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Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/29/21, at 4:42pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1640334-21-680   ·   File #:  1-12033

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/29/21  Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp.        20-F       12/31/20  103:4.4M                                   Pubco Reporting … Inc/FA

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML    684K 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 4: EX-13.A     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-13.B     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     24K 
 2: EX-12.A     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     28K 
 3: EX-12.B     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     28K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     59K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     72K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     83K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow                HTML     85K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     59K 
18: R7          Business Activities and Basis of Presentation       HTML     30K 
19: R8          Going Concern Considerations                        HTML     26K 
20: R9          Significant Estimates                               HTML     25K 
21: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     63K 
22: R11         New Accounting Standards and Interpretations        HTML     28K 
23: R12         Property and Equipment                              HTML     63K 
24: R13         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     25K 
25: R14         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     32K 
26: R15         Operating Leases and Commitments                    HTML     42K 
27: R16         Share Capital                                       HTML     33K 
28: R17         Stock Options                                       HTML     47K 
29: R18         Share Based Compensation                            HTML     30K 
30: R19         Warrants                                            HTML     43K 
31: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     55K 
32: R21         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     31K 
33: R22         Financial Instruments Fair Value Disclosures        HTML     25K 
34: R23         Finance Income and Finance Costs                    HTML     34K 
35: R24         Segment Disclosures                                 HTML     34K 
36: R25         Concentrations                                      HTML     29K 
37: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     34K 
38: R27         Research and Development Expenses                   HTML     33K 
39: R28         Personnel Expenses                                  HTML     31K 
40: R29         Capital Disclosures and Financial Risk              HTML     25K 
41: R30         Foreign Exchange Risk                               HTML     25K 
42: R31         Credit Risk                                         HTML     25K 
43: R32         Interest Rate Risk                                  HTML     24K 
44: R33         Liquidity Risk                                      HTML     29K 
45: R34         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
46: R35         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     92K 
47: R36         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     25K 
48: R37         New Accounting Standards and Interpretations        HTML     27K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R38         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     62K 
50: R39         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     30K 
51: R40         Operating Leases and Commitments (Tables)           HTML     39K 
52: R41         Share Capital (Tables)                              HTML     30K 
53: R42         Stock Options (Tables)                              HTML     45K 
54: R43         Share Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     28K 
55: R44         Warrants (Tables)                                   HTML     39K 
56: R45         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     50K 
57: R46         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     28K 
58: R47         Finance Income and Finance Costs (Tables)           HTML     32K 
59: R48         Segment Disclosures (Tables)                        HTML     32K 
60: R49         Concentrations (Tables)                             HTML     27K 
61: R50         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     28K 
62: R51         Research and Development Expenses (Tables)          HTML     31K 
63: R52         Personnel Expenses (Tables)                         HTML     29K 
64: R53         Liquidity Risk (Tables)                             HTML     27K 
65: R54         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     31K 
66: R55         Significant Accounting Policies (Details            HTML     30K 
                Narrative)                                                       
67: R56         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     48K 
68: R57         Property and Equipment (Details Narrative)          HTML     26K 
69: R58         Intangible Assets (Details Narrative)               HTML     29K 
70: R59         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     32K 
71: R60         Operating Leases and Commitments (Details)          HTML     29K 
72: R61         Operating Leases and Commitments (Details 1)        HTML     33K 
73: R62         Operating Leases and Commitment (Details            HTML     37K 
                Narrative)                                                       
74: R63         Share Capital (Details)                             HTML     26K 
75: R64         Share Capital (Details Narrative)                   HTML     35K 
76: R65         Stock Options (Details)                             HTML     48K 
77: R66         Stock Options (Details 1)                           HTML     42K 
78: R67         Stock Options (Details Narrative)                   HTML     27K 
79: R68         Share Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     32K 
80: R69         Share Based Compensation (Details Narrative)        HTML     36K 
81: R70         Warrants (Details)                                  HTML     36K 
82: R71         Warrants (Details Narrative)                        HTML     30K 
83: R72         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     37K 
84: R73         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     27K 
85: R74         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     79K 
86: R75         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     25K 
87: R76         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     28K 
88: R77         Finance Income and Finance Costs (Details)          HTML     37K 
89: R78         Segment Disclosures (Details)                       HTML     40K 
90: R79         Concentrations (Details)                            HTML     32K 
91: R80         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     34K 
92: R81         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     33K 
93: R82         Research and Development Expenses (Details)         HTML     37K 
94: R83         Personnel Expenses (Details)                        HTML     31K 
95: R84         Personnel Expenses (Details Narrative)              HTML     29K 
96: R85         Capital Disclosures and Financial Risk (Details     HTML     32K 
                Narrative)                                                       
97: R86         Foreign Exchange Risk (Details Narrative)           HTML     25K 
98: R87         Credit Risk (Details Narrative)                     HTML     29K 
99: R88         Interest Rate Risk (Details Narrative)              HTML     24K 
100: R89         Liquidity Risk (Details)                            HTML     33K  
102: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    188K  
101: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    106K  
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- nymox-20201231                      XML   1.27M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- nymox-20201231_cal              XML    150K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nymox-20201231_lab                    XML    773K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- nymox-20201231_pre             XML    662K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- nymox-20201231                        XSD    264K 
103: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001640334-21-000680-xbrl      Zip    122K

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This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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