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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Going Concern Policy [Policy Text Block]
Going Concern
 
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company has
not
yet achieved operating income, and its operations are funded primarily from debt and equity financings. However, losses are anticipated in the ongoing development of its business and there can be
no
assurance that the Company will be able to achieve or maintain profitability.
 
The continuing operations of the Company and the recoverability of the carrying value of assets is dependent upon the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to fund its working capital requirements, and upon future profitable operations. The accompanying financial statements do
not
include any adjustments relative to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
There can be
no
assurance that capital will be available as necessary to meet the Company’s working capital requirements or, if the capital is available, that it will be on terms acceptable to the Company. The issuances of additional equity securities by the Company
may
result in dilution in the equity interests of its current stockholders. Obtaining commercial loans, assuming those loans would be available, will increase the Company’s liabilities and future cash commitments. If the Company is unable to obtain financing in the amounts and on terms deemed acceptable, the business and future success
may
be adversely affected and the Company
may
cease operations. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
Under the Financial Account Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”), we are permitted to elect to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value, with the change in fair value recorded in earnings. We elected
not
to measure any eligible items using the fair value option. Consistent with Fair Value Measurement Topic of the FASB ASC, we implemented guidelines relating to the disclosure of our methodology for periodic measurement of our assets and liabilities recorded at fair market value.
 
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A
three
-tier fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level
1
measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level
3
measurements). These tiers include:
 
 
Level
1,
defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
 
Level
2,
defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are
not
active; and
 
Level
3,
defined as unobservable inputs in which little or
no
market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which
one
more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
 
Our Level
1
assets and liabilities primarily include our cash and cash equivalents. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities. The carrying amounts of accounts receivable, prepaid expense, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, advances from investors, and notes payable approximate fair value due to the immediate or short-term maturities of these financial instruments.
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Policy Text Block]
Stock-Based Compensation
 
Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in accordance with FASB ASC Topic
718,
Compensation – Stock Compensation
, for stock and stock options awarded in return for services rendered. The expense is measured at the grant-date fair value of the award and recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the service period, which is the vesting period. The Company estimates forfeitures that it expects will occur and records expense based upon the number of awards expected to vest.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
The Company classifies investments as cash equivalents if the original maturity of an investment is
three
months or less.
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Policy Text Block]
Revenue Recognition
 
In
May 2014,
the FASB issued ASU
2014
-
09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance in
August 2015,
March 2016,
April 2016,
May 2016,
and
December 2016
within ASU
2015
-
14,
ASU
2016
-
08,
ASU
2016
-
10,
ASU
2016
-
12
and ASU
2016
-
20,
respectively. The core principle of this new revenue recognition guidance is that a company will recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred 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 new guidance defines a
five
-step process to achieve this core principle. The new guidance also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance provides for
two
transition methods, a full retrospective approach and a modified retrospective approach.
 
On
January 1, 2018,
the Company adopted ASC Topic
606
using the modified retrospective method with
no
impact to the opening retained earnings and determined there were
no
changes required to its reported revenues as a result of the adoption.  An analysis of contracts with customers under the new revenue recognition standard was consistent with the Company's current revenue recognition model, whereby revenue is recognized primarily on the date products are shipped to the customer.  The Company has enhanced its disclosures of revenue to comply with the new guidance.
 
Results for reporting periods beginning after
January 1, 2018
are presented under ASC Topic
606,
while prior period amounts were
not
adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with ASC Topic
605,
"Revenue Recognition."
 
The Company's primary source of revenue is the sale of products within
three
business units: the Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Consumer Product Divisions.
 
The Medical division periodically provides medical equipment to metabolism treatment centers in Taiwan and Hong Kong.  Additionally, this division provides TissueAid
TM
wound closure products to hospitals, clinics, and doctors' offices.  The Consumer Product division provides nutraceuticals and food supplements in Asian markets. Revenues are recognized for both these revenue streams when an agreement is in place, the price is fixed, title for product passes to the customer or services have been provided and collectability is reasonably assured, which is generally upon delivery to the customer. Revenues are recorded net of sales taxes.
 
The Pharmaceutical Division is currently seeking to leverage the Company's intellectual property and core technology, low-dose oral interferon, to expand treatment of the aforementioned neoplastic, viral, and fibrotic diseases as well as other potential indications.
 
Revenue recognized during the year ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was generated by the Consumer Product division
Receivables, Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts to ensure trade and notes receivable are
not
overstated due to non-collectability. The Company’s allowance is based on a variety of factors, including age of the receivable, significant
one
-time events, historical experience, and other risk considerations. The Company had
no
material accounts receivable and
no
allowance at
December 31, 2019
or
2018.
$7,320
of uncollectible accounts receivables were written off in
2018.
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Inventory
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on a
first
-in,
first
-out basis. The Company continually assesses the appropriateness of inventory valuations giving consideration to slow-moving, non-saleable, out-of-date or close-dated inventory.
Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are stated on the basis of historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the
two
to
seven
year estimated useful lives of the assets.
Intangible Assets, Finite-Lived, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Patents and Patent Expenditures
 
ABI holds patent license agreements and maintains patents that are owned by the Company. All patent license agreements remain in effect over the life of the underlying patents. Accordingly, the patent license fee is being amortized over the estimated life of the patent using the straight-line method. Patent fees and legal fees associated with the issuance of new owned patents are capitalized and amortized over the estimated
15
to
20
year life of the patent. The Company continually evaluates the amortization period and carrying basis of patents to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant a revised estimated useful life or impairment in value.
No
patent costs were written off for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018,
the Company wrote off patent costs with a net book value of approximately
$16,000
related to patents that have been dropped.
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Long-lived Assets
 
Impairment losses are recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets' carrying amount.
No
impairment losses have been recorded since inception.
Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Income Taxes
 
The asset and liability approach is used to account for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than
not
to be realized.
Research and Development Expense, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Research and Development
 
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. During the years ended
December 31, 2019,
and
December 31, 2018,
the Company incurred
$52,510
and
$32,591,
respectively, in expenses towards research activities associated with the development of its proprietary pulsatile infusion treatment. Other than corporate administrative and professional accounting fees related to maintaining public listing requirements, a significant portion, if
not
all, of the Company’s Selling, General & Administrative expenses were also allocated towards the research and development of ABI’s proprietary pulsatile insulin treatment.
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Basic and Diluted Net
Income (
Loss
)
Per Share
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
potentially dilutive shares of
3,099,867
are
not
included in the calculation of fully diluted net loss per share as the effect with a net loss would be antidilutive.
Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Concentration of Credit Risk
 
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company has cash balances in a single U.S. financial institution which, from time to time, could exceed the federally insured limit of
$250,000.
The Company maintains multiple accounts in its Taiwan Branch office which help to mitigate risk. As of
December 31, 2019,
cash held in Taiwan accounts amounted to
$69,634.No
loss has been incurred related to the aforementioned concentration of cash.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
No.
2016
-
02
(ASU
2016
-
02
), Leases (Topic
842
). ASU
2016
-
02
requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than
12
months, as well as the disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements. ASU
2016
-
02
requires recognition in the statement of operations of a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term, generally on a straight-line basis. ASU
2016
-
02
requires classification of all cash payments within operating activities in the statement of cash flows. Disclosures are required to provide the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. ASU
2016
-
02
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018,
including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. The Company adopted ASU
2016
-
02
effective
January 1, 2019.
There was
no
impact on the Company’s financial statement presentation or disclosures.
 
In
June 2018,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2018
-
07,
Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic
718
): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU
2018
-
07”
). ASU
2018
-
07
expands the scope of Topic
718
to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. ASU
2018
-
07
also clarifies that Topic
718
does
not
apply to share-based payments used to effectively provide (
1
) financing to the issuer or (
2
) awards granted in conjunction with selling goods or services to customers as part of a contract accounted for under Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
). ASU
2018
-
07
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018,
including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU
2018
-
07
in the quarter beginning
January 1, 2019.
The adoption of ASU
2018
-
07
is
not
expected to have any impact on the Company’s financial statement presentation or disclosures.
 
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, its Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Securities and Exchange Commission did
not
or are
not
believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future financial statements.