In 2013, the Company restructured its operations in an effort to focus on biotechnology, having been primarily a nutraceutical products company in the recent past. The restructuring resulted in the Company focusing all of its efforts upon the development of unique, effective and safe ways to treat cancer and diabetes. On January 6, 2015, the Company changed its name from Nuvilex, Inc. to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. to better reflect the nature of its business.

The Company is now a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing and preparing to commercialize treatments for cancer and diabetes using a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as “Cell-in-a-Box^®”. This unique and patented technology is being used as a platform upon which treatments for several types of cancer, including advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer and its symptoms, and diabetes are being developed.

On May 26, 2011, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“SG Austria APA”) with SG Austria Private Limited (“SG Austria”) to purchase 100% of the assets and liabilities of SG Austria. As a result, Austrianova Singapore Private Limited ("Austrianova") and Bio Blue Bird AG ("Bio Blue Bird"), wholly-owned subsidiaries of SG Austria, were to become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company on the condition that the Company pay SG Austria $2.5 million and 100,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company was to receive 100,000 shares of Austrianova’s common stock and nine Bio Blue Bird bearer shares.

Through two addenda to the SG Austria APA, the closing date of the SG Austria APA was extended twice by mutual agreement of the parties.

In June 2013, the Company and SG Austria entered into a Third Addendum to the SG Austria APA (“Third Addendum”). Under the terms of the Third Addendum, the transaction contemplated by the SG Austria APA changed materially. Pursuant to the Third Addendum, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests in Bio Blue Bird and received a 14.5% equity interest in SG Austria. In addition, the Company received nine bearer shares of Bio Blue Bird to evidence its 100% ownership. Under the Third Addendum, the Company paid: (i) $500,000 to retire all outstanding debt of Bio Blue Bird; and (ii) $1.0 million to SG Austria. The Company also paid SG Austria $1,572,193 in exchange for the 14.5% equity interest of SG Austria. Pursuant to the Third Addendum, SG Austria returned the original 100,000,000 shares of common stock held by SG Austria to the Company treasury, and the 100,000 Austrianova shares of common stock held by the Company were returned to SG Austria.

The acquisition of Bio Blue Bird provided the Company with exclusive, worldwide licenses to use a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology for the development of treatments for all forms of cancer using certain types genetically modified human cells. The licenses are pursuant to patents licensed to Bio Blue Bird from Bavarian Nordic A/S and GSF-Forschungszentrum fur Umwelt u. Gesundheit GmbH. These licenses enable the Company to carry out the research and development of cancer treatments that are based upon the Cell-in-a-Box^® technology.

In June 2013, the Company acquired from Austrianova an exclusive, worldwide license to use the Cell-in-a-Box^® technology for the development of a treatment for diabetes and the use of Austrianova’s “Cell-In-A-Box^®” trademark for this technology (“Diabetes Licensing Agreement”). The Company paid Austrianova $2.0 million to secure this license.

In October 2014, the Company acquired from the University of Technology Sydney (“UTS”) an exclusive, worldwide license to use genetically modified human cells (“Melligen Cells”) that have been modified to produce, store and release insulin “on demand” in response to the blood glucose in their surroundings. In addition, the Company obtained the non-exclusive worldwide rights to “know-how” associated with the Melligen cells. The Company intends to use the Melligen cells, after they have been encapsulated using the Cell-in-a-Box^® technology, as a treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes.

In December 2014, the Company acquired from Austrianova an exclusive, worldwide license to use the Cell-in-a-Box^® technology in combination with compounds from constituents of Cannabis for development of disease treatments and the use of Austrianova’s “Cell-in-a-Box^®” trademark for this technology (“Cannabis Licensing Agreement”).