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Property and Equipment
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Property and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property and Equipment

(5) Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

 

                     
    Estimated Life   June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Computer equipment

  3 years     104     $ 104  

Lab equipment

  5 years     142       142  

Furniture and fixtures

  5 years     93       93  

Computer software

  3 years     176       176  

Leasehold improvements

  Lesser of useful life
or life of the lease
    19       18  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          534       533  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

        (491     (467
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 43     $ 66  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

As more fully described in Note 6, Commitments and Contingencies, Operating Leases, the Company amended its office lease during the second quarter of 2011. The lease amendment resulted in a change in the estimated useful lives for leasehold improvements and certain furniture and fixtures in use at the time of the amendment, effectively shortening the estimated lives significantly. The affected assets were amortized over approximately four months, the period of time from the date of the amendment to the date of the Company’s office move, and then disposed of in conjunction with the office move.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, and for the period from Inception through June 30, 2012, depreciation and amortization expense was $24,000, $195,000, and $1.8 million respectively.

During the second quarter of 2011, the Company entered into an agreement in which it assigned certain patent rights to a large pharmaceutical company. In exchange for the patent rights, the Company received a $2.0 million cash payment during that quarter.