Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From
time to time, we are subject to ordinary routine litigation incidental to our normal business operations. We are not currently
a party to, and our property is not subject to, any material legal proceedings, except as set forth below.
On
October 25, 2017, Genexosome entered into and closed a Stock Purchase Agreement with Beijing Genexosome and Yu Zhou, MD, PhD,
the sole shareholder of Beijing Genexosome, pursuant to which Genexosome acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities
of Beijing Genexosome in consideration of a cash payment in the amount of $450,000, of which $100,000 is still owed. Further,
on October 25, 2017, Genexosome entered into and closed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Dr. Zhou, pursuant to which the Company
acquired all assets, including all intellectual property and exosome separation systems, held by Dr. Zhou pertaining to the business
of researching, developing and commercializing exosome technologies. In consideration of the assets, Genexosome paid Dr. Zhou
$876,087 in cash, transferred 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Dr. Zhou and issued Dr. Zhou 400 shares of common
stock of Genexosome. Further, The Company had not been able to realize the financial projections provided by Dr. Zhou
at the time of the acquisition and has decided to impair the intangible asset associated with this acquisition to zero.
Dr. Zhou was terminated as Co-CEO of Genexosome on August 14, 2019. Further, on October 28, 2019, Research Institute
at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (“Research Institute”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division against Dr. Zhou, Li Chen, the Company and Genexosome with various claims against
the Company and Genexosome including misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 and
violation of Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Research Institute is seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief, exemplary
damages, injunctive relief and other equitable relief. The case number is 2:19-cv-4574. The Company intends to vigorously defend
against this action and pursue all available legal remedies. The civil case against Avalon is stayed pending resolution
of the criminal proceedings against Dr. Zhou and Li Chen, and while there can be no assurances, the Company believes it has
substantial legal and factual defenses to the Research Institute’s claims.
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