Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On August 28, 2008, Neurologix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Aegera Therapeutics, Inc., a company organized under the laws of Canada (“Aegera”), whereby Aegera granted the Company an exclusive license for the worldwide rights, excluding China, for the use of the XIAP gene (x-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes in the treatment of Huntington’s Disease.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company is permitted to grant sublicenses and is required to pay certain fees to Aegera during the term of the Agreement. The Agreement requires the Company to use its commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize its product for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease and the Company is required to provide certain information to Aegera during the term of the Agreement.
The Agreement will expire upon the later of (a) the expiration of the last to expire Valid Clam (as defined in the Agreement), (b) 10 years after the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product (as defined in the Agreement) and (c) the full prosecution of any properly filed claim under a properly filed patent application. The Agreement may be terminated by Aegera upon a breach by the Company or the Company’s insolvency or bankruptcy, or by the Company upon 90 days’ prior written notice. Upon termination of the Agreement, all licenses granted to the Company by Aegera under the Agreement will revert back to Aegera.
The above description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Agreement, filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.
On September 3, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the Agreement. The entire text of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.1 License Agreement between Neurologix, Inc. and Aegera Therapeutics, Inc., dated as of August 28, 2008. (Portions of Sections 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 19.6 and 19.10 of the Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Commission on the date of filing of this Form 8-K.)
99.1 Press Release issued by Neurologix, Inc., dated September 3, 2008.