boulevard LLC and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.~~†
31.1			Certification of the Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2			Certification of the Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1			Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS			XBRL Instance - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation
101.LAB			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels
101.PRE			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation
101.DEF			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File––the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
†			~~Confidential portions of this document have been redacted according to the applicable rules.~~
#			Certain exhibits and schedules to these agreements have been omitted pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The registrant will furnish copies of any of the exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

~~July 30, 2021~~August 5, 2022	By:	/s/ Charles F. Wagner, Jr.
		Charles F. Wagner, Jr.
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and duly authorized officer)

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