We waking up a little here? Still waiting for this agreement to be pr'ed.
"On August 31, 2010, SentiSearch, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Project Research and Product Development Agreement (the "Agreement") with Bayer CropScience AG ("Bayer"), effective September 15, 2010, pursuant to which the Company and Bayer will cooperate in the identification and development of molecules affecting olfaction (the sense of smell) in insects. This approach is designed to exploit advances in neuroscience to safely and effectively prevent crop damage and the spread of human disease by altering insect behavior. This approach may allow for a new level of specificity and efficiency of insect control.
Under the Agreement, the Company will provide to Bayer proprietary technology for screening particular compounds in Bayer's chemical library that may affect the function of insect odorant receptors. Bayer's efforts will be undertaken as part of a collaborative research project (the "Research Project") with investigators at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities in New York. Support for the Research Project is being provided by a grant award to Columbia from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) through the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative (the "Initiative") of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. One of the goals of the Initiative is to improve the control of insects that affect human health, with the ultimate goal of eradication of malaria, Dengue fever and other insect borne diseases in the developing world.
Bayer will determine whether to develop further, for crop control applications, compounds identified in the course of the Research Project.
In connection with the Agreement, the Company has granted to Bayer certain exclusive rights to use its proprietary technology in the field of use of the Agreement (any use against invertebrate animals other than the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human health conditions). Bayer will provide the Company with the opportunity to acquire a license in the field of use to further develop compounds identified by Bayer in the course of the Research Project, which Bayer determines not to further develop itself. Bayer has also granted the Company an exclusive option, for a period of five years, to negotiate and execute a license from Bayer with respect to compounds identified by Bayer in the course of the Research Project, for use outside the field of use and outside the field of agriculture.
As part of the Agreement, Bayer has paid to the Company an upfront fee and has agreed to pay to the Company additional amounts upon achieving certain milestones and royalties on net sales of products developed pursuant to the project. Consistent with the global access policy of the Grand Challenges program and the award agreement to Columbia University from FNIH, the Agreement also provides for certain guidelines with respect to distribution and pricing of products for those most in need in disease endemic countries."
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