UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 10-K
 
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
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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 001-33528
 
OPKO Health, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
75-2402409
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4400 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33137
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (305) 575-4100
 
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
 
 
 
Title of Each Class
 
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Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
 
New York Stock Exchange

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ý
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was: $2,114,172,075.
As of February 20, 2015, the registrant had 451,627,482 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Items 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
Part I.
 
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 1B.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Part II.
 
 
Item 5.
Item 6.
Item 7.
Item 7A.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A.
Item 9B.
Part III.
 
 
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
 
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
 
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
 
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
 
Part IV.
 
 
Item 15.
Signatures
 
Certifications
 
EX-21
 
 
EX-23.1
 
 
EX-31.1
 
 
EX-31.2
 
 
EX-32.1
 
 
EX-32.2
 
 
EX-101. INS XBRL Instance Document
 
EX-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
EX-101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
EX-101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
EX-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
EX-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 




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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding our product development efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies or prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include those described below and in “Item 1A-Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We do not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the PSLRA. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect our views as of the date they are made with respect to future events and financial performance.
Risks and uncertainties, the occurrence of which could adversely affect our business, include the following:
We have a history of operating losses and we do not expect to become profitable in the near future.
Our technologies are in an early stage of development and are unproven.
Our business is substantially dependent on our ability to develop, launch and generate revenue from our pharmaceutical and diagnostic programs.
Our research and development activities, or that of our investees, may not result in commercially viable products.
The timing and expenditures associated with the build-up of pre-launch inventory and capacity expansion.
The results of previous clinical trials may not be predictive of future results, and our current and planned clinical trials may not satisfy the requirements of the United States (“U.S.”) Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities.
We may require substantial additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
We may finance future cash needs primarily through public or private offerings, debt financings or strategic collaborations, which may dilute your stockholdings in the Company.
If our competitors develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less expensive than our future product candidates, our commercial opportunities will be negatively impacted.
The regulatory approval process is expensive, time consuming and uncertain and may prevent us or our collaboration partners from obtaining approvals for the commercialization of some or all of our product candidates.
Failure to recruit and enroll patients for clinical trials may cause the development of our product candidates to be delayed.
Even if we obtain regulatory approvals for our product candidates, the terms of approvals and ongoing regulation of our products may limit how we manufacture and market our product candidates, which could materially impair our ability to generate anticipated revenues.
We may not meet regulatory quality standards applicable to our manufacturing and quality processes.
Even if we receive regulatory approval to market our product candidates, the market may not be receptive to our products.
The loss of Phillip Frost, M.D., our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, could have a material adverse effect on our business and product development.
If we fail to attract and retain key management and scientific personnel, we may be unable to successfully develop or commercialize our product candidates.
In the event that we successfully evolve from a company primarily involved in development to a company also involved in commercialization, we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth and expanding our operations successfully.


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If we fail to acquire and develop other products or product candidates, at all or on commercially reasonable terms, we may be unable to diversify or grow our business.
We have no experience manufacturing our pharmaceutical product candidates other than at one of our Israeli facilities, and at our Mexican, and Spanish facilities, and we have no experience in manufacturing our diagnostic product candidates. We will therefore likely rely on third parties to manufacture and supply our pharmaceutical and diagnostics product candidates, and we would need to meet various standards to satisfy FDA regulations in order to manufacture on our own.
We currently have no pharmaceutical or diagnostic marketing, sales or distribution capabilities other than in Chile, Mexico, Spain, and Uruguay for sales in those countries and our active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) business in Israel, and the sales force for our laboratory business based in Nashville, Tennessee. If we are unable to develop our sales and marketing and distribution capability on our own or through collaborations with marketing partners, we will not be successful in commercializing our pharmaceutical and diagnostic product candidates.
Certain elements of our business are dependent on the success of ongoing and planned phase 3 clinical trials for Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets), and hGH-CTP.
Independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations that we engage to conduct our clinical trials may not be diligent, careful or timely.
The success of our business is dependent on the actions of our collaborative partners.
Our exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) is important to our business. If we do not successfully develop hGH-CTP and/or Pfizer does not successfully commercialize hGH-CTP, our business could be adversely affected.
If we are unable to obtain and enforce patent protection for our products, our business could be materially harmed.
If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information and know-how, the value of our technology and products could be adversely affected.
We rely heavily on licenses from third parties.
We license patent rights to certain of our technology from third-party owners. If such owners do not properly maintain or enforce the patents underlying such licenses, our competitive position and business prospects will be harmed.
Our commercial success depends significantly on our ability to operate without infringing the patents and other proprietary rights of third parties.
Adverse results in material litigation matters or governmental inquiries could have a material adverse effect upon our business and financial condition.
If our products have undesirable effects on patients, we could be subject to litigation or product liability claims that could impair our reputation and have a material adverse effect upon our business and financial condition.
Medicare prescription drug coverage legislation and future legislative or regulatory reform of the health care system may adversely affect our ability to sell our products or provide our services profitably.
Failure to obtain and maintain regulatory approval outside the U.S. will prevent us from marketing our product candidates abroad.
We may not have the funding available to pursue acquisitions.
Acquisitions may disrupt our business, distract our management, may not proceed as planned, and may also increase the risk of potential third party claims and litigation.
We may encounter difficulties in integrating acquired businesses.
Non-U.S. governments often impose strict price controls, which may adversely affect our future profitability.
Political and economic instability in Europe and Latin America and political, economic, and military instability in Israel or neighboring countries could adversely impact our operations.
We are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates in connection with our international businesses.


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We have a large amount of goodwill and other intangible assets as a result of acquisitions and a significant write-down of goodwill and/or other intangible assets would have a material adverse effect on our reported results of operations and net worth.
Our business may become subject to legal, economic, political, regulatory and other risks associated with international operations.
The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate significantly.
The conversion and redemption features of our January 2013 convertible senior notes due in 2033 are classified as embedded derivatives and may continue to result in volatility in our financial statements, including having a material impact on our result of operations and recorded derivative liability.
We have previously reported a material weakness in our internal control over financing reporting which may cause investors and stockholders to lose confidence in our financial reporting.
Directors, executive officers, principal stockholders and affiliated entities own a significant percentage of our capital stock, and they may make decisions that you may not consider to be in your best interests or in the best interests of our stockholders.
Compliance with changing regulations concerning corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.
If we are unable to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as they apply to us, or our internal controls over financial reporting are not effective, the reliability of our financial statements may be questioned and our Common Stock price may suffer.
We may be unable to maintain our listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which could cause our stock price to fall and decrease the liquidity of our Common Stock.
Future issuances of Common Stock and hedging activities may depress the trading price of our Common Stock.
Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could discourage an acquisition of us by a third party, even if the acquisition would be favorable to you.
We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.



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PART I
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the “Company”, “OPKO”, “we”, “our”, “ours”, and “us” refer to OPKO Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including our wholly-owned subsidiaries.

ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
We are a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large and rapidly growing medical markets by leveraging our discovery, development and commercialization expertise and our novel and proprietary technologies. We are developing a range of solutions to diagnose, treat and prevent various conditions, including point-of-care tests, laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”), and proprietary pharmaceuticals and vaccines. We plan to commercialize these solutions on a global basis in large and high growth markets, including emerging markets.
All product or service marks appearing in type form different from that of the surrounding text are trademarks or service marks owned, licensed to, promoted or distributed by OPKO, its subsidiaries or affiliates, except as noted. All other trademarks or services marks are those of their respective owners.
We own established pharmaceutical platforms in Chile, Spain, Mexico, and Uruguay which generate revenue and which we expect to facilitate future market entry for our products currently in development. We own a specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) manufacturer in Israel, which we expect may facilitate the development of our pipeline of molecules and compounds for our proprietary products. In the U.S., we own OPKO Lab, a laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, as amended (“CLIA”), that operates as a full-service medical laboratory with a urologic focus and serves as the commercial platform for the U.S. launch of the 4Kscore test, our next generation prostate cancer test and the only blood test that accurately identifies risk for aggressive prostate cancer.
In March 2014, we began selling the 4Kscore test domestically through our CLIA-accredited laboratory in Nashville. In addition, we launched sales of the 4Kscore test in Europe in September 2014 and in Mexico in January 2015. The 4Kscore test measures the blood plasma levels of four different prostate-derived kallikrein proteins: Total PSA, Free PSA, Intact PSA and Human Kallikrein-2 (“hK2”). These biomarkers are combined with a patient’s age, Digital Rectal Exam (“DRE”) status (nodule / no nodule), and prior negative biopsy status (yes / no) using a proprietary algorithm to calculate the risk (probability) of finding an aggressive prostate cancer defined as Gleason Score 7 or higher prostate cancer. Recent data has also demonstrated potential that a high score using the 4Kscore test is associated with an increased risk of developing metastatic prostate cancer. The panel of biomarkers included in the OPKO 4Kscore is the result of more than a decade of research by scientists in Europe and the U.S. Extensive studies have shown that the use of this novel panel of kallikrein biomarkers and algorithm may not only improve the accuracy of identifying aggressive cancer, but may also reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies by 50% or more and avoid diagnosis of indolent prostate cancer that can lead to over treatment with surgery or radiation. It is estimated that the 4Kscore test can provide $2-4 billion in healthcare savings in the U.S. each year.
The 4Kscore test is designed to be used as a reflex test after a finding of an abnormal DRE or elevated PSA, but before performing a prostate biopsy. There are approximately 1 million biopsies being performed annually in the U.S., with 80% of the results indicating no cancer or a low-grade, indolent form of prostate cancer. The test was developed by OPKO Lab and validated in a prospective, blinded study of 1,012 men in collaboration with 26 urology centers across the U.S. Results showed that the 4Kscore test was highly accurate for predicting the presence of high-grade cancer (Gleason score 7 or higher) prior to prostate biopsy. The full data from the blinded, prospective U.S. clinical validation study was presented at the AUA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL on May 18, 2014 at Plenary Session and published in the online edition of European Urology in October 2014.
Our Claros1 immunoassay instrument system provides rapid, high performance blood test results and enables complex tests to be run in point-of-care settings. The instrument, a novel microfluidics-based system consisting of a credit card-sized disposable test cassette that works with a small desktop analyzer, can provide high performance, central laboratory-grade blood test results within minutes and permit the transition of complex immunoassays and other tests from the centralized reference laboratory to the physician’s office or hospital nurses’ station. We expect this point-of-care instrument system to provide near-term commercialization opportunities through the transition of existing laboratory-based tests, including prostate specific antigen (“PSA”), testosterone and vitamin D, to our point-of-care system.
We intend to submit our application to the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) for clearance of a testosterone diagnostic test for our point-of-care system in the second half of 2015. We also intend to seek European certification related to


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health, safety and environmental legislation, also known as a CE Marking (“CE Mark”) for the test in Europe at approximately the same time. We expect to begin marketing the testosterone test in the U.S. and Europe in 2016.
We have already obtained a CE Mark for our point-of-care diagnostic test for PSA using our system in Europe. We intend to update our CE Mark to reflect recent product improvements and launch the PSA test in Europe in 2016. We intend to submit our application to the FDA for pre-marketing authorization (“PMA”) of the PSA test in the first quarter of 2016.
We are also presently working to add additional tests for our point-of-care system, including vitamin D and Lyme Disease, and we believe that there are many more applications for the technology, including infectious disease, cardiology, women’s health, and companion diagnostics.
Our product pipeline also includes several pharmaceutical compounds and technologies in research and development for a broad range of indications and conditions.
In the third quarter of 2014, we announced successful top-line results from two identical randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-site phase 3 trials of Rayaldee (CTAP101), our vitamin D prohormone to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism (“SHPT”) in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease (“CKD”) and vitamin D insufficiency. Vitamin D insufficiency often arises in CKD due to the abnormal upregulation of CYP24, an enzyme that destroys vitamin D and its metabolites. Studies in CKD patients have demonstrated that available over-the-counter and prescription vitamin D products cannot reliably raise blood vitamin D prohormone levels and effectively treat SHPT. Rayaldee was shown in the studies to effectively and safely treat SHPT and the underlying vitamin D insufficiency in pre-dialysis patients. A New Drug Application ("NDA") submission to the FDA is planned for the first quarter of 2015.
In addition to SHPT in CKD patients, we also are developing Rayaldee for other indications, and in August 2014, announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug application (“IND”) to the FDA to evaluate Rayaldee as an adjunctive therapy for the prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases undergoing anti-resorptive therapy. We commenced a phase 1 dose escalation study in the fourth quarter of 2014 in breast and prostate cancer patients with bone metastases who are receiving anti-resorptive therapy. The study will evaluate safety, markers of mineral metabolism and tumor progression.  
We are also developing Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets), a new and potent non-absorbed phosphate binder to treat hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients. Alpharen has been shown to be safe and effective in treating hyperphosphatemia in phase 2 and 3 trials in CKD patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Hyperphosphatemia contributes to soft tissue mineralization and affects approximately 90% of dialysis patients. Dialysis patients require ongoing phosphate binder treatment to maintain normal serum phosphorus levels.
The CKD patient population is large and growing as a result of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, representing a significant market opportunity. We intend to develop Rayaldee (CTAP101) and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) to constitute part of the foundation for a new and markedly improved standard of care for CKD patients having SHPT and/or hyperphosphatemia.
In August 2013, we acquired OPKO Biologics, formerly PROLOR Biotech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins utilizing a platform technology known as Carboxyl Terminal Peptide (“CTP”) technology.
Our most advanced product in development using the platform technology is a long-acting version of human growth hormone, known as hGH-CTP, for the long-term treatment of children and adults with growth failure due to inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone (a $3.0 billion market opportunity growing 5% annually).
In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) for the development and commercialization of our hGH-CTP for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (“GHD”) in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born small for gestational age (“SGA”). In connection with the transaction, we granted Pfizer an exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide, and we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®.
Pursuant to our agreement with Pfizer, we will lead the clinical activities for the hGH-CTP program and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing


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studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.
The hGH-CTP product has been shown in a phase 2 clinical trial to have the potential to reduce the required dosing frequency of human growth hormone from the current standard of one injection per day to a single weekly injection. hGH-CTP is currently in a global phase 3 trial in adults and a global phase 2 trial in children and has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe for both adults and children with GHD.
Factor VIIa-CTP is our novel, long-acting recombinant Factor VIIa which also utilizes CTP technology to extend circulatory half-life without the use of polymers, encapsulation techniques, or nanoparticles. Currently, Factor VIIa therapy is available only as an intravenous (IV) formulation which, due to Factor VIIa’s short half-life, requires multiple infusions to treat a bleeding episode. Pre-clinical studies of intravenous and subcutaneous formulations of our product in hemophilic animal models demonstrated its duration of action and significantly increased survival. In January 2015, we submitted an IND to the FDA to conduct a Phase 2a study of Factor VII-CTP for the treatment of bleeding episodes in hemophilia A or B patients with inhibitors to Factor VIII or Factor IX. Factor VII-CTP has been granted orphan status in the U.S. and Europe.
In addition to hGH-CTP and Factor VII-CTP, our internal product development program is currently focused on extending the circulatory half life of oxyntomodulin. Oyxntomodulin, a natural appetite suppressor, is a peptide hormone secreted by the intestine following food intake that induces satiety when it reaches the brain. Oxyntomodulin activates both the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) and glucagon receptor (GCGR) and has been found to decrease food intake and body weight as well as lower glucose in overweight human volunteers.
The clinical utility of oxyntomodulin has been limited mostly because of its short circulating half life. We are developing a long-acting oxyntomdulin, GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist comprising oxyntomodulin linked at its N-terminus to polyethylene glycol (PEG) linear chain through a proprietary bi-functional hydrolysable linker. Administration of the conjugate into the blood results in slow release of the authentic, non-modified natural oxyntomodulin. Our preclinical studies have shown that a single weekly injection of our compound in development significantly inhibited food intake and reduced body weight in obese and diabetic animal models, as well as improving the lipid profile by reducing cholesterol levels in obese and diabetic mice. In addition, the studies demonstrated improved glycemic control by inducing glucose dependent insulin secretion and by reducing fat, two biological effects related to type II diabetes. We expect to initiate a phase 1 study of our compound in the second half of 2015.
We believe that our up-regulating oligonucleotide therapeutics technology, or AntagoNAT, has the potential to create new drugs for the treatment of a wide variety of illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic disorders and a range of genetic disorders. We have a variety of therapeutic agents for respiratory disorders in clinical development, including products for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”), and chronic cough.
In addition to these development programs, we have pharmaceutical businesses in Chile, Spain, Mexico, Israel, and Uruguay.
We have a highly experienced management team that we believe has demonstrated an ability to successfully build and manage pharmaceutical businesses. Based on their experience in the industry, we believe that our management team has extensive development, regulatory and commercialization expertise and relationships that provide access to commercial opportunities.
GROWTH STRATEGY
We expect our future growth to come from leveraging our proprietary technology and development strengths, and opportunistically pursuing complementary, accretive, or strategic acquisitions and investments.
We have under development a broad and diversified portfolio of diagnostic tests, vaccines, small molecules, and biologics targeting a broad range of unmet medical needs. We intend to continue to leverage our proprietary technology and our strengths in all phases of research and development to further develop and commercialize our portfolio of proprietary pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. In support of our strategy, we intend to:
obtain requisite regulatory approval and compile clinical data for our most advanced product candidates;
develop a focused commercialization capability both internationally and in the U.S.; and
expand into other medical markets that provide significant opportunities and that we believe are complementary to and synergistic with our business.


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We have and expect to continue to be opportunistic and to pursue complementary or strategic acquisitions, licenses and investments. Our management team has significant experience in identifying, executing and integrating these transactions. We expect to use well-timed, carefully selected acquisitions, licenses and investments to continue to drive our growth, including:
Products and technologies. We intend to continue to pursue product and technology acquisitions and licenses that will complement our existing businesses and provide new product and market opportunities, improve our growth, enhance our profitability, leverage our existing assets, and contribute to our own organic growth.
Commercial businesses. We intend to continue to pursue acquisitions of commercial businesses that will both drive our growth and provide geographically diverse sales and distribution opportunities, particularly outside of the U.S.
Early stage investments. We have and may continue to make investments in early stage companies that we perceive to have valuable proprietary technology and significant potential to create value for OPKO as a shareholder.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
We were originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics, Inc., which was later changed to eXegenics, Inc. (“eXegenics”). On March 27, 2007, we were part of a three-way merger with Froptix Corporation (“Froptix”), a research and development company, and Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Acuity”), a research and development company. On June 8, 2007, we changed our name to OPKO Health, Inc.
Our shares are publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker “OPK”. Effective as of August 2013, our stock also began trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Our principal executive offices are located in leased office space in Miami, Florida. We lease office and lab space in Jupiter, Florida and Miramar, Florida, and Nes Ziona, Israel, which is where our molecular diagnostics research and development, oligonucleotide research and development and CTP research and development operations are based, respectively. We lease office, manufacturing, and warehouse space in Woburn, Massachusetts for our point-of-care diagnostics business, and in Nesher, Israel for our API business. We lease laboratory and office space in Nashville, Tennessee, Burlingame, California, and Miramar, Florida for our CLIA-certified laboratory business, and we lease office space in Bannockburn, Illinois, and Markham, Ontario for our pharmaceutical business directed to CKD. Our Chilean and Uruguayan operations are located in leased offices and warehouse facilities in Santiago and Montevideo, respectively. Our Mexican operations are based in owned offices, an owned manufacturing facility, and a leased warehouse facility in Guadalajara and in leased offices in Mexico City. Our Spanish operations are based in owned offices in Barcelona, in an owned manufacturing facility in Banyoles and a leased warehouse facility in Palol de Revardit. Our Brazilian operations are located in leased offices in Sao Paulo.
We currently manage our operations in two reportable segments, pharmaceutical and diagnostics. The pharmaceutical segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pharmaceutical research and development segment, which is focused on the research and development of pharmaceutical products and vaccines, and (ii) the pharmaceutical operations we acquired in Chile, Spain, Mexico, Israel, Uruguay and Brazil. The diagnostics segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pathology operations we acquired through the acquisition of OPKO Lab and (ii) point-of-care and molecular diagnostics operations. There are no significant inter-segment sales. We evaluate the performance of each segment based on operating profit or loss. There is no inter-segment allocation of interest expense and income taxes.
CURRENT PRODUCT CANDIDATES AND RELATED MARKETS
Diagnostics
4Kscore
We began selling the 4Kscore in the U.S. in March 2014 and in Europe and Mexico in September 2014 and January 2015, respectively. The 4Kscore measures the blood plasma levels of four different prostate-derived kallikrein proteins: Total PSA, Free PSA, Intact PSA and Human Kallikrein-2 (“hK2”). These biomarkers are then combined with a patient’s age, DRE status (nodule / no nodule), and prior negative biopsy status (yes / no) using a proprietary algorithm to calculate the risk (probability) of finding a Gleason Score 7 or higher prostate cancer.
The OPKO 4Kscore was developed by OPKO Lab and validated in 2014 in a prospective, blinded study of 1,012 men in collaboration with 26 urology centers across the U.S. Results showed that the 4Kscore test was highly accurate for predicting the presence of high-grade cancer (Gleason score 7 or higher) prior to prostate biopsy. The full data from the blinded, prospective U.S. clinical validation study were presented at the AUA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL on May 18, 2014 at Plenary Session and published in the online edition of European Urology in October 2014.


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The clinical data presented at the AUA annual meeting included 1,012 men scheduled for prostate biopsy. Patients were enrolled regardless of their PSA, age, DRE result, or primary versus repeat biopsy status, and represent contemporary practice in the U.S. The results demonstrated the ability of the 4Kscore test to discriminate between men with high-grade, aggressive prostate cancer and those men who had no findings of cancer or had low-grade or indolent form of the disease. The discrimination, measured by Area Under the Curve (“AUC”) analysis, was 0.82 and was significantly higher than previously developed tests. Furthermore, the 4Kscore test demonstrated excellent risk calibration, indicating the accuracy of the result for an individual patient. The high value of AUC and the excellent risk calibration make the 4Kscore result valuable information for the shared decision-making between the urologist and patient on whether or not to perform a prostate biopsy, potentially reducing biopsies by more than 50%. Although quite specific to the prostate gland, PSA is not specific for prostate cancer. As a result, in the U.S., an estimated 750,000 men receive unnecessary prostate biopsies annually as a result of PSA testing. We believe that our novel 4Kscore test should yield significantly greater accuracy and should provide us with a unique opportunity to greatly improve the value of prostate cancer screening.
The four kallikrein panel of biomarkers utilized in the 4Kscore test is based on over a decade of research conducted by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and leading European institutions. Investigators at the University of Malmo, Sweden, University of Turku, Finland and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, have also demonstrated that an algorithm integrating these biomarkers along with patient data can predict prostate biopsy results, and that the use of this algorithm to determine whether to biopsy can reduce the number of prostate biopsies performed by over fifty percent (50%), avoiding the frequent complications from biopsies of pain, bleeding, and infection, which sometimes require hospitalization.
In December 2012, we completed the acquisition of OPKO Lab, our CLIA-certified laboratory with several phlebotomy sites throughout the U.S. and an experienced national sales force calling primarily on urologists. In addition to continuing to operate as a full-service medical laboratory specializing in urologic pathology, OPKO Lab provides us with the commercial platform to support the U.S. commercial launch of the 4Kscore for the detection of prostate cancer as an LDT.
Point-of-Care Diagnostics
In October 2011, we acquired Claros Diagnostics, Inc. (“OPKO Diagnostics”), which developed a novel diagnostic instrument system that provides rapid, high performance blood test results and enables tests to be run in point-of-care settings. The instrument, a microfluidics-based diagnostic test system consisting of a credit card-sized disposable test cassette that works with a small but sophisticated desktop analyzer, provides high performance quantitative blood test results within minutes and permits the transition of complex immunoassays and other tests from the centralized reference laboratory to the physician’s office or hospital nurses station. The technology only requires a finger stick drop of blood introduced into the test cassette which can simultaneously run multiple tests (multiplex) on the single droplet of blood.
We intend to submit our application to the FDA for clearance of a testosterone diagnostic test for our point-of-care system in the second half of 2015. We also intend to seek a CE Mark for the test in Europe at approximately the same time. We expect to begin marketing the testosterone test in the U.S. and Europe in 2016.
We have already obtained a CE Mark for our point-of-care diagnostic test for PSA using this system in Europe. We intend to update our CE Mark to reflect recent product improvements and launch the PSA test in Europe in 2016. We intend to submit our PMA application to the FDA for the PSA test in the first quarter of 2016.
We are also presently working to add additional tests for our point-of-care system, including Lyme Disease and vitamin D, and we believe that there are many more applications for the technology, including infectious disease, cardiology, women’s health, and companion diagnostics.
Molecular Diagnostics

In June 2009, we acquired exclusive, worldwide rights from the University of Texas Southwestern to an innovative platform technology for the rapid identification of molecules or immunobiomarkers that may be useful in the creation of accurate, easy-to-use diagnostic tests as well as the development of vaccines and highly targeted therapeutic agents for immune system-driven diseases. The technology is based on an innovative method for the identification in small blood samples of disease-specific antibodies that can serve as diagnostic biomarkers for various diseases. We jointly own patent applications covering certain aspects of the technology and hold an exclusive license to the technology.  After gaining extensive experience with the technology in the field of commercial diagnostic tests, we have concluded that other opportunities in the life science tools area may be a more promising use of the platform technology and are actively exploring the best way to realize the platform’s potential.


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Pharmaceutical Business
We presently have several pharmaceutical compounds and technologies in research and development for a broad range of indications and conditions. Our product development candidates are in various stages of development and include the following:
Renal Products
In March 2013, we acquired Cytochroma Inc. (“Cytochroma” or “OPKO Renal”), a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary products to treat vitamin D insufficiency, hyperphosphatemia and SHPT associated with CKD, a condition characterized by progressive decline in renal function. CKD is classified in five stages — mild (stage 1) to severe (stage 5) disease. Our two lead renal products are Rayaldee (CTAP101), a vitamin D prohormone to treat SHPT in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD and vitamin D insufficiency, and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets), a new and potent non-absorbed phosphate binder to treat hyperphosphatemia in Stage 5 patients on chronic hemodialysis.
We announced successful top-line results from two pivotal phase 3 trials of Rayaldee in the third quarter of 2014. These trials were identical randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-site studies intended to establish the safety and efficacy of Rayaldee as a new treatment for SHPT in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD and vitamin D insufficiency. Vitamin D insufficiency arises in CKD due to the abnormal upregulation of CYP24, an enzyme that destroys vitamin D and its metabolites. Studies in CKD patients have demonstrated that currently available over-the-counter and prescription vitamin D products cannot reliably raise blood vitamin D prohormone levels and effectively treat SHPT, a condition commonly associated with CKD in which the parathyroid glands secrete excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone (“PTH”). Prolonged elevation of blood PTH causes excessive calcium and phosphorus to be released from bone, leading to elevated serum calcium and phosphorus levels, softening of the bones (osteomalacia) and calcification of vascular and renal tissues. SHPT affects 40-82% of patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD and approximately 95% of patients with stage 5.
The completed pivotal trials for Rayaldee successfully met all primary efficacy and safety endpoints. The primary efficacy endpoint was a responder analysis in which “responder” was defined as any treated subject who demonstrated an average 30% decrease in PTH from pre-treatment baseline during the last six weeks of the 26-week treatment period. A significantly higher response rate was observed with Rayaldee which steadily increased with treatment duration. The response rate with Rayaldee was similar in CKD stages 3 and 4. Safety and tolerability data were comparable in both treatment groups. Patients completing the two pivotal trials were treated, at their election, for an additional six months with Rayaldee during an open-label extension study. A new drug application (“NDA”) submission to the FDA is planned for the first quarter of 2015.
In addition to SHPT in CKD patients, we also are developing Rayaldee for other indications, and in August 2014, announced the submission of an IND to the FDA to evaluate Rayaldee as an adjunctive therapy for the prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases undergoing anti-resorptive therapy. We commenced a phase 1 dose escalation study in the fourth quarter of 2014 in breast and prostate cancer patients with bone metastases who are receiving anti-resorptive therapy. The study will evaluate safety, markers of mineral metabolism and tumor progression.  
Our phosphate binder, Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets), has been shown to be safe and effective in treating hyperphosphatemia in phase 2 and 3 trials in stage 5 CKD patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Hyperphosphatemia, or elevated serum phosphorus, is common in dialysis patients and tightly linked to the progression of SHPT. The kidneys provide the primary route of excretion for excess phosphorus absorbed from ingested food. As kidney function worsens, serum phosphorus levels increase and directly stimulate PTH secretion. Stage 5 CKD patients must reduce their dietary phosphate intake and usually require regular treatment with phosphate binding agents to lower serum phosphorus to meet the recommendations of the National Kidney Foundation’s Clinical Practice Guidelines that serum phosphorus levels should be maintained at or below 5.5 mg/dL. Hyperphosphatemia contributes to soft tissue mineralization and affects approximately 90% of dialysis patients. Dialysis patients require ongoing phosphate binder treatment to maintain controlled serum phosphorus levels.
We believe the CKD patient population is large and growing as a result of obesity, hypertension and diabetes; therefore this patient population represents a significant market opportunity. According to the National Kidney Foundation, CKD afflicts over 26 million people in the U.S., including more than 20 million patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD. In stage 5, kidney function is minimal to absent and patients require regular dialysis or a kidney transplant for survival. An estimated 71-97% of CKD patients have vitamin D insufficiency which can lead to SHPT and its debilitating consequences. CKD continues to be associated with poor outcomes, reflecting the inadequacies of the current standard of care. Vitamin D insufficiency, hyperphosphatemia and SHPT, when inadequately treated, are major contributors to poor CKD outcomes. We intend to develop Rayaldee (CTAP101) and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) to constitute part of the foundation for a new and markedly improved standard of care for CKD patients having SHPT and/or hyperphosphatemia.


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OPKO Biologics
In August 2013, we acquired OPKO Biologics, formerly PROLOR Biotech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins utilizing a patented platform technology. The technology uses a short, naturally-occurring amino acid sequence (peptide) that has the effect of slowing the removal from the body of the therapeutic protein to which it is attached. This CTP can be readily attached to a wide array of existing therapeutic proteins, stabilizing the therapeutic protein in the bloodstream and extending its life span without additional toxicity or loss of desired biological activity. We are using the CTP technology to develop new, proprietary versions of certain existing therapeutic proteins that have longer life spans than therapeutic proteins without CTP. We believe that our products will have greatly improved therapeutic profiles and distinct market advantages.
There are two existing biopharmaceuticals on the market that currently utilize CTP technology. The first product is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), of which CTP is naturally a part. Besides being present normally in high amounts during pregnancy, it is also given therapeutically to women or men as a fertility treatment (sold by Merck-Serono, Merck & Co. and Ferring). The second product is ELONVA® (FSH-CTP), which is approved for marketing in Europe. The data from the clinical use of these two products give us confidence that the CTP technology may be able to address the major problems faced by the other attempted approaches to increase protein lifespan. Clinical data from these products reassure us that CTP can be used safely and that it is effective in extending the serum lifetime and activity. We are now the exclusive licensee for the utilization of CTP technology in all therapeutic proteins, peptides and their modified forms except for human FSH, LH, TSH and hCG.
Our lead product candidate utilizing CTP, hGH-CTP, is a recombinant human growth hormone product under development for the treatment of GHD, which is a pituitary disorder resulting in short stature in children and other physical ailments in both children and adults.
In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of hGH-CTP for the treatment of GHD in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born SGA. In connection with the transaction, we granted Pfizer an exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide, and we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®.
Pursuant to our agreement with Pfizer, we will lead the clinical development activities for the hGH-CTP program and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.
GHD occurs when the production of growth hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, is disrupted. Since growth hormone plays a critical role in stimulating body growth and development, and is involved in the production of muscle protein and in the breakdown of fats, a decrease in the hormone affects numerous body processes. hGH is used for the long-term treatment of children and adults with inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone. The primary indications it treats in children are GHD, kidney disease, Prader-Willi Syndrome and Turner’s Syndrome. In adults, the primary indications are replacement of endogenous growth hormone and the treatment of AIDS-induced weight loss. Patients using hGH receive daily injections six or seven times a week. This is particularly burdensome for pediatric patients. We believe a significant market opportunity exists for a longer-lasting version of hGH that would require fewer injections.
hGH-CTP is currently in a global phase 3 trial in adults and a global phase 2 trial in children and has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe for both adults and children with GHD.
In addition to hGH-CTP, we are focused on products extending the life span of Factor VIIa (hemophilia) using the CTP technology. In February 2013, the FDA granted orphan drug designation to our longer-acting version of clotting Factor VIIa, Factor VIIa-CTP, for the treatment of bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors to Factor VIII or Factor IX. These patients are currently being treated by commercially-available Factor VIIa, with estimated 2013 worldwide sales of $1.7 billion. Currently, Factor VIIa therapy is available only as an intravenous (IV) formulation which, due to Factor VIIa’s short half-life, requires multiple infusions to treat a bleeding episode. In addition, frequent infusions are onerous when used as preventative prophylactic therapy, especially for children. Pre-clinical studies of IV and subcutaneous formulations of our product in hemophilic animal models demonstrated its duration of action and significantly increased survival. In January 2015, we submitted an IND to the FDA to conduct a Phase 2a study of Factor VIIa-CTP for the treatment of bleeding episodes


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in hemophilia A or B patients with inhibitors to Factor VIII or Factor IX. Factor VIIa-CTP has been granted orphan designation in Europe as well as the U.S.
We believe that the CTP technology may also be broadly applicable to other best-selling therapeutic proteins in the market and provide several key advantages over our competitor’s existing products: significant reduction in the number of injections required to achieve the same or superior therapeutic effect from the same dosage; faster commercialization with greater chance of success and lower costs than those typically associated with a new therapeutic protein; and manufacturing using industry-standard biotechnology-based protein production processes.
In addition to hGH-CTP and Factor VII-CTP, our internal product development program is currently focused on extending the circulatory half life of oxyntomodulin. Oyxntomodulin, a natural appetite suppressor, is a peptide hormone secreted by the intestine following food intake that induces satiety when it reaches the brain. Oxyntomodulin activates both the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) and glucagon receptor (GCGR) and has been found to decrease food intake and body weight as well as lower glucose in overweight human volunteers.
We believe oxyntomodulin has potential to be a safe, long term therapy for obese and diabetes type II patients, representing significant market opportunities. More than 380 million are living with diabetes worldwide, of which approximately 90% have type II diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, there are more than 500 million severely overweight or obese people.
The clinical utility of oxyntomodulin has been limited mostly because of its short circulating half life. We are developing a long-acting oxyntomdulin comprising oxyntomodulin linked at its N-terminus to polyethylene glycol (PEG) linear chain through a proprietary bi-functional hydrolysable linker. Administration of the conjugate into the blood results in slow release of the authentic, non-modified natural oxyntomodulin. Our preclinical studies have shown that a single weekly injection of our compound in development significantly inhibited food intake and reduced body weight in obese and diabetic animal models, as well as improving the lipid profile by reducing cholesterol levels in obese and diabetic mice.
We expect to initiate a phase 1 study of our compound in the second half of 2015.
APIs
In December 2011, we acquired FineTech Pharmaceutical, Ltd. (“FineTech”), an Israeli company that develops and produces high value, high potency specialty APIs. Through its FDA registered facility in Nesher, Israel, FineTech currently manufactures commercial APIs for sale or license to pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Israel. We believe that FineTech’s significant know-how and experience with analytical chemistry and organic syntheses, together with its production capabilities, may play a valuable role in the development of our pipeline of proprietary molecules and compounds for diagnostic and therapeutic products, while providing revenues and profits from its existing API business.
Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
In January 2011, we acquired CURNA, Inc. (“CURNA”), a privately-held company based in Jupiter, Florida, engaged in the discovery of new drugs for the treatment of a wide variety of illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic disorders and a range of genetic anomalies. CURNA’s broad platform technology utilizes a short, single strand oligonucleotide and is based on the up-regulation of protein production through interference with non-coding RNA’s, or natural antisense. This strategy contrasts with established approaches which down-regulate protein production. CURNA has designed a novel type of therapeutic modality, termed AntagoNAT, and has initially demonstrated this approach for up-regulation of several therapeutically relevant proteins in in vitro and animal models. We believe that this short, single strand oligonucleotide can be delivered intravenously or subcutaneously without the drug delivery or cell penetration complications typically associated with double stranded siRNA therapeutics. CURNA has identified and developed compounds which increase the production of over 80 key proteins involved in a large number of individual diseases. We have ongoing pre-clinical studies for several of these compounds, with an initial focus on orphan diseases including Dravet Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and MPS-1.
Asthma and COPD
In May 2010, we acquired worldwide rights to a novel heparin-derived oligosaccharide which has significant potential in treating asthma and COPD. Over 22 million people in the U.S. live with asthma, including nearly 6 million children. Additionally, there are more than 12 million people in the U.S. who have COPD. Currently available therapies often include unwanted side effects and may have limited efficacy. We believe that our product may have an improved efficacy and side effect profile. Our initial studies have demonstrated anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic activity when administered orally or inhaled with inhalers or nebulizers in sheep and mice asthma models. We have also successfully completed human feasibility studies in asthma.


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To complement our portfolio of respiratory products, we acquired in 2014 Inspiro Medical Ltd., a medical device firm developing a new platform to deliver small molecule drugs like corticosteroids and beta agonists or larger molecules to treat respiratory disease. Inspiro’s Inspiromatic is a “smart” easy-to-use dry powder inhaler with several advantages over existing devices. In a First In Man double blinded clinical study conducted in 30 asthmatic children comparing Inspiromatic to a market leading dry powder inhaler, Inspiromatic demonstrated superior pulmonary delivery of the active drug.
NK-1 Program
In November 2009, we acquired rolapitant and other neurokinin-1 (“NK-1”) assets from Schering Plough Corporation. In December 2010, we exclusively out-licensed the development, manufacture and commercialization of our lead NK-1 candidate, rolapitant, to TESARO, Inc. (“TESARO”). Rolapitant, a potent and selective competitive antagonist of the NK-1 receptor, had successfully completed phase 2 clinical testing for prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, or CINV, and post-operative induced nausea and vomiting. In December 2013, TESARO also announced successful achievement of the primary endpoint in each of two phase 3 trials of rolapitant for prevention of CINV. TESARO submitted its NDA to the FDA for approval of oral rolapitant in September 2014. Under the terms of the license, we are eligible to receive up-front and milestone payments of up to $121 million, double digit tiered royalties on sales of licensed product, as well as a share of future profits from the commercialization of licensed products in Japan, and an option to market the products in Latin America. In addition, we acquired an equity position in TESARO.
Commercial Operations
We also intend to continue to leverage our global commercialization expertise to pursue acquisitions of commercial businesses that will both drive our growth and provide geographically diverse sales and distribution opportunities, particularly outside of the U.S. At a time of slowing pharmaceutical sales growth in many mature countries, the expansion in many emerging markets has led to higher sales growth rates and an increasing contribution to the industry’s global performance. As a result, we expect that emerging markets will continue to be a growing part of our business strategy, contributing both attractive revenue growth and cash flow to support our development programs.
In January 2014 and February 2013, we completed the acquisitions of Laboratorio Arama de Uruguay Limitada (“OPKO Uruguay Ltda.”), an Uruguayan entity domiciled in Montevideo, and Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos Ltda. (“OPKO Brazil”), a Brazilian entity domiciled in Sao Paulo, respectively. OPKO Uruguay Ltda. and OPKO Brazil will expand our presence in Latin America and complement the business activities of our operations in Chile and Mexico, as well as facilitate future market entry for our products in development.
In December 2012, we completed the acquisition of OPKO Lab, a Nashville-based CLIA-certified laboratory with several phlebotomy sites throughout the U.S. and an experienced national sales force calling primarily on urologists. In addition to continuing to operate as a full-service medical laboratory specializing in urologic pathology, OPKO Lab provides us with a commercial platform to support the U.S. commercial launch of the 4Kscore as an LDT and may be helpful in speeding the development and introduction of other important tests.
In August 2012, we completed the acquisition of Farmadiet Group Holding, S.L. (“OPKO Health Europe”), a Spanish company with 20 years of experience engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and veterinary products in Europe.
In April 2012, we completed the acquisition of ALS Distribuidora Limitada (“ALS”), a privately-held Chilean pharmaceutical company engaged in the business of importation, commercialization and distribution of pharmaceutical products for private markets in Chile. ALS started operations in 2009 as the exclusive product distributor of Arama Laboratorios y Compañía Limitada (“Arama”), a company with more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical products market. In connection with the transaction, OPKO acquired all of the product registrations and trademarks previously owned by Arama, as well as the Arama name.
In February 2010, we completed the acquisition of Pharmacos Exakta S.A. de C.V. (“Exakta-OPKO”), a Mexican pharmaceutical business engaged in the manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of ophthalmic and other pharmaceutical products to private and public customers in Mexico. Exakta-OPKO manufacturers and sells products primarily in the generics market in Mexico, although it has recently increased its focus on the development of proprietary products as well.
In October 2009, we completed the acquisition of Pharma Genexx, S.A. (“OPKO Chile”). OPKO Chile markets, sells and distributes pharmaceutical and natural products to the private, hospital, pharmacy and public institutional markets in Chile for a wide range of indications, including, cardiovascular products, vaccines, antibiotics, gastro-intestinal products, and hormones, among others.


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Strategic Investments
We have and may continue to make investments in other early stage companies that we perceive to have valuable proprietary technology and significant potential to create value for OPKO as a shareholder. At December 31, 2014, we also hold investments in Zebra Biologics, Inc. (“Zebra”), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of biosuperior antibody therapeutics and complex drugs, ARNO Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage company focused on the development of oncology drugs, OAO Pharmsynthez, a Russian pharmaceutical company traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange, RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapies using RNA-targeted technologies, SciVac Ltd, an Israeli company that produces a third-generation hepatitis B vaccine, Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing new treatments for viral diseases, ChromaDex Corporation, a provider of proprietary ingredients and products for the dietary supplement, food and beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc”), a publicly-traded medical technology company, Sevion Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company which discovers and develops entirely new therapeutic classes for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases, and Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc., a company engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of a line of motorized, non-invasive, whole body, periodic acceleration platforms.
Instrumentation Business
In October 2011, we completed the sale of our ophthalmic instrumentation business to OPTOS, Inc., a subsidiary of Optos plc.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, we incurred $83.6 million, $53.9 million, and $19.5 million, respectively, of research and development expenses related to our various product candidates. During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, our research and development expenses primarily consisted of OPKO Renal and OPKO Biologics development programs including expenses related to the ongoing phase 3 clinical trials for Rayaldee (CTAP101) and the development of hGH-CTP. During the year ended December 31, 2012, our research and development expenses primarily consisted of our molecular diagnostic programs and activities related to the development programs acquired from OPKO Diagnostics and CURNA.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We believe that technology innovation is driving breakthroughs in healthcare. We have adopted a comprehensive intellectual property strategy which blends the efforts to innovate in a focused manner with the efforts of our business development activities to strategically in-license intellectual property rights. We develop, protect, and defend our own intellectual property rights as dictated by the developing competitive environment. We value our intellectual property assets and believe we have benefited from early and insightful efforts at understanding diagnostics, as well as the disease and the molecular basis of potential pharmaceutical intervention.
We actively seek, when appropriate and available, protection for our products and proprietary information by means of U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and contractual arrangements. Patent protection in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic fields, however, can involve complex legal and factual issues. There can be no assurance that any steps taken to protect such proprietary information will be effective.
Because the patent positions of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics companies are highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions, the patents owned and licensed by us, or any future patents, may not prevent other companies from developing similar or therapeutically equivalent products or ensure that others will not be issued patents that may prevent the sale of our products or require licensing and the payment of significant fees or royalties. Furthermore, to the extent that any of our future products or methods are not patentable, that such products or methods infringe upon the patents of third parties, or that our patents or future patents fail to give us an exclusive position in the subject matter claimed by those patents, we will be adversely affected. We may be unable to avoid infringement of third party patents and may have to obtain a license, defend an infringement action, or challenge the validity of the patents in court. A license may be unavailable on terms and conditions acceptable to us, if at all. Patent litigation is costly and time consuming, and we may be unable to prevail in any such patent litigation or devote sufficient resources to even pursue such litigation.


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LICENSES AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Our strategy is to develop a portfolio of product candidates through a combination of internal development, acquisition, and external partnerships. Collaborations are key to our strategy and we continue to build relationships and forge partnerships in various areas where unmet medical need and commercial opportunities exist. In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of GHD in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born small for gestational age. Previously, we (or entities we have acquired) have completed strategic licensing transactions with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Academia Sinica, The Scripps Research Institute, TESARO, INEOS Healthcare, Arctic Partners, and Washington University, among others.
COMPETITION
The pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries are highly competitive and require an ongoing, extensive search for technological innovation. The industries are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and a strong emphasis on proprietary products. They also require, among other things, the ability to effectively discover, develop, test and obtain regulatory approvals for products, as well as the ability to effectively commercialize, market and promote approved products.
We intend to leverage our technological innovation and proprietary position to effectively compete in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets. We are seeking to commercialize our 4Kscore product in the U.S. in a laboratory setting and to capitalize on near-term commercialization opportunities for our proprietary diagnostic point-of-care system by transitioning laboratory-based tests, including the 4Kscore, PSA, vitamin D, and testosterone, to our point-of-care system. Numerous companies, however, including major pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies and specialized biotechnology companies, are engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products competitive with those that we intend to commercialize ourselves and through our partners. Competitors to our diagnostics business and laboratory business are many and include major diagnostic companies, reference laboratories, molecular diagnostic firms, universities and research institutions.
Most of these companies have substantially greater financial and other resources, larger research and development staffs and more extensive marketing and manufacturing organizations than ours. This enables them, among other things, to make greater research and development investments and efficiently utilize their research and development costs, as well as their marketing and promotion costs, over a broader revenue base. This also provides our competitors with a competitive advantage in connection with the highly competitive product acquisition and product in-licensing process, which may include auctions in which the highest bidder wins. Our competitors may also have more experience and expertise in obtaining marketing approvals from the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In addition to product development, testing, approval, and promotion, other competitive factors in the pharmaceutical industry include industry consolidation, product quality and price, product technology, reputation, customer service, and access to technical information.
Our ability to commercialize our pharmaceutical and diagnostic test product candidates and compete effectively will depend, in large part, on:
our ability to meet all necessary regulatory requirements to advance our product candidates through clinical trials and the regulatory approval process in the U.S. and abroad;
the perception by physicians and other members of the health care community of the safety, efficacy, and benefits of our products compared to those of competing products or therapies;
our ability to manufacture products we may develop on a commercial scale;
the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts;
the willingness of physicians to adopt a new diagnostic or treatment regimen represented by our technology;
our ability to secure reimbursement for our product candidates,
the price of the products we may develop and commercialize relative to competing products;
our ability to accurately forecast and meet demand for our product candidates if regulatory approvals are achieved;
our ability to develop a commercial scale infrastructure either on our own or with a collaborator, which would include expansion of existing facilities, including our manufacturing facilities, development of a sales and distribution network, and other operational and financial systems necessary to support our increased scale;


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our ability to maintain a proprietary position in our technologies; and
our ability to rapidly expand the existing information technology infrastructure and configure existing operational, manufacturing, and financial systems (on our own or with third party collaborators) necessary to support our increased scale, which would include existing or additional facilities and or partners.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The U.S. government regulates healthcare through various agencies, including but not limited to the following: (i) the FDA, which administers the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), as well as other relevant laws; (ii) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), which administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs; (iii) the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), which enforces various laws aimed at curtailing fraudulent or abusive practices, including by way of example, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark law, the Anti-Inducement Law, the Civil Money Penalty Law, and the laws that authorize the OIG to exclude healthcare providers and others from participating in federal healthcare programs; and (iv) the Office of Civil Rights, which administers the privacy aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. All of the aforementioned are agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Healthcare is also provided or regulated, as the case may be, by the Department of Defense through its TriCare program, the Department of Veterans Affairs, especially through the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, the Public Health Service within HHS under Public Health Service Act § 340B (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the Department of Justice through the Federal False Claims Act and various criminal statutes, and state governments under the Medicaid and other state sponsored or funded programs and their internal laws regulating all healthcare activities.
The testing, manufacture, distribution, advertising, and marketing of drug and diagnostic products and medical devices are subject to extensive regulation by federal, state, and local governmental authorities in the U.S., including the FDA, and by similar agencies in other countries. Any drug, diagnostic, or device product that we develop must receive all relevant regulatory approvals or clearances, as the case may be, before it may be marketed in a particular country.
Drug Development
The regulatory process, which includes overseeing preclinical studies and clinical trials of each pharmaceutical compound to establish its safety and efficacy and confirmation by the FDA that good laboratory, clinical, and manufacturing practices were maintained during testing and manufacturing, can take many years, requires the expenditure of substantial resources, and gives larger companies with greater financial resources a competitive advantage over us. Delays or terminations of clinical trials that we undertake would likely impair our development of product candidates. Delays or terminations could result from a number of factors, including stringent enrollment criteria, slow rate of enrollment, size of patient population, having to compete with other clinical trials for eligible patients, geographical considerations, and others.
Although accelerated pathways for approval exist for certain drugs, generally, FDA review processes can be lengthy and unpredictable, and we may encounter delays or rejections of our applications when submitted. Generally, in order to gain FDA approval, we must first conduct preclinical studies in a laboratory and in animal models to obtain preliminary information on a compound and to identify any safety problems. The results of these studies are submitted as part of an IND application that the FDA must review before human clinical trials of an investigational drug can commence.
Clinical trials are normally done in three sequential phases and generally take two to five years or longer to complete. Phase 1 consists of testing the drug product in a small number of humans, normally healthy volunteers, to determine preliminary safety and tolerable dose range. Phase 2 usually involves studies in a limited patient population to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug product in humans having the disease or medical condition for which the product is indicated, determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage, and identify possible common adverse effects and safety risks. Phase 3 consists of additional controlled testing at multiple clinical sites to establish clinical safety and effectiveness in an expanded patient population of geographically dispersed test sites to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship for administering the product and to provide an adequate basis for product labeling. Phase 4 clinical trials may be conducted after approval to gain additional experience from the treatment of patients in the intended therapeutic indication.
After completion of clinical trials of a new drug product, FDA and foreign regulatory authority marketing approval must be obtained. Assuming that the clinical data support the product’s safety and effectiveness for its intended use, a NDA is submitted to the FDA for its review. Generally, it takes one to three years to obtain approval. If questions arise during the FDA review process, approval may take a significantly longer period of time. The testing and approval processes require substantial time and effort and we may not receive approval on a timely basis, if at all, or the approval that we receive may be for a narrower indication than we had originally sought, potentially undermining the commercial viability of the product. Even if regulatory approvals are obtained, a marketed product is subject to continual review, and later discovery of previously unknown problems or failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements may result in restrictions on the marketing of a


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product or withdrawal of the product from the market as well as possible civil or criminal sanctions. For marketing outside the U.S., we also will be subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing human clinical trials and marketing approval for pharmaceutical products. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country.
None of our pharmaceutical products under development have been approved for marketing in the U.S. or elsewhere. We may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for any such products under development in a timely manner, if at all. Failure to obtain requisite governmental approvals or failure to obtain approvals of the scope requested will delay or preclude us, or our licensees or marketing partners, from marketing our products, or limit the commercial use of our products, and thereby would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. See “Risk Factors — The results of pre-clinical trials and previous clinical trials for our products may not be predictive of future results, and our current and planned clinical trials may not satisfy the requirements of the FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities.”
Device Development
Devices are subject to varying levels of premarket regulatory control, the most comprehensive of which requires that a clinical evaluation be conducted before a device receives approval for commercial distribution. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes: Class I devices are relatively simple and can be manufactured and distributed with general controls; Class II devices are somewhat more complex and require greater scrutiny; Class III devices are new and frequently help sustain life.
In the U.S., a company generally can obtain permission to distribute a new device in one of two ways. The first applies to any device that is substantially equivalent to a device first marketed prior to May 1976, or to another device marketed after that date, but which was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 1976 device. These devices are either Class I or Class II devices. To obtain FDA permission to distribute the device, a company generally must submit a section 510(k) submission, and receive an FDA order finding substantial equivalence to a predicate device (pre-May 1976 or post-May 1976 device that was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 1976 device) and permitting commercial distribution of that device for its intended use. A 510(k) submission must provide information supporting a claim of substantial equivalence to the predicate device. If clinical data from human experience are required to support the 510(k) submission, these data must be gathered in compliance with investigational device exemption (“IDE”), regulations for investigations performed in the U.S. The 510(k) process is normally used for products of the type that the Company proposes distributing. The FDA review process for premarket notifications submitted pursuant to section 510(k) takes, on average, about 90 days, but it can take substantially longer if the FDA has concerns, and there is no guarantee that the FDA will “clear” the device for marketing, in which case the device cannot be distributed in the U.S. There is also no guarantee that the FDA will deem the applicable device subject to the 510(k) process, as opposed to the more time-consuming, resource-intensive and problematic, PMA process described below.
The second, more comprehensive, PMA process, which can take a year or longer, applies to a new device that is not substantially equivalent to a pre-1976 product or that is to be used in supporting or sustaining life or preventing impairment. These devices are normally Class III devices. For example, most implantable devices are subject to the approval process. Two steps of FDA approval are generally required before a company can market a product in the U.S. that is subject to approval, as opposed to clearance. First, a company must comply with IDE regulations in connection with any human clinical investigation of the device. These regulations permit a company to undertake a clinical study of a “non-significant risk” device without formal FDA approval. Prior express FDA approval is required if the device is a significant risk device. Second, the FDA must review the company’s PMA application, which contains, among other things, clinical information acquired under the IDE. The FDA will approve the PMA application if it finds there is reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended use. The PMA process takes substantially longer than the 510(k) process and it is conceivable that the FDA would not agree with our assessment that a device that we propose to distribute should be a Class I or Class II device. If that were to occur we would be required to undertake the more complex and costly PMA process. However, for either the 510(k) or the PMA process, the FDA could require us to run clinical trials, which would pose all of the same risks and uncertainties associated with the clinical trials of drugs, described above.
Even when a clinical study has been approved by the FDA or deemed approved, the study is subject to factors beyond a manufacturer’s control, including, but not limited to the fact that the institutional review board at a given clinical site might not approve the study, might decline to renew approval which is required annually, or might suspend or terminate the study before the study has been completed. Also, the interim results of a study may not be satisfactory, leading the sponsor to terminate or suspend the study on its own initiative or the FDA may terminate or suspend the study. There is no assurance that a clinical study at any given site will progress as anticipated; there may be an insufficient number of patients who qualify for the study or who agree to participate in the study or the investigator at the site may have priorities other than the study. Also, there can be no assurance that the clinical study will provide sufficient evidence to assure the FDA that the product is safe and effective, a prerequisite for FDA approval of a PMA, or substantially equivalent in terms of safety and effectiveness to a predicate device, a


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prerequisite for clearance under 510(k). Even if the FDA approves or clears a device, it may limit its intended uses in such a way that manufacturing and distributing the device may not be commercially feasible. For marketing outside the U.S., we also will be subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and marketing approval for medical devices. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, device clearance/approval, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country. In addition to the regulatory clearance and approval processes described herein, the FDA periodically issues draft guidance documents designed to provide additional detail on or reform aspects of the 510(k) and PMA clearance and approval processes. To the extent the FDA finalizes and implements these documents, the average 510(k) and PMA submission requirements and review times may change and devices that might previously have been cleared under the 510(k) process may require approval under the PMA process (and vice-versa). Additionally, the Medical User Fee Amendments of 2012 authorized the FDA to collect user fees for the review of certain premarket submissions received on or after October 1, 2012, including 510(k) and PMA applications. These fees are intended to improve the device review process, but it is still too early to assess the actual impact on the industry.
After clearance or approval to market is given, the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies, upon the occurrence of certain events, are authorized under various circumstances to withdraw the clearance or approval or require changes to a device, its manufacturing process or its labeling or additional proof that regulatory requirements have been met.
A manufacturer of a device approved through the PMA is not permitted to make changes to the device, which affects its safety or effectiveness without first submitting a supplement application to its PMA and obtaining FDA approval for that supplement. In some instances, the FDA may require clinical trials to support a supplement application. A manufacturer of a device cleared through the 510(k) process must submit another premarket notification if it intends to make a change or modification in the device that could significantly affect the safety or effectiveness of the device, such as a significant change or modification in design, material, chemical composition, energy source or manufacturing process. Any change in the intended uses of a PMA device or a 510(k) device requires an approval supplement or cleared premarket notification. Exported devices are subject to the regulatory requirements of each country to which the device is exported, as well as certain FDA export requirements.
A company that intends to manufacture medical devices is required to register with the FDA before it begins to manufacture the device for commercial distribution. As a result, we and any entity that manufactures products on our behalf will be subject to periodic inspection by the FDA for compliance with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation requirements and other regulations. In the European Community, we will be required to maintain certain International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”), certifications in order to sell products and we or our manufacturers undergo periodic inspections by notified bodies to obtain and maintain these certifications. These regulations require us or our manufacturers to manufacture products and maintain documents in a prescribed manner with respect to design, manufacturing, testing and control activities. Further, we are required to comply with various FDA and other agency requirements for labeling and promotion. The Medical Device Reporting regulations require that we provide information to the FDA whenever there is evidence to reasonably suggest that a device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or, if a malfunction were to occur, could cause or contribute to a death or serious injury. In addition, the FDA prohibits us from promoting a medical device for unapproved indications.
Diagnostic Products
Our diagnostic products in development are subject to regulation by the FDA and similar international health authorities. We have an obligation to adhere to the FDA’s cGMP regulations. Additionally, we are subject to periodic FDA inspections, quality control procedures, and other detailed validation procedures. If the FDA finds deficiencies in the validation of our manufacturing and quality control practices, they may impose restrictions on marketing specific products until corrected.
Regulation by governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries may be a significant factor in how we develop, test, produce and market our diagnostic test products. Diagnostic tests like ours may not fall squarely within the regulatory approval process for pharmaceutical or device products as described above, and the regulatory pathway is not as clear. Although the FDA regulates in vitro diagnostic devices, some companies have successfully commercialized diagnostic tests for various conditions and disease states without seeking clearance or approval for such tests through a 510(k) or PMA approval process. These tests are known as laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”) and are designed, manufactured, and used within a single laboratory that is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (“CLIA”). CLIA is a federal law that regulates clinical laboratories that perform testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for diagnostic, preventative or treatment purpose. Such LDT testing is currently under the purview of CMS and state agencies that provide oversight of the safe and effective use of LDTs.
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2014: (1) Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests (the “Framework Guidance”); and (2) FDA Notification and Medical Device Reporting for Laboratory Developed Tests (the “Notification Guidance”). The Framework Guidance outlines the FDA’s plan to adopt over time a risk-based approach to regulating LDTs whereby different classifications of LDTs would be subject to different levels of FDA oversight and enforcement, including, for example, prohibitions on adulteration and misbranding, establishment registration and device listing, premarket notification, banned devices, records and reports, good manufacturing practices, adverse event reporting, premarket review of safety, effectiveness, and clinical validity, and quality system requirements. The Notification Guidance is intended to explain how clinical laboratories should notify the FDA of the LDTs they develop and how to satisfy Medical Device Reporting requirements.
If finalized, the Framework Guidance and the Notification Guidance may have a materially adverse affect on the time, cost, and risk associated with the Company's development and commercialization of LDTs for the U.S. market, and there can be no assurance that clearances or approvals sought by the Company will be granted and maintained. However, the FDA’s authority to regulate LDTs continues to be challenged, and the timeline and process for finalizing the draft guidance documents is unknown. We will continue to monitor changes to all domestic and international LDT regulatory policy so as to ensure compliance with the current regulatory scheme.
CLIA Laboratories
Our CLIA certified laboratories are subject to CLIA regulations, which are designed to ensure the quality and reliability of clinical laboratories by mandating specific standards in the areas of personnel qualifications, administration and participation in proficiency testing, patient test management, quality control, quality assurance and inspections. Laboratories must undergo on-site surveys at least every two years, which may be conducted by the Federal CLIA program or by a private CMS approved accrediting agency. The sanction for failure to comply with CLIA requirements may be suspension, revocation or limitation of a laboratory’s CLIA certificate, which is necessary to conduct business, as well as significant fines and/or criminal penalties. We are also subject to regulation of laboratory operations under state clinical laboratory laws. State clinical laboratory laws may require that laboratories and/or laboratory personnel meet certain qualifications, specify certain quality controls or require maintenance of certain records. Certain states, such as California and Florida, each require that we obtain licenses to test specimens from patients residing in those states and additional states may require similar licenses in the future. Only Washington and New York State are exempt under CLIA, as these states have established laboratory quality standards at least as stringent as CLIA’s. Potential sanctions for violation of these statutes and regulations include significant fines and the suspension or loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations.
Impact of Regulation
The FDA in the course of enforcing the FDCA may subject a company to various sanctions for violating FDA regulations or provisions of the FDCA, including requiring recalls, issuing Warning Letters, seeking to impose civil money penalties, seizing devices that the agency believes are non-compliant, seeking to enjoin distribution of a specific type of device or other product, seeking to revoke a clearance or approval, seeking disgorgement of profits and seeking to criminally prosecute a company and its officers and other responsible parties.
The levels of revenues and profitability of biopharmaceutical companies may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and third party payers to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the U.S., there have been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental control. In addition, in the U.S. and elsewhere, sales of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products are dependent in part on the availability and adequacy of reimbursement from third party payers, such as the government or private insurance plans. Third party payers are increasingly challenging established prices, and new products that are more expensive than existing treatments may have difficulty finding ready acceptance unless there is a clear therapeutic benefit. On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (“PAMA”) was enacted into law. Under PAMA, Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests will be established by calculating a weighted mean of private payer rates starting in 2017. Further, applicable laboratories will be required to report payment rates for covered tests starting in 2016. Failure to report such data may result in a civil money penalty in an amount of up to $10,000 per day. It is anticipated that the market-based payment system will result in lower reimbursement rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. Even though the permitted annual decrease will be capped through 2022, the cap does not apply to new tests or new advanced diagnostic tests. We cannot assure you that any of our products will be considered cost effective, or that reimbursement will be available or sufficient to allow us to sell them competitively and profitably.


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State and Federal Security and Privacy Regulations
The privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 ( the “HITECH Act”, and collectively, “HIPAA”), establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the uses and disclosures of protected health information, or PHI, by health plans and health care providers, in addition to setting standards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic PHI. The regulations establish a complex regulatory framework on a variety of subjects, including:
the circumstances under which uses and disclosures of PHI are permitted or required without a specific authorization by the patient, including but not limited to treatment purposes, to obtain payments for services and health care operations activities;
a patient’s rights to access, amend and receive an accounting of certain disclosures of PHI;
the content of notices of privacy practices for PHI; and
administrative, technical and physical safeguards required of entities that use or receive PHI electronically.

The final “omnibus” rule implementing the HITECH Act took effect on March 26, 2013. The rule is broad in scope, but certain provisions are particularly significant in light of our business operations. For example, the final “omnibus” rule implementing the HITECH Act:
Makes clear that situations involving impermissible access, acquisition, use or disclosure of protected health information are now presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity or business associate is able to demonstrate that there is a low probability that the information has been compromised;
Defines the term “business associate” to include subcontractors and agents that receive, create, maintain or transmit protected health information on behalf of the business associate;
Establishes new parameters for covered entities and business associates on uses and disclosures of PHI for
fundraising and marketing; and
Establishes clear restrictions on the sale of PHI without patient authorization.
As a provider of clinical laboratory services and as we launch commercial diagnostic tests, we must continue to implement policies and procedures related to compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as required by law. The privacy and security regulations provide for significant fines and other penalties for wrongful use or disclosure of PHI, including potential civil and criminal fines and penalties.
Anti-Kickback Laws, Physician Self-Referral Laws, False Claims Act, Civil Monetary Penalties
We are also subject to various federal, state, and international laws pertaining to health care “fraud and abuse,” including anti-kickback laws and false claims laws. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits anyone from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or paying any remuneration with the intent to refer, or to arrange for the referral or order of, services or items payable under a federal health care program, including the purchase or prescription of a particular drug or the use of a service or device. Recognizing that the Anti-Kickback Statute is broad and may technically prohibit many innocuous or beneficial arrangements, Congress authorized the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, or OIG, to issue a series of regulations, known as “safe harbors.” These safe harbors set forth requirements that, if met in their entirety, will assure health care providers and other parties that they will not be prosecuted under the Anti-Kickback Statute. The failure of a transaction or arrangement to fit precisely within one or more safe harbors does not necessarily mean that it is illegal, or that prosecution will be pursued. However, conduct and business arrangements that do not fully satisfy each applicable safe harbor may result in increased scrutiny by government enforcement authorities, such as the OIG.
Violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute are punishable by the imposition of criminal fines, civil money penalties, treble damages, and/or exclusion from participation in federal health care programs. Many states have also enacted similar anti-kickback laws. The Anti-Kickback Statute and similar state laws and regulations are expansive. If the government were to allege against or convict us of violating these laws, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and our stock price. Even an unsuccessful challenge could cause adverse publicity and be costly to respond to, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We will consult counsel concerning the potential application of these and other laws to our business and our sales, marketing and other activities and will make good faith efforts to comply with them. However, given the broad reach of federal and state


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anti-kickback laws and the increasing attention given by law enforcement authorities, we are unable to predict whether any of our activities will be challenged or deemed to violate these laws.
We are also subject to the physician self-referral laws, commonly referred to as the Stark law, which is a strict liability statute that generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to providers of “designated health services,” including clinical laboratories, with whom the physician or the physician’s immediate family member has an ownership interest or compensation arrangement, unless an applicable exception applies. Moreover, many states have adopted or are considering adopting similar laws, some of which extend beyond the scope of the Stark law to prohibit the payment or receipt of remuneration for the prohibited referral of patients for designated healthcare services and physician self-referrals, regardless of the source of the payment for the patient’s care. If it is determined that certain of our practices or operations violate the Stark law or similar statutes, we could become subject to civil and criminal penalties, including exclusion from the Medicare programs and loss of government reimbursement. The imposition of any such penalties could harm our business.
Another development affecting the health care industry is the increased use of the federal civil False Claims Act and, in particular, actions brought pursuant to the False Claims Act’s “whistleblower” or “qui tam” provisions. The False Claims Act, as amended by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, imposes liability on any person or entity who, among other things, knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment by a federal health care program. We submit claims for services performed at our laboratories. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act allow a private individual to bring actions on behalf of the federal government alleging that the defendant has submitted a false claim to the federal government, and to share in any monetary recovery. In recent years, the number of suits brought by private individuals has increased dramatically. In addition, various states have enacted false claim laws analogous to the False Claims Act. Many of these state laws apply where a claim is submitted to any third-party payor and not merely a federal health care program. When an entity is determined to have violated the False Claims Act, it may be required to pay up to three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus civil penalties for each separate false claim. There are many potential bases for liability under the False Claims Act. Liability arises, primarily, when an entity knowingly submits, or causes another to submit, a false claim for reimbursement to the federal government. The False Claims Act has been used to assert liability on the basis of inadequate care, kickbacks and other improper referrals, improper use of Medicare numbers when detailing the provider of services, and allegations as to misrepresentations with respect to the services rendered. Our activities relating to the sale and marketing of our products may be subject to scrutiny under these laws. We are unable to predict whether we would be subject to actions under the False Claims Act or a similar state law, or the impact of such actions. However, the costs of defending such claims, as well as any sanctions imposed, could significantly adversely affect our financial performance.
Further, federal law prohibits any entity from offering or transferring to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration that the entity knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s selection of a particular provider, practitioner or supplier of Medicare or Medicaid payable items or services, including waivers of copayments and deductible amounts (or any part thereof) and transfers of items or services for free or for other than fair market value. Entities found in violation may be liable for civil monetary penalties of up to $10,000 for each wrongful act. Although we believe that our sales and marketing practices are in material compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, relevant regulatory authorities may disagree and violation of these laws, or, our exclusion from such programs as Medicaid and other governmental programs as a result of a violation of such laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
We are also subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), which prohibits corporations and individuals from paying, offering to pay, or authorizing the payment of anything of value to any foreign government official, government staff member, political party, or political candidate in an attempt to obtain or retain business or to otherwise influence a person working in an official capacity. The FCPA also requires public companies to make and keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect their transactions and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls. Our international activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors, even though they may not always be subject to our control. We discourage these practices by our employees and agents. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Any failure by us to adopt appropriate compliance procedures and ensure that our employees and agents comply with the FCPA and applicable laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial penalties or restrictions on our ability to conduct business in certain foreign jurisdictions.


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MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY
Other than our facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico, Nesher, Israel, and Banyoles, Spain, we currently have no pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. We have entered into agreements with various third parties for the formulation and manufacture of our pharmaceutical clinical supplies. These suppliers and their manufacturing facilities must comply with FDA regulations, current good laboratory practices (“cGLPs”) and current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”). We plan to outsource the manufacturing and formulation of our clinical supplies.
The FDA and similar regulatory bodies may inspect our facilities and the facilities of those who manufacture on our behalf worldwide. If the FDA or similar regulatory bodies inspecting our facilities or the facilities of our suppliers find regulatory violations in manufacturing and quality control practices or procedures they may require us to cease partial or complete manufacturing operations until the violations are corrected. They may also impose restrictions on distribution of specific products until the violations are corrected.
Our point-of-care diagnostic system consists of a disposable test cassette and an analyzer. We prepare all necessary test reagents and assemble and package the disposable cassettes at our facility in Woburn, Massachusetts. We rely on third parties for the manufacture of the analyzer.
We are committed to providing high quality products to our customers, and we plan to meet this commitment by working diligently to continue implementing updated and improved quality systems and concepts throughout our organization.
SALES & MARKETING
We currently do not have pharmaceutical or diagnostics sales or marketing personnel in the U.S. other than the sales force for the OPKO Lab business, and we have limited personnel in Chile, Spain, Mexico, Israel, Uruguay and Brazil. In order to commercialize any pharmaceutical or diagnostic products that are approved for commercial sale, we must either build a sales and marketing infrastructure or collaborate with third parties with sales and marketing experience.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2014, we had 674 full-time employees worldwide. None of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. We require all employees, including our principal executive officer and principal accounting officer and other senior officers and our employee directors, to read and to adhere to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in discharging their work-related responsibilities. Employees are required to report any conduct that they believe in good faith to be an actual or apparent violation of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at http://www.OPKO.com.
Available Information
We make available free of charge on or through our web site, at www.opko.com, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with the SEC. Additionally, the public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C., 20549. Information regarding operation of the Public Reference Room is available by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Information that we file with the SEC is also available at the SEC’s Web-site at www.sec.gov.

ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS.
You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as other information contained in this report, including the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The occurrence of any of the events discussed below could significantly and adversely affect our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
We have a history of operating losses and we do not expect to become profitable in the near future.


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We are a healthcare company with a limited operating history. We are not profitable and have incurred losses since our inception. We do not anticipate that we will generate revenue from the sale of proprietary pharmaceutical products or certain of our diagnostic products for some time and we have generated only limited revenue from our pharmaceutical operations in Chile, Mexico, Israel, Spain, and Uruguay, from our ophthalmic instrumentation business, which we sold in October 2011, and from sale of the 4Kscore. Although we launched sales of 4Kscore in 2014, and we plan to launch certain other diagnostics products in the near future, we may not generate substantial revenue from the sale of these products for some time or at all. We have not yet submitted any pharmaceutical products for marketing approval or clearance by regulatory authorities and we do not currently have rights to any pharmaceutical product candidates that have been approved for marketing, other than those products sold by our Chilean, Mexican, Israeli, Spanish, and Uruguayan subsidiaries. We continue to incur research and development and general and administrative expenses related to our operations and, to date, we have devoted most of our financial resources to research and development, including our pre-clinical development activities and clinical trials. We expect to continue to incur losses from our operations for the foreseeable future, and we expect these losses to increase as we continue our research activities and conduct development of, and seek regulatory approvals and clearances for, our product candidates, and prepare for and begin to commercialize any approved or cleared products. If our product candidates fail in clinical trials or do not gain regulatory approval or clearance, or if our product candidates do not achieve market acceptance, we may never become profitable. In addition, if we are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), to perform studies in addition to those we currently anticipate, our expenses will increase beyond current expectations and the timing of any potential product approval may be delayed. Even if we achieve profitability in the future, we may not be able to sustain profitability in subsequent periods.
We may require substantial additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
We are advancing and intend to continue to advance multiple product candidates through clinical and pre-clinical development. As of December 31, 2014, we have cash and cash equivalents of $96.9 million. In January 2015, we completed our exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP. Under the terms of the agreements with Pfizer, we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to a regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®. We are responsible for development expense under the agreement up to an agreed cap which may be exceeded in certain circumstances.
We believe we have sufficient cash and cash equivalents on hand or available to us through lines of credit to meet our anticipated cash requirements for operations and debt service beyond the next 12 months. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong or subject to change, and we may be required to use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect or curtail aspects of our operations in order to preserve our capital. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our product candidates and the success of our relationship with Pfizer, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated clinical trials. Our future capital requirements will depend on a number of factors, including the continued progress of our research and development of product candidates, the timing and outcome of clinical trials and regulatory approvals, the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending, and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights, the status of competitive products, the availability of financing, and our success in developing markets for our product candidates.
Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenue to finance our cash requirements, which we may never do, we expect to finance future cash needs primarily through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or strategic collaborations. Our ability to obtain additional capital may depend on prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors beyond our control. Disruptions in the U.S. and global financial markets may adversely impact the availability and cost of credit, as well as our ability to raise money in the capital markets. Economic conditions have been, and continue to be, volatile. Continued instability in these market conditions may limit our ability to replace, in a timely manner, maturing liabilities and access the capital necessary to fund and grow our business. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations, liquidity, capital resources and financial condition. If we are not able to secure additional funding when needed, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our clinical trials or research and development programs. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience additional significant dilution, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. To the extent that we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights to our technologies or our product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. We may seek to access the public or private capital markets whenever conditions are favorable, even if we do not have an immediate need for additional capital at that time.


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The conversion and redemption features of our 2033 Senior Notes are classified as embedded derivatives and may continue to result in volatility in our financial statements, including having a material impact on our results of operations and the derivative liability recorded.
The conversion rights and redemption options of our 2033 Senior Notes are classified as embedded derivatives and as a result, are marked-to-market to reflect their fair value at each reporting period. The fair value of the embedded derivatives is influenced by a variety of factors, including the actual and anticipated behavior of the holders of the 2033 Senior Notes, the expected volatility of our Common Stock price and our Common Stock price as of the fair value measurement date. Some of these factors are outside of our control. As a result, changes in these factors may have a material impact on our results of operations and the derivative liability recorded in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Consequently, our financial statements may vary periodically, based on factors other than our revenues and expenses.
Our technologies are in an early stage of development and are unproven.
The effectiveness of our technologies is not well-known in, or accepted generally by, the clinical medical community. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully employ our technologies as therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventative solutions for any disease or condition. Our failure to establish the efficacy or safety of our technologies would have a material adverse effect on our business.
In addition, we have a limited operating history. Our operations to date have been primarily limited to organizing and staffing our company, developing our technology, and undertaking pre-clinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates. We have not yet obtained regulatory approvals for any of our pharmaceutical product or diagnostic candidates other than those products sold by our Chilean, Mexican, Israeli, Spanish, and Uruguayan subsidiaries. Consequently, any predictions you make about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history.
Our research and development activities may not result in commercially viable products.
Many of our product candidates are in the early stages of development and are prone to the risks of failure inherent in drug, diagnostic, and medical device product development. These risks further include the possibility that such products would:
be found to be ineffective, unreliable, or otherwise inadequate or otherwise fail to receive regulatory approval;
be difficult or impossible to manufacture on a commercial scale;
be uneconomical to market or otherwise not be effectively marketed;
fail to be successfully commercialized if adequate reimbursement from government health administration authorities, private health insurers, and other organizations for the costs of these products is unavailable;
be impossible to commercialize because they infringe on the proprietary rights of others or compete with products marketed by others that are superior; or
fail to be commercialized prior to the successful marketing of similar products by competitors.
The results of pre-clinical trials and previous clinical trials for our products may not be predictive of future results, and our current and planned clinical trials may not satisfy the requirements of the FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities.
Positive results from pre-clinical studies and early clinical trial experience should not be relied upon as evidence that later-stage or large-scale clinical trials will succeed. Likewise, there can be no assurance that the results of studies conducted by collaborators or other third parties will be viewed favorably or are indicative of our own future study results. We may be required to demonstrate with substantial evidence through well-controlled clinical trials that our product candidates are either (i) with respect to drugs or Class III devices, safe and effective for use in a diverse population of their intended uses or (ii) with respect to Class I or Class II devices, are substantially equivalent in terms of safety and effectiveness to devices that are already marketed under section 510(k) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Success in early clinical trials does not mean that future clinical trials will be successful because product candidates in later-stage clinical trials may fail to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities despite having progressed through initial clinical trials.
Further, our drug candidates may not be approved or cleared even if they achieve their primary endpoints in phase 3 clinical trials or registration trials. In addition our diagnostic test candidates may not be approved or cleared, as the case may be, even though clinical or other data are, in our view, adequate to support an approval or clearance. The FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities may disagree with our trial design and our interpretation of data from pre-clinical studies and


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clinical trials. In addition, any of these regulatory authorities may change requirements for the approval or clearance of a product candidate even after reviewing and providing comment on a protocol for a pivotal clinical trial that has the potential to result in FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities’ approval. Any of these regulatory authorities may also approve or clear a product candidate for fewer or more limited indications or uses than we request or may grant approval or clearance contingent on the performance of costly post-marketing clinical trials. The FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities may not approve the labeling claims necessary or desirable for the successful commercialization of our product candidates.
The results of our clinical trials may show that our product candidates may cause undesirable side effects, which could interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials, resulting in the denial of regulatory approval by the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities.
In light of widely publicized events concerning the safety risk of certain drug products, regulatory authorities, members of Congress, the Government Accounting Office, medical professionals, and the general public have raised concerns about potential drug safety issues. These events have resulted in the withdrawal of drug products, revisions to drug labeling that further limit use of the drug products, and establishment of risk management programs that may, for instance, restrict distribution of drug products. The increased attention to drug safety issues may result in a more cautious approach by the FDA to clinical trials. Data from clinical trials may receive greater scrutiny with respect to safety, which may make the FDA or other regulatory authorities more likely to terminate clinical trials before completion, or require longer or additional clinical trials that may result in substantial additional expense and a delay or failure in obtaining approval or approval for a more limited indication than originally sought.
Our business is substantially dependent on our ability to develop, launch and generate revenue from our diagnostic programs.
Our business is substantially dependent on our ability to develop and launch diagnostic tests based on our point-of-care diagnostics platform. In addition, our business is dependent on our ability to successfully commercialize the 4Kscore. We are committing significant research and development resources to the development of diagnostic tests, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to successfully launch these tests on anticipated timelines or at all. We have limited experience in developing, manufacturing, selling, marketing or distributing diagnostic tests. If we are not able to successfully develop, market or sell diagnostic tests we develop for any reason, including the failure to obtain any required regulatory approvals, we will not generate any revenue from the sale of such tests. Even if we are able to develop effective diagnostic tests for sale in the marketplace, a number of factors could impact our ability to sell such tests or generate any significant revenue from the sale of such tests, including without limitation:
our ability to establish and maintain adequate infrastructure to support the commercial launch and sale of our diagnostic tests, including establishing adequate laboratory space, information technology infrastructure, sample collection and tracking systems, electronic ordering and reporting systems and other infrastructure and hiring adequate laboratory and other personnel;
the success of the validation studies for our diagnostic tests under development and our ability to publish study results in peer-reviewed journals;
the availability of alternative and competing tests or products and technological innovations or other advances in medicine that cause our technologies to be less competitive;
the accuracy rates of such tests, including rates of false-negatives and/or false-positives;
concerns regarding the safety or effectiveness or clinical utility of our diagnostic tests;
changes in the regulatory environment affecting health care and health care providers, including changes in laws regulating laboratory testing and/or device manufacturers;
the extent and success of our sales and marketing efforts and ability to drive adoption of our diagnostic tests;
coverage and reimbursement levels by government payors and private insurers;
pricing pressures and changes in third-party payor reimbursement policies; and
intellectual property rights held by others or others infringing our intellectual property rights.
Our ability to successfully develop and commercialize certain of our diagnostic tests and LDTs will depend on our ability to successfully operate our CLIA-certified laboratory and maintain required regulatory licensures.


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In December 2012, we acquired a CLIA-certified laboratory through our acquisition of OPKO Lab. In order to successfully develop and commercialize certain diagnostic tests and LDTs, we must maintain our CLIA-certified laboratory and comply with all the CLIA requirements.
CLIA is designed to ensure the quality and reliability of clinical laboratories by mandating specific standards in the areas of personnel qualifications, administration and participation in proficiency testing, patient test management, quality control, quality assurance and inspections. The sanction for failure to comply with CLIA requirements may be suspension, revocation or limitation of a laboratory’s CLIA certificate, which is necessary to conduct business, as well as significant fines and/or criminal penalties. Laboratories must undergo on-site surveys at least every two years, which may be conducted by the Federal CLIA program or by a private CMS approved accrediting agency such as CAP, among others. OPKO Lab is also subject to regulation of laboratory operations under state clinical laboratory laws as will be any new CLIA-certified laboratory that we establish or acquire. State clinical laboratory laws may require that laboratories and/or laboratory personnel meet certain qualifications, specify certain quality controls or require maintenance of certain records. Certain states, such as California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, require that laboratories obtain licenses to test specimens from patients residing in those states and additional states may require similar licenses in the future. If we are unable to obtain and maintain licenses from states where required, we will not be able to process any samples from patients located in those states. Only Washington and New York States are exempt under CLIA, as these states have established laboratory quality standards at least as stringent as CLIA’s. Potential sanctions for violation of these statutes and regulations include significant fines and the suspension or loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
If we fail to comply with CLIA requirements, HHS or state agencies could require us to cease diagnostic testing. Even if it were possible for us to bring our laboratory back into compliance after failure to comply with such requirements, we could incur significant expenses and potentially lose revenues in doing so. Moreover, new interpretations of current regulations or future changes in regulations under CLIA may make it difficult or impossible for us to comply with the CLIA classification, which would significantly harm our business and materially adversely affect our financial condition.
It is also possible that we do not currently have adequate infrastructure in place for the demand of future LDTs or other diagnostic tests we develop. Failure to expand our current infrastructure and laboratories to support the development and commercialization of certain diagnostic tests could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
If our competitors develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less expensive than our future product candidates, our commercial opportunities will be negatively impacted.
The pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries are highly competitive and require an ongoing, extensive search for technological innovation. Numerous companies, including major pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies and specialized biotechnology companies, are engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products competitive with those that we intend to commercialize ourselves and through our partners. Competitors to our diagnostics business are many and include major diagnostic companies, reference laboratories, molecular diagnostic firms, universities and research institutions. Most of these companies have substantially greater financial and other resources, larger research and development staffs and more extensive marketing and manufacturing organizations than ours. Large pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, in particular, have extensive experience in clinical testing and in obtaining regulatory approvals or clearances for drugs, diagnostic tests, or medical devices. These companies also have significantly greater research and marketing capabilities than we do. Compared to us, many of our potential competitors have substantially greater capital resources, development resources, including personnel and technology, clinical trial experience, regulatory experience, expertise in prosecution of intellectual property rights, manufacturing and distribution experience, and sales and marketing experience.
We believe that our ability to successfully compete will depend on, among other things:
the results of our clinical trials;
our ability to recruit and enroll patients for our clinical trials;
the efficacy, safety and reliability of our product candidates;
the speed at which we develop our product candidates;
our ability to design and successfully execute appropriate clinical trials;
the timing and scope of regulatory approvals or clearances;
our ability to commercialize and market any of our product candidates that may receive regulatory approval or clearance;


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appropriate coverage and adequate levels of reimbursement under private and governmental health insurance plans, including Medicare;
our ability to protect intellectual property rights related to our products;
our ability to have our partners manufacture and sell commercial quantities of any approved products to the market; and
acceptance of future product candidates by physicians and other health care providers.
If our competitors market products that are more effective, safer, easier to use or less expensive than our future product candidates, if any, or that reach the market sooner than our future product candidates, if any, we may not achieve commercial success. In addition, the biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device industries are characterized by rapid technological change. Because our research approach integrates many technologies, it may be difficult for us to stay abreast of the rapid changes in each technology. If we fail to stay at the forefront of technological change, we may be unable to compete effectively. Technological advances or products developed by our competitors may render our technologies or product candidates obsolete or less competitive.
Our product development activities could be delayed or stopped.
We do not know whether our current or planned pre-clinical and clinical studies will be completed on schedule, or at all. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that our planned pre-clinical and clinical studies will begin on time or at all. The commencement of our planned clinical trials could be substantially delayed or prevented by several factors, including:
a limited number of, and competition for, suitable patients with the particular types of disease required for enrollment in our clinical trials or that otherwise meet the protocol’s inclusion criteria and do not meet any of the exclusion criteria;
a limited number of, and competition for, suitable serum or other samples from patients with particular types of disease required for our validation studies;
a limited number of, and competition for, suitable sites to conduct our clinical trials;
delay or failure to obtain FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities’ approval or agreement to commence a clinical trial;
delay or failure to obtain sufficient supplies of the product candidate for our clinical trials;
requirements to provide the drugs, diagnostic tests, or medical devices required in our clinical trial protocols or clinical trials at no cost or cost, which may require significant expenditures that we are unable or unwilling to make;
delay or failure to reach agreement on acceptable clinical trial agreement terms or clinical trial protocols with prospective sites or investigators; and
delay or failure to obtain institutional review board (“IRB”) approval to conduct or renew a clinical trial at a prospective site.
The completion of our clinical trials could also be substantially delayed or prevented by several factors, including:
slower than expected rates of patient recruitment and enrollment;
failure of patients to complete the clinical trial;
unforeseen safety issues;
lack of efficacy evidenced during clinical trials;
termination of our clinical trials by one or more clinical trial sites;
inability or unwillingness of patients or medical investigators to follow our clinical trial protocols; and
inability to monitor patients adequately during or after treatment.
Our clinical trials may be suspended or terminated at any time by the FDA, other regulatory authorities, the IRB for any given site, or us. Additionally, changes in regulatory requirements and guidance may occur and we may need to amend clinical trial protocols to reflect these changes with appropriate regulatory authorities. Amendments may require us to resubmit our clinical trial protocols to IRBs for re-examination, which may impact the costs, timing, or successful completion of a clinical


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trial. Any failure or significant delay in commencing or completing clinical trials for our product candidates could materially harm our results of operations and financial condition, as well as the commercial prospects for our product candidates.
The regulatory approval process is expensive, time consuming and uncertain and may prevent us or our collaboration partners from obtaining approvals for the commercialization of some or all of our product candidates.
The research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval, selling, marketing, and distribution of drug products, diagnostic products, or medical devices are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities, which regulations differ from country to country. In general, we are not permitted to market our product candidates in the U.S. until we receive approval of a NDA, a clearance letter under the premarket notification process, or 510(k) process, or an approval of a PMA from the FDA. We have not submitted a NDA or PMA application or premarket notification, nor have we received marketing approval or clearance for any of our proprietary pharmaceutical or diagnostic product candidates, other than a CE Mark for our point-of-care PSA test. Obtaining approval of a NDA or PMA can be a lengthy, expensive, and uncertain process. With respect to medical devices, while the FDA reviews and clears a premarket notification in as little as three months, there is no guarantee that our products will qualify for this more expeditious regulatory process, which is reserved for Class I and II devices, nor is there any assurance that even if a device is reviewed under the 510(k) process that the FDA will review it expeditiously or determine that the device is substantially equivalent to a lawfully marketed non-PMA device. If the FDA fails to make this finding, then we cannot market the device. In lieu of acting on a premarket notification, the FDA may seek additional information or additional data which would further delay our ability to market the product. Furthermore, we are not permitted to make changes to a device approved through the PMA or 510(k) which affects the safety or efficacy of the device without first submitting a supplement application to the PMA and obtaining FDA approval or cleared premarket notification for that supplement. In some cases, the FDA may require clinical trials to support a supplement application. In addition, failure to comply with FDA, non-U.S. regulatory authorities, or other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. regulatory requirements may, either before or after product approval or clearance, if any, subject our company to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions, including, but not limited to the following:
restrictions on the products, manufacturers, or manufacturing process;
adverse inspectional observations (Form 483), warning letters, or non-warning letters incorporating inspectional observations;
civil and criminal penalties;
injunctions;
suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals or clearances;
product seizures, detentions, or import bans;
voluntary or mandatory product recalls and publicity requirements;
total or partial suspension of production;
imposition of restrictions on operations, including costly new manufacturing requirements; and
refusal to approve or clear pending NDAs or supplements to approved NDAs, applications or pre-market notifications.
Regulatory approval of an NDA or NDA supplement, PMA, PMA supplement or clearance pursuant to a pre-market notification is not guaranteed, and the approval or clearance process, as the case may be, is expensive and may, especially in the case of an NDA or PMA application, take several years. The FDA also has substantial discretion in the drug and medical device approval and clearance process. Despite the time and expense exerted, failure can occur at any stage, and we could encounter problems that cause us to abandon clinical trials or to repeat or perform additional pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. The number of pre-clinical studies and clinical trials that will be required for FDA approval or clearance varies depending on the drug or medical device candidate, the disease or condition that the drug or medical device candidate is designed to address, and the regulations applicable to any particular drug or medical device candidate. The FDA can delay, limit or deny approval or clearance of a drug or medical device candidate for many reasons, including:
a drug candidate may not be deemed safe or effective;
a medical device candidate may not be deemed to be substantially equivalent to a lawfully marketed non-PMA device, in the case of a premarket notification;
the FDA may not find the data from pre-clinical studies and clinical trials sufficient;
the FDA may not approve our or our third-party manufacturer’s processes or facilities; or


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the FDA may change its approval or clearance policies or adopt new regulations.
Beyond these risks, there is also a possibility that our licensees or collaborators could decide to discontinue a study at any time for commercial, scientific or other reasons.
Regulation by governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries may be a significant factor in how we develop, test, produce and market our diagnostic test products. Diagnostic tests like ours may not fall squarely within the regulatory approval process for pharmaceutical or device products as described above, and the regulatory pathway is not as clear. It is possible that the diagnostic products developed by us or our collaborators will be regulated as medical devices by the FDA and comparable agencies of other countries and require either PMA or 510(k) clearance from the FDA prior to marketing. Some companies that have successfully commercialized diagnostic tests for various conditions and disease states have not sought clearance or approval for such tests through the traditional 510(k) or PMA processes, and have instead utilized a process involving LDTs through a CLIA- certified laboratory. CLIA is a federal law that regulates clinical laboratories that perform testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for diagnostic, preventative or treatment purpose. In such instances, the CLIA lab is solely responsible for the development, validation and commercialization of the assay.
Such LDT testing is currently under the purview of CMS and state agencies that provide oversight of the safe and effective use of LDTs. However, the FDA has consistently asserted that it has the regulatory authority to regulate LDTs despite historically exercising enforcement discretion. In furtherance of that position, the FDA issued two draft guidance documents in October 2014: (1) Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests (the “Framework Guidance”); and (2) FDA Notification and Medical Device Reporting for Laboratory Developed Tests (the “Notification Guidance”). The Framework Guidance outlines the FDA’s plan to adopt over time a risk-based approach to regulating LDTs whereby different classifications of LDTs would be subject to different levels of FDA oversight and enforcement, including, for example, prohibitions on adulteration and misbranding, establishment registration and device listing, premarket notification, banned devices, records and reports, good manufacturing practices, adverse event reporting, premarket review of safety, effectiveness, and clinical validity, and quality system requirements. The Notification Guidance is intended to explain how clinical laboratories should notify the FDA of the LDTs they develop and how to satisfy Medical Device Reporting requirements. If finalized, the Framework Guidance and the Notification Guidance may have a materially adverse affect on the time, cost, and risk associated with the Company's development and commercialization of LDTs for the U.S. market, and there can be no assurance that clearances or approvals sought by the Company will be granted and maintained. However, the FDA’s authority to regulate LDTs continues to be challenged, and the timeline and process for finalizing the draft guidance documents is unknown. We will continue to monitor changes to all domestic and international LDT regulatory policy so as to ensure compliance with the current regulatory scheme.
Our product candidates may have undesirable side effects and cause our approved products to be taken off the market.
If a product candidate receives marketing approval and we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by such products:
regulatory authorities may require the addition of labeling statements, specific warnings, a contraindication, or field alerts to physicians and pharmacies;
regulatory authorities may withdraw their approval of the product and require us to take our approved product off the market;
we may be required to change the way the product is administered, conduct additional clinical trials, or change the labeling of the product;
we may have limitations on how we promote our products;
sales of products may decrease significantly;
we may be subject to litigation or product liability claims; and
our reputation may suffer.
Any of these events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of the affected product or could substantially increase our commercialization costs and expenses, which in turn could delay or prevent us from generating significant revenues from its sale.
If the validity of an informed consent from a subject was to be challenged, it may negatively impact our product development efforts.
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are collected do not retain any proprietary or commercial rights to the data or samples or any discoveries derived from them. However, because we may collect data and samples from countries that are governed by a number of different regulatory regimes, there are many complex legal questions relating to the adequacy of informed consent that we must continually address. The adequacy of any given subject’s informed consent may be challenged in the future, and any given informed consent may prove unlawful or otherwise inadequate for our purposes. Any findings against us, or our clinical collaborators, could obligate us to stop using some of our clinical samples, which in turn may hinder our product development efforts. Such a result would also likely involve legal challenges that may consume our management and financial resources.
Our business will be heavily dependent on the success of phase 3 clinical trials for hGH-CTP and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) and our ability to achieve regulatory approvals for the marketing of these products and Rayaldee.
There is no assurance that phase 3 trials for hGH-CTP or Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) will continue to be successful or support marketing approval, or that we will be able to obtain marketing approval for either product, Rayaldee or any other product candidate we are developing. Before they can be marketed, our products in development must be approved by the FDA or similar foreign governmental agencies. The process for obtaining FDA approval is both time-consuming and costly, with no certainty of a successful outcome. Before obtaining regulatory approval for the sale of any drug candidate, we must conduct extensive preclinical tests and clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy in humans of our product candidates. Although hGH-CTP and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) have exhibited no serious adverse events associated with the drug administration in the clinical trials conducted to date, further testing or patient use may undermine those determinations or unexpected side effects may arise. A failure of any preclinical study or clinical trial can occur at any stage of testing. The results of preclinical and initial clinical testing of these products may not necessarily indicate the results that will be obtained from later or more extensive testing. It also is possible to suffer significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after obtaining promising results in earlier trials. If phase 3 clinical trials for hGH-CTP and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets) are not successful or we are unable to achieve regulatory approval for these products or Rayaldee, our business will be significantly adversely impacted, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We have limited sales and marketing experience for pharmaceutical products.
We do not have significant experience in undertaking the commercial launch of pharmaceutical products and, to date, have limited sales and marketing infrastructure and expertise. Substantial resources will continue to be required for us to promote the sale of any pharmaceutical product for which we may receive marketing clearance. There can be no assurance that we will be able to devote the necessary resources to our products under development sufficient to achieve market acceptance. Our failure to acquire or develop the skills and personnel necessary to successfully commercialize our products under development would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our inability to address quality control issues in a timely manner could delay the production and sale of our products.
We are committed to providing high quality products to our customers, and we plan to meet this commitment by working diligently to continue implementing updated and improved quality systems and concepts throughout our organization. We cannot assure you that we will not have quality control issues in the future, which may result in warning letters and citations from the FDA. If we receive any warning letters from the FDA in the future, there can be no assurances regarding the length of time or cost it will take us to resolve such quality issues to our satisfaction and to the satisfaction of the FDA. If our remedial actions are not satisfactory to the FDA, we may have to devote additional financial and human resources to our efforts, and the FDA may take further regulatory actions against us including, but not limited to, assessing civil monetary penalties or imposing a consent decree on us, which could result in further regulatory constraints, including the governance of our quality system by a third party. Our inability to resolve these issues or the taking of further regulatory action by the FDA may weaken our competitive position and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We manufacture pharmaceutical products in Mexico, Spain, and Israel. We also prepare necessary test reagents and assemble and package the cassettes for our point-of-care diagnostic system at our facility in Woburn, Massachusetts. Any quality control issues at our facilities may weaken our competitive position and have a material adverse effect on our business results of operations and financial condition.
We may not meet regulatory quality standards applicable to our manufacturing and quality processes, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
As a medical device manufacturer, we are required to register with the FDA and are subject to periodic inspection by the FDA for compliance with its Quality System Regulation (“QSR”) requirements, which require manufacturers of medical devices to adhere to certain regulations, including testing, quality control and documentation procedures. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements is subject to continual review and is monitored rigorously through periodic inspections by


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the FDA. In addition, most international jurisdictions have adopted regulatory approval and periodic renewal requirements for medical devices, and we must comply with these requirements in order to market our products in these jurisdictions. In the European Community, we are required to maintain certain ISO certifications in order to sell our products and must undergo periodic inspections by notified bodies to obtain and maintain these certifications. Further, some emerging markets rely on the FDA’s Certificate for Foreign Government (“CFG”) in lieu of their own regulatory approval requirements. Our failure, or our manufacturers’ failure to meet QSR ISO, or any other regulatory requirements or industry standards could delay production of our products and lead to fines, difficulties in obtaining regulatory clearances, recalls or other consequences, which could, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and our financial condition.
Even if we obtain marketing approvals or clearances for our product candidates, the terms of approvals and ongoing regulation of our products may limit how we manufacture and market our product candidates, which could materially impair our ability to generate anticipated revenues.
Once regulatory approval has been granted to market a product, the approved or cleared product and its manufacturer are subject to continual review. Any approved or cleared product may only be promoted for its indicated uses. In addition, if the FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities approve any of our product candidates for marketing, the labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, and promotion for the product will be subject to extensive regulatory requirements. We and the manufacturers of our products are also required to comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”) regulations or the FDA’s QSR regulations, which include requirements relating to quality control and quality assurance as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation. Moreover, device manufacturers are required to report adverse events by filing Medical Device Reports with the FDA, which reports are publicly available. Further, regulatory agencies must approve manufacturing facilities before they can be used to manufacture our products, and these facilities are subject to ongoing regulatory inspection. If we fail to comply with the regulatory requirements of the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities, or if previously unknown problems with our products, manufacturers, or manufacturing processes are discovered, we could be subject to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions. Furthermore, any limitation on indicated uses for a product candidate or our ability to manufacture and promote a product candidate could significantly and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
In addition, the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities may change their policies and additional regulations may be enacted that could prevent or delay marketing approval or clearance of our product candidates. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the U.S. or abroad. If we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we would likely not be permitted to market our future product candidates and we may not achieve or sustain profitability, which would materially impair our ability to generate anticipated revenues.
Even if we receive regulatory approval or clearance to market our product candidates, the market may not be receptive to our products.
Even if our product candidates obtain marketing approval or clearance, our products may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, health care payors and/or the medical community. We believe that the degree of market acceptance will depend on a number of factors, including:
timing of market introduction of competitive products;
safety and efficacy of our product compared to other products;
prevalence and severity of any side effects;
potential advantages or disadvantages over alternative treatments;
strength of marketing and distribution support;
price of our products, both in absolute terms and relative to alternative treatments;
availability of coverage and reimbursement from government and other third-party payors;
potential product liability claims;
limitations or warnings contained in a product’s regulatory authority-approved labeling; and
changes in the standard of care for the targeted indications for any of our product candidates, which could reduce the marketing impact of any claims that we could make following applicable regulatory authority approval.


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In addition, our efforts to educate the medical community and health care payors on the benefits of our product candidates may require significant resources and may never be successful. If our products do not gain market acceptance, it would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
If our future product candidates are not covered and eligible for reimbursement from government and third party payors, we may not be able to generate significant revenue or achieve or sustain profitability.
The coverage and reimbursement status of newly approved or cleared drugs and diagnostic tests is uncertain, and failure of our pharmaceutical products or diagnostic tests to be adequately covered by insurance and eligible for adequate reimbursement could limit our ability to market any future product candidates we may develop and decrease our ability to generate revenue from any of our existing and future product candidates that may be approved or cleared.
There is significant uncertainty related to the third-party coverage and reimbursement of newly approved or cleared drugs and diagnostic products. The commercial success of our existing and future product candidates in both domestic and international markets will depend in part on the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, including government payors, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs, managed care organizations, and other third-party payors. The government and other third-party payors are increasingly attempting to contain health care costs by limiting both insurance coverage and the level of reimbursement for new drugs and diagnostic tests and, as a result, they may not cover or provide adequate payment for our product candidates. These payors may conclude that our product candidates are less safe, less effective, or less cost-effective than existing or later-introduced products. These payors may also conclude that the overall cost of the procedure using one of our devices exceeds the overall cost of the competing procedure using another type of device, and third-party payors may not approve our product candidates for insurance coverage and adequate reimbursement. The failure to obtain coverage and adequate or any reimbursement for our product candidates, or health care cost containment initiatives that limit or restrict reimbursement for our product candidates, may reduce any future product revenue. Even though a drug (not administered by a physician) may be approved by the FDA, this does not mean that a Prescription Drug Plan (“PDP”), a private insurer operating under Medicare Part D, will list that drug on its formulary or will set a reimbursement level. PDPs are not required to make every FDA-approved drug available on their formularies. If our drug products are not listed on sufficient number of PDP formularies or if the PDPs’ levels of reimbursement are inadequate, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
Additionally, our failure to comply with applicable Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental payor rules could result in our inability to participate in a governmental payor program, our returning funds already paid to us, civil monetary penalties, criminal penalties and/or limitations on the operational function of our laboratory. If we were unable to receive reimbursement under a governmental payor program, a substantial portion of our revenues would be lost, which would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Our success is dependent to a significant degree upon the involvement and efforts of our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Frost, M.D.
Our success is dependent to a significant degree upon the efforts of our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Frost, M.D., who is essential to our business. The departure of our CEO for whatever reason or the inability of our CEO to continue to serve in his present capacity could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Our CEO has a highly regarded reputation in the pharmaceutical and medical industry and attracts business opportunities and assists both in negotiations with acquisition targets, investment targets, and potential joint venture partners. Our CEO has also provided financing to the Company, both in terms of a credit agreement and equity investments. If we lost his services, our relationships with acquisition and investment targets, joint ventures, and investors may suffer and could cause a material adverse impact on our operations, financial condition, and the value of our Common Stock.
If we fail to attract and retain key management and scientific personnel, we may be unable to successfully develop or commercialize our product candidates.
We will need to expand and effectively manage our managerial, operational, financial, development, and other resources in order to successfully pursue our research, development, and commercialization efforts for our product candidates. Our success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain, and motivate highly qualified management and pre-clinical and clinical personnel. The loss of the services or support of any of our senior management, particularly Dr. Phillip Frost, our Chairman of the Board and CEO, could delay or prevent the development and commercialization of our product candidates. We do not maintain “key man” insurance policies on the lives of any of our employees. We will need to hire additional personnel as we continue to expand our research and development activities and build a sales and marketing function.
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that may limit their availability to us. In addition, these advisors may have arrangements with other companies to assist those companies in developing products or technologies that may compete with ours.
We may not be able to attract or retain qualified management and scientific personnel in the future due to the intense competition for qualified personnel among biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic, and other similar businesses. If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel to accomplish our business objectives, we may experience constraints that will impede significantly the achievement of our research and development objectives, our ability to raise additional capital and our ability to implement our business strategy, which will adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In particular, if we lose any members of our senior management team, we may not be able to find suitable replacements in a timely fashion or at all and our business may be harmed as a result.
As we evolve from a company primarily involved in development to a company also involved in commercialization, we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth and expanding our operations successfully.
As we advance our product candidates through clinical trials, research, and development we will need to expand our development, regulatory, manufacturing, marketing, and sales capabilities or contracts with third parties to provide these capabilities for us. As our operations expand, we expect that we will need to manage additional relationships with such third parties, as well as additional collaborators and suppliers. Maintaining these relationships and managing our future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of our management. We must be able to: manage our development efforts effectively; manage our clinical trials effectively; hire, train and integrate additional management, development, administrative and sales and marketing personnel; improve our managerial, development, operational and finance systems; implement and manage an effective marketing strategy; and expand our facilities, all of which may impose a strain on our administrative and operational infrastructure.
Furthermore, we may acquire additional businesses, products or product candidates that complement or augment our existing business. Integrating any newly acquired business or product could be expensive and time-consuming. We may not be able to integrate any acquired business or product successfully or operate any acquired business profitably. Our future financial performance will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively and our ability to integrate any acquired businesses. 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, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
If we fail to acquire and develop other products or product candidates at all or on commercially reasonable terms, we may be unable to diversify or grow our business.
We intend to continue to rely on acquisitions and in-licensing as the source of our products and product candidates for development and commercialization. The success of this strategy depends upon our ability to identify, select, and acquire pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, drug delivery technologies, and medical device product candidates. Proposing, negotiating, and implementing an economically viable product acquisition or license is a lengthy and complex process. We compete for partnering arrangements and license agreements with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, and academic research institutions. Our competitors may have stronger relationships with third parties with whom we are interested in collaborating and/or may have more established histories of developing and commercializing products. Most of our competitors also have substantially greater financial and other resources than us. As a result, our competitors may have a competitive advantage in entering into partnering arrangements with such third parties, as such partnering arrangements are often decided in an auction process in which the highest bidder wins. In addition, even if we find promising product candidates, and generate interest in a partnering or strategic arrangement to acquire such product candidates, we may not be able to acquire rights to additional product candidates or approved products on terms that we find acceptable, or at all.
We expect that any product candidate to which we acquire rights will require additional development efforts prior to commercial sale, including extensive clinical testing and approval or clearance by the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities. All product candidates are subject to the risks of failure inherent in pharmaceutical, diagnostic test or medical device product development, including the possibility that the product candidate will not be shown to be sufficiently safe and effective for approval by regulatory authorities. Even if the product candidates are approved or cleared for marketing, we cannot be sure that they would be capable of economically feasible production or commercial success. If we fail to acquire or develop other product candidates that are capable of economically feasible production and commercial success, our business, results of operations and financial condition and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.
We have no experience manufacturing our pharmaceutical product candidates other than at our Israeli, Mexican, and Spanish facilities, and we have no experience in manufacturing our diagnostic product candidates; we therefore rely on third parties to manufacture and supply our pharmaceutical and diagnostic product candidates.


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If our manufacturing partners are unable to produce our products in the amounts that we require, we may not be able to establish a contract and obtain a sufficient alternative supply from another supplier on a timely basis and in the quantities we require. We expect to continue to depend on third-party contract manufacturers for the foreseeable future.
Our product candidates require precise, high quality manufacturing. Any of our contract manufacturers will be subject to ongoing periodic unannounced inspection by the FDA and other non-U.S. regulatory authorities to ensure strict compliance with QSR regulations for devices or cGMPs for drugs, and other applicable government regulations and corresponding standards relating to matters such as testing, quality control, and documentation procedures. If our contract manufacturers fail to achieve and maintain high manufacturing standards in compliance with QSR or cGMPs, we may experience manufacturing errors resulting in patient injury or death, product recalls or withdrawals, delays or interruptions of production or failures in product testing or delivery, delay or prevention of filing or approval of marketing applications for our products, cost overruns, or other problems that could seriously harm our business.
Any performance failure on the part of our contract manufacturers could delay clinical development or regulatory approval or clearance of our product candidates or commercialization of our future product candidates, depriving us of potential product revenue and resulting in additional losses. In addition, our dependence on a third party for manufacturing may adversely affect our future profit margins. Our ability to replace an existing manufacturer may be difficult because the number of potential manufacturers is limited and the FDA must approve any replacement manufacturer before it can begin manufacturing our product candidates. Such approval would result in additional non-clinical testing and compliance inspections. It may be difficult or impossible for us to identify and engage a replacement manufacturer on acceptable terms in a timely manner, or at all.
We currently have limited marketing staff and no pharmaceutical or diagnostic sales or distribution capabilities in the U.S. other than our sales force for our laboratory business and 4Kscore product based in Nashville, Tennessee. If we are unable to develop our sales, marketing and distribution capability on our own or through collaborations with marketing partners, we will not be successful in commercializing our pharmaceutical or diagnostic product candidates in the U.S.
We currently have no pharmaceutical or diagnostic test marketing, sales or distribution capabilities in the U.S. other than the sales force for the OPKO Lab business, and through our Mexican, Spanish, Chilean, and Uruguayan subsidiaries for sales in those countries and for sales of APIs by our Israeli subsidiary. If our pharmaceutical and diagnostic product candidates are approved, we intend to establish our sales and marketing organization with technical expertise and supporting distribution capabilities to commercialize our product candidates, which will be expensive and time-consuming. Any failure or delay in the development of any of our internal sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities would adversely impact the commercialization of our products. With respect to our existing and future product candidates, we may choose to collaborate with third parties that have direct sales forces and established distribution systems, either to augment our own sales force and distribution systems or in lieu of our own sales force and distribution systems. To the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other licensing arrangements, our product revenue and profit is likely to be lower than if we directly marketed or sold our products. In addition, any revenue we receive will depend in whole or in part upon the efforts of such third parties, which may not be successful and are generally not within our control. If we are unable to enter into such arrangements on acceptable terms or at all, we may not be able to successfully commercialize our existing and future product candidates. If we are not successful in commercializing our existing and future product candidates, either on our own or through collaborations with one or more third parties, our future product revenue will suffer and we may incur significant additional losses.
Independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations that we engage to conduct our clinical trials may not be diligent, careful or timely.
We depend on independent clinical investigators to conduct our clinical trials. Contract research organizations may also assist us in the collection and analysis of data. These investigators and contract research organizations will not be our employees, and we will not be able to control, other than by contract, the amount of resources, including time, that they devote to products that we develop. If independent investigators fail to devote sufficient resources to the development of product candidates or clinical trials, or if their performance is substandard, it will delay the marketing approval or clearance and commercialization of any products that we develop. Further, the FDA requires that we comply with standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practice, for conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity, and confidentiality of trial subjects are protected. If our independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations fail to comply with good clinical practice, the results of our clinical trials could be called into question and the clinical development of our product candidates could be delayed. Failure of clinical investigators or contract research organizations to meet their obligations to us or comply with federal regulations and good clinical practice procedures could adversely affect the clinical development of our product candidates and harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.


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If we fail to comply with complex and rapidly evolving laws and regulations, we could suffer penalties, be required to pay substantial damages or make significant changes to our operations.
We are subject to numerous federal and state regulations, including, but not limited to, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Physician Self-Referral Law, the False Claims Act, and HIPAA. If we fail to comply with existing or future applicable laws and regulations, we could suffer civil or criminal penalties, including the loss of our licenses to operate our laboratories and our ability to participate in federal and state healthcare programs. Although we believe that we are substantially compliant with all existing statutes and regulations applicable to our business, different interpretations and enforcement policies of these laws and regulations could subject our current practices to allegations of impropriety or illegality, or could require us to make significant changes to our operations. In addition, we cannot predict the impact of future legislation and regulatory changes on our business or assure that we will be able to obtain or maintain the regulatory approvals required to operate our business.
As a result of political, economic, and regulatory influences, the healthcare delivery industry in the U.S. is under intense scrutiny and subject to fundamental changes. We cannot predict which reform proposals will be adopted, when they may be adopted, or what impact they may have on us. The costs associated with complying with federal and state regulations could be significant and the failure to comply with any such legal requirements could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity.
Failure to timely or accurately bill for our services could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Billing for laboratory testing services is extremely complicated and is subject to extensive and non-uniform rules and administrative requirements. Depending on the billing arrangement and applicable law, we bill various payors, such as patients, insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, physicians, hospitals and employer groups. Changes in laws and regulations could increase the complexity and cost of our billing process. Additionally, in the U.S., third-party payors generally require billing codes on claims for reimbursement that describe the services provided. For laboratory services, the American Medical Association establishes most of the billing codes using a data code set called Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes. Each third-party payor generally develops payment amounts and coverage policies for their beneficiaries or members that ties to the CPT code established for the laboratory test and, therefore, coverage and reimbursement may differ by payor even if the same billing code is reported for claims filing purposes. For laboratory tests without a specific billing code, payors often review claims on a claim-by-claim basis and there are increased uncertainties as to coverage and eligibility for reimbursement.
Incorrect or incomplete documentation and billing information could result in non-payment for services rendered or having to pay back amounts incorrectly billed and collected. Further, the failure to timely or correctly bill could lead to various penalties, including: (1) exclusion from participation in CMS and other government programs; (2) asset forfeitures; (3) civil and criminal fines and penalties; and (4) the loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations necessary to operate our business, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows.
The success of our business may be dependent on the actions of our collaborative partners.
We have entered into and expect in the future to enter into collaborative arrangements with established multi-national pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device companies, which will finance or otherwise assist in the development, manufacture and marketing of products incorporating our technology. We anticipate deriving some revenues from research and development fees, license fees, milestone payments, and royalties from collaborative partners. Our prospects, therefore, may depend to some extent upon our ability to attract and retain collaborative partners and to develop technologies and products that meet the requirements of prospective collaborative partners. In addition, our collaborative partners may have the right to abandon research projects, guide strategy regarding prosecution of relevant patent applications and terminate applicable agreements, including funding obligations, prior to or upon the expiration of the agreed-upon research terms. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in establishing collaborative arrangements on acceptable terms or at all, that collaborative partners will not terminate funding before completion of projects, that our collaborative arrangements will result in successful product commercialization, or that we will derive any revenues from such arrangements. To the extent that we are unable to develop and maintain collaborative arrangements, we would need substantial additional capital to undertake research, development, and commercialization activities on our own.
Our exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer Inc. is important to our business. If we do not successfully develop hGH-CTP and/or Pfizer Inc. does not successfully commercialize hGH-CTP, our business could be adversely affected. In December 2014, we entered into a development and commercialization agreement with Pfizer relating to our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency in adults and children. Under the terms of the arrangement with Prizer, we are responsible for the development program and are obligated to pay for the development up to an agreed cap, which may be exceeded under certain circumstances. If we were required to exceed the agreed cap, it could have a material negative impact on the expected benefits to us from the Pfizer transaction and our overall financial condition. In the event that the


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parties are able to obtain regulatory approvals to market a product covered by the agreement, we will be substantially dependent on Pfizer for the successful commercialization of such product. The success of the collaboration arrangement with Pfizer is dependent in part on, among other things, the skills, experience and efforts of Pfizer’s employees responsible for the project, Pfizer’s commitment to the arrangement, and the financial condition of Pfizer, all of which are beyond our control. In the event that Pfizer, for any reason, including but not limited to early termination of the agreement, fails to devote sufficient resources to successfully develop and commercialize any product resulting from the collaboration arrangement, our ability to earn milestone payments or receive royalty or profit sharing payments would be adversely affected, which would have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and prospects.
If we are unable to obtain and enforce patent protection for our products, our business could be materially harmed.
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to protect proprietary methods and technologies that we develop or license under the patent and other intellectual property laws of the U.S. and other countries, so that we can prevent others from unlawfully using our inventions and proprietary information. However, we may not hold proprietary rights to some patents required for us to commercialize our product candidates. Because certain U.S. patent applications are confidential until patents issue, such as applications filed prior to November 29, 2000, or applications filed after such date for which nonpublication has been requested, third parties may have filed patent applications for technology covered by our pending patent applications without our being aware of those applications, and our patent applications may not have priority over those applications. For this and other reasons, we or our third-party collaborators may be unable to secure desired patent rights, thereby losing desired exclusivity. If licenses are not available to us on acceptable terms, we may not be able to market the affected products or conduct the desired activities, unless we challenge the validity, enforceability, or infringement of the third-party patent or otherwise circumvent the third-party patent.
Our strategy depends on our ability to rapidly identify and seek patent protection for our discoveries. In addition, we will rely on third-party collaborators to file patent applications relating to proprietary technology that we develop jointly during certain collaborations. The process of obtaining patent protection is expensive and time-consuming. If our present or future collaborators fail to file and prosecute all necessary and desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner, our business will be adversely affected. Despite our efforts and the efforts of our collaborators to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may be able to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary.
The issuance of a patent does not guarantee that it is valid or enforceable. Any patents we have obtained, or obtain in the future, may be challenged, invalidated, unenforceable, or circumvented. Moreover, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) may commence interference proceedings involving our patents or patent applications. In addition, court decisions may introduce uncertainty in the enforceability or scope of patents owned by biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Any challenge to, finding of unenforceability or invalidation or circumvention of, our patents or patent applications would be costly, would require significant time and attention of our management, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Our pending patent applications may not result in issued patents. The patent position of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and medical device companies, including ours, is generally uncertain and involves complex legal and factual considerations. The standards that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its foreign counterparts use to grant patents are not always applied predictably or uniformly and can change. There is also no uniform, worldwide policy regarding the subject matter and scope of claims granted or allowable in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, or medical device patents. Accordingly, we do not know the degree of future protection for our proprietary rights or the breadth of claims that will be allowed in any patents issued to us or to others. The legal systems of certain countries do not favor the aggressive enforcement of patents, and the laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S. Therefore, the enforceability or scope of our owned or licensed patents in the U.S. or in foreign countries cannot be predicted with certainty, and, as a result, any patents that we own or license may not provide sufficient protection against competitors. We may not be able to obtain or maintain patent protection for our pending patent applications, those we may file in the future, or those we may license from third parties.
While we believe that our patent rights are enforceable, we cannot assure you that any patents that have issued, that may issue, or that may be licensed to us will be enforceable or valid, or will not expire prior to the commercialization of our product candidates, thus allowing others to more effectively compete with us. Therefore, any patents that we own or license may not adequately protect our product candidates or our future products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.


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If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information and know-how, the value of our technology and products could be adversely affected.
In addition to patent protection, we also rely on other proprietary rights, including protection of trade secrets, know-how, and confidential and proprietary information. To maintain the confidentiality of trade secrets and proprietary information, we will seek to enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, and collaborators upon the commencement of their relationships with us. These agreements generally require that all confidential information developed by the individual or made known to the individual by us during the course of the individual’s relationship with us be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties. Our agreements with employees also generally provide that any inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us shall be our exclusive property.
However, we may not obtain these agreements in all circumstances, and individuals with whom we have these agreements may not comply with their terms. In the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our trade secrets or proprietary information, these agreements, even if obtained, may not provide meaningful protection, particularly for our trade secrets or other confidential information. To the extent that our employees, consultants, or contractors use technology or know-how owned by third parties in their work for us, disputes may arise between us and those third parties as to the rights in related inventions.
Adequate remedies may not exist in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our confidential information. The disclosure of our trade secrets would impair our competitive position and may materially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We will rely heavily on licenses from third parties. Failure to comply with the provisions of these licenses could result in the loss of our rights under the license agreements.
Many of the patents and patent applications in our patent portfolio are not owned by us, but are licensed from third parties. Such license agreements give us rights for the commercial exploitation of the patents resulting from the respective patent applications, subject to certain provisions of the license agreements. Failure to comply with these provisions could result in the loss of our rights under these license agreements. Our inability to rely on these patents and patent applications, which are the basis of our technology, would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We license patent rights to certain of our technology from third-party owners. If such owners do not properly maintain or enforce the patents underlying such licenses, our competitive position and business prospects will be harmed.
We have obtained licenses from, among others, INEOS Healthcare, Washington University, UT Southwestern, the President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Scripps Research Institute, Arctic Partners, and Academia Sinica, among others, that are necessary or useful for our business. In addition, we intend to enter into additional licenses of third-party intellectual property in the future. Although our goal is to obtain exclusivity in our licensing transactions, we cannot guarantee that no third parties will step forward and assert inventorship or ownership in our in-licensed patents. In some cases, we may rely on the assurances of our licensors that all ownership rights have been secured and that all necessary agreements are intact or forthcoming.
Our success will depend in part on our ability or the ability of our licensors to obtain, maintain, and enforce patent protection for our licensed intellectual property and, in particular, those patents to which we have secured exclusive rights in our field. We or our licensors may not successfully prosecute the patent applications which are licensed to us. Even if patents issue in respect of these patent applications, we or our licensors may fail to maintain these patents, may determine not to pursue litigation against other companies that are infringing these patents, or may pursue such litigation less aggressively than we would. Without protection for the intellectual property we have licensed, other companies might be able to offer substantially identical products for sale, which could adversely affect our competitive business position and harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Some jurisdictions may require us, or those from whom we license patents, to grant licenses to third parties. Such compulsory licenses could be extended to include some of our product candidates, which may limit our potential revenue opportunities.
Many countries, including certain countries in Europe, have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties. In addition, most countries limit the enforceability of patents against government agencies or government contractors. In these countries, the patent owner may be limited to monetary relief from an infringement and may be unable to enjoin infringement, which could materially diminish the value of the patent. If we or


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those from whom we license patents are required to issue compulsory licenses, it could materially adversely affect our business, results of operation and financial condition.
Our commercial success depends significantly on our ability to operate without infringing the patents and other proprietary rights of third parties.
Other entities may have or obtain patents or proprietary rights that could limit our ability to develop, manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale or import products, or impair our competitive position. In addition, other entities may have or obtain patents or proprietary rights that cover our current research and preclinical studies. While there are statutory exemptions to patent infringement for those who are using third party patented technology in the process of pursuing FDA regulatory approval, the U.S. case law pertaining to such exemptions changes over time. Lawsuits involving such exemptions are very fact intensive and it is currently unclear under U.S. case law whether preclinical studies would always qualify for such an exemption, and whether such exemptions would apply to research tools. To the extent that our current research and preclinical studies may be covered by the patent rights of others, the risk of suit may continue after such patents expire because the statute of limitations for patent infringement runs for six years. To the extent that a third party develops and patents technology that covers our products, we may be required to obtain licenses to that technology, which licenses may not be available or may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If licenses are not available to us on acceptable terms, we will not be able to market the affected products or conduct the desired activities, unless we challenge the validity, enforceability or infringement of the third-party patent, or circumvent the third-party patent, which would be costly and would require significant time and attention of our management. Third parties may have or obtain by license or assignment valid and enforceable patents or proprietary rights that could block us from developing products using our technology. Our failure to obtain a license to any technology that we require may materially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
If we become involved in patent litigation or other proceedings related to a determination of rights, we could incur substantial costs and expenses, substantial liability for damages or be required to stop our product development and commercialization efforts.
Third parties may sue us for infringing their patent rights. Likewise, we may need to resort to litigation to enforce a patent issued or licensed to us or to determine the scope and validity of proprietary rights of others. In addition, a third-party may claim that we have improperly obtained or used its confidential or proprietary information. Furthermore, in connection with our third-party license agreements, we generally have agreed to indemnify the licensor for costs incurred in connection with litigation relating to intellectual property rights. The cost to us of any litigation or other proceeding relating to intellectual property rights, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial, and the litigation would divert our management’s efforts. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of complex patent litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantially greater resources. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of any litigation could limit our ability to continue our operations. Our involvement in patent litigation and other proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
If any parties successfully claim that our creation or use of proprietary technologies infringes upon their intellectual property rights, we might be forced to pay damages, potentially including treble damages, if we are found to have willfully infringed on such parties’ patent rights. In addition to any damages we might have to pay, a court could require us to stop the infringing activity or obtain a license. Any license required under any patent may not be made available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, such licenses are likely to be non-exclusive and, therefore, our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. If we fail to obtain a required license and are unable to design around a patent, we may be unable to effectively market some of our technology and products, which could limit our ability to generate revenues or achieve profitability and possibly prevent us from generating revenue sufficient to sustain our operations.
We may become subject to product liability for our diagnostic tests, clinical trials, pharmaceutical products and medical device products.
Our success depends on the market’s confidence that we can provide reliable, high-quality pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics tests. Our reputation and the public image of our products or technologies may be impaired if our products fail to perform as expected or our products are perceived as difficult to use. Our products are complex and may develop or contain undetected defects or errors. Furthermore, if a future product candidate harms people, or is alleged to be harmful, we may be subject to costly and damaging product liability claims brought against us by clinical trial participants, consumers, health care providers, corporate partners or others. We have product liability insurance covering commercial sales of current products and our ongoing clinical trials. Any defects or errors could lead to the filing of product liability claims, which could be costly and time-consuming to defend and result in substantial damages. If we experience a sustained material defect or error, this could result in loss or delay of revenues, delayed market acceptance, damaged reputation, diversion of development resources, legal claims, increased insurance costs or increased service and warranty costs, any of which could


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materially harm our business. We cannot assure you that our product liability insurance would protect our assets from the financial impact of defending a product liability claim. A product liability claim could have a serious adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Adverse results in material litigation matters or governmental inquiries could have a material adverse effect upon our business and financial condition.
We may from time to time become subject in the ordinary course of business to material legal action related to, among other things, intellectual property disputes, professional liability, contractual and employee-related matters, as well as inquiries from governmental agencies and Medicare or Medicaid carriers requesting comment and information on allegations of billing irregularities and other matters that are brought to their attention through billing audits, third parties or other sources. The health care industry is subject to substantial federal and state government regulation and audit. Legal actions could result in substantial monetary damages as well as damage to the Company’s reputation with customers, which could have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations and financial position.
Medicare legislation and future legislative or regulatory reform of the health care system may affect our ability to sell our products profitably.
In the U.S., there have been a number of legislative and regulatory initiatives, at both the federal and state government levels, to change the healthcare system in ways that, if approved, could affect our ability to sell our products and provide our laboratory services profitably. While many of the proposed policy changes require congressional approval to implement, we cannot assure you that reimbursement payments under governmental and private third party payor programs will remain at levels comparable to present levels or will be sufficient to cover the costs allocable to patients eligible for reimbursement under these programs. Any changes that lower reimbursement rates under Medicare, Medicaid or private payor programs could negatively affect our business.
Most significantly, on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law both the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”) and the reconciliation law known as Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act (the “Reconciliation Act”) and, combined we refer to both Acts as the “2010 Health Care Reform Legislation.” The constitutionality of the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation was confirmed on June 28, 2012 by the Supreme Court of the United States (the “Supreme Court”). Specifically, the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate and includes changes to extend medical benefits to those who currently lack insurance coverage. Extending coverage to a large population could substantially change the structure of the health insurance system and the methodology for reimbursing medical services, drugs and devices. These structural changes could entail modifications to the existing system of third-party payors and government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, the creation of a government-sponsored healthcare insurance source, or some combination of both, as well as other changes. Additionally, restructuring the coverage of medical care in the U.S. could impact the reimbursement for diagnostic tests. If reimbursement for our diagnostic tests is substantially less than we or our clinical laboratory customers expect, or rebate obligations associated with them are substantially increased, our business could be materially and adversely impacted.
Beyond coverage and reimbursement changes, the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation subjects manufacturers of medical devices to an excise tax of 2.3% on certain U.S. sales of medical devices in January 2013. This excise tax will likely increase our expenses in the future.
Further, the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation includes the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which, in conjunction with its implementing regulations, requires manufacturers of certain drugs, biologics, and devices that are covered by Medicare and Medicaid to record all transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals starting on August 1, 2013 and to begin reporting the same for public disclosure to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by March 31, 2014. Several other states and a number of countries worldwide have adopted or are considering the adoption of similar transparency laws. The failure to report appropriate data may result in civil or criminal fines and/or penalties.
Regulations under the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation are expected to continue being drafted, released and finalized throughout the next several years. Pending the promulgation of these regulations, we are unable to fully evaluate the impact of the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation.


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RISKS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Failure to obtain regulatory approval outside the U.S. will prevent us from marketing our product candidates abroad.
We intend to market certain of our existing and future product candidates in non-U.S. markets. In order to market our existing and future product candidates in the European Union and many other non-U.S. jurisdictions, we must obtain separate regulatory approvals. We have had limited interactions with non-U.S. regulatory authorities, the approval procedures vary among countries and can involve additional testing, and the time required to obtain approval may differ from that required to obtain FDA approval or clearance. Approval or clearance by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries, and approval by one or more non-U.S. regulatory authority does not ensure approval by other regulatory authorities in other countries or by the FDA. The non-U.S. regulatory approval process may include all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval or clearance. We may not obtain non-U.S. regulatory approvals on a timely basis, if at all. We may not be able to file for non-U.S. regulatory approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to commercialize our existing and future product candidates in any market, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Non-U.S. governments often impose strict price controls, which may adversely affect our future profitability.
We intend to seek approval to market certain of our existing and future product candidates in both the U.S. and in non-U.S. jurisdictions. If we obtain approval in one or more non-U.S. jurisdictions, we will be subject to rules and regulations in those jurisdictions relating to our product. In some countries, particularly countries of the European Union, each of which has developed its own rules and regulations, pricing is subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take considerable time after the receipt of marketing approval for a drug or medical device candidate. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of our existing and future product candidates to other available products. If reimbursement of our future product candidates is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, we may be unable to generate revenues and achieve or sustain profitability, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Potential political, economic and military instability in the State of Israel, where we have office, laboratory and manufacturing operations, may adversely affect our results of operations.
We maintain office, laboratory and manufacturing facilities in the State of Israel. Political, economic and military conditions in Israel may directly affect our ability to conduct business. Since the State of Israel was established in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have occurred between Israel and its neighbors. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its present trading partners, or a significant downturn in the economic or financial condition of Israel, could affect adversely our operations. Ongoing and revived hostilities or other Israeli political or economic factors could harm our operations and product development and cause our revenues to decrease.
Due to the international scope of our business activities, our results of operations may be significantly affected by currency fluctuations.
We derive a significant portion of our consolidated net revenues from international sales, subjecting us to risks relating to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Currency variations can adversely affect margins on sales of our products in countries outside of the U.S. and margins on sales of products that include components obtained from suppliers located outside of the U.S. Through our subsidiaries, we operate in a wide variety of jurisdictions. Certain countries in which we operate or may operate have experienced geopolitical instability, economic problems and other uncertainties from time to time. To the extent that world events or economic conditions negatively affect our future sales to customers in these and other regions of the world, or the collectability of receivables, our future results of operations, liquidity and financial condition may be adversely affected. Although we do not speculate in the foreign exchange market, we may manage exposures arising in the normal course of business related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates by entering into offsetting positions through the use of foreign exchange forward contracts. Certain firmly committed transactions are hedged with foreign exchange forward contracts whereby exchange rates change, gains and losses on the exposed transactions are partially offset by gains and losses related to the hedging contracts. However, our subsidiaries receive their income and pay their expenses primarily in their local currencies. To the extent that transactions of these subsidiaries are settled in their local currencies, a devaluation of those currencies versus the U.S. dollar could reduce the contribution from these subsidiaries to our consolidated results of operations as reported in U.S. dollars. For financial reporting purposes, such depreciation will negatively affect our reported results of operations since earnings denominated in foreign currencies would be converted to U.S. dollars at a decreased value. While we have employed economic cash flow and fair value hedges to minimize the risks associated with these exchange rate fluctuations, the hedging activities may be ineffective or may not offset more than a portion of the adverse financial impact


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resulting from currency variations. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that fluctuations in the values of the currencies of countries in which we operate will not materially adversely affect our future results of operations.
We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (“FCPA”) and other laws that prohibit U.S. companies or their agents and employees from providing anything of value to a foreign official or political party for the purposes of influencing any act or decision of these individuals in their official capacity to help obtain or retain business, direct business to any person or corporate entity or obtain any unfair advantage. We have operations and agreements with third parties and we generate sales internationally. Our international activities create the risk of unauthorized and illegal payments or offers of payments by our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors, even though they may not always be subject to our control. We discourage these practices by our employees and agents. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Any failure by us to adopt appropriate compliance procedures and ensure that our employees and agents comply with the FCPA and applicable laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial penalties or restrictions on our ability to conduct business in certain foreign jurisdictions.
Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the U.S. government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
We are subject to risks associated with doing business globally.
Our operations, both within and outside the U.S., are subject to risks inherent in conducting business globally and under the laws, regulations and customs of various jurisdictions and geographies. These risks include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, changes in exchange controls, loss of business in government tenders that are held annually in many cases, nationalization, increasingly complex labor environments, expropriation and other governmental actions, changes in taxation, including legislative changes in U.S. and international taxation of income earned outside of the U.S., importation limitations, export control restrictions, violations of U.S. or local laws, including the FCPA, dependence on a few government entities as customers, pricing restrictions, economic destabilization, political and economic instability, disruption or destruction in a significant geographic region — due to the location of manufacturing facilities, distribution facilities or customers — regardless of cause, including war, terrorism, riot, civil insurrection or social unrest, or natural or man-made disasters, including famine, flood, fire, earthquake, storm or disease. Failure to comply with the laws and regulations that affect our global operations, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
RISKS RELATED TO ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
Acquisitions, investments and strategic alliances that we have made or may make in the future may use significant resources, result in disruptions to our business or distractions of our management, may not proceed as planned, and could expose us to unforeseen liabilities. We intend to continue to expand our business through the acquisition of, investments in and strategic alliances with companies, technologies, products, and services. Acquisitions, investments and strategic alliances involve a number of special problems and risks, including, but not limited to:
difficulty integrating acquired technologies, products, services, operations, and personnel with the existing businesses;
diversion of management’s attention in connection with both negotiating the acquisitions and integrating the businesses;
strain on managerial and operational resources as management tries to oversee larger operations and investments;
difficulty implementing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting at businesses that we acquire or invest in, particularly if they are not located near our existing operations;
exposure to unforeseen liabilities of acquired companies or companies in which we invest;
potential costly and time-consuming litigation, including stockholder lawsuits;
potential issuance of securities to equity holders of the company being acquired with rights that are superior to the rights of holders of our Common Stock, or which may have a dilutive effect on our stockholders;
the need to incur additional debt or use cash; and


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the requirement to record potentially significant additional future operating costs for the amortization of intangible assets.
As a result of these or other problems and risks, businesses we acquire or invest in may not produce the revenues, earnings, or business synergies that we anticipated, and acquired products, services, or technologies might not perform as we expected. As a result, we may incur higher costs and realize lower revenues than we had anticipated. We may not be able to successfully address these problems and we cannot assure you that the acquisitions or investments will be successfully identified and completed or that, if completed, the acquired businesses, investments, products, services, or technologies will generate sufficient revenue to offset the associated costs or other negative effects on our business.
Any of these risks can be greater if an acquisition or investment is large relative to our size. Failure to manage effectively our growth through acquisitions could adversely affect our growth prospects, business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Funding may not be available for us to continue to make acquisitions, investments and strategic alliances in order to grow our business.
We have made and anticipate that we may continue to make acquisitions, investments and strategic alliances with complementary businesses, technologies, products and services to expand our business. Our growth plans rely, in part, on the successful completion of future acquisitions. At any particular time, we may need to raise substantial additional capital or to issue additional equity to finance such acquisitions, investments, and strategic alliances. There is no assurance that we will be able to secure additional funding on acceptable terms, or at all, or obtain the stockholder approvals necessary to issue additional equity to finance such acquisitions, investments, and strategic alliances. If we are unsuccessful in obtaining the financing, our business would be adversely impacted.
We have a large amount of goodwill and other intangible assets as a result of acquisitions and a significant write-down of goodwill and/or other intangible assets would have a material adverse effect on our reported results of operations and net worth.
We have a large amount of goodwill and other intangible assets and we are required to perform an annual, or in certain situations a more frequent, assessment for possible impairment for accounting purposes. At December 31, 2014, we have goodwill and other intangible assets of $1.1 billion, or approximately 85% of our total assets. If we do not achieve our planned operating results, we may be required to incur a non-cash impairment charge. Any impairment charges in the future will adversely affect our results of operations. A significant write down of goodwill and/or other intangible assets would have a material adverse effect on our reported results of operations and net worth.
RISKS RELATED TO OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMON STOCK
The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate significantly.
The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as:
the announcement of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors;
results of our clinical trials and other development efforts;
developments concerning intellectual property rights and regulatory approvals;
variations in our and our competitors’ results of operations;
changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if our Common Stock is covered by analysts;
developments in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device industry;
the results of product liability or intellectual property lawsuits;
future issuances of our Common Stock or other securities, including debt;
purchases and sales of our Common Stock by our officers, directors or affiliates;
the addition or departure of key personnel;
announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, investments, or strategic alliances; and
general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance.


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Further, the stock market in general, and the market for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations in recent years. Continued market fluctuations could result in extreme volatility in the price of our Common Stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our Common Stock.
Trading of our Common Stock may be limited and restrictions imposed by securities regulation may further reduce our trading, making it difficult for our stockholders to sell shares.
Our Common Stock began trading on the American Stock Exchange, now known as the NYSE MKT, in June 2007. In September 2011, we transferred the listing of our Common Stock from the NYSE MKT to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Historically, the liquidity of our Common Stock has been limited. A substantial amount of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock are restricted securities. These factors may result in lower prices for our Common Stock than might otherwise be obtained and could also result in a larger spread between the bid and ask prices for our Common Stock. In addition, without a large float, our Common Stock is less liquid than the stock of companies with broader public ownership and, as a result, the trading prices of our Common Stock may be more volatile. In the absence of an active public trading market, an investor may be unable to liquidate his investment in our Common Stock. Further, the limited liquidity could be an indication that the trading price is not reflective of the actual fair market value of our Common Stock. Trading of a relatively small volume of our Common Stock may have a greater impact on the trading price of our stock than would be the case if our public float were larger.
Future sales of our Common Stock could reduce our stock price.
Some or all of the “restricted” shares of our Common Stock issued to former stockholders of Froptix and Acuity in connection with the acquisition or held by other of our stockholders may be offered from time to time in the open market pursuant to an effective registration statement, or beginning April 2, 2008, pursuant to Rule 144. We have also issued or agreed to issue a substantial number of securities in private placement transactions with two year lockup restrictions which expired in each of December 2009, August 2010, and February 2011. In connection with our Series D Preferred Stock offering, shares were issued with a three year lockup restriction that expired in September 2012. On March 8, 2013, the Company converted each outstanding share of Series D Preferred Stock into ten shares of Common Stock. In January 2013, we also entered into note purchase agreements with various purchasers (collectively, the “Purchasers”) for the sale of $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes. The 2033 Senior Notes will be convertible at any time on or after November 1, 2032, through the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, at the option of the holders. Additionally, holders may convert their 2033 Senior Notes prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding November 1, 2032, upon the occurrence of specified events. The 2033 Senior Notes will be convertible into cash, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of 141.4827 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $7.07 per share of Common Stock), and will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. On August 30, 2013, one of the conversion rights in the 2033 Senior Notes was triggered. Holders of the 2033 Senior Notes converted $16.9 million principal amount into 2,396,145 shares of our Common Stock at a rate of 141.48 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes. In June 2014, we also entered into an exchange agreement with a holder of the Company’s 2033 Senior Notes pursuant to which such holder exchanged $70.4 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes for 10,974,431 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and approximately $0.8 million in cash representing accrued interest through the date of completion of the exchange. As of February 20, 2015, $87.6 million of 2033 Senior Notes remain outstanding. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market pursuant to Rule 144 or the 2033 Senior Notes are converted, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock.
Directors, executive officers, principal stockholders and affiliated entities own a majority of our capital stock, and they may make decisions that you do not consider to be in the best interests of our stockholders.
As of February 17, 2015, our directors, executive officers, principal stockholders, and affiliated entities beneficially owned, in the aggregate a majority of our outstanding voting securities. Frost Gamma Investments Trust (“Gamma Trust”), of which Phillip Frost, M.D., the Company’s Chairman and CEO, is the sole trustee, is deemed to beneficially own in the aggregate approximately 38.8% of our Common Stock as of February 17, 2015. As a result, Dr. Frost acting with other members of management, would have the ability to control the election of our Board of Directors, the adoption or amendment of provisions in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the approval of mergers and other significant corporate transactions, and the outcome of issues requiring approval by our stockholders. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that may be favored by other stockholders. This could prevent transactions in which stockholders might otherwise recover a premium for their shares over current market prices.


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A significant short position in our stock could have a substantial impact on the trading price of our stock.
Historically, there has been a significant ”short” position in our common stock. As of February 13, 2015, investors held a short position of approximately 47,799,891 million shares of our common stock which represented approximately 22.97% of our public float.  The anticipated downward pressure on our stock price due to actual or anticipated sales of our stock by some institutions or individuals who engage in short sales of our common stock could cause our stock price to decline.  Such stock price decrease could encourage further short-sales that could place additional downward pressure on our stock price.  This could lead to further increases in the already large short position in our common stock and cause volatility in our stock price.  The volatility of our stock may cause the value of a stockholder’s investment to decline rapidly.  Additionally, if our stock price declines, it may be more difficult for us to raise capital and may have other adverse effects on our business. 
Failure to maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. In addition, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could have a material adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of year end. We are required to report, among other things, control deficiencies that constitute material weaknesses or changes in internal control that, or that are reasonably likely to, materially affect internal control over financial reporting. A “material weakness” is a significant deficiency or combination of significant deficiencies that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. We have identified that we have a material weakness as of December 31, 2013, which related to the Company’s financial statement close process at its Chilean subsidiary due to the lack of sufficient controls to assure that inventory and accounts receivable balances are recoded correctly in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2013. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. Although we are taking steps to improve the control environment at our Chilean operations, we cannot assure you that we will at all times in the future be able to report that our internal controls are effective. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our results of operation could be harmed. Our failure to maintain the effective internal control over financial reporting could cause the cost related to remediation to increase and could cause our stock price to decline. In addition, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, may be subject to regulatory sanction, and investors may lose confidence in our financial statements.
Compliance with changing regulations concerning corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.
There have been changing laws, regulations, and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Act, regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and rules promulgated by the NYSE and the other national securities exchanges. These new or changed laws, regulations, and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations, and standards are likely to continue to result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. Our board members, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations, and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies, we could be subject to liability under applicable laws or our reputation may be harmed, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The exercise of warrants we have issued may result in dilution to the holders of our Common Stock and cause the price of our Common Stock to decline.
As of December 31, 2014, we had outstanding warrants to purchase 21,429,746 shares of our Common Stock. The exercise of warrants has, or may, result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders and could have a material adverse effect on our stock price. The possibility of the issuance of shares of our Common Stock upon the exercise of warrants could cause our stock price to decline as well.
ITEM 1B.     UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.


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None.
ITEM 2.     PROPERTIES.
Our principal corporate office is located at 4400 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Florida. We lease this space from Frost Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Frost Real Estate”), an entity which is controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the lease agreement with Frost Real Estate Holdings, we lease approximately 11,555 square feet, which encompasses space for our corporate offices and administrative services. The lease is for a five-year term, which commenced effective January 1, 2014. We previously leased the premises from Frost Real Estate pursuant to a five-year lease that originally expired in August 2012, but was extended through December 31, 2013 by agreement by the parties. The lease currently requires annual rent of approximately $0.6 million.
We lease office and laboratory space in Jupiter and Miramar, Florida and Nes Ziona, Israel, which is where our molecular diagnostics research and development, oligonucleotide research and development, and CTP research and development operations are based, respectively. We lease office, manufacturing and warehouse space in Woburn, Massachusetts for our point-of-care diagnostics business, and in Nesher, Israel for our API business. We lease laboratory and office space in Nashville, Tennessee, Burlingame, California, and Miramar, Florida for our CLIA-certified laboratory business, and we lease office space in Bannockburn, Illinois and Markham, Ontario for our Renal Division. Our Chilean and Uruguayan operations are located in leased offices and warehouse facilities in Santiago and Montevideo, respectively. Our Mexican operations are based in an owned manufacturing facility and a leased warehouse facility in Guadalajara and in leased offices in Mexico City. Our Spanish operations are based in owned offices in Barcelona, in an owned manufacturing facility in Banyoles and a leased warehouse facility in Palol de Revardit. Our Brazilian operations are located in leased offices in Sao Paulo.
ITEM 3.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
On or around October 21, 2014, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (“Demand”) from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee (“Attorney’s Office”). The Demand concerns an investigation of allegations that the Company or one of its affiliated entities or other parties submitted false claims for payment related to services provided to government healthcare program beneficiaries in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 3729. We intend to fully cooperate with the investigation and produce documents responsive to the Demand. It is too early to assess the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome in this matter or the loss or range of loss, if any.
ITEM 4.     MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.


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PART II
ITEM 5.     MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Our Common Stock is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “OPK”. Effective in August 2013, our Common stock also began trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices per share of our Common Stock during each of the quarters set forth below as reported on the NYSE: 
 
High
 
Low
2014
 
 
 
First Quarter
$
10.25

 
$
7.32

Second Quarter
9.83

 
7.82

Third Quarter
9.62

 
8.09

Fourth Quarter
10.16

 
8.02

2013
 
 
 
First Quarter
$
7.83

 
$
4.83

Second Quarter
7.65

 
6.14

Third Quarter
10.00

 
7.13

Fourth Quarter
12.95

 
8.17

As of February 20, 2015, there were approximately 439 holders of record of our Common Stock.
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock. No cash dividends have been previously paid on our Common Stock and none are anticipated in fiscal 2015. Prior to March 8, 2013, we had shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding that had preferential dividend rights over any dividend payments to holders of Common Stock. On March 1, 2013, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend to all Series D Preferred stockholders as of March 8, 2013. The total cash dividend was approximately $3.0 million. In addition, on March 1, 2013, our Board of Directors also exercised our option to convert all 1,129,032 shares of our outstanding Series D Preferred Stock into 11,290,320 shares of our Common Stock effective on March 8, 2013. Following the conversion there are no outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock.



Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the five-year cumulative total return of our Common Stock with the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index. The graph assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2009 in our Common Stock and in each of the foregoing indices. The stock price performance reflected in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future price performance.
 
12/31/2009
 
12/31/2010
 
12/31/2011
 
12/31/2012
 
12/31/2013
 
12/31/2014
OPKO Health, Inc.
$
100.00

 
$
200.55

 
$
267.76

 
$
262.84

 
$
461.20

 
$
545.90

S&P 500
100.00

 
115.06

 
117.49

 
136.30

 
180.44

 
205.14

NASDAQ Biotechnology
100.00

 
106.73

 
122.40

 
166.72

 
286.55

 
379.71


Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.


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ITEM 6.     SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The following selected historical consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010, below are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. This data should be read in conjunction with our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto.
 
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands, except share and per share information)
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Statement of operations data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
91,125

 
$
96,530

 
$
47,044

 
$
27,979

 
$
28,494

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
 
48,009

 
48,860

 
27,878

 
17,243

 
13,495

Selling, general and administrative
 
57,940

 
55,320

 
27,795

 
19,169

 
18,133

Research and development
 
83,571

 
53,902

 
19,520

 
11,352

 
5,949

In-process research and development
 
12,055

 

 

 

 

Other operating expenses
 
35,365

 
18,080

 
9,120

 
3,404

 
2,053

Total costs and expenses
 
236,940

 
176,162

 
84,313

 
51,168

 
39,630

Operating loss from continuing operations
 
(145,815
)
 
(79,632
)
 
(37,269
)
 
(23,189
)
 
(11,136
)
Other income and (expense), net
 
(25,212
)
 
(24,586
)
 
165

 
(1,044
)
 
(844
)
Loss from continuing operations before
   income taxes and investment losses
 
(171,027
)
 
(104,218
)
 
(37,104
)
 
(24,233
)
 
(11,980
)
Income tax benefit (provision)
 
(24
)
 
(1,672
)
 
9,626

 
19,358

 
18

Loss from continuing operations before
   investment losses
 
(171,051
)
 
(105,890
)
 
(27,478
)
 
(4,875
)
 
(11,962
)
Loss from investments in investees
 
(3,587
)
 
(11,456
)
 
(2,062
)
 
(1,589
)
 
(714
)
Loss from continuing operations
 
(174,638
)
 
(117,346
)
 
(29,540
)
 
(6,464
)
 
(12,676
)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations,
   net of tax
 

 

 

 
5,181

 
(6,250
)
Net loss
 
(174,638
)
 
(117,346
)
 
(29,540
)
 
(1,283
)
 
(18,926
)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling
   interests
 
(2,972
)
 
(2,939
)
 
(492
)
 

 

Net loss attributable to common shareholders before preferred stock dividend
 
(171,666
)
 
(114,407
)
 
(29,048
)
 
(1,283
)
 
(18,926
)
Preferred stock dividend
 

 
(420
)
 
(2,240
)
 
(2,379
)
 
(2,624
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
 
$
(171,666
)
 
$
(114,827
)
 
$
(31,288
)
 
$
(3,662
)
 
$
(21,550
)
Loss per share, basic and diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
 
$
(0.41
)
 
$
(0.32
)
 
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.03
)
 
$
(0.06
)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.02
)
Net loss per share
 
$
(0.41
)
 
$
(0.32
)
 
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.01
)
 
$
(0.08
)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding basic and diluted:
 
422,014,039

 
355,095,701

 
295,750,077

 
280,673,122

 
255,095,586

Balance sheet data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
1,267,664

 
$
1,391,516

 
$
289,830

 
$
229,489

 
$
77,846

Working capital
 
$
59,758

 
$
150,878

 
$
26,275

 
$
80,804

 
$
29,793

Long-term liabilities
 
$
348,812

 
$
426,687

 
$
34,168

 
$
25,443

 
$
7,908

Series D Preferred Stock
 
$

 
$

 
$
24,386

 
$
24,386

 
$
26,128

Shareholders’ equity attributable to OPKO
 
$
842,144

 
$
876,410

 
$
179,386

 
$
160,882

 
$
23,052

Total shareholders’ equity
 
$
835,741

 
$
872,979

 
$
178,894

 
$
160,882

 
$
23,052




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ITEM 7.     MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), about our expectations, beliefs, or intentions regarding our product development efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies, or prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends, or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include those contained in “Item 1A — Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbor provisions of PSLRA. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect our views as of the date they are made with respect to future events and financial performance.

OVERVIEW
We are a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large and rapidly growing medical markets by leveraging our discovery, development and commercialization expertise and our novel and proprietary technologies. We are developing a range of solutions to diagnose, treat and prevent various conditions, including point-of-care tests, laboratory developed tests, and proprietary pharmaceuticals and vaccines. We plan to commercialize these solutions on a global basis in large and high growth markets, including emerging markets.
We own established pharmaceutical platforms in Spain, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay which are generating revenue and from which we expect to facilitate future market entry for our products currently in development. We also have established pharmaceutical operations in Brazil. We operate a specialty APIs manufacturer in Israel, which we expect will facilitate the development of our pipeline of molecules and compounds for our proprietary products. In the U.S., we own a laboratory certified under the CLIA, with a urologic focus that generates revenue and serves as the commercial platform for the U.S. launch of the 4Kscore.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of GHD in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born SGA (the “Pfizer Transaction”). hGH-CTP has the potential to reduce the required dosing frequency of human growth hormone to a single weekly injection from the current standard of one injection per day. hGH-CTP is currently in a global phase 3 trial in adults and a global phase 2 trial in children and has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe for both adults and children with GHD.
The Pfizer Transaction closed in January 2015 following the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Under the terms of the Pfizer Transaction, we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. Pfizer received the exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to a regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®.
We will lead the clinical activities and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For The Years Ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013

Revenues. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2014, were $91.1 million, compared to $96.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. The decrease in revenue principally reflects non-recurring, non–cash revenue related to the transfer of technology under the RXi Asset Purchase Agreement of $12.5 million in 2013, which was partially offset by (i) a milestone payment of $5.0 million from TESARO during the year ended December 31, 2014, which we recognized in Revenue from transfer of intellectual property and (ii) a 14% increase in pharmaceutical product revenue principally from FineTech of $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. In addition, pharmaceutical product revenue from our European and Mexican operations increased by $2.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily due to increased sales by OPKO Health Europe and an increase in government tenders in Mexico. Revenue related to OPKO Lab decreased $2.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily related to decreased reimbursement rates from government payors and decreased specimen volume, partially offset by revenue from the launch of our 4Kscore test and a price increase to non-government payors initiated in June 2014.
Costs of revenue. Costs of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014, were $48.0 million, compared to $48.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Costs of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014 decreased principally due to decreased revenue at OPKO Lab, which has a lower margin than pharmaceutical product sales. In addition, inventory obsolescence charges decreased $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to 2013. This was partially offset by increased cost of revenue due to increased pharmaceutical product sales.
Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 were $57.9 million, compared to $55.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 was a result of increased personnel expenses including equity based compensation as well as sales and marketing activities related to the launch of our 4Kscore test in the U.S. in March 2014 and Europe in September 2014. These increases were partially offset by decreased professional fees as the 2013 period included expenses related to the acquisitions of OPKO Renal and OPKO Biologics. Selling, general and administrative expenses during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, include equity-based compensation expense of $9.7 million and $7.3 million, respectively.
Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 were $83.6 million, compared to $53.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Research and development costs include external and internal expenses, partially offset by third-party grants and funding arising from collaboration agreements. External expenses include clinical and non-clinical activities performed by contract research organizations, lab services, purchases of drug and diagnostic product materials and manufacturing development costs. We track external research and development expenses by individual program for phase 3 clinical trials for drug approval and PMA’s (pre-market approval) for diagnostics tests, if any. Internal expenses include employee-related expenses including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense. Other unallocated internal research and development expenses are incurred to support overall research and development activities and include expenses related to general overhead and facilities.


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The following table summarizes the components of our research and development expenses:
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
External expenses:
 
 
 
Phase 3 clinical trials
$
14,512

 
$
13,078

CMC expense for biological products
18,692

 
1,765

Earlier-stage programs
9,093

 
4,599

Research and development employee-related expenses
21,642

 
17,215

Other unallocated internal research and development expenses
21,982

 
18,998

Third-party grants and funding from collaboration agreements
(2,350
)
 
(1,753
)
Total research and development expenses
$
83,571

 
$
53,902

The increase in research and development expenses during the year ended December 31, 2014, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2013, principally resulted from $38.6 million of costs related to OPKO Biologics which we acquired in August 2013 and an increase related to research and development expenses incurred by OPKO Renal related to the external costs of two pivotal phase 3 clinical trials for Rayaldee (CTAP101) which were completed in 2014, and a third open-label phase 3 trial completed in 2015. OPKO Biologics principally incurred development and clinical manufacturing costs (“CMC”) related to hGH-CTP, a long acting human growth hormone which was outlicensed to Pfizer in 2015. Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 and year ended December 31, 2013 include equity-based compensation expense of $5.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively. Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013, includes an offset to research and development expenses of $2.7 million related to the correction of an error related to equity awards granted to non-employees with performance based vesting.
Contingent consideration. Contingent consideration expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, were $24.4 million and $6.9 million, respectively. The increase in contingent consideration expense was primarily attributable to an increase in the fair value of our contingent obligations to the former stockholders of OPKO Renal due to changes in assumptions regarding probabilities of successful achievement of future milestones driven by the two successful phase 3 trials of Rayaldee in 2014. The contingent consideration liabilities at December 31, 2014 relate to potential amounts payable to former stockholders of CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, OPKO Health Europe and OPKO Renal pursuant to our acquisition agreements in January 2011, October 2011, August 2012 and March 2013, respectively.
Amortization of intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets was $10.9 million and $11.1 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. Amortization expense reflects the amortization of acquired intangible assets with defined useful lives. The acquisitions of OPKO Renal and OPKO Biologics resulted in principally acquiring IPR&D assets which will not be amortized until the underlying development programs are completed. Upon obtaining regulatory approval by the FDA, the IPR&D asset will then be accounted for as a finite-lived intangible asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life.
In-Process Research and Development. In May 2014, we acquired Inspiro, a privately held company that is developing the Inspiromatic, a “smart” easy-to-use dry powder inhaler with several advantages over existing devices. We recorded the transaction as an asset acquisition and recorded the assets and liabilities at fair value. As the asset had no alternative future use, we recorded $10.1 million of acquired in-process research and development expense. In addition, pursuant to our agreement with Schering Plough Corporation, now Merck & Co. (“Merck”), we were required to make a $2.0 million payment upon the achievement of a milestone for rolapitant which was achieved in the fourth quarter of 2014. The agreement was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the entire $2.0 million milestone payment was allocated to in-process research and development expense. We did not have any such activity during the year ended December 31, 2013.
We record expense for in-process research and development projects accounted for as asset acquisitions which have not reached technological feasibility and which have no alternative future use. Inspiromatic and rolapitant have not reached a stage of technological feasibility and have no alternative future use.
Other income and (expense), net. Other income and (expense), net for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $(25.2) million and $(24.6) million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we recorded $12.2 million non-cash other charge, net, related to the changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives in the 2033 Senior Notes, and a $2.7 million gain as the result of the exchange of $70.4 million principal of 2033 Senior Notes in June 2014. Other income and (expense), net, for the year ended December 31, 2014, also included $12.3 million of interest expense principally related to


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interest incurred on the 2033 Senior Notes and the amortization of related deferred financing costs. Other income and (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2014, includes a $1.4 million other-than-temporary impairment charge to write our investment in ARNO Therapeutics, Inc. down to its fair value of $0.6 million as of December 31, 2014.
For the year ended December 31, 2013, we recorded a $52.7 million non-cash charge, net, related to the changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives in the 2033 Senior Notes, partially offset by a $1.0 million gain on early partial conversion of the 2033 Senior Notes, income of $6.5 million related to changes in the fair value of the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable, a certain Pharmsynthez purchase option, warrants and options received in connection with our investment in Neovasc and ARNO, and by a gain of $29.9 million on the sale of certain of our strategic investments. Other income and (expense), net, for the year ended December 31, 2013, also included $13.8 million of interest expense primarily related to the 2033 Senior Notes and the amortization of related deferred financing costs. The decrease in interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to the same period in 2013 is due the exchange of $70.4 million principal of 2033 Senior Notes in June 2014, which was partially offset by a non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs of $1.5 million as interest expense related to exchange of the 2033 Senior Notes in June 2014.
Loss from investments in investees. We have made investments in other early stage companies that we perceive to have valuable proprietary technology and significant potential to create value for us as a shareholder. We account for these investments under the equity method of accounting, resulting in the recording of our proportionate share of their losses until our share of their loss exceeds our investment. Until the investees’ technologies are commercialized, if ever, we anticipate they will continue to report a net loss. Loss from investments in investees was $3.6 million and $11.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease in loss from investments in investees is primarily due to decreased losses at RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. During the third quarter of 2014, we discontinued applying the equity method of accounting for RXi and account for our investment in RXi as an available for sale investment.
Income taxes. Our income tax provision reflects the projected income tax payable in Israel, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Canada and SciVac Ltd (“SciVac”), a consolidated variable interest entity. We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets in the U.S.
For The Years Ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012
Revenues. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $96.5 million, compared to $47.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase principally reflected revenues related to the December 2012 acquisition of OPKO Lab, the October 2012 acquisition of SciVac, and the August 2012 acquisition of OPKO Health Europe, which contributed $10.8 million, $1.7 million and $18.8 million of revenue, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared with revenues from those units of $0.4 million, $0.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2012. Revenue from our Chilean operations increased $5.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily due to increased sales to government agencies. Revenue from FineTech increased $4.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily related to increased sales to new and existing customers. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 also reflects the one-time, non–cash revenue of $12.5 million related to the transfer of substantially all of our assets in the field of RNA interference to RXi (the “RXi Revenue”). Revenue related to our molecular diagnostics collaboration agreements and license agreements, excluding the RXi Revenue, increased $3.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, primarily related to revenue recorded in connection to the Pharmsynthez Collaboration Agreements.
Cost of revenues. Costs of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $48.9 million, compared to $27.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. Costs of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013, increased principally as a result of costs of revenue recorded by OPKO Lab, SciVac and OPKO Health Europe of $10.0 million, $3.6 million and $4.3 million, respectively. Costs of revenue recorded by FineTech, our Chilean and Mexican operations increased $1.1 million, $1.9 million and $0.5 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily related to higher revenue levels recorded by those businesses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $55.3 million, compared to $27.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses principally resulted from $15.0 million of such expenses recorded during the year ended December 31, 2013, by OPKO Health Europe, SciVac, OPKO Lab, OPKO Renal, the January 2013 acquisition of OPKO Brazil, and the August 2013 acquisition of OPKO Biologics (collectively, the “Acquired Businesses”). Excluding the selling, general and administrative expenses of the Acquired Businesses, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $10.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, principally as a result of increased personnel expenses and professional fees associated with our increased operations. Selling, general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, include equity-based compensation expense of $7.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively.


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Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, were $53.9 million and $19.5 million, respectively. Research and development expenses include external and internal expenses, partially offset by third-party grants and funding arising from collaboration agreements. External expenses include clinical and non-clinical activities performed by contract research organizations, lab services, purchases of drug and diagnostic product materials and manufacturing development costs. We track external research and development expenses by individual program, with phase 3 clinical trials for drug approval and/or PMAs, if any. Research and development employee-related expenses include salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense. Other unallocated internal research and development expenses are incurred to support overall research and development activities and include expenses related to general overhead and facilities.
The following table summarizes the components of our research and development expenses:
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
External expenses:
 
 
 
Phase 3 clinical trials
$
13,078

 
$

Earlier-stage programs
6,364

 

Research and development employee-related expenses
17,215

 
8,315

Other unallocated internal research and development expenses
18,998

 
11,497

Third-party grants and funding from collaboration agreements
(1,753
)
 
(292
)
Total research and development expenses
$
53,902

 
$
19,520

The increase in research and development expenses during the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared with the year ended December 31, 2012, principally resulted from an increase of $28.3 million related to research and development expenses incurred by OPKO Renal, which business was acquired in March 2013, and OPKO Biologics, including $13.1 million related to the costs of ongoing phase 3 clinical trials for Rayaldee (CTAP101) and hGH-CTP. Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, include equity-based compensation expense of $3.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The increase in equity-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2013, principally reflects the mark to market impact of Common Stock options granted to non-employees and the associated increase in the trading price of our Common Stock during the year ended December 31, 2013. Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013, includes an offset to research and development expenses of $2.7 million related to the correction of an error related to equity awards granted to non-employees with performance based vesting.
Contingent consideration. Contingent consideration expenses for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, were $6.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively. The increase in contingent consideration expense resulted from changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration liabilities due to the time value of money and the impact of changes in the underlying assumptions, if any, during the period. The contingent consideration liabilities relate to potential amounts payable to former stockholders of CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, FineTech, OPKO Health Europe and OPKO Renal pursuant to our acquisition agreements in January 2011, October 2011, December 2011, August 2012 and March 2013, respectively.
Amortization of intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets was $11.1 million and $8.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization expense increased due to the acquisitions of OPKO Health Europe, OPKO Lab and OPKO Renal in August 2012, December 2012 and March 2013, respectively.
Other income and (expense), net. Other income and (expense), net for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, was ($24.6) million and $0.2 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we recorded a $52.7 million non-cash charge, net, related to the changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives in the 2033 Senior Notes, partially offset by a $1.0 million gain on early partial conversion of the 2033 Senior Notes, income of $6.5 million related to changes in the fair value of the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable, a certain Pharmsynthez purchase option, and warrants and options received in connection with our investment in Neovasc and ARNO, and by a gain of $29.9 million on the sale of certain of our strategic investments. Other income and (expense), net, for the year ended December 31, 2013, also included $13.8 million of interest expense primarily related to interest incurred on the 2033 Senior Notes and by the amortization of related deferred financing costs related to the 2033 Senior Notes. For the year ended December 31, 2012, other income net, included $1.5 million of other income recognized from the change in fair value of the warrants received in connection with our investment in Biozone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“BZNE”), partially offset by other expense recognized for the decrease in fair value of warrants and options received in connections with our investment in Neovasc and the interest expense incurred on our lines of credit at OPKO Chile and OPKO Health Europe.


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Loss from investments in investees. We have made investments in other early stage companies that we perceive to have valuable proprietary technology and significant potential to create value for us as a shareholder. We account for eight of these investments under the equity method of accounting, resulting in our recording of our proportionate share of their losses until our share of their loss exceeds our investment. Until the investees’ technologies are commercialized, if ever, we anticipate they will continue to report a net loss. Loss from investments in investees was $11.5 million and $2.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in loss from investments in investees is primarily due to the result of increased research and development activities at our investees as well as the impact of including the activities of our recent investments in RXi, Pharmsynthez and Zebra.
Income taxes. Our income tax provision reflects the projected income tax payable in Israel, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Canada. We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets in the U.S.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At December 31, 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $96.9 million. Cash used in operations during 2014 principally reflects expenses related to selling, general and administrative activities related to our corporate operations, research and development activities and our operations at OPKO Biologics, OPKO Renal and OPKO Diagnostics, partially offset by cash provided from our operations at FineTech and OPKO Health Europe. Cash used in investing activities includes net cash used in business combinations of $1.7 million, capital expenditures of $4.7 million and investments in investees of $0.6 million, which was partially offset by proceeds from the sale of equity securities of $1.3 million. Cash provided by financing activities primarily reflects $12.9 million received from Common Stock option and Common Stock warrant exercises, which was partially offset by $6.4 million of deferred and contingent consideration payments related to our acquisitions of OPKO Health Europe and FineTech. In addition to cash contingent consideration payments made during the year ended December 31, 2014, we also satisfied a $20.0 million contingent payment to the former owners of OPKO Renal through the issuance of 2,236,210 shares of our common stock in September 2014. Since our inception, we have not generated gross margins sufficient to offset our operating and other expenses and our primary source of cash has been from the public and private placement of stock and credit facilities available to us.
In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of GHD in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born SGA.
The agreements with Pfizer closed in January 2015 following the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Under the terms of the agreements with Pfizer, we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. Pfizer received the exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to a regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®.
We will lead the clinical activities and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.
In the first quarter of 2015, we expect to make a payment of $25.6 million to the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Economy (“OCS”) in connection with repayment obligations resulting from grants previously made by the OCS to OPKO Biologics to support development of hGH-CTP and from the outlicense of the technology outside of Israel.
In September 2014, our licensee, TESARO, submitted a NDA to the FDA for approval of oral rolapitant, an investigational neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Under the terms of our agreement with TESARO, TESARO paid us a milestone payment of $5.0 million upon acceptance by the FDA of a NDA in the fourth quarter of 2014 of which we are required to pay $2.0 million to Merck. We will also receive double digit tiered-royalties on sales of rolapitant. In addition, TESARO and OPKO will share future profits from the commercialization of rolapitant in Japan, and we will have an option to market the products in Latin America. Under the terms of our agreement with Merck, we are required to pay up to an additional $25.0 million upon the achievement of certain development milestones for rolapitant.


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In May 2014, we acquired Inspiro, an Israeli medical device company developing a new platform to deliver small molecule drugs such as corticosteroids and beta agonists and larger molecules to treat respiratory diseases. In connection with the transaction, we paid an aggregate of $10.1 million, of which $1.5 million was paid in cash and $8.6 million was paid in 999,556 shares of the Company’s Common Stock based on the closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported by the NYSE on the actual closing date of the acquisition, or $8.57 per share. The number of shares issued was based upon our trading price as reported by the NYSE for the ten trading days immediately preceding the execution date of the purchase agreement, or $9.00 per share.
In April 2013, we invested $9.6 million in exchange for approximately 13.6 million shares of Pharmsynthez common stock. Concurrent with our investment, Pharmsynthez also agreed, at its option, to issue approximately 12.0 million shares of its common stock or pay us Russian Rubles (“RUR”) 265.0 million (approximately $8.1 million as of December 31, 2013) on or before December 31, 2013. We had a right to purchase additional shares in Pharmsynthez at a fixed price if Pharmsynthez paid us in cash rather than the 12.0 million shares of Pharmsynthez common stock. Pharmsynthez delivered approximately 12.0 million shares of its common stock to us in January 2014.
2033 Senior Notes. In January 2013, we issued $175.0 million of the 2033 Senior Notes. The 2033 Senior Notes were sold in a private placement in reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act. A $4.5 million discount was granted to the placement agent and an additional $0.4 million in deferred charges were recorded for professional fees related to the issuance. Net cash proceeds from the offering totaled $170.2 million. Interest on the 2033 Senior Notes is payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1, beginning August 1, 2013. Holders of the 2033 Senior Notes may require us to repurchase the 2033 Senior Notes for 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on February 1, 2019, February 1, 2023 and February 1, 2028, or following the occurrence of a fundamental change as defined in the indenture governing the 2033 Senior Notes.
On August 30, 2013, one of the conversion rights in the 2033 Senior Notes was triggered. Holders of the 2033 Senior Notes converted $16.9 million principal amount into 2,396,145 shares of our Common Stock at a rate of 141.48 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes. We recorded a $1.0 million non-cash gain related to the exchange. The gain on exchange is included within Other income (expense), net on our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In June 2014, we entered into an exchange agreement with a holder of the Company’s 2033 Senior Notes pursuant to which such holder exchanged $70.4 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes for 10,974,431 shares of the Company’s Common stock, par value $0.01 per share and approximately $0.8 million in cash representing accrued interest through the date of completion of the exchange. We recorded a $2.7 million non-cash gain related to the exchange. The gain on exchange is included within Other income (expense), net on our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In August 2012, we entered into a stock purchase agreement pursuant to which we acquired all of the outstanding stock of OPKO Health Europe (previously Farmadiet Group Holding, S.L.), a Spanish company engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and veterinary products in Europe (the “OPKO Health Europe Transaction”). In connection with the OPKO Health Europe Transaction, we agreed to pay an aggregate purchase price of €13.5 million (approximately $16.0 million), of which (i) 50% ($8.4 million) was paid in cash at closing, and (ii) 50% (the “Deferred Payments”) was paid, at our option, in cash or shares of our Common Stock as follows: (x) 25% to be paid on the first anniversary of the closing date; and (y) 25% to be paid 18 months after the closing date. In the event we elected to pay the Deferred Payments in shares of our Common Stock, the number of shares issuable shall be calculated using the average closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the applicable payment date. On August 2, 2013, we issued 585,703 shares of our Common Stock, in accordance with the first Deferred Payment. The number of shares issued was based on the average closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE for the 10 trading days up to and including August 1, 2013, or $7.61 per share. On February 14, 2014, we delivered approximately €3.4 million in cash in accordance with the second Deferred Payment.
In connection with our acquisitions of CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, FineTech and OPKO Renal, we agreed to pay future consideration to the sellers upon the achievement of certain events, including minimum cash payments of $2.7 million and $3.2 million, paid in March 2013 and 2014, respectively, to the former stockholder of FineTech upon the achievement of certain sales milestones; up to an additional $19.1 million in shares of our Common Stock to the former stockholders of OPKO Diagnostics upon and subject to the achievement of certain milestones; and up to an additional $190.0 million in either shares of our Common Stock or cash, at our option subject to the achievement of certain milestones, to the former shareholders of OPKO Renal. In September 2014, we satisfied a $20.0 million contingent payment to the former owners of OPKO Renal through the issuance of 2,236,210 shares of our common stock.
As of December 31, 2014, we have outstanding lines of credit in the aggregate amount of $7.7 million with 10 financial institutions in Chile and Spain, of which $5.5 million is unused. The weighted average interest rate on these lines of credit is


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approximately 6.1%. These lines of credit are short-term and are generally due within three months. These lines of credit are used primarily as a source of working capital for inventory purchases. The highest balance at any time during the years ended December 31, 2014, was $8.8 million. We intend to continue to enter into these lines of credit as needed. There is no assurance that these lines of credit or other funding sources will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, in the future.
We expect to incur losses from operations for the foreseeable future. We expect to incur substantial research and development expenses, including expenses related to the hiring of personnel and additional clinical trials. We expect that selling, general and administrative expenses will also increase as we expand our sales, marketing and administrative staff and add infrastructure.
We believe that the cash and cash equivalents on hand at December 31, 2014, the proceeds we received under our agreements with Pfizer and the amounts available to be borrowed under our lines of credit are sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for operations and debt service beyond the next 12 months. We based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong or are subject to change, and we may be required to use our available cash resources sooner than we currently expect. If we acquire additional assets or companies, accelerate our product development programs or initiate additional clinical trials, we will need additional funds. Our future cash requirements will depend on a number of factors, including our relationship with Pfizer, possible acquisitions, the continued progress of research and development of our product candidates, the timing and outcome of clinical trials and regulatory approvals, the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending, and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights, the status of competitive products, the availability of financing, and our success in developing markets for our product candidates. If we are not able to secure additional funding when needed, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our clinical trials or research and development programs or possible acquisitions.
The following table provides information as of December 31, 2014, with respect to the amounts and timing of our known contractual obligation payments due by period.
Contractual obligations
(In thousands)
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
Thereafter
 
Total
Open purchase orders
 
$
14,653

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
14,653

Operating leases
 
2,744

 
2,290

 
1,478

 
1,149

 
653

 
3,256

 
11,570

2033 Senior Notes
 

 

 

 

 
87,642

 

 
87,642

Mortgages and other debts payable (1)
 
613

 
332

 
298

 
247

 
240

 
1,313

 
3,043

Lines of credit
 
7,658

 

 

 

 

 

 
7,658

Interest commitments
 
2,779

 
2,710

 
2,699

 
2,688

 
489

 
55

 
11,420

Total
 
$
28,447

 
$
5,332

 
$
4,475

 
$
4,084

 
$
89,024

 
$
4,624

 
$
135,986

(1) 
Excludes $5.2 million of consolidated liabilities related to SciVac, as to which there is no recourse against us.
The preceding table does not include information where the amounts of the obligations are not currently determinable, including the following:
- Contractual obligations in connection with clinical trials, which span over two years, and that depend on patient enrollment. The total amount of expenditures is dependent on the actual number of patients enrolled and as such, the contracts do not specify the maximum amount we may owe.
- Product license agreements effective during the lesser of 15 years or patent expiration whereby payments and amounts are determined by applying a royalty rate on uncapped future sales.
- Contingent consideration that includes payments upon achievement of certain milestones including meeting development milestones such as the completion of successful clinical trials, NDA approvals by the FDA and revenue milestones upon the achievement of certain revenue targets all of which are anticipated to be paid within the next 7 years and are payable in either shares of our Common Stock or cash, at our option, and that may aggregate up to $238.5 million.


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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Accounting estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets, including IPR&D, acquired in business combinations, licensing and other transactions was $1.1 billion at both December 31, 2014 and 2013, representing approximately 85% and 79% of total assets, respectively.
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, licensing and other transactions are recognized at the date of acquisition at their respective fair values. Any excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. We determined the fair value of intangible assets, including IPR&D, using the “income method.” This method starts with a forecast of net cash flows, risk adjusted for estimated probabilities of technical and regulatory success (for IPR&D) and adjusted to present value using an appropriate discount rate that reflects the risk associated with the cash flow streams. All assets are valued from a market participant view which might be different than our specific views. The valuation process is very complex and requires significant input and judgment using internal and external sources. Although the valuations are required to be finalized within a one-year period, it must consider all and only those facts and evidence which existed at the acquisition date. The most complex and judgmental matters applicable to the valuation process are summarized below:
Unit of account – Most intangible assets are valued as single global assets rather than multiple assets for each jurisdiction or indication after considering the development stage, expected levels of incremental costs to obtain additional approvals, risks associated with further development, amount and timing of benefits expected to be derived in the future, expected patent lives in various jurisdictions and the intention to promote the asset as a global brand.
Estimated useful life – The asset life expected to contribute meaningful cash flows is determined after considering all pertinent matters associated with the asset, including expected regulatory approval dates (if unapproved), exclusivity periods and other legal, regulatory or contractual provisions as well as the effects of any obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors, including barriers to entry.
Probability of Technical and Regulatory Success (“PTRS”) Rate – PTRS rates are determined based upon industry averages considering the respective programs development stage and disease indication and adjusted for specific information or data known at the acquisition date. Subsequent clinical results or other internal or external data obtained could alter the PTRS rate and materially impact the estimated fair value of the intangible asset in subsequent periods leading to impairment charges.
Projections – Future revenues are estimated after considering many factors such as initial market opportunity, pricing, sales trajectories to peak sales levels, competitive environment and product evolution. Future costs and expenses are estimated after considering historical market trends, market participant synergies and the timing and level of additional development costs to obtain the initial or additional regulatory approvals, maintain or further enhance the product. We generally assume initial positive cash flows to commence shortly after the receipt of expected regulatory approvals which typically may not occur for a number of years. Actual cash flows attributed to the project are likely to be different than those assumed since projections are subjected to multiple factors including trial results and regulatory matters which could materially change the ultimate commercial success of the asset as well as significantly alter the costs to develop the respective asset into commercially viable products.
Tax rates – The expected future income is tax effected using a market participant tax rate. Our recent valuations typically use a U.S. tax rate (and applicable state taxes) after considering the jurisdiction in which the intellectual property is held and location of research and manufacturing infrastructure. We also considered that any repatriation of earnings would likely have U.S. tax consequences.
Discount rate – Discount rates are selected after considering the risks inherent in the future cash flows; the assessment of the asset’s life cycle and the competitive trends impacting the asset, including consideration of any technical, legal, regulatory, or economic barriers to entry, as well as expected changes in standards of practice for indications addressed by the asset.
Goodwill was $224.3 million and $226.4 million, respectively, at December 31, 2014 and 2013. The decrease in goodwill from December 31, 2013 to 2014 is due to foreign exchange translation adjustments recognized in 2014. Goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable, on an enterprise level by assessing qualitative factors or performing a quantitative analysis in determining


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whether it is more likely than not that its fair value exceeds the carrying value. Examples of qualitative factors include our share price, our financial performance compared to budgets, long-term financial plans, macroeconomic, industry and market conditions as well as the substantial excess of fair value over the carrying value of net assets from the annual impairment test performed in the prior year. No goodwill impairment was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 as a result of our testing.
The estimated fair value of the reporting unit is highly sensitive to changes in projections and assumptions; therefore, in some instances changes in these assumptions could potentially lead to impairment. We perform sensitivity analyses around our assumptions in order to assess the reasonableness of the assumptions and the results of our testing. Ultimately, future potential changes in these assumptions may impact the estimated fair value of a reporting unit and cause the fair value of the reporting unit to be below its carrying value. We believe that our estimates are consistent with assumptions that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value. However, if actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions, we may be exposed to an impairment charge that could be material.
Intangible assets were $855.8 million and $867.9 million, including IPR&D of $793.2 million and $793.3 million, respectively, at December 31, 2014 and 2013. Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances warrant a review, although IPR&D is required to be tested at least annually until the project is completed or abandoned. Upon obtaining regulatory approval, the IPR&D asset is then accounted for as a finite-lived intangible asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. If the project is abandoned, the IPR&D asset is charged to expense.
Intangible assets are highly vulnerable to impairment charges, particularly newly acquired assets for recently launched products or IPR&D. These assets are initially measured at fair value and therefore any reduction in expectations used in the valuations could potentially lead to impairment. Some of the more common potential risks leading to impairment include competition, earlier than expected loss of exclusivity, pricing pressures, adverse regulatory changes or clinical trial results, delay or failure to obtain regulatory approval and additional development costs, inability to achieve expected synergies, higher operating costs, changes in tax laws and other macro-economic changes. The complexity in estimating the fair value of intangible assets in connection with an impairment test is similar to the initial valuation.
Considering the high risk nature of research and development and the industry’s success rate of bringing developmental compounds to market, IPR&D impairment charges are likely to occur in future periods. IPR&D is closely monitored and assessed each period for impairment.
Contingent consideration. Each period we revalue the contingent consideration obligations associated with certain acquisitions to their fair value and record increases in the fair value as contingent consideration expense and decreases in the fair value as contingent consideration income. Changes in contingent consideration result from changes in the assumptions regarding probabilities of successful achievement of related milestones, the estimated timing in which the milestones are achieved and the discount rate used to estimate the fair value of the liability. Contingent consideration may change significantly as our development programs progress, revenue estimates evolve and additional data is obtained, impacting our assumptions. The assumptions used in estimating fair value require significant judgment. The use of different assumptions and judgments could result in a materially different estimate of fair value which may have a material impact on our results from operations and financial position.
Equity-based compensation. We recognize equity based compensation as an expense in our financial statements and that cost is measured at the fair value of the awards and expensed over their vesting period. Equity-based compensation arrangements to non-employees are recorded at their fair value on the measurement date. We estimate the grant-date fair value of our stock option grants using a valuation model known as the Black-Scholes-Merton formula or the “Black-Scholes Model” and allocate the resulting compensation expense over the corresponding requisite service period associated with each grant. The Black-Scholes Model requires the use of several variables to estimate the grant-date fair value of stock options including expected term, expected volatility, expected dividends and risk-free interest rate. We perform analyses to calculate and select the appropriate variable assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Model and to estimate forfeitures of equity-based awards. We are required to adjust our forfeiture estimates on at least an annual basis based on the number of share-based awards that ultimately vest. The selection of assumptions and estimated forfeiture rates is subject to significant judgment and future changes to our assumptions and estimates which may have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Allowance for doubtful accounts and revenue recognition. Generally, we recognize revenue from product sales when goods are shipped and title and risk of loss transfer to our customers. Our estimates for sales returns are based upon the historical patterns of products returned matched against the sales from which they originated, and management’s evaluation of specific factors that may increase or decrease the risk of product returns. Revenue for services is recognized on the accrual basis at the time test results are reported, which approximates when services are provided. Services are provided to certain


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patients covered by various third-party payer programs including various managed care organizations, as well as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Billings for services under third-party payer programs are included in sales net of allowances for contractual discounts and allowances for differences between the amounts billed and estimated program payment amounts. Adjustments to the estimated payment amounts based on final settlement with the programs are recorded upon settlement as an adjustment to revenue. We analyze accounts receivable and historical bad debt levels, customer credit worthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts using the specific identification method. Our reported net loss is directly affected by management’s estimate of the collectability of accounts receivable. The allowance for doubtful accounts recognized in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $1.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively.
Inventories. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. We consider such factors as the amount of inventory on hand, estimated time required to sell such inventories, remaining shelf-life, and current market conditions to determine whether inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market.
Pre-launch inventories. We may accumulate commercial quantities of certain product candidates prior to the date we anticipate that such products will receive final U.S. FDA approval.  The accumulation of such pre-launch inventories involves the risk that such products may not be approved for marketing by the FDA on a timely basis, or ever.  This risk notwithstanding, we may accumulate pre-launch inventories of certain products when such action is appropriate in relation to the commercial value of the product launch opportunity.  In accordance with our policy, this pre-launch inventory is expensed.  


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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In July 2013, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate inconsistent practices regarding the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is available to reduce the taxable income or tax payable that would result from the disallowance of a tax position. ASU 2013-11 is effective for our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2014 and subsequent interim periods. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 does not have a material effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” ASU No. 2014-09 clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and develops a common revenue standard for GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards that removes inconsistencies and weaknesses in revenue requirements, provides a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues, improves comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets, provides more useful information to users of financial statements through improved disclosure requirements and simplifies the preparation of financial statements by reducing the number of requirements to which an entity must refer. ASU No. 2014-09 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Companies can choose to apply the ASU using either the full retrospective approach or a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating both methods of adoption and the impact that the adoption of this ASU will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force).” ASU No. 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. ASU No. 2014-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier adoption is permitted. The amendments can be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards. We expect to apply the ASU prospectively and do not expect the adoption to have an impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements as our existing share-based payment awards do not fall within the scope of this ASU.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” to provide guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 with early adoption permitted. We do not believe the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-15 on our Consolidated Financial Statements will be material.
ITEM 7A.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
In the normal course of doing business, we are exposed to the risks associated with foreign currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk – We operate globally and, as such, we are subject to foreign exchange risk in our commercial operations as a significant portion of our revenues are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily the Chilean peso, the Mexican peso, the euro and the New Israeli shekel.
Although we do not speculate in the foreign exchange market, we may from time to time manage exposures that arise in the normal course of business related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates by entering into offsetting positions through the use of foreign exchange forward contracts. Certain firmly committed transactions are hedged with foreign exchange forward contracts. As exchange rates change, gains and losses on the exposed transactions are partially offset by gains and losses related to the hedging contracts. Both the exposed transactions and the hedging contracts are translated at current spot rates, with gains and losses included in earnings.
Our derivative activities, which consist of foreign exchange forward contracts, are initiated to hedge forecasted cash flows that are exposed to foreign currency risk. The foreign exchange forward contracts generally require us to exchange local currencies for foreign currencies based on pre-established exchange rates at the contracts’ maturity dates. As exchange rates change, gains and losses on these contracts are generated based on the change in the exchange rates that are recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and offset the impact of the change in exchange rates on the foreign currency cash flows that are hedged. If the counterparties to the exchange contracts do not fulfill their obligations to deliver the contracted currencies, we could be at risk for currency related fluctuations. We had $0.9 million in foreign exchange forward contracts outstanding at December 31, 2014, primarily to hedge Chilean-based operating cash flows against U.S. dollars. If Chilean


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pesos were to strengthen or weaken in relation to the U.S. dollar, our loss or gain on hedged foreign currency cash-flows would be offset by the derivative contracts, with a net effect of zero.
We do not engage in trading market risk sensitive instruments or purchasing hedging instruments or “other than trading” instruments that are likely to expose us to significant market risk, whether interest rate, foreign currency exchange, commodity price, or equity price risk.
Interest Rate Risk – Our exposure to market risk relates to our cash and investments and to our borrowings. We maintain an investment portfolio of money market funds. The securities in our investment portfolio are not leveraged, and are, due to their very short-term nature, subject to minimal interest rate risk. We currently do not hedge interest rate exposure. Because of the short-term maturities of our investments, we do not believe that a change in market interest rates would have a significant negative impact on the value of our investment portfolio except for reduced income in a low interest rate environment.
At December 31, 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $96.9 million. The weighted average interest rate related to our cash and cash equivalents for the years ended December 31, 2014 was 0%. As of December 31, 2014, the principal value of our credit lines was $7.7 million at a weighted average interest rate of approximately 6.1%.
Our $87.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 2033 Senior Notes has a fixed interest rate, and therefore is not subject to fluctuations in market interest rates.
The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we invest our excess cash in debt instruments of the U.S. Government and its agencies, bank obligations, repurchase agreements and high-quality corporate issuers, and money market funds that invest in such debt instruments, and, by policy, restrict our exposure to any single corporate issuer by imposing concentration limits. To minimize the exposure due to adverse shifts in interest rates, we maintain investments at an average maturity of generally less than three months.
Equity Price Risk – We are subject to equity price risk related to the (i) rights to convert into shares of our Common Stock, including upon a fundamental change; and (ii) a coupon make-whole payment in the event of a conversion by the holders of the 2033 Senior Notes on or after February 1, 2017 but prior to February 1, 2019. These terms are considered to be embedded derivatives. On a quarterly basis, we are required to record these embedded derivatives at fair value with the changes being recorded in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Accordingly, our results of operations are subject to exposure associated with increases or decreases in the estimated fair value of our embedded derivatives.


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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA



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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 27, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Miami, Florida
February 27, 2015


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries

We have audited OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the “COSO criteria”). OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As indicated in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial, management’s assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of SciVac Ltd, which is included in the December 31, 2014 consolidated financial statements of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries and constituted $7.6 million and $(4.5) million of total and net assets, respectively, as of December 31, 2014 and $2.8 million and $(2.6) million of revenues and net loss attributable to common shareholders, respectively, for the year then ended. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries also did not include an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of SciVac Ltd.

In our opinion, OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on the COSO criteria.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Miami, Florida
February 27, 2015




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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
 
December 31,
 
2014(1)
 
2013(1)
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
96,907

 
$
185,798

Accounts receivable, net
19,969

 
19,767

Inventory, net
16,604

 
18,079

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
9,389

 
19,084

Total current assets
142,869

 
242,728

Property, plant, equipment, and investment properties, net
16,411

 
17,027

Intangible assets, net
62,649

 
74,533

In-process research and development
793,152

 
793,341

Goodwill
224,292

 
226,373

Investments, net
22,453

 
30,653

Other assets
5,838

 
6,861

Total assets
$
1,267,664

 
$
1,391,516

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
8,744

 
$
13,414

Accrued expenses
60,912

 
65,874

Current portion of lines of credit and notes payable
13,455

 
12,562

Total current liabilities
83,111

 
91,850

2033 Senior Notes, net of discount and estimated fair value of embedded derivatives
131,454

 
211,912

Other long-term liabilities, principally contingent consideration and deferred tax liabilities
217,358

 
214,775

Total long-term liabilities
348,812

 
426,687

Total liabilities
431,923

 
518,537

Equity:
 
 
 
Common Stock - $0.01 par value, 750,000,000 shares authorized; 433,421,677 and 414,818,195
      shares issued at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively
4,334

 
4,148

Treasury Stock - 1,245,367 and 2,264,063 shares at December 31, 2014 and 2013,
       respectively
(4,051
)
 
(7,362
)
Additional paid-in capital
1,529,096

 
1,379,383

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
(12,392
)
 
3,418

Accumulated deficit
(674,843
)
 
(503,177
)
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to OPKO
842,144

 
876,410

Noncontrolling interests
(6,403
)
 
(3,431
)
Total shareholders’ equity
835,741

 
872,979

Total liabilities and equity
$
1,267,664

 
$
1,391,516

(1) 
As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, total assets include $7.6 million and $6.7 million, respectively, and total liabilities include $12.1 million and $10.4 million, respectively, related to SciVac, previously known as SciGen (I.L.) Ltd, a consolidated variable interest entity. SciVac’s consolidated assets are owned by SciVac and SciVac’s consolidated liabilities have no recourse against us. Refer to Note 4.

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
76,983

 
$
68,161

 
$
45,295

Revenue from services
8,666

 
11,658

 
1,749

Revenue from transfer of intellectual property
5,476

 
16,711

 

Total revenues
91,125

 
96,530

 
47,044

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
Costs of revenues
48,009

 
48,860

 
27,878

Selling, general and administrative
57,940

 
55,320

 
27,795

Research and development
83,571

 
53,902

 
19,520

In-process research and development
12,055

 

 

Contingent consideration
24,446

 
6,947

 
785

Amortization of intangible assets
10,919

 
11,133

 
8,335

Total costs and expenses
236,940

 
176,162

 
84,313

Operating loss
(145,815
)
 
(79,632
)
 
(37,269
)
Other income and (expense), net:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
771

 
376

 
188

Interest expense
(12,263
)
 
(13,802
)
 
(1,405
)
Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net
(10,632
)
 
(45,942
)
 
1,218

Other income (expense), net
(3,088
)
 
34,782

 
164

Other income and (expense), net
(25,212
)
 
(24,586
)
 
165

Loss before income taxes and investment losses
(171,027
)
 
(104,218
)
 
(37,104
)
Income tax benefit (provision)
(24
)
 
(1,672
)
 
9,626

Loss before investment losses
(171,051
)
 
(105,890
)
 
(27,478
)
Loss from investments in investees
(3,587
)
 
(11,456
)
 
(2,062
)
Net loss
(174,638
)
 
(117,346
)
 
(29,540
)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
(2,972
)
 
(2,939
)
 
(492
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders before
       preferred stock dividend
(171,666
)
 
(114,407
)
 
(29,048
)
Preferred stock dividend

 
(420
)
 
(2,240
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
$
(171,666
)
 
$
(114,827
)
 
$
(31,288
)
Loss per share, basic and diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share
$
(0.41
)
 
$
(0.32
)
 
$
(0.11
)
Weighted average number of common shares
       outstanding, basic and diluted
422,014,039

 
355,095,701

 
295,750,077



The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands)
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net loss
$
(174,638
)
 
$
(117,346
)
 
$
(29,540
)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
Change in foreign currency translation and other comprehensive income (loss) from equity investments
(8,088
)
 
(1,825
)
 
2,289

Available for sale investments:
 
 
 
 
 
Change in other unrealized gain (loss), net
(8,044
)
 
2,467

 
4,160

Less: reclassification adjustments for (gains) losses included in net loss, net of tax
322

 
(4,580
)
 

Comprehensive loss
(190,448
)
 
(121,284
)
 
(23,091
)
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(2,972
)
 
(2,939
)
 
(492
)
Comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders before preferred stock dividend
(187,476
)
 
(118,345
)
 
(22,599
)
Preferred stock dividend

 
(420
)
 
(2,240
)
Comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders
$
(187,476
)
 
$
(118,765
)
 
$
(24,839
)


The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012

 
Common Stock
 
Treasury
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Noncontrolling
Interests
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2011
297,503,033

 
$
2,975

 
(2,488,477
)
 
$
(8,092
)
 
$
524,814

 
$
907

 
$
(359,722
)
 
$

 
$
160,882

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 
5,131

 

 

 

 
5,131

Exercise of Common Stock
    options
1,019,967

 
10

 

 

 
2,224

 

 

 

 
2,234

Exercise of Common Stock
    warrants
65,015

 
1

 

 

 
44

 

 

 

 
45

Adjustment of Common Stock
(100,000
)
 
(1
)
 

 

 
1

 

 

 

 

Issuance of Common Stock from
    Treasury in connection with
    OPKO Health Europe acquisition
    at $4.12 per share

 

 
195,421

 
635

 
170

 

 

 

 
805

Issuance of Common Stock in
    connection with OPKO Lab
    acquisition at $4.65 per share
7,072,748

 
71

 

 

 
32,817

 

 

 

 
32,888

Net loss attributable to common
    shareholders before preferred
    stock dividend

 

 

 

 

 

 
(29,048
)
 

 
(29,048
)
Net loss attributable to
    noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(492
)
 
(492
)
Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 
6,449

 

 

 
6,449

Balance at December 31, 2012
305,560,763

 
$
3,056

 
(2,293,056
)
 
$
(7,457
)
 
$
565,201

 
$
7,356

 
$
(388,770
)
 
$
(492
)
 
$
178,894


The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 (continued)

 
Common Stock
 
Treasury
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Noncontrolling
Interests
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2012
305,560,763

 
$
3,056

 
(2,293,056
)
 
$
(7,457
)
 
$
565,201

 
$
7,356

 
$
(388,770
)
 
$
(492
)
 
$
178,894

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 
10,983

 

 

 

 
10,983

Exercise of Common Stock options
9,244,971

 
92

 

 

 
22,704

 

 

 

 
22,796

Exercise of Common Stock
    warrants
1,487,774

 
15

 

 

 
613

 

 

 

 
628

Series D Preferred Stock dividend

 

 

 

 
(3,015
)
 

 

 

 
(3,015
)
Conversion of Series D Preferred
    Stock
11,290,320

 
113

 

 

 
24,273

 

 

 

 
24,386

Conversion of 2033 Senior Notes
2,396,145

 
24

 

 

 
20,815

 

 

 

 
20,839

Issuance of Common Stock in
    connection with OPKO Brazil
    acquisition at $6.73 per share
64,684

 
1

 

 

 
434

 

 

 

 
435

Issuance of Common Stock in
    connection with OPKO Renal
    acquisition at $7.16 per share
20,517,030

 
205

 

 

 
146,697

 

 

 

 
146,902

Issuance of Common Stock in
    connection with OPKO Biologics
    acquisition at $8.49 per
    share and fair value of stock
    options and warrants exchanged
63,670,805

 
637

 

 

 
586,006

 

 

 

 
586,643

Issuance of Common Stock in
    connection with OPKO Health
    Europe’s first Deferred Payment
    at $7.52 per share
585,703

 
5

 

 

 
4,430

 

 

 

 
4,435

Issuance of Treasury Stock in
    connection with OPKO Health
    Europe’s Contingent
    Consideration at $11.60 per share
 
 
 
 
28,993

 
95

 
242

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
337

Net loss attributable to common
    shareholders before preferred
    stock dividend

 

 

 

 

 

 
(114,407
)
 

 
(114,407
)
Net loss attributable to
    noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(2,939
)
 
(2,939
)
Other comprehensive loss

 

 
 
 

 

 
(3,938
)
 

 

 
(3,938
)
Balance at December  31, 2013
414,818,195

 
$
4,148

 
(2,264,063
)
 
$
(7,362
)
 
$
1,379,383

 
$
3,418

 
$
(503,177
)
 
$
(3,431
)
 
$
872,979





The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 (continued)

 
Common Stock
 
Treasury
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Noncontrolling
Interests
 
Total
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
Shares
 
Dollars
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2013
414,818,195

 
$
4,148

 
(2,264,063
)
 
$
(7,362
)
 
$
1,379,383

 
$
3,418

 
$
(503,177
)
 
$
(3,431
)
 
$
872,979

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 
14,737

 

 

 

 
14,737

Exercise of Common Stock options
2,328,947

 
23

 

 

 
5,892

 

 

 

 
5,915

Exercise of Common Stock warrants
3,063,894

 
31

 

 

 
6,982

 

 

 

 
7,013

Issuance of Common Stock for OPKO Uruguay Ltda.

 

 
19,140

 
61

 
98

 

 

 

 
159

Issuance of Common Stock upon
exchange of 2033 Senior Notes

10,974,431

 
110

 

 

 
95,555

 

 

 

 
95,665

Issuance of Common Stock for
Inspiro at 8.57

 

 
999,556

 
3,250

 
5,316

 

 

 

 
8,566

Issuance of Common Stock for
OPKO Renal earnout
2,236,210

 
22

 

 

 
21,133

 

 

 

 
21,155

Net loss attributable to common
shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 
(171,666
)
 

 
(171,666
)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling
interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(2,972
)
 
(2,972
)
Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 
(15,810
)
 

 

 
(15,810
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
433,421,677

 
$
4,334

 
(1,245,367
)
 
$
(4,051
)
 
$
1,529,096

 
$
(12,392
)
 
$
(674,843
)
 
$
(6,403
)
 
$
835,741



The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(174,638
)
 
$
(117,346
)
 
$
(29,540
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
14,927

 
15,216

 
10,160

Non-cash interest on 2033 Senior Notes
5,662

 
5,980

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs
2,007

 
1,170

 

Losses from investments in investees
3,587

 
11,456

 
2,062

Equity-based compensation – employees and non-employees
14,779

 
10,983

 
5,131

(Recovery of) provision for bad debts
646

 
979

 
(95
)
Provision for inventory obsolescence
1,082

 
2,015

 
2,688

Revenue from receipt of equity
(240
)
 
(12,740
)
 
(159
)
Realized gain on sale of equity securities
167

 
(29,881
)
 

Gain on conversion of 3.00% convertible senior notes
(2,668
)
 
(972
)
 

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment

 
60

 

Change in fair value of derivative instruments
10,632

 
45,942

 
(1,218
)
In-process research and development
12,055

 

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration
24,446

 
6,947

 
785

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
1,017

 
599

 
(9,958
)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(3,919
)
 
754

 
763

Inventory
(1,752
)
 
1,892

 
(5,807
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
3,182

 
(1,131
)
 
(2,877
)
Other assets
(3,378
)
 
(544
)
 
(361
)
Accounts payable
(3,852
)
 
1,829

 
1,247

Foreign currency measurement
945

 
(2,386
)
 
86

Accrued expenses
4,934

 
3,525

 
1,678

Net cash used in operating activities
(90,379
)
 
(55,653
)
 
(25,415
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Investments in investees
(589
)
 
(17,441
)
 
(3,396
)
Proceeds from sale of equity securities
1,331

 
30,556

 

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash
(1,683
)
 
20,528

 
(19,092
)
Purchase of marketable securities

 
(50,027
)
 
(25,806
)
Maturities of short-term marketable securities

 
50,027

 
24,997

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

 
636

 

Capital expenditures
(4,734
)
 
(3,962
)
 
(1,472
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
(5,675
)
 
30,317

 
(24,769
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of 2033 Senior Notes, net, including related parties

 
170,184

 

Payment of Series D dividends, including related parties

 
(3,015
)
 

Proceeds from the exercise of Common Stock options and warrants
12,928

 
23,425

 
2,279

Cash from non-controlling interest

2,696

 

 

Contingent consideration payments
(6,435
)
 
(2,539
)
 

Borrowings on lines of credit
26,443

 
34,577

 
36,506

Repayments of lines of credit
(28,369
)
 
(38,997
)
 
(32,754
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
7,263

 
183,635

 
6,031

Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
(100
)
 
138

 
(2
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(88,891
)
 
158,437

 
(44,155
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
185,798

 
27,361

 
71,516

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
96,907

 
$
185,798

 
$
27,361

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
$
6,276

 
$
3,407

 
$
945

Income taxes paid, net
$
954

 
$
1,321

 
$
575

RXi common stock received
$

 
$
12,500

 
$

Pharmsynthez common stock received
$
6,264

 
$

 
$

Non-cash financing:
 
 
 
 
 
Shares issued upon the conversion of:
 
 
 
 
 
Series D Preferred Stock
$

 
$
24,386

 
$

2033 Senior Notes
$
95,665

 
$
20,839

 
$

Common Stock options and warrants, surrendered in net exercise
$
3,494

 
$
815

 
$
7

Issuance of capital stock to acquire:
 
 
 
 
 
OPKO Biologics
$

 
$
586,643

 
$

OPKO Renal
$
21,155

 
$
146,902

 
$

OPKO Brazil
$

 
$
436

 
$

OPKO Health Europe
$

 
$
4,404

 
$
805

OPKO Lab
$

 
$

 
$
32,888

OPKO Uruguay Ltda.
$
159

 
$

 
$

Inspiro
$
8,566

 
$

 
$



The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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OPKO Health, Inc. and Subsidiaries
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
Note 1 Business and Organization
We are a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large and rapidly growing medical markets by leveraging our discovery, development and commercialization expertise and our novel and proprietary technologies. We are developing a range of solutions to diagnose, treat and prevent various conditions, including point-of-care tests, molecular diagnostics tests, laboratory developed tests, and proprietary pharmaceuticals and vaccines. We plan to commercialize these solutions on a global basis in large and high growth markets, including emerging markets.
We own established pharmaceutical platforms in Chile, Spain, Mexico, and Uruguay, which are generating revenue and which we expect to facilitate future market entry for our products currently in development. In addition, we have established a global supply chain operation and holding company in Ireland and pharmaceutical operations in Brazil. We own a specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) manufacturer in Israel, which we expect will facilitate the development of our pipeline of molecules and compounds for our proprietary molecular diagnostic and therapeutic products. In the U.S., we own a laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, as amended (“CLIA”), with a urologic focus that generates revenue and serves as the commercial platform for the U.S. launch of our next generation prostate cancer test to improve cancer risk stratification of patient candidates prior to prostate biopsy.
We are incorporated in Delaware and our principal executive offices are located in leased offices in Miami, Florida. We lease office and lab space in Jupiter and Miramar, Florida, and Nes Ziona, Israel, which is where our molecular diagnostics research and development, oligonucleotide research and development and CTP research and development operations are based, respectively. We lease office, manufacturing and warehouse space in Woburn, Massachusetts for our point-of-care diagnostics business, and in Nesher, Israel for our API business. We lease laboratory and office space in Nashville, Tennessee, Burlingame, California, and Miramar, Florida for our CLIA-certified laboratory business, and we lease office space in Bannockburn, Illinois, and Markham, Ontario for our pharmaceutical business directed to chronic kidney disease (“CKD”). Our Chilean and Uruguayan operations are located in leased offices and warehouse facilities in Santiago and Montevideo, respectively. Our Mexican operations are based in owned offices, an owned manufacturing facility and a leased warehouse facility in Guadalajara and in leased offices in Mexico City. Our Spanish operations are based in owned offices in Barcelona, in an owned manufacturing facility in Banyoles and a leased warehouse facility in Palol de Revardit. Our Brazilian operations are located in leased offices in Sao Paulo. Our Irish operations are located in leased offices in Dublin.
Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of presentation. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and with the instructions to Form 10-K and of Regulation S-X.
Reclassifications and correction of immaterial errors. During 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, we reported payments for contingent consideration and some deferred payments as cash outflows from operating activities. Amounts paid pertaining to the initial purchase accounting contingent liabilities should have been classified as cash outflows from financing activities. Amounts paid in excess of the initial purchase accounting contingent liabilities have been classified as cash outflows from operating activities. We have corrected the amounts previously reported in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 in conjunction with the filing of this Form 10-K and the year ended December 31, 2014 by reducing cash outflows from operating activities and increasing cash outflows from financing activities by $2.5 million and $6.4 million for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, we reported an $8.7 million loss on early conversion of our 2033 Senior Notes (defined in Note 6) in Other income (expense), net and expense of $43.1 million for the change in the fair value of the 2033 Senior Notes’ embedded derivative in Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. The loss on early conversion was overstated by $9.7 million while the change in the fair value of the embedded derivative was understated by the same amount. We have corrected the amounts previously reported in our Consolidated Statement of Operations in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 in conjunction with the filing of this Form 10-K by increasing the expense related to the embedded derivative in the 2033 Senior Notes in Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net and reducing the early conversion of the 2033 Senior Notes in Other income (expense), net by $9.7 million. This adjustment also increased Change in fair value of derivative instruments and reduced Gain on conversion of 3.00% convertible senior notes by $9.7 million in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The adjustment only affects the components of Other income and expense in our Consolidated Statement of Operations and the components of Cash flows from


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operating activities in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and does not affect Net loss, Net loss per share, net cash flows or income taxes for the period. See further discussion of the 2033 Senior Notes in Note 6.
Certain insignificant reclassifications have been made to the prior periods’ Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to conform to the current period’s presentation.
Principles of consolidation. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of OPKO Health, Inc. and of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Use of estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include short-term, interest-bearing instruments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. We also consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities at the date of purchase of 90 days or less as cash equivalents. These investments include money markets, bank deposits, certificates of deposit and U.S. treasury securities.
Inventories. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. We consider such factors as the amount of inventory on hand, estimated time required to sell such inventories, remaining shelf-life, and current market conditions to determine whether inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market.
Pre-launch inventories. We may accumulate commercial quantities of certain product candidates prior to the date we anticipate that such products will receive final FDA approval.  The accumulation of such pre-launch inventories involves the risk that such products may not be approved for marketing by the FDA on a timely basis, or ever.  This risk notwithstanding, we may accumulate pre-launch inventories of certain products when such action is appropriate in relation to the commercial value of the product launch opportunity.  In accordance with our policy, this pre-launch inventory is expensed.  At December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no pre-launch inventories recognized.
Goodwill and intangible assets. Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price and the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired when accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and arose from our acquisitions of Pharma Genexx, S.A. (“OPKO Chile”), Pharmacos Exakta S.A. de C.V. (“OPKO Mexico”), CURNA, Inc. (“CURNA”), Claros Diagnostics, Inc. (“OPKO Diagnostics”), FineTech Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (“FineTech”), ALS Distribuidora Limitada (“ALS”), Farmadiet Group Holding, S.L. (“OPKO Health Europe”), previously known as OPKO Spain, Prost-Data, Inc. (“OPKO Lab”), Cytochroma Inc. (“OPKO Renal”), Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos Ltda. (“OPKO Brazil”) and PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (“OPKO Biologics”). Goodwill, in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) and other intangible assets acquired in business combinations, licensing and other transactions at December 31, 2014 and 2013, were $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, licensing and other transactions are recognized at the date of acquisition at their respective fair values. Any excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. We determined the fair value of intangible assets, including IPR&D, using the “income method.”
Goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable, by assessing qualitative factors or performing a quantitative analysis in determining whether it is more likely than not that its fair value exceeds the carrying value.
Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances warrant a review, although IPR&D is required to be tested at least annually until the project is completed or abandoned. Upon obtaining regulatory approval, the IPR&D asset is then accounted for as a finite-lived intangible asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. If the project is abandoned, the IPR&D asset is charged to expense.
We amortize intangible assets with definite lives on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, currently ranging from 3 to 10 years, and review for impairment at least annually, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. We use the straight-line method of amortization as there is no reliably determinable pattern in which the economic benefits of our intangible assets are consumed or otherwise used up. Amortization expense was $10.9 million, $11.1 million and $8.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and


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2012, respectively. Amortization expense from operations for our intangible assets is expected to be $10.9 million, $9.7 million, $9.0 million, $6.9 million and $6.3 million for the years ended December 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Fair value measurements. The carrying amounts of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. Investments that are considered available for sale as of December 31, 2014 are carried at fair value.
Short-term investments, which we invest in from time to time, include bank deposits, corporate notes, U.S. treasury securities and U.S. government agency securities with original maturities of greater than 90 days and remaining maturities of less than one year. Long-term investments include corporate notes, U.S. treasury securities and U.S. government agency securities with maturities greater than one year.
In evaluating the fair value information, considerable judgment is required to interpret the market data used to develop the estimates. The use of different market assumptions and/or different valuation techniques may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the estimates of fair value presented herein may not be indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange. Refer to Note 17.
Contingent consideration. Each period we revalue the contingent consideration obligations associated with certain acquisitions to their fair value and record increases in the fair value as contingent consideration expense and decreases in the fair value as contingent consideration income. Changes in contingent consideration result from changes in the assumptions regarding probabilities of successful achievement of related milestones, the estimated timing in which the milestones are achieved and the discount rate used to estimate the fair value of the liability. Contingent consideration may change significantly as our development programs progress, revenue estimates evolve and additional data is obtained, impacting our assumptions. The assumptions used in estimating fair value require significant judgment. The use of different assumptions and judgments could result in a materially different estimate of fair value which may have a material impact on our results from operations and financial position.
Derivative financial instruments. We record derivative financial instruments on our Consolidated Balance Sheet at their fair value and recognize the changes in the fair value in our Consolidated Statement of Operations when they occur, the only exception being derivatives that qualify as hedges. For the derivative instrument to qualify as a hedge, we are required to meet strict hedge effectiveness and contemporaneous documentation requirements at the initiation of the hedge and assess the hedge effectiveness on an ongoing basis over the life of the hedge. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, our forward contracts for inventory purchases did not meet the documentation requirements to be designated as hedges. Accordingly, we recognize all changes in the fair values of our derivatives instruments, net, in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Refer to Note 18.
Property, Plant, Equipment and Investment Properties. Property, plant, equipment and investment properties are recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five to ten years and includes amortization expense for assets capitalized under capital leases. The estimated useful lives by asset class are as follows: software - 3 years, machinery and equipment - 5-8 years, furniture and fixtures - 5-10 years, leasehold improvements - the lesser of their useful life or the lease term, buildings and improvements - 10-40 years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation expense was $4.0 million, $4.1 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, then an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value, or carrying amount for cost basis assets, of the asset.
Income Taxes. Income taxes are accounted for under the asset-and-liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and the respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. We periodically evaluate the realizability of our net deferred tax assets. Our tax accruals are analyzed periodically and adjustments are made as events occur to warrant such adjustment.


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Revenue recognition. Generally, we recognize revenue from product sales when goods are shipped and title and risk of loss transfer to our customers. Our estimates for sales returns and allowances are based upon the historical patterns of product returns and allowances taken, matched against the sales from which they originated, and management’s evaluation of specific factors that may increase or decrease the risk of product returns.
Revenue for laboratory services is recognized on the accrual basis at the time test results are reported, which approximates when services are provided. Services are provided to certain patients covered by various third-party payer programs including various managed care organizations, as well as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Billings for services under third-party payer programs are included in sales net of allowances for contractual discounts and allowances for differences between the amounts billed and estimated program payment amounts. Adjustments to the estimated payment amounts based on final settlement with the programs are recorded upon settlement as an adjustment to revenue.
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, revenue from services also includes $0.8 million, $0.8 million and $1.4 million, respectively, of revenue related to our consulting agreement with Neovasc and to revenue related to molecular diagnostics collaboration agreements. We recognize this revenue on a straight-line basis over the contractual term of the agreements.
Revenue from transfer of intellectual property includes revenue related to the sale, license or transfer of intellectual property such as upfront license payments, license fees and milestone payments received through our license, collaboration and commercialization agreements. We analyze our multiple-element arrangements to determine whether the elements can be separated and accounted for individually as separate units of accounting.
Non-refundable license fees for the out-license of our technology are recognized depending on the provisions of each agreement. We recognize non-refundable upfront license payments as revenue upon receipt if the license has standalone value and qualifies for treatment as a separate unit of accounting under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 605-25, Multiple-Element Arrangements. License fees with ongoing involvement or performance obligations that do not have standalone value are recorded as deferred revenue, included in Accrued expenses or Other long-term liabilities, when received and generally are recognized ratably over the period of such performance obligation only after both the license period has commenced and we have delivered the technology.
The assessment of our obligations and related performance periods requires significant management judgment. If an agreement contains research and development obligations, the relevant time period for the research and development phase is based on management estimates and could vary depending on the outcome of clinical trials and the regulatory approval process. Such changes could materially impact the revenue recognized, and as a result, management reviews the estimates related to the relevant time period of research and development on a quarterly basis. For the year ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 we recorded $5.5 million, $16.7 million and $0 of revenue from the transfer of intellectual property, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, $5.0 million related to a milestone payment that TESARO, Inc. (“TESARO”) paid us under our license agreement with TESARO. For the year ended December 31, 2013, $12.5 million related to the sale of substantially all of our assets in the field of RNA interference to RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“RXi”) and $3.8 million related to the rights granted to OAO Pharmsynthez (“Pharmsynthez”) for certain technologies. Refer to Note 4.
Revenue from milestone payments related to arrangements under which we have continuing performance obligations are recognized as Revenue from transfer of intellectual property upon achievement of the milestone only if all of the following conditions are met: the milestone payments are non-refundable; there was substantive uncertainty at the date of entering into the arrangement that the milestone would be achieved; the milestone is commensurate with either the vendor’s performance to achieve the milestone or the enhancement of the value of the delivered item by the vendor; the milestone relates solely to past performance; and the amount of the milestone is reasonable in relation to the effort expended or the risk associated with the achievement of the milestone. If any of these conditions are not met, the milestone payments are not considered to be substantive and are, therefore, deferred and recognized as Revenue from transfer of intellectual property over the term of the arrangement as we complete our performance obligations.
Total deferred revenue included in Accrued expenses and Other long-term liabilities was $6.7 million and $8.3 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Allowance for doubtful accounts. We analyze accounts receivable balances by considering factors such as historical experience, customer credit worthiness, the age of the accounts receivable balances and current economic conditions and trends that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on our assessment of the collectability of customer accounts. Our reported net loss is directly affected by our estimate of the collectability of accounts receivable. The amount of the allowance for doubtful accounts was $1.9 million and $1.9 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


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Equity-based compensation. We measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. We record excess tax benefits, realized from the exercise of stock options as a financing cash inflow rather than as a reduction of taxes paid in cash flow from operations. Equity-based compensation arrangements to non-employees are recorded at their fair value on the measurement date. The measurement of equity-based compensation to non-employees is subject to periodic adjustment as the underlying equity instruments vest. During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we recorded $14.8 million, $11.0 million and $5.1 million, respectively, of equity-based compensation expense.
Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses include external and internal expenses, partially offset by third-party grants and fundings arising from collaboration agreements. External expenses include clinical and non-clinical activities performed by contract research organizations, lab services, purchases of drug and diagnostic product materials and manufacturing development costs. Research and development employee-related expenses include salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense. Other unallocated internal research and development expenses are incurred to support overall research and development activities and include expenses related to general overhead and facilities. We expense these costs in the period in which they are incurred. We estimate our liabilities for research and development expenses in order to match the recognition of expenses to the period in which the actual services are received. As such, accrued liabilities related to third party research and development activities are recognized based upon our estimate of services received and degree of completion of the services in accordance with the specific third party contract.
We record expense for in-process research and development projects acquired as asset acquisitions which have not reached technological feasibility and which have no alternative future use. For in-process research and development projects acquired in business combinations, the in-process research and development project is capitalized and evaluated for impairment until the development process has been completed. Once the development process has been completed the asset will be amortized over its remaining useful life.
Segment reporting. Our chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) is Phillip Frost, M.D., our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our CODM reviews our operating results and operating plans and makes resource allocation decisions on a Company-wide or aggregate basis. We currently manage our operations in two reportable segments, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The pharmaceutical segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pharmaceutical research and development segment which is focused on the research and development of pharmaceutical products, and vaccines, and (ii) the pharmaceutical operations we acquired in Chile, Mexico, Israel, Spain, Uruguay and Brazil. The diagnostics segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pathology operations we acquired through the acquisition of OPKO Lab and (ii) point-of-care and molecular diagnostics operations. There are no significant inter-segment sales. We evaluate the performance of each segment based on operating profit or loss. There is no inter-segment allocation of interest expense and income taxes.
Shipping and Handling Costs. We do not charge customers for shipping and handling costs. Shipping and handling costs are classified as Cost of revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Variable interest entities. The consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIE”) is required when an enterprise has a controlling financial interest. A controlling financial interest in a VIE will have both of the following characteristics: (a) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (b) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. Refer to Note 4.
Investments. We have made strategic investments in development stage and emerging companies. We record these investments as equity method investments or investments available for sale based on our percentage of ownership and whether we have significant influence over the operations of the investees. For investments classified under the equity method of accounting, we record our proportionate share of their losses in Losses from investments in investees in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Refer to Note 4. For investments classified as available for sale, we record changes in their fair value as unrealized gain or loss in Other comprehensive income (loss) based on their closing price per share at the end of each reporting period. Refer to Note 4.
Recent accounting pronouncements. In July 2013, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate inconsistent practices regarding the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is available to reduce the taxable income or tax payable that would result from the disallowance of a tax position. ASU 2013-11 is effective for our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2014 and subsequent interim periods. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 does not have a material effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.


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In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” ASU No. 2014-09 clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and develops a common revenue standard for GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards that removes inconsistencies and weaknesses in revenue requirements, provides a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues, improves comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets, provides more useful information to users of financial statements through improved disclosure requirements and simplifies the preparation of financial statements by reducing the number of requirements to which an entity must refer. ASU No. 2014-09 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Companies can choose to apply the ASU using either the full retrospective approach or a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating both methods of adoption and the impact that the adoption of this ASU will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force).” ASU No. 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. ASU No. 2014-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier adoption is permitted. The amendments can be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards. We expect to apply the ASU prospectively and do not expect the adoption to have an impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements as our existing share-based payment awards do not fall within the scope of this ASU.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” to provide guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 with early adoption permitted. We do not believe the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-15 on our Consolidated Financial Statements will be material.
NOTE 3 LOSS PER SHARE
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing our net loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing our net loss increased by dividends on preferred stock by the weighted average number of shares outstanding and the impact of all dilutive potential common shares, primarily stock options. The dilutive impact of stock options and warrants is determined by applying the “treasury stock” method. In the periods in which their effect would be antidilutive, no effect has been given to outstanding options, warrants or convertible Preferred Stock in the diluted computation. Potentially dilutive shares issuable pursuant to the 2033 Senior Notes (defined in Note 6) were not included in the computation of net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2014, because their inclusion would be antidilutive.
A total of 28,456,149, 32,105,859 and 26,695,436 potential shares of Common Stock have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, because their inclusion would be antidilutive.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, 5,787,983 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 5,392,741 shares of Common Stock. Of the 5,787,983 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants exercised, 426 shares of Common Stock were surrendered in lieu of a cash payment via the net exercise feature of the agreements.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, 10,881,570 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 10,732,745 shares of Common Stock. Of the 10,881,570 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants exercised, 148,825 shares of Common Stock were surrendered in lieu of a cash payment via the net exercise feature of the agreements.
During the year ended December 31, 2012, 1,086,361 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 1,084,982 shares of Common Stock. Of the 1,086,361 Common Stock options and Common Stock warrants exercised, 1,379 shares of Common Stock were surrendered in lieu of a cash payment via the net exercise feature of the agreements.


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Note 4 Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses
Inspiro Medical Ltd. acquisition
On April 17, 2014, we entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Inspiro Medical Ltd. (“Inspiro”), an Israeli medical device company developing a new platform to deliver small molecule drugs such as corticosteroids and beta agonists and larger molecules to treat respiratory diseases.     
In connection with the transaction, we paid $1.5 million in cash and delivered 999,556 shares of our Common Stock valued at $8.6 million based on the closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported by the NYSE on the actual closing date of the acquisition, or $8.57 per share. The transaction closed on May 22, 2014. The number of shares issued was based upon our trading price as reported by the NYSE for the ten trading days immediately preceding the execution date of the purchase agreement, or $9.00 per share.
Inspiro’s Inspiromatic is a “smart” easy-to-use dry powder inhaler with several advantages over existing devices. We anticipate that this innovative device will play a valuable role in the improvement of therapy for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases. We recorded the transaction as an asset acquisition and recorded the assets and liabilities at fair value. As the asset had no alternative future use, we recorded $10.1 million of acquired in-process research and development expenses.
We record expense for in-process research and development projects accounted for as asset acquisitions which have not reached technological feasibility and which have no alternative future use.
OPKO Biologics acquisition
In August 2013, we acquired OPKO Biologics (formerly PROLOR) pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated April 23, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”) in an all-stock transaction. OPKO Biologics is an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, holders of PROLOR common stock received 0.9951 shares of our Common Stock for each share of PROLOR common stock. At closing, we delivered 63,670,805 shares of our Common Stock valued at $540.6 million based on the closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported by the NYSE on the closing date of the acquisition, or $8.49 per share. In addition, each outstanding option and warrant to purchase shares of PROLOR common stock that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the closing date, whether vested or not vested, was converted into 7,889,265 options and warrants to purchase OPKO Common Stock at a fair value of $46.1 million.
Until completion of the acquisition, Dr. Phillip Frost, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was PROLOR’s Chairman of the Board and owned greater than 5% of its stock. Dr. Jane H. Hsiao, our Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, and Mr. Steven Rubin, our Executive Vice President, Administration, were both directors of PROLOR and owned less than 5% of its stock.
OPKO Renal acquisition
In March 2013, we acquired OPKO Renal, formerly Cytochroma, Inc., whose lead products, both in Phase 3 development, are Rayaldee (CTAP101), a vitamin D prohormone to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD and vitamin D insufficiency, and Alpharen (Fermagate Tablets), a non-absorbed phosphate binder to treat hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients (the “OPKO Renal Acquisition”).
In connection with the OPKO Renal Acquisition, we delivered 20,517,030 shares of our Common Stock valued at $146.9 million based on the closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported by the NYSE on the actual closing date of the acquisition, or $7.16 per share. The number of shares issued was based on the volume-weighted average price per share of our Common Stock as reported on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the date of the purchase agreement for the OPKO Renal Acquisition, or $4.87 per share.
In addition, the OPKO Renal Acquisition requires payments of up to an additional $190.0 million in cash or additional shares of our Common Stock, at our election, upon the achievement of certain milestones relating to development and annual revenue. As a result, we recorded $47.7 million as contingent consideration at acquisition. We evaluate the contingent consideration on an ongoing basis and the changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings until the milestones are achieved. Refer to Note 17.


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Upon the achievement of a development milestone in September 2014, we delivered 2,236,210 shares of our Common Stock valued at $21.2 million based on the $9.46 closing price per share of our Common Stock on August 8, 2014, the date the milestone was achieved.
The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation and the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisitions of OPKO Renal and OPKO Biologics:
(In thousands)
OPKO Renal
 
OPKO Biologics
Current assets (1)
$
1,224

 
$
21,500

Intangible assets:
 
 
 
In-process research and development
191,530

 
590,200

Patents
210

 

Total intangible assets
191,740

 
590,200

Goodwill
2,411

 
139,784

Property, plant and equipment
306

 
1,057

Other assets

 
371

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
(1,069
)
 
(9,866
)
Deferred tax liability

 
(156,403
)
Total purchase price
$
194,612

 
$
586,643

(1) 
Current assets include cash of $0.4 million and $20.5 million related to the OPKO Renal and OPKO Biologics acquisitions, respectively.
Goodwill from the acquisition of OPKO Biologics principally relates to the deferred tax liability generated as a result of this being a stock transaction and the assembled workforce. Goodwill from the acquisition of OPKO Renal principally relates to the assembled workforce. Goodwill is not tax deductible for income tax purposes.
Pro forma disclosure for acquisitions
The following table includes the pro forma results for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 of the combined companies as though the acquisition of OPKO Biologics and OPKO Renal had been completed as of the beginning of the period presented.
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2013
 
2012
Revenues
$
96,530

 
$
53,595

Loss from continuing operations

 
(63,479
)
Net loss
(147,546
)
 
(55,663
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
(145,027
)
 
(57,411
)
Basic and diluted loss per share
$
(0.37
)
 
$
(0.15
)
The unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for information purposes only. The unaudited pro forma financial information may not necessarily reflect our future results of operations or what the results of operations would have been had we owned and operated each company as of the beginning of the period presented.
OPKO Brazil asset acquisition
In February 2013, we acquired the assets of OPKO Brazil, a Brazilian pharmaceutical company, pursuant to a purchase agreement entered into in December 2012. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, we paid $0.3 million in cash and delivered 64,684 shares of our Common Stock at closing valued at $0.4 million based on the closing price per share of our Common Stock as reported by the NYSE on the actual closing date of the acquisition, or $6.73 per share. The number of shares issued was based on the average closing price per share of Common Stock as reported on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the execution of the purchase agreement, or $4.64 per share.
We accounted for this acquisition as an asset acquisition rather than a business combination. As a result, we recorded the assets at fair value, with most of the value being allocated to the most significant asset, its pharmaceutical business licenses.



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Investments
The following table reflects the accounting method, carrying value and underlying equity in net assets of our unconsolidated investments as of December 31, 2014:
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
Investment type
 
Investment Carrying Value
 
Underlying Equity in Net Assets
Equity method investments
 
$
9,400

 
$
30,787

Variable interest entity, equity method
 
981

 

Available for sale investments
 
5,758

 
 
Warrants and options
 
6,314

 
 
Total carrying value of investments
 
$
22,453

 
 
Equity Method Investments
Our equity method investments consist of investments in Pharmsynthez (ownership 17%), Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. (“CPI”) (8%), Sevion Therapeutics, Inc. (“Sevion”) (4%), Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (1%) and Neovasc Inc. (6%). The total assets, liabilities, and net losses of our equity method investees for the year ended December 31, 2014 were $466.7 million, $91.5 million, and $55.9 million, respectively. We have determined that we and/or our related parties can significantly influence the success of our equity method investments through our board representation and voting power. Accordingly, we account for our investment in these entities under the equity method. For investments classified under the equity method of accounting, we record our proportionate share of their losses in Loss from investments in investees in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of our equity method investments based on the quoted market price of their common stock and the number of shares held by us as of December 31, 2014 is $49.2 million. See further discussion of our investment in Pharmsynthez below.
Available for Sale Investments
Our available for sale investments consist of investments in RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“RXi”) (ownership 11%), ChromaDex Corporation (2%) and ARNO Therapeutics, Inc. (“ARNO”) (4%). We have determined that our ownership, along with that of our related parties, does not provide us with significant influence over the operations of our available for sale investments. Accordingly, we account for our investment in these entities as available for sale, and we record changes in these investments as an unrealized gain or loss in Other comprehensive income (loss) each reporting period.
Based on our evaluation of the value of our investment in ARNO, including ARNO’s decreasing stock price during the year ended December 31, 2014, we determined that the decline in fair value of our ARNO common shares was other-than-temporary and recorded an impairment charge of $1.4 million in Other income (expense), net in our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 to write our investment in ARNO common shares down to its fair value of $0.6 million as of December 31, 2014. See further discussion of the Company’s available for sale investments in Note 17.
Sales of Investments
Gains (losses) included in earnings from sales of our investments for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $1.3 million, $29.9 million and $0.0 million, respectively, and were recorded in Other income (expense), net in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.
Warrants and Options
In addition to our equity method investments and available for sale investments, we hold options to purchase 1.0 million additional shares of Neovasc, which are fully vested as of December 31, 2014, and 1.0 million, 1.7 million and 0.1 million warrants to purchase additional shares of CPI, ARNO and Sevion, respectively. We recorded the changes in the fair value of the options and warrants in Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We record the fair value of the options and warrants in Investments, net in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. See further discussion of the Company’s options and warrants in Note 17 and Note 18.


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Pharmsynthez
In April 2013, we entered into a series of concurrent transactions with Pharmsynthez, a Russian pharmaceutical company traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange. The transactions consisted of:
We delivered approximately $9.6 million to Pharmsynthez.
Pharmsynthez issued to us approximately 13.6 million of its common shares.
Pharmsynthez agreed, at its option, to issue approximately 12.0 million common shares to us or to pay us cash in Russian Rubles (“RUR”) 265.0 million (approximately $8.1 million as of December 31, 2013) on or before December 31, 2013 (the “Pharmsynthez Note Receivable”). In January 2014, Pharmsynthez delivered to us approximately 12.0 million shares of its common stock in satisfaction of the Pharmsynthez Notes Receivable.
We had a right to purchase additional shares in Pharmsynthez at a fixed price if Pharmsynthez pays us in cash rather than delivering to us the 12.0 million Pharmsynthez common shares (the “Purchase Option”), however in connection with the settlement of the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable in January 2014, this right terminated.
We granted rights to certain technologies in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (the “Territories”) to Pharmsynthez.
We will receive from Pharmsynthez royalties on net sales of products incorporating the technologies in the Territories, as well as a percentage of any sublicense income from third parties for the technologies in the Territories.
Pharmsynthez paid us $9.5 million under the various collaboration and funding agreements for the grant of rights and development of the technologies (the “Collaboration Payments”).
We recorded the shares received in Pharmsynthez as an equity method investment.  We initially recorded the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable, and the Purchase Option, as financial instruments and elected the fair value option for subsequent measurement. Changes in the fair value of the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable and the Purchase Option were recorded in Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Upon settlement in January 2014, we recorded the additional shares at fair value as an equity method investment.
We have accounted for the license and development activities as a multi-element arrangement, and allocated the total arrangement consideration based on the relative selling prices of the elements. We record the allocated consideration for development activities as an offset to Research and development expenses over the three-year term of the Collaboration Payments. We recorded revenue in connection with the grant of rights to the technologies proportionately as the payments were received. 
During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we received $1.4 million and $8.2 million, respectively, related to the Collaboration Payments of which we recorded $0.5 million and $3.8 million in Revenue from transfer of intellectual property and $1.6 million and $1.1 million as an offset to Research and development expenses in 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Investments in variable interest entities
We have determined that we hold variable interests in SciVac Ltd (“SciVac”) and Zebra Biologics, Inc. (“Zebra”). We made this determination as a result of our assessment that they do not have sufficient resources to carry out their principal activities without additional financial support.
We acquired 840,000 shares of Zebra Series A-2 Preferred Stock and 900,000 shares of Zebra restricted common stock (ownership 28% at December 31, 2014). Zebra is a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of biosuperior antibody therapeutics and complex drugs. Dr. Richard Lerner, M.D., a member of our Board of Directors, is a founder of Zebra and, along with Dr. Frost, serves as a member of Zebra’s Board of Directors.
In order to determine the primary beneficiary of Zebra, we evaluated our investment and our related parties’ investment, as well as our investment combined with the related party group’s investment to identify if we had the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of Zebra. We determined that we do not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Zebra’s economic performance. Based on the capital structure, governing documents and overall business operations of Zebra, we determined that, while a VIE, we do not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Zebra’s economic performance. We did determine, however, that we can significantly influence the success of Zebra through our board representation and voting power. Accordingly, as we have the ability to exercise significant influence over Zebra’s operations, we account for our investment in Zebra under the equity method.


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Consolidated variable interest entities
In June 2012, we acquired a 50% stock ownership in SciVac (45% as of December 31, 2014) from FDS Pharma LLP (“FDS”). SciVac is a privately-held Israeli company that produces a third-generation hepatitis B-vaccine. From November 2012 until December 31, 2014, we loaned to SciVac a combined $5.7 million for working capital purposes. We have determined that we hold variable interests in SciVac based on our assessment that SciVac does not have sufficient resources to carry out its principal activities without financial support. In order to determine the fair market value of our investment in SciVac, we have utilized a business enterprise valuation approach.
In order to determine the primary beneficiary of SciVac, we evaluated our investment to identify if we had the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of SciVac. We have determined that the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of SciVac is conveyed through SciVac’s board of directors. SciVac’s board of directors appoint and oversee SciVac’s management team who carry out the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of SciVac. As part of the share and debt purchase agreement, SciVac’s board of directors is constituted by 5 members, of which 3 members will be appointed by us, representing 60% of SciVac’s board. Based on this analysis, we determined that we have the power to direct the activities of SciVac and as such we are the primary beneficiary. As a result of this conclusion, we have consolidated the results of operations and financial position of SciVac and recorded a reduction of equity for the portion of SciVac we do not own.
The following table represents the consolidated assets and non-recourse liabilities related to SciVac as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. These assets are owned by, and these liabilities are obligations of, SciVac, not us.
(In thousands)
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Assets
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
393

 
$
2

Accounts receivable, net
316

 
283

Inventories, net
1,649

 
1,696

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
718

 
218

Total current assets
3,076

 
2,199

Property, plant and equipment, net
1,725

 
1,374

Intangible assets, net
875

 
1,111

Goodwill
1,553

 
1,821

Other assets
384

 
261

Total assets
$
7,613

 
$
6,766

Liabilities
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
445

 
$
1,136

Accrued expenses
4,446

 
6,498

Notes payable
5,189

 
1,537

Total current liabilities
10,080

 
9,171

Other long-term liabilities
2,042

 
1,240

Total liabilities
$
12,122

 
$
10,411



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Note 5 Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
Accounts receivable, net
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
$
21,875

 
$
21,651

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(1,906
)
 
(1,884
)
 
$
19,969

 
$
19,767

Inventories, net
 
 
 
Finished products
$
12,116

 
$
13,374

Work in-process
1,011

 
1,350

Raw materials
4,116

 
4,132

Less: inventory reserve
(639
)
 
(777
)
 
$
16,604

 
$
18,079

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
 
 
Prepaid supplies
$
1,123

 
$
945

Prepaid insurance
968

 
892

Pharmsynthez notes receivable

 
6,151

Other receivables
669

 
1,985

Taxes recoverable
2,417

 
3,458

Other
4,212

 
5,653

 
$
9,389

 
$
19,084

Property, plant, equipment and investment properties, net:
 
 
 
Machinery and equipment
$
13,710

 
$
11,656

Building
3,171

 
3,615

Land
2,391

 
2,666

Furniture and fixtures
2,148

 
2,051

Software
1,695

 
807

Leasehold improvements
3,592

 
3,107

Construction in process
225

 
489

Less: accumulated depreciation
(10,521
)
 
(7,364
)
 
$
16,411

 
$
17,027

Intangible assets, net:
 
 
 
Technologies
$
52,508

 
$
51,660

Customer relationships
22,108

 
22,725

Product registrations
8,763

 
9,692

Trade names
3,483

 
3,669

Covenants not to compete
8,639

 
8,671

Other
1,079

 
2,519

Less:  accumulated amortization
(33,931
)
 
(24,403
)
 
$
62,649

 
$
74,533

Accrued expenses:
 
 
 
Taxes payable
$
77

 
$
702

Deferred revenue
4,185

 
7,639

Clinical trials
8,643

 
3,342

Professional fees
1,860

 
402

Employee benefits
4,127

 
4,399

Deferred acquisition payments, net of discount
15

 
5,465



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For the years ended December 31,
Contingent consideration
27,352

 
28,047

Other
14,653

 
15,878

 
$
60,912

 
$
65,874

 
 
 
 
Other long-term liabilities:
 
 
 
Contingent consideration – OPKO Renal
$
36,529

 
$
34,401

Contingent consideration – OPKO Health Europe
254

 
504

Contingent consideration – OPKO Diagnostics
6,992

 
8,340

Contingent consideration – CURNA
440

 
316

Mortgages and other debts payable
2,434

 
3,270

Deferred tax liabilities
167,153

 
166,435

Other, including deferred revenue
3,556

 
1,509

 
$
217,358

 
$
214,775

The following table summarizes the fair values assigned to our major intangible asset classes upon each acquisition:
(In thousands)
Technology
 
In-process research and development
 
Customer relationships
 
Product registrations
 
Covenants not to compete
 
Tradename
 
Other
 
Total identified intangible assets
 
Goodwill
OPKO
Chile(1)
$

 
$

 
$
3,945

 
$
5,829

 
$

 
$
1,032

 
$

 
$
10,806

 
$
5,441

OPKO
Mexico

 

 
121

 
77

 
70

 
77

 

 
345

 
21

CURNA

 
10,000

 

 

 

 

 
290

 
10,290

 
4,827

OPKO Diagnostics
44,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
44,400

 
17,977

FineTech
2,700

 

 
14,200

 

 
1,500

 
400

 

 
18,800

 
11,623

OPKO Health Europe
3,017

 
1,459

 
436

 
2,930

 
187

 
349

 

 
8,378

 
8,062

OPKO Lab
1,370

 

 
3,860

 

 
6,900

 
1,830

 
70

 
14,030

 
29,629

SciVac
1,090

 

 
40

 

 

 

 

 
1,130

 
760

OPKO Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 
686

 
686

 

OPKO Renal

 
191,530

 

 

 

 

 
210

 
191,740

 
2,411

OPKO Biologics

 
590,200

 

 

 

 

 

 
590,200

 
139,784

OPKO Uruguay Ltda.

 

 

 

 

 

 
347


347

 

Weighted average amortization period
9 years

 
Indefinite

 
6 years

 
9 years

 
5 years

 
4 years

 
4 years

 
 
 
Indefinite

(1) 
Includes intangible assets and goodwill related to ALS acquisition.
All of the intangible assets and goodwill acquired relate to our acquisitions of OPKO Chile, including the intangible assets and goodwill related to the ALS acquisition, OPKO Mexico, CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, FineTech, OPKO Health Europe, OPKO Lab, OPKO Brazil, OPKO Renal, OPKO Biologics, OPKO Uruguay Ltda. and SciVac, a consolidated VIE. The pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and veterinary products from ALS and OPKO Health Europe do not require ongoing product renewals. We do not anticipate capitalizing the cost of product registration renewals, rather we expect to expense these costs, as incurred. Our goodwill is not tax deductible for income tax purposes in the U.S., Chile, Canada, Mexico, Spain, or Israel.
At December 31, 2014, the changes in value of the intangible assets and goodwill are primarily due to foreign currency fluctuations between the Chilean and Mexican pesos, the Euro and the Shekel against the U.S. dollar. At December 31, 2013, the changes in value of the intangible assets and goodwill are primarily due to the acquisitions of OPKO Brazil, Cytochroma and PROLOR, as well as the foreign currency fluctuations between the Chilean and Mexican pesos, the Brazilian reals, the euro and the shekel against the U.S. dollar.


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The following table reflects the changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts, provision for inventory reserve and tax valuation allowance accounts:
 
(In thousands)
Beginning
balance
 
Charged
to
expense
 
Written-off
 
Charged
to other
 
Ending
balance
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
$
(1,884
)
 
(646
)
 
321

 
303

 
$
(1,906
)
Inventory reserve
$
(777
)
 
(1,082
)
 
1,028

 
192

 
$
(639
)
Tax valuation allowance
$
(85,370
)
 

 

 
(46,561
)
 
$
(131,931
)
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
$
(474
)
 
(979
)
 
28

 
(459
)
 
$
(1,884
)
Inventory reserve
$
(1,313
)
 
(2,015
)
 
2,188

 
363

 
$
(777
)
Tax valuation allowance
$
(59,145
)
 
(1,148
)
 

 
(25,077
)
 
$
(85,370
)
The following table summarizes the changes in Goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2014.
 
2014
 
2013
(In thousands)
Balance at January 1st
 
Acquisitions
 
Foreign exchange
 
Balance at December 31st
 
Balance at January 1
 
Acquisitions
 
Foreign exchange, other
 
Balance at December 31
Pharmaceuticals
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CURNA
$
4,827

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,827

 
$
4,827

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,827

OPKO Mexico
114

 

 
(14
)
 
100

 
114

 

 

 
114

OPKO Chile
6,102

 

 
(819
)
 
5,283

 
6,697

 

 
(595
)
 
6,102

OPKO Health Europe
9,075

 

 
(1,062
)
 
8,013

 
8,712

 

 
363

 
9,075

FineTech
11,698

 

 

 
11,698

 
11,698

 

 

 
11,698

SciVac
1,739

 

 
(186
)
 
1,553

 
796

 

 
943

 
1,739

OPKO Renal
2,069

 

 

 
2,069

 

 
2,411

 
(342
)
 
2,069

OPKO Biologics
139,784

 

 

 
139,784

 

 
139,784

 

 
139,784

Diagnostics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

OPKO Diagnostics

17,977

 

 

 
17,977

 
17,977

 

 

 
17,977

OPKO Lab
32,988

 

 

 
32,988

 
29,629

 

 
3,359

 
32,988

 
$
226,373

 
$

 
$
(2,081
)
 
$
224,292

 
$
80,450

 
$
142,195

 
$
3,728

 
$
226,373




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Note 6 Debt    
In January 2013, we entered into note purchase agreements (the “2033 Senior Notes”) with qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors (collectively, the “Purchaser”) in a private placement in reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, (the “Securities Act”). The Purchasers of the 2033 Senior Notes include Frost Gamma Investments Trust, a trust affiliated with Dr. Frost, and Hsu Gamma Investment, L.P., an entity affiliated with Dr. Hsiao. The 2033 Senior Notes were issued on January 30, 2013. The 2033 Senior Notes, which total $175.0 million, bear interest at the rate of 3.00% per year, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning August 1, 2013. The 2033 Senior Notes will mature on February 1, 2033, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Upon a fundamental change as defined in the instruments governing the 2033 Senior Notes, subject to certain exceptions, the holders may require us to repurchase all or any portion of their 2033 Senior Notes for cash at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes being repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the fundamental change repurchase date.
The following table sets forth information related to the 2033 Senior Notes which is included our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014:
(In thousands)
Embedded conversion option
 
2033 Senior Notes
 
Discount
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
101,087


$
158,064


$
(47,239
)

$
211,912

Amortization of debt discount




5,662


5,662

Change in fair value of embedded derivative
12,213






12,213

Conversion
(47,353
)

(70,422
)

19,442


(98,333
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
65,947


$
87,642


$
(22,135
)

$
131,454

The following table sets forth information related to the 2033 Senior Notes which is included our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013:
(In thousands)
Embedded conversion option
 
2033 Senior Notes
 
Discount
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2012
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Issuance of 3.00% convertible notes
59,204

 
175,000

 
(59,204
)
 
175,000

Amortization of debt discount

 

 
6,596

 
6,596

Change in fair value of embedded derivative
52,742

 

 

 
52,742

Conversion
(10,859
)
 
(16,936
)
 
5,369

 
(22,426
)
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
101,087

 
$
158,064

 
$
(47,239
)
 
$
211,912

The 2033 Senior Notes will be convertible at any time on or after November 1, 2032, through the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, at the option of the holders. Additionally, holders may convert their 2033 Senior Notes prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding November 1, 2032, under the following circumstances: (1) conversion based upon satisfaction of the trading price condition relating to the 2033 Senior Notes; (2) conversion based on the Common Stock price; (3) conversion based upon the occurrence of specified corporate events; or (4) if we call the 2033 Senior Notes for redemption. The 2033 Senior Notes will be convertible into cash, shares of our Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at our election unless we have made an irrevocable election of net share settlement. The initial conversion rate for the 2033 Senior Notes will be 141.48 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $7.07 per share of Common Stock), and will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, we will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for holders who convert their 2033 Senior Notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) and holders who convert upon the occurrence of certain specific events prior to February 1, 2017 (other than in connection with a make-whole fundamental change). Holders of the 2033 Senior Notes may require us to repurchase the 2033 Senior Notes for 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on February 1, 2019, February 1, 2023 and February 1, 2028, or following the occurrence of a fundamental change as defined in the indenture governing the 2033 Senior Notes.
We may not redeem the 2033 Senior Notes prior to February 1, 2017. On or after February 1, 2017 and before February 1, 2019, we may redeem for cash any or all of the 2033 Senior Notes but only if the last reported sale price of our


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Common Stock exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately prior to the date on which we deliver the redemption notice. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date. On or after February 1, 2019, we may redeem for cash any or all of the 2033 Senior Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the redemption date.
The terms of the 2033 Senior Notes, include, among others: (i) rights to convert into shares of our Common Stock, including upon a fundamental change; and (ii) a coupon make-whole payment in the event of a conversion by the holders of the 2033 Senior Notes on or after February 1, 2017 but prior to February 1, 2019. We have determined that these specific terms are considered to be embedded derivatives. As a result, embedded derivatives are required to be separated from the host contract, the 2033 Senior Notes, and carried at fair value when: (a) the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract; and (b) a separate, stand-alone instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument. We have concluded that the embedded derivatives within the 2033 Senior Notes meet these criteria and, as such, must be valued separate and apart from the 2033 Senior Notes and recorded at fair value each reporting period.
For accounting and financial reporting purposes, we combine these embedded derivatives and value them together as one unit of accounting. At each reporting period, we record these embedded derivatives at fair value which is included as a component of the 2033 Senior Notes on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
On August 30, 2013, one of the conversion rights in the 2033 Senior Notes was triggered. Holders of the 2033 Senior Notes converted $16.9 million principal amount into 2,396,145 shares of our Common Stock at a rate of 141.48 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes. We recorded a $1.0 million non-cash gain related to the conversion. The gain on exchange is included within Other income (expense) on our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In June 2014, we entered into an exchange agreement with a holder of the Company’s Notes pursuant to which such holder exchanged $70.4 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes for 10,974,431 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and approximately $0.8 million in cash representing accrued interest through the date of completion of the exchange. We recorded a $2.7 million non-cash gain related to the exchange. The gain on exchange is included within Other income (expense) on our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
We used a binomial lattice model in order to estimate the fair value of the embedded derivative in the 2033 Senior Notes. A binomial lattice model generates two probable outcomes — one up and another down —arising at each point in time, starting from the date of valuation until the maturity date. A lattice model was initially used to determine if the 2033 Senior Notes would be converted, called or held at each decision point. Within the lattice model, the following assumptions are made: (i) the 2033 Senior Notes will be converted early if the conversion value is greater than the holding value; or (ii) the 2033 Senior Notes will be called if the holding value is greater than both (a) the redemption price (as defined in the Indenture) and (b) the conversion value plus the coupon make-whole payment at the time. If the 2033 Senior Notes are called, then the holder will maximize their value by finding the optimal decision between (1) redeeming at the redemption price and (2) converting the 2033 Senior Notes.
Using this lattice model, we valued the embedded derivatives using the “with-and-without method,” where the value of the 2033 Senior Notes including the embedded derivatives is defined as the “with,” and the value of the 2033 Senior Notes excluding the embedded derivatives is defined as the “without.” This method estimates the value of the embedded derivatives by looking at the difference in the values between the 2033 Senior Notes with the embedded derivatives and the value of the 2033 Senior Notes without the embedded derivatives.
The lattice model requires the following inputs: (i) price of our Common Stock; (ii) Conversion Rate (as defined in the Indenture); (iii) Conversion Price (as defined in the Indenture); (iv) maturity date; (v) risk-free interest rate; (vi) estimated stock volatility; and (vii) estimated credit spread for the Company.


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The following table sets forth the inputs to the lattice model used to value the embedded derivative:
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Issuance Date
Stock price
$9.99
 
$8.44
 
$6.20
Conversion Rate
141.4827
 
141.4827
 
141.4827
Conversion Price
$7.07
 
$7.07
 
$7.07
Maturity date
February 1, 2033
 
February 1, 2033
 
February 1, 2033
Risk-free interest rate
1.40%
 
1.78%
 
1.12%
Estimated stock volatility
39%
 
55%
 
40%
Estimated credit spread
1,081 basis points
 
828 basis points
 
944 basis points
The following table sets forth the fair value of the 2033 Senior Notes with and without the embedded derivatives, and the fair value of the embedded derivatives at December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013, and January 30, 2013. At December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013, and January 30, 2013, the principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes was $87.6 million, $158.1 million and $175.0 million, respectively:
(In thousands)
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Issuance Date
Fair value of 2033 Senior Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
With the embedded derivatives
$
129,009

 
$
218,081

 
$
175,000

Without the embedded derivatives
$
63,062

 
$
116,994

 
$
115,796

Estimated fair value of the embedded derivatives
$
65,947

 
$
101,087

 
$
59,204

Changes in certain inputs into the lattice model can have a significant impact on changes in the estimated fair value of the embedded derivatives. For example, a decrease in our estimated credit spread results in an increase in the estimated value of the embedded derivatives. Conversely, a decrease in the price of our Common Stock results in a decrease in the estimated fair value of the embedded derivatives. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we observed an increase in the market price of our Common Stock which primarily resulted in a $12.2 million and $52.7 million increase, respectively, in the estimated fair value of our embedded derivatives recorded in Fair value changes of derivative instruments, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
We have line of credit agreements with ten financial institutions as of December 31, 2014 and twelve financial institutions as of December 31, 2013 in Chile and Spain. These lines of credit are used primarily as a source of working capital for inventory purchases.
The following table summarizes the amounts outstanding under the Chilean and Spanish lines of credit:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 Balance Outstanding
Lender
 
Interest rate on
borrowings at December 31, 2014
 
Credit line
capacity
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Itau Bank
 
6.52%
 
$
1,800

 
965

 
$
1,999

Bank of Chile
 
6.34%
 
2,250

 
1,410

 
2,079

BICE Bank
 
6.16%
 
1,700

 
1,249

 
516

Corp Banca
 
—%
 

 

 
(47
)
BBVA Bank
 
5.00%
 
2,000

 
795

 
523

Penta Bank
 
7.34%
 
1,200

 
1,008

 
946

Security Bank
 
6.16%
 
640

 
361

 
1,075

BCI
 
—%
 

 

 
198

Estado Bank
 
5.30%
 
2,800

 
1,870

 
1,772

Sabadell Bank
 
4.50%
 
182

 

 

BBVA Bank
 
4.75%
 
304

 

 

Santander Bank
 
4.50%
 
243

 

 

Total
 
 
 
$
13,119

 
$
7,658

 
$
9,061



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At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the weighted average interest rate on our lines of credit was approximately 6.1% and 7.7%, respectively.
At December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had mortgage notes and other debt related to OPKO Health Europe as follows:
(In thousands)
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Current portion of notes payable
$
608

 
$
1,964

Other long-term liabilities
2,435

 
3,270

Total mortgage notes and other debt
$
3,043

 
$
5,234

The mortgages and other debts mature at various dates ranging from 2015 through 2024 bearing variable interest rates from 2.7% up to 6.3%. The weighted average interest rate on the mortgage notes and other debt at December 31, 2014 and 2013, was 3.4% and 3.9%, respectively. The mortgages are secured by our office space in Barcelona.
Note 7 Shareholders’ Equity
Our authorized capital stock consists of 750,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
Common Stock
Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock currently outstanding or which may be issued in the future, the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends from our funds legally available when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors, and are entitled to share ratably in all of our assets available for distribution to holders of Common Stock upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs subject to the liquidation preference, if any, of any then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. Holders of our Common Stock do not have any preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters which they are entitled to vote upon at meetings of stockholders or upon actions taken by written consent pursuant to Delaware corporate law. The holders of our Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of a plurality of the outstanding shares can elect all of our directors. All of the shares of our Common Stock currently issued and outstanding are fully-paid and nonassessable. No dividends have been paid to holders of our Common Stock since our incorporation, and no cash dividends are anticipated to be declared or paid on our Common Stock in the reasonably foreseeable future.
In addition to our equity-based compensation plans, we have issued warrants to purchase our Common Stock. Refer to Note 9 for additional information on our share-based compensation plans. The table below provides additional information for warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2014.
Warrants
Number of
warrants
 
Weighted
average
exercise price
 
Expiration date
Outstanding at December 31, 2013
24,496,664

 
$
0.94

 
Various from September 2014 through March 2017
Issued

 

 
 
Exercised
(3,064,317
)
 
2.29

 
 
Expired
(2,601
)
 
0.01

 
 
Outstanding and Exercisable at December 31, 2014
21,429,746

 
$
0.75

 
Various from
July 2015 through
March 2017
Of the 3,064,317 Common Stock warrants exercised, 426 shares were surrendered in lieu of a cash payment via the net exercise feature of the warrant agreements.
Preferred Stock
Under our certificate of incorporation, our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by stockholders, to designate up to 10 million shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix or alter, from time to time, the designations, powers and rights of each series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any series of Preferred Stock, including dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preference of any wholly issued series of


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Preferred Stock, any or all of which may be greater than the rights of the Common Stock, and to establish the number of shares constituting any such series.
Of the authorized Preferred Stock, 4,000,000 shares and 500,000 shares were designated Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock issued or outstanding.
8% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
Of the authorized Preferred Stock, 2,000,000 shares were designated 8% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”). On March 1, 2013, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend to all Series D Preferred Stockholders as of March 8, 2013. The total cash dividend paid was approximately $3.0 million. In addition, the Company also exercised its option to convert all 1,129,032 shares of our outstanding Series D Preferred Stock into 11,290,320 shares of our Common Stock effective of March 8, 2013. Following the conversion there are no outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no shares of Series D Preferred Stock issued or outstanding.
The 2012 cash dividend to Series D Preferred Stockholders was approximately $3.0 million. As of December 31, 2012 we had approximately $2.30 per Series D Preferred Share, or $2.6 million, of Series D Preferred Stock dividends in arrears.
Note 8 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
For the year ended December 31, 2014, changes in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, were as follows:
(In thousands)
Foreign
currency

Unrealized
gain (loss) in
Accumulated
OCI

Total
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
1,371


$
2,047


$
3,418

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net of tax (1)
(8,088
)

(8,044
)

(16,132
)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax (1)


322


322

Net other comprehensive loss
(8,088
)

(7,722
)

(15,810
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
(6,717
)

$
(5,675
)

$
(12,392
)
(1) 
Effective tax rate of 40.13%.
Amounts reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2014 includes $1.3 million realized gain on the sales of certain of our investments available for sale. Of the $1.3 million gain on the sales of our investments available for sale, a $0.9 million gain was reclassified from unrealized gains in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to Other income (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2014. Amounts reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) also includes an other-than-temporary impairment charge on our investment in ARNO as discussed in Note 4. Amounts reclassified for our available for sale investments were based on the specific identification method.
For the year ended December 31, 2013, changes in Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, were as follows:
(In thousands)
Foreign
currency
 
Unrealized
gain (loss) in
Accumulated
OCI
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
3,196

 
$
4,160

 
$
7,356

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net of tax (1)
(1,825
)
 
2,467

 
642

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax (1)

 
(4,580
)
 
(4,580
)
Net other comprehensive loss
(1,825
)
 
(2,113
)
 
(3,938
)
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
1,371

 
$
2,047

 
$
3,418

(1) 
Effective tax rate of 38.47%.


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Amounts reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2013, related to $10.8 million realized gain on the sales of certain of our investments available for sale. Of the $10.8 million gain on the sales of our investments available for sale, a $7.5 million gain was reclassified from unrealized gains in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Other income (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Note 9 Equity-Based Compensation
We maintain five equity-based incentive compensation plans, the Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, the 2000 Stock Option Plan, the Modigene Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Modigene Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan that provide for grants of stock options and restricted stock to our directors, officers, key employees and certain outside consultants. Equity awards granted under our 2007 Equity Incentive Plan are exercisable for a period of either 7 years or 10 years from the date of grant. Equity awards granted under our 2000 Stock Option Plan, 2003 Equity Incentive Plan and the two Modigene Plans are exercisable for a period of up to 10 years from date of grant. Vesting periods range from immediate to 5 years.
We classify the cash flows resulting from the tax benefit that arises when the tax deductions exceed the compensation cost recognized for those equity awards (excess tax benefits) as financing cash inflows. There were no excess tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
Equity-based compensation arrangements to non-employees are accounted for at their fair value on the measurement date. The measurement of equity-based compensation to non-employees is subject to periodic adjustment over the vesting period of the equity instruments.
Valuation and Expense Information
We recorded equity based compensation expense of $14.8 million, $11.0 million and $5.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, all of which were reflected as operating expenses. Of the $14.8 million of equity based compensation expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2014, $9.7 million was recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses, $5.0 million was recorded as research and development expenses and $0.1 million was recorded as a cost of revenue. Of the $11.0 million of equity based compensation expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2013, $7.3 million was recorded as selling, general and administrative expense and $3.6 million was recorded as research and development expenses. Of the $5.1 million of equity based compensation expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2012, $3.1 million was recorded as selling, general and administrative expense and $2.0 million was recorded as research and development expenses.
We estimate forfeitures of stock options and recognize compensation cost only for those awards expected to vest. Forfeiture rates are determined for all employees and non-employee directors based on historical experience and our estimate of future vesting. Estimated forfeiture rates are adjusted from time to time based on actual forfeiture experience.
As of December 31, 2014, there was $41.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the stock options granted under our equity-based incentive compensation plans. Such cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.0 years.
Stock Options
We estimate the fair value of each stock option on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model option-pricing formula and amortize the fair value to expense over the stock option’s vesting period using the straight-line attribution approach for employees and non-employee directors, and for awards issued to non-employees we recognize compensation expense on a graded basis, with most of the compensation expense being recorded during the initial periods of vesting. We apply the following assumptions in our Black-Scholes-Merton Model option-pricing formula:
 
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
 
Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 
Year Ended
December 31,
2012
Expected term (in years)
1.0 - 10.0
 
1.0 - 7.0
 
1.0 - 7.0
Risk-free interest rate
.10% - 2.65%
 
0.15% - 2.45%
 
0.09% - 2.61%
Expected volatility
31% - 72%
 
0.31% - 83%
 
69%
Expected dividend yield
0%
 
0%
 
0%
Expected Term: The expected term of the stock options granted to employees and non-employee directors was calculated using the shortcut method. We believe this method is appropriate as our equity shares have been publicly-traded for a limited


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period of time and as such we do not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate expected term. The expected term of stock options issued to non-employee consultants is the remaining contractual life of the options issued.
Risk-Free Interest Rate: The risk-free interest rate is based on the rates paid on securities issued by the U.S. Treasury with a term approximating the expected life of the option.
Expected Volatility: The expected volatility for stock options with an expected life of 7 years or less was based on the historical volatility of our stock. The expected volatility for stock options with an expected life of 8 years or greater was based on an average of the volatility of a peer group of publicly-traded entities and the historical volatility of our stock, which we believe will be representative of the volatility over the expected term of the options. We believe the use of peer group’s historical volatility is appropriate as our equity shares have not been publicly-traded for 8 years.
Expected Dividend Yield: We do not intend to pay dividends on Common Stock for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, we used a dividend yield of zero in the assumptions.
We maintain incentive stock plans that provide for the grants of stock options to our directors, officers, employees and non-employee consultants. As of December 31, 2014, there were 16,736,892 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under our 2007 Incentive Plan. We intend to issue new shares upon the exercise of stock options. Stock options granted under these plans have been granted at an option price equal to the closing market value of the stock on the date of the grant. Stock options granted under these plans to employees typically become exercisable over four years in equal annual installments after the date of grant, and stock options granted to non-employee directors become exercisable in full one-year after the grant date, subject to, in each case, continuous service with us during the applicable vesting period. We assumed stock options to grant Common Stock as part of the mergers with Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Froptix, Inc. and OPKO Biologics, which reflected various vesting schedules, including monthly vesting to employees and non-employee consultants.
A summary of option activity under our stock option plans as of December 31, 2014, and the changes during the year is presented below: 
Options
Number of
options
 
Weighted
average
exercise
price
 
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term (years)
 
Aggregate
intrinsic value
(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2013
21,350,597

 
$
4.47

 
4.8
 
$
85,186

Granted
5,437,500

 
$
8.47

 
 
 
 
Exercised
(2,723,666
)
 
$
3.45

 
 
 
 
Forfeited
(727,126
)
 
$
5.65

 
 
 
 
Expired
(37,386
)
 
$
0.71

 
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2014
23,299,919

 
$
5.50

 
5.37
 
$
104,797

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014
21,943,140

 
$
5.35

 
5.25
 
$
101,859

Exercisable at December 31, 2014
11,876,035

 
$
3.89

 
4.09
 
$
72,481

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $14.6 million, $59.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $4.64, $4.00, and $2.44, respectively. The total fair value of stock options vested during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $10.9 million, $5.9 million and $3.4 million, respectively.
Restricted Stock
In 2009, we issued 30,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to one of our independent board members. The restricted stock was granted under our 2007 Equity Incentive Plan with a term of 7 years and vesting occurring 5 years after the grant date with certain events which would accelerate the vesting of the award. The restricted stock was valued using the grant date fair value which was equivalent to the closing price of our Common Stock on the grant date. We record the cost of restricted stock over the vesting period.



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Note 10 Income Taxes
We operate and are required to file tax returns in the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions.
The (expense) benefit for incomes taxes consists of the following: 
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
225

 
$

 
$

State
247

 

 

Foreign
(1,514
)
 
(1,073
)
 
(332
)
 
(1,042
)
 
(1,073
)
 
(332
)
Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
Federal

 
(1,161
)
 
8,191

State
(167
)
 
(104
)
 
1,038

Foreign
1,185

 
666

 
729

 
1,018

 
(599
)
 
9,958

Total, net
$
(24
)
 
$
(1,672
)
 
$
9,626

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are comprised of the following: 
(In thousands)
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Federal net operating loss
$
63,004

 
$
43,869

State net operating loss
12,050

 
6,987

Foreign net operating loss
25,825

 
20,545

Research and development expense
9,244

 
4,746

Research and development tax credit
6,077

 
4,876

Stock options
18,422

 
13,981

Accruals
1,764

 
1,936

Equity investments
8,038

 
4,756

Other
4,702

 
2,904

Deferred income tax assets
149,126

 
104,600

Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Intangible assets
(177,074
)
 
(179,414
)
Other
(4,305
)
 
(4,996
)
Deferred income tax liabilities
(181,379
)
 
(184,410
)
Net deferred income tax assets
(32,253
)
 
(79,810
)
Valuation allowance
(131,931
)
 
(85,370
)
Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(164,184
)
 
$
(165,180
)
The changes in deferred income tax assets, liabilities and valuation allowances at December 31, 2014 reflect the acquisition of various legal entities, including the tax attributes. Certain deferred tax assets and liabilities have been changed to properly reflect their classification. The acquisitions were accounted for under U.S. GAAP as stock acquisitions and business combinations. As of December 31, 2014, we have federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $294.9 million, $262.6 million and $97.1 million, respectively, that expire at various dates through 2034. Included in the foreign net operating losses is $74.0 million related to OPKO Biologics. As of December 31, 2014, we have research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $6.1 million that expire in varying amounts through 2034. We have determined a full valuation allowance is required against all of our net deferred tax assets that we do not expect to be utilized by the turning of deferred income tax liabilities.


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As a result of certain realization requirements of ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, the table of deferred tax assets and liabilities shown above does not include certain deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, that arose directly from (or the use of which was postponed by) tax deductions related to equity compensation that are greater than the compensation recognized for financial reporting. Equity will be increased by $16.4 million if and when such deferred tax assets are ultimately realized. The Company uses ASC 740 ordering when determining when excess tax benefits have been realized.
Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, certain significant changes in ownership may restrict the future utilization of our income tax loss carryforwards and income tax credit carryforwards in the U.S. The annual limitation is equal to the value of our stock immediately before the ownership change, multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate (i.e., the highest of the adjusted Federal long-term rates in effect for any month in the three-calendar-month period ending with the calendar month in which the change date occurs). This limitation may be increased under the IRC§ 338 Approach (IRS approved methodology for determining recognized Built-In Gain). As a result, federal net operating losses and tax credits may expire before we are able to fully utilize them.
During 2008, we conducted a study to determine the impact of the various ownership changes that occurred during 2007 and 2008. As a result, we have concluded that the annual utilization of our net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) and tax credits is subject to a limitation pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 382. Under the tax law, such NOLs and tax credits are subject to expiration from 15 to 20 years after they were generated. As a result of the annual limitation that may be imposed on such tax attributes and the statutory expiration period, some of these tax attributes may expire prior to our being able to use them. As we have established a valuation allowance against all of our net deferred tax assets, including such NOLs and tax credits, there is no current impact on these financial statements as a result of the annual limitation. This study did not conclude as to whether eXegenics’ pre-merger NOLs were limited under Section 382. As such, of the $294.9 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards, at least approximately $37.2 million may not be able to be utilized.
Uncertain Income Tax Positions
We file federal income tax returns in the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions, as well as with various U.S. states and the Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada. We are subject to routine tax audits in all jurisdictions for which we file tax returns. Tax audits by their very nature are often complex and can require several years to complete. For the period ended December 31, 2014, $3.2 million of accrued uncertain tax benefits were reversed as a result of settlements with foreign tax authorities. It is reasonably possible that some audits will close within the next twelve months, which we do not believe would result in a material change to our accrued uncertain tax positions.
U.S. Federal: Under the tax statute of limitations applicable to the Internal Revenue Code, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by the Internal Revenue Service for years before 2011. However, because we are carrying forward income tax attributes, such as net operating losses and tax credits from 2011 and earlier tax years, these attributes can still be audited when utilized on returns filed in the future.
State: Under the statutes of limitation applicable to most state income tax laws, we are no longer subject to state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2011 in states in which we have filed income tax returns. Certain states may take the position that we are subject to income tax in such states even though we have not filed income tax returns in such states and, depending on the varying state income tax statutes and administrative practices, the statute of limitations in such states may extend to years before 2011.
Foreign: Under the statutes of limitations applicable to our foreign operations, we are generally no longer subject to tax examination for years before 2009 in jurisdictions where we have filed income tax returns.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
As of December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was approximately $5.9 million, $9.2 million, and $9.2 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, the total gross unrecognized tax benefit of $5.9 million consisted of increases of $0.7 million as a result of current year activity, and decreases of $4.1 million as a result of the lapse of statutes of limitations and audit settlements. As of December 31, 2014, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect our effective income tax rate was $0.9 million. As of December 31, 2013, $0.2 million of the unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would have affected our effective income tax rate and none as of December 31, 2012. We believe it is reasonably possible that approximately $0.9 million of unrecognized tax benefits may be recognized within the next twelve months.


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The following summarizes the changes in our gross unrecognized income tax benefits.
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of period
$
9,231

 
$
9,245

 
$
5,250

Gross increases – tax positions in prior period
717

 
575

 
4,467

Gross decreases – tax positions in prior period
(396
)
 
(589
)
 
(472
)
Lapse of Statute of Limitations
(472
)
 


 


Settlements
(3,190
)
 


 


Unrecognized tax benefits at end of period
$
5,890

 
$
9,231

 
$
9,245

Other Income Tax Disclosures
The significant elements contributing to the difference between the federal statutory tax rate and the effective tax rate are as follows: 
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
2.5
 %
 
2.4
 %
 
3.1
 %
Foreign income tax
(10.3
)%
 
(7.9
)%
 
(0.9
)%
Research and development tax credits
1.1
 %
 
1.0
 %
 
(0.3
)%
Non-Deductible components of Convertible Debt
(3.8
)%
 
(16.7
)%
 
 %
Valuation allowance
(25.3
)%
 
(11.4
)%
 
(11.4
)%
Other
0.8
 %
 
(3.9
)%
 
(0.7
)%
Total
 %
 
(1.5
)%
 
24.8
 %
The following table reconciles our losses before income taxes between U.S. and foreign jurisdictions: 
  
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Pre-tax loss:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.
$
(84,075
)
 
$
(74,861
)
 
$
(34,058
)
Foreign
(87,567
)
 
(37,874
)
 
(4,725
)
Total
$
(171,642
)
 
$
(112,735
)
 
$
(38,783
)
The following table reconciles our long-lived assets between U.S. and foreign jurisdictions: 
(In thousands)
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Long-lived assets:
 
 
 
U.S.
$
4,286

 
$
4,582

Foreign
12,125

 
12,445

Total
$
16,411

 
$
17,027

No additional provision has been made for U.S. or foreign income taxes on the undistributed earnings of subsidiaries or for unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for temporary differences related to investments in subsidiaries, as such earnings are expected to be permanently reinvested, the investments are essentially permanent in duration, or the Company has concluded that no additional tax liability will arise as a result of distribution of such earnings. A liability could arise if amounts are distributed by such subsidiaries or if such subsidiaries are ultimately disposed. It is not practicable to estimate the additional income taxes related to permanently reinvested earnings or the basis differences related to investments in subsidiaries.


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Note 11 Related Party Transactions
In February 2014, Dr. Frost, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, paid a filing fee of $280,000 to the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”) in connection with filings made by us and Dr. Frost. We reimbursed Dr. Frost for the HSR filing fee.
In October, 2013, we paid the $170,000 filing fee to the FTC in connection with filings made by us and Dr. Hsiao, our Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer, under the HSR Act.
In October 2013, we entered into an agreement with ARNO pursuant to which we invested $2.0 million as part of an approximate $30 million financing. In exchange for our investment, we received 833,333 shares of ARNO common stock, one-year warrants to purchase 833,333 shares of ARNO common stock, for $2.40 a share and five-year warrants to purchase an additional 833,333 shares of ARNO common stock for $4.00 a share. Other investors participating in the private financing included Frost Gamma Investments Trust, a trust affiliated with Dr. Frost (the “Gamma Trust”), Hsu Gamma Investment, L.P., an entity affiliated with Dr. Hsiao (the “Hsu Gamma”), and other members of our board of directors and management. In connection with the transaction, ARNO agreed that for so long as we continue to hold at least 3% of the total number of outstanding shares of ARNO’s common stock on a fully-diluted basis, we will have the right to appoint a non-voting observer to attend all meetings of ARNO’s board of directors and we shall have a right of first negotiation that provides us with exclusive rights to negotiate with ARNO for a 45-day period regarding any potential strategic transactions that ARNO’s board of directors elects to pursue.
In October 2013, we made an investment in Zebra pursuant to which we acquired 840,000 shares of Zebra’s Series A-2 Preferred stock for $2.0 million. Zebra is a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of biosuperior antibody therapeutics and complex drugs. Zebra’s patented platform is an advanced version of a core technology developed at The Scripps Research Institute (“TSRI”) by Dr. Lerner (the “TSRI Technology”). Zebra acquired the license to the TSRI Technology from a third party who had licensed such rights from TSRI. In connection with its acquisition of rights to the TSRI Technology, Zebra agreed to make certain research funding payments to Dr. Lerner’s laboratory at TSRI to further support development of the TSRI Technology. Dr. Lerner also participated in the Series A-2 Preferred Stock financing on the same financial terms as the Company. Each of Drs. Frost and Lerner serve as members of the board of directors and scientific consultants to Zebra. After the closing, we owned 23.5% of the Series A-2 Preferred stock issued and outstanding by Zebra. Each of Drs. Frost and Lerner received 900,000 restricted shares of Zebra common stock in connection with their roles as founders and scientific consultants to Zebra. Dr. Frost gifted his 900,000 shares of Zebra restricted common stock to OPKO.
Effective May 1, 2013, we entered into an agreement with Dr. Hsiao pursuant to which we have the right to utilize approximately 5,000 square feet of laboratory space in Taiwan, inclusive of any and all utility costs, taxes and building maintenance fees. In addition, Dr. Hsiao provides certain other services to us relating to government grant work in Taiwan, as well as the coordination of work flow between our U.S. and Taiwanese operations. The term of the agreement is for five years and obligates us to pay Dr. Hsiao approximately $60,000 annually.  
In August 2013, we acquired OPKO Biologics (formerly PROLOR) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 23, 2013 in an all-stock transaction.  Until completion of the acquisition, Dr. Frost was PROLOR’s Chairman of the Board and a greater than 5% stockholder of PROLOR. Dr. Hsiao and Mr. Rubin were also directors and less than 5% stockholders of PROLOR. 
In January 2013, we sold $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes in a private placement in reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act. The Purchasers of the 2033 Senior Notes include the Gamma Trust and Hsu Gamma. The 2033 Senior Notes were issued on January 30, 2013.
In December 2012, we entered into a five-year lease agreement with AVI Properties, LLC (“AVI”), an entity affiliated with Dr. Jonathan Oppenheimer, who previously served as OPKO Lab’s Chief Executive Officer. The lease is for approximately 44,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in Nashville, Tennessee, where OPKO Lab is based. The lease provides for payments of approximately $18 thousand per month in the first year, increasing annually if the consumer price index exceeds 5%, plus applicable sales tax. In addition to the rent, we pay a portion of operating expenses, property taxes and parking.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, FineTech recorded revenue of $0.3 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for the sale of APIs to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Limited (“Teva”). Dr. Frost previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teva until 2015.
In February 2012, we entered into a cooperative research funding and option agreement with TSRI to support research for the development of novel oligomeric compounds relating to our molecular diagnostics technology (the “Research Agreement”).


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Pursuant to the Research Agreement, we agreed to provide funding of approximately $0.9 million annually over a five year period. OPKO has notified TSRI of its intent to terminate this Agreement effective July 2015. In conjunction with entering into the Research Agreement, we also entered into a license agreement with TSRI for technology relating to libraries of peptide tertiary amides. In addition, we entered into a second license with TSRI for technology relating to highly selective inhibitors of c-Jun-N-Terminal Kinases that may be useful for the treatment of various diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. We also entered into a research funding and option agreement to provide funding of approximately $0.2 million annually over three years to support further development of the technology. Dr. Frost served as a Trustee for TSRI until November 2012 and Dr. Lerner, a member of our Board of Directors, served as its President until December 2011.
In February 2012, we made a $1.0 million investment in ChromaDex. Other investors participating in the private financing included the Gamma Trust, Hsu Gamma, and Dr. Lerner. Following our investment, we owned 1.5% of ChromaDex, the Gamma Trust owned approximately 16% of ChromaDex; Hsu Gamma owned approximately 1%; and certain of our directors owned less than 1% of ChromaDex.
In 2012, we made a $1.7 million investment in Biozone. Effective January 2, 2014, Biozone completed a merger with Cocrystal, another entity in which we have an equity investment, to which Cocrystal was the surviving entity, and the name of the issuer was changed to Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. (“CPI”). Dr. Frost previously invested in both Biozone and Cocrystal. Effective January 16, 2014, we invested an additional $0.5 million in the company as part of a $2.75 million private placement and received 1.0 million shares of common stock and 1.0 million 10-year warrants exercisable at $0.50 per share. At December 31, 2014, we hold an 8% ownership interest in CPI.
In August 2011, we made an investment in Neovasc. Dr. Frost and other members of our management are shareholders of Neovasc. Prior to the investment, Dr. Frost beneficially owned approximately 36% of Neovasc, Dr. Hsiao owned approximately 6%, and Mr. Rubin owned less than 1%. Dr. Hsiao and Mr. Rubin also serve on the board of directors of Neovasc.
In November 2010, we made an investment in Fabrus and on May 16, 2014, Senesco Technologies, Inc. acquired Fabrus pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger. On September 29, 2014, Senesco changed its name to Sevion Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Frost and Steven Rubin serve on the Sevion board of directors. At December 31, 2014, we hold an 4% ownership interest in Sevion.
In June 2010, we entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (“Academia Sinica”), for pre-clinical work for a compound against various forms of cancer. Dr. Alice Yu, a member of our Board of Directors, previously served as a Distinguished Research Fellow and Associate Director at the Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica (“Genomics Research Center”). In connection with the Academia Sinica Agreement, we are required to pay Academia Sinica approximately $0.2 million over the term of the agreement.
In June 2009, we entered into a stock purchase agreement with Sorrento, pursuant to which we invested $2.3 million in Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (“Sorrento”). In exchange for the investment, we acquired approximately one-third of the outstanding common shares of Sorrento and received a fully-paid, exclusive license to the Sorrento antibody library for the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies in the field of ophthalmology. On September 21, 2009, Sorrento entered into a merger transaction with Quikbyte Software, Inc. (“Quikbyte”). Prior to the merger transaction, certain investors, including Dr. Frost and other members of our management group, made an investment in Quikbyte. Dr. Lerner serves as a consultant and scientific advisory board member to Sorrento and owns less than one percent of its shares. In December 2013, we completed the sale of our stake in Sorrento and recorded a gain on the sale of $17.2 million and other income of $2.7 million related to an early termination fee under a license agreement with Sorrento.
In November 2007, we entered into an office lease with Frost Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Frost Holdings”), an entity affiliated with Dr. Frost. The lease was for approximately 8,300 square feet of space in an office building in Miami, Florida, where our principal executive offices are located. The lease provided for payments of approximately $18 thousand per month in the first year increasing annually to $24 thousand per month in the fifth year, plus applicable sales tax. The rent was inclusive of operating expenses, property taxes and parking. The rent for the first year was reduced to reflect a $30 thousand credit for the costs of tenant improvements. In August 2012, we entered into a six-month extension on the same terms as the 2007 expiring lease and in February 2013, we agreed to extend the lease on a month-to-month basis. Effective January 1, 2014, we entered into a new lease agreement with Frost Holdings. The lease, as amended on July 28, 2014, was for approximately 22,000 square feet of space. The lease provides for payments of approximately $57 thousand per month in the first year increasing annually to $65 thousand per month in the fifth year, plus applicable sales tax. As in the original lease, the rent is inclusive of operating expenses, property taxes and parking. The rent will be reduced by $216 thousand for the cost of tenant improvements, of which approximately $113 thousand and $103 thousand will be credited against rent payments in 2014 and 2015, respectively.


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We reimburse Dr. Frost for Company-related use by Dr. Frost and our other executives of an airplane owned by a company that is beneficially owned by Dr. Frost. We reimburse Dr. Frost in an amount equal to the cost of a first class airline ticket between the travel cities for each executive, including Dr. Frost, traveling on the airplane for Company-related business. We do not reimburse Dr. Frost for personal use of the airplane by Dr. Frost or any other executive; nor do we pay for any other fixed or variable operating costs of the airplane. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, we reimbursed Dr. Frost approximately $175 thousand, $93 thousand, and $203 thousand, respectively, for Company-related travel by Dr. Frost and other OPKO executives.
Note 12 Employee Benefit Plans
Effective January 1, 2007, the OPKO Health Savings and Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) permits employees to contribute up to 50% of qualified pre-tax annual compensation up to annual statutory limitations. The discretionary company match for employee contributions to the Plan is 100% up to the first 4% of the participant’s earnings contributed to the Plan. Our matching contributions to the Plan were approximately $0.6 million, $0.5 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 respectively.
Note 13 Commitments and Contingencies
In connection with our acquisitions of CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, OPKO Health Europe and OPKO Renal, we agreed to pay future consideration to the sellers upon the achievement of certain events. As a result, as of December 31, 2014, we recorded $71.6 million as contingent consideration, with $27.4 million recorded within Accrued expenses and $44.2 million recorded within Other long-term liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to Note 5. In addition, in connection with our asset purchase agreement with Schering Plough Corporation, now Merck & Co. (“Merck”), we are required to pay up to an additional $25.0 million upon the achievement of certain development milestones. Future payments to be made under the agreement with Merck will be recognized when the milestones are achieved and consideration is issued or becomes issuable. Refer to Note 14.
On April 29, 2013, we were named in a putative class action filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court in and for Clark County, Nevada against PROLOR (now known as OPKO Biologics), the members of the PROLOR Board of Directors, individually (including Drs. Frost and Hsiao and Steven Rubin), and the Company. From May 1, 2013 through May 6, 2013, we were named in an additional five putative class actions suits filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court in and for Clark County, Nevada against the same defendants. On July 17, 2013, these suits were consolidated, for all purposes, into an amended class action complaint. The lawsuit is brought by purported holders of PROLOR’s common stock, both individually and on behalf of a putative class of PROLOR’s stockholders, asserting claims that PROLOR’s Board of Directors breached its fiduciary duties in connection with the merger by purportedly failing to maximize stockholder value, that PROLOR and its Board of Directors failed to disclose material information to PROLOR’s stockholders, and that the Company aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. On May 5, 2014, the court issued an order dismissing all claims as to all defendants without prejudice, and the plaintiffs did not appeal the dismissal or file an amended complaint.
In July 2012, OPKO Lab received a letter from AdvanceMed Corporation (“AdvanceMed”) regarding a post-payment review conducted by AdvanceMed (the “Post-Payment Review Letter”). The Post-Payment Review Letter originated with a post payment review audit by AdvanceMed of 183 claims submitted by OPKO Lab to the Medicare program. OPKO Lab believes that its billing practices were appropriate and it is following the appeal process set forth by Medicare. OPKO Lab received a partially favorable determination, which reduced the amount of the alleged overpayment, and it continues to appeal the remaining alleged overpayments. No assurances can be given about the outcome of the appeal.
On or around October 21, 2014, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (“Demand”) from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee (“Attorney’s Office”). The Demand concerns an investigation of allegations that the Company or one of its affiliated entities or other parties submitted false claims for payment related to services provided to government healthcare program beneficiaries in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 3729. We intend to fully cooperate with the investigation and produce documents responsive to the Demand. It is too early to assess the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome in this matter or the loss or range of loss, if any.
We accrue a liability for legal contingencies when we believe that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and that we can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. We review these accruals and adjust them to reflect ongoing negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other relevant information. To the extent new information is obtained and our views on the probable outcomes of claims, suits, assessments, investigations or legal proceedings change, changes in our accrued liabilities would be recorded in the period in which such determination is made. For the matters referenced in the paragraph below, the amount of liability is not probable or the amount cannot be reasonably estimated; and, therefore, accruals have not been made. In addition, in accordance with the relevant authoritative guidance, for matters which


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the likelihood of material loss is at least reasonably possible, we provide disclosure of the possible loss or range of loss; however, if a reasonable estimate cannot be made, we will provide disclosure to that effect.
We are a party to other litigation in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any such litigation will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
We expect to incur substantial losses as we continue the development of our product candidates, continue our other research and development activities, and establish a sales and marketing infrastructure in anticipation of the commercialization of our diagnostic and pharmaceutical product candidates. We currently have limited commercialization capabilities, and it is possible that we may never successfully commercialize any of our diagnostic and pharmaceutical product candidates. We do not currently generate significant revenue from any of our diagnostic and pharmaceutical product candidates. Our research and development activities are budgeted to expand over a period of time and will require further resources if we are to be successful. As a result, we believe that our operating losses are likely to be substantial over the next several years. We may need to obtain additional funds to further develop our research and development programs, and there can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
At December 31, 2014, we were committed to make future purchases for inventory and other items that occur in the ordinary course of business under various purchase arrangements with fixed purchase provisions aggregating $14.7 million.
Note 14 Strategic Alliances
Pfizer Inc.
We plan to develop a portfolio of product candidates through a combination of internal development and external partnerships. In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (“GHD”) in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born small for gestational age (“SGA”) (the “Pfizer Transaction”).
The Pfizer Transaction closed in January 2015 following the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Under the terms of the Pfizer Transaction, we received non-refundable and non-creditable upfront payments of $295 million and are eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. Pfizer received the exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide. In addition, we are eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, the royalties will transition to a regional, tiered gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin®.
We will lead the clinical activities and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.
As the Pfizer Transaction was completed in January 2015, no revenue was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2014 for the Pfizer Transaction. See further discussion of the Pfizer Transaction in Note 20.
TESARO
In November 2009, we entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “NK-1 Agreement”) under which we acquired rolapitant and other neurokinin-1 (“NK-1”) assets from Schering Plough Corporation, now Merck. In December 2010, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with TESARO, in which we out-licensed the development, manufacture, commercialization and distribution of our lead NK-1 candidate, rolapitant (the “TESARO License”). Under the terms of the TESARO License, we are eligible for payments of up to $121.0 million, including an up-front payment of $6.0 million, which has been received, and additional payments based upon achievement of specified regulatory and commercialization milestones. In addition, TESARO will pay us double digit tiered royalties on sales of licensed products. We will share future profits from the commercialization of licensed products in Japan with TESARO and we will have an option to market the products in Latin America.
In September 2014, TESARO submitted a New Drug Application (“NDA”) to the FDA for approval of oral rolapitant, an investigational neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Under the terms of our agreement with TESARO, TESARO paid us a milestone payment of $5.0 million upon acceptance by the FDA of the NDA in the fourth quarter 2014 which was recognized in Revenue from transfer of intellectual


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property in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Under the terms of the NK-1 Agreement, upon acceptance by the FDA of TESARO’s NDA in the fourth quarter of 2014, we were required to make a $2.0 million milestone payment to Merck. We accounted for the NK-1 Agreement as an asset acquisition and allocated the entire $2.0 million payment to In-process research and development expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Under the terms of the NK-1 Agreement, we are required to pay up to an additional $25.0 million upon achievement of certain development milestones. Future payments to be made under the NK-1 Agreement will be recognized when the milestones are achieved and consideration is issued or becomes issuable.
RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation
In March 2013, we completed the sale to RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“RXi”) of substantially all of our assets in the field of RNA interference (the “RNAi Assets”) (collectively, the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). In accounting for the sale of the RNAi Assets, we determined that we did not have any continuing involvement in the development of the RNAi Assets or any other future performance obligations and, as a result, during the year ended December 31, 2013, we recognized $12.5 million of revenue from transfer of intellectual property in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, RXi will be required to pay us up to $50.0 million in milestone payments upon the successful development and commercialization of each drug developed by RXi, certain of its affiliates or any of its or their licensees or sublicensees utilizing patents included within the RNAi Assets (each, a “Qualified Drug”). In addition, RXi will also be required to pay us royalties equal to: (a) a mid single-digit percentage of “Net Sales” (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) with respect to each Qualified Drug sold for an ophthalmologic use during the applicable “Royalty Period” (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement); and (b) a low single-digit percentage of net sales with respect to each Qualified Drug sold for a non-ophthalmologic use during the applicable royalty period.
Other
We have also completed strategic deals with the UT Southwestern, Washington University, INEOS Healthcare, TSRI, the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Academia Sinica, among others. In connection with these license agreements, upon the achievement of certain milestones we are obligated to make certain payments and have royalty obligations upon sales of products developed under the license agreements. At this time, we are unable to estimate the timing and amounts of payments as the obligations are based on future development of the licensed products.


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Note 15 Leases
We conduct certain of our operations under operating lease agreements. Rent expense under operating leases was approximately $2.6 million, $1.9 million, and $1.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.
As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate future minimum lease payments under all non-cancelable operating leases with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year are as follows: 
Year Ending
(In thousands)
2015
$
2,744

2016
2,290

2017
1,478

2018
1,149

2019
653

Thereafter
3,256

Total minimum lease commitments
$
11,570

Note 16 Segments
We currently manage our operations in two reportable segments, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The pharmaceuticals segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pharmaceutical research and development segment which is focused on the research and development of pharmaceutical products, and vaccines, and (ii) the pharmaceutical operations we acquired in Chile, Mexico, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Uruguay. The diagnostics segment consists of two operating segments, our (i) pathology operations we acquired through the acquisition of OPKO Lab and (ii) point-of-care and molecular diagnostics operations. There are no inter-segment sales. We evaluate the performance of each segment based on operating profit or loss. There is no inter-segment allocation of interest expense and income taxes.


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Information regarding our operations and assets for our operating segments and the unallocated corporate operations as well as geographic information are as follows:
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Product revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
76,983

 
$
68,161

 
$
45,295

Diagnostics

 

 

Corporate

 

 

 
$
76,983

 
$
68,161

 
$
45,295

Revenue from services:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$

 
$

 
$

Diagnostics
8,426

 
10,833

 
395

Corporate
240

 
825

 
1,354

 
$
8,666

 
$
11,658

 
$
1,749

Revenue from transfer of intellectual property:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
5,285

 
$
15,160

 
$

Diagnostics
191

 
1,551

 

Corporate

 

 

 
$
5,476

 
$
16,711

 
$

Operating (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
(94,401
)
 
$
(29,809
)
 
$
(6,797
)
Diagnostics
(21,647
)
 
(22,199
)
 
(14,259
)
Corporate
(27,725
)
 
(24,473
)
 
(15,628
)
Less: Operating loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
(2,042
)
 
(3,151
)
 
(585
)
 
$
(145,815
)
 
$
(79,632
)
 
$
(37,269
)
Depreciation and amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
7,936

 
$
8,234

 
$
6,367

Diagnostics
6,894

 
6,833

 
3,614

Corporate
97

 
149

 
179

 
$
14,927

 
$
15,216

 
$
10,160

Net loss from investment in investees:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
(3,587
)
 
$
(11,456
)
 
$
(2,062
)
Diagnostics

 

 

Corporate

 

 

 
$
(3,587
)
 
$
(11,456
)
 
$
(2,062
)
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
14,142

 
$
28,369

 
$
1,749

Chile
29,154

 
31,650

 
26,514

Spain
21,323

 
18,800

 
6,124

Israel
20,638

 
13,252

 
7,655

Mexico
5,807

 
4,459

 
5,002

Other
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$
91,125

 
$
96,530

 
$
47,044




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(In thousands)
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Assets:
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
1,064,498

 
$
1,065,033

Diagnostics
108,072

 
116,944

Corporate
95,094

 
209,539

 
$
1,267,664

 
$
1,391,516

Goodwill:
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
$
173,327

 
$
175,408

Diagnostics
50,965

 
50,965

Corporate

 

 
$
224,292

 
$
226,373

During the year ended December 31, 2014, one customer of our pharmaceutical segment represented 13% of our total revenue. During the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2012, no customer represented more than 10% of our total revenue. As of December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, no customer represented more than 10% of our accounts receivable balance.
Note 17 Fair Value Measurements
We record fair values at an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. We utilize a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include: Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.
A summary of our investments classified as available for sale and carried at fair value, is as follows:
 
As of December 31, 2014
(In thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
unrealized
gains in
Accumulated
OCI
 
Gross
unrealized
losses in
Accumulated
OCI
 
Gain/(Loss)
in
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Fair
value
Common stock investments, available for sale
$
11,479

 
$
293

 
$
(4,573
)
 
$
(1,441
)
 
$
5,758

Common stock options/warrants
1,425

 
216

 

 
4,673

 
6,314

Total assets
$
12,904

 
$
509

 
$
(4,573
)
 
$
3,232

 
$
12,072

 
As of December 31, 2013
(In thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
unrealized
gains in
Accumulated
OCI
 
Gross
unrealized
losses in
Accumulated
OCI
 
Gain/(Loss)
in
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Fair
value
Common stock investments, available for sale
$
3,376

 
$
2,698

 
$

 
$

 
$
6,074

Common stock options/warrants
925

 
1,041

 

 
4,022

 
5,988

Total assets
$
4,301

 
$
3,739

 
$

 
$
4,022

 
$
12,062

Any future fluctuation in fair value related to these instruments that is judged to be temporary, including any recoveries of previous write-downs, will be recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income or loss. If we determine that any future valuation adjustment was other-than-temporary, we will record a loss during the period such determination is made.
As of December 31, 2014, we have money market funds that qualify as cash equivalents, forward contracts for inventory purchases (Refer to Note 18) and contingent consideration related to the acquisitions of CURNA, OPKO Diagnostics, OPKO Health Europe, and OPKO Renal that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, in connection with our investment and our consulting agreement with Neovasc, we record the related Neovasc options at fair value as well as the warrants from Cocrystal, ARNO and Sevion.


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Our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
 
Fair value measurements as of December 31, 2014
(In thousands)
Quoted
prices in
active
markets for
identical
assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
$
71,286

 
$

 
$

 
$
71,286

Certificates of deposit

 

 

 

Common stock investments, available for sale
5,758

 

 

 
5,758

Common stock options/warrants

 
6,314

 

 
6,314

Forward contracts

 
36

 

 
36

Total assets
$
77,044

 
$
6,350

 
$

 
$
83,394

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Embedded conversion option
$

 
$

 
$
65,947

 
$
65,947

Contingent consideration:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CURNA

 

 
440

 
440

OPKO Diagnostics

 

 
13,578

 
13,578

OPKO Renal

 

 
55,780

 
55,780

OPKO Health Europe

 

 
1,769

 
1,769

Total liabilities
$

 
$

 
$
137,514

 
$
137,514

 
Fair value measurements as of December 31, 2013
(In thousands)
Quoted
prices in
active
markets for
identical
assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
$
168,418

 
$

 
$

 
$
168,418

Certificates of deposit

 
827

 

 
827

Pharmsynthez Notes Receivable & Purchase Option

 
6,151

 

 
6,151

Common stock investments, available for sale
6,074

 

 

 
6,074

Common stock options/warrants

 
5,988

 

 
5,988

Forward contracts

 
49

 

 
49

Total assets
$
174,492

 
$
13,015

 
$

 
$
187,507

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Embedded conversion option
$

 
$

 
$
101,087

 
$
101,087

Deferred acquisition payments, net of discount

 

 
5,465

 
5,465

Contingent consideration:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CURNA

 

 
573

 
573

OPKO Diagnostics

 

 
13,776

 
13,776

FineTech

 

 
3,124

 
3,124

OPKO Renal

 

 
53,092

 
53,092

OPKO Health Europe

 

 
1,043

 
1,043

Total liabilities
$

 
$

 
$
178,160

 
$
178,160



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The carrying amount and estimated fair value of our long-term debt, as well as the applicable fair value hierarchy tiers, are contained in the table below. The fair value of the 2033 Senior Notes is determined using a binomial lattice approach in order to estimate the fair value of the embedded derivative in the 2033 Senior Notes. Refer to Note 6.
 
December 31, 2014
(In thousands)
Carrying
Value
 
Total
Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
2033 Senior Notes
$
65,507

 
$
63,062

 
$

 
$

 
$
63,062

There have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 and no transfers to or from Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the carrying value of our other assets and liabilities approximates their fair value due to their short-term nature.
The following tables reconcile the beginning and ending balances of our Level 3 assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
 
December 31, 2014
(In thousands)
Contingent
consideration
 
Deferred
acquisition
payments, net
of discount
 
Embedded
conversion
option
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
71,620

 
$
5,465

 
$
101,087

Additions

 

 

Total losses (gains) for the period:
 
 
 
 
 
Included in results of operations
24,446

 
(735
)
 
12,213

Foreign currency impact
(130
)
 

 

Payments
(24,369
)
 
(4,730
)
 

Conversion

 

 
(47,353
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
71,567

 
$

 
$
65,947

 
December 31, 2013
(In thousands)
BZNE Note
and
conversion
feature
 
Contingent
consideration
 
Deferred
acquisition
payments, net
of discount
 
Embedded
conversion
option
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
2,040

 
$
20,056

 
$
10,103

 
$

Additions

 
47,710

 

 
59,204

Total losses (gains) for the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Included in results of operations

 
6,947

 
829

 
52,742

Foreign currency remeasurement
 
 
31

 
 
 
 
Conversion
(2,040
)
 

 

 
(10,859
)
Payments

 
(3,124
)
 
(5,467
)
 

Balance at December 31, 2013
$

 
$
71,620

 
$
5,465

 
$
101,087

The estimated fair values of our financial instruments have been determined by using available market information and what we believe to be appropriate valuation methodologies. We use the following methods and assumptions in estimating fair value:
Contingent consideration – We estimate the fair value of the contingent consideration utilizing a discounted cash flow model for the expected payments based on estimated timing and expected revenues. We use several discount rates depending on each type of contingent consideration related to OPKO Diagnostics, CURNA, OPKO Health Europe, OPKO Renal and rolapitant transactions. The discount rates used range from 6% to 27% and were based on the weighted average cost of capital for those businesses. If the discount rates were to increase by 1%, on each transaction, the contingent consideration would decrease by $1.2 million. If estimated future sales were to decrease by 10%, the contingent consideration related to OPKO Renal would decrease by $1.5 million. As of December 31, 2014, of the $71.6 million of contingent consideration, $27.4 million is recorded in Accrued expenses and $44.2 million is recorded in Other long-term liabilities. As of December 31, 2013,


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of the $71.6 million of contingent consideration, $28.0 million is recorded in Accrued expenses and $43.6 million is recorded in Other long-term liabilities.
Deferred payments – We estimate the fair value of the deferred payments utilizing a discounted cash flow model for the expected payments.
Embedded conversion option – We estimate the fair value of the embedded conversion option related to the 2033 Senior Notes using a binomial lattice model. Refer to Note 6 for detail description of the binomial lattice model and the fair value assumptions used.
BZNE Notes and conversion feature - The stock market activity in BZNE does not represent an active market and as such, we determined the fair market value utilizing a business enterprise valuation approach in order to determine the fair value of our investment. The most significant assumptions are the projected revenue growth and operating income (loss). The impact of a change in any of our significant underlying assumptions +/- 1% would not result in a materially different fair value. We converted the BZNE Notes into common stock in December 2013.
Note 18 Derivative Contracts
The following table summarizes the fair values and the presentation of our derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
(In thousands)
Balance Sheet Component
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Derivative financial instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmsynthez Note Receivable and Purchase Option
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$

 
$
6,151

Common stock options/warrants
Investments, net
 
$
6,314

 
$
5,988

Embedded conversion option
2033 Senior Notes, net of discount and estimated fair value of embedded derivatives
 
$
65,947

 
$
101,087

Forward contracts (1)
Current portion of lines of credit and notes payable
 
$
36

 
$
49

(1) 
Gains on forward contracts are recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets. Losses on forward contracts are recorded in Accrued expenses.
We enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to cover the risk of exposure to exchange rate differences arising from inventory purchases on letters of credit. Under these forward contracts, for any rate above or below the fixed rate, we receive or pay the difference between the spot rate and the fixed rate for the given amount at the settlement date.
To qualify the derivative instrument as a hedge, we are required to meet strict hedge effectiveness and contemporaneous documentation requirements at the initiation of the hedge and assess the hedge effectiveness on an ongoing basis over the life of the hedge. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, our derivative financial instruments do not meet the documentation requirements to be designated as hedges. Accordingly, we recognize the changes in Fair value of derivative instruments, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following table summarizes the losses and gains recorded for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:
 
For the years ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Derivative gain (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock options/warrants (1)
$
1,193

 
$
6,544

 
$
1,350

2033 Senior Notes
(12,213
)
 
(52,742
)
 

Forward contracts
$
388

 
$
256

 
$
(132
)
Total
$
(10,632
)
 
$
(45,942
)
 
$
1,218


(1) 
Includes the Pharmsynthez Note Receivable and the Purchase Option.



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The outstanding forward contracts at December 31, 2014 and 2013, have been recorded at fair value and their maturity details are as follows:
(In thousands)
Days until maturity
 
Contract value
 
Fair value at
 December 31, 2014
 
Effect on income (loss)
0 to 30
 
$
750

 
$
780

 
$
30

31 to 60
 
90

 
93

 
3

61 to 90
 

 

 

91 to 120
 
68

 
71

 
3

121 to 180
 

 

 

Total
 
$
908

 
$
944

 
$
36

(In thousands)
Days until maturity
 
Contract value
 
Fair value at
 December 31, 2013
 
Effect on income (loss)
0 to 30
 
$
472

 
$
489

 
$
17

31 to 60
 
561

 
579

 
18

61 to 90
 
503

 
517

 
14

91 to 120
 

 

 

121 to 180
 

 

 

More than 180
 

 

 

Total
 
$
1,536

 
$
1,585

 
$
49

Note 19 Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
 
For the 2014 Quarters Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
March 31
 
June 30
 
September 30
 
December 31
Total revenues
$
22,274

 
$
23,545

 
$
19,773

 
$
25,533

Total costs and expenses
52,550

 
58,429

 
67,974

 
57,987

Net loss
(45,088
)
 
(26,075
)
 
(50,014
)
 
(53,461
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
(44,548
)
 
(25,478
)
 
(48,669
)
 
(52,971
)
(Loss) income per share, basic and diluted:
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.06
)
 
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.12
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the 2013 Quarters Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
March 31
 
June 30
 
September 30
 
December 31
Total revenues
$
31,376

 
$
23,821

 
$
20,641

 
$
20,692

Total costs and expenses
38,149

 
41,805

 
39,650

 
56,558

Net loss
(34,763
)
 
(4,353
)
 
(60,801
)
 
(17,429
)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
(34,635
)
 
(3,394
)
 
(59,998
)
 
(16,800
)
(Loss) income per share, basic and diluted:
$
(0.11
)
 
$
(0.01
)
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
(0.04
)
Note 20 Subsequent Events
The Pfizer Transaction was completed in January 2015 following the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. In the first quarter of 2015, we expect to make a payment $25.6 million to the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Economy (“OCS”) in connection with repayment obligations resulting from grants previously made by the OCS to OPKO Biologics to support development of hGH-CTP and the outlicense of the technology outside of Israel.
We have reviewed all subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the date of our December 31, 2014 Consolidated Balance Sheet date, through the time of filing this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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ITEM 9.     CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of December 31, 2014. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2014.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined effective could provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on the framework in the Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework”). As permitted, our management's assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of SciVac Ltd, a consolidated variable interest entity. SciVac Ltd constituted $7.6 million and $(4.5) million of our total and net assets, respectively, as of December 31, 2014 and $2.8 million and $(2.6) million of revenues and net loss attributable to common shareholders, respectively, for the year then ended. Based on our evaluation under the framework in 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2014.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, who also audited our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as stated in their report which appears with our accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.
Changes to the Company’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, we concluded there was a material weakness in the design and operating effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2013. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the Company’s financial statement close process at its Chilean subsidiary due to the lack of sufficient controls to assure that inventory and accounts receivable balances were recorded correctly in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
With the oversight of senior management and our audit committee, we took additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the material weakness. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we have worked with a global accounting firm in preparation for reporting on the effectiveness of our internal controls, and we have engaged an additional accounting firm to assist our local management team in addressing the underlying cause of the material weakness primarily through the development and implementation of additional policies, improved processes and documented procedures, as well as the hiring of additional finance personnel. Upon completion of our testing of the design and operating effectiveness of these


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new control procedures, management concluded that it has remediated the previously identified material weakness as of December 31, 2014.
Except as described above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent quarter ended December 31, 2014 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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ITEM 9B.     OTHER INFORMATION
None.


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PART III
The information required in Items 10 (Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance), Item 11 (Executive Compensation), Item 12 (Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters), Item 13 (Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence), and Item 14 (Principal Accounting Fees and Services) is incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of December 31, 2014.



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PART IV.
Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a)
(1)
Financial Statements: See Part II, Item 8 of this report.
 
 
We filed our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II. Additionally, the financial statement schedule entitled “Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts” has been omitted since the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
 
(2)
Exhibits: See below.



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Exhibit
Number
Description
1.1(13)
Underwriting Agreement, dated March 9, 2011, by and among OPKO Health, Inc., Jefferies & Company, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives for the underwriters named therein.
 
 
2.1(1)
Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of March 27, 2007, by and among Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Froptix Corporation, eXegenics, Inc., e-Acquisition Company I-A, LLC, and e-Acquisition Company II-B, LLC.
 
 
2.2(4)+
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 2, 2008, by and among Vidus Ocular, Inc., OPKO Instrumentation, LLC, OPKO Health, Inc., and the individual sellers and noteholders named therein.
 
 
2.3(10)
Purchase Agreement, dated February 17, 2010, by and among Ignacio Levy García and José de Jesús Levy García, Inmobiliaria Chapalita, S.A. de C.V., Pharmacos Exakta, S.A. de C.V., OPKO Health, Inc., OPKO Health Mexicana S. de R.L. de C.V., and OPKO Manufacturing Facilities S. de R.L. de C.V.
 
 
2.4(15)+
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 28, 2011, by and among CURNA Inc., KUR, LLC, OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC, OPKO CURNA, LLC, and certain individuals named therein.
 
 
2.5(16)
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 13, 2011, by and among OPKO Health, Inc., Claros Merger Subsidiary, LLC, Claros Diagnostics, Inc., and Ellen Baron, Marc Goldberg and Michael Magliochetti on behalf of the Shareholder Representative Committee.
 
 
2.6(18)+
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, by and among FineTech Pharmaceutical Ltd., Arie Gutman, OPKO Holdings Israel Ltd., and OPKO Health, Inc.
 
 
2.7(19)
Purchase Agreement, dated January 20, 2012, by and among OPKO Health, Inc., OPKO Chile S.A., Samuel Alexandre Arama, Inversiones SVJV Limitada, Bruno Sergiani, Inversiones BS Limitada, Pierre-Yves LeGoff, and Inversiones PYTT Limitada.
 
 
2.8(20)+
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated August 2, 2012, by and among Farmadiet Group Holding, S.L., the Sellers party thereto, OPKO Health, Inc., and Shebeli XXI, S.L.U.
 
 
2.9(22)+
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 18, 2012, by and among Prost-Data, Inc. d/b/a OurLab, Our Labs, Endo Labs and Gold Lab, Jonathan Oppenheimer, M.D., OPKO Health, Inc., OPKO Laboratories Inc., and OPKO Labs, LLC.
 
 
2.10(23)+
Share Purchase Agreement, dated January 8, 2013, by among Cytochroma Inc., Cytochroma Holdings ULC, Cytochroma Canada Inc., Cytochroma Development Inc., Proventiv Therapeutics, LLC, Cytochroma Cayman Islands, Ltd., OPKO Health, Inc., and OPKO IP Holdings, Inc.
 
 
2.11(24)
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated March 1, 2013, by and between RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation and OPKO Health, Inc.
 
 
2.12(25)
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 23, 2013, by and among OPKO Health, Inc., POM Acquisition Inc., and PROLOR Biotech, Inc.
 
 
3.1(28)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
 
 


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3.2(3)
Amended and Restated Bylaws.
 
 
3.3(8)
Certificate of Designation of Series D Preferred Stock.
 
 
4.1(1)
Form of Common Stock Warrant.
 
 
4.2(8)
Form of Common Stock Warrant.
 
 
4.3(26)
Indenture, dated January 30, 2013, between OPKO Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
 
 
10.1(1)
Form of Lockup Agreement.
 
 
10.2(2)
Office Lease dated November 13, 2007, by and between Frost Real Estate Holdings, LLC, and the OPKO Health, Inc.
 
 
10.3(3)
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 4, 2007, by and between OPKO Health, Inc. and the members of The Frost Group, LLC.
 
 
10.4(3)*
OPKO Health, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
 
10.5(27)*
Amendment to OPKO Health, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.

 
 
10.6(4)
Form of Director Indemnification Agreement.
 
 
10.7(4)
Form of Officer Indemnification Agreement.
 
 
10.8(5)
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated August 8, 2008 by and between OPKO Health, Inc. and the Purchasers named therein.
10.9(6)
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 23, 2009 by and between OPKO Health, Inc. and Frost Gamma Investments Trust.
 
 
10.10(6)
Promissory Note to Frost Gamma Investments Trust, dated March 4, 2009.
 
 
10.11(7)
Form of Stock Purchase Agreement for transactions between OPKO Health, Inc. and Nora Real Estate SA., Vector Group Ltd., Oracle Partners LP, Oracle Institutional Partners, LP., Chung Chia Company Limited, Gold Sino Assets Limited, and Grandtime Associates Limited.
 
 
10.12(7)
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated June 10, 2009, by and among OPKO Health, Inc. and Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
 
 
10.13(8)
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for Series D Preferred Stock.
 
 
10.14(9)*
Form of Restricted Share Award Agreement for Directors.
 
 
10.15(9)
Cocrystal Discovery, Inc. Agreements.
 
 
10.16(12)
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2009, by and among the Laboratoria Volta S.A., Farmacias Ahumada S.A., FASA Chile S.A., OPKO Chile Limitada and Inversones OPKO Limitada, subsidiaries of OPKO Health, Inc.
 
 
10.17(11)+
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 12, 2009, by and between OPKO Health, Inc. and Schering Corporation.
 
 
10.18(11)
Letter Agreement, dated June 29, 2010, by and between OPKO Health, Inc. and Schering Corporation.


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10.19(17)+
Exclusive License Agreement by and between TESARO, Inc. and OPKO Health, Inc. dated December 10, 2010.
 
 
10.20(14)
Third Amended and Restated Subordinated Note and Security Agreement, dated February 22, 2011, between OPKO Health, Inc. and The Frost Group, LLC.
 
 
10.21(16)+
Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 21, 2011, by and among Optos plc, Optos Inc., OPKO Health, Inc., OPKO Instrumentation, LLC, Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., and OTI (UK) Limited.
 
 
10.22(21)
Form of Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2013, by and among OPKO Health, Inc. and each purchaser a party thereto.
 
 
10.23(+)
Development and Commercialization License Agreement by and between OPKO Ireland, Ltd., a subsidiary of OPKO Health, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc. dated December 13, 2014.
 
 
21
Subsidiaries of the Company.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
 
 
31.1
Certification by Phillip Frost, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
31.2
Certification by Adam Logal, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
32.1
Certification by Phillip Frost, Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
32.2
Certification by Adam Logal, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
* 
Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

+ 
Certain confidential material contained in the document has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(1) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007 for the Company’s three-month period ended September 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.


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(3) 
Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2008 for the Company’s three-month period ended June 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008 for the Company’s three-month period ended September 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2009 for the Company’s three-month period ended March 31, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2009 for the Company’s three-month period ended June 30, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
(8) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
(9) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009 for the Company’s three-month period ended September 30, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
(10) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2010 for the Company’s three-month period ended March 31, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.
(11) 
Filed with the Company’s Amendment to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2011.
(12) 
Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2010.
(13) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.
(14) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2011 for the Company’s three-month period ended March 31, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.
(15) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.
(16) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2011 for the Company’s three-month period ended September 30, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.
(17) 
Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2011.
(18) 
Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012.
(19) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2012 for the Company’s three-month period ended March 31, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference.
(20) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2012 for the Company’s three-month period ended September 30, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference.
(21) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(22) 
Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2013.
(23) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2013 for the Company’s three-month period ended March 31, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(24) 
Filed with the Company’s Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(25) 
Filed as Annex A to the Company’s Preliminary Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Form S-4, with the Securities Exchange Commission on June 27, 2013, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
(26) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(27) 
Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 30, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(28) 
Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2013 for the Company’s three month period ended September 30, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.



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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. 
Date: February 27, 2015
OPKO HEALTH, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
 
Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
 
Chairman of the Board and
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
  
Title
 
Date
/s/ Phillip Frost, M.D.
  
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
 
February 27, 2015
Phillip Frost, M.D.
  
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jane H. Hsiao, Ph.D., MBA
  
Vice Chairman and Chief Technical Officer
 
February 27, 2015
Jane H. Hsiao, Ph.D., MBA
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Steven D. Rubin
  
Director and Executive Vice President –
 
February 27, 2015
Steven D. Rubin
  
Administration
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Adam Logal
  
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
 
February 27, 2015
Adam Logal
  
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Robert Baron
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Robert Baron
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Thomas E. Beier
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Thomas E. Beier
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Dmitry Kolosov
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Dmitry Kolosov
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John A. Paganelli
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
John A. Paganelli
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Alice Lin-Tsing Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
  
Director
 
February 27, 2015
Alice Lin-Tsing Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
  
 
 
 



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Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
10.23(+)
Development and Commercialization License Agreement by and between OPKO Ireland, Ltd., a subsidiary of OPKO Health, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc. dated December 13, 2014.
 
 
21
Subsidiaries of the Company.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
 
 
31.1
Certification by Phillip Frost, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
31.2
Certification by Adam Logal, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
32.1
Certification by Phillip Frost, Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
32.2
Certification by Adam Logal, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document





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CONFIDENTIAL
Execution Version

*** = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.  An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.

DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Development and Commercialization License Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 13, 2014 (the “Execution Date”), by and between Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017 (“Pfizer”) and OPKO Ireland Ltd., an entity organized and existing under the laws of Ireland (“OPKO”). Pfizer and OPKO are referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, OPKO owns or otherwise Controls (as defined below) the Licensed Technology (as defined below) and desires to grant an exclusive license to Pfizer in the Territory (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, Pfizer has extensive experience and expertise in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and desires to acquire such an exclusive license in the Territory to the Licensed Technology;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements provided herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
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1.1.    Accounting Standards” means GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards or other applicable international accounting standard in use, in each case as applicable and consistently applied by the relevant Person.
1.2.    Additional Activities” means proposed activities outside the scope of the then current Development Plan, including any new Trials for new indications.
1.3.    Affiliate” means, as of any point in time and for so long as such relationship continues to exist with respect to any Person, any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. A Person shall be regarded as in control of another Person if it (a) owns or controls at least fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities of the subject Person entitled to vote in the election of directors or (b) possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of any such Person (whether through ownership of securities or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided, however, that where an entity owns a majority of the voting power necessary to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing board of another entity, but is restricted from electing such majority by contract

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or otherwise, such entity will not be considered to be in control of such other entity until such time as such restrictions are no longer in effect.
1.4.    AGHD,” or “Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency” means growth hormone deficiency in adult patients, whether as a result of adult onset or childhood onset causes.
1.5.    Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.6.    Applicable Law” means any law (including common law), statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment, or ordinance of any Governmental Authority, including those concerning environmental, health, and safety matters.
1.7.    Approved CRO” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6(a).
1.8.    Approved Indication” means, with respect to a Licensed Product, a specific human disease or condition for which the treatment or prevention has received Regulatory Approval.
1.9.    Approved Vendor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6(b).
1.10.    Audited Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.2.
1.11.    Auditing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.2.
1.12.    Auditing Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.1.
1.13.    Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.1.
1.14.    Bankruptcy Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.1.
1.15.    Binding Obligation” means, with respect to a Party, (a) any oral or written agreement or arrangement that binds or affects such Party’s operations or property, including any assignment, license agreement, loan agreement, guaranty, or financing agreement, (b) the provisions of such Party’s charter, bylaws, or other organizational documents, or (c) any order, writ, injunction, decree, or judgment of any court or Governmental Authority entered against such Party or by which any of such Party’s operations or property are bound.
1.16.    Biosimilar Product” means a pharmaceutical product which, with respect to a Licensed Product (a) has been licensed as a biosimilar or interchangeable product by the FDA pursuant to Section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 262(k)), as may be amended, or any subsequent or superseding law, statute or regulation, (b) has been authorized as a similar biological medicinal product in the EU pursuant to Directive 2001/EC/83, as may be amended, or any subsequent or superseding law, statute or regulation, or (c) has otherwise achieved analogous

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regulatory approval based upon reference to a Licensed Product from another applicable Regulatory Authority.
1.17.    BLA” means a Biologics License Application for Regulatory Approval filed with the FDA in the United States pursuant to Section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a) or any successor statutes or regulations), or any foreign equivalent thereof.
1.18.    Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank or other public holiday in New York, New York.
1.19.    Calendar Quarter” means the respective periods of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
1.20.    CDA” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17.
1.21.    Chairperson” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
1.22.    Clinical Data Package” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.2.
1.23.    Clinical Datasets” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.3(a).
1.24.    Clinical Trial Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.1(b).
1.25.    Clinical Investigator” means the principal investigator at each Site.
1.26.    Clinical Investigator Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.2.
1.27.    Clinical Trial Registries” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.4(a).
1.28.    CMC Information” means the chemistry, manufacturing and control information required for the submission of a BLA.
1.29.    Commercialize” means all activities required or directed to market, promote, distribute, offer for sale, sell, have sold, import, have imported, export, have exported or otherwise commercialize a pharmaceutical product or device, including activities ***. When used as a noun, “Commercialization” means any and all activities involved in Commercializing.
1.30.    Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the efforts to be expended by a Party with respect to any objective, subject to Section 11.6, those reasonable, good faith efforts and resources to accomplish such objective as such Party and its Affiliates would normally use to accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances, in each case taking into account all Relevant Factors in effect at the time such efforts are to be expended. With respect to any efforts relating to the Development, Regulatory Approval and/or Commercialization of a

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Compound or Licensed Product, generally or with respect to any particular country in the Territory, such Party will be deemed to have exercised Commercially Reasonable Efforts if such Party has exercised those efforts normally used by such Party and its Affiliates, in the relevant country, with respect to a compound, product or product candidate Controlled by such Party and/or its Affiliates which is of *** in each case taking into account all Relevant Factors in effect at the time such efforts are to be expended; ***.
1.31.    Compliance” means the adherence by the Parties in all material respects to all Applicable Laws, in each case with respect to the activities to be conducted under this Agreement.
1.32.    Compound” means any human growth hormone (hGH) polypeptide ***.
1.33.    Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
1.34.    Control” means, with respect to any Intellectual Property Right or material (including any Patent Right, Know-How or other data, information or material), the ability (whether by sole, joint or other ownership interest, license or otherwise) to, without violating the terms of any agreement with a Third Party, grant the relevant license or sublicense or provide or provide access or other right in, to or under such Intellectual Property Right or material.
1.35.    Cost of Goods Sold” or “COGS” means, for Genotropin Products or Licensed Products, as the case may be, as reasonably determined on a *** basis, (a) with respect to product Manufactured by the Party reporting Net Sales, the Manufacturing Cost of such product; (b) with respect to product purchased by the Party reporting Net Sales from the other Party, the Manufacturing Cost of such product; (c) with respect to product purchased by the Party reporting Net Sales from a Third Party, such Party’s cost of acquisition of such product; and (d) with respect to product Manufactured by the Party reporting Net Sales and sold to a Third Party, the Manufacturing Cost of such product, together in the case of (a), (b), (c) and (d) with other costs incurred by such Party and allocable to such product in accordance with Accounting Standards, including the costs of quality assurance and storage. For clarity, Pfizer agrees to allocate all aforementioned costs on a *** basis consistent with its internal accounting policy, such that *** are only applied as a reduction of Net Sales in that same *** (i.e., *** apply only to Net Sales in the *** and are not applied to reduce the Net Sales in the *** or ***).
1.36.    CRO” means a contract research organization.
1.37.    CRO Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6(a).
1.38.    CTA” means a Clinical Trial Application submitted to a Regulatory Authority, the submission and approval of which is necessary to initiate or conduct clinical testing of a pharmaceutical product in humans in such jurisdiction.

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1.39.    CTP Technology” means any Intellectual Property Rights, compositions, compounds or products including or relating to or directed towards the fusion with or conjugation of a polypeptide to at least one C-terminal peptide (CTP), or fragment thereof sufficient to increase the half-life of the polypeptide.
1.40.    Data Management Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.2.
1.41.    Develop” or “Developing” means to discover, research or otherwise develop a process, compound, device or product, including conducting non-clinical and clinical research and development activities. When used as a noun, “Development” means any and all activities involved in Developing.
1.42.    Development Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.2(a).
1.43.    Development Budget Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.2(a).
1.44.    Development Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1.
1.45.    Device” means a proprietary delivery system for subcutaneous delivery of any Compound.
1.46.    DG44 Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.7.
1.47.    Diligence Issue” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.2.
1.48.    Disclosed Third Party Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.10.
1.49.    Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
1.50.    Effective Date” means the date upon which any required waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.
1.51.    EMA” means the European Medicines Agency and any successor agency or authority thereto.
1.52.    End of Phase II Meetings” means each of (i) the end of the phase II meeting as described in 21 C.F.R. § 312.47(b), (ii) the EMA CHMP Scientific Advice/Protocol Assistance meeting and (iii) the equivalent scientific advice meeting in 2015 with the PMDA.
1.53.    *** means the *** as of the Effective Date and to the extent not included in the ***.
1.54.    *** means that period beginning on the *** on termination of this Agreement in its entirety or termination of this Agreement for the *** as permitted pursuant to ***.

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1.55.    EU Regulatory Approval” means the first approval of an MAA for a Licensed Product in the EU.
1.56.    European Union” or “EU” or “E.U.” means the member states of the European Union, as may exist from time to time, which as of the Execution Date include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom and all other countries that accede to the European Union during the term of this Agreement.
1.57.    Execution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.58.    Existing Trials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.
1.59.    Expert Arbitrator” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(e).
1.60.    FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency or authority thereto.
1.61.    Field” means all human therapeutic uses of human growth hormone (hGH) for long-lasting (not daily) administration.
1.62.    Financial Disclosure Form” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.1(c).
1.63.    First Commercial Sale” means, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, the first sale by Pfizer or an Affiliate or permitted sublicensee of Pfizer to a Third Party in such country or for end use or consumption of such Licensed Product in a country, after such Licensed Product has been granted Regulatory Approval (for clarity, including Pricing Approval) by the appropriate Regulatory Authority(ies) for such country. A First Commercial Sale excludes any sale or other distribution for use in a clinical trial or other Development activity, promotional use (including samples), or for compassionate use or on a named patient basis.
1.64.    Force Majeure” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.7.
1.65.    Franchise Gross Profit” means *** applied on a *** basis in the Territory in the applicable calendar year (prorated for any partial calendar year).
1.66.    Franchise Net Sales” means *** in the Territory in the applicable calendar year (prorated for any partial calendar year).
1.67.    GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

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1.68.    Genotropin” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.70.
1.69.    Genotropin Divestment” means the event upon which *** in which case, any and all *** For the purposes of this definition, divestment shall include any transaction that ***.
1.70.    Genotropin Products” means the pharmaceutical products listed on Schedule 1.70 (“Genotropin”) *** in the first *** following the First Commercial Sale of Licensed Product for PGHD.
1.71.    Good Clinical Practices” or “GCP” means all applicable good clinical practice standards for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses and reporting of clinical trials, including, as applicable, (a) the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (“ICH”) Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (CPMP/ICH/135/95) and any other guidelines for good clinical practice for clinical trials on medicinal products in the EU; (b) the Declaration of Helsinki (2004), as last amended at the 52nd World Medical Association General Assembly in October 2000, and any further amendments or clarifications thereto; and (c) the equivalent Applicable Laws in any relevant country, each as may be amended and applicable from time to time and, in each case, that provide for, among other things, assurance that the clinical data and reported results are credible and accurate and protect the rights, integrity, and confidentiality of trial subjects.
1.72.    Governmental Authority” means any court, agency, department, authority or other instrumentality of any national, state, county, city or other political subdivision.
1.73.    Government Official” means (a) any elected or appointed government official (e.g., a member of a ministry of health), (b) any employee or Person acting for or on behalf of a government official, Governmental Authority, or other enterprise performing a governmental function, (c) any political party, candidate for public office, officer, employee, or Person acting for or on behalf of a political party or candidate for public office, and (d) any employee or Person acting for or on behalf of a public international organization (e.g., the United Nations).  For clarity, healthcare providers employed by government-owned hospitals will also be considered Government Officials.
1.74.    HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.75.    HSR Filing” means filings by OPKO and Pfizer with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice of a Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (as that term is defined in the

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HSR Act) with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement, together with all required documentary attachments thereto.
1.76.    IDMC” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
1.77.    IDMC Charter” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
1.78.    IND” means an Investigational New Drug Application submitted under the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or an analogous application or submission with any analogous agency or Regulatory Authority outside of the United States for the purposes of obtaining permission to conduct clinical trials.
1.79.    Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.1.
1.80.    Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.1.
1.81.    Informed Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.2.
1.82.    Infringement Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.1.
1.83.    Intellectual Property Rights” means all copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, moral rights, Patent Rights, Know-How and any and all other intellectual property or proprietary rights now known or hereafter recognized in any jurisdiction.
1.84.    IRB” means institutional review board.
1.85.    *** means the ***
1.86.    *** means that period beginning on the *** and ending on termination of this Agreement in its entirety or termination of this Agreement for the ***
1.87.    Japan Regulatory Approval” means the first approval by a PMDA for a Licensed Product in Japan.
1.88.    JDC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.
1.89.    Joint Developed IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.2(c).
1.90.    Know-How” means any invention, discovery, development, data, information, process, procedure (including training procedures), method, technique, material (including any chemical, biological material or other compositions of matter), technology, result, cell line, compounds, probe, sequence, device or other know-how, but not any Patent Rights.

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1.91.    Liability” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
1.92.    Licensed Activities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.1.
1.93.    Licensed hGH-Specific Patents” means those certain Licensed Patent Rights, the claim(s) of which claim, recite, pertain to or are directed to a human growth hormone (hGH) polypeptide ***. The Licensed hGH-Specific Patents are set forth on Schedule 1.96(a), as it may be updated by OPKO from time to time.  
1.94.    Licensed Know-How” means any Know-How that (a) is Controlled by OPKO or any of its Affiliates as of the Effective Date or comes into the Control of or is developed by OPKO or any of its Affiliates during the Term (other than through the grant of a license by Pfizer) to the Compound or Licensed Products; and (b) is directed to any Compound or Licensed Product or to the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization or use of any of the foregoing.
1.95.    Licensed OPKO Core Patents” means those certain Licensed Patent Rights including (a) at least one claim that claims, recites, encompasses or is directed to a human growth hormone (hGH) polypeptide ***. Licensed OPKO Core Patents are set forth on Schedule 1.96(b) as it may be updated by OPKO from time to time.
1.96.    Licensed Patent Rights” means any Patent Right that (a) is owned by OPKO as of the Effective Date (including the Patent Rights listed in Schedule 1.96) or comes into the Control of OPKO during the Term (other than through the grant of a license by Pfizer) and (b) (i) claims or recites any Compound or Licensed Product (including the composition of matter thereof) or Licensed Know-How, (ii) claims a method of making any Compound or Licensed Product, or (iii) claims a method of using any Compound or Licensed Product. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensed Patent Rights shall include ***.
1.97.    Licensed Product” means any pharmaceutical product containing one or more Compounds. The Licensed Product may be used with or accompanied by a Device.
1.98.    Licensed Technology” means Licensed Patent Rights and Licensed Know-How.
1.99.    Litigation Conditions” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.2.
1.100.    MAA” means Marketing Authorization Application.
1.101.    Major EU Country” means any of France, Germany, Italy, Spain or the United Kingdom.
1.102.    Major Market Country” means any of ***.

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1.103.    Manufacture” or “Manufacturing” means to make, produce, manufacture, process, fill, finish, package, label, perform quality assurance testing on, release, ship or store a compound, device or product or any component thereof. When used as a noun, “Manufacture” or “Manufacturing” means any and all activities involved in Manufacturing a compound or product or any component thereof.
1.104.    Manufacturing Cost” means, ***.
1.105.    MEDDEV Guidelines” means those guidelines published by the European Commission promoting a common approach by manufacturers and notified bodies involved in the conformity assessment procedures according to the relevant annexes of the Medical Device Directive and other applicable EU directives, and by the competent authorities charged with safeguarding public health.
1.106.    Medical Device Directive” means the directive 93/42/EEC, as amended from time to time.
1.107.    Monitoring Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
1.108.    Net Sales” means, with respect to a Genotropin Product or a Licensed Product, gross amounts invoiced for sales by Pfizer and its Affiliates and sublicensees of such Genotropin Product or Licensed Product to Third Parties in the Territory, less in each case (i) bad debts and uncollectable invoiced amounts relating to sales of Licensed Product that are actually written off in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout Pfizer and its Affiliates, provided that any such amounts shall be capped at up to *** of Net Sales per Pfizer Year and any subsequently collected amounts will be included in the current Net Sales or Gross Profit calculation, as the case may be, (ii) sales returns and allowances actually paid, granted or accrued, including trade, quantity and cash discounts and other adjustments, including those granted on account of price adjustments, returns, rebates, chargebacks or similar payments granted or given to wholesalers or other institutions, (iii) adjustments arising from consumer discount programs or other similar programs, (iv) customs or excise duties, valued-added taxes, sales taxes, consumption taxes and other taxes (except income taxes) or duties relating to sales, any payment in respect of sales to the United States government, any state government or any foreign government, or to any other governmental authority, or with respect to any government-subsidized program or managed care organization, each to the extent not already reflected in the amount invoiced, and (v) freight and insurance for the Licensed Product to the extent included in the amount invoiced. Net Sales shall be calculated by Pfizer using a method of value allocation consistent with the method used with Pfizer’s other collaborations. Net Sales shall be determined from books and records maintained in accordance with the Accounting Standards, as consistently applied by Pfizer with respect to sales of the Genotropin Product or Licensed Product.

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1.109.    New Trials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.
1.110.    Non-Prevailing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(e).
1.111.    Notice of Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.13.1.
1.112.    OPKO” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.113.    OPKO Developed IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.2(b).
1.114.    OPKO Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
1.115.    OPKO Prosecuted IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.1(a).
1.116.    OPKO Review Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8.1.
1.117.    OPKO Third Party Agreement” means any agreement between OPKO (or any of its Affiliates) and any Third Party that could give rise to a Third Party’s claim on or otherwise relates to OPKO’s ownership of OPKO’s right, title or interest in or to any Licensed Technology necessary for the Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization of Licensed Products.
1.118.    Party” and “Parties” have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.119.    Patent Rights” means any and all (a) issued patents, (b) pending patent applications, including all provisional applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions and renewals, and all patents granted thereon, (c) patents-of-addition, reissues, reexaminations and extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, including patent term adjustments, patent term extensions, supplementary protection certificates or the equivalent thereof, (d) inventor’s certificates, (e) other forms of government-issued rights substantially similar to any of the foregoing and (f) United States and foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.
1.120.    Partial Termination” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.2.
1.121.    Payments” means all of the payments made by Pfizer and/or its Affiliates to OPKO and/or its Affiliates pursuant to Article 5 of this Agreement, including without limitation the upfront payment, regulatory milestone payments, royalty payments, profit share payments and any adjustments.
1.122.    Person” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated association, joint venture or similar entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or department or agency of a government.

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1.123.    Pfizer” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.124.    Pfizer Developed CTP IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
1.125.    Pfizer Developed IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.2(a).
1.126.    Pfizer Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.
1.127.    Pfizer Prosecuted IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.2(a).
1.128.    Pfizer Quarter” means each of the four (4) thirteen (13) week periods (a) with respect to the United States, commencing on January 1 of any Pfizer Year and (b) with respect to any country in the Territory other than the United States, commencing on December 1 of any Pfizer Year.
1.129.    Pfizer Review Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8.2.
1.130.    Pfizer Year” means the twelve (12) month fiscal periods observed by Pfizer (a) commencing on January 1 with respect to the United States and (b) commencing on December 1 with respect to any country in the Territory other than the United States.
1.131.    PGHD,” or “Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency” means growth failure in pediatric patients due to an inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone.
1.132.    Pharmacovigilance Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14.1.
1.133.    PMDA” means the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Japan and any successor agency or authority thereto.
1.134.    Prevailing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(e).
1.135.    Price Approval” means, in any country or jurisdiction where a Governmental Authority authorizes reimbursement for, or approves or determines pricing for, pharmaceutical products, receipt (or, if required to make such authorization, approval or determination effective, publication) of *** pricing approval ***.
1.136.    Primary Indication” means AGHD, PGHD and PSGA.
1.137.    Primary Regulatory Approval Goals” means the timely and efficient achievement of those approvals set forth as Regulatory Milestones in Section 5.2.
1.138.    Profit Share Term” means one or more of the *** as the context may require.

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1.139.    PSGA,” or “Pediatric Short for Gestational Age” means growth failure in children born small for gestational age who fail to manifest catch-up growth by age two (2) years.
1.140.    Quality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.2.
1.141.    Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
1.142.    “***” ***.
1.143.    Regulatory Amendments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3(b)(i).
1.144.    Regulatory Approval” means, as relevant, each or all regulatory, technical, medical and scientific licenses, registrations, authorizations and approvals (including approvals of BLAs, supplements and amendments, pre- and post- approvals and Price Approvals) necessary for offering for sale, marketing and sale of a pharmaceutical product and/or device in a regulatory jurisdiction.
1.145.    Regulatory Authority” means, with respect to a particular country, ***, or jurisdiction, the Governmental Authority having responsibility for granting a specific Regulatory Approval in such country, ***, or jurisdiction. For clarity, Regulatory Authority shall, as applicable, include any notified body with respect to any Device.
1.146.    Regulatory Exclusivity” means any exclusive marketing rights or data exclusivity rights conferred by any Regulatory Authority with respect to a Licensed Product in a country, ***, or jurisdiction in the Territory, other than a Patent Right, including orphan drug exclusivity, pediatric exclusivity, rights conferred in the European Union under Directive 2001/EC/83, or rights similar thereto in other countries or jurisdictions in the Territory.
1.147.    Regulatory Materials” means, with respect to a Licensed Product for any particular indication in any particular jurisdiction, regulatory applications and submissions (and any supplements or amendments thereto), and any notifications, communications, correspondence, registrations, drug master files, Regulatory Approvals and/or other filings made to, received from or otherwise conducted with a Regulatory Authority, including BLAs and INDs, as applicable, that relate to such Licensed Product in such jurisdiction. Regulatory Materials also include presentations, responses, and applications for Regulatory Approvals.
1.148.    Regulatory Milestone” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
1.149.    Regulatory Milestone Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
1.150.    Relevant Factors” means all relevant factors that may affect the Development, Regulatory Approval or Commercialization of a Compound or Licensed Product, ***

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1.151.    “***” ***.
1.152.    Representatives” means, with respect to a Party, such Party, its Affiliates, its sublicensees and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, contractors and agents.
1.153.    Residual Knowledge” means knowledge, techniques, experience and Know-How that (a) are, or are based on, any Confidential Information Controlled by the Disclosing Party and (b) are incidentally and unintentionally retained in the unaided memory of any authorized Representative of the Receiving Party after having access to such Confidential Information. An individual’s memory will be considered to be incidentally and unintentionally unaided if the individual has not intentionally memorized the Confidential Information for the purpose of retaining and subsequently using or disclosing it. In no event, however, will Residual Knowledge include any knowledge, techniques, experience and Know-How to the extent (at any time, for such time) within the scope of any issued, valid and enforceable patent claim Controlled by the Disclosing Party.
1.154.    Royalty Term” means, with respect to any particular Licensed Product in any particular country in the Territory, the period (a) commencing, on a country-by-country and Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis, on the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country and (b) expiring on the date of the earlier of (x) the *** anniversary of the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in a country, and (y) the commencement of the *** Profit Share Term, ***. For the avoidance of doubt, the Royalty Term for a given Licensed Product in a given country in the Territory, if not previously expired, will expire immediately upon expiration or termination of this Agreement. On a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, the royalty rates for the Royalty Term *** within such country.
1.155.    Safety Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.3.
1.156.    Site” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.1(b).
1.157.    SOPs” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
1.158.    Specimens” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
1.159.    Statistical Analysis Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.6.
1.160.    Subject” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.2.
1.161.    Subject Recruitment Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.1.
1.162.    Supply Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.2.

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1.163.    Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
1.164.    ***” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.2.
1.165.    Territory” means all countries of the world other than countries in any *** that have been terminated under this Agreement pursuant to Article 9. For clarity, Territory includes each of the remaining *** under this Agreement (which until the termination of a ***, includes ***).
1.166.    Third Party” means any Person other than Pfizer, OPKO or their respective Affiliates.
1.167.    Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.1.
1.168.    Third Party Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.1.
1.169.    Trademark” means any trademark, trade name, service mark, service name, brand, domain name, trade dress, logo, slogan or other indicia of origin or ownership, including the goodwill and activities associated with each of the foregoing.
1.170.    Transition Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1.
1.171.    Treaty” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.1.
1.172.    Trial” means all clinical trials, including methodology and non-interventional trials, whether initiated prior to or following the Execution Date, to be conducted pursuant to the Development Plan.
1.173.    Trial Database” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.3.
1.174.    Trial Master File” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.4.
1.175.    United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America and all its territories and possessions. For clarity, the United States of America includes Puerto Rico.
1.176.    Upfront Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
1.177.    “***” means the *** comprised of the ***.
1.178.    “***” means that period beginning on the ***and ending on termination of this Agreement in its entirety ***.

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1.179.    U.S. Regulatory Approval” means the first achievement of Regulatory Approval of a BLA for a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication.
1.180.    Valid Claim” means, with respect to a particular country, a claim of a Licensed Patent Right that: (a) is (i) issued or, (ii) as to a claim in a pending patent application which claim was filed in good faith, has been pending for a period of *** or fewer from its first office action; (b) has not been held permanently revoked, unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction, which decision is unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal; and (c) has not expired or been cancelled, withdrawn, abandoned, disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise. For clarity, any pending claim in an application in any country that has not been granted within *** from its first office action shall not be included as a Valid Claim until such claim is granted and the provisions of (b) and (c) above are satisfied.
1.181.    VAT” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.1.
1.182.    Vendor” means any Third Party with whom a Party may contract for the procurement of services, equipment, tools, materials and/or supplies.
1.183.    Vendor Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6(b).
1.184.    Vendor Oversight Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
1.185.    Interpretation. Except where the context expressly requires otherwise, (a) the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to encompass references to either or both genders, and the use of the singular shall be deemed to include the plural (and vice versa), (b) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (c) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (d) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include the Person’s successors and assigns, (f) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (g) the word “days” shall mean calendar days, (h) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules of this Agreement, and references to this Agreement include all Exhibits and Schedules hereto, (i) the word “notice” means notice in writing (whether or not specifically stated) and shall include notices, consents, approvals and other written communications contemplated under this Agreement, (j) provisions that require that a Party, the Parties or any committee hereunder “agree,” “consent” or “approve” or the like shall require that such agreement,

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consent or approval be specific and in writing, whether by written agreement, letter, approved minutes or otherwise (but excluding e-mail and instant messaging), (k) references to any specific law, rule or regulation, or article, section or other division thereof, shall be deemed to include the then-current amendments thereto or any replacement or successor law, rule or regulation thereof, and (l) the term “or” shall be interpreted in the inclusive sense commonly associated with the term “and/or” unless the context dictates otherwise because the subjects of the conjunction are mutually exclusive.
2.
LICENSES.
2.1.    Exclusive License Grant. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.2 and Article 4, as of the Effective Date, OPKO hereby grants to Pfizer an exclusive royalty-bearing license (even as to OPKO and its Affiliates) under the Licensed Technology to use, have used, Develop, have Developed, Manufacture, have Manufactured, Commercialize, and have Commercialized Compounds and Licensed Products in the Territory.
2.2.    Non-Exclusive Grant-Back License. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, as of the Effective Date, Pfizer hereby grants to OPKO and its Affiliates a fully-paid non-exclusive sublicense, with the right to sublicense, under the Licensed Technology and Pfizer’s rights in any Pfizer Developed IP to Develop and have Developed Compounds and Licensed Product in the Territory, solely to the extent necessary for performance by OPKO of its obligations pursuant to Section 2.8 and Article 3 of this Agreement. The foregoing sublicense is further sublicenseable to the extent useful or reasonably necessary for OPKO to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
2.3.    Sublicenses for Pfizer Development and Commercialization.
2.3.1.    Pfizer may not sublicense the rights granted under Section 2.1 in whole or in part without ***
(a)    ***
(b)    ***
In the event that Pfizer or its Affiliates need to grant a sublicense reasonably required for Pfizer to perform its obligations under this Agreement, as contemplated in Sections 2.3.1(a) or 2.3.1(b) above, in connection with the Development, Manufacture and Commercialization of Licensed Products throughout the Territory, and the sublicense is not specifically permitted under Sections 2.3.1(a) or 2.3.1(b), then OPKO agrees to not unreasonably withhold its consent to such sublicense.

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2.3.2.    With respect to a permitted sublicense, (i) the relevant Third Party sublicensee(s) must be reasonably capable of assisting Pfizer in exploiting the market opportunity in the Territory for the Licensed Product based on the Development planned for the Licensed Product at the time of sublicense and must agree in writing to assume Pfizer’s obligations with respect to the Licensed Product hereunder, (ii) Pfizer shall provide OPKO not less than *** days’ prior written notice of such sublicense and shall promptly respond to any reasonable inquiries by OPKO with respect thereto, and (iii) Pfizer shall provide to OPKO no fewer than *** days after execution a copy of each such sublicense, provided that Pfizer may redact confidential information from such sublicense agreement that is not reasonably necessary to demonstrate Pfizer's compliance with the obligations set forth in this Section 2.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the prior written consent of OPKO shall be required for sublicenses to any Third Party that includes a right of Commercialization of any or all of the Major Market Countries.
2.3.3.    Pfizer shall remain fully responsible to OPKO for the performance of all such permitted sublicensees, including if it has delegated Manufacturing or Commercialization activities to, or otherwise contracted with, a Third Party Manufacturer, as if Pfizer had not so delegated and/or contracted with respect to such responsibilities. Sublicensees shall not have a right to further sublicense other than to their Affiliates. Pfizer shall not have any rights to grant any sublicenses under the Licensed Technology except as otherwise granted in this Section 2.3.
2.4.    Licenses to Pfizer Developed IP. To the extent any of the Pfizer Developed IP relates to or is directed to CTP Technology or any derivatives, variants or improvements thereof (such Intellectual Property Rights, collectively, the “Pfizer Developed CTP IP”) and is useful outside of its use in connection with the Licensed Products, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Pfizer and OPKO shall negotiate in good faith to seek to agree upon commercially reasonable terms for an exclusive or non-exclusive (at the option of OPKO) licensing arrangement with respect to such Pfizer Developed CTP IP.
2.5.    Direct Licenses to Affiliates. Pfizer may, from time to time, request that OPKO grant licenses directly to Affiliates of Pfizer by giving written notice, upon receipt of which OPKO agrees to enter into and sign a separate direct license agreement with such designated Affiliate of Pfizer. All such direct license agreements shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except for such modifications as may be required by Applicable Laws in the country in which the direct license will be exercised. The Parties further agree to make such amendments to this Agreement that are necessary to conform the combined terms of such direct licenses and this Agreement to the terms of this Agreement. All costs of making such direct license agreement(s), including OPKO’s reasonable attorneys’ fees, under this Section 2.5 shall be borne by Pfizer.

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2.6.    Right of Reference. OPKO hereby grants to Pfizer a “Right of Reference,” as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. § 314.3(b) (or any analogous Applicable Law recognized outside of the United States), to all data Controlled by OPKO or its Affiliates that relates to any Compound or Licensed Product, and OPKO shall provide a signed statement to this effect, if requested by Pfizer, in accordance with 21 C.F.R. § 314.50(g)(3) (or any analogous Applicable Law recognized outside of the United States).
2.7.    No Implied Rights; Retained Rights. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither Party shall be deemed to have granted the other Party (by implication, estoppels or otherwise) any right, title, license or other interest in or with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights or information Controlled by such Party. For the avoidance of doubt, OPKO retains the right to use the Licensed Technology in order to use, have used, Develop, have Developed, Manufacture, have Manufactured, Commercialize, and have Commercialized products other than Licensed Products, on its own or with any other party throughout the world, and to use, have used, Develop, have Developed, Manufacture, have Manufactured, Commercialize and have Commercialized products incorporating the CTP Technology in connection with any polypeptide or other compound which is not a Compound.
2.8.    Transfer Activities.
2.8.1.    Transition Plan. OPKO shall cooperate with and provide timely assistance to Pfizer to ensure the smooth transition and to facilitate the transfer of the Licensed Technology to Pfizer, including taking the actions specified in a transition plan to be agreed by the Parties (the “Transition Plan”). If there is an inconsistency between the Transition Plan and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
2.8.2.    Initial Disclosure and Knowledge Transfer. As soon as reasonably possible, *** after the Effective Date, OPKO shall *** transfer to Pfizer true, accurate and complete copies of all Licensed Know-How and material documentation related to Licensed Patent Rights, in each case to the extent developed by OPKO on or prior to the Effective Date, by download of digital files to a secure website or e-room designated and controlled by Pfizer. To the extent that any material Licensed Know-How *** as of the Effective Date, OPKO shall have *** such Licensed Know-How in a reasonably organized and complete form, and *** to Pfizer. Such Licensed Know-How shall include information to assist Pfizer to develop processes and procedures, including training, to Manufacture the ***.
2.8.3.    Continuing Disclosure and Knowledge Transfer. On a ***, or more frequently at the reasonable request of a Party during the Term, each Party shall provide the JDC a written summary of all Know-How and Patent Rights that it develops to the extent such Know-How and/or Patent Rights are or are to be licensed or assigned to the other Party.

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During the Term, each Party shall make appropriate personnel available to the other Party at reasonable times and places and upon reasonable prior notice for the purpose of assisting the other Party to understand and use such Know-How and Patent Rights.
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DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION.
3.1.    Development.
3.1.1.    Development Plan. The Development of the Licensed Product shall be governed by a plan setting forth the proposed overall program of Development of Licensed Product and the respective Development responsibilities of the Parties with respect to such program (the “Development Plan”), as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 3.1.2. The initial Development Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as further set forth in the Development Plan, OPKO will be primarily responsible for and shall make all day-to-day decisions regarding the conduct of clinical and associated regulatory activities as specified in the Development Plan, subject to oversight by the JDC. Pfizer will be primarily responsible for and shall make all day-to-day decisions regarding the conduct of CMC activities and the conduct of all other regulatory activities (other than those in respect of OPKO’s clinical activities), including preparation of BLA regulatory submissions and oversight of regulatory activities, as specified in the Development Plan subject to oversight by the JDC. To the extent any terms or conditions of the Development Plan expressly conflict with the terms or conditions of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall control.
3.1.2.    Development Budget; Allocation of Costs and Expenses.
(a)    The budget in respect of the cost to be incurred in connection with the implementation of the Development Plan (the “Development Budget”) is attached hereto as Exhibit B. The allocation of costs and expenses as between Pfizer and OPKO will be as set forth in the Development Budget; provided, however, that once OPKO has paid, or committed to pay, as its share of the Development Budget, the aggregate sum of *** (the “Development Budget Cap”), all subsequent costs and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation of the Development Plan shall be allocated pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1.3. Notwithstanding the allocation of costs and expenses set forth in the Development Budget, in the event there is a difference between the budgeted amount for ***.
(b)     In the event the JDC determines that there is overlap and duplication of efforts by Pfizer and OPKO with regard to *** under the Development Plan, the JDC may, in its discretion, reduce the Development Budget Cap.

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(c)    Development Budget changes for Regulatory Amendments and Additional Activities are set forth in Section 3.1.3(b).
(d)    All other amendments or modifications of the Development Budget, including in connection with changes made to the Development Plan in accordance with Section 3.1.3(c), shall be approved by the JDC subject to the Development Budget Cap and the apportionment set forth in Section 3.1.2(a).
(e)    No later than *** days after the end of the Calendar Quarter during which a Party has performed any Development activity in such Calendar Quarter pursuant to the Development Plan, such Party shall submit to the other Party an invoice setting forth the portion of such amount for which the other Party is responsible for payment pursuant to the Development Plan, as such may be amended from time to time. Each invoice shall be accompanied with reasonable supporting explanation for such invoiced amounts.  The other Party (i.e., the Party not performing such Development activity) shall pay such amount invoiced within *** days of the end of the Calendar Quarter.  If both Parties will perform Development activities in such Calendar Quarter pursuant to the Development Plan, the Parties shall consolidate the payments for such Calendar Quarter into a single payment from one Party to the other Party, so that the Parties are each paying the amounts for which they are responsible pursuant to the Development Budget. Any adjustments with respect to any previously submitted invoice by a Party shall be reflected in the next such invoice delivered by such Party to the other Party, such adjustments to be made in a manner consistent with the internal accounting policies of such Party. At the end of each Calendar Quarter, or as otherwise agreed by the JDC, each Party shall submit to the JDC a report setting forth the status of the costs and expenses incurred by the Party in respect of its Development activity in comparison to the related budget for such Development activity as set forth in the Development Plan.
3.1.3.    Changes to the Development Plan.
(a)    Changes to the Development Plan. During the Term, any changes to the Development Plan, including any country-specific appendices required by Applicable Law and changes made in response to any communications with any Regulatory Authorities that require a submission to a Regulatory Authority, an IRB or other ethics committee, will be prepared by OPKO with respect to the clinical activities in the Development Plan and Pfizer with respect to the CMC and regulatory activities in the Development Plan, or an Approved CRO or Approved Vendor, and, except as otherwise set forth in this Article 3, will require the JDC’s approval, to the

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extent responsibility is not already allocated to the Parties under the Development Plan.
(b)    Development Plan: Regulatory Amendments.
(i)    During the Term, if either Party reasonably concludes that the Development Plan requires amendment to comply with (x) any change in Applicable Laws, (y) specific requirements imposed by, or recommendations of any, Regulatory Authorities as a result of the End of Phase II Meetings and necessary to obtain Regulatory Approval for a Licensed Product in one or more of the Primary Indications, or (z) specific requirements imposed by Regulatory Authorities other than those in (y) above (any such required amendments described in (x), (y) or (z), “Regulatory Amendments”), the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to reach resolution regarding appropriate written amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget which will set forth any additional or alternative Development activities as may be necessary to implement such Regulatory Amendments. If the Parties are able to reach agreement on such Regulatory Amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget, *** in the case of amendments required pursuant to subsection ***, and by *** in the case of amendments required pursuant to subjection *** above. In the event that the Parties cannot so agree on appropriate amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget, within *** days following such time as the Parties began such negotiations (or were obligated to enter into such negotiations), either Party shall have the right to submit the matter for resolution in accordance with the arbitration procedure set forth in Section 3.1.3(e) below.
(ii)    If Pfizer is the Prevailing Party following resolution of such matter pursuant to such arbitration procedure, then (x) those amendments and supplements to the Development Plan and the Development Budget that were submitted to the Expert Arbitrator by Pfizer shall automatically be deemed to amend and supplement the Development Plan and the Development Budget, and (y) all additional costs and expenses associated with the Development activities contemplated by such amendments and supplements shall be borne by the Party or the Parties as set forth herein.
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were submitted to the Expert Arbitrator by OPKO shall automatically be deemed to amend and supplement the Development Plan and the Development Budget, and (y) all additional costs and expenses associated with Development activities contemplated by such amendments and supplements shall be borne by the Party or the Parties as set forth herein. In addition, *** shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to submit additional amendments and supplements to the Development Plan and the Development Budget with respect to Development activities that were contemplated in the proposal submitted to the Expert Arbitrator by ***, which additional amendments and supplements shall automatically be deemed to amend and supplement the Development Plan and the Development Budget; provided, that (i) any additional costs and expenses associated with such Development activities shall be borne by *** and (ii) *** shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that the additional activities related to such amendments and supplements do not unnecessarily extend the timeline or cost required to achieve the Primary Regulatory Approval Goals.
(c)    Development Plan: Additional Activities Within Development Plan.
(i)    During the Term, if (x) either Party reasonably concludes that additional Development activities are reasonably necessary in connection with the implementation of the Development Plan, and such activities are within the scope of the Development Plan, or (y) the costs and expenses set forth in the Development Budget are insufficient to allow for a proper implementation of the activities and goals set forth in the Development Plan, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to reach resolution regarding appropriate amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget which will address such additional Development activities or Development Budget shortfall, as the case may be. If the Parties are able to reach written agreement on such amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget, all additional costs in respect thereof shall be ***. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on appropriate amendments to the Development Plan and the Development Budget, within *** days following such time as the Parties began such negotiations (or were obligated to enter into such negotiations), either Party shall have the right to submit the matter for resolution in accordance with the arbitration procedure set forth in Section 3.1.3(e) below. Following resolution of any matter so submitted for resolution in accordance with such arbitration procedures, (x) those amendments and supplements to the Development Plan and the Development Budget that were submitted to the Expert Arbitrator by the Prevailing Party

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shall automatically be deemed to amend and supplement the Development Plan and the Development Budget, and (y) all additional costs and expenses associated with the Development activities contemplated by such amendments and supplements *** by the Parties.
(ii)    In addition, *** shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to submit additional amendments and supplements to the Development Plan and the Development Budget which reflect any proposed amendments or supplements that were made by either Party pursuant to clause (i) above, which additional amendments and supplements shall automatically be deemed to amend and supplement the Development Plan and the Development Budget; provided, that (i) any additional costs and expenses associated with such Development activities shall be borne by *** and (ii) *** shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that the additional activities related to such amendments and supplements do not unnecessarily extend the timeline or cost required to achieve the Primary Regulatory Approval Goals.
(d)    Development Plan: New Activities.
(i)    During the Term, either Party can propose that additional Development activities that are outside the scope of the Development Plan and not covered by the provisions of clause (c)(i) above, including any new Trials for new indications, be conducted under the Development Plan and the Development Budget. If such Party and the other Party agree in writing upon such additional Development activities, the Development Plan and the Development Budget shall be amended in writing by the Parties to reflect such agreement of the Parties, and all additional costs and expenses associated with such Development activities shall, unless the Parties otherwise agree, ***.
(ii)    In the event that the Parties do not reach agreement with any such additional Development activities described in clause (i) above, *** shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to complete the activities at its own cost and expense, provided any such new activities shall not interfere with the ability of the Parties ability to timely achieve the Primary Regulatory Approval Goals.
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of this Section 3.1.3, it may do so by providing written notice to the other Party of its election to submit such matter to arbitration in accordance with this Section 3.1.3(e). Within *** days following notice by either Party to the other of its election to submit such matter to resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.1.3(e), the Parties shall each submit their respective proposals with respect to amendments and supplements to the Development Plan and the Development Budget to each other and to an independent arbitrator or expert having substantial relevant experience with respect to (i) the budgeting for, planning of and conduct of Trials for biologics of the nature, stage of development, location, and size contemplated by this Agreement and the Development Plan, (ii) regulatory compliance and communications with applicable Regulatory Authorities, or (iii) Development and Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (including expertise with respect to CMC Information), as applicable, which arbitrator shall be mutually acceptable to the Parties (or failing such agreement, the Parties shall ask the American Arbitration Association to promptly appoint the expert on behalf of the Parties) (the “Expert Arbitrator”). If a Party fails to submit a proposal within such timeframe, then the proposal of the submitting Party shall prevail. Each Party shall have *** days from receipt of the other Party’s submission to submit a written response to such proposal and, at a hearing to take place on no more than *** Business Days and to commence no later than *** days after submission of the written responses, each Party shall have a reasonable period of time, to be determined by the Expert Arbitrator (which period of time shall be sufficient for the Expert Arbitrator to fully understand the proposals and the relative merits thereof), to argue for its proposal before the Expert Arbitrator. The arbitrator(s) shall have the right to meet with the Parties together, as necessary to make a determination. The Expert Arbitrator shall, within *** days after the submission of the responses, or such longer period as the Parties may agree, select the single proposal that, in the determination of the Expert Arbitrator, as a whole is the most consistent with the requirements of this Agreement and the matters relating thereto, and is the most fair and reasonable to the Parties in light of the totality of the circumstances and the terms of this Agreement (the Party that submitted such proposal selected by the Arbitrator, the “Prevailing Party” and the other Party, the “Non-Prevailing Party”). The Parties acknowledge and agree that the rendering of a determination by the Expert Arbitrator shall be deemed effective at the time its determination is made, irrespective of if and when a formal written statement of the Expert Arbitrator’s opinion with respect to such matter, or the basis of its determination, is released. At any time prior to the determination, either Party may accept the other Party’s position on any unresolved issue. The Parties shall inform the Expert Arbitrator of such accepted position and in such event such position will be deemed part of the final resolution of the matter in dispute and no longer subject

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to arbitration. The Expert Arbitrator’s decision shall take into account customary and commercially reasonable industry practices for the conduct of Development activities in compliance with Applicable Law. Any fees, costs, expenses or other amounts payable to the Expert Arbitrator in connection with any arbitration pursuant to this Section 3.1.3(e) shall be borne by the Non-Prevailing Party.
(f)    For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the resolution of any disputes with respect to the matters contemplated by this Section 3.1.3 shall be resolved exclusively in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.1.3 and the provisions of Section 11.13 shall not be applicable with respect to any such matters.
3.1.4.    Approvals Under the Development Plan. Each Party will be responsible for obtaining all necessary Regulatory Approvals or other approvals as may be required for the implementation of those parts of the Development Plan allocated to them as their responsibility (including as required by Applicable Law) prior to commencing any Trial, and each Party will reasonably cooperate with the other Party in such regard.
3.1.5.    Sponsor.
(a)    Sponsorship and Responsibilities. During the Term, OPKO will be the regulatory sponsor of a Trial in all countries in the Territory where any Trial is conducted as specified in the Development Plan, except to the extent that the JDC has determined that Pfizer should be the regulatory sponsor, in which case Pfizer will then be such regulatory sponsor, and except as otherwise provided herein, OPKO (or Pfizer where relevant) will have all responsibilities of such regulatory sponsor as specified under Applicable Laws and OPKO and Pfizer will have such other responsibilities as are described in the Development Plan.
(b)    Compliance with the Development Plan and Applicable Laws. During the Term, OPKO and Pfizer will each use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform its respective obligations under the Development Plan, and shall conduct all activities allocated to it under the Development Plan and this Agreement in compliance with the Development Plan, all Applicable Laws and obligations imposed by any Regulatory Authorities (including GCP) and the terms of this Agreement.
3.1.6.    Approved CROs and Approved Vendors.
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CROs determined by the JDC (an “Approved CRO”) pursuant to a written agreement between OPKO and such Approved CRO (a “CRO Agreement”). Each CRO Agreement will enable OPKO to comply with the terms hereof, including, but not limited to, in respect of Section 3.1.5(b), the terms pertaining to ownership of intellectual property and publications and treatment of Confidential Information.
(b)    Approved Vendors. Except as otherwise provided herein, OPKO will be permitted to contract with one or more Vendors determined by the JDC (an “Approved Vendor”) pursuant to a written agreement between OPKO and such Approved Vendor (a “Vendor Agreement”). Each Vendor Agreement will enable OPKO to comply with the terms hereof, including, but not limited to, in respect of Section 3.1.5(b), the terms pertaining to ownership of intellectual property and publications and treatment of Confidential Information.
(c)    Responsibility. For clarity, OPKO will remain responsible for all its obligations under this Agreement, including if it has delegated such to an Approved CRO and/or contracted with an Approved Vendor (except to the extent any Vendor Agreement has been assigned to Pfizer or a Third Party designee of Pfizer), as if OPKO had not so delegated and/or contracted with respect to such responsibilities.
(d)    Applicability to Pfizer. The terms of this Section 3.1.6 shall also apply to Pfizer in circumstances where Pfizer is a regulatory sponsor of a Trial.
3.1.7.    Reporting. During the conduct of the Development Plan, at JDC meetings and as otherwise requested by a Party, each Party shall provide the other Party with updates in writing with respect to its progress under the Development Plan. Each such update shall include a summary of activities under the Development Plan performed by the reporting Party since the previous JDC meeting or request, including (as applicable) a summary of: results, information, and data generated, activities planned with respect to Development going forward (including updates regarding regulatory matters and current and future Development or regulatory plans and activities), challenges anticipated, timeline adjustments, budget updates required by Section 3.1.2(e) and updates regarding intellectual property issues relating to any Compound or Licensed Product.
3.1.8.    Pfizer Retained Rights. Except as contemplated by the Development Plan, Pfizer shall have sole authority over and control of the Development of Compounds and Licensed Product.

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3.2.    Governance of Development Activities; Notifications to the JDC.
3.2.1.    Joint Development Committee. The Parties hereby establish a joint development committee (the “JDC”) to oversee and coordinate the overall conduct and progress of the activities set forth in the Development Plan. The JDC will continue to operate during the term of the Development Plan and ***. The JDC shall provide a forum for sharing the activities conducted, progress against timelines and results achieved under the Development Plan. Each Party, through its representatives on the JDC, shall be permitted to provide advice and commentary with respect to activities performed pursuant to the Development Plan. The JDC may establish other committees, including a joint manufacturing committee to oversee activities. Each Party shall take such advice and commentary into good faith consideration. More specifically, the JDC shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.1.3:
(a)    oversee, review and coordinate activities and budgets pursuant to the Development Plan, CMC and supply activities for clinical supply and related regulatory strategy, including discussing and making suggestions in response to any notifications described in Section 3.2.4;
(b)    review and approve amendments and modifications to the Development Plan as contemplated herein; and
(c)    exchange and review Development, regulatory, Manufacturing and Commercialization updates and information, as well as disclosures of developed intellectual property; and perform, or delegate to a Party (in the JDC’s discretion), such other duties as are specifically assigned to the JDC under this Agreement.
3.2.2.    Membership. The JDC shall be composed of *** employees from each of Pfizer and OPKO or such other equal number as the Parties may agree. The JDC shall have at least one (1) representative from each Party with relevant decision-making authority, such that the JDC is able to effectuate decisions within the scope of its authority. Any member of the JDC may designate a substitute to attend JDC meetings upon prior written notice to the other Party. The chairperson of the JDC shall be an employee of Pfizer (the “Chairperson”). The Chairperson will be responsible for arranging meetings of the JDC, setting the agenda for such meetings and organizing and overseeing such meetings. Ad hoc guests who are subject to written confidentiality obligations commensurate in scope to the provisions in Section 7.2 may be invited to the JDC meetings, as mutually agreed, so long as the number of guests is reasonable and does not disrupt or delay JDC activities. Each Party may replace its JDC members with other of its employees, at any time, upon written notice to the other Party.

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3.2.3.    Meetings. During the performance of the Development Plan pursuant to Section 3.1, the JDC shall meet, in person (at a location mutually agreeable to the Parties), by teleconference, or by video-teleconference, at least one (1) time per ***.
3.2.4.    Notifications to be Provided to the JDC.
(a)    Trial Information. With regard to both New Trials and Existing Trials, OPKO shall summarize for the JDC for its review and input, including status and any issues related to (i) standard operating procedures, (ii) clinical sites and investigators, (iii) a subject recruitment plan, (iv) the investigator’s brochure, (v) case report forms and a data management plan (and compliance therewith), (vi) an auditing plan, (vii) a monitoring plan (and compliance therewith), (viii) IND and CTA submissions and approvals, (ix) IRB approvals, and (x) reporting mechanisms.
(b)    Unusual or Unforeseen Events. Each Party will promptly notify the JDC of any unforeseen or unusual events that occur in connection with the implementation of the Development Plan, including any events that may affect any of the timelines set forth therein or that may have a material impact on the success of any BLA submissions hereunder by Pfizer.
(i)    Urgent Safety Measures or Serious Breaches. If either Party becomes aware of (a) any urgent safety measures taken by a Clinical Investigator to protect Subjects against any immediate hazard or (b) any serious breaches of the Development Plan or any Applicable Laws (including GCP guidelines), such Party will immediately inform the JDC.
(ii)    Regulatory Inspections. Each Party will promptly notify the JDC within *** of any inspection by any Governmental Authority, including any Regulatory Authority, in connection with Manufacture or any Trial. Each Party will promptly forward to the JDC copies of any inspection findings relating to Licensed Product or this Agreement that a Site receives from any Regulatory Authority and each Party will have a right to comment on any proposed responses related to such inspections to be made to any Governmental Authorities before such responses are made.
(iii)    Government Investigations. Each Party will promptly notify the JDC upon learning of any investigations by any Governmental Authority involving any Third Party conducting activities with respect to the Development Plan, including any Approved CRO or Approved Vendor.

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(iv)    Notification of Error. If either Party learns of an error or omission in the conduct of the activities under the Development Plan that could call into question the validity, or otherwise compromise the quality and/or integrity, of part or all of any of such activities, or other activities conducted in connection therewith, such Party will inform the JDC in writing within *** of such Party learning of such error and/or omission. The members of the JDC will discuss in good faith a remediation plan to address such error within *** days of such written notification. Such remediation plan will not be effective unless and until approved by the JDC in accordance with Section 3.2.5. If the JDC approves such remediation plan, the JDC will provide the responsible Party with written notice thereof, specifying the dates on which, and the detail with which, such responsible Party will be required to update the JDC of its progress with respect thereto.
(v)    Compliance with Laws. With respect to each of the foregoing Sections 3.2.4(b)(i)-(iv), the Party responsible for notifying the JDC will notify the Person to whom notice is required to comply with all Applicable Laws.
3.2.5.    Decision-Making; Limitations on JDC. Decisions of the JDC shall be made by consensus, with the representatives of each Party having collectively one (1) vote in all decisions. Notwithstanding the creation of the JDC, each Party shall retain the rights, powers and discretion granted to it hereunder, and the JDC shall have only such rights, powers and discretion as are specifically assigned to it in this Agreement, and such rights, powers and discretion shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the JDC shall have no power to amend, modify or waive compliance with this Agreement, or take any action which, under the terms of this Agreement, requires the consent or agreement of either or both of the Parties, without having received such consent or agreement. In the event that the JDC is unable to reach a consensus decision on a matter that is within its decision-making authority within *** Business Days after it has met and used its best efforts to reach consensus with respect to such decision then, except to the extent provided in Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.3, such decision shall be made by the representatives of Pfizer unilaterally, and provided that Pfizer shall not have power to unilaterally resolve a dispute: ***. For all purposes under this Agreement, any decision made pursuant to this Section 3.2.5 shall be deemed to be the decision of the JDC.
3.3.    Regulatory Matters. Except as contemplated by the Development Plan or pursuant to this Article 3, Pfizer shall have the sole authority over and control of all regulatory plans and strategies in respect of Compounds and Licensed Products and will own, have sole authority for, and be responsible for preparing, seeking, submitting and maintaining all regulatory filings for the

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BLA and all subsequent supplemental filings and Regulatory Approvals for all Compounds and Licensed Products, including preparing all reports necessary as part of a regulatory filing, Regulatory Approval or Regulatory Exclusivity. To the extent requested by Pfizer from time to time, OPKO shall cooperate with Pfizer and take such reasonable actions to assist Pfizer in making regulatory filings and seeking and maintaining Regulatory Approval and Regulatory Exclusivity. With respect to regulatory activities of OPKO contemplated by the Development Plan:
3.3.1.    Communications with Regulatory Authorities. During the Trials, OPKO shall promptly provide Pfizer access to a copy of any written communication received by OPKO or its representatives from any Regulatory Authority with respect to any Compound or Licensed Product. OPKO will have primary responsibility to respond to such communications; however, if any planed written responses or meetings with Regulatory Authorities relates to information that may affect any of the timelines set forth in the Development Plan or that may have a material impact on the success of any BLA submission by Pfizer, then OPKO shall also notify Pfizer in advance of all such responses or meetings with the Regulatory Authorities, whether in person or by telephone or videoconference and Pfizer shall be entitled to attend and, if appropriate and permitted under Applicable Law, participate in all such meetings with Regulatory Authorities, whether in person or by means of telecommunication; further provided, however, that where such communications concern the CMC Information, Pfizer will have primary responsibility to prepare responses to such communications as described further in this Section 3.3.1. During the preparation and submission of BLAs, to the extent practical, and provided that Pfizer will not be required to incur a substantive delay, OPKO shall be provided with prior notice as reasonably practicable of all proposed communications and meetings by Pfizer with Regulatory Authorities and afforded the opportunity to promptly comment on such communications (and Pfizer shall reasonably take into account such comments) and attend such meetings (unless the Parties shall reasonably determine that such participation would decrease the likelihood of obtaining any requisite Regulatory Approval); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything set forth above, Pfizer will have the sole decision making authority and responsibility with respect to any such communications and meetings with Regulatory Authorities. During the preparation and submissions of BLAs, OPKO will provide reasonable support in the preparation of the relevant sections related to OPKOs clinical activities (including Modules 1 and 2) and provide support to the rapid response team for queries. Each Party will promptly provide the JDC with access to copies of all regulatory communications, and in circumstances during the Trial where such communications require a response that pertains to the CMC Information, OPKO will provide Pfizer with a copy of such communication promptly (and in no event more than *** Business Days) following receipt thereof so that, after having considered any OPKO comments thereto, at Pfizer’s discretion, Pfizer can provide OPKO with the relevant response, which OPKO will submit

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to the applicable Regulatory Authority in whole without any changes, additions or deletions, except with respect to translations to local language required by Applicable Law or with Pfizer’s consent, not to be unreasonably withheld. For clarity, during preparation and submission of the BLAs, if Pfizer receives any correspondence from any Regulatory Authorities, including that relates to the CMC Information, Pfizer will provide OPKO a full and complete copy, of such communication.
3.3.2.    Pfizer Approval of Regulatory Filings. During the Trial activities set out in the Development Plan, OPKO will be the sponsor of all INDs and CTAs and will have responsibility to submit any report or filing to any Regulatory Authority under such IND or CTA. However, if any such report or filing includes any information that may affect any of the timelines set forth in the Development Plan or that may have a material impact on the success of any BLA submissions by Pfizer, OPKO shall provide the JDC with a copy of all such report or filings prior to its intended date of submission and the JDC shall have the right to review, modify and approve all such reports or filings.
3.3.3.    INDs and CTAs.
(a)    Subject to Section 3.3.4(a) below, OPKO will be responsible for preparing, submitting and maintaining the INDs and CTAs required by Applicable Law to conduct each Trial and Pfizer will reasonably cooperate with OPKO in such regard. OPKO will maintain any INDs and CTAs prepared and submitted in connection with the Trial during the Term until transferred to Pfizer, pursuant to Section 3.7.
(b)    In all countries where the Sites are located, Pfizer will prepare and provide to OPKO the CMC information required for all INDs and CTAs and any updates to this information after having considered any OPKO comments thereto. OPKO will submit the CMC information to the Regulatory Authorities as provided by Pfizer without any modification thereto, except with respect to translations to the local language as required by Applicable Law.
3.3.4.    Clinical Trial Registries.
(a)    Subject to Section 3.6, from and after the Effective Date, OPKO will be responsible, in consultation with Pfizer, for registering, maintaining and updating any registries pertaining to any Trial to the extent required by any Applicable Laws, including without limiting the foregoing, www.clinicaltrials.gov, www.clinicalstudyresults.org, and EUDRACT (collectively, the “Clinical Trial Registries”) in all countries in the Territory.

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(b)    For clarity, OPKO will ensure that the information on all Clinical Trial Registries is correct, consistent and in compliance with Applicable Law.
3.3.5.    IND. Subject to Section 3.6, OPKO will be responsible for opening and maintaining the IND and subsequent amendments for Trials set out in the Development Plan.
3.3.6.    Regulatory Exclusivity. Pfizer shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain all applicable Regulatory Approvals and Regulatory Exclusivities in each Major Market Country.
3.4.    Cooperation by the Parties.
3.4.1.    Generally.
(a)    Each Party will, upon request, cooperate with and assist the other Party in preparing and maintaining any INDs, CTAs and BLAs for the Licensed Product, and any other submissions and/or communications with the Regulatory Authorities. Such cooperation will extend to consultation by telephone or at the cooperating Party’s normal business location and the provision of information Controlled by a Party, but will not include submissions to any Regulatory Authority for the other Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Party will provide the other Party with reasonable advance notice of any assistance that it needs in connection with such submissions.
(b)    For clarity, upon Pfizer’s request, OPKO will participate in any meetings with any Regulatory Authorities in connection with any BLA for the Licensed Product. In addition, at scheduled time intervals specified in Section 4.12, OPKO will provide Pfizer with copies of and access to the Clinical Data Package or portions thereof for use by Pfizer in connection with preparing and maintaining BLAs for the Licensed Product, and any other submissions and/or communications with the Regulatory Authorities.  Subject to Article 3, Pfizer will be solely responsible for all such interactions with the Regulatory Authorities in all countries in the Territory, provided that Pfizer shall provide OPKO with a copy of any BLA reasonably in advance of filing to enable OPKO to comment thereon, and Pfizer, at its sole discretion, shall reasonably take into account such comments.
3.4.2.    Clinical Data Package. The “Clinical Data Package” is defined as all information in OPKO’s possession or control, and all information available through access provided to Pfizer that can be obtained by OPKO using Commercially Reasonable Efforts including all Non-Clinical Trial and Clinical Trial data that relates to the Development of

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any Compound or Licensed Product, including provision of the following to Pfizer by OPKO (a) the definitions and attributes that comprise the Clinical Data Package, (b) the data quality management and validation processes that underlie the clinical trials in the Clinical Data Package and any database in which such Clinical Data Package is maintained, (c) the methodologies that have been utilized in converting source data into output (derived) data in connection with the Clinical Data Package, (d) the relevant statistical analysis assumptions or plans for the clinical trials in the Clinical Data Package, (e) audit history of the clinical trials in the Clinical Data Package and the database in which it is maintained, (f) all data, including appropriately de-identified subject-level records, raw datasets, compiled data (derived statistical data sets), trial master files (including other documentation as determined by Pfizer clinical data management, including versions of medical coding dictionaries used, statistical programs to produce tables, listings, and figures, statistical analysis plan, Data Management Plan, statistical programming plan and other Trial Master File documents) and (g) all databases, including the safety database and non-clinical and clinical databases for used for development through the Clinical Trials.
3.4.3.    Transfer of the Data Package.
(a)    Clinical Datasets. A “Clinical Dataset” is defined as a dataset that consists of identifier-stripped versions of all study data at the time of transfer. OPKO will transfer Clinical Datasets in the form of SAS Export/Transport file format (XPT) files.
(b)    Ancillary Documents. In order to make use of the Clinical Datasets, Pfizer will also need the following ancillary documents, which OPKO will provide, as they become available, as Portable Document Format (PDF) files:
(i)    An electronic data dictionary consisting of all versions of the case report forms used in the study, annotated with the variable names and corresponding datasets; and
(ii)     Other documentation as determined by Pfizer clinical data management, including versions of medical coding dictionaries used, statistical programs to produce tables/listing/graphs (TLGs), raw and derived datasets, SAP, Data Management Plan, statistical programming plan and other Trial Master File documents.
(c)    Test Data Transfer. Within *** after study initiation, OPKO will transfer a set of test data to Pfizer. Pfizer will perform certain qualification steps to determine if the transmission meets Pfizer requirements in content and process and if the data will load successfully into the target Pfizer database. OPKO will work

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with Pfizer if changes are needed in the data formatting or transmission process to ensure data quality and usability. OPKO will transfer additional sets of test data if needed after such changes are made and again if there are any changes in the study variables or data collection tools during the study.
(d)    Data Cleaning and Validation. After each transfer of a Clinical Dataset, Pfizer and OPKO will collaborate to ensure that the data meets appropriate quality standards. This may include data queries from Pfizer that OPKO will investigate and resolve.
(e)    Transfer Schedule. The anticipated content and timing of data transfers will be agreed to by the JDC and documented in a data transfer plan.
3.4.4.    Collaboration on Preparations for BLA Regulatory Submissions.

(a)    At the request of the JDC, OPKO will provide to Pfizer all information required for Pfizer to meet its responsibility for BLA/MAA regulatory submissions including:
(i)    Modules M1, M2 or equivalents;
(ii)    Integrated Safety Database (mapped to CDISC);
(iii)    Pre-inspection Visits and Interviews with OPKO during inspections;
(iv)    Rapid response to queries from regulatory authorities;
(v)    Clinical Dataset Transfer (test and final transfers); and
(vi)    Complete Study Reports for all Phase 1, 2 and 3 Trials.
3.5.    Pfizer’s Right to Cross Reference. Upon Pfizer’s written request, OPKO will provide each applicable Regulatory Authority with a letter of authorization for each Regulatory Authority to access any submissions of INDs or CTAs to any Regulatory Authorities made by, or on behalf of, OPKO hereunder in connection with reviewing any regulatory submission or application to any Regulatory Authority made by or behalf of Pfizer or any Third Party designated by Pfizer.
3.6.    Clinical Supply of Licensed Product; Manufacturing for Clinical Supply.
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responsible for the supply of requisite quantities of Licensed Product. The Parties acknowledge and agree that OPKO may use *** to supply or have supplied to OPKO such quantities of Licensed Product. In addition, at any time that Pfizer may request, OPKO shall assign all of its rights, title and interests in and to the *** Agreement. In the event of such an assignment, Pfizer shall thereafter be responsible for the supply of requisite quantities of Licensed Product in all Existing Trials.
3.6.2.    Pfizer Supply of Licensed Product for Trials. Except as otherwise set forth in the Development Plan, for the conduct of any Trials initiated following the Execution Date, *** will supply or have supplied to *** such quantities of Licensed Product *** that are necessary for *** to conduct the activities that it is responsible for under the Development Plan as provided in a Supply Agreement containing customary terms to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties (the “Supply Agreement”), provided that all *** and a quality agreement reasonably acceptable to each Party in form and substance (the “Quality Agreement”). *** shall also supply ***. OPKO will provide the JDC at each JDC meeting with quarterly reports regarding inventory of Licensed Product and the reasonably anticipated needs for Licensed Product to ensure that Pfizer can supply OPKO with such quantities of Licensed Product at such times as required by OPKO to conduct all activities required to be conducted by OPKO under the Development Plan in compliance with the timelines set forth therein. For clarity, any use of Licensed Product that is not described in the Development Plan will be Pfizer’s sole right and responsibility and OPKO will have no rights or obligations with respect thereto.
3.6.3.    Diligence. If Pfizer is responsible for providing clinical supply of Licensed Product in accordance with Section 3.6.2, Pfizer shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to the Manufacture of such Licensed Product to permit the Parties to perform their respective Development obligations in the Development Plan and hereunder without unnecessary expense or delay.
3.6.4.    Use of Licensed Product. OPKO will (i) only use Licensed Product supplied by *** as agreed by the Parties, Pfizer or such Third Parties designated by Pfizer as a supplier of Licensed Product in connection with conducting activities under the Development Plan, and (ii) only use Licensed Product, and provide Licensed Product to permitted Third Party transferees, for the sole purpose of conducting activities under the Development Plan, and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
3.6.5.    Complaints Related to Licensed Product, Devices and/or Compounds. As may be further set forth in the Supply Agreement and Quality Agreement, each Party will promptly forward to the JDC any complaints that it receives related to any Compound, Device or Licensed Product. OPKO shall notify Pfizer if it receives any complaints that

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may impact product safety, quality purity and effectiveness of any Compound, Device or Licensed Product used or to be used in connection with activities conducted under the Development Plan, including any Trials in respect thereof, which could result in a product recall. OPKO will respond to any complaints of which OPKO becomes aware relating to any Compound, Device or Licensed Product; provided, that Pfizer will provide reasonable cooperation in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a complaint pertains to the Manufacturing, appearance or general physical characteristics of any Licensed Product or other processes at any Manufacturing facility, Pfizer will be solely responsible for responding to such complaint.
3.6.6.    Recall of Licensed Products Prior to Regulatory Approval. If the Licensed Product is recalled prior to Regulatory Approval in any jurisdiction in the Territory, OPKO will be responsible for the operational execution of such recall in connection with the activities it has conducted under the Development Agreement (but not in connection with Licensed Product being Commercialized by Pfizer or any other Licensed Product, for which Pfizer will be responsible at its expense). Pfizer will cooperate with OPKO in connection therewith. The costs for such a recall will be at Pfizer’s expense, unless such recall and/or costs were based on the material breach of this Agreement, intentional misconduct, gross negligence or negligence by OPKO and/or any Third Party conducting activities on behalf of OPKO, in which case, OPKO will bear the expense of any such recall.
3.7.    Transfer of Regulatory Filings and Other Data Following Regulatory Approval. At Pfizer’s request following such time as Regulatory Approval is granted to Pfizer, its Affiliates and/or sublicensees, for an Approved Indication in AGHD, PGHD or PSGA, for any Licensed Product in the ***, as applicable:
3.7.1.    OPKO shall, as permitted under Applicable Laws, (i) promptly transfer to Pfizer or a designated Affiliate of Pfizer all such Regulatory Materials and right, title and interest in such Regulatory Materials, as requested by Pfizer, and (ii) thereafter provide such support and assistance to Pfizer or such Affiliate in connection with such matters regarding such Regulatory Materials as may be reasonably requested by Pfizer or such Affiliate from time to time. OPKO shall provide such Regulatory Materials in a format reasonably requested by Pfizer or such Affiliate. All Regulatory Approvals for Licensed Products for which Regulatory Approval has been granted shall be obtained and held in the name of Pfizer or a designated Affiliate of Pfizer, and Pfizer or such Affiliate shall maintain all right, title and interest in and to all such Regulatory Materials.
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for such Licensed Product in such jurisdiction for such Approved Indication. To the extent requested by Pfizer from time to time, OPKO shall cooperate with Pfizer and take such reasonable actions to assist Pfizer in making regulatory filings and maintaining Regulatory Approval for such Licensed Product.
3.8.    Commercial Supply of Licensed Product; Manufacturing for Commercial Supply.
3.8.1.    Pfizer Supply of Licensed Product. During the Term, Pfizer shall have the exclusive right to Manufacture Licensed Products for Commercialization itself or through one or more Affiliates or Third Parties selected by Pfizer in its sole discretion. Pfizer shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to the Manufacture of Licensed Products as necessary to perform its Commercialization obligations hereunder.
3.8.2.    Capacity. In the event that the materials and/or Manufacturing capacity required to Manufacture the Licensed Products is not sufficient to meet current or anticipated demand, Pfizer shall notify OPKO of such shortage and *** meet to discuss the shortage, including the proposed measures Pfizer intends to take to address such lack of capacity.
3.8.3.    Safety Stock. From and after the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, Pfizer shall create and adhere to a commercially reasonable plan to maintain an inventory of Licensed Product to seek to meet anticipated demand (the “Safety Stock”). On a *** basis, Pfizer shall provide OPKO updates as to the status of the Safety Stock.
3.9.    Commercialization Activities.
3.9.1.    General. Subject to its diligence obligations, Pfizer shall have sole and exclusive control over all matters relating to the Commercialization of Licensed Products, including sole and exclusive control over (a) pricing of Licensed Products and (b) the negotiation of Licensed Product pricing with Regulatory Authorities and other Third Parties. Pfizer will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to seek Regulatory Approval, including Pricing Approvals, if required, for Licensed Products in each Major Market Country. Pfizer will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Major Market Countries ***.
3.9.2.    Branding. Pfizer or its designated Affiliates or sublicensees shall select and own all Trademarks used in connection with the Commercialization of any and all Licensed Products. OPKO and its Affiliates shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to not register or use, anywhere in the world, any Trademark which is confusingly similar to any Trademark

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used by or on behalf of Pfizer, its Affiliates or sublicensees in connection with any Licensed Product.
3.9.3.    Progress Reporting. During the first *** following the date upon which the JDC is disbanded pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2.1, Pfizer shall provide OPKO with written reports, on the *** summarizing Pfizer’s activities to Commercialize Licensed Products and providing any other information as OPKO might reasonably request regarding the Commercialization of Licensed Products. Any information or written report provided by Pfizer to OPKO pursuant to this Section 3.9.3 shall be deemed to be Pfizer’s Confidential Information and subject to the provisions of Section 7.2. Thereafter, Pfizer shall continue to provide such reports ***.
3.10.    Diligence.
3.10.1.    Exceptions to Diligence Obligations. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary: (a) if Pfizer, an Affiliate or sublicensee of Pfizer, OPKO or a Third Party generates any safety, tolerability or other data reasonably indicating, as measured by Pfizer’s safety and efficacy evaluation criteria and methodology, or signaling that a Licensed Product has or would have an unacceptable risk-benefit profile, Pfizer may take any and all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion to appropriately address such concerns, including putting on hold or ceasing Development and/or Commercialization of any effected Compound or Licensed Product, or terminating this Agreement in its entirety; and (b) in such event, Pfizer shall not be in breach of this Agreement or any obligation hereunder as a result of Pfizer taking such actions so long as Pfizer is using Commercially Reasonable Efforts to address and, to the extent practicable, remedy the safety issue in order to permit continued Commercialization.
3.10.2.    Assertion of Pfizer Diligence Obligation Claims.  If OPKO reasonably believes that Pfizer is not using Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to its obligations to Commercialize a Licensed Product in accordance with this Agreement, then OPKO shall promptly provide to Pfizer written notice documenting in reasonable detail the reasons for such assertion. Promptly upon Pfizer’s receipt of any notice of a potential alleged diligence failure (“Diligence Issue”) pursuant to this Section 3.10.2, Pfizer and OPKO will meet and discuss the specific nature of such Diligence Issue and seek to identify an appropriate corrective course of action. If, no later than *** days after Pfizer’s receipt of such notice, (a) the Parties have not reached consensus regarding whether Pfizer has failed to satisfy its obligations pursuant to Sections 3.8-3.10, and (b) the Parties have not agreed upon an appropriate corrective course of action for such Diligence Issue, then such Diligence Issue will be escalated and resolved pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section 11.13.

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3.11.    Genotropin Products. Pfizer shall have the exclusive right to Develop, Manufacture and Commercialize Genotropin Products itself or through one or more Affiliates or Third Parties selected by Pfizer in its sole discretion. For clarity, and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Pfizer shall have no diligence obligations with respect to the Development, Manufacture and Commercialization of Genotropin Products. ***.
3.12.    Existing Trials. Except as otherwise set forth in the Development Plan, OPKO shall continue to conduct all Trials initiated prior to the Execution Date (such trials, “Existing Trials”) in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures and other development plans established by OPKO with respect to such Existing Trials prior to the Execution Date, subject to oversight by the JDC. OPKO shall keep Pfizer apprised of the progress of all such Existing Trials, engage with Regulatory Authorities, and otherwise perform its Development obligations as provided for in and in accordance with this Article 3. OPKO will provide access to all documents and electronic information currently held by OPKO or OPKO’s CROs and other Vendors, related to all Existing Trials and any completed Trials, and to facilitate site visits by Pfizer. OPKO will undertake specific actions requested by Pfizer to remediate incomplete documentation and make amendments to current SOPs if, in Pfizer’s opinion, these changes are required to meet regulatory requirements or will have a material impact on the success of any BLA submissions by Pfizer.
3.13.    New Trials. Subject to the terms hereof, OPKO shall conduct all Trials initiated following the Effective Date (such trials “New Trials”) in accordance with the protocols, standard operating procedures and other development plans specified by the JDC and set forth in the Development Plan or as otherwise approved by the JDC.
3.14.    Pharmacovigilance and Safety Information Exchange.
3.14.1.    The safety reporting units from each of the Parties will meet and will, within *** of the Effective Date, agree upon the timing for establishing a written agreement for exchanging adverse event and other safety information relating to (a) the Licensed Products, and (b) adverse events attributable to CTP Technology used in other products (the “Pharmacovigilance Agreement”). The Pharmacovigilance Agreement will ensure that adverse event and other safety information is exchanged upon terms that will permit each Party to comply with Applicable Laws and requirements of Regulatory Authorities. This Pharmacovigilance Agreement will be established in advance of the earlier of (1) the first Regulatory Filing in any country in the Territory and (2) the start of any Clinical Trial under an IND or CTA sponsored by Pfizer related to the Licensed Products.
3.14.2.    Following the Execution Date and until such time as the Pharmacovigilance Agreement is executed, within *** Business Days of providing any notification to the JDC

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pursuant to Section 3.2.4, the notifying Party shall provide a copy of such notification to the other Party.
3.14.3.    OPKO agrees to manage pharmacovigilance obligations for the Licensed Products in compliance with global requirements, until such time that these obligations and all needed legacy data can be transferred to Pfizer, as established in Section 3.14.1.
3.14.4.    OPKO agrees to provide the JDC aggregate clinical safety data relating to the Licensed Products for the purposes of assessing potential benefit and risk. The frequency and format for this exchange, including responsible parties, shall be established by the JDC.
4.
TRIAL ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
4.1.    SOPs. Subject to the terms hereof, for future Trials, OPKO will conduct, or ensure that each Approved CRO conducts, all Trials in accordance with standard operating procedures (the “SOPs”), access to electronic copies of which will be provided by OPKO to the JDC for review prior to the initiation of each Trial at a time to be determined by the JDC. For existing Trials OPKO will provide access to electronic copies of all current SOPs within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date. Pfizer, from time to time, may request OPKO to make amendments to current SOPs if, in Pfizer’s opinion, these changes are required to meet regulatory requirements or will have a material impact on the success of any BLA submission by Pfizer. In the event of any updates to existing SOPs, or in the event that any Trial is not being conducted in compliance with the SOPs (as updated from time to time), OPKO shall take all such actions as may be necessary to bring such Trial into compliance with the then-current SOPs as promptly as is practicable.
4.2.    Sites and Clinical Investigations.
4.2.1.    Selection of Sites and Investigators.
(a)    The JDC will approve the study sites to conduct each Trial as proposed by OPKO.
(b)    OPKO will enter, and each Approved CRO will enter, into an agreement with each study site; such an agreement will be substantially in the form to be agreed upon by the Parties within *** days following approval by the JDC of the Development Plan (the “Clinical Trial Agreement”) (upon execution of the Clinical Trial Agreement, such study site will be deemed a “Site”), and will provide that any Trial may be freely transferred or assigned to Pfizer or a designee of Pfizer without any negotiation of the CTA necessary. If a study site requires any material changes to such form Clinical Trial Agreement, OPKO will inform the JDC and seek JDC approval of such change, and the JDC will not unreasonably withhold such

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approval. For clarity, each Clinical Trial Agreement will specify reasonable terms, consistent with industry standards for similar agreements, and will expressly require during the period which it is effective the applicable Site and Clinical Investigator to comply with the terms hereof as if such Site and Clinical Investigator were a Party hereto, including the terms pertaining to ownership of Intellectual Property and publications, treatment of Confidential Information and that the Site, the Clinical Investigators and other personnel working on any Trial at each Site have (i) GCP and other appropriate training and experience to conduct such Trial(s), including training with respect to the Development Plan; (ii) access to an adequate number of subjects that satisfy the criteria in the Development Plan to meet subject enrollment requirements for such Trial(s); (iii) any licenses, certifications and/or accreditations required by Applicable Laws; and (iv) understand the Development Plan and their obligation to comply therewith and all Applicable Laws in conducting such Trial(s). Any such representations and warranties will be made for the benefit of OPKO and Pfizer as third party beneficiaries.
(c)    The Clinical Trials Agreements will also provide that the Clinical Investigators, any sub-investigators (e.g., research fellows, residents and associates) and any others required by Applicable Law at each Site complete the financial disclosure document with respect to Pfizer and OPKO, and such financial disclosure document will be substantially in the form to be agreed upon by the Parties within *** days following approval by the JDC of the final Development Plan (the “Financial Disclosure Form”). For clarity, if any of the foregoing individuals do not complete such Financial Disclosure Form, such individuals may not participate in, or do any work in connection with, any Trial.
4.2.8.    Obligations During Trial Conduct.
(a)    From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will conduct meetings with the Clinical Investigators (each, a “Clinical Investigator Meeting”), of which the JDC will be provided with reasonable advance notice and in which Pfizer will have the right (but not the obligation) to attend and participate (at Pfizer’s cost). Minutes of Clinical Investigator Meetings will be made available to the JDC upon request.
(b)    OPKO will provide the JDC with copies of all communications relevant to any Trial and provided to all Sites, and upon request of the JDC, provide the JDC with copies of any other communications between OPKO and any individual Sites and/or any Affiliate or Approved CRO and any individual Sites.

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(c)    If OPKO terminates a Site, OPKO will inform the JDC with the reason for such termination and if reasonably practicable, such notice will be provided reasonably in advance of such termination.
(d)    OPKO will meet its CRO Trial Site Monitoring and Vendor Oversight responsibilities as established by the JDC as specified in Section 4.8.
4.3.    Subjects and Informed Consent.
4.3.1.    Subject Recruitment Plan. OPKO will comply with the subject recruitment plan for each Trial, which will be established by OPKO and communicated to the JDC, for approval by the JDC not to be unreasonably withheld, within a reasonable period of time after the Effective Date not to exceed ninety (90) days (the “Subject Recruitment Plan”) in recruiting subjects to participate in such Trial. For clarity, prior to engaging in any recruiting activities, OPKO will ensure that the applicable IRBs and/or other ethics committees approve any related materials and activities as required by the JDC and all Applicable Laws.
4.3.2.    Informed Consent. OPKO will prepare the informed consent document for use in each Trial. OPKO will ensure that the informed consent of each subject participating in any Trial be obtained in accordance with all Applicable Laws, including completion of the informed consent document; such informed consent document for such Trial will be substantially in the form to be agreed upon by the Parties within *** days following approval by the JDC of the Development Plan (collectively, “Informed Consent”) (upon obtaining such Informed Consent, a prospective subject will be deemed a “Subject”). For clarity, the Informed Consent document that each Subject signs will expressly state that each Subject understands that Pfizer is providing support for such Trial and will authorize disclosure of data and results related to such Trial to Pfizer for any purpose, subject to all Applicable Laws. For clarity, OPKO will be required to obtain Pfizer’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) for any subsequent material amendments to the form initially agreed upon by the Parties or for translations of such form.
4.3.3.    Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria. Neither OPKO nor any of its Representatives will provide a waiver for any exclusion or inclusion criteria related to a Trial as specified in the Development Plan.  Any changes to the exclusion or inclusion criteria will be subject to an amendment to the Development Plan to be approved by the JDC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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Pfizer of the need for the most recent version of the investigator’s brochure, provide Pfizer with such version of the investigator’s brochure.
4.5.    Data Collection and Data Management.
4.5.1.    CRF. From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will be responsible for preparing the CRF for each Trial in accordance with the Development Plan. OPKO will provide the JDC with access to electronic copies of the CRFs for review by the JDC. A CRF is to be completed for each Subject and will be in electronic form, validated and in compliance with all Applicable Laws.
4.5.2.    Data Management Plan.
(a)    OPKO will comply with the data management plan to be agreed upon by the Parties within *** Business Days following approval by the JDC of the Development Plan (the “Data Management Plan”). For clarity, the Data Management Plan will provide Pfizer the right to review the Development Plan, and OPKO will agree to make modifications requested by Pfizer if they are considered by Pfizer to affect any of the timelines set forth in the Development Plan or may have a material impact on the success of any BLA submissions hereunder by Pfizer. The Data Management Plan will be agreed upon by the Parties prior to recruitment of Subjects for any future Trial.
(b)    During the Term, with respect to any data collected in connection with any Trial, OPKO will ensure that such data is held in one or more appropriate facilities with information security protections (including in accordance with all Applicable Laws) including: (i) unique accounts for all operators; (ii) cancellation of an account when an employee or other personnel terminates employment; (iii) deactivation of an account when an employee or other personnel ceases working on the Trial; (iv) required password changes at frequent intervals; and (v) regular backups of electronic data.
4.5.3.    Trial Database.
(a)    OPKO will promptly update the applicable trial database for the data collected from each Site for each Trial (each, a “Trial Database”) upon receiving data for any Trial from any Site, and OPKO will ensure that the Sites, promptly following receipt thereof, provide data in connection with such Trial to OPKO.
(b)    OPKO will provide the JDC with access to electronic copies of such data requested by the JDC at JDC meetings and in accordance with Applicable Laws.

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(c)    If, at any time following the Effective Date, OPKO decides to change the format of the database for any Trial, OPKO will so notify Pfizer and the Parties will cooperate to ensure that the format that OPKO selects permits Pfizer to incorporate the data from the Trial into its relevant systems and is in compliance with all Applicable Laws.
(d)    OPKO will provide SAS datasets to Pfizer in accordance with specifications as defined by Pfizer in Section 4.12: (i) at such times as Pfizer may reasonably request such SAS datasets; (ii) if a safety signal is identified; and/or (iii) if a request is received from any Regulatory Authority.
(e)    OPKO will maintain each Trial Database in accordance with all Applicable Laws, including ensuring that information included in such Trial Database is accurate and up-to-date.
4.5.4.    Trial Master File. Promptly following the Effective Date, OPKO will establish and maintain a trial master file (to the extent they not already established and maintained for any applicable Trial) for any Trials in the format as agreed upon by the JDC (each a “Trial Master File”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, OPKO will not be permitted to delegate its rights and obligations pursuant to this Section 4.5.4 to any Third Parties without the prior approval of the JDC, except OPKO may delegate its rights and obligations pursuant to this Section 4.5.4 to any of its Affiliates provided that OPKO retains accountability following such delegation.
4.5.5.    Source Data Verification. From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will be responsible for source data verification of data records according to OPKO’s SOPs related to the Monitoring Plan and Vendor Oversight Plan to be agreed as specified in Section 4.8. At Pfizer’s request, OPKO will provide Pfizer with copies of any OPKO reports relating to source data verification and other types of Trial audits.
4.5.6.    Statistical Analysis. From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will perform any statistical analysis required in accordance with the statistical analysis plan for the Trial, a draft of which for any applicable Trial will be attached as an agreement to the Development Plan upon mutual agreement of the Parties (the “Statistical Analysis Plan”).
4.6.    Specimens. Unless otherwise requested by Pfizer, from and after the Effective Date, OPKO (or its designated CRO) will test, store, or manage all biological samples and/or associated slides or blocks (collectively, “Specimens”).

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4.7.    Audits.
4.7.1.    From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will conduct quality oversight inspections and audits of the facilities and services of any CRO or other applicable Third Parties in accordance with its SOPs and pursuant to a quality assurance audit plan (the “Auditing Plan”), and OPKO will provide Pfizer with copies of all audit reports.
4.7.2.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pfizer will have the right, but not the obligation, to co-audit with OPKO any sites (including any Sites), facilities and services of any CRO or other applicable Third Party pursuant to the Auditing Plan. OPKO will provide the JDC with written notice of any upcoming audits to enable Pfizer to so participate. If Pfizer chooses to co-audit pursuant to the foregoing sentence, Pfizer will provide OPKO with advance written notice thereof, and OPKO will cooperate with Pfizer with respect to such audit. For clarity, Pfizer’s participation in any auditing activities will not relieve OPKO of its obligations hereunder and Pfizer will be limited to acting in a supporting capacity in any such audit.
4.7.3.    From and after the Effective Date, Pfizer will conduct quality oversight inspections and audits of the manufacturing facilities for any Licensed Products in accordance with its internal policies.
4.8.    Monitoring and Vendor Oversight. From and after the Effective Date, OPKO will monitor each Trial, and share information with the JDC pertaining to monitoring such Trial, in accordance with the monitoring plan for such Trial to be agreed upon by the Parties within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date (each a “Monitoring Plan”). Within *** days following the Effective Date the Parties also will enter into a vendor oversight plan mutually agreeable to the Parties (a “Vendor Oversight Plan”).
4.9.    IRBs and Other Ethics Committees.
4.9.1.    OPKO will be responsible for obtaining the approval of the IRBs and other ethics committees required prior to commencing, and during, the Trial at every Site.
4.9.2.    OPKO will ensure that IRBs and such other relevant ethics committees have current registrations and accreditations as required by Applicable Law, and OPKO will provide all ethics committees, including all IRBs, and Regulatory Authorities, with all necessary documentation prior to, and during the course of, each Trial as required by Applicable Law.
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will make itself reasonably available to assist with any such queries, and (b) if such query relates solely to the CMC Information, Pfizer will prepare the applicable response and provide OPKO with a copy thereof.
4.9.4.    The ultimate responsibility for fulfillment of all pharmacovigilance obligations resides with the IND or CTA holder and/or the marketing authorization holder according to relevant Applicable Laws.
4.10.    Independent Data Monitoring Committee (“IDMC”). OPKO will establish an IDMC for each Trial if not already established, which will be governed by a charter substantially in the form to be agreed upon by the Parties within *** days of the Effective Date (the “IDMC Charter”). For clarity, the IDMC Charter will specify the number of members of the IDMC, the qualifications of such members, the experience of the chairman of the IDMC, details regarding open and closed sessions, including who can attend any such sessions, and information that the IDMC may share with the Parties, including that efficacy will not be disclosed to either Party until the IDMC has approved such data. OPKO will communicate any decision of the IDMC to the JDC within five (5) Business Days of such decision. OPKO will ensure that the IDMC is provided with all information and data that it requires as specified in the IDMC Charter, and Pfizer will reasonably cooperate with OPKO in such regard. OPKO will ensure that all members of the IDMC have any licenses, certifications and/or accreditations required by Applicable Laws; and understand the Development Plan and their obligation to comply therewith and all Applicable Laws in conducting such Trial(s). Any such representations and warranties will be made for the benefit of OPKO and Pfizer as third party beneficiaries. OPKO will ensure that each member completes the Financial Disclosure Form. For clarity, if any of the foregoing individuals do not complete such Financial Disclosure Form, such individuals may not participate in the IDMC.
4.11.    Environmental Health and Safety.
4.11.1.    In conducting each Trial, OPKO will comply with all Applicable Laws, including those relating to environmental, health and/or safety matters. For clarity, OPKO will be solely responsible for establishing material and specimen handling guidelines and for ensuring use of controls, including appropriate personal protective equipment, that minimize potential worker exposure, obtaining the material safety data sheets and providing the appropriate training for workers who will potentially be exposed to any Compound, Device or Licensed Product.
4.11.2.    OPKO will promptly notify the JDC, in writing, of any worker claims of suspected occupational illnesses related to working with any Compounds, Devices or Licensed Products, or of any known facts or circumstances which could lead to such claims, regardless of whether such claims are received during the Term or any time thereafter. After

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termination of this Agreement for any reason, or expiration of this Agreement, each Party will promptly notify the other Party of any worker claims of suspected occupational illnesses related to working with any Compounds, Devices or Licensed Products during the Term, of which it has knowledge.
4.12    Trial Reports; Safety or Efficacy Data. With respect to each Trial, OPKO shall provide to Pfizer a “topline” report, an “interim study” report, if available, and a final complete study report, as well as any other reports as may be contemplated by the Development Plan, each in accordance with the timelines for delivery and content requirements as are set forth in the applicable statistical analysis plan and Development Plan, including any applicable protocols or statistical study requirements set forth therein. In the event that there are any additional safety or efficacy data pertaining to any Trial that come into the possession of OPKO after providing Pfizer with the final complete study report, OPKO will prepare and promptly provide Pfizer with a supplement to such report.
5.
PAYMENTS.
5.1.    Upfront Payment. Within *** days following the Effective Date, Pfizer shall make a one-time non-refundable and non-creditable payment to OPKO of Two Hundred Eighty-Five Million U.S. Dollars ($285,000,000) (the “Upfront Payment”).
5.2.    Regulatory Milestone Payments. Pfizer shall pay to OPKO the amounts set forth below within *** days following the first occurrence of each event described below (each event, a “Regulatory Milestone” and each payment, a “Regulatory Milestone Payment”), which amounts shall be non-refundable and non-creditable against any other payments due under this Agreement.
Regulatory Milestone
Regulatory Milestone Payment
First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
***
First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
***
First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
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First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
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First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
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First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
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First achievement of *** of a Licensed Product for an Approved Indication in ***
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For the avoidance of doubt: (a) each Regulatory Milestone Payment shall be payable only once upon first achievement of the applicable Regulatory Milestone and only on the first occurrence of the corresponding Regulatory Milestone, regardless of the number of Licensed Products achieving such Regulatory Milestone; (b) a Regulatory Milestone satisfied by a sublicensee or Affiliate of OPKO shall be deemed to have been achieved by OPKO for the purposes of this Section 5.2; and (c) to the extent any ***, which trigger a Regulatory Milestone, *** shall be payable in respect of each such *** as provided above. In addition, and for greater clarity, milestones shall not be paid on ***.
5.3.    Royalty Payments.
5.3.1.    Royalties. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.5 and the *** Pfizer shall pay to OPKO royalties in the amount of the marginal rates set forth below of the aggregate Net Sales resulting from the sales of all Licensed Products in the Territory during each Pfizer Year of the applicable Royalty Term for each Licensed Product (pro-rated for any partial Pfizer Year). Each marginal royalty rate set forth in the table shall apply only to that portion of the Net Sales of a given Licensed Product in the Territory during a given Pfizer Year that falls within the indicated range.
Annual Worldwide Net Sales
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Worldwide Net Sales up to and including ***
***
Annual Worldwide Net Sales above ***, up to and including ***
***
Annual Worldwide Net Sales above ***
***

At such time as there is a commencement of the *** Profit Share ***, such that royalties are no longer payable with respect to such *** pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.3.1, Pfizer’s payment obligations under this Section 5.3.1 with respect to those *** which remain eligible for payment of royalties shall then be calculated based upon the applicable table set forth below rather than the table set forth above for purposes of this Section 5.3.1 (pro-rated for any partial Pfizer Year).


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Royalties payable only for ***:
Annual Net Sales in the ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in the *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in the *** above ***, up to and including ***
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Annual Net Sales in the *** above ***
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Royalties payable only for ***:
Annual Net Sales in ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** above ***, up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** above ***
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Royalties payable only for ***
Annual Net Sales in ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** above ***, up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** above ***
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Royalties payable only for *** and ***:
Annual Net Sales in *** and ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***, up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***
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Royalties payable only for *** and ***:
Annual Net Sales in *** and ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***, up to and including ***
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Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***
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Royalties payable only for *** and ***:
Annual Net Sales in *** and ***
Marginal Royalty Rate
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***, up to and including ***
***
Annual Net Sales in *** and *** above ***
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5.3.2.    ***. For each of the *** consecutive *** with respect to which royalties are payable pursuant to Section 5.3, OPKO shall receive *** for such period for all countries in the Territory:
Year
***
*** Period
$***
*** Period
$***
*** Period
$***

At such time as there is a commencement of the *** Profit Share Term, such that royalties are no longer payable with respect to such *** pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.3.2, Pfizer’s payment obligations under this Section 5.3.2 shall be calculated based upon the applicable table set forth below rather than the table set forth above for purposes of this Section 5.3.2. For clarity, the tables set forth below are intended only to provide for alternative *** amounts payable under this Section 5.3.2 for the *** months for which *** are payable (as compared to the table set forth above), and shall not be construed to require the payment of any additional amounts of royalty payments beyond such *** month time period.

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*** payable only for ***:
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*** Period
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*** payable only for ***:
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*** payable only for ***:
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5.4.    Profit Share Payments.
5.4.1.    Subject to the provisions of Section 5.5, Pfizer shall pay to OPKO gross profit payments in the amount of the marginal rates set forth below of the aggregate Franchise Gross Profit in *** with respect to Licensed Product and Genotropin Product in *** during the *** Profit Share Term***, as applicable, determined as set forth below, based on the percentage of annual Franchise Net Sales attributable to Licensed Product in ***. Each marginal gross profit payment rate set forth in the table shall apply only to that portion of the Franchise Net Sales that falls within the indicated range. Franchise Gross Profits for partial calendar years shall be determined by prorating the annual aggregate thresholds for the relevant ***. An example calculation of gross profit payments under this Section 5.4 is set forth in Schedule 5.4.
5.4.2.    Subject to the caveat in the following sentence, in addition, if there is a ***, which *** occurs not later than the *** anniversary of the commencement of the Profit Share Term *** (whether the *** or the *** Profit Share Term, as applicable), then following the occurrence of such *** and continuing until the *** anniversary of the commencement of such Profit Share Term(s), each threshold dollar amount set forth in the left-hand-most column of the table set out below in this Section 5.4 applicable *** shall be reduced by an amount equal to *** were realized *** during the *** period immediately preceding the occurrence of such ***. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the reductions in threshold dollar amounts contemplated by the prior sentence shall not be applicable in the event that (i) Pfizer

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directly or indirectly *** with respect to, ***, including through the effectuation of an *** agreement *** (ii) there is a subsequent ***, and (iii) such *** had worldwide Net Sales for the *** period prior to the date of *** that were equal to at least *** of the worldwide Net Sales of the *** for the same *** period. If, however, (i) Pfizer directly or indirectly acquires, or obtains rights with respect to, ***, including through the effectuation of an *** agreement involving another Person that ***, (ii) there is a subsequent ***, and (iii) such *** period prior to the date of *** that were less than *** of the worldwide Net Sales of the *** for the same *** period, then following the occurrence of such *** and continuing until the *** anniversary of the commencement of the profit share term ***, each threshold dollar amount set forth in the left-hand-most column of the table set out below in Section 5.4 applicable *** shall be reduced only by an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount of *** which were realized *** during the *** period immediately preceding the occurrence of such *** and (ii) the amount of *** during the same *** period.
*** Profit Share:
Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Net Sales
Less than or equal to *** of Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Gross Profit is Attributable to Licensed Products
More than *** of Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Gross Profit is Attributable to Licensed Products
Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Net Sales up to and including ***
***
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Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Net Sales above ***, up to and including ***
***
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Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Net Sales above ***, up to and including ***
***
***
Annual Aggregate *** Franchise Net Sales above ***
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*** Profit Share:

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5.5.1.    Adjustments. The following adjustments shall be made, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, to the royalties payable pursuant to Section 5.3 and the gross profit payments payable pursuant to Section 5.4:
(a)    No Adjustment for OPKO Third Party Agreements. Subject to Section 3.1.3, OPKO shall be solely responsible for (i) all obligations (including any royalty or other obligations that relate to the Licensed Technology) under its agreements with Third Parties that are in effect as of the Effective Date or that OPKO enters into during the Term, and (ii) all payments to inventors (other than inventors that are Representatives of Pfizer) of the Licensed Technology, including payments under inventorship compensation laws.
(b)    Third Party Patents. If Pfizer, in consultation with OPKO, reasonably (i) determines it is necessary or reasonably useful to obtain a license from a Third Party in order to Develop, Manufacture, Commercialize or use a Licensed Product in a *** in the Territory and to pay a royalty or other consideration under such license (including in connection with the settlement of a patent infringement claim), or (ii) is or becomes subject to a final court or other binding order or ruling requiring any payments, including the payment of a royalty to a Third Party holder of Patent Rights in respect of sales of any Licensed Product in a *** in the Territory, then, without limiting OPKO’s obligations under Section 10.3, the amount of Pfizer, its Affiliates or its sublicensee royalty payments under Section 5.3 with respect to Net Sales for such Licensed Product in such ***, as well as gross profit payments under Section 5.4 with respect to Franchise Gross Profits in such ***, shall each be reduced by *** of the amounts payable and actually paid to Third Parties pursuant to any such Third Party license or such order, such reduction to continue until all such amounts have been expended, provided the reduction shall not exceed *** of the amounts payable to OPKO in any Calendar Quarter.
5.5.2.    Cumulative Royalties and Gross Profit Payments. The obligation to pay royalties and/or gross profit payments under this Agreement shall be imposed only once with respect to any sale of any Licensed Product.
5.5.3.    Royalty and Gross Profit Payment Statements and Payments.
(a)    Within *** days of the end of each Calendar Quarter, Pfizer shall deliver to OPKO a report setting forth, for the most recent Pfizer Quarter ending during such Calendar Quarter, the following information, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product, Genotropin Product-by-Genotropin Product, country-by-country, and Territory-wide basis: (a) Net Sales of each Licensed Product and

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Genotropin Product, (b) Franchise Gross Profits with respect to each Licensed Product and Genotropin Product, (c) the basis for any adjustments to the royalty or gross profit payment payable for the sale of any such Licensed Product and Genotropin Product and (d) the royalty or gross profit payment due hereunder for the sale of each such Licensed Product or Genotropin Product. No such report shall be due for any Licensed Product or Genotropin Products (i) before the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product in the *** or (ii) after the Royalty Term and Profit Share Term for such Licensed Product has terminated in *** in the Territory. The total royalty and gross profit payment due and payable for the sale of all Licensed Products during a Pfizer Quarter shall be paid within *** days following the end of such Calendar Quarter. Any adjustments with respect to the calculation of any amount of royalties and/or gross profit which were included in a previously submitted report delivered pursuant to this Section 5.5.3(a) shall be reflected in the next such report delivered by Pfizer to OPKO, such adjustments to be made in a manner consistent with the internal accounting policies of Pfizer.
(b)    *** shall be paid as follows: At the end of the *** period in respect of which a *** is payable, Pfizer shall pay to OPKO within *** days after the end of the *** period in question, and assuming the difference is a positive number, the difference between (i) the applicable *** and (ii) the aggregate amount of all the royalties due and payable to OPKO for the *** period actually paid to OPKO in such period.
5.6.    Taxes and Payments.
5.6.1.    Taxes and Withholding. It is understood and agreed between the Parties that any payments made under this Agreement are exclusive of any value added or similar tax (“VAT”), which shall be added thereon as applicable. Where VAT is properly added to a payment made under this Agreement, the Party making the payment will pay the amount of VAT only on receipt of a valid tax invoice issued in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country in which the VAT is chargeable. In addition, in the event any payments made by Pfizer pursuant to this Agreement become subject to withholding taxes under the Applicable Laws or regulations of any jurisdiction or Governmental Authority, Pfizer shall: (i) deduct and withhold the amount of such taxes for the account of OPKO to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations and such amounts payable to OPKO shall be reduced by the amount of taxes deducted and withheld; (ii) pay the amounts of such taxes to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner; (iii) transmit to OPKO an official tax certificate or other evidence of such tax obligations together with proof of payment from the relevant Governmental Authority of all amounts deducted and withheld sufficient to enable OPKO, in OPKO’s good faith opinion, to claim such payment of taxes;

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and (iv) cooperate with OPKO in any way reasonably required to obtain available reductions, credits and/or refund of such taxes. Any such withholding taxes required under Applicable Laws or regulations to be paid or withheld shall be an expense of, and borne solely by, OPKO. In order to assist Pfizer in its cooperation referred to in clause (iv) of the foregoing sentence, OPKO shall provide Pfizer with a valid Form W-8BEN-E, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities), certifying that OPKO is the beneficial owner of the Payments within the meaning of the tax treaty in force between Ireland and the United States (the “Treaty”).
5.6.2.    Currency. All amounts payable and calculations under this Agreement shall be in United States dollars. As applicable, Net Sales, Gross Profits and any royalty or gross profit payment deductions shall be translated into United States dollars at the exchange rate used by Pfizer, in the ordinary course, for public financial accounting purposes. If, due to restrictions or prohibitions imposed by national or international authority, a given payment cannot be made as provided in this Section 5.6.2, the Parties shall consult with a view to finding a prompt and acceptable solution. If the Parties are unable to identify a mutually acceptable solution regarding such payment, then Pfizer may elect, in its sole discretion, to deliver such payment in the relevant jurisdiction and in the local currency of the relevant jurisdiction.
5.6.3.    Method of Payment. Each payment hereunder shall be made by electronic transfer in immediately available funds via either a bank wire transfer, an ACH
(automated clearing house) mechanism or any other means of electronic funds transfer, at the Party to whom payment is due’s election, to the bank account as set forth below or as designated by such Party in writing to the other Party at least *** days before the payment is due:
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5.7.    Inspection of Records.
5.7.1.    Record Keeping. Each Party shall keep and shall cause its Affiliates and sublicensees to keep books and accounts of record setting forth gross sales of the Licensed Product and Genotropin Products, Net Sales, expenses, and COGS on a *** basis sufficient to enable the calculation of amounts payable hereunder to be verified, as well as books and records of the costs and expenses associated with Development activities. Each Party and its Affiliates and sublicensees shall maintain such records during the Term and for a period of at least *** after the final payment has been made under the Agreement.
5.7.2.    Audits. Each Party, upon *** days’ prior notice from the other Party (the “Auditing Party”), shall permit an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally-recognized standing selected by the Auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the other Party (the “Audited Party”) to examine, at the Auditing Party’s sole expense, the relevant books and records of the Audited Party and its Affiliates as may be reasonably necessary to verify calculation of and the amounts reported by the Audited Party in accordance with Section 5.5, the payment of royalties and gross profit payments hereunder, and to confirm the costs and expenses of each Party associated with Development activities. An examination by either Party under this Section 5.7.2 shall not occur more than *** in any calendar year and shall be limited to the pertinent books and records for any calendar year ending not more than *** before the date of the request. The accounting firm shall be provided access to such books and records at the Audited Party’s or its Affiliates’ facility(ies) where such books and records are normally kept and such examination shall be conducted during the Audited Party’s normal business hours. The Audited Party may require the accounting firm to sign a reasonably acceptable non-disclosure agreement before providing the accounting firm with access to the Audited Party’s or its Affiliates’ facilities or records. Upon completion of the audit, the accounting firm shall provide both Pfizer and OPKO a written report disclosing any discrepancies in the reports submitted the Audited Party and, in each case, specific details concerning any discrepancies. No other information shall be provided to the Auditing Party.

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5.7.3.    Overpayments/Underpayments. If, after conducting an audit pursuant to Section 5.7.2, the applicable accounting firm concludes that additional royalties or gross profit payments were due to OPKO, then Pfizer will pay to OPKO the additional royalties or gross profit payments within *** days of the date Pfizer receives such accountant’s written report. Further, if the amount of such underpayments exceeds more than *** of the amount that was properly payable to OPKO, then Pfizer shall reimburse OPKO for OPKO’s out-of-pocket costs in connection with the audit. If the accounting firm concludes that Pfizer overpaid royalties or gross profit payments to OPKO, then OPKO shall refund such overpayments to Pfizer within *** days of the date OPKO receives such accountant’s written report.
5.8.    Confidentiality. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all reports and financial information of Pfizer, its Affiliates or its sublicensees which are provided to or subject to review by OPKO under this Section 5.8 shall be deemed to be Pfizer’s Confidential Information and subject to the provisions of Article 7.
5.9.    No Guarantee of Success. Pfizer and OPKO acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement will be construed as representing an estimate or projection of (i) the successful Development or Commercialization of any Licensed Product under this Agreement, (ii) the number of Licensed Products that will or may be successfully Developed or Commercialized under this Agreement, (iii) anticipated sales or the actual value of any Licensed Products that may be successfully Developed or Commercialized under this Agreement or (iv) the damages, if any, that may be payable if this Agreement is terminated for any reason. Pfizer makes no representation, warranty or covenant, either express or implied, that (A) it will successfully Commercialize or continue to Commercialize any Licensed Product in any country, (B) if Commercialized, that any Licensed Product will achieve any particular sales level, whether in any individual country or cumulatively throughout the Territory, or (C) Pfizer will devote, or cause to be devoted, any level of diligence or resources to Developing or Commercializing any Licensed Product in any country, or in the Territory in general, other than is expressly required under Article 3.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
6.1.    Ownership and Inventorship.
6.1.1.    Pre-Existing Intellectual Property. Subject to the licenses granted pursuant to Article 2, and except for the Intellectual Property Rights assigned to Pfizer pursuant to Section 6.2.2, each Party shall retain all right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property Rights that are Controlled by such Party prior to the Effective Date, or that are Controlled by such Party on or after the Effective Date and are outside the scope of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, as between the Parties, OPKO shall retain sole and

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exclusive ownership and all right, title and interest in and to all Licensed OPKO Core Patents and the CTP Technology.
6.1.2.    Developed Intellectual Property.
(a)    As between the Parties, except for Licensed OPKO Core Patents, Pfizer shall own all right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property Rights conceived by Pfizer or its Affiliates, subcontractors or sublicensees in the course of conducting Pfizer’s activities and rights under this Agreement, and that do not name any inventors having an obligation of assignment to OPKO at the time such intellectual property is conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made (collectively herein, “Pfizer Developed IP”).
(b)    As between the Parties, OPKO shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property Rights conceived, developed or otherwise first made or reduced to practice by OPKO or its Affiliates, subcontractors or sublicensees in the course of conducting OPKO’s activities and rights under this Agreement, and that do not name any inventors having an obligation of assignment to Pfizer at the time such intellectual property is conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made (collectively herein, “OPKO Developed IP”).
(c)    Except for the Licensed OPKO Core Patents, the Parties shall jointly own all Intellectual Property Rights conceived, developed or otherwise first made or reduced to practice during the course of the Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization of the Compound or Licensed Products hereunder, and that name any inventors having an obligation of assignment to Pfizer and any inventors having an obligation of assignment to OPKO at the time such intellectual property is conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made (collectively herein, “Joint Developed IP”).
(d)    For the avoidance of doubt, OPKO Developed IP and OPKO’s rights in and to any Joint Developed IP shall be deemed and treated as Licensed Technology licensed by OPKO under Section 2.1 of this Agreement to the extent such OPKO Developed IP and Joint Developed IP relate to Licensed Product.
(e)    For purposes of this Section 6.1.2, inventorship shall be determined in accordance with applicable United States intellectual property laws, regardless of the country in which such intellectual property is conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made.

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(f)    With regard to intellectual property conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made or reduced to practice during the course of the Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization of the Compound or Licensed Products, each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any such intellectual property of which it becomes aware, and the Parties shall confer in a timely manner in order to take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to protect such intellectual property, including but not limited to filing for patent protection.
6.2.    Trademarks.
6.2.1.    All Trademarks filed in the Territory shall be owned by Pfizer, and applications for registration of such Trademarks shall be filed and prosecuted by Pfizer with reasonable assistance from OPKO, if necessary. All costs of the filing of applications for registration of Trademarks in the Territory shall be borne solely by Pfizer.
6.2.2.    Effective as of the Effective Date, OPKO hereby transfers, releases and assigns to Pfizer, all right, title and interest in and to the Trademark LAGOVA and any associated trademarks, logos, copyrights and domain names related thereto, together with (1) the goodwill associated therewith, and (2) all common law rights in the marks and associated Intellectual Property Rights, for its own use and behalf and for the use and behalf of its successors, assigns, licensees and other legal representatives.
6.3.    Patent Prosecution and Maintenance.
6.3.1.    Prosecution and Maintenance of Licensed OPKO Core Patents and OPKO Developed IP.
(a)    First Right to File, Prosecute and Maintain. Subject to Pfizer’s rights set forth in Section 6.3.1(b) below, OPKO shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute and maintain the Licensed OPKO Core Patents and the OPKO Developed IP (together, “OPKO Prosecuted IP”) throughout the world, using outside patent counsel, patent agents and an annuity service of OPKO’s choice that are reasonably acceptable to Pfizer. For avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be construed to give OPKO the right to use Pfizer’s Confidential Information in prosecuting OPKO Prosecuted IP or in connection with such prosecution, or prosecute Licensed hGH-Specific Patents (except as otherwise provided with respect to certain continuations, continuations-in part and divisionals pursuant to Section 6.3.2(d)), without Pfizer’s prior written consent. At least forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the applicable date for national stage filing of any international patent application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that is a OPKO Prosecuted IP, OPKO shall provide Pfizer with a list of countries and regions into which OPKO

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intends to file such national stage applications. This list shall include at least the Major Market Countries. Pfizer may request that OPKO file such national stage applications in one or more additional countries. Except as provided in Section 6.3.1(b), OPKO shall retain the sole right and responsibility for prosecuting, maintaining and defending the OPKO Prosecuted IP filed under this Section 6.3.1. OPKO shall be responsible for *** and Pfizer shall be responsible for *** of direct out-of-pocket costs incurred in such activities; provided, however, that if Pfizer provides a written request to OPKO that OPKO file the OPKO Prosecuted IP in a jurisdiction outside the Major Market Countries, *** shall be responsible for *** of direct out-of-pocket costs (including any required translation costs) incurred in such activities.
(b)    Review and Comment. OPKO shall keep Pfizer advised on the status of the prosecution and maintenance of all Licensed Products and Compounds of the OPKO Prosecuted IP in the ordinary course of patent prosecution and in such manner as OPKO or OPKO’s counsel and/or management is informed. OPKO shall provide quarterly docket reports as well as updated docket reports as requested by Pfizer for all Licensed Product and Compounds of the OPKO Prosecuted IP. For the Major Market Countries, and any other countries or patent offices specifically requested in writing by Pfizer, OPKO shall allow Pfizer a reasonable opportunity and reasonable time to review and comment regarding substantive communications from the relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities and drafts of any responses or other proposed substantive filings before any such filings are submitted to any relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities, and OPKO shall consider in good faith any reasonable comments offered by Pfizer in preparing any final filings to be submitted to any relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities.
(c)    OPKO Election to Not Prosecute or Maintain. If OPKO at any time abandons or declines to continue prosecution or maintenance of the patents and applications in a particular country for any Licensed Product and Compounds of the OPKO Prosecuted IP, OPKO shall provide Pfizer with forty-five (45) days prior written notice to such effect, and OPKO shall have no responsibility with respect to the prosecution or maintenance of the applicable Patent Right and no responsibility for any expenses incurred in connection with such Patent Right after the end of such forty-five (45) day period. If Pfizer gives written notice to OPKO before the end of such forty-five (45) day period that Pfizer elects to continue prosecution or maintenance, (a) OPKO, upon Pfizer’s request, shall make reasonable efforts to timely execute such documents and perform such acts, at Pfizer’s expense, as may be reasonably necessary to permit Pfizer to prosecute and maintain such Patent Right at its sole expense, (b) Pfizer shall keep OPKO advised on the status of the prosecution and maintenance of all such Patent Rights annually and at other times as reasonably

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requested by OPKO, and (c) it is agreed that Pfizer may use internal patent counsel, filing clerks and paralegals employed by Pfizer for such activities, including for coordination of worldwide filings of such Patent Rights, for prosecution before the European Patent Office, and for direction of instructing U.S. outside counsel and ex-U.S. patent agents, including providing draft applications and responses, and that Pfizer may employ its preferred patent agents and/or members of the “Pfizer Legal Alliance” to conduct such activities as required for U.S. and ex-U.S. prosecution. If Pfizer does not give written notice to OPKO before the end of such forty-five (45) day period that Pfizer elects to continue prosecution or maintenance of such Patent Right, OPKO shall be entitled to allow such Patent Right to lapse. For avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be construed to give Pfizer the right to use OPKO’s Confidential Information in prosecuting OPKO Prosecuted IP or in connection with such prosecution without OPKO’s prior written consent.
(d)    Patent Term Restoration and Extension. Subject to Pfizer’s rights as provided in Section 6.3.2(e), OPKO shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to seek patent term extensions, supplemental protection certificates and the like available under Applicable Law, including 35 U.S.C. § 156 and applicable foreign counterparts, in any country in the Territory in relation to Licensed Product and Compounds of the OPKO Prosecuted IP. OPKO and Pfizer will cooperate in connection with all such activities. OPKO will give due consideration to all suggestions and comments of Pfizer regarding any such activities, but in the event of a disagreement between the Parties, OPKO will have the final decision-making authority; provided, however, that OPKO will seek (or will allow Pfizer to seek) to extend, including through the use of supplemental protection certificates and the like, any OPKO Prosecuted IP at Pfizer’s request unless, in OPKO’s reasonable legal determination, such OPKO Prosecuted IP may not be extended under Applicable Law without limiting OPKO’s right to extend any other Patent Right.
(e)    European Patents with Unitary Effect and Jurisdiction of European Unified Patent Court. OPKO shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to determine in relation to the OPKO Prosecuted IP whether any Patent Right sought in Europe shall be obtained as a national patent of a European state, or as a European patent with unitary effect, including whether to validate a European patent as a national patent or a patent with unitary effect. Where OPKO has the first or sole right to enforce any Patent Right under this Agreement, unless such right to enforce has passed to Pfizer, OPKO shall have the sole right, at any relevant time in the prosecution or enforcement of such Patent Right, to determine whether to subject such Patent Right to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court, including with respect to any infringement or nullity action, and with respect to any decision

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whether to opt-in or opt-out of such jurisdiction. OPKO and Pfizer shall cooperate in connection with all such activities, taking such action in Pfizer’s name if so required. OPKO, its agents and attorneys will give due consideration to all suggestions and comments of Pfizer regarding such determinations, but in the event of a disagreement between the Parties, OPKO shall have the final decision-making authority.
(f)    For the avoidance of doubt, OPKO shall have no obligations to Pfizer with regard to the prosecution and maintenance of OPKO Prosecuted IP as provided in Subsections 6.3.1(a)-(e), and Pfizer shall have no rights with regard to the prosecution and maintenance of OPKO Prosecuted IP as provided in this Subsections 6.3.1(a)-(e), to the extent such OPKO Prosecuted IP does not claim or otherwise impact Intellectual Property Rights associated with the Compounds and/or the Licensed Products.
6.3.2.    Prosecution and Maintenance of Licensed hGH-Specific Patents and Pfizer Developed IP.
(a)    First Right to File, Prosecute and Maintain. Subject to OPKO’s rights set forth in Section 6.3.2(c) below, Pfizer shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute and maintain the Licensed hGH-Specific Patents and Pfizer Developed IP (together, “Pfizer Prosecuted IP”) throughout the world, using outside patent counsel, patent agents and an annuity service of Pfizer’s choice that are reasonably acceptable to OPKO. It is agreed that Pfizer may use internal patent counsel, filing clerks and paralegals employed by Pfizer for such activities, including for coordinating worldwide filings of such Patent Rights, for prosecution before the European Patent Office, and for directly instructing U.S. outside counsel and ex-U.S. patent agents, including providing draft applications and responses. It is also agreed that Pfizer may employ its preferred patent agents and/or members of the “Pfizer Legal Alliance” to conduct such activities as required for U.S. and ex-U.S. prosecution. For avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be construed to give Pfizer the right to use OPKO’s Confidential Information or prosecute Licensed OPKO Core Patents in prosecuting Pfizer Prosecuted IP or in connection with such prosecution without OPKO’s prior written consent. At least forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the applicable date for national stage filing of any international patent application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that is a Licensed hGH-Specific Patents or Pfizer Developed IP, Pfizer shall provide OPKO with a list of countries and regions in which Pfizer intends to file such national stage applications. This list shall include at least the Major Market Countries. OPKO may request that Pfizer file such national stage applications in one or more additional countries. Except as provided in Section

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6.3.1(c), Pfizer shall retain the sole right and responsibility for prosecuting, maintaining and defending the Pfizer Prosecuted IP filed under this Section 6.3.2(a). *** shall be responsible for *** of direct out-of-pocket costs incurred in such activities.
(b)    Review and Comment. Pfizer shall keep OPKO advised on the status of the prosecution and maintenance of all Pfizer Prosecuted IP in the ordinary course of patent prosecution and in such manner as Pfizer or Pfizer counsel and/or management is informed. Pfizer shall provide quarterly docket reports as well as updated docket reports as requested by OPKO. For the Major Market Countries, and any other countries or patent offices specifically requested in writing by OPKO, Pfizer shall allow OPKO a reasonable opportunity and reasonable time to review and comment regarding substantive communications from the relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities and drafts of any responses or other proposed substantive filings before any such filings are submitted to any relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities, and Pfizer shall consider in good faith any reasonable comments offered by OPKO in preparing any final filings to be submitted to any relevant patent offices or Governmental Authorities.
(c)    Pfizer Election to Not Prosecute or Maintain. If Pfizer makes a decision to abandon or declines to continue prosecution or maintenance of the patents and applications in a particular country for any Pfizer Prosecuted IP, Pfizer shall provide OPKO with forty-five (45) days prior written notice to such effect, and Pfizer shall have no responsibility with respect to the prosecution or maintenance of the applicable Patent Right and no responsibility for any expenses incurred in connection with such Patent Right after the end of such forty-five (45) day period. If OPKO gives written notice to Pfizer before the end of such forty-five (45) day period that OPKO elects to continue prosecution or maintenance, (a) Pfizer, upon OPKO’s request, shall make reasonable efforts to timely execute such documents and perform such acts, at OPKO’s expense, as may be reasonably necessary to permit OPKO to prosecute and maintain such Patent Right at its sole expense and (b) OPKO shall keep Pfizer advised on the status of the prosecution and maintenance of all such Patent Rights annually and at other times as reasonably requested by Pfizer. If OPKO does not give written notice to Pfizer before the end of such forty-five (45) day period that OPKO elects to continue prosecution or maintenance of such Patent Right, Pfizer shall be entitled to allow such Patent Right to lapse. For avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be construed to give OPKO the right to use Pfizer’s Confidential Information in prosecuting Pfizer Prosecuted IP or in connection with such prosecution without Pfizer’s prior written consent.

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(d)    Certain Continuations or Divisionals of Licensed hGH-Specific Patents Filed by OPKO.  If OPKO believes that there is subject matter in a Licensed hGH-Specific Patent which can form the basis of a patent application which would be considered a Licensed OPKO Core Patent or a Patent Right unrelated to the Compound or Licensed Product, and OPKO wishes to file a continuation, continuation-in-part or divisional application relating to such subject matter, OPKO shall communicate this to Pfizer and provide a copy of such application to Pfizer prior to the filing of this application, and after the application has been filed all official correspondence and draft responses thereto at least ten (10) business days before such responses are intended to be filed.  Pfizer shall have the opportunity to comment on this application and the draft responses, and such comments shall be reasonably considered and addressed by OPKO.  After communication with and review by Pfizer, OPKO shall have the sole right, but not the obligation to prosecute such applications throughout the world claiming priority to, or the benefit, of a Licensed hGH-Specific Patent as outlined above, provided that the claims are not directed toward the Compound or any Licensed Product.
(e)    Patent Term Restoration and Extension. Upon any Regulatory Approval, Pfizer shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to seek, in OPKO’s name if so required, patent term extensions, supplemental protection certificates and the like available under Applicable Law, including 35 U.S.C. § 156 and applicable foreign counterparts, in any country in the Territory in relation to the Pfizer Prosecuted IP. OPKO shall have no right to seek patent term extensions, supplemental protection certificates and the like as provided in Section 6.3.1(d) unless (i) Pfizer, in its reasonable discretion, determines not to seek such patent term extensions, supplemental protection certificates and the like in relation to the Pfizer Prosecuted IP, or (ii) the applicable time period to seek such patent term extensions, supplemental protection certificates and the like in relation to the Pfizer Prosecuted IP has lapsed or expired. Pfizer and OPKO will cooperate in connection with all such activities. Pfizer will give due consideration to all suggestions and comments of OPKO regarding any such activities, but in the event of a disagreement between the Parties, Pfizer will have the final decision-making authority; provided, however, that Pfizer will seek (or will allow OPKO to seek) to extend, including through the use of supplemental protection certificates and the like, any Pfizer Prosecuted IP at OPKO’s request unless in Pfizer’s reasonable legal determination such Pfizer Prosecuted IP may not be extended under Applicable Law without limiting Pfizer’s right to extend any other Patent Right.
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obligation, to determine in relation to the Pfizer Prosecuted IP whether any Patent Right sought in Europe shall be obtained as a national patent of a European state, or as a European patent with unitary effect, including whether to validate a European patent as a national patent or a patent with unitary effect. Where Pfizer has the first or sole right to enforce any Patent Right under this Agreement, unless such right to enforce has passed to OPKO, Pfizer shall have the sole right, at any relevant time in the prosecution or enforcement of such Patent Right, to determine whether to subject such Patent Right to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court, including with respect to any infringement or nullity action, and with respect to any decision whether to opt-in or opt-out of such jurisdiction. Pfizer and OPKO shall cooperate in connection with all such activities, taking such action in OPKO’s name if so required. Pfizer, its agents and attorneys will give due consideration to all suggestions and comments of OPKO regarding such determinations, but in the event of a disagreement between the Parties, Pfizer shall have the final decision-making authority.
6.3.3.    Liability. To the extent that a Party is obtaining, prosecuting or maintaining a Patent Right or otherwise exercising its rights under this Section 6.3.3, neither such Party, nor any of its Affiliates, employees, agents or representatives, shall be liable to the other Party in respect of any act, omission, default or neglect on the part of any such Affiliate, employee, agent or representative in connection with such activities undertaken in good faith.
6.3.4.    Cooperation. Each Party shall provide the other Party with all reasonable assistance and cooperation in the patent prosecution and extension efforts in accordance with this Section 6.3.4, including by providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing any other required documents or instruments for such prosecution or extension applications.
6.3.5.    Status Updates. Each Party shall provide the other Party with a written status update on the Licensed Patent Rights, including any updates to the list in Schedule 1.96, at least once every *** or earlier upon the reasonable request of the other Party.
6.4.    Enforcement and Defense of Patent Rights.
6.4.1.    Notification. Each Party will promptly notify the other Party in writing of any actual, potential, suspected or threatened infringement, misappropriation or other violation by a Third Party of any Licensed Patent Right of which it becomes aware (“Third Party Infringement”).
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(a)    Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4.2(a), Pfizer will have the sole right, but not the obligation, to institute litigation or take other steps to remedy Third Party Infringement of any Licensed Patent Rights other than Licensed OPKO Core Patents, and any such litigation or steps will be at Pfizer’s expense; provided that any recoveries resulting from such litigation or steps relating to Third Party Infringement, after deducting Pfizer’s out of pocket expenses (including counsel fees and expenses) in pursuing such claim, will be deemed Net Sales of Licensed Products during the Royalty Term and Franchise Gross Profit during the Profit Share Term. Pfizer will not, without the prior written consent of OPKO, enter into any compromise or settlement relating to such litigation that (i) admits the invalidity or unenforceability of any Licensed Patent Right or Pfizer Developed CTP IP, (ii) requires Pfizer to abandon any Licensed Patent Right or Pfizer Developed CTP IP, or (iii) amends the claim. In order to establish standing, OPKO, upon request of Pfizer, agrees to timely commence or to join in any such litigation, at Pfizer’s expense, and in any event to cooperate with Pfizer in such litigation or steps at Pfizer’s expense. OPKO will have the right to consult with Pfizer about such litigation and to participate in and be represented by independent counsel in such litigation at OPKO’s expense. Pfizer will keep OPKO reasonably apprised of the status of such litigation and shall provide to OPKO all relevant communications, notices and/or documents in a timely fashion.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4.2(b), OPKO shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to institute litigation or take other steps to remedy Third Party Infringement of any Licensed OPKO Core Patents and any such litigation or steps will be at OPKO's expense. OPKO will keep Pfizer adequately informed, consult with and work closely with Pfizer, and reasonably consider all recommendations of Pfizer, regarding any such litigation. OPKO will not, without the prior written consent of Pfizer enter into any compromise or settlement relating to such litigation that (i) admits the invalidity or unenforceability of any Licensed Patent Right or Pfizer Developed CTP IP, (ii) requires Pfizer to abandon any Licensed Patent Right or Pfizer Developed CTP IP, or ‎(iii) amends the claim. In order to establish standing, Pfizer, upon request of OPKO, agrees to timely commence or to join in any such litigation, at OPKO's expense, and in any event to cooperate with OPKO in such litigation or steps at OPKO's expense. As noted above, Pfizer shall consult with OPKO regarding such litigation and have the right to participate in and be represented by independent counsel in such litigation at Pfizer's expense. OPKO will keep Pfizer fully apprised of the status of the litigation and shall provide to Pfizer all relevant communications, notices and/or documents, and proposed filings, in a timely fashion. If OPKO decides not to institute litigation or take other steps to

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remedy Third Party Infringement of any Licensed OPKO Core Patent Right (relating to the Compound or Licensed Product), or if OPKO fails to institute litigation or otherwise take steps to remedy Third Party Infringement within thirty (30) days of its receipt of notice of infringement or such earlier time as required to meet a deadline in the relevant jurisdiction for instituting such litigation, then Pfizer has the second right, but not the obligation to institute such litigation or take other steps to remedy such Third Party infringement at Pfizer's expense. OPKO will have the right to consult with Pfizer about such litigation and to participate in and be represented by independent counsel in such litigation at OPKO’s expense. Pfizer will keep OPKO reasonably apprised of the status of such litigation and shall provide to OPKO all relevant communications, notices and/or documents in a timely fashion.
6.4.3.    Pfizer Election to Not Enforce or Defend. If Pfizer fails to institute litigation or otherwise take steps to remedy Third Party Infringement within *** of its receipt of notice, then OPKO will have the right, but not the obligation, upon *** prior notice to Pfizer, at OPKO’s expense, to institute any such litigation; provided, however, that OPKO will only have the foregoing right if Pfizer would not be required (by Applicable Law or otherwise) to join such litigation as a party and such litigation would not involve a Patent Right covering a then-existing Licensed Product. Pfizer will have no obligation to cooperate with OPKO in any such litigation. Neither Party will incur any liability to the other Party as a consequence of any litigation initiated or pursued pursuant to this Section 6.4.3 or any unfavorable decision resulting therefrom, including any decision holding any Licensed Patent Right invalid or unenforceable.
6.4.4.    Other Actions by Third Parties. Each Party will promptly notify the other Party in the event of any legal or administrative action by any Third Party involving any Licensed Patent Right or Pfizer Developed CTP IP of which it becomes aware, including any nullity, opposition, revocation, interference, reexamination or compulsory licensing proceeding. Pfizer will have the first right, but not the obligation, to defend against any such action involving any Licensed Patent Right, in its own name (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) or OPKO’s name, and any such defense will be at Pfizer’s expense. OPKO, at Pfizer’s request, agrees to join in any such action at Pfizer’s expense and in any event to cooperate with Pfizer at Pfizer’s expense. If Pfizer fails to defend against any such action involving a Licensed Patent Right, then OPKO will have the right to defend such action, in its own name, and any such defense will be at OPKO’s expense. Pfizer shall keep OPKO reasonably apprised of the status of such Actions and shall allow OPKO a reasonable opportunity and reasonable time to review and comment regarding substantive communications and shall give due consideration to any reasonable comments offered by OPKO.

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6.5.    Allegations of Infringement; Third Party Licenses.
6.5.1.    Notification. If the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization or use of any Compound or Licensed Product, the practice of any Licensed Technology, or the exercise of any other right granted by OPKO to Pfizer hereunder (collectively, the “Licensed Activities”) by Pfizer or any of its Affiliates or permitted sublicensees or the practice of any Licensed Technology by OPKO is alleged by a Third Party to infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate such Third Party’s Patent Rights or other Intellectual Property Rights, OPKO will notify Pfizer in writing promptly upon becoming aware of such allegation. Additionally, if OPKO determines that, based upon the review of any Third Party Patent Right or other Third Party Intellectual Property Rights, it may be desirable to obtain a license from such Third Party with respect thereto so as to avoid any potential claim of infringement by such Third Party against either Party or their respective Affiliates or sublicensees, then OPKO will promptly notify Pfizer of such determination.
6.5.2.    Pfizer Option to Negotiate. If Pfizer determines, in its reasonable discretion, that, in order for Pfizer, its Affiliates or permitted sublicensees to engage in the Licensed Activities, it is necessary to obtain a license under one or more Patent Rights or other Intellectual Property Rights Controlled by a Third Party, then Pfizer will have the right, but not the obligation, to negotiate and enter into a license or other agreement with such Third Party. All amounts payable under any such license or agreement with a Third Party will reduce Pfizer’s royalty and gross profit payment obligations under this Agreement as and to the extent provided in Section 5.5.1(b). Pfizer shall provide OPKO with a copy of all such Patent Rights, shall keep OPKO reasonably apprised of the status of such negotiations, and shall provide to OPKO copies of all relevant communications and/or documents in a timely fashion.
6.6.    Third Party Infringement Suits.
6.6.1.    Notification. Each Party will promptly notify the other Party in the event that any Third Party files suit or brings any other action alleging patent infringement by Pfizer or OPKO or any of their respective Affiliates or sublicensees with respect to the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization or use of any Compound or Licensed Product or the practice of Licensed Technology (any such suit or other action referred to herein as an “Infringement Claim”).
6.6.2.    Control. In the case of any Infringement Claim against Pfizer (including its Affiliates or sublicensees) alone or against both Pfizer and OPKO (including its Affiliates), Pfizer will have the right, but not the obligation, to control the defense of such Infringement Claim, including control over any related litigation, settlement, appeal or other disposition

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arising in connection therewith. OPKO will cooperate with Pfizer and will have the right to consult with Pfizer concerning any Infringement Claim and to participate in and be represented by independent counsel in any associated litigation in which OPKO is a party at OPKO’s own expense. If Pfizer elects to control the defense of any Infringement Claim then Pfizer will continue to have the right to control using counsel of its own choice and will bear *** of its own attorneys’ fees incurred in investigating, preparing or defending such Infringement Claim. In the case of any Infringement Claim against OPKO alone, Pfizer will have the right to consult with OPKO concerning such Infringement Claim, and Pfizer, upon request of OPKO, will reasonably cooperate with OPKO at OPKO’s expense (but Pfizer will have no obligation to join any Infringement Claim or associated litigation).
6.7.    Orange Book Information. Pfizer will have the sole right, but not the obligation, to submit to all applicable Governmental Authorities patent information pertaining to each Licensed Product pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(1)(G) (or any amendment or successor statute thereto), any similar statutory or regulatory requirement enacted in the future regarding biologic products, or any similar statutory or regulatory requirement in any non-U.S. country or other regulatory jurisdiction. Pfizer shall keep OPKO reasonably apprised of the status of such submissions and shall provide to OPKO all relevant communications, notices and/or documents regarding such submissions in a timely fashion.
6.8.    Biosimilar Notices. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each Party shall, within three (3) Business Days after receipt thereof, give written notice to the other of any notice received from a Third Party of an application for FDA approval under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (or any amendment or successor statute thereto) of a Biosimilar Product, or any certification under a similar statutory or regulatory requirement in any non-United States country in the Territory, claiming that a Licensed Patent Right covering any Product is invalid or that infringement will not arise from the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a proposed Biosimilar Product by a Third Party. Upon the giving of such notice, Pfizer shall have the first right but not the obligation, to bring an infringement action against such Third Party in connection with such certification, with the rights and obligations of the Parties as set forth in Section 6.6. Pfizer shall notify OPKO at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date set forth by statute or regulation with respect to the first response to be made by the BLA holder, of its intent to exercise, or not exercise, this right, and, if Pfizer does not exercise this right, the Parties will have the rights and obligations as set forth in Section 6.6. Any infringement action against a Third Party arising under this Section 6.8 shall be governed by the provisions of this Section 6.8.

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7.
CONFIDENTIALITY.
7.1.    Definition. “Confidential Information” means, with respect to each Party, all Licensed Know-How or other information, including proprietary information and materials (whether or not patentable) regarding or embodying such Party’s technology, products, business information or objectives, that is communicated by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party or its permitted recipients, on or after the Effective Date, but only to the extent that such Licensed Know-How or other information in written form is marked in writing as “confidential” at the time of disclosure, and such Licensed Know-How or other information disclosed orally or in non-tangible form is (a) identified by the Disclosing Party as “confidential” at the time of disclosure and (b) within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Disclosing Party provides a written summary of such Know-How or other information marked as “confidential”. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information disclosed orally or in non-tangible form that is not subsequently summarized in writing shall be treated as Confidential Information if the circumstances of the disclosure or the nature of the information would reasonably be expected to be confidential. Confidential Information does not include any Licensed Know-How or other information that (a) was already known by the Receiving Party (other than under an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party) at the time of disclosure by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party, (b) was generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party, (c) became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure to the Receiving Party, other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (d) was disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party who had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to the Receiving Party or (e) was independently discovered or developed by or on behalf of the Receiving Party without the use of any Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party. The terms and conditions of this Agreement will be considered Confidential Information of both Parties.
7.2.    Obligation; Term. Except to the extent otherwise expressly authorized by this Agreement, the Parties agree that, during the Term and for *** thereafter, each Party (the “Receiving Party”) receiving any Confidential Information of the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) hereunder will: (a) keep the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information confidential; (b) not disclose, or permit the disclosure of, the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; and (c) not use, or permit to be used, the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than as expressly permitted under the terms of this Agreement. For clarity, use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for the purpose of invalidating Licensed Patent Rights is not a purpose expressly permitted under the terms of the Agreement.
7.3.    Disclosure to Party Representatives. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.2, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party

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to the Receiving Party’s Representatives who (a) have a need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the performance of the Receiving Party’s obligations or the exercise of the Receiving Party’s rights under this Agreement and (b) have agreed in writing to non-disclosure and non-use provisions with respect to such Confidential Information that are at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Article 7.
7.4.    Disclosure to Third Parties. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.2, each Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the other Party to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary:
7.4.1.    to Governmental Authorities (a) to the extent desirable to obtain or maintain Regulatory Approvals for any Compound or Licensed Product within the Territory, and (b) in order to respond to inquiries, requests or investigations relating to any Compound, Licensed Product or this Agreement;
7.4.2.    to outside consultants, contractors, advisory boards, managed care organizations, non-clinical and clinical investigators, and bona fide potential or actual sublicensees, collaborators, partners or permitted assignees, in each case to the extent desirable to Develop, register or Commercialize any Compound or Licensed Product; provided that the Receiving Party will obtain the same confidentiality obligations from such Third Parties as it obtains with respect to its own similar types of confidential information;
7.4.3.    in connection with filing or prosecuting Patent Rights or Trademarks as permitted by this Agreement;
7.4.4.    in connection with prosecuting or defending litigation as permitted by this Agreement;
7.4.5.    in connection with posting results of and other information about clinical trials to clinicaltrials.gov or PhRMA websites; or
7.4.6.    to the extent necessary or desirable in order to enforce its rights under this Agreement.
If a Party deems it reasonably necessary to disclose Confidential Information belonging to the other Party pursuant to this Section 7.4, then the disclosing Party shall to the extent possible give sufficient advance written notice of such disclosure to the other Party and take such measures to ensure confidential treatment of such information as is reasonably required by the other Party, at the other Party’s expense. If reasonably practicable under the circumstances, the disclosing party shall give the other Party sufficient advance notice of the text that such Party will have the opportunity to seek, at its own cost, an appropriate protective order or other remedy or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. If a Party seeks a protective order, the other Party agrees to cooperate.

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If the Party seeking the protective order fails to obtain the protective order or waive compliance with the relevant portions of this Agreement, the other Party will disclose only that portion of information concerning the Compound or Licensed Product that its legal counsel determines it is required to disclose.

7.5.    SEC Filings and Other Disclosures. Either Party may disclose the terms of this Agreement to the extent required, in the reasonable opinion of such Party’s legal counsel, to comply with Applicable Law, including the rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any equivalent governmental agency in any country in the world. Before disclosing this Agreement or any of the terms hereof pursuant to this Section 7.5, the Parties will consult with one another on the terms of this Agreement to be redacted in making any such disclosure, with the disclosing Party providing as much advanced notice as is feasible under the circumstances, and giving consideration to the comments of the other Party. Further, if a Party discloses this Agreement or any of the terms hereof in accordance with this Section 7.5, such Party shall, at its own expense, seek such confidential treatment of confidential portions of this Agreement and such other terms, as may be reasonably requested by the other Party.
7.6.    Residual Knowledge Exception. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Residual Knowledge shall not be considered Confidential Information for purposes of this Section 7.6.
7.7.    Announcements. Except as may be expressly permitted under Section 7.5, and except for OPKO’s press release which shall be in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, neither Party will make any public announcement regarding this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other Party. For the sake of clarity, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Pfizer from making any scientific publication or public announcement with respect to any Licensed Product under this Agreement; provided, however, that, except as permitted under Section 7.3 or Section 7.4, Pfizer shall not disclose any of OPKO’s Confidential Information in any such publication or announcement without obtaining OPKO’s prior written consent to do so.
7.8.    Publications.
7.8.1.    Publications by Pfizer. During the Term, Pfizer shall submit to OPKO for review and approval any proposed academic, scientific and medical publication or public presentation that contains OPKO’s Confidential Information or relates to a Compound or Licensed Product. Such review and approval will be conducted for the purposes of preserving the value of the Licensed Technology and determining whether any portion of the proposed publication or presentation containing the OPKO’s Confidential Information should be modified or deleted. Written copies of such proposed publication or presentation required to be submitted hereunder shall be submitted to OPKO no later than *** before submission for publication or presentation (the “OPKO Review Period”). OPKO shall provide its

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comments with respect to such publications and presentations within *** of its receipt of such written copy. The OPKO Review Period may be extended for an additional *** days in the event OPKO can, within *** days of receipt of the written copy, demonstrate reasonable need for such extension, including for the preparation and filing of patent applications. Pfizer will comply with standard academic practice regarding authorship of scientific publications and recognition of the contribution of other parties in any publication governed by this Section 7.8.1, including International Committee of Medical Journal Editors standards regarding authorship and contributions. For the sake of clarity, Pfizer’s obligation to submit any publication to OPKO for review and approval under this Section 7.8.1 shall not apply to any publication that does not contain OPKO’s Confidential Information or relate in any manner to the Compound or Licensed Product.
7.8.2.    Publications by OPKO. During the Term, OPKO shall submit to Pfizer for review and approval any proposed academic, scientific and medical publication or public presentation that contains Pfizer’s Confidential Information or relates to a Compound or Licensed Product. Such review and approval will be conducted for the purposes of preserving the value of the Licensed Technology and determining whether any portion of the proposed publication or presentation containing the Pfizer’s Confidential Information should be modified or deleted. Written copies of such proposed publication or presentation required to be submitted hereunder shall be submitted to Pfizer no later than *** days before submission for publication or presentation (the “Pfizer Review Period”). Pfizer shall provide its comments with respect to such publications and presentations within *** days of its receipt of such written copy. The Pfizer Review Period may be extended for an additional *** days in the event Pfizer can, within *** days of receipt of the written copy, demonstrate reasonable need for such extension, including for the preparation and filing of patent applications. OPKO will comply with standard academic practice regarding authorship of scientific publications and recognition of the contribution of other parties in any publication governed by this Section 7.8.2, including International Committee of Medical Journal Editors standards regarding authorship and contributions. For the sake of clarity, (x) OPKO shall not include in its academic, scientific and medical publications and public presentations any pre-clinical and clinical data and results relating to a Compound or Licensed, including without limitation any such data and results provided to Pfizer under this Agreement, without Pfizer’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld and (y) OPKO’s obligation to submit any publication to Pfizer for review and approval under this Section 7.8.2 shall not apply to any publication that does not contain Pfizer’s Confidential Information or relate in any manner to the Compound or Licensed Product.
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8.1.    Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each of OPKO and Pfizer hereby represents and warrants to the other Party, as of the Execution Date and as of the Effective Date, that:
8.1.1.    it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;
8.1.2.    the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party has been duly authorized by all requisite action under the provisions of its charter, bylaws and other organizational documents, and does not require any action or approval by any of its shareholders or other holders of its voting securities or voting interests;
8.1.3.    it has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;
8.1.4.    this Agreement has been duly executed and is a legal, valid and Binding Obligation on each Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms; and
8.1.5.    the execution, delivery and performance by such Party of this Agreement and its compliance with the terms and provisions hereof does not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of or default under any Binding Obligation.
8.2.    Mutual Covenants. Each of OPKO and Pfizer hereby covenants to the other Party that:
8.2.1.    from the Effective Date until the expiration or termination of this Agreement, it will perform its obligations under this Agreement in compliance in all material respects with Applicable Laws; and
8.2.2.    with respect to any Licensed Products, payments or services provided under this Agreement, such Party has not taken and will not during the Term take any action, directly or indirectly, to offer, promise or pay, or authorize the offer or payment of, any money or anything of value in order to improperly or corruptly seek to influence any Government Official or any other person in order to gain an improper advantage, and has not accepted, and will not accept in the future, such payment.
8.3.    OPKO Representations and Warranties. OPKO hereby represents and warrants to Pfizer, as of the Execution Date and as of the Effective Date, that:
8.3.1.    except as set forth in Schedule 8.3, OPKO and its Affiliates own all right, title and interest to the Licensed Technology, all of which is clear of any claims, liens, charges or encumbrances, including under any OPKO Third Party Agreement, that would prevent

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OPKO from granting the rights it is granting to Pfizer hereunder or conflict with the grant of those rights;
8.3.2.    OPKO (including as necessary through appropriate licenses granted to OPKO by its Affiliates) has the full right, power and authority to grant all of the right, title and interest in the licenses and other rights granted or to be granted to Pfizer, Pfizer’s Affiliates or Pfizer’s sublicensees under this Agreement;
8.3.3.    Schedule 1.96 sets forth a true and complete list of all Patent Rights that are a part of the Licensed Technology owned or otherwise Controlled by OPKO or its Affiliates that relate to the Compounds or Licensed Products, or their manufacture or use, including in the case of Patent Rights that are licensed to OPKO, the name of the owner(s) and licensor(s) and the agreement(s) providing OPKO with Control, (b) each such Patent Right remains in full force and effect and (c) OPKO or its Affiliates have timely paid, including within any extension or grace periods, all filing and renewal fees payable with respect to such Patent Rights;
8.3.4.    to its knowledge, it has made available to Pfizer all material scientific and technical information and safety and efficacy information in its possession with respect to the Compounds and Licensed Products;
8.3.5.    to its knowledge, no Third Party has challenged or threatened in writing to challenge the inventorship, Control, right to use, scope, validity or enforceability of any Licensed Patent Right (including, by way of example, through the institution or written threat of institution of interference, derivation, post-grant review, opposition, nullity or similar invalidity proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any analogous foreign Governmental Authority);
8.3.6.    it has complied with all Applicable Laws, including any disclosure requirements, in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights;
8.3.7.    except as expressly disclosed in Schedule 8.3, to its knowledge, OPKO and its Affiliates have independently developed all Licensed Know-How or otherwise have a valid right to use, and to permit Pfizer, Pfizer’s Affiliates and Pfizer’s permitted sublicensees to use, the Licensed Know-How for all permitted purposes under this Agreement;
8.3.8.    OPKO and its Affiliates have obtained, from all inventors of Licensed Technology, valid and enforceable agreements assigning to OPKO each such inventor’s entire right, title and interest in and to all such Licensed Technology;

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8.3.9.    except as disclosed in Schedule 8.3, to its knowledge, other than ordinary course governmental rights that apply to research performed with federal state or local institutions, no Licensed Technology is subject to any funding agreement with any government or Governmental Authority;
8.3.10.    except as expressly disclosed in Schedule 8.3, neither OPKO nor any of its Affiliates are party to or otherwise subject to any agreement or arrangement which limits the ownership or licensed rights of Pfizer or its Affiliates with respect to, or limits the ability of Pfizer or its Affiliates to grant a license, sublicense or access, or provide or provide access or other rights in, to or under, any Intellectual Property Right or material (including any Patent Right, Know-How or other data or information) as related to the Compound or Licensed Product, in each case, that would, but for such agreement or arrangement, be included in the rights licensed or assigned to Pfizer or its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement;
8.3.11.     there are no OPKO Third Party Agreements, other than the OPKO Third Party Agreements disclosed in Schedule 8.3 (each, a “Disclosed Third Party Agreement”), true and complete copies of which have been made available to Pfizer, pursuant to which (a) any Third Party has any right, title or interest in or to, or any license or covenant not to sue under, any Licensed Technology licensed hereunder, or (b) rights granted by or to OPKO or its Affiliates conflict with any right or license granted to Pfizer or its Affiliates hereunder;
8.3.12.    to its knowledge, neither the Compound, nor the Development, Manufacture or manufacture and use of the Compound as conducted by OPKO prior to the Execution Date infringes any then-issued Patent Right of a Third Party;
8.3.13.    to its knowledge, the parties to the Disclosed Third Party Agreements are in compliance in all material respects with all Disclosed Third Party Agreements except to the extent such noncompliance would not conflict with any right or license granted to Pfizer or its Affiliates hereunder;
8.3.14.    to its knowledge, OPKO, its Affiliates and all other Third Parties that have conducted or have otherwise provided materials, support or services for any ongoing Trials are and have been in material compliance with all Applicable Laws, including, where applicable, compliance with GCP, and are and have been in material compliance with any other agreed upon quality standards, in each case at every stage during the said Trials (including protocol and database development, Trial site feasibility and initiation, subject enrollment, Trial study conduct, analysis and reporting) and have not been the subject of any regulatory enforcement action by any Regulatory Authority, or of any circumstances

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that would give rise to any such Third Parties being the subject of any regulatory enforcement action by any Regulatory Authority;
8.3.15.    OPKO is not, and, to its knowledge, no (a) current licensor or (b) clinical research investigator, institution or other Third Party acting on behalf of OPKO in connection with a Trial under a written agreement for services or rights related to Licensed Product (in each case, as applicable) is debarred by any Regulatory Authority or the subject of debarment proceedings by any Regulatory Authority and, in the course of the Development of any Compound, OPKO has not used, and, to its knowledge, (i) no current licensor nor (ii) any clinical research investigators, institutions or other Third Parties acting on behalf of OPKO in connection with a Trial (in each case, as applicable) has used, any employee or consultant that is debarred by any Regulatory Authority or, to OPKO’s knowledge, is the subject of debarment proceedings by any Regulatory Authority;
8.3.16.    to its knowledge, there is no (a) claim, demand, suit, proceeding, arbitration, inquiry, investigation or other legal action of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory or otherwise, pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against OPKO or any of its Affiliates or (b) judgment or settlement against or owed by OPKO or any of its Affiliates, in each case in connection with the Licensed Technology, any Compound or any Licensed Product or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
8.3.17.    (a) Invitrogen and its successors have no claim on or other interest in the MOD-4023 cells or any use thereof, (b) other than the license that is in place between OPKO or its Affiliates and Invitrogen or its successor relating to DG44 Materials, no additional license is required from Invitrogen or its successors in order to permit the use of the DG44 Materials or the MOD-4023 cells in commercial bioproduction applications, including for commercial production of Licensed Products, and (c) the only further Third Party intellectual property license that needs to be put in place in order enable the use of the DG44 Materials or the MOD-4023 cells in commercial bioproduction applications, including for commercial production of Licensed Products, without infringing the intellectual property rights of any Third Party is a license for use of these materials in commercial bioproduction applications to be obtained from Lawrence Chasin and Gail Urlaub Chasin.
Reference to “its knowledge” in any of the above provisions of this Section 8.3 means actual knowledge of senior management of OPKO and its Affiliates or other employees of OPKO and its Affiliates responsible for patent matters after reasonable and due inquiry.
8.4.    OPKO Covenants. In addition to the covenants made by OPKO elsewhere in this Agreement, OPKO hereby covenants to Pfizer that, from the Effective Date until expiration or termination of this Agreement, other than in connection with the Agreement:

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8.4.1.    it shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, incur or permit to exist, with respect to any Licensed Technology related to the Compound or any Licensed Product, any lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest, mortgage, liability, assignment, grant of license or other Binding Obligation that is or would be inconsistent with the licenses and other rights granted to Pfizer or its Affiliates under this Agreement;
8.4.2.    it will (a) not enter into any OPKO Third Party Agreement that adversely affects (i) the rights granted to Pfizer, Pfizer’s Affiliates or sublicensees hereunder or (ii) OPKO’s ability to fully perform its obligations hereunder; (b) not amend or otherwise modify any OPKO Third Party Agreement (including any Disclosed Third Party Agreement) or consent or waive rights with respect thereto in any manner that (i) adversely affects the rights granted to Pfizer or Pfizer’s Affiliates or sublicensees hereunder or (ii) OPKO’s ability to fully perform its obligations hereunder; (c) promptly furnish Pfizer with true and complete copies of all amendments to the Disclosed Third Party Agreements and OPKO Third Party Agreements, relating to a Trial and related amendments executed following the Effective Date; (d) remain, and cause its Affiliates to remain, in compliance in all material respects with all OPKO Third Party Agreements relating to a Trial (including Disclosed Third Party Agreements); and (e) furnish Pfizer with copies of all notices received by OPKO or its Affiliates relating to any alleged breach or default by OPKO or its Affiliates under any OPKO Third Party Agreement relating to a Trial (including and Disclosed Third Party Agreement) within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof;
8.4.3.    where OPKO’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of all right, title and interest to the Licensed Technology is based upon or depends on a sequence of historical transfers of title to any of the Licensed Technology (i.e. chain of title to the Licensed Technology) being valid, effective and free from defects and other problems, if at any time there is a potential defect with the validity or effectiveness in such transfers or other problems in such chain of title, then OPKO and its Affiliates shall, at their expense, with urgency and diligence make any and all corrections and clarifications, including preparing any documents and obtaining any necessary Third Party signatures and consents, as may be necessary, including filing such documents in any patent office as appropriate, to remedy any such problems and to restore such chain of title;
8.4.4.    it will not enter into or otherwise allow itself or its Affiliates to be subject to any agreement or arrangement that limits the ownership or licensed rights of Pfizer or its Affiliates with respect to, or limits the ability of Pfizer or its Affiliates to grant a license, sublicense or access, or provide or provide access or other rights in, to or under, any existing Licensed Technology or material (including any Patent Right, Know-How or other data or information) as related to the Compound or Licensed Product, in each case, that would, but

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for such agreement or arrangement, be included in the rights licensed or assigned to Pfizer or its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement;
8.4.5.    unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, it will maintain valid and enforceable agreements with all Persons acting by or on behalf of OPKO or its Affiliates under this Agreement that require such Persons to assign to OPKO their entire right, title and interest in and to all Licensed Technology as related to the Compound or Licensed Product;
8.4.6.    OPKO and its Affiliates shall, at their sole expense, timely satisfy in full any and all obligations owed to Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist within the Ministry of Economy (“OCS”), including in relation to any grants OCS previously provided to OPKO or its Affiliates, in each case relating to the Licensed Products and/or the Development thereof; and
8.4.7.    Promptly following the Effective Date, OPKO shall obtain, at its cost and expense, a license for commercial bioproduction applications to utilize the DG44 cell line materials used by OPKO and its Affiliates in relation to the Licensed Products (“DG44 Materials”), which license shall be obtained in such a manner that it extends to each of Rentschler, Pfizer and any designee of OPKO in the event of a termination of this Agreement or a *** hereunder.
8.5.    ***.
8.5.1.    ***.
8.5.2.    ***.
8.6.    Compliance with Law and Ethical Business Practices. In addition to the other representations, warranties and covenants made by each Party elsewhere in this Agreement, each Party represents and warrants or covenants and agrees, as applicable, with the other Party that during the Term:
8.6.1.    it is licensed, registered, or qualified under all Applicable Laws to do business, and has obtained such licenses, consents, authorizations or completed such registrations or made such notifications as may be necessary or required by Applicable Law to provide any products, goods or services encompassed within this Agreement, and providing such products, goods or services is not inconsistent with any other obligation of such Party;
8.6.2.    in conducting its activities hereunder, such Party will and will cause its Affiliates and, to the extent of its legal right to do so, use reasonable efforts to cause its other

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Representatives to comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and accepted pharmaceutical industry business practices, including, to the extent applicable to such Party and each of its Affiliates and other Representatives: the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301, et seq.), the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b), the Civil Monetary Penalty Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), comparable state statutes, the regulations promulgated under all such statutes, and the regulations issued by the FDA;
8.6.3.    with respect to any products, payments or services provided under this Agreement, it has not taken and will not during the Term take any action directly or indirectly to offer, promise or pay, or authorize the offer or payment of, any money or anything of value in order to improperly or corruptly seek to influence any Government Official or any other person in order to gain an improper advantage, and has not accepted, and will not accept in the future, such payment;
8.6.4.    it complies with the laws and regulations of the countries where it operates, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, accounting and record keeping laws, and laws relating to interactions with healthcare professionals or healthcare providers and Government Officials;
8.6.5.    to its knowledge, it and each of its Affiliates has been and will, for the Term, be in compliance with all applicable global trade laws, including those related to import controls, export controls or economic sanctions, and such Party will cause each of its Affiliates to remain in compliance with the same during the Term;
8.6.6.    to its knowledge, except to the extent permissible under United States law, neither it nor any of its Affiliates has, on its own behalf or acting on behalf of any other Person, directly or indirectly engaged with, and will not for the Term, directly or indirectly engage in any transactions with, or otherwise deal with, any country or Person targeted by United States, European Union, United Kingdom or other relevant economic sanctions laws in connection with any activities related to such Party’s interaction with the other Party, including those contemplated under this Agreement; and
8.6.7.    it is, as between the Parties, solely responsible for ensuring Compliance by it and its Affiliates.
8.7.    Representation by Legal Counsel. Each Party hereto represents that it has been represented by legal counsel in connection with this Agreement and acknowledges that it has participated in the drafting hereof. In interpreting and applying the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Parties agree that no presumption shall exist or be implied against the Party which drafted such terms and provisions.

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8.8.    Disclaimer. THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH PARTY IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ALL OF WHICH ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED.
9.
TERM AND TERMINATION.
9.1.    Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) will commence on the Execution Date and end as follows: (a) if the Royalty Term expires prior to the initiation of a Profit Share Term, the Term shall terminate at end of the Royalty Term; (b) if a Profit Share Term begins prior to the expiration of the Royalty Term, the Term shall terminate *** in the Territory, unless, in either case of (a) and (b), this Agreement is terminated earlier as permitted in this Article 9.
9.2.    Termination for Uncured Material Breach. Either Party may terminate this Agreement for cause at any time during the Term by giving written notice to the other Party in the event that such other Party commits a material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and such material breach remains uncured for *** days (or *** days for any payment breach) from the date of receipt of such notice by the breaching Party; provided, however, that if any breach is not reasonably curable within *** days and if the breaching Party is making a bona fide effort to cure such breach, such termination shall be delayed for a time period to be agreed by both Parties in order to permit the breaching Party a reasonable period of time to cure such breach. If the breaching Party disputes in good faith that it has materially breached one of its obligations under this Agreement, termination shall not take effect pending resolution of such dispute pursuant to Section 11.13 so long as Commercialization of Genotropin Products and Licensed Products continues in at least all countries in which Commercialization was ongoing as of the date of receipt of written notice of breach by the breaching Party. If, as a result of the application of such dispute resolution procedures, the breaching Party is determined to be in material breach of one or more of its obligations under this Agreement, then if the breaching Party fails to complete the actions specified to cure such breach within *** days (or *** days for any payment breach) after such ruling, then the complaining Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the breaching Party.
9.3.    Termination at Will. Upon delivery of at least *** prior written notice to OPKO, Pfizer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason (a) in its entirety, or (b) with respect ***. For clarity, termination by Pfizer of the last remaining *** under this Agreement shall be deemed to be termination of this Agreement in its entirety.
9.4.    Termination for a Bankruptcy Event.
9.4.1.    Termination Right. Each Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in the event of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the other Party. “Bankruptcy

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Event” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the institution of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or other similar proceedings by or against a Party under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law now or hereinafter in effect, including any section or chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any similar laws or statutes of the United States or any state thereof (the “Bankruptcy Code”), where in the case of involuntary proceedings such proceedings have not been dismissed or discharged within ninety (90) days after they are instituted, (b) the filing of an insolvency proceeding or making of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the admittance by a Party of any involuntary debts as they mature, (c) the institution of any reorganization, arrangement or other readjustment of debt plan of a Party not involving the Bankruptcy Code, (d) appointment of a receiver for all or substantially all of a Party’s assets, or (e) any corporate action taken by the board of directors of a Party in furtherance of any of the foregoing actions.
9.4.2.    Rights to Intellectual Property. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by OPKO are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties agree that Pfizer, as licensee of intellectual property under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties further agree that in the event of a rejection of this Agreement by OPKO in any bankruptcy proceeding by or against OPKO under the Bankruptcy Code or foreign equivalent, (a) Pfizer shall be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete access to, as appropriate) any such intellectual property and all embodiments of such intellectual property, which, if not already in Pfizer’s possession, shall be promptly delivered to it upon Pfizer’s written request therefor, and (b) OPKO shall not interfere with Pfizer’s rights to intellectual property and all embodiments of intellectual property, and shall assist and not interfere with Pfizer in obtaining intellectual property and all embodiments of intellectual property from another entity. The term “embodiments” of intellectual property includes all tangible, intangible, electronic or other embodiments of rights and licenses hereunder, including all compounds and products embodying intellectual property, Licensed Products, filings with Regulatory Authorities and related rights, and Licensed Technology.
9.5.    Effects of Expiration or Termination.
9.5.1.    Termination Prior to the License Effective Date. If this Agreement is terminated by either Party for any reason (including in the event of HSR Filing denial pursuant to Section 11.2) prior to the Effective Date, then except as otherwise expressly

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provided herein, all rights, licenses and sublicenses granted by either Party to the other Party hereunder will cease and each of the Parties will be relieved of its duties and obligations arising under this Agreement after the date of such termination.
9.5.2.    Partial Termination. In case of termination of this Agreement, not in its entirety, but with respect to only ***, by Pfizer pursuant to Section 9.3 (a “Partial Termination” and *** in which such Partial Termination occurs, a “***”), then the effects of termination described under Section 9.5.3 shall only apply to the ***, and this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms in *** of the Territory.
9.5.3.    Termination by OPKO for Uncured Material Breach or Bankruptcy Event; Termination by Pfizer at Will. In the event that OPKO terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 9.4, or Pfizer terminates this Agreement in whole or in part pursuant to Section 9.3, the following will apply in respect of the *** or Agreement, as the case may be.
(a)    License. Effective upon the date of termination for the Agreement or each ***, Pfizer hereby grants to OPKO a fully *** non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable right and license under the Pfizer Developed IP to use, have used, Develop, have Developed, Manufacture, have Manufactured, Commercialize, and have Commercialized Compounds and Licensed Products; provided, that upon request of OPKO, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith *** Neither Party will be obligated to enter into any transaction described in this Section 9.5.3(a), and neither Party will have any liability to the other for failure to do so.
(b)    Marks. To the extent that Pfizer is Commercializing any Licensed Product under any Trademark that is neither (i) used for any other products in Pfizer’s portfolio, nor (ii) confusingly similar to any other trade mark used for any other products in Pfizer’s portfolio, Pfizer shall, upon OPKO’s request, assign such Trademark to OPKO. As part of the termination transition plan, the Parties shall reach agreement on commercially reasonable terms for procedures and obligations to address functional areas in which each Party’s respective Licensed Product activities inside and outside of the Territory following termination of *** may have an impact on one another, including pharmacoviligence, coordination of brand messaging and coordination on any further Development efforts.
(c)    Transition. Prior to the effective date of any termination or partial termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and agree upon an outline and estimated schedule for transition of Intellectual Property and Licensed Products to OPKO, to be reflected in a commercially reasonable

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termination transition plan and, if appropriate, a transition agreement, to seek to minimize any disruption to the Development or Commercialization of the Licensed Product (including therapy and coverage for patients, patient support activities, and pharmacovigilence reporting). The termination transition plan, and any transition agreement, shall provide for undertaking Commercially Reasonable Efforts for development and regulatory activities, support in commercialization activities, and such other matters as the parties may agree, including, if appropriate, a governance structure to allow for decision-making to be made on transition issues. Pfizer shall use diligent efforts to cooperate with OPKO or its designee to effect a smooth and orderly transition, which transition shall not exceed ***, except with respect to supply of Licensed Product which shall continue for the period contemplated herein.
(d)    Ongoing Trials. In the event of: (x) a termination of this Agreement in its entirety, with respect to ongoing clinical trials and investigator-initiated trials involving a Licensed Product or related Device supported, directly or indirectly, by Pfizer or its Affiliates; or (y) in the event of a termination of this Agreement in part by Pfizer pursuant to Section 9.3, with respect to those ongoing clinical trials and investigator-initiated trials involving a Licensed Product or related Device supported, directly or indirectly, by Pfizer or its Affiliates that relate only to a country or countries that are located in the *** so terminated; the Parties will, with respect to such trials:
(i)    Within *** days of the date of the notice of termination, Pfizer will provide OPKO with a list of ongoing clinical trials and investigator-initiated trials involving a Licensed Product or related Device supported, directly or indirectly, by Pfizer or its Affiliates. The trial listing shall include material details of the trials such as protocol summary, dates, sites, budget expended and estimated budget remaining, number of patients, current enrollment and safety issues. Pfizer shall promptly answer any questions of OPKO as to the status or details of any such trial. Prior to the date of termination, OPKO will notify Pfizer as to any trial for which OPKO wishes to assume responsibility and, Pfizer shall, at OPKO’s cost and expense for activities after termination, complete such Trial. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pfizer may prematurely suspend or terminate any such Trial if (A) a priori protocol defined stopping rules are met for safety or efficacy or (B) unacceptable safety signals are observed by Pfizer or a data and safety monitoring board with respect to the Licensed Product that present an unacceptable risk to patients participating in such trials.

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(ii)    With respect to any ongoing Trials involving a Licensed Product for which OPKO has notified Pfizer prior to the effective date of termination that it wishes to assume responsibility, (A) each Party shall cooperate with the other Party to facilitate the orderly transfer to OPKO of the conduct of such Trials as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of termination, (B) until such time as the conduct of such Trials has been successfully transferred to OPKO, Pfizer shall continue such Trials, (C) between the effective date of termination and the date on which the conduct of such Trials has been successfully transferred to OPKO, OPKO shall be responsible for, and shall reimburse Pfizer with respect to, all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by Pfizer in the conduct of such Trials, and (D) following the date on which the conduct of such Trials has been successfully transferred to OPKO, OPKO shall be solely responsible for all costs and expenses of such ongoing Trials.
(e)    Assignment of Filings and Marketing Approvals. At OPKO’s option, which shall be exercised by written notice to Pfizer, to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, Pfizer shall assign or cause to be assigned to OPKO or its designee (or to the extent not so assignable, Pfizer shall take all reasonable actions to make available to OPKO or its designee the benefits of), at no cost to OPKO, any and all regulatory filings made with and all Regulatory Approvals obtained from the Regulatory Authorities in the Territory specifically relating to the Licensed Products, including, without limitation, any BLAs, MAAs, PMDAs, Pricing Approvals and third-party reimbursement approvals, in all such cases, only to the extent it is legally permissible to so transfer such items.
(f)    Transfer of Know How. Pfizer shall promptly provide to OPKO, at no cost to OPKO, all Know-How, materials, and other development data specifically relating to the Licensed Products, provided, that Pfizer shall be entitled to retain copies of such items for legal archival and regulatory purposes. Pfizer shall deliver to OPKO (i) all clinical data and information in Pfizer’s possession or control relating solely to Licensed Product, including for clarity, manufacturing data, if any (subject to the proviso at the end of this sentence), in the same form in which Pfizer maintains such data and (ii) in the same form in which Pfizer maintains such items, copies of all reports, records, regulatory correspondence and other materials in Pfizer’s possession or control relating solely to the clinical development of Licensed Product, including, if applicable, any information contained in the global safety database established and maintained by Pfizer.

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(g)    Rights of Reference. Pfizer shall grant to OPKO a “Right of Reference,” as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. § 314.3(b) (or any analogous Applicable Law recognized outside of the United States), with respect to development data and regulatory filings transferred to OPKO pursuant to clauses (e) and (f) above.
(h)    Supply of Licensed Product.
(i)    In the event of a termination of a *** or this Agreement in its entirety, except to the extent that Pfizer continues to supply Product to OPKO following a partial termination pursuant to subsection (ii) below, Pfizer shall continue to supply OPKO after the effective date of termination with OPKO’s requirements of clinical and commercial quantities of Compound and Licensed Products, pursuant to a supply agreement to be negotiated in good faith by the Parties on “commercially reasonable terms,” which agreement will remain in effect until the earlier of (a) the *** anniversary of the effective date of termination, and (b) such time as OPKO or a Third Party manufacturer engaged by OPKO is capable of supplying OPKO with its requirements of clinical and commercial quantities of Compound and Licensed Products (the “Supply Period”); provided, however, that OPKO must use its commercially reasonable best efforts to supply or have supplied by a Third Party, Compound and Licensed Products as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of such termination. In addition, Pfizer shall assign any Third Party contracts to which it is a party relating to the supply or Commercialization of Licensed Product to OPKO and use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to cause such Third Parties to continue to supply to OPKO the same supplies and services then utilized in the Development, Manufacture and Commercialization of the Licensed Product. In the event Pfizer is restricted from assigning such Third Party contracts, Pfizer shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to maintain such Third Party Agreements for the benefit of OPKO until the end of the Supply Period. Solely for purposes of this Subsection 9.5.3(h)(i) “commercially reasonable terms” means, with respect to clinical supplies of Compound and Licensed Products, *** for such supplies, and with respect to commercial supplies means *** prior to the *** of effective date of termination, *** for the ***, and *** after the *** of the effective date of termination, to be set forth in the supply agreement between the Parties. Prior to termination of the supply term, if requested by OPKO, Pfizer shall cooperate with OPKO in building a reasonable safety stock of Licensed Products.

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(ii)    In the event of a termination of this Agreement in part by Pfizer pursuant to Section 9.3, Pfizer may elect, in its sole discretion, to continue to supply OPKO after the effective date of termination with OPKO’s requirements of clinical and commercial quantities of Compound and Licensed Products, pursuant to a supply agreement to be negotiated in good faith by the Parties on “commercially reasonable terms,” provided, however, that (A) Pfizer shall provide notice to OPKO of its decision with regard to post-termination supply, pursuant to this Subsection 9.5.3(h) (ii), no fewer than *** prior to the effective date of termination, and (B) *** Solely for purposes of this Subsection 9.5.3(h) (ii) “commercially reasonable terms” means, with respect to clinical supplies of Compound and Licensed Products, *** for such supplies, and with respect to commercial supplies means Pfizer’s ***.
(i)    Existing Inventory. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except in the event of termination by OPKO for Pfizer’s uncured material breach, Pfizer and its Affiliates shall have the right to continue to sell their existing inventory of Licensed Products for a period not to exceed *** days after the effective date of such termination, and OPKO shall continue to receive royalties and gross profit payments with respect to such sales.
9.5.4.    Termination by Pfizer for Cause or Bankruptcy Event.
(a)    Partial Termination. In the event that Pfizer terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 9.4 with respect to any Licensed Product *** in the Territory: (i) all licenses granted under this Agreement by OPKO to Pfizer with respect to such Licensed Product in such *** shall become fully ***, perpetual, irrevocable ***; and (ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all other rights and obligations of each Party with respect to such Product in such *** shall cease.
(b)    Complete Termination. In the event that Pfizer terminates this Agreement in its entirety pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 9.4, (i) all licenses granted under this Agreement by OPKO to Pfizer shall become fully *** perpetual, irrevocable ***; and (ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all other rights and obligations of each Party with respect to such Product in such *** shall cease.
9.5.5.    Confidential Information. Following any termination of this Agreement, each of Pfizer and OPKO shall, upon request of the other Party, return or destroy all

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Confidential Information of such Party, disclosed to it pursuant to this Agreement, including all copies and extracts of documents, as promptly as practicable following receipt of such request, except that one (1) copy may be kept for the purpose of complying with continuing obligations under this Agreement.
9.5.6.    Accrued Obligations. Expiration or termination of this Agreement, in whole or part, for any reason (i) shall be without prejudice to OPKO’s right to receive all royalties and Profit Share Payments accrued under Sections 5.3 and 5.4 prior to the effective date of such termination and any other payments due hereunder that have accrued prior to the effective date of such termination, (ii) shall be without prejudice to any other remedies that either Party may otherwise have, and (iii) shall not release a Party hereto from any indebtedness, liability or other obligation incurred hereunder by such Party prior to the date of termination or expiration.
9.5.7.    Survival. Expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the Parties of any obligation accruing hereunder prior to such expiration or termination. Without limiting the foregoing, the following sections, together with this Section 9.5.7 and any sections that expressly survive, shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason: Sections 1 (Definitions), 2.4 (Licenses to Pfizer Developed IP), 5 (Payments), 5.7 (Inspection of Records), 5.9 (No Guarantee of Success), 6.1.1 (Pre-Existing IP), 6.1.2 (Developed IP), 7 (Confidentiality), 9.5 (Effects of Expiration or Termination), 10.1 (Limitation of Liability), 10.2 (Indemnification by Pfizer), 10.3 (Indemnification by OPKO), 10.4 (Procedure) and 11 (Miscellaneous).
10.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.
10.1.    Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO LIABILITY ARISING FROM A BREACH OF ARTICLES 6 AND 7, FROM ANY WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR INTENTIONALLY WRONGFUL ACT, OR TO THE EXTENT SUCH PARTY MAY BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY THE OTHER PARTY UNDER THIS ARTICLE 10, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY SPECIAL (ONLY AS RESPECTS INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE), INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, OR LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE SUFFERED BY THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “consequential damages” will be deemed to include, and neither Party will be liable to the other Party or any of such other Party’s Representatives or stockholders for, any damages based on or measured by loss of projected or speculative future sales of the Licensed Products, any Regulatory Milestone Payment due upon any unachieved Regulatory

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Milestone under Section 5.2, any unearned Net Sales or Franchise Net Sales, any unearned royalties or gross profit payments under Section 5.3 or Section 5.4 or any other unearned, speculative or otherwise contingent payments provided for in this Agreement or other speculative costs or savings related to the Development or Commercialization of Licensed Products.
10.2.    Indemnification by Pfizer. Pfizer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless OPKO, each of its Affiliates, and each of its and its Affiliates’ employees, officers, directors and agents (each, an “OPKO Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all liability, loss, damage, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and cost (collectively, a “Liability”) that the OPKO Indemnified Party may be required to pay to one or more Third Parties to the extent resulting from or arising out of:
10.2.1.    the negligence or willful misconduct of Pfizer or its Affiliates or sublicensees in connection with this Agreement;
10.2.2.    Manufacture, Development, Commercialization or use of any Licensed Product by, on behalf of, or under the authority of, Pfizer (including by any OPKO Indemnified Party), other than (i) claims by Third Parties relating to patent infringement arising out of the exercise of rights under the Licensed Patent Rights, (ii) claims by Third Parties relating to misappropriation of trade secrets arising out of the exercise of rights under the Licensed Know-How, or (iii) claims for which OPKO is required to indemnify Pfizer pursuant to Section 10.3; or
10.2.3.    the material breach by Pfizer of any of its representations, warranties or covenants set forth in Article 8, except, in each case, to the extent caused by the breach, negligence, recklessness or intentional acts of OPKO or any OPKO Indemnified Party.
10.3.    Indemnification by OPKO. OPKO will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Pfizer, its Affiliates, sublicensees, contractors and, distributors, and each of its and their respective employees, officers, directors and agents (each, a “Pfizer Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all Liabilities that the Pfizer Indemnified Party may be required to pay to one or more Third Parties to the extent resulting from or arising out of:
10.3.1.    the negligence or willful misconduct of OPKO or its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement;
10.3.2.    the material breach by OPKO of any of its representations, warranties or covenants set forth in Article 8, except, in each case, to the extent caused by the breach, negligence, recklessness or intentional acts of Pfizer or any Pfizer Indemnified Party; or

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10.3.3.    OPKO’s misappropriation of trade secrets, proprietary materials, and/or patentable subject matter, in each case owned or controlled by a Third Party in relation to the Development or Manufacture of the Licensed Product at any time prior to the Effective Date.
10.4.    Procedure.
10.4.1.    Notice. Each Party will notify the other Party in writing in the event it becomes aware of a claim for which indemnification may be sought hereunder. In the event that any Third Party asserts a claim or other proceeding (including any governmental investigation) with respect to any matter for which a Party (the “Indemnified Party”) is entitled to indemnification hereunder (a “Third Party Claim”), then the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Party obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) thereof; provided, however, that no delay on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder unless (and then only to the extent that) the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby.
10.4.2.    Control. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by notice to the Indemnified Party within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice from the Indemnified Party of the commencement of or assertion of any Third Party Claim, to assume direction and control of the defense, litigation, settlement, appeal or other disposition of the Third Party Claim (including the right to settle the claim solely for monetary consideration) with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party; provided that (a) the Indemnifying Party has sufficient financial resources, in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party, to satisfy the amount of any adverse monetary judgment that is sought, (b) the Third Party Claim seeks solely monetary damages and (c) the Indemnifying Party expressly agrees in writing that as between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be solely obligated to satisfy and discharge the Third Party Claim in full (the conditions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above are collectively referred to as the “Litigation Conditions”). Within ten (10) Business Days after the Indemnifying Party has given notice to the Indemnified Party of its exercise of its right to defend a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the Indemnifying Party of any objection thereto based upon the Litigation Conditions. If the Indemnified Party reasonably so objects, the Indemnified Party shall continue to defend the Third Party Claim, at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, until such time as such objection is withdrawn. If no such notice is given, or if any such objection is withdrawn, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, at its sole cost and expense, to assume direction and control of such defense, with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party. During such time as the

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Indemnifying Party is controlling the defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall cooperate, and shall cause its Affiliates and agents to cooperate upon request of the Indemnifying Party, in the defense or prosecution of the Third Party Claim, including by furnishing such records, information and testimony and attending such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals as may reasonably be requested by the Indemnifying Party. In the event that the Indemnifying Party does not satisfy the Litigation Conditions or does not notify the Indemnified Party of the Indemnifying Party’s intent to defend any Third Party Claim within ten (10) Business Days after notice thereof, the Indemnified Party may (without further notice to the Indemnifying Party) undertake the defense thereof with counsel of its choice and at the Indemnifying Party’s expense (including reasonable, out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses of enforcement or defense). The Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be, shall have the right to join in (including the right to conduct discovery, interview and examine witnesses, and participate in all settlement conferences), but not control, at its own expense, the defense of any Third Party Claim that the other Party is defending as provided in this Agreement.
10.4.3.    Settlement. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, enter into any compromise or settlement that commits the Indemnified Party to take, or to forbear to take, any action. The Indemnified Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to settle any Third Party Claim, on such terms and conditions as it deems reasonably appropriate, to the extent such Third Party Claim involves equitable or other non-monetary relief, but shall not have the right to settle such Third Party Claim to the extent such Third Party Claim involves monetary damages without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. Each of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall not make any admission of liability in respect of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the other party, and the Indemnified Party shall use reasonable efforts to mitigate Liabilities arising from such Third Party Claim.
10.5.    Insurance. Each Party further agrees to obtain and maintain, during the Term, commercial general liability insurance, including products liability insurance (or clinical trials insurance, whichever is applicable), with reputable and financially secure insurance carriers (or pursuant to a program of self-insurance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party) to cover its indemnification obligations under Section 10.2 or Section 10.3, as applicable, in each case with limits of not less than *** per occurrence and in the aggregate. Insurance shall be procured with carriers having an A.M. Best Rating of A-VII or better. All deductibles/retentions of the named insured shall be the sole responsibility of the named insured. Products liability and/or clinical trials coverage shall be maintained for *** following termination or expiration of this Agreement.
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11.1.    HSR Filing. Each of OPKO and Pfizer will, by January 7, 2015 (or such later time as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties) file with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice any HSR Filing required of it under the HSR Act, and shall request early termination in such filing. The Parties will cooperate with one another to the extent necessary in the preparation of any such HSR Filing. Each Party will be responsible for its own costs, expenses and filing fees associated with any such HSR Filing; provided, however, that Pfizer will be solely responsible for any fees (other than penalties that may be incurred as a result of actions or omissions on the part of OPKO) required to be paid to any Governmental Authority in connection with submitting any such HSR Filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall obligate, or be construed to obligate, Pfizer (i) to dispose, transfer or hold separate, or cause any of its Affiliates to dispose, transfer or hold separate any assets or operations, or to commit or to cause OPKO or any of its Affiliates to dispose of any assets; (ii) to discontinue or cause any of its Affiliates to discontinue offering any product or service, or to commit to cause OPKO or any of its Affiliates to discontinue offering any product or service; or (iii) to make or cause any of its Affiliates to make any commitment (to any Governmental Authority or otherwise) regarding its future operations or the future operations of OPKO or any of its Affiliates, and OPKO shall not agree, commit or consent to any of such restrictions with respect to itself or any its Affiliates, or permit any of its Affiliates to do so, in each case without the prior written consent of Pfizer.
11.2.    Termination upon HSR Denial. In the event that the Parties make an HSR Filing under Section 11.1, this Agreement will terminate (a) at Pfizer’s election, immediately upon notice to OPKO, in the event that the United States Federal Trade Commission or the United States Department of Justice seeks a preliminary injunction under the HSR Act against OPKO and Pfizer to enjoin the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) at the election of either Party, immediately upon notice to the other Party, in the event that the United States Federal Trade Commission or the United States Department of Justice obtains a preliminary injunction under the HSR Act against OPKO or Pfizer to enjoin the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 11.2 will not apply in the event that Pfizer reasonably determines that an HSR Filing is not required.
11.3.    Other Government Approvals. Each of OPKO and Pfizer will cooperate with the other Party and use such Party’s Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make all registrations, filings and applications, to give all notices and to obtain as soon as practicable all governmental or other consents, transfers, approvals, orders, qualifications, authorizations, permits and waivers, if any, and to do all other things necessary or desirable for the consummation of the transactions as contemplated hereby.
11.4.    Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any interest hereunder shall be assignable by a Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, except as follows: (a) a Party may

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assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement by way of a sale of itself or of the portion of its business to which this Agreement relates, through a merger, sale of assets and/or sale of stock or ownership interest provided that the assignee shall expressly agree to be bound by such Party’s obligations under this Agreement and that such sale is not primarily for the benefit of its creditors, or (b) such Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates, provided that the assignee shall expressly agree to be bound by such Party’s obligations under this Agreement and that such Party shall remain liable for all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement. In addition, either Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Third Party where such Party or its Affiliate is required, or makes a good faith determination based on advice of counsel, to divest a Licensed Product in order to comply with Applicable Law or the order of any Governmental Authority as a result of a merger or acquisition, provided that the assignee shall expressly agree to be bound by the Party’s obligations under this Agreement. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any assignment or transfer under the provisions of this Section 11.4. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties and the name of a Party appearing herein shall be deemed to include the names of such Party’s successors and permitted assigns to the extent necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Any assignment not in accordance with this Section 11.4 shall be void.
11.5.    Further Actions. Each Party shall duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further ministerial, administrative, or similar acts and things, including the filing of such assignments, agreements, documents and instruments, as may be necessary or as the other Party may reasonably request in connection with this Agreement or to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes hereof, or to better assure and confirm unto the other Party its rights and remedies under this Agreement.
11.6.    Performance. To the extent that the performance of a Party’s obligations hereunder is adversely affected by the other Party’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder, the impact of such performance failure will be taken into account in determining whether such Party has used its requisite efforts (which may be Commercially Reasonable Efforts) to perform any such affected obligations as required by this Agreement.
11.7.    Force Majeure. Each Party shall be excused from liability and from the performance of its obligations or the obligations of its Affiliates and/or sublicensees under this Agreement to the extent that such performance is prevented in whole or in part by Force Majeure and the non-performing Party promptly provides written notice of such Force Majeure to the other Party. Such excuse shall be continued so long as the condition constituting Force Majeure continues and the non-performing Party takes Commercially Reasonable Efforts to remove the condition. “Force Majeure” shall include conditions beyond the control of the the Party or its Affiliates and/or sublicensees, including an act of God, voluntary or involuntary compliance with any regulation, Applicable Law or order of any government, war, act of terror, civil commotion, labor strike or

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lock-out, epidemic, failure or default of public utilities or common carriers, destruction of production facilities or materials by fire, earthquake, or storm, or like catastrophe. Each Party shall notify the other Party promptly in writing following the occurrence or after becoming aware of the occurrence of any Force Majeure, whereupon the Parties shall promptly co-operate so as to mitigate the effects of such Force Majeure and the Party suffering the Force Majeure shall be obliged to use reasonable efforts to overcome the circumstances thereof. In the event a Party suspends its performance for a period of three (3) or more months due to a Force Majeure, the Parties shall consult in good faith to develop and implement a plan for mitigating the same.
11.8.    Notices. Each communication and document made or delivered by one Party to the other Party under this Agreement shall be made in the English language. All notices, consents, approvals, request or other communications required hereunder given by one Party to the other shall be in writing and made by (a) personal delivery, (b) first class certified mail with return receipt requested or (c) next-day delivery by major international courier with confirmation of delivery. Notices will be deemed given either upon receipt or as of the date of certified delivery by a reputable delivery service, whichever is earlier.
To Pfizer:
Chief Counsel, Global Innovative Pharma Business
Pfizer Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017-5755

with a copy to:
Vice President, GIP Global Medicines Development Group
Rare Disease Lead
Pfizer Inc.
400 Campus Drive
Collegeville, PA 19426
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To OPKO:
Steven D. Rubin
Executive Vice President
OPKO Health, Inc.
4400 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33137
(305) 575-6015
srubin@opko.com

with a copy to:

Kate Inman
General Counsel
OPKO Health, Inc.
4400 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137
Office: 305.575.4138
kinman@opko.com

and a copy to:

Blaine Templeman
Arnold & Porter LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4690
Office: 212.715.1122
blaine.templeman@aporter.com

11.9.    Amendment. No amendment, modification or supplement of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of each Party.

11.10.    Waiver. No provision of this Agreement shall be waived by any act, omission or knowledge of a Party or its agents or employees except by an instrument in writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly authorized representative of the waiving Party. The waiver by either Party of any breach of any provision by the other Party shall not be construed to be a waiver of any succeeding breach of such provision or a waiver of the provision itself.

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11.11.    Severability. If any clause or portion thereof in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the same shall not affect any other portion of this Agreement, as it is the intent of the Parties that this Agreement be construed in such fashion as to maintain its existence, validity and enforceability to the greatest extent possible. In any such event, this Agreement shall be construed as if such clause or portion thereof had never been contained in this Agreement, and there shall be deemed substituted therefor such provision as will most nearly carry out the intent of the Parties as expressed in this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law.
11.12.    Export Control. This Agreement is made subject to any restrictions concerning the export of products or technical information from the United States or other countries that may be imposed upon or related to OPKO or Pfizer from time to time. Each Party agrees that it will not export, directly or indirectly, any technical information acquired from the other Party under this Agreement or any products using such technical information to a location or in a manner that at the time of export requires an export license or other governmental approval, without first obtaining the written consent to do so from the appropriate agency or other governmental entity.
11.13.    Dispute Resolution. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, if any dispute or disagreement arises between Pfizer and OPKO in respect of this Agreement, they will follow the following procedures in an attempt to resolve the dispute or disagreement:
11.13.1.    The Party claiming that such a dispute exists will give notice in writing (“Notice of Dispute”) to the other Party of the nature of the dispute.
11.13.2.    Within thirty (30) days of receipt of a Notice of Dispute, a representative of each of the Parties who is at least a senior vice president level or higher will meet at a mutually agreed-upon time and location (which may include by teleconference) for the purpose of resolving such dispute.
11.13.3.    If, within a further period of sixty (60) days, the dispute has not been resolved, or if, for any reason, the meeting described in Section 11.13.2 has not been held within thirty (30) days of initial receipt of the Notice of Dispute, then the Parties agree that either Party may initiate litigation to resolve the dispute.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, either Party may immediately initiate litigation in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking any remedy at law or in equity, including the issuance of a preliminary, temporary or permanent injunction, to preserve or enforce its rights under this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 11.13 shall survive for *** from the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement.


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11.14.    Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims arising under or in connection therewith, shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.
11.15.    Jurisdiction. Each Party to this Agreement hereby (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any and all actions, suits or proceedings arising in whole or in part out of, related to, based upon or in connection with this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, (b) waives to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such action brought in one of the above-named courts should be dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens or should be transferred to any court other than one of the above-named courts, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (c) agrees not to commence any such action other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action to any court other than one of the above-named courts, whether on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise.
11.16.    No Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE AND FOREGO ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
11.17.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with its Exhibits, sets forth the entire agreement between the Parties as to its subject matter and supersedes all proposals, oral or written, and all other prior communications between the Parties with respect to such subject matter, including, without limitation, that certain Confidential Disclosure Agreement by and between the Parties, dated *** (the “CDA”), which is hereby terminated as of the Effective Date. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as of the Effective Date, all Confidential Information (as defined in the CDA) disclosed by a Party pursuant to the CDA shall be considered Confidential Information of such Party and subject to the terms set forth in this Agreement.
11.18.    Independent Contractors. The Parties are independent contractors under this Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to create an employment, agency, joint venture or partnership relationship between the Parties hereto or any of their agents or employees, or any other legal arrangement that would impose liability upon one Party for the act, or failure to act, of the other Party. Neither Party shall have any express or implied power to enter into any contracts or commitments or to incur any liabilities in the name of, or on behalf of, the other Party, or to bind the other Party in any respect whatsoever. The Parties acknowledge and agree that neither Party owes the other any fiduciary or similar duties or obligations by virtue of the relationship created by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties also acknowledge and agree

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that if a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitrator should determine that, notwithstanding the terms of this Section 11.18, such fiduciary or other obligations exist, the Parties hereby waive such duties and obligations and agree not to assert or rely upon such duties or obligations in connection with any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
11.19.    No Third Party Rights or Obligations. No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed or construed in any way to result in the creation of any rights or obligations in any Person not a Party to this Agreement. However, either Party may decide, in its sole discretion, to use one or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations and duties hereunder, provided that such Party shall remain liable hereunder for the performance by any such Affiliate(s) of any such obligations.
11.20.    Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are included herein for ease of reference only and shall be of no force or effect in construing or interpreting any of the provisions of this Agreement.
11.21.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same document. Counterparts may be signed and delivered by facsimile or PDF file, with the same effect as if delivered personally.
11.22.    OPKO Parent Co. Guaranty. OPKO Health, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Delaware with offices at 4400 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Florida 33138, and a parent company of OPKO, (the “Guarantor”), (i) hereby unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance of all of OPKO’s obligations and commitments under this Agreement, and (ii) without limiting the foregoing or being limited thereby, hereby further covenants to procure and cause OPKO and its Affiliates to take such actions that may be necessary or useful to support and duly complete the performance of OPKO’s obligations and commitments under this Agreement, including in relation to Pfizer’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement, (collectively, (i) and (ii) the “Parent Guaranty”).  This Parent Guaranty is an irrevocable guaranty of payment and performance (and not just of collection) and shall continue in effect notwithstanding any extension or modification of the terms of this Agreement, any assumption of any such guaranteed obligations by any other party or any other act or event that might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of Guarantor.  Guarantor hereby waives all its rights to subrogation arising out of any payment or performance by Guarantor under this Parent Guaranty.  The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected by or contingent upon (a) the liquidation or dissolution of, or the merger or consolidation of OPKO with or into any corporation, or any sale or transfer by OPKO or all or any part of its or their property or assets, (b) the bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceedings involving or affecting OPKO, or (c) any modification, alteration, amendment or addition of or to the Agreement.  Guarantor hereby waives all suretyship defenses and protest, notice of protest, demand for performance, diligence,

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notice of any other action at any time taken or omitted by Pfizer and, generally, all demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Parent Guaranty, and OPKO’s obligations hereby guaranteed, and which Guarantor may otherwise assert against Pfizer.  This Parent Guaranty shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment or performance of any of the obligations of OPKO under this Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Pfizer upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of OPKO or otherwise.  Guarantor acknowledges that each of the waivers set forth in this Parent Guaranty is made with full knowledge of its significance and consequences and under the circumstances the waivers are reasonable and not contrary to public policy.  If any of said waivers is determined to be contrary to any applicable law or public policy, such waivers shall be effective only to the extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, authorized representatives of the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.



PFIZER INC.


By:    
Name:
Title:
OPKO IRELAND LTD.


By:    
Name: Brian V. Elliott
Title: Director

As a party to this Agreement solely with respect to
the provisions of Section 11.22:

OPKO HEALTH, INC.


By:     
Name:
Title:





 
 






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Schedule 1.32 – Compounds
Schedule 1.53 – ***
Schedule 1.70 – Genotropin Products
Schedule 1.85 – ***
Schedule 1.96 – Licensed Patent Rights
Schedule 1.177 – ***
Schedule 5.4 – Example Profit Share Calculation
Schedule 8.3 – OPKO Disclosure Schedule


Exhibit A    Development Plan
Exhibit B    Development Budget
Exhibit C    Press Release

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Schedule 1.32Compounds
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Schedule 1.53 – ***
Each of the following countries:
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Schedule 1.70 - Genotropin Products

The Genotropin products sold by Pfizer and its Affiliates under various trademarks in various jurisdictions worldwide:

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Schedule 1.85 – ***
Each of the following countries:

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Schedule 1.96 - Licensed Patent Rights

(a) - Licensed hGH-Specific Patents

U.S. Patents and Applications

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Patents and Applications Outside of U.S.

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(b) - Licensed OPKO Core Patents

U.S. Patents and Applications
***

Patents and Applications Outside of U.S.

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Schedule 1.177 – ***
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Schedule 5.4 – Example Profit Share Calculation
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Schedule 8.3 – OPKO Disclosure Schedule

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Exhibit A – Development Plan


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Exhibit B – Development Budget

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Exhibit C – Press Release

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Proprietary and confidential
FINAL DRAFT– hGH Release
12-14-14

OPKO and Pfizer Enter into Global Agreement for
OPKO’s Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone (hGH-CTP)

hGH-CTP in global clinical development for the treatment of pediatric and adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD)
hGH-CTP has potential to reduce dosing frequency of human growth hormone to single weekly injection from current standard of daily injection
OPKO to receive upfront payment of $295 million and eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon achievement of regulatory milestones
Upon Pfizer’s commercialization of hGH-CTP, OPKO is eligible to receive royalty and/or profit sharing payments
Pfizer to obtain exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP globally

Miami, FL, and New York, NY, December 15, 2014 - OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE:OPK) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that they have entered into a worldwide agreement for the development and commercialization of OPKO’s long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adults and children, as well as for the treatment of growth failure in children born small for gestational age (SGA) who fail to show catch-up growth by 2 years of age. hGH-CTP has the potential to reduce the required dosing frequency of human growth hormone to a single weekly injection from the current standard of one injection per day. hGH-CTP is currently in a global phase 3 trial in adults and a global phase 2 trial in children and has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe for both adults and children with GHD.

Under the terms of the agreement, OPKO will receive an upfront payment of $295 million and is eligible to receive up to an additional $275 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones. Pfizer will receive the exclusive license to commercialize hGH-CTP worldwide.

In addition, OPKO is eligible to receive initial royalty payments associated with the commercialization of hGH-CTP for Adult GHD which is subject to regulatory approval. Upon the launch of hGH-CTP for Pediatric GHD, which is subject to regulatory approval, the royalties will transition to gross profit sharing for both hGH-CTP and Pfizer’s Genotropin.

OPKO will lead the clinical activities and will be responsible for funding the development programs for the key indications, which includes Adult and Pediatric GHD and Pediatric SGA. Pfizer will be responsible for all development costs for additional indications as well as all post-marketing studies. In addition, Pfizer will fund the commercialization activities for all indications and lead the manufacturing activities covered by the global development plan.


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"We believe this collaboration will help advance our commitments to patients with Adult and Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency as we believe Pfizer’s strengths, expertise and presence in the human growth hormone space makes them the ideal partner for our hGH-CTP program. Our collaboration enables full alignment between Pfizer and OPKO to optimize development and potentially bring an innovative treatment to patients. We believe that the global growth hormone market is currently valued at more than $3 billion, and believe that hGH-CTP has the potential to be the best in class long-acting growth hormone product. Our long acting human growth hormone is our most advanced product candidate utilizing our CTP technology to extend the half-life of a broad range of therapeutic peptides and proteins.  By reducing the number of injections, our technology can improve patient compliance,” said OPKO's CEO, Phillip Frost, M.D.

“This agreement strengthens Pfizer’s commitment to rare diseases, and we are pleased to work with OPKO to help provide a potential next-generation therapy for patients with Adult and Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency,” said Geno Germano, Group President, Pfizer Global Innovative Pharma (GIP). “Long-acting growth hormone is the first innovation in the GHD space in 20 years. hGH-CTP would be complementary to our existing Genotropin franchise, and could potentially provide an option that could improve patients’ adherence to treatment with once weekly dosing.”
The transaction is subject to customary Hart-Scott-Rodino approval and is expected to close during the first-quarter of 2015.

About hGH-CTP
hGH-CTP is a novel, long-acting recombinant human growth hormone analog being developed by OPKO for the treatment of children with growth failure due to inadequate endogenous growth hormone secretion, and adults with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) of either childhood or adult-onset etiology.  hGH-CTP is intended to reduce the burden of daily injection therapy by requiring only weekly injections potentially improving compliance and treatment outcomes. OPKO’s proprietary technology allows the company to extend the hormone’s half-life without the use of polymers, encapsulation techniques, or nanoparticles.  This technology is based on a natural peptide, the C-terminal peptide (CTP) of the beta chain of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).  OPKO has an ongoing pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in adults for hGH-CTP and a Phase 2 clinical trial in pediatric patients. hGH-CTP has been granted orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe for both adults and children with growth hormone deficiency

About OPKO Health
OPKO is a multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large, rapidly growing markets by leveraging its discovery, development and commercialization expertise and novel and proprietary technologies. For more information, visit http://www.OPKO.com.
 
Pfizer and Rare Diseases
Rare diseases are among the most serious of all illnesses and impact millions of patients worldwide, representing an opportunity to apply our knowledge and expertise to help make a significant impact in addressing unmet medical needs.  The Pfizer focus on rare diseases builds on more than a decade of

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experience and a global portfolio of 22 medicines approved worldwide that treat rare diseases in the areas of hematology, neuroscience, inherited metabolic disorders, pulmonology, and oncology.
About Pfizer Inc.
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives.  We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products. Our global portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world's best-known consumer health care products.  Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time.  Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world.  For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.  To learn more, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.
OPKO SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "plans," "projects," "will," "may," "anticipates," "believes," "should," "intends," "estimates," and other words of similar meaning, including statements regarding expected benefits of hGH-CTP, whether the collaboration with Pfizer will be successful, whether OPKO's clinical trials for adult and pediatric growth hormone deficiency will support marketing approval, whether hGH-CTP will be successfully developed or commercialized, expectations regarding the product, its efficacy, safety and market potential, whether OPKO will receive royalty and/or profit sharing payments for sales from hGH-CTP, expectations about the global growth hormone market, whether hGH-CTP has the potential to be the best in class long-acting growth hormone product, as well as other non-historical statements about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding our business, technologies and products, financial condition, strategies or prospects. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include those described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the risks inherent in funding, developing and obtaining regulatory approvals of new, commercially-viable and competitive products and treatments. In addition, forward-looking statements may also be adversely affected by general market factors, competitive product development, product availability, federal and state regulations and legislation, the regulatory process for new products and indications, manufacturing issues that may arise, patent positions and litigation, among other factors. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the PSLRA.
PFIZER DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this release is as of December 15, 2014. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of new information or future events or developments.
This release contains forward-looking information about an agreement between Pfizer and OPKO for the development and commercialization of hGH-CTP that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, those regarding hGH-CTP and the collaboration, including their potential benefits and market potential, as well as those about the anticipated timing of the closing of the transaction. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to meet anticipated clinical study commencement and completion dates as well as the possibility of unfavorable study results; whether and when biologics license applications may be filed in any jurisdictions for hGH-CTP for any indication; whether and when any such applications may be approved by regulatory authorities, which will depend on the assessment by such regulatory authorities of the benefit-risk profile suggested by the totality of the efficacy and safety information submitted; decisions by regulatory authorities regarding labeling and other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of hGH-CTP in any

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such indications; risks relating to the satisfaction of conditions to closing the transaction in the anticipated timeframe or at all; and competitive developments.
A further description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Pfizer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including in the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Information That May Affect Future Results”, as well as in its subsequent reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov and www.pfizer.com.


 

 



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Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF OPKO HEALTH, INC.
 
NAME
  
JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
OPKO Instrumentation, LLC
  
Delaware
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC
  
Delaware
OPKO Diagnostics, LLC
  
Delaware
OPKO Chile, S.A.
  
Chile
Pharmacos Exakta S.A. de C.V.
  
Mexico
FineTech Pharmaceutical Ltd.
  
Israel
Farmadiet Group Holdings, Ltd
  
Spain
OPKO Lab, LLC
  
Florida
SciVac (Israel) Ltd.
  
Israel
OPKO Biologics, Ltd
 
Israel
OPKO Ireland Global Holdings, Ltd
 
Ireland
OPKO Ireland, Ltd
 
Ireland
OPKO Canada, Inc.
 
Canada
OPKO Renal, LLC
 
Canada
Curna, Inc.
 
Delaware
Inspiro Medical, Ltd
 
Israel
OPKO do Brasil Comercio de Produtos Farmaceuticos, Ltda

 
Brazil
OPKO Uruguay, Ltd
 
Uruguay







Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

1.
Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-177962) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
2.
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-172168) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
3.
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-144040) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
4.
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-189369) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
5.
Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-189640) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
6.
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-190360) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries,
7.
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-190899) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries, and
8.
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-190900) of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries

of our reports dated February 27, 2015, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of OPKO Health Inc. and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of OPKO Health Inc. and subsidiaries included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of OPKO Health Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2014.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

Miami, Florida
February 27, 2015







Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Phillip Frost, certify that:
(1)
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of OPKO Health, Inc.;
(2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
(3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
(4)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
(5)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2015
/s/Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
Chief Executive Officer







Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Adam Logal, certify that:
(1)
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of OPKO Health, Inc.;
(2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
(3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
(4)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
(5)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2015
/s/ Adam Logal
 
Adam Logal
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer






Exhibit 32.1
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Phillip Frost, Chief Executive Officer of OPKO Health, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that:
The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: February 27, 2015
/s/ Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
Phillip Frost, M.D.
 
Chief Executive Officer







Exhibit 32.2
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Adam Logal, Chief Financial Officer of OPKO Health, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that:
The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: February 27, 2015
/s/ Adam Logal
 
Adam Logal
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer




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