8. ATM Program

On February 1, 2024, the Company entered into an ATM with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as sales agent (“Agent”), pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, issue and sell shares of its common stock, in an aggregate offering price of up to $5,659,255, through or to the Agent. Under the terms of the ATM agreement with the Agent (“ATM Agreement”), the Agent may sell the shares of the Company’s common stock at market prices by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company sold 315,338 shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement for an aggregate gross sales price of $849,187. On May 20, 2024, the Company filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement to reduce the maximum aggregate gross sales price of its common stock that may be offered, issued and sold under the ATM Agreement from and after May 20, 2024 to $50,000, not including the shares of the Company’s common stock previously sold. No sales of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement have occurred since this date. On December 2, 2024, the Company provided to the Agent a notice of termination of the ATM Agreement, which such termination was effective December 11, 2024 in accordance with the terms of the ATM Agreement.