Exhibit 10.65
[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
COLLABORATION
AGREEMENT
T HIS C OLLABORATION A GREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of December 11, 2008 (the “
Execution Date ”) by and between E
XELIXIS , I NC ., a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 170
Harbor Way, P.O. Box 511, South San Francisco, California
94083-0511 (“ Exelixis ”), and B
RISTOL -M YERS S QUIBB C OMPANY , a
Delaware corporation headquartered at 345 Park Avenue, New York,
New York, 10154 (“ BMS ”). Exelixis and BMS are
sometimes referred to herein individually as a “ Party
” and collectively as the “ Parties
”.
R ECITALS
A. BMS is a multinational health care company that
has expertise and capability in researching, developing and
marketing human pharmaceuticals.
B. Exelixis is a biotechnology company that has
technology and expertise relating to the discovery and development
of therapeutics that modulate signal transduction pathways involved
in oncology and other disease areas.
C. BMS and Exelixis desire to establish a
collaboration to apply such Exelixis technology and expertise to
the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic and
prophylactic products.
N OW ,
T HEREFORE
, the Parties agree as follows:
Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement (other than the headings of the Sections or
Articles ) have the following meanings set forth in this
Article 1 , or, if not listed in this Article 1 , the
meanings as designated in the text of this Agreement.
1.1
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a particular Party, a
person, corporation, partnership, or other entity that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Party. For the
purposes of the definition in this Section 1.1 , the
word “ control ” (including, with correlative
meaning, the terms “ controlled by ” or “
under the common control with ”) means the actual
power, either directly or indirectly through one (1) or more
intermediaries, to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such entity, whether by the ownership of at least
fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of such entity, by
contract or otherwise.
1.2 “Allowable
Expenses” means
those expenses that are specifically attributable to a Co-Developed
Product in the U.S. and that consist of: [ * ].
1.3 “ANDA”
means an Abbreviated New Drug
Application submitted to the FDA in conformance with applicable
laws and regulations, or the foreign equivalent of any such
application in any other country.
[ * ] = Certain confidential information
contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted
and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
1.4 “Appealable
Matter” means any
dispute between the Parties (or their respective designees or
Committees representatives) concerning: (a) whether the [ * ]
have or may [ * ] have [ * ] the [ * ] of any [ * ]; (b) [ * ]
have or may [ * ] have a [ * ] the [ * ] of any [ * ]. For clarity,
any dispute regarding whether [ * ] shall be an Appealable
Matter.
1.5 “Approved
Plan” means, with
respect to a Product, any one or more of the Global Development
Plans, each Annual Development Plan, the Global Commercialization
Strategy, and the U.S. Commercialization Plan, in each case as
adopted or approved under the terms of this Agreement.
1.6 “BMS Licensed
Know-How” means all
Information (other than Patents) Controlled by BMS and its
Affiliates, including Information Controlled jointly with Exelixis,
as of the Effective Date or during the term of the Agreement that:
(a) covers a Collaboration Compound, a composition containing
a Collaboration Compound, a formulation containing a Collaboration
Compound, or the manufacture or use of a Collaboration Compound;
and (b) is [ * ] for Exelixis to exercise the rights licensed
to it under the Agreement or to perform its obligations to the
Collaboration under the Agreement.
1.7 “BMS Licensed
Patents” means all
Patents Controlled by BMS and its Affiliates, including Patents
Controlled jointly with Exelixis, as of the Effective Date or
during the term of this Agreement that: (a) cover a
Collaboration Compound, a composition containing a Collaboration
Compound, a formulation containing a Collaboration Compound, or the
manufacture or use of a Collaboration Compound; and (b) are [
* ] for Exelixis to exercise the rights licensed to it under the
Agreement or to perform its obligations to the Collaboration under
the Agreement.
1.8 “Change of
Control” means any
transaction in which a Party: (a) sells, conveys or otherwise
disposes of all or substantially all of its property or business;
or (b)(i) merges, consolidates with, or is acquired by any other
Person (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of such Party); or
(ii) effects any other transaction or series of transactions;
in each case of clause (i) or (ii), such that the stockholders
of such Party immediately prior thereto, in the aggregate, no
longer own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or legally, at
least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities
or capital stock of the surviving Person following the closing of
such merger, consolidation, other transaction or series of
transactions. As used in this Section 1.8,
“Person” means any corporation, firm, partnership
or other legal entity.
1.9 “Clinical
Costs” means the
costs incurred by a Party or for its account, during the term and
pursuant to this Agreement, in connection with clinical studies of
a Co-Developed Product in the Co-Development Territory, including
the following: (a) the preparation for, and conduct of,
clinical trials (except for related Manufacturing Costs otherwise
included in Development Costs); (b) data collection and
analysis, and report writing; (c) clinical laboratory work;
and (d) the preparation for, and conduct of, clinical
pharmacology studies (including ADME studies, food-effect studies,
hepatic interference studies, QT assessments, bioequivalence
studies, and drug-drug interaction studies). The Clinical Costs
shall exclude costs incurred in connection with [ * ].
1.10 “Co-Developed
Product” shall mean
an XL184 Product that is not a Royalty-Bearing Product.
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.11 “Co-Development
Territory” shall
mean [ * ].
1.12
“Collaboration” means the collaborative development and
commercialization program between the Parties that is contemplated
by this Agreement.
1.13 “Collaboration
Compounds” means:
(a) XL184; and (b) XL281.
1.14 “Commercial
Costs” means the [
* ] costs that are [ * ] the sales, marketing and education
relating to a Co-Developed Product in the U.S., including:
(a) activities directed to the advertising and marketing of
such Product; (b) professional education (to the extent not
performed by sales representatives), including launch meetings;
(c) costs of advertising, public relations and medical
education agencies; (d) peer-to-peer activities, such as
continuing medical education, grand rounds, and lunch and dinner
meetings; (e) speaker programs, including the training of such
speakers; (f) grants to support continuing medical education
or research (excluding Clinical Costs); (g) development,
publication and dissemination of publications relating to such
Product; (h) developing, obtaining and providing training
packages of such Product, promotional literature, promotional
materials and other selling materials; (i) developing and
performing market research; (j) conducting symposia and
opinion leader development activities; (k) development
reimbursement programs; (l) developing information and data
specifically intended for national accounts, managed care
organizations and group purchasing organizations; (m) [ * ]
incurred in connection with [ * ], to the extent provided therein;
(n) direct expenses relating to selling by non-Affiliate Third
Parties; (o) costs of transporting, housing and maintaining
sales representatives for training; (p) conducting Phase IIIB
Clinical Trials and/or Phase IV Clinical Trials;
(q) administration, operation and maintenance of the sales
force that promotes such Product in the U.S., sales bulletins and
other communications, sales meetings, specialty sales forces,
consultants, call reporting and other monitoring/tracking costs,
district and regional sales management, home office personnel who
support the sales force; and (r) costs associated with Medical
Education Activities, and other ancillary services to the foregoing
(to the extent not otherwise falling within subsections 1.14(a)
through (q) . Commercial Costs shall include costs of such
activities that are undertaken at any time during the term of this
Agreement (including prior to the initial Regulatory Approval of
such Product in the U.S.).
1.15
“Commercialize” means to promote, market, distribute, sell (and
offer for sale or contract to sell) or provide product support for
a Product, including by way of example: (a) detailing and
other promotional activities in support of a Product;
(b) advertising and public relations in support of a Product,
including market research, development and distribution of selling,
advertising and promotional materials, field literature,
direct-to-consumer advertising campaigns, media/journal
advertising, and exhibiting at seminars and conventions;
(c) developing reimbursement programs and information and data
specifically intended for national accounts, managed care
organizations, governmental agencies (e.g., federal, state and
local), and other group purchasing organizations, including
pull-through activities; (d) co-promotion activities not
included in the above; (e) conducting Medical Education
Activities and journal advertising; and (f) [ * ]. For
clarity, “Commercializing” and
“Commercialization” have a correlative
meaning.
1.16
“Committee” means the JEC, JDC, JCC, or JFC, as the case may
be.
1.17 “Committee-Governed
Product” means:
(a) any [ * ]; (b) any [ * ]; and (c) any [ *
].
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.18 “Compendia
Listing” means a
listing for an indication in the United States for a Product that
is supported by a citation in at least one of the following
authoritative drug reference books: (a) the American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists’ American Hospital Formulary
Service (AHFS), or (b) the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Drug
Information, or in another similar authoritative drug reference
book that is relied on by Third Party payors in authorizing
reimbursement for such Product for such indication.
1.19
“Controlled” means, with respect to any compound, material,
Information or intellectual property right, that the Party owns or
has a license to such compound, material, Information or
intellectual property right and has the ability to grant to the
other Party access, a license or a sublicense (as applicable) to
such compound, material, Information or intellectual property right
as provided for herein without violating the terms of any agreement
or other arrangements with any Third Party existing at the time
such Party would be first required hereunder to grant the other
Party such access, license or sublicense.
1.20 “Co-Promotion
Product” means a
Co-Developed Product for which Exelixis has exercised its option to
Co-Promote in the U.S. as set forth in Section 5.4
.
1.21 “Core
Program” shall
mean, with respect to a Product, [ * ] for which any [ * ] or any [
* ] first [ * ] for an indication other than medullary thyroid
cancer with respect to such Product.
1.22
“Development” means, with respect to a Product, those
activities, including research, pre-clinical development
activities, clinical trials, supporting manufacturing activities
and related regulatory activities, that are [ * ] to:
(a) obtain the approval by the applicable Regulatory
Authorities of the Drug Approval Application with respect to such
Product in the applicable regulatory jurisdiction, whether alone or
for use together, or in combination, with another active agent or
pharmaceutical product; (b) maintain such approvals; or
(c) obtain or maintain Compendia Listings with respect to such
Product. To avoid confusion, Development does not include the
conduct of Phase IIIB Clinical Trials or Phase IV Clinical Trials.
For clarity, “ Co-Develop ”,
“Develop” and “Developing”
have a correlative meaning.
1.23 “Development
Costs” means the
costs incurred by a Party or for its account, during the term and
pursuant to this Agreement, that are specifically identifiable (or
reasonably allocable) to the Development of a Co-Developed Product
in the Co-Development Territory and that are directed to achieving
or maintaining Regulatory Approval of such Co-Developed Product in
the Co-Development Territory. The Development Costs shall include
amounts that a Party pays to Third Parties involved in the
Development of a Co-Developed Product ([ * ]), and all internal
costs incurred by a Party in connection with the Development of
such Co-Developed Product. Development Costs include the following:
(a) preclinical costs such as toxicology and formulation
development, test method development, delivery system development,
stability testing and statistical analysis; (b) Clinical
Costs; (c) expenses related to adverse event reporting;
(d) Manufacturing Costs for a Co-Developed Product for use in
preclinical and clinical activities including the manufacture,
purchase or packaging of comparators or placebo for use in clinical
trials (with the manufacturing costs for comparators or placebo to
be determined in the same manner as
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Manufacturing Costs are determined for any
Product, and with the manufacturing costs for active pharmaceutical
ingredients used in combination with a Product to be included at
the cost of the Party providing such active pharmaceutical
ingredient, without additional mark-up), as well as the direct
costs and expenses of disposal of drugs and other supplies used in
such Clinical Trials and any associated release testing and QA/QC
development costs; (e) [ * ] incurred in connection with [ *
], to the extent provided therein; and (f) development of the
Manufacturing process for a Co-Developed Product (including with
respect to any excipients or any active pharmaceutical ingredient
included in such Co-Developed Products) and related scale-up,
manufacturing process validation, manufacturing process
improvements, and qualification and validation of Third Party
contract manufacturers; (g) regulatory expenses relating to
Development activities for the purpose of obtaining Regulatory
Approval for an indication for a Co-Developed Product;
(h) costs of real property rented specifically for Development
activities (to the extent actually used); and (i) other out-of
pocket development expenses including, without limitation
institutional and advisory review boards, investigator meetings,
quality of life studies, epidemiology and outcomes
research.
1.24 “Diligent
Efforts” means the
carrying out of obligations or tasks in a sustained manner
consistent with the commercially reasonable efforts a Party devotes
to a product or a research, development or marketing project of
similar market potential, profit potential or strategic value
resulting from its own research efforts. Diligent Efforts requires
that the Party: (a) [ * ], (b) [ * ], and (c) [ * ]
with respect to such [ * ].
1.25 “Distribution
Costs” means, with
respect to a Co-Developed Product for any period, [ * ] of such
Product during such period to cover the internal costs and out of
pocket costs incurred by the Parties and all of their Affiliates in
connection with the distribution of such Product to a Third Party
in the U.S., including: (i) handling and transportation to
fulfill orders (excluding such costs, if any, treated as a
deduction in the definition of Net Sales); (ii) customer
services, including order entry, billing and adjustments, inquiry
and credit and collection; and (iii) direct cost of storage
and distribution of the Product.
1.26
“Dollars” or
“$” means the legal tender of the United
States.
1.27 “Drug Approval
Application” or
“ DAA ” means: (a) in the United States, an
NDA (or a supplemental NDA for following indications), and
(b) in any other country or regulatory jurisdiction, an
equivalent application for regulatory approval required before
commercial sale or use of a Product (or with respect to a
subsequent indication) in such country or regulatory
jurisdiction.
1.28
“EMEA” means
[ * ] commercial territory, consisting of the following countries
and regions: [ * ]. The EMEA also includes: (a) [ * ];
and (b) exports from [ * ] not separately identified in the
list. For clarity, the specific list of countries and regions may
change to align with any corresponding [ * ].
1.29 “EU”
means the European Union, as its
membership may be altered from time to time, and any successor
thereto. The member countries of the European Union as of the
Execution Date are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.30 “Executive
Officers” means:
(a) in the case of Exelixis, the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Exelixis; and (b) in the case of BMS, either:
(i) [ * ]; or (ii) the [ * ].
1.31 “Exelixis Clinical
Trials” means:
(a) On-going Exelixis Trials; and (b) New Exelixis
Trials.
1.32 “ Exelixis Existing Patents ”
means all: (a) patents included in Exelixis Licensed Patents
that: (i) exist as of the Effective Date, or (ii) that
are substitutions, extensions, registrations, confirmations,
reissues, re-examinations, supplementary protection certificates,
confirmation patents, patents of additions, renewals or any like
filings of the patents described in subsection (a)(i) or the
patents issuing from the applications described in subsection (b);
(b) pending applications included in Exelixis Licensed Patents
that: (i) exist as of the Effective Date; or (ii) that
are continuations, divisions or continuations-in-part of those
patents or applications described in subsection (a) or
subsection (b)(i), as well as all patents issuing therefrom; and
(c) any international counterparts, and counterparts in any
country, to clauses (a) and (b) above.
1.33 “Exelixis Licensed
Know-How ” means all Information (other than Patents)
Controlled by Exelixis and its Affiliates, including Information
Controlled jointly with BMS, as of the Effective Date or during the
term of this Agreement that: (a) covers a Collaboration
Compound, a composition containing a Collaboration Compound, a
formulation containing a Collaboration Compound, or the manufacture
or use of a Collaboration Compound; and (b) is [ * ] for BMS
to exercise the rights licensed to it under the Agreement or to
perform its obligations to the Collaboration under the
Agreement.
1.34 “Exelixis Licensed
Patents” means all
Patents Controlled by Exelixis and its Affiliates, including
Patents Controlled jointly with BMS, as of the Effective Date or
during the term of this Agreement that: (a) cover a
Collaboration Compound, a composition containing a Collaboration
Compound, a formulation containing a Collaboration Compound, or the
manufacture or use of a Collaboration Compound; and (b) are [
* ] for BMS to exercise the rights licensed to it under the
Agreement or to perform its obligations to the Collaboration under
the Agreement.
1.35 “FDA”
means the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, and any successor thereto.
1.36 “FTE”
means the equivalent of the work of
one (1) employee full time for one (1) year consisting of
a total of [ * ] hours per year (or such other number as may be
agreed to by the JFC) directly related to the Development or
Commercialization of any Co-Developed Product, or any other
activities contemplated under this Agreement. Any individual
who devotes less than [ * ] hours per year (or such other number as
may be agreed by the JFC) shall be treated as an FTE on a pro-rata
basis upon the actual number of hours worked divided by [ * ] (or
such other number as may be agreed by the JFC). Unless
modified by the JFC, the [ * ] figure shall be used without regard
to the Parties’ own internal definition of the number of
hours that comprises an FTE.
1.37
“GAAP” means
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
1.38 “[ *
]” means, with
respect to a particular Product in a country, [ * ] such Product ([
* ]; and (b) is [ * ] or otherwise).
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.39 “HSR
Act” means the U.S.
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
from time to time, and the rules, regulations, guidance and
requirements promulgated thereunder as may be in effect from time
to time.
1.40 “Identified
Target(s)” means,
with respect to a Collaboration Compound, the set of one or more
biological targets (as applicable) identified on Exhibit
1.40 .
1.41 “IND”
means an Investigational New Drug
Application submitted to the FDA in conformance with applicable
laws and regulations, or the foreign equivalent of any such
application in any other country.
1.42
“Information” means information, results and data of any type
whatsoever, in any tangible or intangible form whatsoever,
including, pre-clinical data, clinical trial data, databases,
practices, methods, techniques, specifications, formulations,
formulae, knowledge, know-how, skill, experience, test data
including pharmacological, biological, chemical, biochemical,
toxicological and clinical test data, analytical and quality
control data, stability data, studies and procedures. For clarity,
Information does not include any Patents.
1.43
“Invention” means any and all inventions and improvements
thereto, invented or discovered by or on behalf of a Party (and/or
its Affiliates) in the performance of its obligations, or the
exercise of its rights, under this Agreement.
1.44 “Joint
Invention” means
any Invention invented or discovered jointly by or on behalf of the
employee(s), contractor(s) or agent(s) of both Parties (and/or
their Affiliates).
1.45
“Knowledge” means, with respect of a Party, the good faith [
* ] facts and information in the possession of an [ * ] of such
Party, or any [ * ] of, or [ * ], such Party or its Affiliates, [ *
] execution of this Agreement. For purposes of this definition, an
“[ * ]” means any person in the [ * ] of a
Party.
1.46
“Launch” means, for each Product in each country, the
first arm’s-length sale to a Third Party for use or
consumption by the public of such Product in such country after
Regulatory Approval of such Product in such country. A Launch shall
not include any Product sold for use in clinical trials, for
research or for other non-commercial uses, or that is supplied as
part of a compassionate use or similar program.
1.47 “Major European
Countries” means
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
1.48 “Major
Territory” means
each of the following territories: (a) [ * ].
1.49 “Major Tumor
Indication” means
one of the following indications: [ * ].
1.50
“Manufacturing” means all activities related to the production,
manufacture, processing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling,
inspection, receiving, holding and shipping of Collaboration
Compounds, Products, or any raw materials or packaging materials
with respect thereto, or any intermediate of any of the foregoing,
including process and cost optimization, process qualification and
validation, commercial manufacture, stability and release testing,
quality assurance and quality control. For clarity,
“Manufacture” has a correlative
meaning.
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.51 “Manufacturing
Costs” means costs
that relate to a Co-Developed Product which is: (a) supplied
by a Third Party; or (b) manufactured directly by a Party or
its Affiliate, in each case to the extent such costs relate to the
Development of such Product or the Commercialization of such
Product in the U.S., as further described below and as allocated in
accordance with GAAP.
For costs in subsection
1.51(a) , Manufacturing Costs means: (i) the amount paid
to such a Third Party ([ * ]); plus (ii) the relevant
manufacturing Party’s reasonable direct and identifiable
internal costs and out-of-pocket costs, incurred or accrued
(including any prepayments) by the manufacturing Party in
connection with manufacturing process improvements, storage,
manufacturing scale-up, manufacturing site qualification, quality
assurance and quality control (including testing), supply chain
management, capital equipment, similar activities comprising the
manufacturing Party’s oversight of the manufacturing process
of the non-Affiliate Third Party, and any non-recoverable
value-added tax or similar tax due for amounts paid to such Third
Party.
For costs in subsection
1.51(b) , Manufacturing Costs means the “standard
cost” per unit, including variances to standard costs and
inventory write-offs. This standard cost shall include the cost of
raw materials, labor, and other direct and identifiable variable
costs incurred or accrued by the manufacturing Party in connection
with the Manufacture of a Co-Developed Product, manufacturing
process improvements, storage, manufacturing scale-up,
manufacturing site qualification, quality assurance and quality
control (including testing), supply chain management, and costs of
equipment, plant operations and plant support services necessary to
produce such Co-Developed Product. These costs of plant operations
and support services shall include [ * ] and other similar
activities, including [ * ]. Costs that cannot be identified to a
specific activity supporting manufacturing of a Co-Developed
Product, such as charges for corporate overhead that are not
controllable by the Manufacturing plant, shall be [ * ] from the
determination of Manufacturing Cost.
Subject to the preceding paragraph,
“standard cost” per unit for purposes of ongoing cost
accounting purposes shall be calculated in accordance with [ * ].
The Parties shall reconcile the standard cost charges and
appropriate credit or payment shall be made to effect such
reconciliation as directed by the JFC not less than annually
against the above Manufacturing Cost definition.
The Manufacturing Costs shall
include costs of such activities that are undertaken at any time
during the term of this Agreement (including [ * ]). The
Manufacturing Costs for any active pharmaceutical ingredients used
in combination with a Product shall be included at the cost of the
Party providing such active pharmaceutical ingredient, without
additional mark-up.
1.52 “Medical Education
Activities” means
activities designed to ensure or improve appropriate medical use
of, conduct medical education of, or further research regarding, a
Co-Developed Product sold in the U.S., including by way of example:
(a) activities of medical sales liaisons; (b) grants to
support continuing medical education, symposia, or research related
to such Product in the U.S. (excluding Phase IV Clinical Trials and
Development activities conducted for purposes of obtaining an
initial Regulatory Approval for an indication for such Product in
the U.S.); (c) development, publication and dissemination of
publications relating to such Product in the U.S., as well as
medical information services provided in response to inquiries
communicated via sales representatives or received by letter, phone
call or email; and (d) conducting advisory board meetings or
other consultant programs, the purpose of which is to obtain advice
and feedback related to the Development or Commercialization of
such Product in the U.S.
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[ * ] = Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.53 “MMA”
means the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, as may be amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation thereto.
1.54 “NDA”
means a New Drug Application
submitted to the FDA in conformance with applicable laws and
regulations.
1.55 “Net
Sales” means the
amount invoiced or otherwise billed by BMS, or its Affiliate or
sublicensee, for sales or other commercial disposition of a Product
to a Third Party purchaser, less the following to the extent
included in such billing or otherwise actually allowed or incurred
with respect to such sales: (a) discounts, including cash,
trade and quantity discounts, price reduction programs, retroactive
price adjustments with respect to sales of a product, charge-back
payments and rebates granted to managed health care organizations
or to federal, state and local governments (or their respective
agencies, purchasers and reimbursers) or to trade customers,
including but not limited to, wholesalers and chain and pharmacy
buying groups; (b) credits or allowances actually granted upon
rejections or returns of Products, including for recalls or damaged
goods; (c) freight, postage, shipping and insurance charges
actually allowed or paid for delivery of Products, to the extent
billed; (d) customs duties, surcharges and other governmental
charges incurred in connection with the exportation or importation
of a Product; (e) bad debts relating to sales of Products that
are actually written off by BMS in accordance with GAAP during the
applicable calculation period; (f) costs due to the factoring
of receivables; and (g) taxes, duties or other governmental
charges levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed on sale of
Products, including value-added taxes, or other governmental
charges otherwise measured by the billing amount, when included in
billing, as adjusted for rebates and refunds, but specifically
excluding taxes based on net income of the seller; provided that
all of the foregoing deductions are calculated in accordance with
GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any Product is sold under a bundled or capitated arrangement with
other BMS products, then, solely for the purpose of calculating Net
Sales under this Agreement, any discount on such Products sold
under such an arrangement shall be [ * ] for the applicable
accounting period. In case of any dispute as to the applicable [ *
] under the preceding sentence, the determination of same shall be
calculated and certified by [ * ], whose decision shall be
binding.
A sale of a Product is deemed to
occur upon invoicing. [ * ].
For sake of clarity and avoidance of
doubt, sales by BMS, its Affiliates or sublicensees of a Product to
[ * ]. Any Products [ * ] considered in determining Net Sales
hereunder.
In the event a Product is sold as an
end-user product consisting of a combination of active functional
elements or as a combined product and/or service, Net Sales, for
purposes of determining royalty payments on such Product, shall be
calculated by multiplying the Net Sales of the end-user product
and/or service by the fraction A over A+B, in which A is the gross
selling price (in the applicable country) of the Product portion of
the end-user product and/or service when such Product is sold
separately during the applicable accounting period in which the
sales of the end-user product were made, and B is the gross selling
price (in the applicable country) of the other active
elements
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
and/or service, as the case may be, of the
end-user product and/or service sold separately during the
accounting period in question. All gross selling prices of the
elements of such end-user product and/or service shall be
calculated as the average gross selling price of the said elements
during the applicable accounting period for which the Net Sales are
being calculated. In the event that, in any country or countries,
no separate sale of either such above-designated Product or such
above designated elements of the end-user product and/or service
are made during the accounting period in which the sale was made or
if gross retail selling price for an active functional element,
component or service, as the case may be, cannot be determined for
an accounting period, Net Sales allocable to the Product in each
such country shall be determined by mutual agreement reached in
good faith by the Parties prior to the end of the accounting period
in question based on an equitable method of determining same that
takes into account, on a country-by-country basis, variations in
potency, the relative contribution of each active agent, component
or service, as the case may be, in the combination, and relative
value to the end user of each active agent, component or service,
as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties
agree that, for purposes of this paragraph, drug delivery vehicles,
adjuvants, and excipients shall not be deemed to be “
active ingredients ” or “ active functional
elements ”.
1.56 “New Exelixis
Trials” means the
new or expanded clinical trials that are described in the Global
Development Plan included in a letter agreement, which the Parties
shall enter into and which will be incorporated by reference herein
(the “ Letter Agreement ”), and any other trials
that are designated as New Exelixis Trials by the JDC.
1.57 “On-Going Exelixis
Trials” means the
clinical trials that are described in the Global Development Plan
included in the Letter Agreement and that are on-going as of the
Effective Date.
1.58 “Operating Profit (or
Loss)” means Net
Sales of Co-Developed Products in the U.S. less Allowable Expenses
in the U.S. For sake of clarity, Operating Profit (or Loss) shall
be determined [ * ], and if such terms are used individually,
“ Operating Profit ” shall mean a positive
Operating Profit (or Loss), and “ Operating Loss
” shall mean a negative Operating Profit (or
Loss).
1.59
“Patent” means all: (a) unexpired letters patent
(including inventor’s certificates and utility models) which
have not been held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken or has been taken
within the required time period (and which have not been admitted
to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or
otherwise, or been abandoned in accordance with or as permitted by
the terms of this Agreement or by mutual written agreement),
including any substitution, extension, registration, confirmation,
reissue, re-examination, supplementary protection certificates,
confirmation patents, patent of additions, renewal or any like
filing thereof; (b) pending applications for letters patent
which have not been canceled, withdrawn from consideration, finally
determined to be unallowable by the applicable governmental
authority or court for whatever reason (and from which no appeal is
or can be taken), and/or abandoned in accordance with or as
permitted by the terms of this Agreement or by mutual written
consent, including any continuation, division or
continuation-in-part thereof and any provisional or other priority
applications; and (c) any international counterparts, and
counterparts in any country, to clauses (a) and
(b) above.
1.60 “Phase I Clinical
Trial” means a
clinical trial of a Product on sufficient numbers of normal
volunteers and/or patients that is designed to establish that such
Product is safe for its intended use, can be delivered in a dose(s)
that is therapeutically useful, and to support its continued
testing in Phase II Clinical Trials.
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.61 “Phase II Clinical
Trial” means a
Phase IIa Clinical Trial or a Phase IIb Clinical Trial.
1.62 “Phase IIa Clinical
Trial” means a
controlled clinical trial of a Product that utilizes the
pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information obtained from one
(1) or more previously conducted Phase I Clinical Trial(s)
and/or other Phase IIa Clinical Trial(s) in order to confirm the
optimal manner of use of such Product (dose and dose regimens) and
to better determine safety and efficacy.
1.63 “Phase IIb Clinical
Trial” means a
clinical trial of a Product on sufficient numbers of patients that
is designed to provide a preliminary determination of safety and
efficacy of such Product in the target patient population over a
range of doses and dose regimens.
1.64 “Phase III Clinical
Trial” means a
clinical trial of a Product on sufficient numbers of patients that
is designed to establish that such Product is safe and efficacious
for its intended use, and to define warnings, precautions and
adverse reactions that are associated with such Product in the
dosage range to be prescribed, and to support Regulatory Approval
of such Product or label expansion of such Product.
1.65 “Phase IIIb Clinical
Trial” means a
clinical trial of a Product, initiated before regulatory approval
and is not required for same, but which may provide data that
further defines how and where the drug should be used. A Phase IIIb
Clinical Trial may include epidemiological studies, modeling and
pharmacoeconomic studies, and investigator-sponsored clinical
trials that are approved by the JDC and that otherwise fit the
foregoing definition.
1.66 “Phase IV Clinical
Trial” means a
product support clinical trial of a Product commenced after receipt
of Regulatory Approval in the country where such trial is
conducted. A Phase IV Clinical Trial may include epidemiological
studies, modeling and pharmacoeconomic studies, and
investigator-sponsored clinical trials studying Product that are
approved by the JDC and that otherwise fit the foregoing
definition.
1.67
“Product” means any therapeutic or prophylactic product
(for use in animals or humans) that contains or comprises a
Collaboration Compound.
1.68 “Program
Backups” means,
with respect to a Collaboration Compound, any compounds that:
(a) were created by BMS or Exelixis as part of a Backup
Program pursuant to Section 2.12 for such Collaboration
Compound; and (b) [ * ] such Collaboration Compound’s
Identified Target(s) [ * ].
1.69 “Registrational
Trial” means, with
respect to a given Product, either: (a) a Phase III Clinical
Trial with such Product; or (b) a Phase IIb Clinical Trial
that, at the time of commencement, is expected to be the basis for
initial Regulatory Approval of such Product.
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.70 “Regulatory
Approval” means any
and all approvals (including Drug Approval Applications,
supplements, amendments, pre- and post-approvals, pricing and
reimbursement approvals), licenses, registrations or authorizations
of any Regulatory Authority, national, supra-national (e.g., the
European Commission or the Council of the EU), regional, state or
local regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council or
other governmental entity, that are necessary for the manufacture,
distribution, use or sale of a Product in a regulatory
jurisdiction.
1.71 “Regulatory
Authority” means
the applicable national (e.g., the FDA), supra-national (e.g., the
European Commission or the Council of the EU), regional, state or
local regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council or
other governmental entity that, in each case, governs the approval
of a Product in such applicable regulatory jurisdiction.
1.72 “Regulatory
Expenses” means
costs incurred to prepare product regulatory submissions and to
obtain and maintain Regulatory Approval in the U.S. and to comply
with Regulatory Approvals and requirements of Regulatory
Authorities, including FDA user and other fees, reporting and
regulatory affairs activities, and recalls and withdrawals for a
Co-Developed Product, and other than costs for such Co-Developed
Product that are deductible from Net Sales or that are included as
Development Costs.
1.73 “Royalty-Bearing
Product” means:
(a) any Product containing or comprising XL281 (but not
XL184); or (b) any XL184 Product for which either: (i) an
opt-out has occurred pursuant to Sections 3.9(a), 3.10, or
5.4(d); or (ii) BMS has converted Exelixis’ right
to profit-share pursuant to Section 11.3(b)
.
1.74 “Royalty
Territory” means
the world, excluding the U.S.
1.75 “Sole
Invention” means
any Invention invented or discovered solely by or on behalf of a
Party (or its Affiliate) and its employees, contractors and/or
agents.
1.76 “Target Potency
Threshold” means:
(a) with respect to XL184, that such compound [ * ]; and
(b) with respect to XL281, that such compound [ *
].
1.77
“Territory” means the world.
1.78 “Third
Party” means any
entity other than: (a) Exelixis; (b) BMS; or (c) an
Affiliate of either Party.
1.79 “Third Party
Royalties” means
royalties (in each case only to the extent allocable to the U.S.)
payable to a Third Party in consideration for rights [ * ] for the
[ * ] of an XL184 Product (other than a Royalty-Bearing Product
containing or comprising XL184).
1.80 “Trademark
Costs” mean the
fees and expenses paid to outside counsel and other Third Parties,
direct costs of in-house counsel and filing and maintenance
expenses, incurred in connection with the establishment and
maintenance of rights under trademarks applicable to a Co-Developed
Product in the U.S., including costs of filing and registration
fees, actions to enforce or maintain a trademark and other
proceedings.
1.81 “United
States” or
“U.S.” means the United States of America, and
its territories, districts and possessions.
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
1.82 “Valid
Claim” means:
(a) a claim in an issued Patent that has not: (i) expired
or been canceled; (ii) been declared invalid by an unreversed
and unappealable or unappealed decision of a court or other
appropriate body of competent jurisdiction; (iii) been
admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer
or otherwise; or (iv) been abandoned in accordance with or as
permitted by the terms of this Agreement or by mutual written
agreement of the Parties; or (b) a claim under an application
for a Patent that has been pending for [ * ], and, in any case,
which has not been canceled, withdrawn from consideration, finally
determined to be unallowable by the applicable governmental
authority or court for whatever reason (and from which no appeal is
or can be taken), or abandoned.
1.83
“XL184” means: (a) the small molecule compound with
Exelixis identifier EXEL-02977184; (b) the small molecule
compounds listed on Schedule B of the Letter Agreement;
(c) any Program Backups to EXEL-02977184; and (d) any
isomer, racemate, salt, solvate, hydrate, metabolite, conjugate,
ester, or prodrug of the compound described in subsections
1.83(a), (b) or (c) .
1.84 “XL184
Product” means a
Product containing or comprising XL184.
1.85
“XL281” means: (a) the small molecule compound with
Exelixis identifier EXEL-03832819; (b) the small molecule
compounds listed on Schedule C of the Letter Agreement;
(c) any Program Backups to EXEL-03832819; and (d) any
isomer, racemate, salt, solvate, hydrate, metabolite, conjugate,
ester, or prodrug of the compound described in subsections
1.85(a), (b) or (c) .
1.86 “XL281
Product” means a
Product containing or comprising XL281.
1.87
“XL880” means: (a) the small molecule compound with
Exelixis identifier EXEL-03052880; (b) the small molecule
compounds specifically related to EXEL-03052880 and licensed by
Exelixis to SmithKline Beecham Corporation (doing business as
GlaxoSmithKline, “ GSK ”) together with
EXEL-03052880; and (c) any isomer, racemate, salt, solvate,
hydrate, metabolite, conjugate, ester, or prodrug of the compound
described in subsections 1.87(a) or (b) .
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Additional
Definitions
The following table identifies the
location of definitions set forth in various Sections of the
Agreement.
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Location (Section)
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Alliance Manager
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2.7(a)
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[ * ] Cap
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3.8(b)(ii)
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[ * ] Deferred Development Costs
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3.8(b)(iii)(2)
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Annual Development Plan
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3.2(a)
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Backup Program
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2.12(a)
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Backup Program Trigger Date
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2.12(b)
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Backup Research Plan
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2.12(a)
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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BMS Initial Backup Funding
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2.12(d)(i)
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Cash Reserves
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3.10
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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Confidential Information
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10.1
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Co-Promotion Agreement
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5.4(a)
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Co-Promotion Notice
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5.4(b)
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Co-Promotion Option
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5.4(a)
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Deferral End Point
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3.8(b)(i)
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Development Cost Mechanism
Amount
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3.8(b)(iii)(1)
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Effective Date
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12.6
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Exelixis Initial Funding
Allocation
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3.8(a)(i)
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Global Commercialization
Strategy
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5.2(a)
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Global Deferred Development
Costs
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3.8(b)(iii)(1)
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Global Development Plan
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3.1(a)
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GSK
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1.87
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Indication Opt-Out
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3.9(b)
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JAMS
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7.1(b)(i)(3)
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Joint Commercialization Committee
or JCC
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2.1(a)
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Joint Development and Regulatory
Committee or
JDC
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2.1(a)
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Joint Executive Committee
or JEC
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2.1(a)
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Joint Finance Committee or JFC
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2.1(a)
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Letter Agreement
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1.56
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Losses
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13.1
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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Party Implementation Matter
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2.6(c)(ii)
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Party Vote
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2.6(c)(i)
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Pharmacovigilance Agreement
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4.7
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Product Opt-Out
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3.9(a)(i)
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Royalty Bearing Product Development
Expenses
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3.11(b)
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Royalty Term
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8.10
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Sales Threshold
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8.4(b)
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[ * ]
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[ * ]
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Term
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11.1
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U.S. Commercialization Plan
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5.2(a)
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Working Group
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2.6(f)
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
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2.
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MANAGEMENT
OF COLLABORATION
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2.1 General.
(a) Role of
Committees. Subject to
Section 2.1(b) and the other terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the Parties shall establish: (i) a joint
executive committee (the “ Joint Executive Committee
” or “ JEC ”) that will oversee the
Collaboration and facilitate communications between the Parties
with respect to the Development, Regulatory Approval, and
Commercialization of Committee-Governed Products hereunder; and
(ii) three (3) specialized joint committees consisting of
one to focus on each of the following areas arising out of the
Collaboration: (A) Development and Regulatory Approval and
other regulatory matters (such committee, the “ Joint
Development and Regulatory Committee ” or “
JDC ”); (B) Commercialization (such committee,
the “ Joint Commercialization Committee ” or
“ JCC ”); and (C) financial issues (such
committee, the “ Joint Finance Committee ” or
“ JFC ”). Each Committee shall have the
responsibilities and authority allocated to it in this Article
2 and elsewhere in this Agreement. It is contemplated
that: (X) all significant matters (other than Party
Implementation Matters, as defined in
Section 2.6(c)(ii) ) relating to the pre-clinical and
clinical Development of Committee-Governed Products and the
Commercialization of Co-Developed Products, in each case under this
Agreement will be addressed by the applicable first-tier Committees
( i.e ., the JDC, the JCC, or the JFC) and, if appropriate,
by the JEC, as contemplated by Section 2.6(c) ; and
(Y) the Parties’ respective activities under this
Agreement (including Party Implementation Matters) will be reported
to the relevant Committees in a reasonable and appropriate level of
detail. Each of the JDC, JCC, and the JFC shall provide, on a [ * ]
basis (unless otherwise requested by the JEC), updates on its
activities and achievements to the JEC for review and comment. The
Parties intend that their respective organizations will work
together to assure the success of the Collaboration.
(b) Limitations on the Authority
of Committees. Notwithstanding the Committee structure
established pursuant to Section 2.1(a) to oversee the
Collaboration, each Party shall retain the rights, powers and
discretion granted to it under this Agreement, and no such rights,
powers, or discretion shall be delegated to or vested in a
Committee unless such delegation or vesting of rights is expressly
provided for in this Agreement or the Parties expressly so agree in
writing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no
Committee shall have any authority or jurisdiction
to: (i) amend, modify, or waive compliance with this
Agreement, any of which shall require mutual written agreement of
the Parties; (ii) interpret this Agreement, or determine
whether or not a Party has met its diligence or other obligations
under the Agreement or whether or not a breach of this Agreement
has occurred; (iii) require Exelixis to [ * ] (other than [ *
], [ * ] that are carried out in accordance with the [ * ], and any
[ * ] obligations with respect to [ * ] that are set forth in the
applicable [ * ]) without Exelixis’ express written consent
([ * ]); (iv) require Exelixis to [ * ] (other than [ * ], [ *
] that are carried out in accordance with [ * ], and any [ * ] with
respect to [ * ] that are set forth in the applicable [ * ])
without Exelixis’ express written consent (which [ * ]);
(v) require BMS to [ * ] (other than [ * ]) without BMS’
express written consent (which [ * ]); (vi) make any decision
on any matter that this Agreement expressly states is an option or
election to be made by a Party; (vii) make any retroactive
updates, amendments and modifications to, or waivers of provisions
of, a Clinical Plan, an Annual Clinical Plan or an Approved Plan,
any which shall require the mutual agreement of the Parties; and
(viii) such other matters as are reserved to the consent,
approval, agreement or other decision-making authority of one or
both Parties in this
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Agreement and that are not required
by this Agreement to be considered by one or more Committees prior
to the exercise of such consent, approval or other decision-making
authority. For clarity, a Party’s right to cast a deciding
vote on a matter in a Committee pursuant to Article 2 shall
not, in and of itself, subject such matter to the preceding
sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Party shall be
restricted from bringing before any appropriate Committee for
discussion any matter relating to the Collaboration that it
believes warrants discussion between the Parties through the
Committees, provided that the consideration of any such
matter by any Committee shall not infringe or limit the exercise of
a Party’s right of consent or approval or other
decision-making authority granted to it by this Agreement nor shall
any such consideration, as contemplated by this sentence, subject
any such right of consent or approval or other decision-making
authority to any dispute resolution mechanism provided for in
Section 2.6(c) or Article 14 or elsewhere in
this Agreement.
(c) Discontinuation of
Participation on a Committee. Each Committee shall continue to exist until the
first to occur of: (i) the Parties mutually agreeing to
disband the Committee, or (ii) a Party providing to the other
Party written notice of its intention to disband and no longer
participate in such Committee. Once one Party has provided the
other Party written notice as referred to in subclause
(ii) above, such Committee shall have no further obligations
under this Agreement and such other Party receiving such notice
shall have the right to solely decide, without consultation, any
matters previously before such Committee, subject to the other
terms of this Agreement.
2.2 Joint Executive
Committee.
(a) Formation and
Purpose. Exelixis
and BMS shall establish the JEC within [ * ] after the Effective
Date. Subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.6(c) ,
the JEC shall have overall responsibility for the success of the
Collaboration, and its general areas of responsibility shall
be: (a) to determine the global Development, regulatory,
Commercialization, and manufacturing strategy for the
Collaboration; (b) to coordinate the Parties’ activities
hereunder; and (c) as applicable, to review, comment on,
approve, and resolve disputes with respect to, plans and budgets
for, and the implementation of, the Collaboration, including the
specific responsibilities of the JEC outlined below, in each case
(clauses (a), (b) and (c) above) solely with respect to
Committee-Governed Products. The JEC shall have the membership
and shall operate by the procedures set forth in
Section 2.6 .
(b) Specific Responsibilities of
the JEC. In
addition to its overall responsibility for the Collaboration, but
subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.6(c) , the JEC
shall, in particular, have the following specific responsibilities
with respect to Committee-Governed Products:
(i) approve the global Development, regulatory and
Commercialization strategies for the Collaboration;
(ii) coordinate the Parties’ activities
hereunder;
(iii) approve plans and budgets for the Collaboration
proposed by the JDC or JCC;
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(iv) review all significant and strategic issues
within the purview of the various Committees;
(v) manage and oversee the Development and
Commercialization of each Product pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement;
(vi) review and approve any material amendments to
the Approved Plans and any other items submitted to the JEC by the
JDC or JCC;
(vii) oversee life cycle management of, and
intellectual property protection for, a Product;
(viii) provide a forum for dispute resolution;
and
(ix) such other responsibilities as may be assigned
to the JEC pursuant to the Agreement or as may be agreed between
the Parties from time to time.
2.3 Joint Development and
Regulatory Committee.
(a) Formation and
Purpose. Exelixis and BMS
shall establish the JDC within [ * ] after the Effective
Date. Subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.6(c) , the JDC
shall oversee, coordinate and expedite the Development of, and the
making of regulatory filings for, each Product worldwide in order
to obtain Regulatory Approvals (or Compendia Listings, as
applicable). The JDC will also facilitate the flow of
information with respect to Development activities being conducted
for each Committee-Governed Product and oversee Development
activities required to support Regulatory Approvals (or Compendia
Listings, as applicable). The JDC shall have the membership
and shall operate by the procedures set forth in
Section 2.6 .
(b) Specific Responsibilities of
the JDC. In
support of its responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and
expediting the Development of, and regulatory filings for, each
Product, but subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.6(c) , the JDC
shall, in particular, and solely with respect to Committee-Governed
Products:
(i) monitor Development activities, including with
respect to operational matters such as enrollment strategies, site
selection, CRO contract strategies;
(ii) prepare the Global Development Plan and each
Annual Development Plan;
(iii) review all material information generated in the
course of implementing the Global Development Plan and the Annual
Development Plans;
(iv) assist in coordinating scientific interactions
and division of responsibilities with respect to Development
activities, and resolving disagreements during the course of
implementing the Global Development Plan and the Annual Development
Plans;
(v) design, in collaboration with the JCC,
pharmacoeconomic studies or Phase IV Clinical Trials;
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(vi) monitor and coordinate all regulatory actions,
communications and submissions for Products, including establishing
the schedule and implementation strategy for all regulatory filings
for Products;
(vii) provide on a quarterly basis updates on its
activities and achievements to the JEC for review and
comment;
(viii) monitor the implementation of any Backup
Programs; and
(ix) such other responsibilities as may be assigned
to the JDC pursuant to the Agreement or as may be agreed between
the Parties from time to time.
2.4 Joint Commercialization
Committee.
(a) Formation and
Purpose. Exelixis
and BMS shall establish the JCC within [ * ] after [ * ], which
Committee shall, subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.6(c) ,
oversee: (i) the Commercialization strategy of each
Co-Developed Product in the Co-Development Territory; and
(ii) the Commercialization of such Products in the U.S.
including the marketing, sales and distribution of each such
Product in the U.S. The JCC shall have the membership and shall
operate by the procedures set forth in Section 2.6
.
(b) Specific Responsibilities of
the JCC. In
support of its responsibilities as described in clause
(a) above, the JCC shall, subject to Sections 2.1(b) and
2.6(c) , perform the following activities solely with respect
to Co-Developed Products:
(i) prepare the Global Commercialization Strategy
and the U.S. Commercialization Plan, and any updates
thereto;
(ii) review the allocation of Commercialization
responsibilities between the Parties to ensure consistency with the
terms of this Agreement, the Global Commercialization Strategy, and
the U.S. Commercialization Plan;
(iii) coordinate and oversee the Parties’ plans
for labeling, branding and selecting trademarks for each such
Product;
(iv) review life cycle management
opportunities;
(v) review pricing and reimbursement strategies with
respect to Products in the Royalty Territory and
(vi) With respect to Co-Developed Products in the
U.S. only:
(1) review and approve advertising materials and
strategies and promotional materials developed by a Party for the
Parties’ Sales Representatives;
(2) approve the selection of major or key marketing
vendors (e.g., public relations and advertising agencies and
medical education agencies);
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1934, as amended.
(3) approve pricing and reimbursement, patient
assistance, vendor return and co-pay strategies;
(4) design, in collaboration with the JDC,
pharmacoeconomic studies or Phase IV Clinical Trials;
(5) approve market research plans;
(6) approve and coordinate all sales force
activities, including training, number, proportion of time to be
devoted to promotion, and territory alignment;
(7) approve packaging designs, and oversee
educational and professional symposia, and speaker and peer-to-peer
activity programs;
(8) discuss a range of suggested prices at which
such Product will be sold to unaffiliated Third Parties and any
discount strategies for such Product (it being understood that BMS
will determine all pricing and reimbursement terms for such
Products sold to customers);
(9) review of each Party’s reports pertaining
to its Commercial Costs; and
(10) review early access and compassionate use
programs.
(c) Available
Resources. Except as
otherwise provided in Article 5 or any applicable
Co-Promotion Agreement, the JCC shall, in allocating
responsibilities between the Parties with respect to
Commercialization activities for Co-Promotion Products under this
Agreement in the United States: (i) endeavor to take advantage
of the respective resources, capabilities and expertise of Exelixis
and BMS; and (ii) endeavor to: (A) maintain, to the
extent reasonably practical and commercially appropriate,
continuity in functions and commitments of personnel and physical
resources of the Parties; (B) avoid duplication of efforts by
the Parties; and (C) foster efficient use by the Parties of
resources and personnel, consistent with this Agreement and the
applicable Global Commercialization Strategy and the applicable
U.S. Commercialization Plan. For clarity, BMS shall be solely
responsible for the Commercialization of each Product in the
Royalty Territory and for each Royalty-Bearing Product in the
United States.
2.5 Joint Finance
Committee. Exelixis and
BMS shall establish a JFC within [ * ] after the Effective Date.
The JFC shall provide support to all other Committees with respect
to accounting and financial matters relating to Committee-Governed
Products. The JFC shall have the membership and shall operate by
the procedures set forth in Section 2.6 .
2.6 General Committee Membership
and Procedures.
(a) Membership.
Each Committee shall be composed of
such number of representatives as may be agreed by the Parties.
Each of BMS and Exelixis shall designate representatives with
appropriate expertise to serve as members of each Committee, and
each representative may serve on more than one Committee as
appropriate in view of the individual’s expertise. Each
Party may replace its Committee representatives at any time upon
written notice to
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Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
the other Party. Each Committee
shall have co-chairpersons. BMS and Exelixis shall each select
from their representatives a co-chairperson for each of the
Committees, and each Party may change its designated
co-chairpersons from time to time upon written notice to the other
Party. The Alliance Managers shall be responsible for calling
meetings, preparing and circulating an agenda in advance of each
meeting of such Committee, and preparing and issuing minutes of
each meeting within [ * ] thereafter; provided that a
Committee co-chairperson shall call a meeting of the applicable
Committee promptly upon the written request of the other
co-chairperson to convene such a meeting. The minutes of each
meeting shall, among other things, record all matters acted upon
and approved or disapproved by the Committee, actions to be taken,
and any matters the Committee failed to resolve. Such minutes
will not be finalized until both Alliance Managers review and
confirm in writing the accuracy of such minutes.
(b) Meetings.
Each Committee shall hold meetings
at such times as it elects to do so, but in no event shall such
meetings be held less frequently than once every [ * ] for the JDC,
the JCC, and the JFC, and once every [ * ] for the JEC. Each
Committee shall meet alternately at Exelixis’ facilities in
South San Francisco, California, and BMS’ facilities in
Princeton, New Jersey, or at such other locations as the Parties
may agree. The Alliance Managers shall, and other employees of each
Party involved in the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization
of any Product may as needed, attend meetings of each Committee (as
nonvoting participants unless they are members of such Committee),
and consultants, representatives or advisors involved in the
Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Product may
attend meetings of each Committee as nonvoting observers;
provided that such Third Party representatives are under
obligations of confidentiality and non-use applicable to the
Confidential Information of each Party that are at least as
stringent as those set forth in Article 10 , and in the case
of non-employees of a Party, subject to the consent of the other
Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each
Party shall be responsible for all of its own expenses of
participating in any Committee (including in any Working Group).
Meetings of any Committee may be held by audio or video
teleconference with the consent of each Party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that at least [ *
] per year of such Committee shall be held in person. No action
taken at any meeting of a Committee shall be effective unless a
representative of each Party is participating.
(c) Decision-Making
.
(i) Voting on Committee
Decisions. Subject
to Section 2.1(b) , each Party’s designees on a
Committee shall, collectively, have one (1) vote (the “
Party Vote ”) on all matters brought before the
Committee, which Party Vote shall be determined by [ * ] of such
Party’s designees present (in person or otherwise) at the
meeting. Except as expressly provided in this
Section 2.6(c) and subject to
Section 2.1(b) , each Committee shall operate as to
matters within its jurisdiction by unanimous Party Vote. All
decisions of a Committee shall be documented in writing in the
minutes of the applicable Committee meeting by the Alliance
Managers.
(ii) Operational
Decisions. With respect
to Exelixis Clinical Trials for a given Product, day-to-day
operational level decisions concerning Development of Collaboration
Compounds shall be made by Exelixis, subject to review and
oversight by the JDC, when practicable. Otherwise, day-to-day
operational level decisions concerning the Development and
Commercialization of Products shall be made by the Party to which
responsibility for such
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been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
decisions has been allocated under
the Agreement (each such decision, a “ Party
Implementation Matter ”). Unless otherwise directed by
the appropriate Committee(s), and as set forth in the first two
sentences of this Section 2.6(c)(ii) , [ * ] shall be
the lead Party, and shall be primarily responsible for, all
Development, regulatory activities and Manufacturing and, subject
to [ * ], Commercialization activities with respect to such
Product. Any disputes with respect to a Party Implementation Matter
shall first be referred to the Alliance Managers, and, if the
dispute is not resolved within [ * ] after such referral to the
Alliance Managers, then it shall, upon written notice by a Party to
the other, be referred for resolution as follows: (A) disputes
between designees of BMS and Exelixis with respect to Development
and Regulatory Approval matters shall be referred to the JDC for
resolution; and (B) disputes between designees of BMS and
Exelixis with respect to Commercialization shall be referred to the
JCC for resolution. In each case, except for Appealable Matters,
the Committee to which such matter is referred shall have final
decision-making authority with respect to such matter, and [ * ]
shall [ * ] with respect to such matter, [ * ].
(iii) Disagreements on
Committees. Except for:
(A) matters outside the jurisdiction and authority of the
Committees as provided in Section 2.1(b); and
(B) any Party Implementation Matter (other than Appealable
Matters), and in any event without limiting the other rights and
obligations of the Parties under this Agreement, any disagreement
between the designees of BMS and Exelixis on the JDC, JCC, or JFC
as to matters within such Committee’s jurisdiction shall, at
the election of either Party, be addressed, first, with the
Alliance Managers, and, if the dispute is not resolved within [ * ]
after such referral to the Alliance Managers, then it shall, upon
written notice by a Party to the other, be submitted to the JEC for
resolution (except that any disputes arising from the JFC shall be
submitted to the Committee to which such dispute relates (i.e., the
JDC or the JCC)). If the JEC does not resolve any such matter
submitted to it for resolution within [ * ] after such submission,
or in the event of any disagreement between the designees of BMS
and Exelixis on the JEC with respect to any other matter within its
jurisdiction, then, subject to Section 2.1(b) , the JEC
shall submit the respective positions of the Parties with respect
to such matter for discussion in good faith by the Executive
Officer of Exelixis and the Executive Officer of BMS (depending on
the nature of the dispute). If such individuals are not able to
mutually agree upon the resolution to such matter within [ * ]
after submission of the matter to them, then the [ * ], subject to
Section [ * ] .
(iv) [ * ].
[ * ] right to [ * ] ( “[ *
]” ) shall be subject to the following
limitations:
(1) All [ * ] shall be made in good faith, with due
regard for the impact of such decisions on Products [ * ], and,
consistent in all material respects with the applicable Approved
Plan and the terms of this Agreement. No such decision [ * ] shall
violate or breach any term or condition of this Agreement. [ * ]
shall make all [ * ] only after [ * ] (through its JEC, JDC or JCC
members, as applicable) on such matters and [ * ], and in the case
of [ * ] made pursuant to Section [ * ], only after [ * ]
and the [ * ] on such matters.
(2) [ * ] shall [ * ]: (A) on any matter that
would [ * ]; (B) on any matter that would amend, violate or
breach any provision of this Agreement; (C) to adjust the [ *
]; (D) on matters related to the determination of [ * ];
(E) regarding the determination of Exelixis Clinical Trials in
the initial Annual Development Plan as described in
Section 3.4(b) ; (F) the designation of New
Exelixis Clinical Trials; (G) [ * ]; (H) that would
change the responsibility for
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1934, as amended.
the Exelixis Clinical Trials from
Exelixis to BMS [ * ], or where Exelixis has materially breached
its obligations under Section 3.4(e) and has not cured
such breach pursuant to Section 11.3) ; (I) the
allocation of responsibilities for any Backup Program, in a manner
inconsistent with Section 2.12; or (J) adjustments
to the FTE rate described in Section 3.8(c) .
Resolution of disputes relating to the foregoing matters shall [ *
] (except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement).
(d) Meeting Agendas and
Minutes. Each Party shall
disclose to the other proposed agenda items along with appropriate
information at least [ * ] in advance of each meeting of the
applicable Committee; provided that under exigent
circumstances requiring Committee input, a Party may provide its
agenda items to the other Party within a shorter period of time in
advance of the meeting, or may propose that there not be a specific
agenda for a particular meeting, so long as such other Party
consents to such later addition of such agenda items or the absence
of a specific agenda for such Committee meeting.
(e) Multiple JDCs and JCCs at the
Discretion of the JEC .
The JEC may determine that a separate JDC and/or JCC be formed for
each Product. In such event, the Parties will appoint
representatives to such additional committees and such committees
will be subject to the all of the applicable terms and conditions
of this Agreement with respect to the JDC and the JCC, in each
case, solely with respect to the Product to which such Committees
relate.
(f) Working Groups.
From time to time, the JEC,
JDC, JCC, or JFC may establish and delegate duties to other
committees, sub-committees or directed teams (each, a “
Working Group ”) on an “as-needed” basis
to oversee particular projects or activities, which delegation
shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the applicable
Committee. Each such Working Group shall be constituted and shall
operate as the JEC, JDC, JCC, or JFC, as the case may be,
determines. The Working Groups may be established on an ad hoc
basis for purposes of a specific project, for the life of a
Product, or on such other basis as the applicable Committee may
determine. Each Working Group and its activities shall be subject
to the oversight, review and approval of, and shall report to, the
Committee that established such Working Group. In no event shall
the authority of the Working Group exceed that specified for the
relevant Committee in this Article 2 . Any disagreement
between the designees of BMS and Exelixis on a Working Group shall
be referred to the applicable Committee for resolution.
(g) Interactions Between
Committees and Internal Teams. The Parties recognize that each Party possesses
an internal structure (including various committees, teams and
review boards) that will be involved in administering such
Party’s activities under this Agreement. Each Committee shall
establish procedures to facilitate communications between such
Committee or Working Group and the relevant internal committee,
team or board of each of the Parties in order to maximize the
efficiency of the Collaboration, including by requiring appropriate
members of such Committee to be available at reasonable times and
places and upon reasonable prior notice for making appropriate oral
reports to, and responding to reasonable inquiries from, the
relevant internal committee, team or board.
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1934, as amended.
2.7 Alliance
Managers.
(a) Appointment.
Each of the Parties shall appoint a
single individual to act as a single point of contact between the
Parties to assure a successful Collaboration (each, an “
Alliance Manager ”). Each Party may change its
designated Alliance Manager from time to time upon written notice
to the other Party. Any Alliance Manager may designate a substitute
to temporarily perform the functions of that Alliance Manager by
written notice to the other Party.
(b) Responsibilities.
The Alliance Managers shall use good
faith efforts to attend all Committee meetings and support the
co-chairpersons of each Committee in the discharge of their
responsibilities. Alliance Managers shall be nonvoting participants
in such Committee meetings, unless they are also appointed members
of such Committee pursuant to Section 2.6(a) . An
Alliance Manager may bring any matter to the attention of any
Committee if such Alliance Manager reasonably believes that such
matter warrants such attention. Each Alliance Manager shall be
charged with creating and maintaining a collaborative work
environment within and among the Committees. In addition, each
Alliance Manager: (i) will be the point of first referral in
all matters of conflict resolution; (ii) will coordinate the
relevant functional representatives of the Parties in developing
and executing strategies and plans for the Products in an effort to
ensure consistency and efficiency throughout the world;
(iii) will provide a single point of communication for seeking
consensus both internally within the respective Parties’
organizations and between the Parties regarding key strategy and
plan issues; (iv) will identify and bring disputes to the
attention of the appropriate Committee in a timely manner;
(v) will plan and coordinate cooperative efforts and internal
and external communications; and (vi) will take responsibility
for ensuring that governance activities, such as the conduct of
required Committee meetings and production of meeting minutes,
occur as set forth in this Agreement, and that relevant action
items resulting from such meetings are appropriately carried out or
otherwise addressed.
2.8 Collaboration
Guidelines.
(a) General.
Each Party, in working with the
other to Develop and Commercialize each Product and otherwise as
set forth herein, shall assign responsibilities for the various
operational aspects of the Collaboration to those portions of its
organization that have the appropriate resources, expertise and
responsibility for such functions and, consistent with this
Agreement, treat each Product as if it were a proprietary product
solely of its own organization. In all matters related to the
Collaboration, the Parties shall strive to balance as best they can
the legitimate interests and concerns of the Parties and to realize
the full economic potential of each Product (taking into account
the risks and costs of further Development and
Commercialization).
(b) Independence.
Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the activities and resources of each Party shall be
managed by such Party, acting independently and in its individual
capacity. The relationship between Exelixis and BMS is that of
independent contractors and neither Party shall have the power to
bind or obligate the other Party in any manner.
2.9 Overview of
Accounting.
(a) Development Costs and
Allowable Expenses. For
purposes of determining Development Costs and Allowable Expenses,
any expense allocated by either Party to a particular category
under Development Costs for a Co-Developed Product, or Allowable
Expenses for a Co-Developed Product, shall not be allocated to
another category under Development Costs or Allowable Expenses (as
applicable). Each Party agrees to determine such Development Costs
and Allowable Expenses (as applicable) using its standard
accounting procedures, consistently applied,
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1934, as amended.
to the maximum extent practical as
if such Co-Developed Product were a solely owned product of such
Party, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. The
Parties also recognize that such procedures may change from time to
time and that any such changes may affect the definition of
Development Costs or Allowable Expenses. The Parties agree that,
where such changes are economically material to either Party, and
consistent with GAAP, adjustments shall be made to compensate the
affected Party to preserve the same economics as reflected under
this Agreement under such Party’s accounting procedures in
effect as of the date on which the activity in question (e.g.,
Development, Commercialization or Manufacturing) first commences
under this Agreement. Where the change is or would be material to
the other Party, the Party proposing to make the change shall
provide the other Party with an explanation for the proposed change
and an accounting of the effect of the change on the relevant
expense category. Should the Parties disagree on the adjustment,
the matter shall be placed before the JFC to resolve. Transfers
between a Party and its Affiliates (or between its Affiliates)
shall not have effect for purposes of calculating revenues, costs,
profits, royalties or other payments or expenses under this
Agreement.
(b) Affiliates.
If either Party enters into any
agreement with any of its Affiliates for the provision of materials
or services pursuant to this Agreement, all costs incurred for the
provision of such materials or services that are shared by the
Parties under this Agreement shall be accounted for on the basis of
the cost thereof to such Affiliate and not on the basis of any
higher transfer price in effect between such Party and such
Affiliate.
2.10 Compliance with
Law. Each Party hereby
covenants and agrees to comply with applicable law in performing
its activities connected with the Development, Manufacture and
Commercialization (as applicable) of each Product.
2.11 Records.
Each Party shall maintain complete
and accurate records of all work conducted under the Collaboration
and all results, data and developments made pursuant to its efforts
under the Collaboration. Such records shall be complete and
accurate and shall fully and properly reflect all work done and
results achieved in the performance of the Collaboration in
sufficient detail and in good scientific manner appropriate for
patent and regulatory purposes. Each Party shall maintain such
records for a period of [ * ] after such records are created;
provided that the following records may be maintained for a
longer period, in accordance with each Party’s internal
policies on record retention, provided that in no case shall
such period be shorter than [ * ] from the date of creation of such
records: (a) scientific notebooks; and (b) any other
records that the other Party reasonably requests be retained in
order to ensure the preservation, prosecution, maintenance or
enforcement of intellectual property rights. Either Party shall
have the right to review and copy such records of the other Party
at reasonable times to the extent [ * ] for it to conduct its
obligations or enforce its rights under this Agreement.
2.12 Backup
Programs.
(a) Commencement of a Backup
Program. The
Parties shall determine, via the JDC (or BMS shall determine, in
the event that the JDC no longer exists), whether or not to
commence a backup program with respect to each Collaboration
Compound (namely, each of XL184 and XL281 taken as a whole) (each
such program, a “ Backup Program ”), as well as
the appropriate timing for such Backup Program(s). The Backup
Program(s) shall be subject to JDC oversight and decision making
and to one or more backup research plan(s) to be established by the
JDC prior to the start of backup work (the “ Backup
Research Plan ”). In no event shall a Backup Program be
designed to [ * ] targets other than the Identified Targets [ * ]
with respect to a Collaboration Compound.
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1934, as amended.
(b) Exelixis’ Conduct of
Backup Programs. With respect to the Backup Program for
any Collaboration Compound, Exelixis shall have the first right to
conduct such backup work up until the earlier of: (i) [ * ];
and (ii) [ * ] (the “ Backup Program Trigger Date
”). After the decision by the JDC (or BMS) to commence a
Backup Program for a particular Collaboration Compound, Exelixis
shall promptly notify the JDC (or BMS) in writing whether Exelixis
will conduct such Backup Program. At a reasonable time prior
to the Backup Program Trigger Date for a particular Backup Program,
the JDC (or BMS) shall determine which Party shall continue the
Development of Program Backups arising from such Backup Program;
provided that Exelixis shall have no further responsibilities with
respect to a Backup Program for a Royalty-Bearing
Product.
(c) BMS’ Conduct of Backup
Programs. If
Exelixis notifies BMS that Exelixis will not conduct a Backup
Program for a particular Collaboration Compound, then BMS may
conduct such Backup Program. Exelixis will transition to BMS any [
* ] and other know-how then in Exelixis’ possession and
Control that are [ * ] for BMS to conduct such Backup
Program.
(d) Costs of Backup
Programs.
(i) The costs associated with any Backup Program for
XL184 shall be shared by the Parties as follows: (A) if and
for as long as any XL184 Product is a Co-Developed Product, any
costs associated with such Backup Program shall be borne sixty-five
percent (65%) by BMS and thirty-five percent (35%) by
Exelixis; and (B) if all XL184 Products are Royalty-Bearing
Products, any costs associated with such Backup Program shall be
borne one hundred percent (100%) by BMS. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of subsection (A) above, in the event
that [ * ], [ * ] shall bear [ * ] of the costs of the XL184 Backup
Program until such costs reach [ * ] (such amount, the “[
* ] Backup Funding ”). Such [ * ] Backup Funding shall
not be deemed [ * ], except that, [ * ], then the future portion of
the [ * ] Backup Funding [ * ] [ * ].
(ii) All costs associated with any Backup Program for
XL281 incurred by either Party shall be borne [ * ].
(e) Reporting;
Accounting. Reporting and
accounting of shared costs for the Backup Programs shall be as set
forth in Section 3.8(c)-(f) for Development
Costs.
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3.1 Global Development
Plans.
(a) Scope.
For each Co-Developed Product, and
for each XL281 Product during the period in which there are
Exelixis Clinical Trials ongoing with respect to XL281, the
Development of such Product(s) shall be governed by a
comprehensive, multi-year, worldwide plan (the “Global
Development Plan” ) covering the Development of such
Product for use in the U.S., each of the Major European Countries
and Europe as a whole, and, broken out on a region-by-region or
country-by-country basis only to the extent BMS does so for its own
internal oncology
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1934, as amended.
products, for the remaining
countries in the Co-Development Territory. The Global Development
Plan shall: (i) provide a planned Development program that is
designed to generate the non-clinical, clinical and regulatory
information required for submitting Drug Approval Applications and
to obtain Regulatory Approvals for the relevant indications in the
U.S.; (ii) provide a planned Development program that is
designed to generate the non-clinical, clinical and regulatory
information required for submitting Drug Approval Applications and
to achieve Regulatory Approvals for the relevant indications in the
Royalty Territory; (iii) indicate the Core Program [ * ];
(iv) set forth those obligations assigned to each Party with
respect to the performance of the Development activities
contemplated by such Global Development Plan; and (v) provide
an expected forecast, based on the information available at the
time, including patient estimates and cost forecasts (and
methodology, if available).
(b) Initial Global Development
Plan. The initial Global
Development Plan is set forth in the Letter Agreement.
(c) Updates to the Global
Development Plan. Any
material update, amendment or modification to any provisions of
such Global Development Plan shall require the approval of the
JEC.
3.2 Annual Development
Plans.
(a) Scope.
The Development of each Co-Developed
Product, and for each XL281 Product during the period in which
there are Exelixis Clinical Trials ongoing with respect to XL281,
for a given calendar year shall be governed by a detailed and
specific worldwide Development plan (each, an “Annual
Development Plan” ) covering all material Development
activities to be performed for such Product for such year, and
budgets covering all Development Costs for those Development
activities for the such Product conducted in support of Regulatory
Approvals in the Co-Development Territory. Each Annual Development
Plan and Budget shall be proposed by the JDC for approval by the
JEC. Each Annual Development Plan for such Product, and any
modifications thereto, shall cover, and be consistent in all
material respects with, all the Development activities and budgets
in the then-current Global Development Plan for such Product that
are to be performed in that particular calendar year.
(b) Procedure
. The initial Annual Development
Plan for [ * ] will be determined by the JDC (by mutual agreement)
no later than [ * ]. Thereafter, the JDC shall submit on an annual
basis an Annual Development Plan for [ * ], and for [ * ], to the
JEC for its review, comment, and approval. Each such submission
shall be no later than [ * ] of the calendar year immediately
preceding the year covered by such Annual Development Plan, with a
goal of having the Annual Development Plan approved, and any
disputes resolved, by [ * ] of such immediately preceding calendar
year.
3.3 Lead Development
Party. Except with
respect to the Exelixis Clinical Trials, BMS shall act as the lead
development Party for each Co-Developed Product, although the
Annual Development Plan may specify that outside contractors
(and/or Exelixis, subject to Exelixis’ consent) will have
responsibility to direct and conduct any additional pre-clinical
activities and applicable clinical trials in any country. The
Parties shall make such determinations in the best interests of the
Collaboration.
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1934, as amended.
3.4 Exelixis Clinical
Trials.
(a) Scope.
Exelixis shall conduct the Exelixis
Clinical Trials for each applicable Product in a collaborative and
efficient manner. The Parties shall engage in joint decision-making
for the Exelixis Clinical Trials as set forth in Article 2 .
As between the Parties, Exelixis shall be the lead Party with
respect to the Exelixis Clinical Trials, and all scientific and
technical services (other than Manufacturing and process
development activities, which shall be governed by Article 6
) associated with such clinical trials, including all matters set
forth in the Annual Development Plan with respect to such
trials.
(b) As of the Effective Date, the Parties have
agreed to a partial list of Exelixis Clinical Trials, and the
Parties will determine the remainder of Exelixis Clinical Trials
pursuant to Section 3.2(b) no later than [ * ]. The
list of Exelixis Clinical Trials may be modified only by prior
written agreement of the Parties.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Parties agree that Exelixis shall be the sponsor for
the Exelixis Clinical Trials, and that Exelixis shall have the
responsibility and the authority to act as the sponsor and make
those decisions and take all actions necessary to assure compliance
with all regulatory requirements. Exelixis agrees to be bound by,
and perform all obligations set forth in, 21 C.F.R. §312
related to its role as the sponsor for the Exelixis Clinical Trials
for a given Product. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, Exelixis may discontinue or modify any clinical
trial that is part of the Exelixis Clinical Trials without the
approval of the JDC or the JEC in the event such actions are:
(i) [ * ]; and (ii) [ * ].
(d) The Annual Development Plan may specify that
outside contractors (reporting to, or acting on behalf of, Exelixis
and reasonably selected by Exelixis) will have responsibility to
direct and conduct any additional pre-clinical activities and
applicable clinical trials in any country. The parties shall, to
the extent practicable and permitted by applicable law, rule or
regulation, cooperate, prior to engagement of a given outside
contractor, to minimize costs associated with the retention of any
outside contractors, including, where possible, the retention by
Exelixis of such BMS contractors where cost savings may be achieved
by doing so.
(e) Exelixis shall use Diligent Efforts to carry out
its responsibilities under the Annual Development Plan and the
then-applicable Global Development Plan. Exelixis shall have the
right to use commercially reasonable discretion in carrying out its
obligations under the Annual Development Plan and the Global
Development Plan, including without limitation: (a) carrying
out day-to-day planning and implementation of activities under the
Annual Development Plan; (b) managing day-to-day regulatory
compliance matters, including adverse event reporting;
(c) managing clinical research organizations engaged to carry
out activities under the Annual Development Plan; and
(d) managing the Exelixis Clinical Trials.
3.5 Technology and Regulatory
Transfer of Collaboration Compounds . Exelixis shall disclose or transfer to BMS the
Information and documents described in subsections 3.5(a)
– (b) below; provided, however , that except
for those documents expressly set forth on Exhibit 3.5 ,
Exelixis shall not have any obligation to transfer or provide
copies of any Information or documents pursuant to subsections
3.5(a) – (b) below that are not in Exelixis’
possession and that are in the
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been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
possession of Exelixis’ Third Party
contractors (e.g., manufacturing documents that are in the
possession of Exelixis’ contract manufacturers or study files
that are in the possession of Exelixis’ contract research
organizations that are working on the Exelixis Clinical
Trials):
(a) Within [ * ] after the Effective Date, Exelixis
shall, at BMS’ expense, use Diligent Efforts to disclose (and
provide copies, as applicable) to BMS the “Priority”
documents identified on Exhibit 3.5 . In addition, within [
* ] after the Effective Date, Exelixis shall, at BMS’
expense, use Diligent Efforts to disclose (and provide copies, as
applicable) to BMS any other Information, including any preclinical
data, clinical data, assays, protocols, procedures and any other
information in Exelixis’ possession or control, not
previously disclosed to BMS, and reasonably necessary or useful to
continue or initiate pre-clinical or clinical Development, or in
seeking Regulatory Approval of Products.
(b) The Parties shall cooperate to ensure that
Exelixis transfers, assigns or sublicenses (as applicable) to BMS,
at a time determined by the JDC (except as described below) and
upon [ * ] prior written notice to Exelixis: (i) all
regulatory filings (including any INDs, drug dossiers, and drug
master files) in Exelixis’ name for such Products;
(ii) any agreements with Third Parties necessary for the
further development of such Product (including any agreements
relating to the wind-down of clinical trials for such Product);
(iii) reasonable quantities of any Product in Exelixis’
possession that are required pursuant to BMS’ activities
under the Global Development Plan; and/or (iv) at BMS’
option, all agreements entered into by Exelixis with any Third
Party regarding the Development or Manufacture of such Product. The
JDC shall not give notice regarding the transfer, assignment or
sublicense of items described in subsections 3.5(b)(i) –
(iv) during the period beginning on the Effective Date
and ending on [ * ] (and such transfer, assignment or sublicense
shall not take place until [ * ] after such notice), unless either:
(A) [ * ]; or (B) [ * ]. The costs and expenses incurred
by Exelixis in carrying out the transfer under this
Section 3.5(b) shall be either: (1) treated as
Development Costs in the event that such expenses relate to a
Co-Developed Product; or (2) reimbursed one hundred percent
(100%) by BMS for any other Product.
3.6 Diligence of BMS.
BMS shall use Diligent Efforts to
Develop each XL184 Product and each XL281 Product in the U.S.,
including without limitation to carry out its responsibilities
under the Annual Development Plan and the then-applicable Global
Development Plan.
3.7 Limitations on
Development. During the
term of this Agreement, neither Party nor any of its Affiliates
shall, directly or through any Third Party, sponsor, conduct or
cause to be conducted, otherwise assist in, supply any Co-Developed
Product (or an XL281 Product in the case of Exelixis) for use in
connection with, or otherwise fund, any clinical trial or clinical
study of such Product outside of the Global Development Plan or any
Annual Development Plan, without the prior written consent of the
other Party.
3.8 Development
Costs.
(a) In general.
Subject to the rest of this
Section 3.8(a) and Section 2.12(d) , any
Development Costs incurred by either Party for the Development of
each Co-Developed Product shall be borne by the Parties as
follows:
(i) Exelixis shall bear the first One Hundred
Million ($100,000,000) of all such Development Costs relating to
XL184 (such amount, the “Exelixis Initial Funding
Allocation” );
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1934, as amended.
(ii) with respect to Development Costs associated
with Co-Developed Products in excess of the Exelixis Initial
Funding Allocation, BMS shall bear sixty-five percent (65%) of
all such Development Costs, and Exelixis shall bear thirty-five
(35%) of all such Development Costs; and,
(iii) for clarity, all costs relating to Development
activities undertaken solely for the purposes of seeking Regulatory
Approval(s) of a Co-Developed Product in [ * ], shall be borne one
hundred percent (100%) by BMS.
(b) Development Cost
Deferral.
(i) If Exelixis’ aggregate share of the
Development Costs and Allowable Expenses for Co-Developed Products
exceeds [ * ], then Exelixis may elect to defer payment of its
share of such Development Costs and Allowable Expenses that are in
excess of [ * ] with respect to the Co-Developed Products in
accordance with the remainder of this Section 3.8(b) .
For clarity, the Parties agree that only [ * ] of the Exelixis
Initial Funding Allocation for the conduct of Exelixis Clinical
Trials shall count toward Exelixis’ [ * ] threshold described
in this Section 3.8(b) . Exelixis’ deferral
election may be made in writing anytime during the [ * ] following
the end of the calendar quarter in which such excess first arises.
If Exelixis does not make such election, then Exelixis would
continue to pay its share of the Development Costs and Allowable
Expenses with respect to the Co-Developed Product in accordance
with Section 3.8(a), but subject to
Section 3.8(b)(ii) . If Exelixis makes such election,
then Exelixis shall have no obligation to pay its share of such
Development Costs and Allowable Expenses, to the extent such share
exceeds [ * ] until the first occurrence of the following:
(A) the Launch in the U.S. of the first Co-Developed Product
for [ * ]; (B) [ * ] the Launch in the U.S. of the first
Co-Developed Product for [ * ]; or (C) [ * ] (the “
Deferral End Point ”). Until such Deferral End Point
is reached, BMS shall bear one hundred percent (100%) of the
Development Costs and Allowable Expenses with respect to such
Co-Developed Product, and after such Deferral End Point is reached,
Exelixis and BMS shall again share the Development Costs and
Allowable Expenses in accordance with the ratio set forth in
Sections 3.8(a) and 8.2 , respectively.
(ii) If Exelixis has not made a deferral election
pursuant to Section 3.8(b)(i), and Exelixis’
aggregate share of [ * ] Development Costs for Co-Developed
Products in either calendar year [ * ] exceeds the greater of:
(A) [ * ]; or (b) an amount equal to [ * ] of
Exelixis’ share of the [ * ] Development Costs that was
budgeted for [ * ], as set forth in the initial Annual Development
Plan created pursuant to Section 3.2(b) , (the “[
* ] Cap ”), then Exelixis may elect to defer payment
of its share of such Development Costs for [ * ] that are in excess
of such [ * ] Cap with respect to the Co-Developed Products in
accordance with the remainder of this
Section 3.8(b)(ii) . The election by Exelixis to defer
such payment may be made in writing anytime during the [ * ]
following the end of the calendar quarter in which such excess
first arises. If Exelixis does not make such election, then
Exelixis would continue to pay its share of the Development Costs
with respect to the Co-Developed Product [ * ] in accordance with
Section 3.8(a) unless Exelixis makes a deferral
election pursuant to Section 3.8(b)(i) . If Exelixis
makes such election, then Exelixis shall have no obligation to pay
its share of such Development Costs [ * ], to the extent such share
exceeds the [ * ] Cap for such calendar year, and [ * ], BMS shall
bear one hundred percent (100%) of the Development Costs with
respect to such Co-Developed Product.
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(iii) Repayment of Deferred Costs
.
(1) The amounts deferred pursuant to
Section 3.8(b)(i) shall be referred to as the
“Global Deferred Development Costs” . BMS shall
have the right to credit an amount equal to [ * ] of the
Global Deferred Development Costs (the “Development Cost
Mechanism Amount” ), as an offset: (A) against
Exelixis’ share of the Operating Profits from such
Co-Developed Product, up to a maximum of [ * ] of such Operating
Profits in any given quarter (in the case where Exelixis has not
exercised its Product Opt-Out for the Co-Developed Product); or
(B) against royalties otherwise payable to Exelixis with
respect to such Co-Developed Product, up to a maximum of [ * ] in
any given quarter. Once the Development Cost Mechanism Amount is
fully paid to BMS, Exelixis shall receive Operating Profits and
royalties consistent with Article 8 .
(2) The amounts deferred pursuant to
Section 3.8(b)(ii) shall be referred to as the
“[ * ] Deferred Development Costs” . Exelixis
shall repay to BMS any [ * ] Deferred Development Costs with
respect to [ * ] no later than [ * ], with interest accruing at a
rate of [ * ]. Any failure by Exelixis to repay any such [ * ]
Deferred Development Costs shall be considered a breach of Exelixis
development funding obligations for purposes of
Section 11.3(b) .
(c) FTE Records and Calculations;
Adjustments to FTE Rate. Each Party shall record and account for its FTE
effort for the Development and Commercialization of the
Co-Developed Product to the extent that such FTE efforts are
included in Development Costs or Allowable Expenses that are, or
may in the future be, shared under this Agreement, and shall report
such FTE effort to the JDC on a quarterly basis, Except to the
extent provided herein, each Party shall calculate and maintain
records of FTE effort incurred by it in the same manner as used for
other products developed by such Party. The JFC shall facilitate
any reporting hereunder. The FTE rate shall initially be [ * ] and
shall be adjusted annually, with each annual adjustment effective
as of January 1 of each calendar year, with the first such
annual adjustment to be made as of January 1, 2010, by mutual
agreement of the JFC.
(d) Other Expenses.
Any expenses incurred by a Party for
Development activities for the Co-Developed Product that do not
fall within the definitions of Development Costs shall be borne
solely by such Party unless the Parties determine
otherwise.
(e) Reports and
Payments for Development Costs . Prior to the commencement of
each calendar quarter, each Party shall prepare an estimate of its
Development Costs for such quarter and shall deliver such estimate
to the other Party. Upon receipt of such estimates by the Parties,
the applicable Party shall make a reconciling payment to the other
Party, within [ * ] subsequent to receipt of an invoice, to achieve
the appropriate allocation of Development Costs provided for in
Section 3.8(a) for such quarter, taking into account
any differences between the prior quarter’s estimated
Development Costs and the actual Development Costs incurred by the
Parties. In addition, during the third (3 rd ) month of each quarter,
the parties will provide an estimate of the total Development Costs
incurred for the current calendar quarter. This estimate will
contain two (2) months of actual costs and a third (3
rd
) month of
forecasted costs for the quarter. Each Party shall report to the
other Party within [ * ] after the end of each quarter
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been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
with regard to the Development Costs
actually incurred by it during such quarter for a Co-Developed
Product, or as otherwise agreed by the JFC. Such report shall
specify in reasonable detail (as agreed by the JFC) all expenses
included in such Development Costs during such quarter and shall be
accompanied by invoices, and/or such other appropriate supporting
documentation as may be required by the JFC. Each Party shall
report to the other Development Costs incurred by it for comparison
against such invoices and the Annual Development Plan, on a line
item basis (e.g., budgeted FTE costs and actual out-of-pocket
cost). The Parties shall seek to resolve any questions related
to such accounting statements within [ * ] following receipt by
each Party of the other Party’s report hereunder. The
JFC shall facilitate the reporting of Development Costs hereunder
and the resolution of any questions concerning such
reports. Each Party shall have the right at reasonable times
and upon reasonable prior notice to audit the other Party’s
records as provided in Section 8.18 to confirm the
accuracy of the other Party’s costs and reports with respect
to Development Costs that are shared under this
Agreement.
(f) Records.
Each Party shall keep detailed
records of the Development Costs it incurs for the Co-Developed
Product (and in the case of Exelixis, including for the Exelixis
Clinical Trials for XL184), including all supporting documentation
for such expenses. Each Party shall keep such records for at least
[ * ] after the date that such expense was incurred.
3.9 Exelixis’ Opt-Out
Rights.
(a) Entire Product
.
(i) Upon Delivery of Data Package
. Within [ * ] after the [ * ], BMS
shall prepare and deliver to Exelixis a data package detailing the
clinical outcome of the clinical trial on which such decision was
based. Exelixis shall have the right to cease its involvement in
the Development and Commercialization of the Co-Developed Product
(the “Product Opt-Out” ), upon written notice to
BMS within [ * ] after the delivery of such data package.
Commencing on the date that Exelixis provides BMS with written
notice of a Product Opt-Out, Exelixis shall have no further
responsibility for conducting new activities or funding Development
or Commercialization activities with respect to the Co-Developed
Product, and shall complete any ongoing activities with respect to
the Co-Developed Product, subject to reimbursement by BMS of one
hundred percent (100%) of any costs associated with such
continuing activities unless such work is transferred to BMS at the
discretion of the JDC.
(ii) Following Decision to Prepare DAA
. At any time following [ * ],
Exelixis shall have the right to exercise a Product Opt-Out upon
written notice to BMS, which, with the exception of the period
described in subsection 3.9(a)(i) above, shall become
effective as follows. If such notice is received by BMS before [ *
] of a given calendar year, then the Product Opt-Out shall become
effective on [ * ]. If such notice is received by BMS on or after [
* ] of a given calendar year, then the Product Opt-Out shall become
effective [ * ]. Commencing on the effective date of such Product
Opt-Out, Exelixis shall have no further responsibility for
conducting new activities or funding Development or
Commercialization activities with respect to the Co-Developed
Product, and shall complete any ongoing activities with respect to
the Co-Developed Product, subject to reimbursement by BMS of one
hundred percent (100%) of any costs associated with such
continuing activities unless such work is transferred to BMS at the
discretion of the JDC.
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been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(b) [ * ] . Before [ * ] with respect to [ * ], Exelixis [
* ] the right to [ * ] the Development and Commercialization of the
Co-Developed Product [ * ]. After [ * ] with respect to [ * ],
Exelixis shall have the right to [ * ] as follows. Within [ * ]
after [ * ], for the Co-Developed Product [ * ] for the
Co-Developed Product (as specified in the Global Development Plan
for the Co-Developed Product), BMS shall prepare and deliver to
Exelixis: (i) [ * ]; or (ii) [ * ]. For the purposes of
the preceding sentence only, “[ * ]” shall mean [ * ].
Exelixis shall [ * ] BMS within [ * ] after [ * ] (as appropriate).
For purposes of this Section 3.9(b) , [ * ] shall not
include [ * ]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Exelixis exercises
its Co-Promotion Option with respect to the Co-Developed Product,
it will be required to [ * ]. Commencing the date that Exelixis [ *
], Exelixis shall [ * ], and shall [ * ] thereto. For clarity,
Exelixis may [ * ], and in the event that Exelixis decides to [ *
], it [ * ].
3.10 Termination of
Co-Development Rights Due to Financial Trigger
. In the event that Exelixis’
Cash Reserves fall below Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000),
Exelixis shall notify BMS in writing within [ * ] and shall discuss
with BMS the corresponding situation. Upon receipt of any such
notice, or upon the filing by Exelixis of financial statements with
the Securities and Exchange Commission that show Exelixis’
Cash Reserves to be below Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000),
then BMS shall have the right, upon delivery of written notice to
Exelixis, to terminate Exelixis’ Co-Development and
profit-share rights with respect to one or more Co-Developed
Products. Such termination shall be effective upon receipt by
Exelixis; provided, however , that Exelixis may
automatically restore its Co-Development and profit-share rights if
Exelixis can increase its Cash Reserves to Eighty Million Dollars
($80,000,000) within ninety (90) days of receipt of such
notice. In the event Exelixis’ rights to Co-Develop and
profit-share have been terminated, Exelixis shall have no further
responsibility for conducting new activities or funding Development
or Commercialization activities with respect to the Co-Developed
Product, and shall complete any ongoing activities with respect to
the Co-Developed Product, subject to reimbursement by BMS of one
hundred percent (100%) of any costs associated with such
continuing activities unless such work is transferred to BMS at the
discretion of the JDC, and such Co-Developed Product shall become a
Royalty-Bearing Product. As used in this Agreement, “Cash
Reserves” means, as of the time of any determination
thereof, (a) the total cash, cash equivalents and investments
(in each case, excluding any restricted cash) as reported by
Exelixis in its SEC Filings prepared in accordance with GAAP, plus
(b) the amount then available for borrowing by Exelixis under
the Facility Agreement dated June 4, 2008 among Exelixis,
Deerfield Private Design Fund, L.P., Deerfield Private Design
International, L.P., Deerfield Partners, L.P. and Deerfield
International Limited, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and any other similar financing arrangements; [ *
].
3.11 Development of
Royalty-Bearing Products
(a) Scope &
Diligence . Except for
the Exelixis Clinical Trials, BMS shall have sole control and
responsibility for the Development, Manufacture (including
formulation) and Commercialization of all Royalty-Bearing Products.
BMS shall bear all costs and expenses associated with, the
Development, Manufacture (including formulation) and
Commercialization of all Royalty-Bearing Products. BMS shall use
Diligent Efforts to Develop each such Royalty-Bearing Product in
the Territory; provided that BMS may satisfy such obligation by
sublicensing the development and commercialization of a
Royalty-Bearing Product to a Third Party pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement (and subject to Exelixis’ ongoing activities
with respect to Exelixis
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1934, as amended.
Clinical Trials). Exelixis may
notify BMS in writing if Exelixis in good faith believes that BMS
is not meeting its diligence obligations set forth in this
Section 3.11(a) , and the Parties shall meet and
discuss the matter in good faith. Exelixis may further request
review of BMS’ records generated and maintained as required
under Section 3.11(c) below, to the extent those
records relate to Development and Commercialization of a
Royalty-Bearing Product.
(b) Reports and
Payments for Royalty Bearing Development Expenses
. Prior to the
commencement of each calendar quarter for as long as Exelixis is
conducting Exelixis Clinical Trials or any other mutually agreed
research or Development activities, in each case with respect to a
Royalty Bearing Product, Exelixis shall prepare an estimate of its
costs and expenses associated with such conduct (such costs and
expenses, the “Royalty Bearing Product Development
Expenses” ) for such quarter and shall deliver such
estimate to BMS. Upon receipt of such estimates by Exelixis, BMS
shall make a reconciling payment to Exelixis, within [ * ]
subsequent to receipt of an invoice, taking into account any
differences between Exelixis’ estimated Royalty Bearing
Product Development Expenses for the prior quarter and the actual
Royalty Bearing Product Development Expenses incurred by Exelixis
for such quarter. In addition, during the third (3
rd
) month of
each quarter, Exelixis will provide an estimate of the total
Royalty Bearing Product Development Expenses incurred for the
current calendar quarter. This estimate will contain two
(2) months of actual costs and a third month of forecasted
costs for the quarter. Exelixis shall report to BMS within [ * ]
after the end of each quarter with regard to the Royalty Bearing
Product Development Expenses actually incurred by it during such
quarter, or as otherwise agreed by the JFC. Such report shall
specify in reasonable detail (as agreed by the JFC) all expenses
included in such Royalty Bearing Product Development Expenses
during such quarter and shall be accompanied by invoices, and/or
such other appropriate supporting documentation as may be required
by the JFC. Exelixis shall report to BMS Royalty Bearing
Product Development Expenses incurred by it for comparison against
such invoices and the Annual Development Plan, on a line item basis
(e.g., budgeted FTE costs and actual out-of-pocket
cost). Within [ * ] of the end of the last calendar quarter in
which Exelixis conducts Exelixis Clinical Trials or any other
mutually agreed research or Development activities, in each case
with respect to a Royalty Bearing Product, one Party shall make a
reconciling payment to the other Party to address any differences
between Exelixis’ estimated Royalty Bearing Product
Development Expenses for such last calendar quarter and the actual
Royalty Bearing Product Development Expenses incurred by Exelixis
for such last calendar quarter. The Parties shall seek to resolve
any questions related to such accounting statements within [ * ]
following receipt by BMS of Exelixis’ report
hereunder. The JFC shall facilitate the reporting of Royalty
Bearing Product Development Expenses hereunder and the resolution
of any questions concerning such reports. BMS shall have the
right at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to audit
Exelixis’ records as provided in Section 8.18 to
confirm the accuracy of Exelixis’ costs and reports with
respect to Royalty Bearing Product Development Expenses under this
Agreement.
(c) Records
. BMS shall maintain complete and
accurate records of all Development, Manufacturing and
Commercialization conducted by it or on its behalf related to each
Royalty-Bearing Product, and all Information generated by it or on
its behalf in connection with Development under this Agreement with
respect to each such Royalty-Bearing Product. BMS shall maintain
such records at least until the later of: (i) [ * ] after such
records are created, or (ii) [ * ] after the Launch of the
Royalty-Bearing Product to which such records pertain;
provided that the
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1934, as amended.
following records may be maintained
for a longer period, in accordance with each Party’s internal
policies on record retention: (i) scientific notebooks and
(ii) any other records that Exelixis reasonably requests be
retained in order to ensure the preservation, prosecution,
maintenance or enforcement of intellectual property rights. Such
records shall be at a level of detail appropriate for patent and
regulatory purposes. Exelixis shall have the right to review and
copy such records of BMS at reasonable times to the extent
necessary or useful for Exelixis to conduct its obligations or
enforce its rights under this Agreement.
(d) Reports.
Beginning [ * ] after the Effective
Date, and every [ * ] thereafter during the term of the Agreement,
BMS shall submit to Exelixis a written progress report summarizing
the research and development performed by BMS on Royalty-Bearing
Products. If [ * ] for Exelixis to exercise its rights under this
Agreement, Exelixis may request that BMS provide more detailed
information and data regarding such reports by BMS, and BMS shall
promptly provide Exelixis with information and data as is
reasonably related to such request, at Exelixis’ expense. All
such reports shall be considered Confidential Information of
BMS.
4.1 Regulatory Lead
Party.
(a) Prior to transfer of an IND with respect to a
Product(s) pursuant to Section 3.5(b) , Exelixis shall
be the lead Party for all regulatory activities regarding such
Product(s). However, BMS shall have a participatory role in all [ *
]. All [ * ] would be made and implemented after conferring with
the JDC. Prior to transfer of an IND with respect to a Product(s)
pursuant to Section 3.5(b), Exelixis shall be the lead
Party for worldwide pharmacovigilance for such Product.
(b) Upon transfer of an IND with respect to a
Product(s) pursuant to Section 3.5(b) , BMS shall be
the lead Party for all regulatory activities regarding such
Product(s). However, Exelixis shall have a participatory role in
all [ * ] that [ * ]. All [ * ] would be made and implemented after
conferring with the JDC. [ * ] Regulatory Authorities as well [ * ]
will be [ * ] through the JDC. Upon transfer of an IND with respect
to a Product(s) pursuant to Section 3.5(b), BMS shall
be the lead Party for worldwide pharmacovigilance for such
Product.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in the event any dispute with respect to the content of
any regulatory filing or dossier, pharmacovigilance reports,
patient risk management strategies and plans, Core Data Sheet,
labeling, safety, and the decision to file any DAA, in each case
with respect to such Product is not resolved by the JEC, [ * ] with
respect to such matters at the JEC [ * ] referring such dispute to
the Designated Officers or submitting such dispute to any other
dispute resolution procedures provided for in
Section 14.1 .
4.2 Ownership of Regulatory
Dossier . Upon transfer
of an IND with respect to a Product(s) pursuant to
Section 3.5(b), BMS will own all regulatory filings for
such Product in order to facilitate BMS’ interactions with
Regulatory Authorities. Pursuant to Section 3.5(b) ,
Exelixis shall transfer and assign to BMS, and BMS will receive
from Exelixis, all of Exelixis’ right, title and interest to
the INDs for the Products. Additionally, Exelixis shall notify the
applicable Regulatory Authorities in writing that it is
transferring such INDs for the applicable Product to BMS, and BMS
would notify the applicable Regulatory Authorities in writing that
it is accepting such INDs and all responsibilities associated
therewith (including without limitation, the responsibility for
reporting adverse events), other than any ongoing activities of
Exelixis relating to ongoing Exelixis Clinical Trials (if
applicable).
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Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
4.3 Regulatory Matters Relating
to the XL184 Product in the United States. With respect to Co-Developed Products in
the United States:
(a) Regulatory
Filings. Through
their members on the JDC, Exelixis and BMS shall cooperate in the
drafting and review of all submissions (including any supplements
or modifications thereto, but excluding routine adverse event
filings (i.e. , not relating to serious adverse events as
defined by applicable law) to the FDA (including the preparation of
an electronic submission of a Drug Approval Application to the FDA,
with BMS having primary responsibility for preparing the electronic
dossier for each indication). Each Party shall have a right to
review (through its members of the appropriate Committee), the
content and subject matter of, and strategy for, each Drug Approval
Application to be filed in the United States, all correspondence
submitted to the FDA related to clinical trial design, all proposed
Product labeling (including the final FDA-approved labeling) and
post-Regulatory Approval labeling changes. Each Party shall
promptly provide the other with copies of all written or electronic
communications received by it from, or sent by it to, the FDA with
respect to obtaining and maintaining, Regulatory Approvals for
Co-Developed Products in the United States (it being understood
that routine adverse event filings (i.e ., not relating to
serious adverse events as defined by applicable law) shall not fall
within the meaning of maintenance) and copies of all contact
reports produced by such Party. BMS shall be the [ * ] point of
contact with any Regulatory Authorities regarding each
Product.
(b) Notice of Regulatory Filing
Requirements. The
Party holding the IND for a Co-Developed Product shall provide to
the other Party, within [ * ] of discovery by BMS, notice of any
event with respect to Co-Developed Products that triggers any FDA
filing requirement that is subject to a deadline imposed by
applicable law of less than [ * ] after the discovery of such an
event. The co-chairpersons of the JDC shall discuss in good faith
and on a timely basis determine the most effective and expeditious
means of responding to such FDA filing requirement.
(c) Notice of Changed Regulatory
Requirements. The
Party holding the IND for a Co-Developed Product shall provide
notice to the other Party of any additional requirements which the
FDA may impose with respect to obtaining or maintaining Regulatory
Approval for Co-Developed Products (including additional clinical
trials), and of all FDA inquiries with respect to Co-Developed
Products requiring a response within [ * ] of receipt thereof by
BMS.
(d) Regulatory
Meetings. The Party
holding the IND for a Co-Developed Product shall provide the other
Party with notice of all meetings, conferences, and discussions
(including FDA advisory committee meetings and any other meeting of
experts convened by the FDA concerning any topic relevant to
Co-Developed Products, as well as Product labeling and
post-Regulatory Approval Product labeling discussions with the FDA)
scheduled with the FDA concerning any pending Drug Approval
Application or any material regulatory matters relating to
Co-Developed Products within [ * ] after such Party receives notice
of the scheduling of such meeting, conference, or discussion (or
within such shorter period as may be necessary in order to give
such other Party a reasonable opportunity to participate in such
meetings, conferences and discussions). Such other Party shall be
entitled to be present at, and to participate in, all
such
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information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
meetings, conferences or
discussions. Exelixis’ and BMS’ respective members of
the JDC shall use reasonable efforts to agree in advance on the
scheduling of such meetings and on the objectives to be
accomplished at such meetings, conferences, and discussions and the
agenda for the meetings, conferences, and discussions with the
FDA. To the extent practicable, the Party holding the IND for
a Co-Developed Product shall also include the other Party in any
unscheduled, ad-hoc meetings, conferences and discussions with the
FDA concerning any pending IND, Drug Approval Application or any
material regulatory matters relating to Co-Developed
Products.
(e) Regulatory Data.
Each Party shall provide to the
other Party on a timely basis copies of all material pre-clinical
and clinical data compiled in support of a Drug Approval
Application or other regulatory filings in the United States with
respect to Co-Developed Products (via electronic copies of such
data in a form that may be ana