PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

4.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following, at cost (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2011		As of December 31, 2010
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment	$	2,937	$	2,870
Building and improvements		2,651		2,553
Office furniture and equipment		234		225
Construction in progress		—		40
Land		50		50
Property, plant and equipment, gross		5,872		5,738
Less-accumulated depreciation		3,330		3,027
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	2,542	$	2,711

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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