Sponsored Research Agreement, as amended dated as of June 1, 2006, by and between the Registrant and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
Exhibit 10.1
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. Double asterisks denote omissions.
SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
THIS SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 1, 2006 (the “Effective Date”), by and between SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION (the “Foundation”), having its principal place of business located at 1776 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, New York, 10019, and PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (“PTC” or “Company”), having its principal place of business located at 100 Corporate Court, South Plainfield, New Jersey, 07080.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small-molecule drugs targeting post-transcriptional control mechanisms;
WHEREAS, the Foundation is dedicated to accelerating the development of a treatment or cure for spinal muscular atrophy;
WHEREAS, the Foundation wishes to sponsor, and Company wishes to perform, research focused on small molecule therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy (“SMA”), and possibly to further develop and commercialize such therapeutics, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the Research Plan attached hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Foundation and Company to disseminate the results of the Research (as defined below) to other investigators in the spinal muscular atrophy research community and to medical professionals treating spinal muscular atrophy patients, consistent with the overall goal of commercializing therapeutics for SMA; and
WHEREAS, it is the further intent of the Foundation and Company that patents and other intellectual property developed by Company as a result of the Research shall be retained by Company, but that a mechanism be provided for transfer of rights to the patents and other intellectual property developed by Company as a result of the Research and relating to a particular Research Project (as defined below) to the Foundation if Company elects not to pursue commercial development of any drug candidates identified during such Research Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and premises contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | DEFINITIONS. |
1.1“Additional Payments” shall mean all amounts actually paid to Company pursuant to Section 4.2.
1.2“Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or other entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a party. A corporation or other entity shall be regarded as in control of another corporation or entity if it owns or directly or indirectly controls more than 50% of the voting securities or other ownership interest of the other corporation or entity, or if it possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the corporation or other entity.
1.3“Available Product” shall mean a human therapeutic product that (a) has previously received final approval from the FDA for marketing in the United States and (b) is suitable for administration to patients in its currently marketed formulation for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.
1.4“Company Base IP” shall mean any new and useful composition of matter, process, product by process, machine or manufacture, know-how, discovery, improvement, Patent, or other intellectual property (“IP”) or any new and useful improvement thereof, whether or not patentable, which (i) is discovered, conceived, developed or first reduced to practice by or on behalf of Company as of or prior to the Effective Date, (ii) is an improvement to any IP discovered, conceived, developed or first reduced to practice by or on behalf of Company as of or prior to the Effective Date, regardless of when such improvement is discovered, conceived, developed or first reduced to practice, or (iii) is discovered, conceived, developed or first reduced to practice by, or otherwise comes under the Control of, Company during the Research Term and does not constitute Data or a Research Invention.
1.5“Company Clinical Trial” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4.
1.6“Company Know-How” shall mean Information that: (a) is developed or acquired by or on behalf of Company in the course of performing the Research; and/or (b) is otherwise Controlled by Company and is directed to any Drug Target, Hit, Lead Candidate, Drug Candidate or Product first identified or synthesized in the conduct of the Research, formulations of any of the foregoing, and/or processing technology with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Company Know-How excludes the Company Patents and the Company Base IP.
1.7“Company Patents” shall mean Patents that: (a) claim Information developed or acquired by or on behalf of Company in the course of performing the Research; and/or (b) are otherwise Controlled by Company and claim any Drug Target, Hit, Lead Candidate, Drug Candidate or Product first identified or synthesized in the course of the Research, formulations of any of the foregoing, and/or processing technology with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Company Patents exclude the Company Base IP and the Company Know-How.
1.8“Company Technology” shall mean Company Know-How and Company Patents.
1.9“Confidential Information” shall mean any confidential or proprietary information of a party, including, without limitation, information relating to any compound, product specifications, chemical structures, data, know-how, formulations, research project, work in process, future development, scientific, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, business plan, financial or personnel matter relating to such party, its present or future products, sales, suppliers, customers, employees, investors or business, whether in oral, written, graphic or electronic form, subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed the Confidential Information of both parties, subject to Section 5.5.
1.10“Control” shall mean, with respect to any Information, Patent or other intellectual property right, possession by a party of the ability (whether by ownership, license or
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otherwise) to grant access, a license or a sublicense to such Information, Patent or other intellectual property right without (a) violating the rights of any Third Party or the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third Party, and (b) incurring any additional cost or royalty obligation to such Third Party based on the granting of such access, license or sublicense.
1.11“Data” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.1(a).
1.12“Drug Candidate” shall mean a Hit, Lead Candidate or any metabolite, prodrug, solvate (including without limitation any hydrate), ester, salt, stereoisomer, racemate, tautomer or polymorph of such Hit or Lead Candidate that is first synthesized or identified in the conduct of the Research and that exhibits desired levels of activity against the applicable Drug Target.
1.13“Drug Target” shall mean a gene or other biological target described in the Research Plan or mutually agreed upon by both parties as having potential application for the identification and development of Drug Candidates for the prevention or treatment of SMA.
1.14“FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration (or its successor agency).
1.15“Field” shall mean the treatment or prevention of [**].
1.16“First Commercial Sale” shall mean the date of the first commercial sale in a country or region by or on behalf of Company or its Affiliate or Licensee of a Product to another party after Regulatory Approval has been obtained for such Product in such country or region.
1.17“Hit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.4(a).
1.18“IND” shall mean an Investigational New Drug Application filed with the FDA.
1.19“Information” shall mean all tangible and intangible techniques, technology, practices, trade secrets, inventions (whether or not patentable), methods, knowledge, know-how, skill, experience, test data and results (including pharmacological, toxicological and clinical test data and results), analytical and quality control data, results or descriptions, software, algorithms, compositions of matter, cells, cell lines, assays, animal models and physical, biological or chemical material.
1.20“IP Filing Period” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4.
1.21“Lead Candidate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.4(a).
1.22“Lead Optimization” shall mean shall mean a program of medicinal chemistry the intent of which is to develop a Lead Candidate into a compound or formulation suitable as the subject of an IND submission to the FDA.
1.23“Licensee” shall mean a Third Party to whom Company or any of its Affiliates has granted a license or sublicense of the right to develop, make, have made, use, distribute for sale, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, have sold, import or export Drug Candidate or Product, beyond the mere right to purchase Drug Candidate or Product from Company or its Affiliates.
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1.24“Net Sales” shall mean the gross amounts received by Company and its Affiliates (but not their respective Licensees) following the First Commercial Sale of a Product for sales of such Product to Third Parties that are not Affiliates or Licensees of the selling party (unless such Affiliate or Licensee is the end user of such Product, in which case the amount billed therefor shall be deemed to be the amount that would be billed to a Third Party end user in an arm’s-length transaction), less the following items, as allocable to such Product (if not previously deducted from the amount invoiced): (i) bad debts actually written off which are attributable to sales of Products; (ii) trade discounts, credits or allowances; (iii) credits, refunds or allowances additionally granted upon returns, rejections or recalls; (iv) freight, shipping and insurance charges; (v) taxes, duties or other governmental tariffs (other than income taxes); (vi) any payment in respect of sales to any governmental authority in respect of any government-subsidized program, including, without limitation, Medicare and Medicaid rebates; and (vii) distribution, packing, handling and transportation charges for Products to the extent that they are included in the price or otherwise paid by the customer.
1.25“Patents” shall mean (a) United States and foreign patents, re-examinations, reissues, renewals, extensions and term restorations, and foreign counterparts thereof, and (b) pending applications for United States and foreign patents, including, without limitation, provisional applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisional and substitute applications, including, without limitation, inventors’ certificates, and foreign counterparts thereof.
1.26“Principal Scientist” shall mean Dr. Stuart Peltz.
1.27“Product” shall mean a pharmaceutical product comprising or containing a Drug Candidate, including, in each case, all formulations, line extensions and modes of administration thereof.
1.28“Product Revenues” shall mean Net Sales of Products by Company and its Affiliates, plus all royalties, license fees, milestone payments, annual maintenance fee or similar payment or consideration paid by a Licensee to Company or its Affiliates in consideration for the grant by Company or its Affiliate of a license to develop, make, have made, use, distribute for sale, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, have sold, import or export Drug Candidates or Products (with any of the foregoing consideration received by Company other than in the form of cash to be valued at its fair market value as of the date of receipt), minus any payments attributable to Product that are made by Company or its Affiliates in respect of a Third Party Patent License; provided, however, that “Product Revenues” shall in any event exclude any funds paid to directly support research and/or development actually being performed by Company or its Affiliates (in amounts that are commercially reasonable in light of the research and/or development services being performed), and payments for equity or debt securities of Company or its Affiliates (except to the extent such payments exceed the fair market value of such securities upon date of receipt, in which event such excess over fair market value shall be included in the calculation of Product Revenues).
1.29“Regulatory Approval” shall mean any and all approvals (including pricing and reimbursement approvals), licenses, registrations or authorizations of any kind by the FDA or other applicable regulatory authority outside the U.S. necessary for the development, pre-clinical
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and/or human clinical testing, manufacture, quality testing, supply, use, storage, importation, export, transport, pricing, marketing and/or sale of a Product for use in the Field.
1.30“Research” shall mean the activities conducted pursuant to the Research Plan.
1.31“Research Funds” shall mean all amounts actually paid to Company pursuant to Section 4.1.
1.32“Research Invention” shall mean any new and useful composition of matter, process, product by process, machine or manufacture, know-how, discovery, improvement, or other intellectual property or any new and useful improvement thereof, whether or not patentable, discovered, conceived, developed or first reduced to practice in the conduct of the Research.
1.33“Research Milestone” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.2.
1.34“Research Plan” shall mean the research plan attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by this reference, as such research plan may be modified from time to time by mutual written agreement of the Foundation and Company.
1.35“Research Project” shall mean any one of the constituent research projects that make up the Research, each identified by sequential lettering in the Research Plan.
1.36“Research Term” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6.
1.37“Research Tool” shall mean a Research Invention that may contribute to the identification or development of products useful in the Field, and that is none of the following: (a) Drug Candidate(s) identified by Company (or any of its corporate partners, Licensees, or sublicensees); (b) Product(s) based on or containing such Drug Candidate(s); or (c) Company Base IP. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties do not intend the definition of Research Tool to apply, in whole or in part, to any aspect of PTC’s GEMS technology.
1.38“Reversionary License” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.1(c).
1.39“SMA” shall mean spinal muscular atrophy.
1.40“SMA Research Tools” shall mean any research tools of the Foundation or its Affiliates, or any Third Parties with which SMA has a relationship, which might be necessary or useful for the Research.
1.41“Third Party” shall mean any entity other than the Foundation or Company or an Affiliate of the Foundation or Company.
1.42“Third Party Patent License” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2.
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2.1Objective. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties agree that, during the Research Term, Company shall perform the Research in accordance with the Research Plan, and each party shall contribute the materials and services specified therein, with the goal of identifying and developing small molecule therapeutics for use in the Field.
2.2Research Plan; Contributions. The Research Plan sets forth the activities proposed to be conducted by Company, together with an anticipated schedule for completion of such activities. Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve the research milestones (the “Research Milestones”) and research goal(s) described in Exhibit B (attached hereto) on the schedule set forth therein and to incorporate feedback from the Foundation’s scientific advisors. The parties will jointly review the research goals, activities and schedule set forth in the Research Plan and may, by mutual written agreement, amend the Research Plan from time to time during the course of the Research Term and, in connection therewith, may (i) modify the funding amounts and schedule set forth in Section 4.1, (ii) add additional Research Milestones or goals to Exhibit B, or (iii) provide for Additional Payments, as appropriate. Each party shall contribute to the Research the materials and services specified in the Research Plan, and the Foundation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Company in obtaining favorable licensing terms to SMA Research Tools necessary or useful for the Research.
2.3Principal Scientist. The Principal Scientist is considered essential to the Research being performed, and no substitution may be made without the prior written agreement of the Foundation. If for any reason the Principal Scientist ceases to be employed by Company or otherwise becomes unavailable, or cannot continue to oversee the conduct or completion of the Research, Company will propose a successor whose appointment as Principal Scientist shall be subject to the approval of the Foundation, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. If the parties are unable to agree upon a successor within 90 days after the Principal Scientist ceases his involvement in the Research, this Agreement may be terminated by the Foundation pursuant to Section 7.3.
2.4The Research.
(a)During the Research Term, Company shall conduct each of the Research Projects in accordance with this Agreement and the Research Plan. Company shall disclose the results of all Research activities to the Foundation in accordance with Section 2.7. Company may select, after disclosing the applicable criteria to the Foundation, one or more compounds that have been validated in secondary assay(s) and have suitable in vitro potency, or otherwise meet the criteria set forth in the Research Plan (or otherwise mutually agreed upon by the parties) for further evaluation (each such compound being hereinafter referred to as a “Hit”), following which, as more fully described in the Research Plan, Company shall: (i) assess each Hit (and, as the parties deem appropriate consistent with the Research Plan, any analog, derivative or formulation thereof) with the goal of identifying one or more compounds that have suitable properties for administration to humans (each such compound being hereinafter referred to as a “Lead Candidate”); and (ii) evaluate and, if appropriate based on such evaluation, optimize each Lead Candidate for therapeutic administration to humans.
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(b)The parties shall mutually agree upon a strategy for medicinal chemistry follow-up on Lead Candidates and further pharmacology studies, formulation development, safety and toxicity studies, dosing studies or other preclinical work at Company, or at Company’s option, through external collaboration or licensing with a Third Party. As promptly as practicable after identification of one or more Lead Candidates, Company shall provide the Foundation with total cost estimates for continued Lead Optimization and development of such Lead Candidates, and the Foundation may elect to fund, in the form of cash payments to Company, some, all or none of this work upon reasonable advance notice to Company. In addition, the Foundation may act to secure funding from Third Parties, and/or assist Company to obtain alternative sources of external funding, and in each case such funding would be administered through and governed by this Agreement as specified in a written agreement with any such Third Party, such Agreement to specify the impact of such alternative sources of funding on the payment obligations of the Company under Section 4.3.
(c)Company shall disclose the results of all Research activities regarding Hits and Lead Candidates to the Foundation in accordance with Section 2.7, and the parties shall consult with each other with the objective of identifying at least one Drug Candidate suitable for progression to the preparation and filing of an IND in the Field and, contingent on the effectiveness of such IND, progressing such Drug Candidate into human clinical trials in the most expeditious manner.
2.5Performance Standards. Company shall conduct the Research in good scientific manner, and in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations and with applicable good laboratory practices, to attempt to achieve its objectives efficiently and expeditiously. Company shall maintain (either as its own internal resources, or via subcontract) laboratories, offices and all other facilities reasonably necessary to carry out the activities to be performed by it pursuant to the Research Plan. In conformity with standard pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry practices and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company shall prepare and maintain, or shall cause to be prepared and maintained, complete and accurate written records, accounts, notes, reports and data with respect to activities conducted pursuant to the Research Plan. Upon reasonable advance notice, Company agrees to make its employees and non-employee consultants reasonably available at their respective places of employment to consult with the Foundation on issues or questions arising during the Research Term.
2.6Research Term. The initial phase of the Research is expected to require one year to reach the primary overall objective of Lead Candidate identification. The parties may, from time to time, on a Research Project-by-Research Project basis, extend or modify the Research Term by mutual written agreement (the initial one-year period and any extensions or modifications together shall hereinafter referred to as the “Research Term”).
2.7Communication; Research Reports. On a regular basis during the Research Term (but no less frequently than [**]), the parties shall conduct meetings, either in person or by telephone or video conference, to discuss the progress of the Research and strategies for achieving the objectives of the Research in an expeditious manner. Company shall keep the Foundation fully informed as to all results and discoveries (including, without limitation, assay development and all Hits and potential Lead Candidates and Drug Candidates) made in the
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course of performing activities under the Research Program at these meetings. In furtherance of the foregoing, on a [**] basis, Company shall prepare, and deliver to the Foundation no later than [**] days after the conclusion of [**] during the Research Term, a reasonably detailed written summary report of the results and progress of the Research during [**] (each, a “Research Report”). In addition, the Foundation may, at its option, during the Research Term, schedule up to [**] formal program review meetings with Company personnel and those of Foundation’s Third Party advisors who (i) have agreed to confidentiality restrictions substantially similar to those contained in this Agreement, and (ii) are reasonably acceptable to Company. Such meetings will be held at the times and locations mutually agreed upon by the parties. The purpose of such meetings will be to review the progress of the Research relative to the Research Plan.
2.8Subcontracts. Company may perform some of its obligations under the Research Plan through one or more subcontractors, provided that (a) none of the rights of either party hereunder are diminished or otherwise adversely affected as a result of such subcontracting, and (b) Company will at all times be responsible for the performance and, except as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, payment of such subcontractor; provided, however, that the Company may use payments received by it pursuant to Section 4.1 to pay for such subcontractor(s). In determining whether any Company obligations under the Research Plan will be performed in-house or by a Third Party subcontractor, Company shall take into consideration Company’s then-current capabilities and the relative efficiency of utilizing such internal capabilities versus Third Party services.
2.9Additional Screening. The Foundation may request that Company test up to [**] compounds identified by other Foundation partners (“Third Party Compounds”) on a blinded basis. Company agrees to test such Third Party Compounds on behalf of the Foundation and to disclose the results of such screening to the Foundation, provided that the relevant assay is already being run by the Company on its own Compounds. Such testing shall be performed pursuant to a separate materials transfer agreement to be negotiated in good faith by the parties prior to provision of any compounds or related information, which agreement shall contain reasonable and customary terms to protect the parties’ respective intellectual property rights. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each such materials transfer agreement shall provide that in no event shall any Third Party Compound become the property of the Company, nor shall any Third Party Compound become subject to royalty or other reach-through payment obligations to Company or its affiliates as a result of such screening by Company.
3. | DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS. |
3.1Clinical Development Strategy. As soon as Company reasonably believes that it has identified a Drug Candidate for which it proposes to file an IND in the Field, Company will notify the Foundation in writing, and the parties will promptly discuss in good faith how to proceed with the clinical development of such Drug Candidate, taking into consideration the interests of SMA patients, the intellectual property and regulatory landscape and the commercial potential of the Drug Candidate. The parties agree to consider in good faith collaborating with the NIH in preclinical or clinical development activities regarding such Drug Candidate. Should Company elect to proceed with clinical development of the Drug Candidate, it may do so directly. In the alternative, at its discretion, the Company may decide to enter into a
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collaboration with one or more Third Parties for clinical development and/or commercialization of the Drug Candidate through licensing or other arrangement; provided, however, that if the Foundation has funded (or caused to be funded) [**], then until [**], any such collaborations shall be subject to the Foundation’s approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). If Company wishes to pursue clinical development of a Drug Candidate, the Company will consult with the SMA Foundation on the clinical trial network that will be used. Although the parties currently expect to use the clinical trial network established by the Foundation, the clinical trial network to be used shall be determined in good faith by Company in its reasonable judgment. For any Drug Candidate for which it files an IND, Company agrees to consider in good faith whether to obtain, (a) “Orphan Product” designation from the FDA, and (b) research funding from the FDA’s Office of Rare Diseases to support human clinical trials conducted for such Drug Candidate. The parties acknowledge that if the Drug Candidate is [**], or [**] due to [**] and [**], investment by Company in further development of such Drug Candidate may not be in the best interests of Company’s stockholders, and therefore shall not be required under this Agreement, and the failure to engage in such further development shall not be the basis of a Reversionary License under Section 6.1(c). In such case, the parties may elect to enter into an additional sponsored research agreement under which the Foundation would provide funding for further development efforts by Company, but neither party shall have any obligation to enter into such additional agreement.
3.2Conduct of Clinical Development. Except as set forth in Section 3.1 above or as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, Company shall be responsible for clinical development of any Drug Candidate for which Company files an IND. Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize (whether directly, through an Affiliate, or in collaboration with one or more Third Parties, through licensing or some combination of the foregoing) at least one Product. The parties anticipate that an IND will be submitted within [**] years of commencement of IND-enabling toxicology studies for a Lead Candidate, but the parties acknowledge that [**], and therefore [**], to be a [**]. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2, in no event shall Company have any obligation (i) to pursue clinical development or commercialization of any Drug Candidate which is [**], or which [**] the [**] due to its [**] and [**], or (ii) in the absence of complete funding by (or arranged by) the Foundation, to pursue clinical development or commercialization of any Drug Candidate which is not, [**]. In addition, Company shall not be obligated to pursue clinical development or commercialization of a Drug Candidate if the pharmaceutical preparation, composition of matter, method of manufacture and/or method of use of such Drug Candidate is covered by Patents of a Third Party, unless a license under such Third Party Patents is available to Company (or its Affiliate or Licensee, as applicable) on commercially reasonable terms (a “Third Party Patent License”).
3.3Disclosure Regarding Company Efforts. Company will keep the Foundation appropriately informed about clinical trial progress and commercialization efforts with respect to Products, and in any event, Company shall provide the Foundation with [**] written reports summarizing any significant development or commercialization events that have occurred during the applicable [**]-month period, provided that such reports may be incorporated into any Research Reports then being prepared and delivered under Section 2.7.
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4. | PAYMENTS. |
4.1Research Funding by the Foundation. For the conduct of the Research, and subject to the completion of the applicable Research Milestones described in Exhibit B (attached hereto), the Foundation shall pay a total of US$[**] to Company on the schedule specified below:
The Foundation may delay any payment until such time as the milestones in the Research Plan are met (or as may otherwise be mutually agreed in writing). For purposes of clarification, the foregoing payments shall be non-refundable, and each of the foregoing payments shall be payable only once. The Foundation acknowledges that the foregoing payments represent only a portion of the total cost of performing the Research. Notwithstanding the foregoing,, except as agreed pursuant to Section 4.2, the Foundation will not be obligated to pay any additional amounts in connection with the Research.
4.2Additional Payments. In addition to the amounts specified in Section 4.1, upon mutual written agreement of the parties, the Foundation may make, or cause to be made, additional research funding payments to Company in connection with any modification of the Research Plan.
4.3Milestone Donation by Company. Within [**] days after the end of the first fiscal quarter in which Company has received an aggregate of US$[**] in Product Revenues, Company shall make a payment to the Foundation (or, at the Foundation’s option, one or more other non-profit organizations or academic or research institutions designated by the Foundation in writing) in the applicable amount set forth below pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c), whichever one (and only one) of the following applies:
(a) | [**]; |
(b) | [**]; or |
(c) | [**]. |
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In addition to the foregoing milestone payments, and provided that the Foundation provided funding for Lead Optimization of Products hereunder at the level set forth in the first paragraph of 4.3(c), within [**] days after the end of the first calendar year during which Company has received an annual aggregate in that year of US$[**] in Product Revenues, Company shall make a payment to the Foundation equal to 100% of the sum of the Research Funds and the Additional Payments. For the avoidance of doubt, such additional payment shall be a one-time payment only, regardless of any additional Product Revenues.
If [**] in good faith believes that making the applicable payment(s) specified in this Section 4.3 on the schedule set forth above will prevent Company from achieving a reasonable profit margin on commercial sales of Products, [**] may reduce any such payments due in the applicable calendar or fiscal quarter by [**]%, or such other reduction as the parties shall in good faith agree, with any reduction carried forward on a quarter-by-quarter basis (subject to the same reductions in each subsequent quarter) until paid in full.
4.4Reporting of Product Revenues. From and after such time as Company first receives any Product Revenues and until such time as Company has paid in full the amount due under Section 4.3 (if any), Company shall deliver to the Foundation (or a Third Party designated in writing by the Foundation) quarterly written reports of Product Revenues received by Company and its Affiliates, which reports shall indicate the total Product Revenues received. Company shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates to keep, complete and accurate records pertaining to the receipt of Product Revenues in sufficient detail to permit the Foundation to confirm the accuracy of such reports.
4.5Exchange Rate; Manner and Place of Payment. All payments hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars. When conversion of payments from any foreign currency is required for purposes of calculating Product Revenues, such conversion shall be at the exchange rate used by Company (or, where applicable, a Licensee) throughout its accounting system (which shall, in any event, be commercially reasonable) during the quarter for which such report is due. All payments owed under this Agreement shall be made by check, or by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank and account designated in writing by the party entitled to receive payment, unless otherwise specified in writing by such party.
4.6Taxes. Each party will pay any and all taxes levied on account of any payments made to it under this Agreement out of the amounts it is to receive hereunder. If any taxes are required to be withheld by the party making payment, such party will (a) deduct such taxes from the payment made by it, (b) timely pay the taxes to the proper taxing authority, (c) send proof of payment to the other party and certify its receipt by the taxing authority within [**] days following such payment, and (d) be deemed to have paid such amount to the other party hereunder.
4.7Audits. The Foundation shall have the right to cause an independent, certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Company to audit the records of Company and its Affiliates to confirm the accuracy of Company’s reports of Product Revenues for a period covering not more than the preceding [**] years. Such audits may be exercised during normal business hours upon reasonable prior written notice to Company and no more than [**] per year. Prompt adjustments shall be made by the parties to reflect the results of such audit. The
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Foundation shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses an underreporting of Product Revenues by Company of more than [**]% during any calendar year, in which case, Company shall bear the full cost of such audit.
5. | CONFIDENTIALITY. |
5.1Confidentiality. Except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement or otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, the parties agree that, during the Research Term and for a period of [**] years thereafter, each party (the “Receiving Party”) will maintain in confidence all Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other party (the “Disclosing Party”), provided that, with regard to Confidential Information which is trade secret information, such obligation shall extend thereafter until such information is no longer a trade secret of the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party may use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party only to the extent required to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall use at least the same standard of care as it uses to protect proprietary or confidential information of its own to ensure that its employees, agents, consultants and other representatives do not disclose or make any unauthorized use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. Each party will promptly notify the other upon discovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the other party’s Confidential Information.
5.2Exceptions. The obligations of confidentiality contained in Section 5.1 will not apply to the extent that it can be established by the Receiving Party by competent proof that such Confidential Information: (a) was already known to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party; (b) was generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party; (c) became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement; (d) is independently discovered or developed by the Receiving Party without the use of Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party; or (e) was disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party who had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others.
5.3Authorized Disclosure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, disclosure of Confidential Information shall not be precluded if such disclosure is in response to a valid order of a court or other governmental body of competent jurisdiction of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or is otherwise required by law or regulation; provided, however, that the Receiving Party shall, to the extent practicable, first have given notice to the Disclosing Party and shall have made a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order requiring that the Confidential Information so disclosed be used only for the purposes for which the order was issued or the law or regulation required or to seek other confidential treatment of such information.
5.4Publication. The parties acknowledge and agree that the SMA research community and medical professionals treating SMA patients will benefit from disclosure of the Data as soon as practicable. Accordingly, should the Foundation wish to publish any Confidential Information contained in a Research Report, it shall provide Company with [**] days’ advance notice of such publication (the “IP Filing Period”) to allow Company to file
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patent applications covering the Company Technology disclosed in such Research Report; provided, however, that at Company’s reasonable request, the IP Filing Period shall be extended for an additional [**] days if necessary for the filing of appropriate patent applications covering Company Technology disclosed in or apparent from such Research Report. During the IP Filing Period, the Foundation shall maintain as confidential the Data and the Research Report provided to Foundation by Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Foundation disclose the structures of any chemical compound being researched or developed by Company in any publication or other public forum without the prior written consent of Company. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Foundation shall not have the right to use the Data to develop, commercialize, market or sublicense any commercial offering of any product or service based on the Data. The Company shall provide in each [**] Research Report a summary section which is suitable for immediate public disclosure and the Foundation may release copies of such portions of each Research Report and supporting Data to any Third Party investigator who requests such material from the Foundation in writing; provided, however, that said Third Party investigator first executes Company’s non-disclosure agreement (it being understood that such non-disclosure agreement will not prohibit said Third Party investigator from applying his or her knowledge of the Data to further SMA research and/or to treatment of SMA patients, but will prohibit him or her from transferring such Data except as incidental and necessary to treating SMA patients). The Foundation will treat all other Data in each Research Report as Company Confidential information. To the extent that any journal or other forum in which the Foundation proposes to publish or disseminate the Data requires the authorship or participation of one or more Company employees or contractors who participated in the Research or in the development of a Drug Candidate or Product, Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such individuals to cooperate with the Foundation in making such publication and, as necessary or appropriate, to be named as authors (or co-authors) of such publication. Any publication or presentation of Data in any Research Report shall acknowledge each party’s contribution thereto in accordance with customary scientific practice.
5.5Publicity; Regulatory Disclosures. It is understood that the parties intend to issue a joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement, and the parties agree that each party may desire or be required to issue subsequent press releases or make disclosures in regulatory filings relating to this Agreement or activities hereunder. The parties agree to consult with each other reasonably and in good faith with respect to the text and timing of such press releases or other disclosures prior to the issuance thereof, provided that a party may not unreasonably withhold consent to such releases or disclosures, and that either party may issue such press releases or disclosures as it determines, based on advice of counsel, are reasonably necessary to comply with laws or regulations or for appropriate market disclosure. In addition, following the initial joint press release announcing this Agreement, either party shall be free to disclose, without the other party’s prior written consent, the existence of this Agreement, the identity of the other party and those terms of the Agreement which have already been publicly disclosed in accordance with this Section 5.5.
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6. | OWNERSHIP AND USE OF DATA AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. |
6.1Ownership; Reversionary License.
(a) | Data. Company shall solely own all data generated as a result of the Research (the “Data”). |
(b) | Company Technology. Company shall solely own all Company Technology. |
then, in any such case, Company shall, and it hereby does, grant to the Foundation an exclusive worldwide license, including the right to grant sublicenses, under any Company Technology resulting from such Research Project that relates to a pharmaceutical preparation, composition of matter, method of manufacture and/or method of use of such Drug Candidate Lead Candidates, Drug Candidates and Products in the Field, solely for the purpose of researching, developing, making, having made, using, selling, having sold, offering for sale and importing Drug Targets, Lead Candidates, Drug Candidates and Products in the Field (each such license with respect to a particular Research Project being referred to herein as a “Reversionary License”), and use of such Data by the Foundation or its sublicensee(s) as reasonably necessary or appropriate to exploit such Reversionary License shall not represent a violation of Section 5.1 above; provided, however, that in the case of Research Project B such license shall not be granted if (x) the Company project team, with the concurrence of the Foundation or its advisors, determines that the compounds identified in the conduct of Research Project B are not more active than the [**] in the applicable assay(s), or are more active but [**] for [**], and Company does not pursue development and commercialization of such compounds; or (y) the Foundation chooses not to [**] of Research Project B [**]; and provided, further, that the Reversionary License with respect to a particular Research Project shall not become effective (I) if the parties mutually agree, after good faith discussions based on [**] of such Research Project, that such Research Project [**], (II) Company [**] in such Research Project that [**], or (III) Company [**] in such Research Project that [**] but the [**] of the research for such Research Project. If the Reversionary License covers a Product which, as of the date of effectiveness of the Reversionary
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License, has [**], and the Reversionary License was granted pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i), then Foundation [**] a [**] of such Product in the [**] such Product [**] in [**]. In any [**] in the [**], the Reversionary License [**].
6.2Patent Filings. (a) Company shall file, prosecute and maintain all Patents on the Company Technology at its sole expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Company is obligated to make the Reversionary License to the Foundation as described in Section 6.1(c) above, then the Foundation shall have the right, itself or through its designee, to file, prosecute and maintain Patents licensed under the Reversionary License at its sole expense; provided, however, that if [**], and [**], and further provided, that the Company shall have reasonable rights of comment and consultation on all such prosecution and maintenance activities, (b) Each of Company and Foundation shall execute all papers and instruments, and require its employees and contractors to execute all papers and instruments, so as to enable the other party to exercise the rights set forth in Section 6.2(a).
6.3SMA Research Tools. Foundation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Company in obtaining favorable licensing terms for access to SMA Research Tools necessary or useful for the conduct of the Research.
6.4No Other License. Other than any license granted pursuant to Section 6.1(c), no license is granted or implied with respect to any Company Technology or Data for any use.
7. | TERM; TERMINATION. |
7.1Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until expiration of the Research Term, unless this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with this Article 7.
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7.2Termination for Cause. Each party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the other upon the occurrence of any of the following:
7.3Termination Upon Principal Scientist’s Unavailability. The Foundation may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days’ prior written notice to Company in the event the Foundation and Company are unable to agree upon a suitable replacement for the Principal Scientist pursuant to Section 2.3; provided, however, that termination in accordance with this Section 7.3 will not trigger the grant of any Reversionary License under Section 6.1. In the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.3, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including but not limited to Section 7.4), only the provisions of Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b), 6.2(b), this Section 7.3, the first sentence of Section 6.2(a), and Articles 1, 5, 8, and 9 will survive such termination.
7.4Consequences of Expiration or Termination. Expiration or termination of this Agreement will not relieve the parties of any obligation accruing prior to such expiration or termination (including, without limitation, any accrued obligation of the Foundation to make payments pursuant to Section(s) 4.1 and/or 4.2). Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 7.4, and 7.5, and Articles 1, 5, 6 (to the extent applicable), 8 and 9 will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.
7.5Rights in Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by Company are, and will otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, licenses of right to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The parties agree that the Foundation, to the extent it receives a Reversionary License pursuant to Section 6.1(c), as licensee of such rights under this Agreement, will retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The parties further agree that, in the event of the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding-by or against Company under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Foundation will be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete access to, as appropriate) any such intellectual property and all embodiments of such intellectual property, and same, if not already in the Foundation’s possession, will be promptly delivered to the Foundation (a) upon any such commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding upon its written request therefor, unless Company elects to continue to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement, or (b) if not delivered under clause (a) above, following the rejection of this Agreement by or on behalf of Company upon written request therefor by the Foundation.
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8. | INDEMNIFICATION. |
8.1Indemnification by Company. Company hereby agrees to save, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Foundation, its trustees, officers, employees and agents (each, a “Foundation Indemnitee”) from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, expenses and costs, including reasonable legal expenses and attorneys’ fees (“Losses”), to which a Foundation Indemnitee may become subject as a result of any claim, demand, action or other proceeding by any Third Party to the extent such Losses arise directly or indirectly out of (a) the development, manufacture, handling, storage, sale or other disposition of any Drug Candidate or Product by Company, its Affiliate(s) or Licensee(s), or (b) the breach of this Agreement by Company or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Company, except in each case to the extent such Losses result from (x) the breach of this Agreement by the Foundation or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Foundation Indemnitee, or (y) the activities of the Foundation or its agents or employees in connection with any Research Project or related Drug Candidate or Product after the Foundation has received a Reversionary License in connection with such Research Project under Section 6.1(c) (“Reversionary License Activities”).
8.2Conditions to Indemnification. The obligations of Company under Section 8.1 are conditioned upon the Foundation’s delivery of written notice to Company of any potential Losses promptly after the Foundation becomes aware of such potential Losses. Company shall have the right to assume the defense of any suit or claim related to the Losses if it has assumed responsibility for the suit or claim in writing. If Company defends the suit or claim, the Foundation may participate in (but not control) the defense thereof at its sole cost and expense.
8.3Settlements. Neither party may settle a claim or action related to any Losses subject to indemnification under Section 8.1 without the consent of the other party, if such settlement would impose any monetary obligation on the other party or require the other party to submit to an injunction or otherwise limit the other party, its Affiliates, trustees, employees, agents, officers or directors.
8.4Insurance. During any period when Company, its Affiliate or any Licensee is clinically developing or commercializing any Drug Candidate or Product and for [**] years thereafter, Company, at its own expense, shall maintain clinical trial and/or product liability insurance, as applicable, in an amount consistent with industry standards and only if available on commercially reasonable terms, and shall name the Foundation as an additional insured with respect to such insurance, with respect to losses arising out of or related to the activities contemplated under this Agreement. Company shall provide a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage to the Foundation upon request.
8.5Liability of the Foundation. The Foundation assumes any and all risk of personal injury and property damage attributable to the practice by the Foundation, its trustees, officers, employees or agents, or its designee or sublicensee of any license granted by Company to the Foundation hereunder, the breach of this Agreement by the Foundation or any Foundation Indemnitee, or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Foundation Indemnitee. Furthermore, the Foundation assumes any and all risk of Losses (as defined above) in connection with any Reversionary License Activities.
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9. | MISCELLANEOUS. |
9.1Assignment. Except as expressly provided hereunder, neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred by either party without the prior written consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Foundation shall have the right to assign or transfer any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to a Third Party that is a non-profit organization upon written notice to Company, provided that the Foundation shall remain liable for any payment obligations accruing hereunder to the extent that such Third Party does not comply with such obligations. Company shall have the right to assign or transfer any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to a Third Party in connection with the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the portion of Company’s business to which this Agreement relates, or in the event of Company’s merger or consolidation or change in control or similar transaction or the creation of a special purpose corporation or research and development limited partnership or a joint venture. The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Any assignment not in accordance with this Agreement shall be void.
9.2Force Majeure. Neither party shall be held liable or responsible to the other party nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of the Agreement when such failure or delay is caused by or results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected party, including, without limitation, fire, floods, earthquakes, natural disasters, embargoes, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), insurrections, riots, civil commotions, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, acts of God or acts, omissions or delays in acting by any governmental authority or the other party.
9.3Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its choice of law provisions; provided, however, that with respect to intellectual property filings, such filings will be governed by the federal laws of the United States, or, if outside the United States, by the applicable intellectual property laws of the relevant jurisdiction(s).
9.4Waiver. Except as specifically provided for herein, the waiver from time to time by either party of any right or failure to exercise any remedy shall not operate or be construed as a continuing waiver of the same right or remedy or of any other of such party’s rights or remedies provided under this Agreement.
9.5Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
9.6Independent Contractors. It is expressly agreed that Company and the Foundation shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the two parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency of any kind. Neither party shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any
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action, which shall be binding on the other party, without the prior written consent of the other party.
9.7Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by first-class, registered or certified mail, postage paid, or delivered personally, by overnight delivery service or by facsimile, with confirmation of receipt, addressed as follows:
If to the Foundation: | Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation |
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Either party may by like notice specify or change an address to which notices and communications shall thereafter be sent. Notices sent by facsimile shall be effective upon confirmation of receipt, notices sent by mail or overnight delivery service shall be effective upon receipt, and notices given personally shall be effective when delivered.
9.8Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto, as such Exhibits may be amended from time to time by mutual written agreement of the parties) sets forth all of the agreements and understandings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and terminates all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no other agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof, either oral or written, between the parties. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no subsequent amendment, modification or addition to this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto unless reduced to writing and signed by the respective authorized officers of the parties.
9.9Headings; Section References. The captions contained in this Agreement are not a part of this Agreement, but are merely guides or labels to assist in locating and reading the
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several Articles and Sections hereof. Section references herein are to the corresponding Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
9.10Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION |
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By: | /s/ Loren A. Eng | | By: | /s/ Stuart Peltz |
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Printed Name: | Loren A. Eng | | Printed Name: | Stuart Peltz |
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Title: | President | | Title: | President and CEO |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT]
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Final
AMENDMENT No. 1 TO SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
This first amendment (“First Amendment”) to the Sponsored Research Agreement is entered into as of the 12th day of October, 2007 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), by and between Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (the “Foundation”) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (“PTC”), with reference to the following facts and circumstances.
WHEREAS Foundation and PTC are parties to that certain Sponsored Research Agreement dated as of June 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS PTC has achieved all the initial milestones set forth in Exhibit B to the Agreement, and Foundation has made the payments associated with such milestones under the Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to extend the Agreement to allow additional funding by Foundation in connection with continued research focused on small molecule therapeutics for SMA;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained in this First Amendment, the Parties agree as follows:
PTC shall conduct such Additional Research in accordance with the terms of the Agreement as amended herein, including but not limited to PTC’s obligations under Section 2.5 of the Agreement (captioned “Performance Standards”). In connection with such Additional Research,
the Research Term shall be extended, without interruption, until the date which is eight (8) months following the Amendment Effective Date (the “Amendment Term”).
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entities (including but not limited to strategic discussions as outlined in section 2.4 of the Agreement) should be [**], and (d) entities that have provided funding to a co-funded Research Project should have an opportunity (subject to compliance with the terms of their respective funding agreements) to continue their support of such Research Project. For clarity, PTC’s obligations under this First Amendment Section 6 shall in no way limit PTC’s ability to engage in general fund-raising activities and to enter into agreements relating thereto.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
888 Seventh Avenue
Suite 400
New York, NY 10019
Fax: 212 ###-###-####
Attention: Ms. Cynthia Joyce, Executive Director
With a copy to Cooley Godward LLP as currently provided in the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this First Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date set forth above.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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/s/ Mark E. Boulding | | /s/ Loren Eng | ||
By: Mark E. Boulding | | By: | Loren Eng | |
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel | | Title: | SMA Foundation, President |
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Execution Version
AMENDMENT No. 2 TO SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
This second amendment (“Second Amendment”) to the Sponsored Research Agreement is entered into as of the 1st day of May, 2009 (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”), by and between Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (the “Foundation”) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), with reference to the following facts and circumstances.
WHEREAS Foundation and Company are parties to that certain Sponsored Research Agreement dated as of June 1st, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment on October 12th, 2007 (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to further amend the Agreement to allow additional funding by Foundation in connection with continued research focused on small molecule therapeutics for SMA;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained in this Second Amendment, the parties agree as follows:
1. | Definitions. |
“AAA” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 17(b).
“Appointing Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 5(h).
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“Baseball Arbitration” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 17(a).
“Benchmark Trigger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b) of the Agreement.
“Buy-Out Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b)(v) of the Agreement.
“Buy-Out Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b)(iv) of the Agreement.
“Chief Executive Officer” means (a) the person holding the title of Chief Executive Officer of a party at the time in question or (b) if there is no person holding the title of Chief Executive Officer of a party at the time in question, then the person holding the title of Chairman of the Board of Directors of such party at such time.
“Collaboration Activities” means direct efforts by Company or its agents to pursue any proposal related to a license, option, joint venture, collaboration, sale or other strategic transaction (other than a PTC Corporate Change) involving the DC Research or any Lead Candidate, Reversion Candidate, Development Candidate or Product, but excluding [**] entered into with a Third Party under which Company remains primarily responsible for Development and commercialization of Lead Candidates, Reversion Candidates, Development Candidates and Products. For clarity, activities routinely performed by Company’s business development team to promote Company’s general drug discovery and development capabilities (including discovery research in the Field) shall not constitute Collaboration Activities.
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means:
(a) with respect to the efforts to be expended by a party with respect to any objective, except as otherwise provided in clause (b) below, such reasonable, diligent and good faith efforts as such party [**]; and
(b) [**].
“Company Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 13(d).
“Company Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 13(d).
“Corrective Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(g)(1).
“Cost/Timeline Issue” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(g).
“DC Research” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(a).
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“DC Timeline Goal” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(a).
“Development” means, with respect to a Drug Candidate, Development Candidate, or Product, all non-clinical (including preclinical) research/development, clinical research/development, and related activities directed to obtaining Regulatory Approval of such Drug Candidate, Development Candidate, or Product, including but not limited to clinical trials, toxicology studies, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) studies, statistical analysis and report writing, clinical trial design and operations, preparing and submitting INDs and applications for Regulatory Approval, activities related to development and optimization of a commercial-grade manufacturing process and formulation for such Drug Candidate, Development Candidate, or Product, safety reporting, data management and all regulatory affairs and project management related to the foregoing. When used as a verb, “Develop” means to engage in Development.
“Development Candidate” or “DC” means, on a Research Project-specific basis, a Drug Candidate that the JSC formally declares meets criteria established by the JSC indicating such Drug Candidate is suitable for progression to IND-enabling pre-clinical studies in support of future human clinical trials.
“Development Deadline Document” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Agreement.
“Development Election Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 3(d).
“Development Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Agreement.
“Enrollees” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 13(b)(2).
“JSC” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 5(a).
“GLP Research” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 3(a).
“GLP Toxicology Studies” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of the Agreement.
“Licensee Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 10(d)(ii).
“Licensee Technology” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 10(d)(ii).
“M&A Approval Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 9(a).
“M&A Certification” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4).
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“M&A Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 9(b).
“NDA” means a new drug application approved by the FDA or any other similar application approved by the appropriate Regulatory Agency in a country or group of countries other than the United States.”
“Non-DC Research” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 18(a).
“Option Period” means the period commencing upon the end of the [**] day period set forth in Second Amendment Section 3(d) and ending [**] years later; provided, however that such period shall be extended for [**] if Foundation pays Company [**] US dollars ($[**]) and for a [**] if Foundation makes a [**] US dollar ($[**]) payment to Company.
“Partnering Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 10(d).
“Patients” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 13(c)(1).
“[**]” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a) of the Agreement.
“Phase 1 Clinical Trial” means any human clinical study of a Product that is intended as initial clinical safety testing in healthy volunteers or a limited patient population, or studies directed toward understanding the mechanisms or metabolism of the Product.
“Phase 2 Clinical Trial” means any human clinical study of a Product subsequent to a Phase 1 Clinical Trial and prior to a Pivotal Clinical Trial that is intended to study the safety, dosage and initial efficacy in a limited patient population, and is prospectively designed to support the continued testing of the Product in one or more further Phase 2 Clinical Trials or in a Pivotal Clinical Trial.
“Pivotal Clinical Trial” means a pivotal human clinical study of a Product that is prospectively designed to confirm with statistical significance in an expanded patient population the efficacy and safety of a drug in a given patient population, and the results of which are intended to form the basis for Regulatory Approval. For the avoidance of doubt, a clinical trial that meets the foregoing criteria shall be deemed a Pivotal Clinical Trial regardless of whether it is characterized as a “Phase 2b,” or “Phase 2b/3,” or “Phase 3” clinical trial.
“Proof-of-Concept” means, with respect to a particular Development Candidate, (a) the initiation of a Pivotal Clinical Trial for the treatment, mitigation or prevention of SMA or, with the written consent of the Foundation, any other disease, indication or medical condition or (b) if sooner, the submission of an application for Regulatory Approval for the use of such Development Candidate to treat, mitigate or prevent SMA or, with the written consent of the Foundation, any other disease, indication or medical condition.
“Proposals” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 17(d).
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“[**]” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Agreement.
“PTC Corporate Change” means (a) a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination, issuance of securities (other than Company’s initial public offering registered on Form S-1 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder), acquisition of securities, reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction as a result of which either (i) Company’s stockholders immediately prior to such transaction in the aggregate cease to own at least 50% of the voting shares of the entity surviving or resulting from such transaction (or the ultimate parent entity thereof) (where voting refers to being entitled to vote for the election of directors or similar management body of the applicable entity) or (ii) in which a Third Party or “group” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder) (excluding a “group” consisting of existing stockholders of Company as of the date of this Agreement) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of securities representing 50% or more of Company’s voting shares or (b) a sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of at least 50% of the assets of Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions. For purposes of clarity, a “reverse merger,” in which in a transaction or series of related transactions, Company consolidates or merges with another entity and the holders of the outstanding voting shares of Company immediately preceding such consolidation or merger hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of the resulting entity, shall not be considered to be a PTC Corporate Change.
“PTC License Income” means all royalties, license fees, milestone payments, annual maintenance fees or similar payments or consideration paid by a Licensee to Company or its Affiliates in consideration for the grant by Company or its Affiliate of a license to develop, make, have made, use, distribute for sale, promote, market, offer for sale, sell, have sold, import or export Drug Candidates or Products or for the practice of such license (with any of the foregoing consideration received by Company other than in the form of cash to be valued at its fair market value as of the date of receipt), provided that PTC License Income shall exclude the proceeds of any debt or equity issuance (except to the extent such payments exceed the fair market value of such securities upon date of receipt, in which event such excess over fair market value shall be included in the calculation of PTC License Income), research and development funding (except to the extent such funding is not reimbursement for the Company’s commercially reasonable out-of-pocket, personnel and indirect expenses incurred after the grant of such license to such Licensee and pursuant to a research or development plan approved by such Licensee, in which event such excess shall be included in the calculation of PTC License Income), and any merger or acquisition consideration.
“Publishing Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement.
“Regulatory Agency” means, with respect to the United States, the FDA, and, in the case of a country other than the United States, such other appropriate regulatory agency or authority with similar responsibilities.
“Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a) of the Agreement.
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“Research Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(d).
“Research Compound” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 18(c).
“Research Report” means (a) with respect to any report made prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, a report defined as such in Section 2.7 of the Agreement or a report made pursuant to First Amendment Section 3, or (b) with respect to any report made on or after the Second Amendment Effective Date, a report described in Second Amendment Section 4(b).
“Reversion Candidate” means (a) each Development Candidate and (b) each Lead Candidate designated as such pursuant to Second Amendment Section 5(b)(vi) or 5(c)(i).
“Reversion Notice” means a notice identified as such in Section 3.2, 3.4(a)(i), 3.4(b), 3.4(c), 3.4(d), or 6.1(c)(1) of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 3(d).
“Reversion Products” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2)(i) of the Agreement.
“Reviewing Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement.
“Sales Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b) of the Agreement.
“Second Amendment Term” means the period from the Second Amendment Effective Date until the end of the Research Term.
“Secondary Research Project” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 2(a).
“SMAF Clinical Trials Advisory Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 13(a).
“SMAF Funding Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a) of the Agreement.
“Special Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Second Amendment Section 3.
“Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Agreement.
“Worldwide Net Sales” means the sum of (i) Net Sales and (ii) net sales by Licensees, with such net sales being calculated according to the definition of “Net Sales,” but substituting “Licensee” for “Company” as the context requires; provided, however, that if pursuant to a written license agreement with Licensee, Company has agreed to a commercially reasonable definition of net sales by such Licensee that is reported to Company by Licensee on a quarterly basis, such reported net sales may be used in the calculation of “Worldwide Net Sales.”
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reference Agreement Sections refer to those Agreement Sections as amended by this Second Amendment.
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Promptly after the Second Amendment Effective Date, Company will provide Foundation with an invoice for [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount that Company spent between [**] and the Second Amendment Effective Date to perform the DC Research. Such invoice shall include the information specified in (A), (B) and (C) within this Second Amendment Section 2(d) and shall be payable within [**] days of receipt by Foundation. The entire amount paid by Foundation pursuant to such invoice shall count towards the Research Cap and towards Foundation’s share of the Research Cap.
(i) Subject to Second Amendment Section 2(d)(ii), Foundation shall not be responsible for its share of any DC Research costs that exceed the budget for any calendar quarter unless:
(1) such costs exceed the budget for such calendar quarter by less than [**] dollars ($[**]) or [**] percent ([**]%) (whichever is less);
(2) such costs exceed the budget for such calendar quarter by more than [**] dollars ($[**]) or [**] percent ([**]%) (whichever is less) but less than [**] percent ([**]%) and Company provided written notice to Foundation prior to incurring such budget overrun; or
(3) such costs exceed the budget for such calendar quarter by more than [**] percent ([**]%) and Foundation approved such budget overrun in writing before it was incurred.
(ii) If at any time during the Second Amendment Term, the total cost incurred in the performance of the DC Research during the period from the Second Amendment Effective Date until the end of the most recent calendar quarter exceeds the cumulative budget for such period by [**] dollars ($[**]) or more, then Second Amendment Section 2(d)(i) shall not apply to any subsequent cost overruns and Foundation shall not be responsible for its share of any additional costs that exceed the applicable budget for any subsequent quarter unless Foundation approved such budget overrun in writing before it was incurred.
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mission the funding of research on SMA, Company shall first seek Foundation’s written consent and the parties shall negotiate in good faith any required amendments to this Agreement or separate agreements to accommodate grants from such organizations, with the guiding principle that this Agreement remain the primary document governing the conduct of the DC Research by the parties. Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain additional funding for the Secondary Research Project from government grants or grants from nonprofit organizations (subject to the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to funding from any nonprofit organizations that have as a specific aspect of their general mission the funding of research on SMA); provided however, that, except for mandatory licenses and similar or related rights granted to government entities, Company’s acceptance of such grants shall not have any effect on Foundation’s rights pursuant to this Agreement. If Company obtains such funding in an amount that exceeds Company’s share of the budget for the Secondary Research Project, Company shall notify Foundation in writing and the JSC shall revise the Research Plan and related budget to reflect the additional work to be performed on the Secondary Research Project with such funds, (i) which additional work shall be under the purview of the JSC and the compounds resulting from such work shall remain Drug Candidates, Reversion Candidates, or Development Candidates, as the case may be, and (ii) which revised budget shall not require the Foundation to contribute any money to pay for or reimburse Company for research performed with respect to any aspect of the revised Research Plan for which Company has received such grant funds.
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preclinical testing of Reversion Candidates or were used in, or were contemplated to be used, in the DC Research, and (zz) the transfer of which would not infringe any Third Party intellectual property rights (and no non-infringing alternative is identified after a reasonable inquiry), trigger a breach of any contractual obligations of Company with respect to a Third Party (other than a Licensee), or [**] trigger any contractual obligation to make payments to a Third Party (other than a Licensee); provided, however, that any subsequent transfers of such materials by Foundation to Third Parties shall be subject to the terms of a materials transfer agreement reasonably acceptable to Company, and (v) to gain access [**] to reasonable quantities of Company’s existing stock of Reversion Candidates for its own internal purposes and for pre-clinical research activities ([**] any GLP Research) in the Field; such right to be sublicensable by Foundation to (1) a contract research organization or non-academic Foundation collaborator only upon prior written notice to Company or (2) an academic or governmental Foundation collaborator only with the prior written consent of Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and only to be withheld based on objective criteria determined by the JSC within [**] months after the Second Amendment Effective Date. At Foundation’s request and expense, Company shall provide Foundation with reasonable assistance to facilitate Foundation’s practice of the foregoing right, including disclosure of Company Know-How, provision of technical assistance and facilitation of Foundation’s efforts to obtain supply of Reversion Candidates from the Third Party who supplied such Reversion Candidate to Company prior to the Special Termination;
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Foundation shall have a Reversionary License and all other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement;
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the case of Foundation, may be Third Party advisors of Foundation) to attend JSC meetings where appropriate. Each party shall disclose to the other its proposed agenda items in advance of each JSC meeting, and the chairperson shall distribute a draft agenda reflecting such proposed agenda items reasonably in advance of each meeting. The JSC shall adopt such other procedural rules as are necessary or convenient for its work. Each party shall be responsible for all travel and other costs for its representatives to attend meetings of, and otherwise participate on, the JSC. The JSC shall continue to function until the earliest of: (i) the effective date of a Special Termination, (ii) the Company’s receipt of a Reversion Notice or a Buy-Out Notice or (iii) the end of the Term. If the JSC stopped functioning on account of a Special Termination and the Company subsequently provides a Development Election Notice pursuant to Second Amendment Section 3(d), then the JSC shall resume functioning promptly upon the Foundation’s receipt of such Development Election Notice. Such reconvened JSC shall have the duties specified in Second Amendment Section 2(c) and, regardless of whether Proof-of-Concept has been achieved as of the date of the Development Election Notice, it shall meet and make decisions in accordance with the provisions of Second Amendment Section 5(e) (and not Second Amendment Section 5(d)).
(ii)reviewing and approving amendments to the Research Plan (and related budget), and at least once each calendar year formally reviewing and updating the Research Plan (and related budget) on a comprehensive basis;
(iii)in connection with the review and approval of the Research Plan (and related budget) and any amendments thereto, identifying appropriate resources necessary to conduct the DC Research and adjusting, as necessary to further the purpose of the DC Research, the budget for the Research Plan;
(iv)establishing timelines and criteria for continuation/discontinuation decision points under the DC Research;
(v)establishing and revising minimum activity and safety criteria for Lead Candidates from each Research Project within the DC Research (which criteria may be different for the [**] Research Projects within the DC Research);
(vi)maintaining and updating at each JSC meeting during the Research Term, one list for each of the [**] Research Projects within the DC Research that identifies and rank orders all potential and actual Lead Candidates and Development Candidates from such Research Project and denotes all Development Candidates and between [**] and [**] potential or actual Lead Candidates from such Research Project as “Reversion Candidates”;
(vii)deciding whether to pursue (1), (2) or (3) of Section 2(g) of this Second Amendment in the event of a Cost/Timeline Issue;
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(viii)establishing criteria for, and designating, Development Candidate(s);
(ix)providing a forum for discussion/presentation regarding, and serving as the sole governance body for decision-making regarding, research, Development, commercialization, and Collaboration Activities with respect to Drug Candidates, Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s); for clarity the JSC’s role as such sole governance body shall not prevent the Company or its Licensee from making decisions necessary or useful to implement decisions made by the JSC regarding research, Development, commercialization, and Collaboration Activities with respect to Drug Candidates, Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s), so long as such implementation decisions are consistent with and faithful to the intent of the JSC’s decision;
(x)prior to the designation of a Development Candidate, preparing the Development Plan for such Development Candidate and reviewing and updating the Development Deadline Document as it may deem advisable, in each case as further provided in Article 3 of the Agreement;
(xi)serving in the role specified in Second Amendment Section 10 with respect to transactions arising in connection with Collaboration Activities;
(xii)establishing policies and procedures governing scientific publications and presentations, and if the JSC deems it advisable, establishing a publication committee to administer such policies and procedures, as further provided in Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement;
(xiii)except for those rights and obligations specified in Section 4 of this Second Amendment, serving in lieu of the parties with respect any rights or obligations to review, communicate, inform, meet or discuss otherwise provided for in Sections 2.2, 2.4, and 2.7 of the Agreement;
(xiv)developing the criteria specified in Second Amendment Sections 3(a) and 18(f) within [**] months of the Second Amendment Effective Date;
(xv)reviewing scientific and medical literature to identify diseases, indications or medical conditions that, [**] or [**], are [**] for [**] and [**] diseases, indications or medical conditions [**];
(xvi)performing those other tasks specifically allocated to it in this Agreement that are applicable during the Research Term; and
(xvii)otherwise serving as a forum for exchanging information and discussing the progress of the collaboration between Company and Foundation pursuant to the Agreement.
(c) | Duties of the JSC Following the Research Term. Following the Research Term, the JSC shall be responsible for: |
(i)at the first JSC meeting after the end of the Research Term, (1) reviewing each potential or actual Lead Candidate that was not designated as a Development Candidate
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during the Research Term and either designating it as a Development Candidate or determining that it does not meet the criteria for designation as a Development Candidate and (2) preparing a final list (which can only be subsequently changed by the written agreement of the parties) for each of the [**] Research Projects within the DC Research that identifies and rank orders all potential and actual Lead Candidates and Development Candidates from such Research Project and denotes all Development Candidates and between [**] and [**] potential or actual Lead Candidates from such Research Project as “Reversion Candidates”;
(ii)following the designation of a Development Candidate, and at least [**] thereafter, conducting a formal review and comprehensive update of the Development Plan and Development Deadline Document for such Development Candidate, in each case as further provided in Article 3 of the Agreement;
(iii)monitoring Company’s and its Affiliates and Licensees activities with respect to the Development Plan and Development Deadline Document;
(iv)providing a forum for discussion/presentation regarding, and serving as the sole governance body for decision-making regarding, Development, commercialization, and Collaboration Activities with respect to Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s); for clarity the JSC’s role as such sole governance body shall not prevent the Company or its Licensee from making decisions necessary or useful to implement decisions made by the JSC regarding Development, commercialization, and Collaboration Activities with respect to Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s), so long as such implementation decisions are consistent with and faithful to the intent of the JSC’s decision;
(v)serving in the role specified in Second Amendment Section 10 with respect to transactions arising in connection with Collaboration Activities;
(vi)establishing policies and procedures governing scientific publications and presentations, and if the JSC deems it advisable, establishing a publication committee to administer such policies and procedures, as further provided in Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement;
(vii)except for those rights and obligations specified in Section 4 of this Second Amendment, serving in lieu of the parties with respect any rights or obligations to review, communicate, inform, meet or discuss otherwise provided for in Sections 2.2, 2.4, and 2.7 of the Agreement;
(viii)reviewing scientific and medical literature to identify diseases, indications or medical conditions that, [**] or [**], are [**] for [**] and [**] diseases, indications or medical conditions [**];
(ix)performing those other tasks specifically allocated to it in this Agreement that are applicable after the Research Term; and
(x)otherwise serving as a forum for exchanging information and discussing the progress of the collaboration between Company and Foundation pursuant to the Agreement.
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8. | Development of Products. |
(a) | Article 3 of the Agreement (captioned “Development of Products”) shall, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, be amended and restated as follows: |
“3.DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS.
“3.1Development Plan and Development Deadline Document. Upon selection of a Development Candidate, the JSC will meet to prepare a plan for the Development of such Development Candidate (such plan, the “Development Plan” for such Development Candidate”) and to conduct a formal review of and prepare a comprehensive update to Exhibit SA-4A to the Second Amendment (the “Development Deadline Document”) that reflects anticipated activities directed towards Development and commercialization of such Development Candidate through Regulatory Approval in the United States, in each case taking into consideration available information concerning such Development Candidate, the interests of SMA patients, the intellectual property and regulatory landscape and the commercial potential of the Development Candidate. The parties acknowledge and agree that Exhibit SA-4A takes into account many delays in Development and receipt of Regulatory Approval that, while possible, are not anticipated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date to be likely; Company’s expectations, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, of the activities required to obtain Regulatory Approval and its goal timelines for completing such activities are set forth in Exhibit SA-4B. When preparing the Development Plan and updating the Development Deadline Document for each Development Candidate, the JSC shall consider whether to obtain, (a) “Orphan Product” designation from the FDA, and (b) research funding from the FDA’s Office of Rare Diseases or other government agencies to support human clinical trials conducted for such Development Candidate, in each case taking into consideration the protection of intellectual property rights and confidential information. The Development Plan shall set forth, in at least the level of detail included in the Company’s or its Licensee’s plans for developing other preclinical or clinical (whichever reflects the status of the Development Candidate at such time) pharmaceutical products, both major and minor Development activities planned to be conducted with respect to such Development Candidate by or on behalf of Company or its Affiliates or Licensees, the anticipated timeline for performing such activities, the goals of such activities and the anticipated timeline for achieving such goals. The Development Deadlines Document shall set forth the deadline by which each major Development activity must be performed by on behalf of Company or its Affiliates or Licensees if the Company wishes to avoid granting the Foundation the right to obtain a Reversionary License pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Agreement. No change can be made to any Development Plan or Development Deadline Document without the approval of the JSC unless such change is approved by the parties’ respective Chief Executive Officers pursuant to Second Amendment Section 5(d) or 5(e), is implemented by Baseball Arbitration
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in accordance with Second Amendment Sections 5(d) and 17, or is approved by the Foundation in accordance with Second Amendment Section 9(b)(1).
“3.2Diligence. Prior to selection of a Development Candidate, Company shall (i) perform the activities set forth in the Research Plan in a timely and complete manner, (ii) use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to achieve the goals of the DC Research within the time and budget allotted therefor in the Research Plan, and (iii) also have the research and Development obligations set forth in Section 2.5 of the Agreement. Following selection of a Development Candidate, Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop and commercialize (whether directly, through an Affiliate, or in collaboration with one or more Third Parties, through licensing or some combination of the foregoing, all in compliance with the other applicable terms of this Agreement), for the treatment, mitigation or prevention of SMA or any other disease, indication or medical condition approved in writing by Foundation, at least one Product from such Development Candidate. In the event that the Development of a Development Candidate [**] toxicology studies governed by good laboratory practices (“GLP Toxicology Studies”) that causes Company to [**] that [**] is [**], then Company shall promptly notify Foundation in writing and Company shall spend up to [**] dollars ($[**]) Developing a Reversion Candidate through the start of GLP Toxicology Studies, provided that such Development does not [**] to [**] that such [**]. Upon the initiation of GLP Toxicology Studies for such Reversion Candidate, it shall be deemed a Development Candidate and Company shall have the diligence obligations set forth in the second sentence of this Section 3.2 of the Agreement. In the event that the Development of a Development Candidate [**] of [**] that [**] to [**] that such [**], then Company shall promptly notify Foundation in writing and Company shall, within [**] days of such notice, notify Foundation that Company has decided to do one of the following: (a) Develop one or more potential or actual Reversion Candidates or Lead Candidates at its own expense and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (b) Develop one or more potential or actual Reversion Candidates or Lead Candidates if Foundation is willing to pay for [**] percent ([**]%) of the costs of such Development for a [**] month period while the parties negotiate in good faith a separate agreement governing the further Development of such potential or actual Reversion Candidates or Lead Candidate(s); provided, that in the event the parties are unable to reach such separate agreement following good faith negotiations, then Company shall have [**] days following the end of such [**] month period to notify the Foundation of its decision to elect either option (a) or (c), or (c) stop all Development work on potential and actual Reversion Candidates or Lead Candidates and Development Candidates. If Company chooses option (a), then Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop such Reversion Candidates and/or Lead Candidates through the start of GLP Toxicology Studies; upon the initiation of GLP Toxicology Studies for any such Reversion Candidate or Lead Candidate, it shall be deemed a Development Candidate and Company shall have the diligence obligations set forth in the second sentence of this Section 3.2 of the
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Agreement. If Company chooses option (c), then upon written notice (a “Reversion Notice”) to Company, Foundation shall have the Reversionary License and other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement.
“3.3Development Benchmarks. Following designation of a Development Candidate, and in addition to Company’s general diligence obligation set forth in Section 3.2 of the Agreement, Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform the activities set forth in the Development Plan in accordance with the timeline specified therein and to complete each activity set forth in the Development Deadline Document prior to the applicable deadline specified therein, as such Development Plan or Development Deadline Document may be amended consistent with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to Development of a Product based on such Development Candidate; provided, however, that:
“(a)the JSC shall conduct a formal review of and comprehensive update to such Development Plan and Development Deadline Document on an annual basis to reflect, on a good faith basis, information from the DC Research, ongoing clinical or supportive non-clinical trials, or other factors that may impact the activities, timelines, milestones and goals set forth such Development Plan or the deadlines set forth in such Development Deadline Document;
“(b)a failure of Company, despite Commercially Reasonable Efforts, to meet any deadline set forth in a particular Development Deadline Document (as amended by the JSC) with respect to the relevant Development Candidate (each, a “Benchmark Trigger”) shall not create a breach of the Agreement, but shall instead trigger the availability of a right on the part of Foundation to obtain a Reversionary License in accordance with the following terms:
“(i)if Foundation believes a Benchmark Trigger has occurred, it shall provide written notice to Company setting forth in reasonable detail those aspects of the Development Deadline Document that have created such Benchmark Trigger.
“(ii)Company shall have [**] days to respond to a notice of Benchmark Trigger, which response shall either be (1) to cure the Benchmark Trigger (if it is capable of being cured), or (2) to propose a corrective plan to address the Benchmark Trigger, which shall take the form of a proposed amendment to the Development Deadline Document.
“(iii)if Company proposes a corrective plan to address the Benchmark Trigger, Foundation shall have [**] days to accept or reject such corrective plan. The parties may extend such [**] day period by mutual consent to engage in good faith negotiations
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directed towards arriving at a mutually-agreeable form of such corrective plan with respect to such Benchmark Trigger.
“(iv)if Company fails to respond to a Benchmark Trigger notice or cure the applicable Benchmark Trigger within [**] days of such Benchmark Trigger Notice, or, following the acceptance of a corrective plan for a Benchmark Trigger by Foundation fails to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to execute such corrective plan, or following a PTC Corporate Change the entity primarily responsible for Company’s obligations under this Agreement fails to provide an M&A Certification as more fully set forth in Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4), then immediately as of such occurrence Foundation shall have the right to obtain the Reversionary License and other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement (a “Buy-Out Right”).
“(v)Foundation may exercise its Buy-Out Right by providing written notice (a “Buy-Out Notice”) to Company and the first installment payment described in Section 6.1(c)(3)(iii)(A) of the Agreement, such Buy-Out Notice to be effective upon the occurrence of both (A) receipt by Company and (B) availability of funds with respect to such first installment payment (provided that such funds shall be deemed to be available on the [**] business day after the Company’s receipt of such initial payment if the Company does not deposit such payment within [**] after such receipt). Upon the effectiveness of such Buy-Out Notice, the terms of Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement shall apply.
“(vi)notwithstanding the foregoing, if Foundation fails to exercise a Buy-Out Right within [**] years of the date of the accrual of such Buy-Out Right, and other than with respect to the circumstances giving rise to such Buy-Out Right Company is in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, then such Buy-Out Right shall lapse and no longer be exercisable by Foundation. For clarity, the foregoing operates on a Buy-Out Right by Buy-Out Right basis, with Foundation having a full [**] year period to exercise each Buy-Out Right.
“3.4Decisions to Discontinue Development or Commercialization.
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it intends to arrange for a technical expert to decide such criteria), which criteria shall include without limitation [**] and [**], whether such Development Candidate (both alone and in combination with another treatment) appears to be less desirable as a therapeutic option in the Field than such Available Product. If, following such a determination, Company informs Foundation in writing that it intends to cease further Development and commercialization of the applicable Development Candidate, then Foundation shall have: (i) upon Foundation’s written notice to Company (such notice, a “Reversion Notice”), a Reversionary License and all other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement if such Available Product [**] (a “[**]”), or (ii) a Buy-Out Right if such Available Product is a [**], such right to be exercisable by Foundation on the terms provided in Sections 3.3(b)(v) and (vi) of the Agreement.
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obligated to continue Development and commercialization of such Development Candidate in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Agreement, then upon Foundation’s written notice to Company (such notice, a “Reversion Notice”), Foundation shall have a Reversionary License and all other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement.”
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of a response from Foundation as specified in this Second Amendment Section 9(a), or (ii) [**] days following the provision of such M&A Approval Request to Foundation.
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such entity’s plans for conducting the DC Research (if not completed prior to the PTC Corporate Change) and for Developing Products based on Development Candidates and (B) provide to Foundation a written certification (the “M&A Certification”) by an authorized officer of such entity (i) affirming such entity’s intention to perform the Company’s obligations under the Agreement, (ii) summarizing in reasonable detail such entity’s plans with respect to conduct of any part of the DC Research not performed by Company as of the effectiveness of the PTC Corporate Change, including a demonstration that sufficient funds, FTEs and other resources have been allocated to the performance of such DC Research, and (iii) summarizing in reasonable detail such entity’s plans with respect to execution of the Development Plan and completion of the activities set forth in the Development Deadline Document prior to the deadlines specified therein, including a demonstration that sufficient funds, FTEs and other resources have been allocated to the performance of such Development, and such entity’s business plans for the Development Candidates; provided, that failure to provide such M&A Certification in the time frame specified in this Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4) shall entitle Foundation to exercise the Buy-Out Right specified in Section 3.3(b)(iv) of the Agreement, such right to be exercisable by Foundation on the terms provided in Sections 3.3(b)(v) and (vi) of the Agreement.
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts to prevent its Affiliates from, causing or knowingly permitting any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees, investment bankers (acting in their capacities on behalf of Foundation or any such Affiliate, as applicable), attorneys (acting in their capacities on behalf of Foundation or any such Affiliate, as applicable), accountants (acting in their capacities on behalf of Foundation or any such Affiliate, as applicable), or other advisors or representatives (acting in their capacities on behalf of Foundation or any such Affiliate, as applicable) to initiate or participate in any of the actions described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d).
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amendments to the Agreement absent formal written approval by an appropriately authorized officer of Foundation.
(ii)Foundation may designate legal counsel and [**] of Foundation, each subject to appropriate confidentiality protections, to review and provide comments upon proposed term sheets and contracts for such transaction subject to reasonable time frames consistent with overall progress and status of negotiations and not less than [**]percent ([**]%) of the timeframe specified by Company for the receipt of comments from its senior management. For clarity, such reasonable time frames may be as short as [**] if, in Company’s reasonable judgment, such time frames are required to support a successful negotiation process and such time frames are not less than [**] percent ([**]%) of the timeframe specified by Company for the receipt of comments from its senior management. If requested by the potential counterparty, Company shall have the right to redact financial terms from such term sheets and contracts. In reviewing and commenting on such proposed term sheet and contracts, Foundation counsel and designated representative shall indicate the relative importance of their comments, and if practicable a range of potential responses for negotiation purposes. Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to implement comments and negotiating positions suggested by Foundation’s counsel and/or representative, with due consideration given to the relative importance assigned to the comments and reflecting the outcome of any discussions between Company and Foundation’s counsel and/or representative with respect to modification of such comments. In addition, Company shall, as non-negotiable contractual terms, require (1) that the counterparty commit, in response to the JSC’s invitation, to sending a representative of such counterparty to such JSC meetings or portions of meetings as the JSC shall request for the purposes of informing, discussing and serving in an advisory role with respect to decisions regarding the progress of and all future plans for the DC Research and the Development and commercialization of the Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s) that are the subject of the agreement between Company and such counterparty, (2) an acknowledgement that the JSC shall remain the sole governance body for all research, Development and commercialization decisions regarding the DC Research and the Development and commercialization of Reversion Candidates, Development Candidates and Products that are the subject of the agreement between Company and such counterparty (which acknowledgement may include a clarification that the JSC’s role as such sole governance body shall not prevent the Company or its Licensee from making decisions necessary or useful to implement decisions made by the JSC regarding research, Development, commercialization, and Collaboration Activities with respect to Drug Candidates, Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s), so long as such implementation decisions are consistent with and faithful to the intent of the JSC’s decision), (3) that to the extent the counterparty will assume responsibility for Development of a Development Candidate or Product in any country, that such counterparty assume the obligations and rights of Company pursuant to Second Amendment Section 13 in that country, (4) an acknowledgement that the counterparty’s rights and licenses from Company with respect to Reversion Candidates, Development Candidates and Products will terminate upon a Special Termination or Company’s receipt of a Reversion Notice or Buy-Out Notice and an obligation in such circumstance for the
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counterparty to grant the licenses and rights specified in Section 3 of this Second Amendment and Section 6.1(c)(2) of this Agreement (including licenses and rights to (A) all intellectual property that, if developed, acquired or otherwise Controlled by Company, rather than such counterparty, would be Company Technology or Data (“Licensee Technology” and “Licensee Data”, respectively) and (B) all INDs, NDAs or similar regulatory filings made or obtained by such counterparty with respect to the relevant Reversion Candidates, Development Candidates and Products) and perform the activities specified therein in each case as if such counterparty were Company, and (5) third party beneficiary rights for Foundation in the event that such counterparty fails to fulfill any of the foregoing obligations.
(iii)Prior to the conclusion of contractual negotiations pursuant to such Partnering Notice, Company shall schedule at least [**] with representatives of the negotiating team of potential counterparties to the transaction and the representatives designated by Foundation pursuant to the foregoing subsections (i) and (ii) to discuss Foundation’s goals and interests with respect to such proposed transaction. Unless otherwise agreed by Foundation, Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to cause [**] to take place in person at a location convenient to the New York metropolitan area.
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(i)The JSC shall continue as the sole governance body for the conduct of the DC Research and the Development and commercialization of Reversion Candidates, Development Candidates and Products and shall continue to have all the rights and responsibilities specified in Second Amendment Section 5.
(ii)The JSC shall invite the representative of the counterparty designated pursuant to Second Amendment Section 10(d)(ii)(1) to such JSC meetings, or portions of meetings, as the JSC shall deem advisable for the purposes of informing, discussing and serving in an advisory role with respect to decisions regarding the progress of and all future plans for the DC Research and the Development and commercialization of the Reversion Candidates, Development Candidate(s) and Product(s) that are the subject of the agreement between Company and such counterparty.
“4.3Payments by Company. Company will make the following payments to Foundation in connection with Product Revenues:
“(a)Company will make payments as specified below to Foundation up to a maximum amount equal to [**] by [**] pursuant to the Agreement (the “SMAF Funding Amount,” which, for clarity, includes [**] pursuant to the [**] defined below (such total amount, the “Repayment Amount”). For the purposes of this Section 4.3 of the Agreement, the “[**]” shall be [**] unless and until both (i) a Product has achieved Worldwide Net Sales of at least [**] US dollars ($[**]) in any calendar year; and (ii) the SMAF Funding Amount received with respect to such Product equals or exceeds a total of [**] US dollars ($[**]), upon the occurrence of which the [**].
“(b)In the event that Company and/or its Affiliates sells Products, then Company shall pay the Repayment Amount to the Foundation by making installment payments to the Foundation, each of which shall be equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of Net Sales received by Company and its Affiliates in the applicable calendar quarter and each of which shall be paid in U.S. dollars, by wire transfer to an account specified by the Foundation, within [**] days of end of such calendar quarter. The first such installment payment shall be paid for the first calendar quarter following the first calendar year in which Net Sales equaled or exceeded [**] U.S. Dollars (US$[**]) (the “Sales Threshold”). An additional installment payment shall be paid to the Foundation for each subsequent calendar quarter until such time as the sum of all installment payments made pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) of the Agreement, together with all installment payments made pursuant to Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement, equals the Repayment Amount. If the [**], Company shall make additional payments until the updated Repayment Amount has been met.
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“(c)In the event that Company and/or its Affiliates enters into one or more license agreements for the development, manufacture, use, distribution, promotion or sale of a Drug Candidate or Product in one or more territories, then Company shall repay the Repayment Amount by making installment payments to the Foundation, each of which shall be equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of PTC License Income received by Company and its Affiliates in the applicable calendar quarter and each of which shall be paid in U.S. dollars, by wire transfer to an account specified by the Foundation, within [**] days of the end of such calendar quarter. The first quarter during which such installment payments shall be paid shall be the first calendar quarter following the first calendar year in which both of the following criteria are met: (i) a Licensee makes or has previously made its First Commercial Sale and (ii) Worldwide Net Sales equal or exceeded [**] U.S. Dollars (US$[**]). An additional installment payment shall be paid to the Foundation for each subsequent calendar quarter until such time as the sum of all installment payments made pursuant to this Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement, together with all installment payments made pursuant to Section 4.3(b) of the Agreement, equals the Repayment Amount. If the [**], Company shall make additional payments until the updated Repayment Amount has been met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the payments owed pursuant to this Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement would, when combined with other payments owed by Company to Third Parties in connection with the receipt of such PTC License Income, exceed [**] percent ([**]%) of such PTC License Income, then the payments owed pursuant to this Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement and such other payments owed by the Company to Third Parties shall all be automatically reduced pro rata until the combined payments no longer exceed [**] percent ([**]%) of such PTC License Income; provided, however, that this reduction shall only be available with respect to payments under this Section 4.3(c) of the Agreement if all other payments owed by Company to Third Parties in connection with the receipt of such PTC License Income are also subject to such pro rata reduction.
“4.4Reporting of Net Sales and PTC License Income. From and after such time as Company first receives any Net Sales or PTC License Income and until such time as Company has paid in full the amount due under Section 4.3 of the Agreement (if any), Company shall deliver to the Foundation (or a Third Party designated in writing by the Foundation) quarterly written reports of Net Sales and PTC License Income received by Company and its Affiliates, which reports shall (a) separately indicate the total Net Sales and PTC License Income received, (b) show how Net Sales were calculated from the gross amounts received by Company and its Affiliates, with each deduction from gross amounts being separately itemized, (c) show how PTC License Income was calculated, and (d) itemize any amounts received by Company and its Affiliates from a Licensee that were excluded from PTC License Income and the rationale for such exclusion. Company shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates to keep, complete and accurate records pertaining to the receipt of Net Sales and PTC License Income in sufficient detail to permit the Foundation to confirm the accuracy of such reports.
“4.5Exchange Rate; Manner and Place of Payment. All payments hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars; provided, that in the event that, by reason of applicable legal requirement in any country, it becomes impossible or illegal for a payor to transfer,
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or have transferred on their behalf, royalties or other payments to the payee, the payor shall promptly notify the payee of the conditions preventing such transfer and such royalties or other payments shall be deposited in local currency in the relevant country to the credit of the payee in a recognized banking institution designated by the payee or, if none is designated by the payee within a period of [**] days, in a recognized banking institution selected by the payor and identified in a notice given to the payee. When conversion of payments from any foreign currency is required for purposes of a calculation under this Agreement that relates to a payment from one party to the other, such conversion shall be at the exchange rate used by the payor (or, where applicable, a Licensee or licensee of Foundation) throughout its accounting system (which shall, in any event, be commercially reasonable) during the quarter for which such report is due. All payments owed under this Agreement shall be made by check, or by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank and account designated in writing by the party entitled to receive payment, unless otherwise specified in writing by such party.
“4.6Taxes. Each party will pay any and all taxes levied on account of any payments made to it under this Agreement out of the amounts it is to receive hereunder. If any taxes are required to be withheld by the party making payment, such party will (a) deduct such taxes from the payment made by it, (b) timely pay the taxes to the proper taxing authority, (c) send proof of payment to the other party and certify its receipt by the taxing authority within [**] days following such payment, and (d) be deemed to have paid such amount to the other party hereunder.
“4.7Audits. The Foundation shall have the right to cause an independent, certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Company to audit the records of Company and its Affiliates to confirm the accuracy of (a) Company’s reports of Net Sales and PTC License Income, (b) Company’s accounting pursuant to Second Amendment Section 2(d) or 4(a) of its use of internal resources and the out-of-pocket expenses that Company incurred in accordance with the Research Plan, (c) the amount specified in Second Amendment Section 2(d) as the amount spent by Company on DC Research between [**] and [**], and (d) Company’s invoice pursuant to Second Amendment Section 2(d) with respect to the amounts it spent between [**] and the Second Amendment Effective Date, in each case for a period covering not more than the preceding [**] years. Such audits may be exercised during normal business hours upon reasonable prior written notice to Company and no more than [**] per year. If an audit reveals that Company has underpaid any amount due to the Foundation, overcharged Foundation pursuant to Second Amendment Section 2(d) or overstated in Second Amendment Section 2(d) the amount that it spent on DC Research between [**] and [**], Company shall pay all such amounts to the Foundation within thirty (30) days of receiving the Foundation’s audit report. The Foundation shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses (i) an underreporting of Net Sales or PTC License Income by Company of more than [**]% during any calendar year, (ii) an over-reporting of internal resources and the out-of-pocket expenses of more than [**]% during any calendar year or (iii) that Second Amendment Section 2(d) over-states by more than [**]% the amount that Company spent on DC Research between [**] and [**], in which case, Company shall bear the full cost of such audit.”
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“(c)Reversionary Licenses to Data and Company Technology.
“(1)In the event that:
“(i)During the term of the DC Research, Company fails to perform its obligations as set forth in Second Amendment Section 2 with respect to conduct of the DC Research, and does not remedy such failure to comply within [**] days after notice thereof from Foundation; provided, however, that in the event [**], the parties shall promptly meet to negotiate in good faith the [**], and Company’s right to cure any failure under this Section 6.1(c)(1)(i) shall be extended to the longer of (xx) [**] days after Foundation provides Company written notice that it wishes to terminate such good faith negotiations, or (yy) such other period as the parties may agree in connection with a mutually-agreed plan to address [**];
“(ii)Company is otherwise in material breach of this Agreement with respect to the DC Research and does not remedy such breach within [**] days after notice of such breach from Foundation; or
“(iii)Company is in material breach of its obligations set forth in Section 3.2 of the Agreement, and does not remedy such breach within [**] days after notice thereof from Foundation;
“then, in any such case, Foundation shall have the option to declare the effectiveness of the terms and conditions specified in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement, such option to be exercised by providing written notice to Company (a “Reversion Notice”) within the [**] period following the last date on which Company could have cured such failure or breach pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(1) of the Agreement.
“(2)Effective upon receipt of a Reversion Notice pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.4(a)(i), 3.4(b), 3.4(c) or 3.4(d) of the Agreement or within the time period specified in Second Amendment Section 3(d) or Section 6.1(c)(1) of the Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of a Buy-Out Notice pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(v) of the Agreement (regardless whether the Foundation obtained its Buy-Out Right pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(iv) of the Agreement, Section 3.4(a)(ii) of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4)), the following terms and conditions shall apply:
“(i)Company shall, and it hereby does, grant to Foundation an exclusive worldwide license, including the right to grant sublicenses, under any Company Technology, Licensee Technology, Data or Licensee Data that relates to a pharmaceutical preparation, composition of matter, method of manufacture and/or method of use in the Field, of Reversion Candidates and/or Products containing one or more Reversion Candidates, solely for the purpose of
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researching, developing, making, having made, using, selling, having sold, offering for sale and importing Reversion Candidates and Products containing Reversion Candidates (such Products, “Reversion Products”) in the Field (such license being referred to herein as the “Reversionary License”). The Reversionary License shall be fully-paid up and royalty free unless the Foundation obtains the Reversionary License pursuant to (A) Section 3.3(b)(iv) of the Agreement, Section 3.4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, or Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4), in which case the licensing fees, royalties and other terms set forth in Section 6.1(c)(3) of the Agreement shall also apply or (B) Second Amendment Section 3(d) of the Agreement, in which case the royalties, [**], and other terms set forth in Section 6.1(c)(4) of the Agreement shall also apply;
“(ii)Company shall, and it hereby does, grant to Foundation a fully-paid up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and worldwide license, including the right to grant sublicenses, to (xx) Company Technology and Licensee Technology to the extent not exclusively licensed pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(2)(i) of the Agreement, (yy) Data and Licensee Data, and (zz) Company Base IP, in each case solely to the extent (1) reasonably necessary for Foundation to exercise its rights under the Reversionary License or (2) useful for Foundation to exercise its rights under the Reversionary License and used or contemplated to be used in the DC Research or pursuant to the Development Plan (as applicable); provided, that the license granted to Foundation in this Section 6.1(c)(2)(ii) of the Agreement [**] or [**] or [**];
“(iii)Company shall reasonably cooperate with Foundation in order to enable Foundation to continue, initiate or re-initiate the Development, manufacture and commercialization of the Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products, such cooperation and assistance to be provided in a timely manner (having regard to the nature of the cooperation or assistance requested) and including without limitation (in each case with respect to the Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products): (A) within [**] months of the Reversion Notice or Buy-Out Notice: (1) transferring or granting a right of reference to any INDs, NDAs, or similar regulatory filings made or obtained by Company or its Affiliate or Licensee; (2) providing a copy of all Data and Licensee Data and all reports and other information that were (or should have been) accessible to Foundation via the shared electronic collaboration space described in Second Amendment Section 4(a); and (3) providing reasonable quantities of existing stock of materials (other than (1) materials [**] or (2) materials [**] in Company’s possession or under its control and (xx) that are specific to, or were used or were contemplated to be used in, the DC Research or the Development Plan, and are not commercially available from Third Parties, (yy) that are reasonably necessary or useful for continued research, Development or commercialization of Reversion Candidates in the Field, and (zz) the transfer of which would not [**] trigger any contractual obligation to make payments to a Third Party (other than a Licensee); provided, however, that any subsequent transfers of such materials by Foundation to Third Parties shall be subject to the
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terms of a materials transfer agreement reasonably acceptable to Company; (B) permitting Foundation to purchase, for a period of up to [**] years (or less if Foundation obtains an alternative validated, supply source within such [**] year period), Reversion Candidates and Reversion Products [**], but only to the extent (1) such Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products are manufactured by Company itself (as opposed to under a Third Party manufacturing contract) or (2) such Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products are manufactured for the Company by a Third Party and the agreement pursuant to which such Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products are manufactured (xx) provides for manufacture of other active pharmaceutical ingredients or pharmaceutical products that are not Reversion Candidates or Reversion Products, (yy) is not assignable to Foundation or (zz) has not been assigned to Foundation; (C) permitting Foundation to purchase [**] all or any part of Company’s worldwide unsold inventory of such Development Candidate or Product together with any raw materials and work-in-process relating to such Development Candidate or Product; (D) upon Foundation’s request, using Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assign to Foundation any Third Party manufacturing contracts relating to Reversion Candidate or Reversion Product; (E) upon Foundation’s request, using Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assign to Foundation any Third Party license agreements relating to such Reversion Candidate or Reversion Product; and (F) providing prompt technical assistance as requested by Foundation [**] for [**] months after the Reversion Notice or Buy-Out Notice;
“(iv)Foundation, at its own expense, shall maintain clinical trial and/or product liability insurance, as applicable, in an amount consistent with industry standards and only if available on commercially reasonable terms, and shall [**] with respect to such insurance, with respect to losses arising out of or related to its activities pursuant to the Reversionary License and other rights granted in this Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement, and Foundation shall provide a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage to Company upon request;
“(v)At Foundation’s option, on a license-by-license basis, either (i) Foundation may request in writing that Company use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to secure the assignment to Foundation or its designee any licenses granted by Company to Licensees; or (B) upon written notice from Foundation all licenses granted by Company to Licensees shall automatically terminate and Licensees shall be obligated to perform the obligations set forth in this Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement as if they were Company. Company shall include in each agreement with a Licensee an acknowledgement by Licensee of the foregoing and a provision that grants Foundation third party beneficiary status with respect to Licensee’s performance (or failure to perform) such obligations;
“(vi)The rights and obligations of the parties pursuant to Article 2 of the Agreement, Article 3 of the Agreement, Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7(a) and 6.3 of the Agreement, First Amendment Sections 5, 6 and 7, and Second Amendment Sections 2 (including Foundation’s obligations to fund the DC Research), 3, 4
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(except for the final report described in Second Amendment Section 4(b)(ii)), 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 18(a), 18(b), 18(c), 18(d)and 18(f) shall also terminate; and
“(vii)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement, in no event shall Company be required to take any actions pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement that, in the good faith judgment of outside counsel to the Company, would infringe any Third Party intellectual property rights (and no non-infringing alternative is identified after a reasonable inquiry) or trigger a breach of any contractual obligations of Company with respect to a Third Party (other than a Licensee).”
“(3)In addition to the provisions of Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement, if Foundation obtains the Reversionary License and other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(iv) of the Agreement, Section 3.4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, or Second Amendment Section 9(b)(4), then (A) Foundation shall [**] and (B) Foundation shall make the following payments to Company with respect to such Reversionary License and rights:
“(i)If [**] pursuant to this Agreement (which, for clarity, [**] as of the accrual of the applicable Buy-Out Right, then Foundation shall pay to Company a licensing fee equal to [**] U.S. dollars ($[**]) as specified in (iii) below.
“(ii)In the alternative, if [**] with respect to [**] pursuant to this Agreement (which, for clarity, [**]) as of the accrual of the applicable Buy-Out Right, then Foundation shall pay, as specified in (iii) below, to Company a licensing fee that is equal to the sum of [**] U.S. dollars ($[**]) plus x, where x equals the lesser of (A) [**] and (B) [**] U.S. dollars ($[**]). For clarity, such licensing fee shall never exceed [**] U.S. dollars ($[**]).
“(iii)Foundation shall pay the licensing fee set forth in (i) or (ii) above in three installments: (A) a first installment, equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of such license fee shall be paid by Foundation simultaneously with Foundation’s notice that it is exercising such Buy-Out Right; (B) a second installment, equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of such license fee shall be paid by Foundation by the [**]month anniversary of Foundation’s notice that it is exercising such Buy-Out Right, provided that Company has complied with its obligations pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement in good faith and responded promptly and adequately to any Foundation notices detailing any alleged lack of such good faith compliance; and (C) a final installment, equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of such license fee shall be paid by Foundation (x) by the [**]month anniversary of Foundation’s notice that it is exercising such Buy-Out Right, provided that Company has complied with its obligations pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement in good faith and responded promptly and adequately to any Foundation notices detailing any alleged lack of such good faith compliance, or (y) if earlier, the date upon which Foundation is satisfied that Company has fully performed all obligations of Company set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement;
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“(iv)[**], Foundation shall pay to Company the following percentage royalties (on a Reversion Product-by-Reversion Product basis) on product revenues (based on the definition of Product Revenues in the Agreement, but substituting “Reversion Product” for “Product” and “Foundation” for “Company” as the context requires) of any Reversion Product, such payments to be made on a quarterly basis in arrears no later than [**] days following the end of the applicable quarter:
Stage of Reversion Candidate Upon |
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“For the purposes of the foregoing table, [**] shall mean [**]. The royalties in the foregoing table shall commence, on a country-by-country basis, upon the first commercial sale (based on the definition of First Commercial Sale in the Agreement, but substituting “Foundation” for “Company” as the context requires) of the applicable Reversion Product in such country, and continue for the longer of (xx) [**] from the date of such first commercial sale or (yy) the date of expiration of the last Company Patent covering the applicable Reversion Product within the applicable country. Foundation shall comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 of the Agreement with respect to such royalty payments, substituting “Company” for “Foundation” and vice versa as the context may require.”
“(4)In addition to the provisions of Section 6.2(c)(2) of the Agreement, if Foundation obtains the Reversionary License and other rights set forth in Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 3(d), then Foundation shall make the following payments to Company with respect to the Reversionary License and shall have the following obligations to Company:
“(i)Foundation shall (A) [**] and (B) make royalty payments to Company, on a Reversion Product-by-Reversion Product basis, equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of product revenues (based on the definition of Product Revenues in the Agreement, but substituting Reversion Product for Product and Foundation for Company as the context requires) of any Reversion Product, such payments to
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be made on a quarterly basis in arrears no later than [**] days following the end of the applicable quarter. Such royalty payments shall commence, on a country-by-country basis, upon the first commercial sale (based on the definition of First Commercial Sale in the Agreement, but substituting “Foundation” for “Company” as the context requires) of the applicable Reversion Product in such country, and continue for the longer of (xx) [**] from the date of such first commercial sale or (yy) the date of expiration of the last Company Patent covering the applicable Reversion Product within the applicable country. Foundation shall comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 of the Agreement with respect to such royalty payments, substituting “Company” for “Foundation” and vice versa as the context may require.”
“(ii)Before granting any Third Party an exclusive sublicense of the Reversionary License for any purpose that includes commercializing any Reversion Product in the United States, [**], for a period of up to [**] months, [**] would be [**] and [**] to [**]. If the [**], by the end of such [**] month period, a [**] that set[**], then Foundation shall be free to grant such a sublicense to a Third Party [**].”
“(5)If Foundation makes a final decision, with respect to each and every Reversion Candidate, that it has no interest in performing or having performed (including through a sublicensee), at such time or at any point in the future, any further research, Development, or commercialization upon such Reversion Candidate pursuant to the Reversionary License, then it shall provide written notice thereof to Company, and Company shall be entitled to [**] and this Agreement on written notice to Foundation.”
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described in Second Amendment Sections 13(b) and 13(c). Such SMAF Clinical Trials Advisory Committee may establish its own procedures for meetings and decision-making.
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provide such Development Candidate or Product to the Enrollees in accordance with any such approved protocol. In any case in which Company, [**], does not concur in the decision to commence or continue any extension protocols pursuant to this Second Amendment Section 13(b)(2), then Company’s obligations to assist with such extension protocols and continue to supply such Development Candidate or Product to Enrollees shall [**], directly or indirectly, [**], and [**] of Development Candidate or Product to Enrollees.
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respect to losses arising out of or related to the activities contemplated under this Second Amendment Section 13(b)(3). Foundation shall provide a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage to Company upon request.
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exclusive, fully paid, sublicensable license under Company Technology and Data, and solely to the extent reasonably necessary for Foundation to exercise its rights under the foregoing license, to Company Base IP (provided, that the license granted to Foundation hereunder [**] or [**] or [**] to perform or have performed on its behalf any and all activities necessary or reasonably useful to provide such expanded access to such Drug Candidate or Product in accordance with this Second Amendment Section 13(c)(3). In connection with the foregoing, Foundation, [**], shall maintain clinical trial and/or product liability insurance, as applicable, in an amount consistent with industry standards and only if available on commercially reasonable terms, and shall [**] with respect to such insurance, with respect to losses arising out of or related to the activities contemplated under this Second Amendment Section 13(c)(3). Foundation shall provide a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage to Company upon request.
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“6.2.Patent Filings.
“(a)Company shall control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all Patents on Company Technology at its sole expense, which expense shall be included as part of Company’s contribution to the Research Project and not payable or reimbursable by Foundation; provided, that Foundation shall have reasonable rights of comment and consultation on all such filing, prosecution and maintenance activities; and provided further that with respect to initial filings claiming the composition of matter, method of use, or process for manufacturing small molecules, Foundation’s review shall be confined to specific individuals reasonably acceptable to Company.
“(b)Subject to the prior written consent of Foundation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, Company shall have the right to disclose, in connection with the filing, prosecution or maintenance of any Patents on Company Technology filed by it pursuant to this Agreement, any Confidential Information to the extent reasonably necessary to support and enable the claims of any application with respect to such Patents, or to maintain or enforce any such issued Patents. If, with respect to a specific filing or other document to be submitted to a governmental or quasi-governmental authority in connection with an issued Patent or application for a Patent, Foundation has reviewed and commented on such filing or document pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Agreement and raised no objections to the use of Confidential Information, then such consent will be deemed to have been granted for such filing or document.
“(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) of the Agreement, if Company grants the Reversionary License to Foundation pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(2) of the Agreement with respect to a Reversion Candidate or Reversion Product, then Foundation (or its designee) shall have the rights and obligations of Company under Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) of the Agreement (substituting “Foundation” for “Company” as the context requires) with respect to Patents exclusively licensed to Foundation pursuant to such Reversionary License; provided, however, that [**], and [**] of the Agreement.
“(d)Each of Company and Foundation shall execute all papers and instruments, and require its employees and contractors to execute all papers and instruments, so as to enable the other party to exercise the rights set forth in this Section 6.2 of the Agreement.”
“5.1Confidentiality. Except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement or otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, the parties agree that, during the Term and for a period of [**] years thereafter, each party (the “Receiving Party”) will maintain in confidence all Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other party (the “Disclosing Party”), provided that, with regard to Confidential Information which is trade secret information, such obligation shall extend thereafter until such information is
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no longer a trade secret of the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party may use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party only to the extent required to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall use at least the same standard of care as it uses to protect proprietary or confidential information of its own to ensure that its employees, agents, consultants and other representatives do not disclose or make any unauthorized use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; provided, however, each party shall ensure that any such employees, agents, consultants and other representatives who are granted access to trade secrets or, prior to publication, to other potentially patentable matter for which patent protection has been or is planned to be sought, arising from the DC Research shall sign written agreements containing confidentiality obligations substantially similar to those set forth in this Agreement except that the duration of such confidentiality obligations for consultants may be less than the duration set forth in this Agreement provided that the duration shall be for a minimum of [**] years from the date of disclosure. Each party will promptly notify the other upon discovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the other party’s Confidential Information.
“5.2Exceptions. The obligations of non-disclosure and non-use contained in Section 5.1 will not apply to the extent that it can be established by the Receiving Party by competent proof that such Confidential Information: (a) was already known to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party; (b) was generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party; (c) became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement; (d) is independently discovered or developed by the Receiving Party without the use of Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party; or (e) was disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party who had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others.”
“5.4.Scientific and Medical Publications and Presentations.
“(a)Company and Foundation each acknowledge the other party’s interest in publishing or presenting certain results of the Research (including but not limited to the DC Research) to obtain recognition within the scientific community and to advance the state of scientific knowledge and enhance the progress of research in the Field, in all cases in a manner consistent with existing obligations to Third Parties and scientific and industry standards for the research, development and commercialization of small molecules for the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease. Each party also recognizes their mutual interest in obtaining Patents in support of Products, and the need for such publications or presentations to be strictly monitored to prevent any adverse
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effect from premature publication or dissemination of results of the activities hereunder. Consequently, the JSC shall establish reasonable policies and procedures with respect to scientific publications and presentations that balance the foregoing interests, and once established both parties shall be bound by such policies and procedures, and may establish a separate publication committee to administer such policies and procedures. In the event no such procedures and policies are established by the JSC, either party, its employees or consultants wishing to make a publication in a scientific or medical journal or a presentation or similar oral disclosure made at a scientific or medical conference without obligation of confidentiality relating to work performed as part of the Research (the “Publishing Party”) shall transmit to the other party (the “Reviewing Party”) a copy of the proposed written publication or a written detailed description of the proposed oral disclosure at least [**] days prior to submission or disclosure (or, in the case of Third Party agreements, such shorter period as required by such Third Party agreement) prior to submission for publication or presentation. The Reviewing Party shall have the right (a) to make modifications to the publication for accuracy or intellectual property reasons, and (b) to obtain a delay in publication or presentation of up to [**] days (or, in the case of Third Party agreements, such shorter period as required by such Third Party agreement) in order to enable patent applications or similar applications protecting rights in such information to be filed, and each party shall have the right to prohibit disclosure of any of its Confidential Information (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.2 of the Agreement) in any such proposed publication or presentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any publication, presentation, or other public disclosure disclose the chemical structure of any Lead Candidate, Drug Candidate, Development Candidate, or Product absent specific permission from the JSC. In any permitted publication or presentation by a party, the other party’s contribution shall be duly recognized, and authorship shall be determined in accordance with customary practice in the scientific or medical field.
(b)Company shall provide in each Research Report a summary section which is suitable for immediate public disclosure and the Foundation may release copies of such portions of each Research Report and supporting Data other than chemical structures to any Third Party investigator who requests such material from the Foundation in writing; provided, however, that said Third Party investigator first executes Company’s non-disclosure agreement that the Company provides to the Foundation for such purpose (it being understood that such non-disclosure agreement will not prohibit said Third Party investigator from applying his or her knowledge of the Data to further SMA research and/or to treatment of SMA patients, but will prohibit him or her from transferring such Data except as incidental and necessary to treating SMA patients).
(c)The parties acknowledge that during the course of research, development and commercialization of Products, it may be necessary to enter into agreements with Third Parties that require different standards for publication and presentation of research results relating to the Research. Notwithstanding Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement, the party conducting research, development or commercialization of Products may enter into agreements with academic, government, nonprofit or similar entities which allow principal investigators and other external researchers to publish or present the results of
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their research on terms inconsistent with Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement; provided, that each party entering into such agreements shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to include provisions reasonably consistent with and similar to those appearing in Section 5.4(a) of the Agreement in such Third Party agreements.
“5.5Publicity; Regulatory Disclosures. In connection with the execution of the Second Amendment, the parties shall jointly issue one or more press releases, the contents of which shall be mutually agreed. Except as otherwise required by law or regulation, or as permitted pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Agreement, neither party shall issue any additional press release or make any other public disclosure concerning this Agreement or the subject matter hereof without first providing the other party with a copy of the proposed release or public disclosure for review and comment, provided that such right of review and comment shall only apply for the first time that specific information is to be disclosed, and shall not apply to the subsequent disclosure of substantially similar information that has previously been disclosed. The party proposing to make the press release or other public disclosure shall give due consideration to any reasonable comments by the other party relating to such proposed press release or other public disclosure. The principles to be observed by the parties in press releases or other public disclosures with respect to this Agreement shall be: accuracy, compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, the requirements of confidentiality under this Agreement and customary business practice in the biopharmaceutical industry for disclosures by companies comparable to Company. For the avoidance of doubt, either party may issue such press releases as it determines, based on advice of counsel, are reasonably necessary to comply with laws or regulations (including regulations of non-governmental regulatory bodies) or for appropriate market disclosure. It is understood, however, that unless required by law or regulation, the parties shall not disclose the specific financial terms and conditions of this Agreement in any press release or other public disclosure. In addition, if a public disclosure is required by law or regulation, including without limitation in a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the disclosing party shall provide copies of the proposed disclosure reasonably in advance of such filing or other disclosure for the non-disclosing party’s prior review and comment and shall give due consideration to any reasonable comments by the non-filing party relating to such filing, including without limitation the provisions of this Agreement for which confidential treatment should be sought.”
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notice to Foundation, and the parties will negotiate in good faith (involving such Third Party or Third Parties as appropriate) to develop a structure that supports such additional funding, based on the following principles: (a) entities co-funding such Non-DC Research should share information on the Non-DC Research with each other, subject to appropriate confidentiality provisions, (b) governance with respect to co-funded Non-DC Research should be via a joint steering committee including representatives of Foundation, Company, and any Third Parties, and (c) entities that have provided funding to such co-funded Non-DC Research should have an opportunity (subject to compliance with the terms of their respective funding agreements) to continue their support of such Non-DC Research. For clarity, Company’s obligations under this Second Amendment Section 18(a) shall in no way limit Company’s ability to engage in general fund-raising activities and to enter into agreements relating thereto.
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Foundation partner as a result of such testing by such Foundation partner, and shall also require that a summary of the results of the research be provided to the Foundation. Foundation shall share all such research results with the JSC on a regular basis.
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(i)The following Section of the Agreement is cancelled and of no further force and effect: Section 1.20 of the Agreement, the last sentence of Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement, the Option defined in First Amendment Section 2, and First Amendment Section 8.
(ii)Section 2.8 of the Agreement (captioned “Subcontracts”) is amended and restated as follows:
“2.8Subcontracts. Company may perform some of its obligations under the Research Plan through one or more subcontractors, provided that (a) the Research Plan calls for such activities to be subcontracted, (b) none of the rights of either party hereunder are diminished or otherwise adversely affected as a result of such subcontracting, and (c) Company will at all times be responsible for the performance and, except as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, payment of such subcontractor. In determining whether any Company obligations under the Research Plan will be performed in-house or by a Third Party subcontractor, Company shall take into consideration Company’s then-current capabilities, the relative efficiency of utilizing such internal capabilities versus Third Party services and guidance from the JSC.”
(iii)Section 6.1(a) of the Agreement (captioned “Data”) is amended and restated as follows:
“(a)Data. Company shall solely own all Data.”
(iv)Section 6.4 of the Agreement (captioned “No Other License”) is amended and restated as follows:
“6.4No Other License. Other than any licenses granted pursuant to Section 6.1(c) and Second Amendment Section 3 or 13, no license is granted or implied with respect to any Company Technology, Company Base IP or Data for any use.”
(v)Section 7.1 of the Agreement (captioned “Term”) is amended and restated as follows:
“7.1Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the earliest of: (a) Foundation’s receipt of the Repayment Amount in full (including any subsequent payments due on account of [**]); (b) if Foundation exercises a Buy-Out Right, Company’s receipt of all payments due pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(3) of the Agreement; (c) if Foundation obtains a Reversionary License pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 3(d), Company’s receipt of all payments due pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(4) of the Agreement; (d) if Foundation obtains a Reversionary License other than as a result of the exercise of a Buy-Out Right or pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 3(d), the expiration of the last-to-expire Patent licensed to Foundation pursuant to such Reversionary License; or (e) the effective date of any termination in
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accordance with this Article 7. For clarity, a Special Termination shall not terminate the term of this Agreement.”
(vi)The last sentence of Section 7.3 of the Agreement (captioned “Termination Upon Principal Scientist’s Unavailability”) is amended and restated as follows: “In the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.3 of the Agreement, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including but not limited to Section 7.4 of the Agreement), only the provisions of Sections 4.7, 6.1(a), 6.1(b), 6.1(c)(2), 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.2(d), 7.3, 7.5 of the Agreement, Articles 1, 5, 8, and 9 of the Agreement and Sections 1, 4(b)(ii), and 18(a) of the Second Amendment will survive such termination of this Agreement.”
(vii)Section 7.4 of the Agreement (captioned “Consequences of Expiration or Termination”) is amended and restated as follows:
“7.4Consequences of Expiration or Termination. Expiration or termination of this Agreement will not relieve the parties of any obligation accruing prior to such expiration or termination. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3 of the Agreement in the case of a termination pursuant to its terms, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, only the provisions of Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 7.4, and 7.5 of the Agreement, and Articles 1, 5, 6 (to the extent applicable), 8 and 9 of the Agreement and Sections 1, 4(b)(ii), and 18(a) of the Second Amendment will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.”
(viii)The second sentence of Section 7.5 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows: “The parties agree that the Foundation, to the extent it receives a license pursuant to Section 6.1(c) of the Agreement or Second Amendment Section 3 or 13, will retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.”
(ix)Section 9.7 of the Agreement (captioned “Notices”) is amended and restated as follows:
“9.7Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by first-class, registered or certified mail, postage paid, or delivered personally, by overnight delivery service or by facsimile, with confirmation of receipt, addressed as follows:
“If to Foundation:
“Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
“888 Seventh Avenue, Suite 400
“New York, NY 10019
“Fax: (212) 247-3079
“Attention: Ms. Cynthia Joyce, Executive Director
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“With a copy to:
“Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
“4401 Eastgate Mall
“San Diego, CA 92121
“Fax: (858) 550-6420
“Attention: Matthew Browne, Esq.
“If to Company:
“PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
“100 Corporate Court
“South Plainfield, NJ 07080-2449
“Fax: 908 ###-###-####
“Attention: Legal Department
“With an email copy to: ***@***
“Either party may by like notice specify or change an address to which notices and communications shall thereafter be sent. Notices sent by facsimile shall be effective upon confirmation of receipt, notices sent by mail or overnight delivery service shall be effective upon receipt, and notices given personally shall be effective when delivered.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Second Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date set forth above.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION | ||
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/s/ Stuart Peltz | | /s/ Florence A. Eng | ||
By: | Stuart Peltz | | By: | Florence A. Eng |
Title: | President & CEO | | Title: | President |
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AMENDMENT No. 3 TO SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
This third amendment (“Third Amendment”) to the Sponsored Research Agreement is effective as of the 1st day of January, 2011 (the “Third Amendment Effective Date”), by and between Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (the “Foundation”) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), with reference to the following facts and circumstances.
WHEREAS Foundation and Company are parties to that certain Sponsored Research Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of June 1st, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment on October 12th, 2007 and by the Second Amendment on May 1, 2009 (the “Second Amendment”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to further amend the Agreement in connection with continued research, beyond the [**] specified in the Second Amendment, on small molecule therapeutics for SMA;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained in this Third Amendment, the parties agree as follows:
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obligation to reimburse Company for any amounts incurred by Company, whether before or after the Third Amendment Effective Date, with respect to the DC Research. If Foundation decides in its discretion to engage [**] or other external contract research organizations (“CROs”) or academic collaborators [**] to test, after the Third Amendment Effective Date, any compounds arising from the DC Research, Foundation shall be solely responsible for paying any amounts owed to [**] or such other CROs or academic collaborators in connection with such testing.
“(d)Meetings and Decision-Making by the JSC — Before Proof-of-Concept. During the Research Term and through achievement of Proof-of-Concept, the JSC shall meet periodically as needed, but in no event less than [**], in person (with the location to be at Foundation’s offices in New York City unless otherwise agreed by the Parties) or by teleconference or other electronic means as mutually agreed, to discuss matters within its jurisdiction. In addition, the JSC may agree to hold special meetings at any time on reasonable notice given by the chairperson or the secretary to the other members of the JSC. Unless waived by a party in writing, at least [**] JSC representatives of each party must participate in a meeting of the JSC in order for there to be a quorum at such meeting. The members of the JSC shall seek to make all determinations to be made by them unanimously following full discussion thereof (with each party’s representatives having, collectively, one (1) vote). If the JSC is unable to reach a unanimous decision on any matter within its jurisdiction, the parties’ respective Chief Executive Officers shall meet in person to attempt to resolve the matter in good faith. If the parties’ respective Chief Executive Officers are unable to reach agreement on a matter referred to them pursuant to the foregoing sentence within [**] days after the matter referral, then either party may by written notice to the other submit the matter to Baseball Arbitration as provided in Section 17 of this Second Amendment; provided, however, that the following matters shall not be subject to such referral to Baseball Arbitration, : (i) [**]; (ii) any [**] described in Second Amendment Section [**] as [**] to or [**]; (iii) any changes to [**] for the [**] that would require [**] than contemplated in [**]; (iv) deciding whether to pursue [**] of this Second Amendment in the event of a [**]; and (v) any disputes referred to the CEOs pursuant to Second Amendment Section [**]. Disputes not subject to referral to Baseball Arbitration pursuant clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence shall be resolved as follows: any dispute arising in the JSC with respect to clause (v) shall be decided by [**], and any disputes arising in the JSC with respect to clauses (i) through (iv) may only be resolved by mutual agreement of the parties.”
Second Amendment Section 10(c) is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(c)If Company determines to actively pursue Collaboration Activities, whether at its own initiative or in response to inquiries from Third Parties, Company will first seek input from Foundation through a mutually-agreed team of Foundation representatives
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(the “Foundation Partnering Team”) on the nature, scope, and potential terms of a transaction arising in connection with such Collaboration Activities, as well as a rank-ordered summary list of preferred potential counterparties to such transaction. To the extent prepared by Company rather than received by Company from a potential counterparty, Company shall also provide the Foundation Partnering Team with an opportunity to review a draft term sheet and related materials in support of its proposed Collaboration Activities. The Foundation shall collect input from the Foundation Partnering Team on Company’s overall approach to Collaboration Activities, as well as specific input on any term sheet or related materials provided to the Foundation Partnering Team, and shall promptly provide such input to Company. The initial mutually-agreed members of the Foundation Partnering Team are set forth on Exhibit TA-4. The Foundation may replace the outside counsel member of the Foundation Partnering Team with an alternative outside counsel chosen by the Foundation; such replacement will be effective upon notice to Company. The Foundation may replace any other member of the Foundation Partnering Team with an alternative individual chosen by the Foundation; such replacement will be effective upon PTC’s written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.”
Second Amendment Section 10(e) is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(e)Prior to Company entering into a definitive written agreement with any Third Party in connection with Collaboration Activities, Company shall seek the review and approval of the Foundation by providing the members of the Foundation Partnering Team with a proposed final draft of the definitive written agreement, a summary (which may be oral or written) of the proposed transaction, including an overview of any items or terms subject to finalization in the draft provided, and the timely opportunity (which may include one or more in-person meetings) to discuss such draft and summary and answer the Foundation’s questions with respect thereto. If required by the Company’s confidentiality agreement with the potential counterparty, Company shall have the right to redact financial terms from such proposed final draft of the definitive written agreement. As promptly as reasonably possible, but in no event later then [**] business days following receipt by the Foundation Partnering Team members of such proposed final draft of the definitive written agreement and summary, Foundation shall either approve or deny such proposed transaction; provided, however, that if Company has otherwise complied with requirements of this Second Amendment Section 10, Foundation shall only be entitled to deny such proposed transaction if it agrees either (i) to fund [**] percent ([**]%) of ongoing Development and commercialization costs for the applicable Development Candidate(s) or Product(s), or (ii) [**] or [**] and any related rights pursuant to [**]; and provided further, that failure of Foundation to communicate its approval or denial of a transaction pursuant to Second Amendment Section 10(e) shall entitle PTC to treat the proposed transaction as approved by Foundation. If the Foundation denies approval in accordance with this Second Amendment Section 10(e), Company shall not enter into such proposed definitive written agreement, but shall have the right to continue the applicable negotiations consistent with
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this Second Amendment Section 10 for the purposes of achieving a form of such definitive written agreement acceptable to Foundation.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Third Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date set forth above.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION | |||
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/s/ Mark E. Boulding | | /s/ Florence (Loren) Eng | |||
By: | Mark E. Boulding | | By: | Florence (Loren) Eng | |
Title: | SVP & General Counsel | | Title: | President |
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AMENDMENT No. 4 TO SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
This Fourth Amendment (“Fourth Amendment”) to the Sponsored Research Agreement is effective as of the 22 day of November, 2011 (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”), by and between Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (the “Foundation”) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), with reference to the following facts and circumstances.
WHEREAS Foundation and Company are parties to that certain Sponsored Research Agreement dated as of June 1st, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment on October 12th, 2007, by the Second Amendment on May 1, 2009 (the “Second Amendment”), and by the Third Amendment on January 1, 2011 (as so amended, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to further amend the Agreement to extend the DC Timeline Goal and the Research Term; and
WHEREAS, the parties have been coordinating with respect to Collaboration Activities involving a proposed License and Collaboration Agreement (the “Proposed Roche Agreement”) by and among F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, a Swiss corporation with an office and place of business at Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland (“Roche Basel”) and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., a New Jersey corporation with an office and place of business at 340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, New Jersey 07110, U.S.A. (“Roche Nutley”; Roche Basel and Roche Nutley together referred to as “Roche”) on the first hand, the Company on the second hand and (solely with respect to the Foundation Provisions (as defined in the Proposed Roche Agreement)) the Foundation on the third hand, which Proposed Roche Agreement is expected to be finalized in the near future;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained in this Fourth Amendment, the parties agree as follows:
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Agreement pursuant to Second Amendment Section 10(e), and (c) the effectiveness of this Fourth Amendment Section 3 shall be contingent upon the execution by the Company, Foundation and Roche of the definitive final version of the Proposed Roche Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date set forth above.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION | |||
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/s/ Stuart Peltz | | /s/ Florence Eng (Loren) | |||
By: | Stuart Peltz | | By: | Florence Eng (Loren) | |
Title: | President and CEO | | Title: | President |
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