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Note 1 - Organization, Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 9 Months Ended
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Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block] | 1. Organization, Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Veracyte, Inc., or Veracyte, or the Company, is a global genomic diagnostics company that improves patient care by providing answers to clinical questions to inform diagnosis and treatment decisions throughout the patient journey in cancer and other diseases. The Company’s growing menu of genomic tests leverage advances in genomic science and technology to change care for patients, enabling them to avoid risky, costly procedures and quicken time to appropriate treatment. With Veracyte’s exclusive global access to a best-in-class diagnostics instrument platform, the Company is positioned to deliver its tests to patients worldwide through laboratories and hospitals that can perform the tests locally. Veracyte was incorporated in the state of Delaware on August 15, 2006 as Calderome, Inc. Calderome operated as an incubator until early 2008. On March 4, 2008, the Company changed its name to Veracyte, Inc. The Company’s operations are based in South San Francisco, California and Austin, Texas, and it operates in one segment. The Company offers genomic tests in four disease areas: thyroid cancer; lung cancer; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and breast cancer. Thyroid Cancer - Afirma Genomic Sequencing Classifier and Xpression Atlas. The Company's Afirma offerings comprise the Afirma GSC and Xpression Atlas, which help guide next steps for patients with potentially cancerous thyroid nodules. The offerings are intended to provide physicians with clinically actionable results from a single fine needle aspiration, or FNA biopsy. The Afirma GSC was developed with RNA whole-transcriptome sequencing and machine learning, and is used to identify patients with benign thyroid nodules among those with indeterminate cytopathology results in order to rule out unnecessary thyroid surgery. The Afirma Xpression Atlas complements the Afirma GSC by providing genomic alteration content from the same FNA samples used in Afirma GSC testing to help physicians decide with greater confidence on the surgical or therapeutic pathway for their patients. The Company commercially launched the Afirma Xpression Atlas in 2018 and in April 2020 introduced an expanded version of the test, which includes significantly more genomic content. Lung Cancer - Percepta Genomic Sequencing Classifier. The Percepta classifier improves lung cancer diagnosis when diagnostic bronchoscopy results are inconclusive. This second-generation test was developed using the Company's RNA whole-transcriptome sequencing and machine learning platform and was commercially introduced in June 2019. The Percepta classifier identifies patients with lung nodules who are at low risk of cancer and may avoid further, invasive procedures as well as patients at high risk of cancer so they may obtain faster diagnosis and treatment. The test is built upon foundational "field of injury" science - through which genomic changes associated with lung cancer in current and former smokers can be identified with a simple brushing of a person's airway - without the need to sample the often hard-to-reach nodule directly. IPF - Envisia Genomic Classifier. The Envisia classifier improves diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by helping physicians better differentiate IPF from other interstitial lung diseases, or ILDs, without the need for surgery. The test identifies the genomic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia, or UIP, a hallmark of IPF, with high accuracy on patient samples that are obtained through transbronchial biopsy, a nonsurgical procedure that is commonly used in lung evaluation. Breast Cancer - Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay. The Prosigna test, acquired in December 2019 through the Company's strategic transaction with NanoString Technologies, Inc., or NanoString, uses advanced genomic technology to inform next steps for patients with early-stage breast cancer, based on the genomic make-up of their disease. The test uses a set of 50 genes known as the PAM50 gene signature and can provide a breast cancer patient and physician with a prognostic score that indicates the probability of cancer recurrence over ten years. Physicians use Prosigna to help guide therapeutic decisions so that patients receive a therapeutic intervention, such as chemotherapy, only if clinically warranted. Patient test results outside of the United States include intrinsic breast cancer subtypes to complement the risk-of-recurrence score. The Company performs its genomic tests for thyroid cancer, lung cancer and IPF in its CLIA-certified laboratory in South San Francisco, California. In December 2019, the Company announced the acquisition from NanoString Technologies of the exclusive global diagnostics license to the nCounter Analysis System, or the nCounter system, and the Prosigna breast cancer prognostic gene signature assay, which is commercially available, and the LymphMark lymphoma subtyping assay, which is in development. Both tests are designed for use on the nCounter system. The Prosigna test kits and associated products are sold to laboratories and hospitals in global markets. The Company’s approach also provides multiple opportunities for partnerships with biopharmaceutical and diagnostic testing companies. In developing its products, the Company has built or gained access to unique biorepositories, proprietary technology and bioinformatics that it believes are important to the development of new targeted therapies, determining clinical trial eligibility and guiding treatment selection. Additionally, the Company believes that the nCounter system, with its ability to simultaneously analyze RNA, DNA or protein targets in up to 800 genes; its ease of use, and its need for minimal hands-on time, provides an attractive distributed platform for other diagnostic companies seeking to make their genomic tests available to international markets. Basis of Presentation The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020, the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders' equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position, operating results, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from audited financial statements. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year or any other period. The accompanying interim period condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Reclassifications Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Such reclassifications have no effect on previously reported results of operations, accumulated deficit, subtotals of operating, investing or financing cash flows or consolidated balance sheet totals; however, for the period ended September 30, 2019, the Company reclassified $810,000 of changes in operating assets and liabilities to noncash lease expense in the statement of cash flows. Use of Estimates The preparation of unaudited interim financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Items subject to such estimates include: revenue recognition; write-down of supplies; the useful lives of property and equipment; the recoverability of long-lived assets; the incremental borrowing rate for leases; the estimation of the fair value of intangible assets and contingent consideration; variable interest entity assessment; impairment of equity investment, at cost; stock options; income tax uncertainties, including a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets; reserve on accounts receivable and contingencies. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends, and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. These estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and recorded revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. Issuance of Common Stock in a Public Offering On August 7, 2020, the Company issued and sold 6,900,000 shares of common stock in a registered public offering, including 900,000 shares issued and sold upon the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $30.00 per share. The Company's net proceeds from the offering were approximately $193.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of $13.2 million. On May 7, 2019, the Company issued and sold 6,325,000 shares of common stock in a registered public offering, including 825,000 shares issued and sold upon the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $23.25 per share. The Company's net proceeds from the offering were approximately $137.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of $9.2 million. Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers demand deposits in a bank, money market funds and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents include overnight reverse repurchase agreements which are tri-party repurchase agreements and have maturities of three months or less at the time of investment and are collateralized by U.S. treasury and agency securities of at least 102% of the principal amount. In a tri-party repurchase agreement, a third-party custodian bank functions as an independent intermediary to facilitate transfer of cash and holding the collateral on behalf of the underlying investor for the term of the agreement thereby minimizing risk and exposure to both parties. These overnight reverse repurchase agreements are included within cash equivalents due to their high liquidity and relatively low risk. There were no overnight reverse repurchase agreements at September 30, 2020. Equity Investment In July 2020, the Company invested $1.0 million in the preferred stock of MAVIDx, Inc., or MAVIDx, a company developing a diagnostic platform for infectious diseases testing. MAVIDx is a variable interest entity, or VIE, and the Company's investment is a variable interest. The Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE due to the fact that the Company does not have the power to direct the activities that impact the economic performance of MAVIDx or the obligation to fund its operations with ongoing financial support or contributions. MAVIDx is a private company and its equity securities are not traded or quoted in any securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, and therefore does not have a readily determinable fair value. As such, the Company has elected to measure its investment in the preferred stock at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar equity financings of MAVIDx, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC 321, Investments—Equity Securities. As of September 30, 2020, the investment is recorded at $1.0 million, and is included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. No indicators of impairment were identified as of September 30, 2020. Concentrations of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties The worldwide spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19, has created significant uncertainty in the global economy. There have been no comparable recent events that provide guidance as to the effect the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic may have, and, as a result, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. If the financial markets or the overall economy are impacted for an extended period, the Company’s liquidity, revenues, supplies, goodwill and intangibles may be adversely affected. The Company considers the effects of COVID-19 pandemic in developing our estimates. The majority of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents are deposited with one major financial institution in the United States. Deposits in this institution may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents. Several of the components of the Company’s sample collection kits and test reagents, and the nCounter system and related diagnostic kits are obtained from single-source suppliers. If these single-source suppliers fail to satisfy the Company’s requirements on a timely basis, it could suffer delays in being able to deliver its diagnostic solutions, a possible loss of revenue, or incur higher costs, any of which could adversely affect its operating results. The Company is also subject to credit risk from its accounts receivable related to its sales. Credit risk for accounts receivable from testing revenue is incorporated in testing revenue accrual rates as the Company assesses historical collection rates and current developments to determine accrual rates and amounts the Company will ultimately collect. The Company generally does not perform evaluations of customers’ financial condition for testing revenue and generally does not require collateral. The Company assesses credit risk and the amount of accounts receivable the Company will ultimately collect for product, biopharmaceutical and collaboration revenue based on collection history, current developments and credit worthiness of the customer. The estimate of credit losses is not material at September 30, 2020. Through September 30, 2020, most of the Company’s revenue has been derived from the sale of Afirma. To date, Afirma has been delivered primarily to physicians in the United States. The Company’s third-party payers and other customers in excess of 10% of total revenue and their related revenue as a percentage of total revenue were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Medicare |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 26 | % |  |  | 24 | % |  |  | 24 | %
Johnson and Johnson Services, Inc. |  |  | * |  |  |  | 13 | % |  |  | * |  |  |  | 12 | %
UnitedHealthcare |  |  | 11 | % |  |  | 11 | % |  |  | 11 | % |  |  | 11 | %
|  |  | 36 | % |  |  | 50 | % |  |  | 35 | % |  |  | 47 | %
*Less than 10%
The Company’s third-party payers and other customers in excess of 10% of accounts receivable and their related accounts receivable balance as a percentage of total accounts receivable were as follows at the following dates:
|  | September 30, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Johnson and Johnson Services, Inc. |  |  | * |  |  |  | 10 | %
Medicare |  |  | 12 | % |  |  | 15 | %
UnitedHealthcare |  |  | 10 | % |  |  | * |
*Less than 10% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Cash The Company had deposits of $603,000 included in long-term assets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, restricted from withdrawal and held by a bank in the form of collateral for an irrevocable standby letter of credit held as security for the lease of the Company’s South San Francisco facility. Revenue Recognition Testing Revenue The Company recognizes testing revenue in accordance with the provisions of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, or ASC 606. Most of the Company’s revenue is generated from the provision of testing services. These services are completed upon the delivery of test results to the prescribing physician, at which time the Company bills for the services. The Company recognizes revenue related to billings based on estimates of the amount that will ultimately be realized. In determining the amount to accrue for a delivered test, the Company considers factors such as payment history, payer coverage, whether there is a reimbursement contract between the payer and the Company, payment as a percentage of agreed upon rate (if applicable), amount paid per test and any current developments or changes that could impact reimbursement. These estimates require significant judgment by management. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. During 2020, the Company changed its revenue estimates due to actual and anticipated cash collections for tests delivered in prior quarters and recognized additional revenue of $0.3 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. These adjustments resulted in decreases in the Company's loss from operations of $0.3 million and $1.2 million and a decrease in basic and diluted net loss per share of zero and $0.02 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. During 2019, the Company changed its revenue estimates due to actual and anticipated cash collections for tests delivered in prior quarters and recognized additional revenue of $0.1 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. These adjustments resulted in decreases in the Company's loss from operations of $0.1 million and $0.8 million and a decrease in basic and diluted net loss per share of zero and $0.02 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Product Revenue The Company began recognizing product revenue in December 2019, when the Company executed an agreement with NanoString for the exclusive global license to the nCounter platform and acquisition of products for diagnostic use. More details on this agreement are in Note 4 - Business Combination. Product revenue from instruments and diagnostic kits is recognized generally upon shipment or when the instrument is ready for use by the end customer, which is when title of the product has been transferred to the customer. This process involves identifying the contract with a customer, determining the performance obligations in the contract, determining the contract price, allocating the contract price to the distinct performance obligations in the contract, and recognizing revenue when the performance obligations have been satisfied. A performance obligation is considered distinct from other obligations in a contract when it provides a benefit to the customer either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer and is separately identified in the contract. Performance obligations are considered satisfied once the Company has transferred control of a product to the customer, meaning the customer has the ability to use and obtain the benefit of the product. The Company recognizes product revenue for satisfied performance obligations only when there are no uncertainties regarding payment terms or transfer of control. Shipping and handling costs incurred for product shipments are charged to the Company's customers and included in product revenue. Revenues are presented net of the taxes that are collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities and net of estimated return reserves, if any. Biopharmaceutical and Collaboration Revenue From time to time, the Company enters into arrangements for research and development and/or laboratory services. Such arrangements may require the Company to deliver various rights, services and/or samples, including intellectual property rights/licenses, R&D services, and/or laboratory services. The underlying terms of these arrangements generally provide for consideration to the Company in the form of nonrefundable upfront license fees, development and commercial performance milestone payments, royalty payments, and/or profit sharing. In arrangements involving more than one performance obligation, each required performance obligation is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a distinct performance obligation based on whether (i) the customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available and (ii) the good or service is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. The consideration under the arrangement is then allocated to each separate distinct performance obligation based on its respective relative stand-alone selling price. The estimated selling price of each deliverable reflects the Company's best estimate of what the selling price would be if the deliverable was regularly sold by the Company on a stand-alone basis. The consideration allocated to each distinct performance obligation is recognized as revenue when control of the related goods is transferred or services are performed. Consideration associated with at-risk substantive performance milestones is recognized as revenue when it is probable that a significant reversal of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. Should there be royalties, the Company utilizes the sales and usage-based royalty exception in arrangements that resulted from the license of intellectual property, recognizing revenues generated from royalties or profit sharing as the underlying sales occur. Collaborative Arrangements The Company enters into collaborative arrangements with partners that fall under the scope of ASC Topic 808, Collaborative Arrangements, or ASC 808. While these arrangements are in the scope of ASC 808, the Company may analogize to ASC 606 for some aspects of these arrangements. The Company analogizes to ASC 606 for certain activities within the collaborative arrangement for the delivery of a good or service (i.e., a unit of account) that is part of its ongoing major or central operations. The terms of the Company’s collaborative arrangements typically include one or more of the following: (i) up-front fees; (ii) milestone payments related to the achievement of development, regulatory, or commercial goals; and (iii) royalties on net sales of licensed products. Each of these payments may result in collaboration revenues or an offset against research and development expense. Net sales of data or other services to our customers are classified under biopharmaceutical revenue, and all other non-customer revenue are classified under collaboration revenue in our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. There was no collaboration revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. As part of the accounting for these arrangements, the Company must develop estimates and assumptions that require judgment to determine the underlying stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation which determines how the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations. Generally, the estimation of the stand-alone selling price may include such estimates as independent evidence of market price, forecasted revenues or costs, development timelines, discount rates, and probabilities of technical and regulatory success. The Company evaluates each performance obligation to determine if they can be satisfied at a point in time or over time, and it measures the services delivered to the collaborative partner which are periodically reviewed based on the progress of the related program. The effect of any change made to an estimated input component and, therefore revenue or expense recognized, would be recorded as a change in estimate. In addition, variable consideration (e.g., milestone payments) must be evaluated to determine if it is constrained and, therefore, excluded from the transaction price. Up-front Fees: If a license to the Company’s intellectual property is determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement, the Company recognizes revenues from the transaction price allocated to the license when the license is transferred to the licensee and the licensee is able to use and benefit from the license. For licenses that are bundled with other promises, the Company utilizes judgment to assess the nature of the combined performance obligation to determine whether the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time. Milestone Payments: At the inception of each arrangement that includes milestone payments (variable consideration), the Company evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being reached and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within the Company’s or the collaborative partner’s control, such as non-operational developmental and regulatory approvals, are generally not considered probable of being achieved until those approvals are received. At the end of each reporting period, the Company re-evaluates the probability of achievement of milestones that are within its or the collaborative partner’s control, such as operational developmental milestones and any related constraint, and if necessary, adjusts its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments are recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis, which would affect collaboration revenues and earnings in the period of adjustment. Revisions to the Company’s estimate of the transaction price may also result in negative collaboration revenues and earnings in the period of adjustment. Services Agreement with Loxo Oncology On April 9, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with Loxo Oncology, Inc., or Loxo, whereby the Company agreed to provide certain tissue samples and other services in exchange for agreed-upon fees. The agreement has a term of one year that automatically renews each year for a one-year period, and Loxo may terminate the agreement at any time with at least 90 days' notice. As of September 30, 2020, the agreement has not been terminated. The Company evaluated the accounting for this agreement under ASC 606 and concluded the performance obligations thereunder are the delivery of tissue samples and performance of services, both of which are distinct. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized revenue of $90,000 for the delivery of tissue samples. There were no deliveries of tissue samples for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company recognized revenue of $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the performance of services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The cost of revenue associated with revenue recognized under the agreement with Loxo is not significant. There was no deferred revenue related to this agreement at either September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019. Diagnostic Development Agreement with Johnson & Johnson On December 28, 2018, the Company entered into a diagnostics development agreement with Johnson and Johnson Services, Inc., or JJSI, (i) to cooperate on a program to enable the Company to use JJSI samples and clinical data to develop a next generation bronchial genomic classifier diagnostic for lung cancer diagnosis, or Percepta v.2, and a nasal genomic classifier diagnostic for lung cancer and (ii) for JJSI to use Veracyte data generated in two Veracyte development programs for therapeutic purposes and for purposes of developing a companion diagnostic product used in conjunction with a JJSI therapeutic. The Company granted a license to JJSI with the right to use data and under the Company's intellectual property rights for JJSI's therapeutic purposes, including the development and commercialization of a companion diagnostic for its products, from the Percepta v.2 and Nasal programs. The license granted to JJSI is not distinct from other performance obligations as JJSI receives benefit only when other performance obligations are met. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will provide data from its RNA whole-transcriptome sequencing platform to JJSI in exchange for $7.0 million in payments from JJSI. The Company is also entitled to additional payments from JJSI of up to $13.0 million, conditioned upon the achievement of certain milestones relating to the development and reimbursement of the Percepta v.2 and Nasal tests. For a period of ten years commencing with the first commercial sale of the Percepta v.2 and Nasal tests, respectively, the Company will make payments to JJSI of one percent of net cash collections for Percepta v.2 and in the low-single digits of net cash collections for the Nasal test, depending on the number and timing of JJSI samples and associated clinical data the Company receives from JJSI. On December 18, 2019, this agreement was amended for the Company to provide further data in exchange for additional consideration, most of which the Company provided during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and recognized $1.5 million of revenue. The JJSI agreement is considered to be within the scope of ASC 808, as the parties are active participants and exposed to the risks and rewards of the collaborative activity. The Company evaluated the terms of the JJSI agreement and has analogized to ASC 606 for the delivery of RNA whole-transcriptome sequencing data to JJSI under the collaborative arrangement, which the Company believes is a distinct service for which JJSI meets the definition of a customer. Using the concepts of ASC 606, the Company has identified the delivery of data as its only performance obligation. The Company further determined that the transaction price under the arrangement was the $7.0 million in payments which was allocated to the obligation to deliver data. The $13.0 million in future potential payments is considered variable consideration because the Company determined that the potential payments are contingent upon regulatory and commercialization milestones that are uncertain to occur and, as such, were not included in the transaction price, and will be recognized accordingly as each potential payment becomes probable. The Company recognized revenue of $0.3 million and $1.5 million for three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, for the provision of data relating to the Nasal program. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized revenue of $2.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively, for the provision of data relating to Percepta v.2 and the Nasal test, classified under biopharmaceutical revenue in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. In addition, the Company recognized revenue of $2.0 million and $4.0 million for fulfillment of obligations relating to Percepta v.2 development milestones during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Accounts receivable from JJSI was $0.8 million at September 30, 2020 and $2.0 million at December 31, 2019. There was no deferred revenue related to this agreement at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Collaboration Agreement with AstraZeneca Group On December 23, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with Acerta Pharma B.V., or Acerta, a member of AstraZeneca Group whereby the Company agreed to provide genomic information that will support Acerta’s development of oncology therapeutics. Acerta will pay the Company for certain development activities and pay milestones to the Company for the achievement of development milestones. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of revenue for certain development activities and zero and $1.0 million, respectively, for the achievement of development milestones. Accounts receivable from Acerta was $0.5 million at September 30, 2020. Commercial Development Agreement with CareDx On May 13, 2020, the Company entered into a commercial development agreement with CareDx, Inc., or CareDx, under which the Company provided to CareDx the right to develop and commercialize solid organ transplant-rejection tests on the nCounter platform in exchange for a $1.0 million upfront payment, and is entitled to additional payments from CareDx of up to $4.5 million, conditioned upon the achievement of commercial milestones. The Company will also provide certain development support services to CareDx in exchange for $0.5 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized zero and $1.0 million, respectively, as biopharmaceutical revenue for the upfront payment as the Company has no remaining performance obligations. There was no accounts receivable from CareDx at September 30, 2020. Cost of Testing Revenue The components of our cost of testing services are laboratory expenses, sample collection expenses, compensation expense, license fees and royalties, depreciation and amortization, other expenses such as equipment and laboratory supplies, and allocations of facility and information technology expenses. Costs associated with performing tests are expensed as the test is processed regardless of whether and when revenue is recognized with respect to that test. Cost of testing revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 included a $1.1 million write-down of supplies for the potential expiration of reagents due to an anticipated decline in volumes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cost of Product Revenue Cost of product revenue consists primarily of costs of purchasing instruments and diagnostic kits from third-party contract manufacturers, installation, service and packaging and delivery costs. In addition, cost of product includes royalty costs for licensed technologies included in the Company’s products and labor expenses. Cost of product revenue for instruments and diagnostic kits is recognized in the period the related revenue is recognized. Shipping and handling costs incurred for product shipments are included in cost of product in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Cost of Biopharmaceutical Revenue Cost of biopharmaceutical revenue consists of costs of performing activities under arrangements that require the Company to perform research and development services on behalf of a customer pursuant to a biopharmaceutical service agreement. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU requires entities to estimate an expected lifetime credit loss on financial assets ranging from short-term trade accounts receivable to long-term financings and report credit losses using an expected losses model rather than the incurred losses model that was previously used, and establishes additional disclosures related to credit risks. This guidance became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020. Based on the composition of its trade receivables, investment portfolio and other financial assets, current economic conditions and historical credit loss activity, the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808). Under this ASU, transactions in collaborative arrangements are to be accounted for under ASC 606 if the counterparty is a customer for a good or service (or bundle of goods and services) that is a distinct unit of account. Also, entities are precluded from presenting consideration from transactions with a counterparty that is not a customer together with revenue recognized from ASC 606. This ASU is effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this ASU in 2019 with no cumulative-effect adjustments or retrospective impact. In August 2018 the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This standard clarifies the accounting for implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements. This standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2020 and was adopted on a prospective basis with no material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, or ASU 2018-13. ASU 2018-13 removed the following disclosure requirements: (1) the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; (2) the policy for timing of transfers between levels; and (3) the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. Additionally, this update added the following disclosure requirements: (1) the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income and loss for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period; (2) the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. For certain unobservable inputs, an entity may disclose other quantitative information (such as the median or arithmetic average) in lieu of the weighted average if the entity determines that other quantitative information would be a more reasonable and rational method to reflect the distribution of unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 and the adoption of ASU 2018-13 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. For the disclosures regarding the Company’s Level 3 fair value measurements, see Note 5, Fair Value Measurements to these condensed consolidated financial statements

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