RESEARCH, COLLABORATION & LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Research, Collaboration & License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is effective as of July 31, 2024 (“Effective Date”) by and between Gemma Biotherapeutics, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (“Gemma”), and Passage Bio, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (“Passage”). Gemma and Passage may be referred to herein as a “Party” or, collectively, as “Parties”.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Passage and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) are parties to a Research, Collaboration & License Agreement, entered into on September 18, 2018, which was restated on May 5, 2020, and which was subsequently amended on August 13, 2020, November 2, 2020, December 9, 2020, June 2, 2021, August 3, 2021, November 12, 2021, December 3, 2021, May 11, 2022, and November 15, 2023 (collectively, as amended and restated, the “First ARCA”), pursuant to which Penn granted to Passage certain rights, licenses and options under certain Patent Rights (as defined below) and Know-How (as defined below) with respect to the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of certain products in certain indications;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Penn and Gemma are entering into a business transaction under which the majority of the Wilson Laboratory (as defined below) resources will transition from Penn and into Gemma, and pursuant to which the Wilson Laboratory will no longer exist at Penn (such transaction, the “Spin-Out Transaction”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Passage and Penn are also entering into that certain Second Amended and Restated Research, Collaboration & License Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (the “Second ARCA”), pursuant to which Penn and Passage are amending and restating the First ARCA, including to account for the Spin-Out Transaction;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Spin-Out Transaction and concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Penn and Gemma are entering into that certain License Agreement (the “Upstream License Agreement”), pursuant to which Penn is granting to Gemma an exclusive license under certain Patent Rights and a non-exclusive license under certain manufacturing Patent Rights and Know-How;
WHEREAS, Passage is a biopharmaceutical company with expertise in the development, manufacture and commercialization of human therapeutic products for the treatment of genetic disorders;
WHEREAS, Gemma, through the Spin-Out Transaction, has technology and expertise in the research and development of gene therapy products; and
WHEREAS, the programs contemplated by this Agreement are of mutual interest to Passage and Gemma and may benefit Passage and Gemma through the creation or discovery of new inventions and the development and commercialization of Licensed Products (as defined herein) for the Indications (as defined herein);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the various promises and undertakings set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows: