The Company leases an office building and equipment from Areth, LLC (“Areth”) pursuant to an agreement for services effective as of January 1, 2016, as amended from time to time. Effective October 1, 2017, monthly rent on this facility was reduced to $10,000. On September 27, 2018, the agreement was amended to extend the term of the agreement through September 30, 2019. Rent expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 amounted to $30,000, and rent expense for the six months June 30, 2019 and 2018 amounted to $60,000, and includes fees for the use of such office space and for other information technology, general warehousing and administrative services. Areth is a company controlled by Dr. Jerrold B. Grossman, the Company’s Vice Chairman, and Adam S. Grossman, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company also reimburses Areth for office and building related (common area) expenses, equipment and certain other operational expenses, which were not material to the consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. 

See Note 6 for a discussion of the Company’s credit facility and related transactions with Perceptive, a holder of greater than 10% of the Company’s common stock.