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Exhibit
10.23
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS |
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| 2. |
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LICENSE GRANT |
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2.1 |
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License
Grant to Aventis |
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2.2 |
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No Other
Rights to Aventis |
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2.3 |
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License
Grant to Coley |
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2.4 |
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No Other
Rights to Coley |
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PAYMENTS AND ROYALTIES |
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3.1 |
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Up-Front
Payment |
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3.2 |
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Development Milestone Payments |
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3.3 |
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Achievement Milestone Payments |
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3.4 |
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Royalty
Payments |
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3.5 |
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Withholding and Payment in U.S. Dollars |
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3.6 |
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Late
Payments |
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3.7 |
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Failure
to Make Payments |
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3.8 |
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Third
Parties Licenses |
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3.9 |
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Audit of
Records |
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3.10 |
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Payment
Contact |
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DEVELOPMENT; DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS; ADVISORY
COMMITTEE |
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4.1 |
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Diligence
Generally |
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4.2 |
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Development and Commercialization Plans |
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4.3 |
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Development Responsibility |
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4.4 |
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Collaboration Manager |
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4.5 |
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Advisory
Committee |
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4.6 |
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Process
for Reviewing Diligence |
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4.7 |
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Regulatory Approvals |
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29 |
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TRANSFER AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS |
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5.1 |
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Transfer
of Materials |
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5.2 |
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Manufacture of Immune Modulators; Regulatory Filings and
Manufacturing Information |
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32 |
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TERM AND TERMINATION |
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6.1 |
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Term |
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6.2 |
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Termination By Aventis |
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6.3 |
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Termination by Either Party |
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36 |
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6.4 |
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Termination by Coley |
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6.5 |
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[Intentionally Left Blank] |
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37 |
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6.6 |
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Termination for Failure to Obtain Third Party
License |
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37 |
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6.7 |
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Termination for Failure to Perform Pursuant to the Screening
Agreement |
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6.8 |
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Effects
of Expiration or Termination |
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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY &
CONFIDENTIALITY |
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7.1 |
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Ownership
of Aventis Immune Modulators |
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7.2 |
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Inventions Made During the Term |
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7.3 |
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Assignment of Rights in Inventions |
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45 |
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7.4 |
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Filing
and Prosecution of Patent Applications |
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7.5 |
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Patent
Term Extensions |
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7.6 |
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No Other
Technology Rights |
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7.7 |
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Unrelated
Research Plans |
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7.8 |
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Data
Ownership and Disclosure |
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48 |
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7.9 |
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Publishing |
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7.10 |
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Nondisclosure Obligation |
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7.11 |
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Partial
Disclosures |
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7.12 |
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Publicity |
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ENFORCEMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS |
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50 |
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8.1 |
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Enforcement of the Patent Rights for Exclusive
Licenses |
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50 |
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8.2 |
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Settlements |
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8.3 |
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Notification |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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9.1 |
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Representations and Warranties of Each Party |
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9.2 |
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Representations by Aventis |
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9.3 |
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Representations by Coley |
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9.4 |
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Further
Representations by Coley With Respect to the Iowa
Agreement |
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INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF |
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10.1 |
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Infringement Claims |
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10.2 |
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Indemnification by Aventis |
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10.3 |
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Indemnification by Coley |
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10.4 |
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Conditions of Indemnification |
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10.5 |
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Settlements |
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10.6 |
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Limitation of Liability |
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10.7 |
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Insurance |
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10.8 |
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Warranty
Disclaimer |
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REPORTING OF SAFETY DATA AND POSSIBLE ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
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11.1 |
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Safety
Procedures |
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11.2 |
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Reporting
of Safety Data |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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12.1 |
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Assignment |
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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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12.2 |
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Governing
Law |
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12.3 |
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Arbitration |
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12.4 |
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Injunctive Relief and Jurisdiction |
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12.5 |
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Waiver |
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12.6 |
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Independent Relationship |
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12.7 |
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Export
Control |
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12.8 |
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Entire
Agreement; Amendment |
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12.9 |
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Notices |
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12.10 |
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Force
Majeure |
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12.11 |
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Severability |
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12.12 |
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Recording |
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12.13 |
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Further
Actions |
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12.14 |
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Counterparts |
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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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AMENDED .
AND
RESTATED
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND
LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is made as of December 21, 2001, by and
between COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation
having a place of business at Wellesley Gateway, 93 Worcester
Street, Suite 101, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481 (“
Coley ”), and AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware
corporation having a place of business at Route 202-206, P.O. Box
6800, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 (“ Aventis
”) (each individually a “ Party ” and
collectively the “ Parties” ).
WHEREAS, Coley is the owner
or licensee of certain rights, title, and interests in, and
know-how related to, proprietary technologies involving
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides useful for modulation of an
immune response; and
WHEREAS, Aventis is the owner
of certain rights, title, and interests in, and know-how related
to, asthma and allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease treatment technologies; and
WHEREAS, Coley and Aventis
entered into a Product Development and License Agreement dated
August 3, 2001 (the “ Initial Agreement ”) for
the development and commercialization of Coley’s
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide technology as asthma and allergic
rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments;
and
WHEREAS, the Parties amended
the Initial Agreement pursuant to Amendment #1 To The Product
Development And License Agreement dated October 3, 2001, Amendment
#2 To The Product Development And License Agreement dated November
2, 2001, and Amendment #3 To The Product Development And License
Agreement dated November 20, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire
to amend and restate the Initial Agreement in its entirety with
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the covenants and obligations expressed herein and
intending to be legally bound, and otherwise bound by proper and.
reasonable conduct, the Parties agree as follows:
1.1 “ Achievement
Milestones ” shall mean those achievement milestones
described in Section 3.3.
1.2 “ Actual
Development Milestone Achievement Date ” shall mean the
date on which a Development Milestone is actually
achieved.
1.3 “ Advisory
Committee ” shall mean that certain advisory committee
described in Section 4.5(a).
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
1.4 “ Affiliate
” shall mean any individual or entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under common control with a Party
to this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the direct or
indirect ownership of over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding
voting securities of an entity, or the right to receive over fifty
percent (50%) of the profits or earnings of an entity shall be
deemed to constitute control (or, in either case, such lesser
percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign
corporation in a particular jurisdiction). Such other relationship
as in fact gives such individual or entity the power or ability to
control the management, business and affairs of an entity shall
also be deemed to constitute control. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Aventis Pasteur, SA and its subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, Aventis Pasteur, France, and Aventis Pasteur,
Inc.) are not Affiliates of Aventis for the purposes of this
Agreement and are not effected by its terms.
1.5 “ Aventis Immune
Modulators ” shall mean those Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides designed and screened by Coley specifically for
Aventis and delivered and assigned to Aventis pursuant to the
Screening Agreement.
1.6 “ Aventis Immune
Modulator Patent Rights ” shall mean the Patent Rights
that contain only composition of matter claims that are limited to
the specific sequence of any Aventis Immune Modulator.
1.7 “ Aventis
Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3.
1.8 “ Aventis
Invention ” shall mean any Invention (other than any
Coley Screening Invention as defined in the Screening Agreement)
conceived or reduced to practice solely by or on behalf of Aventis
in the course of activities pursuant to this Agreement.
1.9 “ Aventis
Know-How ” shall mean all proprietary technical
information, know- how, discoveries, improvements, processes,
formulas, data, inventions (including, without limitation, Aventis
Inventions and Aventis Screening Inventions (as defined in the
Screening Agreement)), sequences, modifications, mechanisms of
action, trade secrets, instructions and other intellectual property
(other than Aventis Patent Rights) and reagents, compositions,
formulations, materials (including fragments, metabolites,
constituents, components, and derivatives thereof but excluding the
Aventis Immune Modulators or any improvements or modifications
thereto), whether or not patentable, which are owned, controlled,
proprietary to, or licensed by Aventis or its Affiliates (other
than with respect to Coley Know-How licensed by Aventis pursuant to
this Agreement) during the Term and which arise and are developed
in the course of activities pursuant to this Agreement or the
Screening Agreement and under which Aventis or its Affiliates have
the right to disclose and grant licenses.
1.10 “ Aventis
Manual ” shall mean the then current version of the
Aventis Project Progression Manual, or any successor document, and
which is considered to be Confidential Information.
1.11 “ Aventis
Patent Rights ” shall mean the Patent Rights (other than
Joint Patent Rights or Coley Patent Rights licensed by Aventis
pursuant to this Agreement) owned, controlled, or licensed by
Aventis or its Affiliates (i) pursuant to the Screening Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Aventis Immune Modulator Patent
Rights, or (ii) which arise
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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during the Term of, and pursuant to the
activities under, this Agreement and under which Aventis or its
Affiliates have the right to disclose and grant licenses. The
Aventis Patent Rights shall be listed on Exhibit A-l , as
amended from time to time by Aventis in accordance with this
Agreement and incorporated herein by reference.
1.12 “ Aventis
Technology ” shall mean the Aventis Patent Rights and
Aventis Know-How.
1.13 “CMR
Benchmark” shall mean that certain benchmark known as the CMR
International Macro Benchmarks for Drug Development published
annually by LAM Platts, CE Ellis and JAN McAuslane (as the authors
may change from time to time) which establishes standards for the
pharmaceutical development of new chemical entities in specified
fields, certain portions of which have been made (and shall
continue to be made) available to Coley as Confidential Information
of Aventis hereunder, and which shall only be used by Coley
consistent with Sections 4.6(a), 4.6(b), and 12.3 where
applicable.
1.14 “ Coley
Assigned Know-How ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.8(c)(i)(2).
1.15 “ Coley
Assigned Patent Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 6.8(c)(i)(2).
1.16 “ Coley
Assigned Technology ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.8(c)(i)(2)(a).
1.17 “ Coley
Exclusively Licensed Technology ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 6.8(c)(i)(3).
1.18 “ Coley
Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.2.
1.19 “ Coley
, Invention ” shall mean any Invention conceived
or reduced to practice solely by or on behalf of Coley in the
course of performing activities pursuant to this
Agreement.
1.20 “ Coley
Know-How ” shall mean all proprietary technical
information, know-how, discoveries, improvements, processes,
formulas, data (including, without limitation, data provided by
Coley to Aventis under the Screening Agreement), inventions
(including, without limitation, Coley Inventions and Coley
Screening Inventions (as defined in the Screening Agreement)),
sequences, modifications, mechanisms of action, trade secrets,
instruction and other intellectual property (other than Coley
Patent Rights) and reagents, compositions, formulations, materials
(as well as fragments, metabolites, constituents, components, and
derivatives thereof), whether or not patentable, which relate to
the Immune Modulators and the development and use of the Products,
and which are owned, proprietary to, licensed by or controlled by
Coley or its Affiliates (other than with respect to Aventis
Know-How licensed by Coley pursuant to this Agreement) as of the
Effective Date or during the Term, and under which Coley or its
Affiliates have the right to disclose and grant licenses. Coley
Know-How shall not include discovery methods for immunomodulatory
compounds, screening assays or other testing methods, trademarks,
and/or copyrights.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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1.21 “ Coley Patent
Rights ” shall mean the Patent Rights (other than Joint
Patent Rights or Aventis Patent Rights licensed by Coley pursuant
to this Agreement) owned, controlled or licensed by Coley or its
Affiliates relating to the Immune Modulators that exist as of the
Effective Date or which arise during the Term and under which Coley
or its Affiliates have the right to disclose and grant licenses.
The Coley Patent Rights licensed to Aventis hereunder are listed on
Exhibit A-2, as amended from time to time by Coley in
accordance with this Agreement and incorporated herein by
reference.
1.22 “ Coley
Technology ” shall mean the Coley Patent Rights and Coley
Know-How.
1.23 “ Collaboration
Manager ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.4.
1.24 “ Combination
Product ” shall mean a product formulated to contain at
least one Selected Immune Modulator as one component and at least
one other drug product approved by the appropriate Regulatory
Authority for use in anti-asthma, anti-allergic rhinitis or
anti-COPD indications.
1.25 “ Combined
Products ” shall mean all Products in the Field in the
Territory.
1.26 “
Commercialization Plan ” shall mean that certain
commercialization plan described in Section 4.2, which is developed
by Aventis on a country-by-country or region-by- region basis as
part of its annual business plan and approved by the Executive
Committee of Aventis Pharma, or any successor document.
1.27 “Confidential
Information” shall mean any technical or business information
furnished by one Party (the “ Disclosing Party
”) to the other Party (the “ Receiving Party
”) in connection with this Agreement. Such Confidential
Information may include, without limitation, the identity,
nucleotide sequence, or structure of an Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotide, the applicability or use of any Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotide for a particular indication, information relating
to the mechanism of immune stimulation for a particular
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide, information about the composition
of, or modifications to the nucleotides or phosphate backbone, as
well as any product specifications, trade secrets, know-how
(including, without limitation, Aventis Know-Flow and Coley
Know-How), inventions, intellectual property, technical data or
specifications, discovery methods, screening assays or other
testing methods, business or financial information, research and
development activities, Advisory Committee reports, the Aventis
Manual, the Development Plan, the CMR Benchmark, the
Commercialization Plan, royalty reports, product and marketing
plans, and customer and supplier information.
1.28 “ COPD
” shall mean chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease.
1.29 “ CpG 7909
” shall mean the compound identified by the sequence
[*************************************] in which each of the bases
is connected by a phosphorothioate internucleotide
linkage.
1.30 “ CpG 7909
Specifications ” shall mean the drug substance and/or
product quality specifications, release test methods, and typical
batch release data relating to CpG 7909.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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1.31 “ CpG 7279
” shall mean the compound identified by the sequence
[*************************************] in which each of the bases
is connected by a phosphorothioate internucleotide
linkage.
1.32 “ Data
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8.
1.33 “ Delivery
Method ” shall mean the method of administration of a
Product subcutaneously, intranasally, orally, and/or via
inhalation, and/or any additional method of administration
requested by Aventis and approved by Coley, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
shall Delivery Method include such an additional method of
administration until Coley approves such method, and Coley may
withhold such approval if Coley believes that such approval would
conflict with any interest of Coley alone or with a third
party.
1.34 “ Development
Milestones ” shall mean those development milestones
described in Section 3.2.
1.35 “ Development
Plan ” shall mean that certain development plan described
in Section 4.2.
136 “ Disclosing
Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.27.
1.37 “ EC Associated
Countries ” shall mean the territories and countries
where Articles 81(1) and 82 of the EC Treaty apply or competition
provisions similar thereto apply pursuant to bilateral or
multilateral agreements between the European Community and such
territories and countries.
1.38 “ EDC
” shall mean an early development compound.
1.39 “ Effective
Date ” shall mean August 3, 2001.
1.40 “ EMEA
” shall mean the European Agency for the Evaluation of
Medicinal Products or any successor entity.
1.41 “ European
Economic Area or EEA ” shall mean an area comprising the
EC Member States, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
1.42 “ FDA
” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration
or any successor entity.
1.43 “ Field
” shall mean the use of Immune Modulators solely for
prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of asthma, allergic
rhinitis or COPD, administered via a Delivery Method. The Field
specifically excludes, without limitation: (i) the use of Immune
Modulators for all other allergic indications, atopic indications,
autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory disorders; and/or (ii) any
administration of Immune Modulators other than via a Delivery
Method; and/or (iii) any and all drug combinations incorporating
any antigens (including without limitation allergens) for asthma,
allergic rhinitis, COPD or for any other indication, whether the
materials comprising such combinations are administered
simultaneously or separately at
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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different sites or times, and/or (iv)
any and all drug combinations incorporating any medications,
monoclonal antibodies, or other agents unless such medications,
monoclonal antibodies or other agents are for the prophylactic
and/or therapeutic treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis or COPD,
or such other agents are formulations with excipients, carriers, or
delivery vehicles whether the materials comprising such
combinations are administered simultaneously or separately at
different sites or times. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Field
shall not include those indications for which this Agreement is
terminated by Aventis pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.2,
6.3 or 6.6 or by Coley pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.3,
6.4(a) or (c), or 6.6.
1.44 “ First
Commercial Sale ” shall mean the first sale of any
Product for use in the Field by Aventis, its Affiliates, or its
approved sublicensees to any third party in a country within the
Territory after such Product has been granted Regulatory Approval
for use in the Field by the competent Regulatory Authorities in
such country.
1.45 “ Immune
Modulators ” shall mean CpG 7909, CpG 7279 and the
Aventis Immune Modulators.
1.46 “ Immune
Modulator Specifications ” shall mean the drug substance
and/or product quality specifications, release test methods, and
typical batch release data relating to an Immune
Modulator.
1.47 “
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide ” shall mean an
Oligonucleotide which stimulates immune cells at oligo
concentrations less than 10 micromolar to: (i) produce cytokines
and/or chemokines; (ii) express cell surface antigens or other
markers; and/or (iii) proliferate.
1.48 “
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide Specifications ”
shall mean the drug substance and/or product quality
specifications, release test methods, and typical batch release
data relating to an Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide, including,
without limitation, an Immune Modulator.
1.49 “ Invention
” shall mean all ideas, information, data, writings,
development, process, discoveries, improvements, methods,
modifications, reagents, compositions, formulations, materials,
know-how, and other technologies (whether or not patentable or
copyrightable) which (i) relate to Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides and/or Products, and/or (ii) are derived from the
use of Coley Technology and/or Aventis Technology, and which are
conceived or reduced to practice during the performance of
activities under this Agreement. For purposes of clarification,
Invention specifically excludes any of the foregoing which are
conceived or reduced to practice during the performance of
activities under the Screening Agreement, including without
limitation, ideas, information, data, writings, development,
process, discoveries, improvements, methods, modifications,
reagents, compositions, formulations, materials, know-how, and
other technologies (whether or not patentable or copyrightable)
which relate solely to Aventis Immune Modulators.
1.50 “ Iowa
Agreement ” shall mean that certain License Agreement by
and between Coley and the University of Iowa Research Foundation
(“ UIRF ”) dated March 31, 1997, as amended,
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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1.51 “ Joint
Invention ” shall mean (a) any Invention (other than any
Coley Screening Invention (as defined in the Screening Agreement))
invented jointly by or on behalf of the Parties, as determined by
inventorship under U.S. patent laws and/or (b) any Joint Screening
Invention (as defined in the Screening Agreement).
1.52 “ Joint Patent
Rights ” shall mean Patent Rights covering Joint
Inventions.
1.53 “ Liability
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.2.
1.54 “ LIBOR
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
1.55 “ MAA
Acceptance ” shall mean acceptance by the EMEA or other
appropriate regulatory authority of any single country in the
European Union For filing and review of a Marketing Authorization
Application.
1.56 “ MAA or
Equivalent Approval ” shall mean the granting of
marketing approval in the European Union by the European Union
Commission or by the appropriate Regulatory Authority in any single
country in the European Union.
1.57 “ Major Market
Country ” shall mean the United States, Japan, France or
Germany.
1.58 “ NDA
” shall mean an original New Drug Application, made in the
form of an FDA submission or package to the FDA, for approval to
market a Product.
1.59 “ NDA
Acceptance ” shall mean the determination by the FDA that
the NDA has met all the criteria for “filing” and is
suitable for review and potential approval.
1.60 “ NDA
Approval ” shall mean the authorization by the FDA to
market a Product, upon the acceptance of the content and any
amendments to the NDA.
1.61 “ Net Sales
” shall mean the gross amount invoiced by Aventis and its
Affiliates and approved sublicensees on account of sales of
Combined Products to third parties in the Territory, less the total
of the following deductions to the extent they are actually
incurred and not billed separately to the customer: (i) track,
cash, and/or quantity discounts not already reflected in the amount
invoiced; (ii) excise, sales and other consumption taxes (including
VAT on the sale of Products) and customs duties to the extent
included in the invoice price; (iii) freight, insurance and other
transportation charges to the extent included in the invoice price;
(iv) amounts repaid or credited by reason of rejections and
defects; (v) returns or retroactive price reductions; and (vi)
compulsory payments and rebates directly related to the sale of
Products, accrued in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, paid or deducted pursuant to agreements (including, but
not limited to managed care agreements) or governmental
regulations.
In the case of any sale or
other disposal of a Product between or among Aventis and its
Affiliates, approved sublicensees or marketing partners, for
resale, Net Sales shall be calculated as above only on the value
charged or invoiced on the first arm’s length sale thereafter
to a third party.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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In the case of any other sale
or other disposal for value, such as barter or counter-trade, of
any Product, or part thereof, other than in an arm’s length
transaction exclusively for money, Net Sales shall be calculated as
above on the value of the consideration given.
In the case of any sale which
is not invoiced or is delivered before invoice, Net Sales shall be
calculated at the time of shipment.
In the event a Product is
sold as part of a Combination Product, the Net Sales of any such
Product, for the purposes of determining Royalty Payments, shall be
determined by multiplying the Net Sales (as defined above) of the
Combination Product by the fraction A/(A+B), where A is the
weighted (by sales volume) average sale price of the Product when
sold separately in finished form and B is the weighted (by sales
volume) average sale price of the other product(s) sold separately
in finished form. In the event that such average sale price cannot
be determined for both the Product and the other product(s) in
combination, Net Sales for purposes of determining Royalty Payments
shall be mutually agreed by the Parties based on the relative value
contributed by each component; provided , however,
that if the component of the Combination Product consisting of a
Selected Immune Modulator is a Product which has been sold as a
monotherapy, the value of such component shall be no less than the
average sales price per milligram of such component when sold as a
monotherapy in finished form.
1.62 “ Non-CpG
Containing ” shall mean lacking cytosine-guanine
dinucleotides.
1.63 “
Oligonucleotide ” shall mean any molecule with a
molecular weight greater than 1000 daltons containing native or
chemically modified purines (and/or analogs) and/or pyrimidines
(and/or analogs), irrespective of the backbone linkages
employed.
1.64 “ Option
Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(a).
1.65 “ Option
Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(a).
1.66 “ Other
Payments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(a).
1.67 “ Owned or
Controlled ” shall mean that the owning or controlling
Party has rights that could be exercised to prevent the other Party
from making, using or selling a particular Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotide absent a license from such owning or controlling
Party, provided, however , that in the event that a
third party co-owns or co-controls such rights to the
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide, the Party otherwise owning or
controlling such rights to such Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide is
still considered to Own or Control such rights to such
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide unless the other Party obtains
such rights to the Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotide from the third
party.
1.68 “ Patent
Rights ” shall mean all United States and foreign patents
and patent applications including any substitute, divisional,
continuation and continuation in-part applications, and the patents
issuing therefrom, and further including patents issuing from
reissue or re-examination proceedings existing as of the Effective
Date or during the Term.
1.69 “ Phase 1
Clinical Trials ” shall mean clinical studies in subjects
to evaluate the safety and tolerance, pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic properties, dosing interval, and/or absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) of the candidate drug,
or clinical studies otherwise determined to be phase 1 clinical
studies by the SRC Committee.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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1.70 “ Phase 2B
Clinical Trials ” shall mean dose ranging trials to
evaluate efficacy and safety in the targeted patient population
and/or to define the optimal dosing regimen.
1.71 “ Phase 3
Clinical Trials ” shall mean short-term and/or long-term
controlled trials to confirm the efficacy and safety of the drug in
larger, targeted patient populations.
1.72 “ Planned
Development Milestone Achievement Date ” shall mean the
first achievement date set forth in the Development Plan as of the
Effective Date and any subsequent achievement date set forth in the
Development Plan as amended from time to time, provided, however,
that no adjustment or amendment shall be made to the first
achievement milestone set forth in the Development Plan as of the
Effective Date, and provided further that no adjustment or
amendment shall be made to any particular achievement date set
forth in the Development Plan after thirty (30) days prior to the
achievement date that immediately precedes such particular
achievement date sought to be adjusted or amended.
1.73 “ Product
” shall mean (i) a drug product consisting of at least one
Selected Immune Modulator formulated as a monotherapy or (ii) a
Combination Product.
1.74 “ Projected
Annual Net Sales ” shall mean the projected annual Net
Sales as set forth in the Commercialization Plan, which shall
include the projected animal Net Sales of Aventis and its
Affiliates and/or approved sublicensees.
1.75 “ Proprietary
to Aventis and Coley ” shall mean those Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides that are proprietary to Coley and that Aventis has
proprietary rights to other than the rights granted or developed
pursuant to this Agreement or the Screening Agreement as of the
effective date of termination of this Agreement.
1.76 “ Proprietary
to Coley ” shall mean those Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides that are proprietary to Coley and that Aventis has
no rights to other than the rights granted or developed pursuant to
this Agreement or the Screening Agreement as of the effective date
of termination of this Agreement.
1.77 “ Receiving
Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.27.
1.78 “ Regulatory
Approval ” shall mean safety and efficacy approval
(independent of pricing approval or reimbursement approval) of a
Product, or authorization of such approval of a Product, in each
case by the appropriate Regulatory Authority.
1.79 “ Regulatory
Authority ” shall mean the U.S. or foreign government
agency or health authority that regulates and grants
recommendations for approvals for the manufacture and sale of
pharmaceutical products.
1.80 “ Royalty
Payment Percentage ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
1.81 “ Royalty
Payments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.4.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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1.82 “ Royalty
Period ” shall mean the partial Royalty Quarter
commencing on the date of the First Commercial Sale, and every
complete or partial Royalty Quarter thereafter during which Aventis
has the obligation to make Royalty Payments under Section
3.
1.83 “ Royalty
Report ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.4(b).
1.84 “ Royalty
Quarter ” shall mean the respective periods of three (3)
consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31.
1.85 “ Royalty
Year ” shall mean each successive period of twelve (12)
months commencing on January 1 and ending on December
31.
1.86 “ Screening
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Screening and
Evaluation Agreement between the Parties dated December 10, 2001
and attached hereto as Exhibit C.
1.87 “ Selected
Immune Modulators ” shall mean up to four (4) Immune
Modulators to which the rights granted to Aventis under the Coley
Technology shall apply, and which shall be identified as Selected
Immune Modulators pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.1(b) and
2.1(e) hereof.
1.88 “ Significant
Competition ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.4(a)(ii).
1.89 “ SRC
Committee ” shall mean that certain scientific review
committee of Aventis which determines the initiation of Phase 1
Clinical Trials and selects the EDC(s).
1.90 “ Term
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
1.91 “ Territory
” shall mean all the countries of the world.
1.92 “ Third Party
Payments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(a).
1.93 “ UIRF
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.50.
1.94 “ Up-Front
Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
1.95 “ Valid
Claim ” shall mean any claim of a pending patent
application which has not been abandoned or finally rejected
without the right of appeal, or any claim from an issued and
unexpired patent included within the Patent Rights which has not
been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a
court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, and
which has not been disclaimed, denied or admitted to be invalid or
unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a claim of a pending patent
application has not issued as a claim of an issued patent within
the earlier of two (2) years from First Commercial Sale of a
Product covered by such claim or ten (10) years after the filing
date of the pending application containing such claim, such pending
claim shall cease to be a Valid Claim for purposes of this
Agreement unless and until such claim becomes an issued claim of an
issued patent.
1.96 “ Withholding
Taxes ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.5.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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2. LICENSE GRANT.
2.1 License Grant to
Aventis.
(a) Subject to the terms of
this Agreement (and subject to the conditions and rights set forth
in Article 2 of the Iowa Agreement with respect to the Coley
Technology licensed by Coley thereunder), Coley hereby grants to
Aventis, during the Term,
(1) an exclusive,
royalty-bearing license, including the right to grant sublicenses
to third parties subject to paragraphs (i) through (iii) below,
under the Coley Technology and Joint Patent Rights, to the extent
necessary to make, have made, and use the Selected Immune
Modulators to develop, make, have made, use, sell, have sold, offer
for sale, and import the Products in the Field (including the right
to make, have made, use, sell, have sold and import metabolites
incidental to the manufacture, storage, and use of Products in the
Field) in the Territory, and
(2) an exclusive,
royalty-free license, including the right to grant sublicenses to
third parties identified in Schedule 2.1(a) or approved in writing
by Coley, under the Coley Technology and Joint Patent Rights, to
the extent necessary for Aventis to perform in vivo testing during
the Option Term (as defined in the Screening Agreement) in
accordance with Schedule 2.1(a) (as may he amended by the mutual
agreement of the Parties) on the up to twenty-eight (28)
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides run through Step 2 (as defined in
the Screening Agreement), and an exclusive, royalty-free license,
including the right to grant sublicenses to third parties subject
to paragraphs (i) through (iii) below, under the Coley Technology
and Joint Patent Rights to perform (or have performed by its
sublicensees as contemplated herein) research and development on
the Aventis Immune Modulators in order to select the Selected
Immune Modulators pursuant to Section 2.1(b) below.
(i) In the event Aventis
determines that it would like to grant a sublicense in a Major
Market Country with respect to any of the rights granted by Coley
hereunder, Coley shall have a right of first negotiation to obtain
such sublicense (without the right of further sublicense). Pursuant
to such right of first negotiation, Aventis shall notify Coley in
writing of its desire to negotiate such a sublicense and provide
Coley with a summarized outline of proposed sublicense terms,
including economic terms. Aventis shall negotiate the terms of such
license solely with Coley in good faith for a period of the earlier
of Coley declining the right to negotiate such a sublicense in
writing, or ninety (90) days (or such longer period of time agreed
to by the Parties). If Coley declines the right to negotiate or the
Parties have not agreed upon the terms of such license within the
ninety (90) days (or such longer period of time agreed to by the
Parties), Aventis may offer such sublicense to a third party (other
than Aventis Pasteur or any of its subsidiaries) with Coley’s
prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, provided, however , that in no
event shall Aventis offer such sublicense to a third party on terms
materially more favorable than those last offered to
Coley.
(ii) Aventis’ right to
grant sublicenses in any country other than a Major Market Country
with respect to any of the rights granted by Coley hereunder shall
be subject to Coley’s prior written consent, which such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(iii) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Aventis may grant sublicenses to Affiliates without
complying with the provisions set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
above, provided, however , that unless otherwise
approved by Coley, any such sublicenses to an Affiliate of Aventis
shall terminate upon the transfer or sale of all or substantially
all of the assets or stock of such Affiliate, or in the event of a
merger or consolidation or change of control or similar transaction
of such Affiliate.
(b) Except as specifically
allowed in Section 2.1(a) above, Aventis shall have no rights under
this Agreement to use the Immune Modulators, other than the
Selected Immune Modulators, for any purpose. As of the Effective
Date, the Selected Immune Modulators shall be CpG 7909 and CpG
7279. In addition to CpG 7909 and CpG 7279, at any time during the
Term, Aventis shall have the right to select up to two (2) Aventis
Immune Modulators for use under this Agreement by providing notice
to Coley of such selection. Thereafter, such Aventis Immune
Modulators shall be Selected Immune Modulators. In the event that
Aventis determines that it would like to terminate its license with
respect to a particular Selected Immune Modulator, and instead,
select a different Aventis Immune Modulator for use under this
Agreement, Aventis may do so by providing written notice to Coley
at any time during the Term, such notice to include a reasonable
explanation of Aventis’ determination; provided,
however , that if the Selected Immune Modulator for which
Aventis elects to terminate its license under this Agreement is CpG
7909 or CpG 7279, Coley and its Affiliates shall no longer be
subject to the restrictions of Sections 2.1(c)(ii) and (iii) below
with respect to CpG 7909 or CpG 7279 as the case may be, and CpG
7909 or CpG 7279, as the case may be, shall no longer be considered
an Immune Modulator. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of
this Section 2.1(b) in no way alter the obligation of Coley and its
Affiliates or sublicensees to refrain from exploiting CpG 7909
and/or CpG 7279 in the Field during the Term.
(c) The Parties acknowledge
and agree that, during the Term, neither Coley nor its Affiliates
shall develop or commercialize, nor grant to any third party a
commercial license to develop or commercialize under the Coley
Technology and/or Joint Inventions:
(i) the Immune Modulators
and/or any other Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides for use as
monotherapies or in combination with any drug product approved by
the appropriate Regulatory Authority for use in anti-asthma,
anti-allergic rhinitis or anti-COPD indications via any delivery
method (whether the materials comprising any such combinations are
administered simultaneously or separately at different sites or
times), in each case for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic
treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis or COPD, solely to the
extent asthma, allergic rhinitis and/or COPD have not been
terminated as an indication by Aventis pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 6.2, 6.3 or 6.6 or by Coley pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 6.3, 6.4(a) or (c), or 6.6; provided,
however , that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to
such prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatments via any and all
drug combinations in a pharmaceutical composition incorporating any
antigens, allergens and/or monoclonal antibodies;
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(ii) the Immune Modulators
(other than CpG 7909) outside the Field (subject to any contractual
obligations Coley has to a certain third party as of the Effective
Date outside the Field); or
(iii) CpG 7909 outside the
Field, other than for use of CpG 7909:
(1) in antigen-based
immunotherapies or in “combinations” that are either
formulated and delivered together, or co-packaged with other active
ingredients (but specifically excluding anti-asthma, anti-allergic
rhinitis, and/or anti-COPD medications for so long as asthma,
allergic rhinitis and/or COPD has or have not been terminated as an
indication by Aventis pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.2,
6.3 or 6.6 or by Coley pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.3,
6.4(a) or (c), or 6.6); provided, however , that (A)
at least one of such other active ingredients is or was required by
the FDA or other Regulatory Authority to be prescribed by a
physician in the indication sought to be developed and/or
commercialized by Coley and/or its Affiliates and/or third party
licensees, or (B) Coley obtains from Aventis a consent to include
such other active ingredient, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, and/or
(2) for use as a cancer
therapy; and/or
(3) for any prophylactic or
therapeutic use as a military or civilian countermeasure against
the use of any of the following as a weapon or instrument of
terrorism: (A) any agent (or its toxic product) listed on
Exhibit H , (B) any agent (or its toxic product) which
causes a condition listed on Exhibit H, (C) any agent which
Coley informs Aventis is designated as a bioterror agent by the
United States, Japanese, Israeli, Canadian or British governments
or by the European Commission, the Council of the European Union or
the European Parliament, and (D) any agent or condition which is
added to Exhibit H by mutual agreement of the Parties (the
“ Biowarfare Indication ”) .
For the avoidance of doubt,
CpG 7909 is a non-exclusively shared Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotide, and is the subject of multiple product development
efforts by Coley and third party licensees. Subject to a certain
third party’s rights outside of the Field existing as of the
Effective Date, the rights granted to Aventis pursuant to this
Section 2.1 with respect to the Aventis Immune Modulators and CpG
7279 will be exclusive to Aventis and will not be shared with third
parties for any use.
(d) The Parties acknowledge
and agree that Aventis’ right to sell or offer for sale a
Selected Immune Modulator in the Field for a given indication in a
given country as a component of a Combination Product is predicated
on Aventis first selling or offering for sale such Selected Immune
Modulator in the Field for such indication in such country as a
monotherapy Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
that the Parties agree, based on reasonable scientific and/or
medical opinion, that the commercialization of a particular
Selected Immune Modulator as a monotherapy Product for a given
indication in a particular country is not feasible, then Aventis
shall not be required to first market such Selected Immune
Modulator as a monotherapy Product for such indication in such
country.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(e) Notwithstanding the above
provisions of this Section 2.1, the Parties acknowledge and agree
that:
(i) in the event Aventis does
not initiate Phase 1 Clinical Trials for CpG 7909 within two (2)
years of the Effective Date, upon Coley’s election, CpG 7909
shall no longer be a Selected Immune Modulator or an Immune
Modulator, Aventis’ rights with respect to CpG 7909 shall
terminate, and Coley and its Affiliates shall no longer be subject
to the above restrictions of Section 2.1(c)(iii) with respect to
CpG 7909; and
(ii) in the event Aventis
does not initiate Phase 1 Clinical Trials for CpG 7279 within two
(2) years of the Effective Date, upon Coley’s election, CpG
7279 shall no longer be a Selected Immune Modulator or an Immune
Modulator, Aventis’ rights with respect to CpG 7279 shall
terminate, and Coley and its Affiliates shall no longer be subject
to the above restrictions of Section 2.1(c)(ii) with respect to CpG
7279.
The provisions of this
Section 2.1(e) in no way alter the obligation of Coley and its
Affiliates to refrain from exploiting CpG 7909 and CpG 7279 in the
Field during the Term.
2.2 No Other Rights to
Aventis . No other rights, express or implied, are granted to
Aventis except as expressly granted pursuant to this
Agreement.
2.3 License Grant to
Coley . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Aventis hereby
grants to Coley a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license,
including the right to grant sublicenses with prior written consent
from Aventis, which consent shall be in Aventis’ sole
discretion, under the Aventis Technology to the extent necessary
for Coley to practice the Coley Technology and/or the Joint
Inventions outside the Field. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent that Aventis incurs any additional royalty obligations to a
third party (other than Aventis Pasteur or its subsidiaries for so
long as Aventis Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) as a direct
result of the license granted hereunder, Coley shall pay Aventis
such additional royalty obligation amounts. The Parties acknowledge
and agree that the license granted herein shall not apply to (i)
Aventis Know-How relating to formulations, propellants, Delivery
Methods, and/or delivery devices, unless the Aventis Know-How is
specifically directed to the delivery of Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides Owned or Controlled by Coley or Proprietary to
Coley, (ii) Aventis Patent Rights relating to claims directed to
formulations, propellants, Delivery Methods and/or delivery
devices, unless, and then only to the extent that, any such Aventis
Patent Rights contain claims directed to Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides, (iii) Aventis Technology relating to the
manufacture of Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides, and/or (iv) Data,
NDAs or other regulatory filings relating to the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Coley may grant sublicenses to
Affiliates without the prior written consent of Aventis;
provided, however , that unless otherwise approved by
Aventis, any such sublicenses to an Affiliate of Coley shall
terminate upon the transfer or sale of all or substantially all the
assets or stock of such Affiliate, or in the event of a merger or
consolidation or change of control or similar transaction of such
Affiliate.
2.4 No Other Rights to
Coley . No rights, express or implied, to the intellectual
property of Aventis are granted to Coley except as expressly
granted pursuant to this Agreement.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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3. PAYMENTS AND
ROYALTIES.
3.1 Up Front Payment .
In partial consideration of Coley’s investment in the Coley
Technology and the exclusive licenses granted to Aventis pursuant
to Section 2.1, the Parties acknowledge payment by Aventis of a
non-refundable, up-front license fee of
[*****************************************] dollars ($[*********]
which was paid by Aventis to Coley upon the execution of the
Screening Agreement (the “ Up-Front Payment”
).
3.2 Development Milestone
Payments.
(a) Unless otherwise
specifically stated, for the first Product developed in an asthma
indication and the first Product developed in an allergic rhinitis
indication (even if the Products are the same), in each case by
Aventis, its Affiliates, and/or its approved sublicensees, Aventis
shall pay Coley the amount corresponding to each development
milestone (the “ Development Milestones” ) set
forth below within thirty (30) days after: (a) in the case of a
Development Milestone listed under “Regulatory
Acceptance/Approval,” the Actual Development Milestone
Achievement Date or (b) in the case of a Development Milestone
listed under “EDC Selection” or “Clinical
Trials,” the earlier of (i) the Actual Development Milestone
Achievement Date or (ii) the Planned Development Milestone
Achievement Date.
|
|
|
|
Development Milestones
|
|
Payments
|
| EDC
Selection |
|
|
| Selection of
the first Immune Modulator as an EDC by Aventis’ Scientific
Review Board, or successor committee |
|
$[*********](one time payment) |
|
|
| Clinical
Trials |
|
|
| When Aventis
obtains preliminary data from the first Selected Immune Modulator
in at least a [******************************] which does not
preclude further development with the understanding that Aventis
shall use reasonable efforts to begin with [*******************] as
soon as reasonably practicable after selection of such Selected
Immune Modulator as an EDC |
|
$[***********] (one time payment) |
|
|
| Initiation
of Phase 2B Clinical Trials |
|
$[*********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[*********]
for Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
|
|
| Initiation
of Phase 3 Clinical Trials |
|
$[*********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[*********] for Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
|
|
| Regulatory Acceptance/Approval |
|
|
|
|
| NDA
Acceptance |
|
$[**********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[**********] Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
|
|
| MMA
Acceptance |
|
$[*********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[*********] for Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
|
|
| NDA
Approval |
|
$[**********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[**********] for Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
|
|
| MAA or
Equivalent Approval |
|
$[**********] for Asthma Indication
and
$[**********] for Allergic Rhinitis
Indication
|
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(b) Notwithstanding the above
provisions, in the event that Aventis does not initiate Phase 1
Clinical Trials for either (a) the first Selected Immune Modulator
by March 1, 2004 or (b) the second Selected Immune Modulator by
October 1, 2004, Aventis shall pay Coley, for the first such missed
date only, a non-refundable, non-creditable additional payment of
[************] dollars ($[*********]) within thirty (30) days after
either March 1, 2004 or October 1, 2004 as the case may be;
provided, however, that such dates shall be extended: (y) if
the Parties agree, based on reasonable scientific and/or medical
opinion, that it is not reasonable to initiate Phase 1 Clinical
Trials for such Selected Immune Modulator within such time periods,
in which. case, the extension shall be for a period of time
mutually agreed by the Parties; or (z) if Coley fails to deliver to
Aventis [***] ([*]) to [***] ([*]) [**********] of research grade
material for each of the up to [*************] ([**])
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides run through the Step 2 screening
cascades pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(v) of the Screening Agreement,
or fails to deliver to Aventis [***********] ([***]) [**********]
of research-grade material for up [***] ([*])(but in no event more
than [***] ([*]) in any given six (6) month period)
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides selected by Aventis for in vivo
testing within six (6) weeks of receipt of written request from
Aventis pursuant to Section 2.2(e) of the Screening Agreement, and
either such failure was the direct cause of Aventis missing the
applicable October date, in which case, the extension shall be for
a period equal to the delay in delivery by Coley. Notwithstanding
anything to the foregoing contained in this Section 3.2(b), in the
event that either Party provides notice to the other Party of its
intention to terminate this Agreement in whole pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6 prior to the date the payment in this
Section 3.2(b) becomes due, Aventis shall not be required to pay
such [************] dollar ($[*********]) payment.
(c) For the first Product
developed in a COPD indication, Aventis shall pay Coley
[***************] dollars ($[**********]) for the earlier achieved
(by Aventis, its Affiliates, or its approved sublicensee) of the
“NDA Approval” Development Milestone in the COPD
indication or the “MAA or Equivalent Approval”
Development Milestone in the COPD indication within thirty (30)
days of the Actual Development Milestone Achievement Date;
provided, however , Aventis shall not be required to
make any payment pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) if Aventis has
substituted the COPD indication for the asthma indication pursuant
to Section 6.2(c) prior to this payment becoming due.
(d) In the event that, with
respect to a Development Milestone listed under “Clinical
Trials” above, Aventis is required to make a payment on a
Development Milestone on the Planned Development Milestone
Achievement Date, Aventis shall deposit such Development Milestone
payment in an interest-bearing escrow account. Such escrowed
Development Milestone payment (including interest) shall be
released to Coley upon the Actual Development Milestone Achievement
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to the applicable
Actual Development Milestone Achievement Date, Coley terminates
this Agreement in whole or with respect to the indication(s)
relating to such Development Milestone due to Aventis’ lack
of diligence as finally determined by the appropriate parties
pursuant to Section 4.6 and/or the arbitrators pursuant to Section
12.3, as the case may be, then such escrowed Development Milestone
payment(s) shall be released to Coley and (in the event of
termination of one or more indications, the Field shall no longer
include such indication(s)). In the event of termination prior to
the applicable Actual Development Milestone Achievement Date, in
whole or with respect to the indication(s) relating to such
Development Milestone, for any reason other than Aventis’
lack of diligence, such escrowed amount shall be released to
Aventis.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(e) With respect to the
foregoing, in the event any Phase 2B Clinical Trials and Phase 3
Clinical Trials are combined (i.e., as a Phase 2B/3 Clinical
Trials), the Development Milestone payment for the Initiation of
Phase 2B Clinical Trials shall be due no later than the initiation
of the Phase 3 Clinical Trials, and the Development Milestone
payment for the Initiation of Phase 3 Clinical Trials shall be due
upon the initiation of that portion of the Phase 2B/3 Clinical
Trials.
3.3 Achievement Milestone
Payments . Aventis shall pay Coley the following
non-refundable, non-creditable payments within thirty (30) days
after Aventis, its Affiliates, and/or its approved sublicensees
reach the achievement milestones set forth below (the “
Achievement Milestones ”):
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Payment
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| The first
time that Net Sales for all Combined Products during any
consecutive 12 month period reach at least
$[***********] |
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$[**********] |
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| The first
time that Net Sales for all Combined products during any
consecutive 12 month period reach at least
$[***********] |
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$[**********] |
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| First
Regulatory Approval of each Product administered by a new Delivery
Method (other than the first Delivery Method for the asthma
indication and the first Delivery Method for the allergic rhinitis
indication) |
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$[**********] |
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| Regulatory
Approval for each Product containing a Selected Immune Modulator
(other than the first Immune Modulator approved for Asthma and the
first Immune Modulator approved for Allergic Rhinitis) |
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$[**********] |
3.4 Royalty
Payments.
(a) Royalty Payments
Due. Aventis shall pay to Coley royalty payments on annual Net
Sales by Aventis, its Affiliates and/or its approved sublicensees
for all Combined Products in the Field in the amounts set forth
below (“ Royalty Payments ”). For the first
three Royalty Quarters of a Royalty Year, the calculation of the
Royalty Payments will be based on an estimated effective Royalty
Payment percentage (“ Royalty Payment Percentage
”) to be calculated on the basis of the Projected Annual Net
Sales for that Royalty Year. The Royalty Payment for the last
Royalty Quarter of that Royalty Year will be based on actual Net
Sales for the full Royalty Year. The Royalty Payment for the last
Royalty Quarter will be calculated by applying the actual effective
Royalty Payment Percentage to the Net Sales for the full Royalty
Year and then subtracting the Royalty Payments made for the three
prior Royalty Quarters of that Royalty Year.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(i) For Products covered by a
Valid Claim of the Coley Patent Rights, Joint Patent Rights, and/or
the Aventis Immune Modulator Patent Rights, on a country-by-
country basis and Product-by-Product basis, the following Royalty
Payment Percentages shall apply:
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Level 1
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Annual Net Sales of
All
Combined
Products
During Royalty
Year
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Royalty Payment
Percentage
of Net
Sales
of Such
Products
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1A
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<$[***********] |
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[**]% |
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1B
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³ $[***********] <$[***********] |
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[**]% |
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1C
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³ $[***********] <$[***********] |
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[**]% |
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1D
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³ $[***********] |
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[**]% |
(ii} For Products covered by
a Valid Claim of the Coley Patent Rights, Joint Patent Rights
and/or the Aventis Immune Modulator Patent Rights in a particular
Major Market Country, and where Significant Competition exists in a
particular Royalty Period in such Major Market Country, the
following Level 2 Royalty Payment Percentages shall
apply.
For the purposes of this
Agreement, “ Significant Competition ” shall
mean, on a Major Market Country-by-Major Market Country basis and
Product-by-Product basis, the presence of (A) a third party (other
than Aventis Pasteur and its subsidiaries for so long as Aventis
Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) selling a product utilizing
Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides as a monotherapy approved in the
same indication as the Product and such product obtains a market
share of greater than [******] percent ([**]%) of a three-month
moving total of total prescriptions of all products (including
Product) sold as monotherapy Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides
written in that same indication in such Major Market Country, or
(B) two (2) or more third parties (other than Aventis Pasteur and
its subsidiaries for so long as Aventis Pasteur is an affiliate of
Aventis) selling product(s) utilizing Immunomodulatory
Oligonucleotides as a monotherapy approved in the same indication
as the Product and such product obtains a market share of
[***********] percent ([**]%) or more of a three-month moving total
of total prescriptions of all products (including Product) sold as
monotherapy Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides written in that same
indication in such Major Market Country.
The market share calculations
in each case above shall be determined by utilizing IMS Panel data
(or, if not available, such market research data as mutually agreed
upon by the Parties) based on the total number of prescriptions
written in the Field during any rolling three-month period. Aventis
shall obtain such IMS Panel data or market research data at
Aventis’ expense and shall provide such information to Coley,
at no charge.
In all events, Significant
Competition must be first initiated and first achieved within the
first three (3) years after the First Commercial Sale of a Product
in a particular Major Market Country in order for the Level 2
Royalty Payment Percentages to apply. During the time period(s) in
which Significant Competition does not exist (and to the extent
Level 3 Royalty Payment Percentages do not apply), the Royalty
Payment Percentage will return to the applicable Level 1 Royalty
Payment Percentage.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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The following Level 2 Royalty
Payment Percentages in a given Major Market Country will be applied
starting with the first month after which Significant Competition
is found to exist in such Major Market Country. If, for example,
Significant Competition is initiated in a three-month period
December to February, then Level 2 Royalty Payment Percentages
would apply to Net Sales invoiced in March but would not apply to
Net Sales invoiced before March. In the event that the Significant
Competition does not exist in April, then Level 1 Royalty Payment
Percentages would be applied to Net Sales invoiced in April and
thereafter until such time as Significant Competition may again
exist in such Major Market County.
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Level 2
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Annual Net Sales of
All
Combined
Products
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Royalty Payment
Percentage
of Net
Sales
of Such
Products
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2A
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<$[***********] |
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[*]% |
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2B
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³ $[***********] <$[***********] |
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[***]% |
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2C
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³ $[***********]<$[***********] |
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[**]% |
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2D
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³ $[***********] |
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[****]% |
(iii) For Products (a) not
covered by a Valid Claim of the Coley Patent Rights, Joint Patent
Rights, and/or the Aventis Immune Modulator Patent Rights, or (b)
not covered by a Valid Claim of the Coley Patent Rights and/or the
Aventis Immune Modulator Patent Rights, but covered by a Valid
Claim of Joint Patent Rights and where Generic Competition exists,
then for so long as such Generic Competition exists, or (c) covered
by a Valid Claim of the Coley Patent Rights other than a Valid
Claim to a composition of matter or method of use in the Field and
a third party (other than Aventis Pasteur and its subsidiaries for
so long as Aventis Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) (but
specifically excluding Coley, and/or its Affiliates, licensees
and/or other third party collaboration partners of Coley) markets
the same Immune Modulator as a monotherapy, then for so long as
such third party (other than Aventis Pasteur for so long as Aventis
Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) markets the Immune Modulator as
a monotherapy, in the case of (a), (b) or (c) above, on a
country-by-country basis and Product-by-Product basis, the
following Royalty Payment Percentages shall apply.
As used herein, “
Generic Competition ” means on a country-by-country
basis and Product-by-Product basis, the presence of a third party
or third parties (other than Aventis Pasteur and its subsidiaries
for so long as Aventis Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) (but
specifically excluding Coley, and/or its Affiliates, licensees
and/or other third party collaboration partners of Coley) marketing
as a monotherapy the same Immune Modulator as the Product and
obtains a market share of greater than [******] percent
([**]%).
In the case of (b) above, the
Royalty Payment Percentage will return to the applicable Level 1
Royalty Payment Percentage during the time periods that Generic
Competition does not exist. In the case of (c) above, the Royalty
Payment Percentage will return to the applicable Level 1 Royalty
Payment Percentage (or Level 2 Royalty Payment Percentage in the
event Significant Competition exists) during the time periods that
no third party (other
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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than Aventis Pasteur for so long as
Aventis Pasteur is an affiliate of Aventis) (but specifically
excluding Coley, and/or its Affiliates, licensees and/or other
third party collaboration partners of Coley) markets the same
Immune Modulator as a monotherapy.
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Level 3
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Annual Net Sales of
All
Combined Products
During
Royalty
Year
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Royalty Payment Percentage
of Net
Sales of Such
Products
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3A
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<$[***********] |
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[*]% |
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3B
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³ $[***********] <$[***********] |
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[*]% |
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3C
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³ $[***********] <$[***********] |
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[*]% |
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3D
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³ $[***********] |
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[*]% |
(iv) In calculating the
applicable Royalty Payment Percentage applicable in the event that
more than one of paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) apply, the Parties
shall first determine the relative share of total annual Net Sales
in such country falling into the categories described by paragraphs
(i) through (iii) above. The Royalty Payment shall be equal to the
sum of the amounts calculated by multiplying each of these relative
shares by the amount falling within a given royalty level (i.e.
Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 above) (as determined by total annual
Net Sales) and by the corresponding Royalty Payment Percentages. At
the end of each Royalty Year, adjustments for (i) through (iii)
above will be made.
By way of example, if, for a
given year, the Commercialization Plan forecast calls for Aventis
to achieve $[*************]of annual Net Sales of all Combined
Products, of which $[***********] is expected to be achieved with
no Significant Competition, thus falling into the category
described by paragraph (i), with the remaining $[*******] of Net
Sales achieved under the impact of Significant Competition, thus
falling into the category described by paragraph (ii). In this
example, no Net Sales are expected to fall into the category
described by paragraph (iii).
The relative share of
expected Net Sales falling into the categories described by
paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) would be [**]% ([**********] divided
by [**********]), [**]% ([**********]divided by [************] and
[*]%, respectively.
Of the total expected Net
Sales falling within the first royalty tier, defined as applying to
Net Sales up to and including $[**********], [**]% would be paid at
the Royalty Payment Percentage described in. paragraph (i)
corresponding to the first tier and [**]% would be paid at the
Royalty Payment Percentage described in paragraph (ii)
corresponding to the first tier. Expected Royalty Payments on the
first tier would thus equal $[**********] (i.e., [**]% x
$[**********] x [**]% + [**]% x $[**********] x [*]%).
Similarly, of the total
expected Net Sales falling within the second royalty tier, defined
as applying to Net Sales greater than $[**********] but up to and
including $[**********], [**]% would be paid at the Royalty Payment
Percentage described in paragraph (i) corresponding
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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to the second tier and [**]% would be
paid at the Royalty Payment Percentage described in paragraph (ii)
corresponding to the second tier. Expected Royalty Payments on the
second tier would thus equal $[******] (i.e., [**]% x $[**********]
x [**]% + [**]% x $[**********] x [**]%).
Since, in this example,
expected total Net Sales fall below the level of the third tier,
defined as applying to Net Sales greater than $[**********], no
Royalty Payments would be expected on the third tier.
The total expected Royalty
Payments due to Coley for the year would equal $[**********]
($[**********] plus $[**********]). The estimated effective Royalty
Payment Percentage would equal [****]% ($[**********] divided by
$[**********]).
In the course of the first
three quarters, Aventis achieves actual Net Sales of $[**********],
$[**********] and $[**********], respectively, during the first,
second and third Royalty Quarters and Aventis makes Royalty
Payments of $[**********], $[**********] and $[**********]
respectively (e.g., [***]% x $[**********], $[**********] and
$[**********]). In the fourth quarter, Aventis achieves Net Sales
of $[**********], bringing the total for the year to $[**********].
Of this amount, $[**********] or [**]% was achieved under
Significant Competition.
For the full year, Royalties
due on the first tier would therefore be $[**********]
($[**********] x [**]% x [**]% + $[**********] x [**]% x [**]%),
second tier royalties would be $[**********] ($[**********] x [**]%
x [**]% + $[**********] x [**]% x [**]%) and the total Royal
Payment for the year would be $[**********]. Having paid Coley
$[**********] for the first three Royalty Quarters, Aventis would
pay Coley $[**********] for the last Royalty Quarter ($[**********]
minus $[**********]).
(v) Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 3.4(a), in the event that the
Iowa Agreement is terminated with Coley due to a material breach by
Coley thereunder, and as a result, Aventis elects to maintain such
license directly with UIRF as contemplated in the Iowa Agreement,
then Aventis may deduct the royalty amounts due UIRF by Aventis
pursuant to the Iowa Agreement from the Royalty Payments otherwise
due hereunder.
(b) Tender of Royalty
Payments and Royalty Reports . Within thirty (30) days after
the conclusion of each Royalty Period, Aventis shall tender payment
of any Royalty Payments due under this Agreement, and shall
concurrently deliver to Coley a report on the Net Sales activity of
Aventis, its Affiliates, and/or its approved sublicensees (the
“ Royalty Report ”). The Royalty Report for the
final Royalty Quarter of the Royalty Year shall indicate whether an
adjustment to the Royalty Payment Percentage for a Product is
required under Section 3.4, as well as any additional Royalty
Payment due to Coley as a result of retroactive application of the
new Royalty Payment Percentage, as required under Section 3.4. If
no Royalty Payment is due, the Royalty Report shall so state. All
such Royalty Reports shall be considered Confidential Information
of both Parties under this Agreement and shall contain the
following information:
(i) Net Sales of any Products
sold by Aventis, its Affiliates and/or its approved sublicensees,
on a country-by-country basis and Product-by-Product basis, during
the applicable Royalty Period;
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(ii) total Royalty Payments
due for each Product; and
(iii) relevant market share
data supporting the existence of Significant
Competition.
(c) Commencement of
Royalty Payments. Aventis’ Royalty Payment obligations
under this Section 3.4 (with respect to Net Sales by Aventis, its
Affiliates and/or its approved sublicensees) shall become effective
upon the First Commercial Sale of any Product in any country within
the Territory, and shall continue on a country-by-country basis
until the later to occur of (i) the expiration or termination of
the last Valid Claim of a Coley Patent Right or Aventis Immune
Modulator Patent Right covering such Product in such country, or
(ii) ten (10) years from the First Commercial Sale of a Product in
such country.
3.5 Withholding and
Payment in U.S. Dollars . Any payments made by Aventis to Coley
under this Agreement shall be reduced by the amount that Aventis is
required to withhold pursuant to any applicable United States
federal, state, or local tax law (“ Withholding Taxes
”). Aventis shall submit reasonable proof of payment of the
Withholding Taxes to Coley within a reasonable period of time after
such Withholding Taxes are remitted to the proper taxing authority.
Any payments due under Section 3 shall be made in United States
Dollars, using a mutually acceptable method of payment. With
respect to sales of Product(s) invoiced in a currency other than
United States Dollars, the Net Sales and amounts due to Coley
hereunder shall be expressed in the domestic currency of the Party
making the sale, together with the United States Dollar equivalent
of the count payable to Coley, calculated using the arithmetic
average of the spot rates on the last business day of each month of
the Royalty Quarter in which the Net Sales were made. The
“Closing mid-point rates” found in the “Dollar
spot forward against the Dollar” table published by The
Financial Times (or any other publication agreed to by the
Parties) shall be used as the source of spot rates to calculate the
average as set forth in the preceding sentence.
3.6 Late Payments .
Any payments due under Section 3 that are not made on or before the
date specified under the terms of this Agreement shall bear
interest, to the extent permitted by law, at a rate of [***] ([*])
percentage point above the London InterBank Offering Rate (“
LIBOR ”) as reported in The Financial Times (or
any other publication agreed to by the Parties) on the date such
payment is due, with interest calculated based on the number of
days such payment is delinquent.
3.7 Failure to Make
Payments . In the event Aventis fails to make payments due to
Coley under this Section 3, then, at the election of Coley, the
Agreement may be terminated in whole, or with respect to a
particular indication or Immune Molecule, pursuant to Section
6.3(a).
3.8 Third Parties
Licenses . The Parties acknowledge that, during the Term, one
or more royalty-bearing licenses may be necessary from one or more
third parties in order to manufacture or commercialize the Products
in the Field without infringing one or more patents of such third
party(ies). In such an event, the following provisions shall
apply:
(a) Coley shall use
commercially reasonable efforts, at its sole cost and expense, to
obtain and maintain any third party licenses to any Patent Rights
(other than
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
22
Patent Rights owned, controlled, or
licensed (with the right to sublicense royalty-free to Aventis) by
Aventis Pasteur or its subsidiaries for so long as Aventis Pasteur
is an affiliate of Aventis) solely relating to the composition of
matter or use of Immune Modulators in Products in the Field,
including research necessary for the development of such Products,
the absence of which would prevent Aventis from practicing the
Coley Technology licensed hereunder in the Field without infringing
such third party’s Patent Rights, but specifically excluding,
without limitation, Patent Rights related to formulations,
propellants, delivery methods, delivery devices, and/or the
manufacture of Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides and/or
Products.
In the event that Coley is
unable to obtain any such third party licenses described above in
this paragraph (a), Aventis shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain and maintain such third party licenses. If, as a
result of Aventis obtaining and maintaining such third party
licenses, it is necessary for Aventis to make third party royalty
payments or Other Payments (as defined below) to such third party
(collectively “ Third Party Payments ”) in order
for Aventis to practice the rights granted hereunder to the Coley
Technology without infringing such third party’s rights,
Aventis may (i) offset [***********] percent ([***]%) of any such
Third Party Payments against the Royalty Payments until the point
that the Royalty Payments are reduced by [***********] percent
([**]%) in any Royalty Period and (ii) offset [************]
percent ([**]%) of any remaining portion of any such Third Party
Payments against the Royalty Payments until the point that the
Royalty Payments are reduced by [*****] percent ([**]%) in any
Royalty Period. Offsets for any such third party royally payments
for Net Sales in a Royalty Quarter may be applied only against
Royalty Payments due hereunder for the same Net Sales in the same
Royalty Quarter. Offsets for Other Payments to such third parties
may be amortized equally over ten (10) years and applied in each
corresponding Royalty Quarter until the application of such Other
Payments in their entirety. As used herein, “ Other
Payments ” shall mean license issue fees or milestones,
but shall specifically exclude equity investments or reimbursements
for research and development costs.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 3.8(a) shall reduce
the Royalty Payments otherwise due Coley by more than [*****]
percent ([**]%), provided, however , that any Royalty
Payment reductions allowed under Section 3.4(a)(v) shall be made
prior to determining such [**]% and/or [**]% Royalty Payment floors
allowed hereunder.
The Parties acknowledge and
agree that in the event either Party terminates this Agreement with
respect to one or more indications in the Field pursuant to Section
6.6 (due to an inability to obtain a third party license pursuant
to this Section 3.8(a)) and within one (1) year of such termination
Coley licenses such indications) to the third party from whom the
third party license contemplated in this Section 3.8(a) was not
obtained, then Coley shall reimburse Aventis those payments made to
Coley by Aventis pursuant to Sections 3.2 and/or 3.3 with respect
to that indication/those indications only. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that (i) the asthma indication is
terminated and Aventis credits the paid asthma milestone payments
to the COPD indication pursuant to Section 6.2(c), and (ii) within
one (1) year of such termination of the asthma indication, Coley
licenses the asthma indication to the third party from whom the
third party license contemplated in this Section 18(a) was not
obtained, Coley shall have no obligation to reimburse Aventis such
asthma milestone payments.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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The Parties further
acknowledge and agree that in the event that (a) Coley obtains the
third party license the Parties were unable to obtain pursuant to
Section 3.8(a) either (i) within two (2) years of termination of
this Agreement in whole pursuant to Section 6.6 or (ii) during the
Term in the event of termination of this Agreement with respect to
one or more indications in the Field pursuant to Section 6.6, and
(b) Coley determines that it is interested in sublicensing such
third party license to another party within such two (2) year
period in the case of termination of this Agreement in whole or
during the Term in the case of termination with respect to one or
more indications, then Coley shall notify Aventis of such
determination and Aventis shall have a right to elect to re-enter
into the Agreement in whole (in the event the Agreement was
terminated in whole) or re-include the terminated indication within
the Field (in the event of termination with respect to one or more
indications), as the case may be (the “Option Right”).
Aventis may exercise the Option Right by providing to Coley written
notice of its intention to re-enter into the Agreement in whole (in
the event the Agreement was terminated in whole) or re-include the
terminated indication within the Field (in the event of termination
with respect to one or more indications) and returning any payments
previously reimbursed to Aventis pursuant to this Section 3.8(a),
such notice and repayment to be received by Coley within sixty (60)
days of Aventis receiving the above referenced notice from Coley
(the “Option Period”). If Aventis does not elect to
exercise its Option Right, or fails to exercise the Option Right
within the Option Period, Coley shall be free to sublicense such
third party license to any third party.
(b) Aventis shall use
commercially reasonable efforts, at its sole cost and expense, to
obtain and maintain all third party licenses necessary to develop
Products in the Field, other than those licenses for which Coley is
responsible pursuant to Section 3.8(a), specifically including,
without limitation, Patent Rights relating to formulations,
propellants, Delivery Methods, delivery devices and/or the
manufacture of Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides and/or Products
and/or Patent Rights owned, controlled, or licensed by Aventis
Pasteur or its subsidiaries for so long as Aventis Pasteur is an
affiliate of Aventis.
3.9 Audit of
Records.
(a) Coley shall have the
right at Coley’s expense, through an independent certified
public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably
acceptable to Aventis, to examine those records of Aventis and its
Affiliates as may be reasonably necessary solely to confirm the
accuracy of the Royalty Reports, during regular business hours
during the Term, and for three (3) years after expiration or
termination of this Agreement; provided, however ,
that such examination shall not take place more often than once per
Royalty Year and shall not cover such records for more than the
preceding three (3) Royalty Years. Such accounting firm shall enter
into a confidentiality agreement with Aventis and shall report to
Coley only the final audited Royalty Payment amounts to be paid by
Aventis.
(b) In the event that any
such inspection shows an underreporting or an underpayment in
excess of [**************] for any consecutive 12 month period,
then Aventis shall pay the reasonable costs of such an examination
and in any event shall pay any additional sum, including interest
charges (at a rate of [*********************] above LIBOR), shown
to be due to Coley. In the event that any such inspections shows an
overpayment by Aventis, then Aventis may credit such overpayment
against any future amounts due Coley hereunder.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(c) In the event that either
Party in good faith disputes the conclusion of the accounting firm,
or any specific aspect of the conclusion, then such Party shall
inform the other Party by written notice within thirty (30) days
after receiving the result of the audit containing such conclusion,
specifying in detail the reasons for disputing such conclusion. The
Parties shall promptly thereafter meet and negotiate in good faith
a resolution to such dispute. In the event that the Parties are
unable to resolve such dispute within sixty (60) days after such
dispute notice is received, the matter shall be resolved in a
manner consistent with the procedures set forth in Section
12.3.
3.10 Payment Contact.
Aventis shall appoint one representative as the contact for Coley
with respect to all payment matters contemplated in this Section 3.
The initial representative shall be Mr. Jerry Corbin, US DI & A
Controlling.
4. DEVELOPMENT; DILIGENCE
OBLIGATIONS; ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
4.1 Diligence
Generally . Aventis shall use commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with the efforts and resources normally used in good
faith and fair dealing for a product of its own discovery of
similar market potential at a similar stage in its product life,
taking into account the competitiveness of the market place, the
proprietary position of the product, the regulatory structure
involved, the profitability of the applicable products and other
relevant factors) to pursue the development, commercialization, and
marketing of the Products in each indication in the Field in the
Territory, and to undertake investigations and actions required to
obtain appropriate Regulatory Approval. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and subject to Sections 2.1(e) and 3.2(a), Aventis shall
only be required to pursue the development and commercialization of
one Immune Modulator irrespective of the number of Products which
are developed therefrom.
4.2 Development and
Commercialization Plans. Consistent with Section 4.1, Aventis
shall develop and commercialize Products in each indication within
the Field in accordance with a development plan (the “
Development Plan ”) and commercialization plan (the
“ Commercialization Plan ”). Aventis shall
prepare and provide Coley with the Development Plan which shall set
forth anticipated activities, plans and timelines for the
development of Products in the Field, which shall commence upon the
execution of this Agreement. The initial Development Plan is
attached hereto as Exhibit D , and shall be updated by
Aventis at least annually for each Product in the Field. Aventis
shall also provide Coley with the Commercialization Plan no later
than one (1) year prior to the anticipated First Commercial Sale of
any Product, which shall be attached hereto as Exhibit E and
shall set forth Projected Annual Net Sales, details of estimated
quarterly market shares sufficient to establish forecasts of
Significant Competition, anticipated activities, plans and
timelines for the commercialization of Products in the
Field.
4.3 Development
Responsibility . Aventis shall make all decisions with respect
to development and commercialization activities with respect to the
Immune Modulators and Products, and shall keep the Advisory
Committee reasonably informed with respect thereto pursuant to
Section 4.5(f).
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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4.4 Collaboration
Manager. Each Party shall appoint one individual who shall
serve as such Party’s primary contact with respect to this
Agreement and any issues which may arise hereunder (a “
Collaboration Manager ”). Each Party shall at all
times keep the other Party informed of the identity of the
Collaboration Manager.
4.5 Advisory
Committee.
(a) Formation . The
Parties shall form a committee (the “ Advisory
Committee ”) comprised of three (3) named representatives
of Coley and three (3) named representatives of Aventis, each of
which shall be knowledgeable and experienced with respect to the
issues to be discussed by the Advisory Committee from time to time.
Such named representatives shall be appointed within thirty (30)
days of the Effective Date. Each Party shall be permitted to
substitute and/or replace its named representatives from time to
time, as it deems appropriate, by providing the other Party with
notice thereof In addition, each Party shall be permitted to invite
additional participants to meetings of the Advisory Committee on an
as- needed basis.
(b) Meetings. The
Advisory Committee shall meet quarterly until Phase 3 Clinical
Trials are initiated for the first Product in both the allergic
rhinitis and the asthma indications. Thereafter, the Advisory
Committee shall meet semiannually until the First Commercial Sale
of a Product in both the allergic rhinitis and asthma indications,
and then annually after the First Commercial Sale of such Products
within thirty (30) days after approval of the Commercialization
Plan by the Executive Committee of Aventis Pharma each year. In
addition, the Advisory Committee may meet at such other times as
the members of the Advisory Committee may mutually agree. The place
of such meetings shall alternate between the offices of Coley and
Aventis, unless otherwise agreed to by the Advisory Committee. The
time and form of such meetings, including, without limitation, by
videoconference, shall be agreed to by the Advisory Committee. Each
Party shall independently bear the expenses of that Party’s
participation in such meetings.
(c) Minutes . The
Advisory Committee shall keep accurate minutes of its discussions
and opinions. At each meeting, the Advisory Committee shall
designate a member to act as secretary to prepare draft minutes for
such meeting. Draft minutes shall be sent to each member of the
Advisory Committee within twenty (20) working days of each meeting.
The draft minutes shall be edited by the secretary based on the
comments of each member, and the edited draft shall be distributed
in advance of the next meeting to each member for review and final
approval at that meeting.
(d) Responsibilities.
The Advisory Committee shall provide a forum for the exchange of
scientific information among the Parties, including a review of
Aventis’ progress and on-going activities under the
Development Plan and/or Commercialization Plan.
(e) Quorum. A quorum
of the Advisory Committee shall consist of at least one Coley
member and at least one Aventis member. A quorum of the Advisory
Committee shall be present in order for a meeting to take place. No
individual Party shall purport to act on behalf of the other Party
unless and then only to the extent authorized to do so by the
Advisory Committee.
Portions of this Exhibit were omitted
and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act.
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(f) Aventis Reports to the
Advisory Committee. Aventis shall keep the Advisory Committee
reasonably informed concerning the status of the development,
manufacture and commercialization for each Product in the Field and
the measures taken to meet the Development Milestones, the
Achievement Milestones an
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