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License Agreement

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

8.	License Agreements

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (“UTHSA”) License Agreement

On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a Patent and Know-How License Agreement (the “UTHSA License Agreement”) with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, pursuant to which UTHSA granted the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, exclusive, fully paid-up license, with the right to sublicense and to make, develop, commercialize and otherwise exploit certain patents, know-how and technology related to the development of biodegradable alginate microspheres (BAM) containing nanoliposomes loaded with imaging and/or therapeutic payloads.

Pursuant to the UTHSA License Agreement, the Company was required to make an upfront payment, which was recorded as in-process research and development acquired in the condensed statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The upfront payment was paid in cash in January 2022.

NanoTx License Agreement

On March 29, 2020, the Company and NanoTx, Corp. (“NanoTx”) entered into a Patent and Know-How License Agreement (the “NanoTx License Agreement”), pursuant to which NanoTx granted the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, exclusive, fully paid-up license, with the right to sublicense and to make, develop, commercialize and otherwise exploit certain patents, know-how and technology related to the development of radiolabeled nanoliposomes.

On May 7, 2020, all closing conditions under the NanoTx License Agreement were satisfied and the Company paid an upfront cash payment and issued 230,769 shares of its common stock to NanoTx. Cash and the fair value of common stock issued is recorded as in-process research and development expenses, pursuant to authoritative literature for asset acquisition, in the statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2020.