NOTE 6 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company currently has a License Agreement with IGL Pharma, Inc., an entity in which the Company’s Executive Chairman serves as President, holds options to purchase less than a 1% non-controlling equity interest and receives a $500 per month fee (see Note 12).

The Company currently maintains an executive office in Florida, which is leased by an investment firm in which the Company’s General Counsel serves as an officer but does not hold any equity or voting rights. The Company has no formal agreement for this space and pays no rent.

During the three and months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received $174,999 and $524,997 from its equity method investee, EPH, as management fee revenue, respectively. The Company did not receive any revenue from EPH for any period in 2021. Due to the Separation Agreement disclosed in Note 4, management fee revenues received during the period ended September 30, 2020 have been presented on the statement of operations as discontinued operations (see Note 9 – Discontinued Operations). Management fee revenues were the Company’s primary source of revenue during that period.

In the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid to EPH $34,136 arising from notes payable and accrued interest which was included in notes payable-related parties in prior periods in the consolidated balance sheet.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received $45,500 of proceeds from short-term notes payable with officers and directors of the Company bearing interest at 10%. As of September 30, 2021, $7,500 of principal remains outstanding on certain of these short-term notes payable. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, $23,000 of these short-term notes payable was converted into 23 shares of the Company’s Series B preferred stock at a conversion ratio of $1,000 per share and warrants to purchase 65,714 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.35 per share, which resulted in no gain or loss on conversion (see Note 9).

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company incurred $8,163 and $58,043 in legal fees with a law firm in which the Company’s audit committee chair is an employee. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred $10,993 and $52,752 of legal services with this related party. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, accounts payable and accrued expenses include $25,942 and $32,716 for legal fees due to the law firm for services, respectively.