Exhibit 10.2
[*] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, is omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Exclusive License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into and made effective as of the last dated signature below (the “Effective Date”) between University of Miami, a Florida not-for-profit corporation, having business offices at 1951 NW 7th Avenue, (C234), Miami, Florida 33136 (“UNIVERSITY”), on behalf of itself, Emory and MGH (as defined below), and Orphazyme ApS, CVR no. DK 3226 6355, a for-profit corporation organized under the laws of Denmark, having business offices at Ole Maaloes Vej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark (“LICENSEE”). For purposes of this Agreement, each of UNIVERSITY and LICENSEE may be individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties.”
BACKGROUND
Certain Technology and Know-How (as defined below) was developed during research conducted by investigators at the UNIVERSITY, Emory University (“Emory”), and The General Hospital Corporation, d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”), collectively the “Institutions”. Dr. Michael Benatar currently at UNIVERSITY and formerly at Emory, in collaboration with Drs. Merit Cudknowicz, Nazem Atassi, and David Schoenfeld at MGH have developed certain Technology and Know-How described in Appendix A. Each of the investigators have assigned the Technology and Know-How licensed hereunder to their respective Institution in accordance with their Institution’s Intellectual Property policy, including all right and title to certain inventions as described in the investigators’ invention disclosure documents attached as Appendix A.
The Technology and Know-How is jointly owned by the Institutions. Pursuant to a certain Three-Way Inter-Institutional Agreement (the “Three-Way Inter-Institutional Agreement”) effective on March 5, 2019 and executed between the Institutions, Emory and MGH have granted the UNIVERSITY the exclusive right to negotiate and administer an exclusive license to each of Emory’s and MGH’s rights in the Technology and Know-How being licensed to LICENSOR hereto.
Each of the Institutions want to have the Technology and Know-How perfected and marketed as soon as possible so that resulting products may be available for public use and benefit. LICENSEE wants to acquire an exclusive license to the Technology and Know-How for the purposes of exploiting Licensed Products and Licensed Processes and practicing the invention(s) disclosed, in the Territory and in the Field of Use as set forth and defined below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
| 1.1 | “Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or other business entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with UNIVERSITY or LICENSEE. For this purpose, “control” shall mean direct or indirect beneficial ownership of at least a fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests of, or at least a fifty percent (50%) interest in the income of such corporation or other business entity, or any business entity that is more than fifty percent (50%) owned by a business entity that owns more than fifty percent (50%) of LICENSEE, or such other relationship as in fact, constitutes actual control. |
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