Item
9.01
Exhibits
LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This License Agreement (the
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 20th
day of April 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and
between MultiCell Technologies, Inc., (“MultiCell”) a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Rhode Island,
having a place of business at 701 George Washington Hwy, Lincoln,
RI 02865, U.S.A. and Eisai Co., Ltd. (“Eisai”), a
corporation organized under the laws of Japan, with principal place
of business at 4-6-10 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8088, Japan.
MultiCell and Eisai may sometimes each hereinafter be referred to
as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”
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Definitions
The terms used
in this Agreement shall be defined as follows.
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“Cell
Line” refers to MultiCell’s Immortal Human Hepatocyte
Cell line named Fa2N-4.
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“License
Sample” refers to the Cell Line, all its derivatives,
progeny, cells or other objects which were duplicated, multiplied,
cultured or obtained from them.
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“License
Period” refers to the five (5) year period from the Effective
Date identified above, or until the date of cancellation as set
forth in Article 14.
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“Culture
Media” refers to proprietary culture media owned by MultiCell
for culture of the Cell Line, including, but not limited to MFE
® .
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“This
Patent” refers to all patents and patent applications, which
are related to United States Patent no. 6,107,043 and the License
Sample, owned by MultiCell or its affiliate companies at present or
hereinafter acquired during the License Period for the License
Sample.
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“Use of
this Patent” refers to the use by Eisai for drug discovery
applications such as ADME/Tox, especially for the research,
analysis, evaluation or development of new therapeutics within
Eisai.
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According to
this Agreement, during the License Period, MultiCell grants Eisai a
nonexclusive license (hereinafter referred to as the “the
License”) which permits the use by Eisai of License Sample
and Culture Media (including multiplication, reproduction, and
subculture of the same) for the use of This Patent and License.
However, this License does not include a right to sell the License
Sample, use the License Sample for the benefit of third parties,
sublicense the License Sample or This Patent or merchandise This
Patent or the License Sample in any other way.
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Providing Licensing Sample
and Information
3.1 Eisai has designated the following location
as the sole place of use for the License Sample and Culture Media
under the terms of this Agreement, which shall be referred to
hereinafter as the “Location”:
Tsukuba Research Laboratories
1-3 Tokodai 5-chome, Tsukuba-shi
3.2 Upon execution of the Agreement, MultiCell
shall, upon written request, provide Eisai with any additional
License Sample and the Culture Media that Eisai should request, at
the appropriate cost. Should there be a conflict between this
Agreement and any license order the conditions of this Agreement
shall have priority.
3.3 According to the provisions of this License,
MultiCell may provide Eisai with certain information regarding the
License Sample and the Culture Media. This shall be considered
confidential under the provisions of Article 10 of this
Agreement.
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License Sample
Guarantee
4.1 MultiCell
hereby warrants each item described below. Should any item not be
true, MultiCell shall notify Eisai immediately in
writing.
4.1.1 Providing the License Sample and the
Culture Media according to this Agreement and the use of this
License Sample and the Culture Media by Eisai does not violate the
intellectual property rights of a third party.
4.1.2 The License Sample and the Culture Media
provided to Eisai based on this Agreement are not infected by
viruses or any other contaminants.
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Eisai’s
Obligations
Storing of the
License Sample and the Culture Media, as well as performing Cell
Line culture, reproduction, multiplication, expansion,
immortalization and conservation shall all be the sole
responsibility of Eisai.
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License Sample and Price
Change
6.1 MultiCell may change the type of the Culture
Media as needed by obtaining Eisai’s consent, pursuant to the
following:
6.1.1 The Purchase Price for the Culture Media
shall remain firm for twelve (12) months from the date of the last
of the parties hereto to sign this Agreement, and the Purchase
Price will be agreed between Muticell and Eisai (on the
anniversaries of the Effective Date, with ninety (90) days prior
notice from MultiCell) to take into consideration changes in the
cost of raw materials, the cost of manufacturing the Culture Media
and other relevant factors. The Parties agree to negotiate in good
faith a new purchase price for each Culture Media.
6.2 Should MultiCell develop improved products
of the Cell Line or License Sample (both hereinafter referred to as
the “Improved Cell Line”), MultiCell shall immediately
notify Eisai accordingly, including but not limited to all relevant
information and pricing of the Improved Cell Line. Eisai may choose
to change the Cell Line to the Improved Cell Line. In this case,
MultiCell may charge Eisai any additional cost as agreed by
MultiCell and Eisai at the time Eisai elects to change from the
Cell Line to the Improved Cell Line.
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License Sample Usage
Restriction
7.1 In use of the License Sample and the Culture
Media, Eisai may not take the following actions, and shall not
allow Eisai employees, agents, third party collaborators, or
consultants to take any of the following actions:
7.1.1 Perform License Sample analysis, reverse
engineering, alteration, amelioration, producing derived products,
sub-clone, or infection experiments. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
temporal amelioration for analysis of reporter gene assays, and
analysis of microsome fractions derived from the License Sample and
S9 are allowed.
7.1.2 Analysis of the Culture Media, reverse
engineering, alteration or amelioration.
7.1.3 Use of the License Sample for any of the
following purposes:
7.1.3.1 Creation of protein and other cellular
structures of polymer macromolecule for pharmacological
agents.
7.1.3.2 Development of functional methods related to
treatment of human illness (excludes pharmacological
agents).
7.1.3.3 Infection experiment of viruses such as
hepatitis B and C or multiplication of the virus.
7.1.3.4 Transplant to animals including
humans.
7.1.4
Transfer, distribution, handover,
or sub licensing of the License Sample or Culture Media to an
agent, assignee of Eisai, or any third party,
7.1.5 Physical transfer of the License Sample listed
on the license order from the sole permitted location of its use,
except in the case where the prior written agreement of MultiCell
is obtained in advance, and except pursuant to Article
22.
7.1.6 Administration of the License Sample or the
Culture Media to human bodies or use for treatment or diagnosis
procedure.
7.1.8 Administration of the License Sample or the
Culture Media to animals.
7.1.9 Creating a library of genes or DNA by using the
License Sample or Culture Media, or creating a map for gene
location of Large T antigen in the gene found in the License
Sample.
7.1.10 Use, production or administration of the
License Sample or Culture Media which is in violation of applicable
law.
7.1.11
Use of the License Sample or
Culture Media for any purpose other than the Use of This
Patent.
7.1.12
Use of the License Sample or
Culture Media outside the License Period.
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Payment
Eisai agrees to
pay MultiCell fees as set forth below for the License Sample and
the Culture Media, and any costs of shipping and handling agreed by
Muticell and Eisai. Eisai shall pay MultiCell the costs of shipping
and handling (tax included) using a commercially reasonable method
agreed by MultiCell and Eisai.
Cost of the
License Sample: [**REDACTED**]
Payment
Schedule for the License Sample:
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Upon Signing of
Definitive Agreement: [**REDACTED**]
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Beginning of 2
nd year - [**REDACTED**]
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Beginning of 3
rd year - [**REDACTED**]
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Beginning of 4
th year - [**REDACTED**]
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Beginning of 5
th year - [**REDACTE
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