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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 ________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
 ________________________________________
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018
or
o
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: 001-34475
 ________________________________________
OMEROS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 ________________________________________
Washington
 
91-1663741
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington
 
98119
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(206) 676-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 ________________________________________
 
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, as amended, 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  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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  x    No  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
 
x
  
Accelerated filer
 
o
Non-accelerated filer
 
o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  
Smaller reporting company
 
o
Emerging growth company
 
o
 
 
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  o    No  x
As of May 7, 2018, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was 48,292,608.


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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections for such statements. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements.” Terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but these terms are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:
our expectations relating to demand for OMIDRIA® (phenylephrine and ketorolac intraocular solution) 1%/0.3% from wholesalers, ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs, and hospitals, and our expectations regarding OMIDRIA product sales, including once pass-through reimbursement status is reinstated pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, or the Appropriations Act;
our estimates of OMIDRIA chargebacks and rebates, distribution fees and product returns;
our estimates regarding how long our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and revenues will be sufficient to fund our anticipated operating expenses and capital expenditures, as well as our interest and principal payments on our outstanding notes under our Term Loan Agreement, or the CRG Loan Agreement, with CRG Servicing LLC, or CRG, and the lenders identified therein, and the satisfaction of covenants thereunder;
our expectations with respect to additional funding under the CRG Loan Agreement;
our expectations regarding the clinical, therapeutic and competitive benefits and importance of OMIDRIA and our product candidates;
our expectations related to obtaining permanent separate or similar reimbursement for OMIDRIA from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, and/or from Congress, including after September 30, 2020;
our ability to design, initiate and/or successfully complete clinical trials and other studies for our products and product candidates and our plans and expectations regarding our clinical trials, including our clinical trials for OMS721, for OMS906 and for OMS527;
in our OMS721 program, our expectations regarding: whether enrollment in any or all ongoing and planned Phase 3 clinical trials will proceed as expected; whether accelerated approval, fast track designation, breakthrough therapy designation and/or orphan drug designation may be granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, or Priority Medicines status, conditional marketing authorization or orphan designation may be granted by the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, for indications for which we are pursuing such approval or designation; whether and when a Biologics License Application, or BLA, for accelerated approval of OMS721 may be filed with the FDA; paths to accelerated and full approval of OMS721 in hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy, or HSCT-TMA; and potential approval with respect to our Phase 3 clinical trial for patients with Immunoglobulin A, or IgA, nephropathy;
our anticipation that we will rely on contract manufacturers to manufacture OMIDRIA for commercial sale and to manufacture our product candidates for clinical trial supply and, if approved, for commercial sale;
our ability to enter into acceptable arrangements with potential corporate partners or contract service providers, including with respect to OMIDRIA, and our ability and plans to effect any such arrangement with respect to OMIDRIA in the European Union, or EU, and to place OMIDRIA on the market (i.e., released into the distribution chain) in at least one European Economic Area country prior to July 28, 2018 to preserve OMIDRIA marketing authorization in Europe;
our ability to raise additional capital through the capital markets or through one or more corporate partnerships, equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, licensing arrangements or asset sales;
our expectations about the commercial competition that OMIDRIA and our product candidates, if commercialized, face or may face;
the expected course and costs of existing claims, legal proceedings and administrative actions, our involvement in potential claims, legal proceedings and administrative actions, and the merits, potential outcomes and effects of both existing and potential claims, legal proceedings and administrative actions, as well as regulatory determinations, on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations, including but not limited to our patent infringement lawsuits against Sandoz, Inc., or Sandoz, and against Lupin Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which we refer to collectively as Lupin;


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the extent of protection that our patents provide and that our pending patent applications will provide, if patents issue from such applications, for our technologies, programs, products and product candidates;
the factors on which we base our estimates for accounting purposes and our expectations regarding the effect of changes in accounting guidance or standards on our operating results; and
our expected financial position, performance, revenues, growth, costs and expenses, magnitude of net losses and the availability of resources.
Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors described in Item IA of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, actual results or anticipated developments may not be realized or, even if substantially realized, may not have the expected consequences to or effects on our company, business or operations. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual results in subsequent periods may materially differ from current expectations. Except as required by applicable law, we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.


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OMEROS CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED March 31, 2018
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OMEROS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Assets
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,189

 
$
3,394

Short-term investments
71,625

 
80,355

Receivables, net
182

 
17,144

Inventory
247

 
443

Prepaid expense
5,441

 
7,036

Total current assets
78,684

 
108,372

Property and equipment, net
2,081

 
2,121

Restricted investments
5,835

 
5,835

Advanced payments, non-current
2,435

 

Total assets
$
89,035

 
$
116,328

 
 
 
 
Liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
10,183

 
$
6,691

Accrued expenses
13,934

 
19,126

Current portion of lease financing obligations
513

 
490

Total current liabilities
24,630

 
26,307

Notes payable and lease financing obligations, net
85,037

 
84,117

Deferred rent
8,583

 
8,718

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

 

Shareholders’ deficit:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized and none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 150,000,000 authorized; 48,286,842 and 48,211,226 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively
483

 
482

Additional paid-in capital
523,724

 
520,072

Accumulated deficit
(553,422
)
 
(523,368
)
Total shareholders’ deficit
(29,215
)
 
(2,814
)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
$
89,035

 
$
116,328

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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OMEROS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue:



Product sales, net
$
1,588


$
12,257





Costs and expenses:



Cost of product sales
203


271

Research and development
18,140


12,240

Selling, general and administrative
10,934


12,471

Total costs and expenses
29,277


24,982

Loss from operations
(27,689
)

(12,725
)
Interest expense
(2,825
)

(2,663
)
Other income
460


299

Net loss
$
(30,054
)

$
(15,089
)
Comprehensive loss
$
(30,054
)

$
(15,089
)
Basic and diluted net loss per share
$
(0.62
)

$
(0.34
)
Weighted-average shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share
48,284,019


43,828,572

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


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OMEROS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
2018

2017
Operating activities:
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(30,054
)
 
$
(15,089
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
2,966

 
3,276

Non-cash interest expense
1,086

 
995

Depreciation and amortization
223

 
115

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Receivables
16,962

 
(1,444
)
Inventory
196

 
168

Prepaid expenses and other assets
(840
)
 
(1,494
)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
(1,835
)
 
771

Net cash used in operating activities
(11,296
)
 
(12,702
)
Investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(183
)
 
(72
)
Purchases of investments
(270
)
 
(1,042
)
Proceeds from the sale and maturities of investments
9,000

 
11,778

Net cash provided by investing activities
8,547

 
10,664

Financing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds upon exercise of stock options
687

 
1,147

Payments on lease financing obligations
(143
)
 
(51
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
544

 
1,096

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(2,205
)
 
(942
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
3,394

 
2,224

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
1,189

 
$
1,282

Supplemental cash flow information
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
$
1,739


$
1,667

Conversion of accrued interest to notes payable
$
838


$
805

Property acquired under capital lease
$


$
70

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


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OMEROS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)

Note 1—Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market as well as orphan indications targeting inflammation, complement-mediated diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. Our first drug product, OMIDRIA, is marketed in the United States (U.S.) for use during cataract surgery or intraocular lens replacement.
Basis of Presentation
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial position and results of operations of Omeros Corporation (Omeros) and our wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company transactions have been eliminated and we have determined we operate in one segment. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. The information as of March 31, 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 includes all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly our interim financial information. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2017 has been derived from our audited financial statements but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for audited annual financial information.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto that are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 1, 2018.

Going Concern
On an interim and annual basis we are required to assess our ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are issued using rules defined by ASC No. 205-40 - Going Concern (the Standard). As required by the Standard, management’s evaluation shall initially not take into consideration the potential mitigating effects of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented as of the date the financial statements are issued. In the second step of this evaluation, management’s assumptions and plans are derived according to restrictions and definitions in the Standard. As such, for purposes of this exercise, the following assumptions (which are discussed in further detail following this summary) were made:
Limited cash receipts from sales of OMIDRIA. Even though we have received an extension of transitional pass-through reimbursement for OMIDRIA for a period of two years beginning October 1, 2018, we are unable at this time to predict accurately revenue from sales of OMIDRIA once transitional pass-through reimbursement begins. In addition, sales of OMIDRIA are generally made with 90-day collection terms and, therefore, minimal OMIDRIA cash receipts were included for this exercise prior to January 2019;
No additional draws on our CRG debt facility. As disclosed in Note 6, we are in compliance with all covenants under our CRG Loan Agreement and have requested the additional $45.0 million that is available to us through May 20, 2018 subject only to customary closing conditions. However, given the existence of customary closing conditions, the draw on this facility was not considered for purposes of this exercise; and
No public or private equity transactions or partnering revenues can be considered for purposes of this exercise in the absence of any existing or committed arrangements to raise additional capital or of any existing or consummated partnerships.
In performing the first step of the assessment, we concluded that the following conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to meet our financial obligations as they become due. As of March 31, 2018, we had $72.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, $0.2 million of accounts receivable and $24.6 million in current liabilities. We have a history of net losses ($30.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and $53.5 million in 2017) and use of cash for operations ($11.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and $36.2 million in 2017). In addition, on January 1, 2018, transitional pass-through reimbursement for our only commercial product, OMIDRIA, which allowed for separate payment (i.e., outside the packaged procedural payment) under Medicare Part B expired and is not scheduled to be reinstated until October 1, 2018.

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In performing the second step of this assessment, we are required to evaluate whether our plans to mitigate the conditions above alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to meet our obligations as they become due within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. In performing this second step of the assessment, we are limited to those assumptions listed above and the restrictions and definitions in the Standard. As such, we did not consider any future sources of working capital that we may otherwise be able to access such as the additional $45.0 million available under our existing CRG Loan Agreement, which we have requested and expect to receive on May 18, 2018. Consequently, based on this assessment performed using the associated limitations required by the Standard, we have concluded there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern through May 10, 2019.
If we are unable to raise additional equity, debt or partnering capital when needed through one or more of the avenues previously listed, or upon acceptable terms, such failure would have a significant negative impact on our financial condition. Should it be necessary to manage our operating expenses, we would reduce our projected cash requirements through reduction of our expenses by delaying clinical trials, reducing selected research and development efforts, or implementing other restructuring activities.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from uncertainty related to our ability to continue as a going concern.
Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2014-09 (Topic 606) “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. We adopted Topic 606 on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method.
Once we determine that an arrangement is within the scope of Topic 606 and we believe it is probable that we will collect the consideration we are entitled to in exchange for OMIDRIA product sales, we perform the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. 
Upon adoption, we evaluated our contracts with customers and determined the adoption of the standard did not change the timing or the amounts of our previously recognized revenues.
Product Sales, Net

We generally record revenue from product sales when the product is delivered to our wholesalers. Product sales are recorded net of wholesaler distribution fees and estimated chargebacks, rebates and purchase volume discounts. Accruals or allowances are established for these deductions in the same period when revenue is recognized, and actual amounts incurred are offset against the applicable accruals or allowances. We reflect each of these accruals or allowances as either a reduction in the related account receivable or as an accrued liability, depending on how the amount is expected to be settled.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted transitional pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA through December 31, 2017. Pass-through status for OMIDRIA allowed for reimbursement payment to Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) and hospitals using OMIDRIA in procedures involving patients covered by Medicare Part B. In March 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (the Appropriations Act) was signed into law, which among other things extended pass-through reimbursement status for certain drugs, including OMIDRIA, for a two-year period beginning October 1, 2018. For the period January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018, OMIDRIA is not subject to reimbursement payment for procedures involving patients covered by Medicare Part B.
Advanced Payments
We have various agreements with third parties that require us to pay part of the contractually due amounts in advance of receiving goods and services. These agreements relate primarily to clinical and manufacturing activities. Amounts paid in advance of services to be delivered to us beyond 12 months of the balance sheet date are recorded as non-current assets.

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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant items subject to such estimates include revenue recognition, stock-based compensation expense and accruals for clinical trials, manufacturing of drug product and clinical drug supply and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.
Recently Adopted Pronouncements
We adopted ASU 2018-05 issued by the FASB in March 2018 related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act) that was enacted in December 2017. We remeasured certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21.0%. The standard requires that we record and disclose any provisional amounts related to the Tax Act. We recorded and disclosed the provisional impact to our deferred tax balance in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2018. However, we are still analyzing certain aspects of the Tax Act, which could potentially affect the measurement of these assets and liabilities or potentially give rise to new deferred tax assets and liabilities.
In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09 related to stock-based compensation, which provides clarity and consistency in practice on the accounting for changes to the terms and conditions of stock-based payment arrangement, or modifications. We adopted the guidance January 1, 2018 and the adoption did not have a material impact on our stock-based compensation expense.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 related to lease accounting. The new standard requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for most leases. This standard must be applied using a modified retrospective transition method and is effective for all annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Earlier adoption is permitted. While we are still in the process of evaluating the effect of adoption on our consolidated financial statements and are currently assessing our leases, we expect to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019. We estimate the adoption of this standard will result in recognition of additional net lease assets and lease liabilities primarily due to the lease agreements for our office building and equipment financing leases. 

Note 2—Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding for the period, determined using the treasury-stock method. Common share equivalents are excluded from the diluted net loss per share computation if their effect is anti-dilutive.
The basic and diluted net loss per share amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were computed based on the shares of common stock outstanding during the respective periods. Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation are as follows:
 
March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Outstanding options to purchase common stock
9,640,452

 
10,924,062

Outstanding warrants to purchase common stock
100,602

 
100,602

Total
9,741,054

 
11,024,664


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Note 3—Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable, net consist of the following:
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
 
(In thousands)
Trade receivables, net
$
49

 
$
17,079

Sublease and other receivables
133

 
65

Total accounts receivables net
$
182

 
$
17,144



Note 4—Fair-Value Measurements

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, all investments were classified as short-term and available-for-sale on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Investment income, which was included as a component of other income, consists of interest earned.
On a recurring basis, we measure certain financial assets at fair value. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, an exit price, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The accounting standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs, where available. The following summarizes the three levels of inputs required:
Level 1—Observable inputs for identical assets or liabilities, such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3—Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore they are developed using estimates and assumptions developed by us, which reflect those that a market participant would use.
Our fair value hierarchy for our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
 
March 31, 2018
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
(In thousands)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money-market funds classified as non-current restricted cash and investments
$
5,835

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,835

Money-market funds classified as short-term investments
71,625

 

 

 
71,625

Total
$
77,460

 
$

 
$

 
$
77,460

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
(In thousands)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money-market funds classified as non-current restricted cash and investments
$
5,835

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,835

Money-market funds classified as short-term investments
80,355

 

 

 
80,355

Total
$
86,190

 
$

 
$

 
$
86,190

Cash held in demand deposit accounts of $1.2 million and $3.4 million is excluded from our fair-value hierarchy disclosure as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. There were no unrealized gains or losses associated with our short-term investments as of March 31, 2018 or December 31, 2017. The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for receivables, accounts payable, other current monetary assets and liabilities and notes payable and lease financing obligations approximate fair value.

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Note 5—Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consist of the following:
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
 
(In thousands)
Contract research and development
$
4,763


$
4,251

Employee compensation
3,727


2,178

Sales rebates, fees and discounts
1,825


6,561

Consulting and professional fees
1,494


1,758

Clinical trials
1,118


1,026

ASC/hospital product return liability


2,350

Other accruals
1,007


1,002

    Total accrued liabilities
$
13,934


$
19,126



Note 6—Notes Payable and Lease Financing Obligations
Notes payable and lease financing obligations consist of the following:
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
(In thousands)
Notes payable
$
84,669

 
$
83,831

Lender facility fee payable upon maturity
4,233

 
4,192

Lease financing obligations
1,180

 
1,300

Notes payable, facility fee and lease financing obligations
90,082

 
89,323

Unamortized debt discount
(3,400
)
 
(3,527
)
Unamortized debt issuance costs
(1,132
)
 
(1,189
)
Current portion of lease financing obligations
(513
)
 
(490
)
Non-current portion of notes payable and lease financing obligations, net
$
85,037

 
$
84,117

In October 2016, we entered into the CRG Loan Agreement which requires that we make interest-only payments through December 31, 2020. Subject to the achievement of certain milestones, this interest-only period potentially could be extended through the maturity date of September 30, 2022. In November 2016, we borrowed $80.0 million under the CRG Loan Agreement and repaid our then-outstanding notes payable.
In February 2018, the CRG Loan Agreement was amended so that we are permitted to borrow, at our sole discretion and subject to customary closing conditions, up to an additional $45.0 million through May 20, 2018. We requested the additional $45.0 million and expect to receive the funds on May 18, 2018.
The CRG Loan Agreement accrues interest at an annual rate of 12.25% (4.00% of which can be deferred at our option through December 31, 2020 by adding such amount to the aggregate principal amount). As of March 31, 2018, as allowed under the CRG Loan Agreement, we have deferred $4.7 million ($0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018) of accrued interest by increasing the principal amount outstanding. The CRG Loan Agreement requires us to maintain cash and cash equivalents of $5.0 million during the term of the agreement which is recorded as restricted investments in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
We are also required to pay a facility fee equal to 5.00% of the aggregate principal amount borrowed (including principal additions related to deferred interest) on repayment of the CRG Loan Agreement. The facility fee is being accreted to notes payable using the effective interest method over the term of the CRG Loan Agreement.

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We may prepay all or a portion of the outstanding principal under the CRG Loan Agreement at any time upon prior notice subject to a prepayment fee through September 30, 2019, with no prepayment fee being owed thereafter. In certain circumstances, including a change of control and certain asset sales or licensing transactions, we are required to prepay all or a portion of the loan, including the applicable prepayment premium on the outstanding principal to be prepaid.
In April 2018, the CRG Loan Agreement was further amended with regards to the minimum net revenue and minimum market capitalization thresholds. Pursuant to the amendment, the applicable revenue and market capitalization covenants for the year ending December 31, 2018 were eliminated. With regards to the year ending December 31, 2019, we are required to achieve either (a) annual minimum net revenue amounts of $75.0 million, or (b) a minimum market capitalization threshold equal to the product of three multiplied by the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding (excluding any payment-in kind loans), determined as of the fifth business day following announcement of earnings results for the calendar year 2019 (i.e.,$240.0 million required market capitalization based on the $80.0 million borrowed at March 31, 2018 and $375.0 million assuming the borrowing of the additional $45.0 million that has been requested). If we are unable to satisfy the minimum annual revenue requirement or the market capitalization threshold for any given year, we may avoid a related default by repaying the shortfall between actual revenues and the minimum revenue requirement for such year using proceeds generated by an equity or subordinated debt issuance.
The CRG Loan Agreement includes customary events of default (see Note 7 of the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017). If there is an event of default the lenders may have the right to accelerate all our repayment obligations under the CRG Loan Agreement and to take control of our pledged assets, which consists of substantially all of our assets including our intellectual property. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate of an additional 4.00% per annum will apply to all outstanding obligations during the existence of an event of default. There was no event of default under the CRG Loan Agreement as of March 31, 2018.

Note 7—Commitments and Contingencies
Development Milestones and Product Royalties
We have licensed a variety of intellectual property from third parties that we are currently developing or may develop in the future. These licenses may require milestone payments during the clinical development processes as well as low single to low double-digit royalties on the net income or net sales of the product.
Contracts
We have various agreements with third parties that collectively require payment of termination fees totaling $15.3 million as of March 31, 2018 if we cancel work within specific time frames, either prior to commencing or during performance of the contracted services. This is in addition to fees associated with the CRG Loan Agreement (see Note 6).
Litigation
In May 2017, we received Notice Letters from Sandoz Inc. (Sandoz) and Lupin Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively, Lupin), respectively, that Sandoz and Lupin had each filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a generic version of OMIDRIA prior to the expiration our patents covering OMIDRIA. In June 2017, we filed patent infringement lawsuits against Sandoz and Lupin. We believe the assertions in the Sandoz and Lupin litigation are substantially similar to those previously filed by Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and its subsidiary, Par Sterile Products, LLC, and do not have merit. We intend to prosecute vigorously our infringement claims against each of Sandoz and Lupin.

Note 8—Shareholders’ Equity
Common Stock
For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we received proceeds of $0.7 million upon the exercise of stock options which resulted in the issuance of 75,616 shares of common stock. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, we received proceeds of $1.1 million upon the exercise of stock options and warrants which resulted in the issuance of 117,898 shares of common stock.
Warrants
In connection with the April 2018 amendment to the CRG Loan Agreement, we issued warrants to purchase up to 200,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $23.00 per share. The warrants have a five-year term.


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Note 9—Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation expense includes amortization of stock options granted to employees and non-employees and has been reported in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Research and development
$
1,200

 
$
1,474

Selling, general and administrative
1,766

 
1,802

Total
$
2,966

 
$
3,276

The fair value of each option grant to employees and directors is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following assumptions were applied to employee and director stock option grants as follows:
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Estimated weighted-average fair value
$
9.79

 
$
7.64

Weighted-average assumptions
 
 
 
Expected volatility
76
%
 
75
%
Expected term, in years
6.1

 
6.0

Risk-free interest rate
2.54
%
 
2.06
%
Expected dividend yield
%
 
%

Stock option activity for all stock plans and related information is as follows:
 
 
Options
Outstanding
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share
 
Remaining
Contractual Life
(In years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2017
9,657,259


$
10.39





   Granted
80,550


14.49





   Exercised
(75,616
)

9.09





   Forfeited
(21,741
)

15.80






Balance at March 31, 2018
9,640,452


$
10.42


6.57

$
13,760

Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2018
9,373,849


$
10.36


6.50

$
13,687

Exercisable at March 31, 2018
7,095,978


$
9.68


5.81

$
13,056

At March 31, 2018, there were 2,544,474 unvested options outstanding that will vest over a weighted-average period of 2.36 years and 3,453,231 shares were available to grant. Excluding non-employee stock options, the total estimated compensation expense to be recognized on our unvested options is $16.6 million.
In April 2018, annual stock option grants totaling approximately 1.3 million shares with an exercise price of $13.58 were granted to all eligible employees. The options vest monthly on a straight-line basis over four years.


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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview

We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market as well as orphan indications targeting inflammation, complement-mediated diseases and disorders of the central nervous system.
Our drug product OMIDRIA® is marketed in the U.S. for use during cataract surgery or intraocular lens, or IOL, replacement. In our pipeline we have clinical-stage development programs focused on: complement-associated thrombotic microangiopathies; complement-mediated glomerulonephropathies; cognitive impairment; and addictive and compulsive disorders. In addition, we have a diverse group of preclinical programs and two platforms: one capable of unlocking new G protein-coupled receptor, or GPCR, drug targets and the other used to generate antibodies. For OMIDRIA and each of our product candidates and our programs, other than OMS103, we have retained control of all commercial rights.
Commercial Products, Product Candidates, Development Programs and Platforms
OMIDRIA. OMIDRIA is approved in the U.S. by the FDA for use during cataract surgery or IOL replacement to maintain pupil size by preventing intraoperative miosis (pupil constriction) and to reduce postoperative ocular pain. In the U.S., OMIDRIA is sold primarily through wholesalers which, in turn, sell to ASCs and hospitals.
CMS, the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare program, granted transitional pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA in 2014, effective from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. Pass-through status is designed to promote innovation and allows for separate payment (i.e., outside the packaged procedural payment) under Medicare Part B for certain new drugs and other medical technologies when used in hospital outpatient or ambulatory surgery centers and that meet well-established criteria specified by federal law and regulations governing Medicare spending. As of January 1, 2018, as scheduled, OMIDRIA is no longer subject to separate payment under Medicare Part B and, consequently, payment for the product is currently included as part of the packaged payment for the associated procedure for Medicare Part B patients. On March 23, 2018, the Appropriations Act was signed into law. A bipartisan-supported provision in the Appropriations Act extends pass-through reimbursement status for a small number of drugs, including OMIDRIA, used during procedures performed on Medicare Part B fee-for-service patients for an additional two years, effective October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2020. As a result of this extension, each of these drugs, including OMIDRIA, will receive separate payment for the two-year period beginning October 1, 2018, consistent with almost all other physician-administered drugs that come off pass-through status. We also continue to work through administrative means to obtain permanent separate reimbursement for OMIDRIA as well as expanding more broadly its reimbursement to Medicare Advantage and other third-party payers. OMIDRIA revenues in 2018 have been significantly reduced due to the expiration of pass-through reimbursement and we do not expect sales of OMIDRIA to increase substantially from first quarter levels until pass-through reimbursement is reinstated in the fourth quarter of this year. For more information regarding OMIDRIA reimbursement, see “Results of Operations” and “Financial Condition - Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.
In April 2018, we announced that the results of four “real-world” clinical studies demonstrating the benefits of OMIDRIA were presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. The studies examined the use of OMIDRIA in both routine and complex cataract surgery cases performed in high-volume surgery centers, with and without femtosecond laser. Also in April 2018, we announced that the Veterans Administration, or VA, added OMIDRIA to the VA National Formulary, which is a listing of drugs and supplies that must be available at all VA facilities for the benefit of U.S. military veterans. As a result of its addition to the formulary, the drug is available in all VA facilities that perform ophthalmic procedures, with an initial recommendation that use of OMIDRIA be limited to high-risk patients at the discretion of VA ophthalmic surgeons.
Outside of the U.S., we have received approval from the European Commission, or EC, to market OMIDRIA in the European Economic Area, or EEA, for use during cataract surgery and other IOL replacement procedures to maintain mydriasis (pupil dilation), to prevent miosis (pupil constriction), and to reduce postoperative eye pain. For the European OMIDRIA marketing authorization to remain valid, product must be placed on the market (i.e., released into the distribution chain) in at least one EEA country by July 28, 2018, which we expect will occur. Decisions about price and reimbursement for OMIDRIA are made on a country-by-country basis and may be required before marketing may occur in a particular country. We do not expect to see sales of OMIDRIA in any countries within the EEA and other international territories if we are unable to either

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enter into partnerships for the marketing and distribution of OMIDRIA or complete an independent launch in such countries. Timing of any such partnerships or independent launch depends on numerous factors, including completion of mutual diligence exercises and domestic sales of OMIDRIA or entry into suitable agreements with contract service vendors, respectively. In addition, we have an exclusive supply and distribution agreement for the sale of OMIDRIA in certain countries in the Middle East, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, under which sales began on a limited basis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2016.
Product Candidates. We have the following clinical-stage programs in our pipeline:
MASP-2 - OMS721. OMS721 is our lead human monoclonal antibody targeting mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2, or MASP-2, the effector enzyme of the lectin pathway of the complement system. The current development focus for OMS721 is diseases in which the lectin pathway has been shown to contribute to significant tissue injury and pathology. These diseases are typically characterized by significant end organ injuries, such as kidney or central nervous system injury, when not treated. Phase 3 clinical programs are underway for OMS721 in HSCT-TMA, in IgA nephropathy, and in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, or aHUS. In addition, we have continued to enroll patients in our ongoing OMS721 Phase 2 IgA nephropathy clinical trial and in our OMS721 Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with TMAs. We are also developing small-molecule inhibitors of MASP-2 for oral administration that we are targeting for clinical trials in 2020.
The FDA recently granted breakthrough therapy designation to OMS721 for the treatment of HSCT-TMA in patients who have persistent TMA despite modification of immunosuppressive therapy, or high-risk HSCT-TMA. We recently met with the FDA to discuss requirements for approval of OMS721 in high-risk HSCT-TMA. Based on that meeting, we believe that we have clear paths to both accelerated and full approval of OMS721 in this indication. In addition to the data provided to the FDA, the Agency requested that we further characterize the patients treated with OMS721 - all of whom had high-risk TMA - and compile and submit additional information on the historical control population for the purpose of further comparing outcomes across corresponding patients. The FDA also requested an analysis plan to assess our biomarker data. Should the FDA grant OMS721 accelerated approval for the treatment of high-risk stem cell-TMA patients, the drug would be made commercially available for stem-cell patients with this disorder. Concurrently, we would conduct a confirmatory trial for subsequent full approval. We intend to continue working closely with the FDA as we further compile all required information with the objective of initiating a rolling BLA submission later this year. In Europe, we are scheduling meetings with regulatory authorities to discuss plans for submission of an application for conditional marketing authorization for OMS721 in HSCT-TMA.
In February and April 2018, we reported new results in patients with HSCT-TMA from the ongoing Phase 2 study. The estimated median survival for OMS721-treated patients was an order of magnitude greater than that for a matched historical control (p<0.0001). Once sufficient data were available after an adequate duration of follow-up, further analysis examined 100-day mortality, an important endpoint previously used as an approval endpoint in another condition related to HSCT. The 100-day mortality analysis also showed that OMS721-treated patients had improved survival relative to the historical control (53% vs 10%; p = 0.0002). Biomarkers of disease (i.e., mean platelet count and mean levels of lactate dehydrogenase and haptoglobin) demonstrated statistically significant improvement. Study patients also showed substantial improvement in red blood cell and platelet transfusion requirements. Enrollment of HSCT-TMA patients in the Phase 2 TMA trial continues.
The Phase 3 clinical program in patients with IgA nephropathy includes two Phase 3 clinical trials. Patient enrollment has opened in our OMS721 Phase 3 clinical trial, which we refer to as the ARTEMIS-IGAN trial, in patients at least 18 years of age with biopsy-confirmed IgA nephropathy and with 24-hour urine protein excretion greater than one gram per day at baseline on optimized renin‑angiotensin system, or RAS, blockade. The primary endpoint, which potentially could suffice for full approval depending on the effect size, is reduction in proteinuria. The second trial, assessing OMS721 in patients with baseline proteinuria levels of two or more grams per day, is designed to include pathways for both accelerated and full approvals depending on the size and duration of the effect on proteinuria.
The Phase 3 clinical program in patients with aHUS, in which patient enrollment is ongoing, consists of one Phase 3 clinical trial – a single-arm (i.e., no control arm), open-label trial in patients with newly diagnosed or ongoing aHUS. This trial is targeting approximately 40 patients for full approval in Europe and accelerated approval in the U.S. with approximately 80 total patients required by FDA for full approval.
OMS721 has received multiple designations from the FDA and from the EMA across the three current indications. These include:
HSCT-TMA: In the U.S., OMS721 has received from the FDA (1) breakthrough therapy designation in patients who have persistent TMA despite modification of immunosuppressive therapy and (2) orphan drug

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designation for the prevention (inhibition) of complement-mediated TMAs, which includes HSCT-TMA. In Europe, we are pursuing orphan designation in this indication.
IgA nephropathy: In the U.S., OMS721 has received from the FDA (1) breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of IgA nephropathy and (2) and orphan drug designation in IgA nephropathy. In Europe, OMS721 has received from the EMA orphan drug designation in the treatment of IgA nephropathy, and we are pursuing Priority Medicines, or PRIME, designation from the EMA in this indication.
aHUS: In the U.S., OMS721 has received from the FDA (1) fast-track designation for the treatment of patients with aHUS and (2) orphan drug designation for the prevention (inhibition) of complement-mediated TMAs, which includes aHUS.
PDE10 - OMS824. In our OMS824 program, we continue to advance our phosphodiesterase 10, or PDE10, inhibitors for treatment of neurological disorders. The FDA has approved our conducting clinical trials with our lead candidate subject to dosing limitations pending further discussions potentially to remove those limitations. Given the dosing limitations, we are currently focused on assessing the relative advantages of a number of our back-up compounds.
PPARγ - OMS405. In our peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, or PPARγ, program, Phase 2 clinical trials have been conducted by our collaborators to evaluate a PPARγ agonist, alone or in combination with other agents, and have yielded positive data in the treatment of addiction to heroin and to nicotine. We have also reported positive results (i.e., decreased craving and protection of brain white matter) from a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted by an independent investigator evaluating the effects of a PPARγ agonist in patients with cocaine use disorder.
Development Programs and Platforms. Our preclinical programs and platforms include:
PDE7 - OMS527. In our phosphodiesterase 7, or PDE7, program, we are developing proprietary compounds to treat addiction and compulsive disorders as well as movement disorders. We have selected nicotine addiction as the initial indication and have completed toxicology studies intended to support the submission of a Clinical Trial Application, or CTA, in the EU and subsequent clinical trials. We currently expect to submit a CTA for OMS527 and begin our Phase 1 clinical trial by mid-2018.
MASP-3 - OMS906. In our mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-3, or MASP-3 program, we are developing MASP-3 inhibitors for the treatment of disorders related to the alternative pathway of the complement system. In preparation for clinical trials, the manufacturing scale-up process is underway for a MASP-3 inhibitor antibody and we are currently targeting paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, as the first clinical indication for OMS906. We are currently planning for clinical trials to begin in late 2019 or early 2020. We are also developing small-molecule inhibitors of MASP-3.
GPCR Platform and Programs. We have developed a proprietary cellular redistribution assay, or CRA, which we use in a high-throughput manner to identify synthetic ligands, including antagonists, agonists and inverse agonists, that bind to and affect the function of orphan GPCRs. We are conducting in vitro and in vivo preclinical efficacy studies and optimizing compounds for a number of targets including: GPR151, linked to schizophrenia and cognition; GPR161, which is associated with triple negative breast cancer and various sarcomas; GPR174, which appears to be involved in the modulation of the immune system and, in particular, increases cytokine production and inhibits production of regulatory T cells and checkpoint molecules, all of which are known to be important in cancer, in autoimmune disease, such as multiple sclerosis, and in organ transplantation; and OPN4, linked to seasonal affective disorder, mood disorders, sleep disorders and photophobia.
Antibody Platform. Our proprietary ex vivo platform for the discovery of novel, high-affinity monoclonal antibodies, which was in-licensed from the University of Washington and then further developed by our scientists, utilizes a chicken B-cell lymphoma cell line. Using our platform and other know-how and techniques, we have generated antibodies to several clinically significant targets, including highly potent antibodies against MASP-3 and MASP-1.
OMS103. OMS103, part of our PharmacoSurgery platform, was developed for use during all arthroscopic procedures, including knee and shoulder arthroscopy, and completed Phase 3 trials in patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. In June 2015, we entered into an exclusive licensing agreement, or the OMS103 Agreement, with Fagron Compounding Services, LLC, d/b/a Fagron Sterile Services, and JCB Laboratories, LLC, or collectively Fagron, an FDA-registered human drug outsourcing facility, under which Fagron is obligated to produce under Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP, and to commercialize OMS103 in the U.S. Fagron has not satisfied its performance diligence obligations under the OMS103 Agreement, including initiating sales, and we continue to evaluate our options regarding the OMS103 Agreement and our OMS103 program.

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Financial Summary
During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, our OMIDRIA revenues were $1.6 million and $12.3 million, respectively, and our net losses were $30.1 million and $15.1 million for the same periods. The significant reduction in OMIDRIA revenues between the periods is due to the expiration of separate Medicare reimbursement for OMIDRIA on January 1, 2018, which pursuant to the Appropriations Act will be reinstated on October 1, 2018 for a two-year-period. See “Results of Operations - Revenue” below for additional details. We expect that our net losses will continue until such time as we derive sufficient revenues from sales of OMIDRIA and/or other sources, such as licensing, product sales and other revenues from our product candidates, to cover our expenses.
As of March 31, 2018, we had $72.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments available for general corporate use. In addition, we had restricted investments of $5.8 million that we were required to maintain in depository and investment accounts pursuant to (a) our Term Loan Agreement, or the CRG Loan Agreement, with CRG Servicing LLC, or CRG, as administrative and collateral agent, and the lenders identified therein, which requires us to maintain a balance of cash and cash equivalents of $5.0 million, (b) our lease related to the Omeros Building, and (c) our fleet vehicles used by our OMIDRIA sales force. We also had $45.0 million available at our sole discretion under our CRG Loan Agreement, subject to customary closing conditions. In April 2018 we notified CRG that we intend to borrow this amount on May 18, 2018.

Results of Operations
Revenue
On January 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2014-09 (Topic 606) “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” using the modified retrospective transition method. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not change the timing or the amounts of our previously recognized revenue. For more information regarding revenue recognition, see Part I, Item 1, Note 1 - “Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.”
Our revenue consists of the following:
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018

2017
 
(In thousands)
Product sales, net
$
1,588

 
$
12,257

CMS granted transitional pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA through December 31, 2017. Pass-through status for OMIDRIA allowed for separate reimbursement payment (i.e., outside the packaged procedural payment) to ASCs and hospitals using OMIDRIA in procedures involving patients covered by Medicare Part B. In March 2018, the Appropriations Act was signed into law, which among other things extended pass-through reimbursement status for certain drugs, including OMIDRIA, for a two-year period beginning October 1, 2018. For the period January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018, OMIDRIA is not subject to pass-through reimbursement payment for procedures involving patients covered by Medicare Part B and its reimbursement is included in the packaged procedural payment.
During the three months ended March 31, 2018, OMIDRIA revenue was $1.6 million as compared to $12.3 million for three months ended March 31, 2017. The decrease in revenue during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 compared to the prior year quarter was due to the significantly reduced usage of OMIDRIA by ASCs and hospitals as transitional pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA ended at midnight on December 31, 2017.
We expect the significantly reduced OMIDRIA demand to continue until the pass-through reimbursement status of OMIDRIA is reinstated for a two-year period beginning on October 1, 2018 as a substantial majority of facilities that were previously using OMIDRIA have suspended use or are using it on a selective basis only. Once pass-through reimbursement payment is reinstated, we anticipate OMIDRIA revenues will increase significantly, but we cannot predict how quickly the ASCs and hospitals will resume or increase their usage of OMIDRIA. We are continuing to pursue administrative means to obtain permanent separate payment or similar reimbursement for OMIDRIA beyond September 30, 2020, but can provide no assurance that these efforts will be successful.

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Gross-to-Net Deductions
We record OMIDRIA product sales net of estimated chargebacks, rebates, distribution fees and product returns. These deductions are generally referred to as gross-to-net deductions. Our total gross-to-net provision for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was 28.9% of gross OMIDRIA product sales. This compares to 21.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The primary reason for the higher gross-to-net deductions is an increase in the participation in our OMIDRIAssure Reimbursement Services Program that expands patient access to OMIDRIA and an increase in the percentage of sales under government contracts that are subject to chargebacks. This increase was partially offset by lower product returns and reduction in rebates related to our volume discount program.
A summary of our gross-to-net related accruals for the three months ended March 31, 2018 is as follows:
 
Chargebacks and Rebates
 
Distribution Fees and Product Return Allowances
 
Total
 
(In thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2017
$
5,724


$
3,373


$
9,097

Provisions
322


323


645

Payments
(5,401
)

(2,170
)

(7,571
)
Balance as of March 31, 2018
$
645


$
1,526


$
2,171

Chargebacks and Rebates
We record a provision for estimated chargebacks and rebates at the time we recognize OMIDRIA product sales revenue and reduce the accrual when payments are made or credits are granted. Our chargebacks are related to a Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement, a Federal Supply Schedule agreement, a 340B prime vendor agreement and a Medicaid Drug Rebate Agreement. We also record a provision for estimated rebates for our OMIDRIAssure Reimbursement Services Program and our purchase volume discount programs.
We expect that when sales increase substantially following reinstatement of pass-through on October 1, 2018, we expect that our provision for chargebacks and rebates will be comparable to our historical norms.
Distribution Fees and Product Return Allowances
We pay our wholesalers a distribution fee for services they perform for us based on the dollar value of their purchases of OMIDRIA. We record a provision for these charges as a reduction to revenue at the time of sale to the wholesaler and make payments to our wholesalers based on contractual terms.
We allow for the return of product up to 12 months past its expiration date or for product that is damaged or not used by our customers. We record a provision for returns upon sale of OMIDRIA to our wholesaler. When a return or claim is received, we issue a credit memo to the wholesaler against its outstanding receivable to us or reimburse the customer.
Research and Development Expenses
Our research and development expenses can be divided into three categories: direct external expenses, which include clinical research and development and preclinical research and development activities; internal, overhead and other expenses; and stock-based compensation expense. Direct external expenses consist primarily of expenses incurred pursuant to agreements with third-party manufacturing organizations, contract research organizations, or CROs, clinical trial sites, collaborators, licensors and consultants and lab supplies. Costs are reported in preclinical research and development until the program enters the clinic. Internal, overhead and other expenses consist of personnel costs, overhead costs such as rent, utilities and depreciation and other miscellaneous costs. We do not generally allocate our internal resources, employees and infrastructure to any individual research project because we deploy them across multiple clinical and preclinical projects that we are advancing in parallel.

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The following table illustrates our expenses associated with these activities:
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Direct external expenses:
 
Clinical research and development:
 
 
 
MASP-2 Program - OMS721
$
7,929

 
$
3,850

OMIDRIA - Ophthalmology
609

 
1,035

Other clinical programs
210

 
55

Total clinical research and development
8,748

 
4,940

Preclinical research and development
1,632

 
670

Total direct external expenses
10,380

 
5,610

 
 
 
 
Internal, overhead and other expenses
6,560

 
5,156

Stock-based compensation expense
1,200

 
1,474

Total research and development expenses
$
18,140

 
$
12,240

The $4.8 million increase in direct external expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to the same period in 2017 was due primarily to higher third-party manufacturing scale up costs for our OMS721 program as we continue to increase our production capacity to meet anticipated clinical and commercial requirements and incremental clinical costs associated with initiating our OMS721 IgA nephropathy Phase 3 clinical trial. In addition, higher third-party development expenses were incurred as we continue to advance toward the clinic our preclinical product candidates including OMS527 and small-molecule inhibitors in our MASP-2 program. These increases were partially offset by decreased costs during the three months ended March 31, 2018 in connection with transferring OMIDRIA manufacturing to a new facility.
The changes in internal, overhead and other expenses are primarily due to increased employee related costs.
During 2018, we expect that the majority of our research and development expenses will be related to OMS721 with lesser contributions from our OMS906, OMS527 and GPCR programs. We expect OMS721 costs to continue to increase in the remainder of 2018 given our ongoing Phase 3 clinical programs and our increased manufacturing efforts.
At this time, we are unable to estimate with any certainty the longer-term costs we will incur in the continued development of our product candidates due to the inherently unpredictable nature of our preclinical and clinical development activities. Clinical development timelines, the probability of success and development costs can differ materially as new data become available and as expectations change. While we are focused currently on advancing our product development programs, our future research and development expenses will depend, in part, on the preclinical or clinical success of each product candidate as well as ongoing assessments of each program’s commercial potential. In addition, we cannot forecast with any degree of certainty which product candidates, if any, may be subject to future collaborations, when such arrangements will be secured, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements.
We are required to expend substantial resources in the development of our product candidates due to the lengthy process of completing clinical trials and seeking regulatory approval. Any failure or delay in completing clinical trials, or in obtaining regulatory approvals, could delay our generation of product revenue and increase our research and development expenses and, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial condition and liquidity. Because of the factors above, we are not able to estimate with any certainty when or if we would recognize any net cash inflows from our research and development projects.


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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding stock-based compensation expense
$
9,168

 
$
10,669

Stock-based compensation expense
1,766

 
1,802

Total selling, general and administrative expenses
$
10,934

 
$
12,471

The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 was primarily due to decreased legal costs associated with the conclusion of our patent infringement lawsuit against Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and its subsidiary, Par Sterile Products, LLC, or collectively Par, which was resolved in October 2017.
We expect that our selling, general and administrative expenses for the remainder of 2018 may increase slightly from the first quarter, primarily due to expanding our OMIDRIA field sales force and pre-commercialization activities associated with OMS721. The actual expense is also dependent on the timing of costs associated with the Lupin and Sandoz lawsuits versus the amount that we spent in 2017 litigating the Par lawsuit.
Interest Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended  
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Interest expense
$
2,825

 
$
2,663

    
The increase in interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2018 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to deferred interest being added to the outstanding balance under our CRG Loan Agreement.

Financial Condition - Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have historically generated net losses and incurred negative cash flows from operations ($30.1 million and $11.3 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2018). As of March 31, 2018, we had $72.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments available for general corporate use that are held principally in money-market accounts as compared to $83.7 million at December 31, 2017. Our accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2018 was $0.2 million compared to $17.1 million at December 31, 2017 due to significantly reduced first quarter 2018 revenues for OMIDRIA because of the temporary loss of pass-through reimbursement effective January 1, 2018, as discussed below. We also had $24.6 million of current liabilities outstanding at March 31, 2018 compared to $26.3 million as of December 31, 2017.
Our notes payable and lease financing obligation increased to $85.6 million as of March 31, 2018, compared to $84.6 million as of December 31, 2017, primarily due to the deferral of $0.8 million of interest payments under our CRG Loan Agreement. In April 2018, we requested the additional $45.0 million that is available under our CRG Loan Agreement and expect to receive the funds May 18, 2018 subject only to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. For more information regarding the CRG Loan Agreement, see Part I, Item 1, Note 6 - “Notes Payable and Lease Financing Obligations.”
As described earlier in this section under “Results of Operations - Revenue” CMS granted transitional pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA through December 31, 2017. In March 2018, the Appropriations Act was signed into law, which among other things extended pass-through reimbursement status for certain drugs, including OMIDRIA, for a two-year period beginning October 1, 2018.
We expect the significantly reduced OMIDRIA demand to continue until reimbursement status of OMIDRIA is reinstated on October 1, 2018 as a substantial majority of facilities that were previously using OMIDRIA have suspended use or are using it on a selective basis only. This significant reduction in OMIDRIA usage will have a negative impact on our cash flows for the majority of 2018 as sales for OMIDRIA are not expected to increase substantially from the first quarter until pass-through reimbursement is reinstated and we collect the receivables associated with the increase in OMIDRIA sales to our wholesalers. Once reimbursement payment is reinstated, we anticipate OMIDRIA revenues will increase but we cannot predict how quickly the ASCs and hospitals will resume or increase their usage of OMIDRIA.

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We expect to continue to incur negative cash flows until OMIDRIA product sales or other sources of revenue (e.g., corporate partnering, licensing or product sales) generate sufficient cash inflows to finance our operations and debt service requirements. Until we are cash-flow positive, we will need to continue to raise operating funds through the issuance of public or private equity securities, incurring additional debt and/or pursuing partnering and licensing opportunities.
On an interim and annual basis we are required to assess our ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are issued using rules defined by ASC No. 205-40 - Going Concern, or the Standard. In performing the assessment, we are required to evaluate whether our plans to mitigate the conditions above alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to meet our obligations as they become due within one year after the date of the financial statements are issued. In performing this assessment, we are limited to the restrictions and definitions in the Standard. As such, we did not consider any future sources of working capital that we may otherwise be able to access. Consequently, based on this assessment performed using the associated limitations required by the Standard, we have concluded that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern through May 10, 2019.

Cash Flow Data
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Selected cash flow data
 
 
 
Cash provided by (used in):
 
 
 
Operating activities
$
(11,296
)
 
$
(12,702
)
Investing activities
8,547

 
10,664

Financing activities
544

 
1,096

Operating Activities. Net cash used in operating activities for three months ended March 31, 2018 decreased by $1.4 million as compared to the same period in 2017. The decrease in cash used in operating activities in the current period compared to the prior year largely resulted from a $18.4 million decrease in accounts receivable mostly offset by a $15.0 million increase in our net loss and a $2.6 million decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other. The reduction in accounts receivable is due to the collection of December 31, 2017 outstanding receivables, which were not replaced in the current quarter due to significantly reduced revenue related to the temporary loss of pass-through reimbursement for OMIDRIA. The increase in our net loss is primarily the result of a $10.7 million reduction in revenue and a $4.3 million increase in operating expenses.
Investing Activities. Cash flows from investing activities primarily reflect cash used to purchase short-term investments and proceeds from the sale of short-term investments, thus causing a shift between our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investment balances. Because we manage our cash usage with respect to our total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, we do not consider these fluctuations in cash flows to be important to the understanding of our liquidity and capital resources.
Net cash provided by investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018 was $8.5 million, a decrease of $2.1 million from the same period in 2017. While we experienced a $2.8 million decrease in proceeds from the sale and maturities of investments during the three months ended March 31, 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, we also experienced a $0.8 million decrease in the purchases of short-term investments for the three months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017.
Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018 was a $0.5 million, a decrease of $0.6 million compared to the same period in 2017. Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018 included a $0.7 million received from the exercise of stock options as compared to $1.1 million during the same period in 2017.
Loan and Security Agreement
In October 2016, we entered into the CRG Loan Agreement, pursuant to which we pledged substantially all of our assets, including intellectual property, as collateral. As of March 31, 2018, we had $84.7 million outstanding under the CRG Loan Agreement and have requested the additional $45.0 million available under the CRG Loan Agreement. For more information regarding the CRG Loan Agreement, see Part I, Item 1, Note 6 - “Notes Payable and Lease Financing Obligations.”

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Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our future minimum contractual commitments and obligations were reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2018. Other than the following, our future minimum contractual obligations and commitments have not changed materially from the amounts previously reported.
Goods & Services
We have certain non-cancelable obligations under various other agreements for the acquisitions of goods and services associated with the manufacturing of our product candidates which contain firm commitments. As of March 31, 2018, our aggregate firm commitments are $15.3 million.
We may also be required, in connection with in-licensing or asset acquisition agreements, to make certain royalty and milestone payments and we cannot, at this time, determine when or if the related milestones will be achieved or whether the events triggering the commencement of payment obligations will occur. Therefore, such payments are not included in the amount above.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances; however, actual results could differ from those estimates. An accounting policy is considered critical if it is important to a company’s financial condition and results of operations and if it requires the exercise of significant judgment and the use of estimates on the part of management in its application. Although we believe that our judgments and estimates are appropriate, actual results may differ materially from our estimates.
We believe the judgments, estimates and assumptions associated with the following critical accounting policies have the greatest potential impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements:
Revenue recognition;
Research and development expenses, primarily clinical trial expenses and manufacturing of drug product and clinical drug supply; and
Stock-based compensation.
For a detailed discussion of these critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates, refer to “Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates” within “Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 that was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2018. There have not been any material changes in our critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates as disclosed in our Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our exposure to market risk is primarily confined to our investment securities and notes payable. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve our capital to fund operations. We also seek to maximize income from our investments without assuming significant risk. To achieve our objectives, we maintain a portfolio of investments in high-credit-quality securities. As of March 31, 2018, we had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $72.8 million. In accordance with our investment policy, we invest funds in highly liquid, investment-grade securities. These securities in our investment portfolio are not leveraged and are classified as available-for-sale. We currently do not hedge interest rate exposure. Because of the short-term maturities of our investments, we do not believe that an increase in market rates would have a material negative impact on the realized value of our investment portfolio. We actively monitor changes in interest rates and, with our current portfolio of short-term investments, we are not exposed to potential loss due to changes in interest rates.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2018. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2018, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) under the Exchange Act that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.





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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In May 2017, we received Notice Letters from Sandoz and Lupin that each had filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA, containing a Paragraph IV Certification under the Hatch-Waxman Act seeking approval from the FDA to market a generic version of OMIDRIA prior to the expiration of six Orange Book-listed patents covering OMIDRIA. On June 21, 2017, we filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Sandoz and on June 22, 2017 we filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Lupin. The Delaware lawsuits against Sandoz and Lupin were consolidated for all purposes by court order entered on October 16, 2017, and the New Jersey lawsuits were dismissed by agreement of the parties on October 13, 2017. Sandoz has filed an answer to our Delaware lawsuit asserting defenses of patent invalidity. Lupin has filed an answer to our Delaware lawsuit asserting defenses and counterclaims for declaratory judgment of patent invalidity and non-infringement. The lawsuits were filed under the Hatch-Waxman Act for Sandoz’s and Lupin’s respective infringement of six Omeros patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 8,173,707, 8,586,633, 9,066,856, 9,278,101, 9,399,040 and 9,486,406, which relate to OMIDRIA and are listed in the Orange Book. On January 31, 2018, we filed an amended complaint against Lupin to assert the newly issued U.S. Patent No. 9,855,246, and Lupin answered the amended complaint on February 14, 2018, asserting counterclaims for noninfringement and invalidity. On March 5, 2018, we also filed an amended complaint against Sandoz to assert this seventh patent, and Sandoz answered this amended complaint on March 20, 2018, asserting defenses of patent invalidity. The asserted patents were all granted following review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, are presumed to be valid under governing law, and can only be invalidated in federal court with clear and convincing evidence. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, we were permitted to file suit within 45 days from receipt of each Notice Letter and thereby trigger a 30-month stay of the FDA’s approval of the respective ANDAs. Each stay is expected to remain in effect until November 2019 while the lawsuits are pending. The assertions raised in Sandoz’s and Lupin’s Paragraph IV Notice Letters and their answers to our lawsuits are substantially similar to those raised previously by Par. We believe the assertions in the Sandoz and Lupin Paragraph IV Notice Letters and their answers to our lawsuits do not have merit, and we intend to vigorously prosecute our infringement claims against each of Sandoz and Lupin.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The risks and uncertainties described below may have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results. In addition, we may be adversely affected by risks that we currently deem immaterial or by other risks that are not currently known to us. You should carefully consider these risks before making an investment decision. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and you may lose all or part of your investment. In assessing the risks described below, you should also refer to the other information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Risks Related to Our Products, Programs and Operations
Our ability to achieve profitability is dependent on the commercial success of OMIDRIA. To the extent OMIDRIA is not successful, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected and the price of our common stock may decline.
OMIDRIA is our only product that has been approved by the FDA for commercial sale in the U.S. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we recorded net sales of OMIDRIA of $1.6 million. We have not generated revenue from sales of OMIDRIA to date that are sufficient to fund fully our operations and cannot provide assurance that we will generate sufficient revenue from OMIDRIA in the future to fund fully our operations. We will need to generate substantially more product revenue from OMIDRIA to achieve and sustain profitability. Our ability to generate significant revenue from OMIDRIA product sales depends on our ability to achieve increased market acceptance of, and to otherwise market and sell effectively, OMIDRIA, which may not occur for a number of reasons, including:
pricing, coverage and reimbursement policies of government and private payers such as Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, group purchasing organizations, insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other plan administrators;
a lack of acceptance by physicians, patients and other members of the healthcare community;
the availability, relative price and efficacy of the product as compared to alternative treatment options or branded, compounded or generic competing products;
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the failure to enter into and maintain acceptable partnering arrangements for marketing and distribution of OMIDRIA outside of the U.S.;
changed or increased regulatory restrictions in the U.S., EU and/or other foreign territories; and
a lack of adequate financial or other resources.
The scheduled expiration of pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA under Medicare Part B effective January 1, 2018 has adversely affected our revenues, and we cannot predict when or to what extent significant growth in OMIDRIA sales will occur in the future.
Effective January 1, 2018, as scheduled, OMIDRIA no longer has separate payment under Medicare Part B. Consequently, payment currently is included as part of the packaged items and services included in the payment for the procedure. Due to the scheduled pass-through expiration, we saw a significant reduction in ASC and hospital demand for OMIDRIA beginning in December 2017 and a corresponding decrease in sales to our wholesalers that has continued into 2018. Although pass-through reimbursement status for OMIDRIA is scheduled to resume on October 1, 2018 for a two-year period, we cannot predict how quickly ASCs or hospitals will resume or increase their usage of OMIDRIA once this period begins. We expect that OMIDRIA sales prior to that time will continue to be substantially reduced. Some ASCs and/or hospitals that used OMIDRIA prior to pass-through expiration could decide not to resume using OMIDRIA after October 1, 2018, which would inhibit or limit our potential sales growth.
We continue to work through administrative means to obtain permanent separate or similar reimbursement for OMIDRIA. However, this requires action from administrative authorities and, consequently, we cannot guarantee that any such action will be taken or, if taken, when such action will be effective, nor can we predict the actual reimbursement rate. In addition, we cannot guarantee that Medicare Part B separate payment, or an extension of pass-through reimbursement status, will be available after September 30, 2020.
Any of these risks, if realized, would adversely affect our ability to generate revenue and attain profitability and there could be a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects and the trading price of our stock could decline.
If OMIDRIA or any other product that we develop and commercialize does not receive adequate coverage or reimbursement from governments or private payers, or if we do not establish and maintain market-acceptable pricing for OMIDRIA or those potential other commercialized products, our prospects for revenue and profitability would suffer.
Our revenues and profitability will depend heavily on the pricing, availability and duration of adequate coverage or reimbursement for the use of products that we or our third-party business partners commercialize, including OMIDRIA, from government, private and other third-party payers, both in the U.S. and in other countries. Any product that we bring to market may not be considered cost-effective and/or the amount reimbursed for any product may be insufficient to allow us to sell the product profitably. Obtaining coverage and reimbursement for any product from each government or third-party payer can be a time-consuming and costly process that may require expansion of staff and/or increased use of third parties and could require us to provide additional supporting scientific, clinical and cost-effectiveness data for the use of our approved products to each payer. We can provide no assurances at this time regarding the cost-effectiveness of OMIDRIA, OMS103 or any of our product candidates. Further, we can provide no assurance that the amounts, if any, reimbursed to surgical facilities for utilization of any of our surgery-related products, including OMIDRIA, OMS103 or any of our product candidates, or to surgeons for the administration and delivery of these products or product candidates will be considered adequate to justify the use of these products or product candidates. In addition, obtaining acceptable coverage and reimbursement from one payer does not guarantee that we will obtain similar acceptable coverage or reimbursement from another payer.
There may be significant delays in obtaining coverage or reimbursement for newly approved products, and we may not be able to provide data sufficient to be granted coverage or reimbursement. Even when a payer determines that a product is eligible for reimbursement, coverage may be limited to the uses of a product that are either approved by the FDA (or, in other countries, the relevant country’s regulatory agency) and/or appear in a recognized drug compendium, and other conditions may apply. Moreover, eligibility for coverage does not mean that any product will be reimbursed at a rate that allows us to make a profit in all cases or at a rate that covers our costs, including research, development, manufacturing, sales and distribution. Increasingly, government and private third-party payers that reimburse for healthcare services and products are requiring that companies provide them with predetermined discounts from list prices and challenging the prices charged for medical products, which could adversely impact the pricing of our products. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payers. Pricing may also be adversely affected by changes in the terms, scope and/or complexity of government pricing requirements. Even if we achieve coverage or reimbursement for a

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product, the initial rate or method at which the product will be reimbursed could become unfavorable to us at the time reimbursement is initiated or in the future or may be of a limited duration.
In non-U.S. jurisdictions, we must obtain separate reimbursement approvals and comply with related foreign legal and regulatory requirements. In some countries, including those in the EU, our products may be subject to government price controls. Pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take a considerable amount of time and expenditure of resources after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. We provide no assurances that the price of any product in one or more of these countries or regions will allow us to make a profit or cover our costs, including research, development, manufacturing, sales and distribution, and as a result we may decide to delay, potentially indefinitely, initiating sales in the particular country or region.
If the reimbursement or pricing that we are able to obtain and maintain for any product that we develop and commercialize, including OMIDRIA, is inadequate, is significantly delayed or is subject to overly restrictive conditions, our ability to generate revenue, attain profitability and/or commercialize our product candidates may be impaired and there could be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects and the trading price of our stock could decline.
Our operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate.
Our operating results are difficult to predict and will likely fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year. We believe that our quarterly and annual results of operations may be affected by a variety of factors, including:
the level and timing of commercial sales of OMIDRIA, as well as our product candidates if and when approved or commercialized;
the extent of coverage and reimbursement for OMIDRIA;
the amount of OMIDRIA chargebacks, rebates and product returns;
the extent of any payments received from collaboration arrangements and development funding as well as the achievement of development and clinical milestones under collaboration and license agreements that we may enter into from time to time and that may vary significantly from quarter to quarter; and
the timing, cost and level of investment in our research and development activities as well as expenditures we will or may incur to acquire or develop additional technologies, products and product candidates.
In addition, the number of procedures in which OMIDRIA or any of our product candidates, if commercialized, would be used may be significantly less than the total number of such procedures performed or total possible market size. These and other factors, including our limited history of product sales, may make it difficult for us to forecast and provide accurate guidance (including updates to prior guidance) related to our expected financial performance. If our operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading price of our stock could decline.
We have incurred cumulative operating losses since inception. If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, our commercial operations may be limited and we may be unable to complete the development and commercialization of our product candidates or to continue our other preclinical development programs.
Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since our incorporation and, as of March 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $553.4 million. We expect to continue to spend substantial amounts to:
initiate and conduct clinical trials for our programs and product candidates;
continue OMIDRIA sales and marketing;
continue research and development in our programs;
make principal, interest and fee payments under the CRG Loan Agreement; and
commercialize and launch product candidates for which we may receive regulatory approval.
We expect to continue to incur additional losses until such time as we generate significant revenue from the sale of OMIDRIA, other commercial products and/or significant partnering revenues. We are unable to predict the extent of any future losses and cannot provide assurance that we will generate sufficient revenue from OMIDRIA or other commercial products in the future to fund fully our operations. To date we have not generated revenue from sales of OMIDRIA that is sufficient to fund fully our operations. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue from the sale of OMIDRIA, other commercialized products and/or partnering arrangements, we may never become and remain profitable and will be required to raise additional capital to continue to fund our operations. We cannot be certain that additional capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all, when required. Adverse developments to our financial condition or business, as well as disruptions in the global equity and

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credit markets, may limit our ability to access capital. If we do not raise additional capital when needed through one or more funding avenues, such as corporate partnering or debt or equity financings, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development or commercialization of one or more of our product candidates or one or more of our preclinical programs or other research and development initiatives. In addition, we may be required to seek collaborators for one or more of our current or future products at an earlier stage than otherwise would be desirable or on terms that are less favorable than otherwise might be available or to relinquish or license on unfavorable terms our rights to technologies or products that we otherwise would seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. We also may have insufficient funds or otherwise be unable to advance our preclinical programs, such as potential new drug targets developed from our GPCR program, to a point where they can generate revenue through partnerships, collaborations or other arrangements. Any of these actions could limit the amount of revenue we are able to generate and harm our business and prospects.
Management, as well as our independent registered public accounting firm, have concluded that a substantial doubt is deemed to exist concerning our ability to continue as a going concern.
Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2014-15, requires management to assess our ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are issued. As further discussed in Part I, Item 1, Note 1 “Organization and Significant Accounting Policies-Going Concern” to our Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, substantial doubt is deemed to exist about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern through May 10, 2019. Our financial statements do not include any adjustment relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern will require us to generate positive cash flow from operations, obtain additional financing, enter into strategic alliances and/or sell assets. The reaction of investors to the inclusion of a going concern statement in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our current lack of cash resources and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may materially adversely affect our share price and our ability to raise new capital, enter into strategic alliances and/or make our scheduled debt payments on a timely basis or at all. If we become unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.
We are subject to extensive government regulation and the failure to comply with these regulations may have a material adverse effect on our operations and business.
Both before and after approval of any product, we and our suppliers, contract manufacturers and clinical investigators are subject to extensive regulation by governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries, covering, among other things, testing, manufacturing, quality control, clinical trials, post-marketing studies, labeling, advertising, promotion, distribution, import and export, governmental pricing, price reporting and rebate requirements. Failure to comply with applicable requirements could result in one or more of the following actions: warning letters; unanticipated expenditures; delays in approval or refusal to approve a product candidate; product recall or seizure; interruption of manufacturing or clinical trials; operating or marketing restrictions; injunctions; criminal prosecution and civil or criminal penalties including fines and other monetary penalties; adverse publicity; and disruptions to our business. Further, government investigations into potential violations of these laws would require us to expend considerable resources and face adverse publicity and the potential disruption of our business even if we are ultimately found not to have committed a violation.
Obtaining FDA approval of our product candidates requires substantial time, effort and financial resources and may be subject to both expected and unforeseen delays, and there can be no assurance that any approval will be granted on any of our product candidates on a timely basis, if at all. Even if we discuss with, and obtain feedback from, the FDA regarding our proposed clinical trials and nonclinical studies before initiating those trials or studies, the FDA may decide that the design of our clinical trials as actually run or our resulting data are insufficient for approval of our product candidates and require additional preclinical, clinical or other studies or additional work related to chemistry, manufacturing and controls. In addition, we, the FDA or an independent institutional review board or ethics committee may suspend or terminate human clinical trials at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the patients are or would be exposed to an unacceptable health risk or because of the way in which the investigators on which we rely carry out the trials. If we are required to conduct additional trials or to conduct other testing of our product candidates beyond that which we currently contemplate for regulatory approval, if we are unable to complete successfully our clinical trials or other testing, or if the results of these and other trials or tests fail to demonstrate efficacy or raise safety concerns, we may face substantial additional expenses, be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our product candidates or may never obtain marketing approval.
We are also required to comply with extensive governmental regulatory requirements after a product has received marketing authorization. Governing regulatory authorities may require post-marketing studies that may negatively impact the commercial viability of a product. Once on the market, a product may become associated with previously undetected adverse effects and/or may develop manufacturing difficulties. We are required to comply with other post-marketing requirements

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including GMPs, advertising and promotion restrictions, reporting and recordkeeping obligations and other requirements. As a result of any of these or other problems, a product’s regulatory approval could be withdrawn, which could harm our business and operating results. In addition, we must establish and maintain an effective healthcare compliance program in order to comply with U.S. and other laws applicable to marketed drug products and, in particular, laws (such as the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act and the Sunshine Act) applicable when drug products are purchased or reimbursed by a federal healthcare program. U.S. laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibit the offering or payment of bribes or inducements to foreign public officials, including potentially physicians or other medical professionals who are employees of public health care entities. In addition, many countries have their own laws similar to the healthcare compliance laws that exist in the U.S. Implementing and maintaining an effective compliance program requires the expenditure of significant time and resources. If we are found to be in violation of any of these laws, we may be subject to significant penalties, including but not limited to civil or criminal penalties, damages and fines as well as exclusion from government healthcare programs.

We may face difficulties from changes to current regulations as well as future legislation.
Existing regulatory policies may change and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the U.S. or abroad. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing approval that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.
There is uncertainty with respect to the impact that health care reform legislation may have on coverage and reimbursement for healthcare items and services covered by plans that are authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, or collectively the ACA. President Trump and various members of Congress have expressed a desire to repeal all or portions of the ACA and in December 2017 portions of the ACA dealing with the individual mandate insurance requirement were effectively repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or the 2017 Tax Act. In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the ACA was enacted. President Trump and the Secretary of Health and Human Services have also made statements about controlling drug prices. We cannot predict the ultimate content, timing or effect of any healthcare reform legislation or executive order or the impact that the resulting changes may have on us.
We expect that the ACA, if it remains in effect, as well as other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payers. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate sufficient revenue, attain and/or maintain profitability or commercialize our product candidates. We cannot be sure whether additional legislative changes will be enacted, or whether FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations will be changed, or what the impact of such changes on OMIDRIA or the marketing approvals of our product candidates, if any, may be.
U.S. federal income tax reform could adversely affect us.
On December 22, 2017, 2017 Tax Act was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act, among other things, includes changes to U.S. federal tax rates, imposes additional limitations on the deductibility of interest, changes to the Orphan Drug Credit, allows for the expensing of capital expenditures, puts into effect the migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to a territorial system and modifies or repeals many business deductions and credits. The estimated impact of the 2017 Tax Act is based on our management’s current knowledge and assumptions and recognized impacts could be materially different from current estimates based on further analysis of the new law. For the year ended December 31, 2017, we revalued our net deferred tax assets and liabilities at the newly enacted U.S. corporate rate, and the estimated impact was recognized in our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. We are still analyzing certain aspects of the 2017 Tax Act, which could potentially affect the measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities or potentially give rise to new deferred tax assets and liabilities
Failure to obtain and maintain regulatory approval in foreign jurisdictions would prevent us from marketing our products internationally.
We intend to have OMIDRIA and our product candidates, if approved, marketed outside the U.S. In order to market our products in non-U.S. jurisdictions, we or our partners must obtain separate regulatory approvals and comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements. The regulatory approval procedure varies among countries and can involve additional testing and data review. The requirements governing marketing authorization, the conduct of clinical trials, pricing and reimbursement

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vary from country to country. Approval by the FDA or the EMA does not ensure approval by regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions, and approval by one foreign regulatory authority does not ensure approval by regulatory agencies in other foreign countries or by the FDA. The time required to obtain regulatory approval outside the U.S. and EU may differ from that required to obtain FDA or EMA approval. The foreign regulatory approval process may include all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval discussed in these “Risk Factors” and we may not obtain foreign regulatory approvals on a timely basis, or at all. In addition, even if we were able to obtain regulatory approval for a product in one or more foreign jurisdictions, we may need to complete additional requirements to maintain that approval and our ability to market the product in the applicable jurisdiction. For example, OMIDRIA must be placed on the market (i.e., released into the distribution chain) in at least one EEA country by July 28, 2018 in order for our EU marketing authorization for OMIDRIA to remain valid.
OMIDRIA, as well as any of our product candidates, if approved, that are marketed outside of the United States, may face a variety of risks associated with international operations that, if realized, could materially adversely affect our business.
We may be subject to additional risks for OMIDRIA or any of our product candidates that are marketed outside the U.S., including:
reduced protection for intellectual property rights;
unexpected changes in tariffs, trade barriers and regulatory requirements;
economic weakness, including inflation, or political instability in particular foreign economies and markets;
foreign currency fluctuations and other obligations incident to doing business in another country; and
business interruptions resulting from geopolitical actions, including war and terrorism or natural disasters including earthquakes, typhoons, floods and fires.
Any of these risks, if realized, could increase our operating expenses and reduce our revenues.
We have no internal capacity to manufacture commercial or clinical supplies of OMIDRIA or our product candidates and intend to rely solely on third-party manufacturers. If the contract manufacturers that we rely on experience difficulties manufacturing and supplying OMIDRIA or our product candidates or fail FDA or other regulatory inspections, our clinical trials, regulatory submissions and ability to sell OMIDRIA or any other commercialized product and generate revenue may be significantly limited or delayed.
We rely and intend to continue to rely on third-party manufacturers to produce commercial quantities of OMIDRIA and clinical drug supplies of our product candidates that are needed for clinical trials. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to enter into or maintain these types of arrangements on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we or the manufacturer were to terminate one of these arrangements early, or the manufacturer was unable to supply product quantities sufficient to meet our requirements, we would be required to transfer the manufacturing to an approved alternative facility and/or establish additional manufacturing and supply arrangements. We may also need to establish additional or replacement manufacturers, potentially with little or no notice, in the event that one of our manufacturers fails to comply with FDA and/or other pharmaceutical manufacturing regulatory requirements. Even if we are able to establish additional or replacement manufacturers, identifying these sources and entering into definitive supply agreements and obtaining regulatory approvals may require a substantial amount of time and cost and may create a shortage of the product. It can take several years to qualify and validate a new contract manufacturer, and we cannot guarantee that we would be able to complete in a successful and timely manner the appropriate validation processes or obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for one or more additional or replacement manufacturers. Such alternate supply arrangements may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Additionally, if we are unable to engage multiple suppliers to manufacture our products, we may have inadequate supply to meet the demand of our product.
In addition, OMS721 is a biologic drug product and any other product candidate from certain of our programs, including but not limited to MASP-2 and MASP-3, could be a biologic drug product, and we do not have the internal capability to produce biologics for use in clinical trials or on a commercial scale. There are only a limited number of manufacturers of biologic drug products and we cannot be certain that we can enter into supply agreements with a sufficient number of them on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. The regulatory requirements for commercial supply are more stringent than for clinical supply and we cannot guarantee that a contract manufacturer producing drug product for clinical trials will be able to complete in a successful and timely manner the appropriate validation processes or obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for commercial supply.
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commercialization of our products or product candidates, as well as in the initiation of enforcement actions by the FDA and other regulatory authorities. These difficulties also could result in the recall or withdrawal of a product from the market or a failure to have adequate supplies to meet market demand. If the safety of OMIDRIA or any product candidate supplied by contract manufacturers is compromised due to one or more of those contract manufacturers’ failure to adhere to applicable laws or for other reasons, we may not be able to maintain regulatory approval of OMIDRIA, to continue sales and marketing of OMIDRIA or to obtain and maintain regulatory approval for one or more of our product candidates, which would harm our business and prospects significantly.
Any significant delays in the manufacture and/or supply of clinical or commercial supplies could materially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Ingredients, excipients and other materials necessary to manufacture OMIDRIA or our product candidates may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, which may adversely affect the development and commercialization of OMIDRIA or those product candidates.
We and our third-party manufacturers must obtain from third-party suppliers the active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, and/or other raw materials plus primary and secondary packaging materials necessary for our contract manufacturers to produce OMIDRIA and our product candidates for our clinical trials and, to the extent approved or commercialized, for commercial distribution. Although we have entered or intend to enter into agreements with third-party suppliers that will guarantee the availability and timely delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients and materials for OMIDRIA and our product candidates, we have not yet entered into agreements for the supply of all such ingredients, excipients or materials, and we may be unable to secure all such supply agreements or guarantees on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Even if we were able to secure such agreements or guarantees, our suppliers may be unable or choose not to provide us the ingredients, excipients or materials in a timely manner or in the quantities required. If we or our third-party manufacturers are unable to obtain the quantities of these ingredients, excipients or materials that are necessary for the manufacture of commercial supplies of OMIDRIA, our ability to generate revenue from the sale of OMIDRIA would be materially and adversely affected. Further, if we or our third-party manufacturers are unable to obtain active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients and materials as necessary for our clinical trials or for the manufacture of commercial supplies of our product candidates, if approved, potential regulatory approval or commercialization would be delayed, which would materially and adversely affect our ability to generate revenue from the sale of our product candidates.
If our clinical trials are delayed, suspended or terminated, we may be unable to develop our product candidates on a timely basis, which would adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approvals, increase our development costs and delay or prevent commercialization of approved products.
We cannot predict whether we will encounter problems with any of our completed, ongoing or planned clinical trials that will cause regulatory agencies, institutional review boards or ethics committees, or us to delay our clinical trials or suspend or delay the analysis of the data from those trials. Clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of reasons, including:
discussions with the FDA, the EMA or other foreign authorities regarding the scope or design of our clinical trials;
delays or the inability to obtain required approvals from institutional review boards, ethics committees or other responsible entities at clinical sites selected for participation in our clinical trials;
delays in enrolling patients into clinical trials for any reason including disease severity, trial protocol design, study eligibility criteria, patient population size (e.g., for orphan diseases or for some pediatric indications), proximity and/or availability of clinical trial sites for prospective patients, availability of competing therapies and clinical trials, regional differences in diagnosis and treatment, perceived risks and benefits of the product or product candidate, physician patient referral practices or the ability to monitor patients adequately before and after treatment;
lower than anticipated retention rates of patients in clinical trials;
the need to repeat or conduct additional clinical trials as a result of inconclusive or negative results, failure to replicate positive early clinical data in subsequent clinical trials, failure to deliver an efficacious dose of a product candidate, poorly executed testing, a failure of a clinical site to adhere to the clinical protocol, an unacceptable study design or other problems;
adverse findings in clinical or nonclinical studies related to the safety of our product candidates in humans;
an insufficient supply of product candidate materials or other materials necessary to conduct our clinical trials;
the need to qualify new suppliers of product candidate materials for FDA and foreign regulatory approval;
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the occurrence of unacceptable drug-related side effects or adverse events experienced by participants in our clinical trials;
the suspension by a regulatory agency of a trial put on a clinical hold; or
the amendment of clinical trial protocols to reflect changes in regulatory requirements and guidance or other reasons as well as subsequent re-examination of amendments of clinical trial protocols by institutional review boards or ethics committees.
In addition, a clinical trial or development program may be suspended or terminated by us, the FDA or other regulatory authorities, or institutional review boards or ethics committees due to a number of factors, including:
failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical protocols;
inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial sites by the FDA or other regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold;
the failure to remove a clinical hold in a timely manner (which we cannot predict with certainty), if at all;
unforeseen safety issues or any determination that a trial presents unacceptable health risks;
inability to deliver an efficacious dose of a product candidate; or
lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial or development program, including the incurrence of unforeseen costs due to enrollment delays, requirements to conduct additional trials and studies and increased expenses associated with the services of our CROs and other third parties.
If the results of our clinical trials are not available when we expect or if we encounter any delay in the analysis of data from our clinical trials, we may be unable to file for regulatory approval or conduct additional clinical trials on the schedule we currently anticipate. Many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of a product candidate. Any delays in completing our clinical trials could increase our development costs, could slow down our product development and regulatory submission process, could delay our receipt of product revenue and could make it difficult to raise additional capital. In addition, significant clinical trial delays also could allow our competitors to bring products to market before we do and impair our ability to commercialize our future products, potentially harming our business.
Because we have a number of product candidates and development programs, we may expend our limited resources to pursue a particular product candidate or indication and fail to capitalize on product candidates or indications for which there is a greater likelihood of obtaining regulatory approval and that may be more profitable, if approved.
We have limited resources and must focus on the product candidates and clinical and preclinical development programs that we believe are the most promising. As a result, we may forego or delay the pursuit of opportunities with other product candidates or other indications that later prove to have greater commercial potential and may not be able to progress development programs as rapidly as otherwise possible. Further, if we do not accurately evaluate the commercial potential or target market for a particular product candidate, we may relinquish valuable rights to that product through collaboration, license or other royalty arrangements in cases in which it would have been advantageous for us to retain sole development and commercialization rights.
Our preclinical programs may not produce product candidates that are suitable for clinical trials, our product candidates may not successfully complete clinical development and/or our product candidates may not be suitable for successful commercialization or generation of revenue through partnerships.
We must complete successfully preclinical testing, which may include demonstrating efficacy and the lack of toxicity in established animal models, before commencing clinical trials for any product candidate. Many pharmaceutical and biological product candidates do not successfully complete preclinical testing. There can be no assurance that positive results from preclinical studies will be predictive of results obtained from subsequent preclinical studies or clinical trials. Even if preclinical testing is successfully completed, we cannot be certain that any product candidates that do advance into clinical trials will successfully demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical trials. Even if we achieve positive results in early clinical trials, they may not be predictive of the results in later trials.
We may incur substantial costs as a result of litigation or other proceedings relating to patent and other intellectual property rights and such costs or an adverse outcome in such a proceeding may have a material negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or stock price.
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against that third-party. These lawsuits are expensive and consume time and other resources even if we are successful in stopping the infringement of our patents. In addition, a lawsuit could result in a finding that some or all of the claims of one or more of our relevant patents are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed, and could also result in a generic version of OMIDRIA being launched. There is also the risk that, even if the validity of these patents is upheld, the court will refuse to stop the other party on the ground that such other party’s activities do not infringe our patents. An adverse outcome in any such legal action could have a material negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or stock price. See “Legal Proceedings” under Part II, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of our patent infringement lawsuits against Sandoz and against Lupin.
It may not be feasible to detect and undertake patent enforcement action to stop infringing activity by a number of individual entities, each on a small scale, such as compounding pharmacies. Further, our industry has produced a large number of patents and it is not always clear which patents cover various types of products or methods of use. A third party may claim that we or our contract manufacturers are using inventions covered by the third party’s patent rights and may go to court to stop us from engaging in the alleged infringing activity, including making, using or selling our products and product candidates. These lawsuits are costly and could affect our results of operations and divert the attention of managerial and technical personnel. There is a risk that a court would decide that we, or our contract manufacturers, are infringing the third party’s patents and would order us or our contractors to stop the activities covered by the patents. In addition, if we or our contract manufacturers are found to have violated a third party’s patent, we or our contract manufacturers could be ordered to pay damages to the other party. We have agreed to or may agree to indemnify our contract manufacturers against certain patent infringement claims and thus may be responsible for any of their costs associated with such claims and actions. If we were sued for patent infringement, we would need to demonstrate that our products and product candidates or methods of use either do not infringe the patent claims of the relevant patent or that the patent claims are invalid, and we might be unable to do this. Proving invalidity, in particular, is difficult since it requires clear and convincing evidence to overcome the presumption of validity enjoyed by issued patents.
Although we have conducted searches of third-party patents with respect to our programs, we have not obtained written freedom to operate opinions for our programs and may not have identified all relevant third-party patents. Consequently, we cannot be certain that third-party patents containing claims covering our products, product candidates, programs, technologies or methods do not exist, have not been filed, or could not be filed or issued.
Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of complex patent litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantially greater resources. In addition, any uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of any litigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise the capital necessary to continue our operations.
It is difficult and costly to protect our intellectual property and our proprietary technologies, and we may not be able to ensure their protection.
Our commercial success will depend in part on obtaining and maintaining patent protection and trade secret protection for the use, formulation and structure of our products and product candidates, the methods used to manufacture them, the related therapeutic targets and associated methods of treatment as well as on successfully defending these patents against potential third-party challenges. Our ability to protect our products and product candidates from unauthorized making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing by third parties is dependent on the extent to which we have rights under valid and enforceable patents that cover these activities.
The patent positions of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other life sciences companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved. Changes in either the patent laws or in interpretations of patent laws in the U.S. and other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property. Further, the determination that a patent application or patent claim meets all of the requirements for patentability is a subjective determination based on the application of law and jurisprudence. The ultimate determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or by a court or other trier of fact in the U.S., or corresponding foreign national patent offices or courts, on whether a claim meets all requirements of patentability cannot be assured. Although we have conducted searches for third-party publications, patents and other information that may affect the patentability of claims in our various patent applications and patents, we cannot be certain that all relevant information has been identified. Accordingly, we cannot predict the breadth of claims that may be allowed or enforced in our patents or patent applications, in our licensed patents or patent applications or in third-party patents.
We cannot provide assurances that any of our patent applications will be found to be patentable, including over our own prior art patents, or will issue as patents. Neither can we make assurances as to the scope of any claims that may issue from our pending and future patent applications nor to the outcome of any proceedings by any potential third parties that could challenge the patentability, validity or enforceability of our patents and patent applications in the U.S. or foreign jurisdictions. Any such

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challenge, if successful, could limit patent protection for our products and product candidates and/or materially harm our business.
The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain because legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep our competitive advantage. For example:
we may not be able to generate sufficient data to support full patent applications that protect the entire breadth of developments in one or more of our programs, including our GPCR program;
it is possible that one or more of our pending patent applications will not become an issued patent or, if issued, that the patent(s) will be sufficient to protect our technology, provide us with a basis for commercially viable products or provide us with any competitive advantages;
if our pending applications issue as patents, they may be challenged by third parties as not infringed, invalid or unenforceable under U.S. or foreign laws; or
if issued, the patents under which we hold rights may not be valid or enforceable.
In addition, to the extent that we are unable to obtain and maintain patent protection for one of our products or product candidates or in the event that such patent protection expires, it may no longer be cost-effective to extend our portfolio by pursuing additional development of a product or product candidate for follow-on indications.
We also may rely on trade secrets to protect our technologies or products, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. Although we use reasonable efforts to protect our trade secrets, our employees, consultants, contractors, outside scientific collaborators and other advisers may unintentionally or willfully disclose our information to competitors. Enforcing a claim that a third-party entity illegally obtained and is using any of our trade secrets is expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the U.S. are sometimes less willing to protect trade secrets. Moreover, our competitors may independently develop equivalent knowledge, methods and know-how.
The terms of our debt facility place restrictions on our operating and financial flexibility and, if we raise additional capital through debt financing, the terms of any new debt could further restrict our ability to operate our business.
We have borrowed $80.0 million, and expect to borrow an additional $45.0 million by May 18, 2018, under the CRG Loan Agreement and pledged substantially all of our assets, including intellectual property, as collateral. The CRG Loan Agreement restricts our ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets, make investments, make acquisitions, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, pay cash dividends or make distributions, repurchase stock, license certain of our intellectual property on an exclusive basis and engage in significant business transactions such as a change of control. Any of these restrictions could significantly limit our operating and financial flexibility and ability to respond to changes in our business or competitive activities.
After 2018, the CRG Loan Agreement requires us to achieve either (a) certain minimum net revenue amounts through the end of 2021, which is $75.0 million for the 2019 calendar year, or (b) a minimum market capitalization threshold equal to the product of 3.0 multiplied by the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under the CRG Loan Agreement determined as of the fifth business day following announcement of earnings results for the applicable year (i.e., $375.0 million assuming funding of the requested $45.0 million borrowing amount). In the event we do not achieve either of the minimum revenue amount or the minimum market capitalization threshold for a year, we can satisfy the requirement by raising additional funds through an equity or subordinated debt issuance and using the proceeds to pay down the loan balance by an amount equal to the difference between the minimum revenue amount for such year and the actual revenue amount for such year. We cannot guarantee that we will satisfy the 2019 annual revenue covenant in the CRG Loan Agreement or the alternative market capitalization covenant that will be calculated in February or March 2020.
The failure to satisfy these or other obligations under the CRG Loan Agreement would constitute an event of default. An event of default under the CRG Loan Agreement also includes the occurrence of any material adverse effect upon our business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or property taken as a whole. If there is an event of default under the CRG Loan Agreement, the lenders may have the right to accelerate all of our repayment obligations under the CRG Loan Agreement and to take control of our pledged assets, which include substantially all of our assets including our intellectual property. Upon the acceleration of the loan, we will be required to repay the loan immediately or to attempt to reverse the declaration through negotiation or litigation. Further, if we are liquidated, the lenders’ right to repayment would be senior to the rights of the holders of our common stock to receive any proceeds from the liquidation. Any declaration of an event of default could significantly harm our business and prospects and could cause our stock price to decline. If we raise any additional debt financing, the terms of such debt could further restrict our operating and financial flexibility.

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Our competitors may develop products that are less expensive, safer or more effective, or which may otherwise diminish or eliminate the success of any products that we may commercialize.
We may not achieve commercial success if our competitors, many of whom have significantly more resources and experience than we, market products that are safer, more effective, less expensive or faster to reach the market than OMIDRIA or any future products that we may develop and commercialize. Our competitors also may market a product that proves to be unsafe or ineffective, which may affect the market for our competing product, or future product, regardless of the safety or efficacy of our product. The failure of OMIDRIA or any other future product that we may market to compete effectively with products marketed by our competitors would impair our ability to generate revenue, which would have a material adverse effect on our future business, our financial condition and our results of operations.
The loss of members of our management team could substantially disrupt our business operations.
Our success depends to a significant degree on the continued individual and collective contributions of our management team. The members of our management team are at-will employees, and we do not maintain any key-person life insurance policies other than on the life of Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., our president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors. Losing the services of any key member of our management team, whether from death or disability, retirement, competing offers or other causes, without having a readily available and appropriate replacement could delay the execution of our business strategy, cause us to lose a strategic partner, or otherwise materially affect our operations.
We rely on highly skilled personnel and, if we are unable to retain or motivate key personnel or hire qualified personnel, we may not be able to maintain our operations or grow effectively.
Our performance is largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled personnel for all areas of our organization. If we are unable to hire and train a sufficient number of qualified employees for any reason, we may not be able to implement our current initiatives or grow effectively. We have in the past maintained a rigorous, highly selective and time-consuming hiring process. We believe that our approach to hiring has significantly contributed to our success to date. If we do not succeed in attracting qualified personnel and retaining and motivating existing personnel, our existing operations may suffer and we may be unable to grow effectively.
We may encounter difficulties managing our growth, which could delay our business plans or adversely affect our results of operations.
To manage our anticipated future growth, we must continue to implement and improve our managerial, operational and financial systems and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. Due to our limited financial resources, we may not be able to manage effectively the expansion of our operations or recruit and train additional qualified personnel. The physical expansion of our operations may lead to significant costs and may divert our management and business development resources. Any inability to manage growth could delay the execution of our business plans or disrupt our operations. Additionally, our inability to manage growth effectively could cause our operating costs to grow even faster than we currently are anticipating.
Product liability claims may damage our reputation and, if insurance proves inadequate, these claims may harm our business.
We may be exposed to the risk of product liability claims that is inherent in the biopharmaceutical industry. A product liability claim may damage our reputation by raising questions about our product’s safety and efficacy and could limit our ability to sell one or more products by preventing or interfering with commercialization of our products and product candidates. In addition, product liability insurance for the biopharmaceutical industry is generally expensive to the extent it is available at all. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or maintain such insurance on acceptable terms or that we will be able to secure and maintain increased coverage for OMIDRIA or for our product candidates, if commercialization progresses, or that future claims against us will be covered by our product liability insurance. Further, our product liability insurance coverage may not reimburse us or may be insufficient to reimburse us for any or all expenses or losses we may suffer. A successful claim against us with respect to uninsured liabilities or in excess of insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We rely on third parties to conduct portions of our preclinical research and clinical trials. If these third parties do not perform as contractually required or otherwise expected, or if we fail to adequately supervise or monitor these parties, we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our product candidates.
We rely on third parties, such as CROs, medical and research institutions and clinical investigators, to conduct a portion of our preclinical research and assist us in conducting our clinical trials. Nonetheless, we are responsible for confirming that our preclinical research and clinical trials are conducted in accordance with applicable regulations, the relevant trial protocol and within the context of approvals by an institutional review board or ethics committee, and we may not always be successful in ensuring such compliance. Our reliance on these third parties does not relieve us of responsibility for ensuring compliance with FDA and other regulations and standards for conducting, monitoring, recording and reporting the results of preclinical research and clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the trial participants are adequately protected. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or regulatory obligations or meet expected deadlines, if the third parties need to be replaced or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to their failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our preclinical and clinical development processes may be extended, delayed, suspended or terminated, and we may not be able to commercialize or obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates.
We may need to maintain licenses for active ingredients from third parties to develop and commercialize some of our product candidates, which could increase our development costs and delay our ability to commercialize those product candidates.
Should we decide to use active pharmaceutical ingredients in any of our product candidates that are proprietary to one or more third parties, such as our PDE7 program (OMS527), we would need to maintain licenses to those active ingredients from those third parties. If we are unable to continue to access rights to these active ingredients prior to conducting preclinical toxicology studies intended to support clinical trials, we may need to develop alternate product candidates from these programs by either accessing or developing alternate active ingredients, resulting in increased development costs and delays in commercialization of these product candidates. If we are unable to maintain continued access rights to the desired active ingredients on commercially reasonable terms or develop suitable alternate active ingredients, or if we do not meet diligence or other obligations under the corresponding licenses, we may not be able to commercialize product candidates from these programs.
We use hazardous materials in our business and must comply with environmental laws and regulations, which can be expensive.
Our research operations produce hazardous waste products, which include chemicals and radioactive and biological materials. We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local regulations relating to the use, handling, storage and disposal of these materials. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of these materials comply with applicable legal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated. We generally contract with third parties for the disposal of such substances and store our low-level radioactive waste at our facility until the materials are no longer considered radioactive. We may be required to incur further costs to comply with current or future environmental and safety regulations. In addition, although we carry insurance, in the event of accidental contamination or injury from these materials, we could be held liable for any damages that result and any such liability could exceed our insurance coverage and other resources.
Cyber-attacks or other failures in telecommunications or information technology systems could result in information theft, data corruption and significant disruption of our business operations.
We utilize information technology, or IT, systems and networks to process, transmit and store electronic information in connection with our business activities. As use of digital technologies has increased, cyber incidents, including deliberate attacks and attempts to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and networks, have increased in frequency and sophistication. These threats pose a risk to the security of our systems and networks, the confidentiality and the availability and integrity of our data. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in preventing cyber-attacks or successfully mitigating their effects. Similarly, there can be no assurance that our collaborators, CROs, third-party logistics providers, distributors and other contractors and consultants will be successful in protecting our clinical and other data that is stored on their systems. Any cyber-attack or destruction or loss of data could have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. In addition, we may suffer reputational harm or face litigation or adverse regulatory action as a result of cyber-attacks or other data security breaches and may incur significant additional expense to implement further data protection measures.
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In June 2015 we entered into the OMS103 Agreement, pursuant to which we granted Fagron an exclusive, royalty-free license to the OMS103 intellectual property, manufacturing information and clinical data to manufacture and commercialize OMS103 in the U.S. in exchange for potential future payments based on product revenue and achievement of commercial milestones. As a result of entering into the OMS103 Agreement, we discontinued our OMS103 clinical development program and are dependent on Fagron to commercialize OMS103 in the U.S. We cannot control whether Fagron will fulfill its obligations under the OMS103 Agreement or whether the commercialization of OMS103 will be successful. Fagron has not satisfied its diligence milestones in the OMS103 Agreement, including initiating sales of OMS103, and we believe that it is unlikely they will do so. We continue to evaluate our options with respect to the OMS103 Agreement and the OMS103 program. If we elect to pursue arbitration with Fagron, and/or the OMS103 Agreement is terminated, we can provide no assurances that we will be able to enter into another licensing agreement or have sufficient resources to restart clinical development and conduct any clinical trials if desired. Any of the above risks, if realized, could adversely affect our results of operations.
Under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, registered outsourcing facilities are required to manufacture under GMP and are subject to FDA inspections and audits. They also are not allowed to manufacture a product that is essentially a copy of one or more FDA-approved drugs. If a licensed registered outsourcing facility such as Fagron is prohibited from commercializing or from continuing commercial sales of OMS103 following initial commercialization because of violations of any FDA regulations or any other reason, our ability to generate revenue from royalty payments from the licensed registered outsourcing facility and achieve profitability will be adversely affected and the market price of our common stock could decline.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile, and the value of an investment in our common stock may decline.
During the 12-month period ended March 31, 2018, our stock traded as high as $27.09 per share and as low as $8.36 per share. The trading price of our common stock is likely to continue to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control. In addition, the stock market has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of publicly traded companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of companies’ stock, including ours, regardless of actual operating performance. These fluctuations may be even more pronounced in the trading market for our stock. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
If we issue additional shares of our common stock or other securities that may be convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our common stock, our existing shareholders would experience further dilution.
To the extent that we raise additional funds in the future by issuing equity securities, our shareholders would experience dilution, which may be significant and could cause the market price of our common stock to decline significantly. In addition, approximately 9,741,054 shares of common stock as of March 31, 2018 subject to outstanding options and warrants (plus an additional 200,000 shares issuable pursuant to the CRG Warrants, defined below in Part II, Item 2, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds”) may become eligible for sale in the public market to the extent permitted by the provisions of various vesting agreements. Further, as of March 31, 2018 we also had approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our employee benefit plans that are not subject to outstanding options. If the holders of these outstanding options or warrants elect to exercise some or all of them, or if the shares subject to our employee benefit plans are issued and become eligible for sale in the public market, our shareholders would experience dilution and the market price of our common stock could decline.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Washington law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our shareholders, difficult and prevent attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management.
Provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws and under Washington law may delay or prevent an acquisition of us or a change in our management. These provisions include a classified board of directors, a prohibition on shareholder actions by less than unanimous written consent, restrictions on the ability of shareholders to fill board vacancies and the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval. In addition, because we are incorporated in Washington, we are governed by the provisions of Chapter 23B.19 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, which, among

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other things, restricts the ability of shareholders owning 10% or more of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us. Although we believe these provisions collectively provide for an opportunity to receive higher bids by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our board of directors, they would apply even if an offer may be considered beneficial by some shareholders. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management by making it difficult for shareholders to replace members of our board of directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management.
We have never declared or paid dividends on our capital stock, and we do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
Our business requires significant funding. We currently plan to invest all available funds and future earnings, if any, in the development and growth of our business. Additionally, under the CRG Loan Agreement, we have agreed not to pay any cash dividends. Therefore, we currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. As a result, a rise in the market price of our common stock, which is uncertain and unpredictable, will be the sole source of potential gain for shareholders in the foreseeable future, and an investment in our common stock for dividend income should not be relied upon.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
(a) Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. On April 12, 2018, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 200,000 shares of common stock, or the CRG Warrants, to the CRG Loan Agreement lenders. The CRG Warrants are exercisable for five years at an exercise price per share of $23.00 (subject to adjustment as specified therein). The CRG Warrants are subject to a one-year restriction on the sale or transfer of the CRG Warrants and, if exercised, the underlying common stock, if any amount of debt remains outstanding under the CRG Loan Agreement. The CRG Warrants were issued under the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. No underwriters were involved in the issuance of the CRG Warrants and no commissions were paid in connection with such issuances.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1(1)
10.1(2)
12.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2018 (File No. 001-34475).
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2018 (File No. 001-34475).



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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.
 
 
OMEROS CORPORATION
 
 
Dated: May 10, 2018
/s/ Gregory A. Demopulos
 
Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D.
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
 
Dated: May 10, 2018
/s/ Michael A. Jacobsen
 
Michael A. Jacobsen
 
Vice President, Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

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