| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and notes thereto. Although these estimates are based on the Company’s knowledge of current events and actions it may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately materially differ from these estimates. Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, cash equivalents were comprised primarily of money market funds. Cash and cash equivalents held at financial institutions may at times exceed federally insured amounts. We believe we mitigate such risk by investing in or through major financial institutions. Inventory Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. BTI capitalizes inventory costs associated with the Company’s products prior to regulatory approval, when, based on management’s judgment, future commercialization is considered probable and the future economic benefit is expected to be realized; otherwise, such costs are expensed. As of March 31, 2022, inventory balances include inventory costs prior to regulatory approval of BXCL501. Inventory consists of raw materials. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels to identify inventory that may expire prior to expected sale or has a cost basis in excess of its estimated realizable value and writes down such inventories as appropriate. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated and amortized over the shorter of their remaining lease term or their estimated useful life on a straight-line basis as follows: Equipment 3-5 years Furniture 7 years Leasehold improvements Lesser of life of improvement or lease term Expenditures for maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the useful lives of the respective assets are expensed as incurred. When assets are sold or retired, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from their respective accounts and any resulting gain or loss is included within general and administrative expenses in the statements of operations. The Company follows the guidance provided by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment-Overall Leases We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, other current liabilities, and the long-term portion of operating lease liabilities in our balance sheet. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we used an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. We use the implicit rate when readily determinable. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any prepaid lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Our leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease; such options are included in determining the lease term when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Renewal options were not included in our calculation of the related asset and liability since it is not reasonably certain we will exercise the relevant option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation The Company’s stock-based awards are valued at fair value on the date of grant and that fair value is recognized over the requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method. The estimated fair value of stock-based awards was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model on the date of grant. Prior to the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”), significant judgment and estimates were used to estimate the fair value of these awards. Stock awards granted by the Company subsequent to the IPO are valued using market prices at the date of grant. The Black-Scholes pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables including, but not limited to, the strike price of the instrument, the Company’s current stock price, the risk-free rate, the expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. The value of the awards are recognized as an expense in the statement of operations over the requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, by reversing compensation cost when the award is forfeited. Research and Development Costs Research and development expenses include wages, benefits, facilities, supplies, external services, clinical study, manufacturing costs and other expenses that are directly related to the Company’s research and development activities. At the end of the reporting period, the Company compares payments made to third-party service providers to the estimated progress toward completion of the research or development objectives. Depending on the timing of payments to the service providers and the progress that the Company estimates has been made for the program as a result of the level of service provided, the Company may record net prepaid or accrued expense relating to these costs. Such estimates are subject to change as additional information becomes available. The Company expenses research and development costs as incurred. Expenses Accrued Under Contractual Arrangements As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our accrued expenses. This process involves reviewing open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with our applicable personnel to identify services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of actual cost. The majority of our service providers invoice us monthly in arrears for services performed. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date in our financial statements based on facts and circumstances known to us at that time. We periodically confirm the accuracy of our estimates with the service providers and make adjustments if necessary. We base our expenses related to clinical trials on our estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to contracts with multiple research institutions and contract research organizations (“CROs”) that conduct and manage clinical trials on our behalf. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation, vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. Payments under some of these contracts depend on factors such as the successful enrollment of patients and the completion of clinical trial milestones. In accruing expenses, we estimate the time period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period, which is based on an established protocol specific to each clinical trial. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from our estimate, we adjust the accrual accordingly. Although we do not expect our estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, our understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in us reporting amounts that are too high or too low in any particular period. Patent Costs Costs related to filing and pursuing patent applications are recorded as general and administrative expense and expensed as incurred since recoverability of such expenditures is uncertain. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Company applies the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs. Level 2: Directly or indirectly observable inputs as of the reporting date through correlation with market data, including quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and quoted prices in markets that are not active. Level 2 also includes assets and liabilities that are valued using models or other pricing methodologies that do not require significant judgment since the input assumptions used in the models, such as interest rates and volatility factors, are corroborated by readily observable data from actively quoted markets for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and reflect the use of significant management judgment. These values are generally determined using pricing models for which the assumptions utilize management’s estimates of market participant assumptions. In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible, as well as considering counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value. The carrying amounts of cash and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $200,435 and $232,968, respectively, primarily in U.S. government money market accounts (included in cash and cash equivalents) which was valued based on Level 1 inputs. There were no transfers between levels within the hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021. Earnings (Loss) Per Share Basic earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) is calculated in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share , by dividing net income or loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock that were outstanding. Diluted EPS is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of shares of common stock that were outstanding for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. In periods in which a net loss is recorded, no effect is given to potentially dilutive securities, since the effect would be antidilutive. Securities that could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive. Segment Information The Company operates in a single segment. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. To date, our chief operating decision maker has made such decisions and assessed performance at the Company level as one segment. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Recently adopted accounting pronouncements In December 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12 , Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes Accounting Pronouncements effective in future periods In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, and subsequent amendments to the initial guidance (collectively, “Topic 326”). Topic 326 requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held. Topic 326 was to be effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842) - Effective Dates , which deferred the effective dates of Topic 326 for the Company, until fiscal year 2023. |
