NPS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
10-Q/A, 1997-08-22
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                 AMENDED FORM 10-Q/A
                                   Amendment No. 1



(Mark One)

    /X/  Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934. 

         For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1997 or

    / /  Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934

         For the transition period from __________________ to ________________
                                           
    Commission file number 0-23272




                                 NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
                 (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

    Delaware                                       87-0439579       
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

    420 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah                  84108-1256     
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(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

    (801) 583-4939                                                        
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

    N/A                                                                   
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(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last
Report)

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant:  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

     Yes   x       No           
         ------        -------

    Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

            Class                               Outstanding at June 30, 1997
            -----                               ----------------------------
    Common Stock $.001 par value                           11,928,574  
    Preferred Stock $.001 par value                           -0-    


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                              NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                       Page No.
                                                                       --------
PART I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION                             
         
         Item 1    Financial Statements
                   
                     Balance Sheets                                        3
         
                     Statement of Operations                               4
         
                     Statement of Cash Flows                               5

                     Notes to Financial Statements                         7

         Item 2    Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                   Financial Condition and Results of Operations           8


PART II  OTHER INFORMATION

         Item 5    Other Information                                      11
                                  
         Item 6    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

         (a)       Exhibits
         
                   Exhibit No.
                   -----------
                   +10.32*   Research and Development Agreement between 
                             Systems Integration Drug Discovery Company, 
                             Inc. (doing business as SIDDCO Inc.) and 
                             NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
         ____________________________
         +    Previously filed.
         *    Confidential treatment has been requested with respect 
              to this exhibit.

         (b)  Reports on Form 8-K - None 

SIGNATURES                                                                12


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                           NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
                         (A Development Stage Company)

                                Balance Sheets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       June 30,       December 31, 
Assets                                                   1997             1996
                                                    ------------     -------------
                                                     (Unaudited)       (Audited)
<S>                                                 <C>              <C>
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents                      $ 62,811,774     $ 68,961,764 
     Accounts receivable                                 106,350          415,208 
     Prepaid expenses                                    343,750                - 
                                                    ------------     ------------
          Total current assets                        63,261,874       69,376,972 

Plant and equipment:
     Equipment                                         3,997,884        3,259,376 
     Leasehold improvements                            2,427,974        1,997,994 
                                                    ------------     ------------
                                                       6,425,858        5,257,370 
     Less accumulated depreciation and amortization    2,987,665        2,477,665 
                                                    ------------     ------------
          Net plant and equipment                      3,438,193        2,779,705 

Other assets                                               5,461            3,267 
                                                    ------------     ------------
                                                    $ 66,705,528     $ 72,159,944 
                                                    ------------     ------------
                                                    ------------     ------------

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:
     Current installments of obligations under 
       capital leases                               $     43,377     $     53,339 
     Current installments of long-term debt              392,517          369,467 
     Accounts payable                                    565,000          619,120 
     Accrued expenses                                    294,592          271,677 
     Deferred income                                     250,000          500,000 
     Income tax payable                                   20,000          150,000 
                                                    ------------     ------------
          Total current liabilities                    1,565,486        1,963,603 

Obligations under capital leases, excluding 
  current installments                                    35,690           27,295 
Long-term debt, excluding current installments            97,905          299,534 
                                                    ------------     ------------
          Total liabilities                            1,699,081        2,290,432 

Stockholders' equity:
     Common stock                                         11,929           11,807 
     Additional paid-in capital                       84,618,270       84,270,283 
     Deficit accumulated during development stage    (19,623,752)     (14,412,578)
                                                    ------------     ------------
          Net stockholders' equity                    65,006,447       69,869,512 
                                                    ------------     ------------
                                                    $ 66,705,528     $ 72,159,944 
                                                    ------------     ------------
                                                    ------------     ------------
</TABLE>

           See accompanying note to financial statements.

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                           NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
                         (A Development Stage Company)

                            Statements of Operations
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                   October 22,
                                                                                                      1986
                                                                                                   (inception)
                                 Three Months Ended June 30,       Six Months Ended June 30,         through
                                ----------------------------    ------------------------------       June 30,
                                    1997             1996            1997             1996             1997
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
<S>                             <C>             <C>             <C>              <C>              <C>
Revenues from research
and license agreements          $  1,075,000    $  1,410,625    $  2,150,000      $ 15,865,937    $  44,808,179 

Operating expenses:
  Research and development         3,143,548       2,642,285       6,544,461         5,818,186       47,863,535 
  General and administrative       1,314,918       1,331,062       2,533,775         2,677,972       20,801,031 
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
    Total operating expenses       4,458,466       3,973,347       9,078,236         8,496,158       68,664,566 

                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
    Operating income (loss)       (3,383,466)     (2,562,722)     (6,928,236)        7,369,779      (23,856,387)

Other income (expense):
  Interest income                    903,787         654,910       1,758,072           797,251        5,705,484 
  Interest expense                   (19,140)        (32,421)        (41,010)          (78,432)        (658,428)
  Other                                                    -                                 -           35,579 
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
    Total other income               884,647         622,489       1,717,062           718,819        5,082,635 

                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
    Income (loss) before taxes    (2,498,819)     (1,940,233)     (5,211,174)        8,088,598      (18,773,752)

Income tax expense                         -               -               -           200,000          850,000 

                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
Net income (loss)               $ (2,498,819)   $ (1,940,233)   $ (5,211,174)     $  7,888,598    $ (19,623,752)
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------    -------------


Net income (loss) per
common share                    $      (0.21)   $      (0.19)   $      (0.44)     $      0.79 
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------   
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------   


Weighted average shares
outstanding                       11,901,000      10,447,000      11,883,000        9,964,400 
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------   
                                ------------    ------------    ------------     -------------   

</TABLE>

           See accompanying note to financial statements.

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                           NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
                         (A Development Stage Company)

                            Statements of Operations
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                               Six Months Ended June 30,      October 22, 1986
                                                            ------------------------------  (inception) through
                                                                1997             1996          June 30, 1997
                                                            ------------     -------------  -------------------
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>            <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)                                         $ (5,211,174)    $   7,888,598    $ (19,623,752)
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
   cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization                                510,000           370,000        3,696,241 
    Gain on sale of equipment                                          -                 -          (29,909)
    Issuance of stock in lieu of cash for services               119,600           319,400          798,054 
    Amortization of deferred compensation                              -           127,750          766,500 
    Decrease (increase) in receivables                           308,858          (390,410)        (106,350)
    Decrease (increase) in other assets                         (345,944)                -         (352,811)
    Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
      accrued expenses                                           (31,205)         (373,479)         859,592 
    Increase (decrease) in taxes payable                        (130,000)          200,000           20,000 
    Increase (decrease) in deferred income                      (250,000)          (78,750)         250,000 
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------
      Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (5,029,865)        8,063,109      (13,722,435)

Cash flows from investing activities:
  Net purchase of marketable investment securities                     -        (8,620,078)               - 
  Acquisition of equipment and leasehold improvements         (1,134,453)         (411,006)      (6,544,553)
  Proceeds from sale of equipment                                      -                 -        1,075,621 
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------
    Net cash used in investing activities                     (1,134,453)       (9,031,084)      (5,468,932)

Cash flows from financing activities:
  Proceeds from note payable to bank                                   -                 -          123,855 
  Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock                            -                 -       17,581,416 
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock                         228,509        55,700,535       65,784,229 
  Proceeds from long-term debt                                         -                 -        1,166,434 
  Principal payments on note payable to bank                           -                 -         (123,855)
  Principal payments under capital lease obligations             (35,602)         (306,322)      (1,355,622)
  Principal payments on long-term debt                          (178,579)         (159,385)        (873,316)
  Repurchase of preferred stock                                        -                 -         (300,000)
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------
    Net cash provided by financing activities                     14,328        55,234,828       82,003,141 
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents          (6,149,990)       54,266,853       62,811,774 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period              68,961,764         8,039,625               - 
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                  $ 62,811,774     $  62,306,478    $ 62,811,774 
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------
                                                            ------------     -------------    -------------

</TABLE>

           See accompanying note to financial statements.

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                           NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
                         (A Development Stage Company)

                            Statements of Operations
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                               Six Months Ended June 30,      October 22, 1986
                                                            ------------------------------  (inception) through
                                                                1997             1996          June 30, 1997
                                                            ------------     -------------  -------------------
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>            <C>
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
  INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest                                        $  41,010        $  78,432        $   658,428 
Cash paid for taxes                                             130,000                -            830,000

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND   
     FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of equipment through incurrence of 
  capital lease obligations                                      34,035           32,500          1,434,689
Acquisition of leasehold improvements through
  incurrence of debt                                                  -                -            197,304
Issuance of preferred stock for stock subscription
  receivable                                                          -                -          4,000,000
Accrual of deferred offering costs                                    -                -            150,000


</TABLE>

           See accompanying note to financial statements.

                               -6-

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                          NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
                        (A Development Stage Company)
                         Note to Financial Statements
                                 (Unaudited)


(1) BASIS OF PRESENTATION
    
    The accompanying financial statements of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("NPS" 
or the "Company") are unaudited, except as specifically noted. The financial 
statements reflect all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring 
adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present 
fairly the financial position and results of operations for the interim 
periods presented. The results of operations for the three month and six 
month period ended June 30, 1997, are not necessarily indicative of the 
results to be expected for the full year. The financial information included 
herein should be read in conjunction with the Company's Form 10-K for 1996 
which includes the audited financial statements and the notes thereto for the 
year ended December 31, 1996.


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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q CONTAINS, IN ADDITION TO HISTORICAL
INFORMATION, FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES.
THE COMPANY'S ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THE RESULTS DISCUSSED
IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO
SUCH DIFFERENCES INCLUDE THOSE DISCUSSED HEREIN AS WELL AS THOSE DISCUSSED IN
THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
UNDER THE HEADING "RISK FACTORS."

    Since its inception in 1986, NPS has devoted substantially all of its 
resources to its research and development programs. To date, the Company has 
not completed development of any pharmaceutical products for sale and has 
incurred substantial losses. NPS has incurred cumulative losses through June 
30, 1997, of $19.6 million net of cumulative revenues from research and 
license agreements of $44.8 million. The Company expects to incur significant 
operating losses over at least the next several years as the Company 
continues and expands its research and development and preclinical and 
clinical testing activities. Substantially all of the Company's revenues are 
derived from license fees, milestone payments and research and development 
support payments from its licensees and these revenues fluctuate from quarter 
to quarter. Accordingly, the Company expects that income or loss will 
fluctuate from quarter to quarter, that such fluctuations may be substantial, 
and that results from prior quarters may not be indicative of future 
operating results. The Company's ability to achieve profitability depends in 
part on its ability, alone and/or with others and the efforts of its 
licensees, to complete development of its products, to obtain required 
regulatory approvals and to manufacture and market such products, as to which 
matters there can be no assurance.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    Revenues were $1.1 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 1997 
compared to $1.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 1996 and 
$2.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 1997 compared to $15.9 
million for the same six-month period in 1996. The decrease in revenues for 
the six-month period was primarily due to the receipt by NPS in 1996 of a $10 
million license fee from Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") and a $3 million milestone 
payment from SmithKline Beecham Corporation ("SmithKline Beecham"); these 
payments reflected one time events under agreement with these parties and are 
non-recurring. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below for further 
discussion of payments that may be received by the Company in the future 
under the separate agreements with these parties. 

    Research and development expenses increased to $3.1 million for the 
three-month period ended June 30, 1997 from $2.6 million in the comparable 
period of 1996, and to $6.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 
1997 from $5.8 million in the comparable period of 1996. Research and 
development expenses are expected to increase significantly in the future as 
NPS conducts discovery, preclinical development and clinical trials for 
non-licensed product candidates, sponsors research or obtains licenses for 
technology from academia or research institutions and hires more research and 
development personnel. 

    General and administrative expenses were $1.3 million in both three-month 
periods ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, and $2.5 million compared to $2.7 
million for the six-month periods ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, 
respectively. The Company expects that general and administrative expenses 
will increase in the future as more personnel and facilities are needed to 
support research and development activities.

    Interest income increased to $904,000 and $1.8 million for the 
three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 1997 respectively, from 
$655,000 and $798,000 for the same periods of 1996. The increases were 
primarily due to a higher average cash balance resulting from the net 
proceeds of the follow-on offering of stock completed in May 1996. The 
Company anticipates that interest income will decrease in the future as the 
Company's cash is utilized for operations.


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

    The Company has financed its operations since inception primarily through 
collaborative research and license agreements and the private and public 
placement of equity securities. As of June 30,1997, the Company had 
recognized $44.8 million of cumulative revenues from research and license 
agreements and $84.6 million in consideration for the sale of equity 
securities for cash and services. The Company's principal sources of 
liquidity are its cash, cash equivalents, and marketable investment 
securities which totaled $62.8 million at June 30, 1997.

    The Company receives quarterly payments under its agreements with the 
pharmaceutical division of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited ("Kirin") and 
SmithKline Beecham to support the Company's research efforts in 
hyperparathyroidism ("HPT") and osteoporosis, respectively. The Kirin 
payments are scheduled to be $500,000 per quarter through June 30, 1997 and 
$250,000 per quarter thereafter through the remaining three years of the 
research term of the Kirin agreement. The scheduled expiration date of the 
SmithKline Beecham agreement is October 31, 1997 and NPS expects to receive 
$475,000 per quarter through that date from SmithKline Beecham. Amgen will 
reimburse the Company up to $400,000 per year for a period not to exceed five 
years for costs incurred by the Company for designation of NPS personnel to 
be able to participate in the development of a compound for primary HPT in 
the Amgen territory, with such participation occurring under the direction of 
Amgen. 

    The Company could receive future payments of up to $51.0 million in the 
aggregate from Amgen, Kirin, and SmithKline Beecham upon the accomplishment 
of specified research and/or development milestones under the respective 
agreements. NPS does not control the subject matter, timing or resources 
applied by its licensees under their respective development programs. Thus, 
the Company's potential receipt of milestone payments from these licensees is 
largely beyond the control of NPS. Progress under these agreements is subject 
to risk and each of these agreements may be terminated before the scheduled 
expiration date by the respective licensee. No assurance can be given that 
any future milestone or research or development support payments will be 
received from any of them or under any other licensing agreement then in 
effect. 

    The Company has entered into certain sponsored research and license 
agreements which obligate the Company to make research support payments to 
academic and/or commercial research institutions. Additional payments may be 
required upon the accomplishment of research milestones by the institutions 
or as license fees or royalties to maintain the licenses. As of June 30, 
1997, the Company had a total commitment of approximately $1.0 million for 
future research support payments. These commitments have been increased by 
$3.6 million due to the Research and Development Agreement with SIDDCO Inc. 
entered into on July 16, 1997. The Company expects to enter into additional 
sponsored research and license agreements in the future.  

    As of June 30, 1997, the Company's net investment in leasehold 
improvements, equipment and furnishings was $3.4 million. The Company has 
financed a portion of such expenditures through capital leases and long-term 
debt with a total principal obligation of  $569,000 as of June 30, 1997. 
Additional equipment and facilities will be needed as the Company increases 
its research and development activities, a portion of which may be financed 
with debt. Equipment and leasehold improvements subject to the capital leases 
and the long-term debt have been pledged in support of such obligations.

    The Company anticipates that its existing capital resources, including 
interest earned thereon and expected research and development support 
payments from its licensees will be sufficient to enable it to maintain its 
current and planned operations through at least 1999. However, actual needs 
are dependent on numerous factors, including the progress of the Company's 
research and development programs, the magnitude and scope of these 
activities, progress with preclinical and clinical trials, the cost of 
preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent claims and 
other intellectual property rights, competing technological and market 
developments, changes in or terminations of existing research and license 
arrangements, the establishment of additional license arrangements and the 
cost of manufacturing scale-up and development of marketing activities, if 
undertaken by the Company. Substantial expenditures will be required to 
conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacture or have 
manufactured and market any proprietary products of NPS which may be derived 
from current research and development efforts and perform research and 
development activities in additional areas. In addition, if Amgen terminates 
its agreement, the Company may not have sufficient capital to complete the 
development and commercialization of a drug for HPT in the Amgen territory.


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    NPS may need to raise additional funds to support its long-term product 
development and commercialization programs. The Company also intends to seek 
additional funding through corporate collaborations and licensing agreements 
and the Company may seek additional funding through public or private 
financing. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be 
available on acceptable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not 
available, the Company may be required to delay, reduce the scope of or 
eliminate one or more of its research and development programs or to obtain 
funds through arrangements with licensees or others that may require the 
Company to relinquish rights to certain of its technologies, product 
candidates or products that the Company may otherwise seek to develop or 
commercialize on its own.

CERTAIN BUSINESS RISKS

    The Company is currently in the early stage of product development. NPS 
R-568 and NPS 1506 are the only product candidates under development by the 
Company or its licensees that ares in human clinical trials. There is no 
guarantee that NPS R-568 or NPS 1506 will prove to be safe or efficacious or 
that back-up or later generation compounds will be identified. All of the 
Company's remaining technologies are new and will require significant 
additional research and development efforts prior to any commercial use. 
Because the Company has granted exclusive development, commercialization and 
marketing rights in the fields of HPT and osteoporosis, the success of its 
existing HPT and osteoporosis programs is entirely dependent upon the efforts 
of Amgen, Kirin and SmithKline Beecham.

    Other risks include the Company's lack of product sales, a history of 
operating losses, the uncertainty of regulatory approvals, rapid 
technological change and competition, the uncertainty of protection of the 
Company's patents and proprietary technology, the Company's dependence on 
third parties for manufacturing, the Company's future capital needs and the 
uncertainty of additional funding, the Company's's lack of marketing 
capabilities, the uncertainty of third-party reimbursement, the Company's 
dependence on key personnel and the Company's ability to manage growth. A 
more detailed discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ 
materially from those in forward-looking statements is contained in the 
Company's SEC filings, including the Risk Factors in the Company's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K. 

                                       PART II

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

NEUROPROTECTION PROGRAM

    On July 25, 1997, the Company commenced Phase I clinical trials for the 
Company's lead compound, NPS 1506, selected by NPS from a class of 
proprietary compounds being developed for neuroprotection in stroke. The 
trail is being conducted with healthy volunteers to evaluate the safety and 
pharmacokinetics of various intravenous doses of the compound. The Company is 
seeking to establish a collaboration with another company for the development 
and commercialization of NPS 1506 and/or back-up or second generation 
compounds. There can be no assurance that NPS will be successful in finding a 
partner to collaborate in the development and commercialization of NPS 1506 
or that NPS 1506 or any other of the lead compounds will prove safe and 
effective, meet applicable regulatory standards or be successfully marketed.

SIDDCO AGREEMENT

    On July 16, 1997 the Company and Systems Integration Drug Discovery 
Company, Inc. ("SIDDCO") entered into a Research and Development Agreement 
(the "SIDDCO Agreement"). Under the SIDDCO Agreement, the companies will work 
together to develop combinatorial chemistry databases, identify novel 
compounds, develop automated chemical synthesis systems, and generate 
computational and analytical methods. The Company is obligated to pay to 
SIDDCO the sum of $1.2 million per year (on a quarterly basis) for a period 
of three years. The Company has the right to extend the SIDDCO Agreement for 
an additional two years at an adjusted rate based on SIDDCO costs at that 
time.


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FINANCIAL ADVISOR AGREEMENT

    The Company entered into an exclusive financial advisor agreement with 
Vector Securities International, Inc. ("Vector") for a period of six months, 
with a possible extension of an additional six months, effective July 11, 
1997. Under the terms of the agreement, Vector will assist the Company in 
evaluating and seeking potential acquisition, merger and/or joint venture 
candidates. The Company has not sought an evaluation or assistance for a sale 
of the Company nor does the agreement provide for such. Vector will also 
provide financial advisory services to the Company in the event the Company 
undertakes negotiations leading to an acquisition, merger and/or joint 
venture during the term of the agreement.

                                      SIGNATURES
                                           

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Date:    August 20, 1997          NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


                                  
                                  By:      /S/ JAMES U. JENSEN       
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                       James U. Jensen 
                                       Vice President, Corporate Development
                                       and Legal Affairs
                                       (Executive Officer)



                                  By:      /S/ ROBERT K. MERRELL            
                                     ---------------------------------------
                                       Robert K. Merrell
                                       Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial
                                       Officer and Treasurer
                                       (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                       Officer)



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                                  INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number     Description of Document
- --------------     -----------------------
   +10.32*         Research and Development Agreement between Systems
                   Integration Drug Discovery Company, Inc. (doing business 
                   as SIDDCO Inc.) and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

____________________
    +    Previously filed.
    *    Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to this
         exhibit.





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