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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 FORM 10-KSB
(Mark One)

[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934
         For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
         For the transition period from          to         
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Commission File Number: 000-23145


                                  ZYMETX, INC.
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

        DELAWARE                                               75-731444040
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

   800 RESEARCH PARKWAY, SUITE 100
      OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA                                      73104
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

                                 (405) 271-1314
                          (Issuer's telephone number)

       SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:  

                                     NONE

         SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

                        COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE

         Check whether the Issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for at least the past 90 days.

                                YES   X      NO
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         Check if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to
this Form 10-KSB.

                              YES          NO   X
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         Issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year $51,681.

         As of September 1, 1998 the aggregate market value of voting stock
held by non-affiliates of such stock  was $20,888,627 (based on the closing
price for the common stock on the Nasdaq stock market on such date).  As of
September 1, 1998 there were 6,636,880 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value,
outstanding.
                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         Following is a list of documents incorporated by reference and the
Part of the Form 10-KSB into which the document is incorporated:

         The Company's Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of
         Shareholders to be held on November 11, 1998 is incorporated by
         reference in Part III, Items 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

         Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): YES    NO X
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                                  ZYMETX, INC.

                                  FORM 10-KSB
                    For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998


                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Item 1.          Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Item 2.          Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

Item 3.          Legal Proceedings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

Item 4.          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

Item 4A.         Executive Officers of the Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

PART II           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

Item 5.          Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

Item 6.          Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

Item 7.          Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

Item 8.          Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
                      on Accounting and Financial Disclosure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

PART III          . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

PART IV           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

Item 13.         Exhibits, and Reports on Form 8-K  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

Index to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-1

Signatures        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  S-1
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                                     PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS.

GENERAL

         ZymeTx, Inc. (the "Company" or ZymeTx"), is a development stage
biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of unique
products for the diagnosis and treatment of viruses.  The scientific foundation
for the Company's business is based upon the role of enzymes in the process of
viral infection.  The Company's strategy is: (i) to develop therapeutic and
diagnostic products for a broad range of viral diseases; and (ii) to earn
revenues from marketing "ZstatFlu(TM)" the Company's first diagnostic product,
to sustain a comprehensive viral therapeutic research and development program.

         ViraZyme(R), the Company's core technology, exploits the subtle
structural differences and characteristics  of enzymes to create viral
diagnostic and therapeutic products.  The Company's diagnostic technology is a
proprietary two- part compound that will split when the compound contacts a
specific target site (an enzyme).  As a result of this split, one part of the
compound becomes visible to the naked eye when collected in the Company's
testing device, permitting the user to make a diagnosis regarding the presence
of the virus targeted by the test.  For therapeutic products, a modified
version of the diagnostic compound is used that will bind to a specific enzyme
and prevent the enzyme's contribution to the infection process.

         The Company's initial viral targets are respiratory infections
including influenza A and influenza B, RSV, parainfluenza and adenovirus, as
well as the non-respiratory infections HSV, CMV and HIV, which is the virus
that causes AIDS.

         The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
in 1994.

         ViraZyme(R), ViraSTAT(R) and ZstatFlu(TM) are trademarks owned or
licensed by the Company.

ZYMETX TECHNOLOGY

         SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND.  Significant advances made in the field of
microbiology in recent years have increased scientists' understanding of cell
biology, disease process and disease progression.  These advances have opened
the field of virology to new approaches.  Scientific thought has previously
acknowledged that enzymes have a critical function to perform in viruses.
However, many scientific leaders have asserted that enzyme structure is based
primarily on the function and not on the origin of the enzyme.  Contrary to
this assertion, the Company believes that enzymes are gene-encoded products and
possess exploitable differences based upon their origin.  The prevailing body
of science, while not in direct conflict with the Company's premise, has
maintained that if such differences in fact existed they would be too
insignificant to be exploited.  The Company has demonstrated the ability to
exploit these subtle differences and thus identify enzymes unique to the host
virus.

         The Company's ViraZyme technology focuses on the development of highly
specific/selective molecules that will interact only with an enzyme of specific
origin, such as viral, mammalian, bacterial, etc.  This permits interaction
with one enzyme while preventing activity with a similar enzyme of different
origin.  Using a proprietary series and sequence of assays that is supported by
X-ray crystallography/rational design, the Company can identify the fingerprint
of critical enzymes and then build molecules that will have great preference
for only the targeted form of the enzyme.

         The core of the ViraZyme approach is the identification of essential
target sites of viral enzymes and synthetic production of molecules that have
selective action at an identified target site.  The Company believes that this
approach is effective for development of both diagnostic and therapeutic
programs.  The early research for both the diagnostic and therapeutic programs
is quite similar and mutually supportive, with both utilizing a rational design
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         VIRAZYME TECHNOLOGY.  Virus particles contain proteins which are
essential for the virus to infect its host.  For example, the influenza virus
has eight of these proteins, several of which function as structural components
while others function as enzymes.  Enzymes are biological catalysts which are
able to transform one biochemical substance into another, specifically and
rapidly, without being consumed in the reaction.  Because of the enzyme's
location on the virus particle and the importance of catalytic reactions to the
virus' function, such sites would typically make an attractive target for
diagnostic compounds or therapeutic inhibitors.  However, similar enzymes of
bacterial and mammalian origin are also present in the body and are necessary
to perform normal and vital cell functions.  Until recently, scientists
believed one could not differentiate among viral, mammalian or bacterial
enzymes, thereby rendering the enzyme on the virus pointless as a viral target.
However, the ViraZyme technology demonstrates that there are subtle differences
in enzyme active sites depending upon whether they are of viral, mammalian or
bacterial origin.

         The Company's ViraZyme technology uses a methodology for discovering
the subtle, origin-dependent differences of enzymes and exploiting such
differences through the use of proprietary substrate and inhibitor molecules
specific to viral enzymes.  By introducing a chromogen-linked ViraZyme
substrate to a virus in a clinical specimen, only the targeted viral enzyme
will continuously cleave the chromogen from the substrate molecules.  The
ViraZyme technology utilizes the naturally occurring enzyme to produce
thousands of reactions at the catalytic site while other methods, such as MAbs
and gene probes, employ secondary reactions which require additional steps to
produce multiple reactions.  For therapeutic applications of this technology,
specifically designed inhibitor molecules are administered to a person infected
with a virus to inhibit the natural enzyme activity which is critical to the
infection process.  This would theoretically stop the course of the illness.
See "- Therapeutic Research Program - Influenza Therapeutic Development."

         The Company has developed ZstatFlu using ViraZyme technology and is
developing diagnostic tests utilizing the ViraZyme technology for numerous
medically significant viruses beyond influenza, including HSV and RSV.  The
Company also has plans to develop similar diagnostic tests for CMV and
adenovirus, and is in the early stages of research regarding therapeutics
utilizing the ViraZyme technology for enzymes associated with many of these
same viral diseases.  See "Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan
of Operation - Factors Affecting Operations - No Assurance of Successful or
Timely Development of the Company's Therapeutic or Other Diagnostic Products."

         The selection of viral diseases other than influenza to be targeted
for commercialization of the Company's products is based on the following
criteria: potential market size, the viral disease's incidence,
morbidity/mortality, the availability of diagnostics and therapeutics, and the
existence of possible corporate partners.  See "-Sales and Marketing."
Developing any additional products will require significant ongoing research
and development.  See "Item 6.  Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of
Operation - Factors Affecting Operations - No Assurance of Successful or Timely
Development of the Company's Therapeutic or Other Diagnostic Products."

         During each of fiscal 1997 and fiscal 1998, the Company incurred
research and development expenses of $1.1 million, and in fiscal 1997 and
fiscal 1998, acquired in-process technology of approximately $1.0 million and
$.2 million, respectively.

ZSTATFLU

         BACKGROUND.  The first product developed by the Company was ZstatFlu,
a rapid point-of-care ("POC") diagnostic test for influenza.  ZstatFlu permits,
for the first time, the rapid and simple POC detection of the influenza virus
directly from a patient specimen.

         ZstatFlu targets the amplifying capability of the influenza
neuraminidase enzyme.  The ViraZyme technology incorporates novel substrate
molecules which react with the influenza neuraminidase enzyme and allows the
presence of the influenza virus to be detected.

         These substrate molecules include two parts: (i) a "recognition"
portion which enters into the catalytic site of the enzyme; and (ii) a
chromogen "reporter" portion which gives a visible signal after the enzyme has
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         A single influenza virus particle contains over 400 neuraminidase
enzyme molecules on its surface.  The cavity in this viral enzyme is not
present in the same form as that of neuraminidase of a mammalian or bacterial
origin and is the "catalytic site" or the place where the enzyme causes the
reaction to proceed.  The enzyme, when placed in a solution containing the
substrate, causes a cascade of reactions where the "reporter" portion generates
a visible color indicating the presence of the virus.

         PRODUCT STATUS.   The Company received Food and Drug Administration
("FDA") 510(k) clearance for its ZstatFlu product in September 1997.  The
Company sells ZstatFlu directly to consumers at a price of $18 to $24 per unit
and to distributors at a price between $12 to $15 per unit, depending on volume
discounts.

         During fiscal 1998, the Company reduced the incubation time for the
test from 60 minutes to 30 minutes, and the format incorporating the reduced
incubation time will be introduced for the 1998-99 influenza season. In
addition, the product was approved in 1998 by the FDA as "portable," which
allows offices that are not certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Act of 1988 ("CLIA") to send the patient's specimen to a reference laboratory
for analysis.

CURRENT PRODUCTS CLEARED BY THE FDA

         The following products previously developed by the Company have
received clearance from the FDA and were successfully developed for strategic
regulatory purposes; however, the Company has chosen not to expend resources to
market these products and there can be no assurance that markets for these
products will be significant or that the Company will ever market them.

         VIRAZYME CULTURE SCREEN.   ViraZyme Culture Screen is a product
available to clinical labs, in contrast to the use of ZstatFlu, which may be
used both in physician office laboratories and clinical labs.  The Company
believes that the Culture Screen product reduces labor-intensive procedures in
the clinical laboratory, thereby reducing costs.  The FDA cleared this product
in June 1996.

         VIRASTAT PARAINFLUENZA 1, 2 AND 3.   ViraSTAT Parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3
is the first of a series of clinical lab products developed by the Company
using MAb technology.  This product has several distinct advantages over time
and labor-intensive tests of other clinical lab products currently available.
The Company intends to develop other MAb- based products for the detection of
adenovirus, RSV and the influenza A/B products which comprise the respiratory
panel, and HIV types 1 and 2.  The FDA cleared this product in 1995.

OTHER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPMENT

         VIRAZYME INFLUENZA ID A/B.  The ZstatFlu product is designed to
accurately detect the presence of the influenza virus. However, this product
does not differentiate between Type A and Type B influenza. The identification
of influenza as either Type A or Type B is important for segments of the
marketplace which require definitive diagnosis for epidemiological purposes.
The Company may utilize its proprietary antibodies which target the influenza
virus to create a ViraZyme Influenza ID A/B test which would specifically and
rapidly identify the particular type of influenza present in a specimen should
the market support such a product.  See "-Intellectual Property - Licenses from
OMRF."

         VIRASTAT FITC LABELED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES.  The Company's scientific
staff has developed an improved proprietary method for directly labeling MAbs
with the commonly used fluorescent dye molecule fluorescein isothiocynate FITC.
Microscopy utilizing fluorescent antibodies represents the most efficient and
currently accepted method employed by clinical laboratories in the culture and
identification of viruses. Using its improved methods for directly labeling
MAbs with fluorescent dye, the Company has developed labeled MAbs for both Type
A and Type B influenza.  These antibodies may be marketed separately or may be
marketed in a panel with other MAbs for detection of respiratory viruses.
In-house testing of these MAbs comparing them to those commercially available
has found the Company's ViraSTAT MAbs to be superior.  Both influenza Type A
and B MAbs were successfully tested separately and as a pool in clinical
studies during the fall of 1996.  These MAbs will be submitted for clearance
under the FDA 510(k) process.

         HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV).  The Company has identified several
promising enzyme targets for HSV and the Company's technology is being focused
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physician offices.  The Company has a goal of developing an HSV diagnostic
within three years.  There can be no assurance that such a diagnostic product
can be developed within such time, or at all.

THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM

         INFLUENZA THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT.  The Company is pursuing the
discovery of therapeutic compounds for influenza.  A significant issue in the
development of an influenza therapeutic is the specificity of the molecule to
its targeted site.  The Company has demonstrated in its laboratories specific
activity at a targeted viral enzyme site with its novel compounds and has
achieved a significant advance in the development of its therapeutic program.
The Company has identified specific attributes of a molecule that is highly
active as an inhibitor to the target site of the influenza virus.  These newly
identified attributes combined with the Company's demonstrated specificity
provide the basic model for the development of further novel compounds for use
as influenza therapeutics.  See "Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis
or Plan of Operation - Factors Affecting Future Operations - No Assurance of
Successful or Timely Development of the Company's Therapeutic or Other
Diagnostic Products."

         The following are milestones for the development of an influenza
therapeutic.  Beginning with Milestone "6" and thereafter, the Company believes
that a pharmaceutical corporate partner will be necessary to co-develop this
drug and perform the clinical trials.  The Company has not initiated
substantial discussions with such a partner.

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          VIRAZYME INFLUENZA THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES                 STATUS                               
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         1.   Identification of novel, highly specific family of compounds.     Completed                            
         
         2.   Plaque assay determination of utility.                            Additional compounds                 
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         3.   Viral  specificity testing of potential lead compounds.           Additional compounds                 
                                                                                continuing                           

         4.   Animal testing of potential lead compounds.                       Advancing*                           

         5.   Selection of a "lead" compound (specific inhibitors).             In Process                           

         6.   Initiate Phase I trials (safety challenge).                       Unscheduled                          

         7.   Initiate Phase II trials (dose ranging).                          Unscheduled                          

         8.   Initiate Phase III trials (proof of efficacy).                    Unscheduled                
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     *        Three compounds tested, two advancing.

         There can be no assurance that such milestones will be achieved on
schedule, or at all.  See "Item 6.  Management's Discussion and Analysis or
Plan of Operation - Factors Affecting Operations - No Assurance of Successful
or Timely Development of the Company's Therapeutic or Other Diagnostic
Products."

         HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV).  Currently the only effective therapeutic
products generally accepted for treatment of HSV are Glaxo Wellcome's
acyclovir and valcyclovir, and SmithKline Beecham's famciclovir.  The Company's
HSV development program is focused on enzymes that are oriented to the
maturation or propagation of the HSV virus.  The Company believes that the mode
of action of a Company-developed product will be different than that of
acyclovir, and that its technology could lead to an alternative product. The
Company has a goal of identifying in the next four years lead compounds for HSV
therapeutic development.  There can be no assurance that such compounds can be
identified within such time or at all.  See "Item 6. Management's Discussion
and Analysis or Plan of Operation - Factors Affecting Operations - No Assurance
of Successful or Timely Development of the Company's Therapeutic or Other
Diagnostic Products."

         HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV). During fiscal 1998, the Company
licensed (the "OMRF HIV License") from Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
("OMRF") a family of chemical compounds that have demonstrated activity against
HIV in laboratory tests.  Currently, the only approved therapies for HIV are
directed at either the reverse transcriptase or protease, key enzymes that are
necessary for viral reproduction and subsequent infection of new host cells. In
order to prevent the development of drug resistance, up to three therapies with
different viral targets are generally used in combination. Combination therapy
has been shown to suppress HIV replication to undetectable levels. However,
some patients do not respond to current therapies or experience significant
side effects. In addition, HIV viruses that are resistant to multiple therapies
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         The Company believes that its compound acts by modifying the HIV RNA,
the central component of the virus. This interferes with the virus's ability to
replicate, while also making the RNA strand susceptible to breakage. Additional
research has shown that this compound can create cross-linkages between the
viral RNA and its own protein, creating a tangled web that prevents spread of
the virus. Certain other factors may enhance the activity of this compound and
will be the subject of continued study to optimize the potential therapeutic
benefit.

         The Company's compound, which is being developed as an oral agent,
must clear significant pre-clinical and Phase I-III clinical trials before it
may be approved for marketing. It is the Company's intention to file an
Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the FDA following successful
completion of current pre-clinical studies.  See "-Intellectual Property -
Licenses from OMRF."

SALES AND MARKETING

         PRIMARY CARE MARKET.  The principal market for the Company's ZstatFlu
product is physicians' office laboratories, of which there are an estimated
100,000 in the U.S.  The focus of the Company's sales effort for fiscal 1999 is
the primary care market and acute-care/hospital market, although some product
may be sold to the extended care market during the first year.  The ability of
a physician to conduct diagnostic tests in the office enables the physician to
identify and run additional tests that help establish the basis for a firm
diagnosis and a sound therapeutic decision.  To reach this market, the Company
is employing two approaches: (i) utilization of a contract sales organization
("CSO"); and (ii) selling through distributors. The Company has contracted with
Headcount, LLC, a CSO, that will manage up to 30 territory representatives
during the influenza marketing season, which is approximately eight months,
beginning in August.  The Company has distributor relationships with Bergen
Brunswig, McKesson General Medical, LABSCO, Fischer Scientific and InfoLab.

         MANAGED CARE MARKET.  For physicians that practice in the managed care
setting, the Company's strategy is to demonstrate a significant savings and
better utilization of antibiotics.  It is recognized within the health care
industry that antibiotics are significantly over-utilized for upper respiratory
illness, which is of great concern and cost to HMO's and other managed care
organizations.  Physicians, without proper diagnostic tools such as ZstatFlu,
are unable to accurately diagnose viral versus bacterial respiratory
infections.  This contributes significantly to the overuse of antibiotics and
the resultant unnecessary cost to the healthcare system.  Overuse of
antibiotics also contributes to development of drug resistance by certain
bacteria.  The Company has targeted ZstatFlu to the managed care (HMO/PPO/PPM)
segment where specific controls can be readily put in place for insurers,
physicians and patients that will lead to both improved quality of care and
reduced costs for management of upper respiratory infections.

         PHARMACO-ECONOMIC MODEL.  The potential cost savings in using ZstatFlu
have been demonstrated in a pharmaco-economic model created by the Company.
The model, which is distributed by the Company to potential customers, was
published by the University of South Carolina Department of Pharmacy as an
outcome analysis of the management of upper respiratory infection.  The purpose
of the interactive computer model is to demonstrate to the managed care market
the potential savings that would be available through the implementation of a
practice protocol that utilized ZstatFlu.  The interactive feature of such
model allows the managed care company to input its own statistical data to
calculate total or segment-specific savings potentials in evaluating
conventional influenza treatment with treatment involving ZstatFlu.

         In comparing the cost of conventional treatment per influenza episode
with the treatment involving ZstatFlu, the managed care company can assess the
impact of reducing the percentage of cases in which antibiotics are prescribed,
as well as the potential reduction in expenses by utilizing nurse triage with
the ZstatFlu prior to involving a physician evaluation.

         The cost benefit generated by the use of ZstatFlu is greater if the
number of subsequent physician visits is reduced by the use of ZstatFlu.  This
is because 50% of physician visits for upper respiratory illness result in
subsequent visits to the physician.  The extent to which managed care companies
can reduce subsequent visits through use of ZstatFlu will make the cost savings
more significant.

         THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS.  For its therapeutic products, the Company does
not intend to establish its own sales and marketing force, but will seek
collaborative relationships with pharmaceutical companies.  In the event that
potential collaborative partners are identified, the Company will have to
negotiate and enter into definitive agreements for the development of such
therapeutic products.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be
successful in contracting with other firms for the collaborative development of
therapeutic products based on the ViraZyme technology or that any such
agreements will be on terms favorable to the Company.  See "Item 6.
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Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation - Factors Affecting Future
Operations - No Manufacturing Capability; Reliance on Third-Party
Manufacturers."

MANUFACTURING ARRANGEMENTS; SOURCES OF RAW MATERIAL

         The Company has contracted with two manufacturers to produce the
chemical compounds comprising ZstatFlu for the 1998-99 influenza season.  One
of these also assembles, packages and ships the product.  The Company may,
however, establish its own production facility located in Oklahoma if
conditions indicate that having its own facility will result in no increased
production costs per unit and the availability of the principal chemical
compound for ZstatFlu does not make outsourcing advantageous relative to
production by the Company.

         The Company has secured the chemical compounds necessary for the
1998-99 influenza season production requirements, and other material is
currently available in quantities and within delivery schedules that meet the
Company's fiscal year requirements.

         The Company has the technical capability with its existing personnel
to produce the chemical for ZstatFlu in the event the Company establishes its
own production facility.  Additional technicians, facilities and equipment
would be required, however, for the Company to conduct its own production
operation.

EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN MARKETS

         Requirements for marketing a diagnostic product in Europe are generally
less stringent than in the U.S.  Once an application for marketing clearance is
submitted to the FDA, the product covered by such application may be marketed in
certain European countries.  The company has received clearances to market
ZstatFlu in Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

COMPETITION

         Competition in the Company's markets is intense. The Company competes
with a large number of companies ranging from very small businesses to large
diagnostic, healthcare, pharmaceutical, biomedical and chemical companies, many
of which have substantially greater financial, manufacturing, marketing and
product research resources than the Company.  Academic institutions,
governmental agencies and other public and private research organizations are
also conducting research activities and may commercialize products on their own
or through joint ventures. The Company intends to compete primarily on the
basis of the clinical utility, accuracy, speed, ease of use and other
performance characteristics of its products and, to a lesser degree, on the
price of its products.

         The Company is aware that other companies are developing influenza
diagnostics which may  compete with the Company's products.  These diagnostic
products could compete directly with ZstatFlu and other Company products which
utilize the Company's ViraZyme technology. The existence of these and other
competing products or procedures that may be developed in the future may
adversely affect the marketability of products developed by the Company.

         Although the Company's existing licensed patent rights cover a broad
field of viral diagnostics, the Company is aware of the efforts of others to
develop diagnostics for viral disease.  Quidel, working with Glaxo Wellcome,
and Biostar, working with Biota Holdings, Ltd. ("Biota"), have each publicly
announced influenza diagnostic programs.  Biostar/Biota announced a 510(k)
filing on their influenza diagnostic in May 1998.  The Company believes that
the primary methods being used by these competitors and others to develop such
diagnostics are substantially different than the Company's methods and do not
offer the anticipated market advantages of the ViraZyme system.  There can be
no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in fully developing
its products so that such expected marketing advantages will be realized or
that the competitive advantages of products of competitors will not exceed
those of the Company's products.

         In addition, the Company is aware of influenza therapeutic programs of
other companies; specifically Glaxo Wellcome, whose influenza therapeutic the
Company believes is in FDA Phase III clinical trials; Roche, which has begun
Phase I or Phase II clinical trials for its therapeutic for influenza; and R.W.
Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., both Johnson & Johnson companies whose influenza program is in later
stage clinical research.  Programs underway at Glaxo Wellcome, Roche and
Johnson & Johnson both involve inhibition of enzymes in a manner similar to the
Company's approach.  The Company recognizes that these two competitors are
further advanced in the development of influenza therapeutics than is the
Company and may come to the market with a therapeutic product earlier than the
Company, which could be a barrier to market acceptance of the Company's
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         A therapeutic product developed by Glaxo Wellcome, Roche and Johnson &
Johnson will be a strong competitor for any therapeutic which the Company may
develop, because of the substantially greater resources of such companies.  In
the event the Company develops a therapeutic product, it plans to contract
with a large pharmaceutical company  to increase the Company's ability to
compete against large companies such as Glaxo Wellcome, Roche and Johnson &
Johnson.  There can be no assurance that such a contract can be secured on
terms satisfactory to the Company, or at all.

         The Company's competitive position will also depend on its ability to
attract and retain qualified scientific and other personnel, develop effective
proprietary products, implement production and marketing plans, obtain patent
protection and obtain adequate capital resources.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

         LICENSES FROM OMRF.  Under the terms of a license from OMRF (the "OMRF
ViraZyme License"), the Company has been granted an exclusive, perpetual,
worldwide license covering all of the patents which comprise the ViraZyme
technology and all foreign patents and patent applications corresponding to
those patent applications (the "ViraZyme Patent Rights").  The issued U.S.
patents covered by the OMRF ViraZyme License expire in the U.S. from 2010 to
2013.  The Patent Rights relate to the methods for use of naturally occurring
viral enzymes to detect the presence of a specific virus from a patient
specimen with the test yielding a visible reaction, as well as patents on
specific novel compounds, synthesis pathways and composition of matter.  The
OMRF ViraZyme License grants the Company the perpetual, exclusive worldwide
right to manufacture, have manufactured, use, sell or have sold, products made
under the Patent Rights.  In consideration for the OMRF License, the Company
has: (i) paid OMRF a license fee of $825,000; (ii) executed a note in the
principal amount of $425,000; (iii) granted OMRF a 2.0% royalty on net sales of
products derived from patents held by OMRF and covered by the OMRF ViraZyme
License; (iv) granted to OMRF a warrant (the "OMRF License Warrant") to
purchase 5,667 shares of Common Stock at $3.20 per share; and (v) issued to
OMRF 165,130 shares of Common Stock.

         Under the terms of the OMRF ViraZyme License, the Company assumed
responsibility to pay Biota a royalty of 4% of the revenues derived by the
Company from sales of diagnostic products utilizing intellectual property
("Collaboration Intellectual Property") developed during a research
collaboration between Symex Corp. ("Symex") and Biota.  The Company does not
believe that the ZstatFlu product utilizes Collaboration Intellectual Property
and, therefore, does not believe that a royalty will be due Biota.  However,
there can be no assurance that Biota will not be successful in establishing
that ZstatFlu utilizes Collaboration Intellectual Property and that a royalty
will be due Biota.  In the event that a royalty is payable, royalty payments to
OMRF will be offset by any royalties payable to Biota, and the Company does not
believe that such obligation to Biota would materially adversely affect the
Company's capitalization or operations.

         Under the OMRF HIV License, the Company has been granted an exclusive
worldwide license to compounds indicating in laboratory tests to have activity
against AIDS.  The Company has paid OMRF an up-front royalty of $150,000, and
has agreed to pay OMRF: (i) a royalty of $1.0 million at the time a New Drug
Application ("NDA") is filed with the FDA with respect to any new product or
service; (ii) a royalty of $5.0 million, payable in five annual installments,
commencing on approval of the NDA for any product or service; and (iii) a
royalty of 8% of net sales (offset by any of the Company's research and
development costs, other than costs of clinical trials).

         The Company believes that the family of compounds being developed by
it for therapeutic use are not within the claims of any other company,
including Glaxo Wellcome or Roche, who the Company is aware has filed patent
applications for certain therapeutic products based upon the review of patent
disclosures made by such companies.

         OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.  In addition to patent rights, the Company
relies on trade secrets, trademarks and nondisclosure agreements to establish
and protect its proprietary rights.  Despite these precautions, it may be
possible for unauthorized third parties to utilize the Company's technology or
to obtain and use information that the Company regards as proprietary.  The
laws of some foreign countries do not protect the Company's proprietary rights
in its processes and products to the same extent as do the laws of the U.S.

         The Company relies substantially on certain technologies which are not
patentable or proprietary and therefore may be available to the Company's
competitors. In addition, many of the processes and much of the know-how of
importance to the Company's technology are dependent upon the skills, knowledge
and experience of its scientific and technical personnel, which skills,
knowledge and experience are not patentable. To protect its rights in these
areas, the Company requires all employees, significant consultants and
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agreements. There can be no assurance, however, that these agreements will
provide meaningful protection for the Company's trade secrets, know-how or
other proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of
such trade secrets, know-how or proprietary information. Further, in the
absence of patent protection, the Company may be exposed to competitors who
independently develop substantially equivalent technology or otherwise gain
access to the Company's trade secrets, knowledge or other proprietary
information.  ViraZyme and ViraSTAT are trademarks registered to OMRF and
licensed to the Company under the terms of the OMRF License.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

         The following is a summary of principal areas of governmental
regulation which affect the Company and its operations.  Any change in
governmental regulations or in the interpretation thereof could have a material
adverse effect on the Company.

         THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS.  The production and marketing of the Company's
therapeutic products and its therapeutic research and development activities
are subject to regulation for safety, efficacy and quality by numerous
governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries. In the U.S., drugs
are subject to rigorous regulation. The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act,
as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as well as other
federal and state statutes and regulations, govern, among other things, the
testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, labeling, storage, record keeping,
approval, advertising and promotion of the Company's proposed therapeutic
products. Product development and approval within this regulatory framework
take a number of years and involve the expenditure of substantial resources. In
addition to obtaining FDA approval for each product, each drug manufacturing
establishment must be registered with, and approved by, the FDA. Domestic
manufacturing establishments are subject to regular inspections by the FDA and
must comply with GMP. To supply products for use in the U.S., foreign
manufacturing establishments must also comply with GMP and are subject to
periodic inspection by the FDA or by regulatory authorities in certain of such
countries under reciprocal agreement with the FDA.

              New Drug Development and Approval.  The U.S. system of new drug
approval is the most rigorous in the world. According to a February 1993 report
by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, it cost an average of
$359 million and took an average of 15 years from discovery of a compound to
bring a single new pharmaceutical product to market. Approximately one in 1,000
compounds that enter the pre-clinical testing stage eventually makes it to
human testing and only one-fifth of those are ultimately approved for
commercialization. In recent years, societal and governmental pressures have
created the expectation that drug discovery and development costs can be
reduced without sacrificing safety, efficacy and innovation. The need to
significantly improve or provide alternative strategies for successful
pharmaceutical discovery, research and development remains a major health care
industry challenge.

              Pre-Clinical Testing.  During the pre-clinical testing stage,
laboratory and animal studies are conducted to show biological activity of the
compound against the targeted disease, and the compound is evaluated for
safety.  These tests can take three years or more to complete.

              Investigational New Drug (IND) Application.  After pre-clinical
testing, an IND is filed with the FDA to begin human testing of the drug. The
IND becomes effective if the FDA does not reject it within 30 days. The IND
must indicate the results of previous experiments, how, where and by whom the
new studies will be conducted, how the chemical compound is manufactured, the
method by which it is believed to work in the human body, and any toxic effects
of the compound found in the animal studies. In addition, the IND must be
reviewed and approved by an institutional review board consisting of industry
exports, including physicians at the hospital or  clinic where the proposed
studies will be conducted. Progress reports detailing the results of the
clinical trials must be submitted at least annually to the FDA.


              Phase I Clinical Trials.  After an IND becomes effective, Phase I
human clinical trials can begin. These studies, involving usually between 20
and 80 healthy volunteers, can take one year or more to complete. The studies
determine a drug's safety profile, including the safe dosage range. The Phase I
clinical studies also determine how a drug is absorbed, distributed,
metabolized and excreted by the body, as well as the duration of its action.

              Phase II Clinical Trials.  In Phase II clinical trials,
controlled studies of approximately 100 to 300 volunteer patients with the
targeted disease assess the drug's effectiveness. These studies are designed
primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug on the volunteer patients
as well as to determine if there are any side effects on these patients. These
studies can take two years or more and may be conducted concurrently with Phase
I clinical trials. In addition, Phase I/II clinical trials may be conducted
that evaluate not only the efficacy but also the safety of the drug on the
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              Phase III Clinical Trials.  This phase typically lasts up to
three years or more and usually involves 1,000 to 3,000 patients with the
targeted disease. During the Phase III clinical trials, physicians monitor the
patients to determine efficacy and to observe and report any adverse reactions
that may result from long-term use of the drug.

              New Drug Application (NDA).  After the completion of all three
clinical trial phases, the data are analyzed and if the data indicate that the
drug is safe and effective, an NDA is filed with the FDA. The NDA must contain
all of the information on the drug that has been gathered to date, including
data from the clinical trials. NDAs are often over 100,000 pages in length. The
average NDA review time for new pharmaceuticals approved in 1995 was
approximately 19 months.

              Fast Track Review.  In December 1992, the FDA formalized
procedures for accelerating the approval of drugs to be marketed for the
treatment of certain serious diseases for which no satisfactory alternative
treatment exists, such as Alzheimer's disease and AIDS. If it is demonstrated
that the drug has a positive effect on survival or irreversible morbidity
during Phase II clinical trials, then the FDA may approve the drug for
marketing without completion of Phase III testing.

              Approval.  If the FDA approves the NDA, the drug becomes
available for physicians to prescribe. The Company must continue to submit
periodic reports to the FDA, including descriptions of any adverse reactions
reported.  For certain drugs which are administered on a long-term basis, the
FDA may request additional clinical studies (Phase IV) after the drug has begun
to be marketed to evaluate long-term effects.

         REGULATION OF DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS. The manufacture, distribution and
sale of any of the Company's products in the U.S. for clinical diagnostic
purposes will require prior authorization by the FDA.  The FDA and similar
agencies in foreign countries, especially Japan, have promulgated substantial
regulations which apply to the testing, marketing, export and manufacturing of
diagnostic products. To obtain FDA clearance of a new product for diagnostic
purposes, the Company will, in most cases, be required to submit proof of the
safety and efficacy of the product. Such proof typically entails clinical and
laboratory tests. The testing, preparation of necessary applications and
processing of those applications by the FDA is expensive and time consuming.

         The clinical testing required by the Company's diagnostic products is
expected to be significantly less extensive than that typically required for
the development of a drug or therapeutic product or for an invasive procedure.
Nevertheless, these clinical testing protocols may take several months or even
years to complete, depending on the nature of the filing. There can be no
assurance that the FDA will act favorably or quickly in making its review, and
significant difficulties or costs may be encountered by the Company in its
effort to obtain FDA clearances that could delay or preclude the Company from
marketing its products for diagnostic purposes. Furthermore, there can be no
assurance that the FDA will not request the development of additional data
following the original submission. Based upon the data submitted to it, the FDA
may also limit the scope of the labeling or permitted use of the product or
deny the application all together. With respect to patented products or
technologies, delays imposed by the governmental approval process may
materially reduce the period during which the Company will have the exclusive
right to exploit those products or technologies.

         The marketability of the Company's diagnostic products may also be
affected by certain state and Federal legislation covering the use of
diagnostic tests in physician offices, including CLIA which requires
physicians' offices conducting tests which require sophisticated instruments or
specially trained personnel to be certified or licensed under CLIA.  Although
the Company believes that CLIA regulations apply, it does not believe that CLIA
will restrict the use of the Company's diagnostic products in its target
markets; however, there can be no assurance that this will be true and such
restrictions could severely limit the marketability of the Company's planned
products.

         The Company's currently contemplated diagnostic products are regulated
as medical devices.  Prior to entering commercial distribution, all medical
devices must undergo FDA review under one of two basic review procedures: a
Section 510(k) pre-market notification or a pre-market approval application
("PMA").  A 510(k) is submitted to demonstrate that the product in question is
"substantially equivalent" to another legally marketed device.   In the event
any of the Company's diagnostic products do not qualify for clearance under the
510(k) procedure, it may be required to file a PMA which shows (i) that the
product is safe and effective based on extensive clinical testing among several
diverse testing sites and population groups; and (ii) that the product has
acceptable sensitivity and specificity.  This requires much more extensive
testing than does the 510(k) procedure and involves a significantly longer FDA
review after the date of filing.  In response to a PMA, the FDA may grant
marketing clearance, may request additional information, may set restrictive
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         After product clearance has been received, such clearance may still be
withdrawn if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or if
problems occur after the product reaches the market. The FDA may require
surveillance programs to monitor the effect of products which have been
commercialized, and has the power to prevent or limit further marketing of the
products based on the results of these post-marketing programs. In addition to
obtaining FDA approval for each product, the FDA must, under the PMA
guidelines, approve the manufacturing facilities and procedures for the
product. The FDA will also inspect diagnostic companies on a routine basis for
regulatory compliance with GMP.  The Company believes that the use of its
diagnostic products will not be restricted in physician office laboratories
located within the Company's target markets.

         REGULATION BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.  Sales of the Company's products
outside the U.S. are also subject to certain regulatory requirements imposed by
foreign governments.  Regulatory requirements for diagnostic products vary
significantly from country to country.  Regulations in Western Europe, Canada,
Australia, Japan and other developed (non third-world) countries are often less
stringent than are the regulatory requirements in the U.S.  The time to meet
such regulatory requirements outside the U.S. may be longer or shorter than
that required to achieve U.S. clearance.

         OTHER GOVERNMENT REGULATION. In addition to regulations enforced by
the FDA, the Company also is or will be subject to regulation under CLIA, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other present and future Federal,
state or local regulations. The Company's research and development activities
involve the controlled use of hazardous materials, chemicals and viruses.
Although the Company believes that its safety procedures for handling and
disposing of such materials comply with the standard prescribed by state and
Federal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these
materials cannot be completely eliminated. In the event of such an accident,
the Company could be held liable for any damages that result, and any such
liability could exceed the resources of the Company.

OMRF SUPPORT

         Until January 1, 1996, the scientific and product development
activities relating to the ViraZyme technology were conducted by OMRF.  Since
that time, although the Company has performed those functions, OMRF has
continued to provide, on a marginal cost basis, significant supportive and
collaborative resources permitting the Company to access state-of-the-art
facilities, equipment, services and personnel.   See "- Employees."  This
operational relationship will continue until 1999.  This relationship has
permitted the Company to handle purchasing, equipment services and other
non-technology related needs without significant staffing increases and thereby
apply more of the Company's resources to technology and market development.
The impact of this support became less significant in fiscal 1998 and will
continue to do so as the Company continues to hire personnel outside of the
OMRF arrangement and assume the performance of such services.

EMPLOYEES

         The Company had 32 employees as of September 1, 1998, comprising 10
laboratory personnel, six manufacturing employees, six marketing employees and
seven employees in administration and finance.  Nine employees have advanced
degrees (eight Ph.D's and one M.D.)  One of the Company's scientific staff is
employed by OMRF and services are provided to the Company by OMRF on a lease
basis.  As an OMRF employee, this person participates in retirement, health
insurance, life insurance and other employee benefit programs which, at the
inception of this arrangement would have otherwise been unavailable to the
Company or would have  represented a prohibitive compensation expense.  The
Company reimburses OMRF on a monthly basis for OMRF's costs associated with such
employees, and these costs consist primarily of salaries, payroll taxes, health
insurance and life insurance premiums and contributions to an employee
participant retirement plan.  Such leasing arrangement is expected to continue
until 1999.  See "- OMRF Support."  All other personnel are employees of the
Company.

         The Company believes that its relations with its personnel are
excellent.  The future success of the Company will depend in large part upon
its continued ability to attract and retain highly skilled and qualified
personnel.  Competition for such personnel is intense.

GLOSSARY

         The following scientific, technical and regulatory terms are used in
this report:

         Active Site -  means that portion of an enzyme that acts upon a
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         Adenovirus - comprises 47 known serotypes of viruses belonging to the
         family adenoviridae.  These viruses can cause respiratory disease,
         keratoconjunctivitis, diarrhea, cystitis and other diseases.

         Antibody -  means a protein molecule produced by lymphocytes following
         introduction of a foreign entity.  The purpose of the antibody is to
         assist in elimination of the foreign entity from the body.

         Capitated Lives - means the population of individuals covered by
         health insurance that represent a level payment per life to a health
         care organization in return for an agreed upon level of health
         coverage.

         Chromogen - means a molecule or compound capable of absorbing light in
         the visible spectrum, such that a color is observed visually, or its
         absorbance characteristics are measured by an instrument.

         CLIA - the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988, a Federal law
         which established quality standards for all laboratory testing
         regardless of where tests are performed.

         Cytomegalovirus - means a sub-family of the Herpesviridae.  These
         viruses cause latent infection in the salivary glands.

         Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) - means the genetic blueprint for encoding
         all RNA and ultimately the hereditary material for all life.

         Gene Probe - means a molecule that reacts with the genetic material of
         a cell and is used to detect the presence of the cell by the unique
         map of the genetic material.

         GMP - means Good Manufacturing Procedures, a set of standards to which
         the FDA requires adherence in order for an organization to sell its
         products to the consumer.

         Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) - means a virus from the family
         Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus Human Herpes Virus
         group.  Causes "cold sores," genital lesions and encephalitis.  The
         virus can also pass along nerves and become latent in ganglia from
         which it is reactivated by stimuli such as colds and sunlight.

         Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - the virus that causes Acquired 
         Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS.

         IND - means an Investigational New Drug Application filed with the FDA
         in connection with the commencement of human testing of a new drug.

         Influenza Virus - means a virus from the family Orthomyxoviridae.
         There are three genera, A, B, C; A&B are most common to humans, while
         C rarely causes significant infection.

         Inhibitor - means a molecule that is recognized by an enzyme and locks
         into the active site thus reducing the ability of the enzyme to act
         upon other molecules.

         Monoclonal Antibody (MAb) - means an antibody derived from a single
         B-cell, raised against a single localized area on the molecular
         surface of a protein, nucleic acid or polysaccharide. These antibodies
         are highly specific for a particular part of a macromolecule.

         Neuraminidase - means an enzyme of the family Sialidase that acts upon
         neuraminic acid and like compounds.

         POC - means point-of-care.  This refers to the site where a test is
         actually conducted.

         Rational Design - a method of designing a molecule based upon the
         foreknowledge of the desired structural characteristics being sought.

         Recognition Portion - means a chemical entity capable of acting with
         the active site of an enzyme.

         Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) -  means a virus that infects
         humans, usually children, which is an important cause of acute
         respiratory disease.

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         Sensitivity - means the measure of actual positives versus the sum of
         false positives and false negatives in a diagnostic test.  A high
         value indicates that the test detects even low levels of the desired
         target.  A low value indicates that detection occurs at higher levels
         of infection.

         Specificity - means the measure of actual negatives versus the sum of
         actual negatives and false positives in a diagnostic test.  A high
         value indicates that the test detects only the desired target.  A low
         value is indicative of detection of similar but not targeted entities.

         Substrate - means the molecule acted upon by an enzyme resulting in a
         change to the molecule.

         Virus - (Latin meaning: poison or slime) infectious units comprising
         either RNA or DNA enclosed in a protective coat which contain
         information that permit them to replicate themselves once they have
         inserted themselves into host cells.

         X-ray Crystallography - a method of structural analysis of a substance
         whereby crystals of the substance are grown and analyzed using
         3-dimensional computer aided designs.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES.

         The Company leases approximately 10,000 square feet of laboratory and
office space located at 800 Research Parkway, Suite 100, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, pursuant to the terms of a lease (the "Presbyterian Lease") with
Presbyterian Health Foundation ("Presbyterian").  Approximately 1,000 square
feet of such leased space is subleased to OMRF for a technology transfer
office.  The Presbyterian Lease has a term expiring March 1, 2007, with no rent
payable before March 1, 1999, and, thereafter, annual rent is payable at the
rate of $15.00 per square foot. As additional consideration for the
Presbyterian Lease, Presbyterian received warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.20 per share.  The Presbyterian Lease
Warrant has a term expiring March 1, 2002.  In April 1998, the Company signed
an amendment to the Presbyterian Lease agreement with an effective date of
December 1, 1998.  The amendment increases the amount of leased  space at the
current facilities up to an additional 34,000 square feet.  The lease rate for
additional space occupied will be $12.00 per square foot.  The Company believes
that the facilities available to it under the Presbyterian Lease are in
superior condition and, as the Company takes possession of the additional space
in 1999, that the facilities will be adequate to meet the Company's foreseeable
space requirements.

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

         From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating
to claims arising out of its normal business operation.  The Company does not
have any material legal proceedings pending against it, or any of its
properties.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

         There were no matters submitted to a vote of stockholders during the
Company's fourth quarter of fiscal 1998.

ITEM 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

         The  executive  officers,  scientific advisory board and clinical
advisory board of the Company are as follows:

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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Peter G. Livingston                   44      President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Craig D. Shimasaki, Ph.D.             42      Vice President of Research

Gary W. Pedersen                      53      Vice President of Marketing and Sales

Charles E. Seeney                     55      Vice President of Operations and Strategic Development

G. Carl Gibson                        39      Vice President, Controller, Secretary, Treasurer
</TABLE>

         Peter G. Livingston has served as President and as a director of the
Company since its incorporation. From 1993 until 1996, he also served as Head,
Virology Research Program at OMRF, for the purpose of organizing the Company
and continuing the development of the Company's technology. From 1990 to 1993,
he served as President of Symex. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Livingston was
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and manufactured precision plastic medical/laboratory components. From 1986 to
1988, he was Director of Marketing for Biotechnology for Phillips Petroleum
Company. Prior to 1986 he was Director of New Products for McNeil
Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson.

         Craig D. Shimasaki, Ph.D., has served as Vice President of Research
since 1996. From 1993 to 1996 he was employed by OMRF as visiting Research
Scientist. From 1987 until 1993, he served as Executive Director of Research and
Department Head of Biochemistry of Symex. From 1983 to 1987 he worked at
Genentech, Inc. as a research associate on the purification, characterization
and epitope mapping of its gp120 AIDS vaccine. Dr. Shimasaki has set up the
Company's Biochemistry Department and co-developed and implemented a GMP
manufacturing documentation system and manufacturing area. He has developed and
optimized fluorescent antibody coupling procedures which have resulted in the
investigational ViraSTAT parainfluenza MAb kit. His work includes the 
co-development of the format of the ViraZyme assay. He is a co-inventor of the
patent for the method of the ViraZyme influenza viral detection in clinical
specimens. Dr. Shimasaki received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University
of California at Davis and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from
the University of Tulsa.

         Gary W. Pedersen has served as Vice President for Marketing and Sales
since 1997. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Pedersen participated in various
entrepreneurial efforts in the healthcare field. From 1994 to 1995 he was Vice
President of Marketing at General Medical Corporation. From 1986 to 1994, he
served in various executive positions at Anago Incorporated, most recently
serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Pedersen holds a
B.A.  from Oakland University.

         Charles E. Seeney has served as Vice President for Operations and
Strategic Development since 1996. From 1990 to 1996, he held positions with
Kerr McGee Chemical Company, most recently serving as Manager, New Product
Development.  From 1978 to 1990, Mr. Seeney served as President of IMCERA
Bioproducts, Inc., a division of the IMCERA Group. He holds an M.S. in Polymer
Science from the Institute of Polymer Science - The University of Akron, and a
B.S. in Organic Chemistry from Lincoln University of Missouri.

         G. Carl Gibson has served as Vice President, Controller, Treasurer and
Secretary of the Company since 1997.  From 1989 to 1997, he was the Chief
Operating Officer of First Commercial Bank, SSB, Lawton and Norman, Oklahoma.
From 1985 to 1989 he was the Chief Financial Officer at Citizens Bank in
Lawton, Oklahoma. Mr. Gibson received his B.A. in Accounting from the
University of Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Accountant.

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

         The Company has established a Scientific Advisory Board to assist in
the Company's research direction and augment the quality of science conducted
at the Company.  These members have expertise in the fields of human viral
diseases, protein chemistry, transcription and translation, clinical and
laboratory virology, infectious disease, oncology and pediatric medicine.  The
Company's Scientific Advisory Board consults with management and key scientific
employees of the Company to assist the Company in identifying scientific and
product development opportunities, to review the progress of the Company's
specific projects, and to help recruit and evaluate the Company's scientific
staff.  The nature, scope and frequency of consultations between the Company
and each scientific advisor vary depending upon the Company's current
activities, the need for specific assistance and the individual scientific
advisor.

         The Company's Scientific Advisory Board includes:

         Ronald C. Conaway, Ph.D.  Dr. Conaway is a Member of the Program in
Molecular and Cell Biology at OMRF.  His research is focused on mechanisms of
transcriptional regulation, the relationship between transcription factors,
tumor suppressors, and human disease, and he has published extensively on these
topics.  Dr. Conaway is a consulting editor of the Journal Biochemistry and a
member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.  In 1997,
Dr.  Conaway received the American Society for Biochemistry and is also a
recipient of the Molecular Biology Amgen Award.

         J. Vernon Knight, M.D.   Dr. Knight received his M.D. degree from
Harvard Medical School in 1943 and later, he joined the faculty at Cornell
University Medical School and Vanderbilt Medical School.  Subsequently, he
served as Clinical Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland.  Dr. Knight has been at the Baylor College of
Medicine since 1966 and has served as Chairman of the Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, and Director of the Department of the Center for
Biotechnology.  He is now Acting Chairman of the Department of Molecular
Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of the Department of Medicine at
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author of more than 200 articles in scientific journals, primarily on the
subject of virus diseases.  Dr. Knight has also served as a member of the
Company's Board of Directors since 1996.

       Gilbert M. Schiff, M.D.  Dr. Schiff is currently the Associate Chairman
for the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Gamble Program, Division of
Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati,
Ohio and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine.  He received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati in
1957, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of
Iowa.  He later served with the U.S. Public Health Service, and held positions
at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, and the National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.  In 1974, he became President of the
James N. Gamble Institute of Medical Research. His scientific contributions are
best known in the area of development and evaluation of rubella vaccines, as
well as in the prevention and treatment of viral diseases.  Dr. Schiff is
currently the Principle Investigator of the Vaccine, Treatment, and Evaluation
Unit in Cincinnati, which is one of five NIH-designated centers for vaccine and
antiviral evaluations in the U.S. He has served as a member of the Company's
Board of Directors since 1994.

         Jordan J.N. Tang, Ph.D.  Dr. Tang is currently Member and Head of the
Protein Studies Program at OMRF where he also occupies the J. G. Peuterbough
Chair of Medical Research.  He is also an OMRF Professor of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  Dr.
Tang is known for his pioneering research in the field of the aspartic
proteases, the discovery of human gastricsin, and first to determine the amino
acid sequence of pepsin in 1971.  His work in the active-site structure and
catalytic mechanism of pepsin paved the way to the understanding of this group
of enzymes including the discovery of a major principle now successfully used
to develop HIV protease inhibitor drugs.  Dr. Tang has published approximately
200 papers.  Among his professional honors are: John Simon Guggenheim
Fellowship, and NIH Career Award, NIH Study Physiological Chemistry Study
Section and AIDS Study Section, Journal of Biological Chemistry Editorial
Board, Honorary Professor of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing Institute of
Microbiology and International Advisor to the Chinese Academy of Science,
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

         William G. Thurman, M.D.  Dr. Thurman is currently President Emeritus
of OMRF.  He received his M.D. from the McGill School of Medicine at Montreal,
Quebec and later served as professor at various Schools of Medicine including
Tulane University, Emory University, Cornell University and the University of
Virginia.  He served as Dean at Tulane University School of Medicine from 1973
until 1975 when he became Provost and Vice President for Medical Affairs at the
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ("OUHSC").  He continues to
practice medicine as a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist.

         Joseph L. Waner, Ph.D.  Dr. Waner is Associate Vice President for
Research and Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Virology at
OUHSC.  He is co-editor of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Probes and has
served on the editorial boards of other journals.  His current position as
President of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology and a past
appointment as a Speaker for the Foundation for Microbiology Lectures Program
are among his honors.  Dr. Waner's research has focused on human
cytomegalovirus and the diagnosis of respiratory viruses.  He has published 50
peer-reviewed journal articles and 20 invited review articles and book
chapters.  During his 19 years as Director of Clinical Virology/Serology at the
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, he has provided virology testing services to
the Oklahoma medical community.


CLINICAL ADVISORY BOARD

         The Company's Clinical Advisory Board is established to provide
leadership and credibility to the Company by suggesting product design,
application refinement, clinical studies, industry contacts and future
direction for the relationship of the Company's products to the needs of
practicing physicians.  Each member selected brings at least two major
experience and skill sets as well as industry presence to the group.  The
following summary information identifies the members of the Clinical Advisory
Group.





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<TABLE>
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 NAME                                 CURRENT POSITION                     EXPERTISE/AREA OF INTEREST
 ----                                 ----------------                     --------------------------
 <S>                                  <C>                                  <C>
 Nelson Braslow, M.D.                 National Medical Director, United    Medical technology; medical
                                      Health Care                          policy; disease management design
                                                                           and practice guidelines

 Gregory Cortez, M.D.                 Senior Medical Director,             Medical utilization and risk
                                      Prudential Insurance                 management; quality improvement

 Heinz Eichenwald, M.D.               William Buchanan Professor of        Pediatric infectious diseases;
                                      Pediatrics, University of Texas      consultant to health
                                      Southwestern Medical School          organizations; active in World
                                                                           Health Organization

 Gregory Gahm, M.D.                   Practicing Geriatrician, faculty     Nursing home medical director;
                                      member, University of Colorado       clinical investigator; guidelines
                                                                           consultant

 Austin Gaines                        Executive Director Managed Care      Benefits design; cost trends;
                                      Arkansas Sisters of Mercy Health     quality initiatives
                                      Systems - St. Louis

 Paul Glezen, M.D.                    Professor, Department of             Viral respiratory diseases and
                                      Microbiology and Immunology,         vaccines, particularly influenza
                                      Pediatrics, Head of Preventive
                                      Medicine, Baylor University

 Michael Hendry, D.Sc.                Chief of Respiratory, AIDS and       Viral diagnostics
                                      Support Section, Viral and
                                      Rickettsial Disease Laboratory,
                                      California Department of Health
                                      Services

 David James, M.D.                    Family Practice                      3 years of Clinical trial
                                                                           experience

 Steven R. Mostow, M.D.               Chairman, Department of Medicine,    Designer of "Denver Model"
                                      Rose Medical Center, University      community coalition for influenza
                                      of Colorado                          vaccine

 Richard L. Reece, M.D.               Editor-in-Chief, Physician           Medical writer; developer of
                                      Practice Options                     laboratory computer programs;
                                                                           Chairman of the National
                                                                           Association of Integrated Health
                                                                           Organizations; Chief Medical
                                                                           Officer, MD Alliance

 Gilbert M. Schiff, M.D.              President, Gamble Institute for      Viral clinical investigator,
                                      Medical Research                     infection control

 Steven Senevey, M.D.                 Practicing Physician, University     Consultant, Child Study center;
                                      of Texas Southwestern Medical        group practice management
                                      School

 Winkler G. Weinberg, M.D.            Section Chief, Infectious Disease    Immunocompromised and high risk
                                      Service, Kaiser Permenente,          patients
                                      Southwest Medical Group

 Barry Wolcott, M.D.                  Chief Medical Officer, Access        Developed clinical algorithms for
                                      Health                               military; directed integrated
                                                                           health service systems for West
                                                                           Point; founder of private demand
                                                                           management company
</TABLE>





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                                    PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

MARKET INFORMATION

         The Company's Common Stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market
("Nasdaq") under the symbol "ZMTX."  The following table shows the high and low
closing sales prices per share for the Common Stock from October 29, 1997, when
the Common Stock was first listed on Nasdaq, through June 30, 1998.

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         <S>                                    <C>           <C>                        
         FISCAL 1998                                                                     
                                                                                         
         Second Quarter                         $  12.38      $  8.00                    
         
         Third Quarter                          $  10.00      $  3.75                    
                                                                                         
         Fourth Quarter                         $  12.63      $  4.13                    
</TABLE>

STOCKHOLDERS

         As of September 1, 1998, there were 283 holders of record of the
Common Stock according to the records maintained by the Company's transfer
agent.  As of that date, the Company had approximately 1,847 stockholders,
including beneficial owners holding shares in street or nominee names.

DIVIDENDS

         The Company has not paid dividends on its Common Stock and does not
intend to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.





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USE OF PROCEEDS OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

         As previously reported on the Company's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 1997 (filed electronically on December 15, 1997),
on November 3, 1997, the Company closed an initial public offering (the
"Offering") of 2,645,000 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock (inclusive of
the sale of Shares pursuant to the exercise of an underwriter overallotment
option to purchase 345,000 Shares). The Shares were offered for sale at a price
of $8.00 per share pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No.
333-33563) (the "Registration Statement") which was declared effective October
29, 1997. Capital West Securities, Inc., Millennium Financial Group, Inc. and
ComVest Partners, Inc. (the "Underwriters") acted as the managing underwriters
of the Offering.

         An aggregate of 2,645,000 shares of Common Stock (including 345,000
shares of Common Stock subject to the Underwriters' overallotment option) and
230,000 common stock purchase warrants (the "Underwriters' Warrants") issued to
the Underwriters at a price of $.001 per warrant, were registered pursuant to
the Registration Statement. The aggregate offering price of the Shares, the
Underwriters' Warrants, the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Underwriters' Warrants and the Common Stock subject to the Underwriters'
over-allotment option was $21,160,000.

         The proceeds of the Offering were subject to the following actual
expenses:
<TABLE>
         <S>                                             <C>                                                                 
                                                         Direct or indirect payments to directors, officers,                 
                                                         general partners of the Registrant or their                         
                                                         associates; to persons owning ten percent or more                   
                                                         of any class of equity securities of the issuer;                   
                                                         and to affiliates of the Registrant                                 
                                                                                                                             
         Underwriting discounts and commissions          $  1,692,800                                                         
                                                                                                                             
         Expenses paid to or for underwriters            $    634,800                                                        

         Other Expenses                                  $    495,400                                                        
                                                         ------------                                                        
                                                                                                                             
         Total Expenses                                  $  2,823,000                                                         
</TABLE>

         The net proceeds of the Offering after deducting the expenses
described above were approximately $18,337,000.  Since the closing of the
Offering, such proceeds were used by the Registrant for each of the purposes
indicated below:

<TABLE>
                                                                                                                               
         <S>                                            <C>                                                                    
                                                        Direct or indirect payments to directors, officers,                 
                                                        general partners of the Registrant or their                 
                                                        associates; to persons owning ten percent or more of                 
                                                        any class of equity securities of the issuer; and to                 
                                                        affiliates of the Registrant                                           
                                                                                                                               
         Temporary investments                          $ 18,337,000                                          
</TABLE>

ITEM 6.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION.

         From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking statements
relating to certain matters, including anticipated financial performance,
business prospects, the progress and goals for the Company's research and
development program, marketing strategies and other similar matters.  The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for
forward-looking statements.  In order to comply with the terms of that safe
harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company's
actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results
or other expectations expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements.
In addition, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update those
forward-looking statements.

         When used in this discussion, the words "believes," "anticipated" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only
as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release
the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be
made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.





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OVERVIEW

         Because the Company's initial products are expected to be in the area
of influenza diagnostics and the Company's near term therapeutic research
emphasis is in the area of influenza, the Company's future revenues are likely
to be seasonal, concurrent with the times of the year in which influenza is
active in the northern hemisphere. Consequently, so long as the U.S. influenza
market remains the principal market for the Company's products, the Company's
revenues will be concentrated in the quarters corresponding with the flu
season, generally the second and third quarters of each fiscal year.

         In September 1997, the Company received clearance from the FDA to
market ZstatFlu, the Company's first commercial diagnostic product, in the U.S.
Manufacturing of the units is performed through a number of subcontractors.  On
November 3, 1997, the Company closed an initial public offering of 2,645,000
shares of Common Stock.  At a price of $8.00 per share which resulted in
proceeds of approximately $18.3 million, net of offering expenses, underwriter
discounts and non-accountable expense allowances.

         In February 1998, the Company received a composition-of-matter and
methods patent for the active compound in its ZstatFlu test from the United
States Patent Office as "4,7-Dialkoxy N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Derivatives and
Methods for Detection of Influenza Type A and B Viruses in Clinical Specimens."
The patent, covering the molecule designed to detect Influenza A and B enzyme
neuraminindase, gives the Company protection on use of this molecule for the
detection and treatment of other viruses.

         In March 1998, the Company was allowed the U.S. patent, "Kit for
visually detecting the presence of virus in a clinical specimen," which covers
the Company's kit designed to work with proprietary compounds interacting with
specific viruses. The viruses include influenza, parainfluenza,
cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, herpes simplex and respiratory syncytial virus.
The Company also received a formal allowance of a patent from the Canadian
Patent Office to protect an active ingredient used to develop ViraZyme, a
specialized viral enzyme technology underlying the Company's proprietary
ZstatFlu influenza test.

         In May the Company entered into the OMRF HIV License, pursuant to which
the Company licensed a family of anti-viral compounds that have shown anti-viral
activity in laboratory tests.

         In June the Company announced an agreement with Headcount, LLC, a
wholly owned division of Healthworld Corporation, to manage a CSO representing
the Company's domestic diagnostic sales.  The contract allows for up to 30
contract sales representatives in select U.S. cities.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

         PRODUCT SALES.  Since its inception the Company has been a development
stage company engaged primarily in research and product development activities,
and has not generated significant revenues. The Company began shipping ZstatFlu
to distributors late in the second quarter of fiscal 1998. The distribution
agreements contain right of return provisions for product meeting certain
requirements. Inasmuch as the Company cannot presently estimate the amount of
future returns, this merchandise shipped to and held by the distributors is not
reported as revenue until it is shipped from the distributors' warehouses to
the end users.

         The Company had revenues of $52,000 and $10,000 in 1998 and 1997,
respectively.  In 1998 revenues consisted mainly of ZstatFlu sales from
replacement orders resulting from the company's broad sampling program
initiated during the 1997-1998 influenza season.  In 1997 revenues consisted of
ViraSTAT sales to clinical laboratories.

         The Company intents to market ZstatFlu during fiscal 1999 through
direct marketing to the point of care, acute care and hospital markets using
the company's contract sales organization.  Additional distributors have been
added that increase the product distribution channels to the hospital and
laboratory markets.  The Company is planning an influenza awareness program in
partnership with a non-profit organization and with the cooperation of the
Center for Disease Control.  The program is scheduled to coincide with the
1998-1999 influenza season.

         RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.  Research and development spending for
fiscal 1998 totaled $1.1 million, which was unchanged from fiscal 1997.  It is
anticipated that research and development spending will approximate $2.8
million for fiscal 1999.  Increased research and development expenditures will
be targeted toward accelerating the Company's HSV, influenza and HIV
therapeutic programs in addition to continued research in the Company's
diagnostic technology platforms.





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         PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.  Product development costs were expended in the
manufacturing processes for the production of ZstatFlu, totaling $1.6 million
for fiscal 1998.  The Company had insignificant product development costs in
fiscal 1997.  These costs were incurred for ZstatFlu scale-up manufacturing
processes, technology transfer and the development of improved diagnostic
delivery platforms. It is anticipated that product development expenditures
will approximate $1.5 million for fiscal 1999.  Additional funds for fiscal
1999 will be expended to make improvements in the efficiency and sensitivity of
the current diagnostic format.

         SALES AND MARKETING.  Sales and marketing expenses totaled $1.2
million for fiscal 1998. The expenditures were for increased ZstatFlu marketing
and product samples sent to physicians for the Company's sample program and
promotional expenses relating to the initial ZstatFlu sales efforts.  Because
the Company's ZstatFlu product did not receive FDA clearance until fiscal 1998,
the Company had no material sales and marketing costs in fiscal 1997.  It is
anticipated that sales and marketing expenses will approximate $3.3 million for
fiscal 1999.  The increased sales and marketing expenditures in fiscal 1999 are
due to the Company's contract sales organization and increased product
marketing expenses for ZstatFlu.

         GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.  General and administrative costs totaled
$1.4 million fiscal 1998 compared with $.6 million in fiscal 1997. The increase
was principally due to increased staff levels in accounting, finance and human
resources, some of which replaced services previously supplied by OMRF.
Additional costs were also incurred to support the Company's investor relations
and public relations programs. The Company anticipates that total, general and
administrative expenses will approximate $2.0 million in fiscal 1999.

         OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE).  Interest and dividend income for fiscal 1998
totaled $.8 million compared with $.1 million for fiscal 1997. The increase is
due to increases in short term cash investments resulting from the Company's
private offering completed in August 1997 and the initial public offering
completed in November 1997.

         LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES.  The Company has relied principally
on equity financing to fund its operations and capital expenditures. Working
capital at June 30, 1998, was $20.1 million, as compared to $1.4 million at
June 30, 1997. This increase was the result of a private placement closed in
August 1997, netting the Company $4.9 million, and the Company's initial public
offering, which closed in November 1997, and netted the Company $18.3 million.

         The Company believes that additional financing may be required to meet
the planned operating needs beyond fiscal year 1999 if significant positive
cash flows are not generated from commercial activities on a timely basis. Such
needs would include the expenditure of substantial funds to continue and expand
research and development activities, conduct existing and planned pre-clinical
studies and human clinical trials and to support the increasing working capital
requirements of a growing commercial infrastructure including manufacturing,
sales and marketing. As a result, the Company anticipates pursuing various
financing alternatives such as collaborative arrangements and additional public
offerings or private placements of Company securities. If such alternatives are
not available, the Company may be required to defer or restrict certain
commercial activities, delay or eliminate expenditures for certain of its
potential products under development or to license third parties to
commercialize products or technologies that the Company would otherwise seek to
develop or commercialize itself.

         The Company has an outstanding note relating to a license of
intellectual property from OMRF.  This note has a principal amount of $.4
million (discounted to $.3 million as of June 30, 1998) and bore no interest
until May 15, 1998; thereafter, unpaid principal bears interest at 8% per year.
This obligation requires quarterly installments of interest commencing May 15,
1998, and commencing May 15, 1999, a principal payment of $25,000 per quarter
until the note is repaid.

         Manufacturing expenses for ZstatFlu will depend on market acceptance
of the product. Currently, the Company has adequate substrate (the essential
chemical compound for the Company's principal diagnostic product) on hand to
manufacture in excess of 1,000,000 units. The Company has an adequate number of
kit components on hand to assemble 400,000 diagnostic kits to further augment
finished goods inventory.

         As a consequence of the difference between the price received per
share of Common Stock in the initial public offering and the effective price
received per share in a private placement completed in the first quarter of
fiscal 1998, the Company was required to recognize a non-cash preferred stock
dividend. The amount of the preferred stock dividend was $5.7 million.
Recognition of this preferred dividend does not, however, reduce cash flow from
operations, reduce net income of the Company or increase any net loss.





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         As of June 30, 1998, the Company had Federal and state income tax net
operating loss carryforward of approximately $7.2 million, which expires between
2010 and 2013.  The Company  also had Federal and State research tax credit
carryforward of approximately $338,000.  The Federal credits expire between 2012
and 2013; the state credits have no expiration date.

IMPACT OF INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES

         Though not significant, inflation continues to cause increases in
product, occupancy and operating expenses, as well as the cost of acquiring
capital assets.  The effect of higher costs is minimized by achieving operating
efficiencies and passing vendor price increases along to consumers.

FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATIONS

         The following is a discussion of factors that the Company believes
could have an impact on its future operations and financial performance:

         NO ASSURANCE OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE.  There can be no assurance that
ZstatFlu will achieve market acceptance during the next influenza season, which
will not be expected to commence until the second quarter or third quarter of
fiscal 1999. During the 1997-1998 influenza season, the Company was not
successful in realizing sales of that product, due principally to the desire of
physicians to sample the product prior to making a purchase decision and the
short influenza season in 1998. In addition, there can be no assurance that any
of the Company's other potential products, if approved or cleared by the FDA,
will achieve market acceptance. The degree of market acceptance of the
Company's products will depend upon a number of factors, including the receipt
and timing of regulatory approvals or clearances, the availability of
third-party reimbursement and the establishment and demonstration in the
medical community of the clinical safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of
the Company's products and their advantages over existing technologies and
products. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to
successfully market its potential products even if they perform successfully in
clinical trials. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that physicians or the
medical community in general will accept and utilize ZstatFlu or any other
products currently cleared or under development by the Company.

         NO ASSURANCE OF SUCCESSFUL OR TIMELY DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY'S
THERAPEUTIC OR OTHER DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS.  The Company's business strategy
involves the discovery and development of products in addition to the Company's
currently FDA cleared diagnostic products, particularly therapeutic products.
These products are in early stages of research and development and further
research, development and extensive testing will be required to determine their
technical feasibility and commercial viability. Until the development process
for these products is complete, there can be no assurance that such products
will perform in the manner anticipated by the Company, be commercially viable
or even if commercially viable, that such products will receive FDA clearance.
The Company may experience delays in the commercial introduction of these
products, and such delays could be significant. The proposed development
schedules for the Company's other diagnostic and therapeutic products may be
affected by a variety of factors, many of which will not be within the control
of the Company, including technological difficulties, proprietary technology of
others, possible changes in government regulation and the availability of
funding sources. Any delay in the development, introduction and marketing of
the Company's products could result either in such products being marketed at a
time when their cost and performance characteristics would not be competitive
in the marketplace or in the shortening of their commercial lives.

         NO MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; RELIANCE ON THIRD-PARTY MANUFACTURERS.
The Company has limited experience in product manufacturing and currently has
no facility capable of manufacturing products on the scale necessary for
adequate market penetration. Because the Company does not currently have a
manufacturing facility, the Company has engaged third-party manufacturers to
produce finished units of ZstatFlu. Delays by third-party manufacturers in
delivering finished products in time for future influenza seasons could have a
material adverse effect on the Company.

         LIMITATIONS ON PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.  The Company's
success will depend, in part, on its ability to obtain patents and license
patent rights, to maintain trade secret protection and to operate without
infringing on the rights of other patent holders. The patent position of
biotechnology firms for such types of patents generally is highly uncertain and
involves complex legal and factual issues. Certain competitors of the Company
may have filed applications for or have been issued patents and may obtain
additional patents and other proprietary rights relating to virus substrates,
chromogens, inhibitors or processes competitive with those of the Company.





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         The ultimate scope and validity of such patents are presently unknown.
If the courts uphold existing or future patents obtained by competitors as
valid, the Company may be required to obtain licenses from such competitors.
The extent to which such licenses will be available to the Company, and the
costs thereof, cannot currently be determined.

         GOVERNMENT REGULATION.  Regulation by Federal, state, local and
foreign governmental authorities of the Company's research and development
activities, as well as the use and sale of the Company's products at such time
as they are commercially viable, is currently, and is expected to remain,
significant.

         The introduction of the Company's products is governed by strict FDA
rules and regulations. The Company's diagnostic products are governed by FDA
510(k) application requiring a clinical trial that compares the Company's
products to a certain standard or to a prior cleared methodology.

         The testing, manufacturing, labeling, distribution, marketing and
advertising of therapeutic products are subject to extensive regulation by
governmental regulatory authorities in the U.S. and other countries. The FDA
and comparable agencies in foreign countries impose substantial requirements on
the introduction of new pharmaceutical products through lengthy and detailed
clinical testing procedures and other costly and time-consuming compliance
procedures. The Company's therapeutic compounds will require substantial
clinical trials and FDA review as new drugs and such products are in the
discovery stage of development, requiring significant further research,
development, clinical testing and regulatory clearances. Due to the extended
testing and regulatory review process required for therapeutic products before
marketing clearance can be obtained, the Company does not expect to be able to
commercialize any therapeutic drug for at least several years, either directly
or through any potential corporate partners or licensees.  A delay in obtaining
or failure to obtain such approvals could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and results of operations.

         The Company and its third-party manufacturers are subject to GMP
regulations promulgated by the FDA. The FDA will also inspect the Company's
manufacturing facilities and the facilities of its third-party manufacturers on
a routine basis for regulatory compliance with GMP regulations. Although the
Company's employees have experience with GMP protocols, there can be no
assurance that the Company or its third-party manufacturers can satisfy these
requirements.  The Company would not be allowed to manufacture its approved or
cleared products in the event such GMP protocols could not be met.

         MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH AND INCREASING PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS.  The
Company's success will depend on its ability to expand and manage its
operations and facilities. There can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to manage its growth, meet the staffing requirements of manufacturing
scale-up or for current or additional collaborative relationships or
successfully assimilate and train its new employees. In addition, to manage its
growth effectively, the Company will be required to expand its management base
and enhance its operating and financial systems. If the Company continues to
grow, there can be no assurance that the management skills and systems
currently in place will be adequate or that the Company will be able to manage
any additional growth effectively. Failure to achieve any of these goals could
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition
or results of operations.

         PRODUCT LIABILITY AND INSURANCE.  The testing, marketing and sale of
therapeutic products and, to a lesser degree, diagnostic products, entails an
inherent risk of adverse effects and/or medical complications to patients and,
as a result, product liability claims may be asserted against the Company. A
product liability claim or product recall could have a material adverse effect
on the Company. The Company has secured limited product liability insurance in
the aggregate amount of $11.0 million for products that the Company markets.
There can be no assurance that liability will not exceed the insured amount. In
the event of a successful suit against the Company, insufficient insurance or
lack of insurance would have a material adverse effect on the Company.

         UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO CLINICAL TRIALS.  The Company must
demonstrate through preclinical studies and clinical trials that its proposed
therapeutic products are safe and effective for use in each target indication
before the Company can obtain regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of
those products. These studies and trials may be very costly and time-consuming.

         The rate of completion of clinical trials for either diagnostic or
therapeutic products is dependent upon, among other factors, the rate of
enrollment of patients. Failure to enroll an adequate number of clinical
patients during the appropriate season could cause significant delays and
increased costs.





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         The cost to the Company of conducting human clinical trials for any
potential product can vary dramatically based on a number of factors, including
whether the product is a diagnostic or a therapeutic product, the order and
timing of clinical indications pursued and the extent of development and
financial support, if any, from corporate partners.

         DEPENDENCE ON CORPORATE COLLABORATIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS.  The
Company's strategy for the research, development and commercialization of its
potential therapeutic products may require the Company to enter into various
arrangements with corporate and academic collaborators, licensors, licensees
and others. The Company may, therefore, be dependent upon the subsequent
success of these third parties in performing their responsibilities. There can
be no assurance that the Company will be able to enter into collaborative,
license or other arrangements that the Company deems necessary or appropriate
to develop and commercialize its potential therapeutic products, or that any or
all of the contemplated benefits from such collaborative, license or other
arrangements will be realized.

         TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITION.  The viral diagnostic and therapeutic
field is rapidly evolving, and the pace of technological advancement is
expected to continue. Rapid technological development may result in the
Company's products becoming obsolete before the Company recoups a significant
portion of related research, development and commercialization expenses.

YEAR 2000

         The Company has made a preliminary assessment of its information
technology ("IT") systems and non-information technology ("Non-IT") systems
during 1998.  The Company believes that substantially all IT systems are Year
2000 compliant as of June 30, 1998 with the exception of its accounting and
financial reporting applications which were schedule for replacement in July
1998 at a cost of approximately $50,000.   The accounting and financial
reporting applications have now been acquired from a third party who has
represented such applications to be Year 2000 compliant.  At the present time,
the Company is continuing its assessment of Non-IT systems which it expects to
complete before December 31, 1998.  The Company does not presently expect costs
to make such systems Year 2000 compliant, if any, to be material.

         Further, the Company intends to communicate with significant
suppliers, distributors, customers and financial institutions to determine
their Year 2000 compliance status.  It is anticipated that the Company will
maintain a sufficient inventory of raw material and packaged, salable product
at a number of distributors, adequate to overcome in a reasonable period of
time, any Year 2000 difficulty encountered by its raw material manufacturer or
any one of its distributors.  The Company intends to develop a more detailed
contingency plan for more likely Year 2000 concerns during 1999.

         The failure to identify and correct material Year 2000 issues by the
Company and its significant third party business partners could result in the
interruption in and/or failure of normal business operations and activities.
Such failures could materially and adversely affect the Company's results of
operations, liquidity and financial condition.  Due to the general uncertainty
inherent in the Year 2000 problem, resulting in part from the uncertainty of
the Year 2000 readiness of third-party suppliers, distributors, customers and
financial institutions, the Company is unable to determine at this time whether
the consequences of Year 2000 failures will have a material impact on the
Company's results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.  The Company
does expect that its Year 2000 readiness and contingency plans will
significantly reduce the Company's level of uncertainty about the Year 2000
compliance and readiness of its third-party business partners.   Further, the
installation of its new accounting and financial reporting applications and
planned assessment of Non-IT systems should significantly reduce the
possibility of interruptions of normal operations which would be material to
the Company's results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

         The financial statements required by this Item are set forth beginning
on page F-l hereof.

ITEM 8.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND 
         FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

         None.





                                       23
<PAGE>   25
                                    PART III

         In accordance with General Instruction E(3), a presentation of
information required in response to Items 9, 10, 11 and 12 shall appear in the
Company's definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A
within 120 days of the year end covered hereby, and shall be incorporated
herein by reference when filed.

                                    PART IV

ITEM 13.         EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM
                 8-K.

         (a)     EXHIBITS.  The exhibits listed below are included with this
report.  All employment contracts and compensatory plans or arrangements are
marked with an asterisk (*).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number   Name of Exhibit
- ------   ---------------
<S>      <C>
3.1      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated 
         herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form SB-2
         Registration Statement No. 333-33563 (the "Registration Statement").

3.2      Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement.

4.1      Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, incorporated herein by reference
         to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement.

4.2      Form of Warrant Agreement between the Company and Capital West
         Securities, Inc. the Underwriters, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement.

*4.3     ZymeTx, Inc. Stock Option Plan, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement.

*4.4     ZymeTx, Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan, incorporated herein by
         reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement.

*4.5     ZymeTx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed electronically
         herewith).

10.1     Recapitalization Letter of Intent (the "Recapitalization Letter of
         Intent") dated December 22, 1995, by and among the Company, ZymeTx
         Purchase Partners ("ZPP"), ML Oklahoma Venture Partners, L.P.
         ("MLOK"), Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ("OMRF"), and
         Presbyterian Health Foundation ("Presbyterian"), incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement.

10.2     Closing Memorandum in connection with the Recapitalization Letter of
         Intent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
         Registration Statement.

10.3     Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued in connection with Bridge
         Loan Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
         the Registration Statement.

10.4     Placement Agency Agreement ("1996 Placement Agency Agreement") dated
         May 22, 1996, by and between the Company and Spencer Trask Securities,
         Incorporated ("Spencer Trask"), incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement.

10.5     Placement Agent Warrant Agreement ("1996 Placement Agent Warrant
         Agreement") dated July 29, 1996, by and between the Company and
         Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the
         Registration Statement.

10.6     License Agreement dated as of May 1, 1996, by and between the Company
         and OMRF , incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the
         Registration Statement.

10.7     Promissory Note dated May 15, 1996, in the principal amount of
         $425,000, issued in favor of OMRF, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 10.9 to the Registration Statement.

10.8     Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated May 15, 1996, granted to OMRF,
         incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration
         Statement.

10.9     Employee Services Agreement dated July 24, 1996, by and between the
         Company and OMRF, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to
         the Registration Statement.

10.10    Right of First Refusal Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and between
         the Company and Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 10.13 to the Registration Statement.

10.11    Merger and Acquisition Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and among the
         Company and Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
         10.14 to the Registration Statement.

*10.12   Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Peter G.
         Livingston, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the
         Registration Statement.

10.13    Placement Agency Agreement ("1997 Placement Agency Agreement") dated
         July 2, 1997, by and between the Company and Spencer Trask,
         incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration
         Statement.

10.14    Placement Agent Warrant Agreement ("1997 Placement Agent Warrant
         Agreement") dated August 5, 1997, by and between the Company and
         Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to
         the Registration Statement.

10.15    Registration Rights Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and among the
         Company and certain investors identified therein, incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registration Statement.

10.16    Registration Rights Agreement dated August 5, 1997, by and among the
         Company and certain investors identified therein, incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement.

10.17    License Agreement dated May 22, 1998, by and between the Company and
         OMRF.

10.18    Lease Agreement (the "Lease Agreement") dated May 10, 1996, by and
         between the Company and Presbyterian Health Foundation, incorporated
         herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Registration Statement.

*10.19   Non-Competition Agreement between the Company and Craig D. Shimasaki,
         Ph.D., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the
         Registration Statement.

10.20    Amendment to Lease Agreement dated effective December 1, 1998 (filed
         electronically herewith).


27.1     Financial Data Schedule (filed electronically herewith).
</TABLE>

         (b)     REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.  During the last quarter of fiscal 1998
the Company filed no Current Reports on Form 8-K.



                                       24
<PAGE>   26
 10.14   Placement Agent Warrant Agreement ("1997 Placement Agent Warrant
         Agreement") dated August 5, 1997, by and between the Company and
         Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to
         the Registration Statement.

 10.15   Registration Rights Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and among the
         Company and certain investors identified therein, incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registration Statement.

 10.16   Registration Rights Agreement dated August 5, 1997, by and among the
         Company and certain investors identified therein, incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement.

*10.17   License Agreement dated May 22, 1998, by and between the Company and
         OMRF.

 27.1    Financial Data Schedule.





                                      25
<PAGE>   27
                          Index to Financial Statements



<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                             <C>
Report of Independent Auditors................................................................................. F-2
Balance Sheets at June 30, 1997 and 1998....................................................................... F-3
Statements of Operations for the years ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 and for the period from 
   February 24, 1994 (inception) to June 30, 1998.............................................................. F-4
Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the period from February 24, 1994 (inception) to
   June 30, 1998............................................................................................... F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 and for the period from 
   February 24, 1994 (inception) to June 30, 1998.............................................................. F-7
Notes to Financial Statements.................................................................................. F-8
</TABLE>






                                      F-1
<PAGE>   28


                         Report of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
ZymeTx, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of ZymeTx, Inc. (a development
stage company) as of June 30, 1997 and 1998, and the related statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended and for
the period from February 24, 1994 (inception) through June 30, 1998. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of ZymeTx, Inc. (a development
stage company) at June 30, 1997 and 1998, and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for the years then ended and for the period from February 24,
1994 (inception) through June 30, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.



                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 25, 1998





                                      F-2
<PAGE>   29


                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                                 Balance Sheets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               JUNE 30,
                                                                                         1997             1998
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
<S>                                                                                 <C>              <C>         
ASSETS
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents                                                        $    226,312     $  2,112,552
   Marketable securities, available-for-sale                                           1,594,382       16,409,932
   Inventory                                                                              99,107        2,307,544
   Prepaid insurance and other                                                             9,210          203,548
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
Total current assets                                                                   1,929,011       21,033,576

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net
   (Notes 2 and 3)                                                                       295,393          555,191
Proprietary technology and other intangibles, net (Note 4)                               116,827           97,023
Deferred offering costs and other, net                                                    41,746             --
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
Total assets                                                                        $  2,382,977     $ 21,685,790
                                                                                    ============     ============

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
   Accounts payable                                                                 $    540,025     $    707,132
   Accrued salaries, wages and benefits                                                     --            139,068
   Accrued sales returns                                                                    --             59,737
   Other                                                                                   9,929           48,703
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
Total current liabilities                                                                549,954          954,640

Long term obligations--
   Note payable to stockholder due after one year (Note 4)                               265,836          319,884
   Deferred lease rentals (Note 3)                                                        69,029          197,680

Redeemable preferred stock--Series B (156,250 shares issued and outstanding at
   June 30, 1997; none at June 30, 1998) (Note 5)                                        125,000             -- 

Stockholders' equity (Notes 5 and 6):
   Preferred stock $.001 par value--Series A (6,318,125 shares issued and
     outstanding at June 30, 1997; none at June 30, 1998)                                  6,318             --
                                                                                                              
   Common stock $.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized (919,568 shares
     and 6,636,880 issued and outstanding at June 30, 1997 and June 30, 1998,
     respectively)                                                                           920            6,637
   Additional paid-in capital                                                          4,410,198       33,497,843
   Deficit accumulated during the development stage                                   (3,050,890)     (13,297,780)
   Unrealized holding gains on marketable securities available for sale                    6,612            6,886 
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
Total stockholders' equity                                                             1,373,158       20,213,586
                                                                                    ------------     ------------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                                          $  2,382,977     $ 21,685,790
                                                                                    ============     ============
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.




                                      F-3
<PAGE>   30


                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                            Statements of Operations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                       CUMULATIVE
                                                                          YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,             FROM
                                                                         1997            1998           INCEPTION
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
<S>                                                                  <C>              <C>              <C>         
Revenues:
   Sales, net                                                        $      8,496     $     51,681     $     77,130
   Other                                                                    1,303             --              1,303
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Total revenues                                                              9,799           51,681           78,433

Operating expenses:
   Research and development                                             1,098,167        1,054,035        2,431,374
   Product development                                                     16,818        1,578,594        1,595,412
   Cost of sales                                                            2,200           27,950           30,150
   Sales and marketing                                                     16,563        1,204,596        1,221,159
   Acquired technology and patent costs from OMRF (Note 4)                958,505          150,000        1,108,505
   General and administrative                                             631,872        1,363,979        2,095,945
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Total operating expenses                                                2,724,125        5,379,154        8,482,545
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Loss from operations                                                   (2,714,326)      (5,327,473)      (8,404,112)

Other income (expense):
   Interest and dividend income                                            97,045          835,145          932,190
   Interest expense (Note 4)                                              (58,989)         (58,298)        (129,594)
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Total other income                                                         38,056          776,847          802,596
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net loss                                                               (2,676,270)      (4,550,626)      (7,601,516)

Preferred stock dividends-Series B                                          8,604            3,211           11,815
Preferred stock dividends-Series C (Note 5)                                  --          5,684,449        5,684,449
                                                                     ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net loss applicable to common stock                                  $ (2,684,874)    $(10,238,286)    $(13,297,780)
                                                                     ============     ============     ============ 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share                          $      (2.92)    $      (2.20)    $      (7.47)
                                                                     ============     ============     ============ 

Weighted average common shares outstanding                                919,568        4,657,808        1,779,340
                                                                     ============     ============     ============ 
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.




                                      F-4
<PAGE>   31
                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                   Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Note 5)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             CONVERTIBLE                   CONVERTIBLE    
                                            PREFERRED STOCK--           PREFERRED STOCK-- 
                                              SERIES A                       SERIES C                       COMMON STOCK
                                      ---------------------------    --------------------------      --------------------------
                                         SHARES       PAR VALUE        SHARES        PAR VALUE         SHARES        PAR VALUE
                                      -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------      -----------    ----------- 
<S>                                  <C>                <C>         <C>               <C>            <C>            <C>         
Issuance of common stock
   at inception                              --       $      --             --      $      --             43,500    $        44 
                                      -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------      -----------    ----------- 
Balance at June 30, 1994                     --              --             --             --             43,500             44 

Net loss                                     --              --             --             --               --             --   
                                      -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------      -----------    ----------- 
Balance at June 30, 1995                     --              --             --             --             43,500             44 

Net loss                                     --              --             --             --               --             --   
                                      -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------      -----------    ----------- 
Balance at June 30, 1996                     --              --             --             --             43,500             44 

Issuance of common stock                     --              --             --             --            876,068            876 
Issuance of Series A
   Preferred Stock, net
   of offering expenses      
   of $642,568                          6,318,125           6,318           --             --               --             --   
Unrealized holding gains
   on marketable
   securities available      
   for sale                                  --              --             --             --               --             --   
Net loss                                     --              --             --             --               --             --   
Other comprehensive loss                                                                                                        
                                      -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------      -----------    ----------- 
Balance at June 30, 1997                6,318,125           6,318           --             --            919,568            920 



<CAPTION>
                                                           DEFICIT
                                                          ACCUMULATED    ACCUMULATED      TOTAL
                                           ADDITIONAL     DURING THE       OTHER        STOCKHOLDERS'
                                            PAID-IN       DEVELOPMENT   COMPREHENSIVE     EQUITY
                                            CAPITAL          STAGE         INCOME        (DEFICIT)
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                       <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>        
Issuance of common stock
   at inception                           $     1,956     $     --       $      --      $     2,000
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------
Balance at June 30, 1994                        1,956           --              --            2,000

Net loss                                         --           (4,970)           --           (4,970)
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------
Balance at June 30, 1995                        1,956         (4,970)           --           (2,970)

Net loss                                         --         (369,650)           --         (369,650)
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------
Balance at June 30, 1996                        1,956       (374,620)           --         (372,620)

Issuance of common stock                        2,628           --              --            3,504
Issuance of Series A
   Preferred Stock, net
   of offering expenses      
   of $642,568                              4,405,614           --              --        4,411,932
Unrealized holding gains
   on marketable
   securities available      
   for sale                                      --             --             6,612          6,612
Net loss                                         --       (2,676,270)           --       (2,676,270)
Other comprehensive loss                                                                 (2,669,658)
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------
Balance at June 30, 1997                    4,410,198     (3,050,890)          6,612      1,373,158
</TABLE>



(Continued on following page)




                                      F-5
<PAGE>   32
                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

             Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Note 5) (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            CONVERTIBLE                       CONVERTIBLE                              
                                          PREFERRED STOCK--                 PREFERRED STOCK--                          
                                             SERIES A                          SERIES C                       COMMON STOCK   
                                   -----------------------------     -----------------------------     ----------------------------
                                      SHARES          PAR VALUE         SHARES          PAR VALUE         SHARES        PAR VALUE
                                   ------------     ------------     ------------     ------------     ------------    ------------
<S>                                <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>               <C>             <C>
Issuance of Series C
   Preferred Stock, net of
   offering expenses of                    
   $825,000                                --       $       --          1,437,500     $      1,437             --      $       --
Issuance of common stock in
   connection with initial
   public offering, net of
   offering expenses of                    
   $2,823,252                              --               --               --               --          2,645,000           2,645
Conversion of Series A
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering           (6,318,125)          (6,318)            --               --          1,579,531           1,580
Conversion of Series B
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering                 --               --               --               --             39,062              39
Conversion of Series C
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering                 --               --         (1,437,500)          (1,437)       1,437,504           1,437
Retirement of partial shares
   in connection with
   conversion of preferred   
   stock to common stock                   --               --               --               --                (35)           --
Preferred C dividend in
   connection with initial   
   public offering                         --               --               --               --               --              --
Preferred stock              
   dividends--Series B                     --               --               --               --               --              --
Stock options exercised by
   employees                               --               --               --               --             16,250              16
Unrealized holding gains                                                                                               
   on marketable
   securities available      
   for sale                                --               --               --               --               --              --
Net loss                                   --               --               --               --               --              --
Other comprehensive loss                                                                                               
                                   ------------     ------------     ------------     ------------     ------------    ------------
Balance at June 30, 1998                   --       $       --               --       $       --          6,636,880    $      6,637
                                   ============     ============     ============     ============     ============    ============
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
<CAPTION>                                                                                                                    
                                                        DEFICIT
                                                       ACCUMULATED      ACCUMULATED        TOTAL
                                      ADDITIONAL       DURING THE         OTHER         STOCKHOLDERS'
                                       PAID-IN         DEVELOPMENT     COMPREHENSIVE       EQUITY
                                       CAPITAL           STAGE            INCOME         (DEFICIT)
                                     ------------     ------------     ------------    ------------
<S>                                  <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>         
Issuance of Series C
   Preferred Stock, net of
   offering expenses of
   $825,000                          $  4,923,565     $       --       $       --      $  4,925,002
Issuance of common stock in
   connection with initial
   public offering, net of
   offering expenses of                
   $2,823,252                          18,334,103             --               --        18,336,748
Conversion of Series A
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering                  4,738             --               --              --
Conversion of Series B
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering                124,961             --               --           125,000
Conversion of Series C
   preferred stock to common
   stock in connection with
   initial public offering                   --               --               --              --
Retirement of partial shares
   in connection with
   conversion of preferred   
   stock to common stock                     (405)            --               --              (405)
Preferred C dividend in
   connection with initial   
   public offering                      5,684,449       (5,684,449)            --              --
Preferred stock              
   dividends--Series B                       --            (11,815)            --           (11,815)
Stock options exercised by
   employees                               16,234             --               --            16,250
Unrealized holding gains
   on marketable
   securities available      
   for sale                                  --               --                274             274
Net loss                                     --         (4,550,626)            --        (4,550,626)
Other comprehensive loss                                                                 (4,550,352)
                                     ------------     ------------     ------------    ------------
Balance at June 30, 1998             $ 33,497,843     $(13,297,780)    $      6,886    $ 20,213,586
                                     ============     ============     ============    ============
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.

                                      F-6
<PAGE>   33


                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                            Statements of Cash Flows

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             CUMULATIVE
                                                                               YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,             FROM
                                                                              1997            1998           INCEPTION
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
<S>                                                                       <C>              <C>              <C>          
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss                                                                  $ (2,676,270)    $ (4,550,626)    $ (7,601,516)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating
   activities:
     Depreciation and amortization                                              50,183          104,313          172,193
     Acquired technology and patent costs from OMRF                            336,422             --            336,422
     Accretion of interest                                                      54,918           54,048          115,227
     Deferred lease rentals                                                     69,029          128,651          197,680
     Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
       Interest receivable on marketable securities                            (15,822)        (444,101)        (459,923)
       Prepaid insurance and other                                              (9,210)        (194,338)        (204,730)
       Inventory                                                               (32,819)      (2,208,437)      (2,241,256)
       Accounts payable                                                        424,610          167,107          707,132
       Other liabilities                                                         9,929          225,764          235,693
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Total adjustments                                                              887,240       (2,166,993)      (1,141,562)
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net cash used by operating activities                                       (1,789,030)      (6,717,619)      (8,743,078)

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of marketable securities available for sale                        (1,571,948)     (20,943,123)     (22,515,071)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities available for sale                    --          6,571,948        6,571,948
Purchase of property, equipment and leasehold improvements                    (292,232)        (344,307)        (686,986)
Purchase of inventory, proprietary technology and other
   intangibles (Note 4)                                                       (202,917)            --           (202,917)
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net cash used by investing activities                                       (2,067,097)     (14,715,482)     (16,833,026)

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable                                           --               --            392,510
Payments on notes payable                                                     (302,012)            --           (311,271)
Underwriter's Warrants / retirement of fractional shares                          --               (405)            (405)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                           3,000       18,336,748       18,341,748
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net                               4,383,338        4,966,748        9,350,086
Exercise of employee stock options                                                --             16,250           16,250
Deferred offering costs                                                        (41,356)            --           (100,262)
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net cash provided by financing activities                                    4,042,970       23,319,341       27,688,656
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Net increase in cash                                                           186,843        1,886,240        2,112,552

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                39,469          226,312             --
                                                                          ------------     ------------     ------------ 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                $    226,312     $  2,112,552     $  2,112,552
                                                                          ============     ============     ============

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST PAID                                  $     10,333     $       --       $     16,379
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.




                                      F-7
<PAGE>   34


                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                             June 30, 1997 and 1998


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

ZymeTx, Inc. ("the Company"), a Delaware corporation, was formed February 24,
1994. The Company had no significant operations from formation through June 30,
1994. The Company is a development stage biomedical company engaged in research
and development relating to medical diagnostic and therapeutic products.

The Company anticipates working on a number of long-term development projects
which will involve experimental and unproven technology. The projects may
require many years and substantial expenditures to complete, and may ultimately
be unsuccessful. Therefore, the Company will need to obtain additional funds
from outside sources to continue its research and development activities, fund
operating expenses, pursue regulatory approvals and establish production, sales
and marketing capabilities, as necessary. Management believes it has sufficient
capital to achieve planned business objectives including supporting preclinical
development and clinical testing, through at least 1999. For periods thereafter,
the Company intends to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity
securities to existing or new investors or through alliances with corporate
partners. If adequate funds are not available, the Company may be required to
delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of its development programs
or obtain funds through collaborative arrangements with others that may require
the Company to relinquish rights to certain of its technologies, product
candidates or products that the Company would otherwise seek to develop or
commercialize itself.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid debt investments
with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Based on the nature of the assets held by the Company and management's
investment strategy, the Company's investments in marketable securities have
been classified as available-for-sale. Management determines the appropriate
classification of debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such
designation as of each balance sheet date. The securities mature within one year
and the amortized cost basis, aggregate fair value, and unrealized holding gains
at June 30, 1997 and 1998 are summarized below:



                                      F-8
<PAGE>   35

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)



1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 AMORTIZED     AGGREGATE      UNREALIZED
                                                                    COST         FAIR          HOLDING
                                                                    BASIS        VALUE           GAINS
                                                                -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                                             <C>            <C>            <C>        
1997:
   U.S. Government-backed treasury bills                        $   349,110    $   349,645    $       535
   Mortgaged-backed securities                                    1,058,660      1,064,737          6,077
   Certificates of deposit                                          180,000        180,000           --
                                                                -----------    -----------    -----------
                                                                $ 1,587,770    $ 1,594,382    $     6,612
                                                                ===========    ===========    ===========


1998:
   Corporate debt securities                                    $12,918,267    $12,925,153    $     6,886
   U.S. states and political subdivision debt 
     securities                                                     464,732        464,732           --
   Certificates of deposit                                        3,020,047      3,020,047           --
                                                                -----------    -----------    -----------
                                                                $16,403,046    $16,409,932    $     6,886
                                                                ===========    ===========    ===========
</TABLE>

INVENTORY

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.
The components of inventory consist of the following:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    JUNE 30,
                                                1997          1998
                                            ----------    ----------

<S>                                         <C>           <C>       
Raw Materials                               $   35,019    $  655,933
Work in process                                   --         344,015
Finished goods                                  64,088     1,307,596
                                            ----------    ----------
                                            $   99,107    $2,307,544
                                            ==========    ==========
</TABLE>


DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line
method over three to seven years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is
computed using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful
lives of the assets or the remaining lease term.



                                      F-9
<PAGE>   36

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

ADVERTISING COSTS

Advertising campaign costs are expensed the first time the target of the
campaign is contacted. Total advertising and promotion expenses were $8,453 and
$267,790 for the years ended June 30, 1997 and 1998, respectively. Included in
prepaid insurance and other assets was $100,000 at June 30, 1998 (none at June
30, 1997) relating to prepaid advertising and promotional expenses.

PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

Amortization of proprietary technology and other intangibles acquired is
computed using the straight-line method over periods of between five and ten
years. Accumulated amortization aggregated $20,594 and $39,606 as of June 30,
1997 and 1998, respectively.

DEFERRED OFFERING COSTS

Specific incremental costs directly attributable to the private placement of
preferred stock in 1997 (the "1997 Private Placement") were deferred at June 30,
1997 and were charged against the gross proceeds of the 1997 Private Placement
when subsequently closed to the extent expenses were incurred.

STOCK COMPENSATION

The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and related
interpretations in accounting for its stock options. Under APB 25, because the
exercise price of the Company's employee stock options is not less than the
estimated fair value of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no
compensation is recorded.

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

The Company invests its excess cash in debt instruments of the U.S. Government
and its agencies, institutions and other short-term investments with strong
credit ratings. The Company has established guidelines relative to
diversification and maturities that maintain safety and liquidity. These
guidelines are periodically reviewed and modified to take advantage of trends in
yields and interest rates. The Company has not experienced any realized losses
on its marketable securities.

                                      F-10
<PAGE>   37

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)


USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The carrying amount reported in the balance sheet for the fixed-rate note
payable has been discounted and approximates its fair value (Note 4).

REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company utilizes independent distributors in the dissemination of the
Company's diagnostic product, ZStatFlu(TM). The independent distributors specify
the quantities which they hold for dissemination, assume the liability for
damage or loss of merchandise and retain the right of return of such merchandise
at the original purchase price less a restocking charge. Inasmuch as the Company
cannot estimate the amount of future returns, the merchandise shipped to and
held by the independent distributors is not reported as revenue until it is
shipped from the independent distributors' warehouses to the end users.

NET LOSS PER SHARE

In 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 128, "Earnings
Per Share." Statement 128 replaced the previously reported primary and fully
diluted earnings per share with basic and diluted earnings per share. Unlike
primary earnings per share, basic earnings per share excludes any dilutive
effects of options, warrants, or convertible securities. Diluted earnings per
share is very similar to the previously reported fully diluted earnings per
share. All earnings per share amounts for all periods have been presented, and
where necessary, restated to conform to the Statement 128 requirements.

Net loss applicable to common stock is computed by adjusting net loss by the
amount of preferred stock dividends. Basic loss per common share is based upon
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period
after giving appropriate effect to



                                      F-11
<PAGE>   38

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)


preferred stock dividends. Diluted loss per share is based on the weighted
average number of common shares and dilutive common equivalent shares
outstanding and the assumed conversion of dilutive convertible securities
outstanding, if any. All potentially dilutive securities were antidilutive for
all periods presented and have thus, been excluded from diluted loss per share.
See Note 4--Related Party Transactions, Note 5--Stockholders' Equity, and Note
6--Stock Option and Purchase Plans for a full description of securities which
may have a dilutive effect in future periods.

In the Company's second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1997 (the period in
which the Company consummated its initial public offering), the Company
recognized, as a charge to retained earnings, a non-cash dividend related to the
automatic conversion of its Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock and the
rights of certain warrant holders to acquire shares of the Company's Common
Stock. The non-cash dividend of $5,684,449 represents the difference between the
price received per share for the Series C Preferred Stock and the price received
per share for the Company's Common Stock issued in the public offering. The
dividend reduces income applicable to common stock and, accordingly, reduces
earnings per share in the twelve month period ended June 30, 1998.


2. PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, stated at cost, are summarized
as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                    1997            1998
                                                                -----------     -----------

<S>                                                             <C>             <C>        
Laboratory equipment                                            $    65,135     $   264,187
Manufacturing equipment                                             200,317         203,081
Computer equipment                                                   33,592         131,690
Office furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements               43,635          88,028
                                                                -----------     -----------
                                                                    342,679         686,986
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization                      (47,286)       (131,795)
                                                                -----------     -----------
                                                                $   295,393     $   555,191
                                                                ===========     ===========
</TABLE>


                                      F-12
<PAGE>   39
                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


3. COMMITMENTS

OPERATING LEASES

In January 1997, the Company consolidated substantially all of its operations,
research, marketing and administrative functions into newly constructed
facilities leased from a stockholder of the Company. The Company's ten-year
lease on these facilities currently covers approximately 10,000 square feet with
options available on additional space. Approximately 1,000 square feet of such
leased space is subleased to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ("OMRF"), a
stockholder, as discussed in Note 4, for a technology transfer office. The lease
provides for no rent payable the first two years and a fixed rate thereafter for
the remaining eight years ("Base Rent"). The Company incurred certain leasehold
improvements that exceeded the defined tenant improvement allowance (the "Tenant
Allowance Overage") provided for under the lease. This Tenant Allowance Overage
bears interest at a rate of 10% over the repayment term of 60 months, with
interest only due for the first 24 months and principal and interest due monthly
over the final 36 months of the repayment term. The Tenant Allowance Overage
payments are due in addition to the Base Rent. The Company is recognizing the
total facility lease payments, including the Tenant Allowance Overage, on a
straight-line method over the entire term of the lease agreement. Accordingly,
as of June 30, 1997 and 1998, the Company has accrued a deferred lease rental
liability of $69,029 and $197,680, respectively. As additional consideration for
the lease, this stockholder received warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.20 per share to which the Company
attributed no value. These lease warrants expire on January 1, 2002. The Company
has granted the lessor a security interest in all equipment, inventory fixtures,
furniture and other property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company
which is located on the leased premises.

In April 1998, the Company signed an amendment to the lease agreement with an
effective date of December 1, 1998. The amendment increases the amount of leased
space at the current facilities up to approximately 34,000 rentable square feet.
The lease cost for the additional space assuming full occupancy is $405,960
annually through 2006.

Rental expense related to the leased facilities during 1997 and 1998 was $69,029
and $157,920, respectively. Prior to January 1, 1997, the Company operated using
a minimal amount of administrative space provided rent free by one of its
stockholders.

                                      F-13
<PAGE>   40

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


3. COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)

Future minimum lease commitments as of June 30, 1998 are as follows, assuming
full occupancy of the additional leased space:

<TABLE>
                  Year ended June 30:
<S>                                                                                  <C>        
                     1999                                                            $   380,064
                     2000                                                                639,284
                     2001                                                                639,284
                     2002                                                                600,666
                     2003                                                                523,993
                  Thereafter (laboratory and office space to 2007)                     1,752,897
                                                                                     -----------
                  Total minimum lease payments                                        $4,536,188
                                                                                     ===========
</TABLE>

LICENSE AGREEMENT COMMITMENTS

In connection with license agreements with a related party, the Company has
committed to make royalty and other technology product development progress
payments. See Note 4.

OTHER

In June 1998, the Company entered into a contract sales organization leasing
commitment designed to target managed care organizations, clinics, physicians
and others in the medical community to further enhance the education of those
parties regarding the pharmaco-economic model and related benefits of utilizing
the Company's ZStatFlu diagnostic product in the treatment of appropriate
patients. This employee leasing commitment provides for 24,000 coverage hours
and a minimum of 24,000 calls to a specified target audience during an
eight-month period beginning August 11, 1998. Total cost to the Company is not
to exceed $1.4 million, plus direct expenses.

4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Since January 1, 1996, the Company has performed scientific and product
development activities relating to the ViraZyme(R) technology; however, OMRF, a
stockholder, has provided, on a marginal cost basis, significant support and
collaborative resources permitting the Company to access state-of-the-art
facilities, equipment, services and personnel. For the years ended June 30, 1997
and 1998, OMRF charged the Company $963,003 and $794,879, respectively, related
to



                                      F-14
<PAGE>   41

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)


such arrangement. Substantially all of such costs have been charged to research
and development and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying
statements of operations. This operational arrangement has permitted the Company
to handle purchasing, equipment services, and other non-technology related needs
without significant staffing increases and thereby apply more of the Company's
resources to technology and market development. This operational arrangement
will continue until 1999.

Effective July 1996, the Company entered into a license agreement (the "ViraZyme
License Agreement") with OMRF, a stockholder, whereby the Company was granted an
exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license covering all the patents which comprise
the ViraZyme(R) technology. The ViraZyme License Agreement grants the Company
the right to manufacture, use, and sell products made under the patent rights.
In exchange for the ViraZyme License Agreement, the Company paid OMRF $825,000,
executed a note payable (the "Note") in the principal amount of $425,000 (valued
at $210,918 at date of issuance with an accreted value of $265,836 and $319,884
at June 30, 1997 and 1998, respectively), issued 156,250 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") (initially valued at $.80 per
share aggregating $125,000, converted to Common Stock in November 1997), issued
126,068 shares of common stock (valued at the then existing par value of $.004
per share aggregating $504), granted the stockholder a 2% royalty on net sales
of products derived from the intellectual property conveyed with the ViraZyme
License Agreement and issued a warrant to purchase 5,667 shares of common stock
at $3.20 per share (to which the Company attributed no value). The aggregate
value assigned to this transaction amounted to $1,161,422 which was allocated as
follows: inventory--$66,288; developed technology and assembled
workforce--$136,629; and technology in the research and development
stage--$958,505. The Company, under the terms of the ViraZyme License Agreement,
has also agreed to assume responsibility to pay a third party a royalty of 4% of
the revenues derived by the Company from sales of diagnostic products utilizing
specific collaboration intellectual property, as defined. The Note bears no
interest for the first twenty-four months following issuance and interest at an
8% rate per annum thereafter, requires quarterly interest only payments
beginning in August 1998 and requires quarterly interest and $25,000 principal
payments beginning in May 1999 until paid in full. This Note was discounted at
issuance from its face amount of $425,000 to $210,918 assuming a market rate of
interest of 20% per annum. Imputed interest for the years ended June 30, 1997
and 1998 included in the accompanying statements of operations aggregated
$54,918 and $54,048, respectively.



                                      F-15
<PAGE>   42

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)


In July 1996, OMRF purchased 406,250 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred
Stock in a private placement. The preferred stock was converted into 101,562
shares of Common Stock in connection with the Company's initial public offering
in November 1997.

In May 1998, the Board of Directors of the Company and OMRF entered into a
licensing agreement (the "HIV License Agreement") for technology that includes a
family of compounds that have demonstrated a reduction of HIV in laboratory
tests. The HIV License Agreement required an initial payment of $150,000 (which
was made in May 1998) and provides for technology, product development and
product sales payments as follows: (a) for each licensed product or licensed
service, a milestone royalty of $1 million at the time of filing of a New Drug
Application ("NDA") with the Food & Drug Administration ("FDA"), (b) for each
licensed product or licensed service, a milestone royalty of $5,000,000, payable
in five annual installments, upon the Company's receipt of the NDA from the FDA
with respect to the licensed product or service, and (c) a royalty of 8% of net
sales of the licensed product or service (offset by any of the Company's
research and development costs, other than costs of clinical trials). The HIV
License Agreement shall terminate should the Company (a) fail to expend $250,000
toward a NDA filing in the first year following the date of the HIV License
Agreement or (b) fail to file an Investigative New Drug for a licensed product
with the FDA within three years or pay OMRF an incremental $100,000.

The Company leases certain facilities from a stockholder, as discussed in Note
3. The Company recognized rent expense totaling $69,029 and $157,920 in 1997 and
1998, respectively, related to its facilities that are leased from this
stockholder.

In management's opinion, these license and lease transactions were conducted on
no less favorable terms than those which could have been obtained from unrelated
third parties.


5. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

In February 1994, the Company issued 43,500 shares of Common Stock for $2,000 in
connection with the Company's formation.

In May 1996, the Company restated its Certificate of Incorporation increasing
the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 2,000,000 shares to
16,500,000 shares. Simultaneously, it consummated a reverse split, 1 for .87, of
its Common Stock thereby reducing



                                      F-16
<PAGE>   43

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


5. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)


the then outstanding common shares from 200,000 shares to 173,999 shares. In
July 1997, the Company filed a restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a
one-for-four reverse split of its Common Stock, Common Stock options and
warrants. In July 1997, the stockholders also approved (i) an amendment to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock from 16,500,000 shares to 30,000,000 shares and
increasing the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock from 10,000,000
shares to 12,000,000 shares, (ii) an adjustment to the rate of conversion of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to
reflect the one-for-four reverse stock split, and (iii) the establishment and
designation of 1,750,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. At June 30, 1998,
the Company is authorized to issue 12,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par
value $.001 per share. The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series,
with such voting powers, designations, preferences, rights, qualifications,
limitations and restrictions as shall be set forth in a resolution of the
Company's Board of Directors providing for the issue thereof. All historical
financial information included in the accompanying financial statements has been
adjusted retroactively to give effect to the reverse stock splits.

In July 1996, the Company issued 750,000 shares of Common Stock for $3,000 in
connection with a recapitalization and, as discussed in Note 4, the Company
issued 126,068 shares of Common Stock as partial consideration for the ViraZyme
License Agreement.

In November 1996, the Company closed a private placement of 6,318,125 shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") receiving
$4,411,932 in cash, net of offering expenses and issued warrants to purchase
236,930 shares of the Company's Common Stock at $3.20 per share. The Series A
stock was converted into 1,579,531 shares of Common Stock in connection with the
Company's initial public offering in November 1997.

In August 1997, the Company closed a private placement of 1,437,504 shares of
Series C Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock") receiving $4,925,002
in cash, net of offering expenses and issued warrants to purchase 215,625 shares
of the Company's Common Stock at $4.00 per share. The Series C stock was
converted into 1,437,504 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Company's
initial public offering in November 1997.

                                      F-17
<PAGE>   44

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


5. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)


In November 1997, the Company closed an initial public offering of 2,300,000
shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (2,645,000 shares including 345,000
shares issued in connection with the exercise of an underwriter overallotment
option) and issued warrants to purchase 230,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock at $12.40 per share. As a consequence of the closing of the offering, all
of the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred
Stock outstanding were automatically converted into shares of Common Stock. The
automatic conversion of Series C Preferred to Common Stock and the rights of
certain warrant holders to acquire shares of the Company's Common Stock resulted
in the recognition, as a charge to retained earnings, a non-cash dividend. The
non-cash dividend of $5,684,449 represents the difference between the price
received per share for the Series C Preferred Stock and the price received per
share for the Company's Common Stock issued in the public offering. The dividend
reduces net income applicable to Common Stock and, accordingly, reduces earnings
per share in the twelve month period ended June 30, 1998.

The Company intends to file a registration statement covering 2,717,787 shares
of Common Stock prior to the expiration of the 13-month lock-up period from the
closing of the initial public offering associated with registration rights
granted to certain purchasers of original issuances of the Company's Common
Stock and investors of the Company's Series A and Series C Preferred Stock. If
the Company fails to register such shares as required, the Company must
repurchase the shares at fair market value. If the Company fails to repurchase
the shares, such stockholders have the right to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors.


WARRANTS

At June 30, 1998, there were warrants outstanding for the purchase of an
aggregate of 795,847 shares of the Company's common stock exercisable at prices
ranging from $3.20 to $12.40 (an average $6.08 per share) which expire from
January 1998 through July 2004 (Notes 3 and 4).


6. STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE PLANS

STOCK OPTION PLANS

The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and related
interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options because, as
discussed below, the alternative fair value accounting



                                      F-18
<PAGE>   45

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


6. STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE PLANS (CONTINUED)


provided for under FASB Statement No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation," requires use of option valuation models that were not developed
for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB 25, because the exercise
price of the Company's employee stock options equals the market price of the
underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is generally
recognized.

Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required by
Statement 123, which also requires that the information be determined as if the
Company has accounted for its employee stock options granted subsequent to
December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of that Statement. The fair value
for options granted prior to the initial public offering were estimated at the
date of grant using a minimum value option pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions for 1997: risk-free interest rate of 6.2% and a
weighted average expected life of the option of six years. The fair value of
options granted subsequent to the initial public offering was estimated at the
date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions for 1998: risk free interest rate of 6.0%; no
dividend yield; a volatility factor of the expected market price of the
Company's stock of .93; and a weighted average expected life of the option of
seven years.

Because option valuation models require the input of subjective assumptions
including the expected stock price volatility, and because changes in the
subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in
management's opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable
single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.

For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the qualified
and non-qualified options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting
period. The Company's pro forma information follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                1997               1998
                                                           --------------     -------------- 

<S>                                                        <C>                <C>            
Net loss applicable to common stock                        $   (2,727,009)    $  (10,301,338)
Net loss per common and common equivalent share                     (2.97)             (2.21)
</TABLE>

The Company has adopted stock option plans for employees, the ZymeTx, Inc. Stock
Option Plan (the "Employees' Plan") as well as for non-employees, the ZymeTx,
Inc. Director Stock Option Plan (the "Directors' Plan") (collectively, the
"Plans"). As of June 30, 1998, there are



                                      F-19
<PAGE>   46

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


6. STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE PLANS (CONTINUED)

618,750 shares of common stock available for issuance under both the Employees'
Plan and the Directors' Plan. There are two forms of options: options intended
to qualify as incentive stock options ("ISO Options") under the Employees' Plan
and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and nonqualified
options under the Directors' Plan (the "Nonqualified Options"). The options
become exercisable 25% and 33% a year and are fully exercisable after four years
and three years for the Employees' Plan and Directors' Plan, respectively. The
options lapse ten years from the date of grant.

Activity in the Company's Employees' Plan during 1997 and 1998 is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1997                      1998
                                                  ----------------------    -----------------------
                                                                WEIGHTED                  WEIGHTED
                                                                 AVERAGE                   AVERAGE
                                                                EXERCISE                  EXERCISE
                                                   SHARES        PRICE       SHARES        PRICE
                                                  ---------    ---------    ---------     ---------

<S>                                              <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>      
Outstanding options at beginning of period             --      $    --      $ 350,000     $    1.14
Granted                                             350,000         1.14       39,000          5.27
Exercised                                              --           --        (16,250)         1.00
Surrendered, forfeited or expired                      --           --         (8,500)         4.55
                                                  ---------                 ---------
Outstanding options at end of period                350,000         1.14      364,250          1.65
                                                  =========                 =========

Exercisable at end of period                         70,625         1.00      141,250          1.09
                                                  =========                 =========

Weighted average fair value of options granted
   during period                                               $     .37                  $    3.92
</TABLE>


Outstanding options to acquire 331,250 shares of stock at June 30, 1998 had
exercise prices ranging from $1.00 to $2.00 per share (141,250 of which are
exercisable at a weighted average price of $1.09 per share) and had a weighted
average exercise price of $1.15 and remaining contractual life of 8.5 years. The
balance of options outstanding at June 30, 1998 had exercise prices ranging from
$4.22 to $6.00 per share (none of which are exercisable at June 30, 1998) and
had a weighted average exercise price of $5.62 and remaining contractual life of
9.4 years.



                                      F-20
<PAGE>   47
                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                         (A Development Stage Company)

                   Notes to Financial Statements (continued)




6. STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE PLANS (CONTINUED)

Activity in the Company's Directors' Plan during 1997 and 1998 is as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  1997                    1998
                                                           --------------------    --------------------
                                                                       WEIGHTED               WEIGHTED
                                                                       AVERAGE                 AVERAGE
                                                                       EXERCISE               EXERCISE
                                                            SHARES      PRICE       SHARES      PRICE
                                                           --------    --------    --------    --------

<S>                                                        <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>     
Outstanding options at beginning of period                     --      $   --       100,000    $   1.00
Granted                                                     100,000        1.00      15,000        4.22
Exercised                                                      --                      --          --
Surrendered, forfeited or expired                              --                      --          --
                                                           --------                --------
Outstanding options at end of period                        100,000        1.00     115,000        1.42
                                                           ========                ========

Exercisable at end of period                                 16,500        1.00      49,998        1.00
                                                           ========                ========

Weighted average fair value of options granted
   during period                                                       $    .32                $   3.46

</TABLE>

Outstanding options to acquire 115,000 shares of stock at June 30, 1998 had
exercise prices ranging from $1.00 to $4.22 per share (49,998 of which are
exercisable at a weighted average price of $1.00 per share) and had a weighted
average exercise price of $1.42 and remaining contractual life of 8.7 years.

STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

Effective July 1, 1998, subject to stockholder approval, the Company has
reserved 50,000 shares of its Common Stock for issuance to employees under an
employee stock purchase plan (the "ESPP"). Under the ESPP, eligible employees
can purchase, through payroll deductions, a specified number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock at the lesser of (a) 85% of the official closing price of
the Common Stock on the Offering Termination Date, as defined, or (b) 85% of the
official closing price of the Common Stock on the Offering Commencement Date, as
defined.





                                      F-21
<PAGE>   48


                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


7. INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes differs from the expected income tax using the
federal statutory rate on loss before income taxes due to the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                        1997            1998
                                    -----------     -----------

<S>                                 <C>             <C>         
Credit at federal statutory rate    $  (909,932)    $(1,547,213)
Permanent differences                    91,177          45,937
State tax benefit                       (99,932)       (182,026)
Research and development credits       (237,795)        (99,912)
Change in valuation allowance         1,156,482       1,783,214
                                    -----------     -----------
                                    $      --       $      --  
                                    ===========     ===========
</TABLE>


Deferred tax assets and liabilities, resulting from differences in the timing of
recognition of revenues and expenses, consist of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                          1997            1998
                                                      -----------     -----------
<S>                                                   <C>             <C>        
Deferred tax liability:
   Tax depreciation in excess of financial            $    12,030     $    35,488

Deferred tax assets:
   Net operating loss carryforward                      1,065,100       2,714,685
   Research and development credits                       237,795         337,707
   Other                                                    7,882          65,057
                                                      -----------     -----------
                                                        1,310,777       3,117,449
   Valuation allowance                                 (1,298,747)     (3,081,961)
                                                      -----------     -----------
   Net deferred tax assets                                 12,030          35,488
                                                      -----------     -----------
         Net deferred tax liability                   $      --       $      --
                                                      ===========     ===========
</TABLE>

                                      F-22
<PAGE>   49

                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                          (A Development Stage Company)

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


7. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)


As of June 30, 1998, the Company had a federal net operating loss carryforward
of approximately $7.2 million. The net operating loss carryforward will expire
from 2010 through 2013, if not utilized. Utilization of the net operating losses
may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the "ownership change"
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Because of the Company's lack of earnings history, the net deferred tax asset
comprised of its net operating loss carryforward has been fully offset by a
valuation allowance. The valuation allowance increased by $1.2 million and $1.8
million in 1997 and 1998, respectively.

8. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

The Company sponsors a retirement plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code under which participation is available to substantially all
full-time employees. Company contributions are made at the discretion of the
compensation committee. In 1998, the Company matched 8% of employee
contributions amounting to $83,182 (none in 1997).




                                      F-23
<PAGE>   50
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                        REGISTRANT:

                                        ZYMETX, INC.


Date:    September 28, 1998                By:   /s/ Peter G. Livingston      
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Peter G. Livingston, President and
                                              Chief Executive Officer


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                          DATE
                     ---------                                  -----                          ----
 <S>                                                <C>                                 <C>
 /s/ Peter G.  Livingston                           President; Chief Executive          September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------   Officer; Director                                     
 Peter G.  Livingston
 Principal Executive Officer


 /s/ G.  Carl Gibson                                V.P., Controller; Secretary;        September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------   Treasurer                                             
 G.  Carl Gibson
 Principal Financial and Accounting Officer


 /s/ William I.  Bergman                            Director                            September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------                                                         
 William I.  Bergman


 /s/ William A.  Hagstrom                           Director                            September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------                                                         
 William A.  Hagstrom


 /s/ J.  Vernon Knight, M.D.                        Director                            September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------                                                         
 J.  Vernon Knight, M.D.


 /s/ David E.  Rainbolt                             Director                            September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------                                                         
 David E.  Rainbolt


 /s/ Gilbert M.  Schiff, M.D.                       Director                            September 28, 1998
 ------------------------------------------------                                                         
 Gilbert M.  Schiff, M.D.


 /s/ William G. Thurman, M.D.                       Director                            September 28, 1998
 -----------------------------------------------                                                          
 William G. Thurman, M.D.
</TABLE>





                                     S-1
<PAGE>   51


                                EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number   Name of Exhibit
- ------   ---------------
<S>      <C>
3.1      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
         Company's Form SB-2 Registration Statement No. 333-33563 (the "Registration Statement").

3.2      Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement.

4.1      Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration
         Statement.

4.2      Form of Warrant Agreement between the Company and Capital West Securities, Inc. the Underwriters, incorporated
         herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement.

*4.3     ZymeTx, Inc. Stock Option Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement.

*4.4     ZymeTx, Inc. Directors Stock Option Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration
         Statement.

*4.5     ZymeTx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed electronically herewith).

10.1     Recapitalization Letter of Intent (the "Recapitalization Letter of Intent") dated December 22, 1995, by and
         among the Company, ZymeTx Purchase Partners ("ZPP"), ML Oklahoma Venture Partners, L.P. ("MLOK"), Oklahoma
         Medical Research Foundation ("OMRF"), and Presbyterian Health Foundation ("Presbyterian"), incorporated herein
         by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement.

10.2     Closing Memorandum in connection with the Recapitalization Letter of Intent, incorporated herein by reference
         to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement.

10.3     Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued in connection with Bridge Loan Agreement, incorporated herein by
         reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement.

10.4     Placement Agency Agreement ("1996 Placement Agency Agreement") dated May 22, 1996, by and between the Company
         and Spencer Trask Securities, Incorporated ("Spencer Trask"), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6
         to the Registration Statement.

10.5     Placement Agent Warrant Agreement ("1996 Placement Agent Warrant Agreement") dated July 29, 1996, by and
         between the Company and Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registration
         Statement.

10.6     License Agreement dated as of May 1, 1996, by and between the Company and OMRF , incorporated herein by
         reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement.

10.7     Promissory Note dated May 15, 1996, in the principal amount of $425,000, issued in favor of OMRF, incorporated
         herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registration Statement.

10.8     Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated May 15, 1996, granted to OMRF, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
         10.10 to the Registration Statement.

10.9     Employee Services Agreement dated July 24, 1996, by and between the Company and OMRF, incorporated herein by
         reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registration Statement.

10.10    Right of First Refusal Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and between the Company and Spencer Trask,
         incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registration Statement.

10.11    Merger and Acquisition Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and among the Company and Spencer Trask, incorporated
         herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement.

*10.12   Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Peter G. Livingston, incorporated herein by reference to
         Exhibit 10.15 to the Registration Statement.

10.13    Placement Agency Agreement ("1997 Placement Agency Agreement") dated July 2, 1997, by and between the Company
         and Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration Statement.

10.14    Placement Agent Warrant Agreement ("1997 Placement Agent Warrant Agreement") dated August 5, 1997, by and
         between the Company and Spencer Trask, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registration
         Statement.

10.15    Registration Rights Agreement dated July 29, 1996, by and among the Company and certain investors identified
         therein, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registration Statement.

10.16    Registration Rights Agreement dated August 5, 1997, by and among the Company and certain investors identified
         therein, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement.

10.17    License Agreement dated May 22, 1998, by and between the Company and OMRF.

10.18    Lease Agreement (the "Lease Agreement") dated May 10, 1996, by and between the Company and Presbyterian Health
         Foundation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Registration Statement.

*10.19   Non-Competition Agreement between the Company and Craig D. Shimasaki, Ph.D., incorporated herein by reference
         to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registration Statement.

10.20    Amendment to Lease Agreement dated effective December 1, 1998 (filed electronically herewith).


27.1     Financial Data Schedule (filed electronically herewith).
</TABLE>






<PAGE>   1
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.5



                                  ZYMETX, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         The ZymeTx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is intended
to provide the eligible employees of ZymeTx, Inc. (the"Company") and its
qualifying subsidiaries a convenient means of purchasing shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Stock"). The Plan is intended to
qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and shall be administered,
interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of that
section of the Code.

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

         1.1. "Account" means the book keeping account established on behalf of
each participant by the Administrator to record payroll deduction contributions
made by such Participant and shares of Stock purchased on his behalf.

         1.2. "Administrator" means the individual or committee appointed
pursuant to Article VIII to administer the Plan.

         1.3. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         1.4. "Business Day" means each day on which the Exchange (as defined in
Section 4.2) is open for business.

         1.5. "Compensation" means all regular salary, wages or earnings but
excluding overtime, commissions, bonuses, amounts realized from the exercise of
a qualified or non-qualified stock option and other special incentive payments,
fees or allowances.

         1.6. "Effective Date" means July 1, 1998, subject to the provisions of
Section 9.8 of the Plan.

         1.7. "Employee" means any person who is employed by the Company except
an employee whose customary employment is:

              (a) less than 20 hours per week; or

              (b) less than 5 months a year.

For the purpose of determining whether an individual is an Employee, the
definition of Company shall also include the Company's subsidiaries, if any, as
defined under Code section 424(f).

         1.8. "Entry Date" means January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of
each Plan Year.


<PAGE>   2




              

         1.9. "Offering Commencement Date" means the first Business Day of each
Offering Period.

         1.10. "Offering Period" means each three month period.

         1.11. "Offering Termination Date" means the last Business Day of each
Offering Period.

         1.12. "Participant" means an Employee who has met the eligibility
requirements of Article II and who has elected to participate pursuant to an
election under Section 3.1.

         1.13. "Plan Year" means the 12-month period ending December 31.

         1.14. "Shares" means shares of Stock that have been allocated to a
Participant's Account.

         1.15. "Three Months of Service" means a consecutive 3-month period
during which an individual was an Employee.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   ELIGIBILITY

         2.1. Eligibility. Except as provided in Section 3.6, an Employee who
has completed Three Months of Service prior to the Effective Date and who
continues to be employed by the Company shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan as of the Effective Date. All other Employees, except as provided in
Section 3.6, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Entry Date
coinciding with or next following the completion of Three Months of Service.

         2.2. Eligibility Restrictions. A Participant who elects to terminate
participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 3.5 shall be prohibited
from participating in the Plan until the Entry Date next following the date of
such termination.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                  PARTICIPATION

         3.1. Commencement of Participation. An eligible Employee may become a
Participant in the Plan on any Entry Date by completing an enrollment and
payroll deduction form and delivering it to the Company in accordance with
procedures established by the Administrator.

         3.2. Payroll Deduction. At the time a Participant files his enrollment
and payroll deduction form, he shall elect to have after-tax deductions made
from his Compensation by a whole percentage that is not less than 1% nor more
than 10% of his Compensation.

         3.3. Participants' Accounts. All payroll deductions made from a
Participant's Compensation shall be credited to his Account and used to purchase
shares of Stock in accordance




                                       2
<PAGE>   3



with Article V. Contributions credited to a Participant's Account shall not
accrue interest or earnings during the period prior to being used to purchase
shares of Stock in accordance with Article V.

         3.4. Changes in Payroll Deductions. The percentage designated by a
Participant as his rate of contribution under Section 3.2 shall automatically
apply to increases and decreases in his Compensation. Except as provided in
Section 3.5, a Participant may elect to change the rate of his contributions to
any other permissible rate effective as of the first day of the first payroll
period of any Offering Period provided the Participant files written notice with
the Administrator of an election to change his contribution rate at least ten
(10) Business Days before the effective date of the election.

         3.5. Suspension and Resumption of Payroll Deductions. A Participant may
terminate contributions under the Plan as of the first day of any payroll period
by filing written notice thereof with the Administrator at least ten (10)
Business Days before the effective date of the termination. A Participant who
has terminated his participation in the Plan in accordance with the preceding
provisions, shall be prohibited from resuming contributions under the Plan until
the following Entry Date. A Participant whose contributions have been terminated
in accordance with the preceding provisions, may resume contributions under the
Plan in accordance with Section 2.2.

         3.6. Restrictions on Participation. Notwithstanding any provisions of
the Plan to the contrary, no Employee shall be granted an option to participate
in the Plan under the following conditions:

              (a) No Employee shall be granted an option if, immediately after
         the grant, such Employee would own stock, and/or hold outstanding
         options to purchase stock, possessing 5% or more of the total combined
         voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company (for
         purposes of this paragraph, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code
         shall apply in determining stock ownership of any Employee); or

              (b) No Employee shall be granted an option which permits his
         rights to purchase Stock under the Plan and all other employee stock
         purchase plans (as described in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company
         to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of such
         Stock (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar
         year in which such option is outstanding at any time. For purposes of
         this Section 3.6(b):

                  (i) the right to purchase Stock under an option accrues when
              the option (or any portion thereof) first becomes exercisable
              during the calendar year;

                  (ii) the right to purchase Stock under an option accrues at
              the rate provided in the option, but in no case may such rate
              exceed $25,000 of fair market value of such Stock (determined at
              the time such option is granted) for any one calendar year; and


                                       3
<PAGE>   4



                  (iii) a right to purchase Stock which has accrued under one
              option granted pursuant to a plan may not be carried over to any
              other option.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    OFFERINGS

         4.1. Quarterly Offerings. The Plan shall be implemented through
quarterly offerings of the Company's Stock. Each Offering Period shall begin on
the Offering Commencement Date and shall end on the Offering Termination Date;
provided, however, if the first Offering Period commences prior to stockholder
approval of the Plan, the Offering Termination Date for such initial Offering
Period shall not occur until the end of the quarter in which stockholder
approval of the Plan is secured.

         4.2. Purchase Price. The "Purchase Price" per share of Stock with
respect to each Offering Period shall be the lesser of:

              (a) Eighty-five percent (85%) of the official closing price of the
         Stock on the Offering Termination Date on the Nasdaq National Market
         (or on such other national securities exchange upon which the Stock may
         then be listed, hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange") or if no
         sale of Stock occurred on such date, the official closing price on the
         preceding Business Day; or

              (b) Eighty-five percent (85%) of the official closing price of the
         Stock on the Offering Commencement Date on the Exchange (or if no sale
         of Stock occurred on such date, the closing price on the preceding
         business day).

         4.3. Maximum Offering. The maximum number of shares of Stock which
shall be issued under the Plan, subject to adjustment upon changes in
capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 9.3, shall be 50,000
shares. At the beginning of each Offering Period, the Board shall specify a
maximum number of shares which may be purchased by any Employee as well as a
maximum aggregate number of shares which may be purchased by all eligible
Employees pursuant to such quarterly offering. If the total number of shares
which would be purchased during any Offering Period exceeds the maximum number
of available shares, the Administrator shall make a pro rata allocation of the
available shares in a manner that it determines to be equitable and the balance
of payroll deductions credited to the Accounts of Participants shall be returned
to such Participants as soon as administratively practicable.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                PURCHASE OF STOCK

         5.1. Automatic Exercise. On each Offering Termination Date, each
Participant shall automatically and without any act on his part be deemed to
have purchased Stock to the full extent



                                       4
<PAGE>   5



of the payroll deductions credited to his Account during the Offering Period
ending on such Offering Termination Date.

         5.2. Fractional Shares. Fractional shares of Stock may not be purchased
under the Plan.

         5.3. Acquisition of Stock. The Company may acquire Stock for use under
the Plan from authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares, in the open
market or in privately negotiated transactions.

         5.4. Accounting for Purchased Stock. All shares of Stock purchased
pursuant to Section 5.1 shall be allocated as Shares to the appropriate
Participant's Account as of the Offering Termination Date on which such shares
are purchased.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   ACCOUNTING

         6.1. General. The Administrator shall establish procedures to account
for payroll deductions made by a Participant, the number of Shares of Stock
purchased on a Participant's behalf and the number of Shares allocated to a
Participant's Account.

         6.2. Registration of Stock. Shares of Stock allocated to a
Participant's Account shall be registered in the name of the Company or its
nominee for the benefit of the Participant on whose behalf such shares were
purchased.

         6.3. Accounting for Distributions. Shares of Stock distributed or sold
from a Participant's Account shall be debited from his Account on a first-in,
first-out basis.

         6.4. Account Statements. Each Participant shall receive at least
semi-annual statements of all payroll deductions and shares of Stock allocated
to his Account together with all other transactions affecting his Account.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                          WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

         7.1. Withdrawal of Shares. A Participant may elect to withdraw any
number of Shares allocated to his Account by providing notification to the
Company in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator. As soon
as administratively practicable following notification of a Participant's
election to withdraw Shares, the Administrator shall cause a certificate
representing the number of Shares to be withdrawn to be delivered to the
Participant.

        7.2. Distribution Upon Termination. As soon as administratively
practicable after a Participant's termination of employment with the Company or
a participating subsidiary for any


                                       5
<PAGE>   6



reason, a certificate representing all of such Participant's Shares shall be
distributed to him (or his executor, in the event of his death).

         7.3. Distribution of Payroll Deductions. In the event a Participant
terminates his employment with the Company or a participating subsidiary or his
participation in the Plan is terminated pursuant to Section 3.5, any payroll
deductions allocated to his Account and not yet applied to purchase Stock in
accordance with Section 5.1 shall be distributed to him in a cash lump sum as
soon as administratively practicable thereafter.


                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                 ADMINISTRATION

         8.1. Appointment of Administrator. The Board shall appoint an
individual or committee comprised of so many members as the Board shall
determine to administer the Plan. The Board may from time to time, if the Plan
is administered by a committee, appoint members to the committee in substitution
for or in addition to members previously appointed and may fill vacancies,
however caused, in the committee.

         8.2. Authority of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the
exclusive power and authority to administer the Plan, including, without
limitation, the right and power to interpret the provisions of the Plan and make
all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan. All such actions, interpretations and determinations which are done or
made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final, conclusive and binding
on the Company, the Participants and all other parties and shall not subject the
Administrator to any liability.

         8.3. Administrator Procedures. The Administrator shall hold its
meetings at such times and places as it shall deem advisable and may hold
telephone meetings. In the event that the Administrator is a committee, a
majority of its members shall constitute a quorum and all determinations shall
be made by a majority of its members. Any decision or determination reduced to
writing and signed by the Administrator shall be as fully effective as if it had
been made by a majority vote at a meeting duly called and held. The
Administrator may appoint a secretary and shall make such rules and regulations
for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable.

         8.4. Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
operation of the Plan, including the costs of record keeping, accounting fees,
legal fees and the costs of delivery of stock certificates to Participants.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         9.1. Transferability. Neither payroll deductions credited to a
Participant's Account nor any rights with regard to the purchase of Stock under
the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged


                                       6
<PAGE>   7



or otherwise disposed of in any way by the Participant other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution.

         9.2. Status as Owner. Each Participant shall be deemed to legally own
all shares of Stock allocated to his Account and shall be entitled to exercise
all rights associated with ownership of the shares, including, without
limitation, the right to vote such shares in all matters for which Stock is
entitled to vote, receive dividends, if any, and tender such shares in response
to a tender offer.

         9.3. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of a
reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, spin-off, split-off, split-up,
stock dividend, combination of shares, merger, consolidation or any other change
in the corporate structure of the Company, or a sale by the Company of all or
part of its assets, the Board may make appropriate adjustments in the number and
kind of shares which are subject to purchase under the Plan and in the exercise
price applicable to outstanding options.

         9.4. Amendment and Termination. The Board shall have complete power and
authority to terminate or amend the Plan (including without limitation the power
and authority to make any amendment that may be deemed to affect the interests
of any Participant adversely); provided, however, that the Board shall not,
without the approval of the shareholders of the Company (i) increase the maximum
number of shares which may be offered under the Plan (except pursuant to Section
9.3); (ii) modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the
Plan; or (iii) in any other way cause the Plan to fail the requirements of
Section 423 of the Code.

         The Plan and all rights of Employees hereunder shall terminate: (i) at
any time, at the discretion of the Board, in which case any cash balance in
Participants' Accounts shall be refunded to such Participants as soon as
administratively possible; or (ii) on the Offering Termination Date on which
Participants become entitled to purchase a number of shares of Stock that
exceeds the maximum number of shares available under the Plan.

         9.5. No Employment Rights. The Plan does not, directly or indirectly,
create in any Employee any right with respect to continuation of employment by
the Company and it shall not be deemed to interfere in any way with the
Company's right to terminate, or otherwise modify, an Employee's terms of
employment at any time.

         9.6. Withholding. To the extent any payments or distributions under
this Plan are subject to Federal, state or local taxes, the Company is
authorized to withhold all applicable taxes. The Company may satisfy its
withholding obligation by (i) withholding shares of Stock allocated to a
Participant's Account, (ii) deducting cash from a Participant's Account, or
(iii) deducting cash from a Participant's other compensation. A Participant's
election to participate in the Plan authorizes the Company to take any of the
actions described in the preceding sentence.



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<PAGE>   8



         9.7. Use of Funds. All payroll deductions held by the Company under
this Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose and the Company
shall not be obligated to hold such payroll deductions in trust or otherwise
segregate such amounts.

         9.8. Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding the provision of Section 1.6
of the Plan, the Plan shall not take effect until approved by the shareholders
of the Company.

         9.9. Choice of Law. Except to the extent superseded by Federal law, the
laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the Plan.

                      *          *          *          *







                                       8
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         To record the adoption of the Plan, ZymeTx, Inc. has caused its
authorized officers to affix its Corporate name and seal this 18th day of
August, 1998.

                             ZYMETX, INC.



(SEAL)                       By: /s/ Peter G. Livingston,
                                -----------------------------------------------
   
                                     Peter G. Livingston, President and Chief
                             Executive Officer
 
ATTEST:


/s/ G. Carl Gibson
- ----------------------------
G. Carl Gibson, Secretary






                                       9

<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                                LICENSE AGREEMENT


         This Agreement is made and entered into as of the 22nd day of May,
1998, by and between the OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, an Oklahoma
nonprofit corporation ("OMRF"), 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73104, and ZymeTx, Inc., a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of
Delaware ("Licensee"), and maintaining offices at 800 Research Parkway, Suite
100, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.

RECITALS

         A.  OMRF owns rights in and to Technology relating to certain
therapeutic use of xanthene dyes, thiazene dyes and other chemical compounds as
antiviral agents.

         B.  Licensee desires to obtain the right to utilize Licensed Technology
in order to make, use and sell Licensed Products or Licensed Services (as
defined below).

         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1.       DEFINITIONS

         As used herein:

         1.1 "Agreement" means this Agreement including all Exhibits attached to
this Agreement together with any written amendments of any of the foregoing.

         1.2 "Effective Date" is defined in Paragraph 11.9.

         1.3 "Field of Use" means the use of Licensed Technology, Licensed
Products and/or Licensed Services to treat viral diseases in patients, either
through the delivery of an in vivo therapeutic product or via an extracorporeal
system which uses the Licensed Technology during the treatment.

         1.4 "Licensed Patents" means the following United States Patents and
Patent Applications:

         (a) [Redacted--Confidential Treatment Requested]

         (b) [Redacted--Confidential Treatment Requested]
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         (c) [Redacted -- Confidential Treatment Requested]; and

all divisionals, continuations, reissues, extensions and foreign counterparts of
the patents, the patent applications (inclusive of patent applications filed
after the date of this Agreement relating to the Technology) and all patents
which issue thereon.

         1.5 "Licensed Process" means any process which is covered in whole or
in part by an issued, unexpired claim or a pending claim contained in the
Licensed Patents in the country in which the process is practiced.

         1.6 "Licensed Products" means any product or part of a product which:

         (a) is covered in whole or in part by an issued, unexpired claim or a
         pending claim contained in the Licensed Patents in the country in which
         the product or part of a product is made, used or sold; or

         (b) is manufactured using a Licensed Process; or

         (c) is used in a Licensed Process and has no substantial use except in
         a Licensed Process; or

         (d) utilizes in whole or in part Licensed Technology.

         1.7 "Licensed Services" means services provided by utilizing a Licensed
Process.

         1.8 "Licensed Technology" means the designs, technical information,
know-how, knowledge, data, discoveries, inventions, specifications, test results
and other information relating to the Technology or the Licensed Patents and
known to, or discovered by, OMRF prior to or during the License Term.

         1.9 "License Term" means the period of time commencing upon the
Effective Date and continuing until the Termination Date.

         1.10 "Licensed Territory" means the world.

         1.11 "Licensee's Auditors" means the independent certified or chartered
accountants regularly employed by Licensee to audit its accounts and certify its
financial statements.

         1.12 "Net Sales" means for each applicable period, the gross amount
invoiced by Licensee or sublicensee (under subparagraph 2.3) to unrelated third
parties for sales of Licensed Products and Licensed Services, less:

              (a) all trade, quantity, case and other discounts;



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              (b) all commissions, credits, product returns, refunds, rebates,
              chargebacks, retroactive price adjustments and any other
              reasonable allowances paid to unrelated third parties;

              (c) all taxes imposed on the production, sale, delivery or use of
              the Licensed Products or Licensed Services;

              (d) that portion of the sales value which Licensee can show is
              associated with delivery systems; and

              (e) any other similar and customary deductions used to determine
              net sales pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles
              ("GAAP").

If a Licensed Product or Licensed Service is sold in combination with another
active component or components, Net Sales, for purposes of determining royalties
on the combination, will be calculated by multiplying Net Sales of the
combination by the fraction A/(AB), where A is the invoice price of the Licensed
Product or Licensed Service if sold separately and B is the total invoice price
of any other active component or components in the combination if sold
separately. If the Licensed Product or Licensed Service and the other active
component or components in the combination are not sold separately, Net Sales,
for purposes of determining royalties on the combination, will be calculated by
multiplying Net Sales of the combination by the fraction C/(CD), where C is the
direct cost of manufacturing or providing the other active component or
components in the combination. Cost of manufacturing or provision of services
for the purposes of this paragraph will be determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.

         1.13 "Proprietary Information" is defined in Paragraph 7.1 of this
Agreement.

         1.14 "Required Consents" is defined in Paragraph 11.3 of this
Agreement.

         1.15 "Technology" means the chemical compounds covered under the
Licensed Patents.

         1.16 "Termination Date" means the date of termination under Paragraph
8.2, 8.3 or 8.5.

         1.17 "ZymeTx" means ZymeTx, Inc., a Delaware corporation.


2.       GRANT OF LICENSE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

         2.1 License. Subject to the license retained by OMRF in Paragraph 2.2
below and the other terms of this Agreement, OMRF hereby grants to Licensee the
exclusive, worldwide right and license during the License Term to use the
Licensed Technology to develop, make, have made, use, lease, sell and otherwise
commercially exploit Licensed Products, to practice the Licensed Processes and
to sell and perform Licensed Services within the Field of Use.



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         2.2 Retained License. OMRF retains on behalf of itself the perpetual,
royalty-free right and license to practice the Licensed Technology for
noncommercial research and educational purposes.

         2.3 Sublicenses. Provided that written approval of OMRF (expressed by
its President) is obtained in advance, which approval shall not unreasonably be
withheld, Licensee shall have the right to grant sublicenses under this
Agreement.

         2.4 Sublicensee Obligations. All sublicenses granted by Licensee shall
provide that the obligations to OMRF of Licensee under Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10 of this Agreement shall be binding upon sublicensee as if it were a party
to this Agreement, and a copy of those sections of this Agreement shall be
attached to all sublicense agreements.

         2.5 Sublicense Copies and Reports. Licensee shall provide to OMRF (1) a
copy of all sublicense agreements promptly after execution, and (2) annually,
together with the report required in Paragraph 5.1 of this Agreement, copies of
all reports received by Licensee from its sublicensees during the preceding
twelve (12) month period.

         2.6 No Implied License. The license and right granted in this Agreement
shall not be construed to confer any rights upon Licensee by implication,
estoppel or otherwise as to any technology not specifically identified in this
Agreement as "Licensed Technology," nor shall it be construed to confer any
rights outside the Licensed Territory.

         2.7 Clinical Trial Support. Licensee shall commit to expend $250,000 in
the first year following the date of this Agreement for the preparation of data
to support the filing of an FDA Investigative New Drug ("IND") submission and
subsequent clinical trial programs as permitted by the IND. Licensee will use
its best efforts to involve OMRF in such date preparation and the conduct of
clinical trials to the greatest extent in which OMRF may be permitted and able
to so participate.

3.       PAYMENTS AND OTHER CONSIDERATION

         3.1 Amounts. As part of the consideration specified under this
             Agreement to be given by Licensee for the right and license granted
             in this Agreement, Licensee shall pay, deliver or procure delivery
             to OMRF:

             (a)   an up-front royalty of $150,000 to be paid in cash on the
                   Effective Date of this Agreement;

             (b)   reimbursement of 50% of OMRF patent prosecution expenses up
                   to the date of the License Agreement, not to exceed $28,000,
                   to be paid upon execution of this Agreement;

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             (c)   for each Licensed Product or Licensed Service, a milestone
                   royalty of $1,000,000 at the time of filing by Licensee of a
                   New Drug Application ("NDA") with the Food & Drug
                   Administration ("FDA") with respect to such Licensed Product
                   or Licensed Service;

             (d)   for each Licensed Product or Licensed Service, a milestone
                   royalty of $5,000,000, payable in five annual installments
                   commencing at the time Licensee receives an NDA Letter of
                   Approval from the FDA with respect to such Licensed Product
                   or Licensed Service, with each installment amounting to the
                   greater of $1,000,000 or 50% of net pre-tax profits accruing
                   from the sale of such Licensed Product or Licensed Service
                   approved by the FDA, with total payments not exceeding
                   $5,000,000; and

             (e)   a royalty equal to 8% of Net Sales of the Licensed Products
                   or Licensed Services sold by Licensee or its sublicensees, or
                   sublicense fees paid to the Licensee; further, such royalty
                   payment shall be offset by the research and development
                   expenses, if any, incurred by Licensee related to the
                   Licensed Product or Licensed Process, other than clinical
                   trial costs.

         For the purposes of (d) above, "net pre-tax profits" shall be Net
Sales, less cost of goods sold and direct marketing, personnel and overhead
costs which may be reasonably allocated to the costs of the Licensed Product or
Licensed Service.

         3.2 Non-cumulative Royalties. Royalties shall be payable by Licensee
with respect to all of its or sublicensees' Net Sales except for resale of such
products purchased from OMRF. Royalties shall not become payable at the time of
sale, transfer or disposal among Licensee and its sublicensees, but shall become
payable only when Licensee or its sublicensees sell such products to a third
party, except where such sales to a third party are not contemplated, in which
event royalties shall be payable by Licensee when such sale, transfer or
disposal among Licensee and its sublicensees occurs.

         3.3 No Multiple Royalties. No multiple royalties shall be payable
because any Licensed Product or Licensed Service is covered by more than one
patent within the Licensed Patents.

         3.4 Deduction of Taxes. Any income or other tax which Licensee is
required to withhold and pay on behalf of OMRF with respect to the royalties
payable to OMRF under this Agreement shall be deducted from such royalties prior
to remittance to OMRF; provided however, that in regard to any tax so deducted,
Licensee shall give OMRF such assistance as may reasonably be necessary to
enable OMRF to claim exemption therefrom and to obtain for OMRF the most
favorable tax treatment legally possible. In each case Licensee shall furnish
OMRF with proper evidence of the taxes so paid on its behalf.


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         3.5 Interest. Royalty and other payments required in this Agreement
shall, if overdue, bear interest until payment at a par annum rate four percent
(4%) above the prime rate in effect at the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York,
New York, U.S.A., on the due date. The payment of such interest shall not
foreclose OMRF from exercising any other rights it may have because any payment
is late.

         3.6 Currency Conversion and Delivery. All payments required in this
Agreement shall be paid in United States dollars, delivered in accordance with
Paragraphs 5.2 and 11.1 of this Agreement or to such other place as OMRF may
reasonably designate consistent with the applicable laws and regulations in any
foreign country. If any currency conversion shall be required in connection with
the payment of royalties hereunder, such conversion shall be made at no expense
to OMRF at the exchange rate prevailing at the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New
York, New York, U.S.A., on the last business day of the calendar quarterly
reporting period to which such payment(s) relate.

         3.7 Deduction of Patent Prosecution Costs. Any and all costs incurred
by Licensee in the prosecution and maintenance of patent applications covering
the Technology, filed after the date of this Agreement, shall be deducted from
the royalty payable under subparagraph 3.2(e).

4.       RECORDS

         4.1 Records of Sales. Licensee shall at all times during the term of
this Agreement and for a period of five (5) years after termination of this
Agreement keep at its principal place of business true and accurate records of
all Net Sales subject to Paragraph 3 of this Agreement in such form and manner
that all royalties owed hereunder to OMRF may be readily and accurately
determined. Such records shall include, but not by way of limitation, all
information necessary for Licensee's Auditors to prepare the reports required by
Section 5 of this Agreement.

         4.2 Inspection. OMRF shall have the right, from time to time, at
reasonable times during normal business hours, during the period of this
Agreement and for five (5) years thereafter, to examine the records of Licensee
for the purpose of verifying the amounts owed to OMRF hereunder and the accuracy
of the reports furnished by Licensee and Licensee's Auditors under Section 5 of
this Agreement. OMRF shall maintain the confidentiality of all confidential
information obtained by it from examination of Licensee's records and shall use
such information only for the purposes of this Agreement.

5.       REPORTS

         5.1 Reports. Licensee will provide OMRF with copies of all financial
reports presented to Licensee's Board of Directors and a copy of Licensee's
Auditors' annual audit report.

         5.2 Reportable Information. Licensee will provide OMRF quarterly
payment reports within thirty (30) days of March 31, June 30, September 30, and
December 31. Such reports shall include at least the following:




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         (a) the total Net Sales of all Licensed Products and Licensed Services
         sold by Licensee and its sublicensees during the preceding three (3)
         month period and for the calendar year to date;

         (b) the royalties owed to OMRF pursuant to Paragraph 3.1(e) with
         respect to the preceding three (3) month period and for the calendar
         year to date;

         (c) the names and address of all new sublicensees of Licensee since the
         previous report.

         5.3 Payments. With each such report delivered, Licensee shall pay to
OMRF all amounts due under this Agreement. If no payments are due, Licensee
shall so report.

6.       PATENT PROSECUTION AND PATENT INFRINGEMENT

         6.1 Patent Prosecution. OMRF shall seek prompt issuance of, and
maintain during the License Term the patents and patent applications, as the
case may be, specifically identified by patent number or application serial
number in Paragraph 1.4 of this Agreement and any other patent applications
relating to the Technology to be filed after the date of this Agreement. The
prosecution and maintenance of all patent applications and patents within the
Licensed Patents, as well as patent applications filed after the date of this
Agreement, shall be the primary responsibility of OMRF, with Licensee bearing
50% of the expense therefor; provided, however, that Licensee (or, at Licensee's
option, its patent counsel ) shall be provided copies of all correspondence
between OMRF's patent counsel and the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and
foreign associate counsel or other patent offices relating to the Licensed
Patents and shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to advise OMRF, and
Licensee shall cooperate with OMRF in such prosecution. OMRF shall promptly
advise Licensee of the grant, lapse, revocation, surrender, of any threatened
invalidation or of its intention to abandon any such patent or application.
Licensee shall reimburse OMRF for 50% of all out-of-pocket fees, costs and
expenses, if any, paid or incurred by OMRF in maintaining the Licensed Patents
during the License Term. Licensee shall deliver such reimbursement to OMRF (or,
if OMRF requests, directly to OMRF's patent counsel) within thirty (30) days
after OMRF notifies Licensee from time to time of the amount of such fees, costs
and expenses which have been paid or incurred by OMRF.

         6.2 Notice of Infringement. Licensee shall promptly notify OMRF of any
alleged infringement of the Licensed Patents and of any available evidence of
such infringement.

         6.3 Suit By Licensee. Licensee shall have the initial right, but shall
not be obligated, to commence suit for any infringement of the Licensed Patents.
The total cost of any such infringement action commenced solely by Licensee
shall be borne by Licensee, and Licensee shall retain any recovery or damages
awarded in such action.


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         6.4 Suit By OMRF. In the event that, after sixty (60) days from
notification by Licensee of infringement of the Licensed Patents, Licensee has
not notified OMRF of its intention to commence an action against the infringer
of said Licensed Patents, OMRF shall have the right to commence an action in its
own name and OMRF shall notify Licensee of such commencement. In the event OMRF
commences an action against the infringer of said Licensed Patents, Licensee
shall have the right to be joined as a party in said litigation and to be
represented by counsel of choice, provided that Licensee bear the fees of its
counsel. In the event of any recovery, through settlement or otherwise, each of
the parties shall be entitled to such portion of the proceeds realized therefrom
in an amount equal to the portion of the recovery that is commensurate with such
party's contribution to the costs of prosecuting said action (inclusive of such
party's attorney fees).

         6.5 Defense. In the event that a declaratory judgment action alleging
invalidity, unenforceability or noninfringement of any of the Licensed Patents
shall be brought against OMRF, OMRF shall not have any obligation to defend such
action; provided, however, that if OMRF determines at any time that it does not
desire to defend such action, OMRF shall promptly so advise Licensee, and
Licensee shall then have the right to defend such action on OMRF's behalf at
Licensee's expense, in which event Licensee shall indemnify OMRF against any
order for costs or award of sanctions that may be made or entered against OMRF
in such proceedings. In the event that a declaratory judgment action alleging
invalidity, unenforceability or noninfringement of any of the Licensed Patents
shall be brought against Licensee, OMRF, at its option, shall have the right,
but shall not be obligated, within ninety (90) days after commencement of such
action, to be joined as a defendant in such action at its own expense.

         6.6 Cooperation. In any suit either party may commence or defend
pursuant to its rights under this Agreement in order to enforce or defend the
validity or enforceability of the Licensed Patents, the other party shall, at
the request and expense of the party initiating or defending such suit,
cooperate in all respects and, to the extent possible, have its employees
testify when requested and make available relevant records, papers, information,
samples, specimens and the like.

7.       CONFIDENTIALITY

         7.1 Maintenance of Confidentiality. Licensee will not, without the
express written consent of OMRF in advance, for any reason or at any time either
during or for a period of three (3) years subsequent to the License Term except
as otherwise provided in this paragraph, use (except in the course of practicing
the licenses granted in this Agreement) or disclose (except as is necessary in
the course of marketing and selling Licensed Products or Licensed Services, or
obtaining governmental approval to do so, as contemplated in this Agreement) to
any person (including without limitation any director, officer or employee of
Licensee who is not under an obligation of confidentiality substantially similar
to the obligation contained herein) the Licensed Technology or any other
information relating to the Licensed Products or the Licensed Services
(hereinafter referred to as the "Proprietary Information"). This obligation of
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         (a) which can be demonstrated by Licensee to have been within its
         legitimate possession prior to the time of disclosure by OMRF;

         (b) which was in the public domain prior to disclosure by OMRF, as
         evidenced by documents which were generally published prior to such
         disclosure;

         (c) which, after disclosure by OMRF, comes into the public domain
         through no fault of Licensee;

         (d) which is disclosed to Licensee by a third party having legitimate
         possession thereof and the unrestricted right to make such disclosure;
         or

         (e) which is disclosed by Licensee to a third party in connection with
         a valid business purpose and the third party executes a confidentiality
         agreement with Licensee containing obligations of confidentiality
         substantially similar to the obligation contained herein, but
         prohibiting further disclosures.

         7.2 Prior Agreements. The provisions of this Agreement supersede and
shall be substituted for any terms of any prior confidentiality agreement
between Licensee and OMRF which are not consistent with this Agreement.

8.       TERM AND TERMINATION

         8.1 Duration. This Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date
hereof, and shall continue until the Termination Date.

         8.2 Termination. OMRF shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
on the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

         (a) default by Licensee on any payment required pursuant to royalties
         on the sales of Licensed Products and Licensed Services provided for in
         paragraph 3.1(e);

         (b) failure of Licensee to render reports to OMRF as required by this
         Agreement;

         (c) any assignment by Licensee of substantially all of its assets for
         the benefit of creditors;

         (d) placement of Licensee's assets in the hands of a receiver unless
         the receivership is dissolved within thirty (30) days thereafter; or

         (e) the material breach by Licensee of any other term of this
         Agreement.


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         8.3 Exercise. OMRF may exercise its right of termination by giving
Licensee, its trustees or receivers or assigns, thirty (30) days prior written
notice in the cases of Paragraph 8.2 of OMRF's election to terminate. Upon the
expiration of such period, this Agreement shall automatically terminate unless
the other party has previously cured the breach or condition permitting
termination under the preceding paragraph, in which case this Agreement shall
not terminate. Such notice and termination shall not prejudice OMRF's rights to
any royalties and other sums due hereunder and shall not prejudice any cause of
action or claim of OMRF accrued or to accrue on account of any breach or default
by Licensee.

         8.4 Failure to Enforce. The failure of OMRF at any time, or for any
period of time, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be
construed as a waiver of such provisions or the right of OMRF thereafter to
enforce each and every such provision.

         8.5 Termination by Licensee. Licensee may terminate this Agreement at
any time by giving OMRF six (6) months prior written notice of Licensee's
election to terminate. In such event, the responsibility of Licensee for any
installment payment required by Paragraph 3.1(d) shall expire if the notice of
termination is made by Licensee no later than six (6) months prior to the time
when such installment payment is due. If all of the Licensed Patents are
invalidated as a consequence of challenge by a party other than Licensee, then
the obligation of Licensee to pay any payments under Paragraph 3 shall terminate
immediately at such time as all of such Licensed Patents have been invalidated.

         8.6 Effect. In the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason
whatsoever, Licensee shall not have any right to return of any payments of any
kind theretofore made by it to OMRF pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee shall
return, or at OMRF's direction destroy, all plans, drawings, papers, notes,
writings and other documents, samples, organisms, biological materials and
models pertaining to the Licensed Technology, retaining no copies, and Licensee
shall refrain from using or publishing any portion of the Licensed Technology as
provided in Paragraph 7 of this Agreement. Upon the Termination Date, Licensee
shall cease manufacturing, processing, producing, using, selling or distributing
Licensed Products and Licensed Services; provided, however, that Licensee may
continue to sell in the ordinary course of business for a period of ninety (90)
days reasonable quantities of Licensed Products which are fully manufactured and
in Licensee's normal inventory at the Termination Date if:

         (a) all monetary obligations of Licensee to OMRF have been satisfied
         and

         (b) royalties on such sales are paid to OMRF in the amounts and in the
         manner provided in this Agreement.

The provisions of Paragraphs 7, 9, and 10 of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement.


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         8.7 This Agreement shall terminate should Licensee fail, for whatever
             reason, to file an IND for a Licensed Product with the FDA within
             three (3) years of the Effective Date, or the Licensee must pay One
             Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).

9.       INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

         9.1 Indemnification. Licensee shall defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless OMRF and its officers, directors, trustees and employees and all of its
heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives ("Indemnitees") from
and against any and all claims, demands, loss, liability, expense or damage
(including investigative costs, court costs and attorneys' fees) Indemnitees may
suffer, pay or incur as a result of claims, demands or actions against any of
the Indemnitees arising or alleged to arise by reason of or in connection with
any and all personal injury, economic loss and property damage caused or alleged
to be caused or contributed to in whole or in part by the manufacture, use,
lease, sale or sublicense of Licensed Products or Licensed Services by Licensee,
whether asserted under a tort or contractual theory or any other legal theory.
Licensee's obligations under this paragraph shall survive the Termination Date.

         9.2 Insurance. Without limiting Licensee's indemnity obligations under
the preceding paragraph, Licensee represents that before any Licensed Product or
Licensed Service is sold, there will be a liability insurance policy in force
and agrees that Licensee shall maintain throughout the License Term and for at
least ten (10) years after the Termination Date such policy which:

         (a) insures Indemnitees for all claims, demands and actions mentioned
         in the preceding paragraph of this agreement;

         (b) includes a contractual endorsement providing coverage for all
         liability which may be incurred by Indemnitees in connection with this
         Agreement;

         (c) requires the insurance carrier to provide OMRF with no less than
         thirty (30) days written notice of any change in the terms or coverage
         of the policy or its cancellation; and

         (d) provides Indemnitees product liability coverage in an amount not
         less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) combined single limit for
         bodily injury and property damage liability, subject to a deductible of
         not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) per occurrence.

         9.3 Notice of Claims. Licensee will promptly notify OMRF of all claims
involving Licensed Products and will advise OMRF of the policy amounts that
might be needed to defend and pay any such claims. In the event OMRF believes
the sum of such policy amounts may exceed Licensee's total insurance coverage,
OMRF may request and Licensee shall acquire additional coverage, not to exceed
the amounts set forth in the preceding subparagraph of this Agreement, in order
fully to protect OMRF as set forth above.


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         9.4 Insurance After Termination. Licensee hereafter shall, during the
License Term and for a period of ten (10) years after the Termination Date,
provide OMRF copies of liability policies which comply fully with this
Agreement. If Licensee fails at any time to maintain insurance as required in
this Agreement, OMRF may (but shall be under no obligation to) purchase its own
policy providing all or any of the coverage and recover from Licensee the cost
thereof, which shall be payable on demand.

         9.5 Indemnification by Licensee. Licensee shall indemnify and hold
harmless Indemnitees against and with respect to all losses, damages, claims,
liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses)
incurred or sustained by any of them as a result of, or arising out of, any
violation, breach or nonfulfillment on the part of Licensee of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Licensee pursuant to
this Agreement. OMRF or other indemnified party hereunder shall notify Licensee
in writing, promptly after it or they acquire actual knowledge of any action or
claim against it or them hereunder which may give rise to liability of Licensee
pursuant to this Paragraph. Licensee may, at its own expense, through legal
counsel approved by OMRF, defend or settle any such claim or action, provided
that Licensee posts security that is adequate in the reasonable discretion of
OMRF to protect OMRF or the other indemnified party or parties and provided OMRF
is notified in writing of Licensee's intent to so defend within ten (10) days
after Licensee has been notified by OMRF or such other indemnified party of such
claim or action.

         9.6 Contribution by Licensee. If the indemnification provided for in
the immediately preceding Paragraph is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party in respect of any of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above, then Licensee
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by each such indemnified party as
a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by Licensee on the one hand and OMRF and any other indemnified parties
on the other from the activities from which such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arose, as well as the relative fault of Licensee on the one hand and
OMRF on the other in connection with the actions or inactions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

10.      MERCHANTABILITY, EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND
         LICENSEE'S WARRANTIES

         10.1 Warranty. Licensee possesses the expertise and skill in the
technical areas in which the Licensed Products and Licensed Processes are
involved necessary to make, and has made, its own evaluation of the
capabilities, safety, utility and commercial application of the Licensed
Technology, Licensed Products and Licensed Processes.


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         ACCORDINGLY, OMRF MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH
         RESPECT TO THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, LICENSED PRODUCTS, LICENSED
         PROCESSES OR LICENSED SERVICES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES
         OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY OTHER
         IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CAPABILITIES, SAFETY, UTILITY OR
         COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, LICENSED PRODUCTS,
         LICENSED PROCESSES AND LICENSED SERVICES.

         10.2     Limitation of Liability.

         OMRF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES
         SUFFERED BY LICENSEE OR ANY OTHERS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE
         LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, LICENSED PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES OR LICENSED
         SERVICES.

         10.3 Representations and Warranties of Licensee. Licensee hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to OMRF, which representations and
warranties, together with all other representations and warranties of Licensee
in this Agreement, are true and correct on the date hereof:

         (a) Licensee is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
         good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all
         requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
         and perform its obligations hereunder.

         (b) Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement, nor the
         consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, will (a) violate
         or conflict with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
         By-laws of Licensee, as each may have been amended, (b) with or without
         the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both (i) result in a
         breach of, or violate, or be in conflict with or constitute a default
         under, or result in the termination or cancellation of, or accelerate
         the performance required under, any security instrument, mortgage,
         note, debenture, indenture, loan, lease, contract, agreement or other
         instrument, to which Licensee is a party or by which it or any of its
         properties or assets may be bound or affected, or (ii) result in the
         loss or adverse modification of any lease, franchise, license or other
         contractual right or other authorization granted to or otherwise held
         by Licensee, (c) require the consent of any party to any such agreement
         or commitment to which Licensee is a party or by which any of its
         properties or assets are bound, (d) result in the creation or
         imposition of any lien, claim or encumbrance upon any property or
         assets of Licensee, (e) require any consent, approval, authorization,
         order, filing, registration or qualification of or with any court or
         governmental authority or arbitrator to which Licensee is subject or by
         which any of its properties or assets may be bound or affected.


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<PAGE>   14


         (c) All action to authorize the execution and delivery of this
         Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
         have been duly taken, and this Agreement constitutes the valid and
         binding obligation of Licensee enforceable in accordance with its
         terms.

         (d) There are no claims (relating to patent infringement or any other
         matters), actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or investigations
         pending or, to the best of Licensee's knowledge, threatened, against
         Licensee which if adversely determined would adversely affect the
         Licensed Technology (or the patentability thereof) or other technology
         practiced by Licensee, or Licensee's ability to enter into or carry out
         this Agreement or use or license Licensed Technology.

11.      MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

         11.1 Export Controls. Licensee acknowledges that OMRF is subject to
United States laws and regulations controlling the export of technical data,
computer software, laboratory prototypes and other commodities and that its
obligations hereunder are contingent on compliance with all applicable United
States export and other laws and regulations. The transfer of certain technical
data and commodities may require a license from the cognizant agency of the
United States Government and/or written assurances by Licensee that Licensee
shall not export data or commodities to certain foreign countries without prior
approval of such agency. OMRF neither represents that a license shall not be
required nor that, if required, it shall be issued.

         11.2 Legal Compliance. Licensee agrees that it will comply with all
applicable laws and regulations relating to its manufacture, processing,
production, use, advertisement, marketing, sale and distribution of Licensed
Products and Licensed Services and that it will not at any time take any action
which would cause OMRF or Licensee to be in violation of any of such applicable
laws and regulations.

         11.3 Required Consents. Licensee shall obtain any and all licenses,
permits, approvals or authorizations ("Required Consents") required by any
governmental entity or agency having jurisdiction over the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. OMRF shall cooperate with, and provide
reasonable assistance to, Licensee in obtaining the Required Consents; provided,
however, that Licensee shall reimburse OMRF for all of OMRF's out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in providing such assistance.

         11.4 Independent Contractor. Licensee's relationship to OMRF hereunder
shall be that of a licensee only. Licensee shall not be the agent of OMRF and
shall have no authority to act for or on behalf of OMRF in any matter. Persons
retained by Licensee as employees or agents shall not by reason thereof be
deemed to be employees or agents of OMRF.

         11.5 Patent Marking. Licensee agrees to mark the Licensed Products sold
in the United States and, to the extent practical, identify all Licensed
Services with all applicable United States patent numbers. All Licensed Products
shipped to or sold in other countries shall be to the extent



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practical marked in such a manner as to conform with the patent laws and
practice of the country of manufacture or sale.

         11.6 Use of Names. None of the names of OMRF or any officers, trustees,
directors or employees of either may be used by Licensee in any manner for
announcing, advertising, promoting or marketing of Licensed Products, Licensed
Services, Licensed Processes or securities of Licensee unless the written
permission of OMRF, or the individual, as the case may be, is obtained in
advance.

         11.7 Interpretation. The parties are equally responsible for the
preparation of this Agreement, and in any judicial proceeding the terms hereof
shall not be more strictly construed against one party than the other.

         11.8 Place of Execution. This Agreement and any subsequent
modifications or amendments hereto shall be deemed to have been executed in the
State of Oklahoma, U.S.A.

         11.9 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall not become effective or
binding upon either party until such time (the "Effective Date") as the
respective Boards of Directors of the parties have approved this Agreement and
the respective Presidents of both parties have executed this Agreement.

         11.10 Governing Law. This Agreement and all amendments, modifications,
alterations, or supplements hereto, and the rights of the parties hereunder,
shall be construed under and governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma and
the United States of America.

         11.11 Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating
to this Agreement of the breach thereof will be settled by arbitration in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, before and in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The award rendered in
that arbitration will be binding on the parties hereto, and judgement upon the
award can be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. Without
detracting from the generality of the foregoing, the following specific
provisions also will apply:

         (a) the proceedings will be held by a panel of three arbitrators, each
         party having the right to select one arbitrator, with the third to be
         selected in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration
         Association;

         (b) the parties, by mutual agreement, can also provide that all or part
         of the arbitration proceedings be held outside of Oklahoma City,
         Oklahoma; in this event, the parties will equally bear any specific
         expenses resulting from that decision;

         (c) before rendering their final decisions, the arbitrators will first
         act as friendly, disinterested parties for the purpose of helping the
         parties reach compromise settlements on the points in dispute; and


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         (d) the costs of the arbitration will be in the discretion of the
         arbitrators, provided, however, that no party is obliged to pay more
         than its own costs, the costs of the arbitrator it has nominated, and
         the cost of the third arbitrator.

         11.12 Notices. All notices, statements and reports required or
contemplated herein by one party to the other shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given upon delivery in person or upon the expiration of five
(5) days after deposit in a lawful mail depository in the country of residence
of the party giving the notice, registered or certified airmail postage prepaid,
and addressed as follows:

         If to OMRF:       Attention: President
                                  Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
                                  825 N. E. 13th Street
                                  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
                                  Facsimile: (405) 271-3980

         With a copy to:   John S. Pratt, Esq.
                                  Kilpatrick Stockton, LLC
                                  1100 Peachtree Street
                                  Atlanta, GA 30309-4530
                                  Facsimile: (404) 815-6555

         If to Licensee:   Attention:  President
                                  ZymeTx, Inc.
                                  800 Research Parkway, Suite 100
                                  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
                                  Facsimile: (405) 271-1708

         With a copy to:   Douglas A. Branch, Esq.
                                  Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay & Murrah, P.C.
                                  Twelfth Floor
                                  One Leadership Square
                                  211 N. Robinson
                                  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
                                  Facsimile: (405) 235-4133

         Either party hereto may change the address to which notices to such
party are to be sent by giving notice to the other party at the address and in
the manner provided above. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given
may be given, in addition to the manner set forth above, by telex, facsimile or
cable, provided that the party giving such notice obtains acknowledgement by
telex, facsimile or cable that such notice has been received by the party to be
notified. Notice made in this manner shall be deemed to have been given when
such acknowledgement has been transmitted.


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<PAGE>   17


         11.13 Assignments and Inurement. Licensee shall not grant, transfer,
convey, sublicense or otherwise assign any of its rights or delegate any of its
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of OMRF
except as explicitly permitted in this Agreement, and any attempt to do so shall
be of no effect; however, this Agreement shall be assignable by OMRF. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and
permitted assigns of the parties hereto.

         11.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between OMRF and Licensee with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall
not be modified, amended or terminated except as herein provided or except by
another agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto.

         11.15 Headings. The section and paragraph headings are for convenience
only and are not a part of this Agreement.

         11.16 Severability. All rights and restrictions contained herein may be
exercised and shall be applicable and binding only to the extent that they do
not violate any applicable laws and are intended to be limited to the extent
necessary so that they will not render this Agreement illegal, invalid or
unenforceable. If any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement
not essential to the commercial purpose of this Agreement shall be held to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
the intention of the parties that the remaining provisions or portions thereof
shall constitute their agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
all such remaining provisions or portions thereof shall remain in full force and
effect. To the extent legally permissible, any illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision of this Agreement shall be replaced by a valid provision which will
implement the commercial purpose of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision. In the event that any provision essential to the commercial purpose
of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable and cannot be
replaced by a valid provision which will implement the commercial purpose of
this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights granted herein shall terminate.



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first
above written.

OMRF:                               OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION


                                    By:
                                       ------------------------------------ 
                                           J. Donald Capra, M.D.
                                           President & Chief Scientific Officer


LICENSEE:                           ZYMETX, INC


                                    By:
                                       ------------------------------------ 
                                           Peter G. Livingston
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer





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<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20




                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
               (DATED APRIL 21, 1998 FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY)
                                        
                          TO LEASE DATED MAY 10, 1996
                                        
               BETWEEN PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION AS LANDLORD
                          AND ZYMETX, INC., AS TENANT


WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant are the parties to the above described Lease for
the Building located at 800 N. Research Parkway; and,

Landlord and Tenant mutually desire to amend the above described Lease, (amended
via Addendum No. 1) as follows:

The provisions of this Amendment No. 1 shall supercede and control any
inconsistent provisions contained in the Lease, regardless of whether such
inconsistent provisions are contained in the printed portion of the lease or any
rider, addendum or exhibit annexed thereto.


1.  Building:                      800 Research Parkway Building I, Oklahoma 
                                   City, OK

2.  Amended Leased Premises:       The Leased Premises will change to include
                                   all of the 1st floor consisting of
                                   approximately 22,833 rentable square feet
                                   (RSF) and all of the 2nd floor consisting of
                                   22,800 RSF. Tenant currently occupies 11,803
                                   RSF. This equates to an overall increase of
                                   approximately 33,830 RSF for a total of
                                   45,633 RSF.

3.  Effective Commencement:        December 1, 1998 for the 2nd floor space
                                   (22,800 RSF) and March 1, for the remaining
                                   10,997 RSF of the 1st floor. Tenant shall
                                   occupy space within the Premises upon the
                                   substantial completion of the Tenant
                                   Improvement's of said space.

4.  Amended Tenant Improvement:    Landlord will contribute a Tenant Improvement
                                   Allowance for any new Allowance: space leased
                                   greater than the existing space of 11,803
                                   RSF, such allowance shall be the lesser of:

                                   o ($0.166 x months remaining on lease)
                                     x (rentable square feet leased greater
                                     than 11,803 RSF)

                                                       OR

                                   o The actual cost of the Tenant Improvements.

                                   Any excess cost of the Tenant Improvements
                                   shall be the responsibility of the Tenant.

5.  Lease Rate:                    The lease rate for any space greater than
                                   11,803 RSF shall be $12.00 per RSF annually.

6.  Amended Security Deposit:      Tenant shall pay an amount that is equal to
                                   one month's rent based on the additional
                                   square footage.

7.  Option to Expand:              Landlord hereby grants Tenant a right of
                                   first refusal to expand into the 3rd floor
                                   ("Additional Space") of the Building as
                                   provided in this paragraph. Landlord will
                                   provide Tenant written notice of Landlord's
                                   intent to lease any such space to a third
                                   party.  Tenant may exercise such right within
                                   fifteen (15) days of receiving such notice by
                                   executing a written amendment to this Lease
                                   covering the Additional Space, prior to the
                                   time Landlord commits to lease such space to
                                   a third party.  Such amendment shall provide
                                   for the leasing of such space on the same
                                   terms and conditions contained in this
                                   Amendment No. 1.  In such event (a) the
                                   Additional Space shall be included as part of
                                   the Leased Premises, (b) the lease for the
                                   Additional Space shall be co-terminous with
                                   the lease for the Leased Premises, (c) the
                                   lease rate shall be $12.00 per RSF annually
                                   for an such Additional Space and (d) the
                                   Tenant Improvements Allowance shall be based
                                   on the lesser of: (i) $0.166 x months
                                   remaining on lease) x (rentable square feet
                                   of Additional Space) or (ii) the actual cost
                                   of such Tenant Improvements for the
                                   Additional Space.



Both parties agree to the terms of this Lease Agreement as amended by Addendum
No. 1 and this Amendment No. 1 and the lease Agreement shall continue in full
force.

Landlord:  Presbyterian Health Foundation           Tenant: ZYMETX, INC.


                                               /s/ PETER G. LIVINGSTON
____________________________________         ___________________________________
Dennis McGrath, Vice President                 Peter G. Livingston, President


         

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