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Exhibit
10.1
Confidential Materials
omitted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission. Asterisks denote omissions.
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CHILDREN’S MEDICAL
CENTER CORPORATION
AND
ICAGEN, INC.
This Agreement is made and
entered into as of the date last written below (the Effective
Date), by and between Children’s Medical Center Corporation,
a charitable corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and having its principal
office at 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, U.S.A.
(hereinafter referred to as “CMCC”), and ICAgen, Inc.,
a business corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and having its principal place of business
located at 4222 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 460, Durham, NC 27703
(hereinafter referred to as “Licensee”).
WHEREAS, CMCC is the owner of
the CMCC Patent Rights which are identified in Appendix A and/or
has the right to grant exclusive licenses under said CMCC Patent
Rights for the Field of Use, subject only to a royalty-free,
nonexclusive license heretofore granted to the United States
Government for those patents developed with U.S. Government
funding;
WHEREAS, CMCC has the right
to license its interest in the Sheffield Patent Rights which are
identified in Appendix B for the Field of Use, subject only to a
royalty-free, nonexclusive license heretofore granted to the United
States Government for those patents developed with U.S. Government
funding;
WHEREAS, CMCC desires to have
the Licensed Patent Rights utilized in the public interest and is
willing to grant a license thereunder on the terms and conditions
described herein;
WHEREAS, Licensee has
represented to CMCC that Licensee is ready, willing and able,
subject to obtaining necessary regulatory approvals and on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to engage in the commercial
development, production, manufacture, marketing and sale of
Licensed Products and/or the use of Licensed Processes and that it
shall commit itself (either directly or through Affiliates,
Sublicensees or contractees) to a thorough, vigorous and diligent
program of exploiting the Licensed Patent Rights in accordance with
the terms and conditions described herein so that public
utilization shall result therefrom; and
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to
obtain an exclusive license under the Licensed Patent Rights for
the Field of Use on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this
Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
set forth below:
1.1 “Affiliate”
shall mean any company or other legal entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with Licensee. For purposes
of the definition of “Affiliate” the term
“control” shall mean: (i) in the case of a corporate
entity, the direct or indirect ownership of at least a majority of
the stock or participating shares entitled to vote for the election
of directors of that entity; (ii) in the case of a partnership, the
power customarily held by a general partner to direct the
management and policies of such partnership; or (iii) in the case
of a joint venture, whether in corporate, partnership or other
legal form, a more than nominal economic interest and managerial
role.
1.2 “Combination
Product(s) or Process(es)” shall mean a product or process
that includes a Licensed Product or Licensed Process sold in
combination with another component(s) whose manufacture, use or
sale by an unlicensed party would not constitute an infringement of
the Licensed Patent Rights.
1.3 “Field of
Use” shall mean human and veterinary therapeutics and
diagnostics, but excluding NEWCO’s Field of Use.
1.4 “First Commercial
Sale” shall mean with respect to each country: (i) the first
sale of any Licensed Product or Licensed Process by Licensee,
following approval of such Licensed Product’s or Licensed
Process’s marketing by the appropriate governmental agency,
if any such approval is necessary, for the country in which the
sale is to be made; or (ii) when governmental approval is not
required, the first sale in that country of the Licensed Product or
Licensed Process.
1.5 “Gross
Compensation” shall mean all consideration received by
Licensee and Affiliates from third parties for the manufacture,
sale, commercialization, and/or sublicensing of the Licensed Patent
Rights, the Technology and the Sublicensed Technology. Gross
Compensation shall include:
(a) all payments received by
Licensee and/or Affiliates as upfront payments, license fees,
milestone payments, royalties, rentals, user fees or other sums
received for the manufacturing, sales, commercialization and/or
sublicensing of the Technology, and/or the Sublicensed Technology;
for further clarification, Gross Compensation does not include
other sums received for solely sponsoring research or development,
or as a bona fide equity or debt investment in Licensee or any of
its Affiliates; and
(b) all non-cash compensation
received by Licensee and/or Affiliates such as stock, partnership
interests, or other equity interests in a business entity when such
equity interest is received by Licensee or Affiliates in return for
the manufacturing, sales,
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commercialization and/or
sublicensing of the Technology and/or the Sublicensed
Technology.
1.6 “Licensed Patent
Rights” shall mean all of the following intellectual property
which CMCC owns or has rights to during the term of this
Agreement:
(a) The United States and
foreign patents and/or patent applications listed in Appendix A and
Appendix B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and
divisionals and continuations thereof.
(b) The United States and
foreign patents issued from the applications listed in Appendix A
and Appendix B and from divisionals and continuations of those
applications.
(c) Claims of United States
and foreign continuation-in-part applications, and of the resulting
patents, which claim subject matter specifically described and
enabled in the United States and foreign patent applications
described in Appendix A and Appendix B.
(d) Claims of all later filed
foreign patent applications, and of the resulting patents, which
claim subject matter specifically described and enabled in the
United States patent and/or patent applications described in
subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Article I, Paragraph
1.6.
(e) Any reissues, divisions,
amendments or extensions of the United States or foreign patents
described in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Article I,
Paragraph 1.6.
1.7 “Licensed
Product” shall mean any product or part thereof:
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The manufacture, use of, importation of, sale of or offer for
sale of which would infringe any Valid Claim contained in the
Licensed Patent Rights in any country; or |
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The manufacture of which uses a “Licensed
Process” |
1.8 “Licensed
Process” shall mean any process that would infringe any Valid
Claim contained in the Licensed Patent Rights in any
country.
1.9 “NCEs” shall
mean the compounds covered in whole or in part by Sheffield Patent
Rights.
1.10 “Net Sales”
shall mean gross receipts received by Licensee or Licensee’s
Affiliates for sales of Licensed Products and/or Licensed Processes
produced hereunder, less the sum of the following:
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Discounts, rebates allowances and adjustments actually allowed
in amounts customary in the trade. |
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Sales taxes, tariff duties and/or use, excise, value-added, and
similar government taxes directly imposed and with reference to
particular sales. |
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3. |
Outbound transportation, shipping, importation, and delivery
charges (including insurance premiums related to transportation and
delivery) prepaid or actually allowed. |
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Amounts allowed or credited on actual returns. |
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5. |
Price reductions or rebates imposed by government
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No deductions shall be made
for commissions paid to individuals whether they are with
independent sales agencies or regularly employed by Licensee and on
its payroll or for the cost of collections. Licensed Products and
Licensed Processes shall be considered “sold” and
“received” when actually collected. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the following shall not be
considered a sale of a Licensed Product or Licensed Process under
this Agreement: (i) the transfer of a Licensed Product or Licensed
Process to an Affiliate for sale by the Affiliate in a transaction
that will be royalty bearing; (ii) the transfer of a Licensed
Product or Licensed Process to a third party without consideration
to Licensee in connection with the development or testing of a
Licensed Product or Licensed Process; or (iii) the transfer of a
Licensed Product or Licensed Process to a third party without
consideration in connection with the marketing or promotion of the
Licensed Product or Licensed Process.
1.11 “NEWCO’s
Field of Use” shall mean the use of the NCE’s in the
field of cancer, actinic keratosis and Kaposi’s
sarcoma.
1.12 “Sheffield Patent
Rights” shall mean the patents and patent applications set
forth in Appendix B hereto.
1.13
“Sublicensee” shall mean a person or entity
unaffiliated with Licensee to whom Licensee has granted an
arm’s length sublicense under this Agreement.
1.14 “Sublicensed
Technology” shall mean any and all patentable and
unpatentable technology, Licensed Products, Licensed Processes,
compounds, devices, models, things, know-how, methods, documents,
materials, copyrightable works, and all other information in
CMCC’s custody and under CMCC’s control relating to the
Licensed Patent Rights supplied by ION to CMCC.
1.15 “Technology”
shall mean CMCC’s rights, as of the Effective Date hereof, to
any and all patentable and unpatentable technology, Licensed
Products, Licensed Processes, compounds, devices, models, things,
know-how, methods, documents, materials, copyrightable works, and
all other information in CMCC’s custody and under
CMCC’s control relating to the Licensed Patent Rights, but
excluding Sublicensed Technology.
1.16 “Valid
Claim” shall mean any claim of an issued patent which has not
been held invalid or unenforceable in an unappealed or unappealable
by right decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, or a claim
of a pending foreign patent application which has been pending not
more than [**] years from its filing date in the country in which
it is pending.
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ARTICLE II. GRANT
2.1 CMCC hereby grants to
Licensee and its Affiliates the worldwide right and exclusive
license, including the right to grant sublicenses, under the
Licensed Patent Rights to make, have made, use, market, lease,
import, offer for sale, sell and otherwise commercialize the
Licensed Products and to practice the Licensed Processes in the
Field of Use to the end of the term for which the Patent Rights are
granted, unless sooner terminated as provided in this
Agreement.
2.2 CMCC hereby grants to
Licensee and its Affiliates the worldwide right and license, with
the right to grant sublicenses exclusively under the Sublicensed
Technology in the Field of Use and hereby further grants to
Licensee and its Affiliates the worldwide right and license, with
the right to grant sublicenses nonexclusively under the Technology
(except for the Patent Rights, for which the license is exclusive),
to make, have made, use, market, offer to sell, sell, import or
otherwise commercialize Licensed Products and to practice the
Licensed Processes. Nothing in this grant, however, shall prevent
CMCC from disseminating information included within the Sublicensed
Technology or the Technology solely for non-commercial research
purposes with Licensee’s prior written consent, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, so long as
Licensee’s commercial interests are not prejudiced by such
dissemination.
2.3 The licenses granted
hereunder shall not be construed to confer rights upon Licensee by
implication, estoppel, or otherwise as to any technology not
specifically encompassed by the terms Technology and Sublicensed
Technology. It is agreed and understood that the licenses granted
hereunder do not confer any right upon Licensee to any technology
owned or controlled by Pharm-Eco Laboratories, Inc., including but
not limited to any technology relating to methods of manufacturing
the NCE’s, and that may be known to CMCC.
2.4 Notwithstanding anything
above to the contrary, CMCC shall retain a royalty free,
nonexclusive, irrevocable license to practice (including the right
to have made solely for its own non-commercial research purposes)
the Sublicensed Technology and the Technology for non-commercial
research purposes only, and to provide materials under the
Sublicensed Technology and the Technology to other non-profit
research organizations under material transfer agreements which
provide that such materials shall be used solely for non-commercial
research purposes only; provided however , that if Licensee
has notified CMCC in writing that a particular compound or
compounds are being considered as potential clinical compound
candidates, CMCC shall not distribute such clinical candidate
compounds to any third party without Licensee’s written
consent.
2.5 Notwithstanding anything
above to the contrary, the license granted hereunder shall be
subject to the rights of the United States government, if any,
under Public Laws 96-517, 97-226, and 98-620, codified at 35 U.S.C.
sec. 200-212 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
2.6 The granting and
acceptance of this Agreement is subject to “Harvard’s
Statement of Policy in Regard to Inventions, Patents and
Copyrights” dated March 17, 1986; and (ii) Public Law 96-517
and Public Law 98-620. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent
HARVARD,
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CMCC or their employees from seeking
additional funding; however, in no event shall any rights under an
agreement with non-profit or non-commercial sponsors of research
conflict with or affect in any way the right and license granted
hereunder to Licensee by CMCC. Any rights granted in this Agreement
greater than permitted under Public Law 96-517, 97-226 or 98-620
shall be subject to modifications as may be required to conform to
provisions of those statutes.
2.7 Licensee agrees that
HARVARD retains the right to make and to use the information and
technology relating to the Sheffield Patent Rights set forth in
Appendix B for research purposes only and not for any commercial
purpose. In the event that, pursuant to Section 3.5 of the license
agreement between Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and CMCC dated July
1999, ION notifies CMCC of the name and address of the scientist
and the not-for-profit institution to which HARVARD has transferred
any materials comprising the Sublicensed Technology, then CMCC
shall promptly notify Licensee of such name and address.
2.8 Licensee understands and
agrees that the licenses granted hereunder will be revoked if the
activities of Licensee, its Sublicensees, Affiliates or agents
under the licenses granted in this Section II infringe upon
NEWCO’s Field of Use. By “infringe,” it is meant
that Licensee, its Sublicensees, Affiliates or agents conduct a
clinical trial, advertise or sell a product for use in
NEWCO’s Field of Use or engage in activities which are
determined, by a competent court or administrative body from which
no further appeal can be or has been taken, to infringe, directly,
contributorily or as inducement, the Sheffield Patent Rights in
NEWCO’s Field of Use.
2.9 Licensee agrees that
Licensed Products leased or sold in the United States shall be
manufactured substantially in the United States.
2.10 In order to establish
exclusivity for Licensee, CMCC hereby agrees that it shall not,
without Licensee’s prior written consent, grant to any other
party a license to make, have made, use, lease, import, offer for
sale and/or sell Licensed Products or to use the Licensed Processes
in the Field of Use during the period of time in which this
Agreement is in effect, except as otherwise specified in this
Agreement or as required by law to grant rights to the United
States Government.
ARTICLE III.
SUBLICENSING
3.1 Licensee shall have the
right to enter into sublicensing agreements with respect to any of
the rights, privileges, and licenses granted hereunder, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof. Such sublicenses will terminate
upon the termination of Licensee’s rights granted herein
unless events of default are cured by Licensee or Sublicensee
within [**] days of notification by CMCC of default and/or as
provided by the terms of this Agreement. Any sublicensing agreement
shall include an audit right by HARVARD of the same scope as
provided by Article VI hereof. No such sublicensing agreement shall
contain any provision which would cause it to extend beyond the
term of this Agreement.
3.2 Licensee agrees that any
sublicense granted by it shall provide that the obligations to CMCC
of Articles II (Grant), VI (Reports and Records), VIII
(Infringement), IX (Insurance and Indemnification), XII (Export
Controls), XIII (Non Use of Names), XIV (Assignment), XV (Dispute
Resolution), XVI (Term and Termination) and XVIII (Miscellaneous
Provisions) of this
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Agreement shall be binding upon the
sublicensee as if it were a party to this Agreement. Licensee
further agrees to attach a copy of this Agreement to all sublicense
agreements.
3.3 Licensee agrees to
provide to CMCC notice of any sublicense granted hereunder and to
forward to CMCC promptly upon execution a copy of any and all fully
executed sublicense agreements. Licensee further agrees to forward
to CMCC annually a copy of such reports received by Licensee from
its sublicensees during the preceding twelve (12) month period as
shall be pertinent to a royalty accounting under the applicable
sublicense.
3.4 All sublicenses granted
by Licensee hereunder shall include a requirement that the
sublicensee use its commercially reasonable efforts to bring the
subject matter of the sublicense into commercial use as promptly as
is reasonably possible.
3.5 Licensee shall advise
CMCC in writing of any consideration received from sublicensees
under this Agreement. Licensee shall not accept from any
sublicensee anything of value in lieu of cash payments to discharge
sublicensee’s payment obligations under any sublicense
granted under this Agreement, without the express written
permission of CMCC, which permission shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
3.6 CMCC agrees that if
Licensee has provided to CMCC notice that Licensee has granted a
sublicense to a sublicensee under this Agreement, then in the event
CMCC terminates this Agreement for any reason, CMCC shall provide
to such sublicensee no less than thirty (30) days prior to the
effective date of said termination, written notice of said
termination at the address specified by Licensee to CMCC in
Licensee’s notice to CMCC under Paragraph 3.3 of this Article
III. CMCC agrees that upon the sublicensee’s notice as
described below and provided the sublicensee is not in breach of
its sublicense, CMCC shall grant to such sublicensee license rights
and terms equivalent to the sublicense rights and terms which the
Licensee shall have granted to said sublicensee; provided that the
sublicensee shall remain a sublicensee under this Agreement for a
period of at least sixty (60) days following receipt of notice from
CMCC. Sublicensee shall during said sixty (60) day period provide
to CMCC notice wherein the sublicensee: (i) reaffirms the terms and
conditions of this Agreement as it relates to the rights the
sublicensee has been granted under the sublicense; (ii) agrees to
abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
applicable to sublicensees and to discharge directly all pertinent
obligations of Licensee as it relates to the sublicense which
Licensee is obligated hereunder to discharge; and (iii)
acknowledges that CMCC shall have no obligations to the sublicensee
other than its obligations set forth in this Agreement with regard
to Licensee.
ARTICLE IV. DUE
DILIGENCE
4.1 Licensee (either directly
or through Affiliates, contractees or Sublicensees) shall use its
good faith and diligent efforts to bring one or more Licensed
Products and/or Licensed Processes to market as soon as reasonably
practicable, consistent with sound and reasonable business
practices and judgment. Thereafter, Licensee agrees that until
expiration or termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall
continue active and diligent efforts to keep Licensed Products
and/or Licensed Processes reasonably available to the public. In
the event Licensee decides not to exploit a Licensed Patent Right
in a particular country, it shall promptly inform CMCC in writing
and shall surrender to CMCC its license to that Licensed Patent
Right in that country.
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4.2 The parties acknowledge
that Licensee has provided to CMCC prior to the date of execution
of this Agreement a written commercialization development plan
(“Development Plan”) setting forth the initial
indications and markets for Licensed Products and Licensed
Processes, including to the extent practicable: (i) time-delimited
targets for pre-clinical development, clinical trials, regulatory
approval, manufacturing and marketing that represent reasonable
efforts, consistent with industry norms for similar technology and
applications, to bring Licensed Products and Licensed Processes to
the marketplace; and (ii) actual or projected financial resources
and/or strategic alliances that will be required to implement the
Development Plan. The Development Plan is attached hereto as
Appendix C and is hereby incorporated herein by
reference.
4.3 Licensee and any
Sublicensee or Affiliate shall use its good faith and diligent
efforts to accomplish the milestones set forth in the Development
Plan and to manufacture and distribute Licensed Products and
Licensed Processes.
4.4 CMCC shall not
unreasonably withhold its assent to any revision of the
objective(s) set forth in the Development Plan when requested in
writing by Licensee and supported by reasonable evidence: (i) of
technical difficulties or delays in the clinical studies or
regulatory process that Licensee could not have reasonably avoided;
or (ii) that Licensee, its Affiliates and/or Sublicensees have
expended good faith and diligent efforts and adequate resources to
meet said objective.
4.5 In the event CMCC
reasonably believes that Licensee is not reasonably and diligently
seeking to achieve the objectives set forth in the Development Plan
in a timely manner, CMCC shall so notify Licensee in writing.
Licensee shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to
CMCC provided within ten (10) days after receipt of any such
notice, to either: (i) receive a [**] grace period to reasonably
establish that Licensee is expending its good faith and diligent
efforts and adequate resources to achieve said objectives; or (ii)
agree to CMCC’s termination of this Agreement as provided
hereafter. In the event Licensee agrees to termination of this
Agreement, CMCC shall immediately terminate the license granted to
Licensee under this Agreement. In the event Licensee fails to
reasonably establish its diligence as provided above prior to
expiration of the [**] grace period, CMCC shall have the right to
terminate the license granted to Licensee under this Agreement or
to convert the license granted to Licensee hereunder to a
nonexclusive license on financial terms and conditions mutually
agreed to by CMCC and Licensee.
4.6 In the event that CMCC
believes that Licensee fails to meet the objective(s) set forth in
the Development Plan in a timely manner, CMCC shall notify Licensee
thereof in writing, and Licensee shall have [**] days following
such notification to establish to that (i) it has met such
objective(s); or (ii) a revision to the Development Plan is
necessary and appropriate as contemplated above. In the event that
Licensee fails to reasonably establish that it has met such
objectives and Licensee has not submitted a revision to the
Development Plan, then the issue of whether the objectives have
been met shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the
provisions of Article XV of this Agreement and this Agreement shall
remain in effect until the arbitrator renders a decision and for a
period thereafter sufficient to carry out the decision. In the
event Licensee fails to reasonably establish that the objectives
have been met and has submitted a revision to the development plan,
but Licensor reasonably believes Licensee
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has failed to reasonably establish the
need for such revision to the Development Plan and the
appropriateness of such revision, the issues of whether the
objectives have been met and the need for and scope of the revision
shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions
of Article XV of this Agreement. In such case, the revision shall
be given immediate effect. This Agreement, including such revision,
shall remain in effect until the arbitrator renders a decision and
for a period thereafter sufficient to carry out the decision. In
considering the issues of need for and scope of the revision, the
arbitrator shall be guided by considerations of the actual cause of
the need for revision so that if the need for revision occurs
despite the good faith efforts consistent with industry norms of
Licensee, then the arbitrator shall find in favor of Licensee, as
to the need for the revision. If the arbitrator does not find in
favor of Licensee on whether the objectives have been met or on the
need for a revision to the Development Plan, CMCC shall have the
right in its discretion to, within [**] days of the
arbitrator’s decision, either terminate the license granted
to Licensee under this Agreement or to convert the license granted
to Licensee hereunder to a non-exclusive license on financial terms
and conditions mutually agreed to by CMCC and Licensee.
4.7 Licensee shall fund
research at Children’s Hospital in accordance with the terms
of the Sponsored Research Agreement between Licensee and CMCC to be
negotiated in good faith by the parties hereto. Such Sponsored
Research Agreement shall include the terms set forth in Appendix D
hereto. In the event Licensee terminates the Sponsored Research
Agreement within [**] years of its initiation without cause or
Hospital terminates said agreement under Paragraphs 8 (b), (c), or
(d) of that agreement, this License shall remain in full force
until such time and thereupon shall terminate. In the event
Licensee terminates the Sponsored Research Agreement for cause as
defined in Article 8 (d), (f), or (j), licenses or options granted
pursuant to the Sponsored Research Agreement may not be terminated
by CMCC.
4.8 Licensee shall provide to
CMCC and to HARVARD written annual reports within sixty (60) days
after June 30 of each calendar year which shall include but not be
limited to: reports of progress on research and development,
regulatory approvals, manufacturing, sublicensing, marketing and
sales during the preceding twelve (12) months as well as plans for
the coming year (“Annual Plan”). If progress differs
from that anticipated in the Annual Plan, Licensee shall explain
the differences and propose a modified plan for HARVARD’s
review. If HARVARD is dissatisfied with the modified plan, then
HARVARD and Licensee shall meet to develop a mutually agreed upon
plan. HARVARD has agreed to maintain as confidential all
information designated as confidential by Licensee which is
provided to HARVARD under this Paragraph. HARVARD has agreed not to
use such confidential information for any purpose other than the
evaluation of CMCC’s or Licensee’s compliance under
this Agreement and agrees not to disclose such information to
anyone who is not a direct employee of HARVARD’s Office of
Technology and Licensing or who has not signed a non-disclosure
agreement with HARVARD covering the confidential information, which
shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to CMCC and
Licensee. Copies of such nondisclosure agreements shall be provided
to CMCC and Licensee promptly after execution.
4.9 HARVARD shall have the
right to terminate or render this Agreement non- exclusive, only as
to the Appendix B Licensed Patent Rights, if CMCC or Licensee, or
one of Licensee’s Affiliates or Sublicensees are not engaged
in research, development, clinical trials, product approval,
manufacturing, or marketing of Licensed Products or Licensed
Processes, or
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licensing of the Appendix B Licensed
Patent Rights. Prior to invoking the right to terminate or render
this Agreement non-exclusive, HARVARD shall give written notice to
CMCC and to Licensee and a [**] opportunity for CMCC or Licensee to
demonstrate that it, its affiliate, or sublicensee is using
reasonable efforts to comply with its obligations under this
Paragraph. If after the [**] period, CMCC or Licensee fail to
demonstrate such compliance, HARVARD may notify CMCC and Licensee
of its intent to either terminate or render this Agreement
non-exclusive only as to the Appendix B Licensed Patent
Rights.
4.10 Subject to the other
provisions of this Article IV, CMCC’s sole remedy for
Licensee’s failure to meet its obligations under this Article
IV shall be termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V. ROYALTIES AND
OTHER PAYMENTS
5.1 For the rights,
privileges and exclusive licenses granted hereunder, Licensee shall
pay to CMCC the following amounts in the manner hereinafter
provided until the end of the term of the last to expire Licensed
Patent Right, unless this Agreement shall be sooner terminated as
hereinafter provided:
(a) A license issue fee of
[**] Dollars ($[**]), which license issue fee shall be deemed
earned on the date of the execution of this Agreement.
(b) A License Maintenance Fee
of [**] Dollars ($[**]),[**] Dollars ($[**]) of which shall be
payable within [**] days of the first anniversary of the date of
execution of this License Agreement and, [**] Dollars ($[**]) of
which shall be payable [**] thereafter.
(c) Licensee shall make the
following milestone payments to CMCC upon the completion of the
following events by Licensee (“Licensee
Milestones”):
(i) Payment of [**] Dollars
($[**]) upon [**] by Licensee, but not more than one payment shall
be required for each Licensed Product or Licensed Process in the
event that more than one [**] is required for the same Licensed
Product or Licensed Process.
(ii) Payment of [**] Dollars
($[**]) upon [**] with respect to a Licensed Product or a Licensed
Process.
(iii) The Licensee Milestones
will be creditable toward running royalties due CMCC for Net Sales
by Licensee, up to, and no more than, [**]% of the Net Sales due in
any given payment period.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, it is understood by the parties that if
Licensee ceases to develop a Licensed Product or Licensed Process
prior to the payment of all milestones specified in this paragraph
5.1 (such Licensed Product being referred to as a “Canceled
Product”) and Licensee decides to develop a different
Licensed Product or Licensed Process for the same labeled
indication as the Canceled Product, then Licensee shall, with
respect to
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such other Licensed Product
or Licensed Process, be obligated to pay only that/those milestone
payment(s) which were not made with respect to the Canceled
Product; provided however, that if Licensee does at some time in
the future develop such canceled product, then appropriate and
prompt adjustment with respect to milestone payments shall be made
hereunder.
(d) Running royalties on a
country-by-country basis in an amount equal to [**] percent ([**]%)
of Net Sales by Licensee or an Affiliate of Licensed Products or
Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity disclosed by
CMCC to Licensee and which, but for this Agreement would infringe a
Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights. Running royalties on a
country-by-country basis in an amount equal to [**] percent ([**]%)
of Net Sales by Licensee or an Affiliate of Licensed Products or
Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity discovered by
Licensee or its Affiliate and which, but for this Agreement would
infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights.
5.2 In the event Licensee or
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