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Note 4 - Related Party Transactions Related Parties Related parties with whom the Company had transactions are: | | | Related Parties | | Relationship | Dr. Anil Diwan | | Chairman, President, CEO, significant stockholder through his ownership of TheraCour, and Director | | | | TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (“TheraCour”) | | An entity owned and controlled by Dr. Anil Diwan | | | | Karveer Meditech Private Limited (“KMPL”) | | An entity where Dr. Anil Diwan is a passive investor and advisor without operating control |
| | | | | | | | | For the three months ended | | | September 30, | | September 30, | | | 2024 | | 2023 | Property and Equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | During the reporting period, TheraCour acquired property and equipment on behalf of the Company from third party vendors and sold such property and equipment, at cost to the Company | | $ | 46,765 | | $ | 8,291 |
| | | | | | | | | As of | | | September 30, | | June 30, | | | 2024 | | 2024 | Accounts Payable – Related Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pursuant to an Exclusive License Agreement entered into with TheraCour, the Company was granted exclusive licenses for technologies developed by TheraCour for the virus types: HIV, HCV, Herpes, Asian (bird) flu, Influenza and rabies. On November 1, 2019, the Company entered into the VZV Licensing Agreement with TheraCour. In consideration for obtaining these exclusive licenses it was agreed: (1) that TheraCour can charge its costs (direct and indirect) plus no more than 30% of certain direct costs as a development fee and such development fees shall be due and payable in periodic installments as billed, (2) the Company will pay $2,000 or actual costs each month, whichever is higher for other general and administrative expenses incurred by TheraCour on the Company’s behalf, (3) to make royalty payments of 15% (calculated as a percentage of net sales of the licensed drugs) to TheraCour and; (4) to pay an advance payment equal to twice the amount of the previous months invoice to be applied as a prepayment towards expenses. On February 12, 2024, TheraCour and the Company agreed to suspend the license requirement for a two month advance until the Company raises sufficient capital, therefore there was no advance offset of the accounts payable due TheraCour at September 30, 2024 and at June 30, 2024. | | $ | 636,550 | | $ | 720,039 |
| | | | | | | | | For the three months ended | | | September 30, | | September 30, | | | 2024 | | 2023 | Research and Development Costs Related Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Development fees and other costs charged by TheraCour pursuant to the license agreements between TheraCour and the Company for the development of the Company’s drug pipeline. No royalties are due TheraCour from the Company at September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024. | | $ | 644,527 | | $ | 639,077 |
| | | | | | | | | As of | | | September 30, | | June 30, | | | 2024 | | 2024 | Clinical Trial Costs Accrued - Related Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Clinical trial related and other costs were accrued by Company pursuant to the license agreement between the Company and KMPL for the clinical trial related costs that have been incurred but not yet invoiced to the Company for Phase 1a/1b clinical trials in India. The amount has been recorded within accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheet | | $ | 227,435 | | $ | 227,435 |
License Milestone Fee – Related Party On September 7, 2021, the Company entered into a COVID-19 License Agreement (the “ TheraCour–Nanoviricides COVID License Agreement”) to use, promote, offer for sale, import, export, sell and distribute drugs that treat COVID-19 infections, using TheraCour’s proprietary as well as patented technology and intellectual property. Pursuant to such license agreement, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000 fully vested shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock as a license milestone payment and recorded an expense to research and development of $935,088 for the year ended June 30, 2022. On April 20, 2023, the Company was notified that the Company’s licensee, KMPL was authorized to enter into Phase 1a/1b clinical trials of its COVID, NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup and its NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies after satisfying the conditions of a conditional authorization received on or about January 27, 2023. Pursuant to the TheraCour–Nanoviricides COVID License Agreement a milestone payment of 50,000 fully vested shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock was issue as a license milestone payment and recorded as an expense to research and development of approximately $157,000 for the year ended June 30, 2023 representing the fair value of the shares on the date of grant. On June 19, 2023, the Company was notified that the Company’s licensee, KMPL had commenced volunteer recruitments for Phase 1a/1b clinical trials of the NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup and NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies. Pursuant to the TheraCour–Nanoviricides COVID License Agreement a milestone payment of $1,500,000 became due 5 days thereafter and was recorded as a non-current liability and research and development expense. On July 19, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with TheraCour, to accept the Company’s unsecured convertible promissory note (the “Note”) in payment of the milestone award. The Note accrues simple interest at the rate of 12% per annum and is due and payable on January 19, 2025, the maturity date. The principal of the Note is convertible, at TheraCour’s option, into 331,859 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.00001 at the conversion price, specified as the fair value of the Series A shares on July 19, 2023 in the terms and conditions contained within the promissory Note. Interest of $36,493 was accrued under the Note for the period June 19, 2023 to September 30, 2023. On October 27, 2023 TheraCour exercised its right to convert the principal of the July 19, 2023 convertible promissory note into 331,859 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock. TheraCour cancelled all of the accrued interest on the Note totaling $49,808 which has been reported as a capital transaction credit to additional paid in capital for the year ended June 30, 2024. Total interest incurred under the Note for the year ended June 30, 2024 was $49,808. On February 12, 2024, the Company entered into an Amendment to the COVID License Agreement with TheraCour dated September 7, 2021, whereby any further cash milestone payments that would be earned upon milestone event would only become payable upon the Company having sufficient revenues, with only a portion of revenues to be used for satisfying such milestone payments. Line of Credit - Related Party On November 13, 2023, the Company’s President and CEO, Dr. Anil R. Diwan, entered into a Line of Credit Agreement whereby Dr. Diwan agreed to provide a standby Line of Credit to the Company in the maximum amount of $2,000,000. All amounts outstanding under the Line of Credit, including principal, accrued interest and other fees and charges, will be due and payable on December 31, 2024. Amounts drawn down under the Line of Credit shall bear interest at a fixed rate of 12%. Advancements under the Line of Credit will be collateralized by an Open End Mortgage Deed on the Company’s real property at 1 Controls Drive, Shelton, Connecticut and a Chattel Mortgage (U.C.C - 1 filing) against the Company’s equipment and fixtures. Any draw down under the Line of Credit requires the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors. On February 12, 2024 the Company, pursuant to Article 2.5 of the Company’s Line of Credit Agreement with Dr. Anil R. Diwan, signed an Extension Agreement which extended the maturity of the Company’s Line of Credit from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025. On September 23, 2024 and becoming effective as of September 20, 2024, the Company, pursuant to Article 2.5 of the Company’s Line of Credit Agreement with Dr. Anil R. Diwan, signed an Amendment Agreement which increased the available line of credit from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, and extended the maturity of the Company’s Line of Credit from December 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026. There were no other amendments to the original Line of Credit. The Company has not drawn against the Line of Credit facility as of September 30, 2024.
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