EXHIBIT 99

AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING

OF STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 13D OR 13G

The undersigned agree to file jointly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) any and all statements on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G or Forms 3, 4 or 5(and any amendments or supplements thereto) required under section 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with purchases by the undersigned of the securities of any issuer. For that purpose, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Stonepine Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as their true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority for and on behalf of the undersigned to prepare or cause to be prepared, sign, file with the SEC and furnish to any other person all certificates, instruments, agreements and documents necessary to comply with section 13(d) and section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with said purchases, and to do and perform every act necessary and proper to be done incident to the exercise of the foregoing power, as fully as the undersigned might or could do if personally present.

Dated: October 10, 2024

	STONEPINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Jon M. Plexico Jon M. Plexico Managing Member
	STONEPINE CAPITAL, L.P. By: Stonepine GP, LLC, General Partner By: /s/ Jon M. Plexico Jon M. Plexico Managing Member
	STONEPINE GP, LLC By: /s/ Jon M. Plexico Jon M. Plexico Managing Member
	/s/ Jon M. Plexico Jon M. Plexico

TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. SCHEDULE 13G/A