Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

CEPI – Valneva, Chikungunya Vaccine Funding Agreement

  • Business model | Benefit sharing

Definitions

Net Sales” means the gross amount invoiced or received by Awardee, its Affiliates, licensees or assignees in respect of sales of Product to third party purchasers in bona fide arm’s length transactions less [***], booked on an accrual basis pursuant to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as relevant.

15. Sharing of Commercial Benefits

15.1 Sharing of Commercial Benefits. CEPI has committed to its own funders to obtain a share of Awardee’s Commercial Benefits as a contribution to support CEPI’s programme activities.

15.2 The Awardee will: make the following contributions to CEPI in recognition of the Commercial Benefits that Awardee will receive from its sale of the Products:

a. Until the rolling safety stock has been established by Awardee in accordance with Clause 15.2(ii), Awardee will make available to CEPI, at Awardee’s cost, any Investigational Product which is not needed by Awardee for Awardee’s Investigational Product lot–to–lot clinical trial(s).

b. Within [***] of receipt of marketing approval for the Product from the FDA, Awardee will produce, at Awardee’s own cost, a [***] safety stock comprised of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000) doses of final Drug Product. For clarity, Awardee will use commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such deadline of [***], however, it will be subject to the lead times of Awardee`s contract manufacturers and the time required for the release testing of the Product. Awardee may use such safety stock to supply the Awardee’s Traveler’s Market and will replenish such stock on a rolling basis at Awardee’s cost. The stock in paragraph 15.2(i) and this paragraph 15.2(ii) is referred to as (“Safety Stock”).

c. In case of an Outbreak or Increased Outbreak Preparation Need, CEPI may utilize such Safety Stock in the Affected Territory by giving notice in writing to Awardee and Awardee will dispatch all or some only of the Safety Stock, as instructed by CEPI and CEPI shall pay any reasonable costs incurred in connection with the utilization of the Safety Stock, including but not limited to transportation, distribution and storage in the Affected Territory. For clarity, Awardee shall make no charge for the supply of the Safety Stock allocated to and used by CEPI in accordance with this paragraph 15.2 (iii) and the storage costs of such Safety Stock, incurred prior to dispatch to the Affected Territory, shall be borne by Awardee. d. If the Safety Stock is used by CEPI in the case of an Outbreak or Increased Outbreak Preparation Need, CEPI or such third parties as CEPI may nominate shall be responsible for the costs of transportation of such Safety Stock from Awardee’s facility. If, following the use of the Safety Stock as directed by CEPI, CEPI wishes to replenish the Safety Stock, Awardee shall produce such quantities of Product as are required to replenish the Safety Stock and CEPI shall pay Awardee for the costs of the production of such Product.

15.3 Awardee Milestone Payments. Awardee shall pay to CEPI the following milestone payments:

a. [***] within [***] of the date of achievement by Awardee of Net Sales of the Product in the United States of America of, [***];

b. [***] within [***] of the date of achievement by Awardee of Net Sales of the Product in the United States of America of, [***];

c. [***] within [***] of the date of achievement by Awardee of Net Sales of the Product in the EU of, [***];

d. [***] within [***] of the date of achievement by Awardee of Net Sales of the Product in the EU of, [***];

e. if Awardee is [***] as a result of its development of the Product, [***] on the first to occur of: (x) [***]; and (y) [***].