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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
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Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Operating Lease Commitment

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s non-cancelable lease agreements in effect at September 30, 2022, the following table summarizes the Company’s maturities of operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2022:

 

2022 (Remainder of year)

 

$

415,118

 

2023

 

 

1,700,005

 

2024

 

 

1,747,447

 

2025

 

 

1,794,889

 

2026

 

 

1,688,144

 

Total lease payments

 

$

7,345,603

 

 

 

 

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(1,094,565

)

Total

 

$

6,251,038

 

 

Sublease Commitment

 

Effective August 26, 2021, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a third party to sublease 12,112 square feet of the 30,023 square feet currently being leased under one of its two existing lease agreements. The sublease commenced on October 1, 2021 and ends October 31, 2026. The Company notes sublease income of $55,133 and $165,398 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively was recognized and offset against rent expense.

 

Undiscounted sublease cash inflows have been summarized in the following table:

2022 (Remainder of year)

 

$

26,243

 

2023

 

 

185,717

 

2024

 

 

278,576

 

2025

 

 

290,688

 

2026

 

 

252,333

 

Total sublease payments

 

$

1,033,557

 

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On May 12, 2022, the Company entered into a binding term sheet (the “Settlement ”) with Venn Therapeutics, LLC, (“Venn”) to resolve the claims by Venn against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer, and a former employee which were previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022.

 

Under the terms of the Settlement, the Company made a $5 million payment to Venn on May 26, 2022 and Venn dismissed with prejudice all claims against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and a former employee.