Patent I am not a patent expert, they did have a worldwide patent for their peptide however they are adding more countries to it possibly with some modifications or maybe the original patent wasn't good enough for certain countries. Late 2020 they applied for a patent in Japan and in March this year same thing in Australia. So there is a plan for partnership in oncology as well if their drug shows positive results.
Note they don't need to have it approved first before a potential partnership outside North America.
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017088058A1/en