SEC Comment Letter for MYRIAD GENETICS INC (MYGN) (CIK 0000899923) (MYGN) — Mar 4, 2014
MYRIAD GENETICS INC (MYGN) (CIK 0000899923)
Date: March 4, 2014 · CIK: 0000899923 · Accession: 0000000000-14-010711
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Show Raw Text
March 4, 2014 Via E-mail Mr. James S. Evans Chief Financial Officer Myriad Genetics, Inc. 320 Wakara Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Re: Myriad Genetics, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013 Filed August 14, 2013 File No. 000- 26642 Dear Mr. Evans: We have limited our review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your document. In our comment, we ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter within 10 business days by providing the requested information or by advising us when you will provide the requested response. If you do not believe this comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. Please furnish us a letter on EDGAR under the form type label CORRESP that keys your response to our comment. After reviewing the information you provide in response to this comment, we may have additional comments and/or request that you amend your filing. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condit ion and Results of Operations Overview, page 45 1. You disclose that your research and development expenses include costs incurred in maintaining and improving your current molecular diagnostic tests. Please tell us how costs to maintain and improve your current molecular diagnostic test qualify as research and development activities in accordance with ASC 730. In this regard, research and development costs do not appear to encompass costs to maintain nor to routinely improve upon the qualities of existing products. Mr. James S. Evans Myriad Genetics, Inc. March 4, 2014 Page 2 We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable Exchange Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our comment, please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: x the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing x staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to this filing; and x the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. You may contact Dana Hartz, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3648 or Lisa Vanjoske, Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-3614 if you have questions regarding the comment. In this regard, do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 551-3679. Sincerely, /s/ Jim B. Rosenberg Jim B. Rosenberg Senior Assistant Chief Accountant