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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 _______________________________
 FORM 10-Q
 _______________________________

(Mark One)
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the Quarterly Period Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011
Or 
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the transition period from _____ to _____
Commission file number: 000-30975
 _______________________________
TRANSGENOMIC, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 _______________________________

Delaware 911789357
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
12325 Emmet Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68164
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(402) 452-5400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 _______________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x No   o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). )    Yes   ox No   o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer oAccelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer 
o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)    Yes   o    No   x
As of August 12,November 9, 2011, the number of shares of common stock outstanding was 49,319,672.49,379,822.

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TRANSGENOMIC, INC.
INDEX
 
    
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PART I. 
    
Item 1. 
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
Item 2. 
    
Item 4. 
    
PART II. 
    
Item 1. 
    
Item 1A. 
    
Item 6. 
    

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Item 1.Financial Statements
TRANSGENOMIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
 September 30,  
 2011 December 31,
 (unaudited) 2010
ASSETS   
CURRENT ASSETS:   
Cash and cash equivalents$1,423
 $3,454
Accounts receivable, net7,591
 7,601
Inventories, net3,306
 3,344
Other current assets1,336
 635
Total current assets13,656
 15,034
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:   
Equipment10,105
 9,820
Furniture, fixtures & leasehold improvements3,723
 3,479
 13,828
 13,299
Less: accumulated depreciation(12,231) (11,697)
 1,597
 1,602
OTHER ASSETS:   
Goodwill6,275
 6,275
Intangibles (net of accumulated amortization of $1,142 and $519, respectively)8,325
 8,962
Other assets121
 154
 $29,974
 $32,027
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)   
CURRENT LIABILITIES:   
Accounts payable$1,721
 $1,360
Accrued compensation1,058
 875
Short term debt247
 989
Current maturities of long term debt1,234
 
Accrued liabilities3,834
 3,231
Contractual obligation1,363
 1,628
Current portion of lease obligations197
 170
Accrued preferred stock dividend450
 
Total current liabilities10,104
 8,253
LONG TERM LIABILITIES:   
Long term debt less current maturities7,405
 8,640
Preferred stock conversion feature8,000
 1,983
Preferred stock warrant liability3,200
 2,351
Other long-term liabilities974
 843
Total liabilities29,683
 22,070
Redeemable Series A convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value, 3,879,307 shares authorized, 2,586,205 shares issued and outstanding1,796
 1,457
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY(DEFICIT):   
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized, 2,586,205 shares issued and outstanding
 
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 49,379,822 and 49,289,672 shares issued and outstanding, respectively499
 498
Additional paid-in capital140,486
 139,730
Accumulated other comprehensive income1,675
 1,589
Accumulated deficit(144,165) (133,317)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)(1,505) 8,500
 $29,974
 $32,027
 June 30,  
 2011 December 31,
 (unaudited) 2010
ASSETS   
CURRENT ASSETS:   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,639
 $3,454
Accounts receivable (net of allowances for bad debts of $1,387 and $334, respectively)7,194
 7,601
Inventories (net of allowances for obsolescence of $520 and $518, respectively)3,309
 3,344
Other current assets860
 635
Total current assets14,002
 15,034
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:   
Equipment10,118
 9,820
Furniture, fixtures & leasehold improvements3,723
 3,479
 13,841
 13,299
Less: accumulated depreciation(12,070) (11,697)
 1,771
 1,602
OTHER ASSETS:   
Goodwill6,275
 6,275
Intangibles (net of accumulated amortization of $843 and $519, respectively)8,522
 8,962
Other assets130
 154
 $30,700
 $32,027
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   
CURRENT LIABILITIES:   
Accounts payable$1,400
 $1,360
Accrued compensation1,006
 875
Short term debt and current maturities of long term debt1,728
 989
Accrued liabilities3,681
 3,231
Contractual obligation1,573
 1,628
Current portion of lease obligations217
 170
Preferred stock dividend payable300
 
Total current liabilities9,905
 8,253
LONG TERM LIABILITIES:   
Long term debt less current maturities7,406
 8,640
Preferred stock conversion feature7,600
 1,983
Preferred stock warrant liability3,000
 2,351
Other long-term liabilities1,008
 843
Total liabilities28,919
 22,070
Redeemable Series A convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value, 3,879,307 shares authorized, 2,586,205 shares issued and outstanding1,670
 1,457
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:   
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized, 2,586,205 shares issued and outstanding
 
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 49,299,672 and 49,289,672 shares issued and outstanding, respectively498
 498
Additional paid-in capital140,502
 139,730
Accumulated other comprehensive income1,731
 1,589
Accumulated deficit(142,620) (133,317)
Total stockholders’ equity111
 8,500
 $30,700
 $32,027
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRANSGENOMIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
 
Three Months Ended Six Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
June 30, June 30,September 30, September 30,
2011 2010 2011 20102011 2010 2011 2010
NET SALES$7,667
 $5,095
 $15,148
 $10,537
$8,253
 $4,419
 $23,400
 $14,956
COST OF GOODS SOLD3,112
 2,608
 6,406
 5,166
3,808
 2,402
 10,248
 7,568
Gross profit4,555
 2,487
 8,742
 5,371
4,445
 2,017
 13,152
 7,388
OPERATING EXPENSES:              
Selling, general and administrative5,589
 3,033
 9,946
 5,464
4,364
 2,159
 14,272
 7,623
Research and development579
 512
 1,135
 1,339
515
 613
 1,650
 1,952
Restructuring Charges11
 
 35
 
Restructuring charges5
 72
 40
 72
6,179
 3,545
 11,116
 6,803
4,884
 2,844
 15,962
 9,647
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS(1,624) (1,058) (2,374) (1,432)(439) (827) (2,810) (2,259)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):              
Interest income (expense), net(240) 1
 (478) 1
(238) 
 (720) 1
Expense on preferred stock(4,239) 
 (6,266) 
(600) 
 (6,866) 
Other, net1
 
 232
 
(2) 
 231
 
(4,478) 1
 (6,512) 1
(840) 
 (7,355) 1
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES(6,102) (1,057) (8,886) (1,431)(1,279) (827) (10,165) (2,258)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)(104) 89
 (110) 38
(9) 71
 (120) 109
NET LOSS$(5,998) $(1,146) $(8,776) $(1,469)$(1,270) $(898) $(10,045) $(2,367)
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS AND ACCRETION(267) 
 (527) 
(275) 
 (803) 
NET LOSS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$(6,265) $(1,146) $(9,303) $(1,469)$(1,545) $(898) $(10,848) $(2,367)
BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER COMMON SHARE$(0.13) $(0.02) $(0.19) $(0.03)$(0.03) $(0.02) $(0.22) $(0.05)
BASIC AND DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING49,299,672
 49,206,339
 49,296,339
 49,198,005
49,327,527
 49,289,672
 49,306,861
 49,228,561
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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TRANSGENOMIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
 
Common Stock        Common Stock        
Outstanding
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Outstanding
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
Balance, January 1, 201149,289,672
 $498
 $139,730
 $(133,317) $1,589
 $8,500
49,289,672
 $498
 $139,730
 $(133,317) $1,589
 $8,500
Net loss
 
 
 (8,776) (8,776) (8,776)
 
 
 (10,045) (10,045) (10,045)
Other comprehensive income (loss):                      
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax
 
 
 
 142
 142

 
 
 
 86
 86
Comprehensive loss        (8,634)          (9,959)  
Non-cash stock-based compensation
 
 765
 
 
 765

 
 734
 
 
 734
Issuance of shares for employee stock options10,000
 
 7
 
 
 7
Issuance of shares of stock90,150
 1
 22
 
 
 23
Preferred stock accretion
 
 
 (227)   (227)
 
 
 (353)   (353)
Dividends on preferred stock
 
 
 (300) 
 (300)
 
 
 (450) 
 (450)
Balance, June 30, 201149,299,672
 498
 140,502
 (142,620) $1,731
 $111
Balance, September 30, 201149,379,822
 499
 140,486
 (144,165) $1,675
 $(1,505)
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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TRANSGENOMIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Six Months EndedNine Months Ended
June 30,September 30,
2011 20102011 2010
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
CASH FLOWS USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
Net loss$(8,776) $(1,469)$(10,045) $(2,367)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:   
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows used in operating activities:   
Depreciation and amortization992
 378
1,506
 523
Non-cash, stock based compensation765
 (50)734
 (29)
Provision for losses on doubtful accounts1,227
 2
1,432
 29
Provision for losses on inventory obsolescence48
 67
47
 78
Preferred stock revaluation6,266
 
6,866
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable(769) 565
(1,418) 940
Inventories2
 62
(44) (245)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets215
 147
(269) 90
Accounts payable(196) (99)137
 (121)
Accrued liabilities276
 404
(131) 242
Other long term liabilities24
 (47)268
 (44)
Long term deferred income taxes13
 13
18
 20
Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities87
 (27)
Net cash flows used in operating activities(899) (884)
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:      
Purchase of property and equipment(216) (108)(147) (141)
Change in other assets(139) (18)(256) (25)
Net cash flows used in investing activities(355) (126)(403) (166)
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
Principal payments on capital lease obligations(156) 
(165) (57)
Issuance of common stock7
 42
23
 42
Principal payment on note payable(495) 
(659) 
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities(644) 42
Net cash flows used in financing activities(801) (15)
EFFECT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH97
 (115)72
 12
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(815) (226)(2,031) (1,053)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD3,454
 5,642
3,454
 5,642
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD$2,639
 $5,416
$1,423
 $4,589
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION      
Cash paid during the period for:      
Interest$480
 $
$495
 $
Income taxes, net13
 2
106
 4
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INFORMATION      
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases$390
 $
$388
 $286
Dividends payable on preferred stock300
 
Dividends accrued on preferred stock450
 
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TRANSGENOMIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SixThree and Nine Months EndedJuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010

A.BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
Business Description.
Transgenomic, Inc. is a global biotechnology company specializingadvancing personalized medicine in high sensitivity genetic variationcancer and mutation analysis, providing productsinherited diseases through its proprietary molecular technologies and services in DNA mutation detectionworld-class clinical and discovery forresearch services. We have three complementary business segments.
Clinical Laboratories. Our clinical research, clinical molecular diagnostics and pharmacogenomics analyses.
Laboratory Services:
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory. The molecular clinical reference laboratory specializeslaboratories specialize in genetic testing for oncology, hematologycardiology, neurology, mitochondrial disorders, and inherited disorders.oncology. Located in New Haven, Connecticut and Omaha, Nebraska the molecular clinical reference laboratories are certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) as high complexity labs and our Omaha facility is accredited by CAP (College of American Pathologists).
Pharmacogenomics Research Services. Pharmacogenomics research services are provided by our Contract Research Organization located in Omaha, Nebraska. This lab specializes in pharmacogenomic, biomarker and mutation discovery research serving the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries world-wide for disease research, drug and diagnostic development and clinical trial support.
Instrument Related Business:
Bioinstruments.Diagnostic Tools. Our proprietary product is the WAVE® System which has broad applicability to genetic variation detection in both molecular genetic research and molecular diagnostics. There is a worldwide installed base of over 1,500 WAVE Systems as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011. We also distribute bioinstruments produced by other manufacturers (“OEM Equipment”) through our sales and distribution network. Service contracts to maintain installed systems are sold and supported by our technical support personnel.
Bioconsumables. The installed WAVE base and some OEM Equipment platforms generate a demand for consumables that are required for the continued operation of the bioinstruments. We develop, manufacture and sell these consumable products. In addition, we manufacture and sell consumable products that can be used on multiple, independent platforms. These products include SURVEYOR® Nuclease and a range of chromatography columns.


B.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Transgenomic, Inc. and its wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Risks and Uncertainties.
Certain risks and uncertainties are inherent in our day-to-day operations and to the process of preparing our financial statements.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net sales and expenses during the reporting period. In addition, estimates and assumptions associated with the determination of the fair value of certain assets and related impairments require considerable judgment by management. Actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions used in preparing these consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value.
Unless otherwise specified, book value approximates fair market value. The preferred stock conversion feature and warrant liability are recorded at fair value. See Footnote L.I.
Basis of Presentation.
The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 was derived from our audited balance sheet as of that date. The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 are unaudited and reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the

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are unaudited and reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and operating results for the interim periods. These unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2010 contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.
Cash and Cash Equivalents.
Cash and cash equivalents include cash and investments with original maturities at the date of acquisition of three months or less. Such investments presently consist of temporary overnight investments.
Concentrations of Cash.
From time to time, we may maintain a cash position with financial institutions in amounts that exceed federally insured limits. We have not experienced any losses on such accounts as of June 30, 2011.
Accounts Receivable.
The following is a summary of activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010:
 
 Dollars in Thousands
 
Beginning
Balance
 Provision Write Offs 
Ending
Balance
Three Months Ended June 30, 2011$716
 $779
 $(108) $1,387
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010$279
 $16
 $
 $295
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011$334
 $1,228
 $(175) $1,387
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010$310
 $(11) $(4) $295
 Dollars in Thousands
 
Beginning
Balance
 Provision Write Offs 
Ending
Balance
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011$1,387
 $205
 $(113) $1,479
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010$295
 $40
 $
 $335
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011$334
 $1,433
 $(288) $1,479
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010$310
 $29
 $(4) $335
While payment terms are generally 30 days, we have also provided extended payment terms of up to 90 days in certain cases. We operate globally and some of the international payment terms may be greater than 90 days. Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount and shown net of allowance for doubtful accounts and contractual allowances. The estimate made for doubtful accounts is based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a quarterly basis. We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts and contractual allowances by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial condition, credit history and current economic conditions. Accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of accounts receivable previously written off are recorded when received.
Inventories.
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market net of allowance for obsolete inventory. Cost is computed using standard costs for finished goods and average or latest actual cost for raw materials and work in process, which approximates the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
 
The following is a summary of activity for the allowance for obsolete inventory during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010: 

 Dollars in Thousands
 
Beginning
Balance
 Provision Write Offs 
Ending
Balance
Three Months Ended June 30, 2011$520
 $41
 $(41) $520
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010$478
 $67
 $(9) $536
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011$518
 $49
 $(47) $520
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010$507
 $65
 $(36) $536
 Dollars in Thousands
 
Beginning
Balance
 Provision Write Offs 
Ending
Balance
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011$520
 $(2) $(4) $514
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010$536
 $12
 $(28) $520
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011$518
 $47
 $(51) $514
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010$507
 $78
 $(65) $520
We determine the allowance for obsolete inventoryobsolescence by evaluating inventory quarterly the inventory for items deemed to be slow moving or obsolete. Included in our provision is the foreign currency impact of the consolidation of our subsidiary.

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Property and Equipment.
Property and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows:
 
Leasehold improvements1 to 10 years
Furniture and fixtures3 to 7 years
Production equipment3 to 7 years
Computer equipment3 to 7 years
Research and development equipment2 to 7 years
Depreciation expense related to property and equipment during the sixthree months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 was $0.4$0.2 million and $0.2$0.1 million, respectively. Included in depreciation for the sixthree months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 was less than $0.1 million related to equipment acquired under capital leases. We did not have anyDepreciation expense related to property and equipment during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Included in depreciation for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $0.1 million related to equipment acquired under capital leases in the second quarter of 2010.leases.
Goodwill.
Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price over fair value of assets acquired and is not amortized. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually. We perform this impairment analysis during the fourth quarter of each year or when a significant event occurs whichthat may impact goodwill. Impairment occurs when the carrying value is determined to be not recoverable thereby causing the carrying value of the goodwill to exceed its fair value. If impaired, the asset’s carrying value is reduced to its fair value. We recorded no impairment charges related to goodwill as of December 31, 2010. No events have transpired in the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 that would require reevaluation of this conclusion.
Intangibles.
Intangibles include intellectual property, patents and acquired products.

1.
Intellectual Property.an impairment analysis prior to our scheduled review.

Initial costs paid to license intellectual property from independent third parties are capitalized and amortized using the straight-line method over the license period. Ongoing royalties related to such licenses are expensed as incurred.

2.
Patents.
We capitalize legal costs, filing fees and other expenses associated with obtaining patents on new discoveries and amortize these costs using the straight-line method over the shorter of the legal life of the patent or its economic life beginning on the date the patent is issued.
3.
Acquired Products.

As a part of the FAMILION acquisition we acquired technology, in process technology, trademarks/tradenames and third party relationships. These costs will be amortized straight line over their estimated economic life of seven to eight years. See Footnote E.
These assets are treated as long-lived assets. Long-lived assets will be tested for impairment on an annual basis or when a significant event occurs, which may impact impairment. We review quarterly the carrying value of our long-lived assets to assess recoverability and impairment. We recorded no impairments as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.
Other Long Term Assets.
Other long term assets include US security deposits and deferred tax assets.

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Stock Based Compensation.
All stock options awarded to date have exercise prices equal to the market price of our common stock on the date of grant and have ten-year contractual terms. Unvested options as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011 had vesting periods of one or three years from date of grant. None of the stock options outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2011 are subject to performance or market-based vesting conditions.
We measure and recognize compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees and directors, including stock options. Compensation expense is based on the calculated fair value of the awards as measured at the grant date and is expensed ratably over the service period of the awards (generally the vesting period).
During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, we recorded the recapture of compensation expense of less than $0.1 million within selling, general and administrative expense. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded compensation expense of $0.8$0.7 million within the selling, general and administrative expense. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded compensation expense of $0.8 million within the selling, general and administrative expense as a result of the vesting of options exercisable for the purchase of 3.6 million shares. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010, we recorded compensation expensesexpense recovery of less than $0.1 million within selling, general and administrative expense as a result of the vesting of options exercisable for the purchase of 1.3 million shares. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2011, there was $1.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted averageweighted-average period of nearly three years.
No stock options were granted during the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The fair value of the options granted during the quartersnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011and 2010 was estimated on theirthe respective grant dates using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. We granted 2.2 million stock options during the second quarter of 2011. These stock options were granted to our entire employee base with the bulk being granted to our senior management team. The Black-Scholes model was used with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rates of 1.87% based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant; dividend yields of zero percent; expected lives of four years, based on expected exercise activity behavior; and volatility of 105% based on the historical volatility of our stock over a time that is consistent with the expected life of the option. A small group of senior executives hold the majority of the stock options and are expected to hold the options for five years. Forfeitures of 1.10% have been assumed.
There were 75,000 stock options granted during the quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Black-Scholes model was used with

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the following assumptions: risk-free interest rates of 1.98% based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant; dividend yields of zero percent; expected life of five years, based on historical exercise activity behavior; and volatility of 102.69% based on the historical volatility of our stock over a time that is consistent with the expected life of the option. A small group of senior executives held the majority of the stock options and are expected to hold the options until they are vested. Forfeitures of 2.2% were assumed in the calculation.
Income Taxes.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities at each balance sheet date using tax rates expected to be in effect in the year the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Our policy is to record interest and penalties directly related to income taxes as income tax expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Net Sales Recognition.
Revenue is realized and earned when all of the following criteria are met:
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists
Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered
The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and
Collectability is reasonably assured.

Net sales from our Clinical Laboratories are recognized on an individual test basis and takes place when the test report is completed, reviewed and sent to the client less the reserve for insurance, Medicare and Medicaid contractual adjustments. There are no deferred net sales associated with our Clinical Laboratories. Adjustments to the allowances, based on actual receipts from third party payers, are recorded upon settlement.
In our Pharmacogenomics Services, we perform services on a project by project basis. When we receive payment in advance, we recognize revenue when we deliver the service. These projects typically do not extend beyond one year. At September 30, 2011 and 2010, deferred net sales associated with pharmacogenomics research projects, included in the balance sheet in other accrued liabilities, was $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively.
Net sales of Diagnostic Tools products are recognized in accordance with the terms of the sales arrangement. Such recognition is based on receipt of an unconditional customer order and transfer of title and risk of ownership to the customer, typically upon shipment of the product under a purchase order. Our sales terms do not provide for the right of return unless the product is damaged or defective. Net sales from certain services associated with the analytical instruments, to be performed subsequent to shipment of the products, is deferred and recognized when the services are provided. Such services, mainly limited to installation and training services that are not essential to the functionality of the instruments, typically are performed in a timely manner subsequent to shipment of the instrument. We also enter into various service contracts that cover installed instruments. These contracts cover specific time periods and net sales associated with these contracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the service period. At JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and

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2010, deferred net sales, mainly associated with our service contracts, included in the balance sheet in accrued liabilities, was approximately $1.4 million for each of the periods.
Net sales from our Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory Services are recognized on an individual test basis and takes place when the test report is completed, reviewed and sent to the client less the reserve for insurance, Medicare and Medicaid contractual adjustments. There are no deferred net sales associated with our Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory. Adjustments to the allowances, based on actual receipts from third party payers, are recorded upon settlement.
In our Pharmacogenomics Research Services Group, we perform services on a project by project basis. When we get payment in advance we recognize revenue when we deliver the service. These projects typically do not extend beyond one year. At June 30, 2011 and 2010, deferred net sales associated with the pharmacogenomics research projects included in the balance sheet in other accrued liabilities, was $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively.period.
Taxes collected from customers and remitted to government agencies for specific net sales producing transactions are recorded net with no effect on the income statement.
Research and Development.
Research and development and various collaboration costs are charged to expense when incurred.
Preferred Stock.
We entered into a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement on December 29, 2010, as discussed in Note L,I, selling shares of preferred stock and issuing warrants to purchase a certain number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock meets the definition of mandatorily redeemable stock as it is preferred capital stock which is redeemable at the option of the holder and should be reported outside of equity. Preferred stock is accreted to its redemption value. The warrants do not qualify to be treated as equity, and accordingly, are recorded as a liability. A preferred stock conversion feature is embedded within the Series A Preferred Stock that meets the definition of a derivative. The preferred stock, warrant liability and preferred stock conversion feature are all recorded separately and were initially recorded at fair value using the Black Scholes model. We are required to record these instruments at fair value at each reporting date and changes will be recorded as an adjustment to earnings. The warrant liability and preferred stock conversion feature are considered level three financial instruments. See Footnote L.I.
Translation of Foreign Currency.
Our foreign subsidiary uses the local currency of the country in which it is located as theirits functional currency. Its assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. CumulativeA cumulative translation gain of approximately $0.1 million is reported as accumulated other comprehensive income on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011. CumulativeA cumulative translation lossesloss of $0.2less than $0.1 million werewas reported as accumulated other comprehensive income for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010.2010. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rates during the period. For transactions that are not denominated in the functional currency, we recognized less than $0.1 million as

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foreign currency transaction gain in the determination of net loss for the nine months ending September 30, 2011 and $0.3 million as foreign currency transaction loss in the determination of net loss for the sixnine months ending JuneSeptember 30, 20112010 and $0.5 million as foreign currency transaction loss in the determination of net loss for the six months ending June 30, 2010..
Other Income.
Other income consists primarily of interest income from cash and cash equivalents invested in overnight instruments. Other income in the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 includes an award of a federal grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project related to COLD-PCR, Surveyor Scan kit development for detecting key cancer pathway gene mutations and mtDNA damage assays. Other incomeIncome related to this federal grant was $0.2 million, net of consulting fees. Other income for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 was less than $0.1 million. Other income for the three and sixnine months ending JuneSeptember 30, 2010 was less than $0.1 million.
 
Comprehensive Income.
Accumulated other comprehensive income at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consisted of foreign currency translation adjustments, net of applicable tax of zero. We deem our foreign investments to be permanent in nature and do not provide for taxes on currency translation adjustments arising from converting investments in a foreign currency to U.S. dollars.

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Earnings Per Share.
Basic earnings per share is calculated based on the weighted averageweighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share include shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options, warrants or conversion rights that have exercise or conversion prices below the market value of our common stock. Options, warrants and conversion rights pertaining to 18,504,94317,751,940 and 10,763,32410,598,156 shares of our common stock have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share at JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The options, warrants and conversion rights that were exercisable in 2011 and 2010 were not included because the effect would be anti-dilutive due to the net loss.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements.adopted accounting pronouncements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (ASC 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force); effective for years beginning after June 15, 2010. Vendors often provide multiple products and/or services to their customers as part of a single arrangement. These deliverables may be provided at different points in time or over different time periods. The existing guidance regarding how and whether to separate these deliverables and how to allocate the overall arrangement consideration to each was originally captured in EITF Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables, which is now codified at ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition – Multiple-Element Arrangements. The issuance of ASU 2009-13 amends ASC 605-25 and represents a significant shift from the existing guidance that was considered abuse-preventative and heavily geared toward ensuring that revenue recognition was not accelerated. The application of this new guidance is expected to result in accounting for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements that better reflects their economics as more arrangements will be separated into individual units of accounting. Our adoption of ASU No. 2009-13 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-14, Software (ASC 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force); effective for years beginning after June 15, 2010. ASU 2009-14 modifies the existing scope guidance in ASC 985-605, Software Revenue Recognition, for revenue arrangements with tangible products that include software elements. This modification was made primarily due to the changes in ASC 605-25 noted previously, which further differentiated the separation and allocation guidance applicable to non-software arrangements as compared to software arrangements. Prior to the modification of ASC 605-25, the separation and allocation guidance for software and non-software arrangements was more similar. Under ASC 985-605, which was originally issued as AICPA Statement of position 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, an arrangement to sell a tangible product along with software was considered to be in its scope if the software was more than incidental to the product as a whole. Our adoption of ASU No. 2009-14 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements, effective for years beginning after December 15, 2010. The guidance requires the disclosure of roll forward activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level Three fair value measurements). We adopted the new disclosure provisions with the filing of our Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

C.INVENTORIES
Inventories (netRecently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted.
In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of allowances for obsolescence) consisted ofcomprehensive income. The new guidance eliminates the following:
 Dollars in Thousands
 
June 30,
2011

 
December 31,
2010

Finished goods$1,940
 $2,119
Raw materials and work in process1,544
 1,531
Demonstration inventory345
 212
 $3,829
 $3,862
Less allowance for obsolescence(520) (518)
Total$3,309
 $3,344


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current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Instead, an entity will be required to present either a continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and will have presentation changes only.
In July 2011, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of net patient service revenue. The new guidance requires a change in presentation of the statement of operations by reclassifying the provision for bad debts associated with patient service revenue from an operating expense to a deduction from patient service revenue (net of contractual allowances and discounts). Additionally, enhanced disclosure about policies for recognizing revenue and assessing bad debts are required. Disclosures of patient service revenue (net of contractual allowances and discounts) as well as qualitative and quantitative information about changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts will be required. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.
In September 2011, the FASB issued guidance on Intangibles including goodwill and other intangibles. The new guidance will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted.


C.INVENTORIES
Inventories (net of allowance for obsolescence) consisted of the following:
 Dollars in Thousands
 
September 30,
2011

 
December 31,
2010

Finished goods$2,063
 $2,119
Raw materials and work in process1,469
 1,531
Demonstration inventory288
 212
 $3,820
 $3,862
Less allowance for obsolescence(514) (518)
Total$3,306
 $3,344


D.INTANGIBLES AND OTHER ASSETS
Long LivedLong-lived intangible assets and other assets consisted of the following:
 
Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
June 30, 2011 December 31, 2010September 30, 2011 December 31, 2010
Cost 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
 Cost 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
Cost 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
 Cost 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
Intangibles—acquired technology$6,535
 $455
 $6,080
 $6,535
 $
 $6,535
$6,535
 $683
 $5,852
 $6,535
 $
 $6,535
Intangibles—assay royalties1,434
 103
 1,331
 1,434
 
 1,434
1,434
 154
 1,280
 1,434
 
 1,434
Intangibles—third party payor relationships367
 
 367
 367
 
 367
367
 
 367
 367
 
 367
Intangibles—tradenames and trademarks344
 25
 319
 344
 
 344
344
 37
 307
 344
 
 344
Patents665
 256
 409
 511
 245
 266
767
 263
 504
 511
 245
 266
Intellectual property20
 4
 16
 290
 274
 16
20
 5
 15
 290
 274
 16
$9,365
 $843
 $8,522
 $9,481
 $519
 $8,962
$9,467
 $1,142
 $8,325
 $9,481
 $519
 $8,962
 

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 Estimated Useful Life
Intellectual property10 years
Patents7 years
Intangibles—acquired technology7 – 8 years
Intangibles—third party payor relationshipsIndefinite
Intangibles—assay royalties7 years
Intangibles—tradenames and trademarks7 years
Other assets include USU.S. security deposits and deferred tax assets, net of applicable valuation allowances.

The intangible assets were each valued separately using valuation approaches most appropriate for each specific asset.

Intangibles—acquired technologyIncome Approach - Multi-period Excess Earnings Method
Intangibles—third party payor relationshipsCost Approach - Replacement Cost Method
Intangibles—assay royaltiesIncome Approach - Multi-period Excess Earnings Method
Intangibles—tradenames and trademarksIncome Approach - Relief from Royalty Method

Income Approach
The income approach is based upon the economic principle of anticipation. In this approach, the value of the subject intangible asset is the present value of the expected economic income to be earned from that intangible asset. This expectation is then converted into a present value through the selection of an investor's required rate of return given the risk and/or uncertainty associated with the subject intangible asset. In valuing an intangible asset using the income approach, the following elements should be considered: (i) remaining useful life, (ii) legal rights, (iii) position of the intangible asset in its respective life cycle, (iv) appropriate capital charges, (v) allocations of income, and (vi) whether any tax amortization benefit should be included in the analysis.

Cost Approach
The cost approach to intangible asset analysis is based upon the economic principles of substitution and price equilibrium. These basic economic principles assert that an investor pay no more for an investment than the cost to obtain an investment of equal utility. Within the cost approach there are several related analytical methods. Two of the most common and widely accepted include the reproduction cost and replacement cost methods. All cost based approaches typically involve a comprehensive analysis of the relevant cost components, which typically include: (i) materials, (ii) labor, (iii) overhead, (iv) intangible asset developer's profit, and (v) an adequate return on the asset developer's capital.

Reproduction cost contemplates the construction of an exact replica of the subject intangible asset. Before appropriate adjustments are made for the purposes of deriving an indication of value, reproduction cost does not consider either the market demand for or the market acceptance of the subject intangible. Therefore, before the requisite adjustments, the reproduction cost estimate does not answer the question of whether anyone would be interested in an exact replica of the subject interest.

Unlike the reproduction cost method, the replacement cost method does consider market demand and market acceptance for the subject intangible. In other words, if there are elements or components of the subject intangible that generate little or no demand, they are not included in the subject intangible.

Excess Earnings Method
The Excess Earnings Method, a form of the Income Approach, reflects the present value of the projected cash flows that are expected to be generated by the intangible asset, less charges representing the contribution of other assets to those cash flows. As part of our analysis, we determined individual rates of return applicable to each acquired asset and estimate the effective “capital charge” to be applied to the earnings of the identified intangibles.


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Relief-from-Royalty Method
The Relief-from-Royalty method, a form of the Income Approach, estimates the cost of licensing the acquired intangible asset from an independent third party using a royalty rate. Since the company owns the intangible asset, it is relieved from making royalty payments. The resulting cash flow savings attributed to the owned intangible asset are estimated over the intangible asset's remaining useful life and discounted to present value.
Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.3 million and less than $0.1 million during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.6$1.0 million and less than $0.1 million during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets is expected to be $1.2 million in each of the years 2011 through 2017.

E.DEBT
 Dollars in Thousands
 June 30,
2011
 December 31,
2010
PGxHealth note payable (1)$8,640
 $8,640
PGxHealth note payable (2)494
 989
 $9,134
 $9,629
(1)The First Note is a three year senior secured promissory note to PGxHealth, LLC entered into on December 29, 2010 in conjunction with our acquisition of the FAMILION family of genetic tests from PGxHealth. Interest is payable at 10% per year with quarterly interest payments through March 29, 2012. Thereafter, quarterly installments will include both principal and interest through December 30, 2013.
(2)The Second Note is a one year senior secured promissory note to PGxHealth, LLC entered into on December 31, 2010 for facility improvements made to the CLIA certified laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut. Interest is payable at 6.5% per year with the principal and interest payable in twelve monthly installments with the final payment due on December 31, 2011.
The entire unpaid balance of the Notes will become immediately due and payable if: (i) we fail to make timely payments

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under the Notes; (ii) we make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iii) we file for bankruptcy; or (iv) upon any event of default under the Security Agreement. Additionally, under the terms of the First Note, if we consummate an equity financing that involves the receipt by us of net proceeds of not less than $6,000,000, then we shall, upon the consummation of such equity financing, pay to PGxHealth the lesser of: (i) 25% of the gross proceeds received from such financing; and (ii) the then-outstanding balance under the First Note. Under the terms of the Second Note, in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, we shall pay PGxHealth the lesser of: (i) 100% of the proceeds, less certain fees, received pursuant to such sale; and (ii) the then-outstanding balance under the Second Note.
The Notes are secured by the assets of Transgenomic.
The aggregate minimum principal maturities of the debt for each of the three fiscal years following June 30, 2011 are as follows:
2011$1,728
20123,703
20133,703
 $9,134
F.CAPITAL LEASES
 
The following is an analysis of the leased property acquired under capital leases.

Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
Asset Balances atAsset Balances at
Classes of Property
June 30,
2011

 
December 31,
2010

September 30,
2011

 
December 31,
2010

Equipment$784
 $394
$782
 $394
Less: Accumulated amortization(78) (13)(119) (13)
Total$706
 $381
$663
 $381
The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011.
Year ending December 31:
Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
2011$145
$75
2012224
224
2013209
209
201435
35
Total minimum lease payments$613
$543
Less: Amount representing interest(94)(79)
Present value of net minimum lease payments$519
$464

G.F.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
We are subject to a number of claims of various amounts, which arise out of the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, the disposition of pending claims will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
We lease certain equipment, vehicles and operating facilities under non-cancellable operating leases that expire on various dates through 2016. The future minimum lease payments required under these leases are approximately $0.6$0.3 million in 2011, $1.1 million in 2012, $0.6 million in 2013, $0.4 million in 2014 , $0.4million$0.4 million in 2015 and $0.3 million in 2016. Rent expense for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 was $0.3$0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Rent expense for each of the sixnine

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months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 was $0.5$0.7 million and $0.4$0.6 million, respectively.
We have entered into an employment agreement with Craig J. Tuttle, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The current term of Mr. Tuttle’s employment agreement ends on July 12, 2012. The employment agreement provides that Mr. Tuttle will be entitled to receive a severance payment from the Company if his employment is terminated involuntarily except if such termination is based on “just cause”, as that term is defined in his employment agreement. The severance payment payable in the event of involuntary termination without just cause is equal to his annual base salary at the time of termination and will be paid over a twelve-month period. The employment agreement provides that the severance payment provision will be honored if the Company is acquired by, or merged into, another company and his position is eliminated as a result of such acquisition or merger. In addition

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we have one employee who is entitled to a severance payment of less than $0.1 million if the employee’s position is eliminated prior to July 2012.
At JuneSeptember 30, 2011, firm commitments to vendors to purchase components used in WAVE Systems and instruments manufactured by others totaled $1.3$0.5 million.

H.G.INCOME TAXES
We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various U.S. state jurisdictions and various foreign jurisdictions. We have statutes of limitation open for Federalfederal income tax returns related to tax years 2007 through 2010. We have state income tax returns subject to examination primarily for tax years 2007 through 2010. Open tax years related to foreign jurisdictions, primarily the United Kingdom, remain subject to examination. Our primary foreign jurisdiction isexamination for the United Kingdom which has open tax years for 2007 through 2010.
Income tax benefit for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 was a benefit $0.1 million. This is the result of the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities reported in financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S. We believe the tax benefit recorded will be offset in future periods by a tax expense related to income reported in financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S. Income tax expense for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010 was less than $0.1 million. The effective tax rate for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 is 1.14%, which is primarily the result of valuation allowances against the Net Operating Lossesnet operating losses for the U.S. .
During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010, there were no material changes to the liability for uncertain tax positions.

I.EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
We maintain an employee 401(k) retirement savings plan that allows for voluntary contributions into designated investment funds by eligible employees. We match the employee’s contributions at the rate of 50% on the first 6% of contributions. We may, at the discretion of our Board of Directors, make additional contributions on behalf of the Plan’s participants. Contributions to the 401(k) plan were less than $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. No contributions were made in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 due to cost saving initiatives.

J.H.STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock.
The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, from time to time, as provided in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.
Common Stock Warrants.
No common stock warrants were issued or exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 or 2010. At June 30, 2011, there were warrants outstanding which were exercisable to purchase 5,572,408 shares of common stock.
Warrant Holder Issue Year Expiration 
Underlying
Shares
 
Exercise
Price
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (1) 2004 August 2011 400,000
 $1.13
Affiliates of Third Security, LLC (2) 2010 December 2015 5,172,408
 $0.58
Total     5,572,408
  

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(1)These warrants were issued in conjunction with two loans that had been made to us by Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (the “Laurus Loans”), and subsequent modifications of these loans. In conjunction with the 2005 private placement, the exercise prices of these warrants were adjusted according to repricing provisions contained in the original warrant agreements. While the Laurus Loans have been terminated, the warrants remain outstanding.
(2)These warrants were issued in conjunction with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock financing (the “Financing”) with certain entities affiliated with Third Security, LLC (the “Investors”). The number of shares shown reflects the post conversion shares.
Preferred Stock.
The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized to issue up to 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, from time to time, with such designations, powers, preferences and rights and such qualifications, limitations and restrictions as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. The authority of the Board of Directors includes, but is not limited to, the determination or fixing of the following with respect to shares of such class or any series thereof: (i) the number of shares; (ii) the dividend rate, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date; (iii) whether shares are to be redeemable and, if so, the terms and amount of any sinking fund providing for the purchase or redemption of such shares; (iv) whether shares shall be convertible and, if so, the terms and provisions thereof; (v) what restrictions are to apply, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred stock; and (vi) whether shares have voting rights. The preferred stock may be issued with a preference over the common stock as to the payment of dividends. The Company has no current plans to issue any additional preferred stock. Classes of stock such as the preferred stock may be used, in certain circumstances, to create voting impediments on extraordinary corporate transactions or to frustrate persons seeking to effect a merger or otherwise to gain control of the Company. For the foregoing reasons, any additional preferred stock issued by the Company could have an adverse effect on the rights of the holders of the common stock.

On December 29, 2010, we entered into a transaction with affiliates of Third Security, LLC (the “Investors”), pursuant to the terms of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (“Series A Purchase Agreement”) with the Investors pursuant to, in which we: (i) sold an aggregate of 2,586,205 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;Stock (the “Series A Preferred”) at a price of $2.32 per share; and (ii) issued warrantsa warrant to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,293,102 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with(the “Warrant”) having an exercise price of $2.32 per share.share (the sale of Series A Preferred and issuance of the Warrant hereafter referred to as the “Financing”). The WarrantsWarrant may be exercised at any time from December 29, 2010 until December 28, 2015 and containcontains a “cashless exercise” feature. The sharesgross proceeds from the Financing were $6.0 million. The $0.2 million of costs incurred to complete the Financing were recorded as a reduction in the value of the Series A Preferred. We used the net proceeds from the financing to acquire the FAMILION family of genetic tests from PGxHealth, a subsidiary of Clinical Data, Inc.The Series A Preferred meets the definition of mandatorily redeemable stock as it is preferred capital stock that is redeemable at the option of the holder through December 2015 and should be reported outside of equity. The Series A Preferred is accreted to its redemption value of $6.0 million. The Warrant does not qualify to be treated as equity and, accordingly, is recorded as a liability. A preferred stock anti-dilution feature is embedded within the Series A Preferred that meets the definition of a derivative.

In connection with the Financing, we filed a Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to(the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, designating 3,879,307 shares of our preferred stock as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred, including the Series A Purchase Agreement andPreferred issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are initially Warrant, is

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convertible into shares of our common stock at a rate of 4-for-1, which conversion rate is subject to further adjustment as set forth in the Certificate of Designation. The aggregate gross proceeds from the issuance were $6.0 million.
The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock meets the definition of mandatorily redeemable stock as it is preferred capital stock that is redeemable at the option of the holder and should be reported outside of equity. Preferred stock is accreted to its redemption value. The warrants do not qualify to be treated as equity, and accordingly, are recorded as a liability. A preferred stock conversion feature is embedded within the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that meets the definition of a derivative.
The costs to secure the preferred stock were taken against the preferred stock. For the year ended December 31, 2010 these costs were $0.2 million.
We used the net proceeds from the financing to acquire the FAMILION family of genetic tests from PGxHealth, a subsidiary of Clinical Data.
In connection with the Financing, we filed a Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, designating 3,879,307 shares of our Preferred Stock as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Certain rights of the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are senior to the rights of the holders of Common Stock.common stock. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to its original price per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock accrues cumulativeare entitled to receive quarterly dividends, which accrue at the rate of 10.0% of the original price per share per annum.annum, whether or not declared, shall compound annually and shall be cumulative. In any calendar quarter, we are required to pay from funds legally available a cash dividend in the amount of 50% of the distributable cash flow as defined in the Series A Purchase Agreement or the aggregate amount of dividends accrued on the Series A Preferred. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded $0.5 million in accrued dividends.
Generally, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock,common stock, as a single group, on an as-converted basis. However, the Certificate of Designation provides that we shall not perform some activities, subject to certain exceptions, without the affirmative vote of a majority of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.Preferred. The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock also are entitled to elect or appoint, as a single group, two (2) of the five (5) directors of the Company.
In connection with the Financing, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with the Investors (the “Registration

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Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has granted the Investors certain demand, “piggyback” and S-3 registration rights covering the resale of the shares of Common Stockcommon stock underlying the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Series A Purchase Agreement and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and all shares of Common Stockcommon stock issuable upon any dividend or other distribution with respect thereto.
Common Stock.
The holdersCompany’s Board of Directors is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, from time to time, as provided in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Series A Convertible PreferredBoard of Directors.
Common Stock are entitled to receive quarterly dividends which will accrue whether or not declared, shall compound annually and shall be cumulative. In any calendar quarter we shall be required to pay from funds legally available a cash dividend in the amount of 50% of the distributable cash flow or aggregate amount of dividends accrued on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. DuringWarrants.
No common stock warrants were issued during the sixthree and nine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 we recorded $0.3 million. Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. exercised its warrants during the third quarter of 2011 in dividends payable whicha cashless exercise for 60,150 shares of stock. No common stock warrants were not distributed.issued or exercised during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. A warrant to purchase 5,172,408 shares of common stock was outstanding at September 30, 2011.
Warrant Holder Issue Year Expiration 
Underlying
Shares
 
Exercise
Price
Affiliates of Third Security, LLC (1) 2010 December 2015 5,172,408 $0.58
(1)This Warrant was issued in connection with the Financing. The number of shares shown reflects the post-conversion shares.

K.I.FAIR VALUE

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance on fair value measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements for our financial assets and liabilities, as well as for other assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis in our consolidated financial statements.
FASB guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price assets or liabilities. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities,
Level 2—Observable inputs other than those included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, and
Level 3—Unobservable inputs reflecting our own assumptions and best estimate of what inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The preferred stock warrant liability and preferred stock conversion feature are recorded separately and are recorded at fair value. We are

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required to record these instruments at fair value at each reporting date and changes are recorded as an adjustment to earnings. The gains or losses included in earnings are reported in other income (expense) in our Statement of Operations.
The preferred stock warrant liability and preferred stock conversion feature are considered Level 3 financial instruments whichand are valued using the Black Scholes call option pricing formula.formula, which approximates a binomial model for the preferred stock conversion feature. This method is among the most common and widely used valuation approaches for call options. The model relates an option's value to five variables: the current price of the underlying asset, the strike price of the option, the time to expiration or exercise of the option, a risk free interest rate, and the volatility of the underlying asset.
The following assumptions were used in the September 30, 2011valuation of the preferred stock conversion feature: the closing share price of our stock for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 discounted 15% due to the lack of marketability and liquidity, an exercise price of $0.39, expected term of 4.25 years, risk-free interest rate of 0.96% based on a 5 year U.S. Treasury and volatility of 103%.
The following assumptions were used in the September 30, 2011valuation of the preferred stock warrants: an exercise price of $2.32, expected term of 1.5 years, risk-free interest rate of 0.25% based on a 2 year U.S. Treasury and volatility of 50%.

During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, the changes in the fair value of the liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were comprised of the following:
 
 Dollars in Thousands
 For the six months ended
 June 30, 2011
 
Preferred
Stock
Conversion
Feature
 Preferred
Stock
Warrant
Liability
 Total
Beginning balance at April 1, 2011$5,078
 $1,283
 $6,361
Total gains or losses:     
Recognized in earnings2,522
 1,717
 4,239
Balance at June 30, 2011$7,600
 $3,000
 $10,600

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 Dollars in Thousands
 For the three months ended
 September 30, 2011
 
Preferred
Stock
Conversion
Feature
 Preferred
Stock
Warrant
Liability
 Total
Beginning balance at June 1, 2011$7,600
 $3,000
 $10,600
Total gains or losses:     
Recognized in earnings400
 200
 600
Balance at September 30, 2011$8,000
 $3,200
 $11,200



During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, the changes in the fair value of the liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were comprised of the following:
 
Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
For the six months endedFor the nine months ended
June 30, 2011September 30, 2011
Preferred
Stock
Conversion
Feature
 Warrants Total
Preferred
Stock
Conversion
Feature
 Warrants Total
Beginning balance at January 1, 2011$1,983
 $2,351
 $4,334
$1,983
 $2,351
 $4,334
Total gains or losses:          
Recognized in earnings5,617
 649
 6,266
6,017
 849
 6,866
Balance at June 30, 2011$7,600
 $3,000
 $10,600
Balance at September 30, 2011$8,000
 $3,200
 $11,200
We had no Level 3 liabilities at JuneSeptember 30, 2010. There were no purchases, sales, issuances or settlements of Level 3 liabilities in the three or sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010. The unrealized gains or losses of Level 3 liabilities are included in earnings are reported in other income (expense) in our Statement of Operations.


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L.J.STOCK OPTIONS
 
The following table summarizes stock option activity during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011:
 
Number of
Options
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Number of
Options
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Balance at January 1, 20112,565,001
 $2.11
2,565,001
 $2.11
Granted2,335,500
 1.17
2,335,500
 1.17
Exercised(10,000) (0.70)(30,000) (0.76)
Forfeited(227,001) (2.06)(334,501) (1.66)
Cancelled(349,500) (6.67)(363,000) (6.79)
Balance at June 30, 20114,314,000
 $1.22
Exercisable at June 30, 20112,587,715
 $1.30
Balance at September 30, 20114,173,000
 $1.20
Exercisable at September 30, 20112,234,712
 $1.26
During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, we granted options exercisable to purchase 2,335,500 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.17 under our 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. No options were granted in the third quarter of 2011.

M.K.OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Our company’s chief operating decision-maker is the Chief Executive Officer, who regularly evaluates our performance based on net sales and gross profit. The preparation of this segment analysis requires management to make estimates and assumptions around expenseexpenses below the gross profit level. While we believe the segment information to be directionally correct, actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions used in preparing this information.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as the policies discussed in Footnote B – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
We have twothree reportable operating segments, LaboratoryClinical Laboratories, Pharmacogenomic Services and Instrument Business.Diagnostic Tools. During the third quarter of 2011, we changed the manner in which we report segment results internally. Accordingly, segment results of the prior period have been reclassified to reflect these changes. Beginning with the third quarter of 2011 our company's chief operating decision-maker is now reviewing our business as having three segments. The change in segments was driven by our corporate strategy to advance personalized medicine through proprietary molecular technologies and world-class clinical and research services. These lines of business are complementary with the Pharmacogenomics Services driving innovation and leading to kit production in our Diagnostic Tools segment and new tests in our Clinical Laboratories.
 
Segment information for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
 Dollars in Thousands
 2011
 Clinical Laboratories Pharmacogenomic Services Diagnostic
Tools
 Total
Net Sales$4,085
 $552
 $3,616
 $8,253
Gross Profit2,456
 241
 1,748
 4,445
Net Income (Loss) before Taxes(1,472) 122
 71
 (1,279)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)(20) 
 11
 (9)
Net Income (Loss)$(1,452) $122
 $60
 $(1,270)
Depreciation/Amortization350
 75
 56
 481
Restructure2
 
 3
 5
Interest Income (Expense)(238) 
 
 (238)


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Segment information for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
2011 20102010
Laboratory
Services
 
Instrument
Business
 Total 
Laboratory
Services
 
Instrument
Business
 TotalClinical Laboratories Pharmacogenomic Services Diagnostic
Tools
 Total
Net Sales$4,866
 $2,801
 $7,667
 $1,241
 $3,854
 $5,095
$918
 $346
 $3,155
 $4,419
Gross Profit3,064
 1,491
 4,555
 418
 2,069
 2,487
248
 (80) 1,849
 2,017
Net Loss before Taxes(5,743) (359) (6,102) (506) (551) (1,057)(662) (135) (30) (827)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 (104) (104) 
 89
 89

 
 71
 71
Net Loss$(5,743) $(255) $(5,998) $(506) $(640) $(1,146)$(662) $(135) $(101) $(898)
Depreciation/Amortization444
 46
 490
 73
 48
 121
32
 45
 47
 124
Restructure
 11
 11
 
 
 
34
 
 38
 72
Interest Income (Expense)(240) 
 (240) 
 1
 1

 
 
 

Segment information for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

 Dollars in Thousands
 2011 2010
 
Laboratory
Services
 
Instrument
Business
 Total 
Laboratory
Services
 
Instrument
Business
 Total
Net Sales$8,623
 $6,525
 $15,148
 $2,512
 $8,025
 $10,537
Gross Profit4,850
 3,892
 8,742
 901
 4,470
 5,371
Net Loss before Taxes(9,278) 392
 (8,886) (1,118) (313) (1,431)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 (110) (110) 
 38
 38
Net Loss$(9,278) $502
 $(8,776) $(1,118) $(351) $(1,469)
Depreciation/Amortization872
 95
 967
 152
 104
 256
Restructure
 35
 35
 
 
 
Interest Income (Expense)(473) (5) (478) 
 1
 1
 6/30/2011 6/30/2010
Total Assets$22,621
 $8,079
 $30,700
 $7,395
 $7,051
 $14,446
Net sales by product were as follows:
 Dollars in Thousands
 2011
 
Clinical
Laboratories
 
Pharmacogenomic
Services
 Diagnostic
Tools
 Total
Net Sales$11,435
 $1,824
 $10,141
 $23,400
Gross Profit6,787
 764
 5,601
 13,152
Net Income (Loss) before Taxes(11,331) 615
 551
 (10,165)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 
 (120) (120)
Net Income (Loss)$(11,331) $615
 $671
 $(10,045)
Depreciation/Amortization1,113
 184
 151
 1,448
Restructure28
 
 12
 40
Interest Income (Expense)(720) 
 
 (720)
 9/30/2011
Total Assets$20,822
 $953
 $8,199
 $29,974
 Dollars in Thousands Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 June 30, June 30,
 2011 2010 2011 2010
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$3,864
 $931
 $7,351
 $1,873
Pharmacogenomics Research Services1,002
 310
 1,272
 639
 4,866
 1,241
 8,623
 2,512
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments1,319
 2,217
 3,157
 4,569
Bioconsumables1,482
 1,637
 3,368
 3,456
 2,801
 3,854
 6,525
 8,025
Total Net Sales$7,667
 $5,095
 $15,148
 $10,537
 Dollars in Thousands
 2010
 Clinical
Laboratories
 Pharmacogenomic
Services
 Diagnostic
Tools
 Total
Net Sales$2,790
 $986
 $11,180
 $14,956
Gross Profit1,159
 (91) 6,320
 7,388
Net Loss before Taxes(1,471) (444) (343) (2,258)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 
 109
 109
Net Loss$(1,471) $(444) $(452) $(2,367)
Depreciation/Amortization98
 131
 151
 380
Restructure34
 
 38
 72
Interest Income (Expense)
 
 1
 1
 9/30/2010
Total Assets$5,777
 $1,088
 $7,072
 $13,937


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Net cost of goods sold was as follows:
 Dollars in Thousands Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 June 30, June 30,
 2011 2010 2011 2010
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$1,435
 $495
 $3,023
 $957
Pharmacogenomics Research Services367
 328
 750
 654
 1,802
 823
 3,773
 1,611
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments585
 1,024
 1,107
 1,956
Bioconsumables725
 761
 1,526
 1,599
 1,310
 1,785
 2,633
 3,555
Total Cost of Goods Sold$3,112
 $2,608
 $6,406
 $5,166
Net sales for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 by country were as follows:
 
Dollars in Thousands Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands Dollars in Thousands
Three Months Ended Six Months EndedThree Months Ended Nine Months Ended
June 30, June 30,September 30, September 30,
2011 2010 2011 20102011 2010 2011 2010
United States$5,669
 $2,070
 $10,705
 $4,401
$6,034
 $2,082
 $16,738
 $6,483
Italy785
 721
 1,611
 1,487
762
 813
 2,373
 2,300
United Kingdom233
 200
 491
 767
193
 224
 451
 991
France225
 359
 413
 604
166
 209
 579
 812
Germany182
 345
 394
 905
187
 194
 581
 1,099
United Arab Emirates
 774
 
 774

 4
 
 778
All Other Countries573
 626
 1,534
 1,599
911
 893
 2,678
 2,493
Total$7,667
 $5,095
 $15,148
 $10,537
$8,253
 $4,419
 $23,400
 $14,956
No other country accounted for more than 5% of total net sales.

More than 95% of our long-lived assets are located within the United States. Substantially all of the remaining long-lived assets are located within Europe.

N.L.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are complete, are reviewed to determine if they should be recognized. We have no material subsequent events
In November 2011, we entered into a transaction with the Investors, pursuant to an Agreement Regarding Preferred Stock (the “Amendment Agreement”), in which the Investors agreed to (i) waive their rights to enforce the anti-dilution and redemption features of the Series A Preferred and (ii) at the next annual shareholder meeting, vote to amend the Certificate of Designation to remove the anti-dilution and redemption features of the Series A Preferred. In exchange, the Company issued shares of common stock to the Investors having an aggregate market value of $0.3 million.
As a result of the Amendment Agreement, the value of the Series A Preferred and Warrant, including the preferred stock conversion feature and preferred stock warrant liability, will be disclosed.reclassified into shareholders equity as of the date of the Amendment Agreement. The following table sets forth a summary of the balance sheet as reported and pro-forma as if the Amendment Agreement had occurred on September 30, 2011.

 As reported Pro-Forma
 Dollars in Thousands
 September 30, 2011 September 30, 2011
Total Assets$29,974 $29,974
    
Total Liabilities29,683
 18,483
Redeemable Series A convertible preferred stock1,796
 
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)(1,505) 11,491
 $29,974
 29,974

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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Information
This report, including Management’s Discussion & Analysis, contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s current views, assumptions or beliefs of future events and financial performance and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Readers of this report should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. Many factors could affect our actual financial results and cause them to vary materially from the expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things: our expected revenue, income (loss), receivables, operating expenses, supplier pricing, availability and prices of raw materials, Medicare/Medicaid/Insurance reimbursements, product pricing, foreign currency exchange rates, sources of funding operations and acquisitions, our ability to raise funds, sufficiency of available liquidity, future interest costs, future economic circumstances, industry conditions, our ability to execute our operating plans, the success of our cost savings initiatives, competitive environment and related market conditions, actions of governments and regulatory factors affecting our business and other risks as described in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In some cases these statements are identifiable through the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “target,” “can,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements we make are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various assumptions, risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements that we make for a number of reasons including those described in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of this report.
We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
The following discussion should be read together with our financial statements and related notes contained in this report and with the financial statements, related notes, and Management’s Discussion & Analysis in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Results for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be attained in the future.

Overview
Transgenomic, Inc. is a global biotechnology company specializingadvancing personalized medicine in high sensitivity genetic variationcancer and mutation analysis, providing productsinherited diseases through its proprietary molecular technologies and services in DNA mutation detectionworld-class clinical and discovery forresearch services. We have three complementary business segments.
Clinical Laboratories. Our clinical research, clinical molecular diagnostics and pharmacogenomics analyses.
Laboratory Services:
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory. The molecular clinical reference laboratory specializeslaboratories specialize in genetic testing for oncology, hematologycardiology, neurology, mitochondrial disorders, and inherited disorders.oncology. Located in New Haven, Connecticut and Omaha, Nebraska the molecular clinical reference laboratories are certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) as high complexity labs and our Omaha facility is accredited by CAP (College of American Pathologists).
Pharmacogenomics Research Services. Pharmacogenomics research services are provided by our Contract Research Organization located in Omaha, Nebraska. This lab specializes in pharmacogenomic, biomarker and mutation discovery research serving the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries world-wide for disease research, drug and diagnostic development and clinical trial support.
Instrument Related Business:
Bioinstruments.Diagnostic Tools. Our proprietary product is the WAVE® System which has broad applicability to genetic variation detection in both molecular genetic research and molecular diagnostics. There is a worldwide installed base of over 1,500 WAVE Systems as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011. We also distribute bioinstruments produced by other manufacturers (“OEM Equipment”) through our sales and distribution network. Service contracts to maintain installed systems are sold and supported by our technical support personnel.
Bioconsumables. The installed WAVE base and some OEM Equipment platforms generate a demand for consumables that are required for the continued operation of the bioinstruments. We develop, manufacture and sell these consumable products. In addition, we manufacture and sell consumable products that can be used on multiple, independent platforms. These products include SURVEYOR® Nuclease and a range of chromatography columns.


Executive Summary
Net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased by $8.4 million or 56% compared to the same period in

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Executive Summary
Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased by $4.6 million or 44% compared to the same period in 2010. These results include the FAMILION acquisition in our Laboratory ServicesClinical Laboratories segment. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, net sales from Laboratory ServicesClinical Laboratories increased by $6.1$8.6 million compared to the same sixnine month period in 2010. The Clinical Reference LaboratoryLaboratories increase is a result of the revenue of $5.1$8.4 million related to the FAMILION acquisition. Net sales from Pharmacogenomics Research Services increased by $0.60.8 million. for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Net sales in our Instrument Related BusinessDiagnostic Tools were down 19%9% or $1.5$1.0 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Net sales from bioinstruments were down 31% and net sales of consumables were down 3% for the comparable six month periods. Our gross profit margin increased from 51%49% for the sixnine months ended June 30, 2010 to 58% for the same period in 2011. Laboratory Services gross margin increased from 36% in the six months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010 to 56% for the same period in 2011. Clinical Laboratories gross margin increased from 42% in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to 59% for the same period in 2011. Loss from operations was $2.42.8 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to $1.42.3 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010.
As of JuneSeptember 30, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents of $2.61.4 million.

Outlook

Our laboratory services revenues grew 292% over the same quarter in 2010. Within this business our pharmacogenomics research services grew 223% to $1.0 million for the second quarter of 2011. Testing volume and revenues increased in both our Neurology lab business and in our FAMILION product group with sales of $1.2 million for Neurology and $2.6 million for FAMILION. The FAMILION tests are an important means of identifying cardiac channelopathies, potentially life threatening defects in the heart. Both doctors and patients recognize the benefit that these tests provide in at risk populations, and we expect to continue to expand this franchise.
As we experienced in the first quarter, and again this quarter, our significant stock price increase has resulted in non-cash charges due to the revaluation of our preferred stock conversion feature and warrant liability. In the first quarter, this resulted in an expense of $2 million and, with further strengthening of our share price in second quarter; the expense reached an additional $4.2 million bringing the total expense for the first six months of 2011 to $6.3 million. While this non-cash expense appears significant this does not affect our cash flow.
         Transgenomic anticipatesWe anticipate continued growth in both our diagnostics and our laboratory services businesses as we commercialize new assay technologies and tests we have developed internally or in-licensed, expandingand as we expand into other markets and regions worldwide.
Our FAMILION franchise, which we acquired in December 2010, includes eleven tests for inherited cardiac disorders.  Product sales for this unit grew 12% over second quarter 2011 levels, to $2.9 million.  We continue to believe that there is significant opportunity to expand this business based on increased use of existing tests and the launch of new products into the marketplace.  In May, the Heart Rhythm Society issued new diagnostic guidelines supporting the use of some of our menu. In particular,key cardiac tests, and we have substantially increased our footprintexpect to introduce a new, competitively-positioned Plavix® response test in the molecular diagnostics laboratory market throughnear term.
In June, we launched our acquisitionNuclear Mitome Test, a 400-gene screen of the FAMILION laboratory testing business.nuclear genes linked to mitochondrial function that provides useful clinical information in understanding the underlying genetic causes of this spectrum of diseases. This acquisition brings us historic annual revenuestest has been well-received by mitochondrial experts and physicians already and is assisting them to better diagnose this serious and difficult to discern set of approximately $13.0 million and a much larger presence both with insurers and patients. This acquisition also provides us access to higher throughput technologies and an expert staff to aid us as we continue growing our reference laboratory business as well as consolidation opportunities already achieved in laboratory operations, billing and customer service functions.
disorders.
In our PharmacogenomicPharmacogenomics Services Lab,Unit, we continue to perform cancer pathway gene mutation analysis and other associated genomics service testing for a number of pharmaceutical companies: both for pre-clinical drug discovery projects and phase II and III clinical trials.  Although we may experience variability in quarter-to-quarter revenues based on the timing of projects or when specimens may arrive, we continue to experience growth in this area of the business.  We can now analyze a patient's blood serum rather than a tumor to detect DNA mutations, using our recently licensed ultra-sensitive DNA mutation detection technology, termed “COLD-PCR”, and a significant improvement to COLD-PCR termed “Ice“ICE COLD-PCR”. This is a significant achievement, and we believe it should lead to faster growth of our pharmacogenomics research services as pharmaceutical companies adopt this novel approach for both drug and disease research.
In addition to IceICE COLD-PCR, which offers sensitivity improvements as much as 1,000 times higher than routine DNA testing technology, we have recently discovered a technique to further improve mutation detection sensitivity of standard Sanger sequencing. We have termed this new discovery “BLOCker-Sequencing” and we are combining this new discovery with our IceICE COLD-PCR program to bring what we believe to be the most accurate and sensitive mutation detection technology available in the market today.

We believe that this combination of technologies offers us the ability to develop tests for cancer detection or to measure cancer recurrence at earlier stages in the disease process, aiding in drug selection or drug resistance determinations for these patients.  By giving physicians the tools to select or change therapy earlier in the disease process, we can help improve outcomes for cancer patients and their families. 
We continue to leverage our core instrument business for on-going instrument and consumable supplies sales worldwide as well as employing our instrument technology and related expertise in our two laboratory services businesses.

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Although the WAVE® System is a fully matured technology, and both it and its corresponding consumable sales growth in our traditional markets are shrinking, we are expanding our opportunities by sellingdistribution network in Europe and introducing the systems into new geographic areas, including the Middle East and Asia, to continue the revenue from our instrument related businessDiagnostic Tools segment. We also continue to sell OEM instruments worldwide for pre-analytical karyotyping automation and to select marketsIn addition, we recently announced an agreement with A. Menarini Diagnostics, one of the leading diagnostics companies in Europe, for Image Analysis.the distribution of our new WAVE® M.C.E System and SURVEYOR® mutation detection assay kits in the European Union, which will greatly increase our footprint in key European markets and, we believe, lead to significant sales from this product line.
We also announced recently a distribution agreement with ScreenCell, a Paris-based Company, for the sale and marketing of its ScreenCell® filtration device portfolio worldwide. ScreenCell® filtration devices are devoted to isolation of circulating rare cells, such as circulating tumor cells, which may simplify and improve non-invasive access to tumor cells.  We will initially market the filtration systems to pharmaceutical and research organizations, with the goal of developing applications for screening circulating tumor cells (CTCs) combined with our sensitive mutation detection technologies including ICE COLD-PCR, BLOCker Sequencing and WAVE M.C.E and our Surveyor SCAN kits. We are targeting the use of the ScreenCell technology in combination with our technology to further develop our ultra-high sensitivity blood-based mutation detection capabilities.
Our menuWe continue to advance our pipeline of cancer pathway gene mutation kits continues to advance. Marketas well. We have completed development of our first ICE COLD-PCR assay kit and will commence market validation trials in the fourth quarter. Our first ICE COLD-PCR kit,

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has been designed to enrich mutations in the K-RAS gene, which are known to confer resistance to the newest treatment options in colon and PIK3CAlung cancer, and is the first in an expected portfolio of assay kits were begun this quarter. Further,that can be used to test for resistance conferring mutations. Longer term, we made significant progressanticipate that these ultra-sensitive mutation detection kits can become effective and efficient products for use both in applying these kits, along with our CE-IVD marked K-RAS kit,earlier cancer screening in blood and to a high-throughput OEM analyzer that will be marketed as a complete system.
monitor treatment and disease recurrence.
Finally, we continue to look for opportunities to diversify into new markets, particularly in oncology, where the sensitivities of our technologies provide significant clinical benefit. We have also embarked on several academic collaborations to further validate our newest technologies and better determine how they can and will be used in clinical settings for patients undergoing treatment for cancer.


Uncertainties
We have historically operated at a loss and have not consistently generated sufficient cash from operating activities to cover our operating and other cash expenses. While we have been able to historically finance our operating losses through borrowings or from the issuance of additional equity, we may not be able to obtain such funding due to the tightened credit markets. At JuneSeptember 30, 2011 we had cash and cash equivalents of $2.61.4 million. We believe that existing sources of liquidity are sufficient to meet expected cash needs during 2011.into 2012.
The uncertainty of the current general economic conditions could negatively impact our business in the future. There are many factors that affect the market demand for our products and services that we cannot control. Demand for our Instrument Related BusinessDiagnostic Tools business is affected by the needs and budgetary resources of research institutions, universities and hospitals. The instrument purchase represents a significant expenditure by these types of customers and often requires a long sales cycle. These customers may not have the funding available to purchase our instruments. Competition and new instruments in the marketplace also may impact our sales.
We have revaluationtranslation risk whichthat occurs when transactions are doneconsummated in a currency other than British Pound Sterling, which is the functional currency of our foreign subsidiary These transactions, which are most often consummated in Euros, must be translated into British Pound Sterling. These transactions must be revalued withinIn addition, results of operations and the Transgenomic, Limited ledger, whose functionalbalance sheet of our foreign subsidiary are translated from British Pound Sterling to our reporting currency, which is the British Pound Sterling. The majority of the transactions on this ledger are in Euro.U.S. Dollar. As a result we are subject to exchange rate risk. Fluctuations in the foreign exchange rates could causeimpact our business to be impacted.business.

Results of Operations
Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010
Net Sales. Net sales consisted of the following: 

 Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended  
 June 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$3,864
 $931
 $2,933
 315 %
Pharmacogenomics Research Services1,002
 310
 692
 223 %
 4,866
 1,241
 3,625
 292 %
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments1,319
 2,217
 (898) (41)%
Bioconsumables1,482
 1,637
 (155) (9)%
 2,801
 3,854
 (1,053) (27)%
Total Net sales$7,667
 $5,095
 $2,572
 50 %
 Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended  
 September 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Clinical Laboratories$4,085
 $918
 $3,167
 345%
Pharmacogenomics Services552
 346
 206
 60%
Diagnostic Tools3,616
 3,155
 461
 15%
Total Net sales$8,253
 $4,419
 $3,834
 87%
NetClinical Laboratories net sales of Laboratory Services increased $3.63.2 million during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Laboratory Services sales includes both the Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory Services and the

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Pharmacogenomics Research Services. The Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory Services net sales were up $2.9 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2010. Of this increase, in the Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory revenue, $2.7$3.0 million is due to our acquisition ofrevenue from the FAMILION family of genetic tests, which we acquired on December 29, 2010. In addition, our revenue increased forby $0.2 million in our cardiologyneurology family of tests due to the mix of tests performed and the average revenue per test by $0.2 million .test.
The Pharmacogenomics Research Services net sales of $1.00.6 million during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 increased by $0.70.2 million compared to the second quartersame period of 2010. The increase2010 due to the volume of genetic testing performed in revenue is a direct result of Transgenomic being selectedconnection with various clinical trials at various stages by a majorour pharmaceutical company to perform highly sensitive mutational analyses on a large number of clinical trial samples in an expedited fashion. Due to impending deadlines set by the relevant agencies, the assays had to be performed both within a limited time frame and using methods considered to be the gold standard for mutation detection. Previous high-quality work performed for this client was a critical factor in choosing Transgenomic to run the assays. In addition, the Surveyor Scan/DNA sequencing methodologies used at Transgenomic met the requirements of sensitivity and specificity needed by the regulatory agencies. The successful completion of this project has led to additional signed contracts with this customer. Theclients. Pharmacogenomics Research Services net sales have peaks due to the nature of patient enrollment patterns inand the timing of clinical trials. While the overall revenue generated from genetic testing withinrelated to clinical trials is significant, it is usually spreadearned over the lengthduration of the trial. Therefore, each period for Pharmacogenomics Research Services should be considered on a standalone basis and is not indicative of future net sales.

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Bioinstrument sales consist ofDiagnostic Tools net sales of our WAVE System and associated equipment that we manufacture or assemble, net sales from service contracts that we enter into with purchasers of our instruments, as well as sales of instruments we distribute for other manufacturers (“OEM equipment”). We also sell refurbished WAVE Systems in order to access additional customers. Bioinstrument net sales decreased $0.93.6 million increased $0.5 million, or 41%15%, during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The decrease in bioinstrument net sales was2010 due to fewerselling more instruments sold in the secondthird quarter of 2011. We sold one WAVE instrumentfive OEM Equipment instruments in the secondthird quarter of 2011 compared to 14zero in the secondthird quarter of 2010 and we sold four WAVE instruments in both the third quarter of 2011 and 2010. Demand for WAVE Systems has been affected by significant competitive challenges from traditional (i.e. sequencing) and evolving technologies. We sold one OEM instrument in the second quarter of 2011 compared to zero in the second quarter of 2010.

Net sales of bioconsumables were down 9% or $0.2$0.5 million during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. TheBioconsumable sales volumes in both the United States and Europe hadwere lower volumes in the secondthird quarter of 2011 compared to the secondthird quarter of 2010.
Cost of Goods Sold. Costs of goods sold include material costs for the products that we sell and substantially all other costs associated with our manufacturing facilities (primarily personnel costs, rent and depreciation). It also includes direct costs (primarily personnel costs, rent, supplies and depreciation) associated with our Clinical Laboratories and Pharmacogenomics Services operations.
Gross Profit. Gross profit and gross margins for each of our business segments were as follows:

 Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended  
 September 30, Margin %
 2011 2010 2011     2010
Clinical Laboratories$2,456
 $248
 60% 27 %
Pharmacogenomics Services241
 (80) 44% (23)%
Diagnostic Tools1,748
 1,849
 48% 59 %
Gross Profit$4,445
 $2,017
 54% 46 %
Gross profit was $4.4 million or 54% of total net sales during the third quarter of 2011, compared to $2.0 million or 46% during the same period of 2010. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, the gross margin for Clinical Laboratories was 60% as compared to 27% in the same period of 2010. The three months ended September 30, 2011 include the gross profits from sales of the FAMILION family of genetic tests, which we acquired on December 29, 2010. Pharmacogenomics Services gross margin increased from negative 23% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 to 44% for the three months ended September 30, 2011. Pharmacogenomics Services has a relatively fixed-cost base so any increase or decrease in revenue directly impacts gross margins. Diagnostic Tools gross margin decreased from 59% in the three months ended September 30, 2010 to 48% in the same period of 2011 due to lower bioconsumables sales which also have a relatively fixed-cost base.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel costs, marketing, travel and entertainment costs, professional fees, and facility costs. In addition, the effects of foreign currency revaluation is included here. Our selling, general and administrative costs increased $2.2 million from $2.2 million to $4.4 million during the three month period ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. The primary increase in our selling, general and administrative costs is due to the acquisition of the FAMILION family of genetic tests of $1.3 million. In addition, we had bad debt charges of $0.2 million and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $0.3 million. Foreign currency revaluation loss for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was $0.1 million compared to $0.2 million in revaluation gain for the three months ended September 30, 2010.
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses primarily include personnel costs, legal fees, outside services, collaboration expenses, supplies, and facility costs and are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, these costs totaled $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Research and development expenses totaled 6% and 14% of net sales during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease as a percentage of net sales is due primarily to the consolidation of our research and development activities in Omaha, Nebraska.
Other Income (Expense). Other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 includes interest expense and the expense associated with the preferred stock and warrant, which is due to the change in fair value of the preferred stock conversion feature. The expense associated with the change in value of the preferred stock conversion feature is a non-cash item.

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Income Tax Expense (Benefit). Income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was a benefit of less than$0.1 million. This is the result of the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities reported in the financial statements of our foreign subsidiary.  This tax benefit is partially offset by tax expense related to state and franchise taxes as well as reserves for uncertain income taxes. We believe the recorded tax benefit will be offset in future periods by a tax expense, related to income reported in the financial statements of our foreign subsidiary. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $0.1 million.

Results of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
Net Sales. Net sales consisted of the following:

 Dollars in Thousands
 Nine Months Ended  
 September 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Clinical Laboratories$11,435
 $2,790
 $8,645
 310 %
Pharmacogenomic Services1,824
 986
 838
 85 %
Diagnostic Tools10,141
 11,180
 (1,039) (9)%
Total Net sales$23,400
 $14,956
 $8,444
 56 %
Clinical Laboratories net sales increased $8.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Of this increase in revenue, $8.4 million is due to revenue from the FAMILION family of genetic tests, which we acquired on December 29, 2010.
Pharmacogenomic Services net sales of $1.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased $0.8 million compared to the same period in 2010. The increase is due to the completion of a significant project with a pharmaceutical company client. Pharmacogenomics Services net sales have peaks due to the nature of project-related services performed on behalf of our clients. Each period for Pharmacogenomics Services should be considered on a stand alone basis and is not indicative of future net sales.
Diagnostic Tools net sales decreased $1.0 million, or 9%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The decrease was due to fewer instruments sold in the nine months ended September 30, 2011. We sold nine WAVE instruments in 2011 compared to twenty-two in 2010. Demand for WAVE Systems has been affected by significant competitive challenges from traditional (i.e. sequencing) and evolving technologies. Lower WAVE instrument sales are offset by slightly higher OEM Equipment instruments sold in 2011. We sold eight OEM Equipment instruments in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to five in the same period in 2010. Bioconsumables net sales were down 10%, or $0.5 million, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
Costs of Goods Sold. Costs of goods sold include material costs for the products that we sell and substantially all other costs associated with our manufacturing facilities (primarily personnel costs, rent and depreciation). It also includes direct costs (primarily personnel costs, rent, supplies and depreciation) associated with our LaboratoryClinical Laboratories and Pharmacogenomics Services operations. Cost
Gross Profit. Gross profit and gross margins for each of goods sold consisted of the following:our business segments were as follows:

 Dollars in Thousands
 Three Months Ended  
 June 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$1,435
 $495
 $940
 190 %
Pharmacogenomics Research Services367
 328
 39
 12 %
 1,802
 823
 979
 119 %
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments585
 1,024
 (439) (43)%
Bioconsumables725
 761
 (36) (5)%
 1,310
 1,785
 (475) (27)%
Costs of Goods Sold$3,112
 $2,608
 $504
 19 %
 Dollars in Thousands
 Nine Months Ended  
 September 30, Margin %
 2011 2010 2011   2010
Clinical Laboratories$6,787
 $1,159
 59% 42 %
Pharmacogenomic Services764
 (91) 42% (9)%
Diagnostic Tools5,601
 6,320
 55% 57 %
Gross Profit$13,152
 $7,388
 56% 49 %

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Gross profit was $$4.613.2 million million or 59%56% of total net sales during the secondnine quarter ofmonths ended September 30, 2011, compared to $$2.57.4 million or 49% during the same period of 2010. During the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, the gross margin for the Laboratory ServicesClinical Laboratories was 63%$6.8 million as compared to 34%$1.2 million in the same period of 2010. The gross margin on the Clinical Reference Laboratory was 63%nine for the second quarter of 2011 compared to 47% for the second quarter of 2010. The three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 include the business acquired in the acquisition of the FAMILION family of genetic tests. Pharmacogenomics gross margin increasedprofit from negative 6% for the three months ended June 30, 2010 to 63% for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Pharmacogenomics has a relatively fixed cost base so the increase in revenue directly impacts margins. The bioinstrument margin increased from 54%

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in the three months ended June 30, 2010 to 56% in the same period of 2011. Margins on bioconsumables decreased from 54% to 51% in 2011.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel costs, marketing, travel and entertainment costs, professional fees, and facility costs. In addition, foreign currency revaluation is included here. Our selling, general and administrative costs increased $2.6 million from $3.0 million to $5.6 million during the three month period ended June 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. The primary increase in our selling, general and administrative costs is due to the acquisitionsales of the FAMILION family of genetic tests, of $1.2 million. In addition,which we had $0.8 million in expense related to the vesting of the employee stock option grants, bad debt charges of $0.7 million and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $0.3 million. Foreign currency revaluation loss for the three months ended June 30, 2011 were less than $0.1 million compared to $0.4 million in revaluation loss for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses primarily include personnel costs, legal fees, outside services, collaboration expenses, supplies, and facility costs and are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. For the second quarter of 2011 and 2010 these costs totaled $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Research and development expenses totaled 8% and 10% of net sales during the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease as a percentage of net sales is due primarily to the consolidation of our research and development activities in Omaha, Nebraska which is offset by legal costs to defend a patent.
Other Income (Expense). Other expense for the three months ended June 30, 2011 includes the expense on preferred stock which is due to the increase in fair value of the Preferred Stock conversion feature and warrants. This is a non-cash item.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit). Income tax benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was a benefit of $0.1 million. This is the result of the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities reported in the financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S. This tax benefit is partially offset by tax expense related to state and franchise taxes as well as reserves for uncertain income taxes. We believe the tax benefit recorded will be offset in future periods by a tax expense, related to income reported in financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S. Income tax benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was less than $0.1 million.

Results of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
Net Sales. Net sales consisted of the following:

 Dollars in Thousands
 Six Months Ended  
 June 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$7,351
 $1,873
 $5,478
 292 %
Pharmacogenomics Research Services1,272
 639
 633
 99 %
 8,623
 2,512
 6,111
 243 %
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments3,157
 4,569
 (1,412) (31)%
Bioconsumables3,368
 3,456
 (88) (3)%
 6,525
 8,025
 (1,500) (19)%
Total Net sales$15,148
 $10,537
 $4,611
 44 %
Net sales of Laboratory Services increased $6.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Laboratory Services sales includes both the Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory Services and the Pharmacogenomics Research Services. The Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory Services net sales were up $5.5 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2010. Of this increase in the Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory revenue, $5.4 million is due to our acquisition of the FAMILION family of genetic tests on December 29, 2010.
The29,2010. Pharmacogenomics Research Services net sales of $1.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased $0.6 million compared to the second quarter of 2010. As previously discussed in the three months ended June 30, 2011, the

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increase is due to the completion of a project with a major pharmaceutical company. The Pharmacogenomics Research Services net sales have peaks due to the nature of project related business. Each period for Pharmacogenomics Research Services should be considered on a stand alone basis and is not indicative of future net sales.
Bioinstrument sales consist of sales of our WAVE System and associated equipment that we manufacture or assemble, net sales from service contracts that we enter into with purchasers of our instruments, as well as sales of instruments we distribute for other manufacturers (“OEM equipment”). We also sell refurbished WAVE Systems in order to access additional customers. Bioinstrument net sales decreased $1.4 million, or 31%, during the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The decrease in bioinstrument net sales was due to fewer instruments sold in the six months ended June 30, 2011. There were three OEM instruments sold in 2011 compared to five in 2010. We sold five WAVE instruments in 2011 compared to18 in 2010. Demand for WAVE Systems has been affected by significant competitive challenges from traditional (i.e. sequencing) and evolving technologies.

Net sales of bioconsumables were down 3% or $0.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to 2010. The volume sold in the United States increased by $0.2 million which was offset by lower volumes in Europe of $0.3 million.
Costs of Goods Sold. Costs of goods sold include material costs for the products that we sell and substantially all other costs associated with our manufacturing facilities (primarily personnel costs, rent and depreciation). It also includes direct costs (primarily personnel costs, rent, supplies and depreciation) associated with our Laboratory Services operations. Cost of goods sold consisted of the following:

 Dollars in Thousands
 Six Months Ended  
 June 30, Change
 2011 2010 $     %
Laboratory Services:       
Molecular Clinical Reference Laboratory$3,023
 $957
 $2,066
 216 %
Pharmacogenomics Research Services750
 654
 96
 15 %
 3,773
 1,611
 2,162
 134 %
Instrument Related Business:       
Bioinstruments1,107
 1,956
 (849) (43)%
Bioconsumables1,526
 1,599
 (73) (5)%
 2,633
 3,555
 (922) (26)%
Costs of Goods Sold$6,406
 $5,166
 $1,240
 24 %
Gross profit was $8.7 million or 58% of total net sales during the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $5.4 million or 51% during the same period of 2010. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, the gross margin for the Laboratory Services was 56% as compared to 36% in the same period of 2010. The gross margin on the Clinical Reference Laboratory was 59% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to 49% for the same period of 2010. The six months ended June 30, 2011 include the business acquired in the acquisition of the FAMILION family of genetic tests. Pharmacogenomics gross margin increased from negative 2%9% for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010 to 41%42% for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011. Pharmacogenomics hasServices have a relatively fixed costfixed-cost base so theany increase or decrease in revenue directly impacts gross margins. The bioinstrumentDiagnostic Tools gross margin increaseddecreased from 57% in the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010 to 65%55% in the same period of 2011. Margins on bioconsumables increased from 54%2011due to 55% in 2011.lower bioconsumable sales, which also have a relatively fixed-cost base.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel costs, marketing, travel and entertainment costs, professional fees, and facility costs. In addition, foreign currency revaluation is included here. Our selling, general and administrative costs increased from $5.57.6 million to $9.914.3 million during the sixnine month period ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. The primary increase in our selling, general and administrative costs is primarily due to the acquisition of$3.7 million in expenses related to the FAMILION family of genetic tests.tests, which we acquired on December 29, 2010. In addition, we had $0.8 million in expense related to the vesting of the employee stock option grants.grants, $0.9 million in amortization of the acquired intangibles and bad debt expense of $1.5 million. Foreign currency revaluation lossgain for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 was less than $0.1 million compared to $0.5$0.3 million in revaluation loss for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010.
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses primarily include personnel costs, legal fees, outside services, collaboration expenses, supplies, and facility costs and are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 these costs totaled $1.11.7 million and $1.32.0 million, respectively.Research and

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development expenses totaled 7% and 13% of net sales during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease is due primarily to the consolidation of our research and development activities in Omaha, Nebraska, the benefit which is partially offset by legal costs to defend a patent.
Other Income (Expense). Other income for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 includes an award of a federal grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project of $0.2 million, net of consulting fees. TheOther expense onincludes interest expense as well as the expense associated with the preferred stock and warrant, which is due to the increasechange in fair value of the Preferred Stockpreferred stock conversion feature. The expense associated with the change in value of the preferred stock conversion feature and warrants. This is a non-cash item.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit). Income tax benefit for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 was a benefit of $0.1 million. This is the result of the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities reported in the financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S.foreign subsidiary. This tax benefit is partially offset by tax expense related to state and franchise taxes as well as reserves for uncertain income taxes. We believe the recorded tax benefit recorded will be offset in future periods by a tax expense, related to income reported in the financial statements of our subsidiary outside the U.S.foreign subsidiary. Income tax expense for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010 was less than $0.1 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our working capital positions at JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:
 
Dollars in ThousandsDollars in Thousands
June 30,
2011
 
December 31,
2010

 ChangeSeptember 30,
2011
 
December 31,
2010

 Change
Current assets (including cash and cash equivalents of $2,639 and $3,454, respectively)$14,002
 $15,034
 $(1,032)
Current assets (including cash and cash equivalents of $1,423 and $3,454, respectively)$13,656
 $15,034
 $(1,378)
Current liabilities9,905
 8,253
 1,652
10,104
 8,253
 1,851
Working capital$4,097
 $6,781
 $(2,684)$3,552
 $6,781
 $(3,229)
The workingWorking capital decreased due primarily to our payment obligations related to our notes payable and capital leases, lower accounts receivable and increased accrued liabilities.
We have historically operated at a loss and have not consistently generated sufficient cash from operating activities to cover our operating and other cash expenses. WhileHistorically we have been able to historically finance our operating losses through borrowings or from the issuance of additional equity, weequity. We currently have no plans to secure additional borrowings or to issue additionalfor this purpose, but instead are exploring alternative funding from certain existing holders of our equity securities for this purpose.as well as additional sources of liquidity. At JuneSeptember 30, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents of $2.61.4 million. We believe that existing sources of liquidity are sufficient

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to meet expected cash needs during 2011,into 2012, but we will need to increase our net sales and focus on the integration of the FAMILION acquisition to reduce our operating expenses in order to be assured of meeting our liquidity needs on a long-term basis. It may also be necessary for us to secure additional funding in the near future. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to increase our net sales, or further reduce our expenses or raise further capital or equity and, accordingly,additional capital. Accordingly, we may not have sufficient sources of liquidity to continue our operations indefinitely. We continue to explore additional sources of liquidity.


Analysis of Cash Flows
SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $0.82.0 million during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to a decrease of $0.21.1 million during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 we used cash of $0.9 million in operating activities, $0.4 millionin investing andactivities, $0.8 million in financing activities which was offset by cash provided in operating activities and$0.1 million by the effect of foreign currency exchange revaluation.rate changes on cash. In 2010, net cash used in operating activities was less than $0.1$0.9 million $0.1 , $0.2 million was used in investing activities and $0.1 million impact of foreign currency exchange rates, which was offset by less than $0.1 million provided bywas used in financing activities.
Cash Flows Provided byUsed In Operating Activities. Cash flows provided byused in operating activities totaled $0.1$0.9 million during both the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011, compared to and 2010. The cash flows used in operating activities of less than $0.1 million during the same period of 2010. The cash flows provided by operating activities in 2011 include the net loss and decreaseincrease in accounts receivable, offset by the non-cash items which include revaluationincluding the change in fair value of the preferred stock conversion feature and warrant liability, the provision for losses on doubtful accounts and depreciation and amortization.
Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities. Cash flows used in investing activities totaled $0.4 million during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 compared to cash flows used in investing activities of $0.1$0.2 million during the same period of 2010. Cash flows used in investing activities in 2011 include purchases of property and equipment of $0.2$0.1 million and additions to our patents

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of $0.2$0.3 million. Cash flows used in investing activities in 2010 consisted primarily of purchases of property and equipment.
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities. Cash flows used in financing activities were $0.60.8 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011. Cash flows used in financing activities were for payments on debt and capital lease obligations and were partially offset by cash received from the issuance of common stock due toin connection with the exercise of stock options for 10,00030,000 shares during the first quarter of 2011.quarter. Cash flows provided byused in financing activities were less than $0.1 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2010. This resultedCash flows used in financing activities were for principal payments on capital leases offset by the cash received from the issuance of common stock due toin connection with the exercise of stock options for 100,000 shares during the second quarter of 2010.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
At JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Accounting policies used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements may involve the use of management judgments and estimates. Certain of our accounting policies are considered critical as they are both important to the portrayal of our financial statements and they require significant or complex judgments on the part of management. Our judgments and estimates are based on experience and assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Further, we evaluate our judgments and estimates from time to time as circumstances change. Actual financial results based on judgments or estimates may vary under different assumptions or circumstances. Our critical accounting policies are discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. There have been no changes to those accounting pronouncements listed except as noted in note B to the financial statements contained in this report.

Impact of Inflation
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Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Management performed, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on the evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2011, Transgenomic’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
We have evaluated the changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2011 and concluded that there have not been any changes that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
We are subject to a number of claims of various amounts which arise out of the normal course of our business. In our opinion, the disposition of pending claims will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Item 1A.Risk Factors
An investment in our common stock involves a number of risks. You should carefully consider each of the risks described in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 before deciding to invest in our common stock. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be negatively affected, the market price of our common stock or other securities could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.
Note Regarding Risk Factors
The risk factors presented above and in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 are all of the ones that we currently consider material. However, they are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks not presently known to us, or which we currently consider immaterial, may also adversely affect us. There may be risks that a particular investor views differently from us, and our analysis might be wrong. If any of the risks that we face actually occur, our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely affected and could differ materially from any possible results suggested by any forward-looking statements that we have made or might make. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.


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Item 6.Exhibits

(a)Exhibits
3.1
  Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on November 14, 2005)
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on May 25, 2007)
   
3.3
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated as of December 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
4.1
  Form of Certificate of the Registrant’s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-32174) filed on March 10, 2000)
   
4.2
  Series A convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 29, 2010, by and among Transgenomic, Inc., Third Security Senior Staff 2008 LLC, Third Security Staff 2010 LLC, and Third Security Incentive 2010 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
4.3
  Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
4.4
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 29, 2010, by and among Transgenomic, Inc., Third Security Senior Staff 2008 LLC, Third Security Staff 2010 LLC, and Third Security Incentive 2010 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
4.5
  Secured Promissory Note, issued December 29, 2010 by Transgenomic, Inc. in favor of PGxHealth, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
4.6
  Secured Promissory Note, issued December 29, 2010 by Transgenomic, Inc. in favor of PGxHealth, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
10.1
  Sublease Agreement, dated December 29, 2010, by and between Transgenomic, Inc. and Clinical Data, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
10.2
  Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement, dated December 29, 2010 by and among PGxHealth, LLC, Clinical Data, Inc. and Transgenomic, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
10.3
  Security Agreement, dated December 29, 2010, by and between PGxHealth, LLC and Transgenomic, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K (Registration No. 000-30975) filed on January 4, 2011)
   
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  Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
   
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  Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
   
101.INS
 XBRL Instance Document *
   
101.SCH
 XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document *
   
101.CAL
 XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document *
   
101.DEF
 XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document *
   
101.LAB
 XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document *
   
101.PRE
 XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document *
   
*
 
XBRL information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, and is not subject to liability under those sections, is not part of any registration statement or prospectus to which it relates and is not incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement, prospectus or other document.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
    
  TRANSGENOMIC, INC.
    
Date:August 12,November 10, 2011By:
/S/ CRAIG J. TUTTLE
   
Craig J. Tuttle
President and Chief Executive Officer

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