Exhibit 10.2
Fifth Amendment
to Exclusive License Agreement
This Fifth Amendment to Exclusive License Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”) is entered into by and between The Johns Hopkins University, a Maryland corporation having an address at 1812 Ashland Avenue, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21205 (“JHU”) and Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation having an address at 490 Arsenal Way, Suite 120, Watertown, MA 02472 (“Kala” or “Company”).
WHEREAS, Kala and JHU entered into an Exclusive License Agreement dated November 10, 2009 (JHU Agmt No. [**]), as amended by a first amendment (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) dated November 19, 2012 (the “First Amendment”), a second amendment (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) effective May 22, 2014 (the “Second Amendment”), a third amendment (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) effective August 26, 2014 (the “Third Amendment”), a Settlement and License Agreement between JHU, Kala and Graybug Vision, Inc. (formerly known as GrayBug, LLC and GrayBug, Inc.) (“Graybug”) that provided certain further amendments (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) effective October 24, 2014 (the “S&L Agreement”), a Side Agreement between JHU, Kala and Graybug dated October 24, 2014 (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) to further clarify the S&L Agreement (the “Side Agreement”), and a fourth amendment (JHU Agmt. No. [**]) effective June 22, 2018 (the “Fourth Amendment”) (as so amended, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, in 2015, Graybug obtained rights in JHU Ref. [**] as a Side Patent Right through the Side Agreement as a Rights Holding Party, and such rights were deemed to be Current Patent Rights under the S&L Agreement and simultaneously granting rights to Kala as a Sublicensee Party under the S&L Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Graybug provided notice to JHU to terminate its rights in the Current Patent Rights under JHU Ref. [**] and on December 6, 2017 Graybug’s rights in the Current Patent Rights under JHU Ref. [**] were terminated and pursuant to the S&L Agreement, such Graybug Current Patent Rights under JHU Ref. [**] were automatically licensed to Kala exclusively on a royalty-free, sublicensable basis, and such Patent Rights are now Kala Current Patent Rights under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the S&L Agreement, JHU co-licensed Kala and Graybug under all the patent rights arising from JHU Ref # [**] (“Other JHU Patent Rights”), granting Kala an exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license in the field of use of a Particle for delivery of a biologically active material through mucus, mucin, or a mucosal barrier where such delivery does not involve administration via injection to the eye (“Kala Field”), and granting Graybug an exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license in the field of use of a particle for delivery of a biologically active material to the eye via injection, excluding any particle comprising or consisting of loteprednol etabonate (“Graybug Field”);
WHEREAS, Graybug terminated its license under each of the Other JHU Patent Rights, such that since August 5, 2017, only Kala retains a license to each of the Other JHU Patent Rights and pursuant to Section 2(b) of the S&L Agreement, and each of the Other JHU Patent Rights becomes Kala-Licensed Other JHU Patent Right to which Kala currently has an exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license in both the Kala Field and the Graybug Field, and Kala currently pays all patent costs associated therewith;
WHEREAS, Kala obtained rights in JHU Ref. # [**] as NEW PATENT RIGHTS (hereinafter defined) through the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement, and such NEW PATENT RIGHTS are not subject to the S&L Agreement; and
WHEREAS, a valuable invention entitled [**] (JHU Ref. # [**]) was developed during the course of research conducted by [**] (all hereinafter, “Inventors”), such invention to be added to the Agreement as NEW PATENT RIGHTS; and
WHEREAS, JHU has acquired through assignment all rights, title and interest, with the exception of certain retained rights by the United States Government, in said valuable invention; and
WHEREAS, Kala desires to obtain certain rights in such invention as herein provided, and to commercially