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Category: Technology Licenses
Created On: 2022-04-28
Record Count: 20
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- Drugs
- Therapeutic
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IPSCIO Record ID: 248094
For the Research Licenses, Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license during the Research Program Term, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to validate Program Targets for the identification, evaluation and optimization of Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products, as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, identify, evaluate and optimize Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules through the use of such Program Targets for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products. as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, undertake Candidate Characterization of Program Compounds and Program Biotherapeutics in the conduct of the Research Program, and, undertake such other activities as may be necessary in furtherance of the Research Program.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to validate Licensee Unilateral Targets for the identification, evaluation and optimization of Small Molecules. Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products, as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, identify, evaluate and optimize Small Molecules, Antibodies. Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules, including those that constitute the Associated Chemistry or the Associated Biotherapeutics, if any, of a Program Target that becomes a Licensee Unilateral Target, through the use of such Millennium Unilateral Targets for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products. as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, undertake Candidate Characterization of such Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to use the Licensor Released Compounds for internal research purposes only.
Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Joint Drug Development Candidates or DDCs for use as Joint Products; and, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Joint Products in the Territory; and, undertake such other activities as may be necessary in furtherance of the Development Program and the Commercialization Program.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules, as the case may be, identified through the use of Licensee Unilateral Targets for use as Licensee Unilateral Products, and, a worldwide, exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Small Molecules included in a Licensee Unilateral Targets Associated Chemistry, and, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules included in a Licensee Unilateral Targets Associated Biotherapeutics, and, Licensee Unilateral DDCs, in each case, for use as Licensee Unilateral Products and, a worldwide, exclusive, license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to make. have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Licensee Unilateral Products in the Territory,
Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Abbotts rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Third Party Program Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory, and, to develop Joint Program Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory. Such license shall carry an obligation of profit-sharing with respect to Third Party Program Diagnostics sold in the Territory.
Licensor grants a worldwide license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Licensee Unilateral Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory.
Antisense Molecule means a nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof which is complementary to a segment of DNA of a target gene or such target genes cognate RNA and which, upon delivery by any means, alters the transcription, processing, elaboration, RNA expression or protein production of or by such target gene.
Associated Biotherapeutics means, with respect to a Program Target that has been designated a Unilateral Target or a Released Target, as the case may be, all Program Biotherapeutics that interact with such target or are encoded by such target or are chemically modified versions of the Program Biotherapeutics encoded by such target.
Biotherapeutic Product means a Therapeutic Antibody Product, a Therapeutic Antisense Product, a Therapeutic Protein Product, and/or a Therapeutic Other Molecular Product, as the case may be.
IPSCIO Record ID: 240620
For the Research Licenses, Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive, non-royalty-bearing license during the Research Program Term, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to validate Program Targets for the identification. evaluation and optimization of Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products, as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, identify, evaluate and optimize Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules through the use of such Program Targets for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products, as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, undertake Candidate Characterization of Program Compounds and Program Biotherapeutics in the conduct of the Research Program, and, undertake such other activities as may be necessary in furtherance of the Research Program.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to validate Abbott Unilateral Targets for the identification, evaluation and optimization of Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products. as the case may be. in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, identify. evaluate and optimize Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules, including those that constitute the Associated Chemistry or the Associated Biotherapeutics, if any, of a Program Target that becomes an Licensee Unilateral Target, through the use of such Licensee Unilateral Targets for use as Small Molecule Drugs or Biotherapeutic Products, as the case may be, in the Metabolic Disease Field, and,
undertake Candidate Characterization of such Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive, license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to use the Licensor Released Compounds for internal research purposes only.
For the Development and Commercialization Licenses, Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Joint Drug Development Candidates or DDCs for use as Joint Products; and, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Joint Products in the Territory; and, undertake such other activities as may be necessary in furtherance of the Development Program and the Commercialization Program.
Licensor grants a worldwide, non-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Small Molecules, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules, as the case may be, identified through the use of Licensee Unilateral Targets for use as Licensee Unilateral Products (ii) a worldwide, exclusive, license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to Develop and Manufacture Small Molecules included in a Licensee Unilateral Targets Associated Chemistry, and, Antibodies, Antisense Molecules, Proteins and/or Other Molecules included in an Licensee Unilateral Targets Associated Biotherapeutics, and, Licensee Unilateral DDCs, in each case, for use as Licensee Unilateral Products, and, a worldwide, exclusive, license, under Licensors rights to Program Intellectual Property, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Licensee Unilateral Products in the Territory.
Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program
Intellectual Property, to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Third Party Program Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory, and, a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to develop Joint Program Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory and, a worldwide, exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Joint Program Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory.
Licensor grants a worldwide license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Licensee Unilateral Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory.
Licensor grants a worldwide, co-exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to use Released Targets to develop Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field, and, a worldwide, exclusive license, under Licensors rights to the Program Intellectual Property, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export Licensee Released Diagnostics for use in the Metabolic Disease Field in the Territory.
Antisense Molecule means a nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof which is complementary to a segment of DNA of a target gene or such target genes cognate RNA and which, upon delivery by any means, alters the transcription, processing, elaboration, RNA expression or protein production of or by such target gene.
Associated Biotherapeutics means, with respect to a Program Target that has been designated a Unilateral Target or a Released Target, as the case may be, all Program Biotherapeutics that interact with such target or are encoded by such target or are chemically modified versions of the Program Biotherapeutics encoded by such target.
Biotherapeutic Product means a Therapeutic Antibody Product, a Therapeutic Antisense Product, a Therapeutic Protein Product, and/or a Therapeutic Other Molecular Product, as the case may be.
IPSCIO Record ID: 316393
Licensee Program Methodology Patent Right means a Patent Right that relates to methods that are or were at any time included in Licensee Program Metholodogy.
Protein means a high molecular weight (i.e., weighing greater than 1000 daltons) polymer compound composed of a variety of amino acids joined by peptide linkages, including allelic variants thereof and post-translationally modified variants thereof (i.e., glycosylated Proteins). For purposes of this Agreement, Protein does not include an Antibody.
Small Molecule Drug means a therapeutic or prophylactic product, the active ingredient of which is a synthetic small molecule (including but not limited to a Peptido Mimetic), a natural product or a macromolecule that (a) is identified in a screening assay on the basis of its interaction with a biological target that has been identified through use of a Program Clone, or (b) is designed or developed using medicinal chemistry, SAR or combinatorial chemistry techniques to interact with a biological target that has been identified through use of a Program Clone, provided, however, that a Small Molecule Drug does not include any Therapeutic Product or any therapeutic and/or prophylactic product in which the active ingredient is a Protein, an Antibody, an Antisense Drug or a Gene Therapy Drug.
Gene Therapy Drug means any drug or drug candidate, excluding an Antisense Drug, which consists of nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof and which, upon delivery by any means, provides a gene product encoded therein which is expressed.
Antisense Drug means any drug or drug candidate which consists of nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof and which is complementary to a segment of DNA of a target gene or such target genes cognate RNA and which, upon delivery by any means, alters the transcription, processing, elaboration, RNA expression or Protein production of or by such target gene.
Antibody means (a) a molecule comprising four (4) polypeptide chains (two (2) identical light chains and two (2) identical heavy chains) that are held together by disulfide bonds and form two (2) identical antigen binding sites or (b) any combination, fragment or altered form of a molecule(s) of the type described in (a) (e.g., single chain antibodies).
Licensor Small Molecule Drug means a Small Molecule Drug identified or designed by Licensor through the use of a Licensor Accessible Program Clone and/or the Protein encoded therein.
Existing Tango Technology means the cDNA libraries, genomic sub-libraries, signal peptide trap libraries (including the clones derived from such libraries and the Proteins encoded therein) and the Proteins and all associated data and information.
Therapeutic Product means a therapeutic and/or prophylactic product in which the active ingredient is a Program Protein or a Derivative thereof.
Peptido Mimetic means synthetic organic molecule that (a) is designed or developed using medicinal, SAR or combinatorial chemistry techniques to incorporate key structural features of a Protein (the 'Mimicked Protein'). Cb) if a peptide • has an amino acid sequence that is at least fifty percent (50%) different from that of the Mimicked Protein, and (c) has a molecular weight that is less than twenty (20%) percent of that of the Mimicked Proteina,
Diagnostic Product means any diagnostic product, in the form of a device, compound, kit or service, with utility in the diagnosis, prognosis, prediction or disease management of a disorder that (a) is developed through the use of Licensee Program Know-How or, subject to any limitations on the use of such Know-How by Licensor, Licensee Contributed Know-How and/or is covered by a Valid Claim included in Licensee Program Know-How Patent Rights or, subject to any limitations on the use of such Patent Rights by Licensor, Licensee Contributed Know-How Patent Rights, (b) embodies, or operates through the detection of a Program Clone or a Program Protein (or a Derivative thereof), and (c) will complement the use of any therapeutic product under development or marketed by Licensor or a development or marketing partner of LIcensor (a Licensor Corresponding Drug).
Licensor Contributed Know-How means Know-How (a) which is necessary or useful in order to discover, develop, make, use, sell or seek approval to market Therapeutic Products, and (b) to which Licensor has the right to grant licenses or sublicenses without violating the terms of any agreement with a third party, and (c) which is in Licensors possession on the Effective Date or is developed or acquired by Licensor during the term, but not in the course, of the Licensee Discovery Program, and (d) which Licensor has elected to contribute to the Licensee Discovery Program through written notification to, and with the approval of, the Joint Management Team, which notification shall include any limitations on the use of such Know-How by Licensee, provided, however, that if such Know-How is a biological source for the identification of Program Clones, then the only permitted limitation shall be that Licensee shall not have the right to use any such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensee Small Molecule Drugs for a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which such Program Clone is identified, and (e) which is not properly in the public domain.
Licensor Contributed Know-How Patent Right means a Patent Right that relates to Know-How that is or was at any time Licensor Contributed Know-How.
Licensor Selected Protein means a Program Protein selected by Licensor for further pre-clinical development, clinical development, manufacture and commercialization.
Licensor Accessible Program Clone means (a) a Program Clone that is not identified through the use of Licensee Contributed Know-How, or (b) a Program Clone that is identified through the use of Licensee Contributed Know-How and with respect to which either (i) Licensee has not placed any limitation on Licensors use of such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensor Small Molecule Drugs or (ii) Licensee has placed the limitation that Licensor shall not have the right to use such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensor Small Molecule Drugs for a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which such Program Clone is identified and such twelve (12) month period has elapsed.
Licensee Discovery Program means the therapeutic Protein discovery program to be undertaken by Licensee pursuant to this Agreement, with the goal of identifying and qualifying potential therapeutic Proteins for further pre-clinical development, clinical development, manufacturing and commercialization, as described in greater detail in the Program Plan.
Licensee Program Methodology means any methods (including without limitation bioinformatics tools, processes, protocols, assays, automated and semi-automated techniques, molecular biology methods and other methods for
the discovery, production and/or characterization of Proteins), that (a) are developed in the course of the Licensee Discovery Program, including any improvements in methods technology derived from, or based upon, any Licensor Contributed Know-How and/or Licensee Contributed Know-How and (b) are not properly in the public domain.
Licensee Accessible Program Clone means (a) a Program Clone that is not identified through the use of Licensor Contributed Know-How, or (b) a Program Clone that is identified through the use of Licensor Contributed Know-How and with respect to which either (i) Licensor has not placed any limitation on Licensees use of such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensee Small Molecule Drugs or (ii) Licensor has placed the limitation that Licensee shall not have the right to use such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensee Small Molecule Drugs for a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which such Program Clone is identified and such twelve (12) month period has elapsed.
Licensee is in the business of employing various discovery methodologies to identify proteins with therapeutic utility.
IPSCIO Record ID: 315803
Protein means a high molecular weight (i.e., weighing greater than 1000 daltons) polymer compound composed of a variety of amino acids joined by peptide linkages, including allelic variants thereof and post-translationally modified variants thereof (i.e., glycosylated Proteins). For purposes of this Agreement, Protein does not include an Antibody.
Small Molecule Drug means a therapeutic or prophylactic product, the active ingredient of which is a synthetic small molecule (including but not limited to a Peptido Mimetic), a natural product or a macromolecule that
(a) is identified in a screening assay on the basis of its interaction with a biological target that has been identified through use of a Program Clone, or (b) is designed or developed using medicinal chemistry, SAR or combinatorial
chemistry techniques to interact with a biological target that has been identified through use of a Program Clone, provided, however, that a Small Molecule Drug does not include any Therapeutic Product or any therapeutic and/or prophylactic product in which the active ingredient is a Protein, an Antibody, an Antisense Drug or a Gene Therapy Drug.
Gene Therapy Drug means any drug or drug candidate, excluding an Antisense Drug, which consists of nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof and which, upon delivery by any means, provides a gene product encoded therein which is expressed.
Antisense Drug means any drug or drug candidate which consists of nucleic acid or a functional analog, derivative or homologue thereof and which is complementary to a segment of DNA of a target gene or such target genes cognate RNA and which, upon delivery by any means, alters the transcription, processing, elaboration, RNA expression or Protein production of or by such target gene.
Antibody means (a) a molecule comprising four (4) polypeptide chains (two (2) identical light chains and two (2) identical heavy chains) that are held together by disulfide bonds and form two (2) identical antigen binding sites or (b) any combination, fragment or altered form of a molecule(s) of the type described in (a) (e.g., single chain antibodies).
Licensor Small Molecule Drug means a Small Molecule Drug identified or designed by Licensor through the use of a Licensor Accessible Program Clone and/or the Protein encoded therein.
Existing Tango Technology means the cDNA libraries, genomic sub-libraries, signal peptide trap libraries (including the clones derived from such libraries and the Proteins encoded therein) and the Proteins and all associated data and information.
Therapeutic Product means a therapeutic and/or prophylactic product in which the active ingredient is a Program Protein or a Derivative thereof.
Peptido Mimetic means synthetic organic molecule that (a) is designed or developed using medicinal, SAR or combinatorial chemistry techniques to incorporate key structural features of a Protein (the Mimicked Protein). Cb) if a peptide • has an amino acid sequence that is at least fifty percent (50%) different from that of the Mimicked Protein, and (c) has a molecular weight that is less than twenty (20%) percent of that of the Mimicked Proteina,
Diagnostic Product means any diagnostic product, in the form of a device, compound, kit or service, with utility in the diagnosis, prognosis, prediction or disease management of a disorder that (a) is developed through the use of Licensee Program Know-How or, subject to any limitations on the use of such Know-How by Licensor, Licensee Contributed Know-How and/or is covered by a Valid Claim included in Licensee Program Know-How Patent Rights or, subject to any limitations on the use of such Patent Rights by Licensor, Licensee Contributed Know-How Patent Rights, (b) embodies, or operates through the detection of a Program Clone or a Program Protein (or a Derivative thereof), and (c) will complement the use of any therapeutic product under development or marketed by Licensor or a development or marketing partner of Licensor (a Licensor Corresponding Drug).
Licensee Program Methodology means any methods (including without limitation bioinformatics tools, processes, protocols, assays, automated and semi-automated techniques, molecular biology methods and other methods for the discovery, production and/or characterization of Proteins), that (a) are developed in the course of the Licensee Discovery Program, including any improvements in methods technology derived from, or based upon, any Licensor Contributed Know-How and/or Licensee Contributed Know-How and (b) are not properly in the public domain.
Licensee Discovery Program means the therapeutic Protein discovery program to be undertaken by Licensee pursuant to this Agreement, with the goal of identifying and qualifying potential therapeutic Proteins for further pre-clinical development, clinical development, manufacturing and commercialization, as described in greater detail in the Program Plan.
Licensee Accessible Program Clone means (a) a Program Clone that is not identified through the use of Licensor Contributed Know-How, or (b) a Program Clone that is identified through the use of Licensor Contributed Know-How and with respect to which either (i) Licensor has not placed any limitation on Licensees use of such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensee Small Molecule Drugs or (ii) Licensor has placed the limitation that Licensee shall not have the right to use such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensee Small Molecule Drugs for a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which such Program Clone is identified and such twelve (12) month period has elapsed.
Licensor Accessible Program Clone means (a) a Program Clone that is not identified through the use of Licensee Contributed Know-How, or (b) a Program Clone that is identified through the use of Licensee Contributed Know-How and with respect to which either (i) Licensee has not placed any limitation on Licensors use of such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensor Small Molecule Drugs or (ii) Licensee has placed the limitation that Licensor shall not have the right to use such Program Clone for the identification or design of Licensor Small Molecule Drugs for a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which such Program Clone is identified and such twelve (12) month period has elapsed.
IPSCIO Record ID: 239026
For the Inactive Selective Targets, Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, a non-exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Licensor Background Materials and the Licensor Background Technology and an exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to validate Licensee Inactive Selected Targets for the identification, evaluation and optimization of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Selected Targets for use in the CNS Field, identify Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets through the use of such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets and undertake preclinical research and evaluation of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets.
For the Licensee targets, Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, a non-exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Licensor Background Materials and the Licensor Background Technology and an exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to identify Small Molecule Compounds that are active against Licensee Targets through the use of such Licensee Targets and undertake preclinical research and evaluation of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Targets.
For the Grants of Development and Commercialization Licenses, Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, an exclusive right and license, with the right to sublicense, under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to develop, make, have made, import, use, have used, offer for sale, sell and have sold Licensee Development Compounds and Licensee Products.
Small Molecule Compound means a chemical compound having a molecular weight of less than 1,000 Daltons, as well as conjugates of such chemical compounds to larger molecules to improve the delivery bioavailability and/or pharmacokinetic properties of such chemical compound.
Licensors Product means a pharmaceutical product containing a Licensor Development Compound as an active ingredient.
Selected Target means any Target that is selected for research by the Joint Management Committee.
CNS Field means the prevention, palliation, control or treatment in humans of depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disease, dementia, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa and other affective disorders, Alzheimers disease and other cognitive disorders, Parkinsons disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders, pain, epilepsy, insomnia, narcolepsy and other sleep disorders, substance abuse and migraine.
IPSCIO Record ID: 239605
For Licensee Inactive Selected Targets, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, a non-exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Licensor Background Materials and the Licensor Background Technology and an exclusive right and license (without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below) under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to validate Licensee Inactive Selected Targets for the identification, evaluation and optimization of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Selected Targets for use in the CNS Field, identify Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets through the use of such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets and undertake preclinical research and evaluation of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Inactive Selected Targets.
For the Licensee Targets, Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, a non-exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Licensor Background Materials and the Licensor Background Technology and an exclusive right and license, without any right to sublicense, except as set forth below, under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to identify Small Molecule Compounds that are active against Licensee Targets through the use of such Licensee Targets and undertake preclinical research and evaluation of Small Molecule Compounds that are active against such Licensee Targets.
For the Grants of Development and Commercialization Licenses. Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, within the Territory, an exclusive right and license, with the right to sublicense, under Licensors rights in the Program Intellectual Property to develop, make, have made, import, use, have used, offer for sale, sell and have sold Licensee Development Compounds and Licensee Products.
Licensors Product means a pharmaceutical product containing a Licensor Development Compound as an active ingredient.
Selected Target means any Target that is selected for research by the Joint Management Committee.
CNS Field means the prevention, palliation, control or treatment in humans of depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disease, dementia, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa and other affective disorders, Alzheimers disease and other cognitive disorders, Parkinsons disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders, pain, epilepsy, insomnia, narcolepsy and other sleep disorders, substance abuse and migraine.
IPSCIO Record ID: 233462
(a) an exclusive, worldwide license, under Licensor Field Patent Rights and Licensor Field Know-How, to make, have made, use, and have used Candidate Genes and Validated Targets within Oncology; such license shall include the right to grant sublicenses on prior notice to Licensor;
(b) an exclusive, worldwide license, under Licensor Field Patent Rights and Licensor Field Know-How to make, have made, import, use, have used, offer to sell and sell Products; such license shall include the right to grant sublicenses on prior notice to Licensor;
(c) an option to obtain exclusive licenses to Non-Program Field Projects;
(d) a right to either negotiate for rights to collaborate on Gene Therapy Drugs, which embody or are discovered or developed using Licensor Field Patent Rights or Licensor Field Know-How, or a co-exclusive right to make, have made, import, use, have used, offer to sell and sell Gene Therapy Drugs, which embody or are discovered or developed using Licensor Field Patent Rights or Licensor Field Know-How;
(e) an option to co-develop and/or co-promote certain Diagnostic Products, for use in the Field and the area of Oncology, which embody or are discovered or developed using Licensor Field Patent Rights or
Licensor Field Know-How; and
(f) a co-exclusive with Licensor, worldwide license, under Licensor Field Patent Rights and Licensor Field Know-How, to make, have made, use, and have used Program Genes Outside of the Field and to make, have made, use, and have used Candidate Genes and Validated Targets outside of Oncology; such license shall include the right to grant sublicenses on prior written notice to Licensor.
Modified Drug means a compound in the Field which, other than through the use of Licensor Field Know-How or Licensor Field Patent Rights, prior to or outside of the Program, was identified by Licensee to have pharmacological properties of relevance -to its development as a therapeutic product in the Field, and was modified through the use of Licensor Field Know How or Licensor Field Patent Rights to improve its therapeutic properties at any time during the term of the Program or the Licensee Development Program. Modified Drug does not include any Candidate Protein Drug, Peptido Mimetic, Analog Protein Drug, Small Molecule Drug, Gene Therapy Drug or Antisense Drug.
Candidate Protein Drug means a Protein encoded by a Candidate Gene or other Protein, the identification of which other Protein was based upon the identification of a Candidate Gene, and which, in either case, is potentially suitable for development into a therapeutic product.
Analog Protein Drug means a protein or polypeptide which has been modified through a change in its primary structure resulting in a functionally significant change (such as a change in its pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic properties) to allow it to become a therapeutic Product demonstrating relevant In Vitro and In Vivo activity. For purposes of this definition, a polypeptide constituting the pharmacologically active fragment of a protein, that has not been modified through a change in its primary structure resulting in a functionally significant change, shall not be considered an Analog Protein Drug.
Peptido Mimetic Drug means a synthetic organic molecule which is a mimetic of, or is designed or developed using medicinal, SAR or combinatorial chemistry techniques to incorporate, key structural features of a Candidate Protein Drug and which is a therapeutic product.
Small Molecule Drug means a small molecule therapeutic product within the Field originating from a screen using a Validated Target, other than a Candidate Protein Drug, an Analog Protein Drug, a Peptido Mimetic Drug, a Modified Drug, a Gene Therapy Drug or an Antisense Drug.
(a) All genes located at chromosome 8p22, including but not limited to loss of prostate cancer hormone-sensitivity, and prostate cancer metastasis to bone;
(b) Mechanisms of drug resistance including but not limited to the association with drug transporters such as P-glycoprotein and MRP, and the mechanism of action of factors that mediate cell death of drug resistant cells or tissues, including but not limited to apoptosis;
(c) Mechanisms of prostatic proliferative conditions including but not limited to the discovery of novel genes implicated in the susceptibility, progression and metastasis of prostate cancer, analysis of prostatic cells and variants of these cells, and malignant tissues;
(d) All cell cycle control mechanisms including but not limited to inhibition of cyclin DI/CDK4 kinase activity; and
(e) All Ras signal transduction mechanisms including but not limited to the inhibition of the Ki-ras pathway, Ras/GTP interaction, Ras/Raf interaction, Raf kinase activity, and Ras/FTase interaction.
Outside of the Field means all human medical indications other than those in the Field and all animal medical indications.
IPSCIO Record ID: 121121
The parties desire to establish a technology sharing program that relates to its high throughput lead optimization technology, and Licensor will transfer to Licensee its proprietary technology that relates to genetics and molecular biology in C. elegans and Drosophila.
Licensor grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, perpetual license to use and practice the Licensors Core Technology, Core Technology Patents, and any Improvement Inventions made solely by Licensor to the Licensees Core Technology solely for its own internal research and discovery efforts in the Field.
Licensor grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, world-wide, perpetual license to use, adapt, reproduce, modify, localize, and create derivative works of the FlyTag Database, provided that all such uses of the FlyTag Database are solely for Licensees internal or collaborative research purposes, are used in the same manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as apply to the FlyTag Database Research Results.
For Research Results, Licensor grants an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license to use Research Results pertaining to Selected Targets, Product Targets, Mammalian Targets and Pursued Disclosed Targets for research and drug discovery and development in the Field, and to research, develop, import, use, sell, offer for sell, and commercialize Collaboration Compounds, Licensed Products and New Indications in the Field.
For Target Patents, Licensor grants a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license under any Patents that are Controlled by Licensor or its Affiliates and claim any of the Research Results and/or any Selected Targets, Pursued Disclosed Targets or Mammalian Targets, solely to discover, research and develop Collaboration Compounds, Licensed Products, and New Indications in the Field, and to research, develop, import, use, sell, offer for sell, and commercialize Licensed Products and New Indications in the Field.
For Novel Target Patents, Licensor grants an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license under any and all Novel Target Patents that, but for the license granted hereunder, would be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of Gene Products and other Biotherapeutics, solely to discover, research, develop, import, use, sell, offer for sell, and commercialize Gene Products and Biotherapeutic Products.
A Novel Target means a mammalian orthologue of a Selected Target, which orthologue was identified by or on behalf of Licensor pursuant to work conducted under the Mode of Action Program.
An Unlinked Related Target means a Related Target that, at the time of identification of such target by Licensee or Licensor, is not Known to be a target for drug discovery.
A Biotherapeutic Product means any therapeutic or prophylactic product for treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions in humans that comprises or incorporates an antibody against a Mammalian Target, or an antisense compound based upon a Mammalian Target sequence, or a gene therapy product based upon the sequence of a Mammalian Target.
A Diagnostic Product means a product that facilitates identification of patients having a particular disease or having a predisposition to a particular disease, and/or monitors the prognosis or progression of a disease in a patient, by the detection of either sequence differences in different alleles of a Mammalian Target, or the presence or absence of a certain Mammalian Target, or the presence or absence of the protein product of a certain Mammalian Target.
A Gene Product means any therapeutic or prophylactic product for treatment of humans that comprises or incorporates the gene product of a Mammalian Target or a mutein or fusion protein based thereon.
A Pharmacogenomic Product means a product that is primarily used to select between two or more therapeutic or prophylactic regimens for a human, wherein at least one such therapeutic or prophylactic regimen involves a compound that could be used to treat and/or prevent a disease, and where the selected regimen is judged based on the use of the pharmacogenomic product to be of most likely benefit and/or to do the least harm to a patient, and provided that such selection is made based on the genotype of such human at certain genetic loci (including by detection of certain protein products indicative of the necessary genotype) as determined by use of such product to detect either sequence differences in different alleles of a Mammalian Target, or the presence or absence of a certain Mammalian Target, or the presence or absence of the protein product of a certain Mammalian Target.
The FlyTag Database means the sequence data within the database maintained by Licensor under the name FlyTag as of the Effective Date in the form previously released by Licensor to a contractual partner
IPSCIO Record ID: 249719
This agreement includes non-exclusive terms as well.
(a) the Ne0Morph Screening Library,
(b) the NeoMorph Focused Libraries,
(c) ALIS and QSCD,
(d) the Candidate Compound A,
(e) the Candidate Compound B,
(d) the Candidate Compound C, together with, where applicable, any analogs, derivatives, fragments, sub-cellular constituents or expression products thereof and
(e) any other tangible materials provided by Licensor to Licensee for use in the conduct of the Program, which is Controlled by Licensor, primarily relates to a Designated Compound or Licensed Products, whether or not patentable.
NeoMorph Chemistry means the process, proprietary to Licensor, of forming libraries and sub-libraries of discrete compounds by coupling a broad set of diverse cores with diverse sets of building blocks employing proprietary mass-coding algorithms.
NeoMorph Focused Libraries means those compounds synthesized by Licensor derived from Active Compounds identified by Licensee in bioassays or functional assays NeoMorph Screening Library means the entire collection of libraries consisting of mass-encoded small molecule organic compounds owned by Licensor and developed with NeoMorph Chemistry, comprising at least 10,000,000 different compounds.
Licensee is interested in identifying potential pharmaceutical products for treatment of certain human diseases and wishes to identify compounds that exhibit a high degree of chemical binding and functional activity to specific protein targets. Licensor has certain technology and know-how, including screening processes of libraries of mass-encoded small molecule compounds, relating to the identification, discovery, validation and optimization of novel compounds which may be useful for development of novel therapeutics employing targets implicated in a disease process.
The Field means treatment of any disease in humans.
IPSCIO Record ID: 248009
– to research, develop, make and use any or all of the following in connection with the use of the Returned QT to discover or develop Small Molecule Drugs
(1) the Licensor Configured Assay that embodies or is based on a Returned QT, together with the standard operating procedures and reagents necessary, to use such Licensor Configured Assay for such purpose;
(2) if a Second Stage QT is designated as a Returned QT, the most promising lead structure under development by Licensor, and the optimization history of such lead structure and the data pertinent to critical optimization decisions that relate to such lead structure, the Second Stage Information, including without limitation, information on the major structural templates that were evaluated by Licensor and relevant SAR data; and
(3) if a Third Stage QT is designated as a Returned QT, the most promising lead structure under development by Licensor, and the optimization history of such lead structure and the data pertinent to critical optimization decisions that relate to such lead structure, the Third Stage Information, including without limitation, related SAR data, related pharmacological data, including toxicology and ADME information, and information related to chemical synthesis, provided, however, that, in the case of a Second Stage QT or a Third Stage QT, Licensor shall not be obligated to grant any such license with respect to the most promising lead structure if such lead structure is under development by Licensor as a Development Candidate or later stage drug candidate outside of the Licensor Development Program, in which event Licensor shall be obligated to grant such a license with respect to the next most promising lead structure that is not a Development Candidate or later stage drug candidate outside of the Licensor Development Program, and,
– to make, have made, import, use, have used, offer for sale, sell and have sold Small Molecule Drugs that are discovered or developed by Licensee through the use of Returned QTs.
This agreement includes exclusive and non-exclusive grants back to Licensor from Licensee.
Cell-Based Assay means a Licensor Configured Assay that uses a QT incorporated in a cell or presented on the surface of a cell, as distinct from a biochemical assay in which the QT is assayed in a cell-free context.
Qualified Target or QT means a target for Small Molecule drug discovery identified or developed in the course of the Target Discovery Program that has all of the following characteristics
– is a Druggable Target that is a complete coding sequence of a human gene;
– has a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis;
– is either a Novel Protein, or fill Unrecognized Protein, or a Druggable Target that is otherwise approved by the Licensor Program Director as a Qualified Target; and
– the use of such target in the manner contemplated in the Research Plan would not, at the time of its identification or annotation in the Target Discovery Program, infringe one or more claims of an issued patent in the country in which such use of the target is expected to occur, unless such target is otherwise approved by the Licensor Program Director.
Non-Exclusive QT means a QT that has a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis in both a CFA and Non-CFA and that is designated by Licensee as a Non-Exclusive QT within seven (7) business days after such QT is entered into the QT Pool and a Licensee-Designated NonCFA means one Non-CFA that is associated, on the basis of a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis, with a QT, as designated by Licensee at the time such QT is designated a Non-Exclusive QT by Millennium.
IPSCIO Record ID: 211867
– a worldwide, exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses, under the Licensed Patents, from an English University, to do all acts which would otherwise infringe the Licensed Patents including, without limitation, the right to Exploit the Licensed Products and Diagnostic Products and provide Licensed Services or otherwise do all acts which would otherwise infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patents; and
– a worldwide, exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses in connection with a grant of sublicenses of the Licensed Patents, to use the Biological Materials in the Field, including, without limitation, the right to Exploit the Licensed Products and Diagnostic Products and provide Licensed
Services; and
– a worldwide, non-exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses in connection with a grant of sublicenses of the Licensed Patents, to use the Related Technology in the Field, including, without limitation, the right to Exploit the Licensed Products and Diagnostic Products and provide Licensed Services.
Licensor grants a first right to be granted a worldwide, exclusive license to commercialize any Severable Improvements in the Field to the Licensed Patents made by Imperial and notified to Licensee, where such Severable Improvements are unencumbered by any rights of any Third Party.
The Licensed Product is any preparation for the treatment or prevention of obesity, anorexia or diabetes in humans that incorporates either in its entirety or in shortened form the RIP140 gene or RIP140 gene product howsoever modified including without limitation nucleotides, oligonucleotides, nucleic acid vectors, peptides, polypeptides, proteins etc.; or is an agent that binds to the RIP140 gene or an RIP140 gene product (excluding the RIP140 protein or any subunit thereof) with the purpose of enhancing, interfering with, silencing, suppressing or modulating the expression thereof such agents including without limitation complementary sequences, ligands, cDNA, mRNA, tRNA, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, fusion proteins, mimetics, aptamers, antisense (or other nucleic acid based gene or gene product modulators), ribozymes, molecular imprinted polymers, RNAi, microRNA, dsRNA, siRNA, shRNA, vaccines, immunotherapeutics and gene therapy products; or is an agent (including without limitation small molecule entities) that has a mechanism of action through interaction with or binding to the RIP140 protein (or a subunit thereof); and which have been identified by Licensee, Affiliate or Sublicensee as a direct result of the use of the Materials (or the use of an Improvement to the Materials licensed to Licensee or an activity that falls within a Valid Claim.
The Diagnostic Product is any preparation in the form of a device, compound, kit or service with utility in the diagnosis, prognosis, prediction or management of obesity, anorexia or diabetes in humans which contains or comprises either in its entirety or in shortened form the RIP140 gene or RIP140 gene product howsoever modified including without limitation nucleotides, oligonucleotides, nucleic acid vectors, peptides, polypeptides, proteins etc.; or an agent that binds to the RIP140 gene or an RIP140 gene product (excluding the RIP140 protein or any subunit thereof) with the purpose of enhancing, interfering with, silencing, suppressing or modulating the expression thereof such agents including without limitation complementary sequences, ligands, cDNA, mRNA, tRNA, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, fusion proteins, mimetics, aptamers, antisense (or other nucleic acid based gene or gene product modulators), ribozymes, molecular imprinted polymers, RNAi, microRNA, dsRNA, siRNA, shRNA, vaccines, immunotherapeutics and gene therapy products; or an agent (including without limitation small molecule entities) that has a mechanism of action through interaction with or binding to the RIP140 protein (or a subunit thereof); and which have been identified by Licensee, Affiliate or Sublicensee as a direct result of the use of the Materials (or the use of an Improvement to the Materials licensed to Licensee or an activity that falls within a Valid Claim.
RIP140 means nuclear receptor interacting protein 140 also known as Nrip1 (nuclear receptor interacting protein 1); and /or a target protein for nuclear receptor interacting protein 140; and/or a complex of nuclear receptor interacting protein 140 and its target protein(s).
IPSCIO Record ID: 237254
Pursuant to the Unilateral Development and Commercialization agreement, Licensor grants with respect to each Unilateral Product, an exclusive, even as to Licensor and its Affiliates, worldwide right and license, with the right to sublicense, under the Licensor Technology, the Collaboration Technology and the Joint Technology to Exploit such Unilateral Products in the Territory.
The Collaboration is for the jointly research, develop and commercialize human antibodies against Licensee cancer targets.
IPSCIO Record ID: 249722
This agreement also contains non-exclusive grants for research.
Derivative Compounds means any analogs, homologs or isomers of a Designated Screening Compound, a Designated Shared Compound and/or an Independent Compound, as applicable. Designated Compounds means Designated Screening Compounds and Designated Shared Compounds.
Licensor Intellectual Property means, individually and collectively,
(a) all Inventions that are conceived, discovered, developed, generated, created, made or reduced to practice or tangible medium of expression solely by employees or consultants of Licensor at any time prior to the Effective Date, or after the Effective Date if such Inventions are not based upon or related to the performance of the Program;
(b) any tangible materials provided by Licensor to Licensee for use in the conduct of the Program, together with, where applicable, any analogs, derivatives, fragments, progeny, sub-cellular constituents or expression products thereof; and
( c) the NeoMorph Screening Library, ALIS and QSCD.
The term Licensor Intellectual Property, however, does not include any techniques, methodologies, know-how, information and data which is, as of the Effective Date, or later becomes, generally available to the public, other than such techniques, methodologies, know-how, information and data included in Licensor Patent Rights.
NeoMorph Screening Library means the entire collection of libraries consisting of mass-encoded small molecule organic compounds owned by Licensor and developed with NeoMorph Chemistry, comprising approximately ten million (10,000,000) different compounds.
ALIS means the Automated Ligand Identification System, an automated, ultra-high throughput ligand selection system proprietary to Licensor that is used to identify multiple classes of chemical ligands against a target protein.
QSCD means Quantized Surface Complimentary Diversity, a model proprietary to Licensor, pursuant to which discrete chemical compliments to the surfaces of a Target are defined.
IPSCIO Record ID: 237231
For the Gene Target License, with respect to each Gene Target for which Licensee has paid the appropriate fee
(a) Licensor grants a non-exclusive, worldwide license,without the right to sublicense, under the Patent Rights and Gene Target Know-How Controlled by Licensor, if any, to develop, make, have made, use, import, offer for sale and sell such Gene Target in the Field of Use; and (b) If Licensee has requested rights to such Gene Target in the Protein Product Field of Use and provided that Licensor has not previously granted an exclusive license or right to such Gene Target to a Third Party in the Protein Product Field of Use, Licensor grants an exclusive, worldwide license, with the right to sublicense, under the Patent Rights and Gene Target Know-How Controlled by Licensor, if any, to develop, make, have made, use, import,offer for sale and sell such Gene Target in the Protein Product Field of Use.
For the Option Right of First Negotiation, with respect to each Gene Target for which Licensee has paid the fee and Patent Rights and other proprietary rights have been exclusively licensed to Licensee, Licensor grants an exclusive right of first negotiation to obtain an exclusive, worldwide license, with the right to sublicense, under the Patent Rights and Gene Target Know-How Controlled by, if any, to develop, make, have made, use, import. offer for sale and sell such Gene Target as a Nucleic Acid Product or Diagnostic Product for all indications other than Heart failure, Skeletal muscle atrophy, and, Osteoarthritis.
Therapeutic Product shall mean any product for the prevention or treatment of any disease or disorder, in any dosage form or formulation by any route of administration, which product is or comprises a molecule, compound or other agent, regardless of its function or utility, which is discovered or whose utility is discovered utilizing, in whole or in part a Gene Target, whether or not in the course of the Research Program, or, a protein or peptide encoded by the full, partial or mutated RNA or DNA sequence corresponding to a Gene Target RNA or DNA sequence, which protein or peptide has been substantially modified, and in each case excluding any Nucleic Acid Diagnostic Product or Protein Product.
IPSCIO Record ID: 315858
CNS means the human central nervous system.
Vaccine Product means a Vaccine that derives from a Validated Vaccine Candidate.
Validated Vaccine Candidate means a biological molecule that (a) is (i) a Protein encoded by a Candidate Gene, (ii) another Protein, the identification or development of which is based upon the identification of a Candidate Gene, or (iii) a Gene Therapy Drug, the identification or development of which is based upon the identification of a Candidate Gene, and (b) is suitable for development as a Vaccine. The determination that such biological molecule has achieved the status of a Validated Vaccine Candidate shall be made in good faith by Vaccine Management Team on the basis of objective criteria to be set forth in the Research Program Plan with respect to such biological molecule.
Modified Drug means a compound, the identification of which is based upon another compound that (a) other than through the use of Licensor Program Know-How or Licensor Program Patent Rights, prior to or outside of the Licensor Research Program, is known to Licensee to have pharmacological properties of relevance to its development as a therapeutic product in the CNS Disorders Field, and (b) is modified by Licensee or Licensor through the use of Licensor Program Know-How or Licensor Program Patent Rights to prove its therapeutic properties (but not merely to characterize the compound) for use in the CNS Disorders Field.
License Program Patent Right(s) means a Patent Right that relates to Licensor Program Know-How.
Licensor Program Know-How means Know-How, exclusive of Joint Program Know-How, owned or controlled by Licensor which is reasonably necessary in order to discover Candidate Genes, Validated Targets and Validated Vaccine Candidates and to discover, develop, make, use, sell or seek approval to market Products for medical indications in the Core Field, and which (a) is in Licensor possession on the Effective Date, or (b) Licensor develops in the course of the Licensor Research Program, or (c) Licensor acquires in the course of the Licensor Research Program and to which Licensor has the right to grant licenses or sublicenses without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with a third party, provided, however, that Licensor Program Know-How shall not include (i) generalized methods for conducting genomic research and characterizing the function of genes, including without limitation Licensor Rade Technology and other MTPT (as those terms are defined in the TPT Access and License Agreement), and (ii) phenotypic and genotypic information and biological samples relating to human materials acquired or otherwise accessed by Licensor and used in genetic analysis in the Licensor Research Program (other than such information and samples which Licensee participates in obtaining, including information and samples specifically obtained from the Licensee patient base).
Core Field means the disorders set forth, as may be modified from time to time.
Psychosis including without limitation Schizophrenia and Drug-induced psychosis.
Affective Disorders including without limitation Bipolar (manic) depression, generalized (unipolar, major, common) depression hyperthymia/dysthymia, obsessive compulsive disorders, generalized anxiety, panic disorders, serotonin disorders syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorders, circadian rhythm disorders and pre-menstrual syndrome.
Expansion Field means the disorders set forth, as may be modified from time to time.
ALS, Childhood Autism, Conduct Disorders, Disorders of Vision, Hearing Loss, Hereditary Ataxias, Headache/Migraine, Hereditary Neuropathies, Huntingtons Disease, Learning Disorders, Chronic Fatique Syndrome, Pain, Parkinsons Disease and Sleep Disorders.
Reserve Field means the disorders set forth, as may be modified from time to time.
Dementias, Seizure Disorders, CNS Stroke/Trauma and Substance Abuse.
IPSCIO Record ID: 211864
GEMS (Gene Expression Modulation by Small-Molecules) is a novel drug discovery platform technology which enables identification of compounds that target the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.
GEMS-UTR (Gene Expression Modulation by Small-Molecules Untranslated Region) is a proprietary screening technology for the identification of small molecules that modulate gene expression by targeting the post-transcriptional control processes that act through the UTRs of mRNA molecules.
The Licensed Product shall mean any Product which incorporates a Collaboration Compound as an active ingredient. The Collaboration Compound shall mean, on a Target-specific basis, a chemical compound that is synthesized or identified by the Parties, and any metabolites, prodrugs, solvates, including without limitation hydrates, analogs, esters, salts, derivatives, stereoisomers, racemates, tautomers and polymorphs of such chemical compound which are determined to be Active. Collaboration Compound shall include any of a Hit, a Research Compound, a Lead Compound or an IND Candidate.
This agreement pertains to drug discovery.
IPSCIO Record ID: 248305
8,097,710 – Gene silencing
8,258,285 – RNA molecules and vectors for gene silencing
8,263,569 – Gene silencing
8,299,235 – RNA molecules and vectors for gene silencing
8,349,607 – Gene silencing
SRM shall mean a short RNA molecule or molecules nominated by Licensee hereof. Such SRM will be designed to target and modify the expression of a human gene or genes, where such human gene or genes may be any genes selected from across the human genome and may contain a single short RNA molecule or the combination of rwo such short RNA molecules. Such SRM may comprise an SRM series to provide for lead drug candidate and back-up drug candidate (including different formulations, siRNA sequences or siRNA modifications) addressing the same human gene target. Without limitation to the foregoing and for purposes of clarity, an SRM may comprise short RNA molecules designed to target a combination of two (but no more than two) separate gene targets in the human genome.
IPSCIO Record ID: 240467
Restricted Targets.
With Respect to Returned QTs, Licensor grants a non-exclusive license in the Territory, under Licensors rights to Licensor Know-How and Patent Rights, to research, develop, make and use the Returned QTs and Configured Assays that embody or are based on such Returned QTs, to the extent necessary to discover or develop Licensee Royalty Products, and make, have made, import, use, have used, offer for sale, sell and have sold, in the Field, Licensee Royalty Products that are discovered or developed through the use of Returned QTs, subject, in the case of both, to any applicable field restrictions in the case of any Restricted Targets.
Cell-Based Assay means a Licensee Configured Assay that uses a QT incorporated in a cell or presented on the surface of a cell, as distinct from a biochemical assay in which the QT is assayed in a cell-free context.
Qualified Target or QT means a target for Small Molecule drug discovery identified or developed in the course of the Target Discovery Program that has all of the following characteristics
– is a Druggable Target that is a complete coding sequence of a human gene;
– has a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis;
– is either a Novel Protein, or fill Unrecognized Protein, or a Druggable Target that is otherwise approved by the Licensee Program Director as a Qualified Target; and
– the use of such target in the manner contemplated in the Research Plan would not, at the time of its identification or annotation in the Target Discovery Program, infringe one or more claims of an issued patent in the country in which such use of the target is expected to occur, unless such target is otherwise approved by the Licensee Program Director.
Non-Exclusive QT means a QT that has a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis in both a CFA and Non-CFA and that is designated by Licensor as a Non-Exclusive QT within seven (7) business days after such QT is entered into the QT Pool and a Licensor-Designated NonCFA means one Non-CFA that is associated, on the basis of a Disease/Therapeutic Hypothesis, with a QT, as designated by Licensor at the time such QT is designated a Non-Exclusive QT by Millennium.
'COLLABORATIVE FOCUS AREA' means one or more of the following human diseases and/or conditions (a) osteoporosis; (b) liver fibrosis; (c) hematological diseases and/or conditions (not including diseases and/or conditions excluded under subsections (d) and (e) below); (d) oncology, including, but not limited to, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and colon cancer, but excluding prostate cancer; (e) cardiovascular diseases and/or conditions, including, but not limited to, arrhythmia, abnormal hemodynamics, and hypertension, PROVIDED THAT the following diseases and/or conditions shall not be included (i) atherosclerosis (including the related diseases of thrombosis and restenosis); (ii) excessive clotting, and (iii) cardiomyopathy of any origin. (f) pain (including all therapies for relieving pain as distinct from curing or treating the underlying diseases or conditions that cause pain); and (g) viral diseases.
IPSCIO Record ID: 245901
Compound means any native, mutated, or chimeric protein or peptide therapeutic that directly modulates a Target (a 'Target Modulator') and was identified, and such modulation confirmed, by Licensor or Licensee in the performance of the Research Collaboration. For clarity and purposes of this Agreement, antibodies, antibody fragments, chemical compounds, antisense therapeutics, RNA and DNA therapeutics are not Compounds or Target Modulators.
Collaboration Intellectual Property means Collaboration Know-How and Collaboration Patent Rights.
IPSCIO Record ID: 203296
Licensor is a biopharmaceutical company which is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecules which target post-transcriptional control of protein expression, and which owns certain proprietary technologies for developing small molecule drugs by targeting such post transcriptional control mechanisms, including GEMS.
GEMS (Gene Expression Modulation by Small-Molecules) is a novel drug discovery platform technology which enables identification of compounds that target the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.
Gene Expression Modulation by Small-molecules (GEMS) is PTC’s novel and proprietary screening technology for the identification of small-molecules that modulate post-transcriptional control mechanisms. Compounds identified through the GEMS technology modulate gene expression by targeting the post-transcriptional control processes that act through the untranslated regions (UTRs) of messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules.
Parties wish to collaborate on specific therapeutic targets with a focus on cardiovascular, metabolic and addictive diseases, and the discovery of clinical candidate small molecules which act upon such targets.
This agreement pertains to drug discovery.
