Exhibit 4.23
COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT
for Custom Lentiviral Vector
THIS COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT (this
“CMSA”) is entered into as of . 2025 (the “Effective Date”), by and between LENTIGEN TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, having a principal place of business at 1201 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA (“LTI”), and Immatics US Inc., a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at 13203 Murphy Road, Stafford Texas, USA “Client” ), each individually a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Client has expertise in the field of innovative cellular therapies and is engaged in the development of cellular therapy products for patient treatment;
WHEREAS, LTI provides contract development and manufacturing services with respect to lentiviral vectors for research, clinical applications, and commercial cell therapy product manufacturing;
WHEREAS, Client desires to use Vector (as defined below) solely for the Permitted Use (as defined below) in connection with the development and manufacture of certain Client Products (as defined below) for use in preclinical and clinical development programs and, if approved, for commercial use; and
WHEREAS, LTI desires to sell to Client, and Client desires to purchase from LTI, the Vector in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this CMSA.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
“Acknowledgment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b).
“Additional Work” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 of this CMSA.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Party, any corporation, association, or other entity which, directly or indirectly, controls the Party or is controlled by the Party or is under common control with such Party, where “control“ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a corporation, association, or other entity through the ownership of fifty percent or more of the voting securities or otherwise, including having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation, association, or other entity.
“Affiliate Technology Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c).
“Agreed Standards” means (i) all standards, guidelines and regulations as to quality, safety and performance as are consistently applied by LTI with respect to the manufacture and quality control of vectors in accordance with LTI’s established quality system, standard operating procedures, and quality control procedures all of which are in accordance with the Commercial Quality Agreement, (ii) any standard(s) as may be specifically determined to be applicable to the materials, manufacture and quality control of the relevant Vector (if any) by any relevant Regulatory Authority (ii) the Commercial Quality Agreement, (iii) Applicable Laws, (iv) Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”) or (v) any