ImmunoGen Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Oct 29, 2010
ImmunoGen Inc. (IMGN, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Immunogen Inc. has a market cap of $553.8 million; its shares were traded at around $8.06 with and P/S ratio of 39.7. Immunogen Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 6.9% over the past 10 years.IMGN is in the portfolios of PRIMECAP Management.

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Bayer Schering PharmaIn October 2008, we entered into a development and license agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma. The agreement grants Bayer Schering Pharma exclusive rights to use our maytansinoid TAP technology to develop and commercialize therapeutic compounds to a specific target. We received a $4 million upfront payment upon execution of the agreement, andfor each compound developed and marketed by Bayer Schering Pharma under this collaborationwe could potentially receive up to $170.5 million in milestone payments; additionally, we are entitled to receive royalties on the sales of any resulting products..We have deferred the $4 million upfront payment and are recognizing this amount as revenue over the estimated period of substantial involvement. In September 2009, Bayer Schering Pharma reached a preclinical milestone which triggered a $1.0 million payment to us.

AmgenIn September 2009 and November 2009, we entered into two development and license agreements with Amgen Inc. granting Amgen the exclusive right to use our maytansinoid TAP technology to develop anticancer therapeutics to specific targets. Under the terms of the licenses, we received a $1 million upfront payment with each license taken. We have deferred the $1 million upfront payments and are recognizing these amounts as revenue ratably over the estimated period of substantial involvement. In September 2010, we granted Amgen a combination of exclusive and non-exclusive options to test our TAP technology with antibodies to specific targets. For each option taken, Amgen paid us a nominal fee. The option fees have been deferred and are being recognized ratably over the option periods. These options provide Amgen with the right to take a license for each of these targets, during the time period allowed, on the license terms established in 2000 between ImmunoGen and Abgenix, Inc., which later was acquired by Amgen. Under that agreement, for each license, we are entitled to receive milestone payments potentially totaling $34 million plus royalties on

Revenues from license and milestone fees for the three months ended September 30, 2010 decreased $21,000 to $1.8 million compared to the same period ended September 30, 2009. Included in license and milestone fees for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was a $1.0 million milestone payment related to the initiation of Phase I clinical testing of SAR566658 achieved under the collaboration agreement with sanofi-aventis. Included in license and milestone fees for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was a $1.0 million milestone payment related to a preclinical milestone achieved under the collaboration agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma. Total revenue from license and milestone fees recognized from each of our collaborative partners in the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 is included in the following table (in thousands):

Clinical materials reimbursement decreased by approximately $380,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2010, to $106,000 from $486,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2009. We are reimbursed for certain of our direct and overhead costs to produce clinical materials plus, for certain programs, a profit margin. The amount of clinical materials reimbursement we earn, and the related cost of clinical materials charged to research and development expense, is directly related to the number of clinical trials our collaborators are preparing or have underway, the speed of enrollment in those trials, the dosage schedule of each clinical trial and the time period, if any, during which patients in the trial receive clinical benefit from the clinical materials, and the supply of clinical-grade material to our collaborators for process development and analytical purposes. As such, the amount of clinical materials reimbursement revenue and the related cost of clinical materials charged to research and development expense may vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year.

Other income, net for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $100,000 and $86,000, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, we recorded net gains on forward contracts of $146,000 and $16,000, respectively. We recorded $(46,000) and $69,000 in foreign currency translation (losses) gains related to obligations with non-U.S. dollar-based suppliers during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities was $949,000 and $(96,000) for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and substantially represents cash inflows from the sales and maturities of marketable securities partially offset by capital expenditures. Capital expenditures, primarily for the purchase of new equipment, were $348,000 and $627,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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