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Commitments and contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and contingencies

10. Commitments and contingencies:

In March 2012, the Company announced that the New Jersey Federal Court has granted a stay of further litigation in the patent infringement lawsuit previously filed by MonoSol against the Company and its ONSOLIS® commercial partners. The court ordered that the case would be stayed pending resolution by USPTO of reexamination proceedings and follows the recent rejection by the USPTO of all claims in all three patents asserted by MonoSol against the Company and its commercial partners for ONSOLIS®.

Should the USPTO uphold its initial decisions, the MonoSol patents will be rendered invalid, supporting the Company’s assertion that MonoSol’s claims from the beginning had no merit. (See Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings). Due to the stay of further litigation, the Company expects reduced expenditures from previous levels during 2012.