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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less from date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consisted of money market funds at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

 

Use of Estimates

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and include certain estimates and assumptions which affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, including contingencies. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates.

Concentration of Risks

 

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company primarily maintains its cash balances with financial institutions in federally insured accounts. The Company has not experienced any losses to date resulting from this practice.

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiary. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company’s property and equipment at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consisted of computer and office equipment and machinery and equipment with estimated useful lives of three to five years.

 

Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s intangible assets consist of technology licenses and website development costs, and are carried at the legal cost to obtain them. Intangible assets are amortized using the straight line method over the estimated useful life. Useful lives are as follows: technology licenses, five to 15 years; website development costs, three years.

 

Impairments

 

The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets, including other intangible assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable in accordance with ASC Topic 360-10-35, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” The determination of related estimated useful lives and whether or not these assets are impaired involves significant judgments, related primarily to the future profitability and/or future value of the assets. The Company records an impairment charge if it believes an investment has experienced a decline in value that is other than temporary.

 

Management has determined that no impairments were required as of December 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company's financial instruments primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable. All instruments are accounted for on the historical cost basis, which, due to the short maturity of these financial instruments, approximates the fair value at the reporting dates of these financial statements.

 

ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets accessible at the measurement date.

 

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the instrument are only used when there is little, if any, market activity for the instrument at the measurement date. Price or valuation techniques require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes and the related accounts under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the income tax bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is applied against any net deferred tax asset if, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

There are no unrecognized tax benefit included in the consolidated balance sheets that would, if recognized, affect the effective tax rate.

 

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.  The Company had no accrual for interest or penalties on its balance sheets at December 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010, and has not recognized interest and/or penalties in the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  See Note 9 - Income Taxes. Further, the Company currently has no open tax years, subject to audit prior to December 31, 2008.

 

Accounting for Share-Based Payments

 

The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 718, which establishes the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges equity securities for services and requires companies to expense the estimated fair value of these awards over the requisite service period. FPM uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model in determining fair value. Accordingly, compensation cost has been recognized using the fair value method and expected term accrual requirements as prescribed, which resulted in employee stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 of $1,736,917, and $86,985, respectively, and $2,304,179 for the period from June 13, 2003 (inception) to December 31, 2011.

 

A portion of the 2011 expense was the result of changes to the terms of previously granted options in the Merger. The number of shares increased (3 for 2) and the exercise prices decreased.

 

The Company accounts for share-based payments granted to non-employees in accordance with ASC Topic 505, “Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees.” The Company determines the fair value of the stock-based payment as either the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.  If the fair value of the equity instruments issued is used, it is measured using the stock price and other measurement assumptions as of the earlier of either (1) the date at which a commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached, or (2) the date at which the counterparty’s performance is complete.

 

The fair value of each share-based payment is estimated on the measurement date using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions:

 

    2011     2010  
             
Risk-free interest rate     2.69% - 3.90 %     2.43 %
Expected volatility     72.06% - 117 %     75% - 134.06 %
Dividend yield        none           none  

 

Earnings per Share

 

The Company computes net income (loss) per common share in accordance with ASC Topic 260. Net income (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of outstanding common shares and the dilutive effect of common share equivalents, such as options and warrants to purchase common stock, and convertible notes, if applicable, that are outstanding each year.

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share were the same for the years ending December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, as including common stock equivalents in the calculation of diluted earnings per share would have been antidilutive. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had outstanding options exercisable for 4,167,584 shares of its common stock and warrants exercisable for 4,843,531 shares of its common stock.  At December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding options exercisable for 2,072,995 shares of its common stock, and warrants exercisable for 410,278 shares of common stock, and notes payable and accrued interest convertible into 201,000 shares of common stock.

 

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Segment Reporting

The Company has determined that it operates in only one segment currently, which is biopharmaceutical research and development. 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued additional authoritative guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures. The guidance requires a roll forward, separately presenting information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis, rather than net, of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2010, the FASB issued additional authoritative guidance clarifying the required disclosures of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations. The guidance is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010.

 

In December 2010, the FASB issued additional authoritative guidance on accounting for goodwill. The guidance clarifies the impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2011, the FASB issued further additional authoritative guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures. The new guidance results in a consistent definition of fair value and common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring entities to present net income and other comprehensive income (OCI) in one continuous statement or two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and comprehensive income. The option to present items of OCI in the statement of changes in equity has been eliminated. The new requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and for interim reporting periods within those years. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued revised guidance intended to simplify how an entity tests goodwill for impairment. The amendments will allow an entity first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. An entity will no longer be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.