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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company acquired the technical contributions and assignment of all exclusive rights to and for a key patent in process at the time from a former CEO in exchange for a total payment in shares of common stock and options valued at $930,000 at the time, and recorded at that cost. That patent remains in Patents on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, WPP, plc made a strategic investment in the Company and owned approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of the Company until December 2018, when it sold the shares. As of December 31, 2018, WPP was no longer a related party, however the transactions between WPP and the Company while they were a related party are set forth in the table below. The Company considers the pharmaceutical companies being represented by WPP agencies to be its customers and it received no preferable pricing from WPP agencies as a result of its related party status.

 

The following table sets forth the activity between the Company and WPP for the year ended December 31 2018:

 

Total billings to WPP Agencies   $ 6,217,735  
Revenue recognized from WPP Agencies   $ 6,527,051  
Accounts receivable   $ 2,051,532