Potentiator definition

Potentiator means a Compound which, as its principal mode of therapeutic action, modulates the biological effect of CFTR by enhancing the gating activity of ΔF508 CFTR present in the apical cell membrane.
Potentiator has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Agreement.

Examples of Potentiator in a sentence

  • The parties acknowledge that it may be necessary or appropriate to adopt additional Development Candidate Criteria which more specifically define the pre-development characteristics of Compounds which the parties believe may be suitable for development and commercialization based upon the particular mode of action of that Compound as a Potentiator or Corrector.

  • The Potentiator JDC will consider all information that is material to an assessment of the status, direction and progress of the development program for VX-770, including clinical trial protocols, a summary of the IND package, enabling animal toxicity data reports, clinical trial protocols, clinical trials final reports, summary data and reports.

  • This Second Amendment is intended to set forth the Parties’ agreement with respect to additional funding for the accelerated development of Potentiator Compounds, and to amend the Existing Agreement and the First Amendment accordingly.

  • In addition to members appointed by CFFT, the Potentiator JDC is expected to have members from the various functional groups (e.g., research, preclinical safety, clinical, regulatory, marketing) that are or will be expected to be involved from time to time in development and launch of VX-770 or any other Potentiator Backup Compound that is substituted for VX-770 (collectively VX-770 and such Potentiator Backup Compounds are referred to hereinafter as “VX-770”).

  • In addition to Potentiator JDC members, attendees of Potentiator JDC meetings may include such Vertex or CFFT representatives as may be required for presentation to or discussion with the Potentiator JDC from time to time.

  • The Potentiator JDC shall continue to function until FDA approval of a Potentiator Drug Product.

  • The Potentiator JDC will be the principal organization through which the development of VX-770 is planned and evaluated, subject to appropriate review and approval at senior management levels as required by Vertex from time to time.

  • The VX-770 Accelerated Potentiator Development Plan will be reviewed and may be further refined from time to time by the Potentiator JDC, based in part on data generated in early pre-clinical and clinical trials.

  • The Existing Agreement contemplated that during the course of the research program, Vertex, with CFFT’s agreement, would select either the Potentiator or the Corrector approach as its Primary Program (as defined in the Existing Agreement), to which a majority of resources under the research program would be directed, and the other approach would be designated as an Alternative Program (as defined in the Existing Agreement), to which the balance of resources would be directed.

  • In 2005, with the concurrence of CFFT, Vertex selected the Potentiator approach as the Primary Program, and designated a certain Potentiator Compound (“VX-770”) as a Development Candidate under the terms of the Existing Agreement.