Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Purchase Obligations

 

We enter contracts in the normal course of business with contract research organizations and subcontractors to further develop our products. The contracts are cancellable, with varying provisions regarding termination. If we terminated a cancellable contract with a specific vendor, we would only be obligated for products or services that we received as of the effective date of the termination and any applicable cancellation fees. As of December 31, 2025, we are contractually obligated to pay up to approximately $11.9 million for future services under the agreements with the CROs for our clinical trials in NGC-Cap. Our actual contractual obligations will also vary depending on the progress and results of the remaining clinical trials.

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 18, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 20, 2025
2023Mar 29, 2024
2022Mar 30, 2023
2021Mar 30, 2022
2020Mar 25, 2021
2019Mar 6, 2020
2018Mar 28, 2019
2017Apr 16, 2018
2016Sep 25, 2017
2015Jun 19, 2017

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.