SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-04-22

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 10.55</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">EIGHTH
AMENDMENT TO LEASE</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>THIS
EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE </B>(the &ldquo;Eighth Amendment to Lease&rdquo;), made as of the 21th day of July, 2011, by and between
<B>SOUTHPORT BUSINESS PARK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, </B>a North Carolina limited partnership (the &ldquo;Landlord&rdquo;), and <B>GENTRIS
CORPORATION, </B>a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Tenant&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WHEREAS,
Landlord and Tenant entered into a certain lease dated as of June 12, 2004, amended by letter agreement dated October 21, 2004,
by Second Amendment to Lease dated June 17, 2005, by Letter Agreement dated September 19, 2005, by Third Amendment to Lease dated
May 25, 2006, by Fourth Amendment to Lease dated December 20, 2007, by Fifth Amendment to Lease dated June 15, 2009, by Sixth
Amendment to Lease dated June 3, 2010, and by Seventh Amendment to Lease dated October 26, 2010 (collectively, the &ldquo;Lease&rdquo;),
for certain space known as Suite 400, in the Building located at 133 Southcenter Court, Morrisville, Wake County, North Carolina,
as more particularly described in the Lease; and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WHEREAS,
the current Demised Premises consists of Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Six (15,326) rentable square feet (the &ldquo;Existing
Demised Premises&rdquo;)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WHEREAS,
Landlord and Tenant desire to add Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty (9,580) square feet to the Demised Premises, to change the
Monthly Minimum Rent, to extend the Term, and to amend certain terms of the Lease.</FONT></P>

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THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration,
the mutual receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the Lease as follows:</FONT></P>

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the following:</FONT></P>

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as of the day in which the Thir