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Emflaza asset acquisition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of purchase price | The following tables present the total purchase consideration and the preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration for the Transaction as of April 20, 2017 (the “Acquisition Date”):
Cash consideration |  | $ | 75,000 |
Fair value of PTC common stock issued to Marathon (6,683,598 shares) |  | 75,190 |
Acquisition costs |  | 2,163 |
Total preliminary consideration transferred |  | $ | 152,353 |
Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
Purchase price |  | $ | 152,353 |
Total fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed: |  |
Inventory |  | 3,980 |
Emflaza rights |  | $ | 148,373 |
Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets, future amortization expense | As of December 31, 2017, the Company recognized accumulated amortization of $15.4 million with respect to the Emflaza rights intangible asset. The estimated future amortization of the Emflaza rights intangible asset is expected to be as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2017
2018 |  | $ | 21,713 |
2019 |  | 21,713 |
2020 |  | 21,713 |
2021 |  | 21,713 |
2022 and thereafter |  | 46,141 |
Total |  | $ | 132,993 |

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