Confidential Materials omitted and
filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Asterisks denote
omissions.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
STRATEGIC COLLABORATION AND
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This
Amended and Restated Strategic Collaboration and License Agreement
(the “Agreement”) is executed this April 28, 2009
(the “Restatement Date”), between Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., a
Delaware corporation having an address at 1896 Rutherford Road,
Carlsbad, CA 92008 (“Isis”) and A lnylam P harmaceuticals , I nc ., a Delaware corporation
having an address at 300 Third Street, Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
02142 (together with its wholly owned subsidiaries Alnylam U.S.,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Alnylam Europe AG, a company
organized under the laws of Germany, “Alnylam”). Isis
and Alnylam may be referred to herein as the “Parties,”
or each individually as a “Party.”
Isis
is the leader in RNA-based drug discovery, has created technology,
intellectual property, expertise, facilities and resources to
discover and develop oligonucleotide drugs;
Alnylam
is the leader in RNAi therapeutics, has developed and acquired
intellectual property, expertise and technology in RNAi
therapeutics, and is conducting research, drug discovery and
development focused on Double Stranded RNA drugs;
Isis
and Alnylam desire to create a long-term strategic relationship
that will enhance the positions of both companies in RNA-based drug
discovery;
Isis
will continue to pursue RNA-based drug discovery technology very
broadly including all potential mechanisms of action. Isis will
work with Alnylam as Isis’ primary means of participating in
the potential value of Double Stranded RNA Products, and will not
enter into any collaborations with Third Parties the primary
purpose of which is to discover Double Stranded RNA
Products;
Alnylam
will focus on RNAi therapeutics and the use of Double Stranded
RNA;
Isis
and Alnylam are parties to the Strategic Collaboration and License
Agreement dated March 11, 2004 (as amended to date, the
“Original Agreement”); and
Isis
and Alnylam now wish to amend and restate the Original Agreement
primarily to expand the Original Agreement by providing each other
exclusive licenses to research, develop and commercialize Single
Stranded RNAi Products for a limited pool of gene targets, and
co-exclusivity in the field of Single Stranded RNAi
Compounds.
The objectives of
the strategic relationship are to:
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DEFINITIONS; AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT
1.1
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined elsewhere herein have
the meanings set forth in Exhibit 1.1.
1.2
Effective as of the Restatement Date, this Agreement restates and
supersedes the Original Agreement as amended through the
Restatement Date. The terms and conditions of the Original
Agreement shall apply for the period from the Effective Date until
the Restatement Date unless otherwise provided by this
Agreement.
2.1 In
connection with the Original Agreement, Isis purchased from Alnylam
1,666,667 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, at $6.00 per
share (i.e., at an aggregate purchase price of
$10,000,002).
MANUFACTURING SERVICES
RELATIONSHIP
3.1
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS;
PROTECTED TARGETS
4.1
Research Management Committee .
(a) To promote the success of the collaboration objectives
and RNAi technology, the Parties will establish a Research
Management Committee (“RMC”), which will be comprised
of equal numbers of representatives of each of the Parties and will
meet at least twice per calendar year, alternating venues between
the vicinities of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Carlsbad,
California, to share scientific direction and data, to coordinate
basic research experiments, and to facilitate the guiding
principles of the collaboration.
(b) Intellectual property representatives of each Party will
be invited to participate in RMC meetings and such meetings will
provide a forum to discuss patent prosecution and enforcement
issues and to allocate responsibility for the filing and
prosecution of any Joint Patents.
(c) Through the RMC, the Parties will update one another
regarding the progress of the Research Program (as defined below),
including a summary of the work
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each Party has
performed thereunder; and regarding their respective Future
Chemistry and Motif and Mechanism Patents.
(d) The RMC will establish a written clearance policy that
will govern any publication or presentation by a Party in which
such Party proposes to include any previously undisclosed
information or intellectual property Controlled by the other
Party.
(e) The RMC and any subcommittees and working groups
established by the RMC will dissolve at the end of the Research
Term. Upon termination of the RMC, the Parties will agree upon a
strategy to make decisions about the items in Sections 4.1
(b), (c), and (d).
4.2
Single Stranded RNAi Collaboration . Subject to
Alnylam’s early termination right set forth in
Section 14.4, during the 3 year period following the
Restatement Date (the “Research Term”), the Parties
will collaborate in carrying out a research program focused on
Single Stranded RNAi Compounds (the “Research
Program”). The Parties may extend the Research Term by mutual
written agreement.
(a) Research Plan . The Research Program will be
carried out in accordance with a written research plan, including
without limitation the Budget (as defined below), which research
plan shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties (the
“Research Plan”). The initial outline of the Research
Plan agreed to by the Parties as of the Restatement Date is hereby
incorporated into this Agreement by reference and is made a part of
this Agreement; provided , within [**] days of the
Restatement Date, the Parties will complete and agree in writing on
an initial Research Plan, including without limitation an initial
Budget, which is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by
reference and is made a part of this Agreement. The purpose of the
Research Plan is to detail the responsibilities and activities of
Isis and Alnylam with respect to carrying out the Research Program.
The Research Plan will include a description of the specific
activities to be performed by the Parties in support of the
Research Program, the allocation of Isis FTEs and Alnylam FTEs to
perform such activities, projected timelines for completion of such
activities, and an applicable budget (the “Budget”).
The Budget for the Research Program must be mutually agreed by the
Parties and will be at least $3,000,000 per year during the
Research Term, including without limitation budgeted costs of Isis
FTEs and Alnylam FTEs, and external costs. Beginning in 2010, at
least once during September of each year of the Research Term, the
RMC will review the Research Plan and will amend the Research Plan,
as may be necessary, from time to time. In addition, each Calendar
Quarter the RMC will review the progress of the work under the
Research Plan, including spending against the Budget, and recommend
adjustments to the Budget as necessary to support the Research
Plan. The Research Plan, including without limitation any Budget,
may only be amended with the written approval of the RMC. If the
activities contemplated by the Research Plan at any time do not
justify the number of Isis FTEs allocated to the Research Program,
the Parties will work in good faith to mutually agree to modify the
scope of the Research Plan or adjust the number of Alnylam funded
FTEs and related Budget; provided that the minimum Budget
for the Research Plan shall be as set forth in this
Section 4.2(a). For clarity, Alnylam shall not be required to
agree to any Budget which exceeds $3,000,000 per year.
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(b) Research Staffing . Subject to Alnylam’s
obligations under Section 4.2(c), the Research Plan will
provide for (and Isis will supply) a minimum of [**] Isis FTEs per
year during the initial two-year period of the Research Term to
perform activities in support of the Research Program and a minimum
of [**] Isis FTEs during the third year of the Research Program.
Each Party will supply the number of FTEs the Research Plan
specifies that such Party will supply, and will conduct the
Research Program diligently and in good scientific manner, and in
compliance with all applicable good laboratory practices, and
applicable legal requirements, to attempt to achieve efficiently
and expeditiously the objectives of the Research Program. Each
Party will comply with all Applicable Laws, in the performance of
work under this Agreement.
(c) Research Funding . Alnylam will fund 100% of the
costs of conducting the Research Program in accordance with the
Research Plan (collectively, the “Research Costs”) to
the extent that such Research Costs are incurred under the Budget,
including without limitation FTEs (whether employed by Isis or
Alnylam) plus any out-of-pocket expenses specified in the Research
Plan. By [**], 2009 with respect to the second Calendar Quarter of
2009 and thereafter within [**] Days following [**] each Calendar
Quarter, Alnylam will pay Isis [**] for the Alnylam-funded Isis
FTEs assigned to the Research Program for such Calendar Quarter (a
prorated amount shall be payable for any portion of a Calendar
Quarter). With respect to any work to be performed in support of
the Research Program during the [**] days following the Restatement
Date, if the Parties have not agreed on an initial Research Plan,
then Alnylam will make [**] payments for such work based on [**]
Isis FTEs. No later than [**] days following the end of each
Calendar Quarter, Isis will provide Alnylam with a report of the
number of FTEs actually assigned to the Research Program with a
summary of the FTEs who performed under the Research Program
(“Actual FTE Costs”) and a reasonably detailed
accounting of all other Research Costs actually incurred by Isis
during such Calendar Quarter (“Actual External Costs”).
Alnylam shall not be responsible for any Research Costs incurred by
Isis that exceed the [**] amount in the Budget for the work
specified in the Research Plan to be conducted by Isis
(“Excess Amount”), unless the RMC approves an amendment
to the Budget to include such Excess Amount. Similarly,
(i) Alnylam will promptly provide Isis a summary of the
Alnylam FTEs who performed under the Research Program for a given
Calendar Quarter and a reasonably detailed accounting of all other
Research Costs actually incurred by Alnylam during such Calendar
Quarter, and (ii) Research Costs incurred by Alnylam that
exceed the total amount in the Budget for the work specified in the
Research Plan to be conducted by Alnylam will not reduce the
amounts committed in the Budget to fund Isis’ Research Costs.
In addition, upon reasonable request, each Party shall provide the
other Party with reasonable documentation of Research Costs
incurred by such Party during the Research Term and shall grant the
other Party reasonable audit rights consistent with the terms set
forth in Section 9.3 in connection with such Research
Costs.
(d) Materials Transfer . In order to facilitate the
Research Program, either Party may provide to the other Party
certain materials for use by the other Party in furtherance of the
Research Program. All such materials shall be used by the receiving
Party in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
solely for purposes of performing its rights and obligations under
this Agreement and the Research Plan, and the receiving Party shall
not transfer such materials to any Third Party unless
expressly
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contemplated by
this Agreement or the Research Plan, or upon the written consent of
the supplying Party.
4.3
Enabled Targets for Single Stranded RNAi.
(a) Enabled Targets . Each Party will have a pool
(with respect to either Party, an “Enabled Target
Pool”; with respect to Isis, the “Isis Enabled Target
Pool”; and, with respect to Alnylam, the “Alnylam
Enabled Target Pool”) each containing [**] slots for which
such Party can designate certain Gene Targets against which such
Party intends to research, develop and commercialize a
Single-Stranded RNAi Product (each such slot, an “Enabled
Target Slot” and any Gene Target occupying such a slot, an
“Enabled Target”); provided, however , that,
each time a Party (the “Advancing Party”) designates as
a Development Candidate a Single Stranded RNAi Product Designed for
one of such Advancing Party’s Enabled Targets, then
(i) such Enabled Target will be considered to have graduated
from the Advancing Party’s Enabled Target Pool (a
“Graduated Enabled Target”), (ii) the Advancing
Party will be permitted to designate a new Enabled Target to fill
the open Enabled Target Slot in the Advancing Party’s Enabled
Target Pool, and (iii) so long as the Advancing Party
continues to maintain an Active Program for the applicable Single
Stranded RNAi Product Designed for the Graduated Enabled Target,
such Graduated Enabled Target will remain an Enabled Target of such
Advancing Party hereunder. For purposes of clarity, except as set
forth in Sections 5.1(g)(i), 5.1(h)(i), 5.5, 6.6, 6.1(h)(i)
and 6.1(i)(i), as applicable, neither Party may research, develop
or commercialize a Single Stranded RNAi Product other than a Single
Stranded RNAi Product Designed for one of such Party’s
Enabled Targets.
(b) Designating Enabled Targets . Within thirty
(30) days following completion of [**], the Parties will begin
the process set forth below for selecting Enabled Targets for
inclusion in each Party’s Enabled Target Pool. For clarity,
at no time may either Party designate a Gene Target which is in the
other Party’s Enabled Target Pool. Except as set forth in
Section 4.3(e) below, the Parties will designate Enabled Targets by
taking alternating turns (each Party’s designation of a new
Gene Target (a “Pick”) or affirmative election not to
designate an Enabled Target (a “Pass”) shall be
considered a “Turn”; and each round in which Isis and
Alnylam have each Picked or Passed once shall be considered a
“Round”) in one or more Rounds, as necessary. For each
Turn, a Party shall either Pick or Pass within five
(5) Business Days (it being understood that if a Party does
not provide affirmative notice of a Pick or Pass within such five
(5) Business Day-period, then such Party shall be deemed to
have “Passed” in such Turn). The Parties will complete
Rounds until the Parties have either (i) both filled all of
their respective Enabled Target Slots, or (ii) both elected to
Pass in the same Round, thereby completing a Round (such point
being the end of a “Selection Session”, which Selection
Session includes all of the Rounds completed since the end of the
last Selection Session (or, in the case of the first Selection
Session, all prior Rounds)). For purposes of clarity, either Party
may, prior to Picking or Passing in such Party’s Turn in any
ongoing Round, remove any existing Gene Target(s) on its Enabled
Target List in accordance with Section 4.3(d) and use its Pick
in such Turn to Pick a different Gene Target as an Enabled Target
on its Enabled Target List, subject to the [**] Enabled Target Slot
limitation. Either Party may initiate a new Selection Session at
any time by providing written notice to the other Party (such new
Selection Session to begin on the
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Day following the 30 th day following such notice). For each new
Selection Session, the Party who gets to take the first Turn in the
First Round will be determined in accordance with
Section 4.3(c) below.
(c) Determining First Turn . Alnylam will take the
first Turn in the first Round of the first Selection Session.
Thereafter:
(i) If, immediately prior to the start of a Selection
Session, one Party (the “Lopsided Party”) has fewer
Enabled Targets in its Enabled Target Pool than the number of
Enabled Targets the other Party has in such other Party’s
Enabled Target Pool, then the Lopsided Party will take the first
Turn in the First Round. In such event (1) in each Turn the
Lopsided Party makes a [**] that is not a [**] the other Party [**]
until both Parties have an [**] in their respective Enabled Target
Pools (and then subsequent Rounds in the Selection Session will
continue in accordance with Section 4.3(c)(iii) below with the
other Party getting the first Pick in the first such subsequent
Round); and (2) if the Lopsided Party [**] or [**] in a Turn,
the other Party may Pick or Pass (and then any subsequent Rounds in
the Selection Session will continue in accordance with Section
4.3(c)(iii) below).
(ii) If there is no Lopsided Party immediately prior
to the start of a Selection Session, then the Party who was
not the last Party to Pass in the prior Selection Session
shall be the first Party to take the first Turn in the first Round
of such new Selection Session (and then any subsequent Rounds in
the Selection Session will continue in accordance with
Section 4.3(c)(iii) below).
(iii) For any subsequent Rounds in a Selection
Session, the Party who was not the first Party to take a
Turn in the most previous Round will have the first Turn in the
next Round.
(iv) The Parties have attached as
Exhibit 4.3(c)(iv) examples of how the Parties intend this
Section 4.3(c) to operate.
(d) Removing Enabled Targets . From time to time
after the Restatement Date (except during the 30-day period
immediately preceding a Selection Session or when a Lopsided Party
is taking Turns under Section 4.3(c)(i)), each Party may
remove a Gene Target from its Enabled Target Pool upon written
notice to the other Party (which removal will create an open
Enabled Target Slot). In addition, on an Enabled Target-by-Enabled
Target basis, if the applicable Party has not designated a
Development Candidate comprising a Single Stranded RNAi Product
Designed for the applicable Enabled Target before the [**] year
anniversary of the date such Party added the applicable Enabled
Target to such Party’s Enabled Target Pool, then such Gene
Target will be automatically removed from such Party’s
Enabled Target Pool. Once a Party removes a Gene Target from its
Enabled Target Pool (whether voluntarily or by operation of this
Section 4.3(d)), such Gene Target shall no longer be deemed an
Enabled Target hereunder and the removing Party will be prevented
from later adding such Gene Target to its Enabled Target Pool until
[**] months have passed from the date such Gene Target was
removed.
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(e) Isis Protected Targets . Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Alnylam may not designate as one of Alnylam’s
Enabled Targets any of the Gene Targets identified as an Isis
Protected Target in the letter Isis issued to Alnylam on the
Restatement Date (collectively, the “Isis Protected
Targets”).
(i) With respect to any Isis Protected Target Isis
identified as an Isis Protected Target on the Restatement Date due
to a contractual restriction that prevents or otherwise restricts
Isis’ ability to grant a license to Alnylam under
Sections 5.1(g) and 5.1(h) (each an “Isis Partnered
Excluded Target”), (1) Isis shall list in the
above-reference letter such Isis Partnered Excluded Targets
separately such that they are clearly distinguished from other Isis
Protected Targets, (2) Isis shall diligently enforce the relevant
terms governing Isis’ rights to clear any contractual
restrictions on such Isis Partnered Excluded Target, (3) once
a particular contractual restriction clears or expires on such Isis
Partnered Excluded Target, such Gene Target will no longer be
considered an Isis Protected Target, such that Alnylam may then
designate such Gene Target as one of its Enabled Targets in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (4) when
practical (but at least every [**] months), Isis shall update the
list of Isis Protected Targets to remove Gene Targets that are no
longer Isis Partnered Excluded Targets.
(ii) For purposes of clarity, except as permitted
under Sections 6.1(h)(i) and 6.1(i)(i), Isis may not research,
develop or commercialize a Single-Stranded RNAi Product Designed
for any Isis Protected Target unless such Isis Protected Target is
designated as an Enabled Target by Isis pursuant to
Section 4.3(b) above or the remainder of this
Section 4.3(e)(ii). Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 4.3 to the contrary, with respect to any Isis
Partnered Excluded Target for which the applicable contractual
restriction has cleared or expired (each, a “Cleared
Target”) (A) Isis shall not have the right to designate
such a Cleared Target as one of its Enabled Targets until Isis has
provided written notice to Alnylam of such clearance (as part of
the regular updates contemplated in Section 4.3(e)(i) above or
otherwise) (such notice, a “Clearance Notice”), and (B)
in the first Selection Session following Alnylam’s Receipt of
the applicable Clearance Notice with respect to a particular
Cleared Target, Isis may not Pick such Cleared Target as one of its
Enabled Targets until and unless Alnylam has had a full Turn in
such Selection Session in which it could Pick such Cleared Target
as one of its Enabled Targets and does not elect to Pick such
Cleared Target. For example, if two Gene Targets become Cleared
Targets (and Alnylam receives a Clearance Notice related thereto)
immediately prior to the start of a Selection Session and Isis has
the first Turn, (1) Isis may not Pick either such Cleared
Target in its first Turn, (2) in Alnylam’s next Turn,
Alnylam could Pick either such Cleared Target, and (3) once
Alnylam opts to Pick a Gene Target (whether or not such Pick was
for one of the two Cleared Targets) or Pass, Isis may then pick
either of the remaining two such Cleared Targets that it was
prohibited from Picking in its previous Turn.
(f) Confidentiality . The fact that a Party has
designated or removed a particular Gene Target within its Enabled
Target Pool is Confidential Information of such Party, subject to
the provisions of Article 12. Neither Party shall disclose
such Confidential Information of the other Party to any Third
Party, including its Third Party collaborators, or use such
Confidential Information of the other Party to guide its own (or
its Third Party collaborators’) decisions to pursue
particular Gene Targets, but either
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Party can use
such Confidential Information to decline a Third Party’s
request for a license to such Gene Target. The Isis Protected
Targets are Isis’ Confidential Information.
(g) Review Designating Process . The Parties agree
that on or about the three year anniversary of the Restatement
Date, if either Party deems appropriate, the Parties will, in good
faith, review the process for designating Enabled Targets for the
purposes of improving the process for the mutual benefit of both
Parties, and if necessary, amend this Section 4.3, to effect
such improvements; provided, however, that either Party shall have
the right to refuse any such changes in its sole
discretion.
LICENSES GRANTED BY ISIS TO
ALNYLAM; AND
CO-EXCLUSIVITY COVENANT
5.1
License Grants . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, the restrictions set
forth in Section 5.3, Isis grants Alnylam the following
licenses:
(a) Under Isis Current Motif and Mechanism Patents and Isis
Current Chemistry Patents, a license to research, develop, make,
have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell Double Stranded RNA
and Double Stranded RNA Products.
(b) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, under Isis
Future Motif and Mechanism Patents, Isis Future Chemistry Patents
and Isis’ rights in Joint Patents, a license to research,
develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell
Double Stranded RNA and Double Stranded RNA Products.
(c) Under the Isis Current Motif and Mechanism Patents and
Isis Current Chemistry Patents, a license to research, develop,
make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell MicroRNA
Products.
(d) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, under the
Isis Future Motif and Mechanism Patents and Isis Future Chemistry
Patents, a license to research, develop, make, have made, use,
import, offer to sell and sell MicroRNA Products.
(e) A royalty-free, fully paid, license to practice any
Know-How disclosed to Alnylam during the performance of this
Agreement, subject to the non-disclosure but not the non-use
provisions contained in Article 12.
(f) A fully paid, royalty-free license under Isis
Manufacturing Patents to research, develop, make, have made, use
and import Alnylam Products for Research Use.
(g) Under the Isis Current Motif and Mechanism Patents and
Isis Current Chemistry Patents, a license to (i) research,
develop, make, have made, use and import Single Stranded RNAi
Compounds and Single Stranded RNAi Products for Research
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Use, and
(ii) research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to
sell and sell Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Products.
(h) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, under Isis
Future Motif and Mechanism Patents, Isis Future Chemistry Patents
and Isis’ rights in Joint Patents, a license to
(i) research, develop, make, have made, use and import Single
Stranded RNAi Compounds and Single Stranded RNAi Products for
Research Use, and (ii) research, develop, make, have made,
use, import, offer to sell and sell Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi
Products.
(i) Under Isis’ rights in Research Program Patents, a
royalty-free license for any and all purposes, except to
research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to sell or
sell any (1) oligonucleotides (or chemically modified
oligonucleotide analogs) designed to work via the RNase H 1 or 2
mechanism (including any oligonucleotide which has [**]),
(2) Double Stranded RNA Products, (3) MicroRNA Products,
(4) Single Stranded RNAi Products, or (5) Isis Single
Stranded Products.
5.2
License Exclusivity, Territory and Sublicenses .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including the restrictions set forth in Section 5.3, the
licenses from Isis to Alnylam granted in Sections 5.1(a) and
(b) are worldwide and co-exclusive (with Isis), with the
exclusive right to grant Naked Sublicenses; the licenses from Isis
to Alnylam granted in Sections 5.1 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)(i),
(h)(i) and (i) are worldwide and nonexclusive; and the licenses
from Isis to Alnylam granted in Sections 5.1 (g)(ii) and
(h)(ii) are worldwide and exclusive. Alnylam is not permitted to
grant sublicenses under the licenses granted in
Sections 5.1(a) through 5.1(e), except that Alnylam is
permitted to grant (i) sublicenses in connection with a Bona
Fide Drug Discovery Collaboration, (ii) sublicenses in
connection with a Development Collaboration, (iii) Naked
Sublicenses and (iv) sublicenses under the license granted in
Section 5.1(e) in connection with the discovery, development
or commercialization of any product. Furthermore, Alnylam is not
permitted to grant sublicenses under the licenses granted in
Section 5.1(f). Alnylam may grant sublicenses under
Section 5.1(i), subject to Section 7.7.
(b) Alnylam may grant sublicenses under the licenses granted
in Sections 5.1(g) and 5.1(h) only to further the research,
development or commercialization of an Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi
Product that Alnylam has performed on its own (or with Isis under
the Research Plan) and [**] at least [**]% of the work to discover
and develop the Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Product through the
[**] (or a date that is earlier than the [**] if requested by
Alnylam and approved in writing by Isis, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld).
(c) Alnylam cannot sublicense its right to grant Naked
Sublicenses under this Agreement except that Alnylam may permit its
sublicensees to grant further sublicenses in connection with a
sublicense to further the research, development or
commercialization of an Alnylam Product.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Alnylam
acknowledged and permits the license Isis granted [**], as amended
through the Restatement Date, that granted [**] a nonexclusive
license under Isis Current Motif and Mechanism Patents and Isis
Current Chemistry Patents for the manufacture and sale of
chemically modified oligonucleotides for [**] only and
(ii) Isis may continue to grant licenses to Third Parties for
the purpose of manufacturing and selling oligonucleotides;
provided that , to the extent such licenses cover
Double Stranded RNA or Single Stranded RNAi Compounds, Isis will
restrict such licenses to [**].
5.3
Limitations on Licenses .
(a) The licenses granted under Section 5.1 above are
not intended to grant any rights to Alnylam to practice the Isis
Excluded Technology. If Alnylam wishes to license any Isis Excluded
Technology for which Isis has the right to grant a license or
sublicense, Isis will negotiate in good faith an appropriate
license.
(b) Notwithstanding the licenses granted to Alnylam under
Section 5.1, Isis retains its rights in the Isis Patent Rights
and in the Joint Patents (i) exclusively for the Isis Reserved
DS-Targets, and (ii) exclusively for the Isis Encumbered
Targets. Once a particular contractual restriction expires on an
Isis Encumbered Target, Alnylam’s licenses under
Section 5.1 will no longer be limited under this
Section 5.3(b) for such target and such target shall no longer
be an Isis Encumbered Target. Isis will update the [**] (as defined
in the letter agreement dated March 9, 2004 between Alnylam and
Isis) provided to Alnylam prior to the Effective Date and
subsequent [**] provided to Alnylam from time to time to remove
targets that are no longer Isis Encumbered Targets promptly upon
receipt of a written request from Alnylam to update such [**], but
will not be required to update such [**] more frequently than [**]
a calendar quarter. In addition, the licenses granted by Isis to
Alnylam under each of Sections 5.1(g)(i) and 5.1(h)(i) do not
include the right to research, develop, make, have made, use, or
import Single Stranded Compounds or Single Stranded RNAi Products,
in each case that are Designed for Isis’ Enabled Targets or
the Isis Protected Targets.
(c) Licenses to Isis Patent Rights that are joint patents
with Third Parties (i.e., invented by one or more Isis inventors
and one or more non-Isis inventors) are licensed subject to the
retained rights of any non-Isis inventors and their assignees and
licensees. Any such retained rights of non-Isis inventors and their
assignees and licensees existing as of the Restatement Date are set
forth in Exhibit 5.3(c) attached hereto.
(d) Licenses to Isis Patent Rights that are subject to
contractual obligations between Isis and Third Parties in effect as
of the Restatement Date are licensed subject to the restrictions
and other terms described in Exhibit 5.3(d) attached hereto.
Alnylam hereby agrees to comply, and to cause its sublicensees to
comply, with such restrictions and other terms.
5.4
Alnylam Covenant Regarding Sublicensing of Isis Patent
Rights . Alnylam shall use good faith efforts to include
sublicenses under the licenses under the Isis Patent Rights granted
to Alnylam in Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) in any Third Party
collaboration
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or license
agreement in which Alnylam grants rights to develop and
commercialize Double Stranded RNA Products, unless the technology
covered by such licensed Isis Patent Rights would not reasonably be
expected to advance the goals of such Third Party collaboration or
license relationship.
5.5
Isis Covenant to Alnylam Regarding Co-Exclusivity for Single
Stranded RNAi Products . Isis hereby covenants to Alnylam,
that, after the Restatement Date, Isis will not itself, and will
not grant to a Third Party a license under the Isis Current Motif
and Mechanism Patents, Isis Current Chemistry Patents, Isis Future
Motif and Mechanism Patents, Isis Future Chemistry Patents, the
Co-Exclusive ssRNAi Patents, and/or Isis’ rights in any Joint
Patents or Research Program Patents to, research, develop, make,
have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell Single Stranded RNAi
Compounds or Single Stranded RNAi Products, except Isis may
(i) research, develop, make, have made, use and import Single
Stranded RNAi Compounds or Single Stranded RNAi Products for [**],
(ii) grant a license to Controlled Contractors to support work
under the Research Plan, (iii) grant a license to further the
research, development or commercialization of an Isis Single
Stranded Product, (iv) grant a license to further the
research, development or commercialization of an Isis Single
Stranded RNAi Product solely in conjunction with a permitted
sublicense by Isis under Section 6.3; and (v) continue to
grant licenses to Third Parties for the purpose of manufacturing
and selling oligonucleotides; provided that , to the extent
such licenses cover Single Stranded RNAi Compounds, Isis will
restrict such licenses to [**]. For purposes of clarity, this
Section 5.5 will not preclude Isis from (A) itself using
the [**], or (B) granting any Third Party a license under the
[**].
LICENSES GRANTED BY ALNYLAM TO
ISIS; AND
CO-EXCLUSIVITY COVENANT
6.1
License Grants . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, the restrictions set
forth in Section 6.5, Alnylam grants Isis the following
licenses:
(a) A fully-paid, royalty-free, nonexclusive license under
Alnylam Current Motif and Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Current
Chemistry Patents to research, develop, make, have made, use and
import Isis Products other than Isis Single Stranded RNAi Products
for Research Use.
(b) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, a fully paid,
royalty-free nonexclusive license under Alnylam Future Motif and
Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Future Chemistry Patents to research,
develop, make, have made, use and import Isis Products other than
Isis Single Stranded RNAi Products for Research Use.
(c) A nonexclusive license under Alnylam Current Motif and
Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents to
research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and
sell Isis Single Stranded Products.
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(d) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, a
nonexclusive license under Alnylam Future Motif and Mechanism
Patents and Alnylam Future Chemistry Patents to research, develop,
make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell Isis Single
Stranded Products.
(e) Under the Alnylam Current Motif and Mechanism Patents
and Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents, a nonexclusive license to
research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and
sell MicroRNA Products.
(f) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, under the
Alnylam Future Motif and Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Future
Chemistry Patents, a nonexclusive license to research, develop,
make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell MicroRNA
Products.
(g) A worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, nonexclusive
license to practice any Know-How disclosed to Isis during the
performance of this Agreement, subject to the non-disclosure but
not the non-use provisions contained in Article 12.
(h) A worldwide license under the Alnylam Current Motif and
Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents to
(i) research, develop, make, have made, use and import Single
Stranded RNAi Compounds and Single Stranded RNAi Products for
Research Use, and (ii) research, develop, make, have made,
use, import, offer to sell and sell Isis Single Stranded RNAi
Products. The license granted to Isis under the foregoing clause
(i) shall be non-exclusive, and the license granted to Isis
under the foregoing clause (ii) shall be exclusive.
(i) Subject to the terms of Section 11.8, a worldwide
license under Alnylam Future Motif and Mechanism Patents and
Alnylam Future Chemistry Patents to (i) research, develop,
make, have made, use and import Single Stranded RNAi Compounds and
Single Stranded RNAi Products for Research Use, and
(ii) research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer to
sell and sell Isis Single Stranded RNAi Products. The license
granted to Isis under the foregoing clause (i) shall be
non-exclusive, and the license granted to Isis under the foregoing
clause (ii) shall be exclusive.
(j) Under Alnylam’s rights in Research Program
Patents, a royalty-free license for any and all purposes,
except to research, develop, make, have made, use, import,
offer to sell or sell any (1) oligonucleotides (or chemically
modified oligonucleotide analogs) designed to work via the RNase H
1 or 2 mechanism (including any oligonucleotide which has [**]),
(2) Double Stranded RNA Products, (3) MicroRNA Products,
(4) Single Stranded RNAi Products, or (5) Isis Single
Stranded Product.
6.2
License Option . For each Gene Target in the Isis DS-Target
Pool (as further described below) Alnylam grants Isis an option to
obtain (on a Reserved DS-Target-by-Reserved DS-Target basis),
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including,
but not limited to, the restrictions set forth in Section 6.5,
a non-exclusive license under (i) Alnylam Current Motif and
Mechanism Patents and Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents and
(ii) subject to the terms of Section 11.8, Alnylam
Future
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Motif and
Mechanism Patents, Alnylam Future Chemistry Patents and
Alnylam’s rights in Joint Patents, to research, develop,
make, have made, use, import, offer for sale and sell Double
Stranded RNA Products that are Isis Products.
(a) This option will expire on a Reserved
DS-Target-by-Reserved DS-Target basis if Isis has not paid Alnylam
the option fee set forth in Section 8.1 below before the
earlier of (i) the [**] with respect to such Reserved
DS-Target, (ii) the [**] anniversary of the date such Reserved
DS-Target [**] or the [**] anniversary of the date such Reserved
DS-Target [**] with a Third Party and Isis is contractually able to
revoke such Third Party’s rights or (iii) the date [**]
with respect to such Reserved DS-Target.
(b) For any Reserved DS-Target for which Isis obtains a
license from Alnylam under this Section 6.2, Isis will use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts (either on its own or in an
Antisense Drug Discovery Program or Development Collaboration) to
develop and commercialize Double Stranded RNA Products that
modulate such Reserved DS-Target.
(a) With respect to any license granted by Alnylam pursuant
to Section 6.1(a), 6.1(b), or 6.2, Isis may only grant a
sublicense to a Third Party solely for (i) the purpose of
enabling such Third Party to collaborate with Isis in an Antisense
Drug Discovery Program, or (ii) to develop and commercialize
an Isis Product in a Development Collaboration. With respect to any
license granted by Alnylam pursuant to Section 6.1(c), 6.1(d),
6.1(e), 6.1(f), 6.1(g), Isis may grant a sublicense to a Third
Party in connection with the discovery, development or
commercialization of any product. Isis may grant sublicenses under
Section 6.1(j), subject to Section 8.5. With respect to
the licenses granted by Alnylam pursuant to Section 6.1(h) and
6.1(i), Isis may only grant a sublicense to a Third Party to
further the research, development or commercialization of an Isis
Single Stranded RNAi Product that Isis has performed on its own (or
with Alnylam under the Research Plan) and [**] at least [**]% of
the work to discover and develop the Isis Single Stranded RNAi
Product through the [**] (or a date that is earlier than the [**]
if requested by Isis and approved in writing by Alnylam, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, Isis may not enter into any drug discovery collaboration
the primary purpose of which is to discover Double Stranded RNA
Products and/or to develop Double Stranded RNA Products to any
point up to the [**].
(a) Reserved DS-Target Slots . On the Effective Date,
Isis will have a pool (the “Isis DS-Target Pool”)
containing up to [**] slots for which Isis can designate certain
Gene Targets solely for Antisense Drug Discovery Programs (each
such slot, a “DS-Target Slot” and any Gene Target
occupying such a slot, a “Reserved DS-Target”);
provided, however , that on January 1 of each year starting
with January 1, 2007, Isis will gain the right to purchase one
additional DS-Target Slot by paying Alnylam $[**] per
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each additional
DS-Target Slot. These rights are cumulative and, subject to
Section 17.2(c) do not expire during the License Term.
Furthermore, in the event that Isis pays the $[**] license option
fee for a Reserved DS-Target pursuant to Section 8.1, such
Reserved DS-Target will be considered to have graduated from the
Isis DS-Target Pool, and, subject to Section 6.4(e), Isis will
be permitted to designate a new Reserved DS-Target to fill the open
DS-Target Slot in the Isis DS-Target Pool. For purposes of clarity,
except as permitted under Sections 6.1(h)(i) and 6.1(i)(i),
Isis may not research, develop or commercialize Single Stranded
RNAi Products for a Reserved DS-Target unless such Reserved
DS-Target is designated as an Enabled Target by Isis pursuant to
Section 4.3(a) above.
(b) Initial Designations . The letter delivered by
Isis to Alnylam on the Restatement Date sets forth the Reserved
DS-Targets as of the Restatement Date.
(c) Removing/Adding DS-Targets . After the
Restatement Date and no more than once in any [**] period (a
“Target Reallocation Period”), Isis may do any of the
following:
(i) Remove
a Gene Target from the Isis DS-Target Pool (which, following such
removal will create an open DS-Target Slot); or
(ii) Add a
new Gene Target to any open DS-Target Slot (subject to the
procedures and provisions of Section 6.4(e).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.4(c), in any Target
Reallocation Period, Isis cannot remove a number of Reserved
DS-Targets that exceeds the number calculated by dividing the then
current number of DS-Target Slots by [**] and rounding down to the
nearest whole number. For the purpose of the limitation described
in the immediately preceding sentence, removing a Gene Target from
the Isis DS-Target Pool and then filling the open DS-Target Slot
created by such removal shall count as a single removal. Once Isis
removes a Gene Target from the Isis DS-Target Pool, Isis will be
prevented from later adding such Gene Target to the Isis DS-Target
Pool until [**] have passed from the date Isis removed such Gene
Target.
(d) New Target Request . When Isis wishes to add a
new Gene Target to occupy a vacant DS-Target Slot, it will provide
Alnylam with written notice (the “Request Notice”) of
the Gene Target it wishes to add (the “Proposed Reserved
DS-Target”). The Request Notice will include the gene name,
and the NCBI accession number or nucleic acid sequence for the
Proposed Reserved DS-Target.
(e) New Target Rejection/Approval . Within [**] of
receipt of the Request Notice, Alnylam will give Isis written
notice if any of the criteria set forth below applied to such
Proposed Reserved DS-Target at the time of Alnylam’s receipt
of the Request Notice. If, at such time, the Proposed Reserved
DS-Target is (i) subject to Alnylam’s own Active Program
[**], (ii) encumbered by a contractual obligation between Alnylam
and a Third Party that would preclude Alnylam from granting a
license under Section 6.2 with respect to the Proposed
Reserved DS-Target or (iii) the subject of Alnylam’s
good
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faith
negotiations to enter into a contractual obligation within the [**]
following receipt of the Request Notice with a Third Party (as
supported by a written request from such Third Party) that would
preclude Alnylam from granting a license under Section 6.2
with respect to the Proposed Reserved DS-Target, then the Proposed
Reserved DS-Target will be rejected and will not become a Reserved
DS-Target. If the Proposed Reserved DS-Target is not rejected under
this subsection (e), the Proposed Reserved DS-Target will become an
Isis Reserved DS-Target. Alnylam will promptly notify Isis in
writing if a rejected Proposed Reserved DS-Target later becomes
available to be designated as a Reserved DS-Target.
(f) [Intentionally Deleted] .
(g) Diligence on Rejected Targets . If
(i) Alnylam rejects a Proposed Reserved DS-Target under
Section 6.4(e) above and (ii) Alnylam has [**] with
respect to such rejected Proposed Reserved DS-Target by the [**]
anniversary of the date Alnylam rejected such Proposed Reserved
DS-Target if Alnylam is working on such target alone, or the [**]
anniversary of the date Alnylam rejected such Proposed Reserved
DS-Target if such rejected Proposed Reserved DS-Target is subject
to a contractual obligation between Alnylam and a Third Party that
would preclude Alnylam from granting a license under
Section 6.2 with respect to the rejected Proposed Reserved
DS-Target but Alnylam [**], then [**] such rejected Proposed
Reserved DS-Target [**].
(h) Diligence Obligations in Third Party Contractual
Obligations . With the goal of minimizing contractual
encumbrances on Alnylam Patent Rights with respect to Gene Targets
in the absence of a reasonable intent to discover and develop
products that modulate such Gene Targets by Third Parties with
which Alnylam enters into such contractual obligations, Alnylam
intends to seek reasonable diligence obligations from Third Parties
in negotiating contracts between Alnylam and such Third Parties
that would constitute contractual obligations of Alnylam that would
preclude Alnylam from granting licenses to Isis under
Section 6.2 with respect to Proposed Reserved DS-Targets; or
that would prevent Alnylam from granting Isis licenses with respect
to Proposed Reserved DS-Targets; provided that Isis
hereby acknowledges that such diligence obligations are often
heavily negotiated in biotechnology license and collaboration
agreements and that this Section 6.4(h) shall not prevent
Alnylam from entering into contracts between Alnylam and Third
Parties in accordance with Alnylam’s reasonable business
judgment.
(i) Confidentiality . The fact that Isis has
designated or removed a particular Gene Target within the Isis
DS-Target Pool is Confidential Information of Isis, or that Alnylam
has rejected a particular Gene Target proposed for a DS-Target Slot
or disallowed the redesignation of a particular Gene Target is
Confidential Information of Alnylam, subject to the provisions of
Article 12. Neither Party shall disclose such Confidential
Information of the other Party to any Third Party, including its
Third Party collaborators, or use such Confidential Information of
the other Party to guide its own (or its Third Party
collaborators’) decisions to pursue particular Gene Targets,
but Alnylam can use such Confidential Information of Isis to
decline a Third Party’s request for a license to such Gene
Target.
6.5
Limitations on Licenses .
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(a) The licenses granted under Sections 6.1 and 6.2
above are not intended to grant any rights to Isis to practice the
Alnylam Excluded Technology. If Isis wishes to license any Alnylam
Excluded Technology for which Alnylam has the right to grant a
sublicense, Alnylam will negotiate in good faith an appropriate
license.
(b) Licenses to Alnylam Patent Rights that are joint patents
with Third Parties (i.e., invented by one or more Alnylam inventors
and one or more non-Alnylam inventors) are licensed subject to the
retained rights of any non-Alnylam inventors and their assignees
and licensees. There are no Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents or
Alnylam Current Motif and Mechanism Patents subject to such
retained rights.
(c) Licenses to Alnylam Patent Rights that are subject to
contractual obligations between Alnylam and Third Parties in effect
as of the Effective Date are licensed subject to the restrictions
and other terms described in Exhibit 6.5(c) attached hereto.
Isis hereby agrees to comply, and to cause its sublicensees to
comply, with such restrictions and other terms.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
licenses to Alnylam Patent Rights hereunder initially shall not
include licenses to Patents licensed by Alnylam from Stanford
University under any agreement between Alnylam and Stanford
University in effect as of the Restatement Date; provided
that if any such licensed Patents become issued Patents,
Isis shall have the option of expanding its licenses to Alnylam
Patent Rights hereunder to include such issued Patents by notifying
Alnylam of such election and agreeing to pay to Alnylam, in
addition to all amounts otherwise payable to Alnylam hereunder (and
without any right under Section 8.2 to reduce such otherwise
payable amounts as a consequence of such additional payment
amounts), all amounts that (i) become payable by Alnylam to
Stanford University as a result of such expansion of Isis’
licenses and Isis’ (and its Affiliates’ and
sublicensees’) exercise of its rights thereunder and
(ii) are described on Exhibit 6.5(d) attached
hereto.
(e) In addition, the licenses granted by Alnylam to Isis
under each of Sections 6.1(h)(i), 6.1(i)(i) and 6.1(j) do not
include the right to research, develop, make, have made, use, or
import Single Stranded RNAi Compounds or Single Stranded RNAi
Products, in each case that are Designed for Alnylam’s
Enabled Targets.
6.6
Alnylam Covenant to Isis Regarding Co-Exclusivity for Single
Stranded RNAi Products . Alnylam hereby covenants to Isis,
that, after the Restatement Date, Alnylam will not itself, and will
not grant to a Third Party a license under the Alnylam Current
Motif and Mechanism Patents, Alnylam Current Chemistry Patents,
Alnylam Future Motif and Mechanism Patents, Alnylam Future
Chemistry Patents, the Co-Exclusive ssRNAi Patents, and/or
Alnylam’s rights in any Joint Patents or Research Program
Patents to, research, develop, make, have made, use, import, offer
to sell and sell Single Stranded RNAi Compounds or Single Stranded
RNAi Products, except Alnylam may (i) research, develop, make,
have made, use or import Single Stranded RNAi Compounds or Single
Stranded RNAi Products for [**], (ii) grant a license to
Controlled Contractors to support work under the Research Plan,
(iii) grant a license to further the research, development or
commercialization of an Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Product solely
in conjunction with a permitted sublicense by Alnylam
under
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Section 5.2; and (iv) continue to
grant licenses to Third Parties for the purpose of manufacturing
and selling oligonucleotides; provided that , to the extent
such licenses cover Single Stranded RNAi Compounds, Alnylam will
restrict such licenses to [**]. For purposes of clarity, this
Section 6.6 will not preclude Alnylam from (A) itself
using the [**], or (B) granting any Third Party a license
under the [**].
LICENSE FEES AND ROYALTIES
PAYABLE TO ISIS
(a) In connection with the Original Agreement, Alnylam paid
Isis an initial, irrevocable, noncreditable and non-refundable
license fee of $5,000,000.
(b) Alnylam will pay Isis an additional, irrevocable,
noncreditable and non-refundable license fee of $11,000,000 within
5 Business Days following the Restatement Date.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of, and during the
term of, this Agreement, Alnylam will pay to Isis royalties on
sales of Alnylam Double Stranded RNA Products by Alnylam, its
Affiliates or sublicensees (except Naked Sublicensees) equal to
[**]% of Net Sales. Alnylam may reduce the royalty due under this
section by [**]% of any additional royalties that Alnylam owes to
Third Parties on such Alnylam Double Stranded RNA Product that
arise from Alnylam acquiring access to new technologies after the
Effective Date; provided, however that (a) the royalty
due under this section can never be less than a floor of [**]% and
(b) additional royalties arising as the result of the
addition, pursuant to Section 11.8, of Isis Future Chemistry
Patents or Isis Future Motif and Mechanism Patents to the Isis
Patent Rights licensed to Alnylam cannot be used to reduce the
royalty.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of, and during the
term of, this Agreement, Alnylam will pay to Isis royalties on
sales of Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Products by Alnylam, its
Affiliates or sublicensees equal to [**]% of Net Sales;
provided, however , that if Alnylam is the subject of an
Acquisition, the royalty payable under this Section 7.2(b) on
the Net Sales of Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Products after the
date of such Acquisition will be [**]%.
7.3
Research and Development Milestones .
(a) Single Stranded Research Milestones. Alnylam, its
Affiliates or sublicensees will pay to Isis the following milestone
payments within [**] after the first achievement of each of the
following events:
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Milestone
Event
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Milestone Payment
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The earlier of
(i) first In Vivo Efficacy in Rodents and (ii) the
18-month anniversary of the Restatement Date
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US$10,000,000
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First In
Vivo Efficacy in NHP
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US$ 5,000,000
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First
Initiation of Phase I Trial
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US$ 5,000,000
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Alnylam shall
have the right to prepay Isis any or all of the milestone payments
set forth in this Section 7.3(a) prior to achievement of the
corresponding milestone event(s), in which event such milestone
event(s) shall be deemed to have been achieved as of the date of
such early payment(s) by Alnylam, and such early payments will be
irrevocable, noncreditable and non-refundable. If Alnylam decides
to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.4, the
terms of Section 14.4(d) shall apply. For purposes of clarity,
Alnylam does not have the right to prepay any of the milestones set
forth in Section 7.3(b) through 7.3(d) below.
(b) Single Stranded Development Milestones . Alnylam,
its Affiliates or sublicensees will pay to Isis the following
milestone payments for each Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Product
within [**] after the first achievement of each of the following
events:
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Event
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Milestone Payment*
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Initiation of
Phase I Trial
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US$[**]
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Initiation of
Phase III Trial
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US$[**]
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Filing NDA in
U.S., EU or Japan
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US$[**]
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Marketing
Approval in U.S., EU or Japan
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US$[**]
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If Alnylam is
the subject of an Acquisition, any milestone payments under this
Section 7.3(b) that were not due before the date of such
Acquisition will [**] in amount.
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Each milestone
payment under this Section 7.3(b) will only be due on the [**]
Alnylam Single Stranded RNAi Product that modulates a particular
Gene Target to trigger such milestone payment, whether such
milestone is achieved by Alnylam or an Affiliate or sublicensee of
Alnylam.
(c) Double Stranded Development Milestones. Alnylam,
its Affiliates or sublicensees (except Naked Sublicensees) will pay
to Isis the following milestone payments for each Alnylam Double
Stranded RNA Product within [**] after the first achievement of
each of the following events:
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Event
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Initiation of
Phase I Trial
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US$[**]
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Initiation of
Phase III Trial
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US$[**]
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US$[**]
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US$[**]
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Each milestone
payment under this Section 7.3(c) will only be due on the [**]
Alnylam Double Stranded RNA Product that modulates a particular
Gene Target to trigger such milestone payment, whether such
milestone is achieved by Alnylam or an Affiliate or sublicensee of
Alnylam.
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(d) MicroRNA Milestone. Alnylam, its Affiliates or
sublicensees will pay to Isis a milestone payment of US$[**] for
the [**] MicroRNA Product that is an Alnylam Product that modulates
a particular Gene Target within [**] after such MicroRNA Product
reaches the initiation of [**], and not for any other MicroRNA
Product that is an Alnylam Product that modulates the particular
Gene Target.
7.4
Sublicensing Revenue on Naked Sublicenses and Single Stranded
Sublicenses .
(a) With respect to Sublicense Revenue from each Naked
Sublicense granted by Alnylam and its Affiliates under this
Agreement, Alnylam will pay Isis within [**] following receipt by
Alnylam of such Sublicense Revenue (i) fifty percent (50%) of
all such Sublicense Revenue that does not constitute royalty
payments, and (ii) [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount that remains
of the total royalties received under such Naked Sublicense after
Alnylam has paid the royalties that are due from Alnylam to any
Third Parties in connection with such Naked Sublicense.
(b) Alnylam will pay Isis a percentage of Sublicense Revenue
received by Alnylam and its Affiliates pursuant to sublicenses (or
right to obtain a sublicense) granted by Alnylam to a Third Party
as permitted by Section 5.2(b). Alnylam shall make such
payment within [**] following receipt by Alnylam of such Sublicense
Revenue. Such percentage will be calculated based on the year in
which Alnylam executes such sublicense agreement, and whether or
not Alnylam executes such sublicense before or after the Product(s)
that are the subject of such sublicense have met the [**] under
Section 7.3(b), using the following table:
For Single Stranded RNAi Products
Alnylam Sublicenses Before [**]
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2012-2013
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2014-2015
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2016-2017
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Percentage
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[**]%
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[**]%
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[**]%
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[**]%
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[**]%
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For Single Stranded RNAi Products
Alnylam Sublicenses [**] Such Products
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[**]%
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[**]%
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[**]%
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[**]%
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(c) If Alnylam grants a sublicense (or right to obtain a
sublicense) pursuant to which Alnylam will be required to pay Isis
Sublicense Revenue under Section 7.4(b), then, so long as
Alnylam pays Isis the applicable Sublicense Revenue when due,
Alnylam [**] have to pay Isis [**] of the milestones that become
due under Section 7.3(b) after the execution of such
sublicense solely with respect to the Alnylam
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RNAi Product(s) that are being developed and commercialized under
each such sublicense.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each of the
applicable percentages set forth in the tables above in
Section 7.3(b) for any and all periods following the [**]
anniversary of the Restatement Date shall be recalculated by
multiplying each such percentage by the fraction of X/Y, where X is
[**] and Y is the total number of Isis Partnered Excluded Targets
for which contractual restrictions have not expired or been cleared
as of the [**] anniversary of the Restatement Date. Such
recalculation shall be made on the thirtieth (30
th ) day following the [**] anniversary of the
Restatement Date, provided, however , that (i) no
recalculation shall be made if the total number of Isis Partnered
Excluded Targets for which contractual restrictions have not
expired or been cleared as of the [**] anniversary of the
Restatement Date is less than or equal to [**]; (ii) the
applicable percentages, as so recalculated, shall apply only to all
sublicenses entered into between Alnylam and a Third Party
following the [**] anniversary of the Restatement Date; and
(iii) this Section 7.4(d) shall not adjust the applicable
percentages set forth in the tables above in Section 7.3(b) as
they apply to any sublicenses entered into between Alnylam and a
Third Party on or before the [**] anniversary of the Restatement
Date.
7.5
Technology Access Fees from Bona Fide Collaborations
.
(a) Alnylam will pay Isis a percentage of Technology Access
Fees received by Alnylam and its Affiliates pursuant to Bona Fide
Drug Discovery Collaborations and Development Collaborations
entered into between Alnylam and a Third Party. Alnylam shall make
such payment to Isis within [**] following receipt by Alnylam of
such

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