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Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 3/30/18, at 10:42am ET · For: 12/31/17 · Accession #: 1640334-18-561 · File #: 1-12033

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

 3/30/18  Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp         20-F       12/31/17  109:5.2M                                   Pubco Reporting … Inc/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer — Form 20-F — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer      HTML    827K 
 4: EX-13.A     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-13.B     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     25K 
 2: EX-12.A     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     30K 
 3: EX-12.B     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     30K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     52K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     89K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     74K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     68K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow                HTML     93K 
18: R7          Business Activities and Basis of Presentation       HTML     37K 
19: R8          Going Concern Considerations                        HTML     30K 
20: R9          Significant Estimates                               HTML     28K 
21: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     72K 
22: R11         New Accounting Standards and Interpretations        HTML     38K 
23: R12         Property and Equipment                              HTML     90K 
24: R13         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     28K 
25: R14         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     38K 
26: R15         Convertible Notes                                   HTML     39K 
27: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
28: R17         Share Capital                                       HTML     39K 
29: R18         Stock Options                                       HTML     64K 
30: R19         Share Based Compensation                            HTML     37K 
31: R20         Warrants                                            HTML     58K 
32: R21         Licensing Revenue                                   HTML     30K 
33: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     79K 
34: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     33K 
35: R24         Financial Instruments Fair Value Disclosures        HTML     28K 
36: R25         Finance Income and Finance Costs                    HTML     49K 
37: R26         Segment Disclosures                                 HTML     41K 
38: R27         Concentrations                                      HTML     33K 
39: R28         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     39K 
40: R29         Research and Development Expenses                   HTML     40K 
41: R30         Personnel Expenses                                  HTML     37K 
42: R31         Capital Disclosures and Financial Risk              HTML     29K 
43: R32         26. Foreign Exchange Risk                           HTML     28K 
44: R33         27. Credit Risk                                     HTML     30K 
45: R34         28. Interest Rate Risk                              HTML     27K 
46: R35         29. Liquidity Risk                                  HTML     40K 
47: R36         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
48: R37         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    125K 
49: R38         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     30K 
50: R39         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     89K 
51: R40         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     37K 
52: R41         Convertible Notes (Tables)                          HTML     35K 
53: R42         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     42K 
54: R43         Share Capital (Tables)                              HTML     33K 
55: R44         Stock Options (Tables)                              HTML     63K 
56: R45         Share Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     34K 
57: R46         Warrants (Tables)                                   HTML     54K 
58: R47         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     78K 
59: R48         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     31K 
60: R49         Finance Income and Finance Costs (Tables)           HTML     48K 
61: R50         Segment Disclosures (Tables)                        HTML     40K 
62: R51         Concentrations (Tables)                             HTML     31K 
63: R52         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     35K 
64: R53         Research and Development Expenses (Tables)          HTML     39K 
65: R54         Personnel Expenses (Tables)                         HTML     36K 
66: R55         Liquidity risk (Tables)                             HTML     38K 
67: R56         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     33K 
68: R57         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     65K 
69: R58         Property and Equipment (Details Narrative)          HTML     28K 
70: R59         Intangible Assets (Details Narrative)               HTML     37K 
71: R60         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     34K 
72: R61         Convertible Notes (Details)                         HTML     31K 
73: R62         Convertible Notes (Details Narrative)               HTML     39K 
74: R63         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     36K 
75: R64         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 1)           HTML     33K 
76: R65         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2)           HTML     35K 
77: R66         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     37K 
78: R67         Share Capital (Details)                             HTML     30K 
79: R68         Share Capital (Details Narrative)                   HTML     44K 
80: R69         Stock Options (Details)                             HTML     50K 
81: R70         Stock Options (Details 1)                           HTML     37K 
82: R71         Stock Options (Details Narrative)                   HTML     30K 
83: R72         Share Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     34K 
84: R73         Share Based Compensation (Details Narrative)        HTML     38K 
85: R74         Warrants (Details)                                  HTML     45K 
86: R75         Warrants (Details Narrative)                        HTML     37K 
87: R76         Licensing Revenue (Details Narrative)               HTML     37K 
88: R77         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     44K 
89: R78         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     33K 
90: R79         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     86K 
91: R80         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     26K 
92: R81         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     31K 
93: R82         Finance Income and Finance Costs (Details)          HTML     44K 
94: R83         Segment Disclosures (Details)                       HTML     43K 
95: R84         Concentrations ( Details)                           HTML     33K 
96: R85         Concentrations ( Details Narrative)                 HTML     32K 
97: R86         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     37K 
98: R87         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     32K 
99: R88         Research and Development Expenses (Details)         HTML     40K 
100: R89         Personnel Expenses (Details)                        HTML     34K  
101: R90         Capital Disclosures and Financial Risk (Details     HTML     40K  
                Narrative)                                                       
102: R91         Foreign Exchange risk (Details Narrative)           HTML     28K  
103: R92         Credit risk (Details Narrative)                     HTML     31K  
104: R93         Interest rate risk (Details Narrative)              HTML     27K  
105: R94         Liquidity risk (Details)                            HTML     38K  
106: R95         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     30K  
108: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    197K  
107: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K  
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Filing Submission 0001640334-18-000561 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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