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License Agreements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
License Agreement [Abstract] |
License Agreements | 8. License Agreements UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (“UTHSCSA”) License Agreement On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a Patent and Know-How License Agreement with UTHSCSA, pursuant to which UTHSCSA 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 containing nanoliposomes loaded with imaging and/or therapeutic payloads. 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. The transaction terms included an upfront payment of $0.4 million in cash and $0.3 million in the Company's voting stock. The transaction terms also included success-based milestone and royalty payments contingent on key clinical, regulatory and sales milestones, as well as the requirement to pay 15% of any non-dilutive monetary awards or grants received from external agencies to support product development of the nanoliposome encapsulated BMEDA-chelated radioisotope, which includes grants from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas ("CPRIT"). As of December 31, 2024, the Company accrued $1.0 million of payments due to NanoTx as a result of the CPRIT grant received (Note 11).

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