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Segment reporting
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Apr. 30, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting

Note 11 – 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 and related expenses 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 and related 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. 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 April 30, 2020


    Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues – Services and Products   $ 9,739     $ 6,417           —           —     $ 16,156  
Grant income     747                       747  
Total     10,486       6,417                   16,903  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     9,133       3,345                   12,478  
Research and development     395       580     $ 188             1,163  
Selling, general and administrative     5,902       2,667           $ 2,492       11,061  
Legal and related expenses     52                   1,873       1,925  
Total operating costs and expenses     15,482       6,592       188       4,365       26,627  
                                         
Operating loss     (4,996 )     (175 )     (188 )     (4,365 )     (9,724 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (7 )     11             83       87  
Other     1       4             130       135  
Foreign exchange loss           (358 )                 (358 )
Loss before income taxes   $ (5,002 )   $ (518 )   $ (188 )   $ (4,152 )   $ (9,860 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 373     $ 278     $     $ 66     $ 717  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     21       14             172       207  
Total   $ 21     $ 14     $     $ 172     $ 207  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 225     $ 60     $     $     $ 285  

Three months ended April 30, 2019


    Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 11,751     $ 7,911           —         —     $ 19,662  
                                         
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                                        
Cost of revenues     10,963       3,397                   14,360  
Research and development     31       527     $ 223             781  
Selling, general and administrative     5,960       2,923           $ 2,037       10,920  
Legal fee expense     35       16             206       257  
Legal settlements, net           (28,925 )                 (28,925 )
Total operating costs, expenses, and legal settlements, net     16,989       (22,062 )     223       2,243       (2,607 )
                                         
Operating income (loss)     (5,238 )     29,973       (223 )     (2,243 )     22,269  
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (18 )     19             257       258  
Other     6                   64       70  
Foreign exchange loss           (332 )                 (332 )
(Loss) income before income taxes   $ (5,250 )   $ 29,660     $ (223 )   $ (1,922 )   $ 22,265  
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 440     $ 340     $     $ 58     $ 838  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     40       24             135       199  
Total   $ 40     $ 24     $     $ 135     $ 199  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 120     $ 446     $     $     $ 566  

Nine months ended April 30, 2020


    Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues – Services and Products   $ 35,032     $ 20,715             —             —     $ 55,747  
Grant income     747                         747  
Total     35,779       20,715                   56,494  
                                         
Operating costs and expenses:                                        
Cost of revenues     30,351       10,223                   40,574  
Research and development     1,118       1,599     $ 565             3,282  
Selling, general and administrative     18,012       7,954           $ 6,927       32,893  
Legal and related expenses     140       1             5,540       5,681  
Total operating costs and expenses     49,621       19,777       565       12,467       82,430  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     (13,842 )     938       (565 )     (12,467 )     (25,936 )
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (29 )     45             479       495  
Other     20       (1 )           315       334  
Foreign exchange loss           (88 )                 (88 )
Income (loss) before income taxes   $ (13,851 )   $ 894     $ (565 )   $ (11,673 )   $ (25,195 )
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above   $ 1,174     $ 781     $     $ 196     $ 2,151  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     88       58             582       728  
Total   $ 88     $ 58     $     $ 582     $ 728  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 514     $ 205     $     $     $ 719  

Nine months ended April 30, 2019


    Clinical
Services
    Products     Therapeutics     Other     Consolidated  
Revenues   $ 38,048     $ 22,201           —           —     $ 60,249  
                                         
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                                        
Cost of revenues     32,956       10,391                   43,347  
Research and development     31       1,645     $ 668             2,344  
Selling, general and administrative     18,220       8,828           $ 6,339       33,387  
Legal fee expense     109       24             2,567       2,700  
Legal settlements, net           (28,925 )                 (28,925 )
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net     51,316       (8,037 )     668       8,906       52,853  
                                         
Operating income (loss)     (13,268 )     30,238       (668 )     (8,906 )     7,396  
                                         
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest     (51 )     49             761       759  
Other     17                   232       249  
Foreign exchange loss (gain)           (530 )                 (530 )
(Loss) income before income taxes   $ (13,302 )   $ 29,757     $ (668 )   $ (7,913 )   $ 7,874  
                                         
Depreciation and amortization included above.   $ 1,217     $ 1,025     $     $ 130     $ 2,372  
                                         
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Selling, general and administrative     118       74             553       725  
Total   $ 118     $ 74     $     $ 553     $ 725  
                                         
Capital expenditures   $ 883     $ 524     $     $ 6,147     $ 7,554