Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

Entasis – DNDi/GARDP, Gonorrhoea Medication, Collaboration Agreement

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4. Development of Drug Product

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4.4 At each decision point specified set out in the Development Plan (a “Holding Point”), the Parties shall determine through the JSC whether development of the Drug Product should continue beyond the Holding Point and if so, whether changes to the Development Plan are required prior to commencement with the remainder of the activities set out in theDevelopment Plan. 

17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

17.1 This Agreement and any dispute or claim (including non–contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter of formation shall be governed by, subject to and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of [*], without giving effect to any conflicts or choice of law rules.

17.2 Subject to Clause 8.11, the Parties shall use reasonable endeavours to resolve amicably any dispute between the Parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement by referral to the Executive Director of GARDP for DNDi and the Chief Executive Officer for Entasis who shall use reasonable efforts to meet in person within thirty (30) days from written notice of dispute received by one Party from the other. Should such matter remain unresolved at the end of that period, such dispute shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with such rules. The place of arbitration shall be Geneva, Switzerland and the language of the proceedings shall be English.

17.3 Notwithstanding the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Clause 17.2, in the event of an actual or threatened breach of this Agreement, the aggrieved Party may seek provisional equitable relief (including restraining orders, specific performance or other injunctive relief), without first submitting to any dispute resolution procedures hereunder.

17.4 Notwithstanding Clauses 17.1 and 17.2, any dispute concerning the ownership or inventorship of any Patent Rights arising hereunder in any given jurisdiction shall be determined by the courts of the jurisdiction in question.

8. Governance and Project Management

8.1 Within thirty (30) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish and run a JSC to oversee the Collaboration Programme and which will be responsible for ensuring strategic coordination and exchange of information between the Parties.

8.2 Each Party shall further appoint a project leader for the Collaboration Programme (each, a “Project Leader”). Each Party may replace its Project Leader from time to time by giving a written notice to the other Party (including by email) as soon as reasonably practicable following such change. Each Project Leader shall be the primary point of contact for the Collaboration Programme for that Party.

8.3 The JSC shall be composed of six (6) representatives. Each Party shall be entitled to appoint three (3) representatives to the JSC (one of whom must be the Project Leader). JSC representatives must be appropriate for the primary function of the JSC in terms of their seniority, availability and function in their respective organisations, training and experience. The chairperson of the JSC will alternate between the Project Leader of DNDi and the Project Leader of Entasis at each JSC meeting.

8.4 Each Party shall be entitled to change its JSC representatives and will notify the other of any change. Each Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep an appropriate level of continuity in representation. JSC representatives may be represented by another person designated in writing (which shall include email) by the absent JSC representative.

8.5 The JSC shall hold meetings in person or by teleconference or videoconference as frequently as members of the JSC may agree shall be necessary, but no less frequently than (4) times per year. The chairperson shall be responsible for organising the JSC meeting, the first of which shall be held within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date at the premises of DNDi. Special meetings of the JSC may be called by any JSC member on written request to the then current chairperson of the JSC. Each Party shall provide the agenda items and written copies of associated materials that it wishes to be considered no later than seven (7) days prior to the relevant JSC meeting.

8.6 The venue for meetings of the JSC will alternate between the premises of the Parties, unless held by teleconference or videoconference. Each Party will be responsible for its own expenses for attendance of JSC meetings including travel and subsistence expenses.

8.7 The JSC shall have the power to invite guests to attend and address JSC meetings. Guests will not be representatives of the JSC and will not have voting rights. The Project Leaders will agree in advance on which Party will bear the costs of engaging a particular guest.

8.8 The current JSC chairperson shall be responsible for promptly preparing the minutes of any JSC meeting, seeking unanimous approval of those minutes from the JSC representatives by signing and dating the approved minutes and promptly distributing a copy of the signed minutes to each Party. It is only such signed and dated minutes that shall constitute a decision of the JSC.

8.9 The JSC shall have the purposes set out below but has no authority to amend, or to waive compliance with, any term or condition of this Agreement. The JSC shall:

8.9.1 guide the overall strategy for the Collaboration Programme including without limitation, discussing the TPP of the Drug Product, development, Manufacturing and Commercialisation activities;

8.9.2 consider and discuss various aspects of the Collaboration Programme, submitted to the JSC by the Project Leaders;

8.9.3 review study protocols and any amendments thereto as part of the Collaboration Programme and any study that may form part of the Regulatory Dossier;

8.9.4 make the decision whether to proceed beyond a Holding Point specified in the Development Plan;

8.9.5 make the decision whether to amend the Development Plan and the Regulatory Plan;

8.9.6 review all on–going activities and progress relating to the Collaboration Programme; and

8.9.7 agree a detailed Manufacturing and Supply Plan for the supply of the Drug Product.

8.10 Each Party shall have one vote at the JSC. Conclusions and decisions of the JSC shall be made by agreement whenever possible and recorded in the minutes that are signed and dated by the JSC members. Both Parties will use reasonable endeavours to reach agreement. Any decision made by the JSC through this process shall be binding on the Parties.

8.11 Any differences of opinion between the Parties with regard to the Collaboration Programme shall be discussed in good faith within the JSC. If the JSC is unable to reconcile the opinions within thirty (30) days or to make a decision within the scope of its responsibility, then the Parties shall submit the difference of opinion to each Party’s senior executive officer, which, in the case Entasis, shall be the chief executive officer and, in the case of DNDi, shall be the GARDP Executive Director, to enable a compromise between different views with respect to such issue. If such senior executives of the Parties cannot successfully reconcile the difference of opinion within a fifteen (15) day period after the moment of formal submission to them, then the Party that has responsibility for the performance of the activity in question in its Territory shall have the final decision making authority on such matter, provided, that:

8.11.1 Following the grant of the first Marketing Authorisation, DNDi may conduct Clinical Trials: (a) in DNDi’s Territory without any requirement of consent of Entasis provided that the design of any Clinical Trial with an intent to change the label shall require Entasis’s prior written consent, not to be withheld, conditioned, or delayed unless there are reasonable objections on scientific grounds to the conduct of such Clinical Trial, and (b) in Entasis’s Territory, solely with Entasis’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change of Control of Entasis, DNDi will not require the prior consent of any Third Party acquiror to the performance of any Clinical Trial; and

8.11.2 Neither party shall have final decision–making authority with respect to any decision that would restrict or limit the Manufacture or supply of the API or Drug Product in or for the other Party’s respective Territory.