Common use of BASIS FOR AGREEMENT Clause in Contracts

BASIS FOR AGREEMENT. Corixa has samples of normal and diseased tissues and wants to obtain information about the difference between those tissues. Corixa has or will make certain nucleic acid material including cDNA for constructing microarrays ("PCR Product" described in Section 2 below) and ribonucleic acid samples from the normal and diseased tissues for hybridizing to microarrays ("Sample RNA"). Corixa desires to know which genes are expressed in cells in the diseased tissue relative to the normal tissue. Rosetta has expertise in the area of using microarrays and analyzing microarray data to determine gene expression. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions under which (a) Corixa will supply Rosetta with PCR Product and Sample RNA, and (b) Rosetta will conduct experiments using microarrays constructed using PCR Product and hybridized with Sample RNA and provide Corixa with an analysis of the data generated from such experiments. The procedures that each party will follow in performing this Agreement are set forth in the provisions herein and in Appendix A hereto, which is incorporated herein by this reference.