Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Organization Qualigen, Inc., the predecessor of and now a subsidiary of Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc., was incorporated in Minnesota in 1996 to design, develop, manufacture and sell point-of-care quantitative immunoassay diagnostic products for use in physician offices and other point-of-care settings worldwide. Qualigen, Inc. was reincorporated in Delaware in 1999. Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) operates in one business segment. In May 2020, Qualigen, Inc. completed a reverse recapitalization transaction with Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ritter”) and Ritter was renamed Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc., recognized as a reverse recapitalization. All shares of Qualigen, Inc.’s capital stock were exchanged for Qualigen Therapeutics’ capital stocks in the merger. Ritter/Qualigen Therapeutics common stock, which was previously traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “RTTR,” commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market, on a post-reverse-stock-split adjusted basis, under the ticker symbol “QLGN” on May 26, 2020. Qualigen, Inc. was determined to be the accounting acquirer in a reverse recapitalization based upon the terms of the merger and other factors. All references to financial figures of “the Company” presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and in these Notes as of March 31, 2020 and for the three and six months periods ended September 30, 2019 are those of Qualigen, Inc. Basis of Presentation The Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In management’s opinion, the accompanying statements reflect adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for those periods indicated, and contain adequate disclosure to make the information presented not misleading. Adjustments included herein are of a normal, recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed in the footnotes. The condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended March 31, 2020 included on Form 8-K/A, as filed with the SEC on June 29, 2020. The accompanying condensed balance sheet at March 31, 2020 has been derived from the audited balance sheet at March 31, 2020 contained in the above referenced Form 8-K/A. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year. Accounting Estimates Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing its condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. The most significant estimates relate to the estimated fair value of warrant liabilities, amortization and depreciation, deferred revenue, inventory reserves, allowances for doubtful accounts and returns, and warranty costs. Actual results could vary from the estimates that were used. Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an initial maturity of 90 days or less and money market funds to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank deposits which at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risks on cash and cash equivalents. Inventory, Net Inventory is recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. The Company reviews the components of its inventory on a periodic basis for excess or obsolete inventory, and records specific reserves for identified items. Long-Lived Assets The Company assesses potential impairments to its long-lived assets when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that assets may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the sum of the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets. The amount of impairment loss, if any, will generally be measured as the difference between the net book value of the assets and their estimated fair values. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, no such impairment losses have been recorded. Accounts Receivable, Net The Company grants credit to domestic physicians, clinics, and distributors. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally requires no collateral. Customers can purchase certain products through a financing agreement that the Company has with an outside leasing company. Under the agreement, the leasing company evaluates the credit worthiness of the customer. Upon acceptance of the product by the customer, the leasing company remits payment to the Company at a discount. This financing arrangement is without recourse to the Company. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts and returns equal to the estimated uncollectible amounts or expected returns. The Company’s estimates are based on historical collections and returns and a review of the current status of trade accounts receivable. Accounts receivable is comprised of the following at: September 30, 2020 March 31, 2020 Accounts Receivable $ 202,299 $ 443,663 Less Allowance (22,429 ) (26,541 ) $ 179,870 $ 417,122 Research and Development The Company expenses research and development costs as incurred. Shipping and Handling Costs The Company includes shipping and handling fees billed to customers in net sales. Shipping and handling costs associated with inbound and outbound freight are generally recorded in cost of sales which totaled approximately $29,000 and $28,000, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and approximately $55,000 and $59,000, respectively, for the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. Other shipping and handling costs included in general and administrative, research and development, and sales and marketing expenses totaled approximately $2,000 and $1,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and approximately $7,000 and $2,000 for the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Revenue from Contracts with Customers Effective April 1, 2020, the Company adopted Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 (“ASC 606”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers The core principle of the new revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle: Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract Step 3: Determine the transaction price Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation The Company generates revenue from selling FastPack System analyzers, accessories and disposable products used with the FastPack System. Disposable products include reagent packs which are diagnostic tests for Total PSA, testosterone, thyroid disorders, pregnancy, and Vitamin D. The Company provides the disposable products and equipment in exchange for consideration, which occurs when a customer submits a purchase order and the Company provides disposable products and equipment at the agreed upon prices in the invoice. Generally, customers purchase disposable products using separate purchase orders after the equipment has been provided to the customer. The delivery of the equipment represents a separate performance obligation and is completed upon receipt of the equipment by the customer. The delivery of each individual reagent pack represents a separate performance obligation because the reagent packs are standardized, are not interrelated in any way, and the customer can benefit from each reagent pack without any other product. The Company’s contracts for equipment and disposable products only include fixed consideration. There are no discounts, rebates, returns or other forms of variable consideration. Customers are generally required to pay within 30 days. The delivery of the equipment and the delivery of disposable products are performance obligations satisfied at a point in time. The performance obligation arising from the delivery of the equipment is satisfied upon the delivery of the equipment to the customer. The disposable products are shipped Free on Board (“FOB”) shipping point. For disposable products that are shipped FOB shipping point, the customer has the significant risks and rewards of ownership and legal title to the assets when the disposable products leave the Company’s shipping facilities, thus the customer obtains control and revenue is recognized at that point in time. The Company has elected the practical expedient and accounting policy election to account for the shipping and handling as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer the disposable products and not as a separate performance obligation. The Company’s contracts with customers generally have an expected duration of one year or less, and therefore the Company has elected the practical expedient in ASC 606 to not disclose information about its remaining performance obligations. Any incremental costs to obtain contracts are recorded as selling, general and administrative expense as incurred due to the short duration of the Company’s contracts. Contract balances The timing of the Company’s revenue recognition may differ from the timing of payment by the Company’s customers. The Company records a receivable when revenue is recognized prior to payment and there is an unconditional right to payment. Alternatively, when payment precedes the provision of the related services, the Company records deferred revenue until the performance obligations are satisfied. Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, the Company accounted for its revenue arrangements under ASC 605, Revenue Recognition Revenues from product sales which included both the Company’s proprietary diagnostic equipment (“analyzer”) and various immunoassay products (“reagents”) were generally recognized upon shipment, as no significant continuing performance obligations remained post shipment. Cash payments received in advance were classified as deferred revenue and recorded as a liability. The Company was generally not contractually obligated to accept returns, except for defective products. Revenue was recorded net of an allowance for estimated returns. Multiple element arrangements included contracts that combined both the Company’s analyzer and a customer’s future reagent purchases under a single contract. In some sales contracts, the Company provided analyzers at no charge to customers. Title to the analyzer was maintained by the Company and the analyzer was returned by the customer to the Company at the end of the purchase agreement. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, product sales are stated net of an allowance for estimated returns of approximately $1,000 and $19,000, respectively. Deferred Revenue Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, payments received in advance from customers pursuant to certain collaborative research license agreements, deposits against future product sales, multiple element arrangements and extended warranties are recorded as a current or non-current deferred revenue liability based on the time from the balance sheet date to the future date of revenue recognition. Research and Licenses Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, the Company recognized research revenue over the term of various agreements, as negotiated contracted amounts are earned or reimbursable costs are incurred related to those agreements. Negotiated contracted amounts are earned in relative proportion to the performance required under the applicable contracts. Nonrefundable license fees are recognized over the related performance period or at the time that the Company has satisfied all performance obligations. Any amounts received prior to satisfying these revenue recognition criteria are recorded as deferred revenue. During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized collaborative research revenue of $0 and $40,000, respectively. During the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized collaborative research revenue of $0 and $40,000, respectively. Operating Leases Effective April 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements The Company’s leases typically contain rent escalations over the lease term. The Company recognizes expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, tenant incentives used to fund leasehold improvements are recognized when earned and reduce the Company’s right-of-use (“ROU”) asset related to the lease. These are amortized through the ROU asset as reductions of expense over the lease term. The Company’s office/manufacturing/warehouse/laboratory lease agreement does not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The Company has no lease agreements with lease and non-lease components. Related to the adoption of Topic 842, the Company’s policy elections were as follows: ● The Company has availed itself of this practical expedient for under U.S. GAAP, along with the other practical expedients such as grandfathering lease classifications, and treatment of indirect costs; ● The Company has elected to exclude short-term leases having initial terms of 12 months or less, if any; ● The Company has elected not to separate non-lease components from its leases to account for them separately; ● The Company has elected not to avail itself of the practical expedient of using hindsight to determine the lease term; and ● The Company has elected the alternative transition option, by recognizing a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption (as of April 1, 2020, however, the adoption of the Topic 842 did not have an effect on retained earnings). Property and Equipment, Net Property and equipment are stated at cost and are presented net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided for on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows: Machinery and equipment 5 years Computer equipment 3 years Molds and tooling 5 years Office furniture and equipment 5 years Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or their estimated useful lives. The Company occasionally designs and builds its own machinery. The costs of these projects, which includes the cost of construction and other direct costs attributable to the construction, are capitalized as construction in progress. No provision for depreciation is made on construction in progress until the relevant assets are completed and placed in service. The Company’s policy is to evaluate the remaining lives and recoverability of long-term assets on at least an annual basis or when conditions are present that indicate impairment. Intangible Assets, Net Intangibles consist of patent-related costs and costs for license agreements. Management reviews the carrying value of intangible assets that are being amortized on an annual basis or sooner when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances may indicate that impairment exists. The Company considers relevant cash flow and profitability information, including estimated future operating results, trends and other available information, in assessing whether the carrying value of intangible assets being amortized can be recovered. If the Company determines that the carrying value of intangible assets will not be recovered from the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the underlying assets, the Company considers the carrying value of such intangible assets as impaired and reduces them by a charge to operations in the amount of the impairment. Costs related to acquiring patents and licenses are capitalized and amortized over their estimated useful lives, which is generally 5 to 17 years, using the straight-line method. Amortization of patents and licenses commences once final approval of the patent has been obtained. Patent and licenses costs are charged to operations if it is determined that the patent will not be obtained. The carrying value of the patents of approximately $769,000 and $715,000 at September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, respectively, are stated net of accumulated amortization of approximately $300,000 and $293,000, respectively. Amortization of patents charged to operations for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were approximately $3,000 for each period, and approximately $7,000 and $6,000 for the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Total future estimated amortization of patent costs for the five succeeding years is approximately $7,000 for the remaining six months in the year ending March 31, 2021, approximately $14,000 for each of the years ending March 31, 2022 through 2023, approximately $13,000 for year 2024, approximately $9,000 for year 2025 and approximately $412,000 thereafter. The carrying value of the licenses of approximately $939,000 and $544,000 at September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020 are stated net of accumulated amortization of approximately $398,000 and $395,000, respectively. Amortization of licenses charged to operations for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $2,000, and approximately $3,000 for each of the six month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. Total future estimated amortization of license costs is approximately $4,000 for the remaining six months in the year ending March 31, 2021, approximately $7,000 for each of the years ending March 31, 2022 through 2023 and approximately $3,000 for year 2024, $0 for year 2025 and approximately $520,000 thereafter. Derivative Financial Instruments and Warrant Liabilities The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Depending on the features of the derivative financial instrument, the Company uses either the Black-Scholes option-pricing model or a Monte Carlo simulation to value the derivative instruments at inception and subsequent valuation dates. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period (See Note 8). Fair value measurements ● Level 1 - Inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date; ● Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liability either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not considered to be active; and ● Level 3 - Inputs that are unobservable. Fair Value of Financial Instruments Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and debt are carried at cost, which management believes approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Stock-Based Compensation Stock-based compensation cost for equity awards granted to employees and non-employees is measured at the grant date based on the calculated fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, and is recognized as an expense, under the straight-line method, over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). If we determine that other methods are more reasonable, or other methods for calculating these assumptions are prescribed by regulators, the fair value calculated for our stock options could change significantly. Higher volatility and longer expected lives would result in an increase to stock-based compensation expense to employees and non-employees determined at the date of grant. Income Taxes Deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences in the basis of assets and liabilities for financial statement and income tax reporting that arise due to net operating loss carry forwards, research and development credit carry forwards and from using different methods and periods to calculate depreciation and amortization, allowance for doubtful accounts, accrued vacation, research and development expenses, and state taxes. A provision has been made for income taxes due on taxable income and for the deferred taxes on the temporary differences. The components of the deferred tax asset and liability are individually classified as current and noncurrent based on their characteristics. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. Realization of the deferred income tax asset is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income in future years. Sales and Excise Taxes Sales and other taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to government authorities are recorded as accounts receivable with corresponding tax payable. These balances are removed from the balance sheet as cash is collected from customers and remitted to the tax authority. Warranty Costs The Company’s warranty policy generally provides for one year of coverage against defects and nonperformance within published specifications for sold analyzers and for the term of the contract for equipment held for lease. The Company accrues for estimated warranty costs in the period in which the revenue is recognized based on historical data and the Company’s best estimates of analyzer failure rates and costs to repair. Accrued warranty liabilities were approximately $29,000 and $35,000, respectively, at September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020 and are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the balance sheets. Warranty costs were approximately $28,000 and $27,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and approximately $59,000 and $55,000 for the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in cost of product sales in the statements of operations. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, “ Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) Other accounting standard updates are either not applicable to the Company or are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. |