Amortization and Depreciation.Amortization and depreciation was primarily related to acquired intangible assets and depreciation related to machinery and equipment. Amortization and depreciation decreased by $5,000, or 6.8%, to approximately $69,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 from $74,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2018.
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Engineering and product development | | $ | 6,751 | | | $ | 7,431 | | | $ | (680 | ) | | | (9.2 | )% |
Marketing and sales | | | 9,281 | | | | 6,272 | | | | 3,009 | | | | 48.0 | % |
General and administrative | | | 5,276 | | | | 5,419 | | | | (143 | ) | | | (2.6 | )% |
Amortization and depreciation | | | 206 | | | | 234 | | | | (28 | ) | | | (12.0 | )% |
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Total operating expenses | | $ | 21,514 | | | $ | 19,356 | | | $ | 2,158 | | | | 11.1 | % |
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Operating expenses increased by $2.2 million, or 11.1%, in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to nine month period ended September 30, 2019.
Engineering and Product Development.Engineering and product development costs were approximately $6.8 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 down from $7.5 million for the same period last year, a reduction of $0.7 million, or 9.2%. Detection engineering and product development costs were $4.7 million and $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively for a decrease of $0.3 million, or 6%. Therapy engineering and product development costs were $2.0 million and $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively for a decrease of $0.4 million, or 16.7%. The decrease in Detection engineering and product development costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is due primarily to clinical expenses in the first quarter of 2018 related to the development of the Company’s breast tomosynthesis product. The decrease in Therapy engineering and product development costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is due primarily to decreases in personnel and clinical trial costs that were higher in 2018.
Marketing and Sales.Marketing and sales expenses increased by $3.0 million, or 48.0%, from $6.3 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 to $9.3 million in the nine- month period ended September 30, 2019. Detection marketing and sales expense increased by $2.8 million, or 84.6%, from $3.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $6.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Therapy marketing and sales expense increased by $0.2 million, or 6.7%, from $3.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $3.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in Detection marketing and sales expense is due primarily to an increase in personnel costs and commissions as the Company has invested in additional commercial resources to help drive sales of the new Detection products. The increase in Therapy marketing and sales is due primarily to trade shows costs.
General and Administrative.General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.1 million, or 2.6%, from $5.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to approximately $5.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in general and administrative expenses is due primarily to a decrease in personnel costs.
Amortization and Depreciation.Amortization and depreciation was primarily related to acquired intangible assets and depreciation related to machinery and equipment. Amortization and depreciation decreased by $28,000, or 12%, to approximately $206,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $234,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
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