Competitor

Competitor. Means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in a business that offers products or services that are directly or indirectly competitive with the products or services of the Company, including products or services which are in actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development by the Company, but shall not include any financial... investment firm or collective investment vehicle that, together with its Affiliates, holds less than twenty percent (20)% of the outstanding equity of any Competitor and does not, nor do any of its Affiliates, have a right to designate any members of the board of directors of any Competitor; provided, that ElevateBio, LLC ("ElevateBio"), Gilead Sciences, Inc. ("Gilead"), Redmile Biopharma Investments II, L.P. ("Redmile") and Artal International S.C.A. and its Affiliates ("Invus") shall not be deemed a Competitor for purposes of this Agreement. View More

Competitor. A Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)) in the business of tissue targeted immunomodulation for autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease or transplantation and that is materially competitive with the Company, but shall not include any financial investment firm or collective investment vehicle that, together with its Affiliates, holds less... than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding equity of any Competitor and does not, nor do any of its Affiliates, have a right to designate any members of the Board of Directors of any Competitor. For the avoidance of doubt, Polaris Partners VIII, L.P., Roche, Versant Venture Capital VI, L.P., Versant Vantage I, L.P., Access, OrbiMed, RA Capital, Boxer Capital and each of their affiliated funds and investment vehicles shall not be deemed to be a Competitor for any purpose under this Agreement. View More

Competitor. Means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in the same business as the Company, but shall not include any financial investment firm or collective investment vehicle that, together with its Affiliates, holds less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding equity of any Competitor and does not, nor do any of its Affiliates, have a... right to designate any members of the board of directors of any Competitor; provided that Boxer Capital, LLC ("Boxer"), Roche Finance Ltd ("Roche") and Wellington Biomedical Innovation Master Investors (Cayman) I L.P. (the "Wellington Investor"), or any affiliate of the foregoing, shall not be deemed a Competitor of the Company. View More

Competitor. A competitor of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors; provided, however, that (i) Novartis Bioventures Ltd. and its Affiliates that are engaged in the business of the Novartis Venture Fund (collectively, the "NBV Investors") shall not be deemed to be Competitors for purposes of this definition solely because of any activities undertaken by Novartis AG or any of its Affiliates who are not otherwise NBV Investors; and... (ii) Novo Holdings A/S shall not be deemed a Competitor for purposes of this definition solely because of any activities undertaken by Novo Nordisk A/S or any of its Affiliates. View More

Competitor. Means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in a business competitive with that of the Company's, but shall not include any financial investment firm or collective investment vehicle (including, without limitation, any private equity fund, venture capital fund or similar vehicle and any Affiliates thereof) that, together with its... Affiliates hold less than 20% of the outstanding equity of a Competitor and does not have a right to designate any members of the board of directors of any Competitor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, in no event shall Bain, Boxer, Citadel, Fifth Avenue, HBM Healthcare Investments (Cayman) Ltd., OrbiMed, Pfizer, Perceptive or any of their respective Affiliates be deemed to be a "Competitor" of the Company. View More

Competitor. The meaning set forth in the Bylaws

Competitor. Shall have the meaning set forth in Section ‎10(c)

Competitor. Means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in the business of developing a directly competitive program or product utilizing the same mechanism of action as the Company Programs, but shall not include (i) Citadel Multi-Strategy Equities Master Fund Ltd. ("Surveyor") and its Affiliates, (ii) OrbiMed Private Investments VI, LP... ("OrbiMed"), (iii) RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. ("RA Capital"), (iv) Pontifax (Israel) V Limited Partnership or its Affiliates, (v) any Investor that, together with its Affiliates, holds less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding equity of any Competitor or (vi) any Investor solely because it has, or any of its Affiliates have, a right to designate members of the Board of Directors (or observers) of any Competitor, provided that such Investor shall not share Sensitive Information with any Competitor and shall in all cases abide by the confidentiality restrictions set forth in Section 3.5. View More

Competitor. Means any Person (other than the Company) that the Board (including at least one (1) Series A Director and one (1) Series B Director) reasonably determines is engaged, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in the same or similar business as the Company; provided, however, that C.P. Pharmaceuticals International, C.V. and Pfizer Inc. (collectively, "Pfizer") and their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to not be Competitors; provided, further, that no purchaser of Series B Preferred... Stock under the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed a Competitor now or any time in the future for so long as such Investor is party to this Agreement; provided, further, that "Competitor" shall not include any financial investment firm or collective investment vehicle that, together with its Affiliates, (a) holds less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding equity of any Competitor and (b) does not, nor do any of its Affiliates, have a right to designate any members of the board of directors or similar governing body of such Competitor. View More

Competitor. Means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in the development of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics that selectively increase gene expression to treat disease, but shall not include any financial investment firm, venture capital fund or collective investment vehicle that, together with its Affiliates, holds less than 40% of the... outstanding equity of any Competitor. View More