EX-10.7 2 a13-27065_1ex10d7.htm EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO PATENT AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSE
AGREEMENT

 

This First Amendment to Patent and Technology License Agreement (this “Amendment”) is effective as of March 27, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) and amends that certain Patent and Technology License Agreement dated as of February 2, 2005 (the “License”) by and between University College Cardiff Consultant Limited a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales whose address in 30 36 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 ODE, United Kingdom (“UCT’) and FermaVir Research, Inc. (formally known as ContraVir Research, Inc.), a Delaware corporation having an address of 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 445, New York, NY 10170 (“FermaVir”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Cardiff and FermaVir are parties to the License: and

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to make certain amendments to the License, as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Section 2.10 shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following language:

 

2.10 PATENT RIGHT means LICENSOR’s and REGA’s rights in any patents, and/or patent applications, whether domestic or foreign, and all divisional continuations, continuations in-part, reissues, reexaminations or extensions thereof, including but not limited to supplementary protection certificates and any letters patent that issue thereon as defined in Exhibit I attached hereto.

 

2.                                      Section 2.11 shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following language:

 

2.11 REGA means Rega Foundation whose address is Minderbroedersstraat 10. B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. Rega Foundation is a constituent of KUL. KUL has assumed the legal rights and obligations of REGA.

 



 

3.                                      Section 2.13 shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following language:

 

2.13 TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS means LICENSOR’s and REGA’s rights in any technical information, know-how, processes, compositions, devices, methods, formulae, protocols, techniques, or data in existence at the EFFECTIVE DATE, which are not claimed in PATENT RIGHTS but that are necessary for practicing PATENT RIGHTS. For the avoidance of doubt, TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS do not include any technical information, know-how, processes, procedures, compositions, devices, methods, formulae, protocols, techniques, or data that are solely related to WO2004/098644 and to any other patent application or patent of Rega or KUL not included in PATENT RIGHTS (and any patents or other applications derived of all the foregoing).

 

4.                                      Exhibit I shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with Exhibit I attached hereto.

 

5.                                      All other provisions of the License remain unchanged.

 

[Signature page follows]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to Patent and License Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

 

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CARDIFE CONSULTANT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nick Bourne

 

Name: Nick Bourne, Ph D.

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

FERMAVIR RESEARCH, INC:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Geoffrey W. Henson

 

Name: Geoffrey W. Henson, Ph D.

 

Title: CEO

 



 

Exhibit I

 

1.             Patent Family A (Attorney ref: P017226, P028080NZ)

 

Title: ANTI-VIRAL PYRIDINE NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES Applications derived from PCT/GB98/01222 and claiming priority from UK Application No. 9708611.0. priority date 28 Apr 1997

 

Country

 

Application No.

 

Grant No.

Australia

 

199872193

 

AU 737902

Canada

 

2288147

 

Pending

EUROPE Designated states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

 

98919313.1

 

EP 09803/7

Japan

 

98-546732

 

Pending

Mexico

 

 

 

MX 218323

New Zealand

 

500881

 

NZ 5008881

United States of America

 

09/403853

 

US 6573247

 

2.             Patent Family B (Attorney ref: P024522)

 

Title: ANTI-VIRAL PYRIDINE NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES Applications derived from PCT/GB01/01694 and claiming priority from UK Application No. 0009486.2, priority date 17 Apr 2000

 

Country

 

Application No.

 

Grant No.

Australia

 

95191/01

 

781323

Canada

 

2403835

 

Pending

EUROPE Designated states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Prance, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

 

1973778.2

 

EP 1274713

Japan

 

01-580925

 

Pending

New Zealand

 

521828

 

NZ 521828

United Stated of America

 

10/257855

 

Pending

 



 

3              Patent Family C (Attorney ref: P024642)

 

Title: CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS Applications derived from PCT/GB01/02004 and claiming priority from UK Application No. 0011203.7, priority date 9 May 2000

 

Country

 

Application No.

 

Grant No.

Australia

 

54945/01

 

AU 780879

Canada

 

2406633

 

Pending

EUROPE Designated states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

 

01928079.1

 

EP 1280813

Japan

 

2001-582349

 

Pending

New Zealand

 

521877

 

NZ 521877

United States of America

 

10/275635

 

US 7019135

 

4.             Patent Family D (Attorney ref: P033963)

 

Title: CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS Application derived from PCT/GB2004-001687 and claiming priority from UK Application No. 0309506.4, priority date 25 April 2003

 

Country

 

Application No.

 

Grant No.

Australia

 

2004234110

 

pending

Canada

 

2523739

 

pending

EUROPE Designated states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Prance, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

 

04728594.5

 

pending

Japan

 

2006506149

 

pending

Mexico

 

05010802

 

pending

New Zealand

 

542666

 

pending

United Stated of America

 

10/551569

 

pending

 



 

5.             Single Amino Acid Prodrug Family (Attorney ref: 33659-501-023)

 

Title: NOVEL COMPOUNDS Application(s) claiming priority to GB 0609178-9, priority date 9 May 2006

 

6.             Tripeotide Prodnig Family(Unfiled)

 

Tripeptide substituted prodrugs, such as Valine-Proline-Valine substituted prodrugs, where the tripeptide is substituted at any of (i) the 3’ position, (ii) the 5’ position or (iii) both the 3’ position and the 5’ position of the compounds claimed in Patent Family B above.