RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 3 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Narkeshyo Research Tools Purchase

On December 15, 2022, the Company purchased a set of components referred to as “research tools” for $5,000,000 from Narkeshyo LLC, an entity a former director and current consultant of the Company is affiliated with, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and Narkeshyo. Some of the acquired research tools were originally developed by the former director and current consultant. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company made an initial payment to Narkeshyo in the amount of $2,000,000 upon execution of the agreement, with the remaining amounts to be paid at various times through March 15, 2023, which were made as scheduled. Upon execution of the agreement, the Company recorded $5,000,000 as research and development expenses.

The vision and pipeline of the Company is based on robust and thorough development of its biological platforms, therapies and products. This acquisition of the research tools aligned with the Company’s priority of advancing and augmenting its suite of cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) cellular therapy products. The Company believes that the acquired research tools will allow it to protect its intellectual property while complying with regulatory requirements, and accelerate product development. The information contained in the research tools will not only be used to support and fast-track the Company’s regulatory filings (such as IND, NDA, ANDA and export applications), but also, provide clinical and regulatory support to potential partners and collaborators without having to divulge trade secrets and know-how.

A third-party analysis of this acquisition concluded it would accelerate development time by 3-5 years and result in a substantial reduction in the Company’s research and development expenses over the long term.

The purchased tools included (but were not limited to):

· Toxicology

·  Screening

· Preclinical Testing

· Assays

· Authorization

· Tools of Biological Transaction

· Tools of Intellectual Property

Jadi Cell License Agreement

On December 28, 2020, the Company entered into a patent license agreement with Jadi Cell, LLC, a company owned and controlled by Dr. Amit Patel, a former director of the Company. The agreement provides Company with an exclusive, worldwide license to U.S. Patent No. 9,803,176 “Methods and compositions for the clinical derivation of an allogenic cell and therapeutic uses” and the proprietary process of expanding the master cell bank of Jadi Cell LLC, in the field of enhancing autologous cells. The agreement is described in detail in Note 2 above. To date, the Company has not made any payments to Jadi Cell under this agreement, other than the $250,000 initial license fee, which was paid by the issuance of 18,018 shares of common stock to Jadi Cell in February 2022.

StemSpine Patent Purchase 

The Company acquired U.S. Patent No. 9,598,673 covering the use of various stem cells for the treatment of lower back pain from its affiliate CMH pursuant to a Patent Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2017, which was amended in November 2017. The inventors of the patent were Thomas Ichim, PhD and Amit Patel, MD, former directors of the Company, and Annette Marleau, PhD. The Patent Purchase Agreement is described in detail in Note 2 above. Pursuant to the Patent Purchase Agreement, the Company paid CMH the $100,000 obligation of the initial payment due under this agreement, by a $50,000 cash payment and the issuance of 667 shares of common stock on December 12, 2020. On December 31, 2020, following the Company’s announcement with respect to the clinical commercialization of the StemSpine technology, the Company paid CMH $50,000 of the $300,000 obligation due under this agreement through the issuance of 14 shares of common stock. On September 30, 2021 the Company paid CMH an additional $40,000 of the $300,000 obligation due under this agreement through the issuance of 8,466 shares of common stock, and in January 2021 the Company paid CMH an additional $50,000 of the $300,000 obligation due under this agreement through the issuance of 8,929 shares of common stock. The remaining portion of the $300,000 obligation has been paid in cash.