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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

10. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is a party to a lease covering 7,580 square feet of space in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company signed a fourth lease amendment in March 2018, extending the lease through July 2021.  The lease agreement contains free rent and escalating rent payments.  Rent expense is recorded on the straight-line basis over the initial term with the differences between rent expense and rent payments recorded as deferred rent. In November 2017, the Company renewed a lease covering 687 square feet of space in Dexter, MI that expires in October 2019. Total rent expense for all operating leases was $116,640 and $155,513 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017,  respectively.  As of September 30, 2018, future payments related to operating leases activities are presented in the table below.  

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2020 and

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

Operating leases

 

$

31,653

 

 

$

125,660

 

 

$

187,466

 

 

$

344,779

 

 

The Company contracts with various organizations to conduct research and development activities, including clinical trial organizations to manage clinical trial activities.  The scope of the services under these research and development contracts can be modified and the contracts cancelled by the Company upon written notice.  In the event of a cancellation, the Company would be liable for the cost and expenses incurred to date as well as any close out costs of the service arrangement.