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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Carried at Fair Value | The following table provides the assets carried at fair value, measured as of June 30, 2013 and March 31, 2013 (in thousands):
|  | Total Carrying Value |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
June 30, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 18,658 |  |  | $ | 18,658 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liability |  | $ | 477 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 477 |
Warrants |  | $ | 3,216 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,216 |
|  | Total Carrying Value |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) |  |  | Using Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
March 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 18,649 |  |  | $ | 18,649 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liability |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 529 |
Warrants |  | $ | 3,633 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,633
Schedule of Liabilities Measured at Fair Value | The table below reflects the activity for the Company’s major classes of liabilities measured at fair value for the period ended June 30, 2013 (in thousands).
|  | Derivative Liability |  |  | Warrants |
April 1, 2013 |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 3,633 |
Mark to market adjustment |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | (417 | )
Balance at June 30, 2013 |  | $ | 477 |  |  | $ | 3,216 |
|  | Derivative Liability |  |  | Warrants |
April 1, 2012 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Valuation of derivative liability |  |  | 3,779 |  |  |  | — |
Warrant issuance with Senior Convertible Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,018 |
Warrant issuance with Senior Secured Term Loan |  |  | — |  |  |  | 380 |
Valuation of derivative liability attributable to modification |  |  | 542 |  |  |  | — |
Mark to market adjustment |  |  | (3,792 | ) |  |  | (3,765 | )
Balance at March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 3,633 |

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