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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. However, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary to make the unaudited condensed financial statements not misleading. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the final results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. For more complete financial information, these unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022. A summary of our significant accounting policies consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements follows.

 

Capital Stock

 

The Company has the authority to issue up to 210,000,000 shares of stock consisting of 200,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 per share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.001 per share.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of our unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We consider all highly liquid short-term investments with an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Any amounts of cash in financial institutions which exceed FDIC insured limits expose us to cash concentration risk. We have cash equivalents in a money market account and had $25,197,934 and $38,392,886 in excess of FDIC insured limits of $250,000 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

 

Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, provides a consistent framework for measuring fair value under GAAP and expands fair value financial statement disclosure requirements. ASC 820’s valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. ASC 820 classifies these inputs into the following hierarchy:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

 

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.

 

Level 3: Instruments with primarily unobservable value drivers.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Furniture and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from three to five years. Routine maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and major renovations or improvements are capitalized.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

Research and development expenditures consist of costs incurred to conduct research, develop engineering materials for further study, and develop clinical strategies for current and future programs. These costs include payments to collaborative research partners, manufacturing partners and consultants, and clinical strategy partners, wages and associated employee benefits, facilities, and overhead costs. These expenditures relate to our preclinical and Phase 1/2 clinical trials and are expensed as incurred. Materials produced to be used in clinical research are capitalized and included in research and development supplies and are expensed as they are used for testing or clinical activities, or have spoiled.

 

Research and development supplies purchased and capitalized for future use were $2,904,617 and $3,022,403 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Intellectual property consists of legal and related costs associated with patents and other proprietary technology and rights developed, acquired, licensed by, or maintained by us that we believe contribute to a probable economic benefit toward such patents and activities. These costs incurred in connection with obtaining and maintaining intellectual property protection, such as patent applications and patent maintenance, are capitalized. Intellectual property is stated at cost, to be amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

 

We use the fair value-based method of accounting for stock-based compensation for options granted to employees, independent consultants and contractors. We measure options granted at fair value determined as of the grant date and recognize the expense over the periods in which the related services are rendered based on the terms and conditions of the award. Generally, where the award only has a service condition, the requisite service period is the same as the vesting period.

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

We review long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. In evaluating the fair value and future benefits of its intangible assets, management performs an analysis of the anticipated undiscounted future net cash flow of the individual assets over the remaining amortization period. We recognize an impairment loss if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no deemed impairments of our long-lived assets.

 

Recent Accounting Developments

 

Accounting pronouncements issued but not effective until after September 30, 2022, are not expected to have a significant effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.