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CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 3/29/19, at 10:22am ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1144204-19-16832   ·   File #:  0-20713

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/29/19  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.        10-K       12/31/18   91:7.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    592K 
 2: EX-10.20    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-10.21    Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
 4: EX-10.22    Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 5: EX-10.23    Material Contract                                   HTML     69K 
 6: EX-10.24    Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 7: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML    152K 
 8: EX-10.26    Material Contract                                   HTML     90K 
 9: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     21K 
10: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
11: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
12: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
13: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
14: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
15: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
22: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     59K 
23: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    105K 
24: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets [Parenthetical]         HTML     44K 
25: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     65K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
26: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     77K 
27: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    117K 
28: R7          Description of Business                             HTML     60K 
29: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     75K 
30: R9          Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Applications    HTML     40K 
                From Sandoz                                                      
31: R10         Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Application     HTML     29K 
                From Laurus Labs                                                 
32: R11         Investment in Equity Securities                     HTML     54K 
33: R12         Property and Equipment                              HTML     61K 
34: R13         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     63K 
35: R14         Establishment of Casi Wuxi                          HTML     27K 
36: R15         Note Payable                                        HTML     28K 
37: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     90K 
38: R17         Employee Retirement Plan                            HTML     28K 
39: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    310K 
40: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    173K 
41: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    132K 
42: R21         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
43: R22         License Arrangements                                HTML     33K 
44: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     52K 
45: R24         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     27K 
46: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    116K 
                (Policies)                                                       
47: R26         Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Applications    HTML     33K 
                From Sandoz (Tables)                                             
48: R27         Investment in Equity Securities (Tables)            HTML     48K 
49: R28         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     59K 
50: R29         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     63K 
51: R30         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     76K 
52: R31         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    304K 
53: R32         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    171K 
54: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    116K 
55: R34         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     41K 
56: R35         Description of Business (Details Textual)           HTML     61K 
57: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
58: R37         Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Applications    HTML     27K 
                From Sandoz (Details)                                            
59: R38         Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Applications    HTML     34K 
                From Sandoz (Details Textual)                                    
60: R39         Acquisition of Abbreviated New Drug Application     HTML     38K 
                From Laurus Labs (Details Textual)                               
61: R40         Investment in Equity Securities (Details)           HTML     29K 
62: R41         Investment in Equity Securities (Details Textual)   HTML     41K 
63: R42         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     36K 
64: R43         Property and Equipment (Details Textual)            HTML     29K 
65: R44         Intangible Assets (Details)                         HTML     33K 
66: R45         Intangible Assets (Details 1)                       HTML     36K 
67: R46         Intangible Assets (Details Textual)                 HTML     23K 
68: R47         Establishment of Casi Wuxi (Details Textual)        HTML     34K 
69: R48         Note Payable (Details Textual)                      HTML     35K 
70: R49         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     46K 
71: R50         Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML    133K 
72: R51         Employee Retirement Plan (Details Textual)          HTML     25K 
73: R52         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     31K 
74: R53         Stock-Based Compensation (Details 1)                HTML     35K 
75: R54         Stock-Based Compensation (Details 2)                HTML     70K 
76: R55         Stock-Based Compensation (Details 3)                HTML     61K 
77: R56         Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     60K 
78: R57         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     29K 
79: R58         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     43K 
80: R59         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     52K 
81: R60         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     32K 
82: R61         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     45K 
83: R62         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     34K 
84: R63         Fair Value Measurements (Details 1)                 HTML     32K 
85: R64         Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)           HTML     27K 
86: R65         Related Party Transactions (Details Textual)        HTML     50K 
87: R66         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     35K 
88: R67         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)     HTML     57K 
90: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    148K 
89: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     86K 
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18: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- casi-20181231_cal               XML    125K 
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20: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- casi-20181231_lab                     XML    954K 
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17: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- casi-20181231                         XSD    180K 
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