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IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLES

(4)      IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLES

 

The Company reviews its intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset’s carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company conducts its asset impairment analyses by grouping assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities and evaluate the asset group against the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows. If the undiscounted cash flows do not indicate the carrying amount of the asset is recoverable, an impairment charge is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset group exceeds its fair value based on discounted cash flow analysis or appraisals.

 

In connection with the preparation of the financial statements in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company concluded it had a triggering event requiring assessment of impairment for its intangibles in conjunction with an expected out-licensing strategy that new management had hoped to pursue. Extremely limited financial resources coupled with the remaining short patent lives, discussions with previous consultants regarding their progress with bringing value to the intangibles, a review of competitive formulations and discussions with new consultants to explore out-licensing strategies, led newly-hired corporate management to conclude it was best to abandon its initial hope to garner value from its intangibles. Accordingly, due to this change in strategy, no monies are now expected to be obtained relating to the Azone Drug Master File, the Durhalieve and MAZ Investigational New Drug applications and the MAZ Orphan Drug application (collectively, the AzoneTS-based technology acquired in 2007) intangibles. As a result, the Company reviewed the intangibles for impairment and recorded a $9.625 million impairment charge, or the full value of the intangibles, on the consolidated statement of operations in the second quarter of 2015.