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Collaborative Agreements:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Collaborative Agreements [Abstract]  
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Note 5 – Collaborative Agreements:
 
On May 12, 2014, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “Stanford Agreement”) with The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University (“Stanford”), pursuant to which Stanford has granted to the Company a revenue-bearing, world-wide right and exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses (on certain conditions), under certain patent rights and related technology for the use of bryostatin structural derivatives, known as “bryologs,” for use in the treatment of central nervous system disorders, lysosomal storage diseases, stroke, cardio protection and traumatic brain injury, for the life of the licensed patents.
 
During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Company paid Stanford the annual maintenance fee of $10,000 which will be amortized over the applicable one-year licensing period.
   
On May 15, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with a contract research organization (“CRO”) to conduct a clinical trial relating to AD. The Company had agreed to pay fees to the CRO totaling $715,159, based upon signing of the agreement and the CRO achieving certain clinical trial milestones, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. On November 19, 2014, the CRO agreement was amended, requiring the Company to pay a reduced amount totaling $657,238 plus third party pass-through expenses. The Company has incurred a total of $687,112 in fees, $377,225 of which are included in the balance sheet as payables as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2016, the Company has no additional commitment pursuant to this agreement.
 
On July 14, 2014, Neurotrope BioScience entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Mount Sinai Agreement”) with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (“Mount Sinai”). Pursuant to the Mount Sinai Agreement, Mount Sinai granted Neurotrope BioScience a revenue-bearing, world-wide right and (a) exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses (on certain conditions), under Mount Sinai’s interest in certain joint patents held by the Company and Mount Sinai (the “Joint Patents”) as well as in certain results and data (the “Data Package”) and (b) non-exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses on certain conditions, to certain technical information, both relating to the diagnostic, prophylactic or therapeutic use for treating diseases or disorders in humans relying on activation of Protein Kinase C Epsilon (“PKCε”), which includes Niemann-Pick Disease (the “Mount Sinai Field of Use”). The Mount Sinai Agreement allows Neurotrope BioScience to research, discover, develop, make, have made, use, have used, import, lease, sell, have sold and offer certain products, processes or methods that are covered by valid claims of Mount Sinai’s interest in the Joint Patents or an Orphan Drug Designation Application covering the Data Package (“Mount Sinai Licensed Product(s)”) in the Mount Sinai Field of Use. During the quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Company paid Mount Sinai $19,600, which represents 50% of total amounts due, for ongoing preclinical research and development work.
 
On October 9, 2015, Neurotrope BioScience executed a Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with WCT, effective as of August 31, 2015. The Agreement relates to services for Neurotrope BioScience’s Phase 2b clinical study assessing the safety, tolerability and efficacy of bryostatin in the treatment of moderately severe to severe AD (the “Study”). Pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement, WCT will provide services to enroll approximately one hundred and fifty (150) Study subjects. The first Study site was initiated during the fourth quarter of 2015. The total estimated budget for the services, including pass-through costs, is approximately $11.6 million. Neurotrope BioScience paid WCT an advance payment of $200,000 upon execution of the Services Agreement. On November 11, 2015, Neurotrope BioScience paid WCT $1,875,861 for the following advance payment: (i) services fees of approximately $928,000; (ii) pass-through expenses of approximately $268,000; and (iii) investigator/institute fees of approximately $680,000. The remaining payments of approximately $9.5 million are to be paid over the period from April 2016 through September 2017. Neurotrope BioScience may terminate the Agreement without cause upon 60 days’ prior written notice. As of March 31, 2016, the Company’s balance sheet includes a prepaid balance for WCT services of $501,087 which will be utilized during the term of the Services Agreement. The Services Agreement can be terminated by the Company or WTC under certain terms, as described in the Services Agreement.
 
Also, in connection with the execution of the Services Agreement, Neurotrope BioScience received consent and entered into a Statement of Work pursuant to its BRNI License Agreement (see Note 6 below).