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Going Concern
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Going Concern [Abstract]  
Going Concern
1.
Going Concern
 
Adherex Technologies Inc. (“Adherex”), a British Columbia corporation together with its wholly owned subsidiaries Oxiquant, Inc. (“Oxiquant”) and Adherex Inc., both Delaware corporations, and Cadherin Biomedical Inc. (“CBI”), a Canadian corporation, collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” is a development stage biopharmaceutical company with a portfolio of product candidates under development for use in the treatment of cancer. With the exception of Adherex Inc., all subsidiaries are inactive.
 
These unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared using generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America (“U.S.”) that are applicable to a going concern which contemplates that Adherex will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
 
The Company is a development stage company and during the three months ended March 31, 2014, incurred a net loss of $3,194 which includes an unrealized non-cash loss of $2,655 on derivative liabilities. At March 31, 2014, it had an accumulated deficit of $111,892, and had experienced negative cash flows from operating activities since inception in the amount of $87,625. In addition, it had a deficiency in working capital at March 31, 2014 and has generated an operating loss since inception.
 
These circumstances raise substantial doubt as to the ability of the Company to meet its obligations as they come due and, accordingly, the use of accounting principles applicable to a going concern may not be appropriate. The Company will need to obtain additional funding in the future in order to finance its business strategy beyond the current trials through the issuance of equity, debt or collaboration. If the Company fails to arrange for sufficient capital on a timely basis, it may be required to curtail its business activities until it can obtain adequate financing.
 
These financial statements do not reflect the potentially material adjustments in the carrying values of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses, and the balance sheet classifications used, that would be necessary if the going concern assumption were not appropriate.