RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 8 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Master Service Agreement with Autotelic Inc.

In October 2015, Oncotelic entered into a Master Service Agreement (the “MSA”) with Autotelic Inc., a related party that is partly-owned by the Company’s CEO Vuong Trieu, Ph.D. Dr. Trieu, a related party, is a control person in Autotelic Inc. Autotelic Inc. currently owns less than 10% of the Company. The MSA stated that Autotelic Inc. will provide business functions and services to the Company and allowed Autotelic Inc. to charge the Company for these expenses paid on its behalf. The MSA includes personnel costs allocated based on amount of time incurred and other services such as consultant fees, clinical studies, conferences and other operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. The MSA requires a 90-day written termination notice in the event either party requires to terminate such services.

Expenses related to the MSA were approximately $66,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to approximately $77,000 for the same period of 2021.

In September 2021, the Company entered into an exclusive License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Autotelic, pursuant to which Autotelic granted Oncotelic, among other things: (i) the exclusive right and license to certain Autotelic Patents (as defined in the Agreement) and Autotelic Know-How (as defined in the Agreement); and (ii) a right of first refusal to acquire at least a majority of the outstanding capital stock of Autotelic prior to Autotelic entering into any transaction that is a financing collaboration, distribution revenues, earn-outs, sales, out-licensing, purchases, debt, royalties, merger acquisition, change of control, transfer of cash or non-cash assets, disposition of capital stock by way of tender or exchange offer, partnership or any other joint or collaborative venture, research collaboration, material transfer, sponsored research or similar transaction or agreements. In exchange for the rights granted to Oncotelic, Autotelic would be entitled to earn the following milestone payments (collectively, the “Milestone Payments”).

Milestones	Transaction Value		Actions
Tranche 1	$	1,000,000	Upon the earlier to occur of: (i) the Company receiving an investment of at least $20 million, and (ii) the uplisting of the Company’s common stock to any NASDAQ market or the New York Stock Exchange.
Tranche 2	$	2,000,000	Upon approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration of the Company’s 505(b)2 application for purposes of treating PD.
Tranche 3	$	2,000,000	Upon first patient in (“FPI”) for any clinical trial supporting the use of AL-101 for the treatment of PD or ED.
Tranche 4	$	2,500,000	Upon FPI for phase 2 clinical trials supporting the use of AL-101 to treat FSD.
Tranche 5	$	2,500,000	Upon FPI for phase 3 clinical trials supporting the use of AL-101 to treat FSD
Tranche 6	$	10,000,000	Upon Marketing approval for the use of AL-101 to treat PD.
Tranche 7	$	10,000,000	Upon Marketing approval for the use of AL-101 to treat ED.
Tranche 8	$	10,000,000	Upon Marketing approval for the use of AL-101 to treat FSD
Tranche 9	$	10,000,000	Upon the earlier of: (i) the Company entering into a licensing agreement with a third party for the use of AL-101 for the treatment of PD, ED or FSD with an aggregate licensing value of at least $50 million; and (ii) the Company’s gross revenue derived from sales of AL-101 for the treatment of PD, ED or FSD reaches at least $50.0 million.

In addition to the Milestone Payments, Autotelic will be entitled to royalties equal to 15% of the net sales of any products that incorporate the Autotelic Patents or Autotelic Know-How. The Agreement contains representations, warranties and indemnification provisions of each of the parties thereto that are customary for transactions of this type.

Note Payable and Short Term Loan – Related Parties

In April 2019, the Company issued a convertible note to Dr. Trieu totaling $164,444, including OID of $16,444, receiving net proceeds of $148,000, which was used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Company issued a Fall 2019 Note to Dr. Trieu in the principal amount of $250,000. Dr. Trieu also offset certain amounts due to him in the amount of $35,000 and was converted into the Fall 2019 debt. During the year ended December 31, 2020, Dr. Trieu provided additional short-term funding of $70,000 to the Company, of which the Company repaid $50,000 prior to December 31, 2020. Further, the Company repaid $20,000 to Dr. Trieu for the balance of his short term loan of $20,000. During the year ended December 31, 2020, Dr. Trieu purchased a total of 5 Units under the private placement for a gross total of $250,000.

During the year ended December 2021, Autotelic Inc provided a short term loans of $270,000, of which $250,000 was converted into the August 2021 loan and the balance of $20,000 continues to be a short term loan. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Autotelic Inc, provided a short-term loan of $120,000 to the Company. Such loan was repaid in April 2021. No loans or repayments were made to Autotelic Inc. during the same period in 2022.

Artius Consulting Agreement

On March 9, 2020, the Company and Artius Bioconsulting, LLC (“Artius”), for which Mr. King is the Managing Member, entered into an amendment to the Consulting Agreement dated December 1, 2018, under which Artius agreed to serve as a consultant to the Company for services related to the Company’s business from time to time, effective December 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) (the “Artius Agreement”). In connection with the Artius Agreement, Mr. King also agreed to assist the Company with strategic advisory services with respect to transactional and operational contracts, budgetary input, among other matters in connection with the formation of a new business unit to develop AI and Blockchain Driven Vision Systems (“EdgePoint AI”), for which Mr. King is Chief Executive Officer.

Under the terms of the Artius Agreement, the Company agreed to grant to Artius, subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors and pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, 148,837 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), in addition to a 30% pre-financing ownership stake in EdgePoint AI. The Artius Agreement contemplates that Mr. King will generally provide his services at a rate of $237 per hour, not to exceed 44 hours per month and payable monthly, and to reimburse Mr. King for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him or Artius in connection with providing services to the Company.

Either the Company or Artius may terminate the Artius Agreement at any time, for any reason following the Effective Date. The Artius Agreement will automatically renew one year from the Effective Date, unless the Parties agree to terminate the Artius Agreement at that time.

No expense was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or March 31, 2021 related to this Agreement.

Maida Consulting Agreement

Effective May 5, 2020, the Company and Dr. Maida entered into an independent consulting agreement, commencing April 1, 2020 (the “Maida Agreement”), under which Dr. Maida will assist the Company in providing medical expertise and advice from time to time in the design, conduct and oversight of the Company’s existing and future clinical trials.

Pursuant to the terms of the Maida Agreement, the Company granted to Dr. Maida 400,000 restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock to vest on May 5, 2021. The Company will also pay Dr. Maida $15,000 per month for a minimum of 20 hours per week, in in addition to reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Dr. Maida in connection with his services to the Company.

Either the Company or Dr. Maida may terminate the Maida Agreement, for any reason, upon 30 days advance written notice.

The Company recorded an expense of $75,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $45,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2021 related to this Agreement.