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COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS | As of June 30, 2018, a summary of the Company’s costs and reserves related to the DepoCyt(e) discontinuation are as follows (in thousands):
| Lease Costs |  | Asset Retirement Obligations and Other Discontinuation Costs |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 1,274 |  |  | $ | 236 |  |  | $ | 1,510 |
Charges incurred | 216 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 252 |
Cash payments made | (668 | ) |  | (31 | ) |  | (699 | )
Other | 80 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 96 |
Balance at June 30, 2018 | $ | 902 |  |  | $ | 257 |  |  | $ | 1,159 |

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