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Commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Commitments [Abstract] |
Commitments | Commitments We are committed to payments totaling $5,980,454 during 2018 for activities related to our clinical trial, manufacturing and collaboration programs. We are committed to rental payments (excluding our portion of operating costs and rental taxes) under the terms of our office leases. Annual payments under the terms of these leases are as follows:
| Amount $
2018 | 285,987 |
2019 | 251,743 |
2020 | 159,990 |
2021 | 43,130 |
| 740,850 |
Under a clinical trial agreement entered into with the Alberta Cancer Board (“ACB”), we have agreed to repay the amount funded under the agreement together with a royalty, to a combined maximum amount of $400,000 plus an overhead repayment of $100,000, upon sales of a specified product. We agreed to repay the ACB in annual installments in an amount equal to the lesser of: (a) 5% of gross sales of a specified product; or (b) $100,000 per annum once sales of a specified product commence.

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