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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Summary of investment categories | The Company's investments consist of the following at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Amortized cost |  | Gross unrealized gains |  | Gross unrealized losses |  | Estimated fair value |  | Amortized cost |  | Gross unrealized gains |  | Gross unrealized losses |  | Estimated fair value
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank deposits | $ | 77,307 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 77,314 |  |  | $ | 40,715 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40,734 |
Corporate bonds | 50,833 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (34 | ) |  | 50,802 |  |  | 11,031 |  |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 11,026 |
Commercial paper | 23,176 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 23,177 |  |  | 33,074 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 33,067 |
U.S. Government bonds | 8,490 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 8,486 |  |  | 7,508 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 7,507 |
Agency bonds | 4,977 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,977 |  |  | 7,294 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,295 |
Municipal bonds | 2,020 |  |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 2,012 |  |  | 19,624 |  |  | — |  |  | (11 | ) |  | 19,613 |
Corporate equity securities | 254 |  |  | 2,498 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,752 |  |  | 1,512 |  |  | 1,542 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,054 |
| $ | 167,057 |  |  | $ | 2,518 |  |  | $ | (55 | ) |  | $ | 169,520 |  |  | $ | 120,758 |  |  | $ | 1,564 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | 122,296 |
Summary of goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets | Goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Indefinite lived intangible assets |  |  |
IPR&D | $ | 12,246 |  |  | $ | 12,246 |
Goodwill | 72,207 |  |  | 72,207 |
Definite lived intangible assets |  |  |
Complete technology | 182,577 |  |  | 182,577 |
Less: Accumulated amortization | (19,710 | ) |  | (12,792 | )
Trade name | 2,642 |  |  | 2,642 |
Less: Accumulated amortization | (883 | ) |  | (784 | )
Customer relationships | 29,600 |  |  | 29,600 |
Less: Accumulated amortization | (9,894 | ) |  | (8,784 | )
Total goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets, net | $ | 268,785 |  |  | $ | 276,912 |
Schedule of commercial license rights | Commercial license rights consist of the following (in thousands):
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
CorMatrix | $ | 15,190 |  |  | $ | 17,284 |
Selexis | 8,531 |  |  | 8,537 |
| $ | 23,721 |  |  | $ | 25,821 |
Summary of accrued liabilities | Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Compensation | $ | 2,479 |  |  | $ | 2,603 |
Professional fees | 634 |  |  | 829 |
Amounts owed to former licensees | 457 |  |  | 899 |
Royalties owed to third parties | 1,000 |  |  | 942 |
Deferred revenue | 1,075 |  |  | — |
Other | 778 |  |  | 1,124 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 6,423 |  |  | $ | 6,397 |
Schedule for accounting for share-based compensation | The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense recorded as components of research and development expenses and general and administrative expenses for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Stock-based compensation expense as a component of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and development expenses | $ | 2,394 |  |  | $ | 2,845 |  |  | $ | 8,260 |  |  | $ | 6,112 |
General and administrative expenses | 2,854 |  |  | 2,486 |  |  | 7,657 |  |  | 7,578 |
| $ | 5,248 |  |  | $ | 5,331 |  |  | $ | 15,917 |  |  | $ | 13,690 |
Summary of fair-value options awarded to employees and directors | The fair-value for options that were awarded to employees and directors was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
| Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Risk-free interest rate | 2.0% |  | 1.3% |  | 2.1% |  | 1.5%
Dividend yield | — |  | — |  | — |  | —
Expected volatility | 47% |  | 49% |  | 47% |  | 50%
Expected term | 6.5 |  | 6.7 |  | 6.8 |  | 6.6
Summary of computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share | The following table presents the calculation of weighted average shares used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share:
| Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Weighted average shares outstanding: | 21,070,678 |  |  | 20,886,705 |  |  | 21,006,718 |  |  | 20,805,604 |
Dilutive potential common shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock | 79,222 |  |  | 134,008 |  |  | 140,340 |  |  | 102,282 |
Stock options | 1,019,342 |  |  | 792,474 |  |  | 980,461 |  |  | 788,106 |
2019 Convertible Senior Notes | 1,334,357 |  |  | 1,184,092 |  |  | 1,118,456 |  |  | 1,046,257 |
Warrants | 47,646 |  |  | — |  |  | 15,882 |  |  | — |
Shares used to compute diluted income per share | 23,551,245 |  |  | 22,997,279 |  |  | 23,261,857 |  |  | 22,742,249 |
Potentially dilutive shares excluded from calculation due to anti-dilutive effect | 255,101 |  |  | 3,540,806 |  |  | 2,531,219 |  |  | 3,522,063 |

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