Common use of Competitive Compound Clause in Contracts

Competitive Compound. 5.6.1 During [***], neither Company nor its Affiliates (or any Sublicensee of Company or any Affiliate of such Sublicensee) shall itself or through any Third Party, or in collaboration with any Third Party, engage, directly or indirectly in the clinical Development or Commercialization of a Competitive Compound. [***]. 5.6.2 Notwithstanding Section 5.6.1, if Company or any of its Affiliates, either through its own development efforts or by acquisition, or obtains ownership of or a license to, or is acquired by or otherwise merges with an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that owns or has a license to, a Competitive Compound, in all such cases that would result in a violation of Section 5.6.1 (any such event, a “Triggering Event”), then Company shall notify BMS in writing and elect (as applicable) one of the following actions within [***] after such Triggering Event: (a) divest itself of such Competitive Compound and notify BMS in writing of such divestiture, which divestiture may occur by an outright sale to a Third Party of all of Company’s and its Affiliate’s rights to such Competitive Compound or by an outlicense arrangement under which Company has no continuing active involvement in the development or commercialization of such Competitive Compound [***]; or (b) Company shall notify BMS in writing whether Company desires to negotiate terms under which the Competitive Compound would be included as a Product within this Agreement. [***].

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: License Agreement (Immunome Inc.), License Agreement (Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), License Agreement (Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)