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CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 3/28/24, at 11:01am ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1558370-24-4190 · File #: 1-41666

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

 3/28/24  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.        20-F       12/31/23  142:21M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer — Form 20-F — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   3.52M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement or Conflict Minerals Report  HTML   1.36M 
 3: EX-2.1      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     58K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-4.29     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    230K 
 5: EX-4.37     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML   1.10M 
 6: EX-4.38     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    321K 
 7: EX-4.39     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     56K 
 8: EX-4.40     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    336K 
 9: EX-4.41     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    315K 
10: EX-4.42     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    140K 
11: EX-4.43     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    128K 
12: EX-4.44     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    121K 
13: EX-4.45     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    314K 
14: EX-4.46     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     92K 
15: EX-4.47     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    122K 
16: EX-4.48     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     60K 
17: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     38K 
21: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     41K 
22: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     41K 
24: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     62K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
18: EX-11.1     Statement re: the Computation of Earnings Per       HTML     67K 
                Share                                                            
19: EX-12.1     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     44K 
20: EX-12.2     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     44K 
23: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     38K 
30: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    115K 
31: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    147K 
32: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     50K 
33: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    185K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
34: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     90K 
35: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    188K 
36: R7          Description of Business                             HTML     87K 
37: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     96K 
38: R9          Investment in Equity Securities, at Fair Value and  HTML    187K 
                Long-Term Investments                                            
39: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     41K 
40: R11         Leases                                              HTML     89K 
41: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     61K 
42: R13         Intangible Assets                                   HTML    111K 
43: R14         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities, and Other    HTML     76K 
                Liabilities                                                      
44: R15         Short Term Borrowings                               HTML     43K 
45: R16         Notes Payable                                       HTML     45K 
46: R17         Grants                                              HTML     42K 
47: R18         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Long Term    HTML     68K 
                Borrowing                                                        
48: R19         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     66K 
49: R20         Costs of Revenues                                   HTML     40K 
50: R21         Net Loss Per Share                                  HTML     65K 
51: R22         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     42K 
52: R23         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    182K 
53: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML    159K 
54: R25         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    118K 
55: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     48K 
56: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
57: R28         Restricted Net Assets                               HTML     41K 
58: R29         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     41K 
59: R30         Condensed Financial Information of Registrant       HTML    220K 
60: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    164K 
                (Policies)                                                       
61: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     50K 
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R33         Investment in Equity Securities, at Fair Value and  HTML    170K 
                Long-Term Investments (Tables)                                   
63: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     88K 
64: R35         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     57K 
65: R36         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML    111K 
66: R37         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities, and Other    HTML     76K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
67: R38         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Tables)         HTML     61K 
68: R39         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     53K 
69: R40         Net Loss Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     64K 
70: R41         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    180K 
71: R42         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    159K 
72: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    117K 
73: R44         Condensed Financial Information of Registrant       HTML    222K 
                (Tables)                                                         
74: R45         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - Liquidity and Capital     HTML    111K 
                Resources (Details)                                              
75: R46         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     51K 
                Agreements (China Resources Pharmaceutical                       
                Commercial Group International Trading Co., Ltd.)                
                (Details)                                                        
76: R47         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     50K 
                Agreements (Precision Autoimmune Therapeutics Co.,               
                Ltd) (Details)                                                   
77: R48         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     47K 
                Agreements (Juventas Cell Therapy Ltd.) (Details)                
78: R49         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     72K 
                Agreements (BioInvent International AB) (Details)                
79: R50         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     54K 
                Agreements (Black Belt Therapeutics Limited)                     
                (Details)                                                        
80: R51         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     56K 
                Agreements (Cleave Therapeutics, Inc.) (Details)                 
81: R52         DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS - License and Distribution  HTML     48K 
                Agreements (Pharmathen Global BV) (Details)                      
82: R53         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     41K 
                Consolidation (Details)                                          
83: R54         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     40K 
                Segment Reporting (Details)                                      
84: R55         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Cash   HTML     47K 
                and Cash Equivalents (Details)                                   
85: R56         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     46K 
                Aggregate Cost And Fair Value (Details)                          
86: R57         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Ppe    HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R58         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     66K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in equity                     
                securities, at fair value-MaxCyte Inc. (Details)                 
88: R59         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     94K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in equity                     
                securities, at fair value-BioInvent International                
                AB ordinary shares and warrants (Details)                        
89: R60         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     71K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - BioInvent International AB               
                - Summary of Investments (Details)                               
90: R61         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     66K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Summary of Long-term                     
                investments (Details)                                            
91: R62         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     86K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in equity                     
                securities, at fair value-Juventas Cell Therapy                  
                Ltd. (Details)                                                   
92: R63         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     89K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in equity                     
                securities, at fair value-Alesta Therapeutics B.V.               
                (Details)                                                        
93: R64         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     78K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in equity                     
                securities, at fair value-Cleave Therapeutics,                   
                Inc. (Details)                                                   
94: R65         INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES, AT FAIR VALUE AND  HTML     75K 
                LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - Investment in Precision                  
                Autoimmune Therapeutics Co Ltd (Pat) (Details)                   
95: R66         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     43K 
96: R67         Leases - (Details)                                  HTML     57K 
97: R68         Leases - Right of Use Assets and Liabilities        HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R69         LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flow (Details)           HTML     45K 
99: R70         LEASES - Future Undiscounted Cash Flows (Details)   HTML     61K 
100: R71         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Narratives          HTML     50K  
                (Details)                                                        
101: R72         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - By type (Details)   HTML     55K  
102: R73         INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narratives (Details)            HTML     72K  
103: R74         INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Net Definite-lived Intangible   HTML     59K  
                Assets (Details)                                                 
104: R75         INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Intangible Assets Rollforward   HTML     50K  
                (Details)                                                        
105: R76         INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Expected Future Amortization    HTML     52K  
                Expense (Details)                                                
106: R77         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities, and Other    HTML     73K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
107: R78         Short Term Borrowings (Details)                     HTML     63K  
108: R79         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     50K  
109: R80         Grants (Details)                                    HTML     51K  
110: R81         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Long Term    HTML     96K  
                Borrowing (Details)                                              
111: R82         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Long Term    HTML     51K  
                Borrowing - Changes in Redeemable Noncontrolling                 
                Interest (Details)                                               
112: R83         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     83K  
113: R84         Shareholders' Equity - Warrants Activity (Details)  HTML     52K  
114: R85         Costs of Revenues (Details)                         HTML     42K  
115: R86         Net Loss Per Share (Details)                        HTML     43K  
116: R87         Net Loss Per Share - Basic and diluted net loss     HTML     70K  
                per share computation (Details)                                  
117: R88         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     44K  
118: R89         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Compensation Expense     HTML     55K  
                (Details)                                                        
119: R90         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Weighted-Average         HTML     55K  
                Assumptions (Details)                                            
120: R91         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Options Outstanding      HTML     95K  
                (Details)                                                        
121: R92         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock Option             HTML     70K  
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
122: R93         Share-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     86K  
123: R94         INCOME TAXES - Loss Before Income Taxes (Details)   HTML     50K  
124: R95         INCOME TAXES - Deferred Income Tax Assets And       HTML     72K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
125: R96         INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation Of The Provision For  HTML     65K  
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
126: R97         INCOME TAXES - Valuation allowance (Details)        HTML     47K  
127: R98         INCOME TAXES - Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits      HTML     45K  
                (Details)                                                        
128: R99         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     77K  
129: R100        FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Financial and             HTML     67K  
                Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details)                   
130: R101        FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Quantitative Information  HTML     50K  
                about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Details)                  
131: R102        Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     62K  
132: R103        Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     83K  
133: R104        Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     58K  
134: R105        Restricted Net Assets (Details)                     HTML     40K  
135: R106        CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT -     HTML    150K  
                Condensed Balance Sheets (Details)                               
136: R107        CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT -     HTML    108K  
                Condensed Statements of Operations and                           
                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
137: R108        CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT -     HTML    108K  
                Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Details)                     
139: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    243K  
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138: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    249K  
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11/14/22  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        9/30/22   74:7.2M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
 8/12/22  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        6/30/22   76:8.1M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
12/10/21  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   8-K:5,9    12/08/21   12:219K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/30/21  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-K       12/31/20  109:13M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
11/09/20  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        9/30/20   91:7.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/16/20  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-K       12/31/19   98:6.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/09/19  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        6/30/19   75:16M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/15/19  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        3/31/19   78:5.6M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/29/19  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-K       12/31/18   91:7.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/14/17  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DE)   10-Q        6/30/17   40:1.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/17/07  CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.        8-K:5,8,9   4/16/07    9:152K                                   Bowne - DC/FA

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CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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