EXHIBIT 10.27
OPTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
The University of Chicago, an Illinois
not-for-profit corporation with principal offices at 5801 South
Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637 (the
“University”), and UR Labs, Inc., a California
corporation with principal offices at 10901 North Torrey Pines
Road, La Jolla, California 92037 (“URL”), enter into
this Agreement this ___ day of _________, 1985.
The University represents that it is the sole
owner of the entire right, title and interest to [*], and that it
has the full authority and right to grant licenses thereunder and
to grant rights thereto to URL as stated herein. The patent is
based upon research performed by [*]. URL is interested in
investigating the possibilities of developing, testing and
marketing a pharmaceutical utilizing the invention and, if
possible, securing additional patent protection covering the
Compound involved in the invention. The parties have agreed that
the University will provide URL with a four month exclusive option
to determine whether it wishes to license the patent and embark
upon a program of development and marketing.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as
follows:
Section 1. The following terms, as used in this Agreement,
shall have the meanings here ascribed to them:
a. “Compound” shall mean [*] having the
chemical structure [*].
b. “Patents” shall mean U.S. Patent [*]
as well as any patent application filed respecting other uses of
the Compound, and corresponding foreign patents.
c. “Net Selling Price” shall mean
invoice price fob factory less expenses incurred in the course of
business, such as, but not limited to handling,
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packaging,
agents fees and commissions, taxes, freight allowances, cash
discounts, volume or trade discounts and the like.
a. The University hereby grants URL an exclusive
option for the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and
extending until August 31, 1985 to acquire an exclusive license to
make, use and sell the Compound. URL and the University may extend
the option by written mutual agreement. URL may exercise the option
at any time during the option period by so notifying the University
in writing, whereupon the license shall automatically come into
force.
b. URL, at its expense, will engage patent counsel
to prepare and prosecute a domestic patent application and such
foreign applications based thereon as it shall deem desirable,
covering an additional and supplementary use of the Compound. Such
application shall be filed in the name of the inventor, [*], and
assigned to the University. Should URL elect not to exercise the
option herein granted, it shall assign whatever rights it may have
in the patent applications to the University which may proceed to
prosecute the case thereafter at its expense.
c. The parties shall ascertain what the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration will require to approve a drug based upon
the Compound. Any expenses of the University in determining this
information, including travel and similar expenses of [*] will be
reimbursed by URL.
d. URL will explore sources of capital to undertake
the further development, testing and marketing of the Compound.
Included will be an investigation of possible support from the
Small Business Innovation Research Program. URL will further
investigate sources of supply of the Compound.
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Section 3.
Program for Development and
Marketing . Upon
exercising the option set forth in 2(a) above, URL will develop, in
consultation with [*] and the University, a plan for proceeding
with the research, development, testing and registration of a drug
based upon the Compound. Such plan shall be modified as
circumstances indicate, in consultation with [*] and the
University. As shall be further agreed between the parties, some
portions of the clinical or other research to be performed for
development and registration purposes may be performed at the
University under such arrangement for reimbursement of costs as
shall be agreed upon between the parties. URL shall diligently
proceed with the research, development, testing and registration
and shall make every effort to bring a useful product to market as
soon as circumstances permit. URL shall furnish status reports at
least once a year, beginning one year after the exercise of the
option, showing its progress in this program. It is understood that
URL may engage [*] as a consultant on this project under terms that
shall not conflict with [*] responsibilities as a member of the
faculty of the University.
Section 4.
Exclusive License
Agreement .
a.
Grant of Exclusive
License .
1. Upon exercise of the option granted in Section
2(a), the University grants and conveys to URL an exclusive
license, with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use, or
sell Compound and/or products incorporating Compound worldwide
under the Patents.
1. URL shall pay to University a royalty of ______
of the Net Selling Price for Compound sold by URL or any
sublicensee or assignee.
2. University shall also receive ______________ of
any revenue received by URL from its sublicensees or assignees in a
form other than royalties.
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c.
Royalty Payment Terms and
Conditions .
1. Within 60 days following the close of each
quarter, URL shall provide University a written accounting report
for the quarter relating to Compound sold and for which a royalty
is due hereunder. The report shall set forth units sold and shall
indicate the quarterly amount of royalty due and payable
hereunder.
2. Payment of the quarterly royalty shall accompany
the quarterly report. Foreign payments should be converted to U.S.
currency at the prevailing rate at the time of payment. There shall
be deducted from all such payments the amount of any taxes which
are required to be withheld therefrom by any governmental
authority.
3. URL shall keep and shall require its
sublicensees to keep full and accurate books and records in
sufficient detail so that royalties payable hereunder can be
properly calculated. URL shall permit and shall require its
affiliates and sublicensees to permit independent accountants
designated by University, to whom URL has no reasonable objection,
to examine said books and records during business hours for the
purpose of verifying the accuracy of written reports submitted by
URL and the royalties paid or payable.
d.
Exclusive License
Conditions .
To maintain any exclusive license granted
hereunder as of right in a country where Compound is covered by
Patents, URL must exercise due diligence to obtain health
registration in each such country, and must commence commercial
sale of Compound within three (3) years of obtaining an approved
health registration in that country.
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Section 5.
Enforcement of Licensed
Patents .
In the event URL alleges that a third party
infringes a Licensed Patent, the prima facie
determination of infringement shall be made by an Independent
Patent Attorney (IPA) satisfactory to both the University and URL,
at their joint cost and expense.
(a) If the IPA finds that there is no prima
facie evidence of infringement by the alleged
infringer, then URL’s obligation to pay royalties under this
Agreement shall continue without abatement.
(b) If the IPA finds prima
facie evidence of the alleged infringement:
1) URL may elect to institute an action against
such third party, in which event:
(A) During the pendency of such action, URL may
suspend payment of royalties under the patent in suit in the
country of such action to the extent of any costs actually incurred
in such action; and
(B) If URL finally prevails, it shall thereafter
resume paying royalties, subject to URL’s recovery therefrom
of costs of litigation not theretofore recovered and shall retain
all damages which it may collect; and
(C) If URL finally loses:
(i) Because the third party is held not to be
infringing, URL shall thereafter resume paying royalties and shall,
in addition, pay to University such royalty payments as were
suspended under the terms of Section 5(b)(1)(A) hereof.
(ii) Because the patent is held invalid, URL shall
cease paying royalties in the country in which such invalidity has
been finally adjudicated, provided
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that Compound
is covered or the use thereof is covered only by claims which have
been held invalid.
2) If within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the determination of prima facie infringement,
URL does not elect to institute such an infringement action, the
University may elect to file such an infringement action, in which
event:
(A) URL shall continue to pay royalties during the
pendency of the action; and
(B) If University finally prevails, URL shall
continue to pay royalties as set forth in Section 4, provided that
if University is required to grant a license to the infringer, then
URL’s royalty rate shall be reduced to the lowest rate
granted to such an infringer;
(C) If the University finally loses:
(i) Because the third party is held not to be
infringing, URL will continue to pay royalties as set forth in
Section 4 hereof;
(ii) Because the patent is held invalid, URL shall
cease paying royalties in the country in which such invalidity has
been finally adjudicated, provided the Compound is covered or the
use thereof is covered only by claims which have been held
invalid.
(3) URL shall not be entitled to recover, as a
credit or otherwise, royalties paid before a final judgment of
invalidity.
(4) If neither URL nor University elects to
institute an infringement action, URL shall not be relieved of its
obligations to pay royalties hereunder.
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Section 6.
Term of Agreement,
Termination .
(a) The term of this Agreement shall be from the
effective date hereof until the expiration of the option period
specified in section 2(a) and subject to the exercise of the option
specified in Section 2(a) until the expiration of the last to
expire of the Licensed Patents.
(b) URL may terminate this Agreement, in whole or
with respect to any Licensed Patent upon thirty (30) days prior
written notice.
(c) If URL shall at any time default in any
obligation under this Agreement, including but not limited to
failing to make any report, pay any royalties or minimums, or
permit the inspection of its books and records as hereinabove
required, or fails for a period of three years from the date the
option in Section 2(a) is exercised to make substantial progress to
bring the invention to the market, and such default shall not be
cured within sixty (60) days after written notice from the
University to URL specifying the nature of the default, or in the
event URL pays into escrow, royalties which have accrued hereunder,
then URL shall have the right to terminate the URL license granted
to URL hereunder by giving written notice to URL and such
termination shall be effective on the date of such
notice.
(d) Any termination pursuant hereto shall not
relieve either party of any obligation or liability accrued
hereunder prior to such termination, nor rescind or give rise to
any right to rescind anything done or any payments made or other
consideration given hereunder prior to the time of such
termination.
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Section 7.
Warranty . University warrants and represents that it has
the full right and power to grant the options and license set forth
in this Agreement and that there are no outstanding agreements,
assignments or encumbrances inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement. University makes no other representation or
warranty, express or implied, nor does University assume any
liability in respect to any infringement of any patent or other
right of third parties due to URL’s activities under the
License.
Section 8.
Indemnity . URL agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
University and its employees and agents and [*] from and against
any and all claims, damages and liabilities asserted by third
parties, both government and private, arising from URL’s sale
of Compound to ultimate consumers and their use thereof.
Section 9.
General Conditions
.
a.
Notices . Any payment, notice or other communication
required or permitted to be made or given to either Party hereto
pursuant to this Agreement shall be sufficiently made or given on
the date of mailing if sent to such Party by certified or
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed to it at its address
set forth or to such other address as it shall designate by written
notice given to the other Party as follows:
In the case of
University:
Office of
Sponsored Programs
The University
of Chicago
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William Drell,
Ph.D., President
10901 North
Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla,
California 92037
b.
Governing Law
. The validity and interpretation of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Illinois.
c.
Changes to Agreement
. This Agreement may not be changed
except by an instrument in writing signed by duly authorized
officers or representatives of both of the parties
hereto.
d.
Assignment
. This Agreement shall not be
assignable by URL without the prior written consent of URL, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld, except to a successor in
ownership of all or substantially all of the business assets of
URL, and which successor shall expressly assume in writing the
performance of all the terms and conditions of this Agreement to be
performed by URL.
e.
Prior Agreements
. This instrument is the complete
and final Agreement between the parties hereunder with respect to
the matters treated herein, and supersedes all previous
negotiations, agreements, commitments, writings and understandings
whether written or oral.
f.
Patent Marking
.URL shall mark and shall require
its sublicenses to mark the packaging material for the Compound
with the U.S. Patent number under which the Compound is
licensed.
g. URL shall have no right to use the name or other
designations of the University in connection with any sales or
promotion of Compound without the express written consent of the
University.
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h. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement
shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties hereto
has caused this Agreement to be executed by its officers as of the
day and year first written.
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UR LABS,
INC.
By:
/s/ William Drell
William Drell
Title: President
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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO
By:
/s/ Donald Sigel
Title:
Director, Office of Sponsored
Programs
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Date:
June 4, 1985
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Date:
May 8, 1985
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UR LABS, INC.
10901 North Torrey Pines
Road
La Jolla, California
92037
Donald Sigal,
Director
Office of
Sponsored Programs
University of
Chicago
970 East 58th
Street
Chicago, IL
60637
In accordance
with Paragraph 2a. of the Option and License agreement dated May 8,
1985, UR Labs, Inc. is hereby exercising its option to acquire an
exclusive license to make, use, and sell [*] and any of its
congeners under U.S. Patent [*]. This is to take effect
immediately.
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UR Labs,
Inc.
By:
/s/ William Drell
William
Drell
President
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Acknowledged,
The University
of Chicago
By:
/s/ Donald Sigal
Donald
Sigal
Director, Office of Sponsored
Programs
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Date:
Sept. 9, 1985
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AMENDMENT TO
OPTION
AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
The University of Chicago, an Illinois
not-for-profit corporation (the “University”) and U.R.
Labs, Inc., a California corporation (“URL”) enter into
this agreement this 17th day of September, 1987 to amend the
Agreement dated May 8, 1985 between them. The parties agree to
amend Section 4, paragraph b (1) of such agreement to read as
follows:
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URL shall pay
the University a royalty of [*] of the Net Selling Price for
Compound sold by URL or any sublicensee or assignee under a U.S.
patent. URL shall pay to the University [*] of any royalties (or
income in lieu of royalties) received by URL from licensing or
assigning rights to have made, use, or sell compound and/or
products incorporating Compound under patents other than a U.S.
patent.
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In all other
respects the agreement of May 8, 1985 shall remain in effect as
previously agreed upon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Agreement as of the day first written above.
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UR LABS,
INC.
By:
/s/ William Drell
William Drell
Its:
President
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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO
By:
/s/ Janett
Trubatch
Janett Trubatch
Its: Associate
Vice President for Research
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO OPTION
AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
The University of Chicago, an Illinois
not-for-profit corporation (the “University”) , ARCH
Development Corporation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation
(“ARCH”) and UR Labs, Inc., a California corporation
(“URL”) enter into this Agreement this 3rd day of
March, 1989.
The University and URL entered into an Option
and License Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated May 8,
1985 which granted URL an option, and, if it exercised the option,
a license respecting the development and marketing of a patent or
patents identified therein (the “patent”), based on
research performed by [*]. URL exercised the option in the
Agreement and is exclusive licensee of the patent. On September 17,
1987 the University and URL entered into an amendment to the
Agreement, altering royalty terms of the Agreement. Since then the
University formed ARCH to handle technology arising at the
University, and ARCH has undertaken to represent the
University’s interests with respect to the
Agreement.
ARCH and URL have discussed a new patent
application to be filed on additional potential uses of the
Compound covered by the patent. It is the purpose of this amendment
to add ARCH as a party, indicate the arrangements concerning the
additional patent application and further modify royalty terms of
the Agreement.
THEREFORE,
PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. URL, using patent counsel of its choosing,
shall prepare, file and prosecute a domestic patent application on
the new development [*], and will pay all costs for such actions.
URL shall apply for and prosecute, at its expense, such foreign
applications based on the domestic patent as in its discretion it
deems wise, which actions shall be at its expense. All such patent
application, domestic and foreign, shall be assigned to ARCH. URL
shall advise ARCH of the countries in which it will seek patent
protection and permit ARCH at its expense to apply for patent
applications based on the domestic patent application in any other
countries, provided that the notice shall be early enough such that
ARCH may make such application. URL shall pay the expense of
maintenance of any such new patent application, and if it
decides
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to discontinue
payment shall offer to assign the patent or patent application to
ARCH so that it may continue such patent or patent
applications.
2. Section 4, paragraph b as amended is further
amended to read as follows:
a. URL shall pay to the University [*] of all
royalties received by URL from the sublicensing of any patent
covered by this Agreement, based on the Net Selling Price for
Compound sold. Should URL sell any product based upon the patent
directly, or through a subsidiary, it shall pay the University [*]
of the Net Selling Price for Compound sold.
b. URL shall pay the University [*] of any
up-front fe