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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options and restricted stock units outstanding number.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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	Feb. 28, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Nov. 07, 2014	Mar. 09, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock issued pursuant to options exercised		38,000
Compensation cost related to stock options		$ 700,000	$ 310,000
Net impact of share based compensation expense to earnings per basic share		$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Net impact of share based compensation expense to earnings per diluted share		$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Total unrecognized compensation cost		$ 5,000,000
Unrecognized share based compensation cost to be recognized over weighted-average period		3 years 4 months 24 days
Granted		2,232,000
Expected term		7 years 2 months 12 days	3 years 7 months 6 days
Volatility		89.90%	98.37%
Risk-free interest rate		1.78%	1.65%
Outstanding stock options and warrants excluded from diluted loss per share		15,563,000	5,998,000
Annual Stock Dividend Payable Rate	0.50%biol_PercentageOfStockDividendsPayable
Dividends Payable, Date of Record	Mar. 14, 2014
Private Placement
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Outstanding stock options and warrants included in connection with November 2014				9,206,000
CFO Grant Award Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted					523,026
Share based compensation arrangement by share Based payment award fair value price					$ 1.48
Expected term					6 years 1 month 6 days
Volatility					88.79%
Risk-free interest rate					1.83%
CFO Grant Award Tranche Two
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement by share Based payment award fair value price					$ 1.70
Expected term					10 years
Volatility					87.87%
Risk-free interest rate					2.19%
Warrants
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units outstanding		888,000				888,000
Warrants exercised		0	0
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units outstanding		37,000
Non Qualified Stock Options \| Chief Financial Officer
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted					871,710
Exercise Price of Stock Options					$ 1.99
Options expiration period					10 years
One Year Anniversary \| CFO Grant Award Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option shares vested and exercised					130,757
Shares vested and exercised consecutive term					35 months
Shares vested and exercisable date					Mar. 09, 2016
One Month Anniversary \| CFO Grant Award Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option shares vested and exercised					10,896
Thirty Six Month Anniversary \| CFO Grant Award Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option shares vested and exercised					10,909
Shares vested and exercisable date					Mar. 09, 2019
Ten Year Anniversary \| CFO Grant Award Tranche Two
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted					348,684
Shares vested and exercisable date					Mar. 09, 2025
2002 Stock Incentive Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Plan expiration date		May 05, 2019
Common stock authorized for issuance under the 2002 Plan		9,250,000
Common stock issued pursuant to options exercised		3,031,000
Options and restricted stock units outstanding		5,469,000
Options available for future grants		750,000