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Accrued Expenses and other current liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses and other current liabilities

 

5. Accrued Expenses and other current liabilities

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

        
   December 31,
2025
   December 31,
2024
 
Accrued payroll and benefits  $84,475   $243,396 
Accrued professional fees   215,056    143,661 
Accrued research costs   386,510    189,388 
Other   23,875    34,203 
Total accrued expenses  $709,916   $610,648 

 

On June 19, 2024, the Company entered into a confidential separation agreement and general release with each of Jeffrey F. Eisenberg, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer (the “Eisenberg Separation Agreement”), and Curtis Lockshin, the Company’s former Chief Scientific Officer (together, the “Separation Agreements”) pursuant to which Messrs. Eisenberg and Lockshin were each eligible for certain severance payments and benefits consistent with the terms of their then current employment agreements. In addition, the Eisenberg Separation Agreement provided for accelerated vesting of all of the unvested stock options held by Mr. Eisenberg as of May 16, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company expensed approximately $0.8 million of accrued payroll and benefits related to the Separation Agreements. In addition, the Company recorded approximately $13,000 of share-based expense for the accelerated vesting of unvested stock options. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $0.2 million was accrued within accrued expenses and other current liabilities related to these obligations. There was no expense recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025 and there was no accrual as of December 31, 2025 as all obligations were settled during 2025.