Stockholders’ equity: | Note 6. Stockholders’ equity: Capital stock The Company has the authority to issue 400,000,000 300,000,000 100,000,000 Warrants The Company has granted warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock. Warrants may be granted to affiliates in connection with certain agreements. As of September 30, 2024, a cumulative total of 2,824,057 3.73 15.42 Underwriter warrants In connection with the IPO, the Company issued 50,000 7.00 Stock-based compensation The fair value of each option award is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model that uses assumptions for expected volatility, expected dividends, expected term, and the risk-free interest rate. Expected price volatility is based on the historical volatilities of a peer group as the Company does not have a multi-year trading history for its shares. Industry peers consist of several public companies in the biotech industry similar to the Company in size, stage of life cycle and product indications. The Company intends to continue to consistently apply this process using the same or similar public companies until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of the Company’s own stock price becomes available, or unless circumstances change such that the identified companies are no longer similar to the Company, in which case, more suitable companies whose share prices are publicly available would be utilized in the calculation. Expected term of options granted is derived using the “simplified method” which computes expected term as the average of the sum of the vesting term plus contract term. The risk-free rate is based on the 5-year U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a total of 2,370,170 9.1 5.02 10 The following is option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Schedule of option activity Number of shares Weighted average exercise price per share Aggregate intrinsic value Outstanding as January 1, 2024 - $ - $ - Options granted 2,370,170 5.02 - Forfeitures - - - Outstanding as September 30, 2024 2,370,170 $ 5.02 $ - As of September 30, 2024, options exercisable totaled 1,046,335 4.3 Key assumptions used to value stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, are as follows: Schedule of key assumptions used to value stock options Expected volatility 88.8 90.1 % Risk-free interest rate 3.7 % Exercise price $ 5.02 Expected term (in years) 5.1 6.2 Dividend yield - Earnings Per Share During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, outstanding stock options and warrants of 5,194,227 2,774,057 |