Edgar Filing: REPLIGEN CORP

Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access

Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active and models for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly

Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement

Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2010

¨	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 000-14656

REPLIGEN CORPORATION

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		04-2729386
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100 Waltham, MA		02453
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 250-0111

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer ¨	Accelerated filer x	Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.): Yes ¨ No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of January 28, 2011.


Class		Number of Shares
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share		30,787,307

Table of Contents


		PAGE
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

	Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2010		3

	Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009		4

	Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009		5

	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements		6

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		15

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		19

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		20

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		20

Item 1A.	Risk Factors		20

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		20

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		20

Item 4.	(Removed and Reserved)		20

Item 5.	Other Information		20

Item 6.	Exhibits		21

Signatures			22

Exhibit Index			23

REPLIGEN CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)


	December 31, 2010			March 31, 2010
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	9,794,509		$	12,526,040
Marketable securities		41,326,230			40,608,710
Accounts receivable, less reserve for doubtful accounts of $10,000		1,171,179			570,038
Royalties receivable		2,746,600			2,296,000
Inventories		1,937,570			2,201,140
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,187,418			1,479,107

Total current assets		59,163,506			59,681,035

Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
Leasehold improvements		3,876,630			3,855,616
Equipment		4,448,804			4,176,281
Furniture and fixtures		591,925			567,480

Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		8,917,359			8,599,377
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(6,606,539	)		(5,466,354	)

Property, plant and equipment, net		2,310,820			3,133,023
Long-term marketable securities		9,164,317			6,011,697
Intangible assets, net		1,266,146			1,400,208
Goodwill		994,000			994,000
Restricted cash		200,000			200,000

Total assets	$	73,098,789		$	71,419,963

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	699,181		$	991,005
Accrued liabilities		2,901,061			3,666,135

Total current liabilities		3,600,242			4,657,140
Long-term liabilities		617,000			642,447

Total liabilities		4,217,242			5,299,587

Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding		—			—
Common stock, $.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 30,787,307 shares at December 31, 2010 and 30,761,807 shares at March 31, 2010 issued and outstanding		307,873			307,618
Additional paid-in capital		184,507,601			183,733,863
Accumulated deficit		(115,933,927	)		(117,921,105	)

Total stockholders’ equity		68,881,547			66,120,376

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	73,098,789		$	71,419,963

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

REPLIGEN CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)


	Three months ended December 31,						Nine months ended December 31,
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Revenue:
Product revenue	$	3,126,271		$	2,865,377		$	11,810,869		$	8,079,546
Royalty and other revenue		3,941,518			2,751,971			9,573,770			8,019,250

Total revenue		7,067,789			5,617,348			21,384,639			16,098,796
Operating expenses: ⁽¹⁾
Cost of product revenue		1,449,359			1,084,793			4,186,670			3,273,731
Cost of royalty and other revenue		412,043			343,031			1,160,775			1,001,833
Research and development		2,930,221			3,845,526			8,744,548			10,707,371
Selling, general and administrative		1,979,361			1,713,750			5,580,215			5,119,726

Total operating expenses		6,770,984			6,987,100			19,672,208			20,102,661

Income (loss) from operations		296,805			(1,369,752	)		1,712,431			(4,003,865	)
Investment income		91,794			186,668			287,430			736,450
Interest expense		(12,683	)		(620	)		(12,683	)		(1,972	)

Income (loss) before income taxes		375,916			(1,183,704	)		1,987,178			(3,269,387	)
Income tax benefit		—			(834,766	)		—			(834,766	)

Net income (loss)	$	375,916		$	(348,938	)	$	1,987,178		$	(2,434,621	)

Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.01		$	(0.01	)	$	0.06		$	(0.08	)

Diluted	$	0.01		$	(0.01	)	$	0.06		$	(0.08	)

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		30,787,307			30,758,559			30,778,430			30,748,845

Diluted		31,004,935			30,758,559			30,949,264			30,748,845

(1) Includes non-cash stock-based compensation as follows:
Cost of product revenue	$	11,146		$	8,357		$	38,514		$	32,462
Research and development		51,074			61,496			163,822			159,307
Selling, general and administrative		181,003			230,751			545,900			580,547

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

REPLIGEN CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)


	Nine months ended December 31,
	2010			2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	1,987,178		$	(2,434,621	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		1,274,247			992,819
Stock-based compensation expense		748,235			772,316
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(601,141	)		275,972
Royalties receivable		(450,600	)		(718,300	)
Inventories		263,570			309,756
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(708,311	)		(686,481	)
Accounts payable		(291,824	)		(1,095,783	)
Accrued liabilities		(408,224	)		526,716
Long-term liabilities		(25,447	)		(27,447	)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		1,787,683			(2,085,053	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities		(58,095,140	)		(44,115,013	)
Redemptions of marketable securities		54,225,000			46,906,807
Acquisition of assets of BioFlash Partners, LLC		(300,000	)		—
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		(317,982	)		(440,837	)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(4,488,122	)		2,350,957

Cash flows from financing activities:
Exercise of stock options		25,758			53,991
Principal payments under capital lease obligations		(56,850	)		(42,405	)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(31,092	)		11,586

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(2,731,531	)		277,490
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		12,526,040			5,041,410

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	9,794,509		$	5,318,900

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

REPLIGEN CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1.	Basis of Presentation

The financial statements included herein have been prepared by Repligen Corporation (the “Company,” “Repligen” or “we”) in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the information and footnote disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.

2.	Revenue Recognition

The Company generates product revenues from the sale of bioprocessing products to customers in the pharmaceutical and process chromatography industries. The Company recognizes revenue related to product sales upon delivery of the product to the customer as long as there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured. Determination of whether these criteria have been met are based on management’s judgments primarily regarding the fixed nature of the fee charged for product delivered, and the collectability of those fees. The Company has a few longstanding customers who comprise the majority of revenue and have excellent payment history and therefore the Company does not require collateral. The Company has had no significant write-offs of uncollectible invoices in the periods presented.

At the time of sale, the Company also evaluates the need to accrue for warranty and sales returns. The supply agreements the Company has with its customers and related purchase orders identify the terms and conditions of each sale and the price of the goods ordered. Due to the nature of the sales arrangements, inventory produced for sale is tested for quality specifications prior to shipment. Since the product is manufactured to order and in compliance with required specifications prior to shipment, the likelihood of sales return, warranty or other issues is largely diminished. Sales returns and warranty issues are infrequent and have had nominal impact on the Company’s financial statements historically.

In April 2008, the Company and the University of Michigan settled their joint litigation against Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“Bristol”) and the Company began recognizing royalty revenue in fiscal year 2009 for Bristol’s net sales in the United States of Orencia^® which is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The settlement provides for Bristol to pay royalties on the United States net sales of Orencia^® for any clinical indication at a rate of 1.8% for the first $500 million of annual net sales, 2.0% for the next $500 million of annual net sales and 4% of annual net sales in excess of $1 billion for each year from January 1, 2008 until December 31, 2013. Pursuant to the Bristol Settlement, the Company recognized royalty revenue of approximately $2,747,000 and $2,287,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized Bristol royalty revenue of approximately $7,739,000 and $6,678,000, respectively. Revenue earned from Bristol royalties is recorded in the period when it is earned based on royalty reports sent by Bristol to the Company. The Company has no continuing obligations to Bristol as a result of this settlement.

Repligen must remit to the University of Michigan 15% of all royalty revenue received from Bristol. Royalty expense for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $412,000 and $343,000, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company incurred royalty expense of approximately $1,161,000 and $1,002,000, respectively. This operating expense has been included in the Company’s Statements of Operations under the line item “Cost of royalty and other revenue.”

Additionally, for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2009, the Company earned and recognized approximately $465,000 and $1,009,000, respectively, in royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin for their sales of secretin. Revenue earned from ChiRhoClin royalties was recorded in the periods when it was earned based on royalty reports sent by ChiRhoClin to the Company. As of December 31, 2009, ChiRhoClin had fulfilled its royalty obligations to the Company for its sales of secretin. The Company does not expect to recognize any further royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin.

For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company recognized approximately $461,000 of revenue from sponsored research and development projects under agreements with the National Institutes of Health / Scripps Research Institute, Go Friedreich’s Ataxia Research (GoFar), and the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company also recognized approximately $733,000 in one-time grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program which was created in March 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act. This grant revenue has been included in the Company’s Statements of Operations under the line item “Royalty and other revenue.” No revenue from sponsored research and development projects was recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2009. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized approximately $1,835,000 and $332,000, respectively, under sponsored research and development projects.

Research revenue is recognized when the expense has been incurred and services have been performed. Determination of which incurred costs qualify for reimbursement under the terms of the Company’s contractual agreements and the timing of when such costs were incurred involves the judgment of management. The Company’s calculations are based upon the agreed-upon terms as stated in the arrangements. However, should the estimated calculations change or be challenged by other parties to the agreements, research revenue may be adjusted in subsequent periods. The calculations have not historically changed or been challenged and the Company does not anticipate any subsequent change in its revenue related to sponsored research and development projects.

The Company recognizes milestone payments that meet the definition of a milestone in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2010-17 as revenue upon achievement of the milestone when (1) the milestone payment is non-refundable, (2) substantive effort is involved in achieving the milestone, (3) the amount of the milestone is reasonable in relation to the effort expended or the risk associated with achievement of the milestone and (4) the milestone is at risk for both parties. If any of these conditions is not met, the Company defers the recognition of revenue underlying the milestone payment and recognizes it over the remaining estimated period of performance under the contract as the Company performs its obligation.

There have been no material changes to the Company’s initial estimates related to revenue recognition in any periods presented in the accompanying financial statements.

3.	Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding stock options, restricted stock and warrants.

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding were as follows:


	Three months ended December 31,				Nine months ended December 31,
	2010		2009		2010		2009
Weighted average common shares		30,787,307		30,758,559		30,778,430		30,748,845
Dilutive common stock options		217,628		—		170,834		—

Weighted average common shares, assuming dilution		31,004,935		30,758,559		30,949,264		30,748,845

At December 31, 2010, there were outstanding options to purchase 2,566,450 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $4.08 per share. For the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010, respectively, 1,758,600 and 1,771,100 shares of the Company’s common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than or equal to the average price of the common shares, and were therefore anti-dilutive.

At December 31, 2009, there were outstanding options to purchase 2,335,650 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $4.38 per share. All such outstanding options have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

4.	Stock-Based Compensation

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of share-based awards on the grant date.

For the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of approximately $243,000 and $301,000, respectively, for stock options granted under the Second Amended and Restated 2001 Repligen Corporation Stock Plan (the “2001 Plan”). The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of approximately $748,000 and $772,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for stock options granted under the 2001 Plan.

The 2001 Plan allows for the granting of incentive and nonqualified options and restricted stock and other equity awards to purchase shares of common stock. Incentive options granted to employees under the 2001 Plan generally vest over a four to five-year period, with 20%-25% vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal yearly installments thereafter. Nonqualified options issued to non-employee directors and consultants under the 2001 Plan generally vest over one year. Options granted under the 2001 Plan have a maximum term of ten years from the date of grant and generally, the exercise price of the stock options equals the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. At December 31, 2010, options to purchase 2,566,450 shares were outstanding under the 2001 Plan and the 1992 Repligen Corporation Stock Option Plan (collectively with the 2001 Plan, the “Plans”). At December 31, 2010, 301,909 shares were available for future grant under the 2001 Plan.

The Company recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period based upon options that are ultimately expected to vest, and accordingly, such compensation expense has been adjusted by an amount of estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures represent only the unvested portion of a surrendered option. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

Information regarding option activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 under the Plans is summarized below:


	Options Outstanding			Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options outstanding at April 1, 2010		2,312,750		$	4.38
Granted		449,000		$	3.32
Exercised		(20,500	)	$	1.25
Forfeited/Cancelled		(174,800	)	$	6.47

Options outstanding at December 31, 2010		2,566,450		$	4.08		6.29	$	2,401,967

Options exercisable at December 31, 2010		1,504,450		$	3.98		4.75	$	1,603,372

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2010 ⁽¹⁾		2,430,943		$	4.06		6.18	$	2,310,521

(1)

This represents the number of vested options as of December 31, 2010 plus the number of unvested options expected to vest as of December 31, 2010 based on the unvested outstanding options at December 31, 2010 adjusted for estimated forfeiture rates of 8% for awards granted to non-executive level employees and 3% for awards granted to executive level employees.

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the closing price of the common stock on December 31, 2010 of $4.69 and the exercise price of each in-the-money option) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2010.

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $1.95 and $2.74, respectively. The total fair value of stock options that vested during the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $817,000 and $846,000, respectively.

As of December 31, 2010, there was approximately $1,900,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining requisite service period of 2.94 years. The Company expects approximately 926,000 in unvested options to vest over the next five years.

5.	Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

At December 31, 2010, the Company’s investments included money market funds as well as short-term and long-term marketable securities, which are classified as held-to-maturity investments as the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the investments to maturity. These investments are therefore recorded on an amortized cost basis. Marketable securities are investments with original maturities of greater than 90 days. Long-term marketable securities are securities with maturities of greater than one year. The average remaining contractual maturity of marketable securities at December 31, 2010 is approximately 5.48 months.

Management reviewed the Company’s investments as of December 31, 2010 and concluded that there are no securities with other than temporary impairments in the investment portfolio. The Company does not intend to sell any investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases at maturity. There were no realized gains or losses on the investments for the periods ended December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2010.

Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities consist of the following at December 31, 2010:


	December 31, 2010
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss			Fair Value
Marketable securities:
U.S. Government and agency securities	$	19,525,547	$	13,210	$	(4,427	)	$	19,534,330
Corporate and other debt securities		21,800,683		26,941		(4,601	)		21,823,023

		41,326,230		40,151		(9,028	)		41,357,353
Long-term marketable securities:
U.S. Government and agency securities		5,503,750		110		(7,858	)		5,496,002
Corporate and other debt securities		3,660,567		579		(5,770	)		3,655,376

		9,164,317		689		(13,628	)		9,151,378

Total	$	50,490,547	$	40,840	$	(22,656	)	$	50,508,731

All investments in held-to-maturity debt securities with gross unrealized losses have been in unrealized loss positions for less than 12 months.

Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities consisted of the following at March 31, 2010:


	March 31, 2010
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss			Fair Value
Marketable securities:
U.S. Government and agency securities	$	23,009,237	$	25,883	$	(1,748	)	$	23,033,372
Corporate and other debt securities		17,599,473		82,760		—			17,682,233

		40,608,710		108,643		(1,748	)		40,715,605
Long-term marketable securities:
U.S. Government and agency securities		3,261,524		10,849		(8,546	)		3,263,827
Corporate and other debt securities		2,750,173		28,105		—			2,778,278

		6,011,697		38,954		(8,546	)		6,042,105

Total	$	46,620,407	$	147,597	$	(10,294	)	$	46,757,710

The contractual maturities of held-to-maturity debt securities at December 31, 2010 were as follows:


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in 1 year or less	$	41,326,230	$	41,357,353
Due in 1 to 2 years		9,164,317		9,151,378

	$	50,490,547	$	50,508,731

6.	Fair Value Measurement

In determining the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company uses various valuation approaches. The Company employs a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The fair value hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the source of inputs as follows:

The availability of observable inputs can vary among the various types of financial assets and liabilities. To the extent that the valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for financial statement disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is categorized is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the overall fair value measurement.

The Company’s held-to-maturity securities, which are fixed income investments, are comprised of obligations of U.S. government agencies, corporate debt securities and other interest bearing securities. These held-to-maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost and are therefore not included in the Company’s market value measurement disclosure. Money market funds are valued using quoted market prices with no valuation adjustments applied. Accordingly, these securities are categorized in Level 1.

The Company has no other assets or liabilities for which fair value measurement is either required or has been elected to be applied, other than the liability for contingent consideration recorded in connection with the acquisition of BioFlash Partners, LLC (“BioFlash”). The contingent consideration is valued using management’s estimates of royalties to be paid to the former shareholders of BioFlash based on sales of the acquired assets. This valuation is a Level 3 valuation as the primary inputs are unobservable. The following table provides a roll forward of the fair value of the contingent consideration:


Balance at March 31, 2010	$	560,000
Additions		—
Changes in Fair Value		—

Balance at December 31, 2010	$	560,000

The following fair value hierarchy table presents information about each major category of the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2010:

Fair value measurement at reporting date using:

Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)

Significant other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)

Balance as of
December 31,
2010

Assets:

Money market funds

4,636,767

There were no remeasurements to fair value during the three months ended December 31, 2010 of financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

7.	Inventories

Inventories relate to the Company’s bioprocessing business. The Company values inventory at cost or, if lower, fair market value using the first-in, first-out method. The Company reviews its inventories at least quarterly and records a provision for excess and obsolete inventory based on its estimates of expected sales volume, production capacity and expiration dates of raw materials, work-in-process and finished products. Expected sales volumes are determined based on supply forecasts provided by key customers for the next three to twelve months. The Company writes down inventory that has become obsolete, inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its expected net realizable value, and inventory in excess of expected requirements to cost of product revenue. Manufacturing of bioprocessing finished goods is done to order and tested for quality specifications prior to shipment.

A change in the estimated timing or amount of demand for the Company’s products could result in additional provisions for excess inventory quantities on hand. Any significant unanticipated changes in demand or unexpected quality failures could have a significant impact on the value of inventory and reported operating results. During all periods presented in the accompanying financial statements, there have been no material adjustments related to a revised estimate of inventory valuations.

Work-in-process and finished products inventories consist of material, labor, outside processing costs and manufacturing overhead. Inventories consist of the following:


	December 31, 2010		March 31, 2010
Raw materials	$	911,564	$	1,067,823
Work in process		595,512		395,088
Finished goods		430,494		738,229

Total	$	1,937,570	$	2,201,140

8.	Accrued Liabilities

The Company estimates accrued liabilities by identifying services performed on the Company’s behalf, estimating the level of service performed and determining the associated cost incurred for such service as of each balance sheet date. Examples of estimated accrued expenses include: 1) Fees paid to contract manufacturers in conjunction with the production of clinical materials. These expenses are normally determined through a contract or purchase order issued by the Company; 2) Service fees paid to organizations for their performance in conducting clinical trials. These expenses are determined by contracts in place for those services and communications with project managers on costs which have been incurred as of each reporting date; 3) Professional and consulting fees incurred with law firms, audit and accounting service providers and other third party consultants. These expenses are determined by either requesting those service providers to estimate unbilled services at each reporting date for services incurred, or tracking costs incurred by service providers under fixed fee arrangements.

The Company has processes in place to estimate the appropriate amounts to record for accrued liabilities, which principally involve the applicable personnel reviewing the services provided. In the event that the Company does not identify certain costs which have begun to be incurred or the Company under or over-estimates the level of services performed or the costs of such services, the reported expenses for that period may be too low or too high. The date on which certain services commence, the level of services performed on or before a given date, and the cost of such services are often judgmental. The Company makes these judgments based upon the facts and circumstances known at the date of the financial statements.

Accrued liabilities consist of the following:


	December 31, 2010		March 31, 2010
Employee compensation	$	1,206,445	$	1,285,172
Royalty and license fees		430,740		881,900
Research and development		166,219		787,267
Professional fees		78,000		216,086
Other accrued expenses		205,369		188,916
Unearned revenue		814,288		306,794

	$	2,901,061	$	3,666,135

9.	Income Taxes

For the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010, the Company had income before taxes of approximately $376,000 and $1,987,000, respectively. The Company did not record a tax provision as the effective income tax rate was estimated to be 0%. The effective income tax rate was based upon the estimated income for the year and the composition of the income in different jurisdictions. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due to the utilization of prior year net operating losses and credits, offset by the effects of the alternative minimum tax on income derived during the fiscal year.

For the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2009, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $835,000 due to the “Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009” (the “Act”) that was enacted in November 2009. The Act suspended the limitation on the use of net operating losses to offset alternative minimum tax liabilities. The Company paid a total of approximately $835,000 of alternative minimum taxes in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 combined. The Company expects to receive a refund of $835,000 upon filing its tax return for the year ended March 31, 2010. This refundable tax amount is included in the Company’s Balance Sheet under the line item “Prepaid expenses and other current assets.”

The Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $63,903,000 and business tax credits carryforwards of approximately $2,118,000 available to reduce future federal income taxes, if any. Additionally, the Company also has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $3,061,000 and business tax credits carryforwards of approximately $5,615,000 available to reduce future state income taxes, if any. The net operating loss and business tax credits carryforwards will continue to expire at various dates through March 2030. The net operating loss and business tax credit carryforwards are subject to review and possible adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service and may be limited in the event of certain changes in the ownership interest of significant stockholders.

As of December 31, 2010, a full valuation allowance has been provided against the net operating losses, business tax credits and other deferred tax assets, as it is uncertain if the Company will realize the benefits of such deferred tax assets.

10.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period resulting from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The Company’s comprehensive income/loss is equal to the reported net income/loss for all periods presented.

11.

Segment Reporting

The Company views its operations, makes decisions regarding how to allocate resources and manages the business as one operating segment. As a result, the financial information disclosed herein represents all of the material financial information related to the Company’s principal operating segment.

The following table represents the Company’s total revenue by geographic area (based on the location of the customer):


	Three months ended December 31,						Nine months ended December 31,
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Sweden		41	%		42	%		45	%		37	%
U.S.		54	%		55	%		48	%		56	%
Other		5	%		3	%		7	%		7	%

		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

Royalty revenue from Bristol represented 43% and 41% of the Company’s total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, royalty revenue from Bristol represented 37% and 41% of the Company’s total revenue, respectively.

The Company’s largest bioprocessing customer accounted for 41% and 42% of total revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s largest bioprocessing customer represented 45% and 37% of total revenues, respectively.

At December 31, 2010, Bristol’s royalty represented 60% of accounts receivable while the Company’s largest bioprocessing customer accounted for 16% of accounts receivable. Bristol’s royalty represented 80% of accounts receivable as of March 31, 2010.

12.

Scripps License Agreement

On April 6, 2007, the Company entered into an exclusive worldwide commercial license agreement (“License Agreement”) with The Scripps Research Institute (“Scripps”). Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company obtained a license to use, commercialize and sublicense certain patented technology and improvements thereon, owned or licensed by Scripps, relating to compounds which may have utility in treating Friedreich’s ataxia, an inherited neurodegenerative disease. Research in tissues derived from patients, as well as, in mice, indicates that the licensed compounds increase production of the protein frataxin, which suggests potential utility of these compounds in slowing or stopping progression of the disease. There are currently no approved treatments for Friedreich’s ataxia in the U.S.

Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Scripps an initial license fee of $300,000, certain royalty and sublicense fees and, in the event that the Company achieves specified developmental and commercial milestones, certain additional milestone payments. Total future milestone payments, were all milestones achieved, would be approximately $4.3 million. In addition, the Company issued Scripps and certain of its designees 87,464 shares of the Company’s common stock which had a value of $300,000 on the date of issuance. The Company recorded the initial license payment and the value of the shares issued as research and development costs in the statements of operations in fiscal 2008.

In connection with the License Agreement, the Company issued warrants to an individual at Scripps to purchase up to 150,000 shares of common stock. The warrants have a 7-year term and are exercisable based on performance criteria as detailed in the warrant agreement. No expense has been recorded related to these warrants through September 30, 2010, as none of the performance criteria have been achieved. At this time, the Company does not believe that the performance criteria are probable of being achieved in the near future.

The License Agreement with Scripps expires or may be terminated (i) when all of the royalty obligations under the License Agreement expire; (ii) at any time by mutual written consent; (iii) by Scripps if the Company (a) fails to make payments under the License Agreement, (b) fails to achieve certain developmental and commercial objectives, (c) becomes insolvent, (d) is convicted of a felony relating to the manufacture, use or sale of the licensed technology, or (e) defaults in its performance under the License Agreement; or (iv) by the Company upon 90 days written notice.

13.

FSMA License Agreement

On October 22, 2009, the Company entered into an exclusive worldwide commercial license agreement (“FSMA License Agreement”) with Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (“FSMA”). Pursuant to the FSMA License Agreement, the Company obtained an exclusive license to develop and commercialize certain patented technology and improvements thereon, owned or licensed by FSMA, relating to compounds which may have utility in treating spinal muscular atrophy (“SMA”). SMA is an inherited neurodegenerative disease in which a defect in the survival motor neuron gene (“SMN”) results in low levels of the protein SMN and leads to progressive damage to motor neurons, loss of muscle function and, in many patients, early death.

Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company paid FSMA an initial license fee of $500,000 and a related sublicense fee of $175,000 in fiscal 2010. These license fees have been recorded as research and development expense in the statements of operations. If all milestones are achieved, total financial obligations under this agreement, including milestone payments, sublicense fees, and other charges, could total approximately $16,000,000. Given the uncertain nature of such a development program, the likelihood that products or services will result from the research program is not known at this time. The Company has therefore ascribed no value to the license or the related liability.

The License Agreement with FSMA expires or may be terminated (i) on the later of: (a) when all related patents have expired or been abandoned, or (b) 10 years following the first commercial sale of a licensed product; or (ii) by FSMA if the Company (a) fails to make payments under the License Agreement, (b) fails to use commercially reasonable efforts towards development and commercial objectives, (c) fails to maintain the required insurance or becomes insolvent, or (d) defaults in its performance under the License Agreement.

14.

Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets and Acquisitions

Goodwill

There was no change in the carrying value of goodwill during the nine months ended December 31, 2010.

Other Intangible Assets


As of December 31, 2010	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Useful Life (in years)
Technology – developed	$	760,000	$	(87,084	)		8
Patents		240,000		(27,500	)		8
Customer relationships		430,000		(49,270	)		8

	$	1,430,000	$	(163,854	)


As of March 31, 2010	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Useful Life (in years)
Technology – developed	$	760,000	$	(15,834	)		8
Patents		240,000		(5,000	)		8
Customer relationships		430,000		(8,958	)		8

	$	1,430,000	$	(29,792	)

On January 29, 2010, the Company acquired the assets of BioFlash including a technology platform for the production of pre-packed, “plug and play” chromatography columns for total consideration transferred of $2.6 million. This patented technology enables economical production of chromatography columns in a format that is ready for use in the production of a broad range of biopharmaceuticals including monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and recombinant proteins. The terms of the acquisition included an upfront payment of $1.8 million, a $300,000 milestone payment made in November 2010, and future royalties based on product sales.

Amortization expense for amortized intangible assets was approximately $134,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2010. The Company expects to record amortization expense of approximately $179,000 in each of the next five years.

15.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, “Multiple-Deliverable Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force“ (“ASU 2009-13”). This ASU establishes the accounting and reporting guidance for arrangements under which a vendor will perform multiple revenue-generating activities. Specifically, the provisions of this update address how to separate deliverables and how to measure and allocate arrangement consideration to one or more units of accounting. This update is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU-2009-13 to have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In April 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, “Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force” (“ASU 2010-17”). This ASU provides guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue recognition for research and development transactions. ASU 2010-17 is effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company adopted ASU 2010-17 in July 2010. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We are an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies that deliver the benefits of protein therapies to patients and clinicians in the fields of neurology and gastroenterology. We are currently conducting a number of drug development programs for diseases such as pancreatitis, bipolar disorder, Friedreich’s ataxia and spinal muscular atrophy. We have a core competency in the development and manufacturing of biologics which is the basis for our bioprocessing business. In addition, we have out-licensed certain biologics intellectual property from which we receive royalties from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“Bristol”) on their net sales in the United States of their product Orencia^®. We seek to invest the profits from our current commercial products and royalty and other revenues, as well as use our existing financial resources, to advance the development of our therapeutic product candidates and our bioprocessing business.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

A “critical accounting policy” is one which is both important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. For additional information, please see the discussion of our significant accounting policies in Note 2 to the Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010. There have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since March 31, 2010.

Results of Operations

Three months ended December 31, 2010 vs. December 31, 2009

Total revenue

Total revenues for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $7,068,000 and $5,617,000 respectively, an increase of $1,451,000 or 26%.

Sales of bioprocessing products for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $3,126,000 and $2,865,000, respectively. This increase of $261,000, or 9%, was largely due to increased orders from our largest customer as it continues to rebound from relatively low levels of activity in the prior period. Substantially all of our bioprocessing products are based on recombinant Protein A and are sold to customers who incorporate our manufactured products into their proprietary antibody purification systems to be sold directly to the pharmaceutical industry. Monoclonal antibodies are a well-established class of drug with applications in rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and a variety of cancers. Sales of our bioprocessing products are therefore impacted by the timing of large-scale production orders and the regulatory approvals for such antibodies, which may result in significant quarterly fluctuations in product revenue. We expect such quarterly fluctuations but do not necessarily believe they are always predictive of future revenue or otherwise indicate a trend.

Pursuant to the Bristol Settlement, we recognized royalty revenue of approximately $2,747,000 and $2,287,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the three months ended December 31, 2009, we earned and recognized approximately $465,000 in royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin for their sales of secretin. No royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin was recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2010. ChiRhoClin fulfilled its royalty obligations to us for their sales of secretin in December 2009 and, accordingly, we do not expect to recognize any further royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin.

During the three months ended December 31, 2010, we recognized approximately $461,000 of revenue from sponsored research and development projects under agreements with the National Institutes of Health / Scripps Research Institute, Go Friedreich’s Ataxia Research (GoFar), and the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company also recognized approximately $733,000 in one-time grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program which was created in March 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act. No revenue from sponsored research and development projects was recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2009.

Costs and operating expenses

Total costs and operating expenses were approximately $6,771,000 and $6,987,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, a decrease of $216,000 or 3%.

Cost of product revenue was approximately $1,449,000 and $1,085,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $364,000 or 34%. This increase is primarily due to the increase in bioprocessing product sales noted above, as well as increased depreciation expense and other manufacturing variances.

Pursuant to the Bristol Settlement, we must remit 15% of royalty revenue received through the expiration of the settlement agreement in December 2013 to the University of Michigan. For the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, this cost of royalty revenue was approximately $412,000 and $343,000, respectively.

Research and development expenses were approximately $2,930,000 and $3,846,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, a decrease of $916,000 or 24%. The completion of our phase 3 clinical operations for RG1068 in fiscal year 2010 resulted in a $587,000 reduction in spending in the current period as compared to the same period in fiscal year 2010. Similarly, lower drug development activity compared to the prior period and the completion of patient enrollment in September 2010 for our phase 2b trial for RG2417, evaluating the use of uridine in bipolar depression, further reduced spending by $212,000.

Significant fluctuations in research and development expenses may occur from period to period depending on the nature, timing, and extent of development activities over any given period of time. Many resources including personnel, supplies and equipment are shared by all the development programs. As a result, and due to the significant risks and uncertainties in drug development, we are not able to provide cumulative spending to date or predict total development costs for any particular program.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $1,979,000 and $1,714,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $265,000 or 15%. This increase is largely attributable to increased headcount, employee benefits, occupancy and other costs as we expand our business development and other functions to support the business.

Investment income

Investment income was approximately $92,000 and $187,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. This decrease of $95,000, or 51%, is primarily due to lower interest rates.

Income tax provision

For the three-month period ended December 31, 2010, we had income before taxes of approximately $376,000. We did not record a tax provision as the effective income tax rate was estimated to be 0%. The effective income tax rate was based upon the estimated income for the year and the composition of the income in different jurisdictions. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due to the utilization of prior year net operating losses and credits, offset by the effects of the alternative minimum tax on income derived during the fiscal year.

For the three-month period ended December 31, 2009, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $835,000 due to the “Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009” (the “Act”) that was enacted in November 2009. The Act suspended the limitation on the use of net operating losses to offset alternative minimum tax liabilities. The Company paid a total of approximately $835,000 of alternative minimum taxes in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 combined. The Company expects to receive a refund of $835,000 upon filing its tax return for the year ended March 31, 2010. This refundable tax amount is included in the Company’s Balance Sheet under the line item “Prepaid expenses and other current assets.”

Nine months ended December 31, 2010 vs. December 31, 2009

Total revenue

Total revenues for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $21,385,000 and $16,099,000 respectively, an increase of $5,286,000 or 33%.

Sales of bioprocessing products for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $11,811,000 and $8,080,000 respectively. This increase of $3,731,000, or 46%, was largely due to increased orders from our largest customer as it rebounded from relatively low levels of activity in the prior period. Substantially all of our bioprocessing products are based on recombinant Protein A and are sold to customers who incorporate our manufactured products into their proprietary antibody purification systems to be sold directly to the pharmaceutical industry. Monoclonal antibodies are a well-established class of drug with applications in rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and a variety of cancers. Sales of our bioprocessing products are therefore impacted by the timing of large-scale production orders and the regulatory approvals for such antibodies, which may result in significant quarterly fluctuations in product revenue. We expect such quarterly fluctuations but do not necessarily believe they are always predictive of future revenue or otherwise indicate a trend.

Pursuant to the Bristol Settlement, we recognized royalty revenue of approximately $7,739,000 and $6,678,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2009, we also earned and recognized approximately $1,009,000 in royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin for their sales of secretin. ChiRhoClin fulfilled its royalty obligations to us for their sales of secretin in December 2009 and, accordingly, we do not expect to recognize any further royalty revenue from ChiRhoClin.

For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2010, we recognized approximately $1,102,000 of revenue from sponsored research and development projects under agreements with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the National Institutes of Health / Scripps Research Institute, Go Friedreich’s Ataxia Research (GoFar), and the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance. During the nine months ended December 31, 2010, the Company also recognized approximately $733,000 in one-time grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program which was created in March 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act. For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2009, we recognized approximately $332,000 of revenue from sponsored research and development projects under agreements with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance and the National Ataxia Foundation.

Costs and operating expenses

Total operating expenses were approximately $19,672,000 and $20,103,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, a decrease of $430,000 or 2%.

Cost of product revenue was approximately $4,187,000 and $3,274,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $913,000 or 28%. This increase is primarily due to the increase in bioprocessing product sales noted above, offset by improved manufacturing efficiencies and greater absorption of fixed manufacturing costs.

In connection with the Bristol Settlement, we must remit 15% of royalty revenue received through the expiration of the settlement agreement in December 2013 to the University of Michigan. Total cost of royalty revenue was approximately $1,161,000 and $1,002,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Research and development expenses were approximately $8,745,000 and $10,707,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, a decrease of $1,962,000 or 18%. The completion of our phase 3 clinical trial for RG1068 in fiscal year 2010 resulted in a $1,653,000 reduction in spending in the current period. Similarly, lower drug development activity compared to the prior period and the completion of patient enrollment in September 2010 for our phase 2b trial for RG2417, evaluating the use of uridine in bipolar depression, further reduced spending by $744,000, despite a $250,000 milestone payment made to McLean Hospital during the current year. Spending on our Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) program, newly acquired in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, increased by $511,000.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $5,580,000 and $5,120,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $460,000 or 9%. This increase is largely attributable to increased headcount, employee benefits, occupancy and other costs as we expand our business development and other functions to support the business.

Investment income

Investment income was approximately $287,000 and $736,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. This decrease of $449,000, or 61%, is primarily due to lower interest rates.

Income tax provision

For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2010, we had income before taxes of approximately $1,987,000. We did not record a tax provision as the effective income tax rate was estimated to be 0%. The effective income tax rate was based upon the estimated income for the year and the composition of the income in different jurisdictions. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due to the utilization of prior year net operating losses and credits, offset by the effects of the alternative minimum tax on income derived during the fiscal year.

For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2009, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $835,000 due to the “Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009” (the “Act”) that was enacted in November 2009. The Act suspended the limitation on the use of net operating losses to offset alternative minimum tax liabilities. The Company paid a total of approximately $835,000 of alternative minimum taxes in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 combined. The Company expects to receive a refund of $835,000 upon filing its tax return for the year ended March 31, 2010. This refundable tax amount is included in the Company’s Balance Sheet under the line item “Prepaid expenses and other current assets.”

Liquidity and capital resources

We have financed our operations primarily through sales of equity securities, revenues derived from product sales, and research grants, as well as proceeds and royalties from litigation settlements. Our revenue for the foreseeable future will be limited to our bioprocessing product revenue, royalties from Bristol, and research and development grants. Given the uncertainties related to pharmaceutical product development, we are currently unable to reliably estimate when, if ever, our therapeutic product candidates will generate revenue and cash flows. Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at December 31, 2010 were approximately $60,285,000, an increase of $1,139,000 from $59,146,000 at March 31, 2010.

Operating activities

Our operating activities provided approximately $1,788,000 of cash for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2010. Cash provided by operating activities is primarily attributable to net income of $1,987,000, a decrease in inventory of $264,000, and certain non-cash expenses such as $1,274,000 for depreciation and amortization and $748,000 in stock-based compensation expense, offset by a $601,000 increase in accounts receivable, a $700,000 decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, a $708,000 increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and a $451,000 increase in royalties receivable.

Investing activities

Our investing activities consumed cash of approximately $4,488,000 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2010 as we had $3,870,000 in net purchases of marketable securities. Additionally, we made a $300,000 milestone payment related to the BioFlash acquisition and invested approximately $318,000 in equipment purchases and improvements to our facility.

Financing activities

For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2010, stock option exercises provided cash proceeds of approximately $26,000, offset by principal payments under capital lease obligations of approximately $57,000.

We do not currently use derivative financial instruments. We generally place our marketable security investments in high quality credit instruments as specified in our investment policy guidelines.

Working capital increased to approximately $55,563,000 at December 31, 2010 from $55,024,000 at March 31, 2010 due to the various changes noted above.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the following:

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the success of our clinical studies;

•

the scope of and progress made in our research and development activities;

•

our ability to acquire additional product candidates;

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the success of any proposed financing efforts;

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the ability to sustain sales and profits of our commercial products; and

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the amount of royalty revenues we receive from Bristol.

Absent acquisitions of additional products, product candidates or intellectual property, we believe our current cash and investment balances are adequate to meet our needs for the foreseeable future. Our future capital requirements include, but are not limited to, continued investment in our research and development programs, capital expenditures primarily associated with purchases of equipment and facilities and continued investment in our intellectual property portfolio.

We plan to continue to invest in key research and development activities. We actively evaluate various strategic transactions on an ongoing basis, including licensing or acquiring complementary products, technologies or businesses that would complement our existing portfolio of development programs. We continue to seek to acquire such potential assets that may offer us the best opportunity to create value for our shareholders. In order to acquire such assets, we may need to seek additional financing to fund these investments. This may require the issuance or sale of additional equity or debt securities. The sale of additional equity may result in dilution to our stockholders. Should we need to secure additional financing to acquire a product, fund future investment in research and development, or meet our future liquidity requirements, we may not be able to secure such financing, or obtain such financing on favorable terms because of the volatile nature of the biotechnology marketplace.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2010.

Commitments

As of December 31, 2010, we had the following fixed obligations and commitments:


	Payments Due by Period
(In thousands)	Total		Less than 1 Year		1 - 3 Years		3 - 5 Years		More than 5 Years
Operating lease obligations	$	642	$	617	$	21	$	4	$	—
Purchase obligations ⁽¹⁾		4,354		4,354		—		—		—
Contractual obligations ⁽²⁾		924		184		90		190		460

Total	$	5,920	$	5,155	$	111	$	194	$	460

(1)	Represents purchase orders for the procurement of raw material for manufacturing as well as clinical materials to support our upcoming trials.

(2)	Includes payments for license, supply and consulting agreements.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as oral statements that may be made by Repligen or by officers, directors or employees of Repligen acting on its behalf, that are not historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements” which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future financial performance, management’s strategy, plans and objectives for future operations, clinical trials and results, milestone payments, tax payments and benefits, marketing plans, revenue potential of therapeutic product candidates, product research, intellectual property and development, manufacturing plans and performance, delays in manufacturing by us or our partners, timing of customer orders, the anticipated growth in our target markets, including, without limitation, the markets for pancreatic disease treatment, bipolar disorder, Friedreich’s ataxia and spinal muscular atrophy, as well as the monoclonal antibody market and the process chromatography industry and projected growth in product sales, costs of operations, sufficiency of funds to meet management objectives and availability of financing and effects of accounting pronouncements constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results to be materially different from the historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks associated with: the success of current and future collaborative relationships, the success of our clinical trials and our ability to develop and commercialize products, our ability to obtain required regulatory approvals, our compliance with all Food and Drug Administration regulations, our ability to obtain, maintain and protect intellectual property rights for our products, the risk of litigation regarding our patent and other intellectual property rights, the risk of litigation with collaborative partners, our limited sales and marketing experience and capabilities, our limited manufacturing capabilities and our dependence on third-party manufacturers and value-added resellers, our ability to hire and retain skilled personnel, the market acceptance of our products, our ability to compete with larger, better financed pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that may develop new approaches to the treatment of our targeted diseases, our history of losses and expectation of incurring continued losses, our ability to generate future revenues, our ability to raise additional capital to continue our drug development programs, our volatile stock price, and the effects of our anti-takeover provisions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect our financial results are included in the filings made by us from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission including under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010.

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest Rate Risk

We have investments in commercial paper, U.S. Government and agency securities as well as corporate bonds and other debt securities. As a result, we are exposed to potential loss from market risks that may occur as a result of changes in interest rates, changes in credit quality of the issuer or otherwise.

We generally place our marketable security investments in high quality credit instruments, as specified in our investment policy guidelines. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in an approximate $231,000 decrease in the fair value of our investments as of December 31, 2010. We believe, however, that the conservative nature of our investments mitigates our interest rate exposure, and our investment policy limits the amount of our credit exposure to any one issue, issuer (with the exception of U.S. agency obligations) and type of instrument. We do not expect any material loss from our marketable security investments and therefore believe that our potential interest rate exposure is limited. We intend to hold the majority of our investments to maturity, in accordance with our business plans.

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company’s management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, on a timely basis, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and the Company’s principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may be subject to other legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently aware of any such proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

For a discussion of risk factors, please see Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

In June 2008, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to 1.25 million shares of our common stock to be repurchased at the discretion of management from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program has no set expiration date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company did not repurchase any securities under this program for the nine months ended December 31, 2010. Since June 2008, the Company has repurchased 492,827 shares of common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,954,000, leaving 757,173 shares available for repurchase under this program.

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.

(REMOVED AND RESERVED)

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Document Description
3.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 30, 1992 and amended September 17, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Repligen Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

3.2		Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated March 4, 2003 (filed as Exhibit A of Exhibit 1 to Repligen Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed March 4, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

3.3		Amended and Restated By-laws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Repligen Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

31.1+		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer.

31.2+		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.

32.1+		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

+	Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.


	REPLIGEN CORPORATION

Date: February 9, 2011	By:	/s/ Walter C. Herlihy

		Walter C. Herlihy
		Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal executive officer)
		Repligen Corporation

Date: February 9, 2011	By:	/s/ William J. Kelly

		William J. Kelly
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal financial and accounting officer)
		Repligen Corporation

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Document Description

3.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 30, 1992 and amended September 17, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Repligen Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

3.2		Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated March 4, 2003 (filed as Exhibit A of Exhibit 1 to Repligen Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed March 4, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

3.3		Amended and Restated By-laws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Repligen Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference). (File No. 000-14656)

31.1+		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer.

31.2+		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.

32.1+		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

+	Filed herewith.