WYETH LLC ACTING THROUGH ITS WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS DIVISION 500 Arcola Road Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426 USA
Exhibit
10.1
CONFIDENTIAL
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WYETH LLC
ACTING THROUGH ITS
WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS DIVISION
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 XXX
ACTING THROUGH ITS
WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS DIVISION
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 XXX
April 12, 2010
Re: Amendment No. 2 to the Collaboration and License Agreement dated as of December 19,
2005 (as previously amended, the “Agreement”) by and between Trubion
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Trubion”) and Wyeth LLC (formerly known as Wyeth), acting through
its Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Division (“Wyeth”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) constitutes Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement
referred to above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Agreement. Trubion and Wyeth desire to discontinue their collaborative efforts toward the
research and Development of [*] and, as a result thereof, wish to amend the Agreement as set forth
herein. In addition, Trubion and Wyeth desire to discontinue their collaborative efforts towards
the research and Development of the following Wyeth Targets: [*] (the “Discontinued Targets”), of SMIPs directed against such Discontinued Targets (the
“Discontinued SMIPs”) and of Other Products containing SMIPS directed against such Discontinued
Targets (the “Discontinued Other Products”). This Letter Agreement sets forth the agreement of
Trubion and Wyeth with respect to such amendment.
Each of Trubion and Wyeth agrees that, upon execution of this Letter Agreement, (a) all rights and
licenses granted to Wyeth by Trubion under the Agreement with respect to [*] shall immediately
terminate, and Wyeth shall have no further obligations to Trubion under the
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Agreement with respect to [*], (b) all rights and licenses granted to Wyeth by Trubion under the
Agreement with respect to the Discontinued Targets, the Discontinued SMIPs or the Discontinued
Other Products shall immediately terminate, and Wyeth shall have no further obligations to Trubion
under the Agreement with respect to the Discontinued Targets, the Discontinued SMIPs or the
Discontinued Other Products, (c) Trubion shall have no further obligations to Wyeth under the
Agreement with respect to [*], the Discontinued Targets, the Discontinued SMIPs or the Discontinued
Other Products, and (d) the Discontinued Targets shall be deemed Released Targets for purposes of
Section 3.2.2 of the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision in the Agreement to
the contrary but subject to the following sentence, each of Trubion and Wyeth agrees that the
Research Program shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement with respect to Licensed Targets other than [*] and the Discontinued Targets and with
respect to Products other than [*] and the Discontinued Other Products. Wyeth and Trubion agree
that the Research Term hereby is extended until December 31, 2010. The following Targets remain
Wyeth Targets under the Agreement: [*] (the “Remaining Wyeth Targets”).
In connection with the foregoing, each of Trubion and Wyeth agree to make the following amendments
to the Agreement:
1. | Amendments to Article 1. Article 1 of the Agreement hereby is amended by |
a. | deleting Sections 1.46 through 1.49 of Article 1 in their entirety; | ||
b. | in Section 1.93, deleting the phrase [*] each time it appears within the definition of “Product”; | ||
c. | replacing Section 1.130 in its entirety with “‘Trubion Target’ shall mean the human CD20 Antigen”; and | ||
d. | replacing Section 1.140 in its entirety with “‘Wyeth Targets’ shall mean the Targets designated by Wyeth under the Research Program, as described in Section 3.2 hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of April 12, 2010 the Wyeth Targets are [*] (all of which have been previously designated as Wyeth Targets pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof); any other Targets previously designated by Wyeth as Wyeth Targets pursuant to Section 3.2 are no longer Wyeth Targets for purposes of the Agreement.” |
2. | Amendments to Article 2. Article 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | deleting Section 2.3.2 in its entirety; and | ||
b. | in Section 2.3.3 replacing the phrase “Sections 2.3.1 and 2.3.2” with “Section 2.3.1”. |
3. | Amendments to Article 3. Article 3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | in Section 3.1 deleting the phrase [*] from clause (a) thereof. |
4. | Amendments to Article 4. Article 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | in Section 4.5(a), deleting the phrase [*]; and | ||
b. | deleting Section 4.5(c) in its entirety. |
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5. | Amendments to Article 5. Article 5 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | deleting the reference to Section 5.4.3 from Section 5.4.1. | ||
b. | deleting Section 5.4.3 in its entirety; | ||
c. | deleting the second sentence of Section 5.4.6(a) in its entirety; | ||
d. | deleting the last sentence of Section 5.5.1 in its entirety; and | ||
e. | replacing clause (c) of Section 5.5.2 in its entirety with “(c) any adjustments (including the basis therefor) made pursuant to Sections 5.4.2(b), 5.4.2(c), 5.4.4(b), 5.4.4(c) or 5.4.6(a) to the royalty amount payable fore the sale of each Licensed Product, the applicable Marginal Royalty Rates and the CD20 Effective Royalty Rate (as the case may be) payable on Net Sales, and”. |
6. | Amendments to Article 9. Article 9 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | in the second sentence of Section 9.7.2(a)(ii), deleting the phrase [*] from each of clauses (B) and (C); | ||
b. | in Section 9.8.4(i), deleting the phrase “or 2.3.2”; | ||
c. | in Section 9.10.2(c), replacing the phrase “the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 2.3.1 and 2.3.2” with “the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 2.3.1”, and deleting the phrase [*] each time it appears therein; and | ||
d. | also in Section 9.10.2(c), deleting from the third sentence thereof the phrase “and/or all [*] (only where such Existing Activities relate to products directed against the [*] which would otherwise violate Wyeth’s exclusivity covenants in Section 2.3.2 hereof)”. |
7. | Amendments to Exhibit 5.3. Exhibit 5.3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by |
a. | Deleting Part B of Exhibit 5.3 in its entirety. | ||
b. | In subclauses (i) and (iv) of Part D of Exhibit 5.3, replacing “Sections A-C” with “Sections A and C”. | ||
c. | In subclause (iv) of Part D of Exhibit 5.3, replacing, in the second sentence thereof, [*] with “the human CD20 Antigen”. | ||
d. | In subclause (v) of Part D of Exhibit 5.3, deleting, from the first sentence thereof, the reference to Section B, and replacing, in second sentence thereof, [*] with “CD20 Product” each time it appears therein. |
This Amendment No. 2 shall become effective as of the date of this letter set forth above. As
modified by this Amendment No. 2, the Parties confirm that the Agreement is in full force and
effect.
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Please indicate your acknowledgement of and agreement with the foregoing by having each counterpart
of this Letter Agreement executed on behalf of Trubion and returning one fully executed original
counterpart to me.
Very truly yours, WYETH LLC, acting through its WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS DIVISION |
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By: | /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED: TRUBION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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By: | /S/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | SVP, COO | |||
Date: 14 April 2010 |