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CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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9. | CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES
On December 11, 2015, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Biotechnology Value Fund affiliated entities Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P., Investment 10, LLC, and MSI BVF SPV,), which provided $1,000,000 in funding for our operations in the form of Convertible Promissory Notes (“Notes”). The Notes bear interest at 5% and were due April 30, 2017, with the due date subsequently extended to July 14, 2017. The Notes were secured by all intangible and tangible assets of the Company and convertible, either at the election of the Lenders or mandatory on certain future funding events, into either the Company’s Common or Preferred Stock. A portion of the funds were advanced to JV to initiate preclinical development activities for our lead commercial drug candidate, AEM-28-14. As described in Note 10 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Convertible Promissory Notes and accrued interest thereon of $79,000 were paid off on July 14, 2017. Prior to the July 14, 2017 transaction, the Biotechnology Value Fund affiliated entities owned approximately 19% of our outstanding common stock.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2208564 + Details
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