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SETTLEMENT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
SETTLEMENT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY [Abstract] |
SETTLEMENT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY | 13. SETTLEMENT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY In June of 2008 as part of selling our Baltimore Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit, we subleased the building space it occupied to the purchaser of the assets. We remained contingently liable for the rent payments of $800 per year through 2015 in the event the sublessor did not perform. In 2009, the purchaser ceased operations in Baltimore and sought to renegotiate the terms of its sublease. In March of 2010, a settlement was reached with the landlord of the building which canceled the sublessor's and our obligations under the lease in exchange for a cash payment from the sublessor. We agreed to contribute $250 to the settlement, payable in twenty-five monthly installments of $10 without interest. We recorded the discounted liability of $216 in March 2010 and recognized the related expense in general and administrative expenses. In May 2012, we made the final payment and extinguished the liability.

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