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Exhibit 10.8

CONFIDENTIAL

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Amendment NO. 10 to
EXCLUSIVE START-UP LICENSE Agreement between
CYTOCARDIA, INC. and UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 10 (“Amendment No. 10”), with an effective date of the date of last signature (“Amendment No. 10 Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (“Company”) and University of Washington (“University”).  

WHEREAS, Cytocardia, Inc. (“Cytocardia”) and University entered into an Exclusive Start-Up License Agreement for [***], with a University Reference [***], dated October 9, 2018 (the “Original Agreement”), and amended on November 6, 2019 (“Amendment No. 1”), and July 16, 2020 (“Amendment No. 2”); 

WHEREAS, Cytocardia assigned the Original Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2, to Company pursuant to that certain Assignment of License Agreement dated as of effective as of November 11, 2020, and pursuant to which Assignment of License Agreement the parties thereto further amended the Original Agreement, as amended by Amendment No.1 and Amendment No. 2 thereto (“Amendment No. 3”);

WHEREAS, Company and University entered into additional amendments amending the Original Agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3) on January 21, 2021 (“Amendment No. 4”), on February 25, 2021 (“Amendment No. 5”), on March 11, 2021 (“Amendment No. 6”); on April 14, 2021(“Amendment No. 7”); on July 20, 2021 (“Amendment No. 8”), and on September 9, 2021 (“Amendment No. 9’). 

WHEREAS, by this Amendment No. 10, the Parties wish to further amend the Original Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6,  Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, and Amendment No. 9 (collectively, the “Prior Amendments”) as set forth in Section 2 herein; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire that all other terms and conditions of the Original Agreement as amended by the Prior Amendments remain in full force and effect.

WHEREAS, the Parties desire that all other terms and conditions of the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments remain in full force and effect;

NOW, THEREFORE, COMPANY and UNIVERSITY hereby agree as follows:

1.Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 10 shall have the same meaning as those in the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments, as the case may be, unless specifically defined otherwise in this Amendment No. 10.  All article and section references shall refer to the corresponding Article and Section in the Original Agreement the Prior Amendments. All references to the “Agreement” in the Original Agreement, the Prior Amendments, and this Amendment No. 10 shall mean the Original Agreement as amended hereby.

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2.1 Exhibit D “Licensed Program Materials.” Exhibit D of the Agreement is hereby amended to list new items. The following is added to the table listing Licensed Program Materials.  

[***]

3.   Fee. In consideration for the rights granted to Company herein, and in further consideration of the University labor required to prepare and transfer the Licensed Program Materials, Company shall pay to University a one-time, non-refundable fee of [***] Dollars ($[***]) within [***] days of invoice from UW following the Effective Date.  

4.Miscellaneous.

4.1Effect and Interpretation.  This Amendment No. 10 shall be effective for all purposes as of the Amendment No. 10 Effective Date.  To the extent that there are any inconsistencies between this Amendment No. 10 and the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments, the terms of this Amendment No. 10 shall supersede those set forth in the Original Agreement the Prior Amendments.  Except as otherwise expressly modified by this Amendment No. 10, the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.  As of the Amendment No. 10 Effective Date, the term “Agreement” (as used herein and in the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments) shall mean the Original Agreement and the Prior Amendments as amended by this Amendment No. 10.

4.2Counterparts.  This Amendment No. 10 may be executed in one or more counterparts by original, facsimile or PDF signature, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.




 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COMPANY and UNIVERSITY have caused this Amendment No. 10 to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as of the Amendment No. 10 Effective Date.

 


	
SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
	
 
	
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
/s/ Steve Harr
	
 
	
By:
	
/s/ Fiona Wills

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Name:
	
Steve Harr
	
 
	
Name:
	
Fiona Wills

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Title:
	
CEO
	
 
	
Title:
	
Associate Vice Provost

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Date:
	
10/30/2021
	
 
	
Date:
	
10/30/2021




 

 

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