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Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

4.	Equipment:

Equipment consists of the following:


	December 31,
	2011			2010
Office and laboratory equipment	$	5,426,183		$	5,118,417
Less accumulated depreciation		(2,138,075	)		(1,693,548	)

	$	3,288,108		$	3,424,869

Depreciation expense for years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $445,000, $422,000 and $176,000, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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