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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies  
Commitments and Contingencies
9.     Commitments and Contingencies
 
General
Please refer to Note 3 — Significant Contracts for further discussion of certain of the Company’s commitments and contingencies.
Leases
In October 2000, the Company entered into a twenty-five year lease for its research and development facility in Dundee, Scotland. In May 2011, the Company extended its lease for office space at its headquarters in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, through February 2017 and subsequently on a rolling monthly lease. Rent expense, which includes lease payments related to the Company’s research and development facilities and corporate headquarters and other rent related expenses was $0.5 and $ 0.5 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively.
The following is a summary of the Company’s future contractual obligations and commitments relating to its facilities leases as at December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
     
Operating Lease 
Obligation
  
2017
       $ 345    
2018
         318    
2019
         311    
2020
         311    
2021
         311    
thereafter
         1,185    
Total future minimum lease obligations
       $ 2,781