Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]


.	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets recorded as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 are attributable to the 2010 acquisition of Group DCA. During the Company's annual impairment testing of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2012, management identified a potential impairment as a result of a "step 1" discounted cash flow analysis.

Goodwill

During the Company’s annual goodwill impairment test performed as of December 31, 2012, management determined that the fair value of the Group DCA reporting unit was below its carrying value including goodwill, and accordingly, the Company calculated and recognized an $16.4 million goodwill impairment charge within asset impairment in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. As of December 31, 2012, the balance of goodwill was $2.5 million. The Company had not recorded an impairment charge of Group DCA's goodwill prior to December 31, 2012.

Other Intangible Assets

In connection with the 2010 acquisition of Group DCA, the Company recorded approximately $8.4 million of other intangible assets. This balance was comprised of technology of $4.1 million, the Healthcare Professionals database of $2.2 million and the corporate tradename of $2.1 million. See Note 3, Acquisition, for further information.

During the Company’s annual budgeting process that was performed in the fourth quarter of 2012 and, based on the evaluation of historic, current, budgeted and forecasted operating results, the Company observed indications that the carrying amount of the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets, technology and healthcare professional database, and indefinite-lived intangible asset, corporate tradename, will not be recoverable from the sum of future cash flows. Accordingly, the Company estimated the fair value of the intangibles and recognized impairment charges for the remaining carrying value of: $2.6 million for the technology asset; $1.7 million for the healthcare professional database; and $2.1 million for the corporate tradename, during the fourth quarter of 2012.

The fair value of the technology was determined using the “Excess Earnings Method” a variation of the “Income Approach”. This method reflects the present value of the operating cash flows generated by existing technology after taking into account the cost to realize the revenue, and an appropriate discount rate to reflect the time value and risk associated with the invested capital. The valuation analysis for the technology was based on the reporting unit's revenue projections with consideration given to: the value and required rate of return for other contributory assets of the reporting unit; and the benefit of tax amortization of the technology.

The fair value of the healthcare professional database (the database) was determined using the replacement cost new method under the "Cost Approach". This method is based on the principal of substitution; therefore the business unit would pay no more for the database than the amount necessary to replace it with an adjustment, if any, for a loss in value due to obsolescence.

The fair value of the corporate tradename was determined using the “Relief from Royalty Method” (RFRM), a variation of the “Income Approach”. The RFRM is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. The royalty rate is based on empirical, market-derived royalty rates for guideline intangible assets when available. The royalty rate is applied to the projected revenue over the expected remaining life of the intangible asset to estimate the royalty savings. The net after-tax royalty savings are calculated for each year in the remaining economic life of the intangible asset and discounted to present value. Additionally, as part of the analysis, the operating income of Group DCA was benchmarked to determine a range of royalty rates that would be reasonable based on a profit-split methodology. The profit-split methodology is based upon assumptions that the total amount of royalties paid for licensable intellectual property should approximate in order to determine a reasonable royalty rate to estimate the fair value of the corporate tradename.



		As of December 31, 2012						As of December 31, 2011
	Life (Years)	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Group DCA
Technology	6	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	4,097	$	797	$	3,300
Healthcare professional database	10	—		—		—		2,203		257		1,946
Corporate tradename	N/A	—		—		—		2,063		—		2,063
Total		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	8,363	$	1,054	$	7,309

On December 29, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement to sell certain assets of its Pharmakon business unit and exited the business. As a result of this transaction, the Company wrote-off Pharmakon's goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets during the year ended December 31, 2011. See Note 18, Discontinued Operations, for additional information.

Amortization expense related to continuing operations was approximately $0.9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. There is no estimated future amortization expense.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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