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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022

 

or

 

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                 to                

 

Commission File No.: 001-39468

 

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

88-2805017

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

   

712 Vista Blvd #305, Waconia, Minnesota 55387

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(952) 479-1196

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

PBLA

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐

Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☑

Smaller reporting company ☑

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☑

 

On August 12, 2022 there were 20,774,045 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001, outstanding.

 

 

  

 

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.
Index to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

 

Page
 
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited).

3

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

16

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.

24

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

24

     
PART II OTHER INFORMATION  
     

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

24

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

25

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

35

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

35

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

36

Item 5.

Other Information.

36

Item 6.

Exhibits.

36

 

 

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.         Financial Statements.

 

 

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

  

June 30, 2022

  

December 31, 2021

 

ASSETS

 

(Unaudited)

     

Current assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $2,530  $11,867 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  567   91 

Income tax receivable

  359   321 

Total current assets

  3,456   12,279 

Deposits held for clinical trial costs

  3,101   593 

Total assets

 $6,557  $12,872 
         

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY

        

Current liabilities:

        

Accounts payable

 $3,211  $640 

Accrued expenses

  1,274   2,020 

Accrued interest payable

  66   - 

Notes payable

  650   - 

Debt, current portion

  1,000   - 

Total current liabilities

  6,201   2,660 
         

Debt, net of current portion

  5,194   - 

Total non current liabilities

  5,194   - 
         

Total liabilities

  11,395   2,660 
         

Stockholders' (deficit) equity:

        

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

  -   - 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 authorized; 20,774,045 and 13,443,722 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

  21   13 

Additional paid-in capital

  76,451   66,227 

Accumulated deficit

  (81,957)  (56,161)

Accumulated comprehensive income

  647   133 

Total stockholders' (deficit) equity

  (4,838)  10,212 

Total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity

 $6,557  $12,872 

 

The accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 

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Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended June 30,        Six Months Ended June 30,     
   

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 

Operating expenses:

                               

General and administrative

  $ 1,258     $ 1,241     $ 3,053     $ 2,391  

Research and development

    20,028       985       22,236       2,084  

Operating loss

    (21,286 )     (2,226 )     (25,289 )     (4,475 )
                                 

Other income (expense):

                               

Interest income

    2       -       2       -  

Interest expense

    (16 )     (4 )     (20 )     (7 )

Other expense

    (848 )     (148 )     (536 )     (269 )

Total other expense

    (862 )     (152 )     (554 )     (276 )
                                 

Loss before income tax benefit

    (22,148 )     (2,378 )     (25,843 )     (4,751 )
                                 

Income tax benefit

    18       192       47       308  
                                 

Net loss

    (22,130 )     (2,186 )     (25,796 )     (4,443 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    813       140       514       239  

Comprehensive loss

  $ (21,317 )   $ (2,046 )   $ (25,282 )   $ (4,204 )
                                 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

  $ (1.51 )   $ (0.22 )   $ (1.84 )   $ (0.44 )

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

    14,654,102       10,092,995       14,049,910       9,989,705  

 

The accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 

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Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders (Deficit) Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

  For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 
                
  

Common Stock

  

Additional
Paid-In

  

Accumulated

  

Accumulated Other Comprehensive

  

Total Stockholders'

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

(Loss) Income

  

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance as of January 1, 2022

  13,443  $13  $66,227  $(56,161) $133  $10,212 

Vesting of restricted stock

  6   -   -   -   -   - 

Stock-based compensation

  -   -   334   -   -   334 

Net loss

  -   -   -   (3,666)  -   (3,666)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -   -   -   -   (299)  (299)

Balance as of March 31, 2022

  13,449  $13  $66,561  $(59,827) $(166) $6,581 
                         

Issuance of common stock - CPP Acquisition

  7,320   8   9,597   -   -   9,605 

Vesting of restricted stock

  6   -   -   -   -   - 

Stock-based compensation

  -   -   293   -   -   293 

Net loss

  -   -   -   (22,130)  -   (22,130)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -   -   -   -   813   813 

Balance as of June 30, 2022

  20,775  $21  $76,451  $(81,957) $647  $(4,838)

 

  For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 
                
  

Common Stock

  

Additional
Paid-In

  

Accumulated

  

Accumulated Other Comprehensive

  

Total Stockholders'

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

(Loss) Income

  

Equity

 

Balance as of January 1, 2021

  9,664  $10  $54,848  $(46,026) $(384) $8,448 

Exercise of warrants for cash

  229   -   1,042   -   -   1,042 

Exercise of warrants, cashless

  189   -   -   -   -   - 

Vesting of restricted stock

  7   -   -   -   -   - 

Stock-based compensation

  -   -   252   -   -   252 

Net loss

  -   -   -   (2,257)  -   (2,257)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -   -   -   -   99   99 

Balance as of March 31, 2021

  10,089  $10  $56,142  $(48,283) $(285) $7,584 
                         

Exercise of warrants, cashless

  2   -   -   -   -   - 

Vesting of restricted stock

  4   -   -   -   -   - 

Stock-based compensation

  -   -   364   -   -   364 

Net loss

  -   -   -   (2,186)  -   (2,186)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -   -   -   -   140   140 

Balance as of June 30, 2021

  10,095  $10  $56,506  $(50,469) $(145) $5,902 

 

The accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 

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Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,  
   

2022

   

2021

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

               

Net loss

  $ (25,796 )   $ (4,443 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

               

Write off of in process research and development (IPR&D)

    17,737       -  

Stock-based compensation

    627       616  

Non-cash interest expense

    13       -  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

               

Income tax receivable

    (33 )     (251 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    (219 )     130  

Deposits held for clinical trial costs

    (2,561 )     -  

Accounts payable

    2,483       484  

Accrued liabilities

    (931 )     (194 )

Net cash used in operating activities

    (8,680 )     (3,658 )

Cash flows from investing activities:

               

Investment in IPR&D

    (659 )     -  

Cash aquired in merger

    4       -  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (655 )     -  

Cash flows from financing activities:

               

Proceeds from exercise of stock purchase warrants

    -       1,042  

Net cash provided by financing activities

    -       1,042  
                 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

    (2 )     (1 )
                 

Net change in cash

    (9,337 )     (2,617 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    11,867       9,022  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 2,530     $ 6,405  
                 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

               

Cash paid during period for interest

  $ 7     $ 7  
                 

Supplemental Disclosure of non-cash transactions:

               

Fair value of common stock, stock options and stock warrants issued as consideration for asset acquisition

  $ 9,605     $ -  

 

The accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 

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Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

1.         Business

 

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (“Panbela”) and its direct wholly-owned subsidiaries: Panbela Research, Inc. (“Panbela Research”) and Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“CPP”) exist for the primary purpose of developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with urgent unmet medical needs. Panbela Therapeutics Pty Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela Research organized under the laws of Australia. Cancer Prevention has three wholly owned dormant subsidiaries: Cancer Prevention Pharma (Ireland) Limited, Cancer Prevention Pharma Limited, a United Kingdom entity, and Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company. Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries is referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company.”

 

The primary objective of our pipeline is the utilization of pharmacotherapies to reduce or normalize increased disease-associated polyamines using complementary pharmacotherapies. Our lead candidates are ivospemin (SBP-101) for which we have exclusively licensed the worldwide rights to from the University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Flynpovi™ a combination of eflornithine (CPP-1X) and sulindac. We have exclusively licensed rights from the Arizona Board of Regents of the University of Arizona to commercialize Flynpovi, these rights are subject to a sublicense agreement to develop and commercialize Flynpovi in North America.

 

Recent Acquisition of CPP

 

On June 15, 2022, we completed the previously announced strategic business reorganization and acquisition of CPP pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of February 21, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Panbela, CPP, Panbela Research, Canary Merger Subsidiary I, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), and Canary Merger Subsidiary II, Inc. (“Merger Sub II”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub I, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela, which was itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela Research, merged with and into Panbela Research (the “First Merger”), with Panbela Research surviving the First Merger, and (ii) Merger Sub II, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela, merged with and into CPP (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with CPP surviving the Second Merger. As a result of the Mergers, each of Panbela Research and CPP became a wholly owned subsidiary of Panbela. In addition, in connection with the consummation of the Mergers, then “Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.” was renamed to “Panbela Research, Inc.” and then “Canary Merger Holdings, Inc.” was renamed to “Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.” See Note 6, “Acquisition,” for additional information.

 

 

2.         Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in a highly regulated and competitive environment. The development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products require approval from, and are subject to ongoing oversight by, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in the United States, the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia, the European Medicines Agency in the European Union, and comparable agencies in other countries. Obtaining approval for a new pharmaceutical product is never certain, may take many years, and is normally expected to involve substantial expenditures.

 

We have incurred losses of $82.0 million since our inception in 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we incurred a net loss of $25.8 million. Included in the net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $17.7 million of in process research and development (“IPR&D”) written off as research and development (“R&D”) expense subsequent to the acquisition of CPP. We also incurred negative cash flows from operating activities of approximately $8.7 million for this period. As we continue to pursue development activities and seek commercialization of our lead assets, we expect to incur substantial losses, which are likely to generate negative net cash flows from operating activities. As of June 30, 2022, we had cash of $2.5 million, negative working capital of $2.7 million (current assets less current liabilities), and stockholders’ deficit of $4.8 million. The Company’s principal sources of cash have historically included the issuance of equity securities and convertible debt. CPP’s principal sources of cash have historically also included issuance of equity securities, convertible debt and additionally development partners.

 

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The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability or classification of assets or the amounts of liabilities that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Our current independent registered public accounting firm included a paragraph emphasizing this going concern uncertainty in their audit report regarding our 2021 financial statements dated March 24, 2022. Our ability to continue as a going concern, realize the carrying value of our assets and discharge our liabilities in the ordinary course of business is dependent upon a number of factors, including our ability to obtain additional financing, the success of our development efforts, our ability to obtain marketing approval for our ivospemin (SBP-101), eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) product candidates in the United States, Australia, the European Union or other markets, and Flynpovi outside of North America and ultimately our ability to market and sell our product candidates. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue operations as a going concern. See Note 4 titled “Liquidity and Business Plan.”

 

In March of 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic. Early in the pandemic, federal, state and local governmental authorities took actions to combat the spread of COVID-19, including through issuances of “stay-at-home” directives and similar mandates for many individuals to substantially restrict daily activities and for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations. These measures, while intended to protect human life, led to initially significantly reduced economic activity. Vaccines became available at the end of 2020. Distribution in the United States accelerated during the first quarter of 2021 and then leveled off in the second quarter. In the fall of 2021, infection rates increased in the United States and other parts of the world as the result of the Delta variant. In winter of 2021, the Omicron variant caused another increase in infections. In the second quarter of 2022, infection rates were decreasing. The development and uncertainty of the situation continues to preclude any prediction as to the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, which will depend largely on future developments directly or indirectly relating to the duration and scope of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Australia, Europe and the rest of the world. During the spring of 2021, the Company experienced a delay in the manufacturing of the active product substance, which is manufactured in India. There was also a delay in the final manufacturing steps which are completed in the United States, in part related to COVID-19. To date neither one of these delays have caused a disruption in supply for our clinical or preclinical testing. In January of 2022, the Company announced the opening of a global randomized clinical trial, which is expected to be conducted in the United States, Europe and Australia. While opening of clinical sites in the US and the rest of the world has been slower than originally anticipated, due in part to resource fatigue in the medical community, the Company does not expect any serious disruption to the conduct of this new clinical trial associated with COVID-19. The Company’s administrative operations have been decentralized since inception of the Company, so the Company experienced no administrative disruptions or additional costs due to the pandemic or related restrictions.

 

 

3.         Basis of Presentation

 

We have prepared the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the periods and as of the dates presented. Our fiscal year ends on December 31. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 was derived from audited consolidated financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our most recent filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and our subsequent filings with the SEC. The nature of our business is such that the results of any interim period may not be indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

 

 

4.         Liquidity and Business Plan

 

We will need to raise additional capital to support our current business plans. We may seek to raise additional funds through various sources, such as equity and debt financings, or through strategic collaborations and license agreements. We can give no assurances that we will be able to secure additional sources of funds to support our operations, or if such funds are available to us, that such additional financing will be sufficient to meet our needs or on terms acceptable to us. This risk would increase if our clinical data were not positive or economic and market conditions deteriorate.

 

Our future success is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional financing, the success of our development efforts, our ability to obtain marketing approval for ivospemin (SBP-101), eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) in the United States or other markets and Flynpovi outside of the United States and ultimately our ability to market and sell our product candidates. If we are unable to obtain additional financing when needed, if our clinical trials are not successful or if we are unable to obtain marketing approval, we would not be able to continue as a going concern and would be forced to cease operations and liquidate our company.

 

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There can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain additional financing on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. The sale of additional convertible debt or equity securities would likely result in dilution to our current stockholders.

 

 

5.         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, and expenses of the Company. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, particularly given the significant social and economic disruptions and uncertainties.

 

Business Combinations and Asset Acquisition

 

We account for acquired businesses using the acquisition method of accounting, which requires that the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recorded at the date of acquisition at their respective fair values if the acquisition meets the definition of a business combination. If the acquisition does not meet the definition of a business combination, then it is accounted for as an asset acquisition and the purchase consideration is allocated to the acquired assets.

 

ASC 805 provides a model for determining whether an acquisition represents a business combination. In order to be a business, the integrated set of activities of the acquired entity needs to have an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. The acquired entity must also pass the “Screen Test”, which involves determining whether the acquisition represents an in-substance asset acquisition based on whether the fair value of the gross assets acquired is “substantially all” concentrated in a single asset or group of similar assets. This evaluation excludes certain acquired assets such as cash, deferred taxes, and goodwill associated with deferred taxes, but includes all other gross assets, including any consideration transferred in excess of the identified assets.

 

Research and development costs

 

Research and development costs include expenses incurred in the conduct of our clinical trials for ivospemin (SBP-101), Flynpovi, eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S), for third-party service providers performing various testing and accumulating data related to our preclinical studies; sponsored research agreements; developing and scaling the manufacturing process necessary to produce sufficient amounts of the ivospemin (SBP-101), eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) compounds for use in our pre-clinical studies and human clinical trials; consulting resources with specialized expertise related to execution of our development plan for our ivospemin (SBP-101), eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) product candidates; personnel costs, including salaries, benefits and share-based compensation; and costs to license and maintain our licensed intellectual property.

 

We charge research and development costs, including clinical trial costs, to expense when incurred. Our human clinical trials are, and will be, performed at clinical trial sites and are administered jointly by us with assistance from contract research organizations (“CROs”). Costs of setting up clinical trial sites are accrued upon execution of the study agreement. Expenses related to the performance of clinical trials generally are accrued based on contracted amounts and the achievement of agreed upon milestones, such as patient enrollment, patient follow-up, etc. We monitor levels of performance under each significant contract, including the extent of patient enrollment and other activities through communications with the clinical trial sites and CROs, and adjust the estimates, if required, on a quarterly basis so that clinical expenses reflect the actual effort expended at each clinical trial site and by each CRO.

 

Research and development costs also include IPR&D. This asset was acquired from the securityholders of CPP and written off to research and development immediately subsequent to the asset acquisition.

 

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All material CRO contracts are terminable by us upon written notice, and we are generally only liable for actual effort expended by the CROs and certain non-cancelable expenses incurred at any point of termination.

 

We expense costs associated with obtaining licenses for patented technologies when it is determined there is no alternative future use of the intellectual property subject to the license.

 

Stock-based compensation

 

In accounting for stock-based incentive awards, we measure and recognize the cost of employee and non-employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based on the fair value of those awards on the grant date. Calculating stock-based compensation expense requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, which represent our best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. Compensation cost is recognized ratably using the straight-line attribution method over the vesting period, which is considered to be the requisite service period. Compensation expense for performance-based stock option awards is recognized when “performance” has occurred or is probable of occurring.

 

The fair value of stock-based awards is estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The determination of the fair value of stock-based awards is affected by our stock price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. Risk free interest rates are based upon U.S. Treasury rates appropriate for the expected term of each award. Expected volatility rates are based primarily on the volatility rates of a set of guideline companies, which consist of public and recently public biotechnology companies. The assumed dividend yield is zero, as we do not expect to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future. The expected term of options granted is determined using the “simplified” method. Under this approach, the expected term is presumed to be the mid-point between the average vesting date and the end of the contractual term.

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

The functional currency of Panbela Therapeutics Pty Ltd is the Australian Dollar. Accordingly, assets and liabilities, and equity transactions of Panbela Therapeutics Australia Pty Ltd, are translated into U.S. dollars at period-end exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate in effect for the period. The resulting translation gains and losses are recorded as a component of accumulated comprehensive loss presented within the stockholders’ equity. During the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, any reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive loss to operations were inconsequential.

 

Comprehensive loss

 

Comprehensive loss consists of our net loss and the effects of foreign currency translation.

 

Net loss per share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is based on the weighted average of common shares outstanding during the period plus dilutive potential common shares calculated using the treasury stock method. Such potentially dilutive shares are excluded when the effect would be anti-dilutive or reduce a net loss per share. The Company’s potential dilutive shares, which include outstanding common stock options, and warrants, have not been included in the computation of diluted net loss per share for all periods as the result would be anti-dilutive.

 

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The following table sets forth the potential shares of common stock that were not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share as their effects would have been anti-dilutive as of the dates indicated:

 

  June 30, 
  

2022

  

2021

 

Employee and non-employee stock options

  4,040,890   2,431,911 

Restricted stock units

  -   21,580 

Common stock issuable under common stock purchase warrants

  5,447,561   5,109,501 
   9,488,451   7,562,992 

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current U.S. GAAP. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has adopted the ASU for the year ended December 31, 2022. This update permits the use of either the modified retrospective or fully retrospective method of transition. The Company has determined that the impact this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements is not material.

 

 

6.         Asset Acquisition

 

On June 15, 2022, the Company completed the previously announced strategic business reorganization and acquisition of CPP through the Mergers pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of February 21, 2022.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the holders of CPP’s outstanding capital stock immediately prior to the Merger received shares of common stock of Panbela upon closing of the Merger. The stockholders of Panbela Research retained a majority of the outstanding shares of Panbela, the post-merger holding company. CPP stockholders will be eligible to receive contingent payments totaling a maximum of $60 million from milestone and royalty payments associated with the potential approval and commercialization of eflornithine, the lead asset.

 

We performed the “screen test,” to determine if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired in the Mergers is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. CPP’s lead asset, eflornithine in three forms, including Flynpovi (eflornithine (CPP-1X and sulindac), eflornithine (CPP-1X), and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S), were identified as the single identifiable asset consisting of IPR&D. Accordingly, our acquisition of CPP has been recorded as an asset acquisition.

 

The contract consideration for the assets acquired includes certain contingent consideration which at acquisition date is neither probable of occurring nor reasonably estimable. As such, the value of this contingent consideration has been excluded from the allocation of the purchase price below. Acquisition-related transaction costs incurred have been recorded as additional investment in IPR&D.

 

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The following is a summary of the purchase consideration and the allocation of that purchase consideration in connection with the CPP asset acquisition:

 

Consideration paid for assets of CPP:

 

  

Shares

  

Value (in
Thousands)

 
         

Common stock issued to CPP shareholders

 

7,319,533

  $7,839 

Common stock underlying options continued

 

1,596,754

   1,637 

Common stock underlying warrants replaced

  338,060   128 

Total non cash consideration

     $9,605 

Transaction costs incurred

     $659 
         

Total Consideration

     $10,264 

 

Assets and liabilities acquired:

 

In process research and development *

 $17,737 

Cash

  4 

Other current assets

  230 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  (811)

Accrued interest and notes payable

  (6,897)
  $10,263 

 

* In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 730  this asset was immediately expensed upon the closing of the merger

 

 

7.         Notes Payable

 

Sucampo Promissory Note

 

As of June 30, 2022, CPP had a balance outstanding of approximately $6.2 million, representing principal and interest under an amended and restated promissory note (the “Sucampo Note”) issued with an initial principal amount of approximately $6.2 million in favor of Sucampo GmbH dated as of June 15, 2022. The principal balance outstanding under the Sucampo Note bears simple interest at a rate of 5% per annum. All unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest is payable as follows: (i) $1.0 million, plus all interest accrued but unpaid on or before each of January 31,2023, January 31, 2024, January 31, 2025 and January 31, 2026; and (ii) all remaining principal plus accrued but unpaid interest on or before January 31, 2027. If CPP or its parent, Panbela, receives cash proceeds from any issuance or offering of debt or equity before January 31, 2023, then CPP will be required to make a concurrent mandatory prepayment from such cash proceeds in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $1.0 million plus all interest accrued but unpaid on the Sucampo Note through the date of payment; and (ii) 10% of such cash proceeds. The amount payable by CPP on January 31, 2023 will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of any such prepayment. As of June 30, 2022, the accrued and unpaid interest on this note was approximately $12,000. Panbela has agreed to guarantee CPP’s payment obligations under the Sucampo Note pursuant to a Guaranty dated as of June 15, 2022.

 

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Tillots Promissory Note

 

As of June 30, 2022, CPP had a balance outstanding of approximately $0.7 million representing principal and interest under an amended promissory note (the “Tillotts Note”) issued with an initial principal amount of approximately $650,000 in favor of Tillotts Pharma AG. The principal balance outstanding under the Tillotts Note bears simple interest at a rate of 5% per annum. All outstanding amounts under the Tillotts Note are scheduled to mature and become payable in full on December 31, 2022. Accrued and unpaid interest as of June 30, 2022 was approximately $54,000.

 

 

8.         License Agreement for the Development and Commercialization of Flynpovi

 

CPP is party to a license agreement with One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited (“One-Two”) dated July 16, 2021. Under the agreement, One-Two has licensed CPP’s North American development and commercialization rights for Flynpovi. The agreement also calls for CPP to receive a milestone payment upon regulatory approval of Flynpovi by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and royalties on net sales of Flynpovi in the licensed territories. Payment of the milestone payment and net sales royalties shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by amounts funded by One-Two for One-Two’s direct employee, clinical and regulatory costs associated with any development activities necessary to secure FDA approval. The Company is not responsible for any costs, as they are incurred, associated with the development and regulatory approval of Flynpovi in North America.

 

 

9.          Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company is occasionally involved in claims and disputes arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company insures certain business risks where possible to mitigate the financial impact of individual claims and establishes reserves for an estimate of any probable cost of settlement or other disposition.

 

Former Employee Arbitration

 

CPP terminated its former chief financial officer for cause in November 2020. In November 2021, CPP received a demand for arbitration notice from the former employee disputing the termination for cause. Under a “for cause” termination, CPP had no continuing financial obligation to the former employee beyond those which it paid at separation. Under a “not for cause” termination (which the former employee is contending), CPP would have been obligated to pay his $265,000 annual salary, unused paid time off and offset potential COBRA costs. Per the applicable employment agreement, this dispute is being conducted through the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration process commenced in January 2022 and both parties have requested summary judgment. The Company expects to continue to vigorously defend against the former employee’s claim; however, it is currently unable to determine the ultimate outcome or potential exposure to loss, if any.

 

License Agreement with the University of Arizona

 

CPP is party to a license agreement with the Arizona Board of Regents of the University of Arizona (the “University”). Pursuant to an Inter-institutional Agreement, the Regents of the University of California on behalf of the University of California, Irvine, has agreed to license certain patents, provisional patents, clinical trial data and other intellectual property related to the chemoprevention of cancer, the prevention of polyps and other technologies to CPP. The University has the right to administer the joint patent rights held between the University and the University of California, Irvine. The license agreement gives CPP exclusive rights to commercialize products based on the intellectual property. In exchange for the intellectual property, CPP paid the University certain fees and reimbursements of patent costs and granted the university a warrant to acquire shares of CPP. As a result of the Mergers, the warrant was replaced with a warrant to purchase 110,882 shares of common stock of Panbela at a price of $0.28 per share.

 

CPP also agreed to pay the University additional milestone payments totaling up to $90,000 upon the achievement of certain research, development and regulatory milestones. Future milestone payments are considered to be contingent consideration and will be accrued when probable of being paid. As of June 30, 2022, no milestone payments were probable of being paid.

 

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10.         Stockholders Equity

 

Shares issued to acquire CPP

 

On June 15, 2022, Panbela acquired CPP, a private clinical stage company developing therapeutics to reduce the risk and recurrence of cancer and rare diseases, via merger for consideration consisting of (a) 6,587,576 shares of common stock, (b) 731,957 shares of common stock that remained subject to a holdback escrow (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (c) replacement options to purchase up to 1,596,754 shares of common stock at a weighted average purchase price of $0.35 per share, and (d) replacement warrants to purchase up to 338,060 shares of common stock at a weighted average purchase price of $4.10 per share.

 

Shares reserved

 

The following shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance as of the date indicated:

 

  

June 30, 2022

 

Stock options outstanding

  4,040,890 

Shares available for grant under equity incentive plan

  2,019,776 

Warrants outstanding (1)

  5,447,561 
   11,508,227 

 

(1) Weighted average exercise price of $4.56        

 

 

 

11.         Stock-based Compensation

 

2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

The Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) was originally adopted by our Board of Directors (the “Board”) and approved by our stockholders in 2016 and was later amended and restated by the Board and ratified by our stockholders in 2020. The 2016 Plan permits the granting of incentive and non-statutory stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, performance units, performance shares and other stock awards to eligible employees, directors and consultants. We grant options to purchase shares of common stock under the 2016 Plan at no less than the fair market value of the underlying common stock as of the date of grant. Options granted under the 2016 Plan have a maximum term of ten years. The 2016 Plan provides for increases in the number of shares available for awards under the plan on January 1 of each year beginning in 2021 and ending in 2025 in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 20% of the total number of fully diluted shares (as defined in the 2016 Plan) as of December 31 in the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) such lesser number of shares as may be determined by the Board. The shares of available for issuance under the 2016 Plan may be treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares. As of June 30, 2022, options to purchase 2,220,136 shares of common stock, each representing the right to acquire one share of common stock, were outstanding under the 2016 Plan, with a weighted average exercise price of $6.04 per share, and the average remaining contractual life was approximately 7 years. As of the same date, 2,019,776 shares remained available for future awards.

 

2011 Stock Option Plan

 

Our Board ceased making awards under the Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. 2011 Stock Option Plan (the “2011 Plan”) upon the original receipt of stockholder approval for the 2016 Plan. Awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan remain outstanding in accordance with and pursuant to the terms thereof. As of June 30, 2022, options to purchase 224,000 shares of common stock remained outstanding under the 2011 Plan, with a weighted average exercise price of $2.97 per share, and the average remaining contractual life was approximately 2.5 years.

 

CPPs 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

 

As a result of the Mergers, the Company has assumed all remaining rights and obligations with respect to CPP’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “CPP Plan”) through the issuance of replacement options. As of June 30, 2022, options to purchase 1,596,794 shares of common stock remained outstanding under the CPP Plan, with a weighted average exercise price of $0.35 per share, and the average remaining contractual life was 7.7 years.

 

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Stock-based Compensation Expense

 

General and administrative (“G&A”) and research and development expenses include non-cash stock-based compensation expense as a result of our issuance of stock options. The terms and vesting schedules for stock-based awards vary by type of grant and the employment status of the grantee. The awards granted through June 30, 2022 are scheduled to vest based upon time-based and performance conditions. There was approximately $2.2 million unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to options granted to employees, directors and consultants as of June 30, 2022.

 

Stock-based compensation expense for each of the periods presented is as follows (in thousands):

 

  Six Months Ended June 30, 
  

2022

  

2021

 

General and Administrative

 $507  $514 

Research and Development

  120   102 
  $627  $616 

 

Details of options, granted, exercised, cancelled or forfeited during the six months ended June 30, 2022 follows:

 

  

Shares Underlying
Options

  

Weighted Average
Exercise Price Per
Share

  

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value

 

Balance at January 1, 2022

  2,463,636  $5.76  $8,821 

Granted in connection with merger

  1,596,754   0.35     

Exercised

  -   -     

Cancelled

  -   -     

Forfeitures or expirations

  (19,500)  14.07     

Balance at June 30, 2022

  4,040,890  $3.62  $624,573 

 

Information about stock options outstanding, vested and expected to vest as of June 30, 2022, is as follows:

 

     Outstanding, Vested and Expected to Vest  Options Vested and Exercisable 

Per Share Exercise Price

  

Shares

  

Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

  

Options
Exercisable

  

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)

 
                        

$0.22

-$1.47   1,610,754   7.63  $0.356   1,610,754   7.63 

$2.26

-$2.50   79,225   7.12  $2.310   22,000   1.70 
$2.95-$4.17   1,207,940   6.95  $3.410   959,606   6.48 

$4.50

-$8.10   687,100   6.19  $6.134   647,100   6.09 

$9.99

-$10.10   262,048   7.56  $9.992   156,024   7.23 
$15.10     193,823   4.45  $15.100   193,823   4.45 

Totals

     4,040,890   7.15  $3.622   3,589,307   6.82 

 

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Item 2.         Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

This Quarterly Report and other publicly available documents, including any documents incorporated herein and therein by reference, contain, and our officers and representatives may from time to time make, forward-looking statements, including within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in the following discussion, the words anticipates, intends, believes, expects, plans,”” seeks, estimates, likely, may, would, will, and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding (i) our plans to initiate a randomized clinical trial; and (ii) our estimates of additional funds that may be required to complete our development plan and obtain necessary approvals.

 

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: (i) our ability to obtain additional funding to execute our business and clinical development plans; (ii) progress and success of our clinical development program; (iii) the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on our ability to conduct our clinical trials; (iv) our ability to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of our product candidates: ivospemin (SBP-101) and eflornithine (CPP-1X) (v) our reliance on a third party for the execution of the registration trial for our product candidate Flynpovi; (vi) our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for our product candidates, ivospemin (SBP-101) and eflornithine (CPP-1X) in the United States, the European Union or other international markets; (vii) the market acceptance and level of future sales of our product candidates, ivospemin (SBP-101) and eflornithine (CPP-1X); (viii) the cost and delays in product development that may result from changes in regulatory oversight applicable to our product candidates, ivospemin (SBP-101) and eflornithine (CPP-1X); (ix) the rate of progress in establishing reimbursement arrangements with third-party payors; (x) the effect of competing technological and market developments; (xi) the costs involved in filing and prosecuting patent applications and enforcing or defending patent claims; and (xii) such other factors as discussed in Part I, Item 1A under the caption Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any additional risks presented in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K.

 

Any forward-looking statement made by us in this Quarterly Report is based on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or reasons why actual results would differ from those anticipated in any such forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

Overview

 

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (“Panbela” and together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company”) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with urgent unmet medical needs.

 

On June 15, 2022, Panbela completed the previously announced strategic business reorganization and acquisition of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“CPP”) pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of February 21, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Panbela, CPP and Panbela Research, Inc. (formerly known as Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., “Panbela Research”), among others. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, (i) Canary Merger Subsidiary I, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela, which was itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela Research, merged with and into Panbela Research (the “First Merger”), with Panbela Research surviving the First Merger, and (ii) Canary Merger Subsidiary II, Inc., then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela, merged with and into CPP (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with CPP surviving the Second Merger. As a result of the Mergers, each of Panbela Research and CPP became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panbela. In addition, in connection with the consummation of the Mergers, “Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.” was renamed “Panbela Research, Inc.” and “Canary Merger Holdings, Inc.” was renamed “Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.”

 

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Our lead candidates are ivospemin (SBP-101) for which we have exclusively licensed the worldwide rights from the University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. and Flynpovi (eflornithine (CPP-1X) and Sulindac). Flynpovi is delivered in an oral form. The Company has an exclusive license to commercialize Flynpovi from the Arizona Board of Regents of the University of Arizona.

 

Ivospemin (SBP-101)

 

In 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) accepted our Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application for our ivospemin (SBP-101) product candidate. In May of 2022 we were notified that the United States Adopted Names Council (USAN) had adopted ivospemin as a USAN for SBP-101. After August 1, 2022, the USAN information on ivospemin will be scheduled for posting on the USAN Web site (www.ama-assn.org/go/usan).

 

We have completed an initial clinical trial of ivospemin (SBP-101) in patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. This was a Phase I, first-in-human, dose-escalation, safety study. From January 2016 through September 2017, we enrolled twenty-nine patients into six cohorts, or groups, in the dose-escalation phase of the Phase I trial. No drug-related bone marrow toxicity or peripheral neuropathy was observed at any dose level. In addition to being evaluated for safety, 23 of the 29 patients were evaluable for preliminary signals of efficacy prior to or at the eight-week conclusion of their first cycle of treatment using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (“RECIST”), the currently accepted standard for evaluating change in the size of tumors.

 

In 2018, we began enrolling patients in our second clinical trial, a Phase Ia/Ib study of the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of ivospemin (SBP-101) administered in combination with two standard-of-care chemotherapy agents, gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel. A total of 25 subjects were enrolled in four cohorts to evaluate the dosage level and schedule. An additional 25 subjects were enrolled in the expansion phase of the trial. Interim results were presented in January of 2022. Best response in evaluable subjects (cohorts 4 and Ib N=29) was a CR in 1 (3%), PR in 13 (45%), SD in 10 (34%) and PD in 5 (17%). One subject did not have post baseline scans with RECIST tumor assessments. Median Progression Free Survival (“PFS”), now final at 6.5 months may have been negatively impacted by drug dosing interruptions to evaluate potential toxicity. Median overall survival in Cohort 4 + Phase Ib was 12.0 months when data was presented in January 2022 and is now final at 14.6 months. Two patients from cohort 2 have demonstrated long term survival. One at 30.3 months (final data) and one at 33.0 months and still alive. Seven subjects are still alive at this time, one from cohort 2 and six from cohort 4 plus Ib.

 

In January of 2022, the Company announced the initiation of a new clinical trial. Referred to as ASPIRE, the trial is a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel, a standard pancreatic cancer treatment regimen in patients previously untreated for metastatic pancreatic cancer. The trial will be conducted globally at approximately 95 sites in the United States, Europe and Asia - Pacific. The company announced the first patient enrolled in the trial in Australia in August of 2022.

 

While opening of clinical sites in the US and the rest of the world has been slower than originally anticipated, due in part to resource fatigue in the medical community, the Company expects all countries and sites to be open by early 2023.

 

The trial was originally designed as a phase II/III with a smaller sample size (150) to support the events required for interim analysis based on PFS and a primary endpoint of overall survival. In response to European and FDA regulatory feedback, the study was amended to include the total trial sample size (600) and the design modified to utilize overall survival as the primary endpoint to be examined at interim analysis. PFS will also be analyzed to provide additional efficacy evidence. This amendment was supported by the final data from the phase Ia/b first line metastatic pancreatic trial which completed enrollment in December of 2020. The study will enroll 600 subjects and is anticipated to take 36 months for complete enrollment with the interim analysis available in early 2024.

 

In early April 2022, the Company announced a poster presentation highlighting the results for ivospemin (SBP-101) as a polyamine metabolism modulator in ovarian cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Conference The poster concludes that the ivospemin (SBP-101) treatment of C57Bl/6 mice injected with VDID8+ ovarian cancer cells significantly prolonged survival and decreased overall tumor burden. The results suggest that ivospemin (SBP-101) may have a role in the clinical management of ovarian cancer, and the Company intends to continue pre-clinical and clinical studies in ovarian cancer.

 

Additional clinical trials may be required for FDA or other country approvals. The cost and timing of additional clinical trials are highly dependent on the nature and size of the trials.

 

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Flynpovi (eflornithine (CPP-1X) and sulindac)

 

In 2009, the FDA accepted our IND application for the combination product, Flynpovi, product candidate.

 

In a phase III study, the efficacy and safety of the combination of Flynpovi, as compared with either drug eflornithine (CPP-IX) or sulindac alone, in adults with familial adenomatous polyposis (“FAP”) was conducted. A total of 171 patients underwent randomization. Disease progression occurred in 18 of 56 patients (32%) in the Flynpovi, 22 of 58 (38%) in the sulindac group, and 23 of 57 (40%) in the eflornithine (CPP-1X) group, with a hazard ratio of 0.71 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.39 to 1.32) for Flynpovi as compared with sulindac (P = 0.29) and 0.66 (95% CI, 0.36 to 1.23) for Flynpovi as compared with eflornithine (CPP-1X). In a post-hoc analysis, none of the patients in the combination arm progressed to a need for lower gastrointestinal (“LGI”) surgery for up to 48 months compared with 7 (13.2%) and 8 (15.7%) patients in the sulindac and eflornithine (CPP-1X) arms. These data corresponded to risk reductions for the need for LGI surgery approaching 100% between combination and either monotherapy with HR = 0.00 (95% CI, 0.00–0.48; p = 0.005) for combination versus sulindac and HR = 0.00 (95% CI, 0.00–0.44; p = 0.003) for combination versus eflornithine. Given the statistical significance of the LGI group, a new drug application (“NDA”) was filed with the FDA. As the study failed to meet the primary endpoint, and the NDA was based on the results of an exploratory analysis, a complete response letter was issued. To address this deficiency concern, the Company must submit the results of one or more adequate and well-controlled clinical trials which demonstrate an effect on a clinical endpoint.

 

In July 2021, CPP entered into a license agreement with One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited (“One-Two”). Under the license agreement, One-Two has licensed the North American development and commercialization rights for Flynpovi, as described in the Company’s IND application. The Company transferred the IND for the product to the licensing partner as of the date of the agreement. The agreement provided upfront payments which was recognized by CPP in the year ended December 31, 2021. The agreement also calls for CPP to receive a milestone payment upon regulatory approval of Flynpovi by the FDA and royalties on net sales of Flynpovi in the licensed territories. Payment of the milestone payment and net sales royalties shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by amounts funded by One-Two for One-Two’s direct costs associated with any development activities necessary to secure FDA approval.

 

We also have an ongoing double-blind placebo-controlled trial of Flynpovi to prevent recurrence of high risk adenomas and second primary colorectal cancers in patients with stage 0-III colon or rectal cancer, Phase III - Preventing Adenomas of the Colon With Eflornithine and Sulindac (“PACES”). The purpose of this study is to assess whether the combination of eflornithine (CPP-1X) and sulindac (compared to corresponding placebos) has efficacy against colorectal lesions with respect to high-grade dysplasia, adenomas with villous features, adenomas one cm or greater, multiple adenomas, any adenomas >/= 0.3 cm, total advanced colorectal events, or total colorectal events. The PACES trial is funded by the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”) in collaboration with the Southwest Oncology Group (“SWOG”).

 

Eflornithine (CPP-1X)/eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S)

 

In 2009 and 2018, the FDA accepted our IND applications for eflornithine (CPP-1X).

 

There are trials evaluating eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) in relapsed refractory neuroblastoma supported by the Children’s Oncology Group (“COG”) /NCI (ongoing) and STK11 mutation patients with non-small cell lung cancer scheduled to begin this year. For eflornithine tablets (CPP-1X), a phase II trial in Type I onset diabetes is scheduled to begin this year in collaboration with Indiana University.

 

Financial Overview

 

On June 15, 2022, Panbela acquired CPP, a private clinical stage company developing therapeutics to reduce the risk and recurrence of cancer and rare diseases, via merger for consideration consisting of (a) 6,587,576 shares of common stock, (b) 731,957 shares of common stock that remained subject to a holdback escrow (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (c) replacement options to purchase up to 1,596,754 shares of common stock at a weighted average purchase price of $0.35 per share, and (d) replacement warrants to purchase up to 338,060 shares of common stock at a weighted average purchase price of $4.10 per share, and post-closing contingent payments up to a maximum of $60 million, subject to satisfaction of certain milestones.

 

The Mergers, which resulted in Panbela Research and CPP becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of Panbela is being accounted for as an asset acquisition. Substantially all of the purchase consideration was used to acquire the single asset, in process research and development (“IPR&D”). At acquisition, IPR&D was valued at approximately 17.1 million. Immediately after the Mergers, an additional $0.6 million of acquisition related expenditures were added to IPR&D and then the full amount of approximately $17.7 million was written off to current period research and development costs.

 

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We have incurred losses of $82.0 million since 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we incurred a net loss of $25.8 million. Included in the net loss for the first half of the year was the non-cash write off of approximately $17.7 million from IPR&D acquired as a result of the Mergers. We also incurred negative cash flows from operating activities of approximately $8.7 million for six months ended June 30, 2022. We expect to continue to incur substantial losses, which will generate negative net cash flows from operating activities, as we continue to pursue research and development activities and commercialize.

 

Our cash was approximately $2.5 million and $11.9 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. A decrease of $9.4 million in cash for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was due to negative cash flow from operations which included $2.6 million to fund long term deposits held by the CRO leading our randomized trial. Ivospemin trial. The cash requirements for CPP operations for the balance of 2022 is not considered to be material. This cash balance is expected, with significant reductions made in our payments to vendors, to last until early in our fourth quarter.

 

We will need to raise additional capital to continue our operations and execute our business plan past the fourth quarter of 2022, including completing required future trials and pursuing regulatory approvals in the United States, the European Union and other international markets. We historically have financed our operations principally from the sale of equity securities and debt. While we have been successful in the past in obtaining the necessary capital to support our operations and we are likely to seek additional financing through similar means, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing under commercially reasonable terms and conditions, or at all. This risk would increase if our clinical data were not positive or if economic or market conditions deteriorate.

 

If we are unable to obtain additional financing when needed, we would need to scale back our operations, taking actions which may include, among other things, reducing use of outside professional service providers, reducing staff or staff compensation, significantly modifying or delaying the development of our product candidates, licensing to third parties the rights to commercialize our product candidates for pancreatic cancer or other applications that we would otherwise seek to pursue, or ceasing operations.

 

The Company has not experienced any significant disruptions to our operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment and enrollment in our Phase Ia/Ib trial was paused for a brief time in April and May of 2020. Drug product was delayed in early 2022, but we had adequate supply to initiate our randomized clinical trial and experienced no product related disruptions to our clinical trials. While the Company believes that the slower than expected initiation of clinical sites in our current randomized trial may be the result of fatigue in the medical community, plans have been made to still complete the trial within our planned timeline. The Company was not required to change management practices as it was decentralized prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the results of operations (in thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended June 30,             Six Months Ended June 30,          
   

2022

   

2021

   

Percent
Change

   

2022

   

2021

   

Percent
Change

 

Operating Expenses

                                               

General and administrative

  $ 1,258     $ 1,241       1.4 %   $ 3,053     $ 2,391       27.7 %

Research and development

    20,028       985       1933.3 %     22,236       2,084       967.0 %

Total operating expenses

    21,286       2,226       856.2 %     25,289       4,475       465.1 %
                                                 

Other expense, net

    (862 )     (152 )     467.1 %     (554 )     (276 )     100.7 %

Income tax benefit

    18       192       -90.6 %     47       308       -84.7 %
                                                 

Net Loss

  $ (22,130 )   $ (2,186 )     912.4 %   $ (25,796 )   $ (4,443 )     480.6 %

 

Research and development (“R&D”) and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include non-cash share-based compensation expense resulting from our issuance of stock options. We expense the fair value of equity awards over their vesting periods. The terms and vesting schedules for share-based awards vary by type of grant and the employment status of the grantee. The awards granted through June 30, 2022 vest upon performance or time-based conditions. We expect to record additional non-cash share-based compensation expense in the future, which may be significant.

 

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The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense in our statements of comprehensive loss:

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,  
   

2022

   

2021

 

General and administrative

  $ 507     $ 514  

Research and development

    120       102  

Total Stock based compensation

  $ 627     $ 616  

 

Three months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

 

General and administrative expense

 

Our G&A expenses increased 1.4% to $1.3 million in the second quarter of 2022, up from $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2021. The increase is primarily associated with legal and other costs associated with the Company’s acquisition of CPP.

 

Research and development expense

 

Our R&D expenses increased to $20.0 million in the second quarter of 2022, up from $1.0 million in the second quarter of 2021. Approximately $17.7 million of the increase resulted from the write off of IPR&D. The balance of the increase is due primarily to increased clinical trial costs related to our new ivospemin (SBP-101) randomized trial in the second quarter of 2022.

 

Other expense, net

 

Other expense, net, was approximately $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The net expense in both periods is composed primarily of a foreign currency exchange loss on the intercompany receivable balance.

 

Income tax benefit

 

Income tax benefit decreased to $18,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 down from $192,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Our income tax benefit is derived primarily from refundable tax credits associated with our R&D activities conducted in Australia, these activities are down significantly as we wrap up the Phase Ia/Ib trial.

 

Six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

 

General and administrative expense

 

Our G&A expenses increased 27.7% to $3.0 million in the first half of 2022, up from $2.4 million in the first half of 2021. The increase is primarily associated with legal and other costs associated with the Company’s acquisition or CPP.

 

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Research and development expense

 

Our R&D expenses increased 967.0% to $22.2 million in the first half of 2022, up from $1.1 million in the first half of 2021. After considering the write off of approximately $17.7million of IPR&D, the remaining increase is due primarily to increased clinical trial costs related to our new ivospemin (SBP-101) randomized trial in the first half of 2022.

 

Other expense, net

 

Other expense, net, was approximately $0.6 million and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively. The net expense in both periods is composed primarily of a foreign currency exchange loss on the intercompany receivable balance.

 

Income tax benefit

 

Income tax benefit decreased to $47,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 down from $308,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease is due to Australian R&D spending being down significantly as we wrap up the Phase Ia/Ib trial.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The following table summarizes our liquidity and capital resources as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and our cash flow data for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. It is intended to supplement the more detailed discussion that follows (in thousands):

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

               
   

June 30, 2022

   

December 31, 2021

 

Cash

  $ 2,530     $ 11,867  

Working capital

  $ (2,745 )   $ 9,619  

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,  
   

2022

   

2021

 

Cash Provided by (Used in):

               

Operating Activities

  $ (8,680 )   $ (3,658 )

Investing Activities

    (655 )     -  

Financing Activities

    -       1,042  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

    (2 )     (1 )

Net (decrease) in cash

  $ (9,337 )   $ (2,617 )

 

Working Capital

 

Our total cash and cash equivalents were $2.5 million and $11.9 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. We had $6.2 million in current liabilities and negative working capital of $2.7 million as of June 30, 2022, compared to $2.7 million in current liabilities and working capital of $9.6 million as of December 31, 2021. Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities.

 

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Cash Flows

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $8.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to approximately $3.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021. The net cash used in each of these periods primarily reflects the net loss for these periods and is partially offset by the effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, cash used in operating activities also included $2.6 million to fund long term deposits held by the CRO leading our randomized trial.

 

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

 

No cash was used in Investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 represents expenditures for closing the acquisition of the CPP IPR&D asset.

 

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $1.0 million. The cash provided for this period represents the proceeds from the exercise of warrants during the first half.

 

Capital Requirements

 

As we continue to pursue our operations and execute our business plan, including expansion of our randomized clinical trial for our product candidate, ivospemin (SBP-101), in pancreatic cancer, planning for required future trials and pursuing regulatory approvals in the United States, the European Union and other international markets, we expect to continue to incur substantial and increasing losses, which will continue to generate negative net cash flows from operating activities.

 

Our future capital uses and requirements depend on numerous current and future factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

 

the progress of clinical trials required to support our applications for regulatory approvals, including a randomized Phase II/III trial initiated in January of 2022;

 

 

the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on our ability to initiate enrollment in a future clinical trial and to monitor our current clinical trial;

 

 

the cost to implement development efforts for ivospemin (SBP-101) in ovarian cancer;

 

 

the cost to expand development efforts for eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) acquired as the result of the acquisition of CPP;

 

 

our ability to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of our product candidates;

 

 

our ability to obtain regulatory approval of our product candidates in the United States, the European Union or other international markets;

 

 

the cost and delays in product development that may result from changes in regulatory oversight applicable to our product candidates;

 

 

the market acceptance and level of future sales of our product candidates;

 

 

the rate of progress in establishing reimbursement arrangements with third-party payors;

 

 

the effect of competing technological and market developments; and

 

 

the costs involved in filing and prosecuting patent applications and enforcing or defending patent claims.

 

To date, we have used primarily equity financings and convertible debt to fund our ongoing business operations and short-term liquidity needs, and we expect to continue this practice for the foreseeable future. As of June 30, 2022, we did not have any existing credit facilities under which we could borrow funds.

 

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We will need to obtain additional funds to continue our operations and execute our business plans including completion of required future trials and pursuing regulatory approvals in the United States, the European Union and other international markets. While we have been successful in the past in obtaining the necessary capital to support our operations, and have similar future plans to obtain additional financing, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing under commercially reasonable terms and conditions, or at all. This risk would increase if our clinical data were inconclusive or not positive or economic conditions worsened in the market as a whole or in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology markets individually.

 

If we are unable to obtain additional financing when needed, we will likely need to reduce our operations by taking actions which may include, among other things, reducing use of outside professional service providers, reducing staff size or staff compensation, significantly modifying or delaying the development of, licensing rights to third parties, including the right to commercialize for patients with pancreatic cancer, or other applications that we would otherwise seek to pursue, or discontinuing operations entirely.

 

To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the interests of our current stockholders could be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our current stockholders. If we issue preferred stock, it could affect the rights of our stockholders or reduce the value of our common stock. Specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock may include voting rights, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion and redemption rights, sinking fund provisions, and restrictions on our ability to merge with or sell our assets to a third party. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any of these events could adversely affect our ability to achieve our regulatory approvals and commercialization goals and harm our business.

 

Our future success is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional financing, the success of our ASPIRE global randomized clinical trial for ivospemin (SBP-101), our ability to obtain marketing approval for SBP-101), eflornithine (CPP-1X) and eflornithine sachets (CPP-1X-S) in the United States, the European Union and other international markets and Flynpovi outside of North America. If we are unable to obtain additional financing when needed, if our ASPIRE clinical trial or additional clinical trials are not successful, if we do not receive regulatory approval or if once these studies are concluded, we do not receive marketing approval for, we would not be able to continue as a going concern and would be forced to cease operations. The interim financial statements included in this report have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability or classification of assets or the amounts of liabilities that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

 

Indebtedness

 

CPP issued to Sucampo GmbH (“Lender”) an Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the “Note”) on June 15, 2022 for the principal sum of $6,193,836 (the “Principal”). The note bears simple interest on any outstanding Principal at a rate of 5% per annum. All unpaid Principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest is payable as follows: (i) $1.0 million, plus all interest accrued but unpaid on or before each of January 31,2023, January 31, 2024, January 31, 2025 and January 31, 2026; (ii) all remaining Principal plus accrued but unpaid interest on or before January 31, 2027. If CPP or its parent, Panbela, receives cash proceeds from any issuance or offering of debt or equity before January 31, 2023, then CPP shall be required to make a concurrent mandatory prepayment of this note from such cash proceeds in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $1.0 million plus all interest accrued but unpaid on this note through the date of payment; and (ii) ten percent of such cash proceeds. The amount payable by CPP on January 31, 2023 will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of such prepayment.

 

Also effective on June 15, 2022, Panbela provided a Guarantee of payment in favor of the Lender for the full amount of the Note issued to the Lender.

 

As of June 30, 2022, CPP has an outstanding and amended promissory note with a former development partner, Tillotts Pharma AG (“Tillotts”). The principal amount on the note is $650,000. Interest accrues at a simple interest rate of 5% per year. The note and accrued but unpaid interest is due on December 31, 2022.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our significant accounting policies and estimates are set forth in the notes accompanying the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this document. The accounting policies and estimates used in preparing our interim fiscal 2022 condensed consolidated financial statements are the same as those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

 

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Item 3.         Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide disclosure pursuant to this item.

 

Item 4.         Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. As of the date of this filing, management has not identified any material weaknesses, but believes that it does have a significant deficiency in that it has insufficient personnel resources within the accounting function to fully segregate the duties over financial transaction processing and reporting. Management has mitigated this deficiency primarily through greater involvement in the review and monitoring of financial transaction processing and reporting by executive and senior management.

 

We believe that our internal control system provides reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal controls over financial reporting, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. Therefore, even effective internal controls over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting may vary over time.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, the Company’s management conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, pursuant to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of June 30, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information relating to the Company required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

We have not identified any change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.         Legal Proceedings.

 

None.

 

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Item 1A.    Risk Factors.

 

There have been no material changes to the risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, other than as set forth below.

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Financial Position

 

We are a pre-revenue company with a history of negative operating cash flow.

 

We have experienced negative cash flows for our operating activities since inception, primarily due to the investments required to commercialize our primary drug candidates, SBP-101 and eflornithine. Our financing cash flows historically have been positive due to proceeds from the sale of equity securities and promissory notes issuances. Our net cash used in operating activities was $6.7 million and $3.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and we had working capital of $9.6 million and $8.4 million as of the same dates, respectively. Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities.

 

Our operations are subject to all the risks, difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered in connection with the development of new products, as well as those risks that are specific to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in which we compete. Investors should evaluate us considering the delays, expenses, problems and uncertainties frequently encountered by companies developing markets for new products, services and technologies. We may never overcome these obstacles.

 

As a result of our current limited financial liquidity, we and our auditors have expressed substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

As a result of our current limited financial liquidity, our auditors’ report for our 2021 financial statements, which is included as part of this report, contains a statement concerning our ability to continue as a “going concern.” Our limited liquidity could make it more difficult for us to secure additional financing or enter into strategic relationships on terms acceptable to us, if at all, and may materially and adversely affect the terms of any financing that we may obtain and our public stock price generally.

 

Our continuation as a “going concern” is dependent upon, among other things, achieving positive cash flow from operations and, if necessary, augmenting such cash flow using external resources to satisfy our cash needs. Our plans to achieve positive cash flow primarily include engaging in offerings of securities. Additional potential sources of funds include negotiating up-front and milestone payments on our current and potential future product candidates or royalties from sales of our products that secure regulatory approval and any milestone payments associated with such approved products. These cash sources could, potentially, be supplemented by financing or other strategic agreements. However, we may be unable to achieve these goals or obtain required funding on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and therefore may be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

We may be unable to obtain the additional capital that is required to execute our business plan, which could restrict our ability to grow.

 

Our current capital and our other existing resources will be sufficient only to provide a limited amount of working capital and will not be sufficient to fund our expected continuing opportunities. While we project that our current capital resources are to fund our operations, including increased clinical trial costs, into early fourth quarter of 2022, we will require additional capital to continue to operate our business and complete our clinical development plans.

 

Future research and development, including clinical trial cost, capital expenditures and possible acquisitions, and our administrative requirements, such as salaries, insurance expenses and general overhead expenses, as well as legal compliance costs and accounting expenses, will require a substantial amount of additional capital and cash flow. There is no guarantee that we will be able to raise additional capital required to fund our ongoing business on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

 

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We intend to pursue sources of additional capital through various financing transactions or arrangements, including collaboration arrangements, debt financing, equity financing or other means. We may not be successful in locating suitable financing transactions on commercially reasonable terms, in the time period required or at all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means. If we do not succeed in raising additional capital, our resources will not be sufficient to fund our operations going forward.

 

Any additional capital raised through the sale of equity may dilute the ownership percentage of our stockholders. This could also result in a decrease in the fair market value of our equity securities because our assets would be owned by a larger pool of outstanding equity. The terms of securities we issue in future capital transactions may be more favorable to our new investors, and may include preferences, superior voting rights and the issuance of warrants or other derivative securities which may have a further dilutive effect.

 

Our ability to obtain needed financing may be impaired by such factors as the capital markets, both generally and in the pharmaceutical and other drug development industries in particular, the limited diversity of our activities and/or the loss of key personnel. If the amount of capital we are able to raise from financing activities is not sufficient to satisfy our capital needs, even to the extent that we reduce our operations, we may be required to cease our operations.

 

We may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital financing, including investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting fees, securities law compliance fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs, which may adversely impact our financial condition.

 

Our business is subject to risks arising from epidemic diseases, such as the 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 illness.

 

March of 2022 marked two years since the outbreak of COVID-19, was declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic. A pandemic, including COVID-19, or other public health epidemics pose the risk that we or our employees, contractors, suppliers, and other vendors may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to the spread of the disease within these groups or due to shutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. Early in the pandemic we paused enrollment in our Phase Ia/Ib clinical trial for 6 weeks to allow the health care systems involved in the trial time to focus resources on responding to the pandemic. Once enrollment was restarted in May 2020, we experienced no further delays. This delay did not have a material effect on the completion of enrollment or costs of the clinical trial. During the course of the pandemic, health care facilities have limited our ability to conduct on site patient data monitoring for our clinical trial, these visits are now successfully conducted remotely as necessary. We also experienced a delay, a short delay, early in the pandemic, in the manufacturing of our active ingredient and another minor delay in 2021 in the preparation of drug product We believe our supply of drug is adequate and these delays have not caused any disruption in the start of the new Phase II/III clinical trial which we initiated in January of 2022. This new trial has been designed to mitigate any potential effects of Covid-19 on site activations or subject enrollment.

 

While we have not, to date experienced any significant disruptions as a result of the pandemic, we are unable to estimate the future impact that COVID-19 could have on our operations. The recent trends in reduced infections and deaths, and increased levels of vaccination should help reduce the risk that the pandemic may slow potential enrollment of clinical trials and reduce the number of eligible patients for our clinical trials. While the pandemic could still disrupt the supply chain and the manufacture or shipment of both drug substance and finished drug product for our product candidates for preclinical testing and clinical trials, we believe that product secured in 2021 will be sufficient to complete the conduct of our new clinical trial. We often attend and present clinical updates at various medical and investor conferences throughout the year. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused, and may to continue to cause, cancellations or reduced attendance of these conferences and we may need to seek alternate methods to present clinical updates and to engage with the medical and investment communities. The COVID-19 outbreak, including new variants of the virus, and future mitigation measures may also have an adverse impact on global economic conditions which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition and our potential to conduct financings on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The extent to which the COVID-19 outbreak impacts our results will depend on future developments that remain uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the virus and the actions to contain its impact.

 

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The markets for our product candidates are highly competitive and are subject to rapid scientific change, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in which we compete are highly competitive and characterized by rapid and significant technological change. We face intense competition from organizations such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as academic and research institutions and government agencies. Some of these organizations are pursuing products based on technologies similar to our technology. Other of these organizations have developed and are marketing products or are pursuing other technological approaches designed to produce products that are competitive with our product candidates in the therapeutic effect these competitive products have on the diseases targeted by our product candidates. Our competitors may discover, develop or commercialize products or other novel technologies that are more effective, safer or less costly than any that we may develop. Our competitors may also obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for our product candidates.

 

Many of our competitors are substantially larger than we are and have greater capital resources, research and development staffs and facilities than we have. In addition, many of our competitors are more experienced in drug discovery, development and commercialization, obtaining regulatory approvals and drug manufacturing and marketing.

 

We anticipate that the competition with our product candidates and technology will be based on a number of factors including product efficacy, safety, availability and price. The timing of market introduction of our planned future product candidates and competitive products will also affect competition among products. We expect the relative speed with which we can develop our product candidates, complete the required clinical trials, establish strategic partners and supply appropriate quantities of the product candidate for late stage trials, if required, to be important competitive factors. Our competitive position will also depend upon our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, to obtain patent protection in non-U.S. markets, which we currently do not have, or otherwise develop proprietary products or processes and to secure sufficient capital resources for the period between technological conception and commercial sales or out-license to pharmaceutical partners. If we fail to develop and deploy a proposed product candidate in a successful and timely manner, we will in all likelihood not be competitive.

 

Our lack of diversification increases the risk of an investment in our Company and our financial condition and results of operations may deteriorate if we fail to diversify.

 

Our Board of Directors has centered our attention on our drug development activities, which are currently focused a limited number of product candidates. Our ability to diversify our investments will depend on our access to additional capital and financing sources and the availability and identification of suitable opportunities.

 

Larger companies have the ability to manage their risk by diversification. However, we lack and expect to continue to lack diversification, in terms of both the nature and geographic scope of our business. As a result, we will likely be impacted more acutely by factors affecting pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in which we compete than we would if our business were more diversified, enhancing our risk profile. If we cannot diversify our operations, our financial condition and results of operations could deteriorate.

 

Our business may suffer if we do not attract and retain talented personnel.

 

Our success will depend in large measure on the abilities, expertise, judgment, discretion, integrity and good faith of our management and other personnel in conducting our business. We have a small management team, and the loss of a key individual or inability to attract suitably qualified staff could materially adversely impact our business.

 

Our success depends on the ability of our management, employees, consultants and strategic partners, if any, to interpret market data correctly and to interpret and respond to economic market and other conditions in order to locate and adopt appropriate investment opportunities, monitor such investments, and ultimately, if required, to successfully divest such investments. Further, no assurance can be given that our key personnel will continue their association or employment with us or that replacement personnel with comparable skills can be found. We will seek to ensure that management and any key employees are appropriately compensated; however, their services cannot be guaranteed. If we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business may be adversely affected.

 

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We may be required to defend lawsuits or pay damages for product liability claims.

 

Product liability is a major risk in testing and marketing biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. We may face substantial product liability exposure in human clinical trials and in the sale of products after regulatory approval. Product liability claims, regardless of their merits, could exceed policy limits, divert management’s attention and adversely affect our reputation and the demand for our product. In any such event, your investment in our securities could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Risks Related to Acquisitions and Integrations

 

We have and expect to incur substantial costs related to the Mergers and subsequent integration efforts.

 

We have incurred and expect to incur a number of non-recurring costs associated with the Mergers and related transactions. These costs include legal, financial advisory, accounting, consulting and other advisory fees, retention, severance and employee benefit-related costs, regulatory fees, closing, integration and other related costs. Some of these costs are payable regardless of whether or not the Mergers are completed.

 

Although the Mergers have been completed, integration may be more difficult, costly, or time-consuming than expected, and we may not realize the anticipated benefits of the underlying acquisition.

 

The anticipated benefits of the combined company, including product candidate diversification and growth, may not be realized fully or at all or may take longer to commercialize than expected and integration may result in additional and unforeseen expenses. An inability to realize the full extent of the anticipated benefits, as well as any delays encountered in the integration process, could have an adverse effect upon our operating results.

 

In addition, we and CPP operated independently prior to the completion of the Mergers. It is possible that the now-active integration process could result in the loss of one or more key employees, including employees of CPP, the disruption of each company’s ongoing businesses or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures, and policies that adversely affect each company’s ability to maintain relationships with clients, customers, depositors, and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits of the Mergers. Integration efforts between the companies may also divert management attention and resources. These integration matters could have an adverse effect on the Company during this transition period and for an undetermined period.

 

We may not have discovered certain liabilities or other matters related to CPP, which may adversely affect the future financial performance of the combined company.

 

In the course of the due diligence review that we conducted prior to the execution of the merger agreement, we may not have discovered, or may have been unable to properly quantify, certain liabilities of CPP or other factors that may have an adverse effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows of the combined company.

 

Our estimates and judgments related to the acquisition accounting methods used to record the purchase price allocation related to the merger may be inaccurate.

 

Our management will make significant accounting judgments and estimates related to the application of acquisition accounting of the Mergers under GAAP, as well as the underlying valuation models. Our business, operating results, and financial condition could be materially adversely impacted in future periods if the accounting judgments and estimates prove to be inaccurate.

 

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Risks Related to the Development and Approval of New Drugs

 

Clinical trials required for our product candidate are expensive and time-consuming, and their outcome is highly uncertain. If any of our drug trials are delayed or yield unfavorable results, we will have to delay or may be unable to obtain regulatory approval for our product candidate.

 

We must conduct extensive testing of our product candidate before we can obtain regulatory approval to market and sell it. We need to conduct both preclinical animal testing and human clinical trials. Conducting these trials is a lengthy, time-consuming and expensive process. These tests and trials may not achieve favorable results for many reasons, including, among others, failure of the product candidate to demonstrate safety or efficacy, the development of serious or life-threatening adverse events, or side effects, caused by or connected with exposure to the product candidate, difficulty in enrolling and maintaining subjects in the clinical trial, lack of sufficient supplies of the product candidate or comparator drug, and the failure of clinical investigators, trial monitors, contractors, consultants, or trial subjects to comply with the trial protocol. A clinical trial may fail because it did not include a sufficient number of patients to detect the endpoint being measured or reach statistical significance. A clinical trial may also fail because the dose(s) of the investigational drug included in the trial were either too low or too high to determine the optimal effect of the investigational drug in the disease setting. Many clinical trials are conducted under the oversight of Independent Data Monitoring Committees (“IDMCs”) also known as DSMB’s. These independent oversight bodies are made up of external experts who review the progress of ongoing clinical trials, including available safety and efficacy data, and make recommendations concerning a trial’s continuation, modification, or termination based on interim, unblinded data. Any of our ongoing clinical trials may be discontinued or amended in response to recommendations made by responsible IDMCs based on their review of such interim trial results.

 

We will need to reevaluate our product candidate if it does not test favorably and either conduct new trials, which are expensive and time consuming, or abandon our drug development program. Even if we obtain positive results from preclinical or clinical trials, we may not achieve the same success in future trials. Many companies in the biopharmaceutical industry have suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials, even after promising results have been obtained in earlier trials. The failure of clinical trials to demonstrate safety and effectiveness for the desired indication could harm the development of our product candidate and our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially harmed.

 

We face significant risks in our product candidate development efforts.

 

Our business depends on the successful development and commercialization of our product candidates. We are currently focused on developing our product candidates, SBP-101 and eflornithine, and are not permitted to market it in the United States until we receive approval of an NDA from the FDA, or in any foreign jurisdiction until we receive the requisite approvals from such jurisdiction. The process of developing new drugs and/or therapeutic products is inherently complex, unpredictable, time-consuming, expensive and uncertain. We must make long-term investments and commit significant resources before knowing whether our development programs will result in drugs that will receive regulatory approval and achieve market acceptance. A product candidate that appears to be promising at all stages of development may not reach the market for a number of reasons that may not be predictable based on results and data from the clinical program. A product candidate may be found ineffective or may cause harmful side effects during clinical trials, may take longer to progress through clinical trials than had been anticipated, may not be able to achieve the pre-defined clinical endpoints even though clinical benefit may have been achieved, may fail to receive necessary regulatory approvals, may prove impracticable to manufacture in commercial quantities at reasonable cost and with acceptable quality, or may fail to achieve market acceptance.

 

We cannot predict whether or when we will obtain regulatory approval to commercialize our initial product candidate and we cannot, therefore, predict the timing of any future revenues from this or other product candidates, if any. The FDA has substantial discretion in the drug approval process, including the ability to delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons. For example, the FDA:

 

 

could determine that the information provided by us was inadequate, contained clinical deficiencies or otherwise failed to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of any of our product candidates for any indication;

 

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may not find the data from clinical trials sufficient to support the submission of an NDA or to obtain marketing approval in the United States, including any findings that the clinical and other benefits of our product candidates outweigh their safety risks;

 

 

may disagree with our trial design or our interpretation of data from preclinical studies or clinical trials or may change the requirements for approval even after it has reviewed and commented on the design for our trials;

 

 

may identify deficiencies in the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we enter into agreements for the manufacturing of our product candidates;

 

 

may approve our product candidates for fewer or more limited indications than we request or may grant approval contingent on the performance of costly post-approval clinical trials;

 

 

may change its approval policies or adopt new regulations; or

 

 

may not approve the labeling claims that we believe are necessary or desirable for the successful commercialization of our product candidates.

 

Any failure to obtain regulatory approval of our initial product candidate or future product candidates we develop, if any, would significantly limit our ability to generate revenues, and any failure to obtain such approval for all of the indications and labeling claims we deem desirable could reduce our potential revenues.

 

Our product candidate is based on new formulation of an existing technology which has never been approved for the treatment of any cancer and, consequently, is inherently risky. Concerns about the safety and efficacy of our product candidate could limit our future success.

 

We are subject to the risks of failure inherent in the development of product candidates based on new technologies. These risks include the possibility that any product candidates we create will not be effective, that our current product candidate will be unsafe, ineffective or otherwise fail to receive the necessary regulatory approvals or that our product candidate will be hard to manufacture on a large scale or will be uneconomical to market.

 

Many pharmaceutical products cause multiple potential complications and side effects, not all of which can be predicted with accuracy and many of which may vary from patient to patient. Long term follow-up data may reveal additional complications associated with our product candidate. The responses of potential physicians and others to information about complications could materially affect the market acceptance of our product candidate, which in turn would materially harm our business.

 

Our ability to commence and complete the planned FAP registration trial depends substantially on a third-party and its resources.

 

In July 2021, Cancer Prevention licensed the U.S. and Canadian rights to Flynpovi to One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited (“One-Two”), a private commercial-stage specialty pharma company focused on GI and orphan disease. Under the terms of the license, One-Two is responsible for all costs of development and approval of Flynpovi in North America.  Accordingly, our ability to potentially obtain FDA approval of Flynpovi is dependent on One-Two’s ability to fund and complete the registration trial.  Any failure to obtain regulatory approval of Flynpovi in this context, could significantly limit our ability to obtain milestone payments or generate revenues from Flynpovi.

 

Due to our reliance on third parties to conduct our clinical trials, we are unable to directly control the timing, conduct, expense and quality of our clinical trials, which could adversely affect our clinical data and results and related regulatory approvals.

 

We extensively outsource our clinical trial activities and expect to directly perform only a small portion of the preparatory stages for planned trials. We rely on independent third-party CROs to perform most of our clinical trials, including document preparation, site identification, screening and preparation, pre-study visits, training, program management and bio-analytical analysis. Many important aspects of the services performed for us by the CROs are out of our direct control. If there is any dispute or disruption in our relationship with our CROs, our clinical trials may be delayed. Moreover, in our regulatory submissions, we rely on the quality and validity of the clinical work performed by third-party CROs. If a CRO’s processes, methodologies or results are determined to be invalid or inadequate, our own clinical data and results and related regulatory approvals could be adversely affected or invalidated.

 

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We rely on third-party suppliers and other third parties for production of our product candidate and our dependence on these third parties may impair the advancement of our research and development programs and the development of our product candidates.

 

We rely on, and expect to continue to rely on, third parties for the supply of raw materials and manufacture of drug supplies necessary to conduct our preclinical studies and clinical trials. During 2021 the Company, in collaboration with our manufacturing partner confirmed a new shorter and less expensive synthesis of the active drug substance. However, delays in production by third parties could delay our clinical trials or have an adverse impact on any commercial activities. In addition, the fact that we are dependent on third parties for the manufacture of and formulation of our product candidates means that we are subject to the risk that the products may have manufacturing defects that we have limited ability to prevent or control. Although we oversee these activities to ensure compliance with our quality standards, budgets and timelines, we have had and will continue to have less control over the manufacturing of our product candidates than potentially would be the case if we were to manufacture our product candidates. Further, the third parties we deal with could have staffing difficulties, might undergo changes in priorities or may become financially distressed, which would adversely affect the manufacturing and production of our product candidates.

 

The results of pre-clinical studies and completed clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results, and our current product candidates may not have favorable results in later studies or trials.

 

Pre-clinical studies and Phase I clinical trials are not primarily designed to test the efficacy of a product candidate in the general population, but rather to test initial safety, to study pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, to study limited efficacy in a small number of study patients in a selected disease population, and to identify and attempt to understand the product candidate’s side effects at various doses and dosing schedules. Success in pre-clinical studies or completed clinical trials does not ensure that later studies or trials, including continuing pre-clinical studies and large-scale clinical trials, will be successful nor does it necessarily predict future results. Favorable results in early studies or trials may not be repeated in later studies or trials, and product candidates in later stage trials may fail to show acceptable safety and efficacy despite having progressed through earlier trials.

 

Risks Related to the Regulation of our Business

 

Federal and state pharmaceutical marketing compliance and reporting requirements may expose us to regulatory and legal action by state governments or other government authorities.

 

The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (the “FDMA”) established a public registry of open clinical trials involving drugs intended to treat serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions in order to promote public awareness of and access to these clinical trials. Under the FDMA, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other trial sponsors are required to post the general purpose of these trials, as well as the eligibility criteria, location and contact information of the trials. Failure to comply with any clinical trial posting requirements could expose us to negative publicity, fines and other penalties, all of which could materially harm our business.

 

In recent years, several states, including California, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico and West Virginia have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to establish marketing compliance programs and file periodic reports on sales, marketing, pricing and other activities. Similar legislation is being considered in other states. Many of these requirements are new and uncertain, and available guidance is limited. Unless we are in full compliance with these laws, we could face enforcement actions and fines and other penalties and could receive adverse publicity, all of which could harm our business.

 

If the product candidate we develop becomes subject to unfavorable pricing regulations, third party reimbursement practices or healthcare reform initiatives, our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidate may be impaired.

 

Our future revenues, profitability and access to capital will be affected by the continuing efforts of governmental and private third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. We expect several federal, state and foreign proposals to control the cost of drugs through government regulation. We are unsure of the impact recent health care reform legislation may have on our business or what actions federal, state, foreign and private payors may take in response to the recent reforms. Therefore, it is difficult to predict the effect of any implemented reform on our business. Our ability to commercialize our product candidate successfully will depend, in part, on the extent to which reimbursement for the cost of such product candidate and related treatments will be available from government health administration authorities, such as Medicare and Medicaid in the United States, private health insurers and other organizations. Significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of newly approved health care products, particularly for indications for which there is no current effective treatment or for which medical care typically is not sought. Adequate third-party coverage may not be available to enable us to maintain price levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on our investment in product research and development. If adequate coverage and reimbursement levels are not provided by government and third-party payors for use of our product candidates, our product candidates may fail to achieve market acceptance and our results of operations will be harmed.

 

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Healthcare legislative reform measures may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

Legislative and regulatory actions affecting government prescription drug procurement and reimbursement programs occur relatively frequently. In the United States, the ACA was enacted in 2010 to expand healthcare coverage. Since then, numerous efforts have been made to repeal, amend or administratively limit the ACA in whole or in part. For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Trump in 2017, repealed the individual health insurance mandate, which is considered a key component of the ACA. In December 2018, a Texas federal district court struck down the ACA on the grounds that the individual health insurance mandate is unconstitutional, although this ruling has been stayed pending appeal. The ongoing challenges to the ACA and new legislative proposals have resulted in uncertainty regarding the ACA's future viability and destabilization of the health insurance market. The resulting impact on our business is uncertain and could be material.

 

Efforts to control prescription drug prices could also have a material adverse effect on our business. For example, in 2018, President Trump and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released the “American Patients First Blueprint” and have begun implementing certain portions. The initiative includes proposals to increase generic drug and biosimilar competition, enable the Medicare program to negotiate drug prices more directly and improve transparency regarding drug prices and ways to lower consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. The Trump administration also proposed to establish an “international pricing index” that would be used as a benchmark to determine the costs and potentially limit the reimbursement of drugs under Medicare Part B. Among other pharmaceutical manufacturer industry-related proposals, Congress has proposed bills to change the Medicare Part D benefit to impose an inflation-based rebate in Medicare Part D and to alter the benefit structure to increase manufacturer contributions in the catastrophic phase. The volume of drug pricing-related bills has dramatically increased under the current Congress, and the resulting impact on our business is uncertain and could be material.

 

In addition, many states have proposed or enacted legislation that seeks to regulate pharmaceutical drug pricing indirectly or directly, such as by requiring biopharmaceutical manufacturers to publicly report proprietary pricing information or to place a maximum price ceiling on pharmaceutical products purchased by state agencies. For example, in 2017, California’s governor signed a prescription drug price transparency state bill into law, requiring prescription drug manufacturers to provide advance notice and explanation for price increases of certain drugs that exceed a specified threshold. Both Congress and state legislatures are considering various bills that would reform drug purchasing and price negotiations, allow greater use of utilization management tools to limit Medicare Part D coverage, facilitate the import of lower-priced drugs from outside the United States and encourage the use of generic drugs. Such initiatives and legislation may cause added pricing pressures on our products.

 

Changes to the Medicaid program at the federal or state level could also have a material adverse effect on our business. Proposals that could impact coverage and reimbursement of our products, including giving states more flexibility to manage drugs covered under the Medicaid program and permitting the re-importation of prescription medications from Canada or other countries, could have a material adverse effect by limiting our products’ use and coverage. Furthermore, state Medicaid programs could request additional supplemental rebates on our products as a result of an increase in the federal base Medicaid rebate. To the extent that private insurers or managed care programs follow Medicaid coverage and payment developments, they could use the enactment of these increased rebates to exert pricing pressure on our products, and the adverse effects may be magnified by their adoption of lower payment schedules.

 

Other proposed regulatory actions affecting manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on our business. It is difficult to predict the impact, if any, of any such proposed legislative and regulatory actions or resulting state actions on the use and reimbursement of our products in the United States, but our results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

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Risks Related to our Intellectual Property

 

If we are unable to obtain, maintain and enforce our proprietary rights, we may not be able to compete effectively or operate profitably.

 

We are party to a license agreement with UFRF. The patent underlying the licensed intellectual property and those of other biopharmaceutical companies, are generally uncertain and involve complex legal, scientific and factual questions.

 

Our ability to develop and commercialize drugs depends in significant part on our ability to: (i) obtain and/or develop broad, protectable intellectual property; (ii) obtain additional licenses, if required, to the proprietary rights of others on commercially reasonable terms; (iii) operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others; (iv) prevent others from infringing on our proprietary rights; and (v) protect our corporate know-how and trade secrets.

 

Patents that we may acquire and those that might be issued in the future, may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, and the rights granted thereunder may not provide us with proprietary protection or competitive advantages against competitors with similar technology. Furthermore, our competitors may independently develop similar technologies or duplicate any technology we develop. Because of the extensive time required for development, testing and regulatory review of a potential product candidates, it is possible that, before any of our product candidates can be commercialized, any related patent may expire or remain in force for only a short period following commercialization, thus reducing any advantage of the patent.

 

Because patent applications in the U.S. and many foreign jurisdictions are typically not published until at least 12 months after filing, or in some cases not at all, and because publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind actual discoveries, neither we nor our licensors can be certain that either we or our licensors were the first to make the inventions claimed in issued patents or pending patent applications, or that we were the first to file for protection of the inventions set forth in these patent applications.

 

Additionally, UFRF previously elected to seek protection for certain elements of the licensed technology only in the United States, and the time to file for international patent protection has expired. This limits the strength of the Company’s intellectual property position in certain markets and could affect the overall value of the Company to a potential corporate partner.

 

Obtaining and maintaining our patent protection depends upon compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment and other requirements imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.

 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payment and other provisions during the patent process. There are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. In such an event, competitors might be able to enter the market earlier than would otherwise have been the case.

 

We may be exposed to infringement or misappropriation claims by third parties, which, if determined adversely to us, could cause us to pay significant damage awards.

 

There has been substantial litigation and other proceedings regarding patent and other intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We may become a party to various types of patent litigation or other proceedings regarding intellectual property rights from time to time even under circumstances where we are not using and do not intend to use any of the intellectual property involved in the proceedings.

 

The cost of any patent litigation or other proceeding, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the cost of such litigation or proceedings more effectively than we will be able to because our competitors may have substantially greater financial resources. If any patent litigation or other proceeding is resolved against us, we or our collaborators may be enjoined from developing, manufacturing, selling or importing our drugs without a license from the other party and we may be held liable for significant damages. We may not be able to obtain any required license(s) on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

 

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Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the marketplace. Patent litigation and other proceedings may also absorb significant management time.

 

Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of our know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary information and may not adequately protect our intellectual property, which could impede our ability to compete.

 

Because we operate in the highly technical field of medical technology development, we rely in part on trade secret protection in order to protect our proprietary trade secrets and unpatented know-how. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect, and we cannot be certain that others will not develop the same or similar technologies on their own. We have taken steps, including entering into confidentiality agreements with all of our employees, consultants and corporate partners to protect our trade secrets and unpatented know-how. These agreements generally require that the other party keep confidential and not disclose to third parties any confidential information developed by the party or made known to the party by us during the course of the party’s relationship with us. We also typically obtain agreements from these parties which provide that inventions conceived by the party in the course of rendering services to us will be our exclusive property. However, these agreements may not be honored and may not effectively assign intellectual property rights to us. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets or know-how is difficult, expensive and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets or know-how. The failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive position.

 

We may be subject to claims that our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers.

 

As is common in the biotechnology industry, we employ individuals who were previously employed at other biotechnology companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Although no claims against us are currently pending, we may be subject to claims that these employees or we have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information of their former employers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.

 

Risks Associated with Our Common Stock

 

Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders or restrict our operations.

 

To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, stockholders’ ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect their rights as stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any of these events could adversely affect our ability to achieve our product development and commercialization goals and harm our business. We do not anticipate any adverse effects stemming from the lack of available credit facilities at this time.

 

Issuances of common stock in offerings or pursuant to the exercise of rights to purchase shares may cause the price of our common stock to decline and cause investors to lose a significant portion of their investment.

 

If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market or upon the expiration of any statutory holding period under Rule 144, or upon expiration of lock-up periods applicable to outstanding shares or issued upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang” and in anticipation of which the market price of our common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate more difficult.

 

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Securities analysts may not initiate coverage or continue to cover our common stock, and this may have a negative impact on the market price of our common stock.

 

Common stock prices are often significantly influenced by the research and reports that securities analysts publish about companies and their business. We do not have any control over these analysts. There is no guarantee that securities analysts will cover, or continue to cover, our common stock. If securities analysts do not cover our common stock, the lack of research coverage may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. If our common stock is covered by securities analysts and our stock is downgraded, our stock price will likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to publish regular reports on us, we can lose visibility in the financial markets, which can cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

 

Our charter documents and Delaware law may inhibit a takeover that stockholders consider favorable.

 

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable provisions of Delaware law may make it more difficult for or prevent a third party from acquiring control of us without the approval of our board of directors. These provisions:

 

 

set limitations on the removal of directors;

 

limit who may call a special meeting of stockholders;

 

establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings;

 

do not permit cumulative voting in the election of our directors, which would otherwise permit less than a majority of stockholders to elect directors;

 

establish a classified board of directors limiting the number of directors that are elected each year; and

 

provide our board of directors the ability to designate the terms of and issue preferred stock without stockholder approval.

 

In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally limits our ability to engage in any business combination with certain persons who own 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or any of our associates or affiliates who at any time in the past three years have owned 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock unless our board of directors has pre-approved the acquisitions that lead to such ownership. These provisions may have the effect of entrenching our management team and may deprive stockholders of the opportunity to sell their shares to potential acquirers at a premium over prevailing prices. This potential inability to obtain a control premium could reduce the price of our common stock.

 

If we issue preferred stock, the rights of holders of our common stock and the value of such common stock could be adversely affected.

 

Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue classes or series of preferred stock, without any action on the part of the stockholders. The Board of Directors also has the power, without stockholder approval, to set the terms of any such classes or series of preferred stock, including voting rights, dividend rights and preferences over the common stock with respect to dividends or upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our business and other terms. If we issue preferred stock in the future that has a preference over the common stock with respect to the payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, or if we issue preferred stock with voting rights that dilute the voting power of the common stock, the rights of holders of the common stock or the value of the common stock would be adversely affected.

 

If we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, the price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

 

We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. Any failure of these controls could also prevent us from maintaining accurate accounting records and discovering accounting errors and financial fraud.

 

Management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses that need to be addressed or other potential matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting or disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common stock.

 

 

 

 

Item 2.         Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

None.

 

Item 3.         Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

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Item 4.         Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.         Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 6.         Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

Manner of Filing

2.1*

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 21, 2022, by and among Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., Canary Merger Holdings, Inc., Canary Merger Subsidiary I, Inc., Canary Merger Subsidiary II, Inc., Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Fortis Advisors LLC, as Stockholder Representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2021)

 

Incorporated by Reference

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

3.2

 

Bylaws of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to current report on Form 8-K filed September 1, 2020)

 

Incorporated by Reference

4.2

 

Form of Underwriter Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 Form S-1 effective August 27, 2020)

 

Incorporated by Reference

4.3

 

Warrant Agency Agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC dated September 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to current report on Form 8-K filed September 1, 2020)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.1

 

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.2

 

Form of Stock Option Assumption Notice (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.3

 

Form of Replacement Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.4

 

Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Sucampo GmbH (f/k/a Sucampo AG), dated as of September 6, 2017, as amended through April 7, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.5

 

Guaranty in favor of Sucampo GmbH (f/k/a Sucampo AG), dated June 15, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.6

 

Severance Agreement between Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Jeffrey E. Jacobs, dated June 15, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to current report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2022)

 

Incorporated by Reference

10.7*†  

License Agreement, dated June 16, 2021 between Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and One-Two Therapeutic Assets Limited

 

Filed Electronically

 

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Exhibit No.   Description   Manner of Filing

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed Electronically

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed Electronically

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed Electronically

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed Electronically

101

 

Financial statements from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, formatted in inline XBRL: (i) the Balance Sheets, (ii) the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, (iii) the Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), (iv) the Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to Financial Statements

 

Filed Electronically

104

 

Cover Page Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

   

 

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Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished to the SEC upon request; provided, however, that the parties may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any document so furnished.

 

Portions of this agreement have been redacted in compliance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

PANBELA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

   

Date: August 15, 2022

/s/ Jennifer K. Simpson

 

Jennifer K. Simpson

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

(Duly Authorized Officer)

   

Date: August 15, 2022

/s/ Susan Horvath

 

Susan Horvath

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

[******] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

License Agreement

 

 

This License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into on the 16th day of July, 2021 (“Effective Date”) by and between Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having a place of business at 1760 East River Road, Suite 250, Tucson, Arizona 85718 (“CPP”), and One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of Ireland, having a place of business at Carrick House, 49 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“One- Two”). CPP and One-Two are referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS, CPP is a pharmaceutical company that develops therapies for people with elevated risk for cancer;

 

WHEREAS, CPP is engaged in developing the Product (as defined below) for the treatment or prevention of colorectal neoplasms, including the FAP Product (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, CPP owns, holds, licenses or controls certain regulatory filings, data and intellectual property rights related to the Products;

 

WHEREAS, CPP has contracted with Sanofi (as defined below) for the manufacture of the Product;

 

WHEREAS, One-Two is engaged in the business of developing, marketing, promoting, importing, selling and distributing pharmaceutical products;

 

WHEREAS, One-Two wishes to receive, and CPP wishes to grant One-Two, an exclusive license to Develop and Commercialize the Product in the Territory, and a non- exclusive license to Manufacture the Product in the Territory, all as described in more detail below;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, One- Two and CPP hereby agree as follows:

 

 

Article 1

 

Definitions

 

The terms in this Agreement with initial letters capitalized shall have the meanings set forth below, or the meaning as designated in the indicated places throughout this Agreement.

 

 

1.1

AAA” is defined in Section 15.6.

 

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1.2

Acquired Person” is defined in Section 1.11.

 

 

1.3

Acquiring Person” is defined in Section 5.3(b)(ii)(1).

 

 

1.4

“Active Ingredients” means both Eflornithine and Sulindac.

 

1.5       Affiliate” means, with respect to a Party, any Entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Party at the time at which the determination of affiliation is being made, but only for the period of time that such Person meets the definition of Affiliate hereunder. For the purpose of this definition, “control” means (a) if the Entity is a corporation, direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors for such corporation, (b) if such Entity is any type of legal entity other than a corporation, (i) fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interest in such legal entity, or (ii) if such Entity is a partnership, status as a general partner in any such partnership, and (c) any other arrangement whereby such Entity controls or has the right to control the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the other, or the ability to cause the direction of the management or policies of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement One-Two shall be considered an Affiliate of QOL.

 

 

1.6

Agreement” is defined in the Preamble.

 

 

1.7

Approved Materials” is defined in Section 8.3(c).

 

 

1.8

Arizona License Agreement” is defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

1.9      Arizona Payment Obligations” means all payments, if any, that will or may become due and payable to the University of Arizona under the Arizona License Agreement as a result of any of the activities performed by or on behalf of either Party or their sublicensees under this Agreement or the Services Agreement.

 

1.10     Business Day” means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, or (b) a day on which commercial banks located in New York, New York are authorized or required by Law to be closed.

 

1.11     Calendar Quarter” means the respective periods of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

 

1.12     Calendar Year” means a period of twelve (12) consecutive months ending on December 31.

 

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1.13    Change of Control” means, with respect to a Party (an “Acquired Person”), from and after the Effective Date, a transaction involving such Acquired Person in which: (a) any Person or group of Persons becomes the beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of such Acquired Person, (b) such Acquired Person consolidates with or merges into or with another Person pursuant to a transaction in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of the acquiring or resulting entity outstanding immediately after such consolidation or merger is not held by the holders of the outstanding voting shares of such Acquired Person immediately preceding such consolidation or merger, or (c) that Acquired Person sells or transfers to another Person all or substantially all of its assets or all rights, title and interest in and to the Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) a sale of capital stock to underwriters in an underwritten public offering of a Party’s capital stock solely for the purpose of financing, (ii) the acquisition of securities of the Acquired Person by any Person or group of Persons that acquires the Acquired Person’s securities in a transaction or series of related transactions the primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Acquired Person through the issuance of equity securities, or (iii) a transaction solely to change the domicile of a Party.

 

1.14   Claims” means all Third Party demands, claims, actions, proceedings, orders, findings and verdicts (whether criminal or civil, in contract, tort or otherwise) seeking or awarding losses, damages, legal costs, other expenses of any nature, or equitable remedies of any nature, including restitution and injunctive relief.

 

 

1.15

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

1.16

Collaboration Inventions” is defined in Section 10.1(a)(ii).

 

 

1.17

Commercialization Affiliates” is defined in Article 6.

 

 

1.18

Commercialization Wind-Down Period” is defined in Section 14.3(g).

 

1.19    Commercialize” or “Commercialization” means any and all activities directed to the marketing and commercialization of the Product after Regulatory Approval, including pre- launch and post-launch marketing, promoting, distribution, detailing or commercially selling or offering to sell the Product (as well as importing and exporting activities in connection therewith); provided that to the extent a distinction between Commercialization, Development and Manufacturing activities is relevant, “Commercialize” and “Commercialization” shall exclude activities related solely to Development or Manufacturing. When used as a verb, “Commercialize” means to engage in Commercialization.

 

 

1.20

Competing Program” is defined in Section 5.3(b)(ii)(2).

 

 

1.21

Confidential Information” is defined in Section 11.1.

 

1.22    Contractor” means any Entity (including CPP, any One-Two Affiliate or any Third Party) that is retained by One-Two or its Affiliate to perform Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization activities on One-Two’s behalf pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

1.23   Control” or “Controlled” means, with respect to any Know-How, material, Patents, other intellectual property, Study Data, Regulatory Filing, Regulatory Approval, or any proprietary or trade secret information, and subject to Section 15.2(b) the legal authority or right (whether by ownership, license or otherwise), as of the Effective Date or during the Term, to: (a) grant ownership of or a license or a sublicense under such Know-How, Patents, or intellectual property, Study Data, Regulatory Filing, or Regulatory Approval; or (b) otherwise disclose such proprietary or trade secret information, Study Data or Regulatory Filing; in each case without breaching the terms of any agreement with, obligation to or other arrangement with a Third Party, or misappropriating the proprietary or trade secret information of a Third Party and in each case as provided in this Agreement.

 

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1.24   Cover” or “Covering” means, with respect to a Patent or claim of a Patent and the Product, that the making, use, sale, offer for sale or importation of the Product would infringe such claim or Patent (or in the case of a pending patent application, if the claims of such patent application as then existing were issued), but for the licenses granted in this Agreement.

 

 

1.25

CPP” is defined in the Preamble.

 

 

1.26

CPP Indemnitee” is defined in Section 13.2.

 

 

1.27

CPP NDA” means the U.S. NDA 212282.

 

 

1.28

CPP Plan” is defined in Section 3.3(a)(i).

 

 

1.29

CPP Share of Expenses” is defined in Section 9.5.

 

1.30    Data Package” means, with respect to a clinical study, all of the following: (a) an electronic copy of the final study report meeting the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 58.185 for such study, provided such final study report is required to be submitted for such clinical study under applicable Law; (b) an electronic copy of datasets for such clinical study to the extent owned or Controlled by the Party preparing the Data Package; (c) all protocols for the performance of such clinical study (as they may be amended from time to time); and (d) a copy of all correspondences between a Party and the applicable Regulatory Authority regarding such clinical study.

 

1.31   Debarred means that a Party or any of its officers or directors or any other personnel (or other permitted agents of a Party hereunder) has been: (a) convicted of any of the offenses identified among the exclusion authorities listed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) website, including 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7 (http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/authorities.asp); (b) identified in the OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database (http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov/) or listed as having an active exclusion in the System for Award Management (http://www.sam.gov); (c) debarred pursuant to sections 306(a) or (b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 335(a) or (b)) as published in the FEDERAL REGISTER (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/); (d) disqualified or proposed by FDA for disqualification from receiving investigational products or conducting clinical studies; or (e) listed by any US Federal agency as being suspended, proposed for debarment, debarred, excluded or otherwise ineligible to participate in Federal procurement or non-procurement programs, including under 21 U.S.C. 335a.

 

 

1.32

Defense Notice” is defined in Section 13.3(a).

 

 

1.33

Delayed Milestone” is defined in Section 9.2.

 

 

1.34

Delayed Milestone Capped Royalty” is defined in Section 9.3(b).

 

 

1.35

Delayed Milestone Initial Royalty” is defined in Section 9.3(b).

 

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1.36

Delayed Milestone Step-Down Threshold” is defined in Section 9.3(b).

 

1.37    Develop” or “Development” means any and all research and development activities for the Product (including placebos and comparators) relating to the Product, including all non-clinical, preclinical and clinical activities, testing and studies of the Product, manufacturing process development, toxicology studies, distribution of Products for use in clinical trials, research and development of companion diagnostics for use in connection with clinical trials of Products as well as approved Products, statistical analyses, and the preparation, filing and prosecution of any Marketing Approval Application and obtaining or maintaining Regulatory Approvals for the Product, as well as all regulatory affairs related to any of the foregoing. When used as a verb, “Develop” means to engage in Development.

 

 

1.38

Discloser” is defined in Section 11.1.

 

 

1.39

Dollar” or “$” means the legal tender of the United States.

 

 

1.40

Effective Date” is defined in the Preamble.

 

 

1.41

Effective Date Payment” is defined in Section 9.1.

 

1.42    Eflornithine” means the compound eflornithine or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, tautomer, prodrug, isotopolog, or polymorph thereof.

 

 

1.43

Enforcement” is defined in Section 10.3(b).

 

1.44    Entity” means a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated association, joint venture or similar entity or organization.

 

 

1.45

Excluded Claim” is defined in Section 15.6.

 

 

1.46

Excluded Data” is defined in Section 2.3.

 

 

1.47

Excluded Study” is defined in Section 2.3.

 

1.48     FAP” means familial adenomatous polyposis, whether cancerous or non- cancerous, genetic, sporadic or otherwise.

 

 

1.49

FAP/PACES Trial Study Data” is defined in Section 4.1(a).

 

 

1.50

FAP Indication” means the treatment or prevention of FAP in humans.

 

1.51    FAP Pivotal Trial” means the Phase 3 clinical trial identified as of the Effective Date as NCT01483144 that is titled Phase III Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Eflornithine Combined with Sulindac Compared to Eflornithine, Sulindac as Single Agents in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.

 

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1.52    FAP Product” means CPP-IX/Sul, a combination pharmaceutical product formulated for oral delivery for the FAP Indication in adults containing both Active Ingredients, as described in the CPP NDA.

 

1.53    FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor entity thereto performing substantially the same functions.

 

1.54    Field” means the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of human diseases and conditions.

 

1.55   First Commercial Sale” means, with respect to a Product in any country in the Territory, the first (1st) commercial sale such Product by or on behalf of One-Two or its Affiliates or its or their Sublicensees to a Third Party for use or consumption of such Product in such country (other than sublicensees for distribution, use or consumption of any such Product in such country or jurisdiction) after the Regulatory Approvals and any required Pricing Approvals have been obtained for such Product in such country in the Territory.

 

1.56   Government Authority” means any federal, state, national, regional, provincial or local government, or political subdivision thereof, or any multinational organization or any authority, agency or commission entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power, any court or tribunal (or any department, bureau or division thereof, or any governmental arbitrator or arbitral body).

 

1.57    IND” means an investigational new drug application as such term is used in 21 CFR Part 312 or its successor regulation, clinical study application, clinical trial exemption, or similar application or submission for approval to conduct human clinical investigations filed with or submitted to a Regulatory Authority in conformity with the requirements of such Regulatory Authority.

 

 

1.58

IND 103” means U.S. IND 103,678.

 

 

1.59

IND 107” means U.S. IND 107,343.

 

 

1.60

IND 140” means U.S. IND 140,718.

 

 

1.61

Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 13.3(a).

 

 

1.62

Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 13.3(a).

 

 

1.63

Independent Arbiter” is defined in Section 9.7(c).

 

 

1.64

Indication” means a specific disease or medical condition in humans.

 

 

1.65

Initial Sanofi Payment” is defined in 9.1.

 

 

1.66

Initial Upfront Payment” is defined in 9.1.

 

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1.67    Invention” means inventions, discoveries, copyrightable materials, designs, processes, manufacturing techniques, trade secrets, formulae or Know-How, whether or not patentable.

 

1.68   Know-How” means all confidential compositions of matter, techniques and data and other know-how and information of a technical, scientific, business or other nature, including improvements and developments, practices, manufacturing information and processes, formulations, assays, discoveries, improvements, modifications, processes, methods, clinical and regulatory strategies, protocols, formulae, utility, lab and clinical trial data, results, inventions, know-how and trade secrets, patentable or otherwise, and all other scientific, marketing, financial and commercial information or data.

 

 

1.69

Launched Product” is defined in Section 14.3(g).

 

1.70     Law” means any federal, state, local, foreign or multinational law, statute, standard, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, resolution or promulgation, or any order by any Government Authority, or any license, franchise, permit or similar right granted under any of the foregoing, or any similar provision having the force or effect of law.

 

1.71     Licensed IP” means the Licensed Patents, Licensed Marks and Licensed Know-How.

 

1.72     Licensed Know-How” means any and all Know-How or other information owned or Controlled by CPP or any of its Affiliates as of the Effective Date or thereafter during the Term that relates to or is otherwise reasonably necessary for the use, Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Product, including with respect to placebos and comparators for the Product.

 

1.73     Licensed Marks” means the Marks that are set forth in Exhibit B as well as graphical representations, symbols, or logos related thereto, which may be used in connection with the Commercialization of the Products in the Territory, including the trade dress, style of packaging and internet domain names used in connection with the Commercialization of the Product(s) in the Territory.

 

1.74     Licensed Patents” means (a) the Patents that are set forth in Exhibit A and (b) any and all Patents that are Controlled by CPP or any of its Affiliates as of the Effective Date or thereafter during the Term that Cover any of the Products. Licensed Patents will not include any Patents that Cover a product that is not a Product.

 

1.75    Manufacture” means the manufacture of the Product and components thereof, including the Active Ingredients, in each case including any and all activities directed to receipt, incoming inspections, storage and handling of raw materials and the manufacture, manufacturing process development, scale-up and validation, processing, formulation, packaging, labeling, warehousing, quality control testing (including in-process release and stability testing), supplying, shipping and release of the Product; provided that, to the extent a distinction between Commercialization, Development and Manufacturing activities is relevant, “Manufacture” shall exclude manufacturing process development activities related solely to Development and not directly related to the manufacture of Product for commercial sale.

 

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1.76    Mark” shall mean any brand, trademark, service mark, trade dress, trade name, corporate name, business name, domain name, logo, design, or product or service source identifier, including, any word, name, stylization, symbol, color, designation, or device, or any combination thereof, that functions as a source identifier, together with the goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby, whether or not subject to a registration or application for a registration.

 

1.77    Marketing Approval Application” means an NDA or similar application for Regulatory Approval that is filed with the applicable Regulatory Authorities in any country or jurisdiction.

 

 

1.78

Milestone A” is defined in Section 9.2.

 

 

1.79

Milestone A Initial Royalty” is defined in Section 9.3(a)(i).

 

 

1.80

Milestone A Step-Down Threshold” is defined in Section 9.3(a)(i).

 

 

1.81

Milestone A Uncapped Royalty” is defined in Section 9.3(a)(i).

 

 

1.82

NCI Agreement” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(iii).

 

1.83    NDA” means a new drug application for Regulatory Approval of a Product that is filed with the FDA or its equivalents outside of the United States in the Territory. For the avoidance of doubt, an NDA is a Marketing Approval Application.

 

1.84    Net Sales” means, for the applicable measurement period, with respect to a Product, the sum of (without duplication) (a) One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payments and (b) the gross invoiced sales price on sales of such Product by One-Two or any of its Affiliates or, subject to Section 5.1(c), its or their Sublicensees to an unaffiliated Third Party purchaser in an arm’s-length transaction for the sale of such Product, less the following deductions for such Product, determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles:

 

(i)        trade, cash and/or quantity discounts, sales returns and allowances, deductions, fees and credits, excluding sales commissions for commercialization;

 

(ii)      excise Taxes, use Taxes, tariffs, sales Taxes and customs duties and/or other Taxes (including value-added Taxes (VAT)), government charges or fees imposed on the sale of Product (to the extent these are reflected in relevant invoices), but specifically excluding, for clarity, any income or corporation Taxes assessed against or by reference to the income or profit arising from such sales;

 

(iii)     compulsory or negotiated payments and cash rebates or other expenditures to governmental authorities (or designated beneficiaries thereof) in the context of any national or local health insurance programs or similar programs, including, but not limited to, pay-for-performance agreements, risk sharing agreements and government- levied fees as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111- 148 or any other successor program;

 

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(iv)      rebates, chargebacks, administrative fees and discounts (or equivalent thereof) to managed health care organizations, group purchasing organizations, insurers, pharmacy benefit managers (or equivalent thereof), specialty pharmacy providers, governmental authorities, or their agencies or purchasers, reimbursers, or trade customers, as well as amounts owed to patients through co-pay assistance cards or similar forms of rebate to the extent the latter are directly related to the prescribing of Product;

 

(v)        outbound freight, shipment, insurance and other distribution costs to the extent included in the invoiced price and separately itemized on the invoice;

 

(vi)      retroactive price reductions, credits or allowances actually granted upon claims, rejections or returns of Product, including for recalls or damaged or expired goods, billing errors and reserves for returns;

 

(vii)     any invoiced amounts that are uncollectable by One-Two or its Affiliates, including bad debts, provided that such amounts, if and when collected, by One-Two or its Affiliates shall be included in a revised Net Sales calculation; and

 

(viii)    in respect of sales outside the United States, deductions in the applicable jurisdiction that are substantially similar to deductions otherwise set forth in clauses (i) through (vii), above, but because of local applicable law, practices and customs may not conform in terminology to the deductions set forth in the said clauses (i) through (vii).

 

All the aforementioned deductions shall be allowable as incurred or accrued based on One- Two’s and its Affiliates’ reporting system. In no event will any particular amount identified above be deducted more than once in calculating Net Sales, or will sales or One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payments be included more than once in calculating Net Sales. In no event will any particular amount identified above result in an adjustment that exceeds the Net Sales amount such that CPP would owe One-Two a payment for such adjustment.

 

Net Sales will be determined from the books and records of One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees maintained and consistently applied from time to time in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or, in the case of Sublicensees, such similar accounting principles as consistently applied. Each Party further agrees in determining such amounts, it will use such Party’s then-current standard procedures and methodology consistently applied, including such Party’s then-current standard exchange rate methodology for the translation of foreign currency sales into U.S. dollars or, in the case of sublicensees, such similar methodology, consistently applied.

 

For clarity, (x) sales of a Product by and between One-Two and any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees shall not be considered sales to unaffiliated Third Parties and shall be excluded from Net Sales calculations for all purposes and (y) only a single sales transaction with respect to a particular unit of Product, made at the time One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees sells such unit of Product to an unaffiliated Third Party purchaser in arms-length transaction, will qualify as the basis for determining the Net Sales amount in clause (b) of this definition of Net Sales for such unit of Product.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following sales of a Product shall be excluded from Net Sales calculations for all purposes: (i) transfer or dispositions of such Product at no cost for promotional, charitable, pre-clinical, regulatory, governmental or educational purposes; (ii) transfers or dispositions of such Product as free samples or donations, or for patient assistance, testing marketing programs or other similar assistance or programs at no cost; and (iii) use or sale of such Product for clinical trial or other scientific testing purposes, early access programs (such as to provide patients with such Product prior to marketing approval pursuant to treatment INDs or protocols, named patient programs or compassionate use programs) or any similar use.

 

 

1.85

One-Two” is defined in the Preamble.

 

 

1.86

One-Two Indemnitee” is defined in Section 13.1.

 

 

1.87

One-Two Post-Approval Compliance Budget” is defined in Section 9.5.

 

 

1.88

One-Two Product Improvement Patent” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(iii).

 

 

1.89

One-Two Share of Expenses” is defined in Section 9.5.

 

 

1.90

One-Two Studies” is defined in Section 4.1(b).

 

 

1.91

One-Two Study Data” is defined in Section 4.1(b).

 

1.92     One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payment” means, for the applicable measurement period and only with respect to the Development or Commercialization of the Products in the Territory, the gross amount of any upfront license fees, milestone payments or other similar fixed payments received by One-Two or its Affiliates from Sublicensees of the Products in the Territory; provided, however, that royalty payments calculated based on sales of Products in the Territory are not included in the definition of One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, neither any amounts included in the calculation under clause (b) of the definition of Net Sales nor amounts that in accordance with Section 10.3(c) are excluded from the calculation under clause (b) of the definition of Net Sales will be included in the definition of One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payment.

 

 

1.93

One-Two Supply Payments” is defined in Section 3.7(b).

 

 

1.94

PACES Agreements” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(iii).

 

 

1.95

PACES Indication” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(i).

 

 

1.96

PACES Trial” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(i).

 

 

1.97

Party” and collectively as the “Parties” is defined in the Preamble.

 

 

1.98

Patent Infringement” is defined in Section 10.3(a).

 

1.99    Patents” means all patents and patent applications and any patents issuing therefrom (which for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed to include certificates of invention and applications for certificates of invention), including all divisionals, continuations, substitutions, continuations-in-part, converted provisionals, continued prosecution applications, adjustments, re-examinations, reissues, additions, renewals, revalidations, extensions (including patent term extensions, and supplemental certificates and the like), registrations, pediatric exclusivity periods of any such patents and patent applications, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, provisional applications, non-provisional applications, priority applications and any and all foreign equivalents of the foregoing.

 

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1.100

Payment” is defined in Section 9.6(c).

 

 

1.101

Payment Date” is defined in Section 9.1.

 

 

1.102

Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Authority.

 

 

1.103

Pharmacovigilance Agreement” is defined in Section 3.4.

 

1.104  Phase 3 Trial” means, in reference to a clinical trial of a Product, (a) a trial that would satisfy the requirements for a Phase 3 study as defined in 21 C.F.R. § 312.21(c) or (b) a Phase 3 study as defined in the ICH E8 Guideline (or, in either case, any amended or successor regulation or guideline).

 

1.105  Pivotal Trial” means a clinical trial or study that is intended to provide or does provide sufficient evidence of efficacy and safety to support a Regulatory Approval; the Parties acknowledge and agree that a Pivotal Trial is most likely to be a Phase 3 Trial and that phase II trials are rarely pivotal trials. To qualify as a Pivotal Trial, a phase II trial must be accepted as pivotal by the Regulatory Authority as a sufficient basis for Regulatory Approval.

 

1.106  Pricing Approvals” means, with respect to the Product in any country or jurisdiction, all pricing and reimbursement approvals for the Product from Government Authorities required by applicable Law or Governmental Authorities.

 

1.107  Product” means any combination pharmaceutical product in a finished form containing both Active Ingredients, together as the sole active ingredients or both together in combination with additional active ingredients, that is used for the treatment or prevention of any disease or condition, including the treatment of colon cancer risk reduction and pancreatic cancer. For the avoidance of doubt, the FAP Product is a Product. “Product” does not include any product configuration that contains only one of the Active Ingredients.

 

 

1.108

Product Improvement” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(i).

 

 

1.109

QOL” means QOL Therapeutics Holdings Ltd.

 

 

1.110

Recipient” is defined in Section 11.1.

 

1.111   Regulatory Approval” means, with respect to the Product in any country or jurisdiction, the approvals by the applicable Regulatory Authority in such country or jurisdiction (other than Pricing Approvals) necessary for the Commercialization of such Product, including under 21 CFR 314.

 

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1.112  Regulatory Authority” means any applicable Government Authority responsible for granting Regulatory Approvals for Product, including the FDA, and any corresponding national or regional regulatory authorities.

 

1.113  Regulatory Exclusivity” shall mean with respect to the Territory, any market protection, other than patent protection, granted by a Regulatory Authority in the Territory which confers an exclusive exploitation period during which: One-Two or its Affiliates have the exclusive right to market, price, and sell a Product in the Territory through a regulatory exclusivity right, such as new chemical entity exclusivity, new use or indication exclusivity, new formulation exclusivity, orphan drug exclusivity, pediatric exclusivity, or any applicable data exclusivity.

 

1.114  Regulatory Filings” means, with respect to Product, any submission to a Regulatory Authority of any appropriate regulatory application specific to Products, including all INDs and amendments thereto, drug master files, correspondence with regulatory agencies, periodic safety update reports, adverse event files, complaint files, inspection reports and manufacturing records, in each case together with all supporting documents and supplements thereto. “Regulatory Filings” includes any NDA and any Marketing Approval Application.

 

 

1.115

Regulatory Milestone Event” is defined in Section9.2.

 

 

1.116

Regulatory Milestone Payment” is defined in Section9.2.

 

1.117  Representatives” means, with respect to a Person, such Person’s officers, directors, managers, employees, general partners, outside counsel, financial advisors, consultants and agents.

 

1.118  Right of Reference” shall mean the “right of reference or use” defined in 21 CFR 314.3(b), or its equivalents outside the United States, and shall in any event include the right to allow the applicable Regulatory Authority in a country to have access to relevant information (by cross-reference, incorporation by reference or otherwise) contained in Regulatory Filings (and any data contained or referenced therein) filed with such Regulatory Authority.

 

1.119  Royalty Term” shall mean, with respect to a Product in the Territory, on a country-by-country and indication-by-indication basis, the period beginning on the date of First Commercial Sale of such Product by or on behalf of One-Two, any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees in such country and the latest of (i) the last to expire Valid Claim of any CPP Patents that Cover such Product in such country, including methods of manufacture or uses to treat certain indications, (ii) the date on which the Product has no Regulatory Exclusivity in such country for such indication, or (iii) the date that is 15 years from the date of First Commercial Sale of such Product in such country for such indication.

 

 

1.120

Sanofi” means Sanofi Winthrop Industrie.

 

 

1.121

Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement” is defined in Section 5.1(b)(i).

 

 

1.122

Sanofi Required Payments” is defined in Section 9.1.

 

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1.123

Segregate” is defined in Section 5.3(b)(ii)(3).

 

 

1.124

Services Agreement” is defined in Section 2.4.

 

1.125  Sponsor” means an Entity that has responsibility for and initiates a clinical investigation as further described in 21 CFR 312.3(b).

 

1.126  Study Data” means, with respect to clinical studies, all technical or scientific information, data (including all raw data), results and analyses made, collected or otherwise generated in connection with the conduct of any phase of such clinical studies, including all biological, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical and analytical, pre-clinical, clinical, safety, manufacturing and quality control data and information, including study designs and protocols, reagents (e.g., plasmids, proteins, cell lines, assays and compounds), clinical samples and biological methodology.

 

1.127  Sublicensee” means a Third Party to whom One-Two or one of its Affiliates has granted a sublicense of any of the rights granted to One-Two under Section 5.1(a).

 

1.128  Sulindac” means the compound sulindac or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, tautomer, prodrug, isotopolog, or polymorph thereof.

 

 

1.129

SWOG” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(ii).

 

 

1.130

SWOG Agreement” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(iii).

 

1.131   Taxes” means any and all taxes, customs duties, tariffs, levies, assessments, or other government charges or fees in the nature of taxation.

 

 

1.132

Term” is defined in Section 14.1.

 

 

1.133

Terminated Country” is defined in Section 14.2(a).

 

 

1.134

Terminated Product” is defined in Section 14.2(a).

 

1.135   Territory” means the United States of America and Canada, in each case, including its territories and possessions, and excluding any such country that is a Terminated Country, as of the date such country becomes a Terminated Country.

 

 

1.136

Third Party” means any Person other than a Party or an Affiliate of a Party.

 

 

1.137

Third Party License” is defined in Section 9.6(f).

 

 

1.138

Third Party Payments” is defined in Section 9.6(f).

 

 

1.139

Title 11” is defined in Section 15.20(a).

 

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1.140 Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, and upon it becoming effective, the Pharmacovigilance Agreement, Services Agreement, including in each case all exhibits and attachments thereto.

 

1.141   United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America including its territories and possessions.

 

 

1.142

University of Arizona” is defined in Section 5.2(a).

 

 

1.143

Upfront Amount” is defined in 9.1.

 

1.144  Valid Claim” shall mean: (a) a claim of any issued and unexpired patent that (i) has not been dedicated to the public, disclaimed, revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken, or a decision of a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that can be appealed, but with respect to which an appeal has not taken within the time allowed for appeal, and (ii) has not been disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise; or (b) a claim of any pending patent application that (i) has not been cancelled, withdrawn or abandoned, without being re-filed in another application in the applicable jurisdiction, (ii) has not been finally rejected by an administrative agency or other governmental action from which no appeal can be taken and (iii) has not been pending or filed more than seven (7) years from the earliest possible priority date for such patent application; provided that if such claim is later issued, it shall from the issuance date forward be deemed to be a Valid Claim.

 

Article 2

 

Clinical Development

 

2.1       General. CPP has Developed the FAP Product for the treatment or prevention of FAP in adults and Product for the treatment or prevention of colorectal neoplasms at CPP’s cost. As of the Effective Date, the FAP Product is the subject of one (1) ongoing clinical study sponsored by CPP, referred to as the PACES Trial (as further described below), which is being conducted under IND 103. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from and after the Effective Date, subject to Section 2.2(b), (a) One-Two shall have the exclusive right to Develop the Products in the Field in the Territory and (b) participation by CPP in any further Development of the Product in the Field in the Territory shall be for the benefit of One-Two, pursuant to the Services Agreement.

 

 

2.2

PACES Trial.

 

 

(a)

Background. CPP represents that:

 

(i)      As of the Effective Date, CPP is the Sponsor of the clinical trial titled, “S0820, Adenoma and Second Primary Prevention Trial (PACES)” (the “PACES Trial”) under which the Product is being used to treat or prevent sporadic colorectal neoplasms (“PACES Indication”).

 

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(ii)      The PACES Trial is being conducted under IND 103 and is managed by SWOG, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives through cancer clinical trials and translational research (“SWOG”). The PACES Trial is funded in part by the National Cancer Institute.

 

(iii)      Under that certain Agreement by and between SWOG, SWOG Clinical Trials Initiative, LLC and CPP dated February 22, 2011, as amended (“SWOG Agreement”) and that certain agreement by and between the National Cancer Institute and CPP dated November 10, 2010, as amended (“NCI Agreement” and, together with the SWOG Agreement, the “PACES Agreements”), CPP is obligated to supply Product for use in the PACES Trial at CPP’s cost, and in exchange CPP receives certain data and regulatory rights with respect to the PACES Trial.

 

(b)       PACES Agreements Obligations. Until the PACES Agreements are assigned to One-Two in accordance with Section 3.2 below, and unless otherwise agreed between the Parties in writing: (i) CPP shall continue performing its obligations under the PACES Agreement for as long as such agreements are in full force and effect, in each case at One-Two’s sole cost and expense (which payment obligations are detailed on Schedule 2.2(b) hereto), (ii) CPP shall not agree to extend the term of either of the PACES Agreements, to otherwise amend either of the PACES Agreements, or to waive any obligations of the other parties to either of the PACES Agreements without One-Two’s prior written consent, and (iii) in the event CPP receives notice from another party to either of the PACES Agreements of matters relating to the PACES Trial or rights or obligations of the parties under the PACES Agreements (including (x) in reference to the SWOG Agreement, notice of Institution Inventions(s), requests for consent to the sale, license or use of any Study Data, and submissions of manuscripts for review (as such capitalized terms are defined in the SWOG Agreement) and (y) in reference to the NCI Agreement, regulatory reporting matters, submissions of manuscripts for review and notice of patent matters), CPP shall promptly notify One-Two of such matters and shall comply with One-Two’s instructions regarding responses thereto or further actions in respect thereof (so long as such responses or further actions are consistent with the terms of the PACES Agreements). One-Two acknowledges that its rights to Study Data generated in the performance of the PACES Trial, as set out in Article 4, are subject to the applicable terms of each of the PACES Agreements, none of which would reasonably be expected to affect any of One-Two’s or its Sublicensee’s rights to Study Data. Prior to the assignment of the PACES Agreements to One-Two, One-Two agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to support the Development activities related to the PACES Trial as set out in the PACES Agreements, through the conclusion of the PACES Trial. For greater certainty, One-Two is not responsible for, and will not assume, any obligation of CPP under the PACES Agreements or PACES Trial arising from or related to CPP’s acts or omissions before the Effective Date.

 

2.3      Excluded Studies. Except pursuant to the Right of Reference granted to One- Two in accordance with Section 4.3(a), One-Two shall have no rights with respect to CPP’s Development activities, Study Data or results for products other than the Product (each such Development activity that is a clinical study, an “Excluded Study” and all such Study Data or results obtained therefrom, “Excluded Data”), including (a) any Study Data generated in the performance of a clinical study under IND 107 or IND 140, or (b) any Regulatory Approvals obtained on the basis of clinical studies conducted under IND 107 or IND 140, including any Excluded Study.

 

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2.4       Services Agreement. From the Effective Date until December 31, 2021, and at no charge to One-Two or its Affiliates, One-Two and its Affiliates shall have reasonable access to CPP personnel (including consultants and/or part-time personnel) for any purpose reasonably necessary with respect to the Product in the Territory, but expected to primarily be related to clinical development, regulatory affairs, and supply chain services with respect to the Product in the Territory. On or before the Effective Date and as a condition to One-Two entering into this Agreement and paying the Upfront Amount, the following CPP employees must have must have entered into noncompetition and non-solicitation restrictive covenants agreement(s) with One- Two, in the form attached as Exhibit C: Elizabeth Bruckheimer, Jeffrey Jacob, and Ashok Chavan. During the Term, CPP shall not terminate, waive any rights, fail to enforce, or amend any existing noncompetition and/or non-solicitation agreement(s) in any manner that would be adverse to One-Two’s rights in the Territory under this Agreement. Subject to Section 5.3 and the other provisions of this Agreement and expect as provided in the noncompetition and non- solicitation restrictive covenants agreements referenced in this Section 2.4, One-Two acknowledges that CPP and its employees, officers, and directors may work (i) on any product in any Field outside of the Territory and (ii) on Products in the Territory solely to support CPP’s Development and Commercialization outside the Territory or to provide services to or for the benefit of One-Two, its Affiliates and Sublicensees regarding the Products under and in accordance with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If One-Two desires to obtain additional similar CPP services with respect to the Product in the Territory after December 31, 2021, One-Two shall notify CPP of such services and the Parties will negotiate in good faith to enter into a services agreement (“Services Agreement”) for CPP to provide such services to One-Two at an agreed upon CPP FTE rate.

 

Article 3

 

Regulatory and Supply

 

3.1       General. To the extent not already provided, CPP promptly shall provide to One- Two complete copies of Regulatory Filings regarding the Products in the Territory. During the Term, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Party shall provide the other Party with access to or copies of all material written or material electronic correspondence from Regulatory Authorities with regard to Regulatory Filings relating to the Development or Commercialization of Products received by such Party. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other Party in order for such other Party to seek, obtain and maintain Regulatory Approval of the Product in such other Party’s respective territory.

 

3.2       NDA Ownership, IND Ownership, Trial Sponsorship. Transfer of ownership to the CPP NDA, IND 103, and regulatory filings relating to the Products, and all data, documents, and submissions relating thereto, will only be filed by One-Two following its payment of the Initial Upfront Payment and the Initial Sanofi Payment (i.e., on or after the Payment Date) in accordance with Section 9.1. On or before the Effective Date, CPP shall deliver to One-Two letters addressed to the FDA notifying the FDA of the transfer of ownership of (a) the CPP NDA and (b) IND 103 to One-Two, effective as of the Effective Date, and authorizing One-Two to file such transfer letters on behalf of CPP, and CPP shall promptly deliver to One-Two such other instruments and documents as may be necessary for One-Two to effect and record with the FDA the transfer to One-Two of such CPP NDA, IND 103, or regulatory filing relating to the Products, and all data, documents, and submissions relating thereto. One-Two and CPP shall coordinate in executing and filing with the FDA the documents necessary to evidence such transfer, including documentation from CPP stating that all rights to the CPP NDA and IND 103 have been transferred to One-Two, and documentation from One- Two stating that One-Two has assumed the obligations under the CPP NDA and IND 103 and is committing to the agreements and conditions contained in the CPP NDA and IND 103. One- Two and CPP shall, within two (2) Business Days (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) after the Payment Date, have filed, or caused to be filed, through the electronic gateway, all necessary documentation related to such transfers with the FDA or other Regulatory Authority. Promptly after the Payment Date, CPP will exercise its rights to secure all required consents in order to assign the PACES Agreements to One-Two.

 

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3.3

Regulatory Filings; Fast Track Designation.

 

 

(a)

Regulatory Filings.

 

(i)       After the Effective Date, One-Two will have sole control and responsibility for obtaining Regulatory Approval for the Product in each country of the Territory (including regulatory strategy, clinical strategy and operations) and all other activities for securing and maintaining Regulatory Approval for the Product in the Territory. Such efforts may or may not include any current or planned strategies advocated by CPP to obtain FDA approval for the Product in the U.S. by end of Q1 2022 under the CPP NDA by filing over protest (the “CPP Plan”), including discontinuing the CPP Plan at any time and at One-Two’s discretion. One-Two will hold all Regulatory Filings for the Product in the Territory.

 

(ii)     After the Effective Date, (A) One-Two shall have the sole right and authority, at its sole cost and expense, to prepare all Regulatory Filings for and seek (or subject to Article 6, elect not to seek) to obtain and maintain Regulatory Approvals for the Products in the Field in the Territory and to conduct all related regulatory matters, including communications with any Regulatory Authorities relating to the Products in the Territory and (B) during the Term, CPP shall have no right to attend or participate, nor shall it attend or participate, in any meeting, conference, or discussion (including any advisory committee meeting) with a Regulatory Authority relating to a Product in the Territory, without One-Two’s prior written consent. After the Effective Date, CPP shall have no right to review and comment on any regulatory correspondence and Regulatory Filings relating to the Product in the Territory, but consistent with Section 3.1, One-Two shall forward to CPP any regulatory correspondence related to the Product in the Territory that it receives after the Effective Date.

 

(iii)    Until such time as the transfer of ownership of CPP’s IND 103 and the CPP NDA to One-Two are effected, CPP (as One-Two’s designee) will at One-Two’s express direction, and consistent with directions provided by One-Two: (i) make all required Regulatory Filings, submissions, reports, updates and supplements with any Regulatory Authority with respect to the Product in the Territory; and (ii) hold and maintain all Regulatory Approvals and Pricing Approvals in the Field in the Territory in the name of CPP.

 

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(b)       Fast Track and Orphan Designation. CPP represents and warrants to One-Two that the FAP Product has received fast track designation for the FAP Indication in accordance with Section 506(b) of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act providing for expedited review of Regulatory Filings. After the Effective Date, One-Two shall have the sole and exclusive right to submit Regulatory Filings related to such fast track designation on its behalf. CPP represents and warrants to One-Two that the FAP Product has received orphan designation for treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis in accordance with Section 526(a) of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act. As of the Effective Date, in connection with its designation of One-Two as the new sponsor of the PACES Trial and owner of the IND 103 and the CPP NDA, CPP shall transfer and assign its entire beneficial interest in the orphan drug designation of the FAP Product to One-Two. On or before the Effective Date, CPP shall deliver to One-Two an executed letter addressed to the FDA notifying the FDA of the transfer of ownership orphan drug designation to One-Two, effective as of the Effective Date. On or after the Payment Date, One- Two will file with FDA the executed letter provided by CPP and its acceptance of such assignment necessary to evidence such transfer and assignment required (as the former owner or assignee or the new owner or assignee, as applicable) under 21 C.F.R. §316.27(a) in respect of such transfer. One-Two and CPP shall, within two (2) Business Days (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) after the Payment Date, have filed, or caused to be filed, through the electronic gateway, all necessary documentation related to such transfer with the FDA or other Regulatory Authority. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to preclude CPP from claiming the credit under Section 45C of the Code with respect to expenses incurred in connection with development of the FAP Product prior to the Effective Date and, for the avoidance of doubt, the right to claim such credits related to expenses incurred in the development of the FAP Product prior to the Effective Date is not being transferred to One-Two hereunder. Accordingly, One-Two shall not seek to claim any such credit for such period prior to the Effective Date for its own account. CPP shall not claim such credit for expenses incurred after the Effective Date. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to preclude One-Two from claiming such credit for expenses incurred after the Effective Date.

 

3.4       Pharmacovigilance Agreement. Not later than 120 days following the Effective Date, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and enter into a written pharmacovigilance agreement on reasonable and customary terms that will provide for pharmacovigilance activities related to the Products such that CPP shall be able to comply with CPP’s global reporting obligations for the Products outside of the Territory and One-Two shall be able to comply with One-Two’s reporting obligations for the Products in the Territory (“Pharmacovigilance Agreement”). The Pharmacovigilance Agreement shall include the responsibilities and obligations of the Parties with respect to reporting procedures, timeframes for compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to safety reporting and their related activities, to set forth the protocols and procedures for reporting adverse events and complying with reporting requirements set forth by Regulatory Authorities, and the transfer of historical safety data, in each case consistent with the Parties rights, responsibilities, duties and obligations under this Agreement. Under the terms of the Pharmacovigilance Agreement, CPP shall report adverse events in a manner to permit One-Two to fulfill its pharmacovigilance-related obligations under applicable Law in the Territory, and One-Two shall report adverse events in a manner to permit CPP to fulfill its pharmacovigilance-related obligations under applicable Law outside of the Territory; provided that until such Pharmacovigilance Agreement is entered into between the Parties, each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any such adverse events regarding a Product. As between the Parties, CPP shall establish and maintain the global safety database for the collection and maintenance of all individual case safety report data for Product. CPP shall establish and maintain such safety data in a manner to permit One-Two to fulfill its pharmacovigilance-related obligations under applicable Law in the Territory.

 

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3.5       Quality Agreements. The Parties agree to negotiate and enter into such quality agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to permit the Parties to comply with their respective obligations under applicable Laws, including compliance with good clinical practice and good manufacturing practice, as applicable.

 

3.6      Contractors. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, One-Two shall have the right to engage Contractors for purposes of conducting Development, Manufacture or Commercialization activities hereunder. Other than with respect to the conduct of CPP under the Services Agreement or any other activities performed by CPP or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization activities hereunder, One- Two shall be and remain liable for the conduct of each such Contractor with respect to any One- Two obligations hereunder that are delegated or subcontracted to such Contractor as if such conduct were that of One-Two itself.

 

 

3.7

Supply.

 

(a)       Cooperation; Amendment. Following the Effective Date, CPP shall cooperate with One-Two to facilitate One-Two entering into an agreement with Sanofi to supply One-Two with its requirements of Product for Development and Commercialization in the Territory on pricing and terms that are no less favorable to One-Two as the pricing and terms under which CPP acquires the Product; provided that if One-Two is unable to negotiate such pricing and terms with Sanofi, such negotiations shall not be deemed a breach by CPP of this Agreement, subject to CPP’s compliance with its obligations under this Section 3.7(a). Once Sanofi and One-Two have entered into such supply agreement, CPP will use commonly reasonable efforts to amend the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement with Sanofi such that Sanofi would not, during the Term, manufacture the Product for CPP, any of its Affiliates or their respective (sub)licensees for Development and Commercialization of the Product in the Territory.

 

(b)        Supply Obligation. Until such an agreement between Sanofi and One- Two is executed, CPP shall, upon One-Two’s written requests, exercise CPP’s rights under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, to supply One-Two with its requirements of Product for Development and Commercialization in the Territory on substantially the same terms under which CPP acquires the Product, including the price (i.e., payments due Sanofi for such orders will be made via a pass-through from One-Two to CPP to Sanofi, with no mark-up). One-Two shall deliver to CPP forecasts (binding and non-binding) and purchase orders in sufficient time for CPP to exercise such rights. CPP agrees to exercise its rights to enable One-Two to benefit from all applicable warranties, guarantees and indemnities from Sanofi in the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement. With respect to the Product in the Territory delivered by CPP or Sanofi pursuant to this Section 3.7(b) after the Effective Date, One-Two will be responsible for all payments due Sanofi under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement (and such other related ancillary agreements between CPP and Sanofi) to support Development and Commercialization of the Products in the Territory, which shall include pre-commercial supply of such Product requested by One-Two, research and development expenses under such Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement (and such other related ancillary agreements between CPP and Sanofi) and other ancillary costs and expenses related to such Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement (and such other related ancillary agreements between CPP and Sanofi) in furtherance of One-Two’s Development and Commercialization of the Products in the Territory (the “One-Two Supply Payments”). CPP’s obligation under this Section 3.7(b) to supply Product shall expire (and One- Two’s obligation to make One-Two Supply Payments for any period after such expiration shall terminate) on the earlier of: (i) the date on which One-Two obtains its own supply of Product from Sanofi pursuant to its own commercial supply agreement; (ii) the date that is two (2) years after any manufacturing exclusivity obligations under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement expire according to their terms or are terminated or (iii) the expiration of the Royalty Term in each country of the Territory.

 

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Article 4

 

Study Data; Rights of Reference; Data License

 

 

4.1

Study Data.

 

(a)       FAP Pivotal Trial and PACES Trial Study Data. To the extent not provided by CPP to One-Two (including via its Affiliates) prior to the Effective Date, CPP shall as promptly as practicable provide to One-Two copies of or access to all Study Data made, collected or otherwise generated in connection with the FAP Pivotal Trial or the PACES Trial (the “FAP/PACES Trial Study Data”), to the extent such FAP/PACES Trial Study Data is Controlled by CPP or any of its Affiliates. Such delivery shall include a Data Package for each of the FAP Pivotal Trial and the PACES Trial, in electronic format or such other format as One- Two may reasonably request. Any Study Data generated in connection with CPP’s performance of services under this Agreement or the Services Agreement shall be delivered as set forth in therein. Notwithstanding any transfer of the PACES Agreements, CPP NDA and IND 103 to One-Two in accordance with Section 3.1, nor any other provision of this Agreement or the Services Agreement to the contrary, as between the Parties, CPP shall solely own the FAP/PACES Trial Study Data, subject to the rights granted to One-Two in accordance with Sections 4.2(a) and 4.3.

 

(b)       Future Study Data. The Parties anticipate that in exercising the rights licensed to One-Two in the Territory under Section 5.1, One-Two or its Affiliates or Sublicensees may perform (or have performed on its behalf) clinical studies with respect to FAP Product, including under IND 103 (after ownership thereof is transferred to One-Two) (“One- Two Studies”) and that Study Data may be generated in the performance of such One-Two Studies (all such Study Data that is Controlled by One-Two or its Affiliates, “One-Two Study Data”). For clarity, all Study Data made, collected or otherwise generated in connection with the PACES Trial, to the extent such Study Data is Controlled by CPP or any of its Affiliates, shall be and remain FAP/PACES Trial Study Data. One-Two shall provide CPP with One-Two Study Data pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement (including Article 7), as required by applicable Law in the Territory and as otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties. One-Two will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide One-Two Study Data to CPP that is reasonably requested by CPP solely to support its Regulatory Filings for the FAP Product in the Field outside the Territory. CPP acknowledges that One-Two Study Data is Confidential Information.

 

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4.2

Grant of Rights to Study Data.

 

(a)       Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and subject to CPP’s rights and obligations assigned to One-Two under the PACES Agreements in accordance with this Agreement, CPP hereby grants to One-Two, and One-Two hereby accepts, an exclusive, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, license to reference and use the FAP/PACES Trial Study Data to support Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals of One- Two, its Affiliates and Sublicensees for the Product in the Field in the Territory, including in connection with Manufacturing, Development and Commercialization activities in connection therewith, and to otherwise support Commercialization and further Development of the Product in the Field in the Territory. CPP acknowledges and agrees that One-Two’s rights to use FAP/PACES Trial Study Data shall include, subject to the PACES Agreements, rights to publish or support publication of the FAP/PACES Trial Study Data for scientific and research purposes, as deemed appropriate by One-Two in accordance with its internal processes, procedures and guidelines for such publications. For clarity: (a) to the extent any FAP/PACES Trial Study Data is within the scope of the Licensed Know-How, the rights granted under Section 5.1(a) shall also apply and (b) CPP shall retain the right to use and disclose FAP/PACES Trial Study Data in Regulatory Filings submitted by or on behalf of CPP and its sublicensees outside of the Territory.

 

(b)       One-Two hereby grants to CPP, and CPP hereby accepts, an exclusive, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, license to reference and use the One-Two Study Data to support Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals of CPP, its Affiliates and licensees for the FAP Product in the Field outside of the Territory. Each of One-Two and CPP acknowledges and agrees that CPP’s rights to use One-Two Study Data shall not include, rights to publish or support publication of the One-Two Study Data for scientific and research purposes.

 

 

4.3

Rights of Reference.

 

(a)       One-Two Grant to CPP. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, One-Two hereby grants CPP a Right of Reference to each Regulatory Filing for each One-Two Study, including (i) IND 103, (ii) each other IND under which a One-Two Study is performed, (iii) the CPP NDA and (iv) each Regulatory Approval of the FAP Product that is obtained by or on behalf of One-Two or its Affiliates or Sublicensees using One-Two Study Data, to support Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals of CPP, its Affiliates and licensees for the FAP Products in the Field outside of the Territory, including in connection with Manufacturing, Development and Commercialization activities in connection therewith.

 

(b)       CPP Grant to One-Two. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CPP hereby grants One-Two an exclusive Right of Reference to (i) IND 103 and (ii) the CPP NDA (in each case prior to their assignment to One-Two in accordance with this Agreement), and (iii) each Regulatory Approval of the Product that is obtained by or on behalf of CPP or its Affiliates or licensees using FAP/PACES Trial Study Data to support Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals of One-Two, its Affiliates and Sublicensees for the Product in the Field in the Territory, including in connection with Manufacturing, Development and Commercialization activities in connection therewith.

 

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(c)        Regulatory Authority Access; Cross-Reference Letter.

 

(i)      One-Two shall allow applicable Regulatory Authorities in a country outside of the Territory to have access to information (by cross-reference, incorporation by reference or otherwise) contained in Regulatory Filings for One-Two Studies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Rights of Reference described above in Section 4.3(a) no later than thirty (30) days after written request by CPP (or, if later, as soon as reasonably practicable). One-Two shall provide CPP with a cross-reference letter or similar communication to the applicable Regulatory Authority to effectuate the Right of Reference.

 

(ii)    Subject to CPP’s rights and obligations under the PACES Agreements, CPP shall allow applicable Regulatory Authorities in a country inside the Territory to have access to information (by cross-reference, incorporation by reference or otherwise) contained in Regulatory Filings for (A) the FAP Pivotal Trial and (B) the PACES Trial, in each case to the extent necessary to effectuate the Rights of Reference described above in Section 4.3(b) no later than thirty (30) days after written request by One-Two. CPP shall provide One- Two with a cross-reference letter or similar communication to the applicable Regulatory Authority to effectuate the Right of Reference.

 

Article 5

 

Intellectual Property License Grants

 

 

5.1

License Rights; Sublicensing.

 

 

(a)

License Grants.

 

(i)      Exclusive Development and Commercialization License in the Territory. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and effective upon the Effective Date, CPP hereby grants to One-Two an exclusive license, with the right to sublicense in accordance with Section 5.1(c), under the Licensed IP (other than the Licensed Marks, which are licensed pursuant to Section 8.3 below) to Develop, Commercialize, import, offer for sale and sell the Product in the Field solely in the Territory; provided, however, that: (A) if (1) One- Two or its Affiliates or Sublicensees wish to establish clinical trials sites outside the Territory in order to conduct a clinical trial of the Product solely for purposes of Development of the Product in the Territory or (2) CPP, its Affiliates or licensees wish to establish clinical trials sites within the Territory in order to conduct a clinical trial of the Product solely for purposes of Development of the Product outside of the Territory, then the Parties shall discuss in good faith; and (B) CPP shall retain the right to (1) import Product into the Territory for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations to supply Product to One-Two in accordance with Section 3.7, and (2) if applicable, exercise its rights to comply with its obligations under Section 2.2(b) with respect to the PACES Trial or its obligations under the Services Agreement.

 

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(ii)     Non-Exclusive Manufacturing License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and effective upon the Effective Date, including Section 5.1(b), CPP hereby grants to One-Two a non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense in accordance with Section 5.1(c), under the Licensed IP (other than the Licensed Marks) to Manufacture and have Manufactured the Product in the Field anywhere in the world, in each case solely to Develop or Commercialize the Product in the Territory pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i).

 

 

(b)

Limitations on Manufacturing Rights and Exclusivity.

 

(i)     Notwithstanding the license granted to One-Two under Section 5.1(a)(ii) above to Manufacture and have Manufactured the Product in the Field in the Territory, the Parties acknowledge and agree that, as of the Effective Date: (A) CPP is subject to certain legally binding exclusivity obligations pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Manufacturing, Packaging and Supply Agreement, dated December 1, 2019, by and between CPP and Sanofi Winthrop Industrie (the “Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement”), under which Sanofi is granted the right to be the exclusive source of the Product. One-Two acknowledges and agrees that, prior to One-Two entering into a commercial supply agreement with Sanofi (but no later than the remaining term of the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, as in effect on the Effective Date) One-Two shall have no right to Manufacture or have Manufactured Product in any manner that would breach or would cause CPP to breach the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, as in effect on the Effective Date and previously provided to One-Two.

 

(ii)     Although the license under Section 5.1(a)(ii) is non-exclusive, from and after the Effective Date, CPP’s rights to Manufacture Product or have Product Manufactured in the Territory shall be limited to the following: (A) to grant rights to Sanofi and to otherwise perform its obligations under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, provided such performance does not and is not reasonably expected to result in the supply of the Product in the Territory to any Person other than One-Two, its Affiliates and Sublicensees, (B) to Manufacture or have Product Manufactured that will be used solely for purposes of Development or Commercialization of the Product outside of the Territory or as otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 5.1(a).

 

(c)       Sublicense Rights. One-Two may grant sublicenses of the licenses granted to One-Two under Section 5.1(a) through multiple tiers, to any Affiliate or Third Party solely in accordance with this Section 5.1(c). If a sublicense by One-Two pursuant to commercially reasonable terms would not result in One-Two earning a reasonable profit from such sublicense for any calendar year during the proposed sublicense term because of One-Two’s royalty obligation at the rate of [*****] of Net Sales under Section 9.3, then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to reduce One-Two’s royalty obligation to CPP under Section 9.3 with respect to sales of the Products by such sublicensee to allow for a sublicense on commercially reasonable terms One-Two to generate a reasonable profit from such sublicense. One-Two shall: (i) include in each sublicense agreement terms that permit One-Two to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, including related to reporting the Net Sales royalties and One-Two Sublicensing Fixed Payments received from such Sublicensee to CPP; (ii) notify CPP of such sublicense or amendment thereto within thirty (30) days after it becomes effective, including the identity of the Sublicensee and the territory in which such rights have been sublicensed; (iii) at CPP’s request, subject to compliance with confidentiality obligations under such sublicense agreement, provide CPP a copy of such sublicense agreement and amendment thereto, provided that One-Two may redact financial terms not relevant to CPP’s rights under this Agreement; and (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce the terms of such sublicense agreement. Each sublicense of One-Two’s rights under this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and shall require the Sublicensee, in granting any further sublicenses, to comply with One-Two’s obligations under this Section 5.1(c) as though such Sublicensee were One-Two.

 

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(d)       Expiration. Upon expiration (but not earlier termination) of the Royalty Term, on a Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis in the Territory, the licenses granted to One-Two by CPP under Section 5.1(a) shall become fully paid-up, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual licenses in the Field with respect to such applicable Product and such applicable country in the Territory.

 

(e)       Negative Covenant. One-Two shall not use any Licensed IP for any purposes other than those purposes expressly permitted in Section 5.1 or as otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement. For clarity, One-Two shall not Develop or Commercialize the Product outside of the Territory and shall not enable or support any Affiliate or Third Party to Commercialize the Product outside of the Territory.

 

 

5.2

University of Arizona License Agreement.

 

(a)       One-Two acknowledges and agrees that certain of the rights licensed by CPP to One-Two under this Agreement are subject to CPP’s rights and obligations under that particular Amended and Restated Exclusive License Agreement between the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (“University of Arizona”) and CPP dated December 19, 2013, as amended (“Arizona License Agreement”). One-Two agrees to be bound and subject to all applicable provisions described in the Arizona License Agreement, including Sections 2.2 (with respect to any sublicenses granted by One-Two), 2.3, 2.4, 3, 5.1, 11, and 12 of the Arizona License Agreement. Pursuant to the Arizona License Agreement, University of Arizona may use, solely for educational and internal research purposes, that portion of the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How that University of Arizona licensed to CPP, together with the right to sublicense such rights to another institution of higher education only if one of the inventors of such Licensed Patents or Licensed Know-How moves to such other institution.

 

(b)       CPP shall comply with all obligations under the Arizona License Agreement and shall not exercise its right to terminate the Arizona License Agreement, such that the Arizona License Agreement remains in full force and effect during the Term of this Agreement or, if applicable, until the earlier termination or expiration of CPP’s obligations under the Arizona License Agreement. CPP shall be solely responsible for CPP’s timely payment of all Arizona Payment Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Arizona License Agreement and, upon One-Two’s reasonable written request, shall provide reasonable verification of such payments. In the event CPP fails to timely make any Arizona Payment Obligation in accordance with the terms of the Arizona License Agreement or to otherwise comply with its obligations under the Arizona License Agreement, then in addition to any other remedies One-Two may have under this Agreement in respect of such failure, (i) One-Two may satisfy such Arizona Payment Obligation or perform such other obligations, (ii) upon One-Two’s request, CPP shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause University of Arizona to accept such payment or such performance from One-Two described in clause (i) above in satisfaction of CPP’s obligations under the Arizona License Agreement, (iii) CPP shall promptly reimburse One-Two for any such amounts as described in clause (i) above paid by One-Two in respect of the Arizona License Agreement or paid by One-Two to Third Parties in the course of such performance, together with interest on such amount at the rate set forth in Section 9.6(e) and (iv) One-Two may offset any unreimbursed amounts from any amounts due from One-Two under this Agreement. CPP shall notify One-Two immediately if any of the events described in Section 7.4 of the Arizona License Agreement occur or are likely to occur, and, in addition to facilitating the assignment of the sublicense of CPP’s license under the Arizona License Agreement to One-Two pursuant to Section 7.6 of the Arizona License Agreement, CPP shall take such steps as One- Two may reasonably request to ensure One-Two’s continued right and license to use that portion of the Licensed IP that is licensed by CPP under the Arizona License Agreement in the Field in the Territory during the Term.

 

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5.3

Exclusivity.

 

 

(a)

Restrictions.

 

(i)      During the Term, and other than in connection with its obligations under this Agreement or its provision of services under the Services Agreement, CPP shall not, directly or indirectly, Develop or Commercialize in the Territory (or license to any Person who will develop or commercialize in the Territory) (a) any product with a formulation containing both Active Ingredients for use in the Field or (b) any product for the treatment or prevention of FAP.

 

(ii)      During the Term, One-Two shall not, directly or indirectly, Develop or Commercialize in the Territory any product for the treatment or prevention of FAP, except pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

(b)

Exceptions for Change of Control.

 

(i)      Notwithstanding Section 5.3(a), if either Party undergoes a Change of Control and, on the date of the closing of such Change of Control, the Acquiring Person is Developing, Manufacturing, or Commercializing a Competing Program, then the Acquiring Person shall not be in breach of Section 5.3(a) (and shall not be restricted by Section 5.3(a) on a going forward basis) as a result of such Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of such Competing Program; provided, that such Acquiring Person: (i) provides written notice to the Party not undergoing the Change of Control no later than sixty (60) days following the closing of such Change of Control which identifies such Competing Program; and (ii) from and after the closing of such Change of Control Segregates such Competing Program.

 

(ii)      As used in this Section 5.3(b),

 

(1)    “Acquiring Person” means, collectively, the Third Party referenced in the definition of Change of Control and such Third Party’s Affiliates, other than the Acquired Person in the definition of Change of Control and such Acquired Person’s Affiliates, determined immediately prior to the closing of such Change of Control.

 

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(2)     “Competing Program” means any activities conducted by an Acquiring Person immediately prior to a Change of Control which, if conducted by a Party or its Affiliates, would constitute a breach of the exclusivity provisions contained in Section 5.3(a).

 

(3)    “Segregate” means, with respect to a Competing Program, to segregate the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization activities relating to such Competing Program from the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization activities with respect to the Products under this Agreement, including ensuring that: (A) no personnel involved in performing the Development of such Competing Program have access to non-public plans or non-public information relating to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of Products or any other relevant Confidential Information of the applicable Party; and (B) no personnel involved in performing the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of Products have access to non-public plans or non-public information relating to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of such Competing Program; provided, that, in either case (clauses (A) or (B)), senior management personnel may review and evaluate plans and information regarding the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of such Competing Program solely in connection with monitoring the progress of products including portfolio decision-making among product opportunities.

 

 

5.4

No Conflicting Licenses. During the Term, neither Party nor any of its Affiliates shall grant any right with respect to any Product to any Third Party that would impair or conflict in any way with any of the rights granted to the other Party under any provision of this Agreement.

 

5.5      No Implied Rights; Right to Perform. Except as expressly provided in Sections 5.1 and 8.3, no rights to any Patents, Know-How, or other intellectual property rights are granted to One-Two under this Agreement, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, provided that each Party shall have the right to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Services Agreement.

 

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Article 6

 

Diligence, Regulatory Approval, Commercialization Efforts

 

6.1        One-Two shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop and Commercialize the FAP Product in the United States for use in connection with the treatment or prevention of FAP. One-Two shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to seek, obtain and maintain Regulatory Approval for the FAP Product in the United States. In reference to seeking Regulatory Approval and Commercialization of the FAP Product, “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” shall mean those efforts that a pharmaceutical business of comparable size and resources to One-Two and its Affiliates (the “Commercialization Affiliates”) would reasonably employ to market, sell and promote a similar product owned by it or to which it has exclusive rights which is of similar market potential at a similar stage in its development or product life taking into account all relevant circumstances, including (a) patent coverage, safety and efficacy, and product profile, (b) the historical sales trends of the product (if any) and competitiveness in the marketplace, (c) the regulatory and legal structures involved, (d) the size of the possible patient population for the product in the applicable territory given its authorized uses, (e) the promotion sensitivity of the product and the relative level of clinical acceptance of the product, (f) the nature, size and resources of any competition to the product and the relative differentiation of the product versus any competitive offerings, (g) the relative difficulties associated with achieving insurance and other payor coverage for the product, (h) the relative difficulties associated with achieving formulary acceptance for the product, (i) the resources available to the Commercialization Affiliates to market and sell the Product, including through the sales force of the Commercialization Affiliates, (j) the adverse event profile of the product, and (k) the pricing and reimbursement dynamics associated with the product. As part of its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize the FAP Product in the United States, One-Two does not guaranty or covenant to CPP that it or its Commercialization Affiliates will commit any particular number of salespeople or incur any particular level of spending in any given period of time relative to the Development and Commercialization of the FAP Product in the United States. One-Two will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to provide compensation and incentives to sales representatives it engages to Commercialize the FAP Product in the locations for which Commercialization of the FAP Product is authorized by One-Two in amounts commensurate with products of similar size and potential; provided that One-Two shall comply in all material respects with all applicable Law with respect to such compensation and incentives.

 

6.2        During the Term, if One-Two determines in its sole judgment that it is not commercially reasonable to Develop or seek or obtain Regulatory Approval for the FAP Product in the United States, One-Two shall notify CPP of such decision within five (5) Business Days. For clarity, such a determination shall not be a breach of One-Two’s obligation to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop and seek and obtain Commercialize Regulatory Approval for the FAP Product in the United States in accordance with Section 6.1. Upon such notification from One-Two, CPP may terminate the Agreement with respect to the FAP Product in the United States pursuant to Section 14.2(b).

 

Article 7

 

Material Developments

 

The Parties will promptly share information regarding material Development, regulatory, and Commercialization activities with respect to the FAP Product. Once every year during the Term, each Party will provide the other Party with a summary of any material developments with its Development and Commercialization of the FAP Product, and meet with a representative of the other Party for an update on the Development, regulatory, and Commercialization activities with respect to the FAP Product.

 

Article 8

 

Commercialization

 

8.1        Generally. One-Two (on its own or acting through or together with any of its Affiliates, Sublicensees or Contractors) has the sole right and responsibility to Commercialize the Product in the Field in the Territory at its sole cost and expense (except as expressly provided in this Agreement). One-Two shall have the sole right and authority, at its sole cost and expense, to promote the Product in the Field in the Territory. As between the Parties, CPP has the sole right and responsibility to Commercialize the Product in the Field outside the Territory at its sole cost and expense. CPP shall have the sole right and authority, at its sole cost and expense, to promote the Product in the Field outside the Territory.

 

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8.2        Conduct and Coordination of Commercialization Activities. To the extent One-Two engages any Affiliates, Sublicensees or Contractors to participate in Commercialization, One-Two shall and shall cause its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Contractors to conduct all Commercialization in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in compliance with applicable Law.

 

 

8.3

Trademark License.

 

(a)    Trademark License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CPP hereby grants to One-Two, during the term of this Agreement, an exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, use and display the Licensed Marks solely to (i) Commercialize the FAP Product in the Field and (ii) Manufacture and have Manufactured the Product in the Field anywhere in the world, in each case solely to Commercialize the Product in the Territory pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i). All representations of the Licensed Mark(s) that One- Two intends to use, if not previously approved by CPP, will first be submitted to CPP for approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. All goodwill accruing from the use of any Licensed Marks shall inure solely to the benefit of CPP.

 

(b)    Ownership. One-Two acknowledges that the Licensed Marks are owned by CPP. The Licensed Marks shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of CPP. One- Two agrees, at the reasonable request of CPP, to execute any and all proper documents appropriate to assist CPP in obtaining and maintaining CPP’s rights in and to the Licensed Marks.

 

(c)    Products. During the Term, One-Two shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to Commercialize the FAP Product in the Territory under the Licensed Marks. To the extent One-Two determines to utilize the Licensed Marks for the FAP Product, all packaging materials, package inserts, labels, labeling, and marketing, sales, advertising and promotional materials relating to the FAP Products distributed by One-Two under this Agreement shall bear the Licensed Marks together with a notice that the such marks are used under license from CPP, subject to the approval of such labeling by appropriate Governmental Authorities. Prior to First Commercial Sale, One-Two shall submit to CPP, for prior approval, which, if such consistent with CPP’s standards of quality, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, all materials bearing the Licensed Marks that One-Two intends to use with respect to Licensed Products (such approved materials, the “Approved Materials”). Following approval, One-Two may continue to use the Licensed Marks in a manner materially consistent with such approval and any subsequent approval by CPP shall only be required if material changes are made to the Approved Materials. Upon reasonable request, One-Two shall provide CPP with samples of such use.

 

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Article 9

 

Financial Provisions

 

9.1        Upfront Amount. In partial consideration of the license and rights granted by CPP to One-Two under this Agreement, subject to this Section 9.1, One-Two shall pay an amount equal to $5 Million Dollars (the “Upfront Amount”), subject to and in accordance with this Section 9.1. The Upfront Amount that is payable on the Payment Date is non-refundable and non-creditable against any other payments due hereunder, but shall be taken into account in determining the amount of other payments due under this Agreement. One-Two will pay, by wire transfers of immediately available funds, [*****] Dollars (the “Effective Date Payment”) of the Upfront Amount on or within two (2) Business Days after the Effective Date as follows: (a) to CPP $2,202,800 Dollars (“Initial Upfront Payment”) in accordance with the wire instructions provided by CPP in writing to One-Two prior to the Effective Date and (b) to Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) €1,113,718 Euros (on behalf of CPP (the “Initial Sanofi Payment”) in accordance with the wire instructions provided by CPP in writing to One-Two prior to the Effective Date. The remaining $1,460,739 Dollars of the Upfront Amount will be retained by One-Two and subsequently paid to Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) after the Effective Date, in accordance with the anticipated payment schedule set forth on Schedule 9.1 and pursuant to the payment instructions provided to One-Two prior to the payment (or such other payment instructions provided by Sanofi to One-Two), on behalf of CPP for CPP’s obligations arising under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement. CPP will provide One-Two with prompt notice and detailed calculations of all amounts due to Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement or any ancillary or related agreement(s) thereto pursuant to this Section 9.1 or Section 3.7(b), in each case related to Manufacturing the Products. The aggregate payments to Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) by One-Two on behalf of CPP (whether or not such payment obligations are identified by CPP) are referred to as the “Sanofi Required Payments.” The date on which the Initial Upfront Payment and Initial Sanofi Payment are paid by One-Two in accordance with the payment instructions provided by CPP to One-Two before the Effective Date is referred to in this Agreement as the “Payment Date.” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, One-Two is not in any way responsible for or liable in connection with any aspect of the calculation of the amount of the Initial Sanofi Payment or any other Sanofi Required Payments or any failure of CPP or Sanofi to receive the Initial Upfront Payment or Initial Sanofi Payment, other than as a result of One-Two not sending by wire transfer of immediately available funds such payments in accordance with the wire instructions provided by CPP to One- Two prior to the Effective Date.

 

 

9.2

Regulatory Milestone Payment.

 

Subject to Sections 9.4, 9.5 and 14.4(a), within ninety (90) days of the first achievement of the applicable milestone event (“Regulatory Milestone Event”), One-Two shall pay to CPP the applicable one-time, non-refundable, regulatory milestone payment set forth below (“Regulatory Milestone Payment”) upon the achievement of the corresponding milestone.

 

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Milestone

Regulatory Milestone Event

 

Milestone

Payment

 
[*****] [*****]     [*****]  

Delayed Milestone

(i) Regulatory Approval by the FDA in the United States of the CPP NDA for the FAP Product after March 31, 2022; or

 

(ii) Regulatory Approval by the FDA in the United States for the FAP Product in response to an NDA that is prepared and filed by One-Two (i.e., an NDA that is not the CPP NDA)

    [*****]  

 

[*****] The maximum Delayed Milestone payable under this Agreement (if any) is a one-time payment of [*****]. The Regulatory Milestone Payment relates only to the FAP Product, and no Regulatory Milestone Payment will be due for any Product (other than the FAP Product). One- Two’s payment pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be in accordance with the wire payment instructions received from CPP in writing no less than five (5) Business Days before the payment is due.

 

9.3       Royalties. In partial consideration of the licenses and rights granted to One-Two under this Agreement with respect to the Products, subject to Sections 9.4 and 9.5, One-Two shall pay CPP royalties on the aggregate Net Sales of Products by One-Two and its Affiliates and Sublicensees (subject to Section 10.3(c)) during each Calendar Year of the applicable Royalty Term for such Products in the Territory at the rates set forth below (with only clause (a) or (b) applying, as applicable, but not both).

 

(a)       [*****]

 

(b)      [*****]: One-Two shall pay to CPP a royalty of [*****] of (“Delayed Milestone Initial Royalty”) Net Sales of Products in the Territory, beginning on the date of First Commercial Sale of a Product in the Territory; provided that when such payments (together with payments deemed made) under the foregoing Delayed Milestone Initial Royalty, together with any other payments to CPP (or deemed paid to CPP) under this Agreement (e.g., the Upfront Amount (including the Sanofi Required Payments), the Delayed Milestone Payment and any applicable CPP Share of Expenses), total [*****] Dollars (“Delayed Milestone Step-Down Threshold”), One-Two shall pay to CPP for the remainder of the applicable Royalty Term(s) a royalty [*****] (“Delayed Milestone Capped Royalty”) of Net Sales of Products in the Territory. For clarity, any payments due to Sanofi as part of a One-Two Supply Payment shall not be included as part of the calculation for the Delayed Milestone Step-Down Threshold.

 

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9.4      Pre-Approval Reimbursements. Payment of the applicable Regulatory Milestone Payment (as set forth in Section 9.2) or Net Sale royalties (as set forth in Section 9.3) shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any amounts funded by One-Two for One-Two’s direct employee, clinical and regulatory costs associated with any Development activities necessary to secure FDA approval for the Product in the U.S. for the FAP Indication (other than One-Two’s Share of Expenses as described in Section 9.5 below or any general overhead costs or expenses), as determined according to One-Two’s accounting methodologies generally and consistently applied and in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Such costs shall be offset (i) initially against the applicable Regulatory Milestone Payment and (ii) then, against any Net Sales royalties (as set forth in Section 9.3) due to CPP, unless One-Two determines to apply the offset in a different order. The amount of the reduced applicable Regulatory Milestone Payment or Net Sales royalties, as applicable, shall be deemed paid to CPP solely for the purposes of determining whether the Milestone A Step-Down Threshold or Delayed Milestone Step-Down Threshold, as applicable, has been reached.

 

9.5       Post-Approval Requirement Expenses. If the FAP Product is approved by the FDA with requirements for further clinical trials or compliance requirements (e.g., development of a REMS program, post-marketing commitments, clinical trials required to support accelerated approval, etc.), CPP and One-Two shall share on a 50/50 basis the associated expenditures for such post-approval clinical trial or compliance requirements that are required by the FDA (with CPP’s share referred to as the “CPP Share of Expenses” and One-Two’s share referred to as the “One-Two Share of Expenses”). The CPP Share of Expenses shall be funded by One-Two and offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis (i) initially against the applicable Regulatory Milestone Payment, but solely for any CPP Share of Expenses that have accrued as of the date such Regulatory Milestone Event payment is due or are estimated by One-Two to be incurred, based on a budget for such further clinical trials or compliance requirements prepared by One-Two in good faith (the “One-Two Post-Approval Compliance Budget”) and (ii) then, against any Net Sales royalties (as set forth in Section 9.3) due to CPP based on the One-Two Post Approval Compliance Budget. If following completion of the clinical trials or compliance requirements the actual CPP Share of Expenses is less than the amount offset against the applicable Regulatory Milestone Payment and/or Net Sales royalties, then One-Two will promptly reimburse CPP for such excess amount. For clarity, the One-Two Share of Expenses shall not be offset against any payments required to be made by One-Two to CPP under this Agreement. The CPP Share of Expenses that offset any payment otherwise payable by One-Two to CPP shall be deemed paid to CPP solely for purposes of determining whether the Milestone A Step-Down Threshold or Delayed Milestone Step-Down Threshold, as applicable, has been reached.

 

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9.6

General Provisions Relating to Payments.

 

(a)        Accounts. All payments due CPP or One-Two shall be paid in Dollars and shall be transmitted to CPP or One-Two, as applicable, by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds. Either Party may change the designated bank account by written notice to the other Party signed by a duly authorized Representative of the changing Party. The remittance shall be made to the bank account of CPP in accordance with instructions provided to One-Two by CPP’s corporate controller.

 

(b)        Due. The applicable Party shall notify the other Party in writing no later than ten (10) Business Days after the occurrence of the applicable Regulatory Milestone Event set forth in Section 9.2. The applicable milestone set forth in Section 9.2 shall be due within ninety (90) days of achievement of the applicable Regulatory Milestone Event by or on behalf of One-Two. For the avoidance of doubt, a milestone payment will be payable only one time and no milestone payment will be paid in the event that the corresponding milestone event is not achieved in accordance with the terms and limitations set forth above. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, One-Two shall pay to CPP the total royalties, if any, due to CPP for such Calendar Quarter. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of any invoice for other Payments or reimbursements due under this Agreement, a Party shall pay or reimburse the requesting Party.

 

(c)        Taxes. All payments made by One-Two to CPP pursuant to this Agreement (each, a “Payment”) shall be paid free and clear of any and all Taxes, except for any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Law. CPP shall be solely responsible for paying any and all Taxes (other than withholding Taxes required by applicable Law to be deducted from Payments and remitted by One-Two) levied on account of, or measured in whole or in part by reference to, any Payments it receives. One-Two shall deduct or withhold from the Payments any Taxes that it is required by applicable Law to deduct or withhold and remit any such amounts to the applicable taxing authority, and all such amounts shall be treated as having been paid to CPP for all purposes of this Agreement. One-Two shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist CPP in determining eligibility for exemption from, and claiming any reductions in, any Tax withholding requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if CPP is entitled under any applicable Tax treaty to a reduction in the rate of, or the elimination of, applicable withholding Tax, it may deliver to One-Two or the appropriate governmental authority (with the reasonable assistance of One-Two) the prescribed forms necessary to reduce the applicable rate of withholding or to relieve One-Two of its obligation to withhold such Tax, and One-Two shall apply the reduced rate of withholding or dispense with withholding, as the case may be, to the extent permitted by Law; provided that One-Two has received evidence of CPP’s delivery of all applicable forms (and, if necessary, its receipt of appropriate governmental authorization) reasonably in advance of the date that the applicable Payment is due. If, in accordance with the foregoing, One-Two withholds any amount, it shall send to CPP proof of remittance to the applicable taxing authority within ten (10) Business Days following such remittance.

 

(d)    Currency Conversion. The rate of exchange to be used in computing the amount of currency equivalent in U.S. Dollars of Net Sales invoiced in other currencies shall be consistent with One-Two’s internal accounting practices.

 

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(e)     Late Payments. Each Party shall be liable for interest on the aggregate amount of any payments that are not paid on or before the date such payments are due under this Agreement at a rate per annum equal to monthly prime rate as published by Citibank N.A., New York, New York, U.S., or any successor thereto, at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of each Calendar Quarter in which such payments are overdue or a comparable reference interbank rate per currency or the maximum rate allowable by applicable Law, whichever is lower; provided that with respect to any disputed payments, no interest payment shall be due until such dispute is resolved and the interest which shall be payable thereon shall be based on the finally-resolved amount of such payment, calculated from the original date on which the disputed payment was due through the date on which payment is actually made.

 

(f)     Payment for Third Party Licenses. During the Term, One-Two and its Affiliates will have the right, following reasonable consultation with CPP, to negotiate and obtain a license of intellectual property rights from one or more Third Parties (each such Third Party license (including any license granted in settlement of any litigation) is referred to as a “Third Party License”) if in the absence of such license the Development or Commercialization in the Territory or the Manufacture of the Product by or on behalf of One-Two would, in One- Two’s good faith assessment, infringe intellectual property rights of any such Third Party. If such license requires the payment of royalties or other consideration to such Third Party (collectively, “Third Party Payments”), then One-Two may offset against the Regulatory Milestone Payment and/or royalties that would otherwise be payable to CPP under this Agreement fifty percent (50%) (unless prior to the Effective Date, CPP knew that a Third Party License would be required, then for such Third Party License, fifty percent (50%) will be increased to one hundred percent (100%)) of the Third Party Payments actually paid to such Third Party for such a Third Party License. This Section 9.6(f) shall not apply to any One-Two Supply Payments or Third Party Payments payable by One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees under any license or other agreement between One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees, on the one hand, and any Third Party, on the other hand, in existence as of the Effective Date or to any payments by One-Two to Sanofi (or any of its Affiliates) under any supply agreement entered into between Sanofi (or any of its Affiliates) and One-Two as set forth in Section 3.7(a).

 

 

9.7

Reporting, Records and Audit Rights.

 

 

(a)

Reports.

 

(i)    Commencing with the First Commercial Sale of a Product by One- Two or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, (a) within thirty (30) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, One-Two shall make preliminary written reports to CPP stating in each such report, by Product, the estimated aggregate Net Sales in U.S. Dollars of Products sold in the Territory during such Calendar Quarter by One-Two and its Affiliates and Sublicensees, and (b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter One-Two shall make final written reports to CPP stating in each such report, by Product, the aggregate Net Sales in U.S. Dollars of Products sold during such Calendar Quarter by One-Two and its Affiliates and Sublicensees. The final report shall also show (a) the calculation of the royalty payments due to CPP on such Net Sales (including aggregate gross amounts invoiced for such Product in each country in the Territory during the reporting period and the reductions or offsets applied pursuant to Sections 2.2(b), 9.4, 9.5 or 10.2(c)), (b) the amount of Taxes, if any, withheld to comply with applicable Laws, and (c) the exchange rates used in calculating the payments due CPP, which exchange rates shall comply with Section 9.6(d). If no royalties are due, One-Two shall so report. All preliminary and final reports delivered by One-Two under this Section shall be Confidential Information of One-Two; provided that information regarding revenue received hereunder by CPP may be shared as necessary with any CPP licensor to the Licensed IP to the extent required under the applicable license agreement for such Licensed IP; provided such CPP licensor is bound to keep such information confidential.

 

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(b)    Records. One-Two shall and shall cause its Affiliates, or any licensee or Sublicensee of any of the foregoing, to, keep complete and accurate financial books and records pertaining to the Commercialization of Products hereunder in sufficient detail to calculate and verify all amounts payable hereunder. One-Two shall and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their Sublicensees to, retain such books and records for a period of three (3) years after CPP’s receipt of any report to which such records relate.

 

(c)     Audits. At the written request of CPP delivered to One-Two not less than thirty (30) days in advance (but no more than once during a Calendar Year), One-Two shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their Sublicensees to, permit an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing designated by CPP, with access upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, and reasonably acceptable to One-Two for the sole purpose of verifying the accuracy of the financial reports and payments that are the subject of such audit, it being understood that any one period or periods being audited shall only be audited on a single occasion unless a prior audit has identified material discrepancies or issues. Each statement provided by One-Two and all records of One-Two, its Affiliates or any licensees or Sublicensees of the foregoing that are subject to inspection pursuant to this Section 9.7(c) shall be deemed to be the Confidential Information of One-Two subject to the confidentiality obligations of Article 11. The auditor will provide its report to CPP and One- Two at the same time. If as a result of any such audit or inspection, CPP reasonably concludes that One-Two has underpaid or failed to pay any amounts due under this Agreement for any audited period, CPP shall inform One-Two of such alleged non-payment or underpayment by a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of the alleged non-payment or underpayment and the basis for its calculation. Unless and to the extent One-Two disputes the amount of the non-payment or underpayment set forth by CPP in such notice, One-Two will pay to CPP the amount of such non-payment or underpayment within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such notice from CPP. In the event One-Two does dispute all or any portion of the alleged non- payment or underpayment set forth in such notice, One-Two will so notify CPP in writing within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice and the Parties will attempt thereafter to resolve such dispute amicably and, if they cannot do so, they will submit the dispute for resolution to an independent third party accounting firm jointly selected by the Parties (the “Independent Arbiter”). The decision of the Independent Arbiter as to the amount, if any, of any non-payment or underpayment shall be final. The cost of such audit shall be borne by CPP, unless such audit reveals either non-payment of a milestone payment that was due under this Agreement or, in respect of the Net Sales, an underpayment or overcharge of more than seven and a half percent (7.5%) from the total reported amount owed to CPP in the applicable audit period, in which case One-Two shall pay the professional services fees of the auditor for such audit. If such audit concludes that excess amounts were paid by One-Two, One-Two shall be allowed to credit such excess amounts against future amounts owed, or, at its election, require CPP to refund the amount overpaid within thirty (30) days of such election.

 

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Article 10

 

Intellectual Property Matters

 

 

10.1

Collaboration Inventions; Product Improvements

 

 

(a)

Ownership.

 

(i)    As between the Parties, and subject to the licenses granted under this Agreement, each Party shall own or retain all rights, title, and interests in and to all Patent Rights, Know-How, and other intellectual property rights that: (i) such Party owns or otherwise Controls as of the Effective Date; or (ii) that such Party develops or otherwise acquires after the Effective Date outside the performance of the activities under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, as between the Parties, CPP will continue to own all Licensed IP.

 

(ii)    The Parties acknowledge that during the course of performing their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, certain Inventions, data, information, or other intellectual property may be conceived of or reduced to practice by a Party or the Parties, or their respective Affiliates or sublicensees, or employees or agents of any of them with respect to the FAP Product (“Collaboration Inventions”). Inventorship of any Collaboration Invention shall be determined in accordance with the patent laws of the United States of America. Except as otherwise specifically provided in a Transaction Document, each Party shall solely own all Collaboration Inventions made, developed, conceived, first reduced to practice, fixed in any tangible medium of expression or created solely by such Party or its Affiliates or sublicensees and their employees and agents, and the Parties shall jointly own all Collaboration Inventions jointly made, developed, conceived, first reduced to practice, fixed in any tangible medium of expression or created by both Parties or their Affiliates or sublicensees and their employees, or agents.

 

 

(b)

Product Improvements.

 

(i)    Each Party shall promptly disclose to the other all Collaboration Inventions that are in the nature of (a) any formulations of the FAP Product, including with respect to dosage size or frequency (e.g., weekly versus daily), delivery methods (e.g., oral versus injectable), (b) uses of the FAP Product to diagnose, prevent or treat any disease or condition other than FAP, including uses that include one or more steps to diagnose, identify, select, target, or exclude patient populations or personalize the therapy, (c) methods of Manufacture of the FAP Product (each such Invention in clauses (a)-(c) above, a “Product Improvement”), and related data and records, in sufficient detail to enable each Party to identify each inventor, creator, discoverer or author, as applicable, and to evaluate the patentability of each such Product Improvement. During the Term, CPP shall not disclose, use, license or Commercialize in the Territory any Product Improvement that relates to any Product.

 

(ii)    All Patents that Cover any Product Improvement that are Controlled by CPP or its Affiliates shall be deemed Licensed Patents, and all such Product Improvements that are not Covered by a Patent shall be deemed Licensed Know-How, and in each case subject to the license granted to One-Two under Section 5.1.

 

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(iii)    If One-Two or any of its Affiliates Controls a Patent that Covers any Product Improvement (each, a “One-Two Product Improvement Patent”), One-Two hereby grants and agrees to grant to CPP a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable license, with the right to grant sublicenses (through multiple tiers), subject to Section 15.2(a), under such One-Two Product Improvement Patent for any and all purposes; provided, however, that during the Term, CPP’s license under any One-Two Product Improvement Patents shall not include the right to perform activities in the Territory to the extent such activities are the subject of the exclusive license under the Licensed IP that is granted to One-Two under this Agreement.

 

(c)         Assignment Obligation. Each Party shall (i) cause all of its employees and agents and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all other Persons, in each case ((i) and (ii)), who perform activities on behalf of such Party or its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement, to be under a written obligation to assign their rights in any intellectual property resulting therefrom to such Party, except where applicable Law requires otherwise. Each Party shall and hereby does assign to the other Party any right, title, and interest it may have in any Invention that is to be owned by the other Party pursuant to this Section 10.1, and agrees to execute such documents and take such other actions reasonably requested by the other Party to the extent necessary to give effect to the ownership allocation set forth in this Section 10.1.

 

 

10.2

Patent Prosecution of Licensed Patents.

 

(a)        Prosecution. As between the Parties, CPP, acting through outside patent counsel, shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain the Licensed Patents. CPP shall carry out any preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Licensed Patents with commercially reasonable efforts in any jurisdiction within the Territory or outside the Territory. One-Two shall cooperate with CPP in the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Licensed Patents, including by providing CPP with data and other information as appropriate and executing all necessary declarations, affidavits, powers or attorney, assignments and other paperwork. CPP shall copy One-Two on all material correspondence from and to any patent office relating to such Licensed Patents in a timely manner, and CPP shall provide One-Two with drafts of all proposed filings and material correspondences to the patent authorities with respect to such Licensed Patents in reasonably adequate time before filing or submission of such materials, for One-Two’s review and comment. CPP will consider in good faith One-Two’s reasonable comments prior to submitting such filings and correspondences to the extent such comments are timely provided and it is practicable to do so; provided, however, that in the event of disagreement between the Parties regarding the content of any such filings or correspondence, CPP shall have the right to make the final decision regarding such matters, unless such matters are within the scope of CPP’s obligations and One-Two’s rights under Section 10.2(b) below. CPP further agrees that it will timely provide One-Two such information regarding the prosecution of Patents outside of the Territory that relate to (by claim of priority or shared subject matter) any of the Licensed Patents as One-Two may reasonably require to conduct its review of such matters. For the purpose of this Article 10, “prosecution” shall include any patent interference, opposition, pre-issuance Third Party submission, ex parte re-examination, post-grant review, inter partes review or other similar proceeding, appeals or petitions to any Board of Appeals in a patent office, appeals to any court for any patent office decisions, reissue proceedings, and applications for patent term extensions and the like, regardless whether said “prosecution” occurs in any jurisdiction within the Territory or outside the Territory.

 

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(b)        Notice Not to File or Continue Prosecution or Maintenance. CPP shall notify One-Two of any decision not to file for, prosecute or maintain, or not to continue to pay the expenses of prosecution or maintenance of, any Licensed Patents in the Territory, including divisional and continuation Patents. CPP shall provide such notice at least thirty (30) days prior to any filing or payment due date, or any other due date that requires action, in connection with such Licensed Patent. In such event, One-Two shall, at its sole cost and expense, have the right, but not the obligation, to file for, or continue prosecution or maintenance of, such Licensed Patent. Without limiting the foregoing, CPP shall not take any action in respect of prosecution or maintenance of any Licensed Patent that is licensed to CPP under the Arizona License Agreement that would require CPP to provide notice to the University of Arizona (pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Arizona License Agreement) of its election to affirmatively abandon prosecution or maintenance of such Licensed Patent unless One-Two has expressly consented to such action in writing, and with respect to any such matters, CPP will provide notice to One-Two of its decision in sufficient time to enable One-Two to determine whether to exercise its rights under this Section 10.2(b) in respect of such Licensed Patent and to then timely notify the University of Arizona in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Arizona License Agreement in the event One-Two does not elect to continue prosecution or maintenance of such Licensed Patent.

 

(c)         Allocation of Costs. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Licensed Patents in the Territory shall be treated as follows: (i) if incurred by CPP, then One-Two shall reimburse CPP within thirty (30) days after CPP provides reasonable documentation of such expenses; and (ii) if incurred by One-Two directly, then One-Two may deduct such costs from any royalties due to CPP as set forth in Section 9.3.

 

 

10.3

Patent Enforcement and Defense.

 

(a)        Each Party shall give the other Party notice of any known or suspected infringement in the Territory by a Third Party of any Licensed Patent or One-Two Product Improvement Patent (“Patent Infringement”) within fifteen (15) Business Days after such Patent Infringement comes to such Party’s attention.

 

(b)        One-Two shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to bring and control any legal action, including by declaratory judgment action, patent litigation or similar proceeding, in connection with any Patent Infringement in the Territory (an “Enforcement”) at its sole cost and expense and discretion as it reasonably determines appropriate. One-Two shall keep CPP informed and reasonably consult with CPP in the course of such Enforcement, including, with respect to Licensed Patents, with sufficient notice and information to permit CPP to comply with its obligations under the Arizona License Agreement (including with respect to Section 6 of the Arizona License Agreement). One-Two shall cooperate with CPP in developing a strategy for such Enforcement to the extent such Enforcement may affect any rights, remedies, filing, prosecution, enforcement, or defense of CPP outside the Territory. CPP shall have the right to join or participate in any such Enforcement by counsel of its choice at its sole cost and expense.

 

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(c)         At the request of One-Two, CPP shall reasonably cooperate and provide any information or assistance in connection with any Enforcement, including executing reasonably appropriate documents, cooperating in discovery and, if required by applicable Law, itself joining as a party or causing the University of Arizona to join as a party (solely to the extent permitted to do so under the Arizona License Agreement) to the action at One-Two’s cost.

 

(d)        In connection with any Enforcement, One-Two shall not enter into any settlement admitting the invalidity or unenforceability of, or otherwise impairing CPP’s rights in, the Licensed Patents (or any claim thereof) or One-Two Product Improvement Patents (or any claim thereof) without the prior written consent of CPP, such consent to be provided at CPP’s sole discretion, with respect to the Licensed Patents (or any claim thereof), or not to be unreasonably withheld, with respect to the One-Two Product Improvement Patents (or any claim thereof).

 

(e)        If One-Two does not commence an Enforcement within one hundred eighty (180) days after a notice from either Party under Section 10.3(a), then CPP shall have the right but not obligation, to commence an Enforcement at its own cost, if such Patent Infringement relates to the Licensed Patents; provided that CPP shall not settle any Patent Infringement in a manner that, without the express prior written consent of One-Two, diminishes or has a material adverse effect on the rights or interest of One-Two under this Agreement, imposes costs or liability on One-Two for which One-Two is not liable under this Agreement or applicable Law, or involves any admission of liability by One-Two. At the request of CPP, One- Two shall reasonably cooperate and provide any information or assistance in connection with such Enforcement, including executing reasonably appropriate documents, cooperating in discovery and, if required by applicable Law, itself joining as a party.

 

(f)         The Party commencing the proceeding shall provide the other Party with copies of all pleadings and other documents filed with the court and shall consider in good faith input from the other Party during the course of the Enforcement.

 

(g)        Any recoveries resulting from an Enforcement, including pursuant to a settlement, shall be applied as follows: (i) first to reimburse each Party, on a pro rata basis, for such Party’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with such Patent Infringement proceeding; (ii) any reimbursement required to the University of Arizona for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with such Patent Infringement proceeding, (iii) (A) if One-Two is the party initiating and conducting such Enforcement, the remaining amount of any recovery will be deemed Net Sales and allocated to the Parties in the same proportion as set forth in Section 9.3 or (B) if CPP is the party initiating and prosecuting the action, the remaining amount of any recovery shall be allocated such that eighty percent (80%) shall be retained by CPP and twenty percent (20%) shall be paid to One-Two; provided, that any portion of such remaining recovery that constitutes punitive or enhanced damages recovered by judgment (assuming that recoveries constituting punitive or enhanced damages are first applied to the foregoing costs and expenses) shall be retained by the enforcing Party.

 

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(h)        One-Two acknowledges and agrees that One-Two’s rights under this Section 10.3 are subject to the rights and obligations of University of Arizona under the Arizona License Agreement.

 

10.4    Third Party Patent Proceedings. One-Two shall have the sole and exclusive right, but not the obligation, to control the defense to any legal action to challenge any Licensed Patents in the Territory or One-Two Product Improvement Patents in the Territory, including in connection with an Enforcement, declaratory judgment action, patent interference, opposition, pre-issuance submission, ex parte re-examination, post-grant review, inter partes review, patent litigation or similar proceeding, at its sole cost and expense. One-Two shall cooperate with CPP in developing a strategy for such action to the extent such action may affect any rights, remedies, filing, prosecution, enforcement, or defense of CPP outside the Territory. One-Two shall keep CPP reasonably informed of the status of such action. One-Two shall provide the CPP with copies of all pleadings and other documents filed with the court and shall consider in good faith input from CPP during the course of such action. At the request of One-Two, CPP shall reasonably cooperate and provide any information or assistance in connection with any legal action under this Section 10.4, including executing reasonably appropriate documents, cooperating in discovery and, if required by applicable Law, joining as a party to the action at One-Two’s cost and expense. In connection with any such action, One-Two shall not enter into any settlement admitting the invalidity or unenforceability of, or otherwise impairing CPP’s rights in, the Licensed Patents (or any claim thereof) or One-Two Product Improvement Patents (or any claim thereof) without the prior written consent of CPP, such consent to be provided at CPP’s sole discretion, with respect to the Licensed Patents (or any claim thereof), or not to be unreasonably withheld, with respect to the One-Two Product Improvement Patents (or any claim thereof).

 

10.5    Patent Extensions. The Parties shall cooperate in obtaining any available patent term restoration (under but not limited to the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act), supplemental protection certificates or their equivalents, and patent term extensions with respect to the Licensed Patents in any country or region where applicable. On a Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis, One-Two shall have the right to direct the filing of an Orange Book listing for one or more Licensed Patents or similar application for Regulatory Exclusivity in any country within the Territory and, in respect of any patent term extension for any such Licensed Patent, One-Two shall determine which Licensed Patent it will apply to extend the patent term of with respect to such Product in such country in the Territory. The Parties agree to cooperate and provide all reasonable assistance in connection with any such filing.

 

 

10.6

Patent Prosecution of One-Two Product Improvement Patents.

 

(a)        Prosecution. As between the Parties, One-Two, acting through outside patent counsel, shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any One-Two Product Improvement Patents. One-Two shall carry out any preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of any One-Two Product Improvement Patents with commercially reasonable efforts. One-Two shall copy CPP on all correspondence from and to any patent office relating to such One-Two Product Improvement Patents in a timely manner, and One-Two shall provide CPP with drafts of all proposed filings and material correspondences to the patent authorities with respect to such One-Two Product Improvement Patents in reasonably adequate time before filing or submission of such materials, for CPP’s review and comment. One-Two will consider in good faith CPP’s reasonable comments prior to submitting such filings and correspondences to the extent such comments are timely provided and it is practicable to do so; provided, however, that in the event of disagreement between the Parties regarding the content of any such filings or correspondence, One-Two shall have the right to make the final decision regarding such matters.

 

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(b)        Notice Not to File or Continue Prosecution or Maintenance. One-Two shall notify CPP of any decision not to file for, prosecute or maintain, or not to continue to pay the expenses of prosecution or maintenance of, any One-Two Product Improvement Patents, including divisional and continuation Patents. One-Two shall provide such notice at least thirty (30) days prior to any filing or payment due date, or any other due date that requires action, in connection with such One-Two Product Improvement Patent. In such event, CPP shall, at its sole cost and expense, have the right, but not the obligation, to file for, or continue prosecution or maintenance of, such One-Two Product Improvement Patent.

 

10.7     Third Party Infringement Claims. If any action, suit or proceeding is brought against either Party, or any Affiliate or sublicensee of either Party, alleging the infringement of the intellectual property rights of a Third Party by reason of the Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization of a Product, each of the Parties shall have the right, but not the obligation, to defend itself in such action, suit or proceeding at its sole cost and expense. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in any defense of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Parties shall give each other prompt written notice of the commencement of any such suit, action or proceeding, or receipt of any claim of infringement, and shall furnish each other a copy of each communication relating to the alleged infringement. Neither Party shall compromise, litigate, settle or otherwise dispose of any such action, suit or proceeding without the other Party’s advice and prior consent, provided that the Party not having the right to defend the suit shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to any settlement which does not have a material adverse effect on its rights, obligations or benefits, either under this Agreement or otherwise. The Party first having actual notice of any claim, action or proceeding referenced in this Section 10.7 shall promptly notify the other Party in writing, setting forth in reasonable detail, to its knowledge, the facts related to any such claim, action or proceeding. The Parties shall promptly discuss proposed responses to any such matters.

 

10.8         Trademark Prosecution. CPP shall control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Marks. One-Two shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees not to): (i) establish any Internet domain name or URL incorporating any Licensed Mark without CPP’s prior written consent; (ii) use the Licensed Marks in combination with any other name or trademark in a manner that creates a combination trademark; (iii) contest the validity of, or take any action that a reasonable person would believe would impair any part of CPP’s ownership of the Licensed Marks or diminish or dilute their distinctiveness or validity; (iv) challenge CPP’s ownership of the Licensed Marks and/or registration thereof; (v) use the Licensed Mark in any manner that would tarnish the Licensed Mark and/or the goodwill and/or reputation of CPP; or (vi) attempt to register any Licensed Mark or any trademark confusingly similar to any Licensed Mark as a trademark in One-Two’s own name. CPP acknowledges that One-Two has not yet decided to use the Licensed Marks for the FAP Product and the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.8 shall only apply if One-Two decides to use the Licensed Marks for the FAP Product.

 

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10.9         Trademark Infringement/Enforcement. If One-Two is using the Licensed Marks, One-Two shall be solely responsible for the enforcement and defense of the Licensed Marks in the Territory, including the cost thereof. If One-Two is using the Licensed Marks, each Party will promptly notify the other Party of any infringement or threatened infringement of any of the Licensed Marks of which it becomes aware.

 

Article 11

 

Confidentiality

 

11.1     Confidentiality. “Confidential Information” means any technical and non-technical non-public or proprietary information related to a Party’s business, and current, future or proposed products belonging to such Party (“Discloser”) that is supplied or disclosed by the Discloser, its Affiliate or their respective Representatives to the other Party or its Affiliate or their respective Representatives (“Recipient”), including any scientific or technical information, clinical trial protocols, clinical data and analysis, formulae, data, software programs and source documents; information relating to Discloser’s financial affairs, products, potential future products, processes, services, customers, customer lists, business plans, marketing plans or analyses, employees, employee compensation, research, development, inventions, discoveries, non-published patent applications, works of authorship, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, accounting, distribution, and marketing; and information that any Third Party has disclosed to Discloser in confidence and that Discloser is permitted to disclose to Recipient under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In addition, the terms of this Agreement shall be treated as Confidential Information of both Parties.

 

 

11.2

Duty of Confidence. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 11:

 

(a)    Recipient shall maintain in confidence and otherwise safeguard Discloser’s Confidential Information in the same manner and with the same protection as Recipient maintains its own confidential information, but at least with reasonable protection;

 

(b)    Recipient may only use any such Confidential Information for the purposes of performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement; and

 

(c)    Recipient may disclose Confidential Information of the other Party to: (i) its Affiliates, licensees and Sublicensees; and (ii) employees, directors, LLC managers, agents, contractors, consultants and advisers of the Party and its Affiliates, licensees and sublicensees, in each case to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes of, and for those matters undertaken pursuant to, this Agreement; provided that such Persons are bound to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in a manner consistent with the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.

 

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11.3      Exceptions. The foregoing obligations as to particular Confidential Information of Discloser shall not apply to the extent that Recipient can demonstrate that such Confidential Information:

 

(a)    was known by Recipient at the time of its receipt, and not through a prior disclosure by Discloser, as documented by Recipient’s written records;

 

(b)    was in the public domain before its receipt from Discloser, or thereafter enters the public domain through no fault of Recipient;

 

(c)    is subsequently disclosed to Recipient by a Third Party who is not under a direct or indirect obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information; or

 

(d)    is developed by Recipient independently and without use of or reference to any Confidential Information received from Discloser, as documented by Recipient’s written records.

 

Any combination of features or disclosures shall not be deemed to fall within the foregoing exclusions merely because individual features are published or available to the general public or in the rightful possession of Recipient unless the combination itself and principle of operation are published or available to the general public or in the rightful possession of Recipient.

 

11.4      Authorized Disclosures. Notwithstanding the obligations set forth in Sections 11.2, a Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information (including this Agreement and the terms herein) to the extent:

 

(a)    such disclosure: (i) is reasonably necessary for the filing or prosecuting Patents as contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) is reasonably necessary in connection with Regulatory Filings for Products; (iii) is reasonably necessary for the prosecuting or defending of legal actions, including responding to a subpoena in a Third Party litigation; or (iv) is made to any Third Party bound by written obligation of confidentiality and non-use similar to those set forth under this Article 11, to the extent otherwise necessary or appropriate in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder;

 

(b)    to actual or potential lenders, investors, acquirers, merger-partners, licensees and sublicensees, solely for the purpose of evaluating an actual or potential loan, investment, acquisition or license, including a Change of Control; provided that such actual or potential lenders, investors, acquirers, merger-partners, licensees or sublicensees are bound by confidentiality and non-use obligations that are consistent in all material respects with those contained in this Agreement;

 

(c)    such disclosure is required by judicial or administrative process, provided that in such event such Party shall promptly inform the other Party of such required disclosure and provide the other Party, at its sole cost and expense, an opportunity to challenge or limit the disclosure obligations. Confidential Information that is disclosed by judicial or administrative process shall remain otherwise subject to the confidentiality and non-use provisions of this Article 11, and the Party disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to law or court order shall take all steps reasonably necessary, including seeking of confidential treatment or a protective order to ensure the continued confidential treatment of such Confidential Information.

 

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If and whenever any Confidential Information is disclosed in accordance with this Section 11.4, such disclosure shall not cause any such information to cease to be Confidential Information.

 

11.5      Duration of Confidentiality Obligation. Recipient’s obligations under this Article 11 shall continue for the Term and for a period of five (5) years thereafter; provided, however, that with respect to any Confidential Information about the Product or the Manufacture of the Product that is a trade secret, such obligations shall continue for such longer period of time during which such Confidential Information remains a trade secret under applicable Law.

 

11.6      Return of Confidential Information. As soon as practicable, but in no event more than fifteen (15) Business Days, after the termination or expiration of this Agreement, Recipient shall destroy or, if requested in writing by Discloser within five (5) Business Days of such termination or expiration, deliver to Discloser, all materials containing or embodying Discloser’s Confidential Information, including without limitation materials in tangible and/or electronic format, and, upon Discloser’s written request, shall deliver to Discloser a letter signed by an authorized representative of Recipient certifying that all such materials in Recipient’s possession have been delivered to Discloser or destroyed, if directed by Discloser as provided above; provided, however, that Recipient shall be entitled to retain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement: (a) one (1) archived copy of Discloser’s Confidential Information and all materials created by Recipient and containing Discloser’s Confidential Information, including without limitation notes and memoranda, solely for the purpose of administering Recipient’s obligations under this Agreement; and (b) Discloser’s Confidential information contained in Recipient’s electronic back-up files that are created in the normal course of business pursuant to Recipient’s standard protocol for preserving its electronic records.

 

11.7      Remedies. Each Party acknowledges that any breach by it of the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Article 11 may cause the other Party irreparable harm for which compensation by monetary damages would be inadequate and, therefore, the Party that has been harmed by any such breach shall have the right to seek an injunction or decree for specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach and each of the Parties hereto further agrees to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to each of the Parties hereto.

 

 

11.8

Press Releases and Public Announcements; Disclosure of Agreement.

 

(a)    Neither Party or any of its Affiliates will issue any press release or make any public announcement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein without the prior written approval of the other Party and the ability of the other Party to review and comment on any such proposed public announcement; provided, however, that either Party may make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is required by applicable Law (in which case such Party will advise the other Party prior to making the disclosure and give such Party a meaningful opportunity (as practicable under the circumstances) to review and comment on the proposed form and substance of any such announcement). The Party whose proposed announcement is the subject of review shall consider carefully and in good faith all comments timely received from the other Party, but nothing shall interfere with the right of a Party making any public announcement from making the final determination as to the form and nature of any public disclosure it determines is legally required. The Parties will consult concerning the means by which any employee, customer, or supplier of either Party or any Person having any business relationship with either Party will be informed of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that any such communication is consistent with a communications plan, if any, that is agreed to by the Parties; and provided, further, that either Party shall be permitted to make public statements and disclosures consistent with the content of prior disclosures otherwise permitted under this Section 11.8.

 

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(b)    The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and all of the respective terms of this Agreement shall be treated as Confidential Information of each Party. A Party may disclose this Agreement and its terms, and material developments or material information generated under this Agreement, in securities filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or equivalent foreign agency) to the extent required by applicable Law after complying with the procedure set forth in this Section 11.8(b). In such event, the Party seeking such disclosure will prepare a draft confidential treatment request and proposed redacted version of this Agreement to request confidential treatment for this Agreement, and the other Party agrees to promptly (and in any event, no more than seven (7) days after receipt of such confidential treatment request and proposed redactions) provide its input in a reasonable manner in order to allow the Party seeking disclosure to file its request within the time lines prescribed by applicable Law. The Party seeking such disclosure shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment of this Agreement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or equivalent foreign agency) as represented by the redacted version reviewed by the other Party. Further, each Party acknowledges that the other Party may be legally or by stock exchange rules required to make public disclosures (including in filings with the Government Authorities or stock exchanges) of the terms of this Agreement or certain material developments or material information generated under this Agreement and agrees that each Party may make such disclosures as required by law or by stock exchange rules, provided that the Party seeking such disclosure first provides the other Party a copy of the proposed disclosure. In addition, CPP may disclose this Agreement to the University of Arizona to the extent required under the Arizona License Agreement, including Section 2.2 thereof, or to Sanofi to the extent required under the Sanofi Commercial Supply.

 

11.9      Use of Names. No Party shall use the name, trademark, trade name or logo of the other Party, its Affiliates or their respective employees (and with respect to One-Two, One-Two shall not use the name, trademark, trade name or logo of the University of Arizona) in any publicity, promotion, news release or disclosure relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, except with the prior express written permission of the other Party, except as may be required by applicable Law.

 

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Article 12

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

12.1

Representations and Warranties.  Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party as of the Effective Date that:

 

(a)    it is a corporation or company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;

 

(b)    it has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

(c)    the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary company or corporation action, as applicable, and do not violate (i) such Party’s charter documents, bylaws, or other organizational documents, (ii) in any material respect, any agreement, instrument, or contractual obligation to which such Party is bound, (iii) any requirement of any applicable Law, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award of any court or governmental agency presently in effect applicable to such Party

 

(d)    this Agreement has been duly executed by it and is legally binding upon it, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and does not conflict with any agreement, instrument or understanding, oral or written, to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, nor violate any material Law or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award of any court, governmental body or administrative or other agency having jurisdiction over it; and

 

(e)    neither it nor any of its Affiliates (i) has been Debarred or (ii) is subject to Debarment proceedings by a Regulatory Authority.

 

12.2      Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants by One-Two. One- Two represents and warrants as of the Effective Date and covenants, as applicable, to CPP that:

 

(a)    during the Term, One-Two shall timely pay Sanofi any payments due Sanofi as set forth in Section 3.7(b) for supply of One-Two’s requirements of Products for Development and Commercialization in the Territory;

 

(b)    One-Two has, directly or through one of its Affiliates before the Effective Date, received a copy of the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, Arizona License Agreement and the PACES Agreements and has had adequate opportunity to review and evaluate CPP’s rights and obligations under such agreements; provided, however, that One-Two’s receipt of such agreements shall not modify CPP’s representations, warranties or covenants or prevent One-Two from relying on CPP’s representations, warranties and covenants; and

 

(c)    as of the Effective Date, One-Two has (or has access to through one or more of its Affiliates), and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (either directly or through one or more of its Affiliates) during the Term, adequate resources and personnel to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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12.3      Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants by CPP.  CPP represents and warrants as of the Effective Date and covenants, as applicable, to One-Two that:

 

(a)    Exhibit A sets forth a complete and accurate list of the Licensed Patents, and Exhibit B sets forth a complete and accurate list of the Licensed Marks. CPP Controls the Licensed IP and shall, during the Term, maintain Control of such Licensed IP. The Licensed IP constitutes all of the intellectual property Controlled by CPP that is used or contemplated to be used by CPP as of the Effective Date in connection with the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization and contemplated Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of the FAP Product in the Field in the Territory. Consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the termination or impairment of One-Two’s rights to any Licensed IP and One-Two shall enjoy all rights thereto in the same manner and scope with respect to the Territory as enjoyed by CPP prior to the Effective Date.

 

(b)    Except as set forth on Schedule 12(b), in accordance with CPP’s rights and obligations under the Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, Arizona License Agreement and the PACES Agreements: (i) CPP has the right to grant all licenses and other rights it purports to grant to One-Two under this Agreement; and (ii) CPP has not granted any license, right or interest in, to or under the FAP/PACES Trial Study Data, IND 103, the Licensed Patents or Licensed Know-How to any Third Party with respect to the Product, in each case with respect to this clause (ii), in any way that would conflict with this Agreement or prevent CPP from granting the rights and licenses to the Licensed IP as purported to be granted to One-Two in this Agreement, including the exclusive rights granted to One-Two hereunder.

 

(c)    To CPP’s knowledge, each Licensed Patent in the Territory existing as of the Effective Date is valid and enforceable.

 

(d)    There are no claims, judgments or settlements against or owed by CPP relating to the Product or to the Licensed Patents or Licensed Know-How. CPP has never received any written notice of any claim that any intellectual property right owned or controlled by a Third Party would be or is infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Product in the Field.

 

(e)    Except as set forth on Schedule 12.3(e), the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of the FAP Product and, to CPP’s knowledge, other Products as contemplated by this Agreement do not infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property right, contractual, or other right of any third party anywhere in the Territory.

 

(f)    CPP has disclosed to One-Two all material information received by CPP concerning the institution of any interference, opposition, reissue, revocation, nullification or any similar official proceeding involving any Licensed Patent anywhere in the Territory, other than prosecution of any Licensed Patent in the ordinary course.

 

(g)    CPP, its Affiliates and their employees, officers and directors and, to CPP’s knowledge, all third parties acting under CPP’s authority, have complied with all regulatory requirements and other Laws in all material respects with respect to the Product (including Development of the Product) and active pharmaceutical ingredients contained therein.

 

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(h)    All information within the Regulatory Filings have been generated in compliance with all applicable Laws, including, as applicable, cGMP, cGCP and cGLP and all Regulatory Filings are true and correct in all material respects. CPP did not (1) make an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or other Regulatory Authority in the Territory, (2) fail to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or other Regulatory Authority in the Territory or (3) commit any other act, made any statement or failed to make any statement, that (in any such case) establishes a reasonable basis for the FDA to invoke its policy regarding “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” as set forth in 58 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy, in each case, related to the Product. As of the Effective Date, CPP is not the subject of any pending or threatened investigation related to the Product by the FDA, or any other Regulatory Authority, other than review of the pending CPP NDA application in the ordinary course. None of CPP or any of its officers, employees or, to CPP’s knowledge, its agents or clinical investigators has been suspended or debarred or convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that would reasonably be expected to result in (A) debarment under 21 U.S.C. § 335a or any similar law or (B) exclusion under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7 or any similar law. CPP’s Development, Manufacture, storage, distribution, import and export of the Product has at all times been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws.

 

(i)    Except as set forth on Schedule 12.3(i), CPP has made available to One- Two (i) all material Regulatory Filings (including non-clinical, preclinical and clinical data (in raw and derived form) that are held by or reasonably available to CPP, its Affiliates or sublicensees) with respect to the FAP Product and Product for the treatment or prevention of colorectal neoplasms in the Field, (ii) Study Data in the possession or control of CPP or its Affiliates with respect to the FAP Product for the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of FAP, and (iii) summaries of material results and findings in Study Data in the possession of CPP or its Affiliates, to the extent requested by One-Two or its Affiliates, with respect to the Product for the treatment or prevention of colorectal neoplasms in the Field. CPP does not have any knowledge of studies or trials the results of which or the data generated therefrom reasonably call into question the proposed development of the FAP Product in the Field.

 

(j)    As of the Effective Date, (i) the aggregate amount due or projected to be due by December 31, 2021, by CPP and its Affiliates to Sanofi and its Affiliates is $2,797,200 Dollars, and (ii) there are no unpaid invoices or other amounts currently due by CPP to the University of Arizona under the Arizona License Agreement or to SWOG or National Cancer Institute under the PACES Agreements. One-Two is not assuming any obligation or liability of CPP or its Affiliates under the Arizona License Agreement. Except as set forth in this Agreement, One-Two is not assuming any obligation or liability of CPP or its Affiliates under the PACES Agreements incurred prior to the assignment of the PACES Agreements to One- Two.

 

(k)    Except as set forth on Schedule 12.3(k), CPP had made available to One- Two, via access to electronic data room in the 2021 calendar year prior to the Effective Date, all available material information in its possession or control concerning the quality, toxicity, safety and/or efficacy concerns existing as of the Effective Date that may materially impair the utility and/or safety of the FAP Product or, to CPP’s knowledge, any other Product for treatment or prevention of colorectal neoplasms in the Field.

 

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(l)    CPP has made available to One-Two full, complete and accurate copies of the Arizona License Agreement, PACES Agreements, SWOG Agreement, Sanofi Commercial Supply Agreement, and as of the Effective Date, except for the payments due Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) that are subject to the Initial Sanofi Payment or payments due to Sanofi- Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) as set forth in Schedule 9.1, CPP is not in breach or violation of any of such agreements (and is not aware of the counterparty’s breach or violation of any of such agreements) and each such agreement is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, enforceable against CPP and each of the applicable counterparties. CPP has provided to One- Two all detail necessary for One-Two to confirm CPP’s calculation of the Initial Sanofi Payment and payments due to Sanofi-Aventis (or any of its Affiliates) as set forth in Schedule 9.1, and CPP will provide to One-Two the amount of all subsequent payment(s) required to be made by One-Two pursuant to Section 9.1 to Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis and their respective its Affiliates, together with sufficient detail for One-Two to confirm the accuracy of any such subsequent payment(s).

 

(m)    None of One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees will have any liability or obligation for any debt, liability or obligation of CPP, except, in the case of One-Two, as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

(n)    Schedule 12.3(n) lists all required consents and approvals for CPP to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations. No consent or approval is required that has not been secured by CPP prior to the Effective Date for CPP to enter into this Agreement or perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, CPP’s assignment of the PACES Agreements in accordance with Section 3.2 and other obligations under this Agreement.

 

12.4      No Other Warranties. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, (A) NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER IS MADE OR GIVEN BY OR ON BEHALF OF ONE-TWO OR CPP OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES; (B) EACH PARTY AND ITS AFFILIATES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS AND EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ANY OTHER WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OR EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER IN FACT OR ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; AND (C) ALL KNOW-HOW AND MATERIALS PROVIDED BY CPP TO ONE-TWO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS”. NEITHER PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, OR COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO ANY PRODUCT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

 

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Article 13.

 

Indemnification; Liability; Insurance

 

13.1      Indemnification by CPP. CPP shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless One- Two and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees (each a “One-Two Indemnitee”) from and against any Claims and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, reasonable fees of expert consultants and witnesses, and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement of this Agreement) resulting from or arising out of:

 

(a)    the negligence or willful misconduct of any of the CPP Indemnitees in performing its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(b)    any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the warranties or representations made by CPP to One-Two under this Agreement; or

 

(c)    any breach, non-observance or non-performance by CPP of its obligations or covenants pursuant to this Agreement;

 

except, in each case, to the extent such Claims result from the breach by any One-Two Indemnitee of any covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement made by One-Two under this Agreement or the negligence or willful misconduct of any One-Two Indemnitee in performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

13.2      Indemnification by One-Two. One-Two shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless CPP and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees and, to the extent of CPP’s indemnification obligations under the Arizona License Agreement, the Arizona Board of Regents and the University of Arizona (each, a “CPP Indemnitee”) from and against any Claims and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, reasonable fees of expert consultants and witnesses, and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement of this Agreement) resulting from or arising out of:

 

(a)    the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Product conducted by or on behalf of One-Two or any of its Affiliates, Sublicensees or Contractors on or after the Effective Date (except for any Claims and expenses that CPP is liable or responsible for or otherwise is obligated to bear under the Transaction Documents);

 

(b)    the negligence or willful misconduct of any of the One-Two Indemnitees in performing its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)    any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the warranties or representations made by One-Two to CPP under this Agreement; or

 

(d)    any breach, non-observance or non-performance by One-Two of its obligations or covenants pursuant to this Agreement;

 

except, in each case, to the extent such Claims result from the breach by any CPP Indemnitee of any covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement made by CPP under this Agreement or the negligence or willful misconduct of any CPP Indemnitee in performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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13.3

Indemnification Procedure.

 

(a)    If either Party is seeking indemnification under Sections 13.1 or 13.2 (the “Indemnified Party”), it shall inform the other Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) of the Claim giving rise to the obligation to indemnify pursuant to such section as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice of the Claim, provided that an Indemnified Party’s failure or delay to provide such notice to the Indemnifying Party shall not constitute a waiver of the Indemnifying Party’s indemnification obligations unless, and then only to the extent that, an Indemnifying Party is actually and materially damaged thereby. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 13.3, the Indemnifying Party shall then have the right, upon written notice to the Indemnified Party (a “Defense Notice”) within thirty (30) days after receipt from the Indemnified Party of notice of such claim, and using counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, to investigate, contest or settle the Claim, provided that the Indemnifying Party has unconditionally acknowledged to the Indemnified Party in writing its obligation to indemnify the persons to be indemnified hereunder with respect to such Claim and to discharge any cost or expense arising out of such investigation, contest or settlement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Indemnified Party may thereafter participate in (but not control) the defense of any such Claim with its own counsel at its own expense, unless separate representation is necessary to avoid a clear conflict of interest, in which case such representation shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party. In the event that the Indemnifying Party shall fail to give the Defense Notice within said thirty (30) day period, (A) the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to have the control over said defense and settlement of the subject claim, (B) the Indemnifying Party will cooperate with and make available to the Indemnified Party such assistance and materials as it may reasonably request, and (C) the Indemnifying Party shall have the right at its expense to participate in the defense assisted by counsel of its own choosing, and the Indemnifying Party, if it is required to provide indemnification under this Agreement, will be liable for all costs and settlement amounts paid or incurred in connection therewith.

 

(b)    In the event that the Indemnifying Party delivers a Defense Notice with respect to such Claim within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof and thereby elects to conduct the defense of the subject claim, (i) the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to have control over said defense and, subject to the provisions set forth below, settlement of the subject Claim, (ii) the Indemnified Party will cooperate with and make available to the Indemnifying Party such assistance and materials as it may reasonably request, and (iii) the Indemnified Party shall have the rights at its expense to participate in the defense assisted by counsel of its own choosing. In such an event, the Indemnifying Party will not settle the subject claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, unless (A) there is no finding or admission of any violation of Law or any violation of the rights of any Person, (B) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party, and (C) the Indemnified Party will have no liability with respect to any compromise or settlement of such Claims effected without its consent, and if clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this sentence are all true with respect to any Claim, the consent of the Indemnified Party shall not be required for any settlement thereof.

 

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(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 13, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to control, but may participate in, and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to have sole control, including the right to select defense counsel, over the defense or settlement of any Claim (i) that seeks a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or permanent injunction or specific performance against the Indemnified Party or that seeks a remedy, action or consequence other than monetary damages, (ii) that involves criminal allegations against the Indemnified Party or (iii) that imposes liability on the part of the Indemnified Party for which the Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. In such event, the Indemnifying Party will still be subject to its obligations hereunder but the Indemnified Party will not settle the subject Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

13.4      LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT ARISING FROM A BREACH OF ARTICLE 11 (CONFIDENTIALITY), SECTION 5.1 OR SECTION 5.3(a), IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT ANY SUCH DAMAGES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID TO A THIRD PARTY AS PART OF A CLAIM FOR WHICH A PARTY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE INDEMNIFICATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE 13. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 13.4 WILL APPLY EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 13.4 IS INTENDED TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS OF EITHER PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

 

 

13.5

Insurance.

 

(a)    One-Two Insurance. One-Two will procure and maintain insurance in amounts that are commercially reasonable in light of the activities and obligations under taken by One-Two pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts shall be consistent with normal business practices of prudent companies similarly situated.

 

(b)    CPP Insurance. CPP will procure and maintain insurance in amounts that are commercially reasonable in light of the activities and obligations under taken by CPP pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts shall be consistent with normal business practices of prudent companies similarly situated.

 

13.6      Settlements by Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement or other disposition of a Claim by the Indemnified Party that is reached without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party.

 

 

13.7      Mitigation of Loss. To the extent required by applicable Law, each Indemnified Party will take and will procure that its Affiliates take all such reasonable steps and action as are reasonably necessary or as the Indemnifying Party may reasonably require in order to mitigate any Claims (or potential losses or damages) under this Article 13. Nothing in this Agreement shall or shall be deemed to relieve any Party of any applicable common law to mitigate any losses incurred by it.

 

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Article 14

 

Term and Termination

 

14.1      Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) will commence upon the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Article 14, will expire on a Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis in the Territory upon the expiration of all royalty obligations with respect to such Product in such applicable country in the Territory under Section 9.3.

 

 

14.2

Termination.

 

(a)    Termination by One-Two for Convenience. One-Two shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety or on a Product-by-Product (such terminated Product a “Terminated Product”) or country-by-country (such terminated country a “Terminated Country”) basis for any reason or no reason (a) prior to the occurrence of the First Commercial Sale, upon delivery to CPP of one hundred eighty (180) days prior written notice, (b) after the occurrence of the First Commercial Sale, upon delivery to CPP of one (1) years’ prior written notice or (c) within ninety (90) days following One-Two’s determination in its sole judgment that it is not commercially reasonable to Develop or seek or obtain Regulatory Approval for the FAP Product in the United States.

 

(b)    Termination by CPP for One-Two Decision not to Pursue the FAP Product in the United States. Pursuant to Section 6.2, CPP shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with respect to the FAP Product in the United States, and such product and country shall be deemed to be a Terminated Product and a Terminated Country.

 

(c)    Termination for Material Breach. In the event of a material breach of this Agreement by either Party, the other Party may provide notice to the breaching Party setting forth the nature of such breach and a description of the facts underlying such breach sufficient to identify such breach. Thereafter, the breaching Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach or shall propose a plan to cure or otherwise remedy such breach. If the breaching Party has not cured such breach or proposed a reasonably satisfactory plan to cure or otherwise remedy such breach within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of such notice of such breach, if such material breach relates to payment obligations, or within ninety (90) days from the date of receipt of such notice of such breach in respect of any other material breach, the non-breaching Party may provide a notice of termination to the breaching Party and this Agreement shall terminate thirty (30) days or ninety (90) days after such notice of termination, as applicable, unless such breach is cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the non-breaching Party or unless the breaching Party has begun to implement a reasonably satisfactory plan to cure or otherwise remedy such breach within thirty (30) days or ninety (90) days, as applicable, from the receipt of the notice of termination and continues to implement such plan; provided, however, that such cure or remedy is achieved no later than sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of such notice of material breach, if such breach relates to payment obligations, or one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of such notice of termination in respect of any other material breach. In the event of a bona fide, good faith dispute with respect to the existence of a material breach relating to a payment obligation or other material breach, the applicable cure period shall be tolled until such time as the dispute is resolved pursuant to Section 15.6. If such alleged material breach is contested in good faith by the breaching Party in writing within the applicable cure period, then the dispute resolution procedure pursuant to Section 15.6 may be initiated by either Party to determine whether a material breach has actually occurred. If such material breach is confirmed in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 15.6, the non-breaching Party shall have the right, on written notice to the breaching Party, to terminate this Agreement in its entirety effective immediately.

 

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(d)

[Reserved]

 

(e)    Termination for Validity Challenges. If One-Two or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees institutes a proceeding against CPP or one of its licensors in which it challenges the validity or enforceability of any Licensed Patent, other than in connection with a proceeding initiated by CPP wherein CPP claims that One-Two is infringing or has infringed the Licensed Patents, then CPP may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to One-Two; provided that CPP shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement if One-Two withdraws or causes to be withdrawn all such Licensed Patent challenges within thirty (30) days after One-Two’s receipt of notice from CPP under this Section 14.2(e).

 

14.3      Effect of Termination by One-Two for Convenience or Termination by CPP for Breach. Upon termination of this Agreement in its entirety or on the Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis by One-Two pursuant to Section 14.2(a) (Termination by One-Two for Convenience), or by CPP pursuant to Section 14.2(b), 14.2(c) (Termination for Material Breach) or Section 14.2(e) (Termination for Validity Challenges), then the following consequences shall apply to the termination:

 

(a)    Insofar as permitted by applicable Law, then all licenses and other rights granted to One-Two under this Agreement, including under the Licensed IP and any Study Data and including the Right of Reference in Section 4.3(a), shall terminate and revert to CPP, to the extent such rights apply to the Terminated Products in any Terminated Countries, except to the extent necessary for One-Two to perform any of its obligations that survive termination, including any wind down activities under this Section.

 

(b)    The Parties shall cooperate in good faith and One-Two shall (i) return, transfer to CPP all documents, information and other materials, including Regulatory Filings (including non-clinical, preclinical and clinical data (in raw and derived form) that are held by or reasonably available to One-Two, its Affiliates or Sublicensees) and Study Data in the possession of One-Two as reasonably requested by CPP, (ii) (A) and hereby does assign to CPP, as of the effective date of termination all of its rights, title and interest in, to and under all the Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals for any Terminated Products in any Terminated Countries and any product names or trademarks used exclusively on and in connection with the Terminated Products in the Terminated Countries, and (B) execute such additional documents as reasonably requested by CPP, in each case, so as to assign and transfer to CPP such Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals for any Terminated Products in any Terminated Countries and such product names or trademarks, and (iii) if such termination is with respect to the United States, transfer and assign its entire beneficial interest in the orphan drug designation of the Product with respect to FAP, to CPP, and each Party shall promptly submit the information that it is required to submit (as the former owner or assignee or the new owner or assignee, as applicable) under 21 C.F.R. §316.27 in respect of such transfer; provided that such transfer shall not be construed to preclude One-Two from claiming the credit under Section 45C of the Code with respect to expenses incurred in connection with development of the Product between the date such designation was transferred to One-Two in accordance with Section 3.3(b) and the date such designation is transferred back to CPP under this Section 14.3(b). If applicable Law prevents or delays the transfer of ownership of any such including Regulatory Approvals, Regulatory Filings or Study Data to CPP, One-Two shall, and hereby does, grant to CPP an irrevocable and perpetual, fully paid-up, transferable right of access and Right of Reference to such Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals for the Terminated Products, and shall cooperate fully to make the benefits of such Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals available to CPP or its designee.

 

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(c)    If One-Two is conducting any clinical trial of a Product on the date of notice of termination, then CPP shall notify One-Two within thirty (30) days after the notice of termination whether CPP elects to have One-Two (i) wind down such clinical trial as soon as practicable, subject to compliance with ethical and legal requirements or (ii) transfer responsibility for and control of such clinical trial to CPP as soon as practicable. If CPP notifies One-Two of its election to have One-Two wind down such clinical trial (or fails to provide notice within such thirty (30) day period), then One-Two shall wind down such clinical trial as soon as practicable, subject to compliance with ethical and legal requirements. If CPP notifies One-Two of its election to have One-Two transfer responsibility for and control of such clinical trial to CPP, then One-Two shall use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer and to assist CPP in assuming, and CPP shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assume, responsibility for and control of such clinical trial as promptly as practicable (and, in any event, no later than the effective date of termination). The costs and expenses of any clinical trial described in this Section 14.3(c) that are incurred on or before the effective date of termination shall be borne by One-Two (or by CPP, or by CPP and One-Two in accordance with Sections 9.4 and 9.5), and thereafter shall be borne solely by CPP.

 

(d)    In the event that One-Two has one or more agreements with Third Parties with respect to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a Terminated Product, at CPP’s request, One-Two shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assign or sublicense its rights under such agreement(s) (solely to the extent such agreements pertain to Terminated Products) to CPP upon any such termination and CPP shall assume all of One-Two’s obligations under such assigned or sublicensed rights and agreement(s).

 

(e)    In the event any such termination is a termination in its entirety, then for purposes of the foregoing, all Products shall be deemed to be Terminated Products and all countries in the Territory shall be deemed to be Terminated Countries.

 

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(f)    One-Two shall, and hereby does, grant to CPP, as of the effective date of termination, a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, freely sublicensable, transferable, worldwide license under any intellectual property rights owned or Controlled by One-Two solely to the extent necessary to Develop, make, have made, use, have used, sell, have sold, offer for sale, have offered for sale, import, have imported, and otherwise exploit, Manufacture and Commercialize the FAP Product or any other Product for the treatment and prevention of colorectal neoplasms that was being Developed or Commercialized by One-Two under this Agreement as of the effective date of termination in the Field, including for any Indications (and dosages, patient populations or subpopulations) that may be further Developed or Commercialized with respect to such Products (but, for clarity, not for formulations that were not being Developed or Commercialized by One-Two under this Agreement as of the effective date of termination).

 

(g)    If One-Two as of the effective date of the termination of this Agreement was Commercializing any Terminated Products in any Terminated Countries, then if requested by CPP or One-Two, One-Two and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall continue to Commercialize (in accordance with this Agreement) such Terminated Products already commercially launched as of the effective date of the termination (a “Launched Product”) in the applicable country requested by CPP or One-Two within the Territory, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for a period requested by CPP or One-Two not to exceed (i) twelve (12) months from the date of the termination notice in the event of a termination by One-Two pursuant to Section 14.2(a) or Section 14.2(c), or (ii) nine (9) months from the effective date of termination in the event of a termination by CPP pursuant to Section 14.2(c) (the “Commercialization Wind-Down Period”); provided that CPP may terminate such activities during the Commercialization Wind-Down Period upon ninety (90) days’ notice to One-Two upon payment at the full retail price for all Product in inventory. Any Launched Products Commercialized by One-Two or its Affiliates or Sublicensees during the Commercialization Wind-Down Period shall be subject to the applicable payments under Article 9, including One-Two retaining its portion of the applicable Net Sales of such Products. After the Commercialization Wind-Down Period (or the earlier termination thereof by CPP), One-Two and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall no longer have any rights to Commercialize any Products pursuant to this Agreement.

 

14.4      Effect of Termination by One-Two for Breach. Upon termination of this Agreement by One-Two pursuant to Section 14.2(c) (Termination for Material Breach) insofar as permitted by applicable Law, then the following consequences shall apply to the termination:

 

(a)    One-Two shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to CPP delivered at any time prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period (in respect of termination pursuant to 14.2(c)) to retain all licenses and other rights granted under this Agreement, including its license to Licensed IP and Study Data and its Right of Reference, and in the event One-Two retains such rights, it shall continue to be obligated to pay royalties on Net Sales in accordance with Section 9.3 (even if no Regulatory Milestone Payment was paid to CPP) until expiration of the Royalty Term, on a Product-by-Product and country-by-country basis. For greater certainty, One-Two is not required to pay a Regulatory Milestone Payment for a Regulatory Milestone Event occurring after One-Two’s exercise of its option described in this Section 14.4(a).

 

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(b)    If One-Two does not exercise its option described in Section 14.4(a) above, then upon such termination, all licenses and other rights granted to One-Two, including under the Licensed IP and any Study Data and including the Right of Reference in Section 4.3(a), shall terminate and revert to CPP, subject to One-Two’s rights during the Commercialization Wind-Down Period pursuant to Section 14.3(g).

 

14.5      Survival. Expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the Parties of any liability or obligation accruing prior to such expiration or termination, nor prejudice either Party’s right to obtain performance of any accrued obligation. Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of Article 1 (Definitions), Article 11 (Confidentiality), Article 13 (Indemnification), Article 14 (Term and Termination) and Article 15 (General), and Sections 2.3, 3.3(b) (last three sentences), 4.2(b), 4.3(a), 5.1(d) (solely upon expiration and not termination), 5.5, 9.2 (but only to the extent relating to a milestone event occurring on or prior to the date of expiration or termination), 9.3 (only with respect to royalties owed, if any, on Products sold prior to the date of expiration or termination, except as provided in Section 14.3(g) or 14.4), 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 10.1 (but in the case of Section 10.1(b), only with respect to Collaboration Inventions and Product Improvements that arise on or prior to expiration or termination), 10.3(g) (to the extent any Enforcement is still pending upon expiration or termination), and 12.4 shall survive. Furthermore, any other provisions required to interpret the Parties’ rights and obligations under this Agreement in a manner consistent with this Section 14.5 shall survive to the extent required. For greater certainty, the representations and warranties in Article 12 will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

14.6      Termination Not Sole Remedy. Termination is not the sole remedy under this Agreement for a material breach of this Agreement and, whether or not termination is effected and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, all other remedies will remain available except as agreed to otherwise herein.

 

Article 15

 

General Provisions

 

15.1     Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be held liable to the other Party nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in performing any obligation under this Agreement to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, including embargoes, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), acts of terrorism, insurrections, riots, rebellion, sabotage, civil commotions, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, epidemics, pandemics, explosions, fire, floods, earthquakes or other acts of God, or acts, restrictions, omissions or delays in acting by any Government Authority (other than those imposed as a result of such Party’s failure to comply with applicable Law); provided, however, the payment of invoices due and owing under this Agreement may not be delayed by the payor because of a force majeure affecting the payor. The affected Party shall notify the other Party in writing of such force majeure circumstances as soon as reasonably practical, and shall promptly undertake and continue diligently all reasonable efforts necessary to cure such force majeure circumstances or to perform its obligations in spite of the ongoing circumstances. In the event that the suspension of performance continues for ninety (90) days after the date such force majeure commences, the Parties shall meet to discuss in good faith how to proceed in order to accomplish the objectives of this Agreement.

 

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15.2

Assignment.

 

(a)    This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign or otherwise transfer any right or obligation hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may, without consent of the other Party, assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate of such Party, or in whole to its successor in interest in connection with a Change of Control described in clause (c) of the definition of Change of Control; provided, however, that in the event of an assignment by either Party to an Affiliate, such Party shall be jointly and severally liable for all activities of such Affiliate pursuant to this Agreement. For greater certainty, a Change of Control described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of Change of Control is not an assignment or transfer of this Agreement (or any right or obligation hereunder) and does not require consent of any other Party. Any attempted assignment not in accordance with this Section 15.2(a) shall be null and void and of no legal effect. Any permitted assignee shall assume in writing all assigned obligations of its assignor under this Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Parties and their respected successors and permitted assigns. Each Party shall notify the other Party in writing within ten (10) Business Days of any assignment of this Agreement. No assignment or sublicense by CPP of any right, title or interest in or to the Licensed IP shall extinguish, limit, or otherwise modify any rights granted to One-Two in or to such Licensed IP or the Product and any permitted assignee or sublicensee of the foregoing shall acknowledge in writing that such assignment or sublicense by CPP is subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)    Whether or not this Agreement is assigned pursuant to Section 15.2(a), the rights to Study Data, information, materials, Patents, Know-How or other intellectual property rights: (i) controlled by a Third Party permitted assignee of a Party or any of its Affiliates that were Controlled by such assignee or any of its Affiliates (and not such Party) immediately prior to such assignment (other than as a result of a license or other grant of rights, covenant or assignment by such Party or its Affiliates to, or for the benefit of, such Third Party); or (ii) controlled by any successor-in-interest of a Party as a result of a Change of Control or any Person that becomes an Affiliate of a Party through any Change of Control of such Party, that were controlled by such successor or Person (and not such Party) immediately prior to such Change of Control (other than as a result of a license or other grant of rights, covenant or assignment by such Party or its other Affiliates to, or for the benefit of, such Person), in each case ((i) and (ii)), shall be automatically excluded from the rights licensed or granted to the other Party under this Agreement.

 

15.3      Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, unless the absence of the invalidated provision(s) adversely affects the substantive rights of the Parties. The Parties shall in such an instance use their best efforts to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision(s) with valid, legal and enforceable provision(s) which, insofar as practical, implement the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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15.4      Notices. All notices which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered personally, sent by facsimile (and promptly confirmed by personal delivery, registered or certified mail or courier), sent by internationally recognized courier or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:

 

If to One-Two:

 

One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited

Carrick House

49 Fitzwilliam Square

Dublin 2, Ireland

 

with a copy to:

 

Hill Ward Henderson

101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700

Tampa, Florida 33602

ATTN: John C. Connery, Jr.

Email: john.connery@hwhlaw.com

 

If to CPP:

 

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

1760 East River Road, Suite 250

Tucson, Arizona 85718

ATTN: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile: (520) 232-2191

 

with a copy via email to:

 

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Email: general@canprevent.com

 

or to such other address(es) as the Party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other Party in writing in accordance herewith. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered if personally delivered or sent by facsimile on a Business Day (or if delivered or sent on a non-Business Day, then on the next Business Day); (b) on the Business Day after dispatch if sent by internationally recognized overnight courier; or (c) on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by mail. This Section 15.4 is not intended to govern the day-to-day business communications necessary between the Parties in performing their obligations under the terms of this Agreement.

 

 

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15.5      Applicable Law. This Agreement and any dispute arising in connection with it will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without regard to its laws and rules regarding conflicts of law that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. The United Nations Conventions on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not be applicable to this Agreement. Each Party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to its address set forth in Section 15.4 shall be effective service of process for any proceeding brought against it by the other Party under this Agreement in any such court. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL OF ANY ISSUE BY JURY.

 

15.6      Dispute Resolution. The Parties recognize that a bona fide dispute as to certain matters may from time to time arise during the term of this Agreement which relates to either Party’s rights and/or obligations hereunder or the interpretation, application, breach, termination or validity of this Agreement. In the event of the occurrence of such a dispute that is not an Excluded Claim (as defined below), either Party may, by notice to the other Party, have such dispute referred to their senior officers as may be designated by each Party for attempted resolution by good faith negotiations within thirty (30) days after such notice is received. In the event the designated officers are not able to resolve such dispute within such thirty (30) day period, or such other period of time as the Parties may mutually agree in writing, such dispute may, if both Parties agree be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) for commercial arbitration in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Such arbitration shall utilize one (1) arbitrator mutually agreeable to the Parties. For purposes of such determination by the arbitrator, each of the Parties shall submit to the arbitrators a written statement of its position on each disputed issue. If the Parties are unable to reach agreement as to the arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with the AAA commercial arbitration rules. The arbitrator’s decision shall be based solely on the written submissions by the Parties (i.e., not an independent review). In no event shall the arbitrator assign a value to any issue greater than the greatest value for such issue claimed by either Party or less than the smallest value for such issue for such item claimed by either Party. The arbitrator shall present a detailed written statement of their findings, and the Parties shall be bound thereby. The arbitration proceedings and any documents or other information disclosed in connection therewith shall be subject to the requirements of confidentiality as set forth in this Agreement. The arbitration shall take place in a mutually agreeable location, but if the Parties cannot agree as to the location, the arbitration shall take place in New York, New York. The arbitrators shall apply the law of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts of law provisions that might apply the law of another jurisdiction. As used in this Section, the term “Excluded Claim” means a dispute, controversy or claim that concerns (a) the scope, validity, enforceability, inventorship or infringement of a patent, patent application, trademark or copyright; or (b) any antitrust, anti-monopoly or competition law or regulation, whether or not statutory.

 

15.7      Compliance. Each Party agrees that in performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement: (a) it shall comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws; (b) it will not knowingly employ or engage any Person who has been Debarred by any Regulatory Authority, or, to such Party’s knowledge, is the subject of debarment proceedings by a Regulatory Authority; and (c) it will be responsible for any activities performed on its behalf by an Affiliate, sublicensee or subcontractors.

 

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15.8      Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth and constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, promises and representations, whether written or oral, with respect thereto (including that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement dated January 29, 2020, by and between CPP and QOL Medical, LLC); provided that all information shared by the Parties or their Affiliates pursuant to such Mutual Confidentiality Agreement shall be deemed Confidential Information of the disclosing Party under this Agreement and the use and disclosure thereof shall be governed by Article 11 and each Party shall retain all rights and remedies available at law or equity with respect to any breach of the Mutual Confidentiality Agreement occurring prior to the Effective Date. Each Party confirms that it is not relying on any representations or warranties of the other Party except as specifically set forth in this Agreement. No amendment, modification, release or discharge with respect to this Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties unless in writing and duly executed by authorized representatives of both Parties.

 

15.9    Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, or any term hereof modified, only by a written instrument duly executed by authorized representative(s) of both Parties.

 

15.10    Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

 

15.11    Headings. The captions to the several Articles, Sections and subsections hereof are not a part of this Agreement but are merely for convenience to assist in locating and reading the several Articles and Sections hereof.

 

15.12    Independent Contractors. It is expressly agreed that CPP and One-Two shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the two Parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency. Neither CPP nor One-Two shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, which shall be binding on the other Party, without the prior written consent of the other Party. All persons employed by a Party shall be employees of such Party and not of the other Party and all costs and obligations incurred by reason of any such employment shall be for the account and expense of such Party.

 

15.13    Performance by Affiliates. To the extent that this Agreement imposes obligations on Affiliates of a Party, such Party agrees to cause its Affiliates to perform such obligations. A Party may use one or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations and duties or exercise its rights under this Agreement, provided that such Party will remain directly liable under this Agreement for the prompt payment and performance of all their respective obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any breach by an Affiliate of a Party of such Party’s obligations under this Agreement shall be deemed a breach by such Party, and the other Party may proceed directly against such Party without any obligation to first proceed against such Party’s Affiliate.

 

15.14   Waiver. The waiver by either Party of any right hereunder, or of any failure of the other Party to perform, or of any breach by the other Party, shall not be deemed a waiver of any other right hereunder or of any other breach by or failure of such other Party whether of a similar nature or otherwise.

 

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15.15    Cumulative Remedies. No remedy referred to in this Agreement is intended to be exclusive, but each shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy referred to in this Agreement or otherwise available under law.

 

15.16    Business Day Requirements. In the event that any notice or other action or omission is required to be taken by a Party under this Agreement on a day that is not a Business Day then such notice or other action or omission shall be deemed to be required to be taken on the next occurring Business Day.

 

15.17    English Language. This Agreement shall be written and executed in, and all other communications under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in, the English language. Any translation into any other language shall not be an official version thereof, and in the event of any conflict in interpretation between the English version and such translation, the English version shall control. Waiver of Rule of Construction. The rule of construction that any ambiguity in this Agreement shall be construed against the drafting Party shall not apply.

 

15.19    Advice of Counsel. Each Party represents that it has been represented by legal counsel in connection with this Agreement and acknowledges that it has participated in the drafting hereof. In interpreting and applying the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Parties agree that no presumption will exist or be implied against the Party which drafted such terms and provisions.

 

 

15.20

Rights in Bankruptcy.

 

(a)    All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by CPP to One-Two are, for all purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code (“Title 11”), licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined in Title 11, and, in the event that a case under Title 11 is commenced by or against CPP, One-Two shall have all of the rights set forth in Section 365(n) of Title 11 to the maximum extent permitted thereby. During the Term, CPP shall create and maintain current copies to the extent practicable of all such intellectual property. Without limiting the Parties’ rights under Section 365(n) of Title 11, if a case under Title 11 is commenced by or against CPP, One-Two shall be entitled to a copy of any and all such intellectual property and all embodiments of such intellectual property, and the same, if not in the possession of One-Two, shall be promptly delivered to it (i) before this Agreement is rejected by or on behalf of CPP, within ten (10) days after One-Two’s written request, unless CPP, or its trustee or receiver, elects to continue to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) after any rejection of this Agreement by or on behalf of CPP, if not previously delivered as provided under clause (i) above. All rights of the Parties under this Section 15.20 and under Section 365(n) of Title 11 are in addition to and not in substitution of any and all other rights, powers, and remedies that each Party may have under this Agreement, Title 11, and any other applicable Laws. One-Two shall have the right to perform the obligations of CPP hereunder with respect to such intellectual property, but neither such provision nor such performance by One- Two shall release CPP from any such obligation or liability for failing to perform it.

 

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(b)    The Parties agree that they intend the foregoing One-Two rights to extend to the maximum extent permitted by Law and any provisions of applicable contracts with Third Parties, including for purposes of Title 11, (i) the right of access to any intellectual property (including all embodiments thereof) of CPP or any Third Party with whom CPP contracts to perform an obligation of CPP under this Agreement, and, in the case of the Third Party, which is necessary for the Development, Regulatory Approval, Commercialization and Manufacture of Products and (ii) the right to contract directly with any Third Party described in (i) in this sentence to complete the contracted work.

 

(c)    CPP further agrees and acknowledges that if CPP shall become subject to any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, subject to and in accordance with One-Two’s rights of election under Section 365(n), all rights, licenses, and privileges granted to One-Two under this Agreement will continue subject to the respective terms, conditions and payment obligations of this Agreement, and will not be affected, even by CPP’s rejection of this Agreement, in each case in accordance with Title 11 and applicable Law. All payment obligations under this Agreement shall be deemed royalty payments for purposes of Title 11.

 

(d)    Any intellectual property provided pursuant to the provisions of this Section 15.20 shall be subject to the licenses set forth elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that a case under Title 11 is commenced by or against CPP, One-Two may take appropriate actions in connection with the filing, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of any CPP rights in the Territory licensed to One-Two under this Agreement without being required to consult with CPP before taking any such actions, provided that such actions are consistent with this Agreement.

 

15.21    No Benefit to Third Parties. Except as set forth in Section Article 13 or as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement are for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns, and they shall not be construed as conferring any rights on any other Persons.

 

15.22    Further Assurance. Each Party shall duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts and things, including the filing of such assignments, agreements, documents, and instruments, as may be necessary or as the other Party may reasonably request in connection with this Agreement or to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes hereof, or to better assure and confirm unto such other Party its rights and remedies under this Agreement.

 

15.23    Interpretation. Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days without using a term otherwise defined herein, such number refers to calendar days. Except where the context otherwise requires, (a) wherever used, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular; (b) the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders; (c) the terms “including,” “include,” “includes” or “for example” shall not limit the generality of any description preceding such term and, as used herein, shall have the same meaning as “including, but not limited to,” and/or “including, without limitation”; (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “under this Agreement”, and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof; (e) the word “or” has the inclusive meaning that is typically associated with the phrase “and/or” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise because the subjects of the conjunction are mutually exclusive; (f) a statute or other law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them; (g) if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or business day, or the day or Business Day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day or business day; (h) references to a particular entity include such entity’s successors and assigns to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement; (i) a capitalized term not defined herein but reflecting a different part of speech than a capitalized term which is defined herein shall be interpreted in a correlative manner; (j) “Dollars”, dollars, “USD” or “$” refers to U.S. dollars; (k) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein); (l) references in this Agreement to any Article, Section or shall mean references to such Article, or Section of this Agreement; and (m) references in any Section to any clause are references to such clause of such Section.

 

15.24    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts by original signature, facsimile or PDF files, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties intending to be bound have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.
 
 
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   One-Two Therapeutics Assets Limited
         
         
By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Jacob   By: /s/ Ivan Coulter
         
Name: Jeffrey E. Jacob   Name: Ivan Coulter
         
Title: Chief Executive Officer   Title: Managing Director
         
Date:     Date: July 16, 2021

 

Signature Page to License Agreement
 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Jennifer K. Simpson, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.;

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the condensed consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its condensed consolidated subsidiary, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

   

 

 

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

   

 

 

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

   

 

 

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Dated: August 15, 2022

/s/ Jennifer K. Simpson

 

Jennifer K. Simpson

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Susan Horvath, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.;

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the condensed consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its condensed consolidated subsidiary, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

   

 

 

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

   

 

 

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

   

 

 

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Dated: August 15, 2022

/s/ Susan Horvath

 

Susan Horvath

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Jennifer K. Simpson, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

 

(1)

the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

   

 

 

(2)

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Dated: August 15, 2022

 

 

 

/s/ Jennifer K. Simpson

 

Jennifer K. Simpson

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Susan Horvath, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1)

the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

   

 

 

(2)

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Dated: August 15, 2022

 

 

 

/s/ Susan Horvath

 

Susan Horvath

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

 

Accounting Officer)