Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
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| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Atara and its wholly owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP can be condensed or omitted. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should therefore be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2026. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other future period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by U.S. GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements.
Liquidity Risk
We have incurred significant operating losses since inception and have relied primarily on public and private equity financings and receipts from commercialization and license and collaboration agreements to fund our operations. As we continue to incur losses, our transition to profitability will depend on the successful development, approval and commercialization of product candidates and on the achievement of sufficient revenues to support our cost structure. We may never achieve sustained operating cash inflows or profitability.
Going Concern
With the exception of the year ended December 31, 2025, we have incurred substantial operating losses since inception, and we expect that existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2026, will not be sufficient to fund our planned operations for at least 12 months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
To alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, we plan to secure additional capital, potentially through a combination of public or private security offerings; use of our ATM facility as described in Note 10; issuance of debt; and/or execution of strategic transactions. We may need to raise additional funding as required based on the status of our product candidate program and our projected cash flows. Even though we have been successful in raising capital in the past, and expect to continue to raise capital as required, there is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining sufficient funding on terms acceptable to us to fund continuing operations, if at all, or identify and enter into any strategic transactions that will provide the capital that we will require. If we are unable to obtain sufficient funding on acceptable terms, we could be forced to delay, limit, reduce or terminate ongoing activities for our product candidate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Accordingly, we have concluded that substantial doubt exists with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months after the issuance of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Segment and Geographic Information We operate and manage our business as one operating and reportable segment, which is the business of developing therapeutics. Our President & Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker (CODM), reviews financial information on an aggregate basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The CODM assesses performance for the business and decides how to allocate resources based on net income (loss) that also is reported on the income statement as consolidated net income (loss). The CODM uses net income (loss) to monitor expenditures and budget versus actual results. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. The following tables represent information provided to the chief operating decision maker:
*Other segment items include Other Income (expense), net and Provision for (benefit from) income taxes Substantially all of our assets are located in the U.S. All commercialization revenue recognized in the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was related to our agreements with Pierre Fabre, a French company.
Use of Estimates We prepare our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), which requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The level of uncertainty in estimates and assumptions increases with the length of time until the underlying transactions are completed. Significant estimates and assumptions relied upon in preparing these financial statements include those related to revenue recognition, accrued research and development expenses, stock-based compensation expense, liability related to the sale of future revenues and income taxes. Additionally, we use available market information to assess the fair value of our short-term investments. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. If actual amounts differ from estimates, we include the updates in our consolidated results of operations in the period the actual amounts become known. Historically, the aggregate differences, if any, between our estimates and actual amounts in any year have not had a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements We consider the applicability and impact of any recent Accounting Standards Update (ASU) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Other than the ASUs listed below, all other ASUs were assessed and determined to be either not applicable to Atara or are expected to have minimal impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), which requires disclosure of additional information about specific expense categories underlying certain income statement expense line items. This ASU is effective for our fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2024-03. |
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