RELATED PARTIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

RELATED PARTIES

RELATED PARTIES

13. RELATED PARTIES

The Company engaged in various transactions with Tepha, Inc., a related party, and recorded $26 and $419 of license and royalty revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 the Company recorded license and royalty revenue from Tepha, Inc. of $25 and $97, respectively. The Company had an outstanding receivable balance of $45 due from Tepha, Inc. as of September 30, 2011 and no outstanding receivable balance due from Tepha, Inc. as of December 31, 2010. The Company had various transactions with its alliance partner ADM, a related party, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The Company had outstanding receivable balances of $218 and $813 due from ADM at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The Company also had various transactions with Telles. The Company had outstanding receivable balances of $58 and $15 due from Telles as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. For more information on the Company’s related party transactions, please see Note 8 to the Company’s audited financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.