than Precigen or Intrexon) to any joint steering committee under any such Assigned Contract. Upon the assent by NCI and MDACC to such request, Precigen shall appoint two individuals designated by Ziopharm to any such joint steering committee.
3.3 Relinquishment of Rights and Obligations under Merck Agreement. Precigen, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates (including Intrexon), hereby agrees to use diligent good faith efforts to obtain Ares Trading’s consent to the transfer of all of Ziopharm’s obligations and right, title and interest in the Merck Agreement to Intrexon or its’ Affiliate. As between the Parties, from and after the Effective Date, Precigen agrees to perform all obligations of Ziopharm under the Merck Agreement (other than the obligation of exclusivity set forth in Section 2.5 of the Merck Agreement), and, other than the obligation of exclusivity set forth in Section 2.5 of the Merck Agreement, Ziopharm shall not be responsible for any obligations under the Merck Agreement. For clarity, Section 6.7 addresses Ziopharm’s sole ongoing payment obligation related to the payments owed to Ares Trading by Intrexon under Section 4.5(e) of the Merck Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit, and Ziopharm shall have the right to negotiate a separate agreement with Ares Trading regarding obtaining rights to any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Ares Trading relating to [***]. Promptly following the Effective Date, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith, on Precigen’s request and at Precigen’s cost, to transfer all activities and rights related to CD33 under the Merck Agreement to Precigen, including the Existing Viral CD33 Trial, as set forth in Article 4.
3.4 Mutual Release and Covenant Not to Sue.
(a) The Parties, on behalf of themselves, their predecessors, successors, direct and indirect parent companies, direct and indirect subsidiary companies, companies under common control with any of the foregoing, affiliates and assigns, and its and their past, present, and future officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, partners, attorneys, agents, employees, insurers, managers, representatives, assigns and successors in interest, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, and each of them, hereby release and discharge the other Parties, together with their predecessors, successors, direct and indirect parent companies, direct and indirect subsidiary companies, companies under common control with any of the foregoing, affiliates and assigns and its and their past, present, and future officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, partners, attorneys, agents, employees, managers, representatives, assigns and successors in interest, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, and each of them (the Parties’ “Releasees”, as applicable), from all known and unknown charges, complaints, claims, grievances, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts, penalties, fees, wages, medical costs, pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) and punitive damages, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, which either Party has, or may have had, against the other Party, whether or not apparent or yet to be discovered, or which may hereafter develop (“Potential Claims”), for any acts or omissions, prior to the Effective Date, related to or arising from the Ziopharm Agreement, including but not limited to the Second ECP Amendment, the Merck Agreement, the MDAAC Research Agreement, and each other agreement between Ziopharm and either Precigen or Intrexon, except for any Potential Claims arising from any provisions that survive the termination of the Ziopharm Agreement and the Second ECP Amendment in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Agreement (the “Released
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