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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract] |
Other Current Assets | Other Current Assets As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, other current assets were comprised of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Prepaid services |  | $ | 277 |  |  | $ | 166 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  | 536 |  |  |  | 564 |
Other receivables |  |  | 144 |  |  |  | 55 |
|  | $ | 957 |  |  | $ | 785 |
Property and Equipment, net | Property and Equipment, net As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, property and equipment, net, were comprised of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Office and computer equipment |  | $ | 1,518 |  |  | $ | 1,279 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 1,682 |  |  |  | 1,682 |
|  |  | 3,200 |  |  |  | 2,961 |
Less accumulated depreciation |  |  | (1,021 | ) |  |  | (662 | )
|  | $ | 2,179 |  |  | $ | 2,299 |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, accounts payable and accrued expenses were comprised of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Accrued expenses |  | $ | 791 |  |  | $ | 824 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 327 |  |  |  | 721 |
Accrued payroll and bonus |  |  | 679 |  |  |  | 423 |
Accrued professional fees |  |  | 332 |  |  |  | 186 |
Accrued vacation and compensation |  |  | 166 |  |  |  | 192 |
Accrued R&D studies |  |  | 858 |  |  |  | 230 |
Finance lease obligation - current |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | — |
Other current liabilities |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 201 |
|  | $ | 3,279 |  |  | $ | 2,777 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 + Details
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