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Organization and Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
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| 1. | Organization and Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation
Description of Business Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Synthetic Biologics”) is a biotechnology company focused on the development of biologics for the prevention and treatment of serious infectious diseases. The Company is developing an oral enzyme for the prevention of C. difficile infections, and a series of monoclonal antibody therapies for the treatment of Pertussis and Acinetobacter infections. In addition, the Company is developing a drug candidate for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis, and has partnered the development of a treatment for fibromyalgia.
Therapeutic Area |  | Product Candidate |  | Status
Relapsing-remitting MS |  | Trimesta (oral estriol) |  | Completed enrollment in Phase II clinical trial; dosing and monitoring underway
Cognitive dysfunction in MS |  | Trimesta (oral estriol) |  | Patient enrollment underway in Phase II clinical trial
C. difficile infection prevention |  | SYN-004 (oral enzyme) |  | SYN-004, second generation candidate in preclinical; first generation predecessor candidate (formerly known as P1A) is in Phase II
Pertussis |  | SYN-005 (monoclonal antibody) |  | Preclinical; Collaborations with Intrexon and The University of Texas at Austin
Acinetobacter infection |  | SYN-001 (monoclonal antibody) |  | Discovery; Collaboration with Intrexon
Fibromyalgia |  | Effirma (oral flupirtine) |  | Partnered with Meda AB
In order to further prioritize the Company’s focus, it previously elected to discontinue further development of AEN-100 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. However, the Company is seeking development partners for its zinc-based intellectual property and assets including, AEN-100.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, composed of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary by management to fairly state our results of operations, financial position and cash flows. The operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (“2012 Form 10-K”) as filed with the SEC. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities at the reporting date and the amounts of revenue and expenses in the periods presented. We believe that the accounting estimates employed are appropriate and the resulting balances are reasonable; however, due to the inherent uncertainties in making estimates actual results could differ from the original estimates, requiring adjustments to these balances in future periods.

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