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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT , MARKED BY BRACKETS , HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE S
ECURITIES AND
E XCHANGE C OMMISSION PURSUANT TO R ULE 24B-2
OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
E XHIBIT 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
by and among
GILEAD SCIENCES,
INC.,
GILEAD HOLDINGS, LLC,
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
COMPANY,
E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.,
and
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB & GILEAD SCIENCES,
LLC
Dated as of September 28, 2006
TABLE OF
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DEFINITIONS
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COLLABORATION
MANAGEMENT
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2.1
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General
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2.2
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Role of the Joint Executive Committee
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2.3
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Joint Development Committee
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2.4
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Joint Commercialization Committee
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2.5
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Joint Canadian Operating Committee
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2.6
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Joint Finance Committee
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2.7
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Procedural Rules of the Operating
Committees
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2.8
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Alliance Managers
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2.9
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Dispute Resolution
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2.10
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Collaboration Principles
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2.11
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Commercialization Budget/Plan
Deadlocks
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2.12
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Expenses
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DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
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3.1
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General
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3.2
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Clinical Development
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3.3
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Formulation and CMC Data
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3.4
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Regulatory Matters
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3.5
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Performance; Subcontracting
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3.6
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Records
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3.7
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Updates to Development Plan and Development
Budget
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3.8
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Development Expenses
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3.9
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Reports
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3.10
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New Products
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3.11
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Publication
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3.12
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Certain Inspections
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3.13
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Medical Affairs and Medical
Communications
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MANUFACTURING
AND SUPPLY
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4.1
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Clinical Supply
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4.2
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Commercial Supply
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COMMERCIALIZATION
ACTIVITIES
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5.1
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Co-Promotion Obligations
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5.2
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Distribution Obligations
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5.3
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Pricing of Combination Product
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5.4
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National Accounts in the United States
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5.5
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Performance; Subcontracting
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5.6
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Conflict Avoidance
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5.7
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Marketing Materials
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5.8
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Development and Use of Trademarks
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5.9
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Insurance
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5.10
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Records
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5.11
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Commercialization Plans and Budgets
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5.12
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Commercialization Expenses
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5.13
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Reports
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LICENSE
GRANTS
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6.1
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Technology Licenses by Member Parties to the
JV
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6.2
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Licenses and Sublicenses by the JV to Member
Parties
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6.3
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Licenses and Rights of Reference Between Member
Parties
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6.4
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Rights of Reference to and from the JV and
Related Matters
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6.5
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Other Sublicenses
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6.6
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Trademark Licenses by Member Parties to the
JV
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6.7
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Trademark License by the JV to Gilead
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6.8
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Retained Rights
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6.9
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Combination Product Sales for Outside the United
States, Canada and Europe
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6.10
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Combination Product Sales for Europe
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6.11
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EFV License Agreement
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6.12
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JV Obligations as Sublicensee
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PAYMENTS AND
THIRD PARTY ROYALTIES
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7.1
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Payments to Member Parties
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7.2
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Royalty Payments to Third Parties
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7.3
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Authorized Expenses; Mode and Timing of
Payment
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7.4
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Taxes
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7.5
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Restructuring
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FINANCIAL
RECORDS
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8.1
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Financial Records
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8.2
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Audit of Records
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8.3
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Certain Reports
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ADVERSE EVENT
AND OTHER INFORMATION EXCHANGE
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9.1
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Pharmacovigilance
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9.2
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Material Communications
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PRODUCT
RECALL
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10.1
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Notification and Recall
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10.2
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Recall Expenses
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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11.1
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Ownership of Intellectual Property
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11.2
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Prosecution of Patents
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11.3
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Enforcement of Patents
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11.4
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Infringement of Third Party Rights
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11.5
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Trademarks
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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12.1
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Treatment of Confidential Information
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12.2
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Permitted Disclosure
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12.3
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Confidential Information.
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12.4
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Use of Name
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12.5
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Publicity; Terms of Agreement
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12.6
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Notification
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12.7
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Permitted Uses
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12.8
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Remedies
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WARRANTIES;
INDEMNITIES
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13.1
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Representations, Warranties and
Covenants
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13.2
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Additional Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of BMS
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13.3
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Additional Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of Gilead
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13.4
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Disclaimer
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13.5
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Indemnification by the JV
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13.6
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Indemnification by the Member Parties in
General
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13.7
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Indemnification for Certain Product Liability
Related Matters
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13.8
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Indemnification Procedure
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13.9
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Limitation on Damages
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13.10
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Ancillary Agreements
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Employees
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TERM AND
TERMINATION
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Term
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Certain Litigation
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Termination with respect to Canada
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Material Default
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14.5
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Termination Upon Generic Launch in the United
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Consequences of Termination
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14.7
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Rights in Bankruptcy
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14.8
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Accrued Rights; Surviving Obligations
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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15.1
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Force Majeure
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Notice
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Further Assurances
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Successors and Assigns
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Governing Law
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Arbitration
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15.7
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Waiver
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15.8
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Severability
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Counterparts
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15.10
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Construction
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15.11
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Status of the Parties
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15.12
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Standstill
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15.13
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Nonsolicitation of Employees
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15.14
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Entire Agreement
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15.15
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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15.16
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Third Parties
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Annex A – Initial Committee Members and Alliance
Managers
Annex B – Development Plan and Development Budget as of
Effective Date
Annex C – U.S. Commercialization Plan and U.S.
Commercialization Budget as of Effective Date
Annex D – BMS Patents in the U.S.
Annex E – Gilead Patents in the U.S.
Annex F – Gilead Licensed Trademarks
Annex G – BMS Licensed Trademarks
Annex H – Quarterly Detail Report
Annex I – Manner of Calculation of Net Selling Price
Annex J – Calculation of Cost of Goods
Annex K – Calculation of Transfer Price
Annex L – Joint Press Release Following Effective Date
Annex M – Certain Financial Data
Annex N – Data to be Provided to Independent Accounting
Expert Pursuant to Section 7.1
Annex O – JV Obligations as Sublicensee
Annex P1 – Key Terms of Services Agreement
Annex P2 – Key Terms of Canada Distribution and Supply
Agreement; Structure Schematic
Annex Q1 – [ * ] Pricing [ * ]
Annex Q2 – [ * ] Pricing [ * ]
Annex R – List of Countries Comprising the Developing
World
Annex S – BMS Patents in Canada
Annex T – Gilead Patents in Canada
Annex U – Canadian Commercialization Plan and Canadian
Commercialization Budget as of Amended Effective Date
Annex V – Development Plan and Development Budget for
Canada
Annex W – Joint Press Release Following Amended Effective
Date
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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
is made as of September 28, 2006 (the "Amended Effective
Date"), by and among Gilead Sciences, Inc., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its
principal place of business at 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA
94404 ("Gilead Parent"), Gilead Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead Parent
("Gilead Sub" and, collectively with Gilead Parent, "Gilead"),
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal
place of business at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154 ("BMS
Parent"), E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of BMS Parent ("BMS
Sub" and, collectively with BMS Parent, "BMS"), and Bristol-Myers
Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC, a limited liability company
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
having its principal place of business at 333 Lakeside Drive,
Foster City, CA 94404 (the "JV") (Gilead, BMS and the JV,
collectively, the "Parties" and each a "Party").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Gilead has developed and is marketing a proprietary
nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor, Viread ® (known under the generic name
of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate ("TDF")), a proprietary nucleoside
reverse transcriptase inhibitor, Emtriva ® (known under the generic name
of emtricitabine ("FTC")), and a fixed-dose co-formulated product
containing TDF and FTC as its only active pharmaceutical
ingredients, Truvada ®
, for the treatment of HIV infection in
adults;
WHEREAS, BMS has developed and is marketing a proprietary
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, Sustiva
® (known under
the generic name of efavirenz ("EFV")) for the treatment of HIV
infection in adults;
WHEREAS, Gilead and BMS, in order to develop and commercialize
in the United States, through a joint venture entity, a fixed-dose,
co-formulated combination product containing TDF, FTC and EFV as
its only active pharmaceutical ingredients, entered into a
Collaboration Agreement dated as of December 17, 2004 (the
"Collaboration Agreement");
WHEREAS, for that purpose, Gilead and BMS formed such a joint
venture pursuant to that certain Operating Agreement entered into
as of the Effective Date by and between Gilead Sub and BMS Sub (the
"Operating Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Parties allocated among themselves certain rights
and duties relating to the development and commercialization of
such a combination product, upon the terms and conditions of the
Collaboration Agreement, the Operating Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the BMS Guarantee Agreement and the Gilead
Guarantee Agreement (as such terms are defined below), each dated
as of the Effective Date, BMS Parent and Gilead Parent have
guaranteed, and will continue to guarantee, the performance of all
of the obligations of BMS Sub and Gilead Sub, respectively, under
this Agreement, the Operating Agreement and all Ancillary
Agreements to which the applicable Affiliate (as defined below) is
or becomes a party;
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ECURITIES AND
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OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement,
the JV has launched such a combination product in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to amend and restate the
Collaboration Agreement, as set forth herein, in order to provide
for the development and commercialization of such a combination
product in Canada as well;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants set forth below and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Actual BMS Percentage" shall mean, for each Calendar Year,
the percentage applicable to BMS for such Calendar Year based on
historical data and determined pursuant to Section 7.1(b).
1.2 "Actual Gilead Percentage" shall mean, for each Calendar
Year, the percentage applicable to Gilead for such Calendar Year
based on historical data and determined pursuant to
Section 7.1(b).
1.3 "Actual Percentage" shall mean, with respect to BMS, the
Actual BMS Percentage and, with respect to Gilead, the Actual
Gilead Percentage.
1.4 "Actual Yield" shall have the meaning set forth in Annex
K.
1.5 "Affiliate" of a Person shall mean any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such
Person. For purposes of this definition only, "control" and, with
correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and "under common
control with" shall mean (a) the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract relating to voting rights or corporate governance, or
(b) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting securities or other ownership
interest of a Person; provided , however , that if
local law restricts foreign ownership, control shall be established
by direct or indirect ownership of the maximum ownership percentage
that may, under such local law, be owned by foreign interests. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Operating Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements, the JV shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate
of either Gilead or BMS.
1.6 "Agreement" shall mean the Collaboration Agreement, as
amended and restated as of the Amended Effective Date.
1.7 "Alliance Manager" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(a).
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THIS DOCUMENT
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ECURITIES AND
E XCHANGE C OMMISSION PURSUANT TO R ULE 24B-2
OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
1.8 "Allocated Costs" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.12.
1.9 "Amended Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
the first paragraph above.
1.10 "AMP" shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q.
1.11 "Ancillary Agreements" shall mean, collectively, the BMS
Supply Agreement, the Gilead Supply Agreement, the Services
Agreement and the SDEA.
1.12 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(f).
1.13 "Applicable EFV Territory" shall mean (a) with respect
to any BMS Technology licensed to BMS by the EFV Licensor or
licensed to the EFV Licensor by BMS, in each case under the EFV
License Agreement, the EFV License Agreement Territory, and
(b) with respect to all other BMS Technology, worldwide.
1.14 "Applicable Law" shall mean the applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, including, without limitation, any rules, regulations,
guidelines or other requirements of the Regulatory Authorities,
that may be in effect from time to time in the Territory.
1.15 "Approvals" shall mean, collectively, the approvals granted
by the Regulatory Authorities for the Manufacture, Marketing, sale
and/or use of the Combination Product in the Field in the
Territory, including, without limitation, pricing and reimbursement
approvals (if any).
1.16 "Approved Marketing Materials" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.7(a).
1.17 [ * ]
1.18 [ * ] Representative" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(b).
1.19 "Authorized Commercialization Expenses" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.12.
1.20 "Authorized Development Expenses" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3.8.
1.21 "Authorized Expenses" shall mean, collectively, the
Authorized Commercialization Expenses, Authorized Development
Expenses and Authorized Other Expenses.
1.22 "Authorized Other Expenses" shall mean all JV Expenses
expressly stated in this Agreement or the Operating Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement to be Authorized Other Expenses or agreed
by the JEC to be Authorized Other Expenses.
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CONTAINED IN
THIS DOCUMENT
, MARKED BY BRACKETS , HAS BEEN
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE S
ECURITIES AND
E XCHANGE C OMMISSION PURSUANT TO R ULE 24B-2
OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
1.23 "AWP" shall have the meaning set forth in
Annex Q.
1.24 "BMS" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.25 "BMS Core Improvement" shall mean any Improvement
pertaining specifically to BMS Core Technology, which Improvement
is conceived, discovered, developed, or otherwise made, as
necessary to establish authorship or inventorship under United
States copyright or patent law, as the case may be, solely or
jointly, by or on behalf of Gilead or its Affiliates or the JV in
the course of, as a result of, or in connection with the Project
Activities conducted pursuant to the Development Plan or in
connection with Co-Funded Clinical Trials; provided ,
however , that BMS Core Improvements shall not include any
Dual Improvements.
1.26 "BMS Core Technology" shall mean all BMS proprietary
technologies relating specifically to the Exploitation of EFV.
1.27 "BMS Guarantee Agreement" shall mean the guarantee
agreement executed by BMS Parent in favor of Gilead and the JV,
dated as of the Effective Date, as such agreement may be amended
from time to time.
1.28 "BMS Indemnified Party" shall mean BMS Sub, BMS Parent and
any of their Affiliates, officers, directors and employees.
1.29 "BMS Inventions" shall mean any Information and Inventions
(whether or not patentable; and Improvements thereto, including
Gilead Core Improvements to the extent owned by BMS) conceived,
discovered, developed or otherwise made, as necessary to establish
authorship or inventorship under United States or Canadian
copyright or patent law, as the case may be, solely (or, in the
case of Gilead Core Improvements, solely or jointly) by or on
behalf of BMS or its Affiliates, in the course of, as a result of
or in connection with the Project Activities conducted pursuant to
the Development Plan or in connection with Co-Funded Clinical
Trials, but excluding any Joint Inventions.
1.30 "BMS Know-How" shall mean any and all Information and
Inventions under the Control of BMS or its Affiliates as of the
Effective Date or at any time during the term of this Agreement
that are necessary or reasonably useful for the Exploitation of the
Combination Product and are not generally known, but excluding any
and all (a) such Information and Inventions to the extent
claimed by the BMS Patents and (b) Joint Know-How.
1.31 "BMS Licensed Trademarks" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 6.6(b).
1.32 "BMS Parent" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.33 "BMS Patents" shall mean all of the Patents that BMS or its
Affiliates Control as of the Effective Date or at any time during
the term of this Agreement that would, in
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CONTAINED IN
THIS DOCUMENT
, MARKED BY BRACKETS , HAS BEEN
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE S
ECURITIES AND
E XCHANGE C OMMISSION PURSUANT TO R ULE 24B-2
OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
the absence of the license granted by BMS in
Section 6.1(b) and assuming that the EFV active pharmaceutical
ingredient therein was not purchased from BMS, be infringed by the
Exploitation of the Combination Product by the JV in any country in
the world. A list of the BMS Patents in the United States as of the
Effective Date is attached hereto as Annex D, and a list of the BMS
Patents in Canada as of the Amended Effective Date is attached
hereto as Annex S.
1.34 "BMS Regulatory Documentation" shall mean all Regulatory
Documentation applicable to Sustiva (or EFV) but not Sustiva (or
EFV) in co-formulation with Viread (or TDF), Emtriva (or FTC), or
Truvada (or TDF and FTC), that is or was developed by or on behalf
of BMS or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees prior to the
Effective Date or during the term of this Agreement.
1.35 "BMS Sub" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.36 "BMS Supply Agreement" shall mean the supply agreement
entered into between BMS Sub and the JV as of the Effective Date,
as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
1.37 "BMS Technology" shall mean, collectively, the BMS Know-How
and the BMS Patents.
1.38 "BMS Transfer Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(a).
1.39 "Breaching Member Party" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 14.4(a).
1.40 "Business Day" shall mean a day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or day on which banking institutions in New York, New York
or San Francisco, California are required by law to remain
closed.
1.41 [ * ] Representative" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(b).
1.42 "Calendar Quarter" shall mean a period of three
(3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31,
June 30, September 30 or December 31.
1.43 "Calendar Year" shall mean a period of twelve
(12) consecutive calendar months commencing on January 1
and ending on December 31.
1.44 "Canada" shall mean Canada, its provinces and
territories.
1.45 "Canada Distribution and Supply Agreement" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
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1.46 "Canadian Act" shall mean the Food and Drugs
Act (Canada), as amended.
1.47 "Canadian Commercialization Budget" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.11(b). The initial Canadian
Commercialization Budget is attached hereto as Annex U.
1.48 "Canadian Commercialization Plan" shall mean the plan for
Marketing and otherwise commercializing the Combination Product in
Canada as described in Section 5.11(b), as updated from time
to time pursuant to Section 5.11(c). The initial Canadian
Commercialization Plan is attached hereto as Annex U.
1.49 "Canadian Pricing Information" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.3B(f).
1.50 [ * ]
1.51 "Change of Control" shall mean, with respect to a Person,
any of the following transactions with a Third Party (a "Third
Party Acquirer"): (a) a merger or consolidation of such Person
with the Third Party Acquirer which results in the holders of the
voting securities of such Person outstanding immediately prior
thereto (other than the Third Party Acquirer, its "affiliates" and
"associates" (as such terms are used in the Exchange Act)) ceasing
to represent at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined
voting power of the surviving entity (or, if applicable, its parent
company) immediately after such merger or consolidation;
(b) the sale to the Third Party Acquirer of all or
substantially all of the business of such Person to which this
Agreement relates (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of stock,
sale of assets or other similar transaction); or (c) the Third
Party Acquirer (which shall not be any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of such Person,
or any corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders
of such Person, in substantially the same proportion as their
ownership of stock of such Person), together with any of the Third
Party Acquirer’s "affiliates" or "associates", as such terms
are used in the Exchange Act, becoming the beneficial owner of
fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of
the outstanding securities of such Person or by contract or
otherwise having the right to control the Board of Directors or
equivalent governing body of such Person or the ability to cause
the direction of management of such Person.
1.52 "Clinical Data" shall mean any and all data (together with
the results of analysis thereof) derived or generated from any
clinical trial of a pharmaceutical product or from testing or
analysis of subjects or samples from such a clinical trial (e.g. in
vitro testing of tissue samples from subjects enrolled in such a
clinical trial), in each case where such clinical trial involves
either or both of (i) any Single Agent Product or Double Agent
Product, whether alone or in combination with any other product,
and (ii) the Combination Product, whether alone or in
combination with any other product.
1.53 "Clinical Trial Registry" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.11(b).
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1.54 "Clinical Trial Results Database" shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(b).
1.55 "CMC Data" shall mean any and all information contained in,
as well as data supporting, the "Chemistry, Manufacturing and
Control" and facilities sections (or sections corresponding
thereto) of an NDA or NDS, including, without limitation, any drug
master files referenced in the NDA or NDS.
1.56 "Co-Funded Clinical Trial" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2(b).
1.57 "Collaboration Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth
in the recitals to this Agreement.
1.58 "Collaboration Principles" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.10.
1.59 "Combination Product" shall mean the fixed-dose
co-formulated product developed pursuant to this Agreement
containing, as its only active pharmaceutical ingredients per
single daily dose, 300 mg TDF, 200 mg FTC and 600 mg EFV.
1.60 "Combination Product Regulatory Documentation" shall mean
all Regulatory Documentation applicable to the Combination Product
that is developed by or on behalf of any Party pursuant to, and
during the term of, this Agreement, but excluding all BMS
Regulatory Documentation and all Gilead Regulatory
Documentation.
1.61 "Combination Product Trademarks" shall mean the trademark
or trademarks selected by the JCC for the Combination Product, all
packaging designs and other trade dress used in connection with the
Combination Product, other Trademarks relating thereto and any
registrations thereof or any pending applications relating thereto.
For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be considered
Combination Product Trademarks: (a) BMS Licensed Trademarks,
(b) Gilead Licensed Trademarks and (c) the names, logos
and other Trademarks of the Member Parties.
1.62 "Commercialization Activities" shall mean, with respect to
Canada, Marketing and other activities for the commercialization of
the Combination Product including those set forth in the Canadian
Commercialization Plan and any other of the following conducted for
the Combination Product in Canada: execution of product
positioning, preparation of promotional and marketing materials,
market research and advertising activities, Promotion, advocacy,
government and other public relations activities, [ * ] and with
respect to the United States, Marketing and other activities for
the commercialization of the Combination Product including those
set forth in the U.S. Commercialization Plan and any other of the
following conducted for the Combination Product in the United
States: execution of product positioning, preparation of
promotional and marketing materials, market research and
advertising activities, Promotion, advocacy, national accounts,
government relations activities, pricing, reimbursement and patient
assistance programs.
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1.63 "Commercialization Budgets" shall mean the
Canadian Commercialization Budget and the U.S. Commercialization
Budget.
1.64 "Commercialization Budget Deadlock" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.11(d).
1.65 "Commercialization Committee" shall mean the JCC or JCOC,
as applicable.
1.66 "Commercialization Plans" shall mean the Canadian
Commercialization Plan and the U.S. Commercialization Plan.
1.67 "Commercialization Plan Deadlock" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.11(d).
1.68 "Commercially Reasonable Efforts" shall mean, with respect
to (a) the Development Activities that a Member Party is
required to perform with respect to the Combination Product
pursuant to the Development Plan, or (b) the Commercialization
Activities that a Member Party is required to perform with respect
to the Combination Product pursuant to a Commercialization Plan, as
the case may be, the level of effort that would generally be used
by a Member Party to conduct such development or commercialization
activities in a manner consistent with the minimum level of
expenditure contemplated for such activities by the Development
Budget or a Commercialization Budget, as the case may be, for a
product or compound owned by it or to which it has rights, which is
of comparable market potential, profit potential or strategic value
to such Member Party and is at a similar stage in its development
or product life, taking into account, without limitation, issues of
safety and efficacy, product profile, the proprietary position, the
then-current competitive environment for such product or compound
(and any individual agent comprising part of such product or
compound), the likely timing of the product’s or
compound’s (and any such individual agent’s) entry into
the market, the then-current market penetration, the return on
investment potential of such product (and any individual agent
comprising part of such product), the regulatory environment and
status of the product (and any individual agent comprising part of
such product), and other relevant scientific, technical and
commercial factors, in each case as measured by the facts and
circumstances at the time such efforts are due. Such determination
shall be made on a country-by-country basis.
1.69 "Commercial Record Request" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.10(b).
1.70 "Competing Product" shall mean (a) in the case of
Gilead as the assigning Member Party, a [ * ] and (b) in the
case of BMS as the assigning Member Party, a [ * ]
1.71 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 12.3(a).
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1.72 "Continuing Member Party" shall mean a
Member Party as so designated pursuant to
Section 14.5.
1.73 "Control" or "Controlled" shall mean, with respect to any
item of Information and Inventions, Patents or other intellectual
property rights, the right, whether by ownership, license or
otherwise, to grant a license, sublicense or other right to or
under such item, Patent or right as provided for in this Agreement
without violating the terms of any agreement or other binding
arrangement with any Third Party. For purposes of this
Section 1.73, the consent referred to in Section 6.12
shall be deemed to have been obtained as of the Effective Date.
1.74 "Core Technology" shall mean the BMS Core Technology or the
Gilead Core Technology, as the case may be.
1.75 "Cost Allocation Proposal" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5.12.
1.76 "Cost of Goods" shall have the meaning set forth in Annex J
hereto.
1.77 "CTA" shall mean a Clinical Trial Application to be filed
in Canada with the HPFB in accordance with Applicable Law.
1.78 "Court" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.15.
1.79 "Detail" shall mean an in-person presentation to a health
care provider specializing in treatment of HIV infection or AIDS,
and who has prescribing authority, by a sales representative who is
fully equipped with knowledge of, and (subject to Section 5.7)
Approved Marketing Materials and product labels and inserts with
respect to, the Combination Product, in which the characteristics
of the Combination Product are described by such sales
representative in a fair and balanced manner consistent with the
requirements of Applicable Law and of this Agreement, and in a
manner that is customary in the industry for the purpose of
promoting a prescription pharmaceutical product, but without regard
to the position of the presentation within a call to the health
care provider. For the avoidance of doubt, a promotional material
drop or product reminder shall not constitute a Detail. When used
as a verb, to "Detail" shall mean to engage in a Detail.
1.80 "Detail Equivalent Amount" shall mean, for the 2005
Calendar Year and the 2006 Calendar Year, [ * ], and for each
successive Calendar Year thereafter, such amount as adjusted by the
[ * ] for each such Calendar Year.
1.81 "Developing World" shall mean the territory comprising the
countries listed in Annex R and any additional countries outside
the Territory and Europe that Gilead includes in its Gilead Access
Program, as indicated at the website for the program,
www.gileadaccess.org .
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1.82 "Development Activities" shall mean the
activities set forth in the Development Plan, as updated from time
to time pursuant to Section 3.7 and, only with respect to
periods prior to the Effective Date, activities pursuant to the
MTTA.
1.83 "Development Budget" shall mean the budget with respect to
any expenses relating to Development Activities for the Combination
Product that are chargeable to the JV, as updated from time to time
pursuant to Section 3.7. The Development Budget as of the
Effective Date is attached hereto as Annex B, and as of the Amended
Effective Date shall include, with respect to Canada, the budget
attached hereto as Annex V.
1.84 "Development Plan" shall mean the plan for the regulatory,
clinical, formulation, Manufacturing Process and CMC Data
development activities to be conducted for the Combination Product,
including any Phase IV clinical studies and medical information and
medical education programs, as updated from time to time pursuant
to Section 3.7. The Development Plan as of the Effective Date
is attached hereto as Annex B, and as of the Amended Effective Date
shall include, with respect to Canada, the plan attached hereto as
Annex V.
1.85 "Development Record Request" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.6(b).
1.86 "Disclosing Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1.
1.87 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q1.
1.88 "Double Agent Product" shall mean Truvada, the
co-formulated product developed by Gilead containing, as its only
active pharmaceutical ingredients, TDF and FTC.
1.89 "Dual Improvement" shall mean an Improvement that
constitutes both an Improvement pertaining specifically to the
Gilead Core Technology and an Improvement pertaining specifically
to the BMS Core Technology, which Improvement is conceived,
discovered, developed, or otherwise made, as necessary to establish
authorship or inventorship under United States copyright or patent
law, as the case may be, solely or jointly, by or on behalf of BMS
or its Affiliates, Gilead or its Affiliates, the JV or jointly any
combination of them, in the course of, as a result of, or in
connection with the Project Activities conducted pursuant to the
Development Plan or in connection with Co-Funded Clinical Trials.
Any Dual Improvement shall constitute a Joint Invention.
1.90 "Effective Date" shall mean the effective date of the
Collaboration Agreement, which is December 17, 2004.
1.91 "EFV" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
1.92 "EFV License Agreement" shall mean that certain license
agreement, dated as of September 1, 1994, as amended, between
the EFV Licensor and E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C., as
successor in interest to DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company (formerly
named The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company).
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1.93 "EFV License Agreement Territory" shall mean
BMS’ territory under the EFV License Agreement, which, as of
the Effective Date, consists of the United States (including its
territories and possessions), Canada, France (continental area),
Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland,
provided , however , that (a) should the EFV
License Agreement be amended to expand BMS’ territory, then
EFV License Agreement Territory shall forthwith mean BMS’
territory as so expanded; and (b) should the EFV License
Agreement be terminated as a result of BMS’ acquisition of
all the rights of the EFV Licensor thereunder, then EFV License
Agreement Territory shall forthwith mean all countries in the
world.
1.94 "EFV Licensor" shall mean, collectively, Merck &
Co., Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Merck and Company
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and their respective
successors in interest.
1.95 "Estimated Net Selling Price" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1(c)(ii).
1.96 "Europe" shall mean all countries comprising the European
Union as it may be constituted from time to time.
1.97 "Exchange Act" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.12(b).
1.98 "Exploitation" shall mean the making, having made,
importation, use, sale, offering for sale or disposition of a
product or process, including, without limitation, the research,
development, registration, modification, enhancement, Improvement,
Manufacturing, storage, formulation, optimization, import, export,
transport, distribution, promotion or Marketing of a product or
process. When used as a verb, "Exploit" shall mean to engage in any
of the foregoing activities.
1.99 "FDA" shall mean the United States Food and Drug
Administration and any successor agency thereto.
1.100 "Field" shall mean the treatment of HIV infection in adult
humans.
1.101 "Field Force" shall mean sales representatives, and
regional or other subnational managers of the foregoing.
1.102 "Final Invoice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3(a).
1.103 "Finished Product Manufacturing Data" shall mean any and
all data and information necessary or useful for the Manufacture of
a finished product, packaged and labeled, from the active
pharmaceutical ingredients thereof, in tablet, capsule or other
form (but expressly excluding the Manufacture of such active
pharmaceutical ingredients), that is not included in any CMC Data
for such finished product.
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1.104 [ * ] Customers" shall have the meaning set
forth in Annex Q1.
1.105 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q2.
1.106 "FTC" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
1.107 "GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time, as
consistently applied.
1.108 "Generic Version" shall mean, with respect to the
Combination Product or a Single Agent Product or Double Agent
Product, a product containing the same active pharmaceutical
ingredients as the Combination Product or the Single Agent Product
or Double Agent Product, as the case may be, with those being the
only active pharmaceutical ingredients in such product, and which
product is approved in the United States under an Abbreviated New
Drug Application (i.e., an ANDA), or in Canada under an Abbreviated
New Drug Submission (i.e. an ANDS).
1.109 "Generic Version Launch" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 14.5.
1.110 "Gilead" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.111 "Gilead Core Improvement" shall mean any Improvement
pertaining specifically to Gilead Core Technology, which
Improvement is conceived, discovered, developed, or otherwise made,
as necessary to establish authorship or inventorship under United
States copyright or patent law, as the case may be, solely or
jointly, by or on behalf of BMS or its Affiliates or the JV in the
course of, as a result of, or in connection with the Project
Activities conducted pursuant to the Development Plan or in
connection with Co-Funded Clinical Trials; provided ,
however , that Gilead Core Improvements shall not include
any Dual Improvements.
1.112 "Gilead Core Technology" shall mean all Gilead proprietary
technologies relating specifically to the Exploitation of FTC, TDF,
or any combination of FTC and TDF (including, without limitation,
the Double Agent Product, but excluding the Combination
Product).
1.113 "Gilead Guarantee Agreement" shall mean the guarantee
agreement executed by Gilead Parent in favor of BMS and the JV,
dated as of the Effective Date, as such agreement may be amended
from time to time.
1.114 "Gilead Indemnified Party" shall mean Gilead Sub, Gilead
Parent and any of their Affiliates, officers, directors and
employees.
1.115 "Gilead Inventions" shall mean any Information and
Inventions (whether or not patentable; and Improvements thereto,
including BMS Core Improvements to the extent owned by Gilead)
conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made, as necessary
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establish authorship or inventorship under United
States copyright or patent law, as the case may be, solely (or, in
the case of BMS Core Improvements, solely or jointly) by or on
behalf of Gilead or its Affiliates, in the course of, as a result
of or in connection with the Project Activities conducted pursuant
to the Development Plan or in connection with Co-Funded Clinical
Trials, but excluding any Joint Inventions.
1.116 "Gilead Know-How" shall mean any and all Information and
Inventions under the Control of Gilead or its Affiliates as of the
Effective Date or at any time during the term of this Agreement
that are necessary or reasonably useful for the Exploitation of the
Combination Product and are not generally known, but excluding any
and all (a) such Information and Inventions to the extent
claimed by the Gilead Patents and (b) Joint Know-How.
1.117 "Gilead Licensed Trademarks" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6.6(a).
1.118 "Gilead Parent" shall have the meaning set forth in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.
1.119 "Gilead Patents" shall mean all of the Patents that Gilead
or its Affiliates Control as of the Effective Date or at any time
during the term of this Agreement that would, in the absence of the
license granted by Gilead in Section 6.1(a) and assuming that
the TDF and FTC active pharmaceutical ingredients therein were not
purchased from Gilead, be infringed by the Exploitation of the
Combination Product by the JV in any country in the world. A list
of the Gilead Patents in the United States as of the Effective Date
is attached hereto as Annex E, and a list of the Gilead Patents in
Canada as of the Amended Effective Date is attached hereto as Annex
T.
1.120 "Gilead Regulatory Documentation" shall mean all
Regulatory Documentation applicable to Viread (or TDF), Emtriva (or
FTC), or Truvada (or TDF in co-formulation with FTC) but not Viread
(or TDF), Emtriva (or FTC) or Truvada (or TDF and FTC) in
co-formulation with Sustiva (or EFV), that is or was developed by
or on behalf of Gilead or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees
prior to the Effective Date or during the term of this
Agreement.
1.121 "Gilead Sub" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.122 "Gilead Supply Agreement" shall mean the supply agreement
entered into between Gilead Parent and the JV as of the Effective
Date, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
1.123 "Gilead Technology" shall mean, collectively, the Gilead
Know-How and the Gilead Patents.
1.124 "Gilead Transfer Price" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 7.1(a).
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1.125 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(d).
1.126 "Good Clinical Practice" or "GCP" shall mean the
then-current standards for clinical trials for pharmaceutical
products, as set forth in the U.S. Act or the Canadian Act, as the
case may be, and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder or
other Applicable Law, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
1.127 "Good Laboratory Practice" or "GLP" shall mean the
then-current standards for laboratory activities for pharmaceutical
products, as set forth in the U.S. Act or the Canadian Act, as the
case may be, and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder or
other Applicable Law, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
1.128 "Good Manufacturing Practice" or "GMP" shall mean the
regulatory requirements under Applicable Law for current good
manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products, including
those set forth in U.S. Act and 21 C.F.R. (parts 210, 211, 600 and
610) or set forth in Division 2 of Part C of the Food and Drug
Regulations (Canada) and associated guidelines, as the case may be,
in each case as amended from time to time.
1.129 "HPFB" shall mean the Canadian Health Products and Food
Branch and any successor agency thereto.
1.130 "Improvement" shall mean any modification to a compound,
composition, product or technology or to any discovery, device,
process or formulation related to such compound, composition,
product or technology, whether or not patented or patentable,
including, without limitation, any enhancement in the efficiency,
operation, Manufacture, ingredients, preparation, presentation,
formulation, means of delivery, packaging or dosage of a compound,
composition, product or technology, or of any discovery, device,
process or formulation related thereto; any discovery or
development of any new or expanded indications or applications for
a compound, composition, product or technology; any discovery or
development that improves the stability, safety or efficacy of a
compound, composition, product or technology; or any discovery or
development of a new dosage regimen for a product or method of use
or administration for a compound, composition, product or
technology.
1.131 "IND" shall mean an Investigational New Drug Application
to be filed with the FDA in accordance with Applicable Law.
1.132 "Indemnified Party" shall mean a Person seeking
indemnification for Losses pursuant to Section 13.8.
1.133 "Indemnifying Member Party" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13.6.
1.134 "Indemnifying Party" shall mean a Party from which
indemnification is sought pursuant to Section 13.8.
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1.135 "Independent Accounting Expert" shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d).
1.136 "Information and Inventions" shall mean all technical,
scientific and other know-how and information, trade secrets,
knowledge, technology, means, methods, processes, practices,
formulas, instructions, skills, techniques, procedures,
experiences, ideas, technical assistance, designs, drawings,
assembly procedures, computer programs, apparatuses,
specifications, data, results and other material, including,
without limitation, pre-clinical and clinical trial results,
Manufacturing procedures, test procedures, and purification and
isolation techniques, (whether or not confidential, proprietary,
patented or patentable) in written, electronic or any other form
now known or hereafter developed, and all Improvements, whether to
the foregoing or otherwise, and all other discoveries,
developments, inventions (whether or not confidential, proprietary,
patented or patentable), and tangible embodiments of any of the
foregoing.
1.137 "Infringement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.3(a).
1.138 "Infringing Combination Product" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 11.3(a).
1.139 "Initial Launch Period" shall mean, with respect to a
country in the Territory, the first [ * ] commencing with the
Launch of the Combination Product in such country.
1.140 "Initiating Member" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(e).
1.141 "Interim BMS Unit Transfer Price" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 7.1(a).
1.142 "Interim Gilead Unit Transfer Price" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
1.143 "Interim Unit Transfer Price" shall mean, for each
Calendar Year, with respect to BMS, the Interim BMS Unit Transfer
Price and with respect to Gilead, the Interim Gilead Unit Transfer
Price.
1.144 "Joint Commercialization Committee" or "JCC" shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
1.145 "Joint Canadian Operating Committee" or "JCOC" shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
1.146 "Joint Development Committee" or "JDC" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
1.147 "Joint Executive Committee" or "JEC" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of the Operating
Agreement.
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1.148 "Joint Finance Committee" or "JFC" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
1.149 "Joint Inventions" shall mean (a) any and all
Information and Inventions pertaining specifically to the
Combination Product (whether or not patentable; and Improvements
thereto) conceived, discovered, developed or otherwise made, as
necessary to establish authorship or inventorship under United
States copyright or patent law, as the case may be, by or on behalf
of BMS or its Affiliates, Gilead or its Affiliates, the JV, or
jointly any combination of them, in the course of, as a result of
or in connection with the Project Activities conducted pursuant to
the Development Plan or in connection with Co-Funded Clinical
Trials; and (b) any Dual Improvement.
1.150 "Joint Know-How" means all Information and Inventions
included in the Joint Inventions that are not generally known, but
excluding any Information and Inventions to the extent claimed by
the Joint Patents. For the avoidance of doubt, "Joint Know-How"
shall include all Clinical Data from the proposed bioequivalence
study contemplated by the Development Plan.
1.151 "Joint Patents" shall mean any Patents to the extent that
such Patents claim Joint Inventions.
1.152 "Joint Technology" shall mean, collectively, the Joint
Know-How and the Joint Patents.
1.153 "Jurisdiction" shall mean a province or a territory of
Canada.
1.154 "JV" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.155 "JV Expenses" shall mean all direct, out-of-pocket
expenses that Gilead or BMS may incur (or cause their Affiliates to
incur) in performing the Project Activities on behalf of the JV.
For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any JV Expenses
incurred by a Member Party (or its Affiliates), such expenses are
chargeable to the JV by such Member Party only if such expenses
constitute Authorized Expenses.
1.156 "Key Regulatory Submissions" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.4(a).
1.157 "Launch" shall mean, with respect to a country in the
Territory, either (a) the date on which the Combination
Product is first shipped by or on behalf of the JV for commercial
sale to Third Parties in such country or (b) for any Generic
Version product referred to in Section 14.5, the date on which
it is first available for commercial sale and purchase in such
country, as the case may be.
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1.158 "Losses" shall mean judgments, fines,
amounts paid in settlement, and out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by a Party
(or other indemnitee as provided in Section 13) in a
Proceeding.
1.159 [ * ]
1.160 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q1.
1.161 "Manufacture" or "Manufacturing" means, with respect to a
product or compound, the manufacturing, processing, formulating,
packaging, labeling, holding, and quality control testing of such
product or compound.
1.162 "Manufacturing Process" shall mean any process or step
thereof that is necessary or useful for Manufacturing the
Combination Product from bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients,
any Improvements thereto or any intermediate of the foregoing.
1.163 "Market" or "Marketing" shall mean all programs and
activities relating to the Promotion and sale and other
commercialization of the Combination Product in the Territory,
including, without limitation, Detailing and advertising, as well
as selling, contracting for sale of, and distributing the
Combination Product.
1.164 "Material Default" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 14.4(a).
1.165 "Member Parties" shall mean, collectively, Gilead and
BMS.
1.166 "Members" shall mean, collectively, Gilead Sub and BMS
Sub.
1.167 "Member Vote" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(f).
1.168 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(f).
1.169 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(f).
1.170 "MTTA" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.14.
1.171 "NDA" shall mean a New Drug Application to be filed with
the FDA in accordance with Applicable Law for the purpose of
obtaining marketing approval for a pharmaceutical product in the
U.S.
1.172 "NDS" shall mean a New Drug Submission to be filed with
the HPFB in accordance with Applicable Law for the purpose of
obtaining marketing approval for a pharmaceutical product in
Canada.
1.173 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q1.
1.174 "Net Sales" shall mean, with respect to a product for any
period, the gross amount invoiced for commercial sales of that
product in such period by or on behalf of the
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selling Party to Third Parties (provided that
amounts invoiced for product sold or provided for use in the
Developing World, if any, shall not be included), less deductions
for: (a) normal and customary quantity and/or cash discounts
and sales returns and allowances, including, without limitation,
those granted on account of price adjustments, billing errors,
rejected goods, damaged goods, returns, rebates, administrative or
other fees or reimbursements or similar payments to wholesalers or
other distributors (including without limitation pursuant to
inventory management agreements), buying groups, AIDS Drug
Assistance Programs, pharmacy benefit management organizations,
health care insurance carriers or other institutions, allowances,
rebates, fees paid to distributors and chargebacks actually allowed
or given; (b) freight, postage, shipping and insurance
expenses (if separately identified in such invoice);
(c) customs or excise duties or other duties related to the
sales making up the gross invoice amount (if separately identified
in such invoice); (d) any rebates or similar payments accrued
with respect to sales paid for by any governmental or regulatory
authority such as, by way of illustration and not in limitation of
the foregoing in this clause (d), United States Federal or state
Medicaid, Medicare or similar state program or any government
imposed retroactive price reduction; and (e) sales and other
taxes and duties directly related to the sale, to the extent that
such items are included in the gross invoice price (but not
including taxes assessed against the income derived from such
sale). Any of the deductions listed above that involves a payment
by such Party shall not be taken as a deduction prior to the date
accrued in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied in such
Party’s audited financial statements. For purposes of
determining Net Sales pursuant to Section 14.6(b)(ii), the
Combination Product shall be deemed to be sold when
invoiced.
For purposes of calculating Net Sales, sales between or among a
Party and/or Affiliates shall be excluded from the computation of
Net Sales, but sales by such Party and its Affiliates to Third
Parties shall be included in the computation of Net Sales.
1.175 "Net Selling Price" shall mean, with respect to each
country in the Territory, the price of a pharmaceutical product as
calculated in accordance with Annex I hereto and expressed in the
currency of such country, and with respect to the Territory, the
weighted average of the Net Selling Prices in each country in the
Territory, expressed in U.S. dollars, using the currency conversion
rules established pursuant to Section 7.1(f).
1.176 "Non-Breaching Member Party" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 14.4(a).
1.177 "Operating Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals to this Agreement.
1.178 "Operating Committees" shall mean, collectively, the JCC,
the JCOC, the JDC and the JFC.
1.179 "Optional Update" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7(d).
1.180 "Paragraph (iv) Certification" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 11.3(a).
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1.181 "Party" and "Parties" shall have the
meanings set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
1.182 "Patents" shall mean (a) all patents and patent
applications (including, without limitation, provisional
applications), (b) any substitutions, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals,
registrations, confirmations, re-examinations, extensions,
supplementary protection certificates and the like, and
(c) any foreign or international equivalents of any of the
foregoing.
1.183 "PCT" shall mean the Patent Cooperation Treaty, opened for
signature June 19, 1970, 58 U.S.T. 7645.
1.184 "PMPRB" shall mean the Patented Medicine Prices Review
Board of Canada.
1.185 "Permitted Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.4(a).
1.186 "Person" shall mean an individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other
similar entity or organization, including, without limitation, a
government or political subdivision, department or agency of a
government.
1.187 "Prescription Drug Marketing Act" or "PDMA" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.1(d).
1.188 "Pricing Liaison" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3B(c).
1.189 "Private Institutional Payor" shall mean a third party
payor (such as an insurance company, pharmacy benefit management
firm or hospital) of health care expenses incurred by a patient in
Canada, which payor is not a provincial, federal or territorial
government.
1.190 "Proceeding" shall mean a civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative proceeding brought by or a demand made by a Third
Party.
1.191 "Product Detail Period" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5.1(e).
1.192 "Product EFV Yield" shall have the meaning set forth in
Annex K.
1.193 "Product FTC Yield" shall have the meaning set forth in
Annex K.
1.194 "Product TDF Yield" shall have the meaning set forth in
Annex K.
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1.195 "Project Activities" shall mean any and all
activities undertaken or performed by or on behalf of any of the
Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or the MTTA, in the course of,
as a result of or in connection with the research, development,
Marketing, sale or use of the Combination Product, including,
without limitation, the Development Activities and the
Commercialization Activities; provided , however ,
that Project Activities shall not include any activities undertaken
or performed by or on behalf of either Member Party or its
Affiliates or sublicensees to the extent that they arise in the
course of, as a result of or in connection with the Exploitation of
the Combination Product for use outside the Territory (including,
without limitation, any activities undertaken or performed by
Gilead in the exercise of its rights under the license granted in
Section 6.2(d)).
1.196 "Promotion" shall mean the conduct of activities normally
undertaken by a pharmaceutical company’s Field Force to
implement plans and strategies for marketing and other
commercialization aimed at encouraging the approved use of a
pharmaceutical product, including but not limited to Detailing.
When used as a verb, "Promote" shall mean to engage in any of the
foregoing activities.
1.197 "PSUR" means a periodic safety update report required to
be submitted to an applicable Regulatory Authority in the
Territory.
1.198 "Publication Standards" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.11(a).
1.199 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(f).
1.200 "Recalculated Transfer Price" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1(c)(iii).
1.201 "Receiving Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1.
1.202 "Regulatory Authorities" shall mean any applicable
supra-national, federal, national, regional, state, provincial or
local regulatory agencies, departments, bureaus, commissions,
councils or other government entities, including, without
limitation, the FDA and the HPFB, or other entity exercising
regulatory authority with respect to the Exploitation of the
Combination Product in the Territory.
1.203 "Regulatory Documentation" shall mean all submissions to
Regulatory Authorities in the Territory, including, without
limitation, all INDs, NDAs, sNDAs, CTAs, NDSs, SNDSs, CMC Data,
drug master files, filings with PMPRB, filings for listing with
Canadian provincial drug plans, correspondence with regulatory
agencies (registrations and licenses, regulatory drug lists,
advertising and promotion documents), PSURs, adverse event files,
complaint files and manufacturing records.
1.204 "Relevant Experience Information" shall mean adverse
experience reports, reports based on marketing data and other
documentation of relevant drug experience.
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1.205 [ * ] shall have the meaning in
Section 5.3B(e).
1.206 "Required Update" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7(b).
1.207 "Respective Percentage" shall mean, with respect to
Gilead, the Actual Gilead Percentage, and with respect to BMS, the
Actual BMS Percentage; provided , however , that
whenever this Agreement provides that an amount shall be allocated
between the Member Parties based on their Respective Percentages,
such allocation shall first be made on the basis of the Member
Parties’ respective Working Percentages at the time of the
relevant event, which allocation shall then be adjusted, if
applicable, after the determination of the Member Parties’
respective Actual Percentages for the Calendar Year in which the
relevant event occurs, which adjustments shall occur no later than
April 1 of the next Calendar Year unless otherwise provided in
this Agreement or the Operating Agreement, or otherwise agreed in
writing by the Member Parties.
1.208 "Right of Reference" shall have the meaning set forth in
21 C.F.R. § 314.3(b) or equivalents thereto under Applicable
Law in Canada or jurisdictions outside the Territory. For the
avoidance of doubt, as used in this Agreement "Right of Reference"
shall refer to the right of Regulatory Authorities to rely upon and
otherwise use the applicable information, but shall not confer on
the Member Party to which such Right of Reference is granted any
right to receive or access such information.
1.209 "SDEA" or "Safety Data Exchange Agreement" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
1.210 "Selected Product Liability Claim" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 13.7(c).
1.211 "Services Agreement" shall mean the distribution services
agreement to be entered into between Gilead Parent and the JV after
the Effective Date, the key terms of which are outlined in Annex P1
hereto, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
1.212 "Single Agent Product" shall mean each of Viread, Emtriva,
and Sustiva.
1.213 "SNDS" shall mean a supplemental NDS.
1.214 "Study 934" shall mean the clinical study initiated by
Gilead prior to the Effective Date under Gilead’s clinical
study protocol entitled "A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label,
Multicenter Study of the Treatment of Antiretroviral-Naïve,
HIV-1-Infected Subjects comparing Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and
Emtricitabine in Combination with Efavirenz Versus Combivir
® (lamivudine/zidovudine) and Efavirenz" (as such protocol may be
revised and such study may be extended or expanded from time to
time, in each case by Gilead). For the avoidance of doubt, the
conduct of Study 934 shall not be deemed a Development Activity or
Project Activity for purposes of this Agreement, and Clinical Data
derived or generated from Study 934 or from testing or analysis of
subjects or samples from Study 934 shall be Gilead Know-How, not
Joint Know-How.
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1.215 "Subsequent Launch Period" shall mean, with
respect to a country in the Territory, [ * ] after the Launch of
the Combination Product in such country.
1.216 "Supplier" shall mean each Person selected as a commercial
supplier of the Combination Product pursuant to
Section 4.2(a).
1.217 "Supply Agreements" shall mean, collectively, the BMS
Supply Agreement and the Gilead Supply Agreement.
1.218 "Supply Party" shall mean, with respect to any Supplier,
(a) if a Member Party is the Supplier, such Member Party, or
(b) if a Third Party is the Supplier, the Member Party that is
designated pursuant to Section 4.2(a) to manage the
relationship with such Supplier.
1.219 "TDF" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
1.220 "Technology" shall mean the BMS Technology or the Gilead
Technology, as the case may be.
1.221 "Terminated Member Party" shall mean a Member Party as so
designated pursuant to Section 14.5.
1.222 "Territory" shall mean Canada and the United States.
1.223 "Third Party" shall mean any Person other than Gilead,
BMS, the JV and their respective Affiliates.
1.224 "Third Party Acquirer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.43.
1.225 "Trademark" shall include any word, name, symbol, color,
designation or device or any combination thereof, including,
without limitation, any trademark, trade dress, service mark,
service name, brand mark, trade name, brand name, logo or business
symbol.
1.226 "Transfer Price" shall mean the BMS Transfer Price or the
Gilead Transfer Price, as the case may be.
1.227 "Transferring Member Party" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 15.4(b).
1.228 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(d).
1.229 "United States" or "U.S." shall mean the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any other territories and
possessions of the United States
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1.230 "U.S. Act" shall mean the United States
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended.
1.231 "U.S. Commercialization Budget" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.11(b). The U.S. Commercialization Budget as
of the Effective Date is attached hereto as Annex C.
1.232 "U.S. Commercialization Plan" shall mean the plan for
Marketing and otherwise commercializing the Combination Product in
the United States as described in Section 5.11(b), as updated
from time to time pursuant to Section 5.11(c). The U.S.
Commercialization Plan as of the Effective Date is attached hereto
as Annex C.
1.233 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(d).
1.234 "US Pricing Committee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(b).
1.235 "US Pricing Information" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5.3A(h).
1.236 [ * ] shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3A(a).
1.237 "WAC" shall have the meaning set forth in Annex Q1.
1.238 "Working BMS Percentage" shall mean, for each Calendar
Year, the preliminary percentage applicable to BMS for such
Calendar Year determined pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(i).
1.239 "Working Gilead Percentage" shall mean, for each Calendar
Year, the preliminary percentage applicable to Gilead for such
Calendar Year determined pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(i).
1.240 "Working Percentage" shall mean, with respect to BMS, the
Working BMS Percentage and, with respect to Gilead, the Working
Gilead Percentage.
SECTION 2.
COLLABORATION MANAGEMENT
2.1 General . As set forth in this Agreement and in the
Operating Agreement, the Member Parties desire to establish a Joint
Executive Committee which shall oversee the Member Parties’
collaboration under this Agreement and facilitate communications
between the Member Parties with respect to the development,
Approval, Manufacturing and commercialization of the Combination
Product in the Territory. Subject to the foregoing, the Member
Parties also desire to establish specialized committees to focus
more closely on the Parties’ Development Activities,
Commercialization Activities and finance activities hereunder. Each
such committee shall have only the responsibilities and authority
delegated to or vested in such committee in this Section 2 or
elsewhere in this Agreement and the Operating Agreement.
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2.2 Role of the Joint Executive Committee
. The establishment, composition, governance, powers and
limitations on powers of the Joint Executive Committee (or "JEC")
are governed by Section 6 of the Operating Agreement and by
this Section 2.2. The initial JEC members are identified in
Annex A hereto. The JEC shall have overall authority and
responsibility with respect to the Development Activities and
Commercialization Activities for the Combination Product (except
for those matters reserved to the Member Parties pursuant to this
Agreement or the Operating Agreement). Without limitation of the
foregoing, the JEC shall have the following powers and
duties:
(i) to oversee the work of the Operating Committees and, if
possible, resolve disputes referred to it by the Alliance Managers
pursuant to Section 2.8;
(ii) to oversee the activities of Gilead in keeping the
JV’s books and records pursuant to Section 8.1;
(iii) to adopt guidelines for compliance by the Parties with
antitrust laws in connection with the JV activities;
(iv) to approve the initial Capital Contributions (as defined in
the Operating Agreement) of the Members, to approve each Capital
Contribution planning schedule, and to issue certain requests for
additional Capital Contributions, in each case pursuant to
Section 4.1 of the Operating Agreement;
(v) to approve (x) each annual update of the Development
Plan and the Development Budget and (y) any interim update of
the Development Plan or Development Budget, as the case may be, as
to which the JDC is unable to reach agreement;
(vi) to approve (x) each annual update of the
Commercialization Plans and the Commercialization Budgets and
(y) any interim update of the Commercialization Plans or
Commercialization Budgets, as the case may be, as to which the JCC
or JCOC is unable to reach agreement;
(vii) to approve unit volume forecasts as to which the JCC or
JCOC is unable to reach agreement for use in preparation of
Commercialization Plans and Commercialization Budgets and
(regardless of whether there is a Commercialization Plan or
Commercialization Budget) for use in planning for Manufacture of
the Combination Product, planning for Commercialization Activities
and for the Member Parties’ own financial planning
purposes;
(viii) to approve Cost Allocation Proposals;
(ix) to approve the JFC’s reports on financial matters
that the JEC determines to be reasonably necessary or appropriate
for the implementation of the financial aspects of the JV;
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(x) to review recommendations of the JFC with
respect to, and approve, one or more means of reconciling, one to
the other, the internal reporting and accounting standards of each
of the Member Parties where reasonably necessary, and methods of
charging costs and expenses of each of the Member
Parties;
(xi) to review and, if applicable, recommend to the Member
Parties changes to the [ * ] pursuant to Section 5.3A(i);
(xii) to resolve disputes within the JDC with respect to
(A) any required approval of publications or presentations
pursuant to Section 3.11(a), and (B) a Member
Party’s obligation under Section 3.6(b), if any, to
provide the other Member Party with access to certain of such
Member Party’s records, documentation and data;
(xiii) to resolve disputes within the JCC or JCOC with respect
to (A) the initially proposed marketing materials for the
Combination Product for the applicable country in the Territory,
and thereafter, updates of any Approved Marketing Materials,
(B) a Member Party’s obligation, if any, pursuant to
Section 5.10 to provide the other Member Party with access to
certain of such Member Party’s records, documentation and
data, (C) issues relating to the patient assistance programs
arising under Section 2.4(b)(vii) and (D) issues relating
to Suppliers and alternate suppliers arising under
Section 2.4(b)(ix);
(xiv) to decide major strategic issues and any other matters
relating to the JV that are not (i) within the purview of the
Operating Committees or (ii) reserved to the Member Parties
pursuant to this Agreement or the Operating Agreement;
(xv) to determine whether Launch of the Combination Product in
Canada should occur and, if so, the timing thereof; and
(xvi) to take such other actions as are reserved to the JEC in
this Agreement or the Operating Agreement or as the Parties may
mutually agree in writing, except that the JEC may not amend or
take any action that would conflict with any provision of this
Agreement, the Operating Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and
may not resolve any issue regarding termination of this Agreement
for a potential or actual Material Default.
2.3 Joint Development Committee .
(a) Each Member shall appoint four (4) members of a joint
development oversight and management committee (the "Joint
Development Committee" or "JDC"). Gilead Sub shall appoint one
(1) of the members designated by Gilead Sub, to serve as
chairperson of the JDC through the first anniversary of the
Effective Date. Thereafter a member designated by BMS Sub and then
a member designated by Gilead Sub shall serve alternately as
chairperson, on a rotating annual basis from each anniversary of
the Effective Date. The initial JDC members and the chairperson are
identified in Annex A hereto.
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(b) Subject to the oversight of the JEC, the JDC
shall have the following powers and duties:
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to (x) review and propose to the JEC for its approval each
annual update of the Development Plan and Development Budget and
(y) review and approve each interim update of the Development
Plan and Development Budget, in each case proposed pursuant to
Section 3.7;
to oversee and coordinate the Parties’ activities under
the Development Plan;
to oversee and manage matters relating to clinical supply of the
Combination Product, including, without limitation, Manufacturing
requirements, inventory projections and inventory control;
with the Alliance Managers, (x) to assist in coordinating
scientific interactions between the Parties during the course of
implementing the Development Plan and (y) to facilitate the
exchange among the Parties of data, information, materials and
results relating to clinical manufacturing, clinical trials, and
communications and filings with Regulatory Authorities for the
Combination Product (in each case solely to the extent that such
data, information and materials are required to be exchanged among
the Parties, or with respect to which one Member Party has the
right to gain access from the other Member Party or the JV,
pursuant to this Agreement or the Operating Agreement);
to oversee regulatory matters for the JV, including, without
limitation, approving all Combination Product Regulatory
Documentation to the extent required pursuant to Section 3.4,
overseeing Gilead’s activities as the JV’s liaison with
Regulatory Authorities in the Territory, and overseeing the
activities conducted pursuant to the SDEA and other
pharmacovigilance and safety reporting;
to oversee the Member Parties’ activities pursuant to
their respective Supply Agreements and to oversee and coordinate
with the JCC with respect to matters relating to the monitoring of
Manufacturing capacity, forecasts and orders for the active
pharmaceutical ingredients of the Combination Product;
to resolve disputes between the Member Parties with respect to
(A) any required approval of publications or presentations
pursuant to Section 3.11(a), and (B) a Member
Party’s obligation under Section 3.6(b), if any, to
provide the other Member Party with access to certain of such
Member Party’s records, documentation and data;
to oversee medical affairs and medical communications
activities;
to review and approve or reject proposals for Phase IV clinical
studies of the Combination Product;
to provide updates on the JDC’s activities and
achievements to the JEC each Calendar Quarter; and
to perform such other functions as the Member Parties may
mutually agree in writing from time to time.
2.4 Joint Commercialization Committee .
(a) Each Member shall appoint four (4) members of a joint
commercialization oversight and management committee (the "Joint
Commercialization Committee" or "JCC"). BMS Sub shall appoint one
(1) of the members designated by BMS Sub, to serve as
chairperson of the JCC through the first anniversary of the
Effective Date. Thereafter a member designated by Gilead Sub and
then a member designated by BMS Sub shall serve alternately as
chairperson, on a rotating annual basis from each anniversary of
the Effective Date. The initial JCC members and the chairperson are
identified in Annex A hereto.
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(b) Subject to the oversight of the JEC, the JCC
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to oversee and coordinate the Parties’ activities under
the U.S. Commercialization Plan;
to (x) review and propose to the JEC for its approval each
annual update of the U.S. Commercialization Plan and U.S.
Commercialization Budget and (y) review and approve each
interim update of the U.S. Commercialization Plan and U.S.
Commercialization Budget, in each case proposed pursuant to
Section 5.11(c);
to oversee Gilead’s activities pursuant to the Services
Agreement with respect to the distribution of the Combination
Product in the United States;
to develop and approve (x) initial marketing materials for
the Combination Product in the United States, and (y) updates
to such materials from time to time as may be reasonably necessary
or appropriate, all in accordance with Section 5.7;
to develop and approve unit volume forecasts for use in
preparation of the U.S. Commercialization Plans and U.S.
Commercialization Budgets and (regardless of whether there is a
U.S. Commercialization Plan or U.S. Commercialization Budget) for
use in planning for Manufacture of the Combination Product,
planning for Commercialization Activities in the United States and
for the Member Parties’ own financial planning purposes;
to (x) determine how the JV will respond to requests in the
United States from health care providers or from individual
patients who have or may obtain prescriptions for the Combination
Product but are unable to afford it, and (y) to establish the
appropriate procedures and response times that shall apply in
responding to such requests in the United States, in each case ((x)
and (y)) in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
to make recommendations to the JEC with respect to Cost
Allocation Proposals relating to costs in the United States;
to maintain one Supplier and one or more alternate suppliers
pursuant to Section 4.2(a) for Manufacture of commercial
supplies of the Combination Product;
oversee and coordinate with the JDC with respect to matters
relating to the Manufacturing and labeling of the Combination
Product for commercial supply in the United States, including, in
the case of Manufacturing, with respect to quality control matters,
and the monitoring of Manufacturing capacity, forecasts and orders
for the Combination Product to ensure adequate commercial supply to
meet the demand therefor in the United States as projected by the
JCC and approved by the JEC;
to resolve disputes between the Member Parties with respect to a
Member Party’s obligation, if any, pursuant to
Section 5.10 to provide the other Member Party with access to
certain of such Member Party’s records, documentation and
data relating to Commercialization Activities in the United
States;
to provide updates on the JCC’s activities and
achievements to the JEC each Calendar Quarter; and
to perform such other functions as the Member Parties may
mutually agree in writing from time to time.
2.5 Joint Canadian Operating Committee .
(a) Each Member shall appoint three (3) members of a joint
oversight and management committee for commercialization in Canada
(the "Joint Canadian Operating
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Committee" or "JCOC"). BMS Sub shall appoint one
(1) of the members designated by BMS Sub, to serve as
chairperson of the JCOC through the first anniversary of the
Amended Effective Date. Thereafter a member designated by Gilead
Sub and then a member designated by BMS Sub shall serve alternately
as chairperson, on a rotating annual basis from each anniversary of
the Amended Effective Date. The initial JCOC members and the
chairperson shall be designated by the applicable Party promptly
after the Amended Effective Date.
(b) Subject to the oversight of the JEC, the JCOC shall have the
following powers and duties:
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to oversee and coordinate the Parties’ activities under
the Canadian Commercialization Plan;
to (x) review and propose to the JEC for its approval each
annual update of the Canadian Commercialization Plan and Canadian
Commercialization Budget and (y) review and propose to the JEC
for its approval each interim update of the Canadian
Commercialization Plan and Canadian Commercialization Budget, in
each case proposed pursuant to Section 5.11(c);
to oversee Gilead’s activities pursuant to the Canada
Distribution and Supply Agreement with respect to the distribution
of the Combination Product in Canada;
to develop and approve (x) initial marketing materials for
the Combination Product for Canada, and (y) updates to such
materials from time to time as may be reasonably necessary or
appropriate, all in accordance with Section 5.7;
to develop and approve unit volume forecasts for use in
preparation of the Canadian Commercialization Plans and the
Canadian Commercialization Budgets and (regardless of whether there
is a Canadian. Commercialization Plan or Canadian Commercialization
Budget) for use in planning for Manufacture of the Combination
Product, planning for the Commercialization Activities in Canada
and for the Member Parties’ own financial planning
purposes;
to (x) determine how the JV will respond to requests from
Canadian health care providers or from individual patients who have
or may obtain prescriptions for the Combination Product in Canada
but are unable to afford it, and (y) appropriate procedures
and response times that shall apply in responding to such requests
in Canada, in each case ((x) and (y)) in accordance with
Section 5.2(a);
to make recommendations to the JEC with respect to Cost
Allocation Proposals relating to costs in Canada;
coordinate with the JDC with respect to matters relating to the
Manufacturing and labeling of the Combination Product for
commercial supply in Canada, including, in the case of
Manufacturing, with respect to quality control matters, and the
monitoring of Manufacturing capacity, forecasts and orders for the
Combination Product to ensure adequate commercial supply to meet
the demand therefor in Canada as projected by the JCOC and approved
by the JEC;
to resolve disputes between the Member Parties with respect to a
Member Party’s obligation, if any, pursuant to
Section 5.10 to provide the other Member Party with access to
certain of such Member Party’s records, documentation and
data relating to Commercialization Activities in Canada;
to provide updates on the JCOC’s activities and
achievements to the JEC each Calendar Quarter; and
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2.6 Joint Finance Committee .
(a) Each Member shall appoint two (2) members of a joint
finance committee to support the JEC, the JDC, the JCC and the JCOC
(the "Joint Finance Committee" or "JFC"). Gilead Sub shall appoint
one (1) of the members designated by Gilead Sub, to serve as
chairperson of the JFC through the first anniversary of the
Effective Date. Thereafter a member designated by BMS Sub and then
a member designated by Gilead Sub shall serve alternately as
chairperson, on a rotating annual basis from each anniversary of
the Effective Date. The initial JFC members and the chairperson are
identified in Annex A hereto.
(b) Subject to the oversight of the JEC, the JFC shall have the
following powers and duties:
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to work with the JEC and the other Operating Committees to
assist in financial, budgeting and planning matters as required,
including assisting in the preparation of budgets and annual and
long-term plans;
to recommend, for approval by the JEC, procedures, formats and
timelines consistent with this Agreement for reporting financial
data as well as additional or alternative reporting procedures
concerning financial aspects of the JV;
to prepare such reports on financial matters as are approved by
the JEC for the implementation of the financial aspects of the
JV;
to coordinate audits of financial data where appropriate and
required or allowed by this Agreement;
to address issues of implementation relating to the financial
mechanics and calculations under this Agreement and the Operating
Agreement;
to recommend, for approval by the JEC, a means of reconciling,
one to the other, the internal reporting and accounting standards
of each of the Member Parties where necessary and methods of
charging costs and expenses of each of the Member Parties;
to review the appropriate allocation of costs and expenses with
respect to Authorized Expenses ;
to calculate or cause to be calculated, as the case may be,
those matters expressly required to be calculated (or caused to be
calculated) by the JFC pursuant to this Agreement, including
Sections 7.1(c) and 7.1(d), and pursuant to the Operating
Agreement, and to address issues of implementation relating to the
cash netting procedures set forth in Section 4.1(c) of the
Operating Agreement;
to develop and recommend to the JEC for approval the initial
Capital Contributions (as defined in the Operating Agreement) of
the Members and each Capital Contribution planning schedule, and to
recommend to the JEC certain requests for additional Capital
Contributions, in each case pursuant to Section 4.1 of the
Operating Agreement;
to provide updates on the JFC’s activities and
achievements to the JEC each Calendar Quarter; and
to perform such other functions as the Member Parties may
mutually agree in writing from time to time.
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2.7 Procedural Rules of the Operating
Committees .
(a) Each of BMS Sub and Gilead Sub shall designate
representatives with appropriate expertise to serve as members of
each Operating Committee, and each representative may serve on more
than one (1) Operating Committee (and/or the JEC) as
appropriate in view of the individual’s expertise. The
Members shall endeavor to match their respective representation on
each Operating Committee, in terms of functional areas and
management level.
(b) A member of an Operating Committee may be removed or
replaced at any time, with or without cause, by the Member that
appointed such committee member. Such action shall be accomplished
by written notice to the other Member. Each member of an Operating
Committee shall serve until a successor is named by the Member that
appointed such committee member (or until his or her earlier
resignation or removal).
(c) The JFC shall meet at least one (1) time per Calendar
Quarter during the term of this Agreement. The JDC shall meet at
least one (1) time per Calendar Quarter until the first
anniversary of the later to occur of the Launch of the Combination
Product in the United States and the Launch thereof in Canada (or
termination of this Agreement with respect to Canada pursuant to
Section 14.3), and thereafter at least semiannually (or on
such other schedule as may be determined by the JDC). The JCC shall
meet at least one (1) time per Calendar Quarter until the
second anniversary of the Launch of the Combination Product and
thereafter at least semiannually (or on such other schedule as may
be determined by the JCC). The JCOC shall meet at least one
(1) time per Calendar Quarter until the second anniversary of
the Launch of the Combination Product in Canada. Each Operating
Committee other than the JCOC shall meet at times and places in the
United States mutually agreed by BMS Sub and Gilead Sub. The JCOC
shall meet at times and places mutually agreed by BMS Sub and
Gilead Sub. The respective Operating Committees shall meet to
discuss the overall progress of the Development Activities in the
Development Plan or Commercialization Activities in the
Commercialization Plans, or the financial aspects of the JV, as the
case may be, and any problems arising in the course of such
activities; the status of the Development Plan and Development
Budget, the Commercialization Plans and Commercialization Budgets,
or other financial aspects of the JV, as the case may be; and any
other matter that a member of such Operating Committee may
reasonably request. Each Operating Committee shall keep accurate
and complete minutes of its meetings to record all proposals,
recommendations and actions taken. All such minutes and other
records of each Operating Committee shall be available to each
Member Party.
(d) The chairperson shall organize committee meetings, prepare
the meeting agenda based on items submitted by committee members,
take or cause to be taken accurate minutes of meetings, circulate
draft minutes within seven (7) days after the meeting for
approval by the other Member’s committee members, and
circulate final minutes to the committee members promptly following
such approval. Notice of, and the agenda for, each meeting (and any
accompanying materials) shall be circulated to the members of the
applicable Operating Committee sufficiently in advance so that in
the normal course such materials will be received at least five
(5) Business Days in advance of such meeting; provided
, however , that under reasonable circumstances such
materials may be circulated within a lesser period of time in
advance of the meeting, so long as each Member agrees to the
inclusion on such agenda of any
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items proposed for consideration by the other
Member. Any member of an Operating Committee may waive notice of a
meeting thereof, and shall be deemed to waive such notice (but not,
if applicable, his or her right to object to the inclusion of a
particular agenda item or items as set forth in the proviso to the
previous sentence) if he or she attends the meeting and does not
object to the meeting because of a lack of notice prior to its
commencement.
(e) At least two (2) members appointed by Gilead Sub and
two (2) members appointed by BMS Sub must be in attendance at
a meeting of an Operating Committee to establish a quorum for the
conduct of business. Committee members may attend meetings in
person or, as long as each attendee is able to hear the others, by
telephone or by video conference equipment; provided ,
however , that at least two (2) meetings per Calendar
Year of each Operating Committee shall be held in person until the
Launch of the Combination Product in the United States, and
thereafter at least one (1) meeting per Calendar Year of each
Operating Committee shall be held in person. Each Operating
Committee may also act by unanimous written consent of its members
without a meeting.
(f) At each meeting of an Operating Committee, each
Member’s designees on such Operating Committee shall,
collectively, have one (1) vote on all matters to be acted
upon (the "Member Vote"). Each Operating Committee shall take
action by unanimous Member Vote. If an Operating Committee is
unable to reach agreement on a matter properly presented to such
Operating Committee for its consideration, the matter shall be
resolved by the procedure set forth in Section 2.9 (except as
otherwise provided therein).
(g) Each Operating Committee may, as it deems appropriate,
delegate its decision-making authority for specific matters or
types of matters (other than, as applicable in the case of the JDC
and JCC, approval of updates of the Development Plan, any
Commercialization Plans, Development Budget or any
Commercialization Budget for which that Operating Committee is
responsible, or as provided in Section 3.4) to subcommittees
or specific groups, each with representatives from both Members,
which shall make such decisions by consensus. If such subcommittees
or groups do not reach consensus on a matter, either Member may
refer such matters back to such Operating Committee for
resolution.
(h) Notwithstanding the enumerated authority of the JEC in this
Agreement and the Operating Agreement and the express reservation
to the decision-making authority of the Member Parties of certain
matters herein and therein: in the event that the JEC, acting
(i) by unanimous affirmative Member Votes (as defined in the
Operating Agreement) pursuant to Section 6.5(d) of the
Operating Agreement, or (ii) by unanimous written consent
pursuant to Section 6.5(c) of the Operating Agreement, takes
action on a matter relating to the Exploitation of the Combination
Product, but with respect to which matter authority and
responsibility have not been delegated to or vested in the JEC, the
Member Parties shall be deemed to waive any objection to the effect
that the JEC acted beyond the scope of its authority or
responsibility, and the resolution of such matter shall be binding
on the Member Parties for purposes of this Agreement and the
Operating Agreement.
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2.8 Alliance Managers .
(a) Gilead and BMS shall each designate within their respective
organizations an alliance manager (an "Alliance Manager") with
responsibility for facilitating the interaction and cooperation
between Gilead and BMS with respect to the JV and the Exploitation
of the Combination Product in the Territory. The initial Alliance
Managers are identified in Annex A hereto. Each Member Party may
change its Alliance Manager from time to time upon written notice
to the other Member Party.
(b) The Alliance Managers shall attend all meetings of the JEC
and each Operating Committee (other than the JFC and JCOC) and
support the chairpersons of the JEC and each Operating Committee in
the discharge of their responsibilities. The Alliance Managers
shall be nonvoting participants in such meetings, unless they are
also appointed members of the applicable committee(s). Each
Alliance Manager shall endeavor to create and maintain a
collaborative work environment within and among the JEC and the
Operating Committees. In addition, each Alliance Manager:
(i) shall be the point of first referral in certain matters
subject to dispute resolution as provided in Section 2.9;
(ii) shall coordinate the relevant functional representatives
of the Member Parties; (iii) shall provide a single point of
communication for seeking consensus both internally within the
respective Member Parties’ organizations and between the
Member Parties; (iv) shall identify and bring disputes to the
attention of the JEC or an Operating Committee as appropriate in a
timely manner; (v) shall plan and coordinate cooperative
efforts and internal and external communications; and
(vi) shall take responsibility for ensuring that governance
activities, such as the conduct of required JEC and Operating
Committee meetings and production of meeting minutes, occur as set
forth in this Agreement and in the Operating Agreement and that
relevant action items agreed upon at such meetings are
appropriately carried out or otherwise addressed.
(c) Notices given by a Member Party to the other Member Party
with respect to Development Activities, Combination Product or EFV,
TDF or FTC bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient Manufacturing and
Commercialization Activities shall be made to the other Member
Party’s Alliance Manager and to such other Operating
Committee or JEC member of such other Member Party as is most
directly involved in or informed of the relevant activity, except
that if Gilead or BMS is selected as the Supplier pursuant to
Section 4.2(a), it shall not be required to provide such
notice to the other Member Party’s Alliance Manager with
respect to its toll manufacturing activities.
2.9 Dispute Resolution .
(a) Disputes may be referred to the JEC for resolution, as
follows: (i) if an Operating Committee is unable to reach
agreement on a matter properly presented to such Operating
Committee for its decision, the Operating Committee shall refer the
matter to the Alliance Managers for Gilead and BMS, and if the
Alliance Managers are unable to resolve the dispute within [ * ]
after such referral, then the matter shall be referred to the JEC;
and (ii) either Member Party may refer to the JEC any issue
arising under this Agreement or the Operating Agreement and not
otherwise covered by clause (i).
(b) If the JEC is unable to resolve a dispute referred to it by
the Alliance Managers or by a Member Party pursuant to
Section 2.8(a) within [ * ] after such
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referral, or in the event that the JEC is unable
to resolve a dispute arising within the JEC, then the dispute shall
be referred for resolution to the Chief Executive Officer of Gilead
Parent and, for BMS, the Chief Executive Officer of BMS Parent or
any direct report designated by the Chief Executive Officer of BMS
Parent (who shall not be a member of the JEC or any Operating
Committee).
(c) If the Chief Executive Officer of Gilead Parent and Chief
Executive Officer (or designee, as applicable) of BMS Parent are
unable to reach agreement on a disputed matter referred to them
pursuant to Section 2.9(b) within [ * ] after such referral,
then either Gilead or BMS may refer the disputed matter to binding
arbitration pursuant to Section 15.6 if and only if, and to
the extent that (A) the disputed matter relates to or arises
out of the validity, interpretation or construction of, or the
compliance with or breach of, this Agreement, the Operating
Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, or any other agreement
contemplated by this Agreement to which a Member Party (or its
Affiliates) and the JV and/or the other Member Party (or its
Affiliates) are parties; (B) the disputed matter came before
the JEC pursuant to Section [ * ], or Section [ * ] (provided that
any dispute relating to the [ * ] may be submitted to arbitration
only with respect to the issue of whether specific [ * ] are [ * ],
any dispute relating to [ * ] pursuant to [ * ] may be submitted to
arbitration only with respect to the issue of [ * ], any dispute
relating to [ * ] may be submitted to arbitration only with respect
to matters arising pursuant to [ * ] may be submitted to
arbitration only with respect to matters arising pursuant to [ * ];
or (C) there is a dispute as to whether the [ * ] are
satisfied with respect to a matter.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the dispute resolution
procedures set forth in Sections 2.9(a), 2.9(b) and 2.9(c) shall
not apply to any deadlock within the JEC or any Operating Committee
resulting from a proposal by one Member’s committee members
to reverse or modify a decision of the JEC or such Operating
Committee with respect to a matter previously presented to it for
decision and approved by unanimous Member Vote or unanimous written
consent of its members, unless all of the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such proposal is [ * ] the applicable JEC or
Operating Committee decision; (ii) the deadlock involves [ *
]; and (iii) the applicable JEC or Operating Committee
decision, if not reversed or modified, would [ * ] pursuant to this
Agreement (it being understood that if only certain aspects of the
applicable JEC or Operating Committee decision produce these
results, only they shall be subject to the dispute resolution
procedures set forth in Sections 2.9(a), 2.9(b) and 2.9(c), and the
balance of such decision shall remain in effect); provided ,
however , that this Section 2.9(d) shall not apply to
the deliberations and decisions of the JCC pursuant to Sections [ *
], and deliberations and decisions of the JEC with respect to any
disputes that arise within the JCC with respect thereto; and
provided , further , that the JCC’s and the
JEC’s reconsideration of prior decisions with respect to the
matters covered by the preceding proviso shall be governed by [ *
], respectively, and in the event of any such reconsideration (and
any dispute resolution and arbitration in connection therewith),
the prior decision in force at the time of reconsideration shall
remain in force and continue to apply until such time, if any, as a
modified position may be agreed by the JCC or the JEC, or adopted
by the arbitrator(s), as the case may be.
(e) Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall affect the right of a
Member Party to exercise its rights under Section 14.4 with
respect to a Material Default by the other Member Party,
concurrently with the exercise of its rights under this
Section 2.9. In the event that, at any
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time prior to completion of the dispute
resolution procedures set forth in this Section 2.9, the
Non-Breaching Member Party delivers a notice of Material Default to
the Breaching Member Party, the sixty (60) day cure period
referred to in Section 14.4(a) shall begin to run upon the
receipt of such notice and shall run concurrently with the
procedures set forth in this Section 2.9.
2.10 Collaboration Principles . The Parties agree to
abide by the following principles ("Collaboration Principles") in
their conduct of the Development Activities and the
Commercialization Activities, and to cause their representatives on
the JEC and the Operating Committees to observe these principles in
connection with their committee-related activities:
(a) Subject to Sections 2.10(b) and (c), the purposes of the JV
are (i) to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the
Combination Product for use within the Territory, and (ii) to
optimize the commercial potential of the Combination Product within
the Commercialization Plans, subject to the applicable
Commercialization Budget. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in
this Agreement or in the Operating Agreement shall be deemed to
restrict or prohibit either Member Party or any of its Affiliates
from (x) commercializing its Single Agent Product(s) and/or
Double Agent Product as applicable, (y) subject to Sections
3.10 and 5.6, developing, manufacturing and commercializing
combination products (other than the Combination Product) for the
treatment of HIV infection or otherwise, including, without
limitation, any product containing such Party’s Single Agent
Product(s) and/or Double Agent Product or (z) conducting
clinical studies involving one or more of EFV, FTC and TDF, or any
combination thereof (including the Combination Product).
(b) Subject to Section 5.7, each Party’s Promotion of
the Combination Product in the Territory shall be in accordance
with the Approved Marketing Materials, and the label and the
package insert for the Combination Product approved by the
applicable Regulatory Authority; provided , however ,
that subject to the foregoing, each Party shall have a right to
position the Combination Product within its HIV product portfolio
in its sole discretion.
(c) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement (or
in the Operating Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement) and
notwithstanding the powers and authority delegated to a Party, the
JEC or an Operating Committee, neither Party shall have any
obligation (i) to conduct activities in support or furtherance
of the Exploitation of the Combination Product, unless mutually
agreed in writing by the Parties or expressly set forth in this
Agreement, any Commercialization Plan or the Development Plan, or
(ii) to make payments or incur expenses or liabilities in
support or furtherance of the Exploitation of the Combination
Product unless mutually agreed in writing by the Parties or
expressly set forth in the Commercialization Budgets or the
Development Budget.
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2.11 Commercialization Budget/Plan
Deadlocks . In the event of a Commercialization Budget Deadlock
or a Commercialization Plan Deadlock (as such terms are defined
below) with respect to any portion of the period from the Effective
Date through the end of the Subsequent Launch Period in the United
States or Canada, as applicable, then in lieu of any other dispute
resolution procedures set forth in this Agreement or in the
Operating Agreement, the Parties agree that the dispute shall be
conclusively resolved as follows:
(a) If a Commercialization Budget Deadlock relates to any
Calendar Year (or part thereof) during the period from the
Effective Date through the end of the Initial Launch Period in a
Commercialization Budget, the level of aggregate expenditure for
the Calendar Year (or part thereof) in dispute shall be fixed, upon
notice given by a Member Party to the other Member Party, at
(i) in the case of disputes on annual updates, the level for
the Calendar Year in dispute provided for in the initial version of
such Commercialization Budget included in Annex C or Annex U hereto
(as most recently updated, if applicable), or (ii) in the case
of disputes on interim updates, the level then in effect for the
relevant part of the current Calendar Year.
(b) If a Commercialization Budget Deadlock relates to any
Calendar Year (or part thereof) during the Subsequent Launch Period
in a Commercialization Budget, (i) the level of aggregate
expenditure for the Calendar Year (or part thereof) in dispute
shall be fixed, upon notice given by a Member Party to the other
Member Party, at (A) in the case of disputes on annual
updates, [ * ] of the level (as most recently updated) budgeted for
the Calendar Year immediately preceding the Calendar Year in
dispute unless both Members, through their respective
representatives on the JEC have proposed levels of aggregate
expenditure both of which are lower than the aforesaid [ * ] level,
in which case the level of aggregate expenditure for the Calendar
Year in dispute shall instead be fixed at the [ * ] of the [ * ] by
the Members through their respective representatives on the JEC, or
(B) in the case of disputes on interim updates, the level then
in effect for the relevant part of the current Calendar Year, and
(ii) if there is a dispute regarding the level of aggregate
expenditure provided for in a subsequent annual update to such
Commercialization Budget covered by the foregoing clause (A), such
level shall be fixed, upon notice given by a Member Party to the
other Member Party, at the amount [ * ] which is the [ * ] of the [
* ] by the Members through their respective representatives on the
JEC.
(c) If a Commercialization Plan Deadlock relates to any Calendar
Year (or part thereof) during the Initial Launch Period in a
Commercialization Plan, the [ * ] for the Calendar Year (or part
thereof) in dispute shall be fixed, upon notice given by a Member
Party to the other Member Party, at (i) in the case of
disputes on annual updates, the level for the Calendar Year in
dispute provided for in the initial version of such
Commercialization Plan included in Annex C or Annex U hereto (as
most recently updated, if applicable), or (ii) in the case of
disputes on interim updates, the level then in effect for the
relevant part of the current Calendar Year.
(d) If a Commercialization Plan Deadlock relates to any Calendar
Year (or part thereof) during the Subsequent Launch Period in a
Commercialization Plan, (i) the [ * ] for the Calendar Year
(or part thereof) in dispute shall be fixed, upon notice given by a
Member Party to the other Member Party, at (A) in the case of
disputes on annual updates, [ * ] of the level (as most recently
updated) in effect for the Calendar Year immediately preceding the
Calendar Year in dispute, unless both Members, through their
respective representatives on the JEC, have proposed [ * ] both of
which are lower than the aforesaid [ * ] level, in which case the [
* ] for the Product Year in dispute shall instead be fixed at the [
* ] of the [ * ] by the Members through their respective
representatives on the JEC, or (B) in the case of disputes on
interim updates, the level then in effect for the relevant part of
the current Calendar Year, and (ii) if there
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is a dispute regarding the [ * ] provided for in
a subsequent annual update to such Commercialization Plan covered
by the foregoing clause (A), such level shall be fixed, upon notice
given by a Member Party to the other Member Party, at the amount
(which [ * ] is the [ * ] of the [ * ] by the Members through their
respective representatives on the JEC.
For Calendar Years (or any part thereof) commencing after the
Subsequent Launch Period, any aggregate expenditures in the
Commercialization Budget for a country in the Territory, and any [
* ] in the Commercialization Plan for such country, shall be
decided by the mutual agreement in writing of the Member Parties;
failure to reach agreement thereon shall not be subject to dispute
resolution hereunder. As used in this Agreement, (x) a
"Commercialization Budget Deadlock" shall mean that the JEC is
unable to reach agreement, by unanimous Member Vote (as defined in
the Operating Agreement) or unanimous written consent of the
members of the JEC, on the level of aggregate expenditure in any
annual or (in the case of clause (y) of Section 2.2(vi))
interim update to any Commercialization Budget covering all or any
portion of the period from the Effective Date through the end of
the Initial Launch Period for such country or all or any portion of
the Subsequent Launch Period for such country, and (y) a
"Commercialization Plan Deadlock" shall mean that the JEC is unable
to reach agreement, by unanimous Member Vote or unanimous written
consent of the members of the JEC, on the [ * ] to be conducted in
any annual or (in the case of clause (y) of
Section 2.2(vi)) interim update to a Commercialization Plan
covering all or any portion of the Initial Launch Period or the
Subsequent Launch Period for such country.
2.12 Expenses . Gilead and BMS shall each bear their own
expenses related to the management of the JV, including without
limitation all expenses relating to the meetings of the JEC and the
Operating Committees, the participation of the Members’
representatives in such meetings, communications with the other
Member in connection with such meetings or matters within the
authority of the committees, and travel to and from such meetings,
and such expenses shall not be deemed JV Expenses or Authorized
Other Expenses.
SECTION 3.
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
3.1 General . Under the oversight of the JDC, Gilead and
BMS shall each perform, or cause its Affiliates to perform, on
behalf of and in the name of the JV, the Development Activities
designated for such Member Party in the Development Plan, in each
case in accordance with the timeline set forth in the Development
Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, Gilead, on its own behalf and in
its own name, shall have the sole right to [ * ] in its sole
discretion and without oversight by the JDC or the JEC, but shall [
* ] with respect to [ * ] of such [ * ].
3.2 Clinical Development .
(a) Without limitation of Section 3.1, Gilead, under the
oversight of the JDC, shall have primary responsibility for the
development of the Combination Product and the conduct of any
clinical trials and bioequivalence studies required for obtaining
approval of (i) an NDA for the Combination Product in the
United States in the Field, and (ii) an NDS for the
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Combination Product in Canada in the Field, in
each case only as set forth in the Development Plan or otherwise
mutually agreed upon by the Member Parties.
(b) In the event that either Member Party desires (i) to
conduct or sponsor, or cause to be conducted or sponsored, jointly
with the other Member Party, or in the name of the JV, a clinical
trial of the Combination Product (whether such clinical trial would
involve the Combination Product alone, or with one or more other
products) other than any clinical trial contemplated by the
Development Plan, including, without limitation, an expanded access
program or Phase IIIb/IV study, or (ii) to support jointly
with the other Member Party (either on their own behalf or in the
name of the JV) any such clinical trial sponsored by an
investigator, such Member Party shall so notify the other Member
Party. The Member Parties shall then discuss the particulars of the
proposed clinical trial. In the event that the Member Parties, each
in its sole discretion, agree to conduct jointly or sponsor jointly
such clinical trial (either on their own behalf or in the name of
the JV), the JDC representatives shall prepare and agree upon a
trial protocol and designate a Member Party to take the lead in
conducting or supervising such clinical trial and negotiating any
necessary clinical trial agreements, as the case may be, and the
external, out-of-pocket costs of the Member Parties, if any,
without any markup, relating to such clinical trial shall be
treated as Authorized Development Expenses. In the event that the
Member Parties, each in its sole discretion, agree to support
jointly (either on their own behalf or in the name of the JV) any
investigator-sponsored clinical trial, the Member Parties shall
coordinate with the investigator seeking to conduct such clinical
trial and agree upon an appropriate grant of support (including,
without limitation, support in the form of funding or the
contribution of drug product), and the external, out-of-pocket
costs of the Member Parties, if any, without any mark up, with
respect to such clinical trial shall be treated as Authorized
Development Expenses. Each clinical trial that the Member Parties
shall determine to conduct, sponsor or support jointly pursuant to
the preceding two sentences shall be referred to as a "Co-Funded
Clinical Trial." The Clinical Data with respect to any Co-Funded
Clinical Trial shall be deemed to be Joint Know-How;
provided , however , that, in the case of any
investigator-sponsored clinical trial, the Clinical Data resulting
from any such Co-Funded Clinical Trial shall be deemed to be Joint
Know-How only if and to the extent that the JV or either or both
Member Parties obtains any right, title and interest in and to such
Clinical Data.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this
Section 3.2 is intended, or shall be construed, to restrict or
prohibit either Member Party from conducting independently or
together with one or more Third Parties, any clinical trial of the
Combination Product (whether such clinical trial would involve the
Combination Product alone, or with one or more other products).
Prior to a Member Party’s commencing any such clinical trial
sponsored by such Member Party, whether independently or together
with one or more Third Parties, the applicable Member Party shall
provide a brief summary of the protocols to the other Member
Party’s representatives on the JDC (it being understood that
neither such representatives nor the JDC shall have any approval
rights with respect to such study or protocols), provided that
(A) each such summary shall constitute Confidential
Information of the disclosing Member Party to the extent that the
information provided in such summary satisfies the criteria set
forth in Section 12.3, (B) the receiving Member
Party’s representatives shall not use such summary for any
purpose other than providing comments thereon to the disclosing
Member Party (which
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comments may be accepted or rejected by the
disclosing Member Party in its sole discretion), and (C) the
receiving Member Party’s representatives shall not disclose
such summary to any Persons other than employees of such Member
Party who have an obligation (x) not to further disclose such
summary and (y) to use such summary solely in order to assist
such Member Party’s representatives in providing comments
thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, a Member Party’s
providing such summary with respect to any such clinical trial
pursuant to this Agreement shall not be construed to have the
effect of causing the activities with respect to such clinical
trial to be deemed to be Project Activities for purposes of this
Agreement.
(c) In the event that the Member Parties determine to conduct
additional Development Activities for an alternative formulation or
presentation of the Combination Product, and conduct or cause to be
conducted such additional activities, the external, out-of-pocket
costs of the Member Parties, if any, without any markup, with
respect to such activities shall be treated as Authorized
Development Expenses.
3.3 Formulation and CMC Data . Without limitation of
Section 3.1, Gilead, under the oversight of the JDC, shall
have primary responsibility for formulation and Manufacturing
Process development for, and preparation of the CMC Data relating
to, the Combination Product as contemplated by the Development
Plan. Formulation development shall include, without limitation,
conducting the formulation screening, optimization, scale-up and
technology transfer for the Combination Product in the Field.
3.4 Regulatory Matters .
(a) Without limitation of Section 3.1, Gilead, under the
oversight of the JDC and with the participation of BMS as described
in this Section 3.4, shall have primary responsibility for
preparing and filing all necessary Regulatory Documentation and for
acting as liaison on behalf of the JV for all communications with
the Regulatory Authorities in the Territory relating to the
obtaining of approval of the Combination Product in the Field, in
the case of the United States, under an NDA separate from the
respective NDAs for Sustiva, Viread, Emtriva and Truvada, and in
the case of Canada, under an NDS separate from the respective NDSs
for Sustiva, Viread, Emtriva and Truvada. Gilead shall prepare and
file all Combination Product Regulatory Documentation with
Regulatory Authorities in the Territory in the name of the JV. All
submissions of Combination Product Regulatory Documentation
consisting of any INDs, NDAs, sNDAs, CTAs, NDSs, SNDSs, CMC Data,
drug master files and PSURs (collectively, the "Key Regulatory
Submissions") shall be approved in advance by the JDC (which shall
not delegate such approval to any subcommittees or groups referred
to in Section 2.6(g)). If permitted by Applicable Law, the
label for the Combination Product shall list the agents in the
following order: [ * ]. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 3.4(a) shall not apply with respect to obtaining and
maintaining the [ * ].
(b) Gilead shall notify BMS as early as reasonably practicable
in advance of all meetings (whether face to face or by
teleconference) and communications with representatives of the
Regulatory Authorities in the Territory concerning the Combination
Product and in order to provide BMS with an opportunity to be
present at such meetings and to review and comment on such
communications; provided , however , that in no event
shall Gilead,
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after using reasonable efforts to provide BMS
with an opportunity to be present at any such meeting or to review
and comment on such communications, be required to postpone any
such meeting to ensure that BMS attends such meeting or to postpone
any such communication in order to ensure that BMS’ comments
are received by Gilead in advance of its submission to Regulatory
Authorities, as the case may be. In order to enhance the efficiency
of the Member Parties’ coordination on regulatory matters
concerning the Combination Product, and increase the likelihood
that BMS will have a meaningful opportunity to participate in such
activities, during the term of this Agreement, BMS will cause one
of its employees with the necessary regulatory expertise and
decision-making authority to be dedicated on a full-time basis to
serving as a conduit for BMS’ participation in such
activities. Gilead shall promptly forward to BMS in advance of any
such meeting copies of all documents and other relevant information
relating to such meeting. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary, (i) at any such meeting with,
or any such communication to, the Regulatory Authorities in the
Territory concerning the Combination Product, at which BMS and
Gilead are present or in which both Member Parties participate,
each Member Party shall take the lead on matters relating to its
respective Single Agent Product(s) or Double Agent Product and
(ii) at any such meeting with, or any such communication to,
such Regulatory Authorities concerning the Combination Product, at
which only one Member Party meets or in which communication only
one Member Party participates (without the other Member
Party’s presence or participation), such Member Party shall
not engage in any substantive discussions pertaining to the other
Member Party’s Single Agent Product(s) or Double Agent
Product, as the case may be, including, without limitation, with
respect to API consisting of EFV, TDF or FTC, as the case may be,
as it relates to the Combination Product. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section 3.4(b) to the contrary, this
Section 3.4(b) shall not apply with respect to obtaining and
maintaining the [ * ].
(c) Each Member Party shall promptly forward to the other Member
Party any written communications received from representatives of
the Regulatory Authorities relating to the Combination Product. BMS
shall provide Gilead with full access to and copies (including
electronic copies if requested) of the BMS Regulatory
Documentation, including without limitation the NDA and NDS for
Sustiva, as Gilead may reasonably request in connection with (and
solely for the purpose of) the performance of its duties under this
Section 3.4. Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 3.4(c) to the contrary, this Section 3.4(c) shall
not apply with respect to obtaining and maintaining the [ * ].
(d) Nothing in this Section 3.4 shall prohibit or restrict
either Member Party from communicating with the Regulatory
Authorities on matters relating to the Exploitation of any of its
respective Single Agent Product(s), Double Agent Product or other
pharmaceutical products. Each Member Party shall promptly notify
the other Member Party of any label change for the first Member
Party’s respective Single Agent Product(s) or Double Agent
Product that may result in a label change for the Combination
Product. If any communications from Regulatory Authorities
regarding potential label changes for the Combination Product are
reasonably expected to lead to a label change for a Member
Party’s Single Agent Product or Double Agent Product, then,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
affected Member Party shall take the lead in dealing with the
Regulatory Authorities on such matter.
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3.5 Performance; Subcontracting . Gilead
and BMS each shall perform its respective Development Activities in
material compliance with GCP, GLP, and GMP, in each case to the
extent applicable, and the requirements of Applicable Law, and so
long as there is a Development Plan in effect, shall use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform its Development
Activities under the Development Plan efficiently and
expeditiously, subject to the Development Budget. Either Member
Party may subcontract the performance of its respective Development
Activities; provided , however , that the
subcontracting Member Party shall oversee the performance by its
subcontractors of the subcontracted Development Activities in a
manner that would be reasonably expected to result in their timely
and successful completion and shall remain responsible for the
performance of such Development Activities in accordance with this
Agreement and the Development Plan.
3.6 Records .
(a) Maintenance of Records . Gilead and BMS each shall
severally (in accordance with their respective allocations of
responsibilities with respect to Project Activities) maintain, or
cause to be maintained, all Combination Product Regulatory
Documentation and final supporting records and documentation
therefor (but not draft records or documentation therefor except as
otherwise required by Applicable Law), in sufficient detail and in
material compliance with GCP, GLP, and GMP, in each case to the
extent applicable. Such records shall be complete and accurate and
shall fully and properly reflect all work done and results achieved
in the performance of its respective Development Activities in a
manner appropriate for any regulatory purpose and, when applicable,
for use in connection with Patent filings, prosecution and
maintenance. Such documentation and records shall be retained for
at least (i) three (3) years or (ii) such longer
period as may be required by Applicable Law.
(b) Access to Records . Each Member Party shall have the
right, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to
inspect and copy any Combination Product Regulatory Documentation
and final supporting records and documentation therefor generated
or maintained by the other Member Party, for use by the receiving
Member Party solely in connection with the performance of its
Development Activities in a manner consistent with the Development
Plan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 3.6(b), each Member Party shall also have the right,
during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to obtain
from the other Member Party access to or copies of scientific,
regulatory and technical records, documentation and data solely to
the extent relating to the Combination Product or such other Member
Party’s Single Agent Product(s) and/or Double Agent Product,
as the case may be, and solely to the extent (i) necessary in
order for the receiving Member Party to perform its obligations
with respect to Development Activities in a manner consistent with
the Development Plan, (ii) necessary for the receiving Member
Party to confirm compliance with and/or to comply with GLP, GCP and
GMP (to the extent applicable), and other Applicable Law, as it
relates to Project Activities, and/or (iii) necessary to
enable the receiving Member Party to conduct reasonable diligence
on matters potentially giving rise to liability on the part of the
JV and/or such receiving Member Party, or to conduct a defense of
itself and/or the JV with respect to any such liability, if and to
the extent that a fact, circumstance or event has arisen that gives
the receiving Member Party a reasonable basis to believe that it or
the JV has or may incur such liability, in each case for use by the
receiving Member Party for the purpose set forth in clause
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(i), (ii) or (iii) above, as the case
may be. Clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence
shall not require any Party to provide such data, documentation or
records in the event that the Parties’ interests in such
matter are or may be [ * ], in which case [ * ], shall apply. Each
such request shall be made in writing and shall state the reason(s)
therefor (each a "Development Record Request"). The Member Party
from which such records, documentation or data are requested shall
have the right to raise reasonable objections in writing in
response to such Development Record Request, including, without
limitation, based on such Member Party’s interests in
protecting from disclosure to the requesting Member Party trade
secrets or other competitive business information. Upon any such
objection being asserted, the Member Parties shall promptly confer
in an attempt to address each Member Party’s concerns and
reach a resolution with respect to the matter, and in the event
that the Member Parties are unable to agree upon a mutually
agreeable resolution, either Member Party shall have the right to
refer the matter to the JDC. In the event that any such dispute is
ultimately [ * ] determine as a threshold matter whether and to
what extent one or more criteria set forth in clauses (i),
(ii) and/or (iii) above have been satisfied by the
requesting Member Party, and, if so, shall make a determination
with respect to whether and to what extent the disclosure of such
information shall be required by [ * ]. In making such
determination, [ * ] to the facts and arguments set forth in the
Development Record Request and the other Member Party’s
written response thereto, and (y) shall have the right to
require the receiving Member Party to abide by terms and conditions
for the handling, use and non-disclosure (either within such Member
Party’s organization and/or to Third Parties) of such
information as may be reasonable under the circumstances. Except as
provided in this Section 3.6, a Member Party shall not have
the right to obtain from the other Member Party access to or copies
of the other Member Party’s records, documentation and data
described above, unless otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to
this Agreement or the other Member Party gives its consent in its
sole discretion.
3.7 Updates to Development Plan and Development Budget .
Gilead shall prepare and submit to each of the JDC and JFC
(i) not less than [ * ] prior to the start of each Calendar
Year, a proposed update to the Development Plan and the Development
Budget for such Calendar Year and (ii) not less than [ * ]
prior to the start of each Calendar Year, a preliminary update to
such Development Budget (which may address budget issues at a
general level, may be incomplete and is subject to change). In
addition, either Member Party, directly or through its
representatives on the JDC, may propose updates to the Development
Plan and the Development Budget to the JDC from time to time as
appropriate in light of changed circumstances. Such changes and
updates shall be subject to approval by the JDC as set forth in
Section 2.7(f), with annual updates to be approved at least [
* ] prior to the start of such Calendar Year. If an annual or
interim update to the Development Plan or the Development Budget is
not approved by the JDC, then, subject to Sections 2.2(v) and 2.9
as applicable, the Development Plan or Development Budget, as the
case may be, shall continue in effect as approved and most recently
updated pursuant to this Section 3.7. Updated Development
Plans shall not cover items other than those included in the
initial Development Plan unless mutually agreed by the Member
Parties.
3.8 Development Expenses . [ * ] shall be [ * ]
responsible for all costs that it incurs (a) in its sole
discretion, in connection with the [ * ] or (b) in the
performance of [ * ]
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Development Activities as set out in the
Development Plan attached hereto as Annex B, [ * ] attached hereto
as Annex V. The Parties agree that the JV shall bear all JV
Expenses incurred by Gilead or BMS in connection with the
performance of its respective Development Activities to the extent
meeting all of the following criteria ("Authorized Development
Expenses"): (i) such Development Activities are conducted
pursuant to the Development Plan and are within an area of
responsibility for the relevant Member Party listed in the
Development Budget as being chargeable to the JV; (ii) the
total expenses for that area of responsibility for that Member
Party for the relevant period to the extent that they do not exceed
the corresponding budgeted amount for that area in that period by
more than [ * ] unless approved by the JDC; (iii) the expenses
are external, out-of-pocket costs of Gilead or BMS, without any
markup; and (iv) the expenses are not [ * ] costs of [ * ]
referred to in the [ * ].
3.9 Reports . Gilead and BMS shall each present to the
other, at a meeting of the JDC at least once per Calendar Quarter
until the first anniversary of the Launch of the Combination
Product in the United States, and, thereafter, at a meeting of the
JDC, at least semiannually, a report (oral and written, which
written report shall not be required to contain more detail than
that typically included in an executive summary) describing
(i) the Development Activities it has performed, or caused to
be performed, since the preceding meeting at which such a report
was presented (or, in the case of the first meeting of the JDC,
prior to such meeting) and on a Calendar Year-to date basis,
evaluating the work performed in relation to the goals and timeline
of the Development Plan, (ii) its Development Activities in
process and the future activities it expects to initiate during the
then-current Calendar Year, as compared to the Development Plan,
and (iii) in the case of the written report the Authorized
Development Expenses incurred, and expected to be incurred, by such
Member Party for the then-current Calendar Year, as compared to the
Development Budget. In addition, Gilead and BMS shall report
promptly to the JDC through their respective committee members any
material developments with respect to Development Activities that
they are responsible for performing under the Development Plan.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 3.9 to the
contrary, each Member Party’s reporting obligations under
this Section 3.9 shall automatically be deemed to terminate
with respect to any period in which there is not then in effect a
Development Plan and Development Budget.
3.10 New Products . During the period from the Effective
Date through the [ * ] anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Member Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to
evaluate and pursue an arrangement with each other for the
co-development and co-commercialization of a [ * ] product
comprising [ * ]; provided , however , that the
Member Parties may terminate such efforts by mutual written
agreement if they determine that the proposed product is not
commercially or technically feasible, with such agreement to
terminate not to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the
foregoing, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, during the period from the Effective Date through the [ *
] anniversary of the Effective Date (a) Gilead shall not (and
shall cause its Affiliates not to) [ * ] an [ * ] with any [ * ]
for [ * ] within the Territory of any [ * ] that contains [ * ]
with a [ * ] that is (i) [ * ] to that Third Party and
(ii) [ * ] in the Territory as of [ * ], and (b) BMS
shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates not to) [ * ] an [ * ]
with any [ * ] for [ * ] within the Territory of any [ * ] that
contains [ * ] in combination with [ * ] that are
(i) proprietary to that Third Party and (ii) [ * ] in the
Territory as of [ * ].
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3.11 Publication .
(a) Either Member Party shall have the right to publish or
present data and findings resulting from Project Activities,
including, without limitation, Co-Funded Clinical Trials, subject
to the right of objection or demand for modification by the other
Member Party in the interest of (i) protecting the
Confidential Information of such other Member Party,
(ii) preserving the intellectual property rights of such other
Member Party or the JV, and/or (iii) assuring that the
publication or presentation presents such data and findings in a
fair, accurate and balanced manner in accordance with ethical,
medical and/or scientific standards. During the term of this
Agreement, each Member Party shall provide to the other Member
Party’s representatives on the JDC for review copies of all
academic, scientific and medical publications and presentations
specifically relating to the Combination Product (or otherwise
relating to the combined use of EFV, FTC and TDF) that the Member
Party proposes to submit for publication or presentation and that
result from Project Activities; provided , however ,
that notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 3.11
to the contrary, the terms and conditions of this Section 3.11
shall not apply to any publications and presentations resulting
directly or indirectly from Study 934. Review of such publications
and presentations shall be conducted only for purposes of
considering compliance with the standards set forth in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above (the "Publication Standards") and
shall consider whether any portion of any such publication or
presentation should be modified or deleted in order to conform to
the Publication Standards. In addition, in the case of any such
publication or presentation resulting from a Co-Funded Clinical
Trial, the Member Party that proposes to submit such publication or
presentation shall have the right to do so only if the other Member
Party agrees that such publication or presentation, as may be
modified, conforms to the Publication Standards, which agreement
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such Member Party
shall consider in good faith any comments provided to it by such
other Member Party with respect to such publication or
presentation, including, without limitation, any comments of a
scientific or medical nature. In the case of any such publication
or presentation resulting from other Project Activities, the other
Member Party shall have a right to comment on such publication or
presentation, provided that the Member Party proposing such
publication or presentation shall be under no obligation to accept
such comments (except to the extent necessary to preserve the
intellectual property rights of such other Member Party or the JV)
and shall be free to publish or present, as the case may be.
Written copies of each proposed publication or presentation
required to be provided for review shall be provided to the other
Member Party’s representatives on the JDC no later than [ * ]
before submission for publication or presentation, except that
(A) in the case of an abstract, a copy of the abstract shall
be provided as soon as reasonably practicable in advance of the
submission of such abstract to a Third Party (which period may be
less than [ * ] and (B) if the deadline for submission of such
publication or presentation is less than [ * ] from the date of
completion of that publication or presentation, copies will be
provided as soon as reasonably practicable in advance of such
submission deadline. In the case of any proposed publication or
presentation of a Member Party that is required to be reviewed by
the other Member Party, in the event that the Member Parties fail
to reach agreement, if applicable, on such publication or
presentation by the conclusion of
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the applicable review period, and as a result
there is a dispute between the Member Parties with respect to such
publication or presentation, such dispute may be referred by either
Member Party to the JDC. The Member Parties shall comply in any
publications made pursuant to this Section 3.11 with standard
academic practice regarding authorship of scientific publications
and recognition of contribution of parties. For the avoidance of
doubt, nothing contained in this Section 3.11 shall alter or
affect a Member Party’s confidentiality obligations pursuant
to Section 12.
(b) Subject to compliance with Section 3.11(a), nothing in
this Agreement shall restrict either Member Party from providing
information on Co-Funded Clinical Trials conducted by the other
Member Party to any Clinical Trials Registry or Clinical Trials
Results Database, in accordance with Applicable Law and industry
practice. For purposes of this Section 3.11(b),
(i) "Clinical Trial Registry" means any listing of Clinical
Trials which have been initiated, whether maintained by the U.S.
federal government ( e.g., www.clinicaltrials.org ),
or an independent organization (e.g., PhRMA or Rx&D) and
(ii) "Clinical Trials Results Database" means any database
which provides access to Clinical Trial results to physicians,
patients and the general public, whether maintained by any
government, Regulatory Authority or independent organization (e.g.,
PhRMA or Rx&D).
3.12 Certain Inspections . Each Member Party shall
involve the other Member Party, to the extent feasible, in its GCP,
GLP and GMP audit process for any facilities used in the
performance of Development Activities for the Combination Product
(including the facilities of any subcontractors to the extent
permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable subcontract or
otherwise permitted by the applicable subcontractor) and shall
consider in good faith any issues concerning such compliance or any
safety and efficacy issues with respect to the Combination Product
or the active pharmaceutical ingredient(s) of the other Member
Party’s Single Agent Product(s) or Double Agent Product, as
applicable, that are raised by the other Member Party on a
reasonable basis as a result of such audits. Each Member Party
shall also have the right, during normal business hours and upon
reasonable notice, to inspect the other Member Party’s
facilities (or the facilities of any subcontractor to the extent
permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable subcontract or
otherwise permitted by the applicable subcontractor), used in the
performance of Development Activities for the Combination Product,
if the Member Party desiring such inspection has a reasonable basis
on which to raise in good faith any such compliance, safety or
efficacy issues apart from the aforementioned audit inspections.
Any audit referred to in this Section 3.12 shall be subject to
reasonable restrictions on access to confidential information and
trade secrets by the inspecting Member Party to the extent such
confidential information and trade secrets are not expressly
required to be disclosed by such Member Party to the other Member
Party pursuant to this Agreement.
3.13 Medical Affairs and Medical Communications .
(a) Gilead and BMS shall determine independently how to utilize
and deploy their respective medical science liaisons for activities
relating to the Combination Product. The JDC shall develop and
approve presentation materials for use by each Member Party’s
medical science liaisons when engaging in activities to support the
Combination Product, and the medical science liaisons shall use
only such approved presentation materials in such
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activities. The JDC shall develop, and the Member
Parties shall implement, procedures to coordinate the training of
each Member Party’s medical science liaisons on any approved
presentation materials.
(b) The JDC shall develop guidelines and procedures for
determining and providing appropriate responses to medical
inquiries about the Combination Product, including assigning
responsibilities for medical communications. The Parties shall
develop a set of standard response documents for the Member Parties
to use in responding to medical inquiries about the Combination
Product, as follows: (i) each Member Party shall develop
standard response documents relating to their respective Single
Agent Product(s) and Double Agent Product as incorporated in the
Combination Product, and (ii) Gilead shall develop draft
standard response documents relating to the Combination Product as
a whole (substantially incorporating that developed by each Member
Party for its Single Agent Product(s) and/or Double Agent Product),
for review, comment and approval by the JDC.
SECTION 4.
MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY
4.1 Clinical Supply . Gilead shall Manufacture or have
Manufactured through a subcontractor, on behalf of the JV, clinical
supplies of the Combination Product in such quantities as may be
needed for the clinical trials and studies required to obtain
Approvals of the Combination Product in each country in the
Territory. In connection with such Manufacture, Gilead and BMS each
shall donate to the JV quantities of FTC and TDF, in the case of
Gilead, and EFV, in the case of BMS. Each Member Party’s Cost
of Goods of such supply, as well as Gilead’s Cost of Goods
for Manufacture of the clinical supplies of the Combination
Product, shall not be chargeable to the JV.
4.2 Commercial Supply .
(a) The initial Development Plan designates the initial
commercial Supplier of the Combination Product, which Supplier
shall be the source of Combination Product supply for purposes of
the NDA filing and Launch in the United States. Within [ * ] after
the Effective Date, the JCC shall determine the most cost-efficient
manner in which to source the commercial supply of the Combination
Product, including, without limitation, one or more alternate
suppliers. Thereafter, during the term of this Agreement, the JCC
shall review annually the appropriate source(s) of commercial
supply of the Combination Product after Launch in the United States
and agree upon appropriate changes. Each Member Party may propose
interim changes with respect thereto from time to time between such
reviews, which changes the JCC shall adopt if failure to do so
would be likely to have a material adverse effect on the
Combination Product business. If Gilead or BMS desires to be
considered as a possible Supplier of the Combination Product, it
shall submit a confidential written proposal to the JV for
consideration by the JCC alongside written proposals submitted by
recognized, reliable and sufficiently capitalized Third Parties
and/or the supply terms pertaining to the initial Supplier. Any
proposal submitted by a possible Supplier shall include an offer to
perform any required tableting, blistering, packaging, labeling,
analytical testing and storage activities with respect to
commercial supplies of the Combination Product. The JCC shall
select a Person to supply the
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JV with commercial supplies of the Combination
Product on the basis of price, quality, reliability, GMP
compliance, security of supply and other relevant commercial
considerations. If a Third Party is selected as a Supplier, the JCC
shall designate a Member Party to manage the relationship with that
Supplier. Any supply contract between the JV and Gilead or BMS as
Supplier shall be negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and
shall contain such terms and conditions as are customary in the
pharmaceutical industry, modified as appropriate for the
Combination Product. The Parties anticipate that, following the
Amended Effective Date, the JV and Gilead will negotiate an
amendment to that certain Product Supply Services Agreement entered
into by the JV and Gilead as of May 24, 2006, as well as the
related Quality Agreement, for the purpose of establishing
commercial supply arrangements with respect to the Combination
Product for Canada.
(b) The JCC, directly or through a designated Member Party, and
in coordination with the JDC, shall monitor Manufacturing capacity
of, and forecasts and orders for, the Combination Product submitted
to the relevant Supplier(s) to ensure that adequate commercial
supplies of the Combination Product will be available to meet the
demand therefor as projected by the JCC in commercial unit volume
forecasts. The JCC shall prepare [ * ] rolling unit volume
forecasts at least [ * ] before the commencement of each forecast
period, and shall update such unit volume forecasts on a [ * ]
basis, or as the JCC deems necessary and appropriate.
(c) In connection with the Manufacture by the Supplier of the
commercial supply of the Combination Product for the JV, Gilead and
BMS each shall supply to the JV quantities of FTC and TDF, in the
case of Gilead, and EFV, in the case of BMS, and in each case in
the form of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient, pursuant to and
in accordance with their respective Supply Agreements. In
consideration of such supply, the JV shall pay to Gilead and BMS,
respectively, the Gilead Transfer Price and the BMS Transfer Price.
The JDC shall monitor orders under the respective Supply Agreements
to assure consistency in the quantities of FTC, TDF and EFV ordered
by the JV thereunder.
SECTION 5.
COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES
5.1 Co-Promotion Obligations .
(a) Gilead and BMS each shall use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to perform in each country in the Territory the
Commercialization Activities that such Member Party is required to
perform under the applicable Commercialization Plan in accordance
with the applicable Commercialization Budget, for so long as there
is a Commercialization Plan in effect. Each Member Party shall be
required, during the Initial Launch Period under each such plan and
(to the extent there is a [ * ] applicable thereto) the applicable
Subsequent Launch Period, to [ * ] per Calendar Quarter, and take
the other actions, applicable to it as specified in the relevant
Commercialization Plan. Subject to Section [2.11, no minimum Detail
requirements] shall apply (i) during a Subsequent Launch
Period unless approved by the JEC or the applicable
Commercialization Committee, as part of an update to a
Commercialization Plan pursuant to Section 5.11(c), and
(ii) after a Subsequent Launch Period unless approved by the
Member
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Parties. Each Member Party shall be free to
engage in [ * ], and to engage in [ * ] when there is no longer a
Commercialization Plan in effect, in each case in its sole
discretion.
(b) Gilead and BMS shall select independently the target
prescribers to which each shall Promote the Combination
Product.
(c) In accordance with Section 2.10(b), Gilead and BMS
shall each cause its Field Force to use only the product labels and
inserts approved by the applicable Regulatory Authority and,
subject to Section 5.7, the Approved Marketing Materials in
Promoting the Combination Product, and to make only such statements
and claims regarding the Combination Product as are consistent with
Applicable Law and product labels and inserts approved by the
applicable Regulatory Authority. Gilead and BMS shall not provide
or give access to samples of the Combination Product to health care
practitioners or patients in connection with Promotion of the
Combination Product.
(d) Gilead and BMS shall each Detail the Combination Product and
perform its other Promotional activities under this Agreement in
the Territory in strict adherence to regulatory and professional
requirements, and to all Applicable Law, including, to the extent
applicable, the Canadian Act and the U.S. Act and applicable
regulations promulgated thereunder; the rules on promotion set out
in Health Canada guidelines and policies; the Code of Advertising
Acceptance of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB);
the Rx&D Code of Conduct for Canada’s research-based
pharmaceutical companies; the Canadian Medical Association Policy
on Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry; the FDA Guidance for
Industry-Supported Scientific and Educational Activities; the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Code on
Interactions with Healthcare Professionals; the Office of Inspector
General Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers; the American Medical Association Guidelines on Gifts
to Physicians from Industry; the Pharmaceutical Marketing Research
Group Guidelines on market research activities; the Prescription
Drug Marketing Act of 1987, as amended ("PDMA"); and all federal,
state and local "fraud and abuse," consumer protection and false
claims statutes and regulations, including but not limited to the
Medicare and State Health Programs Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments
of the Social Security Act, the "Safe Harbor Regulations" found at
42 C.F.R. §1001.952 et seq. As among the Parties, each Member
Party shall treat its sales representatives engaged in Detailing
the Combination Product as its (or its Affiliate’s) own
employees for all purposes, including, without limitation, federal,
state, provincial and local tax and employment laws.
(e) Within [ * ] after the end of each Calendar Quarter (or part
thereof) falling within (i) the Initial Launch Period for a
country in the Territory, (ii) (to the extent there is a [ * ]
applicable thereto) the Subsequent Launch Period in such country,
or (iii) any period commencing after such Subsequent Launch
Period if mutually agreed by the Member Parties pursuant to
Section 2.11 (clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being
referred to herein collectively as the "Product Detail Period"),
Gilead and BMS shall each furnish the other Parties with a written
report, in the form set forth in Annex H attached hereto, setting
out the number of Details that it has conducted during such
Calendar Quarter (or part thereof) in such country. The number so
reported shall be determined in accordance with applicable
self-reporting procedures for details
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customarily employed by such Member Party in the
Territory for other similarly detailed and similarly reported HIV
products to the target health care audience, consistently
applied.
(f) In each Calendar Year (or part thereof) falling within the
Product Detail Period, subject to the terms of this
Section 5.1(f), each Member Party shall [ * ] to conduct in
each country in the Territory (x) the [ * ] for each Calendar
Quarter (or part thereof) specified in the Commercialization Plan
for such country (the [ * ]) and (y) the [ * ] for such
Calendar Year (or part thereof) specified in such Commercialization
Plan ( i.e ., the [ * ]) (the [ * ]). To the extent that the
applicable Product Detail Period includes part but not all of a
Calendar Quarter, then the [ * ] for such Calendar Quarter shall be
[ * ]. If, in any Calendar Quarter during the applicable Calendar
Year, the [ * ] of Details conducted by a Member Party [ * ] for
such country for such Calendar Quarter (such [ * ] being a [ * ]),
such Member Party may [ * ] of Details it conducts [ * ], if any,
during the [ * ], and in [ * ], in each case in order to [ * ] some
or all of the [ * ]. Subject to Section 5.1(g), if, in any
Calendar Year, the [ * ] of Details conducted by a Member Party [ *
] for such Calendar Year (such [ * ] being [ * ]), then
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) the other Member Party shall [ * ], and (ii) any
failure by a Member to comply with this Section 5.1(f) which
results in such [ * ] shall not be subject to the [ * ] For
clarity, no [ * ]
(g) If, during any Calendar Quarter, a Member Party expects that
it will experience a [ * ] with respect to a country in the
Territory for the succeeding Calendar Quarter (or part thereof), it
shall inform the other Member Party of the anticipated [ * ] by
written notice as promptly as practicable but no later than the due
date of the report referred to in Section 5.1(e). The other
Member Party shall have the right to [ * ] in such country in such
succeeding Calendar Quarter (or part thereof) by up to the
anticipated [ * ] for such succeeding Calendar Quarter (or part
thereof) by giving notice to the first Member Party of its intent
to do so within [ * ] of receiving the notice. For the avoidance of
doubt, if the other Member Party gives such notice and so [ * ],
the first Member Party shall [ * ] to the other Member Party an
amount equal to the product of [ * ] multiplied by the [ * ]
multiplied by the [ * ] In any such case, the [ * ] of the [ * ],
if any, with respect to such country under [ * ] shall be [ * ]
5.2 Distribution Obligations .
(a) Gilead shall have the sole responsibility and right to fill
orders with respect to the Combination Product on behalf of the JV;
provided, however, in the case of Combination Product to be
distributed in Canada, Gilead shall [ * ] the Combination Product
as set forth in that certain distribution and supply agreement
("Canada Distribution and Supply Agreement") to be entered into by
the Parties within [ * ] the Amended Effective Date substantially
on the terms outlined in Annex P2. Annex P2 also sets forth, solely
for illustrative purposes, a schematic outlining the contemplated
manufacturing/commercial structure in Canada. The Parties expressly
agree that on all Combination Product label, packaging and
promotional materials in Canada the [ * ]
(b) If for any reason BMS receives sales orders for the
Combination Product, it shall promptly forward such order to
Gilead. An order for the Combination Product may be rejected by
Gilead only if such rejection is commercially reasonable under
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circumstances. For each country in the Territory,
the Commercialization Committee for such country shall determine
how the JV shall respond to requests from individual patients who
have or may obtain prescriptions for the Combination Product in
such country but may be unable to afford it, and from health care
providers on behalf of such patients, including, without
limitation, establishing appropriate procedures and response times
that shall apply in responding to such requests; provided ,
however , that the applicable Commercialization Committee
shall structure the applicable program in a manner that will make
evident to such health care providers and patients the
participation of the JV (and, as appropriate, each of its Member
Parties) in such program and shall ensure that the procedures and
response times are no less favorable to patients than the most
favorable of either Member Party’s patient assistance
programs for its Single Agent Product(s) and/or Double Agent
Product as of the Effective Date. The applicable Commercialization
Committee shall review the arrangements for the patient assistance
program annually and agree upon appropriate changes. Each Member
Party may propose interim changes with respect thereto from time to
time between such reviews, which changes the Commercialization
Committee shall adopt if failure to do so would be likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Combination Product
business.
(c) Without limitation of the foregoing, Gilead shall perform
all the functions of a distributor with respect to sales of the
Combination Product on behalf of the JV, including, without
limitation, inventory management and control, warehousing and
distribution, invoicing, collection of sales proceeds, preparation
of sales records and reports, customer relations and services, and
handling of returns, in accordance with customary practice in the
biopharmaceutical industry, pursuant to (i) in the case of the
United States, a separate Services Agreement to be entered into by
the Parties within [ * ] of the Effective Date substantially on the
terms outlined in Annex P1, or (ii) in the case of Canada,
pursuant to the Canada Distribution and Supply Agreement.
(d) Gilead’s relationships with wholesale distributors for
the Combination Product shall be governed by inventory management
agreements to reduce inventory fluctuations to the extent
commercially feasible, and if such agreements do not also cover
Gilead’s other products in the Field, they shall be
commercially reasonable and [ * ] For any [ * ] the Combination
Product or services or activities relating thereto, Gilead shall
ensure either that (i) such [ * ] are [ * ] for [ * ] on a [ *
] as for [ * ] or (ii) if such [ * ] Gilead shall use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to keep inventory levels of the
Combination Product at wholesale distributors at [ * ] subject to
fluctuations expected during the Launch period for the Combination
Product in each country in the Territory.
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5.3 Pricing of Combination Product
.
A. In the United States .
The provisions of this Section 5.3A shall govern, and
accordingly shall be construed to apply to, only matters relating
to the pricing of the Combination Product in the United States, and
not Canada.
(a) Gilead shall have sole responsibility to act as agent for
selling the Combination Product on behalf of the JV at prices that
[ * ] with the [ * ] (as defined below) made pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 5.3A and the [ * ] set forth on
Annex Q1 (the [ * ]).
(b) Gilead and BMS shall each appoint two (2) members of a
pricing committee for the JV (the "US Pricing Committee"). One
(1) representative from each Member Party (the "[ * ]
Representative") shall be an employee of that Member Party who is
not at the time of his or her appointment, or at any time during
his or her service on the US Pricing Committee, otherwise involved,
directly or indirectly, in the [ * ] of such Member Party’s
(or any of its Affiliates’) [ * ] (provided, that for
purposes of this Section 5.3A, duties solely with respect to
accounts receivable analysis, bookkeeping and accounting shall not,
without more, be deemed involvement in [ * ]). Such representatives
shall have skills reasonably appropriate to their responsibilities
and functions as members of the US Pricing Committee. The other
representative from each Member Party (the "[ * ] Representative")
shall be [ * ] for that Member Party. Furthermore, each Member
Party covenants that, for [ * ] immediately after an
individual’s service on the US Pricing Committee (or for such
shorter period as he or she is employed by such Member Party or its
Affiliate), he or she will not be assigned to a function or
position that involves, directly or indirectly, the pricing of such
Member Party’s (or any of its Affiliates’) [ * ]
products. Each Member Party shall have the right to approve the
other Member Party’s proposed [ * ] Representative and [ * ]
Representative on the US Pricing Committee (or any replacement
therefor), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Subject to the preceding sentence, each Member Party shall have the
right to replace its [ * ] Representative and/or [ * ]
Representative from time to time during the term of this Agreement,
provided that the composition of the US Pricing Committee as so
changed meets the requirements set forth above in this
Section 5.3A(b). For the avoidance of doubt, the US Pricing
Committee is not an Operating Committee of the JV and, accordingly,
references in this Agreement, the Operating Agreement and, if
applicable, any Ancillary Agreement to an Operating Committee shall
not apply to the US Pricing Committee. The US Pricing Committee may
determine in its sole discretion to retain independent legal
counsel, in which case the expenses of such counsel shall be deemed
to be Authorized Other Expenses.
(c) Gilead and BMS shall each be responsible for the performance
of its representatives on the US Pricing Committee and their
compliance with the terms of this Section 5.3A and the [ * ]
Any issue regarding the [ * ] of the US Pricing Committee shall be
reviewed [ * ] Gilead and BMS shall each bear their own expenses
related to the US Pricing Committee, including without limitation
all expenses relating to the meetings of the US Pricing Committee,
the participation of the Member Parties’ representatives in
such meetings,
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communications with the other Member Party in
connection with such meetings or matters within the authority of
the US Pricing Committee, and travel to and from such meetings, and
such expenses shall not be deemed JV Expenses or Authorized Other
Expenses.
(d) The US Pricing Committee shall be responsible, on an ongoing
basis, for [ * ] Gilead, as agent of the JV [ * ] (i) the [ *
] in accordance with this Section 5.3A and the [ * ] (the [ *
]) and (ii) any [ * ] as [ * ] according to the [ * ] with
respect to [ * ] (as defined in the [ * ]) from the JV. The US
Pricing Committee shall meet at least quarterly (which meeting may
be conducted by telephone or videoconference equipment, so long as
each attendee is able to hear the others), and as otherwise
required from time to time, to [ * ] The [ * ] will serve as [ * ],
as applicable, in [ * ] Gilead, as agent of the JV, and [ * ]
Gilead, as agent of the JV, shall have no authority to [ * ], as
the case may be, for [ * ]
(e) Should interpretation of the [ * ] become necessary, the [ *
] Representatives on the US Pricing Committee shall discuss the
matter with the [ * ] Representatives and attempt to resolve the
matter by consensus. In the event that a consensus cannot be
reached, no [ * ] with respect to [ * ] and Gilead, as agent of the
JV, shall not [ * ]
(f) The functional role of each representative on the US Pricing
Committee shall be limited to:
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on an as-needed basis, providing the US Pricing Committee the [
* ] as the case may be;
only on an as-needed basis, and as specifically requested with
respect to [ * ] providing the US Pricing Committee such other
specifically limited [ * ] pertinent to [ * ] as the [ * ]
Representatives shall agree is necessary and appropriate;
applying the [ * ] with respect to [ * ] and
ensuring that the [ * ] for the Combination Product, as [ * ] as
the case may be, for [ * ]
(g) Either Member Party (the "Requesting Member") may, upon
written notice to the other Member Party, cause the Independent
Accounting Expert (selected pursuant to Section 7.1(d)) to
confirm the accuracy, with respect to any [ * ] of (i) any [ *
] and/or (ii) any [ * ] to the US Pricing Committee,
including, without limitation, the [ * ] as the case may be. In
such case, each Member Party and the US Pricing Committee shall
cooperate with the Independent Accounting Expert and (upon the
Independent Accounting Expert’s entry into an appropriate
confidentiality agreement) provide him or her with the data
necessary to make the requisite calculations. Further, upon the
written request of either Member Party, the calculations of the
Independent Accounting Expert shall be audited by a second Third
Party mutually agreed by the Member Parties. The Independent
Accounting Expert and the Third Party auditor, if any, shall notify
the JEC of their respective determinations, which notifications
shall not contain any information provided to such Independent
Accounting Expert (and/or such Third Party auditor) by either
Member Party. The calculations made by the Independent Accounting
Expert pursuant to this Section 5.3A(g) shall be binding upon
the US Pricing Committee and the Parties; provided ,
however , that in the event that a Third Party auditor
identifies a discrepancy in the Independent Accounting
Expert’s calculations, the Member Parties shall cause the
Independent Accounting Expert and such Third Party auditor to
confer and agree upon the final calculations and advise the Member
Parties in writing of same,
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whereupon such final agreed calculations shall be
binding on the Parties. The Requesting Member shall bear the fees
and costs of the Independent Accounting Expert in connection with
its confirmation of the accuracy of such determination and/or
information, unless the Independent Accounting Expert finds a
discrepancy equal to or greater than [ * ] therein, in which case
the JV (in the case of a discrepancy in a [ * ] or the other Member
Party (in the case of a discrepancy in [ * ] shall bear such fees
and costs. Nothing in this Section 5.3A(g) shall be deemed to
limit any remedy available to either Member Party in the event of a
breach of any of the provisions of this Section 5.3A or the [
* ] by the other Member Party. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, such breach shall not be subject to the
cure provisions set forth in Section 14.4.
(h) All information provided to the US Pricing Committee ("US
Pricing Information") shall be considered Confidential Information
of the disclosing Member Party and shall be used solely for the
purpose of [ * ] and for no other purpose. For the avoidance of
doubt, the exceptions to confidentiality set forth in
Section 12.2 (other than in Sections 12.2(a) and (b)) shall
not apply to US Pricing Information. Except as expressly permitted
by the [ * ] US Pricing Information shall not be disclosed by the
US Pricing Committee representatives except to counsel, the
Independent Accounting Expert, or any Third Party auditor selected
pursuant to Section 5.3A(g). All US Pricing Information shall
be [ * ] maintained by the US Pricing Committee, which [ * ] shall
not be accessible by Persons other than the members of the US
Pricing Committee. Without limiting the foregoing, each of BMS and
Gilead shall:
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cause its representatives on the US Pricing Committee not to
disclose to any other Person [ * ] and
not reference or use, directly or indirectly, any information
from the US Pricing Committee [ * ]
(i) Prior to the Launch of the Combination Product in the United
States and thereafter annually, the JEC shall review the [ * ] (as
most recently modified pursuant to this Section 5.3A(i), if
applicable) in light of the then-prevailing market conditions and
JV marketing and sales strategies. If appropriate, the JEC shall
recommend to the Member Parties changes to the [ * ] The
JEC’s action or inaction under this Section 5.3A(i)
shall not be subject to arbitration. If (and only if) Gilead and
BMS mutually agree on any such changes proposed by the JEC, then
the [ * ] as so changed shall be deemed to be the [ * ]
hereunder.
(j) Gilead and BMS shall each retain sole discretion with
respect to price-setting and discounts for its respective Single
Agent Products and Double Agent Product, if any. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Member Party covenants that it shall [ * ] and
shall not directly or indirectly [ * ] solely or primarily for the
purpose of [ * ]
B. In Canada .
The provisions of this Section 5.3B shall govern, and
accordingly shall be construed to apply to, only matters relating
to the pricing of the Combination Product in Canada, and not the
United States.
(a) Gilead shall have sole responsibility to act as distributor
for selling the Combination Product on behalf of the JV in Canada
in all circumstances (whether such sales are private and cash sales
or sales that are reimbursed by a public formulary) at prices that
[ * ] with the [ * ]
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THIS DOCUMENT
, MARKED BY BRACKETS , HAS BEEN
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE S
ECURITIES AND
E XCHANGE C OMMISSION PURSUANT TO R ULE 24B-2
OF THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934, AS AMENDED .
(b) [ * ] after the Amended Effective Date, the
Member Parties shall, upon mutual agreement, designate [ * ] to be
responsible on behalf of the JV, in each Jurisdiction and for [ * ]
for [ * ] for the Combination Product and otherwise for obtaining
and maintaining the [ * ]
(c) Gilead and BMS shall each appoint one
(1) representative (a "Pricing Liaison"), who shall be an
employee of that Member Party who is not at the time of his or her
appointment, or at any time during his or her service as the
Pricing Liaison, otherwise [ * ] (provided, that for purposes of
this Section 5.3B, duties solely with respect to accounts
receivable analysis, bookkeeping and accounting shall not, without
more, be deemed involvement in pricing). Each such representative
shall have skills reasonably appropriate to his or her [ * ] as
Pricing Liaison. Furthermore, each Member Party covenants that, for
[ * ] immediately after an individual’s service as Pricing
Liaison (or for such shorter period as he or she is employed by
such Member Party or its Affiliate), he or she will [ * ] Each
Member Party shall have the right to approve the other Member
Party’s proposed Pricing Liaison (or any replacement
therefor), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Subject to the preceding sentence, each Member Party shall have the
right to replace its Pricing Liaison from time to time during the
term of this Agreement, provided that the ea
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