FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT UC Agreement Control No. 2006-04-0026
Exhibit 10.49
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
UC Agreement Control No. 0000-00-0000
This fourth amendment (“Fourth Amendment”) to the Exclusive License Agreement (“Agreement”), effective December 31, 2012 is made by and between the Regents of the University of California, a California corporation (“The Regents”), and Putney Drug Corp., a Delaware company (“Licensee”).
BACKGROUND
A. | The Regents and Licensee are parties to the Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2005. |
B. | The Agreement was amended on November 8, 2005 (“First Amendment”), on January 3, 2007 (“Second Amendment”) and on August 29, 2007 (“Third Amendment”); |
The parties agree as follows:
1. | Amend paragraph 1.4 to read as follows: “1.4 The ‘Field of Use’ means human therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis.” |
2. | Amend paragraph 4.3 to increase the annual maintenance fee from “$5,000” to “$10,000”. |
3. | Amend paragraph 4.2 by adding a new subparagraph 4.2c to read “seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) upon the first achievement of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in annual sales while covered by a validly issued U.S. patent.” |
4. | Amend paragraph 6.3c to replace “Within eight years of the Effective Date of this Agreement, initiate Phase III clinical trials” with “Within 3 years from the successful completion of the ongoing clinical trial of estriol for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis being conducted by Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx as principal investigator, initiate a Phase III clinical Trial”. |
5. | Amend paragraph 6.3d to replace “fourteen (14) years” with “seventeen (17) years”. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Amendment to the Agreement by their duly authorized representatives for good and valuable consideration.
PUTNEY DRUG CORP. | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF | |||
CALIFORNIA | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
(signature) | (signature) | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | CEO | Title: | Director of Licensing | |
Date: | 3/15/2013 | Date: | 3/25/2013 |