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| DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
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| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. ("Medisorb"), a Delaware limited partnership, doing business at 6954 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, and |
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL, a division of Cilag International AG, ("Janssen"), a Swiss business corporation, doing business at Kollerstrasse 38, |
| CH-6300 Zug 6, Switzerland, agree this 23 rd day of December, 1993 to jointly develop the products described herein under the following terms and conditions: |
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| 1. Background |
| Janssen desires to develop a depot formulation of [ ]. Medisorb possesses technology and expertise relating to bioabsorbable polymer technologies and |
| drug delivery systems for biologically active compounds based on such polymers. In light of these facts, Medisorb and Janssen's Affiliate entered |
| into a preliminary Development Agreement (dated 9 June 1992) in order to collaborate in determining the feasibility of developing a depot |
| formulation of [ ]. Janssen has executed the option as specified in the said preliminary Development Agreement and both parties agree to continue |
| the development of Product under the terms and conditions specified hereinafter. |
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| 2. Definitions |
| A) Affiliate: shall mean any company controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a party by ownership, directly or |
| indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total ownership or by the power to control the policies and actions of such company. |
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| B) Field: shall mean human [ ] products comprising polymers of lactic and glycolic acids. In this regard [ .] |
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| C) International Registration Dossier ("IRF"): |
| shall mean the Product registration file compiled by Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Beerse, Belgium on behalf of Janssen, the |
| contents and format being such that it can be submitted as such to national health authorities or be used as a basis for a |
| national application for marketing authorization for the Products in the specific format required by such national health authorities. |
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| D) Patents: shall mean (i) any and all existing issued patents and patent applications or parts thereof which describe and claim a depot |
| formulation of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic |
| acids and the production and use thereof; (ii) any other patents and patent applications filed by or on behalf of Medisorb, or under which Medisorb has the |
| rights to grant licenses, which are needed to practice the inventions; and (iii) any reissues, extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, |
| revalidations, additions, continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisions of or to any of the foregoing which are granted hereafter or any additional |
| protection certificate granted with respect thereto. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| E) Products: shall mean any and all depot formulations of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids which are designed to deliver [ ], or any of its chemical analogues, over an extended period. |
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| 3. Development Program |
| A) "Development Program" shall mean the development activities conducted by the parties as contemplated hereunder. The Development Program is |
| to be mutually agreed upon from time to time as the parties find necessary. Medisorb shall (i) carry out its development activities in |
| the Development Program to the currently accepted standards of Good Laboratory Practice, and (ii) manufacture human clinical supplies to |
| cGMP standards. The Development Program is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein. |
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| B) Janssen will fund Medisorb's activities under the Development Program at a cost not to exceed the following projected development costs |
| without prior written authorization from Janssen: |
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| Medisorb will invoice Janssen monthly according to Medisorb's standard rates and practices for the actual costs of work performed during the |
| immediately preceding month. Payment will be due 30 days from the end of the month in which the invoice is received; a late fee of 1.5% per |
| month will be added to any outstanding balance not paid when due. |
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| C) Medisorb will provide Janssen monthly brief written descriptions of the work performed during the preceding month. Upon Janssen's request |
| Medisorb will promptly provide Janssen with detailed reports of the work already undertaken, in order for Janssen and its Affiliates to |
| prepare the health registration applications and the IRF. Medisorb will provide to Janssen a final detailed written report on the work |
| performed under the Development Program within 30 days of completion of the Development Program. |
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| D) Janssen will disclose to Medisorb as soon as reasonably practicable during the term of this Agreement the following test results from |
| experiments employing materials supplied to Janssen by Medisorb: (i) bioavailability and bioactivity assays from in vivo tests and (ii) any |
| results which reasonably suggest potential adverse consequences in humans associated with such materials. |
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| 4. Term and Termination |
| A) The initial term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date first above written and continue thereafter until the earlier of (i) the |
| completion of the Development Program at the moment of finalization of the IRF, which is expected during the [ ], or (ii) [ |
| ], unless earlier terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4 or according to the terms of Section 16 below. However, in |
| the event that the IRF has not been completed by [ ], if Janssen can show due diligence, this Agreement shall not |
| terminate and will be extended for such period as Janssen requires to finalize the IRF, provided that during such extension Janssen |
| continues to show due diligence. Due diligence, amongst other factors, shall mean the timely filing of required regulatory applications, |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| including, without limitation, a CTX (clinical trial exemption certificate) and/or IND, and continuing to fund the Development |
| Program in a commercially reasonable manner. |
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| B) Janssen may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days written notice, provided that Janssen must fulfill all obligations to Medisorb |
| actually incurred prior to the notice of termination. |
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| C) Medisorb may only terminate this Agreement upon 30 days written notice for cause, which shall include: |
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| 1. Any material breach of this Agreement by Janssen which has not been cured within 30 days of written notice of the breach; and |
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| 2. The failure of Janssen to provide within 60 days of a request by Medisorb reasonably sufficient quantities of [ |
| ] as will be required by Medisorb to fulfill its obligations hereunder. |
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| D) Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 17 shall survive termination of this Agreement. |
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| 5. Exclusivity and Right of First Refusal |
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| A) This Agreement shall be exclusive with respect to both parties obligations in the Field. |
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| B) With respect to Products in the Field intended to treat [ ] the development of which is not being currently pursued and/or |
| funded by Janssen shall be subject to the following right of first refusal. With respect to products in the Field which are subject to |
| this right of first refusal, Medisorb shall provide written notice to Janssen of Medisorb's intent to enter into substantive negotiations |
| with a third party for the development of such a product. Medisorb's notice shall, to the fullest permissible extent, disclose to Janssen |
| the details of the proposed product and its application(s). Medisorb shall not be required to disclose the identity of the third party. |
| Janssen shall have 60 days following the notice required above from Medisorb to inform Medisorb of its intent to enter into substantive |
| negotiations with Medisorb for the development of a product in the same application(s). In the event that Janssen does not elect to |
| enter into such negotiations with Medisorb within the 60 day period, Medisorb shall thereafter be free to enter into development, licensing |
| and/or supply contracts with third parties respecting the product which was the subject of Medisorb's original notice to Janssen. In |
| the event that Janssen elects to enter into substantive negotiations with Medisorb and the parties are unable, despite their mutual good |
| faith efforts, to negotiate and enter into the subject agreements within 120 days from Medisorb's original notice to Janssen, Medisorb |
| shall thereafter be free to enter into development, licensing and/or supply contracts with third parties respecting the product which was |
| the subject of Medisorb's original notice to Janssen. Medisorb agrees that whenever it would not have been possible to execute such an |
| agreement with such third party within a period of twelve months, the right of first refusal granted to Janssen will be restored. |
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| 6. Option |
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| A) Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen an option, exercisable at any time during the period beginning with the finalization of the IRF and 30 |
| days thereafter (except as modified by Section 6(B) below), to enter into the License Agreements (i.e., the first a worldwide license, |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| excluding the United States, and the second a license encompassing only the United States) attached hereto as Exhibits B & C, respectively. |
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| B) The option granted to Janssen under Section 6(A) above shall be immediately exercisable upon the termination of this Agreement by Janssen due to material breach by Medisorb. |
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| 7. Future Supply |
| A) In the event that Janssen and Medisorb enter into the License Agreements referred to in Section 6 above, the parties agree that it |
| is likely that either Janssen or Medisorb will manufacture Product(s) for commercial sale. Therefore the parties are negotiating the |
| definitive terms of two Product Manufacturing Agreements (i.e., the first a worldwide agreement, excluding the United States, and the |
| second encompassing only the United States) which shall be appended hereto as Exhibits D & E respectively, and which will be executed at |
| the moment of executing the License Agreements, unless Janssen elects to manufacture the Product itself as specified hereafter. The parties |
| each covenant to use their best efforts to expeditiously negotiate the definitive Manufacturing Agreements referred to in this Section 7(A). |
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| It is understood and agreed upon that Janssen and its Affiliates shall retain sole discretion at the time of entering in to the License |
| Agreements under Section 6 to choose to manufacture or have manufactured Product(s). In the event that Janssen determines to |
| manufacture Product(s) itself or have Product(s) manufactured by a third party, the terms of the License Agreements (Appendices B and C |
| to this Agreement) shall control the transfer of the required technology from Medisorb to Janssen. |
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| B) With respect to third party suppliers, except as limited by the Product Manufacturing Agreements, Medisorb will have a right of first |
| refusal as to the manufacture and supply to Janssen of all Product(s), and component bioabsorbable polymers thereof, developed under this |
| Agreement. Medisorb will have a period of thirty days following written notice from Janssen of terms it is offering to, or prepared to |
| accept from, third parties to notify Janssen of its intention to exercise its right of first refusal to supply Product or component |
| bioabsorbable polymers thereof to Janssen, its Affiliates and Licensees on terms no less favorable to Janssen than those offered by |
| such third party supplier. |
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| 8. Proprietary Rights |
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| A) Medisorb will retain title to and ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and data |
| relating thereto) relating to absorbable polymers, controlled release of active agents, and/or manufacturing methods or processes relating |
| to such polymers and the controlled delivery systems for active agents based on such polymers previously owned by Medisorb or developed by |
| Medisorb as a result of the Development Program or otherwise. Medisorb will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the protection |
| of any such technology, including all patent application and maintenance costs and Janssen agrees to provide Medisorb with any necessary utility information. |
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| Medisorb shall inform Janssen of any patent application it wishes to file to protect proprietary rights defined in Article 8, resulting |
| from either the Development Program or the preliminary |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Development Program and shall forward a copy of any such patent application to Janssen at least one month prior to filing. |
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| Medisorb shall consider any suggestions made by Janssen for amplifying such application and shall accordingly amend the application where in |
| Medisorb's opinion it is appropriate. |
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| Nine months after the first filing, Medisorb shall propose a list of countries in which it intends to file foreign equivalents. Janssen |
| shall be given the opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In case the adding of some or all of these further |
| countries is unacceptable to Medisorb, Janssen shall have the right to file patent applications in those countries, in Medisorb's name and |
| at Janssen expense. Medisorb shall assist in the transfer of rights for the latter patent applications and shall provide all information |
| necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications. |
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| Medisorb shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or patent applications without having first consulted Janssen, which |
| shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which Medisorb wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in |
| its own name and at its own expense. |
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| B) Janssen and/or its Affiliate will retain title to and ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, |
| and data relating thereto) relating to [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity previously owned by Janssen and/or its Affiliate or developed by Janssen as a result of this Agreement or otherwise. Janssen and/or |
| its Affiliate will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the protection of any such technology, including all patent |
| application and maintenance costs and Medisorb agrees to provide Janssen with any necessary utility information. |
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| C) Any inventions, other than those falling under either section 8(A) or 8(B) hereof, having an inventorship jointly between at least one |
| employee of Janssen or an Affiliate of Janssen and one employee of Medisorb or an Affiliate of Medisorb shall be jointly-owned by Janssen |
| and Medisorb. Each party will cooperate fully in the filing and prosecution of such patent applications. |
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| Janssen and Medisorb shall agree on which of both shall be responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any such joint patent |
| applications and patents (hereinafter referred to as the "Responsible Party"). In principle, the party having contributed the most to the |
| invention to be protected shall be the responsible party, unless agreed upon differently. Upon mutual consent, the responsible party |
| may select an agent for drafting, filing and prosecuting a joint application. However, both parties shall agree who shall be the agent |
| and to what extent this agent shall be used. |
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| The Responsible Party shall consult the other party when drafting any new jointly owned patent application. The final draft shall be |
| forwarded to the other party at least one month prior to filing to give the opportunity to make final comments. |
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| The Responsible Party shall propose a list of countries in which it intends to file such patent applications. The other party shall be |
| given the opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In case the adding of some or all of these further countries is |
| unacceptable to the Responsible Party, the other party shall have the right to file patent applications in those countries, in its own name |
| and at its own expense. The Responsible Party shall assist in the |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| transfer of rights for the latter patent applications and shall provide all information necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications. |
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| The Responsible Party shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or patent applications without having first consulted the |
| other party, which shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which the responsible party wishes to abandon, |
| or parts thereof, in its own name and at its own expense. |
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| All out-of-pocket costs made in relation to joint patent applications and patents shall be shared equally by Janssen and Medisorb. A |
| statement of costs shall be made up on a quarterly basis and invoiced to the other party. |
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| Medisorb shall grant to Janssen an exclusive fully-paid up royalty free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and |
| sell under any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any continuations, continuations in part, divisions, |
| patents of addition, reissues, renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates granted with respect thereto, |
| in respect of any claims concerning the application of [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar |
| physiological activity. However, nothing contained in this paragraph shall obviate Janssen's obligation to pay royalties under Section 6 |
| hereof with respect to any Products developed hereunder. |
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| Janssen shall grant to Medisorb an exclusive fully paid-up royalty free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and |
| sell under any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any continuations, continuations in part, divisions, |
| patents of addition, reissues, renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates granted with respect thereto, in |
| respect of any claims concerning the application of bioabsorbable polymers in the field of human and/or veterinary medicine. |
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| D) In addition, each party will retain exclusive title to its respective Confidential Information (as defined in Section 11 below) |
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| 9. Patent Infringement |
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| A) In the event that either party becomes aware that any third party is infringing any patents included within the Patents in any country or |
| countries, the party becoming aware of such infringement shall promptly give notice of such infringement to the other party. Any |
| possible action against such alleged infringement of the Patents will be carried out by either or both of the parties in accordance with the |
| provisions specified hereinafter in paragraphs B), C), D) and E). |
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| B) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling within the definition of Patents and of which Medisorb retains full |
| title and ownership pursuant to Article 8 A), Medisorb shall use all reasonable efforts to take action against such infringement in its own |
| name, at its own expense and on its own behalf. |
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| If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action |
| after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in paragraph A) above or after having become aware of such |
| infringement, Janssen shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| immediate action against such infringement in its own name, at its own expense and on its own behalf. If Janssen commences or assumes such |
| action, Janssen may credit [ ] of any royalty otherwise due to Medisorb for sales in such country or countries |
| against the amount of the expenses and costs of such action, including without limitation, attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen.The |
| amount of expenses so deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen as a result of such action. |
| Except for such repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen shall be entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
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| In no event shall Medisorb settle with such infringing third party in the Field without the prior written consent of Janssen. |
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| C) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen retains full |
| title and ownership pursuant to Article 8 B), Janssen shall have the right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement |
| in its own name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such infringement, or if Janssen does not |
| use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph A) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own |
| expense, to take action against such infringement. Medisorb shall be entitled to retain all recoveries, if any, therefrom. |
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| D) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb |
| jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 8 C), and whenever in such case the infringing product would be a drug product |
| falling within the definition of the Field, Janssen shall have the right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement |
| in its own name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such infringement, or if Janssen does not |
| use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph A) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own |
| expense, to take action against such infringement, it being understood that Janssen will have a continuing right to take over any such action |
| at its own expense and shall pay to Medisorb from any recoveries Janssen receives (i) Medisorb's expenses and (ii) from any sums |
| remaining after deduction of Medisorb's and Janssen's expenses, an amount proportionate to Medisorb's expenses in relation to Janssen's expenses. |
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| Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb |
| jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 8C), and whenever in such case the infringing product would be a drug product |
| falling outside the definition of the Field, Medisorb shall have the right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement |
| in its own name, at its own cost and on its own behalf.If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if Medisorb does |
| not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice |
| referred to in paragraph A) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen shall be entitled at its own discretion and at |
| its own expense, to take action against such infringement, it being understood that Medisorb will have a continuing right to take over any |
| such action at its own expense. If Janssen commences or assumes such action, Janssen may credit [ ] of any royalty |
| otherwise payable to Medisorb payable hereunder against the amount of the expenses and costs of such action, including without limitation, |
| attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen. The amount of expenses so |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen as a result of such action. Except for such |
| repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen shall be entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
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| E) Each party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other party in such litigation, including making available to the other party records, |
| information, and evidence relevant to the infringement of the Patent. |
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| 10. Third Party Intellectual Property Rights |
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| A) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its current knowledge and belief the Products to be developed hereunder will not infringe the patent |
| rights of any third party. |
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| B) In the event that the manufacture, use or sale of the Product would constitute an infringement of the rights of a third party in a country |
| because of the use of the Patents or Medisorb's know how, each party shall, as soon as it becomes aware of the same, notify the other |
| thereof in writing, giving in the same notice full details known to it of the rights of such third party and the extent of any alleged |
| infringement. The parties shall after receipt of such notice meet to discuss the situation, and, to the extent necessary attempt to agree |
| on a course of action in order to permit Janssen to practice the license granted hereunder. Such course of action may include: (a) |
| modifying the Product or its manufacture so as to be noninfringing; (b) obtaining an appropriate license from such third party; or © |
| fight the claimor suit. In the event that within a short period of time, the parties fail to agree on an appropriate course of action |
| Janssen may decide upon the course of action in the interest of the further development, manufacturing or commercialization of the Product. |
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| C) In the event that the parties cannot agree on modifying the Product or in the case that such modification would not be economically viable or |
| regulatorily feasible, Janssen, whenever it relates to know how, whether patented or not, owned by Janssen in accordance with the |
| provisions of Article 8 B) and C), or Medisorb, whenever it relates to know how, whether patented or not, owned by Medisorb in accordance |
| with the provisions of Article 8 A), will have the right to negotiate with such third party for such license. Both parties hereto will in |
| any event in good faith consult with each other with respect to such negotiations and the party negotiating such license as indicated |
| above, will make every effort to minimize the amount of license fees and royalties payable thereunder. In no event shall either party as a |
| result of such settlement, grant a sublicense or cross license to the third party to settle the suit, without the prior written approval of |
| the other party. In the event that such negotiations result in a consummated agreement, any license fee and/or royalties to be paid |
| thereunder shall be paid by the party responsible for the negotiations as indicated above, [ ] of any license fees or |
| royalties paid by Janssen under such license will be creditable against royalties due to Medisorb with respect to such country or countries. |
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| D) In the event that either or both parties would further to such notification under Paragraph 10 B) decide to defend such suit or claim |
| in which a third party alleges that the manufacture, use or selling of the Product infringes said third party's patent in a country, Janssen |
| shall have the right to apply [ ] of the royalties due to Medisorb on the sales of the allegedly infringing Product |
| against its litigation expenses. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| 11. Confidentiality and Disclosure |
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| A) Each party agrees to keep confidential and to not use for any purpose other than as set forth herein all technical information and materials |
| supplied by the other hereunder and any information a party may acquire about the other or its activities as a result of entering into |
| this Agreement, provided that such obligation shall not apply to technical information or material which: (i) was in the receiving |
| party's possession without restriction prior to receipt from the other party or its Affiliates; (ii) was in the public domain at the time of |
| receipt; (iii) becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (iv) shall be lawfully received from a third |
| party with a right of further disclosure; (v) shall be required to be disclosed by law, by regulation or by the rules of any securities exchange. |
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| B) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the confidentiality obligations as set out in this Section shall continue so long as this |
| Agreement remains in force and for 10 years thereafter. |
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| C) Licensee shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to enter into similar obligations of confidentiality with respect to unpublished |
| information within the Patents and Technical Information. |
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| 12. Disclaimer of Warranty |
| Medisorb makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, other than those specified in section 13 below, with respect to any services, |
| technology, products or materials supplied to Janssen hereunder, including without limitation any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. |
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| 13. Liability |
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| A) Janssen agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Medisorb from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including |
| reasonable attorney fees) Medisorb may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or judgments which may be made or instituted against |
| Medisorb by reason of personal injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Janssen's clinical testing of the Product, except |
| where such liabilities claims, demands, costs or judgments are caused by any sole negligence on behalf of Medisorb in manufacturing the |
| clinical trial samples, its failure to supply such samples in accordance with the mutually agreed written specifications or its |
| failure to provide Janssen with any information as specified in Article 13(B). Medisorb will notify Janssen as soon as it becomes |
| aware of any such claim or action and agrees to give reasonable assistance in the investigation and defense of such claim or action it |
| being understood that it shall allow Janssen to control the disposition of the same. |
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| B) Medisorb agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Janssen from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including |
| reasonable attorney fees) Janssen may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or judgments which may be made or instituted against |
| Janssen by reason of personal injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Medisorb's sole negligence in manufacturing the clinical |
| trial samples or its failure to supply such samples in accordance with the mutually agreed written specifications. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| C) In no event shall either party be liable for loss of profits, loss of goodwill or any consequential or incidental damages of any kind of the other party. |
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| D) This indemnification shall not apply with respect to any Product which would be commercialized under the terms of the License Agreement or |
| manufactured under the terms of the Product Manufacture Agreement with respect to which the indemnification clause of such Agreements will apply. |
|
| 14. Product Information and Adverse Drug Events |
|
| A) As Janssen has superior knowledge of the end-use applications to which Products developed hereunder will be put, Janssen is responsible for |
| providing third parties with adequate information as to the medical profile of the Product. Janssen will provide Medisorb with copies of |
| the IPID (International Product Information Document) and the IPPI (International Patient Package Insert), which are all part of the IRF |
| for the Product. For the purpose of this Agreement IPID refers to the document that summarizes all medically relevant features of the |
| Product, including the instructions for use meant to inform the medical profession, whereas the IPPI is a patient-oriented document, |
| based upon the IPID that summarizes all relevant information on the Product in lay language. Janssen will keep Medisorb informed of any |
| revisions or amendments in the IPID and IPPI of the Product. |
|
| B) Medisorb will provide to Janssen promptly after its discovery by Medisorb, any information in its possession which indicates adverse |
| effects in humans associated with the Products developed hereunder. For the purpose of this Agreement "adverse event" shall mean an |
| experience which is noxious and unintended and which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of a |
| disease or for the modification or physiological functioning and any report of an overdose. |
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| 15. Government Approvals |
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| A) Janssen shall be responsible for conducting all necessary testing as well as determining what, if any, government approvals are required |
| for the use and sale of Products developed hereunder and shall comply with all such requirements prior to and following the sale or |
| distribution of such Products. |
|
| Medisorb shall cooperate fully with Janssen in obtaining regulatory approvals for Products developed hereunder and shall, at Janssen's |
| request, provide appropriate regulatory authorities with any and all information concerning Medisorb's technology, Medisorb polymers and |
| manufacturing methods for such Products. |
|
| In this respect Medisorb undertakes that it has submitted or will as soon as possible submit a type IV Drug Master File to the FDA |
| identifying Medisorb's method of manufacture, release specifications and testing methods used in the manufacture of its bioabsorbable |
| polymers and a type I Drug Master File of Medisorb's manufacturing facilities where Product may be manufactured. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
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| 16. Warranties and Covenants |
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| A) Each party hereto covenants with the other to use its best efforts, consistent with reasonable business practice, to perform its |
| obligations hereunder in a timely fashion. In the event that Janssen determines not to pursue the commercialization of Products, it will |
| promptly inform Medisorb of such decision and this Agreement will automatically terminate. |
|
| B) Medisorb warrants to the best of its knowledge that Medisorb bioabsorbable polymers are suitable for chronic human use in |
| parenteral drug delivery systems similar to Products to be developed hereunder. |
|
| C) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its knowledge the use of Medisorb's bioabsorbable polymers in Products will not infringe the |
| patent rights of any third parties. |
|
| 17. Force Majeure |
|
| Neither party shall be liable for its failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder if such failure is occasioned by a contingency beyond |
| its reasonable control including, but not limited to, occurrences such as strikes or other labor disturbances, lock out, riot, war, default by a |
| common carrier, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, other acts of God, inability to obtain raw materials, failure of plant facilities or |
| government regulation, act or failure to act. Each party shall notify the other immediately upon occurrence or cessation of any such contingencies. |
| If such contingency continues unabated for at least 180 consecutive days, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement without |
| further obligation beyond those actually incurred prior to such termination. |
|
| 18. Dispute Resolution |
|
| Should any dispute arise under this Agreement, the parties shall first meet in an attempt to amicably resolve the situation. In the event that the |
| parties are unable to resolve any contested issues, then both parties hereby agree to submit said disputes to the jurisdiction of the competent |
| Courts of Zurich, Switzerland, and agree that any litigation in any way related to this Agreement shall be submitted to such Courts and that same |
| shall be subject to Swiss law. |
|
| 19. Assignment |
|
| This Agreement shall not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that assignment |
| shall be permitted without such consent to any party, not less than 50% of the total interest of which owns, is owned by, or is under common control |
| with the assigning party. In the event of any such permitted assignment the assignee shall be subject to and shall agree in writing to be bound by the |
| terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
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| 20. Severability |
|
| In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement should for any reason be held by any court or authority having jurisdiction |
| over this Agreement or any of the parties hereto to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions shall be validly reformed to as |
| nearly approximate |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
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| the intent of the parties as possible and, if unreformable; shall be divisible and deleted in such jurisdiction, elsewhere this Agreement shall |
| not be affected, except to the extent such applicability would substantially burden only one of the parties to this Agreement. |
|
| 21. Separate Entities |
|
| Nothing contained herein shall be construed to constitute the parties hereto as partners or joint venturers, or as agents or representatives of the other. |
|
| 22. Captions |
|
| The captions of this Agreement are for convenience only, and shall not be deemed of any force or effect whatsoever in construing this Agreement. |
|
| 23. Waiver |
|
| Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any further breach |
| of the same or other provisions of this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or |
| more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any |
| other term of this Agreement. Any waiver must be in writing. |
|
| 24. Press Communications |
|
| Neither Party shall originate any publicity, news release or public announcement, written or oral relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the prior written approval of the other party. |
|
| 25. Notices |
|
| Any legal notice required or permitted hereunder shall be considered properly given if in writing and sent by first class mail, certified mail |
| or by telefacsimile to the party being notified at the respective address of such party as follows: |
|
| If to Medisorb: Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
| 6954 Cornell Road |
| Cincinnati, OH 45242 |
| USA |
| Facsimile: 513-489-2348 |
|
| If to Janssen: Janssen Pharmaceutica |
| Kollerstrasse 38 |
| 6300 Zug 6 |
| Switzerland |
| Facsimile: 00-41-42449565 |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
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| Such notice shall be effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept such notice. In any case, notice shall be presumed effective no later than five |
| (5) days after such notice is sent. |
|
| Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release or public announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the written approval of the other party. |
|
|
| 26. Entire Understanding |
|
| This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be considered to be an |
| original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding |
| between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous agreements related thereto, provided, however, that |
| no variation or modification of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the parties hereto. |
|
| WITNESS the signature of both parties by their duly authorized officers: |
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL |
| A division of Cilag International AG |
|
|
| By: /s/ Erik Rombouts |
| ----------------------------- |
| Name: Erik Rombouts |
| ----------------------- |
| Title: Business Manager |
| ----------------------- |
| Date: January 4, 1994 |
| ------------------------- |
|
|
| {Second Janssen Signatory} |
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|
|
| By: /s/ Heinz Schmid |
| ---------------------------- |
| Name: Heinz Schmid |
| ------------------------ |
| Title: General Manager |
| ------------------------- |
| Date: January 4, 1994 |
| ------------------------------ |
|
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
|
| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
|
|
| By: /s/ David R. Lohr |
| ---------------------------------- |
| Name: David R. Lohr |
| ------------------------------- |
| Title: President |
| ----------------------------------- |
| Date: December 6, 1993 |
| --------------------------------- |
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| 11299302 |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
|
| EXHIBIT A |
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| DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM |
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| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM |
| Page 2 |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| EXHIBIT B |
|
|
| To Development Agreement |
| dated December 23, 1993 |
| between |
| Janssen Pharmaceutica International |
| and |
| Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
|
|
| License Agreement, ex. United States of America |
| Following 16 Pages |
|
|
|
| [Note: This exhibit supercedes the previous Exhibit B, document number |
| 07069402.doc.] |
|
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| /s/ Erik Rombouts 12/12/95 |
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| For JANSSEN Date |
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| /s/ David R. Lohr December 6, 1995 |
| - ------------------------------- ---------------- |
| For MEDISORB Date |
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| 1205902.doc |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| LICENSE AGREEMENT |
|
|
| This Agreement is made as of the __ day ______ of 19___, between MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
| (hereinafter "Medisorb") and JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL, a division of Cilag International AG, a Swiss business corporation ("Janssen"). |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties have entered into a certain Development Agreement, dated December 23, 1993 (the "Development Agreement"), for the |
| development of a Product (as described below); and |
|
| WHEREAS, Janssen has an option under the Development Agreement to enter into this License Agreement for the Medisorb technology required to make, |
| use and sell the Product, which option Janssen has elected to exercise; and |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is in their mutual best interest for Medisorb to license to Janssen on an exclusive basis in the Territory, |
| Medisorb Patents and Technical Information within the Field, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; |
|
| NOW, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: |
|
| (1) Definitions: The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein, unless the context otherwise requires: |
|
| (a) "Affiliate" shall mean any company controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a party by ownership, directly or indirectly, of |
| fifty percent (50%) or more of the total ownership or by the power to control the policies and actions of such company. |
|
| (b) "Development Program" shall mean the development activities conducted by the parties pursuant to the Development Agreement. |
|
| (c) "Field" shall mean the treatment of [ ]. |
|
| (d) "Improvements" shall mean any improvements or developments to or of the Patents and Technical Information in the Field which Medisorb may |
| acquire, discover, invent, originate, make, conceive or have a right to, in whole or in part, during the term of this Agreement, whether or not such |
| improvement or development is patentable. |
|
| (e) "International Registration Dossier" ("IRF") shall mean the Product registration file compiled by Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Beerse, |
| Belgium on behalf of Janssen, the contents and format being such that it can be submitted as such to national health authorities or be used as a basis for a |
| national application for marketing authorization for the Products in the specific format required by such national health authorities. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| License Agreement |
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| (f) "Medisorb Polymers" shall mean bioresorbable aliphatic polyesters based on glycolide, lactide, caprolactone and combinations of such |
| polymers, which are manufactured by Medisorb and utilized in Product(s) licensed under this Agreement. |
|
| (g) "Net Sales" shall mean the gross amounts received from sales of Products during a calendar quarter to third parties by Janssen, its |
| Sublicensees or any Affiliate of either, less any: (i) applicable sales taxes; (ii) cash trade or quantity discounts; (iii) amounts repaid or credited by |
| reason of rejections or return of goods; or (iv) freight, postage and duties paid for. No deduction from the gross sales price shall be made for any item of |
| cost incurred by the seller in its own operations incident to the manufacture, sale or shipment of the product sold. For purposes hereof, Net Sales shall not |
| include sales of a Product from Janssen or an Affiliate of Janssen to any Affiliate or Sublicensee of either; it being intended that Net Sales shall only |
| include sales to unrelated third-parties. |
|
| (h) "Patents" shall mean (i) any and all existing issued patents and patent applications or parts thereof which describe and claim a depot |
| formulation of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids and the production and |
| use thereof; (ii) any other patents and patent applications filed by or on behalf of Medisorb, or under which Medisorb has the rights to grant licenses, |
| which are needed to practice the inventions; and (iii) any reissues, extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, additions, |
| continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisions of or to any of the foregoing which are granted hereafter or any additional protection certificate granted |
| with respect thereto. |
|
| (i) "Product(s)" shall mean any and all depot formulations of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids which are designed to deliver [ ], or any of its chemical analogues, |
| over an extended period. |
|
| (j) "Sublicensees" shall mean any company or companies, other than Janssen's Affiliates, sublicensed by Janssen. |
|
| (k) "Technical Information" shall mean all unpatented information, know-how, practical experience, procedures, methodology, specifications, |
| formulae and data whether or not the same shall be patentable which have been heretofore developed or acquired by Medisorb prior to the date of this Agreement |
| and which are necessary in order to use, manufacture or sell Products in the Field. |
|
| (l) "Territory" shall mean worldwide with the exception of the United States, its Territories, Protectorates, Commonwealths, and all other |
| political subdivisions of the United States. |
|
| (2) License Grant |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| License Agreement |
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| (a) Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen in the Territory an exclusive license under the Patents and Technical Information existing prior to |
| the effective date of this Agreement, with the right to grant sublicenses thereunder, for all purposes within the Field to practice and use the Patents |
| and Technical Information, including the rights to manufacture and have manufactured, to use and have used, and to sell and have sold Products. Medisorb |
| exclusively retains all rights under the Patents and Technical Information outside the Field and for use other than in Products. The right to grant |
| sublicenses granted hereunder is exclusive to Janssen and shall not extend to Janssen Affiliates or Sublicensees. |
|
| (b) Medisorb shall offer to Janssen for incorporation into this License Agreement on reasonable terms and conditions, Medisorb Improvements in |
| the Field which, if incorporated into Janssen's then current commercial Product(s), would: (i) result in significant changes in either the |
| specifications for such Product(s) or the processes for producing such Product(s), and (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in enhanced market |
| value and/or profitability of such Product(s). Examples of such Improvements would include: (i) the development by Medisorb of a non-aqueous injection |
| vehicle which offers significant advantages with respect to ease of administration and (ii) the development by Medisorb of technology enabling[ ]. It is the parties' |
| understanding that the effect of any such license amendment would, in general, be either an extension of the term of this Agreement for a mutually agreed |
| period or a marginal increase in the then current royalty rate . All other Medisorb Improvements shall be made available to Janssen for its use without |
| further agreement. Proprietary rights to Improvements jointly developed by Medisorb and Janssen shall be governed by the terms of Section 5(c) of this Agreement. |
|
| (c) In the event that at any time during the term of this Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb |
| Polymers required by Janssen for use in Products, then the license granted under paragraph 2(a) above shall be expanded to include the Medisorb Technology |
| required to make and use the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (3) Royalties: |
|
| (a) Janssen shall pay or cause to be paid to Medisorb a running royalty with respect to all Products sold to customers by Janssen, its |
| Affiliates and Sublicensees, payable quarter-annually in arrears within sixty (60) days following the end of each three (3) month period ending on March 31, |
| June 30, September 30 or December 31 in any year during the term hereof, as follows: (i) [ ]% of the Net Sales of each unit of Product sold during the |
| preceding calendar quarter during the term hereof, if such unit of Product was manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a written contract for the supply of |
| Product; or (ii) [ ]% of the Net Sales of each unit of Product sold during the preceding calendar quarter during the term hereof, if such unit of Product |
| was not manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a written contract for the supply of Product. Any withholding or other tax that Janssen or any of its Affiliates |
| are required by statute to withhold and pay on behalf of Medisorb with respect to the royalties payable to Medisorb under this Agreement shall be deducted from |
| said royalties and paid contemporaneously with the remittance to Medisorb; provided, however, that in regard to any tax so deducted Janssen shall furnish |
| Medisorb with proper evidence of the taxes paid on its behalf. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (b) In the event that, in a country where Product is not claimed in a valid Patent, a similar product obtains a market share greater than [ ]% of |
| the total market revenues for Products and similar products in such country, the parties agree to meet and negotiate in good faith an appropriate reduction in |
| the royalty rate then in effect. In no event shall a reduction in royalty rates pursuant to this section result in royalty rates [ ] of the rates specified |
| under Section 3(a)(i) and 3(a)(ii) of this Agreement. For the purposes of this section, "similar product" shall mean a generic version of the Product(s) where: |
| (i) the active agent is [ ], or a chemical analogue thereof and (ii) the excipient is comprised of lactic and/or glycolic acids. In the event that patent |
| protection for Product(s) becomes available subsequent to a royalty reduction pursuant to this section, the parties agree to (i) reinstitute the royalty |
| otherwise applicable, and (ii) in the event that any recovery is obtained for prior infringement of the subsequently issued patent, the parties will first |
| apply such recoveries to reimbursing Medisorb for royalties it would otherwise have received. |
|
| (c) Janssen shall keep complete and adequate records with respect to the proceeds of Products on which it has to pay royalties payable hereunder |
| for at least two (2) years after expiry of the year they concern. Medisorb shall have the right to have such records of Janssen inspected and examined, at |
| Medisorb's expense, for the purpose of determining the correctness of royalty payments made hereunder. |
|
| Such inspection shall be made by an independent, certified public accountant to whom Janssen shall have no reasonable objection. Such accountant shall not |
| disclose to Medisorb any information other than that necessary to verify the accuracy of the reports and payments made pursuant to this Agreement. It is |
| understood that such examination with respect to any quarterly accounting period shall take place not later than two (2) years following the expiration of said |
| period. Not more than one examination per year shall take place. |
|
| Based upon the verification of such reports and whenever there is reasonable doubt about the accuracy of the sales of Product realized by an Affiliate or |
| sublicensee, Medisorb may reasonably request Janssen to audit the books of such Affiliate or such sublicensee in accordance with any applicable contractual |
| provision, in order to confirm the accuracy of such reports. |
|
| (4) Production of Product/Technology Transfer: |
|
| (a) Janssen shall use its reasonable efforts to commercialize and market Product, or to have the same commercialized and marketed. |
|
| (b) In the event that Janssen determines to manufacture Product itself or have Product manufactured by a third party, Medisorb shall transfer to |
| Janssen all relevant Technical Information, and provide such technical assistance, upon mutually agreed terms and conditions, as is required by Janssen |
| in order to enable the manufacture of Product by Janssen or its designated third party manufacturer. However, with respect to such third party manufacturers, |
| except as limited by a written Product manufacturing agreement between Janssen and Medisorb, Medisorb will have a right of first refusal as to the manufacture |
| and supply to Janssen of all Product(s), and component bioabsorbable polymers utilized in such Product(s). Medisorb will have a period of thirty (30) days |
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| License Agreement |
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| following written notice from Janssen of terms it is offering to, or prepared to accept from, a third party manufacturer to notify Janssen of its intention to |
| exercise its right of first refusal to supply Product and/or component bioabsorbable polymers thereof to Janssen, its Affiliates and Licensees on terms |
| no less favorable to Janssen than those offered by such third party manufacturer. Such third party manufacturer cannot be an in-kind competitor to |
| Medisorb and must be reasonably acceptable to Medisorb with respect to confidential protection of Medisorb's Technical Information. In the event that |
| at any time during the term of this Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb Polymers required by Janssen for use in |
| Products, then the right of first refusal under this paragraph respecting the supply of the component bioabsorbable polymers shall be eliminated. For the |
| purposes of this section, an "in-kind" competitor shall mean any organization which regularly engages in the contract development and/or contract manufacture |
| of injectable controlled release drug delivery systems comprising a polymeric excipient based on lactic and/or glycolic acids and/or other closely related |
| monomers. This Section 4(b) specifically supercedes Section 7(B) of the Development Agreement, which Section 7(B) shall be of no further force or effect. |
|
| (c) The right of first refusal granted to Medisorb pursuant to Section 4(b) above shall be contingent upon: (i) Medisorb and Janssen reaching |
| an agreement concerning the financing, scheduling and construction in Europe of a Medisorb manufacturing facility within twelve (12) months of the date first |
| above written or the initiation of Phase III human clinical trials, whichever is later, and (ii) prior to the qualification of Medisorb's European manufacturing |
| facility, Medisorb using reasonable efforts to supply from its United States manufacturing facilities all of Janssen's commercial requirements for Product |
| pursuant to the Product Supply Agreement anticipated by Section 7(A) of the Development Agreement. |
|
| (5) Proprietary Rights |
|
| (a) Medisorb will retain title to and ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and data relating |
| thereto) relating to absorbable polymers, controlled release of active agents, and/or manufacturing methods or processes relating to such polymers and the |
| controlled delivery systems for active agents based on such polymers previously owned by Medisorb or developed by Medisorb as a result of the Development |
| Program or otherwise. Medisorb will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the protection of any such technology, including all patent application and |
| maintenance costs and Janssen agrees to provide Medisorb with any necessary utility information. |
|
| Medisorb shall inform Janssen of any patent application it wishes to file to protect proprietary rights defined in Article 5, resulting from either |
| the Development Program or the preliminary Development Program and shall forward a copy of any such patent application to Janssen at least one month prior to filing. |
|
| Medisorb shall consider any suggestions made by Janssen for amplifying such application and shall accordingly amend the application where in Medisorb's |
| opinion it is appropriate. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Nine months after the first filing, Medisorb shall propose a list of |
| countries in which it intends to file foreign equivalents. Janssen shall be |
| given the opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In |
| case the adding of some or all of these further countries is unacceptable to |
| Medisorb, Janssen shall have the right to file patent applications in those |
| countries, in Medisorb's name and at Janssen expense. Medisorb shall assist in |
| the transfer of rights for the latter patent applications and shall provide all |
| information necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications. |
|
| Medisorb shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or |
| patent applications without having first consulted Janssen, which shall have the |
| right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which Medisorb wishes |
| to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name and at its own expense. |
|
| (b) Janssen and/or its Affiliate will retain title to and |
| ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, |
| inventions, and data relating thereto) relating to [ ] or any chemical analogues |
| of [ ] with similar physiological activity previously owned by Janssen and/or |
| its Affiliate or developed by Janssen as a result of this Agreement or |
| otherwise. Janssen and/or its Affiliate will pay its own costs and expenses in |
| connection with the protection of any such technology, including all patent |
| application and maintenance costs and Medisorb agrees to provide Janssen with |
| any necessary utility information. |
|
| (c) Any inventions, other than those falling under either section |
| 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, having an inventorship jointly between at least one |
| employee of Janssen or an Affiliate of Janssen and one employee of Medisorb or |
| an Affiliate of Medisorb shall be jointly-owned by Janssen and Medisorb. Each |
| party will cooperate fully in the filing and prosecution of such patent |
| applications. |
|
| Janssen and Medisorb shall agree on which of both shall be responsible |
| for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any such joint patent |
| applications and patents (hereinafter referred to as the "Responsible Party"). |
| In principle, the party having contributed the most to the invention to be |
| protected shall be the responsible party, unless agreed upon differently. Upon |
| mutual consent, the responsible party may select an agent for drafting, filing |
| and prosecuting a joint application. However, both parties shall agree who shall |
| be the agent and to what extent this agent shall be used. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall consult the other party when drafting any |
| new jointly owned patent application. The final draft shall be forwarded to the |
| other party at least one month prior to filing to give the opportunity to make |
| final comments. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall propose a list of countries in which it |
| intends to file such patent applications. The other party shall be given the |
| opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In case the |
| adding of some or all of these further countries is unacceptable to the |
| Responsible Party, the other party shall have the right to file patent |
| applications in those countries, in its own name and at its own expense. The |
| Responsible Party shall assist in the transfer of rights for the latter patent |
| applications and shall provide all information necessary to file and prosecute |
| such patent applications. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| The Responsible Party shall not abandon part or whole of any of the |
| patents or patent applications without having first consulted the other party, |
| which shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications |
| which the responsible party wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name |
| and at its own expense. |
|
| All out-of-pocket costs made in relation to joint patent applications |
| and patents shall be shared equally by Janssen and Medisorb. A statement of |
| costs shall be made up on a quarterly basis and invoiced to the other party. |
|
| Medisorb shall grant to Janssen an exclusive fully-paid up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ |
| ] with similar physiological activity. However, nothing contained in this |
| paragraph shall obviate Janssen's obligation to pay royalties under Section 3 |
| hereof with respect to any Products developed hereunder. |
|
| Janssen shall grant to Medisorb an exclusive fully paid-up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of bioabsorbable polymers in the field of human and/or veterinary |
| medicine. |
|
| (d) In addition, each party will retain exclusive title to its |
| respective confidential information in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 9 below. |
|
| (6) Patent Infringement |
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|
| (a) In the event that either party becomes aware that any third |
| party is infringing any patents included within the Patents in any country or |
| countries, the party becoming aware of such infringement shall promptly give |
| notice of such infringement to the other party. Any possible action against such |
| alleged infringement of the Patents will be carried out by either or both of the |
| parties in accordance with the provisions specified hereinafter in paragraphs |
| (b), (c), (d) and (e). |
|
| (b) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Medisorb retains full |
| title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 a), Medisorb shall use all reasonable |
| efforts to take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own |
| expense and on its own behalf. |
|
| If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
| immediate action against |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| such infringement in its own name, at its own expense and on its own behalf. If |
| Janssen commences or assumes such action, Janssen may credit [ |
| ] of any royalty otherwise due to Medisorb for sales in such country or |
| countries against the amount of the expenses and costs of such action, including |
| without limitation, attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen. The amount of |
| expenses so deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, |
| received by Janssen as a result of such action. Except for such repayment of |
| royalties deducted, Janssen shall be entitled to retain all recoveries |
| therefrom. |
|
| In no event shall Medisorb settle with such infringing third party in |
| the Field without the prior written consent of Janssen. |
|
| (c) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen retains full title |
| and ownership pursuant to Article 5 B), Janssen shall have the right but not the |
| obligation to take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own |
| cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such |
| infringement, or if Janssen does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such |
| action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice |
| referred to in paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such |
| infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own |
| expense, to take action against such infringement. Medisorb shall be entitled to |
| retain all recoveries, if any, therefrom. |
|
| (d) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb |
| jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 (c), and whenever |
| in such case the infringing product would be a drug product falling within the |
| definition of the Field, Janssen shall have the right but not the obligation to |
| take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on |
| its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Janssen does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action |
| against such infringement, it being understood that Janssen will have a |
| continuing right to take over any such action at its own expense and shall pay |
| to Medisorb from any recoveries Janssen receives (i) Medisorb's expenses and |
| (ii) from any sums remaining after deduction of Medisorb's and Janssen's |
| expenses, an amount proportionate to Medisorb's expenses in relation to |
| Janssen's expenses. |
|
| Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb jointly |
| retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 (c), and whenever in such |
| case the infringing product would be a drug product falling outside the |
| definition of the Field, Medisorb shall have the right but not the obligation to |
| take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on |
| its own behalf. If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or |
| if Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action |
| against such infringement, it being understood that Medisorb will have a |
| continuing right to take over any such action at its own |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| expense. If Janssen commences or assumes such action, Janssen may credit [ |
| ] of any royalty otherwise payable to Medisorb payable hereunder against the |
| amount of the expenses and costs of such action, including without limitation, |
| attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen. The amount of expenses so deducted |
| shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen as |
| a result of such action. Except for such repayment of royalties deducted, |
| Janssen shall be entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
|
| (e) Each party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other party |
| in such litigation, including making available to the other party records, |
| information, and evidence relevant to the infringement of the Patent. |
|
| (7) Third Party Intellectual Property Rights |
| ---------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its current knowledge |
| and belief the Products to be developed hereunder will not infringe the patent |
| rights of any third party. |
|
| (b) In the event that the manufacture, use or sale of the Product |
| would constitute an infringement of the rights of a third party in a country |
| because of the use of the Patents or Medisorb's know how, each party shall, as |
| soon as it becomes aware of the same, notify the other thereof in writing, |
| giving in the same notice full details known to it of the rights of such third |
| party and the extent of any alleged infringement. The parties shall after |
| receipt of such notice meet to discuss the situation, and, to the extent |
| necessary attempt to agree on a course of action in order to permit Janssen to |
| practice the license granted hereunder. Such course of action may include: (a) |
| modifying the Product or its manufacture so as to be noninfringing; (b) |
| obtaining an appropriate license from such third party; or (c) fight the claimor |
| suit. In the event that within a short period of time, the parties fail to |
| agree on an appropriate course of action Janssen may decide upon the course of |
| action in the interest of the further development, manufacturing or |
| commercialization of the Product. |
|
| (c) In the event that the parties cannot agree on modifying the |
| Product or in the case that such modification would not be economically viable |
| or regulatorily feasible, Janssen, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Janssen in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 |
| (b) and (c), or Medisorb, whenever it relates to know how, whether patented or |
| not, owned by Medisorb in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (a), will |
| have the right to negotiate with such third party for such license. Both |
| parties hereto will in any event in good faith consult with each other with |
| respect to such negotiations and the party negotiating such license as indicated |
| above, will make every effort to minimize the amount of license fees and |
| royalties payable thereunder. In no event shall either party as a result of |
| such settlement, grant a sublicense or cross license to the third party to |
| settle the suit, without the prior written approval of the other party. In the |
| event that such negotiations result in a consummated agreement, any license fee |
| and/or royalties to be paid thereunder shall be paid by the party responsible |
| for the negotiations as indicated above, [ ] of any license |
| fees or royalties paid by Janssen under such license will be creditable against |
| royalties due to Medisorb with respect to such country or countries. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (d) In the event that either or both parties would further to such |
| notification under Paragraph 7 (b) decide to defend such suit or claim in which |
| a third party alleges that the manufacture, use or selling of the Product |
| infringes said third party's patent in a country, Janssen shall have the right |
| to apply [ ] of the royalties due to Medisorb on the |
| sales of the allegedly infringing Product against its litigation expenses. |
|
| (8) Term: |
| ---- |
|
| (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the |
| term of the license granted to Janssen hereunder shall commence on the date |
| first written above and shall expire (i) upon expiration of the last to expire |
| Patent in such country or (ii) fifteen (15) years after the date of the first |
| commercial sale of Product in such country, whichever is later; provided, that |
| in no event shall the license granted hereunder expire later than the twentieth |
| anniversary of the first commercial sale of Product in any country with the |
| exception of the following countries where the fifteen (15) year minimum shall |
| pertain regardless: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United |
| Kingdom. After expiration of the license granted to Janssen hereunder, Janssen |
| shall retain a fully paid-up non-exclusive license to manufacture, use and sell |
| Products in the Field in the Territory. |
|
| (b) Medisorb may convert the exclusive license granted under this |
| Agreement to non-exclusive if Janssen does not maintain the following minimum |
| annual royalty payments to Medisorb: |
|
| (i) With respect to the entire Territory, excluding Japan, the |
| minimum royalty obligation will first apply to the twelve month period following |
| the anniversary of the end of the ;month in which the Product was launched in |
| the third major country. For the purpose of this Article only, major country |
| shall mean France, Germany, United Kingdom or Italy. During the first twelve |
| month period that such minimum royalty obligation is applicable, the minimum |
| royalty amount to be paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the |
| applicable royalty rate by [ ] percent of the actual aggregate net sales of |
| other [ ] products during such twelve month period in the three major countries |
| referred to above. |
|
| As from the subsequent twelve month period the minimum annual royalty amount to |
| be paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the applicable royalty rate |
| by [ ]% of the aggregate net sales of other [ ] products |
| during such period in all countries where Product has been launched and marketed |
| for a period of minimally twelve months prior to the actual reference twelve |
| month period; and |
|
| (ii) In Japan the minimum royalty obligation will be first |
| applied to the twelve month period following the anniversary of the end of the |
| month in which the Product was launched. The minimum annual royalty amount to be |
| paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the applicable royalty rate by |
| an amount representing [ ]% of the aggregate net sales of other [ ] products in |
| Japan during such period. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Janssen shall have the right to make up any shortfall in minimum royalty |
| payments from Product sales, both in Japan and in the rest of the Territory |
| provided, such make-up payment is made at the same time and in the same manner |
| as required for the underlying minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| Janssen may elect to have its exclusive rights converted into non-exclusive |
| rights on a country by country basis. As a consequence thereof, such country's |
| other [ ] products sales will no longer be taken into account |
| for calculating the above minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| (c) In the event that either party shall enter or be put into |
| voluntary or compulsory liquidation or have a receiver appointed or default in |
| the observance or performance of its obligations under this Agreement and shall |
| fail to remedy such default within ninety (90) days after the delivery of |
| written notice from the other party, the other party shall be entitled upon |
| giving written notice to terminate this Agreement. |
|
| (d) Janssen may terminate this Agreement without cause upon 30 |
| days prior written notice. Thereafter, Janssen shall have no further rights or |
| privileges with respect to the use of Medisorb Technology in Products and |
| Medisorb shall be under no further obligation of non-competition or exclusive |
| dealing. |
|
| (e) Any early termination of the Agreement shall be without |
| prejudice to the rights of either party against the other accrued under this |
| Agreement prior to termination. |
|
| (f) Upon any termination of this Agreement, any remaining |
| inventory of Product may be sold, provided all royalties otherwise due hereunder |
| are paid with respect to such sales. |
|
| (9) Confidentiality: |
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|
| (a) Each party agrees to keep confidential and to not use for any |
| purpose other than as set forth herein all technical information and materials |
| supplied by the other hereunder and any information a party may acquire about |
| the other or its activities as a result of entering into this Agreement, |
| provided that such obligation shall not apply to technical information or |
| material which: (i) was in the receiving party's possession without restriction |
| prior to receipt from the other party or its Affiliates; (ii) was in the public |
| domain at the time of receipt; (iii) becomes part of the public domain through |
| no fault of the receiving party; (iv) shall be lawfully received from a third |
| party with a right of further disclosure; (v) shall be required to be disclosed |
| by law, by regulation or by the rules of any securities exchange. |
|
| (b) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the |
| confidentiality obligations as set out in this Section shall continue so long as |
| this Agreement remains in force and thereafter for a period of seven (7) years. |
|
| (c) Janssen shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to abide |
| by the obligations of confidentiality with respect to unpublished information |
| within the Patents and Technical Information. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (d) Any confidential information relating to the subject matter of |
| this Agreement imparted to the other party prior to the execution of this |
| Agreement shall be considered to fall under the terms of this Agreement. |
|
| (10) Disclaimer of Warranty: Medisorb makes no representations or |
| ---------------------- |
| warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Medisorb Patents and |
| Technical Information licensed to Janssen hereunder, including without |
| limitation any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular |
| purpose. |
|
| (11) Liability |
| --------- |
|
| (a) Janssen agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Medisorb |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Medisorb may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Medisorb by reason of personal |
| injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Janssen's promotion, use |
| and sale of the Product, except where such liabilities claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments are caused by Medisorb's failure to provide Janssen with any |
| information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article 13. Medisorb will notify |
| Janssen as soon as it becomes aware of any such claim or action and agrees to |
| give reasonable assistance in the investigation and defense of such claim or |
| action it being understood that it shall allow Janssen to control the |
| disposition of the same. |
|
| (b) Medisorb agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Janssen |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Janssen may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Janssen by reason of personal |
| injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Medisorb's failure to |
| provide Janssen with any information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article |
| 13 |
|
| (c) In no event shall either party be liable for loss of profits, |
| loss of goodwill or any consequential or incidental damages of any kind of the |
| other party. |
|
| (12) Product Information and Adverse Drug Events |
| ------------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) As Janssen has superior knowledge of the end-use applications |
| to which Products licensed hereunder will be put, Janssen is responsible for |
| providing third parties with adequate information as to the medical profile of |
| such Products. Janssen will provide Medisorb with copies of the IPID |
| (International Product Information Document) and the IPPI (International Patient |
| Package Insert), which are all part of the IRF for the Product. For the purpose |
| of this Agreement IPID refers to the document that summarizes all medically |
| relevant features of the Product, including the instructions for use meant to |
| inform the medical profession, whereas the IPPI is a patient-oriented document, |
| based upon the IPID that summarizes all relevant information on the Product in |
| lay language. Janssen will keep Medisorb informed of any revisions or amendments |
| in the IPID and IPPI of the Product. |
|
| (b) Medisorb does not claim the expertise to judge whether |
| Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen's application(s). Janssen is the |
| sole judge as to whether Product(s) will |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| perform acceptably in Janssen's application(s). Janssen represents and warrants |
| on an on-going basis during the term of this agreement that it has the |
| capability to assess the suitability of Product(s) in Janssen's application(s) |
| and agrees to conduct adequate testing to confirm the safety and efficacy of |
| Products prior to commercialization. |
|
| (c) Medisorb will provide to Janssen promptly after its discovery |
| by Medisorb, any information in its possession which indicates adverse effects |
| in humans associated with the Products, including the bioabsorbable polymeric |
| components thereof, licensed hereunder. For the purpose of this Agreement |
| "adverse event" shall mean an experience which is noxious and unintended and |
| which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or |
| therapy of a disease or for the modification of a physiological function and any |
| report of an overdose. |
|
| (13) Government Approvals |
| -------------------- |
|
| Janssen shall be responsible for conducting all necessary testing as |
| well as determining what, if any, government approvals are required for the use |
| and sale of Product licensed hereunder and shall comply with all such |
| requirements prior to and following the sale or distribution of such Products. |
|
| Medisorb shall cooperate fully with Janssen in obtaining regulatory |
| approvals for Product licensed hereunder and shall, at Janssen's request, |
| provide appropriate regulatory authorities with any and all information |
| concerning Medisorb's technology, Medisorb polymers and Medisorb's manufacturing |
| process for such Product. |
|
| In this respect Medisorb undertakes that it has submitted or will as |
| soon as possible submit a type IV Drug Master File to the FDA identifying |
| Medisorb's method of manufacture, release specifications and testing methods |
| used in the manufacture of its bioabsorbable polymers and a type I Drug Master |
| File of Medisorb's manufacturing facilities where Product may be manufactured. |
| Medisorb will authorize Janssen at its request to cross-reference any Medisorb |
| Drug Master Files relating to the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (14) Force Majeure: Neither party shall be liable for its failure to |
| ------------- |
| perform any of its obligations hereunder if such failure is occasioned by a |
| contingency beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, |
| occurrences such as strikes or other labor disturbances, lock out, riot, war, |
| default by a common carrier, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, other acts of God, |
| inability to obtain raw materials, failure of plant facilities or government |
| regulation, act or failure to act. Each party shall notify the other immediately |
| upon occurrence or cessation of any such contingencies. If such contingency |
| continues unabated for at least 180 consecutive days, either party shall have |
| the right to terminate this Agreement without further obligation beyond those |
| actually incurred prior to such termination. |
|
| (15) Press Communications: Neither party shall originate any |
| -------------------- |
| publicity, news release or public announcement, written or oral relating to this |
| Agreement, including its existence, without the prior written approval of the |
| other party. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (16) Notices: Any legal notice required or permitted hereunder shall |
| ------- |
| be considered properly given if in writing and sent by first class mail, |
| certified mail or by telefacsimile to the party being notified at the respective |
| address of such party as follows: |
|
| If to Medisorb: |
|
| Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
| 6954 Cornell Road |
| Cincinnati, OH 45242 |
| USA |
| Facsimile: 513-489-2348 |
|
| If to Janssen: |
|
| Janssen Pharmaceutica |
| Kollerstrasse 38 |
| 6300 Zug 6 |
| Switzerland |
| Facsimile: 00-41-42449565 |
|
| Such notice shall be effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept such |
| notice. In any case, notice shall be presumed effective no later than five (5) |
| days after such notice is sent. |
|
| Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release or public |
| announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the written approval of the other party. |
|
| (17) Assignment: This Agreement shall not be assigned by either party |
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| without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that |
| assignment shall be permitted without such consent to any party, not less than |
| 50% of the total interest of which owns, is owned by, or is under common control |
| with the assigning party. In the event of any such permitted assignment the |
| assignee shall be subject to and shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms |
| and conditions of this Agreement. |
|
| (18) Dispute Resolution: The parties shall amicably discuss and |
| ------------------ |
| negotiate any matters which arise under this Agreement and are not specifically |
| set forth hereunder. If any disputes arise under this Agreement, the parties |
| shall use their best efforts to meet and resolve such disputes. In the event |
| that the parties are unable to resolve any such disputes, then both parties |
| hereby agree to submit said disputes to the jurisdiction of the competent Courts |
| of Zurich, Switzerland, and agree that any litigation in any way related to this |
| Agreement shall be submitted to such Courts and that same shall be subject to |
| Swiss law. |
|
| (19) Severability: In the event any one or more of the provisions of |
| ------------ |
| this Agreement should for any reason be held by any court or authority having |
| jurisdiction over this Agreement or any of the parties hereto to be invalid, |
| illegal or unenforceable such provision or |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| License Agreement |
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| provisions shall be validly reformed to as nearly approximate the intent of the |
| parties as possible and, if unreformable; shall be divisible and deleted in such |
| jurisdiction, elsewhere this Agreement shall not be affected. |
|
| (20) Captions: The captions of this Agreement are for convenience |
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| only, and shall not be deemed of any force or effect whatsoever in construing |
| this Agreement. |
|
| (21) Waiver: The failure on the party of a party to exercise or |
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| enforce any right conferred upon it hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver |
| of any such right, nor operate to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any |
| time thereafter. |
|
| (22) Survival: The following Articles of this Agreement shall survive |
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| the termination or expiration of this Agreement: 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. |
|
| (23) Miscellaneous: This Agreement may be executed by the parties |
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| hereto in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be |
| considered to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together |
| constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement is the complete |
| agreement of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings and |
| agreements relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor |
| any of the terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or |
| modified orally , but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party |
| against whom enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or |
| modification is sought. |
|
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the parties |
| hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. |
|
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL |
| A division of Cilag International AG |
|
|
| By: _________________________ |
| Name: _______________________ |
| Title: ______________________ |
| Date: _______________________ |
|
|
| {Second Janssen Signatory} |
| - -------------------------- |
|
|
| By: _________________________ |
| Name: _______________________ |
| Title: ______________________ |
| Date: _______________________ |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
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| License Agreements |
|
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
|
|
| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
|
|
| By: __________________________ |
| Name: David R. Lohr |
| ------------------------ |
| Title: President |
| ----------------------- |
| Date: ________________________ |
|
| 12059504.doc |
| 12/5/1995 |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| EXHIBIT C |
|
|
| To Development Agreement |
| dated December 23, 1993 |
| between |
| Janssen Pharmaceutica International |
| and |
| Medisorb Technologies International L.P.: |
|
|
| License Agreement, United States of America |
| Following 16 Pages |
|
|
|
| /s/ Paul F. Costa 12/12/95 |
| - ----------------- -------- |
| For JANSSEN Date |
|
|
| /s/ David R. Lohr December 6, 1995 |
| - ------------------ ---------------- |
| For MEDISORB Date |
|
| 12059503.doc |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| LICENSE AGREEMENT |
|
| This Agreement is made as of the __ day ______ of 19___, between |
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
| (hereinafter "Medisorb") and JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INC., a New Jersey |
| corporation ("Janssen US"). |
|
| WHEREAS, Medisorb and Janssen Pharmaceutica International, an |
| affiliate of Janssen US, have entered into a certain Development Agreement, |
| dated December 23, 1993 (the "Development Agreement"), for the development of a |
| Product (as described below); and |
|
| WHEREAS, Janssen Pharmaceutica International has an option under the |
| Development Agreement to enter into this License Agreement for the Medisorb |
| technology required to make, use and sell the Product, which option Janssen |
| Pharmaceutica International has assigned to Janssen US with the consent of |
| Medisorb and which option Janssen US has elected to exercise; and |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is in their mutual best interest |
| for Medisorb to license to Janssen US on an exclusive basis in the Territory, |
| Medisorb Patents and Technical Information within the Field, upon the terms and |
| conditions set forth herein; |
|
| NOW, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: |
|
| (1) Definitions: The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed |
| ----------- |
| to them herein, unless the context otherwise requires: |
|
| (a) "Affiliate" shall mean any company controlling, controlled by, |
| or under common control with a party by ownership, directly or indirectly, of |
| fifty percent (50%) or more of the total ownership or by the power to control |
| the policies and actions of such company. |
|
| (b) "Development Program" shall mean the development activities |
| conducted by the parties pursuant to the Development Agreement. |
|
| (c) "Field" shall mean the treatment of [ |
|
|
|
| ]. |
|
| (d) "Improvements" shall mean any improvements or developments to |
| or of the Patents and Technical Information in the Field which Medisorb may |
| acquire, discover, invent, originate, make, conceive or have a right to, in |
| whole or in part, during the term of this Agreement, whether or not such |
| improvement or development is patentable. |
|
| (e) "Medisorb Polymers" shall mean bioresorbable aliphatic |
| polyesters based on glycolide, lactide, caprolactone and combinations of such |
| polymers, which are manufactured by Medisorb and utilized in Product(s) licensed |
| under this Agreement. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
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| License Agreement |
|
| (f) "NDA" shall mean a New Drug Application and all supplements |
| filed pursuant to the requirements of the United States Food and Drug |
| Administration, including all documents, data and other information concerning |
| Product which are necessary for, or included in, FDA approval to market a |
| Product as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. 314.5 et seq. or any other similar |
| application for marketing authorization filed with the appropriate regulatory |
| authorities in other countries of the Territory (as defined hereinafter). |
|
| (g) "Net Sales" shall mean the gross amounts received from sales |
| of Products during a calendar quarter to third parties by Janssen US, its |
| Sublicensees or any Affiliate of either, less any: (i) applicable sales taxes; |
| (ii) cash trade or quantity discounts; (iii) amounts repaid or credited by |
| reason of rejections or return of goods; or (iv) freight, postage and duties |
| paid for. No deduction from the gross sales price shall be made for any item of |
| cost incurred by the seller in its own operations incident to the manufacture, |
| sale or shipment of the product sold. For purposes hereof, Net Sales shall not |
| include sales of a Product from Janssen US or an Affiliate of Janssen US to any |
| Affiliate or Sublicensee of either; it being intended that Net Sales shall only |
| include sales to unrelated third-parties. |
|
| (h) "Patents" shall mean (i) any and all existing issued patents |
| and patent applications or parts thereof which describe and claim a depot |
| formulation of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar |
| physiological activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids and the |
| production and use thereof; (ii) any other patents and patent applications filed |
| by or on behalf of Medisorb, or under which Medisorb has the rights to grant |
| licenses, which are needed to practice the inventions; and (iii) any reissues, |
| extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, |
| additions, continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisions of or to any of |
| the foregoing which are granted hereafter or any additional protection |
| certificate granted with respect thereto. |
|
| (i) "Product(s)" shall mean any and all depot formulations of [ |
| ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids which are designed to |
| deliver [ ], or any of its chemical analogues, over an extended period. |
|
| (j) "Sublicensees" shall mean any company or companies, other than |
| Janssen US's Affiliates, sublicensed by Janssen US. |
|
| (k) "Technical Information" shall mean all unpatented information, |
| know-how, practical experience, procedures, methodology, specifications, |
| formulae and data whether or not the same shall be patentable which have been |
| heretofore developed or acquired by Medisorb prior to the date of this Agreement |
| and which are necessary in order to use, manufacture or sell Products in the |
| Field. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
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| License Agreement |
|
| (l) "Territory" shall mean the United States, its Territories, |
| Protectorates, Commonwealths, and all other political subdivisions of the United |
| States. |
|
| (2) License Grant |
| ------------- |
|
| (a) Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen US in the Territory an |
| exclusive license under the Patents and Technical Information existing prior to |
| the effective date of this Agreement, with the right to grant sublicenses |
| thereunder, for all purposes within the Field to practice and use the Patents |
| and Technical Information, including the rights to manufacture and have |
| manufactured, to use and have used, and to sell and have sold Products. Medisorb |
| exclusively retains all rights under the Patents and Technical Information |
| outside the Field and for use other than in Products. The right to grant |
| sublicenses granted hereunder is exclusive to Janssen US and shall not extend to |
| Janssen US Affiliates or Sublicensees. |
|
| (b) Medisorb shall offer to Janssen US for incorporation into this |
| License Agreement on reasonable terms and conditions, Medisorb Improvements in |
| the Field which, if incorporated into Janssen US's then current commercial |
| Product(s), would: (i) result in significant changes in either the |
| specifications for such Product(s) or the processes for producing such |
| Product(s), and (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in enhanced market |
| value and/or profitability of such Product(s). Examples of such Improvements |
| would include: (i) the development by Medisorb of a non-aqueous injection |
| vehicle which offers significant advantages with respect to ease of |
| administration and (ii) the development by Medisorb of technology enabling [ |
| ]. It is the parties' |
| understanding that the effect of any such license amendment would, in general, |
| be either an extension of the term of this Agreement for a mutually agreed |
| period or a marginal increase in the then current royalty rate . All other |
| Medisorb Improvements shall be made available to Janssen US for its use without |
| further agreement. Proprietary rights to Improvements jointly developed by |
| Medisorb and Janssen US or any of its Affiliates shall be governed by the terms |
| of Section 5(c) of this Agreement. |
|
| (c) In the event that at any time during the term of this |
| Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb |
| Polymers required by Janssen U.S. for use in Products, then the license granted |
| under paragraph 2(a) above shall be expanded to include the Medisorb Technology |
| required to make and use the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (3) Royalties: |
| ---------- |
|
| (a) Janssen US shall pay or cause to be paid to Medisorb a running |
| royalty with respect to all Products sold to customers in the Territory by |
| Janssen |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 4 |
| License Agreement |
|
| US, its Affiliates and Sublicensees, payable quarter-annually in arrears within |
| sixty (60) days following the end of Janssen US's regular fiscal quarters in any |
| year during the term hereof, as follows: (i) [ ]% of the Net Sales of each |
| unit of Product sold during the preceding calendar quarter during the term |
| hereof, if such unit of Product was manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a |
| written contract for the supply of Product; or (ii) [ ] % of the Net Sales of |
| each unit of Product sold during the preceding calendar quarter during the term |
| hereof, if such unit of Product was not manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a |
| written contract for the supply of Product. Any withholding or other tax that |
| Janssen US or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees are required by statute to |
| withhold and pay on behalf of Medisorb with respect to the royalties payable to |
| Medisorb under this Agreement shall be deducted from said royalties and paid |
| contemporaneously with the remittance to Medisorb; provided, however, that in |
| regard to any tax so deducted Janssen US shall furnish Medisorb with proper |
| evidence of the taxes paid on its behalf. |
|
| (b) In the event that Product is not claimed in a valid Patent |
| effective in the Territory and a similar product obtains a market share greater |
| than [ ]% of the total market revenues for Products and similar products in |
| such country, the parties agree to meet and negotiate in good faith an |
| appropriate reduction in the royalty rate then in effect. In no event shall a |
| reduction in royalty rates pursuant to this section result in royalty rates [ |
| ] of the rates specified under Section 3(a)(i) and 3(a)(ii) of this Agreement. |
| For the purposes of this section, "similar product" shall mean a generic version |
| of the Product(s) where: (i) the active agent is [ ], or a |
| chemical analogue thereof and (ii) the excipient is comprised of lactic and/or |
| glycolic acids. In the event that patent protection in the Territory for |
| Product(s) becomes available subsequent to a royalty reduction pursuant to this |
| section, the parties agree to (i) reinstitute the royalty otherwise applicable, |
| and (ii) in the event that any recovery is obtained for prior infringement of |
| the subsequently issued patent, the parties will first apply such recoveries to |
| reimbursing Medisorb for royalties it would otherwise have received. |
|
| (c) Janssen US shall keep complete and adequate records with |
| respect to the proceeds of Products on which it has to pay royalties payable |
| hereunder for at least two (2) years after expiry of the year they concern. |
| Medisorb shall have the right to have such records of Janssen US inspected and |
| examined, at Medisorb's expense, for the purpose of determining the correctness |
| of royalty payments made hereunder. |
|
| Such inspection shall be made by an independent, certified public accountant to |
| whom Janssen US shall have no reasonable objection. Such accountant shall not |
| disclose to Medisorb any information other than that necessary to verify the |
| accuracy of the reports and payments made pursuant to this Agreement. It is |
| understood that such examination with respect to any quarterly accounting period |
| shall take place not later than two (2) years following the expiration of said |
| period. Not more than one examination per year shall take place. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen UA-Medisorb Page 5 |
| License Agreement |
|
| Based upon the verification of such reports and whenever there is reasonable |
| doubt about the accuracy of the sales of Product realized by an Affiliate or |
| sublicensee, Medisorb may reasonably request Janssen US to audit the books of |
| such Affiliate or such sublicensee in accordance with any applicable contractual |
| provision, in order to confirm the accuracy of such reports. |
|
| (4) Production of Product/Technology Transfer: |
| ----------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) Janssen US shall use its reasonable efforts consistent with |
| its overall business practices and strategies to commercialize and market |
| Product, or to have the same commercialized and marketed in the Territory. |
|
| (b) In the event that Janssen US determines to manufacture Product |
| itself or through an Affiliate or have Product manufactured by a third party, |
| Medisorb shall transfer to Janssen US and/or Affiliate all relevant Technical |
| Information, and provide such technical assistance, upon mutually agreed terms |
| and conditions, as is required by Janssen US in order to enable the manufacture |
| of Product by Janssen US, its Affiliate or its designated third party |
| manufacturer. However, with respect to such third party manufacturers, except |
| as limited by a written Product manufacturing agreement between Janssen US and |
| Medisorb, Medisorb will have a right of first refusal as to the manufacture and |
| supply to Janssen US of all Product(s), and component bioabsorbable polymers |
| utilized in such Product(s). Medisorb will have a period of thirty (30) days |
| following written notice from Janssen US of terms it is offering to, or prepared |
| to accept from, a third party manufacturer to notify Janssen US of its intention |
| to exercise its right of first refusal to supply Product and/or component |
| bioabsorbable polymers thereof to Janssen US, its Affiliates and Licensees on |
| terms no less favorable to Janssen US than those offered by such third party |
| manufacturer. Such third party manufacturer cannot be an in-kind competitor to |
| Medisorb and must be reasonably acceptable to Medisorb with respect to |
| confidential protection of Medisorb's Technical Information. In the event that |
| at any time during the term of this Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason |
| whatsoever to supply the Medisorb Polymers required by Janssen U.S. for use in |
| Products, then the right of first refusal under this paragraph respecting the |
| supply of the component bioabsorbable polymers shall be eliminated. For the |
| purposes of this section, an "in-kind" competitor shall mean any organization |
| which regularly engages in the contract development and/or contract manufacture |
| of injectable controlled release drug delivery systems comprising a polymeric |
| excipient based on lactic and/or glycolic acids and/or other closely related |
| monomers. This Section 4(b) specifically supersedes Section 7(B) of the |
| Development Agreement, which Section 7(B) shall be of no further force or |
| effect. |
|
| (5) Proprietary Rights |
| ------------------ |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
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| License Agreement |
|
| (a) Medisorb will retain title to and ownership of all technology |
| (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and data relating |
| thereto) relating to absorbable polymers, controlled release of active agents, |
| and/or manufacturing methods or processes relating to such polymers and the |
| controlled delivery systems for active agents based on such polymers previously |
| owned by Medisorb or developed by Medisorb as a result of the Development |
| Program or otherwise. Medisorb will pay its own costs and expenses in connection |
| with the protection of any such technology, including all patent application and |
| maintenance costs and Janssen US agrees to provide Medisorb with any necessary |
| utility information. |
|
| Medisorb shall inform Janssen US of any patent application it wishes |
| to file to protect proprietary rights defined in Article 5, resulting from |
| either the Development Program or the preliminary Development Program and shall |
| forward a copy of any such patent application to Janssen US at least one month |
| prior to filing. |
|
| Medisorb shall consider any suggestions made by Janssen US for |
| amplifying such application and shall accordingly amend the application where in |
| Medisorb's opinion it is appropriate. |
|
| Medisorb shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or |
| patent applications without having first consulted Janssen US, which shall have |
| the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which Medisorb |
| wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name and at its own expense. |
|
| (b) Janssen US and/or its Affiliate will retain title to and |
| ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, |
| inventions, and data relating thereto) relating to [ ] or any chemical |
| analogues of [ ] with similar physiological activity previously owned by |
| Janssen US and/or its Affiliate or developed by Janssen US and/or affiliate as a |
| result of this Agreement or otherwise. Janssen US and/or its Affiliate will pay |
| its own costs and expenses in connection with the protection of any such |
| technology, including all patent application and maintenance costs and Medisorb |
| agrees to provide Janssen US with any necessary utility information. |
|
| (c) Any inventions, other than those falling under either section |
| 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, having an inventorship jointly between at least one |
| employee of Janssen US or an Affiliate of Janssen US and one employee of |
| Medisorb or an Affiliate of Medisorb shall be jointly-owned by Janssen US or |
| Janssen US Affiliate as the case may be and Medisorb. Each party will cooperate |
| fully in the filing and prosecution of such patent applications. |
|
| Janssen US and Medisorb shall agree on which of both shall be |
| responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any such joint patent |
| applications |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 7 |
| License Agreement |
|
| and patents (hereinafter referred to as the "Responsible Party") in Territory. |
| In principle, the party having contributed the most to the invention to be |
| protected shall be the responsible party, unless agreed upon differently. Upon |
| mutual consent, the responsible party may select an agent for drafting, filing |
| and prosecuting a joint application. However, both parties shall agree who shall |
| be the agent and to what extent this agent shall be used. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall consult the other party when drafting any |
| new jointly owned patent application. The final draft shall be forwarded to the |
| other party at least one month prior to filing to give the opportunity to make |
| final comments. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall not abandon part or whole of any of the |
| patents or patent applications without having first consulted the other party, |
| which shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications |
| which the responsible party wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name |
| and at its own expense. |
|
| All out-of-pocket costs made in relation to joint patent applications |
| and patents in the Territory shall be shared equally by Janssen US and Medisorb. |
| A statement of costs shall be made up on a quarterly basis and invoiced to the |
| other party. |
|
| Medisorb shall grant to Janssen US an exclusive fully-paid up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ |
| ] with similar physiological activity. However, nothing contained in this |
| paragraph shall obviate Janssen US's obligation to pay royalties under Section 3 |
| hereof with respect to any Products developed hereunder. |
|
| Janssen US shall grant to Medisorb an exclusive fully paid-up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of bioabsorbable polymers in the field of human and/or veterinary |
| medicine. |
|
| (d) In addition, each party will retain exclusive title to its |
| respective confidential information in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 9 below. |
|
| (6) Patent Infringement |
| ------------------- |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
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| License Agreement |
|
| (a) In the event that either party becomes aware that any third |
| party is infringing in the Territory any patents included within the Patents, |
| the party becoming aware of such infringement shall promptly give notice of such |
| infringement to the other party. Any possible action against such alleged |
| infringement of the Patents will be carried out by either or both of the parties |
| in accordance with the provisions specified hereinafter in paragraphs (b), (c), |
| (d) and (e). |
|
| (b) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Medisorb retains full |
| title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 a), Medisorb shall use all reasonable |
| efforts to take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own |
| expense and on its own behalf. |
|
| If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| US shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
| immediate action against such infringement in its own name, at its own expense |
| and on its own behalf. Medisorb will give all reasonable assistance to Janssen |
| in taking such action in accordance with Article 6(e), including giving Janssen |
| the authority to file and prosecute such suit and, if necessary, being named a |
| party in such action. If Janssen US commences or assumes such action, Janssen |
| US may credit [ ] of any royalty otherwise due to |
| Medisorb for sales in such country or countries against the amount of the |
| expenses and costs of such action, including without limitation, attorney fees |
| actually incurred by Janssen US. The amount of expenses so deducted shall be |
| paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen US as a |
| result of such action. Except for such repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen |
| US shall be entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
|
| In no event shall Medisorb settle with such infringing third party in |
| the Field without the prior written consent of Janssen US. |
|
| (c) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its |
| Affiliates retains full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 B), Janssen US |
| shall have the right but not the obligation to take action against such |
| infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen |
| US fails to take action against such infringement, or if Janssen US does not use |
| reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement thereof, |
| within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above or |
| after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at |
| its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action against such |
| infringement. Medisorb shall be entitled to retain all recoveries, if any, |
| therefrom. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 9 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (d) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its |
| Affiliates and Medisorb jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to |
| Article 5 (c), and whenever in such case the infringing product would be a drug |
| product falling within the definition of the Field, Janssen US shall have the |
| right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement in its own |
| name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen US fails to take action |
| against such infringement, or if Janssen US does not use reasonable efforts in |
| carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days |
| after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above or after having become aware |
| of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at |
| its own expense, to take action against such infringement, it being understood |
| that Janssen US will have a continuing right to take over any such action at its |
| own expense and shall pay to Medisorb from any recoveries Janssen US receives |
| (i) Medisorb's expenses and (ii) from any sums remaining after deduction of |
| Medisorb's and Janssen US's expenses, an amount proportionate to Medisorb's |
| expenses in relation to Janssen US's expenses. |
|
| Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its |
| Affiliates and Medisorb jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to |
| Article 5 (c), and whenever in such case the infringing product would be a drug |
| product falling outside the definition of the Field, Medisorb shall have the |
| right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement in its own |
| name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Medisorb fails to take action |
| against such infringement, or if Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in |
| carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days |
| after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above or after having become aware |
| of such infringement, Janssen US shall be entitled at its own discretion and at |
| its own expense, to take action against such infringement, it being understood |
| that Medisorb will have a continuing right to take over any such action at its |
| own expense. If Janssen US commences or assumes such action, Janssen US may |
| credit [ ] of any royalty otherwise payable to |
| Medisorb payable hereunder against the amount of the expenses and costs of such |
| action, including without limitation, attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen |
| US. The amount of expenses so deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the |
| recoveries, if any, received by Janssen US as a result of such action. Except |
| for such repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen US shall be entitled to retain |
| all recoveries therefrom. |
|
| (e) Each party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other party |
| in such litigation, including making available to the other party records, |
| information, and evidence relevant to the infringement of the Patent. |
|
| (7) Third Party Intellectual Property Rights |
| ---------------------------------------- |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 10 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (a) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its current knowledge |
| and belief the Products to be developed hereunder will not infringe the patent |
| rights of any third party. |
|
| (b) In the event that the manufacture, use or sale of the Product |
| would constitute an infringement of the rights of a third party in the Territory |
| because of the use of the Patents or Medisorb's know how, each party shall, as |
| soon as it becomes aware of the same, notify the other thereof in writing, |
| giving in the same notice full details known to it of the rights of such third |
| party and the extent of any alleged infringement. The parties shall after |
| receipt of such notice meet to discuss the situation, and, to the extent |
| necessary attempt to agree on a course of action in order to permit Janssen US |
| to practice the license granted hereunder. Such course of action may include: |
| (a) modifying the Product or its manufacture so as to be noninfringing; (b) |
| obtaining an appropriate license from such third party; or (c) fight the claim |
| or suit. In the event that within a short period of time, the parties fail to |
| agree on an appropriate course of action Janssen US may decide upon the course |
| of action in the interest of the further development, manufacturing or |
| commercialization of the Product. |
|
| (c) In the event that the parties cannot agree on modifying the |
| Product or in the case that such modification would not be economically viable |
| or regulatory feasible, Janssen US, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Janssen US in accordance with the provisions of |
| Article 5 (b) and (c), or Medisorb, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Medisorb in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 5 (a), will have the right to negotiate with such third party for such license. |
| Both parties hereto will in any event in good faith consult with each other with |
| respect to such negotiations and the party negotiating such license as indicated |
| above, will make every effort to minimize the amount of license fees and |
| royalties payable thereunder. In no event shall either party as a result of |
| such settlement, grant a sublicense or cross license to the third party to |
| settle the suit, without the prior written approval of the other party. In the |
| event that such negotiations result in a consummated agreement, any license fee |
| and/or royalties to be paid thereunder shall be paid by the party responsible |
| for the negotiations as indicated above, [ ] of any license |
| fees or royalties paid by Janssen US under such license will be creditable |
| against royalties due to Medisorb hereunder. |
|
| (d) In the event that either or both parties would further to such |
| notification under Paragraph 7 (b) decide to defend such suit or claim in which |
| a third party alleges that the manufacture, use or selling of the Product in the |
| Territory infringes said third party's patent in, Janssen US shall have the |
| right to apply [ ] of the royalties due to Medisorb on the |
| sales of the allegedly infringing Product against its litigation expenses. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 11 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (8) Term: |
| ---- |
|
| (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the |
| term of the license granted to Janssen US hereunder shall commence on the date |
| first written above and shall expire (i) upon expiration of the last to expire |
| Patent or (ii) fifteen (15) years after the date of the first commercial sale of |
| Product in the Territory, whichever is later; provided, that in no event shall |
| the license granted hereunder expire later than the twentieth anniversary of the |
| first commercial sale of Product. After expiration of the license granted to |
| Janssen US hereunder, Janssen US shall retain a fully paid-up non-exclusive |
| license to manufacture, use and sell Products in the Field in the Territory. |
|
| (b) Medisorb may convert the exclusive license granted under this |
| Agreement to non-exclusive if Janssen US does not maintain the following minimum |
| annual royalty payments to Medisorb. With respect to the entire Territory, the |
| minimum royalty obligation will first apply to the twelve month period following |
| the anniversary of the end of the month in which the Product was launched. |
| During the first twelve month period and each subsequent twelve month period |
| that such minimum royalty obligation is applicable, the minimum royalty amount |
| to be paid by Janssen US will be calculated by multiplying the applicable |
| royalty rate by [ ] percent of the actual aggregate net sales of other |
| [ ] products in the Territory during such twelve month period. |
|
| Janssen US shall have the right to make up any shortfall in minimum royalty |
| payments from Product sales in the Territory provided, such make-up payment is |
| made at the same time and in the same manner as required for the underlying |
| minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| (c) In the event that either party shall enter or be put into |
| voluntary or compulsory liquidation or have a receiver appointed or default in |
| the observance or performance of its obligations under this Agreement and shall |
| fail to remedy such default within ninety (90) days after the delivery of |
| written notice from the other party, the other party shall be entitled upon |
| giving written notice to terminate this Agreement. |
|
| (d) Janssen US may terminate this Agreement without cause upon 30 |
| days prior written notice. Thereafter, Janssen US shall have no further rights |
| or privileges with respect to the use of Medisorb Technology in Products and |
| Medisorb shall be under no further obligation of non-competition or exclusive |
| dealing. |
|
| (e) Any early termination of the Agreement shall be without |
| prejudice to the rights of either party against the other accrued under this |
| Agreement prior to termination. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 12 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (f) Upon any termination of this Agreement, any remaining |
| inventory of Product may be sold, provided all royalties otherwise due hereunder |
| are paid with respect to such sales. |
|
| (g) All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this |
| Agreement by Medisorb to Janssen U.S. are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, |
| for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"), |
| licenses to "intellectual property" as defined under section 101(60) of the |
| Bankruptcy Code. The parties agree that Janssen, as a licensee of such rights |
| under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and |
| elections under the Bankruptcy Code. |
|
| (9) Confidentiality: |
| --------------- |
|
| (a) Each party agrees to keep confidential and to not use for any |
| purpose other than as set forth herein all technical information and materials |
| supplied by the other hereunder and any information a party may acquire about |
| the other or its activities as a result of entering into this Agreement, |
| provided that such obligation shall not apply to technical information or |
| material which: (i) was in the receiving party's possession without restriction |
| prior to receipt from the other party or its Affiliates; (ii) was in the public |
| domain at the time of receipt; (iii) becomes part of the public domain through |
| no fault of the receiving party; (iv) shall be lawfully received from a third |
| party with a right of further disclosure; (v) shall be required to be disclosed |
| by law, by regulation or by the rules of any securities exchange. |
|
| (b) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the |
| confidentiality obligations as set out in this Section shall continue so long as |
| this Agreement remains in force and thereafter for a period of seven (7) years. |
|
| (c) Janssen US shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to |
| abide by the obligations of confidentiality with respect to unpublished |
| information within the Patents and Technical Information. |
|
| (d) Any confidential information relating to the subject matter of |
| this Agreement imparted to the other party prior to the execution of this |
| Agreement shall be considered to fall under the terms of this Agreement. |
|
| (10) Disclaimer of Warranty: Medisorb makes no representations or |
| ---------------------- |
| warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Medisorb Patents and |
| Technical Information licensed to Janssen US hereunder, including without |
| limitation any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular |
| purpose. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 13 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (11) Liability |
| --------- |
|
| (a) Janssen US agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless |
| Medisorb from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including |
| reasonable attorney fees) Medisorb may suffer as the result of claims, demands, |
| costs or judgments which may be made or instituted against Medisorb by reason of |
| personal injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Janssen US's |
| promotion, use and sale of the Product, except where such liabilities claims, |
| demands, costs or judgments are caused by Medisorb's failure to provide Janssen |
| US with any information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article 13. Medisorb |
| will notify Janssen US as soon as it becomes aware of any such claim or action |
| and agrees to give reasonable assistance in the investigation and defense of |
| such claim or action it being understood that it shall allow Janssen US to |
| control the disposition of the same. |
|
| (b) Medisorb agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Janssen |
| US from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including |
| reasonable attorney fees) Janssen US may suffer as the result of claims, |
| demands, costs or judgments which may be made or instituted against Janssen US |
| by reason of personal injury or damage to property arising out or caused by |
| Medisorb's failure to provide Janssen US with any information as specified in |
| Section 12 (c) and Article 13. |
|
| (c) In no event shall either party be liable for loss of profits, |
| loss of goodwill or any consequential or incidental damages of any kind of the |
| other party. |
|
| (12) Product Information and Adverse Drug Events |
| ------------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) As Janssen US has superior knowledge of the end-use |
| applications to which Products licensed hereunder will be put, Janssen US is |
| responsible for providing third parties with adequate information as to the |
| medical profile of such Products. Janssen US will provide Medisorb with copies |
| of the product information document which is part of the NDA for the Product. |
|
| (b) Medisorb does not claim the expertise to judge whether |
| Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen US's application(s). Janssen US is |
| the sole judge as to whether Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen US's |
| application(s). Janssen US represents and warrants on an on-going basis during |
| the term of this agreement that it has the capability to assess the suitability |
| of Product(s) in Janssen US's application(s) and agrees to conduct adequate |
| testing to confirm the safety and efficacy of Products prior to |
| commercialization. |
|
| (c) Medisorb will provide to Janssen US promptly after its |
| discovery by Medisorb, any information in its possession which indicates adverse |
| effects in |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 14 |
| License Agreement |
|
| humans associated with the Products, including the bioabsorbable polymeric |
| components thereof, licensed hereunder. For the purpose of this Agreement |
| "adverse event" shall mean an experience which is noxious and unintended and |
| which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or |
| therapy of a disease or for the modification of a physiological function and any |
| report of an overdose. |
|
| (13) Government Approvals |
| -------------------- |
|
| Janssen US shall be responsible for conducting all necessary testing |
| as well as determining what, if any, government approvals are required for the |
| use and sale of Product licensed hereunder and shall comply with all such |
| requirements prior to and following the sale or distribution of such Products. |
|
| Medisorb shall cooperate fully with Janssen US in obtaining regulatory |
| approvals for Product licensed hereunder and shall, at Janssen US's request, |
| provide appropriate regulatory authorities with any and all information |
| concerning Medisorb's technology, Medisorb polymers and Medisorb's manufacturing |
| process for such Product. |
|
| In this respect Medisorb undertakes that it has submitted or will as |
| soon as possible submit a type IV Drug Master File to the FDA identifying |
| Medisorb's method of manufacture, release specifications and testing methods |
| used in the manufacture of Medisorb Polymers and a type I Drug Master File of |
| Medisorb's manufacturing facilities where Product may be manufactured. Medisorb |
| will authorize Janssen U.S. at its request to cross-reference any Drug Master |
| Files relating to the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (14) Force Majeure: Neither party shall be liable for its failure to |
| ------------- |
| perform any of its obligations hereunder if such failure is occasioned by a |
| contingency beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, |
| occurrences such as strikes or other labor disturbances, lock out, riot, war, |
| default by a common carrier, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, other acts of God, |
| inability to obtain raw materials, failure of plant facilities or government |
| regulation, act or failure to act. Each party shall notify the other immediately |
| upon occurrence or cessation of any such contingencies. If such contingency |
| continues unabated for at least 180 consecutive days, either party shall have |
| the right to terminate this Agreement without further obligation beyond those |
| actually incurred prior to such termination. |
|
| (15) Press Communications: Neither party shall originate any |
| -------------------- |
| publicity, news release or public announcement, written or oral relating to this |
| Agreement, including its existence, without the prior written approval of the |
| other party. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 15 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (16) Notices: Any legal notice required or permitted hereunder shall |
| ------- |
| be considered properly given if in writing and sent by first class mail, |
| certified mail or by telefacsimile to the party being notified at the respective |
| address of such party as follows: |
|
| If to Medisorb: |
|
| Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
| 6954 Cornell Road |
| Cincinnati, OH 45242 |
|
| Facsimile: 513-489-2348 |
|
| If to Janssen US: |
|
| Janssen U.S. |
| 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road |
| P.O. Box 200 |
| Titusville, New Jersey 08560-0200 |
|
| Facsimile: 609-630-2616 |
|
| with a copy to Janssen Pharmaceutica International |
| Kollerstrasse 38 |
| 6300 Zug 6 |
| Switzerland |
| Facsimile: 00-41-42449565 |
|
| Such notice shall be effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept such |
| notice. In any case, notice shall be presumed effective no later than five (5) |
| days after such notice is sent. |
|
| Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release or public |
| announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the written approval of the other party. |
|
| (17) Assignment: This Agreement shall not be assigned by either party |
| ---------- |
| without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that |
| assignment shall be permitted without such consent to any party, not less than |
| 50% of the total interest of which owns, is owned by, or is under common control |
| with the assigning party. In the event of any such permitted assignment the |
| assignee shall be subject to and shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms |
| and conditions of this Agreement. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 16 |
| License Agreement |
|
| (18) Dispute Resolution: The parties shall amicably discuss and |
| ------------------ |
| negotiate any matters which arise under this Agreement and are not specifically |
| set forth hereunder. If any disputes arise under this Agreement, the parties |
| shall use their reasonable efforts to meet and resolve such disputes. In the |
| event that the parties are unable to resolve any such disputes, then both |
| parties hereby agree to submit said disputes to the jurisdiction of the |
| competent courts of the State of New Jersey and agree that any litigation in any |
| way related to this Agreement shall be submitted to such courts and that same |
| shall be subject to the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to its |
| rules respecting choice of law. |
|
| (19) Severability: In the event any one or more of the provisions of |
| ------------ |
| this Agreement should for any reason be held by any court or authority having |
| jurisdiction over this Agreement or any of the parties hereto to be invalid, |
| illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions shall be validly reformed |
| to as nearly approximate the intent of the parties as possible and, if |
| unreformable; shall be divisible and deleted in such jurisdiction, elsewhere |
| this Agreement shall not be affected. |
|
| (20) Captions: The captions of this Agreement are for convenience |
| -------- |
| only, and shall not be deemed of any force or effect whatsoever in construing |
| this Agreement. |
|
| (21) Waiver: The failure on the party of a party to exercise or |
| ------ |
| enforce any right conferred upon it hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver |
| of any such right, nor operate to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any |
| time thereafter. |
|
| (22) Survival: The following Articles of this Agreement shall survive |
| -------- |
| the termination or expiration of this Agreement: 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. |
|
| (23) Miscellaneous: This Agreement may be executed by the parties |
| ------------- |
| hereto in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be |
| considered to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together |
| constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement is the complete |
| agreement of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings and |
| agreements relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor |
| any of the terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or |
| modified orally , but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party |
| against whom enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or |
| modification is sought. |
|
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the parties |
| hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. |
|
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INC. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| Janssen US-Medisorb Page 17 |
| License Agreement |
|
| By: _________________________ |
| Name: _______________________ |
| Title: ______________________ |
| Date: _______________________ |
|
|
| {Second Janssen Signatory} |
| - --------------------------- |
|
|
| By: _________________________ |
| Name: _______________________ |
| Title: ______________________ |
| Date: _______________________ |
|
|
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
|
|
| By: __________________________ |
| Name: David R. Lohr |
| ------------------------ |
| Title: President |
| ----------------------- |
| Date: ________________________ |
|
| 12059501.doc |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| </TEXT> |
| </DOCUMENT> |
| <DOCUMENT> |
| <TYPE>EX-10.18(A) |
| <SEQUENCE>4 |
| <DESCRIPTION>FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
| <TEXT> |
|
| <PAGE> |
|
|
| FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
|
|
| This First Amendment to that certain Development Agreement, dated 23 December |
| --------------------- |
| 1993 (hereinafter "the Development Agreement"), by and between MEDISORB |
| TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. ("Medisorb"), a Delaware limited partnership, |
| doing business at 6954 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, and JANSSEN |
| PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL, a division of Cilag International AG, ("Janssen"), |
| a Swiss business corporation, doing business at Kollerstrasse 38, CH-6300 Zug 6, |
| Switzerland, is agreed this 6th day of December, 1995. |
| --- -------- |
|
| WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend certain terms of the Development Agreement |
| respecting the timing of Janssen's right to exercise its option to license MTI |
| technology and, further, respecting, certain milestone dates; |
|
| NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Development Agreement as follows: |
|
| (A) Section 4(A) of the Development Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety |
| to read as follows: |
|
| The initial term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date first above |
| written and continue thereafter until the earlier of (i) the completion of |
| the Development Program at the moment of finalization of the IRF, which is |
| expected during the [ ], or (ii) [ |
| ], unless earlier terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4 |
| or according to the terms of Section 16 below. However, in the event that |
| the IRF has not been completed by [ ], if Janssen can |
| show due diligence, this Agreement shall not terminate and will be extended |
| for such period as Janssen requires to finalize the IRF, provided that |
| during such extension Janssen continues to show due diligence. Due |
| diligence, amongst other factors, shall mean the timely filing of required |
| regulatory applications, including, without limitation, a CTX (clinical |
| trial exemption certificate) and/or IND, and continuing to fund the |
| Development Program in a commercially reasonable manner. |
|
| (B) Section 6(A) of the Development Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety |
| to read as follows: |
|
| Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen an option, exercisable at any time during |
| the term of this Agreement and continuing for a period of thirty (30) days |
| thereafter to enter into the License Agreements (i.e., the first a |
| worldwide license, excluding the United States, and the second a license |
| encompassing only the United States) attached hereto as Exhibits B & C, |
| respectively. |
|
| All capitalized terms used in this First Amendment shall have the same meanings |
| as defined in the Development Agreement. Other than the foregoing, all other |
| terms of the Development Agreement remain in full force and effect. |
|
| WITNESS the signature of both parties by their duly authorized officers: |
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL |
| A division of Cilag International AG |
|
| By: /s/ Erik Rombouts |
| ---------------------------------------- |
| Name: Erik Rombouts |
| -------------------------------------- |
| Title: Operations Director |
| ------------------------------------- |
| Date: 12/12/95 |
| -------------------------------------- |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIALS IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
|
| DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
| AMENDMENT |
| JANSSEN-MEDISORB |
|
| [Second Janssen Signatory] |
| - ------------------------- |
|
|
| By: /s/ Heinz Schmid |
| ----------------------------------- |
| Name: Heinz Schmid |
| --------------------------------- |
| Title: General Manager |
| -------------------------------- |
| Date: 12/12/95 |
| --------------------------------- |
|
|
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
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| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
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| By: /s/ David R. Lohr |
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| Name: David R. Lohr |
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| Title: President |
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| Date: December 6, 1995 |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| <SEQUENCE>5 |
| <DESCRIPTION>LICENSE AGREEMENT DATED 2/13/96 |
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| LICENSE AGREEMENT |
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| This Agreement is made as of the 13 day February of 1996, between MEDISORB |
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| TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter |
| "Medisorb") and JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INC., a New Jersey corporation ("Janssen |
| US"). |
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| WHEREAS, Medisorb and Janssen Pharmaceutica International, an affiliate of |
| Janssen US, have entered into a certain Development Agreement, dated December |
| 23, 1993 (the "Development Agreement"), for the development of a Product (as |
| described below); and |
|
| WHEREAS, Janssen Pharmaceutica International has an option under the |
| Development Agreement to enter into this License Agreement for the Medisorb |
| technology required to make, use and sell the Product, which option Janssen |
| Pharmaceutica International has assigned to Janssen US with the consent of |
| Medisorb and which option Janssen US has elected to exercise; and |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is in their mutual best interest for |
| Medisorb to license to Janssen US on an exclusive basis in the Territory, |
| Medisorb Patents and Technical Information within the Field, upon the terms and |
| conditions set forth herein; |
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| NOW, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: |
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| (1) Definitions: The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to |
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| them herein, unless the context otherwise requires: |
|
| (a) "Affiliate" shall mean any company controlling, controlled by, or |
| under common control with a party by ownership, directly or indirectly, of fifty |
| percent (50%) or more of the total ownership or by the power to control the |
| policies and actions of such company. |
|
| (b) "Development Program" shall mean the development activities |
| conducted by the parties pursuant to the Development Agreement. |
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| (c) "Field" shall mean the treatment of [ |
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| ]. |
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| (d) "Improvements" shall mean any improvements or developments to or of |
| the Patents and Technical Information in the Field which Medisorb may acquire, |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| discover, invent, originate, make, conceive or have a right to, in whole or in |
| part, during the term of this Agreement, whether or not such improvement or |
| development is patentable. |
| (e) "Medisorb Polymers" shall mean bioresorbable aliphatic polyesters |
| based on glycolide, lactide, caprolactone and combinations of such polymers, |
| which are manufactured by Medisorb and utilized in Product(s) licensed under |
| this Agreement. |
|
| (f) "NDA" shall mean a New Drug Application and all supplements filed |
| pursuant to the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration, |
| including all documents, data and other information concerning Product which are |
| necessary for, or included in, FDA approval to market a Product as more fully |
| defined in 21 C.F.R. 314.5 et seq. or any other similar application for |
| marketing authorization filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities in |
| other countries of the Territory (as defined hereinafter). |
|
| (g) "Net Sales" shall mean the gross amounts received from sales of |
| Products during a calendar quarter to third parties by Janssen US, its |
| Sublicensees or any Affiliate of either, less any: (i) applicable sales taxes; |
| (ii) cash trade or quantity discounts; (iii) amounts repaid or credited by |
| reason of rejections or return of goods; or (iv) freight, postage and duties |
| paid for. No deduction from the gross sales price shall be made for any item of |
| cost incurred by the seller in its own operations incident to the manufacture, |
| sale or shipment of the product sold. For purposes hereof, Net Sales shall not |
| include sales of a Product from Janssen US or an Affiliate of Janssen US to any |
| Affiliate or Sublicensee of either; it being intended that Net Sales shall only |
| include sales to unrelated third-parties. |
|
| (h) "Patents" shall mean (i) any and all existing issued patents and |
| patent applications or parts thereof which describe and claim a depot |
| formulation of [ ], or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar |
| physiological activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids and the |
| production and use thereof; (ii) any other patents and patent applications filed |
| by or on behalf of Medisorb, or under which Medisorb has the rights to grant |
| licenses, which are needed to practice the inventions; and (iii) any reissues, |
| extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, |
| additions, continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisions of or to any of |
| the foregoing which are granted hereafter or any additional protection |
| certificate granted with respect thereto. |
|
| (i) "Product(s)" shall mean any and all depot formulations of [ ], |
| or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological activity, |
| based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids which are designed to deliver |
| [ ], or any of its chemical analogues, over an extended period. |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (j) "Sublicensees" shall mean any company or companies, other than |
| Janssen US's Affiliates, sublicensed by Janssen US. |
|
| (k) "Technical Information" shall mean all unpatented information, |
| know-how, practical experience, procedures, methodology, specifications, |
| formulae and data whether or not the same shall be patentable which have been |
| heretofore developed or acquired by Medisorb prior to the date of this Agreement |
| and which are necessary in order to use, manufacture or sell Products in the |
| Field. |
|
| (l) "Territory" shall mean the United States, its Territories, |
| Protectorates, Commonwealths, and all other political subdivisions of the United |
| States. |
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| (2) License Grant |
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| (a) Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen US in the Territory an exclusive |
| license under the Patents and Technical Information existing prior to the |
| effective date of this Agreement, with the right to grant sublicenses |
| thereunder, for all purposes within the Field to practice and use the Patents |
| and Technical Information, including the rights to manufacture and have |
| manufactured, to use and have used, and to sell and have sold Products. |
| Medisorb exclusively retains all rights under the Patents and Technical |
| Information outside the Field and for use other than in Products. The right to |
| grant sublicenses granted hereunder is exclusive to Janssen US and shall not |
| extend to Janssen US Affiliates or Sublicensees. |
|
| (b) Medisorb shall offer to Janssen US for incorporation into this |
| License Agreement on reasonable terms and conditions, Medisorb Improvements in |
| the Field which, if incorporated into Janssen US's then current commercial |
| Product(s), would: (i) result in significant changes in either the |
| specifications for such Product(s) or the processes for producing such |
| Product(s), and (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in enhanced market |
| value and/or profitability of such Product(s). Examples of such Improvements |
| would include: (i) the development by Medisorb of a non-aqueous injection |
| vehicle which offers significant advantages with respect to ease of |
| administration and (ii) the development by Medisorb of technology enabling [ |
| ]. |
| It is the parties' understanding that the effect of any such license amendment |
| would, in general, be either an extension of the term of this Agreement for a |
| mutually agreed period or a marginal increase in the then current royalty rate. |
| All other Medisorb Improvements shall be made available to Janssen US for its |
| use without further agreement. Proprietary rights to Improvements jointly |
| developed by Medisorb and Janssen US or any of its Affiliates shall be governed |
| by the terms of Section 5(c) of this Agreement. |
|
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|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (c) In the event that at any time during the term of this Agreement |
| Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb Polymers |
| required by Janssen U.S. for use in Products, then the license granted under |
| paragraph 2(a) above shall be expanded to include the Medisorb Technology |
| required to make and use the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (3) Royalties: |
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|
| (a) Janssen US shall pay or cause to be paid to Medisorb a running |
| royalty with respect to all Products sold to customers in the Territory by |
| Janssen US, its Affiliates and Sublicensees, payable quarter-annually in arrears |
| within sixty (60) days following the end of Janssen US's regular fiscal quarters |
| in any year during the term hereof, as follows: (i) [ ]% of the Net Sales of |
| each unit of Product sold during the preceding calendar quarter during the term |
| hereof, if such unit of Product was manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a |
| written contract for the supply of Product; or (ii) [ ]% of the Net Sales of |
| each unit of Product sold during the preceding calendar quarter during the term |
| hereof, if such unit of Product was not manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a |
| written contract for the supply of Product. Any withholding or other tax that |
| Janssen US or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees are required by statute to |
| withhold and pay on behalf of Medisorb with respect to the royalties payable to |
| Medisorb under this Agreement shall be deducted from said royalties and paid |
| contemporaneously with the remittance to Medisorb; provided, however, that in |
| regard to any tax so deducted Janssen US shall furnish Medisorb with proper |
| evidence of the taxes paid on its behalf. |
|
| (b) In the event that Product is not claimed in a valid Patent |
| effective in the Territory and a similar product obtains a market share greater |
| than [ ]% of the total market revenues for Products and similar products in |
| such country, the parties agree to meet and negotiate in good faith an |
| appropriate reduction in the royalty rate then in effect. In no event shall a |
| reduction in royalty rates pursuant to this section result in royalty rates |
| [ ] of the rates specified under Section 3(a)(i) and 3(a)(ii) of this |
| Agreement. For the purposes of this section, "similar product" shall mean a |
| generic version of the Product(s) where: (i) the active agent is |
| [ ], or a chemical analogue thereof and (ii) the excipient is |
| comprised of lactic and/or glycolic acids. In the event that patent protection |
| in the Territory for Product(s) becomes available subsequent to a royalty |
| reduction pursuant to this section, the parties agree to (i) reinstitute the |
| royalty otherwise applicable, and (ii) in the event that any recovery is |
| obtained for prior infringement of the subsequently issued patent, the parties |
| will first apply such recoveries to reimbursing Medisorb for royalties it would |
| otherwise have received. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (c) Janssen US shall keep complete and adequate records with respect to |
| the proceeds of Products on which it has to pay royalties payable hereunder for |
| at least two (2) years after expiry of the year they concern. Medisorb shall |
| have the right to have such records of Janssen US inspected and examined, at |
| Medisorb's expense, for the purpose of determining the correctness of royalty |
| payments made hereunder. |
|
| Such inspection shall be made by an independent, certified public accountant to |
| whom Janssen US shall have no reasonable objection. Such accountant shall not |
| disclose to Medisorb any information other than that necessary to verify the |
| accuracy of the reports and payments made pursuant to this Agreement. It is |
| understood that such examination with respect to any quarterly accounting period |
| shall take place not later than two (2) years following the expiration of said |
| period. Not more than one examination per year shall take place. |
|
| Based upon the verification of such reports and whenever there is reasonable |
| doubt about the accuracy of the sales of Product realized by an Affiliate or |
| sublicensee, Medisorb may reasonably request Janssen US to audit the books of |
| such Affiliate or such sublicensee in accordance with any applicable contractual |
| provision, in order to confirm the accuracy of such reports. |
|
| (4) Production of Product/Technology Transfer: |
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| (a) Janssen US shall use its reasonable efforts consistent with its |
| overall business practices and strategies to commercialize and market Product, |
| or to have the same commercialized and marketed in the Territory. |
|
| (b) In the event that Janssen US determines to manufacture Product |
| itself or through an Affiliate or have Product manufactured by a third party, |
| Medisorb shall transfer to Janssen US and/or Affiliate all relevant Technical |
| Information, and provide such technical assistance, upon mutually agreed terms |
| and conditions, as is required by Janssen US in order to enable the manufacture |
| of Product by Janssen US, its Affiliate or its designated third party |
| manufacturer. However, with respect to such third party manufacturers, except as |
| limited by a written Product manufacturing agreement between Janssen US and |
| Medisorb, Medisorb will have a right of first refusal as to the manufacture and |
| supply to Janssen US of all Product(s), and component bioabsorbable polymers |
| utilized in such Product(s). Medisorb will have a period of thirty (30) days |
| following written notice from Janssen US of terms it is offering to, or prepared |
| to accept from, a third party manufacturer to notify Janssen US of its intention |
| to exercise its right of first refusal to supply Product and/or component |
| bioabsorbable polymers thereof to Janssen US, its Affiliates and Licensees on |
| terms no less favorable to Janssen US than those offered by such |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| third party manufacturer. Such third party manufacturer cannot be an in-kind |
| competitor to Medisorb and must be reasonably acceptable to Medisorb with |
| respect to confidential protection of Medisorb's Technical Information. In the |
| event that at any time during the term of this Agreement Medisorb is unable for |
| any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb Polymers required by Janssen U.S. |
| for use in Products, then the right of first refusal under this paragraph |
| respecting the supply of the component bioabsorbable polymers shall be |
| eliminated. For the purposes of this section, an "in-kind" competitor shall mean |
| any organization which regularly engages in the contract development and/or |
| contract manufacture of injectable controlled release drug delivery systems |
| comprising a polymeric excipient based on lactic and/or glycolic acids and/or |
| other closely related monomers. This Section 4(b) specifically supersedes |
| Section 7(B) of the Development Agreement, which Section 7(B) shall be of no |
| further force or effect. |
|
| (5) Proprietary Rights |
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|
| (a) Medisorb will retain title to and ownership of all technology |
| (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and data relating |
| thereto) relating to absorbable polymers, controlled release of active agents, |
| and/or manufacturing methods or processes relating to such polymers and the |
| controlled delivery systems for active agents based on such polymers previously |
| owned by Medisorb or developed by Medisorb as a result of the Development |
| Program or otherwise. Medisorb will pay its own costs and expenses in connection |
| with the protection of any such technology, including all patent application and |
| maintenance costs and Janssen US agrees to provide Medisorb with any necessary |
| utility information. |
|
| Medisorb shall inform Janssen US of any patent application it wishes to |
| file to protect proprietary rights defined in Article 5, resulting from either |
| the Development Program or the preliminary Development Program and shall forward |
| a copy of any such patent application to Janssen US at least one month prior to |
| filing. |
|
| Medisorb shall consider any suggestions made by Janssen US for amplifying |
| such application and shall accordingly amend the application where in Medisorb's |
| opinion it is appropriate. |
|
| Medisorb shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or patent |
| applications without having first consulted Janssen US, which shall have the |
| right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which Medisorb wishes |
| to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name and at its own expense. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (b) Janssen US and/or its Affiliate will retain title to and ownership |
| of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and |
| data relating thereto) relating to [ ] or any chemical analogues of |
| [ ] with similar physiological activity previously owned by Janssen US |
| and/or its Affiliate or developed by Janssen US and/or affiliate as a result of |
| this Agreement or otherwise. Janssen US and/or its Affiliate will pay its own |
| costs and expenses in connection with the protection of any such technology, |
| including all patent application and maintenance costs and Medisorb agrees to |
| provide Janssen US with any necessary utility information. |
|
| (c) Any inventions, other than those falling under either section 5(a) |
| or 5(b) hereof, having an inventorship jointly between at least one employee of |
| Janssen US or an Affiliate of Janssen US and one employee of Medisorb or an |
| Affiliate of Medisorb shall be jointly-owned by Janssen US or Janssen US |
| Affiliate as the case may be and Medisorb. Each party will cooperate fully in |
| the filing and prosecution of such patent applications. |
|
| Janssen US and Medisorb shall agree on which of both shall be responsible |
| for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any such joint patent |
| applications and patents (hereinafter referred to as the "Responsible Party") in |
| Territory. In principle, the party having contributed the most to the invention |
| to be protected shall be the responsible party, unless agreed upon differently. |
| Upon mutual consent, the responsible party may select an agent for drafting, |
| filing and prosecuting a joint application. However, both parties shall agree |
| who shall be the agent and to what extent this agent shall be used. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall consult the other party when drafting any new |
| jointly owned patent application. The final draft shall be forwarded to the |
| other party at least one month prior to filing to give the opportunity to make |
| final comments. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents |
| or patent applications without having first consulted the other party, which |
| shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which |
| the responsible party wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name and |
| at its own expense. |
|
| All out-of-pocket costs made in relation to joint patent applications and |
| patents in the Territory shall be shared equally by Janssen US and Medisorb. A |
| statement of costs shall be made up on a quarterly basis and invoiced to the |
| other party. |
|
| Medisorb shall grant to Janssen US an exclusive fully-paid up royalty free |
| license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under any |
| such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| divisions, patents of addition, reissues, renewals or extensions thereof or any |
| supplementary protection certificates granted with respect thereto, in respect |
| of any claims concerning the application of [ ] or any chemical |
| analogues of [ ] with similar physiological activity. However, nothing |
| contained in this paragraph shall obviate Janssen US's obligation to pay |
| royalties under Section 3 hereof with respect to any Products developed |
| hereunder. |
|
| Janssen US shall grant to Medisorb an exclusive fully paid-up royalty free |
| license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under any |
| such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of bioabsorbable polymers in the field of human and/or veterinary |
| medicine. |
|
| (d) In addition, each party will retain exclusive title to its |
| respective confidential information in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 9 below. |
|
| (6) Patent Infringement |
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|
| (a) In the event that either party becomes aware that any third party |
| is infringing in the Territory any patents included within the Patents, the |
| party becoming aware of such infringement shall promptly give notice of such |
| infringement to the other party. Any possible action against such alleged |
| infringement of the Patents will be carried out by either or both of the parties |
| in accordance with the provisions specified hereinafter in paragraphs (b), (c), |
| (d) and (e). |
|
| (b) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Medisorb retains full title and |
| ownership pursuant to Article 5 a), Medisorb shall use all reasonable efforts to |
| take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own expense and on |
| its own behalf. |
|
| If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if Medisorb |
| does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement |
| thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) |
| above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen US shall be |
| entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take immediate action |
| against such infringement in its own name, at its own expense and on its own |
| behalf. Medisorb will give all reasonable assistance to Janssen in taking such |
| action in accordance with Article 6(e), including giving Janssen the authority |
| to file and prosecute such suit and, if necessary, being named a party in such |
| action. If Janssen US commences or assumes such action, Janssen US may credit |
| [ ] of |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| any royalty otherwise due to Medisorb for sales in such country or countries |
| against the amount of the expenses and costs of such action, including without |
| limitation, attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen US. The amount of |
| expenses so deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, |
| received by Janssen US as a result of such action. Except for such repayment of |
| royalties deducted, Janssen US shall be entitled to retain all recoveries |
| therefrom. |
|
| In no event shall Medisorb settle with such infringing third party in the |
| Field without the prior written consent of Janssen US. |
|
| (c) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its |
| Affiliates retains full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 B), Janssen US |
| shall have the right but not the obligation to take action against such |
| infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen |
| US fails to take action against such infringement, or if Janssen US does not use |
| reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after commencement thereof, |
| within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above or |
| after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at |
| its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action against such |
| infringement. Medisorb shall be entitled to retain all recoveries, if any, |
| therefrom. |
|
| (d) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its |
| Affiliates and Medisorb jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to |
| Article 5 (c), and whenever in such case the infringing product would be a drug |
| product falling within the definition of the Field, Janssen US shall have the |
| right but not the obligation to take action against such infringement in its own |
| name, at its own cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen US fails to take action |
| against such infringement, or if Janssen US does not use reasonable efforts in |
| carrying out such action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days |
| after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above or after having become aware |
| of such infringement, Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at |
| its own expense, to take action against such infringement, it being understood |
| that Janssen US will have a continuing right to take over any such action at its |
| own expense and shall pay to Medisorb from any recoveries Janssen US receives |
| (i) Medisorb's expenses and (ii) from any sums remaining after deduction of |
| Medisorb's and Janssen US's expenses, an amount proportionate to Medisorb's |
| expenses in relation to Janssen US's expenses. |
|
| Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling within the |
| definition of Patents and of which Janssen US or any of its Affiliates and |
| Medisorb jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 (c), and |
| whenever in such case the |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| infringing product would be a drug product falling outside the definition of the |
| Field, Medisorb shall have the right but not the obligation to take action |
| against such infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on its own |
| behalf. If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| US shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
| action against such infringement, it being understood that Medisorb will have a |
| continuing right to take over any such action at its own expense. If Janssen US |
| commences or assumes such action, Janssen US may credit |
| [ ] of any royalty otherwise payable to Medisorb |
| payable hereunder against the amount of the expenses and costs of such action, |
| including without limitation, attorney fees actually incurred by Janssen US. The |
| amount of expenses so deducted shall be paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, |
| if any, received by Janssen US as a result of such action. Except for such |
| repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen US shall be entitled to retain all |
| recoveries therefrom. |
|
| (e) Each party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other party in |
| such litigation, including making available to the other party records, |
| information, and evidence relevant to the infringement of the Patent. |
|
| (7) Third Party Intellectual Property Rights |
| ---------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its current knowledge and |
| belief the Products to be developed hereunder will not infringe the patent |
| rights of any third party. |
|
| (b) In the event that the manufacture, use or sale of the Product |
| would constitute an infringement of the rights of a third party in the Territory |
| because of the use of the Patents or Medisorb's know how, each party shall, as |
| soon as it becomes aware of the same, notify the other thereof in writing, |
| giving in the same notice full details known to it of the rights of such third |
| party and the extent of any alleged infringement. The parties shall after |
| receipt of such notice meet to discuss the situation, and, to the extent |
| necessary attempt to agree on a course of action in order to permit Janssen US |
| to practice the license granted hereunder. Such course of action may include: |
| (a) modifying the Product or its manufacture so as to be noninfringing; (b) |
| obtaining an appropriate license from such third party; or (c) fight the claim |
| or suit. In the event that within a short period of time, the parties fail to |
| agree on an appropriate course of action Janssen US may decide upon the course |
| of action in the interest of the further development, manufacturing or |
| commercialization of the Product. |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (c) In the event that the parties cannot agree on modifying the |
| Product or in the case that such modification would not be economically viable |
| or regulatory feasible, Janssen US, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Janssen US in accordance with the provisions of |
| Article 5 (b) and (c), or Medisorb, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Medisorb in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 5 (a), will have the right to negotiate with such third party for such license. |
| Both parties hereto will in any event in good faith consult with each other with |
| respect to such negotiations and the party negotiating such license as indicated |
| above, will make every effort to minimize the amount of license fees and |
| royalties payable thereunder. In no event shall either party as a result of such |
| settlement, grant a sublicense or cross license to the third party to settle the |
| suit, without the prior written approval of the other party. In the event that |
| such negotiations result in a consummated agreement, any license fee and/or |
| royalties to be paid thereunder shall be paid by the party responsible for the |
| negotiations as indicated above, [ ] of any license fees |
| or royalties paid by Janssen US under such license will be creditable against |
| royalties due to Medisorb hereunder. |
|
| (d) In the event that either or both parties would further to such |
| notification under Paragraph 7 (b) decide to defend such suit or claim in which |
| a third party alleges that the manufacture, use or selling of the Product in the |
| Territory infringes said third party's patent in, Janssen US shall have the |
| right to apply [ ] of the royalties due to Medisorb |
| on the sales of the allegedly infringing Product against its litigation |
| expenses. |
|
| (8) Term: |
| ---- |
|
| (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the term |
| of the license granted to Janssen US hereunder shall commence on the date first |
| written above and shall expire (i) upon expiration of the last to expire Patent |
| or (ii) fifteen (15) years after the date of the first commercial sale of |
| Product in the Territory, whichever is later; provided, that in no event shall |
| the license granted hereunder expire later than the twentieth anniversary of the |
| first commercial sale of Product. After expiration of the license granted to |
| Janssen US hereunder, Janssen US shall retain a fully paid-up non-exclusive |
| license to manufacture, use and sell Products in the Field in the Territory. |
|
| (b) Medisorb may convert the exclusive license granted under this |
| Agreement to non-exclusive if Janssen US does not maintain the following minimum |
| annual royalty payments to Medisorb. With respect to the entire Territory, the |
| minimum royalty obligation will first apply to the twelve month period following |
| the anniversary of the end of the month in which the Product was launched. |
| During the first twelve month period and each subsequent twelve month period |
| that such minimum royalty obligation is applicable, the |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| minimum royalty amount to be paid by Janssen US will be calculated by |
| multiplying the applicable royalty rate by [ ] percent of the actual aggregate |
| net sales of other [ ] products in the Territory during such twelve month |
| period. |
|
| Janssen US shall have the right to make up any shortfall in minimum royalty |
| payments from Product sales in the Territory provided, such make-up payment is |
| made at the same time and in the same manner as required for the underlying |
| minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| (c) In the event that either party shall enter or be put into |
| voluntary or compulsory liquidation or have a receiver appointed or default in |
| the observance or performance of its obligations under this Agreement and shall |
| fail to remedy such default within ninety (90) days after the delivery of |
| written notice from the other party, the other party shall be entitled upon |
| giving written notice to terminate this Agreement. |
|
| (d) Janssen US may terminate this Agreement without cause upon 30 days |
| prior written notice. Thereafter, Janssen US shall have no further rights or |
| privileges with respect to the use of Medisorb Technology in Products and |
| Medisorb shall be under no further obligation of non-competition or exclusive |
| dealing. |
|
| (e) Any early termination of the Agreement shall be without prejudice |
| to the rights of either party against the other accrued under this Agreement |
| prior to termination. |
|
| (f) Upon any termination of this Agreement, any remaining inventory of |
| Product may be sold, provided all royalties otherwise due hereunder are paid |
| with respect to such sales. |
|
| (g) All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this |
| Agreement by Medisorb to Janssen U.S. are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, |
| for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"), |
| licenses to "intellectual property" as defined under section 101(60) of the |
| Bankruptcy Code. The parties agree that Janssen, as a licensee of such rights |
| under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and |
| elections under the Bankruptcy Code. |
|
| (9) Confidentiality: |
| --------------- |
|
| (a) Each party agrees to keep confidential and to not use for any |
| purpose other than as set forth herein all technical information and materials |
| supplied by the other hereunder and any information a party may acquire about |
| the other or its activities as a result of entering into this Agreement, |
| provided that such obligation shall not apply to |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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|
| technical information or material which: (i) was in the receiving party's |
| possession without restriction prior to receipt from the other party or its |
| Affiliates; (ii) was in the public domain at the time of receipt; (iii) becomes |
| part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (iv) shall be |
| lawfully received from a third party with a right of further disclosure; (v) |
| shall be required to be disclosed by law, by regulation or by the rules of any |
| securities exchange. |
|
| (b) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the confidentiality |
| obligations as set out in this Section shall continue so long as this Agreement |
| remains in force and thereafter for a period of seven (7) years. |
|
| (c) Janssen US shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to abide by |
| the obligations of confidentiality with respect to unpublished information |
| within the Patents and Technical Information. |
|
| (d) Any confidential information relating to the subject matter of |
| this Agreement imparted to the other party prior to the execution of this |
| Agreement shall be considered to fall under the terms of this Agreement. |
|
| (10) Disclaimer of Warranty: Medisorb makes no representations or |
| ---------------------- |
| warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Medisorb Patents and |
| Technical Information licensed to Janssen US hereunder, including without |
| limitation any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular |
| purpose. |
|
|
| (11) Liability |
| --------- |
|
| (a) Janssen US agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Medisorb |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Medisorb may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Medisorb by reason of personal |
| injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Janssen US's promotion, |
| use and sale of the Product, except where such liabilities claims, demands, |
| costs or judgments are caused by Medisorb's failure to provide Janssen US with |
| any information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article 13. Medisorb will |
| notify Janssen US as soon as it becomes aware of any such claim or action and |
| agrees to give reasonable assistance in the investigation and defense of such |
| claim or action it being understood that it shall allow Janssen US to control |
| the disposition of the same. |
|
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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|
| (b) Medisorb agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Janssen US |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Janssen US may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Janssen US by reason of |
| personal injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Medisorb's |
| failure to provide Janssen US with any information as specified in Section 12 |
| (c) and Article 13. |
|
| (c) In no event shall either party be liable for loss of profits, loss |
| of goodwill or any consequential or incidental damages of any kind of the other |
| party. |
|
| (12) Product Information and Adverse Drug Events |
| ------------------------------------------- |
|
| (a) As Janssen US has superior knowledge of the end-use applications |
| to which Products licensed hereunder will be put, Janssen US is responsible for |
| providing third parties with adequate information as to the medical profile of |
| such Products. Janssen US will provide Medisorb with copies of the product |
| information document which is part of the NDA for the Product. |
|
| (b) Medisorb does not claim the expertise to judge whether Product(s) |
| will perform acceptably in Janssen US's application(s). Janssen US is the sole |
| judge as to whether Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen US's |
| application(s). Janssen US represents and warrants on an on-going basis during |
| the term of this agreement that it has the capability to assess the suitability |
| of Product(s) in Janssen US's application(s) and agrees to conduct adequate |
| testing to confirm the safety and efficacy of Products prior to |
| commercialization. |
|
| (c) Medisorb will provide to Janssen US promptly after its discovery |
| by Medisorb, any information in its possession which indicates adverse effects |
| in humans associated with the Products, including the bioabsorbable polymeric |
| components thereof, licensed hereunder. For the purpose of this Agreement |
| "adverse event" shall mean an experience which is noxious and unintended and |
| which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or |
| therapy of a disease or for the modification of a physiological function and any |
| report of an overdose. |
|
| (13) Government Approvals |
| -------------------- |
|
| Janssen US shall be responsible for conducting all necessary testing as |
| well as determining what, if any, government approvals are required for the use |
| and sale of Product licensed hereunder and shall comply with all such |
| requirements prior to and following the sale or distribution of such Products. |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Medisorb shall cooperate fully with Janssen US in obtaining regulatory |
| approvals for Product licensed hereunder and shall, at Janssen US's request, |
| provide appropriate regulatory authorities with any and all information |
| concerning Medisorb's technology, Medisorb polymers and Medisorb's manufacturing |
| process for such Product. |
|
| In this respect Medisorb undertakes that it has submitted or will as soon |
| as possible submit a type IV Drug Master File to the FDA identifying Medisorb's |
| method of manufacture, release specifications and testing methods used in the |
| manufacture of Medisorb Polymers and a type I Drug Master File of Medisorb's |
| manufacturing facilities where Product may be manufactured. Medisorb will |
| authorize Janssen U.S. at its request to cross-reference any Drug Master Files |
| relating to the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (14) Force Majeure: Neither party shall be liable for its failure to |
| ------------- |
| perform any of its obligations hereunder if such failure is occasioned by a |
| contingency beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, |
| occurrences such as strikes or other labor disturbances, lock out, riot, war, |
| default by a common carrier, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, other acts of God, |
| inability to obtain raw materials, failure of plant facilities or government |
| regulation, act or failure to act. Each party shall notify the other immediately |
| upon occurrence or cessation of any such contingencies. If such contingency |
| continues unabated for at least 180 consecutive days, either party shall have |
| the right to terminate this Agreement without further obligation beyond those |
| actually incurred prior to such termination. |
|
| (15) Press Communications: Neither party shall originate any publicity, |
| -------------------- |
| news release or public announcement, written or oral relating to this Agreement, |
| including its existence, without the prior written approval of the other party. |
|
| (16) Notices: Any legal notice required or permitted hereunder shall be |
| ------- |
| considered properly given if in writing and sent by first class mail, certified |
| mail or by telefacsimile to the party being notified at the respective address |
| of such party as follows: |
|
| If to Medisorb: |
|
| Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
| 6954 Cornell Road |
| Cincinnati, OH 45242 |
|
| Facsimile: 513-489-2348 |
|
| If to Janssen US: |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
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|
| Janssen U.S. |
| 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road |
| P.O. Box 200 |
| Titusville, New Jersey 08560-0200 |
|
| Facsimile: 609-630-2616 |
|
| with a copy to Janssen Pharmaceutica International |
| Kollerstrasse 38 |
| 6300 Zug 6 |
| Switzerland |
| Facsimile: 00-41-42449565 |
|
| Such notice shall be effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept such |
| notice. In any case, notice shall be presumed effective no later than five (5) |
| days after such notice is sent. |
|
| Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release or public |
| announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the written approval of the other party. |
|
| (17) Assignment: This Agreement shall not be assigned by either party |
| ---------- |
| without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that |
| assignment shall be permitted without such consent to any party, not less than |
| 50% of the total interest of which owns, is owned by, or is under common control |
| with the assigning party. In the event of any such permitted assignment the |
| assignee shall be subject to and shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms |
| and conditions of this Agreement. |
|
| (18) Dispute Resolution: The parties shall amicably discuss and |
| ------------------ |
| negotiate any matters which arise under this Agreement and are not specifically |
| set forth hereunder. If any disputes arise under this Agreement, the parties |
| shall use their reasonable efforts to meet and resolve such disputes. In the |
| event that the parties are unable to resolve any such disputes, then both |
| parties hereby agree to submit said disputes to the jurisdiction of the |
| competent courts of the State of New Jersey and agree that any litigation in any |
| way related to this Agreement shall be submitted to such courts and that same |
| shall be subject to the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to its |
| rules respecting choice of law. |
|
| (19) Severability: In the event any one or more of the provisions of |
| ------------ |
| this Agreement should for any reason be held by any court or authority having |
| jurisdiction over this Agreement or any of the parties hereto to be invalid, |
| illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions shall be validly reformed |
| to as nearly approximate the intent of the |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| parties as possible and, if unreformable; shall be divisible and deleted in such |
| jurisdiction, elsewhere this Agreement shall not be affected. |
|
| (20) Captions: The captions of this Agreement are for convenience |
| -------- |
| only, and shall not be deemed of any force or effect whatsoever in construing |
| this Agreement. |
|
| (21) Waiver: The failure on the party of a party to exercise or |
| ------ |
| enforce any right conferred upon it hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver |
| of any such right, nor operate to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any |
| time thereafter. |
|
| (22) Survival: The following Articles of this Agreement shall survive |
| -------- |
| the termination or expiration of this Agreement: 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. |
|
| (23) Miscellaneous: This Agreement may be executed by the parties |
| ------------- |
| hereto in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be |
| considered to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together |
| constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement is the complete |
| agreement of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings and |
| agreements relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor |
| any of the terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or |
| modified orally , but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party |
| against whom enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or |
| modification is sought. |
|
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the parties |
| hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. |
|
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INC. |
|
| By: /s/ Paula F. Costa |
| ------------------------------ |
| Name: Paula F. Costa |
| ---------------------------- |
| Title: President |
| --------------------------- |
| Date: 2/13/96 |
| ---------------------------- |
|
|
| (Second Janssen Signatory) |
| - --------------------------- |
|
|
| By: /s/ Bruce D. Given |
| ------------------------------ |
| Name: Bruce D. Given |
| ---------------------------- |
| Title: Group Vice President |
| --------------------------- |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
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|
| Date: 2/16/96 |
| ---------------------------- |
|
|
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
|
|
| By: /s/ David R. Lohr |
| ------------------------------ |
| Name: David R. Lohr |
| ---------------------------- |
| Title: President |
| --------------------------- |
| Date: January 31, 1996 |
| ---------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN |
| FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| </TEXT> |
| </DOCUMENT> |
| <DOCUMENT> |
| <TYPE>EX-10.20 |
| <SEQUENCE>6 |
| <DESCRIPTION>LICENSE AGREEMENT DATED 2/21/96 |
| <TEXT> |
|
| <PAGE> |
|
| LICENSE AGREEMENT |
|
|
| This Agreement is made as of the 21 day February of 1996, between |
| -- -------- ---- |
| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
| (hereinafter "Medisorb") and JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL, a division of |
| Cilag International AG, a Swiss business corporation ("Janssen"). |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties have entered into a certain Development |
| Agreement, dated December 23, 1993 (the "Development Agreement"), for the |
| development of a Product (as described below); and |
|
| WHEREAS, Janssen has an option under the Development Agreement to |
| enter into this License Agreement for the Medisorb technology required to make, |
| use and sell the Product, which option Janssen has elected to exercise; and |
|
| WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is in their mutual best interest |
| for Medisorb to license to Janssen on an exclusive basis in the Territory, |
| Medisorb Patents and Technical Information within the Field, upon the terms and |
| conditions set forth herein; |
|
| NOW, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: |
|
| (1) Definitions: The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed |
| ----------- |
| to them herein, unless the context otherwise requires: |
|
| (a) "Affiliate" shall mean any company controlling, controlled by, |
| or under common control with a party by ownership, directly or indirectly, of |
| fifty percent (50%) or more of the total ownership or by the power to control |
| the policies and actions of such company. |
|
| (b) "Development Program" shall mean the development activities |
| conducted by the parties pursuant to the Development Agreement. |
|
| (c) "Field" shall mean the treatment of [ |
|
|
| ]. |
|
| (d) "Improvements" shall mean any improvements or developments to |
| or of the Patents and Technical Information in the Field which Medisorb may |
| acquire, |
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
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| discover, invent, originate, make, conceive or have a right to, in whole or in |
| part, during the term of this Agreement, whether or not such improvement or |
| development is patentable. |
|
| (e) "International Registration Dossier" ("IRF") shall mean the |
| Product registration file compiled by Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Beerse, |
| Belgium on behalf of Janssen, the contents and format being such that it can be |
| submitted as such to national health authorities or be used as a basis for a |
| national application for marketing authorization for the Products in the |
| specific format required by such national health authorities. |
|
| (f) "Medisorb Polymers" shall mean bioresorbable aliphatic |
| polyesters based on glycolide, lactide, caprolactone and combinations of such |
| polymers, which are manufactured by Medisorb and utilized in Product(s) licensed |
| under this Agreement. |
|
| (g) "Net Sales" shall mean the gross amounts received from sales |
| of Products during a calendar quarter to third parties by Janssen, its |
| Sublicensees or any Affiliate of either, less any: (i) applicable sales taxes; |
| (ii) cash trade or quantity discounts; (iii) amounts repaid or credited by |
| reason of rejections or return of goods; or (iv) freight, postage and duties |
| paid for. No deduction from the gross sales price shall be made for any item of |
| cost incurred by the seller in its own operations incident to the manufacture, |
| sale or shipment of the product sold. For purposes hereof, Net Sales shall not |
| include sales of a Product from Janssen or an Affiliate of Janssen to any |
| Affiliate or Sublicensee of either; it being intended that Net Sales shall only |
| include sales to unrelated third-parties. |
|
| (h) "Patents" shall mean (i) any and all existing issued patents |
| and patent applications or parts thereof which describe and claim a depot |
| formulation of [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ ] with |
| similar physiological activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids |
| and the production and use thereof; (ii) any other patents and patent |
| applications filed by or on behalf of Medisorb, or under which Medisorb has the |
| rights to grant licenses, which are needed to practice the inventions; and (iii) |
| any reissues, extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, |
| revalidations, additions, continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisions of |
| or to any of the foregoing which are granted hereafter or any additional |
| protection certificate granted with respect thereto. |
|
| (i) "Product(s)" shall mean any and all depot formulations of [ |
| ] or any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity, based on polymers of lactic and glycolic acids which are designed to |
| deliver [ ], or any of its chemical analogues, over an extended period. |
|
|
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
| <PAGE> |
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| (j) "Sublicensees" shall mean any company or companies, other |
| than Janssen's Affiliates, sublicensed by Janssen. |
|
| (k) "Technical Information" shall mean all unpatented information, |
| know-how, practical experience, procedures, methodology, specifications, |
| formulae and data whether or not the same shall be patentable which have been |
| heretofore developed or acquired by Medisorb prior to the date of this Agreement |
| and which are necessary in order to use, manufacture or sell Products in the |
| Field. |
|
| (l) "Territory" shall mean worldwide with the exception of the |
| United States, its Territories, Protectorates, Commonwealths, and all other |
| political subdivisions of the United States. |
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| (2) License Grant |
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| (a) Medisorb hereby grants to Janssen in the Territory an |
| exclusive license under the Patents and Technical Information existing prior to |
| the effective date of this Agreement, with the right to grant sublicenses |
| thereunder, for all purposes within the Field to practice and use the Patents |
| and Technical Information, including the rights to manufacture and have |
| manufactured, to use and have used, and to sell and have sold Products. Medisorb |
| exclusively retains all rights under the Patents and Technical Information |
| outside the Field and for use other than in Products. The right to grant |
| sublicenses granted hereunder is exclusive to Janssen and shall not extend to |
| Janssen Affiliates or Sublicensees. |
|
| (b) Medisorb shall offer to Janssen for incorporation into this |
| License Agreement on reasonable terms and conditions, Medisorb Improvements in |
| the Field which, if incorporated into Janssen's then current commercial |
| Product(s), would: (i) result in significant changes in either the |
| specifications for such Product(s) or the processes for producing such |
| Product(s), and (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in enhanced market |
| value and/or profitability of such Product(s). Examples of such Improvements |
| would include: (i) the development by Medisorb of a non-aqueous injection |
| vehicle which offers significant advantages with respect to ease of |
| administration and (ii) the development by Medisorb of technology enabling[ |
| ]. It is the parties' |
| understanding that the effect of any such license amendment would, in general, |
| be either an extension of the term of this Agreement for a mutually agreed |
| period or a marginal increase in the then current royalty rate . All other |
| Medisorb Improvements shall be made available to Janssen for its use without |
| further agreement. Proprietary rights to Improvements jointly developed by |
| Medisorb and Janssen shall be governed by the terms of Section 5(c) of this |
| Agreement. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (c) In the event that at any time during the term of this |
| Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the Medisorb |
| Polymers required by Janssen for use in Products, then the license granted under |
| paragraph 2(a) above shall be expanded to include the Medisorb Technology |
| required to make and use the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (3) Royalties: |
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| (a) Janssen shall pay or cause to be paid to Medisorb a running |
| royalty with respect to all Products sold to customers by Janssen, its |
| Affiliates and Sublicensees, payable quarter-annually in arrears within sixty |
| (60) days following the end of each three (3) month period ending on March 31, |
| June 30, September 30 or December 31 in any year during the term hereof, as |
| follows: (i) [ ]% of the Net Sales of each unit of Product sold during the |
| preceding calendar quarter during the term hereof, if such unit of Product was |
| manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a written contract for the supply of |
| Product; or (ii) [ ]% of the Net Sales of each unit of Product sold during |
| the preceding calendar quarter during the term hereof, if such unit of Product |
| was not manufactured by Medisorb pursuant to a written contract for the supply |
| of Product. Any withholding or other tax that Janssen or any of its Affiliates |
| are required by statute to withhold and pay on behalf of Medisorb with respect |
| to the royalties payable to Medisorb under this Agreement shall be deducted from |
| said royalties and paid contemporaneously with the remittance to Medisorb; |
| provided, however, that in regard to any tax so deducted Janssen shall furnish |
| Medisorb with proper evidence of the taxes paid on its behalf. |
|
| (b) In the event that, in a country where Product is not claimed |
| in a valid Patent, a similar product obtains a market share greater than |
| [ ]% of the total market revenues for Products and similar products in such |
| country, the parties agree to meet and negotiate in good faith an appropriate |
| reduction in the royalty rate then in effect. In no event shall a reduction |
| in royalty rates pursuant to this section result in royalty rates [ |
| ] of the rates specified under Section 3(a)(i) and 3(a)(ii) of this Agreement. |
| For the purposes of this section, "similar product" shall mean a generic version |
| of the Product(s) where: (i) the active agent is [ ], or a chemical |
| analogue thereof and (ii) the excipient is comprised of lactic and/or glycolic |
| acids. In the event that patent protection for Product(s) becomes available |
| subsequent to a royalty reduction pursuant to this section, the parties agree to |
| (i) reinstitute the royalty otherwise applicable, and (ii) in the event that any |
| recovery is obtained for prior infringement of the subsequently issued patent, |
| the parties will first apply such recoveries to reimbursing Medisorb for |
| royalties it would otherwise have received. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (c) Janssen shall keep complete and adequate records with respect |
| to the proceeds of Products on which it has to pay royalties payable hereunder |
| for at least two (2) years after expiry of the year they concern. Medisorb shall |
| have the right to have such records of Janssen inspected and examined, at |
| Medisorb's expense, for the purpose of determining the correctness of royalty |
| payments made hereunder. |
|
| Such inspection shall be made by an independent, certified public accountant to |
| whom Janssen shall have no reasonable objection. Such accountant shall not |
| disclose to Medisorb any information other than that necessary to verify the |
| accuracy of the reports and payments made pursuant to this Agreement. It is |
| understood that such examination with respect to any quarterly accounting period |
| shall take place not later than two (2) years following the expiration of said |
| period. Not more than one examination per year shall take place. |
|
| Based upon the verification of such reports and whenever there is reasonable |
| doubt about the accuracy of the sales of Product realized by an Affiliate or |
| sublicensee, Medisorb may reasonably request Janssen to audit the books of such |
| Affiliate or such sublicensee in accordance with any applicable contractual |
| provision, in order to confirm the accuracy of such reports. |
|
| (4) Production of Product/Technology Transfer: |
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| (a) Janssen shall use its reasonable efforts to commercialize and |
| market Product, or to have the same commercialized and marketed. |
|
| (b) In the event that Janssen determines to manufacture Product |
| itself or have Product manufactured by a third party, Medisorb shall transfer to |
| Janssen all relevant Technical Information, and provide such technical |
| assistance, upon mutually agreed terms and conditions, as is required by Janssen |
| in order to enable the manufacture of Product by Janssen or its designated third |
| party manufacturer. However, with respect to such third party manufacturers, |
| except as limited by a written Product manufacturing agreement between Janssen |
| and Medisorb, Medisorb will have a right of first refusal as to the manufacture |
| and supply to Janssen of all Product(s), and component bioabsorbable polymers |
| utilized in such Product(s). Medisorb will have a period of thirty (30) days |
| following written notice from Janssen of terms it is offering to, or prepared to |
| accept from, a third party manufacturer to notify Janssen of its intention to |
| exercise its right of first refusal to supply Product and/or component |
| bioabsorbable polymers thereof to Janssen, its Affiliates and Licensees on terms |
| no less favorable to Janssen than those offered by such third party |
| manufacturer. Such third party manufacturer cannot be an in-kind competitor to |
| Medisorb and must be reasonably acceptable to Medisorb with respect to |
| confidential protection of |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Medisorb's Technical Information. In the event that at any time during the term |
| of this Agreement Medisorb is unable for any reason whatsoever to supply the |
| Medisorb Polymers required by Janssen for use in Products, then the right of |
| first refusal under this paragraph respecting the supply of the component |
| bioabsorbable polymers shall be eliminated. For the purposes of this section, an |
| "in-kind" competitor shall mean any organization which regularly engages in the |
| contract development and/or contract manufacture of injectable controlled |
| release drug delivery systems comprising a polymeric excipient based on lactic |
| and/or glycolic acids and/or other closely related monomers. This Section 4(b) |
| specifically supercedes Section 7(B) of the Development Agreement, which Section |
| 7(B) shall be of no further force or effect. |
|
| (c) The right of first refusal granted to Medisorb pursuant to |
| Section 4(b) above shall be contingent upon: (i) Medisorb and Janssen reaching |
| an agreement concerning the financing, scheduling and construction in Europe of |
| a Medisorb manufacturing facility within twelve (12) months of the date first |
| above written or the initiation of Phase III human clinical trials, whichever is |
| later, and (ii) prior to the qualification of Medisorb's European manufacturing |
| facility, Medisorb using reasonable efforts to supply from its United States |
| manufacturing facilities all of Janssen's commercial requirements for Product |
| pursuant to the Product Supply Agreement anticipated by Section 7(A) of the |
| Development Agreement. |
|
| (5) Proprietary Rights |
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|
| (a) Medisorb will retain title to and ownership of all technology |
| (including, without limitation, all patents, inventions, and data relating |
| thereto) relating to absorbable polymers, controlled release of active agents, |
| and/or manufacturing methods or processes relating to such polymers and the |
| controlled delivery systems for active agents based on such polymers previously |
| owned by Medisorb or developed by Medisorb as a result of the Development |
| Program or otherwise. Medisorb will pay its own costs and expenses in connection |
| with the protection of any such technology, including all patent application and |
| maintenance costs and Janssen agrees to provide Medisorb with any necessary |
| utility information. |
|
| Medisorb shall inform Janssen of any patent application it wishes to |
| file to protect proprietary rights defined in Article 5, resulting from either |
| the Development Program or the preliminary Development Program and shall forward |
| a copy of any such patent application to Janssen at least one month prior to |
| filing. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Medisorb shall consider any suggestions made by Janssen for amplifying |
| such application and shall accordingly amend the application where in Medisorb's |
| opinion it is appropriate. |
|
| Nine months after the first filing, Medisorb shall propose a list of |
| countries in which it intends to file foreign equivalents. Janssen shall be |
| given the opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In |
| case the adding of some or all of these further countries is unacceptable to |
| Medisorb, Janssen shall have the right to file patent applications in those |
| countries, in Medisorb's name and at Janssen expense. Medisorb shall assist in |
| the transfer of rights for the latter patent applications and shall provide all |
| information necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications. |
|
| Medisorb shall not abandon part or whole of any of the patents or |
| patent applications without having first consulted Janssen, which shall have the |
| right to further pursue any patents or patent applications which Medisorb wishes |
| to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name and at its own expense. |
|
| (b) Janssen and/or its Affiliate will retain title to and |
| ownership of all technology (including, without limitation, all patents, |
| inventions, and data relating thereto) relating to [ ] or |
| any chemical analogues of [ ] with similar physiological |
| activity previously owned by Janssen and/or its Affiliate or developed by |
| Janssen as a result of this Agreement or otherwise. Janssen and/or its |
| Affiliate will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the |
| protection of any such technology, including all patent application and |
| maintenance costs and Medisorb agrees to provide Janssen with any necessary |
| utility information. |
|
| (c) Any inventions, other than those falling under either section |
| 5(a) or 5(b) hereof, having an inventorship jointly between at least one |
| employee of Janssen or an Affiliate of Janssen and one employee of Medisorb or |
| an Affiliate of Medisorb shall be jointly-owned by Janssen and Medisorb. Each |
| party will cooperate fully in the filing and prosecution of such patent |
| applications. |
|
| Janssen and Medisorb shall agree on which of both shall be responsible |
| for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any such joint patent |
| applications and patents (hereinafter referred to as the "Responsible Party"). |
| In principle, the party having contributed the most to the invention to be |
| protected shall be the responsible party, unless agreed upon differently. Upon |
| mutual consent, the responsible party may select an agent for drafting, filing |
| and prosecuting a joint application. However, both parties shall agree who shall |
| be the agent and to what extent this agent shall be used. |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| The Responsible Party shall consult the other party when drafting any |
| new jointly owned patent application. The final draft shall be forwarded to the |
| other party at least one month prior to filing to give the opportunity to make |
| final comments. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall propose a list of countries in which it |
| intends to file such patent applications. The other party shall be given the |
| opportunity to propose further countries to be added to the list. In case the |
| adding of some or all of these further countries is unacceptable to the |
| Responsible Party, the other party shall have the right to file patent |
| applications in those countries, in its own name and at its own expense. The |
| Responsible Party shall assist in the transfer of rights for the latter patent |
| applications and shall provide all information necessary to file and prosecute |
| such patent applications. |
|
| The Responsible Party shall not abandon part or whole of any of the |
| patents or patent applications without having first consulted the other party, |
| which shall have the right to further pursue any patents or patent applications |
| which the responsible party wishes to abandon, or parts thereof, in its own name |
| and at its own expense. |
|
| All out-of-pocket costs made in relation to joint patent applications |
| and patents shall be shared equally by Janssen and Medisorb. A statement of |
| costs shall be made up on a quarterly basis and invoiced to the other party. |
|
| Medisorb shall grant to Janssen an exclusive fully-paid up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of [ ] or any chemical analogues of [ ] |
| with similar physiological activity. However, nothing contained in this |
| paragraph shall obviate Janssen's obligation to pay royalties under Section 3 |
| hereof with respect to any Products developed hereunder. |
|
| Janssen shall grant to Medisorb an exclusive fully paid-up royalty |
| free license with the right to sublicense to make, have made, use and sell under |
| any such patents or patent applications for the duration of the patents, any |
| continuations, continuations in part, divisions, patents of addition, reissues, |
| renewals or extensions thereof or any supplementary protection certificates |
| granted with respect thereto, in respect of any claims concerning the |
| application of bioabsorbable polymers in the field of human and/or veterinary |
| medicine. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (d) In addition, each party will retain exclusive title to its |
| respective confidential information in accordance with the provisions of Article |
| 9 below. |
|
| (6) Patent Infringement |
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|
| (a) In the event that either party becomes aware that any third |
| party is infringing any patents included within the Patents in any country or |
| countries, the party becoming aware of such infringement shall promptly give |
| notice of such infringement to the other party. Any possible action against such |
| alleged infringement of the Patents will be carried out by either or both of the |
| parties in accordance with the provisions specified hereinafter in paragraphs |
| (b), (c), (d) and (e). |
|
| (b) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Medisorb retains full |
| title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 a), Medisorb shall use all reasonable |
| efforts to take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own |
| expense and on its own behalf. |
|
| If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
| immediate action against such infringement in its own name, at its own expense |
| and on its own behalf. If Janssen commences or assumes such action, Janssen may |
| credit [ ] of any royalty otherwise due to Medisorb |
| for sales in such country or countries against the amount of the expenses and |
| costs of such action, including without limitation, attorney fees actually |
| incurred by Janssen. The amount of expenses so deducted shall be paid to |
| Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen as a result of such |
| action. Except for such repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen shall be |
| entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
|
| In no event shall Medisorb settle with such infringing third party in |
| the Field without the prior written consent of Janssen. |
|
| (c) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen retains full title |
| and ownership pursuant to Article 5 B), Janssen shall have the right but not the |
| obligation to take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own |
| cost and on its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such |
| infringement, or if Janssen does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such |
| action after commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice |
| referred to |
|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| in paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, |
| Medisorb shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take |
| action against such infringement. Medisorb shall be entitled to retain all |
| recoveries, if any, therefrom. |
|
| (d) Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application |
| falling within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb |
| jointly retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 (c), and whenever |
| in such case the infringing product would be a drug product falling within the |
| definition of the Field, Janssen shall have the right but not the obligation to |
| take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on |
| its own behalf. If Janssen fails to take action against such infringement, or if |
| Janssen does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Medisorb |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action |
| against such infringement, it being understood that Janssen will have a |
| continuing right to take over any such action at its own expense and shall pay |
| to Medisorb from any recoveries Janssen receives (i) Medisorb's expenses and |
| (ii) from any sums remaining after deduction of Medisorb's and Janssen's |
| expenses, an amount proportionate to Medisorb's expenses in relation to |
| Janssen's expenses. |
|
| Whenever it would concern a patent or patent application falling |
| within the definition of Patents and of which Janssen and Medisorb jointly |
| retain full title and ownership pursuant to Article 5 (c), and whenever in such |
| case the infringing product would be a drug product falling outside the |
| definition of the Field, Medisorb shall have the right but not the obligation to |
| take action against such infringement in its own name, at its own cost and on |
| its own behalf. If Medisorb fails to take action against such infringement, or |
| if Medisorb does not use reasonable efforts in carrying out such action after |
| commencement thereof, within thirty (30) days after the notice referred to in |
| paragraph (a) above or after having become aware of such infringement, Janssen |
| shall be entitled at its own discretion and at its own expense, to take action |
| against such infringement, it being understood that Medisorb will have a |
| continuing right to take over any such action at its own expense. If Janssen |
| commences or assumes such action, Janssen may credit [ ]of any |
| royalty otherwise payable to Medisorb payable hereunder against the amount of |
| the expenses and costs of such action, including without limitation, attorney |
| fees actually incurred by Janssen. The amount of expenses so deducted shall be |
| paid to Medisorb out of the recoveries, if any, received by Janssen as a result |
| of such action. Except for such repayment of royalties deducted, Janssen shall |
| be entitled to retain all recoveries therefrom. |
|
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (e) Each party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other party |
| in such litigation, including making available to the other party records, |
| information, and evidence relevant to the infringement of the Patent. |
|
| (7) Third Party Intellectual Property Rights |
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|
| (a) Medisorb warrants that to the best of its current knowledge |
| and belief the Products to be developed hereunder will not infringe the patent |
| rights of any third party. |
|
| (b) In the event that the manufacture, use or sale of the Product |
| would constitute an infringement of the rights of a third party in a country |
| because of the use of the Patents or Medisorb's know how, each party shall, as |
| soon as it becomes aware of the same, notify the other thereof in writing, |
| giving in the same notice full details known to it of the rights of such third |
| party and the extent of any alleged infringement. The parties shall after |
| receipt of such notice meet to discuss the situation, and, to the extent |
| necessary attempt to agree on a course of action in order to permit Janssen to |
| practice the license granted hereunder. Such course of action may include: (a) |
| modifying the Product or its manufacture so as to be noninfringing; (b) |
| obtaining an appropriate license from such third party; or (c) fight the claimor |
| suit. In the event that within a short period of time, the parties fail to |
| agree on an appropriate course of action Janssen may decide upon the course of |
| action in the interest of the further development, manufacturing or |
| commercialization of the Product. |
|
| (c) In the event that the parties cannot agree on modifying the |
| Product or in the case that such modification would not be economically viable |
| or regulatorily feasible, Janssen, whenever it relates to know how, whether |
| patented or not, owned by Janssen in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 |
| (b) and (c), or Medisorb, whenever it relates to know how, whether patented or |
| not, owned by Medisorb in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (a), will |
| have the right to negotiate with such third party for such license. Both |
| parties hereto will in any event in good faith consult with each other with |
| respect to such negotiations and the party negotiating such license as indicated |
| above, will make every effort to minimize the amount of license fees and |
| royalties payable thereunder. In no event shall either party as a result of |
| such settlement, grant a sublicense or cross license to the third party to |
| settle the suit, without the prior written approval of the other party. In the |
| event that such negotiations result in a consummated agreement, any license fee |
| and/or royalties to be paid thereunder shall be paid by the party responsible |
| for the negotiations as indicated above, [ ] of any |
| license fees or royalties paid by Janssen under such license will be creditable |
| against royalties due to Medisorb with respect to such country or countries. |
|
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (d) In the event that either or both parties would further to such |
| notification under Paragraph 7 (b) decide to defend such suit or claim in which |
| a third party alleges that the manufacture, use or selling of the Product |
| infringes said third party's patent in a country, Janssen shall have the right |
| to apply [ ] of the royalties due to Medisorb on |
| the sales of the allegedly infringing Product against its litigation expenses. |
|
| (8) Term: |
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|
| (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the |
| term of the license granted to Janssen hereunder shall commence on the date |
| first written above and shall expire (i) upon expiration of the last to expire |
| Patent in such country or (ii) fifteen (15) years after the date of the first |
| commercial sale of Product in such country, whichever is later; provided, that |
| in no event shall the license granted hereunder expire later than the twentieth |
| anniversary of the first commercial sale of Product in any country with the |
| exception of the following countries where the fifteen (15) year minimum shall |
| pertain regardless: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United |
| Kingdom. After expiration of the license granted to Janssen hereunder, Janssen |
| shall retain a fully paid-up non-exclusive license to manufacture, use and sell |
| Products in the Field in the Territory. |
|
| (b) Medisorb may convert the exclusive license granted under this |
| Agreement to non-exclusive if Janssen does not maintain the following minimum |
| annual royalty payments to Medisorb: |
|
| (i) With respect to the entire Territory, excluding Japan, the |
| minimum royalty obligation will first apply to the twelve month period following |
| the anniversary of the end of the month in which the Product was launched in the |
| third major country. For the purpose of this Article only, major country shall |
| mean France, Germany, United Kingdom or Italy. During the first twelve month |
| period that such minimum royalty obligation is applicable, the minimum royalty |
| amount to be paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the applicable |
| royalty rate by [ ] percent of the actual aggregate net sales of other |
| [ ] products during such twelve month period in the three major |
| countries referred to above. |
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| As from the subsequent twelve month period the minimum annual royalty amount to |
| be paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the applicable royalty rate |
| by [ ]% of the aggregate net sales of other [ ] products |
| during such period in all countries where Product has been launched and marketed |
| for a period of minimally twelve months prior to the actual reference twelve |
| month period; and |
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| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (ii) In Japan the minimum royalty obligation will be first |
| applied to the twelve month period following the anniversary of the end of the |
| month in which the Product was launched. The minimum annual royalty amount to |
| be paid by Janssen will be calculated by multiplying the applicable royalty |
| rate by an amount representing [ ]% of the aggregate net sales of other |
| [ ] products in Japan during such period. |
|
| Janssen shall have the right to make up any shortfall in minimum royalty |
| payments from Product sales, both in Japan and in the rest of the Territory |
| provided, such make-up payment is made at the same time and in the same manner |
| as required for the underlying minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| Janssen may elect to have its exclusive rights converted into non-exclusive |
| rights on a country by country basis. As a consequence thereof, such country's |
| other [ ] products sales will no longer be taken into account for |
| calculating the above minimum royalty obligation. |
|
| (c) In the event that either party shall enter or be put into |
| voluntary or compulsory liquidation or have a receiver appointed or default in |
| the observance or performance of its obligations under this Agreement and shall |
| fail to remedy such default within ninety (90) days after the delivery of |
| written notice from the other party, the other party shall be entitled upon |
| giving written notice to terminate this Agreement. |
|
| (d) Janssen may terminate this Agreement without cause upon 30 |
| days prior written notice. Thereafter, Janssen shall have no further rights or |
| privileges with respect to the use of Medisorb Technology in Products and |
| Medisorb shall be under no further obligation of non-competition or exclusive |
| dealing. |
|
| (e) Any early termination of the Agreement shall be without |
| prejudice to the rights of either party against the other accrued under this |
| Agreement prior to termination. |
|
| (f) Upon any termination of this Agreement, any remaining |
| inventory of Product may be sold, provided all royalties otherwise due hereunder |
| are paid with respect to such sales. |
|
| (9) Confidentiality: |
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| (a) Each party agrees to keep confidential and to not use for any |
| purpose other than as set forth herein all technical information and materials |
| supplied by the |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| other hereunder and any information a party may acquire about the other or its |
| activities as a result of entering into this Agreement, provided that such |
| obligation shall not apply to technical information or material which: (i) was |
| in the receiving party's possession without restriction prior to receipt from |
| the other party or its Affiliates; (ii) was in the public domain at the time of |
| receipt; (iii) becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the |
| receiving party; (iv) shall be lawfully received from a third party with a right |
| of further disclosure; (v) shall be required to be disclosed by law, by |
| regulation or by the rules of any securities exchange. |
|
| (b) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, the |
| confidentiality obligations as set out in this Section shall continue so long as |
| this Agreement remains in force and thereafter for a period of seven (7) years. |
|
| (c) Janssen shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to abide |
| by the obligations of confidentiality with respect to unpublished information |
| within the Patents and Technical Information. |
|
| (d) Any confidential information relating to the subject matter of |
| this Agreement imparted to the other party prior to the execution of this |
| Agreement shall be considered to fall under the terms of this Agreement. |
|
| (10) Disclaimer of Warranty: Medisorb makes no representations or |
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| warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Medisorb Patents and |
| Technical Information licensed to Janssen hereunder, including without |
| limitation any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular |
| purpose. |
|
| (11) Liability |
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| (a) Janssen agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Medisorb |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Medisorb may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Medisorb by reason of personal |
| injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Janssen's promotion, use |
| and sale of the Product, except where such liabilities claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments are caused by Medisorb's failure to provide Janssen with any |
| information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article 13. Medisorb will notify |
| Janssen as soon as it becomes aware of any such claim or action and agrees to |
| give reasonable assistance in the investigation and defense of such claim or |
| action it being understood that it shall allow Janssen to control the |
| disposition of the same. |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (b) Medisorb agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Janssen |
| from and against any liability, loss, damages and expenses (including reasonable |
| attorney fees) Janssen may suffer as the result of claims, demands, costs or |
| judgments which may be made or instituted against Janssen by reason of personal |
| injury or damage to property arising out or caused by Medisorb's failure to |
| provide Janssen with any information as specified in Section 12 (c) and Article |
| 13 |
|
| (c) In no event shall either party be liable for loss of profits, |
| loss of goodwill or any consequential or incidental damages of any kind of the |
| other party. |
|
| (12) Product Information and Adverse Drug Events |
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|
| (a) As Janssen has superior knowledge of the end-use applications |
| to which Products licensed hereunder will be put, Janssen is responsible for |
| providing third parties with adequate information as to the medical profile of |
| such Products. Janssen will provide Medisorb with copies of the IPID |
| (International Product Information Document) and the IPPI (International Patient |
| Package Insert), which are all part of the IRF for the Product. For the purpose |
| of this Agreement IPID refers to the document that summarizes all medically |
| relevant features of the Product, including the instructions for use meant to |
| inform the medical profession, whereas the IPPI is a patient-oriented document, |
| based upon the IPID that summarizes all relevant information on the Product in |
| lay language. Janssen will keep Medisorb informed of any revisions or amendments |
| in the IPID and IPPI of the Product. |
|
| (b) Medisorb does not claim the expertise to judge whether |
| Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen's application(s). Janssen is the |
| sole judge as to whether Product(s) will perform acceptably in Janssen's |
| application(s). Janssen represents and warrants on an on-going basis during the |
| term of this agreement that it has the capability to assess the suitability of |
| Product(s) in Janssen's application(s) and agrees to conduct adequate testing to |
| confirm the safety and efficacy of Products prior to commercialization. |
|
| (c) Medisorb will provide to Janssen promptly after its discovery |
| by Medisorb, any information in its possession which indicates adverse effects |
| in humans associated with the Products, including the bioabsorbable polymeric |
| components thereof, licensed hereunder. For the purpose of this Agreement |
| "adverse event" shall mean an experience which is noxious and unintended and |
| which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or |
| therapy of a disease or for the modification of a physiological function and any |
| report of an overdose. |
|
| (13) Government Approvals |
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| Janssen shall be responsible for conducting all necessary testing as |
| well as determining what, if any, government approvals are required for the use |
| and sale of Product licensed hereunder and shall comply with all such |
| requirements prior to and following the sale or distribution of such Products. |
|
| Medisorb shall cooperate fully with Janssen in obtaining regulatory |
| approvals for Product licensed hereunder and shall, at Janssen's request, |
| provide appropriate regulatory authorities with any and all information |
| concerning Medisorb's technology, Medisorb polymers and Medisorb's manufacturing |
| process for such Product. |
|
| In this respect Medisorb undertakes that it has submitted or will as |
| soon as possible submit a type IV Drug Master File to the FDA identifying |
| Medisorb's method of manufacture, release specifications and testing methods |
| used in the manufacture of its bioabsorbable polymers and a type I Drug Master |
| File of Medisorb's manufacturing facilities where Product may be manufactured. |
| Medisorb will authorize Janssen at its request to cross-reference any Medisorb |
| Drug Master Files relating to the Medisorb Polymers. |
|
| (14) Force Majeure: Neither party shall be liable for its failure to |
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| perform any of its obligations hereunder if such failure is occasioned by a |
| contingency beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, |
| occurrences such as strikes or other labor disturbances, lock out, riot, war, |
| default by a common carrier, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, other acts of God, |
| inability to obtain raw materials, failure of plant facilities or government |
| regulation, act or failure to act. Each party shall notify the other immediately |
| upon occurrence or cessation of any such contingencies. If such contingency |
| continues unabated for at least 180 consecutive days, either party shall have |
| the right to terminate this Agreement without further obligation beyond those |
| actually incurred prior to such termination. |
|
| (15) Press Communications: Neither party shall originate any |
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| publicity, news release or public announcement, written or oral relating to this |
| Agreement, including its existence, without the prior written approval of the |
| other party. |
|
| (16) Notices: Any legal notice required or permitted hereunder shall |
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| be considered properly given if in writing and sent by first class mail, |
| certified mail or by telefacsimile to the party being notified at the respective |
| address of such party as follows: |
|
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| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| If to Medisorb: |
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| Medisorb Technologies International L.P. |
| 6954 Cornell Road |
| Cincinnati, OH 45242 |
| USA |
| Facsimile: 513-489-2348 |
|
| If to Janssen: |
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| Janssen Pharmaceutica |
| Kollerstrasse 38 |
| 6300 Zug 6 |
| Switzerland |
| Facsimile: 00-41-42449565 |
|
| Such notice shall be effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept such |
| notice. In any case, notice shall be presumed effective no later than five (5) |
| days after such notice is sent. |
|
| Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release or public |
| announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, including its |
| existence, without the written approval of the other party. |
|
| (17) Assignment: This Agreement shall not be assigned by either party |
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| without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that |
| assignment shall be permitted without such consent to any party, not less than |
| 50% of the total interest of which owns, is owned by, or is under common control |
| with the assigning party. In the event of any such permitted assignment the |
| assignee shall be subject to and shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms |
| and conditions of this Agreement. |
|
| (18) Dispute Resolution: The parties shall amicably discuss and |
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| negotiate any matters which arise under this Agreement and are not specifically |
| set forth hereunder. If any disputes arise under this Agreement, the parties |
| shall use their best efforts to meet and resolve such disputes. In the event |
| that the parties are unable to resolve any such disputes, then both parties |
| hereby agree to submit said disputes to the jurisdiction of the competent Courts |
| of Zurich, Switzerland, and agree that any litigation in any way related to this |
| Agreement shall be submitted to such Courts and that same shall be subject to |
| Swiss law. |
|
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|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| (19) Severability: In the event any one or more of the provisions of |
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| this Agreement should for any reason be held by any court or authority having |
| jurisdiction over this Agreement or any of the parties hereto to be invalid, |
| illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions shall be validly reformed |
| to as nearly approximate the intent of the parties as possible and, if |
| unreformable; shall be divisible and deleted in such jurisdiction, elsewhere |
| this Agreement shall not be affected. |
|
| (20) Captions: The captions of this Agreement are for convenience |
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| only, and shall not be deemed of any force or effect whatsoever in construing |
| this Agreement. |
|
| (21) Waiver: The failure on the party of a party to exercise or |
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| enforce any right conferred upon it hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver |
| of any such right, nor operate to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any |
| time thereafter. |
|
| (22) Survival: The following Articles of this Agreement shall survive |
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| the termination or expiration of this Agreement: 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. |
|
| (23) Miscellaneous: This Agreement may be executed by the parties |
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| hereto in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be |
| considered to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together |
| constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement is the complete |
| agreement of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings and |
| agreements relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor |
| any of the terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or |
| modified orally , but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party |
| against whom enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or |
| modification is sought. |
|
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|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |
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| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the parties |
| hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. |
|
|
| JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL |
| A division of Cilag International AG |
|
|
| By: /s/ Erik Rombouts |
| --------------------------------------- |
| Name: Erik Rombouts |
| ------------------------------------- |
| Title: Operations Director |
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| Date: February 21, 1996 |
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|
| [Second Janssen Signatory] |
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| By: /s/ Heinz Schmid |
| --------------------------------------- |
| Name: Heinz Schmid |
| ------------------------------------- |
| Title: General Manager |
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| Date: February 21, 1996 |
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| MEDISORB TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL L.P. |
|
| by: Medisorb Technologies |
| International, Inc., |
| its General Partner |
|
|
| By: /s/ David R. Lohr |
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| Name: David R. Lohr |
| ------------------------------------- |
| Title: President |
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| Date: January 31, 1996 |
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|
| THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL |
| TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS BRACKETED AND HAS BEEN FILED |
| SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. |