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DRUG DISCOVERY COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
This DRUG DISCOVERY COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of September 13, 2002 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between Array BioPharma Inc., a Delaware corporation, having a principal place of business at 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301 (“Array”), and InterMune, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having a principal place of business at 3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, California 94005 (“InterMune”).
BACKGROUND
A.
InterMune has experience and expertise in
the biological components of drug discovery, development and commercialization
of therapeutics.
B.
Array has developed novel and proprietary
methods for the generation of compound libraries, and has skills, expertise and
experience in lead generation and optimization to produce clinical candidates
from drug discovery programs.
C.
InterMune and Array desire to collaborate
to identify orally active small molecule-based therapeutics for modulating the
Target (as defined below), with the goal of developing compounds with desired
activity and selectivity.
D.
InterMune wishes to acquire an exclusive
license to develop and commercialize Products (as defined below), and Array
wishes to grant to InterMune such license, on the terms and conditions herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants, conditions and undertakings hereinafter set forth, it is agreed by and between the Parties as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
1.1
“Affiliate” shall mean
any corporation or other entity, whether de jure or de facto,
which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control of a Party hereto for so long as such control exists. For the
purposes of this Section 1.2, “control” shall mean the direct
or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares
or other voting rights of the subject entity having the power to vote on or
direct the affairs of the
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entity, or if not meeting the preceding, the maximum voting right that may be held by the particular Party under the laws of the country where such entity exists.
1.2
“Agreement Term” shall
mean the term of this Agreement, as determined in accordance with
Article 12.
1.3
“Collaboration Technology”
shall mean all Collaboration Patents and Collaboration Know-How.
1.4
“Collaboration Patents”
shall mean all patents and patent applications anywhere in the world claiming
an invention first conceived and/or reduced to practice solely or jointly by
Array and/or InterMune personnel in the course of performing the Research
Collaboration, including without limitation any such invention comprising a Hit
Compound, Lead Compound or Product, or method of use or process for the
synthesis thereof or composition-of-matter containing such Hit Compound, Lead
Compound or Product. The Collaboration Patents may include the following
types of patent applications and patents: divisionals, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals or extensions,
substitutions, confirmations, registrations and revalidations.
1.5
“Collaboration Know-How”
shall mean all Know-How made or developed solely or jointly by Array and/or
InterMune in the course of performing the Research Collaboration, in each case,
which is necessary or useful for the development, manufacture, use, sale or
other commercialization of any Hit Compound, Lead Compound or Product.
Collaboration Know-How does not include patentable inventions claimed in the
Collaboration Patents.
1.6
“Consumer Price Index”
or “CPI” means the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, as
published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1.7
“Control” shall mean,
with respect to any patent application, patent or Know-How, the ownership of,
or possession of a license under, such patent application, patent or Know-How,
together with the right to grant a license to the other Party thereunder as
provided in this Agreement.
1.8
“Field” shall mean the
discovery, development and commercialization of chemical entities for the
therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of diseases and conditions in humans, a
mechanism of action of which chemical entities is to modulate the activity of a
Target.
1.9
“FTE” shall mean a
full-time person dedicated to the Research Collaboration, or in the case of
less than a full-time, dedicated person, a full-time equivalent person year,
based upon a total of one thousand eight hundred eighty (1,880) hours per year
of work in connection with the Research Collaboration.
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1.10
“JRC” or “Joint
Research Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
1.11
“Hit Compound” shall
mean any chemical entity that meets the Hit Compound Criteria.
1.12
“Hit Compound Criteria”
shall mean (i) those criteria set forth in the Research Plan to be
“Hit Compound Criteria,” and/or (ii) such other criteria as
are approved by the JRC and agreed in writing by the Parties. If the Parties
agree to any such other criteria, then their writing shall clearly set forth
whether such criteria are in addition to, or alternative to, such criteria set
forth in the Research Plan as of the Effective Date.
1.13
“Know-How” shall mean
ideas, inventions, data, instructions, processes, formulas, expert opinions and
other information (including, without limitation, biological, chemical,
pharmacological, toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical, analytical, clinical,
safety, manufacturing and quality control data and information).
1.14
“Lead Compound” shall
mean any chemical entity that meets the Lead Compound Criteria.
1.15
“Lead Compound Criteria”
shall mean (i) those criteria set forth in the Research Plan to be
“Lead Compound Criteria,” and/or (ii) such other criteria as
are approved by the JRC and agreed in writing by the parties. If the
Parties agree to any such other criteria, then their writing shall clearly set
forth whether such criteria are in addition to, or alternative to, such
criteria set forth in the Research Plan as of the Effective Date.
1.16
“NDA” shall mean a New
Drug Application, as defined in the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any corresponding foreign application,
registration or certification.
1.17
“Net Sales” shall mean
[ * ].
1.18
“Party” or “Parties”
shall mean, respectively, Array or InterMune individually, or Array and
InterMune collectively.
1.19
“Phase II” shall mean
the phase of human clinical trials for which the primary endpoints include a
determination of dose ranges and/or a preliminary determination of efficacy in
patients in the United States or a country other than the United States.
Phase II specifically excludes that phase of human clinical trials commonly
referred to as “Phase I” clinical trials, which are solely intended
to determine safety but not definitive dosing and efficacy of a pharmaceutical.
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1.20
“Phase III” shall mean
the phase of human clinical trials the principal purpose of which are to
establish safety and efficacy of one or more particular doses in patients being
studied, and which will (or are intended to) satisfy the requirements of a
pivotal trial for purposes of obtaining approval of a product in a country by
the health regulatory authority in such country to market such product.
1.21
“Preparatory Know-How”
shall mean all Know-How made or developed by Array [ * ] that
relates to the subject matter of the Research Collaboration and/or to any Hit
Compound, Lead Compound or Product, to the extent Controlled by Array.
1.22
“Preparatory Patents”
shall mean all patent applications and patents anywhere in the world claiming
any invention conceived and/or reduced to practice by Array [ * ]
that relates to the subject matter of the Research Collaboration and/or to any Hit
Compound, Lead Compound or Product, in each case to the extent Controlled by
Array.
1.23
“Product” shall mean
any diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic product incorporating as an active
ingredient a Hit Compound or a Lead Compound.
1.24
“Research Collaboration”
shall mean the research activities undertaken by the Parties during the
Research Term pursuant to Sections 2.1 to 2.3 below.
1.25
“Research Plan” shall
mean the written research plan that the Parties have agreed to on or before the
Effective Date. The Research Plan may be amended from time to time by
mutual agreement of the Parties, and shall be updated as set forth in
Section 2.2.2.
1.26
“Research Term” shall
mean the term of the Research Collaboration, as provided in Section 2.3
below.
1.27
“Reserved Target”
shall mean those targets identified in Exhibit A as “Reserved
Targets.”
1.28
“Sublicensee” shall
mean, with respect to a particular Product, a Third Party to whom InterMune has
granted a license or sublicense under the Collaboration Technology to make and
sell such Product. As used in this Agreement, “Sublicensee”
shall specifically exclude a Third Party to whom InterMune has granted the
right to distribute such Product, provided that the economics of the
distribution relationship involve payment of a transfer price by the
distributor, but not a royalty to InterMune calculated as a percentage of net
sales of the Product by the distributor.
1.29
“Target(s)” shall mean
(i) the target identified in Exhibit A as the “Target,”
and (ii) any Reserved Target selected in accordance with
Section 2.2.1 below for use in the Research Collaboration.
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1.30
“Third Party” shall
mean any person or entity other than Array and InterMune, and their respective
Affiliates.
1.31
“Valid Claim” shall
mean [ * ].
ARTICLE 2
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
2.1
Goals. The goal of the Research Collaboration is the
discovery and optimization of patentable compositions that are orally active
small molecule inhibitors in the Field pursuant to the Research Plan.
2.2
Conduct of the Research Collaboration. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Parties agree to conduct research under the Research Collaboration,
which shall be funded as set forth in Article 5 below. During the
Research Term, Array and InterMune shall collaborate and each use their
commercially reasonable efforts to conduct their respective responsibilities
under the Research Collaboration in accordance with the Research Plan, within
the time frames contemplated therein. In particular, Array shall devote
the numbers of FTEs set forth for it to devote in the Research Plan to carrying
out the tasks assigned to Array at the times set forth therein.
2.2.1
Target Selection. The initial subject of the Research
Collaboration shall be the Target identified in the Research Plan as of the
Effective Date. During the Research Term, either Party may propose in
writing that the Research Collaboration be expanded to include research
involving one of more Reserved Target(s). Upon written consent of the
other Party, each Reserved Target so proposed shall cease to be a Reserved
Target for purposes of this Agreement and shall thereafter be deemed a Target.
2.2.2
Research Plan. The Research Collaboration shall be carried
out in accordance with the Research Plan. The Research Plan as it exists
as of the Effective Date establishes specific research objectives and the
general research tasks to be performed and resources to be provided by each
Party. Promptly after the Effective Date, the Parties shall meet and
agree on the more specific tasks to be undertaken to achieve such research
objectives and general tasks, the specific anticipated timelines for such
specific tasks, and an FTE schedule setting forth how many FTEs Array will
devote to the performance of the tasks assigned to it in each quarter of the
Research Term. Within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the JRC
shall meet to discuss and approve such an update to the Research Plan to cover
such subject matter. Thereafter, the Research Plan shall be reviewed on
an ongoing basis and may be amended by the Joint Research Committee in
accordance with Article 3, or by the Parties in accordance with
Section 4.4.
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2.3
Term and Termination of Research
Collaboration. The
Research Collaboration shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end upon
the first to occur of (i) two (2) years after the Effective Date,
(ii) the termination of this Agreement, or (iii) ninety (90) days
after written notice from InterMune that InterMune elects (in its sole
discretion) to early terminate the Research Collaboration, such notice to be
given no earlier than nine (9) months after the Effective Date (such
period beginning on the Effective Date and ending upon the earliest of (i),
(ii) and (iii), the “Research Term”). InterMune shall
have the right to extend the Research Term for up to an additional two
(2) years. To exercise such right, InterMune shall provide written
notice to Array on or before the date ninety (90) days before the second
anniversary of the Effective Date.
2.4
Selection of Candidates for Further
Development. From time to time,
either Party may suggest that the JRC consider a particular Hit Compound or
Lead Compound to be recommended to InterMune for selection for further
development. The JRC’s recommendation is not binding on
InterMune. The purpose of having the JRC make any such recommendation is
to foster collaboration and scientific exchange between the Parties during the
Research Term. InterMune agrees to inform Array of any Hit Compounds and
Lead Compounds researched hereunder for which InterMune is undertaking any GLP
toxicology studies in the next report under Section 7.2 after such studies
commence.
2.5
Records; Inspection.
(a)
Records. Array and InterMune shall maintain records of
the Research Collaboration (or cause such records to be maintained) in
sufficient detail and in good scientific manner as will properly reflect all
work done and results achieved in the performance of the Research Collaboration
(including all data in the form required under any applicable governmental
regulations and as directed by the JRC).
(b)
Reports and Information Exchange. Each Party shall keep the other Party,
including the Joint Research Committee, informed as to its progress under the
Research Plan. During the Research Term, Array and InterMune shall each
provide the other, at least once quarterly, a reasonably detailed written
summary of research activities and results in connection with the Research
Collaboration. In addition, if requested in writing by InterMune, Array
shall provide InterMune with copies of its records required to be kept pursuant
to Section 2.5(a), including without limitation the relevant portions of
laboratory notebooks of Array personnel participating in the Research
Collaboration.
2.6
Post Research Collaboration Activities. For each Hit Compound, Lead Compound and
Product, as between the Parties, InterMune shall be responsible, at its sole
expense, for conducting all clinical development of such Lead Compound or
Product following the termination of the Research Term, and all
commercialization of such Hit Compound, Lead Compound or Product.
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2.7
Exclusivity.
2.7.1
General. Except in performing pursuant to the Research
Collaboration, Array and its Affiliates shall not knowingly [ * ],
alone or with a Third Party, [ * ] specifically directed to
(i) [ * ], during the Research Term and for a period of [ * ]
thereafter, (ii) or [ * ], during the Research
Term. It is understood and agreed that [ * ] shall not
be deemed a violation of this Section 2.7.
2.7.2
Option. During the Research Term, prior to Array or
any of its Affiliates entering into material or substantial negotiations with a
third party in connection with [ * ], other than a Target or a
Reserved Target, or using [ * ], Array will notify InterMune
in writing of such intent. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such
notice, InterMune will notify Array in writing whether InterMune is interested
in pursuing such activities in collaboration with Array, under terms equivalent
to those contained in the Agreement. If so, InterMune and Array will
negotiate in good faith an agreement under which Array and InterMune would
collaborate on such compound discovery research. If the parties have not
agreed upon terms and conditions of such an agreement within ninety (90) days
after receipt of InterMune’s notice, or if InterMune does not indicate
its interest within such thirty (30) day period, then Array and its Affiliates
shall be free to pursue [ * ] that was the subject of
Array’s notice to InterMune, alone or with a Third Party, without further
obligation to InterMune, [ * ].
2.7.3
Change of Control. Notwithstanding the provision of Sections
2.7.1 and 2.7.2, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) of
Array, the provisions of such Sections shall not apply to any research or
development program that a portion of the surviving entity that was not Array
(prior to the Change of Control) had ongoing as of immediately prior to the
date of such Change of Control. For purposes of this Section 2.7, a
“Change of Control” shall mean the merger, consolidation, sale of
substantially all of its assets or similar transaction or series of
transactions, as a result of which Array’s shareholders before such
transaction or series of transactions own less than fifty percent (50%) of the
total number of voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after
such transaction or series of transactions. For clarity, if as a result
of any such Change of Control, Array exists as a wholly owned subsidiary of a
parent, then the provisions of this Section 2.7 shall continue to apply to
Array, but not to such parent.
2.8
Existing Library Compounds. As of the Effective Date, the Parties will
focus upon new compound libraries created pursuant to the Research
Collaboration, and the Parties will not engage in high throughput screening
against pre-existing or separate compound libraries of Array pursuant to the
Research Collaboration.
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ARTICLE 3
MANAGEMENT
3.1
Joint Research Committee. Promptly after the Effective Date, InterMune
and Array will establish a committee (the “Joint Research
Committee” or “JRC”) to oversee, review and recommend
direction of the Research Collaboration, and provide advice regarding
prosecution of jointly-owned patent applications directed to inventions within
the Collaboration Technology. The responsibilities of the Joint Research
Committee shall include, among other things: (i) setting priorities and
modifying the Research Plan; (ii) recommending the number of FTEs to be
provided for in the Research Plan; (iii) monitoring and reporting research
progress and ensuring open and frequent exchange between the Parties regarding
Research Collaboration activities; and (iv) recommending Hit Compounds and
Lead Compounds for selection by InterMune as candidates for further
development. The JRC (and any of its subcommittees) shall have no
authority to amend or waive compliance with this Agreement. The
JRC’s decision-making shall be as set forth in Section 3.4.
3.2
Membership. The JRC shall include two
(2) representatives of each of InterMune and Array. Each
Party’s members shall be selected by that Party. Array and
InterMune may each replace its JRC representatives at any time, upon written
notice to the other Party. From time to time, the JRC may establish
subcommittees, to oversee particular projects or activities, and such
subcommittees will be constituted as the JRC agrees.
3.3
Meetings. During the Research Term, the JRC shall meet
at least quarterly, or as agreed by the Parties, at such locations as the
Parties agree, and will otherwise communicate regularly by telephone,
electronic mail, facsimile and/or video conference. With the consent of
the Parties, other representatives of Array or InterMune may attend JRC
meetings as nonvoting observers. Each Party shall be responsible for all
of its own expenses associated with attendance of such meetings. The
first meeting of the JRC shall occur within forty-five (45) days after the
Effective Date.
3.4
Decision Making. Decisions of the JRC shall be made by
unanimous agreement. In the event that unanimity is not achieved within
the JRC, then, other than with respect to setting criteria for Hit Compounds
and Lead Compounds, InterMune shall have the deciding vote; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Array shall not be obligated,
as a result of such a deciding vote by InterMune, to violate any obligation or
agreement it may have to or with any Third Party; provided that the
obligation to or agreement with the Third Party is not in conflict with this
Agreement as originally executed or the activities that would be required or
contemplated of Array under the Research Plan as it exists as of the Effective
Date. Disputes among the JRC or the Parties as to whether to change or
add to the Hit Compound Criteria and/or the Lead Compound Criteria shall be
non-justiciable, and the Hit Compound Criteria and the Lead Compound Criteria
shall remain as they exist as of the Effective Date unless the Parties
otherwise agree in writing.
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ARTICLE 4
LICENSES
4.1
Research Licenses.
4.1.1
Grant from InterMune. InterMune hereby grants Array a worldwide,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free, right and
license, under InterMune’s interest in the Collaboration Technology,
solely to conduct the Research Collaboration during the Research Term.
4.1.2
Grant from Array. Array hereby grants InterMune a worldwide,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free, right and
license, under Array’s interest in the Collaboration Technology and under
the Preparatory Patents and the Preparatory Know-How, solely to conduct the
Research Collaboration during the Research Term.
4.2
Commercial License.
4.2.1
License to Lead Compounds, Development
Candidates and Corresponding Products.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Array hereby grants to
InterMune a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing right and license under
Array’s interest in the Collaboration Technology and under the
Preparatory Patents, to research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer
for sale and sell Hit Compounds, Lead Compounds and Products worldwide.
4.2.2
Preparatory Know-How. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Array hereby grants to InterMune a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-bearing right and license under the Preparatory Know-How to
research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer for sale and sell Hit
Compounds, Lead Compounds and Products worldwide.
4.2.3
Sublicenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, InterMune shall have the right to sublicense the rights granted in
Section 4.2.1 above through one (1) or more tiers of
sublicensees. Each sublicense granted by InterMune shall be consistent
with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and shall automatically
terminate with respect to the patents and know-how licensed hereunder when this
Agreement terminates. InterMune shall remain responsible to Array
for the compliance of each such Sublicensee with this Agreement as applicable
to such Sublicensee, and the payment of any amounts due hereunder as a result
of the activities of Sublicensees.
4.2.4
Marketing Rights. InterMune shall have the exclusive right to
market, sell and distribute Products. In exercising such rights,
InterMune may select trademarks for such Products, and InterMune shall own all
right, title or interest in such trademarks (subject to any pre-existing rights
of Array or Third Parties).
4.3
License to Array. InterMune hereby grants to Array a worldwide,
non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free right and license, with the right to
grant and authorize sublicenses,
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under InterMune’s interest in the Collaboration Technology, to exploit the same outside the scope of Array’s exclusive license to InterMune pursuant to Section 4.2.
4.4
Third-Party Licenses. In the event that the Parties agree to acquire
additional technologies from a Third Party specifically for use in the conduct
of the Research Collaboration in the Field, InterMune will be responsible for
the payment of any amounts due to Third Parties for the license of intellectual
property which directly applies to any Target, and the costs of negotiating,
preparing and executing any such license, unless the Parties otherwise mutually
agree in writing. InterMune shall use its reasonable efforts to negotiate
in good faith and obtain all Third Party licenses that it agrees to seek
because they are necessary or useful for the conduct of the Research
Collaboration. If, during the Research Term, InterMune is unable, despite
such efforts, to obtain any license necessary for the conduct of the Research
Collaboration, and the Parties are unable to agree to amend the Research Plan
such that such license is no longer necessary to the conduct of the Research
Collaboration, then InterMune shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
upon thirty (30) days notice.
4.5
No Implied Licenses. Only the licenses granted pursuant to the
express terms of this Agreement shall be of any legal force or effect. No
other license or rights shall be created by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
4.6
No Products Other than Products. Except as otherwise agreed in writing or
specifically provided in the terms of this Agreement, neither InterMune nor its
Affiliates nor Sublicensees shall, directly or indirectly, commercialize any
Hit Compound or Lead Compound itself or the method of manufacture or use of
which is claimed by the Collaboration Patents or uses the Collaboration
Know-How, other than as a Product in accordance with this Agreement (i.e., any
Products sold by InterMune, its Affiliates and Sublicensees in exercise of the
license granted InterMune in Section 4.2.1 shall be milestone and
royalty-bearing to the extent set forth in this Agreement).
ARTICLE 5
PAYMENTS
5.1
Research Collaboration Funding.
5.1.1
Research Phase Payment Schedule. InterMune agrees to pay Array research funding
for the conduct of the Research Collaboration quarterly, in advance, in an
amount equal to one quarter (1/4) of [ * ] FTEs (or, if
lesser, the number of Array FTEs scheduled in the Research Plan to be provided
by Array in the upcoming quarter), multiplied by the applicable Array FTE Rate
(as defined below in Section 5.1.2). The initial quarterly payment
shall be made on or before the date Array FTEs are first deployed in accordance
with the Research Plan, and subsequent payments shall be made on or before the
first day of each calendar quarter thereafter. Such payments are
non-creditable and non-refundable, subject to the
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remainder of this Section 5.1.1. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter during which InterMune is funding Array FTEs devoted to the Research Collaboration, Array shall notify InterMune in writing of the number of FTEs Array actually devoted to the Research Collaboration during such calendar quarter. If such actual FTEs are less than the number of FTEs for which InterMune paid, then InterMune may credit the overpayment against the next payment due Array under this Agreement. If no payment will be due Array within the next three (3) months after Array was required to notify InterMune of such actual FTEs, Array shall promptly refund the overpayment to InterMune. In addition, InterMune may audit Array’s FTE records relating to the Research Collaboration, in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions as those set forth for Array’s audits pursuant to Section 6.4, and any discrepancies shall be trued-up as provided in the foregoing two (2) sentences. In no event shall InterMune be required to fund a greater number of Array FTEs in any calendar quarter than one quarter (1/4) of [ * ] FTEs, or, if lesser, those provided in the Research Plan for Array to provide in such quarter.
5.1.2
FTE Rate. The “Array FTE Rate” shall be
equal to [ * ] per FTE per year. Effective after the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, the FTE Rate shall increase no more
than once annually by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Statistics, since the Effective Date or the last adjustment
hereunder, whichever is later.
5.1.3
Non-FTE Costs. Non-FTE costs and research requirements
associated with performance of the Research Collaboration at Array shall be
borne by Array, except that Array shall not be required to incur any
extraordinary [ * ] costs without Array’s prior written
consent. Extraordinary [ * ] costs means material costs
in excess of [ * ].
5.1.4
PK Outsourcing. In the event that the Parties agree, in the
course of the Research Collaboration, to enter into one or more agreements with
a Third Party(ies) for the performance of [ * ] with respect
to a particular Hit Compound(s) and/or Lead Compound(s), the Parties shall be
responsible for the payment of the aggregate amounts due such Third Party(ies)
under such agreements as follows: (i) Array shall be responsible for
payment of [ * ] due during each of (1) the period
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary thereof,
and (2) the following twelve (12) months (unless the Research Term is
earlier terminated); and (ii) InterMune shall responsible for the payment
of all additional amounts that are approved in advance by InterMune. The
Parties anticipate that they will contract with Third Parties for [ * ]
in each year of the Research Term. The Parties will mutually agree the
specific studies to be conducted, and the specific Third Parties that will
conduct the studies. Array shall not unreasonably withhold its agreement
to particular such studies, or withhold its consent to the Parties contracting
for any such studies on the grounds of the cost of the studies.
5.2
Development Funding. In addition to the funding obligations set
forth in Section 5.1, InterMune shall be responsible for all costs and
expenses for otherwise developing and
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commercializing the Products, including without limitation, preclinical development, clinical development, premarketing and commercial activities. For clarity, this means that as between the Parties, InterMune is responsible for the costs of activities in exercise of the license granted it in Section 4.2.1.
5.3
Milestones. InterMune shall pay to Array the following
amounts [ * ] following the first achievement by Array or by
InterMune or its Affiliates, Sublicensees or other designees, as the case may
be, of each of the following milestones with respect any [ * ]
or Product that itself, or the manufacture, use or sale of which is claimed by
a Valid Claim or that incorporates as its active ingredient a Hit Compound that
was identified as such pursuant to the Research Collaboration (a “Milestone
Product”).
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5.3.1
Milestone payments [ * ]
set forth above shall each be payable [ * ] upon the
achievement of the corresponding milestone event with a Milestone Product [ * ],
and [ * ] upon the achievement of the corresponding milestone
event with a Milestone Product [ * ]. Milestone payment [ * ]
set forth above shall be due [ * ], and milestone payments [ * ]
set forth above shall be due [ * ], regardless of the number
of additional times the corresponding milestone events are achieved with one
(1) or multiple [ * ] or Milestone Products.
5.3.2
In the event that one or more milestone
payments described above becomes due (a “Later Milestone”) in
relation to the achievement of a corresponding milestone event with a Milestone
Product [ * ], and one or more of the earlier-stage milestone
payments has not been paid to Array in relation to the achievement of a
corresponding milestone event with a Milestone Product [ * ],
then all earlier-stage milestone payments in relation to the achievement of a
corresponding milestone event with a Milestone Product [ * ]
that have not been paid shall be paid together with the Later Milestone
payment. Similarly, if a Later Milestone becomes due in relation to the
achievement of the corresponding milestone event with a Milestone Product [ * ],
then all earlier stage milestone payments in relation to the achievement of the
corresponding milestone events with a Milestone Product [ * ]
shall be paid together with such Later Milestone. For clarity, nothing in this
Section 5.3.2 shall be deemed to contradict the limits
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set forth in Section 5.3.1 as to the number of times each milestone payment is available under this Agreement.
5.3.3
For purposes of this Section 5.3, a
clinical trial shall be deemed initiated upon the first dosing of the first
patient in such trial.
5.4
Royalties.
5.4.1
Products. InterMune shall pay Array a running royalty of
[ * ] of Net Sales of each Product during the time periods and
in countries in which its manufacture, use or sale of such Product is claimed
by a Valid Claim. Such rate shall not be increased if multiple Valid
Claims claim the manufacture, use or sale of such Product.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and when the only Valid Claim claiming such
manufacture, use or sale is a claim directed to a method of use or manufacture
solely invented by InterMune (an “InterMune Sole Non-composition
Claim”), then no such running royalty shall be due. No running
royalties shall be due hereunder on the basis of the use of the Collaboration
Know-How.
5.4.2
Royalty Term. InterMune’s obligation to pay royalties
to Array under this Section 5.4 shall continue for each Product that
itself or the method of manufacture or use of which is claimed by a Valid
Claim, on a country-by-country basis, until such time as there are no Valid
Claims (other than InterMune Sole Non-composition Claims) which but for the
licenses granted herein would be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of
such Product in such country. Upon the expiration of such term of
royalties in any country with respect to any Product, InterMune’s license
under Section 4.2 with respect to such Product in such country shall
automatically become fully paid, nonexclusive and perpetual.
5.4.3
Third Party Royalties. In the event that (i) it becomes
necessary or useful for InterMune to obtain a license under a valid, issued
patent of a Third Party, where such patent covers the composition, methods of
therapeutic use, or all practical methods of synthesis of a Product, and such
patent would be infringed, but for the existence of the Third-Party license, by
the discovery, research, development or sale of such Product, and (ii) InterMune
must pay such Third Party for such license a royalty on Net Sales of such
Product in a particular country, then InterMune may deduct [ * ]
of the royalties reasonably so paid to such Third Party against royalties due
Array on Net Sales of such Product; provided that the royalties
otherwise due to Array in any quarter will not be lower than [ * ]
(the “Floor”) by operation of an offset provided for in this
Section 5.4.3. Amounts that InterMune is unable to deduct in a
particular calendar quarter due to the Floor may be carried forward and
deducted in future calendar quarters, subject always to the Floor in the future
calendar quarters.
5.4.4
Combination Products. If InterMune sells any Product in the form of a
combination product containing one or more active ingredients in addition to
the active ingredient that is a Lead Compound (which may be either combined in
a single formulation or
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packaged as separate formulations sold as a single package), Net Sales for such combination product will be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of such combination product by the fraction A/(A+B) where A is the invoice price of the Lead Compound portion of the combination product if sold separately, and B is the total invoice price of the other active ingredient or ingredients in the combination, if sold separately. If, on a country-by-country basis, the other active ingredient or ingredients in the combination are not sold separately in said country, Net Sales for the purpose of determining royalties due hereunder on the combination product shall be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of such combination product by the fraction A/C where A is the invoice price of the Lead Compound portion of the combination product if sold separately, and C is the invoice price of the combination product. If, on a country-by-country basis, the Licensed Product is not sold separately in said country, Net Sales for the purposes of determining royalties of the combination product shall be determined by the Parties in good faith on the basis of the fair market values of the different active ingredients of the combination Product.
5.4.5
Compulsory License. If either Party learns that a Third Party
other than an InterMune Affiliate or Sublicensee has obtained a compulsory
license in any country under the Collaboration Patents, or Identified Patents
or Preparatory Patents exclusively licensed to InterMune hereunder, to sell a
Competitive Product (as defined below), then such Party shall promptly notify
the other Party of such occurrence. If the royalty rate payable to Array
under such compulsory license is less than the royalty rate otherwise
applicable in such country hereunder, then, in each calendar year in which the Competitive
Product is being sold in such country, and units of the Competitive Product
equal at least [ * ] of the total combined units of such
Competitive Product and the Product in the particular country, sold in such
calendar year, then the royalty rate set forth in Section 5.4.1 shall be
reduced, with respect to Net Sales in such country, to the lower royalty rates
applicable in such country pursuant to such compulsory license. Any
reduction in the royalty due Array as a result of sales of such Competitive Product
shall be available to InterMune only with respect to Net Sales in those
calendar years and in those countries described by the foregoing
sentence. For the purposes of this Section 5.4.5, a
“Competitive Product” shall mean any product the manufacture, use
or sale of which is claimed by any of the foregoing patents, and which competes
with any Product in the relevant country. If such compulsory license is
required to be granted by InterMune, then the amounts received by InterMune
pursuant to such compulsory license shall be deemed to be Net Sales hereunder
(in lieu of the sales pursuant to the compulsory license being included in Net
Sales).
5.4.6
Later Claims. If (a) InterMune was not required to pay
royalties on Net Sales of any Product during a time period when and in a
country where a pending claim that would have qualified as a Valid Claim but
for claiming a first priority to more than five (5) years from the date
pendency was determined (that was “Temporarily Disqualified”, with
derivative forms being interpreted accordingly), and that covers such Product
itself or the method of manufacture or use thereof in such country, and
(b) such claim later issues as an issued Valid Claim covering such Product
itself or the method of manufacture or use thereof in such country,
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then (c) with the next royalty report due pursuant to Section 6.1 after such issuance (but no sooner than thirty (30) days after such issuance), InterMune shall report and pay to Array the royalties that would have been due pursuant to Section 5.4.1 on Net Sales of such Product in such country but for the Temporary Disqualification of such claim.
ARTICLE 6
PAYMENTS; BOOKS AND RECORDS
6.1
Royalty Reports and Payments. After the first sale of a Product on which
royalties are payable by InterMune or its Affiliates or Sublicensees hereunder,
InterMune shall make quarterly written reports to Array within [ * ]
after the end of each calendar quarter, stating in each such report, separately
for InterMune and each Affiliate and Sublicensee, the aggregate Net Sales, by
country, of each Product sold during the calendar quarter upon which a royalty
is payable under Section 5.4 above. InterMune shall pay to Array royalties
due at the rates specified in Section 5.4.
6.2 Payment Method. All payments due under this Agreement shall be made from a bank located in the United States by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account designated by Array. All payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars. In the event that the due date of any payment subject to Article 5 hereof is a Saturday, Sunday or national holiday, such payment may be paid on the following business day. Any payments that are not paid on the date such payments are due under this Agreement shall bear interest to the extent permitted by applicable law at the prime rate as reported by the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New






