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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

3. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company’s current operating lease for office space in Solana Beach, California was extended in February 2022 and has an expiration date of October 31, 2022, subject to the landlord’s option to cancel upon 30 days written notice.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company has future minimum lease payments under its existing facility lease of approximately $50,000 payable in 2022.

Legal Proceedings

On February 25, 2022, the Company received a letter notifying us that Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Teva”) submitted to FDA an abbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, for a generic version of Gimoti (metoclopramide hydrochloride) nasal spray eq. 15 mg base/spray that contains Paragraph IV certifications with respect to two of our patents covering Gimoti, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,334,281, expiration date May 16, 2030; and 11,02,0361, expiration date December 22, 2029. These patents are listed in FDA’s list of Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly referred to as the Orange Book, for Gimoti. The certifications allege these patents are invalid or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of Teva’s metoclopramide hydrochloride nasal spray eq. 15 mg base/spray. In April 2022, the Company initiated litigation in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that Teva infringes the patents covering Gimoti. Teva has denied all material allegations and asserted counterclaims of non-infringement and invalidity. The Company has not recorded any loss in connection with this matter because it believes that a loss is neither probable nor estimable at this time.