Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Accrued Severance Benefits

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Accrued Severance Benefits
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]  
Accrued Severance Benefits

NOTE 8 — ACCRUED SEVERANCE BENEFITS

In December 2015, the Company adopted a plan to reduce its operating expenses, following its decision to discontinue joint development of evofosfamide under its former collaboration with Merck KGaA. The plan included a reduction of approximately 40 full-time employees in both research and development and to a lesser extent general and administrative areas of the Company. As a result of the staffing reduction, the Company incurred expenses related to severance benefits of approximately $2.5 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2015, which included approximately $0.2 million of noncash stock compensation expense related to the extension of post-termination exercise period for the outstanding vested stock options for the affected employees. The payout of the accrued expenses related to severance benefits at December 31, 2015 was completed during the first quarter of 2016.