Akcea or its Affiliate Acquires or is Acquired by a Third Party. On a Product-by-Product basis and after Novartis exercises its Option for such Product, for a period of [***] months after the [***] of such Product for the same Exclusive Target as such Competitive Oligo, if Akcea or its Affiliate acquires or is acquired by a Third Party with a Competitive Oligo, then within [***] months after such acquisition, Akcea (or its Affiliate) and such Third Party must either (i) [***] such Competitive Oligo, or (ii) not [***] (or, if such Competitive Oligo is already being [***], will stop [***] within [***] months) such Competitive Oligo. Any such transaction that occurs during the Option Period is [***] until such time as Novartis exercises its Option for the applicable Product for the same Exclusive Target as such Competitive Oligo, at which time [***].
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Samples: Strategic Collaboration, Option and License Agreement (Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc), Option and License Agreement (Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.), Option and License Agreement (Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.)