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Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets [Abstract]  
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
5. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in $000s):

 

    December 31,     June 30,  
    2017     2018  
Research and development tax credit receivable   $ 1,054     $ 1,693  
Prepayments and VAT receivable     772       998  
Other current assets     238       172  
    $ 2,064     $ 2,863  

 

Included in other current assets at June 30, 2018 is $66,000 of receivables. This relates to royalty payments receivable under a December 2005 Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, whereby Xcyte Therapies, Inc., or Xcyte (a business acquired by the Company in March 2006) sold certain assets and intellectual property to ThermoFisher Scientific Company, or TSC (formerly Invitrogen Corporation) through an APA and other related agreements. The assets and technology were not part of the Company’s product development plan following the transaction between Xcyte and Cyclacel in March 2006. Accordingly, the company recognized $66,000 of other income related to this transaction during the three months ended June 30, 2018.