CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN
THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED
CO-DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This
Co-Development and License Agreement (the
“Agreement” ) is made and entered into effective
as of December 19, 2005 (the “Effective
Date” ) by and between GPC Biotech AG, a German
corporation, having its place of business at Fraunhoferstrasse 20,
82152 Martinsried/Munich, Germany ( “GPC
Biotech” ); and Pharmion GmbH, a Swiss limited liability
company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharmion Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, having a place of business at Aeschenvorstadt
71, 4051 Basel, Switzerland ( “Licensee” ). GPC
Biotech and Licensee are sometimes referred to herein individually
as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “
Parties .”
WHEREAS ,
GPC Biotech has rights with respect to the platinum complex known
as “Satraplatin” and has commenced a Phase III
registrational trial for the use of the same for the second-line
treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer;
WHEREAS ,
Licensee and its Affiliates have specialized experience in, among
other things, the development and commercialization of
pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of cancer in the
Licensee Territory (as defined below); and
WHEREAS ,
GPC Biotech desires to grant a license to Licensee, and Licensee
desires to obtain a license, to Develop and Commercialize (each as
defined below) the above-mentioned pharmaceutical compound in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
below.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises, the
mutual promises and covenants of the Parties contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
Unless otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
1.1
“Additional Indication(s)” shall mean each
indication, other than the Initial Indication.
1.2
“Adverse Event Experience” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 9.2.
1.3
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Party,
any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with such Party. For purposes of this definition,
“control” and, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” shall mean (a) the
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possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management or
policies of a business entity, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract relating to voting rights or
corporate governance, or otherwise, or (b) the ownership,
directly or indirectly, of at least fifty percent (50%) of the
voting securities or other ownership interest of a business entity
(or, with respect to a limited partnership or other similar entity,
its general partner or controlling entity).
1.4
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
1.5
“Alliance Manager” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 4.4.7.
1.6
“ANDA Act” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.3.2.
1.7 “ANZ
Territory” shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia and
New Zealand.
1.8
“Applicable Law” shall mean applicable laws, rules
and regulations, including any rules, regulations, guidelines or
other requirements of the Regulatory Authorities, that may be in
effect from time to time.
1.9
“Arbitration Matter” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 15.7.4.
1.10
“Arbitration Rules” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 15.7.4.
1.11
“Arbitrator” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.12.
1.12
“Breaching Party” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 14.2.
1.13
“Business Day” shall mean a day other than a
Saturday or Sunday on which banking institutions in Munich, Germany
are open for business.
1.14
“Calendar Quarter” shall mean each successive
period of three (3) calendar months commencing on
January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1.
1.15
“Calendar Year” shall mean each successive period
of twelve (12) calendar months commencing on January 1 and
ending on December 31.
1.16
“Change of Control” means, with respect to
Licensee, its ultimate parent corporation or any successor to the
foregoing, (a) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or
other similar transaction involving such party and any Third Party
which results in the holders of the outstanding voting securities
of such party immediately prior to such merger, consolidation,
share exchange or other similar transaction ceasing to hold more
than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
surviving, purchasing or continuing entity immediately after such
merger, consolidation, share exchange or other similar transaction,
(b) any transaction or series of related transactions in which
any “person”, as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“ Exchange Act ”), together with any of such
person’s “affiliates” or
“associates”, as such terms are used in the Exchange
Act, becomes the beneficial owner of fifty percent (50%) or more of
the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of such
party, or (c) the sale or other transfer to a Third Party of
all or substantially all of such party’s assets which relate
to this Agreement.
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1.17
“Clinical Data” shall mean all information with
respect to the Licensed Product and the Licensed Compound, made,
collected or otherwise generated in the performance of or in
connection with Clinical Studies or Post Approval Studies for the
Licensed Product, including any data, reports and results with
respect thereto.
1.18
“Clinical Studies” shall mean Phase I, Phase II,
Phase III and such other tests and studies in patients that are
required by Applicable Law, or otherwise recommended by the
Regulatory Authorities, to obtain or maintain Regulatory Approvals,
but excluding Post Approval Studies.
1.19
“Collaboration Costs” shall mean the FTE Costs
(charged in accordance with Sections 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 and 6.1.6)
incurred, and the direct out-of-pocket costs recorded as an expense
in accordance with GAAP, by or on behalf of: a Party or any of its
Affiliates on or after October 1, 2005 or during the term of and
pursuant to this Agreement, in connection with (i) tasks that
are specifically identified in or reasonably allocable to the
Development Plan and Budget or (ii) Joint Commercialization
Activities specifically identified in the applicable
Commercialization Plan and Budget. Except in the case of
Collaboration Costs incurred in accordance with
Section 1.19.5, Collaboration Costs incurred on or after the
Effective Date with respect to Development activities or Joint
Commercialization Activities shall be included in
“Collaboration Costs” for the Licensed Product only to
the extent less than or equal to the amounts set forth in the
applicable Development Budget or Commercialization Budget for such
activities (subject to permitted overruns pursuant to
Sections 2.3.2 and 3.10.2). Subject to the foregoing,
Collaboration Costs shall include such costs incurred in connection
with the following activities:
1.19.1 pre-clinical and non-clinical activities such as
toxicology and formulation development, test method development,
stability testing, quality assurance, quality control development
and statistical analysis;
1.19.2 Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies for the
Licensed Product, including (a) the preparation for and
conduct of clinical trials; (b) data collection and analysis
and report writing; (c) clinical laboratory work; and
(d) regulatory activities in connection with such studies,
including adverse event recordation and reporting;
1.19.3 the preparation of a regulatory dossier reasonably
necessary to obtain Initial Regulatory Approval for the Licensed
Product in both the GPC Biotech Territory and the European
Union;
1.19.4 Manufacturing Costs for (a) the Licensed Product
for use in Clinical Studies, Post Approval Studies or other
Development activities for the Licensed Product and (b) the
manufacture, purchase or packaging of comparators or placebo for
use in Clinical Studies or Post Approval Studies for the Licensed
Product (with the manufacturing costs for comparators or placebo to
be determined in the same manner as Manufacturing Costs are
determined for any Licensed Product) and (c) costs and
expenses of disposal of drugs and other supplies used in such
Clinical Studies, Post Approval Studies or other Development
activities;
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1.19.5 Losses incurred in connection with Third Party Claims
described in Section 13.3 to the extent such losses are to be
included in Collaboration Costs pursuant to Section 13.3;
and
1.19.6 Costs for the development of the Manufacturing
Process for the Licensed Product, scale-up, Manufacturing Process
validation, including validation batches, manufacturing
improvements and qualification and validation of Third Party
contract manufacturers; provided, however, as set forth in
Section 3.1.3 of the Supply Agreement, Licensee’s share
pursuant to Section 6.1.1 of any such costs allocable to the
Manufacture of any validation batch (or part thereof) that is
subsequently sold commercially by or on behalf of Licensee or any
of its Affiliates, Sublicensees or Distributors, shall be credited
against the Supply Price for such supply.
For the
avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing, Collaboration
Costs shall not include any (a) FTE costs or other costs and
expenses that are specifically identifiable or reasonably allocable
to Unilateral Activities of either Party during the applicable
Opt-Out Period, (b) filing fees in connection with the filing
of applications for Regulatory Approvals (c) Third Party
Payments or (d) intercompany payments or charges of a Party or
its Affiliates (or between such Affiliates).
1.20
“Combination Product” shall mean a Licensed Product
that contains the Licensed Compound as an active ingredient
together with one or more other active ingredients that are sold
either as a fixed dose or as separate doses in a single
package.
1.21
“Commercialization” shall mean any and all
activities (whether before or after Regulatory Approval) directed
to the marketing, Detailing and promotion of the Licensed Product
and shall include pre-launch and post-launch marketing, promoting,
Detailing, marketing research, distributing, offering to
commercially sell and commercially selling the Licensed Product,
importing, exporting or transporting the Licensed Product for
commercial sale and regulatory affairs with respect to the
foregoing, but shall not include Post Approval Studies or
Manufacturing. When used as a verb,
“Commercializing” means to engage in
Commercialization and “Commercialize” and
“Commercialized” shall have corresponding
meanings.
1.22
“Commercialization Budget” shall mean the budget
for the Joint Commercialization Activities set forth in the
Commercialization Plan, as provided in
Section 3.2.1.
1.23
“Commercialization Plan” shall mean the plan for
the Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Field in the
Licensee Territory and for the Joint Commercialization Activities
in support of the Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the
Field in the Territory to be developed and amended as provided in
Section 3.2.1.
1.24
“Commercialization Plan and Budget” shall mean the
Commercialization Plan and the Commercialization Budget.
1.25
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” shall mean, with
respect to the Development or Commercialization of the Licensed
Product, as the case may be, efforts and
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resources
commonly used in the research-based pharmaceutical industry by
companies similarly situated to the applicable Party, but in no
event less than those efforts and resources commonly used by
companies similarly situated to the applicable Party as of the
Effective Date, for an internally-developed product of similar
commercial potential at a similar stage in its lifecycle.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a
market-by-market basis for the Licensed Product without regard to
the particular circumstances of a Party, including any other
product opportunities of such Party and, with respect to Licensee,
without regard to any payments owed to GPC Biotech under Articles 6
and 7. When used as an adjective, “ Commercially
Reasonable ” shall mean using Commercially Reasonable
Efforts.
1.26
“Committee” shall mean any one of the JEC, the JDC
or the JCC and “Committees” shall mean two or
more of the JEC, the JDC or the JCC.
1.27
“Competitive Program” means a clinical development
program in a Phase II or Phase III stage or later anywhere in the
Territory in support of commercialization activities in the
Licensee Territory or commercialization activity (including
marketing or promotion) in the Licensee Territory that involves a
compound or product (other than the Licensed Product)
[...***...] .
1.28
“Complaining Party” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 14.2.
1.29
“Complaint” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1.
1.30
“Completion Notice” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5.6(b).
1.31
“Compound Option Notice” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.4.
1.32
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 11.1.
1.33
“Control” shall mean, with respect to any item of
Information, Drug Master File, Regulatory Documentation, Patent or
Intellectual Property Right, possession of the right, whether
directly or indirectly, and whether by ownership, license or
otherwise (other than by
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assignments, license and other grants in Article 5 and
Sections 8.1.3 and 8.1.4 of this Agreement), to assign or
grant a license, sublicense or other right to or under, such
Information, Drug Master File, Regulatory Documentation, Patent or
Intellectual Property Right as provided for herein without
violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any
Third Party.
1.34
“Corporate Names” shall mean (a) in the case
of GPC Biotech, the Trademark “ GPC BIOTECH ”
and the GPC Biotech corporate logo or such other names and logos as
GPC Biotech may designate in writing from time to time and
(b) in the case of Licensee, the Trademark “
PHARMION” and the Licensee corporate logo or such
other names and logos as Licensee may designate in writing from
time to time, in each case ((a) and (b)) together with any
variations and derivatives thereof.
1.35
“Country Commercialization Plan” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2.3.
1.36
“Derivative Compound ” means an analog or
derivative of the Licensed Compound. For clarity, a Derivative
Compound is not an Improvement.
1.37
“Detail” shall mean an interactive face-to-face
contact of a sales representative, who is fully equipped with, and
knowledgeable of, applicable Promotional Materials and Product
Labeling for the Licensed Product, with a physician or other
medical professional licensed to prescribe drugs or other
healthcare professional that has a significant impact or influence
on prescribing decisions, in which relevant characteristics of the
Licensed Product are described by the sales representative in a
fair and balanced manner consistent with the requirements of this
Agreement and Applicable Law, and in a manner that is customary in
the industry for the purpose of promoting a prescription
pharmaceutical product. When used as a verb, “
Detail” means to engage in a Detail.
1.38
“Developing Party” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.5.2(a).
1.39
“Development” shall mean all activities related to
research, preclinical and other non-clinical testing, test method
development and stability testing, toxicology, formulation, process
development, manufacturing scale-up, qualification and validation,
quality assurance/quality control related to the foregoing
manufacturing activities, Clinical Studies and Post Approval
Studies, including manufacturing in support thereof, statistical
analysis and report writing, the preparation and submission of Drug
Approval Applications, regulatory affairs with respect to the
foregoing and all other activities otherwise requested or required
by a Regulatory Authority as a condition or in support of obtaining
or maintaining a Regulatory Approval. When used as a verb,
“Develop” shall mean to engage in
Development.
1.40
“Development Budget” shall mean the budget for the
Development of the Licensed Product agreed to by the Parties as of
the Effective Date, as it may be amended from time to time in
accordance with Section 2.3.1. For clarity, the Development
Budget shall not include budgets for Unilateral
Activities.
1.41
“Development Lead” shall mean, with respect to a
Development activity, the Party that (a) is assigned primary
responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of such
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activity as provided in the Development Plan or (b) is the
Developing Party for a Unilateral Activity.
1.42
“Development Plan” shall mean the plan for the
Development of the Licensed Product in the Field agreed to by the
Parties as of the Effective Date, as it may be amended from time to
time in accordance with Sections 2.2.1 and 2.5.1. For clarity,
the Development Plan shall not include any Development plans for
Unilateral Activities.
1.43
“Development Plan and Budget” shall mean the
Development Plan and the Development Budget.
1.44
“Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.7.
1.45
“Distributor” shall mean a Person, other than a
Sublicensee or an Affiliate, in one or more countries in the
Licensee Territory that (a) purchases the Licensed Product in
finished form or in bulk capsule form (to be packaged or labeled by
such Person in accordance with Applicable Law) from the Licensee,
its Affiliate or Sublicensee for such country(ies),
(b) assumes responsibility from the Licensee for all or a
portion of the Commercialization of the Licensed Product in such
country(ies) and (c) sells Licensed Product in such
country(ies).
1.46
“Drug Approval Application” shall mean a New Drug
Application (an “ NDA ”) as defined in the FFDCA
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or any corresponding
foreign application in the Territory, including, with respect to
the European Union, a Marketing Authorization Application (a
“ MAA ”) filed with the EMEA pursuant to the
centralized approval procedure or with the applicable Regulatory
Authority of a country in Europe with respect to the mutual
recognition or any other national approval procedure.
1.47
“Drug Master File” shall mean any drug master files
filed with the FDA with respect to the Licensed Product and any
equivalent filing in other countries or regulatory
jurisdictions.
1.48
“Effective Date” shall mean the effective date of
this Agreement as set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
1.49
“EMEA” shall mean the European Medicines Agency and
any successor agency thereto.
1.50
“Europe” shall mean the countries comprising the
European Economic Area as it may be constituted from time to time,
which as of the date hereof, consists of the member countries of
the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein and
Switzerland.
1.51
“European Union” shall mean the economic,
scientific and political organization of member states as it may be
constituted from time to time, which, as of the date hereof,
consists of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and that certain portion of Cyprus
included in such organization.
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1.52
“ Exchange Act ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 1.16.
1.53
“Expert” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.7.4(b)(i).
1.54
“Exploit” shall mean to make, have made, import,
use, sell or offer for sale, including to research, Develop,
Commercialize, register, Manufacture, have Manufactured, hold or
keep (whether for disposal or otherwise), have used, export,
transport, distribute, promote, market or have sold or otherwise
dispose of.
1.55
“Exploitation” shall mean the act of Exploiting a
product or process.
1.56
“Exploratory Study” shall mean a Clinical Study
other than any Registrational Study.
1.57
“FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug
Administration and any successor agency thereto.
1.58
“FFDCA” shall mean the United States Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time.
1.59
“Field” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Spectrum Agreement, as it may be amended from time to
time.
1.60
“Follow Up Registrational Study” shall mean the
first Registrational Study, if any, conducted by the Parties
pursuant to the Development Plan to obtain Initial Regulatory
Approval for the Licensed Product in the United States and Europe
with respect to an Additional Indication.
1.61
“FTE” shall mean the equivalent of the work of one
(1) employee full time for one (1) Calendar Year (consisting
of at least a total of eighteen hundred (1800) hours per
Calendar Year, or such other number as may be agreed by the JDC) of
work directly related to the Development of the Licensed Product or
any other activities contemplated under this Agreement. No
additional payment shall be made with respect to any person who
works more than eighteen hundred (1800) hours per Calendar
Year (or such other number as may be agreed by the JDC) and any
person who devotes less than eighteen hundred (1800) hours per
Calendar Year (or such other number as may be agreed by the JDC)
shall be treated as an FTE on a pro-rata basis based upon the
actual number of hours worked divided by eighteen hundred (1800)
(or such other number as may be agreed by the JDC).
1.62
“FTE Cost” shall mean the FTE rate for employees
who shall be performing services under this Agreement which, as of
the Effective Date, is equal to [...***...] . Such rate
shall be adjusted subsequently in accordance with
Section 6.1.4.
1.63
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied.
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1.64
“Generic Product” shall mean, with respect to a
Licensed Product in a country, any product (a) that contains
the Licensed Compound, (b) in the case of any country in the
European Union, is approved for sale in the Field pursuant to an
application approved by the applicable Regulatory Authorities in
the European Union under Article 10.1 of Directive 2001/83/EC,
and for which the applicant is not required under
Article 8.3(i) of Directive 2001/83/EC to have submitted any
preclinical and clinical data other than data from bioequivalence
studies comparing such product to such Licensed Product required
under Article 10.1 of that Directive, and in the case of any
other country in the Licensee Territory, is approved for sale
pursuant to any corresponding application in such country, and
(c) is sold for use or consumption in the Field by the general
public in such country by a Third Party, other than any Third Party
that is a Sublicensee or Distributor or otherwise sells such
product pursuant to a (sub)license, distributorship or other
arrangement with Licensee, or pursuant to or in reliance on any
right of reference granted to such Third Party or any of its
Affiliates by or on behalf of Licensee .
1.65
“Global Strategy” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.1.3(a).
1.66
“GPC Biotech” shall have the meaning set forth in
the preamble to this Agreement.
1.67
“GPC Biotech Activities” shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 2.2.2(b).
1.68
“GPC Biotech Counter-Party” shall mean a Third
Party with which GPC Biotech has entered into an agreement that
includes Development and Commercialization rights or
Commercialization rights for the Licensed Product.
1.69
“GPC Biotech Improvement” shall mean any
Improvement conceived or used by or on behalf of GPC Biotech or its
Affiliates in connection with the Development of the Licensed
Product under this Agreement but excluding any Joint
Improvement.
1.70
“GPC Biotech Know-How” shall mean all Information,
including any GPC Biotech Improvements and Clinical Data, that is
Controlled by GPC Biotech or its Affiliates as of the Effective
Date or during the term of this Agreement that is not generally
known and (a) is developed or acquired by or licensed to GPC
Biotech or any of its Affiliates under or in connection with this
Agreement or otherwise used by or on behalf of GPC Biotech or any
of its Affiliates in the Development or Commercialization of the
Licensed Product or (b) is necessary for the Development or
Commercialization of the Licensed Product, but excluding any
Information to the extent covered or claimed by published GPC
Biotech Patents, published Joint Patents and any Joint
Know-How.
1.71
“GPC Biotech Patents” shall mean all of the Patents
that GPC Biotech and its Affiliates Control as of the Effective
Date or during the term of this Agreement that are necessary (or,
with respect to Patent applications, would be necessary if such
Patent applications were to issue as Patents) for the Development
or Commercialization of the Licensed Product or any Improvement
thereto, including those that claim or cover the Licensed Product
or the Development or Commercialization thereof, but excluding any
Joint Patents. For the avoidance
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of doubt, the
GPC Biotech Patents include, as of the Effective Date, the Patents
set forth on Exhibit A.
1.72
“GPC Biotech Territory” shall mean the entire
world, other than the Licensee Territory and including any
countries or Major Market Regions in which this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Article 14.
1.73
“Improvement” shall mean any modification,
variation or revision to a compound, product or technology or any
discovery, technology, device or process or formulation related to
such compound, product or technology, whether or not patented or
patentable, including any enhancement in the efficiency, operation,
manufacture (including any manufacturing process), ingredients,
preparation, presentation, formulation, means of delivery,
packaging or dosage of such compound, product or technology, any
discovery or development of any new or expanded indications for
such compound, product or technology or any discovery or
development that improves the stability, safety or efficacy of such
compound, product or technology; provided that, Improvements shall
exclude any Derivative Compound.
1.74
“Indemnification Claim Notice” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 13.4.
1.75
“IND” shall mean an investigational new drug
application filed with the FDA for authorization to commence
Clinical Studies or Post Approval Studies and its equivalent in
other countries or regulatory jurisdictions.
1.76
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13.4.
1.77
“Information” shall mean all technical, scientific
and other know-how and information, trade secrets, knowledge,
technology, means, methods, processes, practices, formulae,
instructions, skills, techniques, procedures, experiences, ideas,
technical assistance, designs, drawings, assembly procedures,
computer programs, apparatuses, specifications, data, results and
other material, including: biological, chemical, pharmacological,
toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical and analytical,
pre-clinical, clinical, safety, manufacturing and quality control
data and information, including study designs and protocols; assays
and biological methodology; (whether or not confidential,
proprietary, patented or patentable) in written, electronic or any
other form now known or hereafter developed, but excluding the
Regulatory Documentation and the Drug Master File.
1.78
“Initial Indication” shall mean the second-line
treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
1.79
“Initial Opt-Out Threshold” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.6.1(b).
1.80
“Initial Regulatory Approval” of the Licensed
Product for an indication means (a) with respect to the United
States, the approval by FDA (whether through means of an NDA,
subpart E, or subpart H filing or otherwise); or (b) with
respect to a country in a regulatory jurisdiction in the Licensee
Territory, the approval by the applicable Regulatory Authorities,
of the Drug Approval Application with respect to the Licensed
Product for such indication in the
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regulatory jurisdiction (including, in the European Union, the
approval by the EMEA of an MAA filed pursuant to the centralized
approval procedure, if applicable, or otherwise with respect to the
mutual recognition approval procedure on a country-by-country basis
with the applicable Regulatory Authority of a country in
Europe).
1.81
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean
Trademarks, service marks, trade names, registered designs, design
rights, copyrights (including rights in computer software),
database rights, trade secrets and any rights or property similar
to any of the foregoing (other than Patents) in any part of the
Territory whether registered or not registered together with the
right to apply for the registration of any such rights.
1.82
“Invoiced Sales” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 1.114.
1.83
“Joint Commercialization Activities” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3.2.
1.84
“Joint Commercialization Committee” or
“JCC” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.1.
1.85
“Joint Development Committee” or “JDC”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.1.
1.86
“Joint Executive Committee” or “JEC”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
1.87
“Joint Improvement” shall mean any Improvement
jointly conceived by or on behalf of GPC Biotech or its Affiliates,
on the one hand, and Licensee or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, on
the other hand.
1.88
“Joint Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.1.5.
1.89
“Joint Know-How” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 8.1.5.
1.90
“Joint Patents” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1.5.
1.91
“Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge or good
faith understanding of the vice presidents, senior vice presidents,
president or chief executive officer of a Party of the facts and
information then in their possession without any duty to conduct
any investigation with respect to such facts and information and
“Knowingly” shall mean, with respect to any
action, to take such action with Knowledge.
1.92
“Licensed Compound” shall mean the platinum complex
af-bis(acetato)-b-ammine-cd-dichloro-e-(cyclohexylamine)platinum(IV).
1.93
“Licensed Product” shall mean any form, mode of
administration or dosage of a pharmaceutical composition or
preparation that contains the Licensed Compound as an active
ingredient, including any Improvements thereto.
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1.94
“Licensee” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
1.95
“Licensee Activities” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.2.2(b).
1.96
“Licensee Change of Control Notice” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 14.5.2.
1.97
“Licensee Improvement” shall mean any Improvement
conceived or used by or on behalf of Licensee or its Affiliates in
connection with the Development of the Licensed Product under this
Agreement, but excluding any Joint Improvement.
1.98
“Licensee Initial Indication Study” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6.2(b).
1.99
“Licensee Know-How” shall mean all Information,
including any Licensee Improvements and Clinical Data, that is
Controlled as of the Effective Date or during the term of this
Agreement by Licensee or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees that
is not generally known and (a) is developed or acquired by or
licensed to Licensee or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees under
or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise used by or on
behalf of Licensee or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees in the
Exploitation of the Licensed Product or the Licensed Compound or
(b) is necessary for the Exploitation of the Licensed Product
or the Licensed Compound, but excluding any Information to the
extent covered or claimed by published Licensee Patents, published
Joint Patents and any Joint Know-How.
1.100
“Licensee Patents” shall mean all Patents
Controlled by Licensee and any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees
that are necessary (or with respect to Patent applications, would
be necessary if such Patent applications were to issue as Patents)
for the Exploitation of the Licensed Product, the Licensed Compound
or any Licensee Improvement thereto, including those that claim or
cover any Licensed Compound, Licensed Product, Licensee Know-How,
any Licensee Improvement thereto or the Exploitation of any of the
foregoing, but excluding any Joint Patents.
1.101
“Licensee Territory” shall mean Europe, the Middle
East, the ANZ Territory and any portion of Cyprus not otherwise
included within Europe, and except for those countries in which
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Article 14.
1.102
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1.
1.103
“MAA” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.46.
1.104
“Major Market Country” shall mean (a) with
respect to Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United
Kingdom and (b) with respect to the ANZ Territory, the
Commonwealth of Australia and (c) with respect to the Middle
East, Israel and the Republic of Turkey.
1.105
“Major Market Region” shall mean each of Europe,
the Middle East, and the ANZ Territory.
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1.106
“Major Meetings” shall mean meetings (in person or
otherwise) scheduled with the Regulatory Authorities in the United
States or the Licensee Territory concerning the Licensed Product
(including advisory committee meetings and any other meetings of
experts convened by a Regulatory Authority concerning any topic
relevant to the Licensed Product of which a Party has been
notified) that would constitute type “A,”
“B” or “C” meetings in the United States,
or the equivalent thereof in the European Union, Pre-NDA meetings
or meetings relating to Product Labeling.
1.107
“Manufacture” and
“Manufacturing” shall mean all activities
related to the production, manufacture, processing, filling,
finishing, packaging, labeling, shipping and holding of the
Licensed Product or any intermediate thereof, including process
development, process qualification and validation, scale up,
pre-clinical, clinical and commercial manufacture and analytic
development, product characterization, stability testing, quality
assurance and quality control.
1.108
“Manufacturing Cost” shall mean GPC Biotech’s
cost to Manufacture the Licensed Product calculated in accordance
with the method disclosed by GPC Biotech in its letter to Licensee
dated December 13, 2005.
1.109
“Manufacturing Process” shall mean any process or
step thereof that is necessary or useful for Manufacturing the
Licensed Product or any intermediate thereof.
1.110
“Markings” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.2.
1.111
“Merger Party” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 14.5.3.
1.112
“Middle East” shall mean the following countries:
Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,
the Palestinian Territories (including the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip) as they may be constituted from time to time and any
successor state comprising such territories, Qatar, the Republic of
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen;
and any successor state comprising the territory of any such
countries.
1.113
“NDA” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.46.
1.114
“Net Sales” shall mean, for any period,
(a) the gross amount invoiced by Licensee and its Affiliates
or Sublicensees for the sale of Licensed Product in an arm’s
length transaction exclusively for money (the “ Invoiced
Sales ”), after deduction of normal trade discounts and
of any credits actually given by Licensee for returned or defective
products, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and excluding or
making proper deductions for any costs of packing, insurance,
carriage and freight and VAT or other sales tax and, in the case of
export orders, any import duties or similar applicable governmental
levies or export insurance costs expressly subject in all cases to
the same being separately charged on customer invoices or
(b) in any sale or other disposal of Licensed Product
otherwise than in an arm’s length transaction exclusively for
money, the fair market value (if higher) in the relevant country of
disposal.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the Licensed Product is sold in
conjunction with another proprietary component so as to be a
Combination Product (whether packaged together or in the same
therapeutic formulation), Net Sales shall be calculated
by
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multiplying the
Net Sales of such Combination Product by a fraction, the numerator
of which shall be the fair market value of the Licensed Product if
sold separately (determined in accordance with GAAP) and the
denominator of which shall be the aggregate fair market value of
all the proprietary active components of such Combination Product,
including the Licensed Product, if sold separately. In the event
that no such separate sales are made by Licensee or its Affiliates
or Sublicensees, Net Sales of the Combination Product shall be
calculated in a manner to be negotiated and agreed upon by the
Parties, reasonably and in good faith, prior to any sale of such
Combination Product, which shall be based upon the respective
estimated commercial values of the proprietary active components of
such Combination Product.
Licensee’s
or any of its Affiliate’s or Sublicensee’s transfer of
Licensed Product to an Affiliate or Sublicensee shall not result in
any Net Sales, unless the Licensed Product is consumed by such
Affiliate or Sublicensee in the course of its commercial
activities.
1.115
“Non-Approvable Study” shall mean, with respect to
any Registrational Study for the Initial Indication or any
Additional Indication conducted pursuant to the Development Plan,
that such study was determined by the applicable Regulatory
Authority, or mutually by the Parties, to be insufficient to
support Initial Regulatory Approval of the Licensed Product in the
designated jurisdiction in the absence of substantial additional
data or investment.
1.116
“Notice Period” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 14.2.
1.117
“Opt-In” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.6(a).
1.118
“Opt-In Exercise Notice” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5.6(b).
1.119
“Opt-In Exercise Period” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5.6(a).
1.120
“Opting-Out Party” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.5.2(a).
1.121
“Opt-Out” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.2(a).
1.122
“Opt-Out Period” shall mean, with respect to any
Unilateral Activity, the period commencing on the date on which an
activity is deemed to be a Unilateral Activity pursuant to
Section 2.5.2(a) and ending on the earlier to occur of
(a) the date of completion of such Unilateral Activity or
(b) the date on which the Opt-In Exercise Notice is received
by the Developing Party, as applicable.
1.123
“Party” and “Parties” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
1.124
“Patents” shall mean (a) all national,
regional and international patents and patent applications,
including provisional patent applications, (b) all patent
applications filed either from such patents, patent applications or
provisional applications or from an application claiming priority
from either of these, including divisionals, continuations,
continuations-in-part, provisionals, converted provisionals and
continued prosecution applications, (c) any and all patents
that have issued or in the future issue from the foregoing patent
applications ((a) and (b)), including utility models, petty patents
and design patents and certificates of invention, (d)
any
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and all
extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or
restoration mechanisms, including revalidations, reissues,
re-examinations and extensions (including any supplementary
protection certificates and the like) of the foregoing patents or
patent applications ((a), (b) and (c)) and (e) any
similar rights, including so-called pipeline protection or any
importation, revalidation, confirmation or introduction patent or
registration patent or patent of additions to any of such foregoing
patent applications and patents.
1.125
“Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.8.1.
1.126
“Person” shall mean an individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other similar entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision, department or agency of a
government.
1.127
“Pharmacovigilance Agreement” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
1.128
“Phase I” shall mean a human clinical trial of the
Licensed Product, the principal purpose of which is a preliminary
determination of safety in healthy individuals or patients or
similar clinical study prescribed by the Regulatory Authorities,
including the trials referred to in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a), as
amended.
1.129
“Phase II” shall mean a human clinical trial of the
Licensed Product, the principal purpose of which is a determination
of safety and efficacy in the target patient population or a
similar clinical study prescribed by the Regulatory Authorities,
from time to time, pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise,
including the trials referred to in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(b), as
amended.
1.130
“Phase III” shall mean a human clinical trial of
the Licensed Product on a sufficient number of subjects that is
designated to establish that a pharmaceutical product is safe and
efficacious for its intended use and to determine warnings,
precautions and adverse reactions that are associated with such
pharmaceutical product in the dosage range to be prescribed, which
trial is intended to support marketing approval of the Licensed
Product, including all tests and studies that are required by the
FDA from time to time, pursuant to Applicable Law or
otherwise.
1.131
“Post Approval Study” shall mean any human clinical
study or other test or study with respect to a product for an
indication that (a) is conducted solely in support of pricing
or reimbursement for such product in a country or (b) is not
required to obtain or maintain Regulatory Approval for such product
for such indication (for clarity, any human clinical study that is
intended to expand the Product Labeling for such product shall be a
Clinical Study). Subject to the foregoing, Post Approval Studies
may include epidemiological studies, modeling and pharmacoeconomic
studies, post-marketing surveillance studies, investigator
sponsored studies and health economics studies.
1.132
“Product Labeling” shall mean (a) the
Regulatory Authority-approved full prescribing information for the
Licensed Product for that country, including any required
patient
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information;
and (b) all labels and other written, printed or graphic
matter upon a container, wrapper or any package insert utilized
with or for the Licensed Product.
1.133
“Product Trademarks” shall mean (a) the
Trademark(s) for the Licensed Product Controlled by GPC Biotech
during the term of this Agreement and used or intended for use in
connection with the Commercialization of Licensed Products, and
(b) such other Trademarks designated by the JCC in accordance
with Section 3.4.4 and any registrations thereof or any
pending applications relating thereto.
1.134
“Promotional Materials” shall mean all sales
representative training materials with respect to the Licensed
Product and all written, printed, graphic, electronic, audio or
video matter, including journal advertisements, sales visual aids,
direct mail, medical information/education monographs,
direct-to-consumer advertising, Internet postings, broadcast
advertisements and sales reminder aids (e.g., scratch pads, pens
and other such items) intended for use or used by a Party, its
Affiliates or, with respect to Licensee, its Sublicensees or
Distributors, in connection with any promotion of the Licensed
Product, except Product Labeling for the Licensed
Product.
1.135
“Proposed Unilateral Activities” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.5.2.
1.136
“Registrational Study” shall mean (a) in the
case of a Clinical Study with respect to which GPC Biotech is the
Development Lead, a pivotal Clinical Study for the Licensed Product
for the Initial Indication or any Additional Indication that is
designed to be sufficient to obtain Initial Regulatory Approval by
the FDA of the Licensed Product for such indication or (b) in
the case of a Clinical Study with respect to which Licensee is the
Development Lead, a pivotal Clinical Study for the Licensed Product
for the Initial Indication or any Additional Indication that is
designed to be sufficient to obtain Initial Regulatory Approval by
the applicable Regulatory Authorities in a given country or
countries in the Licensee Territory, or if applicable, the European
Union. For the avoidance of doubt, the SPARC Study shall be deemed
to constitute a Registrational Study for the Initial
Indication.
1.137
“Registrational Study Budgeted Funding Commitment”
shall mean [...***...] .
1.138
“Regulatory Approval” shall mean, with respect to a
country in the Territory, any and all approvals (including Drug
Approval Applications), licenses, registrations or authorizations
of any Regulatory Authority necessary to commercially distribute,
sell or market the Licensed Product in such country, including,
where applicable, (a) pricing or reimbursement approval in
such country, (b) pre- and post-approval marketing
authorizations (including any prerequisite Manufacturing approval
or authorization related thereto), (c) labeling approval and
(d) technical, medical and scientific licenses.
1.139
“Regulatory Authority” shall mean any applicable
supra-national, federal, national, regional, state, provincial or
local regulatory agencies, departments, bureaus,
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commissions,
councils or other government entities regulating or otherwise
exercising authority with respect to the Exploitation of the
Licensed Compound or the Licensed Product in the
Territory.
1.140
“Regulatory Documentation” shall mean all
applications, registrations, licenses, authorizations and approvals
(including all Regulatory Approvals), all correspondence submitted
to or received from Regulatory Authorities (including minutes and
official contact reports relating to any communications with any
Regulatory Authority) and all supporting documents and all clinical
studies and tests, relating to the Licensed Product and all data
contained in any of the foregoing, including all INDs, Drug
Approval Applications, regulatory drug lists, advertising and
promotion documents, Clinical Data, adverse event files and
complaint files (but excluding any Drug Master File).
1.141
“Regulatory Exclusivity Period” shall mean any
period of data, market or other regulatory exclusivity, including
any such periods listed in the FDA’s Orange Book or periods
under national implementations of Article 10.1(a)(iii) of
Directive 2001/EC/83 and all international equivalents.
1.142
“Regulatory Lead” shall mean, with respect to a
country or regulatory region, the Party that has primary
responsibility for preparing, obtaining and maintaining Regulatory
Approvals for, and for conducting communications with the
Regulatory Authorities with respect to, the Licensed Product in
such country or region as provided in Section 2.4.
1.143
“Related Unilateral Activities” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.5.6(a).
1.144
“Royalty Rate Floor” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.2.
1.145
“Royalty Term” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3.
1.146
“Selected Development Activities” shall mean
Development activities for the Licensed Product consisting of
(a) any Exploratory Study or (b) other Development
activities in each case ((a) and (b)) provided for in the
Development Plan, excluding in each case ((a) and (b)) any
Development activities associated with (i) the SPARC Study,
(ii) any other Registrational Study and (iii) any
Unilateral Activities.
1.147
“SPARC Study” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.1.
1.148
“Spectrum Agreement” shall mean that certain
Co-Development and License Agreement between Spectrum
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Neotherapeutics, Inc.) and GPC Biotech
AG, dated September 30, 2002, a redacted copy of which is on
file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as
Exhibit 10.1 to GPC Biotech’s Form F-1, dated
June 9, 2004.
1.149
“Spectrum Payments” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.4.1(a).
1.150
“Spectrum Royalty Term” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.3.
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1.151
“Statement Cut-Off Date” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5.6(b).
1.152
“Sublicensee” shall mean a Person, other than an
Affiliate, that is granted a sublicense by Licensee under the grant
in Section 5.1 as provided in Section 5.3.
1.153
“Supply Agreement” shall mean the agreement for
supply of Licensed Product by GPC Biotech to Licensee executed by
the Parties as of the Effective Date.
1.154
“Supply Price” shall mean one hundred and ten
percent (110%) of the Manufacturing Costs.
1.155
“Territory” shall mean the GPC Biotech Territory
and the Licensee Territory.
1.156
“Third Party” shall mean any Person other than GPC
Biotech, Licensee and their respective Affiliates.
1.157
“Third Party Claims” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13.1.
1.158
“Third Party Payment” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.4.1(a).
1.159
“Trademark” shall include any word, name, symbol,
color, designation or device or any combination thereof, including
any trademark, trade dress, brand mark, service mark, trade name,
brand name, logo or business symbol, whether or not
registered.
1.160
“Unilateral Activities” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.5.2.
1.161
“Unilateral Activity Cost Statement” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.5.6(b).
1.162
“United States” or “U.S.” shall mean
the United States of America, including its territories and
possessions, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
1.163
“Valid Claim” shall mean, with respect to a
particular country, (a) any claim of an issued and unexpired
Patent in such country that (i) has not been held permanently
revoked, unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or
governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, which decision is
unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal and
(ii) has not been abandoned, disclaimed, denied or admitted to
be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or
otherwise in such country; or (b) a claim of a pending Patent
application, which claim has not been abandoned or finally
disallowed without the possibility of appeal or re-filing of the
application; provided, however , that if a claim of a patent
application has been pending for more than five (5) years,
such claim shall not constitute a Valid Claim for the purposes of
this Agreement unless and until a Patent issues with such
claim.
1.164
“VAT” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.8.2.
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DEVELOPMENT AND
REGULATORY
2.1
Development of the Licensed Product.
2.1.1 Ongoing Development. As of the Effective Date, GPC
Biotech is conducting a Phase III Clinical Study for the Initial
Indication described more fully in the Development Plan (the
“SPARC Study” ) and certain Phase I, Phase I/II
and Phase II Clinical Studies for the Licensed Product in the
Territory as listed in the Development Plan. The Parties
acknowledge and agree that the SPARC Study is a pivotal study which
is intended to be sufficient for the filing of an MAA for the
Initial Indication in the European Union.
(a) In General . Subject to Section 2.1.2(c), each
Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform the
responsibilities assigned to it under the Development Plan and this
Agreement expeditiously and efficiently and in accordance with the
Development Budget. For clarity, nothing contained in this
Section 2.1.2(a) shall operate to limit any right of the
Parties to amend the Development Plan or Development Budget in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(b) By Licensee. Without limitation to
Section 2.1.2(a),
(i) Licensee shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts
(1) to Develop and obtain Regulatory Approval for the Licensed
Product in all Major Market Countries in the Licensee Territory,
and (2) to Develop and obtain Regulatory Approval for the Licensed
Product in each other country in the Licensee Territory where
performing such Development and seeking such Regulatory Approval
would be Commercially Reasonable;
(ii) without limitation to Section 2.1.2(b)(i),
Licensee shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop and
obtain Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Product in each such
country and with respect to such indications for which Clinical
Data obtained from Clinical Studies performed hereunder is
sufficient to support Regulatory Approval for the Licensed Product
in such country; and
(iii) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Section 2.1.2, in no event shall Licensee have any diligence
obligations with respect to the conduct of Clinical Studies that
are Unilateral Activities of Licensee, except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.6.2(d).
(c) By GPC Biotech. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Section 2.1.2 or any other term or condition of this
Agreement, (i) provided that GPC Biotech shall use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform the responsibilities
assigned to it under the Development Plan with respect to the SPARC
Study, in the event that the SPARC Study is a Non-Approvable Study
in the United States, GPC Biotech shall have no obligation to
perform
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any additional
Registrational Study or part thereof and (ii) in no event
shall GPC Biotech have any diligence obligations with respect to
Unilateral Activities of GPC Biotech.
2.1.3 Compliance. Each Party shall perform or cause to be
performed, any and all of its Development obligations under this
Agreement in good scientific manner, and in compliance with all
Applicable Law, and shall endeavor to achieve the objectives of the
Development Plan diligently and efficiently by allocating
sufficient time, effort, equipment and skilled personnel to
complete such Development activities successfully and
promptly.
2.2
Development Plan and Implementation.
(a) As of the Effective Date, the Parties have agreed
to the initial Development Plan. The Joint Development Committee
shall review the Development Plan within one hundred and eighty
(180) days after the Effective Date and, thereafter, at least
annually, and shall make amendments thereto with respect to the
Development of the Licensed Product in accordance with
Section 2.5.1.
(b) Any amendment to the Development Plan shall
continue to provide for the joint Development by the Parties of the
Licensed Product and shall assign responsibility for Development
activities between the Parties by considering (i) the
allocation of responsibility set out in the initial Development
Plan, and (ii) the expertise and available resources of the
Parties, including the ability to use the Parties’ respective
existing facilities and infrastructure.
2.2.2 Global Development Plan; Development Leads.
(a) It is contemplated that from and after the
Effective Date, the Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies for
the Licensed Product, where practicable and without any obligation
to amend the initial Development Plan, shall be structured so as to
support the filing of Drug Approval Applications for the Licensed
Product in the United States and European Union.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in the Development
Plan, (i) Licensee shall be the Development Lead with respect
any Clinical Studies, Post Approval Studies and other Development
activities for the Licensed Product that are conducted solely in
support of Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Product or
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory, including any Development activities that constitute
Unilateral Activities of Licensee pursuant to Section 2.5.2
(collectively, the “Licensee Activities” ), and
(ii) GPC Biotech shall be the Development Lead with respect to
all other Clinical Studies, Post Approval Studies and other
Development activities for the Licensed Product, including any
Development activities that constitute Unilateral Activities of GPC
Biotech pursuant to Section 2.5.2 (collectively, “
GPC Biotech Activities ”).
2.2.3 Responsibilities of the Development Lead.
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(a) Under the direction and supervision of the JDC,
and subject to the Development Plan and Budget, each Party shall
have primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of
the Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies for the Licensed
Product for which it is the Development Lead.
(b) The Party that is not the Development Lead with
respect to a Clinical Study or Post Approval Study for the Licensed
Product shall cooperate with the Development Lead in conducting
such Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies and shall perform
such activities with respect thereto as are assigned to it in the
Development Plan under the direction of the Development Lead and
subject to the Development Plan and Budget; provided,
however , that in no event (i) shall GPC Biotech have any
obligation to perform any such activities with respect to Licensee
Activities without its consent, and (ii) shall either Party
have any obligation (1) to cooperate with the Development Lead
in conducting Unilateral Activities of such Development Lead,
unless the Parties agree in writing to cooperate with respect
thereto and the Development Lead agrees to reimburse the other
Party for reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, or
(2) to otherwise perform any Development activities consisting
of or supporting the Unilateral Activities of the other
Party.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5.1,
each Party shall prepare and propose, for consideration by the JDC,
amendments to the Development Plan and Budget that may be necessary
or desirable to efficiently and expeditiously complete the
Development activities, including Clinical Studies and Post
Approval Studies, for which it is the Development Lead. Further,
Licensee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5.1,
prepare and propose, for consideration by the JDC, amendments to
the Development Plan and Budget that may be necessary or desirable
to efficiently and expeditiously obtain and maintain Regulatory
Approvals and successfully Commercialize the Licensed Product in
each country in the Licensee Territory.
2.3.1 Amendment of the Development Budget. The Parties have
agreed to the initial Development Budget. The Joint Development
Committee shall review the Development Budget within one hundred
and eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and,
thereafter, at least annually, and shall make modifications thereto
to reflect any amendments to the Development Plan made pursuant to
Sections 2.2.1 and 2.5.1. With respect to any proposed amendments
to the Development Plan, each Party shall, in consultation with the
other Party, prepare and submit to the JDC, for its review and
approval, a proposed budget in a format to be agreed by the Parties
for the new Clinical Studies, Post Approval Studies or other
Development activities for which it is the Development Lead, which
budget shall include line item estimates of Collaboration Costs
broken down on a Calendar Year basis.
(a) In any Calendar Year, each Party shall promptly
inform the other Party upon such Party determining that it is
likely to overspend or underspend by more than ten percent (10%)
its respective total Collaboration Costs set forth in the
Development Budget for that Calendar Year.
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(b) If in any such Calendar Year a Party exceeds its
budgeted costs and expenses by more than ten percent (10%), the
Party that has so exceeded its budget shall provide to the JDC and
to the JEC (if the matter is escalated to the JEC because it cannot
be resolved by the JDC) a full explanation for exceeding the
Development Budget. If and to the extent that any such overspend
(i) was outside the reasonable control of the applicable Party, or
(ii) resulted from a reasonable or necessary acceleration of
Development activities within a particular Calendar Year, some or
all of which activities had been expected to occur in a subsequent
Calendar Year; then (in each case (i) and (ii)), provided
the applicable Party has promptly notified the other Party of such
overspend and, in the case of overspends covered by clause
(i) of this Section 2.3.2(b), used reasonable efforts to
mitigate the size of such overspend, then such overspend shall be
included in Collaboration Costs and shared by the Parties pursuant
to Section 6.1.1.
(c) To the extent that any overspend is not included
in Collaboration Costs as provided in this Section 2.3.2, the
Party that has exceeded its budget by more than ten percent (10%)
for a Calendar Year shall be solely responsible for the
overspend.
2.4.1 Regulatory Lead. Licensee shall be the Regulatory Lead
with respect to any Drug Approval Applications and other Regulatory
Approvals for the Licensed Product (which, for clarity, does not
include filings of or with respect to INDs and other filings with
respect to the Development of the Licensed Product, which shall be
the responsibility of the applicable Development Lead) in the
Licensee Territory. GPC Biotech shall be the Regulatory Lead with
respect to any Drug Approval Applications or Regulatory Approvals
for the Licensed Product (which, for clarity, does not include
filings of or with respect to INDs and other filings with respect
to the Development of the Licensed Product, which shall be the
responsibility of the applicable Development Lead) in the GPC
Biotech Territory.
2.4.2 Regulatory Responsibilities With Respect to Licensee
Territory; Preparation of Regulatory Submissions. As promptly
as practicable after the Effective Date, under the direction and
supervision of the JDC, Licensee shall assume control of and
responsibility for all regulatory submissions with respect to
Regulatory Approvals, including Drug Approval Applications, for the
Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory and Licensee Activities
in those countries where such activities are conducted. Ownership
of Regulatory Approvals and related submissions within the Licensee
Territory relating to the Licensed Product shall be governed by
Section 8.1.3.
2.4.3 Clinical and Non-Clinical Data.
(a) Subject to Section 2.5.5, each Party shall
promptly provide to the other Party copies of all all clinical and
non-clinical data, and other results and analyses with respect to
any Development activities with respect to the Licensed Product,
when and as such data, results and analyses become available;
provided, however, in the event that GPC Biotech enters into
an agreement with a GPC Biotech Counter-Party, GPC Biotech shall
have no further obligation to provide Licensee with such data,
results or analyses with respect to Unilateral
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Activities or
any Development activities in connection with such agreement for
which Licensee has not funded its share as determined hereunder or
for which Licensee has Opted-Out.
(b) Subject to Section 2.5.5, each Party shall
support the other, as may be reasonably necessary, in obtaining
Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Product, including providing
necessary documents or other materials required by Applicable Law
to obtain Regulatory Approvals, in each case in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Development Plan and
Budget.
2.4.4 Communications with Regulatory Authorities.
(i) In General . Licensee shall be responsible for any
communications with the Regulatory Authorities occurring or
required in connection with performing its responsibilities set
forth in Section 2.4.2 and shall designate a representative to
serve as the designated regulatory representative with respect to
such communications.
(ii) Written Communications. Licensee, in consultation
with GPC Biotech, shall prepare and submit to the JDC for its
review, all material submissions (including any supplements or
modifications thereto) to the Regulatory Authorities in the
Licensee Territory or for which Licensee is the Development Lead.
The JDC shall have the right to expeditiously review and comment on
the content and subject matter of, and strategy for, each Drug
Approval Application and other filing for Regulatory Approval, all
correspondence submitted to the Regulatory Authorities related to
the design of Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies, and all
proposed Product Labeling for the Licensed Product and related
communications and decisions with the Regulatory Authorities
(including the final approved Product Labeling for the Licensed
Product and any changes thereto); provided, however ,
Licensee shall not be required to delay any submission to the
applicable Regulatory Authorities if the JDC does not provide its
comments within a reasonable time after receipt of such proposed
material submissions, taking into account any submission deadlines
imposed by the Regulatory Authorities. Without limiting the
foregoing, Licensee shall promptly provide GPC Biotech with
(1) copies of all material written or electronic
communications received by Licensee, its Affiliates, Sublicensees
or Distributors, from, or forwarded by Licensee or its Affiliates,
Sublicensees or Distributors to, the Regulatory Authorities with
respect to obtaining or maintaining any Regulatory Approvals in the
Licensee Territory or any other Licensee Activities, and
(2) copies of all contact reports produced by Licensee, its
Affiliates, Sublicensees or Distributors, in each case ((1) and
(2)) within two (2) Business Days of receiving, forwarding or
producing any of the foregoing.
(b) GPC Biotech Territory .
(i) GPC Biotech shall be solely responsible for any
communications with the Regulatory Authorities occurring or
required in connection with obtaining or maintaining any Regulatory
Approvals for the Licensed Product in the GPC Biotech
Territory.
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(ii) GPC Biotech shall promptly provide Licensee with
copies of all written or electronic correspondence material to the
Development or Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the
Licensee Territory received by GPC Biotech or its Affiliates from,
or forwarded by GPC Biotech or its Affiliates to, the Regulatory
Authorities with respect to obtaining or maintaining any Regulatory
Approvals in the United States; provided, however, in the
event that GPC Biotech enters into an agreement with a GPC Biotech
Counter-Party, GPC Biotech shall have no further obligation to
provide Licensee with such correspondence (to the extent GPC
Biotech’s agreement with such GPC Biotech Counter-Party
prohibits providing Licensee with such correspondence), except for
any such correspondence that relates to matters that could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Product Labeling in the Licensee Territory which must be provided
to Licensee notwithstanding the foregoing.
(c) Adverse Event Experiences. Without limitation to
anything contained in this Section 2.4.4, each Party shall provide
to the other Party documentation concerning Adverse Event
Experiences required to be reported to a Regulatory Authority
pursuant to Applicable Law in accordance with
Article 9.
2.4.5 Meetings with Regulatory Authorities. Each Party shall
provide the other Party with prior written notice of any Major
Meeting promptly after the Party receives notice of the scheduling
of such Major Meeting, when practicable, within such time period as
may be necessary in order to give the other Party a reasonable
opportunity to attend such Major Meeting. GPC Biotech shall be
entitled to have reasonable representation present at, and subject
to Section 2.4.6, to participate in at its expense, all such
Major Meetings relating to the Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory; provided, however , that with respect to Major
Meetings relating to Unilateral Activities of Licensee, GPC Biotech
shall be entitled to attend at its expense all such Major Meetings
strictly as a silent observer. Licensee shall be entitled to attend
at its expense all such Major Meetings with the FDA relating to the
Licensed Product in the GPC Biotech Territory strictly as a silent
observer unless GPC Biotech otherwise agrees in writing to permit
Licensee to participate actively in any such meeting; provided,
however, that GPC Biotech shall have no obligation under this
Section 2.4.5 to permit Licensee to attend any such Major
Meeting to the extent it results from or otherwise relates to
Unilateral Activities of GPC Biotech; provided, further,
that in the event that GPC Biotech enters into an agreement with a
GPC Biotech Counter-Party, GPC Biotech shall have no further
obligation to permit Licensee to attend Major Meetings (to the
extent GPC Biotech’s agreement with such GPC Biotech
Counter-Party prohibits such attendance), except where the subject
of such Major Meeting relates to matters that could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Product Labeling
in the Licensee Territory in which case Licensee shall continue to
have the rights specified herein. The Parties, through the JDC,
shall use reasonable efforts to agree in advance on the scheduling
of such Major Meetings and, in the case of Major Meetings with
respect to the Licensee Territory, on the objectives to be
accomplished at, GPC Biotech’s active role with respect to,
and the agenda for, such meetings. Each Party shall promptly
forward to the other Party copies of all meeting minutes and
summaries of all Major Meetings, as well as any significant written
communications received from representatives of the Regulatory
Authorities relating thereto.
2.4.6 Pricing and Reimbursement Approvals. Licensee shall
take the lead in all pricing and reimbursement approval proceedings
relating to the Licensed Product in the
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Licensee
Territory; provided that GPC Biotech shall have the right to
have one (1) representative attend all meetings with
Regulatory Authorities relating to pricing and reimbursement
approvals strictly as a silent observer, but only if GPC
Biotech’s presence is permitted by the relevant Regulatory
Authority and is not otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law.
Licensee shall provide GPC Biotech with reasonable advance notice
of all such meetings and advance copies of all related documents
(including documents to be submitted in connection with pricing and
reimbursement approvals) and other relevant information relating to
such meetings.
2.4.7 Regulatory Records . Licensee and GPC Biotech each
shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records of its
respective Development activities with respect to the Licensed
Product in sufficient detail and in good scientific manner
appropriate for patent and regulatory purposes, which shall be
complete and accurate and shall fully and properly reflect all work
done and results achieved in the performance of its respective
Development activities, and which shall be retained by such Party
for at least three (3) years after the termination of this
Agreement, or for such longer period as may be required by
Applicable Law. Each Party shall have the right, during normal
business hours and upon reasonable notice, to inspect and copy any
such records, except to the extent that a Party reasonably
determines that such records contain Confidential Information that
is not licensed to the other Party, or to which the other Party
does not otherwise have a right hereunder. Licensee shall provide
GPC Biotech with such additional information regarding the Licensee
Activities as GPC Biotech may reasonably request from time to
time.
2.5 Plan
Amendments; Unilateral Development.
2.5.1 Criteria for Amendments to the Development Plan.
Either Party, through its representatives on the JDC, may propose
amendments to the Development Plan, including modifications to a
Clinical Study or Post Approval Study already initiated and ongoing
under the Development Plan or the addition of new Clinical Studies
for Additional Indications for the Licensed Product (including for
a higher line of therapy for an indication that is already under
Development) and Post Approval Studies for the Licensed Product.
Any material amendment proposed by a Party to the Development Plan
with respect to a Clinical Study or Post Approval Study must meet
the following criteria, as applicable:
(a) Any proposed Exploratory Study, or any material
amendment thereto, whether or not contemplated in the Development
Plan as of the Effective Date, shall be designed to comply with all
applicable regulatory guidelines of both the FDA and the
EMEA;
(b) Any proposed Post Approval Study, or any material
amendment thereto, whether or not contemplated in the Development
Plan as of the Effective Date, shall be designed to satisfy all
applicable regulatory requirements of both the FDA and the
EMEA;
(c) Any proposed Registrational Study, whether or not
contemplated in the Development Plan as of the Effective Date,
shall be: (i) based on a scientific rationale supported by the
results of an Exploratory Study; and (ii) designed to satisfy
regulatory requirements of both the FDA and the EMEA, including,
where applicable, conforming to any scientific advice obtained by a
Party from Regulatory Authorities in its portion of the Territory.
Any proposed Registrational Study that is not contemplated in the
Development Plan as of the
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Effective Date
must, in addition to the criteria in clause (i) and
(ii) above, be for an indication having sufficient commercial
potential in both the United States and Europe to justify conduct
of the study taking into consideration the risks of adverse
results.
(d) Any material amendment proposed by a Party with
respect to a Registrational Study already initiated and ongoing
under the Development Plan must be either suggested by Regulatory
Authorities or otherwise required or reasonably necessary to obtain
Regulatory Approval in the proposing Party’s portion of the
Territory.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, either Party may propose a material amendment that
does not meet the foregoing criteria if both Parties agree to the
proposal. The Party that is proposing any amendment to the
Development Plan pursuant to this Section 2.5.1 shall provide,
at the other Party’s request, reasonable documentation to the
JDC demonstrating that such amendment satisfies the foregoing
criteria. Any Dispute in the JDC concerning whether a proposed
amendment fails to meet the applicable criteria shall be referred
to the JEC for resolution pursuant to Section 4.4.4, and,
failing resolution by the JEC pursuant to Section 4.4.4 or by
the Parties pursuant to Section 15.7.2(a)(iv), to arbitration in
accordance with Section 15.7.4(b).
2.5.2 Unilateral Activities.
(a) With respect to any Clinical Study or Post
Approval Study that satisfies the criteria set forth in
Section 2.5.1, if either Party (the “Opting-Out
Party” ), pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6, opts-out
(each, an “Opt-Out” ) of: (a) any
modification of a (i) Clinical Study or (ii) a Post
Approval Study, in each case ((i) and (ii)) already initiated and
ongoing under the Development Plan; or (b) initiation of
(i) a Clinical Study (including a Registrational Study), or
(ii) a Post Approval Study, in each case ((i) and (ii)) for
any part of the Territory, the Party (the “ Developing
Party ”) desiring to proceed with such activities (
“Proposed Unilateral Activities” ) shall prepare
and provide to the JDC a proposed development plan and budget with
respect thereto. Such proposed development plan and budget shall in
each case be in a format and with such detail corresponding to the
Development Plan in effect at such time. If the JDC determines or
it is otherwise determined that any such Proposed Unilateral
Activities comply and are otherwise consistent with
Section 2.5.3, then such activities shall be deemed to be
“Unilateral Activities” hereunder, and the
Developing Party shall have the right to proceed with such
Unilateral Activities in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may
propose to the JDC as a Unilateral Activity a Clinical Study or
Post Approval Study that is scientifically reasonable but does not
satisfy the requirements of Section 2.5.1. In such event, the
Parties may agree to incorporate such Clinical Study in the
Development Plan as a joint activity hereunder or the proposing
Party may conduct such Clinical Study or Post Approval Study as a
Unilateral Activity. For purposes of this Agreement, the Party that
is conducting such Unilateral Activity shall be deemed the
Developing Party with respect to such Unilateral Activity and the
other Party shall be deemed to be the Opting-Out Party with respect
to such Unilateral Activity following confirmation from the other
Party that it did not wish to Opt-In.
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2.5.3 Limitations on Unilateral Activities. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 2.5, Licensee shall not
have the right to conduct any Clinical Study or Post Approval Study
with respect to the Licensed Product for its portion of the
Territory where the proposed protocol of such study creates an
unreasonable risk of adverse results that could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Development or
Commercialization of Licensed Product in the GPC Biotech Territory,
including with respect to the ability of GPC Biotech to obtain or
maintain Regulatory Approval for the Licensed Product for the
Initial Indication or an Additional Indication in any country in
such territory. Any Dispute in the JDC concerning whether such
study could reasonably be expected to have such effect shall be
referred to the JEC for resolution pursuant to Section 4.4.4,
and, failing resolution by the JEC pursuant to Section 4.4.4
or by the Parties pursuant to Section 15.7.2(a)(v), to
arbitration in accordance with Section 15.7.4(b).
2.5.4 Costs of Unilateral Activities. In the case of
Unilateral Activities (a) the Developing Party shall bear the
sole cost and expense of such Unilateral Activities, and
(b) the Opting-Out Party shall have no further financial
obligation to support or otherwise fund any efforts in respect of
such Unilateral Activities, unless it Opts-In pursuant to
Section 2.5.6.
2.5.5 Limitation on Rights to Clinical Data. With respect to
any Unilateral Activities, the Opting-Out Party, notwithstanding
the right of reference granted in Section 5.1.3 or 5.6, as
applicable, shall not have the right to use or reference any
Clinical Data or other information resulting from such Unilateral
Activities to support an application for Regulatory Approval for
the Licensed Product unless such Party Opts-In pursuant to
Section 2.5.6, provided that if the inclusion of such
Clinical Data or other information is required solely to comply
with a requirement to report worldwide clinical studies to
Regulatory Authorities in a filing seeking or maintaining a
Regulatory Approval of the Licensed Product, the Opting-Out Party
shall have the right to use such data and other information solely
for such purpose and such use shall not trigger an Opt-In or other
cost-sharing pursuant to Section 2.5.6.
(a) In General. The Opting-Out Party shall have the
right to opt-in (“ Opt-In ”) with respect to any
Unilateral Activities for which such Party Opted-Out at any time
within fifty (50) days after receipt by the Opting-Out Party
of a Completion Notice with respect thereto, in each case in
accordance with this Section 2.5.6 (such period, the
“Opt-In Exercise Period” ); provided ,
that in each case the Opting-Out Party shall be required at the
time of Opt-In with respect to any Unilateral Activities relating
to a particular indication, to Opt-In with respect to (i) such
Unilateral Activities, and (ii) any other Unilateral
Activities with respect to such indication that are being conducted
at such time or that previously were conducted by the Developing
Party ( “Related Unilateral Activities” ). For
clarity, the Opting-Out Party shall be permitted to Opt-In with
respect to Related Unilateral Activities described in clause
(ii) of this Section 2.5.6(a), notwithstanding the fact
that the Opt-In Exercise Period with respect to Related Unilateral
Activities may have earlier terminated without the Opting-Out
Party’s having exercised an Opt-In with respect to such
Related Unilateral Activities.
(b) Opt-In Exercise . With respect to any Unilateral
Activities conducted by the Developing Party, promptly after the
completion thereof the Developing Party
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shall prepare a
report that includes a reasonable summary of the data and top-line
results with respect thereto and provide such report to the
Opting-Out Party, together with a notice of completion of such
Unilateral Activities (each a “Completion
Notice” ). The Completion Notice shall be accompanied by
a written statement of costs and expenses (the “Unilateral
Activity Cost Statement” ) incurred by the Developing
Party in connection with such Unilateral Activities and any Related
Unilateral Activities through the last day of the Calendar Quarter
immediately preceding the Calendar Quarter in which such notice is
provided (such date, the “Statement Cut-Off
Date” ). In the event that the Opting-Out Party has an
interest in Opting-In with respect to any Unilateral Activities, it
shall provide written notice thereof to the other Party within the
Opt-In Exercise Period (an “ Opt-In Exercise Notice
”). Thereafter, not later than sixty (60) days after
receiving the Opt-In Exercise Notice, the Developing Party shall
provide to the Opting-Out Party a statement of costs and expenses
incurred by the Developing Party in connection with such Unilateral
Activities for the period commencing on the day after the Statement
Cut-Off Date and ending on the date of receipt of the Opt-In
Exercise Notice, and the Opting-Out Party shall within sixty (60)
days of the receipt of such statement make a payment to the
Developing Party equal to [...***...] the Opting-Out
Party’s funding contribution would have been had the
Developing Party’s total costs and expenses with respect to
such activity (and any Related Unilateral Activities) been
Collaboration Costs, up to a maximum of [...***...] of the
total costs and expenses of the Unilateral Activity. From and after
the Developing Party’s receipt of the Opt-In Exercise Notice
from the Opting-Out Party, such Unilateral Activities shall cease
to be Unilateral Activities and shall be deemed Development
activities under the Development Plan, and the Parties shall share
all such costs and expenses as Collaboration Costs in accordance
with Section 6.1.1.
2.6.1 Contemplated Exploratory Studies or Post Approval
Studies.
(a) GPC Biotech shall have the right to Opt-Out for
any reason with respect to the initiation of any Exploratory Study
or Post Approval Study proposed by Licensee.
(b) Licensee shall have the right to Opt-Out with
respect to the initiation of any Exploratory Study or Post Approval
Study proposed by GPC Biotech only if: (i) the total amount
that Licensee has paid to GPC Biotech pursuant to Section 6.1
with respect to the SPARC Study and any Selected Development
Activities (including such Licensee payments for expenses incurred
in connection with the Development activities under the Development
Plan not allocated to a particular Clinical Study or Post Approval
Study), exceeds [...***...] (the “Initial Opt-Out
Threshold” ); or (ii) there is no reasonable
scientific rationale for such proposed study. For clarity, except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.6.3, if, with respect to
any Exploratory Studies or Post Approval Studies, Licensee is not
permitted to Opt-Out pursuant to this Section 2.6.1 prior to
the initiation thereof, Licensee shall not have the right
subsequently to Opt-Out of such Exploratory Studies or Post
Approval Studies as a result of the actual amounts paid by Licensee
with respect to the SPARC Study and Selected Development Activities
exceeding the Initial Opt-Out Threshold as a result of any overruns
included within Collaboration Costs pursuant to
Section 2.3.2.
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2.6.2 Contemplated Registrational Studies.
(a) GPC Biotech shall have the right to Opt-Out for
any reason with respect to the initiation of any Registrational
Study proposed by Licensee.
(b) Licensee shall have the right to Opt-Out with
respect to the initiation of any Registrational Study proposed by
GPC Biotech only if: (i) Licensee’s share of the total
estimated costs of such Registrational Study is projected to exceed
the Registrational Study Budgeted Funding Commitment; (ii) in
the case of a Registrational Study for an Additional Indication,
the available Clinical Data from Exploratory Studies relating to
such Additional Indication does not support the asserted scientific
rationale for such Registrational Study; (iii) the SPARC Study
is a Non-Approvable Study with respect to the European Union and
Licensee elects to conduct as a Unilateral Activity of Licensee an
additional Registrational Study for the Initial Indication (a
“ Licensee Initial Indication Study ”);
(iv) GPC Biotech has elected not to pursue any additional
Registrational Studies pursuant to Section 2.1.2(c) and
Licensee elects to conduct as a Unilateral Activity of Licensee an
additional Registrational Study for approval of an Additional
Indication in the Licensee Territory; or (v) at such time, the
Parties are in agreement as to the initiation of another
Registrational Study other than the SPARC Study under the
Development Plan.
(c) Licensee shall not have the right to Opt-Out, in
reliance on Section 2.6.2(b)(i), with respect to a
Registrational Study proposed by GPC Biotech if GPC Biotech agrees
in writing to increase the share of the Collaboration Costs that
GPC Biotech otherwise would have an obligation to bear pursuant to
Section 6.1.1 (i.e., sixty-five percent (65%)) with respect to
such study and activities and to decrease the share of the
Collaboration Costs that Licensee otherwise would have an
obligation to bear with respect thereto pursuant to
Section 6.1.1 (i.e., thirty-five percent (35%)), in each case
by an amount sufficient to ensure that, taking account of such
adjusted shares, the Collaboration Costs projected for the proposed
Registrational Study would not result in Licensee’s funding
obligation with respect to such budgeted Collaboration Costs
exceeding the Registrational Study Budgeted Funding Commitment. Any
such share adjustment shall apply with respect to the budgeted
Collaboration Costs for such additional Registrational Study, and
to the actual Collaboration Costs specifically identifiable or
reasonably allocable to such additional Registrational Study, and
the calculation of any overruns with respect to such Collaboration
Costs, but for no other purpose. In the event of any Dispute
between the Parties with respect to whether the Collaboration Costs
projected for the proposed Registrational Study would result in
Licensee’s funding obligation exceeding the Registrational
Study Budgeted Funding Commitment, such Dispute shall be resolved
pursuant to Section 15.7.4(b).
(d) If, in reliance on Section 2.6.2(b)(iii),
Licensee Opts-Out of any Registrational Study proposed by GPC
Biotech and Licensee fails to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts
to commence, conduct and complete the Licensee Initial Indication
Study within a reasonable time, GPC Biotech shall have the right,
upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to Licensee, to
cause Licensee to Opt-In with respect to the Registrational Study
for an Additional Indication with respect to which Licensee
previously Opted-Out and with respect to any Related Unilateral
Activities for such indication. Such Opt-In shall be deemed to be
made pursuant to Section 2.5.6(b) (regardless of any prior
termination or expiration of the Opt-In
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Exercise Period
with respect to such study) as of the date on which Licensee
receives from GPC Biotech such notice (and a statement of costs and
expenses incurred to date by GPC Biotech in connection with such
Registrational Study and any Related Unilateral Activities with
respect to such Additional Indication). Licensee shall make a
payment to GPC Biotech in the amount required pursuant to
Section 2.5.6(b) no later than thirty (30) days after
receiving from GPC Biotech such notice (and accompanying
statement). In the event of any Dispute between the Parties with
respect to whether Licensee has used Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to commence, conduct and complete the Licensee Initial
Indication Study within a reasonable time, such Dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 15.7.4(b).
2.6.3 Material Modifications to Existing Studies. If a
proposed amendment to the Development Plan and Budget materially
modifies any Clinical Study or Post Approval Study being conducted
under the Development Plan, each Party shall have the right to
Opt-Out of such Clinical Study or Post Approval Study on a going
forward basis, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.6.1(b)
and 2.6.2(b). Upon and following such Opt-Out by a Party, such
activity shall be deemed a Unilateral Activity of the other Party
for purposes of Section 2.5.5.
2.6.4 New Clinical Studies or Post Approval Studies. Each
Party shall have the right to Opt-Out of any proposed new Clinical
Study (including a Registrational Study) or Post Approval Study
that is not contemplated in the Development Plan as of the
Effective Date, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.6.1(b)
and 2.6.2(b).
2.6.5 Notice of Opt-Out. The Opting-Out Party shall provide
the other Party with written notice of the Opting-Out Party’s
intention to Opt-Out not later than thirty (30) days after the
JDC receives pursuant to Section 2.5.1 a written proposal for
a new Clinical Study or Post Approval Study or a material
modification to a Clinical Study or Post Approval Study being
conducted under the Development Plan. In such event, the provisions
of Section 2.5.2 shall apply to the conduct of such study as a
Unilateral Activity. With respect to a material modification to a
Clinical Study or Post Approval Study for which a Party has
Opted-Out, any Collaboration Costs that have been incurred prior to
the beginning of an Opt-Out Period shall not be reduced or
refundable to the Opting-Out Party.
2.7 Supply of Licensed Product. Licensee shall purchase its
supply of Licensed Product, and GPC Biotech agrees to supply to
Licensee such quantities subject to the terms of the Supply
Agreement.
3.1
Commercialization of the Licensed Product.
3.1.1 In General. Except with respect to Joint
Commercialization Activities, if any, Licensee shall have the sole
right to Commercialize the Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory at its sole expense in accordance with the
Commercialization Plan and shall do so in
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compliance with
this Agreement and all Applicable Law. Joint Commercialization
Activities, which are agreed by the Parties, shall be conducted by
the Parties, in accordance with the Commercialization Plan and
Budget and in compliance with Applicable Law.
3.1.2
Commercialization Obligations. Licensee shall use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts: (a) to Commercialize the Licensed Product in
each country in the Licensee Territory where conducting such
activities would be Commercially Reasonable; and (b) without
limitation to the foregoing, within ninety (90) days after
obtaining all Regulatory Approvals necessary in such a country in
the Licensee Territory for the Commercialization of the Licensed
Product for the Initial Indication or any Additional Indication
that is the subject of a Follow Up Registrational Study, to
commence Commercialization of the Licensed Product in such country.
Licensee shall allocate sufficient time, effort and skilled
personnel to achieve the objectives of the Commercialization Plan
and each Country Commercialization Plan.
(a) Within six (6) months after the Effective
Date, the Parties shall jointly develop the global strategy for
Commercializing Licensed Product throughout the Territory which
strategy shall support the goal of maximizing Product revenue and
profit in both the Licensee Territory and the GPC Biotech Territory
and (i) shall be consistent with any approved Product Labeling
for the Licensed Product and (ii) take into account, where
Commercially Reasonable, any unique market characteristics of any
of the Major Market Countries in Europe and the ANZ Territory (the
“Global Strategy” ). Any Dispute regarding the
development of the Global Strategy shall be referred to the JEC for
resolution pursuant to Section 4.4.4, and, failing resolution
by the JEC pursuant to Section 4.4.4, shall be subject to
resolution under Section 15.7.2(a)(ii).
(b) Licensee shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts
to ensure, wherever possible in keeping with its obligation to use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts in the Commercialization of the
Licensed Product, that the branding, positioning and messaging for
the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory is consistent with
such Global Strategy for the Licensed Product; provided
however, that Licensee may not act in any manner that is
inconsistent with the Global Strategy with respect to the branding,
positioning and messaging for the Licensed Product that could
reasonably result in a material adverse effect on the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the GPC Biotech
Territory. Any Dispute in the JCC concerning whether the branding,
positioning or messaging for the Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory is consistent with such Global Strategy or whether any
action of the Licensee that is inconsistent with the Global
Strategy with respect to the branding, positioning and messaging
for the Licensed Product could reasonably result in a material
adverse effect on the Commercialization of the Licensed Product in
the GPC Biotech Territory shall be referred to the JEC for
resolution pursuant to Section 4.4.4, and, failing resolution
by the JEC pursuant to Section 4.4.4, shall be subject to
resolution under Section 15.7.2(a)(vi).
3.1.4 Product
Trademarks. Except with respect to the Corporate Names as
provided in Section 3.4.2, Licensee and its Affiliates,
Sublicensees and Distributors shall Commercialize the Licensed
Product solely under the Product Trademarks designated by the JCC
pursuant to Section 3.4.4.
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3.2
Commercialization Plan and Implementation.
3.2.1 Commercialization Plan.
The
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory
and any Joint Commercialization Activities shall be conducted
pursuant to a comprehensive multi-year plan and budget to be
prepared by Licensee pursuant to Section 3.2.2 with respect to
the Licensee Territory, and by the JCC pursuant to
Section 4.3.2(d) with respect to any Joint Commercialization
Activities, and approved by the JCC pursuant to
Section 4.3.2(c) (the “Commercialization
Plan” ), which plan and budget shall be consistent with
the Global Strategy and the Parties’ respective obligations
set forth in Section 3.1. The Commercialization Plan shall
include: for each Major Market Region and each Major Market Country
in the Licensee Territory (i) general strategies for the
promoting, Detailing, marketing and distribution of the Licensed
Product, (ii) pre-launch commercialization activities and the
expected date of launch, (iii) sales force size and allocation
throughout the Licensee Territory, (iv) the expected frequency
and position of Details to be carried out, (v) the nature of
promotional activities and Licensed Product sampling activities, if
any, (vi) market and sales forecasts for the Licensed Product,
(vii) advertising, public relations and other promotional
programs, including medical education programs such as professional
symposia and speaker and peer-to-peer activity programs to be used
in the Commercialization the Licensed Product, (viii) proposals for
any Additional Indications or Post Approval Studies,
(ix) projected Net Sales for Licensed Product,
(x) reimbursement and pricing information, and (xi) plans
regarding distribution and supply chain management; and
(y) any Joint Commercialization Activities. The Parties agree
that any forecasts provided by Licensee as part of the
Commercialization Plan are Licensee’s good faith estimates
based upon conditions then existing and shall not be binding upon
Licensee.
3.2.2 Review and Approval. No later than twelve
(12) months prior to the expected date of the first Regulatory
Approval of the Licensed Product, Licensee shall prepare for review
and approval by the JCC a proposed Commercialization Plan for the
Licensed Product from the date of launch through the third
anniversary of December 31 of the Calendar Year in which the
first Drug Approval Application for the Licensed Product is
expected to be approved in the Licensee Territory. The Joint
Commercialization Committee shall review such proposed plan within
sixty (60) days after receipt thereof and amend such plan to
include any Joint Commercialization Activities, as provided in
Section 4.3.2. Thereafter, Licensee shall, on or before
September 30 of each Calendar Year, provide the JCC with
proposed amendments to the Commercialization Plan, which, after the
first anniversary of December 31 of the Calendar Year in which
the first Drug Approval Application for the Licensed Product is
approved in the Licensee Territory, shall include the
Commercialization Plan for the Calendar Year commencing on the
third anniversary of January 1 of the then-current Calendar Year.
The Commercialization Plan may not be amended in any manner that
materially reduces Licensee’s Commercialization efforts to be
made in the next two (2) full Calendar Years following such
amendment unless such reduction in efforts is justified by
circumstances or events beyond Licensee’s control that have
had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
impact on the market for or the commercial potential of the
Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory or any relevant portion
of the Licensee Territory. The JCC, or if there is a dispute in the
JCC, the JEC, shall endeavor to obtain approval for any amendment
or addition to the Commercialization Plan by no later
than
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November 30 of the Calendar Year in which
it was proposed. Any Disputes resulting from review or approval of
the Commercialization Plan or a Country Commercialization Plan
shall be settled in accordance with Section 4.4.4 below,
except with respect to disputes regarding Joint Commercialization
Activities, for which the Parties must reach a mutually acceptable
resolution (or otherwise discontinue such activities). Subject to
the foregoing, the JCC may from time to time amend the
Commercialization Plan with respect to the Joint Commercialization
Activities. The Commercialization Plan and any amendment thereto
shall be consistent with the Global Strategy.
3.2.3 Other Country Commercialization Plans. In addition to
the Country Commercialization Plan with respect to the Major Market
Countries, Licensee shall provide to the JCC for its review and
comment copies of the commercialization plans prepared by Licensee
in the regular course of its business with respect to any other
countries in the Licensee Territory (each such plan a “
Country Commercialization Plan ”).
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3.4 Promotional Materials and Activities.
3.4.1 In General. Except with respect to Promotional
Materials that are jointly developed by the Parties pursuant to a
Joint Commercialization Activity, Licensee shall be responsible for
preparing all Promotional Materials used to support the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory, in consultation with the JCC. All such Promotional
Materials shall be submitted to the JCC prior to use by Licensee;
provided that the content of Promotional Materials, once
submitted, need not be submitted again prior to re-use unless the
Product Labeling for the Licensed Product applicable to such
Promotional Materials has been changed since such prior submission
date. All Promotional Materials shall be consistent with the Global
Strategy, the Commercialization Plan, the applicable Country
Commercialization Plan(s), Applicable Law and with the approved
Product Labeling for the Licensed Product. Licensee shall be
responsible for obtaining any approvals from the Regulatory
Authorities in a country within the Licensee Territory required for
the use of any Promotional Materials and shall submit all
applicable Promotional Materials to the Regulatory Authorities in
such country as required by Applicable Law.
3.4.2 Markings. All Promotional Materials, packaging and
Product Labeling for the Licensed Product used by Licensee, its
Affiliates, Sublicensees or Distributors in connection with the
Licensed Product in any country in the Licensee Territory shall
(a) comply with the requirements of Section 8.1(c) of the
Spectrum Agreement and (b) contain (i) the Product
Trademarks, (ii) Corporate Names of Licensee and (to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law) GPC Biotech where practical
with equal prominence, and (iii) if required by Applicable
Law, the logo and corporate name of the manufacturer (collectively,
the
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“
Markings ”). The manner in which the Markings are to
be presented on Promotional Materials, packaging and Product
Labeling for the Licensed Product shall be subject to
(y) prior review and approval by the JCC and
(z) Sections 5.1.5, 5.5, 5.6 and 8.1.6.
3.4.3 Audit. Upon request of GPC Biotech at reasonable
intervals, Licensee shall provide to GPC Biotech copies or samples
of any Promotional Materials, packaging and Product Labeling for
the Licensed Product that have not been previously reviewed by GPC
Biotech.
3.4.4 Product Trademarks. The JCC shall discuss the
Parties’ use of the Product Trademarks with respect to
Commercialization and may, from time to time, recommend and approve
additional Trademarks, packaging designs and other trade dress in
connection with the foregoing for use in the Licensee Territory.
The JCC shall have the right to designate additional Product
Trademarks as may be reasonably required to address requirements
under Applicable Law or to avoid adverse effects on the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in a particular country
in the Licensee Territory resulting from local customs, language
and other country-specific circumstances. For the avoidance of
doubt, each such Trademark shall be treated as Product Trademark
under the terms of this Agreement.
3.5 Statements
and Compliance with Applicable Law.
3.5.1 Public Statements Regarding Licensed Product. Licensee
shall be responsible for disseminating accurate information
regarding the Licensed Product based on Product Labeling and
Promotional Materials for the Licensed Product (and for causing its
Affiliates, Sublicensees and Distributors to so disseminate such
accurate information). In exercising its rights pursuant to this
Article 3, Licensee shall seek to prevent claims or
representations in respect of the Licensed Product or the
characteristics of the Licensed Product (e.g., safety or efficacy)
being made by or on behalf of it or its Affiliates, Sublicensees or
Distributors (by members of its or their sales force or otherwise)
that do not represent an accurate or fairly balanced summary or
explanation of the Product Labeling for the Licensed Product in the
country in question.
3.5.2 Sales Force Compliance. Licensee shall instruct its
sales representatives to and shall use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to train and monitor its sales representatives so that such
sales representatives, (i) use only Promotional Materials
(without any addition, deletion or other modification) approved for
use under Section 3.4.1 for the promotion of the Licensed
Product in the Licensee Territory, (ii) limit claims of
efficacy and safety for the Licensed Product to those that are
consistent with Applicable Law and with approved (by the
appropriate Regulatory Authority) promotional claims in Product
Labeling and Promotional Materials for the Licensed Product, and
not add, delete or otherwise modify claims of efficacy and safety
in the promotion of the Licensed Product in any respect from those
claims of efficacy and safety that are contained in such approved
Product Labeling and Promotional Materials and
(iii) Commercialize the Licensed Product in accordance in all
material respects with Applicable Law.
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3.5.3 Medical and Other Inquiries. The Licensee shall be
responsible for responding to all medical questions or inquiries
from customers or others in the Licensee Territory relating to the
Licensed Product sold in Licensee Territory. The Licensee shall
keep such records and make such reports as are reasonably necessary
to document such communications in compliance with all Applicable
Law.
3.5.4 Compliance with Laws. Licensee shall comply with all
Applicable Law with respect to the Commercialization of Licensed
Product. Neither Party shall be required to undertake any activity
relating to the Commercialization of the Licensed Product that it
believes, in good faith, may violate Applicable Law. Licensee shall
in all material respects conform its practices and procedures
relating to educating the medical community in the Licensee
Territory with respect to the Licensed Product to any applicable
industry association regulations, policies and guidelines, as the
same may be amended from time to time and shall comply with
Applicable Law with respect thereto.
3.6 Use of
Distributors. Notwithstanding any other term or condition of
this Agreement to the contrary, Licensee shall not use Distributors
to Commercialize the Licensed Product in any country in the
Licensee Territory, except in the countries listed in
Exhibit B hereto, which may be amended from time to time, upon
mutual written agreement of the Parties.
3.7 Sales and
Distribution in Licensee Territory. Licensee shall be solely
responsible for invoicing and booking sales, establishing all terms
of sale (including pricing and discounts) and warehousing and
distributing the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory and
shall perform all related services, in each case in a manner
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Licensee shall also be solely responsible for handling all returns,
recalls or withdrawals in accordance with Article 10, order
processing, invoicing and collection, distribution and inventory
and receivables in the Licensee Territory.
3.8
Unauthorized Sales. Licensee with respect to the Licensee
Territory, and GPC Biotech with respect to the GPC Biotech
Territory (a) shall, and shall cause its Affiliates,
sublicensees and distributors to, distribute, market, promote,
offer for sale and sell the Licensed Product only in its respective
part of the Territory, and (b) shall not, and shall not permit
its Affiliates, sublicensees or distributors to, distribute,
market, promote, offer for sale or sell the Licensed Product
directly or indirectly (i) to any Person outside its part of
the Territory or (ii) to any Person inside its part of the
Territory that (1) is reasonably likely to directly or
indirectly distribute, market, promote, offer for sale or sell the
Licensed Product outside its part of the Territory or assist
another Person to do so or (2) has directly or indirectly
distributed, marketed, promoted, offered for sale or sold the
Licensed Product outside its part of the Territory or assisted
another Person to do so. If Licensee, its Affiliates or any
Sublicensees or Distributors receives any orders for the Licensed
Product for the GPC Biotech Territory, such Person shall refer such
orders to GPC Biotech. If GPC Biotech, its Affiliates or any
sublicensees or distributors receives any orders for the Licensed
Product for the Licensee Territory, such Person shall refer such
orders to Licensee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any part of
the European Union becomes part of the GPC Biotech Territory during
the term of this Agreement, the foregoing obligations of this
Section 3.8 shall not apply in
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relation to
such territory and shall be replaced by the following: Licensee
shall not actively solicit orders from customers based in such
territory unless the rights to such territory are no longer held
exclusively by GPC Biotech or one of its licensees. For the
purposes of the preceding sentence, “actively solicit”
includes, but is not limited to, the use of direct mail, calling on
customers, placing advertisements or making other promotions
specifically targeted at customers in such territory, or
establishing warehouses or distribution outlets in such
territory.
3.9
Reporting. Licensee shall prepare and maintain complete and
accurate records regarding Commercialization of the Licensed
Product in the Licensee Territory and shall provide to GPC Biotech
and the JCC a detailed report regarding such Commercialization at
least twice per Calendar Year. Such report shall contain sufficient
detail to enable GPC Biotech to assess Licensee’s compliance
with the Global Strategy, the Commercialization Plan and the
applicable Country Commercialization Plan(s) including:
(i) Licensee’s activities with respect to achieving its
general strategies for the promoting, detailing and marketing of
the Licensed Product in such country(ies); (ii) pre-launch
Commercialization activities; (iii) sales force size and
allocation; (iv) the nature of promotional activities and
Licensed Product sampling activities conducted, if any;
(v) market and sales reports for the Licensed Product;
(vi) an approximate number and position of Details carried out
in the applicable period; (vii) the conduct of advertising,
public relations and other promotional programs, including
professional symposia and speaker and peer to peer activity
programs used in the Commercialization of the Licensed Product;
(viii) Net Sales of Licensed Product in the Licensee
Territory; and (ix) actual expenditures with respect to the
budgets set forth in the Commercialization Plan and Country
Commercialization Plan, including the Commercialization Budget.
Licensee shall provide GPC Biotech with such additional information
regarding the Commercialization of the Licensed Product as GPC
Biotech may reasonably request from time to time.
3.10
Commercialization Budget. Except for Joint Commercialization
Activities, Licensee shall be responsible for Commercialization in
the Licensee Territory at its own cost and expense. The budget for
Joint Commercialization Activities shall be set forth in the
Commercialization Plan, as provided in
Section 3.2.1.
3.10.1 Amendment of the Commercialization Budget . The Joint
Commercialization Committee shall review the Commercialization
Budget at least annually, and shall make modifications thereto to
reflect any changes to ongoing Joint Commercialization Activities
or any unforeseen events. With respect to any such changes or
unforeseen events, each Party shall, in consultation with the other
Party, prepare and submit to the JCC a proposed budget in a format
to be agreed by the Parties for the new or changed Joint
Commercialization Activities, which budget shall include line item
estimates of Collaboration Costs broken down on a Calendar Year
basis.
(a) In any Calendar Year, each Party shall promptly
inform the other Party upon such Party determining that it is
likely to overspend or underspend by more than ten
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percent (10%)
its respective total Collaboration Costs set forth in the
Commercialization Budget for that Calendar Year.
(b) If in any such Calendar Year a Party exceeds its
budgeted costs and expenses by more than ten percent (10%), the
Party that has so exceeded its budget shall provide to the JCC and
to the JEC (if the matter is escalated to the JEC because it cannot
be resolved by the JCC) a full explanation for exceeding the
Commercialization Budget. If and to the extent that any such
overspend (i) was outside the reasonable control of the
applicable Party, or (ii) resulted from a reasonable or
necessary acceleration of Joint Commercialization Activities within
a particular Calendar Year, some or all of which activities had
been expected to occur in a subsequent Calendar Year; then (in each
case (i) and (ii)), provided the applicable Party has promptly
notified the other Party of such overspend and, in the case of
overspends covered by clause (i) of this Section 3.10.2(b),
used reasonable efforts to mitigate the size of such overspend,
such overspend shall be included in Collaboration Costs and shared
by the Parties pursuant to Section 6.1.1.
(c) To the extent that any overspend is not included
in Collaboration Costs as provided in this Section 3.10.2, the
Party that has exceeded its budget by more than ten percent (10%)
for a Calendar Year shall be solely responsible for the
overspend.
3.11 GPC
Biotech Territory. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that
(a) GPC Biotech retains all rights to Exploit the Licensed
Product in the GPC Biotech Territory and to Develop and Manufacture
the Licensed Product in the Territory in connection therewith, and
(b) GPC Biotech has and retains the right to enter into
agreements or other arrangements with one or more Third Parties
with respect to such Exploitation, Development and Manufacture,
including license agreements, co-promotion agreements and supply
agreements. GPC Biotech shall have the right to delegate one or
more of its obligations with respect to activities conducted
pursuant to this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any such Third
Party and Licensee shall cooperate with such Third Party. GPC
Biotech hereby guarantees the performance in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement of any such Third Party to which GPC
Biotech delegates obligations under this Agreement, and any such
delegation shall not relieve GPC Biotech of its obligations under
this Agreement, except to the extent they are satisfactorily
performed by such Third Party.
4.1 Joint
Executive Committee (JEC). Within thirty (30) days after
the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a joint executive
committee (the “ Joint Executive Committee ” or
“ JEC ”), which shall: (a) oversee the
Development of the Licensed Product in the Territory, the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory
and the Joint Commercialization Activities; (b) resolve
Disputes that may arise in the JDC or the JCC; (c) coordinate
the Parties’ activities under this Agreement, including
oversight of the JDC and JCC; (d) review and approve
decisions
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regarding
Development and Commercialization of the Licensed Product as set
forth in this Agreement, including Sections 6.1.5, 8.2.5,
8.4.1 and 11.6; (e) create such other committees with such
responsibilities as the Parties may mutually agree to from time to
time, such as, by way of example, a joint patent committee or joint
manufacturing committee; and (f) perform such other functions
as are set forth herein with respect to the JEC, or as the Parties
may mutually agree in writing. The JEC shall have the membership
and shall operate by the procedures set forth in
Section 4.4.1. Each Party shall designate its initial members
of the JEC within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date by
written notice to the other Party.
4.2 Joint
Development Committee (JDC).
4.2.1 Formation and Purpose. Within thirty (30) days
after the Effective Date, the Parties shall form a joint
development committee (the “Joint Development
Committee” or “JDC” ) to oversee,
coordinate and expedite the Development of, and the filing of Drug
Approval Applications and other regulatory filings for, the
Licensed Product in the Territory in order to obtain and maintain
Regulatory Approvals in the Licensee Territory. The JDC shall also
facilitate the flow of information with respect to Development
activities being conducted for the Licensed Product and direct and
supervise all Clinical Studies and Post Approval Studies for the
Licensed Product conducted under the Development Plan. The JDC
shall have the membership and shall operate by the procedures set
forth in Section 4.4.1. Each Party shall designate its initial
members of the JDC within thirty (30) days after the Effective
Date by written notice to the other Party.
4.2.2 Specific Responsibilities of the JDC. In support of
its responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and expediting the
Development of, and regulatory filings for, the Licensed Product,
the JDC shall: (a) review and, if necessary, amend the
Development Plan and Development Budget from time to time, but no
less frequently than once per Calendar Year; (b) establish a
worldwide strategy for the Development and Regulatory Approval of
the Licensed Product, consistent with the applicable Development
Plan and Budget; (c) direct and supervise the implementation
of the Development Plan for the Licensed Product; (d) review
and approve the statistical analysis plans and protocols for all
Clinical Studies for the Licensed Product conducted under the
Development Plan and, in consultation with the JCC, Post Approval
Studies for the Licensed Product conducted under the Development
Plan, and any revisions thereto (in each case other than with
respect to Unilateral Activities); (e) review and discuss the
development plan for and execution of any Unilateral Activities;
(f) review all proposed Product Labeling; (g) review all
proposed Drug Approval Applications and other filings with the
Regulatory Authorities with respect to Regulatory Approvals in the
Licensee Territory; (h) monitor the progress of all Clinical
Studies and Post Approval Studies for the Licensed Product,
including reviewing costs and activities against the Development
Plan and Budget; (i) facilitate the exchange of all
information and data relating to all Clinical Studies, Post
Approval Studies and other Development activities for the Licensed
Product; (j) consult and coordinate with the JCC to assure a
smooth transition from Development to Commercialization of the
Licensed Product for each indication and with respect to Post
Approval Studies or the proposed Development of Additional
Indications and lines of therapy for the Licensed Product;
(k) consult with the JCC with respect to such other matters as
may have an effect on the Commercialization of the Licensed
Product; (l) provide updates on JDC’s activities and
achievements to the JEC no
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less often than
each Calendar Quarter during the term of this Agreement; and
(m) perform such other functions as are set forth herein or as
the Parties may mutually agree in writing, except where in conflict
with any provision of this Agreement.
4.3 Joint
Commercialization Committee (JCC).
4.3.1 Formation and Purpose. GPC Biotech and Licensee shall
establish a joint commercialization committee (the “Joint
Commercialization Committee” or “JCC”
) and hold the initial meeting of the JCC, as provided in
Section 4.4.2, within ninety (90) days after the
Effective Date, which Committee shall coordinate and oversee the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory
to ensure consistent branding, messaging and positioning of the
Licensed Product on a worldwide basis in accordance with the Global
Strategy and direct any Joint Commercialization Activities
undertaken by the Parties in accordance with Article 3. The
JCC shall have the membership and shall operate by the procedures
set forth in Section 4.4.1. Each Party shall designate its
initial members of the JCC within thirty (30) days after the
Effective Date by written notice to the other Party.
4.3.2 Specific Responsibilities of the JCC. In support of
its responsibility for coordinating and overseeing the
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory
and directing any Joint Commercialization Activities, the JCC
shall: (a) review and provide a forum for the Parties to
discuss the Global Strategy; (b) oversee the implementation of
the Global Strategy by Licensee in the Licensee Territory;
(c) review and approve the Commercialization Plan and Budget
and determine conformance of the foregoing with the Global
Strategy; (d) identify any activities that will be jointly
performed by mutual written agreement of the Parties in support of
Commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Territory (the
“ Joint Commercialization Activities ”) and
prepare and approve such portions of the Commercialization Plan and
Budget with respect thereto; (e) review advertising materials
and strategies and Promotional Materials to be used in the Licensee
Territory, and Markings and Trademark usage with respect to the
Licensed Product in the Licensee Territory and determine
conformance with the Global Strategy; (f) facilitate the flow of
information with respect to the Commercialization of the Licensed
Product between the Parties; (g) review the periodic reports
provided by Licensee pursuant to Section 3.9 and otherwise
monitor Licensee’s activities under, and compliance with, the
Commercialization Plan and Budget and each Country
Commercialization Plan; (h) consult with the JDC with respect
to all proposed Product Labeling for the Licensed Product;
(i) consult with the JDC with respect to Commercialization
issues that may arise with respect to the Development of the
Licensed Product; (j) review all (i) Drug Approval
Applications and other filings with the Regulatory Authorities with
respect to Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Product in the
Licensee Territory, (ii) Post Approval Studies for the
Licensed Product and Additional Indications and lines of therapy
with respect to the Licensed Product and (iii) otherwise work
to assure a smooth transition from Development to Commercialization
of the Licensed Product for each indication; (k) provide
updates on the JCC’s activities and achievements to the JEC
no less frequently than each Calendar Quarter during the term of
this Agreement; and (l) perform such other functions as are
set forth herein or as the Parties may mutually agree in
writing.
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4.4 General
Provisions Governing Committees. The following general
provisions shall govern the conduct of the JEC, JDC, JCC and such
other committees as the JEC may establish from time to time under
this Agreement (each, a “ Committee ”), except
as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement or as
agreed to by the Parties in writing:
4.4.1 Membership. Each Committee shall include an equal
number of representatives from each of the Parties, each with the
requisite experience and seniority to enable them to make decisions
on behalf of the Parties with respect to the issues falling within
the jurisdiction of such Committee. From time to time, each Party
may substitute one or more of its representatives to a Committee on
written notice to the other Party. GPC Biotech shall designate one
of its representatives on the JEC and JDC to serve as chairperson
of such Committees and Licensee shall designate one of its
representatives to serve as chairperson of the JCC, which
designation such Party may change from time to time by written
notice to the other Party. GPC Biotech shall have the right to
designate as its representatives on a Committee one or more
representatives of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. or any GPC
Biotech Counter-Party.
4.4.2 Meetings and Minutes. Each Committee shall meet
quarterly, or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, with the
location of such meetings alternating between locations designated
by GPC Biotech and locations designated by Licensee,
provided that each Committee may meet by teleconference if
in-person meetings are not feasible. The chairperson of the
Committee shall be responsible for calling meetings,
provided that the chairperson shall call a meeting of the
Committee promptly upon the reasonable request of Licensee, in the
case of the JEC or JDC, or GPC Biotech, in the case of the JCC. The
Parties shall provide to the other Party proposed agenda items
along with appropriate information at least ten (10) Business
Days in advance of each meeting of the applicable Committee;
provided that under exigent circumstances requiring
Committee input, a Party may
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