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NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2009 | Dec. 31, 2008 | Nov. 30, 2012 Subsequent event
Nature of Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 17,837,000 | $ 24,449,000 | $ 27,675,000 | $ 29,495,000 | $ 11,493,000 | $ 24,220,000 |
Period for which cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to meet anticipated short-term working capital needs and to fund our on-going sapacitabine clinical trials | 12 months |  |  |  |  |  |
NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant awarded from UK Government's Biomedical Catalyst |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,900,000

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