Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION  
Summary of the expense for stock-based compensation related to stock option grants

Twelve Months Ended

December 31, 

    

2024

    

2023

Employee and director stock option and stock grants:

  

  

Research and development

$

3,486,168

$

505,155

General and administrative

 

786,612

1,905,133

Total stock-based compensation

$

4,272,780

$

2,410,288

Schedule of assumptions used for stock

Year Ended December 31, 

 

    

2024

    

2023

 

Volatility

 

82.13

%  

82.02-83.28

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.21-4.64

%  

3.59-4.68

%

Expected life (years)

 

6.0

 

6.0

Dividend

 

0

%  

0

%

Summary of stock options activity

Number of

Shares

Issuable

Weighted

Upon

Average

Exercise

Weighted

Remaining

of

Average

Contracted

Aggregate

 

Outstanding

Exercise

 

Term in

Intrinsic

    

Options

    

Price

    

Years

    

Value

Outstanding as of December 31, 2022

 

746,257

$

13.48

 

8.58

 

$

Granted

 

1,617,000

$

1.78

 

 

  

Expired

 

(8)

$

8,325

 

 

  

Forfeited

 

(11,346)

$

1.92

 

 

  

Outstanding as of December 31, 2023

2,351,903

$

5.46

8.64

$

1,682,667

Granted

3,063,500

$

2.72

Expired

(1,614)

$

20.00

Exercised

(1,667)

1.68

Forfeited

(825,104)

$

2.51

Outstanding as of December 31, 2024

4,587,018

$

4.10

7.37

$

Exercisable as of December 31, 2024

 

2,933,097

$

3.69

 

$

Unvested as of December 31, 2024

 

1,653,921

$

2.19

 

$