Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Significant Accounting Policies

Significant Accounting Policies

(2)  Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies used in preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 are consistent with those discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, except for the adoption of new accounting standards during the first nine months of 2011 as discussed below.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

In January 2011, the Company adopted a new U.S. GAAP accounting standard which revises the accounting guidance for milestone revenue recognition. The new guidance allows for revenue recognition contingent upon the achievement of a milestone in its entirety, in the period in which the milestone is achieved, only if the milestone meets all the criteria within the guidance to be considered substantive.  The Company adopted this guidance beginning with agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2011. This standard may impact the Company in the event it completes future transactions or collaborative relationships that include milestone payments.

In June 2011, the FASB issued a new U.S. GAAP accounting standard which requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income, or in two separate but consecutive statements.  This new standard eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of equity and will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2012. Early adoption is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of this new standard to have a material effect on its operating results or financial position.

In September 2011, the FASB amended the guidance on the annual testing of goodwill for impairment. The amended guidance will allow companies to assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more-likely-than-not that goodwill might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test required under current accounting standards. This guidance will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 30, 2012.   The Company does not expect the adoption of this new standard to have a material effect on its operating results or financial position.