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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Services Provided by Related Party

 

From time to time, Wilbert Tauzin, a former director of the Company, and his son provide consulting services to the Company. As compensation for professional services provided, the Company recognized consulting expenses of $15,000 and $15,597 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which have been included in professional fees on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the accrued and unpaid services charge related to this director’s son amounted to $0 and $6,835, respectively, which have been included in accrued professional fees on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Accrued Liabilities and Other Payables – Related Parties

   

In 2017, the Company acquired Genexosome’s subsidiary, which was dissolved in 2022, for a cash payment of $450,000. As of both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the unpaid acquisition consideration of $100,000, was payable to Dr. Yu Zhou, former director and former co-chief executive officer and 40% owner of Genexosome, and has been included in accrued liabilities and other payables — related party on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement

 

On November 17, 2023, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Mr. Lu, the Company’s chairman of the Board of Directors, pursuant to which (i) Mr. Lu will acquire from the Company 30% of the total outstanding membership interests of Avalon RT 9, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for a cash purchase price of $3,000,000 (the “Acquisition”), and (ii) for a period of twelve months following the closing of the Acquisition, Mr. Lu shall have the option to purchase from the Company up to an additional 70% of the outstanding membership interests of Avalon RT 9 for a purchase price of up to $7,000,000 (the “Option”), subject to the terms and conditions of a membership interest purchase agreement to be negotiated and entered into between Mr. Lu and the Company at such time that Mr. Lu desires to exercise the Option.

 

On February 18, 2026, the Company and Mr. Lu entered into an Amended and Restated Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Amended MIPA”), pursuant to which the Company sold to Mr. Lu 100% of the membership interests of Avalon RT9 for $9.0 million, the fair market value on transaction date. The Company recorded proceeds in excess of its carrying value (approximately $1.9 million) to additional paid-in capital as a result of the capital transaction with related party under applicable SEC regulations.

 

The Company received $3,158,078 from Mr. Lu as of December 31, 2025, which was recorded as advance from pending sale of subsidiary – related party on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The advance of $3,158,078 was applied to the proceeds of $9.0 million on February 18, 2026. Therefore, as of March 31, 2026, the advance from pending sale of subsidiary – related party was $0.

 

Exchange Agreement

 

On February 18, 2926, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with its Chairman, Wenzhao Lu, under which it agreed to issue Mr. Lu 2,074,689 shares of its common stock (the “Exchange Shares”) for the 5,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by him, following shareholder approval. The Exchange Shares was equal to the amount of shares of common stock Mr. Lu would have been entitled to receive upon conversion of his Series D Preferred Stock. The Exchange Shares were issued to Mr. Lu on May 6, 2026 following shareholder approval at which time the shares of Series D Preferred Stock were cancelled.