Exhibit 10.1
LICENSE AND CO-DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
GENZYME
CORPORATION
AND
ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
June 24, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. DEFINITIONS
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Article 2. LICENSES
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2.1.
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Product License
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2.2.
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Limited Right to Sublicense
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2.3.
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Additional Rights after Prior Agreement
Execution Date
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2.4.
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Follow-On Compound
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2.5.
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Retained Rights
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2.6.
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Isis’ Right of First
Negotiation
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2.7.
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Third Party Agreements
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2.8.
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No Implied License
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Article 3. EXCLUSIVITY
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3.1.
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Non-Compete
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3.2.
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[**] Technology
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Article 4. JOINT COMMITTEES
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4.1.
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Joint Development Committee
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4.2.
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Joint Patent Committee
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4.3.
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Expenses
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Article 5. DEVELOPMENT
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5.1.
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Development Plan and Development
Budget
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5.2.
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Roles and Responsibilities
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5.3.
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Clinical and Launch Supplies
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5.4.
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Know-How Transfer
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5.5.
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Subcontracting
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Article 6. COMMERCIALIZATION AND REGULATORY
MATTERS
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6.1.
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Commercialization Responsibilities
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6.2.
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Regulatory Matters and Filings
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6.3.
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Commercial Manufacture
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6.4.
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Isis Safety Database
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6.5.
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Safety Reporting
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6.6.
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Commercial Forecasts & Plans
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Article 7. RESEARCH RELATED TO THE
PRODUCT
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7.1.
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Research Programs
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7.2.
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Research Funding
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7.3.
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Research Efforts
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Article 8. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
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8.1.
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Upfront License Fee
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8.2.
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Milestones
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8.3.
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Financial Provisions Relating to Development
Activities
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8.4.
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Sharing of Net Revenue
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8.5.
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Sharing of Net Profits
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8.6.
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Periodic Reporting and Reconciliation
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8.7.
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Accounting and Allocation Methods
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8.8.
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Audits and Interim Reviews
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8.9.
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Withholding Taxes
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8.10.
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Interest on Late Payments
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8.11.
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Currency; Payment
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8.12.
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Material Safety Warnings
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Article 9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
MATTERS
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9.1.
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Product-Specific Patents
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9.2.
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Program IP
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9.3.
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Manufacturing Improvements
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9.4.
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Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of
Patents
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9.5.
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Enforcement of Patents and Know-How
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9.6.
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Claimed Infringement of Third Party
Rights
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9.7.
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Other Infringement Resolutions
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9.8.
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Patent Term Extensions
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9.9.
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Orange Book Listings
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9.10.
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Cooperative Research and Technology Act
Acknowledgement
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9.11.
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Common Interest
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9.12.
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Product Trademarks
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Article 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
INDEMNIFICATION
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10.1.
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Representations and Warranties of Both
Parties
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10.2.
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Isis’ Representations and
Warranties
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10.3.
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Indemnification
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10.4.
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Insurance
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Article 11. TERM AND TERMINATION
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11.1.
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Term
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11.2.
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Termination
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11.3.
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Consequences of Termination
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11.4.
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Remedies for Isis’ Material
Breach
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Article 12. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
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12.1.
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Non-Disclosure
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12.2.
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Authorized Disclosure and Use
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12.3.
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Terms of Agreement
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12.4
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Public Disclosures
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Article 13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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13.1.
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Escalation
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13.2.
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Mediation
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13.3.
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Jurisdiction; Venue; Service of
Process
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Article 14. MISCELLANEOUS
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14.1.
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Change of Control of Isis
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14.2.
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Specific Performance
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14.3.
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Governing Law
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14.4.
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Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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14.5.
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Notices
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14.6.
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Entire Agreement
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14.7.
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Binding Effect; Assignment
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14.8.
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Severability
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14.9.
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Further Assurances
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14.10.
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Independent Contractors
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14.11.
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Interpretation
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14.12.
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Counterparts
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14.13.
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Rights in Bankruptcy
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Schedules and Exhibits
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Schedule 1.35
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Isis Methodology for Determining its Cost of
Manufacture
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Schedule 1.49
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Example of Calculation of Internal Development
Expenses
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Schedule 1.52
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Isis Core Technology Patents
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Schedule 1.56
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Isis Manufacturing and Analytical
Patents
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Schedule 1.99
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Product-Specific Patents
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Schedule 1.113
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Special Isis Core Technology Patents
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Schedule 2.1
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Licenses to Third Parties
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Schedule 10.2.2
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Third Party Agreements
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Exhibit A
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Development Plan
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Exhibit B
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Development Budget
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Exhibit C
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Form of Supply Agreement
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Exhibit D
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Form of Quality Agreement
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Exhibit E
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Form of Patent Assignment
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Exhibit F
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Disclosure Schedule
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v
LICENSE AND CO-DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
This License and Co-Development
Agreement (together with all Exhibits, Schedules and other
attachments hereto, this “ Agreement ”), is
dated as of the 24th day of June, 2008 (the “ Execution
Date ”), by and between Genzyme Corporation, a
Massachusetts corporation (“ Genzyme ”) and Isis
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Isis ”). Genzyme and Isis each may be referred
to herein individually as a “ Party ” or
collectively as the “ Parties .”
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into a
License and Research Agreement dated January 7, 2008 and
effective as of January 30, 2008 (the “ Prior
Agreement ”) pursuant to which Isis granted to Genzyme an
exclusive license to certain Isis intellectual property to advance
mipomersen, formerly known as ISIS 301012, and related compounds
targeting apoB, through human clinical trials and ultimately
commercialize it as a product;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 2.1.2 of the Prior Agreement, the Parties agreed to
negotiate and enter into a more detailed written license and
co-development agreement containing additional terms and conditions
that are reasonable and customary for license and co-development
agreements of this type (the “ More Detailed Product
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter
into this Agreement to supersede and replace the Prior Agreement
and evidence the More Detailed Product Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the respective covenants, representations, warranties and
agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as
follows:
Article 1.
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms have the following meanings.
1.1.
“ Action ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.3.1 (Jurisdiction).
1.2.
“ Additional Third Party Agreement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (Additional Rights
after Prior Agreement Execution Date).
1.3.
“ Affiliate ” of an entity means any other
entity that, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with such first entity. For purposes of this definition
only, “control” (and, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”) means the possession of the actual power to direct the
management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract relating to voting rights or
corporate governance. For clarity, as of the Execution Date,
[**], which is engaged in the discovery, development and
commercialization of microRNA therapeutics, is not an Affiliate of
Isis because Isis has entered into an agreement pursuant to which
Isis does
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
not have control of
Regulus.
1.4.
“ API ” means the active pharmaceutical
ingredient of the Product.
1.5.
“ apoB ” means apolipoprotein B.
1.6.
“ Approval ” means, with respect to any Product
in any regulatory jurisdiction, approval from the applicable
Regulatory Authority sufficient for the manufacture, distribution,
use and sale of the Product in such jurisdiction in accordance with
Applicable Laws. In jurisdictions where the applicable
Regulatory Authority sets the pricing authorizations for a Product,
Approval will not be deemed to have occurred until the earlier of
(a) Genzyme or its Sublicensee and the Regulatory Authority
have determined pricing, or (b) ninety (90) days after
approval (whether national or centralized) is received for the
applicable Regulatory Authority sufficient for the manufacture,
distribution, use and sale of the Product in such jurisdiction
(other than pricing authorization for the Product) in accordance
with Applicable Laws.
1.7.
“ Applicable Law ” or “ Law ”
means all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and other
pronouncements having the effect of law of any federal, national,
multinational, state, provincial, county, city or other political
subdivision, agency or other body, domestic or foreign, including
but not limited to any applicable rules, regulations, guidelines,
or other requirements of the Regulatory Authorities that may be in
effect from time to time, but excluding patent and copyright
laws.
1.8.
“ ASO Product ” any preparation in final form
for sale by prescription, over-the-counter or any other method for
any indication, including human or animal use, which contains one
or more oligonucleotides or an analog thereof that [**].
1.9.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.13 (Rights in Bankruptcy).
1.10.
“ Calendar Quarter ”
means the respective
periods of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on
March 31, June 30, September 30 or
December 31.
1.10.
“ Change of Control
” means, with respect to a Party, (a) a merger or
consolidation of such Party with a Third Party which results in the
voting securities of such Party outstanding immediately prior
thereto ceasing to represent at least fifty percent (50%) of the
combined voting power of the surviving entity immediately after
such merger or consolidation, or (b) except in the case of a
bona fide equity financing in which a Party issues new shares of
its capital stock, a transaction or series of related transactions
in which a Third Party, together with its Affiliates, becomes the
beneficial owner of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined
voting power of the outstanding securities of such Party, or
(c) the sale or other transfer to a Third Party of all or
substantially all of such Party’s business to which the
subject matter of this Agreement relates, but excluding any
financial factoring arrangements.
1.12.
“ Commercially Reasonable
Efforts ” means, (a) with respect to the research,
development or commercialization by Genzyme of a Product, at any
given time as the case may be,
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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efforts reasonably used by Genzyme
or its Affiliates (giving due consideration to relevant industry
standards) for Genzyme’s own products (including internally
developed, acquired and in-licensed products) with similar
commercial potential at a similar stage in their lifecycle
(assuming continuing development of such product), taking into
consideration their safety, tolerability and efficacy, the
profitability (taking into account any payments payable under this
Agreement), the extent of market exclusivity, patent protection,
cost to develop the product, promotable claims and health economic
claims and (b) with respect to the research and development by
Isis of a Product, at any given time as the case may be, efforts
reasonably used by an entity in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical
industry of similar resources and expertise as Isis, for such
similar entity’s own products (including internally
developed, acquired and in-licensed products) with similar
commercial potential at a similar stage in their lifecycle
(assuming continuing development of such product), taking into
consideration their safety, tolerability and efficacy, the
profitability (taking into account any payments payable under this
Agreement), the extent of market exclusivity, patent protection,
cost to develop the product, promotable claims and health economic
claims.
1.13.
“ Commercial Scale
Manufacturing IP ” means any confidential or patented
scientific or technical data, information, method, technique,
protocol, invention or processes that has been found to be useful
for commercial scale manufacturing facility but is not generally
useful for manufacturing oligonucleotides on a non-commercial
scale, including all manufacturing plant designs, plans diagrams
and descriptions and also including all regulatory
filings.
(a)
For illustrative purposes only and
not as a limitation, the following would be considered to be
Commercial Scale Manufacturing IP:
(i) Piping
and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) for a Genzyme manufacturing
facility;
(ii)
Design plans and schematics for a Genzyme manufacturing facility
(including tank farms, synthesis and purification suites, and
analytical testing laboratories);
(iii)
Operating Documents, for example batch records, SOPs, validation
master plans;
(iv) Floor
plans and equipment layout drawings for a Genzyme manufacturing
facility; and
(v)
Regulatory filings.
(b)
For illustrative purposes only and
not as a limitation, the following would not be considered
to be Commercial Scale Manufacturing IP:
(i)
Discovery that a particular side reaction leads to an unexpected
impurity;
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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(ii)
Discovery regarding how to avoid the impurity or how to remove
it.
(iii)
Development of the use of alternative reagents;
(iv)
Discovery of recycle possibilities;
(v)
Discovery to enhance yields;
(vi)
Discovery of the Mipomersen oxidant;
(vii) Development
and validation of QbD/Design Space filing strategy.
(viii) Development and
validation of PAT measures.
1.14. “
Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 12.1 (Non-Disclosure).
1.15.
“ Control ” or “ Controlled ”
means, with respect to any Know-How, Patent or other intellectual
property right or Regulatory Materials, possession by a Party
(including its Affiliates) of the right (whether by ownership,
license or otherwise) to grant to the other Party a license or a
sublicense under such Know-How, Patent or other intellectual
property right or access to Regulatory Materials without violating
the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third
Party.
1.16.
“ Cover ,” “ Covered ” or
“ Covering ” means, with respect to a Patent and
the subject matter at issue, that, but for a license granted under
an issued claim included in such Patent, the manufacture, use,
sale, offer for sale or importation of the subject matter at issue
would infringe such claim or, in the case of a Patent that is a
patent application, would infringe a claim in such patent
application if it were to issue as a patent.
1.17.
“ Development Budget ” means the initial written
development budget attached hereto as Exhibit B setting
forth, for the time period covered by the Development Plan, the
budget for the development of the Product during the applicable
time period, as it may be updated and amended by the JDC or the
Parties during the Term in accordance with this
Agreement.
1.18.
“ Development Expenses
” means internal or external expenses incurred in accordance
with the Development Plan and the Development Budget, including the
costs of all clinical trials and preclinical studies, including
post-marketing trials. The types of expenses included in this
category are investigator grants, laboratory services, clinical PK
assays, carcinogenicity studies, CMC studies, CRO services and
pass-throughs, pharmacovigilence and risk management activities,
costs for packaging, distribution and reconciliation (including
labels and translations, inventory control, IVRS, off-site storage
and destruction), data management (including EDC), clinical study
reports, drug costs (API & DP), investigator meetings,
monitoring, SAB costs, DSMB costs, key opinion leader costs,
program specific travel, metabolomics assays, courier services and
clinical trial liability insurance costs. Development Expenses
include quality assurance costs for auditing clinical trial
activities and preclinical studies support (report reviews and
CMC
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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review). When a Party is a
manufacturer of the Product under development, Development Expenses
include such Party’s Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods.
1.19.
“ Development Plan
” means the initial written development and regulatory plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A for the Product as it may
be updated and amended during the Term by the JDC or the Parties in
accordance with this Agreement.
1.20.
“ Development Program
” means the program to be conducted by the Parties in
accordance with an approved Development Plan to develop and obtain
Approval of the Product in the Territory, all as more fully
described in Article 5 (Development).
1.21.
“ Disclosure Schedule
” means the schedule delivered by Isis to Genzyme that
includes exceptions to Isis’ representations and warranties
in Section 10.2 (Isis Representations and Warranties)
hereof.
1.22.
“ Dispute ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 (Dispute
Resolution Mechanism).
1.23.
“ Effective Date
” means January 30, 2008.
1.24.
“ Execution Date
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.25.
“ EMEA ” means
the European Regulatory Authority known as the European Medicines
Agency and any successor agency thereto.
1.26. “
Encumbered Follow-On Compound ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.4 (Follow-On Compound).
1.27. “
Executives ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 (Escalation to Senior
Management).
1.28.
“ External Development
Expenses ” means Development Expenses other than Internal
Development Expenses. For clarity, External Development
Expenses include the manufacturing Party’s Fully Absorbed
Cost of Goods.
1.29. “
External Sales & Marketing Expenses ” means
Sales & Marketing Expenses other than Internal
Sales & Marketing Expenses.
1.30.
“ FDA ” means the
United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency
thereto.
1.31.
“ FH ” means
familial hypercholesterolemia.
1.32.
“ Fixed Costs ”
means the cost of facilities, utilities, insurance (including any
accrual for self-insurance), facility and equipment depreciation,
and other fixed costs directly attributable to the applicable
activity, allocated based upon the proportion of such costs
directly attributable to the support or performance of the
applicable activity in accordance with the Development Plan or the
Product’s manufacturing or commercialization plan,
as
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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the case may be. Fixed Costs
will be determined in accordance with GAAP.
1.33.
“ Follow-On Compound
” means all pharmaceutical compositions, formulations, dosage
forms, delivery systems and presentations that contain [**] apoB
(alone or with other active ingredients) other than
Mipomersen.
1.34.
“ Follow-On Compound
Encumbrances” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.2 .
1.35.
“ Fully Absorbed Cost of
Goods ” means:
(a)
with respect to units of Product produced by Genzyme, the Variable
Costs and Fixed Costs incurred by Genzyme to the extent associated
with the manufacture (inclusive of finishing processes including
filling, packaging, labeling and other preparation), quality
assurance, quality control and other testing, storage and shipping
of batches of such units of Product;
(b)
with respect to units of Product manufactured by Isis, the costs
incurred by Isis as determined using the methodology set forth in
Schedule 1.35 , which Schedule will be updated by Isis on an
annual basis in advance of each fiscal year (with material changes
to such methodology subject to Genzyme’s prior agreement);
and
(c)
with respect to units or components of Product that are not
manufactured by the Parties, the amounts paid to the vendor plus
costs associated with acquisition from such vendor.
If a facility that is used to
manufacture Product has the capacity to manufacture products for
other programs of either Genzyme or Isis outside of the activities
contemplated by this Agreement, the Fixed Costs component of the
Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods will be allocated in proportion to the
actual use of such facility for the manufacture of Product pursuant
to this Agreement and the capacity to manufacture products for such
other programs outside of this Agreement in a manner that is
mutually agreeable to the Parties. No idle capacity of a
manufacturing facility, or a proportionate use thereof, will be
included in Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods unless such
capacity or facility was built specifically to manufacture Product
and is not being used to manufacture any other products, in which
case the depreciation associated with such idle capacity will be
included in Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods to the extent that such
facility is in service. Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods will
exclude all costs otherwise reimbursed pursuant to this
Agreement. Fully Absorbed Costs of Goods will be determined
in accordance with GAAP. Genzyme will use commercially
reasonable efforts to minimize and mitigate circumstances that
would result in idle capacity being included in Fully Absorbed Cost
of Goods.
1.36.
“ G&A Costs ”
will mean the costs of general and administration services
(including legal, finance, accounting, human resources and other
general and administrative support services) as reasonably required
to support the activities of the Parties under this
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Agreement, which costs will be
determined and reported in accordance with GAAP and in good faith
by each Party.
1.37.
“ GAAP ” means
then-current United States generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied.
1.38.
“ Genzyme ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.39. “
Genzyme Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3.2 (Indemnification by Isis).
1.40. “
Genzyme Manufacturing Improvements ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 9.3.2(b) (Terms of Sharing
Program).
1.41.
“ Genzyme Program IP
” means the Genzyme Program Patents, Genzyme Program Know-How
and any work-of-authorship authored in the performance of the
Development Program or Research Programs solely by Genzyme’s
employees or Third Parties acting on Genzyme’s
behalf.
1.42.
“ Genzyme Program
Know-How ” means any and all Know-How which is made or
conceived during and in connection with the conduct of the
Development Program or the Research Programs or commercializing the
Product solely by Genzyme’s employees or Third Parties acting
on Genzyme’s behalf.
1.43. “
Genzyme Program Patents ” means any and all Patents
Controlled by Genzyme that Cover Genzyme Program
Know-How.
1.44.
“ IND ” means an
Investigational New Drug Application, as defined in the US Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time (21
U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), together with any rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, or similar application or
submission that is required to be filed with any Regulatory
Authority before beginning clinical testing of a Product in human
subjects.
1.45. “
Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3.3 (Indemnification Procedure).
1.46. “
Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3.3 (Indemnification Procedure).
1.47. “
Infringement Claim ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.6.1 (Notice).
1.48.
“ In-Licensed Third Party IP ” means Patents or
Know-How Controlled by Isis that are licensed to Isis pursuant to a
Third Party Agreement.
1.49.
“ Internal Development
Expenses ” means Development Expenses attributable to the
internal costs of base salary plus a factor for reasonable and
customary employee benefits and payroll taxes for those employees
and temporary employees directly responsible for performing the
development activity, plus program specific travel for such
employees
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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and temporary employees, plus
G&A Costs, or other overhead costs; provided ,
however , that where the Product is being manufactured by a
Party, Internal Development Expenses will not include such
Party’s Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods. A hypothetical
example illustrating the methodology Genzyme currently uses to
calculate its Internal Development Costs is set forth in
Schedule 1.49 .
1.50.
“ Internal Sales &
Marketing Expenses ” means Sales & Marketing
Expenses attributable to the internal costs of base salary and
commissions payable to employees plus a factor for reasonable and
customary employee benefits and payroll taxes for those employees
directly responsible for performing the sales and marketing
activity, plus sales and marketing specific travel for such
employees, plus G&A Costs or other overhead costs.
1.51. “
Isis ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
1.52.
“ Isis Core Technology
Patents ” means all Patents Controlled by Isis or any of
its Affiliates as of the Prior Agreement Execution Date or during
the Term, including Isis Program Patents and Joint Patents, that
are necessary or useful for the development and commercialization
of Product, including the Patents identified on Schedule 1.52, in
each case other than Product-Specific Patents, Licensed Product
Patents and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Patents.
1.53. “
Isis Database ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4 (Isis Safety Database).
1.54. “
Isis Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3.1 (Indemnification by Genzyme).
1.55.
“ Isis Manufacturing and
Analytical Know-How ” means Know-How other than Product
Know-How Controlled by Isis or its Affiliates as of the Prior
Agreement Execution Date or during the Term, including Isis Program
Know-How and Joint Know-How, that relates to the synthesis or
analysis of Products independent of sequence or chemical
modification.
1.56.
“ Isis Manufacturing and
Analytical Patents ” means Patents Controlled by Isis or
its Affiliates as of the Prior Agreement Execution Date or during
the Term, including Isis Program Patents and Joint Patents, that
claim methods and materials used in the synthesis or analysis of
Products independent of sequence or chemical modification,
including the Patents identified on Schedule 1.56. Isis
Manufacturing and Analytical Patents do not include the
Product-Specific Patents, Licensed Product Patents and the Isis
Core Technology Patents.
1.57.
“ Isis Manufacturing and
Analytical IP ” means the Isis Manufacturing and
Analytical Know-How and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Patents
solely to the extent necessary or useful to manufacture a
Product.
1.58. “
Isis Manufacturing Improvements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.3.2(c) (Terms of Sharing
Program).
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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1.59.
“ Isis Program
IP” means the Isis Program Patents and Isis Program
Know-How and any works-of-authorship authored in the performance of
the Development Program or Research Programs solely by Isis’
employees or Third Parties acting on Isis’ behalf.
1.60.
“ Isis Program Know-How
” means any and all Know-How which is made or conceived in
the performance of the Development Program or the Research Programs
solely by Isis’ employees or Third Parties acting on
Isis’ behalf.
1.61. “
Isis Program Patents ” means any and all Patents
Controlled by Isis that Cover Isis Program Know-How.
1.62. “
Joint Development Committee ” or “ JDC
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.1
(Establishment of JDC).
1.63.
“ Joint Know-How
” means any and all Know-How that is made or conceived in the
performance of the Development Program or the Research Programs
jointly by Isis’ and Genzyme’s employees or others
acting on Isis’ and Genzyme’s behalf.
1.64. “
Joint Patent Committee ” or “ JPC ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.1
(Establishment of the JPC).
1.65. “
Joint Patents ” means any and all Patents that Cover
Joint Know-How.
1.66.
“ Joint Program
IP” means Joint Patents, Joint Know-How and any
works-of-authorship authored in the performance of the Development
Program or Research Programs jointly by Isis’ and
Genzyme’s employees or others acting on their
behalf.
1.67.
“ Know-How ”
means inventions, technical information, know-how and materials,
including technology, software, instrumentation, devices, data,
compositions, formulas, biological materials, assays, reagents,
constructs, compounds, discoveries, procedures, processes,
practices, protocols, methods, techniques, results of
experimentation or testing, knowledge, trade secrets, skill and
experience, in each case whether or not patentable or
copyrightable.
1.68.
“ Licensed IP ”
means the Licensed Patents, the Product Know-How, the Isis
Manufacturing and Analytical Know-How; provided ,
however , that (a) for any such Know-How or Patent that
becomes Controlled by Isis after the Prior Agreement Execution Date
pursuant to an Additional Third Party Agreement, the provisions of
Section 2.3 (Additional Rights after Prior Agreement
Execution Date) will govern whether such Know-How or Patent will be
included as Licensed IP and (b) with respect to any Follow-On
Compound, the provisions of Section 2.4 (Follow-On
Compound) will govern the extent to which In-Licensed Third Party
IP will be included in Licensed IP.
1.69.
“ Licensed Patent(s)
” means the Licensed Product Patents, Isis Core Technology
Patents and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Patents.
1.70.
“ Licensed Product
Patents ” means (i) the [**] Patent, and
(ii) any Patent Controlled by
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Isis during the Term, including any
Isis Program Patents and Joint Patents, claiming (a) [**]
apoB, (b) the sequence of apoB, (c) the specific
composition of matter of a Product, or (d) methods of using
Product as a therapeutic, methods of using Product to modulate
apoB, and methods of using the Product to inhibit expression of
apoB; and also claiming or describing (x) [**], or
(y) methods of using such nucleic acids as a therapeutic or to
modulate a gene target [**]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Patent that has been issued for at least two years that claims (a),
(b), (c) or (d) above and that also describes, but does
not claim, (x) or (y) above, will be a Product-Specific
Patent, not a Licensed Product Patent
1.71.
[**].
1.72. “
[**] Manufacturing Improvements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section [**].
1.73.
“ MAA ” means a
marketing authorization application filed with (a) the EMEA
under the centralized EMEA filing procedure or (b) a
Regulatory Authority in any Major European Country if the
centralized EMEA filing procedure is not used, after completion of
clinical trials to obtain marketing approval.
1.74. “
MAA Approval ” means the Approval of a MAA for the
applicable Product in any of the Major European
Countries.
1.75. “
Major European Country ” means France, Germany, Italy,
Spain, or the United Kingdom.
1.76. “
Major Market Countries ” means Canada, the United
States, Japan and each Major European Country.
1.77.
“ Manufacturing
Improvements ” means any and all scientific and technical
data, information, methods, techniques, protocols, inventions, and
processes that have been found to be useful in the manufacture of
ASO Products, excluding Commercial Scale Manufacturing
IP.
1.78.
“ Mipomersen ”
means mipomersen sodium, formerly known as ISIS 301012, including
all pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates,
hemihydrates, metabolites, pro-drug forms, stereoisomers,
enantiomers, racemates and all optically active forms
thereof.
1.79.
“ NDA ” means a
New Drug Application filed with the FDA after completion of
clinical trials to obtain marketing approval for the applicable
Product in the United States.
1.80. “
NDA Approval ” means the Approval of an NDA by the FDA
for the applicable Product in the U.S.
1.81. “
NDA Filing ” means the acceptance by the FDA of the
filing of an NDA for the applicable Product.
1.82.
“ Net Profits or Losses
” means Net Revenues less Program Costs. To the extent
Net
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Revenues exceed Program Costs for
the relevant period, the amount of such difference will be deemed
“ Net Profits ,” and, to the extent Program
Costs exceed Net Revenues for the relevant period, the amount of
such difference will be deemed “ Net Losses
.”
1.83.
“ Net Revenue ”
during the relevant period means the sum of (a) Net Sales, if
any, of Products in the Territory during such period, plus
(b) all revenue received by either Party or their respective
Affiliates from a Third Party in consideration for the grant of a
right to make, use, sell, offer for sale or import a Product in the
Territory, including monies received pursuant to a license with a
Third Party such as upfront fees, milestones and royalties, and
monies received for marketing rights or distribution rights.
If Genzyme or its Affiliates receives non-cash consideration for
the grant of a right to make, use, sell, offer for sale or import a
Product in the Territory, the Parties will agree in good faith on
the valuation of such consideration to be included in Net
Revenue.
1.84.
“ Net Sales ”
means the gross invoiced sales amount of the Product billed by
Genzyme or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, in each case to
independent Third Parties, including to distributors and end-users,
for the sale or other commercial disposition of the Product in the
Territory, less the following items (“ Net Sales
Adjustments ”) as applicable to such Product to the
extent actually taken or incurred with respect to such
sale:
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recalls (due to spoilage, damage, expiration of useful life or
otherwise), retroactive price reductions or billing
corrections;
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invoiced freight, postage, shipping and
insurance, handling and other transportation costs;
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sales, use, value added and other similar taxes
(excluding income taxes), tariffs, customs duties, surcharges and
other governmental charges levied on the production, sale,
transportation, delivery or use of the Product in the Territory
that are incurred at time of sale or are directly related to the
sale (which in all cases will be the direct responsibility of the
selling Party); and
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quantity, cash or other trade discounts,
rebates, refunds, charge backs, fees, credits or allowances
(including amounts incurred in connection with government-mandated
rebate and discount programs, Third Party rebates and charge backs,
and hospital buying group/group purchasing organization
administration fees and payor organizations), distribution fees,
sales commissions, and commissions paid to Third
Parties;
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all in accordance with standard
allocation procedures, allowance methodologies and accounting
methods consistently applied, in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
following will not be included in Net Sales:
(1) Genzyme’s transfer of Product to an Affiliate,
(2) Product provided by Genzyme or an Affiliate for
administration to patients enrolled in clinical trials or
distributed through a not-for-profit foundation at no charge to
eligible patients, provided , however ,
that
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Genzyme or its Affiliate receive no
consideration from such clinical trials or not-for-profit
foundation for such use of Product and (3) Product used as
samples to promote additional Net Sales, in amounts consistent with
normal business practices of Genzyme.
1.85.
“ [**] ” has the
meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.86.
“ [**] Process ”
has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.87.
“ Participating Isis
Partner ” means any Third Party that has a then-current
contractual relationship with Isis pursuant to which (i) such
Third Party is required to disclose to Isis on at least an annual
basis any Manufacturing Improvements invented or developed by such
Third Party, and (ii) Isis has the right to license such Third
Party’s Manufacturing Improvements to Genzyme under this
Agreement and in accordance Section 9.3.2 (Terms of Sharing
Arrangement), and (iii) such Third Party is either
(A) [**] or [**], (B) manufacturing at least 50% of its
requirements for the active pharmaceutical ingredient for an ASO
Product under license from Isis on its own behalf or through Isis
(i.e., it is not using a Third Party manufacturer to manufacture
such portion of such active ingredient) or (C) maintaining an
ongoing and substantial internal process development program
related to the manufacture of ASO Products.
1.88.
“ Party and
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
1.89.
“ Patent(s) ”
means (a) patents, patent applications and similar
government-issued rights protecting inventions in any country or
jurisdiction however denominated, (b) all priority
applications, divisionals, continuations, substitutions,
continuations-in-part of and similar applications claiming priority
to any of the foregoing and (c) all patents and similar
government-issued rights protecting inventions issuing on any of
the foregoing applications, together with all registrations,
reissues, renewals, re-examinations, confirmations, supplementary
protection certificates, and extensions of any of (a), (b) or
(c).
1.90.
“ Permitted Licenses
” means licenses granted by Isis after the Effective Date to
any Third Party under the Isis Core Technology Patents or the Isis
Manufacturing and Analytical IP (but not under the Licensed Product
Patents or for use of the [**]) to (a) use oligonucleotides
(or supply oligonucleotides to end users) in quantities not to
exceed [**] per oligonucleotide per end user solely to conduct
Pre-Clinical Research, or (b) enable such Third Party to [**],
where such Third Party is primarily engaged in providing contract
manufacturing or services and is not engaged in drug discovery,
development or commercialization. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Permitted Licenses do not include any licenses that
allow (i) a Third Party to make, use or sell an
oligonucleotide having the same [**] as a Product or Isis’
preferred [**]; (ii) a Third Party to manufacture any nucleic
acid that (A) is designed to [**] apoB or (B) acts
predominantly by [**] apoB, in each case ((A) or (B)), that
will be incorporated into a therapeutic product for use in human
clinical trials or for commercial sale; or (iii) Isis to
directly supply to any Third Party any nucleic acid that any
nucleic acid that (i) is designed to [**] apoB or
(ii) acts predominantly by [**] apoB.
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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1.91.
“ Pivotal Trial ”
means a clinical study (whether or not denominated as a
“Phase III” clinical study under applicable
regulations) in human patients that is of size and design agreed to
by a Regulatory Authority to be appropriate to establish that the
Product is safe and effective for its intended use, to define
warnings, precautions and adverse reactions that are associated
with the Product in the dosage range to be prescribed, and to
support Regulatory Approval of such Product.
1.92.
“ Pre-Clinical Research
” means pre-clinical research including gene function, gene
expression and target validation research using cells and animals,
which may include small pilot toxicology studies but excludes
pharmacokinetic and toxicology studies required to meet the
regulations for filing an IND, clinical development and
commercialization.
1.93. “
Primary Safety Contact Person ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.5 (Safety Reporting).
1.94. “
Prior Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
1.95. “
Prior Agreement Execution Date ” means January 7,
2008.
1.96.
“ Product ” means
all pharmaceutical compositions, formulations, dosage forms,
delivery systems and presentations that contain Mipomersen or any
Follow-On Compound as an active ingredient.
1.97.
“ Product Know-How
” means Know-How Controlled by Isis on the Prior Agreement
Execution Date or during the Term, including Isis Program Know-How
and Joint Know-How, relating to or otherwise necessary for the
development and commercialization of Product. Product
Know-How does not include the Isis Manufacturing and Analytical
Know How.
1.98. “
Product License ” means the license granted to Genzyme
in Section 2.1 (Product License).
1.99.
“ Product-Specific
Patents ” means Patents Controlled by Isis or any of its
Affiliates as of the Prior Agreement Execution Date and during the
Term, including any Isis Program Patents and Joint Patents,
claiming (a) [**] apoB, (b) the [**] of apoB,
(c) the specific composition of matter of a Product, or
(d) methods of using Product as a therapeutic, methods of
using Product to modulate apoB, or methods of using the Product to
inhibit expression of apoB, including the Patents identified on
Schedule 1.99, other than Licensed Product Patents.
1.100.
“ Product Trademarks
” means the trademark(s), service mark(s), accompanying
logos, trade dress and/or indicia of origin used in connection with
the distribution, marketing, promotion and commercialization of the
Product in the Territory. For purposes of clarity, the term
Product Trademark(s) will not include the corporate names and
logos of either Party and will include any internet domain names
incorporating such Product Trademarks.
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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1.101.
“ Program Costs ”
during the relevant period means all actual costs and expenses
(including accruals chargeable against profits under GAAP) incurred
(a) by either Party in the conduct of the Development Program
(including all Development Expenses) (or the Research Program to
the extent permitted under Section 7.2) and (b) by
Genzyme, its Affiliates or Sublicensees pursuant to the
manufacturing, sale, promotion and marketing of the Product in the
Territory.
Program Costs will be determined and
accounted for in accordance with Section 8.7.1
(Accounting). Each component of Program Costs will be
allocated according to the allocation method mutually agreed to by
the Parties under Section 8.7.2 (Allocation
Methods). Program Costs will include:
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direct, out-of-pocket external costs and
expenses, including clinical grants, clinical laboratory fees,
positive controls and the cost of pre-clinical and clinical studies
conducted and services provided by contract research
organizations;
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Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods associated with the
manufacture of preclinical, clinical and commercial grade
materials;
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depreciation and/or amortization relating to
(i) capital investments, (ii) process improvements or,
(iii) any other capital expenditure for the construction or
renovation of any manufacturing facility for the production of the
Product;
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costs and expenses related to the conduct of
clinical studies, including costs and expenses associated with data
management, statistical designs and studies, document preparation
and other expenses associated with the clinical testing program for
the Product;
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costs and expenses associated with
pharmacovigilence and risk management activities associated with
the Product;
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costs and expenses of samples (without any
mark-up) of Product provided by Genzyme to Isis;
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costs and expenses of preparing, submitting,
reviewing or developing data or information for the purpose of
submission of applications to obtain Approvals for the Product or
maintenance of such Approvals (including user fees, establishment
fees, product fees, or similar international maintenance
fees);
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all royalties, milestones and license fees
payable to Third Parties, including (i) those owed by Isis to
[**] and [**] under the existing Third Party Agreements set forth
on Schedule 10.2.2 , and (ii) Genzyme’s allocable
portion of amounts due under any Additional Third Party Agreement
in accordance with to Section 2.3 (Additional Rights
after Prior Agreement Execution Date); provided ,
however that royalties, milestones and license fees payable
under any Additional Third Party Agreement entered into in
violation of Section 2.3 (Additional Rights After Prior
Agreement Execution) will not be included in Program
Costs;
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[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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costs and expenses associated with shipping,
storage and distribution of the Product in the Territory, including
(i) invoice, freight, postage, shipping, insurance, handling
and other transportation charges to fulfill orders and not
otherwise accounted for as Net Sales Adjustments,
(ii) customer services, including collection of data about
sales to hospitals, prescribers and end users, order entry, billing
and adjustments, inquiry, credit and collection, (iii) cost of
labor utilized for the distribution of the Product,
(iv) duties and other monies paid to Third Parties pursuant
thereto and (v) amounts paid to Third Parties with respect to
storage or distribution of the Product;
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G&A Costs to the extent they are
attributable to a Product;
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bad debt expense as calculated in accordance
with GAAP;
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costs and expenses associated with any
write-offs relating to (i) inventory, (ii) manufacturing
costs and expenses, if applicable, (iii) product failures or
(iv) associated regulatory compliance costs and expenses (each
such write-off will be deemed Program Costs in the period in which
they are incurred);
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damages (including out-of-court settlements) and
out-of-pocket legal expenses (collectively “ Damages
”) reasonably incurred by a Party or its Affiliates with
respect to a Third Party claim or action arising out of the
research, development, manufacture, use, distribution, marketing or
sale of the Product within the scope of this Agreement (including
Third Party Infringement Claims); provided , however
, that such Damages (i) do not arise out of a claim or action
that is subject to any indemnification obligation of Genzyme under
Section 10.3.1 (Indemnification by Genzyme) or Isis
under Section 10.3.2 (Indemnification by Isis), and
(ii) are not incurred by either Party for activities conducted
after the Term or conducted outside the scope of this
Agreement;
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costs and expenses incurred in challenging
Patents owned by Third Parties in accordance with
Section 9.6.2 (Defense of Infringement Claim;
Declaratory Judgment Actions) or 9.6.3 (Other
Challenges);
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costs and expenses incurred enforcing
intellectual property rights against Third Parties to the extent
provided in Section 9.5.4 (Procedures and
Expenses);
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costs and expenses relating to the filing,
prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of Joint Patents and as
provided in Section 9.4.2 (Election Not to Continue
Prosecution; Abandonment), in each case in the Territory;
and
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costs and expenses of insurance (including any
product liability insurance or accrual for
self-insurance).
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be considered Program Costs:
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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the license fee or milestone payments payable by
Genzyme to Isis pursuant to Section 8.1 or
Section 8.2 , respectively;
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(b)
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Isis’ costs and expenses of prosecuting
and maintaining the Isis Core Technology Patents and Isis
Manufacturing and Analytical Patents (other than as provided in
Section 9.6.3 (Other Challenges));
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Genzyme’s costs and expenses of
prosecuting and maintaining the Product-Specific Patents and the
Licensed Product Patents (other than as provided in
Section 9.6.3 (Other Challenges));
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the costs and expenses of the mutually agreed
upon Research Programs as described in Article 7 (Research
Related to the Product);
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costs and expenses associated with stock-based
compensation expenses or other pro forma adjustments to either
Party’s financials determined in accordance with U.S.
GAAP;
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any costs and expenses of corporate overhead
expenses, other than G&A Costs;
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unless otherwise deemed necessary for activities
under this Agreement and mutually agreed by the Parties:
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(A)
amortization and depreciation expenses (unless consistent with
Section 1.32 (Fixed Costs) hereof), deductions,
credits, expenses including taxes and extraordinary or nonrecurring
losses customarily deducted by a Party in calculating and reporting
consolidated net income, manufacturing facility capital costs,
capital expenditures, including purchases of facilities, property
or equipment; and
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(B)
property taxes and any other taxes not related to the research,
development, manufacture, commercialization or distribution of a
Product in the Territory.
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In addition, in no event will any
amounts deducted from gross sales (Net Sales Adjustments) for the
purpose of calculating Net Sales also be counted toward the amount
of Program Costs.
Each of the following will be
accounted for as a credit against Program Costs:
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to the extent provided in
Section 9.5.5 (Recoveries), amounts recovered from an
infringer of the Licensed IP;
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amounts received as insurance payments for
damages, losses, costs or expenses previously included in the
calculation of Program Costs; and
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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tax refunds received to the extent they relate
to tax payments previously deducted from Net Sales as a Net Sales
Adjustment or Program Costs.
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1.102.
“ Program IP ”
means Genzyme Program IP, Isis Program IP and Joint Program IP,
collectively.
1.103.
“ Regulatory Authority
” means any governmental authority, including the FDA, EMEA
or Koseisho ( i.e., the Japanese Ministry of Health and
Welfare, or any successor agency thereto), that has responsibility
for granting any licenses or approvals or granting pricing and/or
reimbursement approvals necessary for the marketing and sale of a
Product in any country.
1.104.
“ Regulatory Materials
” means any regulatory submissions, notifications,
registrations, approvals and/or other filings and correspondence
made to or with a Regulatory Authority in any country or
jurisdiction in the Territory, and any other records required by
Applicable Law to be maintained that may be necessary or useful to
develop, manufacture, market, sell or otherwise commercialize
Product in the Territory.
1.105.
“ Reporting Period
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.1
(Reports).
1.106.
“ Research Programs
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1
(Research Programs).
1.107.
“ Responsible Party
” has the meaning set forth in either
Section 9.4.1(b)(i) or 9.4.1(d) as
the context requires.
1.108.
“ Reversion ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.5(a)(iii)
(Isis Reversion Rights).
1.109.
“ Sales &
Marketing Expenses ” means sales and marketing costs and
expenses (including labor costs) incurred in connection with the
sale, promotion and marketing of the Product in the Territory
including (i) costs and expenses related to performing market
research, post-marketing studies, advertising, producing
promotional literature, sponsoring seminars and symposia, sales
training meetings and seminars, originating sales, providing
reimbursement, and other similar sales, marketing, and patient
support services and (ii) all costs and expenses incurred for
the sales force and sales force management by Genzyme, including
costs and expenses related to salaries, commissions, current period
reasonable and customary employee benefits and payroll taxes, sales
incentive payments, sales training expenses, and travel expenses,
all in accordance with GAAP.
1.110.
“ Sharing Agreement
” means an agreement between Isis and a Participating Isis
Partner pursuant to which (i) the Participating Isis Partner
is required to disclose to Isis on at least an annual basis any
Manufacturing Improvements invented or developed by such Third
Party, and (ii) Isis has the right to license such
Participating Partner’s Manufacturing Improvements to Genzyme
under this Agreement and in accordance Section 9.3.2 (Terms of
Sharing Arrangement).
1.111.
“ Sharing Period
” has the meaning given to it in
Section 9.3.2(a) (Terms of Sharing
Arrangement).
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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1.112.
“ [**] Patent ”
means Patent No. PCT/US[**].
1.113.
“ Special Isis Core
Technology Patents ” means (a) the Isis Core
Technology Patents identified on Schedule 1.113 and all
divisionals, continuations, substitutions, continuations-in-part of
and similar applications claiming priority to any of the foregoing
and all patents and similar government-issued rights protecting
inventions issuing on any of the foregoing applications, together
with all registrations, reissues, renewals, re-examinations,
confirmations, supplementary protection certificates, and
extensions of any of the foregoing, and (b) any other Isis
Core Technology Patent that is similar to the Patents identified on
Schedule 1.113 that Isis or its Affiliates come to Control
after the Execution Date during the Term that Genzyme reasonably
requests in writing be designated as a Special Isis Core Technology
Patent.
1.114.
“ Sublicensee ”
means a Third Party who receives a sublicense of the Product
License in accordance with Section 2.2 (Limited Right
to Sublicense).
1.115.
“ Supply Agreement
” means the Supply Agreement entered into between Genzyme and
Isis pursuant to Section 5.3 (Clinical and Launch
Supplies).
1.116.
“ Territory ”
means worldwide.
1.117.
“ Term ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.1 (Term).
1.118.
“ Third Party ”
means a person or entity other than the Parties, their respective
Affiliates and their employees.
1.119.
“ Third Party Agreement
” means any agreement with a Third Party now existing or
entered into during the Term pursuant to which Isis obtains rights
applicable to the development or commercialization of a
Product.
1.120.
“ Third Party Claim
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.3
(Indemnification Procedure).
1.121.
“ Third Party Services
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2.2 (Third Party Services Agreements).
1.122.
“ Variable Costs
” means the cost of labor (which includes salaries and wages
plus a factor for reasonable and customary employee benefits and
payroll taxes for the applicable employees), raw materials, scrap,
obsolescence, supplies, services, fees and other resources directly
consumed or used in the conduct of the applicable activity in
accordance with the Development Plan, or Genzyme’s
manufacturing or commercialization plan, as the case may be.
All such cost determinations will be made in accordance with
GAAP.
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Article 2.
LICENSES
2.1.
Product License . Isis hereby grants to Genzyme an
exclusive license, with the limited right to sublicense as set
forth in Section 2.2 (Limited Right to Sublicense),
under the Licensed IP to research, develop, make, have made, use,
sell, offer for sale, have sold, import and export Products in the
Territory for therapeutic purposes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (a) the exclusive license to the Isis Core
Technology Patents will be subject to the licenses granted by Isis
to Third Parties identified on Schedule 2.1 and Isis’
right to grant Permitted Licenses and (b) with respect to any
Follow-On Compound, the provisions of Section 2.4
(Follow-On Compound) will govern the extent to which In-Licensed
Third Party IP is included within Licensed IP.
2.2.
Limited Right to
Sublicense .
2.2.1.
The Product License is sublicensable
only in connection with a sublicense of a Product to any Affiliate
of Genzyme or to any Third Party, in each case for the continued
research, development or commercialization of such Product in
accordance with the terms of the Product License.
2.2.2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
licenses granted to Genzyme under the Isis Manufacturing and
Analytical IP are sublicensable to a Third Party [**] only in
accordance with Section 6.3.1 (Manufacture).
2.3.
Additional Rights after Prior Agreement Execution Date
. After the Prior Agreement Execution Date, Isis may wish to
in-license or acquire rights to Know-How or Patents Controlled by
Third Parties (such a Third Party in-license or acquisition
agreement being an “ Additional Third Party Agreement
”) which, if so licensed or acquired, may be included in the
Licensed IP licensed to Genzyme under Section 2.1
. In such event (and to the extent permitted by Isis’
confidentiality agreement with the applicable Third Party), Isis
will notify Genzyme regarding the nature of the technology and
status of negotiations related to the Additional Third Party
Agreement through the JDC. Once Isis has executed such
Additional Third Party Agreement, Isis will offer such Third Party
Patents or Know-How to Genzyme (which offer will include a
description of the payments paid or potentially payable by Isis
thereunder). At such time, if Genzyme wishes to include such
Third Party Patents or Know-How under the license granted under
Section 2.1 , Genzyme will notify Isis of its desire to
do so and the Parties will fairly and in good faith allocate
upfront payments or ongoing payment obligations between Products
and compounds that are not Products, if any, and other Isis
licensees, if appropriate. As part of this allocation
process, Isis will share with Genzyme, in reasonable detail, the
assumptions and methodology Isis used to create the proposed
allocation. If Genzyme does not agree to reimburse Isis for
the amount of any upfront or similar acquisition payments fairly
allocated to Product, and to be responsible for the payment of its
share of any upfront, milestone, and royalty payments, then the
Know-How or Patents acquired or in licensed by Isis under the
Additional Third Party Agreement will not be considered Licensed IP
licensed to Genzyme under the Product License. When Genzyme
pays its share of any upfront, milestone, and royalty payments
assumed by Genzyme under this Section 2.3 , such
payments will be considered Program Costs for the applicable
Product. Except for Patents acquired by Isis as part of an
acquisition of a Third Party’s business,
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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before Isis in-licenses or acquire
rights to any Patent Controlled by Third Parties which, if
acquired, would be a Product-Specific Patent, Isis will first
notify Genzyme in writing and allow Genzyme to license or acquire
such Patent on the terms offered Isis. If Genzyme informs
Isis that Genzyme is not interested in licensing or acquiring such
Patent or does not license or acquire such Patent within 180 days
of Isis’ notice to Genzyme, then Isis will be free to
in-license or acquire such Patent.
2.4.
Follow-On Compound . The Parties contemplate that
after the Effective Date Genzyme, either on its own or in
collaboration with Isis, may wish to research, develop, and
commercialize Follow-On Compounds. The scope of the
In-Licensed Third Party IP included in Licensed IP under the
Product License with respect to such Follow-On Compounds will be
determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 2.4 . At the time Genzyme intends to
designate a Follow-On Compound as a development candidate, Genzyme
will notify Isis in writing of such intention and will describe in
reasonable detail the applicable Follow-On Compound. Subject
to Section 2.3 (Additional Rights after Prior Agreement
Execution Date), if a Follow-On Compound utilizes any In-Licensed
Third Party IP (an “ Encumbered Follow-On Compound
”), such In-Licensed Third Party IP will be included in
Licensed IP only to the extent set forth below:
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If the applicable Third Party Agreement contains
a contractual obligation that would preclude Isis from including
such In-Licensed Third Party IP in Licensed IP with respect to such
Encumbered Follow-On Compound, then the In-Licensed Third Party IP
that is the subject of such Third Party Agreement will not be
included in Licensed IP.
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If the applicable Third Party Agreement contains
any potential encumbrances known by Isis and related to the
potential Follow-On Compound, including field or territory
restrictions, covenants, or milestones, royalty, sublicense
revenue, or other payments (“ Follow-On Compound
Encumbrances ”), Isis will fully disclose to Genzyme such
Follow-On Compound Encumbrances and, if Genzyme agrees in writing
to assume the Follow-On Compound Encumbrances (with any payments
being included in Program Costs for such Encumbered Follow-On
Compound), then the In-Licensed Third Party IP that is the subject
of such Third Party Agreement will be included in Licensed
IP.
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If the applicable Third Party Agreement does not
contain the obligations or encumbrances described in Sections
2.4.1 and 2.4.2 above, the In-Licensed Third Party IP
that is the subject of such Third Party Agreement will
automatically be included in Licensed IP.
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If the applicable Third Party Agreement is or
was also applicable to Mipomersen, then the In-Licensed Third Party
IP that is the subject of such Third Party Agreement will
automatically be included in the Licensed IP to the extent that
(a) the terms of such Third Party Agreement do not preclude
Isis from including it and (b) Genzyme agrees in writing to
assume any applicable Follow-On
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Compound Encumbrances associated with such Third
Party Agreement.
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Each time the Parties complete the process set
forth above, Isis will update the schedules relating to Licensed
Patents and Third Party Agreements, and Schedule 2.1 as
appropriate.
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2.5.
Retained Rights . Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, Isis retains the non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-licensable right under the Licensed IP only
to the extent necessary for Isis to perform its obligations under
this Agreement and the Supply Agreement.
2.6.
Isis’ Right of First Negotiation . With respect
to any Genzyme Program IP that would be relevant to
antisense therapies as a whole, including but not limited to,
manufacturing, formulation and delivery technologies or
oligonucleotide chemical modifications or the design of antisense
therapeutics generally, then Genzyme hereby grants to Isis a right
of first negotiation with respect to any exclusive license that
Genzyme may elect to grant under such Genzyme Program IP
(each, an “ Antisense License ”)
on the following terms and conditions:
2.6.1.
General . Genzyme will not grant an Antisense
License to any Third Party (or enter into discussions with, or
solicit interest from, any Third Party regarding an Antisense
License) unless and until:
(a)
Genzyme gives written notice (the
“ Antisense License Notice ”) to Isis of
Genzyme’s interest in granting an Antisense License, which
notice will identify in reasonable detail the proposed scope and
terms and conditions of the license Genzyme proposes to grant;
and
(b)
(i) Isis notifies Genzyme that
it declines the opportunity to negotiate with Genzyme regarding
such a license, (ii) Isis does not indicate to Genzyme a
desire to proceed with negotiations within forty-five (45) days
after receipt of the Antisense License Notice, or
(iii) Genzyme is otherwise permitted to enter into an
Antisense License with a Third Party pursuant to
Section 2.6.3 (Look Back).
2.6.2.
Negotiation Period
. If Isis notifies Genzyme,
within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the Antisense License
Notice, that it desires the opportunity to negotiate with Genzyme
regarding such an Antisense License, the Parties will negotiate
exclusively with each other for ninety (90) days (or such longer
period as mutually agreed by the Parties) (the “ Exclusive
Negotiation Period ”) and will use commercially
reasonable efforts to reach agreement regarding a mutually
satisfactory Antisense License on commercially reasonable
terms. During the Exclusive Negotiation Period, Genzyme will
not enter into negotiations regarding an Antisense License with any
Third Party.
2.6.3.
Look Back . In the event that the Exclusive
Negotiation Period expires before Genzyme and Isis have entered
into an Antisense License, Genzyme will have no further obligation
to negotiate with Isis with respect to any Antisense License
in
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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any country in the Territory, and
Genzyme will be free to grant one or more Antisense Licenses to one
or more Third Parties in any country or countries in the Territory
at Genzyme’s sole discretion; provided ,
however , that for a period equal to the longer of
(i) the Term plus one (1) year or (ii) three
(3) years following the expiration of the Exclusive
Negotiation Period, Genzyme will not offer any Third Party an
Antisense License containing a license scope and financial terms
that are more favorable to the Third Party than the license scope
and financial terms that Genzyme last offered to Isis during the
Negotiation Period unless Genzyme first offers an Antisense License
with such more favorable scope and terms to Isis in writing and
Isis fails to accept such offer within fourteen (14) days after
receiving it.
2.6.4.
Non-Exclusive License
. If Genzyme grants any Third
Party a non-exclusive license under any Genzyme Program IP
that would be relevant to antisense therapies as a whole, including
but not limited to, manufacturing, formulation and delivery
technologies or oligonucleotide chemical modifications or the
design of antisense therapeutics generally, then Genzyme will
promptly notify Isis of such license and will offer Isis a
non-exclusive license under such licensed Genzyme Program IP with
substantially similar scope and financial terms.
2.7.
Third Party Agreements
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2.7.1.
Exercise of Rights
. Isis will exercise its
rights under the Third Party Agreements in a manner that is as
consistent as possible with the terms of this Agreement and in
consultation with and as reasonably requested by Genzyme.
Isis covenants that it will not, without Genzyme’s prior
written consent, agree, consent or acquiesce to any amendment,
supplement or other modification to any Third Party Agreement or
take any action under such Third Party Agreement or with respect to
the intellectual property licensed thereunder that would adversely
affect the rights granted to Genzyme under this Agreement,
including under the Product License. Isis will immediately
notify Genzyme of (a) any event that adversely affects the
rights granted to Isis under a Third Party Agreement that are, in
turn, sublicensed to Genzyme pursuant to this Agreement or
(b) receipt by Isis of any notice of breach or termination of
any Third Party Agreement. Isis will take all reasonable
actions necessary, or permit Genzyme to take such actions, to
maintain and enforce its rights under the Third Party Agreements in
a manner that is consistent with the terms of this
Agreement.
2.7.2.
Sublicense Survival
. Isis covenants that it will
use good faith and Commercially Reasonable Efforts to enter into
any necessary amendments or side agreements to its Third Party
Agreements to ensure that (a) sublicenses under each Third
Party Agreement will survive termination of such Third Party
Agreement or (b) Genzyme will receive a direct license from
the counterparty to each Third Party Agreement upon termination of
such Third Party Agreement.
[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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No Implied License . Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, neither Party will be deemed by estoppel or implication
to have granted the other Party any license or other right with
respect to any intellectual property of such Party. Without
limiting the generality for the foregoing, a license to use
Know-How will not be interpreted as an implied license under any
Patent Rights other than as expressly provided in this
Agreement.
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Article 3.
EXCLUSIVITY
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Non-Compete . During the Term, Isis and its Affiliates will
not, directly or indirectly, and will not collaborate with, license
or otherwise authorize any Third Party to, research, develop or
commercialize any nucleic acid that (i) [**] apoB or
(ii) [**] apoB, except pursuant to (a) the agreements
identified on Schedule 2.1 , as they existed on the Prior
Agreement Execution Date, (b) Permitted Licenses, or
(c) this Agreement.
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[**] Technology . Without first obtaining Genzyme’s
written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, Isis will
not license to a Third Party any technology that (a) is
specifically useful in researching, developing or commercializing
therapeutics whose primary purpose at the time of the license or
primary therapeutic benefit at the time of commercialization is
[**], (b) is not broadly applicable to other [**] and
(c) was invented by Isis while performing activities pursuant
to the Development Plan or pursuant to the Research Programs under
Article 7 (Research).
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JOINT COMMITTEES
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Joint Development Committee
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Establishment of JDC . The Parties will establish a Joint Development
Committee (the “ JDC ”), which will consist of a
total of eight (8) members, with four (4) members from
each Party, to oversee the Development Program. Members of the JDC
may be represented at any meeting by a designee appointed by such
member for such meeting. Each Party will be free to change its
members on prior written notice to the other Party. The JDC will
remain in place for four (4) years following the Effective
Date; provided, however that if the commercial launch of the
Product for a non-FH indication has not occurred by the end of such
4-year period, the Parties will mutually agree upon an appropriate
extension of the JDC.
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Responsibilities of the JDC
. In addition to any
responsibilities expressly described elsewhere in this Agreement,
the JDC will:
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On a Calendar Quarter basis, review and evaluate progress under the
Development Plan and expenditures relative to the Development
Budget;
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Develop updates or amendments to the Development Plan and the
Development Budget;
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Perform any other activities related
to the Development Plan as jointly requested by both Parties from
time to time;
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Review and approve a scientific and
medical publication plan and medical affairs plan for the
Product;
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Appoint one or more working
group(s) to oversee particular activities to be performed
under the Development Plan or create the scientific and medical
publication plan and medical affairs plan for the Product, which
working group(s) will dissolve no later than the date of the
dissolution of the JDC.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the JDC will have no
authority to amend this Agreement.
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Meetings; Minutes . During the course of implementing the
Development Plan, the JDC will meet at least once each Calendar
Quarter, and more frequently as the Parties mutually agree is
appropriate, on such dates, in such places and at such times as the
Parties will agree. The JDC will be chaired by Genzyme as of
the Effective Date. The role of the chairperson will be to
convene and preside at meetings of the JDC, but the chairperson
will not be entitled to prevent items from being discussed or to
cast any tie-breaking vote. Reasonably detailed written
minutes will be kept of all JDC meetings and will reflect without
limitation material decisions made at such meetings. The
chairperson of the JDC will have responsibility for keeping
minutes. Draft meeting minutes will be sent to each member of
the JDC for review and approval within ten (10) business days
after a meeting. Minutes will be deemed approved unless a
member of the JDC objects to the accuracy or completeness of such
minutes within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt.
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Decision-Making and Dispute
Resolution . The
JDC will act by unanimous consent. The representatives of
each Party will have collectively one vote on behalf of such Party;
provided , however , that no such vote taken at a
meeting will be valid unless at least one representative of each
Party is present and participating in the vote. In the case
of any matter which cannot be resolved unanimously by the JDC, at
the written request of either Party, the dispute will be referred
to senior management of the Parties in accordance with
Section 13.1 (Escalation to Senior
Management).
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Joint Patent Committee .
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Establishment of JPC . The Parties will establish a Joint Patent
Committee (the “ JPC ”) to discuss the continued
prosecution of the Licensed Patents and Product-Specific Patents,
(including Joint Patents). The JPC will be comprised of at
least one (1) senior patent attorney from each Party.
Each Party will be free to change its members at its
sole discretion. The JPC will exist for so long as the JDC
exists. Thereafter, the Parties will meet from time to time
as necessary, or as may
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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be mutually agreed by the Parties, to discuss
patent related issues.
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Responsibilities of the JPC
. At least once per Calendar
Quarter, the JPC will meet (in person or by phone) to discuss
prosecution strategy for the Licensed Patents and Product-Specific
Patents (including Joint Patents) with the goal of maintaining the
broadest coverage for the Product in accordance with
Section 9.3 (Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of
Patents). Subject to Section 9.5 (Enforcement of
Patents and Know-How) and Section 9.6 (Claimed
Infringement by Third Parties), the JPC will also discuss any
(a) potential Third Party infringement of the Licensed Patents
and Product-Specific Patents (including Joint Patents) that might
affect the Product and (b) Third Party intellectual property
right that the Parties may want to license or challenge.
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Decision-Making and Dispute
Resolution . Subject to
Section 9.3 (Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of
Patents), in the event a dispute relates to the prosecution or
maintenance of a Patent, Genzyme will have the ultimate sole
decision-making authority with respect to the Product-Specific
Patents and Licensed Product Patents and Isis will have the
ultimate sole decision-making authority with respect to the Isis
Core Technology Patents and the Isis Manufacturing and Analytical
Patents. Any other dispute at the JPC will be referred to the JDC
for resolution.
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4.3.
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Expenses . Each Party will be responsible for all of its
own travel and related costs and expenses for its members (or
designees) of the JDC and JPC and such expenses will not be treated
as Program Costs.
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Article 5.
DEVELOPMENT
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5.1.
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Development Plan and Development
Budget . The initial
Development Plan and Development Budget through the end of 2009
that have been agreed to by the Parties as of the Execution Date
are attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A and
Exhibit B , respectively. The Parties acknowledge and
agree that the Development Plan and Development Budget as of the
Execution Date will need to be updated and augmented by the JDC on
a quarterly basis and also from time to time in the discretion of
the JDC. The purpose of the Development Plan is to (a) set
forth a strategy and plan for development, manufacturing and
Approval for the Product, (b) detail the responsibilities and
activities of Isis and Genzyme with respect to the development of
the Product and (c) specify the expected timing of such
activities, including the estimated dates of the initiation and
completion of such activities. The Development Budget contains the
estimated costs associated with the tasks outlined in the
Development Plan. The JDC (or directly by the written mutual
agreement of the authorized representatives of the Parties) may
amend the Development Plan and Development Budget at any time, but,
in any event, the JDC will review and update the Development Plan
and Development Budget by agreeing to a Development Budget for each
calendar year during the Term not later than November 15
th of the prior calendar year and prior to the
commencement of each successive
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calendar quarter during such calendar year. Any
update or amendment to the Development Plan or Development Budget
must be in writing. After the JDC has disbanded, if requested by
either Party, Genzyme and Isis will meet as necessary at least
annually on a mutually agreed schedule to review and evaluate
progress under the Development Plan and expenditures relative to
the Development Budget and to develop updates or amendments to the
Development Plan and Development Budget, with decisions made by the
Parties consistent with the principles contemplated for JDC
decision making in Section 4.1.4 (Decision Making and Dispute
Resolution).
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5.2.
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Roles and Responsibilities
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5.2.1.
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Clinical Trials . The Development Budget includes the
preclinical work and clinical trials to be conducted in and
initiated in calendar year 2008 and classifies each item of
preclinical work and clinical trials as “Isis Funded”
or “Non Isis Funded.” The JDC will assign specific
responsibilities with respect to the conduct of such work and
trials and will develop a written plan for transitioning
responsibility between the Parties; provided ,
however , that such transition plan will not delegate the
JDC’s decision making authority to a Party. Except as
otherwise determined by the JDC, Genzyme will conduct all clinical
trials and all preclinical work for Mipomersen initiated in
calendar year 2009 and thereafter. If pursuant to
Section 4.1.4 (Decision-Making and Dispute Resolution) the JDC
amends the Development Plan so as to increase the size or scope of
a clinical study designated as “Isis Funded” (such as
by increasing the number of patients or increasing the dosing
period of a clinical study) and as a result of such increase the
actual expenses associated with such study exceed [**]% of the
amount budgeted for such study in the Development Budget as of the
Execution Date, then the incremental cost and expenses for such
study in excess of [**]% of such Development Budget amount will be
considered “Non Isis Funded” (i.e. not
“Isis Funded”) for purposes of Section 8.3
(Financial Provisions Related to Development
Activities).
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5.2.2.
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Performance of the Development
Program . Each Party will
use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to conduct all activities and
responsibilities assigned to it under the Development Plan and in
accordance with the Development Budget and to cooperate with and
provide reasonable support to the other Party in such other
Party’s conduct of activities under the Development Plan.
Each Party will undertake its respective development activities,
including its obligation to conduct clinical trials, in accordance
with all Applicable Laws.
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5.2.3.
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Responsibility . Except for those certain clinical trial
responsibilities allocated to Isis as set forth in the Development
Plan or other written document approved by the JDC, Genzyme will be
responsible for all other aspects of the development of the
Product.
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5.3.
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Clinical and Launch Supplies
. Isis will be responsible for
manufacturing and supplying API for the Phase II clinical trials,
the Pivotal Trial(s) and the initial commercial
launch
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unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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of the Product, pursuant to a Supply
Agreement the form of which is set forth on Exhibit C
and a Quality Agreement the form of which is set forth on
Exhibit D . In accordance with
Section 8(a) and (b) of the Supply Agreement, the
transfer price for the Product under the Supply Agreement will be
Isis’ Fully Absorbed Cost of Goods, and all amounts paid by
Genzyme to Isis under the Supply Agreement will be Program Costs
under this Agreement. The quantity of API that Isis will be
required to supply for commercial launch will be mutually agreed by
the Parties and set forth in the Supply Agreement. If Isis
cannot manufacture as set forth above, upon written request by
Genzyme, Isis will transfer to Genzyme all documentation and
information, and permit Genzyme to reference and use any regulatory
filings, and otherwise fully cooperate with Genzyme to enable
Genzyme to make or have made the API for use by Genzyme in
accordance with the Agreement. Genzyme will be
responsible for all finished drug product and placebo needed for
clinical trials of Product and finished drug product for commercial
sale.
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Transfer to Genzyme . During the existence of the JDC (or
after the dissolution of the JDC at Genzyme’s request), Isis
will transfer to Genzyme and its representatives all material
Product Know-How and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Know-How
within the possession or Control of Isis or any of its Affiliates,
including all Regulatory Materials related to the Product;
provided, however, that Isis will be required to deliver Isis
Manufacturing and Analytical Know-How only to Genzyme or a Third
Party manufacturer approved by Isis in accordance with
Section 6.3 (Commercial Manufacture). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing:
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Before or promptly following the Execution Date,
Isis will transfer any preclinical pharmacology and safety data,
clinical data that then exists and any other information related to
the Product that Genzyme may reasonably request. Thereafter during
the Term, Isis will provide copies of all data from Isis’
clinical or preclinical activities undertaken pursuant to the
Development Plan.
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(b)
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Isis will promptly disclose in reasonable detail
and in a reasonable manner specified by Genzyme the Product
Know-How and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Know-How learned,
discovered, developed, acquired or otherwise coming within the
Control of Isis during the Term.
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(c)
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At Genzyme’s request from time to time
during the Term, Isis will deliver to Genzyme copies (for documents
and information) and samples (for materials) of any documents,
files, diagrams, plans, specifications, designs, recipes,
schematics, reports, models, prototypes, chemical or biologic
materials, assays, reagents, or other tangible documentation or
material in Isis’ possession recording or embodying the
Product Know-How and Isis Manufacturing and Analytical Know-How in
Isis’ or its Affiliate’s possession.
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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(d)
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At Genzyme’s request from time to time
during the Term, and on a commercially reasonable schedule and at a
commercially reasonable venue to be agreed on by the Parties,
technically qualified personnel from each Party (and, if
applicable, any Third Party manufacturer approved by Isis in
accordance with Section 6.3 (Commercial Manufacture))
will meet and/or participate in telephone conference calls as
reasonably necessary to exchange knowledge necessary to fully
transfer all such Know-How.
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(e)
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Section 2.2 (Limited Right to Sublicensee) and
Article 12 (Confidentiality and Public Disclosures)
will apply to any transfer of such Know How by Genzyme to a Third
Party.
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5.4.2.
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Transfer from Genzyme to Isis
. Upon Isis’ reasonable
request, Genzyme will provide to Isis copies of any and all data
from Genzyme’s clinical or preclinical studies with the
Product.
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5.5.
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Subcontracting . Each Party may contract with one or more
Third Party contractors to perform any or all of its obligations
under the Development Plan; provided , however , that
(a) except as otherwise agreed to by the JDC, each Third Party
contractor will be approved by the JDC for the proposed work, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned;
and (b) the contracting Party provides the other Party with a
true and accurate copy of each agreement pursuant to which such
Third Party contractor is engaged promptly after execution
thereof.
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Article 6.
COMMERCIALIZATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS
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6.1.
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Commercialization Responsibilities
. Genzyme will have the
exclusive right to commercialize any Product itself or through one
or more Affiliates or Third Parties selected by Genzyme in the
Territory and will have sole discretion, authority and
responsibility in all matters relating to the commercialization of
any Product in the Territory; provided , however ,
that Genzyme must use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
commercialize at least one Product in each of the Major Market
Countries upon obtaining Approval in such country.
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6.2.
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Regulatory Matters and Filings
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6.2.1.
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Regulatory Responsibility
. Genzyme will be responsible
for all regulatory matters relating to the Product in the
Territory. Isis will transfer to Genzyme (or to a Genzyme
Affiliate designated by Genzyme) the IND(s), orphan drug
designation(s) and other existing Regulatory Materials for
Mipomersen within thirty (30) days of the Execution Date.
Between the Execution Date and the transfer to Genzyme of the IND
related to the Product, Isis will not file or send any Regulatory
Material related to the Product with or to any Regulatory Authority
without Genzyme’s prior written consent, which consent will
not unreasonably withheld or delayed. Genzyme will prepare and
file, in its own name, all NDAs, MAAs and other Regulatory
Materials for the Product in the
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unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
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Territory. Genzyme will have sole
authority with respect to (a) obtaining Approvals for the
Product and subsequently maintaining such Approvals,
(b) communicating with Regulatory Authorities about the
Product and (c) preparing and submitting supplements,
communications, annual reports, adverse event reports,
manufacturing changes, supplier designations and other related
regulatory filings and Regulatory Materials. Isis will
provide Genzyme with reasonable access to and copies of any
documents or other materials Controlled by Isis that are useful for
such regulatory filings and correspondence and maintenance of
Approvals for the Product in the Territory and will otherwise
cooperate with Genzyme’s efforts to obtain and maintain
Approval for the Product.
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omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
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6.2.2.
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Third Party Services Agreements .
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(a)
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Isis will exercise its rights under
any agreement with a Third Party now existing or entered into
during the Term pursuant to which Isis obtains services applicable
to the pre-clinical or clinical development of a Product, including
without limitation any agreement with a contract research
organization (each a “ Third Party Services Agreement
”) in a manner that is as consistent as possible with the
terms of this Agreement and in consultation with and as reasonably
requested by Genzyme. Isis covenants that it will not, without
Genzyme’s prior written consent, (i) agree, consent or
acquiesce to any amendment, supplement or other modification to any
Third Party Services Agreement or (ii) take any action under
any Third Party Services Agreement, in each case that may adversely
affect Genzyme as the holder of the Regulatory Materials related to
the Product. Isis will take all reasonable actions necessary, or
permit Genzyme to take such actions, to maintain and enforce its
rights under the Third Party Services Agreements in a manner that
is consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b)
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In connection with the transfer of
the Regulatory Materials for Mipomerson and Genzyme’s
assumption of responsibility for regulatory matters related to the
Product, at Genzyme’s written request Isis will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly assign and transfer to
Genzyme any Third Party Services Agreements solely related to the
pre-clinical or clinical development of the Products. If the terms
of any Third Party Services Agreement requires the consent of the
other party thereto to effect such assignment, then upon
Genzyme’s request for an assignment, Isis will use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent. In the
event of any assignment to Genzyme under this
Section 6.2.2 , Genzyme will assume full responsibility
for satisfying all obligations of Isis under any assigned agreement
to the extent arising after such assignment and assumption, and
Isis will remain responsible for satisfying all obligations under
any assigned agreement to the extent arising prior to such
assignment and assumption. If a Third Party Services Agreement
relates both to the pre-clinical or clinical development of the
Product and to the development of some other Isis product not
licensed to Genzyme under this Agreement, then at Genzyme’s
request, the Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to
enter into such amendment(s) or new agreement(s) with the
Third Party service provider to effect the transfer to Genzyme of
all rights and obligations related to the Product under such Third
Party Services Agreement.
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6.2.3.
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Regulatory Audit . If a Regulatory Authority desires to
conduct an inspection or audit of a Party’s facility, or a
facility under contract with a Party, with regard to a Product,
then such Party will promptly notify the other Party and permit and
cooperate with such inspection or audit, and will cause the
contract facility to permit and cooperate with such Regulatory
Authority and such other Party during such inspection or
audit. Genzyme will have the right to have a representative
observe such inspection or audit of a facility operated by Isis or
under contract with Isis. Following receipt of the inspection
or audit observations of such Regulatory Authority (a copy of which
the audited Party will immediately provide to the other Party), the
audited Party will prepare the response to any such
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unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
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observations, and will provide a copy of
such response to the other Party.
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6.2.4.
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Class Generic Label Claims
. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent Genzyme intends to make any claims in a
Product label that are of general applicability to antisense
oligonucleotides, Genzyme will provide such claims to Isis in
advance and will consider any proposals and comments made by
Isis.
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6.3.
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Commercial Manufacture .
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6.3.1.
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Manufacture . Subject to Isis’ obligation to
manufacture and supply API for the commercial launch of the Product
pursuant to Section 5.3 (Clinical and Launch Supplies)
and the Supply Agreement, Genzyme will be responsible for securing
commercial quantities of API and finished drug product for the
Product. If Genzyme chooses not to manufacture the API for Product
itself, then prior to using any Third Party manufacturer to supply
commercial quantities of the API for Product, Genzyme must obtain
Isis’ prior written consent to the identity of the Third
Party manufacturer and the material terms and conditions on which
such Third Party manufacturer will supply commercial quantities of
the API for Product, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided , however
, that Isis will not withhold its consent to a Third Party
manufacturer if its basis for doing so is an objection to the
country in which such manufacturing will take place and the country
in question is a member country of the European Union or
Switzerland. In any event, Isis will cooperate with and provide
commercially reasonable assistance to Genzyme and any approved
Third Party manufacturer, including by transferring relevant
Know-How in accordance with Section 5.4 (Know-How
Transfer).
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6.3.2.
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Assignment of Agreements With Third
Parties . At
Genzyme’s written request in connection with the transfer of
responsibility for manufacture, Isis will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly assign and transfer to Genzyme any
existing supply or other agreements solely related to the
manufacture of the Products. Concurrent with the Execution of this
Agreement, Isis will assign and transfer to Genzyme its agreement
with [**] related to the preparation and packaging of drug product.
If the terms of any of the agreements referred to in the previous
two sentences require the consent of the other party thereto to
effect such assignment, then upon Genzyme’s request for an
assignment, until Isis is able to obtain such consent and effect
such assignment, Isis will exercise its rights under such
agreements for the benefit of Genzyme and as reasonably requested
by Genzyme. In the event of any assignment to Genzyme under this
Section 6.3.2 , Genzyme will assume full responsibility
for satisfying all obligations of Isis under any assigned agreement
to the extent arising after such assignment and assumption, and
Isis will remain responsible for satisfying all obligations under
any assigned agreement to the extent arising prior to such
assignment and assumption.
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6.4.
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Isis Safety Database . Isis maintains a database that includes
information regarding the
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unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
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tolerability of its drug compounds, individually
and as a class, including information discovered during
pre-clinical and clinical development (the “ Isis
Database ”). In an effort to maximize understanding of
the safety profile and pharmacokinetics of Isis’ drug
compounds, Genzyme will reasonably cooperate in providing
information to Isis to populate the Isis Database by providing Isis
with copies of toxicology, pharmacokinetic and serious adverse
event final reports related to the Product, as well as any
supporting data reasonably requested by Isis. Genzyme’s
obligation under this Section 6.4 will be subject to
Applicable Law, any necessary informed consents and obligations to
Third Parties.
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6.5.
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Safety Reporting . Each Party will designate a primary contact
person for the receipt of all reports called for in this
Section 6.5 (the “ Primary Safety Contact Person
”) and promptly notify the other Party of such designation or
any change thereto. Each Party will notify the other Party’s
Primary Safety Contact Person of (a) all available information
concerning any serious adverse event (SAE) occurring in patients
treated with the Product, for any indication, (b) any
information, regardless of source, which is relevant to known or
potential human safety risks associated with the Product,
(c) signals of human risk including information from
in vitro or animal studies which may suggest a significant
hazard to humans, including any findings from tests in laboratory
animals that suggest a significant risk to human beings, including
reports of mutagenicity, teratogenicity or carcinogenicity, and
(d) information related to other products that are chemically
similar to the Product or that have a pharmacologically similar
mechanism of action (e.g., antisense oligonucleotides) that
suggests a significant hazard for humans related to the Product.
For purposes of this Section 6.5, a “serious adverse
event (SAE)” is one which has an outcome which (i) is
fatal or life threatening, (ii) requires or prolongs
in-patient hospitalization, (iii) is a persistent or
significant disability/incapacity, (iv) is a congenital
anomaly/birth defect, or (v) is an important medical event,
e.g., required medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of
the other serious outcomes listed above. Each Party will promptly
(but no later than twenty-four (24) hours after it becomes aware of
the serious adverse event (SAE) or such other information and as
necessary for compliance with regulatory requirements) provide the
other Party with all such safety information through the receiving
Party’s Primary Safety Contact Person. Isis will conduct all
safety reporting for the Product in accordance with Genzyme
standard operating procedures communicated to Isis in writing. Upon
transfer of the IND(s) to Genzyme and assumption by Genzyme of
regulatory responsibilities under the IND(s), Genzyme will assume
responsibility for the global safety database related to the
Product. Genzyme will be solely responsible for reporting to
Regulatory Authorities in accordance with the Applicable Law for
expeditable adverse events and for periodic safety reporting
relating to the safety of the Product and will furnish copies of
such reports to Isis.
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6.6.
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Commercial Forecasts & Plans.
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6.6.1.
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In addition to the reports required under
Section 8.6 (Periodic Reporting and Reconciliation), beginning on
the last year in which the JDC is in place and each calendar year
thereafter (1) not later than October 1st of the applicable year,
Isis
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unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
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will provide Genzyme with a non-binding,
good-faith forecast of Isis’ aggregate Program Costs for the
following calendar year if any; and (2) not later than
November 15th of the applicable year (i) Genzyme will
provide Isis with a non-binding, good-faith forecast of
Genzyme’s aggregate Program Costs for the following calendar
year, (ii) Isis will provide Genzyme with an updated
non-binding, good-faith forecast of Isis’ aggregate Program
Costs for the following calendar year, if any, and (iii) based
upon the Parties’ non-binding forecasts of aggregate Program
Costs, Genzyme will provide Isis with a non-binding, good-faith
forecast of the Net Sales, Net Revenue and Net Profit for such
year. Each Party’s forecasts will include sufficient
supporting detail to allow the other Party an opportunity to review
and understand the forecasts.
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Prior to the initial commercial launch of the
Product and on an annual basis thereafter, Genzyme will provide
Isis with a reasonably detailed written summary of its marketing
plan and budget and will consider in good faith all comments and
suggestions provided by Isis on such plans and budgets.
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Article 7.
RESEARCH RELATED TO THE PRODUCT
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7.1.
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Research Programs . The Parties will agree to conduct
research programs related to the Product that may include, but are
not limited to, the following research topics: (a) [**],
(b) [**], (c) [**] and (d) [**] (collectively,
the “ Research Programs ”). The nature and
scope of the Research Programs will be determined within sixty (60)
days of the Execution Date by a subcommittee to be appointed the
JDC.
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7.2.
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Research Funding . Isis will fund all external research
expenses incurred in calendar years [**] in connection with the
Research Programs. Genzyme will fund all external research
expenses incurred in connection with the Research Programs in
calendar year [**]. Thereafter, the Parties will agree upon
allocation of any external research expenses incurred in connection
with the Research Programs. Each Party will be responsible
for their own internal research expenses incurred in connection
with the Research Programs, and, unless otherwise agreed in writing
by the Parties, internal and external research expenses incurred in
connection with the Research Program will not be included as
Program Costs. For the purposes of this
Section 7.2 , “ internal research expenses
” means costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
Research Programs attributable to the internal costs of base salary
plus a factor for reasonable and customary employee benefits and
payroll taxes for those employees directly responsible for
performing the research activity plus G&A Costs and other
overhead expenses reasonably required to support the activities of
the Parties under the Research Programs as allocated consistent
with the methodologies agreed to under Section 8.7.2.
Meanwhile, “ external research expenses ” means
expenses incurred in connection with the Research Programs other
than internal research expenses.
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7.3.
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Research Efforts . If at any time during the Term no
Product has received Approval in any Major Market Country and no
Product is being developed pursuant to a Development
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Plan, Genzyme will use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to conduct research activities designed to advance a
Product to the stage where it can be developed pursuant to a
Development Plan.
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Article 8.
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
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8.1.
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Upfront License Fee . Genzyme will pay to Isis a
non-refundable, non-creditable license fee of one hundred and
seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000) within five
(5) days after the Execution Date.
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8.2.
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Milestones .
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Development Milestones.
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(a)
Mipomersen in FH . Within thirty (30) days after the
achievement of the following indicated events by Genzyme, its
Affiliate or its Sublicensee, Genzyme will pay Isis the following
development milestone payments:
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NDA Filing for the use of Mipomersen to treat
homozygous FH and/or patients who would be eligible under
then-approved FDA labeling to receive low-density lipoprotein
apheresis
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NDA Approval for the use of Mipomersen to treat
patients who have homozygous FH and/or who would be eligible under
then-approved FDA labeling to receive low-density lipoprotein
apheresis
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MAA Approval for the use of Mipomersen to treat
patients who have heterozygous FH or an otherwise comparably sized
eligible patient population
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Mipomersen in Other Indications . Within thirty (30)
days after the achievement of the following indicated events by
Genzyme, its Affiliate or its Sublicensee, Genzyme will pay Isis
the following development milestone payments:
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NDA Approval for the use of Mipomersen to treat
patients who have polygenic hypercholesterolemia or any patient
population of a size comparable to the patient population deemed to
be at “high risk” as determined in accordance with the
National Cholesterol Education Program’s clinical practice
guidelines on
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the Commission.
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cholesterol management with LDL-C greater than
or equal to [**] mg/dL
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MAA Approval for the use of Mipomersen to treat
patients who have polygenic hypercholesterolemia or any patient
population of a size comparable to the patient population deemed to
be at “high risk” as determined in accordance with the
National Cholesterol Education Program’s clinical practice
guidelines on cholesterol management with LDL-C greater than or
equal to [**] mg/dL
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[**]
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Approval of a Japanese New Drug Application for
the use of Mipomersen to treat patients who have polygenic
hypercholesterolemia or any patient population of a size comparable
to the patient population deemed to be at “high risk”
as determined in accordance with the National Cholesterol Education
Program’s clinical practice guidelines on cholesterol
management with LDL-C greater than or equal to [**]
mg/dL
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The Parties acknowledge that the current
Development Plan contemplates [one or more] Pivotal Trials,
that, if successful, are currently intended to achieve the
milestones set forth in Section 8.2.1(b). To minimize
the likelihood of any disagreement between the Parties around
whether an Approval based upon a successful Pivotal Trial is
sufficient to satisfy any of the milestones set forth in
Section 8.2.1(b), the Parties agree to adopt the following
process:
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(1)
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Prior to final approval of any Pivotal Trial
protocol or any material change to the protocol of an ongoing
Pivotal Trial by the JDC, Genzyme will notify the JDC in writing if
Genzyme believes, were a Regulatory Authority to grant an Approval
for the treatment of a patient population that is co-extensive with
the patient population(s) included for enrollment in such
Pivotal Trial, that such approval will not qualify to meet the
milestones set forth in Section 8.2.1(b).
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(2)
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If Genzyme fails to provide the JDC with the
notice contemplated by subsection (1) above, an Approval in
the relevant jurisdiction for the treatment of a patient population
that is co-extensive with the patient population(s) included
for enrollment in the Pivotal Trial will be deemed to satisfy the
applicable milestone in Section 8.2.1(b).
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(3)
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In addition, in the event a Regulatory Authority
proposes a limitation that would, in Genzyme’s view, preclude
the achievement of one of the milestones in Section 8.2.1(b),
Genzyme will notify the JDC and in good faith attempt to avoid such
restriction, to the extent practical under the circumstances. In
such event, Genzyme will also reasonably consult with Isis
regarding the best strategy to attempt to avoid such
restrictions.
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(c)
Follow-On Compound . Within thirty (30) days after the
achievement of the following indicated events by Genzyme, its
Affiliate or its Sublicensee, Genzyme will pay Isis the following
development milestone payments:
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[**] = Portions of this exhibit have been
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An
unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with
the Commission.
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Milestone Event
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Milestone
Payment
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NDA Approval for the Follow-On
Compound
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MAA Approval for the Follow-On
Compound
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$
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[**]
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Approval of a Japanese New Drug Application for
the Follow-On Compound
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$
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[**]
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8.2.2.
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Commercial Milestones . Within thirty (30) days after the
achievement of the following indicated events by Genzyme, its
Affiliate or its Sublicensee, Genzyme will pay Isis the following
commercial milestone payments:
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