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Segment reporting
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Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10 – Segment reporting


The Company has three reportable segments: Products, Clinical Services and Therapeutics. The Company’s Products segment develops, manufactures, and markets products to research and pharmaceutical customers. The Clinical Services segment provides diagnostic services to the health care community. The Company’s Therapeutics segment conducts research and development activities for therapeutic drug candidates. The Company evaluates segment performance based on segment income (loss) before taxes. Costs excluded from segment income (loss) before taxes and reported as “Other” consist of corporate general and administrative costs which are not allocable to the three reportable segments.


Legal fee expense incurred to defend the Company’s intellectual property, which may result in settlements recognized in another segment and other general corporate matters are considered a component of the Other segment. Legal fee expense specific to other segments’ activities have been allocated to those segments.


Legal settlements, net, represent activities for which royalties would have been received in the Company’s Products segment and expenses related to an investigation within the Clinical Services segment. Management of the Company assesses assets on a consolidated basis only and therefore, assets by reportable segment have not been included in the reportable segments below. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.


The following financial information represents the operating results of the reportable segments of the Company:


Three months ended January 31, 2019   Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 12,000     $ 7,327                 $ 19,327  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     11,025       3,723                   14,748  
Research and development           611     $ 222             833  
Selling, general and administrative     6,200       2,981           $ 2,316       11,497  
Legal fee expense     38       1             1,103       1,142  
Total operating costs and expenses     17,263       7,316       222       3,419       28,220  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     (5,263 )     11       (222 )     (3,419 )     (8,893 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (15 )     14             228       227  
Other     (29 )     (4 )           165       132  
Foreign exchange loss           126                   126  
(Loss) income before income taxes   $ (5,307 )   $ 147     $ (222 )   $ (3,026 )   $ (8,408 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 374     $ 343     $     $ 51     $ 768  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative   $ 40     $ 26     $     $ 225     $ 291  
Total   $ 40     $ 26     $     $ 225     $ 291  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 409     $ 26     $     $ 6,147     $ 6,582  

Three months ended January 31, 2018   Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 18,730     $ 7,422                 $ 26,152  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     11,730       3,877                   15,607  
Research and development           591     $ 221             812  
Selling, general and administrative     6,107       2,878           $ 2,064       11,049  
Legal fee expense     8       25             1,667       1,700  
Total operating costs and expenses     17,845       7,371       221       3,731       29,168  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     885       51       (221 )     (3,731 )     (3,016 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (23 )     11             197       185  
Other     3       1             29       33  
Foreign exchange loss           800                   800  
Income (loss) before income taxes   $ 865     $ 863     $ (221 )   $ (3,505 )   $ (1,998 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 413     $ 355     $     $ 18     $ 786  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     28     $ 21           $ 159       208  
Total   $ 28     $ 21     $     $ 159     $ 208  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 576     $ 28     $     $     $ 604  

Six months ended January 31, 2019   Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 26,297     $ 14,290                 $ 40,587  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     21,993       6,994                   28,987  
Research and development           1,118     $ 443             1,561  
Selling, general and administrative     12,260       5,905           $ 4,302       22,467  
Legal fee expense     74       8             2,361       2,443  
Total operating costs and expenses     34,327       14,025       443       6,663       55,458  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     (8,030 )     265       (443 )     (6,663 )     (14,871 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (33 )     30             504       501  
Other     11                   168       179  
Foreign exchange loss (gain)           (198 )                 (198 )
(Loss) income before income taxes   $ (8,052 )   $ 97     $ (443 )   $ (5,991 )   $ (14,389 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 777     $ 685     $     $ 72     $ 1,534  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     78     $ 50           $ 398       526  
Total   $ 78     $ 50     $     $ 398     $ 526  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 763     $ 78     $     $ 6,147     $ 6,988  
                                         
                     
                     

Six months ended January 31, 2018   Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 38,264     $ 14,764                 $ 53,028  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     23,772       7,266                   31,038  
Research and development           1,114     $ 445             1,559  
Selling, general and administrative     12,202       5,506           $ 4,246       21,954  
Legal fee expense     21       28             2,082       2,131  
Total operating costs and expenses     35,995       13,914       445       6,328       56,682  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     2,269       850       (445 )     (6,328 )     (3,654 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (48 )     23             367       342  
Other     17       8             44       69  
Foreign exchange loss           605                   605  
Income (loss) before income taxes   $ 2,238     $ 1,486     $ (445 )   $ (5,917 )   $ (2,638 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 817     $ 681     $     $ 37     $ 1,535  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     60     $ 44           $ 309       413  
Total   $ 60     $ 44     $     $ 309     $ 413  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 994     $ 72     $     $     $ 1,066