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LEASES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
The Company leases all of its facilities, including its EXPAREL manufacturing and research facilities at its Science Center Campus in San Diego, California. In April 2025, the Company moved its principal executive offices and corporate headquarters to Brisbane, California and in June 2026, the Company entered into a new lease in Brisbane, California to retain this office through 2036. The Company also has two embedded leases with Thermo Fisher Scientific Pharma Services, or Thermo Fisher, for the use of their manufacturing facility in Swindon, U.K. for the production of EXPAREL and ZILRETTA. A portion of the associated monthly base fees have been allocated to the lease components based on a relative fair value basis. As part of the GQ Bio Acquisition in February 2025, the Company assumed GQ Bio’s European offices that include a research and development lab and offices in Luckenwalde, Germany.
Between February 2023 and April 2025, the Company had been recognizing sublease income for a portion of office space leased in Burlington, Massachusetts that was assumed as part of the Flexion Acquisition.
In June 2026, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Zimmer to divest iovera°. The Divestiture was completed on July 31, 2026, upon which the Company also entered into a sublease agreement through 2028. For more information on the Divestiture, see Note 3, iovera° Divestiture.
The operating lease costs for the facilities include lease and non-lease components, such as common area maintenance and other common operating expenses, along with executory costs such as insurance and real estate taxes. Total operating lease expense, net is as follows (in thousands):
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30,September 30,
2026202520262025
Fixed lease costs$3,323 $3,139 $9,646 $9,673 
Variable lease costs611 642 1,791 1,757 
Sublease income(300)— (300)(76)
Total$3,634 $3,781 $11,137 $11,354 
Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases is as follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20262025
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities, net of lease incentives$9,605 $9,650 
Right-of-use assets recorded in exchange for lease obligations$7,962 $2,043 
The Company has elected to net the reduction of the right-of-use asset and the reduction of the lease liability principal in other liabilities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
The Company has measured its operating lease liabilities at an estimated discount rate at which it could borrow on a collateralized basis over the remaining term for each operating lease. The weighted average remaining lease terms and the weighted average discount rates are summarized as follows:
September 30,
20262025
Weighted average remaining lease term4.79 years4.56 years
Weighted average discount rate6.98 %6.91 %
Maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
YearAggregate Minimum
Payments Due
2026 (remaining three months)$3,146 
202713,267 
202812,238 
202912,158 
20306,993 
Thereafter8,017 
   Total future lease payments55,819 
   Less: imputed interest(9,131)
   Total operating lease liabilities$46,688