Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES During the three months ended March 31, 2017, there have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016, and the notes thereto, which are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Fair Value Measurements The carrying amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts payable, equipment loan, and accrued liabilities approximate their respective fair values because of the short-term nature of these accounts. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received if selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Additionally, from time to time, the Company may be required to record at fair value other assets on a nonrecurring basis, such as assets held for sale and certain other assets. These nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically involve application of lower-of-cost-or-market The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Company’s financial assets are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of inputs that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy, and its applicability to the Company’s financial assets, are described below. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 non-transferability, An adjustment to the pricing method used within either Level 1 or Level 2 inputs could generate a fair value measurement that effectively falls in a lower level in the hierarchy. The Company had no material re-measurements The fair value of the warrants is considered a Level 3 valuation and was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model. This model incorporated several assumptions at each valuation date including: the price of the Company’s common stock on the date of valuation, the historical volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock, the remaining contractual term of the warrant and estimates of the probability of a fundamental transaction occurring (See Note 6 for further discussion of the private placement). The Company’s financial instruments as of March 31, 2017 consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2016 consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable. As of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, the Company’s financial assets recognized at fair value consisted of the following: Description Total Quoted prices in active markets (Level 1) Significant other observable (Level 2) Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in thousands) March 31, 2017 Assets: Cash Equivalents Money market funds $ 3,239 $ 3,239 $ — $ — U. S. government agency securities 999 999 — — Commercial paper 3,147 3,147 Corporate notes 2,068 2,068 Marketable securities: Asset-backed securities 1,819 — 1,819 — Commercial paper 3,584 — 3,584 — Corporate notes 2,597 — 2,597 — Total $ 17,453 $ 4,238 $ 13,215 $ — Liabilities: Warrant liability $ 13,467 $ — $ — $ 13,467 December 31, 2016 Assets: Money market funds $ 30,318 $ 30,318 $ — $ — Liabilities: Warrant liability $ 13,198 $ — $ — $ 13,198 The following table provides a reconciliation of all liabilities measured at fair value using Level 3 significant unobservable inputs: As of March 31, 2017 (in thousands) Beginning balance, December 31, 2016 $ 13,198 Issuance of warrants — Change in fair value of warrant liability 269 Ending balance $ 13,467 Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid securities with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of funds in money market accounts and U.S. government agency securities. Marketable securities The Company classifies marketable securities with a remaining maturity when purchased of greater than three months as available for sale. The Company considers all available for sale securities, including those with maturity dates beyond 12 months, as available to support current operational liquidity needs and therefore classifies all securities with maturity dates beyond 90 days at the date of purchase as current assets within the consolidated balance sheets. Available for sale securities are maintained by the Company’s investment managers and may consist of commercial paper, high-grade corporate notes, U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. government agency securities, and certificates of deposit. Available for sale securities are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains and losses included in other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity until realized. Any premium or discount arising at purchase is amortized and/or accreted to interest income and/or expense over the life of the instrument. Realized gains and losses are determined using the specific identification method and are included in other income (expense). If any adjustment to fair value reflects a decline in value of the investment, the Company considers all available evidence to evaluate the extent to which the decline is “other-than-temporary” and, if so, marks the investment to market through a charge to the Company’s statement of operations and comprehensive loss. The following table summarizes the available for sale securities held at March 31, 2017: Unrealized Unrealized Description Amortized Cost Gains Losses Fair Value Asset-backed securities $ 1,820 $ — $ (1 ) $ 1,819 Commercial paper 3,584 — — 3,584 Corporate notes 2,602 — (5 ) 2,597 Total $ 8,006 $ — $ (6 ) $ 8,000 The Company did not hold any available for sale securities prior to the first quarter of 2017. The amortized cost of available for sale securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. At March 31, 2017, the balance in the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive loss was composed solely of activity related to the Company’s available for sale marketable securities. There were no sales of available for sale securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2017. The aggregate fair value of available for sale securities held by the Company in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months as of March 31, 2017 was $4.4 million. The aggregate unrealized loss for those securities in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months as of March 31, 2017 was $6 thousand. The Company determined that there was no material change in the credit risk of any of its investments. As a result, the Company determined it did not hold any investments with any other-than-temporary impairment as of March 31, 2017. The weighted average maturity of the Company’s portfolio was approximately three months at March 31, 2017. Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock options and restricted stock based on their grant date fair value and recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over their vesting period. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, with the exception of stock options that include a market condition, and of restricted stock based on the fair value of the underlying common stock as of the date of grant or the value of the services provided, whichever is more readily determinable. The Company, in conjunction with adoption of ASU 2016-09- Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting pre-vesting For stock option grants with vesting triggered by the achievement of performance-based milestones, the expense is recorded over the remaining service period after the point when the achievement of the milestone is probable or the performance condition has been achieved. For stock option grants with both performance-based milestones and market conditions, expense is recorded over the derived service period after the point when the achievement of the performance-based milestone is probable or the performance condition has been achieved. For stock option grants with market conditions, the expense is calculated using the Monte Carlo model based on the grant date fair value of the option and is recorded on a straight line basis over the requisite service period, which represents the derived service period and accelerated when the market condition is satisfied. The Company did not issue awards with market conditions during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The Company accounts for stock options and restricted stock awards to non-employees non-employees Warrant Accounting As noted in Note 6, Capital Stock, the Company classifies a warrant to purchase shares of its common stock as a liability on its consolidated balance sheet if the warrant is a free-standing financial instrument that may require the Company to transfer consideration upon exercise. Each warrant of this type is initially recorded at fair value on date of grant using the Monte Carlo simulation model and net of issuance costs, and is subsequently re-measured Recent Accounting Pronouncements In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the“ FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-18, In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02- Leases 2016-02 2016-02 In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, 205-40): In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, one-year |