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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of the Company's Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities)
The significant components of the Company's deferred income tax assets (liabilities) were as follows (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Federal U.S. net operating loss carryforward
$
75,377

 
$
57,949

State net operating loss carryforward
6,583

 
3,907

Research and development credit, net
12,829

 
10,278

Orphan drug credit, net
19,855

 
19,284

Deferred rent
2,497

 
2,947

Deferred revenue
5,098

 
6,632

Depreciation
2,926

 
1,597

Other
5,085

 
2,532

Gross deferred income tax assets
130,250

 
105,126

Valuation allowance
(128,844
)
 
(104,399
)
Net deferred income tax assets
1,406

 
727

 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Prepaid expenditures
(1,406
)
 
(727
)
Gross deferred income tax liabilities
(1,406
)
 
(727
)
Net deferred income tax asset/(liability)
$

 
$

Reconciliation of Reported Estimated Income Tax Benefit
The reconciliation of the reported estimated income tax benefit to the amount that would result by applying the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the net income is as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States federal tax at statutory rate
$
(20,489
)
 
$
(7,049
)
 
$
(13,410
)
State taxes (net of federal benefit)
(3,116
)
 
(897
)
 
(1,608
)
Deferred income tax adjustments
173

 
661

 

Deferred state blended rate adjustments
(32
)
 
(493
)
 
3,034

Research credit, net
(2,551
)
 
(3,296
)
 
(2,228
)
Transaction cost deduction

 

 
(379
)
Transaction cost deduction - prior year adjustment

 

 
(564
)
Orphan drug credit, net
(571
)
 
(106
)
 
(139
)
Other permanent items
145

 
(25
)
 
(382
)
Equity-based compensation
1,997

 
1,102

 
756

Change in valuation allowance
24,444

 
10,103

 
14,920

Income tax expense/(benefit)
$

 
$

 
$

Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Amount of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Beginning balance
$
2,425

 
$
2,047

 
$
1,708

Increases/(decreases) for current year tax positions
308

 
357

 
242

Increases/(decreases) for prior year tax positions
(268
)
 
21

 
97

Ending balance
$
2,465

 
$
2,425

 
$
2,047