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Restructuring Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring Activities

14. Restructuring Activities

In connection with the Globus Transaction (described in Note 4), the Company reduced its U.S. workforce and terminated employment agreements with several executive officers and employees including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, and recorded restructuring expenses related to severance and post-employment benefits of $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2016.  The Company had additional headcount reductions in February 2017.

On July 6, 2015, the Company announced a restructuring of its manufacturing operations in California in an effort to improve its cost structure. The restructuring includes a reduction in workforce and closing the California manufacturing facility. Restructuring liabilities are measured at fair value and recognized as incurred.  The Company incurred termination benefits, accelerated depreciation, facility closing and other restructuring costs expenses of $0.4 million and $2.2 million in the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, related to these restructuring activities which were completed in the first half of 2016.

In 2013, the Company announced that Scient'x began a process to significantly restructure its business operations in France in an effort to improve operating efficiencies and rationalize its cost structure and in 2015 the Company initiated plans to close its French operations. The restructuring included a reduction in Scient'x's workforce and closing of the manufacturing facilities in France. The Company has recorded total costs of $10.6 million through December 31, 2016, which includes employee severance, social plan benefits and related taxes, facility closing costs, manufacturing transfer costs, and contract termination costs. The Company has substantially completed the activities associated with the restructuring as of December 31, 2016, and majority of the related liabilities have been settled.