Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity
The following is a summary of stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2022:
Number of
options
outstanding
Weighted
average
exercise
price (*)
Average
remaining
contractual life
(in years)
Aggregate
intrinsic value
(in thousands)
Outstanding – December 31, 2021
1,105,938  $ 2.03  8.8 $ 1,535 
Options granted
1,131,000  1.44 
Options exercised
(33,683) — 
Options cancelled (101,334) 3.19 
Outstanding – September 30, 2022
2,101,921  1.69  8.9 4,802 
Exercisable – September 30, 2022
556,005  $ 1.33  7.3 $ 1,505 
(*) $ - Indicates exercise price less than $0.01 per share
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was used to estimate the grant date fair value per option, were as follows:
Nine Months ended September 30,
2022 2021
Weighted-average Black-Scholes option pricing model assumptions:
Volatility
107.25% - 110.98%
90.01% - 93.02%
Expected term (in years)
5.62 - 5.94
5.69 - 5.98
Risk-free rate
1.47% - 3.10%
0.69% - 0.82%
Expected dividend yield —  — 
Weighted average grant date fair value per share
$1.08 - $1.75
$2.07 - $3.00
Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity
The following is a summary of RSU’s awards activity:
Nine months ended September 30, 2022
Numbers of Shares Weighted Average Grant Date Fair value
Non-Vested at beginning of period 30,000  $ 3.20 
Shares granted 248,970  1.36 
Shares vested (21,250) 2.33 
Non-vested 257,720  $ 1.49 
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount
The following is a summary of stock-based compensation expense:
Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2022 2021 2022 2021
General and administration
Stock options 148,196  48,594  445,522  75,049 
RSU’s 100,191  —  134,841  — 
Total general and administration 248,387  48,594  580,363  75,049 
R&D
Stock options 89,469  3,916  179,878  10,160 
RSU’s 13,600  —  13,600  — 
Total $ 351,456  $ 52,510  $ 773,841  $ 85,209