v3.25.2
Intangible Assets and Consideration Payable
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Intangible Assets and Consideration Payable [Abstract]  
Intangible assets and consideration payable
9.Intangible assets and consideration payable

 

   License # 1   License # 2
(IPR&D asset)
   Total 
Cost:            
Balance, December 31, 2024  $861,452    2,023,097    2,884,549 
Additions   
-
    49,535    49,535 
Termination of agreement   (861,452)        (861,452)
Balance, June 30, 2025  $
-
    2,072,632    2,072,632 
                
                
Accumulated amortization:               
Balance, December 31, 2024  $82,556    
-
    82,556 
Additions   14,358    
-
    14,358 
Termination of agreement   (96,914)   
-
    (96,914)
Balance, June 30, 2025  $
-
    
-
    
-
 
                
Net book value:               
December 31,2024  $778,896    2,023,097    2,801,993 
June 30, 2025   
-
    2,072,632    2,072,632 

On January 15, 2024, the Company entered into a license agreement with a biotechnology company to use the biotechnology company’s proprietary technology and process to assist in formulating stem cells (the license granted under this license agreement, “License #1”). The term of License # 1 is 10 years and has a purchase price of $1,000,000. The payments structure for License #1 is as follows:

 

a)$50,000 payable upon executing the license (paid)

 

b)$350,000 payable on March 15, 2025 (updated from July 15, 2024 in an amendment dated July 9, 2024)1

 

c)$600,000 payable on completion of technology transfer or two years from January 15, 2024, whichever comes first1

 

1Effective February 27, 2025, the Company and the biotechnology company entered into a mutual termination agreement to terminate the Company’s right to License # 1 and to release the Company of the remaining undiscounted obligation payable of $950,000. Upon termination, no further obligations are required of either party.

 

The cost of License # 1 was measured at $861,452, which is the fair value of the consideration payable on initial recognition, determined by discounting the future payments using a market interest rate of 11.75%.

 

   Consideration
payable
 
     
Consideration payable – undiscounted  $1,000,000 
Discount on initial recognition   (138,548)
Fair value on initial recognition  $861,452 
      
Paid in cash   (50,000)
Accretion   73,015 
Balance, December 31, 2024  $884,467 
Accretion   9,684 
Termination of agreement   (894,151)
Balance, June 30, 2025  $
-
 

 

As a result of the termination, the Company derecognized the associated intangible asset and the related consideration payable, recognizing a gain of $129,613 in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

On April 30, 2024, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with a pharmaceutical company granting the Company rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize licensed products (the license granted under this license agreement, “License # 2”). The Company has classified License # 2 as an IPR&D asset resulting in only the acquisition costs plus any transaction costs to be capitalized upon acquisition. The research and development project associated with License # 2 is not yet complete and as a result the Company has not yet determined the useful life of the IPR&D asset.

 

The Company paid consideration of $400,000 and 679 shares of common stock with a value of $492,850 to the pharmaceutical company. The shares issued to the pharmaceutical company are unregistered and subject to trading restrictions for six months from the issue date, resulting in a fair value discount adjustment of $173,100 on the value of the shares of common stock issued to the pharmaceutical company. The Company incurred transaction costs of $12,320 in legal fees and $1,117,771 in shares of common stock paid to a consultant who assisted in acquiring License # 2. The shares of common stock to be issued to the consultant will be unregistered and subject to trading restrictions for a 1-year period from the issue date of the first tranche resulting in a fair value discount adjustment of $599,863 on the value of the common shares issued to the consultant. The fair value adjustments were calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

 

The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model requires six basic data inputs: the exercise or strike price, expected time to expiration or exercise, the risk-free interest rate, the current stock price, the estimated volatility of the stock price in the future, and the dividend rate. Changes to these inputs could produce a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model:

 

   Initial recognition –
April 30,
2024
 
Risk-free interest rate   5.12-5.44%
Expected life   0.5-1 years 
Expected dividend rate   0.00%
Expected volatility   100%

 

The consultant who assisted in acquiring License # 2 was to receive 1,750 shares of common stock in the following tranches and all shares were earned (i.e. fully vested) upon the Company’s acquisition of License # 2 as follows:

 

May 3, 2024: 438 shares (issued)

 

August 1, 2024: 437 shares (issued)

 

November 1, 2024: 437 shares (issued)

 

February 2, 2025: 438 shares (issued)

 

The cost of License # 2 IPR&D asset is $2,023,097, which is the fair value of the consideration paid on initial recognition.

 

On March 21, 2025, Biosciences entered into a first amendment to the exclusive license agreement covering License # 2, expanding the licensed fields in the exclusive license agreement to include all uses in animal health, including all applications as a feed additive. The Company paid $6,000 and issued 12,000 shares of common stock to the pharmaceutical company in consideration for entry into this first amendment to the exclusive license agreement regarding License # 2.

 

The shares issued to the pharmaceutical company are unregistered and subject to trading restrictions for six months from the issue date resulting in a fair value discount adjustment of $15,624 on the value of the common stock issued to the pharmaceutical company. The fair value adjustments were calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

 

The first amendment to the exclusive license agreement did not result in a remeasurement of the intangible asset under ASC 350 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, as it does not constitute a new acquisition or recognition event. The Company will continue to monitor the asset for impairment indicators consistent with U.S. GAAP.

 

The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model requires six basic data inputs: the exercise or strike price, expected time to expiration or exercise, the risk-free interest rate, the current stock price, the estimated volatility of the stock price in the future, and the dividend rate. Changes to these inputs could produce a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model:

 

   Initial recognition –
March 26,
2025
 
Risk-free interest rate   4.26%
Expected life   0.5 years 
Expected dividend rate   0.00%
Expected volatility   100%

 

On May 12, 2025, Biosciences entered into a second amendment to an existing license agreement related to License # 2. The second amendment to the license agreement clarified the scope and terms of use within the animal health field. Key changes included clarification that certain provisions regarding (i) the exclusive license granted to the pharmaceutical company, (ii) milestone payment obligations of the Company, (iii) research and development obligations of the Company, (iv) recording obligations of the Company, (v) development data provisions, (vi) regulatory responsibilities of the Company, (vii) commercialization plan obligations of the Company, did not apply to licensing rights granted under the license agreement as the rights applied to the animal health field. The second amendment’s provisions also narrowed the Company’s payment obligations as to royalty payments on direct sales and a proportion of amounts received from sublicensees, as the payment related to the animal health field. There was no cost associated with the second amendment.