Nuvation Bio Inc. Fair Value Disclosure
NOTE 3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The Company provides disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities that are carried at fair value based on the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements may be classified based on the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these assets and liabilities using the following three levels:
Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.
Level 2 — Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (i.e., interest rates, yield curves, etc.) and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs).
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.
The following table presents information about the Company’s marketable securities and the Warrant liability as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. The Company’s Warrant liabilities are included within the Level 1 and Level 3 fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the Consideration, Public and Forward Purchase Warrants is determined using the closing price of the warrants on the NYSE market. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. The primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility. The expected volatility was estimated considering observable Public Warrant pricing, the Company's own historical volatility and the volatility of guideline public companies. The difference between the Public and Private Placement Warrants is that the Private Placement Warrants lack the redemption provision. As of December 31, 2025, since the Public Warrants can no longer be redeemed prior to expiration and are therefore identical to the Private Placement Warrants, the Private Placement Warrants were transferred from a Level 3 to a Level 1 fair value. The Warrants expired on February 10, 2026.
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December 31, 2025 |
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Total |
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Level 3 |
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(In thousands) |
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Financial assets: |
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|
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|
|
|
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|
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Cash equivalents: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Money market funds |
|
$ |
52,339 |
|
|
$ |
52,339 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
43,990 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
43,990 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
96,329 |
|
|
|
52,339 |
|
|
|
43,990 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Marketable securities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Certificate of deposits |
|
|
3,918 |
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|
|
|
|
|
3,918 |
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|
|
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||
Commercial paper |
|
|
5,158 |
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|
|
|
|
|
5,158 |
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|
|
|
||
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
226,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
226,777 |
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|
|
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||
Corporate bonds |
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|
129,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
129,272 |
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|
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||
|
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|
365,125 |
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|
|
|
|
|
365,125 |
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|
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Total financial assets: |
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$ |
461,454 |
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$ |
52,339 |
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$ |
409,115 |
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$ |
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Financial liabilities: |
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Warrants |
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$ |
2,865 |
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$ |
2,865 |
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|
$ |
|
|
$ |
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December 31, 2024 |
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Total |
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Level 3 |
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(In thousands) |
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Financial assets: |
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Cash equivalents: |
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|
|
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Money market funds |
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$ |
11,549 |
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$ |
11,549 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
11,549 |
|
|
|
11,549 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Marketable securities: |
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Certificate of deposits |
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|
12,642 |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
12,642 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
18,227 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
18,227 |
|
|
|
— |
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
355,170 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
355,170 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Corporate bonds |
|
|
80,930 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
80,930 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
466,969 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
466,969 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total financial assets: |
|
$ |
478,518 |
|
|
$ |
11,549 |
|
|
$ |
466,969 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Financial liabilities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Warrants |
|
$ |
2,053 |
|
|
$ |
1,959 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
94 |
|
Marketable securities consist primarily of U.S. government and government agency, certificate of deposits, commercial paper, corporate bond and municipal securities ("Debt Securities"). Based on the Company’s intentions regarding its marketable securities, all Debt Securities are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value based on the price that would be received upon sale of the security.
The following table provides the amortized cost, aggregate fair value, and unrealized gains (losses) of marketable securities as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
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December 31, 2025 |
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Amortized |
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Unrealized Gains |
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Unrealized Losses |
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Fair Value |
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(In thousands) |
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Cash equivalents: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Money market funds |
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$ |
52,339 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
$ |
52,339 |
|
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
43,985 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
43,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
96,324 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
96,329 |
|
|
Marketable securities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Certificate of deposits |
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|
3,909 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,918 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
5,154 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
5,158 |
|
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
226,247 |
|
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
226,777 |
|
|
Corporate bonds |
|
|
129,044 |
|
|
|
249 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
|
129,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
364,354 |
|
|
|
792 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
|
365,125 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
460,678 |
|
|
$ |
797 |
|
|
$ |
(21 |
) |
|
|
$ |
461,454 |
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2024 |
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Amortized |
|
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Unrealized Gains |
|
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Unrealized Losses |
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Fair Value |
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(In thousands) |
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Cash equivalents: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Money market funds |
|
$ |
11,549 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
11,549 |
|
|
|
|
11,549 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11,549 |
|
Marketable securities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Certificate of deposits |
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|
12,628 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12,642 |
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Commercial paper |
|
|
18,200 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
18,227 |
|
U.S government and government agency securities |
|
|
355,214 |
|
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
(480 |
) |
|
|
355,170 |
|
Corporate bonds |
|
|
80,891 |
|
|
|
119 |
|
|
|
(80 |
) |
|
|
80,930 |
|
|
|
|
466,933 |
|
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
(560 |
) |
|
|
466,969 |
|
|
|
$ |
478,482 |
|
|
$ |
596 |
|
|
$ |
(560 |
) |
|
$ |
478,518 |
|
For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the activity related to the net gains (losses) on marketable securities included in other income (expense) on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss were as follows (in thousands):
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Years Ended December 31, |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Net realized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities were as follows: |
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|
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|
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Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities |
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
41 |
|
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Net realized gains (losses) on marketable securities |
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
(12 |
) |
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|
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|
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The following tables provide marketable securities with continuous unrealized losses for less than 12 months and 12 months or greater and the related fair values as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
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December 31, 2025 |
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Less than 12 Months |
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12 Months or Greater |
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Total |
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Total |
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|
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Fair Value |
|
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Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
||||||
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
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Corporate bonds |
|
$ |
18,157 |
|
|
$ |
(21 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
18,157 |
|
|
$ |
(21 |
) |
|
|
$ |
18,157 |
|
|
$ |
(21 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
18,157 |
|
|
$ |
(21 |
) |
|
|
December 31, 2024 |
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|
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Less than 12 Months |
|
|
12 Months or Greater |
|
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Total |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
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|
|
(In thousands) |
|
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Commercial paper |
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
— |
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
111,021 |
|
|
|
(398 |
) |
|
|
45,099 |
|
|
|
(82 |
) |
|
|
156,120 |
|
|
|
(480 |
) |
Corporate bonds |
|
|
20,659 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
9,911 |
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
30,570 |
|
|
|
(80 |
) |
|
|
$ |
131,923 |
|
|
$ |
(431 |
) |
|
$ |
55,010 |
|
|
$ |
(129 |
) |
|
$ |
186,933 |
|
|
$ |
(560 |
) |
Maturity information based on fair value of the available-for-sale securities is as follows as of December 31, 2025:
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Within one year |
|
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After one year |
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Total |
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|
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(In thousands) |
|
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Certificate of deposits |
|
$ |
3,918 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
3,918 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
5,158 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5,158 |
|
U.S. government and government agency securities |
|
|
171,790 |
|
|
|
54,987 |
|
|
|
226,777 |
|
Corporate bonds |
|
|
41,885 |
|
|
|
87,387 |
|
|
|
129,272 |
|
|
|
$ |
222,751 |
|
|
$ |
142,374 |
|
|
$ |
365,125 |
|
Debt and Liability Related to Revenue Interest Financing Agreement
As of December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of our debt approximated the carrying amount. The fair value of the debt was estimated for disclosure purposes only and was determined based on other inputs that are observable, and thus categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the liability related to the sale of future royalties is based on our current estimates of future royalties expected to be paid to Sagard over the life of the arrangement. The Company periodically reassesses the amount and timing of estimated royalty payments based on internal sales projections and external information from market data sources, which are considered Level 3 inputs. As of December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the liability approximated the carrying amount.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 2, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 6, 2025 | |
About Fair Value Disclosures
Fair value disclosures classify all assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three-level hierarchy: Level 1 (quoted market prices), Level 2 (observable inputs like yield curves), and Level 3 (unobservable inputs requiring management estimates). The proportion of Level 3 assets directly reflects how much of the balance sheet depends on internal models rather than market evidence.
Key signals: a growing Level 3 balance relative to total fair-value assets increases valuation uncertainty and earnings volatility risk. Watch for transfers between levels — assets moving from Level 2 to Level 3 often signal deteriorating market liquidity. Unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 positions flow through earnings or other comprehensive income, so large swings deserve scrutiny. For financial institutions, examine the sensitivity disclosures that show how Level 3 valuations change under alternative assumptions. Compare the fair value of debt against its carrying amount to gauge hidden leverage.