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OvaXon Joint Venture
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
OvaXon Joint Venture
OvaXon joint venture
In December 2013, we entered into a joint venture with Intrexon to leverage Intrexon’s synthetic biology technology platform and our technology relating to EggPC cells to focus on developing significant improvements in human and animal health. We and Intrexon formed OvaXon, LLC (“OvaXon”) to conduct the joint venture. Each party contributed $1.5 million of cash to OvaXon, each party has a 50% equity interest and all costs and profits will be split accordingly. Each party will also have 50% control over OvaXon and any disputes between us and Intrexon will be resolved through arbitration, if necessary.
Starting in August 2017, Intrexon continued bovine EggPC work for us under the OvaTure Collaboration rather than under the OvaXon joint venture (the "August 2017 Amendment"). We are in discussions with Intrexon regarding the future of the OvaXon joint venture. 
OvaXon no longer qualifies as a variable interest entity as a result of the August 2017 Amendment, and our future losses associated with OvaXon are now limited. We and Intrexon have equal ability to direct the activities of OvaXon through JSC and IPC membership and 50% voting rights and therefore ability to exert significant influence over OvaXon. As we have the ability to exert significant influence over OvaXon, in accordance with ASC 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, we will continue to account for OvaXon under the equity method and not consolidate its financial results with ours.
We recorded losses from equity method investments related to OvaXon of a de minimis amount for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. We recorded losses from equity method investments related to OvaXon of $0.5 million and $0.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, our investment in OvaXon was approximately $0.1 million