INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Investment In Surface Ophthalmics Inc. And Agreements - Related Party Transactions
INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company entered into an asset purchase and license agreement with Surface in 2017 and amended it in April 2018 (the “Surface License Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the Surface License Agreements, the Company assigned and licensed to Surface certain intellectual property and related rights associated with Surface’s drug candidates (collectively, the “Surface Products”). Surface is required to make mid-single digit royalty payments to the Company on net sales of the Surface Products while any patent rights remain outstanding. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company owned 3,500,000 shares of Surface common stock. Adrienne Graves and Perry J. Sternberg, directors of the Company, also are directors of Surface. Mark L. Baum, who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, was previously a member of the Surface board of directors and resigned from his position as a director of Surface on March 31, 2023.

INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Investment In Surface Ophthalmics Inc. And Agreements - Related Party Transactions

INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company entered into an asset purchase and license agreement with Surface in 2017 and amended it in April 2018 (the “Surface License Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the Surface License Agreements, the Company assigned and licensed to Surface certain intellectual property and related rights associated with Surface’s drug candidates (collectively, the “Surface Products”). Surface is required to make mid-single digit royalty payments to the Company on net sales of the Surface Products while any patent rights remain outstanding.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company owned 3,500,000 shares of Surface common stock. Adrienne Graves and Perry J. Sternberg, directors of the Company, also are directors of Surface. Mark L. Baum, who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, was previously a member of the Surface board of directors and resigned from his position as a director of Surface on March 31, 2023.