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Consent and Amendment

Entities:

Kosan Biosciences Inc.

Date:

2002

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CONSENT AND AMENDMENT

This CONSENT AND AMENDMENT (the Consent) is made effective as of September 16, 2002 (the Consent Date) by and between THE SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, a non-profit organization having its principal office at 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021 (SKI) and KOSAN BIOSCIENCES, INC., a California corporation having a principal place of business at 3832 Bay Center Place, Hayward, California 94545 (Kosan).

WHEREAS, Kosan and SKI are parties to the Research and License Agreement dated August 26, 2000 (the License Agreement).

WHEREAS, Kosan desires now to enter into an agreement with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., a New Jersey corporation, together with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., a Swiss corporation (collectively, Roche), regarding the development and commercialization of an epothilone product (such agreement with Roche, the Roche Agreement) and in connection therewith wishes to grant a sublicense under the License Agreement.

WHEREAS, SKI desires for Kosan to enter into the Roche Agreement, and the Parties believe that the Roche Agreement will benefit patients by allowing a major pharmaceutical company to pursue development of a cancer product.

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the License Agreement to conform to the Roche Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Any initially capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein have the meanings given such terms when used in all-caps font in the License Agreement. All references to Sections are to sections of this Consent unless explicitly provided to refer to Sections of the License Agreement or the Roche Agreement.

2. Consent. SKI consents that Kosan may enter into the Roche Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix A, recognizing that the Roche Agreement includes a sublicense under the License Agreement.

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