Edgar Filing: CHIRON CORP

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
ý	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002

o	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: 0-12798

CHIRON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		94-2754624
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4560 Horton Street, Emeryville, California		94608
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

(510) 655-8730
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(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 Exchange 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.

ý Yes o No

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

Title of Class		Outstanding at October 31, 2002
Common Stock, $0.01 par value		188,122,353

CHIRON CORPORATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	ITEM 1. Financial Statements
		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 (Unaudited)	3
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 (Unaudited)	4
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 (Unaudited)	5
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 (Unaudited)	6
		Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	7
	ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		23
	ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		52
	ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures		52
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
	ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings		53
	ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders		55
	ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K		55
SIGNATURES			56
CERTIFICATIONS			57

Item 1. Financial Statements

CHIRON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)

			September 30, 2002			December 31, 2001
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	316,945		$	320,673
	Short-term investments in marketable debt securities			628,466			456,506

		Total cash and short-term investments		945,411			777,179
	Accounts receivable, net			288,350			223,358
	Current portion of notes receivable			1,870			5,103
	Inventories			135,766			111,357
	Current net deferred income tax asset			45,748			33,717
	Derivative financial instruments			7,693			756
	Other current assets			41,056			30,677

		Total current assets		1,465,894			1,182,147
Noncurrent investments in marketable debt securities				354,378			524,858
Property, plant, equipment and leasehold improvements, at cost:
	Land and buildings			149,576			144,789
	Laboratory, production and office equipment			401,424			361,423
	Leasehold improvements			92,580			89,392
	Construction-in-progress			68,327			26,341

				711,907			621,945
	Less accumulated depreciation and amortization			(360,745	)		(308,557	)

		Property, plant, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		351,162			313,388
Purchased technologies, net				262,368			279,298
Goodwill				237,081			224,742
Other intangible assets, net				145,793			155,086
Investments in equity securities and affiliated companies				78,017			146,984
Noncurrent notes receivable				7,930			9,706
Noncurrent derivative financial instruments				18,635			—
Other noncurrent assets				30,669			30,700

			$	2,951,927		$	2,866,909

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable		$	58,028		$	56,773
	Accrued compensation and related expenses			50,945			47,020
	Derivative financial instruments			206			2,861
	Short-term borrowings			—			526
	Current portion of unearned revenue			22,914			22,328
	Income taxes payable			96,677			83,099
	Other current liabilities			120,515			111,766

		Total current liabilities		349,285			324,373
Long-term debt				414,875			408,696
Noncurrent derivative financial instruments				267			7,646
Noncurrent net deferred income tax liability				36,616			58,944
Noncurrent unearned revenue				65,659			74,371
Other noncurrent liabilities				42,410			42,873
Minority interest				5,004			3,894

		Total liabilities		914,116			920,797

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Put options				16,025			13,764

Stockholders' equity:
	Common stock			1,917			1,917
	Additional paid-in capital			2,451,077			2,441,281
	Deferred stock compensation			(16,797	)		(17,506	)
	Accumulated deficit			(278,353	)		(360,997	)
	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			13,046			(21,286	)
	Treasury stock, at cost (3,666,000 shares at September 30, 2002 and 2,341,000 shares at December 31, 2001)			(149,104	)		(111,061	)

		Total stockholders' equity		2,021,786			1,932,348

			$	2,951,927		$	2,866,909

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are integral to this statement.

CHIRON CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

			Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002			2001			2002			2001
Revenues:
	Product sales, net		$	272,190		$	214,039		$	657,067		$	556,545
	Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint businesses			32,356			21,260			78,548			59,141
	Collaborative agreement revenues			4,977			11,449			17,786			32,480
	Royalty and license fee revenues			48,047			44,672			138,419			147,817
	Other revenues			10,911			10,538			28,136			26,767

		Total revenues		368,481			301,958			919,956			822,750

Operating expenses:
	Cost of sales			97,432			79,494			239,823			198,053
	Research and development			81,635			80,469			243,938			249,846
	Selling, general and administrative			68,159			62,197			202,022			181,882
	Amortization expense			7,504			11,498			22,328			34,383
	Write-off of purchased in-process technologies			—			—			54,781			—
	Other operating expenses			5,694			4,076			11,176			12,352

		Total operating expenses		260,424			237,734			774,068			676,516

Income from operations				108,057			64,224			145,888			146,234
Gain on sale of assets				—			—			—			2,426
Interest expense				(3,210	)		(3,140	)		(9,498	)		(4,403	)
Other income, net				8,696			14,052			41,456			46,279
Minority interest				(477	)		(394	)		(1,360	)		(936	)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes				113,066			74,742			176,486			189,600
Provision for income taxes				30,530			23,364			62,443			59,535

Income from continuing operations				82,536			51,378			114,043			130,065
Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations (Note 3)				(320	)		1,515			(320	)		5,168

Net income			$	82,216		$	52,893		$	113,723		$	135,233

Basic earnings per share (Note 2):
	Income from continuing operations		$	0.44		$	0.27		$	0.60		$	0.69

	Net income		$	0.44		$	0.28		$	0.60		$	0.71

Diluted earnings per share (Note 2):
	Income from continuing operations		$	0.43		$	0.26		$	0.59		$	0.67

	Net income		$	0.43		$	0.27		$	0.59		$	0.69

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are integral to this statement.

CHIRON CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

			Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002			2001			2002			2001

Net income			$	82,216		$	52,893		$	113,723		$	135,233

Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Change in foreign currency translation adjustment during the period, net of tax (benefit) provision of $(295) and $1,808 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $6,154 and $1,263 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively			(6,926	)		32,720			48,307			(10,884	)
	Unrealized derivative gains (losses) from cash flow hedges:
		Net unrealized derivative gains (losses) from cash flow hedges arising during the period, net of tax benefit of $516 and $99 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively		—			(819	)		—			76
		Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income, net of tax (provision) benefit of $116 and $(31) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively		—			184			—			(50	)

		Net unrealized derivative gains (losses) from cash flow hedges		—			(635	)		—			26
	Unrealized gains (losses) from investments:
		Net unrealized holding losses arising during the period, net of tax benefit of $1,625 and $8,006 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $5,157 and $11,407 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively		(2,610	)		(12,740	)		(8,233	)		(17,633	)
		Reclassification adjustment for net losses (gains) included in net income, net of tax benefit (provision) of $37 and $380 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $(3,550) and $(2,271) for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively		60			603			(5,742	)		(3,598	)

		Net unrealized losses from investments		(2,550	)		(12,137	)		(13,975	)		(21,231	)

	Other comprehensive income (loss)			(9,476	)		19,948			34,332			(32,089	)

Comprehensive income			$	72,740		$	72,841		$	148,055		$	103,144

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are integral to this statement.

CHIRON CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

			Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002			2001
Net cash provided by operating activities			$	191,829		$	108,118

Cash flows from investing activities:
	Purchases of investments in marketable debt securities			(581,162	)		(810,032	)
	Proceeds from sale and maturity of investments in marketable debt securities			568,549			535,913
	Proceeds from notes receivable			5,150			6,599
	Capital expenditures			(74,111	)		(42,048	)
	Proceeds from equity forward contracts			5,989			—
	Proceeds from sales of assets			429			8,191
	Purchases of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies			(5,508	)		(11,144	)
	Proceeds from sale of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies			18,869			11,355
	Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired			(58,176	)		(6,922	)
	Other, net			(3,954	)		(2,822	)

		Net cash used in investing activities		(123,925	)		(310,910	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
	Net (repayment of) proceeds from short-term borrowings			(630	)		212
	Repayment of debt and capital leases			—			(1,511	)
	Payments to acquire treasury stock			(96,683	)		(163,187	)
	Proceeds from reissuance of treasury stock			21,968			52,186
	Payment of issuance costs on Liquid Yield Option Notes			—			(9,892	)
	Proceeds from issuance of Liquid Yield Option Notes			—			401,829
	Proceeds from put options			3,713			6,045

		Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(71,632	)		285,682

		Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(3,728	)		82,890
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period				320,673			166,990

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period			$	316,945		$	249,880

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are integral to this statement.

CHIRON CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2002

(Unaudited)

Note 1—The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements at September 30, 2002, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, is unaudited but includes all normal recurring adjustments, which Chiron Corporation believes to be necessary for fair presentation of the periods presented.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet amounts at December 31, 2001 have been derived from audited financial statements. Historically, Chiron's operating results have varied considerably from period to period due to the nature of Chiron's collaborative, royalty and license arrangements and the seasonality of certain vaccine products. In addition, the mix of products sold and the introduction of new products will affect comparability from quarter to quarter. As a consequence, Chiron's interim results in any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a full year. This information should be read in conjunction with Chiron's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2001, which are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Chiron with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Income from continuing operations before income taxes presented in this Form 10-Q reflects increased cost of sales of $1.9 million (a reduction of $1.4 million in net income) for the vaccines segment, compared to Chiron's earnings press release related to the results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. There was a corresponding decrease in inventories of $1.9 million at September 30, 2002. As a result, earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 in this Form 10-Q reflect these changes.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Chiron and its majority-owned subsidiaries. For consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries in which Chiron owns less than 100%, Chiron records minority interest in the condensed consolidated financial statements to account for the ownership interest of the minority owner. Investments in joint ventures, limited partnerships and interests in which Chiron has an equity interest of 50% or less are accounted for using either the equity or cost method. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

On July 1, 2002, Chiron acquired the remaining 80.1% ownership of Pulmopharm GmbH, a distributor of TOBI® products in Germany and Austria. Previously, Chiron owned 19.9% of Pulmopharm and accounted for the investment under the equity method. Chiron's acquisition of all of the remaining outstanding shares of common stock of Pulmopharm, including estimated acquisition costs, resulted in a total purchase price of approximately $3.7 million. The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $3.8 million of intangible assets relating to the distribution rights, $1.2 million of goodwill, $0.3 million of tangible assets and $1.6 million of deferred tax liabilities. In addition, on the acquisition date, the carrying value of the original investment in Pulmopharm, which totaled $0.3 million, was reclassified to goodwill. Chiron accounted for the acquisition using the purchase method and included Pulmopharm's operating results in its consolidated operating results beginning on July 1, 2002. Pulmopharm is part of Chiron's biopharmaceuticals segment.

On February 20, 2002, Chiron acquired Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., a company that was developing tezacitabine, a drug to treat cancer. Chiron acquired all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Matrix Pharmaceutical at $2.21 per share, which, including estimated acquisition costs, resulted in a total preliminary purchase price of approximately $67.1 million. Chiron accounted for the acquisition as an asset purchase and included Matrix Pharmaceutical's operating results, including the seven business days in February 2002, in its consolidated operating results beginning on March 1, 2002. Matrix Pharmaceutical is part of Chiron's biopharmaceuticals segment.

In 2001, Chiron became a limited partner of Forward Venture IV, L.P. Chiron will pay $15.0 million over ten years, of which $7.2 million was paid through September 30, 2002, for a 6.35% ownership percentage. In 2000, Chiron became a limited partner of Burrill Biotechnology Capital Fund, L.P. Chiron will pay $25.0 million over five years, of which $17.1 million was paid through September 30, 2002, for a 23.26% ownership percentage. Chiron accounts for both investments under the equity method of accounting pursuant to Emerging Issues Task Force Topic No. D-46 "Accounting for Limited Partnership Investments." In October 2002, Chiron became a limited partner of TPG Biotechnology Partners, L.P. Chiron will pay $5.0 million over 10 years, of which $1.3 million was paid in October 2002, for an 8.10% ownership percentage.

Use of Estimates and Reclassifications

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to investments; inventories; derivatives; intangible assets; product discounts, rebates and returns; bad debts; collaborative, royalty and license arrangements; restructuring; pension and other post-retirement benefits; income taxes; and litigation and other contingencies. Chiron bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Chiron recognizes a portion of revenue for product sales of Betaseron® upon shipment to its marketing partner, and the remainder based on a contractual percentage of sales by its marketing partner. Chiron also earns royalties on the marketing partner's European sales of Betaferon® in those cases where Chiron does not supply the product. Prior to the first quarter 2002, Chiron had accounted for non-U.S. product sales on a one-quarter lag and royalties as a percentage of forecast received from its marketing partner, with an adjustment of the estimate to actual in the subsequent quarter. More current information of non-U.S. Betaseron® sales became available in 2002, and as a result, Chiron is able to recognize Betaseron® product sales and Betaferon® royalties on a current basis. The effect of this change on results, net of tax, was a decrease in net loss for the first quarter 2002 and an increase in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, by $3.1 million for product sales and $2.8 million for royalties ($0.03 per basic and diluted share).

Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the moving weighted-average cost method. Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2002		December 31, 2001
Finished goods	$	31,430	$	26,683
Work-in-process		71,130		60,512
Raw materials		33,206		24,162

	$	135,766	$	111,357

Income Taxes

The reported effective tax rate for 2002 is 27.0% of pretax income from continuing operations, excluding the write-off of purchased in-process technologies related to the acquisition of Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. (see Note 4). The effective tax rate may be affected in future periods by changes in Chiron's estimates with respect to the deferred tax assets and other items affecting the overall tax rate. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 was based on an estimated annual effective tax rate on pretax income from continuing operations of approximately 31.4%.

Put Options

Chiron utilizes written put options to reduce the effective costs of repurchasing its common stock. The put option contracts provide that Chiron, at its option, can settle with physical delivery or net shares equal to the difference between the exercise price and the value of the option as determined by the contract. Accordingly, these contracts are initially measured at fair value and reported in stockholders' equity as additional paid-in-capital. Subsequent changes in fair value are not recognized. If these instruments are settled through the payment or receipt of cash, additional paid-in-capital is adjusted.

As of September 30, 2002, Chiron had an outstanding contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell to Chiron 0.5 million shares. In connection with the sale, Chiron collected a $1.7 million premium. The option expired on October 29, 2002 and had an exercise price of $32.05 per share. The amount of Chiron's obligation to repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $16.0 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2002. On October 29, 2002, Chiron's closing stock price was $38.57. Since the closing stock price was above the stipulated $32.05, the third party elected not to exercise the options. As a result, the temporary equity of $16.0 million was reclassified to permanent equity in the fourth quarter 2002. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, Chiron collected premiums of $3.7 million and, for contracts which expired, purchased 0.3 million shares in connection with the put option program.

In October 2002, Chiron entered into a contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell to Chiron 0.5 million shares. In connection with the sale, Chiron collected a $1.7 million premium. The option expires in January 2003 and has an exercise price of $38.11 per share. The amount of Chiron's obligation to repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $19.1 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the fourth quarter 2002.

As of December 31, 2001, Chiron had an outstanding contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell to Chiron 0.3 million shares. The option expired on March 28, 2002 and had an exercise price of $45.88 per share. The amount of Chiron's obligation to

repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $13.8 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2001. On March 28, 2002, Chiron's closing stock price was $45.89. Since the closing stock price was above the stipulated $45.88, the third party elected not to exercise the options. As a result, the temporary equity of $13.8 million was reclassified to permanent equity in the first quarter 2002.

Comprehensive Income

In the first and second quarters of 2001, the foreign currency translation component of comprehensive income included the tax effects of the non-permanently reinvested 2000 earnings in Chiron's German and Italian vaccines business in accordance with the investment and tax policy adopted in 2000. During the first and second quarters of 2001, the undistributed 2001 earnings in Chiron's German and Italian vaccines business were expected to be reinvested permanently and, as a result, no tax effect was provided on the foreign currency translation component of comprehensive income. Beginning in the third quarter 2001, tax effects of the decision not to permanently reinvest the 2001 earnings in Chiron's German and Italian vaccines business were recorded. For all other foreign jurisdictions, the undistributed earnings of Chiron's foreign investments are expected to be reinvested permanently.

Treasury Stock

Treasury stock is stated at cost. Gains on reissuance of treasury stock are credited to "Additional paid-in capital." Losses on reissuance of treasury stock are charged to "Additional paid-in capital" to the extent of available net gains on reissuance of treasury stock. Otherwise, losses are charged to "Accumulated deficit." Chiron charged losses of $8.2 million and $31.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, and $28.6 million and $69.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively, to "Accumulated deficit" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

New Accounting Standards

In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (referred to as SFAS) No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)". SFAS 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan, as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The adoption of SFAS 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs as well as the amount recognized under such costs. The provisions of SFAS 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002, with earlier application encouraged. Chiron is currently analyzing the effect, if any, the adoption of this standard will have on the consolidated financial statements.

Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions," in that it permits presentation of a component of an entity, whether classified as held for sale or disposed of, as a discontinued operation. However, SFAS 144 retains the requirement of APB Opinion No. 30 to report discontinued operations separately from continuing operations. Chiron adopted the provisions of SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002. The implementation of the provisions of this standard did not have a material effect on Chiron's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations." SFAS 143 requires liability recognition for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. Chiron must adopt the provisions of SFAS 143 effective January 1, 2003, with earlier application encouraged. Chiron is currently analyzing the effect, if any, the adoption of this standard will have on the consolidated financial statements.

Chiron understands that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering new rules on the accounting for certain off-balance sheet lease financing. Such rules may require that, among other things, certain off-balance sheet lease financing and the related leased facilities be recorded on the balance sheet. As new information is released, Chiron will continue to monitor the impact of these rules on its June 1996 lease financing, disclosed in Note 12, "Commitments and Contingencies," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Commitments," in Chiron's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Note 2—Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares outstanding. Dilutive potential common shares could result from (i) the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options, warrants and equivalents, which are included under the treasury-stock method; (ii) performance units to the extent that dilutive shares are assumed issuable; (iii) the assumed exercise of outstanding put options, which are included under the reverse treasury-stock method; and (iv) convertible notes and debentures, which are included under the if-converted method. Due to rounding, quarterly amounts may not sum fully to yearly amounts.

The following table sets forth the computations for basic and diluted earnings per share on income from continuing operations (in thousands, except per share data):

			Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002		2001		2002		2001
Income (Numerator):
	Income from continuing operations available to common stockholders		$	82,536	$	51,378	$	114,043	$	130,065
	Plus: Interest on convertible Liquid Yield Option Notes, net of taxes			1,787		—		—		—

	Income from continuing operations available to common stockholders, plus assumed conversions		$	84,323	$	51,378	$	114,043	$	130,065

Shares (Denominator):
	Weighted-average common shares outstanding			188,493		189,626		189,175		189,643
	Effect of dilutive securities:
		Stock options and equivalents		2,826		4,818		3,387		5,085
		Warrants		—		107		—		318
		Put options		—		31		3		18
		Convertible Liquid Yield Option Notes		5,228		—		—		—

	Weighted-average common shares outstanding, plus assumed conversions			196,547		194,582		192,565		195,064

Basic earnings per share			$	0.44	$	0.27	$	0.60	$	0.69

Diluted earnings per share			$	0.43	$	0.26	$	0.59	$	0.67

The following table sets forth the computations for basic and diluted earnings per share on net income (in thousands, except per share data):

			Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002		2001		2002		2001
Income (Numerator):
	Net income available to common stockholders		$	82,216	$	52,893	$	113,723	$	135,233
	Plus: Interest on convertible Liquid Yield Option Notes, net of taxes			1,787		—		—		—

	Net income available to common stockholders, plus assumed conversions		$	84,003	$	52,893	$	113,723	$	135,233

Shares (Denominator):
	Weighted-average common shares outstanding			188,493		189,626		189,175		189,643
	Effect of dilutive securities:
		Stock options and equivalents		2,826		4,818		3,387		5,085
		Warrants		—		107		—		318
		Put options		—		31		3		18
		Convertible Liquid Yield Option Notes		5,228		—		—		—

	Weighted-average common shares outstanding, plus assumed conversions			196,547		194,582		192,565		195,064

Basic earnings per share			$	0.44	$	0.28	$	0.60	$	0.71

Diluted earnings per share			$	0.43	$	0.27	$	0.59	$	0.69

For the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, stock options to purchase 16.5 million and 9.0 million shares, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, stock options to purchase 13.9 million and 6.7 million shares, respectively, with exercise prices greater than the average market prices of common stock, were excluded from the respective computations of diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

Also excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share were 5.2 million shares of common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2001 and the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, issuable upon conversion of the Liquid Yield Option Notes, as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

As a result of the acquisition of Cetus on December 12, 1991, a warrant to purchase 0.6 million shares of Chiron common stock with an exercise price of $13.125 per share was outstanding. On July 31, 2001, the holder elected a cashless exercise of the warrant, based upon Chiron's closing stock price on August 3, 2001, for which Chiron issued approximately 0.4 million shares of its common stock.

Note 3—Discontinued Operations

In a strategic effort to focus on its core businesses of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing, Chiron completed the sale of Chiron Diagnostics and Chiron Vision in 1998 and 1997, respectively. Discontinued operations had no impact on basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, basic and diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations were $0.01 and $0.02, respectively.

The "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2002			2001			2002			2001
Reversal of reserves for severance obligations	$	—		$	1,600		$	—		$	1,600
Reversal of reserves for indemnity obligations		—			—			—			1,500
Gain on the sale of the real estate assets		—			—			—			1,644
Employee settlement		(438	)		—			(438	)		—
Income tax benefit (provision)		118			(85	)		118			424

	$	(320	)	$	1,515		$	(320	)	$	5,168

Chiron Diagnostics

The results of operations for Chiron Diagnostics are reported as a discontinued operation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In connection with the sale of Chiron Diagnostics, Chiron granted Bayer rights under HIV and hepatitis C virus patents for use in nucleic acid diagnostic tests (excluding blood screening). In exchange for these rights, Bayer paid Chiron a license fee of $100.0 million, which became nonrefundable in decreasing amounts through 2001. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, Chiron recognized license fee revenues of $5.0 million and $15.0 million, respectively, which represented the portion of the $100.0 million payment that became nonrefundable during those periods. This revenue was recorded as a component of "Royalty and license fee revenues" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Chiron recognized the final portion of revenue in the fourth quarter 2001.

In the third quarter of 2002, Chiron recognized a charge of $0.4 million related to a settlement with a former employee arising out of the sale of Chiron Diagnostics. This amount was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002.

In the third quarter of 2001, Chiron reversed approximately $1.6 million reserved for severance obligations based upon a final reconciliation from Bayer. This amount was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations" for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001.

Chiron Vision

Upon completion of the sale of all of the outstanding capital stock of Chiron Vision to Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Chiron retained Chiron Vision's cash and cash equivalents totaling $2.7 million, certain Chiron Vision real estate assets with a carrying value of $25.1 million and Chiron Vision's future noncancelable operating lease costs totaling $1.1 million. Under the terms of the Bausch & Lomb agreement, Chiron provided customary indemnities and, accordingly, reserved for such contractual obligations to indemnify Bausch & Lomb against certain potential claims. In the second quarter of 2001, Chiron reversed the remaining reserves of $1.5 million and recognized a net gain of $1.6 million upon the sale of the remaining real estate assets. These amounts were recorded as components of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations" for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

Income Taxes

In connection with the sale of Chiron Diagnostics and Chiron Vision, Chiron recorded cumulative net deferred tax assets of $23.7 million as of both September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, principally attributable to the timing of the deduction of certain expenses associated with these sales. Chiron also recorded corresponding valuation allowances of $23.7 million as of both September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, to offset these deferred tax assets, as management believes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets to which the valuation allowance relates will not be realized. The future recognition of these deferred tax assets will be reported as a component of discontinued operations.

Note 4—Acquisitions

Pulmopharm GmbH On July 1, 2002, Chiron acquired the remaining 80.1% ownership of Pulmopharm GmbH, a distributor of TOBI® products in Germany and Austria. Previously, Chiron owned 19.9% of Pulmopharm and accounted for the investment under the equity method. Chiron's acquisition of all of the remaining outstanding shares of common stock of Pulmopharm, including estimated acquisition costs, resulted in a total purchase price of approximately $3.7 million. The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $3.8 million of intangible assets relating to the distribution rights, $1.2 million of goodwill, $0.3 million of tangible assets and $1.6 million of deferred tax liabilities. In addition, on the acquisition date, the carrying value of the original investment in Pulmopharm, which totaled $0.3 million, was reclassified to goodwill. Chiron accounted for the acquisition using the purchase method and included Pulmopharm's operating results in its consolidated operating results beginning on July 1, 2002. Pulmopharm is part of Chiron's biopharmaceuticals segment.

Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. On February 20, 2002, Chiron acquired Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., a company that was developing tezacitabine, a drug to treat cancer. Chiron acquired all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Matrix Pharmaceutical at $2.21 per share, which, including estimated acquisition costs, resulted in a total preliminary purchase price of approximately

$67.1 million. Matrix Pharmaceutical is part of Chiron's biopharmaceuticals segment. Tezacitabine expanded Chiron's portfolio of cancer therapeutics.

Chiron accounted for the acquisition as an asset purchase and included Matrix Pharmaceutical's operating results, including the seven business days in February 2002, in its consolidated operating results beginning on March 1, 2002. The components and allocation of the preliminary purchase price, based on their fair values, consisted of the following (in thousands):

Consideration and acquisition costs:
	Cash paid for common stock		$	58,737
	Cash paid for options on common stock			2,231
	Acquisition costs paid as of September 30, 2002			5,758
	Acquisition costs not yet paid as of September 30, 2002			361

		Total preliminary purchase price	$	67,087

Allocation of preliminary purchase price:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	17,337
	Assets held for sale			2,300
	Deferred tax asset			10,000
	Other assets			1,469
	Write-off of purchased in-process technologies			54,781
	Accounts payable			(2,898	)
	Accrued liabilities			(15,902	)

		Total preliminary purchase price	$	67,087

Acquisition costs included contractual severance and involuntary termination costs, as well as other direct acquisition costs. Approximately $5.1 million represented severance payments, assumed by Chiron, to eligible employees as dictated by their employment agreements.

Chiron allocated the preliminary purchase price based on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Chiron allocated a portion of the purchase price to purchased in-process technologies and wrote this off entirely in the first quarter 2002. Chiron does not anticipate that there will be any alternative future use for the in-process technologies that were written off. The write-off of purchased in-process technologies represented the fair value, calculated using probability-of-success-adjusted cash flows and a 20% discount rate, at the acquisition date. Chiron assumed cash flows from tezacitabine to commence after 2005. As with all pharmaceutical products, the probability of commercial success for any research and development project is highly uncertain.

Chiron ceased manufacturing operations at the San Diego, California facility and closed the facility during the third quarter 2002. A significant assumption made by Chiron as part of the purchase price allocation was that an assignee would not be found for the manufacturing facility lease. Accordingly, Chiron allocated a portion of the purchase price to a liability for asset disposal and lease cancellation. However, if an assignee is found, Chiron will update the charge for purchased in-process technologies in future periods if necessary.

As indicated in the above table, a portion of the purchase price was allocated to assets held for sale. In March 2002, Chiron sold the leasehold improvements and assigned the lease related to a facility located in Fremont, California. Chiron received an amount equivalent to the fair value of the assets at the date of acquisition.

In March 2002, Chiron paid $6.0 million related to a bank loan assumed during the purchase of Matrix Pharmaceutical. This payment is reflected on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash

Flows as a component of "Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired" for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.

The deferred tax asset primarily related to future utilization of net operating loss carryforwards. Chiron acquired federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and business credits attributed to Matrix Pharmaceutical of approximately $296.5 million and $9.3 million, respectively. The utilization of such net operating loss carryforwards is limited in any one year under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, a significant portion of Matrix Pharmaceutical's net operating loss carryforwards is expected to expire unutilized.

Note 5—Restructuring and Reorganization

Chiron previously recorded restructuring and reorganization charges related to (i) the integration of its worldwide vaccines operations, (ii) the closure of its Puerto Rico and St. Louis, Missouri facilities and (iii) the ongoing restructuring of its business operations. The closure of its Puerto Rico and St. Louis facilities and the ongoing restructuring of its business operations consisted of termination and other employee-related costs recognized in connection with the elimination of 371 positions, and facility-related costs. Employee termination costs included wage continuation, advance notice pay and medical and other benefits. Facility-related costs included losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment, lease payments and other related costs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, Chiron had no restructuring and reorganization adjustments. Of the 371 positions for elimination, 364 were terminated as of September 30, 2002.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, the net restructuring and reorganization activity included a charge of $0.2 million and a charge reversal of $0.2 million. The charge of $0.2 million primarily related to revised estimates of termination and other employee-related costs recorded in connection with the elimination of the 371 positions, of which 360 had terminated as of September 30, 2001. The charge reversal of $0.2 million primarily related to revised estimates of facility-related costs.

Chiron expects to substantially settle the restructuring and reorganization accruals within one to six years of accruing the related charges.

The activity in accrued restructuring and reorganization for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

		Accrual at December 31, 2001			Amount of Total Restructuring Charge			Amount of Total Restructuring Charge Reversal			Amount Utilized Through September 30, 2002			Amount to Be Utilized In Future Periods
Employee-related costs and Other facility-related costs		$	693		$	—		$	—		$	(298	)	$	395

		Accrual at December 31, 2000			Amount of Total Restructuring Charge			Amount of Total Restructuring Charge Reversal			Amount Utilized Through September 30, 2001			Amount to Be Utilized In Future Periods
Employee-related costs and Other facility-related costs		$	2,655		$	186		$	(186	)	$	(1,819	)	$	836

Note 6—Intangible Assets

In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (referred to as SFAS) 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS 142, "Goodwill and Other

Intangible Assets." SFAS 141 specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill, noting that any purchase price allocable to an assembled workforce may not be accounted for separately. SFAS 142 requires, among other things, that the assembled workforce be reclassified to goodwill and that goodwill (including assembled workforce) and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with SFAS 142. Chiron has no intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. SFAS 142 also requires that intangible assets with definite useful lives be amortized over their respective useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." Chiron adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 immediately, and SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002.

SFAS 141 required, upon adoption of SFAS 142, Chiron to evaluate existing intangible assets and goodwill that were acquired in a purchase business combination prior to June 30, 2001, and make any necessary reclassifications to conform with the new criteria in SFAS 141. As a result, Chiron reclassified assembled workforce with a net carrying value of $7.8 million to goodwill on January 1, 2002.

Upon adoption of SFAS 142, Chiron reassessed the useful lives and residual values of all intangible assets (excluding goodwill and assembled workforce) acquired in purchase business combinations. No adjustments to amortization periods were necessary.

In connection with the transitional goodwill impairment evaluation, the adoption of SFAS 142 requires Chiron to assess whether there is an indication that goodwill is impaired as of January 1, 2002. To accomplish this, Chiron identified its reporting units as of January 1, 2002. Chiron then determined the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of January 1, 2002. Chiron subsequently determined the fair value of each reporting unit using the present value of expected future cash flows and compared it to the reporting unit's carrying amount. Each reporting unit's fair value exceeds its carrying amount. Based on this analysis, Chiron has no indication of a transitional impairment loss and no further analysis is required.

In addition, as mandated by SFAS 142, Chiron must perform an impairment test at least annually. Any impairment loss from the annual test will be recognized as part of operations. Chiron performed its annual impairment test as of June 30, 2002 using an approach consistent with the transitional goodwill impairment evaluation described above. Each reporting unit's fair value exceeds its carrying amount. Based on this analysis, Chiron has no indication of an impairment loss and no further analysis is required.

A reconciliation of reported net income to adjusted net income, as if SFAS 142 had been implemented as of January 1, 2001, is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

		Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2002		2001		2002		2001
Reported net income		$	82,216	$	52,893	$	113,723	$	135,233
	Add back: Goodwill (including assembled workforce) amortization		—		4,265		—		12,798

	Adjusted net income	$	82,216	$	57,158	$	113,723	$	148,031

Basic earnings per share:
	Reported net income	$	0.44	$	0.28	$	0.60	$	0.71
	Goodwill (including assembled workforce) amortization		—		0.02		—		0.07

	Adjusted net income	$	0.44	$	0.30	$	0.60	$	0.78

Diluted earnings per share:
	Reported net income plus assumed debt conversions	$	0.43	$	0.27	$	0.59	$	0.69
	Goodwill (including assembled workforce) amortization		—		0.02		—		0.07

	Adjusted net income plus assumed debt conversions	$	0.43	$	0.29	$	0.59	$	0.76

Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following (in thousands):

		September 30, 2002						December 31, 2001
		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
Purchased technologies		$	331,120	$	68,752	$	262,368	$	331,185	$	51,887	$	279,298

Patents		$	103,413	$	49,702	$	53,711	$	97,900	$	42,526	$	55,374
Trademarks			50,843		13,485		37,358		47,319		10,481		36,838
Licenses and technology rights			34,450		14,457		19,993		29,881		11,042		18,839
Customer relationships			22,497		6,294		16,203		20,310		4,885		15,425
Know how			10,221		3,785		6,436		9,224		2,916		6,308
Databases			7,100		947		6,153		7,100		592		6,508
Assembled workforce			—		—		—		10,236		2,415		7,821
Other			15,226		9,287		5,939		14,668		6,695		7,973

	Total other intangible assets	$	243,750	$	97,957	$	145,793	$	236,638	$	81,552	$	155,086

Total intangible assets subject to amortization		$	574,870	$	166,709	$	408,161	$	567,823	$	133,439	$	434,384

Intangible assets with a gross carrying value of $3.8 million and accumulated amortization of $0.2 million related to the distribution rights acquired in the acquisition of Pulmopharm were included in Licenses and technology rights at September 30, 2002. The amortization period for these intangible assets is 3.75 years.

Aggregate amortization expense is as follows (in thousands):

For the nine months ended September 30, 2002 (reported)	$	32,379
For the remaining three months in the year ended December 31, 2002 (estimated)		10,729

For the year ended December 31, 2002 (estimated)	$	43,108
For the year ended December 31, 2003 (estimated)	$	42,227
For the year ended December 31, 2004 (estimated)	$	38,798
For the year ended December 31, 2005 (estimated)	$	33,860
For the year ended December 31, 2006 (estimated)	$	32,220
For the year ended December 31, 2007 (estimated)	$	31,507

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reporting unit consisted of the following (in thousands):

		Biopharmaceuticals			Vaccines		Total
Goodwill (including assembled workforce):
Balance as of December 31, 2001		$	196,513		$	28,229	$	224,742
	Goodwill acquired during the year (Note 4)		1,512			—		1,512
	Assembled workforce		1,875			5,946		7,821
	Tax impact of implementation (1)		(675	)		—		(675	)
	Effect of exchange rate changes		—			3,681		3,681

Balance as of September 30, 2002		$	199,225		$	37,856	$	237,081

(1): SFAS 142 requires that, upon implementation, any remaining deferred tax liability related to assembled workforce at January 1, 2002 also be reclassified to goodwill.

Note 7—Segment Information

Chiron is organized based on the products and services that it offers. Under this organizational structure, there are three reportable segments: (i) biopharmaceuticals, (ii) vaccines and (iii) blood testing. The biopharmaceuticals segment consists of therapeutic products and services, with an emphasis on the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases, using the development and acquisition of technologies related to therapeutic proteins and small molecules. The vaccines segment consists principally of adult and pediatric vaccines for viral and bacterial infections. Chiron sells these vaccines primarily in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and other international markets. The vaccines segment is also involved in the development of novel vaccines and vaccination technology. The blood testing segment consists of an alliance with Gen-Probe Incorporated and Chiron's one-half interest in the pretax operating earnings of its joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Chiron's alliance with Gen-Probe is focused on developing and commercializing nucleic acid testing products using Transcription-Mediated Amplification technology to screen donated blood and plasma products for viral infection. Chiron's joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics sells a line of immunodiagnostic tests to detect hepatitis viruses and retroviruses and provides supplemental tests and microplate and chemiluminescent instrument systems to automate test performance and data collection.

Chiron's research and development unit earns revenues and incurs expenses that specifically benefit each of the reportable segments. As a result, such revenues and expenses have been included in the results of operations of the respective reportable segment.

Chiron views certain other revenues and expenses, particularly Novartis AG research and development funding which terminated in 2001, certain royalty and license fee revenues primarily related to HIV and hepatitis C virus patents, and unallocated corporate expenses, as not belonging to any one reportable segment. As a result, Chiron has aggregated these items into an "Other" segment, as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information."

Amortization expense of $5.9 million and $17.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, related to intangible assets acquired in the PathoGenesis acquisition has been allocated to the biopharmaceuticals segment. Prior to the first quarter 2002, amortization expense relating to these intangibles was allocated to the "Other" segment. Segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001 has been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

Research and development expenses of $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively, previously allocated to the biopharmaceuticals segment, have been allocated to the vaccines segment to conform with the current period presentation.

The accounting policies of Chiron's reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1—The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies above and in Chiron's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. Chiron evaluates the performance of its segments based on each segment's income (loss) from continuing operations, excluding certain special items such as the write-off of purchased in-process technologies, which is shown as a reconciling item in the table below.

The following segment information excludes all significant intersegment transactions as these transactions are eliminated for management reporting purposes (in thousands):

			Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2002			2001			2002			2001
Revenues
	Biopharmaceuticals		$	128,053		$	103,254		$	370,044		$	313,497
	Vaccines			133,613			123,242			279,078			296,820
	Blood testing, includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint businesses of $32,356 and $21,260 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $78,548 and $59,141 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively			88,971			53,165			223,203			130,907
	Other			17,844			22,297			47,631			81,526

		Total revenues	$	368,481		$	301,958		$	919,956		$	822,750

Income from continuing operations
	Biopharmaceuticals		$	7,388		$	(15,541	)	$	19,599		$	(43,581	)
	Vaccines			40,350			43,066			50,096			87,417
	Blood testing			54,549			27,426			127,662			63,793
	Other			5,770			9,273			3,312			38,605

		Segment income from operations		108,057			64,224			200,669			146,234
	Operating expense reconciling item:
		Write-off of purchased in-process technologies		—			—			(54,781	)		—

	Income from operations			108,057			64,224			145,888			146,234
		Gain on sale of assets		—			—			—			2,426
		Interest expense		(3,210	)		(3,140	)		(9,498	)		(4,403	)
		Other income, net		8,696			14,052			41,456			46,279
		Minority interest		(477	)		(394	)		(1,360	)		(936	)

	Income from continuing operations before income taxes		$	113,066		$	74,742		$	176,486		$	189,600

Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies

In October 2002, Chiron became a limited partner of TPG Biotechnology Partners, L.P. Chiron will pay $5.0 million over 10 years, of which $1.3 million was paid in October 2002, for an 8.10% ownership percentage.

In September 2002, Chiron entered into a ten-year lease to rent an office building in Emeryville, California. The total minimum lease payments over the term of the lease are approximately $9.1 million. At the end of the initial lease term, Chiron has the option to extend the lease term or exercise its purchase option. This lease is accounted for as an operating lease.

In April 2001, Chiron, Rhein Biotech N.V. (now a part of Berna Biotech) and GreenCross Vaccine Corporation entered into a collaboration to research and develop certain pediatric combination vaccine products for sale outside of Europe and North America. The collaboration agreement requires capital commitments from Chiron, Berna Biotech and GreenCross Vaccine. Chiron's commitment is approximately 26.4 million Euro ($25.8 million) at September 30, 2002 for the expansion of Chiron's Italian manufacturing facilities, of which Chiron had incurred costs of 0.4 million Euro ($0.3 million),

as of September 30, 2002. This agreement started in the fourth quarter of 2001 and is expected to continue through 2008.

In February 2001, Chiron's Board of Directors approved a $235.0 million capital expansion project, which includes the construction of a parking structure and a research and development facility (including a supporting central utility facility) in Emeryville, California. Chiron has committed to $36.0 million in design and construction services, under which Chiron has incurred costs of $23.2 million, as of September 30, 2002. Chiron may cancel these commitments at any time. Related to the research and development facility, Chiron is evaluating various financing alternatives to fund this expansion.

Chiron is party to various claims, investigations and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. These claims, investigations and legal proceedings relate to intellectual property rights, contractual rights and obligations, employment matters, claims of product liability and other issues. While there is no assurance that an adverse determination of any of such matters could not have a material adverse impact in any future period, management does not believe, based upon information known to it, that the final resolution of any of these matters will have a material adverse effect upon Chiron's consolidated financial position and annual results of operations and cash flows.

Chiron is presently under examination in several domestic and international tax jurisdictions. While there is no assurance that Chiron will prevail in all tax examinations in the event the taxing authorities disagree with Chiron's interpretations of the tax law, Chiron's management does not believe, based upon information known to it, that the final resolution of any of these tax examinations will have a material adverse effect upon Chiron's consolidated financial position and annual results of operations and cash flows.

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

Overview

This 10-Q contains forward-looking statements regarding sales growth, product development initiatives, new product marketing, acquisitions and in- and out-licensing activities that involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change. You should read the discussion below in conjunction with Part I, Item 1.,"Financial Statements," of this 10-Q and Part II, Items 7., 7A. and 8., "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data," respectively, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. The forward-looking statements contained in this 10-Q reflect our current beliefs and expectations on the date of this 10-Q. Our actual performance may differ from current expectations due to many factors, including the outcome of clinical trials, regulatory review and approvals, manufacturing capabilities, intellectual property protections and defenses, stock-price and interest-rate volatility, and marketing effectiveness. In particular, there can be no assurance that we will increase sales of existing products, successfully develop and receive approval to market new products, or achieve market acceptance for such new products. There can be no assurance that our out-licensing activity will generate significant revenue, nor that our in-licensing activities will fully protect us from claims of infringement by third parties. In addition, we may engage in business opportunities, the successful completion of which is subject to certain risks, including shareholder and regulatory approvals and the integration of operations.

We have discussed the important factors, which we believe could cause actual results to differ from what is expressed in the forward-looking statements, under the caption "Factors That May Affect Future Results." Consistent with SEC Regulation FD, we do not undertake an obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this 10-Q.

We are a global pharmaceutical company that participates in three healthcare markets: biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing. The biopharmaceuticals segment consists of therapeutic products and services, with an emphasis on the treatment of cancer and infectious disease, using the development and acquisition of technologies related to therapeutic proteins and small molecules. The biopharmaceuticals segment also includes collaborations with Berlex Laboratories, Inc. and its parent company, Schering AG of Germany, related to Betaseron®. The vaccines segment consists principally of adult and pediatric vaccines for viral infections including flu, rabies and tick-borne encephalitis, and bacterial infections, including meningococcus C and Haemophilus influenzae type b. We sell these vaccines primarily in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and other international markets. Our vaccines segment is also involved in the development of novel vaccines and vaccination technology. The blood testing segment consists of an alliance with Gen-Probe Incorporated and our one-half interest in the pretax operating earnings of our joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Our alliance with Gen-Probe is focused on developing and commercializing nucleic acid testing products using Transcription-Mediated Amplification technology to screen donated blood and plasma products for viral infection. Our joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics sells a line of immunodiagnostic tests to detect hepatitis viruses and retroviruses and provides supplemental tests and microplate and chemiluminescent instrument systems to automate test performance and data collection. We view certain other revenues and expenses as not belonging to any one segment. As a result, we have aggregated these items into an "Other" segment.

The preparation of financial statements requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to investments; inventories; derivatives; intangible assets; product discounts, rebates and returns; bad debts; collaborative, royalty and license arrangements; restructuring; pension and other post-retirement benefits; income taxes; and litigation and other contingencies. We base our estimates

on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form our basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

•: Investments—We invest in debt and equity securities. The price of these securities is subject to significant volatility. We record an impairment charge when we believe that an investment has experienced a decline in value that is other than temporary. Generally, we believe that an investment is impaired if its market value has been below its carrying value for each trading day in a six-month period, at which point we write down the investment. Changes in the market price of these securities may impact our profitability.
•: Inventories—We maintain inventory reserves primarily for product lot failures, recalls and obsolescence. The manufacturing processes for many of our products are complex. Slight deviations anywhere in the manufacturing process may result in unacceptable changes in the products that may result in lot failures or recalls and, therefore, additional inventory reserves. Obsolete inventory, due to the expiration of shelf life, and the seasonal nature of some of our products, may result in additional product reserves. In addition, we operate in a highly competitive environment, with rapidly changing technologies. New technology frequently results in product obsolescence. As a result, we may be required to record additional inventory reserves.
•: Derivatives—We use various derivatives to reduce foreign exchange and equity securities risks. We maintain our derivatives with major financial institutions. We manage the risk of counterparty default on our derivatives through the use of credit standards, counterparty diversification and monitoring of counterparty financial conditions. An adverse change in the financial condition of our counterparties could deem our derivatives ineffective, resulting in a premature charge to operations. On the date that we enter into derivative contracts, we designate them as either (1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment (fair value hedge) or (2) a hedge of a forecasted transaction (cash flow hedge). Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in earnings or comprehensive income, depending on whether the derivative is designated as a hedge and, if it is, depending on the type of hedge. For fair value hedges, changes in the fair value of the derivative are generally offset in the income statement by changes in the fair value of the item being hedged. For cash flow hedges, we report changes in the fair value of the derivative in other comprehensive income to the extent of effectiveness. Also related to cash flow hedges, we reclassify any amounts recorded in other comprehensive income to earnings in the period in which the derivative matures and the underlying asset or liability is sold. We deem all time value changes as ineffective and recognize them immediately in earnings.
•: Product returns—For existing and acquired products, we maintain accruals for product returns based on historical return information. For new products, we estimate our accruals for product returns based on the specific terms for product returns and our projected sales figures for those products. If actual product returns are greater than our estimates, additional product return accruals may be required.
•: Bad debts—We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

•: Collaborative, royalty and license arrangements—We recognize up-front refundable fees as revenues upon the later of when they become nonrefundable or when performance obligations are completed. In situations where continuing performance obligations exist, we defer and amortize up-front nonrefundable fees over the performance period; otherwise, we recognize them as revenues when receivable. The terms of such arrangements may cause our operating results to vary considerably from period to period. We estimate royalty revenues based on product sales information provided by the third party or previous period actual product sales. In the subsequent quarter, we record an adjustment equal to the difference between those royalty revenues recorded in the previous quarter and the contractual percentage of the third party's actual product sales for that period.
•: Income taxes—We record valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are more likely than not to be realized. We have considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for valuation allowances. If we determined that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future in excess of our net deferred tax assets, adjustments to the deferred tax assets would increase income by reducing tax expense in the period that we made such determination. Likewise, if we determined that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets in the future, adjustments to the deferred tax assets would decrease income by increasing tax expense in the period that we made such determination.
•: Litigation and other contingencies—We maintain accruals for litigation and other contingencies when we believe a loss to be probable and reasonably estimable, as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies." We base our accruals on information available at the time of such determination. Information may become available to us after that time, for which adjustments to accruals may be required.

The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1, "The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements above and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

On July 1, 2002, we acquired the remaining 80.1% ownership of Pulmopharm GmbH, a distributor of TOBI® products in Germany and Austria. We accounted for the acquisition using the purchase method and included Pulmopharm's operating results in our consolidated operating results beginning on July 1, 2002. Pulmopharm is part of our biopharmaceuticals segment.

On February 20, 2002, we acquired Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., a company that was developing tezacitabine, a drug to treat cancer. We accounted for the acquisition as an asset purchase and included Matrix Pharmaceutical's operating results, including the seven business days in February 2002, in our consolidated operating results beginning on March 1, 2002. Matrix Pharmaceutical is part of our biopharmaceuticals segment.

On December 29, 1997, we completed the sale of Chiron Vision, our ophthalmics business, to Bausch & Lomb, and on November 30, 1998, we completed the sale of Chiron Diagnostics, our in vitro diagnostics business, to Bayer Corporation. Our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations reflect the after-tax results of amounts related to Chiron Vision and Chiron Diagnostics as discontinued operations.

Certain minor arithmetical variances between the following narrative and the condensed consolidated financial statements may arise due to rounding.

Results of Operations

Biopharmaceuticals

Product sales Biopharmaceutical product sales were $105.9 million and $76.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $300.4 million and $239.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Biopharmaceutical product sales in 2002 and 2001 consisted principally of Betaseron®, TOBI® and Proleukin®.

Betaseron® We manufacture Betaseron® for sale outside of Europe by Berlex Laboratories, Inc. and its parent company, Schering AG of Germany. We recognize a portion of revenue for product sales of Betaseron® upon shipment to Berlex Laboratories and Schering, and the remainder based on a contractual percentage of sales by Berlex Laboratories and Schering. We also earn royalties on Schering's European sales of Betaferon®, manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim, which we record in royalty and license fee revenues for the biopharmaceuticals segment.

Betaseron® product sales were $28.5 million and $20.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $84.5 million and $67.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in Betaseron® product sales in the third quarter 2002 as compared with the third quarter 2001 was due to increased patient demand, price increases and wholesale ordering patterns. The increase in Betaseron® product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 was partially due to incremental product sales revenues recognized during the first quarter 2002 of $4.3 million. Prior to 2002, we accounted for non-U.S. product sales based on information provided by Schering on a one-quarter lag. More current information of non-U.S. Betaseron® sales is available in 2002, and as a result, we are able to recognize Betaseron® product sales on a current basis. In addition, fluctuations in Berlex Laboratories and Schering's inventory levels, as well as wholesaler inventory levels, following the launch of our new room-temperature formulation, positively influenced sales. Also contributing, to a lesser extent, to the increase in product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001, were increased underlying sales to end users in the U.S. and non-U.S. countries excluding Europe and Canada driven by increased utilization of beta interferon therapy for multiple sclerosis and price increases. Inventory ordering patterns and foreign currency exchange rates may influence future Betaseron® sales.

Pursuant to the agreement with Schering, we will begin to supply Betaferon® to Schering in the fourth quarter 2002 for certain European markets. This will result in a shift of revenue recognized under this agreement to product sales, and a decrease in royalty revenues, primarily in 2003. Overall biopharmaceutical earnings will be largely unaffected by the transition. In 2001, we began to ship product to Schering for sale in Switzerland. In order to supply Betaferon® to Schering, we are required to make capital improvements to our existing manufacturing facilities. During 2002, we recorded charges related to this project. See "Research and development" below.

TOBI® We sell TOBI® directly in the U.S. and in certain international markets. We recognized TOBI® sales of $39.0 million and $33.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively and $108.4 million and $89.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Increased TOBI® sales primarily related to (i) increased use in the U.S. by patients with cystic fibrosis, (ii) price increases and (iii) the progress of the launch in various European countries. Fluctuations in the Euro exchange rate have also contributed slightly to the increase in 2002 TOBI® sales. These increases were partially offset by an increased level of Medicaid rebates. We continue to pursue the use of TOBI® to treat other serious lung infections and to seek approval in other countries. Wholesale ordering patterns, reimbursement pressures and foreign currency exchange rates may influence future TOBI® sales.

Proleukin® Sales of Proleukin® were $32.1 million and $16.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $83.7 million and $63.8 million for the nine months

ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Proleukin® product sales in 2002 as compared with 2001 increased primarily as a result of fluctuations in wholesale ordering patterns and price increases. Wholesale ordering patterns, reimbursement pressures and foreign currency exchange rates may influence future Proleukin® sales.

The balance of product sales recognized in our biopharmaceuticals segment consisted of various other products, which individually were not material.

We expect competitive pressures related to many of our biopharmaceutical products to continue into the future, primarily as a result of the introduction of competing products into the market, as listed in Part I, Item 1., "Business—Competition" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Collaborative agreement revenues We recognize collaborative agreement revenues for fees received as we perform research services and achieve specified milestones. Our biopharmaceuticals segment recognized collaborative agreement revenues of $3.3 million and $6.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $10.4 million and $17.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Novartis In November 1996, Chiron and Novartis entered into a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission. We granted a royalty-bearing license to Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. under certain of our patents related to the Herpes Simplex Virus-thymidine kinase gene in the field of gene therapy. Chiron and Novartis entered into a separate agreement which provided, among other things, for certain cross licenses between Chiron and Novartis, and under which Novartis paid us $60.0 million over five years. In connection with this agreement, we recognized collaborative agreement revenues of $2.5 million and $7.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively. This agreement expired in the fourth quarter 2001.

S*BIO In the second quarter 2000, we invested in a Singapore-based venture, S*BIO Pte Ltd, to research and develop therapeutic, diagnostic, vaccine and antibody products. We also granted S*BIO certain rights to our gene expression and combinatorial chemistry technology. Under this arrangement, we will receive approximately $22.0 million over two years for technology transfer. We recognized collaborative agreement revenues of $2.8 million and $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $8.9 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 under this arrangement.

Taisho In the first quarter 2001, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to target macrolide-mediated gene discovery. Under this arrangement, we recognized collaborative agreement revenues of $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $1.5 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

The balance of collaborative agreement revenues recognized in our biopharmaceuticals segment consisted of various other agreements, which individually were not material.

Collaborative agreement revenues tend to fluctuate based on the amount of research services performed, the status of projects under collaboration and the achievement of milestones. Due to the nature of our collaborative agreement revenues, results in any one period are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. In addition, the collaboration agreements typically provide for certain milestone payments and various royalties on future product sales if the collaborative partners commercialize a product using our technology. However, we have no assurance that the collaborative partners will meet their development objectives or commercialize a product using our technology. Also, our ability to generate additional collaborative agreement revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to initiate and maintain relationships with potential and current collaborative partners. We have no

assurance that new relationships will be established or that current collaborative agreement revenues will not decline.

Royalty and license fee revenues Our biopharmaceuticals segment earns royalties on third party sales of several products, including Betaferon® and recombinant insulin and glucagon products. Our biopharmaceuticals segment also earns license fees for technologies, such as hepatitis C virus patents, used by third parties to develop therapeutic products. The biopharmaceuticals segment recognized royalty and license fee revenues of $12.5 million and $13.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $46.2 million and $45.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Betaferon® We earn royalties on Schering AG's European sales of Betaferon® in those cases where we do not supply the product. For the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, we recognized $9.6 million and $8.8 million, respectively, and $33.8 million and $28.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, under this arrangement. The increases in Betaferon® royalties year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 primarily related to incremental revenues recognized during the first quarter 2002 of $3.9 million. Prior to 2002, we accounted for Betaferon® royalties as a percentage of forecast received from Schering, with an adjustment of the estimate to actual in the subsequent quarter. More current information of European Betaseron® sales is available in 2002, and as a result, we are able to recognize Betaferon® royalties on a current basis. In addition, there was increased utilization of beta interferon therapy for multiple sclerosis. These increases were offset partially by the shift of revenue from royalties to product sales related to Switzerland as Schering began to sell product purchased in 2001 into the market. We will begin to supply Betaferon® to Schering in the fourth quarter 2002 for certain European markets. This will result in a shift of revenue recognized under this agreement to product sales, and a decrease in royalty revenues, primarily in 2003. Overall biopharmaceutical earnings will be largely unaffected by the transition.

Merck In May 2002, we granted Merck & Co., Inc. rights under certain of our hepatitis C virus patents, for which we recognized a license fee in the second quarter 2002.

Abbott In March 2002, we granted Abbott Laboratories rights under certain of our hepatitis C virus patents, for which we recognized a license fee in the first quarter 2002.

Bristol-Myers Squibb In July 2001, we granted to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company rights under certain of our hepatitis C virus patents, for which we recognized a license fee in the third quarter 2001.

Eximias In January 2001, we granted Eximias Pharmaceutical Corporation (formerly Zarix Incorporated) rights under our recombinant protein technology, for which we recognized a license and technology transfer fee in the second quarter 2001.

Japan Tobacco In January 2001, we granted Japan Tobacco, Inc. rights under certain of our hepatitis C virus patents. The agreement provided for the payment of a license fee, which we received and recognized as revenue in the first quarter 2001.

Novo Nordisk We earn royalty revenues on insulin and glucagon product sales by Novo Nordisk AS. We recognized $2.5 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $5.8 million and $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, under this arrangement.

The balance of royalty and license fee revenues recognized in our biopharmaceuticals segment consisted of various other agreements, which individually were not material.

Royalty and license fee revenues may fluctuate based on the nature of the related agreements, the timing of receipt of license fees and the expiration of patents. Results in any one period are not

necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. Also, the license agreements typically provide for certain milestone payments and various royalties on future product sales if the licensees commercialize a product using our technology. However, we have no assurance that the licensees will meet their development objectives or commercialize a product using our technology. In addition, our ability to generate additional royalty and license fee revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to market and capitalize on our technologies. We have no assurance that we will be able to do so or that future royalty and license fee revenues will not decline.

Other revenues Our biopharmaceuticals segment recognized other revenues of $6.4 million and $6.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $13.1 million and $11.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Other revenues primarily included contract manufacturing revenues of $6.3 million and $5.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively and $12.6 million and $9.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The fluctuations resulted from the level of activity and timing of contract manufacturing activities.

The balance of other revenues recognized by the biopharmaceuticals segment consisted of various other arrangements, which individually were not material.

Other revenues recognized in our biopharmaceuticals segment may fluctuate due to the nature of the revenues recognized and the timing of events giving rise to these revenues. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in obtaining additional revenues or that these revenues will not decline.

Gross profit Biopharmaceutical gross profit as a percentage of net product sales was 77% and 69% for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, biopharmaceutical gross profit as a percentage of net product sales was 75% and 71%, respectively. Biopharmaceuticals gross profit margins in 2002 as compared with 2001 increased primarily as a result of a more favorable mix of biopharmaceutical product sales, a decrease in royalty expenses and price increases taken earlier this year.

Biopharmaceutical gross profit percentages may fluctuate significantly in future periods due to production yields and as the biopharmaceutical product and customer mix changes.

Research and development Our biopharmaceuticals segment recognized research and development expenses of $60.4 million and $63.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $179.7 million and $192.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in research and development spending in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily related to the timing of various clinical trials, including the conclusion of the clinical trial for tifacogin (recombinant Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor) for severe sepsis in the fourth quarter 2001. The decreases were offset by the progress in other development platforms, including those activities (i) under our December 2001 collaboration agreement with Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. related to, among other things, the development of a dry powder formulation of our inhaled TOBI® product for the treatment of pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients, (ii) related to the development of tezacitabine, obtained as a part of the acquisition of Matrix Pharmaceutical in the first quarter 2002 and (iii) related to the development of interleukin-2 in combination with various monoclonal antibodies. In addition, as discussed in "Product sales—Betaseron®" above, we are required to make capital improvements to our existing manufacturing facilities to support the supply of Betaferon® to Schering. In 2002, in connection with this project, we incurred expenses relating to the development of new processes and the performance of test runs related to the installed equipment.

Research and development expenses may fluctuate from period to period depending upon the stage of certain projects and the level of pre-clinical and clinical trial-related activities.

Selling, general, and administrative Our biopharmaceuticals segment recognized selling, general and administrative expenses of $24.9 million and $19.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $68.8 million and $59.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 primarily related to sales and marketing costs for various biopharmaceutical post market approval commitments and continued expenses associated with the launch of TOBI® in Europe and administrative costs following the acquisition of Pulmopharm. These increases were partially offset by lower lease payments, which represent variable-rate interest payments (indexed to the London interbank offered rate) on our June 1996 lease financing. The London interbank offered rate was lower in 2002 as compared with 2001.

Amortization expense Our biopharmaceuticals segment recognized amortization expense of $6.2 million and $9.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $18.0 million and $28.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. We acquired PathoGenesis Corporation on September 21, 2000 and accounted for the acquisition under the purchase method of accounting. We allocated a portion of the purchase price to purchased technologies, acquired intangible assets and goodwill. Purchased technologies represented the fair value of research and development projects, which we will develop further after the acquisition date. We are amortizing purchased technologies on a straight-line basis over 15 years. Acquired intangible assets included the fair value of trademarks and trade names, patents and databases, which we are amortizing on a straight-line basis over 13 to 16 years. On January 1, 2002, as discussed in "New Accounting Standards" below, we implemented Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." This statement requires, among other things, that the assembled workforce be reclassified to goodwill and that goodwill (including assembled workforce) no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with this Statement. This change was the primary reason for the decrease in amortization expense in 2002 as compared with 2001. As circumstances dictate, we evaluate the useful life and value of each intangible asset, which may result in future adjustments to the amortization periods or book values.

Vaccines

Product sales We sell pediatric and adult vaccines in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and other international markets. Certain of our vaccine products, particularly our flu vaccine, are seasonal and typically have higher sales in the second half of the year. In addition, we expect Menjugate™ sales to continue to fluctuate as public health authorities consider adoption of broad vaccination programs. Vaccine product sales were $125.5 million and $115.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $256.1 million and $267.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

The increase in product sales in the third quarter 2002 as compared with the third quarter 2001 primarily was related to increased influenza vaccine sales as we experienced improved production yields, were first to the market in Germany, had sales to new countries and had increased sales to existing countries due to increased awareness in the overall influenza vaccines market. This was partially offset by lower Menjugate™ sales in the third quarter 2002 as compared with the third quarter 2001. The third quarter of 2001 included shipments to Canada for a universal vaccination campaign. Menjugate™ sales were $6.2 million and $23.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

The decrease in product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 primarily was due to a decline in sales of Menjugate™, our conjugate vaccine against meningococcal meningitis caused by the bacterium N. meningitidis serogroup C. Menjugate™ sales were $21.9 million and $68.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in sales of Menjugate™ in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily related to fewer shipments, as expected.

The 2001 activity related to the completion of a tender with the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and shipments to Canada, which commenced in the second quarter 2001. As of October 31, 2002, we have orders from various countries to ship approximately $23.0 million of Menjugate™. We are exploring opportunities for additional Menjugate™ sales in other countries. However, we do not expect Menjugate™ shipments in 2002 will be commensurate with those in 2001. Competitive pressures, in particular pricing, may influence future Menjugate™ sales. Sales of all other vaccine products were $234.2 million and $199.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in other vaccine product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001, primarily related to increased influenza vaccine sales in the third quarter 2002 as discussed above. Also contributing to the increase in other vaccine product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 were (i) increased tick-borne encephalitis vaccine sales with the 2002 launch of a new adult formulation and a pediatric formulation in Germany and (ii) increased polio vaccine sales to not-for-profit agencies and developing markets such as India.

We expect competitive pressures related to many of our vaccine products to continue into the future, primarily as a result of the introduction of competing products into the market, including, but not limited to, new combination vaccines, as listed in Part I, Item 1., "Business—Competition" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Royalty and license fee revenues Our vaccines segment earns royalties on third party sales of, and license fees on, several products. The vaccines segment recognized royalty and license fee revenues of $3.7 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $9.1 million and $13.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

SmithKline Beecham An agreement with SmithKline Beecham (now part of GlaxoSmithKline plc) provides for royalties on sales of certain vaccine products. Under this agreement, we recognized $1.6 million and $1.7 million of such royalties for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $5.2 million and $4.4 million of such royalties for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Other We recognized $2.1 million of royalty revenues primarily on third party sales of hepatitis B virus vaccine products for each of the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, and $3.9 million and $9.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily was due to a decrease in sales of hepatitis B virus vaccine products due to competitive multivalent hepatitis B virus vaccine products. In addition, certain terms of one of the hepatitis B virus arrangements expired in the third quarter 2001.

Royalty and license fee revenues may fluctuate based on the nature of the related agreements, the timing of receipt of license fees and the expiration of patents. Results in any one period are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. In addition, our ability to generate additional royalty and license fee revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to market and capitalize on our technologies. We have no assurance that we will be able to do so or that future royalty and license fee revenues will not decline.

Other revenues Our vaccines segment recognized other revenues of $4.3 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $13.4 million and $15.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Commission revenues We earn commission revenues on sales of certain hepatitis B virus vaccine products. Commission revenues were $0.3 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $1.1 million and $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in commission revenues in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily was related to a decrease in sales of hepatitis B virus vaccine products due to competitive multivalent hepatitis B virus vaccine products.

National Institutes of Health In the second quarter 2000, we entered into an agreement with the U.S. National Institutes of Health to advance our HIV vaccine program into human clinical trials. Under this arrangement, we could receive $23.2 million over five years. Under a supplemental arrangement, we may perform other work related to the National Institutes of Health's HIV vaccine program on a contract-by-contract basis. We recognized $2.6 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $7.3 million and $7.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, under these arrangements.

Contract manufacturing revenues Our vaccines segment other revenues also included contract manufacturing revenues of $0.4 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, and $1.2 million and $1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The fluctuations resulted from the level of activity and timing of contract manufacturing activities.

The balance of other revenues recognized in our vaccines segment consisted of various other arrangements, which individually were not material.

Other revenues recognized in our vaccines segment may fluctuate due to the nature of the revenues recognized and the timing of events giving rise to these revenues. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in obtaining additional revenues or that these revenues will not decline.

Gross profit Vaccines gross profit as a percentage of net product sales was 60% and 63% for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and 57% and 64% for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The vaccine gross profit margin in the third quarter 2002 was lower when compared with the third quarter 2001 as last year's gross margin represented the benefit of the heavily weighted average of Menjugate's higher gross margin in the product mix. The decrease in vaccine gross profit margin year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 primarily related to (i) product reserves in the first half of 2002 due to various issues, including seasonality patterns, excess and obsolete inventory and production yields, (ii) lower sales of Menjugate™ and (iii) the commencement, in the fourth quarter 2001, of royalty payments to Novartis AG based on Menjugate™ sales under the December 1995 Limited Liability Company agreement.

Vaccines gross profit percentages may fluctuate significantly in future periods due to product and customer mix, seasonality and ordering patterns and production yields.

Research and development Our vaccines segment recognized research and development expenses of $17.5 million and $13.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $51.4 million and $44.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in research and development spending in 2002 compared with 2001 primarily was due to progress in the development of our meningococcal franchise and work related to the HIV vaccine program, partially funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

In April 2001, Chiron, Rhein Biotech N.V. (now a part of Berna Biotech) and GreenCross Vaccine Corporation entered into a collaboration to research and develop certain pediatric combination vaccine products for sale outside of Europe and North America. Under the collaboration agreement, we share the research and development expenses with Berna Biotech and GreenCross Vaccine Corporation. The collaboration agreement also requires capital commitments from Chiron, Berna Biotech and GreenCross Vaccine Corporation. Chiron's commitment is approximately 26.4 million Euro ($25.8 million) at September 30, 2002, for the expansion of Chiron's Italian manufacturing facilities (see "Liquidity and Capital Resources—Sources and uses of cash" below).

Research and development expenses may fluctuate from period to period depending upon the stage of certain projects and the level of pre-clinical and clinical trial-related activities.

Selling, general, and administrative Our vaccines segment recognized selling, general and administrative expenses of $23.4 million and $21.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $63.2 million and $58.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in the third quarter 2002 as compared with the third quarter 2001 was primarily due to additional costs associated with the enhancement of current business processes. The increase year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 related to (i) a payment made in the first quarter 2002 to the German government in lieu of statutory price reductions on prescription drugs that are reimbursed under the German government's healthcare program that was expensed in the first quarter 2002, (ii) increased sales and marketing costs associated with the 2002 launch of our newly formulated tick-borne encephalitis vaccine and (iii) additional costs associated with the enhancement of current business processes. These increases were partially offset by the reduced commissions paid under a co-marketing and co-promotion agreement with Aventis Pasteur MSD related to sales of Menjugate™.

Amortization expense Our vaccines segment recognized amortization expense of $1.3 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $4.2 million and $5.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. In the second quarter 1998, we acquired the remaining 51% interest in Chiron Behring from Hoechst AG and accounted for the acquisition under the purchase method of accounting. We allocated a portion of the purchase price to acquired intangible assets and goodwill. Acquired intangible assets included the fair value of trademarks, patents and customer lists, which we are amortizing on a straight-line basis over 6 to 20 years. On January 1, 2002, as discussed in "New Accounting Standards" below, we implemented Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." This statement requires, among other things, that the assembled workforce be reclassified to goodwill and that goodwill (including assembled workforce) no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with this Statement. This change was the primary reason for the decrease in amortization expense in 2002 as compared with 2001. As circumstances dictate, we will evaluate the useful life and value of each intangible asset, which may result in future adjustments to the amortization periods or book values.

Blood testing

Product sales Our blood testing segment recognized product sales of $40.8 million and $22.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $100.6 million and $49.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Procleix™ On February 27, 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay. Under a collaboration agreement with Gen-Probe Incorporated, we market and sell the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay and the related instrument system. In addition to selling directly in the U.S., we also sell in Australia and various European markets. We also have contracts with various agencies and distributors worldwide. We recognize product revenues based on the details of each contract.

Worldwide product sales related to tests and instruments and the provision of services were $36.0 million and $14.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $83.5 million and $33.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in product sales year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 related primarily to commercial pricing in the U.S. During the second quarter 2002, we signed new commercial contracts including those with existing America's Blood Centers customers and the Association of Independent Blood Centers to provide the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay. Previously, we extended an existing agreement with the American National Red Cross (ARC), revising the price to commercial levels, which has resulted in increased revenues. In addition, in 2002, we experienced continued

penetration into several markets abroad. Evaluation studies are being conducted to consider the adoption of Procleix ™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay for blood screening in additional countries.

In the first and second quarters of 2002, we recognized positive adjustments under previously existing contracts with all our U.S. customers for increased donations exceeding contractual minimums. In the third quarter 2001, all of our U.S. customers renewed their investigational use agreements, most with moderate price increases, for nucleic acid testing products.

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Under the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. contract, we manufacture bulk reagents and antigens and confirmatory test kits for immunodiagnostic products. We recognized product sales under this contract of $4.8 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $17.1 million and $16.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The fluctuations between 2002 and 2001 primarily were due to the timing of manufacturing services. In addition, Chiron manufactures bulk antigens for Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics to be included in products to be sold by Bayer under a June 2001 agreement among Chiron, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics and Bayer Corporation (see also "Royalty and license fee revenues—Bayer" below).

We expect competitive pressures related to our blood testing products to continue into the future, primarily as a result of the introduction of competing products into the market, as listed in Part I, Item 1. "Business-Competition" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint businesses Our share of earnings from our joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. was $32.4 million and $21.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $78.6 million and $59.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily was due to the timing of Ortho's shipments to third parties, increased profitability of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' foreign affiliates, expanding sales of assays used on Ortho's Vitros® ECi immunodiagnostic system and nominal price increases in the U.S.

Collaborative agreement revenues We recognize collaborative agreement revenues for fees received as we perform research services and achieve specified milestones. Under the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. contract, we conduct research and development services related to immunodiagnostic products. Our blood testing segment recognized collaborative agreement revenues related to immunodiagnostic products of $1.6 million and $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $7.0 million and $8.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The fluctuations between 2002 and 2001 primarily were due to the timing of research services.

Collaborative agreement revenues tend to fluctuate based on the amount of research services performed, the status of projects under collaboration and the achievement of milestones. Due to the nature of our collaborative agreement revenues, results in any one period are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. Our ability to generate additional collaborative agreement revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to initiate and maintain relationships with potential and current collaborative partners. We have no assurance that new relationships will be established or that current collaborative agreement revenues will not decline.

Royalty and license fee revenues Our blood testing segment earns royalties on third party utilization of our hepatitis C virus and HIV patents for use in blood screening, as well as third party sales of hepatitis C virus and HIV immunodiagnostic products. The blood testing segment recognized royalty and license fee revenues of $14.2 million and $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $37.0 million and $13.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

F. Hoffmann La-Roche settlement In October 2000, we entered into three license agreements with F. Hoffmann La-Roche Limited and several of its affiliated companies related to the settlement of certain litigation in the U.S. and certain other countries for the use of our hepatitis C virus and HIV intellectual property. Two agreements relate to in vitro clinical diagnostic products. See "Other—Royalty and license fee revenues" below. The third agreement for blood screening was superseded in May 2001 by two new agreements, one each for hepatitis C virus and HIV. Revenues under these agreements were $13.0 million and $5.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $33.2 million and $11.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase related to a contractual increase in the royalty rates and positive adjustments of the estimate to actual in subsequent periods.

Bayer In June 2001, Chiron and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. entered into an agreement with Bayer Corporation. Under this agreement, Bayer will manufacture and sell certain of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics' hepatitis C virus and HIV immunodiagnostic products for use on Bayer's instrument platforms. Bayer paid us a license fee of $45.3 million, which we deferred (due to our continuing manufacturing obligations) and began recognizing as revenue in the third quarter 2001. We will recognize the remaining amount ratably through 2010.

Gross profit Blood testing gross profit as a percentage of net product sales was 40% and 34% for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively and 39% and 30% for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in blood testing gross profit margins in 2002 as compared with 2001 related to (i) the increase in nucleic acid testing product sales as a percentage of total blood testing product sales and (ii) the timing of manufacturing services under the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics contract. Also impacting the gross profit percentage in the third quarter 2002 was the re-classification of certain instrument technical service costs as a component of cost of goods sold upon commercialization. Previously, these costs were included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Blood testing gross profit percentages may fluctuate in future periods as the blood testing product and customer mix changes and with the anticipated increase in nucleic acid testing revenues from the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay.

Research and development Our blood testing segment recognized research and development expenses of $3.8 million and $3.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $13.2 million and $12.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in research and development spending in 2002 compared with 2001 primarily was due to the continued development of nucleic acid testing technology and the timing of activities under the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics contract.

Research and development expenses may fluctuate from period to period depending upon the stage of certain projects and the level of pre-clinical and clinical trial-related activities.

Selling, general, and administrative Our blood testing segment recognized selling, general and administrative expenses of $6.2 million and $7.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decreased selling, general and administrative expenses in the third quarter 2002 compared with the third quarter 2001 primarily related to the re-classification of certain instrument technical service costs as a component of cost of goods sold upon commercialization.

Previously, these costs were included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Our blood testing segment recognized selling, general and administrative expenses of $21.4 million and $20.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increased selling, general and administrative expenses year-to-date 2002 compared with year-to-date 2001 related to the expansion of our customer base for the Procleix™ HIV-1/HCV Assay in the U.S., Europe and other international markets. These increases were partially offset by the re-classification of certain instrument technical service costs in the third quarter 2002.

Other

Collaborative agreement revenues We recognize collaborative agreement revenues for fees received as we perform research services and achieve specified milestones. Our other segment did not recognize any collaborative agreement revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. Our other segment recognized collaborative agreement revenues of $3.0 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively, under an agreement with Novartis AG, which expired on December 31, 2001.

Collaborative agreement revenues tend to fluctuate based on the amount of research services performed, the status of projects under collaboration and the achievement of milestones. Due to the nature of our collaborative agreement revenues, results in any one period are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. Our ability to generate additional collaborative agreement revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to initiate and maintain relationships with potential and current collaborative partners. We have no assurance that new relationships will be established or that current collaborative agreement revenues will not decline.

Royalty and license fee revenues Our other segment earns royalties on third party sales of, and license fees on, several products. Our other segment recognized royalty and license fee revenues of $17.6 million and $20.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $46.1 million and $76.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The majority of royalty and license fee revenues related to the use of our hepatitis C virus and HIV patents by various third parties.

F. Hoffmann La-Roche settlement In October 2000, we entered into three license agreements with F. Hoffmann La-Roche Limited related to the settlement of litigation in the U.S. and certain other countries for use of our hepatitis C virus and HIV nucleic acid testing intellectual property for use in clinical diagnostics.

Under the hepatitis C virus agreement, we received $85.0 million, of which we recognized $40.0 million in the fourth quarter 2000. We deferred the remaining $45.0 million, which becomes nonrefundable through 2005. In the first quarter 2001, we began recognizing portions of the $45.0 million based upon the greater of (i) the scheduled quarterly minimum non-refundable amount or (ii) the actual earned credits as royalties on future sales related to F. Hoffmann La-Roche's use of our hepatitis C virus patent in its in vitro diagnostic products. The agreement also provides for royalties on future sales related to F. Hoffmann La-Roche's use of our hepatitis C virus patent in its in vitro diagnostic products, which commenced in the first quarter 2001. The increase in royalty revenues in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily related to increased product sales recognized by F. Hoffmann La-Roche.

Under the HIV agreement, we received $10.0 million in the fourth quarter 2000, which we deferred, and received $10.0 million in the first quarter 2001. These amounts included a refundable license fee and royalties for past sales related to F. Hoffmann La-Roche's use of our HIV patent in its in vitro diagnostic products in Europe. These amounts became nonrefundable in January 2001 when the European Patent Office Board of Technical Appeals upheld our HIV patent. As a result, we recognized the entire $20.0 million as revenue in the first quarter 2001. The agreement also provides for royalties on future sales related to F. Hoffmann La-Roche's use of our HIV patent in its in vitro diagnostic

products, which also commenced in the first quarter 2001 when the European Patent Office Board of Technical Appeals upheld our HIV patent. We will recognize additional revenue of $10.0 million under this arrangement when and if patents on HIV are issued to us in the U.S.

See "Blood testing—Royalties and license fee revenues" above for a discussion of the third agreement entered into with F. Hoffmann La-Roche in October 2000 and two additional agreements entered into with F. Hoffmann La-Roche in May 2001, which superseded the October 2000 agreement.

Bayer In connection with the sale of Chiron Diagnostics to Bayer Corporation, we granted Bayer rights under HIV and hepatitis C virus patents for use in nucleic acid diagnostic tests (excluding blood screening). In exchange for these rights, Bayer paid us a license fee of $100.0 million, which became nonrefundable in decreasing amounts over a period of three years. We recognized the final portion of revenue in the fourth quarter 2001. We recognized license fee revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, which represented the portion of the $100.0 million payment that became nonrefundable during that period. In addition, the cross-license agreement provides for royalties to us on HIV and hepatitis C virus products sold by Bayer, which increased in 2002 as compared with 2001.

Organon Teknika In January 2001, we granted Organon Teknika BV rights under certain of our HIV patents. The agreement provides for royalties on future sales by Organon Teknika of assays for the detection of nucleic acid sequences for use in in vitro diagnostic (excluding blood screening) products, which commenced in the first quarter 2001.

F. Hoffmann La-Roche PCR agreement Under a July 1991 agreement between F. Hoffmann La-Roche Limited and Cetus Corporation (a company acquired by Chiron), we received royalties on sales of polymerase chain reaction products and services sold by F. Hoffmann La-Roche and its licensees. For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we recognized $2.6 million under this agreement. F. Hoffmann La-Roche's royalty obligations, with certain limited exceptions for future products, expired in the fourth quarter 2000. However, we estimated royalties on polymerase chain reaction product sales based on previous period actual sales. In the following quarter, we recorded an adjustment equal to the difference between those estimated royalty revenues recorded in the previous quarter and the contractual percentage of actual polymerase chain reaction product sales for that period. As a result, we recorded the $2.6 million adjustment for the final fourth quarter 2000 royalties in the first quarter 2001.

The balance of royalty and license fee revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 above consisted of various other agreements, which individually were not material.

Royalty and license fee revenues may fluctuate based on the nature of the related agreements and the timing of receipt of license fees. Results in any one period are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved in the future. In addition, our ability to generate additional royalty and license fee revenues may depend, in part, on our ability to market and capitalize on our technologies. We have no assurance that we will be able to do so or that future royalty and license fee revenues will not decline.

Selling, general, and administrative For the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, our other segment recognized selling, general and administrative expenses of $13.7 million and $14.7 million, respectively, and $48.7 million and $44.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses year-to-date 2002 as compared with year-to-date 2001 primarily was due to our continued investment in and defense of our patents and technology as well as increased general and administrative expenses since our acquisition of Matrix Pharmaceutical in the first quarter 2002.

Write-off of purchased in-process technologies On February 20, 2002, we acquired Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. and accounted for the acquisition as an asset purchase. We allocated the purchase price based on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We allocated a portion of the purchase price to purchased in-process technologies and wrote off the entire $54.8 million in the first quarter 2002. We do not anticipate that there will be any alternative future use for the in-process technologies that were written off. In valuing the purchased in-process technologies, we used probability-of-success-adjusted cash flows and a 20% discount rate. We assumed revenue from tezacitabine to commence after 2005. As with all pharmaceutical products, the probability of commercial success for any research and development project is highly uncertain.

Restructuring and reorganization We previously recorded restructuring and reorganization charges related to (i) the integration of our worldwide vaccines operations, (ii) the closure of our Puerto Rico and St. Louis, Missouri facilities and (iii) the ongoing restructuring of our business operations. The closure of our Puerto Rico and St. Louis facilities and the ongoing restructuring of our business operations consisted of termination and other employee-related costs recognized in connection with the elimination of 371 positions, and facility-related costs. Employee termination costs included wage continuation, advance notice pay and medical and other benefits. Facility-related costs included losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment, lease payments and other related costs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we had no restructuring and reorganization adjustments. Of the 371 positions for elimination, 364 had terminated as of September 30, 2002.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we recorded net restructuring and reorganization activity, which included a charge of $0.2 million and a charge reversal of $0.2 million. The charge of $0.2 million primarily related to revised estimates of termination and other employee-related costs recorded in connection with the elimination of the 371 positions, of which 360 had terminated as of September 30, 2001. The charge reversal of $0.2 million primarily related to revised estimates of facility-related costs.

We expect to substantially settle the restructuring and reorganization accruals within one to six years of accruing the related charges. We expect employee and facility-related cost savings due to these restructuring activities in cost of sales, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense through 2008. We believe that we have begun to achieve these cost savings.

Gain on sale of assets In January 2001, we sold various assets of our San Diego facility, resulting in a net gain of $2.4 million.

Interest expense For the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, we recognized interest expense of $3.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively, and $9.5 million and $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in interest expense in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily was due to the interest expense recognized on the Liquid Yield Option Notes that were issued in June 2001.

Other income, net Other income, net, primarily consisted of interest income on our cash and investment balances and other non-operating gains and losses. For the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, we recognized interest income of $8.8 million and $14.1 million, respectively, and $27.9 million and $40.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in interest income in 2002 as compared with 2001 primarily was due to lower average interest rates, partially offset by higher average cash and investment balances following the $401.8 million received upon issuance of the Liquid Yield Option Notes in June 2001.

We invest in a diversified portfolio of financial investments, including debt and equity securities. The price of these securities is subject to significant volatility. We perform periodic reviews for temporary or other-than-temporary impairment of our securities and record adjustments to the carrying

values of those securities accordingly. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, we recognized losses attributable to the other-than-temporary impairment of certain of these equity securities of $4.8 million and $5.5 million, respectively. In the second quarter 2001, we recorded a charge of $1.5 million to write-down debt securities with a face value of $5.0 million due to the decline in the credit rating of the issuer. On March 1, 2002, the issuer paid us $5.1 million—the full principal plus interest. We recorded $1.5 million in other income, net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, we recognized gains of $14.3 million and $6.1 million, respectively, related to the sale of certain equity securities.

On December 31, 1998, we completed the sale of our 30% interest in General Injectibles & Vaccines, Inc., a distribution business, to Henry Schein, Inc. and received payment in full of certain advances we made to General Injectibles & Vaccines. The agreement also provided for us to receive additional payments, calculated as a pre-determined percentage of Henry Schein's gross profit, through 2003. We received an annual payment of $5.4 million and $2.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Income taxes The effective tax rate for 2002 is 27.0% of pretax income from continuing operations, excluding the write-off of purchased in-process technologies related to the Matrix Pharmaceutical acquisition. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 was 31.4% of pretax income from continuing operations. The write-off of purchased in-process technologies in 2002 is not tax deductible. The 2002 effective tax rate is lower than the 2001 effective tax rate due to the non-deductibility of goodwill amortization in 2001 and increased benefits received in 2002 from foreign income taxed at rates lower than the U.S. tax rate. The effective tax rate may be affected in future periods by changes in management's estimates with respect to our deferred tax assets and other items affecting the overall tax rate.

Discontinued operations In a strategic effort to focus on its core businesses of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing, we completed the sale of Chiron Diagnostics and Chiron Vision in 1998 and 1997, respectively.

The "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations" consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2002			2001			2002			2001
Reversal of reserves for severance obligations	$	—		$	1,600		$	—		$	1,600
Reversal of reserves for indemnity obligations		—			—			—			1,500
Gain on the sale of the real estate assets		—			—			—			1,644
Employee settlement		(438	)		—			(438	)		—
Income tax benefit (provision)		118			(85	)		118			424

	$	(320	)	$	1,515		$	(320	)	$	5,168

Under the terms of the Bayer agreement, we were responsible for severance payments to specific U.S. and international employees and, accordingly, reserved for such severance obligations. In the third quarter 2001, we reversed approximately $1.6 million reserved for severance obligations based upon a final reconciliation from Bayer. This amount was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations."

In the third quarter of 2002, we recognized a charge of $0.4 million related to a settlement with a former employee arising out of the sale of Chiron Diagnostics. This amount was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations."

Under the terms of the Bausch & Lomb agreement related to the sale of Chiron Vision, we provided customary indemnities and, accordingly, reserved for such contractual obligations to indemnify Bausch & Lomb against certain potential claims. In the second quarter 2001, we reversed the remaining reserves of $1.5 million upon the sale of the remaining real estate assets, as discussed below. This amount was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations."

We retained certain Chiron Vision assets, including certain Chiron Vision real estate assets with a carrying value of $25.1 million, upon the completion of the sale. As of March 31, 2001, the remaining real estate assets amounted to $1.9 million. In April 2001, we sold these remaining real estate assets and recognized a net gain on the sale of these assets of $1.6 million. This gain was recorded as a component of "Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations."

New Accounting Standards

In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (referred to as SFAS) No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)". SFAS 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan, as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The adoption of SFAS 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs as well as the amount recognized under such costs. The provisions of SFAS 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002, with earlier application encouraged. We are currently analyzing the effect, if any, the adoption of this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS 144 supercedes SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," in that it excludes goodwill from its impairment scope and allows for different approaches in cash flow estimation. However, SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121 for recognition and measurement of the impairment of (a) long-lived assets to be held and used and (b) long-lived assets to be disposed of other than by sale. SFAS 144 also supercedes the business segment concept in Accounting Principles Board (referred to as APB) Opinion No. 30, "Reporting the Results of Operations—Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions," in that it permits presentation of a component of an entity, whether classified as held for sale or disposed of, as a discontinued operation. However, SFAS 144 retains the requirement of APB Opinion No. 30 to report discontinued operations separately from continuing operations. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002. The implementation of the provisions of this standard did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30, 2001. SFAS 141 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill, noting that any purchase price allocable to an assembled workforce may not be accounted for separately. SFAS 142 requires that the assembled workforce be reclassified to goodwill and that goodwill (including assembled workforce) and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with SFAS 142. SFAS 142 also requires that intangible assets with definite useful lives be amortized over their respective useful lives to their estimated

residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," as discussed above. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 immediately, and SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002.

SFAS 141 required, upon adoption of SFAS 142, that we evaluate our existing intangible assets and goodwill that we acquired in a purchase business combination prior to June 30, 2001, and make any necessary reclassifications to conform with the new criteria in SFAS 141. As a result, we reclassified assembled workforce with a net carrying value of $7.8 million to goodwill on January 1, 2002.

Upon adoption of SFAS 142, we reassessed the useful lives and residual values of all intangible assets (excluding goodwill and assembled workforce) acquired in purchase business combinations. No adjustments to amortization periods were necessary.

In connection with the transitional goodwill impairment evaluation, the adoption of SFAS 142 requires us to assess whether there is an indication that goodwill is impaired as of January 1, 2002. To accomplish this, we identified our reporting units as of January 1, 2002. We then determined the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of January 1, 2002. We subsequently determined the fair value of each reporting unit using the present value of expected future cash flows and compared it to the reporting unit's carrying amount. Each reporting unit's fair value exceeds its carrying amount. Based on this analysis, we have no indication of a transitional impairment loss and no further analysis is required.

In addition, as mandated by SFAS 142, we must perform an impairment test at least annually. Any impairment loss from the annual test will be recognized as part of operations. We performed our annual impairment test as of June 30, 2002 and have no indication of an impairment loss and no further analysis is required.

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations." SFAS 143 requires liability recognition for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. We must adopt the provisions of SFAS 143 effective January 1, 2003, with earlier application encouraged. We are currently analyzing the effect, if any, the adoption of this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

We understand that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering new rules on the accounting for certain off-balance sheet lease financing. Such rules may require that, among other things, certain off-balance sheet lease financing and the related leased facilities be recorded on the balance sheet. As new information is released, we will continue to monitor the impact of these rules on our June 1996 lease financing, disclosed in Note 12, "Commitments and Contingencies," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Commitments," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our capital requirements have generally been funded from operations, cash and investments on hand, debt borrowings and issuance of common stock. Our cash and investments in marketable debt securities, which totaled $1,299.8 million at September 30, 2002, are invested in a diversified portfolio of financial instruments, including money market instruments, corporate notes and bonds, government or government agency securities and other debt securities issued by financial institutions and other issuers with strong credit ratings. By policy, the amount of credit exposure to any one institution is limited. Investments are generally not collateralized and primarily mature within three years.

Sources and uses of cash We had cash and cash equivalents of $316.9 million and $249.9 million at September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Operating activities For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, net cash provided by operating activities was $191.8 million as compared with $108.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was due primarily to (i) higher income from operations before depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges and (ii) lower tax payments. Income from operations before depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges was $273.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared with $244.0 million for the same nine month period in 2001. We made approximately $60.3 million in foreign, federal and state income tax payments during the first nine months of 2002 as compared with approximately $90.6 million in the first nine months of 2001. In the nine months ended September 30, 2002, there was increased cash due to the timing of payments received under the Betaferon® and Roche royalty arrangements. However, these increases were partially offset by the $45.3 million license fee payment received from Bayer in June 2001.

In September 2002, we entered into a ten-year lease to rent an office building in Emeryville, California. The total minimum lease payments over the term of the lease are approximately $9.1 million. At the end of the initial lease term, we have the option to extend the lease term or exercise the purchase option. This lease is accounted for as an operating lease.

Unutilized net operating loss carryforwards and federal business credits attributed to the acquisition of PathoGenesis Corporation carried forward into 2002 amounted to approximately $27.6 million and $6.0 million, respectively, and are available to offset future domestic taxable income through 2007 and are expected to be fully utilized to reduce tax payments in 2002.

Unutilized federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and federal and state business credits attributed to the acquisition of Matrix Pharmaceutical amounting to approximately $296.5 million and $9.3 million, respectively, are available to offset future domestic taxable income through 2021. We estimate that we will utilize approximately $3.0 million and $3.4 million of such net operating losses and business credits in 2002 and in 2003 and thereafter, respectively, as restricted pursuant to section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

We anticipate that research and development expenditures in 2002 will primarily be driven by (i) those activities under our December 2001 and June 2002 collaboration agreements with Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. related to, among other things, the development of a dry powder formulation of our inhaled TOBI® product for the treatment of pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients and a dry powder inhaleable erythromyclamine product targeted for the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, (ii) those activities related to the development of tezacitabine, obtained as a part of the acquisition of Matrix Pharmaceutical in the first quarter 2002, (iii) those activities related to the development of interleukin-2 in combination with various monoclonal antibodies and (iv) expansion of our meningococcal franchise. Net cash from operating activities will fund these research and development activities.

Investing activities For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, net cash used in investing activities consisted of purchases of investments in marketable debt securities of $581.2 million, capital expenditures of $74.1 million, net cash paid to acquire Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. of $55.4 million, purchases of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies of $5.5 million, cash paid to acquire Pulmopharm of $2.4 million, cash paid for acquisition costs related to the acquisition of PathoGenesis of $0.4 million and other uses of cash of $4.0 million. Cash used in investing activities was offset by proceeds from the sale and maturity of investments in marketable debt securities of $568.5 million, proceeds from the sale of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies of $18.9 million, proceeds from equity forward contracts of $6.0 million, proceeds from notes receivable of $5.2 million and proceeds from sales of assets of $0.4 million.

In April 2001, we entered into a collaboration with Rhein Biotech N.V. (now part of Berna Biotech) and GreenCross Vaccine Corporation to research and develop certain pediatric combination vaccine products for sale outside of Europe and North America. The collaboration agreement requires capital commitments from Chiron, Berna Biotech and GreenCross Vaccine. Our commitment is approximately 26.4 million Euro ($25.8 million) at September 30, 2002 for the expansion of our Italian manufacturing facilities, of which we had incurred costs of 0.4 million Euro ($0.3 million), as of September 30, 2002. This agreement started in the fourth quarter of 2001 and is expected to continue through 2008. We currently are evaluating various financing alternatives to fund this expansion.

In February 2001, our Board of Directors approved a $235.0 million capital expansion project, which includes the construction of a parking structure and a research and development facility (including a supporting central utility facility) in Emeryville, California. We had committed to $36.0 million in design and construction services, under which we had incurred costs of $23.2 million, as of September 30, 2002. We may cancel these commitments at any time. Related to the research and development facility, we are evaluating various financing alternatives to fund this expansion.

The purchases of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies consisted of a $1.9 million capital contribution under a 2001 limited partnership agreement and a $3.6 million capital contribution under a 2000 limited partnership agreement. In 2001, we became a limited partner of Forward Venture IV, L.P. We will pay $15.0 million over ten years, of which $7.2 million was paid through September 30, 2002, for a 6.35% ownership percentage. In 2000, we became a limited partner of Burrill Biotechnology Capital Fund, L.P. We will pay $25.0 million over five years, of which $17.1 million was paid through September 30, 2002, for a 23.26% ownership percentage. We account for both investments under the equity method of accounting. In October 2002, we became a limited partner of TPG Biotechnology Partners, L.P. We will pay $5.0 million over 10 years, of which $1.3 million was paid in October 2002, for an 8.10% ownership percentage.

The $5.2 million in proceeds from notes receivable related to amounts collected under promissory notes received in consideration for payment under biopharmaceutical license agreements with SkyePharma plc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, net cash used in investing activities consisted of purchases of investments in marketable debt securities of $810.0 million, capital expenditures of $42.0 million, purchases of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies of $11.1 million, cash paid for acquisition costs of PathoGenesis of $6.9 million and other uses of cash of $2.8 million. Cash used in investing activities was offset by proceeds from the sale and maturity of investments in marketable debt securities of $535.9 million, proceeds from the sale of assets of $8.2 million, proceeds from the sale of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies of $11.4 million and proceeds from notes receivable of $6.6 million.

In April 2001, we sold the remaining Chiron Vision real estate assets for $3.3 million in cash, and in January 2001, we sold various assets of our San Diego facility for $4.9 million in cash. The purchases of equity securities and interests in affiliated companies consisted of a $4.3 million capital contribution under a 2001 limited partnership agreement, a $3.9 million capital contribution under a 2000 limited partnership agreement and a $3.0 million capital contribution under a third limited partnership agreement. Under the third limited partnership agreement, we invested in a Singapore-based joint venture, S*BIO, to research and develop therapeutic, diagnostic and vaccine products. We had invested $8.0 million, which we wrote off entirely due to the early stage of the joint venture's research and development activities, for a 19.9% ownership interest and are accounting for the investment under the cost method.

The $6.6 million in proceeds from notes receivable related to amounts collected under an April 1999 biopharmaceutical collaboration agreement and a February 2000 agreement to sell substantially all assets of Chiron's Australian subsidiary to Mimotopes.

Financing activities For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, net cash used in financing activities consisted of $96.7 million for the acquisition of treasury stock and $0.6 million for the repayment of short-term borrowings. Cash used in financing activities was offset by $22.0 million in proceeds from the reissuance of treasury stock (primarily related to stock option exercises and employee stock purchases) and $3.7 million in proceeds from put options.

Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of our common stock on the open market. In December 2001, our Board of Directors approved a 5.0 million share increase. The Board has authorized such repurchases through December 31, 2002. As of September 30, 2002, we may repurchase up to an additional 2.4 million shares of our common stock.

We utilize written put options to reduce the effective costs of repurchasing our common stock. Under our put option program, we enter into contracts with third parties to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holders to sell to us a specified number of shares at a specified price per share on a specified date. As of September 30, 2002, we had an outstanding contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell us 0.5 million shares. In connection with the sale, we collected a $1.7 million premium. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we collected premiums of $3.7 million. The option expired on October 29, 2002 and had an exercise price of $32.05 per share. The amount of our obligation to repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $16.0 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2002. On October 29, 2002, our closing stock price was $38.57. Since the closing stock price was above the stipulated $32.05, the third party elected not to exercise the options. As a result, the temporary equity of $16.0 million was reclassified to permanent equity in the fourth quarter 2002.

In October 2002, we entered into a contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell us 0.5 million shares. In connection with the sale, we collected a $1.7 million premium. The option expires in January 2003 and has an exercise price of $38.11 per share. The amount of our obligation to repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $19.1 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the fourth quarter 2002.

As of December 31, 2001, we had an outstanding contract with a third party to sell put options on Chiron stock, entitling the holder to sell us 0.3 million shares. The option expired on March 28, 2002 and had an exercise price of $45.88 per share. The amount of our obligation to repurchase such shares upon exercise of the outstanding put options, totaling $13.8 million, was reclassified from "Additional paid-in capital" to "Put options" in temporary equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2001. On March 28, 2002, our closing stock price was $45.89. Since the closing stock price was above the stipulated $45.88, the third party elected not to exercise the options. As a result, the temporary equity of $13.8 million was reclassified to permanent equity in the first quarter 2002.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, net cash provided by financing activities consisted of $401.8 million in proceeds from the issuance of the Liquid Yield Option Notes, $52.2 million in proceeds from the reissuance of treasury stock, primarily related to stock option exercises and employee stock purchases, $6.0 million in proceeds from put options and $0.2 million in net proceeds from short-term borrowings. Cash provided by financing activities was offset by $9.9 million for the payment of issuance costs on the Liquid Yield Option Notes, $163.2 million for the acquisition of treasury stock and $1.5 million for the repayment of debt.

We are currently evaluating a number of business development opportunities. To the extent that we are successful in reaching agreements with third parties, these transactions may involve selling a significant portion of our current investment portfolio or may cause us to issue Chiron shares.

Borrowing arrangements Under a revolving, committed, uncollateralized credit agreement with a major financial institution, we can borrow up to $100.0 million in the U.S. This credit facility is guaranteed by Novartis AG under a November 1994 Investment Agreement, provides various interest rate options and matures in February 2006. There were no borrowings outstanding under this credit facility at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001. In December 1999, Chiron and Novartis amended the November 1994 Investment Agreement to reduce the maximum amount of our obligations that Novartis would guarantee from $725.0 million to $702.5 million.

We also have various credit facilities available outside the U.S. There were no borrowings under these facilities at September 30, 2002. Borrowings under these facilities totaled $0.5 million at December 31, 2001. One facility is maintained for all of our European subsidiaries and our 51%-owned Indian subsidiary, and allows for total borrowings of $50.0 million. The Indian subsidiary is limited to total borrowings of 200 million Indian Rupee ($4.1 million at September 30, 2002) under this facility. There were no outstanding borrowings under this facility at September 30, 2002. At December 31, 2001, $0.5 million was outstanding under this facility. Our Italian subsidiary also has various facilities, related to its receivables, which allow for total borrowings of 10.9 million Euro ($10.7 million at September 30, 2002). There were no outstanding borrowings under this facility at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001.

Factors That May Affect Future Results

As a global pharmaceutical company, we are engaged in a rapidly evolving and often unpredictable business. The forward-looking statements contained in this 10-Q and in other periodic reports, press releases and other statements issued by us from time to time reflect our current beliefs and expectations concerning objectives, plans, strategies, future performance and other future events. The following discussion highlights some of the factors, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ. You should read the discussion below in conjunction with Part II, Items 7. and 8., "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data," respectively, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Promising Technologies Ultimately May Not Prove Successful

We focus our research and development activities on areas in which we have particular strengths and on technologies that appear promising. These technologies often are on the "cutting edge" of modern science. As a result, the outcome of any research or development program is highly uncertain. Only a very small fraction of these programs ultimately result in commercial products or even product candidates. Product candidates that initially appear promising often fail to yield successful products. In many cases, preclinical or clinical studies will show that a product candidate is not efficacious (that is, it lacks the intended therapeutic or prophylactic effect), or that it raises safety concerns or has other side effects which outweigh the intended benefit. Success in preclinical or early clinical trials (which generally focus on safety issues) may not translate into success in large-scale clinical trials (which are designed to show efficacy), often for reasons that are not fully understood. Further, success in clinical trials will likely lead to increased investment, adversely affecting short-term profitability, to bring such products to market. And even after a product is approved and launched, general usage or post-marketing studies may identify safety or other previously unknown problems with the product which may result in regulatory approvals being suspended, limited to narrow indications or revoked, or which may otherwise prevent successful commercialization.

Regulatory Standards

We must obtain and maintain regulatory approval in order to market most of our products. Generally, these approvals are on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. In the case of

therapeutic products, a separate approval is required for each therapeutic indication. See Part I, Item 1. "Business-Government Regulation" in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. Product candidates that appear promising based on early, and even large-scale, clinical trials may not receive regulatory approval. The results of clinical trials often are susceptible to varying interpretations that may delay, limit or prevent approval or result in the need for post-marketing studies. In addition, regulations may be amended from time to time. Revised regulations may require us to reformulate products on a country or regional basis, obtain additional regulatory approvals, and/or accept additional risks that our products will not maintain market acceptance or be eligible for third party insurance coverage. Increased regulatory scrutiny and restrictions regarding marketing practices for products that are subject to government reimbursement may impact the sales of such products. There is no guarantee that we will be able to satisfy these new regulatory requirements and may suffer a loss of revenue as a result.

Manufacturing

Most of our products are biologics. Manufacturing biologic products is complex. Unlike chemical pharmaceuticals, a biologic product generally cannot be sufficiently characterized (in terms of its physical and chemical properties) to rely on assaying of the finished product alone to ensure that the product will perform in the intended manner. Accordingly, it is essential to be able to both validate and control the manufacturing process, that is, to show that the process works and that the product is made strictly and consistently in compliance with that process. Slight deviations anywhere in the manufacturing process, including quality control, labeling and packaging, may result in unacceptable changes in the products that may result in lot failures or product recalls. Manufacturing processes which are used to produce the smaller quantities of material needed for research and development purposes may not be successfully scaled up to allow production of commercial quantities at reasonable cost or at all. All of these difficulties are compounded when dealing with novel biologic products that require novel manufacturing processes. Additionally, manufacturing is subject to extensive government regulation. Even minor changes in the manufacturing process require regulatory approval, which, in turn, may require further clinical studies. For some of our products we rely on others to supply raw materials and to manufacture those products according to regulatory requirements.

In addition, any prolonged interruption in our operations or those of our partners could result in cancellations of shipments. A number of factors could cause interruptions, including equipment malfunctions or failures, damage to a facility due to natural disasters, such as an earthquake, suspension of power supplied to these facilities arising out of regional power shortages or terrorist activities and armed conflict, including as a result of the disruption of operations of our subsidiaries and our customers, suppliers, distributors, couriers, collaborative partners, licensees and clinical trial sites.

Mishandling of Hazardous Materials Could Result in Substantial Costs

In connection with our research and manufacturing activities, we utilize some hazardous materials. Great care is taken to ensure we have appropriate procedures and permits in place for storing and handling such hazardous materials. We could be subject to loss of our permits, government fines or penalties and/or other adverse governmental action if such hazardous materials are stored, handled or released into the environment in violation of law or any permit. A substantial fine or penalty, the payment of significant environmental remediation costs or the loss of a permit or other authorization to operate or engage in our ordinary course of business could materially adversely affect our business.

Reliance on Third Party Manufacturers

We use raw materials and other supplies that generally are available from multiple commercial sources. Certain manufacturing processes, however, use materials that are available from sole sources,

or that are in short supply, or are difficult for the supplier to produce and certify in accordance with our specifications. From time to time, concerns are raised with respect to potential contamination of biological materials that are supplied to us. These concerns can further tighten market conditions for materials that may be in short supply or available from limited sources. Moreover, regulatory approvals to market our products may be conditioned upon obtaining certain materials from specified sources. Our ability to substitute material from an alternate source may be delayed pending regulatory approval of such alternate source. Although we work to mitigate the risks associated with relying on sole suppliers, there is a possibility that material shortages could impact production.

Specific to one product, TOBI®, we rely on others to supply raw materials and to manufacture TOBI® according to regulatory requirements. We believe either one of our two suppliers of bulk powdered tobramycin will be able to supply sufficient quantities to meet our current needs and we have a supply agreement in place for a minimum term of 5 years with one of the suppliers. We also have an agreement in place for the formulation of TOBI® for a minimum term of 10 years. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain future supplies of bulk tobramycin on favorable terms, that contract manufacturers will be able to provide sufficient quantities of TOBI® or that the products supplied will meet specifications.

We are a key provider for the blood screening field of NAT and immunodiagnostics. In NAT, we rely on our collaborative partner, Gen-Probe to manufacture the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay and source the related instrument system. Currently, Gen-Probe is the only manufacturer of nucleic acid testing products using Transcription-Mediated Amplification technology. In immunodiagnostics, under the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. contract, we manufacture bulk reagents and antigens and confirmatory test kits sold in the clinical diagnostics and blood screening fields. While we and our partners work to mitigate the risks associated with being a key provider, there can be no assurance that our partner, Gen-Probe will be able to provide sufficient quantities of the Procleix™ HIV-1/ HCV Assay and the related instrument system or that we will be able to manufacture sufficient bulk reagents and antigens and confirmatory test kits for immunodiagnostic products. Our difficulties or delays or those of our partners' could cause a public health concern for the blood supply, as well as increase costs and cause loss of revenue or market share.

Patents Held By Third Parties May Delay or Prevent Commercialization

Third parties, including competitors, have patents and patent applications in the U.S. and other significant markets that may be useful or necessary for the manufacture, use or sale of certain products and products in development by us and our corporate partners. It is likely that third parties will obtain these patents in the future. Certain of these patents may be broad enough to prevent or delay us and our corporate partners from manufacturing or marketing products important to our current and future business. We cannot accurately predict the scope, validity and enforceability of these patents, if granted, the extent to which we may wish or need to obtain licenses to these patents, and the cost and availability of these licenses. If we do not or cannot obtain these licenses, products may be withdrawn from the market or delays could be encountered in market introduction while an attempt is made to design around these patents, or we could find that the development, manufacture or sale of such products is foreclosed. We could also incur substantial costs in licensing or challenging the validity and scope of these patents.

Product Acceptance

We may experience difficulties in launching new products, many of which are novel products based on technologies that are unfamiliar to the healthcare community. We have no assurance that healthcare providers and patients will accept such products. In addition, government agencies, as well as private organizations involved in healthcare, from time to time publish guidelines or recommendations to healthcare providers and patients. Such guidelines or recommendations can be very influential and may

adversely affect the usage of our products directly (for example, by recommending a decreased dosage of our product in conjunction with a concomitant therapy) or indirectly (for example, by recommending a competitive product over our product).

Product Liability

We are exposed to product liability and other claims in the event that the use of our products is alleged to have resulted in adverse effects. While we will continue to take precautions, we may not avoid significant product liability exposure. Although we maintain product liability insurance, there is no guarantee that this coverage will be sufficient. It is not feasible to obtain adequate insurance coverage for certain products and essentially we are self-insured in relation to these products. If we are sued for any injury caused by our products, we could suffer a significant financial loss.

As we are a key provider for the blood screening field of NAT and immunodiagnostics, we may have exposure to product liability, in the event that our difficulties or delays or those of our partners could cause a public health concern for the blood supply.

Competition

We operate in a highly competitive environment, and the competition is expected to increase. Competitors include large pharmaceutical, chemical and blood testing companies, and biotechnology companies. Some of these competitors, particularly large pharmaceutical and blood testing companies, have greater resources than ours. Accordingly, even if we are successful in launching a product, we may find that a competitive product dominates the market for any number of reasons, including:

•: the possibility that the competitor may have launched its product first;
•: the competitor may have greater marketing capabilities; or
•: the competitive product may have therapeutic or other advantages.

The technologies applied by our competitors and us are rapidly evolving, and new developments frequently result in price competition and product obsolescence.

Chiron's Patents May Not Prevent Competition or Generate Revenues

We seek to obtain patents on many of our inventions. Without the protection of patents, competitors may be able to use our inventions to manufacture and market competing products without being required to undertake the lengthy and expensive development efforts made by us and without having to pay royalties or otherwise compensate us for the use of the invention. We have no assurance that patents and patent applications owned or licensed to us will provide substantial protection. Important legal questions remain to be resolved as to the extent and scope of available patent protection for biotechnology products and processes in the U.S. and other important markets. We do not know how many of our pending patent applications will be granted, or the effective coverage of those that are granted. In the U.S. and other important markets, the issuance of a patent is neither conclusive as to its validity nor the enforceable scope of its claims. We have engaged in significant litigation to determine the scope and validity of certain of our patents and expect to continue to do so. An adverse outcome of litigation could result in the reduction or loss of royalty revenues. Engaging in patent litigation against one party may place significant royalty revenues received or to be received from other parties at risk. Even if we are successful in obtaining and defending patents, there can be no assurance that these patents will provide substantial protection. The length of time necessary to resolve patent litigation successfully may allow infringers to gain significant market advantage. Third parties may be able to design around the patents and develop competitive products that do not use the inventions covered by our patents. Many countries, including certain countries in Europe, have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third

parties (for example, the third party's product is needed to meet a threat to public health or safety in that country, or the patent owner has failed to "work" the invention in that country, or the third party has patented improvements). In addition, most countries limit the enforceability of patents against government agencies or government contractors. In these countries, the patent owner may be limited to monetary relief and may be unable to enjoin infringement, which could materially diminish the value of the patent.

Availability of Reimbursement; Government and Other Pressures on Pricing

In the U.S. and other significant markets, sales of our products may be affected by the availability of reimbursement from the government or other third parties, such as insurance companies. It is difficult to predict the reimbursement status of newly approved, novel biotechnology products, and current reimbursement policies for existing products may change. In certain foreign markets, governments have issued regulations relating to the pricing and profitability of pharmaceutical companies. There have been proposals in the U.S. (at both the federal and state level) to implement such controls. The growth of managed care in the U.S. also has placed pressure on the pricing of healthcare products. These pressures can be expected to continue.

Costs Associated with Expanding the Business

We expect to grow our business in areas in which we can be most competitive, either through in-licensing, collaborations or acquisitions of products or companies. In connection with these efforts, we may incur significant charges, costs and expenses which could impact our profitability, including impairment losses, restructuring charges, the write-off of purchased in-process technologies, transaction-related expenses, costs associated with integrating new businesses and the cost of amortizing goodwill and other intangibles. Some transactions may require the consent of our shareholders or a third party, or the approval by various regulatory authorities. We have no assurance that such in-licensing, collaborations or acquisitions will be successful.

Other New Products and Sources of Revenue

Many products in our current pipeline are in relatively early stages of research or development. Our ability to grow earnings in the near- to medium-term may depend, in part, on our ability to initiate and maintain other revenue generating relationships with third parties, such as licenses to certain of our technologies, and on our ability to identify and successfully acquire rights to later-stage products from third parties. We have no assurance that we will establish such other sources of revenue.

Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Fluctuations

We have significant cash balances and investments. Our financial results, therefore, are sensitive to interest rate fluctuations. In addition, we sell products in many countries throughout the world, and our financial results could be significantly affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by weak economic conditions in foreign markets.

Corporate Partners

An important part of our business strategy depends upon collaborations with third parties, including research collaborations and joint efforts to develop and commercialize new products. As circumstances change, Chiron and our corporate partners may develop conflicting priorities or other conflicts of interest. We may experience significant delays and incur significant expenses in resolving these conflicts and may not be able to resolve these matters on acceptable terms. Even without conflicts of interest, we may disagree with our corporate partners as to how best to realize the value associated with a current product or a product in development. In some cases, the corporate partner

may have responsibility for formulating and implementing key strategic or operational plans. In addition, merger and acquisition activity within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries may affect our corporate partners, causing them to reprioritize their efforts related to the research collaborations and other joint efforts with us. Decisions by corporate partners on key clinical, regulatory, marketing (including pricing), inventory management and other issues may prevent successful commercialization of the product or otherwise impact our profitability.

Our Relationship With Novartis AG Could Limit Our Ability to Enter into Transactions, Pursue Opportunities in Conflict With Novartis and Cause the Price of Our Common Stock to Decline

We have an alliance with Novartis AG, a life sciences company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Under a series of agreements between Chiron and Novartis, and as a result of subsequent stock issuances by Chiron, Novartis' ownership interest in Chiron is approximately 42.2% as of September 30, 2002. The Governance Agreement between Chiron and Novartis contains provisions that require the approval of Novartis before we enter into certain corporate transactions. These transactions generally include significant debt or equity issuances, debt or equity repurchases, most mergers and acquisitions, the payment of cash dividends, amendments to Chiron's Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, and other transactions that would adversely impact the rights of Novartis, or discriminate against Novartis, as a Chiron stockholder. In addition, a majority of the independent directors must approve any material transactions between Chiron and Novartis. These provisions may limit our ability to enter into transactions with third parties otherwise viewed as beneficial to Chiron. All of our shares owned by Novartis are eligible for sale in the public market subject to compliance with the applicable securities laws. We have agreed that, upon Novartis' request, we will file one or more registration statements under the Securities Act in order to permit Novartis to offer and sell shares of our common stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock by Novartis in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. For more information on our relationship with Novartis, see Note 8—"Related Party Transactions," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Stock Price Volatility

The price of our stock, like that of other pharmaceutical companies, is subject to significant volatility. Any number of events, both internal and external to us, may affect our stock price. These include, without limitation,

•: fluctuations in earnings from period to period;
•: results of clinical trials conducted by us or by our competitors;
•: announcements by us or our competitors regarding product development efforts, including the status of regulatory approval applications;
•: the outcome of legal proceedings, including claims filed by us against third parties to enforce our patents and claims filed by third parties against us relating to patents held by the third parties;
•: the launch of competing products;
•: the resolution of (or failure to resolve) disputes with corporate partners;
•: corporate restructuring by us;
•: licensing activities by us; and
•: the acquisition or sale by us of products, products in development or businesses.

In connection with our research and development collaborations, from time to time we may invest in equity securities of our corporate partners. The price of these securities also is subject to significant volatility and may be affected by, among other things, the types of events that affect our stock. Changes in the market price of these securities may impact our profitability.

Income Taxes

We are taxable principally in the U.S., Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. All of these jurisdictions have in the past and may in the future make changes to their corporate tax rates and other tax laws, which could increase our future tax provision. We have negotiated a number of rulings regarding income and other taxes that are subject to periodic review and renewal. If such rulings are not renewed or are substantially modified, income taxes payable in particular jurisdictions could increase. While we believe that all material tax liabilities are reflected properly in our balance sheet, we are presently under audit in several jurisdictions, and we have no assurance that we will prevail in all cases in the event the taxing authorities disagree with our interpretations of the tax law. In addition, we have assumed liabilities for all income taxes incurred prior to the sales of our former subsidiaries, Chiron Vision (subject to certain limitations) and Chiron Diagnostics. Future levels of research and development spending, capital investment and export sales will impact our entitlement to related tax credits and benefits which have the effect of lowering our effective tax rate.

Earnings Volatility

Our operating results may vary considerably from quarter to quarter. Any number of factors may affect our quarterly operating results. These factors include, but are not limited to the following,

•: inventory management practices;
•: the level of pre-clinical and clinical trial-related activities;
•: seasonality of certain vaccine products;
•: the tender driven nature of certain vaccine products, in particular Menjugate;
•: the nature of our collaborative, royalty and license arrangements and other revenue sources;
•: foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; and
•: the level of product reserves due to various issues, including seasonality patterns, excess and obsolete inventory, and production yields.

Our results in any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a full year.

Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance Requirements and Tax Laws

We must follow accounting standards, financial reporting and corporate governance requirements and tax laws set by the governing bodies and lawmakers in the U.S. and other countries where we do business. From time to time, these governing bodies and lawmakers implement new and revised rules and laws. These new and revised accounting standards, financial reporting and corporate governance requirements and tax laws may require changes to our financial statements, the composition of our board of directors, the composition, the responsibility and manner of operation of various board-level committees, the information filed by us with the governing bodies and enforcement of tax laws against us. Implementing changes required by such new standards, requirements or laws likely will require a significant expenditure of time, attention and resources, especially by our senior management. It is impossible to predict the impact, if any, on Chiron of future changes to accounting standards, financial reporting and corporate governance requirements and tax laws. In addition, it is possible that the

application of certain current accounting standards may change due to environmental factors, which may necessitate a change in our standard practice related to these accounting standards.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk management Our cash flow and earnings are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, the fair value of equity securities held and our stock price. We attempt to limit our exposure to some or all of these market risks through the use of various financial instruments. There were no significant changes in our market risk exposures during the third quarter of 2002. These activities are discussed in further detail in Part II, Item 7A., "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a): Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures Within the ninety days prior to the date of this Quarterly Report, Chiron carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of Chiron's management, including Chiron's CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of Chiron's disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14. Based on that evaluation, Chiron's management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that Chiron's disclosure controls and procedures were effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to Chiron, required to be included in Chiron's periodic SEC filings.
(b): Changes in internal controls There have been no significant changes in Chiron's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

PART II

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are party to certain lawsuits and legal proceedings, which are described in Part I, Item 3. "Legal Proceedings" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. The following is a description of material developments during the period covered by this Quarterly Report and should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Average Wholesale Pricing

In December 2001, Citizens for Consumer Justice and 13 other named plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against 29 biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including Chiron, in connection with setting average wholesale prices for various products, including DepoCyt®, which are reimbursed by Medicare. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated federal antitrust and racketeering laws by devising and implementing a fraudulent pricing scheme against Medicare and Medicare beneficiaries, and sought declaratory relief, as well as compensatory and punitive damages. In March 2002, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint that eliminated the antitrust allegations and changed the subject drug from DepoCyt® to Mitomycin®, a generic oncology drug sold by the Cetus-Ben Venue Therapeutics partnership. In September 2002, Citizens for Consumer Justice filed a Master Consolidated Class Action Complaint that withdrew Chiron as a defendant. Therefore, Chiron is no longer a party to this action.

Between July and September 2002, three separate class action lawsuits were filed in two California Superior Courts against Chiron, Cetus Oncology, and numerous other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Plaintiff's claims are based upon alleged violations of the California Business and Professions Codes. These matters seek compensatory and punitive damages, plus injunctive relief, against Chiron in connection with setting the average wholesale prices for various oncology drugs, including DepoCyt®.

It is not known when nor on what basis these matters will be resolved.

F. Hoffmann La-Roche A.G.

Chiron initiated an action in July 2000 against Roche Diagnostics GmbH in the German Federal Court ("Landgericht") in Dusseldorf, asserting that Roche's manufacture and sale of hepatitis C virus immunoassay products infringe Chiron's German Patent Nos. DD 298 527, DD 298 524, DD 287 104, DD 297 446 (collectively, the "German patents") and Chiron's European Patent No. EP 0 450 931 (the "931 patent"). The Landgericht subsequently separated the matter into individual actions and then stayed oral hearings pending results of the nullity proceedings initiated by Roche in December 2000 in the German Federal Patent court ("Bundespatentgericht") against the same patents. In August 2002, the Bundespatentgericht upheld the validity of the German patents, but nullified the German portion of the 931 patent. The Bundespatentgericht's judgments are all subject to appeal, and Chiron expects to appeal the judgment on the 931 patent. Based on the Bundespatentgericht judgments, the Landgericht in Dusseldorf has scheduled oral hearings in the German patent infringement suits for May 2003. The 931 infringement suit in the Landgericht is still stayed pending the anticipated appeal of the Bundespatentgericht's judgment in the 931 nullity suit.

In January 1997, Chiron and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. filed suit against F. Hoffman-LaRoche AG in the Regional Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, asserting that Roche's manufacture and sale of hepatitis C virus immunoassay products infringed Chiron's EP 0 318 216 (the "216 patent"). The suit sought damages and injunctive relief. In April 1999, the Court granted Chiron's application and entered an injunction. In September 1999, Roche appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals in

Dusseldorf. Following withdrawal of certain claims from the 216 patent, Chiron rescinded the injunction and substituted the aforementioned 931 and German patents in the appellate proceeding. Oral hearings before the Court of Appeals on the German patents are scheduled for May 2003. Oral hearings on the 931 patent are stayed pending the expected appeal of the Bundespatentgericht's judgment in the 931 nullity suit.

It is not known when nor on what basis these matters will be resolved.

In July 2000, Chiron initiated an action against Roche Diagnostics GmbH and related foreign entities in the German Administrative Court in Karlsruhe, asserting that Roche's manufacture and sale of hepatitis C virus immunoassay products in various European countries infringe the 931 patent. Over Roche's objections, the action was referred to the District Court of Mannheim in March 2001. Following an oral hearing on January 18, 2002, Chiron voluntarily withdrew its application with respect to certain jurisdictions and the Court dismissed the case as to the remaining countries finding that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain Chiron's application for cross-border relief with the facts presented. The Court made no finding with regard to validity or infringement of the 931 patent. This jurisdictional judgment is now final.

German Red Cross Donation Service and Working Society of Physicians

In October 2001, the German Red Cross Donation Service and Working Society of Physicians brought a complaint against Chiron and Roche before the Commission of the European Communities (the "Commission"). These matters generally allege that Chiron and Roche have engaged in certain anticompetitive actions that violate Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty Establishing the European Community (the "EC Treaty") in connection with HIV and hepatitis C virus nucleic acid tests in blood screening. The complainants seek a determination that Roche pricing for its blood screening kits based upon the number of donations tested is unreasonable and should be prohibited through interim measures to be ordered by the Commission prior to final resolution of the action. A prohibition of "per-donation" pricing could have a significant adverse effect upon royalties payable by Roche to Chiron and upon Chiron's revenues from sale of its own blood screening products in Europe. It is not known whether or if the Commission will order any interim measures. Chiron filed its initial response with the Commission in January 2002. In February 2002, the Sanquin Blood Services Foundation in the Netherlands also filed a complaint against Chiron and Roche before the Commission. The Sanquin complaint, filed in support of the German complaint, similarly alleges anticompetitive practices in violation of Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty. The National Blood Authority of England also filed a related complaint with the Commission against Chiron and Roche in February 2002. The National Blood Authority complaint focused exclusively on hepatitis C virus licensing. Chiron has been informed that blood banking entities from Finland and Luxembourg have filed similar complaints with the Commission.

In July 2002, the Directorate General for Competition provided its provisional assessment concerning both the October 2000 hepatitis C virus and HIV nucleic acid testing licensing agreements for clinical diagnostics and the May 2001 hepatitis C virus and HIV nucleic acid testing licensing agreements for blood screening between Chiron and Roche which had been notified to the European Commission in May 2001 and September 2001, respectively, and the complaints referenced above. The provisional assessment indicates that certain field of use restrictions and most favored nation license provisions appear to give rise to competition restrictions incompatible with Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty and unlikely to qualify for exemption under Article 81(3) of the EC Treaty. The provisional assessment did not indicate that the per donation pricing was incompatible with the EC Treaty. Chiron has responded to the provisional assessment. It is not known when or whether the Commission will determine to initiate formal proceedings in this matter. Final resolution of these cases could involve substantial fines and damage awards, in addition to the material adverse effect of interim measures or final remedies that may be ordered.

It is not known when nor on what basis these matters will be resolved.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a): Exhibits

Exhibit		Description
3.01		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chiron, as filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 17, 1987, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of Chiron's report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 1996.
3.02		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chiron, as filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 12, 1991, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of Chiron's report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 1996.
3.03		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Chiron, as filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 22, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.04 of Chiron's report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1996.
3.04		Bylaws of Chiron, as amended.
4.01		Indenture between Chiron and State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated as of June 12, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 of Chiron's report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001.
4.02		Registration Rights Agreement between Chiron and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.02 of Chiron's report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001.
4.03		Form of Liquid Yield Option Note™ due 2031 (Zero Coupon—Senior) (included as exhibits A-1 and A-2 to the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.01 hereto), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.03 of Chiron's report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001.
4.04		Reserved.
10.102		Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), by and between Chiron and Bank of America, N.A. (the "Bank"), and exhibits thereto.
10.318		Amendment No. 3 to Agreement with Gen-Probe Incorporated entered into effective April 1, 2002. (We have omitted certain information from the Agreement and filed it separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to our request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2. We have identified the omitted confidential information by the following statement: "Confidential Treatment Requested".)

(b): Reports on Form 8-K

On September 24, 2002, Chiron filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, reporting under Item 5, the appointment of Denise O'Leary to Chiron's Board of Directors, effective September 24, 2002, thereby increasing the number of directors from ten to eleven. Ms. O'Leary will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in May 2003, and thereafter until her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until her earlier resignation or removal.

CHIRON CORPORATION
September 30, 2002

SIGNATURES

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

	CHIRON CORPORATION
DATE: November 12, 2002	By:	/s/ SEÁN P. LANCE Seán P. Lance President and Chief Executive Officer; Chairman of the Board
DATE: November 12, 2002	By:	/s/ JAMES R. SULAT James R. Sulat Vice President; Chief Financial Officer
DATE: November 12, 2002	By:	/s/ DAVID V. SMITH David V. Smith Vice President, Finance; Principal Accounting Officer

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Seán P. Lance, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chiron Corporation;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

a): designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b): evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c): presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.

The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a): all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b): any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6.: The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

DATE: November 12, 2002

/s/ SEÁN P. LANCE

Seán P. Lance
President and Chief Executive Officer;
Chairman of the Board

I, James R. Sulat, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chiron Corporation;

2.

3.

4.

a): designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b): evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c): presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.

a): all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b): any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6.: The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

DATE: November 12, 2002

/s/ JAMES R. SULAT

James R. Sulat
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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