Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Medivation's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $667 Mil.
Medivation Intangible Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for Medivation's Intangible Assets can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Examples of intangible assets include trade secrets, copyrights, patents, trademarks. If a company acquires assets at the prices above the book value, it may carry goodwill on its balance sheet. Goodwill reflects the difference between the price the company paid and the book value of the assets.
If a company (company A) received a patent through their own work, though it has value, it does not show up on its balance sheet as an intangible asset. However, if company A sells this patent to company B, it will show up on company B's balance sheet as an intangible asset.
The same applies to brand names, trade secrets etc. For instance, Coca-Cola's brand is extremely valuable, but the brand does not appear on its balance sheet, because the brand was never acquired.
Some intangibles are amortized. Amortization is the depreciation of intangible assets.
Many intangibles are not amortized. They may still be written down when the company decides the asset is impaired.
Whenever you see an increase in goodwill over a number of years, you can assume it's because the company is out buying other businesses above book value. GOOD if buying businesses with durable competitive advantage.
If goodwill stays the same, the company when acquiring other companies is either paying less than book value or not acquiring. Businesses with moats never sell for less than book value.
Intangibles acquired are on balance sheet at fair value.
Internally developed brand names (Coke, Wrigleys, Band-Aid) however are not reflected on the balance sheet.
One of the reasons competitive advantage power can remain hidden for so long.
Be Aware
Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.
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Medivation Inc was formed in Delaware in October 1995. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the rapid development of novel small molecule drugs to treat diseases for which there are limited treatment options. Together with its collaboration partner Astellas Pharma Inc., or Astellas, the Company is developing XTANDI enzalutamide capsules. Together with Astellas, it is also conducting multiple trials of enzalutamide in earlier prostate cancer disease states, including the Phase 3 PREVAIL trial in patients with mCRPC who have not received chemotherapy, or pre-chemotherapy mCRPC patients, and in patients with breast cancer. Based on the positive results of the AFFIRM trial, the Company has exercised its right under its collaboration agreement with Astellas to co-promote XTANDI in the U.S., should it receive marketing approval. Their subsidiaries are Medivation Prostate Therapeutics Inc or MPT, Medivation Neurology Inc or MNI, Medivation Technologies Inc, or MTI, Medivation Field Solutions, Inc., or MFSI, and Medivation Services, Inc., or MSI. MPT holds the intellectual property rights covering XTANDI. MNI holds the intellectual property rights covering dimebon, which was in development for Alzheimer's disease and Huntington disease under its former collaboration with Pfizer. MTI holds the intellectual property rights covering its early-stage technologies. MFSI provides commercialization services to the Company, and MSI provides research and development services. It has received "Fast Track" designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the post-docetaxel indication. The Company is conducting this program in collaboration with Astellas. The Company is subject to extensive regulation by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the FDC Act, and other federal and state statutes and regulations, govern, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, storage, recordkeeping, approval, labeling, promotion and marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, sampling, and import and export of pharmaceutical products.
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