Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and subsequent amendments to the initial guidance (collectively, “Topic 606”) amended the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition. The core principle of Topic 606 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. The Company adopted Topic 606 effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of Topic 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as the Company does not have any contracts with customers.

ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) provides guidance on eight specific cash flow issues, thereby reducing the diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this ASU are applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Company adopted ASU 2016-15 effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of this accounting standards update did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business narrows the definition of a business and provides additional guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. This accounting standards update is required to be applied prospectively to transactions occurring after the date of adoption. The Company adopted ASU 2017-09 effective January 1, 2018. The impact of the adoption on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements was not material but could impact future acquisitions, if any.

ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting provides guidance on determining changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards and require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718 unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) the fair value of the modified award is the same as the fair value of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. If the modification does not affect any of the inputs to the valuation technique that the entity uses to value the award, the entity is not required to estimate the value immediately before and after the modification; (2) the vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified; and (3) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. The amendments should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. The Company adopted ASU 2017-09 effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of this accounting standards update did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. federal government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Act”). The Tax Act contains, among other things, significant changes to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21% for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks, implementing a territorial tax system, and requiring a mandatory one-time tax on U.S. owned undistributed foreign earnings and profits known as the transition tax. In December 2017, SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“SAB 118”) to address the accounting implications of recently enacted U.S. federal tax reform. SAB 118 allows companies to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment date to address ongoing guidance and tax interpretations that are expected over the next 12 months. The Company has adopted SAB 118 and currently considers its accounting of the impact of U.S. federal tax reform to be incomplete but continues to make a reasonable estimate of the effects on our existing deferred tax assets. The Company expects to complete the remainder of the analysis within the measurement period in accordance with SAB 118. Adjustments, if any, are not expected to impact the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss due to the full valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets.

Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Effective

ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) establishes a right-of-use model (“ROU”) that requires all lessees to recognize ROU assets and liabilities for leases with a duration greater than one year on the balance sheet as well as provide disclosures with respect to certain qualitative and quantitative information regarding the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. Both a ROU asset and liability will initially be measured at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. Subsequent measurement, including the presentation of expenses and cash flows, will depend on the classification of the lease as either a finance or an operating lease. Initial costs directly attributable to negotiating and arranging the lease will be included in the asset. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted. Originally, entities were required to adopt ASU 2016-02 using a modified retrospective approach, which required prior periods to be presented under this new standard with various practical expedients allowed. In July 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which now allows entities the option of recognizing the cumulative effect of applying the new standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the year of adoption (January 1, 2019) while continuing to present all prior periods under previous lease accounting guidance. The Company intends to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019 by recognizing a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings and utilizing the practical expedient that allows the Company to not reassess whether an expired or existing contract contains a lease, the classification of leases or initial direct costs. The Company is in the process of inventorying and scoping its existing lease contracts. While the Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this accounting standard update on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, the Company anticipates that ROU assets corresponding liabilities will be recognized in its condensed consolidated balance sheets related to its lease arrangements. The adoption of this accounting standard update is also expected to impact the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statement disclosures.

ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Step 2 measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Under the amendments in ASU 2017-04, an entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The updated guidance requires a prospective adoption. ASU 2017-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the timing and impact of adopting this accounting standard update on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Fair Value Measurements

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued compensation approximate their fair value due to their short maturities.

Authoritative guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:


Level 1:	Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;


Level 2:	Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and


Level 3:	Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

The fair value of cash equivalents was determined based on Level 1 inputs utilizing quoted prices in active markets. The fair value of the Company’s common stock warrant liabilities and contingent consideration liabilities were determined based on Level 3 inputs using valuation models with significant unobservable inputs.

Stock-based Compensation

The Company has adopted certain equity incentive and stock purchase plans as described in the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Net Loss per Share

Basic net loss from continuing operations per share is calculated by dividing net loss from continuing operations by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss from continuing operations per share is calculated by dividing net loss from continuing operations by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potential dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period if the effect is dilutive.