Contingent Liabilities and Commitments	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Contingent Liabilities and Commitments [Abstract]
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS	11. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS Our bylaws, as amended, in effect provide that the Company will indemnify its officers and directors against any liability arising from their responsibilities as officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, we make similar indemnity undertakings with each director through a separate indemnification agreement with that director. The maximum payment that we may be required to make under such provisions is theoretically unlimited and is impossible to determine. We maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which may provide reimbursement to the Company for payments made to, or on behalf of, officers and directors pursuant to the indemnification provisions. Our indemnification obligations were grandfathered under the provisions of Codification Topic 460, Guarantees. Accordingly, we have recorded no liability for such obligations as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022. Since our incorporation, we have had no occasion to make any indemnification payment to any of our officers or directors for any reason. The development, manufacturing and marketing of animal health care products entails an inherent risk that liability claims will be asserted against us during the normal course of business. We are aware of no such claims against us as of the date of this filing. We believe that we have reasonable levels of liability insurance to support our operations. We enter into agreements with third parties in the ordinary course of business under which we are obligated to indemnify such third parties from and against various risks and losses. The precise terms of such indemnities vary with the nature of the agreement. In many cases, we limit the maximum amount of our indemnification obligations, but in some cases those obligations may be theoretically unlimited. We have not incurred material expenses in discharging any of these indemnification obligations and based on our analysis of the nature of the risks involved, we believe that the fair value of the liabilities potentially arising under these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, we recorded no liabilities for such obligations as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022. We plan to purchase certain key parts (syringes) and services (formulation, aseptic filling and final packaging of Drug Product) pertaining to Re-Tain^®, our Nisin-based intramammary treatment of subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows, exclusively from contractors. We initiated an investment in the necessary equipment to perform the Drug Product formulation and aseptic filling services in-house, but this investment has been paused at the present time. Effective March 28, 2022, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Separation and Deferred Compensation Agreement (the “Deferred Compensation Agreement”) with Mr. Brigham, its President and CEO, that superseded and replaced in its entirety a March 2020 severance agreement between the Company and Mr. Brigham. Upon separation from the Company for any reason, Mr. Brigham’s Deferred Compensation Agreement allows Mr. Brigham to be paid, among other amounts, all earned and unused paid time off (which amount totaling $222,379 was accrued during the first quarter of 2022 and $230,162 and $222,379 was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) and to receive up to an additional $300,000 in deferred compensation (which amount is being accrued over the three-year period ending in January 2025). This deferred compensation payment vested as to $100,000 on January 1, 2023, and will vest as to an additional $100,000 on each of January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025, provided that Mr. Brigham is employed by the Company on these future vesting dates. The vested amounts would be paid upon the earlier of January 31, 2025 or within thirty (30) days following his separation from the Company. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $175,000 and $100,000, respectively, was included as part of accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheets. In addition, upon termination of Mr. Brigham’s employment (a) by the Company other than for cause, (b) due to death or disability or (c) by Mr. Brigham for good reason, in each case as described and defined in the Deferred Compensation Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Mr. Brigham 100% of his then current annual base salary and a lump sum payment equal to the employer portion of the costs of continued health benefits for Mr. Brigham and his covered dependents for a twelve-month period following termination, and certain equity incentive awards granted to Mr. Brigham would continue to vest following such termination in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Agreement. We generally enter into incentive compensation agreements with our three executive officers annually. These agreements, which are publicly filed, with Mr. Brigham (our President and CEO), Ms. Brockmann (our Vice President of Sales and Marketing) and Ms. Williams (our Vice President of Manufacturing Operations) allows these executives to earn incentive compensation if certain regulatory and financial objectives are met during the year to which the agreement relates, as specified in their agreements. Amounts related to these incentive compensation agreements are accrued over the period they are earned (when it is probable that the amounts will be earned) based on our best estimate of the amounts expected to be earned. In addition to the commitments discussed above, we had committed $953,000 to increase our production capacity for the First Defense^® product line, $1,754,000 to the purchase of inventory, $23,000 related to the commercial manufacture of Re-Tain^® and $446,000 to other obligations as of September 30, 2023.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments [Abstract]

11. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Our bylaws, as amended, in effect provide that the Company will indemnify its officers and directors against any liability arising from their responsibilities as officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, we make similar indemnity undertakings with each director through a separate indemnification agreement with that director. The maximum payment that we may be required to make under such provisions is theoretically unlimited and is impossible to determine. We maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which may provide reimbursement to the Company for payments made to, or on behalf of, officers and directors pursuant to the indemnification provisions. Our indemnification obligations were grandfathered under the provisions of Codification Topic 460, Guarantees. Accordingly, we have recorded no liability for such obligations as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022. Since our incorporation, we have had no occasion to make any indemnification payment to any of our officers or directors for any reason.

The development, manufacturing and marketing of animal health care products entails an inherent risk that liability claims will be asserted against us during the normal course of business. We are aware of no such claims against us as of the date of this filing. We believe that we have reasonable levels of liability insurance to support our operations.

We enter into agreements with third parties in the ordinary course of business under which we are obligated to indemnify such third parties from and against various risks and losses. The precise terms of such indemnities vary with the nature of the agreement. In many cases, we limit the maximum amount of our indemnification obligations, but in some cases those obligations may be theoretically unlimited. We have not incurred material expenses in discharging any of these indemnification obligations and based on our analysis of the nature of the risks involved, we believe that the fair value of the liabilities potentially arising under these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, we recorded no liabilities for such obligations as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.

We plan to purchase certain key parts (syringes) and services (formulation, aseptic filling and final packaging of Drug Product) pertaining to Re-Tain^®, our Nisin-based intramammary treatment of subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows, exclusively from contractors. We initiated an investment in the necessary equipment to perform the Drug Product formulation and aseptic filling services in-house, but this investment has been paused at the present time.

Effective March 28, 2022, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Separation and Deferred Compensation Agreement (the “Deferred Compensation Agreement”) with Mr. Brigham, its President and CEO, that superseded and replaced in its entirety a March 2020 severance agreement between the Company and Mr. Brigham. Upon separation from the Company for any reason, Mr. Brigham’s Deferred Compensation Agreement allows Mr. Brigham to be paid, among other amounts, all earned and unused paid time off (which amount totaling $222,379 was accrued during the first quarter of 2022 and $230,162 and $222,379 was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) and to receive up to an additional $300,000 in deferred compensation (which amount is being accrued over the three-year period ending in January 2025). This deferred compensation payment vested as to $100,000 on January 1, 2023, and will vest as to an additional $100,000 on each of January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025, provided that Mr. Brigham is employed by the Company on these future vesting dates. The vested amounts would be paid upon the earlier of January 31, 2025 or within thirty (30) days following his separation from the Company. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $175,000 and $100,000, respectively, was included as part of accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheets. In addition, upon termination of Mr. Brigham’s employment (a) by the Company other than for cause, (b) due to death or disability or (c) by Mr. Brigham for good reason, in each case as described and defined in the Deferred Compensation Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Mr. Brigham 100% of his then current annual base salary and a lump sum payment equal to the employer portion of the costs of continued health benefits for Mr. Brigham and his covered dependents for a twelve-month period following termination, and certain equity incentive awards granted to Mr. Brigham would continue to vest following such termination in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Agreement.

We generally enter into incentive compensation agreements with our three executive officers annually. These agreements, which are publicly filed, with Mr. Brigham (our President and CEO), Ms. Brockmann (our Vice President of Sales and Marketing) and Ms. Williams (our Vice President of Manufacturing Operations) allows these executives to earn incentive compensation if certain regulatory and financial objectives are met during the year to which the agreement relates, as specified in their agreements. Amounts related to these incentive compensation agreements are accrued over the period they are earned (when it is probable that the amounts will be earned) based on our best estimate of the amounts expected to be earned.

In addition to the commitments discussed above, we had committed $953,000 to increase our production capacity for the First Defense^® product line, $1,754,000 to the purchase of inventory, $23,000 related to the commercial manufacture of Re-Tain^® and $446,000 to other obligations as of September 30, 2023.