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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;8.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Commitments and Contingencies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shareholder Class Actions and Derivative Lawsuits&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Between July 30, 2014, and August 6, 2014, three putative class
 action complaints were filed in the United States District Court
 for the District of Nevada (the &amp;#x201C;Nevada District
 Court&amp;#x201D;) against the Company and certain of its officers and
 directors on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise
 acquired the Company&amp;#x2019;s stock between January 6, 2014 and July
 28, 2014. The complaints allege that the defendants made false or
 misleading statements in certain press releases and other public
 statements in violation of the federal securities laws and seek
 class certification, unspecified monetary damages, costs, and
 attorneys&amp;#x2019; fees. The Company disputes the allegations in the
 complaints and intends to vigorously defend against the claims. On
 August 22, 2014, the Nevada District Court entered an order
 consolidating the three cases, relieving the defendants of any
 obligation to respond to the complaints currently on file, and
 providing that defendants may respond to a consolidated amended
 complaint to be filed by the lead plaintiff appointed pursuant to
 the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. On January 5,
 2015, the Nevada District Court granted Defendants&amp;#x2019; motion to
 transfer the consolidated putative securities class action to the
 United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
 The lead plaintiff is expected to file a consolidated amended
 complaint in May 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 On August 1 and 25, 2014, persons claiming to be Galectin
 shareholders filed putative shareholder derivative complaints in
 the Nevada District Court, seeking recovery on behalf of the
 Company against certain of the Company&amp;#x2019;s directors and
 officers. On September 10, 2014, the Nevada District Court entered
 an order consolidating the two cases, relieving the defendants of
 any obligation to respond to the initial complaints, and providing
 that defendants may respond to a consolidated amended complaint to
 be filed by the plaintiffs. On January 5, 2015, the Nevada District
 Court granted Defendants&amp;#x2019; motion to transfer the consolidated
 putative derivative litigation to the United States District Court
 for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs filed a
 consolidated amended complaint on February 27, 2015. The
 consolidated amended complaint alleges that the defendants breached
 their fiduciary duties to the Company&amp;#x2019;s shareholders by
 causing or permitting the Company to make allegedly false and
 misleading public statements concerning the Company&amp;#x2019;s
 financial and business prospects. The consolidated amended
 complaint also alleges that the defendants violated the federal
 securities laws by allegedly making false or misleading statements
 of material fact in the Company&amp;#x2019;s proxy filings, committed
 &amp;#x201C;waste&amp;#x201D; of corporate assets, were unjustly enriched,
 aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties, and that certain
 defendants breached their fiduciary duties through allegedly
 improper sales of Galectin stock. The complaints seek unspecified
 monetary damages on behalf of the Company, corporate governance
 reforms, disgorgement of profits, benefits and compensation by the
 defendants, costs, and attorneys&amp;#x2019; and experts&amp;#x2019; fees.
 Defendants filed a timely motion to dismiss the consolidated
 amended complaint on April 6, 2015. That motion to dismiss
 currently remains pending.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 On August 29, 2014, another alleged Galectin shareholder filed a
 putative shareholder derivative complaint in state court in Las
 Vegas, Nevada, seeking recovery on behalf of the Company against
 the same directors and officers who are named as defendants in the
 derivative litigation pending in the United States District Court
 for the District of Nevada. The state court derivative plaintiff
 filed an amended complaint on December 1, 2014, and filed a second
 amended complaint on March 27, 2015. The second amended complaint
 alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the
 Company&amp;#x2019;s shareholders by causing or permitting the Company
 and third parties to make allegedly false and misleading public
 statements and/or omissions of material fact concerning the
 Company&amp;#x2019;s financial and business prospects. The second
 amended complaint also alleges claims for unjust enrichment and
 waste of corporate assets and alleges insider trading claims
 against certain of the Company&amp;#x2019;s directors and officers. The
 second amended complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages on
 behalf of the Company, corporate governance reforms, disgorgement
 of profits, benefits and compensation by the defendants, costs, and
 attorneys&amp;#x2019; and experts&amp;#x2019; fees. Defendant filed motions
 to dismiss the second amended complaint on April 22, 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Estimating an amount or range of possible losses resulting from
 litigation proceedings is inherently difficult and requires an
 extensive degree of judgment, particularly where the matters
 involve indeterminate claims for monetary damages, are in the early
 stages of the proceedings, and are subject to appeal. In addition,
 because most legal proceedings are resolved over extended periods
 of time, potential losses are subject to change due to, among other
 things, new developments, changes in legal strategy, the outcome of
 intermediate procedural and substantive rulings and other
 parties&amp;#x2019; settlement posture and their evaluation of the
 strength or weakness of their case against us. For these reasons,
 we are currently unable to predict the ultimate timing or outcome
 of, or reasonably estimate the possible losses or a range of
 possible losses resulting from, the matters described above. Based
 on information currently available, the Company does not believe
 that any reasonably possible losses arising from currently pending
 legal matters will be material to the Company&amp;#x2019;s results of
 operations or financial condition. However, in light of the
 inherent uncertainties involved in such matters, an adverse outcome
 in one or more of these matters could materially and adversely
 affect the Company&amp;#x2019;s financial condition, results of
 operations or cash flows in any particular reporting period.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="font-size:1px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Other Legal Proceedings&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The Company records accruals for such contingencies to the extent
 that the Company concludes that their occurrence is probable and
 the related damages are estimable. There are no other pending legal
 proceedings except as noted above.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;6.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Loss Per Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net
 loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average
 number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net
 loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss
 available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of
 common shares and other potential common shares then outstanding.
 Potential common shares consist of common shares issuable upon the
 assumed exercise of in-the-money stock options and warrants and
 potential common shares related to the conversion of the preferred
 stock. The computation of diluted net loss per share does not
 assume the issuance of common shares that have an anti-dilutive
 effect on net loss per share.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1px; MARGIN-TOP: 12px"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 Dilutive shares which could exist pursuant to the exercise of
 outstanding stock instruments and which were not included in the
 calculation because their affect would have been anti-dilutive are
 as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;March&amp;#xA0;31,&amp;#xA0;2015&lt;br /&gt;
 (shares)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;March&amp;#xA0;31,&amp;#xA0;2014&lt;br /&gt;
 (shares)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Warrants to purchase shares of common stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,505,579&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Options to purchase shares of common stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,419,734&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,365,198&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of preferred
 stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2,527,103&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2,550,437&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;11,417,832&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;11,421,214&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The fair value of all other options granted is determined using the
 Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following weighted average
 assumptions were used:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="6%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="6%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;Three&lt;br /&gt;
 Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March 31,&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;Three&lt;br /&gt;
 Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March 31,&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;2015&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;2014&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Risk-free interest rate&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;1.64%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;1.58%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Expected life of the options&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;6.0&amp;#xA0;years&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;6.0&amp;#xA0;years&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Expected volatility of the underlying stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;104%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;114%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Expected dividend rate&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Dilutive shares which could exist pursuant to the exercise of
 outstanding stock instruments and which were not included in the
 calculation because their affect would have been anti-dilutive are
 as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;March&amp;#xA0;31,&amp;#xA0;2015&lt;br /&gt;
 (shares)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;March&amp;#xA0;31,&amp;#xA0;2014&lt;br /&gt;
 (shares)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Warrants to purchase shares of common stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,505,579&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Options to purchase shares of common stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,419,734&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,365,198&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of preferred
 stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2,527,103&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2,550,437&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;11,417,832&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;11,421,214&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfAntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsActivityTableTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE87402---1510-Q0002_STD_90_20150331_0" id="id_6174517_ED12E5F5-2C32-4E68-A0F5-F235B93328A5_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the stock option activity in the
 Company&amp;#x2019;s equity incentive plans, including non-plan grants
 to Company executives, from December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014
 through&amp;#xA0;March 31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
 Exercise Price&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,332,617&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5.79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;304,000&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.45&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(95,574&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1.80&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Options forfeited/cancelled&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(121,309&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1.96&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,419,734&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5.83&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;9.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Galectin Sciences LLC&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 In January 2014, we created Galectin Sciences, LLC (the
 &amp;#x201C;LLC&amp;#x201D; or &amp;#x201C;Investee&amp;#x201D;), a collaborative joint
 venture co-owned by SBH Sciences, Inc. (&amp;#x201C;SBH&amp;#x201D;), to
 research and develop small organic molecule inhibitors of
 galectin-3 for oral administration. The LLC was initially
 capitalized with a $400,000 cash investment to fund future research
 and development activities, which was provided by the Company, and
 specific in-process research and development
 (&amp;#x201C;IPR&amp;amp;D&amp;#x201D;) contributed by SBH.&amp;#xA0;The estimated
 fair value of the IPR&amp;amp;D contributed by SBH, on the date of
 contribution, was $400,000.&amp;#xA0;Initially, the Company and SBH
 have a 50% equity ownership interest in the LLC, with neither party
 having control over the LLC.&amp;#xA0;Accordingly from inception
 through the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company accounted for its
 investment in the LLC using the equity method of
 accounting.&amp;#xA0;Under the equity method of accounting, the
 Company&amp;#x2019;s investment was initially recorded at cost with
 subsequent adjustments to the carrying value to recognize
 additional investments in or distributions from the Investee, as
 wells the Company&amp;#x2019;s share of the Investee&amp;#x2019;s earnings,
 losses and/or changes in capital. The estimated fair value of the
 IPR&amp;amp;D contributed to the LLC was immediately expensed upon
 contribution as there was no alternative future use available at
 the point of contribution.&amp;#xA0;The operating agreement provides
 that if either party does not desire to contribute its equal share
 of funding required after the initial capitalization, then the
 other party, providing all of the funding, will have its ownership
 share increased in proportion to the total amount contributed from
 inception. In the fourth quarter of 2014, after the LLC had
 expended the $400,000 in cash, SBH decided not to contribute its
 share of the funding required. As a result, the Company contributed
 the $73,000 and $159,000 needed for the fourth quarter of 2014 and
 first quarter of 2015 expenses of the LLC, respectively. As a
 result, the Company&amp;#x2019;s ownership percentage in the LLC is
 61.3% at March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015. The Company accounts for the interest
 in the LLC as a consolidated, less than wholly owned subsidiary.
 The Company&amp;#x2019;s portion of the LLC&amp;#x2019;s net loss for the
 year ended December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014, prior to the change in
 accounting discussed previously, was $400,000, which includes
 the&amp;#xA0;Company&amp;#x2019;s proportionate share of the non-cash charge
 associated with the contributed IPR&amp;amp;D of $200,000.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Following is the stock-based compensation expense related to common
 stock options, common stock, restricted common stock and common
 stock warrants:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="85%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Three&amp;#xA0;Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2015&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2014&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Research and development&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;317&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;638&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 General and administrative&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;618&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,010&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Total stock-based compensation expense&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;935&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,648&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
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  <us-gaap:BasisOfAccounting contextRef="eol_PE87402---1510-Q0002_STD_90_20150331_0" id="id_6174517_E893971F-976B-4234-9239-3647B68A98D3_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;1.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Basis of Presentation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (the &amp;#x201C;Company&amp;#x201D;) is a
 clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that is applying its
 leadership in galectin science and drug development to create new
 therapies for fibrotic disease and cancer. These candidates are
 based on the Company&amp;#x2019;s targeting of galectin proteins which
 are key mediators of biologic and pathologic function. These
 compounds also may have application for drugs to treat other
 diseases and chronic health conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as
 reported in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflect all
 adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to
 present fairly the financial position of the Company as of
 March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015 and the results of its operations for the three
 months ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015 and 2014 and its cash flows for
 the three months ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015 and 2014. All
 adjustments made to the interim financial statements include all
 those of a normal and recurring nature. The Company considers
 events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but
 before the financial statements are issued to provide additional
 evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that
 require additional disclosure. Subsequent events have been
 evaluated through the date these financial statements are available
 to be issued. The results for interim periods are not necessarily
 indicative of results which may be expected for any other interim
 period or for the full year. The unaudited condensed consolidated
 financial statements of the Company should be read in conjunction
 with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
 December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The Company has operated at a loss since its inception and has had
 no significant revenues. The Company anticipates that losses will
 continue for the foreseeable future. At March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015, the
 Company had $29.3 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents
 available to fund future operations. The Company believes that with
 the cash on hand at March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015, there is sufficient cash
 to fund currently planned operations through September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2016. The Company&amp;#x2019;s ability to fund operations after its
 current cash resources are exhausted depends on its ability to
 obtain additional financing or achieve profitable operations, as to
 which no assurances can be given. Accordingly, based on the
 forecasts and estimates underlying the Company&amp;#x2019;s current
 operating plan, the financial statements do not currently include
 any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to
 continue as a going concern.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The Company was founded in July 2000, was incorporated in the State
 of Nevada in January 2001 under the name
 &amp;#x201C;Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,&amp;#x201D; and changed its name to
 &amp;#x201C;Galectin Therapeutics Inc.&amp;#x201D; on May&amp;#xA0;26,
 2011.&amp;#xA0;On&amp;#xA0;March&amp;#xA0;23, 2012, the Company began trading
 on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol GALT. Immediately
 prior to March&amp;#xA0;23, 2012, the Company was traded on the
 Over-the Counter Bulletin Board (&amp;#x201C;OTCBB&amp;#x201D;) under the
 symbol GALT.OB.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Accrued expenses consist of the following:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="78%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;March&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;br /&gt;
 2015&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"&gt;December&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;br /&gt;
 2014&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;(in thousands)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Legal and accounting fees&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;83&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;118&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Accrued compensation&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;214&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;604&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Other&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;72&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:1.00px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 Total&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;369&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;729&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="font-size:1px;"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="border-top:3.00px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
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  <us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted contextRef="eol_PE87402---1510-Q0002_STD_90_20150331_0" unitRef="shares" decimals="-3" id="id_6174517_08A1FB9D-6744-41C0-8B9B-07DFF0134489_1_14">23062000</us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted>
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;7.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Common Stock&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;i&gt;2014 At Market Issuance of Common Stock&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 On March&amp;#xA0;30, 2014, the Company entered into an At Market
 Issuance Sales Agreement (the &amp;#x201C;2014 At Market
 Agreement&amp;#x201D;) with a sales agent under which the Company may
 issue and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate
 offering price of up to $30.0 million from time to time through the
 sales agent. Sales of the Company&amp;#x2019;s common stock through the
 sales agent, if any, will be made by any method that is deemed an
 &amp;#x201C;at the market&amp;#x201D; offering as defined by the U.S.
 Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will pay to the
 sales agent a commission rate equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds
 from the sale of any shares of common stock sold through the sales
 agent under the 2014 At Market Agreement. As of December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2014, the Company had issued 217,622 shares of its common stock
 through its 2014 At Market Agreement at an average price of $5.49
 per share resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $1,196,000.
 The Company incurred commissions of approximately $36,000 resulting
 in net proceeds of approximately $1,159,000 as of December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2014. In three months ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015, the Company issued
 1,279,416 shares of common stock for net proceeds of approximately
 $4,532,000 under the 2014 At Market Agreement.&lt;/p&gt;
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 Following is the stock-based compensation expense related to common
 stock options, common stock, restricted common stock and common
 stock warrants:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="85%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Three&amp;#xA0;Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2015&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2014&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Research and development&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;317&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;638&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 General and administrative&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;618&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,010&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Total stock-based compensation expense&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;935&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,648&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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 The following table summarizes the stock option activity in the
 Company&amp;#x2019;s equity incentive plans, including non-plan grants
 to Company executives, from December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014
 through&amp;#xA0;March 31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
 Exercise Price&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,332,617&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5.79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;304,000&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.45&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(95,574&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1.80&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Options forfeited/cancelled&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(121,309&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1.96&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,419,734&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5.83&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 As of March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015, there was $4,178,000 of unrecognized
 compensation related to 920,468 unvested options, which is expected
 to be recognized over a weighted&amp;#x2013;average period of
 approximately 1.8 years. The weighted-average grant date fair value
 for options granted during the three months ended March&amp;#xA0;31,
 2015 and 2014 was $2.78 and $11.28, respectively. The Company
 granted 304,000 stock options during the three months ended
 March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015, of which 76,000 options vested upon grant with
 the remaining 228,000 options vesting over 3 years. Approximately
 $173,000 of non-cash, stock-based compensation expense was recorded
 during the three months ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015 related to the
 options granted during the quarter that were vested upon the grant
 date.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 The fair value of all other options granted is determined using the
 Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following weighted average
 assumptions were used:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="6%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="6%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;Three&lt;br /&gt;
 Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March 31,&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;Three&lt;br /&gt;
 Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
 March 31,&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;2015&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;2014&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Risk-free interest rate&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;1.64%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;1.58%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Expected life of the options&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;6.0&amp;#xA0;years&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;6.0&amp;#xA0;years&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Expected volatility of the underlying stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;104%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;114%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Expected dividend rate&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1px; MARGIN-TOP: 12px"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the restricted stock grant activity
 in the Company&amp;#x2019;s equity incentive plans from
 December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014 through&amp;#xA0;March 31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;416,670&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;81,352&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Options forfeited/cancelled&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;498,022&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 On March&amp;#xA0;12, 2015, the Company granted 81,352 shares of
 restricted stock to non-employee directors as a component of their
 compensation. A total of 77,784 shares were issued to seven
 directors representing non-cash compensation cost of $280,000 which
 will be recognized on a straight-line basis from the grant date
 through May&amp;#xA0;20, 2016, when the restricted shares will vest in
 full. A total of 3,568 shares were issued to two directors, who
 were not nominated for reelection, representing non-cash
 compensation cost of $12,845 that will be recognized on a
 straight-line basis from the grant date through May&amp;#xA0;21, 2015,
 when the restricted shares will vest in full.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 In January 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with a
 consultant that provided for the grant of 3,000 shares of common
 stock. The Company recognized an expense of $25,000, representing
 the market value of the common stock, during the three months ended
 March&amp;#xA0;31, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;5.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Fair Value of Financial
 Instruments&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"&gt;
 The Company has certain financial assets and liabilities recorded
 at fair value. Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize
 observable data such as quoted prices in active markets. Fair
 values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points other than
 quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly
 or indirectly. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs utilize
 unobservable data points in which there is little or no market
 data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own
 assumptions. The carrying amounts reflected in the consolidated
 balance sheets for cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued
 expenses approximates their carrying value due to their short-term
 nature. There were no level 2 or level 3 assets held at fair value
 at March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015 or December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the common stock warrant activity
 from December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014 through March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="84%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="8%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
 Exercise Price&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Forfeited/cancelled&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Outstanding, March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the restricted stock grant activity
 in the Company&amp;#x2019;s equity incentive plans from
 December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014 through&amp;#xA0;March 31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;416,670&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;81,352&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
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 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;498,022&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;4.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;Common Stock Warrants&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 The following table summarizes the common stock warrant activity
 from December&amp;#xA0;31, 2014 through March&amp;#xA0;31, 2015:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
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 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,470,995&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3.67&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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