Commitments and Contingencies | Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies Legal Periodically, the Company reviews the status of significant matters, if any exist, and assesses our potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal claim is considered probable and the amount can be estimated, the Company accrues a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings are subject to uncertainties, and the outcomes are difficult to predict. Because of such uncertainties, accruals are based on the best information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassesses the potential liability related to pending claims and litigation. On December 28, 2018, the Company commenced litigation against BioNucleonics, Inc. (“BNI”) and parties related to BNI in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County (removed to federal court in February 2019). The litigation stems from a license agreement that the Company entered into with BNI in 2016 and amended from time to time. Under the agreement with BNI, the Company were granted a worldwide, exclusive license on certain BNI intellectual property and the option to acquire the BNI IP within three years of the agreement. The BNI IP consists of generic Strontium Chloride SR89 (generic Metastron®) (“SR89”) and all of BNI’s intellectual property relating to it (“BNI IP”). SR89 is a radiopharmaceutical therapeutic for cancer bone pain therapy. The Company believes that it has fulfilled the obligations under the agreement to exercise an option to acquire the BNI IP and has notified BNI of such exercise, but BNI has not transferred the BNI IP to the Company. As a result, the Company has commenced litigation to, among other actions, obtain all of the BNI IP. The Company also seeks judgments against BNI and related parties for the misappropriation of funds, breach of contract, fraud and fraudulent inducement. In February 2019, such lawsuit was removed to the Federal court located in the Southern District of New York. Advisory Agreements The Company entered into customary consulting arrangements with various counterparties to provide consulting services, business development and investor relations services, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue shares of common stock as services are received. Lease Agreement In December 2016, the Subsidiary entered into a lease agreement for its office space located in Cayman Islands for $30,000 per annum. The initial term of the agreement ends in December 2019 and can be renewed for another three years. Rent expense is classified within general and administrative expenses on a straight-line basis and included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows: For the three months ended May 31, For the six months ended May 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018 Rent expense $ 7,500 $ 7,500 $ 15,000 $ 15,000 License Agreement Mannin On October 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Patent and Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement (“Exclusive License”) with a vendor whereby the Company was granted a worldwide, exclusive, license on, and option to, acquire certain intellectual property (“Mannin IP”) which initially focused on developing a first-in-class eye drop treatment for glaucoma within the four-year term of the Exclusive License. On March 26, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the Patent and Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement that it initially entered into with Mannin Research Inc. on October 29, 2015 (the “Mannin Agreement”). Under such amendment, the term of the option granted under the Mannin Agreement was extended to October 29, 2021 in exchange for the Company issuing 100,000 shares to Mannin Research Inc. on April 9, 2019. During the six months ended May 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred approximately $1,277,000 and $1,220,000, respectively, in research and development expenses to fund the costs of development of the eye drop treatment for glaucoma pursuant to the Exclusive License. Washington University On March 9, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement with Washington University for license of a diagnostic marker for determining the severity of glaucoma using the expression levels of Growth Differentiation Factor 15. The agreement calls for the Company to pay an initial fee of approximately $88,000, pay annual maintenance fees ranging from $15,000 to $75,000, make additional payments upon the following milestones: · The first commercial sale of a companion diagnostic product; · Initiation of a clinical trial for a diagnostic product to support FDA PMA or 510(k) regulatory approval or the foreign equivalent; · PMA or 510(k) regulatory approval by the FDA or the foreign equivalent; and · The first commercial sale of a diagnostic product. In additional to the above payments, royalty payments based upon sales of a companion diagnostic product or diagnostic product are required. |