COLLABORATION AGREEMENT AMONG ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. ARIAD GENE THERAPEUTICS, INC. and MERCK & CO., INC. July 11, 2007
Exhibit
10.1
AMONG
ARIAD
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
ARIAD
GENE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
and
MERCK
& CO., INC.
July
11, 2007
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
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of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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List
of Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Promissory Note
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Schedule
1
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Description
of AP23573
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Schedule
2
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Licensed
Patent Rights
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Schedule
3
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Calculation
of Operating Income (Loss)
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Schedule
4
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Form
of Press Release
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Schedule
5
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Material
Terms to be Included in Form of Co-Promotion
Agreement
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Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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This
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of July 11, 2007
(the “Effective Date”), by and among ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and ARIAD Gene
Therapeutics, Inc., both Delaware corporations with offices at 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (collectively, “ARIAD”), and Merck &
Co., Inc., a Corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey with offices
at
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 (“MERCK”). Each of MERCK and ARIAD is
sometimes referred to individually herein as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”
WHEREAS,
ARIAD has developed and controls certain technology and proprietary materials
related to mTOR inhibitor compounds, including its proprietary compound AP23573;
and
WHEREAS,
MERCK is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of human
therapeutics; and
WHEREAS,
the Parties desire to enter into a collaboration for the purpose of developing
and commercializing certain products containing or derived from such mTOR
inhibitor compounds for the prevention, delay and treatment of certain cancer
and, upon further agreement, non-cancer indications.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and
for
other good and valuable consideration, the Parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used in this Agreement with an initial capital letter, the terms defined
in this
Section 1 and in Schedule 3 attached hereto shall have the meanings
specified.
1.1 “AAA”
means the American Arbitration Association.
1.2 “Achievement
of Clinical Proof of Concept” means demonstration that a
Collaboration Compound has efficacy in a Xxxxx 0 xxx/xx Xxxxx 0 Clinical
Trial,
as evidenced by clinical endpoints and/or by validated Biomarkers(s) that
are
jointly agreed-upon by both Parties, and that provide a statistically
significant indication of clinical efficacy.
1.3 “Adverse
Event” means any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure
(signs), function (symptoms), or chemistry (laboratory data), of the body
temporally associated with the use of a Product, whether or not considered
related to the use of the Product. Changes resulting from normal
growth and development which do not vary significantly in frequency or severity
from expected levels are not to be considered adverse
experiences. Examples of changes that are not adverse events may
include, but are not limited to, teething, typical crying in infants and
children, and onset of menses or menopause occurring at a physiologically
appropriate time.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.4 “Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means (a) ownership of more
than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors in the case of a corporation, or more than fifty percent
(50%) of the equity interests in the case of any other type of legal entity,
(b)
status as a general partner in any partnership, or (c) any other arrangement
whereby a Person controls or has the right to control the board of directors
of
a corporation or equivalent governing body of an entity other than a
corporation.
1.5 “Annual
Global Development Plan” means, with respect to each Product and
Calendar Year, the written plan for the Development Program to be conducted
for
such Product for such Calendar Year, as such written plan may be amended,
modified or updated in accordance with Section 3.1.2(b); provided, however,
that
the initial Annual Global Development Plan shall cover the period from the
Effective Date through December 31, 2008.
1.6 “Annual
Net Sales” means, with respect to any Calendar Year, the aggregate
amount of the Net Sales for such Calendar Year.
1.7 “AP23573”
means the compound Controlled by ARIAD and described more
fully on Schedule 1 attached hereto.
1.8 “API”
means the active pharmaceutical ingredient known as AP23573 or any other
Collaboration Compound being Developed and Commercialized
hereunder.
1.9 “Applicable
Laws” means any Federal, state, local, national and supra-national
laws, statutes, rules and regulations, including any rules, regulations,
guidance, guidelines or requirements of Regulatory Authorities, national
securities exchanges or securities listing organizations, that are in effect
from time to time during the Term and applicable to a particular activity
hereunder.
1.10 “ARIAD
Background Technology” means any Technology that is used by ARIAD,
or provided by ARIAD for use, in the Development Program and that is (a)
Controlled by ARIAD as of the Effective Date, or (b) conceived or first reduced
to practice by employees of, or consultants to, ARIAD after the Effective
Date
other than in the conduct of ARIAD Development Activities and without the
use,
in any material respect, of any MERCK Technology, MERCK Patent Rights or
MERCK Materials. For purposes of clarity, ARIAD
Background Technology shall not include ARIAD Program Technology, Program
Biomarker Technology or ARIAD’s interest in Joint Technology.
1.11 “ARIAD
Co-Development Percentage” means (a) except with
respect to any Cancer Indication for which ARIAD exercises an Opt-Out Right,
fifty percent (50%), and (b) with respect to any Cancer Indication for which
ARIAD exercises an Opt-Out Right, zero percent (0%).
1.12 “ARIAD
Decision” means any decision with respect
to the Development and/or Commercialization (other than
Manufacturing) of a Product for [***] in the U.S. Territory other than Pricing,
Development and Commercialization budgets or global Branding, or (iii) the
commencement and prosecution of actions to address [***] in the U.S. Territory
unless a U.S. Commercialization Transfer has occurred.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.13 “ARIAD
Development Activities” means the Development activities specified
to be conducted by ARIAD in any Annual Global Development Plan (or amendment
thereto).
1.14 “ARIAD
Materials” means any Proprietary Materials that are Controlled by
ARIAD and used by ARIAD, or provided by ARIAD for use, in the Development
Program.
1.15 “ARIAD
Patent Rights” means any Patent Rights that contain one or more
claims that cover ARIAD Technology. For purposes of clarity, ARIAD
Patent Rights includes all Licensed Patent Rights and all ARIAD Program Patent
Rights.
1.16 “ARIAD
Program Patent Rights” means any Patent Rights
Controlled by ARIAD that contain one or more claims that cover ARIAD Program
Technology.
1.17 “ARIAD
Program Technology” means (a) any Product Technology, and (b) any
Program Technology other than Product Use Technology that is conceived or
first
reduced to practice by employees of, or consultants to, ARIAD, alone or jointly
with any Third Party, without the use, in any material respect, of any MERCK
Technology, MERCK Patent Rights, MERCK Materials or Joint
Technology.
1.18 “ARIAD
Revenue Sharing Percentage” means the percentage obtained by
subtracting MERCK Revenue Sharing Percentage from one
hundred percent.
1.19 “ARIAD
Technology” means, collectively, ARIAD Background Technology and
ARIAD Program Technology.
1.20 “Back-Up
Compound” means any Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor within the claims of [***] or any other Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor discovered by ARIAD, or jointly by ARIAD and MERCK, and covered
by a
patent application filed by ARIAD and/or MERCK, in either case that is
designated by the JSC for further Development as a Back-Up Compound pursuant
to
Section 3.2.
1.21 “Biomarker”
means a specific protein, protein isoform, nucleic acid sequence, gene
expression profile, single nucleotide polymorphism profile, microRNA profile,
genomic alteration profile, metabolite, metabolic profile
and/or other molecular feature, alone or in combination, the presence or
level
of which correlates with and/or predicts (a) the inhibition or activation
of
mTOR or the mTOR pathway, (b) the performance characteristics (including,
without limitation, safety, efficacy and tolerability) of a Collaboration
Compound, alone or in combination with other treatments, (c) the severity,
characteristics or prognosis of a human condition or disease, or (d) the
responsiveness of patients to a treatment or combination of
treatments.
1.22 “Biomarker
Information” means any data, information or
know-how that pertains to Biomarkers and that is discovered, created, or
developed (i) in the Development Program, including as a result of any
pre-clinical, non-clinical or clinical testing of a Collaboration Compound
in
cells, animals or humans, including testing of a biological material (such
as
fluid, tissue or tumor samples, (ii) with the use of any biological
materials, data or information developed in or resulting from the Development
Program or otherwise funded by the Parties in the Collaboration, or (iii)
with
the use of any Biomarker Information described in the preceding clauses (i)
or
(ii).
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.23 “Branding”
means determining all matters relating to branding of any Product, including
without limitation, brand names, product logos, branding colors, positioning
and
key messages to be incorporated in promotional materials.
1.24 “Calendar
Quarter” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and
ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date
falls, and thereafter each successive period of three (3) consecutive calendar
months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.
1.25 “Calendar
Year” means each successive period of twelve (12) months commencing
on January 1 and ending on December 31.
1.26 “Cancer
Indication” means any Sarcoma Indication, Major Cancer Indication,
or Other Cancer Indication.
1.27 “Challenge”
means any challenge to the validity or enforceability of any of
the
ARIAD Patent Rights, including without limitation by (a) filing a declaratory
judgment action in which any of the ARIAD Patent Rights is alleged to be
invalid
or unenforceable; (b) citing prior art pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §301, filing a
request for re-examination of any of the ARIAD Patent Rights pursuant to
35
U.S.C. §302 and/or §311, or provoking or becoming a party to an interference
with an application for any of the ARIAD Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
§135; or (c) filing or commencing any re-examination, opposition, cancellation,
nullity or similar proceedings against any of the ARIAD Patent Rights in
any
country.
1.28 “Clinical
Product” means Product, in the form appropriate for a particular
use, for use by MERCK and ARIAD and their Affiliates and sublicensees in
Clinical Trials, the Development Program or for other non-commercial
purposes.
1.29 “Clinical
Product Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Supply
Agreement.
1.30 “Clinical
Trial” means a clinical study of a Product
involving the administration of Product to patients for any Indication, and
includes any Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Clinical Trial, Phase 3 Clinical
Trial, Phase 4 Clinical Trial and Phase 5 Clinical Trial as
applicable.
1.31 “Clinical
Trial Proposal” means a proposal submitted by
either Party at any time on and after the date of Completion of a Phase 1
Clinical Trial and after Achievement of Clinical Proof of
Concept involving a Product that describes in reasonable detail the
proposed Late Stage Clinical Trial to be incorporated into the Development
Program and which includes a final protocol, analysis plan and detailed synopsis
for such Late Stage Clinical Trial and is designed to obtain Commercialization
Regulatory Approval for such Product for a Major Cancer Indication or Other
Cancer Indication (including, without limitation, an estimated budget and
timeline with respect thereto).
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.32 “Collaboration”
means the alliance of ARIAD and MERCK established pursuant to this Agreement
for
the purposes of Developing Products and Commercializing Products in the Field
in
the Territory.
1.33 “Collaboration
Compounds” means, collectively, (a) AP23573, and (b) any Back-Up
Compounds.
1.34 “Commercially
Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to activities
of a Party in the Development or the
Commercialization of a particular Product, the efforts and resources typically
used by that Party (or if the Party does not engage in that activity for
other
products or compounds, by biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical
companies that are similar in size) in the development of product candidates
or
the commercialization of products of comparable market potential, taking
into
account all relevant factors including, as applicable and without limitation,
stage of development, mechanism of action, efficacy and safety relative to
competitive products in the marketplace, actual or anticipated Regulatory
Authority approved labeling, the nature and extent of market exclusivity
(including patent coverage and regulatory exclusivity), cost and likelihood
of
obtaining Commercialization Regulatory Approval, and actual or
projected profitability. Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined
on
a market-by-market and indication-by-indication basis for a particular Product,
and it is anticipated that the level of effort will be different for different
markets, and will change over time, reflecting changes in the status of the
Product and the market(s) involved.
1.35 “Commercialization”
or “Commercialize” means any and all activities directed
to the offering for sale and sale of a Product, both before and after
Commercialization Regulatory Approval has been obtained, including activities
related to marketing, promoting, Detailing, distributing, Manufacturing (other
than Manufacturing Development or Manufacturing for use in
Development), importing, selling and offering to sell Product and/or conducting
post-marketing human clinical studies (including Phase 5 Clinical Trials)
with
respect to any Targeted Indication with respect to which Commercialization
Regulatory Approval has been received or for a use that is subject of an
investigator-initiated study program, and interacting with Regulatory
Authorities regarding the foregoing. When used as a verb, “to
Commercialize” and “Commercializing” means to engage in Commercialization and
“Commercialized” has a corresponding meaning.
1.36 “Commercialization
Regulatory Approval” means, with respect to any Product, the
Regulatory Approval required by Applicable Laws to sell such Product for
use for
an Indication in the Field in a country or region in the Territory, as well
as,
to the extent applicable, pricing approvals and government reimbursement
approvals, even if not legally required to sell Product in a
country. For purposes of clarity, (a)
“Commercialization Regulatory Approval” in the United States shall mean final
approval of an NDA or sNDA permitting marketing of the applicable Product
in
interstate commerce in the United States; (b) “Commercialization Regulatory
Approval” in the European Union shall mean marketing authorization for the
applicable Product granted either by a Regulatory Authority in any Major
European Country or by the EMEA pursuant to Council Directive 2001/83/EC,
as
amended, or Council Regulation 2309/93/EEC, as amended, together with the
first
pricing approval and government reimbursement approval for the applicable
Product granted by a Regulatory Authority in any Major European Country or
by
the EMEA, as the case may be; and (c) “Commercialization Regulatory Approval” in
Japan shall mean final approval of an application submitted to the Ministry
of
Health, Labor and Welfare and the publication of a New Drug Approval Information
Package permitting marketing of the applicable Product in Japan, together
with
pricing approval and government reimbursement approval, as any of the
foregoing may be amended from time to time.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.37 “Completion”
means, with respect to a Clinical Trial conducted by a Party, the
date
on which all material data reasonably expected to be derived therefrom has
been
generated and the final study report with respect thereto has been
finalized.
1.38 “Confidential
Information” means (a) with respect to ARIAD, all tangible
embodiments of ARIAD Technology, (b) with respect to MERCK, all tangible
embodiments of MERCK Technology and (c) with respect to each Party, (i) all
tangible embodiments of Joint Technology and (ii) all information, Technology
and Proprietary Materials disclosed or provided by or on behalf of such Party
(the “disclosing Party”) to the other Party (the “receiving Party”) or to any of
the receiving Party’s employees, consultants, Affiliates or sublicensees;
provided, that, none of the foregoing shall be Confidential Information if:
(A)
as of the date of disclosure, it is known to the receiving Party or its
Affiliates as demonstrated by contemporaneous credible written documentation,
other than by virtue of a prior confidential disclosure to such receiving
Party;
(B) as of the date of disclosure it is in the public domain, or it subsequently
enters the public domain through no fault of the receiving Party; (C) it
is
obtained by the receiving Party from a Third Party having a lawful right
to make
such disclosure free from any obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing
Party; or (D) it is independently developed by or for the receiving Party
without reference to or use of any Confidential Information of the disclosing
Party as demonstrated by contemporaneous credible written
documentation. For purposes of clarity, unless excluded from
Confidential Information pursuant to the proviso at the end of the preceding
sentence, any scientific, technical, manufacturing or financial information
of a
Party that is disclosed at any meeting of the JSC, the JDC, the JMC or the
JCC
or disclosed through an audit report shall constitute Confidential Information
of the disclosing Party.
1.39 “Contract
Year” means (a) the period beginning on the Effective Date and
ending on the first anniversary of the last day of the calendar month in
which
the Effective Date falls, and (b) each succeeding twelve (12) month period
thereafter.
1.40 “Control”
or “Controlled” means (a) with respect to Technology
(other than Proprietary Materials) or Patent Rights, the possession by a
Party
of the right to grant a license or sublicense to such Technology or Patent
Rights as provided herein without the payment of additional consideration
to,
and without violating the terms of any agreement or arrangement with, any
Third
Party and without violating any Applicable Laws and (b) with respect to
Proprietary Materials, the possession by a Party of the right to supply such
Proprietary Materials to the other Party as provided herein without the payment
of additional consideration to, and without violating the terms of any agreement
or arrangement with, any Third Party and without violating any Applicable
Laws.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.41 “Co-Promoted
Product” means any quantity of Product that is not Royalty-Bearing
Product.
1.42 “Co-Promotion”
or “Co-Promote” means, with respect to each Co-Promoted
Product, the joint promotion and Detailing of such Co-Promoted Product under
the
same Product Trademark in the Co-Promotion Territory using a coordinated
field
sales force consisting of Representatives of both MERCK and ARIAD.
1.43 “Co-Promotion
Percentage” means, with respect to any Co-Promoted
Product, the percentage of Detailing efforts to be provided by each Party
in
Co-Promoting such Co-Promoted Product, as determined by the JCC pursuant
to
Section 2.3.4(o); provided, that, under no circumstances shall the Co-Promotion
Percentage of either Party be less than [***] percent ([***]%).
1.44 “Detail”
means with respect to a Co-Promoted Product, an
interactive, personal, live, contact of a Representative within the
Co-Promotion Territory with a medical professional with prescribing authority
or
other individuals or entities that have a significant impact or influence
on
prescribing decisions, in an effort to increase physician prescribing
preferences of such Co-Promoted Product for its approved uses within the
Co-Promotion Territory. When used as an adjective, “Detailing” means
of or related to performing Details.
1.45 “Development”
or “Develop” means, with respect to each Product, (i)
all non-clinical and clinical activities designed to obtain Regulatory Approval
of such Product in accordance with this Agreement up to and including the
obtaining of Commercialization Regulatory Approval of such Product, including
without limitation, Phase 4 Clinical Trials, the development of Biomarkers,
Biomarker Information and Program Biomarker Technology, regulatory toxicology
studies, DMPK studies, statistical analysis and report writing, Clinical
Trial
design and operations, preparing and filing Drug Approval Applications, and
all
regulatory affairs related to the foregoing; and (ii) Manufacturing
Development. When used as a verb, “Developing” means to engage in
Development and “Developed” has a corresponding meaning.
1.46 “Development
Costs” means the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and internal costs
incurred by a Party (or for its account by an Affiliate or a Third Party)
after
the Effective Date that are generally consistent with the respective Development
and Manufacturing Development activities of such Party in the applicable
Annual
Global Development Plan and are attributable to the Development of a
Product. For purposes of this definition (a) out-of-pocket costs
means the actual amounts paid to a Third Party for specific external
Development activities applicable to a Product, including, without limitation
all filing fees required for and other costs associated with, any Regulatory
Filings and all patent expenses applicable to a Product; (b) internal costs
means the applicable FTE Rate multiplied by the number of FTE hours utilized
in
the relevant period on activities directly relating to Development in accordance
with the Annual Global Development Plan; and (c) the reasonable out-of-pocket
and internal costs shall include the cost of Manufacturing or obtaining
Collaboration Compounds or Products or raw materials or intermediates therefore
for use in the activities in clause (a) or (b). For the avoidance of
doubt, Development Costs shall include the costs incurred by either Party
(i) in
conducting Clinical Trials other than Phase 5 Clinical Trials with respect
to a
Product, including, without limitation, all costs incurred with respect to
the initial Phase 3 Clinical Trial for a Sarcoma Indication, and (ii) the
cost
of acquisition of raw materials, intermediates, AP23573 and Product on hand
or
ordered and paid for by ARIAD as of the Effective Date that are to be used
in
the Development Program. Notwithstanding the above, costs incurred
before the Effective Date with respect to the initial Phase 3 Clinical Trial
for
a Sarcoma Indication shall be included in Development Costs.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.47 “Development
Program” means, with respect to each Product, the Development
program (including the Manufacturing Development program) to be conducted
by the
Parties during the Term with respect to such Product pursuant to the Annual
Global Development Plans.
1.48 “Diagnostic
Product” means a product or kit using Biomarker Information or
Program Biomarker Technology which is developed by or on behalf of the Parties
and intended to be commercialized to test, identify, diagnose, screen
or monitor a human condition or disease, or to predict or evaluate the
responsiveness of a patient to treatment or a combination of
treatments, other than in the Excluded Uses.
1.49 “Dimerizer”
means a bivalent small-molecule compound used to bring into proximity two
engineered fusion proteins.
1.50 “Drug
Approval Application” means, with respect to each Product in a
particular country or region, an application for Commercialization Regulatory
Approval for such Product in such country or region, including without
limitation: (a) an NDA or sNDA; (b) a counterpart of an NDA or sNDA in any
country or region in the Territory; and (c) all supplements and amendments
to
any of the foregoing.
1.51 “DMF”
shall mean a Drug Master File maintained with the FDA or its equivalent
maintained with a Regulatory Authority in other countries within the
Territory.
1.52 “Effective
Date” means the date set forth in the first recital
above.
1.53 “European
Union” means all countries that comprise the
European Union (whether on the Effective Date or at any time during the
Term).
1.54 “Excluded
Uses” means the use of any Product (a) in a stent or other Medical
Device for which ARIAD has granted, or may hereafter grant, rights to
a third Party or (b) as a Dimerizer for use in gene therapy, cell therapy
or
vaccines.
1.55 “FDA”
means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor agency
or
authority thereto.
1.56 “FDCA”
means the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as
amended.
1.57 “Field”
means all uses, including without limitation the treatment, delay or
prevention in humans of all Targeted Indications, other than the Excluded
Uses.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.58 “First
Commercial Sale” means, with respect to a Product in a country in
the Territory, the first sale, transfer or disposition for value to an end
user
of such Product in such country; provided that any sale to an Affiliate or
Sublicensee will not constitute a First Commercial Sale unless the Affiliate
or
Sublicensee is the last entity in the distribution chain of the Product;
and
provided further that any sale on a cost reimbursement
basis for use in a Clinical Trial or other distribution for use in a Clinical
Trial will not constitute a First Commercial Sale.
1.59 “Force
Majeure” means any occurrence beyond
the reasonable control of a Party that (a) prevents or substantially interferes
with the performance by such Party of any of its obligations hereunder and
(b)
occurs by reason of any act of God, flood, fire, explosion, earthquake, strike,
lockout, labor dispute, casualty or accident, or war, revolution, civil
commotion, act of terrorism, blockage or embargo, or any injunction, law,
order,
proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement of any government
or
of any subdivision, authority or representative of any such
government.
1.60 “FTE”
shall mean [***] ([***]) hours of work devoted to or in support of Development
or Commercialization of Products in accordance with an Annual Global Development
Plan or Product Commercialization Plan that is carried out by one or more
employees, contract personnel or consultants of a Party (other than field
sales
force personnel), measured in accordance with such Party’s normal time
allocation practices from time to time. In no event shall an
individual account for more than one FTE year in any Calendar Year.
1.61 “FTE
Cost” means, for any period, the FTE Rate multiplied by the number
of FTEs in such period.
1.62 “FTE
Rate” means a rate of [***] dollars ($ [***]) per FTE per annum for
personnel engaged in Development. The FTE Rate shall be adjusted annually
for
each Calendar Year after 2008 to be equal to the FTE Rate for the previous
Calendar Year plus a percentage increase equal to the [***], since the Effective
Date, or if later, since the date of the last adjustment.
1.63 “GAAP”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
1.64 “GLP”
means the then current Good Laboratory Practice Standards promulgated or
endorsed by the FDA or in the case of foreign jurisdictions, comparable
regulatory standards promulgated or endorsed by the applicable Regulatory
Authority, including those procedures expressed in or contemplated by any
Regulatory Filings.
1.65 “GMP"
means current Good Manufacturing Practices that apply to the Manufacture
of API
and Clinical Product, including, without limitation, the United States
regulations set forth under Title 21 of the United States Code of Federal
Regulations, parts 210, 211 and 600-680, as may be amended from time-to-time,
as
well as all applicable guidance published by the FDA from time-to-time
. The Parties may agree to change this definition in the Supply
Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.66 “Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act” means the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration
Act of 1984, as amended.
1.67 “HSR
Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
1.68 “IND”
means: (a) an Investigational New Drug Application as defined in the FDCA
and
regulations promulgated thereunder or any successor application or procedure
required to initiate clinical testing of a Product in humans in the United
States; (b) a counterpart of an Investigational New Drug Application that
is
required in any other country or region in the Territory before beginning
clinical testing of a Product in humans in such country or region; and (c)
all
supplements and amendments to any of the foregoing.
1.69 “Indication”
means any human disease or condition in the Field which can be treated,
prevented, cured or the progression of which can be delayed.
1.70 “Initiation”
means, with respect to a human Clinical Trial, the first date that a subject
or
patient is dosed in such Clinical Trial.
1.71 “Joint
Commercialization Committee” or “JCC” means
the committee comprised of ARIAD and MERCK representatives established pursuant
to Section 2.3.
1.72 “Joint
Development Committee” or
“JDC”
means the
committee composed of ARIAD and MERCK representatives
established pursuant to Section 2.2.
1.73 “Joint
Manufacturing Committee” or “JMC” means the
committee composed of ARIAD and MERCK representatives established pursuant
to
Section 2.4 of this Agreement and the Supply Agreement.
1.74 “Joint
Patent Rights” means Patent Rights that contain one or more claims
that cover Joint Technology.
1.75 “Joint
Steering Committee” or “JSC” means the
committee composed of ARIAD and MERCK representatives established pursuant
to
Section 2.1.
1.76 “Joint
Technology” means (i) any Program Technology, other than Product
Technology, that is (a) jointly conceived or reduced to practice by one or
more
employees of or consultants to MERCK and one or more employees of or consultants
to ARIAD or (b) conceived or first reduced to practice solely by one or more
employees of, or consultants to, a Party resulting from the use in any material
respect of (i) any Technology, Patent Rights or Proprietary Materials Controlled
by the other Party and/or (ii) any Product Use Technology; provided however,
that the use by a Party of fluid, tissue or tumor samples or data collected
by
either Party in the Development Program in the discovery or development of
Biomarker Information or Biomarkers or otherwise other than used in connection
with Biomarkers for use with mTOR Inhibitors shall not cause such Biomarker
Information or Biomarkers or other inventions to be Joint
Technology. For clarity, Biomarkers for use with mTOR Inhibitors
discovered or developed as a result of the use by a Party of
fluid, tissue or tumor samples or data collected by either Party in
the Development Program shall be Joint Technology.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.77 “Knowledge”
or “Known” means, with respect to ARIAD, [***] of
ARIAD.
1.78 “Late
Stage Clinical Trials” means, with respect to any
Product for any Cancer Indication, a Phase 2 Clinical Trial and/or a Phase
3
Clinical Trial or a combined Phase 2 and Phase 3 Clinical Trial, in each
case
for registration.
1.79 “Launch”
means, with respect to a Product in a country, First Commercial Sale of Product
in the country after approval of an NDA or equivalent in such
country.
1.80 “LIBOR
Rate” means, for any applicable interest period,
the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA
LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or, if Reuters does not publish quotations of
BBA LIBOR, another commercially available source providing quotations of
BBA
LIBOR as selected by agreement of the Parties) at approximately 11:00 a.m.
London time two (2) London Banking Days before the commencement of the interest
period, for U.S. Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such interest
period) with a term equivalent to such interest period. If such rate
is not available at such time for any reason, then the rate for that interest
period will be determined by such alternate method as reasonably selected
by
agreement of the Parties. A “London Banking Day” is a day on which
banks in London are open for business and dealing in offshore
dollars.
1.81 “Licensed
Patent Rights” means any ARIAD Patent Rights and ARIAD’s interest
in Joint Patent Rights that (a) contain one or more claims that cover any
Product (including its Manufacture or its formulation or a method of its
delivery or of its use); and (b) are
necessary for MERCK to exercise the licenses granted to it pursuant to Sections
6.1.1(a) and (b). For purposes of clarity, the Licensed Patent Rights
existing as of the Effective Date include, without limitation, the Patent
Rights
listed on Schedule 2 attached hereto.
1.82 “Licensed
Technology” means any ARIAD Technology and ARIAD’s interest in
Joint Technology that (a) relates to any Product (including its Manufacture
or
its formulation or a method of its delivery or of its use) and (b)
is necessary for MERCK to exercise the licenses
granted to it pursuant to Sections 6.1.1(a) and (b) and
the rights and obligations of MERCK under the Supply Agreement.
1.83 “Major
Cancer Indication” means, collectively, breast
cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and non-small cell lung
cancer.
1.84 “Major
European Country” means each of the United
Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy or Spain.
1.85 "Manufacture”
or “Manufacturing” or
“Manufactured"
shall
mean all
operations involved in the manufacture, receipt, incoming inspections, storage
and handling of Materials, and the manufacture, processing, fermentation,
purification, formulation packaging, labeling, warehousing, quality control
testing (including in-process release and stability testing), shipping and
release of API or Product; as the case may be, provided that the Parties
may
agree to change such definition in the Supply
Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.86 “Manufacturing
Cost” shall mean, with respect to Clinical Product
supplied by ARIAD prior to the execution of the Supply Agreement and the
completion of Clinical Product Transfer, the sum of (a) all charges incurred
by
ARIAD for outsourcing the Manufacture of the Clinical Product (including
API or
any other intermediate thereof), (b) the cost of supervising and managing
the
toll manufacturers, and of receipt, incoming inspections, storage, packaging,
handling, labeling warehousing, quality control testing and release of API
and
Clinical Product, and (c) [***] to the costs in (a) and (b) to cover an
allocation of departmental overhead and general and administrative costs.
The
Parties may agree to change this definition in the Supply
Agreement.
1.87 “Manufacturing
Development” means, with respect to API or Product, all activities
related to the optimization of a commercial-grade Manufacturing process for
the
Manufacture of API or Product including, without limitation, test method
development and stability testing, formulation, validation, productivity,
trouble shooting and second generation formulation, process development,
Manufacturing scale-up, strain improvements, development-stage Manufacturing,
and quality assurance/quality control development.
1.88 “Marketed
Product” shall have the meaning set forth in the Supply
Agreement.
1.89 "Materials"
shall mean all raw materials, including without limitation, API,
excipients, components, containers, labels and packaging materials necessary
for
the Manufacture of API, Clinical Product or Marketed Product. For the
avoidance of doubt, Materials shall not include API with respect to the
Manufacture of API by ARIAD. It is agreed that the Parties may agree
to change the definition of Materials in the Supply Agreement.
1.90 “Medical
Device” means any device implanted permanently inside a blood
vessel of a patient to release any formulation of a drug to the local area
of
treatment aimed at treatment of any structural abnormality or functional
impairment of blood vessels which results from a medical condition other
than
cancer, excluding any device which (i) infuses or systemically delivers a
drug
into the blood, (ii) delivers a separately packaged drug (e.g., in a bottle)
to
the local area of treatment in the blood vessel, or (iii) delivers a drug
from a
reservoir or chamber packaged with or incorporated in such device to the
local
area of treatment in the blood vessel. For clarity, any device for
the treatment, prevention or delay of cancer will not be a Medical
Device.
1.91 “MERCK
Background Technology” means any Technology that is used by MERCK,
or provided by MERCK for use, in the Development Program
and that is (a) Controlled by MERCK as of the Effective Date, or (b) conceived
or first reduced to practice by employees of, or consultants
to, MERCK after the Effective Date other than in the
conduct of MERCK Development Activities and without the use in any material
respect of any ARIAD Technology, ARIAD Patent Rights or ARIAD
Materials. For purposes of clarity, MERCK Background Technology shall
not include MERCK Program Technology, Program Biomarker Technology or MERCK’s
interest in Joint Technology.
1.92 “MERCK
Co-Development Percentage” means (a) except with
respect to any Cancer Indication for which MERCK exercises an Opt-Out Right,
fifty percent (50%), and (b) with respect to any Cancer Indication for which
MERCK exercises an Opt-Out Right, zero percent (0%).
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.93 “MERCK
Decision” means any decision with respect to (i)
the Development (other than Manufacturing Development) and/or Commercialization
of a Product for [***] in the ROW Territory, or (ii) the commencement and
prosecution of actions to address [***] in the ROW Territory or, if a U.S.
Commercialization Transfer has occurred, the U.S. Territory.
1.94 “MERCK
Development Activities” means the Development activities specified
to be conducted by MERCK in any Annual Global Development Plan (or amendment
thereto).
1.95 “MERCK
Materials” means any Proprietary Materials that are Controlled by
MERCK and used by MERCK, or provided by MERCK for use, in the Development
Program.
1.96 “MERCK
Patent Rights” means any Patent Rights Controlled by MERCK that
contain one or more claims that cover
MERCK Technology.
1.97 “MERCK
ROW Product Commercialization Plan” means, with
respect to each Product, the written Product Commercialization Plan for the
Commercialization of such Product by MERCK in the ROW Territory.
1.98 “MERCK Program
Patent Rights” means any Patent Rights that
contain one or more claims that cover MERCK Program Technology.
1.99 “MERCK
Program Technology” means any Program Technology, other than
Product Technology and Product Use Technology that is conceived or first
reduced
to practice by employees of, or consultants to, MERCK, alone or
jointly with any Third Party, without the use in any material respect of
any
ARIAD Technology, ARIAD Patent Rights, ARIAD Materials or Joint
Technology.
1.100 “MERCK
Revenue Sharing Percentage” means with respect to
any Co-Promoted Product for which ARIAD is the Responsible Party and which
is
sold in the U.S. Territory for any Cancer Indication, a percentage equal
to
[***] percent ([***]%); provided, however, that in the event MERCK exercises
an
Opt-Out Right for any Major Cancer Indication, the MERCK Revenue Sharing
Percentage shall be a percentage equal to [***] percent ([***]%).
1.101 “MERCK
Technology” means, collectively, MERCK Background Technology and
MERCK Program Technology.
1.102 “mTOR
Inhibitor” means any compound that directly inhibits the activity
or expression of the human protein known as mammalian target of Rapamycin
or
“mTOR” (UniProtKB/SwissProt database entry P42345).
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.103 “NDA”
means a New Drug Application, as defined in the FDCA and regulations promulgated
thereunder or any successor application or procedure required to sell a Product
in the United States.
1.104 “Net
Sales” means the [***] or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees,
[***] as the case may be, [***]for sales or other dispositions or transfers
for
value of [***]actually allowed and taken, [***]if prepaid by the Seller and
included on Seller’s xxxx or invoice or as a separate
item[***]pursuant to agreements (including, without limitation, managed care
agreements) or government regulations, to the extent actually
allowed[***]similarly incurred to the extent included on the xxxx or
invoice or as a separate item. In addition, Net Sales are
subject to the following:
(a) If
the Seller or any of its Affiliates effects a sale, disposition or transfer
of
[***]the Net Sales of such Product to such customer shall be [***] of such
Product. For purposes of this subsection (a), [***]shall mean the
value that would have been derived had[***](b)In the case of [***]all discounts
and the like shall be allocated among products on the basis on which such
discounts and the like were actually granted or, if such basis cannot be
determined, [***](c)For purposes of clarity, (i) use of any[***] or other
research or development activities, or disposal or transfer[***]give rise
to any
Net Sales and (ii) use of any Product in an [***]deemed sale for purposes
of
this definition unless the Seller or its Affiliates or
sublicensees[***]of the Seller’s Manufacturing Cost to
supply such Product.
1.105 “Non-Cancer
Indications” means any Indication that is not a
Cancer Indication.
1.106 “Operating
Income (Loss)” has the meaning set forth on
Schedule 3 attached hereto.
1.107 “Other
Cancer Indications” means any type or class of
cancer that is not a Major Cancer Indication or a [***], including without
limitation, [***].
1.108 “Participating
Party” means the Party that participates in, but
is not the Responsible Party for, the Development and/or the Commercialization
of a Product for an Indication in a part of the Territory.
1.109 “Patent
Rights” means the rights and interests in and to issued patents and
pending patent applications (which, for purposes of this Agreement, include
certificates of invention, applications for certificates of invention and
priority rights) in any country or region, including all provisional
applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions,
renewals, all letters patent granted thereon, and all reissues, re-examinations
and extensions thereof, and all foreign counterparts of any of the
foregoing.
1.110 “Permitted
Pre-Clinical Research” means pre-clinical research
conducted by (a) ARIAD (or by an Affiliate of ARIAD or by a Third Party under
an
agreement with ARIAD) for any Non-Cancer Indication for any Collaboration
Compound, and (ii) MERCK (or by an Affiliate of MERCK or by a Third Party
under
an agreement with MERCK) for any Non-Cancer Indication other than Excluded
Uses
for any Collaboration Compound.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.111 “Permitted
Transactions” means any agreement by and between a
Party and (a) any Third Party pursuant to which such Third Party conducts
contract services permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.1(a) of this Agreement
or
(b) any Third Party non-profit or academic institution, which agreement provides
for the grant to the Party entering into the agreement of all rights
to Technology and Patent Rights relating to the use of mTOR Inhibitors in
the
Field that are conceived or reduced to practice by any party under such
agreement, with the right to sublicense to the other Party.
1.112 “Person”
means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated association, joint venture
or
similar entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision,
department or agency of a government.
1.113 “Phase
1 Clinical Trial” means a Clinical Trial in any country that would
satisfy the requirements of 21 CFR 312.21(a).
1.114 “Phase
2 Clinical Trial” means, as to a particular Product for any
Indication, a Clinical Trial conducted in any country that would satisfy
the
requirements of 21 CFR 312.21(b) .
1.115 “Phase
3 Clinical Trial” means, a Clinical Trial in
any country that would satisfy the requirements of 21 CFR 312.21(c)
.
1.116 “Phase
4 Clinical Trial” means a post-registrational
Clinical Trial conducted in any country or countries and required as a condition
to, or for the maintenance of, any Regulatory Approval for a Product in the
Territory.
1.117 “Phase
5 Clinical Trial” means a post-registrational
Clinical Trial conducted in any country or countries and not required as
a
condition to, or for the maintenance of, any Regulatory Approval for a Product
in the Territory. For avoidance of doubt, such Phase 5 Clinical
Trials are commonly referred to as “marketing” Clinical Trials.
1.118 “Pricing”
means determining Product pricing at all levels, including wholesale, retail,
hospital, clinic, health care provider, HMO, non-profit entity or government
entities, including average sales price, average wholesale price and best
price.
1.119 “Product”
means any pharmaceutical or medicinal item, substance or formulation that
is
comprised of or contains a Collaboration Compound (whether or not such
Collaboration Compound is the sole active ingredient). For purposes
of clarity, Product includes Co-Promoted Product and Royalty-Bearing
Products.
1.120 “Product
Commercialization Plan” means, with respect to each Product, the
written plan for the Commercialization of such Product in the U.S. Territory
(including, without limitation, expected Manufacturing requirements, for
such
Product; and a detailed strategy, budget and proposed timelines), as such
plan
may be amended or updated. Each Product Commercialization Plan shall
include, without limitation, (a) demographics and market dynamics, market
strategies, a marketing plan (including advertising, Detailing forecasts,
pricing strategies pertaining to discounts, samples and sales forecasts)
for the
U.S. Territory, (b) the specific Commercialization objectives, projected
milestones, resource allocation requirements and activities to be performed
over
such period (including, without limitation, all anticipated Clinical Trials);
(c) the Party responsible for such activities; (d) a timeline for such
activities, including the estimated launch date(s) in the U.S. Territory;
(e) a
sales and expense forecast (including at least five (5) years of estimated
sales
and expenses) for the U.S. Territory, (f) Manufacturing plans and the expected
product profile, (g) a “Commercialization Budget” including a
budget of the expenses expected to be incurred in performing all activities
therein contained, as well as any Third Parties proposed to be utilized and,
to
the extent applicable, any proposed Third Party arrangements, and (h) the
expected Regulatory Filings to be required and prepared, and the expected
timetable for making such Regulatory Filings. Each Product
Commercialization Plan, and each amendment, modification or update to each
Product Commercialization Plan, shall be prepared by, or at the direction
of,
the JCC, and approved by the JSC at such time as JSC may from time to time
direct and in any event, on or prior to the initiation of Commercialization
activities with respect to the Product and shall be attached to the minutes
of
the meeting of the JSC at which such Product Commercialization Plan or
amendment, modification or update is approved by the JSC.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.121 “Product
Delivery Technology” means any Program Technology that covers the
formulation or delivery of any Collaboration Compound or any
Product.
1.122 “Product
Technology” means any Program Technology that
covers the composition of matter of any Collaboration Compound or the final
chemical synthesis step used to convert Rapamycin to API of any Collaboration
Compound.
1.123 “Product
Trademark” means any trademark or trade name, whether or not
registered, or any trademark application or renewal, extension or modification
thereof, in the Territory, or any trade dress and packaging, in each case
(a)
that are applied to or used with any Product by the Responsible Party and
(b)
together with all goodwill associated therewith and promotional materials
relating thereto.
1.124 “Product
Use Technology” means any Program Technology that covers (i) the
use of any mTOR Inhibitor, and/or (ii) the use of any Biomarker with any
mTOR
Inhibitor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Product
Use Technology includes methods of treatment, combinations with other drugs,
and
the use of Biomarkers in connection with the treatment of patients with an
mTOR
Inhibitor.
1.125 “Program
Biomarker Technology” means any Technology that constitutes a
Biomarker or covers any Biomarker that is both (a) Program Technology and
(b)
conceived or first reduced to practice solely by one or more employees of,
or
consultants to, a Party, or jointly by one or more employees of, or consultants
to, each Party, in either case resulting from use in any material respect
of any
biological materials, data, or information developed in, resulting from,
or
funded by the Parties in, the Collaboration.
1.126 “Program
Technology” means any Technology (including,
without limitation, any new and useful process, method of manufacture or
composition of matter) or Proprietary Material that is conceived and first
reduced to practice (actually or constructively) by either Party or jointly
by
both Parties in the conduct of the Development Program and/or in the
Commercialization of Products; provided however, that the use by a Party
of
fluid, tissue or tumor samples or data collected by either Party in the
Development Program in the discovery or development of Biomarker Information
or
Biomarkers or otherwise other than used in connection with Biomarkers for
use
with mTOR Inhibitors shall not cause such Biomarker Information or
Biomarkers or other inventions to be Program Technology. For clarity,
Biomarkers for use with mTOR Inhibitors discovered or developed as a result
of
the use by a Party of fluid, tissue or tumor samples or data
collected by either Party in the Development Program shall be Program
Technology.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.127 “Proprietary
Materials” means tangible chemical, biological or physical
materials (a) that are furnished by or on behalf of one Party to the other
Party
in connection with this Agreement, whether or not specifically designated
as
proprietary by the transferring Party, or (b) that are otherwise conceived
or
reduced to practice in the conduct of the Development Program and/or in
connection with the Commercialization of Products.
1.128 “Rapamycin
Analog” means any chemical derivative of Rapamycin or any variant
of Rapamycin produced by fermentation.
1.129 “Rapamycin
Derived mTOR Inhibitor” means an mTOR Inhibitor that is a Rapamycin
Analog.
1.130 “Regulatory
Approval” means, with respect to any country or region in the
Territory, any approval, product and establishment license, registration
or
authorization of any Regulatory Authority required for the Manufacture, use,
storage, importation, exportation, transport, distribution or sale of a Product
in such country or region. (including without limitation
all applicable pricing and governmental reimbursement approvals even if not
legally required to sell Product in a country).
1.131 “Regulatory
Authority” means the FDA, or any counterpart of the FDA outside the
United States, or any other national, supra-national, regional, state or
local
regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council or other governmental
entity with authority over the distribution, importation, exportation,
Manufacture, production, use, storage, transport, clinical testing or sale
of a
Product.
1.132 “Regulatory
Filings” means, collectively: (a) all INDs, NDAs, BLAs,
establishment license applications, DMFs, applications for designation as
an
“Orphan Product(s)” under the Orphan Drug Act, for “Fast Track” status under
Section 506 of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. § 356) or for a Special Protocol Assessment
under Section 505(b)(4)(B) and (C) of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(4)(B)) and
all other similar filings (including, without limitation, counterparts of
any of
the foregoing in any country or region in the Territory); (b) all supplements
and amendments to any of the foregoing; and (c) all data and other information
contained in, and correspondence relating to, any of the foregoing.
1.133 “Responsible
Party” means the Party that is primarily
responsible for the Development of a Product under a Development Program
or the
Commercialization of a Product. For purposes of clarity, (a) ARIAD
shall be the Responsible Party for (i) the conduct of the Development Program
for any Product for the Sarcoma Indication in the U.S. Territory and the
Commercialization of any Product for the Sarcoma Indication in the U.S.
Territory, (ii) the Manufacture of Clinical Product, and
(iii) subject to the terms of the Supply Agreement, the Manufacture
and supply of API; (b) MERCK shall be the Responsible Party for (i) Development
and Commercialization of Products for all Cancer Indications in the ROW
Territory and (ii) subject to the terms of the Supply Agreement, the Manufacture
and supply of Product for all Indications in the Territory ; and (c) the
Parties
shall jointly serve as Responsible Party for Development and Commercialization
of Products for all Major Cancer Indications and other Cancer Indications
in the
U.S. Territory.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.134 “ROW
Territory” means all of the countries and
territories of the world other than the U.S. Territory.
1.135 “Royalty-Bearing
Product” means all quantities of Product that are sold by MERCK in
the Royalty-Bearing Territory.
1.136 “Royalty-Bearing
Territory” means (a) the ROW Territory; and (b)
the U.S. Territory following the occurrence of a U.S. Commercialization
Transfer.
1.137 “Royalty
Term” means, (i) with respect to each Royalty-Bearing Product in
each country in the ROW Territory, the period beginning on the date of First
Commercial Sale of such Royalty-Bearing Product in such country and ending
on
the later to occur of (a) expiration of the last to expire Valid Claim of
the
ARIAD Patent Rights, MERCK Patent Rights or Joint Patent Rights in such country
that covers the composition of matter or sale or import of the Collaboration
Compound contained in such Royalty-Bearing Product or its use for any indication
for which Commercialization Regulatory Approval has been obtained in such
country, (b) [***] from the date of the First Commercial Sale of such
Royalty-Bearing Product in such country, or (c) the last date upon which
ARIAD
supplies any Product to MERCK pursuant to the Supply Agreement; and (ii)
with
respect to each Royalty-Bearing Product in the U.S. Territory in the event
of a
U.S. Commercialization Transfer, the period beginning on the date of the
U.S.
Commercialization Transfer and ending on the latest to occur of (a) expiration
of the last to expire Valid Claim of the ARIAD Patent Rights, MERCK Patent
Rights or Joint Patent Rights in the U.S. that covers the composition of
matter
or sale or import of the Collaboration Compound contained in such
Royalty-Bearing Product or its use for any indication for which
Commercialization Regulatory Approval has been obtained in the U.S. Territory,
(b) [***] from the date of the First Commercial Sale of such Royalty-Bearing
Product in the U.S. Territory, (c) the last date upon which ARIAD [***] pursuant
to the Supply Agreement, or (d) the last date upon which ARIAD co-promotes
any
Product in the U.S. Territory.
1.138 “Sarcoma
Indication” means any cancer of the connective or
supportive tissue that is generally known in medical practice as a
sarcoma.
1.139 “Serious
Adverse Event” means any untoward medical occurrences that at any
dose results in any of the following: death, is life-threatening, requires
inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results
in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or, is a congenital
anomaly/birth defect
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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1.140 “sNDA”
means a Supplemental New Drug Application, as defined in the FDCA and applicable
regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.141 “Sublicensee”
means any Affiliate or Third Party to which a Party grants a
sublicense in accordance with Section 6.2.
1.142 “Sublicense
Agreement” means any agreement by and between a
Party and a Sublicensee which is entered into in accordance with Section
6.2.
1.143 “Targeted
Indications” means, collectively, the following
Indications: (a) [***] Indications; (b) [***] Indications; (c) [***]
Indications; and (d) [***] Indications.
1.144 “Technology”
means, collectively, inventions, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets
and
proprietary methods, whether or not patentable, including without limitation:
(a) methods of Manufacture or use of, and structural and functional information
pertaining to, chemical compounds and (b) compositions of matter, data,
formulations, processes, techniques, know-how and results (including any
negative results).
1.145 “Territory”
means all countries and territories of the world, consisting of the U.S.
Territory and the ROW Territory.
1.146 “Third
Party” means a Person other than MERCK and ARIAD and their
respective Affiliates.
1.147 “Third
Party Data Provider” means [***] and/or any other
Third Party reasonably acceptable to the Parties that performs market analyses
and provides sales data for the biotechnology or pharmaceutical
industry.
1.148 “U.S.
Territory” means the United States of America and
its territories, including, without limitation, Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin
Islands.
1.149 “Valid
Claim” means any claim of a pending patent application or an issued
unexpired patent that (a) has not been finally cancelled, withdrawn, abandoned
or rejected by any administrative agency or other body of competent
jurisdiction, (b) has not been permanently revoked, held invalid, or declared
unpatentable or unenforceable in a decision of a court or other body of
competent jurisdiction that is unappealable or unappealed within the time
allowed for appeal, (c) has not been rendered unenforceable through disclaimer
or otherwise, and (d) is not lost through an interference
proceeding.
Additional
Definitions. In addition, each of the following
definitions shall have the respective meanings set forth in the section of
this
Agreement indicated below:
Definition
|
Section
|
Abandonment
Party
|
8.1.5
|
Advances
|
4.2
|
Alliance
Manager
|
2.5.1
|
Acquisition
|
12.10
|
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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Appointing
Party
|
2.6.2
|
Arbitration
Matter
|
12.1
|
ARIAD
Development Cost Cap
|
4.2
|
ARIAD
Indemnitees
|
11.2
|
Assuming
Party
|
8.1.5
|
Claims
|
11.1
|
Clinical
Supplies
|
3.6.3(a)
|
Co-Development
Net Sales
|
4.3.4
|
Collaborator
IP Rights
|
6.4.3
|
Combination
Product
|
4.6.1(c)
|
Competing
Drug
|
4.6.1(a)(ii)
|
Co-Promoted
Product
|
3.13.1
|
Co-Promotion
Agreement
|
3.13.2(a)
|
Co-Promotion
Territory
|
3.13.1
|
Co-Promotion
Trademarks
|
8.3.1
|
Cost
Audited Party
|
3.12.2(b)
|
Cost
Auditing Party
|
3.12.2(b)
|
Date
First Learned
|
3.10.5(a)
|
Development
Transfer
|
3.4(b)(i)
|
Diagnostic
Product Agreement
|
3.1.2(d)
|
Disputed
Matter
|
2.1.5
|
Estimate
|
4.3.2(c)
|
Estimated
Loss
|
4.3.2(c)
|
Estimated
Operating Income Payment
|
4.3.2(c)
|
Indemnified
Party
|
11.3
|
Indemnifying
Party
|
11.3
|
Infringement
|
8.2.1(a)(i)
|
Infringement
Notice
|
8.2.1(a)(i)
|
Losses
|
11.1
|
MERCK
Indemnitees
|
11.1
|
MERCK
Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights
|
6.1.2(c)
|
Operating
Income Payments
|
4.3.1
|
Opting-Out
Party
|
3.4(a)
|
Opt-Out
Notice
|
3.4(a)
|
Opt-Out
Notice Period
|
3.4(a)
|
Opt-Out
Right
|
3.4(a)
|
Other
Products
|
4.6.1(c)
|
Patent
Coordinator
|
7.5
|
Phase
1/2 Clinical Trial
|
4.5(c)
|
Phase
2/3 Clinical Trial
|
4.5(d)
|
Program
Confidential Information
|
6.4.4(c)
|
Promissory
Note
|
4.2
|
Reasonably
Estimated Commercial Value
|
4.6.1(c)
|
Representative
|
Schedule
3
|
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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ROW
Development Costs
|
3.12.1
|
Recipient
Party
|
3.3
|
Separation
Date
|
3.4(a)
|
Supply
Agreement
|
3.6
|
Term
|
9.1(c)
|
Transfer
Date
|
3.4(b)(ii)
|
Transferring
Party
|
3.3
|
U.S.
Commercialization Transfer
|
3.4(b)(ii)
|
Weighted
Average Sales Price
|
4.6.1(c)
|
2.1.1 Establishment. ARIAD
and MERCK hereby establish the Joint Steering Committee. The JSC
shall have and perform the responsibilities set forth in Section
2.1.4.
2.1.2 Membership. Each
of ARIAD and MERCK shall designate in writing an equal (not less than
two (2))
number of representatives to the JSC, who shall be senior level
personnel. One (1) representative of each Party shall be designated
as Co-Chairs of the JSC. Each Party shall have the right at any time
to substitute individuals, on a permanent or temporary basis, for any
of its
previously designated representatives to the JSC by giving written notice
to the
other Party.
2.1.3 Meetings.
(a) Schedule
of Meetings; Agenda. The JSC shall establish a schedule of times
for regular meetings, taking into account, without limitation, the planning
needs of the Development Program and the Commercialization of Products
and the
responsibilities of the JSC. Special meetings of the JSC may be
convened by any member upon not less than thirty (30) days (or, if such
meeting
is proposed to be conducted by teleconference, upon not less than ten
(10) days)
written notice to the other members; provided that (i) notice of any
such
special meeting may be waived at any time, either before or after such
meeting
and (ii) attendance of any member at a special meeting shall constitute
a valid
waiver of notice from such member. In no event shall the JSC meet
less frequently than once every six (6) months. Regular and special
meetings of the JSC may be held in person or by teleconference or
videoconference; provided that meetings held in person shall alternate
between
the respective offices of the Parties in Cambridge, Massachusetts and
Upper
Gwynedd, PA or at other locations mutually agreeable to the JSC
members. The Co-Chairs shall alternate the responsibility for
preparing and circulating to each JSC member an agenda for each JSC meeting
not
later than one (1) week prior to such meeting.
(b) Quorum;
Voting; Decisions. At each JSC meeting, (i) the presence in
person of at least one (1) member designated by each Party
shall constitute a quorum and (ii) each member who is present shall have
one
vote on all matters before the JSC at such meeting. All decisions of
the JSC, shall be made by majority vote; provided, that, any member designated
by a Party shall have the right to cast the votes of any of such Party’s members
on the JSC who are absent from the meeting. Alternatively, the JSC
may act by written consent signed by at least one (1)
member designated by each Party.
Whenever any action by the JSC is
called for hereunder
during a time period in which the JSC is not scheduled to meet, either
Co-Chair
shall cause the JSC to take the action in the requested time period by
calling a
special meeting or by circulating a written consent. Representatives
of each Party or of its Affiliates who are not members of the JSC (including,
without limitation, the Patent Coordinators) may attend JSC meetings
as
non-voting observers at the request of either Co-Chair.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(c) Minutes. The
JSC shall keep minutes of its meetings that record all decisions and
all actions
recommended or taken in reasonable detail. Drafts of the minutes
shall be prepared and circulated to the members of the JSC within a reasonable
time after the meeting, not to exceed thirty (30) business days, and
the
Co-Chairs shall alternate responsibility for the preparation and circulation
of
draft minutes. Each member of the JSC shall have the opportunity to
provide comments on the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be
approved, disapproved and revised as soon as practicable. Upon
approval, final minutes of each meeting shall be circulated to the members
of
the JSC by the Co-Chair with responsibility for preparing such
minutes.
(d) Expenses. ARIAD
and MERCK shall each bear all expenses of their respective JSC representatives
related to their participation on the JSC and attendance at JSC
meetings.
2.1.4 Responsibilities. The
JSC shall be responsible for overseeing the conduct and progress of the
Development Program, and the global Development and Commercialization
in the
U.S. Territory of Products. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the JSC shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) overseeing
the activities and performance by each of the JDC, the JCC and the JMC
of its
respective responsibilities;
(b) reviewing
data, reports or other information submitted to it by the JDC, the
JCC or the JMC from time to time;
(c) determine
whether to terminate the JDC or the JCC;
(d) review
and approve Annual Global Development Plan and budget and the Product
Commercialization Plan and Commercialization Budget;
(e) resolving
all JDC, JCC or JMC matters that are in dispute;
(f) designating
Back-Up Compounds; and
(g) making
such other decisions as may be delegated to the JSC pursuant to this
Agreement
or by mutual written agreement of the Parties during the Term.
2.1.5 Dispute
Resolution. The JSC members
shall use reasonable efforts to reach agreement on any and all
matters. In the event that, despite such reasonable efforts,
agreement on a particular matter cannot be reached by the JSC within
ten (10)
days after the JSC first meets to consider such matter or such later
date as may
be mutually acceptable to the Parties (each such matter, a “Disputed Matter”),
then, [***] shall refer such Disputed Matter to the [***] for MERCK and
the
[***] for ARIAD who shall promptly initiate discussions in good faith
to resolve
such Disputed Matter. If the Disputed Matter is not resolved by the
aforementioned senior executives, the Disputed Matter will [***] of MERCK
(as
appropriate) and the [***] for ARIAD. If the Disputed Matter is not
resolved by the [***] within the later of (i) ten (10) days after the
date the
[***] first meet to consider such Disputed Matter, or (ii) thirty (30)
days
after the date the JSC first met to consider such Disputed Matter, then
(a) if
the Disputed Matter involves an ARIAD Decision, the [***] of ARIAD shall
have
the right to make the final decision on such Disputed Matter, [***] (b)
if the
Disputed Matter involves a MERCK Decision, the [***] of
MERCK (as appropriate) MERCK shall have the right to make
the final decision on such Disputed Matter, [***] and (c) if the Disputed
Matter
involves any other matter (including, without limitation, Development
and
Commercialization decisions in the U.S. Territory for all Indications
other than
Sarcoma Indications, as well as all decisions in the U.S. Territory
relating to [***], such Disputed Matter must be promptly resolved by
consensus
of the JSC or the foregoing officers [***].
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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2.2 Joint
Development Committee.
2.2.1 Establishment. ARIAD
and MERCK hereby establish the Joint Development Committee. The JDC
shall have and perform the responsibilities set forth in Section
2.2.4. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the term for the JDC
shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the JSC determines
to
discontinue the JDC as a result of the completion of all Development
activities
for Products.
2.2.2 Membership. Each
of ARIAD and MERCK shall designate in writing an equal (not less than
two (2))
number of representatives to the JDC. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, one representative of each Party shall be designated as Co-Chairs
of
the JDC. Each Party shall have the right at any time to substitute
individuals, on a permanent or temporary basis, for any of its previously
designated representatives to the JDC by giving written notice to the
other
Party.
2.2.3 Meetings.
(a) Schedule
of Meetings; Agenda. The JDC shall establish a schedule of times
for regular meetings, taking into account, without limitation, the planning
needs of the Development Program and the responsibilities of the
JDC. Special meetings of the JDC may be convened by any member upon
not less than thirty (30) days (or, if such meeting is proposed to be
conducted
by teleconference, upon not less than ten (10) days) written notice to
the other
members; provided that (i) notice of any such special meeting may be
waived at
any time, either before or after such meeting and (ii) attendance of
any member
at a special meeting shall constitute a valid waiver of notice from such
member. In no event shall the JDC meet less frequently than once each
Calendar Quarter. Regular and special meetings of the JDC may be held
in person or by teleconference or videoconference; provided that meetings
held
in person shall alternate between the respective offices of the Parties
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Upper Gwynedd, PA or at other locations
mutually
agreeable to the JDC members. The Co-Chairs shall alternate the
responsibility for preparing and circulating to each JDC member an agenda
for
each JDC meeting not later than one (1) week prior to such meeting.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(b) Quorum;
Voting; Decisions. At each JDC meeting, (i) the presence in
person of at least one (1) member designated by each Party
shall constitute a quorum and (ii) each member who is present shall have
one
vote on all matters before the JDC at such meeting. All decisions of
the JDC, shall be made by majority vote; provided, that, any member designated
by a Party shall have the right to cast the votes of any of such Party’s members
on the JDC who are absent from the meeting. Alternatively, the JDC
may act by written consent signed by at least one (1)
member designated by each Party. Whenever any
action by the JDC is called for hereunder during a time period in which
the JDC
is not scheduled to meet, either Co-Chair shall cause the JDC to take
the action
in the requested time period by calling a special meeting or by circulating
a
written consent. Representatives of each Party or of its Affiliates
who are not members of the JDC (including, without limitation, the Patent
Coordinators) may attend JDC meetings as non-voting observers. In the
event that the JDC is unable to resolve any matter before it, such matter
shall
be resolved in accordance with Section 2.2.5.
(c) Minutes. The
JDC shall keep minutes of its meetings that record all decisions and
all actions
recommended or taken in reasonable detail. Drafts of the minutes
shall be prepared and circulated to the members of the JDC within a reasonable
time after the meeting, not to exceed thirty (30) business days, and
the Parties
shall alternate responsibility for the preparation and circulation of
draft
minutes. Each member of the JDC shall have the opportunity to provide
comments on the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be approved,
disapproved and revised as necessary at the next JDC meeting. Upon
approval, final minutes of each meeting shall be circulated to the members
of
the JDC by the by the Co-Chair with responsibility for preparing such
minutes.
(d) Expenses. ARIAD
and MERCK shall each bear all expenses of their respective JDC representatives
related to their participation on the JDC and attendance at JDC
meetings.
2.2.4 Responsibilities. The
JDC shall be responsible for overseeing the conduct and progress of the
Development Program and the global Development of Products. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the JDC shall have the following
responsibilities:
(a) preparing,
or directing the preparation by the Parties of, each Annual Global Development
Plan, including the budget;
(b) preparing,
or directing the preparation by the Parties of, each amendment to any
Annual
Global Development Plan or the related budget;
(c) establishing
guidelines and procedures for allocating FTEs of the Parties to the performance
of the Annual Global Development Plans and determining the proportion
of such
FTEs to be allocated to the U.S. Territory and the ROW Territory and
making any
revisions to such allocations.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(d) monitoring
the progress of the Development Program under each Annual Global Development
Plan and of each Party’s activities thereunder;
(e) providing
a forum for consensual decision making with respect to the Development
Program,
including making decisions regarding the form of drug product;
(f) reviewing
and circulating to the Parties data, reports or other information submitted
by
either Party with respect to work conducted under the Development
Program;
(g) reviewing
any Clinical Trial Proposal submitted by either Party and integrating,
or
directing the integration of, such Clinical Trial Proposal into the applicable
Annual Global Development Plan;
(h) reviewing
and approving any agreement entered into by a Party with a Third Party
pursuant
to Section 6.2.1;
(i) determining
and approving the overall strategy for publications and presentations
in support
of Product in the Territory and supervising the Publication
Committee;
(j) making
such other decisions as may be delegated to the JDC pursuant to this
Agreement
or by the JSC or by mutual written agreement of the Parties during the
Term.
(k) determining
whether studies in the Annual Global Development Plan will be conducted
as
company-sponsored or as investigator-initiated trials; and
(l) reconciling
issues between the Parties with respect to the Parties’ respective share of
Development Costs with respect to Co-Promoted Products.
2.2.5 Dispute
Resolution. The JDC members shall use reasonable efforts
to reach agreement on any and all matters. In the event that, despite
such reasonable efforts, agreement on a particular matter cannot be reached
by
the JDC within ten (10) days after the JDC first meets to consider such
matter,
then the matter shall be referred to the JSC for resolution pursuant
to Section
2.1.5.
2.3.1 Establishment. ARIAD
and MERCK hereby establish the Joint Commercialization Committee. The
JCC shall have and perform the responsibilities set forth in Section
2.3.4. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the term for the JCC
shall commence at such time as the JSC determines and continue for so
long as a
Product is being Commercialized.
2.3.2 Membership. Each
of ARIAD and MERCK shall designate in writing an equal (not less than
two (2))
number of representatives to the JCC. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, one representative of each Party shall be designated as Co-Chairs
of
the JCC. Each Party shall have the right at any time to substitute
individuals, on a permanent or temporary basis, for any of its previously
designated representatives to the JDC by giving written notice to the
other
Party.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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2.3.3 Meetings.
(a) Schedule
of Meetings; Agenda. The JCC shall establish a schedule of times
for regular meetings, taking into account, without limitation, the planning
needs for the Commercialization of Products and the responsibilities
of the
JCC. Special meetings of the JCC may be convened by any member upon
not less than thirty (30) days (or, if such meeting is proposed to be
conducted
by teleconference, upon ten (10) days) written notice to the other members;
provided that (i) notice of any such special meeting may be waived at
any time,
either before or after such meeting and (ii) attendance of any member
at a
special meeting shall constitute a valid waiver of notice from such
member. In no event shall the JCC meet less frequently than once each
Calendar Quarter. Regular and special meetings of the JCC may be held
in person or by teleconference or videoconference; provided that meetings
held
in person shall alternate between the respective offices of the Parties
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Whitehouse Station, New
Jersey or at other locations mutually agreeable to the JCC
members. The Co-Chairs shall alternate responsibility for preparing
and circulating to each JCC member an agenda for each JCC meeting not
later than
one (1) week prior to such meeting.
(b) Quorum;
Voting; Decisions. At each JCC meeting, (i) the presence in
person of at least one (1) member designated by each Party
shall constitute a quorum and (ii) each member who is present shall have
one
vote on all matters before the JCC at such meeting. All decisions of
the JCC, shall be made by majority vote; provided, that, any member designated
by a Party shall have the right to cast the votes of any of such Party’s members
on the JCC who are absent from the meeting. Alternatively, the JCC
may act by written consent signed by at least one (1)
member designated by each Party. Whenever any
action by the JCC is called for hereunder during a time period in which
the JCC
is not scheduled to meet, the Co-Chairs shall cause the JCC to take the
action
in the requested time period by calling a special meeting or by circulating
a
written consent. Representatives of each Party or of its Affiliates
who are not members of the JCC (including, without limitation, the Patent
Coordinators) may attend JCC meetings as non-voting observers. In the
event that
the JCC is unable to resolve any matter before it, such matter shall
be resolved
in accordance with Section 2.3.5.
(c) Minutes. The
JCC shall keep minutes of its meetings that record all decisions and
all actions
recommended or taken in reasonable detail. Drafts of the minutes
shall be prepared and circulated to the members of the JCC within a reasonable
time after the meeting, not to exceed ten (10) business days, and the
Parties
shall alternate responsibility for the preparation and circulation of
draft
minutes. Each member of the JCC shall have the opportunity to provide
comments on the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be approved,
disapproved and revised as necessary at the next JCC meeting. Upon
approval, final minutes of each meeting shall be circulated to the members
of
the JCC by the by the Co-Chair with responsibility for preparing such
minutes.
(d) Expenses. ARIAD
and MERCK shall each bear all expenses of their respective JCC representatives
related to their participation on the JCC and attendance at JCC
meetings.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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2.3.4 Responsibilities. The
JCC shall be responsible for overseeing the conduct and progress of the
Commercialization of each Product in the U.S. Territory and the Co-Promotion
of
each Co-Promoted Product in the U.S. Territory. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the JCC shall have the following
responsibilities:
(a) preparing
or directing the preparation by the Parties of, each Product Commercialization
Plan, including the budget;
(b) preparing
or directing the preparation by the Parties of, each amendment to any
Product
Commercialization Plan or the related budget;
(c) deciding
Pricing and Branding matters in the U.S. Territory;
(d) deciding
appearance of the Product, packaging and promotional materials;
(e) determining
managed health care strategy and tactics, including pricing, rebates,
discounts
and charge-backs;
(f) agreeing
upon the market definition against which the Product will be measured
for
internal and external reporting purposes;
(g) determining
the appropriate use of medical science liaisons in support of the
Product;
(h) determining
the format and quantities of promotional sales, marketing and educational
materials for the Product;
(i) reviewing
and approving any proposals for development of additional Product or
modifications of existing Products, including, without limitation, new
formulations after First Commercial Sale and line extensions;
(j) agreeing
upon the design and implementation of all Product launch
activities;
(k) monitoring
the progress of Commercialization of Products under each Annual Product
Commercialization Plan and of each Party’s activities thereunder;
(l) reviewing
and circulating to the Parties data, reports or other information submitted
by
either Party with respect to the Commercialization of Products;
(m) reconciling
issues between, the Parties with respect to the Parties’ respective share of
Operating Income (Loss) with respect to Co-Promoted Products;
(n) preparing
or directing the preparation by the Parties of short-term and long-term
sales
forecasts for Products;
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(o) determining
appropriate targets for sales force staffing and territory mapping purposes,
determining the Co-Promotion Percentage of each Party, provided that
the
Co-Promotion percentage of neither Party shall be [***], and coordinating
the
Detailing efforts of both Parties with respect to Co-Promoted
Products;
(p) overseeing
all recalls, market withdrawals and any other corrective actions related
to
Products;
(q) receiving
and providing to the Parties sales reports pertaining to Collaboration
Products;
(r) subject
to the requirement in the Co-Promotion Agreement that Third Parties shall
only
be used to Co-Promote if the other Party has been given the option to
conduct
the extra Details and be reimbursed on the basis set forth in the Co-Promotion
Agreement and turned down the option, approving all Third Parties to
be engaged
by either Party to provide Representatives to Co-Promote Collaboration
Products,
any such approval to be reflected in the minutes of the JCC;
(s) monitoring
compliance of marketing activities throughout the Territory with Applicable
Laws
and the corporate governance codes and policies of the Parties;
(t) making
such other decisions as may be delegated to the JCC pursuant to this
Agreement
or by the JSC or by mutual written agreement of the Parties during the
Term;
(u) reviewing
the MERCK ROW Product Commercialization Plan as set forth in Section
3.5.2 and
providing a forum for discussion with respect to the Commercialization
of
Products in the ROW Territory.
2.3.5 Dispute
Resolution. The JCC members shall use reasonable efforts
to reach agreement on any and all matters. In the event that, despite
such reasonable efforts, agreement on a particular matter cannot be reached
by
the JCC within ten (10) days after the JCC first meets to consider such
matter,
then the matter shall be referred to the JSC for resolution pursuant
to Section
2.1.5.
2.4.1 Establishment. ARIAD
and MERCK hereby establish the Joint Manufacturing Committee, which shall
report
to the JSC. The JMC shall have and perform the responsibilities set
forth in the Supply Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, the term for the JMC shall commence at such time as the JSC
determines
and shall continue as long as the Supply Agreement remains in
effect.
2.4.2 Membership. Each
of ARIAD and MERCK shall designate in writing an equal (not less than
two (2))
number of representatives to the JMC. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, one representative of each Party shall be designated as Co-Chairs
of
the JMC. Each Party shall have the right at any time to substitute
individuals, on a permanent or temporary basis, for any of its previously
designated representatives to the JMC by giving written notice to the
other
Party.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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2.4.3 Meetings.
(a) Schedule
of Meetings; Agenda. The JMC shall establish a schedule of times
for regular meetings, taking into account, without limitation, the planning
needs for the Manufacture of Products and the responsibilities of the
JMC. Special meetings of the JMC may be convened by any member upon
not less than thirty (30) days (or, if such meeting is proposed to be
conducted
by teleconference, upon not less than ten (10) days) written notice to
the other
members; provided that (i) notice of any such special meeting may be
waived at
any time, either before or after such meeting and (ii) attendance of
any member
at a special meeting shall constitute a valid waiver of notice from such
member. In no event shall the JMC meet less frequently than
quarterly. Regular and special meetings of the JMC may be held in
person or by teleconference or videoconference; provided that meetings
held in
person shall alternate between the respective offices of the Parties
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Whitehouse Station, New Jersey or at other
locations mutually agreeable to the JMC members. The Co-Chairs shall
alternate the responsibility for preparing and circulating to each JMC
member an
agenda for each JMC meeting not later than one (1) week prior to such
meeting.
(b) Quorum;
Voting; Decisions. At each JMC meeting, (i) the presence in
person of at least one (1) member designated by each Party
shall constitute a quorum and (ii) each member who is present shall have
one
vote on all matters before the JMC at such meeting. All decisions of
the JMC, shall be made by majority vote; provided, that, any member designated
by a Party shall have the right to cast the votes of any of such Party’s members
on the JMC who are absent from the meeting. Alternatively, the JMC
may act by written consent signed by at least one (1)
member designated by each Party. Whenever any
action by the JMC is called for hereunder during a time period in which
the JMC
is not scheduled to meet, either Co-Chair shall cause the JMC to take
the action
in the requested time period by calling a special meeting or by circulating
a
written consent. Representatives of each Party or of its Affiliates
who are not members of the JMC may attend JMC meetings as non-voting
observers. In the event that the JMC is unable to resolve any matter
before it, such matter shall be resolved in accordance with Section
2.4.5.
(c) Minutes. The
JMC shall keep minutes of its meetings that record all decisions and
all actions
recommended or taken in reasonable detail. Drafts of the minutes
shall be prepared and circulated to the members of the JMC within a reasonable
time after the meeting, not to exceed thirty (30) business days, and
the Parties
shall alternate responsibility for the preparation and circulation of
draft
minutes. Each member of the JMC shall have the opportunity to provide
comments on the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be approved,
disapproved and revised as necessary at the next JMC meeting. Upon
approval, final minutes of each meeting shall be circulated to the members
of
the JMC by the by the Co-Chair with responsibility for preparing such
minutes.
(d) Expenses. ARIAD
and MERCK shall each bear all expenses of their respective JMC representatives
related to their participation on the JMC and attendance at JMC
meetings.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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2.4.4 Responsibilities. The
JMC shall be responsible for overseeing the Manufacture of
Products. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the JMC
shall have the following responsibilities below, which
responsibilities shall be subject to revisions set forth in the Supply
Agreement:
(a) providing
input relating to the Specifications for Product to the JDC or JCC;
(b) reviewing
issues relating to quality standards for Product;
(c) reviewing
issues relating to, and monitoring the progress of, Manufacturing Development
of
Product and providing a forum for consensual decision making with respect
to
Manufacturing of Product;
(d) reviewing
issues relating to supply (e.g., quantity forecast of Product,
shortage, and regulatory information regarding Product) of Product by
ARIAD to
MERCK;
(e) providing
CMC input to the JCC with respect to Product.
2.4.5 Dispute
Resolution. The JMC members shall use reasonable efforts
to reach agreement on any and all matters. In the event that, despite
such reasonable efforts, agreement on a particular matter cannot be reached
by
the JMC within ten (10) days after the JMC first meets to consider such
matter,
then the matter shall be referred to the JSC for resolution pursuant
to Section
2.1.5.
2.5.1 Appointment. Each
Party shall have the right to appoint a person who shall oversee interactions
between the Parties for all matters related to the Development and
Commercialization of Products between meetings of the JSC, the JDC, the
JMC and
the JCC (each, an “Alliance Manager”). The Alliance Managers shall
have the right to attend all meetings of the JSC, JDC, JMC and the JCC,
as the
case may be, as non-voting participants and may bring to the attention
of the
JSC, JDC, JMC or the JCC, as the case may be, any matters or issues either
of
them reasonably believes should be discussed and shall have such other
responsibilities as the Parties may mutually agree in writing. Each
Party may replace its Alliance Manager at any time or may designate different
Alliance Managers with respect to Development and Commercialization,
respectively, by notice in writing to the other Party.
2.5.2 Responsibilities. The
Alliance Managers, if appointed, shall have the responsibility of creating
and
maintaining a constructive work environment within the JSC, JDC, JMC
and the JCC
and between the Parties for all matters related to the
Collaboration. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Alliance Managers shall:
(a) identify
and bring to the attention of the JSC, as applicable, any disputes arising
between the Parties related to the Collaboration in a timely manner,
including,
without limitation, any asserted occurrence of a material breach by a
Party, and
function as the point of first referral in the resolution of each
dispute;
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(b) provide
a single point of communication for seeking consensus within the Parties’
respective organizations and between the Parties with respect to the
Collaboration;
(c) plan
and coordinate cooperative efforts, internal communications and external
communications between the Parties with respect to the Collaboration;
and
(d) take
such steps as may be required to ensure that meetings of the JSC, the
JDC, the
JMC and the JCC occur as set forth in this Agreement, that procedures
are
followed with respect to such meetings (including, without limitation,
the
giving or proper notice and the preparation and approval of minutes)
and that
relevant action items resulting from such meetings are appropriately
carried out
or otherwise addressed.
2.6.1 Appointment
is a Right. The appointment of members
of the JSC, JDC, JMC and JCC and Alliance Managers is a right of each
Party and
not an obligation and shall not be a “deliverable” as defined in EITF Issue No.
00-21. Each Party shall be free to determine not to appoint members
to the JSC, JDC, JMC and JCC and not to appoint an Alliance
Manager.
2.6.2 Consequence
of Non-Appointment. If a Party
(“Appointing Party”) does not appoint members of the JSC, JDC, JMC or JCC or an
Alliance Manager, it shall not be a breach of this Agreement, nor shall
any
consideration be required to be returned, and unless and until such persons
are
appointed, the other Party may discharge the roles of the Committees
for which
members were not appointed by an Appointing Party.
2.7 Interests
of the Parties. All decisions made and all actions taken
by the JSC, the JDC, the JCC, the JMC or the officers of the Parties
pursuant to
Section 2.1.5 shall be made or taken with due interest of both Parties
considered in good faith. This provision shall not be subject to
arbitration or other dispute resolution under this Agreement.
3.1.1 Objectives
of the Development Program. The
objectives of the Development Program shall be the Development of Products
in
order to obtain Commercialization Regulatory Approval of Products in
the Field
in the Territory pursuant to the Annual Global Development Plans.
3.1.2 Global
Development Plan.
(a) Initial
[***] Activities. The Parties anticipate that the Development
Program will include, during the [***] after the Effective Date, among
other
things: (i) a Phase 3 Clinical Trial in a Sarcoma Indication, (ii) specified
[***] and [***] for [***] (i.e., [***], and (iii) specified [***] for
any [***]
(initially, [***]), (iv) additional Clinical Trials in the [***], (v)
a [***] in
a [***] population [***] and (vi) specific [***] intended to be pivotal
trials
for use in seeking [***] that are selected based on [***] listed in the
preceding clauses. The parties anticipate that, subject to success in
earlier
required Clinical Trials in the case of Phase 3 Clinical Trials, all
of the Clinical Trials listed above will be conducted during the [***]
after the
Effective Date and that multiple Cancer Indications will be pursued
concurrently. Certain Phase 1 and Phase 2 Clinical Trials
may be investigator initiated studies, as set forth in the Annual Global
Development Plan. In order to develop and finalize the definitive
Development Program, ARIAD and MERCK will engage in further in-depth
discussion,
and will obtain external input from thought leaders in the appropriate
scientific fields and from Regulatory Authorities. All aspects of the
Development Program are subject to the approval of the JDC.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(b) Preparation
of Annual Global Development Plan. An initial Annual Global Development Plan
and budget for the period from the Effective Date through December 31,
2008 for
each Product and Indication shall be prepared by the Parties at the direction
of
the JDC, and submitted to the JSC for approval within ninety (90) days
after the
Effective Date. Thereafter, for Calendar Year 2009 and for each
Calendar Year thereafter during the Term, an Annual Global Development
Plan and
budget for each Product and Indication shall be prepared by the Parties
at the
direction of the JDC and submitted to the JSC for approval as provided
in
Section 2.2.4(a) at least twenty (20) days before the meeting at which
it will
be considered; provided, that, the Parties shall manage the preparation
of each
such Annual Global Development Plan and budget in a manner designed to
obtain
such JSC approval no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of
the
then-current Calendar Year. Each Annual Global Development Plan
shall: (a) set forth (i) the Development objectives, including pre-clinical
studies, Clinical Trials and other activities, priorities, timelines,
budget
(taking into account, with respect to budgeting amounts for specific
Clinical
Trial activities to be conducted internally by ARIAD or MERCK, the amount
of
expenditure that would be incurred by that Party if it elected to outsource
such
activities to a qualified contract research organization) and resources
for the
initial period or Calendar Year covered by the Annual Global Development
Plan
with reasonable specificity, (ii) which activities are ARIAD Development
Activities and/or MERCK Development Activities, (iii) with respect to
such
Development Activities, the number of FTEs to be allocated to perform
such
activities and the corresponding FTE Cost, and (iv) the allocation of
the
Development Cost for the Development Activities between the U.S. Territory
and
the ROW Territory, and (v) jointly determine which studies will be conducted
as
company-sponsored and which will be conducted as investigator-initiated;
and (b)
be consistent with the other terms of this Agreement. Each amendment,
modification and/or update to any Annual Global Development Plan shall
include
the resulting changes to the budget and shall be set forth in a written
document
prepared by, or at the direction of, the JDC and approved by the JDC
in
accordance with Section 2.2.4(b), shall specifically state that it is
an
amendment, modification or update to any Annual Global Development Plan
and
shall be attached to the minutes of the meeting of the JDC at which such
amendment, modification or update was submitted.
(c)
Non-Cancer Indications. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, under no circumstances shall a Clinical Trial
for a
Non-Cancer Indication be initiated by either Party for any Collaboration
Compound unless the Parties have agreed in writing to initiate such Clinical
Trial and have agreed upon, inter alia, the funding, milestones,
commercialization responsibility and revenue sharing applicable thereto,
and the
Party responsible for overseeing the conduct of such Clinical Trial and
its
trial design. Each Party shall be free to conduct Permitted
Pre-clinical Research, provided that it gives reasonable detailed advance
written notice of such Permitted Pre-clinical Research in the Field to
the other
Party. A Party conducting any Permitted Pre-clinical Research in the
Field shall promptly disclose the results thereof to the other
Party. The cost of any Permitted Pre-clinical Research by either
Party shall not be a Development Cost. If either Party conducts any
such Permitted Pre-clinical Research in the Field, any resulting Technology
shall be Joint Technology and any Patent Rights covering such Joint Technology
shall be Joint Patent Rights; provided however, that neither party may
use
outside the Collaboration, or license or sublicense to Affiliates and
Third
Parties for use outside the Collaboration, all or any portion of its
interest in
such Joint Technology or Joint Patent Rights created pursuant to this
Section
3.1.2(c) without the prior written consent of the other Party.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(d) Diagnostic
Products and Biomarkers. Research to develop Biomarker
Information and Biomarkers under this Agreement will be conducted as
set forth
in the Annual Global Development Plans as part of the Development
Program. Neither Party shall conduct activities to develop Biomarker
Information or any Biomarker for use with Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitors
except as set forth in the Annual Global Development Plans, which shall
set
forth the experiments to be performed, the analyses to be conducted and
the
number of FTEs to be utilized and the budget for such
activities. Neither Party shall conduct activities to develop a
Diagnostic Product or commercialize a Diagnostic Product or Biomarker
for use
with Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitors unless the Parties have executed
an
agreement (a “Diagnostic Product Agreement”) setting forth, inter alia,
a global development plan, funding, milestones, development and
commercialization responsibility (including the use of Third Parties
to conduct
activities in furtherance thereof) and revenue sharing applicable
thereto. Each Diagnostic Product Agreement shall also include,
inter alia, provisions (i) for joint decision-making by ARIAD and MERCK
with respect to the development activities, funding, milestones and such
other
matters as the Parties shall agree, (ii) for the grant by each Party
of a
license rights, as applicable, under its interest in the Licensed Technology,
Licensed Patent Rights, MERCK Technology, MERCK Patent Rights Joint Technology,
Joint Patent Rights, Product Use Technology, Biomarker Information and
Program
Biomarker Technology and Program Technology for the purpose of conducting
activities to Develop and Commercialize the Diagnostic Products and Biomarkers
which are the subject of such Diagnostic Product Agreement, (iii) that
any
Technology resulting from the Development of Diagnostic Products and
Biomarkers
shall be governed by the ownership rules set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2,
7.3 and
7.6, and (iv) specifically dealing with the treatment of revenues from
the
combination of a Diagnostic Product sold with a Product for purposes
of
royalties and sharing of Operating Income hereunder. No costs of
Development or Commercialization of Biomarkers or Diagnostic Products
shall be a
Development Cost or Commercialization Expense unless set forth in a Diagnostic
Product Agreement or incurred in activities specifically set forth in
an Annual
Global Development Plan as set forth above.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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3.1.3 Responsibility
for Development of Products. Prior to
Clinical Product Transfer, ARIAD shall be the Responsible Party and
MERCK shall be the Participating Party for Manufacturing Development
of API and
Clinical Product. After Clinical Product
Transfer, MERCK shall be the Responsible Party and ARIAD shall
be the Participating Party for Manufacturing Development of Clinical
Product and Marketed Product; and ARIAD shall be the Responsible
Party and MERCK shall be the Participating Party for Manufacturing Development
of API provided, however, that such Party's status as a Responsible Party
shall
not make any Manufacturing Development matter an ARIAD Decision or a
MERCK
Decision, as the case may be. Both Parties will, in accordance with the
provisions of the Supply Agreement or as agreed to by the parties in
the Global
Development Plan, participate and contribute to
Manufacturing Development of API, Clinical Product and Marketed
Product. Reference to “Development” below in this Section 3.1.3 shall
not include Manufacturing Development. Subject to the exercise by a
Party of an Opt-Out Right and/or a Development Transfer pursuant to Section
3.4(b)(i) and unless otherwise set forth in any Annual Global Development
Plan,
(a) ARIAD shall be the Responsible Party and MERCK will be the Participating
Party for all aspects of the Development of Product for all Sarcoma Indications
in the U.S. Territory in accordance with the applicable Annual Global
Development Plan; (b) ARIAD and MERCK shall jointly be the Responsible
Party for
all aspects of the Development of Product for all Major Cancer Indications
and
Other Cancer Indications in the U.S. Territory in accordance with the
applicable
Annual Global Development Plan; and (c) MERCK shall be the Responsible
Party and
ARIAD will be the Participating Party for all aspects of the Development
of
Product for all Cancer Indications in the ROW Territory in accordance
with the
applicable Annual Global Development Plan. Each Party
shall have the right to engage Third Party contractors to perform functions
in
connection with the Development or Commercialization of Products hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Phase 3 Sarcoma Clinical
Trial and other ongoing Clinical Trials in the ROW Territory as of the
Effective
Date, the Parties agree that ARIAD shall continue to conduct such trials
in the
ROW Territory. Except as set forth in any Annual Global Development
Plan, the Responsible Party for Development of a Product shall have the
primary
right and responsibility for the conduct of all non-clinical studies
for such
Product for use in seeking Regulatory Approvals in its Territory. For
Clinical Trials conducted in both the U.S. Territory and the ROW Territory
or in
the U.S. Territory only for an Indication other than Sarcoma, the Parties
will
be jointly responsible for the conduct of all activities related to such
Clinical Trials except as set forth in the Annual Global Development
Plan. For Clinical Trials conducted only in the ROW Territory, MERCK
will be responsible for the conduct of all activities related to such
Clinical
Trials except as set forth in the Annual Global Development
Plan. Notwithstanding the Parties’ designation as Responsible Party
in various parts of the Territory, each Party may conduct Clinical Trials
throughout the world as set forth in the Annual Global Development Plan;
provided, that any Clinical Trial proposed to be conducted by MERCK in
the U.S.
Territory to be used in seeking any Regulatory Approval in the ROW Territory
shall require the prior written consent of ARIAD (who shall be the holder
of the
IND for such Clinical Trials in the U.S.) and any Clinical Trial for
a Sarcoma
Indication proposed to be conducted in the ROW Territory to be used in
seeking
any Regulatory Approval in the U.S. Territory (other than the Phase 3
Sarcoma
Trial planned as of the Effective Date) shall require the prior written
consent
of MERCK. Such approval may be withheld by ARIAD if such Clinical
Trial is inconsistent with clinical development activities being conducted
or
proposed to be conducted by ARIAD in the U.S. Territory, but otherwise
may not
be unreasonably withheld. Subject to Section 3.10.3, (i) ARIAD shall
file all Regulatory Filings and Drug Approval Applications in the U.S.
Territory
in its own name, and (ii) MERCK shall file all Regulatory Filings and
Drug
Approval Applications in the ROW Territory in its own name; and all Regulatory
Filings and Drug Approval Applications for Products shall be owned by
ARIAD in
the U.S. Territory and by MERCK in the ROW Territory. ARIAD shall be
responsible in the U.S. Territory for reporting all Adverse Events related
to
any Product to Regulatory Authorities if and to the extent required by
Applicable Laws, unless ARIAD transfers Regulatory Approvals in the U.S
to Merck
pursuant to this Agreement, in which case MERCK shall have such
responsibility. MERCK shall be responsible in the ROW Territory for
reporting all Adverse Events related to any Product to Regulatory Authorities
if
and to the extent required by Applicable Laws.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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3.1.4 Global
Coordination. In addition to meetings of the JDC,
representatives of the Parties will meet periodically to ensure that
the
clinical and regulatory activities and strategy are consistent on a global
basis. Both Parties will provide input into the global regulatory
strategy, will review all significant Regulatory Filings prior to submission
to
Regulatory Authorities, will receive copies of all correspondence from
Regulatory Authorities in a timely manner, and will have the right to
attend all
Regulatory Authority meetings/interactions in the U.S. Territory or with
the
EMEA or the Regulatory Authorities in any European Country or in
Japan. The Party that is the Responsible Party may schedule meetings
with such Regulatory Authorities and shall give the other Party as much
notice
as is practicable of such meetings.
3.2.1 Back-Up
Compounds. If requested by
the JSC, and upon agreement by the Parties on a research plan, including
the
allocation of research responsibilities, and a budget, one or both Parties
will
use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to deliver one (1) or more Rapamycin
Derived
mTOR Inhibitors in addition to AP23573 which may be Developed as a follow-up
compound or simultaneously with AP23573 for Targeted Indications (each
such
compound, a “Back-Up Compound”). All activities conducted by the
Parties to identify each Back-Up Compound shall be performed and funded
as
Development Activities and the Annual Global Development Plan shall be
amended
accordingly. The rights and obligations of the Parties relating to
each Back-Up Compound shall be identical to those applicable to AP23573,
except
as otherwise expressly provided herein. Either Party shall
notify the JSC in writing in the event it wishes to replace AP23573 with
a
specified Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor developed hereunder as a Back-Up
Compound or to Develop such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor as a Back-Up
Compound in addition to AP23573. Within thirty (30) days after its
receipt of such notice, the JSC shall review the data information and
determine
whether to so designate the proposed Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor
as a
Back-Up Compound. Subsequent to such designation, as applicable, any
reference to the Product shall be deemed to include or to be made to
the Back-Up
Compound for the purposes of this Agreement.
3.3 Supply
of Proprietary
Materials. From time to time during
the Term, either Party (the “Transferring Party”) may supply the other Party
(the “Recipient Party”) with Proprietary Materials of the Transferring Party for
use in the Development Program. In connection therewith, each
Recipient Party hereby agrees that (a) it shall not use such Proprietary
Materials for any purpose other than exercising its rights or performing
its
obligations hereunder; (b) it shall use such Proprietary Materials only
in
compliance with all Applicable Laws; (c) it shall not transfer any such
Proprietary Materials to any Third Party without the prior written consent
of
the Transferring Party, except for (i) the transfer of Products for use
in
Clinical Trails or (ii) in a Permitted Transaction or for Permitted Preclinical
Research or as otherwise expressly permitted hereby; (d) the Recipient
Party
shall not acquire any right, title or interest in or to such Proprietary
Materials as a result of such supply by the Transferring Party; and (e)
upon the
expiration or termination of the Development Program, the Recipient Party
shall,
if and as instructed by the Transferring Party, either destroy or return
any
such Proprietary Materials that are not the subject of the grant of a
continuing
license hereunder.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(a) Opt-Out
Right. At any time on and after the date of Completion of a Phase
1 Clinical Trial and Achievement of Clinical Proof of
Concept for a Product for any [***] or [***], either Party may submit
a Clinical Trial Proposal to the JDC. The JDC shall meet to consider
such Clinical Trial Proposal within sixty (60) days, and shall promptly
integrate, or direct the integration of, such Clinical Trial Proposal
into the
Annual Global Development Plan. Subject to Section 3.4(b), during the
period commencing on the date of presentation to the JDC of a Clinical
Trial
Proposal and continuing for a period of sixty (60) days, the Party not
submitting the Clinical Trial Proposal (the “Opting-Out Party”) shall have the
right (the “Opt-Out Right”), in its sole discretion, to elect not to fund or
otherwise participate in the Late Stage Clinical Trial(s) proposed in
such
Clinical Trial Proposal, by providing the other Party with written notice
(the
“Opt-Out-Notice”) pursuant to Section 12.2 prior to the expiration of the
Opt-Out Period which shall specify the Clinical Trial Proposal with respect
to
which the Opting-Out Party is exercising its Opt-Out Right and shall
indicate
the date (the “Separation Date”) on which the Opt-Out Right shall be effective,
which shall under no circumstances be sooner than thirty (30) days from
the date
of the Opt-Out Notice (the “Opt-Out Notice Period”). During the
Opt-Out Notice Period, the Parties shall continue to Develop the Product
in
accordance with the applicable Annual Global Development Plan. If an
Opting-Out Party exercises its Opt-Out Right as provided in this Section
3.4 and
the Party submitting the Clinical Trial Proposal determines to proceed
with the
Late Stage Clinical Trial(s) proposed in the Clinical Trial Proposal,
then, as
of the Separation Date (a) the Party that receives the Opt-Out Notice
shall
thereafter be the Responsible Party for the conduct of the proposed Late
Stage
Clinical Trial(s) as set forth in the Clinical Trial Proposal that is
the
subject of the Opt-Out Notice; and (b) the Opting-Out Party shall have
[***]
with respect to the conduct of such Late Stage Clinical Trial(s) and
the other
Party shall fund [***].
(b) Consequences
of Exercise of Opt-Out Right By ARIAD. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement,
(i) Development
Transfer. In the event ARIAD exercises an Opt-Out Right on any
occasion for Late Stage Clinical Trials proposed in a Clinical Trial
Proposal
submitted by MERCK for a Product for a [***] and MERCK proceeds with
the Late
Stage Clinical Trials for such [***], then, as of the Separation Date,
MERCK
shall be the Responsible Party and ARIAD will be the Participating Party
for the
Development of Products for [***] throughout the Territory (including,
for the
avoidance of doubt, the U.S. Territory) (a “Development Transfer”);and the
license set forth in Section 6.1.1(a) shall become exclusive with respect
to the
conduct of Clinical Trials throughout the Territory.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(ii) U.S.
Commercialization Transfer. Upon the receipt of Commercialization
Regulatory Approval in the United States of a Product for any Major Cancer
Indication for which ARIAD exercised an Opt-Out Right, (a) [***] for
all Cancer
Indications throughout the Territory (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the
U.S. Territory) (a “ U.S. Commercialization Transfer”), [***], and in any event
within sixty (60) days after MERCK’s request: (A) [***] applicable to such
Product, if any, other than Product Trademarks incorporating ARIAD’s name or
logo; (B) [***] then in its name applicable to Products in the U.S. Territory,
if any; and all Confidential Information Controlled by ARIAD relating
to such
Regulatory Filings, Drug Approval Applications and Regulatory Approvals;
(C)
[***] and take any other action reasonably necessary to effect such transfer;
(D) [***] and such Regulatory Authorities relating to such Regulatory
Filings,
Drug Approval Applications and Regulatory Approvals; (E) unless expressly
prohibited by any Regulatory Authority, [***] of such Product being conducted
in
the U.S. Territory by or on behalf of ARIAD as of the Separation Date
and
continue to conduct such trials, at MERCK’s sole expense, for up to [***] to
enable such transfer to be completed without interruption of any such
trial; (F)
[***] with any Third Party with respect to the conduct of Clinical Trials
for
Products including, without limitation, agreements with contract research
organizations, clinical sites and investigators, unless expressly prohibited
by
any such agreement (in which case ARIAD shall cooperate with
MERCK in all reasonable respects to secure the consent of
such Third Party to such assignment); and (G) [***] or its Affiliates
pursuant
to this Agreement that relate to any Product [***]. As of such grant
date (the “Transfer Date”), (A) MERCK shall be deemed the Responsible Party for
Commercialization of such Products for all Cancer Indications in the
Territory
[***], (B) the Parties will agree upon and implement a plan for the orderly
transfer of [***] from ARIAD to MERCK, including responsibility for order
fulfillment and distribution of Product in the U.S. Territory and upon
implementation of such plan (C) ARIAD shall have the right to
Co-Promote Products in the U.S. Territory as set forth in Section 3.13,
(D) if
MERCK reduces ARIAD’s level of Co-Promotion effort, a reasonable transition
period, but in no event less than [***] will be allowed to permit ARIAD
to
adjust its field sales force, and (E) ARIAD will receive from MERCK,
in lieu of
[***], the [***] described in [***] on [***] that occur in the U.S. Territory
after the date of implementation of the plan for U.S. Commercialization
Transfer. The exercise of an Opt–Out Right by ARIAD shall not change the
Parties' responsibilities for Manufacturing as provided in Section
3.5.2 and the Supply Agreement.
(iii) Consequences
of Exercise of Opt Out Right by MERCK. In the event MERCK exercises an
Opt-Out Right on any occasion for Late Stage Clinical Trial(s) proposed
in a
Clinical Trial Proposal submitted by ARIAD for any Major Cancer Indication,
and
ARIAD proceeds with the Late Stage Clinical Trial(s) for such Major Cancer
Indication, then upon subsequent FDA approval in the United States of
the
Product for that Major Cancer for which MERCK exercised its Opt-Out Right,
MERCK
Revenue Sharing Percentage shall be [***] percent ([***]%). For
clarity, the reduction in the MERCK Revenue Sharing Percentage shall
apply
attributable to sales of the Product in the U.S. Territory for all Indications.
The exercise of an Opt–Out Right by MERCK shall not change the Parties'
responsibilities for Manufacturing as provided in Section 3.5.2 and
the Supply Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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3.5.1 Product
Commercialization Plans. Subject to
resolution of disputes as set forth in Section 2.1.5, the JCC shall prepare,
and/or direct the preparation of, and approve a Product Commercialization
Plan
for each Product, at such time as the JSC may direct. Each such
Product Commercialization Plan shall be updated and approved at such
time as the
JCC may determine, not less than annually.
3.5.2 Responsibility
for Commercialization of Products. Subject to the
exercise by a Party of an Opt-Out Right pursuant to Section 3.4 and unless
otherwise set forth in any Product Commercialization Plan (a) ARIAD shall
be the
Responsible Party and MERCK will be the Participating Party for all Sarcoma
Indications in the U.S. Territory other than budgets, Pricing and Branding
and
the Parties shall jointly be the Responsible Party and have the right
and
responsibility for all aspects of the Commercialization of Products for
all
Major Cancer Indications and Other Cancer Indications in the U.S. Territory
and
for budgets, Pricing and Branding for all Indications in the U.S. Territory
in
accordance with the applicable Product Commercialization Plan; provided
that
ARIAD shall have responsibility for Manufacturing all API
for Product under the Supply Agreement and Clinical Product
(prior to Clinical Product Transfer) and for order fulfillment and distribution
of Product in the U.S. Territory and shall book all sales in the U.S.
Territory;
and (b) MERCK shall be the Responsible Party and have the sole right
and
responsibility for all aspects of the Commercialization of Products for
all
Cancer Indications in the ROW Territory in accordance with the applicable
MERCK
ROW Product Commercialization Plan and shall book all sales in the ROW
Territory
and shall have responsibility for Manufacturing all
Product, including Clinical Product
(after Clinical Product Transfer), under the Supply
Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Responsible Party (or
Parties) shall have the right and responsibility for the conduct of all
pre-marketing, marketing, promotion, sales, distribution, import and
export
activities (including securing reimbursement, sales and marketing and
conducting
any post-marketing trials or post-marketing safety surveillance or maintaining
databases), subject to the oversight of the JSC with respect to Co-Promoted
Products. MERCK will provide ARIAD with a draft or update of the
MERCK ROW Product Commercialization Plan annually, not later than March
31 of
each Calendar Year and will give good faith consideration to ARIAD’s comments on
such draft. MERCK will review the MERCK ROW Product Commercialization
Plan with ARIAD at a meeting of the JCC and will provide ARIAD with an
annual
roll-up of the MERCK ROW Product Commercialization Plan.
3.6.1 Negotiation
and Execution. As soon as possible after the execution
hereof, ARIAD and MERCK shall negotiate in good faith and enter into
a supply
agreement (the “Supply Agreement”) providing for the terms of Manufacture and
supply of API by ARIAD and Product in tablet form by MERCK for the Collaboration
in such form and substance as mutually agreed by the Parties. If it
is determined pursuant to this Agreement to Develop and Commercialize
Product in
a form other than tablets, a separate supply agreement or an amendment
to the
Supply Agreement shall be negotiated for supply of such Product. The
Parties agree that no Collaboration Compound or Product shall be sold
by either
Party for use in the Field until the Supply Agreement has been executed
by the
Parties. ARIAD shall be the Responsible Party for (i) supply of
Clinical Product in tablet form until the Supply Agreement is executed
and a
Clinical Product Transfer has been completed and (ii) for supply of Clinical
Product in any form other than tablets until an additional supply agreement
or
an amendment to the Supply Agreement has been executed. The Parties
further agree that the definitions and other provisions of this Agreement
concerning supply of Clinical Product shall not be precedent for the
terms of
the Supply Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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3.6.2 Dispute
Resolution. In the event the Parties fail to execute and
deliver the Supply Agreement within thirty (30) days after the Effective
Date,
(i) the Parties shall use reasonable efforts to complete such negotiations
and
to execute and deliver the Supply Agreement as soon as possible after
such
thirty (30) day period and (ii) without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, after the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, either
Party may
by written notice to the other Party require that each Party produce
a list of
issues on which they have failed to reach agreement and submit its list
to the
JSC to be resolved in accordance with Section 2.1.5. For clarity, no
issue referred to the JSC pursuant to this Section 3.6.2 shall be an
ARIAD
Decision or a MERCK Decision.
3.6.3 Non-Commercial
Supply of Product.
(a) Prior
to Clinical Product Transfer, ARIAD shall have Manufactured API, Product
and
intermediates thereof for Clinical Trials, pre-clinical studies, and
start-up,
pre-validation and other non-commercial purposes in the Territory
(“Clinical Supplies”), and ARIAD shall supply MERCK with
Clinical Supplies for use by MERCK in Clinical Trials and otherwise in
the
Development Program. The Manufacturing Cost of such Clinical Supplies
shall be a Development Cost.
(b) Prior
to Clinical Product Transfer, ARIAD shall have Manufactured the Clinical
Supplies in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including applicable cGMPs.
(c) ARIAD
shall notify MERCK in writing of any deviations from applicable regulatory
or
legal requirements relating to the Clinical Supplies provided by ARIAD
to
MERCK. ARIAD hereby certifies that it will not and has not employed
or otherwise used in any capacity the services of any person debarred
under
Section 21 USC 335a in performing any portion of the Manufacture of Clinical
Supplies.
(d) ARIAD
shall maintain complete and accurate records of all relevant data and
information relating to the performance by ARIAD of its obligations under
this
Section 3.6.3. ARIAD shall maintain original batch records for seven
(7) years and, at such time thereafter as ARIAD intends to dispose of
such batch
records, ARIAD shall notify MERCK in advance, and shall permit MERCK,
at its
discretion, to take possession of such batch records.
(e) Upon
execution of the Supply Agreement, the terms of the Supply Agreement
shall
govern Clinical Supplies supplied to MERCK by ARIAD and to ARIAD by
MERCK.
3.7 Development
and Commercialization
Diligence. During the Term, each
Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) conduct the Development
Activities assigned to it as set forth in each Annual Global Development
Plan;
and (b) Commercialize Products for Indications in the portions of the
Territory
for which it is the Responsible Party, and each Party shall commit such
resources (including employees, consultants, contractors, facilities,
equipment
and materials) as each deems necessary to conduct such Development Activities
and Commercialize Products.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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3.8 Compliance. Each
Party shall perform its obligations under each Annual Global Development
Plan
and Product Commercialization Plan in good scientific manner and
in compliance
in all material respects with all Applicable Laws. For purposes of
clarity, with respect to each activity performed under an Annual
Global
Development Plan and Product Commercialization Plan that will or
would
reasonably be expected to be submitted to a Regulatory Authority
in support of a
Regulatory Filing or Drug Approval Application, the Party performing
such
activity shall comply in all material respects with GLPs, GMPs or
Good Clinical
Practices (or, if and as appropriate under the circumstances, International
Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidance or other comparable regulation
and
guidance of any Regulatory Authority in any country or region in
the
Territory).
3.9 Cooperation. Scientists
at ARIAD and MERCK shall cooperate in the performance of the Development
Program
and, subject to the terms of this Agreement and any confidentiality
obligations
to Third Parties, shall exchange such data, information and materials
as is
reasonably necessary for the other Party to perform its obligations
under any
Annual Global Development Plan and Product Commercialization Plan.
3.10.1 Development
Program Reports. The Responsible Party
shall keep the JDC and the Participating Party regularly informed
of the
progress of its efforts to Develop Products in the Field in the
Territory. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Responsible Party shall, on at least a quarterly basis, provide the
JDC with
reports in reasonable detail regarding the status of all preclinical
IND-enabling studies and activities (including toxicology and pharmacokinetic
studies), Clinical Trials, Manufacturing Development and other activities
conducted under the Development Program, together with all raw data
and results
generated in each such preclinical IND-enabling study and/or activity,
Clinical
Trial and such additional information that it has in its possession
as may be
reasonably requested from time to time by the JDC. The Participating
Party shall, on at least a quarterly basis, provide the JDC with
reports in
reasonable detail regarding the status of all Development Activities
of the
Participating Party and such additional information that it has in
its
possession as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the
JDC.
3.10.2 Commercialization
Reports. The Responsible Party shall
keep the JCC and the Participating Party regularly informed of the
progress of
the Responsible Party’s efforts to Commercialize Products in the Field in the
Territory through periodic updates to the JCC. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Responsible Party shall provide
the JCC and the
Participating Party with semi-annual written updates to each Product
Commercialization Plan, which shall (a) summarize the Responsible
Party’s
efforts to Commercialize Products, (b) identify the Regulatory Filings
and Drug
Approval Applications with respect to such Product that the Responsible
Party or
any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees have filed, sought or obtained
in the
prior twelve (12) month period or reasonably expect to make, seek
or attempt to
obtain in the following twelve (12) month period, and (c) summarize
all clinical
and other data generated by the Responsible Party with respect to
such
Products. All such updates and notices to the Participating Party
shall be sent to the attention of the Participating Party’s Alliance Manager
unless the Participating Party otherwise notifies the Responsible
Party. A Party shall not be required to deliver to the other Party’s
Alliance Manager any information which has been previously delivered
in writing
to the other Party’s representatives on the JSC, JDC, JCC or JMC.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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3.10.3 Right
of Access. The Responsible Party shall
promptly provide the Participating Party with access to all data,
results and
information produced in connection with the conduct of Development
activities in
its original format, without translation. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, the Participating Party (a) may use
such data,
results and information for the performance of its obligations and
exercise of
its rights under this Agreement; (b) have a right of access, a right
of
reference and a right to use and incorporate all such data, results
and
information in any Regulatory Filings and Drug Approval Applications
regarding
the Product; and (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws, disclose
all
such data, results and information and all investigator safety letters
furnished
pursuant to Section 3.10.5 to other licensees conducting Clinical
Trials
anywhere in the world in any patent population with the relevant
Collaboration
Compound and, to the extent required by Applicable Laws, permit such
licensees
to reference, incorporate, and use the same in regulatory filings
or drug
approval applications inside or outside the Field. The Parties shall
cooperate so that such data, results and information is transferred
to the
Participating Party as expeditiously as possible.
3.10.4 Information
in Support of Regulatory Approvals and Maintenance of the
DMF.
(a) ARIAD
shall disclose all Licensed Technology to the extent necessary or
useful for
MERCK to obtain Commercialization Regulatory Approvals. In connection
with the foregoing, ARIAD shall, to the extent required by Regulatory
Authorities in the U.S. Territory, file, have filed, maintain and
have
maintained the DMF for the key intermediates, Collaboration Compounds
and
Product with the applicable Regulatory Authorities in the U.S. Territory
and
shall promptly provide MERCK with copies of any updates to the open
part of such
DMF and shall ensure that MERCK and its Affiliates shall have the
right to
cross-reference such DMF for the purposes of enabling MERCK, its
Affiliates to
obtain the Commercialization Regulatory Approval for the
ROW Territory or the U.S. Territory in the event of a U.S.
Commercialization Transfer.
(b) ARIAD
and MERCK shall each use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assist
the other
Party to obtain all necessary Regulatory Approvals for the Development
and
Commercialization of the Product under this Agreement.
3.10.5 Adverse
Event Reports; Review of Regulatory Filings and
Correspondence.
(a) Adverse
Events. Each Party shall, and shall cause its respective
Affiliates to, furnish timely notice (as required by applicable worldwide
regulations, i.e., currently seven (7) calendar days for deaths,
immediately for
life-threatening adverse reactions and fifteen calendar (15) days
for serious
adverse reactions) to all competent governmental agencies within
both the U.S.
Territory and the ROW Territory of all side effects, drug interactions
and other
adverse effects identified or suspected with respect to the Products
for the
Targeted Indications administered, distributed, marketed and sold
under
authority of any IND, NDA or Regulatory Approvals issued by such
governmental
agencies to such Party. Each Party shall provide the other Party
hereto with all necessary assistance in complying with all adverse
reaction
reporting requirements established by, or required under, any applicable
IND,
NDA or Regulatory Approvals and/or Applicable Law within both the
U.S. Territory
and the ROW Territory. Each Party shall, and shall cause its
Affiliates to, furnish the other Party within five (5) calendar days
of “date
first learned” (2 calendar days for death and life-threatening reactions from
studies) written notice of all such side effects, drug interactions
and other
adverse effects reported to such Party or its Affiliates regarding
Products. Each Party shall also use its best efforts to obtain, and
to furnish to the other Party hereto, such information, including,
but not
limited to, patients, circumstances, consequences and sources of
information,
reasonably sufficient to permit that other Party to evaluate such
side effects,
drug interactions or other adverse effects of the Products for the
Targeted
Indications. Each Party shall, in addition, furnish to the other
Party copies of all investigator safety letters provided by the Party
or its
Affiliates or licensees with respect to Collaboration Compounds or
Products. Each Party shall retain all documents, reports, studies and
other materials relating to any and all such side effects, drug interactions,
or
other adverse effects, as the case may be. Upon reasonable written
notice, and
each Party shall permit the other Party hereto to inspect, and to
make copies
of, all such documents, reports, studies and other materials. Within
ninety (90)
days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall enter into a separate
and more
detailed agreement concerning adverse event reporting.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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(b) Preparation
of Drug Approval Applications. The Responsible Party shall
consult with the Participating Party in good faith in the preparation
of all
Drug Approval Applications for Products. The Responsible Party shall
consider all comments of the Participating Party in good faith, taking
into
account the due interests of the Participating Party and the Development
and
Commercialization of the applicable Product on a global basis.
(c) Regulatory
Meetings; Review of Other Regulatory Filings and
Correspondence. The Responsible Party shall use reasonable
efforts to provide the Participating Party with at least thirty (30)
days
advance notice of any meeting with the FDA or other Regulatory Authority
regarding a Drug Approval Application relating to, or Regulatory
Approval for,
any Product and the Participating Party may elect to send one person
to
participate as an observer (at the Participating Party’s sole cost and expense)
in such meeting. In addition, subject to any Third Party
confidentiality obligations, the Responsible Party shall (i) provide
the
Participating Party with drafts of each Regulatory Filing or other
document or
correspondence pertaining to any Product and prepared for submission
to the FDA
or other Regulatory Authority sufficiently in advance of submission
so that the
Participating Party may review and comment on the substance of such
Regulatory
Filing or other document or correspondence and (ii) promptly provide
the
Participating Party with copies of any document or other correspondence
received
from the FDA pertaining to any Product. If the Participating Party
has not commented on such Regulatory Filing or other document or
correspondence
within ten (10) days (or, in the case of an IND or NDA (or equivalent),
thirty
(30) days) after it is provided to the Participating Party, then
the
Participating Party shall be deemed to have no comments on such Regulatory
Filing or other documents or correspondence. The Responsible Party
shall consider all comments of the Participating Party in good faith,
taking
into account the best interests of the Collaboration and of the Development
or
Commercialization of the applicable Product on a global basis.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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3.10.6 Safety. Each
Party shall immediately (and, in any event, within sufficient time
to allow the
other Party to comply with applicable law or regulations) notify
the other Party
of any information of which it is aware concerning a Product which
may affect
the approved claims made for the Product or the continued marketing
of the Product. Any such notification will include all related
information in reasonable detail. Upon receipt of any such
information, the Parties shall (unless action is required by applicable
law,
rules, regulations or Regulatory Authority requirements before a
meeting can be
held, in which event the Responsible Party shall take any required
action in the
portion of the Territory for which it is the Responsible Party with
out a
meeting) immediately consult with each other in an effort to arrive
at a
mutually acceptable procedure for taking appropriate action; subject,
in the
case of recalls, to the procedures and responsibilities set forth
in Section
3.11. Following such meeting, the Responsible Party shall determine
the course
of action to be taken and shall make such report of such matter to
the appropriate Regulatory Authority in the portion of the Territory
for which it is the Responsible Party or take other action with respect
to such
portion of the Territory that it deems to be required by applicable
law, rules,
regulations or Regulatory Authority requirements
3.11 Product
Recalls. In the event that any
Regulatory Authority issues or requests a recall or takes similar
action in
connection with a Product, or in the event a Party reasonably believes
that an
event, incident or circumstance has occurred that may result in the
need for a
recall, market withdrawal or other corrective action regarding a
Product, such
Party shall promptly advise the designated senior officer (the Chief
Executive
Officer in the case of ARIAD and the President of Global Human Health
in the
case of MERCK) of the other Party thereof by telephone or
facsimile. Following such notification, the Responsible Party shall
decide and have control of whether to conduct a recall or market
withdrawal
(except in the event of a recall or market withdrawal mandated by
a Regulatory
Authority, in which case it shall be required) or to take other corrective
action in any country and the manner in which any such recall, market
withdrawal
or corrective action shall be conducted; provided that the Responsible
Party
shall keep the Participating Party regularly informed regarding any
such recall,
market withdrawal or corrective action. In the U.S. Territory, either
Responsible Party may elect to require (following discussions among
the
designated senior officers of the Parties) a recall or market withdrawal
of the
Product. ARIAD shall be responsible for conducting any recall or
market
withdrawal of the Product in the U.S. Territory. Subject
to any contrary provisions specifically set forth in the Supply Agreement,
all
expenses incurred by the Responsible Party in connection with any
such recall,
market withdrawal or corrective action (including, without limitation,
expenses
for notification, destruction and return of the affected Product
and any refund
to customers of amounts paid for such Product) shall (a) with respect
to
Royalty-Bearing Products, be the sole responsibility of MERCK and
(b) with
respect to Co-Promoted Product, be a Commercialization Expense.
3.12.1 Responsibility
for Development Costs. Subject to the
exercise by a Party of an Opt-Out Right and to the remainder of this
Section
3.12.1, ARIAD
and MERCK shall each
be responsible for funding fifty percent (50%) of the Development
Costs
allocable to Co-Promoted Products for all Cancer Indications; provided,
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) MERCK shall be responsible for
funding one
hundred percent (100%) of all incremental Development Costs that
are specific to
the Development of any Product in any country in the ROW Territory
(“ROW
Development Costs”) (e.g., toxicology studies or Clinical Trials required for
Regulatory Approval under Applicable Laws in Japan). If the
activities that resulted in such ROW Development Costs subsequently
result in a
claim in the product label for which Commercialization Regulatory
Approval is
received in the U.S. Territory, then ARIAD shall reimburse MERCK
for one-half of
those ROW Development Costs that resulted in such claim. ROW
Development Costs shall include, without limitation, the cost of
any Phase 4
Clinical Trial, and such other Development Costs as the Parties shall
agree upon
in writing, but shall not include the cost of any Phase 5 Clinical
Trial.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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3.12.2 Reconciliation
of Development Costs.
(a) Reports;
Reconciliation Payments. Subject to the exercise by a Party of an
Opt-Out Right, within thirty (30) days following the end of each
Calendar
Quarter during the Term on and after the date of commencement of
the Development
Program, each of ARIAD and MERCK shall submit to the JDC a written
report
setting forth in reasonable detail all Development Costs incurred
by each such
Party over such Calendar Quarter applicable to the conduct of the
Development
Program. ARIAD shall include in the first such report the cost of
acquisition of raw materials, intermediates, AP23573 and Product
on hand or
ordered and paid for by ARIAD as of the Effective Date that are to
be used in
the Development Program. Within ten (10) days following the receipt
by the JDC of such written reports, the JDC shall prepare and submit
to each
Party a written report setting forth in reasonable detail (a) the
calculation of
all such Development Costs incurred by both Parties over such Calendar
Quarter
and (b) the calculation of the net amount owed by MERCK to ARIAD
or by ARIAD to
MERCK in order to ensure the appropriate sharing of such Development
Costs in
accordance with the ARIAD Co-Development Percentage and MERCK Co-Development
Percentage, respectively. The net amount payable shall be paid by
ARIAD or MERCK to the other Party, as applicable, within ten (10)
days after the
distribution by the JDC of such written report.
(b) Records;
Audit Rights. Each Party shall keep and maintain for [***] years
complete and accurate records of Development Costs incurred with
respect to
Co-Promoted Products in sufficient detail to allow confirmation of
same by the
JSC and the other Party, including without limitation confirmation
of the proper
allocation of FTEs to Development of Products. Each Party (the “Cost
Auditing Party”) shall have the right for a period of [***] years after such
Development Cost is reconciled in accordance with Section 3.12.2(a)
to appoint
at its expense an independent certified public accountant reasonably
acceptable
to the other Party (the “Cost Audited Party”) to audit the relevant records of
the Cost Audited Party and its Affiliates to verify that the amount
of such
Development Costs was correctly determined. The Cost Audited Party
and its Affiliates shall each make its records available for audit
by such
independent certified public accountant during regular business hours
at such
place or places where such records are customarily kept, upon thirty
(30) days
written notice from the Cost Auditing Party. Such audit right shall
not be exercised by the Cost Auditing Party more than once in any
Calendar Year
and the records of Development Costs for a given period may not be
audited more
than once. All records made available for audit shall be deemed to be
Confidential Information of the Cost Audited Party. The results of
each audit, if any, shall be binding on both Parties. In the event
there was an error in the amount of Development Costs reported by
the Cost
Audited Party hereunder, (a) if the amount of Development Costs was
over
reported, the Cost Audited Party shall promptly (but in any event
no later than
thirty (30) days after the Cost Audited Party’s receipt of the report so
concluding) make payment to the Cost Auditing Party of the over reported
amount
and (b) if the amount of Development Costs was underreported, the
Cost Auditing
Party shall promptly (but in any event no later than thirty (30)
days after the
Cost Auditing Party’s receipt of the report so concluding) make payment to the
Cost Audited Party of the underreported amount. The Cost Auditing
Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses
an over
reporting by the Cost Audited Party of the greater of [***]% of the
aggregate
amount of Development Costs reportable in any Calendar Year or $[***],
in which
case the Cost Audited Party shall reimburse the Cost Auditing Party
for all
costs incurred by the Cost Auditing Party in connection with such
audit.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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3.13 Co-Promotion
Right.
3.13.1 Co-Promotion. Whether
or not a Party exercises its Opt-Out Right with respect to any Indication
for a
Product, ARIAD and MERCK shall Co-Promote each Product for
all Cancer Indications in the U.S. Territory (the “Co-Promotion Territory”) in
accordance with this Section 3.13 (each such Product, a “Co-Promoted Product”).
3.13.2 Negotiation
of Co-Promotion Agreement.
(a) Negotiation,
Execution and Delivery. As soon as practicable following the
Initiation of first Phase 3 Clinical Trial with respect to any Cancer
Indication, the Parties shall (i) commence the preparation of a Co-Promotion
Agreement (the “Co-Promotion Agreement”) which shall set forth the terms
applicable to the Co-Promotion of such Co-Promoted Product; (ii)
conform in all
material respects with the terms and conditions set forth in Schedule 5
attached hereto; and (iii) include such additional provisions as
are usual and
customary for inclusion in a co-promotion agreement between companies
in the
pharmaceutical industry of comparable sizes to the respective Parties;
provided,
that, the Parties hereby agree that (i) each Party will bear the
costs of its
own field sales force, except that, in the event of a U.S. Commercialization
Transfer, MERCK will compensate ARIAD for its Co-Promotion activities
at a rate
set forth in the Co-Promotion Agreement., (ii) ARIAD shall provide
no more than
[***] percent ([***]%) and MERCK shall provide no more than [***]
percent
([***]%) of the field sales force for [***], (iii) except for [***],
the JCC
shall determine the appropriate level of field sales force deployment
of each
Party depending upon the Indications that have obtained Commercialization
Regulatory Approval, and (iv) under no circumstances shall either
Party have the
responsibility to provide less than [***] percent ([***]%) of the
collective
sales force efforts applicable to a Co-Promoted Product. For purposes
of clarity, such additional terms shall supplement and shall not
materially
expand, limit or change the terms set forth on Schedule 5. The
Parties shall negotiate the Co-Promotion Agreement in good faith
and with
sufficient diligence as is required to execute and deliver the Co-Promotion
Agreement within one hundred and twenty (120) days.
(b) Dispute
Resolution. In the event the Parties fail to execute and deliver
the Co-Promotion Agreement within the one hundred and twenty (120)
day period
described in Section 3.12.2(a), the Parties shall (i) use reasonable
efforts to
complete such negotiations and to execute and deliver the Co-Promotion
Agreement
as soon as possible after such one hundred and twenty (120) day period
and (ii)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the expiration
of such
one hundred and twenty (120) day period, each produce a list of issues
on which
they have failed to reach agreement and submit its list to the JSC
to be
resolved in accordance with Section 2.1.5. For clarity, no issue
referred to the
JSC pursuant to this Section 3.13.2(b) shall be an ARIAD Decision
or a MERCK
Decision.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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3.14 Labeling. All
product
labels and Promotional Materials for Co-Promoted Products shall include,
in
equal prominence, the names and logos of both ARIAD and MERCK to
the extent
feasible under applicable law. ARIAD agrees, to the extent feasible
under applicable law and to the extent such statements are accurate
at the time
of the sale of the Product, that product labels for Co-Promoted Product
will
identify MERCK as manufacturing the Product, as co-marketing the
Product with
ARIAD and as a licensee of the trademark for the Product.
The JCC shall have the
responsibility of deciding whether changes in the particular appearance
in
labeling of packaging and containers of Co-Promoted Products or in
the product
information is required.
4.
PAYMENTS
4.1 Up-front
Fee. MERCK shall pay ARIAD a
non-refundable, non-creditable up-front fee in the aggregate amount
of
Seventy-Five Million Dollars (U.S. $75,000,000), payable by wire
transfer of
immediately available funds within fifteen (15) days of the effectiveness
of
this Agreement as provided in Section 12.16 according to instructions
that ARIAD
shall provide.
4.2 Development
Cost
Advances. If, at any time during
the Term, (i) ARIAD has paid an aggregate of at least One Hundred
Fifty Million
Dollars (U.S. $150,000,000) in Development Costs (the “ARIAD Development Cost
Cap”) subsequent to the Effective Date, (ii) a Product has obtained [***],
(iii)
ARIAD has not [***], and (iv) no condition or event exists which
constitutes an
Event of Default or Potential Default (as defined in Exhibit A) and
no material
breach of this Agreement by ARIAD has occurred and is
continuing. ARIAD may, at its sole discretion and upon not less than
forty-five (45) days’ written notice to MERCK, elect to obtain development
funding advances from MERCK (the “Advances”) to fund all or part of ARIAD’s
further Development Costs in excess of the ARIAD Development Cost
Cap on the
terms and subject to the conditions of a promissory note in the form
of Exhibit
A attached hereto, to be executed contemporaneously with the delivery
by ARIAD
of such notice (the “Promissory Note”). Unless otherwise agreed by
the Parties, (a) the Advances shall be available for draw-downs not
more than
[***] per Calendar Quarter based on the amount of Development Costs
incurred by
ARIAD over such Calendar Quarter; (b) the Advances shall accrue interest
(beginning on the date paid by MERCK, or if the Advance relates to
an amount due
from ARIAD to MERCK, beginning on the date such amount is due) at
a rate equal
to the [***] [***] reset quarterly; (c) fifty percent ([***]%) of
any milestone
payments, royalty payments, and/or Operating Income Payments accruing
after the
date of the first Advance to be paid by MERCK to ARIAD and/or
retained by ARIAD, as the case may be, with respect to Product, shall
be applied
against the outstanding principal and interest of the Advances until
such
principal and interest have been paid in full; (d) the maximum aggregate
amount
advanced by MERCK under the Advances will be $200 million; (e) in
the event the
principal plus accrued interest on the Advances exceeds $[***], ARIAD
will [***]
[***] to be paid by MERCK to ARIAD or retained by ARIAD, and (f)
any remaining
Advances plus accrued interest shall be repaid by ARIAD to MERCK
on the earlier
of (i) quarterly payments over the [***] following termination of
this
Agreement, (ii) a Change of Control of ARIAD, or (iii) the [***]
of the first
draw-down.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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4.3.1 Operating
Income Payments. Unless and until there
is a U.S. Commercialization Transfer with respect to a Co-Promoted
Product,
ARIAD shall pay to MERCK a percentage of the Operating Income, or
MERCK shall
pay to ARIAD a percentage of the Operating Loss, from Commercialization
of that
Co-Promoted Product in the U.S. Territory equal to the MERCK Revenue
Sharing
Percentage for as long as there are Commercialization activities
by MERCK or
ARIAD and its Affiliates or Sublicensees for such Co-Promoted Product
in the
U.S. Territory (such payments, the “Operating Income Payments”). For
clarity, it is acknowledged that Commercialization Expenses will
be incurred
prior to Commercialization Regulatory Approval of any Co-Promoted
Product, and
that such Commercialization Expenses will result in an Operating
Loss which will
be borne by the Parties as set forth in this Section 4.3.
4.3.2 Monthly
Estimated Operating Income/(Loss) Report and
Payment.
(a) Within
ten (10) days after the end of each calendar month, ARIAD shall deliver
to MERCK
a written report indicating estimated gross
sales and Net Sales of each Co-Promoted Product in the U.S. Territory
during
such calendar month.
(b)
Within ten (10) days after the end of each calendar month, each of
ARIAD and
MERCK shall deliver to the other Party a written estimate
of their Commercialization Expenses incurred during such calendar
month.
(c) Within
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, ARIAD shall
provide MERCK
with a written estimate (the "Estimate") of the amount of Operating
Income
Payments payable to MERCK, or Loss payable by MERCK for such calendar
month (the
"Estimated Operating Income Payment" or "Estimated Loss") and shall
pay to MERCK
the Estimated Operating Income Payment, if any. MERCK shall pay to
ARIAD the Estimated Loss if any, within 10 days of receiving the
Estimate.
(d) If
ARIAD, after delivering the Estimate, becomes aware of additional
information
which would cause it to adjust its estimates of Operating Income/(Loss)
for a
calendar month, such information shall be reported in the next monthly
report
and the Estimated Operating Income Payment or Estimated Loss for
the following
calendar month shall be adjusted accordingly.
4.3.3 Quarterly
Reports, Payments.
(a) Within
forty five (45) days following the end of each Calendar Quarter commencing
on
and after the Effective Date, each of ARIAD and MERCK shall submit
to the JSC
and the other Party all Commercialization Expenses and License Fees
(defined in
Schedule 3 to this Agreement) incurred by it with respect to, as
well
as for ARIAD the Net Sales and Cost of Goods applicable to, such
Co-Promoted Product in the U.S. Territory. In addition, ARIAD shall
submit a report setting forth in reasonable detail (i) the calculation
of
Operating Income (Loss) for such Co-Promoted Product, determined
in accordance
with Schedule 3 attached hereto and (ii) the calculation of the amount of
Operating Income Payments payable to MERCK or Loss payable by MERCK
in
accordance with the MERCK Revenue Sharing Percentage for that Co-Promoted
Product, net of the Estimated Operating Income Payment or Estimated
Loss already
paid by each Party with respect to such Calendar Quarter.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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(b) The
amount of the Operating Income Payments payable to MERCK shall be
paid by ARIAD
within thirty (30) days following issuance of such written report;
provided,
that, in the event that a Co-Promoted Product experiences a Loss
over any
Calendar Quarter, MERCK shall pay ARIAD the MERCK Revenue Share Percentage
of
such Loss within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such written
report, in
each case net of the Estimated Operating Income Payment or Estimated
Loss
already paid by each Party with respect to such Calendar Quarter
4.3.4 Audit
Rights. ARIAD shall keep and maintain
for [***] years complete and accurate records of all Commercialization
Expenses
incurred in the Commercialization of Co-Promoted Products and of
Net Sales of
Co-Promoted Products (“Co-Development Net Sales”) in the
U.S. Territory in sufficient detail to allow confirmation
of same by the JSC and MERCK. MERCK shall have the right for a period
of [***] years after such Commercialization Expenses and Co-Development
Net
Sales are reconciled in accordance with Section 4.3.2 to appoint
at its expense
an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable
to ARIAD to
audit the relevant records of ARIAD and its Affiliates to verify
that the amount
of such Commercialization Expenses and Co-Development Net Sales are
correctly
determined. ARIAD and its Affiliates shall each make its records
available for audit by MERCK or such independent certified public
accountant
during regular business hours at such place or places where such
records are
customarily kept, upon [***] days written notice from MERCK. Such
audit right shall not be exercised by MERCK more than once in any
Calendar Year
and no period may be audited more than once. All records made
available for audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information
of
ARIAD. The results of each audit, if any, shall be binding on both
Parties. In the event there was an error in the amount of such
Commercialization Expenses and Co-Development Net Sales reported
by ARIAD
hereunder, (a) if the effect of the error resulted in an underpayment,
ARIAD
shall promptly (but in any event no later than [***] days after ARIAD’s receipt
of the report so concluding) make payment to MERCK of the underpayment
amount
and (b) if the effect of the error resulted in an overpayment, MERCK
shall
promptly (but in any event no later than [***] days after MERCK’s receipt of the
report so concluding) make payment to ARIAD of the overpayment
amount. MERCK shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such
audit discloses an underpayment by ARIAD of the greater of [***]
percent
([***]%) of the aggregate amount of MERCK’s share of Operating Income in any
Calendar Year or $[***], in which case ARIAD shall reimburse MERCK
for all costs
incurred by MERCK in connection with such audit.
4.4.1 Milestones.
(a) Regulatory
Milestones. MERCK shall make
the following non-refundable payments to ARIAD within thirty (30)
days after the
occurrence of each of the following milestone events for each Product
that
achieves each such milestone:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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Milestone
Event
|
Milestone
Payment
|
Initiation
of a Phase 3 Clinical Trial for a Product for a Sarcoma
Indication
|
$13.5
million
|
Acceptance
of [***] for a [***] for a [***] in the first of [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***]
for a [***] for a
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] [***] or (ii) [***] in the first
of [***] for a
[***] for a [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] [***] or (ii) [***] in [***]
for a [***] for a
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of a [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of a [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Initiation
of a [***] for a Product for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Acceptance
of [***] for a Product for the [***] in the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Acceptance
of [***] for a Product for the [***] in the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Acceptance
of [***] for a Product for the [***] in the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
first Major Cancer Indication
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***] for
a Product for the
third Major Cancer Indication
|
$[***]
million
|
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately
with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended.
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Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] for a Product for the
[***] [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in [***] for a Product
for the [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in [***] for a
Product for the
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
First
initiation of [***] for a Product for [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
First
initiation of [***] for a Product for [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
First
acceptance of [***] in the [***] for a Product for [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of first (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the [***]
for a Product for
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of first (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] in the first
of the [***] for
a Product for [***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Earlier
of first (i) receipt of [***] or (ii) [***] for a Product
for
[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
(b) Sales
Milestones. In addition to the milestone payments contemplated by
Section 4.4.1(a), MERCK shall make each of the following non-refundable,
non-creditable payments to ARIAD within thirty (30) days after the first
occurrence of the corresponding milestone event for the applicable
Product:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Milestone
Event
|
Milestone
Payment
|
Worldwide
Net Sales in a Calendar Year of Product of $[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Worldwide
Net Sales in a Calendar Year of Product of $[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Worldwide
Net Sales in a Calendar Year of Product of $[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
Worldwide
Net Sales in a Calendar Year of Product of $[***]
|
$[***]
million
|
4.5 Determination
that Milestone Events have Occurred; Treatment of Combinations; Treatment
of
Combined Phase 1/2 or Phase 2/3 Clinical
Studies.
(a) MERCK
shall provide ARIAD with prompt written notice upon each occurrence of a
milestone event set forth in Section 4.4.1. In the event that,
notwithstanding the fact that MERCK has not given such a
notice, ARIAD believes any such milestone event has occurred, it shall so
notify
MERCK in writing and shall provide to
MERCK data, documentation or other information that
supports its belief. Any dispute under this Section 4.5 that relates
to whether or not a milestone event has occurred shall first be referred
to the
JSC to be resolved in accordance with Section 2.1.5, but if not resolved
as set
forth in Section 2.1.5, it shall be subject to arbitration under Section
12.1.
(b) A
Combination Product containing a Product shall not be entitled to any milestone
that has already been earned by that Product or any other Combination Product
containing that same Collaboration Compound as that Combination
Product.
(c) In
the event of a Clinical Trial which is both a Phase 1 Clinical Trial and
a Phase
2 Clinical Trial (commonly referred to as a “Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial”), the
milestone payable upon the occurrence of Initiation of the Phase 2 Clinical
Trial shall be payable by MERCK (x) upon Initiation of the Phase 2 segment
if
there are separate segments delineated in the protocol for such Clinical
Trial
as Phase 1 and Phase 2 or (y) upon Initiation of the Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial
if
there are not separate segments delineated in the protocol for such Clinical
Trial as Phase 1 and Phase 2.
(d) In
the event of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial used as a pivotal trial for seeking
Commercialization Regulatory Approval for a Product for an Indication
(commonly referred to as a “Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial”), the milestone payable
upon occurrence of Initiation of the Phase 2 Clinical Trial shall be
payable by MERCK upon Initiation of such trial and the milestone payable
upon
occurrence of Initiation of the Phase 3 Clinical Trial shall be payable by
MERCK
upon the date when either Responsible Party determines that it will file
for
Commercialization Regulatory Approval in its Territory based on the results
of
said Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial.
(e) In
the event that a milestone is paid for an Indication for a Product and
Development of such Product for such Indication is subsequently terminated,
such
milestone payment shall be creditable against the same milestone payment
earned
for a different Product for the same Indication.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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(f) For
purposes of determination of the occurrence of the milestone events, all
Products containing the same single active pharmaceutical ingredient or the
same
combination of active pharmaceutical ingredients shall be considered the
same
Product, regardless of differences in formulation.
4.6.1 Payment
of Royalties.
(a) Royalties
Applicable in ROW Territory.
(i) MERCK shall
pay ARIAD a royalty based on Annual Net Sales of each Royalty-Bearing Product
in
each Calendar Year (or partial Calendar Year) commencing with the First
Commercial Sale of such Product in any country in the ROW Territory and ending
upon the last day of the last Royalty Term for such Product, at the following
rates:
Annual
Net Sales Increment in ROW Territory
|
Royalty
Rate (%)
|
Up
to $[***]
|
[***]%
|
Above
$[***], but less than $[***]
|
[***]%
|
Above
$[***]
|
[***]%
|
(ii) In
the event that one or more Third Parties sell a Competing Drug (as
defined below) in any country in the ROW Territory in which a Royalty-Bearing
Product is then being sold by MERCK, then, during any Calendar
Quarter in which sales of the Competing Drug by such Third Parties
are greater than [***] percent ([***]%) of MERCK aggregate unit sales of
Products and Competing Drugs in such country for the treatment of cancer
(as
measured by prescriptions or other similar information available from a
Third
Party Data Provider and applicable to such country) the applicable royalties
in
effect with respect to such Royalty-Bearing Product in such country as
specified
in Section 4.6.1(a)(i) [***] percent ([***]%). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, MERCK’s obligation to pay royalties at the full royalty rates shall
be reinstated on the first day of the Calendar Quarter immediately following
the
Calendar Quarter in which sales of such Competing Drugs account for [***]
percent ([***]%) or less of MERCK aggregate unit sales of Products and
Competing
Drugs for the treatment of cancer in such country. For purposes of
this Section 4.6.1(a)(ii), a “Competing Drug” means a pharmaceutical product
that contains a Collaboration Compound as an active ingredient and is
bioequivalent to such Product.
(b) Royalties
Applicable in U.S. Territory.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(i) On
and after the date of U.S. Commercialization Transfer with respect to a
Product,
(x) such Product shall thereafter be a Royalty-Bearing Product for purposes
of
this Agreement; and (y) MERCK shall pay ARIAD a royalty
based on Annual Net Sales of each such Royalty-Bearing Product in each
Calendar
Year (or partial Calendar Year) commencing with the First Commercial Sale
of
such Royalty-Bearing Product in the U.S. Territory after the U.S.
Commercialization Transfer and ending upon the last day of the Royalty
Term for
such Product in the U.S. Territory, at the following rates:
Annual
Net Sales Increment in U.S. Territory
|
Royalty
Rate (%)
|
Up
to $[***]
|
[***]%
|
Above
$[***]
|
[***]%
|
The
following hypothetical example
illustrates the calculation of royalties under this Section
4.6.1(b)(i): If, in any Calendar Year during the Term, Annual Net
Sales of a Royalty-Bearing Product are $[***], the applicable royalty would
be
$[***], [***]% of Net Sales for Net Sales up to $[***] ($[***]), and [***]%
of
Net Sales for Net Sales of $[***] ($[***] [***]).
(ii) In
the event that one or more Third Parties sell a Competing
Drug (as defined above) in the U.S. Territory, then, during any Calendar
Quarter
in which sales of the Competing Drug by such Third Party are greater than
[***]
percent ([***]%) of the aggregate unit sales of Products and Competing
Drugs
in the U.S. Territory for the treatment of cancer (as measured by
prescriptions or other similar information available from a Third Party
Data
Provider and applicable to the U.S. Territory ) the applicable royalties
in
effect with respect to such Royalty-Bearing Product in the U.S. Territory
as
specified in Section 4.6.1(b)(i) shall be reduced by [***] percent
([***]%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, MERCK’s obligation to pay
royalties at the full royalty rates shall be reinstated on the first day
of the
Calendar Quarter immediately following the Calendar Quarter in which sales
of
such Competing Drugs account for [***] percent ([***]%) or less of
aggregate sales of Products and Generic Products for the treatment of cancer
in
the U.S. Territory.
(c) Combination
Products. In the event that a Royalty-Bearing Product is sold as
part of a Combination Product, where “Combination Product” means any unified
dose (e.g. not a kit of two separate and distinct drug dosage forms) of
a
pharmaceutical product which is comprised of Royalty-Bearing Product and
one or
more other compound(s) and/or ingredients having independent therapeutic
effect
(collectively the “Other Products”), Net Sales of Royalty-Bearing Product, for
the purposes of determining royalty payments, shall be determined by multiplying
the Net Sales of the Combination Product by the fraction, [***] where
[***]. In the event that no such separate sales are made of either
the Royalty-Bearing Product or the Other Products, the reasonably estimated
commercial value thereof will be used instead of the sale price. Each
of “weighted average sale price” and “reasonably estimated commercial value”
shall be determined as follows:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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“Weighted
average sale price” and
“reasonably estimated commercial value,” as the case may be, for a
Royalty-Bearing Product and Other Products shall be calculated once at
the
commencement of each Calendar Year and such amount shall be used during
all
applicable royalty reporting periods for the entire following Calendar
Year. When determining the weighted average sale price of a
Royalty-Bearing Product or Other Products, the weighted average sale price
shall
be calculated by dividing the Net Sales (translated into U.S. dollars in
accordance with Section 4.6.5 hereof) by the units of active ingredient
sold
during the [***] (or the number of [***]) of the preceding Calendar Year
for the
respective Royalty-Bearing Product or Other Products. “Reasonably
estimated commercial value” shall be determined by agreement of the Parties
using criteria to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. If the
Parties do not agree, such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with
Section
12.1 hereof. [***] a forecasted weighed average sale price will be
used for the Royalty-Bearing Product and Other Products, if
applicable. Any over or under payment due to a difference between
forecasted and actual weighted average sale prices will be paid or credited
in
the first royalty payment [***].
(d) Combinations
of Product with a Diagnostic Product. In the event that a
Royalty-Bearing Product is sold with a Diagnostic Product that is not the
subject of a Diagnostic Product Agreement, the allocation of the combined
price
of the Royalty-Bearing Product and such Diagnostic Product will be allocated
between the Royalty-Bearing Product and such Diagnostic Product by agreement
of
the Parties based on the reasonably estimated commercial value
thereof.
(e) Royalty
Stacking. The amount of (A) royalties owing to ARIAD under
Section 4.6.1(a)(i) and (B) royalties owing to ARIAD under Section
4.6.1(b)(i), in each case, for any Royalty-Bearing Product in any
country, shall be [***] percent ([***]%) of the amount of royalties incurred
by
MERCK or any of its Affiliates to any Third Party in consideration
for the license of Patent Rights in such country if, at the time of sale
of the
Royalty-Bearing Product such Patent Rights would be infringed by the use,
sale
or import of the Royalty-Bearing Product in such country in the Field in
the
absence of such a license; provided, however, that in no event
shall the royalties owed under Section 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i),
with
respect to a Royalty-Bearing Product in a country be reduced by operation
of
this Section 4.6.1(e), together with either Section 4.6.1(a)(ii) or Section
4.6.1(b)(ii), [***] percent ([***]%) of what would otherwise be owed
under 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i) with respect to such
Royalty-Bearing Product. For purposes of this Section 4.6.1(e), the
amount of royalties owing to ARIAD under Section 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section
4.6.1(b)(i) for Annual Net Sales of any Royalty-Bearing Product in a given
country (prior to the [***]% [***] provided for herein)shall be deemed
to be
that amount which would be owed if Annual Net Sales of such Royalty-Bearing
Product in such country subject to each of the royalty rates under Section
4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i) were proportional to Net Sales of such
Royalty-Bearing Products in all countries subject to royalties under Section
4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i). For clarity, an example of the
application of the preceding sentence is as follows: If sales in a
calendar year in countries in the ROW Territory without royalty owed to
Third
Parties are $[***] [***] and sales in countries in the ROW Territory with
a
[***] percent ([***]%) royalty owed to Third Parties are $[***], the royalties
will be $[***], calculated as follows: ($[***] [***] x [***]% + [***]
x [***]%) + ($[***] x [***]% + [***] x [***]%) = $[***].
(f) Limit
on Royalty Reductions. Notwithstanding Sections
4.6.1(a)(ii), 4.6.1(b)(ii) or 4.6.1(c), in no event shall the
royalties owed under Section 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i), with respect
to
a Royalty-Bearing Product in a country be reduced by operation
of Section 4.6.1(c), together with either Section 4.6.1(a)(ii) or
Section 4.6.1(b)(ii), [***] percent ([***]%) of what would otherwise be
owed
under 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i) with respect to such
Royalty-Bearing Product in such country.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(g) Application
of Reductions to Royalty Tiers. For purposes of Sections
4.6.1(a)(ii), 4.6.1(b)(ii) or 4.6.1(c), the amount of royalties owing to
ARIAD
under Section 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i) for Annual Net Sales
of any Royalty-Bearing Product in a given country (prior to any [***]
provided for therein)shall be deemed to be that amount which would be owed
if
Annual Net Sales of such Royalty-Bearing Product in such country subject
to each
of the royalty rates under 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section
4.6.1(b)(i) were proportional to Net Sales of such Royalty-Bearing
Product in all countries subject to royalties under
Section 4.6.1(a)(i) or Section 4.6.1(b)(i), whichever is
applicable.
(h) Know-How
Payments. The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that any
royalties that may be payable for a Product for which no Patent Rights
exist
shall be in consideration of (i) ARIAD’s expertise and know-how concerning mTOR
Inhibitor Compounds, including its development of the ARIAD Background
Technology and its other development activities conducted prior to the
Effective
Date; (ii) the performance by ARIAD of the Development Program; (iii) the
disclosure by ARIAD to MERCK of results obtained in the
Development Program; (iv) the licenses granted to
MERCK hereunder with respect to Licensed Technology
and Joint Technology that are not within the claims of any Patent
Rights Controlled by ARIAD; (v) the restrictions on ARIAD in Section 6.4.1;
(vi) the “head start” afforded to MERCK by each of the
foregoing; and (vii) ARIAD’s co-promotion of Products in the U.S.
Territory.
(i) Payment
Dates and Reports. Royalty payments shall be made by MERCK within
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, commencing with
the
calendar month in which the First Commercial Sale of a Royalty-Bearing
Product
occurs. MERCK shall also provide, at the same time each such payment
is made, a report showing: (a) the Net Sales of each Royalty-Bearing Product
by
type of Royalty-Bearing Product and country in the Territory; (b) the total
amount of deductions from gross sales to determine Net Sales; (c) the applicable
royalty rates for Royalty Bearing Product in each country in the Territory
after
applying any reductions set forth above; and (d) a calculation of the amount
of
royalty due to ARIAD.
4.6.2 Records;
Audit
Rights. MERCK and
its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall keep and maintain for [***] years
from the
date of each payment of royalties hereunder complete and accurate records
of
gross sale and Net Sales by MERCK and its Affiliates and
Sublicensees of each Royalty-Bearing Product, in sufficient detail to allow
royalties to be determined accurately. ARIAD shall have the right for
a period of [***] years after receiving any such payment to appoint at
its
expense an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable
to
MERCK to audit, the relevant records of
MERCK and its Affiliates and Sublicensees to verify that
the amount of such payment was correctly
determined. MERCK and its Affiliates and
Sublicensees shall each make its records available for audit by such independent
certified public accountant during regular business hours at such place
or
places where such records are customarily kept, upon thirty (30) days written
notice from ARIAD. Such audit right shall not be exercised by ARIAD
more than once in any Calendar Year or more than once with respect to sales
of a
particular Product in a particular period. All records made available
for audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of
MERCK. The results of each audit, if any, shall be binding on both
Parties. In the event there was an underpayment
by MERCK hereunder, shall promptly
(but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after MERCK’s receipt of the
report so concluding) make payment to the ARIAD of any
shortfall. ARIAD shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such
audit discloses an underreporting by MERCK of the greater of
[***] percent ([***]%) of the aggregate amount of royalties payable
in any Calendar Year or $[***], in which
case MERCK shall reimburse ARIAD for
all costs incurred by ARIAD in connection with such audit.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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4.6.3 Overdue
Royalties and Milestones. All royalty
payments not made within the time period set forth in Section 4.6.1 or
Operating
Income payments not made within the time period set forth in Section 4.3.2,
including underpayments discovered during an audit, and all milestone payments
not made within the time period specified in Section 4.4.1, shall bear
interest
at a rate of [***] percent ([***]%) per month from the due date until paid
in
full or, if less, the maximum interest rate permitted by Applicable
Laws. Any such overdue royalty or milestone payment shall, when made,
be accompanied by, and credited first to, all interest so accrued.
4.6.4 Payments;Withholding
Tax.
(a) All
payments made by a Party under this Article 4 shall be made by wire transfer
from a banking institution in the United States in U.S. Dollars in accordance
with instructions given in writing from time to time by the other
Party.
(b) If
applicable laws, rules or regulations require withholding of income or
other
taxes imposed upon any payments made by MERCK to ARIAD under Agreement,
MERCK
shall make such withholding payments as may be required and shall subtract
such
withholding payments from such payments. MERCK shall submit
appropriate proof of payment of the withholding taxes to ARIAD within a
reasonable period of time. MERCK shall promptly provide ARIAD with the
official
receipts. MERCK shall render ARIAD reasonable assistance in order to allow
ARIAD
to obtain the benefit of any present or future treaty against double taxation
which may apply to such payments. If MERCK did not withhold taxes, in
whole or in part, in connection with any payment it made to ARIAD under
the
Agreement and a tax authority subsequently disagrees with MERCK's interpretation
of the withholding rules and finds that MERCK had a duty to withhold taxes
and such taxes were assessed against and paid by MERCK, then ARIAD will
indemnify and hold harmless MERCK from and against such taxes (excluding
penalties). If MERCK makes a claim under this section, it will comply
with the obligations imposed by this section as if MERCK had withheld taxes
from
a payment to ARIAD.
4.6.5 Foreign
Currency Exchange. All payments
to be made by MERCK to ARIAD under this Agreement shall be made in United
States
dollars and may be paid by check made to the order of ARIAD or bank wire
transfer in immediately available funds to such bank account in the United
States as may be designated in writing by ARIAD from time to time. In
the case of sales outside the United States, the rate of exchange to be
used in
computing the monthly amount of currency equivalent in United States dollars
due
ARIAD shall be made at the monthly rate of exchange utilized by MERCK in
its
worldwide accounting system, prevailing on the third to the last business
day of
the month preceding the month in which such sales are recorded by
MERCK.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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5.1 Confidentiality.
5.1.1 Confidentiality
Obligations. ARIAD and MERCK each
recognizes that the other Party’s Confidential Information and Proprietary
Materials constitute highly valuable assets of such other
Party. ARIAD and MERCK each agrees that, subject to Section 5.1.2, it
will not disclose, and will cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees not to
disclose, any Confidential Information or Proprietary Materials of the
other
Party and it will not use, and will cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees
not to
use, any Confidential Information or Proprietary Materials of the other
Party
except as expressly permitted hereunder; provided that such obligations
shall
apply during the Term and for an additional five (5) years
thereafter.
5.1.2 Limited
Disclosure. ARIAD and MERCK each agrees
that disclosure of its Confidential Information or any transfer of its
Proprietary Materials may be made by the other Party to any employee, consultant
or Affiliate of such other Party or Third Party subcontractor engaged by
a Party
under an agreement approved by the JDC pursuant to Section 6.2.1 to enable
such
other Party to exercise its rights or to carry out its responsibilities
under
this Agreement; provided that any such disclosure or transfer shall only
be made
to Persons who are bound by written obligations as described in Section
5.1.3. In addition, ARIAD and MERCK each agrees that the other Party
may disclose its Confidential Information (a) to its licensees as expressly
permitted pursuant to Section 3.10.3 hereof, (b) on a need-to-know basis
to such
other Party’s legal and financial advisors, (c) as reasonably necessary in
connection with an actual or potential (i) permitted sublicense of such
other
Party’s rights hereunder, (ii) debt or equity financing of such other Party or
(iii) merger, acquisition, consolidation, share exchange or other similar
transaction involving such Party and any Third Party, (d) to any Third
Party
that is or may be engaged by a Responsible Party to perform services in
connection with the Research Program or the Commercialization of Products
as
necessary to enable such Third Party to perform such services, and (e)
for any
other purpose with the other Party’s consent, not to be unreasonably
withheld. In addition, each Party agrees that the other Party may
disclose such Party’s Confidential Information or provide Proprietary Materials
(A) as reasonably necessary to file, prosecute or maintain Patent Rights,
or to
file, prosecute or defend litigation related to Patent Rights, in accordance
with this Agreement; or (B) as required by Applicable Laws; provided that,
in
the case of any disclosure under this clause (B), the disclosing Party
shall (1)
if practicable, provide the other Party with reasonable advance notice
of and an
opportunity to comment on any such required disclosure and (2) if requested
by
the other Party, cooperate in all reasonable respects with the other Party’s
efforts to obtain confidential treatment or a protective order with respect
to
any such disclosure, at the other Party’s expense.
5.1.3 Employees
and Consultants. ARIAD and MERCK each
hereby represents that all of its employees and consultants, and all of
the
employees and consultants of its Affiliates, who participate in the activities
of the Collaboration or have access to Confidential Information or Proprietary
Materials of the other Party are or will, prior to their participation
or
access, be bound by written obligations to maintain such Confidential
Information or Proprietary Materials in confidence. Each Party agrees
to use, and to cause its Affiliates to use, reasonable efforts to enforce
such
obligations and to prohibit its employees and consultants from using such
information except as expressly permitted hereunder. Each Party will
be liable to the other for any disclosure or misuse by its employees of
Confidential Information or Proprietary Materials of the Other
Party.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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5.2 Publicity. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 5.1, the Parties, upon the execution
of this
Agreement, shall jointly issue a press release with respect to this Agreement,
in the form attached here to as Schedule 4, and either Party may make
subsequent public disclosure of the contents of such press release without
further approval of the other Party. After issuance of such press
release, except as required by Applicable Laws (including those relating
to
disclosure of material information to investors), neither Party shall issue
a
press or news release or make any similar public announcement (it being
understood that publication in scientific journals, presentation at scientific
conferences and meetings and the like are intended to be covered by Section
5.3
and not subject to this Section 5.2) related to the Development Program
that
contains Confidential Information of the other
Party without the prior written consent of the other
Party; provided that (a) notwithstanding the foregoing, ARIAD shall be
expressly
permitted to publicly announce the occurrence of any milestone event under
Section 4.4.1 and any other event that ARIAD reasonably believes is material
to
ARIAD and (b) MERCK (i) expressly acknowledges that ARIAD is an emerging
company
the success of which is substantially dependent on its ability to attract
and
raise capital and that ARIAD’s ability to attract and raise capital is
substantially dependent on its ability to announce publicly developments
in its
research and development programs, product development pipeline and
commercialization activities, and (ii) agrees that it
shall take (i) above into account and not unreasonably
withhold, condition or delay its consent to any request by ARIAD to announce
publicly developments in the Collaboration. ARIAD agrees that it shall
not
unreasonably withhold, condition or delay its consent to any request by
MERCK to
announce publicly developments in the Collaboration.
5.3 Publications
and
Presentations. The Parties
acknowledge that scientific and medical publications and presentations
will be
made in a manner consistent with Third Party agreements in effect as
of the
Effective Date and industry standards for the development and Commercialization
of drugs in the Field, but must be strictly monitored to prevent any
adverse
effect from premature publication or dissemination of results of the
activities
hereunder. The Parties will form a Publication Committee which will
establish rules and procedures for scientific and medical publications
and
presentations, including publications and presentations relating to Biomarkers,
Biomarker Information and Program Biomarker Technology. Such rules
and procedures will include requirements for reasonable advance notice
and
expeditious review of proposed publications and presentations, both before
and
after Commercialization Regulatory Approval is obtained. The
Publication Committee shall report to the JDC until such time as the
JSC
determines that the Publication Committee shall report to a different
entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) except for disclosures
permitted pursuant to Section 5.2, either Party, its employees or consultants
wishing to make a publication shall deliver to the other Party a copy
of the
proposed written publication or an outline of an oral disclosure at least
sixty
(60) days (or, in the case of consulting agreements, such shorter period
(but
not less than thirty (30) days) as required
by the consulting or other agreement with such consultant)
prior to submission for publication or presentation, (ii) the reviewing
Party
shall have the right to require a delay of up to ninety (90) days (or,
in the
case of consulting agreements, such shorter period (but not less than
sixty (60)
days) as required by the consulting or other agreement with such
consultant) in publication or presentation in order to enable patent
applications protecting each Party’s rights in such information to be filed, and
(iii) each Party shall have the right to prohibit disclosure of any of
its
Confidential Information in any such proposed publication or
presentation. In any permitted publication or presentation by a
Party, the other Party’s contribution shall be duly recognized, and co-ownership
shall be determined in accordance with customary standards. In
negotiating consulting agreements, each Party shall use Commercially
Reasonable
Efforts to obtain the agreement of the consultant to the sixty (60) and
ninety
(90) day periods set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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5.4 Prior
Approved Publication. Notwithstanding Sections 5.2 and
5.3, either Party may include in a public disclosure or in a scientific
or
medical publication or representation, without prior delivery to or
approval by the other Party, any information which has previously been
included
in a public disclosure or scientific or medical publication that has
been
approved pursuant to Section 5.2 or reviewed pursuant to Section 5.3
or
published or publicly disclosed by the other Party. A Party relying
on this Section 5.4 shall bear the burden of establishing that information
has
previously been included in a public disclosure or scientific or medical
publication that has been approved pursuant to Section 5.2 or reviewed
pursuant
to Section 5.3 or published or publicly disclosed by the other
Party.
6.1 Licenses.
6.1.1 ARIAD
License Grants.
(a) Development
Program. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, ARIAD
hereby grants to MERCK a co-exclusive (together with ARIAD), royalty-free,
worldwide license during the Term, with the right to grant sublicenses
solely as
provided in Section 6.2.1, under Licensed Technology and Licensed Patent
Rights
for the sole purpose of conducting MERCK Development Activities as part
of the
Development Program.
(b) Commercialization
Licenses. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, ARIAD
hereby grants to MERCK (i) a co-exclusive (together with ARIAD), license
during
the Term, including the right to grant sublicenses as provided in Section
6.2,
under Licensed Technology and Licensed Patent Rights for the sole purpose
of
Commercializing Co-Promoted Products in the Field in the Co-Promotion
Territory
and (ii) an exclusive, royalty-bearing license during the Term, including
the
right to grant sublicenses as provided in Section 6.2, under Licensed
Technology
and Licensed Patent Rights for the sole purpose of Commercializing
Royalty-Bearing Products in the Field in the Royalty-Bearing
Territory.
(c) Manufacturing
Technology. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, ARIAD
hereby grants to MERCK a royalty-free, worldwide license during the Term,
with
the right to grant sublicenses solely as provided in Section 6.2.3, under
Licensed Technology and Licensed Patent Rights for the sole purpose of
performing its obligations and exercising its rights under the Supply
Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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6.1.2 MERCK
License Grants.
(a) Development
Program. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, MERCK
hereby grants to ARIAD a co-exclusive (together with MERCK), royalty-free,
worldwide license during the Term, with the right to grant sublicenses
solely as
provided in Section 6.2.1, under MERCK Technology, MERCK Patent Rights
and
MERCK’s interest in Joint Technology and Joint Patent Rights for the sole
purpose of conducting ARIAD Development Activities as part of the Development
Program.
(b) Commercialization
License. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, MERCK
hereby grants to ARIAD a co-exclusive (together with MERCK), license
during the
Term, without the right to grant sublicenses, under MERCK Technology
and MERCK
Patent Rights and MERCK’s interest in Joint Technology and Joint Patent Rights
for the sole purpose of Commercializing Co-Promoted Products in the Field
in the
Co-Promotion Territory.
(c) Manufacturing
Technology. MERCK will, in the case of MERCK Program Technology
and MERCK Program Patent Rights, and may, in the case of MERCK Background
Technology and MERCK Patent Rights containing claims covering MERCK Background
Technology, make MERCK Technology and MERCK Patent Rights available to
ARIAD for
use in Manufacturing Development and/or commercial Manufacturing, as
set forth
in the Supply Agreement, of API, Product and/or Collaboration Compounds
(all
such MERCK Technology and MERCK Patent Rights being referred to as “MERCK
Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights”). Subject to the other
terms of this Agreement and to the applicable terms of any agreement
with a
Third Party limiting MERCK's rights to grant any such license, which
MERCK shall
disclose to ARIAD promptly upon becoming aware that such Third Party
agreement
imposes any restriction on MERCK’s ability to grant the licenses set forth in
this sentence, MERCK hereby grants to ARIAD a perpetual, non-exclusive,
royalty-free (except for any fees or royalties that MERCK is required
to pay
based on ARIAD’s use), worldwide license, with the right to grant sublicenses
except as set forth below, to (i) any MERCK Manufacturing Technology
and Patent
Rights that is MERCK Background Technology and MERCK Patent Rights
claiming MERCK Background Technology that Merck chooses to make available
to
ARIAD (it being understood that MERCK has no obligation to make MERCK
Background
Technology and MERCK Patent Rights claiming MERCK Background Technology
available to ARIAD), and (ii) all MERCK Manufacturing Technology and
Patent
Rights that is MERCK Program Technology and MERCK Program Patent Rights,
solely
to Manufacture or have Manufactured (x) API, Product and Collaboration
Compound
as set forth in the Supply Agreement, and (y) any Rapamycin Analog or
Rapamycin
Derived mTOR Inhibitor (including the right to manufacture Rapamycin
for use in
manufacture of any Rapamycin Analog or Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor)
and to
use and sell or have sold any such Product, Collaboration Compound, Rapamycin
Analog or Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor for any purpose except as
prohibited
by this Agreement and the Supply Agreement. ARIAD’s right to
sublicense MERCK Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights shall not
apply to
any MERCK Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights that relate to the
Manufacture of Product from API or Collaboration Compound, except for
a
sublicense to a toll manufacturer that Manufactures Product from API
or
Collaboration Compound for ARIAD. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
ARIAD shall have no obligation to pay any fees or royalties based on
ARIAD’s use
of any MERCK Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights in the manufacture
of a
product that arise under any agreement to which MERCK is a party or any
Third
Party obligation of which MERCK is otherwise aware unless MERCK provides
ARIAD
with prior written notice of such Third Party obligation at the time
of
disclosure of the MERCK Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights to
ARIAD.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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6.1.3 Disclosure
of Technology. Subject to Section
6.1.2(c), each Party shall disclose to the other all Technology and Patent
Rights Controlled by such Party that is necessary, or useful in the reasonable
determination of the disclosing Party, for the Development, or Commercialization
of Products, and all such Technology and Patent Rights shall be included
in the
licenses granted in this Section 6.1. Such disclosures shall include
ongoing disclosures of Technology developed in the course of Manufacturing
Development of API, Clinical Product and Marketed
Product. For Technology developed in the course of
Manufacturing Development of API, Clinical Product and Marketed
Product, MERCK shall not be required to make such disclosure more often
than
once per Calendar Quarter and all such disclosures shall be in document
form and
shall not require instruction of ARIAD Personnel by MERCK
personnel. This Section 6.1.3 does not otherwise apply to MERCK
Manufacturing Technology and Patent Rights.
6.1.4 Clinical
Samples, Biomarker Information and Program Biomarker
Technology
(a) Fluids,
tissue or tumor samples collected by either Party in the Development
Program
shall only be used as agreed.
(b) Each
Party shall disclose to the other Party all Program Biomarker Technology
owned
by it and will provide the other Party with all Biomarker Information
within
clause (i) of Section 1.22 and all raw data contained in such Biomarker
Information developed by it or its Affiliates. Such Program Biomarker
Technology, Biomarker Information and raw data shall be provided in a
mutually
agreed and readily useable and decipherable format.
(c) Subject
to the other terms of this Agreement, each Party hereby grants to the
other
Party a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable right and license, with
the
unrestricted right to grant sublicenses, to use all raw data contained
in
Program Biomarker Technology and Biomarker Information within clause
(i) of
Section 1.22 for any and all purposes consistent with its obligations
under
Section 3.1.2(d) and 6.4 of this Agreement.
(d) Subject
to the other terms of this Agreement, each Party hereby grants to the
other
Party a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license, with the unrestricted
right to grant sublicenses, under all Patent Rights Controlled by the
granting
Party that claim any Program Biomarker Technology and all Patent Rights
or other
intellectual property rights pertaining to Biomarker Information within
clause
(i) of Section 1.22 Controlled by the granting Party to use such Program
Biomarker Technology and Biomarker Information in connection with the
discovery,
development (including in Clinical Trials), manufacture, use, sale, import
or
other commercialization of any mTOR Inhibitor.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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6.2 Right
to
Sublicense.
6.2.1 Development
Program Licenses. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, either Party shall have the right to
grant
sublicenses under the license granted to it under Sections 6.1.1(a) and
6.1.2(a)
solely to Third Party subcontractors engaged by such Party to perform
designated
functions related to the conduct of Development activities under the
Development
Program or to Affiliates; provided however,
that (a) such Party shall obtain the prior approval of the JDC, as reflected
in
minutes of the JDC, to each sublicense grant; (b) such Party shall
remain responsible for the satisfactory accomplishment of such work in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (c) each
such
subcontractor shall enter into a written agreement containing such provisions
as
are normal and customary for similar types of agreements.
6.2.2 Co-Promotion
Products and Royalty-Bearing
Products. MERCK shall have the right to
grant sublicenses to Sublicensees under the Commercialization license
granted to
it under Section 6.1.1(b), with respect to Royalty Bearing Product in
the Field;
provided that: (a) it shall be a condition of any such sublicense that
such
Sublicensee agrees to be bound by all terms of this Agreement applicable
to the
Commercialization of Royalty-Bearing Products in the Field in the
Royalty-Bearing Territory (including, without limitation, Article 5);
(b) MERCK
shall provide written notice to ARIAD of any such proposed sublicense
at least
thirty (30) days prior to such execution and provide copies to the other
Party
of each such sublicense within ten (10) days of its execution; (c) if
MERCK
grants a sublicense to a Sublicensee, MERCK shall be deemed to have guaranteed
that such Sublicensee will fulfill all of MERCK’s obligations under this
Agreement applicable to the subject matter of such sublicense; (d) MERCK
shall
not be relieved of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement as a result
of
such sublicense.
6.2.3 Manufacturing
Technology. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, (i) either Party shall have the right
to grant
sublicenses under the license granted to it under Sections 6.1.1(c) and
6.1.2(c)
solely to Third Party subcontractors engaged by such Party to Manufacture
API,
Collaboration Compound or Product or to Affiliates; provided however,
that; (a) such Party shall remain responsible for the satisfactory
accomplishment of such work in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this
Agreement; and (b) each such subcontractor shall enter into a written
agreement
containing such provisions as are normal and customary for similar types
of
agreements, and (ii) subject to the limitation set forth in Section
6.1.2(c) with respect Merck Manufacturing Technology and Merck Patent
rights that relate to the Manufacture of Product from API, ARIAD shall
have the
right to grant sublicenses under the license granted to it under Section
6.1.2(c) to Third Parties to manufacture API, Product, Collaboration
Compound,
Rapamycin Analogs, Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitors and Rapamycin for
use in
manufacture of Rapamycin Analogs or Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitors,
and to
use and sell the same for any purpose except as prohibited by this Agreement
and
the Supply Agreement.
6.3 No
Other
Rights. MERCK shall have no rights
to use or otherwise exploit ARIAD Technology, ARIAD Patent Rights, or
ARIAD
Proprietary Materials, and ARIAD shall have no rights to use or otherwise
exploit MERCK Technology, MERCK Patent Rights or MERCK Proprietary Materials,
in
each case, except as expressly set forth herein.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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6.4 Exclusivity.
6.4.1 ARIAD. Until
the later to occur of (a) expiration of the last to expire Valid Claim
of the
ARIAD Patent Rights, MERCK Patent Rights or Joint Patent Rights in any
country
that covers the composition of matter or sale or import of a Product
or a
Collaboration Compound contained in a Product or its use for any indication
for
which Commercialization Regulatory Approval has been obtained in any
country, or
(b) twelve (12) years from the date of the First Commercial Sale of such
Royalty-Bearing Product in every country in which a Product is sold,
ARIAD shall
not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to not, conduct any activity,
either
on its own, or with, for the benefit of, or sponsored by any Third Party,
that
is designed to research, develop or commercialize, or grant any license
or other
rights to any Third Party to utilize any Technology or Patent Rights
Controlled
by ARIAD or any of its Affiliates for the express purpose of researching,
developing or commercializing (i) Rapamycin or any Rapamycin Derived
mTOR
Inhibitor in the Field except (a) hereunder in the Development Program,
or the
Development or Commercialization of Products and (b) in connection with
the
conduct of any Permitted Transactions, or (ii) any Collaboration Compound
for
use as a Dimerizer.
6.4.2 MERCK. Until
the later to occur of (a) expiration of the last to expire Valid Claim
of the
ARIAD Patent Rights, MERCK Patent Rights or Joint Patent Rights in any
country
that covers the composition of matter or sale or import of a Product
or a
Collaboration Compound contained in a Product or its use for any indication
for
which Commercialization Regulatory Approval has been obtained in any
country, or
(b) twelve (12) years from the date of the First Commercial Sale of such
Royalty-Bearing Product in every country in which a Product is sold,
MERCK shall
not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to not, conduct any activity,
either
on its own, or with, for the benefit of, or sponsored by any Third Party,
that
is designed to research, develop or commercialize, or grant any license
or other
rights to any Third Party to utilize any Technology or Patent Rights
Controlled
by MERCK or any of its Affiliates for the express purpose
of researching, developing or commercializing (i) Rapamycin or any
Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor in the Field except (a) hereunder in
the
Development Program or the Development or Commercialization of Products
and (b)
in connection with the conduct of any Permitted Transactions, or (ii)
any
Collaboration Compound for use as a Dimerizer.
6.4.3 Permitted
Transactions. If either Party enters into an agreement
for a Permitted Transaction, all Technology and Patent Right granted
to such
Party under the Permitted Transaction (“Collaborator IP Rights”) shall be
included without further action in the licenses granted to the other
Party by
Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2. If a Permitted Transaction entered into by
MERCK or ARIAD involves the use of any Collaboration Compound, data or
information relating to any Collaboration Compound or Confidential Information
of ARIAD or MERCK the Party entering into such Permitted Transaction
agrees that
it shall not utilize (or permit an Affiliate to utilize or license any
Third
Party to utilize) any Collaborator IP Rights to research, develop or
commercialize in the Field any mTOR Inhibitor other than a Collaboration
Compound, except that ARIAD may utilize Collaborator IP Rights to research,
develop or commercialize mTOR Inhibitors for use with stents or Medical
Devices. If a Permitted Transaction entered into by ARIAD involves
use of any Confidential Information of MERCK, ARIAD agrees that it shall
not
utilize (or permit an Affiliate to utilize or license any Third Party
to
utilize) any Collaborator IP Rights to research, develop or commercialize
any
mTOR Inhibitor.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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6.4.4 Acquisitions
by a Party Involving Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitors.
(a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 6.4.2, if during the Term MERCK or any of its
Affiliates acquires or agrees to acquire (whether by purchase of assets
or
shares, share exchange, merger or consolidation or similar transaction),
an
entity that is developing or commercializing a Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor,
MERCK shall have [***] from the date of public announcement of the acquisition
or merger (or if there is no public announcement, from the closing of
such
acquisition or merger) to notify ARIAD in writing as to whether MERCK
or its
Affiliate intends to divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor. If MERCK or its Affiliate elects to divest its
interest in such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor, MERCK or its Affiliate
shall
use reasonable efforts to identify a Third Party purchaser to whom the
MERCK or
its Affiliate will divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor
and enter into a definitive agreement with such Third Party for such
divestiture
as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances. If MERCK
or its Affiliate elects not to divest its interest in such Rapamycin
Derived
mTOR Inhibitor, or fails to divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived
mTOR
Inhibitor within [***] after the closing of the transaction for which
MERCK has provided ARIAD with notice, then ARIAD shall have the
option, upon written notice to MERCK, as applicable, given no later than
[***]
after the earlier of: (a) MERCK’s written notice, as applicable, of
its election not to divest such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor; and
(b) the
end of such [***] period described above, to require MERCK to take such
actions
as may be necessary to treat such Rapamycin Derived mTOR inhibitor as
a
Collaboration Compound for all purposes of this Agreement, except that
ARIAD
shall not have a right to manufacture a Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor
that is
acquired by MERCK or its Affiliate.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 6.4.1, if during the Term ARIAD or any of its
Affiliates acquires or agrees to acquire (whether by purchase of assets
or
shares, share exchange, merger or consolidation or similar transaction),
an
entity that is developing or commercializing a Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor,
ARIAD shall have [***] from the date of public announcement of the acquisition
or merger (or if there is no public announcement, from the closing of
such
acquisition or merger) to notify MERCK in writing as to whether ARIAD
or its
Affiliate intends to divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor. If ARIAD or its Affiliate elects to divest its interest in
such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor, ARIAD or its Affiliate shall use
reasonable efforts to identify a Third Party purchaser to whom ARIAD
or its
Affiliate will divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor
and
enter into a definitive agreement with such Third Party for such divestiture
as
soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances. If ARIAD or
its Affiliate elects not to divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived
mTOR
Inhibitor, or fails to divest its interest in such Rapamycin Derived
mTOR
Inhibitor within [***] after the closing of the transaction for which
ARIAD has
provided MERCK with notice, then MERCK shall have the option, upon written
notice to ARIAD, as applicable, given no later than [***] after the earlier
of: (a) ARIAD’s written notice, as applicable, of its election not to
divest such Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor; and (b) the end of such
[***]
period described above, to require ARIAD to take such actions as may
be
necessary to treat such Rapamycin Derived mTOR inhibitor as a Collaboration
Compound for all purposes of this Agreement, except that MERCK shall
not have a
right to manufacture a Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor that is acquired
by
ARIAD or its Affiliate, even if MERCK otherwise obtains the right to
Manufacture
Products.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(c) In
the event a Party is acquired (whether by purchase of assets or shares,
share
exchange, merger or consolidation) by an entity that is developing or
commercializing a Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor, such Party agrees
to keep
all Confidential Information resulting from the Development, Commercialization
or Manufacture of any Collaboration Compound or Product (“Program Confidential
Information”) separate and apart from all programs and personnel for such other
Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor and not use such Program Confidential
Information in connection with such other Rapamycin Derived mTOR
Inhibitor. The non-acquired Party shall have the right to require the
acquired Party and the acquiror to adopt commercially reasonable procedures
to
prevent the disclosure or use of Program Confidential Information as
provided
above. The purpose of such procedures shall be to strictly limit such
disclosures to only those personnel having a need-to-know Program Confidential
Information in order to perform the acquired Party’s obligations and exercise
its rights under this Agreement.
6.5 Standstill
Agreement.
(a) Standstill
Obligation. Except as permitted [***], during the Term of this
Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors
[***] or
encourage others to) directly or indirectly in any manner: [***]directly
or
indirectly, alone or in concert with others, [***]or in any way participate
in,
directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any [***]or
in any way
participate in a [***]directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with
others,[***]other than in the ordinary course of business[***]with others
to do
any of the actions [***]otherwise act in concert with others[***]The
provisions
of Section 6.5(a) shall [***]announces publicly that it is seeking, or
considering seeking, [***]or that it is otherwise exploring, or considering
exploring[***]which would result in [***]or one or more of its subsidiaries
to a
third party[***]immediately prior to [***]For clarity, the foregoing
provisions
shall prohibit[***]unless one of the exceptions in the preceding
sentence[***]For avoidance of doubt, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent
[***]Notwithstanding the above, [***]shall not be deemed a breach of
this
provision.
7.1 ARIAD
Intellectual Property
Rights. ARIAD shall have sole and
exclusive ownership of all right, title and interest on a worldwide basis
in and
to any and all ARIAD Technology and ARIAD Patent Rights.
7.2 MERCK
Intellectual Property
Rights. MERCK shall have sole and
exclusive ownership of all right, title and interest on a worldwide basis
in and
to any and all MERCK Technology and MERCK Patent Rights.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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7.3 Joint
Technology
Rights. MERCK and ARIAD shall
jointly own all Joint Technology and Joint Patent
Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
under Applicable Law, except to the extent set forth herein, the Parties
hereby
agree that (i) either Party may use or license or sublicense to Affiliates
or
Third Parties all or any portion of its interest in Joint
Technology, Joint Patent Rights or jointly owned Confidential
Information or Proprietary Materials for any purposes inside or outside
the
Field other than the discovery, development, manufacture, use, sale or
importation of a Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor, for use in the
Field, without the prior written consent of the other Party, without
restriction
and without the obligation to provide compensation to the other Party;
(ii)
neither Party may use or license or sublicense to Affiliates or Third
Parties
all or any portion of its interest in Joint Technology, Joint Patent
Rights or
jointly owned Confidential Information or Proprietary Materials for the
discovery, development, manufacture, use, sale or importation of a Rapamycin
Derived mTOR Inhibitor, for use in the Field, without the prior
written consent of the other Party, which may be granted or withheld
in its sole
discretion; and (iii) either Party may use or license or sublicense to
Affiliates or Third Parties all or any portion of its interest in Joint
Technology, Joint Patent Rights or jointly owned Confidential Information
or
Proprietary Materials for the discovery, development, manufacture, use,
sale or
importation of a Rapamycin Derived mTOR Inhibitor, for use outside the
Field,
without the prior written consent of the other Party, without restriction
and
without the obligation to provide compensation to the other Party.
7.4 Product
Technology and Product Patent
Rights. For clarity, it is acknowledged that all
Product Technology and Patent Rights with respect thereto shall be owned
solely
by ARIAD and that all Product Use Technology and Patent Rights with respect
thereto shall be jointly owned, regardless of inventorship. Ownership
of all Product Delivery Technology and any other Program Technology and
Patent
Rights with respect thereto shall be determined in accordance with Section
7.6
it being understood that the owner thereof shall have the exclusive right
to use
such Program Technology and Patent Rights outside the
Collaboration.
7.5 Patent
Coordinators. ARIAD and MERCK
shall, by written notice to the other Party, each appoint a patent
coordinator reasonably acceptable to the other Party (each, a “Patent
Coordinator”) to serve as such Party’s primary liaison with the other Party on
matters relating to patent filing, prosecution, maintenance and
enforcement. Each Party may replace its Patent Coordinator at any
time by notice in writing to the other Party.
7.6 Inventorship. The
Patent Coordinators shall initially determine inventorship of Program
Technology
under U.S. patent law. In case of a dispute between the Patent
Coordinators over inventorship and, as a result, whether any particular
Technology is ARIAD Technology, MERCK Technology or Joint Technology,
such
dispute shall be resolved according to U.S. patent law by patent counsel
who
(and whose firm) is not at the time of the dispute, and was not at any
time
during the five (5) years prior to such dispute, performing services
for either
of the Parties, such patent counsel to be selected by the
JSC. Expenses of such patent counsel shall be shared equally by the
Parties.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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8.1.1 ARIAD
Prosecution Rights. ARIAD, acting
through patent counsel or agents of its choice, shall be solely responsible
for
the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the ARIAD Patent
Rights. MERCK shall cooperate with and assist ARIAD in all reasonable
respects, in connection with ARIAD’s preparation, filing, prosecution (including
review and comments regarding responses to office actions and/or official
actions from worldwide patent offices) and maintenance of such Patent
Rights. The costs and expenses incurred by ARIAD in connection with
the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent Rights
shall
be Development Costs.
8.1.2 MERCK
Prosecution Rights. MERCK, at its sole
expense and acting through patent counsel or agents of its choice, shall
be
responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance
of all
MERCK Patent Rights. At MERCK’s request, ARIAD shall cooperate with
and assist MERCK in all reasonable respects, in connection with MERCK’s
preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of MERCK Program Patent
Rights. The costs and expenses incurred by MERCK in connection with
the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of MERCK Program
Patent
Rights shall be Development Costs.
8.1.3 Joint
Patent Rights. Within ten (10) days after it is
determined pursuant to Section 7.6 that any particular Program Technology
is
Joint Program Technology, the Parties will determine whether one Party
or the
other will undertake the prosecution of Joint Program Patent Rights with
respect
thereto, based on the respective expertise of the Parties. If the
Parties fail to agree, then prosecution of such Joint Program Patent
Rights
shall be jointly controlled by the Parties, using patent counsel agreed
upon by
the Patent Coordinators or, if they fail to agree, selected by the
JSC. The costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights
shall be
Development Costs.
8.1.4 Information
and Cooperation. Each filing Party
shall (a) promptly notify the other Party, through its Patent Coordinator,
of
any Program Technology or Program Biomarker Technology and discuss with
the
other Party, through its Patent Coordinator, the filing of any patent
application with respect thereto; (b) regularly provide the other Party
with
copies of all patent applications filed hereunder for any Program Technology,
or
Program Biomarker Technology and other material submissions and correspondence
with the patent offices, in sufficient time to allow for review and comment
by
the other Party; and (b) provide the other Party and its patent counsel
with an
opportunity to consult with the Party and its patent counsel regarding
the
filing and contents of any such application, amendment, submission or
response,
and the advice and suggestions of the other Party and its patent counsel
shall
be taken into consideration in good faith by such Party and its patent
counsel
in connection with such filing. Each filing Party shall pursue in
good faith all reasonable claims requested by the other Party in the
prosecution
of any Patent Rights under this Section 8.1.
8.1.5 Abandonment. If
either Party decides to cease prosecution on, to abandon or to allow
to lapse
any of the Patent Rights covering any Product, Product Technology, Product
Use
Technology, Product Delivery Technology or Program Biomarker Technology
in any
country or region in the Territory, such Party ("Abandonment
Party") shall inform the other Party ("Assuming Party") of such
decision promptly and, in any event, so as to provide the Assuming
Party a reasonable amount of time to meet any applicable deadline to
establish
or preserve such Patent Rights in such country or region. The
Assuming Party shall have the right to assume responsibility for continuing
the
prosecution of such Patent Rights in such country or region and paying
any
required fees to maintain such Patent Rights in such country or region
or
defending such Patent Rights, all at the Abandonment Party’s sole expense,
through patent counsel or agents of its choice. The Assuming Party
shall not become an assignee of any such Patent Rights as a result of
its
assumption of any such responsibility. Upon transfer of the
Abandonment Party’s responsibility for prosecuting, maintaining and defending
any of the Patent Rights to the Assuming Party under this Section 8.1.5,
the Abandonment Party shall promptly deliver to
the Assuming Party copies of all necessary files related to the
Patent Rights with respect to which responsibility has been transferred
and
shall take all actions and execute all documents reasonably necessary
for the
Assuming Party to assume such prosecution, maintenance and defense.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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8.2 Legal
Actions.
8.2.1 Third
Party Infringement.
(a) In
General.
(i) Notice. In
the event either Party becomes aware of (i) any suspected infringement
of any
ARIAD Patent Rights or MERCK Patent Rights through the development or
commercialization of an mTOR Inhibitor in the Field, or (ii) the submission
by
any Third Party of an abbreviated new drug application under the Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act for a product in the Field that includes a Collaboration Compound
(each, an
“Infringement”), that Party shall promptly notify the other Party and provide it
with all details of such Infringement of which it is aware (each, an
“Infringement Notice”). The JSC shall promptly meet to discuss the
Infringement and to determine the collective overall strategy for patent
enforcement.
(ii) ARIAD
Right to Enforce. Unless otherwise determined by the JSC as part
of its consideration of an overall patent strategy for Patent Rights
involving
Products, in the event that such an Infringement occurs in the U.S. Territory
and a U.S. Commercialization Transfer has not occurred, ARIAD shall have
the
first right and option to address such Infringement by taking reasonable
steps,
which may include the institution of legal proceedings or other
action. All costs, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees,
relating to such legal proceedings or other action shall be borne by
ARIAD and
shall be Commercialization Expenses. If ARIAD does not
take or initiate commercially reasonable steps to eliminate the Infringement
within one hundred twenty (120) days from any Infringement Notice (or
twenty
(20) days in the case of an Infringement resulting from the submission
by any
Third Party of an abbreviated new drug application under the Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act),
then MERCK shall have the right and option to do so at its expense, which
shall
be a Commercialization Expense.
(iii) MERCK
Right to Enforce. Unless otherwise determined by the JSC as part
of its consideration of an overall patent strategy for Patent Rights
involving
Products, in the event that such an Infringement occurs in the ROW Territory
or
in the event such Infringement occurs in the U.S. Territory after a U.S.
Commercialization Transfer, MERCK shall have the first right and option
to
address such Infringement by taking reasonable steps, which may include
the
institution of legal proceedings or other action. All costs,
including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, relating to such legal
proceedings or other action shall be borne by MERCK. If
MERCK does not take or initiate commercially reasonable steps to eliminate
the
Infringement within one hundred twenty (120) days from any Infringement
Notice
(or twenty (20) days in the case of an Infringement resulting from the
submission by any Third Party of an abbreviated new drug application
under the
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act), then ARIAD shall have the right and option to do so
at its
expense.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(iv) No
Settlement. Neither Party shall settle any Infringement claim or
proceeding under Section 8.2.1(a)(ii) or (iii) without the prior written
consent
of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
(b) Right
to Representation. Each Party shall have the right to participate
and be represented by counsel that it selects, in any legal proceedings
or other
action instituted under Section 8.2.1(a)(ii) or (iii) by the other
Party. If a Party with the right to initiate legal proceedings under
Section 8.2.1(a) to eliminate an Infringement lacks standing to do so
and the
other Party has standing to initiate such legal proceedings, then the
Party with
the right to initiate legal proceedings under Section 8.2.1(a) may name
the
other Party as plaintiff in such legal proceedings or may require the
Party with
standing to initiate such legal proceedings at the expense of the other
Party.
(c) Cooperation. In
any action, suit or proceeding instituted under this Section 8.2.1, the
Parties
shall cooperate with and assist each other in all reasonable
respects. Upon the reasonable request of the Party instituting such
action, suit or proceeding, the other Party shall join such action, suit
or
proceeding and shall be represented using counsel of its own choice,
at the
requesting Party’s expense.
(d) Allocation
of Proceeds.
(i) Co-Promoted
Products. Any amounts recovered by either Party pursuant to
actions under Section 8.2.1(a)(ii) or (iii) with respect to any Infringement
through the development or commercialization of an mTOR Inhibitor in
the U.S.
Territory when no U.S. Commercialization Transfer has occurred, whether
by
settlement or judgment, shall be allocated in the following order: (A)
first, to
reimburse MERCK and ARIAD for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
in making
such recovery (which amounts shall be allocated pro rata if insufficient
to
cover the totality of such expenses); and (B) then, to MERCK and ARIAD
in the
same proportion as their respective Revenue Sharing Percentages.
(ii) Royalty-Bearing
Products. Any amounts recovered by either Party pursuant to
actions under Sections 8.2.1(a)(ii) or (iii) with respect to any Infringement
through the development or commercialization of an mTOR Inhibitor in
the ROW
Territory or in the U.S. Territory after a U.S. Commercialization Transfer
has
occurred, whether by settlement or judgment, shall be allocated in the
following
order: (A) first, to reimburse MERCK and ARIAD for their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in making such recovery (which amounts shall be
allocated
pro rata if insufficient to cover the totality of such expenses); and
(B) then,
to MERCK and ARIAD in the same proportion as MERCK’s historic profits on Net
Sales of the Royalty-Bearing Product affected by the Infringement bears
to
MERCK’s historic royalties paid to ARIAD hereunder in respect of such Net Sales,
in each case as determined by the JSC in good faith.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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8.2.2 Defense
of Claims. In the event that any
action, suit or proceeding is brought against either Party or any Affiliate
or
Sublicensee of either Party alleging the infringement of the Technology
or
Patent Rights of a Third Party by reason of or the Development or
Commercialization, including, without limitation, the Manufacture, use
or sale,
of any Product, such Party shall notify the other Party within five (5)
days of
the earlier of (i) receipt of service of process in such action, suit
or
proceeding, or (ii) the date such Party becomes aware that such action,
suit or
proceeding has been instituted and the JSC shall meet as soon as possible
to
discuss the overall strategy for defense of such matter. Except as
unanimously agreed by the JSC, (a) the Responsible Party for Commercialization
in the portion of the Territory in which the infringement is alleged
to have
occurred shall have the obligation to defend such action, suit or proceeding
at
its sole expense; (b) the Participating Party or any of its Affiliates
or
Sublicensees shall have the right to separate counsel at its own expense
in any
such action, suit or proceeding; and (c) the Parties shall cooperate
with each
other in all reasonable respects in any such action, suit or
proceeding. If no U.S. Commercialization Transfer has occurred, all
such expenses with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding in
the U.S.
Territory shall be Commercialization Expenses. Each Party shall
promptly furnish the other Party with a copy of each communication relating
to
the alleged infringement that is received by such Party including all
documents
filed in any litigation. In no event shall either Party settle or
otherwise resolve any such action, suit or proceeding brought against
the other
Party or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees without the other Party’s prior
written consent.
8.3.1 The
Product Trademark under which each Co-Promoted Product shall be marketed
in the
U.S. Territory and the ROW Territory shall be determined by the
JSC. To the extent possible, the same Product Trademark(s) will be
used throughout the Territory. ARIAD shall register the Co-Promotion
Trademarks in the U.S. Territory, shall be the exclusive owner of the
Co-Promotion Trademarks throughout the world and shall take all such
actions as
are required to continue and maintain in full force and effect and defend
in the
U.S Territory the Co-Promotion Trademarks and the registrations thereof,
and
shall be solely responsible for all expenses incurred in connection therewith,
which shall be Commercialization Expenses. The Parties shall market
each Co-Promoted Product in the U.S. Territory exclusively under such
Product
Trademark (all such trademarks being hereinafter referred to as the
“Co-Promotion Trademarks”) and under ARIAD’s NDC number, and ARIAD shall grant
MERCK a license to use such Co-Promotion Trademarks solely for such Co-Promotion
in the U.S Territory and for the sales of Royalty-Bearing Products in
the ROW
Territory.
8.3.2 MERCK
shall be responsible for the filing, prosecution, defense and maintenance
before
all trademark offices in the ROW Territory of the Product Trademarks
applicable
to the Product, which may include the Co-Promotion Trademarks and shall
be
solely responsible for all expenses incurred in connection therewith.
MERCK
shall consult with ARIAD with respect to all matters relating to the
Co-Promotion Trademarks. If MERCK determines to use any trademark in
the ROW Territory other than the trademark used in the U.S. Territory,
MERCK
will license such trademark to ARIAD for use on Product in the U.S. Territory
and will not use such trademark for any product other than Product.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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8.3.3 In
all Product primary and secondary packages and labels and all marketing
and
promotional literature, ARIAD shall be presented and described as the
Party who
developed the Product, and the ARIAD name and logo shall appear in the
same in
size and prominence as the MERCK name and logo on all Product primary
and
secondary packages and labels and all marketing and promotional literature
used
in the Territory, unless prohibited by Applicable Laws.
9.1 Term. This
Agreement
shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in full force
and effect
unless otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 9.2.
(a) In
the U.S. Territory, unless a U.S. Commercialization Transfer has occurred,
for
as long as a Product is being sold by either Party in the U.S.
Territory;
(b) In
the ROW Territory, until the expiration of all obligations of MERCK to
pay
royalties or milestones with respect to the ROW Territory;
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(c) In
the U.S. Territory if a U.S. Commercialization Transfer has occurred,
until the
expiration of both (i) all obligations of MERCK to pay royalties or milestone
payments with respect to the U.S. Territory and (ii) all rights of ARIAD
to
Co-Promote Products in the U.S. Territory (the “Term”).
Upon
the expiration of this Agreement
as set forth in this Section 9.1, the license rights granted hereunder
shall be
converted to perpetual and fully paid-up licenses.
9.2 Termination. Subject
to Section 12.1(d), this Agreement may be terminated by either Party
as
follows:
9.2.1 Unilateral
Right to Terminate.
(a) MERCK
may terminate this Agreement, effective on any anniversary of the Effective
Date
on or after the third anniversary of the Effective Date, by providing
written
notice to ARIAD not less than twelve (12) months prior to such anniversary
of
the Effective Date.
(b) MERCK
may terminate this Agreement (i) at its sole discretion, after meeting
with
ARIAD as set forth below in Section 9.2.1(c), on written notice to ARIAD
in the
event that the President of Merck Research Laboratories, following such
meeting,
determines in good faith that it is not advisable for MERCK to continue
Development or Commercialization of the Product for use in a Cancer Indication
as a result of a serious safety issue regarding the use of the Product
in a
Cancer Indication, or (ii) effective upon not less than six (6) months
prior
written notice to ARIAD, given within ninety (90) days after ARIAD notifies
MERCK of the determination in the following clause (x) or the termination
in
clause (y), in the event that (x) ARIAD has made a final determination
that the
initial Phase 3 Clinical Trial for a Sarcoma Indication has failed to
meet its
primary endpoint, or (y) ARIAD terminates such Clinical Trial based on
the
recommendation of the data monitoring committee of such trial, as specified
in
the statistical analysis plan for the trial, to terminate the trial early
for a
reason other than on the basis of significant evidence of efficacy,
unless the Product has received Commercialization Regulatory Approval
(other
than pricing and government reimbursement approval) in the U.S. Territory
or the
European Union or the Parties have agreed to file a Drug Approval Application
for Commercialization Regulatory Approval in a Sarcoma Indication on
the basis
of results other than meeting the primary endpoint. MERCK agrees
that, in determining whether to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section
9.2.1(b)(ii), it will consider ARIAD’s achievement of any secondary endpoint
and/or other efficacy data toward meeting any endpoint. For clarity,
MERCK’s right to terminate this Agreement under clause (ii)(x) or (ii)(y) shall
not be conditioned on ARIAD giving notice of the determination or termination
described in such clauses.
(c) In
the event that MERCK believes in good faith that it is not advisable
for MERCK
to continue Development or Commercialization of the Product as a result
of a
serious safety issue regarding the use of the Product in a Cancer Indication,
MERCK and ARIAD agree to meet promptly following notice of such belief
from
MERCK to ARIAD in person or by videoconference. The President of Merck
Research
Laboratories will attend the meeting, and at such meeting, MERCK will
(i)
provide ARIAD with any preclinical and clinical data related to the Product
not
previously provided in writing by MERCK to ARIAD that demonstrates such
serious
safety issue; and (ii) explain in detail to ARIAD the basis for MERCK’s good
faith belief that it is not advisable for MERCK to continue Development
or
Commercialization of the Product as a result of such serious safety issue,
including the factors supporting MERCK’s belief, and ARIAD may provide to MERCK
any preclinical and clinical data related to the Product that ARIAD believes
will demonstrate that it is not inadvisable to continue Development or
Commercialization of the Product for use in Cancer Indications.
(d) Except
to the extent the following is unenforceable under the law of a particular
jurisdiction where a patent application with the ARIAD Patent Rights
is pending
or a patent within the ARIAD Patent Rights is issued, ARIAD may terminate
this
Agreement immediately upon written notice to MERCK in the event that
MERCK or
any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees Challenges any ARIAD Patent Right
or
voluntarily assists a Third Party in initiating a Challenge of any ARIAD
Patent
Right.
9.2.2 Termination
for Breach. Except as set forth herein,
(i) either Party may terminate this Agreement, effective immediately
upon
written notice to the other Party, for a material breach by the other
Party of
any term of this Agreement that remains uncured sixty (60) days (thirty
(30)
days in the event that the breach is a failure of a Party to make any
payment
required hereunder) after the non-breaching Party first gives written
notice to
the other Party of such breach and its intent to terminate this Agreement
if
such breach is not cured.
9.2.3 Termination
for Insolvency. In the event that
either Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, appoints
or
suffers appointment of a receiver or trustee over all or substantially
all of
its property, files a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency act
or has any
such petition filed against it which is not discharged within sixty (60)
days of
the filing thereof, then the other Party may terminate this Agreement
effective
immediately upon written notice to such Party. In connection
therewith, all rights and licenses granted under this Agreement are,
and shall
be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the United States
Bankruptcy
Code, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined under Section
101(56) of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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9.3 Consequences
of Termination of
Agreement. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2, the following
provisions
shall apply, as applicable.
9.3.1 Termination
by ARIAD under 9.2.1(d), 9.2.2 or 9.2.3 or by MERCK under Section
9.2.1. If this Agreement is terminated
by MERCK pursuant to Section 9.2.1 or by ARIAD pursuant to Section 9.2.1(d),
9.2.2 or 9.2.3:
(a) all
licenses and rights granted to MERCK, including without limitation, all
licenses
granted to MERCK under Article 6, shall immediately terminate and ARIAD
shall no
longer be subject to any obligations under Section 6.4.1, 3.1.2(b) or
Section 7.3.1(ii);
(b) the
licenses and rights granted by MERCK to ARIAD, including, without limitation,
all licenses granted to ARIAD pursuant to Sections 6.1.2(a), (b) and
(c) shall
survive and shall, except as limited by the rights of third parties,
become,
fully-paid and royalty-free (but otherwise remain subject to the same
limitations set forth in those Sections and otherwise in this Agreement),
with
the unrestricted right to grant sublicenses, and shall apply to all
Collaboration Compounds, and in the case of termination by ARIAD pursuant
to
Section 9.2.2, MERCK shall continue to be subject to the obligations
set forth in Section 6.4.2 for one (1) year following such
termination.
(c) each
Party shall promptly return all Confidential Information and Proprietary
Materials of the other Party that are not subject to a continuing license
hereunder; provided that each Party may retain one copy of the Confidential
Information of the other Party in its archives solely for the purpose
of
establishing the contents thereof and ensuring compliance with its obligations
hereunder; and
(d) upon
request of ARIAD, MERCK shall promptly, and in any event within sixty
(60) days
after ARIAD’s request (which request may specify any or all of the actions in
clauses (i) through (viii): (i) grant to ARIAD an exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free, paid-up license under all Product Trademarks
applicable
to Products, if any, other than Product Trademarks incorporating the
MERCK name
or logo; (ii) transfer to ARIAD all of its right, title and interest
in all
Regulatory Filings, Drug Approval Applications and Regulatory Approvals
then in
its name applicable to Products, if any, and all Confidential Information
Controlled by it as of the date of termination relied on by such Regulatory
Filings, Drug Approval Applications and Regulatory Approvals; (iii) notify
the
applicable Regulatory Authorities and take any other action reasonably
necessary
to effect such transfer; (iv) provide ARIAD with copies all correspondence
between MERCK and such Regulatory Authorities relating to such Regulatory
Filings, Drug Approval Applications and Regulatory Approvals; (v) unless
expressly prohibited by any Regulatory Authority, transfer sponsorship
and
control to ARIAD of all Clinical Trials of Products being conducted as
of the
effective date of termination and continue to conduct such trials after
the
effective date of termination to enable such transfer to be completed
without
interruption of any such trial, as follows: (A) in the case of termination
by
MERCK under Section 9.2.1, MERCK will not be obligated to continue to
conduct
such Clinical Trials beyond the effective date of termination, but until
the
effective date of termination, the cost of such Clinical Trials shall
be a
Development Cost, (B) in the case of termination by ARIAD under Section
9.2.1(d), 9.2.2 or 9.2.3, MERCK will be obligated to continue to conduct
such
trials beyond the effective date of termination for up to twelve (12)
months
from the effective date of termination, with the cost of such Clinical
Trials
until the effective date of termination being a Development Cost and
the cost of
such Clinical Trials after the effective date of termination being at
ARIAD’s
expense, (C) in the case of termination by MERCK pursuant to Section
9.2.1(b)(i), if ARIAD requests the transfer of sponsorship and control
of
Clinical Trials, MERCK will be obligated to continue to conduct such
Clinical
Trials beyond the effective date of termination for up to three (3) months
from
the effective date of termination unless MERCK concludes, on the advice
of
counsel, that for legal or ethical reasons MERCK should not continue
to conduct such trials, with the cost of such Clinical Trials being subject
to
Section 9.3.1(e), and (D) in the case of termination by MERCK and Section
9.2.1(b)(ii), MERCK will be obligated to continue to conduct such trials
beyond
the effective date of termination for up to six (6) months from the effective
date of termination, with the cost of such Clinical Trials being at ARIAD’s
expense; (vi) cooperate with ARIAD, cause its Affiliates to cooperate
with ARIAD
and use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to require any Third Party with
which
MERCK has an agreement with respect to the conduct of Clinical Trials
for
Products or the Manufacture of Products (including, without limitation,
agreements with contract manufacturing organizations, contract research
organizations, clinical sites and investigators), to cooperate with ARIAD
in
order to accomplish the transfer to ARIAD of similar rights as held by
MERCK
under its agreements with such Third Parties; (vii) provide ARIAD at
cost all
supplies of Collaboration Compounds and Products in the possession of
MERCK or
any Affiliate or contractor of MERCK; and (viii) provide ARIAD with copies
of
all reports and data generated or obtained by MERCK or its Affiliates
pursuant
to this Agreement that relate to any Product that have not previously
been
provided to ARIAD. The Parties will agree upon and implement a plan
for the orderly transition of Development and Commercialization from
MERCK to
ARIAD in a manner consistent with Applicable Law and standards of ethical
conduct of human Clinical Trials and will seek to replace all MERCK personnel
engaged in any Development or Commercialization activities, in each case,
as
promptly as practicable.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(e) In
the event this Agreement is terminated by MERCK pursuant to Section 9.2.1(b)(i),
(i) if ARIAD agrees with MERCK that it is not advisable to continue Development
or Commercialization of the Product as a result of a serious safety issue
regarding the use of the Product in a Cancer Indication, then the
Parties will promptly wind-down and terminate all Development and
Commercialization of the Product and all costs of such wind-down and
termination
will be Development Costs or Commercialization Expenses, as the case
may be, to
be borne in the case of any recall as set forth in Section 3.11 and in
other
cases as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, depending on the activity
involved; and (ii) if ARIAD does not so agree, and requests the transfer
of
sponsorship and control of Clinical Trials pursuant to clause (v) of
Section
9.3.1(d), then the cost of such Clinical Trials for the shorter of (x)
three (3)
months or (y) until transfer of sponsorship and control thereof to
ARIAD, shall be a Development Cost, to be borne as otherwise set
forth in this Agreement. In all cases where ARIAD request the
transfer of sponsorship and control of ongoing Clinical Trials, MERCK
and ARIAD
agree to work together to transfer sponsorship and control of any ongoing
Clinical Trials to ARIAD as soon as possible.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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9.3.2 Termination
by MERCK. If this Agreement is
terminated by MERCK pursuant to Section 9.2.2 or 9.2.3:
(a) a
U.S. Commercialization Transfer shall take place and all licenses granted
by
ARIAD to MERCK pursuant to Section 6.1.1 (including any additional licenses
required to Manufacture API as provided in the Supply Agreement), shall
survive
the termination in each case subject to MERCK’s continued payment of all
milestone, royalty and other payments under and in accordance with this
Agreement with respect thereto;
(b) all
licenses granted by MERCK to ARIAD pursuant to Section 6.1.2(a) and 6.1.2(b)
shall terminate, and in the case of termination by MERCK pursuant to
Section
9.2.2, ARIAD shall continue to be subject to the obligations set forth
in
Section 6.4.1 for one (1) year following such termination;
(c) the
licenses granted by MERCK to ARIAD pursuant to Section 6.1.2(c) shall
survive;
(d) MERCK
shall have the right to Manufacture API and Product as set forth in the
Supply
Agreement;
(e) ARIAD’s
rights to Co-Promote the Product under Section 3.13 shall terminate;
and
(f) each
Party shall promptly return all Confidential Information and Proprietary
Materials of the other Party that are not subject to a continuing license
hereunder; provided that each Party may retain one copy of the Confidential
Information of the other Party in its archives solely for the purpose
of
establishing the contents thereof and ensuring compliance with its obligations
hereunder.
9.4 Surviving
Provisions. Termination or
expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall be without prejudice
to:
(a) Survival
of rights specifically stated in this Agreement to survive, including
without
limitation as set forth in Section 9.3;
(b) the
rights and obligations of the Parties provided in Sections 3.12.2(b),
4.3.4,
4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 5.1, 5.4, 6.1.4(c), 6.1.4(d), 6.2 (only as
applied
to licenses that survive), 6.3, 8.1.1, 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 and Articles 1,
7, 9, 10,
11 and 12 (including all other Sections or Articles referenced in any
such
Section or Article), all of which shall survive such termination except
as
provided in this Article 9; and
(c) any
other rights or remedies provided at law or equity which either Party
may
otherwise have.
10.1 Mutual
Representations and
Warranties. ARIAD and MERCK each
represents and warrants to the other, as of the Effective Date, as
follows:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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10.1.1 Organization. It
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and has all requisite power
and
authority, corporate or otherwise, to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement.
10.1.2 Authorization. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by it of
the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and will not violate (a) such Party’s certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, (b) any agreement, instrument or contractual
obligation
to which such Party is bound in any material respect, (c) any requirement
of any
Applicable Law, or (d) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award of any court or governmental agency presently
in effect
applicable to such Party.
10.1.3 Binding
Agreement. This Agreement is a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Party enforceable against it in
accordance
with its terms and conditions.
10.1.4 No
Inconsistent Obligation. It is not
under any obligation, contractual or otherwise, to any Person that conflicts
with or is inconsistent in any respect with the terms of this Agreement
or that
would impede the diligent and complete fulfillment of its obligations
hereunder.
10.2 Additional
Representations of
ARIAD. ARIAD further represents and
warrants to MERCK, as of the Effective Date, as follows:
10.2.1 Licensed
Patent Rights and Licensed
Technology.
(a) All
Licensed Patent Rights listed on Schedule 2 are existing and, to ARIAD’s
Knowledge, no issued patents which are part of Licensed Patent Rights
listed on
Schedule 2 are invalid or unenforceable. All ARIAD Patent Rights that
(a) contain one or more claims that cover any Collaboration Compound
or Product
(including its Manufacture or its formulation or a method of its delivery
or of
its use); and (b) are necessary for
MERCK to exercise the licenses granted to it pursuant to Sections 6.1.1(a),
(b)
and ( c) that are existing on the Effective Date are listed on Schedule
2.
(b) There
are no claims, judgment or settlements against ARIAD pending, or to ARIAD’s
Knowledge, threatened, that invalidate or seek to invalidate the Licensed
Patent
Rights.
(c) ARIAD
has not previously assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise encumbered
its
right, title and interest in the Licensed Patent Rights and Licensed
Technology
in manner inconsistent with the terms hereof..
(d) To
ARIAD's Knowledge, it is the sole and exclusive owner of the Licensed
Patent
Rights and Licensed Technology all of which are free and clear of any
liens,
charges and encumbrances, and no other person, corporate or other private
entity, or governmental entity or subdivision thereof, has or shall have
any
claim of ownership whatsoever with respect to the Licensed Patent Rights
and
Licensed Technology.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(e) ARIAD
has disclosed to MERCK all reasonably relevant information Known to ARIAD
regarding the Licensed Patent Rights and Licensed Technology.
(f) ARIAD
has disclosed to MERCK the existence of any patent opinions related to
the
Licensed Patent Rights and Licensed Technology.
(g) There
are no License Fees (as defined in Schedule 3) that will be required
to be paid
to a Third Party as the result of inclusion of AP23573 in the Product
that arise
under any agreement to which ARIAD is a party.
(h)
To ARIAD’s Knowledge, there are no License Fees that will be required to be paid
to a Third Party as the result of inclusion of AP23573 in the
Product.
10.2.2
Intellectual Property. (a) To ARIAD's Knowledge, it has
sufficient legal and/or beneficial title under its Licensed Patents and
Licensed
Technology necessary to grant the rights contained in and to carry out
its
obligations under this Agreement; and (b) to ARIAD's Knowledge, the development,
Manufacture, use or sale of AP23573, and Clinical Product in its current
form,
does not infringe any valid and enforceable patents issued as of the
Effective
Date owned by any Third Party.
11.
INDEMNIFICATION
11.1 Indemnification
of MERCK by
ARIAD. ARIAD shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless MERCK, its Affiliates, their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents, and their respective successors, heirs
and
assigns (collectively, the “MERCK Indemnitees”), against all liabilities,
damages, losses and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses of litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred by
or imposed upon the MERCK Indemnitees, or any of them, as a direct result
of
claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments of Third Parties, including,
without limitation, personal injury and product liability claims (collectively,
“Claims”), arising out of the Manufacture, use or sale by ARIAD or any of its
Affiliates, sublicensees, distributors or agents of any Product, except
with
respect to any Claim or Losses that result from a breach of this Agreement
or
the Supply Agreement by, or the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of,
MERCK; provided that, with respect to any Claim for which ARIAD has an
obligation to any MERCK Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 11.1 and
MERCK has
an obligation to any ARIAD Indemnitee pursuant to Section 11.2, each
Party shall
indemnify each of the other Party’s Indemnitees for its Losses to the extent of
its responsibility, relative to the other Party, for the facts underlying
the
Claim.
11.2 Indemnification
of ARIAD by
MERCK. MERCK shall indemnify, defend and
hold
harmless ARIAD, its Affiliates, their respective directors, officers,
employees
and agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (collectively,
the “ARIAD Indemnitees”), against all Losses incurred by or imposed upon the
ARIAD Indemnitees, or any of them, as a direct result of Claims arising
out of
the Manufacture, use or sale by MERCK or any of its Affiliates, sublicensees,
distributors or agents of any Product, except with respect to any Claim
or
Losses that result from a breach of this Agreement or the Supply Agreement
by,
or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, ARIAD; provided that
with
respect to any Claim for which ARIAD has an obligation to any MERCK Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 11.1 and MERCK has an obligation to any ARIAD Indemnitee
pursuant to this Section 11.2, each Party shall indemnify each of the
other
Party’s Indemnitees for its Losses to the extent of its responsibility, relative
to the other Party, for the facts underlying the Claim.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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11.3 Conditions
to
Indemnification. A Person seeking
recovery under this Article 11 (the “Indemnified Party”) in respect of a Claim
shall give prompt notice of such Claim to the Party from which indemnification
is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) and, provided that the Indemnifying Party
is not contesting its obligation under this Article 11, shall permit
the
Indemnifying Party to control any litigation relating to such Claim and
the
disposition of such Claim; provided that the Indemnifying Party shall
(a) act
reasonably and in good faith with respect to all matters relating to
the
settlement or disposition of such Claim as the settlement or disposition
relates
to such Indemnified Party and (b) not settle or otherwise resolve such
claim
without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party (which consent
shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each
Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in its
defense of
any such Claim in all reasonable respects and shall have the right to
be present
in person or through counsel at all legal proceedings with respect to
such
Claim.
11.4 Indemnification
Cap. The total aggregate liability of
the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party under this Article 11,
or under
the Supply Agreement or any other basis of action (including without
limitation
common law tort and indemnity law) arising out of this Agreement, shall
not
exceed [***] dollars ($[***]); provided, however, failure of either Party
to pay
amounts due hereunder other than for indemnification (including, without
limitation, payments due under Article 4 hereof, shall not be subject
to the
limitation of liability contained in this Section 11.4.
11.5 Warranty
Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY
WITH
RESPECT TO ANY TECHNOLOGY, GOODS, SERVICES, RIGHTS OR OTHER SUBJECT MATTER
OF
THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PARTY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
11.5.1 No
Warranty of Success. Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall be construed as a warranty, either express or
implied,
on the part of either Party that (a) the Development Program will yield
a
Product or otherwise be successful or meet its goals, time lines or budgets,
or
(b) the outcome of the Development Program will be commercially exploitable
in
any respect.
11.6 Limited
Liability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE
OTHER
PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES FOR (I) ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST
PROFITS
OR LOST REVENUES, OR (II) COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, TECHNOLOGY
OR
SERVICES, WHETHER UNDER ANY CONTRACT, WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY
OR
OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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12.
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Arbitration. In
the event of any dispute, difference or question arising between the
Parties in
connection with this Agreement, the construction thereof, or the rights,
duties
or liabilities of either Party hereunder (each, an “Arbitration Matter”), the
arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Large Complex Disputes
of the
AAA and otherwise as follows:
(a) The
arbitration shall be conducted by a panel of three (3) persons experienced
in
the pharmaceutical or biotechnology business who are independent of both
Parties. Within thirty (30) days after initiation of arbitration,
each Party shall select one person to act as arbitrator and the two
Party-selected arbitrators shall select a third arbitrator within thirty
(30)
days of their appointment. If a Party fails to select an arbitrator
or the arbitrators selected by the Parties are unable or fail to agree
upon the
third arbitrator, such arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA. The
place of arbitration shall be Boston, Massachusetts, if the notice of
arbitration is brought by MERCK, and New York City, New York if the notice
of
arbitration is brought by ARIAD, and all proceedings and communications
shall be
in English.
(b) Either
Party may apply to the arbitrators for interim injunctive relief until
the
arbitration decision is rendered or the Arbitration Matter is otherwise
resolved. Either Party also may, without waiving any right or remedy
under this
Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any injunctive or
provisional
relief necessary to protect the rights or property of that Party pending
resolution of the Arbitration Matter pursuant to this Section
12.1. The arbitrators shall have no authority to award punitive or
any other type of damages not measured by a Party’s compensatory
damages. Each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses and
attorneys’ fees, and the Party that does not prevail in the arbitration
proceeding shall pay the arbitrators’ fees and any administrative fees of
arbitration.
(c) Except
to the extent necessary to confirm an award or decision or as may be
required by
Applicable Laws, neither a Party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence,
content, or results of an arbitration without the prior written consent
of both
Parties. In no event shall arbitration be initiated after the date
when commencement of a legal or equitable proceeding based on the Arbitration
Matter would be barred by the applicable New York statute of
limitations.
(d) The
Parties agree that, in the event of an Arbitration Matter involving the
alleged
breach of this Agreement (including, without limitation, whether a Party
has
satisfied its diligence obligations hereunder), neither Party may terminate
this
Agreement until resolution of the Arbitration Matter pursuant to this
Section
12.1, and any time period for cure will only commence after such
resolution.
(e) The
Parties hereby agree that any disputed performance or suspended performance
pending the resolution of an Arbitration Matter that the arbitrators
determine
to be required to be performed by a Party must be completed within a
reasonable
time period following the final decision of the arbitrators.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with
the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended.
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(f) The
Parties hereby agree that any monetary payment to be made by a Party
pursuant to
a decision of the arbitrators shall be made in United States dollars,
free of
any tax or other deduction.
(g) The
Parties further agree that the decision of the arbitrators shall be the
sole,
exclusive and binding remedy between them regarding determination of
Arbitration
Matters presented.
12.2 Notices. All
notices and communications shall be in writing and delivered personally
or by
internationally-recognized overnight express courier providing evidence
of
delivery or mailed via certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed
as
follows, or to such other address as may be designated from time to
time:
If
to
MERCK:
Merck
& Co., Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx
X.X.
Xxx 000, XX0X-00
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Office of Secretary
Facsimile
No.: (000)000-0000
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And
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Merck
& Co., Inc.
One
Merck Drive
Attention:
Chief Licensing Officer
X.X.
Xxx 000, XX0X-00
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)000-0000
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If
to ARIAD
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ARIAD
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Tel: (000)
000-0000
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Fax: (000)
000-0000
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Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
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and
Chief Legal Officer
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ARIAD
Gene Therapeutics, Inc.
|
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00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Tel: (000)
000-0000
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Fax: (000)
000-0000
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Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
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Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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With
a copy to:
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Mintz,
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
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and
Popeo, P.C.
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Tel: (000)
000-0000
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Fax: (000)
000-0000
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In
addition, all notices to the JSC, JDC, JMC or JCC shall be sent to each Party’s
designated members of such committees at such Party’s address stated above or to
such other address as such Party may designate by written notice given in
accordance with this Section 12.2.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or mutually agreed in writing,
any notice, communication or document (excluding payment) required to be
given
or made shall be deemed given or made and effective upon actual receipt or,
if
earlier, (a) three (3) business days after deposit with an
internationally-recognized overnight express courier with charges prepaid,
or
(b) five (5) business days after mailed by certified, registered or regular
mail, postage prepaid, in each case addressed to a Parties at its address
stated
above or to such other address as such Party may designate by written notice
given in accordance with this Section 12.2.
12.3 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York (U.S.A.),
without regard to the application of principles of conflicts of
law.
12.4 Binding
Effect. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective
legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
12.5 Headings. Section
and subsection headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and
do
not form a part of this Agreement.
12.6 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each
of
which shall be deemed an original and both of which, together, shall constitute
a single agreement.
12.7 Amendment;
Waiver. This Agreement may be
amended, modified, superseded or canceled, and any of the terms of this
Agreement may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by each Party
or,
in the case of waiver, by the Party or Parties waiving
compliance. The delay or failure of either Party at any time or times
to require performance of any provisions shall in no manner affect the rights
at
a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by either Party of any
condition or of the breach of any term contained in this Agreement, whether
by
conduct, or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be,
or
considered as, a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or of
the
breach of such term or any other term of this Agreement.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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12.8 No
Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as set forth
in Sections 11.1 and 11.2, no Third Party (including, without limitation,
employees of either Party) shall have or acquire any rights by reason of
this
Agreement.
12.9 Purposes
and
Scope. The Parties hereto
understand and agree that this Collaboration is limited to the activities,
rights and obligations as set forth in this Agreement and the Supply
Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed (a) to create
or imply a general partnership between the Parties, (b) to make either Party
the
agent of the other for any purpose, (c) to alter, amend, supersede or vitiate
any other arrangements between the Parties with respect to any subject matters
not covered hereunder, (d) to give either Party the right to bind the other,
(e)
to create any duties or obligations between the Parties except as expressly
set
forth herein, or (f) to grant any direct or implied licenses or any other
right
other than as expressly set forth herein.
12.10 Assignment
and Successors: Effect of Acquisition of
ARIAD. Neither this Agreement nor any
obligation of a Party hereunder may be assigned by either Party without the
consent of the other which shall not be unreasonably withheld, except that
each
Party may assign this Agreement and the rights, obligations and interests
of
such Party, (i) in whole or in part, to any of its Affiliates, or (ii) in
whole,
but not in part, to any purchaser of all of its assets or all of its assets
to
which this Agreement relates or shares representing a majority of its common
stock voting rights or to any successor corporation resulting from any merger,
consolidation, share exchange or other similar transaction. In the
event of any proposed acquisition of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., whether by
purchase of assets or shares, share exchange, merger or consolidation or
similar
transaction (an "Acquisition") ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. may give notice
thereof to MERCK in advance of the consummation thereof. In the event
of an Acquisition of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., MERCK shall have the option,
which shall be exercised by written notice to ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
at
least ten (10) days prior to the consummation of the Acquisition if ARIAD
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has given notice thereof to MERCK at least thirty (30)
days prior to such consummation or within thirty (30) days after the
consummation of the Acquisition if ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has not given
such notice, (a) to elect to be the Responsible Party for Development
the Products throughout the Territory, (b) to require that the [***] (other
than
[***]) and [***] of Products throughout the Territory, and (c) to require
ARIAD
to take the actions set forth in clauses (B) through (G) of Section 3.4(b)(ii),
but this Agreement shall otherwise not be changed by an
Acquisition. For clarity, if a U.S. Commercialization Transfer has
not taken place prior to the Acquisition, the Acquisition will not be grounds
for MERCK to require a U.S. Commercialization Transfer.
12.11 Force
Majeure. Neither
MERCK nor ARIAD shall be liable for failure of or delay in performing
obligations set forth in this Agreement, and neither shall be deemed in breach
of its obligations, if such failure or delay is due to a Force
Majeure. In event of such Force Majeure, the Party affected shall use
reasonable efforts to cure or overcome the same and resume performance of
its
obligations hereunder.
12.12 Interpretation. The
Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that: (a) each Party and its counsel
reviewed and negotiated the terms and provisions of this Agreement and have
contributed to its revision; (b) the rule of construction to the effect that
any
ambiguities are resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed
in the
interpretation of this Agreement; and (c) the terms and provisions of this
Agreement shall be construed fairly as to each Party and not in a favor of
or
against either Party, regardless of which Party was generally responsible
for
the preparation of this Agreement. In addition, unless a context
otherwise requires, wherever used, the singular shall include the plural,
the
plural the singular, the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders,
the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense (and/or) and the word “including”
is used without limitation and shall mean “including without
limitation”.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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12.13 Integration;
Severability. This Agreement and
the Supply Agreement set forth the entire agreement with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other agreements
and
understandings between the Parties with respect to such subject
matter. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid or
is ruled invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction or is deemed
unenforceable, it is the intention of the Parties that the remainder of the
Agreement shall not be affected.
12.14 Further
Assurances. Each of ARIAD and MERCK
agrees to duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered,
such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts and
things, including, without limitation, the filing of such additional
assignments, agreements, documents and instruments, as the other Party may
at
any time and from time to time reasonably request in connection with this
Agreement or to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of,
or to
better assure and confirm unto such other Party its rights and remedies under,
this Agreement.
12.15 Authority
of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. ARIAD Gene Therapeutics, Inc. hereby appoints
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as its exclusive agent for all purposes of this
Agreement and the Collaboration and hereby instructs MERCK to deal solely
with
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hereunder.
12.16 HSR
Filing. Each
Party shall, within fifteen (15) days after the Effective Date (or such later
time as the Parties mutually agree in writing) file with the Federal Trade
Commission any filing required under the HSR Act, in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Parties shall cooperate with each other
to
the extent necessary in the preparation of any such filing. Each
party shall be responsible for such Party's costs, expenses, and filing fees
associated with any such filing. Neither Party shall be required in
connection with any filing under the HSR Act to resort to or respond to
litigation or to agree to hold separate or divest any business or
assets. If a filing under the HSR Act is required in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then this Agreement will
not
become effective until the waiting period required under the HSR Act with
respect to such filing has expired or been terminated; it being understood
that
the Effective Date shall remain as specified for all purposes hereunder once
the
Agreement becomes effective.
[Remainder
of page intentionally left blank.]
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives.
ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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ARIAD GENE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||
MERCK & CO., INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Chairman, President and CEO | |||
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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EXHIBIT
A
Form
of Promissory Note
Promissory
Note
UP
TO
$200,000,000
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Date: [date
of first Advance]
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For
value received, ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. and ARIAD GENE THERAPEUTICS,
INC.,
both Delaware corporations (collectively “ARIAD”), intending to be legally
bound, jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of Merck & Co.,
Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (“MERCK”), at the
time and in the manner set forth herein, the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all advances by MERCK to ARIAD from time to time as provided in Section
1
below (the “Advances”), as such repayable amount may be reduced pursuant to
Subsection 3(a) and Section 4 hereof. ARIAD further promises to pay
to the order of MERCK interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from
time
to time outstanding in accordance with the terms and at the rate per annum
set
forth below.
This
promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) evidences the advances contemplated by
and referenced in Section 4.2 of that certain Collaboration Agreement between
MERCK and ARIAD dated as of July 11, 2007 (as the same may be amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Collaboration Agreement”), and
is entitled to the rights and benefits described therein. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed
to them in the Collaboration Agreement.
1. Development
Advances.
Subject
to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 8 hereof and so long as
no
Event of Default (defined in Section 9) or an event which, with the giving
of
notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default
(a
"Potential Default") has occurred and is continuing, and no material breach
of
the Collaboration Agreement by ARIAD has occurred and is continuing, ARIAD
may
request, and upon such request MERCK will advance up to an aggregate principal
amount of Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) in the form of Development
Cost Advances with respect to ARIAD’s fifty percent (50%) share of Development
Costs otherwise payable pursuant to Section 3.12.1 of the Collaboration
Agreement, including any reimbursement by ARIAD to MERCK of one-half of certain
ROW Development Costs pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section
3.12.1. If ARIAD desires an Advance under this Section 1, it will
give notice to MERCK to such effect setting forth the amount of the Advance
(which shall not exceed [***] percent ([***]%) of the total Development Costs
incurred by ARIAD and MERCK in the [***]) within the ten (10) day period
following the distribution of the written report of the JDC of the calculation
of the net amount owed by one Party to the other under Section 3.12.2(a)
of the
Collaboration Agreement for a given Calendar Quarter. Upon receipt of
such notice, MERCK shall not be entitled to receive the amount, if
any, otherwise payable by ARIAD to MERCK up to the requested
Advance, and to the extent the requested Advance exceeds the amount
payable by ARIAD to MERCK, MERCK shall pay to ARIAD such excess within
forty-five (45) days of receipt of ARIAD’s request. MERCK shall
reflect such non-payment by ARIAD and/or payment by MERCK to ARIAD as an
Advance
in the Advance Account (as described in Section 5 below), the repayment
obligation of which is evidenced by, and subject to the terms of, this
Promissory Note. The effective date of each credit to the Advance
Account as provided in this Section 1 shall be an “Advance Date.”
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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2. Interest
Rate. Each Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the Advance Date until paid at a rate per annum
(based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal to the [***],
adjusted quarterly on the first day of each calendar quarter, starting with
the
rate applicable on the first day of the calendar quarter in which the Advance
is
made.
3. Payment.
(a) Principal
and all accrued and unpaid interest due and payable under this Promissory
Note
shall be paid by ARIAD through (i) the offset by MERCK of [***] percent ([***]%)
of the amount of milestone payments otherwise payable to ARIAD pursuant to
Section 4.4 of the Collaboration Agreement and [***] percent ([***]%) of
the
amount of royalty payments otherwise payable to ARIAD pursuant to Section
4.6 of
the Collaboration Agreement, in each case payable after the first Advance
Date,
and (ii) payment by ARIAD of [***] percent ([***]%) of the ARIAD Revenue
Sharing
Percentage of Operating Income retained by ARIAD after payment to MERCK of
the
MERCK Revenue Sharing Percentage of Operating Income (the amounts in clauses
(i)
and (ii) being referred to herein as the “Payment Sources”). Payments
under clause (ii) shall be made with the payments to MERCK of the MERCK Revenue
Sharing Percentage. Payments under this Promissory Note will be
applied first to accrued interest and then to principal.
(b) In
the event that any Advances or accrued interest thereon remain outstanding
on
the [***] of the first Advance Date (the “Maturity Date”), all such amounts
shall automatically become immediately due and payable. MERCK’s obligation to
make
Advances to ARIAD shall cease on the Maturity Date.
4. Prepayment. ARIAD
may prepay any principal or interest under this Promissory Note at any time
without premium or penalty.
5. Advance
Account. MERCK shall record in an account (the “Advance Account”)
on its books and records the amount of each Advance, the interest rate
applicable, all payments or other credits of principal and interest thereon
and
the principal balance thereof from time to time outstanding. MERCK
shall furnish ARIAD with a statement of the Advance Account (the “Statement”),
showing all entries therein within thirty (30) days after the end of each
calendar quarter. If ARIAD disagrees with MERCK’s Statement, it will
notify MERCK in writing and, if ARIAD and MERCK do not resolve the matter
within
sixty (60) days of ARIAD’s notice, the Parties will resolve the matter in
accordance with Section 12.1 of the Collaboration Agreement. Any
failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or
otherwise affect the obligation of ARIAD hereunder to pay any amount owing
with
respect to the Advances, which obligation shall be based on actual Advances,
interest charges and payments, and not on the Advance Account, or provide
the
basis for any claim against MERCK.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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6. [***]. In
the event the outstanding amount of the Advances and accrued interest thereon
exceeds [***] Dollars ($[***]) as of the end of any calendar quarter, MERCK
shall notify ARIAD in writing, and ARIAD may, within thirty (30) days of
such
notice, make a payment to reduce the amount below [***] dollars
($[***]). If ARIAD does not make such payment, then ARIAD will be
deemed, without any further action, [***].
7. Recovery
of Costs and Expenses. ARIAD agrees to pay, in addition to all
other sums payable hereunder, the reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by
MERCK in connection with all actions taken to enforce collection of this
Promissory Note when due, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs.
8. Conditions
Precedent To The Advances. The obligation of MERCK to make any
Advance hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions precedent:
(a)
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ARIAD
shall have paid an aggregate of at least One Hundred Fifty Million
Dollars
($150,000,000) in Development Costs.
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(b)
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A
Product shall have obtained [***]
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(c)
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ARIAD
shall not have [***]
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(d)
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No
condition or event shall exist which constitutes an Event of
Default or
Potential Default, and no material breach of the Collaboration
Agreement
by ARIAD has occurred and is continuing.
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9.
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Events
of Default. The occurrence of any of the events described
below shall constitute an “Event of Default:”
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(a)
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ARIAD
fails to make any payment of principal or interest under this
Promissory
Note when due; or
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(b)
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ARIAD
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, appoints or
suffers
appointment of a receiver or trustee over all or substantially
all of its
property, or files a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency
act or
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has any such petition filed against it which is not discharged within sixty (60) days of the filing thereof. | ||
10.
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Remedies.
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(a) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Subsection
9(a) above which remains uncured for thirty (30) days
after written notice from MERCK to ARIAD describing such Event of Default,
then
this Promissory Note and all sums due hereunder shall automatically become
due
and payable.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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(b) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Subsection 9(b) above,
all
principal and interest under this Promissory Note shall automatically become
due
and payable.
(c) In
addition to the rights and remedies specifically set forth herein, but subject
to the limitations on repayment set forth herein, MERCK shall be entitled
to
such other rights and remedies as are available at law or in
equity. The rights and remedies of MERCK hereunder are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights or remedies that MERCK would otherwise
have. No single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy by
MERCK, and no discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right or remedy,
shall
preclude any further exercise thereof or of any other right or remedy of
MERCK.
11. Payment
on Termination of Collaboration Agreement or Upon Acquisition of
ARIAD.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of an Acquisition of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., all principal
and interest outstanding on the date of the Acquisition shall become due
and
payable, and shall be paid within ten (10) days of the consummation of the
Acquisition.
(b) Upon
termination of the Collaboration Agreement, ARIAD shall pay to MERCK, on
the
first day of each calendar quarter following such termination, all accrued
interest through such date plus one-twelfth (1/12) of the principal outstanding
on the date of termination, until all principal and interest are paid in
full.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) All
notices and communications shall be in writing and delivered personally or
by
internationally-recognized overnight express courier providing evidence of
delivery or mailed via certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed
as
follows, or to such other address as may be designated from time to
time:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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If
to
MERCK:
Merck
& Co., Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx
X.X.
Xxx 000, XX0X-00
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Office of Secretary
Facsimile
No.: (000)000-0000
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And
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Merck
& Co., Inc.
One
Merck Drive
Attention:
Chief Licensing Officer
X.X.
Xxx 000, XX0X-00
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)000-0000
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Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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If
to
ARIAD
ARIAD
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Tel: (000)
000-0000
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Fax: (000)
000-0000
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Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
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and
Chief Legal Officer
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ARIAD
Gene Therapeutics, Inc.
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(b) To
the extent permitted by applicable law, ARIAD waives diligence, presentment
for
payment, protest and notice of nonpayment, dishonor, default and
acceleration.
(c) This
Promissory Note may be amended only by a writing signed by ARIAD and
MERCK.
(d) The
due performance or observance by ARIAD of its obligations hereunder shall
not be
waived, and the rights and remedies of MERCK hereunder shall not be affected,
by
any course of dealing or performance or by any delay or failure of MERCK
in
exercising any such right or remedy. The due performance or
observance by ARIAD of its obligations hereunder may be waived only by a
writing
signed by MERCK, and any such waiver shall be effective only to the extent
specifically set forth in such writing.
(e) The
successors and permitted assigns of ARIAD shall be bound by the terms of
this
Promissory Note; the rights and privileges of MERCK under this Promissory
Note
shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. ARIAD may
not assign or delegate its rights or obligations hereunder except to a party
to
whom ARIAD assigns the Collaboration Agreement in accordance with Section
12.10
thereof.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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(f) This
Promissory Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the application
of
principles of conflicts of laws.
(g)
In the event of any dispute, difference or question arising between MERCK
and
ARIAD in connection with this Promissory Note, the construction thereof,
or the
rights, duties or liabilities of either MERCK or ARIAD, then such dispute
shall
be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 12.1 of
the
Collaboration Agreement.
13. SUBORDINATION. MERCK’S
RIGHT TO RECEIVE CASH PAYMENTS UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BOTH
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, AND ALL OTHER INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREBY, IS
SUBORDINATE, SUBJECT AND MADE JUNIOR IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE PRIOR RIGHTS
OF
THE PAYEES OF ARIAD’S (I) SECURED DEBT EXISTING ON THE DATE
HEREOF. AT THE REQUEST OF ANY SUCH PAYEE, MERCK WILL EXECUTE SUCH
REASONABLE INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUESTED TO FURTHER EVIDENCE SUCH
SUBORDINATION. NOTHING IN THIS NOTE SHALL PROHIBIT OR OTHERWISE LIMIT
MERCK’S RIGHTS OF OFFSET AND RECOUPMENT AGAINST ROYALTY
AND MILESTONE PAYMENTS DUE TO ARIAD UNDER THE COLLABORATION AGREEMENT AS
SET
FORTH IN SECTION 3(a) HEREOF OR OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW.
[signature
page follows]
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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ARIAD
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
ARIAD
GENE
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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SCHEDULE
1
DESCRIPTION
OF AP23573
[***][***][***][***][***][***]
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
SCHEDULE
2
LICENSED
PATENT RIGHTS
U.S.
Patents
US
Patent
No. [***]
US
Patent
No. [***]
U.S.
Patent Applications
US
APPLN.
Serial No. [***]
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]”
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]”
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]
US
Appln.
Serial No.[***]
International
Patent Applications
[***][***][***][***][***][***][***]
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
SCHEDULE
3
CALCULATION
OF OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE U.S. TERRITORY
“Advertising”
means the advertising and promotion of the [***]through any means, including,
without limitation[***]including related costs for[***]visual aids and other
selling materials[***]committee presentations[***]provided, however, that
Advertising shall exclude [***]With regard to advertising and promotion that
include products other than [***]the JCC shall determine the
[***]“Commercialization Expense” means the [***]any reasonable
internal and [***]incurred in prosecuting, maintaining, enforcing and
defending[***]or expense expressly stated to be[***] in this Agreement or
under
the[***]Where an item of [***]it will be allocated by the[***]“Cost of
Goods” means [***]attributable to the [***]including the cost
of[***]and/or the cost of purchase of a[***]“Detail” has the
meaning provided in Section 1.44.
“General
Public Relations” means any public relations activity [***]the business
of a company or deals in a [***] with the activities of such company[***]the
fact that such company or its Affiliates[***]related to this Agreement or
that
concern primarily the [***]upon by both Parties in writing prior to
release.
“License
Fees” means [***]or other payments, payable to any[***]agreement
following the first[***]to the extent such payments are attributable to
sale[***]If the rights under [***]are also attributable to products [***]then
only an equitable portion of any amounts payable[***]“Net
Sales” has the meaning provided in Section 1.104.
“Operating
Income (Loss)” means, with respect to[***]minus the sum of
[***]applicable to the [***]in each case, incurred in a given Calendar Quarter
for[***]“Product Trademark” has the meaning provided in Section
1.123.
“Representative”
means [***]employed and trained by[***]employed by[***] and trained by or
on
behalf of [***]“Sales and Marketing Expense” means[***]
including , without limitation[***]functions (as agreed upon by the JCC))
and[***]for those individuals dedicated or allocated to the[***]that are
directly attributable to the following functions for the sale, promotion
and
marketing[***]including, without limitation, public relations targeted
specifically[***]trade shows, sales meetings[***]promotional materials and
printing of promotional materials[***]including, without limitation,
fully[***]or purchasing costs for [***]market development activities and
other
similar pre-launch activities. Sales and Marketing Expense
shall[***]or any other activities that promote the business of a Party[***]In
calculating the Operating Income the following principles shall
apply:
1.
There shall[***]of any costs or expenses or of any revenues, and to the extent
a
cost or expense [***]similarly, to the extent any revenue has[***]2. [***]under
this Agreement, each Party shall utilize
the same policies and principles as it utilizes[***]3.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
To
the
extent an item[***]and is necessary and specifically and directly identifiable,
attributable and allocable to the[***] and shall be permitted[***]4. All
costs
and expenses shall be determined, and all calculations shall be made, in
accordance with GAAP, as applicable.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
SCHEDULE
4
FORM
OF PRESS RELEASE
News
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ARIAD
and Merck & Co., Inc. Announce Global Collaboration to Jointly Develop and
Commercialize AP23573 – ARIAD’s Novel mTOR Inhibitor – for
Cancer
ARIAD
to Host Investor Call Today at 9:00 am (ET)
Cambridge,
MA and Whitehouse Station, NJ, July 12, 2007– ARIAD Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) today announced that
they have entered into a global collaboration to jointly develop and
commercialize AP23573, ARIAD’s novel mTOR inhibitor, for use in cancer. It is
expected that AP23573 will enter into Phase III clinical development for
the
treatment of metastatic sarcomas beginning this quarter.
The
agreement provides for an initial payment of $75 million to ARIAD, up to
$452
million more in milestone payments to ARIAD based on the successful development
of AP23573 in multiple cancer indications (including $13.5 million for the
initiation of the Phase III clinical trial in metastatic sarcomas and $114.5
million for the initiation of other Phase II and Phase III clinical trials),
up
to $200 million more based on achievement of significant sales thresholds,
at
least $200 million in estimated contributions by Merck to global development,
up
to $200 million in interest-bearing repayable development-cost advances from
Merck to cover a portion of ARIAD’s share of global-development costs (after
ARIAD has paid $150 million in global development costs), and potential
commercial returns from profit sharing in the U.S. or royalties paid by Merck
outside the U.S.
“We
are very excited to be entering into this partnership with ARIAD for the
development and potential commercialization of AP23573, as it has the promise
to
allow us to bring an important new medicine to cancer patients
globally. Merck is fully committed to the field of oncology, and this
partnership further demonstrates that commitment as we strive to meet unmet
medical needs in cancer,” said Vlad Hogenhuis, M.D., General Manager, Oncology,
Specialty & Neuroscience Franchise of Merck.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
The
companies anticipate conducting a broad-based global development program
in
which clinical trials and biomarker studies will be conducted concurrently
in
multiple cancer indications. Each party will fund 50% of the cost of
global development of AP23573, except that Merck will fund 100% of the cost
of
ex-U.S. development that is specific to the development or
commercialization of AP23573 outside the U.S. In certain circumstances, either
party may opt-out of conducting and funding certain late-stage clinical
development of AP23573, which would result in changes in development and
commercialization responsibilities and compensation arrangements.
Both
companies will share overall responsibility for global commercialization
and
development of AP23573. In the U.S., ARIAD will distribute and sell
AP23573 for all cancer indications and book all sales, and ARIAD and Merck
will
co-promote and will each receive 50% of the income from such
sales. Outside the U.S., Merck will distribute, sell and promote
AP23573 and book all sales; Merck will pay ARIAD tiered double-digit royalties
on such end-market sales of AP23573. On a global basis, ARIAD will be
responsible for manufacturing the active pharmaceutical ingredient used in
the
product, and Merck will be responsible for the formulation and packaging
of the
finished product (tablets).
In
the
U.S., ARIAD will have primary responsibility for development of AP23573 in
the
metastatic sarcoma indication. Merck and ARIAD will have joint
responsibility in the U.S. for development of all other cancer indications
being
pursued. Outside the U.S., Merck will have primary responsibility for
development in all cancer indications being pursued.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Oncology Franchise Head
of
Merck said, “mTOR is a validated target for therapeutic intervention in human
cancer and resides at a crucial intersection point controlling cell growth
and
survival of many tumor types. We are delighted to partner with ARIAD
to develop and commercialize AP23573 for major unmet medical needs in
oncology.”
“This
partnership aligns our interests directly with those of Merck – one of the
leading global pharmaceutical companies dedicated to developing and
commercializing new oncology drugs and with a demonstrated expertise in
biomarker development,” said Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, M.D., Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of ARIAD. “From the beginning, our top corporate
priority has been to establish a partnership that will maximize the commercial
and clinical potential of our lead oncology product and allow us to realize
our
vision of becoming a fully integrated oncology company. We
implemented a rigorous partnering process that generated substantial interest
from multiple companies and ultimately enabled us to select Merck as our
partner
of choice.”
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Chief Commercial Officer of ARIAD, added, “We look forward to working
closely with our clinical, manufacturing, marketing and sales colleagues
from
Merck to bring AP23573 to cancer patients as quickly as possible. The
structure of this partnership allows the partners to pursue the clinical
development of AP23573 in multiple indications concurrently throughout the
world.”
Today’s
Conference Call
ARIAD
will
hold a live webcast and conference call today at 9:00 am (ET) to discuss
the
partnering agreement with Merck. The live webcast can be accessed by
visiting the investor relations section of the Company’s website at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx. The call can be accessed by dialing
1-xxx-xxx-xxxx (domestic) or xxx-xxx-xxxx (international) five minutes prior
to
the start time and providing the passcode xxxxxx. A replay of the
call will be available on the ARIAD website approximately two hours after
completion of the call and will be archived for two weeks.
About
AP23573
ARIAD’s
lead product candidate, AP23573, is a novel small-molecule inhibitor of the
protein mTOR, a “master switch” in cancer cells. Blocking mTOR
creates a starvation-like effect in cancer cells by interfering with cell
growth, division, metabolism, and angiogenesis. AP23573 is currently
in Phase I and II clinical trials in patients with solid tumors and hematologic
cancers. AP23573 has been designated both as a fast-track product and
an orphan drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and as an orphan
drug by
the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of soft-tissue and bone
sarcomas. ARIAD is collaborating with Merck & Co., Inc. to
develop and commercialize AP23573 in oncology and with Medinol Ltd to develop
stents and other medical devices that deliver AP23573 to prevent reblockage
at
sites of vascular injury following stent-assisted angioplasty.
About
ARIAD
ARIAD
is
engaged in the discovery and development of breakthrough medicines to treat
cancer by regulating cell signaling with small molecules. ARIAD is
developing a comprehensive approach to patients with cancer that addresses
the
greatest medical need – aggressive and advanced-stage cancers for which current
treatments are inadequate. ARIAD has a global partnership with Merck
& Co., Inc. to develop and commercialize AP23573, ARIAD’s lead cancer
product candidate. Medinol Ltd. also is developing stents and other medical
devices that deliver AP23573 to prevent reblockage at sites of vascular injury
following stent-assisted angioplasty. ARIAD has an exclusive license
to pioneering technology and patents related to certain NF-kB treatment
methods,
and the discovery and development of drugs to regulate NF-kB cell-signaling
activity, which may be useful in treating certain
diseases. Additional information about ARIAD can be found on the web
at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
About
Merck
Merck
& Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to
putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck currently
discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicine to address
unmet medical needs. The company devotes extensive efforts to
increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only
donate
Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need
them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a
not-for-profit service. For more information, visit
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx.
ARIAD
Forward-looking Statement
This
press
release contains “forward-looking statements,” including statements related to
the potential value of payments, which may be received pursuant to our
collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., the anticipated development of AP23573
pursuant to the collaboration in several cancers, and the future
responsibilities of the parties under the collaboration
agreements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's
expectations and are subject to certain factors, risks and uncertainties
that
may cause actual results, outcome of events, timing and performance to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the costs associated
with our research, development, manufacturing and other activities, the conduct
and results of pre-clinical and clinical studies of our product candidates,
difficulties or delays in obtaining regulatory approvals to market products
resulting from our development efforts, our reliance on partners, including
Medinol and Merck, and other key parties for the successful development,
manufacturing and commercialization of products, the adequacy of our capital
resources and the availability of additional funding, patent protection and
third-party intellectual property claims relating to our and any partner's
product candidates, the timing, scope, cost and outcome of legal and patent
office proceedings concerning our NF-kB patent
portfolio,
the potential acquisition of or other strategic transaction regarding the
minority stockholders' interests in our 80%-owned subsidiary, ARIAD Gene
Therapeutics, Inc., future capital needs, key employees, markets, economic
conditions, prices, reimbursement rates, competition and other factors detailed
in the Company's public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The information contained in this document is believed to
be current as of the date of original issue. The Company does not
intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of
this
document to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in the
Company's expectations, except as required by law.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Merck
Forward-looking Statement
This
press
release contains "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in
the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements
are based on management's current expectations and involve risks and
uncertainties, which may cause results to differ materially from those set
forth
in the statements. The forward-looking statements may include
statements regarding product development, product potential or financial
performance. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and
actual results may differ materially from those projected. Merck
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be
evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect Merck's business,
particularly those mentioned in the risk factors and cautionary statements
in
Item 1A of Merck's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and in
its
periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, which the Company incorporates
by
reference.
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Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
SCHEDULE
5
MATERIAL
TERMS TO BE INCLUDED IN
FORM
OF CO-PROMOTION AGREEMENT
The
Co-Promotion Agreement to be
negotiated by the Parties shall contain the following material
terms. Capitalized terms used in this Schedule 5 and not
otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
1. Co-Promotion
Rights.
(a) ARIAD
and MERCK hereby acknowledge and agree that the overall objective of
co-promotion in the U.S. Territory is to reach a broad customer audience,
ensure
consistency of the marketing message for Co-Promoted Products and maximize
the
particular strengths that the Parties bring to the Co-Promotion of Co-Promoted
Products. All Detailing calls shall be made in such markets as the
JCC reasonably considers to be appropriate for the successful Commercialization
of such Co-Promoted Product based on objective, quantifiable information
and
market research data with the objectives of allocating to each of ARIAD and
MERCK target audience and accounts from which each such Party will have the
opportunity to attain its Co-Promotion Detailing Target and of maximizing
Operating Income. Notwithstanding the commercially reasonable and
diligent efforts of the Parties to effect an objective allocation of individual
accounts and target audience between the Parties, the Parties recognize that
it
may be necessary from time to time to reassign individual accounts and/or
target
audience between the Parties and the JCC shall be entitled to review the
allocation of accounts as it reasonably determines to be
appropriate.
(b) ARIAD
will provide up to [***] percent ([***]%) (at ARIAD’s discretion) of the
Detailing effort, and MERCK shall provide [***] than [***] percent ([***]%)
of
the Detailing effort for Sarcoma Indications. The allocation of Detailing
effort
between the Parties for all other Indications shall be determined by the
JCC, depending upon the Indications that have obtained
Commercialization Regulatory Approval, provided that under no circumstances
shall either Party have the responsibility to provide [***] percent ([***]%)
of
the collective Detailing effort applicable to a Co-Promoted Product for any
Indication. Neither Party shall engage a Third Party to perform
activities with respect to its Detailing effort unless the other Party has
already declined to assume such extra details and obtain reimbursement
therefor.
(c) ARIAD
and MERCK shall use an integrated sales force to Detail each Co-Promoted
Product. In connection therewith, neither Party will, without the
other Party’s prior written consent, use a Representative to Detail a
Co-Promoted Product if that Representative is also Detailing a product that
is
approved for an indication that is directly competitive with the Co-Promoted
Product. ARIAD and MERCK hereby agree that each such Party shall be
responsible for ensuring that its Representatives Detail each Co-Promoted
Product in a manner consistent with the Product Commercialization Plan and/or
the decisions of the JCC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
performing their respective Detailing obligations hereunder, each of the
Parties
agrees to (i) use Representatives with an experience profile appropriate
for the
target audience and Detailing role as described in the Product Commercialization
Plan and (ii) provide its own sales management organization and infrastructure
for its Representatives. All ARIAD Representatives will have been
recruited by ARIAD at ARIAD's sole expense, and all MERCK representatives
will
have been recruited by MERCK at MERCK's sole expense.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
2. Commercialization
Efforts. Each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
execute its obligations under each Product Commercialization Plan, consistent
with the applicable Commercialization Budget and in accordance with all
Applicable Laws, and to cooperate diligently with each other in carrying
out
such Product Commercialization Plan.
3. Product
Commercialization Plan and Commercialization Budget.
(a) Preparation
of Annual Plan and Budget. [***], shall develop, annually, a Product
Commercialization Plan for,
each Co-Promoted Product for
the [***] and the [***] prepare the Product Commercialization Plan
for
each Co-Promoted Product for [***]. Each such Product
Commercialization Plan shall be reviewed and approved by the JCC; provided
that
each such Product Commercialization Plan shall be consistent with
[***]. Each Product Commercialization Plan and Commercialization
Budget shall be submitted to the JCC for review and approval by a date to
be
established by the JCC, taking into account MERCK’s and ARIAD’s annual budget
planning calendars, but no later than September 30 of each year. It
is contemplated that each Product Commercialization Plan and Commercialization
Budget will become more comprehensive as the Co-Promotion of the applicable
Co-Promoted Product evolves.
(b) Changes
to Plans/Budgets. Any significant change in a Product
Commercialization Plan or Commercialization Budget during the course of the
year
will be communicated promptly to the JCC. In addition, ARIAD shall
provide an update on each Product Commercialization Plan and Commercialization
Budget for the Sarcoma indication to the JCC in a manner (with respect to
timing
and content) determined by the JCC, and the Parties will jointly provide
an
update on each Product Commercialization Plan and Commercialization Budget
for
all Major Cancer Indications and Other Cancer Indications to the JCC no less
frequently than semi-annually.
(c) Detail
Audit Rights. Each of MERCK and ARIAD shall maintain written
records of Details performed for a period of [***] years from the date of
performance. Each such Party shall have the right to inspect such
records of the other Party to verify Detailing reports provided to the JCC
under
this Agreement. Each Audited Party shall make its records available
for inspection by appropriate representatives of the Auditing Party during
regular business hours at such place or places where such records are
customarily kept, upon reasonable notice from the Auditing Party, solely
to
verify the accuracy of such statements. Such inspection right shall
not be exercised more than once in any Calendar Year. All information
concerning such statements, and all information learned in the course of
any
audit or inspection, shall be Confidential Information of the Audited
Party. The Auditing Party shall pay the costs of such inspections,
except that in the event there is any downward adjustment in the number of
Details shown by such inspection of more than
[***] percent ([***]%) of the number of Details reported
in such statement, the Audited Party shall pay the costs of such
inspection.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
4. Control
Over Advertising and Detailing.
(a) [***]
shall be responsible for the creation, preparation, production and reproduction
of all promotional materials, as approved by the JCC pursuant to procedures
and
timelines to be mutually agreed upon, consistent with the Product
Commercialization Plan for the [***],. The JCC shall determine which
Party shall be responsible for such activities for [***] other than
[***]. [***] will file all Product promotional materials with the
FDA.
(b) Neither
Party shall engage in any Advertising or use any label, package, literature
or
other written material (other than General Public Relations) in connection
with
a Co-Promoted Product in the Co-Promotion Territory, unless the specific
form
and content thereof is approved by the JCC.
(c) General
Public Relations on the part of either Party need not be approved by the
JCC,
but all representations and statements pertaining to Co-Promoted Products
that
appear in General Public Relations of ARIAD or MERCK and include subject
matter
not previously approved by the JCC shall be subject to the approval of the
JCC.
(d) All
Advertising and Detailing undertaken by either Party hereto shall be undertaken
in good faith with a view towards maximizing the sales of the applicable
Co-Promoted Product.
(e) Except
with the prior written consent of the other Party, neither Party shall use
the
name of the other Party or any Affiliate of the other Party in Advertising,
Detailing or General Public Relations except in materials approved by the
JCC.
(f) [***]
for deciding on Pricing. [***] for conducting all billing and collections
for
Co-Promoted Products.
(g) [***]
shall have sole responsibility for arranging for the distribution and
warehousing of Co-Promoted Products.
(h) Each
Party shall annually certify to the other Party that its field sales force
(including persons responsible for managing the field sales force) is properly
trained with respect to both Product information and compliance with Applicable
Laws.
5. Sales
Efforts in the U.S. Territory. As part of each Product
Commercialization Plan for the U.S. Territory, the JCC shall determine the
targeted level of sales of the applicable Co-Promoted Product for the
Co-Promotion target audience for the Calendar Year covered by such Product
Commercialization Plan. The Product Commercialization Plan shall
include the number of Details and the allocation between the Parties of such
Details to the defined target audience. The Product Commercialization
Plan shall also establish a minimum and maximum number of total Details by
position (i.e., first or second position) to be conducted by the Parties
each
year for the Co-Promoted Product. All Details will be in the first or
second position. During the launch period for a Product for an
Indication, a majority of Details will be in the first position. The
Co-Promoted Product shall be included in each Party’s respective sales incentive
bonus program for the corresponding sales representatives, with specified
links
to sales performance. Each Product Commercialization Plan shall
provide each Party the opportunity to perform a percentage of the Detailing
calls to the target audience each calendar year as the JCC reasonably considers
to be appropriate for the successful Commercialization of such Co-Promoted
Product. The Parties shall allocate physicians in the Co-Promotion
target audience in an unbiased manner based on objective, quantifiable
information and market research data with the objectives of allocating to
each
Party those physicians in the Co-Promotion target audience with the appropriate
Detailing frequency to optimize the penetration of such Co-Promoted Product
and
achieve such Co-Promotion’s sales target. Notwithstanding the
commercially reasonable efforts of the Parties to effect an objective allocation
between them, the Parties recognize that it may be necessary from time to
time
to reassign individual medical professionals in the target audience to optimize
the targeted market opportunity, and, as a result, the JCC shall be entitled
to
review the allocation of medical professionals in the target audience as
it
reasonably determines to be appropriate. Neither Party may utilize Third
Party
contracted sales representatives without the express written consent of the
other Party.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
6. Performance
Criteria/Detailing Shortfall. The Parties shall agree on
criteria for measuring each Party's performance under the Co-Promotion
Agreement. In the event that either Party fails to provide a number
of Representatives or Details to satisfy its Co-Promotion responsibilities
as
set forth in the Co-Promotion Product Marketing and Sales Plan, the other
Party
can choose to provide additional sales representatives to cover the Detailing
shortfall, in which case the defaulting Party shall reimburse the other Party
for the cost to that Party of all the Details delivered by that Party to
cover
the Detailing shortfall.
7. Training
Program. The Parties shall (a) develop a training program for the
promotion of all Products (including, without limitation, all Co-Promoted
Products in the U.S. Territory) and (b) train all Representatives of both
Parties to be used for the Co-Promotion of Co-Promoted Products in the U.S.
Territory prior to commencement of Detailing. The Parties agree to
utilize such training programs on an ongoing basis to assure a consistent,
focused promotional strategy and all such training shall be carried out at
a
time that is mutually acceptable to ARIAD and MERCK. No
Representative of either Party may Detail a Co-Promotion Product unless such
representative successfully completes the training program described in this
Section 7. Except as provided herein, it is agreed that for the
Product specific training, the internal costs and the out-of-pocket costs
of
such training programs (including, without limitation, the out-of-pocket
costs
of the development, production, printing of such training materials) shall
be
included as a Commercialization Expense under this Agreement.
8. Co-Promotion
Mechanism.
(a) Sales. All
sales of Co-Promoted Products in the U.S. Territory shall be booked by
ARIAD. If, during the term of the Co-Promotion Agreement, MERCK
receives orders from customers for a Co-Promoted Product, it shall refer
such
orders to ARIAD.
(b) Processing
of Orders for Co-Promoted Products.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the
Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(i) All
orders for Co-Promoted Products received and accepted by ARIAD during the
term
of the Co-Promotion Agreement shall be executed by ARIAD in a reasonably
timely
manner consistent with the general practices applied by it in executing orders
for other pharmaceutical products sold by it or its Affiliates.
(ii) ARIAD
shall have the discretion to reject any order received by it for a Co-Promoted
Product; provided, however, that ARIAD shall not reject such orders on an
arbitrary basis, but only with reasonable justification and consistent with
the
general policies applied by it with respect to orders for other pharmaceutical
products sold by it or its Affiliates.
(iii) ARIAD
shall comply with all Applicable Laws in selling any Co-Promoted.
9. Cost
of Detailing. Prior to a U.S. Commercialization Transfer, each
Party shall be responsible for paying the cost of all Detailing incurred
by it
for all Co-Promoted Products. Such costs shall not be Sales and Marketing
Expenses or be included in Commercialization Expenses. In the event of a
U.S.
Commercialization Transfer, MERCK will compensate ARIAD for its Co-Promotion
activities, on a fee-for-Detail basis, commensurate with MERCK standards
for
oncology specialty sales representatives. The fee-for-Detail
reimbursement includes costs for Representative salary and benefits, auto
leases, incentive bonus and allocated business manager salary.
10. Sales
Information Integration. The Parties will strive to establish a
transparent and compatible sales reporting system for Co-Promoted Products
to
facilitate call planning and Representatives activities, and all costs related
to such integration shall be Commercialization Expenses.
11. Miscellaneous. Other
customary terms, including confidentiality, indemnification and
termination.
Portions
of this Exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary
of the Commission pursuant to the Company’s application requesting confidential
treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.