Amortization
Amortization for the three-month period ended December 31, 2008, increased $27,262 to $691,168 as compared to $663,906 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2007. For the six-month period ended December 31, 2008, amortization increased $159,173 to $1,482,397 as compared to $1,323,224 for the same period in fiscal 2008.
The three-month period increase in amortization expense is primarily due to the amortization expense relating to the compounds, technology and patents acquired from Forbes during the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The six-month period increase in amortization expense is due to increased amortization expense relating to the workforce acquired from Protana due to a workforce reduction, the full-quarter impact of amortizing the additional consideration paid to acquire the ENI technology in December, 2007 and the amortization expense resulting from the assets acquired from Forbes.
Interest Income, net
Interest income for the three-month period ended December 31, 2008 was $346,505 as compared to $692,552 for the same period in fiscal 2008, resulting in a decrease of $346,047. For the six-month period ended December 31, 2008, interest income was $760,129 as compared to $1,289,031 for the same period in fiscal 2007, resulting in a decrease of $528,902. The decreases in interest income resulted from decreased cash balances due to cash disbursements as well as decreases in effective interest rates.
About Transition
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Transition is a biopharmaceutical company, developing novel therapeutics for disease indications with large markets. Transition's lead products include ELND005 (AZD-103) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and TT-223 for the treatment of diabetes. Transition has an emerging pipeline of preclinical drug candidates acquired externally or developed internally using its proprietary drug discove
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