Second Amendment to Option and License Agreement, dated December 17, 2021, by and between REGENXBIO, Inc. and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc
Exhibit 10.20
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SeCOND AMENDMENT TO OPTION and License Agreement
This SECOND AMENDMENT TO OPTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Second Amendment”) is entered into as of December 17, 2021 (“Second Amendment Effective Date”) by and between REGENXBIO Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, with offices at 9804 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (“Licensor”), and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, with offices at 840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 (“Licensee”). Licensor and Licensee are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
WHEREAS, Licensor and Licensee entered into that certain Option and License Agreement dated March 10, 2015, as amended by that First Amendment to Option and License Agreement dated March 18, 2019 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Licensee has succeeded Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. (“Dimension”) pursuant to Dimension’s merger with and into Licensee; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make certain amendments to the Original Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and covenants contained in this Amendment, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
Event | Date |
Filing of an investigational new drug application with the FDA for the proposed initial clinical trial of a Licensed Product targeting the Licensed Indication | [***] from the Grant Date for the Licensed Indication |
Licensee will provide Licensor written notice within [***] of the accomplishment of the foregoing milestone. If Licensee fails to meet the milestone for a particular Licensed Indication within the Field, the date of the milestone may, at Licensee’s option, be extended for a period of [***] from the original deadline date upon a payment to Licensor of $[***] within [***] of the original deadline date; provided that Licensee will be entitled only to [***] for each Licensed Indication within the Field, and [***] extension will require a separate payment of $[***].
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the Licensed Indication of Wilson Disease, for which Licensee exercised a Commercial Option under the Original Agreement with a Grant Date of August 3, 2015, and for which Licensee has previously extended the date of the milestone by [***], to [***], Licensee is entitled to a second extension of the date of the milestone for an additional period of [***] upon a payment to Licensor of $[***] within [***] days of [***] (“Wilson Extension”). If Licensee extends the date of the milestone for the Licensed Indication of Wilson Disease using the Wilson Extension, Licensee shall pay Licensor the following:
For clarity, the milestone payment set forth in Section 4.2(b) is in addition to any milestone payments set forth in Section 3.3.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, have caused this First Amendment to License Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.
REGENXBIO INC. | ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC. |
By: /s/ Kenneth T. Mills | By: /s/ Vimal Srivastava |
Name: Kenneth T. Mills | Name: Vimal Srivastava |
Title: President & CEO | Title: SVP, Business Development & Alliance Management |
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