SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES A summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements is as follows: Use of Estimates The process of preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates having relatively higher significance include the accounting for in-process research and development, stock-based compensation and income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates and changes in estimates may occur. Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturities of less than three months at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. From time to time, the Company may have cash balances in financial institutions in excess of insurance limits. The Company has never experienced any losses related to these balances. Prepaid Expenses Prepaid expenses at September 30, 2024 and 2023 consist of $2,700,000 and $7,734,895 of advance payments made for the preparation of long-lead time drug substance and product costs, respectively, which will be utilized in research and development activities or in the manufacturing of LYMPHIR for sales. Inventory Inventory is stated at the lower of actual accumulated costs or net realizable value as of September 30, 2024 consisting of finished goods of $6,134,895, and work in process of $2,133,862 related to the manufacturing of LYMPHIR commercial products to be sold in 2025. No reserves against inventory were deemed necessary based on an evaluation of the product expiration dating. During 2024, $6,134,895 of prepaid manufacturing costs were transferred to inventory upon product approval and production commencement at our third-party manufacturers. The Company has not yet selected a specific inventory costing methodology (e.g., FIFO or weighted average). Management plans to implement an appropriate inventory costing method prior to the commencement of sales activities. The selection of this method may impact future financial statements once sales begin. Research and Development Research and development costs, including upfront fees and milestones paid to collaborators who are performing research and development activities under contractual agreements with the Company, are expensed as incurred. The Company defers and capitalizes its nonrefundable advance payments that are for research and development activities until the related goods are delivered or the related services are performed. When the Company is reimbursed by a collaboration partner for work the Company performs, it records the costs incurred as research and development expenses and the related reimbursement as a reduction to research and development expenses in its statement of operations. Research and development expenses primarily consist of clinical and non-clinical studies, materials and supplies, third-party costs for contracted services, and payments related to external collaborations and other research and development related costs. In-process Research and Development and License Payable The Company capitalizes intangible assets purchased from others for use in research and development activities as In Process Research & Development (IPR&D) when the assets acquired have an alternative future use, the Company anticipates future economic benefit from that use and the assets acquired are not dependent on future development. Milestone payments upon regulatory approval that meet the same criteria are capitalized when the payments are considered recoverable based on expected future cash flows. Amortization of IPR&D over the exclusive regulatory period of the acquired asset commences upon revenue generation. In-process research and development of $73,400,000 consists of an initial $40,000,000 payment to Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (“DRL”) in September 2021, and $27,500,000 and $5,900,000 for approval milestone amounts payable to DRL and Eisai, respectively, that came due during 2024. Of these amounts $28,400,000 is included in license payable at September 30, 2024. The value of our September 2021 acquisition of an exclusive license for LYMPHIR (denileukin diftitox), a late-stage oncology immunotherapy for the treatment of CTCL, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is expected to be amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of twelve years, (the FDA exclusivity period), commencing upon revenue generation which is expected in the first half of 2025. Included in the IPR&D is the historical know-how, formula protocols, designs, and procedures which were used in the completion of the Phase 3. In addition, the contracts acquired in connection with Dr. Reddy’s transaction with the clinical research and manufacturing organization are at market rates and could be provided by multiple vendors in the marketplace. Therefore, there is no fair value associated with the contracts acquired. The Company reviews intangible assets annually to determine if any adverse conditions exist or a change in circumstances has occurred that would indicate impairment or a change in the remaining useful life of any intangible asset. If the carrying value of an asset exceeds its undiscounted cash flows, the Company writes down the carrying value of the intangible asset to its fair value in the period identified. No impairment has occurred since the acquisitions through September 30, 2024. Patents and Trademarks Certain costs of outside legal counsel related to obtaining trademarks for the Company are capitalized. Patent costs are amortized over the legal life of the patents, generally twenty years, starting at the patent issuance date. There are no capitalized patents and trademarks as of September 30, 2024. The costs of unsuccessful and abandoned applications are expensed when abandoned. The costs of maintaining existing patents are expensed as incurred. Stock-Based Compensation The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to employees and directors as an expense in the statements of operations over the requisite service period based on the fair value for each stock award on the grant date. The fair value of each option grant is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Because the Company’s stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, the existing model may not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of fair value of the Company’s stock options. The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to non-employees as an expense in the statements of operations over the service period based on the measurement of fair value for each stock award and records forfeitures as they occur. Income Taxes The Company files consolidated income tax returns with Citius Pharmaceuticals. The Company follows accounting guidance regarding the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of uncertain tax positions in the financial statements. Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Company’s tax returns are required to be evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authorities. Tax positions not deemed to meet a more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded in the financial statements. There are no uncertain tax positions that require accrual or disclosure as of September 30, 2024. Any interest or penalties are charged to expense. During the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not recognize any interest and penalties. The Company is subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities for all tax years since inception. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities based on differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, for deferred tax assets for which it does not consider realization of such assets to be “more-likely-than-not.” The deferred tax benefit or expense for the period represents the change in the deferred tax asset or liability from the beginning to the end of the period. Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share Basic and diluted net loss per common share applicable to common stockholders is computed by dividing net loss in each period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during such period. For the periods presented, common stock equivalents, consisting of options were not included in the calculation of the diluted loss per share because they were anti-dilutive. Segment Reporting The Company currently operates as a single segment. Concentrations of Credit Risk The Company has no significant off-balance-sheet concentration of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other hedging arrangements. Recently Issued Accounting Standards Reportable Segment Disclosures In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The change in the standard improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The changes improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis for all public entities to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The standard will be applied retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its financial statement disclosures. Income Tax Disclosures In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The standard enhances the transparency, decision usefulness and effectiveness of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the reconciliation of income taxes computed using the enacted statutory income tax rate to the actual income tax provision and effective income tax rate, as well as the disaggregation of income taxes paid (refunded) by jurisdiction. The standard also requires disclosure of income (loss) before provision for income taxes and income tax expense (benefit) in accordance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation S-X 210.4-08(h), Rules of General Application – General Notes to Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense, and the removal of disclosures no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. The guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The standard will be applied on a prospective basis, with retrospective application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its financial statement disclosures. Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement Reporting–Comprehensive Income–Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The standard update improves the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses by requiring more detailed information about the types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and amortization) included within income statement expense captions. The guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The standard updates are to be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard update on its financial statement disclosures. |