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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and notes.  In addition, management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves the estimation of the amount and timing of future cash inflows and outflows.  Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Product Sales. In June 2011, the FDA approved the Company's Biologics License Application ("BLA") for LAVIV (azficel-T) for the treatment of nasolabial fold wrinkles. The Company recognizes revenue over the period LAVIV is shipped for injection in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 605, Revenue Recognition (“ASC 605”).  In general, ASC 605 requires that four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery has occurred or services rendered, (3) the fee is fixed and determinable and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.  One full course of LAVIV therapy includes three series of injections. Corresponding revenue is recognized on a prorata basis as each of the three series of injections is shipped to the physician. The Company no longer actively promotes this product.
Collaboration Revenue. The Company's collaboration agreements may contain multiple elements, such as fees to perform proof of concept studies, product development, aid in obtaining U.S. patents and trademarks, and royalties based upon future commercial sales. The deliverables under such an arrangement are evaluated under ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition: Multiple-Element Arrangements. Each required deliverable is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a separate unit of accounting based on whether the deliverable has “stand-alone value” to the customer. The arrangement’s consideration that is fixed or determinable is then allocated to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative selling price of each deliverable. In general, the consideration allocated to each unit of accounting is recognized as the related goods or services are delivered, limited to the consideration that is not contingent upon future deliverables. Collaboration revenue is recognized on a gross basis, in accordance with the criteria set forth in ASC 605-45, Revenue Recognition: Principal Agent Considerations. Collaboration revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 is related to a research and development agreement that the Company has with an unrelated third party to investigate potential new non-pharmaceutical applications for the Company's conditioned fibroblast media technology. Revenue recognized from this collaboration relates to an upfront license fee and a proof of concept study currently underway.
Cost of Revenue.
Cost of revenue includes expenses related to product sales and collaboration revenue.
Cost of Product Sales. Costs include the processing of cells for LAVIV, including direct and indirect costs. Cost of product sales is accounted for using a standard cost system which allocates the direct costs associated with the Company’s manufacturing, facility, quality control, and quality assurance operations as well as an allocation of overhead costs.
Cost of Collaboration Revenue. Costs directly related to deliverables in a revenue-generating collaboration are charged to cost of revenue as incurred.
Research and Development Expense.
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and include salaries and benefits, costs paid to third party contractors to perform research, conduct clinical trials, develop and manufacture drug materials and delivery devices, and an allocation of overhead cost. Research and development costs also include costs to develop manufacturing, cell collection and logistical process improvements.
Clinical trial costs are a significant component of research and development expenses and include costs associated with third party contractors. Invoicing from third party contractors for services performed can lag several months. The Company accrues the costs of services rendered in connection with third party contractor activities based on its estimate of management fees, site management and monitoring costs and data management costs.
Warrant Liability.
The Company accounts for stock warrants as either equity instruments or derivative liabilities depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement. Stock warrants are accounted for as a derivative in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, (“ASC 815”) if the stock warrants contain “down-round protection” or other terms that could potentially require “net cash settlement” and therefore, do not meet the scope exception for treatment as a derivative. Since “down-round protection” is not an input into the calculation of the fair value of the warrants, the warrants cannot be considered indexed to the Company’s own stock which is a requirement for the scope exception as outlined under ASC 815. Warrant instruments that could potentially require “net cash settlement” in the absence of express language precluding such settlement and those which include “down-round provisions” are initially classified as derivative liabilities at their estimated fair values, regardless of the likelihood that such instruments will ever be settled in cash. The Company will continue to classify the fair value of the warrants that contain “down-round protection” and “net cash settlement” as a liability until the warrants are exercised, expire or are amended in a way that would no longer require these warrants to be classified as a liability.
Income Taxes.
In accordance with ASC 270, Interim Reporting, and ASC 740, Income Taxes, the Company is required at the end of each interim period to determine the best estimate of its annual effective tax rate and then apply that rate in providing for income taxes on a current year-to-date (interim period) basis.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the
Income Taxes. (continued)
Company recorded no tax expense or benefit due to the expected current year loss and its historical losses.  The Company had not recorded its net deferred tax asset as of either June 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014, because it maintains a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets as management has determined that it is not more likely than not that the Company will realize these future tax benefits. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had no uncertain tax positions.
Intangible Assets.
Intangible assets are research and development assets related to the Company’s primary study on azficel-T that was recognized upon emergence from bankruptcy. Azficel-T has three current or target indications: the Company’s commercial product, LAVIV; a clinical development program for azficel-T for the treatment of chronic dysphonia resulting from vocal cord scarring; and a clinical development program for azficel-T for the treatment of restrictive burn scarring. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company launched LAVIV and as a result, the research and development intangible assets related to the Company’s primary study were considered to be finite-lived intangible assets and are being amortized over 12 years.
Finite-lived intangible assets are recorded at cost, net of accumulated amortization and, if applicable, impairment charges. Amortization of finite-lived intangible assets is provided over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. In accordance with ASC 360-10-35, Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, the Company reviews its finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. There was no impairment expense recognized for either the three or six months ended June 30, 2015 or 2014.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-05, Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which provides additional guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. Under ASU 2015-05, if a software cloud computing arrangement contains a software license, customers should account for the license element of the arrangement in a manner consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If the arrangement does not contain a software license, customers should account for the arrangement as a service contract. ASU 2015-05 also removes the requirement to analogize to ASC 840-10, Leases, to determine the asset acquired in a software licensing arrangement. An entity can elect to adopt the amendments either prospectively to all arrangements entered into or materially modified after the effective date or retrospectively. This ASU will be effective beginning in the first quarter of 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of the adoption of this ASU on its financial statements but does not believe the impact to be material.