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Pacira BioSciences, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 3/1/17, at 3:12pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1396814-17-9   ·   File #:  1-35060

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

 3/01/17  Pacira BioSciences, Inc.          10-K       12/31/16   89:9.7M

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   1.12M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     21K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
 4: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    107K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     45K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     89K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     38K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     83K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    117K 
22: R8          Description of Business                             HTML     29K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    121K 
24: R10         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     40K 
25: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     35K 
26: R12         Fixed Assets                                        HTML     43K 
27: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     69K 
28: R14         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     35K 
29: R15         Debt                                                HTML     78K 
30: R16         Financial Instruments                               HTML     95K 
31: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     41K 
32: R18         Stock Plans                                         HTML    175K 
33: R19         Net Income (Loss) Per Share                         HTML     73K 
34: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    105K 
35: R21         Other Employee Benefits                             HTML     26K 
36: R22         Commercial Partners and Other Agreements            HTML     39K 
37: R23         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
38: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     45K 
39: R25         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     64K 
40: R26         Subsequent Events (Notes)                           HTML     27K 
41: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    197K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     33K 
44: R30         Fixed Assets (Tables)                               HTML     37K 
45: R31         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     63K 
46: R32         Accrued Expenses (Tables)                           HTML     34K 
47: R33         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     52K 
48: R34         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     88K 
49: R35         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     32K 
50: R36         Stock Plans (Tables)                                HTML    137K 
51: R37         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML     71K 
52: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     73K 
53: R39         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     33K 
54: R40         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     63K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     45K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 2)                   
57: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
58: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
59: R45         RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS Recent Accounting  HTML     28K 
                Pronouncements (Details)                                         
60: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
61: R47         Fixed Assets (Details)                              HTML     52K 
62: R48         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     65K 
63: R49         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2)          HTML     49K 
64: R50         Accrued Expenses (Details)                          HTML     36K 
65: R51         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     44K 
66: R52         Debt (Details 2)                                    HTML    137K 
67: R53         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     48K 
68: R54         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     55K 
69: R55         Financial Instruments (Details 3)                   HTML     36K 
70: R56         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     44K 
71: R57         Stockholders' Equity (Details 2)                    HTML     35K 
72: R58         Stock Plans (Details)                               HTML     57K 
73: R59         Stock Plans (Details 2)                             HTML    102K 
74: R60         Stock Plans (Details 3)                             HTML    169K 
75: R61         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Details)               HTML     64K 
76: R62         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Details 2)             HTML     40K 
77: R63         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    126K 
78: R64         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     46K 
79: R65         Other Employee Benefits (Details)                   HTML     25K 
80: R66         Commercial Partners and Other Agreements (Details)  HTML     51K 
81: R67         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     43K 
82: R68         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     54K 
83: R69         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3)           HTML     34K 
84: R70         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R71         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     24K 
86: R9999       Uncategorized Items - pcrx-20161231.xml             HTML     27K 
88: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    154K 
87: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    106K 
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- pcrx-20161231_cal               XML    221K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- pcrx-20161231_def                XML    690K 
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10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- pcrx-20161231                         XSD    201K 
89: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001396814-17-000009-xbrl      Zip    281K

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