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Distribution and Licensing Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Distributors And License Agreement [Abstract]  
Arthrex Distributor and License Agreement [Text Block]
Note 2 – Distribution and Licensing Arrangements
 
Distribution and License Agreement with Arthrex
 
In 2013, we entered into a Distributor and License Agreement (the “Arthrex Agreement”) with Arthrex. The term of the Arthrex Agreement is five years, automatically renewable for an additional three-year period unless Arthrex gives the Company a termination notice at least one year in advance of the end of the initial five-year period. Under the terms of the Arthrex Agreement, Arthrex obtained the exclusive rights to sell, distribute, and service the Company’s Angel Concentrated Platelet System and ActivAt (“Products”), throughout the world, for all uses other than chronic wound care. In connection with execution of the Arthrex Agreement, Arthrex paid the Company a nonrefundable upfront payment of $5 million. In addition, Arthrex will pay royalties to the Company based upon volume of the Products sold. Arthrex’s rights to sell, distribute and service the Products is not exclusive in the non-surgical dermal and non-surgical aesthetics markets.
 
During 2015 and 2014, we devoted substantial resources to improving our Angel product to satisfy new regulatory requirements. In 2014, we recognized a charge to earnings of $600,000 for estimated refurbishment and design improvement costs for Angel products already in circulation. Although we believe that we have completed all the necessary design modifications to the Angel products, we cannot be sure that we will not continue to experience additional costs in the future. As of March 31, 2015, $582,000 remains in accrued expenses related to the Angel product improvement costs.
 
Distribution and License Agreement with Rohto 
 
In September 2009, we entered into a license and distribution agreement with Millennia Holdings, Inc. (“Millennia”) for the Company’s Aurix System in Japan. Since then, Millennia has been collecting and publishing clinical data for regulatory purposes and expanding the utilization of Aurix throughout their network. The diabetic population in Japan is estimated to be approximately seven million adults. Millennia has assisted the Company in securing a partner to address widespread distribution in Japan.
 
In January 2015 we granted to Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Rohto”) a royalty bearing, nontransferable, exclusive license, with limited right to sublicense, to use certain of the Company’s intellectual property for the development, import, use, manufacturing, marketing, sale and distribution for all wound care and topical dermatology applications of the Aurix system and related intellectual property and know-how in human and veterinary medicine in Japan in exchange for an upfront payment from Rohto of $3.0 million. The agreement also contemplates additional royalty payments based on the net sales of Aurix in Japan and an additional future cash payment in the event specific milestones are met. In connection with and effective as of the entering into the Rohto Agreement, we amended the Licensing and Distribution Agreement with Millennia to terminate it and allow us to transfer the exclusivity rights from Millennia to Rohto. In connection with this amendment we paid a one-time, non-refundable fee of $1.5 million to Millennia upon our receipt of the $3.0 million upfront payment from Rohto, and we may be required to pay certain future royalty payments to Millennia based upon net sales in Japan. Rohto has assumed all responsibility for securing the marketing authorization in Japan, while we will provide relevant product information, as well as clinical and other data, to support Rohto’s efforts.