Enveric Biosciences Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
On July 10, 2024, Enveric Biosciences, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Akos Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Akos”) entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Aries Science and Technology, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“Aries”), pursuant to which Akos granted Aries a license of Akos’s patented radiation dermatitis topical product. The license allows Akos to use the patented formulation to develop pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical products for treating radiation dermatitis suitable for administration to humans or animals. The license is exclusive (subject to certain exceptions contained in the Agreement), worldwide, royalty-bearing, and includes the right to sublicense. Akos is entitled to potential license payments, milestone payments and royalties based on net revenues of the Licensed Product on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Aries has the option during the license term, to purchase the rights to each licensed product (on a licensed product-by-licensed product basis) in the form of an exclusive (as to the applicable licensed product), fully paid, transferable right and license to the licensed product.
The description of the terms and conditions of the Agreement set forth herein do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2024.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 15, 2024, the Company issued a press release regarding the transaction described above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1 | Press Release, dated July 15, 2024 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 15, 2024 | ENVERIC BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Joseph Tucker | |
Joseph Tucker, Ph.D. | ||
Chief Executive Officer |