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Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Miami, Florida, describes itself in a recent annual report as follows.\n\n \nNoven also reported in its ann

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Miami, Florida, describes itself in a recent annual report as follows.

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Noven also reported in its annual report that its activities to date have consisted of product development efforts, some of which have been independent and some of which have been completed in conjunction with Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (RPR) and Ciba-Geigy. The revenues so far have consisted of money received from licensing fees, “milestone” payments (payments made under licensing agreements when certain stages of the development of a certain product have been completed), and interest on its investments. The company expects that it will have significant revenue in the upcoming fiscal year from the launch of its first product, a transdermal estrogen delivery system.

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The current assets portion of Noven’s balance sheet follows.

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Cash and cash equivalents $12,070,272

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Securities held to maturity 23,445,070

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Inventory of supplies 1,264,553

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Prepaid and other current assets 825,159

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Total current assets $37,605,054

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Inventory of supplies is recorded at the lower-of-cost (first-in, first-out)-or-net realizable value and consists mainly of supplies for research and development.

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Instructions

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(a) What would you expect the physical flow of goods for a pharmaceutical manufacturer to be most like:

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FIFO, LIFO, or random (flow of goods does not follow a set pattern)? Explain.

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(b) What are some of the factors that Noven should consider as it selects an inventory measurement method?

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(c) Suppose that Noven had $49,000 in an inventory of transdermal estrogen delivery patches. These patches are from an initial production run and will be sold during the coming year. Why do you think that this amount is not shown in a separate inventory account? In which of the accounts shown is the inventory likely to be? At what point will the inventory be transferred to a separate inventory account?

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