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Note 16 - Significant Alliances and Related Parties
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

16. Significant Alliances and Related Parties

 

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

 

The Company has entered into several agreements with Roswell Park Cancer Institute ("RPCI"), including: various sponsored research agreements, an exclusive license agreement and clinical trial agreements for the conduct of the Phase 1 entolimod oncology study and the Phase 1 Curaxin CBL0137 ("Curaxin") intravenous administration study. Additionally, the Company’s Global Head of R&D, Dr. Andrei Gudkov, is the Senior Vice President of Research Technology and Innovation at RPCI. The Company incurred $0 and $0 and $0 and $1,197 in research and development expense to RPCI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. 

 

The Cleveland Clinic

 

The Company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with The Cleveland Clinic pursuant to which the Company was granted an exclusive license to The Cleveland Clinic’s research base underlying entolimod's therapeutic platform and certain product candidates licensed to Panacela. The Company has the primary responsibility to fund all newly developed patents. However, The Cleveland Clinic retains ownership of those patents covered by the agreement. The Company also agreed to use commercially diligent efforts to bring one or more products to market as soon as practical, consistent with sound and reasonable business practices and judgments. On August 6, 2018, the Company sublicensed the intellectual property underlying entolimod's composition that the Company licenses from The Cleveland Clinic to GPI. There were no milestone or royalty payments paid to The Cleveland Clinic during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.  The Company incurred no research and development expense to The Cleveland Clinic during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

Buffalo BioLabs and Incuron

 

Our Global Head of Research and Development, Dr. Andrei Gudkov, has business relationships with Buffalo BioLabs, LLC ("BBL"), where Dr. Gudkov was a founder and currently serves as its uncompensated Principal Scientific Advisor. The Company recognized no research and development expense to BBL for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. The Company also recognized no sublease and other income from BBL for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020. Pursuant to our real estate sublease and equipment lease with BBL, the Company had gross accounts receivables of $0 and $6,285, and net accounts receivables of $0 and $0 from BBL at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Dr. Gudkov is also an uncompensated member of the board of directors for Incuron. Pursuant to master service and development agreements we have with Incuron, the Company performs various research, business development, clinical advisory, and management services for Incuron. The Company recognized revenue of $0 and $0 and $0 and $49,357 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In addition, the Company recognized no sublease and other income from Incuron for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company had gross accounts receivables of $0 and $130,000, and net accounts receivables of $0 and $130,000 from Incuron at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Genome Protection

 

GPI incurred $13,440 and $40,320 and $13,440 and $40,320 in consultant expenses with members of the Company's Board of Directors and management team during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. 

 

Noreen Griffin

 

Noreen Griffin served as Chief Executive Officer of Old Cytocom from the date of its incorporation until June 30, 2020, and as President of Old Cytocom from April 1, 2020 until September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2021, Ms. Griffin also owned directly 1.0% of Statera’s common stock (1.2% as of June 30, 2020).

 

In April, 2021 the Company received an advance from Ms. Griffin in the amount of $200,000, which is outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and is classified as "advances from related party" on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.