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Other Current Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Current Assets | (3) Other Current Assets Other current assets consist of the following at December 31:
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Research and development credits receivable (1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 351 |
Prepaid expenses and other |  |  | 1,837 |  |  |  | 712 |
|  | $ | 1,837 |  |  | $ | 1,063 |
(1) | Represents refunds receivable in the U.K. for research and development expenditures incurred in 2009 at Amarin Neuroscience Ltd (ANL).

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