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Subsequent events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent events
Note 11 - Subsequent events
 
On July 12, 2015, the Company entered into a letter agreement, or the Agreement, with Fluidigm Corporation, or Fluidigm, to expand the companies' existing relationship to include collaborating on the development of test kits and custom analytic instruments for identification, screening and surveillance testing of MDROs. The Agreement also expands the existing Supply Agreement between the Company and Fluidigm, and provides for expansion of the gene targets and organisms to be tested on the Company's existing CLIA lab-based tests, the Acuitas MDRO Gene Test and the Acuitas Resistome Test, using Fluidigm technologies and products. Additionally, Fluidigm has agreed not to develop or directly collaborate with any third party to develop an FDA approved or CE marked diagnostic tests for the purpose of detecting resistome genes for identified MDROs if the Company meets certain minimum purchase commitments and other requirements. The initial term of the Agreement is five years. Both parties have the ability to extend the term for an additional five years. Under the expanded Supply Agreement, the term is extended until March 17, 2018, and the Company has the right to extend the term of the Supply Agreement for up to two additional three-year terms.
 
On July 14, 2015, the Company completed the strategic acquisition of AdvanDx, Inc., or AdvanDx, through consummation of a merger transaction, or the Merger. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, or the Merger Agreement, a newly formed Merger Sub merged with and into AdvanDx, with AdvanDx surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the merger consideration consisted of an aggregate  681,818 shares of the Company's common stock with a value of $2.6 million (based on the closing sales price of our common stock of $3.79 per share on July 13, 2015), or the Merger Consideration, which Merger Consideration was distributed in accordance with the liquidation preferences set forth in the AdvanDx Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. The issuance of the Merger Consideration was effected as a private placement of securities under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended, or the Securities Act, and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the AdvanDx stockholders receiving Merger Consideration. 
 
On July 14, 2015, as a condition to the AdvanDx merger, the Company also entered into a Common Stock and Note Purchase Agreement, or the Purchase Agreement, with Merck GHI, pursuant to which Merck GHI purchased  1,136,364 shares of common stock of the Company at $4.40 per share for gross proceeds of $5,000,000. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also issued to Merck GHI a Senior Secured Promissory Note, or the Note, and collectively with the shares of common stock purchased, the "Securities," in the principal amount of $1,000,000 with a two-year maturity date from the date of issuance. The Company's obligations under the Note are secured by a lien on all of the Company's assets pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2015, by and among the Company and AdvanDx, as debtors, and Merck GHI as the secured party. The sale of the Securities was effected as a private placement transaction under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including funding AdvanDx’s capital requirements in 2015 and 2016.
 
In connection with the consummation of the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Company's Board of Directors elected David M. Rubin, Ph.D., managing director of Merck GHI to the Company's Board of Directors.
 
In connection with the Merger and the investment transactions, the Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the AdvanDx stockholders receiving Merger Consideration and with Merck GHI, pursuant to which the investors were granted certain demand registration rights and piggyback registration rights in connection with subsequent registered offerings of the Company's common stock. Merck GHI also received rights to participate on a pro-rata basis in future securities offerings by the Company.