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Acquisition of EGEN Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisition of EGEN Assets | Note 8. Acquisition of EGEN Assets On June 20, 2014, we completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of EGEN, Inc., an Alabama corporation, which has changed its company name to EGWU, Inc. after the closing of the acquisition (“EGEN”), pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of June 6, 2014, by and between EGEN and Celsion (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). We acquired all of EGEN’s right, title and interest in and to substantially all of the assets of EGEN, including cash and cash equivalents, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, clinical data, certain contracts, licenses and permits, equipment, furniture, office equipment, furnishings, supplies and other tangible personal property. In addition, CLSN Laboratories assumed certain specified liabilities of EGEN, including the liabilities arising out of the acquired contracts and other assets relating to periods after the closing date. The total purchase price for the asset acquisition is up to $44.4 million, including potential future earnout payments of up to $30.4 million contingent upon achievement of certain earnout milestones set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. At the closing, we paid approximately $3.0 million in cash after the expense adjustment and issued 193,728 shares of our common stock to EGEN. The shares of common stock were issued in a private transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4 (2) thereof. In addition, 47,862 shares of common stock were held back by us at the closing and are issuable to EGEN pending satisfactory resolution of any post-closing adjustments for expenses or in relation to EGEN’s indemnification obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Holdback Shares”). These shares were issued to EGEN on June 16, 2017. After its review in 2017, management concluded that there was no immediate opportunity to out-license TheraSilence. Because of this analysis, the earnout payments were adjusted prior to 2017. In conjunction with its review, management determined the earnout payments may be up to $24.4 million that may become payable, in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, at our option, upon achievement of the remaining two major milestone events as follows:
| ● | $12.4 million will become payable upon achieving certain specified development milestones relating to an ovarian cancer study of GEN-1 (formerly known as EGEN-001) to be conducted by us or our subsidiary; and
| ● | $12.0 million will become payable upon achieving certain specified development milestones relating to a GEN-1 glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer study to be conducted by us or our subsidiary.
The following table summarizes the fair values of these assets acquired and liabilities assumed related to the acquisition.
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 35,000 |
In-process research and development |  |  | 24,211,000 |
Other Intangible assets (Covenant not to compete) |  |  | 1,591,000 |
Goodwill |  |  | 1,976,000 |
Total assets: |  |  | 27,813,000 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | (235,000 | )
Net assets acquired |  | $ | 27,578,000 |
Acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) consists of EGEN’s drug technology platforms: TheraPlas and TheraSilence. The fair value of the IPR&D drug technology platforms was estimated to be $24.2 million as of the acquisition date. As of the closing of the acquisition, the IPR&D was considered indefinite lived intangible assets and will not be amortized. IPR&D is reviewed for impairment at least annually as of our third quarter ended September 30, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets might not be recoverable. At December 31, 2016, the Company determined one of the IPR&D assets related to the development of its RNA delivery system being developed with collaborators using their RNA product candidates may be impaired and after an assessment, the Company concluded that this asset, valued at $1.4 million, was impaired. Therefore, the Company wrote off the value of this IPR&D asset, incurring a non-cash charge of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. At September 30, 2018 and 2017, after the Company’s annual assessments of the totality of the events that could impair IPR&D, the Company determined certain IPR&D assets related to the development of its glioblastoma multiforme cancer (GBM) product candidate may be impaired. To arrive at this determination, the Company assessed the status of studies in GBM conducted by its competitors and the Company’s strategic commitment of resources to its studies in primary liver cancer and ovarian cancer. The Company estimated the fair value of the IPR&D related to GBM at September 30, 2018 and 2017 using the multi-period excess earnings method (MPEEM). After its assessment on September 30, 2017, the Company concluded that the GBM asset, valued at $9.4 million, was partially impaired and wrote down the GBM asset to $6.9 million on September 30, 2017, incurring a non-cash charge of $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2017. In connection with the write down of this IPR&D asset on September 30, 2017, the Company concluded there was a reduced probability of payments of the earn-out milestones associated with the GBM asset and therefore reduced the earn-out milestone liability from $13.8 million to $12.5 million, recording a non-cash gain of approximately $1.3 million in the third quarter of 2017. After its assessment on September 30, 2018, the Company concluded that the GBM asset, valued at $6.9 million, was partially impaired and wrote down the GBM asset to $2.4 million on September 30, 2018, incurring a non-cash charge of $4.5 million in the third quarter of 2018. In connection with the write down of this IPR&D asset, the Company concluded there was a reduced probability of payment of the earn-out milestones associated with the GBM asset and therefore reduced the earn-out milestone liability from $13.1 million to $9.0 million, recording a non-cash gain of approximately $4.1 million in the third quarter of 2018. As no other indicators of impairment existed during the first nine months of 2018, the Company concluded none of the other IPR&D assets were impaired at September 30, 2018. Pursuant to the EGEN Purchase Agreement, EGEN provided certain covenants (“Covenant Not To Compete”) to the Company whereby EGEN agreed, during the period ending on the seventh anniversary of the closing date of the acquisition on June 20, 2014, not to enter into any business, directly or indirectly, which competes with the business of the Company nor will it contact, solicit or approach any of the employees of the Company for purposes of offering employment. The Covenant Not To Compete which was valued at approximately $1.6 million at the date of the EGEN acquisition has a definitive life and is amortized on a straight-line basis over its life of 7 years. The Company recognized amortization expense of $56,829 and $170,487 in each of the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The carrying value of the Covenant Not to Compete was $625,121, net of $966,093 accumulated amortization, as of September 30, 2018 and $795,608, net of $795,606 accumulated amortization, as of December 31, 2017 The purchase price exceeded the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired by approximately $2.0 million which was recorded as Goodwill. Goodwill represents the difference between the total purchase price for the net assets purchased from EGEN and the aggregate fair values of tangible and intangible assets acquired, less liabilities assumed. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually as of our third quarter ended September 30 or sooner if we believe indicators of impairment exist. As of September 30, 2018, we concluded that the Company’s fair value exceeded its carrying value therefore “it is not more likely than not” that the Goodwill was impaired.

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