Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses [Abstract]

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

NOTE 4 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022:

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Trade payables	$	666,691	$	623,130
Accrued severance		325,000		145,837
Other accrued expenses		879,752		385,105
Total	$	1,871,443	$	1,154,072

On February 14, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved to implement a revised budget for 2023 in order to reduce expenses and cash requirements and as part of such revised budget decided to re-balance staffing levels to better align with the evolving needs of the Company (the “Labor Reduction Plan”). Under the Labor Reduction Plan, 12 employees and 6 contractors have left the Company. The Company has also given termination notice to certain vendors and contractors that provide services to the Company. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred approximately $0.8 million of severance expenses of which $0.2 million was paid; $0.3 million was included in the Accounts payable and accrued expenses and the remaining $0.3 million was accrued for in Other liabilities as a long term liability on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.