UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20172019

or

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: 001-34207

 

Dynavax Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

33-0728374

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2929 Seventh2100 Powell Street, Suite 100900

Berkeley,Emeryville, CA 94710-275394608

(510) 848-5100

(Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant’s principal executive offices)

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

Title of each class:

Trading symbol(s):

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

DVAX

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 registration was required to submit and post 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 Act). Yes  No 

As of November 1, 2017,2019, the registrant had outstanding 60,596,25183,865,119 shares of common stock.

 

 

 


INDEX

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

 

 

Page No.

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20172019 and December 31, 20162018

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172019 and 20162018

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172019 and 20162018

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

6

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172019 and 20162018

67

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

78

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1824

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

2330

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

2330

 

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

2431

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

2531

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

3946

Item 5.

Other Information

3946

Item 6.

Exhibits

4047

 

SIGNATURES

4249

 

2


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements about our ability to successfully develop, timely achieve regulatory approval forcommercialize HEPLISAV-B®, our anticipated market opportunity and commercialize HEPLISAV-B™,level of sales of HEPLISAV-B, our ability to successfully develop and obtain regulatory approval ofpursue strategic alternatives for our early stage product candidates, SD-101 and DV281, and our other early stage compounds, our business, collaboration and regulatory strategy, and whether or not we may incur other material charges not currently contemplated due to events that may occur as a result of, or associated with our intellectual property position, our product development efforts, our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates, including HEPLISAV-B,restructuring, our ability to manufacture commercial supply and meet regulatory requirements, the timing of the introduction of our products, uncertainty regarding our capital needs and future operating results and profitability, anticipated sources of funds, liquidity and cash needs, as well as our plans, objectives, strategies, expectations and intentions. These statements appear throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and can be identified by the use of forward-looking language such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “future,” or “intend,” or the negative of these terms or other variations or comparable terminology.

Actual results may vary materially from those in our forward-looking statements as a result of various factors that are identified in “Item 1A—Risk Factors” and “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this document. No assurance can be given that the risk factors described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes trademarks and registered trademarks of Dynavax Technologies Corporation. Products or service names of other companies mentioned in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.References herein to “we,” “our,” “us,” “Dynavax” or the “Company” refer to Dynavax Technologies Corporation and, where appropriate, its subsidiary.subsidiary Dynavax GmbH.

 

 

 

3


PARTPART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(Note 1)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

(Note 1)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

20,096

 

 

$

24,289

 

$

37,297

 

 

$

49,348

 

Marketable securities available-for-sale

 

171,584

 

 

 

57,126

 

 

137,649

 

 

 

96,188

 

Accounts and other receivables

 

783

 

 

 

1,342

 

Accounts and other receivables, net

 

8,822

 

 

 

3,704

 

Inventories, net

 

39,356

 

 

 

19,022

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

4,633

 

 

 

6,842

 

 

5,711

 

 

 

6,102

 

Total current assets

 

197,096

 

 

 

89,599

 

 

228,835

 

 

 

174,364

 

Property and equipment, net

 

16,622

 

 

 

17,174

 

 

31,461

 

 

 

17,064

 

Intangible assets, net

 

4,823

 

 

 

11,717

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

29,723

 

 

 

-

 

Goodwill

 

2,213

 

 

 

1,971

 

 

2,045

 

 

 

2,144

 

Restricted cash

626

 

 

602

 

 

619

 

 

 

619

 

Other assets

 

1,270

 

 

334

 

 

3,509

 

 

 

4,976

 

Total assets

$

217,827

 

 

$

109,680

 

$

301,015

 

 

$

210,884

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

2,243

 

 

$

3,796

 

$

7,660

 

 

$

5,278

 

Accrued research and development

 

3,079

 

 

 

5,048

 

 

4,242

 

 

 

9,714

 

Accrued liabilities

 

7,567

 

 

 

11,192

 

 

17,003

 

 

 

16,041

 

Warrant liability

 

7,594

 

 

 

-

 

Other current liabilities

 

9,849

 

 

 

7,000

 

Total current liabilities

 

12,889

 

 

 

20,036

 

 

46,348

 

 

 

38,033

 

Long-term debt, net

 

177,615

 

 

 

100,871

 

Long-term portion of lease liabilities

 

36,964

 

 

 

-

 

Other long-term liabilities

504

 

 

443

 

 

932

 

 

 

8,915

 

Total liabilities

 

13,393

 

 

 

20,479

 

 

261,859

 

 

 

147,819

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock: $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2017 and

December 31, 2016; no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and

December 31, 2016

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock: $0.001 par value; 139,000 and 69,500 shares authorized at

September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively; 60,587 and 38,599 shares

issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

61

 

 

39

 

Preferred stock: $0.001 par value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized: 5,000 shares; Issued and outstanding:

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Series B Convertible Preferred stock ̶ 5 shares at September 30, 2019 and 0 shares at December 31, 2018

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock: $0.001 par value; 139,000 shares authorized at

September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018; 83,865 and 62,862 shares

issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

 

84

 

 

 

63

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,085,433

 

 

 

904,957

 

 

1,224,228

 

 

 

1,131,241

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(1,156

)

 

 

(3,624

)

 

(3,088

)

 

 

(2,015

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(879,904

)

 

 

(812,171

)

 

(1,182,068

)

 

 

(1,066,224

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

204,434

 

 

 

89,201

 

 

39,156

 

 

 

63,065

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

217,827

 

 

$

109,680

 

$

301,015

 

 

$

210,884

 

 

See accompanying notes.

4


Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collaboration revenue

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

2,578

 

Grant revenue

 

53

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

306

 

 

 

289

 

Service and license revenue

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

884

 

Product revenue, net

$

10,158

 

 

$

1,461

 

 

$

24,086

 

 

$

2,880

 

Other revenue

 

417

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

563

 

 

 

-

 

Total revenues

 

53

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

306

 

 

 

3,751

 

 

10,575

 

 

 

1,461

 

 

 

24,649

 

 

 

2,880

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales - product

 

3,824

 

 

 

3,927

 

 

 

7,765

 

 

 

9,309

 

Cost of sales - amortization of intangible assets

 

2,324

 

 

 

3,823

 

 

 

6,894

 

 

 

8,538

 

Research and development

 

16,417

 

 

 

23,234

 

 

 

47,576

 

 

 

66,051

 

 

12,660

 

 

 

16,820

 

 

 

50,062

 

 

 

52,059

 

General and administrative

 

6,027

 

 

 

11,766

 

 

 

18,111

 

 

 

29,086

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

18,459

 

 

 

15,788

 

 

 

54,668

 

 

 

48,332

 

Restructuring

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,783

 

 

 

-

 

 

3,937

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,714

 

 

 

-

 

Total operating expenses

 

22,444

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

68,470

 

 

 

95,137

 

 

41,204

 

 

 

40,358

 

 

 

132,103

 

 

 

118,238

 

Loss from operations

 

(22,391

)

 

 

(34,838

)

 

 

(68,164

)

 

 

(91,386

)

 

(30,629

)

 

 

(38,897

)

 

 

(107,454

)

 

 

(115,358

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

429

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

809

 

 

 

615

 

 

890

 

 

 

1,047

 

 

 

2,604

 

 

 

2,940

 

Other (expense) income, net

 

(166

)

 

 

(26

)

 

 

(378

)

 

 

68

 

Interest expense

 

(4,779

)

 

 

(2,735

)

 

 

(12,111

)

 

 

(6,587

)

Sublease income

 

891

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

891

 

 

 

-

 

Other income, net

 

168

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

226

 

 

 

75

 

Net loss

$

(22,128

)

 

$

(34,694

)

 

$

(67,733

)

 

$

(90,703

)

 

(33,459

)

 

 

(40,528

)

 

 

(115,844

)

 

 

(118,930

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

$

(0.38

)

 

$

(0.90

)

 

$

(1.36

)

 

$

(2.36

)

Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss

per share

 

57,650

 

 

 

38,512

 

 

 

49,785

 

 

 

38,493

 

Preferred stock deemed dividend

 

(3,267

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,267

)

 

 

-

 

Net loss allocable to common stockholders

$

(36,726

)

 

$

(40,528

)

 

$

(119,111

)

 

$

(118,930

)

Net loss per share allocable to common stockholders - basic and

diluted

$

(0.49

)

 

$

(0.65

)

 

$

(1.75

)

 

$

(1.91

)

Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss

per share allocable to common stockholders

 

75,106

 

 

 

62,650

 

 

 

68,032

 

 

 

62,250

 

 

 

Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net loss

$

(22,128

)

 

$

(34,694

)

 

$

(67,733

)

 

$

(90,703

)

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities

   available-for-sale

 

14

 

 

 

(61

)

 

 

(31

)

 

 

7

 

Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments

 

759

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

2,499

 

 

 

511

 

Total other comprehensive income

 

773

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

2,468

 

 

 

518

 

Total comprehensive loss

$

(21,355

)

 

$

(34,547

)

 

$

(65,265

)

 

$

(90,185

)

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Net loss

$

(33,459

)

 

$

(40,528

)

 

$

(115,844

)

 

$

(118,930

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities available-for-sale

 

(71

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

105

 

 

 

(15

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(1,034

)

 

 

(167

)

 

 

(1,178

)

 

 

(791

)

Total other comprehensive loss

 

(1,105

)

 

 

(177

)

 

 

(1,073

)

 

 

(806

)

Total comprehensive loss

$

(34,564

)

 

$

(40,705

)

 

$

(116,917

)

 

$

(119,736

)

 

See accompanying notes.

5


Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

Common Stock

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2019

Shares

 

 

Par Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Par Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In Capital

 

 

Accumulated Other

Comprehensive

(Loss) Income

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Total

Stockholders'

Equity

 

Balances at June 30, 2019

 

65,155

 

 

$

65

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,161,115

 

 

$

(1,983

)

 

$

(1,148,609

)

 

 

10,588

 

Issuance of common stock upon exercise

   of stock options and restricted stock

   awards, net

 

138

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Issuance of common stock under

   Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

47

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

158

 

Issuance of common stock, net of issuance

   costs

 

18,525

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

46,146

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

46,165

 

Issuance of Series B convertible preferred

   stock, net of issuance costs

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,061

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,061

 

Stock compensation expense

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,748

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,748

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,105

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,105

)

Net loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(33,459

)

 

 

(33,459

)

Balances at September 30, 2019

 

83,865

 

 

$

84

 

 

 

5

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,224,228

 

 

$

(3,088

)

 

$

(1,182,068

)

 

$

39,156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2018

 

62,862

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,131,241

 

 

$

(2,015

)

 

$

(1,066,224

)

 

$

63,065

 

Issuance of common stock upon exercise

   of stock options and restricted stock

   awards, net

 

969

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

Issuance of common stock under

   Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

122

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

565

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

565

 

Issuance of common stock, net of issuance

   costs

 

19,912

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

60,093

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

60,113

 

Issuance of Series B convertible preferred

   stock, net of issuance costs

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,061

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,061

 

Stock compensation expense

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20,267

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20,267

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,073

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,073

)

Net loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(115,844

)

 

 

(115,844

)

Balances at September 30, 2019

 

83,865

 

 

$

84

 

 

 

5

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,224,228

 

 

$

(3,088

)

 

$

(1,182,068

)

 

$

39,156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Shares

 

 

Par Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Par Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In Capital

 

 

Accumulated Other

Comprehensive

(Loss) Income

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Total

Stockholders'

Equity

 

Balances at June 30, 2018

 

62,608

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,118,487

 

 

$

(1,510

)

 

$

(985,727

)

 

$

131,313

 

Issuance (withholding) of common stock

   upon exercise of stock options and

   restricted stock awards, net

 

16

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20

 

Issuance of common stock under

   Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

67

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

339

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

339

 

Stock compensation expense

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,046

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,046

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(177

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(177

)

Net loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(40,528

)

 

 

(40,528

)

Balances at September 30, 2018

 

62,691

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,124,892

 

 

$

(1,687

)

 

$

(1,026,255

)

 

$

97,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2017

 

61,533

 

 

$

62

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,107,693

 

 

$

(881

)

 

$

(907,325

)

 

$

199,549

 

Issuance (withholding) of common stock

   upon exercise of stock options and

   restricted stock awards, net

 

1,033

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(530

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(529

)

Issuance of common stock under

   Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

125

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

594

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

594

 

Stock compensation expense

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

17,135

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

17,135

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(806

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(806

)

Net loss

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(118,930

)

 

 

(118,930

)

Balances at September 30, 2018

 

62,691

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,124,892

 

 

$

(1,687

)

 

$

(1,026,255

)

 

$

97,013

 

See accompanying notes.

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Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(67,733

)

 

$

(90,703

)

$

(115,844

)

 

$

(118,930

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,456

 

 

 

1,574

 

 

7,838

 

 

 

2,511

 

Gain on disposal of property and equipment

 

(32

)

 

 

-

 

Accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on marketable securities

 

(104

)

 

 

155

 

Reversal of deferred rent upon lease amendment

 

(209

)

 

 

-

 

Cash-settled portion of stock-based compensation expense

 

-

 

 

 

602

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

2,742

 

 

 

-

 

Accretion of discounts on marketable securities

 

(1,293

)

 

 

(1,146

)

Revaluation of warrant liability

 

234

 

 

 

-

 

Stock compensation expense

 

10,844

 

 

 

10,030

 

 

20,267

 

 

 

17,135

 

Cost of sales - amortization of intangible assets

 

6,894

 

 

 

8,538

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

3,533

 

 

 

1,944

 

Tenant improvements provided by the landlord

 

6,639

 

 

 

-

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts and other receivables

 

559

 

 

 

(896

)

Accounts and other receivables, net

 

(5,118

)

 

 

(653

)

Inventories, net

 

(20,334

)

 

 

(12,140

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(1,841

)

 

 

804

 

 

391

 

 

 

(907

)

Other assets

 

(936

)

 

 

(99

)

 

1,467

 

 

 

(2,564

)

Accounts payable

 

(1,499

)

 

 

704

 

 

3,035

 

 

 

2,377

 

Accrued liabilities and other long term liabilities

 

(1,274

)

 

 

(286

)

Deferred revenues

 

-

 

 

 

(2,654

)

Lease liabilities

 

(1,340

)

 

 

-

 

Accrued liabilities and other liabilities

 

(7,351

)

 

 

6,164

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(59,769

)

 

 

(80,769

)

 

(98,240

)

 

 

(97,671

)

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of technology licenses

 

(7,000

)

 

 

(11,000

)

Purchases of marketable securities

 

(192,684

)

 

 

(122,027

)

 

(181,148

)

 

 

(187,808

)

Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities

 

78,298

 

 

 

186,670

 

 

141,085

 

 

 

212,700

 

Purchases of property and equipment, net

 

(374

)

 

 

(6,516

)

 

(20,570

)

 

 

(2,838

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

(114,760

)

 

 

58,127

 

 

(67,633

)

 

 

11,054

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term debt, net

 

74,250

 

 

 

99,000

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

 

169,187

 

 

 

-

 

 

65,948

 

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and restricted stock awards, net

 

285

 

 

 

131

 

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net

 

13,586

 

 

 

-

 

Proceeds (tax withholding) from exercise of stock options and restricted stock awards, net

 

2

 

 

 

(529

)

Proceeds from Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

292

 

 

 

616

 

 

565

 

 

 

594

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

169,764

 

 

 

747

 

 

154,351

 

 

 

99,065

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

572

 

 

 

104

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(4,193

)

 

 

(21,791

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

24,289

 

 

 

44,812

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

20,096

 

 

$

23,021

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

(529

)

 

 

(327

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

(12,051

)

 

 

12,121

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

49,967

 

 

 

27,213

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

37,916

 

 

$

39,334

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual for litigation settlement and insurance recovery (Note 4)

$

-

 

 

$

4,050

 

Release of accrual for litigation settlement and insurance recovery (Note 4)

$

4,050

 

 

$

-

 

Cash paid during the period for interest

$

8,715

 

 

$

4,643

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disposal of fully depreciated property and equipment

$

-

 

 

$

1,160

 

$

9,418

 

 

$

199

 

Net change in unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities

$

(31

)

 

$

7

 

Common stock issuance costs - cash not paid as of period end

$

110

 

 

$

-

 

Non-cash acquisition of technology license

$

-

 

 

$

12,773

 

Purchases of property and equipment, not yet paid

$

3,135

 

 

$

759

 

Proceeds allocated to warrant liability at issuance

$

7,360

 

 

$

-

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities

$

39,104

 

 

$

-

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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Dynavax Technologies Corporation

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Dynavax Technologies Corporation (“we,” “our,” “us,” “Dynavax” or the “Company”), is a clinical-stage immunotherapycommercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on leveraging the powerdeveloping and commercializing novel vaccines. We launched our first product, HEPLISAV-B® [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted], in February 2018, following United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval for prevention of the body’s innate and adaptive immune response through toll-like receptor (“TLR”) stimulation. Our current product candidates are being investigated for use in multiple cancer indications, as a vaccine for the preventioninfection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and as a disease modifying therapy for asthma.older. We were incorporated in California in August 1996 under the name Double Helix Corporation, and we changed our name to Dynavax Technologies Corporation in September 1996. We reincorporated in Delaware in 2000.

On May 23, 2019, we implemented a strategic organizational restructuring, principally to align our operations around our vaccine business and significantly curtail further investment in our immuno-oncology business. In connection with the restructuring, we reduced our workforce by approximately 80 positions, or approximately 36%, of U.S.-based personnel. We expect the restructuring to be substantially complete and the related costs incurred and paid by December 31, 2019. We are exploring strategic alternatives for our immuno-oncology business.

Basis of Presentation

Our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In our opinion, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which we consider necessary to present fairly our financial position and the results of our operations and cash flows. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Interim-period results are not necessarily indicative of results of operations or cash flows to be expected for a full-year period or any other interim-period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 20162018 has been derived from audited financial statements at that date, but excludes disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and these notes should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Dynavax and our wholly-owned subsidiary, Dynavax GmbH. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions among these entities have been eliminated from the condensed consolidated financial statements. We operate in one1 business segment: the discovery, development and developmentcommercialization of biopharmaceutical products.novel vaccines.

Liquidity and Financial Condition

As of September 30, 2017,2019, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $191.7 $174.9 million. During the nine months endedAs of September 30, 2017, we received approximately $1692019, the principal amount of our term loan was $179.1 million, in net proceeds from our underwritten public offering in August 2017 and an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “2015 ATM Agreement”) and we used $59.8 millionincluding paid-in-kind interest. The term loan has a maturity date of cash in operating activities.December 31, 2023, unless earlier prepaid.

We haveThe Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. We expect spendingits inception and expects to increaseincur operating losses for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in connection with the development and manufacturing of our product candidates, particularly SD-101 and DV281, our lead investigational cancer immunotherapeutic product candidates, and to support commercialization of HEPLISAV-B, if it is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), as well as human clinical trials for our otherHEPLISAV-B. If we cannot generate a sufficient amount of revenue from product candidates and additional applications and advancement of our technology. In order to continue these activities,sales, we will need additional funding. This may occurto finance our operations through strategic alliance and licensing arrangements and/or future public or private debt and equity financings. Sufficient fundingAdequate financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or if available, may be on terms that significantly dilute or otherwise adversely affectat all.

As of June 30, 2019, there was substantial doubt about the rights of existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available in the future, we may need to delay, reduce the scope of or put on hold one or more development programs while we seek strategic alternatives, which could have an adverse impact on ourCompany’s ability to achievecontinue as a going concern since it did not have sufficient financial resources available to fund its operations beyond the first quarter of 2020. In August 2019, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of common stock, non-voting preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in net proceeds of $65.6 million. We currently anticipate that our intended business objectives.cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities as of September 30, 2019, and anticipated revenues from HEPLISAV-B will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months from the date of this filing.

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Our ability to raise additional capital in the equity and debt markets, should we choose to do so, is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the market demand for our common stock, which itself is subject to a number of development and business risks and uncertainties, as well asour creditworthiness and the uncertainty that we would be able to raise such additional capital at a price or on terms that are favorable to us. Raising additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities could result in dilution to our existing stockholders, increased fixed payment obligations, or both. In addition, these securities may have rights senior to those of our common stock and could include covenants that would restrict our operations.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make informed estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Management’s estimates are based on historical information available as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and various other assumptions we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when the customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that we determine are within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, we perform the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy a performance obligation. We only apply the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that we will collect the consideration we are entitled to in exchange for the goods or services we transfer to the customer. At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, we assess the goods or services promised within each contract and determine those that are performance obligations, and assess whether each promised good or service is distinct. We then recognize as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

Product Revenue, Net

We sell our product to a limited number of wholesalers and specialty distributors in the U.S. (collectively, our “Customers”). Revenues from product sales are recognized when we have satisfied our performance obligation, which is the transfer of control of our product upon delivery to the Customer. The timing between the recognition of revenue for product sales and the receipt of payment is not significant. Because our standard credit terms are short-term and we expect to receive payment in less than one-year, there is no financing component on the related receivables. Taxes collected from Customers relating to product sales and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from revenues.

Overall, product revenue, net, reflects our best estimates of the amount of consideration to which we are entitled based on the terms of the contract. The amount of variable consideration is included in the net sales price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur in a future period. If our estimates differ significantly from actuals, we will record adjustments that would affect product revenue, net in the period of adjustment.

Reserves for Variable Consideration

Revenues from product sales are recorded at the net sales price, which includes estimates of variable consideration such as product returns, chargebacks, discounts, rebates and other fees that are offered within contracts between us and our Customers, healthcare providers, pharmacies and others relating to our product sales. We estimate variable consideration using either the most likely amount method or the expected value method, depending on the type of variable consideration and what method better predicts the amount of consideration we expect to receive. We take into consideration relevant factors such as industry data, current contractual terms, available information about Customers’ inventory, resale and chargeback data and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns, in estimating each variable consideration. The variable consideration is recorded at the time product sales is recognized, resulting in a reduction in product revenue and a reduction in accounts receivable (if the Customer offsets the amount against its accounts receivable) or as an accrued liability (if we pay the amount through our accounts payable process). Variable consideration requires significant estimates, judgment and information obtained from external sources. The amount of variable consideration is included in the net sales price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur in a future period. If our estimates differ significantly from actuals, we will record adjustments that would affect product revenue, net in the period of adjustment. If we were to change any of these judgments or estimates, it could cause a material increase or decrease in the amount of revenue that we report in a particular period. There have been no material changes in our significant accounting policies duringadjustments to these estimates for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2019.

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Product Returns: Consistent with industry practice, we offer our Customers a limited right of return based on the product’s expiration date for product that has been purchased from us. We estimate the amount of our product sales that may be returned by our Customers and record this estimate as compareda reduction of revenue in the period the related product revenue is recognized. We consider several factors in the estimation of potential product returns including expiration dates of the product shipped, the limited product return rights, available information about Customers’ inventory, shelf life of the product and other relevant factors.

Chargebacks: Our Customers subsequently resell our product to healthcare providers, pharmacies and others. In addition to distribution agreements with those disclosedCustomers, we enter into arrangements with qualified healthcare providers that provide for chargebacks and discounts with respect to the purchase of our product. Chargebacks represent the estimated obligations resulting from contractual commitments to sell product to qualified healthcare providers at prices lower than the list prices charged to Customers who directly purchase the product from us. Customers charge us for the difference between what they pay for the product and the ultimate selling price to the qualified healthcare providers. These reserves are established in the same period that the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and accounts receivable. Chargeback amounts are determined at the time of resale to the qualified healthcare providers by Customers, and we issue credits for such amounts generally within a few weeks of the Customer’s notification to us of the resale. Reserves for chargebacks consists of credits that we expect to issue for units that remain in the distribution channel inventories at each reporting period end that we expect will be sold to the qualified healthcare providers, and chargebacks for units that our Customers have sold to the qualified healthcare providers, but for which credits have not been issued.

Trade Discounts and Allowances: We provide our Customers with discounts which include early payment incentives that are explicitly stated in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kcontracts, and are recorded as a reduction of revenue in the period the related product revenue is recognized.

Distribution Fees: Distribution fees include fees paid to certain Customers for sales order management, data and distribution services. Distribution fees are recorded as a reduction of revenue in the year ended December 31, 2016.  period the related product revenue is recognized.

Revenue RecognitionRebates: Under certain contracts, customers may obtain rebates for purchasing minimum volumes of our product. We estimate these rebates based upon the expected purchases and the contractual rebate rate and record this estimate as a reduction in revenue in the period the related revenue is recognized.

Our revenues consist of amounts earned from collaborations, grantsCollaboration and fees fromManufacturing Service Revenue

We have entered into collaborative arrangements and arrangements to provide manufacturing services and licenses. We enter into license and manufacturing agreements and collaborative research and development arrangements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners that may involve multiple deliverables. Ourto other companies. Such arrangements may include one or morepromises to customers which, if capable of the following elements: upfront license payments, cost reimbursement for the performance of research and development activities, milestone payments, other contingent payments, contract manufacturing service fees, royalties and license fees. Each deliverable in the arrangement is evaluated to determine whether it meets the criteria to bebeing distinct, are accounted for as separate performance obligations. For agreements with multiple performance obligations, we allocate estimated revenue to each performance obligation at contract inception based on the estimated transaction price of each performance obligation. Revenue allocated to each performance obligation is then recognized when we satisfy the performance obligation by transferring control of the promised good or service to the customer. Collaboration and manufacturing service revenue are recorded in other revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Leases

On January 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842, Leases, using the modified retrospective approach. Prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under previous lease guidance, ASC 840, Leases. We elected the package of practical expedients which, among other things, allowed us to carry forward the historical lease classification of leases in place as of January 1, 2019. We have also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease components from non-lease components. As a result of adopting ASC 842, we recognized right-of-use asset and lease liabilities for operating leases of $34.8 million and $37.1 million, respectively on January 1, 2019. There was no adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit as a result of the adoption of ASC 842.

We determine if an arrangement includes a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets, other current liabilities and long-term portion of lease liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. In determining the net present value of lease payments, we use our incremental borrowing rate which represents an estimated rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow equivalent funds on a collateralized basis at the lease commencement date.

The operating lease right-of-use assets also include any lease payments made and exclude any lease incentives. Our leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease which are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise any such options. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term. We have elected not to apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 for short-term leases.

As lessors, we determine if an arrangement includes a lease at inception. We elected the practical expedient to not separate unitlease components from non-lease components.  Rent revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term and is included in other income (expense) in our condensed consolidated statements of accountingoperations.

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Inventories

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or whether it should be combined with other deliverables. In orderestimated net realizable value, on a first-in, first-out, or FIFO, basis. We primarily use actual costs to accountdetermine our cost basis for the multiple-element arrangements, we identify the deliverables included within the arrangement and evaluate which deliverables represent separate unitsinventories. Our assessment of accounting. Analyzing the arrangement to identify deliverablesmarket value requires the use of judgment,estimates regarding the net realizable value of our inventory balances, including an assessment of excess or obsolete inventory. We determine excess or obsolete inventory based on multiple factors, including an estimate of the future demand for our products, product expiration dates and each deliverablecurrent sales levels. Our assumptions of future demand for our products are inherently uncertain and if we were to change any of these judgments or estimates, it could cause a material increase or decrease in the amount of inventory reserves that we report in a particular period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, there was 0 inventory reserve recognized.

We consider regulatory approval of product candidates to be uncertain and product manufactured prior to regulatory approval may not be an obligationsold unless regulatory approval is obtained. As such, the manufacturing costs for product candidates incurred prior to deliver services, a right or licenseregulatory approval are not capitalized as inventory but are expensed as research and development costs. We begin capitalization of these inventory related costs once regulatory approval is obtained.

HEPLISAV-B was approved by the FDA on November 9, 2017, at which time we began to use an asset, or another performance obligation. We recognize revenue when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered,capitalize inventory costs associated with the price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured.

Non-refundable upfront feesvial presentation of HEPLISAV-B. In March 2018, we received for license and collaborative agreements and other payments under collaboration agreements where we have continuing performance obligationsregulatory approval of the pre-filled syringe (“PFS”) presentation of HEPLISAV-B. Prior to FDA approval of HEPLISAV-B, all costs related to the payments are deferred and recognized overmanufacturing of HEPLISAV-B that could potentially be available to support the commercial launch of our estimated performance period. Revenue is recognized on a ratable basis, unless we determine that another method is more appropriate, through the date at which our performance obligations are completed. Management makes its best estimate of the period over which we expectproducts, were charged to fulfill our performance obligations, which may include clinical development activities. Given the uncertainties of research and development collaborations, significant judgment is requiredexpense in the period incurred as there was no alternative future use. Prior to determineregulatory approval of PFS, costs associated with resuming operating activities at the duration of the performance period. We recognize revenues for costs that are reimbursed under collaborative agreements as the relatedDüsseldorf manufacturing facility were also included in research and development expense. Subsequent to regulatory approval of PFS, costs are incurred.

Contingent consideration received for the achievement of a substantive milestone is recognized in its entirety in the period in which the milestone is achieved. A milestone is defined as an event having all of the following characteristics: (i) there is substantive uncertaintyassociated with resuming manufacturing activities at the date the arrangement is entered into that the event will be achieved, (ii) the event can only be achieved basedDüsseldorf facility were included in whole orcost of sales – product, until commercial production resumed in part on either the entity’s performance or a specific outcome resulting from the entity’s performance and (iii) if achieved, the event would result in additional payments being due to the entity.

Our license and collaboration agreements with our partners provide for payments to be paid to us upon the achievement of milestones. Given the challenges inherent in developing biologic products, there is substantial uncertainty whether any such milestones will be achievedmid-2018 at thewhich time we entered into these agreements. In addition, we evaluate whether milestones meet the criteria to be considered substantive. The conditions include: (i) work is contingent on either of the following: (a) the vendor’s performance to achieve the milestone or (b) the enhancement of the value of the deliverable item or itemscosts were recorded as a result of a specific outcome resulting from the vendor’s performance to achieve the milestone; (ii) it relates solely to past performance and (iii) it is reasonable relative to all the deliverable and payment terms within the arrangement. As a result of our analysis, we may consider our development milestones to be substantive. Milestone payments that are contingent upon the achievement of substantive at-risk performance criteria are recognized in full upon achievement of those milestone events in accordance with the terms of the agreement. All revenue recognized to date under our collaborative agreements has been nonrefundable.

Our license and collaboration agreements with certain partners also provide for contingent payments based solely upon the performance of our partner. We expect to recognize the contingent payments as revenue upon receipt, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.

Revenues from manufacturing services are recognized upon meeting the criteria for substantial performance and acceptance by the customer.

Revenue from royalty payments is contingent on future sales activities by our licensees. Royalty revenue is recognized when all revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.

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Revenue from government and private agency grants is recognized as the related research expenses are incurred and to the extent that funding is approved.raw materials inventory.

Research and Development Expenses and Accruals

Research and development expenses include personnel and facility-related expenses, outside contracted services including clinical trial costs, manufacturing and process development costs, research costs and other consulting services and non-cash stock-based compensation. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Amounts due under contracts with third parties may be either fixed fee or fee for service, and may include upfront payments, monthly payments and payments upon the completion of milestones or receipt of deliverables. Non-refundable advance payments under agreements are capitalized and expensed as the related goods are delivered or services are performed.

We contract with third parties to perform various clinical trial activities in the on-going development of potential products. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation, vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows to our vendors. Payments under the contracts depend on factors such as the achievement of certain events, successful enrollment of patients, and completion of portions of the clinical trial or similar conditions. Our accrual for clinical trials is based on estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to contracts with clinical trial centers and clinical research organizations. We may terminate these contracts upon written notice and we are generally only liable for actual effort expended by the organizations to the date of termination, although in certain instances we may be further responsible for termination fees and penalties. We estimate our research and development expenses and the related accrual as of each balance sheet date based on the facts and circumstances known to us at that time. There have been no material adjustments to the prior period accrued estimates for clinical trial activities throughfor the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2019.

Restructuring

Restructuring costs are comprised of severance, other termination benefit costs, stock-based compensation expense for stock award and stock option modifications related to workforce reductions.reductions and accelerated depreciation. We recognize restructuring charges when the liability is incurred.probable and the amount is estimable. Employee termination benefits are accrued at the date management has committed to a plan of termination and affected employees have been notified of their termination datesdate and expected severance payments.benefits.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update 2014-092016-13

In May 2014,June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue Recognition, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which amends the guidance in former ASC 605, Revenue Recognition, which providesa single comprehensivemodelforentitiesto use in accountingforrevenuearisingfromcontractswith customersand will supersedemostcurrentrevenuerecognitionguidance.In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (including interim periods within those periods), with early application permitted. Accordingly, the updated standard is effective for the Company in the first fiscal quarter of 2018. The FASB issued supplemental adoption guidance and clarification to Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09 in March 2016, April 2016 and May 2016 within ASU 2016-08 "Revenue From Contracts With Customers: Principal vs. Agent Considerations," ASU 2016-10 "Revenue From Contracts with Customers: Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing," and ASU 2016-12 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients," respectively. We anticipate adoptionNo. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of ASC 606 usingCredit Losses of Financial Instruments. The standard changes the modified retrospective method methodology for measuring credit losses on January 1, 2018. Based on preliminary assessment, the adoption of this guidance is not expected to materially impact the Company’s revenue recognition as there are currently no collaboration agreements where we have significant performance obligations.  We will reevaluate the impact of this guidance as we enter into new revenue arrangements and will continue to review variable consideration, potential disclosures,financial instruments and the methodtiming of adoption in order to complete the evaluation of the impact on the consolidated financial statements.when such losses are recorded. In addition, we will continue to monitor additional changes, modifications, clarifications or interpretations undertaken by the FASB, which may impact the current conclusions.

Accounting Standards Update 2016-02

In February 2016,April 2019, the FASB issued targeted clarification to ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The2016-13 within ASU requires companiesNo. 2019-04. In May 2019, the FASB issued targeted transition relief to recognize lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities by lessees for all operating leases with lease terms greater than 12 months. The ASU isNo. 2016-13 within ASU No. 2019-05. These ASUs are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods therein on a modified retrospective basis, and will be effective for us starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidancestandard will have on our consolidated financial statements and believe the adoption will modify our analyses and disclosures of lease agreements considering operating leases are a significant portion of the Company’s total lease commitments.

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Accounting Standards Update 2016-18

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). This ASU requires that the reconciliation of the beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts shown in the statement of cash flows include cash, cash equivalents and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents.  The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted.  The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on ourcondensed consolidated financial statements.

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Accounting Standards Update 2017-04

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and otherOther (Topic 350), which simplifies the test for goodwill impairment by eliminating a previous requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment charge. We will adopt the standardThe ASU is effective January 1, 2020.for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update 2017-092018-13

In May 2017,August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation – Stock CompensationNo. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 718): Scope820), that eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements of Modification Accounting.  The ASU provides guidance about which changesfair value measurements. Entities will no longer be required to disclose the terms or conditionsamount of a share-based payment award require an entityand reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, but public companies will be required to apply modification accounting in Topic 718.disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 20172019 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update 2018-15

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other –Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). This ASU requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement (i.e. hosting arrangement) that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets or expense as incurred. ASC 350-40 requires that certain costs incurred during the application development stage be capitalized and other costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages be expensed as incurred. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2. Fair Value Measurements

We measure fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The accounting standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which are the following:

Level 1—Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 1—Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities; therefore, requiring an entity to develop its own valuation techniques and assumptions.

Assets and liabilities are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. We review the fair value hierarchy classification on a quarterly basis. Changes in the ability to observe valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of thelevels for certain assets or liabilities; therefore, requiring an entity to develop its own valuation techniques and assumptions.liabilities within the fair value hierarchy.

The carrying amounts of cash equivalents, accounts and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are considered reasonable estimates of their respective fair value because of their short-term nature.

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Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table represents the fair value hierarchy for our financial assets (cash equivalents and marketable securities) and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

$

14,124

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

14,124

 

$

33,732

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

33,732

 

U.S. Treasuries

 

-

 

 

 

33,649

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

33,649

 

U.S. treasuries

 

-

 

 

 

1,497

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,497

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

-

 

 

 

95,731

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

95,731

 

 

-

 

 

 

58,719

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

58,719

 

Corporate debt securities

 

-

 

 

 

45,204

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

45,204

 

 

-

 

 

 

77,433

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

77,433

 

Total

$

14,124

 

 

$

174,584

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

188,708

 

Total assets

$

33,732

 

 

$

137,649

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

171,381

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrant liability

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

7,594

 

 

$

7,594

 

Sublicense liability

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,791

 

 

 

6,791

 

Total liabilities

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

14,385

 

 

$

14,385

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

$

18,981

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

18,981

 

$

44,002

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

44,002

 

U.S. Treasuries

 

-

 

 

 

3,499

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,499

 

U.S. treasuries

 

-

 

 

 

14,724

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,724

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

-

 

 

 

30,437

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

30,437

 

 

-

 

 

 

42,372

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42,372

 

Corporate debt securities

 

-

 

 

 

24,941

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

24,941

 

 

-

 

 

 

41,291

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

41,291

 

Total

$

18,981

 

 

$

58,877

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

77,858

 

Total assets

$

44,002

 

 

$

98,387

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

142,389

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sublicense liability

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

6,320

 

 

$

6,320

 

Money market funds are highly liquid investments and are actively traded. The pricing information on these investment instruments is readily available and can be independently validated as of the measurement date. This approach results in the classification of these securities as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

U.S. Treasuries,treasuries, U.S. Governmentgovernment agency securities and corporate debt securities are measured at fair value using Level 2 inputs. We review trading activity and pricing for these investments as of each measurement date. When sufficient quoted pricing for identical securities is not available, we use market pricing and other observable market inputs for similar securities obtained from various third partythird-party data providers. These inputs represent quoted prices for similar assets in active markets or these inputs have been derived from observable market data. This approach results in the classification of these securities as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

There were no0 transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2019.

Warrants were issued in connection with the underwritten public offering in August 2019 and are accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value. See Note 11. The fair value of the warrant liability is estimated using the Black-Scholes model which requires assumptions such as expected term, expected volatility and risk-free interest rate. These assumptions are subjective and require judgement to develop. Expected term is estimated using the full remaining contractual term of the warrants. We determine expected volatility based on our historical common stock price volatility. The warrant liability is classified as a Level 3 instrument as its value is based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.

As of September 30, 2019, we used the following key assumptions to estimate the fair value of warrant liability:

Number of shares

5,841,250

Expected term

2.4 years

Expected volatility

0.7

Risk-free interest rate

1.6

%

Dividend yield

0

%

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The following table provides a summary of changes in the fair value warrant liability for nine month ended September 30, 2019 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

$

-

 

Fair value of warrant liability at issuance date

 

 

 

7,360

 

Increase in estimated fair value of warrant liability upon revaluation

 

 

 

234

 

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

$

7,594

 

As of September 30, 2019, we measured the fair value of our $7.0 million payment to Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp., which is due in the first quarter of 2020, based on Level 3 inputs due to the use of unobservable inputs that cannot be corroborated by observable market data. We estimated the fair value of the liability using a discounted cash flow technique using the effective interest rate on our term loan. The liability had a fair value of $6.8 million as of September 30, 2019.

 

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3. Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Marketable Securities

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securitiesrestricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheet that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

37,297

 

 

$

49,348

 

 

$

38,712

 

 

$

26,584

 

Restricted cash

 

 

619

 

 

 

619

 

 

 

622

 

 

 

629

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown

   in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows

 

$

37,916

 

 

$

49,967

 

 

$

39,334

 

 

$

27,213

 

Restricted cash balances relate to certificates of deposit issued as collateral to certain letters of credit issued as security to our facility leases. See Note 6.

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities consist of the following (in thousands):

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Unrealized Gains

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

3,565

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

3,565

 

Money market funds

 

33,732

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

33,732

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

37,297

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

37,297

 

Marketable securities available-for-sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasuries

 

1,495

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,497

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

58,718

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

58,719

 

Corporate debt securities

 

77,399

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

77,433

 

Total marketable securities available-for-sale

 

137,612

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

(30

)

 

 

137,649

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

$

174,909

 

 

$

67

 

 

$

(30

)

 

$

174,946

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

2,972

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

2,972

 

$

3,147

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

3,147

 

Money market funds

 

14,124

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,124

 

 

44,002

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,002

 

Corporate debt securities

 

3,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,199

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,199

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

20,096

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20,096

 

 

49,348

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

49,348

 

Marketable securities available-for-sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasuries

 

33,664

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

33,649

 

U.S. treasuries

 

14,732

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

14,724

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

95,748

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

95,731

 

 

42,416

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(44

)

 

 

42,372

 

Corporate debt securities

 

42,200

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42,204

 

 

39,108

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

39,092

 

Total marketable securities available-for-sale

 

171,612

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

(32

)

 

 

171,584

 

 

96,256

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(68

)

 

 

96,188

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

$

191,708

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

(32

)

 

$

191,680

 

$

145,604

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

(68

)

 

$

145,536

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

3,557

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

3,557

 

Money market funds

 

18,981

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

18,981

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

1,751

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,751

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

24,289

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

24,289

 

Marketable securities available-for-sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasuries

 

3,499

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,499

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

28,685

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

28,686

 

Corporate debt securities

 

24,938

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

24,941

 

Total marketable securities available-for-sale

 

57,122

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

57,126

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

$

81,411

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

(4

)

 

$

81,415

 

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The maturities of our marketable securities available-for-sale are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

Mature in one year or less

 

$

171,612

 

 

$

171,584

 

 

$

117,130

 

 

$

117,178

 

Mature after one year through two years

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20,482

 

 

 

20,471

 

 

$

171,612

 

 

$

171,584

 

 

$

137,612

 

 

$

137,649

 

 

There were no0 realized gains or losses from the sale of marketable securities during the nine months ended September 30, 20172019 and 2016.2018.

We have classified our entire investment portfolio as available-for-sale and available for use in current operations and accordingly have classified all investments as short-term. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value based on inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted market prices for similar securities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the securities, with unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses and declines in value, if any, judged to be other than temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in interest income or expense. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Management assesses whether declines in the fair value of investment securities are other than temporary. In determining whether a decline is other than temporary, management considers the following factors:

Whether the investment has been in a continuous realized loss position for over 12 months;

whether the investment has been in a continuous realized loss position for over 12 months;

the duration to maturity of our investments;

our intention and ability to hold the investment to maturity and if it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the amortized cost bases;

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the duration to maturity of our investments;

our intention and ability to hold the investment to maturity and if it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the amortized cost bases;

the credit rating, financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer; and

the type of investments made.

the type of investments made.

To date, there have been no declines in fair value that have been identified as other than temporary.

 

4. Inventories, net

4.The following table presents inventories (in thousands):

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Raw materials

 

$

20,461

 

 

$

12,111

 

Work-in-process

 

 

17,409

 

 

 

6,562

 

Finished goods

 

 

1,486

 

 

 

349

 

Total

 

$

39,356

 

 

$

19,022

 

5. Intangible Assets, net

Intangible assets are related to certain capitalized milestone and sublicense payments. The following table presents intangible assets (in thousands):

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Intangible assets

 

$

19,773

 

 

$

19,773

 

Less accumulated amortization

 

 

(14,950

)

 

 

(8,056

)

Total

 

$

4,823

 

 

$

11,717

 

We recorded $2.3 million and $3.8 million of cost of sales - amortization of intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. We recorded $6.9 million and $8.5 million as cost of sales - amortization of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. See Note 7.

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6. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

As described in Note 1, we adopted ASC 842 as of January 1, 2019. We evaluated our contracts and have determined that, effective upon the adoption of ASC 842, our operating leases included equipment, office/laboratory and manufacturing facility leases.

We lease our facilities in Berkeley,Emeryville, California (“Berkeley Lease”) and Düsseldorf, Germany (“Düsseldorf Lease”Germany.

In July 2019, we entered into a sublease for office space located at 2100 Powell Street, Emeryville, California (the “Powell Street Sublease”) underand the lease for our former corporate headquarters at 2929 Seventh Street, Berkeley, California was terminated effective August 31, 2019. Under the terms of the Powell Street Sublease, we are leasing 23,976 square feet at the rate of $3.90 per square foot, paid on a monthly basis. Rent is subject to scheduled annual increases and we are responsible for certain operating leases that expire in December 2025expenses and March 2023, respectively. In May 2017, we amendedtaxes throughout the Berkeley Leaselife of the Powell Street Sublease. The Powell Street Sublease will continue until June 30, 2022. There is no option to extend the sublease term.

On September 17, 2018, we entered into a lease (“Horton Street Master Lease”) for office and laboratory space located at 5959 Horton Street, Emeryville, California (“Horton Street Premises”). Under the terms of the Horton Street Master Lease, we are leasing 75,662 square feet at Horton Street Premises at the rate of $4.75 per square foot, paid on a monthly basis, starting on April 1, 2019 (“Commencement Date”). Rent is subject to scheduled annual increases, and we are also responsible for certain operating expenses and taxes throughout the life of Horton Street Master Lease. In connection with the Horton Street Master Lease, we are entitled to a tenant improvement allowance of up to $8.3 million. The Horton Street Master Lease has an initial term of 12 years, following the Commencement Date with an option to extend the lease to expirefor two successive five-year terms. The optional periods were not included in December 2025 and to terminate the lease ofterm used in determining the right-of-use asset or the lease liability as we did not consider it reasonably certain that we would exercise the options. The operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities on our September 30, 2019 condensed consolidated balance sheets primarily relate to the Horton Street Master Lease.

In July 2019, we entered into an adjacent building.  The early terminationagreement to sublease the Horton Street Premises to another company (“Horton Street Sublease”). We had previously intended to use the Horton Street Premises as our new corporate headquarters. In connection with the organizational restructuring (see Note 13), we do not intend to occupy any of the adjacent building’s lease did not result in a termination fee asHorton Street Premises. Under the lease rate under the amended Berkeley Lease was not above market rates.  In addition, as a resultterms of the early termination,Horton Street Sublease, we reversedare subleasing the deferredentire 75,662 rentable square feet at the rate of $5.50 per square foot, paid on a monthly basis. Rent is subject to scheduled annual increases and the subtenant (“Subtenant”) is responsible for certain operating expenses and taxes throughout the life of the Horton Street Sublease. The Horton Street Sublease will continue until March 31, 2031, unless earlier terminated, concurrent with the term of our Horton Street Master Lease. The Subtenant has no option to extend the sublease term. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized $0.9 million of sublease income included in other income (expense) in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Under the terms of the Horton Street Master Lease, rent liabilityreceived from the Subtenant in excess of $0.2 million againstrent paid to the landlord shall be shared by paying the landlord 50% of the excess rent. The excess rent is considered a variable lease payment and the total estimated payments are being recognized as additional rent expense duringon a straight-line basis.

Our lease expense comprises of the following (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Operating lease expense

 

$

1,789

 

 

$

821

 

 

$

5,274

 

 

$

2,212

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  The amended Berkeley Lease provides for periods of escalating rent. The total cash payments over the life of the Berkeley Lease and Dusseldorf Lease are divided by the total number of months in the lease period and the average rent is charged to expense each month during the lease period.

Total net rent expense related to our operating leases for the three month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2019 was $0.7$3.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Total net rent expense related towas included in operating cash flows in our operating leases for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.  Deferred rent was $0.5 million and $0.3 million ascondensed consolidated statement of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.cash flows.

Future minimum payments under the non-cancelable portionThe balance sheet classification of our operating leases atlease liabilities was as follows (in thousands):  

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Operating lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of lease liabilities (included in other current liabilities)

 

$

3,058

 

 

$

-

 

Long-term portion of lease liabilities

 

 

36,964

 

 

 

-

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

40,022

 

 

$

-

 

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At September 30, 2017, are2019, the maturities of our sublease income and operating lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

 

Years ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

Sublease Income

 

 

Operating Lease

Liabilities

 

2017 (remaining)

 

$

544

 

2018

 

 

2,349

 

2019

 

 

2,552

 

2019 (remaining)

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,723

 

2020

 

 

2,614

 

 

 

4,446

 

 

 

7,007

 

2021

 

 

2,542

 

 

 

5,202

 

 

 

6,935

 

2022

 

 

5,358

 

 

 

6,185

 

2023

 

 

5,519

 

 

 

4,946

 

Thereafter

 

 

9,130

 

 

 

45,285

 

 

 

39,523

 

Total

 

$

19,731

 

 

$

65,810

 

 

 

66,319

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Present value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

(26,297

)

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

40,022

 

As of September 30, 2019, the weighted average remaining lease term is 9.8 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liability was 10.1%.

Commitments

In addition to the non-cancelable commitments included above,February 2018, we have entered into contractual arrangements that obligate usa $175.0 million term loan agreement. Borrowings under the term loan agreement in the amount of $179.1 million, which includes paid-in-kind interest, are payable at maturity on December 31, 2023, unless earlier prepaid. See Note 8.

In February 2018, we entered into a sublicense agreement with Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp (“Merck”). Under the agreement, we are required to make payments to the contractual counterparties upon the occurrencea payment of future events, including a $2.5$7.0 million payment due upon approval of HEPLISAV-B. In addition, in the normal coursefirst quarter of operations, we have entered into license2020. See Note 7.

As of September 30, 2019, our material non-cancelable purchase and other agreementscommitments, for the supply of HEPLISAV-B and intend to continue to seek additional rights relating to compounds or technologies in connection with our discovery, manufacturing and development programs. Under the terms of the agreements, we may be required to pay future up-front fees, milestones and royalties on net sales of products originating from the licensed technologies, if any, or other payments contingent upon the occurrence of future events that cannot reasonably be estimated.for clinical research, totaled $13.0 million.

We rely on and have entered into agreements with research institutions, contract research organizations and clinical investigators as well as clinical and commercial material manufacturers. These agreements are terminable by us upon written notice. Generally, we are liable only for actual effort expended by the organizations at any point in time during the contract through the notice period.Contingencies

From time to time, we may be involved in claims, suits, and proceedings arising from the ordinary course of our business, including actions with respect to intellectual property claims, commercial claims, and other matters. Such claims, suits, and proceedings are inherently uncertain and their results cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of the outcome, such legal proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. In addition, it is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial damages, fines, penalties or orders requiring a change in our business practices, which could in the future materially and adversely affect our financial position, financial statements, results of operations, or cash flows in a particular period.

13In conjunction with a financing arrangement with Symphony Dynamo, Inc. and Symphony Dynamo Holdings LLC (“Holdings”) in November 2009, we agreed to make contingent cash payments to Holdings equal to 50% of the first $50 million from any upfront, pre-commercialization milestone or similar payments received by us from any agreement with any third-party with respect to the development and/or commercialization of cancer and hepatitis C therapies originally licensed to Symphony Dynamo, Inc., including SD-101. We have made 0 payments and have not recorded a liability as of September 30, 2019.

7. Collaborative Research, Development and License Agreements

Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.

In June 2017, we entered into an agreement to provide Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (“SIIPL”) with technical support. In consideration, SIIPL agreed to pay us at an agreed-upon hourly rate for services and reimburse certain out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, we have rights to commercialization of certain potential products manufactured at the SIIPL facility. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized collaboration revenue of $0.1 million. NaN collaborative revenue was recognized for the comparative prior period.

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On September 7, 2016,Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.

In February 2018, we entered into a StipulationSublicense Agreement (the “Sublicense Agreement”) with Merck. The Sublicense Agreement grants us, under certain non-exclusive U.S. patent rights controlled by Merck which relate to recombinant production of Settlementhepatitis B surface antigen, the right to settle the case entitled In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation filed in 2013. The settlement, which was approved by the U.S. District Courtmanufacture, use, offer for the Northern District of California on February 6, 2017, provided for a payment of $4.1 million by ussale, sell and results in a dismissal and release of all claims against all defendants, including us. The settlement was paid by our insurers in February 2017. The $4.1 million accrued liability and corresponding $4.1 million prepaid expense and other current asset reflected in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 were released during the first quarter of 2017.

In February 2017, we tentatively agreed to a settlement for derivative complaints filed in 2013, all of which will be paid by our insurers. We recorded an accrual of $0.9 million reflected in accrued liabilitiesimport HEPLISAV-B in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016United States and do not expect any significant additional charges relatedincludes the right to this matter. In addition, we record anticipated recoveries under existing insurance contracts when recovery is assured. We recorded a current asset in the amount of $0.9 million reflected in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. Amounts recorded for contingencies can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions.

5. Collaborative Research and Development Agreements

AstraZeneca

Pursuant to a research collaboration and license agreement with AstraZeneca AB (“AstraZeneca”), as amended, we discovered and performed initial clinical development of AZD1419, a TLR9 agonist product candidate for the treatment of asthma.

In June 2016, all of our remaining performance obligations under our agreement with AstraZeneca were completed. As nogrant further performance obligations remain, we revised the estimated period of performance of development work to June 2016 from September 2016, and recognized remaining deferred payments as revenue as of June 30, 2016. The revision of the performance period led to the recognition of an additional $0.8 million in collaboration revenue during 2016.

In November 2016, AstraZeneca initiated the Phase 2a trial of AZD1419 in asthma patients. Upon AstraZeneca’s initiation of the Phase 2a trial, we earned a milestone payment of $7.2 million, which was offset against $7.4 million in unused development funding previously advanced by AstraZeneca. We recognized the $7.2 million milestone as revenue during the fourth quarter of 2016. The remaining balance of unused development funding, net of the $7.2 million milestone payment, was $0.2 million which was paid during the first quarter of 2017. No liability related to unused development funding remains on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017.

sublicenses. Under the terms of the agreement, as amended,Sublicense Agreement, we are eligibleobligated to receivepay $21.0 million in 3 installments. The first and second installment of $7.0 million each was paid in February 2018 and February 2019, respectively and the remaining payment of $7.0 million is due in the first quarter of 2020. The payment in 2020 is classified on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as other current liabilities. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the intangible asset, net balance was $4.8 million and $11.7 million, respectively. See Note 5. The Sublicense Agreement continues to be in effect through April 2020, at which time the license becomes perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up and royalty free.

8. Long-Term Debt

On February 20, 2018, we entered into a $175.0 million term loan agreement (“Loan Agreement”) with CRG Servicing LLC. We borrowed $100.0 million (the “Initial Term Loan”) under the Loan Agreement at closing and the remaining $75.0 million (the “Second Tranche Term Loan”) in March 2019 (collectively, “Term Loans”). Net proceeds from the Initial Term Loan and Second Tranche Term Loan were $99.0 million and $74.3 million, respectively. The Term Loans under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to 9.5% per annum. At September 30, 2019, the effective interest rate was 10.3%. At our option, until September 30, 2023, a portion of the interest payments may be paid in kind, and thereby added to the principal. Through September 30, 2019, a portion of our interest was paid in kind, which increased the principal amount of the Term Loans to $179.1 million. The Term Loans have a maturity date of December 31, 2023, unless earlier prepaid. The Term Loans and paid-in-kind interest will be entirely payable at maturity.

In August 2019, we entered into a second amendment to the Loan Agreement (the “Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment amended the annual net sales threshold for sales of HEPLISAV-B, revising the twelve-month measurement periods from beginning on January 1 of each year to beginning on July 1 of each year (including 2019), and removing this requirement for the period subsequent to July 1, 2022.  The Second Amendment also revised the fee payable upon partial prepayment or at maturity of the Term Loans from 3% to 4% of the aggregate principal amounts.

The obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured, subject to customary permitted liens and other agreed upon exceptions, by a perfected security interest in (i) all tangible and intangible assets of the Company and any future subsidiary guarantors, except for certain customary excluded property, and (ii) all of the capital stock owned by the Company and such future subsidiary guarantors (limited, in the case of the stock of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries of the Company and certain U.S. subsidiaries substantially all of whose assets consist of equity interests in non-U.S. subsidiaries, to 65% of the capital stock of such subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions). The obligations under the Loan Agreement will be guaranteed by each of the Company’s future direct and indirect subsidiaries (other than certain non-U.S. subsidiaries of the Company and certain U.S. subsidiaries substantially all of whose assets consist of equity interests in non-U.S. subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions). The Loan Agreement contains customary covenants and requires us to comply with a $15.0 million daily minimum combined cash and investment balance covenant and a twelve-month period revenue requirement starting on July 1, 2019 for sales of HEPLISAV-B.

The Term Loans may be prepaid by us at any time. If the Term Loans are prepaid prior to the second anniversary of the initial borrowing date, we are subject to a repayment premium of up to approximately $100 million in additional milestone payments, based7.0% of the principal amount prepaid, depending on the achievementdate of certain developmentprepayment.

We recorded $4.7 million and regulatory objectives. Additionally, upon commercialization$2.6 million of AZD1419, we are eligibleinterest expense related to receive tiered royalties ranging from the midTerm Loans during the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. We recorded $11.8 million and $6.2 million of interest expense related to high single-digits based onthe Term Loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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9. Revenue Recognition

All of our product revenue consisted of sales of any products originating from the collaboration. We have the option to co-promoteHEPLISAV-B in the United States products arising fromU.S. For the collaboration, if any. AstraZeneca has the right to sublicense its rights uponnine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, our prior consent.

three largest Customers collectively represented approximately 63% and 68% of our product revenue, respectively. The following table summarizes balances and activity in each of the revenues earned under our agreement with AstraZeneca, included as collaborationproduct revenue in our consolidated statements of operationsallowance and reserve categories for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Initial payment

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

521

 

Subsequent payment

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,953

 

Performance of research activities

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

104

 

Total

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

2,578

 

 

 

Chargebacks, distribution

fees, discounts and

other fees

 

 

Returns

 

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

1,736

 

 

$

569

 

 

$

2,305

 

Provision related to current period sales

 

 

10,937

 

 

 

1,724

 

 

 

12,661

 

Credit or payments made during the period

 

 

(8,689

)

 

 

(408

)

 

 

(9,097

)

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

$

3,984

 

 

$

1,885

 

 

$

5,869

 

 

AsReserves for chargebacks and discounts totaling $2.7 million were recorded as reductions of accounts receivable at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, no deferred revenue from the initial payment, subsequent payment or development funding payments remained.2019. The remaining reserves balances totaling $3.2 million were recorded as accrued liabilities at September 30, 2019.

Absent early termination, the agreement will expire when all of AstraZeneca’s payment obligations expire. AstraZeneca has the right to terminate the agreement at any time upon prior written notice and either party may terminate the agreement early upon written notice if the other party commits an uncured material breach of the agreement.


6.10. Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share allocable to common stockholders is calculated by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share allocable to common stockholders is computed by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period and giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares using the treasury-stock method. For purposes of this calculation, outstanding options, and stock awards, warrants and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are considered to be potentially dilutive common shares and are only included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share allocable to common stockholders when their effect is dilutive. Stock

As of September 30, 2019, stock options and stock awards, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (on an as converted to common stock basis) and warrants (as exercisable into common stock), totaling approximately 6,120,00010,065,000, 4,840,000 and 4,680,0005,841,250 shares of common stock, as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172019, because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. As of September 30, 2018, stock options and 2016,stock awards, totaling approximately 12,892,000 shares of common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For periods in which we have a net loss and no0 instruments are determined to be dilutive, such as the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172019 and 2016,2018, basic and diluted net loss per share are the same.

7.11. Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Warrants

Common Stock Outstanding

As of September 30, 2017,2019, there were 60,587,00083,865,119 shares of our common stock outstanding.

In August 2017,2019, we completed an underwritten public offering of 5,750,000sold (i) 18,525,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, (ii) 4,840 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series B Preferred Stock”) and received(iii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,841,250 shares of our common stock in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). Each share of common stock was sold together with a warrant to purchase 0.25 shares of common stock, at a combined price of $3.00 per share of common stock and the accompanying warrant. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock was sold together with a warrant to purchase 250 shares of common stock, at a combined price of $3,000 per share and the accompanying warrant. Proceeds from the Offering were approximately $65.6 million, net of issuance costs of $4.5 million.

On November 3, 2017, we entered into an At Market Sales Agreement (“2017 ATM Agreement”) with Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) under which we may offer and sell from time to time at our sole discretion, shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price up to $150 million through Cowen as our sales agent. We pay Cowen a commission of up to 3% of the gross sales proceeds of approximately $80.8 million.

During 2017, we sold 15,997,202 shares of ourany common stock andsold through Cowen under the 2017 ATM Agreement. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received net cash proceeds of $88.2$13.9 million pursuantresulting from sales of 1,386,906 shares of our common stock. As of September 30, 2019, we have $118.6 million remaining under the 2017 ATM Agreement.

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Preferred Stock Outstanding

As of September 30, 2019, there were 4,840 shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding.

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into 1,000 shares of common stock at any time at the holder’s option. However, the holder is prohibited from converting the Series B Preferred Stock into shares of common stock if, as a result of such conversion, the holder and its affiliates would own more than 4.99% of the total number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding, which percentage may be changed at the holders’ election to a higher or lower percentage (not to exceed 19.99%) upon 61 days’ notice to the Company. In the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, the holder of Series B Preferred Stock will receive payment on shares of Series B Preferred Stock (determined on an Atas-converted to common stock basis) equal to the Market Agreementamount that terminatedwould be paid on our common stock. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock generally have no voting rights, except as required by law and except that the consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock is required to amend the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock. Holders of Series B Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive any dividends, unless and until specifically declared by our board of directors. The Series B Preferred Stock ranks on parity with our common stock as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. The Series B Preferred Stock may rank senior to, on parity with or junior to any class or series of capital stock created in June 2017. See Note 10.the future depending upon the specific terms of such future stock issuance.

The fair value of the common stock into which the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible exceeded the allocated purchase price of the Series B Preferred Stock by $3.3 million on the date of issuance, for which we recorded a deemed dividend. We recognized a deemed dividend equal to the number of common stock into which the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible multiplied by the difference between the value of the common stock and the Series B Preferred Stock conversion price per share on the date of issuance, which is the date the stock first became convertible. The dividend was reflected as a one-time, non-cash, deemed dividend to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock on the date of issuance.

Warrants

As of September 30, 2019, the following common stock warrants were outstanding:

 

Warrants Issuance Date

 

Shares Issuable

(in thousands)

 

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise Price

per Share

 

 

Outstanding as of

September 30, 2019

(in thousands)

 

August 12, 2019

 

 

5,841

 

 

February 12, 2022

 

$

4.50

 

 

 

5,841

 

8.

Warrants were exercisable upon issuance. The holder is prohibited from exercising these warrants if, as a result of such exercise, the holder and its affiliates, would own more than 4.99% of the total number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding, which percentage may be changed at the holders’ election to a higher or lower percentage (not to exceed 19.99%) upon 61 days’ notice to the Company.

The warrants contain provisions that may obligate us to repurchase them for an amount that does not represent fair value in the event of a change of control. Due to this provision, the warrants do not meet the criteria to be considered indexed to our own stock. Accordingly, we recorded the warrants as a derivative liability at fair value of $7.4 million on the issuance date, which was estimated using the Black-Scholes model.

The warrants will be revalued at each reporting period using the Black-Scholes model and the change in the fair value of the warrants will recognized as other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. At September 30, 2019, the estimated fair value of warrant liability was $7.6 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized the $0.2 million increase in the estimated fair value as a loss on warrant liability in other income, net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

12. Equity Plans and Stock-Based Compensation

Our 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 EIP”) is intended to be the successor to and continuation of the Dynavax Technologies Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 EIP”). The aggregate number of shares of our common stock that may be issued under the 2018 EIP (subject to adjustment for certain changes in capitalization) is comprised of the sum of (i) 5,000,000 newly reserved shares of common stock, (ii) 140,250 unallocated shares of common stock remaining available for grant under the 2011 EIP as of May 31, 2018, and (iii) 7,477,619 shares subject to outstanding stock awards granted under the 2011 EIP and the Dynavax Technologies Corporation 2017 Inducement Award Plan that may become available from time to time as set forth in the 2018 EIP. The 2018 EIP provides for the issuance of up to 12,617,869 shares of our common stock to our employees and directors.

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On May 30, 2019, our stockholders approved an amendment to 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2018 EIP”) to, among other things, increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 2,300,000. Under the Amended 2018 EIP, the aggregate number of shares of our common stock that may be issued to employees and directors (subject to adjustment for certain changes in capitalization) is 14,917,869.

Option activity under our stock-based compensation plans during the nine months ended September 30, 20172019 was as follows (in thousands except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Shares Underlying  Outstanding Options

(in thousands)

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise

Price Per Share

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

(in thousands)

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

 

3,975

 

 

$

21.38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options granted

 

 

329

 

 

$

6.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

(50

)

 

$

11.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options cancelled:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options forfeited (unvested)

 

 

(351

)

 

$

18.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options cancelled (vested)

 

 

(217

)

 

$

29.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

 

3,686

 

 

$

20.05

 

 

 

5.79

 

 

$

13,420

 

Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2017

 

 

3,671

 

 

$

20.06

 

 

 

5.79

 

 

$

13,390

 

Exercisable at September 30, 2017

 

 

2,394

 

 

$

22.18

 

 

 

5.40

 

 

$

5,948

 

 

 

Shares Underlying

Outstanding Options

 

 

Weighted-Average

Exercise

Price Per Share

 

 

Weighted-Average

Remaining

Contractual Term

(years)

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic

Value

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

5,750

 

 

$

18.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options granted

 

 

3,025

 

 

 

6.94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

(10

)

 

 

5.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options cancelled:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options forfeited (unvested)

 

 

(632

)

 

 

12.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options expired (vested)

 

 

(136

)

 

 

16.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

7,997

 

 

$

14.43

 

 

 

4.57

 

 

$

6

 

Vested and expected to vest at

  September 30, 2019

 

 

7,692

 

 

$

14.70

 

 

 

4.51

 

 

$

5

 

Exercisable at September 30, 2019

 

 

4,485

 

 

$

18.40

 

 

 

3.57

 

 

$

-

 

In June 2017, stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, by 1,600,000 shares.

Restricted stock unit activity under our stock-based compensation plans during the nine months ended September 30, 20172019 was as follows (in thousands except per share amounts):

 

 

Number of Shares (In thousands)

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value

 

Non-vested as of December 31, 2016

 

699

 

 

$

12.12

 

Granted

 

2,136

 

 

 

4.83

 

Vested

 

(171

)

 

 

18.62

 

Forfeited or expired

 

(221

)

 

 

8.44

 

Non-vested as of September 30, 2017

 

2,443

 

 

$

5.62

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average

Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share

 

Non-vested as of December 31, 2018

 

1,594

 

 

$

8.82

 

Granted

 

1,823

 

 

 

8.80

 

Vested

 

(964

)

 

 

6.72

 

Forfeited

 

(385

)

 

 

11.24

 

Non-vested as of September 30, 2019

 

2,068

 

 

$

9.33

 

 

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The aggregate intrinsic value of the restricted stock units outstanding as of September 30, 2017,2019, based on our stock price on that date was $52.5$7.4 million. Fair value of restricted stock units is determined at the date of grant using our closing stock price.

As of September 30, 2017,2019, approximately 21,000155,000 shares underlying stock options and approximately 63,000111,000 restricted stock unit awards with performance-based vesting criteria were outstanding. Vesting criteria for these restricted stock units awards with performance-based awards were not probable as of September 30, 2017.

 

Under our stock-based compensation plans, option awards generally vest over a three or four-year period contingent upon continuous service, and expire seven to ten years from the date of grant (or earlier upon termination of continuous service). The fair value-based measurement of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model.

The fair value-based measurements and weighted-average assumptions used in the calculations of these measurements are as follows:

 

Stock Options

 

 

Stock Options

 

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Stock Options

 

 

Stock Options

 

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Weighted-average fair value

$

8.11

 

 

$

8.90

 

 

$

4.73

 

 

$

9.67

 

 

$

3.05

 

 

$

7.86

 

Weighted-average fair value per share

$

2.74

 

 

$

9.36

 

 

$

4.61

 

 

$

10.91

 

 

$

2.72

 

 

$

8.30

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.9

%

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

0.6

%

 

1.6

%

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

2.4

%

Expected life (in years)

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.9

 

 

 

1.2

 

 

 

1.2

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

1.3

 

Volatility

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

0.6

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

1.1

 

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The components of stock-based compensation expense were (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Research and development

$

1,661

 

 

$

2,332

 

 

$

5,817

 

 

$

7,194

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

2,278

 

 

 

2,976

 

 

 

7,828

 

 

 

8,561

 

Restructuring

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,122

 

 

 

-

 

Cost of sales - product

 

189

 

 

 

443

 

 

 

819

 

 

 

1,085

 

Inventory

 

620

 

 

 

295

 

 

 

1,681

 

 

 

295

 

Total

$

4,748

 

 

$

6,046

 

 

$

20,267

 

 

$

17,135

 

 

Compensation expense is based on awards ultimately expected to vest and reflects estimated forfeitures. The componentsStock-based compensation cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 include incremental cost of stock-based compensation expense were (in thousands):$4.1 million for accelerated vesting of stock awards and extension of exercise period of stock options for the retirement of our Chief Executive Officer. See Note 13.

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Research and development

$

1,973

 

 

$

1,639

 

 

$

5,707

 

 

$

4,490

 

General and administrative

 

1,687

 

 

 

2,022

 

 

 

5,137

 

 

 

5,540

 

Total

$

3,660

 

 

$

3,661

 

 

$

10,844

 

 

$

10,030

 

 

As of September 30, 2017,2019, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested equity awards including all awards with time-based vesting amounted to $22.0$30.5 million, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.71.6 years. Additionally, as of September 30, 2017,2019, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to equity awards with performance-based vesting criteria not deemed probable of vesting amounted to $0.4 million.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as amended, (the “Purchase Plan”) provides for the purchase of common stock by eligible employees and became effective on May 28, 2014. On May 31, 2018, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Purchase Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 600,000 shares. The purchase price per share is the lesser of (i) 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the commencement of the offer period (generally, the sixteenth day in February or August) or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the exercise date, which is the last day of a purchase period (generally, the fifteenth day in February or August). For the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2019, employees have acquired 84,247122,117 shares of our common stock under the Purchase Plan and 98,227450,917 shares of our common stock remained available for future purchases under the Purchase Plan.

9.13. Restructuring

In January 2017,On May 23, 2019, we implemented a strategic organizational restructuring, and cost reduction plansprincipally to align our operations around our vaccine business and significantly curtail further investment in our immuno-oncology business while allowing us to advance HEPLISAV-B throughbusiness. In connection with the FDA review and approval process. To achieve these cost reductions,restructuring, we suspended manufacturing activities, commercial preparations and other long term investment related to HEPLISAV-B and reduced our global workforce by approximately 40 percent.  80 positions, or approximately 36%, of U.S.-based personnel. Also, in connection with the restructuring, our Chief Executive Officer, also a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), submitted notice of his retirement from the Company and the Board, effective August 1, 2019. We expect the restructuring to be substantially complete and the costs incurred and paid by December 31, 2019. We are exploring strategic alternatives for our immuno-oncology business.

In the first quarter of 2017 we recorded charges of $2.8 million related to severance, other termination benefits and outplacement services. There were no additional charges duringDuring the three months ended June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017.  Of2019, we identified certain long-lived assets installed at the Horton Street Premises that amount, we paid $2.7were or will be disposed of by the Subtenant. We recorded accelerated depreciation charges of $3.0 million duringon these assets.

The major components of our restructuring costs are summarized as follows (in thousands). The remaining $0.8 million is expected to be recognized by the nine month period ended September 30, 2017 and expect to pay the remaining amount in the fourth quarterend of 2017.2019.

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Components of Restructuring Costs

 

Total Restructuring

Costs Expected to

be Incurred

 

 

Restructuring Costs

Incurred for the

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2019

 

 

Remaining to be Incurred

 

Severance and other termination benefits

 

$

6,389

 

 

$

5,635

 

 

$

754

 

Stock-based compensation expense (a)

 

 

4,122

 

 

 

4,122

 

 

 

-

 

Accelerated depreciation

 

 

2,957

 

 

 

2,957

 

 

 

-

 

Total restructuring cost

 

$

13,468

 

 

$

12,714

 

 

$

754

 

(a)

As a result of accelerated vesting of stock awards and the extension of exercise period of stock options

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The outstanding restructuring liabilities are included in accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2017,2019, the components of the restructuring liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Employee Severance and Other Benefits

 

Restructuring charges

$

2,783

 

Cash payments

 

(2,738

)

Balance at September 30, 2017

$

45

 

 

Severance and Other

Termination Benefits

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

$

-

 

Severance and other termination benefits

 

5,635

 

Cash payments or settlements

 

(2,289

)

Balance at September 30, 2019

$

3,346

 

10. Subsequent Event

In November 2017, we entered into an At the Market sales agreement under which we can offer and sell our common stock from time to time up to aggregate sales proceeds of $150 million. 

 

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ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’SMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to, the period for which we estimate our cash resources are sufficient, the availability of additional funds, as well as those set forth under “Risk Factors” and those that may be identified from time to time in our reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide an investor with a narrative of our financial results and an evaluation of our financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2018.

Overview

We are a clinical-stage immunotherapycommercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on leveraging the powerdeveloping and commercializing novel vaccines. We launched our first product, HEPLISAV-B® [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted], in February 2018, following United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval for prevention of the body’s innateinfection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and adaptive immune responses through toll-like receptor (“TLR”) stimulation. Our current product candidatesolder.

We have worldwide commercial rights to HEPLISAV-B. There are being investigated for use as a vaccinethree other vaccines approved for the prevention of hepatitis B in the U.S.: Engerix-B and Twinrix® from GlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”) and Recombivax-HB® from Merck & Co. (“Merck”).

We commenced shipments of HEPLISAV-B in multiple cancer indications.

HEPLISAV-B is our investigationalJanuary 2018. Currently, total U.S. gross sales for adult hepatitis B vaccine.vaccines is over $300 million annually, but we believe the market opportunity for HEPLISAV-B in the United States may be up to approximately $500 million in gross sales annually. Our field sales force of approximately 60 people across 10 regions is sized to cover approximately 25% of the total vaccine outlets, which we believe represent approximately 70% of hepatitis B vaccine sales in the U.S. We resubmittedconverted our application to market HEPLISAV-B tocontracted field sales team into full-time Dynavax employees in the FDA in February 2017 and on July 28, 2017second quarter of 2019.

In late 2012 the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological ProductsCDC’s Advisory Committee (“VRBPAC”) voted 12 to 1 (with 3 abstentions) that the safety dataon Immunization Practices expanded its recommendation for HEPLISAV-B support licensure for immunizationadults who should be vaccinated against hepatitis B infection into include people with diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2). According to the CDC there are 20 million adults 18 years of agediagnosed with diabetes and older and provided commentary on the design of our proposed post-marketing safety study for HEPLISAV-B.  A prior VRBPAC panel voted 13 to 1 that the immunogenicity data for HEPLISAV-B support approval and thus the July 2017 VRBPAC was only asked to vote on safety. The FDA is not bound by VRBPAC’s recommendations regarding safety and efficacy, but takes its advice into consideration when reviewing marketing applications. Since the July VRBPAC meeting, we have worked with FDA on completing the details of the post-marketing study and other steps required for an approval decision.  We have reinitiated preparations for the launch of HEPLISAV-B, including resumption of operations at our manufacturing plant in Dusseldorf, Germany, and hiring of personnel and retention of consultants and vendors for commercialization related infrastructure. HEPLISAV-B hasanother 1.5 million new cases diagnosed each year. This population represents a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) date of November 9, 2017. If approved by the PDUFA date, costs related to these activities willsignificant increase in the fourth quarternumber of 2017 and into 2018 as we prepareadults recommended for commercial launchvaccination against hepatitis B in the first quarter of 2018.U.S.

Our lead cancer immunotherapy candidate is SD-101,On May 23, 2019, we implemented a C Class CpG TLR9 agonist that was selected for characteristics optimal for treatment of cancer, including high interferon induction. Directly injecting SD-101 into a tumor site optimizes its effect by ensuring proximitystrategic organizational restructuring, principally to tumor-specific antigens.align our operations around our vaccine business and significantly curtail further investment in our immuno-oncology business. In animal models, SD-101 demonstrated significant anti-tumor effects at both the injected site and at distant sites. We are conducting a research and clinical program intended to assess potential efficacy of SD-101 in a range of tumors and in combination with a range of treatments, including checkpoint inhibitors and other therapies.  In June 2017, we presented updated data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in patients with metastatic melanoma from the dose-escalation phase of an ongoing Phase 1/2 study of SD-101 in combination with Keytruda® (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 therapy developed by Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Results in patients naïve to anti-PD-1 or anti-PDL-1 treatment showed an overall response rate of 100 percent (seven of seven evaluable patients) and a complete response rate of 29 percent. The combination of the two drugs was generally well tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities.

We are developing DV281, a novel investigational TLR9 agonist designed specifically for focused delivery to primary lung tumors and lung metastases. In October 2017 we announced initiation of dosing in a Phase 1b study of inhaled DV281, in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with non small cell lung cancer.

In addition to the research programs we are conducting and product candidates we are developing, we discovered and licensed to AstraZeneca AB (“AstraZeneca”) an inhaled TLR agonist, AZD1419, which is being developed by AstraZeneca for the treatment of asthma pursuant to a collaboration and license agreement. AstraZeneca initiated a Phase 2a trial in 2016.

Our revenues have historically consisted of amounts earned from collaborations, grants and fees from services and licenses. Product revenue will depend on our ability to receive regulatory approvals for, and successfully market, our drug candidates. We have yet to generate any revenues from product sales and have recorded an accumulated deficit of $879.9 million as of September 30, 2017. These losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in connection with research and development activities, compensation and other related personnel costs and general corporate expenses. Research and development activities include coststhe restructuring, we reduced our workforce by approximately 80 positions, or approximately 36%, of outside contracted services including clinical trial costs, manufacturing and process development costs, research costs and other consulting services. Salaries and other personnel-related costs include non-cash stock-based compensation associated with options and other equity awards granted to employees. General corporate expenses include outside services such as accounting, consulting, business development, commercial, investor relations, insurance services and legal costs. Our operating results may fluctuate substantially from period to period principally as a result of the timing of preclinical activities and other activities related to clinical trials for our drug candidates.

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Since our inception, we have relied primarily on the proceeds from public and private sales of our equity securities, government grants and revenues from collaboration agreements to fund our operations. We expect spending to increaseU.S.-based personnel. Also, in connection with the developmentrestructuring, our Chief Executive Officer, also a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), submitted notice of his retirement from the Company and manufacturing of our product candidates, particularly SD-101the Board, effective August 1, 2019. We expect the restructuring to be substantially complete and DV281, our lead investigational cancer immunotherapeutic product candidates,the costs incurred and to support commercialization of HEPLISAV-B if it is approved, as well as human clinical trialspaid by December 31, 2019. We are exploring strategic alternatives for our other product candidatesimmuno-oncology business.

In August 2019, we sold 18,525,000 shares of common stock, 4,840 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and additional applications and advancementwarrants to purchase an aggregate of our technology. In order to continue these activities, we will need additional funding. This may occur through strategic alliance and licensing arrangements and/or future5,841,250 shares of common stock in an underwritten public or private debt and equity financings. If adequate funds are not available inoffering. Total net proceeds from the future, we may need to delay, reduce the scope of or put on hold one or more development programs while we seek strategic alternatives.offering were approximately $65.6 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and the Use of Estimates

The accompanying discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, assumptions and judgments described below that have the greatest potential impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements, including those related to revenue recognition, research and development activities and stock-based compensation.leases. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Accounting assumptions and estimates are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We

While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we believe the following accounting policies reflect the new and the more critical and significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements, that there have been no significant changes inadopted since our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared with those disclosed in ourlatest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2018.

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Leases

On January 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842, Leases, using the modified retrospective approach. Prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under previous lease guidance, ASC 840, Leases. We elected the package of practical expedients which, among other things, allowed us to carry forward the historical lease classification of leases in place as of January 1, 2019. We have also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease components from non-lease components. As a result of adopting ASC 842, we recognized right-of-use asset and lease liabilities for operating leases of $34.8 million and $37.1 million, respectively on January 1, 2019. There was no adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit as a result of the adoption of ASC 842.

We determine if an arrangement includes a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets, other current liabilities and long-term portion of lease liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. In determining the net present value of lease payments, we use our incremental borrowing rate which represents an estimated rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow equivalent funds on a collateralized basis at the lease commencement date.

The operating lease right-of-use assets also include any lease payments made and exclude any lease incentives. Our leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease which are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise any such options. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term. We have elected not to apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 for short-term leases.

As lessors, we determine if an arrangement includes a lease at inception. We elected the practical expedient to not separate lease components from non-lease components.  Rent revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term and is included in other income (expense) in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Restructuring

Restructuring costs are comprised of severance, other termination benefit costs, stock-based compensation expense for stock award and stock option modifications related to workforce reductions and accelerated depreciation. We recognize restructuring charges when the liability is probable and the amount is estimable. Employee termination benefits are accrued at the date management has committed to a plan of termination and affected employees have been notified of their termination date and expected severance benefits.

Results of Operations

Revenues

Revenues consistconsisted of amounts earned from collaborations, grantsproduct sales, manufacturing service and services and license fees. Service and license fees include revenues related to license fees and royalty payments.

collaboration revenue. The following is a summary of our revenues (in thousands, except for percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

Revenues:

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Collaboration revenue

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

2,578

 

 

$

(2,578

)

 

 

(100

)%

Grant revenue

 

53

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

(109

)

 

 

(67

)%

 

 

306

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

6

%

Service and license revenue

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

884

 

 

 

(884

)

 

 

(100

)%

Total revenues

$

53

 

 

$

162

 

 

$

(109

)

 

 

(67

)%

 

$

306

 

 

$

3,751

 

 

$

(3,445

)

 

 

(92

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

Revenues:

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Product revenue, net

 

$

10,158

 

 

$

1,461

 

 

$

8,697

 

 

 

595

%

 

$

24,086

 

 

$

2,880

 

 

$

21,206

 

 

 

736

%

Other revenue

 

 

417

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

417

 

 

NM

 

 

 

563

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

563

 

 

NM

 

Total revenues

 

$

10,575

 

 

$

1,461

 

 

$

9,114

 

 

 

624

%

 

$

24,649

 

 

$

2,880

 

 

$

21,769

 

 

 

756

%

Collaboration

NM=Not Meaningful

We commenced commercial shipments of HEPLISAV-B in January 2018 and deployed our field sales force in February 2018. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, product revenue, decreasednet increased due to higher volume as additional healthcare providers completed operational activities required to switch to HEPLISAV-B and existing customers placed repeat orders. Sales efforts continue to focus on advancing HEPLISAV-B through the complex and protracted approval and procurement processes in large institutional accounts across the country.

25


Revenue from product sales is recorded at the net sales price which includes estimates of product returns, chargebacks, discounts, rebates and other fees. Overall, product revenue, net, reflects our best estimates of the amount of consideration to which we are entitled based on the terms of the contract. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from our estimates. If actual results in the 2017 periods as all performance obligations under the AstraZeneca agreement were completed in 2016. Servicefuture vary from our estimates, we will adjust these estimates, which would affect net product revenue and license revenue decreasedearnings in the 2017 periods as noperiod such variances become known.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized $0.4 million of manufacturing services revenue.

Cost of Sales – Product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Cost of sales - product

 

$

3,824

 

 

$

3,927

 

 

$

(103

)

 

 

(3

)%

 

$

7,765

 

 

$

9,309

 

 

$

(1,544

)

 

 

(17

)%

Cost of sales - product for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily includes certain fill, finish and overhead costs for pre-filled syringes (“PFS”) of HEPLISAV-B. The quarter ended September 30, 2019 also includes costs related to a terminated batch. Our HEPLISAV-B PFS finished goods inventory includes components for which a portion of the manufacturing costs were performed on behalfpreviously expensed to research and development prior to the PFS presentation FDA approval in March 2018. We expect to use this HEPLISAV-B PFS inventory over approximately the next six to nine months. We expect our cost of sales of HEPLISAV-B PFS to increase, excluding the one-time costs in the third partiesquarter, as we produce and then sell inventory that reflects the full cost of manufacturing the product.  

Cost of sales – product for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes certain finish and overhead costs for HEPLISAV-B vials incurred after FDA approval in November 2017. The quarter ended September 30, 2018 includes costs relating to excess capacity at our manufacturing facility in Düsseldorf which were previously included in research and development expense. The excess capacity charge is a result of costs associated with resuming operating activities at our manufacturing facility in Düsseldorf after receiving regulatory approval of the PFS presentation of HEPLISAV-B in late March 2018. Prior to FDA approval of HEPLISAV-B vials, costs to manufacture HEPLISAV-B were expensed to research and development as there was no alternative future use.

At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, inventories, net increased to $39.4 million from $19.0 million, respectively to support increased projected sales.

Cost of Sales - Amortization of Intangible Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Cost of sales - amortization of

   intangible assets

 

$

2,324

 

 

$

3,823

 

 

$

(1,499

)

 

 

(39

)%

 

$

6,894

 

 

$

8,538

 

 

$

(1,644

)

 

 

(19

)%

Cost of sales - amortization of intangible assets consists of amortization of the intangible asset recorded as a result of a regulatory milestone and sublicense fees to Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (“Coley”), Merck, Sharpe & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”) and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA (“GSK”), upon or after FDA approval of HEPLISAV-B in November 2017. The intangible assets related to Coley and GSK have been fully-amortized in January 2018 and July 2018, respectively. At September 30, 2019, the intangible asset related to Merck of $4.8 million has an estimated remaining useful life through the patent expiration date in April 2020.

26


Research and Development Expense

Research and development expense consists, primarily, of compensation and related personnel costs (which include benefits, recruitment, travel and supply costs), outside services, allocated facility costs and non-cash stock-based compensation. Outside services relate to ourconsist of costs associated with clinical development, preclinical experimentsdiscovery and clinical trials,development, regulatory filings and research, including fees and expenses incurred by contract research organizations, clinical study sites, and other service providers and costs of manufacturing ofproduct candidates prior to approval.

In May, 2019 we announced a strategic organizational restructuring to align our product candidates.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2017operations around our vaccine business and 2016, approximately 35% and 69%, respectively, of our totalsignificantly curtail further investment in immuno-oncology research and development expense, excluding non-cash stock-based compensation, is related to our investigational adult hepatitis B vaccine, HEPLISAV-B. development.

The following is a summary of our research and development expense (in thousands, except for percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

Research and Development:

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Compensation and related

   personnel costs

 

$

4,026

 

 

$

7,025

 

 

$

(2,999

)

 

 

(43

)%

 

$

17,980

 

 

$

23,136

 

 

$

(5,156

)

 

 

(22

)%

Outside services

 

 

5,123

 

 

 

6,435

 

 

 

(1,312

)

 

 

(20

)%

 

 

20,019

 

 

 

17,103

 

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

17

%

Facility costs

 

 

1,850

 

 

 

1,028

 

 

 

822

 

 

 

80

%

 

 

6,246

 

 

 

4,626

 

 

 

1,620

 

 

 

35

%

Non-cash stock-based

   compensation

 

 

1,661

 

 

 

2,332

 

 

 

(671

)

 

 

(29

)%

 

 

5,817

 

 

 

7,194

 

 

 

(1,377

)

 

 

(19

)%

Total research and development

 

$

12,660

 

 

$

16,820

 

 

$

(4,160

)

 

 

(25

)%

 

$

50,062

 

 

$

52,059

 

 

$

(1,997

)

 

 

(4

)%

19


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

Research and Development:

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Compensation and related personnel costs

$

6,587

 

 

$

9,313

 

 

$

(2,726

)

 

 

(29

)%

 

$

21,305

 

 

$

27,675

 

 

$

(6,370

)

 

 

(23

)%

Outside services

 

5,705

 

 

 

9,653

 

 

 

(3,948

)

 

 

(41

)%

 

 

14,331

 

 

 

26,334

 

 

 

(12,003

)

 

 

(46

)%

Facility costs

 

2,152

 

 

 

2,629

 

 

 

(477

)

 

 

(18

)%

 

 

6,233

 

 

 

7,552

 

 

 

(1,319

)

 

 

(17

)%

Non-cash stock-based

   compensation

 

1,973

 

 

 

1,639

 

 

 

334

 

 

 

20

%

 

 

5,707

 

 

 

4,490

 

 

 

1,217

 

 

 

27

%

Total research and development

$

16,417

 

 

$

23,234

 

 

$

(6,817

)

 

 

(29

)%

 

$

47,576

 

 

$

66,051

 

 

$

(18,475

)

 

 

(28

)%

For bothCompensation and related personnel costs and non-cash stock-based compensation decreased in the three2019 periods compared to the 2018 periods due to lower research and development headcount as a result of our restructuring in May 2019. Outside services for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 2016:

Compensation and related personnel costs decreased2019 increased over the comparable period in 2018 due to implementation of organizational restructuring and cost reduction plansan overall increase in January 2017. Outside services expense decreased primarily duecosts to a reduction of costs related to HEPLISAV-B clinical and manufacturing activities partially offset by increased costs relating to seeking regulatory approval for HEPLISAV-B andsupport the ongoing development of SD-101 and earlier stage oncology programs. Non-cash stock-based compensation increased dueimmuno-oncology programs prior to recognitionthe restructuring. The decrease in outside services for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the comparable period in 2018 is the result of expense related to share-based awards granted to employees in 2016 and 2017.winding down of immuno-oncology programs following the restructuring. Facility costs, which includesinclude an overhead allocation primarily comprised of occupancy and related expenses, decreasedincreased primarily due to overall lower facility and related costs and a decrease in headcount.higher lease expense.

We expect research and development spending to increase in connection with the development and manufacturing of our product candidates, particularly SD-101 and DV281, and to support a post-marketing study of HEPLISAV-B, if it is approved by the FDA.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

GeneralSelling, general and administrative expense consists primarily of compensation and related costs for our commercial support personnel, costs;medical education professionals and personnel in executive and other administrative functions, including legal, finance and information technology; costs for outside services such as costs for sales and marketing, post-marketing studies of HEPLISAV-B, accounting, commercial development, consulting, business development, and  investor relations and for insurance; legal costs that include corporate and patent-related expenses; allocated facility costs and non-cash stock-based compensation.

The following is a summary of our selling, general and administrative expense (in thousands, except for percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

General and Administrative:

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Selling, General and Administrative:

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Compensation and related personnel costs

$

1,771

 

 

$

3,446

 

 

$

(1,675

)

 

 

(49

)%

 

$

5,771

 

 

$

9,859

 

 

$

(4,088

)

 

 

(41

)%

 

$

7,717

 

 

$

4,132

 

 

$

3,585

 

 

 

87

%

 

$

21,184

 

 

$

11,695

 

 

$

9,489

 

 

 

81

%

Outside services

 

1,574

 

 

 

5,439

 

 

 

(3,865

)

 

 

(71

)%

 

 

4,336

 

 

 

11,164

 

 

 

(6,828

)

 

 

(61

)%

 

 

5,817

 

 

 

7,539

 

 

 

(1,722

)

 

 

(23

)%

 

 

18,949

 

 

 

24,071

 

 

 

(5,122

)

 

 

(21

)%

Legal costs

 

718

 

 

 

561

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

28

%

 

 

2,063

 

 

 

1,735

 

 

 

328

 

 

 

19

%

 

 

521

 

 

 

458

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

14

%

 

 

1,724

 

 

 

2,336

 

 

 

(612

)

 

 

(26

)%

Facility costs

 

277

 

 

 

298

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(7

)%

 

 

804

 

 

 

788

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

683

 

 

 

1,443

 

 

 

211

%

 

 

4,983

 

 

 

1,669

 

 

 

3,314

 

 

 

199

%

Non-cash stock-based

compensation

 

1,687

 

 

 

2,022

 

 

 

(335

)

 

 

(17

)%

 

 

5,137

 

 

 

5,540

 

 

 

(403

)

 

 

(7

)%

 

 

2,278

 

 

 

2,976

 

 

 

(698

)

 

 

(23

)%

 

 

7,828

 

 

 

8,561

 

 

 

(733

)

 

 

(9

)%

Total general and administrative

$

6,027

 

 

$

11,766

 

 

$

(5,739

)

 

 

(49

)%

 

$

18,111

 

 

$

29,086

 

 

$

(10,975

)

 

 

(38

)%

Total selling, general and

administrative

 

$

18,459

 

 

$

15,788

 

 

$

2,671

 

 

 

17

%

 

$

54,668

 

 

$

48,332

 

 

$

6,336

 

 

 

13

%

 

27


For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172019 compared to 2016:

Compensation2018, the increase in compensation and related personnel costs and non-cash stock-based compensation decreasedits related decrease in outside services was due to implementationthe conversion of organizational restructuringthe external sales force to our employees effective April 1, 2019. In addition, the third quarter of 2019 includes payments for completion of certain milestones in the HEPLISAV-B post marketing study and cost reduction plans in January 2017. Outside services decreased ascosts for increased sales and marketing activities compared to the first nine monthsthird quarter of 2016 included costs related to hiring of consultants for administrative and commercial development services for the anticipated commercial launch of HEPLISAV-B.

We expect general and administrative spending to increase in connection with the commercialization of HEPLISAV-B, if it is approved by the FDA.

20


Restructuring

In January 2017, we implemented organizational restructuring and cost reduction plans to align around our immuno-oncology business while allowing us to advance HEPLISAV-B through the FDA review and approval process. To achieve these cost reductions, we suspended manufacturing activities, commercial preparations and other longer term investment related to HEPLISAV-B and reduced our global workforce by approximately 40 percent. If HEPLISAV-B is approved, we plan to use existing stockpiled inventory to support initial commercial demand.

During2018. For the nine months ended September 30, 20172019 compared to 2018, legal costs decreased primarily due to outside counsel costs incurred in the first quarter of 2018 in connection with the loan financing. Facility costs, which includes an overhead allocation, primarily comprised of occupancy and related expenses, increased due to higher lease expense and higher overhead allocation to selling, general and administrative functions. Non-cash stock-based compensation decreased for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the prior periods due to the timing of vesting of certain stock awards granted in 2017.

Restructuring

On May 23, 2019, we recorded chargesimplemented a strategic organizational restructuring, principally to align our operations around our vaccine business and significantly curtail further investment in our immuno-oncology business. In connection with the restructuring, we reduced our workforce by approximately 80 positions, or approximately 36%, of $2.8U.S.-based personnel. Also in connection with the restructuring, our Chief Executive Officer, also a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), submitted notice of his retirement from the Company and the Board, effective August 1, 2019. We expect the restructuring to be substantially complete and the costs incurred and paid by December 31, 2019. We are exploring strategic alternatives for our immuno-oncology business.

The total restructuring cost is estimated to be $13.5 million, of which $6.4 million is related to severance, other termination benefits and outplacement services. Of that amount, we paid $2.7services, $4.1 million duringis related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of accelerated vesting of stock awards and extension of exercise period of stock options and $3.0 million is related to accelerated depreciation. During the firstthree and nine month periodmonths ended September 30, 20172019, we recognized restructuring charges of $3.9 million and expect$12.7 million, respectively. The remaining $0.8 million in restructuring charges are expected to paybe recognized by the remaining balance in the fourth quarterend of 2017.2019.

Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net

Interest income is reported net of amortization of premiums and discounts on marketable securitiessecurities. Interest expense includes the stated interest and realized gainsaccretion of discount and losses on investments.end of term fee related to our long-term debt agreement entered into in February 2018. Sublease income is recognized in connection with our sublease of office and laboratory space. Other (expense) income, net includes gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and disposal of property and equipment.

The following is a summary of our interest income, interest expense and other (expense) income, net (in thousands, except for percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

(Decrease) from

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016 to 2017

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2018 to 2019

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Interest income

$

429

 

 

$

170

 

 

$

259

 

 

 

152

%

 

$

809

 

 

$

615

 

 

$

194

 

 

 

32

%

 

$

890

 

 

$

1,047

 

 

$

(157

)

 

 

(15

)%

 

$

2,604

 

 

$

2,940

 

 

$

(336

)

 

 

(11

)%

Other (expense) income, net

$

(166

)

 

$

(26

)

 

$

140

 

 

 

538

%

 

$

(378

)

 

$

68

 

 

$

(446

)

 

 

(656

)%

Interest expense

 

$

(4,779

)

 

$

(2,735

)

 

$

2,044

 

 

 

75

%

 

$

(12,111

)

 

$

(6,587

)

 

$

5,524

 

 

 

84

%

Sublease income

 

$

891

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

891

 

 

NM

 

 

$

891

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

891

 

 

NM

 

Other income, net

 

$

168

 

 

$

57

 

 

$

111

 

 

 

195

%

 

$

226

 

 

$

75

 

 

$

151

 

 

 

201

%

 

For bothNM=Not Meaningful

Interest expense increased due to the borrowing of the remaining $75.0 million term loan in March 2019 under the term loan agreement with CRG Servicing LLC (“Loan Agreement”). During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared2019, we recognized sublease income of $0.9 million in connection with our sublease of office and laboratory space located at 5959 Horton Street, Emeryville, California to 2016, interest income increased due to a higher average rate of return on our investments and a higher average investment balance.another company. The change in other (expense) income, net is primarily due to foreign currency transactions resulting from fluctuations in the value of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar.dollar and changes in the estimated fair value of our warrant liability.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2017,2019, we had $191.7 $174.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Since our inception, we have relied primarily on the proceeds from public and private sales of our equity securities, borrowings, government grants and revenues from product sales and collaboration agreements to fund our operations. Our funds are currently invested in short-term money market funds, U.S. Treasuries,treasuries, U.S. Governmentgovernment agency securities and corporate debt securities. We currently anticipate that our cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities as of September 30, 2019, and anticipated revenues from HEPLISAV-B will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months from the date of this filing.

In August 2017, we completed an underwritten public offering28


At September 30, 2019, $118.6 million of 5,750,000 shares of our common stock remained available for sale under our At Market Sales Agreement with Cowen and received net proceeds of approximately $80.8 million.

During the six months ended June 30, Company, LLC (“2017 we sold 15,997,202 shares of our common stock and received net cash proceeds of $88.2 million pursuant to an At the Market Agreement that terminated in June 2017. In November 2017 we entered into an At the Market sales agreement under which we can offer and sell our common stock from time to time up to aggregate sales proceeds of $150 million. The November 2017 sales agreement is more fully described in Part II – Item 5 – Other Information.ATM Agreement”).

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2019, we used $59.8$98.2 million of cash for our operations primarily due to our net loss of $67.7$115.8 million, of which $13.0$40.2 million consisted of non-cash charges such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of right-of-use assets, depreciation and amortization, reversal of deferred rent upon lease amendmentnon-cash interest expense and accretion and amortization on marketable securities. We also recorded charges of $2.8 million primarily related to severance, resulting from implementation of organizational restructuring and cost reduction plans in January 2017. By comparison, during the nine months ended September 30, 2016,2018, we used $80.8$97.7 million of cash for our operations primarily due to aour net loss of $90.7$118.9 million, of which $12.4$29.0 million consisted of non-cash charges such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, depreciation and amortization, non-cash interest expense and accretion and amortization on marketable securities. Cash used in our operations during the first nine months of 2017 decreased2019 increased by $21.0$0.6 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received tenant improvement reimbursements from the landlord of 5959 Horton Street totaling $6.6 million. During the first nine months of 2019, we invested approximately $20.3 million in HEPLISAV-B inventory to support increased projected sales. Net cash used in operating activities is also impacted by changes in our operating assets and liabilities due to timing of cash receipts and expenditures.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2019, net cash used in investing activities was $114.8$67.6 million compared to $58.1$11.1 million inof net cash provided by investing activities forduring the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2018. Cash used in investing activities during the first nine months of 20172019 included $114.4$40.1 million of net purchases of marketable securities compared with $64.6to $24.9 million of net proceeds from maturities of marketable securities during the first nine months of 2016.2018. During the first nine months of 2019, we paid $7.0 million of sublicense payment to Merck, compared to $11.0 million of milestone and sublicense payments to Coley, Merck and GSK during the first nine months of 2018. Cash used in net purchases of property plant and equipment decreasedincreased by $6.1$17.7 million during the first nine months of 20172019 compared to the same period in 20162018. The increase is, primarily, due to the purchaseinstallation of manufacturing equipment in 2016 for HEPLISAV-B.facility improvements.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 20172019 and 2016,2018, net cash provided by financing activities was $169.8$154.4 million and $0.7$99.1 million, respectively. Cash provided by financing activities in the first nine months of 20172019 included net proceeds of $169.2$74.3 million from the second tranche of the Loan Agreement, net proceeds of $13.9 million from the issuance of common stock under our 2017 ATM Agreement and net proceeds of $65.6 million from our underwritten public offering in August 2017 and our 2015 ATM Agreement.

We have incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. As of September 30, 2017, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $191.7 million and we used $59.8 million of cash2019. Cash provided by financing activities in operating activities during the first nine months of 2017.  We believe that our available cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months2018 included net proceeds of $99.0 million from the date of this filing. Loan Agreement.

We expect spending to increaseincur operating losses for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in connection with the development and manufacturingcommercialization of ourHEPLISAV-B. If we cannot generate a sufficient amount of revenue from product candidates, particularly SD-101 and DV281, our lead investigational cancer immunotherapeutic product candidates, human clinical trials for our other product candidates and additional applications and advancement of our technology. In order to continue our development activities and if HEPLISAV-B is approved,sales, we will need additional funding or a partnership to enable commercialization. This may occurfinance our operations through strategic alliance and licensing arrangements and/or future public or private debt and equity financings. Sufficient fundingAdequate financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or if available, may be on terms that significantly dilute or otherwise adversely affect the rights of existing stockholders.at all. If adequate funds are not available in the future,when needed, we may need to delay,significantly reduce the scope of or put on hold one or more development programsour operations while we seek strategic alternatives, which could have an adverse impact on our ability to achieve our intended business objectives.

Our ability to raise additional capital in the equity and debt markets, should we choose to do so, is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the market demand for our common stock, which itself is subject to a number of development and business risks and uncertainties, as well asour creditworthiness and the uncertainty that we would be able to raise such additional capital at a price or on terms that are favorable to us. Raising additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities could result in dilution to our existing stockholders, increased fixed payment obligations, or both. In addition, these securities may have rights senior to those of our common stock and could include covenants that would restrict our operations.

Contractual Obligations

On March 29, 2019, we borrowed the remaining $75.0 million (the “Second Tranche Term Loan”) from the $175.0 million term loan agreement with CRG Servicing LLC. We lease our facilities in Berkeley, California (“Berkeley Lease”initially borrowed $100.0 million (the “Initial Term Loan”) at closing on February 20, 2018. The principal amounts of Initial Term Loan and Düsseldorf, Germany (“Düsseldorf Lease”) under operating leases that expire inSecond Tranche Term Loan totaling $179.1 million, which includes paid-in-kind interest, have a maturity date of December 2025 and March31, 2023, respectively. In May 2017, we amended the Berkeley Lease to extend the termunless earlier prepaid.

As of the Berkeley Lease to expire in December 2025 and to terminate the lease of an adjacent building. As a result of the amendment to the Berkeley Lease, our total future minimum lease payments at September 30, 2017 are $19.72019, our material non-cancelable purchase and other commitments, for the supply of HEPLISAV-B and for clinical research, totaled $13.0 million.

In addition to the non-cancelable commitments included above, we have entered into contractual arrangements that obligate us to make paymentsThere were no other material changes to the contractual counterparties uponobligations previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the occurrence of future events. In addition, in the normal course of operations, we have entered into license and other agreements and intend to continue to seek additional rights relating to compounds or technologies in connection with our discovery, manufacturing and development programs. Under the terms of the agreements, we may be required to pay future up-front fees, milestones and royalties on net sales of products originating from the licensed technologies, if any, or other payments contingent upon the occurrence of future events that cannot reasonably be estimated.

We rely on and have entered into agreements with research institutions, contract research organizations and clinical investigators as well as clinical and commercial material manufacturers. These agreements are terminable by us upon written notice. Generally, we are liable only for actual effort expended by the organizations at any point in time during the contract through the notice period.year ended December 31, 2018.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined by rules enacted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, accordingly, no such arrangements are likely to have a current or future effect on our financial position.

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ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVEQUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

QuantitativeDuring the nine months ended September 30, 2019, there were no material changes to our market risk disclosures as set forth in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative DisclosureDisclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to interest rate risk. Our investment portfolio is maintained in accordance with our investment policy, which defines allowable investments, specifies credit quality standards and limits the credit exposure of any single issuer. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal and, secondarily, to maximize income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. Some of the securities that we invest in may have market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate. To minimize this risk, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and investments in short-term money market funds, U.S. government agency securities, U.S. Treasuries and corporate debt securities. We do not invest in auction rate securities or securities collateralized by home mortgages, mortgage bank debt or home equity loans. We do not have derivative financial instrumentsRisk” in our investment portfolio. To assess our risk, we calculate that if interest rates were to rise or fall from current levels by 100 basis points or by 125 basis points, the pro forma change in fair value of our net unrealized lossAnnual Report on investments would be $1.1 million or $1.4 million, respectively.

Due to the short duration and nature of our cash equivalents and marketable securities, as well as our intention to hold the investments to maturity, we do not expect any material loss with respect to our investment portfolio.

Foreign Currency Risk

We have certain investments outside the U.S.Form 10-K for the operations of Dynavax GmbH with exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. The cumulative translation adjustment reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017 was $1.2 million primarily related to translation of Dynavax GmbH assets, liabilities and operating results from Euros to U.S. dollars. As of September 30, 2017, the effect of our exposure to these exchange rate fluctuations has not been material, and we do not expect it to become material in the foreseeable future. We do not hedge our foreign currency exposures and have not used derivative financial instruments for speculation or trading purposes.year ended December 31, 2018.

 

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our ChiefCo-Principal Executive OfficerOfficers and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report, our management, with participation of our ChiefCo-Principal Executive OfficerOfficers and our Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective and were operating at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal controls

There hashave been no changechanges in our internal controls over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a – 15(f) under the Exchange Act during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PARTPART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, Dynavax receiveswe receive claims or allegations regarding various matters, including employment, vendor and other similar situations in the conduct of our operations.

On July 3, 2013, a purported stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda against certain of our current and former executive officers and directors. On August 9, 2013, a substantially similar purported stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The derivative complaints allege breaches of fiduciary duties by the defendants and other violations of law. In general, the complaints allege that certain of our current and former executive officers and directors caused or allowed for the dissemination of materially false and misleading statements regarding our product, HEPLISAV-B. Plaintiffs We are seeking unspecified monetary damages, including restitution from defendants, attorneys’ fees and costs, and other relief. 

On August 21, 2013, pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, the state court stayed the state derivative case pending a decision on the Company’s motion to dismiss in the In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation. On October 17, 2013, pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, the federal court stayed the federal derivative case pending a decision on the Company’s motion to dismiss in the In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation. On May 8, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation to keep the state derivative case stayed until a final resolution in the In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation. On May 15, 2015, the parties also stipulated to keep the federal derivative case stayed until a final resolution in the In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation. The parties entered into a stipulation of settlement which provides that the Company will enter into certain corporate governance reforms, that the Company shall cause to be paid an attorneys’ fee of $925,000 to plaintiffs’ counsel, and for dismissal of all claims against defendants in both the state and federal derivative actions.  On August 21, 2017, the state court entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement and setting a final approval hearing date of October 17, 2017.  On October 17, 2017, the state court entered the final approval order and dismissed the state court action.  On October 20, 2017, the parties to the federal derivative action submitted a stipulation to the federal court to dismiss with prejudice the federal derivative action in light of the settlement. On October 24, 2017, the federal court granted the stipulation and dismissed the federal derivative action with prejudice.  

On November 18, 2016, two substantially similar securities class action complaints were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Company and two of its executive officers, in Soontjens v. Dynavax Technologies Corporation et. al., (“Soontjens”) and Shumake v. Dynavax Technologies Corporation et al., (“Shumake”). The Soontjens complaint alleges that between March 10, 2014 and November 11, 2016, the Company and certain of its executive officers violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, in connection with statements related to HEPLISAV-B. The Shumake complaint alleges violations of the same statutes related to the same subject, but between January 7, 2016 and November 11, 2016. The plaintiffs in both actions are seeking an unspecified amount of damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. On January 17, 2017, these two actions and all related actions that subsequently may be filed in, or transferred to, the District Court were consolidated into a single case entitled In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation. On January 31, 2017, the court appointed lead plaintiff and lead counsel. Lead plaintiff filed a consolidated amended complaint on March 17, 2017. Defendants’ filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint on May 1, 2017. On September 12, 2017, the District Court granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss, but gave lead plaintiff an opportunity to amend his complaint.  On October 3, 2017, plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint.  Defendants’ motion to dismiss is due on November 3, 2017.

On January 18, 2017, the Company was madenot currently aware of a derivative complaint that a purported stockholder ofany material legal proceedings involving the Company intended to file in the Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda against certain of the Company’s current executive officers and directors (the “McDonald Complaint”). The McDonald Complaint was apparently filed on February 16, 2017, although the Company was not provided a copy of it until March 15, 2017. Additionally, on January 19, 2017, another purported stockholder of the Company filed a separate derivative complaint in the Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda against the same officers and directors who were named in the McDonald Complaint (the “Shumake Complaint”). Both complaints generally allege that the defendants caused or allowed the Company to issue materially misleading statements and/or omit material information regarding HEPLISAV-B and the clinical trial related thereto and otherwise mismanaged the clinical trial related to HEPLISAV-B. The complaints seek unspecified monetary damages, including restitution from defendants, corporate governance changes, attorneys’ fees and costs, and other relief.  Defendants were never served with the Shumake Complaint.  On June 23, 2017, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the Shumake Complaint without prejudice.  Defendants filed a demurrer in the McDonald case seeking to dismiss the lawsuit on June 19, 2017.  On July 26, 2017, pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, the state court stayed the McDonald case pending the final resolution of the 2016 securities class action, In re Dynavax Technologies Securities Litigation.Company.

The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses and intends to defend these lawsuits vigorously. However, the lawsuits are subject to inherent uncertainties, the actual costs may be significant, and we may not prevail. We believe we are entitled to coverage under our relevant insurance policies with respect to these lawsuits, but coverage could be denied or prove to be insufficient.

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ITEM 1A.

RISKRISK FACTORS

Various statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements concerning our future efforts to obtain regulatory approval, timing of development activities,achieve restructuring goals, commercialize approved products, expenses, revenues, liquidity and cash needs, as well as our plans and strategies. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and we assume no obligation to update this information. Numerous factors could cause our actual results to differ significantly from the results described in these forward-looking statements, including the following risk factors. We have marked with an asterisk (*) those risks described below that reflect substantivematerial changes from, or additions to, the risks described under Part 1, Item 1A “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162018 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2017.February 27, 2019.

Risks Related to our Business and Capital Requirements

HEPLISAV-B has been launched in the United States and there is significant competition in the marketplace. Since this is our first marketed product, the timing of uptake and distribution efforts are unpredictable and there is a risk that we may not achieve and sustain commercial success for HEPLISAV-B.

We have established sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and commercialized HEPLISAV-B in the U.S. Successful commercialization of HEPLISAV-B will require significant resources and time and, while Dynavax personnel are experienced with respect to marketing of healthcare products, because HEPLISAV-B is the company’s first marketed product, the potential uptake of the product in distribution and the timing for growth in sales, if any, is unpredictable and we may not be successful in commercializing HEPLISAV-B. In particular, successful commercialization of HEPLISAV-B will require that we continue to negotiate and enter into contracts with wholesalers, distributors, group purchasing organizations, and other parties, and that we maintain those contractual relationships. There is a risk that we may not complete or maintain all of these important contracts on favorable terms or that in a potentially evolving reimbursement environment our efforts can overcome established competition at favorable pricing.

We converted our contracted field sales team into full-time Dynavax employees in the second quarter of 2019. The conversion of the field sales team to employees will require additional internal resources, both in the conversion process and for ongoing administrative and logistical support. We have not previously employed an in-house field sales team, and thus have limited experience in overseeing and managing an employed salesforce. In addition, retention of capable sales personnel may be more difficult with a single product offering and we must retain our salesforce in order for HEPLISAV-B to establish a commercial presence.  

Moreover, we expect that significant resources will need to be invested in order to successfully market, sell and distribute HEPLISAV-B for use with diabetes patients, one of our targeted patient populations. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommend that patients with diabetes receive hepatitis B vaccinations, we are unable to predict how many of those patients may receive HEPLISAV-B.

In addition to the risks with employing and maintaining our own commercial capabilities and with contracting, other factors that may inhibit our efforts to successfully commercialize HEPLISAV-B include:

whether we are able to recruit and retain adequate numbers of effective sales and marketing personnel;

whether we are able to access key health care providers to discuss HEPLISAV-B;

whether we can compete successfully as a new entrant in established distribution channels for vaccine products; and

whether we will maintain sufficient funding to cover the costs and expenses associated with creating and sustaining a capable sales and marketing organization and related commercial infrastructure.

If we are not successful, we may be required to collaborate or partner HEPLISAV-B with a third-party pharmaceutical or biotechnology company with existing products. To the extent we collaborate or partner, the financial value will be shared with another party and we will need to establish and maintain a successful collaboration arrangement, and we may not be able to enter into these arrangements on acceptable terms or in a timely manner in order to establish HEPLISAV-B in the market. To the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other arrangements, any revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of third parties, which may not be successful and are only partially in our control. In that event, our product revenues may be lower than if we marketed and sold our products directly with the highest priority, and we may be required to reduce or eliminate much of our commercial infrastructure and personnel as a result of such collaboration or partnership.

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If we, or our partners, if any, are not successful in setting our marketing, pricing and reimbursement strategies, recruiting and maintaining effective sales and marketing personnel or in building and maintaining the infrastructure to support commercial operations, we will have difficulty successfully commercializing HEPLISAV-B, which would adversely affect our business and financial condition.

We face uncertainty regarding coverage, pricing and reimbursement and the practices of third-party payors, which may make it difficult or impossible to sell our product or product candidates on commercially reasonable terms.*

In both domestic and foreign markets, our ability to achieve profitability will depend in part on the negotiation of a favorable price, as well as the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement, from third-party payors, in particular for HEPLISAV-B, where existing products are already marketed. In the U.S., pricing for hepatitis B vaccines is currently stable and reimbursement is favorable as private and public payors recognize the value of prophylaxis in this setting given the high costs of potential morbidity and mortality, and we have achieved coverage with most third-party payors. However, there is a risk that some payors may limit coverage to specific products on an approved list, also known as a formulary, which might not include HEPLISAV-B. Thus, there can be no assurance that HEPLISAV-B will achieve and sustain stable pricing and favorable reimbursement. Our ability to successfully obtain and retain market share and achieve and sustain profitability will be significantly dependent on the markets acceptance of a price for HEPLSIAV-B sufficient to achieve profitability, and future acceptance of such pricing.

Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the price and cost-effectiveness of medical products and services, and pricing, as well as coverage and reimbursement decisions may not allow our future products to compete effectively with existing competitive products. Because we intend to offer products, if approved, that involve new technologies and new approaches to treating disease, the willingness of third-party payors to reimburse for our products is uncertain. We will have to charge a price for our products that is sufficient to enable us to recover our considerable investment in product development and our operating costs. Adequate third-party payor reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain price levels sufficient to achieve profitability, and such unavailability could harm our future prospects and reduce our stock price.

Also, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently in the U.S. over pharmaceutical pricing practices in light of the rising cost of prescription drugs and biologics. Such scrutiny has resulted in several recent Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products. At the federal level, the Trump administration’s budget proposals for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 contain further drug price control measures that could be enacted during the budget process or in other future legislation, including, for example, measures to permit Medicare Part D plans to negotiate the price of certain drugs under Medicare Part B, to allow some states to negotiate drug prices under Medicaid, and to eliminate cost sharing for generic drugs for low-income patients. Additionally, the Trump administration released a “Blueprint” to lower drug prices and reduce out of pocket costs of drugs that contains additional proposals to increase manufacturer competition, increase the negotiating power of certain federal healthcare programs, incentivize manufacturers to lower the list price of their products and reduce the out of pocket costs of drug products paid by consumers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, has solicited feedback on some of these measures and, at the same, has implemented others under its existing authority. For example, in May 2019, CMS issued a final rule to allow Medicare Advantage Plans the option of using step therapy for Part B drugs beginning January 1, 2020. This final rule codified CMS’s policy change that was effective January 1, 2019. While a number of these and other proposed measures will require additional authorization to become effective, Congress and the Trump administration have each indicated that it will continue to seek new legislative and/or administrative measures to control drug costs. At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, and restrictions on certain product access. In some cases, such legislation and regulations have been designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing. There have been, and likely will continue to be, legislative and regulatory proposals at the foreign, federal and state levels directed at broadening the availability of healthcare and containing or lowering the cost of healthcare. We cannot predict the initiatives that may be adopted in the future or the effect any such initiatives may have on our business.

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We have recently implemented a strategic restructuring to prioritize our vaccine business and explore strategic alternatives for our immuno-oncology portfolio, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully execute on a strategic alternative for our immuno-oncology portfolio.*

In the second quarter of 2019, we implemented a strategic restructuring that would focus our efforts on HEPLISAV-B, which included a reduction in our workforce and operations to focus resources on HEPLISAV-B commercialization and sales execution as well as assess additional opportunities to leverage our 1018 adjuvant. Additionally, we are seeking strategic alternatives for our immuno-oncology portfolio, including our development stage products such as SD-101 and DV281. In connection with the restructuring, we made the determination to wind down ongoing immuno-oncology trials. Our ability to successfully execute on a strategic alternative for our immuno-oncology portfolio is dependent on a number of factors and we may not be able to execute upon a transaction or other strategic alternative for our immuno-oncology portfolio upon favorable terms within an advantageous timeframe and recognize significant value for these assets, if at all.  Additionally, the negotiation and consummation of a transaction or other strategic alternative involving our immuno-oncology may be costly and time-consuming. Our strategic restructuring may not result in anticipated savings or other economic benefits, could result in total costs and expenses that are greater than expected, could make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and may disrupt our operations, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are dependentsubject to ongoing FDA post-marketing obligations concerning HEPLISAV-B, which may result in significant additional expense, and we may be subject to penalties if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements or experience unanticipated problems with HEPLISAV-B.

Our HEPLISAV-B regulatory approval is subject to certain post-marketing obligations and commitments to the FDA. We must conduct an observational comparative study of HEPLISAV-B to another hepatitis B vaccine to assess occurrence of acute myocardial infarction; must conduct an observational surveillance study to evaluate the incidence of new onset immune-mediated diseases, herpes zoster and anaphylaxis; and must establish a pregnancy registry to provide information on outcomes following pregnancy exposure to HEPLISAV-B. These studies will require significant effort and resources, and failure to timely conduct these studies or complete these studies to the successsatisfaction of FDA could result in withdrawal of our BLA approval, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. The results of post-marketing studies may also result in additional warnings or precautions for the HEPLISAV-B label or expose additional safety concerns that may result in product liability and withdrawal of the product from the market, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.  

In addition, the manufacturing processes, labelling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and recordkeeping for HEPLISAV-B are subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements. These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as continued compliance with cGMPs, GCPs, ICH guidelines, and GLPs. If we are not able to meet and maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose marketing approval and be required to withdraw our product. As noted in the preceding paragraph, withdrawal would have a material adverse effect on our business.

If HEPLISAV-B or any products we develop are not accepted by the market or if regulatory agencies limit our labeling indications, require labeling content that diminishes market uptake of HEPLISAV-B or any other products we develop, or limits our marketing claims, we may be unable to generate significant revenues, if any.*

Even if we obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates, such as the FDA approval of HEPLISAV-B in November 2017, and are able to commercialize them as we have with HEPLISAV-B, our products may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and the medical community.

The degree of market acceptance of HEPLISAV-B and any of our future approved products will depend upon a number of factors, including:

the indication for which the product is approved and its approved labeling;

the presence of other competing approved therapies;

the potential advantages of the product over existing and future treatment methods;

the relative convenience and ease of administration of the product;

the strength of our sales, marketing and distribution support;

the price and cost-effectiveness of the product; and

third-party coverage and adequate reimbursement and the willingness of patients to pay out-of-pocket in the absence of sufficient reimbursement by third-party payors.

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The FDA or other regulatory agencies could limit the labeling indication for which our product candidates may be marketed or could otherwise limit marketing efforts for our products. If we are unable to achieve approval or successfully market any of our product candidates, especiallyor marketing efforts are restricted by regulatory limits, our ability to generate revenues could be significantly impaired.

Many of our competitors have greater financial resources and expertise than we do. If we are unable to successfully compete with existing or potential competitors as a result of these disadvantages, we may be unable to generate revenues and our business will be harmed.*

We compete with pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions and research organizations, in developing and marketing therapies to prevent or treat cancer and infectious and inflammatory diseases. For example, HEPLISAV-B competes in the U.S. with established hepatitis B vaccines marketed by Merck and SD-101, which depend on regulatory approval. The FDA or foreign regulatory agenciesGlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”) and if approved outside the U.S., with vaccines from those companies as well as several additional established pharmaceutical companies.

Existing and potential competitors may determine our clinical trials or other data regarding safety, efficacy, consistency of manufacture or compliancealso compete with GMP regulations are insufficientus for regulatory approval. Failure to obtain regulatory approvals or the delayqualified commercial, scientific and additional costsmanagement personnel, as well as for technology that would otherwise be requiredadvantageous to obtain regulatory approvals could require us to discontinue operations.*

None of our product candidates has been approved for sale by any regulatory agency. Any product candidate we develop is subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local governmental authorities in the U.S., including the FDA, and foreign regulatory agencies.business. Our success is primarily dependentin developing marketable products and achieving a competitive position will depend, in part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel in the near-term, particularly with respect to HEPLISAV-B commercialization. If we do not succeed in attracting new personnel and retaining and motivating existing personnel, our operations may suffer and we may be unable to obtain regulatory approvalsfinancing, enter into collaborative arrangements, sell our product candidates or generate revenues.

We have incurred net losses in each year since our inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future unless we can successfully commercialize HEPLISAV-B, and if we are unable to achieve and sustain profitability, the market value of our most advancedcommon stock will likely decline.*

We have generated limited revenue from the sale of products and have incurred losses in each year since we commenced operations in 1996. Our net losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were $115.8 million and $118.9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, we had an accumulated deficit of $1.2 billion.

With our investment in the launch and commercialization of HEPLISAV-B in the U.S., we expect to continue incurring operating losses for the foreseeable future. Our expenses have increased substantially as we established and maintain our HEPLISAV-B commercial infrastructure, including investments in internal infrastructure to support our field sales force and investments in manufacturing and supply chain commitments to maintain commercial supply of HEPLISAV-B. The timing for uptake of our product candidates. Approval processes in the U.S. has further increased losses related to commercialization, and the advancement of our oncology pipeline has historically increased our costs as we conducted more and larger studies to invest in other countries are uncertain, can take many yearsclinical development.  While we anticipate operating expenditures related to external oncology costs will decrease as a result of our strategic restructuring, due to the numerous risks and require the expenditure of substantial resources,uncertainties associated with developing and commercializing vaccine and pharmaceutical products, we are unable to predict the timingextent of any future losses or when, regulatory approval may be received, if ever, we will become profitable.  

Until we are able to generate significant revenues or achieve profitability through product sales, we will require substantial additional capital to finance our operations.*

As of September 30, 2019, we had $174.9 million in any jurisdiction.

Forcash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We expect to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in commercialization of HEPLISAV-B, including investment in HEPLISAV-B inventory, manufacturing and seek strategic alternatives for our most advancedimmuno-oncology product HEPLISAV-B, on July 28, 2017 the FDA’s Vaccinescandidates. Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue, we will need to finance our operations through strategic alliance and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (“VRBPAC”) voted 12 to 1 (with 3 abstentions) that the safety data for HEPLISAV-B support licensure for immunization against hepatitis B infection in adults 18 years of agelicensing arrangements and/or public or private debt and older.  A prior VRBPAC panel voted 13 to 1 that the immunogenicity data for HEPLISAV-B support approval and thus the July 2017 VRBPAC was only asked to vote on safety. The FDA is not bound by VRBPAC’s recommendations regarding safety and efficacy, but takes its advice into consideration when reviewing marketing applications. HEPLISAV-B has a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) date of November 9, 2017.  There can be no assurance that the FDA will complete its review by that date and the review period could be further extended.  In addition, unless we reach an agreement on the post-marketing study our BLAequity financings. Adequate financing may not be approvedavailable to us on acceptable terms, or the studyat all. If adequate funds are not available when needed, we may result in a cost that restrictsneed to significantly reduce our operations while we seek additional strategic alternatives, which could have an adverse impact on our ability to justify further investmentachieve our business objectives.

Our ability to raise additional capital in the product. Finally, despiteequity and debt markets, should we choose to do so, is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the favorable VRBPAC vote, there can be no assurance that the FDA will not issuemarket demand for our common stock, which itself is subject to a Complete Response Letter (“CRL”) in reconsideringnumber of development and business risks and uncertainties, our submission or otherwise further delay the review period.   

In the U.S., our BLA must be approved by the FDA and corresponding applications to foreign regulatory agencies must be approved by those agencies before we may sell the product in their respective geographic area. Obtaining approval of a BLA and corresponding foreign applications is highly uncertain and we may fail to obtain approval. The BLA review process is extensive, lengthy, expensive and uncertain,creditworthiness and the FDAuncertainty that we would be able to raise such additional capital at a price or foreign regulatory agencieson terms that are favorable to us. Raising additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities could result in dilution to our existing stockholders, increased fixed payment obligations, or both. In addition, these securities may delay, limit or deny approval of our application for many reasons, including: whether the data from our clinical trials, including the Phase 3 results, or the development program are satisfactoryhave rights senior to the FDA or foreign regulatory agency; disagreement with the number, design, size, conduct or implementation of our clinical trials or proposed post-marketing study, or a conclusion that the data fails to meet statistical or clinical significance or safety requirements; acceptability of data generated at our clinical trial sites that are monitored by third party contract research organizations (“CROs”); or a decision by the FDA not to approve our BLA despite an advisory committee recommendation of approval; and deficiencies in our manufacturing processes or facilities or those of our third party contract manufacturerscommon stock and suppliers, if any. For example,could include covenants that would restrict our operations.

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We may develop, seek regulatory approval for and market HEPLISAV-B or any other product candidates we received two CRLsmay develop outside the U.S., requiring a significant commitment of resources. Failure to successfully manage our international operations could result in significant unanticipated costs and delays in regulatory approval or commercialization of our product candidates.*

We may seek to introduce HEPLISAV-B, or any other product candidates we may develop, in various markets outside the U.S. Developing, seeking regulatory approval for and marketing our product candidates outside the U.S. could impose substantial costs as well as burdens on our personnel resources in addition to potential diversion of managements attention from domestic operations. International operations are subject to risk, including:

the difficulty of managing geographically distant operations, including recruiting and retaining qualified employees, locating adequate facilities and establishing useful business support relationships in the local community;

compliance with varying international regulatory requirements, laws and treaties;

securing international distribution, marketing and sales capabilities upon favorable terms;

adequate protection of our intellectual property rights;

obtaining regulatory and pricing approvals at a level sufficient to justify commercialization;

legal uncertainties and potential timing delays associated with tariffs, export licenses and other trade barriers;

diverse tax consequences;

the fluctuation of conversion rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar; and

regional and geopolitical risks.

In the FDA previouslyevent that we determine to commercialize HEPLISAV-B outside the United States, such as in 2013Europe, the product is not approved and 2016, respectively. We have responded to each CRL, but thereour opportunity will depend upon our receiving regulatory approval, which can be no assurancecostly and time consuming, and there is a risk that one or more regulatory bodies may require that we have addressedconduct additional clinical trials and/or take other measures which will take time and require that we incur significant additional expense. In addition, there is the outstanding FDA questions in a manner sufficient forrisk that we may not receive approval in one or more jurisdictions. In March, 2019, we submitted, and the U.S.

In February 2014, we announced our withdrawal ofEuropean Medical Agency (“EMA”) accepted, our Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”) for HEPLISAV-B. We may not be able to provide sufficient data or respond to comments to our MAA sufficient to obtain regulatory approval in Europe in a reasonable time period or at all.

Any failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one jurisdiction may have a negative effect on the regulatory approval process in other jurisdictions. If we are unable to successfully manage our international operations, we may incur significant unanticipated costs and delays in regulatory approval or commercialization of our product candidates, which would impair our ability to generate revenues.

Clinical trials for our commercial product and product candidates are expensive and time consuming, may involve combinations with other agents, may take longer than we expect or may not be completed at all, and their outcomes are uncertain.*

Clinical trials, including post-marketing studies, to generate sufficient data to meet FDA requirements are expensive and time consuming.

We are currently winding down existing clinical trials of SD-101 and DV281, including combination studies with other oncology agents, and seeking strategic alternatives for these product candidates. Most of our combination agent study partners, such as Merck & Co. (“Merck”), are significantly larger than we are and have conducted various other combination studies with other immuno-oncology agents and collaborators. We are not certain these clinical trials will be successful, or that even if successful we would be able to reach agreement to conduct larger, more extensive clinical trials required to achieve regulatory approval for a combination product candidate regimen. In addition, results from smaller, earlier stage clinical studies may not be representative of larger, controlled clinical trials that would be required in order to obtain regulatory approval of HEPLISAV-B toa product candidate or a combination of product candidates.

Each of our clinical trials requires the EMA, in part becauseinvestment of substantial planning, expense and time and the required time frame for response under the MAA procedure was not long enough to permit the collectiontiming of the necessarycommencement, continuation and completion of these clinical data.trials may be subject to significant delays relating to various causes, including scheduling conflicts with participating clinicians and clinical institutions, difficulties in identifying and enrolling participants who meet trial eligibility criteria, failure of participants to complete the clinical trial, delay or failure to obtain Institutional Review Board (IRB) or regulatory approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site, unexpected adverse events and shortages of available drug supply. Participant enrollment is a function of many factors, including the size of the relevant population, the proximity of participants to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the trial, the existence of competing clinical trials and the availability of alternative or new treatments.

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As a biopharmaceutical company, we engage CROs to conduct clinical studies, and failure by us or our CROs to conduct a clinical study in accordance with GCP standards and other applicable regulatory requirements could result in disqualification of the applicable clinical trial from consideration in support of approval of a potential product.*

We are responsible for conducting our clinical trials consistent with GCP standards and for oversight of our vendors to ensure that they comply with such standards. We depend on medical institutions and CROs to conduct our clinical trials in compliance with GCP. To the extent that we or they fail to comply with GCP standards, fail to enroll participants for our clinical trials, or are delayed for a significant time in the execution of our trials, including achieving full enrollment, we may be affected by increased costs, program delays or both, which may harm our business.

Clinical trials must be conducted in accordance with FDA or other applicable foreign government guidelines and are subject to oversight by the FDA, other foreign governmental agencies and IRBs at the medical institutions where the clinical trials are conducted. In addition, clinical trials must be conducted with supplies of our product candidates produced under GMP and other requirements in foreign countries, and may require large numbers of participants.

In addition, we obtain guidance from regulatory authorities on certain aspects of our clinical development activities and seek to comply with written guidelines provided by the authorities. These discussions and written guidelines are not binding obligations on the part of the regulatory authorities and the regulatory authorities may require additional patient data or studies to be conducted. Regulatory authorities may revise or retract previous guidance during the course of a clinical trial or after completion of the trial. The authorities may also disqualify a clinical trial from consideration in support of approval of a potential product if they deem the guidelines have not been met. The FDA or foreign regulatory agencies may determine our clinical trials or other data regarding safety, efficacy or consistency of manufacture or compliance with GMP regulations are insufficient for regulatory approval.

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Failure to receive approval or significant additional delay in obtaining an FDA approval decision by the anticipated new November 9, 2017 PDUFA date for HEPLISAV-B would have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations, including possible termination of HEPLISAV-B development and focusing our business on our earlier stage clinical and research immuno-oncology programs. During the pendency of an FDA decision on approval, we expect to increase expenditures relating to HEPLISAV-B in anticipation of potential approval. Even if HEPLISAV-B is approved, the labeling approved by the relevant regulatory authority may negatively impact the potential commercial opportunity for this product, including restricting how and to whom we and our potential partners, if any, may market the product or the manner in which our HEPLISAV-B product may be administered and sold, which could limit the potential for entering into a partnership and commercial opportunity for such product.

Before granting product approval, the FDA must determine that our or our third party contractors’ manufacturing facilities meet GMP requirements before we can use them in the commercial manufacture of our products. We and all of our contract manufacturers are required to comply with the applicable GMP regulations. Manufacturers of biological products must also comply with the FDA’s general biological product standards. In addition, GMP regulations require quality control and quality assurance as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation sufficient to ensure the quality of the approved product. Failure to comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements subjects the manufacturer to possible legal or regulatory action, such as delay of approval, suspension of manufacturing, seizure of product or voluntary recall of a product.

The FDA may require more clinical trials for our product candidates than we currently expect or are conducting before granting regulatory approval, if regulatory approval is granted at all. Our clinical trials may be extended which may lead to substantial delays in the regulatory approval process for our product candidates, which will impair our ability to generate revenues.

Our registration and commercial timelines depend on further discussions with the FDA and corresponding foreign regulatory agencies and requirements and requests they may make for additional data or completion of additional clinical trials. Any such requirements or requests could:

adversely affect our ability to timely and successfully commercialize or market these product candidates;

result in significant additional costs;

potentially diminish any competitive advantages for those products;

potentially limit the markets for those products;

adversely affect our ability to enter into collaborations or receive milestone payments or royalties from potential collaborators;

cause us to abandon the development of the affected product candidate; or

limit our ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, if at all.

Clinical trials for our product candidates are expensive and time consuming, may involve combinations with other agents, may take longer than we expect or may not be completed at all, and their outcomes are uncertain.*

Clinical trials, including post-marketing studies, to generate sufficient data to meet FDA requirements can be expensive and time consuming. With respect to HEPLISAV-B, the FDA has requested additional information regarding our proposed post-marketing study. Unless we reach an agreement on the post-marketing study, our BLA may not be approved or the study may result in a cost that restricts our ability to justify further investment in the product.

We are currently undertaking clinical trials of SD-101 and DV281, including combination studies with other oncology agents, and expect to commence clinical trials for other product candidates in our immuno-oncology pipeline in the future. Our strategy with respect to development of SD-101 and DV281 involves combination studies with other oncology agents. While we believe that this combination agent approach increases the potential for success, these clinical trials are dependent on continuing access to the other oncology agents, and for combination studies that are pursuant to a collaboration they are contingent on agreement with our combination agent study partners regarding the use of the other agents, concurrence on a protocol and supply of clinical materials. Most of our combination agent study partners, such as Merck, are significantly larger than we are and are conducting various other combination studies with other immuno-oncology agents and collaborators. We are not certain these clinical trials will be successful, or that even if successful we would be able to reach agreement to conduct larger, more extensive clinical trials required to achieve regulatory approval for a combination product candidate regimen. In addition, results from smaller, earlier stage clinical studies may not be representative of larger, controlled clinical trials that would be required in order to obtain regulatory approval of a product candidate or a combination of product candidates.

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Each of our clinical trials requires the investment of substantial planning, expense and time and the timing of the commencement, continuation and completion of these clinical trials may be subject to significant delays relating to various causes, including scheduling conflicts with participating clinicians and clinical institutions, difficulties in identifying and enrolling participants who meet trial eligibility criteria, failure of participants to complete the clinical trial, delay or failure to obtain Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) or regulatory approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site, unexpected adverse events and shortages of available drug supply. Participant enrollment is a function of many factors, including the size of the relevant population, the proximity of participants to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the trial, the existence of competing clinical trials and the availability of alternative or new treatments.

Failure by us or our CROs to conduct a clinical study in accordance with GCP standards and other applicable regulatory requirements could result in disqualification of the clinical trial from consideration in support of approval of a potential product.

We are responsible for conducting our clinical trials consistent with GCP standards and for oversight of our vendors to ensure that they comply with such standards. We depend on medical institutions and CROs to conduct our clinical trials in compliance with GCP. To the extent that they fail to comply with GCP standards, fail to enroll participants for our clinical trials, or are delayed for a significant time in the execution of our trials, including achieving full enrollment, we may be affected by increased costs, program delays or both, which may harm our business.

Clinical trials must be conducted in accordance with FDA or other applicable foreign government guidelines and are subject to oversight by the FDA, other foreign governmental agencies and IRBs at the medical institutions where the clinical trials are conducted. In addition, clinical trials must be conducted with supplies of our product candidates produced under GMP and other requirements in foreign countries, and may require large numbers of participants.

The FDA or other foreign governmental agencies or we ourselves could delay, suspend or halt our clinical trials of a product candidate for numerous reasons, including with respect to our product candidates and those of our partners in combination agent studies:

deficiencies in the trial design;

deficiencies in the conduct of the clinical trial including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or clinical protocols;

deficiencies in the clinical trial operations or trial sites resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold;

deficiencies in the trial design;

 

deficiencies in the conduct of the clinical trial including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or clinical protocols;

deficiencies in the clinical trial operations or trial sites resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold;

a product candidate may have unforeseen adverse side effects, including fatalities, or a determination may be made that a clinical trial presents unacceptable health risks;

 

the time required to determine whether a product candidate is effective may be longer than expected;

fatalities or other adverse events arising during a clinical trial that may not be related to clinical trial treatments;

 

fatalities or other adverse events arising during a clinical trial that may not be related to clinical trial treatments;

a product candidate or combination study may appear to be no more effective than current therapies;

 

the quality or stabilitystability of a product candidate may fail to conform to acceptable standards;

 

the inability to produce or obtain sufficient quantities of a product candidate to complete the trials;

our inability to reach agreement on acceptable terms with prospective CROs and trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;

our inability to obtain IRB approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site;

 

our inability to reach agreement on acceptable terms with prospective CROs and trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;

our inability to obtain IRB approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site;

the inability to obtain regulatory approval to conduct a clinical trial;

 

lack of adequate funding to continue a clinical trial, including the occurrence of unforeseen costs due to enrollment delays, requirements to conduct additional trials and studies and increased expenses associated with the services of our CROs and other third parties;

 

the inability to recruit and enroll individuals to participate in clinical trials for reasons including competition from other clinical trial programs for the same or similar indications; or

 

the inability to retain participants who have initiated a clinical trial but may withdraw due to side effects from the therapy, lack of efficacy or personal issues, or who are lost to further follow-up.

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In addition, we may experience significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after promising results in earlier trials, such as unexpected adverse events that occur when our product candidates are combined with other therapies and drugs or given to larger patient populations, which often occur in later-stage clinical trials, or less favorable clinical outcomes. In addition,Moreover, clinical results are frequently susceptible to varying interpretations that may delay, limit or prevent regulatory approvals. Also,

Third-party organizations such as patient advocacy groups and parents of trial participants may demand additional clinical trials or continued access to drug even if our interpretation of clinical results received thus far leads us to determine that additional clinical trials or continued access are unwarranted. Any disagreement with patient advocacy groups or parents of trial participants may require management’smanagements time and attention and may result in legal proceedings being instituted against us, which could be expensive, time-consuming and distracting, and may result in delay of the program. Negative or inconclusive results or adverse medical events, including participant fatalities that may be attributable to our product candidates, during a clinical trial may necessitate that it be redesigned, repeated or terminated. Further, some of our clinical trials may be overseen by a Data Safety Monitoring Board (“DSMB”(DSMB), and the DSMB may determine to delay or suspend one or more of these trials due to safety or futility findings based on events occurring during a clinical trial. Any such delay, suspension, termination or request to repeat or redesign a trial could increase our costs and prevent or significantly delay our ability to commercialize our product candidates.

The FDA may require more clinical trials for our product candidates than we currently expect or are conducting before granting regulatory approval, if regulatory approval is granted at all. Our clinical trials may be extended which may lead to substantial delays in the regulatory approval process for our product candidates and may impair our ability to generate revenues.

Our registration and commercial timelines depend on further discussions with the FDA and corresponding foreign regulatory agencies and requirements and requests they may make for additional data or completion of additional clinical trials. Any such requirements or requests could:

adversely affect our ability to timely and successfully commercialize or market these product candidates;

result in significant additional costs;

potentially diminish any competitive advantages for those products;

potentially limit the markets for those products;

adversely affect our ability to enter into collaborations or receive milestone payments or royalties from potential collaborators;

cause us to abandon the development of the affected product candidate; or

limit our ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, if at all.

HEPLISAV-B, SD-101 and most of our earlier stage programs rely on oligonucleotide TLR agonists. Serious adverse event data relating to TLR agonists may require us to reduce the scope of or discontinue our operations.operations, or reevaluate the viability of strategic alternatives.*

Most of our programs, including our most advanced such as HEPLISAV-B and SD-101, incorporate TLR9 agonist CpG oligonucleotides. If any of our product candidates in clinical trials or similar products from competitors produce serious adverse event data, we may be required to delay, discontinue or modify many of our clinical trials or our clinical trial strategy.strategy, or significantly reevaluate strategic alternatives. If a safety risk based on mechanism of action or the molecular structure were identified, it may hinder our ability to develop our product candidates or enter into potential collaboration or commercial arrangements. Rare diseases and a numerical imbalance in cardiac adverse events have been observed in patients in our clinical trials. If adverse event data are found to apply to our TLR agonist and/or inhibitor technology as a whole, we may be required to significantly reduce or discontinue our operations.

We have no commercialization experience, and the time and resources to reinstitute manufacturing and develop sales, marketing and distribution capabilities for HEPLISAV-B are significant. If we fail to achieve and sustain commercial success for HEPLISAV-B, either independently or with a partner, our business would be harmed.*

If our most advanced product candidate, HEPLISAV-B, is approved by the FDA, we will need to establish sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, or make arrangements with third parties to perform these services. These efforts will require resources and time and we may not be able to achieve these capabilities or enter into these arrangements on acceptable terms and in a timely manner. In particular, significant resources may be necessary to successfully market, sell and distribute HEPLISAV-B to patients with diabetes, a group recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (“ACIP”) to receive hepatitis B vaccination.

Factors that may inhibit our efforts to commercialize HEPLISAV-B include:

our inability to recruit and retain adequate numbers of effective sales and marketing personnel;

the inability of sales personnel to obtain access to or persuade adequate numbers of physicians to prescribe our products;

the lack of complementary products to be offered by sales personnel, which may put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to companies with more extensive product lines; and

unforeseen costs and expenses associated with creating and sustaining an independent sales and marketing organization.

To the extent we rely on other pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies with established sales, marketing and distribution systems to market HEPLISAV-B, we will need to establish and maintain partnership arrangements, and we may not be able to enter into these arrangements on acceptable terms. To the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other arrangements, any revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of third parties, which may not be successful and are only partially in our control. In that event, our product revenues would likely be lower than if we marketed and sold our products directly.

Moreover, our pricing and reimbursement strategies with respect to our initial approval plans for HEPLISAV-B may significantly impact our ability to achieve commercial success in this potential patient population. Our ability to successfully obtain any market share and obtain profitability will be significantly dependent on our ability to invest appropriate resources in the marketing and launch of our product as well as the market’s acceptance of a sufficient price for HEPLSIAV-B to achieve profitability.  

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In addition, although we currently believe that we have sufficient inventory of HEPLISAV-B to launch the product, since we previously reduced our manufacturing efforts with respect to HEPLISAV-B following the 2016 CRL, we will have to restart production for the manufacture HEPLISAV-B in order to continue to supply product for use following launch. There can be no assurances that our estimates regarding product necessary to launch HEPLISAV-B will be sufficient or that we can successfully manufacture sufficient quantities in compliance with GMP in order to meet market demand.   

If we, or our partners, if any, are not successful in setting our marketing, pricing and reimbursement strategy, recruiting sales and marketing personnel or in building a sales and marketing infrastructure, we will have difficulty commercializing HEPLISAV-B, which would adversely affect our business and financial condition. To the extent we rely on other pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies with established sales, marketing and distribution systems to market HEPLISAV-B, we will need to establish and maintain partnership arrangements, and we may not be able to enter into these arrangements on acceptable terms or at all. To the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other arrangements, certain revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of third parties, which may not be successful and are only partially in our control.

We rely on our facility in Düsseldorf, Germanyand third parties to supply materials or perform processes necessary to manufacture HEPLISAV-B and our product candidates. We rely on a limited number of suppliers to produce the oligonucleotides we require for development and commercialization. Additionally, we have limited experience in manufacturing our product candidates in commercial quantities.* With respect to HEPLISAV-B, we have switched to a pre-filled syringe presentation of the vaccine and our ability to meet future demand will depend on our ability to manufacture sufficient supply in this presentation.

We rely on our facility in Düsseldorf and third parties to perform the multiple processes involved in manufacturing our product candidates, including 1018 and SD-101,HEPLISAV-B certain antigens, the combinationcombination of the oligonucleotide and the antigens, and the formulation, fill and finish. In connection withThe FDA approved our restructuring in January 2017, we elected to retain, but furlough, the majority of the workforce in Düsseldorf supporting the manufacturepre-filled presentation of HEPLISAV-B in 2018 and utilizewe expect such presentation will be the existing stockpiled inventorysole presentation for HEPLISAV-B going forward. We have limited experience in manufacturing and supplying this presentation, and there can be no assurance that we can successfully manufacture sufficient quantities of HEPLISAV-Bpre-filled syringes in compliance with GMP in order to meet expected initial demand if the product is approved. If HEPLISAV-B is approved, we will need to re-activate and qualify our facility in Düsseldorf. If expected initial demand exceeds our estimates, this may result in a shortage until we can begin manufacturing. Regulatory or other limitations on our ability to re-activate our manufacturing facility, or the termination or interruption of relationships with key suppliers may result in higher cost or delays in our product development or commercialization efforts.market demand.

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We have also relied on a limited number of suppliers to produce oligonucleotides for clinical trials and a single supplier to produce our 1018 for HEPLISAV-B. To date, we have manufactured only small quantities of oligonucleotides ourselves for development purposes. If we were unable to maintain our existing supplierssupplier for 1018, and SD-101, we would have to establish an alternate qualified manufacturing capability, which would result in significant additional operating costs and delays in developing and commercializing our product candidates, particularly HEPLISAV-B. We or other third parties may not be able to produce product at a cost, quantity and quality that are available from our current third-party suppliers or at all.

We utilize our facility in Düsseldorf to manufacture rHBsAg for HEPLISAV-B. The commercial manufacturingIn countries outside of biological products is a time-consuming and complex process, which must be performed in compliance with GMP regulations. There can be no assurance that the FDA will find our manufacturing controls and facilities to be acceptable to support the approval of HEPLISAV-B.

In addition,U.S., we may not be able to comply with ongoing and comparable foreign regulations, and our manufacturing process may be subject to delays, disruptions or quality control/quality assurance problems. Noncompliance with these regulations or other problems with our manufacturing process may limit delay or disrupt the commercialization of HEPLISAV-B or our other product candidates and could result in significant expense.

IfHEPLISAV-B is subject to FDA obligations and continued regulatory review, and if we receive regulatory approval for our other product candidates, we will be subject to ongoing FDA and foreign regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review.review for such products.

WeWith respect to HEPLISAV-B and our third partyother product candidates in development, we and our third-party manufacturers and suppliers are required to comply with applicable GMP regulations and other international regulatory requirements. The regulations require that our product candidates be manufactured and records maintained in a prescribed manner with respect to manufacturing, testing and quality control/quality assurance activities. Manufacturers and suppliers of key components and materials must be named in a BLA submitted to the FDA for any product candidate for which we are seeking FDA approval. Additionally, third partythird-party manufacturers and suppliers and any manufacturing facility must undergo a pre-approval inspection before we can obtain marketing authorization for any of our product candidates. Even after a manufacturer has been qualified by the FDA, the manufacturer must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full compliance with GMP. Manufacturers are subject to regular, periodic inspections by the FDA following initial approval. Further, to the extent that we contract with third parties for the manufacture of our products, our ability to control third-party compliance with FDA requirements will be limited to contractual remedies and rights of inspection.

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If, as a result of the FDA’sFDAs inspections, it determines that the equipment, facilities, laboratories or processes do not comply with applicable FDA regulations and conditions of product approval, the FDA may not approve the product or may suspend the manufacturing operations. If the manufacturing operations of any of the suppliers for our product candidates are suspended, we may be unable to generate sufficient quantities of commercial or clinical supplies of product to meet market demand, which would harm our business. In addition, if delivery of material from our suppliers were interrupted for any reason, we might be unable to ship our approved product for commercial supply or to supply our products in development for clinical trials. Significant and costly delays can occur if the qualification of a new supplier is required.

Further, in March, 2019, we submitted, and the EMA accepted, our MAA for HEPLISAV-B. We may not be able to provide sufficient data or respond to comments to our MAA sufficient to obtain regulatory approval in Europe in a reasonable time period or at all. Any failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one jurisdiction may have a negative effect on the regulatory approval process in other jurisdictions. If we are unable to successfully manage our international operations, we may incur significant unanticipated costs and delays in regulatory approval or commercialization of our product candidates, which would impair our ability to generate revenues.

Failure to comply with regulatory requirements could prevent or delay marketing approval or require the expenditure of money or other resources to correct. Failure to comply with applicable requirements may also result in warning letters, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, recall or seizure of products, total or partial suspension of production, refusal of the government to renew marketing applications and criminal prosecution, any of which could be harmful to our ability to generate revenues and our stock price.

Any regulatory approvals that we receive for our product candidates are likely to contain requirements for post-marketing follow-up studies, which may be costly. Product approvals, once granted, may be modified based on data from subsequent studies or commercial use. As a result, limitations on labeling indications or marketing claims, or withdrawal from the market may be required if problems occur after approval and commercialization.

We face uncertainty regarding coverage, pricing and reimbursement and the practices of third party payors, which may make it difficult or impossible to sell our product candidates on commercially reasonable terms.*

In both domestic and foreign markets, our ability to achieve profitability will depend in part on the negotiation of a favorable price or the availability of appropriate reimbursement from third party payors, in particular for HEPLISAV-B, where existing products are already marketed. While in the U.S., pricing for hepatitis B vaccines is currently stable and reimbursement is favorable as private and public payors recognize the value of prophylaxis in this setting given the high costs of potential morbidity and mortality, there can be no assurance that HEPLISAV-B would launch with stable pricing and favorable reimbursement.

Existing laws affecting the pricing and coverage of pharmaceuticals and other medical products by government programs and other third party payors may change before any of our product candidates are approved for marketing. In addition, third party payors are increasingly challenging the price and cost-effectiveness of medical products and services, and pricing and reimbursement decisions may not allow our products to compete effectively with existing or competitive products. Because we intend to offer products, if approved, that involve new technologies and new approaches to treating disease, the willingness of third party payors to reimburse for our products is uncertain. We will have to charge a price for our products that is sufficient to enable us to recover our considerable investment in product development and our operating costs. Adequate third-party reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain price levels sufficient to achieve profitability and could harm our future prospects and reduce our stock price.

We may develop, seek regulatory approval for and market our product candidates outside the U.S., requiring a significant commitment of resources. Failure to successfully manage our international operations could result in significant unanticipated costs and delays in regulatory approval or commercialization of our product candidates.

We may seek to introduce certain of our product candidates, including HEPLISAV-B, in various markets outside the U.S. Developing, seeking regulatory approval for and marketing our product candidates outside the U.S. could impose substantial burdens on our resources and divert management’s attention from domestic operations. International operations are subject to risk, including:

the difficulty of managing geographically distant operations, including recruiting and retaining qualified employees, locating adequate facilities and establishing useful business support relationships in the local community;

compliance with varying international regulatory requirements, laws and treaties;

securing international distribution, marketing and sales capabilities;

adequate protection of our intellectual property rights;

obtaining regulatory and pricing approvals at a level sufficient to justify commercialization;

legal uncertainties and potential timing delays associated with tariffs, export licenses and other trade barriers;

diverse tax consequences;

the fluctuation of conversion rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar; and

regional and geopolitical risks.

We have withdrawn our MAA for HEPLISAV-B in Europe and we may not be able to provide sufficient data or respond to other comments to our previously filed MAA sufficient to obtain regulatory approvals in Europe in a reasonable time period or at all.

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Any failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one jurisdiction may have a negative effect on the regulatory approval process in other jurisdictions. If we are unable to successfully manage our international operations, we may incur significant unanticipated costs and delays in regulatory approval or commercialization of our product candidates, which would impair our ability to generate revenues.

If any products we develop are not accepted by the market or if regulatory agencies limit our labeling indications, require labeling content that diminishes market uptake of our products or limits our marketing claims, we may be unable to generate significant revenues, if any.

Even if we obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates and are able to commercialize them, our products may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and the medical community.

The degree of market acceptance of any of our approved products will depend upon a number of factors, including:

the indication for which the product is approved and its approved labeling;

the presence of other competing approved therapies;

the potential advantages of the product over existing and future treatment methods;

the relative convenience and ease of administration of the product;

the strength of our sales, marketing and distribution support;

the price and cost-effectiveness of the product; and

sufficient third-party reimbursement. 

The FDA or other regulatory agencies could limit the labeling indication for which our product candidates may be marketed or could otherwise limit marketing efforts for our products. If we are unable to achieve approval or successfully market any of our product candidates, or marketing efforts are restricted by regulatory limits, our ability to generate revenues could be significantly impaired.

A key part of our business strategy for products in development is to establish collaborative relationships to commercializehelp fund development and fund developmentcommercialization of our product candidates.candidates and research programs. We may not succeed in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships, which may significantly limit our ability to continue to develop and commercialize ourthose products successfully,and programs, if at all.*

We may need to establish collaborative relationships to obtain domestic andand/or international sales, marketing, research, development and distribution capabilities for our product candidates in particular with respect to the commercialization of HEPLISAV-B, if approved.and our discovery research programs. Failure to obtain a collaborative relationship for those product candidates and programs or HEPLISAV-B particularly in markets outside the U.S. requiring extensive sales efforts, may significantly impair the potential for this productthose products and programs and we may be required to raise additional capital.capital to continue them. The process of establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships is difficult and time-consuming, and involveseven if we establish such relationships, they may involve significant uncertainty, including:

our partners may seek to renegotiate or terminate their relationships with us due to unsatisfactory clinical results, manufacturing issues, a change in business strategy, a change of control or other reasons;

our shortage of capital resources may impact the willingness of companies to collaborate with us;

our contracts for collaborative arrangements are terminable at will on written notice and may otherwise expire or terminate and we may not have alternative funding available;

our partners may choose to pursue alternative technologies, including those of our competitors;

we may have disputes with a partner that could lead to litigation or arbitration;

we have limited control over the decisions of our partners and they may change the priority of our programs in a manner that would result in termination of the agreement or add significant delay in the partnered program;

our ability to generate future payments and royalties from our partners depends upon the abilities of our partners to establish the safety and efficacy of our drug candidates, obtain regulatory approvals and successfully manufacture and achieve market acceptance of products developed from our drug candidates;

we or our partners may fail to properly initiate, maintain or defend our intellectual property rights, where applicable, or a party may use our proprietary information in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or potentially invalidate our proprietary information or expose us to potential liability;

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our partners may seek to renegotiate or terminate their relationships with us due to unsatisfactory clinical results, manufacturing issues, a change in business strategy, a change of control or other reasons;

our shortage of capital resources may impact the willingness of companies to collaborate with us;

our contracts for collaborative arrangements are terminable at will on written notice and may otherwise expire or terminate and we may not have alternative funding available;

our partners may choose to pursue alternative technologies, including those of our competitors;

we may have disputes with a partner that could lead to litigation or arbitration;

we have limited control over the decisions of our partners and they may change the priority of our programs in a manner that would result in termination of the agreement or add significant delay in the partnered program;

our ability to generate future payments and royalties from our partners depends upon the abilities of our partners to establish the safety and efficacy of our drug candidates, obtain regulatory approvals and successfully manufacture and achieve market acceptance of products developed from our drug candidates;

we or our partners may fail to properly initiate, maintain or defend our intellectual property rights, where applicable, or a party may use our proprietary information in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or potentially invalidate our proprietary information or expose us to potential liability;

our partners may not devote sufficient capital or resources towards our product candidates; and

our partners may not comply with applicable government regulatory requirements.

Supporting diligence activities conducted by potential collaborators and negotiating the financial and other terms of a collaboration agreement are long and complex processes with uncertain results. Even if we are successful in entering into one or more collaboration agreements, collaborations may involve greater uncertainty for us, as we may have less control over certain aspects of our partnerscollaborative programs than we do over our proprietary development and commercialization programs, and the financial terms upon which collaborators may not comply with applicable government regulatory requirements.be willing to enter into such an arrangement cannot be certain.

If any collaborator fails to fulfill its responsibilities in a timely manner, or at all, our research, clinical development, manufacturing or commercialization efforts pursuant to that collaboration could be delayed or terminated, or it may be necessary for us to assume responsibility for expenses or activities that would otherwise have been the responsibility of our collaborator. Despite our efforts, we may be unable to secure collaborative arrangements. If we are unable to establish and maintain collaborative relationships on acceptable terms or to successfully transition terminated collaborative agreements, we may have to delay or discontinue further development of one or more of our product candidates, undertake development and commercialization activities at our own expense or find alternative sources of capital.

ManyThe term loan agreement we entered into in February 2018 imposes significant operating and financial restrictions on us that may prevent us from pursuing certain business opportunities and restrict our ability to operate our business.

In February, 2018, we entered into a term loan agreement under which we have borrowed $179.1 million, which includes paid-in-kind interest. The agreement contains covenants that restrict our ability to take various actions, including, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or distributions or make certain investments, create or incur certain liens, transfer, sell, lease or dispose of assets, enter into transactions with affiliates, consummate a merger or sell or other dispose of assets. The agreement also requires us to comply with a daily minimum liquidity covenant and an annual revenue requirement based on the sales of HEPLISAV-B, which is $30 million for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, the first period for which we are subject to such requirement. The agreement specifies a number of events of default, some of which are subject to applicable grace or cure periods, including, among other things, non-payment defaults, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, and non-payment of material judgments.

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Our ability to comply with these covenants will likely be affected by many factors, including events beyond our control, and we may not satisfy those requirements. Our failure to comply with our obligations could result in an event of default and the acceleration of our competitors have greater financial resources and expertise than we do. If we are unable to successfully compete with existing or potential competitors asrepayment obligation at a result of these disadvantagestime when we may be unablenot have the cash to generate revenues andcomply with that obligation, which could result in a seizure of most of our business will be harmed.

We compete with pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions and research organizations, in developing therapies to prevent or treat cancer and infectious and inflammatory diseases. For example, if it is approvedassets. The restrictions contained in the future, HEPLISAV-B will compete in the U.S. with established hepatitis B vaccines marketed by Merck and GSK and outside the U.S. with vaccines from those companies and several additional established pharmaceutical companies. The field of oncology therapeutics is extremely competitive, with numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies developing therapies for all of the targets we are pursuing. Competitors may develop more effective, more affordable or more convenient products or may achieve earlier patent protection or commercialization of their products. These competitive products may render our product candidates obsolete oragreement could also limit our ability to generate revenues frommeet capital needs or otherwise restrict our product candidates.

Existingactivities and potential competitors may also compete with us for qualified scientific and management personnel, as well as for technologyadversely affect our ability to finance our operations, enter into acquisitions or to engage in other business activities that would be advantageous toin our business. Although certain of our employees have commercialization experience, as a company we currently have limited sales, marketing and distribution capabilities. Our success in developing marketable products and achieving a competitive position will depend, in part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. If we do not succeed in attracting new personnel and retaining and motivating existing personnel, our operations may suffer and we may be unable to obtain financing, enter into collaborative arrangements, sell our product candidates or generate revenues.interest.

We rely on CROs and Clinical Sites and Investigators for our clinical trials. If these third parties do not fulfill their contractual obligations or meet expected deadlines, our planned clinical trials may be delayed and we may fail to obtain the regulatory approvals necessary to commercialize our product candidates.

We rely on CROs, Clinical Sites and Investigators for our clinical trials. If these third parties do not perform their obligations or meet expected deadlines our planned clinical trials may be extended, delayed, modified or terminated. While we maintain oversight over our clinical trials and conduct regular reviews of the data, we are dependent on the processes and quality control efforts of our third partythird-party contractors to ensure that clinical trials are conducted properly and that detailed, quality records are maintained to support the results of the clinical trials that they are conducting on our behalf. Any extension, delay, modification or termination of our clinical trials or failure to ensure adequate documentation and the quality of the results in the clinical trials could delay or otherwise adversely affect our ability to commercialize our product candidates and could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

As we evolve from a company primarily involved in research and development to a company potentially involved infocus on commercializationof HEPLISAV-B, we may encounter difficulties in managing our commercial growth and expanding our operations successfully.*

If we are successful in advancing HEPLISAV-B through approval and commercialization, we will need to expandAs our organization, including adding marketing and sales capabilities or contracting with third parties to provide these capabilities for us. As ourcommercial operations expand, we expect that we will also need to manage additional relationships with various collaborative partners,third parties, including sole source suppliers, distributors, wholesalers and other third parties.hospital customers. Future growth, including managing an in-house field sales team, will impose significant added responsibilities on our organization, in particular on management. Our future financial performance and our ability to successfully commercialize HEPLISAV-B and to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. To that end, we may not be able to manage our growth efforts effectively, and hire, train and integrate additional management, administrative and sales and marketing personnel, and our failure to accomplish any of these activities could prevent us from successfully growing our company.

If we fail to comply with the extensive requirements applicable to biopharmaceutical manufacturers and marketers under the healthcare fraud and abuse, anticorruption, privacy, transparency and other laws of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business, we may be subject to significant liability.

Our activities, and the activities of our agents, including some contracted third parties, are subject to extensive government regulation and oversight both in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions. If we obtain approval for and commercialize a vaccine or other product, ourOur interactions with physicians and others in a position to prescribe or purchase our products will beare subject to a legal

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regime designed to prevent healthcare fraud and abuse and off-label promotion. We also are subject to laws pertaining to transparency of transfers of value to healthcare providers; privacy and data protection; compliance with industry voluntary compliance guidelines; and prohibiting the payment of bribes. Relevant U.S. laws include:

the Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits persons from, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in exchange for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service for which payment may be made under federal health care programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;

the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits persons from, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in exchange for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service for which payment may be made under federal health care programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;

federal false claims laws which prohibit individuals or entities from, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment to the government or its agents that are false or fraudulent;

federal false claims laws, including the civil False Claims Act, and civil monetary penalty law, which prohibit individuals or entities from, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment to the government or its agents that are false or fraudulent;

the federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and governing regulations which, among other things, prohibit off-label promotion of prescription drugs;

the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and governing regulations which, among other things, prohibit off-label promotion of prescription drugs;

laws that require transparency regarding financial arrangements with health care professionals, such as the reporting and disclosure requirements imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and state laws;

the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, “PPACA”) which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies to report annually to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians, other healthcare providers, and teaching hospitals, and ownership and investment interests held by physicians and other healthcare providers and their immediate family members;

the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which created, among other things, new federal criminal statutes that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program and making false statements relating to healthcare matters;

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the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1997 (“HIPAA”), which created new federal criminal statutes that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program and making false statements relating to healthcare matters;

HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and their implementing regulations, which imposes certain requirements relating to the privacy, security, and transmission of individually identifiable health information;

HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology and Criminal Health Act, and its implementing regulations, which imposes certain requirements relating to the privacy, security, and transmission of individually identifiable health information;  

the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits the payment of bribes to foreign government officials and requires that a companys books and records accurately reflect the companys transactions; and

the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits the payment of bribes to foreign government officials and requires that a company’s books and records accurately reflect the company’s transactions; and

foreign and state law equivalents of each of the federal laws described above, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by state health insurance programs or any third party payor, including commercial insurers; and state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the applicable compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government.

foreign and state law equivalents of each of the federal laws described above, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by state health insurance programs or any third-party payor, including commercial insurers; state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industrys voluntary compliance guidelines and the applicable compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government; state laws that require drug manufacturers to report information on the pricing of certain drugs; state and local laws that require the registration of pharmaceutical sales representatives; and state and foreign laws governing the privacy and security of health information, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA.

The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, states’states Attorneys General and other governmental authorities actively enforce the laws and regulations discussed above. These entities also coordinate extensively with the FDA, using legal theories that connect violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (such as off-label promotion) to the eventual submission of false claims to government healthcare programs. Prosecution of such promotion cases under the healthcare fraud and abuse lawsfederal civil False Claims Act provides the potential for private parties (qui tam relators, or “whistleblowers”whistleblowers) to initiate cases on behalf of the government and provides for significantly higher penalties upon conviction.

In the U.S., pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have been the target of numerous government prosecutions and investigations alleging violations of law, including claims asserting impermissible off-label promotion of pharmaceutical products, payments intended to influence the referral of federal or state health care business, submission of false claims for government reimbursement, or submission of incorrect pricing information.

Violations of any of the laws described above or any other applicable governmental regulations and other similar foreign laws may subject us, our employees or our agents to criminal, and/or civil sanctions,and administrative penalties, including fines, civil monetary penalties, exclusion from participation in government health care programs (including Medicare and Medicaid), disgorgement, individual imprisonment, additional reporting requirements and oversight if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or similar agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws and the restriction or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. Additionally, whether or not we have complied with the law, an investigation into alleged unlawful conduct may cause us to incur significant expense, cause reputational damage, divert management time and attention, and otherwise adversely affect our business. While we have developed and instituted a corporate compliance program, we cannot guarantee that we, our employees, our consultants, contractors, or other agents are or will be in compliance with all applicable U.S. or foreign laws.

We expect there will continue to be federal and state laws and/or regulations, proposed and implemented, that could impact our operations and business. For example, the PPACA, among other things, imposes a significant annual fee on companies that manufacture or import branded prescription drug products. It also contains substantial provisions intended to broaden access to health insurance, reduce or constrain the growth of healthcare spending, and impose additional health policy reforms, any or all of which may affect our business. Some of the provisions of PPACA have yet to be fully implemented, and there have been legal and political challenges to certain aspects of PPACA. Since January 2017, President Trump has signed two executive orders and other directives designed to delay, circumvent, or loosen certain requirements mandated by PPACA. Concurrently, Congress has considered legislation that would repeal or repeal and replace all or part of PPACA. While Congress has not passed comprehensive repeal legislation, two bills affecting the implementation of certain taxes under the PPACA have been signed into law. The extentTax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or Tax Act, includes a provision repealing, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by PPACA on certain individuals who fail to whichmaintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate”. On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed a continuing resolution on appropriations for fiscal year 2018 that delayed the implementation of certain PPACA-mandated fees, including the so-called “Cadillac” tax on certain high cost employer-sponsored insurance plans, the annual fee imposed on certain health insurance providers based on market share, and the medical device excise tax on non-exempt medical devices. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, or the BBA, among other things, amends the PPACA, effective January 1, 2019, to increase from 50 percent to 70 percent the point-of-sale discount that is owed by pharmaceutical manufacturers who participate in Medicare Part D and close the coverage gap in most Medicare drug plans, commonly referred to as the “donut hole”. In July 2018, CMS published a final rule permitting further collections and payments to and from certain PPACA qualified health plans and health insurance issuers under the PPACA risk adjustment program in response to the outcome of federal district court litigation regarding the method CMS uses to determine this risk adjustment. On December 14, 2018, a Texas U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the PPACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate” was repealed by Congress as part of the Tax Act. While the Texas U.S. District Court Judge, as well as the Trump administration and CMS, have stated that the ruling will have no immediate effect pending appeal of the decision, it is unclear how this decision, subsequent appeals, and other efforts to repeal and replace the PPACA will impact the PPACA and on our business.

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Other legislative changes have also been proposed and adopted since the PPACA was enacted. For example, the Budget Control Act of 2011 resulted in aggregate reductions in Medicare payments to providers of up to two percent per fiscal year, starting in 2013 and, due to subsequent legislative amendments to the statute, including the BBA, will remain in effect through 2027 unless additional Congressional action is taken. In addition, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several types of providers and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. Such laws, and others that may affect our business that have been recently enacted or may in the future legislation or regulations, if any,be enacted, may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding.

In the future, there will likely continue to be additional proposals relating to health care fraudthe reform of the U.S. healthcare system, some of which could further limit coverage and abuse laws and/reimbursement of products, including our product candidates. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or enforcement,other government programs may be enactedresult in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or what effect such legislationother healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability or regulation would have oncommercialize our business remains uncertain.products.

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The loss of key personnel including our Chief Executive Officer, could delay or prevent achieving our objectives. In addition, our continued growth in anticipation ofto support commercialization may result in difficulties in managing our growth and expanding our operations successfully.*

We depend on our senior executive officers, as well as other key scientific and other personnel. Our research, product developmentcommercial and business efforts could be adversely affected by the loss of one or more key members of our scientificcommercial or management staff, including our Chief Executive Officer.senior executive officers. We currently have no key person insurance on any of our employees.

As we advance HEPLISAV-B to commercialization, we will need to expand our regulatory, manufacturing, administrative, marketing and sales capabilities or contract with third parties to provide these capabilities for us. As our operations expand, we expect that we will need to manage additional relationships with various vendors, partners, suppliers and other third parties. Future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management. Our future financial performance and our ability to successfully commercialize HEPLISAV-B and to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. To that end, we must be able to effectively manage our commercialization efforts, research efforts and clinical trials and hire, train and integrate additional regulatory, manufacturing, administrative, and sales and marketing personnel. We may not be able to accomplish these tasks, and our failure to accomplish any of them could prevent us from successfully growing our company and achieving profitability.

We face product liability exposure, which, if not covered by insurance, could result in significant financial liability.

While we have not experienced any product liability claims to date, the use of any of our product candidates in clinical trials and the sale of any approved products, including HEPLISAV-B, will subject us to potential product liability claims and may raise questions about a product’sproducts safety and efficacy. As a result, we could experience a delay in our ability to commercialize one or more of our product candidates or reduced sales of any approved product candidates. In addition, a product liability claim may exceed the limits of our insurance policies and exhaust our internal resources. We have obtained limited clinical trial liability and umbrella insurance coverage for our clinical trials. This coverage may not be adequate or may not continue to be available in sufficient amounts, at an acceptable cost or at all. While we have obtained product liability insurance coverage for HEPLISAV-B, there is a risk that this coverage may not be adequate or may not continue to be available in sufficient amounts, at an acceptable cost or at all. We also may not be able to obtain commercially reasonable product liability insurance for any product approved for marketing in the future. A product liability claim, product recalls or other claims, as well as any claims for uninsured liabilities or in excess of insured liabilities, would divert our management’smanagements attention from our business and could result in significant financial liability.

We are involvedThe comprehensive tax reform bill passed in legal actions that are expensive and time consuming, and, if resolved adversely, could harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Securities class action lawsuits against us are pending and purported stockholder derivative complaints have been brought against us. Any negative outcome from such lawsuits could result in payments of monetary damages or fines, or adversely affect our products, and accordingly our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

There can be no assurance that a favorable final outcome will be obtained in these cases, and defending any lawsuit is costly and can impose a significant burden on management and employees. Any litigation to which we are a party may result in an onerous or unfavorable judgment that may not be reversed upon appeal or in payments of monetary damages or fines not covered by insurance, or we may decide to settle lawsuits on unfavorable terms, which2017 could adversely affect our business and financial conditions,condition.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law legislation, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, that significantly revises the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The newly enacted federal income tax law, among other things, contains significant changes to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest expense to 30% of adjusted earnings (except for certain small businesses), limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks, one time taxation of offshore earnings at reduced rates regardless of whether they are repatriated, elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, and modifying or resultsrepealing many business deductions and credits. Notwithstanding the reduction in the corporate income tax rate, the overall impact of operations.the new federal tax law is uncertain and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected.  

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We use hazardous materials and controlled substances in our business. Any claims or liabilities relating to improper handling, storage or disposal of these materials and substances could be time consuming and costly to resolve.

Our research and product development activities involve the controlled storage, use and disposal of hazardous and radioactive materials and biological waste, and controlled substances. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of these materials, substances, and certain waste products. We believe we are currently in compliance with all government permits that are required for the storage, use and disposal of these materials and controlled substances. However, we cannot eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury to persons or property from these materials, or that controlled substances will be accidentally stored or used in violation of relevant federal, state and local requirements. In the event of an accident related to hazardous materials or a violation of requirements pertaining to controlled substances, we could be held liable for damages, cleanup costs or penalized with fines, and this liability could exceed the limits of our insurance policies and exhaust our internal resources. We may have to incur significant costs to comply with future environmental laws and regulations, and laws and regulations pertaining to the storage and use of controlled substances.

Significant disruptions of information technology systems or breaches of data security could adversely affect our business.

Our business is increasingly dependent on critical, complex and interdependent information technology systems, including Internet‑basedinternet-based systems, to support business processes as well as internal and external communications. The size and complexity of our

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computer systems make them potentially vulnerable to breakdown, malicious intrusion and computer viruses that may result in the impairment of key business processes.

In addition, our systems are potentially vulnerable to data security breaches—whether by employees or others—that may expose sensitive data to unauthorized persons. Such data security breaches could lead to the loss of trade secrets or other intellectual property, or could lead to the public exposure of personally identifiable information (including sensitive personal information) of our employees, collaborators, clinical trial patients, and others. A data security breach or privacy violation that leads to disclosure or modification of or prevents access to patient information, including personally identifiable information or protected health information, could harm our reputation, compel us to comply with federal, state and/or stateinternational breach notification laws, subject us to mandatory corrective action, require us to verify the correctness of database contents and otherwise subject us to liability under laws and regulations that protect personal data, including but not limited to HIPAA, similar state data protection regulations, and the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR (EU) 2016/679, resulting in significant penalties, increased costs or loss of revenue.

On June 28, 2018, California adopted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The CCPA has been characterized as the first GDPR-like privacy statute to be enacted in the United States because it mirrors a number of the key provisions in the GDPR. The CCPA gives California residents expanded rights to access and delete their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing, and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase data breach litigation. The CCPA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability. The effective date of the CCPA is January 1, 2020, however, legislators have stated that they intend to propose amendments to the CCPA before it goes into effect. We are continuing to analyze the CCPA in order to determine its applicability and impact to our business.

If we are unable to prevent such data security breaches or privacy violations or implement satisfactory remedial measures, our operations could be disrupted, and we may suffer loss of reputation, financial loss and other regulatory penalties because of lost or misappropriated information, including sensitive patient data. In addition, these breaches and other inappropriate access can be difficult to detect, and any delay in identifying them may lead to increased harm of the type described above. Moreover, the prevalent use of mobile devices that access confidential information increases the risk of data security breaches, which could lead to the loss of confidential information, trade secrets or other intellectual property. While we have implemented security measures to protect our data security and information technology systems, such measures may not prevent such events.

Such disruptions and breaches of security could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to our Finances and Capital Requirements

We have incurred substantial losses since inception and do not have any commercial products that generate revenue.

We have experienced significant net losses in each year since our inception. Our accumulated deficit was $879.9 million as of September 30, 2017. To date, our revenue has resulted from collaboration agreements, government and private agency grants and services and license fees from our customers, including the customers of our wholly-owned subsidiary Dynavax GmbH. We anticipate that we will incur substantial additional net losses in future years as a result of our continuing investment in research and development activities and to commercialize HEPLISAV-B if it is approved by the FDA.

We do not have any products that generate revenue. There can be no assurance whether HEPLISAV-B or any of our other product candidates can be successfully developed, financed or commercialized in a timely manner based on our current plans. We will not be able to achieve approval or generate meaningful sales without significant additional resources. Our ability to generate revenue depends upon obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates, generating product sales and entering into and maintaining successful collaborative relationships.

If we are unable to generate significant revenues or achieve profitability, we may be required to reduce or discontinue our current and planned operations, enter into a transaction that constitutes a change in control of the company or raise additional capital on less than favorable terms.

If we are unable to generate significant revenues or achieve profitability, we will require substantial additional capital to continue development of our product candidates and if our most advanced candidate, HEPLISAV-B, is approved, to commence manufacturing, sales and marketing activities.

To continue development of our product candidates and, if it is approved, to launch HEPLISAV-B, we will need significant additional funds. Addressing this need may occur through strategic alliance and licensing arrangements and/or future public or private financings. We expect to continue to spend substantial funds in connection with:

development, manufacturing and, if approved, commercialization of our product candidates, particularly HEPLISAV-B;

various human clinical trials for our product candidates, including significant costs for post-marketing study obligations to maintain approval; and

protection of our intellectual property.

The cash requirements of our current operations will be significantly impacted by the FDA decision regarding potential approval for HEPLISAV-B. Although we believe we have current funds for at least the next twelve months based on our current operational plans, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand, we expect that if HEPLISAV-B is approved by the FDA, we will require additional capital following approval, in particular if we fail to enter into a third party collaboration following approval.

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Sufficient additional financing through future public or private financings, strategic alliance and licensing arrangements or other financing sources may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. Our ability to raise additional capital in the equity and debt markets is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the market demand for our common stock, which itself is subject to a number of development and business risks and uncertainties, as well as the uncertainty that we would be able to raise such additional capital at a price or on terms that are favorable to us. Equity or other financings, if completed, could result in significant dilution or otherwise adversely affect the rights of existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available in the future, we may need to delay, reduce the scope of, or put on hold the HEPLISAV-B program or other development programs while we seek strategic alternatives.

Risks Related to our Intellectual Property

We rely on licenses to intellectual property from third parties. Impairment of these licenses or our inability to maintain them would severely harm our business.

Our current research and development efforts depend in part upon our license arrangements for intellectual property owned by third parties. Our dependence on these licenses subjects us to numerous risks, such as disputes regarding the use of the licensed intellectual property and the creation and ownership of new discoveries under such license agreements. In addition, these license arrangements require us to make timely payments to maintain our licenses and typically contain diligence or milestone-based termination provisions. Our failure to meet any obligations pursuant to these agreements could allow our licensors to terminate our agreements or undertake other remedies such as converting exclusive to non-exclusive licenses if we are unable to cure or obtain waivers for such failures or amend such agreements on terms acceptable to us. In addition, our license agreements may be terminated or may expire by their terms, and we may not be able to maintain the exclusivity of these licenses. If we cannot obtain and maintain licenses that are advantageous or necessary to the development or the commercialization of our product candidates, we may be required to expend significant time and resources to develop or license similar technology or to find other alternatives to maintaining the competitive position of our products. If such alternatives are not available to us in a timely manner or on acceptable terms, we may be unable to continue development or commercialize our product candidates. In the absence of a current license, we may be required to redesign our technology so it does not infringe a third party’sthird-partys patents, which may not be possible or could require substantial funds and time.

If third parties successfully assert that we have infringed their patents and proprietary rights or challenge our patents and proprietary rights, we may become involved in intellectual property disputes and litigation that would be costly, time consuming and delay or prevent development or commercialization of our product candidates.

We may be exposed to future litigation by third parties based on claims that our product candidates or proprietary technologies infringe their intellectual property rights, or we may be required to enter into litigation to enforce patents issued or licensed to us or to determine the ownership, scope or validity of our or another party’spartys proprietary rights, including a challenge as to the validity of our issued and pending claims. From time to time we are involved in various interference and other administrative proceedings related to our intellectual property which has caused us to incur certain legal expenses. If we become involved in any litigation and/or other significant interference proceedings related to our intellectual property or the intellectual property of others, we will incur substantial additional expenses and it will divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel.

Two of our potential competitors, Merck and GSK, are exclusive licensees of broad patents covering methods of production of rHBsAg, a component of HEPLISAV-B. In addition, the Institut Pasteur also owns or has exclusive licenses to patents relating to aspects of production of rHBsAg in the U.S. While some of these patents have expired or will soon expire outside the U.S., they remain in force in the U.S. To the extent we are able to commercialize HEPLISAV-B in the U.S. while these patents remain in force, Merck, GSK or their respective licensors or the Institut Pasteur may bring claims against us.

If we or our collaborators are unsuccessful in defending or prosecuting our issued and pending claims or in defending potential claims against our products, for example, as may arise in connection with the commercialization of HEPLISAV-B or any similar product candidate, we or our collaborator could be required to pay substantial damages or be unable to commercialize our product candidates or use our proprietary technologies without a license from such third party.third-party. A license may require the payment of substantial fees or royalties, require a grant of a cross-license to our technology or may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. Any of these outcomes could require us to change our business strategy and could materially impact our business and operations.

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One of our potential competitors, Pfizer, has issued patent claims, as well as patent claims pending with the PTO and foreign patent offices, that may be asserted against our TLR agonist products and our TLR inhibitor products. We may need to obtain a license to one or more of these patent claims held by Pfizer by paying fees or royalties or offering rights to our own proprietary technologies to commercialize one or more of our formulations other than with respect to HEPLISAV-B, for which we have a license. A license for other uses may not be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all, which could preclude or limit our ability to commercialize our products.

If the combination of patents, trade secrets and contractual provisions that we rely on to protect our intellectual property is inadequate, the value of our product candidates will decrease.

Our success depends on our ability to:

 

obtain and protect commercially valuable patents or the rights to patents both domestically and abroad;

operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others; and

operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others; and

prevent others from successfully challenging or infringing our proprietary rights.

prevent others from successfully challenging or infringing our proprietary rights.

We will be able to protect our proprietary rights from unauthorized use only to the extent that these rights are covered by valid and enforceable patents for a commercially sufficient term or are otherwise effectively maintained as trade secrets. We try to protect our proprietary rights by filing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications. However, in certain cases such protection may be limited, depending in part on existing patents held by third parties, which may only allow us to obtain relatively narrow patent protection. In the U.S., legal standards relating to the validity and scope of patent claims in the biopharmaceutical field can be highly uncertain, are still evolving and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved.

The biopharmaceutical patent environment outside the U.S. is even more uncertain. We may be particularly affected by this uncertainty since several of our product candidates may initially address market opportunities outside the U.S., where we may only be able to obtain limited patent protection.

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The risks and uncertainties that we face with respect to our patents and other proprietary rights include the following:

we may not receive an issued patent for any of our patent applications or for any patent applications that we have exclusively licensed;

we may not receive an issued patent for any of our patent applications or for any patent applications that we have exclusively licensed;

the pending patent applications we have filed or to which we have exclusive rights may take longer than we expect to result in issued patents;

the pending patent applications we have filed or to which we have exclusive rights may take longer than we expect to result in issued patents;

the claims of any patents that are issued may not provide meaningful protection or may not be valid or enforceable;

the claims of any patents that are issued may not provide meaningful protection or may not be valid or enforceable;

we might not be able to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable;

we might not be able to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable;

the patents licensed or issued to us or our collaborators may not provide a competitive advantage;

the patents licensed or issued to us or our collaborators may not provide a competitive advantage;

patents issued to other parties may limit our intellectual property protection or harm our ability to do business;

patents issued to other parties may limit our intellectual property protection or harm our ability to do business;

other parties may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate our technologies and commercialize discoveries that we attempt to patent; and

other parties may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate our technologies and commercialize discoveries that we attempt to patent; and

other parties may design around technologies we have licensed, patented or developed.

other parties may design around technologies we have licensed, patented or developed.

We also rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to protect our interests in proprietary know-how that is not patentable and for processes for which patents are difficult to enforce. We cannot be certain that we will be able to protect our trade secrets adequately. Any disclosure of confidential data in the public domain or to third parties could allow our competitors to learn our trade secrets. If we are unable to adequately obtain or enforce proprietary rights, we may be unable to commercialize our products, enter into collaborations, generate revenues or maintain any advantage we may have with respect to existing or potential competitors.

Risks Related to an Investment in our Common Stock

Our stock price is subject to volatility, and your investment may suffer a decline in value.*

The market prices for securities of biopharmaceutical companies have in the past been, and are likely to continue in the future, to be, very volatile. The market price of our common stock is subject to substantial volatility depending upon many factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

 

progress or results of any of our clinical trials or regulatory or manufacturing efforts, in particular any announcements regarding the progress or results of our planned trials and BLA filing and communications, from the FDA or other regulatory agencies, including a decision by the FDA regarding our response to its 2016 CRL for HEPLISAV-B;agencies;

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our ability to receive timely regulatory approval for our product candidates;

our ability to establish and maintain collaborations for the development and commercialization of our product candidates;

our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations;

 

our ability to establish and maintain collaborations for the development and commercialization of our product candidates;

our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations;

the success or failure of clinical trials involving our immuno-oncology product candidates and the product candidates of third partythird-party collaborators in combination studies;

technological innovations, new commercial products or drug discovery efforts and preclinical and clinical activities by us or our competitors;

technological innovations, new commercial products or drug discovery efforts and preclinical and clinical activities by us or our competitors;

changes in our intellectual property portfolio or developments or disputes concerning the proprietary rights of our products or product candidates;

changes in our intellectual property portfolio or developments or disputes concerning the proprietary rights of our products or product candidates;

our ability to obtain component materials and successfully enter into manufacturing relationships for our product candidates or establish manufacturing capacity on our own;

our ability to obtain component materials and successfully enter into manufacturing relationships for our product candidates or establish manufacturing capacity on our own;

our ability to establish and maintain licensing agreements for intellectual property necessary for the development of our product candidates;

our ability to establish and maintain licensing agreements for intellectual property necessary for the development of our product candidates;

changes in government regulations, general economic conditions or industry announcements;

changes in government regulations, general economic conditions or industry announcements;

issuance of new or changed securities analysts’ reports or recommendations;

changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results; and

issuance of new or changed securities analysts reports or recommendations;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results; and

the volume of trading in our common stock.

the volume of trading in our common stock.

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One or more of these factors could cause a substantial decline in the price of our common stock. In addition, securities class action and shareholder derivative litigation has often been brought against a company following a decline in the market price of its securities. We are currentlyhave in the target of such litigation, resulting from the decline in our common stock following the disclosure in November 2016 of the FDA’s 2016 CRL related to HEPLISAV-B. Wepast been, and we may in the future be, the target of additional such litigation. Securities and shareholder derivative litigation could result in substantial costs, and divert management’smanagements attention and resources, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

The anti-takeover provisions of our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws, Delaware law and our share purchase rights plan may prevent or frustrate a change in control, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders, which could affect our stock price adversely and prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may delay or prevent a change in control, discourage bids at a premium over the market price of our common stock and adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting or other rights of the holders of our common stock. These provisions include:

authorizing our Board of Directors to issue additional preferred stock with voting rights to be determined by the Board of Directors;

limiting the persons who can call special meetings of stockholders;

prohibiting stockholder actions by written consent;

creating a classified board of directors pursuant to which our directors are elected for staggered three year terms;

providing that a supermajority vote of our stockholders is required for amendment to certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws; and

establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

Our share purchase rights plan may have certain anti-takeover effects. Specifically, the rights issued pursuant to the plan will cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company on terms not approved by our Board of Directors. Although the rights should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by the Board of Directors since the rights issued may be amended to permit such acquisition or redeemed by the Company at $0.001 per right prior to the earliest of (i) the time that a person or group has acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of our common stock or (ii) the final expiration date of the rights, the effect of the rights plan may deter a potential acquisition of the Company. In addition, we remain subject to the provisions of the Delaware corporation law that, in general, prohibit any business combination with a beneficial owner of 15% or more of our common stock for three years unless the holder’s acquisition of our stock was approved in advance by our Board of Directors.

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We will continue to incur increased costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies, which could affect our operating results.

As a public company, we will continue to incur legal, accounting and other expenses associated with reporting requirements and corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as well as any new rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQNasdaq Stock Market LLC. We may need to continue to implement additional financial and accounting systems, procedures and controls to accommodate changes in our business and organization and to comply with new reporting requirements. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain a favorable assessment as to the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to reach an unqualified assessment, or our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to issue an unqualified attestation as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year, investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial reporting which could harm our business and could impact the price of our common stock.

Future sales of our common stock or the perception that such sales may occur in the public market could cause our stock price to fall.*

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. As of September 30, 20172019 we had 60,587,00083,865,119 shares of common stock outstanding, all of which shares were eligible for sale in the public market, subject in some cases to the volume limitations and manner of sale requirements under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Under our universal shelf registration statement filed by us in August 2017, we may sell any combination of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants in one or more offerings, including pursuant to our 2017 At the MarketATM Agreement with Cowen under which we can offer and sell our common stock from time to time up to aggregate sales proceeds of $150,000,000. $150 million. As of September 30, 2019, we have $118.6 million remaining under this agreement. The sale or issuance of our securities, as well as the existence of outstanding options and shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our option and equity incentive plans also may adversely affect the terms upon which we are able to obtain additional capital through the sale of equity securities.

securities.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

On November 3, 2017, we entered into an At the Market issuance (“ATM”) Sales Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) under which we may offer and sell from time to time at our sole discretion shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $150,000,000 through Cowen as our sales agent.

Cowen may sell the common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), including without limitation sales made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on The NASDAQ Capital Market or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, in block transactions, or as otherwise directed by us. Cowen will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the common stock from time to time, based upon instructions from us (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose). We will pay Cowen a commission of up to 3.0% of the gross sales proceeds of any common stock sold through Cowen under the Agreement. We have also provided Cowen with customary indemnification rights under the Agreement.

We are not obligated to make any sales of common stock under the Agreement. The offering of shares of our common stock pursuant to the Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all common stock subject to the Agreement, or (ii) termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms.

The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the opinion of Cooley LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the securities under the Agreement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this report.None.

 

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ITEM 6.

EXHIBITSEXHIBITS

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

Exhibit
Number

Document

Exhibit Number

Filing

Filing Date

File No.

Filed Herewith

3.1

Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

S-1/A

February 5, 2004

333-109965

 

3.2

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

January 4, 2010

001-34207

 

3.3

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

January 5, 2011

001-34207

 

3.4

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.6

8-K

May 30, 2013

001-34207

 

3.5

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

November 10, 2014

001-34207

 

3.6

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

June 2, 2017

001-34207

 

3.7

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

July 31, 2017

001-34207

 

3.8

Amended and Restated Bylaws

3.2

S-1/A

February 5, 2004

333-109965

 

3.9

Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock

3.3

8-K

November 6, 2008

000-50577

 

4.1

Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 above

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate

4.2

S-1/A

January 16, 2004

333-109965

 

4.3

Rights Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2008, by and between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC

4.4

8-K

November 6, 2008

000-50577

 

4.4

Form of Right Certificate

4.5

8-K

November 6, 2008

000-50577

 

4.5

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan

4.6

10-K

March 6, 2009

001-34207

 

5.1

Opinion of Cooley LLP

 

 

 

 

X

10.1

Sales Agreement, dated November 3, 2017, by and between the Company and Cowen and Company, LLC

 

 

 

 

X

10.2

License Agreement, dated June 26, 2007, between Coley Pharmaceuticals Group, Inc. and the Company

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

Exhibit

Number

Document

Exhibit Number

Filing

Filing Date

File No.

Filed Herewith

3.1

Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

S-1/A

February 5, 2004

333-109965

 

3.2

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

January 4, 2010

001-34207

 

3.3

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

January 5, 2011

001-34207

 

3.4

Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.6

8-K

May 30, 2013

001-34207

 

3.5

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

November 10, 2014

001-34207

 

3.6

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

June 2, 2017

001-34207

 

3.7

Certificate of Amendment of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.1

8-K

July 31, 2017

001-34207

 

3.8

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

3.1

8-K

August 8, 2019

001-34207

 

3.9

Amended and Restated Bylaws

3.8

10-Q

November 6, 2018

001-34207

 

4.1

Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 above

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate

4.2

S-1/A

January 16, 2004

333-109965

 

4.3

Form of Series B Preferred Stock Certificate

 

 

 

 

X

4.4

Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock

4.1

8-K

August 8, 2019

001-34207

 

10.1+

Form of Indemnification Agreement

 

 

 

 

X

10.2

Sublease, by and between Dynavax Technologies Corporation and MedAmerica, Inc. (d/b/a Vituity), dated July 2, 2019.

 

 

 

 

X

10.3

Sublease, by and between Dynavax Technologies Corporation and Zymergen Inc., dated July 12, 2019

 

 

 

 

X

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Incorporated by Reference

 

Exhibit

Number

Document

Exhibit Number

Filing

Filing Date

File No.

Filed Herewith

31.110.4

Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Agreement and Fee Letter, by and among Dynavax Technologies Corporation, CRG Partners III L.P., CRG Partners III–Parallel Fund “A” L.P. and CRG Servicing LLC.

X

31.1

Certification of ChiefCo-Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

X

31.2

Certification of Co-Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

31.3

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

X

32.1*

Certification of ChiefCo-Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

X

32.2*

Certification of Co-Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

32.3*

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

X

+

Indicates management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

EX—101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

EX—101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX—101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

EX—101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

EX—101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

EX—101.PRE

EX—104

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

+

Indicates management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement

*

The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1, 32.2 and 32.232.3 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURESSIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Berkeley,Emeryville, State of California.

 

 

 

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: November 3, 20177, 2019

 

By:

 

/s/ EDDIE GRAYDAVID NOVACK

 

 

 

 

Eddie GrayDavid Novack

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive OfficerCo-President, Senior Vice President, Operations

 

 

 

 

(PrincipalCo-Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date: November 3, 20177, 2019

By:

/s/ RYAN SPENCER

Ryan Spencer

Co-President, Senior Vice President, Commercial

(Co-Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 7, 2019

 

By:

 

/s/ MICHAEL OSTRACH

 

 

 

 

Michael Ostrach

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 3, 20177, 2019

 

By:

 

/s/ DAVID JOHNSON

 

 

 

 

David Johnson

 

 

 

 

Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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