EXHIBIT A JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT A
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. and further agree that this agreement be included as an exhibit to such filing. Each party to the agreement expressly authorizes each other party to file on its behalf any and all amendments to such statement. Each party to this agreement agrees that this joint filing agreement may be signed in counterparts.
In evidence whereof, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf this 19th day of August, 2024.
| Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P. | Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners EG, L.P. | |||||
| By: | VHCP Management III, LLC | By: | VHCP Management EG, LLC | |||
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| VHCP Co-Investment Holdings III, LLC | ||||
| By: | VHCP Management III, LLC | |||
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| Bong Koh | ||
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