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UBC Collaborative Research Agreement

In April 2016, the Company entered into a collaborative research agreement (“CRA”) with the University of British Columbia (“UBC”) and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority in the amount of C$787,500, with the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer, as principal investigator at the UBC. In January 2022, the UBC CRA was amended to extend the project for an additional three years, and funding was increased to an aggregate total of C$5,030,000. This amendment, along with the November 2021 amendment extends the project for an additional three years, effective January 1, 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company made cash payments of $296,590 and $255,339 and incurred costs of $444,730 and $409,268, respectively, which are included in research and development expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.