Note 7 - NIH Grant Funding	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Grant Funding [Text Block]	7. NIH Grant Funding In September 2007, the NIH awarded us an Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine program. We are utilizing this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization and production. The original project period for the grant covered a five year period ending in August 2012, but was recently extended for an additional one year period. The aggregate award totaled $20.4 million, with approximately $1.9 million remaining and available for use as of September 30, 2012. In September 2012, the NIH awarded us an additional grant of $1.9 million to support development of versions of our HIV/AIDS vaccines to address the clade C subtype of the HIV virus prevalent in the developing world. The project period of this grant covers a one year period ending in August 2013. There is approximately $1.8 million of unspent funds from this grant remaining and available for use as of September 30, 2012. We record revenue associated with these grants as the related costs and expenses are incurred and such revenue is reported as a separate line item in our statements of operations.

Note 7 - NIH Grant Funding

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

7. NIH Grant Funding

In September 2007, the NIH awarded us an Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine program. We are utilizing this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization and production. The original project period for the grant covered a five year period ending in August 2012, but was recently extended for an additional one year period. The aggregate award totaled $20.4 million, with approximately $1.9 million remaining and available for use as of September 30, 2012.

In September 2012, the NIH awarded us an additional grant of $1.9 million to support development of versions of our HIV/AIDS vaccines to address the clade C subtype of the HIV virus prevalent in the developing world. The project period of this grant covers a one year period ending in August 2013. There is approximately $1.8 million of unspent funds from this grant remaining and available for use as of September 30, 2012.

We record revenue associated with these grants as the related costs and expenses are incurred and such revenue is reported as a separate line item in our statements of operations.