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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
Basis of Presentation:

Basis of Presentation:

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring items) which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company as of June 30, 2025 and for the three and six months then ended. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the year or any other period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related disclosures as of December 31, 2024 and for the year then ended which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10- K, filed with the SEC on March 13, 2025.
Reclassification:

Reclassification:

Certain balances in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six month period June 30, 2024, have been reclassified to conform to the presentation in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, specifically the reclassification of travel expenses allocated between general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Such reclassifications did not have a material impact on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Use of Estimates:

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Management considers many factors in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements including: expected business and operational changes, sensitivity and volatility associated with the assumptions used in developing estimates, and whether historical trends are expected to be representative of future trends. The estimation process often may yield a range of potentially reasonable estimates of the ultimate future outcomes and management must select an amount that falls within that range of reasonable estimates. Estimates are used in the following areas, among others: settlement of debt or other obligations, stock-based compensation, research and development expense recognition, intangible asset estimated useful lives and impairment assessments, allowances of deferred tax assets, and cash flow assumptions regarding going concern considerations.
Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments and short-term debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company, from time to time during the periods presented, has had bank account balances in excess of federally insured limits where substantially all cash is held in the United States. The Company has not experienced losses in such accounts. The Company believes that it is not subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.
Investments:

Investments:

Investments as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consist of U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes, which are classified as trading securities, totaling $6.1 million and $10.4 million, respectively. The Company determines the appropriate balance sheet classification of its investments at the time of purchase and evaluates the classification at each balance sheet date. All of the Company’s U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes held on June 30, 2025 have maturities within nine months from the balance sheet date. As of June 30, 2025, the carrying value of the Company’s U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes approximates their fair value due to their short-term maturities.
Long-lived assets:

Long-lived assets:

Long-lived assets are comprised of acquired technology and licensed rights to use technology, which are considered platform technology with alternative future uses beyond the current products in development. Such intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected useful life of 10 years.

The Company assesses the impairment for long-lived assets whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors the Company considers that could trigger an impairment review include the following:

●Significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of the acquired assets or the strategy for its overall business,
●Significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected development milestones,
●Significant negative regulatory or economic trends, and
●Significant technological changes which could render the platform technology obsolete.

The Company recognizes impairment when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no impairment indicators which required an impairment loss measurement.
Operating Segment:

Operating Segment:

The Company operates in one business segment, which includes the business of research and development activities related to the development of therapeutic products that treat rare and orphan diseases for which there are currently very limited or no approved treatments or cures. The determination of a single business segment is consistent with the consolidated financial information regularly provided to the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews and evaluates consolidated net loss for purposes of assessing performance, making operating decisions, allocating resources, and planning and forecasting for future periods.

In addition to the significant expense categories included within consolidated net loss presented on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, see below for disaggregated amounts that comprise research and development expenses:

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Three months ended June 30, 

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Six months ended June 30, 

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2025

    

2024

    

2025

    

2024

External clinical development expenses

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$

1,637,683

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$

206,277

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$

3,334,914

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$

763,237

Personnel related and stock-based compensation

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258,072

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260,349

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687,490

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472,619

Other research and development expenses

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154,830

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120,877

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402,320

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236,945

Total research and development expenses

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$

2,050,585

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$

587,503

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$

4,424,724

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$

1,472,801
Research and development:

Research and development:

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include personnel costs associated with research and development activities, including third-party contractors to perform research, conduct clinical trials and manufacture drug supplies and materials. The Company accrues for costs incurred by external service providers, including contract research organizations and clinical investigators, based on its estimates of service performed and costs incurred. These estimates include the level of services performed by third parties, patient enrollment in clinical trials when applicable, administrative costs incurred by third parties, and other indicators of the services completed. Based on the timing of amounts invoiced by service providers, the Company may also record payments made to those providers as prepaid expenses that will be recognized as expenses in future periods as the related services are rendered.
Stock based compensation:

Stock based compensation:

The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to employees, non-employees and directors as an expense in the consolidated statements of operations over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each stock-based award. The fair value of each option grant is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, net of actual forfeitures. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.

Since the Company has a limited history of trading as a public company, the Company’s expected stock volatility is based on a weighting of its historical volatility along with a group of a publicly traded set of peer companies. The Company utilizes the simplified method to estimate the expected term. The risk-free interest rate was determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. The expected dividend yield was assumed to be zero as the Company has not paid dividends since its inception and does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
Fair value of financial instruments:

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company considers its cash and cash equivalents, investments, accounts payable, accrued expenses to meet the definition of financial instruments. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short maturities.

The Company measures fair value as required by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.
Earnings (loss) per share:

Earnings (loss) per share:

The Company reports loss per share in accordance with ASC 260-10, Earnings Per Share, which provides for calculation of “basic” and “diluted” earnings per share. Basic earnings per share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity. The calculation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share gives effect to ordinary shares equivalents; however, other than unexercised prefunded warrants as described below, potential common shares are excluded if their effect is anti-dilutive.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the number of shares excluded from the diluted net earnings (loss) per share included outstanding warrants to purchase 1,108,159 ADSs and outstanding stock options to purchase 180,055 ADSs, and outstanding warrants to purchase 256,809 ADSs and outstanding stock options to purchase 7,943 ADSs, respectively, as their inclusion in the denominator would be anti-dilutive.