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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

6. Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

Other Current Assets

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, other current assets were comprised of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,
		2018				2017
Prepaid services, current		$	166			$	121
Prepaid insurance			564				556
Other receivables			55				103
		$	785			$	780

Property and Equipment, net

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, property and equipment, net, were comprised of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,
		2018				2017
Office and computer equipment		$	1,279			$	1,041
Leasehold improvements			1,682				1,686
Property and equipment – gross			2,961				2,727
Less accumulated depreciation			(662	)			(402	)
Property and equipment – net		$	2,299			$	2,325

Depreciation expense totaled $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Other Assets

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, other assets were comprised of the following (in thousands ):

		December 31,
			2018				2017
Deposits		$	39			$	42
		$	39			$	42

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, accounts payable and accrued expenses were comprised of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,
		2018				2017
Accrued expenses		$	824			$	1,182
Accounts payable			721				1,297
Accrued payroll and bonus			423				750
Accrued legal fees			186				509
Accrued vacation			192				64
Accrued R&D studies			230				285
Other current liabilities			201				119
		$	2,777			$	4,206

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The entire disclosure for supplemental balance sheet disclosures, including descriptions and amounts for assets, liabilities, and equity.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122208

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