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Asset Acquisition, Milestone Payment Requirement, Net Sales

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Purchase price of expected asset acquisition prior to consideration being transferred.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The aggregate total of expenses of managing and administering the affairs of an entity, including affiliates of the reporting entity, which are not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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	Aug. 03, 2021	Apr. 04, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 04, 2019
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Selling, general and administrative				$ 106,206	$ 98,827	$ 86,063
ELYXYB product rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Up-front payment	$ 6,000
Price of acquisition	9,000
Additional payment	9,000
Total milestone payments	262,000
Minimum \| ELYXYB product rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Milestone payment, net sales	4,000
Milestone payment requirement, net sales	50,000
Maximum \| ELYXYB product rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Milestone payment, net sales	100,000
Milestone payment requirement, net sales	$ 1,000,000
Shiongi License And Supply Agreement
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Term of contract (in years)				2 years
Symproic license and distribution rights \| Shiongi License And Supply Agreement
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Upfront first installment payment		$ 20,000
Upfront installment hence to be made							$ 10,000
Selling, general and administrative						$ 400
Symproic license and distribution rights \| Shiongi License And Supply Agreement \| Additional Royalty As A Percentage \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			1.00%
Symproic license and distribution rights \| Shiongi License And Supply Agreement \| Royalty Agreement Terms \| Minimum \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		8.50%
Symproic license and distribution rights \| Shiongi License And Supply Agreement \| Royalty Agreement Terms \| Maximum \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			17.50%