Randwick Medical Laboratory Ltd, RMLL, a medical research entity, has discovered a cure for a previously incurable disease. RMLL is protecting the drug’s formula by keeping it secure in the company vault, rather than by patenting it. RMLL shortly plans to start discussions with vitally interested pharmaceutical companies about producing the drug for commercial sale. Being the first of its kind and, therefore, unique, RMLL has no idea as to the formula’s value. Costs incurred to date in developing the formula are impossible to identify, given that the cure was discovered as a by-product of another research project. Required Outline how RMLL should account for the formula, justifying your answer by reference to relevant definitions and recognition criteria.

Randwick Medical Laboratory Ltd, RMLL, a medical research entity, has discovered a cure for a previously incurable disease. RMLL is protecting the drug’s formula by keeping it secure in the company vault, rather than by patenting it. RMLL shortly plans to start discussions with vitally interested pharmaceutical companies about producing the drug for commercial sale. Being the first of its kind and, therefore, unique, RMLL has no idea as to the formula’s value. Costs incurred to date in developing the formula are impossible to identify, given that the cure was discovered as a by-product of another research project. Required Outline how RMLL should account for the formula, justifying your answer by reference to relevant definitions and recognition criteria.

Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305961883

Author:Carl Warren

Publisher:Carl Warren

Chapter12: Differential Analysis And Product Pricing

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