Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) – Bioprotection Systems Corp., Ebola Vaccine License Agreement

  • Liability | Insurance

13.0 INDEMNITY, INSURANCE AND LIABILITY ALLOCATION & CAPS

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13.3 Insurance. The Company shall ensure that both the Company and each of its Affiliates and sub-licensees shall obtain and maintain, throughout the term of the License Agreement (and any renewal thereof) or duration of the sub-licenses (as the case may be), comprehensive general liability insurance for any and all claims, actions, liabilities and expenses resulting from the Commercialization of the License Rights.

13.3.1 INSURANCE COMPANY The insurance policy shall be obtained from a qualified insurance company licensed to do business in the applicable jurisdictions.

13.3.2 NAMED INSURED The insurance policy shall name Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and Her employees, servants and agents as “additional insureds”.

13.3.3 LIMITS As of the Execution Date, the insurance policy shall include commercial general liability insurance, and shall have monetary limits in the amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each single occurrence or claim. Following the submission of an Investigational New Drug covering a Licensed Product and prior to the beginning of a Phase 1 Clinical Study, the insurance policy shall include commercial general liability insurance, that includes products liability insurance, and shall have monetary limits in an amount not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) for each single occurrence or claim. The minimum amount of insurance coverage required under this License Agreement shall not be construed as a limit of liability.

13.3.4 TERMINATION NOTICE The insurance policy shall provide for thirty (30) business days written notice by the insurer to the Company and Canada by registered or certified mail in the event of any modification, cancellation or termination of the insurance policy.

13.3.5 COPY The Company shall provide Canada a copy of the insurance policy not later than 30 days after execution of the License Agreement, and thereafter upon the written request of Canada. This obligation shall apply each time the monetary limits are increased pursuant to clause 13.3.3, in which case the copy shall be provided not later than 30 days after the monetary limits in the insurance policy are increased. This obligation shall survive termination or expiration of the License Agreement.

13.3.6 INSURANCE UNAVAILABLE If insurance required to meet the monetary limits in clause 13.3.3 is unavailable, the Parties shall review the situation, and Canada may elect to either allow the Company to obtain the insurance that is available, or alternatively terminate the License Agreement.