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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | NOTE 8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES License Agreements and Royalties CellerateRX Surgical In August 2018, the Company entered an exclusive, world-wide sublicense agreement with CGI Cellerate RX, LLC (“CGI Cellerate RX”) to distribute certain hydrolyzed collagen products, including CellerateRX Surgical, into the surgical and wound care markets. Pursuant to the Sublicense Agreement, the Company paid royalties of 3-5% of annual collected net sales of these products. As amended in January 2021, the term of the sublicense was extended through May 2050, with automatic successive year-to-year renewal terms thereafter so long as the Company’s Net Sales (as defined in the Sublicense Agreement) each year are equal to or in excess of $1,000,000. If the Company’s Net Sales fall below $1,000,000 for any year after the expiration date, CGI Cellerate RX has the right to terminate the Sublicense Agreement upon written notice. Under this agreement, royalty expense, which was recorded in “Cost of goods sold” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, totaled zero and $548,430, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and zero and $1,069,244, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. Sales of CellerateRX Surgical comprised the substantial majority of the Company’s sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. As discussed further in Note 3, on August 1, 2023, the Company purchased certain assets from Applied, including the rights to manufacture and sell certain hydrolyzed collagen products, including CellerateRX Surgical, for use in the human wound care market. In connection with the Applied Asset Purchase, Applied assigned its license agreement with CGI Cellerate RX to SMAT. BIAKŌS Antimicrobial Wound Gel and BIAKŌS Antimicrobial Skin and Wound Cleanser In July 2019, the Company executed a license agreement with Rochal Industries, LLC (“Rochal”), a related party, pursuant to which the Company acquired an exclusive world-wide license to market, sell and further develop antimicrobial products for the prevention and treatment of microbes on the human body utilizing certain Rochal patents and pending patent applications (the “BIAKŌS License Agreement”). Currently, the products covered by the BIAKŌS License Agreement are BIAKŌS Antimicrobial Wound Gel, BIAKŌS Antimicrobial Skin and Wound Cleanser and BIASURGE Advanced Surgical Solution. All three products are 510(k) cleared. Future commitments under the terms of the BIAKŌS License Agreement include:
| ● | The Company pays Rochal a royalty of 2-4% of net sales. The minimum annual royalty due to Rochal was $133,000 for 2023 and will increase by 10% each subsequent calendar year up to a maximum amount of $150,000.
| ● | The Company pays additional royalty annually based on specific net profit targets from sales of the licensed products, subject to a maximum of $1,000,000 during any calendar year.
Unless previously terminated by the parties, the BIAKŌS License Agreement expires with the related patents in December 2031. Under this agreement, royalty expense, which is recorded in “Cost of goods sold” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, was $42,305 and $32,500 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, royalty expense under this agreement was $77,305 and $65,000, respectively. The Company’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is a director of Rochal, and indirectly a significant shareholder of Rochal, and through the potential exercise of warrants, a majority shareholder of Rochal. Another one of the Company’s directors is also a director and significant shareholder of Rochal. CuraShield Antimicrobial Barrier Film and No Sting Skin Protectant In October 2019, the Company executed a license agreement with Rochal pursuant to which the Company acquired an exclusive world-wide license to market, sell and further develop certain antimicrobial barrier film and skin protectant products for use in the human health care market utilizing certain Rochal patents and pending patent applications (the “ABF License Agreement”). Currently, the products covered by the ABF License Agreement are CuraShield Antimicrobial Barrier Film and a no sting skin protectant product. Future commitments under the terms of the ABF License Agreement include:
| ● | The Company will pay Rochal a royalty of 2-4% of net sales. The minimum annual royalty due to Rochal will be $50,000 beginning with the first full calendar year following the year in which first commercial sales of the products occur. The annual minimum royalty will increase by 10% each subsequent calendar year up to a maximum amount of $75,000.
| ● | The Company will pay additional royalties annually based on specific net profit targets from sales of the licensed products, subject to a maximum of $500,000 during any calendar year.
Unless previously terminated or extended by the parties, the ABF License Agreement will terminate upon expiration of the last U.S. patent in October 2033. No commercial sales or royalties have been recognized under this agreement as of June 30, 2024. Debrider License Agreement In May 2020, the Company executed a product license agreement with Rochal, pursuant to which the Company acquired an exclusive world-wide license to market, sell and further develop a debrider for human medical use to enhance skin condition or treat or relieve skin disorders, excluding uses primarily for beauty, cosmetic, or toiletry purposes (the “Debrider License Agreement”). Future commitments under the terms of the Debrider License Agreement include:
| ● | Upon FDA clearance of the licensed products, the Company will pay Rochal $500,000 in cash and an additional $1,000,000, which at the Company’s option may be paid in any combination of cash and its common stock.
| ● | The Company will pay Rochal a royalty of 2-4% of net sales. The minimum annual royalty due to Rochal will be $100,000 beginning with the first full calendar year following the year in which first commercial sales of the licensed products occur and increase by 10% each subsequent calendar year up to a maximum amount of $150,000.
| ● | The Company will pay additional royalty annually based on specific net profit targets from sales of the licensed products, subject to a maximum of $1,000,000 during any calendar year.
Unless previously terminated or extended by the parties, the Debrider License Agreement will expire in October 2034. No commercial sales or royalties have been recognized under this agreement as of June 30, 2024. Rochal Asset Acquisition The Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Rochal effective July 1, 2021, pursuant to which the Company purchased certain assets of Rochal. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, for the three-year period after the effective date, Rochal is entitled to receive consideration for any new product relating to the business that is directly and primarily based on an invention conceived and reduced to practice by a member or members of Rochal’s science team. For the three-year period after the effective date, Rochal is also entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to twenty-five percent of the proceeds received for any Grant (as defined in the asset purchase agreement) by either the Company or Rochal. In addition, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to perform Minimum Development Efforts (as defined in the asset purchase agreement) with respect to certain products under development, which if obtained, will entitle the Company to intellectual property rights from Rochal in respect of such products. Precision Healing Merger Agreement In April 2022, the Company closed a merger transaction with Precision Healing pursuant to which Precision Healing became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, holders of Precision Healing common stock and preferred stock, other than the Company, were entitled to receive closing consideration, consisting of $125,966 in cash consideration, which was paid to stockholders who were not accredited investors, 165,738 shares of the Company’s common stock, which was paid only to accredited investors, and the payment in cash of approximately $0.6 million of transaction expenses of Precision Healing. The Company recorded the issuance of the 165,738 shares to accredited investors and cash payments to nonaccredited investors based on the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on April 4, 2022, which was $30.75. Upon the closing of the merger, the Precision Healing outstanding options previously granted under the Precision Healing Plan converted, pursuant to their terms, into options to acquire an aggregate of 144,191 shares of Company common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $10.71 per share. These options expire between August 2030 and April 2031. In addition, outstanding and unexercised Precision Healing warrants converted into rights to receive warrants to purchase (i) 4,424 shares of the Company’s common stock with an initial exercise price of $7.32 per share and an expiration date of April 22, 2031, and (ii) 12,301 shares of the Company’s common stock with an initial exercise price of $12.05 per share and an expiration date of August 10, 2030. Concurrent with the assumption of the Precision Healing Plan, the Company terminated the ability to offer future awards under the Precision Healing Plan. Pursuant to the merger agreement, upon the achievement of certain performance thresholds, the securityholders of Precision Healing, including the holders of options and warrants to purchase Precision Healing common stock and certain persons promised options to purchase Precision Healing common stock, are also entitled to receive payments of up to $10.0 million, which was accounted for as contingent consideration pursuant to ASC 805. The earnout consideration is payable in cash or, at the Company’s election, is payable to accredited investors in shares of Company common stock at a price per share equal to the greater of (i) $27.13 or (ii) the average closing price of Company common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the date such earnout consideration is due and payable. Pursuant to the merger agreement, a minimum percentage of the earnout consideration may be required to be issued to accredited investors in shares of Company common stock for tax purposes. The amount and composition of the portion of earnout consideration payable is subject to adjustment and offsets as set forth in the merger agreement. Scendia Purchase Agreement In July 2022, the Company closed the Scendia acquisition pursuant to which Scendia became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, the aggregate consideration for the acquisition at closing was approximately $7.6 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The consideration consisted of (i) approximately $1.6 million of cash, subject to certain adjustments, and (ii) 291,686 shares of common stock of the Company. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, at closing, the Company withheld 94,798 Indemnity Holdback Shares, which such Indemnity Holdback Shares were withheld to the extent provided in the purchase agreement to satisfy Phillips’ indemnification obligations and subsequently issued and released to Phillips in July 2023. In addition to the cash consideration and the stock consideration, the purchase agreement provides that Phillips is entitled to receive two potential earnout payments, payable on an annual basis, not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate, which was accounted for as contingent consideration pursuant to ASC 805. The earnout consideration is payable to Phillips in cash or, at the Company’s election, in up to 486,145 shares of the Company’s common stock upon the achievement of certain performance thresholds relating to net revenue attributable to sales of Scendia products during the two-year period following the closing. The Company made the first earnout payment of approximately $693,000 in cash in August 2023. The Company expects the final earnout payment to be made in the third quarter of 2024. Applied Asset Purchase On August 1, 2023, the Company closed the Applied Asset Purchase. The Applied Purchased Assets were purchased for an initial aggregate purchase price of $15.25 million, consisting of (i) the Cash Closing Consideration, (ii) the Stock Closing Consideration and (iii) the Installment Payments. In addition to the Cash Closing Consideration, Stock Closing Consideration and Installment Payments, the Applied Purchase Agreement provides that the Sellers are entitled to receive the Applied Earnout, which is payable to the Sellers in cash, upon the achievement of certain performance thresholds relating to SMAT’s collections from net sales of a collagen-based product currently under development. Upon expiration of the seventh anniversary of the Closing, to the extent the Sellers have not earned the entirety of the Applied Earnout, SMAT shall pay the Sellers the True-Up Payment. The Applied Earnout, minus the True-Up Payment and any Applied Earnout payments already made by SMAT, may be earned at any point in the future, including after the True-Up Payment is made. In connection with the Applied Asset Purchase and pursuant to the Applied Purchase Agreement, effective August 1, 2023, the Company entered into the Petito Services Agreement with the Owner, pursuant to which the Owner, as an independent contractor, agreed to provide the Petito Services. As consideration for the Petito Services, the Owner is entitled to receive: (i) a base salary of $12,000 per month during the term of the Petito Services Agreement, (ii) a royalty payment equal to three percent (3%) of the actual collections from net sales of certain products the Owner develops or codevelops that reach commercialization, (iii) a royalty payment equal to five percent (5%) for the first $50.0 million in aggregate collections from net sales of certain future products and a royalty payment of two and one-half percent (2.5%) on aggregate collections from net sales of certain future products on any amounts exceeding $50.0 million but up to $100.0 million, (iv) $500,000 in cash in the event that 510(k) clearance is issued for any future product accepted by the Company and (v) $1.0 million in cash in the event that a U.S. patent is issued for a certain product; provided that with respect to the incentive payments described in (iv) and (v) of the foregoing, the Owner shall not earn more than $2.5 million. The Petito Services Agreement has an initial term of three years and is subject to automatic successive one-month renewals unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms. The Petito Services Agreement may be terminated upon the Owner’s death or disability or by the Company or the Owner “For Cause” (as defined in the Petito Services Agreement); provided, however, that the base salary described in (i) of the foregoing paragraph shall survive termination through the three-year initial term and the royalty payments and incentive payments described in (ii)-(v) of the foregoing paragraph shall survive termination of the Petito Services Agreement. Other Commitments On December 20, 2023, the Company signed an exclusive license agreement with Tufts University (“Tufts”) to develop and commercialize patented technology covering 18 unique collagen peptides. As part of this agreement, the Company formed a new subsidiary, Sanara Collagen Peptides, LLC (“SCP”) and 10% of SCP’s outstanding units were issued to Tufts. SCP has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize new products based on the licensed patents and patents pending. SCP will pay royalties to Tufts based on net sales of licensed products and technologies. Under the exclusive license agreement, royalties will be calculated at a rate of 1.5% or 3%, depending on the type of product or technology developed. SCP will pay Tufts a minimum annual royalty of $50,000 on January 1 of the year following the first anniversary of the first commercial sale of the licensed products or technologies. SCP will pay Tufts a $100,000 minimum annual royalty on January 1 of each subsequent year during the royalty term specified in the exclusive license agreement. There have been no material accounting impacts related to this arrangement as of June 30, 2024.

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