ALTUS PHARMACEUTICALS
INC.
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
2.1. License Grant by Altus
|
|
|
9
|
|
2.2. Retained Rights of Altus
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
2.4. Third Party License Agreements
|
|
|
9
|
|
2.5. License Grant by CFFT
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
2.8. Section 365(n) of Bankruptcy
Code
|
|
|
10
|
|
2.9. Assignment of Assigned Patent Rights and
Altus Trademarks
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
3.2. Clinical Development
|
|
|
11
|
|
3.3. Clinical and Regulatory Matters in the
Territory
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
5.2. Reductions to Payments
|
|
|
12
|
|
5.3. Royalty Statements and Payments
|
|
|
12
|
|
5.4. Sales Directly by CFFT
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. TAXES, PAYMENT PROCEDURES, AUDITS
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
6.2. Payments to Altus, Conversion
Rates
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
7.3. Authorized Disclosure
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
7.7. Procedure for Public
Announcements
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
i
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.9. Transferred Ownership
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, PROTECTION,
AND RELATED MATTERS
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
|
|
19
|
|
9.1. Mutual Representations and
Warranties
|
|
|
19
|
|
9.2. Representations and Warranties of
Altus
|
|
|
20
|
|
9.3. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. RECIPROCAL WAIVER AND RELEASE
|
|
|
21
|
|
10.1. Waiver and Release by Altus
|
|
|
21
|
|
10.2. Waiver and Release by CFFT
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
|
|
|
21
|
|
11.1. Indemnification by CFFT
|
|
|
21
|
|
11.2. Indemnification by Altus
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
12.2. Other Government Approvals
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
13.5. Severability; Integrated
Transaction
|
|
|
25
|
|
13.6. Entire Agreement; Termination of Alliance
Agreement; Conflicts Between Agreements
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
13.8. Limitation on Assignment
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
13.13. Independent Contractors
|
|
|
27
|
|
13.14. Further Assurances
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
ii
This License
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), is made as of
February 20, 2009 (the “Effective Date” ),
by and between Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (
“Altus” ), and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Therapeutics, Inc., a Maryland corporation (
“CFFT” ) and collectively, with Altus, the
“Parties,” and each a “Party”
).
|
A.
|
|
Altus and CFFT are parties to a
Strategic Alliance Agreement dated February 22, 2001, as
amended by the First and Second Amendments (collectively, the
February 22, 2001 Agreement and subsequent amendments shall be
referred to hereinafter as the “Alliance
Agreement” ).
|
|
|
|
|
|
B.
|
|
Based on Altus’ desire to
cease development of Trizytek, 1 the main product candidate subject
to the Alliance Agreement, in connection with its current corporate
realignment efforts, the Parties entered into a Letter Agreement
(the “Letter Agreement” ) dated
February 20, 2009. This License Agreement shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the Letter Agreement and in the event
of any inconsistency between this License Agreement and the Letter
Agreement, the Letter Agreement shall prevail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
C.
|
|
The
Letter Agreement contemplates that the Parties will enter into this
Agreement in order to provide for the grant from Altus to CFFT of
intellectual property rights necessary for CFFT to assume such
responsibility and for the other matters set forth
herein.
|
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective covenants
and undertakings hereunder and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows:
1.1.
“ AAA ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 13.10 .
1.2.
“ Affiliate” of any Party means any Person,
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with that Party. For purposes of this definition, “
control ” means (a) in the case of corporate entities,
direct or indirect ownership of more than 50% of the stock or
shares having the right to vote for the election of directors and
(b) in the case of non-corporate entities, direct or indirect
ownership of at least 50% of the equity interest with the power to
direct the management and policies of that non-corporate entity,
provided , however , that the term
“Affiliate” shall not include subsidiaries or other
entities in which a Party owns a majority of the ordinary voting
power necessary to elect a majority of the board of directors
or
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Trizytek is a
registered trademark of Altus that is being assigned to CFFT
pursuant to this Agreement. All references herein to Trizytek shall
include Trizytek TM
|
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
1
other governing
board, but is restricted from electing such majority by contract or
otherwise, until such time as such restrictions are no longer in
effect.
1.3.
“ Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in
the preamble.
1.4.
“Alliance Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it
in Recital A.
1.5.
“ Altus Patent Rights ” means each of those
Patent Rights described on Schedule 1.5 , which
constitute all Patent Rights included in the Intellectual
Property.
1.6.
“Altus Trademark” means each of those trademarks,
trademark applications, brand names, or trade names listed on
Schedule 1.6 , which constitute the only such
trademarks, trademark applications, brand names or trade names used
exclusively or principally in association with Trizytek as of the
Effective Date.
1.7.
“ Applicable Law” means, in relation to any
Person, transaction or event, all relevant laws, statutes,
regulations and orders of all governmental bodies having
jurisdiction (whether administrative, legislative, executive or
otherwise), and all judgments, orders and decrees of all courts,
arbitrators, commissions or bodies exercising similar functions
having jurisdiction over the Person, transaction or event in
question.
1.8.
“Approval Date” means (i) in the case of
Product that is regulated as a drug by the FDA, the earlier of the
date on which CFFT or its Sublicensee receives from the FDA an
approvable letter under 21 C.F.R. § 314.110 or an approval
letter under 21 C.F.R. § 314.105, or (ii) in the case of
Product that is regulated as a biologic by the FDA, the earlier of
the date on which CFFT or its Sublicensee receives from the FDA an
approval letter or biologics license under 21 C.F.R. §
601.4.
1.9.
“Assigned Patent Right” means each of those Patent
Rights described on Schedule 1.9 , which constitute
those Patent Rights that (i) are owned by Altus immediately
prior to the Effective Date and (ii) would otherwise have been
included in the Altus Patent Rights but which exclusively Cover
(x) the composition of any Product, (y) any method of
making any Product, or (z) any method of using any Product,
and are therefore being assigned to CFFT pursuant to
Section 2.9 .
1.10.
“Authorized Representatives” has the meaning
assigned to it in Section 7.1.
1.11.
“Calendar Quarter ” means a three-month period
ending on the last day of March, June, September or December in any
year.
1.12.
“ Calendar Year” means a twelve-month period
from January 1 through December 31 of any particular
year.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
2
1.13.
“ Commercialize ” means to promote, market,
distribute, sell or use for commercial purpose any product, and
“ Commercializing ” and “
Commercialization ” shall be interpreted
accordingly.
1.14.
“ Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with
respect to the efforts to be expended by any Party with respect to
any objective, reasonable, diligent, good faith efforts to
accomplish such objective. With respect to any objective relating
to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a Product
by any Party, “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” shall
mean those efforts and resources normally used by a biotech or
pharmaceutical company with respect to a product owned by such
company or to which such company has similar rights which is of
similar market potential at a similar stage in the development or
life cycle of such product, taking into account issues of safety,
efficacy, product profile, the competitiveness of the marketplace,
the proprietary position of the product, the regulatory structure
involved, profitability of the product and other relevant
commercial factors. Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be
determined on a market-by-market basis and the level of effort may
change over time, reflecting changes in the status of the Product
and of the market involved.
1.15.
“Competitor Infringement” means Third Party
infringement of any Altus Patent Right through the actual or
proposed manufacture, use or sale of a pharmaceutical product that
contains one or more of the following enzymes: lipase, protease or
amylase, alone or in combination.
1.16.
“ Confidential Information” means, with respect
to each Party, all Know-How or other information, including
proprietary information and materials (whether or not patentable),
regarding such Party’s technology, products, business
information or objectives, that is communicated in any way or form
by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party, on or after the
Effective Date of this Agreement, and whether or not such Know-How
or other information is identified as confidential at the time of
disclosure; provided that, information not identified as
confidential by the Disclosing Party shall be deemed to be
Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if the Receiving
Party knows, or should have had a reasonable expectation, that the
information communicated by the Disclosing Party is Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party. The terms and conditions of
this Agreement shall be considered Confidential Information of both
Parties. Information disclosed by a Party under the Alliance
Agreement or under any other prior agreement between the Parties
that was required thereunder to be kept confidential shall be
treated as Confidential Information under this
Agreement.
1.17.
“ Control” or “Controlled”
means, with respect to any item of information, material or
intellectual property right, the possession, ownership, lease,
license (other than a license granted pursuant to this Agreement),
use or having held for use, directly or indirectly, by, on behalf
of or for the account of a Person, or by control over an Affiliate
by such Person, of the ability to grant to another Person access or
a license or sublicense as provided herein without violating the
terms of any agreement with any Third Party.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
3
1.18.
“ Cover,” “Covered,” or
“Covering” means, with respect to a Patent
Right, that, in the absence of a license granted to a Person under
a Valid Claim included in such Patent Right, the practice by such
Person of an invention claimed in such Patent Right would infringe
such Valid Claim (or, in the case of a Patent Right that is a
patent application, would infringe a Valid Claim in such patent
application if it were to issue as a patent).
1.19.
“ Develop” means to engage in
Development.
1.20.
“ Development” shall mean any pre-clinical,
non-clinical or clinical research and any drug development
activity, including discovery, research, toxicology, pharmacology
and other similar efforts, test method development and stability
testing, process development, formulation development, delivery
system development, quality assurance and quality control
development, statistical analysis, clinical studies (including pre-
and post-approval studies), regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance
and all activities directed to obtaining any Regulatory Approval,
including any marketing, pricing or reimbursement approval, and to
“ Develop ” shall be interpreted
accordingly.
1.21.
“ Disclosing Party” has the meaning assigned to
it in Section 7.1 .
1.22.
“ Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to it
in the preamble.
1.23.
“ FDA” means the United States Food and Drug
Administration or any successor agency having comparable
jurisdiction.
1.24.
“ Field” means all uses and all
indications.
1.25.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting
principles.
1.26.
“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
1.27.
“HSR Filing” means filings by each of Altus and
CFFT with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice of a
Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions
(as that term is defined in the HSR Act) with respect to the
matters set forth in this Agreement.
1.28.
“ IND” means an Investigational New Drug
Application filed with the FDA in the United States with respect to
Product and “IND Equivalent” means any similar
application filed with the Regulatory Authority in any other
country in the Territory with respect to Product.
1.29.
“Initial Priority Amount” has the meaning assigned
to it in Section 5.2 .
1.30.
“Intellectual Property” means all Altus Patent
Rights, trademarks, trademark applications, brand names, trade
names, trade secrets, software, copyrights, copyright applications,
inventions, technologies, Know-How, formulae, processes, all other
intellectual
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
4
property and
applications for any of the foregoing Controlled by Altus and all
proprietary rights to such Intellectual Property Controlled by
Altus, in each case as of the Effective Date, which are used or
useful for the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of
Product. For clarity, “Intellectual Property” includes
(i) all such intellectual property Controlled by Altus as of
the Effective Date that covers the composition of, formulation of,
or any method of making, method of delivering, or method of using,
any or all of the following enzymes: lipase, protease or amylase,
individually or in any combination and (ii) all developments
to, enhancements in, and new versions or improvements of the
Intellectual Property, whether or not patentable, which were
invented, developed, discovered or otherwise acquired by or for
Altus as a result of the development activities under the Alliance
Agreement.
1.31.
“ Know-How” means any inventions, discoveries,
data, information, trade secrets, processes, methods, techniques,
materials (including biological materials), technology,
developments, enhancements, improvements, results, cell lines,
biological materials, compounds, probes, sequences or other
know-how, whether or not patentable.
1.32.
“Letter Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it
in Recital B.
1.33.
“ Licensed Activities ” has the meaning assigned
to it in Section 8.1(c)(i) .
1.34.
“ Manufacturing ” means activities directed to
producing, manufacturing, processing, filling, finishing,
packaging, labeling, quality assurance testing and release,
shipping and storage of a product and the “
Manufacture ” shall be interpreted
accordingly.
1.35.
“ NDA” means a New Drug Application as described
in 21 C.F.R. § 314 or a Biological License Application
(BLA) as described in 21 C.F.R. § 601.2 filed with the
FDA in the United States with respect to Product and “ NDA
Equivalent ” means any similar regulatory marketing
approval application filed with the Regulatory Authority in any
other regulatory jurisdiction in the Territory with respect to
Product.
1.36.
“Net Profits” means, on an Product-by-Product
basis, the amount, if any, by which Net Sales obtained from the
sale of such Product in the Territory exceeds the sum of the
Selling Person’s:
(b) sales
and marketing expenses, including all costs of marketing, promotion
and advertising, including sample costs, detailing costs, costs for
preparing and reproducing detailing aids, Product promotional
materials and other promotional materials, costs of professional
education, Product related public relations, relationships with
opinion leaders and professional societies, market research,
healthcare economics studies, marketing studies related to the
Product, and other similar activities directly related to the
Product. direct and indirect expenses, such as samples, medical
education;
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
5
(c)
distribution expenses;
(d)
clinical and regulatory expenses for such Product incurred after
marketing approval;
(e)
intellectual property expenses, including all expenses of
(i) filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patents,
trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights
necessary or useful for Development, Manufacture or
Commercialization of such Product, (ii) any third party
license fees, including any license fee, royalty or other amount
payable to any Third Party under any current or future agreement to
obtain any such intellectual property right, and (iii) any
additional intellectual property related costs (such as litigation
costs and settlements); and
(f) all
other similar, post-approval costs and expenses properly allocable
to the Product under GAAP,
in each case to
the extent allocable under GAAP to such Net Sales of such Product
in the Territory.
1.37.
“ Net Sales” means the [*] for any sale of any
Product by CFFT or any CFFT Affiliate as applicable (a “
Selling Person ”), to a non-Affiliate of the Selling
Person, less the following deductions, in each case to the extent
specifically related to the Product and taken by the Selling Person
or otherwise paid for or accrued by the Selling Person (“
Permitted Deductions ”):
(a) trade,
cash, promotional and quantity discounts and wholesaler
fees;
(b) taxes
on sales (such as excise, sales or use taxes or value added taxes)
[*];
(c)
freight, insurance, packing costs and other transportation charges
[*];
(d)
amounts repaid or credits taken by reason of damaged goods,
rejections, defects, expired dating, recalls or returns or because
of retroactive price reductions;
(e) charge
back payments and rebates granted to [*]; and
(f)
documented custom duties actually paid by the Selling
Person.
Sales of
Products between or among CFFT and its Affiliates for resale, or
for use in the production or manufacture of any Product, shall not
be included within Net Sales; provided , however ,
that any subsequent sale of such Product (or any Product produced
or manufactured using such Product) by CFFT or its Affiliate to a
non-Affiliate Third Party shall be included within Net
Sales.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
6
If a Product is
sold as part of a bundle of distinct products ( i.e. , one
price is charged for a number of distinct products that are not
packaged together with another Product, the Net Sales for such
Product shall be based on the ratio of the Wholesale Acquisition
Cost for such Product to the sum of the Wholesale Acquisition Costs
for each product in such bundle. By way of example, if the
Wholesale Acquisition Cost for such Product when sold separately is
$10, and the sum of the Wholesale Acquisition Costs for each
product in such bundle when sold separately is $40, then the Net
Sales attributable to the Product when sold as part of the bundle
would be twenty-five percent (25%) of the Net Sales of the bundle
of products sold by the Selling Person.
1.38.
“Non-Compete Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7.
1.39.
“ Out-of-Pocket Costs” means costs and expenses
either (a) paid to Third Parties by either Party or its
Affiliates, (b) payable to Third Parties and accrued by either
Party or its Affiliates in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner
consistent with the accruing entity’s standard accounting for
such costs generally or (c) paid to Altus by CFFT pursuant to
this Agreement or the Letter Agreement with respect to the purchase
of raw materials or paid to Altus by CFFT for the fulfillment of
any obligations to Third Parties for services rendered for the
benefit of CFFT pursuant to a Non-Assignable Trial Agreement (as
defined in the Letter Agreement) or for any other work specifically
related to Development of the Product. Such costs include, without
limitation, clinical grants, materials, the costs of prosecuting
and maintaining Patent Rights and costs of a similar nature.
Capital equipment costs (other than depreciation) associated with
chemical or process development shall not be treated as
Out-of-Pocket Costs.
1.40.
“Patent Right” means any (a) patent,
(b) pending patent application, including, without limitation,
any provisional application, substitution, continuation,
continuation-in-part, division or renewal, or any patent granted
thereon, (c) any patent-of-addition, reissue, reexamination or
extension or restoration by any existing or future extension or
restoration mechanism, including, without limitation, any
supplementary protection certificate or the equivalent thereof, (d)
inventor’s certificate, (e) other form of
government-issued right substantially similar to any of the
foregoing or (f) any United States or foreign counterpart of
any of the foregoing. Patent Rights existing as of any specified
date shall include any patent or other Patent Right based on,
claiming priority to or arising from any Patent Right existing on
such date.
1.41.
“ Person” means any natural person, corporation,
firm, business trust, joint venture, association, organization,
company, partnership or other business entity, or any government,
or any agency or political subdivisions thereof.
1.42.
“Proceeds” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.1 .
1.43.
“ Product” means any pharmaceutical product that
contains one or more of the following enzymes: lipase, protease or
amylase, alone or in combination including, without limitation, the
product currently identified by Altus as “Trizytek” and
any derivatives thereof.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
7
1.44.
“ Receiving Party” has the meaning assigned to
it in Section 7.1 .
1.45.
“ Regulatory Approval ” shall mean any
technical, medical, scientific, marketing or other license,
registration, authorization or approval of any local, state,
national or international regulatory authority (including, without
limitation, any approval of a New Drug Application or Biologic
License Application) necessary for the Development, Manufacture or
Commercialization of a pharmaceutical product in any
jurisdiction.
1.46.
“Sublicensee” shall mean any Person who has
received, directly or indirectly, from CFFT a sublicense or other
grant of rights with respect to any right licensed to CFFT by Altus
pursuant to Section 2.3 .
1.47.
“Sued Party” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 8.1(c)(ii) . 1.48.
“Territory” means all countries of the
world.
1.49.
“Third Party” means any Person other than a Party
or an Affiliate of a Party.
1.50.
“Third Party License Agreement” means any Third
Party agreement pursuant to which Altus in-licenses Intellectual
Property. All material Third Party License Agreements are described
on Schedule 1.50 hereof.
1.51.
“Third Party IP Rights” has the meaning assigned to
it in Section 8.1(c)(ii) .
1.52.
“Trizytek” means liprotamase, a non-sterile, orally
administered biotechnology product that contains highly purified
preparations (drug substances) of amylase (from Aspergillus
oryzae ), a crystallized protease (from Aspergillus
melleus ), and a crystallized, cross-linked form of lipase
(from Burkholderia cepacia ) referred to as Lipase-CLEC,
each prepared individually. The three drug substances are blended
together along with inactive excipients to prepare the final drug
product.
1.53.
“Valid Claim” means a claim (a) of any issued,
unexpired patent that has not been revoked or held unenforceable or
invalid by a decision of a court or governmental agency of
competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken, or with
respect to which an appeal is not taken within the time allowed for
appeal, and that has not been disclaimed or admitted to be invalid
or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer, or otherwise, or
(b) of any patent application that has not been cancelled,
withdrawn, or abandoned or been pending for more than ten
years.
1.54. [*]
has the meaning assigned to it in
Schedule 1.50.
1.55. [*]
has the meaning assigned to it in
Schedule 1.50.
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
8
1.56.
“ Wholesale Acquisition Cost ” for any product
means the list price for wholesalers, distributors and other direct
accounts before any rebates, discounts, allowances or other price
concessions that might be offered by the supplier of the
product.
2.1. License
Grant by Altus. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Altus hereby confers upon CFFT an exclusive, [*] license
to practice and use the Intellectual Property to Develop, have
Developed, Manufacture, have Manufactured and Commercialize
Products for use in the Field in the Territory. The license granted
hereby shall be [*]. To the extent that the Intellectual Property
includes copyrights covering software or other documentation, CFFT
shall have the right to make, retain and use such copies of such
software and documentation as are reasonably necessary to exercise
its rights hereunder.
2.2. Retained
Rights of Altus. Nothing in this Agreement grants to CFFT any
right to any use of the name Altus or any similar trademark or
trade name.
2.3.
Sublicenses. CFFT shall have the right to sublicense [*] under
the license granted under Section 2.1 above to [*].
Prior to granting any such sublicense, CFFT shall ensure that all
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement for the benefit of
Altus, to the extent applicable, shall apply to such Sublicensee to
the same extent as they apply to CFFT for all purposes of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing [*]. CFFT shall promptly
provide Altus with a copy of any such sublicense agreement,
provided that such copy may be redacted to remove any
confidential information not related to the royalty rate,
milestones or any other economic terms of the
sublicense.
2.4. Third
Party License Agreements.
(a) License Grant Subject to Agreements. CFFT
acknowledges and agrees that any Intellectual Property Controlled
by Altus under any Third Party License Agreement is being licensed
by Altus to CFFT hereunder subject and subordinate to the terms of
such Third Party License Agreement in effect as of the Effective
Date. CFFT shall provide Altus, on Altus’ written request,
any information required to be provided by Altus to any Third Party
under the terms of a Third Party License Agreement.
(b) CFFT
Payments. CFFT shall pay to Altus or, at CFFT’s option,
directly to any Third Party licensor under each Third Party License
Agreement, all payments required to be made to such Third Party by
Altus as a result of (i) the achievement by CFFT or its
Affiliates or Sublicensees of any event requiring payment by Altus
to the Third Party, or (ii) the sale of any Product by CFFT,
its Affiliates or Sublicensees.
(c) No
Modification. No Third Party License Agreement shall be
modified or otherwise amended by Altus after the Effective Date in
any way that would increase
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
9
any payment or
other obligation of CFFT under this Agreement without CFFT’s
prior written consent.
2.5. License
Grant by CFFT. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, CFFT
hereby grants to Altus and its Affiliates a non-exclusive license
under the Intellectual Property to Develop, have Developed,
Manufacture and have Manufactured Products in the Field, solely to
the extent required in order for Altus to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the Letter Agreement.
2.6. No
Implied Rights. Except and only to the extent expressly
provided for in this Agreement, neither Party grants to the other
Party any license or other right under any intellectual property
right.
2.7. Competing
Products. Until the earlier of [*] (the “Non-Compete
Period” ), neither Altus nor any of its Affiliates shall
(a) [*] compete with any Product ( “Competing
Product” ), or (b) [*]; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 2.7 shall
not allow Altus to [*] if doing so would breach the terms of the
exclusive license grant to CFFT pursuant to Section 2.1
. The prohibitions of this Section 2.7 shall not apply
to any future Affiliate of Altus to the extent that such future
Affiliate is [*] solely on the basis of [*], provided
that with regard to each of clause (a) and (b), such
future Affiliate is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of Altus
and Altus does not otherwise hold, directly or indirectly, a
majority of the equity securities or other voting power in such
future Affiliate.
2.8. Section
365(n) of Bankruptcy Code. All rights and licenses now or
hereafter granted under or pursuant to any Section of this
Agreement, including Section 2.1 , are rights to
“intellectual property” (as defined in
Section 101(35A) of Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended (such Title 11, the “ Bankruptcy Code
”)). In the event of the commencement of a bankruptcy
proceeding by or against Altus under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,
Altus hereby grants to CFFT a right of access to and to obtain
possession of and to benefit from (a) copies of pre-clinical
and clinical research data and results, (b) laboratory
samples, (c) product samples and inventory, (d) Intellectual
Property, (e) copies of laboratory notes and notebooks, all of
which constitute “embodiments” of intellectual property
pursuant to Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (j) copies
of all other embodiments of such intellectual property in
Altus’ Control. Altus agrees not to interfere with
CFFT’s exercise of rights and licenses to intellectual
property licensed hereunder and embodiments thereof in accordance
with this Agreement and agrees to use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to assist CFFT to obtain such intellectual property and
embodiments thereof in the possession or control of Third Parties
as reasonably necessary or desirable for CFFT to exercise such
rights and licenses in accordance with this Agreement. The Parties
acknowledge and agree that all payments by CFFT to Altus hereunder
constitute royalties within the meaning of Section 365(n) of the
Bankruptcy Code or relate to licenses of intellectual property
hereunder.
2.9.
Assignment of Assigned Patent Rights and Altus Trademarks.
Altus hereby assigns to CFFT as of the Effective Date, pursuant to
assignments in the form attached as
Portions of this Exhibit are
omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of
the
Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application
requesting confidential treatment under Rule
24b-2 of the Exchange Act
10
Exhibit 2.9, (i) the Assigned Patent Rights and
(ii) the Altus Trademarks. All expenses incurred in recording
or otherwise effecting any such assignment shall be paid by
CFFT.
3.1.
General . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the Letter Agreement, CFFT shall be responsible for Development
of Products under this Agreement in the Territory and the costs and
expenses of such Development.
3.2. Clinical
Development. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Letter Agreement, CFFT shall have control of all
clinical Development of Products under this Agreement in the
Territory and the authority to make all decisions and regulatory
filings in connection with Development of Products in the
Territory.
3.3. Clinical
and Regulatory Matters in the Territory. Any IND, IND
Equivalent,
|