SEC Company Response from GLAUKOS Corp (GKOS) (CIK 0001192448) (GKOS) — Apr 23, 2020
GLAUKOS Corp (GKOS) (CIK 0001192448)
Date: April 23, 2020 · CIK: 0001192448 · Accession: 0001104659-20-049889
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File numbers found in text: 001-37463
Referenced dates: April 13, 2020
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April 23, 2020
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Glaukos Corporation
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2019
Filed March 2, 2020
File No. 001-37463
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We received your letter dated April 13, 2020 (the “Letter”)
setting forth a comment of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on our above-referenced report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our response to this comment is set forth below.
For the convenience of the Staff, the comment from the Letter is restated in bold prior to our response.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019
Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2019 and December
31, 2018
Research and Development Expenses, page 35
1. We note on page 69 that the merger with Avedro was intended to expand your portfolio of pipeline products and on page 4
that you expect your research and development expenses and clinical expenditures to increase. Please revise future filings to provide
more detail for your research and development expenses for each period presented, including but not limited to, by product candidates
and/or by indications, as well as by the nature of the expenses. To the extent that you do not track expenses by product candidate,
please disclose as such.
Response:
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment. In our
applicable future filings with the Commission, we will provide more detail regarding our research and development expenses for
each period presented, including, to the extent such information is available, by product candidates and/or by indications, as
well as by the nature of the expenses. With respect to our product candidates, we respectfully advise the Commission that we are
not currently able to fully track expenses by product candidate. We will provide disclosure regarding this fact in our applicable
future filings with the Commission.
Should you have any questions regarding
any of the foregoing, please contact me via phone at 949-481-0594 or via e-mail at jgilliam@glaukos.com.
We thank the Staff for its time and consideration
with respect to this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
Glaukos Corporation
By: /s/
Joseph E. Gilliam
Name: Joseph E. Gilliam
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Development
cc:
Robert L. Davis, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Quality Affairs, Glaukos Corporation
Shelly Heyduk, Esq., O’Melveny & Myers LLP
229
Via Fabricante ° San
Clemente, CA 92672 USA ° tel
949.367.9600 ° fax
949.367.9984 ° www.glaukos.com