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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company is periodically involved in legal proceedings, legal actions and claims arising in the normal course of business. Management believes that the outcome of such legal proceedings, legal actions and claims will not have a significant adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Australian Subsidiary Research and Development

 

On March 23, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the selection of Australian CRO, Avance Clinical, in preparation for Phase 1 Study of EB-373, the Company’s lead candidate targeting the treatment of anxiety disorders. Under the agreement, Avance Clinical managed the Phase 1 clinical trial of EB-373 in coordination with the Company’s newly established Australian subsidiary, Enveric Therapeutics Pty, Ltd. The Phase 1 clinical trial was designed as a multi-cohort, dose-ascending study to measure the safety and tolerability of EB-373. EB-373, a next-generation proprietary psilocin prodrug, has been recognized as a New Chemical Entity (NCE) by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and is currently in preclinical development targeting the treatment of anxiety disorder. The total cost of the Avance Clinical contract was approximately 3,400,000 AUD, which translated to approximately $2,114,000 USD as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the project was completed and the Company terminated the agreement as of December 31, 2024. Total project costs were 3,300,000 AUD and the Company did not incur additional costs associated with the agreement. Accordingly, the Company had $0 recorded as prepaid assets within prepaid and other current assets, accrued $0 recorded as accrued liabilities and $0 as accounts payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company expensed $0 and $495,465, respectively, in research and development expenses within the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

 

ENVERIC BIOSCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

According to Australian tax law, the Company is allowed an R&D tax credit that reduces a company’s tax bill in Australia for expenses incurred in R&D subject to certain requirements. The Company’s Australian subsidiary submits R&D tax credit requests annually for research and development expenses incurred. At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had a research and development tax credit receivable of $0 for R&D expenses incurred in Australia. The Company received the amount due in relation to the research and development tax credit of $290,447 during the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

Purchase agreement with Prof. Zvi Vogel and Dr. Ilana Nathan

 

On December 26, 2017, Jay Pharma entered into a purchase agreement with Prof. Zvi Vogel and Dr. Ilana Nathan (the “Vogel-Nathan Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Jay Pharma was assigned ownership rights to certain patents, which were filed and unissued as of the date of the Vogel-Nathan Purchase Agreement. The patent portfolio acquired and developed under the Vogel-Nathan Purchase Agreement was sold to undisclosed buyers for an amount not material to these financials in the first quarter of 2024. No additional financial or other obligations exist regarding the Vogel-Nathan Purchase Agreement.

 

Other Consulting and Vendor Agreements

 

The Company has entered into a number of agreements and work orders for future consulting, clinical trial support, and testing services, with terms ranging between one and 12 months. These agreements, in aggregate, commit the Company to approximately $0.4 million in future cash payments.