Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

Gates Foundation – BioNTech, TB & HIV Product Strategic Letter Agreement

  • Equitable access | Affordable pricing
  • Equitable access | Territory access commitments

3. Global Access Commitments

As a condition to the Foundation making the Foundation Investment and to ensure satisfaction of the Charitable Purpose and Global Access, the Company agrees to the following (collectively “Global Access Commitments”): […]

(f) Access to Products Developed for Excluded Diseases. If the Company obtains regulatory approval for any product(s) for the treatment or prevention of any of the Excluded Diseases and has not entered into a binding agreement with a third party on an exclusive basis with respect to the manufacturing, distribution and/or commercialization of such product, then the Company agrees to consider in good faith any request from the Foundation regarding providing access to such product in Developing Countries at an affordable price. The parties acknowledge that if the Foundation requests such access, providing access may require further financial support from the Foundation or a Foundation-supported Entity to the Company. For clarity, under no circumstances will any of the Excluded Diseases be the subject of any Additional Project unless agreed by the Company in its sole discretion.

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(h) Pricing and Volume Commitments. The Company will make available in Developing Countries all Products developed and commercialized pursuant to a Project (i) at or below the price set forth in the applicable TPP and (ii) in quantities meeting or exceeding those set forth in the applicable statement of work (or other applicable global access agreements between the Foundation and the Company), provided that if the Fully Loaded Costs exceed the price set forth in the applicable TPP then the Company will make such Product available at the Fully Loaded Costs, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. If a Product is to be sold at Fully Loaded Costs in accordance with the foregoing provision, and the relevant buyer is an affiliate or any other related person (nahestehende Person) within the meaning of the German tax law of the Foundation, then the Company will make such Product available to such relevant buyer at Fully Loaded Costs plus an arm’s-length markup of up to 10% (as applicable), provided, however, that (x) the competent German tax office responsible for the taxation of the Company confirmed in a binding ruling (verbindliche Auskunft) pursuant to Sec. 89 para. 2 of the German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung) that a sale at Fully Loaded Costs without a profit markup would otherwise result in a hidden profit distribution (verdeckte Gewinnausschüttung) under German tax law and the Company and the Foundation have, in good faith, agreed on a then applicable profit mark-up of up to 10% or (y) a respective markup is applied with the Foundation’s prior written consent. Due to [***], it is likely that [***].

Appendix A: Developing Countries

Developing Countries” means the following list of countries. “Developing Countries” also means any countries reasonably requested by the Foundation that are part of the Foundation’s strategies to which the Company consents in writing, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

*In [***] “Developing Countries” will only refer to the Public Sector in such countries. “Public Sector” means: [***]