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Opko Health, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 8/8/17, at 4:15pm ET · For: 6/30/17 · Accession #: 944809-17-8 · File #: 1-33528

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

 8/08/17  Opko Health, Inc.                 10-Q        6/30/17   75:8.9M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    100K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     94K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     41K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    124K 
18: R7          Business and Organization                           HTML     28K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
20: R9          Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     78K 
21: R10         Composition of Certain Financial Statement          HTML    122K 
                Captions                                                         
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23: R12         Debt                                                HTML    125K 
24: R13         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     38K 
25: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    140K 
26: R15         Derivative Contracts                                HTML     54K 
27: R16         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     35K 
28: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     32K 
29: R18         Strategic Alliances                                 HTML     50K 
30: R19         Segments                                            HTML    153K 
31: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     23K 
32: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    136K 
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34: R23         Composition of Certain Financial Statement          HTML    123K 
                Captions (Tables)                                                
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36: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    110K 
37: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     38K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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42: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    130K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R32         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Schedule of Earnings    HTML     59K 
                Per Share (Details)                                              
44: R33         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Narrative (Details)     HTML     33K 
45: R34         Composition of Certain Financial Statement          HTML    138K 
                Captions (Details)                                               
46: R35         Composition of Certain Financial Statement          HTML     57K 
                Captions - Changes in Goodwill (Details)                         
47: R36         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses -            HTML     32K 
                Acquisition Narrative (Details)                                  
48: R37         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses -            HTML     44K 
                Transition Therapeutics Purchase Price Allocation                
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses - Summary    HTML     37K 
                of Investments (Details)                                         
50: R39         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses - Equity     HTML     57K 
                and Cost Method Investments Narrative (Details)                  
51: R40         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses - Available  HTML     51K 
                for Sale Investments, Sale of Investments and                    
                Warrants and Options Narrative (Details)                         
52: R41         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses - Variable   HTML     33K 
                Interest Entities Narrative (Details)                            
53: R42         Acquisitions, Investments and Licenses - Other      HTML     40K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
54: R43         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    143K 
55: R44         Debt - Notes (Details)                              HTML     51K 
56: R45         Debt - Inputs Used In Lattice Model (Details)       HTML     40K 
57: R46         Debt - Fair Value Of Embedded Derivatives           HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Debt - Lines Of Credit (Details)                    HTML     60K 
59: R48         Debt - Mortgage Notes And Other Debt (Details)      HTML     31K 
60: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         Fair Value Measurements - Summary Of Investments    HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Assets And Liabilities    HTML     54K 
                Measured At Fair Value (Details)                                 
63: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Notes (Details)           HTML     29K 
64: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Level 3 Reconciliation    HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     33K 
66: R55         Derivative Contracts - Balance Sheet Component      HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R56         Derivative Contracts - Derivative Gains (Losses)    HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML    164K 
69: R58         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     36K 
70: R59         Strategic Alliances (Details)                       HTML    104K 
71: R60         Segments - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     41K 
72: R61         Segments - Operations and Assets Information        HTML     78K 
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Filing Submission 0000944809-17-000008 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Opko Health, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 8/8/17, at 4:15pm ET · For: 6/30/17 · Accession #: 944809-17-8 · File #: 1-33528

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