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Manufacturing, Laboratory and Office Facility | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Manufacturing Laboratory and Office Facility [Abstract] |
Manufacturing, Laboratory and Office Facility | Note 13 - Manufacturing, Laboratory and Office Facility The Company leases its new manufacturing, laboratory and office space in Gaithersburg, Maryland with rent payments for such space to the landlord commencing April 1, 2014. Under the terms of one lease agreement, the landlord provided the Company with a tenant improvement allowance of $2.5 million and an additional tenant improvement allowance of $3 million, such additional tenant improvement allowance is to be paid back to the landlord during the remainder of the term of such lease agreement through additional rent payments (collectively, the "Improvement Allowance"). The Company has been funded $0.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, and has been funded $5.0 million in total under the Improvement Allowance. The Improvement Allowance is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease.

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