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Exhibit 10.37
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT
This
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), effective as of January 30, 2006 (the
“Effective Date”) is made by and between Pharmion
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware,
USA, with a place of business at 2525-28th Street, Suite 200,
Boulder, Colorado, 803301, USA (“Pharmion Corporation”) and
Pharmion GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharmion Corporation registered in
Switzerland having its principle place of business at Aeschenvorstadt 71, 4051
Basel, Switzerland (“Pharmion GmbH” and, collectively with
Pharmion Corporation, “Pharmion”) on the one hand and
MethylGene Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Quebec, Canada, with
its principal place of business at 7220 Frederick-Banting, Suite 200,
Montreal, Québec H4S 2A1, Canada (“MG”). Each of
Pharmion and MG shall be referred to as a “Party” and,
together, as the “Parties.”
BACKGROUND
A. MG
has developed certain proprietary technology related to small molecule HDAC
Inhibitors (as defined below), which may be useful for developing
pharmaceutical products for the treatment and prophylaxis of cancer in humans.
B. Pharmion
possesses pharmaceutical development and commercialization capabilities.
C. MG
has identified certain novel, proprietary HDAC Inhibitors, including the
Compound designated as MGCD0103, which MG is pursuing as potential development
candidates for cancer.
D. MG
and Pharmion desire to collaborate to pursue potential commercial development
in the cancer field of one or more HDAC Inhibitors, discovered by MG prior to
the Effective Date, and discover and potentially commercialize additional HDAC
Inhibitors as potential development compounds for cancer, all on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
E. In
addition, MG desires to grant to Pharmion, and Pharmion desires to obtain, a
license from MG of HDAC Inhibitors for use in the Territory (as defined below)
in the Field (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants, conditions, and
undertakings hereinafter set forth, it is agreed by and between the Parties as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1
“Actions” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.5.
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1.2
“Additional Clinical Candidate(s)” shall mean a Selected
Compound with respect to which IND enabling studies have been completed
pursuant to the Collaboration, other than the Initial Clinical Candidate.
1.3
“Additional Partner” shall mean each Third Party who is
granted by MG, directly or indirectly, a right to market or commercialize
Compounds and/or Products outside the Territory, other than a Non-Cancer
Partner or an Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner. It is understood that, for purposes
of this definition, “a right to market or commercialize” shall
include an option to acquire such rights. As of the Effective Date, the sole Additional
Partner is Taiho.
1.4
“Affiliate” shall mean, in the case of a subject entity,
another entity which controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
the subject entity. For purposes of this definition only, “control”
shall mean beneficial ownership (direct or indirect) of at least fifty percent
(50%) of the shares of the subject entity entitled to vote in the election of
directors (or, in the case of an entity that is not a corporation, in the
election of the corresponding managing authority).
1.5
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
1.6
“Audited Party” and “Auditing Party”
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 12.5.1.
1.7
“Cancer Compound” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.7.1.
1.8
“Cancer HDAC Research” shall mean Research conducted by or
under authority of MG that is not conducted as part of Non-Cancer HDAC
Research.
1.9
“Cancer Royalty” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.7.1.
1.10
“Change of Control” shall mean with respect to a Party,
(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 a Party, or
(c) the sale or other transfer to a Third Party of all or substantially
all of a Party’s assets.
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1.11
“Clinical Studies” shall mean the Preclinical Studies, as
well as those certain clinical trials of a Compound and/or Product in the
Territory in the Field, as set forth in the Development Plans established in
accordance with Article 4 below.
1.12
“Collaboration” shall mean the Research, the Development and
the Commercialization conducted pursuant to this Agreement.
1.13
“Collaboration Term” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 20.1.
1.14
“Commercialization Costs” shall mean, with respect to a
Product Co-Promoted in North America, the variable costs and fixed costs
properly incurred by each Party with respect to work performed by the Parties
and their subcontractors in connection with the conduct of the applicable
Commercialization Plan for such Product, and in accordance with the budget
contained therein, including (a) the Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods for
batches of such Product sold, (b) marketing, distribution and sales expenses
attributable to a Product, including costs incurred in connection with
commercial launch, market research, post-approval marketing studies,
advertising, producing Product Promotional Materials, sponsoring seminars and
symposia (including continuing medical education sponsored by the Marketing
Party), sales training meetings and seminars specific to the Product,
reimbursement and other patient support services, distribution costs, product
liability insurance, transportation expenses including insurance (but only to
the extent not charged to customers), inventory losses (except to the extent
caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a Party), allocated
based upon the proportion of such expenses directly attributable to such
Product or the activities of the Parties in connection with the conduct of the
Commercialization Plan, (c) to the extent not included in the Fully
Absorbed Cost of Goods of a Product, license fees, milestone payments and other
amounts required to be paid to Third Parties in consideration for rights
required to conduct activities under the applicable Commercialization Plan as
agreed to pursuant to this Agreement, allocated based on the proportion of such
costs directly attributable to such Product, (d) costs associated with
Prosecution and enforcement of Licensed Patents in North America pursuant to
Sections 17.4 and 17.6 covering any Co-Promoted Products and defense of
Third Party intellectual property claims in North America pursuant to
Section 17.5 incurred after the Marketing Approval of such Product, and
(e) post-Marketing Approval regulatory expenses directly related to the
Product, including costs to maintain such Marketing Approval (including user
fees paid after Marketing Approval), medical and safety activities, adverse
event reporting, market withdrawals, field adjustments or recalls. For purposes
of this paragraph and to the extent agreed upon by the JSC and included in the
applicable Commercialization Plan, “variable costs” shall be
deemed to be the cost of labor (calculated on a full-time equivalent basis) and
other material resources directly consumed in the execution of the applicable
Commercialization Plan and “fixed costs” shall be deemed to
be the fixed costs directly related to the execution of the applicable
Commercialization Plan, allocated based upon the proportion of such costs
directly attributable to support of the applicable Commercialization Plan or by
such other method of cost allocation as may be approved by the JSC. A
Party’s internal costs associated with efforts of sales representatives
shall be allocated to Commercialization Costs based on reasonable metrics
established by the JSC prior to obtaining Marketing Approval of a Product.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all cost determinations made
hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP.
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1.15
“Commercialization Plan” shall mean, with respect to a
Product, the comprehensive plan and budget for such Product, as more fully
described in Section 5.4 and approved by the JSC in accordance
Sections 3.1 and 5.4.2.
1.16
“Commercialization Program” shall mean, with respect to a
Product, the program for the Commercialization of such Product, as more fully
described in Section 5.4 and the applicable Commercialization Plan.
1.17
“Commercialization” shall mean any and all activities
directed to marketing, promoting, distributing, offering for sale and selling a
Product, importing a Product for sale and manufacturing a Product for sale.
1.18
“Commercially Reasonable and Diligent Efforts” shall mean
the carrying out of obligations in a diligent and sustained manner using
efforts reasonably necessary or appropriate to actively develop a product in an
expeditious manner, taking into consideration the countries in question and the
market potential for such product. “Market potential” for a product
shall be fairly determined in good faith and without limitation may be based
upon the market size, labeled indication, price, competition, patent rights,
product liability issues and general marketing parameters. Without limiting the
foregoing, Commercially Reasonable and Diligent Efforts requires that the
applicable party: (a) promptly assign responsibility for such obligations
to specific employee(s) who are held accountable for progress and monitor such
progress on an on-going basis, (b) set and consistently seek to achieve
specific meaningful objectives for carrying out such obligations, and
(c) consistently make and implement decisions and allocate the full
complement of resources necessary or appropriate to advance progress with
respect to such objectives in accordance with the foregoing, in each case in a
manner similar to other high priority drug development programs.
1.19
“Complaint” shall mean any oral or written communication of
dissatisfaction regarding the identity, quality, durability, reliability or
performance of a Product. Examples include, but are not limited to appearance,
low fills, foreign materials, foreign product, defective packaging or defective
labeling.
1.20
“Compounds” shall mean all HDAC Inhibitors identified,
synthesized, discovered or acquired (collectively, “Discovered”)
by or under authority of MG or its Affiliates: (a) prior to the Effective Date,
or (b) during the Research Term, or (c) any time during the term of
this Agreement after the Research Term, if Discovered in connection with Cancer
HDAC Research, or (d) any time during the term of this Agreement prior to [***]
after completion of the last Cancer HDAC Research, if Discovered pursuant to
Non-Cancer HDAC Research; provided that in each case such HDAC Inhibitors are
used or useful in the Field. With respect to each Compound, such Compound shall
include all salts, esters, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs, free base, isomers,
prodrugs, metabolites, conjugated forms and/or liposomal or other formulations
thereof, and other compositions consisting of such Compound non-covalently
bounded with other moieties. In the event that MG or its Affiliate has entered
or enters into an agreement with a Third Party (including an Additional Partner
or Non-Cancer Partner) in connection with Research or prior to the end of the
time periods, each as described in clauses (a) through (d) above,
Compounds shall
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include HDAC Inhibitors
Discovered by or under authority of such Third Party during the term of its
right to conduct Research granted by MG, but shall exclude those compounds that
were identified or being developed by such Third Party, as an inhibitor that
directly inhibits the activity of HDAC enzymes or that has therapeutic effect
through the inhibition of HDAC enzymes, prior to the time an agreement was
first entered into with MG or its Affiliate. For clarity, it is understood that
as used herein, the term “Discovered” shall be deemed to include
HDAC Inhibitors covered by a patent application filed during the particular
period, it being understood that the set of HDAC Inhibitors covered by a patent
or patent application shall not be deemed a single Compound for purposes of
defining Selected Compounds and Non-Cancer Selected Compounds below, solely
because they are covered by such patent application.
1.21
“Compound Disclosure Date” shall mean ninety (90) days
after the Compound Registration Date with respect to any Compound.
1.22
“Compound Registration Date” shall mean, with respect to all
Compounds, the date such Compound is Registered in the MG Compound Registry,
which shall be no later than thirty (30) days after the date such Compound is
first synthesized or acquired by or on behalf of MG or its Affiliates, a
Non-Cancer Partner or its Affiliates, any Additional Partner or its Affiliates
or Pharmion or its Affiliates, as the case may be.
1.23
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 16.1.
1.24
“Contracted Research Work” shall mean the research work
conducted by or under authority of MG which is funded, in whole or in part, by
Pharmion under this Agreement, including without limitation all Research
conducted under the Research Plan.
1.25
“Controlling Party” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.5.
1.26
“Co-Promote” or “Co-Promoted” or “Co-Promoting”
or “Co-Promotion” shall mean to promote jointly a Product in
North America through Pharmion and MG and their respective sales forces under
both Parties’ trade names (in accordance with Section 5.5.2), unless
otherwise agreed.
1.27
“Cost of Goods” shall mean, with respect to units of a
Compound or Product to be supplied to a Party hereunder: (a) those costs
of the supplying party associated with the manufacture of such units that would
normally be included as inventoriable costs of such units in accordance with
GAAP, and would include raw materials (including normal scrap) and actual
direct labor costs and a proper allocation of overhead, subject to
Section 11.3 below (i.e., with respect to Third Party royalties),
and would exclude excess capacity, unusable raw materials, cost of capital and
other costs not normally included as inventoriable costs as set forth above; or
(b) if the units are purchased from a Third Party that is not an
Affiliate, the purchase price thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, royalties
paid by the manufacturing party with respect to patent rights for generic
manufacturing processes used in such manufacture, but that are not primarily
used for nor primarily related to Compounds, Products and/or HDAC, shall not be
treated as a Third Party royalties subject to Section 11.3 below, for
purposes of Section 1.27(a).
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1.28
“Data” shall mean, collectively, Research Data, Preclinical
and Clinical Data and Manufacturing Data.
1.29
“Detail” shall mean an interactive face-to-face contact of a
sales representative, who is fully equipped with, and knowledgeable of,
applicable Product Promotional Materials and Product labeling, 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 Product are described by
the sales representative in a fair and balanced manner consistent with the
requirements of this Agreement and applicable laws and regulations, and in a
manner that is customary in the industry for the purpose of promoting a
prescription pharmaceutical product. Details shall be accounted for in
accordance with the Marketing Party’s internal methodology for recording
such activity as approved by the JSC.
1.30
“Development” shall mean the Preclinical Development and the
clinical development of each Compound selected by the JSC for Clinical Studies;
such activities shall include, among others, test method development and
stability testing, toxicology, formulation, process development, including
process automation, manufacturing scale-up, development-stage manufacturing and
QC/QA.
1.31
“Development Costs” with respect to a Product shall mean the
variable costs and fixed costs incurred after the Effective Date by a Party
pursuant to the conduct of activities covered by this Agreement and in
accordance with the relevant approved Development Plan (including the budget
contained therein), for the development of such Product, including
(a) direct, out-of-pocket external costs, including clinical grants,
clinical laboratory fees, formulation costs and the cost of studies conducted
and services provided by contract research organizations for clinical
development and IND enabling studies and individuals, consultants, toxicology
contractors, and manufacturers necessary or useful for the purpose of obtaining
Marketing Approvals for such Product, (b) costs incurred in connection
with process development and pre-clinical and clinical Product supply as set
forth in the relevant approved Development Plan for such Product, including the
efforts of Pharmion and MG to develop and document process methods and
procedures for the manufacture of such Product, manufacturing process
improvements, scale-up, manufacturing site qualification, supply chain
management and storage and the Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods for batches of such
Product manufactured and supplied for use in Clinical Studies, (c) costs
for preparing, submitting, reviewing or developing data or information for the
purpose of submissions to any Regulatory Authority, including submission of
applications to obtain Marketing Approvals for such Product (including user
fees paid prior to Marketing Approval), (d) to the extent not otherwise
included in Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods of a Product, license fees and other
amounts paid to a Third Party pursuant to a Third Party agreement in
consideration for rights necessary to conduct activities under the Development
Plans as approved by the JSC and (e) costs associated with Prosecution and
enforcement of Licensed Patents in North America pursuant to Sections 17.4
and 17.6 and defense of Third Party intellectual property claims in North
America pursuant to Sections 17.5 to the extent not included in
Commercialization Costs. For purposes of this definition and to the extent
agreed upon by the JSC and included in the applicable Development Plan, “variable
costs” means the cost of labor (calculated on a full-time equivalent
basis) and other material resources directly
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consumed in the conduct of
and in accordance with the Development Plans; and “fixed costs”
means the fixed costs directly related to the conduct of activities under the
Development Plans, allocated based upon the proportion of such costs directly
attributable to the support or performance of activities under the Development
Plans or by such other method of cost allocation as may be approved by the JSC.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all cost determinations made
hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP.
1.32
“Development Plans” shall mean the plans and budgets for
Development, as described in Article 4.
1.33
“Distributor” shall mean a Third Party in one or more
countries in the Territory that (a) purchases a Product in finished form
or in bulk form (to be packaged or labeled by such Third Party in accordance
with applicable law) from Pharmion, its Sublicensees or their Affiliates for
such country(ies) for a price which in no event is less than seventy-five
percent (75%) of the average selling price of such Product in countries that
are member states of the European Union within the Territory, (b) assumes
responsibility from Pharmion for all or a portion of the Commercialization of
such Product in such country(ies) and (c) sells such Product in such
country(ies). The countries in which Pharmion has engaged a Distributor as of
the Effective Date are identified in Exhibit 1.33.
1.34
“DMF” shall mean the Drug Master File filed with the FDA or
such corresponding files in other countries or regulatory jurisdictions of the
Territory, in each case, with respect to a Product for use within the Field.
1.35
“Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
1.36
“EMEA” shall mean the European Medicines Agency and any
successor agency thereto.
1.37
“Enforcement Action” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.6.
1.38
“Exempt Patent Licensees” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 8.3.3(a).
1.39
“FDA” shall mean the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or
any successor agency.
1.40
“Field” shall mean the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment
of cancer in humans (including neoplasia and other pre-cancerous conditions,
including myelodysplasia syndrome) using a Compound or Product.
1.41
“Full Time Equivalent” or “FTE” shall
mean one (1) full-time research scientist, or in the case of less than a
full-time dedicated research scientist, a full-time, equivalent person year of
activities under the Research Plan. The term “research scientists”
means personnel of MG assigned to conduct research, scientific and/or technical
activities under the Research Plan and having qualifications reasonably
approved by the JSC.
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1.42
“Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods” with respect to units of a
Product shall mean (a) the variable costs and fixed costs incurred by a Party
associated with the manufacture (inclusive of finishing processes including
filling, packaging, labeling and/or other preparation) quality assurance,
quality control and other testing, storage and shipping of batches of such
units of such Product or (b) if such units or components of a Product are
not manufactured by the Parties, the amounts paid to the vendor plus costs
associated with acquisition from such vendor plus the other variable costs and
fixed costs incurred by a Party associated with any finishing processes
conducted by such Party, including filling, packaging, labeling and QA/QC
testing. For purposes of this definition, “variable costs”
means the cost of labor (calculated on a full-time equivalent basis), raw
materials, scrap, obsolescence, supplies and other resources directly consumed
in the manufacture, quality assurance, quality control and other testing,
storage and shipping of batches of such Product, and “fixed costs”
means the cost of facilities, utilities, insurance (including any product
liability insurance or accrual for self-insurance), facility and equipment
depreciation and other fixed costs directly related to the manufacture, quality
assurance, quality control and other testing, storage and shipping of batches
of such Product, as well as amounts paid to Third Parties under a Third Party
agreement (subject to Section 11.3 below), as a result of the manufacture, use
or sale of such units of Products. Fixed costs shall be allocated to such units
of Product based upon the proportion of such costs directly attributable to
support of the manufacturing, quality assurance, quality control and other
testing, storage and shipping processes for such Product. If a facility is used
to manufacture Products and has the capacity to manufacture products for other
programs of either Pharmion or MG, fixed costs shall be allocated in proportion
to the actual use of such facility for the manufacture of Products and the
capacity to manufacture products for such other programs. For the avoidance of
doubt, no idle capacity of a manufacturing facility, or a proportionate use
thereof, shall be included in Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods except, in the case
of a facility dedicated solely to the manufacture of Products, it shall be
included to the extent the JSC determines in good faith that such facility is
appropriately sized. Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods shall exclude all costs
otherwise reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement. All cost determinations made
hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
royalties paid by the manufacturing party with respect to patent rights for
generic manufacturing processes used in such manufacture, but that are not
primarily used for nor primarily related to Compounds, Products and/or HDAC,
shall not be treated as a Third Party royalties subject to Section 11.3
below, for purposes of Section 1.42(a).
1.43
The “FTE Rate” for Research conducted by MG hereunder shall
be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (US $250,000) per FTE (consisting of
at least a total of eighteen hundred (1,800) hours per calendar year, or such
other number as may be agreed by the JSC) for work directly related to the
Research or any other activities contemplated under the Research Plan. No
additional payment shall be made with respect to any person who works more than
eighteen hundred (1,800) hours per calendar year and any person who devotes
less than eighteen hundred (1,800) hours per calendar year shall be treated as
an FTE on a pro-rata basis based upon the actual number of hours worked divided
by eighteen hundred (1,800). Each Party acknowledges that the foregoing FTE
rate has been set to include all salary, employee benefits, materials and other
expenses, including support staff and overhead for or associated with an FTE.
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1.44
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied.
1.45
“Generic Competition” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.5.1.
1.46
“Global Development Committee” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.2.
1.47
“HDAC” shall mean histone deacetylase and shall include
without limitation any one of a family of enzymes that remove acetyl groups
from amino groups of lysine residues at the N-terminus of a histone, including
but not limited to HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, HDAC4, HDAC5, HDAC6, HDAC7, HDAC8,
HDAC9, HDAC10, HDAC11, SIRT1, SIRT2, SIRT3, SIRT4, SIRT5, SIRT6, SIRT7, and any
histone deacetylase as described or referenced in MG’s patent application
WO2003024448A2, or the articles Nature Reviews, Drug Discovery, 1, 287-299
(2002) or J. Biol. Chem., 277, 25748-55 (2002).
1.48
“HDAC Assay” shall mean the evaluation in vitro of a
compound’s dose dependent inhibition of at least one (1) isolated,
partially purified, recombinant human HDAC enzyme from any HDAC Class I or
HDAC Class II enzyme families.
1.49
“HDAC Inhibitors” means Small Molecules that directly
inhibit HDAC enzymatic activity or which have therapeutic effect through the
inhibition of HDAC enzymes. The Parties hereby agree that such inhibition must
be with an IC50 value less than or equal to [***] towards at least one
of the tested HDAC isotypes using the HDAC Assay.
1.50
“Indemnitor” or “Indemnitee” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 19.5.
1.51
“Initial Clinical Candidate” shall mean the Compound
designated internally at MG as MGCD0103 (as further identified in a side letter
between the Parties exchanged on the Effective Date), or any other Compound as
selected by the JSC to replace MGCD0103 as a clinical candidate.
1.52
“Initial Clinical Candidate Milestone Events” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1.1.
1.53
“Insolvency Event” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 20.2.2.
1.54
“IND” shall mean an Investigational New Drug application, as
defined in the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or comparable filing in a foreign jurisdiction, in each
case, with respect to a Product for use within the Field.
1.55
“JAMS” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 21.1.
1.56
“Joint Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 17.2.
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1.57
“Joint Steering Committee” or “JSC” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.58
“Licensed Technology” shall mean the Licensed Patents and
Licensed Technical Information.
1.59
“Licensed Patents” shall mean all patents and all reissues,
renewals, re-examinations, and extensions thereof, and patent applications
therefor, and any divisions, continuations, in whole or in part, thereof, which
claim or otherwise cover the composition, manufacture, sale or use of a
Compound(s) or a Product(s), that are owned or acquired by MG or its
Affiliates, or that cover inventions made by or under authority of MG or its Affiliates,
prior to or during the term of this Agreement, including those patents and
applications listed on Exhibit 1.59. It is understood and agreed that for
purposes of this Agreement, “acquired” when applied to patents,
information, data, materials or other intellectual property shall include such
items that are in-licensed, of or within the scope of the relevant licenses,
rights or obligations herein, including, without limitation, the Taiho Blocking
Patents (as that term is defined in the Taiho Agreement), Non-Cancer Partner
Blocking Patents and any similar blocking patents licensed to MG pursuant to an
agreement with an Additional Partner.
1.60
“Licensed Technical Information” shall mean all material
confidential information and tangible materials related to the development,
manufacture, sale or use of a Compound or a Product, including, but not limited
to: pharmaceutical, chemical, biological and biochemical compositions; and
technical data and information; available descriptions, if any, of assays,
methods and processes; the results of tests, including without limitation
screening results, SAR data, optimization data, in vitro and in vivo data;
preclinical, clinical and research, manufacturing processes and procedures;
analytical and quality control data; and plans, specifications and/or other
documents containing said information and data; in each case which are owned or
acquired by MG prior to the Effective Date or discovered, developed or acquired
by or under authority of MG or its Affiliates during the term of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensed Technical Information shall
not include confidential information or tangible materials generated by a
Non-Cancer Partner or MG in collaboration with a Non-Cancer Partner (in each case,
other than those items set forth in part 1.121B of Exhibit 1.121), unless
such confidential information or tangible materials is permitted by the
Non-Cancer Partner to be provided to an Additional Partner and is not specific
to indications outside the Field. As used in this Section 1.60 and in
Sections 1.64, 1.108 and 1.121 below, information, data or materials shall
be deemed generated by MG “in collaboration” with a Non-Cancer
Partner only if such information, data or materials is generated in the course
of Research directly solely to indications outside the Field that: (a) is
conducted pursuant to an agreement with such Non-Cancer Partner in compliance
with this Agreement; (b) is funded initially at least [***] percent
([***]%) by such Non-Cancer Partner and continues to be funded in whole
or in part by such Non-Cancer Partner over the entire course of such Research;
and (c) is not conducted by MG personnel who are involved in Research that
is not directed solely to indications outside the Field.
1.61
“Litigation Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.6.
[***]
= 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.
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1.62
“MAA” shall mean a marketing authorization application filed
with the EMEA pursuant to the centralized approval procedure or with the
applicable Regulatory Authority of a country of the Territory in Europe with
respect to the mutual recognition or any other national approval procedure.
1.63
“Major Country” shall mean the United States of America,
Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
1.64
“Manufacturing Data” shall mean all material information and
data relating to or used in connection with the manufacturing of Compounds
and/or Products by MG, Pharmion, Additional Partners, their Affiliates, or
others working under authority of such entities, including without limitation,
such information and data as generated or used during process development,
stability studies, formulation development, scale-up of manufacturing,
production of preclinical and clinical product batches, validation studies,
development of quality assurance/quality control testing, and related
regulatory affairs; and all information and data contained in the DMF or in the
CMC section of an IND or NDA (or their counterparts in other countries) with
respect to Compounds and/or Products. Without limiting the foregoing,
Manufacturing Data shall include information and data described in
Exhibit 1.64. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent MG, Pharmion,
Additional Partners or their Affiliates do not have rights to such know-how,
the term “Manufacturing Data” shall exclude any proprietary
manufacturing know-how described in a DMF that was disclosed by a contract
manufacturer of MG, Pharmion, Additional Partners or their Affiliates directly
to the Regulatory Authority (and not to MG, Pharmion, Additional Partners or
their Affiliates), which know-how had been independently developed by such
contract manufacturer outside of its relationship with MG, Pharmion, Additional
Partners or their Affiliates; provided that in the case of a contract
manufacturer of MG, MG ensures that, upon the request of Pharmion, such
contract manufacturer shall file with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory a
similar DMF containing such know-how in support of Pharmion’s regulatory
filings. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, Manufacturing Data shall
not include information or data generated by a Non-Cancer Partner or MG in
collaboration with a Non-Cancer Partner, unless the same is provided to an
Additional Partner and is not specific to indications outside the Field.
1.65
“Marketing Approval” shall mean all approvals, registrations
or authorizations of any governmental entity that are necessary for the
manufacturing, use, storage, import, transport and sale of a Compound or
Product in a regulatory jurisdiction. For countries where governmental approval
is required for pricing or reimbursement for the Product to be reimbursed by
national health insurance, Marketing Approval shall not be deemed to occur
until such pricing or reimbursement approval is obtained; provided, that
Marketing Approval shall be deemed to have occurred in such country where
government approval of pricing has not been obtained if, at any time, the party
undertakes a full commercial launch of such Product in the country without
obtaining pricing approval.
1.66
“Marketing Party” shall mean the Party designated under this
Agreement as having specific responsibilities for marketing, sales and
distribution of a Product within a particular country, as set forth in
Section 5.4.
[***]
= 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.
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1.67
“Material Non-Performance” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 20.2.2.
1.68
“MG” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.69
“MG Blocking Patents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.7(a).
1.70
“MG Compound Registry” shall mean the comprehensive registry
of Compounds maintained by or on behalf of MG, which comprehensive registry
includes (i) all Compounds, (ii) the chemical structure of each
Compound, (iii) a unique identifying number for each Compound,
(iv) the Compound Registration Date for such Compound, (v) the
potency of each Compound, as determined by MG, and (vi) such other
information and Data as MG may determine to include in the MG Compound Registry
from time to time, in each case in a format suitable to reasonably enable
Pharmion to access and use Compounds as contemplated by this Agreement.
1.71
“MG Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 19.2.
1.72
“[***]Programs” shall mean an [***]
research and development program directed solely to the discovery and/or
characterization of HDAC Inhibitors having therapeutic utility in particular
disease areas outside the Field and with respect to which [***] is
devoting [***] resources or causing resources to be devoted but
excluding Non-Cancer Partners.
1.73
“MG Opt-out Right” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.
1.74
“[***] Reserve Compounds” shall mean a list of
up to [***] individual Compounds designated by [***] as potential
development candidates which [***] desires to reserve in the Territory
in the fields of [***] Programs in accordance with Section 5.3.3(b)
below. The [***] Reserve Compounds as of the Effective Date are
identified on Exhibit 18.2.4.
1.75
“[***] Selected Compounds” shall mean
(i) those individual Compounds selected by [***] under
Section 5.3.3(d), (ii) those Compounds that are [***] Selected
Compounds in accordance with Section 5.3.3(c) below, and (iii) [***]
Reserve Compounds selected in accordance with Section 5.3.3(b) below, in each
case subject to Section 5.3.4. With respect to each such Compound, the [***]
Selected Compound shall also include the prodrugs, metabolites, salts, esters,
hydrates, solvates, free base, polymorphs, isomers thereof, conjugated forms
and/or liposomal or other formulations thereof and other compositions
consisting of such Compound non-covalently bonded with other moieties, which
together shall be deemed a single [***] Selected Compound (and a single [***]
Reserve Compound) for purposes of Sections 5.3.3(b)(iii), 5.3.3(c) and
5.3.3(d) below.
1.76
“Milestone Events” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1.2.
1.77
“NDA” shall mean a New Drug Application pursuant to
Section 505 of the United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. Section 355) and the regulations promulgated thereunder related to
a Product submitted to the FDA or any successor application
[***]
= 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.
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or procedure or any foreign
counterpart of a U.S. New Drug Application for approval to market (such as a
MAA for EMEA), including, where applicable, applications for pricing and
reimbursement approval, and all supplements and amendments thereto.
1.78
“Net Profits and Losses” shall mean, as to any period for
which there is a determination thereof, Net Revenues less Commercialization
Costs; provided that in no event shall any amounts deducted from gross
sales for the purpose of calculating the Net Sales component of Net Revenues
also be counted toward the amount of Commercialization Costs. To the extent Net
Revenues exceeds Commercialization Costs for the relevant period, such amount
of difference shall be deemed “Net Profits,” and to the
extent Commercialization Costs exceeds Net Revenues for the relevant period,
such amount of difference shall be deemed “Net Losses.”
1.79
“Net Revenues” shall mean the sum of (a) Net Sales
received with respect to a Product sold in North America plus, if any,
(b) the fair market value of any consideration other than the proceeds of
Net Sales (whether in cash, payment in kind, exchange or other form) actually
received by a Party or its Affiliates from Third Parties with respect to
transactions involving the research, development or commercialization of a
Product or exploitation of Licensed Technology in North America, to the extent
such consideration is fairly and reasonably attributable to such Product, or
Licensed Technology.
1.80
“Net Sales” shall mean the gross invoice price for Product
sold by either of the Parties, or both, their Sublicensees or their Affiliates
to a Distributor or a non-Affiliate Third Party customer less the
reasonable and customary accrual-basis deductions from such gross amounts for:
(i) normal and customary trade, cash and other discounts, allowances and
credits actually allowed and taken directly with respect to sales of Product;
(ii) credits or allowances actually granted for damaged goods, returns or
rejections of Product; (iii) sales taxes or similar taxes (including
duties or other governmental charges levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed
directly on the sales of Product, including, without limitation, value added
taxes or other governmental charges otherwise measured by the billing amount)
which are included in billing amount, and excluding any taxes imposed on or
measured by the net income or profits of the selling party; (iv) charge
back payments and rebates granted to trade customers, including, but not
limited to, wholesalers and government or private insurers; (v) packaging,
handling fees, freight, insurance and the like, and (vi) actual
uncollectible accounts. For purposes of determined Net Sales in order to
calculate the Non-Cancer Royalties owed to Non-Cancer Partners pursuant to
Section 11.7.2, amounts deducted under subsection (v) shall not
exceed [***]% of Net Sales and amounts deducted under subsection
(vi) shall not exceed [***]% of Net Sales. Such amounts shall be
determined from the books and records of a Party, its Affiliates and their
Sublicensees maintained in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and such
amounts shall be calculated using the same accounting principles used for other
products of the Party. Sales between or among a Party, its Affiliates and
Sublicensees shall be excluded from the computation of Net Sales if such
Affiliates or Sublicensees are not end-users, but Net Sales shall include the
subsequent final sales to non-Affiliate Third Parties by any such Affiliates or
Sublicensees. Where (a) Product is sold by a Party, its Affiliates or
Sublicensees other than in an arms-length sale or as one of a number of items
without a separate invoiced price; or (b) consideration for Product shall
include any non-cash element, the Net Sales applicable to any such transaction
[***]
= 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.
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shall be deemed to be the
Party’s average Net Sales for the applicable quantity of the Product at
that time; provided, however, Net Sales shall not include Product sold or used
for development of the Product hereunder (including for clinical trials) or as
samples (provided the cost of such samples does not exceed [***]% of Net
Sales). For purposes of determined Net Sales in order to calculate the
Non-Cancer Royalties owed to Non-Cancer Partners pursuant to
Section 11.7.2, amounts deducted in respect of the preceding sentence
shall not exceed [***]% of Net Sales.
1.81
“Non-Cancer Compound” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.7.2.
1.82
“Non-Cancer HDAC Research” shall mean Research conducted by
or under authority of MG that is directed only to applications outside the
Field and for which MG shall not grant a Third Party rights to commercialize
resulting compounds for applications in the Field.
1.83
“Non-Cancer Partner” shall mean a non-Affiliate Third Party
who (i) is or will be granted by MG, directly or indirectly, a right to
develop, market and/or commercialize Compounds and/or Products outside the
Field, (ii) is not and will not be granted by MG, directly or indirectly,
any rights with respect to Compounds or Products in the Field anywhere in the
world, and (iii) who is not an Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner. A Non-Cancer
Partner and all of its Affiliates shall be deemed a single Non-Cancer Partner.
1.84
“Non-Cancer Partner Agreement” shall mean any written
agreement or arrangement between MG or its Affiliates and a Non-Cancer Partner
that governs a Non-Cancer Research Program or the manufacture or
commercialization of HDAC Inhibitors and resulting products for the treatment
or prevention of diseases outside of the Field.
1.85
“Non-Cancer Partner Blocking Patents” shall mean all patents
owned and controlled by a Non-Cancer Partner which are necessarily infringed by
the composition, manufacture, sale, use or importation of Compounds.
1.86
“Non-Cancer Research Program” shall mean activities directed
to the research, discovery, characterization, optimization, in vitro testing,
in vivo evaluation, preclinical and/or clinical development of HDAC
Inhibitors other than for the treatment or prevention of diseases within the
Field, which activities are conducted by or on behalf of a Non-Cancer Partner
or its Affiliates pursuant to any written agreement or arrangement with MG or
its Affiliates.
1.87
“Non-Cancer Reserve Compounds” shall mean a list of up to
ten (10) individual Compounds designated by a Non-Cancer Partner as
potential development candidates which such Non-Cancer Partner desires to
reserve in the Territory outside the Field in accordance with Section 5.3.2(b)
below. The Non-Cancer Reserve Compounds as of the Effective Date are identified
on Exhibit 18.2.4.
1.88
“Non-Cancer Royalty” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.7.2.
1.89
“Non-Cancer Selected Compounds” shall mean (i) those
individual Compounds selected by Non-Cancer Partners under
Section 5.3.2(d), (ii) those Compounds that are Non-Cancer Selected
Compound in accordance with Section 5.3.2(c) below, and
(iii) Non-Cancer
[***]
= 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.
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Reserve Compounds selected in
accordance with Section 5.3.2(b) below, in each case subject to
Section 5.3.4 and provided that MG has obtained all rights and covenants
as set forth in Section 8.3.1(b) from the respective Non-Cancer Partner.
With respect to each such Compound, the Non-Cancer Selected Compound shall also
include the prodrugs, metabolites, salts, esters, hydrates, solvates, free
base, polymorphs, isomers thereof, conjugated forms and/or liposomal or other
formulations thereof and other compositions consisting of such Compound
non-covalently bonded with other moieties, which together shall be deemed a
single Non-Cancer Selected Compound (and a single Non-Cancer Reserve Compound)
for purposes of Sections 5.3.2(b)(iii), 5.3.2(c) and 5.3.2(d) below.
1.90
“North America” shall mean the United States of America and
Canada.
1.91
“North American Development Costs” shall mean the
Development Costs incurred in connection with development activities designed
to support or obtain Marketing Approval for a Product and/or Compound anywhere
in North America. For clarity, “North American Development Costs”
shall not include Development Costs incurred in connection with development
activities designed solely to support or obtain Marketing Approval for a
Product and/or Compound outside North America.
1.92
“Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.3.4(a).
1.93
“Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner Blocking Patents” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.3.4(d)(ii).
1.94
“Opt-out Non-Cancer Reserve HDAC Inhibitor” shall mean a
list of up to [ *** ] individual compounds designated by a
Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner as potential development candidates which such
Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner desires to reserve in the Territory outside the
Field in accordance with Section 5.3.7(b) below. It is understood that an
Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner and all of its Affiliates shall be deemed a single
Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner (for example, for purposes of
Section 5.3.7(b)(iii)). The Opt-out Non-Cancer Reserved HDAC Inhibitors as
of the Effective Date are identified on Exhibit 18.2.4.
1.95
“Opt-out Non-Cancer Selected HDAC Inhibitor” shall mean
(i) those compounds that are Opt-out Non-Cancer Selected HDAC Inhibitors
in accordance with Section 5.3.7(c) below, and (ii) Opt-out Non-Cancer
Reserve HDAC Inhibitors selected in accordance with Section 5.3.7(b)
below, in each case subject to Section 5.3.4 and provided that MG has
obtained all rights and covenants as set forth in Section 8.3.4 from the
respective Opt-out Non-Cancer Partner. With respect to each such compound, the
Opt-out Non-Cancer Selected HDAC Inhibitor shall also include the prodrugs,
metabolites, salts, esters, hydrates, solvates, free base, polymorphs, isomers
thereof, conjugated forms and/or liposomal or other formulations thereof and
other compositions consisting of such compound non-covalently bonded with other
moieties, which together shall be deemed a single Opt-out Non-Cancer Selected
HDAC Inhibitor (and a single Opt-out Non-Cancer Reserve HDAC Inhibitor) for
purposes of Sections 5.3.7(b)(iii) and 5.3.7(c) below.
[***]
= 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.
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1.96
“Patent Counsel” shall mean a Third Party patent attorney retained
by MG and reasonably acceptable to Pharmion.
1.97
“Party” or “Parties” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.98
“Pharmion” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.99
“Pharmion Blocking Patents” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 8.5.
1.100
“Pharmion Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 19.3.
1.101
“Pharmion Patent Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.1.
1.102
“Pharmion Research Funds” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 9.1.
1.103
“Pharmion Reserve Compounds” shall mean a list of up to [ *** ]
individual Compounds designated by Pharmion as potential development candidates
which Pharmion desires to reserve in the Territory for the Field in accordance
with Section 5.3.1(a).
1.104
“Phase I” shall mean human clinical trials, the principal
purpose of which is preliminary determination of safety in healthy individuals
or patients (for example, as described in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a), or similar
clinical study in a country other than the United States).
1.105
“Phase II” shall mean a study of a Product in human patients
designed to determine initial efficacy and dose range finding that satisfies
the requirements of 21 C.F.R. § 312.21(b), or similar clinical study in a
country other than the United States.
1.106
“Phase III” shall mean a study of a Product in human
patients designed to determine efficacy and safety of a Product for the purpose
of preparing and submitting applications for Marketing Approval to the
competent Regulatory Authority in a country of the world, and that satisfies
the requirements of 21 C.F.R. § 312.21(c), or similar clinical study in a
country other than the United States.
1.107
“Phase IV” shall mean a study of a Product in human patients
conducted in a particular jurisdiction after the Product has received Marketing
Approval and has been Commercialized in that jurisdiction, the principal
purpose of which is to continue testing the Product to collect information
about its safety or efficacy in broader or various populations, long-term
safety and side effects associated with long-term use, and its use in
additional indications other than for which Marketing Approval was previously
granted.
1.108
“Preclinical and Clinical Data” shall mean all filings and
supporting documents submitted or to be submitted to a Regulatory Authority in
a Major Country, relating to the Compound(s) or Product(s), and all data
contained therein, including, without limitation, any INDs, NDAs and their
counterparts in other countries, investigator’s brochures, correspondence
to and from such Regulatory Authorities, minutes from teleconferences with
Regulatory Authorities, registrations and licenses, regulatory drug lists,
advertising and promotion
[***]
= 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.
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documents shared with
Regulatory Authorities, adverse event files and complaint files. In addition,
Preclinical and Clinical Data shall include all investigator reports (both
preliminary and final), statistical analysis, expert opinions and reports,
safety and other electronic databases and all other material documentation and
information related to Preclinical Development or clinical development of a
Compound or a Product. Without limiting the foregoing, Preclinical and Clinical
Data shall include all items described in Exhibit 1.108 that are generated
from the Contracted Research Work. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Preclinical
and Clinical Data shall not include filings, supporting documents, data,
reports, analysis, databases or other documentation or information generated by
a Non-Cancer Partner or MG in collaboration with a Non-Cancer Partner, unless
the same is permitted by the Non-Cancer Partner to be provided to an Additional
Partner and is not specific to indications outside the Field.
1.109
“Preclinical Development” shall mean those preclinical
studies with respect to the Compounds and/or Products that are specifically
required for an IND, including without limitation ADME and GLP toxicology
studies, pharmacology or studies required for the CMC section of an IND or an
NDA. It is understood that “preclinical” testing will continue
after the filing of an IND in support of the clinical development of a Compound
or Product, including ongoing toxicology, metabolic, PK and other non-clinical
testing of such Compound or Product, and that “Preclinical
Development” as used herein shall include such ongoing non-clinical
testing.
1.110
“Preclinical Studies” shall mean those certain Preclinical
Development studies in the Field, set forth in the Development Plans
established in accordance with Article 4 below.
1.111
“Product(s)” shall mean product(s), in any formulation,
containing a Compound(s) as an active ingredient(s).
1.112
“Product Promotional Materials” shall mean all sales
representative training materials and all written, printed, graphic,
electronic, audio or video matter related to the marketing or promotion of a
Product, including, but not limited to, journal advertisements, sales visual
aids, direct mail, 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 or for a Party in connection with
such marketing or promotion.
1.113
“Programs” shall mean, collectively, Research conducted
pursuant to the Research Plan and Development conducted pursuant to the
Development Plan.
1.114
“Prosecution” shall mean the preparing, filing, prosecuting
and maintenance of patent applications and patents and re-examinations,
reissues and requests for patent term extensions therefor, together with the
conduct of any interference, opposition or other similar proceeding pertaining
to patent applications or patents.
1.115
“Register” or “Registration” shall mean
entering a compound into the MG Compound Registry together with (i) a
unique identifying number for such compound, (ii) the chemical structure
of such compound, and (iii) the Compound Registration Date for such
compound, in each case in a format suitable to reasonably enable Pharmion to
access and use
[***]
= 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.
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Compounds, their chemical
structures and any related Data included in the MG Compound Registry, as
contemplated by this Agreement.
1.116
“Registrational Trial” shall mean one or more controlled,
multi-center clinical trials in human patients, whether a Phase II trial or a
Phase III trial, that is designed in consultation with the JSC to obtain
sufficient efficacy and safety data to support Marketing Approval and labeling
of the Product by the competent Regulatory Authority in any country of the
Territory.
1.117
“Regulatory Authority” shall mean any national (e.g.,
the FDA), supra-national (e.g., the European Commission, the Council of
the European Union, or the EMEA), or other governmental entity in any
jurisdiction of the world involved in the granting of Marketing Approval for
pharmaceutical products.
1.118
“Rejection” or “Rejected” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.3.4(c).
1.119
“Reporting Period” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.6(a).
1.120
“Research” shall mean activities directed to the research,
discovery, characterization, optimization, in vitro testing and/or in
vivo evaluation of HDAC Inhibitors, conducted by or under authority of MG.
1.121
“Research Data” shall mean all material screening results,
SAR data, optimization information, in vitro and in vivo data,
compositions, samples and other information generated in the course of research
conducted by or under authority of MG or Pharmion with respect to Compounds
and/or Products, including without limitation all information and data
described in part 1.121A of Exhibit 1.121. In case of data that is
generated by an entity with rights with respect to Compounds and/or Products
both in and outside of the Field, Research Data shall mean the foregoing, but
only to the extent it is not specific to non-cancer indications. With respect
to such data generated by Non-Cancer Partners or MG in collaboration with a
Non-Cancer Partner, Research Data shall mean only the items set forth in part
1.121B of Exhibit 1.121, unless such data is provided to an Additional
Partner and is not specific to indications outside Field.
1.122
“Research Plan” shall mean the plan and budget for Research,
as described in Article 4 below.
1.123
“Research Term” shall mean the period beginning forty five
(45) days following the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated in
accordance with Article 20, terminating one (1) year thereafter,
unless extended by the Parties in writing upon mutual agreement.
1.124
“Resolution” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 20.2.2(a).
1.125
“Royalty Term” shall mean, with respect to a particular
Product in a country (on a Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis),
the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the later of
(a) expiration or abandonment of the last Valid Claim within the
[***]
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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.
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Licensed Patents covering
such Product in the particular country, or (b) [ *** ] years
after the first commercial sale in such country of the first Product.
1.126
“Selected Compounds” shall mean the Initial Clinical
Candidate and (i) those other individual Compounds selected as a Selected
Compound by the JSC under Section 5.2, (ii) those Compounds that are
Selected Compounds under Section 5.3.1(b), (iii) Compounds for which
an Additional Partner or Third Party has rights to develop, market or
commercialize as described in Section 5.3.5, and (iv) all Pharmion
Reserve Compounds in compliance with Section 5.3.1(a) below. With respect
to each such Compound, the Selected Compound shall include prodrugs,
metabolites, salts, esters, hydrates, solvates, free base, polymorphs, isomers
thereof, conjugated forms and/or liposomal or other formulations thereof and
other compositions consisting of such Compound non-covalently bonded with other
moieties, which together shall be deemed a single Selected Compound (and a
single Pharmion Reserve Compound) for purposes of Sections 5.2,
5.3.1(a)(ii) and 5.3.1(b) below.
1.127
“Senior Representatives” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 20.2.2(a).
1.128
“Share of Net Profits and Losses” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 9.7.1.
1.129
“Small Molecule” shall mean a compound with a molecular
weight no greater than 1,500 daltons.
1.130
“Subject Infringements” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 17.6.
1.131
“Sublicensee” shall mean, when permitted under this
Agreement, a non-Affiliate Third Party other than a Distributor to whom
Pharmion has granted (i) a sublicense to sell and offer for sale a Product
made in accordance with this Agreement, provided that such Third Party has
primary responsibility for the marketing and promotion of such Product in its distribution
territory and has the right to record sales of such Product for its account or
(ii) the right to make and sell a Product, with respect to Products made
and sold by such Third Party, within the scope of the license hereunder. In
addition, for purposes of this Agreement, Pharmion and MG shall not be deemed
Sublicensees of the other, nor shall either Party be deemed to be acting
“under authority” of the other Party.
1.132
“Taiho” shall mean Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and its
successors and permitted assigns.
1.133
“Taiho Agreement” shall mean the Collaboration and License
Agreement dated as of October 16, 2003 between MG and Taiho, as amended on
December 15, 2004.
1.134
“Taiho Initiated Studies” shall mean those clinical studies
initiated under the Taiho Agreement prior to the Effective Date, as identified
in Exhibit 1.134.
[***]
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brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and
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1.135
“Taiho Territory” shall mean the territory set forth in the
Taiho Agreement (i.e. Japan, South Korea (or both South Korea and North Korea
if united), Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China).
1.136
“Target Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.3.3(b).
1.137
“Territory” shall mean the United States of America, Canada,
member states of the European Union as of the Effective Date (i.e. Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom), Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Singapore, Malaysia,
Philippines, Indonesia, South Africa, countries of the Middle East (i.e.
Bahrain, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Turkey, Iran (Persia), Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates,
Yemen, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip), Australia, New Zealand and Thailand
and specifically excludes the Taiho Territory.
1.138
“Third Party” shall mean any individual, limited liability
company, corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization,
association or other entity, but excluding MG or Pharmion and their respective
Affiliates.
1.139
“Third Party IP” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.3.1.
1.140
“Valid Claim” shall mean (a) a claim of an issued and
unexpired patent, which has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable or
invalid by an unappealed or unappealable decision of a court or other
governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, and which has not been admitted
to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise, or
(b) a claim in a pending patent application being prosecuted in good faith
that has not been abandoned or finally rejected and which has been pending for
less than seven (7) years after the earliest priority date to which it is
entitled. In the event subsequent to such seven (7) year period, such
pending claim is issued as a claim of an issued and un-expired patent included
within (a) above, such claim shall be reinstated thereafter as a
“Valid Claim” in accordance with clause (a) above.
1.141
“Vidaza” shall mean Pharmion’s proprietary
pharmaceutical product known generically as azacitidine, and commercialized by
Pharmion in the United States under the trademark “VIDAZA®”
as of the Effective Date.
1.142
“Withholding Party” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.7.2(d).
1.143
“$” or “US$” shall mean U.S. Dollars.
ARTICLE 2
COLLABORATION
2.1
Scope of Collaboration. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Parties shall collaborate: (a) to develop and commercialize
the Initial Clinical Candidate in the Field in the Territory, (b) to
conduct Research to identify, characterize and discover other
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Compounds useful in the
Field, and (c) to develop and commercialize Compounds in the Field in the
Territory.
2.2
Conduct of the Collaboration. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable and Diligent
Efforts to conduct Research in accordance with the Research Plan, the Clinical
Studies in accordance with the Development Plans and the Commercialization
under the Commercialization Plans, in each case under the supervision of the
JSC.
2.3
MG Co-Promotion Right. Provided that MG has not exercised its MG Opt-out
Right in respect of the Development of a Compound and/or Product, MG shall have
the right (but not the obligation) to elect to Co-Promote such Compound and/or
Product in North America with Pharmion under the terms of this Collaboration in
lieu of receiving royalties from Pharmion in respect of North America under
Section 11.2. Within thirty (30) days of the approval of the
Commercialization Plan specified in Section 5.4.2, MG shall notify
Pharmion in writing (i) of its decision, in its sole discretion, to elect
to Co-Promote in North America in accordance with the terms of Section 5.5, and
(ii) of its Co-Promotion Level as per Section 5.5.1. In the event MG
fails to elect, or elects not, to Co-Promote a Compound and/or Product in accordance
with the foregoing, the license set forth in Section 8.1.1 shall be, in
respect of such Compound and/or Product, an exclusive right and license (even
as to MG) under the Licensed Technology in favour of Pharmion in North America
in the Field, with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses. In the event
MG elects to Co-Promote in accordance with the foregoing, MG’s
Co-Promotion shall nevertheless remain subject to MG’s Op-out Right as
per the terms of Section 8.6.
2.4
Participation. Subject to the MG Opt-out Right set forth in
Section 8.6 below and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Parties shall jointly conduct and each play a significant role in the conduct
of the Development of each Product in the Field in the Territory as described in
the Development Plans. Provided that MG has elected to exercise its right to
Co-Promote under Section 2.3, Pharmion shall conduct the Commercialization
of each Product in the Field in the Territory other than North America, and the
Parties shall jointly conduct and each play a significant role in the
Commercialization of each Product in the Field in North America as described in
the Commercialization Plans.
2.5
Restrictive Covenants.
2.5.1
Exclusive Relationship in the Territory. During the term of the
Collaboration, neither Pharmion or its Affiliates nor MG or its Affiliates,
shall, directly or indirectly, on its own or in collaboration with a Third
Party, conduct research or development regarding, or engage in the manufacture,
marketing, sale or distribution of, or otherwise exploit, any compound that
directly inhibits the activity of HDAC enzymes or has therapeutic effect
through the inhibition of HDAC enzymes (or a product containing the same) for
use within the Field in the Territory, or grant any Third Parties the rights to
do any of the foregoing, other than as part of the Collaboration or to an
Additional Partner.
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