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Contingent Consideration
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Contingent Consideration Contingent Consideration
The following table sets forth the contingent consideration liabilities (dollars in thousands):
March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
(unaudited)
Reported under the following captions in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Contingent consideration, current portion$— $31,052 
Contingent consideration, long-term206 206 
Total$206 $31,258 
The Company's contingent consideration liabilities as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are related to the Sage Acquisition in 2025. At the Sage Acquisition Date, the contingent consideration liabilities are measured using either a market participant approach with both implied fair value from the stock price combined with a Monte Carlo simulation or income approach. At March 31, 2026, the contingent consideration are measured using the income approach. The Company classifies contingent consideration liabilities as Level 3 fair value measurements in the period where significant unobservable inputs were used to estimate fair value. These reflect the inputs and assumptions the Company believes would be made by market participants. Changes in any of those inputs together or in isolation may result in significantly lower or higher fair value measurement. The key assumptions considered include the estimated amount and timing of projected revenues, volatility, probability of milestone achievement, estimated discount rates, and risk-free interest rate. The change in fair value is reported on the condensed consolidated statement of loss in Contingent consideration loss.
USWM Contingent Consideration
On June 9, 2020 (the USWM Closing Date), the Company completed its acquisition of all the outstanding equity of USWM Enterprises, LLC (USWM Enterprises) (USWM Acquisition). The USWM Acquisition included potential additional contingent consideration payments for regulatory and development milestones and sales-based milestones. At December 31, 2024, there were two remaining outstanding milestones, one related to the approval of ONAPGO and the other related to the commercial launch of ONAPGO. Both milestones were met in 2025 and the liability was accreted to the milestone amounts due resulting in the recognition of $7.7 million change in fair value of contingent consideration. In February 2025, the Company paid the $25 million milestone related to the FDA's approval of ONAPGO in February 2025. ONAPGO was launched in April 2025 and the $30 million milestone payment related to the commercial launch of ONAPGO, subject to certain holdbacks as permitted under the Sale and Purchase Agreement Relating to USWM Enterprises, LLC, dated April 28, 2020, by and between US WorldMeds Partners, LLC and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (USWM Sale and Purchase Agreement) became due and payable. Of the $30 million, the Company paid $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2025 and the remaining amount held was reclassified to Other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as the milestone had been met but payment remains subject to certain holdbacks permitted under the USWM Sale and Purchase Agreement. The outstanding liability as of March 31, 2026 was $26.8 million, which includes the principal amount held back and the related accrued interest. During the third quarter of 2025, USWorldsMeds Partners, LLC filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware seeking payment for the withheld amount, plus interest, attorney's fees and costs.
Sage Contingent Consideration
On July 31, 2025, the Company completed the Sage Acquisition. The Sage Acquisition included payment of one contingent value right (Sage CVR) which represents the right to receive up to $3.50, which is governed by the terms of a contingent value rights agreement entered into between the Company and CVR Agent (Sage CVR Agreement), in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest.
Subject to the terms of the Sage CVR Agreement, (1) $1.00 per share would be payable if in any calendar year between closing and end of 2027, annual net sales (as defined in the Sage CVR Agreement) of ZURZUVAE allocable to Supernus or any of its affiliates reach $250 million or more in the U.S., (2) $1.00 per share would be payable if in any calendar year between closing and end of 2028, annual net sales (as defined in the Sage CVR Agreement) of ZURZUVAE allocable to Supernus or any of its affiliates reach $300 million or more in the U.S., (3) $1.00 per share would be payable if in any calendar year between closing and end of 2030, annual net sales (as defined in the Sage CVR Agreement) of ZURZUVAE allocable to Supernus or any of its affiliates reach $375 million or more in the U.S., and (4) $0.50 per share would be payable upon the first commercial sale in Japan to a third-party customer after regulatory approval for ZURZUVAE for the treatment of MDD in Japan by June 30, 2026. The maximum amount payable with respect to a CVR issued in respect to each Share is $3.50, an aggregate of approximately $234 million. ZURZUVAE received regulatory approval for the treatment of MDD in Japan in December 2025. On March 19,
2026, Shionogi announced the successful commercial launch of a product containing zuranolone for the treatment of MDD in Japan. As such, the CVR became due and payable and the Company accreted the liability to the full milestone payout amount of $33.4 million as of March 31, 2026. The contingent consideration was reclassified to Other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2026. The possible outcomes for the remaining unmet milestones range from $0 to $201 million on an undiscounted basis as of March 31, 2026.
Change in the Fair Value of Contingent Consideration
The following tables provide a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances related to the contingent consideration liability for the USWM Acquisition and Sage Acquisition (dollars in thousands):
USWM AcquisitionSage AcquisitionTotal
Balance, December 31, 2025$— $31,258 $31,258 
Change in fair value recognized in earnings— 2,391 2,391 
Milestone payments — — — 
Reclassification to Other current liabilities
— (33,443)(33,443)
Balance, March 31, 2026 (unaudited)$— $206 $206 
USWM AcquisitionSage AcquisitionTotal
Balance, December 31, 2024$47,340 $— $47,340 
Change in fair value recognized in earnings7,660 — 7,660 
Milestone payments (25,000)— (25,000)
Balance, March 31, 2025 (unaudited)$30,000 $— $30,000 
The Company recorded the following changes in fair value of the contingent consideration liability for the USWM milestones:
No expense was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company recorded a $7.7 million expense due to the change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities for the USWM milestones for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The change in fair value of contingent consideration was primarily due to accretion to the full milestone payment amount with the achievement of the milestones.
The Company recorded the following changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liability for the Sage CVRs:
$2.4 million change in fair value was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to the achievement for the milestone related to the first commercial sale in Japan to a third-party customer after regulatory approval for ZURZUVAE for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in Japan by June 30, 2026.