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Fair Value Measurement (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis | The following table provide a summary of the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
December 31, 2015 |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs
| Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) | $ | 3,015 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,015 |  |  | $ | — |
Short-term investments (2) | 92,775 |  |  | 6,786 |  |  | 85,989 |  |  | — |
Note receivable Viking (3) | 4,782 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,782 |
Total assets | $ | 100,572 |  |  | $ | 6,786 |  |  | $ | 89,004 |  |  | $ | 4,782 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current contingent liabilities - CyDex (4) | $ | 7,812 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,812 |
Current contingent liabilities-Metabasis (5) | $ | 2,602 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,602 |  |  | — |
Long-term contingent liabilities - Metabasis (5) | 1,355 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,355 |  |  | — |
Long-term contingent liabilities - CyDex (4) | 1,678 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,678 |
Liability for amounts owed to former licensees (6) | 794 |  |  | 794 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total liabilities | $ | 14,241 |  |  | $ | 794 |  |  | $ | 3,957 |  |  | $ | 9,490 |
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
December 31, 2014 |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs * |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs
| Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current co-promote termination payments receivable (7) | $ | 322 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 322 |
Short-term investments (2) | 7,133 |  |  | 7,133 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total assets | $ | 7,455 |  |  | $ | 7,133 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 322 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current contingent liabilities - CyDex (4) | $ | 6,796 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,796 |
Current co-promote termination liability (7) | 322 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 322 |
Long-term contingent liabilities - Metabasis (5) | 3,652 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,652 |  |  | — |
Long-term contingent liabilities - CyDex (4) | 4,701 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,701 |
Liability for amounts owed to former licensees (6) | 773 |  |  | 773 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total liabilities | $ | 16,244 |  |  | $ | 773 |  |  | $ | 3,652 |  |  | $ | 11,819 |
*Adjusted to correct an error in disclosure that was deemed immaterial to the financial statements taken as a whole. Contingent liabilities related to Metabasis were reclassified from Level 1 to Level 2 as market is deemed inactive. Additionally, certain certificates of deposit with maturities less than 90 days were not previously disclosed in the table above.
Significant unobservable inputs used in determining the fair value of contingent liabilities | The following table represents significant unobservable inputs used in determining the fair value of contingent liabilities assumed in the acquisition of CyDex:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Range of annual revenue subject to revenue sharing (1) |  | $22.5 million |  | $17.2 million-$17.3 million
Revenue volatility |  | 25% |  | 25%
Average of probability of commercialization |  | 73% |  | 81%
Sales beta |  | 0.40 |  | 0.60
Credit rating |  | BB |  | B
Equity risk premium |  | 6% |  | 6%
(1) | Revenue subject to revenue sharing represent management’s estimate of the range of total annual revenue subject to revenue sharing (i.e. annual revenues in excess of $15 million) through December 31, 2016, which is the term of the CVR agreement.
Reconciliation of the level 3 financial instruments | A reconciliation of the level 3 financial instruments as of December 31, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):
Assets: |
Fair value of level 3 financial instruments as of December 31, 2014 | $ | 322 |
Assumed payments made by Pfizer or assignee | (390 | )
Fair value adjustments to co-promote termination liability | 68 |
Note receivable Viking | 4,782 |
Fair value of level 3 financial instrument assets as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 4,782 |
Liabilities |
Fair value of level 3 financial instruments as of December 31, 2014 | $ | 11,819 |
Assumed payments made by Pfizer or assignee | (390 | )
Payments to CVR holders and other contingency payments | (5,848 | )
Fair value adjustments to contingent liabilities | 3,841 |
Fair value adjustments to co-promote termination liability | 68 |
Fair value of level 3 financial instruments as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 9,490 |

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