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Business Combination (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions by Acquisition, Consideration Transferred | The aggregate acquisition consideration was $173.4 million, consisting of (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Cash consideration | $ | 96,006 |
Total share consideration: |
Actual number of shares issued | 790 |
Multiplied by: Ligand closing share price on January 8, 2016 | $ | 97.92 |
Total share consideration | 77,373 |
Total consideration | $ | 173,379 |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | he acquisition consideration was preliminarily allocated to the acquisition date fair values of acquired assets and assumed liabilities as follows (in thousands):
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,504 |
Accounts receivable | 5 |
Income tax receivable | 140 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2 |
Deferred tax liabilities, net | (56,114 | )
Intangible asset with finite life - core technology | 167,000 |
Liabilities assumed | (1,279 | )
Goodwill | 60,121 |
Total consideration | $ | 173,379 |
Schedule of Pro Forma Information | The following table presents supplemental pro forma information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, as if the acquisition of OMT had occurred on January 1, 2015 (in thousands except for income per share):
| Three months ended | Nine months ended
| September 30, | September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 | 2016 |  | 2015
Revenue | $ | 21,619 |  |  | $ | 18,824 |  | $ | 73,263 |  |  | $ | 55,795 |
Net (loss) income | $ | 1,051 |  |  | 196,354 |  | $ | 3,759 |  |  | $ | 216,900 |
Basic (loss) income per share: | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 9.87 |  | $ | 0.18 |  |  | $ | 10.99 |
Diluted (loss) income per share: | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 9.15 |  | $ | 0.17 |  |  | $ | 10.27 |

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