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Note 8 - Collaborative Agreements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Collaborative Arrangement Disclosure [Text Block] |
( 8 ) | Collaborative Agreements
The Company has entered into various collaborations related to clinical development. These agreements allow partners to utilize the Company’s enabling biotherapeutic delivery systems, including training and support during clinical and pre-clinical delivery of biotherapeutics. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company typically receives a use fee and payments for the systems and services provided. The Company gains access to certain data generated by its partners for use in its own product development efforts and also receives nonexclusive patent rights to any BioCardia technology improvement inventions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for collaborative arrangements in which the entity is a participant, including a) information about the nature and purpose of such arrangements; b) its rights and obligations thereunder; c) the accounting policy for collaborative arrangements; and d) the income statement classification and amounts attributable to transactions arising from the collaborative arrangement between participants. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 808 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=5833765 + Details
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