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Subsequent Events

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Subsequent Events
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Sep. 30, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 11 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Oxford University Research Agreement

 

On October 24, 2022, the Company entered into a new research agreement with Oxford University related to the license agreement signed in November 2021, whereby it was granted rights to certain patents related to the HMGB1 molecule for liver regeneration. Pursuant to this agreement, the term of the contract is for one year, beginning on January 1, 2023; the financial terms of the contract are a commitment of £125,000 per quarter, with the first payment due in April 2023. Any outstanding amounts will earn interest at a rate of 4% per annum.

 

Directors’ Compensation

 

On October 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the issuance of 129,483 shares of $0.0001 par value common stock, in lieu of cash compensation, to certain independent directors under the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan as consideration for services rendered during the third quarter of 2022. The shares were valued at the closing sales price on October 31, 2022, the date such issuances were approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Exercise of July 2022 Pre-funded Warrants

 

On November 1, 2022, the remainder, or 1,085,000, of the July 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised for a value of $109; there are no remaining outstanding July 2022 Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Notice of a Special Meeting of Stockholders to Effect a Reverse Stock Split

 

On November 4, 2022, the Company filed a Pre-Schedule 14A with the SEC providing notice of a special meeting of stockholders of the Company on December 15, 2022 to approve an amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, by a ratio of between one-for-four to one-for-twenty, inclusive, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number to be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof in its discretion, at any time after the approval of the amendment and prior to December 15, 2023.