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Identified Intangible Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Identified Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Identified Intangible Assets
4.              Identified Intangible Assets
 
In the third quarter of 2011, the FDA placed a clinical hold on our phase 3 U.S. clinical trials for ARIKACE in CF patients with Pseudomonas lung infections and for patients with NTM lung infections.
 
In January 2012, the FDA lifted the clinical hold on ARIKACE in patients with NTM lung infections.   In February 2012, we announced that we would be initiating the ARIKACE NTM trial as a phase 2 trial, as well as the previously planned phase 3 trial for ARIKACE in the CF indication in Europe. In April 2012, the Company announced the first patient dosed in the European phase 3 clinical study, which is called CLEAR-108 and is proceeding with an optional longer term open-label safety study called CLEAR-110.  The Company also is conducting CLEAR-108 in Canada. We also initiated a nine-month dog inhalation toxicity study in April 2012.  In May 2012, the FDA lifted the clinical hold on ARIKACE in the U.S. for the treatment of CF patients with Pseudomonas lung infections.  In June 2012, we announced that the first patient was dosed in the Company's U.S. phase 2 clinical study of ARIKACE in patients with NTM lung disease, which is called TARGET-NTM.
 
As a result of these events, the Company believes there are no indicators of impairment of in-process research and development intangible assets as of September 30, 2012.