Exhibit 10.16
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***],
HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE
HARM TO THE COMPANY IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
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between | | Wacker Biotech GmbH |
| | Hans-Knöll-Straße 3 |
| | D-07745 Jena |
| | Germany |
| | (value added tax identification number DE199093878) |
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| | - hereinafter referred to as „Wacker Biotech” - |
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and | | PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| | 1 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 30 |
| | Malvern, PA 19355 |
| | USA |
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| | - hereinafter referred to as„PhaseBio”– |
PhaseBio and Wacker Biotech hereinafter collectively referred to as “Parties” and individually referred to as “Party”, as the case might be.
WHEREAS PhaseBio is a biopharmaceutical company with experience in research and development of protein therapeutics.
WHEREAS Wacker Biotech is a biotechnology company with experience in feasibility evaluation, process development,GMP-compliant production of clinical test materials andGMP-compliant bulk production of biopharmaceuticals.
WHEREAS Wacker Biotech has access to a modified microbial production system (“ESETEC®” as hereinafter defined), based on a modifiedE. coli [***] strain (the “Wacker Secretion Strain” as hereinafter defined) owned by its Affiliate Wacker AG (as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS ESETEC®, the Wacker Secretion Strain and any information related thereto constitute valuable assets of Wacker Biotech and Wacker AG.
WHEREAS PhaseBio has recently acquired rights to develop the product PB2452 (the “Product”, as hereinafter defined) from MedImmune Limited, a member of the AstraZeneca group (hereinafter “MedImmune”) (the “Transaction”). A manufacturing process for production of Product using ESETEC® has been developed by Wacker Biotech for MedImmune under the MedImmune FSAs and the MedImmune DCSA (as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS PhaseBio desires to develop the Product for therapeutic use in reversing ticagrelor-mediated platelet inhibition.
WHEREAS Wacker Biotech and PhaseBio have entered into a separate Development and Clinical Supply Agreement (the “PhaseBio DCSA”, as hereinafter defined) in order to further develop and improve the production process and to supplyGMP-compliant material of Product by Wacker Biotech to PhaseBio.
WHEREAS PhaseBio desires to obtain a license, with the right to sublicense, as hereinafter set forth under the WACKER Licensed Technology (as hereinafter defined) for the production of Product using the Developed Process (as hereinafter defined) and the Developed Strain (as hereinafter defined) both as developed under the Preceding Service Agreement(s) and the PhaseBio DCSA.
WHEREAS Wacker Biotech is willing to grant said license accordingly on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.