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Overview and Basis of Presentation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Overview and Basis of Presentation Overview and Basis of Presentation
Note Regarding Certain References in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “Agios,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” and similar expressions, except where the context requires otherwise, refer to Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “our Board of Directors” refers to the board of directors of Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In addition, unless otherwise stated or the context indicates otherwise, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “AQVESME™ (mitapivat)” or “AQVESME™” refer to our U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved medicine for the treatment of anemia in adults with non-transfusion dependent and transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia in the United States; references to “PYRUKYND® (mitapivat)”, “PYRUKYND®”, or “mitapivat” refer to all other commercially available mitapivat products or mitapivat product candidates for which we are exploring further applications and indications, as the context requires.
Overview
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to redefining the future of rare disease treatment. Fueled by connections, we build trusted partnerships with communities, collaborating to develop and deliver innovative medicines that have the potential to transform lives. With a foundation in hematology, we combine biological expertise with real-world insights to advance a growing pipeline of rare disease medicines that reflect the priorities of the people we serve. We are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The lead product candidate in our portfolio, mitapivat, is an activator of both wild-type and mutant pyruvate kinase, or PK, enzymes for the potential treatment of hemolytic anemias. Mitapivat is approved under the brand name AQVESME™ in the United States for the treatment of anemia in adults with non-transfusion dependent and transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia. Mitapivat is approved under the brand name PYRUKYND®: in the United States for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in adults with PK deficiency; in the European Union, or EU, for the treatment of PK deficiency and for the treatment of non-transfusion dependent and transfusion dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia in adult patients; in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the treatment of adults with non-transfusion dependent and transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia; in the United Arab Emirates for the treatment of non-transfusion-dependent and transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia in adult patients; and in Great Britain for the treatment of PK deficiency in adult patients.
We submitted a supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, for the U.S. accelerated approval of mitapivat in sickle cell disease, or SCD, in May 2026, which was accepted with priority review by the FDA and granted a Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, goal date of November 1, 2026. To support this accelerated approval pathway, we initiated REIGNITE, a phase 3 confirmatory trial designed to demonstrate the clinical benefit of mitapivat on reducing transfusion burden in patients with SCD aged 12 years or older. Additionally, in the second quarter of 2026 we filed for regulatory approval for SCD in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
We are also developing (i) AG-181, our phenylalanine hydroxylase, or PAH, stabilizer for the potential treatment of phenylketonuria, or PKU; (ii) AG-236, an siRNA in-licensed from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Alnylam, targeting the transmembrane serine protease 6, or TMPRSS6, gene for the potential treatment of polycythemia vera, or PV; and (iii) cevidoplenib, an oral spleen tyrosine kinase, or SYK, inhibitor in-licensed from Oscotec Inc., or Oscotec, for the potential treatment of immune thrombocytopenia, or ITP, and other autoimmune indications.
We are subject to risks common to companies in our industry including, but not limited to, uncertainties relating to conducting preclinical and clinical research and development, the manufacture and supply of products for clinical and commercial use, obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals and pricing and reimbursement for our products, market acceptance, managing global growth and operating expenses, availability of additional capital, competition, obtaining and enforcing patents, stock price volatility, dependence on collaborative relationships and third-party service providers, dependence on key personnel, potential litigation, potential product liability claims and potential government investigations.
Oscotec License Agreement
On June 1, 2026, we entered into a license agreement with Oscotec, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, under which Agios acquired the worldwide rights (subject to Oscotec’s right to opt-in to develop and commercialize cevidoplenib in South Korea) to develop, manufacture, and commercialize cevidoplenib as a potential treatment for ITP and other autoimmune
indications. Because the acquired assets do not meet the definition of a business in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, Agios will account for the agreement as an asset acquisition.
In accordance with the agreement, in the three months ended June 30, 2026, Agios made an up-front payment to Oscotec and recognized in-process research and development of $25.0 million, which was recorded in research and development expense within our Consolidated Statements of Operations and classified as investing activities within our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In addition, Agios is responsible to pay up to $140.0 million in potential development and regulatory milestones in the U.S. and Europe, in addition to sales milestones as well as tiered royalties on future net sales, if any, of licensed products, which may be subject to specified reductions and offsets.
Sale of Oncology Business to Servier and Sale of Contingent Payments
In March 2021, we completed the sale of our oncology business to Servier Pharmaceuticals, LLC, or Servier. The transaction included the sale of our entire oncology business, including our clinical-stage product candidate vorasidenib, and included a royalty of 15% of U.S. net sales of vorasidenib from the first commercial sale of vorasidenib through loss of exclusivity, or the Vorasidenib Royalty Rights. The Vorasidenib Royalty Rights are referred to as contingent payments and recognized as income when realizable.
In May 2024, we entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell the Vorasidenib Royalty Rights to Royalty Pharma Investments 2019 ICAV, or Royalty Pharma. The sale was contingent upon FDA approval of vorasidenib and other customary closing conditions.
Upon consummation of the sale in August 2024, Royalty Pharma acquired 100% of the Vorasidenib Royalty Rights payments made by Servier on account of up to $1.0 billion in U.S. net sales for each calendar year. In addition, any such Vorasidenib Royalty Rights payments made by Servier on account of U.S. net sales in each calendar year in excess of $1.0 billion will be split, with Royalty Pharma having the rights to a 12% earn-out on those excess payments and Agios retaining the rights to a 3% earn-out on those excess payments, or the Retained Earn-Out Rights. Royalty income related to the Retained Earn-Out Rights, if any, will be recognized in the period when realizable.
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026, the condensed consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss and stockholders' equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 are unaudited. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of our management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state our financial position as of June 30, 2026, our results of operations and stockholders' equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. The financial data and other financial information disclosed in these notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements related to the three and six-month periods are also unaudited. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026 or for any other future annual or interim period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2025 was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. The condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2026.
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis we evaluate our estimates, judgments and methodologies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities and equity and the amount of revenues and expenses.
Liquidity
As of June 30, 2026, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.0 billion. Although we have incurred recurring losses and expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future, we expect our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to be sufficient to fund current operations for at least the next twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate product development or future commercialization efforts, or grant rights to develop and market products or product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.